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From: keiblin@cs.tu-berlin.de (Alexander Keiblinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Date: 30 Jun 1995 13:15:07 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3sv6id$fqk@usenet.rpi.edu> <3t08mg$6fm@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Garance A Drosehn (gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu) wrote: : : ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) wrote: : : > I know that someone has written a patch that allows a linux : : > computer to read (but not write) the NeXTStep Berkeley-based : : > file system. : : I suspect that a number of people would be interested in : : this patch, if it's available. : I've put ufs-0.3.tar.gz and ufs.tar.gz onto : ftp://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/pub/ : I never tried this, but a friend of mine has. He says it works. it works, but you need to patch the superblock location to 160. Should look like {0,96,160}. -- A. Keiblinger keiblin@cs.tu-berlin.de +49-30-3470103-1|D2 F2 A9 DB 33 8D 62 F0 8D 65 E0 EA 14 2C 75 84|PGP public key at http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~keiblin/
From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (System Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Suggestions for Anon Ftp servers? Date: 30 Jun 1995 16:11:20 GMT Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <3t17n8$1350@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <DAL8sI.1C2@cunews.carleton.ca> Charlie Younghusband (charlie@vv) wrote: : I'd like to set up some anonymous ftp on my server, however : I have no idea how such a thing is set up, but if someone could recommend : a good place to start...either a binary for NeXT or something that would : actually compile without too many hassles and is pretty secure. : thanks, Check out the FAQ for anon ftp posted on comp.security.unix and comp.unix.admin. In brief: get the wu-ftpd, as it permits much better security and logging. -- Sherwood Botsford # Contract Unix system admin & troubleshooting Physics Dept # Tech writing, Desktop Publishing. University of Alberta # Image processing. Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J1 # 492-3713 sherwood@space.ualberta.ca
From: ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Date: 30 Jun 1995 17:33:19 GMT Organization: The Anderson School at UCLA Message-ID: <3t1cgv$jne@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3sv6id$fqk@usenet.rpi.edu> <3t08mg$6fm@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> I have put the unmodified ufs* files onto my machine, for access as anonymous next.agsm.ucla.edu:/pub/ufs* to speed up access for U.S. sites. This machine will disappear from the network early next week. I have not tried these programs, and do not know if or how they work. Alexander/Axel indicated that: : it works, but you need to patch the superblock location to 160. : Should look like {0,96,160}. (Gregor's version of UFS was not available where indicated [Muenchen]; [I tried to get it.] I am also not sure if his warning that ufs does not work under linux-1.3.x applies to the files I downloaded and am now making available.) Regards, /ivo welch Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Alexander Keiblinger (keiblin@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : : Garance A Drosehn (gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu) wrote: : : : ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) wrote: : : : > I know that someone has written a patch that allows a linux : : : > computer to read (but not write) the NeXTStep Berkeley-based : : : > file system. : : : I suspect that a number of people would be interested in : : : this patch, if it's available. : : I've put ufs-0.3.tar.gz and ufs.tar.gz onto : : ftp://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/pub/ : : I never tried this, but a friend of mine has. He says it works. : it works, but you need to patch the superblock location to 160. : Should look like {0,96,160}. : -- : A. Keiblinger keiblin@cs.tu-berlin.de +49-30-3470103-1|D2 F2 A9 DB 33 8D 62 F0 8D 65 E0 EA 14 2C 75 84|PGP public key at http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~keiblin/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- But beware: the ufs doesn't work with Linux 1.3.x yet, and you have to recompile your kernel to utilize it. | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 |
From: peter@beast.math.ualberta.ca (Peter Karbaliotis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP problem: VJ uncompress failed Date: 30 Jun 1995 17:32:51 GMT Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <3t1cg3$k62@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Keywords: ppp I have PPP set up between two NeXTs. The link works and it is possible to use mail, ftp, telnet, etc. but I get the following error messages: Jun 30 10:55:20 mebs mach: bsd_decomp0: bad sequence # 208, expected 195 Jun 30 10:55:20 mebs mach: ppp0: decompress failed 1 Jun 30 10:55:45 mebs mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x2d5a Jun 30 10:55:45 mebs mach: ppp0: VJ uncompress failed on type comp Jun 30 10:55:47 mebs last message repeated 8 times Jun 30 10:56:07 mebs mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x5c2c Jun 30 10:56:07 mebs mach: ppp0: VJ uncompress failed on type comp Jun 30 10:56:08 mebs last message repeated 7 times Jun 30 10:56:08 mebs mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0xfec5 Jun 30 10:56:09 mebs mach: ppp0: VJ uncompress failed on type comp Jun 30 10:56:09 mebs last message repeated 3 times Jun 30 10:56:11 mebs mach: bsd_decomp0: bad sequence # 212, expected 203 Jun 30 10:56:11 mebs mach: ppp0: decompress failed 1 Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks Here is the setup I have: Server: NeXTstation color running NeXTstep 3.2. PPP options: proxyarp bsdcomp 10,10 passive lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 debug kdebug 17 19200 (it choked at 38400) Remote machine: NeXTstation Turbo running NeXTstep 3.2. PPP options: netmask 255.255.255.0 connect /etc/ppp/up-script mtu 296 lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 debug kdebug 17 defaultroute -pap -chap /dev/cufa 57600 crtscts bsdcomp 10,10 -- Peter Karbaliotis - University of Alberta - NeXTmail & MIME ok
From: dalia@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Apurva F. Dalia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: problem with automounter Date: 30 Jun 1995 18:01:41 GMT Organization: Syracuse University Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t1e65$5pd@newstand.syr.edu> Hello, I am having problems with automounter. We have a network of NeXTs running NS 3.2. One of the machines (xyz) has disks set up as /dev/sd0a 667719 476648 124299 79% / /dev/sd2a 493950 91763 352792 21% /LocalApps /dev/sd2b 504608 128744 325403 28% /DISK_2 I have exported /, /DISK_2, and /LocalApps on that machine. I have entries in NetInfo root domain /mounts directory so that these can be automounted on all other machines. However when I try to access these filesystems on machines through /Net/xyz/ i get the proper disks automounted for / and /LocalApps but not for /DISK_2. A "df" on these machines shows xyz:/DISK_2 667719 476648 124299 79% /private/Net/xyz/DISK_2 xyz:/ 667719 476648 124299 79% /private/Net/xyz xyz:/LocalApps 493950 91763 352792 21% /private/Net/xyz/LocalApp s As you can see, it mounts / in place of /DISK_2. However when I manually mount it works fine!! mount xyz:/DISK_2 /private/Net/xyz/DISK_2 Does anybody have any clue as to what is happenning .. Thanks a lot, -apurva dalia@cat.syr.edu -- Thankyou -apurva. dalia@cat.syr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kent@infoserv.com Subject: Re: How can I rlogin as root? Message-ID: <DAysrA.2BD@infoserv.com> Sender: kent@infoserv.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: K. L. Shephard Consulting - (Kent L. Shephard) References: <3snee5$2ac@hecate.umd.edu> Distribution: na Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 02:40:22 GMT In article <3snee5$2ac@hecate.umd.edu> xli@delphi.umd.edu (XiaoJun Li) writes: #Has any of you had this problem before: # #I tried to login to a remote NeXT machine as root(trust me, I have to), but I #kept on getting messages like "root login refused on this terminal." # #How can I turn that off? Login as another user the SU to root. Kent -- /* "There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors and */ /* no slave that has not had a king among his." ---- Helen Keller */ /* Kent L. Shephard ----- K. L. Shephard Consulting */
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Suggestions for Anon Ftp servers? Date: 30 Jun 1995 20:49:02 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <3t1nvu$1s6@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <DAL8sI.1C2@cunews.carleton.ca> <3t17n8$1350@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> >Charlie Younghusband (charlie@vv) wrote: > >: I'd like to set up some anonymous ftp on my server, however >: I have no idea how such a thing is set up, but if someone could recommend >: a good place to start...either a binary for NeXT or something that would >: actually compile without too many hassles and is pretty secure. You already have an ftp daemon on your NeXT to do anon-ftp. Read the ftpd(8) man page, it says how to set up anon-ftp. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ciardo@ash (Gianfranco Ciardo) Subject: DOS floppies on Black HW Message-ID: <1995Jun30.203925.23046@cs.wm.edu> Sender: news@cs.wm.edu (News System) Organization: College of William & Mary, founded 1693 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 20:39:25 GMT Hi everybody. I am having a problem with my NextStation Turbo running 3.2. I used to be able to insert a DOS floppy, and it would be mounted under /, just as with a Next floppy. Now, it does not let me mount it. I can still format a floppy as DOS, but my Next spits it out after formatting it. I asked a sys adm to log in as root, and, as I suspected, she could put it in and everything would work. I imagine that it is some kind of protection screwup, which does not let me put a DOS floppy because I am not root. Since I am the only Next in this Sun-dominated place, I am asking the net for help :-) Does anybody have a clue as to what to do? -- Gianfranco Ciardo
From: wmullen@eecs.nwu.edu (Willie Mullen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 30 Jun 1995 23:03:27 GMT Organization: EE/CS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Message-ID: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> i have edited /.rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv to be "+" my NeXT box (NeXTStep 3.0) allows me to rlogin, but prompts me for a password first. The SUN boxes on our LAN do this when they are freshly loaded with the OS, but the aforementioned file editing does away with such annoyances. what's up with the NeXT?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bmhahn@poseidon.knoware.nl (Bernhard Hahn) Subject: lookupd problem with MST PPP on NS 3.3 Sender: news@knoware.nl (News Account) Message-ID: <DB0Esv.48M@knoware.nl> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 23:34:06 GMT Organization: Knoware Nederland Keywords: ppp Hi, anyone out there who has found a solution or workaround for the lookupd related problems with Morning Star PPP and NEXTSTEP 3.3 Intel? Many thanks in advance, Bernhard -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Bernhard M. Hahn Tel: +31-(0)3430-13321 Buntlaan 13 Fax: +31-(0)3430-13321 3941 MG Doorn Email: bmhahn@poseidon.knoware.nl The Netherlands (NeXTmail & MIME Welcome!) PGP public key available
From: kheit@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Kheit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail receiving mail via PPP (not POP)--how? Date: 30 Jun 1995 21:11:53 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t27cp$8cj@gandalf.rutgers.edu> Well, following some stuf in the NextAdmin I was able to set up PPP and sendmail to send mail from my system out to the great beyond. However, sendmail doesn't want to receive mail coming from the great beyond. I'm sure it's something easy for most of you pro's, but this sendmail jungle is confusing to me! Anyway, how does one configure sendmail so that mail can be sent to it? BTW, I can telnet to my machine, FTP etc... Just mail doesn't make it over. I'm using a static IP and the link is up virtually all the time so mail should be able to make over from out there, into my machine over PPP. It's just that I cant figure out how to do so. Anyway, I'd really appreciate some help on making it over this last hurdle. Later, John
From: ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Date: 1 Jul 1995 01:51:08 GMT Organization: The Anderson School at UCLA Message-ID: <3t29mc$h23@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3sv6id$fqk@usenet.rpi.edu> <3t08mg$6fm@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t1cgv$jne@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> OK. I have now downloaded the two ufs tar files (and made them available for public ftp on my machine). The ufs-0.3 file mentions in the linux/fs/ufs/README patch applies to some linux 1.1.55, so it is presumably not usable. The ufs-tar.gz file, on the other hand, comes without a Makefile and without a README file. So, I do not have a clue about how to use or install it. I also do not know how the two files relate to one another. If I will ever cross this hurdle, I will need to figure out more about the warning that the patch is incompatible with linux 1.3.x, and how I need to patch the superblock location "like {0,96,160}---" I am not sure where yet. By the way, I am running Linux 1.2.9. I would still appreciate anyone who has managed to get this working to give me or the net more of a recipee. Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA
From: magnkj@chromium.zinc.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't print Frame docs to NW printer w/ 3.3 Date: 30 Jun 1995 11:00:19 -0600 Organization: Zinc Software Message-ID: <3t1aj3$8ge@chromium.zinc.com> Hi there. I'm running Frame 3.2 for NS/Intel 3.3, and having a problem printing to a NetWare printer. What happens is when I print any document, the printer light blinks, but never prints anything. I thought it might be not enough RAM, but with 12 MBs installed in an HP LaserJet IIIsi, that doesn't seem likely . . . especially when printing worked perfectly using NEXTSTEP 3.2 with both FrameMaker 3.2 beta and golden. Any ideas? ......................kris -- Kristopher Magnusson Zinc Software Incorporated kmagnusson@zinc.com Technical Publications +1 801 785 8900 Pleasant Grove, UT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Subject: Re: DOS floppies on Black HW Message-ID: <DB0I9x.GF9@muaddib.m.isar.de> Sender: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Organization: Michael Maximilian Goedel References: <1995Jun30.203925.23046@cs.wm.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 00:49:08 GMT In article <1995Jun30.203925.23046@cs.wm.edu> ciardo@ash (Gianfranco Ciardo) writes: > Hi everybody. > > I am having a problem with my NextStation Turbo running 3.2. > > I used to be able to insert a DOS floppy, and it would be > mounted under /, just as with a Next floppy. > > Now, it does not let me mount it. > > I can still format a floppy as DOS, but my Next spits it > out after formatting it. > > I asked a sys adm to log in as root, and, as I suspected, she > could put it in and everything would work. > > I imagine that it is some kind of protection screwup, which > does not let me put a DOS floppy because I am not root. > > Since I am the only Next in this Sun-dominated place, I am > asking the net for help :-) > > Does anybody have a clue as to what to do? > > -- Gianfranco Ciardo > Perhaps infos have gone in your /usr/filesystems. Check if you have the following files and permission in the dir given below: Compare this: /usr/filesystems drwxr-xr-x 2 root 1024 Jun 17 18:22 CDROM.fs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root 1024 Jun 19 13:17 DOS.fs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root 1024 Oct 22 1993 cdaudio.fs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root 1024 Jun 12 18:53 mac.fs/ ROOT - /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs [37] #/> ls -l total 159 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 14 Oct 22 1993 DOS.fs.tiff -> DOS_FD.fs.tiff@ -rw-r--r-- 1 root 11 Jun 19 13:17 DOS.label -r--r--r-- 1 root 4 Feb 9 1992 DOS.name lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 18 Oct 22 1993 DOS.openfs.tiff -> DOS_FD.openfs.tiff@ -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 32768 Aug 28 1993 DOS.util* -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_CD.fs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_CD.openfs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 2246 Nov 10 1992 DOS_FD.fs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 2818 Nov 10 1992 DOS_FD.openfs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_HD.fs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_HD.openfs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_RHD.fs.tiff -r--r--r-- 1 root 6148 Nov 10 1992 DOS_RHD.openfs.tiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root 77984 Aug 28 1993 dosfs_reloc Nice greetings from Munich -- __ Michael Maximilian Goedel | Agilolfinger Platz 10 /\_\ KARSTADT AG Haus Oberpollinger Muenchen | 81543 Muenchen \/_/ mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (NeXTmail) | Tel.: +49 89 65 29 18 NeXTSTEP! CompuServe ID: 100663,25 | Work: +49 89 29 02 54 18
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help changing hostname. Date: 1 Jul 1995 00:23:23 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> Hello all, I tried to change my hostname. I sort of succeeded, but now whenever I try to ping the new host I get the following: ringworld> /etc/ping ringworld /etc/ping: unknown host ringworld I changed the hostconfig file. What other file do I have to change to get this working. Thanx, stef
From: sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installing new fonts. Date: 1 Jul 1995 05:32:40 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <3t2mlo$q6c@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi I have a few new fonts that I would like to install. I checked out the docs with the dig librarian and found no info. Could someone please enlighten me as to how I should go about installing new fonts? Also, if you know of anywhere that I can get my hands on some new fonts (v.inexp or free) I would also appreciate that :) - trying to make up a booklet to hand out at my wedding next saturday :) Regards and thanks in advance, Shaun. -- spf o \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / o /|\ | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | /|\ / \ / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ / \ <A HREF="http://www.bcu.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si> From: <tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 13:12:26 +0100 Message-ID: <00992B3C.C6A8432E.11@uni-lj.si> Subject: Partitions problem Finaly I made two partitions on my external Conner CFP1080S SCSI-2 disk(SCSI ID=0). One partition for DOS (500 MB) and one for NeXTStep (500 MB). I'm using the 486/DX2 66 IntelGX with on board Adaptec 6260. Boot disk is IDE Quantum (540 MB) wih 100 MB DOS partition and 400 MB partition. I created partitions using NeXTStep fdisk. After rebooting under NSI 3.2 NS partition was initialized and mount as /Conner. But after rebooting in DOS the system didn't recognize the DOS partition which was created under NS. The problem is probably in adaptec driver ASPIDISK (for drives which are not controled by SCSI BIOS) which can't recognize the DOS partition. Is there any way to avoid this problem ? Is it possible to copy the file system from IDE drive (NS 400 MB partition) to SCSI drive (in this case I don't need DOS partition on SCSI) and then make the SCSI disk bootable ? In this case IDE can be used by DOS and SCSI by NS. --- Thanks in advance Tomaz --------------------------------------------------------- Tomaz Sustar Student of materials science University of Ljubljana, Slovenija E-mail : tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si Voice : +386 (0)61 345 565
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Date: 1 Jul 1995 14:42:46 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <3t3mt6$b4h@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t1cgv$jne@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3t29mc$h23@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> In article <3t29mc$h23@risc.agsm.ucla.edu>, Ivo Welch <ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu> wrote: >OK. I have now downloaded the two ufs tar files (and made them available >for public ftp on my machine). The ufs-0.3 file mentions in the >linux/fs/ufs/README patch applies to some linux 1.1.55, so it is presumably >not usable. The ufs-tar.gz file, on the other hand, comes without a >Makefile and without a README file. So, I do not have a clue about how to >use or install it. I also do not know how the two files relate to one >another. Ok, I downloaded both files. First, it seems that the ufs-0.3.tar package is the only thing necessary. The other one appears to be the original source or something. First, I installed the ufs-0.3 files in their appropriate directories, from $HOME as root into the linux source directory. I'm running linux 1.2.8, so the patch couldn't be applied automatically, but it's still necessary. I went through the patch file, and all the files in the patch existed for my 1.2.8, so I did the patch by hand. After patching all the files, (and making backups as *.pre-ufs), I did a make config, etc. I reboot. It still runs which is good enough for now. My NS partition is /dev/hda4 according to the linux fdisk, so I just try to 'mount -r -t ufs /dev/hda4 /next' I get an error "/dev/hda4 is not a mount point" I look through the ufs source code in ~/linux/fs/ufs/ and find where it fails. It fails at the point where ufs looks at the partition's superblock. I didn't know anything about patching the location. So does anyone know what changes I need to make? Or maybe I'm just using the wrong /dev/ name? Well, I don't have this working, but it's all set to go. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: scott@ee.ucla.edu (Ryan Scott) Subject: Re: How to set nameserver for ethernet NeXT? Sender: news@seas.ucla.edu (News Daemon) Message-ID: <DAzvpo.ILq@seas.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 16:41:48 GMT Distribution: world References: <3sv4n8$cs1@scott.skidmore.edu> Organization: UCLA, Department of Electrical Engineering Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin > I recently got myself a studly ethernet connection for my turbo > colorstation, and I'm all up and running...EXCEPT that I have to type > in full IP numercial addresses (xxx.xx.xx.xx) 'cause I don't know how > to make my machine refer to the nameserver on campus. If anyone has > any suggestions, I'd be in your debt. Thanks in advance, > Peace, > James Create a the file /etc/resolv.conf with the following nameserver info: domain your_domain_name nameserver xxx.xx.xx.xx You can add as many nameservers as you want. Once the file exists, your NeXT will start using the Internet domain name service. --RS
Subject: Can 3.3 do IP aliasing? Date: Sat, 1 Jul 95 10:56:39 PDT Message-ID: <000F9579.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest We are currently running the Apache server under NS3.2 on black hardware. We'd like to start serving web pages to multiple domains (from one machine) without having to add a directory designation onto the end of the domain designation (so that domains look like WWW.COMPANY.COM not like WWW.COMPANY.COM/COMPANY). The Apache server directly supports this feature if the underlying software will allow IP aliasing. This is done using the 'alias' option of the 'ifconfig' command. 'ifconfig' under NS3.2 does not appear to support aliasing, but I'm wondering if 3.3 might. I've heard that it ships with a newer version of the BSD software and some of these have more advanced 'ifconfig' features. Thanks, Gary Affonso gaffonso@iqinc.com
From: paradigm@mercury.interpath.net (Dave Briggman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using NeXT Fonts on a Mac Date: 1 Jul 1995 19:38:54 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t488e$29g@redstone.interpath.net> References: <3schb2$159@news2.dn.net> <3slm68$429@anshar.shadow.net> Dino Bagdadi (dino@ex-nihilo.com) wrote: : You need to convert the NeXT font to Mac font using a Mac program called MetaPro (by : Altsys). It converts all types of Adobe Type 1 fonts from NeXT --> Mac --> Windows. It also : converts TrueType fonts between Mac <--> Windows. Just so he doesn't get a strange answer on the phone, the ACTUAL name of the product is Metamorphisis Professional and Macromedia has purchased Altsys. Metrosoft has a utility called MetroTools which used to import Mac typefaces, Although I spoke with Mary@metrosoft.com some weeks ago and I believe they may have removed that and the sound importation feature as well. henry@trilithon.com (I hope that's his company's name also had a tool called MacPFA? I don't know that the company who purchased Altsys has kept any of their product line alive EXCEPT for FreeHand. Dave
From: chris@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: using three level netinfo for disabling logins Date: 1 Jul 1995 19:29:00 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3t47ls$dcc@trane.opensource.com> Keywords: gateway limit access I have a machine on my network which I want to deny all typical users access to. How are people doing this? Two ways have occurred to me: - copy the accounts in question from the root domain to the local domain and change the passwd to '*' and the shell to /bin/false - Set up a three level hierarchy where most of my machines have a common netinfo parent with the user accounts, then make the limited access domain a child of the top level domain. The first approach seems a kludge, since I would need to add a local shadow account on the limited machine then disable it for every network user. Also I wouldn't be able to shadow NFS information. The second approach seems a bit much for simply limiting access to one machine. Also I then have to have a couple of servers for my super domain. Any opinions? It seems like my choices are a patchy kludge or overkill... Chris
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: volker@abulafia.in-berlin.de (Volker Safran) Subject: Re: getting cmd-M in Edit to search /usr/local/man (SOLUTION) Message-ID: <DB17C3.7IJ@abulafia.in-berlin.de> Sender: volker@abulafia.in-berlin.de (Volker Safran) Organization: Volker Safran, Berlin, Germany References: <3ssuna$kq7@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 09:50:27 GMT In article <3ssuna$kq7@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) writes: > chris@opensource.com wrote: > > : First the oringinal problem: : chris@opensource.com writes : > Does > anyone know the trick to having cmd-M work for man pages in the : > > /usr/loca/man location. I know if the MANPATH env var is set before > > [...] > > Which brings me to a question I'm already quite sometime thinking > about. > > What I would like is the possibility to double-click on a ".1", ".2", > etc. file with the result that some script would open a terminal > window (may also be edit-window) and do something like "nroff -man > <file> | more". But I don't know if and how it is possible to > associate shell-scripts with file-extensions. > > Willem > There is another way: Get the utility ManOpen from an archive. This will provide an entry "Open in ManOpen" to your Services menu. Assign the keyboard shortcut <Cmd-M> to it via Preferences, that's all. A very convenient way to have a look at manpages from the Workspace. CIAO Volker
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [HELP] Network card help urgently needed!!!! Date: 2 Jul 1995 03:34:13 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t543l$p85@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Could somebody please help me with a major problem I am having!! First I would like to say a little about events leading to this problem. I have a network consisting of 2 duel pentium systems and one 486 system networked together using twisted pair to Digital Repeater 90T+ and Digital Brouter 90. All of the systems originally runs WindowsNT Server 3.5 and I was not impressed with it, so I took out the old UNIX CD which I never used (BSD UNIX from BSDI) and installed it into the 486. I used it successfully and like it very much. Then I recalled this little know operating system called NeXT and decided to try it out (since I was tole that all software for BSD will also run under NeXT). Needless to say, I loved it and immediately tried to use it in my network, hence my problem: My 486 runs NeXT perfectly until I tried to install the network card driver. I have the Intel Etherexpress PRO/10 LAN Adapter with Flash and downloaded the driver for it and installed it into the NeXT. Then, I configured the system for that operating system. Then I configured the system for the card. Then I restarted the system and the system never booted back on. It will always go to "checking Disk" and then the screen went blank and rebooted. What is going on? HELP?????
From: mow@marsu.pilhuhn.de (Markus Wenzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SerialPorts driver vs. Mux... Date: 30 Jun 1995 10:01:35 +0200 Organization: Navigator Message-ID: <3t0b0v$1gg@marsu.pilhuhn.de> References: <3r5b5l$tjk@digdug.pencom.com> <3r8ta7$pue@news.next.com> <cjonesDAI9uq.L84@netcom.com> <ken.804051360@darwin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ken Clark (ken@darwin.mbb.sfu.ca) wrote: > I just grabbed them today and they are incredible. I have been waiting > 2 years from these. I used to get crashes all the time and didn't > even bother with speeds >9600. I now get 1300CPS at 19.2, with a > compile in the background, and no crashes. Way to go NEXT! I use to have 2000 cps at 16.8 modem speed, 38.4 serial port speed. > I hope that Next releases the technical details of these drivers, as > I need a mux on my machine and would like to use their new > layered scheme. > > These new drivers are required reading for anyone with a modem, IMO. Why? There's Mark Salyzyn's Mux driver, rock solid and blindingly fast for one and a half year - I don't know any reason to drop Mux only because NeXT finally managed to develop a serial driver that does not crash. -- who? // Markus Wenzel work? // Navigator - System administration & Consulting mail? // mow@marsu.pilhuhn.de more? // Member of WiNG (Wiesbaden NEXTSTEP Group)
From: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "can't open NetInfo parent domain" Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 16:41:51 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Message-ID: <950702174151.14785AACUG.malc@daneel> References: <Pine.NXT.3.92.950628221918.13194A-100000@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <3stf1h$5ac@vodka.intele.net> <Pine.NXT.3.92.950629192015.14149A-100000@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <3t15i6$dme@vodka.intele.net> <Pine.NXT.3.92.950630183342.15110C-100000@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > there is no master or client. Never have been, never will be. > Hmm, in which case, presumably for some reason the machine now thinks there should be: has someone decided to play about and tick that little box which in HostManager which tells the machine to bind to a parent network, or something similar? [BTW -- what effect does this (i.e. checking the box) have where? There have been occasions when I would have liked a simple way to undo this from command line, but couldn't find one: I'm sure this must be me being silly?] Have fun, mmalc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Subject: Re: Installing new fonts. Message-ID: <DB3LHs.II@muaddib.m.isar.de> Sender: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Organization: Michael Maximilian Goedel References: <3t2mlo$q6c@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 16:51:27 GMT In article <3t2mlo$q6c@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) writes: > Hi > > I have a few new fonts that I would like to install. I checked out the > docs with the dig librarian and found no info. Could someone please > enlighten me as to how I should go about installing new fonts? Also, > if you know of anywhere that I can get my hands on some new fonts (v.inexp > or free) I would also appreciate that :) - trying to make up a booklet > to hand out at my wedding next saturday :) > > Regards and thanks in advance, > > Shaun. > -- > spf > > o \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / o > /|\ | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | /|\ > / \ / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ / \ > > <A HREF="http://www.bcu.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A> I created a directory in /LocalLibrary called Fonts. Copy all those font to /LocalLibrary/Fonts and run # buildafmdir /LocalLibrary/Fonts and it works. Nice Greetings from Munich -- __ Michael Maximilian Goedel | Agilolfinger Platz 10 /\_\ KARSTADT AG Haus Oberpollinger Muenchen | 81543 Muenchen \/_/ mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (NeXTmail) | Tel.: +49 89 65 29 18 NeXTSTEP! CompuServe ID: 100663,25 | Work: +49 89 29 02 54 18
From: sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing new fonts. Date: 2 Jul 1995 17:28:53 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <3t6l0l$6fd@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <3t2mlo$q6c@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Thanks for all the responses to this post :) I now have the fonts working. Two steps to install new fonts include: 1. putting them in /LocalLibrary/Fonts directory (for system) or ~/Library (for personal) 2. run buildafmdir on the font containing dir. Again, thanks for the many responses. - oh, as far as ftp sites that contain PD fonts, I could only find them at ftp.cs.orst.edu. There were only a few there. If anyone knows of other sites I would love to hear of them. Regards, Shaun. -- spf o \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / o /|\ | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | /|\ / \ / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ / \ <A HREF="http://www.bcu.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "can't open NetInfo parent domain" Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 18:13:56 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul2.181356.25392@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <950702174151.14785AACUG.malc@daneel> In article <950702174151.14785AACUG.malc@daneel> mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> writes: > > there is no master or client. Never have been, never will be. > > > Hmm, in which case, presumably for some reason the machine now thinks there > should be: has someone decided to play about and tick that little box which > in HostManager which tells the machine to bind to a parent network, or > something similar? > > [BTW -- what effect does this (i.e. checking the box) have where? There > have been occasions when I would have liked a simple way to undo this from > command line, but couldn't find one: I'm sure this must be me being silly?] I believe that this controls the serves property for broadcasthost in the local domain. If you bind to a parent, it is set (to ./network); if you don't, the property is removed. This can only be manipulated from the command line with recent copies of netinfo. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: jkheit@cjc08018 (John Kheit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP - resolv.conf problem Date: 2 Jul 1995 20:48:30 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3t70mu$7dt@news3.digex.net> Well, everything is up and working with PPP. Thanks to everyone who helped. If anyone needs some help or config files, I'll be more than happy to share mine. But....When I log on, the connection seems to take a pregnant pause-as if the DNS were not available, but it is- and if I try to telnet someplace the lookup usually fails a couple of times, and then mysteriously starts to work. Any ideas as to what the problem may be? --- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | I don't know... John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | Truth exists... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^) -- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | I don't know... John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | Truth exists... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^)
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 3 Jul 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3t7qsf$c98@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: seibert@picasso (Axel Seibert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Date: 3 Jul 1995 12:35:29 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <3t8o6h$hgv@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3sv6id$fqk@usenet.rpi.edu> <3t08mg$6fm@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t1cgv$jne@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) wrote: > I have put the unmodified ufs* files onto my machine, for access as anonymous > next.agsm.ucla.edu:/pub/ufs* > to speed up access for U.S. sites. This machine will disappear from the > network early next week. I have not tried these programs, and do not know > if or how they work. Alexander/Axel indicated that: > : it works, but you need to patch the superblock location to 160. > : Should look like {0,96,160}. > (Gregor's version of UFS was not available where indicated [Muenchen]; [I > tried to get it.] I am also not sure if his warning that ufs does not work > under linux-1.3.x applies to the files I downloaded and am now making > available.) You can now find the ufs-files on ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/disk So long, Axel --- Axel_Seibert@tumbolia.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (NeXT-/MIME-mail welcome) seiberta@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (only ASCII-mail here, please!) Data is not information is not knowledge is not wisdom.
From: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP - resolv.conf problem Date: 3 Jul 1995 13:36:53 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <3t8rpl$127@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <3t70mu$7dt@news3.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <3t70mu$7dt@news3.digex.net> jkheit@cjc08018 (John Kheit) writes: > But....When I log on, the connection seems to take a pregnant > pause-as if the DNS were not available, but it is- and if I try > to telnet someplace the lookup usually fails a couple of times, > and then mysteriously starts to work. > Any ideas as to what the problem may be? Maybe you should send the lookupd a HUP signal (you can do it automatically in the ip-up script): /bin/kill -HUP `/bin/ps -ax | /usr/bin/egrep "lookupd" | /usr/bin/egrep -v "egrep" | /bin/sed 's/^\([ 0-9]*\) .*/\1'/` I do it when the ppp connection is closed. Robert. -- Robert Stabl email: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de Computer Science Institute http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~stabl/ University of Munich Leopoldstr. 11B Tel: +(49) 89 2180 6316 D-80802 Muenchen FAX: +(49) 89 2180 6310 Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: vfr750@netcom.com (Will Hartung) Subject: Getting lpd to print PS Message-ID: <vfr750DB4Hvu.4B2@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 04:31:06 GMT Sender: vfr750@netcom10.netcom.com I'm using an lpr client on a Mac to try and print to my NeXT, but rather than having the PostScript be interpreted, I get a nice dump of the PostScript source instead. If I copy the PostScript file over to the NeXT, and just use 'lpr PostScript', then it does what is expected. Somehow, I'm guessing that enscript is being called. So, if anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate them. -- Will Hartung - Hermosa Beach, Lower Left Coast. vfr750@netcom.com 1990 VFR750 - VFR=Very Red "Ho, HaHa, Dodge, Parry, Spin, HA! THRUST!" 1993 Explorer - Cage? Hell, it's a prison. -D. Duck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer From: cjones@netcom.com (Carl Jones) Subject: Re: SerialPorts driver vs. Mux... Message-ID: <cjonesDB4JLt.9Io@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3r5b5l$tjk@digdug.pencom.com> <3r8ta7$pue@news.next.com> <cjonesDAI9uq.L84@netcom.com> <ken.804051360@darwin> <3t0b0v$1gg@marsu.pilhuhn.de> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 05:08:16 GMT Sender: cjones@netcom11.netcom.com OK, I don't know what to do and am certain that it is stupid. I cannot get my internal Gateway/2000 FAX modem to work. I have retrieved the latest serial drivers from NeXT and successfully installed them. However, if I tip dial1200 xxxyyyy I hear the dial, hear the ring, hear the search for matchup, get a "connect" and then nothing. If I tip a9600 (or cufa9600 or any similar from the std etc/remote) then I get less than nothing! No modem directives work, ATDT, ATH, etc. When I boot DOS/Windows I can dial out just fine, as I have done just now to enter this sad note! What *am* I doing wrong? or what can I do to get more information? I am not a whiz at all with unix, so explicit directions would be appreciated. advaTHANKSnce, carl jones
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "can't open NetInfo parent domain" Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 06:32:35 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul3.063235.27354@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <1995Jul2.181356.25392@seer.demon.co.uk> In article <1995Jul2.181356.25392@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) writes: > I believe that this controls the serves property for broadcasthost in the > local domain. If you bind to a parent, it is set (to ./network); if you > don't, the property is removed. This can only be manipulated from the > command line with recent copies of netinfo. I should have said "can only be manipulated *easily* from the command line with netinfo in 3.3". I was suitably corrected in email by M Carling: All versions of NetInfo allowed this to be changed using niutil. Prior to 3.3, ... niutil -read . /machines/broadcasthost . would list the values of the serves property (and other properties). If ./network were the only value of the serves property, then ... niutil -destroyprop . /machines/broadcasthost serves . would suffice. If there were another value that needed to be retained (extremely unlikely) such as foo/bar, then ... niutil -createprop . /machines/broadcasthost serves foo/bar . would achieve the desired result by overwriting the existing values. Starting with 3.3, one can simply use ... niutil -destroyval . /machines/broadcasthost serves ./network Thanks to M for the correction. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Can 3.3 do IP aliasing? In-Reply-To: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com's message of Sat, 1 Jul 95 10:56:39 PDT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul3062115@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <000F9579.fc@iqinc.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:21:15 GMT There is no "alias" option for ifconfig under NS 3.3. Robert La Ferla Registered NS Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help changing hostname. In-Reply-To: stefanos@Vir.com's message of 1 Jul 1995 00:23:23 -0400 Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul3062243@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:22:43 GMT Stefanos, You need to add an entry for "ringworld" in the /machines directory in NetInfo. Robert La Ferla Registered NS Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) writes: Hello all, I tried to change my hostname. I sort of succeeded, but now whenever I try to ping the new host I get the following: ringworld> /etc/ping ringworld /etc/ping: unknown host ringworld I changed the hostconfig file. What other file do I have to change to get this working. Thanx, stef
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux Reading NeXTStep file system Date: 3 Jul 1995 10:06:57 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <3t8fg2$s5r@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <3susjk$t3k@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> <3sv6id$fqk@usenet.rpi.edu> <3t08mg$6fm@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t0tcr$dbg@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3t1cgv$jne@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> Ivo Welch (ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu) wrote: : (Gregor's version of UFS was not available where indicated [Muenchen]; : [I tried to get it.] I am also not sure if his warning that ufs does : not work under linux-1.3.x applies to the files I downloaded and : am now making available.) Sorry about this. It's probably a bad idea to submit files during the weekend and announce them publicly ;-). Anyway, I've put 'my' distribution on ftp://zarquon.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/pub/Linux/System/fs as ufs-0.3nx.Linux.s.tar.gz -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: using three level netinfo for disabling logins In-Reply-To: chris@opensource.com's message of 1 Jul 1995 19:29:00 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul3063917@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3t47ls$dcc@trane.opensource.com> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:39:17 GMT Remove the Ethernet and keyboard cables. :-) Seriously, there are better ways. However, I need more information. Are you looking to disable all remote logins or just selected ones? If it's the former, you can edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the appropriate daemons: #login stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/rlogind rlogind #telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/telnetd telnetd #shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/rshd rshd Robert La Ferla Registered NS Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 From: chris@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: using three level netinfo for disabling logins Date: 1 Jul 1995 19:29:00 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. I have a machine on my network which I want to deny all typical users access to. How are people doing this?
From: vin@shore.net (Vin McLellan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How can I rlogin as root? Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 11:14:42 -0500 Organization: Privacy Guild Message-ID: <vin-0207951114420001@198.115.179.205> References: <3snee5$2ac@hecate.umd.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950627041109.3461G-100000@avocado> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950627041109.3461G-100000@avocado>, Hussain Chinoy <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> wrote: > Would anyone like to comment on passwords over telnet? Can they be > sniffed out? Is there any encryption? Any security considerations? > "Sniffers" and sundry other password-grabbing attacks thru the Net are real. Attached is the appendix on One-Time Password (OTP) vendors that was published with the Internet CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) "Report on Network Monitoring Attacks" last year. Suerte, _Vin McLellan The Privacy Guild /////////////////CERT Text Follows //////////// ONE-TIME PASSWORDS Given today's networked environments, CERT recommends that sites concerned about the security and integrity of their systems and networks consider moving away from standard, reusable passwords. CERT has seen many incidents involving Trojan network programs (e.g., telnet and rlogin) and network packet sniffing programs. These programs capture clear-text hostname, account name, password triplets. Intruders can use the captured information for subsequent access to those hosts and accounts. This is possible because 1) the password is used over and over (hence the term "reusable"), and 2) the password passes across the network in clear text. Several authentication techniques have been developed that address this problem. Among these techniques are challenge-response technologies that provide passwords that are only used once (commonly called one-time passwords). This document provides a list of sources for products that provide this capability. The decision to use a product is the responsibility of each organization, and each organization should perform its own evaluation and selection. I. Public Domain packages S/KEY(TM) The S/KEY package is publicly available (no fee) via anonymous FTP from: thumper.bellcore.com /pub/nmh directory There are three subdirectories: skey UNIX code and documents on S/KEY. Includes the change needed to login, and stand-alone commands (such as "key"), that computes the one-time password for the user, given the secret password and the S/KEY command. dos DOS or DOS/WINDOWS S/KEY programs. Includes DOS version of "key" and "termkey" which is a TSR program. mac One-time password calculation utility for the Mac. II. Commercial Products Secure Net Key (SNK) (Do-it-yourselfproject) Digital Pathways, Inc., 201 Ravendale Dr. Mountainview, Ca. 94043-5216 USA Phone: 415-964-0707 Fax: (415) 961-7487 Products: handheld authentication calculators (SNK004) serial line auth interruptors (guardian) Note: Secure Net Key (SNK) is des-based, and therefore restricted from US export. SecurID (complete turnkey systems) Security Dynamics, One Alewife Center, Cambridge, MA 02140-2312 USA Phone: 617-547-7820 Fax: (617) 354-8836 Internet: sdi@shore.net Products: SecurID changing number authentication card ACE server software SecureID is time-synchronized using a 'proprietary' number generation algorithm WatchWord and WatchWord II Racal-Guardata, 480 Spring Park Place, Herndon, VA 22070 703-471-0892 1-800-521-6261 ext 217 Products: Watchword authentication calculator Encrypting modems Alpha-numeric keypad, digital signature capability SafeWord Enigma Logic, Inc. 2151 Salvio #301 Concord, CA 94520 510-827-5707 Fax: (510)827-2593 Products: DES Silver card authentication calculator SafeWord Multisync card authentication calculator Available for UNIX, VMS, MVS, MS-DOS, Tandum, Stratus, as well as other OS versions. Supports one-time passwords and super smartcards from several vendors. Products: software chall/response authentication: LOCKout DES PCMCIA authentication/encryption: LOCKout Tessera (End CERT TEXT - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But you might also consider: A. Secure Computing Corporation: 2675 Long Lake Road Roseville, MN 55113 Tel: (612) 628-2700 Fax: (612) 628-2701 B. ActivCard Networks Inc 241 Mississippi Street San Francisco, CA 94107 +1 415 626 5842/+1 415 626 6524 FAX C. The US Naval Research Lab's new rewrite of s/key (OPIE) - NRL OPIE 2.0 is copyrighted but freely available. It is now available via the URL ftp://ftp.nrl.navy.mil/pub/security/nrl-opie. Personally, I still appreciate the ease of use of SDI's SecurID in the end-user's hands. But that may be, in part, because SDI has hired me as a consultant, off and on, over the better part of a decade;-) _Vin -- Vin McLellan +The Privacy Guild+ <vin@shore.net> USA Tel. (617) 884-5546 Mail: 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, Ma. O2150 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
From: ry23@rznext (Stephan Jaeger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems to find Novell-Server Date: 3 Jul 1995 15:25:25 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <3t9255$1kb@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hey, NeXT-wizards ! I have problems to bind a NeXT (black hardware) to our Novell-Server after a complete new installation of 3.3 :-/ The /etc/rc-script is executed at boot-time and I find this message in /usr/adm/messages: Jul 3 17:11:31 rznext syslog: npsd: Bind failed: No response from server. When I execute /usr/netware/etc/npsd -v -r 5 -f ethernet_802.3 by hand, then I get the messages below: foo# /usr/netware/etc/npsd -v -r 5 -f ethernet_802.3 NPSD: Novell Protocol Suite Streams Architecture daemon. NPSD: Trying Ethernet_802.3 ...NPSD: ethernet open: No such file or directory NPSD: Trying Ethernet_802.3 ...NPSD: ethernet open: No such file or directory NPSD: Trying Ethernet_802.3 ...NPSD: ethernet open: No such file or directory NPSD: Trying Ethernet_802.3 ...NPSD: ethernet open: No such file or directory NPSD: Trying Ethernet_802.3 ...NPSD: ethernet open: No such file or directory NPSD: Bind failed: No response from server. foo# Any ideas ?? Before I have done the installation, I already worked with 3.3 and Novell. Thanks in advance, Stephan Jaeger
From: naj@fraxinus.fast.net (M. `Naj' Najarian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help changing hostname. Date: 3 Jul 1995 16:46:10 GMT Organization: via FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Services Message-ID: <3t96si$aj7@nn.fast.net> References: <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> <RDL.95Jul3062243@world.std.com> In response to article <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> where stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) asked: > Hello all, > I tried to change my hostname. I sort of succeeded, but now > whenever I try to ping the new host I get the following: > ringworld> /etc/ping ringworld > /etc/ping: unknown host ringworld > > I changed the hostconfig file. What other file do I have to > change to get this working. rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > Stefanos, > You need to add an entry for "ringworld" in the /machines directory in NetInfo. Hmmm. That doesn't quite seem to work (I'm having the same problem in getting sendmail 8.6.12 to run. Because it calls hostname() and then gethostname() before doing anything else, and I can't seem to convince NetInfo that localhost = fraxinus, sendmail 8.6.12 commits suicide at startup). fraxinus> hostname fraxinus fraxinus> nidump hosts . 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 127.0.0.1 fraxinus fraxinus.fast.net fraxinus> ping localhost PING localhost: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0. time=25. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1. time=1. ms ^C fraxinus> ping fraxinus ping: unknown host fraxinus So what does it take to convince Netinfo of my hostname? /etc/hostconfig isn't enough. /bin/hostname isn't enough. Even in /machines in NetInfo isn't enough (and don't ya just love the 3 layers of redundancy?). No matter what I try, the title bar of the NetInfo window always reads "local @ No Host Name Registered". Ok, NetInfo, where do you want me to register the hostname? Thanks, a frustrated naj M. `Naj' Najarian ``If you weren't there, you missed it.'' Fraxinus Research Services vox (hah!): 610.756.6888 P.O. Box 65 fax/data: 610.756.6400 Kutztown, PA 19530 USA ee: fraxinus@fast.net (MIME, NeXT, whatever)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DHCP for NeXT? Message-ID: <1995Jul3.144428.12506@roper.uwyo.edu> From: ezimmerm@UWYO.EDU (NeXT Cube Guy) Date: 3 Jul 95 14:44:28 MDT Distribution: world Organization: University of Wyoming, Laramie Salutations! I am in need of a DHCP client for NeXT. Anyone know of (or better yet, use any?) I'll be using it with PPP to dial up to a MS RAS server. Any Unix DHCP client will help. The only thing I've found so far is dhcp-1.2.1, which expects to be on Sun OS 4.1.x. NeXT is _not_ close enough! Help! Gene ezimmerm@uwyo.edu
From: robertl@rivercourt.hot.com (Robert La Ferla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BIND 4.9 Date: 3 Jul 1995 22:41:36 GMT Organization: TerraNet, Inc., Boston, MA, USA Message-ID: <3t9rn0$4nh@dalesbred.terra.net> Can someone please post the benefits/disadvantages to using BIND 4.9 on NEXTSTEP? i.e. any limitations such as no NetInfo support, etc... Also, if you have any tips, that would be a plus. Robert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Filename reported as '?' Message-ID: <westesDB66vM.C7I@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 02:28:33 GMT Sender: westes@netcom23.netcom.com This may be a UNIX rather than a NS FIP question, but what does it mean when the ls command reports a filename as the single character '?' Is there a way for me to rename the file and then inspect the contents? On the assumption that this may reflect a disk integrity problem, what is the best way to do a quick scan of the disk, to verify inode and file integrity? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: samurai@maggie.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filename reported as '?' Date: 04 Jul 1995 13:38:00 GMT Organization: School of Computer Science, McGill Univ. Message-ID: <SAMURAI.95Jul4093800@maggie.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <westesDB66vM.C7I@netcom.com> In-reply-to: westes@netcom.com's message of Tue, 4 Jul 1995 02:28:33 GMT <westes@netcom.com> writes: >This may be a UNIX rather than a NS FIP question, but what does it >mean when the ls command reports a filename as the single character '?' >Is there a way for me to rename the file and then inspect the >contents? >On the assumption that this may reflect a disk integrity problem, >what is the best way to do a quick scan of the disk, to verify inode >and file integrity? ls may do that if the filename has an unprintable character in it. In the past, I've dealt with these things by either doing an rm -i * (dangerous) and answering the questions right, or by using the fileviewer. Perhaps there's a better way... - darcy -- You smell of corduroy and lemon drops. -- Veruca Salt -- Baldric, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing, "Subtle Plans Are Here Again" -- Atkinson -- The Lord loves a hanging, that's why he gave us necks! -- Hoek and Cat --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions From: peter@volvo.se (peter h}kanson) Subject: Re: Named References: <DAwCou.qJ@RnA.NL> <DAwGEz.114@RnA.NL> <RDL.95Jun28234731@world.std.com> Organization: Volvo Corp. Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 12:46:08 GMT Message-ID: <DB6zGw.Koo@volvo.se> In article <RDL.95Jun28234731@world.std.com>, Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: >You want the lastest BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) from >ftp://ftp.uu.net:/networking/ip/dns/bind/4.8.3.tar.Z > ^^^^^^ This was true some years ago. Today 4.9.3 - beta 17 has been tested, and there are some differences :-) But i thing that uunet has this too.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.infosystems.www.misc From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Gerben Wierda) Subject: CERN httpd 3.0 triggers bug in NEXTSTEP 3.3 Message-ID: <DB7A4p.86@AWT.NL> Sender: news@AWT.NL Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:36:25 GMT I use CERN httpd 3.0, because it has caching and proxy support, and I need the cache. When I run httpd under NEXTSTEP 3.3 on intel, and I try to restart the system from the login window, the restart process hangs. The culprit is httpd, it seems, because without httpd the syetsm reboots ok. Also, rebooting via shutdown works OK. I guess that rebooting or shutting down via loginwindow.app tries to kill all processes separately, while shutdown kills init with a SIGTERM. The latter seems to work. Why do I think that httpd is to blame? Well, if I leave it out the restart problems are not there. Besides, killing httpd itself with SIGTERM will crash NEXTSTEP. On intel, the big console window appears and the system hangs. Luckily, the system still reacts to ALT-Numlock followed by 'r', so that a clean reboot is possible. Killing httpd with SIGKILL does not trigger the bug. I would like to get in contact with people running CERN httpd 3.0 under NEXTSTEP to see if this can be worked out. Or I'd like to get into contact with people who know how to solve this problem, or what triggers it. Thanks,
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Gerben Wierda) Subject: Hanging reboot culprit found: CERN httpd 3.0 Message-ID: <DB7A6s.8w@AWT.NL> Sender: news@AWT.NL Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:37:40 GMT See my separate post on the CERN httpd 3.0 bug, this is just to let intersted people know I found the culprit. --Gerben
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Shutdown No Sync Causes Panic Message-ID: <westesDB7CDo.6Jr@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 17:24:59 GMT Sender: westes@netcom21.netcom.com I'm using fsck to correct some disk problems. Logged in as root, I run fsck, and I respond yes to prompts about incorrect block counts and then later to two prompts for unreferenced files. Finally, fsck prompts to correct the bit map for missing blocks, and I answer yes. fsck asks me to shutdown without a sync. I execute: shutdown -h -n now -n is supposed to prevent a sync. But when I do the above, I always get a system panic. I'm using NS FIP 3.2. What would cause this, and what is the preferred way to shutdown without a sync? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: alistair@bcu.ubc.ca (Alistair Blachford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT CD drops off (black) NS workspace (SCSI prob?) Date: 4 Jul 1995 19:14:53 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <3tc3vd$lqc@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> I can't get all the NeXTDeveloper packages installed on my new SCSI disk because my old NeXT CD drops off the Workspace leaving a question-mark. The installer program log view shows this problem: cat: write error: No such device or address OK. **** directory checksum error What is likely to have caused this? I suspected a SCSI bus problem, and have tried everything I can think of. I'm lacking the understanding needed to pull this off. FACTS: * it's a NeXT CD-ROM, with the NeXT SCSI-2 to SCSI-1 cable and terminator * same problem occurs when all of above replaced with identical CD-ROM, cable,terminator * is a mono turbo ADB NeXTStation * original internal drive was 250MB Seagate ST3283N, which is SCSI-2 fast, and had been configured with active termination, termination power from power connector, parity enable, SCSI address 1 * old SCSI bus had just Seagate and NeXT CD-ROM drive * I replaced Seagate drive with an HPC3323SE configured same way. A new choice was enabling either Unit Attention or SDTR, I chose former. * there seemed to be no problems while formatting and building NS on the new drive, after booting from the CD-ROM. *the* problem always occurs when installing the Developer docs, but in different places in the process of copying from CD-ROM to disk. * when I build a SCSI bus with HP internal, CD-ROM, Seagate external, there seems to be no problem disk to disk, but *the* problem still there. Any hints or suggestions would be immensely appreciated !! Thanks, --- Alistair Blachford Biologist/Manager | Biosciences Computing Unit, Zoology Email: alistair@bcu.ubc.ca | University of British Columbia Phone: 604-822-2645 | 6270 University Boulevard Fax: 604-822-2416 | Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4
From: Gary Longsine <glongsi> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Solairs vs NEXTSTEP Date: 4 Jul 1995 00:44:34 GMT Organization: USWest SA news server Message-ID: <3ta2ti$28e@sanews.uswc.uswest.com> References: <DAvJMz.94r@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit No, actually, it's not a very interesting question. Solaris bites the big patch. If you want to run OpenStep Applications and develop OpenStep applications, use NeXTSTEP. The software quality is considerably higher. For example, about the last 15 Solaris kernel patch levels have a bug that sometimes sends ksh into never-never land. Now who, do you suppose, *doesn't* use ksh with Solaris, and could actually USE all those patches? weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote: |> isn't this a VERY interesting question? |> **** Solairs for intel VS. NEXTSTEP for intel **** |> I want to know what u all think about! -- ____/| | Gary W. Longsine \ o.O| GPF! | UNIX Systems Analyst, PARANET =(_)= CTLALTDEL! | <glongsi@nma.mnet.uswest.com> U (Bill Gates, The Cat) | "I don't do Windows."
From: David Place <place@shake2.earthsciences.uq.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sharing a NeXT printer ?? Date: 4 Jul 1995 05:12:29 GMT Organization: University of Queensland Message-ID: <3taijt$9qr@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> I have a problem to share a NeXT Printer: My NeXT is plug on a network (not a NetInfo Network). With PrintManager I configure this printer, and when I ask to share the printer, the PrintManager ask me in which domain I want to share this printer. And so, there is no domain available, because it's a non netinfo network. Anyway, I have try to print from my SPARC station (BSD) to the NeXT printer, but the NeXT refuse definitively the connection (even with the right hosts.equiv and hosts.lpd) . So, if anybody have an idea how I can print from a Sun to a printer plub on a NeXT, he is welcome ! Thanks ! David.
From: Ruedi Schwitter <rschwitt@itr.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 4 Jul 1995 06:14:42 GMT Organization: Ingenieurschule ITR, Rapperswil, Switzerland Message-ID: <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Have you set the $HOME/.rhosts Ruedi :-) -- Ruedi.Schwitter@itr.ch Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil Oberseestrasse 10 CH-8640 Rapperswil Phone: ++41-55234534 Fax: ++41-55234400 X.400: C=ch A=arcom P=switch O=itr S=schwitter G=ruedi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <idpt633@tpts1.seed.net.tw> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 95 17:46:49 CST From: idpt633@tpts1.seed.net.tw (PC_user) Message-ID: <9507040946.AA07122@tpts1.seed.net.tw> Subject: Help: How to confiure CAP6.0 under NeXT3.2 Has anyone successfully configured cap6.0 under NeXT3.2? Thanks in advance. Jamie Lien
From: jreiss@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Joseph W Reiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Ethernet setup question Date: 5 Jul 1995 13:19:07 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <3te3gb$k0o@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I've recently purchased an ethernet card for the family PC compatible, and I'd like to network the PC with my NeXT computer. But what I need to know is what software is required on the PC end of things to get the two machines to talk together over the ethernet. Any help would be most appreciated. Please respond via email if possible. Thanks a lot! Joe -- | NeXTMail OK! | Roads? Where we're going, we don't need... roads! | | ________ | | | | |__) | ======================================================== | | (_|OE| \EISS | - Dr. Emmett Brown, "Back to the Future" |
From: robertl@rivercourt.hot.com (Robert La Ferla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filename reported as '?' Date: 5 Jul 1995 13:27:57 GMT Organization: TerraNet, Inc., Boston, MA, USA Message-ID: <3te40t$361@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <westesDB66vM.C7I@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) wrote: > This may be a UNIX rather than a NS FIP question, but what does it > mean when the ls command reports a filename as the single character '?' In the UNIX shell, it just means you have a filename that happens to be a "?" In the Workspace Manager file viewer, it means that you have a unknown file. e.g. A symbolic link that points to nothing. > Is there a way for me to rename the file and then inspect the > contents? % mv \? newfilename > On the assumption that this may reflect a disk integrity problem, > what is the best way to do a quick scan of the disk, to verify inode > and file integrity? Use the fsck (file system check) utility on the disk in question. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 e your processor caught on fire? :-) -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help changing hostname. In-Reply-To: naj@fraxinus.fast.net's message of 3 Jul 1995 16:46:10 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul5093201@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> <RDL.95Jul3062243@world.std.com> <3t96si$aj7@nn.fast.net> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 13:32:01 GMT naj@fraxinus.fast.net (M. `Naj' Najarian) wrote: > In response to article <3t2ijr$sm1@mysite.mydomain> where stefanos@Vir.com > (Stefanos Kiakis) asked: > > Hello all, > > I tried to change my hostname. I sort of succeeded, but now > > whenever I try to ping the new host I get the following: > > ringworld> /etc/ping ringworld > > /etc/ping: unknown host ringworld > > > > I changed the hostconfig file. What other file do I have to > > change to get this working. > rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > > Stefanos, > > You need to add an entry for "ringworld" in the /machines directory in NetInfo. > Hmmm. That doesn't quite seem to work (I'm having the same problem in getting sendmail > 8.6.12 to run. Because it calls hostname() and then gethostname() before doing anything > else, and I can't seem to convince NetInfo that localhost = fraxinus, sendmail 8.6.12 > commits suicide at startup). > fraxinus> hostname > fraxinus > fraxinus> nidump hosts . > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost > 127.0.0.1 fraxinus fraxinus.fast.net > fraxinus> ping localhost > PING localhost: 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0. time=25. ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1. time=1. ms > ^C > fraxinus> ping fraxinus > ping: unknown host fraxinus > So what does it take to convince Netinfo of my hostname? /etc/hostconfig isn't enough. > /bin/hostname isn't enough. Even in /machines in NetInfo isn't enough (and don't ya just > love the 3 layers of redundancy?). No matter what I try, the title bar of the NetInfo window > always reads "local @ No Host Name Registered". Ok, NetInfo, where do you want me to > register the hostname? > Thanks, > a frustrated naj > M. `Naj' Najarian ``If you weren't there, you missed it.'' > Fraxinus Research Services vox (hah!): 610.756.6888 > P.O. Box 65 fax/data: 610.756.6400 > Kutztown, PA 19530 USA ee: fraxinus@fast.net (MIME, NeXT, whatever) You can't have two entries in the /machines database with the same IP address. You also can't use 127.0.0.1 for anything other than localhost. If someone on your LAN or on the Internet, were to message you, they would end up messaging themselves. Here's how to do it: Change your /etc/hostconfig so that it has these entries plus whatever you have for the others (NETMASTER, etc...) HOSTNAME=ringworld INETADDR=192.42.172.1 ROUTER=-ROUTED- IPNETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPBROADCAST=192.42.172.255 Change the ringworld entry in /machines to use "192.42.172.1" # nidump hosts > /etc/hosts Reboot. Robert La Ferla Registered NS Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: niyer@ornews.intel.com (Narayanan Iyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with Apple Laserwriter IINTX Date: 5 Jul 1995 17:32:30 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Message-ID: <3teibe$ibq@ornews.intel.com> Hi: I am having problems attaching an Apple Laserwriter II NTX via serial port to my white hardware. Specifically, I have created the printer and attached it to Serial Port A and run test. But, the "busy" light flashes once and "that's all folks." I use the exact same setup under Windows and no problems what so ever. Is there something basic I am missing? Thanks Narayanan niyer@mipos2.intel.com
From: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.3 won't install on PA-RISC Date: 5 Jul 1995 18:38:14 GMT Organization: Stanford University Message-ID: <3tem6m$k3v@nntp.Stanford.EDU> After long delays, I finally got a copy of NextStep 3.3 for PA-RISC. When I try to install it on my HP 715/80, the installation procedure stops at an early stage. I follow all the steps in the installation manual up to page 7. After I confirm that I actually want to install, it does a few operations, and then the screen goes black. It sits and nothing happens. I have let it go for as long as 10 minutes with no action. The last thing I can read on the screen is "Starting NeXTStep". There are a couple of lines after that which don't stay up long enough to read. The configuration is pretty vanilla. 32 MB of memory. 1 GB Seagate drive at address 6. HP-installed CD ROM at address 2. HP DAT tape at address 3. Boot ROM version 1.4. Printer attached to parallel port. I tried with the ethernet disconnected, and it made no difference. -- * Patrick L. Nolan (415)723-0133 * * W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL) * * Stanford University *
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0sT4Q0-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 95 10:37:22 +0100 Subject: SunSparc 20 - SOLARIS 1.1.1B / NEXTSTEP 3.3 double feat. trouble Well, this is a hard nut to crack, so I am posting it a-gain :-) --- > Hope somebody out there, who really gets it, is reading this;-) I just installed NEXTSTEP 3.3 User on a SS20. It worked like a breeze !!!! I inserted a new HD ---> The hookup of it is ingenious ---> Thank you SUN !!! (Hi Pete : -) Then I was booting from CD --> much nicer than a PC could ever do ---> Thanx to NeXT !!! (Hi Steve : -) At last I was editing the disktab on the NeXTdisk, so that the Solaris disk doesnt get scratched by accident (NeXTs OS is otherwise always asking to initialize the other "unreadable" HD! (Disktab entry by Roland Schwingel of 1Vision, Germany ---> Thanx a-gain Roland :-) Now here comes the problem, which does not have anything to do with the 2 OSs on this machine. 1. Situation Our SS20 is exporting its home directory (in read-only), because we have a very-nice 2nd-generation CAD-prg (BAUPLAN 2.3) which runs under Solaris 1.1.1B-Europe-format) and produces the mass-data output from house-planning and construction to send out inquires to 3rd parties who will make their offers. (The CAD-following app is called an AVA-system which unfortunately runs under DOS on SoftPC 4.0 w/ NEXTSTEP 3.3 on a P90). This SS20-home directory is used on the net to get the data on to the P90 to get it processed under DOS/SoftPC. 2. Problem We do have a pure NetInfo-Network with a couple of NeXT clients and a NeXTcube as a server. And here is the problem: When I boot the SparcStation in NEXTSTEPmode, the NetInfo-Cubeserver does not recognize the SS20 as a new NEXTSTEP-Computer , probably asks for the Solaris-/home-directory (which is defined as read only(so that the unknowing NEXTSTEP-user on the Net cannot destroy any CAD-data on the Sparc by accident) and therefore does not give any /LocalApps /LocalLibrary exports mounts to the SS20. (At first this problem shows up that the Cubeserver does not provide a "naming service"? to the SS20. The machine shows the following lines: --- Configuration server not responding to request for hostname Do nothing to keep waiting or press "c" to continue --- I certainly do not want to wait until the end of time........ ;-) So ANY help or the SMALLEST hint is appreciated A LOT! ---- > I will summarize on the NET(Hoping I will get a soloution ;-) Thanx in advance + Greetings to all of you!! --- .. Stefan .. Life has many different colors, but ------ REAL Computing is black! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: time problem on SPARC-NEXTSTEP Date: 5 Jul 1995 19:01:32 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Message-ID: <3tenic$7la@aimnet1.aimnet.com> I had a number of previous posts to this list about time keeping on my nextstep sparc machine. The core problem was that the clock in the dock showed one hour earlier than the date command. Always. I found out that this problem was caused by EOF 1.1 prerelease 1, which has an older version of Foundation. Once I installed EOF 1.1 final, the problem went away. By the way, the reason I was running EOF 1.1 prerelease 1, is that my customers who didn't upgrade to EOF 1.1 final, wouldn't be able to execute my application. I've bitten the bullet ( I don't like telling my customers what to do ) and am recommending to my customers to upgrade. Lowell Lowell@SchemaResearch.com
From: klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (James P Klett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do you print from Novel o NeXT Laser? Date: 5 Jul 1995 19:31:21 GMT Organization: University of Minnesota Message-ID: <3tepa9$ea2@epx.cis.umn.edu> I have a novel network with a NeXT plugged in via the ethernet. Boy it would be nice to print from a Novel client to that laser! But how?? Thanks, JIM -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James P. Klett klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: gendron@dogbreath.com (Mark Gendron) Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada,can.general,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.misc,comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc,cs.undergrad,cs.general,bc.general,ubc.os2,ubc.general,bc.unix,ubc.macintosh Subject: Re: Questionaire: User Interface Date: 6 Jul 1995 06:49:26 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Message-ID: <3tg11m$7mb@fountain.mindlink.net> References: <3tfrp1INNgrc@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> Keywords: questionaire, user interface In article <3tfrp1INNgrc@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>, s9i1@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Wing Wo Leung) wrote: >The research will >help to develop better user interface and uttimatly, helps people do work >using their computers effectively and painlessly. Such as using a spell checker? .gendron@dogbreath.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> From: <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> Message-ID: <9507061401.AA17222@jaco.cca.rockwell.com> Reply=To: abhanson@pobox.cca.rockwell.com Organization: Unix System Administration, Rockwell International/CCA Cc: abhanson@cca.rockwell.com Subject: PRINTING AND MAIL PROBLEMS Date: Thu, 06 Jul 95 09:01:21 -0500 Sender: abhanson@cca.rockwell.com We are experiencing printing and mail problems on our one NEXTSTEP system from the GUI interface. I do not know what information to pass on, but here goes: On the NEXT system, I can bring up a "bourne" shell and I can 1. send a postscript file to the printer using "lpr" and all works. 2. enter the command "mail" and recieve mail that was sent. Using the GUI interface of NEXT - 1. when the user clicks on the mail icon, he gets no mail (but in the shell, if he enters mail, its there). 2. when using the GUI printer mechanism, and he sends the same postscript file to the same printer, only the header page comes out and nothing else. The GUI interface states that the print files are still in queue. Other info: We have 350+ other UNIX boxes of various platforms. YP master is on one of these systems, as well as our master print and mail server. I feel good that I can print and get mail from a shell, but the users would like the GUI to work as well. As in the past, any help would be greatly appreciated. I am sure that more information would be nice, but I do not know what is required by all of you experts. \\|// (O=O) ===========================================oOO==(_)==OOo================== Alan B. Hanson | I haven't lost my mind, UNIX System Admin/Prgming | it's backed up on tape somewhere. Voice: (319) 395 5435 | E=mail: abhanson@pobox.cca.rockwell.com ==========================================================================
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? Date: 6 Jul 1995 15:39:58 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> The standard distribution of CERN httpd 3.0 from w3.org doesn't seem to compile. Perhaps, I have version skew. Can someone who has compiled this beast, please e-mail or call. Thanks, Robert -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> From: <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> Message-ID: <9507061436.AA17367@jaco.cca.rockwell.com> Reply=To: abhanson@pobox.cca.rockwell.com Organization: Unix System Administration, Rockwell International/CCA Cc: abhanson@cca.rockwell.com Subject: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Date: Thu, 06 Jul 95 09:36:38 -0500 Sender: abhanson@cca.rockwell.com I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. All our other 350+ UNIX systems have their time synced up via ntp. How do I get the NEXT system to sync up its time with our other UNIX boxes ( I feel that this is a dumb question...but we have no manuals for NEXT). \\|// (O=O) ===========================================oOO==(_)==OOo================== Alan B. Hanson | I haven't lost my mind, UNIX System Admin/Prgming | it's backed up on tape somewhere. Voice: (319) 395 5435 | E=mail: abhanson@pobox.cca.rockwell.com ==========================================================================
From: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filename reported as '?' Date: 5 Jul 1995 23:25:50 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tf71u$11k@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <westesDB66vM.C7I@netcom.com> <3te40t$361@dalesbred.terra.net> robertl@rivercourt.hot.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) wrote: > > This may be a UNIX rather than a NS FIP question, but what does it > > mean when the ls command reports a filename as the single character '?' > In the UNIX shell, it just means you have a filename that happens to be a > "?" In the Workspace Manager file viewer, it means that you have a unknown > file. e.g. A symbolic link that points to nothing. > > Is there a way for me to rename the file and then inspect the > > contents? > % mv \? newfilename > > On the assumption that this may reflect a disk integrity problem, > > what is the best way to do a quick scan of the disk, to verify inode > > and file integrity? > Use the fsck (file system check) utility on the disk in question. I stand corrected. The ? can also mean that the filename contains non-printable characters such as a tab. Thanks Steve. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: using three level netinfo for disabling logins Date: 5 Jul 1995 23:31:06 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tf7bq$11k@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <RDL.95Jul3063917@world.std.com> <3tev63$4q3@trane.opensource.com> chris@opensource.com wrote: > As a separate issue though I have a problem with NFS still. Most of the > machines need to mount some directories. The limited access machine > doesn't need to mount anything, but needs to export a directory. > All my machine get there mount info from /, and I can't shadow this info > in the limited access machines local netinfo. I could limit the exports, > which is probably a good idea anyhow. So perhaps I don't need a three > level setup. Are there any people out there using a three level setup, > and if so what is the reason? > Chris If I understand your problem correctly, you probably want to look into setting up netgroups to limit access. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: nxs6@po.CWRU.Edu (N Sreenath) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ** HELP !! - NetInfo Problem ** Date: 6 Jul 1995 18:56:16 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Message-ID: <3thbkg$eth@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Hi : I seem to have gotten into a little bit of a problem. Any help is appreciated. Using NetInfoManager.app, I edited the `mounts' entry. I added a new entry (machine) to be mounted by copying from an old mount. I then rebooted my machine in multi-user mode. While rebooting the system gets stuck after the `Mounting remote filesystems' message . If I type a `Control-C' command, the system continues. the local printer is started. it starts file service deamons, and network deamons, says `reboot complete'. Finally I get the message NFS server (autonfsmount [91]) not responding still trying NFS server (autonfsmount [91]) not responding still trying NCPsi: CreateService; Create Connection: cc=828 NCPsi: CreateService; Create Connection: cc=828 NCPsi: CreateService; Create Connection: cc=828 NCPsi: CreateService; Create Connection: cc=828 and the screen goes blank,the wheel is continously spinning but the login panel does not come on. I can rlogin over the network and get a login prompt, but it does not allow me to login, i.e., does not recognize the user password. It does not allow the disk to be mounted remotely by another machine either. I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance Sree -- Prof. N. Sreenath Tel : (216) 368-6219 Systems Engg. Dept. Crawford Hall FAX : (216) 368-3123 Case Western Reserve Univ. E-Mail : sree@veda.cwru.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lorgb@netcom.com (LOR/Geske Bock Associates) Subject: Help! SPARCstation Voyager's floppy drive is too slow... Message-ID: <lorgbDBB5rq.AE8@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 18:52:38 GMT Sender: lorgb@netcom13.netcom.com It took 45 minutes to delete 1.2 meg file from the floppy. I guess you got the picture. Here is my configuration: SPARCstation Voyager, 32M RAM, 340 Gig Hard Drive Nextstep 3.3 I'll appreciate if anyone give me a hint/patch to speed up the floppy drive. Thanks
From: powell@tropic (Mark Powell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BLC Timeout problem!! Please Help Date: 6 Jul 1995 20:57:10 GMT Organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/AOML Message-ID: <3thin6$ee6@wave.aoml.erl.gov> My messages file has the following in it from time to time. It started a few days ago when we tried to attach an additional SCSI device and couldnt get the system to boot up properly. Finally we subtracted devices until we got a "stable" reboot but we still get these messages so the problem must still exist. Anyone know what this is and how to solve it? I'd like to reattach our tape drive so we can get back to doing regular backups and I'd also like to reattach the Toshiba CD drive. I'm using a Canon O'station 41 with external HP 2247 1 GB drive and a Seagate 11200N 1 GB drive as SCSI devices. Jul 6 01:00:41 tropic mach: BLC timeout Jul 6 01:00:41 tropic mach: sd2: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 6 01:00:41 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Read block:270456 blockCount:8 Jul 6 01:00:41 tropic mach: sd2: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 6 01:00:41 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Write block:168 blockCount:2 Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: sd0: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:126916 blockCount:12 Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: sd2: No error to report; Retrying. Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Read block:169 Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: sd1: No error to report; Retrying. Jul 6 01:00:53 tropic mach: target:2 lun:0 op:Write block:500256 blockCount:8 Jul 6 02:00:03 tropic Faxxess: Faxxess exiting... Jul 6 06:00:43 tropic mach: BLC timeout Jul 6 06:00:43 tropic mach: sd2: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 6 06:00:43 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Read block:273384 blockCount:8 Jul 6 06:00:43 tropic mach: sd2: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 6 06:00:43 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Write block:168 blockCount:2 Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: sd0: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:126916 blockCount:12 Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: sd2: No error to report; Retrying. Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: target:3 lun:0 op:Read block:169 Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: sd1: No error to report; Retrying. Jul 6 06:00:55 tropic mach: target:2 lun:0 op:Write block:500256 blockCount:8 -- Dr. Mark D. Powell Research Meteorologist, CCM (Swimmer, Windsurfer, user of NEXTSTEP) NOAA Hurricane Research Division (appropriate disclaimers apply) Miami, Fl 33149 Voice (305) 361-4403 Fax (305) 361-4402
From: richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu (Richard Ruth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network Monitoring on NeXT Date: 6 Jul 1995 21:51:06 -0700 Organization: runner Message-ID: <3tiefq$c5g@runner.uucp> Summary: What tools for network monitoring on a Next Keywords: network tcp Are there any apps or unix programs (that compile on black hardware) that are network monitoring and data acquisition tools? Does anyone have tcpdump running on NEXTSTEP for ethernet connections? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks -- Richard richard%runner.uucp@usc.edu (100K bytes max -- ok to send NeXTMail)
From: perkins@cps.msu.edu (Stephen J. Perkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Panic during shutdown Date: 7 Jul 1995 13:06:46 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tjbh6$108h@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Howdy all, I have run into a strange problem under 3.3 FIP. Whenever I try to shutdown my machine it panics. After I logout and get the login panel, I click the shutdown button. The screen changes to the low res shutdown screen and then the spinning disk freezes. The machine is dead. The only thing that will revive it is the reset button. Rebooting and executing a: sync;sync;halt (as root of course) will give the little panic window with the standard 'monitor' and 'reboot' options. After playing around I have determined that if I kill 'lookupd' by hand the machine will panic (almost instantly). I'm guessing that the machine is panicing when shutdown tries to kill all processes (including lookupd). Any ideas on why this may happen? All thoughts appreciated. - Steve -- ============================================================== Stephen J. Perkins | perkins@cps.msu.edu Dept. of Comp. Science | NeXT, MIME, finger for PGP Michigan State University | NeXT OS 3.2 using PPP-2.2
From: mccollam@Arizona.EDU (Donald E McCollam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: MPEG + OmniWeb? Date: 7 Jul 1995 15:29:27 GMT Organization: The University of Arizona Message-ID: <3tjjso$i4a@news.ccit.arizona.edu> Hi. Is there a MPEG component for OmniWeb so one can view MPEG "movies"? Don McCollam mccollam@snow.ccit.arizona.edu
From: buteau@bali.saclay.cea.fr (A.Buteau 62 17) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS PROBLEM Date: 7 Jul 1995 16:05:01 GMT Organization: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France Message-ID: <3tjlvd$8s3@anemone.saclay.cea.fr> References: <DAvJMz.94r@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> I' m tring to export my Next disk on a Solaris Computer. Everything seems to be normal (I mean /etc/exports ....) but when I try to access the disk on the client side I dont 'see anything: sun > ls /home/next ===> I'm obliged to do a CTRL C On the Next side I got this strange message in the /usr/adm/messages aix# more /usr/adm/messages Jul 7 16:33:14 aix mach: svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed Jul 7 16:33:14 aix mach: nfs_server: bad sendreply Any help welcome networkers !!!
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Receiving email over a dial-up PPP connection using SMTP Date: 7 Jul 1995 16:45:03 GMT Organization: The SenseMedia Network, http://sensemedia.net/, info@sensemedia.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tjoaf$5r8@emerald.oz.net> I'd like to be able to receive email over a dial-up PPP connection using SMTP rather than POP because I need to receive mail for several users rather than just the current user which seems to be the way POP works. I really want to emulate how the big boys with full-time Internet connections do it :-) But I've been told that my PPP host will try to pass my mail to me when it receives it, but if my PPP link isn't up, it will just sit on my remote PPP host. The way around this is for my PPP provider to run sendmail periodically, but then my PPP link would have to be up at the same time. I can see problems with this. Is there some way for my bringing my PPP link up to start a process to get all my queued inbound mail? Any suggestions would be appreciated. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice: +1 408 335 1154 Trego Systems Fax: +1 408 335 2515 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care USmail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kevinc@netcom.com (Chuang Shyne Song) Subject: Defining 2nd IDE drive in /etc/fstab causes boot failure Message-ID: <kevincDBCup9.6FD@netcom.com> Keywords: IDE NSFIP HELP Error Boot 2nd Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 16:48:45 GMT Sender: kevinc@netcom10.netcom.com I'm a new NEXTSTEP (Intel) user and I'm having some trouble getting NSFIP to mount my second IDE drive when I add it to the /etc/fstab file. I added the following line: /dev/hd1a /store1 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 2 It causes the boot process to hang while NSFIP is trying to start file service daemons (after starting remote fileservers). BTW, the disk is ok. I can mount it and it works fine. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot. Song Additional Info: I am using a Dec LPx 4100 with 2 IDE drives: 810 MB and 325 MB and the EIDE driver. S3 805 video card and Generic S3 driver (my RAMDAC is not supported) and Adaptec 1542CF.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: root@flute.music.gla.ac.uk Subject: Sybase admin help wanted Message-ID: <DBCwCJ.9Mt@udcf.gla.ac.uk> Sender: news@udcf.gla.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow University Computing Service Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 17:24:19 GMT Hi, I've just inherited the job of resurrecting a Sybase database for our department. Someone set it up before I arrived, with a Parabase front end, but due to problems with it it was never used. The Parabase front end seems to be fine -- and only a week ago was able to access the database. It doesn't work now though. There were always apparently problems with the database refusing to accept more records, stating that the memory (or file??) was full. This was rubbish, as there weren't many records in it at all. This week I upgraded to NS3.2, as well as to Parabase 2.1 (from 1.x), and trying to access the database gives "server down. The database server you are trying to access is not available at this time. The server may not be running". According to ps -aux, the server is indeed running as it should be. Also, I can log into it with isql, giving name and password as normal. That's as far as I know how to go. Trying to open the raw database file in SYBASE Administrator tells me "There is no entry in the server list corresponding to that device. Cannot start server". Does anyone out there know what the situation is here? If anyone can take the time to walk me thru a few basic steps I would be most grateful as I don't profess to know much about databases. I've read as much documentation as I can get my hands on (doesn't include any official SYBASE manuals though) but none addresses my problem. Thanks, Stephen Brandon _____________________________________________________ Systems Administator, Department of Music, e-mail: sbrandon@music.gla.ac.uk 14 University Gardens, (NeXT mail welcomed) University of Glasgow, Tel: +44 (0)141 330 6065 Glasgow. Fax: +44 (0)141 307 8018
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: graham@tybj3.eglin.af.mil (Jim Graham) Subject: Re: printing to network HPLJ4 Si/MX in duplex ... does it work? Message-ID: <DBB9JM.I5G@jocasnext3.eglin.af.mil> Sender: news@jocasnext3.eglin.af.mil Organization: Tybrin Corporation, Shalimar, FL References: <DAn6Cs.6FL@jocasnext3.eglin.af.mil> <3stism$j0@balu.ixpoint.de> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 20:14:09 GMT In article <3stism$j0@balu.ixpoint.de>, <gguelden@ixpoint.de> wrote: >Jim Graham writes >> We have several NeXT systems (all at 3.3) in our network. We also have >> a central printer that most everyone uses, an HPLJ4 Si/MX. [ description of problems with printing duplex from NeXTs only ] >A QMS 1725 will work properly with QMSprint on NEXTSTEP. That's nice to know. Am I to assume, then, that an HPLJ4 Si/MX printer is essentially the exact equivalent of a QMS 1725 (sort of like the way my Panasonic KX-P1124 at home emulates an Epson LQ-2500), and that the software for the QMS will work for the HP that I was asking about (i.e., the printer *WE* have)? Is there an ftp site for this software? Later, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 graham@tybj3.eglin.af.mil || jim@n5ial.mythical.com || j.graham@ieee.org Phone (office): 904-864-4080 Packet: --OFFLINE-- (Ft. Walton Beach, FL)
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? Date: 7 Jul 1995 01:22:44 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3ti294$gpp@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> <3thqrp$l7o@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > In article <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> writes: > >The standard distribution of CERN httpd 3.0 from w3.org doesn't seem to > >compile. Perhaps, I have version skew. Can someone who has compiled this > >beast, please e-mail or call. > Where can I get the sources? or the binary? I just moved to NeXT and > want to elimate all WindowsNT uses. (well, almost, I will keep one WinNT as my > primary domain and name server:-)) Thanks. ftp://ftp.w3.org:/pub/www/src However, I think CERN is either very bad at documenting or they did a poor job at releasing their software. It doesn't compile. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PRINTING AND MAIL PROBLEMS Date: 7 Jul 1995 01:34:02 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3ti2ua$gpp@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <9507061401.AA17222@jaco.cca.rockwell.com> <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> wrote: > On the NEXT system, I can bring up a "bourne" shell and I can > > 1. send a postscript file to the printer using "lpr" and all works. > 2. enter the command "mail" and recieve mail that was sent. > > Using the GUI interface of NEXT - > 1. when the user clicks on the mail icon, he gets no mail (but in > the shell, if he enters mail, its there). What version of NEXTSTEP are you running? Where is your mail spool? How is it mounted? What are the permissions? Is Mail.app set up to automatically fetch mail or do you need to use "Get New Mail"? > 2. when using the GUI printer mechanism, and he sends the same > postscript file to the same printer, only the header page comes > out and nothing else. The GUI interface states that the print > files are still in queue. What printer are you using? How is it connected? How is it configured? Are you running NetInfo? It sounds like you're not utilizing NetInfo... -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
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From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Cap6.0 under NeXT3.2 Date: 7 Jul 1995 02:39:01 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <3ti6o5$jin@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <9507060237.AA10640@tpts1.seed.net.tw> idpt633@tpts1.seed.net.tw (PC_user) wrote: > Has anyone ever successfully configured Cap6.0 under NeXT3.2? > Please help! Yes. > Cap6.0 is a great freeware which offers appletalk connection > between Unix and Mac. Its document says it works with BSD4.3. "great" is debatable. It's convenient in many ways, and the price is certainly nice, but it can be a pain to setup. In the case of NeXTSTEP 3.2, some of the configuration checks are expecting certain include files to be in specific places. Between NS-2.x and NS-3.0 (or maybe between NS-3.0 and NS-3.1) those include files moved around. You can get CAP much better for NeXTSTEP 3.0 if you find the right config file and change it to look for include files in the place where NS-3.x has them. I've done this in the past, but don't have the updates handy right at the moment. I am running CAP 6.0 patch level 100 (plus an assortment from patches 101-192) on a NeXTSTEP 3.2 system, so I know it can be done. You can't set it up for native ethertalk, you have to have CAP bouncing IPTalk packets off some gateway. There is someone in Japan who has worked on changes to add native ethertalk support. I haven't tried that yet, but I hope to sometime soon. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel Date: 7 Jul 1995 20:53:23 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> I would like to set up a ISDN Internet connection using NS/I. Is this possible and if so, what hardware do I need? -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't mount: /Net: protocol family not supported Date: 6 Jul 1995 18:13:39 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <3th94j$1hc@optical.fiber.net> I set up a bunch of NFS stuff, and it worked fine for a couple of days. I tried to add something tday and it didn't take, so I thought a reboot was in order. When I did, the following message showed up: Jul 6 11:49:41 optical autonfsmount: Can't mount /Net: Protocol family not supported The file viewer no longer shows the mount points under /Net, and the funny thing is: nfsmanager still DOES show them. Any ideas what happened, or how I can get the mounts back? -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: "David Wetzel" <Dave@turbocat.snafu.de> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 95 19:44:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Single User? Message-ID: <37730415@turbocat.snafu.de> Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany How can I disable single-user-boot on an HP running NS 3.3? The boxes are public in college. _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Receiving email over a dial-up PPP connection using SMTP Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 21:33:01 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul7.213301.11454@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <3tjoaf$5r8@emerald.oz.net> In article <3tjoaf$5r8@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > But I've been told that my PPP host will try to pass my mail to me > when it receives it, but if my PPP link isn't up, it will just sit on my > remote PPP host. The way around this is for my PPP provider to run > sendmail periodically, but then my PPP link would have to be up at the > same time. I can see problems with this. > > Is there some way for my bringing my PPP link up to start a process to > get all my queued inbound mail? Your IP provider would have to implement some routine to detect when your host is "up" and process your mail queue when that happens. Any competent admin can write the scripts to do this, but it is something that only they can do. There is nothing you can do to trigger a mail delivery from your machine without your IP providers help. It is also possible for them to fake POP to collect for multiple mail addresses at your site; they would then give you a custom mail fetch program to run to separate mail into multiple mailboxes. Again, that is the responsibility of your IP provider. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: conklic@ln1d272nwk (Charlie Conklin) Subject: TransSys PNI with US-Robotics Courier Message-ID: <1995Jul7.095921.1919@il.us.swissbank.com> Keywords: slip, modem Sender: root@il.us.swissbank.com (Operator) Organization: Swiss Bank Corporation CM&T Division Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:59:21 GMT Is anyone out there using TranSys PNI slip with a US Robotics 28.8 Courier? There does not seem to be a dial script for one. I tried using the worldport script (which someone suggested), but that did not work very well. I am on intel hardware, running NeXTStep 3.3. Thanks for any help. - Charlie Conklin conklic@swissbank.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Subject: Re: Network Monitoring on NeXT Message-ID: <DBD6ww.4K1@muaddib.m.isar.de> Sender: mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (Michael Maximilian Goedel) Organization: Michael Maximilian Goedel References: <3tiefq$c5g@runner.uucp> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 21:12:31 GMT In article <3tiefq$c5g@runner.uucp> richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu (Richard Ruth) writes: > Are there any apps or unix programs (that compile on black hardware) that > are network monitoring and data acquisition tools? Does anyone have > tcpdump running on NEXTSTEP for ethernet connections? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > > -- > Richard > richard%runner.uucp@usc.edu > (100K bytes max -- ok to send NeXTMail) A NeXTuser in Germany works on this project. I'll send him mail to ask, if it works now. He had problems with a special device, tcdpump uses. I'll send the answer, if I have it. Nice greetings form Munich -- __ Michael Maximilian Goedel | Agilolfinger Platz 10 /\_\ KARSTADT AG Haus Oberpollinger Muenchen | 81543 Muenchen \/_/ mgoedel@muaddib.m.isar.de (NeXTmail) | Tel.: +49 89 65 29 18 NeXTSTEP! CompuServe ID: 100663,25 | Work: +49 89 29 02 54 18
From: m@bang.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel Date: 7 Jul 1995 22:43:53 GMT Organization: a2i network Message-ID: <3tkdb9$aib@hustle.rahul.net> References: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: > I would like to set up a ISDN Internet connection using NS/I. Is this > possible and if so, what hardware do I need? There are two general stratagies: 1) Use a router. An ISDN to Ethernet router can be used between your workstation and your ISDN line. Your workstation communicates with the router using TCP/IP while the router communicates with your service provider using PPP. 2) Use a terminal adapter. An ISDN terminal adapter can be used between your serial port and your ISDN line. You run PPP on your host which talks directly to your service provider. M Carling Chairman, Bay Area NeXT Group
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? Date: 7 Jul 1995 22:54:52 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tkdvs$1km@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3thqrp$l7o@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3tk956$6ap@trane.opensource.com> chris@opensource.com wrote: > In article <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla > <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> writes: > >The standard distribution of CERN httpd 3.0 from w3.org doesn't seem to > >compile. Perhaps, I have version skew. Can someone who has compiled > this > >beast, please e-mail or call. > I am quite sure I compiled the httpd 3.0 from w3.org. Unfortunatly, I > don't remember doing anything in particular to get it to compile. I did > force the BUILD script to build for next-386, then I modified the > makefiles as needed based on compiler complaints. > I think I modified All/next-386/Makefile.include. For example adding > -arch i386 to the CFLAGS and LFLAGS. I compiled it for i386 under NS3.2 > m68k and NS3.3 sparc. > What sort of compiler complaints are you getting? Unfortunately, it's not a configuration issue. The distribution is bad. Header files are missing, certain enumerated typedefs are incorrectly used in the .c files (ERR_WARNING instead of ERR_WARN) and more. I need to locate a working and perhaps older release. Also, I don't understand why they just don't make a single .gz.tar file instead of three separate files which can go out of sync. NCSA http was a piece of cake... -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: TransSys PNI with US-Robotics Courier Date: 7 Jul 1995 22:57:26 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tke4m$1km@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <1995Jul7.095921.1919@il.us.swissbank.com> conklic@ln1d272nwk (Charlie Conklin) wrote: > Is anyone out there using TranSys PNI slip with a US Robotics 28.8 > Courier? There does not seem to be a dial script for one. I tried using > the worldport script (which someone suggested), but that did not > work very well. I am on intel hardware, running NeXTStep 3.3. > Thanks for any help. > - Charlie Conklin conklic@swissbank.com This may not be the answer you were looking for but... TransSys has dropped support for PNI SLIP. You are better off with ppp2.0 and GateKeeper.app. They were relatively simple to install. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: CERN httpd 3.0 triggers bug in NEXTSTEP 3.3 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.infosystems.www.misc Date: 7 Jul 1995 20:03:49 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <3tki15$q86@mysite.mydomain> References: <DB7A4p.86@AWT.NL> I'm running the CERN httpd 3.0 under NS3.3 for Intel and have not experienced this problem. My machine is stand alone and is not connected to any network yet. stef Gerben Wierda (G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL) wrote: : I use CERN httpd 3.0, because it has caching and proxy support, and I need the : cache. : When I run httpd under NEXTSTEP 3.3 on intel, and I try to restart the system : from the login window, the restart process hangs. The culprit is httpd, it seems, : because without httpd the syetsm reboots ok. Also, rebooting via shutdown : works OK. I guess that rebooting or shutting down via loginwindow.app tries to : kill all processes separately, while shutdown kills init with a SIGTERM. The : latter seems to work. : Why do I think that httpd is to blame? Well, if I leave it out the restart problems : are not there. : Besides, killing httpd itself with SIGTERM will crash NEXTSTEP. On intel, the big : console window appears and the system hangs. Luckily, the system still reacts : to ALT-Numlock followed by 'r', so that a clean reboot is possible. : Killing httpd with SIGKILL does not trigger the bug. : I would like to get in contact with people running CERN httpd 3.0 under : NEXTSTEP to see if this can be worked out. Or I'd like to get into contact with : people who know how to solve this problem, or what triggers it. : Thanks,
From: mickey@va.pubnix.com (Mickey A. Lasky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Default route disappearing? Date: 7 Jul 1995 09:25:57 -0400 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virginia) Message-ID: <3tjcl5$p7j@pub01.va.pubnix.com> On my Turbo Slab (black), after a reboot, my default route to my router keeps vanishing. Now... the weird part is, it does not go away instantly, but takes a few minutes. Example... I reboot, and login. A netstat -rn shows the default route as there and ready. I let the machine sit for a few minutes and then try something that would send packets out to my router and bring up my line. I get an error about the network being unreachable. Another netstat -rn shows no default route! My default route statement is in my rc.local and works normally since to bring the route back all I do is paste the line from that file back into my shell and boom, the route comes back and all is well. Some background stuff. I am running NS 3.2 and I'm using routed to process my routes. Any ideas? ------ Mickey Lasky mickey@va.pubnix.com ITA Communications mickey@ita.org (NeXTMail welcomed) http://www.ita.org/~dokk/ita.html "I like my meat so rare a skilled veterinarian would have a good chance of bringing it back to life." --- Bad beer commercial hear on the interstate.
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Single User? Date: 7 Jul 1995 23:33:22 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <3tkg82$atk@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <37730415@turbocat.snafu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit David Wetzel (Dave@turbocat.snafu.de) wrote: : How can I disable single-user-boot on an HP running NS 3.3? : The boxes are public in college. I don't know about HP, but the usual approach to this is to change the rc script which gets executed on singleuser boot to include a password check. Alternatively you could replace the singleuser boot script to the normal boot script, but that might be a bad idea if you have problems with the machines later on. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS PROBLEM Date: 7 Jul 1995 23:35:49 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <3tkgcl$ato@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <DAvJMz.94r@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> <3tjlvd$8s3@anemone.saclay.cea.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit A.Buteau 62 17 (buteau@bali.saclay.cea.fr) wrote: : I' m tring to export my Next disk on a Solaris Computer. Solaris 2.4 triggers a bug in NeXT's NFS implementation. Mount next directories on the sun using a read and write size of 1024. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: jkheit@cjc08018 (John Kheit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail, Faces 3.0, and pictures Date: 8 Jul 1995 01:45:07 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tknv3$je2@news3.digex.net> Well, now that I've got my link going (more or less :), I want to be able to see all of your smiling faces when I read your mail or posts. I have the Faces 3.0 directory of tiffs and I tossed then into /LocalLibrary/Images/People. However, only my jkheit.tiff seems to come up. The more complicated kheit.gandalf.rutgers.edu.tiff and other long *.tiffs won't show up in Mail.app. I tried running the mkpassalai script that comes with Faces (It doesn't seem to work) and the mailDBupdate to no avail. And so my questions: 1) How does one go about getting this database updated and Mail.app working with all of the images in the .../People directory? 2) How do I go about adding my .tiff files to the Faces distribution, is there a mailing list like the next icon mailing list, or a depository anywhere? 3) Where can the latest Faces version be obtained from? Thanks very much for the help! -- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | I don't know... John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | Truth exists... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^)
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 3.3 driver under 3.2? Date: 8 Jul 1995 01:45:55 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <3tko0j$i0j@news.next.com> References: <3spmtk$7uk@news.kth.se> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin d94dwa@student.csd.uu.se writes: >Yesterday I installed a SoundBlaster 16 Card in my intelbox. The >system has hanged itself twice since that. I believe it's the driver >so the question is could I and should I use the 3.3 SoundBlaster driver >under my NSFIP 3.2 system? You should most definitely not use 3.3 drivers under 3.2; they will not work. DriverKit changed from 3.2 to 3.3. >...or is there another SB16 driver for NS 3.2 that works better? There may be a public domain SoundBlaster driver available for 3.2; I seem to remember one coming around back then, though I can't be sure. The best solution would of course be to upgrade to 3.3. >--david Rollie
From: jkheit@cnj.digex.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: MPEG + OmniWeb? Date: 8 Jul 1995 03:30:40 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tku50$k8s@news3.digex.net> References: <3tjjso$i4a@news.ccit.arizona.edu> mccollam@Arizona.EDU (Donald E McCollam) wrote: > Hi. Is there a MPEG component for OmniWeb so one can view > MPEG "movies"? Yea, If you get Movie.app (version 2.51.2 I believe is the newest) from the archive sites you will able to view mpegs that you download. However, if you mean you want to view mpegs right in the OmniWeb window--I dont believe that is doable. -- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | I don't know... John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | Truth exists... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^)
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need good UNIX network book for NS. Date: 7 Jul 1995 23:21:54 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <3tktki$1k0@mysite.mydomain> Hi, I'm looking for a good book that explains everything about UNIX network configuration. (Is this too demanding?) Hopefully something that has some Next info as well. I'm trying to get 2 NS 3.3 (Intel) machines connected through PPP, but I'm having all kinds of excitement I could do without. For example I did something with NetInfoManager and now my computer can't find the machines directory in the netinfo data base. (Does it show I'm a novice? :) Thanx, stef PS Oh yeah! If anyone has any ideas about the missing machines directory I'd love to hear about them.
From: tyf@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Tin-Yau Fung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] NetInfo gone after upgrade Date: 8 Jul 1995 05:22:15 GMT Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley I upgraded from 3.0 to 3.3 last week. Unfortunately, after the Message-ID: <3tl4m7$kkv@agate.berkeley.edu>
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail, Faces 3.0, and pictures Date: 8 Jul 1995 03:28:37 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <3tku16$dn@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <3tknv3$je2@news3.digex.net> jkheit@cjc08018 (John Kheit) wrote: > Well, now that I've got my link going (more or less :), I want > to be able to see all of your smiling faces when I read your mail > or posts. I have the Faces 3.0 directory of tiffs and I tossed > then into /LocalLibrary/Images/People. The first thing to realize is that your email address (in the From field of your usenet articles) is wrong... Note that this is more significant for people trying to get your face to pop up. You need to do the standard fix in Alexandra to get around this bug... The second thing to realize is that the Faces 3.0 collection was done in 1992. Many of the faces are people you'll never see, and even of the ones who are there they may very well have new email addresses by now. I installed Faces-3.0 in 1992, and have tried to follow email changes and new face tiffs since then. In the process of moving to a new hard disk, I recently went thru all the faces and removed every file which had not been referenced since June of 1992 (I had to do it now, because the tar-pipe to move the directory would have referenced all the files). As a result, my People directory is now about 1 meg. The compressed tar file for Faces-3 is over 4 meg (and it doesn't include a number of NeXTSTEP-ing faces that I've got). > However, only my jkheit.tiff seems to come up. The more complicated > kheit.gandalf.rutgers.edu.tiff and other long *.tiffs won't show > up in Mail.app. I tried running the mkpassalai script that comes > with Faces (It doesn't seem to work) and the mailDBupdate to no > avail. Hmm. My mkpassalia script works fine, but it's modified from the original. Seems to me the one in the original faces distribution worked OK for me too, though. There were just some extra checking and features I wanted to add. What do you mean by "doesn't come up in Mail.app"? Are they not coming up for incoming messages, or are they not coming up in the Addresses panel? The processing of faces in the Addresses panel wasn't the same as in the Mailbox windows, but that was fixed in the version of Mail.app that's in NS-3.3. If you have an earlier version, it wouldn't be too surprising if faces aren't popping up the way you'd expect. > And so my questions: You of course realize you have to make your face tiff available worldwide to get answers to any of these questions... :-) > 1) How does one go about getting this database updated and > Mail.app working with all of the images in the .../People > directory? Mail.app works fine for me. People running Alexandra should note that the current version of that newsreader isn't handling faces quite right. It only matches a few faces (and it's using a different naming algorithm than Mail.app uses -- it's sort of using NewsGrazer's algorithm). > 2) How do I go about adding my .tiff files to the Faces > distribution, is there a mailing list like the next icon > mailing list, or a depository anywhere? As indicated by the fact that the Faces-3 distribution is from 1992, it's pretty clear that it's not getting updated. The NeXT-icon mailing list *does* include face-tiffs. The NeXT-icon collection has a directory of face tiffs, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't include the Faces-3 collection (most of which are from X-face sources). Hmm. The NeXT-icon collection (which includes many other icons in addition to face-tiffs) is not available on ftp.cs.orst.edu anymore. I don't think it's on sonata either. You can get it from the following locations though: The Big Green CD (BGCD). This is two or three CD's of NeXTSTEP related files. The most recent edition of the BGCD was done in December 1994, but I think there is another one planned for sometime this summer. For more details on the BGCD, check: http://skylee.com/ It (the NeXT-icon collection) is also available via anonymous FTP from: ftp://ftp.eng.uh.edu/pub/nextstep/graphics (that's a directory which has the latest version in it). Note that it's a tar.gz file (gzip compressed), and that the compressed file is over five megabytes. I imagine some other NeXTSTEP-specific CD collections would have the NeXT-icon collection on them, too. > 3) Where can the latest Faces version be obtained from? You probably have the latest version. I imagine I should tar up my current faces directory and offer that as an alternative, but that includes a number face-tiffs for people who never intended their pictures to be available around the world (but they didn't duck fast enough so I had a photo of them to make a face tiff from...). A better question might be "how can one design a faces database system which would do a better job of tracking people as they move about?". I think about this from time to time, along with all the other things I pretend to be thinking about... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need good UNIX network book for NS. Date: 8 Jul 1995 09:21:41 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tlin5$40t@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tktki$1k0@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for a good book that explains everything about UNIX > network configuration. (Is this too demanding?) Hopefully something that has > some Next info as well. TCP/IP Network Administration Craig Hunt O'Reilly and Associates ISBN 0-937175-82-x -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Default route disappearing? Date: 8 Jul 1995 09:31:19 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tlj97$40t@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tjcl5$p7j@pub01.va.pubnix.com> mickey@va.pubnix.com (Mickey A. Lasky) wrote: > On my Turbo Slab (black), after a reboot, my default route to my router > keeps vanishing. Now... the weird part is, it does not go away instantly, > but takes a few minutes. Example... > I reboot, and login. A netstat -rn shows the default route as there > and ready. I let the machine sit for a few minutes and then try something > that would send packets out to my router and bring up my line. I get an > error about the network being unreachable. Another netstat -rn shows no > default route! > My default route statement is in my rc.local and works normally since to > bring the route back all I do is paste the line from that file back into > my shell and boom, the route comes back and all is well. > Some background stuff. I am running NS 3.2 and I'm using routed to > process my routes. Any ideas? Either disable routed by changing /etc/hostconfig (ROUTER=-NO-) or use routed and edit /etc/gateways. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel (Long) Date: 8 Jul 1995 12:35:58 -0400 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com> References: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> In article <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net>, Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: >I would like to set up a ISDN Internet connection using NS/I. Is this >possible and if so, what hardware do I need? There are several approaches to take, each with their own trade-offs. In order of expense: 1. ISDN Terminal Adaptors. 2. Standalone IP/ISDN Bridge. The route you take will depend both on cost and on how much control/choice you have over the other end of the connection. Another factor to consider is the price of service from your local telco. #ifdef PISSED_OFF_AT_HAVING_TO_USE_NYNEX (Congratulations! You happen to have Nynex as your provider, without doubt the most expensive and least technically capable provider in the U.S.) Since Nynex is in the loop I will take an aside here to say a few things about pricing, since this is likely to be the over-riding factor in your case. The typical implementation of IP over ISDN involves making a call over the 'Circuit Switched Data' network. This is, at minimum, one 64Kbit B channel. Nynex has reasonable prices for monthly charges, $13/month. Where they screw you is the connect time for Circuit Switched Data calls. For each call they charge $.01/call and $.016/minute. For heavy use this is outrageously expensive, an Average of $700/month for a 24x7 link. Compare this with only $2,000 for a full T1. In most parts of the country (Except for Southwestern Bell - the second worst local loop provider) per minute charges are lower, and flat rate pricing structures are available. You will thus have to make sure that your equipment is able to make calls using the Circuit Switched Voice network (which adds some line conditioning and echo cancelation to the circuit). If you actually use the Circuit Switched Data mode you'll pay through the nose. I saw a recent writeup in a comm rag about how ISDN has become cheaply available nationwide. Nynex was listed as selling ISDN for < $100 per month to business users. Hah, *as if*. . . It is true if you are just using voice calls, but actually use it for data calls and this ain't the case at all. (O.K. spleen vented now. . .) #endif /* PISSED_OFF_AT_HAVING_TO_USE_NYNEX */ There is hope for people who cannot afford to make ISDN Data calls. Some terminal adapters (like the Motorola BitSURFR) are able to make a call via the Voice network, then negotiate a data connection on top of that. The BitSURFR is apparently able to also bond the D channel to this data/voice connection to provide a throughput around 70Kbit. The BitSURFR is very cheap, and since it is controlled via standard Hayes AT commands, is basically a drop in replacement for current analog modems. Thus you would run PPP or SLIP on your local machine, and hang this off a high speed serial port. If the best you can do is 57600 baud, then you can just treat this like a 56kb line. At the other end, you can connect with either a terminal server which supports ISDN PRI or BRI interfaces, or another BitSURFR hung off a terminal server or computer. Since BitSURFRs are inexpensive (the latest Insight catalog lists these for $379 a piece) this is the rock bottom solution. USR will have a combination V.34 and ISDN modem soon, and Zyxel has a product as well. I do not know their prices, but assume that they will be more expensive than the BitSURFR. Another option is a bridge between ethernet and ISDN. Digiboard Ascend, and Cisco, all sell products which have a single ethernet port and a single BRI interface. A number of products with similar design have both single and multi-protocol routing as well. Devices which offer routing, compression, and other options seem to start around $1700. The best price I've seen is for the Ascend Pipeline 25. The base model lists for $895, and just provides bridging, no routing. (I am currently in contact with one of there engineers to determine whether it will do over 56kb via a voice circuit). $1,195 would buy a Pipeline 25 with compression hardware. The benefit of a bridge is that you do not have to run PPP or slip locally, and you avoid all the serial driver overhead. A high end box which provides hardware compression and either multi-link PPP or Bonding can support around 256kb on a pair of B channels, and 128kb on a single B channel. (Possibly, though I don't know for sure you might also get over 112kb via data on top of circuit switched voice channels.) The drawbacks are higher cost, and less flexibility (You cannot accept a call from someone calling you via a terminal adapter). Additional note. A Boston area POP located in Bedford, MA, is starting to sell ISDN accounts for very reasonable rates using BitSURFRs. ($69 for 300 hours/month) see http://www.tiac.net for more info if this is in your local calling area. As you can probably guess, I am currently investigating ISDN for my own use. Currently I am torn between the Ascend 25 and the BitSURFR. If I can make a Hayes ESP card work with the Mux Driver I may be able to squeeze nearly 64kb out of the BitSURFR at the cost of having to run PPP on my own CPU at home. This depends on my employer buying an ISDN compatible server at the other end. If not, I would have to hang another BitSURFR off an annex box there (which only supports 57600 baud rates.) The second approach is to buy a bridge with compression to see if I can get about 112kb out of a voice switched call. This seems to be the best option from a technical standpoint. If do-able at all, it would result in 112kb for a monthly cost of $13 grater than my current modem line cost. Conclusions: If raw throughput is your goal, and you live in a part of the US (or another part of the world) where the ISDN provider has reasonable prices, I would definitely suggest looking into an ethernet bridge solution. Via both bonding and MPP you can get lots of bandwidth cheaply without scragging your local system. If low initial cost is your goal, definitely check out the Motorola BitSURFR. I doubt there will be a more cost effective approach in the near future. Sorry for rambling like this, I hope someone got something useful out of it. References: Dan Kegel's ISDN Page: http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/ (A great place to start for looking into this stuff.) Motorola BitSURFR information: http://www.motorola.com/MIMS/ISG/Products/BSRF/ (Also look for the $15 BitSURFR rebate coupon) Ascend: http://www.ascend.com Cisco: http://www.cisco.com (The 1003 model seems like it may do the trick but I have not investigated it thoroughly.) Digiboard: http://www.digibd.com/ (The IMAC series is pricey but feature rich. It is also the only one I've seen that directly advertises support of 56KB over ISDN circuit switched voice network). p.s. Robert, I will be at the BCS Next meeting next week and will bring along some info on what I've learned so far. Disclaimer -- Too damn lazy to cite all the Trade Marks here. -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
From: thrash@delphi.onramp.net (David R. Thrash) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS PROBLEM Date: 8 Jul 1995 19:17:21 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <3tmlk1$643@news.onramp.net> References: <3tkgcl$ato@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> In article <3tkgcl$ato@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) writes: > A.Buteau 62 17 (buteau@bali.saclay.cea.fr) wrote: > > : I' m tring to export my Next disk on a Solaris Computer. > > Solaris 2.4 triggers a bug in NeXT's NFS implementation. I believe this is a Solaris bug?!? -- David R. Thrash dthrash@Tac-One.Com Compuserve: 76217,1304 http://www.Tac-One.Com/ finger4PGP Thrash & Company
From: bchuang@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Ben Chuang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: startup error: inetd echo/udp: unkwown service Date: 8 Jul 1995 19:14:49 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Message-ID: <3tmlf9$1fs@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> I'm posting this message by telnetting from the startup window of my next to another host, so I hope this is legible... My NeXT has been working without any real problems for over 12 months. I recently loaded OmniWeb, and the filter services last week. I got a couple weird console errors today (from OmniWeb), so I powered down the machine, took the opporunity to set the default boot command to "sd" (I've been typing that manually for about 8 months), and rebooted. Now, the system always gives errors when starting up, inetd gives "unkown service" for echo/udp and echo/tcp. Soon after, there are some netinfo connection errors, then I get a syslog error 15 and get sent to single user mode. I've attempted to exit single user mode twice, but the system gets hung on autonfsmount. Any advice would be appreciated. Please send mail to bchuang@umich.edu" I'll post a summary.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.infosystems.www.misc From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Re: CERN httpd 3.0 triggers bug in NEXTSTEP 3.3 References: <DB7A4p.86@awt.nl> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 13:14:31 GMT Message-ID: <1995Jul8.131431.12985@proximus.north.de> In article <DB7A4p.86@awt.nl>, Gerben Wierda <G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL> wrote: >I use CERN httpd 3.0, because it has caching and proxy support, and I need the >cache. There is a speed penalty using the Cache and the Server on the same machine. If you have several machines and get a lot of http requests, you should consider installing the NCSA httpd (or Apache or CERN httpd) and use the Harvest Object Cache. However, I still use the CERN httpd 3.0, caching enabled on black h/w w/o any problem so far. Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? References: <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 13:48:25 GMT Message-ID: <1995Jul8.134825.13201@proximus.north.de> In article <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net>, Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: >The standard distribution of CERN httpd 3.0 from w3.org doesn't seem to >compile. Perhaps, I have version skew. Can someone who has compiled this >beast, please e-mail or call. You also need the libraries. If you cannot compile it at all or do not find the libraries, I can send you (NeXTmail?) either the binaries (black h/w, NEXTSTEP 3.x, no inetd) or the complete sources. Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
From: chris@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? Date: 7 Jul 1995 21:32:22 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3tk956$6ap@trane.opensource.com> References: <3thqrp$l7o@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> In article <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> writes: >The standard distribution of CERN httpd 3.0 from w3.org doesn't seem to >compile. Perhaps, I have version skew. Can someone who has compiled this >beast, please e-mail or call. I am quite sure I compiled the httpd 3.0 from w3.org. Unfortunatly, I don't remember doing anything in particular to get it to compile. I did force the BUILD script to build for next-386, then I modified the makefiles as needed based on compiler complaints. I think I modified All/next-386/Makefile.include. For example adding -arch i386 to the CFLAGS and LFLAGS. I compiled it for i386 under NS3.2 m68k and NS3.3 sparc. What sort of compiler complaints are you getting?
From: chris@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 7 Jul 1995 21:36:07 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3tk9c7$6b4@trane.opensource.com> References: <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> Tim D. Bandy writes > > Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your > .rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in > to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". Also make sure the permissions are 644 for the .rhosts file. If group or other have write the r commands won't work as you hope. Chris
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully compiled CERN httpd 3.0? Date: 8 Jul 1995 20:23:09 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tmpfd$c6s@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3th04e$anm@dalesbred.terra.net> <1995Jul8.134825.13201@proximus.north.de> I have successfully compiled, installed, and configured it... I needed to use an older release. The latest release apparently went out the door without passing by the QA dept. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel (Long) Date: 8 Jul 1995 20:34:49 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tmq59$c6s@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com> jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) wrote: > #ifdef PISSED_OFF_AT_HAVING_TO_USE_NYNEX > (Congratulations! You happen to have Nynex as your provider, > without doubt the most expensive and least technically capable > provider in the U.S.) > Since Nynex is in the loop I will take an aside here to say a few > things about pricing, since this is likely to be the over-riding > factor in your case. The typical implementation of IP over ISDN > involves making a call over the 'Circuit Switched Data' network. > This is, at minimum, one 64Kbit B channel. Nynex has reasonable > prices for monthly charges, $13/month. Where they screw you is > the connect time for Circuit Switched Data calls. For each call > they charge $.01/call and $.016/minute. For heavy use this is > outrageously expensive, an Average of $700/month for a 24x7 link. > Compare this with only $2,000 for a full T1. > In most parts of the country (Except for Southwestern Bell - the > second worst local loop provider) per minute charges are lower, > and flat rate pricing structures are available. You will thus have > to make sure that your equipment is able to make calls using the > Circuit Switched Voice network (which adds some line conditioning > and echo cancelation to the circuit). If you actually use the > Circuit Switched Data mode you'll pay through the nose. > I saw a recent writeup in a comm rag about how ISDN has become > cheaply available nationwide. Nynex was listed as selling ISDN > for < $100 per month to business users. Hah, *as if*. . . It is > true if you are just using voice calls, but actually use it for > data calls and this ain't the case at all. > (O.K. spleen vented now. . .) > #endif /* PISSED_OFF_AT_HAVING_TO_USE_NYNEX */ Thanks for the info. NYNEX is horrible. Recently, I got an e-mail from a client that said "Robert, I tried calling you at your number but got some medical information service." NYNEX had given away my number due to some mixup. I made them promptly correct the problem and pay me compensation for my grief. NYNEX is also the company that has not yet offered Caller ID! I can't wait till the long distance companies get into the local markets. I will be one of the first to switch. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: INN 1.4 Date: 8 Jul 1995 20:36:23 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tmq87$c6s@dalesbred.terra.net> If you're running INN and nntp, I'd like to hear from you. Please e-mail or call. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Retraction about SW Bell was ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel (Long) Date: 8 Jul 1995 17:20:03 -0400 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <3tmsq3$fh@papoose.quick.com> References: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com> In article <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com>, James E. Quick <jq@phcs.phcs.com> wrote: >In article <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net>, >Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: >In most parts of the country (Except for Southwestern Bell - the >second worst local loop provider) per minute charges are lower, >and flat rate pricing structures are available. Several happy SW Bell subscribers have sent me email about this, I stand corrected. My statement about SW Bell was based on a conversation I had with a representative of an ISDN equipment manufacturer who commiserated with me about Nynex, and who referred to SW Bell as "probably the nations second worst local loop provider". I took this engineer's statement out of context and assumed that SW Bell did not have a flat rate plan. SW Bell not only has an unlimited flat rate pricing plan but also a plan for purchasing up to N minutes of data connection at a flat rate. If you are served by SW Bell, do not despair. I am sorry for the mis-information. Still looking for a 3 character ascii sequence for 'foot in mouth'. 8^) -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: traction about SW Bell was ISDN for NEXTSTEP Intel (Long) Date: 8 Jul 1995 21:55:47 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tmut3$dfe@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net> <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com> <3tmsq3$fh@papoose.quick.com> jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) wrote: > In article <3tmc5e$skv@papoose.quick.com>, > James E. Quick <jq@phcs.phcs.com> wrote: > >In article <3tk6s3$2c@dalesbred.terra.net>, > >Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: > >In most parts of the country (Except for Southwestern Bell - the > >second worst local loop provider) per minute charges are lower, > >and flat rate pricing structures are available. And I never wrote the above statement! Those are your words. I have never dealt with Southwestern Bell. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: CERN httpd 3.0 triggers bug in NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 9 Jul 1995 01:21:41 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <3tnav5$msq@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <DB7A4p.86@awt.nl> <1995Jul8.131431.12985@proximus.north.de> i I need that CERN httpd. How did you guys get it? for some reason, I can not even decompresse it.. I did use binary transfer mode. help???
Subject: need help compiling ncurses Date: Sat, 8 Jul 95 14:08:34 PDT Message-ID: <000FEC55.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest I recently retreived and have attempted to compile ncurses-1.9.2d and am having some problems. The ANNOUNCE file included with the package mentions that the software has been succesfully ported to NEXTSTEP 3.2 (I'm running on Motorolla hardware) so I have a feeling I'm doing something stupid. Any help, or pointers to help would be very appreciated. The problem: After running configure and doing a compile the first problem I run into is that lib_screen requires a bunch of routines not initially availalble. After checking the included header files on my machine, I noticed I could make these availalble by compiling with the -posix option of my compiler. After making that change the next problem I have is with the lib_tstp code. The compiler complains that many functions are already defined in the NeXT header files. A look at the lib_tstp code revealed that I could define the -DHAVE_SIGACTION macro and the lib_tstp.c code would not try to redefine functions that my NeXT headers imply I already have. I'm a bit concerned that this may be the wrong thing to do, though, since the configure script set HAVE_SIGACTION to NO. After making the above change, everything goes fine until the following link error: cc -I.. -I../../include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DTERMINFO=\"/usr/local/lib/terminfo\" -DHAVE_SIGACTION -O -posix normal/comp_main.o normal/dump_entry.o normal/writ e_entry.o libncurses.a -o tic ld: Undefined symbols: _isascii _color_pairs *** Exit 1 Stop. In addition, when ranlib gets run (before the above error occurs) I notice the following warnings: ranlib -a libncurses.a ranlib: file: libncurses.a(sigaction.o) has no symbols ranlib: file: libncurses.a(strerror.o) has no symbols My guess would be that my linking problem is related to the above warning but I have no idea how to go about fixing it Again, any help you can offer would be most appreciated. I'll post a summary. Thanks, Gary Affonso gaffonso@iqinc.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: cjones@netcom.com (Carl Jones) Subject: Make Modem Work on Gateway/2000 Message-ID: <cjonesDBFMMA.J3C@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 04:46:58 GMT Sender: cjones@netcom4.netcom.com OK, I don't know what to do and am certain that it is something stupid. I cannot get my internal Gateway/2000 FAX modem to work. I have retrieved the latest serial drivers from NeXT and successfully installed them. However, if I tip dial1200 xxxyyyy I hear the dial, hear the ring, hear the search for matchup, get a "connect" and then nothing. If I tip a9600 (or cufa9600 or any similar from the std etc/remote) then I get less than nothing! No modem directives work, ATDT, ATH, etc. When I boot DOS/Windows I can dial out just fine, as I have done just now to enter this sad note! What *am* I doing wrong? or what can I do to get more information? What else should I try? I am not a whiz at all with unix, so explicit directions would be appreciated. advaTHANKSnce, carl jones
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin From: sable@baseworx.att.com (Sablime Administator) Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Message-ID: <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Columbus, Ohio References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 19:20:40 GMT In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: > >Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". > Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. Any advice would be apreciated. -- Brian S. Wilson ***** The above opinions result from a sick desire to inflict my ignorance on the world and reflect the views of _no_ other entity, organization, body, corporation, or philosophy. (To the best of my limited knowledge.) wilson@cbdes.oh.att.com
From: cconley@mcs.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help with PPP config. Cannot determine local IP Date: 9 Jul 1995 19:43:17 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <3tpbgl$e8b@News1.mcs.net> Keywords: ppp cannot determine local IP address I was running PPP fine on my NeXT hardware. I moved over to Intel and I'm having problems getting PPP to work. I'm a standalone machine. I set everything up as the directions say. (Yeah right. :) Here are some specifics. Can you help? I'm using the pppup.annex script example provided in the latest ppp2.2 distribution. Here it is: exec /usr/local/bin/pppd bsdcomp 10,10 mtu 296 lcp-echo-interval 15 \ lcp-echo-failure 3 debug crtscts kdebug 17 defaultroute modem -pap -chap \ connect '/usr/local/bin/chat -v ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" ATZ0 "OK" ATDT2485687 CONNECT "" ogin: XXXXXX assword: XXXXXXX' \ /dev/cufa 57600 lock My setup dials, logs in, and seems to start up ppp. However, I can't use any Internet applications like Omniweb or Popover because they can't find remote hosts. Here's what ppp2.2.debug says: .. Jul 9 14:05:57 rand pppd[221]: Connected... Jul 9 14:05:58 rand pppd[221]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 9 14:05:58 rand pppd[221]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cufa Jul 9 14:05:58 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x310c133c> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:05:58 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x310c133c> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:06:01 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x310c133c> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:06:01 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x310c133c> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x2ef14ed6> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MRU Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (1500) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ASYNCMAP Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (0) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MAGICNUMBER Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (2ef14ed6) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: rcvd PCOMPRESSION Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ACCOMPRESSION Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK. Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x2ef14ed6> <pcomp> <accomp>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 31 0c 13 3c] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <bsd v1 10>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (45) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: returning Configure-NAK Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [proto=0x8029] 01 03 00 04 Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: Unknown protocol (0x8029) received Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 80 29 01 03 00 04] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x4 80 fd 01 01 00 07 15 03 2a] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_rprotrej. Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: lcp_rprotrej: Rcvd Protocol-Reject packet for 80fd! Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x5 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 199.3.35.108>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (45) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: received ADDR Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (199.3.35.108) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: (ACK) Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x5 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 199.3.35.108>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: up Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: Could not determine local IP address Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: down Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: sent [IPCP TermReq id=0x3] Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [IPCP TermAck id=0x3] Jul 9 14:06:18 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 31 0c 13 3c] Jul 9 14:06:18 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 2e f1 4e d6] Jul 9 14:06:33 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 31 0c 13 3c] Jul 9 14:06:33 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 2e f1 4e d6] Jul 9 14:06:48 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3 31 0c 13 3c] Jul 9 14:06:48 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x3 2e f1 4e d6] Jul 9 14:06:49 rand pppd[221]: Terminating on signal 2. Jul 9 14:06:49 rand pppd[221]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3] Jul 9 14:06:49 rand pppd[221]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x3] Jul 9 14:06:49 rand pppd[221]: Connection terminated. Here's what the diagnostic programs return: rand:8# ifconfig ppp0 ppp0: flags=51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING> inet 0.0.0.0 --> 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 rand:9# netstat -nr Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 324 lo0 204.95.55 204.95.55.92 U 5 763 en0 rand:10# nslookup *** Can't find server name for address 192.160.127.125: No response from server *** Can't find server name for address 192.160.127.90: No response from server *** Can't find server name for address 35.1.1.91: No response from server *** Default servers are not available When my machine boots: .. Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: EtherExpress16C at port 300 irq 10 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: IP protocol enabled for interface en0, type "10MB Ethernet" Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: en0: Ethernet address 00:aa:00:68:23:e7 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Registering: Beep Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Display: Mode selected: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz (RGB:555/16) Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Registering: Display0 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Mux0: probe for Serial Port Hardware irq 4: Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: 0x3f8: 16550 Buffered RTS 1664<2995<3328 CTS Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Registering: Mux0 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: BPF version 1.1 NS 3.2 and 3.3 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: LKS: $Revision: 3.0 $ ($Date: 1995/05/29 22:11:19 $) Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: Using Major device 32 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: by Stephen Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu> Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: PPP version 2.2a5 for NS 3.2 and 3.3 Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: LKS: $Revision: 3.0 $ ($Date: 1995/05/29 22:12:03 $) Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: by Stephen Perkins, Philip Prindeville, and Pete French Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: bpf: ppp0 attached Jul 9 11:26:40 rand mach: bpf: ppp1 attached Jul 9 11:24:42 rand autonfsmount: Can't get my address Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Chris Conley Chicago cconley@mcs.com
From: cavery@cais.cais.com (Cavery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: tripwire Date: 9 Jul 1995 21:37:27 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Message-ID: <3tpi6n$pr2@news.cais.com> Has anyone compiled and used tripwire on a Next 3.2 OS? Has anyone run Satan against a Next running OS 3.2? Thanks -
From: jkheit@cnj.digex.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fdisk boot sector command, anyone remember it? Date: 9 Jul 1995 21:46:04 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tpims$7cd@news3.digex.net> Hi all, I want to re-write the boot0 and boot1 boot sector programs (via NEXTSTEP) without killing the data stored on the drive. I remember this was possible, but forget the command. Can someone refresh my memory? Oh and can anyone tell me where I can pull the latests NeXTFAQs from? Thanks. -- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | So, I don't have John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | a message... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^)
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fdisk boot sector command, anyone remember it? Date: 9 Jul 1995 21:54:47 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tpj77$7e1@news3.digex.net> References: <3tpims$7cd@news3.digex.net> jkheit@cnj.digex.net wrote: > Hi all, > I want to re-write the boot0 and boot1 boot sector programs (via NEXTSTEP) without > killing the data stored on the drive. I remember this was possible, but forget the > command. > Can someone refresh my memory? Oh and can anyone tell me where I can pull the > latests NeXTFAQs from? Thanks. -- Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | So, I don't have John Kheit | jkheit@cnj.digex.net | a message... 173 Westgate Drive | Opinions expressed | NeXTmail & MIME Edison, NJ 08820-1163 | represent me only... | Welcome )^> %^)
From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 9 Jul 1995 21:57:03 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <3tpjbf$rn@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> sable@baseworx.att.com (Sablime Administator) writes: >In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: >> >>Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >>.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >>to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". >> >Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a >password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. >Any advice would be apreciated. rlogind uses the ruserok() call to read .rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv and report whether or not it needs to ask you a password. rlogind usually runs as root (it has to). Therefore, a process running as root needs to be able to read your .rhosts file. In an environment where your .rhosts file is NFS mounted and the NFS directory isn't exported from the server with the -root option, root may not be able to read your .rhosts file, and it will fail. So, make sure that root can read your .rhosts file. This may require making your home dir at least mode 711, and your .rhosts file mode 644 if your directory is on a remote NFS-mounted disk. -- David Lemson (217) 244-8833 University of Illinois Computing & Comm Services Office System Administrator Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
From: rking@rmode.com (Richard L. King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: reaching remote net from host on LAN Date: 10 Jul 1995 00:35:48 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Message-ID: <3tpsl4$2jt@news.cais.com> Hello, Does anyone have a working example of how to configure a NEXTSTEP LAN so that all hosts on the LAN can access a remote network connected through a phone line/modem on one of the LAN hosts? Presently, I have a host on the LAN that uses PPP to connect to an Internet provider. That host can correctly perform name lookup and routing using a name server at the provider by default. For instance, I can ping another network, ftp, telnet to the news port and so forth. But I cannot do this directly from any other host on the LAN. It would not be desirable to have to rlogin to the connected host. Thanks for any help. I would summarize but doubt too many folks are running into this kind of problem. Instead, mail me if you're interested in knowing the solution. Richard
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: aching remote net from host on LAN Date: 10 Jul 1995 03:54:59 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tq8aj$410@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tpsl4$2jt@news.cais.com> rking@rmode.com (Richard L. King) wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone have a working example of how to configure a NEXTSTEP LAN so > that all hosts on the LAN can access a remote network connected through a > phone line/modem on one of the LAN hosts? > Presently, I have a host on the LAN that uses PPP to connect to an > Internet provider. That host can correctly perform name lookup and routing > using a name server at the provider by default. For instance, I can ping > another network, ftp, telnet to the news port and so forth. But I cannot > do this directly from any other host on the LAN. It would not be desirable > to have to rlogin to the connected host. > Thanks for any help. I would summarize but doubt too many folks are > running into this kind of problem. Instead, mail me if you're interested > in knowing the solution. > Richard You need to set a default route on the client machines so packets go through your ppp gateway machine. Note that some service providers filter or statically route packets which limit you to a single machine on the Internet. If this is the case, you can set up a proxy HTTP server for www, ftp, etc.., a NNTP server for news, and logins for ftp, telnet, etc... The latter entails creating passwd entries that use the intended program as the default shell. e.g. user ftp has /usr/ucb/ftp as a default shell. Consider picking up a copy of the books Managing Internet Information Services and/or TCP/IP from O'Reilly and Associates. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 10 Jul 1995 04:15:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3tq9gi$lof@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: Dino Bagdadi <dino@ex-nihilo.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Date: 10 Jul 1995 06:14:34 GMT Organization: ex nihilo, inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> References: <9507061436.AA17367@jaco.cca.rockwell.com> <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> wrote: > I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI >interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. Close to an hour??? That's a lot! On my stand-alone machine, I've never seen it drift more than a few minutes per month! Any others out there with such a high number? >All our other 350+ UNIX systems have their time synced up via ntp. >How do I get the NEXT system to sync up its time with our other >UNIX boxes ( I feel that this is a dumb question...but we have no >manuals for NEXT). Use HostManager.app (in the /NextAdmin dir) to set the machine up under ntp. Good luck! -- Dino Bagdadi ex nihilo, inc. dino@ex-nihilo.com (ASCII, NeXTmail and MIME) Public PGP key available via `finger -l dbagdadi@shadow.net'
From: root@rand.mcs.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help with PPP config. Cannot determine local IP - Solved Date: 10 Jul 1995 12:40:35 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tr743$jp8@News1.mcs.net> References: <3tpbgl$e8b@News1.mcs.net> Keywords: give the peer my assigned IP address in the pppd command line Thanks to everyone who responded. Steve Perkins saw the telltale signs in the ppp2.2debug output where my machine is asking for a dynamically assigned IP address but my peer is not set up to give one. The solution is to add my provider-assigned IP address to the pppd commandline. I added it after the defaultroute parameter in my pppup script. Everything's peachy! Other suggestions were to check resolv.conf, and to add my IP address to Netinfo using nidump and niload. Here's the fix: exec /usr/local/bin/pppd bsdcomp 10,10 mtu 296 lcp-echo-interval 15 \ lcp-echo-failure 3 debug crtscts kdebug 17 defaultroute IPADDRESS: modem ^^^^^^^^^ -pap -chap \ connect '/usr/local/bin/chat -v ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" ATZ0 "OK" ATDT2485687 CONNECT "" ogin: XXXXXX assword: XXXXXXX' \ /dev/cufa 57600 lock > > Thanks Again > > Chris Conley > Chicago > > cconley@mcs.com > >
From: neuss@igd.fhg.de (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Date: 10 Jul 95 17:20:11 GMT Organization: IGD Darmstadt Message-ID: <neuss.805396811@coricopat> References: <9507061436.AA17367@jaco.cca.rockwell.com> <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> writes: >I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI >interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. All >our other 350+ UNIX systems have their time synced up via ntp. How >do I get the NEXT system to sync up its time with our other UNIX >boxes ( I feel that this is a dumb question...but we have no manuals >for NEXT). If you can't get ntp to run, put an rdate <somehost> into /etc/rc.local. Or into a cron job if you don't reboot often enough. One hour per week really is much.. Chris -- "I ride tandem with a random.." Christian Neuss # Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Wilhelminenstr.7 # 64283 Darmstadt # Germany e-mail: neuss@igd.fhg.de http://www.igd.fhg.de/~neuss/me.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ganek@apollo.hp.com (Daniel Ganek) Subject: FAXdriver for USrobotics Sportser 28K modem Sender: usenet@apollo.hp.com (Usenet News) Message-ID: <DBIK1B.33B@apollo.hp.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:43:59 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA This is probably in the FAQ - but I lost the address. Does anyone have an NS3.2 moto FAXdriver for USrobotics Sportser 28K modem? thanks /dan
From: "Gary.Seubert" <gary.seubert@citicorp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 10 Jul 1995 20:45:08 GMT Organization: citicorp.com Message-ID: <3ts3gk$dsm@spruce.citicorp.com> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sable@baseworx.att.com (Sablime Administator) wrote: >In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: >> >>Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >>.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >>to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". >> >Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a >password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. >Any advice would be apreciated. >-- >Brian S. Wilson ***** Note that some Security packages (BoKS from DynaSoft in particular) actually take over control of functionality such as 'ftp', 'rlogin', 'telnet', etc. To give an example, BoKS can be configured to NEVER allow remote access without a password. In this type of installation, whether or not you have a .rhosts file is ignored -- BoKS sees if a valid "access route" exists for USER "X" from system "Y" to system "Z" and, even if you ARE allowed to 'rlogin', you still must supply the correct password. Gary Seubert UNIX Class of '73 B.C. ('B'efore 'C'pio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: BIND 4.9 Message-ID: <DBIq3J.235@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <3t9rn0$4nh@dalesbred.terra.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:54:55 GMT In article <3t9rn0$4nh@dalesbred.terra.net> robertl@rivercourt.hot.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Can someone please post the benefits/disadvantages to using BIND 4.9 on > NEXTSTEP? i.e. any limitations such as no NetInfo support, etc... Also, > if you have any tips, that would be a plus. > > Robert One advantage is being able to set timeout to something bigger than 8 secs. That way you can handle PPP dial-on-demand slowness. My experimental BIND now has a 1 minute timeout, now only the small problem of MST PPP not starting to dial on a packet from the bringup category and I'm all set. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: CERN httpd 3.0/NEXTSTEP woes Message-ID: <DBIq5D.23y@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:56:01 GMT OS: NEXTSTEP 3.3 on m68k or i486 CERN HTTPD 3.0 as shipped in binary form When I kill the precompiled cern httpd 3.0 under NEXTSTEP with SIGTERM it crashes part of the OS, probably the WindowServer. This also results in being unable to reboot properly from the loginwindow on i486. Probably loginwindow.app tries to SIGTERM httpd, and as a result the WindowServer on which loginwindow.app depends dies. This catch-22, is only solved by pressing Alt-Numlock (which normally gives a console window, but now does nothing presumably because of WindowServer death) followed by 'r' for reboot. I have heard somewhere that this is a known problem with CERN HTTPD 3.0 (and discussed in the www.unix group, but since my provider keeps forgetting to send me checkgroups I still don't have that group here) and I would like to know if a patch for this problem exists. Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Andretzky@MB3.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Christian Andretzky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: remote printing problem Date: 8 Jul 1995 15:46:26 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz-Zwickau, FRG Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tm98i$e24@otto.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de> Hello all, we have a difficult printing problem with our NeXTs. All our printers are remote printers located/serviced on a NetWare file server using Novells Flex-IP. Printing is no problem with one exception - each time a print job is sent from a NeXT a banner page will be printed. I've tried various things to prevent this but the only way to do this is to use lpr's -J switch i.e. to send the job with lpr -P'printername' -J/nb 'filename'. Absolutely no problem if I do this via command line - it works as expected. But how can I do this if I want to use NeXTs printing services. I've asked Novell - they told me there were no other way than to use the J-switch. BTW: We don't want to use NeXTs built in Netware printers because a user which wants to use this printer must be attached to the Netware server (and is eating up a connection on this server) Thanks in advance for any help Cheers, Christian -- Name: Christian Andretzky | Address: TU Chemnitz - Zwickau | Phone: ++49 +371 531 2130 | Fak. Maschinenbau/Verfahrenstechnik | FAX: ++49 +371 531 2413 | Reichenhainer Str. 70 | mail: Andretzky@MB3.TU-Chemnitz.DE | D-09009 Chemnitz |
From: manish@clark.lcs.mit.edu (Manish Tuteja) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 10 seconds to boot doesn't work Date: 10 Jul 1995 22:30:01 GMT Organization: MIT Message-ID: <3ts9l9$493@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> My Pentium machine running NS 3.3 has a weird problem. It sits at the "boot:" prompt waiting for me to hit the return key. It will not go into NS automatically after 10 seconds. I must press the return key--after that everything works as usual. All of our other machines will go into NS after the 10 second delay. I don't understand why my particular one will not. How can I fix this problem? Thanks, Manish
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: rpc.statd,rpc.lockd ? Date: 10 Jul 1995 14:36:08 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <3trdso$r2n@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> What's the hack with rpc.statd and rpc.lockd on NEXTSTEP ? We have a quite homogeneous NEXTSTEP network here (one Linux box, 10 black NeXTs, four Geckos), and aren't yet running rpc.statd and rpc.lockd. Now a user encounters strange problems with unaccessible files on his home directory mounted from the file server. The files are generated by a rexx script (regina, a -posix app), and - although they appear in the File Viewer immediately, he is unable to open them. He gets a message like 'file not found'. Now he says that, when he starts rpc.lockd (!), the files are available after a period of about fifteen minutes. Without rpc.lockd, he has to reboot the machine. Any idea what happens here ??? Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Netinfo problem? Netinfo <-> route? Message-ID: <DBIuF0.2H4@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:28:11 GMT MST PPP under NEXTSTEP. Getting dial-on-demand to work. Start situation pppd is up, idle (just started). A default route to the receiving pppd is available. Situation one: using either nslookup from NEXTSTEP or nslookup from BIND 4.9 to trigger a connection. Using a name we know is not available in the cache of named. Part of log at debug 11: 7/10-23:23:31-2982 du0: pppd auto idle 120 passive cufa 38400 debug 11 192.168.1.1~:193.78.249.34 7/10-23:23:31-2982 new_state '[off, du0]' 7/10-23:24:07-2982 Allocating a 2122-byte buffer 7/10-23:24:07-2982 udp 192.168.1.1/domain -> 192.36.148.17/domain 64 bringup 7/10-23:24:07-2982 new_state '[dialing, du0]' 7/10-23:24:07-2982 Reading /etc/ppp/Devices 7/10-23:24:07-2982 Reading /etc/ppp/Dialers 7/10-23:24:07-2982 Lock file /usr/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..cufa created Situation two: using ftp from NEXTSTEP to trigger a connection. Using a name we know is not available in the cache of named. The main difference is that we know nslookup will never use netinfo, where of ftp, we are not sure. Part of log at debug 11: 7/10-23:28:30-3001 du0: pppd auto idle 120 passive cufa 38400 debug 11 192.168.1.1~:193.78.249.34 7/10-23:28:30-3001 new_state '[off, du0]' 7/10-23:28:59-3001 Allocating a 2122-byte buffer 7/10-23:30:02-3001 udp 192.168.1.1/domain -> 192.52.195.10/domain 65 bringup 7/10-23:30:02-3001 new_state '[dialing, du0]' 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Devices 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Dialers 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Lock file /usr/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..cufa created Note the timeing info especially. Between the allocation statement and the bringup statement one minute is lost, which makes it look like a netinfo timeout. I tried no 2 again, now with lookupd logging enabled. And look: getservbyname (ftp) Ncalls: 31 Elapsed: 9 Total time: 521 getpwnam (gerben) Ncalls: 4 Elapsed: 6 Total time: 43 gethostbyname (ftp.omnigroup.com.) Ncalls: 1 Elapsed: 62512 Total time: 62512 getservbyport (53) Ncalls: 1 Elapsed: 28 Total time: 28 the gesthostbyname call takes 1 minute, then it starts for port 53 (the name server). But roughly at the same moment that this happens, ftp reports a timeout. Does lookupd report a failure before named had it's chance? Does lookupd use named at all? Let's see the same order of events when pppd is up: getservbyname (ftp) Ncalls: 62 Elapsed: 9 Total time: 868 getpwnam (gerben) Ncalls: 17 Elapsed: 7 Total time: 137 gethostbyname (ftp.lighthouse.com.) Ncalls: 2 Elapsed: 5714 Total time: 68226 And the connection is established! No getservbyport (53) call! Another test: using nslookup and checking if lookupd sees something. Well, it does not report a gethostbyname() but it does report a getservbyport (53), after which the dialing process starts. This may or may not be a coincidence. I am baffled. gethostbyname() in the first example times out and after the timeout ppp starts to dial. In the second example when the link is up, it does not. What is going on here?!?! I attach a complete MST PPP log below, though I get the distinct feeling that Netinfo might be to blame here. LAST MINUTE THOUGHT: is the fact that there is a default route to the other PPP side, reason for NetInfo to try to find a Netinfo parent maybe? But if that is the case, why isn't pppd reporting this activity on its interface? And besides, hostmanager is set to 'use local domain only' and 'readable by local domain only'. ======================================== LOG =========================== 7/10-23:28:29-3000 Allocating a 2122-byte buffer 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_get_flags(du0) = 0x10 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_out_open: tun_fd=5 tun_if_name=du0 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_set_flags(du0, 0x10) 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_set_dst_address(du0, 193.78.249.34) 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_set_address(du0, 192.168.1.1) 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_set_flags(du0, 0x11) 7/10-23:28:29-3000 tun_set_mtu: Setting mtu to 1500 7/10-23:28:29-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Filter 7/10-23:28:29-3001 Compiling /etc/ppp/Filter... 7/10-23:28:29-3001 get_host_addr("193.78.249.34") = 193.78.249.34 7/10-23:28:29-3001 get_host_addr("193.78.240.11") = 193.78.240.11 7/10-23:28:30-3001 /etc/ppp/Filter installed 7/10-23:28:30-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Systems 7/10-23:28:30-3001 get_host_addr("193.78.249.34") = 193.78.249.34 7/10-23:28:30-3001 Morning Star Technologies PPP 7/10-23:28:30-3001 Version 1.4.1.6 [5-Mar-1995 20:35:12 next-3.2] 7/10-23:28:30-3001 This is demonstration software and will expire Thu Jul 27 15:22:54 1995 7/10-23:28:30-3001 new_state '[off, du0]' 7/10-23:28:30-3001 du0: pppd auto idle 120 passive cufa 38400 debug 11 192.168.1.1~:193.78.249.34 7/10-23:28:30-3001 new_state '[off, du0]' 7/10-23:28:59-3001 Allocating a 2122-byte buffer 7/10-23:30:02-3001 udp 192.168.1.1/domain -> 192.52.195.10/domain 65 bringup 7/10-23:30:02-3001 new_state '[dialing, du0]' 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Devices 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Reading /etc/ppp/Dialers 7/10-23:30:02-3001 Lock file /usr/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..cufa created 7/10-23:30:04-3001 Opened /dev/cufa on tty_fd=0 7/10-23:30:04-3001 Dialing 193.78.249.34 (cufa 38400 *,071661551 MT2834ZDX) 7/10-23:30:04-3001 abort on (NO DIALTONE) 7/10-23:30:04-3001 timeout set to 60 seconds 7/10-23:30:04-3001 expect () 7/10-23:30:04-3001 got it 7/10-23:30:04-3001 send (ATM1^M) 7/10-23:30:04-3001 expect (OK) 7/10-23:30:04-3001 ATM1^M^M 7/10-23:30:05-3001 OKgot it 7/10-23:30:05-3001 send (ATDT*,071661551^M) 7/10-23:30:06-3001 expect (CONNECT) 7/10-23:30:06-3001 ^M 7/10-23:30:06-3001 ATDT*,071661551^MSIGTERM -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Message-ID: <DBJArG.3Hw@rivm.nl> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL References: <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 04:21:15 GMT In article <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> Dino Bagdadi <dino@ex-nihilo.com> writes: > <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> wrote: > > > I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI > >interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. > > Close to an hour??? That's a lot! On my stand-alone machine, I've > never seen it drift more than a few minutes per month! Any others out > there with such a high number? I have the same problem. The time on my (Intel) Next system often is 1 hour and 6 or 7 mintutes ahead. The time doesn't shift slowly though and I noticed this time-hop always occurs after I have run Windows (and _booted_ in DOS, so my experiences don't apply to using SoftPC) in between two Next boots. I have no idea why. When I don't boot DOS I have no problems whatsoever. -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 291492
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: zet@rupert.franken.de (Juergen Zeller) Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Message-ID: <DBIIL6.AFv@rupert.franken.de> Sender: zet@rupert.franken.de (Juergen Zeller) Organization: private References: <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:12:41 GMT In article <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> sable@baseworx.att.com (Sablime Administator) writes: > Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a > password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. > Any advice would be apreciated. Please do a "nidump hosts ." in a terminal window. If you only the the names of the computer you are working on and _not_ the computer from which you want to do a rlogin/rsh or whatever, you have to update the hosts entry of Netinfo. DNS lookups and yellow pages doesn't requiere that you have all (local) hosts in Netinfo, but rsh/rlogin does. Hope that helps, J rgen -- J"urgen Zeller, zeller@rupert.franken.de, http://www.franken.de/users/rupert/zeller ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------
From: Jacob Nielsen <jacob@dannug.dk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help with PPP config. Cannot determine local IP Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:36:22 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <950710223622.195AAE+G.jacob@jnext> References: <3tpbgl$e8b@News1.mcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: ppp cannot determine local IP address On 9 Jul 1995 19:43:17 GMT, Chris Conley <cconley@mcs.com> wrote: > > I was running PPP fine on my NeXT hardware. I moved over to > Intel and I'm having problems getting PPP to work. I'm a standalone machine. > I set everything up as the directions say. > (Yeah right. :) > [...] > My setup dials, logs in, and seems to start up ppp. > However, I can't use any Internet applications like Omniweb or > Popover because they can't find remote hosts. "seems to start" is the correct term; it doesn't ;-( An incorrect password and/or login is, most likely, the cause. Try to login with a terminal program (e.g. TipTop, some UN*X program, ...) and see what happens. > > Here's what ppp2.2.debug says: [...] > Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: up > Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: Could not determine local IP address > Jul 9 14:06:03 rand pppd[221]: ipcp: down [...] > A "sure" sign that you didn't log in. Did it help? Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen jacob@dannug.dk The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth. JOHN KEATS
From: adam@math.tau.ac.il (Adam Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:54:53 +0000 Organization: Things that make you go B00M Message-ID: <dOZAwMx52MqP083yn@math.tau.ac.il> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> <3tpjbf$rn@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Originator: adam@sirius.math.tau.ac.il In article <3tpjbf$rn@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) wrote: > rlogind uses the ruserok() call to read .rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv > and report whether or not it needs to ask you a password. rlogind > usually runs as root (it has to). Therefore, a process running as > root needs to be able to read your .rhosts file. In an environment > where your .rhosts file is NFS mounted and the NFS directory isn't > exported from the server with the -root option, root may not be able > to read your .rhosts file, and it will fail. So, make sure that The original question was about a NeXT, but this is also in comp.sys.sun.admin, and later followups didn't mention what system they were using... so, FWIW, Sun's (actually, BSD) ruserok() does a seteuid() for exactly the reason you mentioned. It would be interesting to see if his ruserok() is broken. adam?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin From: mcd@wb3ffv.ampr.org (Chris Davies) Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Message-ID: <DBK3yL.1r3@wb3ffv.ampr.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 14:51:57 GMT References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> Organization: ABSnet Internet Services, Inc. In article <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com>, Sablime Administator <sable@baseworx.att.com> wrote: >In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: >> >>Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >>.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >>to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". >> >Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a >password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. >Any advice would be apreciated. check hosts.equiv to make sure that the host is listed. If this is from a portmaster or a terminal server -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Chris Davies, ABSnet Internet Services eMail: mcd@abs.net Baltimore, MD http://www.abs.net voice: 410/361-8160
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: reaching remote net from host on LAN Date: 11 Jul 1995 15:36:21 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3tu5pl$jnl@www.its.com> References: <3tpsl4$2jt@news.cais.com> rking@rmode.com (Richard L. King) wrote: > Does anyone have a working example of how to configure a NEXTSTEP LAN so > that all hosts on the LAN can access a remote network connected through a > phone line/modem on one of the LAN hosts? RTFM "man routed". Or read _TCP/IP Network Administration_, by Craig Hunt, ISBN 0-937175-82-X. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu (Gareth Bestor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Q: reformatting a hard disk? Date: 11 Jul 1995 15:52:44 GMT Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Message-ID: <3tu6oc$a30@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Does anyone know how to reformat a hard disk to change the defect management parameters? In particular, I have an (old) Wren V that I want to reformat to 1024 byte sectors and 0 spare sectors/track (but with 30 alternate tracks/ volume). Before when the disk was formatted to 512 byte sectors it had 1 spare sector/track and 30 alternate tracks/volume. I used sdformat to reformat it to 1024 byte sectors but it still kept the 1 spare sector/track. I've dinked around and made up an /etc/disktab for it but I don't really know what I'm doing. I copied most of it from existing disktabs I found floating around the net and made a lot of educated guesses. But none of the parameters appear to explicitly specify # alternate sectors/track. Is defect management specified somewhere/somehow else or is it done later? I've played with the scsimodes and disk programs - are there any other tools I can use for messing around with hard disk parameters? Any advice would be appreciated. Please respond via email as I can't read news till I get my system up and running again (my email is sent to a different machine). - Gareth bestor@cs.wisc.edu
From: peckover@atlsci.atlsci.com (Kevin Peckover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: V3.3 -> NEx000, mount, and PPP Date: 9 Jul 1995 23:07:14 -0000 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <3tpnf2$lhn@atlsci.atlsci.com> Summary: Problems with NEx000, mount, and PPP Hello all, So far my experiances with V3.3 for Intell have not been too pleasant beyond the followng: having more then one partition per drive mounted, 8-bit color (fast!), and SoundBlaster-16 working (sort of). What I havn't been able to do (as compared to what I could in V3.2) is: 1) Use the NEx000 driver. It compiled and linked with the kernel just fine, but, it won't recognise the card. Hmm .. Any body else have any luck? 2) Use the PPP-V2.2 for NeXT. Again, it linked just fine and even seems to work...up to a point. In the debug script I get the following: Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 199.246.24.2> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: ipcp: received ADDR Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: (199.246.24.2) Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: (ACK) Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: (45) Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: (ACK) Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 199.246.24.2> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 c6 ca 4e 0a] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: ipcp: up Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: Could not determine local IP address Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: ipcp: down Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: sent [IPCP TermReq id=0x2] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: rcvd [IPCP TermReq id=0x2] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: sent [IPCP TermAck id=0x2] Jul 9 17:17:46 lefty pppd[417]: rcvd [IPCP TermAck id=0x2] . . . I have no idea why the local IP address can not be determined. 3) I have edited the /etc/fstab to include a second drive that I want mounted by the system. When the system boots it LOOKS like it has mounted correctly. But, when I login and look at the point where it mounted I see that it has the permissions of the user that logged in (ie: I think it got mounted or remounted by the user login process somewhere). This is fine for the DOS partition but NOT fine for the user directories. I have also experianced irregular kernal panics and (more often) the complete system freezes. This is not good. If any body has some insight here, it would be MUCH appreciated. -- Kevin Peckover (kpeckover@atlsci.com) | Atlantis Scientific Systems Group 613-727-1087(voice) | 1827 Woodward Dr Ottawa, Ontario 613-727-5853(fax) | CANADA K2C 0P9 WebSite: www.atlsci.com | ERGOvista Scientific Image Analysis
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA (Magnan Francois) Subject: Re: FAXdriver for USrobotics Sportser 28K modem In-Reply-To: ganek@apollo.hp.com's message of Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:43:59 GMT Message-ID: <MAGNAN.95Jul11125159@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Sender: news@cc.umontreal.ca (Administration de Cnews) Organization: Universite de Montreal References: <DBIK1B.33B@apollo.hp.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 16:51:50 GMT >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Ganek <ganek@apollo.hp.com> writes: Daniel> This is probably in the FAQ - but I lost the address. Daniel> Does anyone have an NS3.2 moto FAXdriver for USrobotics Daniel> Sportser 28K modem? Daniel> thanks /dan You should get ftp.dn.net:/.f/next/Tools/fax/JollysClass2.0_Fax.1.00PR2.NIH.b.tar.gz This should work for sending faxes. For reception, I don't know. Note that B&W software will soon release a version of NXFax that will work with Class2.0 so with Sportser. Francois -- ______________________________________________________ Francois Magnan Departement de Mathematique & Statistiques Universite de Montreal email: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (MIME, NeXTMail Ok!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0sUE2W-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3risc v118.3) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 95 15:05:54 +0100 Subject: SunSparc 20 - SOLARIS 1.1.1B / NEXTSTEP 3.3 double feat. trouble - GONE! Hi there folks! Thanx for your help! It worked with changing the ethernet adress in the root-Net-Info-domain to some other adress and resetting the NetInfo on the Sun20. We I booted again, the sun was recognized not as a directory-provider with Solaris (as before) but as a new NEXTSTEP-NetInfo-Net-Client. I used a different name, so we now are able to choose booting Solaris and NEXTSTEP. Thanx a-gain, especially Gabor Freivogel <gabor@arch-ws3.architektur.uni-kassel.de> & Terry Williams <terry@is.com> --- .. Stefan .. Life has many different colors, but ------ REAL Computing is black! (I am wrinting this lines off a Sparc20, with NEXTSTEP, though :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How are network address resoved to IP address. Date: 11 Jul 1995 19:54:58 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3tukui$4is@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tstn2$4j9@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) wrote: > Hello, > I set up PPPcan connect to the Internet, but I have the following > problem: I cannot resolve the names into IP addresses. If I use IP addresses > then I can make the network connection. If I use the network address > (i.e hostname.somewhere.else ) I cannot make the connection. I get the > following error from OmniWeb: > Reason: Can't locate remote host www.megaweb.com > I'm not running NetInfo. Could someone give some hints how to > solve this problem. > Thanx, > stef This is a function of DNS. You need to create a /etc/resolv.conf file with your domain and nameservers. -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: huge@axalotl.demon.co.uk (huge) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 10 Jul 1995 18:15:51 GMT Organization: Magic Thighs, Inc. Message-ID: <3trqon$mkk@axalotl.demon.co.uk> References: <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> In article <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com>, sable@baseworx.att.com (Sablime Administator) writes: >In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: >> >>Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >>.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >>to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". >> >Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a >password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. >Any advice would be apreciated. >-- >Brian S. Wilson ***** The above opinions result from a sick desire to >inflict my ignorance on the world and reflect the views of _no_ other >entity, organization, body, corporation, or philosophy. (To the best >of my limited knowledge.) wilson@cbdes.oh.att.com If you're running DNS, make sure that you put a FQDN in the .rhosts file, i.e.'axalotl.demon.co.uk', not just 'axalotl'. -- Regards, Huge. ------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh J.E. Davies, Computer Consultant, Bedfordshire, England. "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Message-ID: <DBK3F4.GG0@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <DBJArG.3Hw@rivm.nl> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 14:40:16 GMT In article <DBJArG.3Hw@rivm.nl> sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) writes: > In article <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> Dino Bagdadi > <dino@ex-nihilo.com> writes: > > <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> wrote: > > > > > I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI > > >interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. > > > > Close to an hour??? That's a lot! On my stand-alone machine, I've > > never seen it drift more than a few minutes per month! Any others out > > there with such a high number? > I have the same problem. The time on my (Intel) Next system often is 1 > hour and 6 or 7 mintutes ahead. The time doesn't shift slowly though and > I noticed this time-hop always occurs after I have run Windows (and > _booted_ in DOS, so my experiences don't apply to using SoftPC) in > between two Next boots. I have no idea why. When I don't boot DOS I have > no problems whatsoever. > -- > RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection > Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl > Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl > P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 > The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 291492 I think this is because the BIOS clock keeps GMT when it's set by NeXT. I've set up the time correctly on my intel machine (through ntp and the time zone via preferences.app) and then I don't touch the time on the DOS side. The way to get ntp going on a standalone NeXT is to go into NetInfoManager and open locations/ntp. Double click on ntp to open that directory. Then append the name of an ntp server to the hosts entry using append property. Reboot. -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
From: tb@zkm.de (Torsten Belschner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: AppleShare problem Date: 11 Jul 1995 19:47:06 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <3tukfq$o6b@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: Apple Having installed the NeXT-AppleShare package, the apple-machines are recognized, but their filesystems cannot be accessed. Instead, Workspace keeps asking for loginnames and passwords for the Macs. In addition, the shared Mac-printer does not show up, as the AppleShare option does not pop up in PrintManager. Any hints will be highly appreciated. Torsten
From: tb@zkm.de (Torsten Belschner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: modem dial-in problem Date: 11 Jul 1995 19:55:04 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <3tukuo$o7e@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Having configured a Hayes modem off a slab, dial-out works just perfect. On dial-in, after establishing a connection, instead of a login prompt, a line of junk appears in the caller's Terminal window. The connection does not die, but remains stale. Any comments on whether there is something wrong in /etc/gettytab or /etc/remote? Torsten
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 11 Jul 1995 20:49:12 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Jul11134912@tern.csulb.edu> References: <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> <DBIIL6.AFv@rupert.franken.de> In-reply-to: zet@rupert.franken.de's message of Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:12:41 GMT In article <DBIIL6.AFv@rupert.franken.de> zet@rupert.franken.de (Juergen Zeller) writes: > Please do a "nidump hosts ." in a terminal window. > If you only the the names of the computer you are working on and _not_ the > computer from which you want to do a rlogin/rsh or whatever, you have to > update the hosts entry of Netinfo. > DNS lookups and yellow pages doesn't requiere that you have all (local) > hosts in Netinfo, but rsh/rlogin does. I don't think that's accurate. At least here, it works like this: nidump hosts . 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost robin:~ 69$ rlogin kanga kanga:~ 51$ nidump hosts . 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost kanga:~ 52$ rlogin roo Last login: Sun Jul 9 16:45:17 on ttyp3 roo:~ 51$ Jack
From: tb@zkm.de (Torsten Belschner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mixed network NX--SGI Date: 11 Jul 1995 20:00:55 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <3tul9n$o9v@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 1. On a mixed network of black/white NeXTs and SGIs, the NeXTs cannot be moved to recognize the SGIs exported file system. Import of the NeXT server's NFS directories on the SGIs works fine. 2. The SGIs do not recognize the NeXT network printer, although their names are reflected in the printserver's /etc/hosts.lpd file. Any ideas? Torsten
From: mark_bessey@next.com (Mark Bessey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 10 seconds to boot doesn't work Date: 11 Jul 1995 21:07:34 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <3tup6m$d3r@news.next.com> References: <3ts9l9$493@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> In article <3ts9l9$493@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> manish@clark.lcs.mit.edu (Manish Tuteja) writes: > My Pentium machine running NS 3.3 has a weird problem. It sits at the > "boot:" prompt waiting for me to hit the return key. It will not go > into NS automatically after 10 seconds. I must press the return > key--after that everything works as usual. > > All of our other machines will go into NS after the 10 second delay. I > don't understand why my particular one will not. > > How can I fix this problem? > > Thanks, > > Manish > > This problem has been reported on some Intel motherboards. The cause in those cases is that during boot-up, the BIOS leaves a phantom keystroke in the keyboard buffer. The NEXTSTEP booter sees this keystroke, and stops the boot countdown, just as it does if you hit a key during startup. One thing you could try is updating your BIOS on that system to a more recent version. Do the systems that don't exhibit the problem have the same keyboard and BIOS? Hope this helps, -Mark -- Mark Bessey NeXT Computer, Inc Software Quality Assurance -->I DON'T SPEAK FOR NeXT <--
From: fletcher@interramp.com (Tim Fletcher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 11 Jul 1995 22:59:56 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <3tuvpc$ov8@usenet.interramp.com> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In article <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com>, sable@baseworx.att.com says... > >In article <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu>, Tim D. Bandy <bandy@chani> wrote: >> >>Make sure that the host that you're rlogging in from is in your >>.rhosts file in the account on the machine that you're rlogging in >>to. To find out what machine you're rlogging in from, type "who". >> >Been there, done that, no help. My sytems still prompts me for a >password. I just gave up and assumed it was a quirk of the system. >Any advice would be apreciated. >-- >Brian S. Wilson ***** The above opinions result from a sick desire to >inflict my ignorance on the world and reflect the views of _no_ other >entity, organization, body, corporation, or philosophy. (To the best >of my limited knowledge.) wilson@cbdes.oh.att.com I don't know if anyone suggested this, but the .rhosts file must be owned by the user, and writeable only by the user, otherwise it will be ignored. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Experience teaches you to recognize | fletcher@interramp.com a mistake when you've made it again | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: bapi@artsci.wustl.edu (Bapi Gupta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (q) DAT tape error recovery Date: 12 Jul 1995 00:33:01 GMT Organization: College of Arts and Sciences -- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Message-ID: <3tv57t$i18@newsreader.wustl.edu> Cc: hussain@artsci.wustl.edu, bapi@artsci.wustl.edu I have a DAT tape written with 'dump' that gives the following errors during 'restore': Tape/disk read error while restoring ./Consult/hussain/KBNS.32.0.rtf continue? [yn] y Tape/disk read error while trying to resyncronize continue? [yn] y Also on my console, I get: reselect timeout - target 4 st: cmd = 0x8 sr_io_status = 5H st: cmd = 0x8 sr_io_status = 2H Sense key = 0x6 Sense Code = 0x29 st: cmd = 0x8 sr_io_status = 2H Sense key = 0x3 Sense Code = 0x11 At this point, I'm stuck. Any suggestions? Is there documentation for the status number from the console somewhere? Worse case, does anyone know of a good company to do data recovery from damaged hard disks? I think it's just the SCSI controller stuck to the disk (not the interface on the case), but I don't know how to swap one of those myself (it's an hp2490a 2gb disk). thanks, Ashish (Bapi) Gupta Arts & Sciences Systems Administration Washington University in St. Louis, MO bapi@artsci.wustl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Message-ID: <DBKGt6.Cq@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <DBK3F4.GG0@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 19:29:29 GMT In article <DBK3F4.GG0@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) writes: > In article <DBJArG.3Hw@rivm.nl> sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) writes: > > In article <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> Dino Bagdadi > > <dino@ex-nihilo.com> writes: > > > <abhanson@cca.rockwell.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I keep resetting the time on our NEXT system from within the GUI > > > >interface, but it is again off close to an hour within a week. > > > > > > Close to an hour??? That's a lot! On my stand-alone machine, I've <munch!> Oh, yeah. I had the original problem too. I slowed down one of the bus clocks in bios and it went away. -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
Subject: Re: modem dial-in problem Date: Tue, 11 Jul 95 17:14:11 PDT Message-ID: <001027BF.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest >Having configured a Hayes modem off a slab, dial-out works >just perfect. On dial-in, after establishing a connection, >instead of a login prompt, a line of junk appears in the >caller's Terminal window. The connection does not die, but >remains stale. >Any comments on whether there is something wrong in >/etc/gettytab or /etc/remote? Make sure you're setting your terminal software (the stuff you're using to dial into your NeXT) to 7-1-Even (7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity). If you want to do 8-None-1 you have to configure for that specifically and I didn't find that it was worth the trouble.
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: my /dev/pp0 (Parallel port device) dissappeared! Date: 12 Jul 1995 07:06:11 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tvs93$a68@news4.digex.net> I just installed the new Serial Port device drivers and for some reason my /dev/pp0 dissappeared. Can I just copy this file from another system and have things work? If I select a file in the /dev/ directory it comes up with a question mark in the icon. If I copy one of these files over to another directory, it no longer has a question mark in the icon--which tends to tell me that the /dev/ directory contains some kind of special files. The crux of the question is, How do I go about restoring the /dev/pp0 device on my machine (So I can use my printer :). BTW, does anyone have any idea why a /dev/pp0 would just disappear. We did have a power outage the other night (so maybe when the fsck hit on reboot it got wiped)...so the device might have been blanked out then... Thanks for any help... -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How are network address resoved to IP address. Date: 12 Jul 1995 07:14:13 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3tvso5$a68@news4.digex.net> References: <3tstn2$4j9@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) wrote: > Hello, > I set up PPPcan connect to the Internet, but I have the > following problem: I cannot resolve the names into IP > addresses. If I use IP addresses then I can make the network > connection. If I use the network address (i.e > hostname.somewhere.else ) I cannot make the connection. I > get the following error from OmniWeb: You must have an /etc/resolv.conf file with a Domain Name Server (DNS) that resolves the IP's and names. Here is what mine looks like, you will probably want to find out the address of your domain server and put in an entry that looks like this: # Rutgers-/etc/resolv.conf file domain rutgers.edu nameserver 128.6.4.4 Hope that helps -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Ron Pomeroy <rop@al.esec.ch> Subject: Exporting/Importing a secondary disk Message-ID: <DBLD2J.6yK@eunet.ch> Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Organization: EUnet AG, Switzerland Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 07:06:19 GMT Hi Next-Admins, This is probably an easy one... I have a system with two disks. A one gig which gets mounted as / (as per the default entry in fstab), and a 500 meg which gets mounted as /Disk1. What I want to do is put all my user home directories on this second disk and export it to the netinfo / domain such that user home dirs appear in something like /Net/denali/Disk1/Users. I tried all this via NFSManager to no avail. It appears I am unable to export the disk (even though NFSManager didn't complain). I also tried to create a link to the directories on the disk, but of course you can't export links directly (at least that is my understanding). So, obviously I'm lacking the first clue as a sysadmin. But, the man pages on mntent, nfs, and documentation on NetInfo have been of little help on this subject. Any clues greatly appreciated. Ron Pomeroy rop@al.esec.ch
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Q: reformatting a hard disk? Date: 12 Jul 1995 08:17:04 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3u00e0$99o@news3.digex.net> References: <3tu6oc$a30@spool.cs.wisc.edu> bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu (Gareth Bestor) wrote: > Does anyone know how to reformat a hard disk to change the defect > I've dinked around and made up an /etc/disktab for it but I don't > really know what I'm doing. I copied most of it from existing > disktabs I found floating around the net and made a lot of educated > guesses. But none of the parameters appear to explicitly specify > # alternate sectors/track. Is defect management specified > somewhere/somehow else or is it done later? Check out NeXTanswers # 1533_initializing_and_partitioning_big_disks. This should be renamed to _How_to_make_a_disktab_ ... This NA can help you get most of your disktab right... Hope it helps... Good luck. -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: SOLVED: CERN httpd 3.0 triggers no bug in NEXTSTEP 3.3 Message-ID: <DBLJ70.EE@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <DB7A4p.86@AWT.NL> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 09:18:36 GMT Why did killing CERN httpd kill my system? It doesn't trigger a bug in NEXTSTEP, it turns out to be default UNIX behaviour (sort of). A small tour in UNIX behaviour. I have installed CERN httpd 3.0 from the binary distribution, since I wanted to use a caching proxy. I also wanted to test letting httpd itself use another proxy (www.nl.net). Since, for NEXTSTEP, you cannot do that from within the configuration file, I had to create a shell script for starting httpd (note the environment variables are commented out, because the proxy www.nl.net was very slow): The file /usr/local/WWW/bin/rna-httpd looks like this: #!/bin/sh #http_proxy=http://www.nl.net/ #gopher_proxy=http://www.nl.net/ #no_proxy=www.rna.nl #export http_proxy #export gopher_proxy #export no_proxy /usr/local/WWW/bin/httpd -r /usr/local/WWW/config/rna.conf >/dev/console 2>&1 & In /etc/rc.local it reads: /usr/local/WWW/bin/rna-httpd because, why put a description on how you want to start it in two places? The result however is that httpd ends up in the 'process group' on 'controlling terminal' console with some other fairly important system programs. Result: when httpd receives a SIGTERM, it will kill those other important processes, effectively killing your environment. Here is a short description of actions and results. Logged in as root, I fired Stuart and opened a window with 'sh' as shell. (Note 'tcsh of csh won't demonstarte the problem). # ps ax | grep httpd 1124 p2 S 0:00 grep httpd There is no httpd running. Start it directly: # /usr/local/WWW/bin/httpd -r /usr/local/WWW/config/rna.conf >/dev/console 2>&1 Check if it is running: # ps ax | grep httpd 1127 ? SW 0:00 /usr/local/WWW/bin/httpd -r /usr/local/WWW/config/rna.conf 1128 p2 S 0:00 grep httpd It is. Note '?' denotes no controlling terminal. # kill -15 1127 Killed it. Nothing special happens. # bin/rna-httpd Started it from the shell script. # ps ax | grep httpd 1146 p2 SWN 0:00 /usr/local/WWW/bin/httpd -r /usr/local/WWW/config/rna.conf 1147 p2 S 0:00 grep httpd Check: it is running. Note 'p2' denotes a controlling terminal. the 'N' in SWN is 'nice' since it was started by sh in the background. This, btw, is important. # kill -15 1146 And BOOM, there goes the window, it's shell together with httpd. Now figure out when this happens when httpd shares the process group and the controlling terminal with loginwindow.app, the WindowServer, etc and you get the picture what happens. Note, when you remove the '&' from the sh script, it works fine. When you have the '&' in place, and atsrat it from tcsh it also detaches itself. Only when you start the sh script from another sh and you have the '&' in place, httpd does not detach itself from the group, nor is detached by others, so the foundation of catastrophe is in place. BTW, on intel systems, this also prevents yor system from powering down or rebooting properly from loginwindow.app. On black, it reboots anyway, suggesting that there are subtle differences between black and white loginwindow.app and WindowServer, probably something like loginwindow.app hanging on some output under intel, where it happily goes on on m68k. This probably is a bug in httpd, since it should detach itself from the process group and the controlling terminal under all circuimstances, I guess. As found out by: Tom_Hageman@RnA.nl and Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl One problem down, one to go (MST PPP not dialing on demand properly, probably some lookupd problem?) -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: gj@rulgm4.LeidenUniv.nl (Geert Jan van Oldenborgh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Date: 12 Jul 1995 10:49:48 GMT Organization: Leiden University, The Netherlands Message-ID: <3u09cc$djf@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> References: <3tqgga$7g1@anshar.shadow.net> <DBJArG.3Hw@rivm.nl> Francois Bourgeois (sb6fb@rivm.nl) wrote: > I have the same problem. The time on my (Intel) Next system often is 1 > hour and 6 or 7 mintutes ahead. The time doesn't shift slowly though and > I noticed this time-hop always occurs after I have run Windows (and > _booted_ in DOS, so my experiences don't apply to using SoftPC) in > between two Next boots. I have no idea why. When I don't boot DOS I have > no problems whatsoever. DOS keeps the local time in the hardware clock, unix (and hence nextstep) GMT (or UT), applying an offset. As you seem to located in GMT+1, this would explain the difference. -- G.J. van Oldenborgh, Lorentz Instituite for Theoretical Physics Leiden University gj@rulgm0.LeidenUniv.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david@zion.com(David J. Ferrero) Subject: Floppy trouble w/GX files to replace? Message-ID: <DBLr9J.MK@zion.com> Keywords: Flopppy Sender: david@zion.com (David J. Ferrero) Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:12:54 GMT Anyone know what NEXTSTEP files to reload from CD-ROM. I have an Intel GX rev6 system with NEXTSTEP 3.3 loaded. The standard floppy config file is used in Configure. Any floppy access is unusable. The floppy drive works in Dos and EISA config so it doesn't appear to be physical thing. Can someone suggest the unix files to copy from the HD? unix_rw? unix_read_write? etc... Thank, David david@zion.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david@zion.com(David J. Ferrero) Subject: driver to use with Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 Message-ID: <DBLrEw.o3@zion.com> Keywords: EtherExpress PRO/10 Sender: david@zion.com (David J. Ferrero) Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:16:07 GMT What driver and settings should be used with a EtherExpress PRO/10 card? The Cogent 525 AT driver on the CD-ROM (IntelEthernet 82595) is documented to work, but mine doesn't. Thanks for the help, David david@zion.com
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: driver to use with Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 Date: 12 Jul 1995 14:36:13 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3u0mkt$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <DBLrEw.o3@zion.com> david@zion.com(David J. Ferrero) wrote: > What driver and settings should be used with a EtherExpress PRO/10 card? > The Cogent 525 AT driver on the CD-ROM (IntelEthernet 82595) is documented > to work, but mine doesn't. Try the Intel driver on ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTAnswers -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Network performance on NS/Intel Date: 12 Jul 1995 14:42:51 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3u0n1b$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3trfb4$6ic@merckx.graphics.cornell.edu> patrick@opus.gastropod (Patrick Heynen) wrote: > Does anybody know what factors affect network performance under NS/I? I am > experiencing the following problem: > - Network transfers to my server machine are 6X slower than transfers between other > machines. (ie 77kb/s vs 700kb/s ftp performance) > - The server is an HP Netserver/LM 5/60 running NS 3.2 with a DPT scsi card, > and a 3COM 3C579 EISA ethernet card. The server has 64mb RAM. > - The two clients that I have tested are an HP 712/80 and a > HP Vectra XP/60 running NS 3.2. > I know that there are buffer parameters that can be tweaked for NFS, but what could > possibly explain an ftp transfer rate of only 70kb/s between client and server on an > unloaded ethernet? > Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Is your Ethernet 10BASE2 or 10BASET? If it's 10BASE2, are you absolutely sure everything is terminated properly? What other network traffic do you have? If you're running 10BASET, what kind of hub do you have? Is it a switching type? What happens when you do a ping between the client and the host and vice-versa? What about netstat? -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: my /dev/pp0 (Parallel port device) dissappeared! Date: 12 Jul 1995 14:45:18 GMT Organization: Hot Technologies Message-ID: <3u0n5u$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> References: <3tvs93$a68@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> wrote: > I just installed the new Serial Port device drivers and for some reason my /dev/pp0 > dissappeared. Can I just copy this file from another system and have things work? If I > select a file in the /dev/ directory it comes up with a question mark in the icon. If I copy > one of these files over to another directory, it no longer has a question mark in the > icon--which tends to tell me that the /dev/ directory contains some kind of special files. > The crux of the question is, How do I go about restoring the /dev/pp0 device on my > machine (So I can use my printer :). > BTW, does anyone have any idea why a /dev/pp0 would just disappear. We did have a > power outage the other night (so maybe when the fsck hit on reboot it got wiped)...so the > device might have been blanked out then... You can't copy a special file (a device). Look at the manual for "mknod" When you go into Configure.app, do you see the Parallel Port driver loaded? How about your system BIOS settings? Is the parallel port enabled in the BIOS? -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: patrick@opus.gastropod (Patrick Heynen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Network performance on NS/Intel Date: 12 Jul 1995 15:58:55 GMT Organization: Cornell University Program of Computer Graphics Message-ID: <3u0rfv$388@merckx.graphics.cornell.edu> References: <3trfb4$6ic@merckx.graphics.cornell.edu> <3u0n1b$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: > patrick@opus.graphics.cornell.edu (Patrick Heynen) wrote: > > Does anybody know what factors affect network performance under NS/I? I am > > experiencing the following problem: > > - Network transfers to my server machine are 6X slower than transfers between other > > machines. (ie 77kb/s vs 700kb/s ftp performance) > > - The server is an HP Netserver/LM 5/60 running NS 3.2 with a DPT scsi card, > > and a 3COM 3C579 EISA ethernet card. The server has 64mb RAM. > > - The two clients that I have tested are an HP 712/80 and a > > HP Vectra XP/60 running NS 3.2. > > I know that there are buffer parameters that can be tweaked for NFS, but what could > > possibly explain an ftp transfer rate of only 70kb/s between client and server on an > > unloaded ethernet? > > Any tips would be greatly appreciated! > Is your Ethernet 10BASE2 or 10BASET? If it's 10BASE2, are you absolutely sure >everything is terminated properly? What other network traffic do you have? If you're >running 10BASET, what kind of hub do you have? Is it a switching type? What happens >when you do a ping between the client and the host and vice-versa? What about netstat? Here's the story on the configuration. Let me preface that I believe the problem I have is independent of the network configuration, since the 700 kb/s performance is going on the same exact network path as the 70 kb/s performance, under the same traffic conditions. Having said that, here's the scoop: HP 715/80-------(10BaseT)------[HP Ethertwist hub]-----(10Base2)-----[Repeater]---[Bridge] | | [10BaseT-10Base2 converter] | +|--------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------|---+ | (ThinMau) | (AUI) (10Base2) HP NetServer HP XP/60 RS/6000 HP715 So basically, I have a normal, non-switched 10BaseT to 10Base2 path. Netstat doesn't report any collisions. Pings are normal (1ms) between the HP and both the server and XP/60. This is all a little perplexing. > Robert La Ferla > Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant > HTI > Boston, MA > + 1 (617) 252-0088 P.S. I would like to say that I appreciate enormously your dedication to the NEXTSTEP community. You are obviously one of the most knowledgable NS people out there, and it is heartwarming to see people like you sharing your knowledge on the net. I hope your consulting venture is doing well- you deserve it. You've probably been involved as long as I have (1989). ===================================================== Patrick Heynen patrick@graphics.cornell.edu Program of Computer Graphics Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 NeXTMail welcome
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: my /dev/pp0 (Parallel port device) dissappeared! Date: 12 Jul 1995 16:50:40 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3u0uh0$atk@news3.digex.net> References: <3tvs93$a68@news4.digex.net> <3u0n5u$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> wrote: > You can't copy a special file (a device). Look at the manual > for "mknod" When you go into Configure.app, do you see the > Parallel Port driver loaded? How about your system BIOS settings? > Is the parallel port enabled in the BIOS? Yes, all the BIOS and drivers are loaded, but I think I'm getting to why this happens, apparently I'm not the first to experience the missing pp0. This is hearsay at the moment, but the reason might have something to do with serial ports. Someone else reported to me that while the were using serial ports other than 16550 UARTs that if the parallel printer wasn't turned on before the system was booted, the /dev/pp0 would vanish. As it turns out, I had to swap out the 16550's in the system and replace them with 16450's because another system needed the better serial ports. Right after doing this the pp0 disappeared. It makes little to no sense, but I'm going on the only pattern I've seen so far. Can anyone make heads or tails of this? Anyway, thanks for the help, I've now gotton my education in device creation :) -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si> From: <tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 17:18:05 +0100 Message-ID: <00993403.EB1022DE.151@uni-lj.si> Subject: Two network related problems I have two problems connecting PC running NS 3.2 and PC running DOS. 1) I followed the configuration steps from sysadmin manual (MixedNet using HostMenager) and after rebooting I received a message that host can't find his IP address.I edited host file adding entries for both machines but name resolving still don't work. Everything else works OK except name <-> IP resolving on PC NS3.2 side. 2) On DOS side I'm using NCSA Telnet and I can FTP to both sides but telnet works only from DOS PC to PC NS3.2. When I'm telneting from PC 3.2 to PC DOS I'm receiving NSCA telnet error messages : Packet received for invalid port -- reset send -Destination port 23 (telnet) - Any advice would be appreciated --- Thanks in advance Tomaz --------------------------------------------------------- Tomaz Sustar Student of materials science University of Ljubljana, Slovenija E-mail : tomaz.sustar@uni-lj.si Voice : +386 (0)61 345 565
From: doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu (Douglas Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mixed network NX--SGI Date: 12 Jul 1995 16:57:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Distribution: world Message-ID: <3u0uth$91p@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> References: <3tul9n$o9v@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> In article <3tul9n$o9v@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> tb@zkm.de (Torsten Belschner) writes: ] 1. On a mixed network of black/white NeXTs and SGIs, the ] NeXTs cannot be moved to recognize the SGIs exported file ] system. Import of the NeXT server's NFS directories on the ] SGIs works fine. ] 2. The SGIs do not recognize the NeXT network printer, ] although their names are reflected in the printserver's ] /etc/hosts.lpd file. ] ] Any ideas? There is a bug in IRIX NFS such that any directory exported with any flags (such as access limiters, etc.) will not be mountable on other machines, NeXTs included. There may be a patch for this, but I have not had time to apply it. Only way around it is to change the /etc/exports file on the SGI to temporarily export with no flags (access to everybody), mount it on the NeXT, and then go back and edit the exports file again and rerun exportfs. It will stay mounted on the NeXT. -- Douglas Scott | Senior Development Engineer Tel: (805) 893-8352 | Center for Computer Music Research and Composition Internet (NeXTMail ok): | University of California, Santa Barbara <doug@ccmrc.ucsb.edu> | http://www.ccmrc.ucsb.edu/
From: chuck@nightingale.nurs.utah.edu (Charles Wiechman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: proc table is full Date: 12 Jul 1995 17:45:55 GMT Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Message-ID: <3u11oj$m1s@news.cc.utah.edu> I have a NS 3.2 running on a black slab. When I tried to log in I got a never-ending spinning ball. The nmi monitor gave the last error as <3> proc: table is full. I runs fine after a reboot but I don't know what caused the problem. Has anyone seen this before or know what it means? -- ________________________________________________________ | | | Chuck Wiechman University of Utah | | System Administrator College of Nursing | |chuck@nightingale.nurs.utah.edu Informatics Department|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: THE TIME IS CONTINUALLY OFF ON NEXT SYSTEM Message-ID: <DBM9vI.1I5@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <3u09cc$djf@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:54:54 GMT In article <3u09cc$djf@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> gj@rulgm4.LeidenUniv.nl (Geert Jan van Oldenborgh) writes: > Francois Bourgeois (sb6fb@rivm.nl) wrote: > > I have the same problem. The time on my (Intel) Next system often is 1 > > hour and 6 or 7 mintutes ahead. The time doesn't shift slowly though and > > I noticed this time-hop always occurs after I have run Windows (and > > _booted_ in DOS, so my experiences don't apply to using SoftPC) in > > between two Next boots. I have no idea why. When I don't boot DOS I have > > no problems whatsoever. > > DOS keeps the local time in the hardware clock, unix (and hence nextstep) GMT > (or UT), applying an offset. As you seem to located in GMT+1, this would > explain the difference. DOS only changes the time when instructued to do so. Therefore, some process (NetWare?) is changing the time under DOS. If you have set your NEXTSTEP to Daylight Savings Time, and your DOS boot icludes NetWare access which changes the time, you will even loose 2 hours. The simplest thing to do might be writing a DOS program that set's the time back n hours before your reboot in NEXTSTEP. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: PPP; Was: ISDN & NeXT Motorola Message-ID: <DBMAFn.1K6@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <3u0e39$bal@papoose.quick.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 19:06:58 GMT In article <3u0e39$bal@papoose.quick.com> jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) writes: > I do not know about commercial PPP. I have been trying MorningStar PPP. It's a great package (no crashes, where I did experience crashes with PPP-2.2) and comes with first class packet filtering capabilities. However, so far the dial-on-demand option does not work, probably because some Netinfo timeout. Are there people out there using MST PPP who know how to get dial-on-demand to work? Are there people who have this problem and did they inform MorningStar? --Gerben -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: System Admin/NEXTSTEP/Career pos Date: 12 Jul 1995 19:29:53 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <3u17rh$6dh@news1.channel1.com> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Career Position Outstanding Opportunity Excellent benefits Relocation assistance Illinois To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy resume. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] The Omni Group (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: mickey@va.pubnix.com (Mickey A. Lasky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Net booting a PC? Date: 12 Jul 1995 15:32:52 -0400 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virginia) Message-ID: <3u1814$m15@pub01.va.pubnix.com> What exactly would I need to do to get a 486 to net boot off of a turbo slab? Do I need to repartition the DOS box for NeXTStep or would it share files? ------ Mickey Lasky mickey@va.pubnix.com ITA Communications mickey@ita.org (NeXTMail welcomed) http://www.ita.org/~dokk/ita.html "I like my meat so rare a skilled veterinarian would have a good chance of bringing it back to life." --- Bad beer commercial hear on the interstate.
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Exporting/Importing a secondary disk Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 21:23:09 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul12.212309.25178@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <DBLD2J.6yK@eunet.ch> In article <DBLD2J.6yK@eunet.ch> Ron Pomeroy <rop@al.esec.ch> writes: > I have a system with two disks. A one gig which gets > mounted as / (as per the default entry in fstab), and > a 500 meg which gets mounted as /Disk1. What I want > to do is put all my user home directories on this > second disk and export it to the netinfo / domain such > that user home dirs appear in something like > /Net/denali/Disk1/Users. I tried all this via NFSManager > to no avail. It appears I am unable to export the disk > (even though NFSManager didn't complain). I also tried > to create a link to the directories on the disk, but > of course you can't export links directly (at least that > is my understanding). At a guess, you should put a line for your second disk into /etc/disktab, and make sure that it does not sue the noauto option. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Ric Zaller <ric@lpl.arizona.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 12 Jul 1995 21:28:55 GMT Organization: Imager for Mars Pathfinder (U of A) Message-ID: <3u1eqn$t1o@news.ccit.arizona.edu> References: <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> <3trqon$mkk@axalotl.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit huge@axalotl.demon.co.uk (huge) wrote: .. >If you're running DNS, make sure that you put a FQDN in the .rhosts >file, i.e.'axalotl.demon.co.uk', not just 'axalotl'. > >-- >Regards, > >Huge. >------------------------------------------------------------- >Hugh J.E. Davies, Computer Consultant, Bedfordshire, England. >"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." > I had this same problem. This is the most likely answer. If you are running DNS either update the /etc/hosts file or make sure that you use FQDN's.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gerald@instep.bc.ca (Gerald Guterrez) Subject: NeXTstation power down option -- how to turn off ? Message-ID: <1995Jul12.205824.720@instep.bc.ca> Keywords: power Sender: usenet@instep.bc.ca (usenet) Organization: InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:58:24 GMT Hello all. I have a NeXTstation 68040 machine here and I have a problem with it. The machine originally came from a university who had it set up as a network client and which booted off the network and never powered off. After aquiring the machine, a hard drive was installed in the machine and set as SCSI ID 1. NX 3.3 was installed on the hard drive with no errors. However, after the installation I did notice two very annoying problems. 1) The machine REFUSED to power off. Apparently there is an option to force the machine to turn back on right after a power off and this option is supposed to be configurable via the Preferences menu, however, I've been unable to find it; the icon that looks like a power switch simply isn't there. Is there a(nother) way to turn this option off so the machine would power off properly ? 2) i've been unable to change the default boot device. After turning on the computer ( by plugging in the power cord ), I have to type bsd at the console prompt after an exception ( I think #3 ) in order to get it to boot off of the hard drive. Both these problems seem to be options which reside on an eeprom on the motherboard. I'd rather not fool around with the hardware itself if these options can be changed via software. Thanks for any help.
From: roberth@dogbert.ugcs.caltech.edu (Robert Cresswell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: turning off netinfo? Date: 12 Jul 1995 21:54:54 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <3u1gbe$ot8@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Summary: turning off netinfo on a next ... how? Keywords: netinfo NIS ypbind Hi, I was told that i could "turn off" Netinfo and run ypbind, thus making my next an NIS client, not using any of the Netinfo databases. However, I can't figure out how to do this. I'm using nextstep3.0; Any ideas? -rob <zoot@gg.caltech.edu> ps: it wasn't in nextanswers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: turning off netinfo? In-Reply-To: roberth@dogbert.ugcs.caltech.edu's message of 12 Jul 1995 21:54:54 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul12203858@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3u1gbe$ot8@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:38:58 GMT That is a bad idea. It's better to run both NIS and NetInfo. You'll need to edit /etc/hostconfig, /etc/passwd, and /etc/group. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NeXTstation power down option -- how to turn off ? In-Reply-To: gerald@instep.bc.ca's message of Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:58:24 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul12204331@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <1995Jul12.205824.720@instep.bc.ca> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:43:31 GMT You may need to log in as root to see the Preference. Furthermore, you can halt your system and if it tries to reboot do a CMD CMD ~ (note don't do this unless it is very early in the boot sequence) Then go into the ROM monitor and select "p" it will ask you a bunch of questions including the power on one... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Exporting/Importing a secondary disk In-Reply-To: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com's message of Wed, 12 Jul 1995 21:23:09 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul12204506@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DBLD2J.6yK@eunet.ch> <1995Jul12.212309.25178@seer.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:45:06 GMT I think Paul meant /etc/fstab not /etc/disktab... Robert La Ferla
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help: my /dev/pp0 (Parallel port device) dissappeared! In-Reply-To: John Kheit's message of 12 Jul 1995 16:50:40 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul12204649@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3tvs93$a68@news4.digex.net> <3u0n5u$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> <3u0uh0$atk@news3.digex.net> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:46:49 GMT Hmmm. I'm running 16550s and the new serial port driver and I can use my parallel printer just fine. Robert
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP; Was: ISDN & NeXT Motorola Date: 13 Jul 1995 00:57:15 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <3u1r1b$ah5@ni1.ni.net> References: <DBMAFn.1K6@RnA.NL> In article <DBMAFn.1K6@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: >In article <3u0e39$bal@papoose.quick.com> jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) >writes: >> I do not know about commercial PPP. > >I have been trying MorningStar PPP. It's a great package (no crashes, where I >did experience crashes with PPP-2.2) and comes with first class packet >filtering capabilities. > >However, so far the dial-on-demand option does not work, probably because some >Netinfo timeout. > >Are there people out there using MST PPP who know how to get dial-on-demand to >work? Are there people who have this problem and did they inform MorningStar? > Considering the price I have heard that this package goes for don't they have technical support? >--Gerben >-- >Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 >"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" >Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can aquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Net booting a PC? Date: 13 Jul 1995 01:11:57 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <3u1rst$aqs@ni1.ni.net> References: <3u1814$m15@pub01.va.pubnix.com> In article <3u1814$m15@pub01.va.pubnix.com> mickey@va.pubnix.com (Mickey A. Lasky) writes: > What exactly would I need to do to get a 486 to net boot off of a >turbo slab? Do I need to repartition the DOS box for NeXTStep or would it >share files? > >------ >Mickey Lasky mickey@va.pubnix.com >ITA Communications mickey@ita.org (NeXTMail welcomed) > http://www.ita.org/~dokk/ita.html > [snip] I asked this very question a while back, but recieved no reply. Eventually, I was able to figure it out based on the information in the System Administration manual and some info posted regarding a CDROM boot. The following are my notes I hope they are of some help. -- Make a boot disk 1. GUI method Use WorkspaceManager's "check for disk's" menu item to find and select the disk. Select "Initialize" from the WM menu 2. Command Line method With floppy to be formatted in drive type the following in a shell disk -l DDrivers -i /dev/rfd0a **disk will format the floppy, label it DDrivers, and write a boot program to the disk's boot block. -- Copy the following files to the boot floppy (from install floppy or hd) 1. Copy mach_kernel to the root directory 2. Copy /private/Drivers/i386/System.config 3. Copy /usr/standalone/i386/BootHelp.txt 4. Copy /usr/standalone/i386/sarld 5. Copy /usr/standalone/i386/Language.table 6. Copy /usr/standalone/i386/English.lproj/Localizable.strings -- Edit boot floppy System.config's Instance0.table file System.config is a compound doc containing a file Instance0.table. Edit /private/Drivers/i386/System.config/Instance0.table as follows: "Version" = "3.30"; "Boot Drivers" = "Adaptec1542B Intel824X0 PS2Keyboard PCIBus EISABus EtherLink3"; "Active Drivers" = "BusMouse VGA"; "Kernel" = "mach_kernel"; "Kernel Flags" = "rootdev=cdrom"; "Boot Graphics" = "No"; "Install Mode" = "No"; "Ask For Drivers" = "Yes"; "Language" = "English"; "Prompt For Driver Disk" = "Yes"; "APM" = "No"; "Driver Disk Prompts" = "3"; "DRIVER_ASK_3" = "Yes"; Add your SCSI or IDE driver to "Boot Drivers" = "......." Adding Floppy here enables you to mount a floppy in single user mode without using driverLoader command. Also delete Drivers which are not in your system. Add your Active Drivers to "Active Drivers" = "" They can be found in your Instance0.table on hard drive. Change Kernel Flags option as "Kernel Flags" = "rootdev=sd0a" Turn off Install Mode by editing "Install Mode" = "No" As the SCSI or IDE driver will be loaded in "Boot Drivers" option, delete "Installation Driver Families" = "Disk SCSI" "DRIVER_FAMILIES_1" = "SCSI" "DRIVER_FAMILIES_2" = "SCSI Disk" and change these lines "Driver Disk Prompts" = "1" "DRIVER_ASK_1" = "Yes" Then add drivers to Device Driver Floppy which you specified in "Boot Drivers". All of these chages can be override at boot: prompt so this floppy can be used as a general boot floppy. -- CDROM boot 1. Reboot system with boot floppy in drive A: 2. At the boot prompt type fd()mach_kernel rootdev=sd0a -s **Boot using floppy mach kernel with first SCSI as root filesystem in single user -- NetBoot server setup 1. Create a directory labeled "clients" in the root folder. 2. In a shell type "newclient clientname" . This will create a dir /clients/clientname and fill it with files necessary for the netboot client to mount this dir as /private. 3. Export the root dir with root access to the netboot client. 4. Using Hostmanager.app open the domain of the netboot client. In the panel that appears press the button labeled Netboot Configuration. 5. In the Netboot Configuration panel enter the following: Default kernel mach Root Directory server:/ Private Directory server:/clients/clientname -- NetBoot'ing 1. Reboot system with boot floppy in drive A: 2. At the boot prompt type fd()mach_kernel rootdev=en0 -s **Boot using floppy mach kernel with ethernet 0 as root filesystem in single user 3. At the "what adapter is your SCSI CD on" prompt choose the appropriate ethernet adapter for your computer. 4. At the "what adapter is your hd on" prompt choose the appropriate SCSI or IDE controller for your computer. -- Mount other filesystems When you get to a '#' prompt, you can mount your hard drive using: # /usr/etc/mount -n /dev/sd0a /disk or # /usr/etc/mount -n /dev/hd0a /disk The '-n' option is to tell mount not to update the mtab file because the root device is a read-only filesystem ( if CD ROM). -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can aquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: zet@rupert.franken.de (Juergen Zeller) Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Message-ID: <DBM9HK.E4K@rupert.franken.de> Sender: zet@rupert.franken.de (Juergen Zeller) Organization: private References: <JBRYANS.95Jul11134912@tern.csulb.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:46:31 GMT In article <JBRYANS.95Jul11134912@tern.csulb.edu> jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) writes: > > Please do a "nidump hosts ." in a terminal window. > > If you only the the names of the computer you are working on and _not_ > > the computer from which you want to do a rlogin/rsh or whatever, > > you have to update the hosts entry of Netinfo. > > I don't think that's accurate. At least here, it works like this: > [..] Strange. I only got it working by the importing of all hosts. But perhaps I missed a nifty detail... J rgen -- J"urgen Zeller, zeller@rupert.franken.de, http://www.franken.de/users/rupert/zeller ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------
From: rad@intele.net (Jeff Jolly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: HELP with FAX/modem Date: 13 Jul 1995 05:43:23 GMT Organization: inteleNET Internet Services Message-ID: <3u2bps$qb8@vodka.intele.net> Has anybody ever been able to get the FAX part of a fax/modem to work in NS 3.0? I know, I know, it's my own fault for being in the stone age, but that's what I have. My problem is that I can't get FaxDaemon to work. I have NXFax, several Fax drivers, and an AT&T DataPort 14.4 modem (which is supposed to be compatible w/ NXFax). From all I can tell: FaxDaemon must be running; and FaxDaemon is run by "exec_faxes". This is what I know. At any given time I have Faxxess <fax_name> and TrimProgram <fax_name> running. I execute exec_faxes and cannot get FaxDaemon to even think about running. I have a NextStation running alone now, with nothing too special added. "exec_faxes" is called in /etc/rc. I can't find out anything that will help me understand exec_faxes or FaxDaemon in any documentation. Oh...the modem clearly works fine...I'm using it right now. I called NextStep and they said that they don't support NS 3.0 and that it is "clearly a NXFax software problem." (I think that's a crock of sh**.) I call NXFax, but can't get anyone on the phone there. The did send me a disk "NXFax Addendum" whick gave me further information that shows it's a NS problem, but I don't know what to do. I greatly appreciate the time you have taken to read this note..... Now, has anyone anywhere EVER been able to get a FAX to work using NS 3.0 and ANY software at all? Is it a possibility? If NXFax doesn't work back at NS 3.0, how come I can't even get anything to work with PrintManager stuff? If anyone has done it in NS 3.0 (fax, that is) will you reply to me? Thank you VERY VERY much for any assistance. Jeff Jolley
From: bresink@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Marcel Bresink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Network performance on NS/Intel Date: 13 Jul 1995 07:57:17 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Message-ID: <3u2jkt$er1@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <3trfb4$6ic@merckx.graphics.cornell.edu> <3u0n1b$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> <3u0rfv$388@merckx.graphics.cornell.edu> > patrick@opus.graphics.cornell.edu (Patrick Heynen) wrote: > Does anybody know what factors affect network performance under NS/I? I am > experiencing the following problem: > - Network transfers to my server machine are 6X slower than transfers between other > machines. (ie 77kb/s vs 700kb/s ftp performance) > - The server is an HP Netserver/LM 5/60 running NS 3.2 with a DPT scsi card, > and a 3COM 3C579 EISA ethernet card. The server has 64mb RAM. [...] Your problem might be the 3Com ethernet card. These cards are known to have VERY poor performance when running NEXTSTEP. NEXTSTEP is internally optimized for using relatively large NFS packet sizes (I think 8 kb). 3Com cards have difficulties with these large packets because their internal hardware buffer is only 1 kb (which seems to be an optimization for DOS...). As a consequence, the card is dropping ethernet frames which results in a performance of 70 kb/s or even worse. > I know that there are buffer parameters that can be tweaked for NFS, but what could > possibly explain an ftp transfer rate of only 70kb/s between client and server on an > unloaded ethernet? Yes, NeXT recommends in NeXT Answers Document 1482 to set the network read and write buffer size to 1024 bytes when running "NFS intensive environments" on the 3C5x9. But, as I was able to test myself, the 3Com cards have not only problems with NFS but with any network service running on NEXTSTEP. Even in a NetWare-only IPX-environment, communication from a NEXTSTEP client to a NetWare server showed the very same problems. (The card starts to run with 700..1000 kb/s, but after some minutes everything "hangs" and performance is dropping to 5 kb/s.) So you should find someone who can lend you another type of ethernet card. If the problem goes away then, you know what to replace... :-) Good luck Marcel Bresink --- Marcel Bresink, University of Koblenz, Computer Graphics Lab, Institute for Computer Science Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany, Tel.: +49-261-9119-421 Fax: +49-261-9119-497 Mail: bresink@informatik.uni-koblenz.de (NeXT/MIME accepted)
From: gclem@dannug.dk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Network performance on NS/Intel Date: 13 Jul 1995 07:59:18 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Distribution: world Message-ID: <3u2jom$ke7@snaps.dannug.dk> References: <3u0n1b$lrl@dalesbred.terra.net> I am also experiencing "a not so good" NFS performance on NS. Reading a 30 MB file from the network and storing it locally takes approx. 50 secs. (reasonable), while reading the same file locally and writing to the net takes 5-6 times longer (not reasonable). It does not really matter whether I use Cogent PCI ethernet or Intel EtherExpress (there is a difference but not significant enough to matter in this case). Black hardware is equally bad. It is much faster to save the file over the network to a Sony NEWS (68030 based, BSD 4.3) workstation, i.e. yesterdays technology. Geert
From: pait@usp.br (Felipe M. Pait) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: restore -- need help! Date: 13 Jul 1995 12:17:50 GMT Organization: Universidade de Sao Paulo / Brasil Message-ID: <3u32te$de2@bee.uspnet.usp.br> I need to do a restore from a level 0 dump on tape. The problem is that I always get the message Tape/disk read error: I/O error after typing /usr/dev/restore if /dev/rst0 I have a Canon object.station 41 with NS 3.2 installed and a Sun Microsystems 8mm SCSI tape driver conected to its SCSI port. I tried the tape driver in the 3.2 disc, the one available through NeXTanswers, and the one in the 3.3 CD (the way I got into trouble was trying to update to 3.3. Eventually I gave up and reinstalled 3.2). The dump was done as follows: dump 0ufs /dev/rst0 1200000 /dev/sd0a just hours before the crash... If someone has any idea of what is wrong and what I can do, I'd appreciate a suggestion by e-mail - I'm using another machine and it will be easier than reading news from here. Thanks, Felipe M Pait pait@lac.usp.br
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP disk mount trouble Date: 18 Jul 1995 08:43:41 GMT Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f. Kernphysik Message-ID: <3ufs7t$9ij@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Hello all: I can't seem to get my HP to mount an external disk correctly. I have a correct entry (I think) in /etc/fstab, but still no luck. I can manually mount the disk after booting, but then the /Users directory doesn't get exported to the root NetInfo domain, so the users on the other machine are SOL. What to do? Dave fyi: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /Goanna1 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 2
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Dialup and PPP. In-Reply-To: stefanos@Vir.com's message of 14 Jul 1995 20:51:50 -0400 Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul15213644@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3u73f6$oov@mysite.mydomain> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 01:36:44 GMT In article <3u73f6$oov@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) writes: I'm ironing out some PPP configuration items and have come across some things which are not explained explicitly in the PPP documentation. Does it matter what the line settings are? I assume they should be 8 bits, even parity. Is this right? What about hardware flow control for the modem? Now when I try to make a connection I get the login prompt and I can input the user name but the password prompt gets garbled. What's wrong? Shouldn't the login prompt get garbled as well? Thanx, stef Stefanos, NEXTSTEP typically has a 10-bit frame (1 start bit, 7 data bits, 1 parity or data bit, and 1 stop bit) You should use 8N1, 7E1 or 7O1. 8N1 (8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit) is the most common so try it first. Your ISP (service provider) can help. You should use hardware flow control but you will need a cable that has RTS and CTS lines. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 tel
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HP disk mount trouble Date: 18 Jul 1995 13:40:40 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <3ugdko$cg1@ni1.ni.net> References: <3ufs7t$9ij@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> In article <3ufs7t$9ij@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) writes: >Hello all: > >I can't seem to get my HP to mount an external disk correctly. >I have a correct entry (I think) in /etc/fstab, but still no luck. > >I can manually mount the disk after booting, but then the /Users directory >doesn't get exported to the root NetInfo domain, so the users on the other >machine are SOL. > >What to do? > >Dave > >fyi: >/dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 >/dev/sd1a /Goanna1 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 2 Try removing "noauto" from the second drive's info. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can aquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: James Gaines <jgaines@mcs.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,mcs.general Subject: ISDN, OmniWeb, Ascend Pipeline 50, How Do I Default Gateway? Date: 18 Jul 1995 14:39:46 GMT Organization: Gaines Capital Corporation Message-ID: <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have an ISDN/PPP internet connection via an Ascend Pipeline 50 with an IP address of 198.3.189.1 My goal is to have every other NeXT machine (198.3.189.xxx) on the network see the Pipe 50 and point to 198.3.189.1 when looking for a connection upon invoking a WWW browser or such. How do I do this? I thought I simply needed to set the default gateway in SNMP to be 198.3.189.1 for each NeXT machine on the network. However, even when I do this, each time I startup OmniWeb it cannot find the connection. What am I doing wrong? I did not see anywhere from within the OmniWeb app to point to the gateway. I believe OmniWeb assumes the connection has already been established. Also, since the PPP is running on the Pipe 50 only, is there anyway I can establish the Pipe 50's PPP connection from one of my workstations instead of having to do it from the Pipe 50 itself? Please reply to jgaines@mcs.com Thanks in advance, James jgaines@mcs.com
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q:removing NI password Date: 18 Jul 1995 17:22:29 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <3ugqkl$3l4@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> How does one go about removing the password from NetInfo? I'm not sure how I did it, but what I typed isn't what was just entered. So now I'm locked out and cannot change what I needed to change. -- The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all WWW: http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/home.htm NeXTMail: shane@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
From: mdaniels@starship. (Mike Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: connecting network to internet Date: 18 Jul 1995 15:37:17 GMT Organization: South Coast Computer Services (sccsi.com) Message-ID: <3ugkfd$4jo@tattoo.sccsi.com> We have a network of 20 NeXTStep computers, mostly black. One of these computers is connected via a modem to a SLIP connection. The connection works fine, as long as you're at that computer. What do I need to do to enable the rest of the computers to access the SLIP link? Mike Daniels
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: connecting network to internet Date: 18 Jul 1995 14:23:39 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.806091540@mercury> References: <3ugkfd$4jo@tattoo.sccsi.com> mdaniels@starship. (Mike Daniels) writes: >We have a network of 20 NeXTStep computers, mostly black. One of these >computers is connected via a modem to a SLIP connection. The connection >works fine, as long as you're at that computer. What do I need to do to >enable the rest of the computers to access the SLIP link? The main thing you need is a connection that will route multiple IP addresses over a single connection. For instance, where I work, I get a single IP address. Now, I do have a network at home with 4 UNIX boxes (1 NeXT, 3 Linux). I can do nothing to get the NeXT and others to see the outside world--the machine with the PPP connection cannot be a router because my employer only provided me with a single IP address. All others will be trashed by the router on the other end. You could conceivably set up a firewall (heck, they only need 1 IP address), but that's a lot of work with not much in the way of results. Setting up your NeXT boxes to route things outside isn't the problem - that's the easy part. Getting your provider to route multiple IP addresses is the trick. Good luck. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support KD4CYH on 145.29 CLT, 146.64 RTP 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 dcl@interpath.net For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: gwu@lainet.com (George Y. Wu) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Routing between TCP/IP LAN and PPP link Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:57:33 GMT Organization: LA Internet (310)442-4670 Message-ID: <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 I have a NeXTStation (ppphost) running NS3.2 and NeXT-PPP-2.2b02 that I use to dial into a dial-up PPP account to connect to the Internet. I have used the 'defaultroute' option to PPP so that by default external network traffic goes to remote PPP server. Everythings works fine (e.g. ftp, telnet, WWW etc.) on ppphost but other machines on the LAN can not access the Internet through the PPP link. Can someone tell me how to set up the LAN the all machines on the LAN can access the Internet through the PPP link ? I tried using the 'proxyarp' option to PPP but it complained that it can not determine the Ethernet address even though the address is in the NetInfo database. I tried adding a default route on the other machines to ppphost but it did not make any difference. I used traceroute on one of the LAN machines it showed that traffic gets to ppphost but it stops there with timeout errors. So, the specific question is that on ppphost, how do I forward traffic from other LAN machines to the PPP link ? I thought the 'defaultroute' PPP option on ppphost would have taken care of this ? Any help is greatly appreciated. George
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: email going in circles to "somewhere!..." Date: 18 Jul 1995 20:26:08 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <3uh5d0$crn@gap.cco.caltech.edu> I seem to keep getting mail bouncing in circles with a bogus address being generated, and I've been told it's an old rmail problem. The symptom as seen in the mailq is (edited for just the presently running loops)... --QID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------ AA25519 947 Tue Jul 18 12:11 <Mailer-Agent> (Deferred: Host Name Lookup Failure) <somewhere!DICKEY@lsil.com> AA25535 33233 Tue Jul 18 12:11 <Mailer-Agent> (Deferred: Host Name Lookup Failure) <somewhere!MAILER-DAEMON@uunet.uu.net> AA25537 39982 Tue Jul 18 12:11 <Mailer-Agent> (Deferred: Host Name Lookup Failure) <somewhere!Mailer-Daemon@ee25.ftl.aro.allied. At the moment, we've got outgoing email via PPP to a service provider and incoming email via uucp from a separate provider (in the middle of the route switchover) so the lookup failures are just mail being queued to wait for the periodic ppp connection. Does anyone have (or remember) what to do about this (other than manually deleting things from the queue)? I might guess that editing sendmail to simply stomp on the "somewhere!" part of the address would leave it going to a valid address, but that might also just be restarting the loop? Any help on this would be appreciated! We're running 3.1 on all machines except the PPP mailhost, which is running 3.3 (the uucp is on a 3.1 machine). Thanks- tec
From: steve@biostat.ucsf.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Experience with NCSA httpd (V. 1.4.1) under NS 3.3? Date: 18 Jul 1995 20:42:33 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <3uh6bp$dis@agate.berkeley.edu> Originator: stephen@stat.Berkeley.EDU I'm thinking about upgrading to NS 3.3 on my NeXTstation turbo. The machine is serving our department Web site using the NCSA httpd server (version 1.4.1), and I seem to recall a past posting about trouble with this under NS 3.3. Any feedback would be appreciated. Stephen Shiboski email: steve@biostat.ucsf.edu Division of Biostatistics voice: 415-476-0533 University of California, San Francisco fax: 415-476-6014 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 420 West San Francisco, CA 94143-0560 (NeXTmail OK)
From: gcl@sojourn1.sojourn.com (gcl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: bad blocks, fixable??? Date: 18 Jul 1995 23:48:05 GMT Organization: Sojourn Systems. Lansing, MI (USA) Message-ID: <3uhh7l$2oa@tkhut.sojourn.com> I have some bad blocks and I can't boot all the way... it tries to fsck, but it never fixes it... I can get to a root prompt, but when I try to tar to a tape it doesn't see the /dev/nrst0 device driver even though it is there... I just want to get one last backup before I turn in the disk for a new one... any ideas? please email if you can help, thanks! Gary -- __________________________________________________________________ gcl@sojourn.com no NeXTmail yet please __________________________________________________________________
From: faust@faust.earthlink.net (Bill Faust) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compiling INN Date: 19 Jul 1995 00:00:13 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <FAUST.95Jul18170013@faust.earthlink.net> I was trying to compile INN (version 1.4sec), the news server package, under NEXTSTEP 3.3 and am having a lot of difficulty. The INSTALL instructions say that it compiles on a NeXT. Is there anybody out there who got it to compile and could send me the required diffs? Bill Faust faust@ee.ucla.edu
From: chris@opensource.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: connecting network to internet Date: 19 Jul 1995 01:32:44 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <3uhnbs$nl8@trane.opensource.com> References: <3ugkfd$4jo@tattoo.sccsi.com> Mike Daniels writes > We have a network of 20 NeXTStep computers, mostly black. One of these > computers is connected via a modem to a SLIP connection. The connection > works fine, as long as you're at that computer. What do I need to do to > enable the rest of the computers to access the SLIP link? > > Mike Daniels Hi Mike, If the 20 machines have valid ip numbers, (ie you applied for and received a license for them) then access is easy. You can modify /etc/hostconfig on the 19 machines without the slip connection. Just change the line: ROUTER=-NO- to: ROUTER=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the local ip address of your machine with the SLIP connection. SLIP typically configures ipforwarding so, packets which are destined for machines not on your net will be routed off your net and visa versa. If you don't have a valid set of ip numbers, then I recomend getting them. You can not use an IP number on the open internet which is owned by someone else. If you really don't want to do the ip license thing then you can probably set up the slip box with a bunch of proxies for all the services people want. This is considerably harder. Chris Miner Tech Support OpenSource Inc.
From: wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu (Wassim M. Jabi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: Render in Parallel Date: 18 Jul 1995 22:06:39 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3uhb9f$s0d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Hi: I need your help. My NeXT is on the network, but does not share the NetInfo domain of five other School-owned NeXTs (and I would like it to stay that way). However, is there a way to use the other five machines when I render stuff from my computer? Right now, I get only "localhost". If I render from one of the other machines, all five of them show up as renderers. So, basically, I want to take, but not give :-) Please reply by e-mail to wjabi@umich.edu Thank you. -- Wassim M. Jabi Doctoral Program in Architecture University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 wjabi@umich.edu (Text/MIME/NeXTMail)
From: plongsi@falcon.inetnebr.com (Pohl Longsine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo/sendmail/PopOver1.3 Date: 19 Jul 1995 03:05:19 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Message-ID: <3uhspf$417@duck.inetnebr.com> References: <3u6soq$j1b@duck.inetnebr.com> <3u747u$q41@hustle.rahul.net> m@bang.org wrote: : If NetInfo does not specify a different location, sendmail looks for the : configuration file in /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf, which is usually a link to : another file. In your case, there is no reason to use NetInfo to specify a : different location. I would like to thank all who responded. The problem has been resolved. It turns out that I did need to make a /locations/sendmail entry, (which *is* in chapeter 6 of the admin book -- I managed to miss the pages every time I picked up that book) Thanks again, folks. -- ____/| | Pohl Longsine, OpenStep Software Developer \ o.O| GPF! | "I don't do Windows." =(_)= CTLALTDLT! | plongsi@inetnebr.com (Internet Nebraska) U (Bill Gates, The Cat) | NeXT & MIME mail formats accepted.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Message-ID: <51@amerishare.win.net> From: al@amerishare.win.net (Evergreen Info) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 03:02:54 GMT Subject: Zmodem Where can I get a copy of Zmodem for a Next box. My Internet Service Provider doesn't have it. Please email me any thoughts on this. Thanks Al Davis Internet al@amerishare.win.net Evergreen Information CIS 73312,3227 406 West Depot Tel 515-472-9626 Fairfield, IA 52556 800-634-2954 Fax 515-469-3240
From: acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mounting QUANTUM XP34301 and where's the FAQ Date: 19 Jul 1995 05:32:30 GMT Organization: Community ConneXion: http://www.c2.org 510-658-6376 Message-ID: <ACOUSTIC.95Jul18223232@infinity.c2.org> I'm having difficulty making a filesystem on a Quantum XP34301. This is a 4.2 GB drive, which i just purchased today. I have black hardware (040), 2.0. When i run mkfs it conks out at about halfway through with a seek error (at 2097184). I've modified /etc/disktab (adding an entry for the Quantum according to the disk label information). (I've also tried to reformat; sdform (and disk) have this idea that the disk should be 10 MB.) Is there something else i should do? (I had a bunch of crazy ideas, like maybe there was some limit to the file system size that i was transgressing. But i couldn't find a faq for comp.sys.next.sysadmin on rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet.) Thanks for any pointers anyone can provide. Is anyone else using this type of drive? dan acoustic@c2.org
From: karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,mcs.general Subject: Re: ISDN, OmniWeb, Ascend Pipeline 50, How Do I Default Gateway? Date: 19 Jul 1995 01:10:45 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Ops, Chicago, IL Message-ID: <3ui7l5$sis@Mars.mcs.com> References: <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net> In article <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net>, James Gaines <jgaines@mcs.net> wrote: >I have an ISDN/PPP internet connection via an Ascend Pipeline 50 with an >IP address of 198.3.189.1 > >My goal is to have every other NeXT machine (198.3.189.xxx) on the >network see the Pipe 50 and point to 198.3.189.1 when looking for a >connection upon invoking a WWW browser or such. > >How do I do this? Point default at the P50; that should do it nicely. If the unit is set up with the proper SPIDs and all, it will call by itself when there is traffic for it. Note that your provider must know about the P50 and where it is supposed to be address-wise. >I thought I simply needed to set the default gateway in SNMP to be >198.3.189.1 for each NeXT machine on the network. However, even when I >do this, each time I startup OmniWeb it cannot find the connection. > >What am I doing wrong? Is the P50 pointing default at the other end of the connection? >Also, since the PPP is running on the Pipe 50 only, is there anyway I can >establish the Pipe 50's PPP connection from one of my workstations >instead of having to do it from the Pipe 50 itself? The P50 should come online automatically when there is traffic for the network link. There is no need to manually connect it. >Please reply to jgaines@mcs.com I'm posting here so that others may get the benefit of the information. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | (shell, PPP, SLIP, leased) in Chicagoland Voice: [+1 312 248-8649] | 7 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL AP Clarinet feed!
From: LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP SPARC hardware clock Date: 18 Jul 1995 03:30:01 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Message-ID: <3uf9rp$fv@aimnet1.aimnet.com> I previously reported to this list a problem with the clock on NEXTSTEP SPARC systems. I fixed my problem by upgrading to EOF 1.1 from EOF 1.1 PRERELEASE. However, when I look in /usr/adm/messages, I see: Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: WARNING: preposterous time in Real Time Clock -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! Any ideas? Thanks, Lowell Lowell@SchemaResearch.com
From: LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP SPARC SERIAL PORTS Date: 18 Jul 1995 03:30:09 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Message-ID: <3uf9s1$fv@aimnet1.aimnet.com> My serial ports don't seem to work on NEXTSTEP SPARC. % tip a9600 /dev/cua: No such device link down % echo abcd > /dev/cua /dev/cua: No such device This is a sparc4. I checked out Configure.app and found nothing appropriate. /usr/adm/messages contains: Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: zs0 at space 0 0x71100000 pri 12 (onboard) Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: zs1 at space 0 0x71000000 pri 12 (onboard) I don't really know what's going on, but the above messages seem to me to indicate that the serial ports exist. At least I see no errors. I've also searched NeXTAnswers for information on the support of serial ports on NEXTSTEP SPARC. The most I can find is that Postscript printers are supported through the serial port. Thanks, Lowell Lowell@SchemaResearch.com
From: kdb@pegasus.ece.utexas.edu (Kurt D. Bollacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sound on SPARC4 Date: 18 Jul 1995 05:37:17 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <3ufhad$ss6@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <3uf9s6$fv@aimnet1.aimnet.com> LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com wrote: : I am unable to get my NEXTSTEP SPARC 4 to speak to me. Actually, to make any sound : at all. I've tried installing both drivers that are available in Configure.app, both singly and : simulaneously. Without success. I see the following in /usr/adm/messages: : Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: configureDriver: driver class 'SunSS5Audio' was not loaded : Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: Driver SunSS5Audio could not be configured : Jul 17 19:42:52 ernie mach: configureDriver: could not find device info for dbri or : ss5Audio : Thanks for any clues, Remember, sound hardware is optional on the SS4. Maybe you don't have it. -- ...................................................................... : Kurt D. Bollacker University of Texas at Austin : : kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu P.O. Box 8566, Austin, TX 78713 : :....................................................................:
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: stef@quest.fdn.org (Stephan Mertz) Subject: Re: connecting network to internet Message-ID: <1995Jul19.070817.10135@quest.fdn.org> Sender: news@quest.fdn.org Organization: Quest International / Unilever - Neuilly, France References: <3uhnbs$nl8@trane.opensource.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 07:08:17 GMT In article <3uhnbs$nl8@trane.opensource.com> chris@opensource.com writes: > Mike Daniels writes > > We have a network of 20 NeXTStep computers, mostly black. One of > > these computers is connected via a modem to a SLIP connection. The > > connection works fine, as long as you're at that computer. What do I > > need to do to enable the rest of the computers to access the SLIP > > link? > > > > Mike Daniels > If you really don't want to do the ip license thing then you can > probably set up the slip box with a bunch of proxies for all the > services people want. This is considerably harder. > > Chris Miner > Tech Support > OpenSource Inc. Hi, I use the http daemon from the Cern for having a proxy on the computer connected to internet. It is very easy to configure, an example is in the doc. This allow all the computers on my network to access the web. If you have an application which doesn't support proxies, you can launch it remotely from your computer, with OpenSesame, on the computer connected to internet. Stephan Mertz NEXTSTEP developer
From: Chris_Roehrig@sns.cs.ubc.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Headless Black Hardware (How to do it?) Date: 18 Jul 1995 23:40:08 GMT Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Message-ID: <3uhgoo$jov@nnrp.cs.ubc.ca> I thought this was a FAQ from way back, but I can't find anything. How do I run a 68040 (25MHz) system without monitor/keyboard, etc? The software end I can do (/etc/ttys, etc), but how do I power the beast on? My hunch is that I can just momentarily tie the MON PWR SWITCH pin on the display port (pin 6) to ground. Has anyone done this? Is this all that it takes? -- Chris Roehrig (croehrig@cs.ubc.ca) Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compiling INN Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:29:42 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950719132645.3172H-100000@hphalle1d.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <FAUST.95Jul18170013@faust.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <FAUST.95Jul18170013@faust.earthlink.net> On 19 Jul 1995, Bill Faust wrote: > > I was trying to compile INN (version 1.4sec), the news server package, > under NEXTSTEP 3.3 and am having a lot of difficulty. The INSTALL > instructions say that it compiles on a NeXT. > > Is there anybody out there who got it to compile and could send me the > required diffs? I did a compilation of this just the last week. I'll send you my config.data and site informations. You also need a running patch utility. I was using GNUpatch, which compiled flawlessly. Greetings, Boerny. Note: there are still some problems configuring a successfully compiled inn. I can only help with, if you are running a standalone system. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) Look at http://www.leo.org/archiv/NeXT/ scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de, scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de 'X is what it was designed for --- to open multiple terminal windows.' T.W.
From: szatezal@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q:removing NI password Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:15:44 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <3uj0mv$92i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <3ugqkl$3l4@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) wrote: >How does one go about removing the password from NetInfo? >I'm not sure how I did it, but what I typed isn't what was >just entered. So now I'm locked out and cannot change >what I needed to change. HELP! I've looked through the manuals - read past articles - looked through the nextanswers - and couldn't find a damn thing mentioned about it. If someone knows the answer, or where I can find it, please let me know.... The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/home.htm
From: LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Partner, uShare, uPrint and uMail Date: 18 Jul 1995 02:38:00 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Message-ID: <3uf6q8$s21@aimnet1.aimnet.com> References: <KAY.95Jul15113857@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> < Hi, has anyone had any experience with the AppleShare products Information Presentation Technologies sell. In fact, does any one know if IPT are still in operation. I sent them a FAX 2 days ago and haven't received a reply yet. We are using IPT's uShare running on SunOS and are quite happy. We have 10 macs that use a single volumn on the Sun. Our NeXTSTEP machines access the same volumn through NFS. IPT has always been responsive to my requests. Try them again. Lowell Lowell@SchemaResearch.com
From: Gregory John Casamento <gcasa@wam.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: problem with dialup Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:28:35 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.950719102324.11694A-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi! I am trying to set up my 68040 Cube so that I can dial into it. I have made all of the appropriate changes in the /etc/ttys file. Yet whenever I try to dial in my modem (a Practical Peripherals 14.4Kbps external) drops carrier for some reason. Can anyone give me any ideas as to what is wrong here?? Any advice on this subject will be GREATLY appreciated...thanks!! Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu Stop Senate Bill 314!! It threatens the very fabric of the INTERNETs existence. Please see http://www.phantom.com/~slowdog for details. #include <std_disclaimer.h>
From: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: copying a bootable floppy disk - how ? Date: 19 Jul 1995 15:24:16 GMT Organization: TakeFive Software GmbH, Salzburg, Austria Message-ID: <3uj830$sf6@news.Austria.EU.net> I can format a new floppy and write the boot program in /usr/standalone/boot onto the boot block area with the utility "disk". But how can I copy an existing bootable floppy disk to a second floppy ? --joe@TakeFive.co.at
From: kent@ne.kth.se (Kent Ekstrom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to read unix floppy? Date: 19 Jul 1995 13:13:39 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <3uj0e4$e5p@news.kth.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi! Does anyone know how to read unix tared floppy disks on a black NeXT? Thanks / Kent ____________________________________________________________________ Kent Ekstrom <kent@ne.kth.se> "Sorry! Have to run, got Royal Institute of Technology a core melt to catch..." Nuclear Power Safety 100 44 Stockholm, SWEDEN
From: gcl@sojourn1.sojourn.com (gcl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: how to fix bad blocks? Date: 19 Jul 1995 16:29:41 GMT Organization: Sojourn Systems. Lansing, MI (USA) Message-ID: <3ujbtl$m5m@tkhut.sojourn.com> On a SUN system, there is a command called 'format' that will intereactively help you mark blocks bad... Is there a similar function in NeXTSTEP? The problem is I have some bad blocks and I can't get NS to boot all the way, but I can get to a root prompt and navigate around the file system, although I can't pull up a man page.... I'm running Intel v3.2 Thank you for your help... gary -- __________________________________________________________________ gcl@sojourn.com no NeXTmail yet please __________________________________________________________________
From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@WOLFE.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Disabling "next" login, but not "unix" login Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:27:39 -0700 Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950719102146.208C-100000@bob> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I'm pretty new to the next so bear with me... :) What I want to do is for a given account disable the ability to login at the next login prompt while retaining the ability to allow that user to login using telnet, rlogin or whatever (assuming they are coming from some where else). I tried the Disable Login command on the User Manager, but that disables both. Is this possible? Does this even make sense? :) Thanks! -- Philip Hallstrom Wolfe Internet Access
From: bmw@dard.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker,vgi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN, OmniWeb, Ascend Pipeline 50, How Do I Default Gateway? Date: 19 Jul 1995 19:43:20 GMT Organization: Visible Genetics Inc. Message-ID: <3ujn8o$mah@sator.eric.on.ca> References: <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net> Cc: jgaines@mcs.com In article <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net>, James Gaines <jgaines@mcs.net> wrote: >I have an ISDN/PPP internet connection via an Ascend Pipeline 50 with an >IP address of 198.3.189.1 All you should need to do on each w/s (NeXT or otherwise) to get them to route out to the net, is set the default route to point at the P50. On boxes with BSD-networkish commands (like NeXT), you do this: $ route add default 198.3.189.1 1 Typically, you stick that line in /etc/rc.local, like this: route add default 198.3.189.1 1 >/dev/console 2>&1 > I thought I simply needed to set the default gateway in SNMP to be SNMP has nothing to do with this. > I did not see anywhere from within the OmniWeb app to point to the > gateway. I believe OmniWeb assumes the connection has already been > established. Unless you are using a "proxy" http server, you don't need to do anything in OmniWeb (or any app) to make use of a default route. > Also, since the PPP is running on the Pipe 50 only, is there anyway I can > establish the Pipe 50's PPP connection from one of my workstations > instead of having to do it from the Pipe 50 itself? [Assuming I understand what you mean...] This will happen automagically when any workstation sends packets to the P50 for forwarding. Possible problems: 1) are you using a P50HX by any chance? You can only talk to this with one w/s at a time! These are designed for a single remote w/s setup (it has a single entry ARP cache.) You can get around this restriction by upgrading to a full P50 (for a few hundred bux) or by reading about packet forwarding and filtering in the P50 in the archives of the Ascend mailing-list. But you gotta know what you're doing for that. 2) is the P50 setup correctly? You should be able to telnet to it, then telnet from it out to the net. If that works, and your default route is set, then you should be able to ping and telnet directly from your host. If you can't, then you need to check the routing setup in the P50. This can be complex (the P50 can do some firewalling for instance), but see the Ascend docs, the FAQ lists and Web pages: Ascend FAQ: http://northshore.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq/ Ascend home: http://www.ascend.com/ ISDN FAQ: http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/ Good luck!
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Hey NeXT! if you can fix the serial drivers, you can fix lookupd! Date: 18 Jul 1995 15:40:08 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3ugkko$226@www.its.com> References: <DBoJnv.5JM@RnA.NL> <3u5vad$1hm@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> <3u6t8d$dso@gap.cco.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) wrote: > I hope you guys are telling NeXT and not just posting here. People at NeXT do read the comp.sys.next newsgroups, and they do respond to ideas brought up. However, I'd suspect that the people at NeXT who read Usenet news are only going to do something about an idea if they understand it and agree...so sending feedback to NeXT directly is always a good thing to do. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Need help making copy of startup disk. Date: 18 Jul 1995 16:09:39 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3ugmc3$226@www.its.com> References: <BOB.95Jul15015946@buchanan.cssnet.sanford.nc.us> <3u9ehb$ek@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: > James Robert Buchanan (bob@buchanan.cssnet.sanford.nc.us) wrote: > : Hello, > [...topic is setting up a new disk and copying all files...] Assuming a third, bootable drive is available, attach both the source and destination drives and boot off of the third. Mount the source drive as something like /Source, and the destination drive as /Destination. Do a "cd /Source ; gnutar cf - . | (cd /Destination ; gnutar xvfp - )". -Chuck PS: I seem to recall that, during an "install from scratch", system files are installed with a different filesystem tuning intended to optimize for read performance. If so, than doing a tunefs on the destination drive before copying is likely to be beneficial. Of course, using mkfs/newfs and tunefs correctly at any point is also likely to be beneficial.... -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Question about /usr/adm/daily Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:54:59 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3uh3ij$226@www.its.com> References: <3u73cj$u96@mysite.mydomain> <RDL.95Jul15213202@world.std.com> In article <3u73cj$u96@mysite.mydomain> stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) writes: > I was just curious about the following code in the /usr/adm/daily > file which is run by cron once a day. Recently I changed the name of my > machine, and it kept crashing. I tracked it down to the following lines > in the /usr/adm/daily. [ ... ] > Is this the only way to check if the machine is on a network? No. "netstat -r" will indicate if a machine is on a network. > Furthermore, if I run nfs over ppp do I have to run this script? You should run that part of the script if you use NFS, yes. > What if there is no PPP connection while the script is running? You'll probably hang your machine until the PPP link comes up. You'll do so anyway using NFS, though, regardless of whether you run the script or not. NFS over a non-dedicated network connection is a *bad* idea. > Why does it cause a kernel trap? Why does the system crash? If I'm not > running NFS there shouldn't be any NFS files. Any explanations are > appreciated. That script causes a kernel trap and system panic because it encounters a serious problem with your filesystem or hardware at some point, even if you aren't running NFS. That script examines every file (directory entry, anyway) on your entire filesystem. The fact that your machines crashes when doing heavy disk I/O means you've got some serious problems lurking somewhere. I'd be sure to make sure my drive cables were in good shape and securely attached; if you have an internal drive, I'd suggest checking how hot it gets when doing the filesystem check. You might consider upgrading your drive controller if you don't have a good one-- ask the c.s.n.hardware group for recommendations. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc References: <3tjbh6$108h@msunews.cl.msu.edu> <37730432@turbocat.snafu.de> <3u9db7$3d@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> From: "David Wetzel" <Dave@turbocat.snafu.de> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 13:44:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Distribution: world Subject: Re: Panic during shutdown Message-ID: <37730443@turbocat.snafu.de> Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Axel Habermann wrote in article <3u9db7$3d@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> about Re: Panic during shutdown: (...) > I think there's something screwed up in your setup. Give more info on hardware/ > software if you want this problem solved :-) Mach kernel version: NeXT Mach 3.3: Mon Oct 24 13:31:49 PDT 1994; root(rcbuilder):mk-171.9.obj~2/RC_i386/RELEASE_I386 Kernel configured for a single processor only. 1 processor is physically available. Processor type: I386 (Intel 586) Processor active: 0 Primary memory available: 32.00 megabytes. Default processor set: 41 tasks, 75 threads, 1 processors Load average: 0.03, Mach factor: 0.98 "Boot Drivers" = "EISABus PCIBus PCMCIABus PS2Keyboard Floppy SerialPorts Intel824X0 SYM53c8"; "Active Drivers" = "SerialMouse S3GenericDisplayDriver SCSITape ParallelPort NEx000"; The gfx card is an Miro 22SD, scsi is NCR 53c8, my board is an ASUS PCI/I-P54SP4. > Axel _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de
From: dschluss@hetfield.mcit.med.umich.edu (David Schlussel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? Date: 19 Jul 1995 21:24:26 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Distribution: world Message-ID: <3ujt6a$i0o@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> <3tuvpc$ov8@usenet.interramp.com> <3ub80h$gu6@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> in sunOS 4.1.3 and above you need the password sunOS 4.1.2 allowed rlogins without them. that's what i was told and: i can rlogin <our 4.1.2 machine> without a password from the 4.1.3 machine but rlogin <4.1.3 machine> from the 4.1.2 machine does require a password HTH
From: paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Need help making copy of startup disk. Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 20:38:42 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DBzDCJ.1wD@plsys.co.uk> References: <3ugmc3$226@www.its.com> In article <3ugmc3$226@www.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: > > James Robert Buchanan (bob@buchanan.cssnet.sanford.nc.us) wrote: > > : Hello, > > [...topic is setting up a new disk and copying all files...] > If the problem is duplicating a floppy, then see NeXTanswer 1561. This instructs you on duplicating the floppy with dd via a image file on a third disk. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 We do NeXTSTEP
From: steve@xray.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: connecting network to internet Date: 19 Jul 1995 21:57:16 GMT Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Message-ID: <3ujv3s$ql3@larry.rice.edu> References: <3ugkfd$4jo@tattoo.sccsi.com> Mike Daniels (mdaniels@starship.) wrote: : We have a network of 20 NeXTStep computers, mostly black. One of these : computers is connected via a modem to a SLIP connection. The connection : works fine, as long as you're at that computer. What do I need to do to : enable the rest of the computers to access the SLIP link? You will need to get the SLIP connected computer to act as a gateway. I'm not sure if this is automatic, impossible, or something in between. Second, make the address of the SLIP computer the default route for all of the other computers, except for addresses in your domain. Not very detailed, but that's roughly what needs to happen. Of course you need to make sure that the addresses you've assigned your local computers are 'compatible' with the internet. Otherwise if another subnet has same prefix you are using, those computers won't be accessible to any of your machines. Also, while outgoing connections from within your subnet should be ok, there may be a problem with other sites on the net coming IN to one of your machines. The SLIP connection will route any traffic for the SLIP connected computer, but it will not route any of the traffic going to your other computers. Depending on just how 'connected' you want to be this process could be easy or a real nightmare : ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Ludtke | Physics Dept., Rice Univ. steve@ion.rice.edu | stevel@alumni.caltech.edu | * Those who do ARE * 72335,1537 @ compuserve | The converse also holds
From: rfrancis@emedia.net (Rob Francis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN, OmniWeb, Ascend Pipeline 50, How Do I Default Gateway? Date: 19 Jul 1995 20:09:42 -0400 Organization: Digital Telemedia Message-ID: <3uk6s6$hej@maceo.emedia.net> References: <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net> In article <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net>, James Gaines <jgaines@mcs.net> wrote: >I have an ISDN/PPP internet connection via an Ascend Pipeline 50 with an >IP address of 198.3.189.1 > >My goal is to have every other NeXT machine (198.3.189.xxx) on the >network see the Pipe 50 and point to 198.3.189.1 when looking for a >connection upon invoking a WWW browser or such. > >How do I do this? You can use SimpleNetworkStarter.app if you're gutsy. That app usually blows up my existing config. The more safe approach would be to manually edit /etc/hostconfig on each machine and put "198.3.189.1" for the "ROUTER" entry. Then reboot the machines (alternatively, simply do a "route add default 198.3.189.1 1" on each machine as root instead of rebooting). To troubleshoot, I'd suggest trying first to telnet to 198.3.189.1 and see if your wire is good. If you get to the P50, then try doing a "traceroute <IP addr>" where "IP addr" is a remote machine. You should see the first hop go to the P50, then on to your provider's net. If it stops at your P50, then you probabably have a config problem on your P50. I know I had to change some stuff on mine to support more than one machine. I would suggest sticking to tools like ping and traceroute to debug, OmniWeb isn't too good about giving useful information. Hope this helps, -rob --- Rob Francis---Digital Telemedia---Rob_Francis@emedia.net <URL:http://www.emedia.net>
From: acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: how to do a low-level format Date: 20 Jul 1995 01:38:39 GMT Organization: Community ConneXion: http://www.c2.org 510-658-6376 Message-ID: <ACOUSTIC.95Jul19183840@infinity.c2.org> I'm having trouble doing a low level format on a disk drive i just purchased (a Quantum 34301 4 GB drive). sdform seems to think it is only 10 MB. (sdform has no problems determining the sizes of the other disks on the system; further, according to NCA, where i purchased the disk, they have already done a low level Macintosh format of the disk. But i cannot make a (pair of) file system(s) on the disk that will successfully mount, and i think it needs a low level format.) I've searched NeXTanswers and the man page for sdform, and i don't see a way to force sdform to recognize the size of the disk. Any pointers? Other tools i could use for a low level format? (Or even examples of source code i could look at to write a formatter.) Thanks for any help anyone can provide. dan acoustic@c2.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: how to do a low-level format In-Reply-To: acoustic@infinity.c2.org's message of 20 Jul 1995 01:38:39 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul19233836@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <ACOUSTIC.95Jul19183840@infinity.c2.org> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 03:38:36 GMT Dan, You need to partition your drive into two 2GB partitions. 2GB is the upper limit per partition in NS. Hopefully, this will change in NS 4.0. You can use "scsimodes" to examine your disk. I also recommend using the "sdformat" command that is available on the FTP archives. It's a drop in replacement for "sdform" that handles 1024 byte blocks. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <ACOUSTIC.95Jul19183840@infinity.c2.org> acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24119 Path: world!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!news.c2.org!infinity.c2.org!acoustic From: acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 20 Jul 1995 01:38:39 GMT Organization: Community ConneXion: http://www.c2.org 510-658-6376 Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: infinity.c2.org I'm having trouble doing a low level format on a disk drive i just purchased (a Quantum 34301 4 GB drive). sdform seems to think it is only 10 MB. (sdform has no problems determining the sizes of the other disks on the system; further, according to NCA, where i purchased the disk, they have already done a low level Macintosh format of the disk. But i cannot make a (pair of) file system(s) on the disk that will successfully mount, and i think it needs a low level format.) I've searched NeXTanswers and the man page for sdform, and i don't see a way to force sdform to recognize the size of the disk. Any pointers? Other tools i could use for a low level format? (Or even examples of source code i could look at to write a formatter.) Thanks for any help anyone can provide. dan acoustic@c2.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin From: jbob@snap.med.ge.com (JBob Brown) Subject: Re: why am i still prompted for a password when i rlogin? In-Reply-To: dschluss@hetfield.mcit.med.umich.edu's message of 19 Jul 1995 21:24:26 GMT Message-ID: <JBOB.95Jul19173417@oz.med.ge.com> Sender: news@mr.med.ge.com Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance References: <3t1vrv$p76@news.eecs.nwu.edu> <3tam8i$b96@sky.itr.ch> <bandy.805089947@cs.umn.edu> <DBGr2H.FI8@nntpa.cb.att.com> <3tuvpc$ov8@usenet.interramp.com> <3ub80h$gu6@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <3ujt6a$i0o@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Date: 20 Jul 1995 00:34:16 GMT In addition to setting up the "~/.rhosts" and "/etc/hosts.equiv" files and their permissions, I just found out -- the hard way -- another possible problem that affects root level host equivalence on SunOS 4.1.x: If both machines are on NIS, then both machines MUST be in the same NIS domain. To check this, execute the "domainname" command on both machines. To change the domain of one machine (call it the "target" here) add the target's address to the NIS server's "/etc/hosts" file, then "cd /var/yp ; make". On the target machine, modify the "/etc/defaultdomain" file to contain the correct domain name, then either reboot or kill and restart "ypbind". -------------------------------------------------------------- JBob Brown GE Medical Systems (for ID only -- standard disclaimers apply) Fremont, CA -------------------------------------------------------------- "But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." -Dennis Miller --------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: connecting network to internet In-Reply-To: stef@quest.fdn.org's message of Wed, 19 Jul 1995 07:08:17 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul19234557@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3uhnbs$nl8@trane.opensource.com> <1995Jul19.070817.10135@quest.fdn.org> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 03:45:57 GMT CERN http and INN nntp allow you to access the web and news via proxy. It's also a bit more secure than putting your whole LAN on the Internet. You can also set up an "ftp" account on your SLIP system with a shell passwd entry that points to the "ftp" executable. This will allow you to ftp from other systems but you'll need store all your ftp files in a central location - which is a plus... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Routing between TCP/IP LAN and PPP link In-Reply-To: gwu@lainet.com's message of 18 Jul 1995 19:57:33 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul19234835@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 03:48:35 GMT Your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is probably not processing your other IP addresses or you haven't configured routing properly. See the other article thread in this group for more info. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> gwu@lainet.com (George Y. Wu) writes: I have a NeXTStation (ppphost) running NS3.2 and NeXT-PPP-2.2b02 that I use to dial into a dial-up PPP account to connect to the Internet. I have used the 'defaultroute' option to PPP so that by default external network traffic goes to remote PPP server. Everythings works fine (e.g. ftp, telnet, WWW etc.) on ppphost but other machines on the LAN can not access the Internet through the PPP link. Can someone tell me how to set up the LAN the all machines on the LAN can access the Internet through the PPP link ? I tried using the 'proxyarp' option to PPP but it complained that it can not determine the Ethernet address even though the address is in the NetInfo database. I tried adding a default route on the other machines to ppphost but it did not make any difference. I used traceroute on one of the LAN machines it showed that traffic gets to ppphost but it stops there with timeout errors. So, the specific question is that on ppphost, how do I forward traffic from other LAN machines to the PPP link ? I thought the 'defaultroute' PPP option on ppphost would have taken care of this ? Any help is greatly appreciated. George
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 21:42:53 -0400 From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> Message-ID: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> Subject: another request for SLIP setup help Please help. I've been overwhelmed. I got the TransSys-PNI v 1.13 and managed to install it (really difficult to double-click on it). Now I have to configure it all. There are 5 different configuration files: pniX.config pniX.config.cslip pniX.config.inbound pniX.config.outbound pniX.config.slip I've looked through the docs for help I don't even know which config file(s) to use, or where to put it when it is done, or how to use it when it is done. So I was wondering if there was some kindly person out there who would be willing to help me out. Once I get going I will probably be pretty OK, but right now I am without direction. I have a basic slip service which assigns me an IP address each time I log in, I'm connecting through a Hayes-compatible modem on a NeXT m68k running 3.2. Anyone out there been through this before and be willing to pass along their wisdom? If so, please email me at <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu>. thanks TjL
From: turnbull@datarev.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IFCONFIG with alias option needed for Apache WWW Server Date: 20 Jul 1995 02:39:30 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA Message-ID: <3ukfl2$41c@romulus.ott.hookup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am in the process of setting up a WWW server under NS 3.3 on black hardware. I would like to set up the Apache server to serve multiple domains. In order for this to work however ifconfig must support the alias option. NS 3.3 does not appear to do this. Does anyone have the source code for ifconfig with the alias option available or even compiled for NeXT. I know that bsdi v 2.0 supports the alias option. It strikes me that the source should be available and it would be fairly straightforward to compile. I would appreciate any help on this and I will post the results and/or a copy of ifconfig with the alias option if I can come up with it. I have to believe that others are having the same problem. Certainly anyone wanting to put up a web site under NS is going to confront this. Thanks in advance Steve Turnbull turnbull@datarev.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin References: <ZHAO.95Jul14092453@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> From: "David Wetzel" <Dave@turbocat.snafu.de> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 09:19:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: can I 'setenv DISPLAY host:0.0' for NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <37730448@turbocat.snafu.de> Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Z. Zhao wrote in article <ZHAO.95Jul14092453@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> about can I 'setenv DISPLAY host:0.0' for NEXTSTEP: > If I have two nextstep system, can display one NEXTSTEP-window onto > another monitor? Since NEXTSTEP displays PostScript's, it may not be > hard to merge two postscript files together. > > zhao try: user@host1> /NextApps/Edit.app/Edit -NXHost host2 Note that the display on host2 must not be private. (Set this in preferences) _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de
From: tiggr@es.ele.tue.nl (Pieter Schoenmakers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Disabling "next" login, but not "unix" login Date: 20 Jul 1995 10:15:02 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Message-ID: <TIGGR.95Jul20121502@cobra.es.ele.tue.nl> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950719102146.208C-100000@bob> In-reply-to: Philip Hallstrom's message of Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:27:39 -0700 In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950719102146.208C-100000@bob> Philip Hallstrom <philip@WOLFE.net> writes: What I want to do is for a given account disable the ability to login at the next login prompt while retaining the ability to allow that user to login using telnet, rlogin or whatever (assuming they are coming from some where else). You could lock the next in a room and not give the key to the user you want to prevent from logging into the workspace. Or you could use the LoginHook functionality of the loginwindow.app. --Tiggr
From: skwong@se.cuhk.hk (Wong Sai Kee (Graduate Assistant)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: bsd from Monitor not work ? Date: 20 Jul 1995 12:39:21 GMT Organization: Engineering Faculty CUHK Message-ID: <3ulipp$bnf@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> References: <3uaka8$obu@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <RDL.95Jul16112301@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: >Try booting from a floppy, running fsck on the hard drive to make sure the >filesystem is ok and then use the "disk" command to ensure that the drive is >bootable. See the -b option in the disk manual page. I mean I have one currently used bootable HD, plus one HD formatted and BuildDisked. When I issue bsd commands from ROM monitor, I can't boot the system up even with the OK HD (which is bootable using normal booting procedure).
From: b-klein@gvsu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: X Window Port for HP Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 11:48:57 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Message-ID: <b-klein.4.300E42A9@gvsu.edu> Is there a non-commercial X Window port for Nextstep running on an HP 712? Thanks.
Subject: Help: Backspace In FTP Doesn't Work Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 00:25:04 PDT Message-ID: <0010A05E.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest I often log into my NeXT via modem from remote terminal software. I've setup the terminal software to use VT100 emulation and the NeXT has an entry to do a VT100 tset when I'm on the dialup connection. The backspace key (labeled Delete on my remote keyboard) works great in most apps, such as zsh, emacs, etc, but there are a few programs (like the FTP client) that act weird. Specifically, when I hit the backspace key, I actually do delete the characters but they are not removed from the terminal display and the cursor is not moved. I've tried all of the backspace/delete related options of my terminal software (such as 'rubout', etc.) and nothing has worked. I've also double-checked that I'm properly doing my tset. Any suggestions? Thanks, Gary Affonso gaffonso@iqinc.com
Subject: Re: connecting network to internet Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 00:17:43 PDT Message-ID: <0010A05D.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest <<Setting up your NeXT boxes to route things outside isn't the problem - that's the easy part. Getting your provider to route multiple IP addresses is the trick.>> You might try asking your provider for a class C address. If they provide dedicated service (like 56K Frame Relay, for example) then they probably have a bunch of class C's to give out. Who knows if they'd be willing to part with one for free, but since it is usually thrown in with dedicated service (at least with all the providers I've talked to in the Seattle area) it shouldn't be too much $$ if they decide to charge. - Gary Affonso ImagingQuest
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP logging Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 00:12:51 PDT Message-ID: <0010A05B.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest > I am trying to log who uses our anonymous ftp server. Is > it possible to find out who is logging in since they are supposed > to put mail address in password field. Any help would be > appreciated. Is there a better ftpd available than the one > that comes with the system NS 3.2 on black h/w. Thanks. We use the wuftpd from Washington University. Unfortunatelly we haven't been able to devote enough time to fully explore it's wealth of features. We had read a *bunch* of bad stuff about the NeXT ftpd and the wuftpd was a highly recommended replacement, so we switched for that reason alone. I wish I had enough time to give it some attention and really appreciate it, but it does the job for us now, and promises to grow with our needs. - Gary Affonso ImagingQuest
From: Wilfried Beeck <wbeeck@dart.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP 710 Date: 20 Jul 1995 13:21:02 GMT Organization: DART Software GmbH Message-ID: <3ull7u$lik@ns.dart.de> One of our customers wants to use NEXTSTEP PA RISC on his HP 710 workstation, but has problems to install it. The 710 is not in the NEXTSTEP PA RISC compatibility guide, but I remember somebody mentioning here that he had installed it successfully anyway. Any hints how to do this are welcome. Wilfried Beeck DART Software GmbH wbeeck@dart.de
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: HELP: dd crashed my root partition Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 00:48:08 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950721003756.10957A-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'm crossposting this to sysadmin and bugs, because I believe it's interesting to both groups: I recently tried to use dd for backup purposes. Because I'm not used to dd I tried it with the floppy and tried to put a file to the floppy as given in the manpage: dd in=file of=/dev/rfd0a This didn't work, so I thought I did something wrong. Now I was trying to access the whole floppy disk: dd in=file of=/dev/rfd0d and this _seemed_ to work. In deed it did nothing to the floppy but seriously to my rootdisk!!!! From now on, booting resulted in an endless loop. After some trials and errors, I got the following working: Booting from floppy and entering at the prompt: sd()mach_kernel Hups! What is happening here? What data did I destroy, and how reliable is my system now! It works, but how can I be sure it will continue? Any tips on how to go on (now I'm going to restore the bootblock again, but I believe I crashed even more) would be very much appreciated! One additional question: during my testing to get back my system I did the following: /usr/etc/driverLoader d=SCSITape. I always answered yes, but I couldn't access my tape in single user mode. Mode sense went wrong! Why? Many thanks in advance, Boerny. (who might spend 1000$ in backup media now...) -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) Look at http://www.leo.org/archiv/NeXT/ scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de, scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de 'X is what it was designed for --- to open multiple terminal windows.' T.W.
From: schubert@stud.ee.ethz.ch (Alex Schubert ISG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS PROBLEM Date: 20 Jul 1995 11:15:06 GMT Organization: ETH Zuerich, Departement Electrical Engineering Message-ID: <3uldrq$e7j@elna.ethz.ch> References: <3tkgcl$ato@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3tmlk1$643@news.onramp.net> <DBo9LK.ML9@cunews.carleton.ca> Ian Jefferson (ijeff@mae.carleton.ca) wrote: : David R. Thrash (thrash@delphi.onramp.net) wrote: : : In article <3tkgcl$ato@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel : : Habermann) writes: : : > A.Buteau 62 17 (buteau@bali.saclay.cea.fr) wrote: : : > : : > : I' m tring to export my Next disk on a Solaris Computer. : : > : : > Solaris 2.4 triggers a bug in NeXT's NFS implementation. : : I believe this is a Solaris bug?!? I had the same problem with a Solaris 2.4 machine. Workaround found in solaris2.faq helped (patch seems to be included, just edit /etc/system. Greets Alex ---- 5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. In starting with Solaris 2.4, a kernel workaround to limit NFS readdir requests to 1024 bytes was disabled by default. This breaks interoperability with buggy old NFS implementations (such as SunOS 3.2, Ultrix and possibly NeXT) There are two workarounds. The first one works and is: mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. The second one, which requires a patch for bugid #1193696 is: Edit /etc/system and add: set nfs:nfs_shrinkreaddir = 1 and reboot.
From: schubert@stud.ee.ethz.ch (Alex Schubert ISG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS: Solaris2.4 Server-NeXTClient Date: 20 Jul 1995 11:25:17 GMT Organization: ETH Zuerich, Departement Electrical Engineering Message-ID: <3uleet$e7j@elna.ethz.ch> Hello, I have problems mounting nfs filesystems on NeXTstep (3.2, 3.3) clients exported by a Solaris 2.4 Server (using command share -Fnfs -o rw /path). I can't make NeXt Clients mount these filesystems, either using nfsmanager or mount. The other way round nfs mounting does work now (exported fs by next mounted on solaris client). Did anyone have similar problems? Thanks for any help Alex
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0sYoWM-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 06:51:41 +0100 Subject: TIME trouble on Sparc20 (Sol./NS) Hi! I believe I am *not* the only one who is posting this, but I cannot recall the soloution of this prob... (I hope there is one, though:-) (problem and/or solution) Since Ive installed NS on our SS20 (32Meg,TGX), running off a seperate HD, the time changed under Solaris (Actually todays date on Solaris is March 22nd (he gets the time of the day right, though) and not July 20th as it should be! (The Sun20ns gets the correct time of the Networktime-deamon of the Net-Server (which is still a 64Meg-Cube). (BTW:Solaris does things standalone once it booted and distributes his home directory to the net, wheras the sun20ns (NEXTSTEP-booted) is a simple NS-client based on automatic host-addition and imports the /LocalApps /LocalLib. - stuff.) Any idea?? Thanx --- Greetings from .. Stefan .. Life has many different colors, but ------ REAL Computing is black! ***** (At least for the NeXT 3 yrs.) ***** --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help In-Reply-To: "Timothy J. Luoma"'s message of Wed, 19 Jul 1995 21:42:53 -0400 Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul20201943@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 00:19:43 GMT You probably are better off with ppp 2.0 than PNI. Robert
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS: Solaris2.4 Server-NeXTClient Date: 21 Jul 1995 00:08:50 GMT Organization: Charm.Net Baltimore Internet Access, Hon (410) 558-3900 Message-ID: <3umr6i$6sn@canton.charm.net> References: <3uleet$e7j@elna.ethz.ch> schubert@stud.ee.ethz.ch (Alex Schubert ISG) wrote: > Hello, > I have problems mounting nfs filesystems on NeXTstep (3.2, 3.3) clients exported by a Solaris 2.4 Server (using command share -Fnfs -o rw /path). I can't make NeXt Clients mount these filesystems, either using nfsmanager or mount. > The other way round nfs mounting does work now (exported fs by next mounted on solaris client). > Did anyone have similar problems? > Thanks for any help > Alex The secret is in /etc/dfs/dfstab Put the same share command you would usually have been able to place on the command line in here (this file's also hit during boot). Execute the command and then the NeXT clients should be able to mount. jas
From: jrs@az.com (Jonathan R. Seagrave) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: networking? Date: 21 Jul 1995 01:30:20 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Message-ID: <jrs-2007951735360001@pipe.az.com> I've got a NeXTstation and a NeXTstation Turbo Color which I'm trying to network. I plan to use the turbo as the NetInfo master server and the mono as a client. I hope for all user accounts to be network accounts with a common filestucture for both machines (on the scsi drive attatched to the turbo). I just bought the turbo. NS 3.2 is installed and everything appears to be operating fine. So, with my trusty 'NeXTSTEP network and system administration' book I followed all the instructions to 'Settting up a NetInfo network'. I changed the hostname of the turbo, left the ip address to the default (192.42.172.1), left all the item 3 checkboxes checked (except the 'A password is required to add a new computer to the network' which I unchecked), and checked the 'Home Folders' and the '/LocalApps' boxes. I pressed build and a dialog boxes informed me of the following: o That I had room for 28 users, which I okayed o That I should install 4MB of RAM more for better performance; which i okayed with the 'build anyway' button (I have 16MB and am upgrading to either 32 or 48) o That 'You have already altered the default configuration files which this application changes'... -- those files were /private/etc/hosts /private/etc/hostsconfig and /private/etc/crontab --- after a looksee at the files I didn't see anything that would cause problems... abliet,I don't know what a virgin hosts hostsconfig or crontab should look like. o Lastly, I never got either the 'Warning Creating parent NetInfo domain. This may take a while", or the "Physical Intervention Required" message that the book shows. The spinning disk just stops, and I'm left wondering if it worked? Now, the entire reason that I'm even posting this is because now when I boot the only network stuff that happens is that i get: cannot send multicall packet to 255.255.255.255: Network is down Still searching for parent network administration (NetInfo) server and so on... I can press 'c' to continue; then I have no network. I wonder if the turbo knows that it's suppose to be that parent network administrator? Isn't that what should happen? I've been reading everything that I can find that seems to apply in the book, in the NeXT-Managers www archive (I'll stick the URL at the end of the message -- it's a great resource!) and on this group for the last week but haven't been able to track down the problem (although I've managed to figure out many other things thanks to some very helpful postings to my last question though :) the thin ethernet cables are brand new. I've got them strung the way I've seen hundreds of machines at Universitys connected and although I haven't physically measured their impedence to see if i just have a bum cable I really don't think the cables are the problem (please, if you think I'm wrong point somthing out to me :) So, the million dollar question is: what the heck is going on and how can I get my machines to do what I want? NeXT-Managers URL: gopher://gopher.stolaf.edu/11/Internet%20Resources/St.%20Olaf%20Sponsored%20Mailing%20Lists/NeXT-Manager jrs http://www.az.com:/~jrs -- The other day I saw a bumper sticker which read "Honk if you passed p-chem." I honked and the driver flipped me off. I guess he didn't pass
From: papita@violet.berkeley.edu () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Connecting Mac to Next Date: 20 Jul 1995 22:39:28 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <3umlv0$avv@agate.berkeley.edu> i am looking for help! i would like to connect my Mac to my NeXT over the serial lines, using TCP/IP. The NeXT is the one connected to the Internet using a Transys SLIP. if the serial line solution is not viable, then do i need anything beyong an Ethernet card on the Mac to be in busioness? Thanks. - marcos j. polnaco - marcos@filoli.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: NS 3.3 Intel on IBM 300 series? Message-ID: <jpanicoDC1D96.72L@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 22:31:54 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com Hi, Does anyone have the above configuration going? If so, what components are you using, and are there any tricks to the installation. Any hints appreciated. Thanks. -- Joe Panico jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: plongsi@falcon.inetnebr.com (Pohl Longsine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mux-1.7.l.b.pkg.compressed Date: 21 Jul 1995 02:57:35 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Message-ID: <3un530$8er@duck.inetnebr.com> My father needs the Mux driver installed on his machine. (He doesn't have the developer tools, and so needs a binary distribution.) I grabbed the package from ftp.cs.orst.edu in the .../NeXT/binaries/drivers directory for him. Here's the problem: The package claims to have already been installed. So I opened it as a folder, and (sure enough) the Mux-1.7.I.b.status file says "installed". Changing the state of this file to "uninstalled" is enough to fool Installer.app into thinking that it hasn't been installed, but it complains that something is missing when it goes through the installation procedure. I had insalled this driver from a binary-distribution "Installer" package a few months ago, but I no longer have that package. Does anybody know where a fresh package can be obtained? If some kind soul would like to NeXTmail a copy to pohl@acton.com, that would be much appreciated. Does anybody know who needs to be contacted about the bogus package on the Oregon site? -- ____/| | Pohl Longsine, OpenStep Software Developer \ o.O| GPF! | "I don't do Windows." =(_)= CTLALTDLT! | plongsi@inetnebr.com (Internet Nebraska) U (Bill Gates, The Cat) | NeXT & MIME mail formats accepted.
From: plongsi@falcon.inetnebr.com (Pohl Longsine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mux-1.7.l.b.pkg.compressed Date: 21 Jul 1995 03:46:25 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Message-ID: <3un7ui$aes@duck.inetnebr.com> References: <3un530$8er@duck.inetnebr.com> Pohl Longsine (plongsi@falcon.inetnebr.com) wrote: :[munch] To answer part of my own question... There is a README file in the source distribution that directs people who need binaries to contact mark@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca. I'll take this route. -- ____/| | Pohl Longsine, OpenStep Software Developer \ o.O| GPF! | "I don't do Windows." =(_)= CTLALTDLT! | plongsi@inetnebr.com (Internet Nebraska) U (Bill Gates, The Cat) | NeXT & MIME mail formats accepted.
From: american@aztec.asu.edu (CHARLES C. HOCKER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Internet Server setup question Date: 20 Jul 1995 03:36:08 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Message-ID: <3ukiv8$gve@news.asu.edu> Hello, I am in the process of setting up an internet server for a friend. I have chosesn NeXTSTEP (of course) for the OS. My question lies in the hardware. I will be using Intel hardware and I understand the basic HW requirements (I run white HW myself). My questions are as follows: 1) How and what do I use to connect to a service provider. I will be using an ISDN line but, how do I provide connections to it? 2) If I want to provide local dialin services, how do I get around the 2 seriel port limit? I am a where of MUX althoug I have never used it. 3) I what (have to) provide WWW pages and gopher pages. What software do I use to do it? I heard of something called WebPages, is it any good? 4) PC Mag did an article on internet servers and they recommended NS, but is it kind of scare. ANY RECOMMENDATION? thanks Charles C. Hocker american@aztec.asu.edu
From: Bob Lunney - Imonics Development <bob.lunney@imonics.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Weird boot-up behavior on black hardware Date: 21 Jul 1995 04:52:12 GMT Organization: Imonics Corporation Message-ID: <3unbps$b77@java.imonics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My Mono Turbo is behaving very strangely at boot up. It started going into a SCSI test mode loop until you pressed a key on the keyboard. Looking in the ROM monitor, I changed the loop until key press setting to "no", which took care of the looping SCSI test. Then the poor confused machine told me it couldn't find its default boot device. Back into the ROM monitor, set the boot command to b sd(0,0,0). Save it. Type 'b' at the NeXT> prompt. Doh! It still can't find the default boot device. type 'b sd(0,0,0)' at the NeXT> prompt, and everything's peachy. Reboot. Works great. Power off and back on. Doh!! It still won't boot! ("Can't find the default boot device"... You have been paying attention, haven't you? ;-)) Back into the ROM monitor. The boot command is still 'b sd(0,0,0)! What gives?!? Boot it again the tedious way. Leave it on. Any ideas what might be happening? -- Bob Lunney | Building tomorrow's legacy Imonics, Inc. | systems today. (tm) bob.lunney@imonics.com | #include <std_disclaimer.h>
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Internet Server setup question Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 05:06:53 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul21.050653.24597@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <3ukiv8$gve@news.asu.edu> In article <3ukiv8$gve@news.asu.edu> american@aztec.asu.edu (CHARLES C. HOCKER) writes: > 1) How and what do I use to connect to a service > provider. I will be using an ISDN line but, how do I provide > connections to it? Typically you will have to use either SLIP or PPP, and will need an ISDN TA. > 2) If I want to provide local dialin services, how do > I get around the 2 seriel port limit? I am a where of MUX althoug > I have never used it. Buy a terminal server. This attaches via ethernet to your NeXT system, although there are SCSI ones that are also good. > 3) I what (have to) provide WWW pages and gopher pages. > What software do I use to do it? I heard of something called > WebPages, is it any good? To act as a server, get a WWW server and build it. You may be able to get a precompiled one from somewhere. WebPages is an excellent end user tool for building WWW pages. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Gregory John Casamento <gcasa@wam.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: problem with dialup Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 01:17:26 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.950721011523.11824A-100000@rac10.wam.umd.edu> References: <9507201802.AA22492@helium.UCSD.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <9507201802.AA22492@helium.UCSD.EDU> It is a NeXT modem cable, I made absolutely sure of it! Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu Stop Senate Bill 314!! It threatens the very fabric of the INTERNETs existence. Please see http://www.phantom.com/~slowdog for details. #include <std_disclaimer.h> On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > In article <Pine.ULT.3.91.950719102324.11694A-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> you write: > Semi-silly question: are you using a Mac modem cable, or a NeXT > modem cable? The wiring pinouts are not the same, even though the > connectors look alike. > > Without looking it up, I seem to remember that one of the side effects > is that as soon as the modem asserts Carrier Detect, the computer > thinks that it ought to hang up the phone. >
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to read unix floppy? Date: 21 Jul 1995 05:36:57 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Distribution: world Message-ID: <3unedp$1lq@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <3uj0e4$e5p@news.kth.se> Kent Ekstrom (kent@ne.kth.se) wrote: : Hi! : Does anyone know how to read unix tared floppy disks on a black NeXT? You must be more specific. What was the hardware that generated the "unix floppy"? For Sun I could dig up the answer. So send me e-mail. Willem W i l l e m v a n S c h a i k ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gintic - Singapore gwillem@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help Date: 20 Jul 1995 22:43:56 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <3umm7c$71s@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> wrote: > I got the TransSys-PNI v1.13 and managed to install it > Now I have to configure it all. > I've looked through the docs for help I don't even know which > config file(s) to use, or where to put it when it is done, or > how to use it when it is done. So I was wondering if there was > some kindly person out there who would be willing to help me out. > Once I get going I will probably be pretty OK, but right now I > am without direction. > I have a basic slip service which assigns me an IP address each > time I log in, I'm connecting through a Hayes-compatible modem > on a NeXT m68k running 3.2. I've written up an explanation of how (and why) I did my SLIP setup the way I did. This will help, but it won't necessarily be a magic recipe addressing every detail you need to know. It should help a lot though, particularly for anyone needing to handle dynamically-assigned IP addresses. If reading this does not answer all your questions, then don't ask me about any others. Debugging SLIP connections is not something I'm equiped to do. Sounds harsh, I know. I don't mean it that way, it's just that it can be an *incrediable* time sink to figure out problems in someone else's hookup. The writeup is available at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm/PNI-DynamicIP.README ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm/PNI-DynamicIP.rtfd.compressed Hope it helps. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help Date: 21 Jul 1995 03:21:42 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> <RDL.95Jul20201943@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > You probably are better off with ppp 2.0 than PNI. This is not necessarily true. While ppp 2.0 was easier to setup for me, it has not worked out well. The problem may very well be with the terminal server I'm connecting to, and not the ppp package itself. Whatever the problem is, my experience is such that I dropped back to PNI CSLIP because I am most definitely not better off with PPP 2.0. (note, however, that MacPPP on my Mac works quite well, so it's not clear where the fault lies) --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: Network Question Message-ID: <DC2Lvv.BGz@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 14:38:27 GMT A simple (I hope) question: I've got an NS-FIP system and a NeXTstation w/ NeXT Laser Printer at home. I'd like the two systems to talk to one another, as well as use the 'station as a print server for the Intel box. The Intel box (Canon object.station) has RJ-45 Ethernet connector. Can I simply hook the two machines together with Ethernet cable? I've tried to configure the Intel machine as a NetInfo server, but have found SimpleNetworkStarter to be more of a frustration than a help. Replies via email will be most appreciated. Thank you, Sharad ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to fix NeXT mangled mail headers? Date: 21 Jul 1995 15:56:53 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <3uoio5$g8b@news4.digex.net> I'm having a problem helping a friend out with his mail headers. His machine's name is 'beer', but his service provider, panix, doesn't allow or give out hostnames. The problem is this. He needs his address to be 'ryoung@panix.com'. Now under NeXTmail he set things up like so: Key Value From Bob Young <ryoung@panix.com> Reply-To ryoung@panix.com However, when he sends out mail the machine automatically adds his hostname so they look like this: 'ryoung@beer.panix.com' which of course will not work. Now if he sets up NeXTmail like so: Key Value From Bob Young <ryoung@icky.panix.com> Reply-To ryoung@icky.panix.com Then his mail will correctly arrive as 'ryoung@icky.panix.com'. Unfortunatly, panix requires the 2 word naming convention, and NeXT's sendmail seems to want 3. So, is there a way to edit the /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf file so it won't append this extra word/hostname into his outgoing mails? I tried the following, but it didn't work...this is an excerpt from sendmail.cf... # special local conversions S6 R$*<@$*.uucp>$* $@$1<@$2.uucp>$3 no change to UUCP hosts -> #R$*<@$+>$* $:$1<@$[$2$]>$3 find canonical hostname | R$*<@$*$=m>$* $1<@$2LOCAL>$4 convert local domain | -- I commented out that line, but didn't seem to help. Any/All help will be most greatly appreciated by both myself and Bob. Thanks very much. -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tmurdoch@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Tim Murdoch) Subject: Elm compile problem on NS 3.0 Message-ID: <1995Jul21.145152.26818@liberty.uc.wlu.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 14:51:52 GMT Organization: Washington & Lee University Hello. I'm trying to compile elm2.4 on black hardware running NS 3.0. I've followed the instructions in the documentation provided, but I keep getting the following error messages: cc -bsd -fwritable-strings -O -I../hdrs -c mcprt.c mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': mcprt.c:64: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) mcprt.c:64: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once mcprt.c:64: for each function it appears in.) mcprt.c:64: expression statement has incomplete type mcprt.c: In function `MCfprintf': mcprt.c:87: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) mcprt.c:87: expression statement has incomplete type mcprt.c: In function `MCsprintf': mcprt.c:110: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) mcprt.c:110: expression statement has incomplete type *** Exit 1 Stop. make: *** [all] Error 1 Can anyone help me out with this? If you successfully compiled elm2.4, please drop me a message (our newsfeed isn't very reliable). Thanks in advance. -- Tim Murdoch Associate Professor of Mathematics e-mail: murdoch@wlu.edu Washington and Lee University phone: (540) 463-8810 Lexington VA 24450 http://wlu.edu/~tmurdoch/murdoch.html
From: newlink@mindspring.com (Larry Morrow) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Routing between TCP/IP LAN and PPP link Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 07:58:31 -0400 Organization: NewLink Global Engineering Corporation Message-ID: <newlink.1.00518712@mindspring.com> References: <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> In article <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> gwu@lainet.com (George Y. Wu) writes: >From: gwu@lainet.com (George Y. Wu)>Subject: Routing between TCP/IP LAN and PPP link >Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:57:33 GMT > I have a NeXTStation (ppphost) running NS3.2 and NeXT-PPP-2.2b02 that I >use to dial into a dial-up PPP account to connect to the Internet. I have >used the 'defaultroute' option to PPP so that by default external network >traffic goes to remote PPP server. Everythings works fine (e.g. ftp, >telnet, WWW etc.) on ppphost but other machines on the LAN can not access >the Internet through the PPP link. Can someone tell me how to set up the >LAN the all machines on the LAN can access the Internet through the PPP >link ? I tried using the 'proxyarp' option to PPP but it complained that >it can not determine the Ethernet address even though the address is in >the NetInfo database. I tried adding a default route on the other >machines to ppphost but it did not make any difference. I used traceroute >on one of the LAN machines it showed that traffic gets to ppphost but it >stops there with timeout errors. So, the specific question is that on >ppphost, how do I forward traffic from other LAN machines to the PPP link >? I thought the 'defaultroute' PPP option on ppphost would have taken >care of this ? > Any help is greatly appreciated. > George You did not provide some critical information. Do you have other addresses in from your provider that are in your class C block. For example, if your address is 131.34.155.55 the other addresses must be 131.34.155.xxx fro proxyarp to work. If not you must run proxy server applications on your computer. Good Luck Larry Morrow newlink@mindspring.com
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to fix NeXT mangled mail headers? Date: 21 Jul 1995 18:12:37 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <3uoqml$37e@ni1.ni.net> References: <3uoio5$g8b@news4.digex.net> In article <3uoio5$g8b@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> writes: > I'm having a problem helping a friend out with his mail headers. His >machine's name is 'beer', but his service provider, panix, doesn't allow or >give out hostnames. The problem is this. He needs his address to be >'ryoung@panix.com'. > >Now under NeXTmail he set things up like so: > Key Value > From Bob Young <ryoung@panix.com> > Reply-To ryoung@panix.com > > However, when he sends out mail the machine automatically adds his >hostname so they look like this: 'ryoung@beer.panix.com' which of course >will not work. > > Now if he sets up NeXTmail like so: > Key Value > From Bob Young <ryoung@icky.panix.com> > Reply-To ryoung@icky.panix.com > > Then his mail will correctly arrive as 'ryoung@icky.panix.com'. >Unfortunatly, panix requires the 2 word naming convention, and NeXT's >sendmail seems to want 3. > > So, is there a way to edit the /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf file so it won't >append this extra word/hostname into his outgoing mails? I tried the >following, but it didn't work...this is an excerpt from sendmail.cf... > > # special local conversions > S6 > R$*<@$*.uucp>$* $@$1<@$2.uucp>$3 no change to UUCP hosts >-> #R$*<@$+>$* $:$1<@$[$2$]>$3 find canonical hostname >| R$*<@$*$=m>$* $1<@$2LOCAL>$4 convert local domain >| >-- I commented out that line, but didn't seem to help. > > Any/All help will be most greatly appreciated by both myself and Bob. > >Thanks very much. >-- >Thanks, Later, John > >monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer >John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P >jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming... In the sendmail.cf file which you are using (make sure you know which one is pointed to in NetInfo). You will find a line as follows: #if you want the gateway to assume the identity of its parent domain, use: Dj$m Uncomment Dj$m and reboot. Your machine should now assume your domain name which should be panix.com -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can aquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
Subject: Re: Connecting Mac to Next Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 12:49:16 PDT Message-ID: <0010BAD1.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest <<i would like to connect my Mac to my NeXT over the serial lines, using TCP/IP. The NeXT is the one connected to the Internet using a Transys SLIP.>> If you're using Transys PNI then you could configure the second serial port to accept SLIP logins from your Mac. I'm not sure if this can be configured for a direct serial connection, but I have a feeling you could probably hack something together. <<if the serial line solution is not viable,>> I'm pretty sure it's viable, I just don't know if it will be practical. <<then do i need anything beyong an Ethernet card on the Mac to be in busioness?>> It really depends on how completely integrated you want them to be. An ethernet card in your Mac will give you the ability to: ¥ FTP to/from your NeXT with Mac FTP clients such as Fetch and Anarchie ¥ Telnet to your NeXT with a telnet client such as NCSA Telnet (MacTCP required for all this, of course) Those for sure, and pretty easily. You should also be able to configure MacTCP to use the next as a network router, allowing you to get to the Internet through your NeXT's SLIP dialup. This isn't the easiest stuff, though, since it requires that you configure your NeXT to route packets for you.
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ISDN, OmniWeb, Ascend Pipeline 50, How Do I Default Gateway? Date: 21 Jul 1995 16:07:37 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <3uojc9$gi5@digdug.pencom.com> References: <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net> <3ujn8o$mah@sator.eric.on.ca> bmw@dard.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker,vgi) wrote: : In article <3ugh3i$lk4@News1.mcs.net>, James Gaines <jgaines@mcs.net> wrote: : >I have an ISDN/PPP internet connection via an Ascend Pipeline 50 with an : >IP address of 198.3.189.1 : All you should need to do on each w/s (NeXT or otherwise) to get them to route out to the net, is set the default route to point at the P50. On boxes with BSD-networkish commands (like NeXT), you do this: : $ route add default 198.3.189.1 1 : Typically, you stick that line in /etc/rc.local, like this: : route add default 198.3.189.1 1 >/dev/console 2>&1 Actually, on a NEXTSTEP system you can stick this in "/etc/hostconfig". The line should read: ROUTER=<IP_address_of_default_route> So in James' case: ROUTER=198.3.189.1 (I was in contact with James via e-mail, this did work...) The _real_ problem he was having was DNS configuration (there was no "/etc/resolv.conf"). Once we fixed that, it worked perfectly... And _yes_ he is able to do dynamic connect to the provider through his Pipe50... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: procmail for Mail.app Date: 21 Jul 1995 17:16:23 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Does (or can) procmail work with the standard NeXT Mail.app? I know you can take spool files and create a mailbox for them and let the app simply open them, but can procmail be made to do this for some mail (like lists) and leave the rest in the spool? Clever scripting? Thanks- tec
From: rragner@stingray.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Weird boot-up behavior on black hardware Date: 21 Jul 1995 17:33:46 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <3uoodq$8oi@news.iastate.edu> References: <3unbps$b77@java.imonics.com> In article <3unbps$b77@java.imonics.com> Bob Lunney - Imonics Development <bob.lunney@imonics.com> writes: > My Mono Turbo is behaving very strangely at boot up. It started going into > a SCSI test mode loop until you pressed a key on the keyboard. Looking in > the ROM monitor, I changed the loop until key press setting to "no", which > took care of the looping SCSI test. Then the poor confused machine told me > it couldn't find its default boot device. Back into the ROM monitor, set the > boot command to b sd(0,0,0). Save it. Type 'b' at the NeXT> prompt. Doh! > It still can't find the default boot device. type 'b sd(0,0,0)' at the > NeXT> prompt, and everything's peachy. Reboot. Works great. Power off > and back on. Doh!! It still won't boot! ("Can't find the default boot > device"... You have been paying attention, haven't you? ;-)) Back into the > ROM monitor. The boot command is still 'b sd(0,0,0)! What gives?!? Boot it > again the tedious way. Leave it on. > > Any ideas what might be happening? > -- > Bob Lunney | Building tomorrow's legacy > Imonics, Inc. | systems today. (tm) > bob.lunney@imonics.com | #include <std_disclaimer.h> Bob, Look into replacing the little yellow battery - they do wear out eventually. Bell Atlantic sells them... -- Rod Ragner Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 21 Jul 1995 16:36:10 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3up33q$2dh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) writes: >Does (or can) procmail work with the standard NeXT Mail.app? I know >you can take spool files and create a mailbox for them and let the >app simply open them, but can procmail be made to do this for some >mail (like lists) and leave the rest in the spool? Clever scripting? It doesn't even take clever scripting. Procmail puts all the messages it hasn't routed elsewhere into a default file, which looks just like a mail spool file. If you give this default file a name matching your user account name (mpaque in my case, tec in yours), then you can tell Mail.app the directory name containing this file (via the Perferences panel), and have Mail.app read your filtered mail. In my case, under ~mpaque/Mailboxes, I created an Inbound directory. I set my .procmailrc script to put filtered messages by default in ~mpaque/Mailboxes/Inbound/mpaque, and set Mail.app to use ~mpaque/Mailboxes/Inbound as it's spool directory. Mike Paquette
From: ofer@CS.Stanford.EDU (Ofer Matan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Kernel page fault after installing 3.2 Date: 22 Jul 1995 02:48:49 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University. Distribution: world Message-ID: <3upouh$p8h@Radon.Stanford.EDU> I recently bought a NextStation with a 68040 + 100MB with 3.0 running on it. I tried to install 3.2 on an external 1GB SCSI hard drive. After Installation the machine seems to boot fully but just at the point where usually the login prompt appears , the NMI buffer appears with: Unexepected Kernel page fault trap: type 0x410 fcode 5 rw3 fault addr 0x78 . [more stuff to be furnished if needed] . . panic (cpu 0) MMU invalid descriptor during table walk. I've installed this from both a CD-ROM from scratch and also by lugging the hard disk to an exsisting 3.2 machine and using builddisk. Any one got any ideas ? If possible , please respond by e-mail. -Ofer **************************************************************************** * * * He who laughs, lasts .... * * * * Ofer Matan ofer@cs.stanford.edu * * Department of Computer Science (415) 725-8086 * * Stanford University * * Stanford, CA 94305 * ****************************************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Managing PPD files Message-ID: <DC2r9F.57C@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 16:32:02 GMT Greetings: Whenever I send something to our dual bin network printer (QMS-1725 print system) the print panel has the Paper Source defaulting to Any Tray. Since one of the trays has letterhead in it, I'd like it to default to Upper Tray. I've tried to edit the PPD file, but have been unsuccessful. Has anybody got any experience with this? -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
From: robertn@poseidon (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 21 Jul 1995 23:40:57 GMT Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <ROBERTN.95Jul21164057@poseidon> References: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3up33q$2dh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In-reply-to: mpaque@aol.com's message of 21 Jul 1995 16:36:10 -0400 What I've done in the past which seemed a lot simpler was just.. DEFAULT=/usr/spool/mail/robertn
From: robertn@poseidon (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 21 Jul 1995 23:58:54 GMT Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <ROBERTN.95Jul21165854@poseidon> References: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3up33q$2dh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In-reply-to: mpaque@aol.com's message of 21 Jul 1995 16:36:10 -0400 In article <3up33q$2dh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) writes: Path: nwestnews!c1mpls!technix!mn.state.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 21 Jul 1995 16:36:10 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 21 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com References: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) writes: >Does (or can) procmail work with the standard NeXT Mail.app? I know >you can take spool files and create a mailbox for them and let the >app simply open them, but can procmail be made to do this for some >mail (like lists) and leave the rest in the spool? Clever scripting? It doesn't even take clever scripting. Procmail puts all the messages it hasn't routed elsewhere into a default file, which looks just like a mail spool file. If you give this default file a name matching your user account name (mpaque in my case, tec in yours), then you can tell Mail.app the directory name containing this file (via the Perferences panel), and have Mail.app read your filtered mail. In my case, under ~mpaque/Mailboxes, I created an Inbound directory. I set my .procmailrc script to put filtered messages by default in ~mpaque/Mailboxes/Inbound/mpaque, and set Mail.app to use ~mpaque/Mailboxes/Inbound as it's spool directory. Mike Paquette All you need to do is get Carl Edmans mailapp_utilities and use appnmail in your procmail rules that you want to filter mail for and as I suggested earlier just point DEFAULT at /usr/spool/mail/username That should work.
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Career/ILL Date: 22 Jul 1995 19:19:12 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <3urivg$qdp@news1.channel1.com> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Career Position Outstanding opportunity Major company Relocation assistance ILL To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] The Omni Group (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: brianw@sounds.wa.com (Brian Willoughby) Subject: Re: Reply-to not co-operating Message-ID: <DC3C8x.1K7@sounds.wa.com> Organization: Sound Consulting, Bellevue, WA, USA References: <199507170057.UAA01387@capitalist.princeton.edu> <1995Jul17.201145.10818@seer.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 00:05:21 GMT Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> wrote: >luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU (Timothy J. Luoma) writes: >> I have tried in vain to set my Mail.app to put in a "reply-to" line of >> "luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu" but it insists on chaning it to >> "luomat@freedom.ptsem.edu" Ok, so something needs to be configured >> differently, anyone have any ideas what that might be? > >In your sendmail.cf, take a look at ruleset six. This is for local >customisations, and NeXT have set it to force all hostnames that pass >through it to the canonical hostname. Comment out the line that refers to >this, and it will leave hostnames alone. This isn't an ideal solution, >but it's better than the problem. I have been using the following patch to sendmail.subsidiary.cf, but it appears to be uucp-specific, judging from the comments which precede the changes. I cannot remember who in our NEXTSTEP community sent this my way, and I will not profess to be a sendmail expert, but it works for my system (which uses a mixture of UUCP and SLIP for mail transport). sounds> cd /etc/sendmail sounds> diff sendmail.subsidiary.cf sendmail.subsidiary.reply2.fix 246a247 > R$w.$m!$+ $1 strip local name with domain 248c249 < R$+ $:$w!$1 stick on real host name --- > R$+ $:$w.$m!$1 stick on real host name -- Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU NeXTmail welcome Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA <http://nwlink.com/cyberartists/brianw/brianw.html>
From: john@nextdoor.com (John McCracken) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP & System Panics Date: 22 Jul 1995 19:57:17 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <3url6t$fh@news1.best.com> Help! I've been trying for days to get the NEXTSTEP version of PPP running on a NeXTStation Color (NS3.2, NeXT-ppp2.2-0.4.4). Has anybody at Best got PPP working with NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware? Half of the time, the client and peer don't agree on things. The other half of the time, the damn machine crashes *HARD* with a kernel panic (fsck on 3GB of disk space takes a long time! :-{. I have been successful one or two times, but can't get a repeatable configuration. Some notes: I seem to have to specify the local and remote IP addresses on the command line - auto negotiation doesn't work (this may be due to deficiencies in the PPP software my IP service provider - Best Internet Communications, Mountain View, CA - uses). None of the errors I get in the PPP log file are listed in the FAQ or setup instructions for NeXT PPP. I have VJ header and BSD compression off. I use DialupIP and NXFax, but disable both of them when testing PPP. If you've got things working under a similar setup, please let me know. Thanks. John -- John McCracken White Computers john@nextdoor.com Can't Jump NeXTMail welcome
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Problems with new NeXT serial driver. Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul22104612@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 14:46:12 GMT Has anyone experienced any problems with the new ISASerialPort and PortServer driver combo that NeXT has recently released? I am getting error messages from both kermit and Taylor UUCP when the modem hangs up. I also get error messages (intermittently) after issuing a ATZ command to the modem. I suppose it's time to return to Mux! Robert
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Anyone running NS 3.3 Intel on IBM series 750 pc? Message-ID: <jpanicoDC51JB.9nv@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 22:09:11 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com -- Joe Panico jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: pixy@sirius.com (Steve Bau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netinfo for Irix? Date: 22 Jul 1995 15:54:35 GMT Organization: PiXY Co. Message-ID: <pixy-2905720100390001@slip4052.sirius.com> Does anyone know if there are any third parties making netinfo for Irix?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Re: mounting QUANTUM XP34301 and where's the FAQ Message-ID: <DC4By0.8CF@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin References: <ACOUSTIC.95Jul18223232@infinity.c2.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 12:56:23 GMT In <ACOUSTIC.95Jul18223232@infinity.c2.org> acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) writes: >I'm having difficulty making a filesystem on a Quantum XP34301. >This is a 4.2 GB drive, which i just purchased today. I have >black hardware (040), 2.0. Read NextAnswers 1533_initializing_and_partitioning_big_disks.rtf . This describes all you have to do. -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
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From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP & System Panics Date: 22 Jul 1995 19:44:51 GMT Organization: A Big, Black Box. Message-ID: <3urkfj$fjl@nnrp3.primenet.com> References: <3url6t$fh@news1.best.com> john@nextdoor.com (John McCracken) wrote: > None of the errors I get in the PPP log file are listed in the FAQ or setup instructions for NeXT PPP. > I have VJ header and BSD compression off. > I use DialupIP and NXFax, but disable both of them when testing PPP. > If you've got things working under a similar setup, please let me know. I have PPP running on an 040 cube @ 57600 under NS 3.3. I *HAVE* gotten two panics over a two month period (all while on-line) but I have not determined this to be the fault of PPP, although it may be. If you want configs (practically default here) or sample logs, I can send them your way... -- ////////////////////////--------------------------------------------- //Robert Worne // OS/2-Linux-NeXT //rworne@primenet.com // -=Starving C.S. Undergrad=- ////////////////////////---------------------------------------------
From: nathan@nai.net (Nathan F. Janette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help Date: 23 Jul 1995 01:53:34 GMT Organization: North American Internet Company Distribution: world Message-ID: <3usa2u$csg@a3bsrv.nai.net> References: <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> In article <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> writes: > rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > > You probably are better off with ppp 2.0 than PNI. > This is not necessarily true. While ppp 2.0 was easier to > setup for me, it has not worked out well. The problem may > very well be with the terminal server I'm connecting to, > and not the ppp package itself. Sorry to read about this bad luck with ppp 2.0. I've been running it with a NeXTcube, NEXTSTEP 3.2, and a Microcom V.34 modem for several weeks without any significant problems. I had some minor config hassles due to a weird prompt used by my Internet provider, and once or twice the connection has died. Otherwise, I get 28.8 solid connections every time. -- Nathan Janette NEXTSTEP & Unix Systems Management and Development Consultant East Haven, CT Internet: nathan@nai.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au Subject: NeXTSTEP / internet server Message-ID: <DC4Hwr.D6y@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:05:15 GMT Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia do u think NeXTSTEP can be a good internet server?
From: schubert@stud.ee.ethz.ch (Alex Schubert ISG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS: Solaris2.4 Server-NeXTClient Date: 22 Jul 1995 15:37:30 GMT Organization: ETH Zuerich, Departement Electrical Engineering Message-ID: <3ur5vq$o7o@elna.ethz.ch> References: <3uleet$e7j@elna.ethz.ch> <3umr6i$6sn@canton.charm.net> Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com wrote: : > Did anyone have similar problems? : > Thanks for any help : > Alex : The secret is in /etc/dfs/dfstab : Put the same share command you would usually have been able to place on the : command line in here (this file's also hit during boot). Execute the command and then the : NeXT clients should be able to mount. Thanks jas; indeed it helped!!! it works fine now (though I don't why the entry in /etc/dfs/dfstab is compulsory (isn't mentioned in answrbook manuals, is it?) greets alex
From: cedman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 23 Jul 1995 01:51:43 GMT Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <3us9vf$hb7@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <3uond7$khh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3up33q$2dh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Regarding procmail and Mail.app: Yes, you can use procmail together with Mail.app. Many people (including me) have for years handled heavy mail volumes successfully. But N.B., you can't just have procmail append messages to the Foo.mbox/mbox file and hope to have it work. That confuses the Mail.app table_of_contents and completely fails to handle NeXTmail. As it ignores Mail.app locks it can even lead to lost mail. What you should use is the appnmail program from the mailapp utilities suite of tools. It handles these problems, is free and you can find it on all the major NeXT ftp sites. Carl Edman
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: rmail Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul22155941@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 19:59:41 GMT Has anyone ported an up-to-date "rmail" to NEXTSTEP? e.g. Berkeley's. Robert La Ferla
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help In-Reply-To: Garance A Drosehn's message of 21 Jul 1995 03:21:42 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul22233553@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> <RDL.95Jul20201943@world.std.com> <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 03:35:53 GMT PPP is relatively stable and wasn't that difficult to install. My main rationale, though, for using it is that TranSys has dropped support for PNI. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> writes: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > You probably are better off with ppp 2.0 than PNI. This is not necessarily true. While ppp 2.0 was easier to setup for me, it has not worked out well. The problem may very well be with the terminal server I'm connecting to, and not the ppp package itself. Whatever the problem is, my experience is such that I dropped back to PNI CSLIP because I am most definitely not better off with PPP 2.0. (note, however, that MacPPP on my Mac works quite well, so it's not clear where the fault lies)
From: root@rtcc_server.globalx.net (RADium Technology Centre (Canada)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: pp0 dead in NS 3.3?? Date: 23 Jul 1995 04:52:31 GMT Organization: Global-X-Change Message-ID: <3uskif$hg4@news.globalx.net> I'm having a problem. I have NS 3.3, and it seems to me that pp0 is broken. I try to print to it using Print Manager, cat xxx.ps >/dev/pp0, and several of the unix/mach printing programs, and nothing comes out of my HP 5MP printer, and I only got a 4M Plus working once, and it has never worked since then. I have my parallel port set to extended, and have tried with *ALL* of the various modes that my bios supports (ECP, EPP&SPP, EPP&ECP), all to no avail. Does anyone know if it is pp0, or the ParallelPort driver that NeXT broke in this release. I know it's not me, as I have seen messages here previously by other readers of this group. Calls to NeXT only result in them telling me that they are unaware of any problem, and to try doing the " cat xxxx.ps >/dev/pp0" trick, which never works for me. I get device IO errors, instead. If anyone has a cure for this problem, I would be greatly appreciative!! Please post the response here, or E-Mail me at radium@globalx.net Thanks in advance!! Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada)
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Why the Me login ? Date: 23 Jul 1995 03:46:50 GMT Organization: EDS TA AMC Message-ID: <3usgna$f9a@maverick.tad.eds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 I just installed a copy NextStep v3.2 for x86 and it always logs in as Me. Even when I try to logout from the workspace to get the login dialog box, it still comes back logged in as me. Anyone care to help the clueless ? Thanks, Keith kcombs@tad.eds.com
From: bmhahn@poseidon.knoware.nl (Bernhard Hahn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Again: Problems with MorningStar PPP Date: 23 Jul 1995 08:45:42 GMT Organization: Knoware Internet Message-ID: <3ut27m$94j@news.knoware.nl> Hi, again, has anyone had success with finding a workaround/solution for the lookupd related problems (described earlier here) with MorningStar PPP under NS 3.3? I know I should direct this question to the MST support team, actually I did that several times, but the best thing they did come up with was, that they don't know how to solve it, that it is all NeXT's fault and that I should hire a consultant. Great he? Bernhard -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Bernhard M. Hahn Tel: +31-(0)3430-13321 Buntlaan 13 Fax: +31-(0)3430-13321 3941 MG Doorn Email: bmhahn@poseidon.knoware.nl The Netherlands (NeXTmail & MIME Welcome!) PGP public key available
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Why the Me login ? In-Reply-To: kcombs@tad.eds.com's message of 23 Jul 1995 03:46:50 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul23110111@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3usgna$f9a@maverick.tad.eds.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:01:11 GMT Keith, You need to set a password on the "me" account by going into Preferences.app. The "me" account is intended to make system set up easy for new users. The assumption is that a single user will be using the system. Not a bad assumption when you look at how Windows and Macintosh work. If you need more users on your system, you can easily set it up that way. It's a rather nice paradigm for both novice and advanced users. PS. Personally, I'd set the password, log out, log back in as root, delete the me account and add my own acct using UserManager. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3usgna$f9a@maverick.tad.eds.com> kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) writes: I just installed a copy NextStep v3.2 for x86 and it always logs in as Me. Even when I try to logout from the workspace to get the login dialog box, it still comes back logged in as me. Anyone care to help the clueless ? Thanks, Keith kcombs@tad.eds.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: pp0 dead in NS 3.3?? In-Reply-To: root@rtcc_server.globalx.net's message of 23 Jul 1995 04:52:31 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul23110855@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3uskif$hg4@news.globalx.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:08:55 GMT Stephen, I am running NS 3.3 and my parallel printer works just fine. I think you need to try printing simple plain ASCII files using "lpr" first before trying the likes of PostScript especially through the device directly. % lpr /etc/hostconfig You should also look at your /usr/adm/messages, /usr/adm/lpd-errs, and /usr/adm/psout files for any error messages. You'll also need to get a PPD file for your HP 5MP and install it in /LocalLibrary/PrinterTypes/*.lproj Lastly, there may be settings on the printer itself that may need tuning. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3uskif$hg4@news.globalx.net> root@rtcc_server.globalx.net (RADium Technology Centre (Canada)) writes: I'm having a problem. I have NS 3.3, and it seems to me that pp0 is broken. I try to print to it using Print Manager, cat xxx.ps >/dev/pp0, and several of the unix/mach printing programs, and nothing comes out of my HP 5MP printer, and I only got a 4M Plus working once, and it has never worked since then. I have my parallel port set to extended, and have tried with *ALL* of the various modes that my bios supports (ECP, EPP&SPP, EPP&ECP), all to no avail. Does anyone know if it is pp0, or the ParallelPort driver that NeXT broke in this release. I know it's not me, as I have seen messages here previously by other readers of this group. Calls to NeXT only result in them telling me that they are unaware of any problem, and to try doing the " cat xxxx.ps >/dev/pp0" trick, which never works for me. I get device IO errors, instead. If anyone has a cure for this problem, I would be greatly appreciative!! Please post the response here, or E-Mail me at radium@globalx.net Thanks in advance!! Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada)
From: csa@netcom.com (Ken Nagn) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.nextstep,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to get Nextstep 3.2 to use Logitec Serial Mouse Date: 23 Jul 1995 15:52:20 GMT Organization: Paragon Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3utr7k$s79@wally2.hti.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 I am installing nextstep 3.2 and it seems to think I have a bus mouse. Consequently when the summary of devices comes up, I am unable to change my mouse to something else. Is there some key stroke I can use to get it to select the mouse device, or will it even support a serial mouse? Thanks csa@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gdkuch@mercator.math.uwaterloo.ca (Jerry Kuch) Subject: Roland RAP-10 and SB16 and NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <DC5I2G.9ML@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 04:06:15 GMT I'm currently trying to get a NEXTSTEP/Intel machine to run with both a SoundBlaster 16 and a Roland RAP-10 installed. I realize that the Roland is unsupported under NEXTSTEP and that it will only be usable from DOS. My problem so far has lay in trying to get NEXTSTEP to boot properly with the card plugged in! Some fiddling with jumpers has given me new symptoms that aren't quite as bad as what I had originally (system hung right around the time that my SCSI driver loaded) although they're still not so good. What I have is the following: SoundBlaster 16 Slummin' Value Edition set at (via Configure.app): Port 220 IRQ 10 DMA channels 1 and 5 Roland RAP-10 card sitting at (via switches on the card) Port 230 IRQ 11 I don't get freezing during NEXTSTEP bootup anymore. What I do get is a "PCPointer: mouseInit failure" during the startup and then when I get to the login screen, my mouse is paralyzed. I'm using a Logitech bus mouse, which is jumpered to IRQ 5. My other IRQs, according to Configure.app are as follows: 1 -- keyboard 3 -- Mux #2 serial port 4 -- Mux #1 serial port 5 -- Logitech Bus Mouse 6 -- Floppy 7 -- Parallel port 10 -- SB 16 Does anybody (NeXT people... are you lurking?) have an idea as to what exactly NEXTSTEP does around the time of the PCPointer Probe that it's now failing? The bootup completes perfectly and the mouse works when the Roland card is unplugged... but with it plugged in, I get the above error message and a full boot, but without working mouse... Any suggestions would be welcome... yanking cards in and out with each switch to a different operating system kind of shares a cage with the Ebola monkey... it seems that there must be a configuration of the card's DIP switches that will leave it somewhere that NEXTSTEP won't get confused by... -- Jerry Kuch EMail: gdkuch@mercator.math.uwaterloo.ca, NeXTMail welcome. WWW: http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~gdkuch/home.html PGP Key: Available on the above web page
From: reichman@phakt.usc.edu (Matthew Nathaniel Reichman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Another Sendmail config question ! :) Date: 23 Jul 1995 09:17:32 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@phakt.usc.edu Message-ID: <3utsms$7k@phakt.usc.edu> Summary: need help config. my sendmail properly Keywords: sendmail problem I definitely need help configuring sendmail properly! At this moment I have outgoing and incoming mail but only because of a cheat! I need to know the correct and more in control way of handling my situation, which is the following: My current configuration: sendmail.cf. points to sendmail.mailhost.cf, which has no changes in it from the way it came configured with NS 3.3 and I am using the version of sendmail that came with NS 3.3. (I will try to upgrade to sendmail 8.7 when it arrives). my home: reichman my machine: scf my school home: reichman school mail server: scf school domain: usc.edu With this configuration I am able to send and receive (via PopOver) all mail. But my home name and machine name were concessions to get this all working, and will obviously not work once I graduate from school and am booted off the school hub! I would much rather have my home = "matt", and my machine = "reichman" and somehow resolve my address properly to whatever my proper internet address would be depending upon my site. At the moment I need my address to read as "reichman@scf.usc.edu" I have already tried these two test setups, to no avail, (based on the sendmail 8.6.12 thread): (1) my home: reichman my machine: reichman reconfigured sendmail.mailhost.cf: uncommented Dj$m (2) my home: reichman my machine: reichman reconfigured sendmail.mailhost.cf: uncommented Dj$m commented out Rule 6's: R$*<@$+>$* $:$1<@$[$2$]>$3 find canonical hostname BOTH COMBINATIONS GAVE ME the following message in my returned mail header: While connected to chaph.usc.edu: >>> MAIL From:<reichman@reichman> <<< 553 <reichman@reichman>... Never heard of reichman in domain usc.edu 554 reichman@scf.usc.edu... 554 Remote protocol error I would very much like to know how to set up my sendmail routine, if someone would be kind enough to advise me and allow for a possible follow-up if I encounter problems. Much thanks in advance. Matthew -- "Show disorder to make them take a chance" -- Sun Tzu
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netware, CERN HTTPD and NextStep v3.2 x86 Date: 23 Jul 1995 16:13:17 GMT Organization: EDS TA AMC Message-ID: <3utset$r4m@maverick.tad.eds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Is it possible to have the CERN HTTPD v3.0 for NextStep v3.2 x86 serve documents from a Netware server ? Anything special I need to do to make sure the IPX client stays up an logged into the Netware server ? Is anyone doing this ? This will allow the folks in my division to have their home pages served up without having accounts on a Unix, Mac or NT server box. Any other non-NFS ideas ? Thanks, Keith Combs kcombs@tad.eds.com
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Best source of NextStep WWW goodies ? Date: 23 Jul 1995 16:20:08 GMT Organization: EDS TA AMC Message-ID: <3utsro$r4m@maverick.tad.eds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Where is the best source for NextStep x86 binaries ? I'm looking for the usual stuff needed for a decent WWW server. I already have CERN. I'd like : Netscape v1.x Perl 5.x CGI utils Image mapping edit tools WYSIWYG HTML edit tools Stat scripts WAIS etc. etc. etc Thanks as usual for your time, Keith Combs kcombs@tad.eds.com p.s. NextStep is pretty cool. Funny though, windows95 looks alot like it.
Subject: Re: Why the Me login ? Date: Sun, 23 Jul 95 10:06:23 PDT Message-ID: <0010D4B9.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest <<I just installed a copy NextStep v3.2 for x86 and it always logs in as Me. Even when I try to logout from the workspace to get the login dialog box, it still comes back logged in as me. Anyone care to help the clueless ?>> How you go about fixing it: Open the UserManager from inside the NextAdmin directory and edit the profile of the the 'me' user. Either delete it outright (DON'T do this unless you have the root password) or add a password to it. Either way, you'll be presented with a login after you next logout or restart. As to why NeXT did this: I talked to a NeXT engineer awhile back that actually thought this was a pretty elegant solution to a problem they faced at the time, that being to have a Unix based system startup in a more friendly (read: doesn't require user ID and password) way, similar to a Macintosh or Windows machine (I know, I know, please, no flames).
Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP / internet server Date: Sun, 23 Jul 95 10:01:00 PDT Message-ID: <0010D4B6.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest <<do u think NeXTSTEP can be a good internet server?>> I guess it depends on how you want to derive a rating of 'good'. For most things, I've found it to be completely adequate. Each of the programs I've desired to run (Apache WWW server, wuftd, msql, perl4, perl5, etc.) all compile relatively easily and appear to run with no problem. There is a fundamental problem with lookupd, however, that makes using the NeXT as *busy* internet host very problematic. There is also a limitation with ifconfig that doesn't allow IP aliasing, which as we continue to grow (and serve pages for more folks), this is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. So if you are just serving one domain and you're not getting a bunch of traffic (more specifically, not 'linking' frequently to a bunch of sites from pages served by your server) then the NeXT should be fine. It's when you begin to push the envelope that things get bad. - Gary Affonso
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 23 Jul 1995 16:29:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3uubed$brp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3us9vf$hb7@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Just a quick note to head off mystery bugs for novice procmail users.... A couple of folks have mentioned that they use procmail, with the default output sent back to /usr/spool/mail/acct_name. While this may work with their specific usage patterns and configurations, I really can't recommend it as a general solution. Depending on the configuration of your mail server, the software used to spool incoming mail, and the configuration of procmail, you could wind up overwriting new inbound mail with the default output from procmail. Also, unless you fetch mail (e.g. with Mail.app) after every procmail run, you may pass the same messages through your procmail filters multiple times. This could lead to unexpected results... I run procmail from a crontab entry (!), and use it to presort and route my mail into multiple local mailboxes, and forward selected messages to multiple accounts. It's a very flexible, powerful tool. I recommend that anyone interested in using procmail with NeXT mail look into getting Carl Edman's excellent mailapp utilities suite. There are some vey nice goodies in this package. It's available on most of the FP sites. Mike Paquette
From: robert@amo.mit.edu(Robert Lutwak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Why the Me login ? Date: 23 Jul 1995 22:23:10 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Message-ID: <3uui4e$jut@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <0010D4B9.fc@iqinc.com> In article <0010D4B9.fc@iqinc.com> writes: > <<I just installed a copy NextStep v3.2 for x86 and it always > logs in as Me. > How you go about fixing it: > Open the UserManager from inside the NextAdmin directory ... Whooa, back up. Fire up Preferences.app (It's on the dock, right below the NeXT icon) Select the Password panel (It's icon is a padlock) Change the password Logout Robert -- Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu MIT Atomic Resonance and Spectroscopy Laboratory ---- NeXTmail always welcome ----
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Has anyone ported Berkeley's rmail to NEXTSTEP? Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul23222707@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.mail.sendmail Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 02:27:07 GMT Has anyone ported Berkeley's rmail to NEXTSTEP 3.3? The current version that ships with NEXTSTEP is rather brain dead. The source code for rmail in sendmail 8.7's distribution (ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/usr/ucb/sendmail) doesn't compile. Who has or wants to port it? Robert
From: bnh@active.com (Brian Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems with new NeXT serial driver. Date: 24 Jul 1995 02:42:05 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <3uv19t$677@pubxfer5.news.psi.net> References: <RDL.95Jul22104612@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : Has anyone experienced any problems with the new ISASerialPort and PortServer : driver combo that NeXT has recently released? : I am getting error messages from both kermit and Taylor UUCP when the modem : hangs up. I also get error messages (intermittently) after issuing a ATZ : command to the modem. No new Intel serial problems for us, but one old one persists: if you have the modem powered off when you boot the system, then power on to use the port, it is possible to get the port-reads into a state where your process gets stuck in the kernel, with no hope of kill-ing it, and even attempting to do a power-off gets blocked! *Sometimes* you can get it out of the kernel by powering the modem on and off again, but sometimes not. (This was on a 16450, though, which is probably not your case.) But there is definitely something fishy about DTR transitions. Brian Hess Active Ingredients, Inc. bnh@active.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 24 Jul 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3uv6of$l9a@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. 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Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. news:comp.sys.next.hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. news:comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. news:comp.sys.next.misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! news:comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. Related Newsgroups ================== news:comp.soft-sys.nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news:comp.object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. 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From: Jacob Nielsen <jacob@dannug.dk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q:removing NI password Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 12:12:49 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <950723141249.204AAE+G.jacob@jnext> References: <3ugqkl$3l4@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On 18 Jul 1995 17:22:29 GMT, szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) wrote: > How does one go about removing the password from NetInfo? > I'm not sure how I did it, but what I typed isn't what was > just entered. So now I'm locked out and cannot change > what I needed to change. I also had this problem; quite annoying :-( but it can be solved :-) Just citing from the answer I got from Timothy E. Cushing... ------------------------------------------ I had this problem too, and though I didn't write down the solution (because it seemed so basic when I was told it)... Open the netinfo manager as root and poke around looking for passwords until you find the / rather than local machine root passwords. Copy the encrypted password from the machine root (which you presumably know) into the / password. Looking at my machine at the moment, choose Domain Open... / and look under users root (double click root) passwd. Copy from the user root passwd for the local domain. It let me do this even without knowing the / domain passwd, I recall. tec ------------------------------------------- Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen jacob@dannug.dk The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth. JOHN KEATS
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to disable power-down feature? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:31:00 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950724112723.8442I-100000@hphalle10.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'm running NS3.3 and recently run into the problem that everybody is able to power down the computer. So I read the ducementation about loginwindow. It states to include the PowerOffDisabled (or similar, I don't remember exactly) in ttys. I did, but without effect. Also I created a user named `power` and gave it a password, but everytime the user power logged in, he isn't requested for a password at all! Please enlight me, how to truly disable the power off feature. Greetings, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) Look at http://www.leo.org/archiv/NeXT/ scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de, scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de 'X is what it was designed for --- to open multiple terminal windows.' T.W.
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to disable power-down feature? Date: 24 Jul 1995 10:00:20 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <3uvqvk$nl2@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950724112723.8442I-100000@hphalle10.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bernhard Scholz (scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote: : I'm running NS3.3 and recently run into the problem that everybody is : able to power down the computer. So I read the ducementation about : loginwindow. It states to include the PowerOffDisabled (or similar, I : don't remember exactly) in ttys. I did, but without effect. Also I : created a user named `power` and gave it a password, but everytime the : user power logged in, he isn't requested for a password at all! : Please enlight me, how to truly disable the power off feature. Do as root dwrite PowerOffDisabled YES This should disable the power button in loginwindow Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: mow@marsu.pilhuhn.de (Markus Wenzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP SPARC SERIAL PORTS Date: 19 Jul 1995 23:32:17 +0200 Organization: Navigator Message-ID: <3ujtl1$1ko@marsu.pilhuhn.de> References: <3uf9s1$fv@aimnet1.aimnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com wrote: > My serial ports don't seem to work on NEXTSTEP SPARC. > > % tip a9600 > /dev/cua: No such device > link down What's the output of 'ls -lg /dev/cu*' ? -- who? // Markus Wenzel work? // Navigator - System administration & Consulting mail? // mow@marsu.pilhuhn.de more? // Member of WiNG (Wiesbaden NEXTSTEP Group)
From: roffel@biw-ag.de (Lee Roffel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Root dock reverts to Default settings Date: 24 Jul 1995 09:00:28 GMT Organization: BIW Systemhaus Message-ID: <3uvnfc$idr@next01.biw-ag.de> Hi kids... On a new NeXT 3.3 installation... logged in as root... the changes to the dock are not held between logins. The ME user works ok.. a new user works ok.. but everytime the root user logs out and back in... the dock is on the default settings. The german keyboard settings are also not working for the root user... (ok for others) Any suggestions before we do a new installation??? ciao... .. Lee -- Lee Roffel NeXTMail: roffel@biw-ag.de
From: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Backspace In FTP Doesn't Work Date: 24 Jul 1995 08:27:58 GMT Organization: multiversum media lab gmbh Message-ID: <3uvlie$c0@multiversum.multiversum.com> References: <0010A05E.fc@iqinc.com> In article <0010A05E.fc@iqinc.com> writes: > I often log into my NeXT via modem from remote terminal software. I've setup > the terminal software to use VT100 emulation and the NeXT has an entry to do a > VT100 tset when I'm on the dialup connection. > > The backspace key (labeled Delete on my remote keyboard) works great in most > apps, such as zsh, emacs, etc, but there are a few programs (like the FTP > client) that act weird. Specifically, when I hit the backspace key, I actually > do delete the characters but they are not removed from the terminal display and > the cursor is not moved. > > I've tried all of the backspace/delete related options of my terminal software > (such as 'rubout', etc.) and nothing has worked. I've also double-checked that > I'm properly doing my tset. > > Any suggestions? Try Shift-BS or Shift-Del. Atze PS. And learn how to set a Subject-line for your postings. -- Alexander Spohr, des Buergermeisters Sekretaer/Secretary of the Mayor Mail: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com Voice: (+49) 40 / 398 80 80 WWW: http://freeport.multiversum.com/~atze Fax: (+49) 40 / 390 86 45 Faces and faces. See them and complain not. And am content with all.
From: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes Date: 24 Jul 1995 08:52:11 GMT Organization: multiversum media lab gmbh Message-ID: <3uvmvr$d8@multiversum.multiversum.com> Hi there! I have a black turbo NetInfo-server with ppp. It ran fine for half a year. Now a problem arised at login. I get the login-prompt (loginwindow or getty), type my name.... and wait and wait and wait... and after MINUTES (maybe 5 - 10) the machine lets me in by asking for Password. If the machine is in this bad state and i try rlogin I get a timeout before the Password: prompt comes up :-( What is it? A screwed NetInfo? A bad PPP? Atze PS. While I wait for the Password-prompt TimeMon.app says there are no CPU cycles used. So no process is stealing time from the login. I use ppp-2.2-0.3.3 right now. -- Alexander Spohr, des Buergermeisters Sekretaer/Secretary of the Mayor Mail: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com Voice: (+49) 40 / 398 80 80 WWW: http://freeport.multiversum.com/~atze Fax: (+49) 40 / 390 86 45 Faces and faces. See them and complain not. And am content with all.
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes Date: 24 Jul 1995 13:39:38 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <3uvmvr$d8@multiversum.multiversum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Alexander Spohr (Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com) wrote: : Hi there! : I have a black turbo NetInfo-server with ppp. It ran fine for half a year. Now : a problem arised at login. : I get the login-prompt (loginwindow or getty), type my name.... and wait and : wait and wait... and after MINUTES (maybe 5 - 10) the machine lets me in by : asking for Password. If the machine is in this bad state and i try rlogin I get : a timeout before the Password: prompt comes up :-( : What is it? A screwed NetInfo? A bad PPP? lookupd? Is your nameserver up and running? Are you experiencing other lockups, like when doing ps aux/ls -l? Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: <command><command> ` or * Message-ID: <DC6EMy.28t@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:49:45 GMT How do you setup your NeXT to prompt for a password if a user pushes the command keys to reach the NeXT> prompt? -Alby
From: felix@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch (Felix Rauch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to disable power-down feature? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:56:16 GMT Organization: NiCE - NeXT User Group, Zuerich, Switzerland Message-ID: <DC7yHt.FA@harka> References: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950724112723.8442I-100000@hphalle10.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <3uvqvk$nl2@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Originator: uucp@nice.ethz.ch Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: > Bernhard Scholz (scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote: > : Please enlight me, how to truly disable the power off feature. > Do as root > dwrite PowerOffDisabled YES > This should disable the power button in loginwindow It's still possible for any user to shut-down the computer. Log in as 'console' and press the power-key when the loginwindow's gone. However, this is still better then to pull the plug. - Felix -- Felix Rauch, CS-Student @ ETH Zurich, Switzerland. internet: felix@nice.ch (NeXT Mail and MIME welcome)
From: Michael Chan <mchan@technet.sg> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Root dock reverts to Default settings Date: 24 Jul 1995 13:03:44 GMT Organization: Technet, Singapore Message-ID: <3v05ng$6eb@raffles.technet.sg> References: <3uvnfc$idr@next01.biw-ag.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: roffel@biw-ag.de roffel@biw-ag.de (Lee Roffel) wrote: :On a new NeXT 3.3 installation... logged in as root... the changes to the :dock are not held between logins. The ME user works ok.. a new user works :ok.. but everytime the root user logs out and back in... the dock is on :the default settings. The german keyboard settings are also not working :for the root user... (ok for others) I think it is that the default user's home directory for Root is the root directory and it is not saving to it as I believe it is readonly or what. Try to assign and create the Root's home directory to somewhere else and it works. That's how it works for me, I don't know if this should be the correct way.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Again: Problems with MorningStar PPP Date: 24 Jul 1995 15:33:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3v0eg2$r87@www.its.com> References: <3ut27m$94j@news.knoware.nl> bmhahn@poseidon.knoware.nl (Bernhard Hahn) wrote: > again, has anyone had success with finding a workaround/solution for the > lookupd related problems (described earlier here) with MorningStar PPP > under NS 3.3? You can replace the 3.3 lookupd with the 3.2 lookupd. Or, wait for NeXT to release a patched version of the 3.3 lookupd. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Internet Server setup question Date: 24 Jul 1995 15:55:45 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3v0fq1$r87@www.its.com> References: <3ukiv8$gve@news.asu.edu> american@aztec.asu.edu (CHARLES C. HOCKER) wrote: > 1) How and what do I use to connect to a service > provider. I will be using an ISDN line but, how do I provide > connections to it? Make sure you've talked with your service provider first, before purchasing networking hardware. ISDN is fairly expensive in most parts of the USA. You then either need to use a ISDN modem, which'll tie in to a high-speed serial line, or you need to get a ISDN router, which is directly connected to an ethernet LAN. > 2) If I want to provide local dialin services, how do > I get around the 2 seriel port limit? I am a where of MUX althoug > I have never used it. If you plan to go above 2 modems, you should set up a terminal server on aa ethernet LAN. You should think very carefully about what you're trying to do...you're looking at spending at least $1000, probably quite a bit more. Why are you trying to be an ISP? > 3) I what (have to) provide WWW pages and gopher pages. Don't bother with Gopher, unless someone is paying you to do that. > What software do I use to do it? You'll need to run server daemons for WWW and Gopher. Source code and precompiled binaries can be found on the Net. > I heard of something called WebPages, is it any good? #ifdef BIAS WebPages is a WWW page authoring tool. It lets you easily create WWW pages, which is an area where there isn't many other tools available. WebPages will probably save you enough time to pay for itself pretty quickly. #endif > 4) PC Mag did an article on internet servers and they > recommended NS, but is it kind of scare. "scarce"? "scary"? > ANY RECOMMENDATION? You haven't told us what you're trying to do, so it's a little hard to give good recommendations. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: root@arch-ws2 (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next, Subject: Parallel Port on Sparc10 does not work Date: 24 Jul 1995 13:51:40 GMT Organization: University of Kassel - Germany Message-ID: <3v08hc$m31@hrz-ws11.hrz.uni-kassel.de> Hardware Configuration: Processor: SPARC (Generic) Primary memory: 32.00 MB Hostname: arch-ws2 software: Software Version 3.3risc (Rose2L) We have not managed to use the parellel port driver on any of our SPARC10 -s. The console says : Cannot open output device '/dev/pp0': Device busy However we haven't had any Problems on the SPARC20-s ....... The problem is very serious, Please help.... Please mail to gabor@architektur.uni-kassel.de or to knobi@architektur.uni-kassel.de
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: rmail Date: 24 Jul 1995 16:51:16 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <3v0j24$fpg@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <RDL.95Jul22155941@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: >Has anyone ported an up-to-date "rmail" to NEXTSTEP? e.g. Berkeley's. > Here's a summary I recently posted to the next-managers maillist concerning an rmail problem (resolved with an rmail mod, though probably not an up-to-date one, since this was done long ago)... From: Tim Cushing <tec@slate.alta.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 12:42:55 -0700 To: next-managers@stolaf.edu Subject: SUMMARY: fix for mail loops? A couple people asked for followup on this, and I wasn't able to get the answer from the next-manager archives, so here it is (compliments of Robert Nielsen pointing me to the original work by Jiro Nakamura --thanks to both of them!)... The NeXT rmail (even in 3.3!) has a bug that apparently only affects uucp mail service, where a message to a bad address at your site gets a bogus "somebody" prepended to the return address, which of course makes it bounce from there and it just keeps ping-ponging, accumulating complaints and getting longer and longer (mine got to ~45k in the course of a day or two, with only 2/hr email updates). You can see if your system will engage in this mindlessness by running strings on your rmail. Here are the stock results (note the offending "remote from somewhere" string): # strings /bin/rmail Usage: rmail user ... /dev/null From >From %s %s remote from somewhere remote from remote from %s /usr/lib/sendmail %s -ee -f%s -i pclose: status 0%o @(#)PROGRAM:rmail PROJECT:bin-56 DEVELOPER:asimms BUILT:Thu Feb 11 16:00:11 PST 1993 @(#)rmail.c 4.8 (Berkeley) 5/15/86 The fix is to get a fixed rmail from... anonymous@ftp.cs.orst.edu:/software/NeXT/sources/comm/rmail_NeXT4.15.tar.Z ...which is the modified rmail source code (you need to be able to make and strip and such; the binary is not included). I killed my loops by hand before I got the fix, but I tested it afterward by simply sending some mail (from outside) to a bugus user at the site. It politely and properly bounced, with no spurious loop being generated. And no new loops have started in the last day:). Thanks to all who responded (comp.sys.next.sysadmin yielded nothing!). tec -------------------- THE FOLLOWING IS ADDED AUTOMATICALLY -------------------- NeXT-Managers is a self-moderated list. Please be considerate of the agreed policies: send replies to original author only, who will summarize responses; do not send NeXT-Mail postings; time-critical requests only. A searchable archive of next-managers postings is available from "gopher.stolaf.edu" in "Internet Resources/St. Olaf Sponsored Mailing Lists/NeXT-Managers" Send questions and requests to: next-managers-request@stolaf.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bfbaker@netcom.com (Technom Enterprises Inc) Subject: Stuck sendmail processes - HELP! Message-ID: <bfbakerDC8F4p.H1q@netcom.com> Organization: Operations Technologies Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:55:36 GMT Sender: bfbaker@netcom13.netcom.com Greetings, We are having a problem with our incoming mail (via uucp) getting stuck. A ps shows a sendmail process for each mail that was supposed to be delivered, but the processes don't terminate and the mail doesn't appear. If the system is rebooted, or the sendmail processes are killed manually, the mail gets delivered. The processes look like this in ps: /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -fworld.std.com!bmwmc-digest-approval@potogold -i bbaker The problem seems to have appeared after we upgraded to 3.3. Our mail servers are Canon Object.station 41's, with various black and white client machines. If anyone has any ideas about what is causing this and what we can do about it, we'd be most grateful. Thanks, Brian Baker bbaker@technom.com
From: paul sovelius <paul@science.shsu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help Date: 24 Jul 1995 17:16:56 GMT Organization: Sam Houston State University Message-ID: <3v0ki8$clr@pip.shsu.edu> References: <199507200142.VAA06533@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU Hello Tim I too have been trying to get SLIP running on BLACK with a HAYES modem. Were you able to get some help that you may be able to pass on. Thanks in advance -- Paul E. Sovelius, Jr. Voice: 409-294-3760 paul@science.shsu.edu Fax: 409-294-3622
From: robertn@seahawk (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 24 Jul 1995 17:43:44 GMT Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <ROBERTN.95Jul24104344@seahawk> References: <3us9vf$hb7@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <3uubed$brp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In-reply-to: mpaque@aol.com's message of 23 Jul 1995 16:29:01 -0400 In article <3uubed$brp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) writes: Path: nwestnews!c1mpls!technix!mn.state.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 23 Jul 1995 16:29:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com References: <3us9vf$hb7@cnn.Princeton.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Just a quick note to head off mystery bugs for novice procmail users.... A couple of folks have mentioned that they use procmail, with the default output sent back to /usr/spool/mail/acct_name. While this may work with their specific usage patterns and configurations, I really can't recommend it as a general solution. Why not? I you use procmail's locking correctly how can the above happen? Note: I ran procmail as my local mailer from sendmail. Depending on the configuration of your mail server, the software used to spool incoming mail, and the configuration of procmail, you could wind up overwriting new inbound mail with the default output from procmail. Also, unless you fetch mail (e.g. with Mail.app) after every procmail run, you may pass the same messages through your procmail filters multiple times. This could lead to unexpected results... Can you explain this? sendmail effectively talks to procmail ie. either through .forward or it's local mailer so how could this happen?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Stuck sendmail processes - HELP! In-Reply-To: bfbaker@netcom.com's message of Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:55:36 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul24192924@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <bfbakerDC8F4p.H1q@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 23:29:24 GMT Just an idea... Did you check /locations/sendmail in NetInfoManager.app to see if it had changed? Robert In article <bfbakerDC8F4p.H1q@netcom.com> bfbaker@netcom.com (Technom Enterprises Inc) writes: Greetings, We are having a problem with our incoming mail (via uucp) getting stuck. A ps shows a sendmail process for each mail that was supposed to be delivered, but the processes don't terminate and the mail doesn't appear. If the system is rebooted, or the sendmail processes are killed manually, the mail gets delivered. The processes look like this in ps: /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -fworld.std.com!bmwmc-digest-approval@potogold -i bbaker The problem seems to have appeared after we upgraded to 3.3. Our mail servers are Canon Object.station 41's, with various black and white client machines. If anyone has any ideas about what is causing this and what we can do about it, we'd be most grateful. Thanks, Brian Baker bbaker@technom.com
From: mark@ccc1.tamu.edu (Mark Doucet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: forwarding Mail? Date: 24 Jul 1995 18:38:26 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <3v0pb2$okb@news.tamu.edu> Is there an easy way to automatically foward mail from NeXT mail.app to another machine? Thanks Mark
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: stat failed on symbolic link Date: 24 Jul 1995 19:23:12 GMT Organization: EDS Technology Architecture Message-ID: <3v0rv0$5tp@hobbes.tad.eds.com> Hello again, I have the CERN HTTPD installed and running standalone on the NextStep v3.2 for x86 machine I have. I have logged into a netware v3.11 server (DATAD01) with netware id kcombs. From my cern document root, I have a symbolic link to a subdirectory on the netware server. The problem is that the CERN HTTPD won't follow the symbolic link over into the netware server. Should it be able to ? Below is the directory list for htdocs (my document tree root) and the verbose messages from CERN. If someone has an idea what is going on, and can help, I sure would appreciate hint, clues, solutions !! Thanks again, Keith kcombs@tad.eds.com ========================================================== tapeople:27# ls -lag total 3 drwxrwxr-x 2 kcombs www 1024 Jul 24 14:00 ./ drwxrwxr-x 9 root www 1024 Jul 24 10:35 ../ -rw-rw-r-- 1 kcombs www 44 Jul 24 10:46 goodbye.html lrwxrwxrwx 1 root www 37 Jul 24 14:00 kcombs -> /Net/NetWare/DATAD01/DS2/user/kcombs//@ ========================================================= HTHandle.... method GET Format...... Weekday, 00-Mon-00 00:00:00 GMT TimeZone.... -5 hours from GMT Time string. Monday, 24-Jul-95 19:00:46 GMTParsed...... to 806594446 seconds, Mon Jul 24 09:00:46 1995 Last-Modified Monday, 24-Jul-95 19:00:46 GMT FindAnchor.. 0x161ce8 with hash 47 and address `/' created HTAccess.... Loading document / LoadFile.... Looking for `/usr/www/htdocs/' Local filename is "/usr/www/htdocs/" HTLoadFile.. Accessing local file system. HTBrowse.... Browsing `/usr/www/htdocs/' DirBrowse... No description file /usr/www/htdocs//.www_descript HTBrowse.... stat failed on symbolic link /usr/www/htdocs/kcombs, errno: 13 Searching... for suffix 1: ".html" HTPeekTitle. called, dirname=/usr/www/htdocs/ filename=goodbye.html HTPeekTitle. returning "Test" StreamStack. Constructing stream stack for text/html to www/present Ok.......... Content-type text/html Calculating. content-length on the fly HTReadMe.... Looking for file `/usr/www/htdocs/' OutList: ./goodbye.html Calculated.. content-length: 432 HTTP header. length: 201 bytes ............ Headers for the client HTTP/1.0 200 Document follows MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0 Date: Monday, 24-Jul-95 19:09:02 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 432 Last-Modified: Monday, 24-Jul-95 19:00:46 GMT ............ End of headers HTAccess.... `/' has been accessed. Socket...... 6 disconnected by peer Child....... exiting with status 0 Parent...... child pid 280 has finished Gc.......... disabled altogether No timeout.. not doing select() Daemon...... accepting connection...
From: rragner@stingray.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: forwarding Mail? Date: 24 Jul 1995 21:28:27 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <3v139r$f6r@news.iastate.edu> References: <3v0pb2$okb@news.tamu.edu> In article <3v0pb2$okb@news.tamu.edu> mark@ccc1.tamu.edu (Mark Doucet) writes: > Is there an easy way to automatically foward mail from NeXT mail.app to > another machine? > > Thanks > Mark Sure. Place a .forward file in your home directory containing the e-mail address of the location to which it should be forwarded. -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Why the Me login ? Date: 24 Jul 1995 18:03:34 GMT Organization: EDS Message-ID: <3v0n9m$5tp@hobbes.tad.eds.com> References: <3usgna$f9a@maverick.tad.eds.com> Thanks for the overwhelming response !!! I changed the darn password, changed mr. root's password nuked Me. Why the hell can anyone click the infamous power button ? Never mind, I'm sure there's another good reason. ;?) --- Keith p.s. You can now stop with the mail attack for ye ole clueless newbie. :?)
From: manish@pia.media.mit.edu (Manish Tuteja) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Root dock reverts to Default settings Date: 25 Jul 1995 01:39:40 GMT Organization: MIT Media Lab Message-ID: <3v1i0s$m2p@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <3uvnfc$idr@next01.biw-ag.de> <3v05ng$6eb@raffles.technet.sg> Pretty close. The problem is that root's home directory in NetInfo is /root. That directory doesn't exist in the default install! My solution has been to change root's home directory to /. BTW, after you make the change, you will have to log out and log back in. Manish
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 16:06:46 -0400 From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> Message-ID: <199507242006.QAA11403@capitalist.princeton.edu> Subject: restoring lost /etc files I woke up Saturday morning and walked out into my living room where I was still logged into my NeXT (3.2 m68k). No surprise there, I had been working on something when I went to bed, and decided to leave myself logged in. When I sat down at the keyboard, I saw something that did surprise me: All of the files in /etc were gone. Yes, gone. They had been there the night before, and now they weren't. I restored all of the files EXCEPT the ones which are linked from /usr/etc to /etc. Before I could re-link them, the NeXT froze. On trying to reboot, the machine hangs at a message complaining that it cannot find the file "init" or "mach_init" in /etc. Attempts to boot into single user mode fails in the same way. So it looks like I have to re-install from the CD, but I wanted to know if there is a way (and if so how) to keep the reinstallation from blowing away /LocalApps, /Users, /usr/local/bin, and /LocalLibrary. Ideally, is there a way to reinstall only the files from the CD into /etc dir? Thanks for any advice TjL
From: szatezal@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,news.software.nntp Subject: anyone using SLURP? (news software) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 03:07:38 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3v1nat$kgo@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Anyone out there using slurp to grab articles from an nntp server & on a NeXT? (ns 3.3) It compiles fine - and runs fine - EXCEPT I cannot get it to use the dbz/history article database. ie- if it dies while doing newnews, it doesn't log which articles it didn't get - NOR put the articles that it did get into the history db. I'm using slurp 1.08 - from ftp://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/pub/NeXT/slurp-1.08.tar ANY help would be appreciated!! The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/home.htm
From: cwolf@best.com (Christopher Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems with new NeXT serial driver. Date: 25 Jul 1995 03:20:07 GMT Organization: Cornell University Sender: caw5@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: <3v1nt7$rf8@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> In article <3uv19t$677@pubxfer5.news.psi.net> Brian Hess wrote:Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: >: Has anyone experienced any problems with the new ISASerialPort and PortServer >: driver combo that NeXT has recently released? >: I am getting error messages from both kermit and Taylor UUCP when the modem >: hangs up. I also get error messages (intermittently) after issuing a ATZ >: command to the modem. >No new Intel serial problems for us, but one old one persists: if you >have the modem powered off when you boot the system, then power on to >use the port, it is possible to get the port-reads into a state where >your process gets stuck in the kernel, with no hope of kill-ing it, >and even attempting to do a power-off gets blocked! I haven't had this problem but I've had problems using NXFax and a ZyXEL U1496E to attempt to receive faxes with the new serial drivers. I believe I saw mention of this in the serial driver NextAnswer. Anyone know the specifics? - Chris
From: nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: EIDE/ATAPI CD-ROM installation Date: 24 Jul 1995 15:07:13 -0400 Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Message-ID: <3v0r11$9j0@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> When it arrives in a few days, I will be attempting to install NS 3.3 on an Intel system from an EIDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive. NeXTanswer #1838 says: "The version of the IDE driver that shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.3 is version 3.30. The new EIDE driver is version 3.31." This seems to imply that the EIDE driver is not on the NS 3.3 CD-ROM (I can't tell; I don't have the computer yet..) In that case, how am I going to be able to install NEXTSTEP? I could download the driver from NeXTanswer #1839 onto a DOS partition, but how can I get it onto a NEXTSTEP filesystem so that the install procedure can access it? Or do I need to? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: agram@pleasurepoint.com (Andrew Luythsen Gram) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Connecting Mac to Next Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 20:17:50 -0800 Organization: Pleasure Point Computing Services Message-ID: <agram-2407952017500001@pleasurepoint.com> References: <3umlv0$avv@agate.berkeley.edu> In article <3umlv0$avv@agate.berkeley.edu>, papita@violet.berkeley.edu () wrote: > i would like to connect my Mac to my NeXT over the > serial lines, using TCP/IP. The NeXT is the one > connected to the Internet using a Transys SLIP. > > if the serial line solution is not viable, then > do i need anything beyong an Ethernet card on the > Mac to be in busioness? > > - marcos@filoli.com I've never connected a mac to a next via PPP, which is what you are talking about in the first paragraph, but mac to next via ethernet and tcp works great. In that case you would need an ethernet card for the mac, mactcp, and mac tcpip apps.
From: guenther@gac.edu (Philip Guenther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <GUENTHER.95Jul24111605@lunen.gac.edu> Control: cancel <GUENTHER.95Jul24111605@lunen.gac.edu> Date: 24 Jul 1995 16:16:40 GMT Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN USA Message-ID: <GUENTHER.95Jul24111640@lunen.gac.edu>
From: guenther@gac.edu (Philip Guenther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 24 Jul 1995 16:24:23 GMT Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN USA Message-ID: <GUENTHER.95Jul24112423@lunen.gac.edu> References: <3us9vf$hb7@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <3uubed$brp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In-reply-to: mpaque@aol.com's message of 23 Jul 1995 16:29:01 -0400 In article <3uubed$brp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) writes: > Just a quick note to head off mystery bugs for novice procmail users.... > A couple of folks have mentioned that they use procmail, with the default > output sent back to /usr/spool/mail/acct_name. While this may work with > their specific usage patterns and configurations, I really can't recommend > it as a general solution. > Depending on the configuration of your mail server, the software used to > spool incoming mail, and the configuration of procmail, you could wind up > overwriting new inbound mail with the default output from procmail. Also, > unless you fetch mail (e.g. with Mail.app) after every procmail run, you > may pass the same messages through your procmail filters multiple times. > This could lead to unexpected results... I disagree: having procmail use your system mail spool (/usr/spool/mail/foo) as its default is fine, you just have to satisfy a couple constraints, the most important being 'using consistent locking' and the next being 'don't filter a message twice'. If you fail the first of these, then it doesn't matter how you use procmail. Procmail is normally configured to use all the locking technique that your OS supports in a working manner, so this usually only a problem if you're using a really brain dead system mailer or mail reader which isn't locking the mailbox properly itself. However, if that's true you're going to be having problems/lossage without procmail being involved at all. The second condition can be handled many ways. If you can run procmail as your delivery agent (whether by replacing /bin/mail or creating a .forward file) then this is handled automatically. If you have to run procmail from cron (as Mpaque does), then you should either not let anything fall through your .procmailrc and thus get delivered to where it came from (this is Mpaque's solution/suggestion), or you should 'tag' messages and tell procmail to skip any message that's been tagged. For instance, you could add the following to your .procmailrc: # This should be the first recipe. Check to see if we've already # processed this message. If so, just drop it back where we got it from. # The header we check for is added by the last recipe in this procmailrc. :0: * ^X-Already-Processed: true $DEFAULT # rest of recipes go here... <whatever....> # This should be the final rule, catching all messages going to $DEFAULT # by falling off the bottom of the .procmailrc. This adds the header that # the first rule checks for. :0f |formail -i'X-Already-Processed: true' This isn't extremely efficient, but it obviates the need to move everything our of your mail spool immeadiately. Note that whenever you process a mail file (probably using "formail -s procmail < file_name") you should use lockfile (also part of the procmail suite, with formail and procmail itself) to lock the file, move it to another name, then unlock, and finally do the processing. If you don't do the locking your liable to lose mail, and if you don't do the move/unlock before the processing then you can't use the above trick to deliver to your original location. > I recommend that anyone interested in using procmail with NeXT mail look > into getting Carl Edman's excellent mailapp utilities suite. There are > some vey nice goodies in this package. It's available on most of the FP > sites. I have a vague memory (not to be trusted) that NeXT's Mail.app locks a mailbox when you first open it, and doesn't unlock until you close that window. If so, this makes it difficult if not impossible to do asynchronus delivery to Mail.app mailboxes, as they may be locked for arbitrary lengths of time. If not, then it sounds like you could use the mailapp utilities to update the folder without screwing up Mail.app or losing mail. Philip Guenther ---------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Guenther UNIX Systems and Network Administrator Internet: guenther@gac.edu Phonenet: (507) 933-7596 Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 56082-1498 I am _not_ a representative sample of the Gustavus Community. Yeah, right... Source code never lies (it just misleads). (Programming by Purloined Letter)
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: EIDE/ATAPI CD-ROM installation Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 07:34:09 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Jul25.073409.9941@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <3v0r11$9j0@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> In article <3v0r11$9j0@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) writes: > When it arrives in a few days, I will be attempting to install NS 3.3 > on an Intel system from an EIDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive. NeXTanswer #1838 > says: "The version of the IDE driver that shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.3 is > version 3.30. The new EIDE driver is version 3.31." > > This seems to imply that the EIDE driver is not on the NS 3.3 CD-ROM (I > can't tell; I don't have the computer yet..) In that case, how am I > going to be able to install NEXTSTEP? I could download the driver from > NeXTanswer #1839 onto a DOS partition, but how can I get it onto a > NEXTSTEP filesystem so that the install procedure can access it? Or do > I need to? See NeXTanswer 1921. It gives instructions for building boot and driver diskettes for NeXTSTEP from DOS. The additional drivers disk image includes the new EIDE driver. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Hooray!] Just compliled my first application!!! Date: 25 Jul 1995 05:07:42 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v1u6u$7i@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Hooray!!! I just compiled my first application in NeXT!! It was more diffucult than expected and still not as complete as I expect it to be, but it is done!!! I now have CERN Httpd 3.0 in my server at last! (THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFUCULT THAN THE WIN_NT VERSION OF HTTPD, BUT WELL WORTH IT... I BELIEVE). Just wasting time while system scans pictures. BTW, why is my scanning driver for HP scanners (Scantastic) identifys my HP 3C as a HP ScanJeet II? -TKH '95
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP / internet server Date: 25 Jul 1995 05:18:52 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <3v1urs$a8@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <DC4Hwr.D6y@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> In article <DC4Hwr.D6y@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au writes: > >do u think NeXTSTEP can be a good internet server? Well, from my experiences, NeXT is far better suited to be an Internet server and NT is for certain. Especially if one of your main concern is compatibility with none-MS Systems. Going into NeXT, however, does have problems of standard internetworking services not being officially supported. As a result you would be in the dark as to the setup and managing of the system setup similar to BSD). As a classic example, my network was originally based on WindowsNT 3.5 and 3.51 connected to the CISCO router and .... finally to the T-1 line. I had a system specifically to act as Domain server and name server, one system as login, Http server, ftp server, etc... When the setup was completed, I found that if I use the Chinese windowsNT as name server, the name resolution will take over 15 seconds to resolve (on 486/66 with 64Mb ram). If I use the English version of the WindowsNT 3.51, the the time dropps to about 10 seconds, which is still unacceptable. My http server will not allow people just to type (for example) 'http://[address]', instead, it wants me to type 'http://[address]/[file.html]' to get to the main page. Then I switched to NeXT, my name resolution (with the NeXT as the name server) is instaneously and I don't know about http daemon as I just gotten it compiled about 5 minutes ago. -TKH '95
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: carlip@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Walter C3arlip) Subject: Protecting Disk Message-ID: <DC99sC.Cwz@boss.cs.ohiou.edu> Sender: postmaster@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu Organization: Ohio University Mathematics Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 04:57:48 GMT I need help with a (probably trivial) problem. I have a black hardware NextStation running the newest release of NextStep. I delivered the new os to an external harddrive, which now serves as the boot drive. I attempted to give ownership of the old internal drive to root to protect the old files on it. Now, if someone logs into the NeXT remotely, indeed, the internal disk is protected. However, *EVERYONE* that logs in directly on the NextStation has access to the internal disk. What's happening? How can I protect that internal disk? Thanks, --Walter _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu **** (the "3" is silent) _____________________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 mQBvAy8wPY8AAAEDAKvDW62FfxitQhp6dTHbR1N7ul4Add/0McleQrnRs/hz6rjh 59pIqGTlipVSc79nF/kyFfxvb5FGPEwpLlWg0eOdAOOc5s/pmx/Ie5aH4HGJhs1k TJafqy/kLr65+2TWgQARAQABtCtXYWx0ZXIgQ2FybGlwIDxjYXJsaXBAb3Vjc2Fj ZS5jcy5vaGlvdS5lZHU+ =1dPP -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu **** (the "3" is silent) _____________________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ian.stephenson@insignia.co.uk Subject: Re: Why the Me login ? Message-ID: <DC9MFH.MHK@isltd.insignia.com> Sender: news@isltd.insignia.com Organization: Insignia Solutions plc References: <3v0n9m$5tp@hobbes.tad.eds.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:30:52 GMT In article <3v0n9m$5tp@hobbes.tad.eds.com> kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) writes: > Thanks for the overwhelming response !!! > > Why the hell can anyone click the infamous power button ? > Never mind, I'm sure there's another good reason. ;?) > because anyone can easilly pull the mains plug! Even users who should know better pull the plug on Unix machines when they're on a desktop. By making it easy, users might shut the system down nicely. If you make it impossible for an ordinary user to shutdown cleanly, chances are they'll just shutdown anyway, and there's nothing you can do about it! Ian
From: msb2@doc.ic.ac.uk (M S Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Porting gated to NextStep Date: 26 Jul 1995 11:43:16 +0100 Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK. Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v5684$r8o@fuji.doc.ic.ac.uk> Summary: In order to set up a Multi homed host need gated... Keywords: gated NextStep routing IP forwarding Has anyone ported gated to NextStep already? Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do to the Config/make files to get it to build? On an unrelated note (albeit the need to build gated is caused by this) does anyone know why running routed seems to blow away the route to my second Network card? I have been able to turn on ip forwarding - using a hack supplied by chris@opensource.com (Thanks Chris!) but cannot advertise a route through myself - as routed deletes it. Next claim that making a next Step box (Intel P75) cannot act as router and suggested that I use DOS and some freeware software!!!! All advice, suggestions greatfully received.... Sean Bennett -- Sean Bennett |sean@world.std.com/msb2@doc.ic.ac.uk Earth Resources|+44(0)181 959 2702 <- Parents Engineering |+44(0)181 789 8102 <-Flat +44(0)171 594 7404 <- Work
From: gj@rulgm4.LeidenUniv.nl (Geert Jan van Oldenborgh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to read unix floppy? Date: 26 Jul 1995 11:14:51 GMT Organization: Leiden University, The Netherlands Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v583b$ooe@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> References: <3uj0e4$e5p@news.kth.se> <3uoalo$62m@news.kth.se> Kent Ekstrom (kent@ne.kth.se) wrote: > I write: > > Does anyone know how to read unix tared floppy disks on a black NeXT? > After some investigation, I found that 'dd if=/dev/rfd0b of=filename.tar > bs=18k' works on my system. gnutar xf /dev/rfd0b looks much simpler > (1) how to eject the floppy from a terminal window (simple commands > like 'ej' or 'eject' doesn't exist), /usr/etc/disk -e /dev/rfd0b is again much simpler. (2) I do not know how to restart the automounter on the floppy disk drive after this. Any takers? -- G.J. van Oldenborgh, Lorentz Instituite for Theoretical Physics Leiden University gj@rulgm0.LeidenUniv.nl
From: gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu (George B. Ross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help compiling glimpse Date: 25 Jul 1995 14:39:21 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v2vmp$o23@news.nd.edu> Has anyone successfully compiled the glimpse and glimpsehttp WWW utilities for black hardware? I keep getting errors and I can't quite figure them out. As an alternative to glimpse, I could use swish and the freeWAIS stuff, but I had problems compiling those utilities as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -george George B. Ross Aero/Mech Engr University of Notre Dame gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu http://stimpy.ame.nd.edu/gross/
From: ken@infoman.com (Ken Craig) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Routing between TCP/IP LAN and PPP link Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 14:45:50 -0400 Organization: Information Mangement Inc. Message-ID: <ken-2507951445500001@witsmac5993.turner.com> References: <3uh3nd$bmm@lainet2.lainet.com> <newlink.1.00518712@mindspring.com> I was having similar problems running MachTen on a Mac (it's Mach and very similar to a NeXT). We have a class C address. To solve the problem I run 'routed -g' (I HAVE to use the -g option or it doesn't work). This seems to fix the problem but I don't understand why I have to run this too. Doesn't ppp's defaultroute turn that machine into a router? Ken Craig ken@infoman.com
From: Michael Chan <mchan@technet.sg> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Hooray!] Just compliled my first application!!! Date: 26 Jul 1995 03:15:28 GMT Organization: Technet, Singapore Message-ID: <3v4c0h$qg8@raffles.technet.sg> References: <3v1u6u$7i@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu :thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: :> Hooray!!! I just compiled my first application in NeXT!! It :>was more diffucult than expected and still not as complete as I expect it to :>be, but it is done!!! I now have CERN Httpd 3.0 in my server at last! So what did you used to compile? The NeXTStep Developer's release?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: How to read unix floppy? Message-ID: <DCBGq0.FD@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <3uoalo$62m@news.kth.se> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:22:41 GMT In article <3uoalo$62m@news.kth.se> kent@ne.kth.se (Kent Ekstrom) writes: [...] > Once this is done, the disk has to be ejected manually with a stick, and > the automounting of disks stops to work. So, I would like to ask if anyone > knows (1) how to eject the floppy from a terminal window (simple commands > like 'ej' or 'eject' doesn't exist), try 'man disk' Juergen --- Fon ++49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome Fax ++49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when a wine's class matters more than its taste, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names?
From: czarny@luna (Mischa Czarny) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.nextstep,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <3utr7k$s79@wally2.hti.net> Control: cancel <3utr7k$s79@wally2.hti.net> Date: 26 Jul 1995 14:15:27 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3v5ilv$n2h@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> cancel
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: SimpleNetStarter not so simple? Message-ID: <DCBvsv.Az3@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 14:51:24 GMT Well, I've spent two nights straight trying to configure my object.station as a server and got nothing but tired... The situation: 1 Canon object.station, 1 NeXT station (mono) w/ NeXT laser printer must talk to one another. My idea was to configure object.station as a NetInfo server (following NeXT documentation). I go through the SimpleNetStarter crap, it tells me that the hostconfig files were modified, then quits. hostconfig reads as follows: HOSTNAME=grinch INETADDR=134.84.222.1 ROUTER=-NO- IPNETMASK= IPBROADCAST=-AUTOMATIC- NETMASTER=-YES- YPDOMAIN=-NO- TIME=-NO- BUT, upon reboot, the machine looks for a parent NetInfo server. I don't get panels informing me to reconnect the network after hitting "Configure.." button in SimpleNetStarter. Does anyone have suggestions/workarounds? Many thanks, sharad ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: procmail for Mail.app Date: 26 Jul 1995 13:56:35 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3v5vkj$m0v@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <ROBERTN.95Jul24104344@seahawk> As Robert Nicholson and Philip Guenther have pointed out, there is no technical reason why one cannot set the default output of one's filtering script back to the usual mail spool file. One simply has to make sure everything is configured properly for one's site, OS, and mail delivery system. I still recommend avoiding sending the default output back to the mail spool file for NOVICE users. If you can drive sendmail from the command line, and understand the oddities of file locking (particulary over certain versions of NFS :-), then you are clearly not a novice user. Procmail is a handy tool. Get out there and sort some mail today! Mike Paquette
From: "Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Starting a Program from Boot Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 15:50:09 -0400 Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administr., Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <0k5dll200iMa01NEk0@andrew.cmu.edu> I have a NeXTstation that I would like to have go immediately into the desktop after booting and start an application. I know this is possible if you have no password file (the "me" account) but I would like to preserve that security. Also, when applications start up through the preferences in the Workspace manager, they don't have they don't get the focus... Workspace remains in the foreground. Is there a way to do this? Thanks! Jeremy Mereness FAST Laboratory GSIA
From: kent@ne.kth.se (Kent Ekstrom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to restart floppy automount deamon on black NeXT? Date: 25 Jul 1995 15:26:05 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v32ed$83o@news.kth.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article "How to read unix floppy" I wrote: > > Does anyone know how to read unix tared floppy disks on a black NeXT? > After some investigation, I found that 'dd if=/dev/rfd0b of=filename.tar bs=18k' works on my system. When this command sequence is executed, a dialogue-box appears asking for a disk to be inserted, and then it kindly reads the disk, good hugh?. Once this is done, the disk has to be ejected manually with a stick, and the automounting of disks stops to work. So, I would like to ask if anyone knows (1) how to eject the floppy from a terminal window (simple commands like 'ej' or 'eject' doesn't exist), and (2) how to restart the automounting function (I've looked in the /etc/rc file to find the command sequence, but I can't see it). Thanks / Kent ____________________________________________________________________ Kent Ekstrom <kent@ne.kth.se> "Sorry! Have to run, got Royal Institute of Technology a core melt to catch..." Nuclear Power Safety 100 44 Stockholm, SWEDEN
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Panic...HELP! Date: 27 Jul 1995 00:48:58 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.806820296@mercury> Keywords: BOOTP ARGH! I've been trying all night to get my second motherboard to work. It starts up fine (to ROM Monitor) but that's it. I followed the directions for adding a second motherboard to a cube, and I've been having trouble getting BOOTP to work. NOW the second motherboard still gets to ROM Monitor mode just fine, but the first now PANICS! It's scanning the disk and it reports: Checking disks panic: (Cpu 0) od: empty q NeXT Rom Monitor 1.0 v41 panic: NeXT Mach 3.0: Wed Jul 29 19:43:28 PDT 1992: \ root(rcbuilder):mk-127.15/BUILD/RELEAS_M68K Anybody have ANY ideas why I can no longer boot my original board? Anybody have any firsthand experience with setting up these machines for NetBoot? ALL help will be greatly appreciated. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support KD4CYH on 145.29 CLT, 146.64 RTP 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 dcl@interpath.net For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: audley@condor.cs.jhu.edu (Christopher Audley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mono Slab problems after disk corruption/correction Date: 27 Jul 1995 11:00:31 -0400 Organization: The Johns Hopkins University CS Department Distribution: na Message-ID: <3v89mf$2nc@condor.cs.jhu.edu> I recently had a system panic on a NeSTstation Mono 25MHz with NS3.2. The result was a corrupted super block on the boot disk. The disk checks failed during bootup and I was directed to get a back up super block for the boot disk with fsck and '-b'. After looking at man fsck I tried the suggested fix, rebooted and all was well and good with the world. However, the next day, and every subsequent day, when the machine boots, it falls into single user mode and I have to type 'exit' to continue on. No error messages are displayed on the console before the single user mode prompt ( or after ). What causes this, how do I get back to booting straight into NeXTstep? Any help would be much appreciated. Chris Please respond by mail
From: "Robert R. Reynolds" <rrr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need more space: Does NeXTStep allow 2 drives? Date: 27 Jul 1995 15:50:43 GMT Organization: University of Arkansas Message-ID: <3v8ckj$l6k@wizard.uark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: rrr@engr.uark.edu I have an '040 slab running NS 3.2. I need additional disk space and would like to simply add another external disk. I recall posts indicating that NS balkes at dual partition drives and wondered if this extended to 2 physical drives. I've done this on other systems: internal disk for boot and system software and the external for user files, etc. If anyone has positive or negative experience with such a configuration, please drop me a note before I invest in the disk. Thank you, Bob
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: storing lost /etc files Date: 27 Jul 1995 15:46:04 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3v8cbs$ooe@www.its.com> References: <199507242006.QAA11403@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU> wrote: > All of the files in /etc were gone. You might wish to check in /lost+found; the filesystem might have lost the directory and relinked it in there once you run fsck. (That would be the easiest solution.) > [ ... ] Before I could re-link them, the NeXT froze. On > trying to reboot, the machine hangs at a message complaining that it > cannot find the file "init" or "mach_init" in /etc. > > Attempts to boot into single user mode fails in the same way. Yup. Init is absolutely essential to the system (it controls user logins), and your machine will not even reach single-user mode; read "man init" for details. You may also be able to give a boot command which specifies /usr/etc/init instead of /etc/init. > So it looks like I have to re-install from the CD, but I wanted to know > if there is a way (and if so how) to keep the reinstallation from blowing > away /LocalApps, /Users, /usr/local/bin, and /LocalLibrary. Boot single-user off the CD_ROM. You probably want to do an fsck on your hard drive and check /ost+found before anything else. If that doesn't help, mount your HD somewhere (/tmp might be a good choice), and relink things, or recopy off of the CD_ROM. Be warned, you should probably run a /dev/MAKEDEV to verify your /dev directory is intact, and you may have other problems. Re-installing from scratch, if you can back up your files, may be a wiser choice. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu (Gareth Bestor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Q: tape backup program recommendations? Date: 27 Jul 1995 17:00:49 GMT Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Message-ID: <3v8go1$b9@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Does anyone have any recommendations for/against applications for tape backup. At the moment we're just using plain-vanilla "tar -cv" with an HP SCSI DAT tape drive. It works but its slow and tedious to recover stuff. I've looked at TurboTar 0.9beta ($20) which seems really nice. It basically uses tar with multiple tape filesystems and an index for fast restore. However, it does not appear possible to recover stuff of the tape with only tar and/or mt alone, which I require in case of a serious system crash. I also took a look at enTar ($150) but again it doesn't appear possible to recover anything without running the app :-( I'd like something better than just tar but I have to be able to fall back and use basic Unix commands (eg tar and mt) to recover stuff off the tape if I have to. Any suggestions? Thanks, - Gareth bestor@cs.wisc.edu
From: buchanan@ipx1.niehs.nih.gov (James Robert Buchanan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Upgrade to NS3.3 breaks PNI SLIP 1.13 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.software Date: 27 Jul 1995 13:16:58 GMT Organization: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Distribution: usa Message-ID: <BUCHANAN.95Jul27091658@ipx1.niehs.nih.gov> Hello, I recently upgraded from NS3.2 -> NS3.3 (black, still running 3.2 developer, since 3.3 developer is too expensive for me). After the upgrade my PNI SLIP 1.13 stopped working. The network interface comes up, the modems connect and I can ping myself but I can't ping anyone else, including the SLIP server. Has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? How? Any hints or suggestions via email would be much appreciated. Thanks,
From: lin@lorien.umd.edu (Shyang-Wen Lin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another request for SLIP setup help Date: 27 Jul 1995 17:03:06 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v8gsa$jj@hecate.umd.edu> References: <3un6g6$d55@usenet.rpi.edu> <3usa2u$csg@a3bsrv.nai.net> Nathan F. Janette (nathan@nai.net) wrote: : Sorry to read about this bad luck with ppp 2.0. : I've been running it with a NeXTcube, NEXTSTEP 3.2, : and a Microcom V.34 modem for several weeks without : any significant problems. I had some minor config : hassles due to a weird prompt used by my Internet : provider, and once or twice the connection has died. : Otherwise, I get 28.8 solid connections every time. Really ? 28.8 every time. We got NeXTbox (pizza box) NeXTStep 3.2 and a Microcom, too. And we are using Digital Express. Would like to know more about this ppp 2.0 program and your setup. Where can I find the latest code of this ppp and what parameter, in your opinion, affect the throughput most ? Do I need to change things in /etc/host.config or netinfo to get things like e-mail working ? Thank you for any advice you can give.
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetBoot (BOOTP) questions... Date: 27 Jul 1995 09:37:58 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.806852030@mercury> Okay, so the Panic I receive turned out to be the thermal shutdown of my optical (the IDIOT in me took the fan away from the unit and my roommate and I have NEVER felt such a HOT machine in all our lives). Anyway, I still can't get my 030 to NetBoot. It comes up in ROM Monitor mode fine. The server machine boots fine. I installed BOOTPd on a Linux box on the same network and I tell my NetBoot client "ben" at the ROM Monitor and it finds a BOOTP host (the Linux box) and says "retrieving file /local/bootp/mach" and then it reports ".unknown binary format". I FTP'd it in binary, I set it to mode 755, owner 106 (not 0, but that shouldn't make a difference). I really need the thing to NetBoot off my other NeXT, because they share everything - case, power supply, and HD. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support KD4CYH on 145.29 CLT, 146.64 RTP 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 dcl@interpath.net For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: clake@ny.psca.com (Chad Lake) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,news.software.nntp Subject: trn works, newsgrazer bites the dust Date: 27 Jul 1995 14:01:51 -0400 Organization: Paradigm Systems Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3v8kaf$1mj@gollum.ny.psca.com> I recently migrated our news host from a NeXTStation Turbo running NS 3.3, INN1.4-SEC to a sparc 10 running Solaris 2.4. INN1.4-SEC. The setup for both installs of inn seem to be equivalent, and INN seems to be working fine on the new solaris box, at least I have been using trn off of it with no problems whatsoever (I'm using it now...) However, most of the people in our office have NeXTStations on their desks, and use NewsGrazer to read news. When I migrated INN to the Solaris machine, NewsGrazer started hanging when starting up. Using truss, I can see it connect, and try to do a "list", but it seems as if INN never responds- at least I don't see anything sent from the Solaris machine back to Newsgrazer. I can telnet from the next machine, and do a list fine. Here is the truss of innd when NewsGrazer attaches: ioctl(16, I_FIND, "sockmod") = 1 ioctl(16, I_FIND, "sockmod") = 1 fcntl(16, F_SETFL, 0x00000006) = 0 time() = 806867810 putmsg(3, 0xEFFFF0E0, 0xEFFFF0D4, 0) = 0 poll(0xEFFFDB20, 5, 300000) = 1 write(16, " 2 0 0 n y . p s c a .".., 61) = 61 poll(0xEFFFDB20, 5, 300000) = 1 read(16, " l i s t\n", 4095) = 5 poll(0xEFFFDB20, 5, 300000) (sleeping...) . . . Has anybody seen anything like this before? I would appreciate any help or ideas any of you might have. Thanks! chad -- Chad Lake Paradigm Systems Corporation (212) 850-8100 clake@ny.psca.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA (Magnan Francois) Subject: Re: Panic...HELP! In-Reply-To: dcl@mercury.interpath.net's message of 27 Jul 1995 00:48:58 -0400 Message-ID: <MAGNAN.95Jul27135802@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Sender: news@cc.umontreal.ca (Administration de Cnews) Organization: Universite de Montreal References: <dcl.806820296@mercury> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 17:58:01 GMT >>>>> "Tech" == Tech Support--Daniel <dcl@mercury.interpath.net> writes: Tech> ARGH! I've been trying all night to get my second Tech> motherboard to work. It starts up fine (to ROM Monitor) but Tech> that's it. I followed the directions for adding a second Tech> motherboard to a cube, and I've been having trouble getting Tech> BOOTP to work. NOW the second motherboard still gets to ROM Tech> Monitor mode just fine, but the first now PANICS! It's Tech> scanning the disk and it reports: Checking disks panic: (Cpu Tech> 0) od: empty q NeXT Rom Monitor 1.0 v41 panic: NeXT Mach Tech> 3.0: Wed Jul 29 19:43:28 PDT 1992: \ Tech> root(rcbuilder):mk-127.15/BUILD/RELEAS_M68K Anybody have ANY Tech> ideas why I can no longer boot my original board? Tech> Anybody have any firsthand experience with setting up these Tech> machines for NetBoot? Tech> ALL help will be greatly appreciated. Tech> Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support Tech> KD4CYH on 145.29 CLT, 146.64 RTP 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 Tech> dcl@interpath.net For account info, mail to: Tech> http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net I know the problem. I faced it once. Notice the panic reason: od: empty q This means: "optical drive empty..." (I don't actually know what it means but the optical drive is concerned). To fix it I just unplugged the power and the other connector of the optical drive. This way your system will boot. The best way, of course, would be to fix the optical drive. I just don't know how to do it. Anybody knows how to do it? Francois Magnan -- ______________________________________________________ Francois Magnan Departement de Mathematique & Statistiques Universite de Montreal email: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (MIME, NeXTMail Ok!)
From: deniseh@MCS.COM (Denise Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Q: tape backup program recommendations? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Date: 27 Jul 1995 14:37:42 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <3v8pu6$n97@Mars.mcs.com> References: <3v8go1$b9@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Gareth Bestor (bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu) wrote: : Does anyone have any recommendations for/against applications for tape : backup. At the moment we're just using plain-vanilla "tar -cv" with an : HP SCSI DAT tape drive. It works but its slow and tedious to recover stuff. : I've looked at TurboTar 0.9beta ($20) which seems really nice. It basically : uses tar with multiple tape filesystems and an index for fast restore. : However, it does not appear possible to recover stuff of the tape with only : tar and/or mt alone, which I require in case of a serious system crash. : I also took a look at enTar ($150) but again it doesn't appear possible to : recover anything without running the app :-( : I'd like something better than just tar but I have to be able to fall back : and use basic Unix commands (eg tar and mt) to recover stuff off the tape : if I have to. Any suggestions? Thanks, I highly recommend SafetyNet, from Systemix. One thing that's especially nice about it is that when it creates a backup tape, it also creates an index for the tape on your disk so that if you need to recover a file it can _very_ quickly find it on the tape. SafetyNet also makes it a snap to schedule regular backups. Write to info@systemix.com for more info. Denise (a very satisfied customer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0sb9ys-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 95 18:10:48 +0100 Subject: HP 3C as a HP ScanJeet II Cc: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > BTW, why is my scanning driver for HP scanners (Scantastic) >identifys my HP 3C as a HP ScanJeet II? Scantastic doesn't know any better, since it was made for the 2C/X BTW: Does ST work with the 3C **without** glitches??? Does it handle the higher 3C-res. correctly??? --- Greetings from .. Stefan .. Life has many different colors, but ------ REAL Computing is black! ***** (At least for the NeXT 3 yrs.) ***** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) Heading off to Siggraph and Object World 95 - beginning of Aug. -- Will be back in on the 24th of Aug. -- Just in case anybody cares! - I dont have WYWO installed, yet! Well, just an idea ;-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david@zion.com Subject: Intel GX config help Message-ID: <DCDMIG.1vH@zion.com> Keywords: GX config Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 13:23:04 GMT Anyone using a Intel Professional GX system? I'd like to know your setup in both EISA Configuration Utility and NeXT's Configure utility... I can't get my floppy working though I know it works fine in DOS. I also can't get the audio working - all I get is some noise. I've gone over the ECU and Config settings numerous times but can't seem to track down the problem. I have a Intel Pro GX rev6? with 24 mb ram (2x4, 2x8) 1.1 gb scsi HD (fujitsu internal) DPT 2122 eisa controller card with internal scsi. ATI built in 2mb vram video. Intel Ethernet PRO/10 card. MS ps/2 mouse. ps/2 keyboard. When I Check for Disks on a "good" DOS disk, I get: probing for CDROM probing for DOS probing for cdaudio unix_rw: read/write: Invalid argument macfs: ERROR: mac unix_read_write: FAILED on second i/o probing for mac in the Console, then a panel pops up and says "it's safe to eject the disk"... Thanks for any ideas! David Ferrero david@zion.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <mt1!stwo@netcom.com> From: Dennis Warn <mt1!stwo@netcom.com> Message-ID: <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 11:21:21 -0700 Subject: How to use uudecode on incoming mail I received the following mail and need help with how to use UUDECODE on the data: _________________________________________________________________ The following is an attached File item from cc:Mail. It contains eight bit information which had to be encoded to insure successful trans- mission through various mail systems. To decode the file use the UUDECODE program. --------------------------------- Cut Here --------------------------------- begin 644 02552a.tst M0T-!+3`P,C4U,B!2158@02!415-4(%!/24Y4(%)%4$]25`T*#0H]/2`@3F5T M(&)Y($YE="!3=6UM87)Y(#T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T] M/3T]#0H@("`@("`@("`@($Y%5"`@("`@(%194$4@($-O;W)D:6YA=&4@*%@L M62D-"B`@("`@("`@("`M+2TM+2`@("`@+2TM+2`@+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM M+0T*("`@("`@("`@861D,%\Q("`@("!J,2TS-2`S-3`N,#`P,"`@,S`P-2XP (etc...) _________________________________________________________________ How do I decode this data? Do I use a terminal into UNIX? Help please!! Dennis L. Warn
From: hbott@esu.edu (Howard B Ott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem hangs up on connect??? Date: 27 Jul 1995 22:17:56 GMT Organization: East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania Message-ID: <3v93ak$972@jake.esu.edu> Does any one have any ideas? It happens with tip, kermit etc. TIA -- Berk Ott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: copper.pdh.com!kim (Kim Ortiz) Subject: JOB:CA, San Jose:System and Database Administrator Message-ID: <DCE1GL.3CJ@pdh.com> Keywords: Oracle, Sybase, UNIX, SUN, NeXT, NEXTSTEP, OpenStep, Slip, SA, Sys Admin Sender: kim@pdh.com (Kim Ortiz) Organization: PDH, Inc. Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 18:46:00 GMT Company: PDH, Inc. Position: System and Database Administrator Location: San Jose, California (near the San Jose Airport) Qualifications: Required: *** US CITIZENSHIP **** BS in Computer Science or 4+ years experience 2+ years experience with UNIX, preferably SUN Desired: NeXT, SUN, Oracle, Sybase backup procedures Oracle/Sybase database administration Knowledge of NeXT Mail and Net Info NeXT Graphical User Interface for system administration SLIP, modem access and TCP/IP Networking SUN Yellow Pages and SUN patches Building kernels Software and hardware installation UNIX, Solaris, SUN O/S, NEXTSTEP, Oracle and Sybase knowledge Web Servers/Firewalls Windows NT/OLE Duties: PDH has an exceptional opportunity for a system/database administrator. This job will expand your experience with NeXT ,SUN and DEC system administration as well as Oracle and Sybase DBA. We are looking for immediate SUN/UNIX system administration support and PDH will provide you the NeXT, Sybase, and Oracle training, if needed. You will provide system and database administration support for a group of engineers. This position involves performing backups, maintaining network integrity, supporting remote access, maintaining current software releases, and supporting configuration requirements for PDH engineering needs. You will have the authority to purchase and install software and hardware from third party vendors. In general, you will be required to support our internal network. PDH is expanding to Windows/NT'95, OLE and OSF/DCE. Environment: PDH, Inc. is a small software development company specializing in object-oriented, client-server, systems solutions using NEXTSTEP. You will support a network of less than 20 Next/Intel workstations, 2 SUN SPARC servers, and remote access. This is an excellent opportunity to be immediately challenged. PDH provides excellent vacation, health, 401K and disability benefits. The work attire is casual and the hours are flexible. PDH, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Contact: Personnel Department Vox: (408) 428-9596 Fax: (408) 428-9599 E-mail: personnel@pdh.com (NeXT Mail welcome)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ) Subject: Re: restoring lost /etc files --SOLVED!!!! Message-ID: <71FB173001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 27 Jul 95 17:14:00 EDT Thanks to the help of Marc Majka of NeXT, I have been able to restore the files in my /etc folder. Sincere thanks to all those who offered suggestions and/or sympathy. To recap the problem: the files in /etc disappeared (the folder itself was still there). I copied most of the needed files from /usr/template/client/etc except the ones which are linked from /usr/etc. Before I could do the linking, the NeXT froze up. When I tried to reboot, it failed because it was looking for the /etc/init and /etc/mach_init program. Booting into single user mode failed the same way. The simple answer: I could have simply re-installed from the CD or booted from the CD. Since I do not have access to a CD drive for a black NeXT, it was going to be difficult to do. Mark told me about a little known flag to use at the NeXT prompt of the ROM monitor. That is the "-i" flag, such as: bsd -i -s (as documented in: /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/09_StartShut.rtfd) which prompts for which init to use. When I put in /usr/etc/init it went into single user mode for me. Entering: mount -o remount /dev/sd0a / made the system non-read-only. Then I manually linked the files (I was lucky enough to get a listing of all the files which are in the /etc which are linked to files in /usr/etc). The only remaining problem was that I need to copy one of the fstab.* files from /usr/template/client/etc/ to /etc/. I rebooted and the system came up and asked me to select the language and keyboard, and then went into the 'me' account. Since I had read the csn-* newsgroups, I knew to set the 'me' password and logout. Another reboot and I could login as root (no root password!!!) and now things are up and running. Again, thanks to all those who offered help, especially Marc, who answered about 10 email messages from me today, asking more and more specific questions as we neared the answer. Thanks, TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma g30crc@ptsem.ptsmail.edu (ASCII only) PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS: luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME OK, no NeXTMail yet please)
From: darren@omni.cyberstore.com (Darren Reely) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.nextstep,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to get Nextstep 3.2 to use Logitec Serial Mouse Date: 28 Jul 1995 08:04:50 GMT Organization: Cyberstore Systems, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3va5n2$onh@sulla.cyberstore.ca> References: <3utr7k$s79@wally2.hti.net> I have some notes from the compatibility guide that may help you. Bus mouse - non serial (Logitech Mouseman), (not serial Logitech type C) Logitech Compatible Bus Mouse Setup and Installation; Set the jumper JMP1 to IRQ 5 before installing the Logitech Bus Mouse interface card. Then NEXTSTEP can recognize the presence of the device automatically. Logitec bus mice with model number M-SR14 are known not to work on some systems. M-SF14 mice (among others) are known to work. NEXTSTEP does not support the Microsoft Bus Mouse because the specifications to the mouse are proprietary. Darren @ dreely@cyberstore.com
From: esterbro@vt.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Can NEXTSTEP disks be repaired? (need help desparately) Date: 28 Jul 1995 14:35:00 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> Introduction: A rude installation package formatted the first 3% of a SCSI NEXTSTEP disk for DOS. Of course, the disk had important files. Of course it was not completely backed up because I wasn't expecting this. Can I patch the disk somehow? Here is the detailed account for those of you who are interested: I have a Pentium machine with 1 GB EIDE drive and 1 GB SCSI drive. The EIDE has a 150 MB partition with a minimal installation of NEXTSTEP 3.3. The other 874 MB was unallocated. The SCSI had a 1 GB partition with a complete installation of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and my important files. My goal was to install DOS 6.2 to the EIDE 874 MB partition. In my computer's setup I set the EIDE to be enabled. When I do this the EIDE becomes the C: drive and the SCSI becomes D: (as the SCSI ROM BIOS reports at start up). I inserted the DOS setup disk in drive A: which successfully booted. It kindly asked me if I wanted to use the unallocated portion of the disk for DOS. I said "YES" afterwhich it formatted it. No problem there. >>> Then without any prompt or even a warning it immediately <<< >>> began formatting drive D: for DOS! I stopped it after <<< >>> three percent. <<< Now when I boot the NEXTSTEP on EIDE it tries to mount the SCSI drive. I get the panel, "Disk is unreadable - [Ignore] [Initialize]" I choose ignore and the disk is mounted as a DOS disk containing no files. I know my data is still there on the disk. I need it. Can I repair the SCSI by copying the first 30 MB of my NEXTSTEP-EIDE over the SCSI disk and set the partition ID? At work I have a 512 MB SCSI disk, if this might make a better source image. How do i-nodes factor into this? I'm a programmer with NEXTSTEP and some PC-ROM experience. But I am a disk repair novice. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Please reply directly to esterbro@vt.edu. -Chuck Esterbrook Orca Computer, Inc.
From: rragner@stingray.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use uudecode Date: 28 Jul 1995 15:18:41 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <3vav4h$63b@news.iastate.edu> References: <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> In article <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> Dennis Warn <mt1!stwo@netcom.com> writes: > I received the following mail and need help with how to use UUDECODE on the data: > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The following is an attached File item from cc:Mail. It contains > eight bit information which had to be encoded to insure successful trans- > mission through various mail systems. To decode the file use the UUDECODE > program. > --------------------------------- Cut Here --------------------------------- > begin 644 02552a.tst > M0T-!+3`P,C4U,B!2158@02!415-4(%!/24Y4(%)%4$]25`T*#0H]/2`@3F5T > M(&)Y($YE="!3=6UM87)Y(#T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T] > M/3T]#0H@("`@("`@("`@($Y%5"`@("`@(%194$4@($-O;W)D:6YA=&4@*%@L > M62D-"B`@("`@("`@("`M+2TM+2`@("`@+2TM+2`@+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM > M+0T*("`@("`@("`@861D,%\Q("`@("!J,2TS-2`S-3`N,#`P,"`@,S`P-2XP > > (etc...) > _________________________________________________________________ > > How do I decode this data? Do I use a terminal into UNIX? Help please!! > > Dennis L. Warn Dennis, If you have NEXTSTEP 3.3, then there is a Mail Message->Decode Foriegn Attachment works perfectly. If you have NEXTSTEP 3.2, the select the block of uuencoded text, copy it to the pasteboard (press Command-c), open a Terminal window and type the "paste | uudecode" command (without the quotes) and the document (in the above example 02552a.tst) will appear in the folder which is the current directory in the Terminal window. -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Backing up multiple drives Message-ID: <1995Jul27.093150.45217@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 27 Jul 95 09:31:50 MET References: <3v4tpv$5pm@raffles.technet.sg> Michael Chan <mchan@technet.sg> wrote: > Anyone knows how to use DUMP to backup multiple hard drives onto one tape drive in NeXTStep? The DUMP command seems to accept only one source device only but not multiple source devices. Write to the non-rewindable device (/dev/nr?t?) then rewind after the last dump (mt -f /dev/nr?t? rewind) -Robert --- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Starting a Program from Boot Message-ID: <1995Jul27.101106.45218@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 27 Jul 95 10:11:06 MET References: <0k5dll200iMa01NEk0@andrew.cmu.edu> "Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> wrote: > I have a NeXTstation that I would like to have go immediately into the desktop after booting and start an application. I know this is possible if you have no password file (the "me" account) but I would like to preserve that security. > Also, when applications start up through the preferences in the Workspace manager, they don't have they don't get the focus... Workspace remains in the foreground. > Is there a way to do this? > Thanks! > Jeremy Mereness > FAST Laboratory > GSIA If you are running 3.3, yes - sort of. You will still, however, have to login as you wish to keep the password. (There is a workaround if you have an account without a password, set this to be the default login account with 'dwrite loginwindow DefaultName name' as superuser) Then you can set the loginwindow to call a custom program or script to start only the applications you want for just the user you want. For more information, check the online manual (or paper manual) under 'NeXT System Administration', '09_StartShut', 'Customizing Login and Logout' -Robert --- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: shenning@Cornell-Iowa.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) Date: 28 Jul 1995 14:27:15 GMT Organization: Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA, USA Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vas43$52t@nexus.uiowa.edu> Hi, I have an Intel P90 with an Adaptec 1542c SCSI card. The device driver I am using is the Adaptec 154x Series SCSI Adapter (v3.31). I also have a Sound Blaster 16 whose drivers used to crash a lot when there was a lot of disk access, but this happens very infrequently since I installed the 3.32 driver. The problem is that occasionally when I am listening to a CD or reading data from a CD and access the hard drive the machine freezes up. About 30 seconds later it resets the SCSI bus. There are two instances when this happens most. 1) When I am listening to a CD and save (alt-s), usually in Edit. 2) When I am listening to a CD and start another program by clicking on its icon. It has never happened when I was accessing the disk through a terminal with vi or other programs. Below I have clippings of two occurrences from /private/adm/messages. I am sure there are a lot more in the old log files, but I have not gone hunting for them. If you have any ideas about how to fix this problem please let me know as it is the one thing I haven't been able to figure out. Thanks. ===== /private/adm/messages transcript ===== Jul 26 16:37:36 leibniz mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-902) Jul 26 16:37:36 leibniz mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-902) Jul 26 16:39:06 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:06 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd1: NOT READY; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd1: NOT READY; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: AHA timeout Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: AHA timeout Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz last message repeated 4 times Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:459024 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:60736 blockCount: 16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:244848 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:243872 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:244112 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:244128 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd0: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:459024 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:67(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:39:44 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:67(d) (UNDEFINED) ----------- Jul 26 16:44:22 leibniz mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-902) Jul 26 16:44:27 leibniz last message repeated 3 times Jul 26 16:44:35 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:44:35 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd1: NOT READY; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:66(d) (UNDEFINED) Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: AHA timeout Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:1736032 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: Bus Reset Detected; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:279264 blockCount: 16 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: Bus Reset Detected; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:740384 blockCount: 16 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: Bus Reset Detected; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:1739008 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: Bus Reset Detected; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:1327328 blockCoun t:6 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: Bus Reset Detected; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:1466848 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: sd0: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:12 leibniz mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:1736032 blockCount :16 Jul 26 16:45:14 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:14 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:Test unit ready Jul 26 16:45:14 leibniz mach: sd1: UNIT ATTENTION; Retrying. Jul 26 16:45:14 leibniz mach: target:2 lun:0 op:Test unit ready -- [ Shawn P. Henning ][ Phone: ] [ Cornell College, Box 563 ][ 319.895.8940 ] [ 600 1st Street West ][ Maildrop: ] [ Mount Vernon, IA 52314 ][ shenning@cornell-iowa.edu ] [_______http://wwwcsc.Cornell-Iowa.edu/~shenning/_______]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: installing 3.3 on compaq with PCMCIA and SCSI Message-ID: <1995Jul27.123511.45219@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 27 Jul 95 12:35:10 MET Hello I'm desperately trying to install NEXTSTEP 3.3 on a Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL with the Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA adapter, but cannot locate a driver on the NeXT-suplied driver diskett, nor on the NeXT www server. The NeXTAnswers do mention that hot swapping with the SlimSCSI adapter is not possible, so I assume that the appropriate driver(s) is(are) available. But where? I'm currently only borrowing the portable, so I don't have all the time on earth to hunt around - I'm sure someone can tell me which driver(s) to get and how to properly set up the drivers diskett so that I can install 3.3 on that machine. Many thanks in advance -Robert --- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: dominik@blackmagic (Dominik Westner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Stuck sendmail processes - HELP! Date: 27 Jul 1995 19:28:56 GMT Organization: TeDoc, Munich, Germany Message-ID: <3v8pdo$f8@blackmagic.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <bfbakerDC8F4p.H1q@netcom.com> <RDL.95Jul24192924@world.std.com> Hi, I experienced the same problem. But I did not find a solution. I get mail via uucp either using the serial port or over ppp/tcp. I just get problems when receiving via the serial port while it works fine when I receive mail over the tcp port. Someone told me that this is due to a bug in uucp which won't correctely close the serial port. A workaround is to disable uucp from executing rmail. Run uuxqt ervery 15 min from a cron job. I did not try it, but it might work. Dominik > In article <bfbakerDC8F4p.H1q@netcom.com> bfbaker@netcom.com (Technom Enterprises Inc) writes: > Greetings, > We are having a problem with our incoming mail (via uucp) getting stuck. > A ps shows a sendmail process for each mail that was supposed to be > delivered, but the processes don't terminate and the mail doesn't > appear. If the system is rebooted, or the sendmail processes are killed > manually, the mail gets delivered. The processes look like this in ps: > /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -fworld.std.com!bmwmc-digest-approval@potogold -i bbaker > The problem seems to have appeared after we upgraded to 3.3. Our mail servers > are Canon Object.station 41's, with various black and white client machines. > If anyone has any ideas about what is causing this and what we can do about > it, we'd be most grateful. > Thanks, > Brian Baker > bbaker@technom.com --- --- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" __________________________________________________Willi, the painter Munich, Germany (+49) +89 12392322 [Fax & Phone] UNI: westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] HOME: dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] -- --- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" __________________________________________________Willi, the painter Munich, Germany (+49) +89 12392322 [Fax & Phone] UNI: westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] HOME: dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime]
From: dominik@blackmagic (Dominik Westner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: zmodem for NeXStep Date: 27 Jul 1995 19:41:06 GMT Organization: TeDoc, Munich, Germany Message-ID: <3v8q4i$f8@blackmagic.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <3uei6d$6cp@uwm.edu> aragorn@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Steve J White) wrote: > I am in need of a copy of zmodem for running in NeXTStep 3.2 (at the UNIX level, not an app. for NeXTStep). > I've gotten hold of a couple of different versions of source code but, not being much of a C hacker, haven't been able to get these to successfully compile. If you have anything or know of anything that will work please let me know via e-mail and I'll post a follow-up to this newsgroup. > - Steven Hi Steven, the easiest way is to pull TipTop-Supplement.1.5.NIH.bs.tar.gz from one of the archives. (e.g. ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/communication There are a lot of ready compiled free/shareware utilities provided free of charge in this package. Source is included too. Have fun Dominik --- --- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" __________________________________________________Willi, the painter Munich, Germany (+49) +89 12392322 [Fax & Phone] UNI: westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] HOME: dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] -- --- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" __________________________________________________Willi, the painter Munich, Germany (+49) +89 12392322 [Fax & Phone] UNI: westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] HOME: dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime]
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is Next fixing NS3.3 lookupd? Date: 28 Jul 1995 15:25:37 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3vavhh$jvb@www.its.com> References: <DCCvvK.MD2@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> phn2n@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Paul H. Nguyen) wrote: > Does anyone know if fixing lookupd and releasing a patch for 3.3 users a > high priority for NeXT? I would suspect so, yes. > Or is there a fix for the name lookup problem? You can replace the 3.3 lookupd with the 3.2 lookupd; this'll run slower but work much more correctly. Or you can get BIND-4.9.3, build libresolv, and rebuild client applications from that library in order to avoid going through lookupd and NetInfo for DNS lookups. If lookupd is a bottleneck in your system (is it ever *not* a bottleneck!?!), this is the more effective solution. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] forcing people the Next machine? Date: 28 Jul 1995 16:51:07 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3vb4hr$jvb@www.its.com> References: <3v777o$k8t@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3v77a4$k95@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > How do I force people off my system as root? You can kill their shells. You better have an awfully good reason for doing so, however-- that's not going to be received very well by those who have gotten forcefully kicked off. "shutdown -k" is probably a much nicer way of getting people off; read the manpage. > And how to keep an inactivity timer on the system... > Do I need third party applicatin for this? help??? I don't know of a solution for that, but why bother? An inactive login will consume almost zero system resources, except a little swap space. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: deniseh@MCS.COM (Denise Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use uudecode on incoming mail Date: 28 Jul 1995 13:39:01 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <3vbas5$brj@Venus.mcs.com> References: <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> Dennis Warn (mt1!stwo@netcom.com) wrote: : I received the following mail and need help with how to use UUDECODE on the data: : : _________________________________________________________________ : The following is an attached File item from cc:Mail. It contains : eight bit information which had to be encoded to insure successful trans- : mission through various mail systems. To decode the file use the UUDECODE : program. : --------------------------------- Cut Here --------------------------------- : begin 644 02552a.tst : M0T-!+3`P,C4U,B!2158@02!415-4(%!/24Y4(%)%4$]25`T*#0H]/2`@3F5T : M(&)Y($YE="!3=6UM87)Y(#T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T]/3T] : M/3T]#0H@("`@("`@("`@($Y%5"`@("`@(%194$4@($-O;W)D:6YA=&4@*%@L : M62D-"B`@("`@("`@("`M+2TM+2`@("`@+2TM+2`@+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM : M+0T*("`@("`@("`@861D,%\Q("`@("!J,2TS-2`S-3`N,#`P,"`@,S`P-2XP : (etc...) : _________________________________________________________________ : How do I decode this data? Do I use a terminal into UNIX? Help please!! You have three options, here. The easiest of these is if you have TickleServices installed on your system. There is a TickleService which I can send you which was written expressly for your situation, so that all you have to do is select the uuencoded text from the "begin" to the "end" and select Services->Mail->Uudecode Text. Another option is if you have Opener installed on your system. In this case you can copy and paste the uuencoded text from the "begin" to the "end" to a file, save it as foo.uu, and then double-click on the file. Opener will uudecode it for you. Finally, if you don't have either of these apps, you at least have the plain old Unix "uudecode" command on your system. Copy and paste the uuencoded text from the "begin" to the "end" to a file, save it as foo.uu. Then from a command line prompt enter: uudecode foo.uu Cheers-- Denise
From: naj@fraxinus.fast.net (M. `Naj' Najarian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use uudecode on incoming mail Date: 28 Jul 1995 19:40:14 GMT Organization: via FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Services Message-ID: <3vbeeu$m4r@nn.fast.net> References: <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> <3vbas5$brj@Venus.mcs.com> Dennis Warn (mt1!stwo@netcom.com) wrote: : I received the following mail and need help with how to use UUDECODE on the data: [snip] And Denise Howard (deniseh@MCS.COM) replied: : You have three options, here. Actually, there's a forth option. If you're running NS 3.3 (or, actually, just NS 3.3's Mail.app: it works quite well under NS3.2): Message->Decode Foreign Attachment You needn't select anything. Just click, click. Wheee! Naj.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: andreas@hp-andi.esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) Subject: Re: [HELP] forcing people the Next machine? Message-ID: <DCF597.8F@esag.ch> Sender: news@esag.ch Organization: Trinex AG, Sissach, CH References: <3v777o$k8t@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3v77a4$k95@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 09:05:30 GMT thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > How do I force people off my system as root? And how to keep > an inactivity timer on the system... Do I need third party applicatin > for this? help??? What about killing their shells (e.g. after trying to talk(1) to them and ask them to go). Or do you want to have that job be done automatically? What about disabling their logins? Andreas
From: madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: want a user with a password that can't logon or ftp Date: 28 Jul 1995 19:16:25 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <3vbd29$h33@gap.cco.caltech.edu> For the IPT Appleshare fileserver to allow guest logins, I need an account guest with password guest. However, I would like that account to not allow logins or ftp access. I figure that there must be something I can put in the shell field to do that, but I don't know what. Apparently if I put something there that's not in /etc/shells, then ftpd won't allow a log in. However, UserManager won't let me do that. Perhaps NetInfoManager will if I can find the right directory, but I still don't know what to put there. Any suggestions? Thanks. mark
From: ved@uclink.berkeley.edu (Vedran Luka Degoricija) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.3 FIP and mounting partitions on 4Gb drive Date: 28 Jul 1995 19:22:52 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <3vbdec$9vf@agate.berkeley.edu> I've partitioned my drive (Quantum Grand Prix) into 4 ~1Gb partitions. 1st- Solaris x86/ufs primary 2nd- DOS/fat primary /dev/sd0h 3rd- NS3.3/bsd primary /dev/sd0a 4th- DOS/fat primary NS automatically mounts the first dos partition, and not the second one. I've tried doing it manually with all the possible letters available for the device sd0, but no luck. In fdisk, it sees all the partitions, however. Do I need a disktab entry for such a large drive? NextAnswers was slightly ambiguous, but it seemed that only v3.2 needed it and not v3.3. If I do need the disktab entry, how should I figure out the lenghts of all the partitions in blocks? Thanks.
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing between two domains Date: 28 Jul 1995 19:24:41 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vbdhp$4d8@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> I have two NeXTs that are in two separate domains. I wish to be able to print from a NeXT in one domain to a NeXT in the other domain. Each machine has a Local_Printer on it and are connected via the Internet. One machine is in a Netinfo domain, while the other is not in a Netinfo domain, nor do I wish to connect the domains. How do I implement this "cross-printing" if I wish to? - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
From: root@rtcc_server.globalx.net (RADium Technology Centre (Canada)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: /dev/pp0 printing problem SOLVED!! Date: 28 Jul 1995 19:59:21 GMT Organization: Global-X-Change Message-ID: <3vbfip$8c0@news.globalx.net> For those who were wondering, here is the solution that was given to me: [... Portions deleted for brevity ...] After a lot of tries I found where the problem was. Disabling the Power Savings on the motherboard BIOS killed the problem. [... deleted for brevity ...] Wish you luck, Fernando Birra --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernando Pedro Birra | email: fpb@fct.unl.pt Departamento de Informatica | fpb@uninova.pt Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia | Office: +351 1 3500 275 Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Home: +351 1 297 3542 2825 Monte Caparica | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried his solution of disabling power management, which was active for the parallel port, and lo and behold, my printer now works like a charm!! Thanks, Fernando, and everyone else who replied!! Stephen MacDougall --- RADium Technology Centre (Canada) radium@globalx.net
From: lakeman@is.com (Brian Lakeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: vgrind and 3.3 Date: 25 Jul 1995 17:07:56 GMT Organization: Minnesota OnLine Message-ID: <3v38dc$ha@maude.state.net> Keywords: vgrind I recently upgraded to 3.3 and now vgrind doesn't work. Is there a fix for this? -Brian -- Brian Lakeman lakeman@is.com Software Engineer NeXTMail OK (612) 223-8474 voice Integrity Solutions MIME OK (612) 223-8481 fax
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] forcing people the Next machine? Date: 29 Jul 1995 02:03:27 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <3vc4tf$bnt@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <3v777o$k8t@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3v77a4$k95@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <DCF597.8F@esag.ch> In article <DCF597.8F@esag.ch> andreas@hp-andi.esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) writes: >thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: >> How do I force people off my system as root? And how to keep >> an inactivity timer on the system... Do I need third party applicatin >> for this? help??? > >What about killing their shells (e.g. after trying to talk(1) to them and >ask them to go). Or do you want to have that job be done automatically? >What about disabling their logins? I think I should explain a little... I usally check to see if anyone is on my system by typing "who". A bunch of people showed us. Unfortunately, some of them are simply not on the system (they were, but unexpectively got disconnected), yet their name is still in the system as one of the logged in with inactivity of over 20 hours. Now, I need something to automatically stop and log someone out after 3 hours of inactivity. -TKH '95
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Screen lock availability ? Date: 27 Jul 1995 19:40:58 GMT Organization: EDS Technology Architecture Message-ID: <3v8q4a$okc@hobbes.tad.eds.com> Does Nextstep v3.2 for x86 have a password protected screen saver ? What about v3.3 ? --- Keith kcombs@tad.eds.com
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use uudecode on incoming mail Date: 29 Jul 1995 02:31:31 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vc6i3$lfr@emerald.oz.net> References: <3vbas5$brj@Venus.mcs.com> In article <3vbas5$brj@Venus.mcs.com> deniseh@MCS.COM (Denise Howard) writes: > Dennis Warn (mt1!stwo@netcom.com) wrote: > : I received the following mail and need help with how to use UUDECODE on the data: > : How do I decode this data? Do I use a terminal into UNIX? Help please!! > > You have three options, here. > Well, maybe four :-) > The easiest of these is if you have TickleServices installed on your system. > There is a TickleService which I can send you which was written expressly > for your situation, so that all you have to do is select the uuencoded text > from the "begin" to the "end" and select Services->Mail->Uudecode Text. > No need to get all fancy. Just create a simple Terminal service which will work just as well without the need to add anything to the system. Here's my ~/.NeXT/Terminal.svcs entries (note that they would need to be modified for csh since these are for bash) 32 1 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 Uuencode (filepath=%s; file=`basename $filepath`; cd `expr "$filepath" : '\\(.*\\)/.*'`; uuencode $file $file >| $file.uu) 32 1 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 Uudecode (filepath=%s; file=`basename $filepath`; cd `expr "$filepath" : '\\(.*\\)/.*'`; uudecode $file) --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: sitarama@cps.msu.edu (Kocherlakota Sitarama) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes Date: 28 Jul 1995 23:08:40 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <3vbqlo$1g9e@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <3uvmvr$d8@multiversum.multiversum.com> <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Yes. We have the same problem. In our case the blackbox is also a DNS server. ps -aux hangs etc. Remote logins are delayed. Help! Swamy Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Alexander Spohr (Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com) wrote: : : Hi there! : : I have a black turbo NetInfo-server with ppp. It ran fine for half a year. Now : : a problem arised at login. : : I get the login-prompt (loginwindow or getty), type my name.... and wait and : : wait and wait... and after MINUTES (maybe 5 - 10) the machine lets me in by : : asking for Password. If the machine is in this bad state and i try rlogin I get : : a timeout before the Password: prompt comes up :-( : : What is it? A screwed NetInfo? A bad PPP? : lookupd? : Is your nameserver up and running? : Are you experiencing other lockups, like when doing ps aux/ls -l? : Axel : -- : Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// : Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( : D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / : Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NSfIP 3.2 problems partitioning SCSI drive Date: 29 Jul 1995 01:29:13 -0400 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Message-ID: <3vcgv9$pd0@geog25.umd.edu> I'm running a system on which I'm using both NEXTSTEP and OS/2. I've got two hard drives. /dev/sd0 contains a 1 meg OS/2 BootManager partition and the rest is partitioned and in use under NEXTSTEP. The second drive had a small DOS primary partition and OS/2 in an extended partition. In trying to optimize usage of my drive space, I'd like to create another primary partition on the second drive to use as primary swapspace under NEXTSTEP. Originally I repartitioned the second drive so it had 16 megs of free space at the end, then used NEXTSTEP's fdisk to create an NS partition out of that space. Despite many efforts to create a valid disktab entry (based on info from scsimodes) to handle this partition, after writing the disk label and newfs'ing the partition, rebooting always gives an "Invalid Disk Label" for sd1. So I decided to try a different tack -- I got rid of all the partitions and the disktab entry, used fdisk to create a 16 meg NS partition at the beginning of the drive. After creating the partition, I wrote out a new label with disk and then newfs'd it. Lo, I finally got the partition to mount! Only one problem: NS is convinced that this is a 32meg partition, though checking the partition table still shows a 16 meg partition with 494 megs free (on the 510 meg drive). So the question is, why is NEXTSTEP convinced that this is a 32 meg partition? Is there anyway around this? Should I give up and leave the whole drive dedicated to OS/2? Thanks, Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | Pithy, insightful quote to be inserted when one | |jburka@glue.umd.edu | occurs to me. *If* one occurs to me. | |http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jeffy/html/home.html |
From: Jacob Nielsen <jacob@dannug.dk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need more space: Does NeXTStep allow 2 drives? Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 10:41:16 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <950728124116.197AAE+E.jacob@jnext> References: <3v8ckj$l6k@wizard.uark.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Robert, get a correct From header... There's no problem using multiple disk drives with NEXTSTEP. (I have 3 drives connected at the moment :-) However, remember that NEXTSTEP can't handle partions with more than 2GB each... Insert an entry in /etc/fstab for the disks, reboot and you're ready. Jacob > From: "Robert R. Reynolds" <rrr> > Subject: Need more space: Does NeXTStep allow 2 drives? > Date: 27 Jul 1995 15:50:43 GMT > > I have an '040 slab running NS 3.2. I need additional disk space > and would like to simply add another external disk. I recall > posts indicating that NS balkes at dual partition drives and > wondered if this extended to 2 physical drives. > > I've done this on other systems: internal disk for boot and system > software and the external for user files, etc. > > If anyone has positive or negative experience with such a > configuration, please drop me a note before I invest in the disk. > > Thank you, > Bob > > -- Jacob Nielsen jacob@dannug.dk Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio. I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. HORACE
From: konrad@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at (Konrad Neuwirth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Screen lock availability ? Date: 29 Jul 1995 13:32:24 GMT Organization: Univ. of Vienna, Dept. of Statistics, OR and Computer Methods Message-ID: <3vdd98$1grq@ftp.univie.ac.at> References: <3v8q4a$okc@hobbes.tad.eds.com> Keith Combs (kcombs@tad.eds.com) wrote: > Does Nextstep v3.2 for x86 have a password protected > screen saver ? What about v3.3 ? Yes, BackSpace.app. It's in there somewhere . . . //konrad -- Konrad Neuwirth Finger me for more information. ------ I repeat: The medium is the medium, the message is the message. We apologize for an earlier, incorrect version of that statement.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Printing between two domains In-Reply-To: woo@ornl.gov's message of 28 Jul 1995 19:24:41 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul29110536@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3vbdhp$4d8@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 15:05:36 GMT You need to create two printcap entries. One in NetInfo (for the machine using it) and one in /etc/printcap (for the other.) Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3vbdhp$4d8@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) writes: I have two NeXTs that are in two separate domains. I wish to be able to print from a NeXT in one domain to a NeXT in the other domain. Each machine has a Local_Printer on it and are connected via the Internet. One machine is in a Netinfo domain, while the other is not in a Netinfo domain, nor do I wish to connect the domains. How do I implement this "cross-printing" if I wish to? - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jspears@weston.com (Wes Spears) Subject: Another Filter or Processor in the Print Queue Pipe Message-ID: <1995Jul29.030800.16822@weston.com> Sender: jspears@weston.com (Wes Spears) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 03:08:00 GMT I have a program on an RS/6000 that will produce different output but not Postscript. It will produce HP Laserjet Stuff. I would like to set up a printer or queue on one of the NEXTSTEP machines to use the hp2ps utility to print to several of the next printers. Can someone tell me how to do it, or point me to good documentation. Thanks Wes -- Wes Spears | NeXTMail Welcome jspears@weston.com | MIME MAil Welcome The Weston Group | 8524 Highway 6 North, 162 | Voice (713) 827-2650
From: jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jerry Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: /dev/pp0 printing problem SOLVED!! Date: 29 Jul 1995 04:42:45 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL Message-ID: <3vce85$icc@news.acns.nwu.edu> References: <3vbfip$8c0@news.globalx.net> In article <3vbfip$8c0@news.globalx.net>, RADium Technology Centre (Canada) <root@rtcc_server.globalx.net> wrote: >For those who were wondering, here is the solution that was given to me: > >[... Portions deleted for brevity ...] > >After a lot of tries I found where the problem was. Disabling the Power >Savings on the motherboard BIOS killed the problem. > >[... deleted for brevity ...] > >Fernando Birra > >I tried his solution of disabling power management, which was active for >the parallel port, and lo and behold, my printer now works like a charm!! > >Thanks, Fernando, and everyone else who replied!! > >Stephen MacDougall > So in addition to having 4 varieties of Parallel Port interfaces, we've got to deal with these darn green features buggering up the works. Hey you darn BIOS/Motherboard Manufacturers, I've got better things to do than work out 4 gigazillion different permutations of feature settings to find the one that works with my software. Sheezz, the next guy who designs/"improves" a new CPU bus architecture should be forced program on it 20 hours/day for a year before he is allowed to release it on an unsuspecting world. Jerry "who thinks that cpu bus design hit its peek with Q/Unibus" Weiss -- Jerry S. Weiss j-weiss@nwu.edu Dept. Medicine, Northwestern Univ. Medical School, Chicago, Illinois %SYSTEM-S-PHALOKTARG, Phasers Locked on Target, Ready to Fire
From: Cavery <cavery@cais.cais.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Satan and Tripwire Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 14:55:35 -0400 Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950729145314.3909A-100000@cais.cais.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Has anyone run Satan against a Nextstation with Nextstep 3.2 installed? I would be interested in the results. Also, if anyone has compiled and run tripwire on a Nextstation, I would be interested in learning what you think about it as a security enhancement. Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: andreas@hp-andi.esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) Subject: Re: Q: tape backup program recommendations? Message-ID: <DCFDH2.Mv@esag.ch> Sender: news@esag.ch Organization: Trinex AG, Sissach, CH References: <3v8go1$b9@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 12:03:02 GMT I suggest using dump and restore. Available on every Unix system and not as bad as one could think. Especially the interactive restore is quite convenient. You can move on the tape like on a disk (using cd), list the files in the directories (ls) and select which ones to restore. All this is surprisingly quite quick. At the end you give the restore command (this of course takes quite a while), and that's it. Much more convenient than tar, in my opinion. Suggested reading: dump(8), restore(8), the "Backing up multiple drives" thread in this newsgroup Andreas e to the desired position using mt. Drop me an Email if you need more details. manual references: mt(1), st(4) [valid for NS3.3, I found them searching with Librarian for "tape" in ManPages]. Andreas
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: phn2n@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Paul R. Starks) Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes Message-ID: <DCI7IH.286@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia References: <3uvmvr$d8@multiversum.multiversum.com> <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 00:47:05 GMT In article <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, Axel Habermann <kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote: >Alexander Spohr (Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com) wrote: >: Hi there! >: I have a black turbo NetInfo-server with ppp. It ran fine for half a year. Now >: a problem arised at login. >: I get the login-prompt (loginwindow or getty), type my name.... and wait and >: wait and wait... and after MINUTES (maybe 5 - 10) the machine lets me in by >: asking for Password. If the machine is in this bad state and i try rlogin I get >: a timeout before the Password: prompt comes up :-( > >: What is it? A screwed NetInfo? A bad PPP? > >lookupd? > >Is your nameserver up and running? > >Are you experiencing other lockups, like when doing ps aux/ls -l? > >Axel > Yeah sounds like lookupd. Are you running Nextstep 3.3? Until Next decides it is a real problem then you will have to wait. -Paul
From: gorgon@crl.com (Zach Copley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help compiling glimpse Date: 29 Jul 1995 21:50:27 -0700 Organization: Zach's House Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vf32j$prq@crl5.crl.com> References: <3v2vmp$o23@news.nd.edu> I'm having big trouble compiling glimpse on Intel. The thing that bugs me the most is that it actually comes with a special NeXTSTEP specific make file! It bombs out when linking the object files together...with messages about undefined symbols. If anyone has glimpse going, please let me know as well. Compiling FreeWAIS under NeXTSTEP is a nightmare. I didn't even come close. As for SWISH, it compiled without a warning. Unfortunately, it doesn't support some of the things I want, such as stemming. To get SWISH going, all I had to do is tell the source to: #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/dir.h> The wwwwais CGI interface program compiles without a hitch as well. The whole thing works pretty well. What would really be cool is some kind of CGI interface to Digital Librarian. Any thoughts on this? Zach George B. Ross (gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu) wrote: : Has anyone successfully compiled the glimpse and : glimpsehttp WWW utilities for black hardware? I keep : getting errors and I can't quite figure them out. As an : alternative to glimpse, I could use swish and the freeWAIS : stuff, but I had problems compiling those utilities as : well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. : -george : George B. Ross Aero/Mech Engr University of Notre Dame : gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu http://stimpy.ame.nd.edu/gross/ -- .^....^. snatcher@arlington.com ! .\/. ! Pigdog: gorgon@crl.com (. oo .) RoR-Alucard `{""}'
From: Jacob Nielsen <jacob@dannug.dk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] forcing people the Next machine? Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 11:19:38 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <950730131938.194AAE+E.jacob@jnext> References: <3v777o$k8t@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3v77a4$k95@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <DCF597.8F@esag.ch> <3vc4tf$bnt@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: [...] > I think I should explain a little... I usally check to see if > anyone is on my system by typing "who". A bunch of people showed us. > Unfortunately, some of them are simply not on the system (they were, > but unexpectively got disconnected), yet their name is still in the > system as one of the logged in with inactivity of over 20 hours. Now, > I need something to automatically stop and log someone out after 3 hours > of inactivity. Are they logged in via modem? In that case, are you sure you have the correct modem setup? A snippet from 'man zs': Should the modem fail to follow the DCD conven- tions it may be impossible to use the port for dial-out use or login security may be compromised because the system is unable to detect that a remote user has disconnected and therefore not log that user out. If the modem fails to fol- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ low the DTR conventions, the system may be unable to correctly hang-up on lost connections. Anyway, you could just run a ``kill the inactive''-program program every 3 hours via cron... Regards, Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen jacob@dannug.dk The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth. JOHN KEATS
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] forcing people the Next machine? Date: 30 Jul 1995 17:52:29 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <3vggst$ito@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <DCF597.8F@esag.ch> <3vc4tf$bnt@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <950730131938.194AAE+E.jacob@jnext> In article <950730131938.194AAE+E.jacob@jnext> Jacob Nielsen <jacob@dannug.dk> writes: >Are they logged in via modem? In that case, are you sure you have the >correct modem setup? What got to me is that the users were using telnet from another place. However, I will give this a try. Thanks.
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anyone I sent my INN config.data for NeXT? Date: 31 Jul 1995 00:35:34 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Jul30173534@wren.csulb.edu> Please send it back. The same thing that led me to select a left field partition for s'ware building may have led the person setting up backups to neglect to mount it. Jack
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 31 Jul 1995 04:15:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vhld8$nae@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) Date: 31 Jul 1995 00:41:08 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vhmt4$iss@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3vas43$52t@nexus.uiowa.edu> You didn't post the most important things in resolving conflicts: The contents of the Instance0.table files in the driver bundles in question. I'll give it a shot, though. I bet on an IO address conflict (having pulled this stunt myself, with similar results). The default hardware configurations for both the Adaptec 154x and SoundBlaster 16 decode IO addresses in a block starting at 0x330. You need to re-jumper one device to move it's IO address off of 0x330, and reconfigure the driver (use Configure.app) to the new address. I'd suggest moving the SoundBlaster 16 from 0x330 to 0x300. It's a one jumper change. Remove the MSEL jumper. This moves the MIDI Port base from 0x330 to 0x300 on the Sound Blaster. Reboot, and run Configure.app. Open the SoundBlaster 16 in Configure, hit the expert button, select the range 0x330-0x331 and change it to 0x300-0x301. Hit the Return key. Save your changes, quit Configure, and reboot. By the way, it doesn't matter if you are using MIDI or not. If the MIDI port decodes and acks an address meant for the SCSI controller, the SCSI controller may not latch valid data, and strange and dangerous things will happen. Good Luck Mike Paquette
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: dump error message: symptom of disk problem? Date: 31 Jul 1995 03:00:06 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <3vi2i6$nv8@Venus.mcs.com> Today, after moving some files on my system, I decided to back up the changed partition to tape with dump. Near the end of the dump, I was presented with the following error messages: DUMP: (This should not happen)bread from /dev/rsd1a [block 7060]: count=6144, got=-1 DUMP: (This should not happen)bread from /dev/rsd1a [block 11986]: count=7168, got=-1 Thinking that there may be something wrong with the disk, I rebooted, but fsck didn't complain about the disk. I did an fsck on /dev/rsd1a anyway, but to no avail; the next dump resulted in the same error messages. Can anyone tell me whether these error messages bode ill for my backup tape? Do they indicate a recoverable or unrecoverable error on the disk? How might I go about rectifying the situation? When I remove all of the files I added to the disk, and do the dump, the dump completes without any errors. The disk is a 4 gig Connor split into two 2 gig partitions. I am running NEXTSTEP 3.2 on black. The tape drive is a 4 mm WangDAT 3400DX. The dump command being used is "dump 0us 120000 /dev/rsd1a". Thank you for any information and assistance. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Can NEXTSTEP disks be repaired? (need help desparately) Date: 31 Jul 1995 15:53:02 +0300 Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Sender: otto@tukki.cc.jyu.fi Message-ID: <OTTO.95Jul31155259@tukki.jyu.fi> References: <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> In-reply-to: esterbro@vt.edu's message of 28 Jul 1995 14:35:00 GMT In article <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> esterbro@vt.edu writes: > Introduction: A rude installation package formatted the first 3% of a SCSI > NEXTSTEP disk for DOS. Of course, the disk had important files. Of course > it was not completely backed up because I wasn't expecting this. Typically, what you need to do is run fsck (first without making changes, so to see that how much it can recover). Because the master block of the file system has with 99.9% probablility been overwritten, you would have to specify the -b option to specify an alternate master block (you were given a list of alternate master blocks when you first newfs'd the disk, you of course printed those out, didn't you?). On NeXTstep, block 16 is always an alternate master block, but I'd think it highly likely it was also overwritten (one way to find out the alternate master blocks would be to take an identical hard disk and partition/newfs it identically). Refer to "man fsck" for further details. If all else fails and the disk is really of great value, local hard disk dealers can probably direct you to data recovery companies who deal with this kind of stuff almost daily. PS. Which installer package was this, so I can avoid it? -- /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */ /* Mail: Cygn.k.7 E 46/FIN-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N 25.44E */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Can NEXTSTEP disks be repaired? (need help desparately) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 15:12:53 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950731151011.16349B-100000@hphalle9g.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> <OTTO.95Jul31155259@tukki.jyu.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <OTTO.95Jul31155259@tukki.jyu.fi> On 31 Jul 1995, Otto J. Makela wrote: > > PS. Which installer package was this, so I can avoid it? I'll bet it was Devil's DOS! (BTW ever search for DOS in Documentation? Especially about fsck? Some nice thins about the 'programming company of the north' are told there ;) ) Regards, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/ scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: julku@ousw25.nmp.nokia.com (Mikko_Julku) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Date: 31 Jul 1995 15:21:14 GMT Organization: Nokia Group Distribution: world Message-ID: <3visda$8ln@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> References: <3vas43$52t@nexus.uiowa.edu> shenning@Cornell-Iowa.edu wrote: : Hi, I have an Intel P90 with an Adaptec 1542c SCSI card. The : device driver I am using is the Adaptec 154x Series SCSI Adapter : (v3.31). I also have a Sound Blaster 16 whose drivers used to : crash a lot when there was a lot of disk access, but this happens : very infrequently since I installed the 3.32 driver. : The problem is that occasionally when I am listening to a CD or : reading data from a CD and access the hard drive the machine : freezes up. About 30 seconds later it resets the SCSI bus. The ISA busmaster DMA card is a kind of master of the ( kludges :-) | motherboard). Other DMA accesses can be seriously disturbed while the 1542C is accessing memory. [ explanation about error situations deleted ] : If you have any ideas about how to fix this problem please let me : know as it is the one thing I haven't been able to figure out. : Thanks. [lots of errors deleted] I suppose that you have a PCI motherboard. Get a PCI SCSI card and sell the 1542c. I would consider two opportunies: NCR8XX based cards. NCR810 normally works. These are the cheap ones (here: 5 to 6 times cheaper than Adaptec 2940), but a working solution (maybe slower than Adaptecs...) Adaptec 29XX cards. These are known for robustness and high quality -> high price. : [ Shawn P. Henning ][ Phone: ] : [ Cornell College, Box 563 ][ 319.895.8940 ] : [ 600 1st Street West ][ Maildrop: ] : [ Mount Vernon, IA 52314 ][ shenning@cornell-iowa.edu ] : [_______http://wwwcsc.Cornell-Iowa.edu/~shenning/_______] Mikko Julku mikko.julku@nmp.nokia.com I have the rights to all things I have said, the company I am working for has no connections to my brain right now...
From: dillo@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at (Dieter Baron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP: serial port -- how? Date: 31 Jul 1995 16:08:20 GMT Organization: Univ. of Vienna, Dept. of Statistics, OR and Computer Methods Message-ID: <3viv5k$1dg2@ftp.univie.ac.at> hi all, i've just installed NS3.3 on my hp 712/60, but it doesn't seem to recognize the serial port. the serial driver (3.30) is installed, but on booting it neither says anything about a serial port while configuring devices, nor does it register /dev/ttya. does anyone know what to do? thanks, //dillo
From: msb@plexare.com (Michael Barthelemy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) Date: 31 Jul 1995 16:12:02 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vivci$ocm@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> References: <3visda$8ln@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> Mikko_Julku writes > [lots of errors deleted] > > I suppose that you have a PCI motherboard. Get a PCI SCSI card and sell > the 1542c. I would consider two opportunies: > > NCR8XX based cards. NCR810 normally works. These are the cheap ones > (here: 5 to 6 times cheaper than Adaptec 2940), but a working solution > (maybe slower than Adaptecs...) > > Adaptec 29XX cards. These are known for robustness and high quality > -> high price. The best SCSI card for NEXTSTEP are the DPT SCSI adapters. The latest DPT SCSI adapters even do the right thing and boot off of the lowest SCSI device unlike the Adaptec's which hard code it to be id 0. The DPT card also autosenses what the devices you have connected are capable of and does the right thing. (You have to do this by hand with the Adaptec 2940 driver in NEXTSTEP.) As an added bonus the DPT PCI 2024 is cheaper than the Adaptec 2940 by about $20. (I purchased mine for $269) The DPT PCI 2024 with my Segate Barracuda gives me DrivePerformance.app numbers of 2.4 write and 2.1 read. (And 0.8 is supposed to be fast ;-) My system is a P90 with 40MB RAM, my 2GB Barracuda, it's set up to use 254 buffers and I turned on the write cache on the drive itself with the SCSI_Inspector.app. Mike Barthelemy Plexare Development msb@plexare.com
From: moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Partition as SWAP-SPACE? Date: 31 Jul 1995 17:53:56 GMT Organization: University of Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <3vj5bk$eog@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Hi! My SCSI-disk sd0h has 3 partitions DOS NEXTSTEP LINUX OS/2 Boot Manager I deleted the LINUX Partition and now I want to use it as swap-partition for NeXTSTEP. Is there an easy way to do this, if yes, please tell me how. Thanks alot, Michael ps: please send E-Mail, I'll summarize...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) Subject: Re: How to use uudecode on incoming mail Message-ID: <DCLCu0.77s@nvc.cc.ca.us> Sender: news@nvc.cc.ca.us Organization: Napa Valley College References: <9507271821.AA04153@mt1.mantech.com> <3vbas5$brj@Venus.mcs.com> <3vbeeu$m4r@nn.fast.net> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 17:34:47 GMT In article <3vbeeu$m4r@nn.fast.net>, M. `Naj' Najarian <naj@fraxinus.fast.net> wrote: >Actually, there's a forth option. If you're running NS 3.3 (or, actually, >just NS 3.3's Mail.app: it works quite well under NS3.2): >Message->Decode Foreign Attachment >You needn't select anything. Just click, click. Wheee! There's even a fifth option. Just get Mynah. It'll automatically recognize a uuencoded attachment and present you with a file icon right in the body which you can drag and drop. -- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Voice: 707 253 3130 Napa Valley College Fax: 707 253 3063 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA, 94558 <fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us> MIME ok, NeXTMail tolerated
From: root@woonext (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP. Lost /usr/local how to recover! Date: 31 Jul 1995 19:05:35 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Message-ID: <3vj9hv$nh3@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> Bummer!! I clicked on the delete option in the Installer app for a trn.pkg I had downloaded and decided I didn't need. It has installed software on /usr/local where I had lots of other stuff. The delete package simply removed ALL of /usr/local. I've posted this note, nothing else. How can I recover at least part of /usr/local?? John Wooten Anxiously awaiting!
From: rragner@stingray.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Disk without recycler??? Date: 31 Jul 1995 19:28:32 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <3vjat0$qms@news.iastate.edu> This weekend I installed a new disk on our server and copied (using ditto) a shared folder to it, renamed and made the original folder read-only and inserted a link to the new folder. But, when a user attempts to drag a document of folder in this drive to the recycler, they (and I) get the following Workspace alert panel: Folder (insert name here) is located on a disk without recycler. Continuing will really destroy files. What do I need to do to install a recycler on the new drive? I thought that this was automatic and can not find any information in the Systems Administrator Librarian pages about this. Any help would be appreciated! -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [HELP] CERN server config file? Date: 31 Jul 1995 20:24:52 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vje6k$qpl@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Am I doing this right? I am trying to get cERN server to allow peoloe to simply type my site address (eg. http://205.216.9.102) and have the file "initial.htm" read. Below is my simple config file. That should work, IMO, but somehow, onlythe INDEX is given. I need to allow directory browsing, so changing the "PASS" line will not do. Any suggestions? My config file is as follows: ServerRoot /Http/Pages Port 80 UserId nobody GroupId nogroup LogFormat Common LogTime LocalTime AccessLog /Admin/CERN/httpd-log ErrorLog /Admin/CERN/httpd-errors UserDir /Http/Pages/initial.htm Exec /cgi-bin/* /Http/Pages/cgi-bin/* Pass /* /Http/Pages/*
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: JOB: NeXT Administration - New York/London/Singapore Date: 31 Jul 1995 21:50:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vk198$81h@newsbf02.news.aol.com> My client, an internationally known financial institution has NeXT Systems Administrator positions open in New York, London, and Singapore. This is an excellent full-time, career opportunity for someone with a solid background in NeXT Administration. For more details contact: Brian Mitchell Executive Technical Recruiter Datacom Technology Group Inc The Empire State Building NY, NY, 10118-7896 212-629-5720 212-629-3374(FAX) E-Mail - briman101@aol.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) In-Reply-To: msb@plexare.com's message of 31 Jul 1995 16:12:02 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Jul31224852@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <3visda$8ln@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> <3vivci$ocm@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 02:48:52 GMT DPT SCSI controllers do offer excellent performance. I do recommend an uninterruptible power supply since DPT uses buffering. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <3vivci$ocm@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> msb@plexare.com (Michael Barthelemy) writes: Mikko_Julku writes > [lots of errors deleted] > > I suppose that you have a PCI motherboard. Get a PCI SCSI card and sell > the 1542c. I would consider two opportunies: > > NCR8XX based cards. NCR810 normally works. These are the cheap ones > (here: 5 to 6 times cheaper than Adaptec 2940), but a working solution > (maybe slower than Adaptecs...) > > Adaptec 29XX cards. These are known for robustness and high quality > -> high price. The best SCSI card for NEXTSTEP are the DPT SCSI adapters. The latest DPT SCSI adapters even do the right thing and boot off of the lowest SCSI device unlike the Adaptec's which hard code it to be id 0. The DPT card also autosenses what the devices you have connected are capable of and does the right thing. (You have to do this by hand with the Adaptec 2940 driver in NEXTSTEP.) As an added bonus the DPT PCI 2024 is cheaper than the Adaptec 2940 by about $20. (I purchased mine for $269) The DPT PCI 2024 with my Segate Barracuda gives me DrivePerformance.app numbers of 2.4 write and 2.1 read. (And 0.8 is supposed to be fast ;-) My system is a P90 with 40MB RAM, my 2GB Barracuda, it's set up to use 254 buffers and I turned on the write cache on the drive itself with the SCSI_Inspector.app. Mike Barthelemy Plexare Development msb@plexare.com
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HP: serial port -- how? Date: 1 Aug 1995 03:33:24 GMT Organization: Charm.Net Baltimore Internet Access, Hon (410) 558-3900 Message-ID: <3vk7a4$392@canton.charm.net> References: <3viv5k$1dg2@ftp.univie.ac.at> dillo@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at (Dieter Baron) wrote: > hi all, > i've just installed NS3.3 on my hp 712/60, but it doesn't seem to > recognize the serial port. the serial driver (3.30) is installed, but > on booting it neither says anything about a serial port while > configuring devices, nor does it register /dev/ttya. > does anyone know what to do? > thanks, > //dillo At least I don't feel alone now. The current MUX 1.7 has a patch that was suppose to work on the HP serial ports for NEXTSTEP 3.2. I haven't tried that yet, but if my Inter machine dies one more time. I'm going to move the modem off of that puppy and weep that I can no longer use NXFax. And risk the attempt with the patch from MUX 1.7. jas
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Using a NeXTstation as a mail server for Macs Date: 01 Aug 1995 04:50:58 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Aug1165058@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I was just wondering. Is it possible to setup a NeXTstation as a mail server for Macintosh users to log into and download their mail using Eudora or something similar. Or do I require additional software for NEXTSTEP? Thanks in advance - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: nextjet@ids.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: THIS IS ONLY A TEST DON'T READ Date: Tue, 1 Aug 95 00:52:26 +500 Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (800)IDS-1680 Message-ID: <3vkc04$7ld@paperboy.ids.net> this is only a test thank you
From: archer@hsc.fr.net (Vincent Archer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,news.software.nntp Subject: Re: trn works, newsgrazer bites the dust Date: 1 Aug 1995 09:02:57 +0200 Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants, Paris, France Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vkjj1$3i3@itesec.hsc-sec.fr> References: <3v8kaf$1mj@gollum.ny.psca.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Chad Lake <clake@ny.psca.com> wrote: >Using truss, I can see it connect, and try to do a "list", but it >seems as if INN never responds- at least I don't see anything sent Looks suspiciously to me like what I experience around here with some FreeBSD telnets to 119: The server doesn't see the message. My hypothesis is that INN is working in "real" ARPA-mode: all commands should end with CR/LF, not just CR or just LF. Look at your INN source code, and hack. (maybe. I might be wrong) -- Vincent ARCHER -=-=- Herve Schauer Consultants -=-=- archer@hsc.fr.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nlee@s6.math.umn.edu (Namyong Lee) Subject: NeXTSTEP and Windows95 Message-ID: <nlee.807267901@s6.math.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 09:05:01 GMT After installing Windows95 succesfully(?) I lost the choice of booting either NeXTSTEP or Windows. (It removed the boot manager.) Before upgrading Windows 95, it boots NeXTSTEP as a default. Is there any way to recover the situation without reinstalling NeXTSTEP? Is there anyway to make a boot floppy? Any help will be appreciated.
From: shathaway@hamp.hampshire.edu (Stephen B. Hathaway) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 12:39:50 GMT Organization: Hampshire College Message-ID: <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> Hi, We have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an LPD. I'm sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our case) to print to it? I can set up the lpr/printcap stuff, but would like it to be usable by a regular person. It only needs to printed to from this one station. Pointers to information would be fine. Thanks in advance, Stephen Hathaway sbhNS@hamp.hampshire.edu
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NSfIP 3.2 problems partitioning SCSI drive Date: 1 Aug 1995 15:46:01 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3vli7p$q5b@www.its.com> References: <3vcgv9$pd0@geog25.umd.edu> jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) wrote: > In trying to optimize usage of my drive space, I'd like to create another > primary partition on the second drive to use as primary swapspace under > NEXTSTEP. [ ... ] Should I give up and leave the whole drive dedicated > to OS/2? Probably, yes. NEXTSTEP uses swapfiles, not swap partitions. Create a swapfile of whatever size you wish via mkfile (read the manpage)-- that will create a well-laid-out file that will give you effectively the same performance as having the swapfile on a seperate, dedicated partition. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Techology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+-------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: "Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ME account Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:05:57 -0400 Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administr., Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <0k7Zvp200iMa05T380@andrew.cmu.edu> How do you restore the behavior that a NeXT boots straight into the ME account without prompting for a login/passwd? Just removing the ME passwd with NetInfoMgr doesn't do the trick. Thanks in Advance! Jeremy Mereness FAST Laboratory GSIA p.s. I wish to use a NeXT as a public information display, and would like it to boot straight into the display App without requiring someone to login to it first.
From: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes (contd.) Date: 1 Aug 1995 12:53:04 GMT Organization: multiversum media lab gmbh Message-ID: <3vl83g$a13@multiversum.multiversum.com> References: <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> In article <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) writes: > Alexander Spohr (Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com) wrote: > : Hi there! > : I have a black turbo NetInfo-server with ppp. It ran fine for half a year. > : Now a problem arised at login. > : I get the login-prompt (loginwindow or getty), type my name.... and wait > : and wait and wait... and after MINUTES (maybe 5 - 10) the machine lets me > : in by asking for Password. If the machine is in this bad state and i try > : rlogin I get a timeout before the Password: prompt comes up :-( > > : What is it? A screwed NetInfo? A bad PPP? > > lookupd? > > Is your nameserver up and running? > > Are you experiencing other lockups, like when doing ps aux/ls -l? > > Axel > The described problem does not occur at all times just 1-4 times a day! I looked into crontab already. I the have following servers running on the machine - NetInfo - DNS - YP / NIS - NFS - PPP - NNTP The delay appears allways on - netstat - ps -guxa - arp - login - rlogin - telnet And sometimes (when the above are delayed but I have an open shell) on - ls Atze PS. If I create a new user and select some groups for her/him the default group is entered into the /users but _not_ into the /groups directory! I have to do this by hand... -- Alexander Spohr, des Buergermeisters Sekretaer/Secretary of the Mayor Mail: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com Voice: (+49) 40 / 398 80 80 WWW: http://freeport.multiversum.com/~atze Fax: (+49) 40 / 390 86 45 Faces and faces. See them and complain not. And am content with all.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: ME account In-Reply-To: "Jeremy G. Mereness"'s message of Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:05:57 -0400 Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug1191957@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <0k7Zvp200iMa05T380@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 23:19:57 GMT *No* accounts should have passwords. I do not recommend this configuration if the machine is on a network especially the Internet... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <0k7Zvp200iMa05T380@andrew.cmu.edu> "Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24335 Path: world!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: "Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:05:57 -0400 Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administr., Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: po8.andrew.cmu.edu How do you restore the behavior that a NeXT boots straight into the ME account without prompting for a login/passwd? Just removing the ME passwd with NetInfoMgr doesn't do the trick. Thanks in Advance! Jeremy Mereness FAST Laboratory GSIA p.s. I wish to use a NeXT as a public information display, and would like it to boot straight into the display App without requiring someone to login to it first.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: SimpleNetStarter not so simple? In-Reply-To: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu's message of Wed, 26 Jul 1995 14:51:24 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug1193150@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DCBvsv.Az3@news.cis.umn.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 23:31:50 GMT Sharad, As you have found out, SimpleNetworkStarter is a bit too simple. The 3.3 version is better than the 3.2 one. I recommend not using the 3.2 version at all and try avoiding the 3.3 one if you can. Regarding your specific problem: You need to go into NetInfoManager.app, open the "/" domain, and check to see if the "serves" property of the /machines/broadcasthost has "./network" as it's values. Also, you should edit your /etc/hostconfig so that IPNETMASK=255.255.255.0 You may need to look at the "/" directory itself (I don't recall offhand) to see if it's serves property is also "./network" Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <DCBvsv.Az3@news.cis.umn.edu> sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) writes: Well, I've spent two nights straight trying to configure my object.station as a server and got nothing but tired... The situation: 1 Canon object.station, 1 NeXT station (mono) w/ NeXT laser printer must talk to one another. My idea was to configure object.station as a NetInfo server (following NeXT documentation). I go through the SimpleNetStarter crap, it tells me that the hostconfig files were modified, then quits. hostconfig reads as follows: HOSTNAME=grinch INETADDR=134.84.222.1 ROUTER=-NO- IPNETMASK= IPBROADCAST=-AUTOMATIC- NETMASTER=-YES- YPDOMAIN=-NO- TIME=-NO- BUT, upon reboot, the machine looks for a parent NetInfo server. I don't get panels informing me to reconnect the network after hitting "Configure.." button in SimpleNetStarter. Does anyone have suggestions/workarounds?
From: sean@genesis.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: A Unique Challenge Date: 2 Aug 1995 02:18:57 GMT Organization: Genesis Net Corp Message-ID: <3vmnah$c0@news.genesis.net> We are conducting test of the Sprint Backbone -vs- the ALTERnet Backbone and would love help from all system admins or anyone whom would like to particiapte. We will take the results of these test over the month of August and release them the first of September. If you would like to help us, please conduct these tests. Here is what we need. . . Note: You need to conduct these test on a unix type machine Step one, is to trace the route from your site to dns.genesis.net which is 204.214.136.2 and pipe the output to a file EXAMPLE: traceroute 204.214.136.2 > file Step two, is almost like the first accept use arnet.arn.net which is 204.177.232.11,and use the double greater-than symbol instead of the single greater-than EXAMPLE: traceroute 204.177.232.11 >> file Step three, is real easy, mail a copy of the file to research@genesis.net Thank you for helping us be looking for the results the first of September!!
From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: EIDE and next update? Date: 2 Aug 1995 04:04:15 GMT Message-ID: <3vmtfv$f8a@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> Why is EIDE so slow?!?!? It's really bad when you starting openning small files and it TAKE FOREVER!!! Under DOS, or Linux it is really quick. So I know for a fact it's not my controller nor 1.2GIG drive... NeXTStep is on an Extended drive.. (about 600+ megs away from track 0), but I don't see how this would affect anything...After checking around here locally I found out that I'm the not ONLY one... NeXT?!?!? If your out there.. WE REALLY NEED to have UPDATED drivers ASAP for EIDE!!!! Or our drives will be going out REALLY soon. =-) Mouring@netnet.net Ben.A.Lindstrom@uwrf.edu
From: Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: EIDE and next update? Date: 2 Aug 1995 13:06:40 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <3vnt90$1pi@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <3vmtfv$f8a@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) wrote: > Why is EIDE so slow?!?!? It's really bad when you starting openning > small files and it TAKE FOREVER!!! .After checking around > here locally I found out that I'm the not ONLY one... In my experience, the performance (at least raw read/write speeds) are comparable to SCSI (if you have drives capable of some of the more advanced EIDE features, like PIO 4). Do you have any performance or benchmark numbers to back up your claims of poor performance? --- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Research Associate Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Protecting Disk Date: 2 Aug 1995 09:25:58 GMT Organization: multiversum media lab gmbh Message-ID: <3vngb6$c58@multiversum.multiversum.com> References: <DC99sC.Cwz@boss.cs.ohiou.edu> In article <DC99sC.Cwz@boss.cs.ohiou.edu> carlip@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: > I need help with a (probably trivial) problem. > I have a black hardware NextStation running the newest > release of NextStep. I delivered the new os to an external > harddrive, which now serves as the boot drive. > > I attempted to give ownership of the old internal drive to > root to protect the old files on it. > > Now, if someone logs into the NeXT remotely, indeed, the > internal disk is protected. However, *EVERYONE* that logs > in directly on the NextStation has access to the internal > disk. > > What's happening? How can I protect that internal disk? > > Thanks, > > --Walter You have to insert the drive in /etc/fstab. If you don't the drive will be mounted at login and belong to the user. Just like a floppy-disk. Atze -- Alexander Spohr, des Buergermeisters Sekretaer/Secretary of the Mayor Mail: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com Voice: (+49) 40 / 398 80 80 WWW: http://freeport.multiversum.com/~atze Fax: (+49) 40 / 390 86 45 Faces and faces. See them and complain not. And am content with all.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au Subject: NeXTSTEP and OS/2 Message-ID: <DCosFs.AvB@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 14:04:40 GMT Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia i have install NeXTSTEP and OS/2 on the same HDD. but i would like to use the OS/2 boot manager (it looks much better then NeXTSTEP boot manager). the problem is, i can't disable the NeXT boot manager (how?), so i can't use the OS/2 boot manager. even i re-format the whole HDD, NeXTSTEP boot manager still there........ can someone help! thanks!
From: neuss@igd.fhg.de (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: want a user with a password that can't logon or ftp Date: 2 Aug 95 14:01:45 GMT Organization: IGD Darmstadt Message-ID: <neuss.807372105@coricopat> References: <3vbd29$h33@gap.cco.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes: >For the IPT Appleshare fileserver to allow guest logins, I need an >account guest with password guest. However, I would like that >account to not allow logins or ftp access. I figure that there must >be something I can put in the shell field to do that, but I don't know >what. Apparently if I put something there that's not in /etc/shells, >then ftpd won't allow a log in. However, UserManager won't let me >do that. Perhaps NetInfoManager will if I can find the right >directory, but I still don't know what to put there. Any suggestions? This is from memory only, I do not know for sure what you need to do in order to keep a login shell from being generated. I think setting a non-existing shell does the job. Normally, the shell is simply left out (empty). In order to get it into netinfo without involving the UserManger, do the following: nidump passwd <domain> > /tmp/passwd (make the changes) niload passwd <domain> < /tmp/passwd Hope this helps, Chris -- "I ride tandem with a random.." Christian Neuss # Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Wilhelminenstr.7 # 64283 Darmstadt # Germany # P+++>+++++ (sic) e-mail: neuss@igd.fhg.de http://www.igd.fhg.de/~neuss/me.html
From: idpt820@tpts1.seed.net.tw (JesseH) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Satan and Tripwire Date: 2 Aug 1995 15:06:30 GMT Organization: Div.Cardiology, National Defense Medical Center Message-ID: <3vo49n$el8@aladdin.iii.org.tw> References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950729145314.3909A-100000@cais.cais.com> Yes, I have installed satan on version 3.3 for intel and try to aceess my own computer on net. It states that the computer may be intruded easily by .rlogin. A lot of defects in security is found. Simon Chih-L Han MB jessehcl@tpts1.seed.net.tw Div. of Cardiovascular Medicine National Defense Medical Center What will be the future????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????The future is now....................................
From: joshi@mmedia.cs.qc.edu (Prashant Joshi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP!!!! dump and restore problem!!!! Date: 2 Aug 1995 15:18:48 GMT Organization: Queens College of CUNY Message-ID: <3vo50o$23jm@news.cuny.edu> We are looking for some help desperately.Please help!!!!! We have a mixed network of NeXTs, SUNs, and SGIs. REcently we overhauled the NeXT network,, so that we would have one disk server and other netboot clients, with YP, etc. Before we took down the old system, sd0a was dumped onto a 4mm tape on a Sun Sparc10 running Solaris 2.3. My colleague did the backup (rdump) with oubdsf 126 54000 6000 parameters. The dump went successfully. Just today, we tried to restore interactively the things we needed, and it failed with an 'unknown error', invalid argument. restore command was rrestore -ivf wizard:/dev/rmt/0. Does any one know or has experienced such a problem? Does any one know of a fix? Any help would be geatly appreciated. Prashant Joshi Queens college of CUNY e-mail: joshi@wizard.cs.qc.edu
From: work@dannug.dk (Michael Hallin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 9GB drives for NeXT??? Date: 2 Aug 1995 16:03:57 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vo7ld$e8@machthenext.dannug.dk> Keywords: speed, reliability, noise Hi, I remember seeing several different remarks on the different 9GB drives, and how they worked with black NeXT equipment, but I didn t save any since I didn t think I would ever get around to get such a beast..... but now I have to decide which one to take, and currently I m looking at the Seagate Elite ST-410800N and the Micropolis 1991 (or the Wide SCSI version of either). both are 9GB, both runs at 5400rpm, both has 12ms access, but the Seagate has a larger cache, 1MB versus 512KB. So, which should I choose, has anyone any experience with any of these drives on black hardware??? I hear all the time that the Micropolis drives are very quite, is that the case for these big guys as well??? What in general are thought about the 9GB drives, as far as speed, reliability, noise, access time, when compared to smaller drives (2-4GB)??? Any info really appreciated! Best regards Michael
From: work@dannug.dk (Michael Hallin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 9GB drives for NeXT??? Date: 2 Aug 1995 16:04:09 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vo7lp$eg@machthenext.dannug.dk> Keywords: speed, reliability, noise Hi, I remember seeing several different remarks on the different 9GB drives, and how they worked with black NeXT equipment, but I didn t save any since I didn t think I would ever get around to get such a beast..... but now I have to decide which one to take, and currently I m looking at the Seagate Elite ST-410800N and the Micropolis 1991 (or the Wide SCSI version of either). both are 9GB, both runs at 5400rpm, both has 12ms access, but the Seagate has a larger cache, 1MB versus 512KB. So, which should I choose, has anyone any experience with any of these drives on black hardware??? I hear all the time that the Micropolis drives are very quite, is that the case for these big guys as well??? What in general are thought about the 9GB drives, as far as speed, reliability, noise, access time, when compared to smaller drives (2-4GB)??? Any info really appreciated! Best regards Michael
From: cedman@tucson.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ME account Date: 2 Aug 1995 17:38:19 GMT Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <3vod6b$71c@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <0k7Zvp200iMa05T380@andrew.cmu.edu> <RDL.95Aug1191957@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug1191957@world.std.com>, Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: > *No* accounts should have passwords. I do not recommend this configuration > if the machine is on a network especially the Internet... Great ! Care to share your hostname with us ? :) Carl Edman
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: Rebooting NeXT with Printer powered off Message-ID: <41AE1F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 02 Aug 95 13:11:00 EDT I think I have found the only reasonable reason why my printer shows up as 'unavailble' sometimes. It seems that if the NeXTPrinter is OFF when the NeXT is rebooted or powered down, then it will not be available on the next login (until it is powered off/rebooted with the Printer ON). 90% of the time I don't need to print, so my printer is off. It has gotten so that if I need to print something, I have to save it, turn on the printer, and reboot the NeXT. This doesn't seem quite right to me. As far as I can tell, there is no way to "customize" what happens when you shutdown the NeXT (either reboot or power-off). I was hoping there was a 'shutdown.rc' file somewhere that the NeXT would look at any time the shutdown process went into effect. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can avoid this situation (well, other than leaving my printer on all the time). Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma // running NeXT 3.2 (User and Dev) m68k Yucky DOS address: g30crc@ptsem.ptsmail.edu (ASCII only) MUCH PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS: luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME ok) (sorry I can't change my 'reply-to' -- what can I say? It's WinDoze.)
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with the icon dock as root Date: 02 Aug 1995 21:56:58 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Aug3095658@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I seem to be having problems with the icon dock when I login a root. What the problem is, is I cannot seem to save changes I make to the icons on the dock or weather they startup automatically at login time. I can drag new icons onto the dock and also set existing icons to launch automatically from the Workplace's preferences. But none of the changes seem to be saved. When I logout and log back in again the dock reverts to the state it was before the changes were made. Any idea how to fix this problem? Thanks in advance - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP and OS/2 Date: 2 Aug 1995 22:29:56 GMT Organization: A Big, Black Box. Message-ID: <3vou94$sf9@nnrp2.primenet.com> References: <DCosFs.AvB@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote: > i have install NeXTSTEP and OS/2 on the same HDD. but i would like to use the OS/2 boot manager (it looks much better then NeXTSTEP boot manager). > the problem is, i can't disable the NeXT boot manager (how?), so i can't use the OS/2 boot manager. > even i re-format the whole HDD, NeXTSTEP boot manager still there........ > can someone help! Fire up OS/2 off the install disks, either F3 to the command prompt & run FDISK or select "Install to different partition." Delete the Boot Manager Partition, then re-install it. This should modify the boot sector. Add NeXT, OS/2, what-have-you to the Boot Manager menu. Remember, OS/2 can boot from other physical drives, while NeXT will not unless you do some "Black Magic." Exit & Save FDISK, reboot, Boot Manager should allow boot to OS/2-NeXT. disclaimer: you should back up before messing with partitions. If it breaks, I dunno, it worked for me. -- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Robert Worne rworne@primenet.com OS/2-NeXT -=Starving CS Undergrad=- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in // any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Robert Worne, 1995. // License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. // Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. // Please send notices of violation to rworne@primenet.com and // postmaster@microsoft.com
From: stanifor@helvellyn (Stuart Staniford-Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.lang.perl Subject: Perl 5 Date: 2 Aug 1995 20:50:40 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <3voof0$m3o@mark.ucdavis.edu> Summary: Where is NeXT version? Can anyone point me to a current version of Perl 5 configured for the NeXT? (Intel and Motorola). There is a version for ftp at ftp.cs.orst.edu, but it seems to be corrupted (it won't gzip). Thanks, Stuart. -- =================================================================== Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-9157 | and http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community ====================================================================
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Rebooting NeXT with Printer powered off Date: 2 Aug 1995 23:24:44 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <3vp1fs$od6@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <41AE1F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ <G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> wrote: > >It seems that if the NeXTPrinter is OFF when the NeXT is rebooted or >powered down, then it will not be available on the next login (until it is >powered off/rebooted with the Printer ON). > >... Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can avoid this situation >(well, other than leaving my printer on all the >time). > I simply put something like... (sleep 10; /usr/etc/nppower off) & ...in my /etc/rc.local file (I typed that from memory; the machine at work doesn't have the line, but the idea is to simply turn the power off later, after the machine has come fully up). tec
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: ME account In-Reply-To: cedman@tucson.princeton.edu's message of 2 Aug 1995 17:38:19 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug2210438@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <0k7Zvp200iMa05T380@andrew.cmu.edu> <RDL.95Aug1191957@world.std.com> <3vod6b$71c@cnn.Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 01:04:38 GMT I was responding to the question of "How do I have NEXTSTEP automatically log me in without a login panel..." Robert In article <3vod6b$71c@cnn.Princeton.EDU> cedman@tucson.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman) writes: In article <RDL.95Aug1191957@world.std.com>, Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: > *No* accounts should have passwords. I do not recommend this configuration > if the machine is on a network especially the Internet... Great ! Care to share your hostname with us ? :) Carl Edman
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: More problems with the new NeXT ISASerialPort/PortServer driver Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug2211031@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 01:10:31 GMT I am still experiencing problems with DCD/DTR using the latest NeXT serial driver. Anyone else care to post their experiences? There seems to be more and more incentive to run Mux over the NeXT driver. Why doesn't NeXT just ship Mux and pay Mark some $$$!!! Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Rebooting NeXT with Printer powered off Date: 3 Aug 1995 01:26:40 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <3vp8kg$kce@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <41AE1F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ (G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu) wrote: : It seems that if the NeXTPrinter is OFF when the NeXT is rebooted or : powered down, then it will not be available on the next login (until it is : powered off/rebooted with the Printer ON). : 90% of the time I don't need to print, so my printer is off. It has gotten : so that if I need to print something, I have to save it, turn on the : printer, and reboot the NeXT. This doesn't seem quite right to me. When you say "OFF", do you mean you switch the power physically off? What I do is that I have some deamon running that will switch off the printer after a number of minutes being unused. That way, I don't have any of the problems you mention. Willem W i l l e m v a n S c h a i k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gintic - Singapore gwillem@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Rebooting NeXT with Printer powered off Message-ID: <DCppy3.1DH@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <41AE1F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 02:08:27 GMT TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ writes > >I think I have found the only reasonable reason why my printer shows up as >'unavailble' sometimes. > >It seems that if the NeXTPrinter is OFF when the NeXT is rebooted or >powered down, then it will not be available on the next login (until it is >powered off/rebooted with the Printer ON). I suspect there's more to it than just this, if I understand what you're saying. I also run with my printer OFF 99% of the time. When I then reboot or power off/on, the printer comes online just fine. My home machine runs 3.1 and my work machine runs 3.2 and they both operate this way. -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: 93925730@cityu.edu.hk (David P. FOK) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI bus on Intel (long posting) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 11:05:09 LOCAL Organization: CityU of HK Message-ID: <93925730.18.0033F52B@cityu.edu.hk> References: <3visda$8ln@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> <3vivci$ocm@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> <RDL.95Jul31224852@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Jul31224852@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > The best SCSI card for NEXTSTEP are the DPT SCSI adapters. The latest DPT > SCSI adapters even do the right thing and boot off of the lowest SCSI > device unlike the Adaptec's which hard code it to be id 0. The DPT card I am using an Adaptec 2940 and it can boot from id1, which is the lowest ID device in the chain. > also autosenses what the devices you have connected are capable of and > does the right thing. (You have to do this by hand with the Adaptec 2940 > driver in NEXTSTEP.) As an added bonus the DPT PCI 2024 is cheaper than > the Adaptec 2940 by about $20. (I purchased mine for $269) 2940 price is dropping now and it costs about $225 locally. I would suggest the Adaptec rather than the DPT as it's fully supported in other systems also. > The DPT PCI 2024 with my Segate Barracuda gives me DrivePerformance.app > numbers of 2.4 write and 2.1 read. (And 0.8 is supposed to be fast ;-) > My system is a P90 with 40MB RAM, my 2GB Barracuda, it's set up to use 254 > buffers and I turned on the write cache on the drive itself with the > SCSI_Inspector.app. > Mike Barthelemy > Plexare Development > msb@plexare.com -david
From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: EIDE and next update? Date: 3 Aug 1995 03:03:45 GMT Message-ID: <3vpeah$6ji@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> References: <3vmtfv$f8a@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> <3vnt90$1pi@crcnis3.unl.edu> Rex Dieter (rdieter@math.unl.edu) wrote: : bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) wrote: : > Why is EIDE so slow?!?!? It's really bad when you starting openning : > small files and it TAKE FOREVER!!! .After checking around : > here locally I found out that I'm the not ONLY one... : In my experience, the performance (at least raw read/write speeds) are : comparable to SCSI (if you have drives capable of some of the more advanced : EIDE features, like PIO 4). Do you have any performance or benchmark : numbers to back up your claims of poor performance? Sorry, they arenot comparable. The software for testing speeds lies. I setup some reallife testesunder SCSI and EIDE. The SCSI machine was a P-60 and the EIDE system was a P-90.,...Now...Any SMART person would say.. the P-90 would win hands down... Sorry...=-) Same amount of memory was on each machine. And the SCSI system was pulling GCC and the libraries off the networking. And the P-60/SCSI system won by 5 to 6 minutes. NOW?!?! Do people believe something needs to be done?!?!?
From: bresink@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Marcel Bresink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP and OS/2 Date: 3 Aug 1995 08:00:38 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Message-ID: <3vpvn6$bun@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <DCosFs.AvB@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote: [...] > the problem is, i can't disable the > NeXT boot manager (how?), so i can't use the OS/2 boot > manager. even i re-format the whole HDD, NeXTSTEP boot manager > still there........ The easiest way to remove the NeXT boot manager is to boot DOS (from a DOS diskette if you have no DOS partition) and enter the command fdisk /mbr (maintain boot record). Marcel --- Marcel Bresink, University of Koblenz, Computer Graphics Lab, Institute for Computer Science Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Rebooting NeXT with Printer powered off Date: 3 Aug 1995 10:30:20 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <3vq8fs$oh7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <41AE1F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <3vp1fs$od6@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Timothy E. Cushing (tec@alumni.caltech.edu) wrote: : TJ_LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TJ <G30CRC@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> wrote: : > : >It seems that if the NeXTPrinter is OFF when the NeXT is rebooted or : >powered down, then it will not be available on the next login (until it is : >powered off/rebooted with the Printer ON). : > You don't have to reboot. Just go to the PrintManager and configure the Printer available. It will come on then. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes (contd.) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 14:15:20 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950803140956.2810A-100000@hphalle9c.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3vl83g$a13@multiversum.multiversum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3vl83g$a13@multiversum.multiversum.com> On 1 Aug 1995, Alexander Spohr wrote: > I the have following servers running on the machine > - NetInfo > - DNS > - YP / NIS > - NFS > - PPP > - NNTP ^^^^ I run over the same experiences the day after installing innd. Try to remove the NNTP services and look wether the behaviour occurs again. If not, than you have a configuration problem. I also noticed, that NetInfo is buffering hostname lookups (e.g. logging in to a unknown host if your connection is down, and the host is only known to a remote host will popup the 'unknown host' message. After connection and running remote nameservert it's still impossible to connect to the host which was unreachable before the connection), so maybe you do have connection problems in general. (P.S.: You might also notice a very high CPU load if you misconfigured NNTP, this is way the delays occur) Best regards, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/ scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sta@logibec.com Subject: NEC Versa NetInstall Problem Message-ID: <1995Aug2.222258.22870@logibec.com> Keywords: Versa NEC Sender: news@logibec.com Organization: Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltee, QC, Canada Distribution: World Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:22:58 GMT Does anyone succeded to (NET)install NS3.3 on the NEC Versa P/75 with a Cogent PCMCIA Ethernet card? We got the PANIC at boot time and I am still waiting for the assistance of our dealer. Error Message: root on en0 rootdev 0, howto 0 initrootnet: autoaddr failed panic: (Cpu 0) whoami: initrootnet failed System Panic There is no PCMCIA Registering message neither Ethernet registering What is the proper IRQ for PCIC.config (PCMCIA chipset controller) Any hint ? Thanks Stephane Ah-ki Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd. Montreal, Canada sta@logibec.com
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using a NeXTstation as a mail server for Macs Date: 3 Aug 1995 12:38:03 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vqfvb$jqe@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> References: <KAY.95Aug1165058@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> In article <KAY.95Aug1165058@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) writes: > I was just wondering. Is it possible to setup a NeXTstation as a mail > server for Macintosh users to log into and download their mail using > Eudora or something similar. Or do I require additional software for > NEXTSTEP? > > Thanks in advance > > - Cameron I do it now for the Oak Ridge School System. You have to locate popper, a popMail program and follow the instructions to install it. It is really simple and is freely available. You might look for the latest version using WebCrawler 8-) - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Intriguing. No such file or directory? Date: 3 Aug 1995 12:43:45 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vqga1$k1b@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> I read a mail message using PINE that had a MIME attachment of an RTF file. I saved the attachment in my home directory and then exited pine to read it using the edit app. the file shows on the File Viewer, using the inspector panel, it has a size, etc. I can more the file and see that it apparently contains rtf data. If I double click or try to open from Edit.app, I get the message (after flashing a couple of times) Error, No such file or directory. I've done a fsck and made sure the drive has no busted links, inodes, etc. What could be the problem and how to read the file? - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: EIDE and next update? Date: 3 Aug 1995 15:44:06 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vqqs6$60h@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <3vmtfv$f8a@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> <3vnt90$1pi@crcnis3.unl.edu> <3vpeah$6ji@daffy.anet.uwrf.edu> BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM (bl03@uwrf.edu) wrote: : : In my experience, the performance (at least raw read/write speeds) are : : comparable to SCSI (if you have drives capable of some of the more advanced : : EIDE features, like PIO 4). Do you have any performance or benchmark : : numbers to back up your claims of poor performance? : Sorry, they arenot comparable. The software for testing speeds lies. I don't know HOW it could lie. It creates a huge file (writing it), and then reads it back, and times how long it takes. This doesn't test multitasking, of course, but it's a first step. : I setup some reallife testesunder SCSI and EIDE. The SCSI machine was : a P-60 and the EIDE system was a P-90.,...Now...Any SMART person would : say.. the P-90 would win hands down... Sorry...=-) Same amount of I wouldn't say any SMART person would say the P-90 should win. The disk subsystem speed is relatively independent of processor speed (but in the case of IDE where Programmed I/O is used, then the CPU does affect I/O speeds slightly). The bottleneck in I/O is usually the mechanical parts (like the disk... how fast can it physically transfer data?) Considerring your test, especially for high CPU overhead and heavy I/O, I would expect the SCSI system to be close to or even beat EIDE, simply because of it's better inherent performance in multitasking environments. -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Research Associate Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: kris@zapotec.math.byu.edu (Kris Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: INN binaries -OR- NEXTSTEP config file Date: 3 Aug 1995 17:00:11 GMT Organization: Brigham Young University Message-ID: <3vqvar$7lc@hamblin.math.byu.edu> Has anyone who has compiled INN for NEXTSTEP archs made the binaries publically available? Or failing that, does anyone have a working config file for INN on NEXTSTEP/Intel? I'm willing to make an Installer.app package out of the fat binaries if anyone can save me the time and effort to get INN compiled and working.... .............kris
From: stephen@genesis1.physics.yale.edu (Stephen B. Selipsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP LaserJet III Printer connection help Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Aug 1995 18:09:37 GMT Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Message-ID: <3vr3d2$j9c@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> Has anyone managed to connect an HP LaserJet III Postscript Cartridge printer to an Intel-based NEXTSTEP 3.2 system? The printer works fine when connected to an Apple, but I've had no success with either a 486-based Intel GX Pro, or a Pentium-based Eclipse. The printer shows no sign of receiving any print files; under one config (Parallel port ?) it did give a spurious "out of paper" message, but no more. I've tried: serial port (A or B, baud rate 9600, with or without hardware handshaking); parallel port (Parallel 1 Port); replacing the ppd file with the new version 4.1 from Adobe (the "DOS" version, as recommended by NextAnswers; renamed /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes/HP_LaserJet_III_PostScript_Cartridge_v4.1.ppd it showed up fine on the PrintManager menu). Thanks for any advice!
From: mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Can NEXTSTEP disks be repaired? (need help desparately) Date: 3 Aug 1995 19:40:50 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <3vr8o2$de7@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> In article <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu>, <esterbro@vt.edu> wrote: >Introduction: A rude installation package formatted the first 3% of a SCSI >NEXTSTEP disk for DOS. Of course, the disk had important files. Of course >it was not completely backed up because I wasn't expecting this. > >Can I patch the disk somehow? > >Here is the detailed account for those of you who are interested: > >I have a Pentium machine with 1 GB EIDE drive and 1 GB SCSI drive. > >The EIDE has a 150 MB partition with a minimal installation of NEXTSTEP >3.3. The other 874 MB was unallocated. The SCSI had a 1 GB partition with a >complete installation of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and my important files. > >My goal was to install DOS 6.2 to the EIDE 874 MB partition. > >In my computer's setup I set the EIDE to be enabled. When I do this the >EIDE becomes the C: drive and the SCSI becomes D: (as the SCSI ROM BIOS >reports at start up). I inserted the DOS setup disk in drive A: which >successfully booted. It kindly asked me if I wanted to use the unallocated >portion of the disk for DOS. I said "YES" afterwhich it formatted it. No >problem there. > >>>> Then without any prompt or even a warning it immediately <<< >>>> began formatting drive D: for DOS! I stopped it after <<< >>>> three percent. <<< > >Now when I boot the NEXTSTEP on EIDE it tries to mount the SCSI drive. I >get the panel, "Disk is unreadable - [Ignore] [Initialize]" I choose ignore >and the disk is mounted as a DOS disk containing no files. > >I know my data is still there on the disk. I need it. > >Can I repair the SCSI by copying the first 30 MB of my NEXTSTEP-EIDE over >the SCSI disk and set the partition ID? At work I have a 512 MB SCSI disk, >if this might make a better source image. > >How do i-nodes factor into this? > >I'm a programmer with NEXTSTEP and some PC-ROM experience. But I am a disk >repair novice. > >Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Please reply directly to >esterbro@vt.edu. > >-Chuck Esterbrook > Orca Computer, Inc. ---------------------------- I have had exactly the same experience as this! I was building a DOS partition on my boot drive about one month ago. I created the DOS partition and then rebooted the computer with the DOS floppy disk. The setup program started and offered to format my disk and install dos. MS-DOS 6.22 formatted my 100 meg dos partition, and then begain immediately formatting my 1 gig NEXTSTEP partition. I saw this and stopped it after about 2-3%. I was livid, and made some phone calls to Microsoft demanding that they pay to recover my lost data. I finally got connected to someone at tech support at Microsoft who made the brilliant suggestion "can't you just run unformat on the partition?". I had to pay $25.00 to hear this and other similar calibre suggestions. It turns out that Microsoft says that my dos 6.22 disks were an OEM product with the company that I bought my computer from (Packard Bell), and Microsoft said that Packard Bell had modified the boot floppy for dos. They also said that THEIR dos disk would not automatically format a second hard drive. I didn't believe it, and when I talked to Packard Bell, their tech support said that they really don't make any big changes to dos setup - just change some parameters. They said it must be a problem with Microsoft. At that point, their only suggestion was to write a letter to Packard Bell explaining what happened. Packard Bell said that for most people, this would not be a problem since they only have one drive, and they use the entire drive for DOS. I tried many things to recover my data. I tried building another disk with NEXTSTEP, and then manually mounting my damaged disk. It could not mount the disk. I then deleted the DOS partition and remade the NEXTSTEP partition using fdisk. I still could not mount the disk. I tried running the "disk" utility with the raw SCSI device and searching for backup boot blocks and running fsck with the alternate boot blocks. Nothing worked, and eventually I had to reformat the disk. I did lose some important data from the drive, and I'm being much more careful since then with my data. I now have my main NEXTSTEP files on a disk with 1024 byte sectors, so it isn't even recognised by DOS! The setup program is a very poorly handled install program by Microsoft, with total ignorance of any other operating system. It's disgraceful that a company with such an inferior product has become such a dominating position in the computer world. Varun
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes (contd.) Date: 3 Aug 1995 19:17:18 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <3vr7bu$psr@www.its.com> References: <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <3vl83g$a13@multiversum.multiversum.com> Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) wrote: > I the have following servers running on the machine > - NetInfo > - DNS > - YP / NIS > - NFS > - PPP > - NNTP Is this machine trying to do all of that over a PPP link, or is it connected via ethernet to its peers for many of those services, and it's only supporting some remote machine as a PPP server? Also, I would be suspicious about doing about NetInfo and YP/NIS on the same box. I've never had the combination work together very well. > The delay appears allways on > - netstat [ ... ] Does the delay also happen for "netstat -n"? If so, that suggests the delay is in lookupd / DNS. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 3 Aug 1995 20:30:18 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <3vrbkq$kpp@news.next.com> References: <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> In article <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> shathaway@hamp.hampshire.edu (Stephen B. Hathaway) writes: > Hi, > We have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an LPD. > I'm sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our case) to > print to it? I can set up the lpr/printcap stuff, but would like it to be > usable by a regular person. It only needs to printed to from this one > station. > The HP JetDirect does not support lpd - you need drivers configured for it, is it uses a different port than the standard lpd port. NEXTSTEP 3.3 supports the JetDirect natively. Since you're running 3.2, you have two options. You can grab the excellent public domain JetDirect driver package from the ftp archives (there's a copy at ftp.cs.orst.edu). Or, you can buy another Ethernet card for the HP that supports lpd (I recommend the Emulex NetJet - I've had really good results with it). - Mark -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
From: lamdong@cory.Berkeley.EDU (LD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP and Windows95 Date: 3 Aug 1995 22:04:41 GMT Organization: University of California, at Berkeley Message-ID: <3vrh5p$7de@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <nlee.807267901@s6.math.umn.edu> Namyong Lee (nlee@s6.math.umn.edu) wrote: : After installing Windows95 succesfully(?) I lost the choice of : booting either NeXTSTEP or Windows. (It removed the boot manager.) : Before upgrading Windows 95, it boots NeXTSTEP as a default. : Is there any way to recover the situation without reinstalling NeXTSTEP? : Is there anyway to make a boot floppy? Any help will be appreciated. Try to do this As root, type the following command in a Terminal window disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd0a If your HD is IDE, then substitute /dev/rhd0a for /dev/rsd0a My HD used to be lost optional boot (boot NeXt only) This instruction, i get from NeXT.COM Good luck -Lam (lamdong@cory.berkeley.edu) NeXTMail welcome at lamd@lamrc.com
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SNMP tools for NS?? Date: 1 Aug 1995 19:49:47 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <3vm0gr$ltg@optical.fiber.net> Are there now or in the works a set of SNMP tools, or a GUI framework, or even a set of objects for NS, specifically 3.3 FIP ??? If so, could someone point me to them or give me a shout? Tanks. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 9GB drives for NeXT??? Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 02:34:16 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Distribution: world Message-ID: <cpayne.11.302035A8@fiber.net> References: <3vo7ld$e8@machthenext.dannug.dk> Keywords: speed, reliability, noise >I remember seeing several different remarks on the different 9GB drives, and 8< snip >8 >but now I have to decide which one to take, and currently I m looking at the >Seagate Elite ST-410800N and the Micropolis 1991 (or the Wide SCSI version of >either). both are 9GB, both runs at 5400rpm, both has 12ms access, but the >Seagate has a larger cache, 1MB versus 512KB. 8< snip >8 >So, which should I choose, has anyone any experience with any of these drives >on black hardware??? I have several of the Seagates. The thing that irked me was how much "formatted" space you lose when you put the things in a booting machine, and you DO gain a *little* of it back using disk/newfs, but your 10GB/UF, 9.1GB/Formatted drive turns into a little 7.5GB drive when formatted using BuildDisk to make a boot drive. You lose a LOT! Bigger still was that NS seems to think the drive is a 477MB disk, even when built with a custom disktab entry. I didn't have that trouble with Solaris X.86, Netware, or OS/2, so I don't think it's the drive ID. It also doesn't matter if you're on a Cube or Intel. It's pretty quiet, as disks go. When my news server has about 6 in.nnrpds running, it can get sort-of noisy, but no noisier than an expire, They don't get hot enough to melt DATs set atop the machine (like the Micropolis we HAD), and haven't given me an ounce of fit in 8 months. These days, I expect they're pretty affordable. But, don't take my testimony as being enough to send you running for the HD vendor. As always, YMMV. Carl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gibson_Rory@pcp.ca (Rory Gibson) Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP and Windows95 Message-ID: <1995Aug4.001335.13129@pcp.ca> Sender: news@pcp.ca Organization: PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. References: <nlee.807267901@s6.math.umn.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 00:13:35 GMT In article <nlee.807267901@s6.math.umn.edu> nlee@s6.math.umn.edu (Namyong Lee) writes: > > After installing Windows95 succesfully(?) I lost the choice of > booting either NeXTSTEP or Windows. (It removed the boot manager.) > Before upgrading Windows 95, it boots NeXTSTEP as a default. > Is there any way to recover the situation without reinstalling NeXTSTEP? > Is there anyway to make a boot floppy? Any help will be appreciated. > You can boot from either partition by setting the active partition with "fdisk" under either NeXTSTEP or DOS. To put the boot manager back on the disk just type the following from a NeXTSTEP terminal (as root): disk -b /dev/rsd0a (for SCSI) or disk -b /dev/rhd0a (for IDE) This doesn't seem to affect the operation of Windows 95. Later, Rory Gibson
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Perl 5 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.lang.perl Date: 4 Aug 1995 00:59:01 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <3vs9el$2h1@mysite.mydomain> References: <3voof0$m3o@mark.ucdavis.edu> Stuart Staniford-Chen (stanifor@helvellyn) wrote: : Can anyone point me to a current version of Perl 5 configured for : the NeXT? (Intel and Motorola). There is a version for ftp at : ftp.cs.orst.edu, but it seems to be corrupted (it won't gzip). : Thanks, : Stuart. : -- : =================================================================== : Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science : stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 : h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-9157 | and : http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community : ====================================================================
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: INN binaries -OR- NEXTSTEP config file Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 09:47:34 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950804094425.26213C-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <3vqvar$7lc@hamblin.math.byu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3vqvar$7lc@hamblin.math.byu.edu> On 3 Aug 1995, Kris Magnusson wrote: > Has anyone who has compiled INN for NEXTSTEP archs made the binaries publically > available? Or failing that, does anyone have a working config file for INN on > NEXTSTEP/Intel? > I'll send you my config description. Oh, better, I'll post them, because there is a high demand. But this will become a big posting... > I'm willing to make an Installer.app package out of the fat binaries if anyone > can save me the time and effort to get INN compiled and working.... There is the problem, that many thing s are hardcoded, like the logging path, the installed pathes, etc. I donn't believe that an Installer package wouldn be a good move, because many people like different configurations. Cheers, Boerny -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/ scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: How can setup my printer to accept NT print requests on local ethernet? Date: 4 Aug 1995 07:50:57 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <3vsjh1$7qv@ralph.vnet.net> The Subject says it all: I am trying to share my Next printer which is attached to a Cube with an NT PC attacted to Cube via ethernet. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net
From: bennani@paris.calvacom.fr (Kamal Bennani) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem pb while using SerialPorts and PortServer Date: 4 Aug 1995 10:43:28 GMT Organization: CalvaNet Message-ID: <3vstkg$1id@midgard.calvacom.fr> Reply: kb10@calvanet.calvacom.fr Hi, When I use the SerialPorts and PortServer drivers, I can't work with my MutiTech modem on the second serial port. Any suggestions? Kamal BENNANI MVCD (Medical Science and Communication) kb10@calvanet.calvacom.fr
From: chrisi@soul2.iig.uni-freiburg.de (Christoph Scheepers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PC does not start up in "normal" mode Date: 2 Aug 1995 11:59:15 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <3vnpaj$ocn@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> I have successfully installed NS 3.3 on an Intel P90 machine with an NCR8250S PCI SCSI adapter (using the SYM53C8XX driver), a miro20SV graphics adapter, and a SoundBlaster16 mCD sound card. But there is still one problem: NeXTStep will start up correctly in the "-v" mode (with diagnostic messages), but after waiting 10 seconds or pressing "enter" at the boot: prompt, the screen turns black and nothing else happens. Does anyone know the reason for this? Thanks in advance Christoph Scheepers
From: mbsgr@mail.alliance.net (Brian Brandt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mac's and Win on Novell Network Date: 4 Aug 1995 14:49:13 GMT Organization: Midwest Business Systems Message-ID: <3vtc19$5ja@allinux2.alliance.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Has anyone done a cost analysis for Multi-Platform networks vs. Single-Platform networks? Specifically running Mac's and Win on a Novell network versus PC's and Win. Please e-mail me at mbsgr@mail.alliance.net Thank You
From: nomad@qualcomm.com (Lee Damon) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,news.sysadmin,ucb.sysadmin,alt.security.pgp Subject: PGP signing party @ LISA IX conference Date: 3 Aug 1995 16:59:55 -0700 Organization: QUALCOMM, Incorporated; San Diego, CA, USA Message-ID: <3vrntr$cjl@qualcomm.com> I'll be sponsoring a PGP signing BOF at the LISA IX (Systems Administration) conference in Monterey, CA. The BOF will most likely be Thursday night, September 21st, 1995. Please bring printed fingerprints with you, and be ready to hand them out. I've never run one of these before, so if someone who has is planning on being at the conference, Please Contact Me. thanks nomad -- work: nomad@qualcomm.com - Lee "nomad" Damon - \ play: nomad@castle.org or castle!nomad \ <http://www-users.qualcomm.com/users/nomad> / \ Sr. Systems Administrator, QUALCOMM Incorporated / \
From: thorf@csa.bu.edu (Thor Farrish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: multiport serial device ISA NS? Date: 4 Aug 1995 17:49:58 GMT Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Message-ID: <3vtmk6$23j@news.bu.edu> I am looking into providing dial-up access to a NextStep host with analog modems. I am not sure if I want to look at plug-in multi-port serial devices, or external ethernet- connected terminal servers. Hopefully, I will have 6-10 28.8 modems attached to the NS machine. I know the ethernet bridge/terminal server is more expensive, but it might be less load (vs serial port access). What about serial-SCSI paddles I've seen for other systems (IBM, Sun, etc).. is this an option? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -Thor-
From: Jacob C Freifeld <jf4u+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sysadmin position Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 14:48:08 -0400 Organization: Sophomore, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <0k8ahc200YUpQGBkAX@andrew.cmu.edu> WANTED: Systems Administrator Marble Associates, Inc., a medium-sized high-tech consulting firm on route 128, is seeking a professional systems consultant for a part-to full-time position with primary responsibilities for system administration and consultant support. We are seeking a candidate with some experience (academic experience OK) with TCP/IP Internetworking, dial-Up networking strategies (SLIP, PPP), sendmail, ethernet networks and topology, Unix system administration, shell programming and perl. Of equal concern in addition to the specific technical experience of the candidate will be your: - ability to master new technologies quickly - eagerness to take on new challenges - ability to plan as well as to execute - ability to think broadly about distributed systems - enthusiasm for working in a unique environment and culture. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and ability. If you are interested, please send resume to: Marble Associates, Inc. Attn: Human Resources 950 Winter Street, Suite 1700 Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 fax: 617-487-7044 e-mail: recruiting@marble.com
From: riedt@cybernetics.net (Ried Thiel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help with CNews Date: 4 Aug 1995 21:18:57 GMT Organization: Cybernetx, Inc. Message-ID: <3vu2s1$odv@news0.cybernetics.net> I am having problems afetr configuring installing Cnews. Here is the message I get in the log file after doing a post and running newsrun. Aug 4 15:00:01.196 (local) - no Message-ID: header If I add a Message-ID I get the following error message. empty Path: header Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks for any help, Ried
From: khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: PPP & mailhost? Date: 4 Aug 1995 17:13:12 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <3vtkf8$1lu@ralph.vnet.net> I know this question was asked before, so please be patient with my quest for knowledge. How can I accept mail forwarded from the connecting remove network? How can I setup mailhost alias and to which machine? Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net
From: deniseh@MCS.COM (Denise Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dead internal disk on Turbo Color Date: 31 Jul 1995 16:50:02 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <3vjj6a$pqr@Mercury.mcs.com> I have a Turbo Color running NS 3.2, and a 1.4GB external hard drive. The machine also has a 105MB internal drive which I've been using as a swap disk. Awhile back the internal drive started flaking out with media errors, so I renamed it "junkdisk" to stop it from being used at all. Over the weekend I finally sat down to try running a low-level format of the disk, to see if that would help. The actual "disk -F junkdisk" came right back in less than a second--my first clue that something isn't right. Then I tried to rename it "swapdisk" but I can't; the workspace shows a document- with-question-mark icon for it with the same old name. The disk label appears to have the correct information on it, yet when I try to do anything with the disk I'm told that it can't read the label. Is this disk totally hosed, or is there more I can try to fix it? Denise
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Are imapd & popd connections limited? Date: 5 Aug 1995 00:34:23 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Aug4173423@wren.csulb.edu> We're wondering if there's a limit to the number of simultaneous imap or pop connections to a mail server running 3.3? I'm not thinking of the process slot limitation, but rather the 32 max login limitation. Jack
From: David A. Johnson Northwestern University Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need help Date: 4 Aug 1995 16:40:12 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vtihc$151@news.acns.nwu.edu> Summary: I'm having problems with Use Manager Keywords: Browsed, NetInfo Hello everyone, I have a new machine I'm trying to add to our net. I have only one small problem and that is when I launch UserManager.app at the point of where it selects the [default] local domain I get the following error: Alert Domain browsed did not respond, please try again later. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this puppy? Thank's in advance, david
From: Mark A. Doucet Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Incomplete termcap? Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:54:26 GMT Organization: DigiPhone Corp., College Station, TX. 409.693.8885 Message-ID: <4000n2$tmk@news.myriad.net> Does anyone know what this error message means? "Warning: incomplete termcap entry. Editing disabled." I get it when getting into mail via telnet. Thanks for your help Mark --
From: randy@spsp.com (Randy Berdan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ifconfig Question Date: 5 Aug 1995 17:51:31 GMT Organization: SPS Productions Message-ID: <400b33$2pj@news.inc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is there any way to alias an ifconfig device in NextStep 3.3, like in BSD 4.4? I want to serve Web under multiple Domain names and in order to do that I have to configure a new "ethernet" device for every domain. Does anybody know of a way to fake it on the Next? Randy randy@spsp.com
From: khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 5 Aug 1995 19:23:22 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> Hi, Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... Any help is highly appreciated .. Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net
From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 5 Aug 1995 21:30:09 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <400nt1$6hr@news.xmission.com> References: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> R. D. Khader (khader@vnet.net) wrote: : Hi, : Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my : personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried : other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is : root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is : fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message : comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it : defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login : complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. : I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... : Any help is highly appreciated .. : Thanks in advance. : khader@vnet.net A CERT advisory describes your problem as a symptom of a hacker attack that is specific to machines running Netinfo. -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PC does not start up in "normal" mode Date: 5 Aug 1995 21:35:18 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <400o6m$6hr@news.xmission.com> References: <3vnpaj$ocn@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> This is a problem with machines that use Triton PCI chipsets. There is no workaround except to change the default bootup graphics in System.config/Instance0.table to "No." From mine: "Boot Graphics" = "No"; .............................kris Christoph Scheepers (chrisi@soul2.iig.uni-freiburg.de) wrote: : I have successfully installed NS 3.3 on an Intel P90 machine with an : NCR8250S PCI SCSI adapter (using the SYM53C8XX driver), a miro20SV : graphics adapter, and a SoundBlaster16 mCD sound card. But there is still : one problem: NeXTStep will start up correctly in the "-v" mode (with : diagnostic messages), but after waiting 10 seconds or pressing "enter" at : the boot: prompt, the screen turns black and nothing else happens. Does : anyone know the reason for this? : Thanks in advance : Christoph Scheepers -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Contract Date: 5 Aug 1995 21:45:05 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <400op1$22t@tofu.alt.net> System Admin NEXTSTEP Contract Long,long term DC Area Excellent position To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] The Omni Group (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: PPP & mailhost? Date: 5 Aug 1995 21:41:01 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <400ohd$2sq@ni1.ni.net> References: <3vtkf8$1lu@ralph.vnet.net> In article <3vtkf8$1lu@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: >I know this question was asked before, so please be patient with my quest >for knowledge. > >How can I accept mail forwarded from the connecting remove network? >How can I setup mailhost alias and to which machine? > >Thanks in advance. > >khader@vnet.net First off your provider should configure the proper "MX" records for your domain. To view the records try the following in a shell: nslookup // puts nslookup into interactive mode ls -d mydomain.com // list records To get mail for the address "user@host.mydomain.net", Add the following line near the other Dxxxx lines in your sendmail.cf file: Cwhost.mydomain.net host host.mydomain.com mydomain.com You can also add any other names for which your system should accept mail. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: kbruce@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ken Bruce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 5 Aug 1995 17:32:36 -0400 Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD Message-ID: <400o1kINNhd1@oasys.dt.navy.mil> References: <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin, shathaway@hamp.hampshire.edu (Stephen B. Hathaway) writes: >Hi, > We have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an LPD. I'm >sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our case) to print >to it? I can set up the lpr/printcap stuff, but would like it to be usable >by a regular person. It only needs to printed to from this one station. >Pointers to information would be fine. >Stephen Hathaway >sbhNS@hamp.hampshire.edu Please post any answers, or email me with the answer. I am interested in the solution. The only answer I have found, is to set the printer up as a print server on a Novell file server, and give each user of the NeXT a Novell account. Ken Bruce |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | kbruce@oasys.dt.navy.mil | Opinions expressed herein are mine alone. | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Ghostscript and HP660C InkJet. Date: 5 Aug 1995 20:33:56 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <4012lk$4kr@mysite.mydomain> Hello, Has anyone got a HP660C working with ghostscript? If so could you please tell me how? I know that there is no device driver for the HP660C in the ghostscript distribution, but maybe there's an emulation mode it will work with. I can't seem to get any PostScript file to print. Actually I couldn't get anything to print. Even sending a regular text file to the printer with pp0cat in the ghostHPDJ distribution didn't work. I've downloaded ghostscript 2.6.2 and compiled it, then installed it. I've also downloaded ghostHPDJ. Furthermore I'm running NS3.3 (user) NS3.2(dev) on Intel. Thank you in advance for any help. stef
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Message-ID: <DCwCFH.1Bw@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services References: <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> <400o1kINNhd1@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 15:59:41 GMT Ken Bruce (edited): > Stephen B. Hathaway (also edited): >> Hi, we have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an >> LPD. I'm sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our >> case) to print to it? I can set up the lpr/printcap stuff, but would >> like it to be usable by a regular person. > Please post any answers, or email me with the answer. I am interested > in the solution. The only answer I have found, is to set the printer > up as a print server on a Novell file server, and give each user of > the NeXT a Novell account. I think the answer may be to upgrade to 3.3. Given a HP Jet Direct printer set up for Macs by a person who knows nothing about Unix, I was able to simply use PrintManager. All I needed was the type of printer and its address. All in all, it took 30 seconds. I believe support for Jet Direct is new to 3.3. -Magnus
From: stevied@natasha.bankone.com (Steve Dieringer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: INN Date: 6 Aug 1995 21:58:18 GMT Organization: Bank One Message-ID: <403dtq$296@natasha.bankone.com> Would anyone care to share their INN control files? I'm feeding back all news to my news feed - would like to figure out how to stop this. Thanks, Steve BTW, I compiled INN for HPPA. Please let me know if you want this... -- Steve Dieringer NeXTMail: steved@bankone.com Group Product Manager, Electronic Commerce Product & Technology Management, 1140 Bank One, Columbus, NA Columbus, OH 43271-1140 Phone: (614) 248-3019
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: tape drive console error message; how to resolve? Date: 6 Aug 1995 16:59:35 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <403e07$3fi@Mercury.mcs.com> Up until this weekend, I have run fairly regular weekly backups on my NeXTstation mono from a CONNER CFP4207S 4 gig drive (two partitions) to a WangDAT 3400DX. This weekend, attempting a backup of one of the partitions, I received an error which shows in the console (actually /usr/adm/messages here) as: Aug 6 15:18:43 font mach: st: cmd = 0xa sr_io_status = 2H Aug 6 15:18:43 font mach: Sense key = 0x0 Sense Code = 0x38 The error occurs more than 85% into the dump (after almost an hour and a half has passed). This causes dump (dump 0us 120000 /dev/rsd1b) to fail. The partition being dumped is about 99% full with 13493 kb available. The tape drive has been set to both SCSI-1 and SCSI-2, but the same error occurs for both settings. A number of new and used 4mm DAT tapes have been used, and all result in the same error. (All tapes are 90 m.) I have also used 240000 as the tape length for dump. I have used gnutar to write out a tape archive; same error. All of the rest of my disk partitions dump without any problems (they are all considerably less full, and smaller, though). What other actions can I take to dump the partition successfully? Is there something obvious which I am missing? I am unable to use space on a different partition because of soft errors, so I need to dump everything off to reformat the drive. Argh. Please post (and mail if you can) your suggestions. Thank you. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: cmsg cancel <4012lk$4kr@mysite.mydomain> Control: cancel <4012lk$4kr@mysite.mydomain> Date: 6 Aug 1995 17:52:12 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <403dic$kj@mysite.mydomain> Article cancelled from within tin [v1.2 PL2]
From: khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 6 Aug 1995 22:41:31 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <403ger$2gs@ralph.vnet.net>
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Ghostscript and HP660C InkJet speed. Date: 6 Aug 1995 18:08:48 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <403ehg$am8@mysite.mydomain> Hello all, I managed to get ghostscript and ghostHPDJ installed on my system and working somewhat normally. But it takes about one half to one hour to print a page at 300dpi. This is the contents of my filt.sh file created by the HPColorCorrect app. #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=cdj550 -dBitsPerPixel=1 -dDepletion=1 -dShingling=0 -r300 -sOutputFile=\|/usr/local/bin/pp0cat - Is the time it takes to print these documents normal? I have NS3.3 (user) NS3.2(dev) Intel running on a 100MHz Pentium 32Meg RAM and I'm using the parallel port. Can I speed this up for 300dpi? Thanks in advance, stef
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 6 Aug 1995 23:11:51 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <403i7n$hq4@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <DCwCFH.1Bw@midway.uchicago.edu> In article <DCwCFH.1Bw@midway.uchicago.edu> magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) writes: >Ken Bruce (edited): >> Stephen B. Hathaway (also edited): >>> Hi, we have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an >>> LPD. I'm sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our >>> case) to print to it? >I think the answer may be to upgrade to 3.3. > .... I believe support for Jet Direct >is new to 3.3. That's one answer. There is another way that does not require upgrade: Get JetDirectDriver* package from the archives (look in the index). This will work with NS3.2 and older. -- Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: Univ. of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 Tel: 510-642-6440, Fax: 510-642-3323, (NeXT & MIME mails OK)
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 6 Aug 1995 23:14:01 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <403ibp$hqu@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <DCwCFH.1Bw@midway.uchicago.edu> In article <DCwCFH.1Bw@midway.uchicago.edu> magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) writes: >Ken Bruce (edited): >> Stephen B. Hathaway (also edited): >>> Hi, we have a HP Jet Direct equipped printer that will function as an >>> LPD. I'm sure this is a FAQ, but how do I set up NeXTStep (3.2 in our >>> case) to print to it? >I think the answer may be to upgrade to 3.3. > .... I believe support for Jet Direct is new to 3.3. That's one answer. There is another way that does not require upgrade: Get JetDirectDriver* package from the archives (look in the index). This will work with NS3.2 and older. If your JetDirect definitely supports LPD (old JetDirect didn't and some new ones may not), you can look in NeXT Answers 1279_Tips_Summer1993.rtfd to set it up. -- Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: Univ. of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 Tel: 510-642-6440, Fax: 510-642-3323, (NeXT & MIME mails OK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: SNMP tools for NS?? Message-ID: <DCw8yB.5I8@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <3vm0gr$ltg@optical.fiber.net> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 14:44:34 GMT In article <3vm0gr$ltg@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: > Are there now or in the works a set of SNMP tools, or a GUI framework, > or even a set of objects for NS, specifically 3.3 FIP ??? If so, > could someone point me to them or give me a shout? Tanks. > > -- > Carl Payne > cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK Does anybody know where I can obtain documentation on the usage of SNMP... Any large .ps files? -Alby
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SOLUTION: deamon to switch NeXTprinter off Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:00:59 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <403okc$9jj@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Hi printers, Lately there were some messages about how to switch off the NeXTprinter, without having to switch it on manually. The method I picked up from the net, one or two years ago is to start a deamon from rc.local. In my case (I think a rather typical one) this method works flawless. Once again, thanx to the original authors. Willem van Schaik ---8X====---------------------------------------------------nppowerd.README--- Compile nppowerd.c, copy the executable to /usr/local/bin, take care that root is the owner and call it from /etc/rc.local. The following works fine: --------- (echo -n 'Starting local daemons:') >/dev/console # # Run your own commands here # # Start NextPrinter power-off deamon if [ -f /usr/local/bin/nppowerd ]; then /usr/local/bin/nppowerd 10 & (echo -n ' nppowerd') >/dev/console fi # (echo '.') >/dev/console --------- created by: Peter Nitezki (Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org) modified by: Piotr Twarecki, M.Eng. (B7NS@MUSICB.McGill.CA) remodified by: Willem van Schaik (gwillem@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg) ---8X====---------------------------------------------------nppowerd.README--- ---8X====--------------------------------------------------------nppowerd.c--- /* * nppowerd.c rjesse 19 oct 92 * * This daemon turns off a NeXT 400 dpi printer (/dev/np0) * that has been idle for more than "interval" minutes. * * Usage: nppowerd [interval minutes] */ #define INTERVAL (60*60) /* 60 minute default */ #include <stdio.h> #include <bsd/sys/types.h> #include <mach/boolean.h> #include <bsd/sys/ioctl.h> #include <bsd/sys/file.h> #include <bsd/sys/stat.h> #include <bsd/dev/m68k/npio.h> char printer[] = "/dev/np0"; time_t pmtime() { struct stat pstat; if (stat(printer, &pstat) < 0) { fputs("nppowerd: ", stderr); perror(printer); exit(1); } return pstat.st_mtime; } turnpoff() { struct npop op; register pfd; extern errno; errno = 0; if ((pfd=open(printer, O_WRONLY, 0)) < 0) return errno; op.np_op = NPSETPOWER; op.np_power = 0; ioctl(pfd, NPIOCPOP, &op); close(pfd); return errno; } main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { time_t offtime, mtime, idle; register interval = INTERVAL; if (argc > 2) { fputs("Usage: nppowerd [minutes]\n", stderr); return 1; } switch (fork()) { default: return 0; case -1: return 1; case 0: ; /* child */ } if (argc > 1) interval = atoi(argv[1]) * 60; if (interval<60 || interval>(24*60*60) ) interval = INTERVAL; /* * it seems (see NP(4)) to be impossible to test whether the * printer is on or off without first turning it on - opening * the device, even without O_WRONLY, turns it on. so we assume * that upon nppowerd invocation (probably from /etc/rc) that * the printer is on (it gets turned on during the boot sequence). */ offtime = 0; mtime = pmtime(); /* * go to sleep during startup to allow the printer daemon * to start up */ sleep(15); while (1) { if (mtime != offtime) { /* there has been some printer activity */ while ((idle = time() - mtime) < interval) { sleep(interval-idle+1); mtime = pmtime(); } if (turnpoff() == 0) offtime = mtime = pmtime(); } sleep(interval); mtime = pmtime(); } /*NOTREACHED*/ } ---8X====--------------------------------------------------------nppowerd.c--- W i l l e m v a n S c h a i k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gintic - Singapore gwillem@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SNMP tools for NS?? Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:39:15 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <403qs3$786@canton.charm.net> References: <3vm0gr$ltg@optical.fiber.net> <DCw8yB.5I8@empire.org> (Albatross) wrote: > In article <3vm0gr$ltg@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: > > Are there now or in the works a set of SNMP tools, or a GUI framework, > > or even a set of objects for NS, specifically 3.3 FIP ??? If so, > > could someone point me to them or give me a shout? Tanks. > > > > -- > > Carl Payne > > cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK > Does anybody know where I can obtain documentation on the usage > of SNMP... Any large .ps files? > -Alby Check out the RFC section on ds.internic.net (ftp or http). The index points to all of the important documents for SNMP. comp.protocols.snmp has some discussion. There is some research being done on SNMP an SNMPv2 standards. Check out http://snmp.cs.utwente.nl/ for information. There is a TCL/TK (wish) interface to SNMP also from the above address. There is a Perl interface to SNMP called SNMPerl that handles get, getnext and set. streeter@ingr.com wrote this back in 1992. And for the NeXT community. There is a product called NetWatcher with SNMP AGeNT. Contact Errol Ginsberg <zulu!errol@uu4.psi.com> for info. Good luck, and let me know if you find anything more. jas (Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: steve@deltos.uucp (Steven R. Staton) Subject: Lost parent netinfo database Message-ID: <DCx4Fr.3s7@deltos.uucp> Organization: Deltos Fleet Computing Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 02:04:39 GMT I keep losing my parent Netinfo database, which forces my boots to hang until I opt, via 'c', to ignore the parent Netinfo. I am running a stand- alone 040 Cube, with NS3.3. I've rebuilt with the default database in the system default directory, and by using SimpleNetworkManager. What can I do to keep my parent (and very small) Netinfo database around? -- Steven R. Staton | /\\==== The two most common things = Deltos Fleet Computing | / \\------ in the Universe are ----- steve@deltos.com | /S104\\== Dark Matter and Stupidity == --------------------------*---------------------------------------
From: gardner@frigga.UU.NET (Jonathan Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTstation and Networked Laserjet 4 Date: 7 Aug 1995 07:25:31 GMT Message-ID: <404f5b$420@alterdial.UU.NET> Hello, I have a NeXTstaion Turbo Color and a HP LaserJet 4 printer, with a RAM upgrade, PostScript SIMM, and a Ethernet JetDirect Card. I cannot get the NeXTstation to print off of the printer. I think it nust be something in the printcap entry but it appears to be fine to me. I keep getting Cannot resolve address errors. Anyone using a similiar configuration, or just a networked printer? Any other ideas? Thanks. Jonathan Gardner gardnr@uunet.uu.net (My opinions are my own not my employers)
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTstation and Networked Laserjet 4 Date: 7 Aug 1995 10:43:26 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <404qoe$npo@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <404f5b$420@alterdial.UU.NET> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jonathan Gardner (gardner@frigga.UU.NET) wrote: : Hello, : I have a NeXTstaion Turbo Color and a HP LaserJet 4 printer, : with a RAM upgrade, PostScript SIMM, and a Ethernet JetDirect Card. I have a Laserjet 4M+ printer running off the network. I set the IP address from the printer configuration panel (didn't care about bootp) and made an entry into the hosts database on our NeXT network (netinfo) for this IP-adress under the name laserjet1. Then I created the following printcap entry: Laserjet_4M_Plus: \ :_nxfinalform:lp=:rm=laserjet1:lo=lock: \ :if=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver:sb: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/laserjet4mplus: \ :ty=HP LaserJet 4 PostScript 600DPI s: Hope that helps. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Jacques Garbi Subject: What's the latest publicware ppp for NS Intel that is easy to install ? Message-ID: <DCt6uM.Mw@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 23:06:22 GMT Hi, Here is my problem : - I have currently a UUCP link to my Internet provider that works perfectly for mail and news (that's what I'm currently using). - I'd like to set up a PPP connection so to surf the WWW. - I don't want to loose my UUCP connection as it is very easy for me to understand and control. It's also perfectly stable and safe. - How can I set up a PPP connection to use with Netsurfer.app or OmniWeb.app ? What are the files I should download ? Is there also a commercial package that's really worth it (ie very easy to install) ? I'm not a beginner under UNIX but I never setup a PPP connection and I have no ideas how this would be done. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks --- Jacques GARBI TOUGA MANAGEMENT Ltd. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Jacques Garbi Subject: Problems with PPP scripts and pppd command Message-ID: <DCt8t4.99@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 23:48:40 GMT Hi, I installed Next.ppp-2.2-0.1.9.pkg that I found on the Net. I followed every instruction and everything seems to work fine. Except that I don't know what to do with the pppd command. What parameters should I add ? Should I launch it manually or set it up in rc.local ? I copied the pppup.zyxel to pppup and changed the phone number and so on. How can i use it now ? It is said that I need the file /etc/resolv.conf with all IP names and IP addresses. I do not have this file. Where could I get it ? Thanks for any help --- Jacques GARBI TOUGA MANAGEMENT Ltd. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ajl@spock (Alexander Lamb) Subject: Printing from SUN to NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <DCy1Mu.JuF@eunet.ch> Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Organization: EUnet AG, Switzerland Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 14:01:41 GMT Hello, I have an HP Postscript printer attached to a NEXTSTEP/Intel machine. I would like to print from a SUN OS 4.1.3 machine to that printer... When I send pure ascii, everything works fine because it gets "enscripted" into Postscript format... BUT, I would like to send from my SUN DIRECTLY to the printer without any Postscript transformation (because my SUN is sending HP formatting information OR window bitmaps). Any input on what should be done (second printer queue, netinfo hacking, etc...) ??? Many thanks Alexander Lamb EQT SA Geneva / Switzerland ajl@eqt.ch
From: Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PC does not start up in "normal" mode Date: 7 Aug 1995 14:11:22 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <4056ub$ej1@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <3vnpaj$ocn@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <400o6m$6hr@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) wrote: > This is a problem with machines that use Triton PCI chipsets. There is no > workaround except to change the default bootup graphics in > System.config/Instance0.table to "No." This is not necessarily always the case with TRITON machines. We have a Pentium-120 system, and it works fine with bootup graphics. --- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Research Associate Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's the latest publicware ppp for NS Intel that is easy to install ? Date: 7 Aug 1995 16:34:36 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <405fas$4bj@news4.digex.net> References: <DCt6uM.Mw@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Jacques Garbi wrote: > - How can I set up a PPP connection to use with Netsurfer.app or > OmniWeb.app ? What are the files I should download ? Is there > also a commercial package that's really worth it (ie very easy > to install) ? > I'm not a beginner under UNIX but I never setup a PPP connection > and I have no ideas how this would be done. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/ppp is where all the files are kept. http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/ is the web page. I believe 2.2-0.4.5 is the latest release of PPP. -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: INN binaries -OR- NEXTSTEP config file Date: 7 Aug 1995 16:40:07 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <405fl7$rgk@www.its.com> References: <3vqvar$7lc@hamblin.math.byu.edu> kris@zapotec.math.byu.edu (Kris Magnusson) wrote: > Has anyone who has compiled INN for NEXTSTEP archs made the binaries > publically available? Or failing that, does anyone have a working config > file for INN on NEXTSTEP/Intel? I'll append our (working) config file to the end of this message. > I'm willing to make an Installer.app package out of the fat binaries if > anyone can save me the time and effort to get INN compiled and > working.... That's a bad idea, IMHO. First, you need to specify a lot of hard-coded paths within the INN system, which are not going to be generally applicable to all configurations. Secondly, INN requires a fair amount of setup and maintainance in order to function properly, because there are many things (newsfeeds, the active file, control.ctl, hosts.nntp, etc) that *must* be set up differently on every site. -Chuck ## $Revision: 1.40 $ ## ## InterNetNews configuration file. ## Note that if you leave a field blank, you must have the trailing tab! ## ## ## 1. MAKE CONFIG PARAMETERS ## Where the DBZ sources are, from C News. INN has a (maybe old) copy. #### =()<DBZDIR @<DBZDIR>@>()= DBZDIR ../dbz ## If you have a parallel make, set this to "&" #### =()<P @<P>@>()= P ## C pre-processor flags #### =()<DEFS @<DEFS>@>()= DEFS -I../include -I/usr/include/bsd ## C compiler #### =()<CC @<CC>@>()= CC cc ## Does your compiler properly do "char const *"? Pick DO DONT or DUNNO #### =()<USE_CHAR_CONST @<USE_CHAR_CONST>@>()= USE_CHAR_CONST DO ## C compiler flags #### =()<CFLAGS @<CFLAGS>@>()= CFLAGS $(DEFS) -W -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -arch m68k -arch i386 -Dregister='' ## C compiler flags to use when compiling dbz #### =()<DBZCFLAGS @<DBZCFLAGS>@>()= DBZCFLAGS $(CFLAGS) ## What flags to use if profiling; -p or -pg, e.g. #### =()<PROF @<PROF>@>()= PROF -pg ## Flags for the "cc -o" line; e.g., -Bstatic on SunOS4.x while debugging. #### =()<LDFLAGS @<LDFLAGS>@>()= LDFLAGS -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -arch m68k -arch i386 ## If you use the standard NNTP way of connecting, where is the library? #### =()<NNTPLIB @<NNTPLIB>@>()= NNTPLIB ## If you need to link in other libraries, add them here #### =()<LIBS @<LIBS>@>()= LIBS ## How to make a lint library; pick BSD, SYSV, or NONE. #### =()<LINTLIBSTYLE @<LINTLIBSTYLE>@>()= LINTLIBSTYLE NONE ## Flags for lint. AIX wants "-wkD"; it and others don't want "-z". #### =()<LINTFLAGS @<LINTFLAGS>@>()= LINTFLAGS -b -h -z $(DEFS) ## Some lints insist on putting out the filename and other crap. ## Possible values: ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.aix ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.osx ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sun ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sysv ## LINTFILTER #### =()<LINTFILTER @<LINTFILTER>@>()= LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sun ## How to install manpages; pick SOURCE, NROFF-PACK, NROFF-PACK-SCO, or NONE. #### =()<MANPAGESTYLE @<MANPAGESTYLE>@>()= MANPAGESTYLE SOURCE ## Where various manpages should go #### =()<MAN1 @<MAN1>@>()= MAN1 /usr/local/man/man1 #### =()<MAN3 @<MAN3>@>()= MAN3 /usr/local/man/man3 #### =()<MAN5 @<MAN5>@>()= MAN5 /usr/local/man/man5 #### =()<MAN8 @<MAN8>@>()= MAN8 /usr/local/man/man8 ## Ranlib command. Use echo if you don't need ranlib. #### =()<RANLIB @<RANLIB>@>()= RANLIB ranlib ## YACC (yet another config control?) #### =()<YACC @<YACC>@>()= YACC bison -y ## Ctags command. Use echo if you don't have ctags. #### =()<CTAGS @<CTAGS>@>()= CTAGS ctags -t -w ## ## 2. LOGGING LEVELS ## Facility innd should log under. #### =()<LOG_INN_SERVER @<LOG_INN_SERVER>@>()= LOG_INN_SERVER LOG_LOCAL0 ## Facility all other programs should log under. #### =()<LOG_INN_PROG @<LOG_INN_PROG>@>()= LOG_INN_PROG LOG_LOCAL1 ## Flags to use in opening the logs; some programs add LOG_PID. #### =()<L_OPENLOG_FLAGS @<L_OPENLOG_FLAGS>@>()= L_OPENLOG_FLAGS (LOG_CONS | LOG_NDELAY) ## Log a fatal error; program is about to exit. #### =()<L_FATAL @<L_FATAL>@>()= L_FATAL LOG_CRIT ## Log an error that might mean one or more articles get lost. #### =()<L_ERROR @<L_ERROR>@>()= L_ERROR LOG_ERR ## Informational notice, usually not worth caring about. #### =()<L_NOTICE @<L_NOTICE>@>()= L_NOTICE LOG_WARNING ## A protocol trace. #### =()<L_TRACE @<L_TRACE>@>()= L_TRACE LOG_DEBUG ## All incoming control commands (ctlinnd, etc). #### =()<L_CC_CMD @<L_CC_CMD>@>()= L_CC_CMD LOG_INFO ## ## 3. OWNERSHIPS AND FILE MODES ## Owner of articles and directories and _PATH_INNDDIR #### =()<NEWSUSER @<NEWSUSER>@>()= NEWSUSER news ## Group, for same purpose #### =()<NEWSGROUP @<NEWSGROUP>@>()= NEWSGROUP news ## Who gets email about control messages? (Usually same as NEWSUSER) #### =()<NEWSMASTER @<NEWSMASTER>@>()= NEWSMASTER usenet ## Who gets email on the Path line? #### =()<PATHMASTER @<PATHMASTER>@>()= PATHMASTER not-for-mail ## Umask to set. #### =()<NEWSUMASK @<NEWSUMASK>@>()= NEWSUMASK 02 ## Mode that incoming articles are created under. #### =()<ARTFILE_MODE @<ARTFILE_MODE>@>()= ARTFILE_MODE 0664 ## Mode that batch files are created under. #### =()<BATCHFILE_MODE @<BATCHFILE_MODE>@>()= BATCHFILE_MODE 0664 ## Mode that directories are created under. #### =()<GROUPDIR_MODE @<GROUPDIR_MODE>@>()= GROUPDIR_MODE 0775 ## ## 4. C LIBRARY DIFFERENCES ## Use stdargs, varargs, or neither? Pick VARARGS STDARGS or NONE. ## You need vfprintf and vfsprintf if not NONE. #### =()<VAR_STYLE @<VAR_STYLE>@>()= VAR_STYLE VARARGS ## If you don't have <string.h>, set this to "mystring.h" #### =()<STR_HEADER @<STR_HEADER>@>()= STR_HEADER <string.h> ## If you don't have <memory.h>, set this to "mymemory.h" #### =()<MEM_HEADER @<MEM_HEADER>@>()= MEM_HEADER <memory.h> ## What is a file offset? Usually long or off_t. *Must be long for now!* #### =()<OFFSET_T @<OFFSET_T>@>()= OFFSET_T long ## What is the type of an object size? Usually size_t or unsigned int. #### =()<SIZE_T @<SIZE_T>@>()= SIZE_T size_t ## What is the type of a passwd uid and gid, for use in chown(2)? #### =()<UID_T @<UID_T>@>()= UID_T uid_t #### =()<GID_T @<GID_T>@>()= GID_T gid_t ## Type of a pid, for use in kill(2). #### =()<PID_T @<PID_T>@>()= PID_T int ## Generic pointer, used by memcpy, malloc, etc. Usually char or void. #### =()<POINTER @<POINTER>@>()= POINTER void ## Worst-case alignment, in order to shut lint up #### =()<ALIGNPTR @<ALIGNPTR>@>()= ALIGNPTR double ## What should a signal handler return? Usually int or void. #### =()<SIGHANDLER @<SIGHANDLER>@>()= SIGHANDLER void ## Type of variables can be modified in a signal handler? sig_atomic_t #### =()<SIGVAR @<SIGVAR>@>()= SIGVAR int ## Function that returns no value, and a pointer to it. Pick int or void #### =()<FUNCTYPE @<FUNCTYPE>@>()= FUNCTYPE void ## Use BSD4.2 or Posix directory names? Pick DIRENT or DIRECT. #### =()<DIR_STYLE @<DIR_STYLE>@>()= DIR_STYLE DIRECT ## Use flock, lockf, or nothing to lock files? ## Pick FLOCK, LOCKF, FCNTL, or NONE #### =()<LOCK_STYLE @<LOCK_STYLE>@>()= LOCK_STYLE FLOCK ## Do you have <unistd.h>? Pick DO or DONT #### =()<HAVE_UNISTD @<HAVE_UNISTD>@>()= HAVE_UNISTD DO ## Do you have setbuffer? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_SETBUFFER @<HAVE_SETBUFFER>@>()= HAVE_SETBUFFER DO ## Do you have gettimeofday? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY @<HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY>@>()= HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY DO ## Do you have fchmod? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_FCHMOD @<HAVE_FCHMOD>@>()= HAVE_FCHMOD DO ## Do you have setsid()? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_SETSID @<HAVE_SETSID>@>()= HAVE_SETSID DONT ## Does your (struct tm) have a tm_gmtoff field? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_TM_GMTOFF @<HAVE_TM_GMTOFF>@>()= HAVE_TM_GMTOFF DO ## Does your (struct stat) have a st_blksize field? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE @<HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE>@>()= HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE DO ## Use waitpid instead of wait3? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_WAITPID @<HAVE_WAITPID>@>()= HAVE_WAITPID DONT ## Use "union wait" instead of int? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<USE_UNION_WAIT @<USE_UNION_WAIT>@>()= USE_UNION_WAIT DO ## How to fork? Pick fork or vfork. #### =()<FORK @<FORK>@>()= FORK vfork ## Do you have <vfork.h>? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_VFORK @<HAVE_VFORK>@>()= HAVE_VFORK DONT ## Do you have symbolic links? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_SYMLINK @<HAVE_SYMLINK>@>()= HAVE_SYMLINK DO ## Do you have Unix-domain sockets? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN @<HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN>@>()= HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN DO ## Does your AF_UNIX bind use sizeof for the socket size? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<BIND_USE_SIZEOF @<BIND_USE_SIZEOF>@>()= BIND_USE_SIZEOF DO ## How should close-on-exec be done? Pick IOCTL or FCNTL. #### =()<CLX_STYLE @<CLX_STYLE>@>()= CLX_STYLE IOCTL ## How should non-blocking I/O be done? Pick IOCTL or FCNTL. #### =()<NBIO_STYLE @<NBIO_STYLE>@>()= NBIO_STYLE FCNTL ## How should resource-totalling be done? Pick RUSAGE or TIMES #### =()<RES_STYLE @<RES_STYLE>@>()= RES_STYLE RUSAGE ## How to get number of available descriptors? ## Pick GETDTAB, GETRLIMIT, SYSCONF, ULIMIT, or CONSTANT. #### =()<FDCOUNT_STYLE @<FDCOUNT_STYLE>@>()= FDCOUNT_STYLE GETDTAB ## If greater than -1, then use [gs]etrlimit to set that many descriptors. ## If -1, then no [gs]etrlimit calls are done. #### =()<NOFILE_LIMIT @<NOFILE_LIMIT>@>()= NOFILE_LIMIT -1 ## Do you need <time.h> as well as <sys/time.h>? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<NEED_TIME @<NEED_TIME>@>()= NEED_TIME DONT ## What predicate, if any, the <ctype.h> macros need #### =()<CTYPE @<CTYPE>@>()= #CTYPE (isascii((c)) && isXXXXX((c))) #CTYPE ((c) > 0 && isXXXXX((c))) CTYPE isXXXXX((c)) ## What's the return type of abort? Usually int or void. #### =()<ABORTVAL @<ABORTVAL>@>()= ABORTVAL void ## What's the return type of alarm? Usually int or unsigned int. #### =()<ALARMVAL @<ALARMVAL>@>()= ALARMVAL unsigned int ## What's the return type of getpid? Usually int or unsigned int. #### =()<GETPIDVAL @<GETPIDVAL>@>()= GETPIDVAL int ## What's the return type of sleep? Usually int or unsigned int. #### =()<SLEEPVAL @<SLEEPVAL>@>()= SLEEPVAL int ## What's the return type of qsort? Usually int or void. #### =()<QSORTVAL @<QSORTVAL>@>()= QSORTVAL void ## What's the return type of lseek? Usually long or off_t. #### =()<LSEEKVAL @<LSEEKVAL>@>()= LSEEKVAL off_t ## What's the return type of free? Usually int or void. #### =()<FREEVAL @<FREEVAL>@>()= FREEVAL void ## What's the return type of exit? Usually int or void. ## (For gcc (not pedantic ANSI) use "volatile void" in EXITVAL and _EXITVAL.) #### =()<EXITVAL @<EXITVAL>@>()= EXITVAL void ## What's the return type of _exit? Usually int or void. #### =()<_EXITVAL @<_EXITVAL>@>()= _EXITVAL void ## ## 5. C LIBRARY OMISSIONS ## Possible values: ## MISSING_MAN strcasecmp.3 syslog.3 ## MISSING_SRC strcasecmp.c syslog.c strerror.c getdtab.c ## MISSING_OBJ strcasecmp.o syslog.o strerror.o getdtab.c ## getdtab has a getdtablesize() routine if you need it; see the lib ## directory and Install.ms for others. ## OSx systems should add $(OSXATTOBJ) to MISSING_OBJ. #### =()<MISSING_MAN @<MISSING_MAN>@>()= MISSING_MAN #### =()<MISSING_SRC @<MISSING_SRC>@>()= MISSING_SRC #### =()<MISSING_OBJ @<MISSING_OBJ>@>()= MISSING_OBJ ## ## 6. MISCELLANEOUS CONFIG DATA ## Use read/write to update the active file, or mmap? Pick READ or MMAP. #### =()<ACT_STYLE @<ACT_STYLE>@>()= ACT_STYLE READ ## Do clients use our NNTP-server-open routine, or the one in NNTP? ## INND is nicer, but you must install inn.conf files everywhere; NNTP ## is better if you already have lots of /usr/lib/news/server files. ## Pick INND or NNTP. #### =()<REM_STYLE @<REM_STYLE>@>()= REM_STYLE INND ## Should rnews save articles that the server rejects? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<RNEWS_SAVE_BAD @<RNEWS_SAVE_BAD>@>()= RNEWS_SAVE_BAD DONT ## Should rnews log articles innd already has? Pick SYSLOG, FILE, OR DONT. #### =()<RNEWS_LOG_DUPS @<RNEWS_LOG_DUPS>@>()= RNEWS_LOG_DUPS DONT ## Look in _PATH_RNEWSPROGS for rnews unpackers? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<RNEWSPROGS @<RNEWSPROGS>@>()= RNEWSPROGS DO ## Should rnews try the local host? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<RNEWSLOCALCONNECT @<RNEWSLOCALCONNECT>@>()= RNEWSLOCALCONNECT DO ## Environment variable that has remote hostname for rnews. #### =()<_ENV_UUCPHOST @<_ENV_UUCPHOST>@>()= _ENV_UUCPHOST UU_MACHINE ## Require posts to have under 50% inclusion (">") lines? Pick DO OR DONT. ## (This is only for inews and nnrpd.) #### =()<CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT @<CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT>@>()= CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT DONT ## Put hosts in the inews Path header? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<INEWS_PATH @<INEWS_PATH>@>()= INEWS_PATH DO ## Munge the gecos field of password entry? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<MUNGE_GECOS @<MUNGE_GECOS>@>()= MUNGE_GECOS DO ## How many times to try to fork before giving up #### =()<MAX_FORKS @<MAX_FORKS>@>()= MAX_FORKS 10 ## Largest acceptable article size; 0 allows any size #### =()<MAX_ART_SIZE @<MAX_ART_SIZE>@>()= MAX_ART_SIZE 1000000 ## Value of dbzincore(FLAG) call in innd. Pick 1 or 0. #### =()<INND_DBZINCORE @<INND_DBZINCORE>@>()= INND_DBZINCORE 1 ## Should sub-processes get a nice(2) value? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<INND_NICE_KIDS @<INND_NICE_KIDS>@>()= INND_NICE_KIDS DO ## Value for nice(2) call in innd. #### =()<INND_NICE_VALUE @<INND_NICE_VALUE>@>()= INND_NICE_VALUE 10 ## Null-terminated list of unknown commands to not log to syslog. ## INND_QUIET_BADLIST "xstream", "xfoo", NULL #### =()<INND_QUIET_BADLIST @<INND_QUIET_BADLIST>@>()= INND_QUIET_BADLIST NULL ## Null-terminated set of illegal distribution patterns for local postings. #### =()<BAD_DISTRIBS @<BAD_DISTRIBS>@>()= BAD_DISTRIBS "*.*",NULL ## Verify that the poster is the person doing the cancel? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<VERIFY_CANCELS @<VERIFY_CANCELS>@>()= VERIFY_CANCELS DO ## Log "ctlinnd cancel" commands to syslog? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS @<LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS>@>()= LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS DO ## File unknown "to.*" groups into the "to" newsgroup? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<MERGE_TO_GROUPS @<MERGE_TO_GROUPS>@>()= MERGE_TO_GROUPS DONT ## File articles in unknown newsgroups into junk? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<WANT_TRASH @<WANT_TRASH>@>()= WANT_TRASH DONT ## Record rejected articles in history? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<REMEMBER_TRASH @<REMEMBER_TRASH>@>()= REMEMBER_TRASH DONT ## Check the linecount against the Lines header? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<CHECK_LINECOUNT @<CHECK_LINECOUNT>@>()= CHECK_LINECOUNT DONT ## If checking, the error must be within LINECOUNT_FUZZ lines. ## Five is number of .signature lines + 1. #### =()<LINECOUNT_FUZZ @<LINECOUNT_FUZZ>@>()= LINECOUNT_FUZZ 5 ## Have innd throttle itself after this many I/O errors. #### =()<IO_ERROR_COUNT @<IO_ERROR_COUNT>@>()= IO_ERROR_COUNT 50 ## Default value for ctlinnd -t flag; use 0 to wait and poll. #### =()<CTLINND_TIMEOUT @<CTLINND_TIMEOUT>@>()= CTLINND_TIMEOUT 0 ## Flush logs if we go this long with no I/O. #### =()<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT @<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT>@>()= DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 300 ## INND closes channel if inactive this long (seconds). #### =()<PEER_TIMEOUT @<PEER_TIMEOUT>@>()= PEER_TIMEOUT (1 * 60 * 60) ## NNRP exits if inactive this long (seconds). #### =()<CLIENT_TIMEOUT @<CLIENT_TIMEOUT>@>()= CLIENT_TIMEOUT (2 * 60 * 60) ## Allow nnrpd readers when paused or throttled? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<ALLOW_READERS @<ALLOW_READERS>@>()= ALLOW_READERS DO ## Refuse newsreader connections if load is higher then this; -1 disables. #### =()<NNRP_LOADLIMIT @<NNRP_LOADLIMIT>@>()= NNRP_LOADLIMIT 16 ## Don't readdir() spool dir if same group within this many secs. #### =()<NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY @<NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY>@>()= NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY 60 ## Do gethostbyaddr on client adresses in nnrp? Pick DO or DONT. ## (If DONT, then use only IP addresses in hosts.nnrp) #### =()<NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR @<NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR>@>()= NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR DO ## How many Message-ID retrievals until nnrpd does a dbzincore? Set ## to -1 to never do incore. #### =()<NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY @<NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY>@>()= NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY 40 ## Strip Sender from posts that didn't authenticate? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<NNRP_AUTH_SENDER @<NNRP_AUTH_SENDER>@>()= NNRP_AUTH_SENDER DONT ## How many read/write failures until channel is put to sleep or closed? #### =()<BAD_IO_COUNT @<BAD_IO_COUNT>@>()= BAD_IO_COUNT 5 ## Multiplier for sleep in EWOULDBLOCK writes (seconds). #### =()<BLOCK_BACKOFF @<BLOCK_BACKOFF>@>()= BLOCK_BACKOFF (2 * 60) ## How many article-writes between active and history updates? #### =()<ICD_SYNC_COUNT @<ICD_SYNC_COUNT>@>()= ICD_SYNC_COUNT 10 ## Tell resolver _res.options to be fast? Pick DO or DONT. #### =()<FAST_RESOLV @<FAST_RESOLV>@>()= FAST_RESOLV DONT ## Drop articles that were posted this many days ago. #### =()<DEFAULT_CUTOFF @<DEFAULT_CUTOFF>@>()= DEFAULT_CUTOFF 14 ## Maximum number of incoming NNTP connections. #### =()<DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS @<DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS>@>()= DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS 50 ## Wait this many seconds before channel restarts. #### =()<CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME @<CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME>@>()= CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME (5 * 60) ## Wait this many seconds before seeing if pause is ended. #### =()<PAUSE_RETRY_TIME @<PAUSE_RETRY_TIME>@>()= PAUSE_RETRY_TIME (5 * 60) ## Wait this many seconds between noticing inactive channels. #### =()<CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME @<CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME>@>()= CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME (10 * 60) ## Put nntplink info (filename) into the log? #### =()<NNTPLINK_LOG @<NNTPLINK_LOG>@>()= NNTPLINK_LOG DONT ## Log by host IP address, rather than from Path line? #### =()<IPADDR_LOG @<IPADDR_LOG>@>()= IPADDR_LOG DO ## Log NNTP activity after this many articles. #### =()<NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC @<NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC>@>()= NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC 200 ## Free buffers bigger than this when we're done with them. #### =()<BIG_BUFFER @<BIG_BUFFER>@>()= BIG_BUFFER (2 * START_BUFF_SIZE) ## A general small buffer. #### =()<SMBUF @<SMBUF>@>()= SMBUF 256 ## Buffer for a single article name. #### =()<MAXARTFNAME @<MAXARTFNAME>@>()= MAXARTFNAME 10 ## Buffer for a single pathname in the spool directory. #### =()<SPOOLNAMEBUFF @<SPOOLNAMEBUFF>@>()= SPOOLNAMEBUFF 512 ## Maximum size of a single header. #### =()<MAXHEADERSIZE @<MAXHEADERSIZE>@>()= MAXHEADERSIZE 1024 ## Byte limit on locally-posted articles; 0 to disable the check. #### =()<LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE @<LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE>@>()= LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE 0 ## Do you have uustat, or just uuq? Pick DO or DONT #### =()<HAVE_UUSTAT @<HAVE_UUSTAT>@>()= HAVE_UUSTAT DO ## ## 7. PATHS TO COMMON PROGRAMS ## Where the raison d'etre for this distribution lives. #### =()<_PATH_INND @<_PATH_INND>@>()= _PATH_INND /usr/etc/innd ## Where the optional front-end that exec's innd lives. #### =()<_PATH_INNDSTART @<_PATH_INNDSTART>@>()= _PATH_INNDSTART /usr/etc/inndstart ## Where news boot-up script should be installed. #### =()<_PATH_NEWSBOOT @<_PATH_NEWSBOOT>@>()= _PATH_NEWSBOOT /usr/local/news/rc.news ## Where sendmail, or a look-alike, lives. ## The -t is optional and says to read message for recipients #### =()<_PATH_SENDMAIL @<_PATH_SENDMAIL>@>()= _PATH_SENDMAIL /usr/lib/sendmail -t ## Where the shell is. #### =()<_PATH_SH @<_PATH_SH>@>()= _PATH_SH /bin/sh ## Where the compress program lives. #### =()<_PATH_COMPRESS @<_PATH_COMPRESS>@>()= _PATH_COMPRESS /usr/local/bin/gzip ## What extension your compress appends #### =()<_PATH_COMPRESSEXT @<_PATH_COMPRESSEXT>@>()= _PATH_COMPRESSEXT .gz ## Where egrep lives (you might need the FSF one; see scanlogs) #### =()<_PATH_EGREP @<_PATH_EGREP>@>()= _PATH_EGREP /usr/local/bin/egrep ## Where awk lives #### =()<_PATH_AWK @<_PATH_AWK>@>()= _PATH_AWK awk ## Where sed lives (you might need the FSF one) #### =()<_PATH_SED @<_PATH_SED>@>()= _PATH_SED /usr/local/bin/sed ## Where inews lives. #### =()<_PATH_INEWS @<_PATH_INEWS>@>()= _PATH_INEWS /usr/local/bin/inews ## Where rnews lives. #### =()<_PATH_RNEWS @<_PATH_RNEWS>@>()= _PATH_RNEWS /usr/local/bin/rnews ## Where the NNRP server lives. #### =()<_PATH_NNRPD @<_PATH_NNRPD>@>()= _PATH_NNRPD /usr/etc/in.nnrpd ## The path of the process run when an unknown host connects to innd. ## Usually the same as _PATH_NNRPD, but may be, e.g., the path to ## nntpd from the reference implementation. #### =()<_PATH_NNTPD @<_PATH_NNTPD>@>()= _PATH_NNTPD /usr/etc/in.nnrpd ## Where the NNQR server lives. Make same as _PATH_NNRPD for now #### =()<_PATH_NNQRD @<_PATH_NNRPD>@>()= _PATH_NNQRD /usr/etc/in.nnrpd ## Where most other programs live. ## See also _PATH_RNEWSPROGS and _PATH_CONTROLPROGS, below. #### =()<_PATH_NEWSBIN @<_PATH_NEWSBIN>@>()= _PATH_NEWSBIN /usr/local/news/bin ## Where temporary files live on the server #### =()<_PATH_TMP @<_PATH_TMP>@>()= _PATH_TMP /tmp ## Command to send mail (with -s "subject" allowed) #### =()<_PATH_MAILCMD @<_PATH_MAILCMD>@>()= _PATH_MAILCMD /usr/ucb/Mail ## Where scripts should have shlock create locks. #### =()<_PATH_LOCKS @<_PATH_LOCKS>@>()= _PATH_LOCKS /usr/local/news ## ## 8. PATHS RELATED TO THE SPOOL DIRECTORY ## Spool directory, where articles live. #### =()<_PATH_SPOOL @<_PATH_SPOOL>@>()= _PATH_SPOOL /usr/spool/news ## Spool directory where overview data lives. #### =()<_PATH_OVERVIEWDIR @<_PATH_OVERVIEWDIR>@>()= _PATH_OVERVIEWDIR /usr/spool/news/over.view ## Name of overview file within its spool directory. #### =()<_PATH_OVERVIEW @<_PATH_OVERVIEW>@>()= _PATH_OVERVIEW .overview ## Where rnews spools its input. #### =()<_PATH_SPOOLNEWS @<_PATH_SPOOLNEWS>@>()= _PATH_SPOOLNEWS /usr/spool/news/in.coming ## Where rnews creates temporary files until finished #### =()<_PATH_SPOOLTEMP @<_PATH_SPOOLTEMP>@>()= _PATH_SPOOLTEMP /usr/spool/news/in.coming/tmp ## Where rnews puts bad input. #### =()<_PATH_BADNEWS @<_PATH_BADNEWS>@>()= _PATH_BADNEWS /usr/spool/news/in.coming/bad ## Where rnews puts bad input, relative to _PATH_SPOOLNEWS. #### =()<_PATH_RELBAD @<_PATH_RELBAD>@>()= _PATH_RELBAD bad ## ## 9. EXECUTION PATHS FOR INND AND RNEWS ## Pathname where dups are logged if RNEWS_LOG_DUPS is FILE. #### =()<_PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG @<_PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG>@>()= _PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG /dev/null ## Rnews may execute any program in this directory; see RNEWSPROGS. #### =()<_PATH_RNEWSPROGS @<_PATH_RNEWSPROGS>@>()= _PATH_RNEWSPROGS /usr/local/news/bin/rnews ## Path to control messages scripts. #### =()<_PATH_CONTROLPROGS @<_PATH_CONTROLPROGS>@>()= _PATH_CONTROLPROGS /usr/local/news/bin/control ## Default "unknown/illegal" control script, within _PATH_CONTROLPROGS. #### =()<_PATH_BADCONTROLPROG @<_PATH_BADCONTROLPROG>@>()= _PATH_BADCONTROLPROG default ## ## 10. SOCKETS CREATED BY INND OR CLIENTS #### =()<_PATH_INNDDIR @<_PATH_INNDDIR>@>()= _PATH_INNDDIR /usr/local/news/innd ## Unix-domain stream socket that rnews connects to. #### =()<_PATH_NNTPCONNECT @<_PATH_NNTPCONNECT>@>()= _PATH_NNTPCONNECT /usr/local/news/innd/nntpin ## Unix-domain datagram socket that ctlinnd to. #### =()<_PATH_NEWSCONTROL @<_PATH_NEWSCONTROL>@>()= _PATH_NEWSCONTROL /usr/local/news/innd/control ## Temporary socket created by ctlinnd; run through mktemp #### =()<_PATH_TEMPSOCK @<_PATH_TEMPSOCK>@>()= _PATH_TEMPSOCK /usr/local/news/innd/ctlinndXXXXXX ## ## 11. LOG AND CONFIG FILES ## Shell script that sets most of these as shell vars #### =()<_PATH_SHELLVARS @<_PATH_SHELLVARS>@>()= _PATH_SHELLVARS /usr/local/news/innshellvars ## Where most config and data files are usually stored; not required ## to the home directory of NEWSUSER. #### =()<_PATH_NEWSLIB @<_PATH_NEWSLIB>@>()= _PATH_NEWSLIB /usr/local/news ## The server's log file. #### =()<_PATH_LOGFILE @<_PATH_LOGFILE>@>()= _PATH_LOGFILE /usr/adm/news/news ## The server's error log file. #### =()<_PATH_ERRLOG @<_PATH_ERRLOG>@>()= _PATH_ERRLOG /usr/adm/news/errlog ## Where most sylog log files go; see also scanlogs, innstat, etc. #### =()<_PATH_MOST_LOGS @<_PATH_MOST_LOGS>@>()= _PATH_MOST_LOGS /usr/adm ## How many generates of log files to keep. #### =()<LOG_CYCLES @<LOG_CYCLES>@>()= LOG_CYCLES 3 ## Text value of the server's pid. #### =()<_PATH_SERVERPID @<_PATH_SERVERPID>@>()= _PATH_SERVERPID /usr/local/news/innd/innd.pid ## The newsfeeds file, on the server host. #### =()<_PATH_NEWSFEEDS @<_PATH_NEWSFEEDS>@>()= _PATH_NEWSFEEDS /usr/local/news/newsfeeds ## The article history database, on the server host. #### =()<_PATH_HISTORY @<_PATH_HISTORY>@>()= _PATH_HISTORY /usr/local/news/history ## File listing the sites that feed us news. #### =()<_PATH_INNDHOSTS @<_PATH_INNDHOSTS>@>()= _PATH_INNDHOSTS /usr/local/news/hosts.nntp ## The active file, on the server host. #### =()<_PATH_ACTIVE @<_PATH_ACTIVE>@>()= _PATH_ACTIVE /usr/local/news/active ## A temporary active file, for writing on the server host. #### =()<_PATH_NEWACTIVE @<_PATH_NEWACTIVE>@>()= _PATH_NEWACTIVE /usr/local/news/active.tmp ## An old active file on the server host. #### =()<_PATH_OLDACTIVE @<_PATH_OLDACTIVE>@>()= _PATH_OLDACTIVE /usr/local/news/active.old ## The log of when groups are created. #### =()<_PATH_ACTIVETIMES @<_PATH_ACTIVETIMES>@>()= _PATH_ACTIVETIMES /usr/local/news/active.times ## Where batch files are located. #### =()<_PATH_BATCHDIR @<_PATH_BATCHDIR>@>()= _PATH_BATCHDIR /usr/spool/news/out.going ## Where archives are kept. #### =()<_PATH_ARCHIVEDIR @<_PATH_ARCHIVEDIR>@>()= _PATH_ARCHIVEDIR /usr/spool/news/news.archive ## Where NNRP distributions file is #### =()<_PATH_NNRPDIST @<_PATH_NNRPDIST>@>()= _PATH_NNRPDIST /usr/local/news/distributions ## Where the default Distribution assignments file is #### =()<_PATH_DISTPATS @<_PATH_DISTPATS>@>()= _PATH_DISTPATS /usr/local/news/distrib.pats #### =()<_PATH_NEWSGROUPS @<_PATH_NEWSGROUPS>@>()= _PATH_NEWSGROUPS /usr/local/news/newsgroups ## File where client configuration parameters can be read. #### =()<_PATH_CONFIG @<_PATH_CONFIG>@>()= _PATH_CONFIG /usr/local/news/inn.conf ## The possible active file, on clients (NFS-mounted, e.g.). #### =()<_PATH_CLIENTACTIVE @<_PATH_CLIENTACTIVE>@>()= _PATH_CLIENTACTIVE /usr/local/news/active ## A temporary file, for client inews to use. #### =()<_PATH_TEMPACTIVE @<_PATH_TEMPACTIVE>@>()= _PATH_TEMPACTIVE /tmp/activeXXXXXX ## Where to mail to the moderators. #### =()<_PATH_MODERATORS @<_PATH_MODERATORS>@>()= _PATH_MODERATORS /usr/local/news/moderators ## Where NNTP puts the name of the server. #### =()<_PATH_SERVER @<_PATH_SERVER>@>()= _PATH_SERVER /usr/local/news/server ## File with name/password for all remote connections. #### =()<_PATH_NNTPPASS @<_PATH_NNTPPASS>@>()= _PATH_NNTPPASS /usr/local/news/passwd.nntp ## NNRP access file. #### =()<_PATH_NNRPACCESS @<_PATH_NNRPACCESS>@>()= _PATH_NNRPACCESS /usr/local/news/nnrp.access ## Default expire control file. #### =()<_PATH_EXPIRECTL @<_PATH_EXPIRECTL>@>()= _PATH_EXPIRECTL /usr/local/news/expire.ctl ## Prolog to parse control scripts #### =()<_PATH_PARSECTL @<_PATH_PARSECTL>@>()= _PATH_PARSECTL /usr/local/news/parsecontrol ## Access control file for control scripts. #### =()<_PATH_CONTROLCTL @<_PATH_CONTROLCTL>@>()= _PATH_CONTROLCTL /usr/local/news/control.ctl ## Innwatch control file. #### =()<_PATH_CTLWATCH @<_PATH_CTLWATCH>@>()= _PATH_CTLWATCH /usr/local/news/innwatch.ctl ## Where innwatch writes its own pid. #### =()<_PATH_WATCHPID @<_PATH_WATCHPID>@>()= _PATH_WATCHPID /usr/local/news/innwatch.pid ## Where innwatch writes status when it gets an interrupt #### =()<_PATH_INNWSTATUS @<_PATH_INNWSTATUS>@>()= _PATH_INNWSTATUS /usr/local/news/innwatch.status ## Format of news overview database #### =()<_PATH_SCHEMA @<_PATH_SCHEMA>@>()= _PATH_SCHEMA /usr/local/news/overview.fmt ## Where the NNRP automatic subscriptions file is (for tin) #### =()<_PATH_NNRPSUBS @<_PATH_NNRPSUBS>@>()= _PATH_NNRPSUBS /usr/local/news/subscriptions ## ## 12. INNWATCH CONFIGURATION ## Load average (* 100) at which innd should be paused. #### =()<INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD @<INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD>@>()= INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD 1500 ## Load average (* 100) at which innd should be throttled. #### =()<INNWATCH_HILOAD @<INNWATCH_HILOAD>@>()= INNWATCH_HILOAD 2000 ## Load average (* 100) at which to restart innd (pause/throttle undone). #### =()<INNWATCH_LOLOAD @<INNWATCH_LOLOAD>@>()= INNWATCH_LOLOAD 1000 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on _PATH_SPOOL. #### =()<INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE @<INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE>@>()= INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE 8000 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on _PATH_BATCHDIR. #### =()<INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE @<INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE>@>()= INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE 800 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on _PATH_NEWSLIB. #### =()<INNWATCH_LIBSPACE @<INNWATCH_LIBSPACE>@>()= INNWATCH_LIBSPACE 25000 ## Number of inodes at which to throttle innd on _PATH_SPOOL. #### =()<INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES @<INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES>@>()= INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES 200 ## How long to sleep between innwatch iterations. #### =()<INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME @<INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME>@>()= INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME 600 -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: kimball@sparkle (Kimball Fife) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PC does not start up in "normal" mode Date: 7 Aug 1995 17:22:46 GMT Organization: inteleNET Internet Services Message-ID: <405i56$cg3@vodka.intele.net> References: <3vnpaj$ocn@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <400o6m$6hr@news.xmission.com> <4056ub$ej1@crcnis3.unl.edu> Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote: >kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) wrote: >> This is a problem with machines that use Triton PCI chipsets. There is no >> workaround except to change the default bootup graphics in >> System.config/Instance0.table to "No." >This is not necessarily always the case with TRITON machines. We have a >Pentium-120 system, and it works fine with bootup graphics. Rex, odds are you have a graphics adapter that does not use the S3 engine. Problem with the Triton PCI chipset related to boot graphics appears to be specific to graphics adapters that use the S3 (864, 964, or 968) engine....not Triton-based boards in general. ...Kimball --- Kimball Fife Deanox NS SySTEMS Group Vox: 800-390-0727 nsgroup@intele.net
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP connect won't work w/o retrying Date: 7 Aug 1995 19:22:42 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <405p62$5mi@news4.digex.net> Hi All, I've completely wiped my drive out, and re-installed NS from scratch. I took the machine off of my little netinfo network and it is now completely a stand-alone machine. I've followed the instructions with the latest version (0.4.5) of ppp and yet I still cannot get it to "just work." So, in a word, HELP !-) Here is the error from the console: PPP Reinitializing nmserver's network portion Aug 7 12:07:13 cjc08018 netmsgserver[22]: network_init Aug 7 12:07:13 cjc08018 netmsgserver[22]: Cannot get the socket broadcast address for interface ppp0: m Aug 7 12:07:13 cjc08018 netmsgserver[22]: Warning: could not find a useful broadcast address, using 255.255.255.255 What happens is that the connection is made, and the PPP diagnostic info shows the connection is in a perfect state. But anytime anything tries to use the link, the system freezes--much like in effect the netinfo sleep problem, but of course it is not the netinfo sleep problem. i.e. even if I try to telnet out using just the IP # address, things still don't work. I'm not sure if it's a routing problem, or a nameserver problem or what!?! It takes several up-link attempts to make things work, and once it works, it works flawlessly. What seems to help making the connection happen in less tries is if I do any/all of the following before trying to uplink with GateKeeper: -su'ing into root from a terminal window -running Edit.app as root (via OpenSeasme.app) and re-saving my options file for PPP Another curious note...Right after a link is made for the first 20 seconds or so the link seems to work perfectly (I can telnet, mail from PopOver.app starts to transfer etc..) and then the link just goes quiet as if nothing can be found???? Here are my nstat -rn results: Pre linkup: Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 4061 lo0 Linkup, but nothing works: Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 6 4140 lo0 204.192.81.205 127.0.0.1 UH 4 41 lo0 199.34.50.63 204.192.81.205 UH 0 0 ppp0 default 199.34.50.63 UG 0 0 ppp0 Linkup, and everything works: Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 5029 lo0 204.192.81.205 127.0.0.1 UH 2 38 lo0 199.34.50.63 204.192.81.205 UH 0 0 ppp0 default 199.34.50.63 UG 3 104 ppp0 I don't see any difference in the tables, so I don't think that is the trouble... Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Below, I've included all of the relevant set-up files. As an added bonus/incentive I included a new pppup (for ZyXEL) script. It is much faster at dialing and executing, it adds the ability to vary speaker volume, and keeps MNP 5 enabled. etc/hostconfig:_______________________________________ HOSTNAME=cjc08018 INETADDR=192.42.172.1 ROUTER=-NO- IPNETMASK= IPBROADCAST=-AUTOMATIC- NETMASTER=-NO- YPDOMAIN=-NO- TIME=-NO- ___________________________________________________ etc/iftab:_______________________________________ lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 -trailers up -1- inet -HOSTCONFIG- * inet -AUTOMATIC- netmask -AUTOMATIC- -trailers up ___________________________________________________ etc/rc.local:_______________________________________ fbshow -B -I "Starting local services" -z 92 # Read in configuration information . /etc/hostconfig if [ -f /usr/local/bpf/reloc/bpf_reloc ]; then /usr/etc/kl_util -a /usr/local/bpf/reloc/bpf_reloc fi if [ -f /usr/local/ppp/reloc/ppp_reloc ]; then /usr/etc/kl_util -a /usr/local/ppp/reloc/ppp_reloc > /dev/console 2>&1 (echo -n ' ppp') > /dev/console fi ___________________________________________________ etc/resolv.conf:_______________________________________ #Digex #in/avg/max = 289/369/449 164.109.1.3 #min/avg/max = 289/365/439 164.109.10.23 domain digex.net nameserver 164.109.1.3 nameserver 164.109.10.23 ___________________________________________________ etc/syslog.conf:_______________________________________ local2.debug /usr/adm/ppp2.2.log *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice /dev/console kern.debug;daemon,auth.notice;*.err;mail.crit /usr/adm/messages lpr.debug /usr/adm/lpd-errs mail.info /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog *.alert;kern.err;daemon.err operator *.alert root *.emerg * ___________________________________________________ etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf:_______________________________________ it points to /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf ___________________________________________________ usr/local/ppp/etc/ip-down:(execute enabled)__________________________ PATH=/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/local/bin; export PATH /usr/etc/route delete $4 localhost 0 if [ $2 = /dev/cufb ]; then #kill `ps -ax | egrep "xntpd" | egrep -v "egrep" | sed 's/^\([ 0-9]*\) .*/\1'/` kill `ps -ax | egrep "PopOver" | egrep -v "egrep" | sed 's/^\([ 0-9]*\) .*/\1'/` kill `ps -ax | egrep "PPPstats" | egrep -v "egrep" | sed 's/^\([ 0-9]*\) .*/\1'/` fi ___________________________________________________ usr/local/ppp/etc/ip-up:(execute enabled)__________________________ PATH=/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/local/bin; export PATH /usr/etc/route add $4 localhost 0 if [ $2 = /dev/cufb ]; then pid=`ps cax | egrep nmserver | awk '{print $1;}'` if [ -n "$pid" ]; then echo "PPP Reinitializing nmserver's network portion" > /dev/console kill -USR2 $pid fi fi if [ $2 = /dev/cufb ]; then open /LocalApps/Communication/PPPstats.app fi if [ $2 = /dev/cufb ]; then /usr/lib/sendmail -q & fi if [ $2 = /dev/cufb ]; then open /LocalApps/Communication/PopOver.app > /dev/console 2>&1 fi ___________________________________________________ usr/local/ppp/etc/options:________________________________________ #modem #/dev/cufb 57600 crtscts lock lcp-echo-interval 20 lcp-echo-failure 3 debug kdebug 17 defaultroute #-pap #-chap bsdcomp 15,15 #connect "/usr/local/ppp/bin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/pppup" ___________________________________________________ usr/local/ppp/etc/pppup:(execute enabled)__________________________ ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" ATS42.1=0S46.2=1+FCLASS=0 "OK" ATE1Q0V1I1L2N2M1X5&B1&C1&D3&H3&K4&N0&J0&L0&M0&R1&S0S0=0S2=128S11=39S38.3=1 "OK" ATDTmyNumber CONNECT "" ogin: myLogin assword: myPassword "" ___________________________________________________ !!!!!!!NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT******L2N2************************************** The above 4 characters allow for volume control. i.e. if you wanted the speaker to make no noise you would set the string to look like this AT******L0N0************************************** Or if you wanted it really loud you would set it to AT******L5N5************************************** The output from the ppp.log file appears to be the exact same when it connects and works and when it connects and doesn't work... Here is the output from the ppp.log file: When connects but nothing works: __________________________________________________________ Aug 7 14:57:20 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: pppd 2.2.0 started by jkheit, uid 333 Aug 7 14:57:20 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: Removed stale lock on cufb (pid 3469) Aug 7 14:57:22 cjc08018 chat[3477]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 7 14:57:22 cjc08018 chat[3477]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Aug 7 14:57:22 cjc08018 chat[3477]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Aug 7 14:57:22 cjc08018 chat[3477]: abort on (ERROR) Aug 7 14:57:22 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (ATS42.1=0S46.2=1+FCLASS=0^M) Aug 7 14:57:23 cjc08018 chat[3477]: expect (OK) Aug 7 14:57:23 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ATS42.1=0S46.2=1+FCLASS=0^M^M Aug 7 14:57:23 cjc08018 chat[3477]: OK -- got it Aug 7 14:57:23 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (ATE1Q0V1I1L1N1M1X5&B1&C1&D3&H3&K4&N0&J0&L0&M0&R1&S0S0=0S2=128S11=39S38.3=1 ^M) Aug 7 14:57:24 cjc08018 chat[3477]: expect (OK) Aug 7 14:57:24 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ATE1Q0V1I1L1N1M1X5&B1&C1&D3&H3&K4&N0&J0&L0&M0&R1&S0S0=0S2=128S11=39S38.3=1^ M^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: 46065^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: U1496S V 6.01 M ^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ^M Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: OK -- got it Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (ATDT7530336^M) Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: expect (CONNECT) Aug 7 14:57:25 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ^M Aug 7 14:57:41 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ATDT7530336^M^M Aug 7 14:57:41 cjc08018 chat[3477]: CONNECT -- got it Aug 7 14:57:41 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (^M) Aug 7 14:57:41 cjc08018 chat[3477]: expect (ogin:) Aug 7 14:57:41 cjc08018 chat[3477]: 57600/V32b 14400/V42b^M Aug 7 14:57:42 cjc08018 chat[3477]: Express Access(tm) On-Line Communications Service #12^M Aug 7 14:57:42 cjc08018 chat[3477]: SLIP/PPP Login ONLY!^M Aug 7 14:57:42 cjc08018 chat[3477]: ^M Aug 7 14:57:42 cjc08018 chat[3477]: login: -- got it Aug 7 14:57:42 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (myHostName^M) Aug 7 14:57:43 cjc08018 chat[3477]: expect (assword:) Aug 7 14:57:43 cjc08018 chat[3477]: myHostName^M Aug 7 14:57:43 cjc08018 chat[3477]: Password: -- got it Aug 7 14:57:43 cjc08018 chat[3477]: send (myPassword^M) Aug 7 14:57:43 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: Serial connection established. Aug 7 14:57:44 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 7 14:57:44 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cufb Aug 7 14:57:44 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x5366f122> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 7 14:57:44 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x5366f122> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x43b0bc10>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ASYNCMAP Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (0) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (ACK) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MAGICNUMBER Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (43b0bc10) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (ACK) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK. Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x43b0bc10>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 53 66 f1 22] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <bsd v1 15>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 199.34.50.63>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: ipcp: received ADDR Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (199.34.50.63) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: (ACK) Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 199.34.50.63>] Aug 7 14:57:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 43 b0 bc 10] Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 204.192.81.205>] Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: local IP address 204.192.81.205 Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 204.192.81.205> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 80 fd 01 01 00 07 15 03 2f] Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: lcp_rprotrej. Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: lcp_rprotrej: Rcvd Protocol-Reject packet for 80fd! Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 204.192.81.205> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: ipcp: up Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: local IP address 204.192.81.205 Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: remote IP address 199.34.50.63 ######################### #### local IP address is: 204.192.81.205 ######################### #### remote IP address is: 199.34.50.63 ######################### Aug 7 14:57:48 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: Setting interface mask to 255.255.255.0 Aug 7 14:58:07 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 53 66 f1 22] Aug 7 14:58:07 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 43 b0 bc 10] Aug 7 14:58:27 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 53 66 f1 22] Aug 7 14:58:27 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 43 b0 bc 10] Aug 7 14:58:47 cjc08018 pppd[3475]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3 53 66 f1 22] __________________________________________________________ When it connects and works: __________________________________________________________ Aug 7 15:00:48 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: pppd 2.2.0 started by jkheit, uid 333 Aug 7 15:00:52 cjc08018 chat[3535]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 7 15:00:52 cjc08018 chat[3535]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Aug 7 15:00:52 cjc08018 chat[3535]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Aug 7 15:00:52 cjc08018 chat[3535]: abort on (ERROR) Aug 7 15:00:52 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (ATS42.1=0S46.2=1+FCLASS=0^M) Aug 7 15:00:53 cjc08018 chat[3535]: expect (OK) Aug 7 15:00:53 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ATS42.1=0S46.2=1+FCLASS=0^M^M Aug 7 15:00:53 cjc08018 chat[3535]: OK -- got it Aug 7 15:00:53 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (ATE1Q0V1I1L1N1M1X5&B1&C1&D3&H3&K4&N0&J0&L0&M0&R1&S0S0=0S2=128S11=39S38.3=1 ^M) Aug 7 15:00:54 cjc08018 chat[3535]: expect (OK) Aug 7 15:00:54 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ATE1Q0V1I1L1N1M1X5&B1&C1&D3&H3&K4&N0&J0&L0&M0&R1&S0S0=0S2=128S11=39S38.3=1^ M^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: 46065^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: U1496S V 6.01 M ^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ^M Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: OK -- got it Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (ATDT7530336^M) Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: expect (CONNECT) Aug 7 15:00:55 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ^M Aug 7 15:01:12 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ATDT7530336^M^M Aug 7 15:01:12 cjc08018 chat[3535]: CONNECT -- got it Aug 7 15:01:12 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (^M) Aug 7 15:01:12 cjc08018 chat[3535]: expect (ogin:) Aug 7 15:01:12 cjc08018 chat[3535]: 57600/V32b 14400/V42b^M Aug 7 15:01:13 cjc08018 chat[3535]: Express Access(tm) On-Line Communications Service #12^M Aug 7 15:01:13 cjc08018 chat[3535]: SLIP/PPP Login ONLY!^M Aug 7 15:01:13 cjc08018 chat[3535]: ^M Aug 7 15:01:13 cjc08018 chat[3535]: login: -- got it Aug 7 15:01:13 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (myHostName^M) Aug 7 15:01:14 cjc08018 chat[3535]: expect (assword:) Aug 7 15:01:14 cjc08018 chat[3535]: myHostName^M Aug 7 15:01:14 cjc08018 chat[3535]: Password: -- got it Aug 7 15:01:14 cjc08018 chat[3535]: send (myPassword^M) Aug 7 15:01:14 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: Serial connection established. Aug 7 15:01:15 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 7 15:01:15 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cufb Aug 7 15:01:15 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x182c2478> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 7 15:01:16 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0x182c2478> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5ed9f530>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ASYNCMAP Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (0) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (ACK) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MAGICNUMBER Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (5ed9f530) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (ACK) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK. Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5ed9f530>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 18 2c 24 78] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <bsd v1 15>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 199.34.50.63>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: ipcp: received ADDR Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (199.34.50.63) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: (ACK) Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 199.34.50.63>] Aug 7 15:01:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 5e d9 f5 30] Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 204.192.81.205>] Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: local IP address 204.192.81.205 Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 204.192.81.205> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 80 fd 01 01 00 07 15 03 2f] Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: lcp_rprotrej. Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: lcp_rprotrej: Rcvd Protocol-Reject packet for 80fd! Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 204.192.81.205> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: ipcp: up Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: local IP address 204.192.81.205 Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: remote IP address 199.34.50.63 ######################### #### local IP address is: 204.192.81.205 ######################### #### remote IP address is: 199.34.50.63 ######################### Aug 7 15:01:19 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: Setting interface mask to 255.255.255.0 Aug 7 15:01:38 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 18 2c 24 78] Aug 7 15:01:39 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 5e d9 f5 30] Aug 7 15:01:58 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 18 2c 24 78] Aug 7 15:01:59 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 5e d9 f5 30] Aug 7 15:02:18 cjc08018 pppd[3533]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3 18 2c 24 78] __________________________________________________________ Thank you very much for any/all help! -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: dave@next.tlogic.com (David Aylesworth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.10 Date: 7 Aug 1995 19:49:36 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <405qog$1evq@firehose.mindspring.com> Keywords: sendmail Can anyone point to sendmail 8.10 binary and cf file. The one I built is not working! -Dave dave@tlogic.com
From: shviid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steen H Hviid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Black hardware: Exception #3 wheen botting Date: 7 Aug 1995 20:11:37 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <405s1p$7t6@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I have and old NexTstation with a 105 MB hardrive, vintage 1991 or so. When bootin, it stop with the message: Exception #3 (0xc) at 0x100034c It them dumps it into the monitor, if I try booting with "bsd" it comes right up and works fine. It is running NeXTStep 3.0 and ROM monitor 2.2 (v64) if that is any help. Is the disk dying, or are there other causes? Thanks -- Steen Hansen (Hviid) http://wwws.us.ohio-state.edu/~steen/ Computer Specialist, The Ohio State University There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the earth as if it was a business in liquidation. -- Herman Daly, quoted in "Earth in the Balance"
From: bill@otherwise.com (Bill Tschumy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Reformatting a hard disk Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 21:00:30 GMT Organization: Otherwise Message-ID: <405rgv$b85@giga.bga.com> I have an external SCSI disk with unknown contents. I am trying to install NS/Intel on it. When I attached the disk to a black NS machine it said it couldn't read the disk and asked if I wanted to initialize it. I said yes and afterinitialization it mounted the disk and said it had 340MB free on it. I then took the disk to the Intel machine and started the installation process. When I said I wanted to install on the external SCSI, it said there were only 20MB free on it. I chose the advanced options to run fdisk to see what partitions were on the disk and it said there were no partitions. Right now I just want to wipe the disk clean and install NS in one big partition. Anyone know how to do this? Bill Tschumy | Posting news to thousands of machines Otherwise | throughout the entire civilized world. bill@otherwise.com | Costing the net hundreds if not thousands (NeXTmail and MIME accepted) | of dollars to send everywhere.
From: bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu (Gareth Bestor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: bug in NS3.3 tar? Date: 7 Aug 1995 20:28:48 GMT Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Message-ID: <405t20$879@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Perhaps this is a FAQ bug, but is there something screwed up with the tar shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.3 (either Intel or Moto)? I have a NeXTstation with a Hewlett-Packard SCSI DAT drive and it cannot correctly write tar files to the tapes. I can create a tar tape file with "tar -cvf /dev/rst0" and write it to the /dev/rst0 device no problem. This can be read with "tar -xv" and also listed with "tar -tv" no problem too. However, any attempt to _append_ to this tape file with "tar -rv" gives the error: > tar -rvf /dev/rst0 foo* tar: tape backspace error: I/O error This occurs with three different DAT drives and also happens on an Intel NEXTSTEP machine. I even tried using different physical tapes with no effect. The killer is that I tried this with the gnutar (which NEXT ships with 3.3) and it works GREAT!!! So it seems pretty obvious to me that something is screwed up with NeXT's tar. I'm surprised because something as major as not being able to append to tar tape backup files should have been spotted and fixed long ago. Is this a bug in tar or is it just me? - Gareth bestor@cs.wisc.edu
From: "Reagen B. Ward" <ward@hydra.cche.olemiss.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: quot on NeXT? Date: 7 Aug 1995 20:40:50 GMT Organization: University of Mississippi NDES Message-ID: <405toi$29c@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need a disk accounting util, much like quot on sysV systems. Is there one available for the NeXT or other BSD that won't require imposing disk-limiting quotas? Thanks.. Reagen
From: Joe_Keenan@next.com (Joe Keenan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: How can setup my printer to accept NT print requests on local ethernet? Date: 7 Aug 1995 21:54:58 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <40623i$kdr@news.next.com> References: <3vsjh1$7qv@ralph.vnet.net> In article <3vsjh1$7qv@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: > The Subject says it all: > I am trying to share my Next printer which is attached to a Cube with > an NT PC attacted to Cube via ethernet. Any help is appreciated. > Run samba on the cube. joe
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing from SUN to NEXTSTEP Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 20:42:46 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Aug7.204246.4345@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <DCy1Mu.JuF@eunet.ch> In article <DCy1Mu.JuF@eunet.ch> ajl@spock (Alexander Lamb) writes: > I have an HP Postscript printer attached to a NEXTSTEP/Intel machine. > > I would like to print from a SUN OS 4.1.3 machine to that printer... > > When I send pure ascii, everything works fine because it gets "enscripted" > into Postscript format... > > BUT, I would like to send from my SUN DIRECTLY to the printer without any > Postscript transformation (because my SUN is sending HP formatting > information OR window bitmaps). I have set up similar configurations some time ago. I found a reference somewhere to a TextPassThru parameter (set to YES) in netinfo. On a more recent search, I haven't been able to discover where I found it. Perhaps someone else can jog my memory. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Charles Ashley <charlesa@mpn.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TCP/IP and SoftPC Date: 7 Aug 1995 22:11:43 GMT Organization: MatriX Publishing Network Message-ID: <40632v$ece@nebula.mpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi - I've got SoftPC 4.0 and NS 3.3 on Intel. Does anyone know how to get SoftPC sessions to talk TCP/IP? It's preconfigured for Netware, but not clear how to get it to talk IP. And thoughts? TIA, C. ------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Ashley MatriX Publishing Network charlesa@mpn.com http://www.mpn.com/ tel.44.171.316.9291 ------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Message-ID: <DCywsL.DM3@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <400nt1$6hr@news.xmission.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:14:44 GMT Kristopher Magnusson writes >A CERT advisory describes your problem as a symptom of a hacker attack I don't remember ever seeing such an advisory. Can you provide me with its number? -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Can't use 3rd party CD-ROMS after NS3.3 upgrade(?) In-Reply-To: leb@doremi.llnl.gov's message of 8 Aug 1995 00:29:41 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug7214900@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:49:00 GMT Please post your /etc/kern_loader.conf file and the output from kl_util -s. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> leb@doremi.llnl.gov (Lee Busby) writes: I upgraded my 68040 cube from 3.0 to 3.3 last week. Now it spits out any 3rd party CD-ROM (it still can read the NS3.3 upgrade disk itself) with the message Disk is Write Protected probing for CDROM Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: server CDROM won't link Methinks I am missing some kind of dynamically-loaded driver. Any ideas as to where that might be, or what it might be named? Why is the NS3.3 upgrade CD-ROM special in this regard? Thanks....
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: ppp with dynamic ip address...FAQ? In-Reply-To: david.ferrero@zion.com's message of Tue, 8 Aug 1995 00:12:52 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug7215140@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DCytxG.8A@zion.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:51:40 GMT The source for ppp is on the NeXT ftp archives. NetSurfer (www.netsurfer.com) is a really nice Internet browser. In fact, aside from the lack of image filters (they are working on it), it is a better app than OmniWeb. And I like OmniWeb too... Robert In article <DCytxG.8A@zion.com> david.ferrero@zion.com writes: Can someone point me in the right direction for ppp with dynamic addressing software for NEXTSTEP? Also, Internet browser type software: Are the current NEXTSTEP choices 1. OmniWeb 2. SpiderWoman? Thanks for the leads, David david.ferrero@zion.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: bug in NS3.3 tar? In-Reply-To: bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu's message of 7 Aug 1995 20:28:48 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug7215418@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <405t20$879@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:54:18 GMT Try /dev/nrst0 instead. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <405t20$879@spool.cs.wisc.edu> bestor@spam.cs.wisc.edu (Gareth Bestor) writes: Perhaps this is a FAQ bug, but is there something screwed up with the tar shipped with NEXTSTEP 3.3 (either Intel or Moto)? I have a NeXTstation with a Hewlett-Packard SCSI DAT drive and it cannot correctly write tar files to the tapes. I can create a tar tape file with "tar -cvf /dev/rst0" and write it to the /dev/rst0 device no problem. This can be read with "tar -xv" and also listed with "tar -tv" no problem too. However, any attempt to _append_ to this tape file with "tar -rv" gives the error: > tar -rvf /dev/rst0 foo* tar: tape backspace error: I/O error This occurs with three different DAT drives and also happens on an Intel NEXTSTEP machine. I even tried using different physical tapes with no effect. The killer is that I tried this with the gnutar (which NEXT ships with 3.3) and it works GREAT!!! So it seems pretty obvious to me that something is screwed up with NeXT's tar. I'm surprised because something as major as not being able to append to tar tape backup files should have been spotted and fixed long ago. Is this a bug in tar or is it just me? - Gareth bestor@cs.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.10 In-Reply-To: dave@next.tlogic.com's message of 7 Aug 1995 19:49:36 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug7215819@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <405qog$1evq@firehose.mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:58:19 GMT Try the 8.7 prerelease from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail/.prerelease Keep in mind that you cannot use 5.x configuration (cf) files with sendmail 8.x. You should get the binary of GNU m4 that I put on the ftp sites and use it to compile your .mc file into a .cf. Configuration files are ALOT EASIER in 8.x. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <405qog$1evq@firehose.mindspring.com> dave@next.tlogic.com (David Aylesworth) writes: Can anyone point to sendmail 8.10 binary and cf file. The one I built is not working! -Dave dave@tlogic.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? In-Reply-To: khader@vnet.net's message of 5 Aug 1995 19:23:22 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug7220147@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:01:47 GMT Reboot your system in single-user mode, mv /etc/netinfo to /etc/netinfo.backup then cp -pr /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc This will replace your NetInfo database with the default NS one. You'll need to reboot and redo all your accounts, etc... You should consider adding /etc/netinfo to a list of files to back up. Robert In article <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: Hi, Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... Any help is highly appreciated .. Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: ppp with dynamic ip address...FAQ? Message-ID: <DCytxG.8A@zion.com> Keywords: ppp Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 00:12:52 GMT Can someone point me in the right direction for ppp with dynamic addressing software for NEXTSTEP? Also, Internet browser type software: Are the current NEXTSTEP choices 1. OmniWeb 2. SpiderWoman? Thanks for the leads, David david.ferrero@zion.com
From: leb@doremi.llnl.gov (Lee Busby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't use 3rd party CD-ROMS after NS3.3 upgrade(?) Date: 8 Aug 1995 00:29:41 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Message-ID: <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> I upgraded my 68040 cube from 3.0 to 3.3 last week. Now it spits out any 3rd party CD-ROM (it still can read the NS3.3 upgrade disk itself) with the message Disk is Write Protected probing for CDROM Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: server CDROM won't link Methinks I am missing some kind of dynamically-loaded driver. Any ideas as to where that might be, or what it might be named? Why is the NS3.3 upgrade CD-ROM special in this regard? Thanks....
From: sw@dannug.dk (soren wang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT 2 Novell, takes two accounts, help ! Date: 7 Aug 1995 22:59:35 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <4065sn$4go@danmeasure.dannug.dk> Hi, When connecting a NeXT to a Novell net, the NeXT machines takes up 2 user accounts on the Novell, so on a 10 user licence with 3 NeXT s connected, there will only be 4 left, is there a workaround, so the NeXT machines only will use 1 account ? Thanks in advance. Soren Wang sw@dannug.dk
From: dave@gecko.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: INN and UUCP? Date: 8 Aug 1995 10:51:51 GMT Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, FB1 Message-ID: <407fk7$ejl@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Could anyone tell me where I find a complete configured INN for UUCP? UUCP (Taylor) and Sendmail works fine on my home box (Turbocat.snafu.de) but I did not get news running. I would like to use INN. Please send any comments and suggestions via mail to dave@turbocat.snafu.de Thanks in advance, David Wetzel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ian.stephenson@insignia.co.uk Subject: Re: TCP/IP and SoftPC Message-ID: <DCzr8G.E2A@isltd.insignia.com> Sender: news@isltd.insignia.com Organization: Insignia Solutions plc References: <406333$eij@nebula.mpn.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 12:12:15 GMT In article <406333$eij@nebula.mpn.com> Charles Ashley <charlesa@mpn.com> writes: > Hi - > > I've got SoftPC 4.0 and NS 3.3 on Intel. Does anyone know how to get SoftPC > sessions to talk TCP/IP? It's preconfigured for Netware, but not clear how to > get it to talk IP. > > And thoughts? > > TIA, TCP/IP support on SoftPC4.0 is through Winsock. For technical reasons the LAN Manager support that is available on other SoftWindows platforms is not possible on NeXTStep (it needs a packet snooper interface, and believe there were some problems with windows drivers). The winsock implementation in 4.0 is OK, though it has a few problems. It was designed to work with a few specific programs, and was our first attempt at a Winsock. However you should be able to get something out of it. The winsock implementation in 4.1 is more complete, and has a number of fixes in - it should be much better. Then again if you just want to talk to a file server its probably easiest to mount it on the NeXT file system, and access it via fsa (net use j: /mountpoint). Ian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: tape drive console error message; how to resolve? Message-ID: <DCztz2.rE@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <403e07$3fi@Mercury.mcs.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 13:11:23 GMT In article <403e07$3fi@Mercury.mcs.com> font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: > > Up until this weekend, I have run fairly regular weekly backups on my > NeXTstation mono from a CONNER CFP4207S 4 gig drive (two partitions) > to a WangDAT 3400DX. This weekend, attempting a backup of one of the > partitions, I received an error which shows in the console (actually > /usr/adm/messages here) as: > > Aug 6 15:18:43 font mach: st: cmd = 0xa sr_io_status = 2H > Aug 6 15:18:43 font mach: Sense key = 0x0 Sense Code = 0x38 > [...] Maybe it's not a problem with the tape drive truly but dump having difficulties getting data off of the hd. Can you dd the data off the hd to /dev/null ? The message does indicate the problem to be with the (st) tape drive. But a dd should be fairly fast to eliminate any chance the problem was related to your 99% full partition. Try dd if=/dev/rsd<drive and partition> of=/dev/null and see if you get any errors as well. Also, you could do the same test using gnutar writing to /dev/null. Juergen --- Fon ++49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome Fax ++49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when a wine's class matters more than its taste, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names?
From: root@dpls.dacc.wisc.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: quot on NeXT? Date: 8 Aug 1995 14:26:16 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <407s68$1h6k@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <405toi$29c@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> In article <405toi$29c@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> "Reagen B. Ward" <ward@hydra.cche.olemiss.edu> writes: > I need a disk accounting util, much like quot on sysV systems. > Is there one available for the NeXT or other BSD that won't require imposing > disk-limiting quotas? > Check ftp::/ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/util/sources/Quotas.tar.Z Its very crude but it might be worth a look at. - Gareth
From: root@dpls.dacc.wisc.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: bug in NS3.3 tar? Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:06:26 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <407uhi$go0@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <RDL.95Aug7215418@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug7215418@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Try /dev/nrst0 instead. > Tried that and it doesn't help. Here's what happens with tar: dpls2> tar cvf /dev/nrst0 bestor <--- Create new tape... a bestor/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.D 1 block <--- OK .. a bestor/Changes 11 blocks a bestor/.forward 1 block dpls2> tar rvf /dev/nrst0 rice <--- Try to append to it... tar: tape read error: I/O error <--- fails (not rewound?) dpls2> tar rvf /dev/rst0 rice <--- Try again... tar: tape read error: I/O error <--- fails (but rewinds) dpls2> tar rvf /dev/nrst0 rice <--- Try again after rewound... tar: tape backspace error: I/O error <--- still fails dpls2> tar rvf /dev/rst0 rice <--- Try again with rst0... tar: tape backspace error: I/O error <--- still fails Whereas if I try EXACTLY the same thing with gnutar on the same computer, same drive and same tape it works like a charm... dpls2> gnutar cvf /dev/rst0 bestor <--- Create new tape... bestor/ <--- OK bestor/.NeXT/ bestor/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.D .. bestor/Changes bestor/.forward bestor/.elm/ bestor/Mail/ dpls2> gnutar rvf /dev/rst0 haley <--- Append to it haley/ <--- OK haley/%backup%~ haley/.NeXT/ .. haley/docs/ haley/docs/pums80a.cbk Methinks tar is screwy. - Gareth bestor@cs.wisc.edu
From: paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: TCP/IP and SoftPC Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 17:41:21 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DD06Gx.Lpu@plsys.co.uk> References: <40632v$ece@nebula.mpn.com> In article <40632v$ece@nebula.mpn.com> Charles Ashley <charlesa@mpn.com> writes: > I've got SoftPC 4.0 and NS 3.3 on Intel. Does anyone know how to get SoftPC > sessions to talk TCP/IP? It's preconfigured for Netware, but not clear how to > get it to talk IP. Check in the c:\insignia directory. There is a batch file with a name like usetcpip.bat. Run it. If your NeXT can reach the destination, so will SoftPC. There are release notes in the product box about what works and what doesn't; and make sure that the winsock.dll (in c:\insignia) is in your path. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 We do NeXTSTEP
From: leb@doremi.llnl.gov (Lee Busby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't use 3rd party CD-ROMS after NS3.3 upgrade(?) Date: 8 Aug 1995 17:50:44 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Message-ID: <40885k$qgh@lll-winken.llnl.gov> References: <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> <RDL.95Aug7214900@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : Please post your /etc/kern_loader.conf file and the output from kl_util -s. : Robert La Ferla : Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant : Boston, MA : + 1 (617) 252-0088 Happy to oblige.... # cat /etc/kern_loader.conf /usr/lib/kern_loader/Midi/mididriver_reloc /usr/lib/kern_loader/Midi/midi_reloc_2.0 # /usr/etc/kl_util -s SERVER: midi Allocated : In article <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> leb@doremi.llnl.gov (Lee Busby) writes: : I upgraded my 68040 cube from 3.0 to 3.3 last week. Now it : spits out any 3rd party CD-ROM (it still can read the NS3.3 upgrade : disk itself) with the message : Disk is Write Protected : probing for CDROM : Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed : Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed : Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: server CDROM won't link : Methinks I am missing some kind of dynamically-loaded driver. : Any ideas as to where that might be, or what it might be named? : Why is the NS3.3 upgrade CD-ROM special in this regard? : Thanks....
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de (Andreas Ploeger) Subject: NeXT host accesing a Personal NetWare server? Message-ID: <1995Aug8.185558.15397@aplki.toppoint.de> Keywords: Novell, NetWare Sender: ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de (Andreas Ploeger) Organization: Andreas Ploeger Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 18:55:58 GMT Hi, I want to access a PC running Novell's Personal NetWare. When the Netware software is loaded during startup /usr/netware/etc/npsd fails to find the server (time out for all kind of Ethernet frames - I checked with the -v option). Any ideas? Thanks & greetings, A. Ploeger -- Andreas Ploeger E-Mail: ploeger@tpki.toppoint.de Kiel University Phone: (49) 431 597 1757 Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology FAX: (49) 431 597 1828 Schwanenweg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany *** NeXT Mail welcome ***
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Incomplete termcap? Date: 8 Aug 1995 14:40:27 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <407t0r$mdq@www.its.com> References: <4000n2$tmk@news.myriad.net> Mark A. Doucet wrote: > Does anyone know what this error message means? > "Warning: incomplete termcap entry. Editing disabled." Yeah, you need to set your terminal. RTFM "man tset", as in: set noglob; eval `tset -Q -s`; unset noglob set term=$TERM stty decctlq intr "^C" erase "^?" kill "^U" stty -tabs -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator opment, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 7 Aug 1995 04:15:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <40440h$480@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: TCP/IP and SoftPC Date: 8 Aug 1995 14:11:21 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <407ra9$brg@news.xmission.com> References: <406333$eij@nebula.mpn.com> Charles Ashley (charlesa@mpn.com) wrote: : Hi - : I've got SoftPC 4.0 and NS 3.3 on Intel. Does anyone know how to get SoftPC : sessions to talk TCP/IP? It's preconfigured for Netware, but not clear how to : get it to talk IP. When I loaded up the demo of SoftPC 4.0 and ran Netscape 1.1N under it, TCP/IP Just Worked. If I rememebr right, the manual said something about depending on native TCP/IP and that you shouldn't use Winsock for that reason. -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Can NEXTSTEP disks be repaired? (need help desparately) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.bugs Date: 6 Aug 1995 10:13:37 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <4024kh$654@portal.gmu.edu> References: <3vasik$o5l@server.cs.vt.edu> <OTTO.95Jul31155259@tukki.jyu.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: use disk (eww) The "disk" program has a non-destructive option to search for backup, or alternate blocks. It's the best option to start the recovery process... I will refrain from ranting about "disk"'s other grevious faults, NeXT hasn't fixed them, even thoug they've known for years what they are and I doubt they ever will... (and if you're at NeXT going "I donut know, no one told me" mail me and I'll elaborate in a nice way.) Tim -- ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail) Tim Scanlon George mason University Public Affairs I speak for myself, but often claim demonic posession
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From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Latest version of Gated? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 6 Aug 1995 10:43:38 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <4026cq$a1v@portal.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: not re-inventing the wheel I'm wondering if anyone out there has compiled the latest version of cornell's gated for 3.3. I'm starting to do it, but don't really want to re-invent the wheel if I can help it. Especially since the setup to build the makefiles is so totaly whacked under NS... Anyway,if you've done it, I'd love to get your sources or at least the changes to the makefiles & the ~gated-XXX/src/util files to make it happen. Of course if you had to do any sort of porting or #ifdef NeXT goobiage I'd sure as hell at elast like to know that stuff too... Email responses prefered but not mandatory. :> Tim -- ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail) Tim Scanlon George mason University Public Affairs I speak for myself, but often claim demonic posession
From: aathan@squish.next.com (Andrew Athan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 9 Aug 1995 14:01:18 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <40af3e$1lk@news.next.com> References: <shathaway.47.807280790@hamp.hampshire.edu> <400o1kINNhd1@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Try this: $ su # niload printcap . PrinterName: \ :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:sf=:sb=:mx=0: \ :rm=remote_host_name:\ :if=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver: \ :cf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pscf: \ :df=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psdf: \ :gf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psgf: \ :nf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psnf: \ :rf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psrf: \ :tf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: \ :vf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psvf: \ :ty=HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpi:note=This is a new printer: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/PrinterName: \ :af=/usr/adm/PrinterName.acct: ^D You should then be able to pick the printer from any print panel. I'm pretty sure JetDirect printers look like lpd, so this should work. Replace "." with whatever netinfo domain you think is appropriate, replace PrinterName with whatever, replace printer_host_name with the name that resolves to the JetDirect IP address. You may need to add an rp field (see man printcap). All the lines that contain /usr/lib may not be necessary (I've no idea what is or isn't when you're dealing with a remote printer). aca
From: sean@blodwen.demon.co.uk (sean) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Latest version of Gated? Date: 9 Aug 1995 13:52:51 GMT Organization: The Circus Distribution: world Message-ID: <40aejj$l0j@blodwen.demon.co.uk> References: <4026cq$a1v@portal.gmu.edu> Keywords: nextstep gated 3.3 I've managed to do it. It is currently running quite happily routing Token Ring to Thin Ethernet on a P75 PC. BTW you will need to turn on IPforwarding in your kernal if you want to use your NextStep Box as a router - I have a program to do that. Here is a patch ( a diff really): -----Start Patch---- Only in gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src: Config Common subdirectories: gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/compat and gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/compat Common subdirectories: gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/configs and gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/configs diff -c gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/krt_symbols_nlist.c gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/krt_symbols_nlist.c *** gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/krt_symbols_nlist.c Tue Jun 6 23:36:45 1995 --- gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/krt_symbols_nlist.c Sun Jul 30 13:24:12 1995 *************** *** 80,90 **** --- 80,102 ---- if (ksp->ks_name && *ksp->ks_name) { /* Bcopy the pointers to avoid warning about const char */ + #ifdef NEXTSTEP + bcopy((caddr_t) &ksp->ks_name, (caddr_t) &nlp->n_un.n_name, sizeof(char * + )); + #else bcopy((caddr_t) &ksp->ks_name, (caddr_t) &nlp->n_name, sizeof(char *)); + #endif + #ifdef NLIST_NOUNDER + #ifdef NEXTSTEP + if (nlp->n_un.n_name) { + nlp->n_un.n_name++; + } + #else if (*nlp->n_name == '_') { nlp->n_name++; } + #endif #endif /* NLIST_NOUNDER */ /* Remember this entry */ *************** *** 141,146 **** --- 153,166 ---- for (ksp = krt_symbol_names; ksp->ks_name; ksp++) { if (ksp->ks_nlp) { *ksp->ks_value = ksp->ks_nlp->n_value; + #ifdef NEXTSTEP + trace_tp(tp, + TR_KRT_SYMBOLS, + 0, + ("krt_symbols: %s = %x", + ksp->ks_nlp->n_un.n_name, + ksp->ks_nlp->n_value)); + #else trace_tp(tp, TR_KRT_SYMBOLS, 0, *************** *** 147,152 **** --- 167,173 ---- ("krt_symbols: %s = %x", ksp->ks_nlp->n_name, ksp->ks_nlp->n_value)); + #endif } } Common subdirectories: gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/mib and gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/mib diff -c gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/task.c gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/task.c *** gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/task.c Tue Jun 6 23:36:27 1995 --- gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/task.c Sun Jul 30 16:06:27 1995 *************** *** 6185,6191 **** --- 6185,6195 ---- } /* Reset any user-specified time zones */ + #ifndef NEXTSTEP tzsetwall(); + #else + tzset(); + #endif /* NextStep */ #ifdef _SC_PAGE_SIZE task_pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE); Common subdirectories: gated-R3_5Alpha_11/src/util and gated-R3_5Alpha_11.patched/src/util ------end patch----- ------start config---- # # foxtrot # # Configuration for NextStep running 3.3 # bindir /usr/bin sbindir /usr/etc mantype bsd44 cc cc cwflags -W -Wunused -Wreturn-type -Wcast-qual -Wpointer-arith -Wswitch -Wshadow cflags -g -O -I/usr/include/bsd -I/usr/include/ansi -I/usr/include/mach -I/usr/include/mach-o ldothers -m signal_h /usr/include/bsd/sys/signal.h path_unix /mach ldflags -lrpcsvc lex lex lflags -v mkdep mkdep yacc bison yflags -d -y -v options INCLUDE_UNISTD NEXTSTEP options NEED_INET_ATON BSD_SIGNALS options PID_T=int GID_T=int options NEED_SIGNAME NEED_HERRS VARIABLE_MASKS options KRT_RTREAD_KMEM KRT_IFREAD_IOCTL KRT_RT_IOCTL options KRT_LLADDR_KMEM KRT_SYMBOLS_NLIST KVM_TYPE_OTHER path_dump /var/tmp/%s_dump path_dumpdir /var/tmp path_pid /var/run/%s.pid path_version /var/run/%s.version protocols bgp hello egp icmp rip ospf -----end config----
From: mallen@unseen2.acns.nwu.edu (Mark Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: System Panic with 94 SLIP Date: 9 Aug 1995 14:16:03 GMT Organization: /home/u2/mallen/.organization Message-ID: <40afv3$t82@news.acns.nwu.edu> I just upgraded to NS 3.3; from 3.0 I had Mamakos' SLIP package installed. (This is not the PNI package) Last night we had a power outtage in the middle of my SLIP session. When the power came back on, SLIP would load up and even connect. I had a telnet session but when I tried to load OmniWeb I got a system panic. Is this just a random thing or is something else going on? -- mallen@nwu.edu -- (KoX since 1995) -- PGP public key on key-servers "Take your pursuit up against others if you wish, but do not dare to challenge "Jesse Garon" again." See the Cult of Scientology tangle with the Kibologists on alt.religion.scientology. OT7 OT VII
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: INN binaries -OR- NEXTSTEP config file Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 17:24:52 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950809171345.21769B-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <3vqvar$7lc@hamblin.math.byu.edu> <Pine.HPP.3.91.950804094425.26213C-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950804094425.26213C-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Bernhard Scholz wrote: > On 3 Aug 1995, Kris Magnusson wrote: > > > Has anyone who has compiled INN for NEXTSTEP archs made the binaries publically > > available? Or failing that, does anyone have a working config file for INN on > > NEXTSTEP/Intel? > > > I'll send you my config description. > Oh, better, I'll post them, because there is a high demand. But this will > become a big posting... > And here it is: Okay, some words in advance. This is in NeXTMail format. You should be able to cut and paste this posting, feed it to NeXTMail and copy the required files. I hope I didn't do much wrong. At least you should be able to read the document. (Sorry but I'm not able to preview the posting) Best regards, Boerny (keeping his fingers crossed, that this posting will be ok...) --NeXT-Mail-1331181635-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, here is the description on how to make inn-1_4sec: I'm sure you read the Install text!!! If not: cd $inn make Install.ms nroff -ms Install.ms | col >Install.txt=20 If not, please do so! You don't have any chance to build it = without reading these instructions. I had new knowledge about = newssystems before building inn, and it was a good choice to read = everything carefully.=20 (I e.g. read most parts three times) Copy this file [Hier war urspr=FCnglich eine Anlage beigef=FCgt] = to $inn/config. It should be named config.data and replace your = configuration file. You might want to adjust the pathes for = installation. Also I'm using syslog for error logging with local0. cd $inn/config make c quiet // sed doesn't work on NeXT as required cd $inn make all The last step requires an installed patch tool. I'm using = GNUPatch, which is available on many ftp servers. Tell me if you = need it. Install a new user or group named 'news' if it doesn't already = exist. You might also want to add a group or single user (I use = 'usenet') which will get the mail for inn problems. NOTE: This = already was configured in config.data! Now su news (or root, but I like to have the privileges sorted = correct) Go for the last step, and install the files correctly. This won't = install configuration scripts! cd $inn make update To install the default site-specific configuration scripts: cd $inn/site make all I added all my configuration files, without the active and = newsgroups files: [Hier war urspr=FCnglich eine Anlage beigef=FCgt][Hier war = urspr=FCnglich eine Anlage beigef=FCgt][Hier war urspr=FCnglich = eine Anlage beigef=FCgt][Hier war urspr=FCnglich eine Anlage = beigef=FCgt][Hier war urspr=FCnglich eine Anlage beigef=FCgt] = place them in your news directory. Ok, there are two files missing, which are simply to large: = 'active' and 'newsgroups'. These files keep a complete list of all = available newsgroups (active) and their short description = (newsgroups). You can get these files by telnet-ing to your = feeder: telnet newsserv.remote | tee active.bak list active quit telnet newsserv.remote | tee newsgroups.bak list newsgroups quit Now cut out the login and logout messages of the telnet protocol = and rename/copy the output to 'active' and 'newsgroups' Note: I'm driving a standalone system. I get all my news by rlogin = on my remote host and using 'slurp' to retrieve the latest news = since my last login. This is why hosts.nntp is empty. You might = want to configure everything as you like, but this should give you = a running inn installation! Oh, I forgot: Of course you have to run the innd!! Add the = following lines to /etc/rc # # Running newsboot /usr/local/etc/rc.news Of course you need to make sure that rc.news file to = /usr/local/etc as in my configuration. Read Install.txt about = this. I hope this helps you a lot! Best regards and happy compiling, Boerny. --NeXT-Mail-1331181635-1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, here is the description on how to make inn-1_4sec: I'm sure you read the Install text!!! If not: cd $inn make Install.ms nroff -ms Install.ms | col >Install.txt=20 If not, please do so! You don't have any chance to build it = without reading these instructions. I had new knowledge about = newssystems before building inn, and it was a good choice to read = everything=20 <bold>carefully.=20 </bold>(I e.g. read most parts three times) Copy this file=20 --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=config.data; x-unix-mode=0644 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ## $Revision: 1.40 $ ## ## InterNetNews configuration file. ## Note that if you leave a field blank, you must have the = trailing tab! ## ## ## 1. MAKE CONFIG PARAMETERS ## Where the DBZ sources are, from C News. INN has a (maybe old) = copy. #### =3D()<DBZDIR @<DBZDIR>@>()=3D DBZDIR ../dbz ## If you have a parallel make, set this to "&" #### =3D()<P @<P>@>()=3D P =09 ## C pre-processor flags #### =3D()<DEFS @<DEFS>@>()=3D DEFS -I../include -I/usr/include/bsd ## C compiler #### =3D()<CC @<CC>@>()=3D CC cc ## Does your compiler properly do "char const *"? Pick DO DONT or = DUNNO #### =3D()<USE_CHAR_CONST @<USE_CHAR_CONST>@>()=3D USE_CHAR_CONST DUNNO ## C compiler flags #### =3D()<CFLAGS @<CFLAGS>@>()=3D CFLAGS $(DEFS) -O4 ## C compiler flags to use when compiling dbz #### =3D()<DBZCFLAGS @<DBZCFLAGS>@>()=3D DBZCFLAGS $(CFLAGS) ## What flags to use if profiling; -p or -pg, e.g. #### =3D()<PROF @<PROF>@>()=3D PROF -pg ## Flags for the "cc -o" line; e.g., -Bstatic on SunOS4.x while = debugging. #### =3D()<LDFLAGS @<LDFLAGS>@>()=3D LDFLAGS -object ## If you use the standard NNTP way of connecting, where is the = library? #### =3D()<NNTPLIB @<NNTPLIB>@>()=3D NNTPLIB =09 ## If you need to link in other libraries, add them here #### =3D()<LIBS @<LIBS>@>()=3D LIBS =09 ## How to make a lint library; pick BSD, SYSV, or NONE. #### =3D()<LINTLIBSTYLE @<LINTLIBSTYLE>@>()=3D LINTLIBSTYLE NONE ## Flags for lint. AIX wants "-wkD"; it and others don't want = "-z". #### =3D()<LINTFLAGS @<LINTFLAGS>@>()=3D LINTFLAGS -b -h -z $(DEFS) ## Some lints insist on putting out the filename and other crap. ## Possible values: ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.aix ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.osx ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sun ## LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sysv ## LINTFILTER #### =3D()<LINTFILTER @<LINTFILTER>@>()=3D LINTFILTER | sed -n -f ../sedf.sun ## How to install manpages; pick SOURCE, NROFF-PACK, = NROFF-PACK-SCO, or NONE. #### =3D()<MANPAGESTYLE @<MANPAGESTYLE>@>()=3D MANPAGESTYLE SOURCE ## Where various manpages should go #### =3D()<MAN1 @<MAN1>@>()=3D MAN1 /usr/local/man/man1 #### =3D()<MAN3 @<MAN3>@>()=3D MAN3 /usr/local/man/man3 #### =3D()<MAN5 @<MAN5>@>()=3D MAN5 /usr/local/man/man5 #### =3D()<MAN8 @<MAN8>@>()=3D MAN8 /usr/local/man/man8 ## Ranlib command. Use echo if you don't need ranlib. #### =3D()<RANLIB @<RANLIB>@>()=3D RANLIB ranlib ## YACC (yet another config control?) #### =3D()<YACC @<YACC>@>()=3D YACC yacc ## Ctags command. Use echo if you don't have ctags. #### =3D()<CTAGS @<CTAGS>@>()=3D CTAGS ctags -t -w ## ## 2. LOGGING LEVELS ## Facility innd should log under. #### =3D()<LOG_INN_SERVER @<LOG_INN_SERVER>@>()=3D LOG_INN_SERVER LOG_LOCAL0 ## Facility all other programs should log under. #### =3D()<LOG_INN_PROG @<LOG_INN_PROG>@>()=3D LOG_INN_PROG LOG_LOCAL0 ## Flags to use in opening the logs; some programs add LOG_PID. #### =3D()<L_OPENLOG_FLAGS @<L_OPENLOG_FLAGS>@>()=3D L_OPENLOG_FLAGS (LOG_CONS | LOG_NDELAY) ## Log a fatal error; program is about to exit. #### =3D()<L_FATAL @<L_FATAL>@>()=3D L_FATAL LOG_CRIT ## Log an error that might mean one or more articles get lost. #### =3D()<L_ERROR @<L_ERROR>@>()=3D L_ERROR LOG_ERR ## Informational notice, usually not worth caring about. #### =3D()<L_NOTICE @<L_NOTICE>@>()=3D L_NOTICE LOG_WARNING ## A protocol trace. #### =3D()<L_TRACE @<L_TRACE>@>()=3D L_TRACE LOG_DEBUG ## All incoming control commands (ctlinnd, etc). #### =3D()<L_CC_CMD @<L_CC_CMD>@>()=3D L_CC_CMD LOG_INFO ## ## 3. OWNERSHIPS AND FILE MODES ## Owner of articles and directories and _PATH_INNDDIR #### =3D()<NEWSUSER @<NEWSUSER>@>()=3D NEWSUSER news ## Group, for same purpose #### =3D()<NEWSGROUP @<NEWSGROUP>@>()=3D NEWSGROUP news ## Who gets email about control messages? (Usually same as = NEWSUSER) #### =3D()<NEWSMASTER @<NEWSMASTER>@>()=3D NEWSMASTER usenet ## Who gets email on the Path line? #### =3D()<PATHMASTER @<PATHMASTER>@>()=3D PATHMASTER not-for-mail ## Umask to set. #### =3D()<NEWSUMASK @<NEWSUMASK>@>()=3D NEWSUMASK 02 ## Mode that incoming articles are created under. #### =3D()<ARTFILE_MODE @<ARTFILE_MODE>@>()=3D ARTFILE_MODE 0664 ## Mode that batch files are created under. #### =3D()<BATCHFILE_MODE @<BATCHFILE_MODE>@>()=3D BATCHFILE_MODE 0664 ## Mode that directories are created under. #### =3D()<GROUPDIR_MODE @<GROUPDIR_MODE>@>()=3D GROUPDIR_MODE 0775 ## ## 4. C LIBRARY DIFFERENCES ## Use stdargs, varargs, or neither? Pick VARARGS STDARGS or = NONE. ## You need vfprintf and vfsprintf if not NONE. #### =3D()<VAR_STYLE @<VAR_STYLE>@>()=3D VAR_STYLE VARARGS ## If you don't have <string.h>, set this to "mystring.h" #### =3D()<STR_HEADER @<STR_HEADER>@>()=3D STR_HEADER <string.h> ## If you don't have <memory.h>, set this to "mymemory.h" #### =3D()<MEM_HEADER @<MEM_HEADER>@>()=3D MEM_HEADER <memory.h> ## What is a file offset? Usually long or off_t. *Must be long = for now!* #### =3D()<OFFSET_T @<OFFSET_T>@>()=3D OFFSET_T long ## What is the type of an object size? Usually size_t or unsigned = int. #### =3D()<SIZE_T @<SIZE_T>@>()=3D SIZE_T size_t ## What is the type of a passwd uid and gid, for use in chown(2)? #### =3D()<UID_T @<UID_T>@>()=3D UID_T int #### =3D()<GID_T @<GID_T>@>()=3D GID_T int ## Type of a pid, for use in kill(2). #### =3D()<PID_T @<PID_T>@>()=3D PID_T int ## Generic pointer, used by memcpy, malloc, etc. Usually char or = void. #### =3D()<POINTER @<POINTER>@>()=3D POINTER char ## Worst-case alignment, in order to shut lint up #### =3D()<ALIGNPTR @<ALIGNPTR>@>()=3D ALIGNPTR int ## What should a signal handler return? Usually int or void. #### =3D()<SIGHANDLER @<SIGHANDLER>@>()=3D SIGHANDLER void ## Type of variables can be modified in a signal handler? = sig_atomic_t #### =3D()<SIGVAR @<SIGVAR>@>()=3D SIGVAR int ## Function that returns no value, and a pointer to it. Pick int = or void #### =3D()<FUNCTYPE @<FUNCTYPE>@>()=3D FUNCTYPE void ## Use BSD4.2 or Posix directory names? Pick DIRENT or DIRECT. #### =3D()<DIR_STYLE @<DIR_STYLE>@>()=3D DIR_STYLE DIRECT ## Use flock, lockf, or nothing to lock files? ## Pick FLOCK, LOCKF, FCNTL, or NONE #### =3D()<LOCK_STYLE @<LOCK_STYLE>@>()=3D LOCK_STYLE FLOCK ## Do you have <unistd.h>? Pick DO or DONT #### =3D()<HAVE_UNISTD @<HAVE_UNISTD>@>()=3D HAVE_UNISTD DONT ## Do you have setbuffer? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_SETBUFFER @<HAVE_SETBUFFER>@>()=3D HAVE_SETBUFFER DO ## Do you have gettimeofday? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY @<HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY>@>()=3D HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY DO ## Do you have fchmod? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_FCHMOD @<HAVE_FCHMOD>@>()=3D HAVE_FCHMOD DO ## Do you have setsid()? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_SETSID @<HAVE_SETSID>@>()=3D HAVE_SETSID DONT ## Does your (struct tm) have a tm_gmtoff field? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_TM_GMTOFF @<HAVE_TM_GMTOFF>@>()=3D HAVE_TM_GMTOFF DO ## Does your (struct stat) have a st_blksize field? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE @<HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE>@>()=3D HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE DO ## Use waitpid instead of wait3? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_WAITPID @<HAVE_WAITPID>@>()=3D HAVE_WAITPID DONT ## Use "union wait" instead of int? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<USE_UNION_WAIT @<USE_UNION_WAIT>@>()=3D USE_UNION_WAIT DO ## How to fork? Pick fork or vfork. #### =3D()<FORK @<FORK>@>()=3D FORK vfork ## Do you have <vfork.h>? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_VFORK @<HAVE_VFORK>@>()=3D HAVE_VFORK DO ## Do you have symbolic links? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_SYMLINK @<HAVE_SYMLINK>@>()=3D HAVE_SYMLINK DO ## Do you have Unix-domain sockets? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN @<HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN>@>()=3D HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN DO ## Does your AF_UNIX bind use sizeof for the socket size? Pick = DO or DONT. #### =3D()<BIND_USE_SIZEOF @<BIND_USE_SIZEOF>@>()=3D BIND_USE_SIZEOF DO ## How should close-on-exec be done? Pick IOCTL or FCNTL. #### =3D()<CLX_STYLE @<CLX_STYLE>@>()=3D CLX_STYLE IOCTL ## How should non-blocking I/O be done? Pick IOCTL or FCNTL. #### =3D()<NBIO_STYLE @<NBIO_STYLE>@>()=3D NBIO_STYLE FCNTL ## How should resource-totalling be done? Pick RUSAGE or TIMES #### =3D()<RES_STYLE @<RES_STYLE>@>()=3D RES_STYLE RUSAGE ## How to get number of available descriptors? ## Pick GETDTAB, GETRLIMIT, SYSCONF, ULIMIT, or CONSTANT. #### =3D()<FDCOUNT_STYLE @<FDCOUNT_STYLE>@>()=3D FDCOUNT_STYLE GETDTAB ## If greater than -1, then use [gs]etrlimit to set that many = descriptors. ## If -1, then no [gs]etrlimit calls are done. #### =3D()<NOFILE_LIMIT @<NOFILE_LIMIT>@>()=3D NOFILE_LIMIT -1 ## Do you need <time.h> as well as <sys/time.h>? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<NEED_TIME @<NEED_TIME>@>()=3D NEED_TIME DONT ## What predicate, if any, the <ctype.h> macros need #### =3D()<CTYPE @<CTYPE>@>()=3D CTYPE (isascii((c)) && isXXXXX((c))) #CTYPE ((c) > 0 && isXXXXX((c))) #CTYPE isXXXXX((c)) ## What's the return type of abort? Usually int or void. #### =3D()<ABORTVAL @<ABORTVAL>@>()=3D ABORTVAL void ## What's the return type of alarm? Usually int or unsigned int. #### =3D()<ALARMVAL @<ALARMVAL>@>()=3D ALARMVAL unsigned int ## What's the return type of getpid? Usually int or unsigned = int. #### =3D()<GETPIDVAL @<GETPIDVAL>@>()=3D GETPIDVAL int ## What's the return type of sleep? Usually int or unsigned int. #### =3D()<SLEEPVAL @<SLEEPVAL>@>()=3D SLEEPVAL int ## What's the return type of qsort? Usually int or void. #### =3D()<QSORTVAL @<QSORTVAL>@>()=3D QSORTVAL void ## What's the return type of lseek? Usually long or off_t. #### =3D()<LSEEKVAL @<LSEEKVAL>@>()=3D LSEEKVAL off_t ## What's the return type of free? Usually int or void. #### =3D()<FREEVAL @<FREEVAL>@>()=3D FREEVAL void ## What's the return type of exit? Usually int or void. ## (For gcc (not pedantic ANSI) use "volatile void" in EXITVAL = and _EXITVAL.) #### =3D()<EXITVAL @<EXITVAL>@>()=3D EXITVAL void ## What's the return type of _exit? Usually int or void. #### =3D()<_EXITVAL @<_EXITVAL>@>()=3D _EXITVAL void ## ## 5. C LIBRARY OMISSIONS ## Possible values: ## MISSING_MAN strcasecmp.3 syslog.3 ## MISSING_SRC strcasecmp.c syslog.c strerror.c getdtab.c ## MISSING_OBJ strcasecmp.o syslog.o strerror.o getdtab.c ## getdtab has a getdtablesize() routine if you need it; see the = lib ## directory and Install.ms for others. ## OSx systems should add $(OSXATTOBJ) to MISSING_OBJ. #### =3D()<MISSING_MAN @<MISSING_MAN>@>()=3D MISSING_MAN =09 #### =3D()<MISSING_SRC @<MISSING_SRC>@>()=3D MISSING_SRC =09 #### =3D()<MISSING_OBJ @<MISSING_OBJ>@>()=3D MISSING_OBJ =09 ## ## 6. MISCELLANEOUS CONFIG DATA=20 ## Use read/write to update the active file, or mmap? Pick READ = or MMAP. #### =3D()<ACT_STYLE @<ACT_STYLE>@>()=3D ACT_STYLE READ ## Do clients use our NNTP-server-open routine, or the one in = NNTP? ## INND is nicer, but you must install inn.conf files everywhere; = NNTP ## is better if you already have lots of /usr/lib/news/server = files. ## Pick INND or NNTP. #### =3D()<REM_STYLE @<REM_STYLE>@>()=3D REM_STYLE NNTP ## Should rnews save articles that the server rejects? Pick DO = or DONT. #### =3D()<RNEWS_SAVE_BAD @<RNEWS_SAVE_BAD>@>()=3D RNEWS_SAVE_BAD DONT ## Should rnews log articles innd already has? Pick SYSLOG, = FILE, OR DONT. #### =3D()<RNEWS_LOG_DUPS @<RNEWS_LOG_DUPS>@>()=3D RNEWS_LOG_DUPS FILE ## Look in _PATH_RNEWSPROGS for rnews unpackers? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<RNEWSPROGS @<RNEWSPROGS>@>()=3D RNEWSPROGS DO ## Should rnews try the local host? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<RNEWSLOCALCONNECT @<RNEWSLOCALCONNECT>@>()=3D RNEWSLOCALCONNECT DO ## Environment variable that has remote hostname for rnews. #### =3D()<_ENV_UUCPHOST @<_ENV_UUCPHOST>@>()=3D _ENV_UUCPHOST UU_MACHINE ## Require posts to have under 50% inclusion (">") lines? Pick = DO OR DONT. ## (This is only for inews and nnrpd.) #### =3D()<CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT @<CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT>@>()=3D CHECK_INCLUDED_TEXT DONT ## Put hosts in the inews Path header? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<INEWS_PATH @<INEWS_PATH>@>()=3D INEWS_PATH DO ## Munge the gecos field of password entry? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<MUNGE_GECOS @<MUNGE_GECOS>@>()=3D MUNGE_GECOS DONT ## How many times to try to fork before giving up #### =3D()<MAX_FORKS @<MAX_FORKS>@>()=3D MAX_FORKS 10 ## Largest acceptable article size; 0 allows any size #### =3D()<MAX_ART_SIZE @<MAX_ART_SIZE>@>()=3D MAX_ART_SIZE 1000000 ## Value of dbzincore(FLAG) call in innd. Pick 1 or 0. #### =3D()<INND_DBZINCORE @<INND_DBZINCORE>@>()=3D INND_DBZINCORE 1 ## Should sub-processes get a nice(2) value? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<INND_NICE_KIDS @<INND_NICE_KIDS>@>()=3D INND_NICE_KIDS DONT ## Value for nice(2) call in innd. #### =3D()<INND_NICE_VALUE @<INND_NICE_VALUE>@>()=3D INND_NICE_VALUE 10 ## Null-terminated list of unknown commands to not log to syslog. ## INND_QUIET_BADLIST "xstream", "xfoo", NULL #### =3D()<INND_QUIET_BADLIST @<INND_QUIET_BADLIST>@>()=3D INND_QUIET_BADLIST NULL ## Null-terminated set of illegal distribution patterns for local = postings. #### =3D()<BAD_DISTRIBS @<BAD_DISTRIBS>@>()=3D BAD_DISTRIBS "*.*",NULL ## Verify that the poster is the person doing the cancel? Pick = DO or DONT. #### =3D()<VERIFY_CANCELS @<VERIFY_CANCELS>@>()=3D VERIFY_CANCELS DO ## Log "ctlinnd cancel" commands to syslog? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS @<LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS>@>()=3D LOG_CANCEL_COMMANDS DO ## File unknown "to.*" groups into the "to" newsgroup? Pick DO = or DONT. #### =3D()<MERGE_TO_GROUPS @<MERGE_TO_GROUPS>@>()=3D MERGE_TO_GROUPS DONT ## File articles in unknown newsgroups into junk? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<WANT_TRASH @<WANT_TRASH>@>()=3D WANT_TRASH DONT ## Record rejected articles in history? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<REMEMBER_TRASH @<REMEMBER_TRASH>@>()=3D REMEMBER_TRASH DONT ## Check the linecount against the Lines header? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<CHECK_LINECOUNT @<CHECK_LINECOUNT>@>()=3D CHECK_LINECOUNT DONT ## If checking, the error must be within LINECOUNT_FUZZ lines. ## Five is number of .signature lines + 1. #### =3D()<LINECOUNT_FUZZ @<LINECOUNT_FUZZ>@>()=3D LINECOUNT_FUZZ 5 ## Have innd throttle itself after this many I/O errors. #### =3D()<IO_ERROR_COUNT @<IO_ERROR_COUNT>@>()=3D IO_ERROR_COUNT 50 ## Default value for ctlinnd -t flag; use 0 to wait and poll. #### =3D()<CTLINND_TIMEOUT @<CTLINND_TIMEOUT>@>()=3D CTLINND_TIMEOUT 0 ## Flush logs if we go this long with no I/O. #### =3D()<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT @<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT>@>()=3D DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 300 ## INND closes channel if inactive this long (seconds). #### =3D()<PEER_TIMEOUT @<PEER_TIMEOUT>@>()=3D PEER_TIMEOUT (1 * 60 * 60) ## NNRP exits if inactive this long (seconds). #### =3D()<CLIENT_TIMEOUT @<CLIENT_TIMEOUT>@>()=3D CLIENT_TIMEOUT (2 * 60 * 60) ## Allow nnrpd readers when paused or throttled? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<ALLOW_READERS @<ALLOW_READERS>@>()=3D ALLOW_READERS DO ## Refuse newsreader connections if load is higher then this; -1 = disables. #### =3D()<NNRP_LOADLIMIT @<NNRP_LOADLIMIT>@>()=3D NNRP_LOADLIMIT 16 ## Don't readdir() spool dir if same group within this many secs. #### =3D()<NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY @<NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY>@>()=3D NNRP_RESCAN_DELAY 60 ## Do gethostbyaddr on client adresses in nnrp? Pick DO or = DONT. ## (If DONT, then use only IP addresses in hosts.nnrp) #### =3D()<NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR @<NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR>@>()=3D NNRP_GETHOSTBYADDR DO ## How many Message-ID retrievals until nnrpd does a dbzincore? = Set ## to -1 to never do incore. #### =3D()<NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY @<NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY>@>()=3D NNRP_DBZINCORE_DELAY 40 ## Strip Sender from posts that didn't authenticate? Pick DO or = DONT. #### =3D()<NNRP_AUTH_SENDER @<NNRP_AUTH_SENDER>@>()=3D NNRP_AUTH_SENDER DONT ## How many read/write failures until channel is put to sleep or = closed? #### =3D()<BAD_IO_COUNT @<BAD_IO_COUNT>@>()=3D BAD_IO_COUNT 5 ## Multiplier for sleep in EWOULDBLOCK writes (seconds). #### =3D()<BLOCK_BACKOFF @<BLOCK_BACKOFF>@>()=3D BLOCK_BACKOFF (2 * 60) ## How many article-writes between active and history updates? #### =3D()<ICD_SYNC_COUNT @<ICD_SYNC_COUNT>@>()=3D ICD_SYNC_COUNT 10 ## Tell resolver _res.options to be fast? Pick DO or DONT. #### =3D()<FAST_RESOLV @<FAST_RESOLV>@>()=3D FAST_RESOLV DONT ## Drop articles that were posted this many days ago. #### =3D()<DEFAULT_CUTOFF @<DEFAULT_CUTOFF>@>()=3D DEFAULT_CUTOFF 14 ## Maximum number of incoming NNTP connections. #### =3D()<DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS @<DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS>@>()=3D DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS 50 ## Wait this many seconds before channel restarts. #### =3D()<CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME @<CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME>@>()=3D CHANNEL_RETRY_TIME (5 * 60) ## Wait this many seconds before seeing if pause is ended. #### =3D()<PAUSE_RETRY_TIME @<PAUSE_RETRY_TIME>@>()=3D PAUSE_RETRY_TIME (5 * 60) ## Wait this many seconds between noticing inactive channels. #### =3D()<CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME @<CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME>@>()=3D CHANNEL_INACTIVE_TIME (10 * 60) ## Put nntplink info (filename) into the log? #### =3D()<NNTPLINK_LOG @<NNTPLINK_LOG>@>()=3D NNTPLINK_LOG DO ## Log by host IP address, rather than from Path line? #### =3D()<IPADDR_LOG @<IPADDR_LOG>@>()=3D IPADDR_LOG DONT ## Log NNTP activity after this many articles. #### =3D()<NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC @<NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC>@>()=3D NNTP_ACTIVITY_SYNC 200 ## Free buffers bigger than this when we're done with them. #### =3D()<BIG_BUFFER @<BIG_BUFFER>@>()=3D BIG_BUFFER (2 * START_BUFF_SIZE) ## A general small buffer. #### =3D()<SMBUF @<SMBUF>@>()=3D SMBUF 256 ## Buffer for a single article name. #### =3D()<MAXARTFNAME @<MAXARTFNAME>@>()=3D MAXARTFNAME 10 ## Buffer for a single pathname in the spool directory. #### =3D()<SPOOLNAMEBUFF @<SPOOLNAMEBUFF>@>()=3D SPOOLNAMEBUFF 512 ## Maximum size of a single header. #### =3D()<MAXHEADERSIZE @<MAXHEADERSIZE>@>()=3D MAXHEADERSIZE 1024 ## Byte limit on locally-posted articles; 0 to disable the check. #### =3D()<LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE @<LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE>@>()=3D LOCAL_MAX_ARTSIZE 0 ## Do you have uustat, or just uuq? Pick DO or DONT #### =3D()<HAVE_UUSTAT @<HAVE_UUSTAT>@>()=3D HAVE_UUSTAT DO ## ## 7. PATHS TO COMMON PROGRAMS ## Where the raison d'etre for this distribution lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_INND @<_PATH_INND>@>()=3D _PATH_INND /usr/local/etc/innd ## Where the optional front-end that exec's innd lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_INNDSTART @<_PATH_INNDSTART>@>()=3D _PATH_INNDSTART /usr/local/etc/inndstart ## Where news boot-up script should be installed. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSBOOT @<_PATH_NEWSBOOT>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSBOOT /usr/local/etc/rc.news ## Where sendmail, or a look-alike, lives. ## The -t is optional and says to read message for recipients #### =3D()<_PATH_SENDMAIL @<_PATH_SENDMAIL>@>()=3D _PATH_SENDMAIL /usr/lib/sendmail -t ## Where the shell is. #### =3D()<_PATH_SH @<_PATH_SH>@>()=3D _PATH_SH /bin/sh ## Where the compress program lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_COMPRESS @<_PATH_COMPRESS>@>()=3D _PATH_COMPRESS /usr/local/bin/gzip ## What extension your compress appends #### =3D()<_PATH_COMPRESSEXT @<_PATH_COMPRESSEXT>@>()=3D _PATH_COMPRESSEXT .gz ## Where egrep lives (you might need the FSF one; see scanlogs) #### =3D()<_PATH_EGREP @<_PATH_EGREP>@>()=3D _PATH_EGREP /usr/bin/egrep ## Where awk lives #### =3D()<_PATH_AWK @<_PATH_AWK>@>()=3D _PATH_AWK awk ## Where sed lives (you might need the FSF one) #### =3D()<_PATH_SED @<_PATH_SED>@>()=3D _PATH_SED sed ## Where inews lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_INEWS @<_PATH_INEWS>@>()=3D _PATH_INEWS /usr/local/news/inews ## Where rnews lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_RNEWS @<_PATH_RNEWS>@>()=3D _PATH_RNEWS /usr/local/bin/rnews ## Where the NNRP server lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_NNRPD @<_PATH_NNRPD>@>()=3D _PATH_NNRPD /usr/local/etc/in.nnrpd ## The path of the process run when an unknown host connects to = innd. ## Usually the same as _PATH_NNRPD, but may be, e.g., the path to ## nntpd from the reference implementation. #### =3D()<_PATH_NNTPD @<_PATH_NNTPD>@>()=3D _PATH_NNTPD /usr/local/etc/in.nnrpd ## Where the NNQR server lives. Make same as _PATH_NNRPD for now #### =3D()<_PATH_NNQRD @<_PATH_NNRPD>@>()=3D _PATH_NNQRD /usr/local/etc/in.nnrpd ## Where most other programs live. ## See also _PATH_RNEWSPROGS and _PATH_CONTROLPROGS, below. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSBIN @<_PATH_NEWSBIN>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSBIN /usr/local/news/bin ## Where temporary files live on the server #### =3D()<_PATH_TMP @<_PATH_TMP>@>()=3D _PATH_TMP /tmp ## Command to send mail (with -s "subject" allowed) #### =3D()<_PATH_MAILCMD @<_PATH_MAILCMD>@>()=3D _PATH_MAILCMD /usr/ucb/Mail ## Where scripts should have shlock create locks. #### =3D()<_PATH_LOCKS @<_PATH_LOCKS>@>()=3D _PATH_LOCKS /usr/local/news ## ## 8. PATHS RELATED TO THE SPOOL DIRECTORY ## Spool directory, where articles live. #### =3D()<_PATH_SPOOL @<_PATH_SPOOL>@>()=3D _PATH_SPOOL /usr/spool/news ## Spool directory where overview data lives. #### =3D()<_PATH_OVERVIEWDIR @<_PATH_OVERVIEWDIR>@>()=3D _PATH_OVERVIEWDIR /usr/spool/news ## Name of overview file within its spool directory. #### =3D()<_PATH_OVERVIEW @<_PATH_OVERVIEW>@>()=3D _PATH_OVERVIEW .overview ## Where rnews spools its input. #### =3D()<_PATH_SPOOLNEWS @<_PATH_SPOOLNEWS>@>()=3D _PATH_SPOOLNEWS /usr/spool/news/in.coming ## Where rnews creates temporary files until finished #### =3D()<_PATH_SPOOLTEMP @<_PATH_SPOOLTEMP>@>()=3D _PATH_SPOOLTEMP /usr/spool/news/in.coming/tmp ## Where rnews puts bad input. #### =3D()<_PATH_BADNEWS @<_PATH_BADNEWS>@>()=3D _PATH_BADNEWS /usr/spool/news/in.coming/bad ## Where rnews puts bad input, relative to _PATH_SPOOLNEWS. #### =3D()<_PATH_RELBAD @<_PATH_RELBAD>@>()=3D _PATH_RELBAD bad ## ## 9. EXECUTION PATHS FOR INND AND RNEWS ## Pathname where dups are logged if RNEWS_LOG_DUPS is FILE. #### =3D()<_PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG @<_PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG>@>()=3D _PATH_RNEWS_DUP_LOG /dev/null ## Rnews may execute any program in this directory; see = RNEWSPROGS. #### =3D()<_PATH_RNEWSPROGS @<_PATH_RNEWSPROGS>@>()=3D _PATH_RNEWSPROGS /usr/local/news/bin/rnews ## Path to control messages scripts. #### =3D()<_PATH_CONTROLPROGS @<_PATH_CONTROLPROGS>@>()=3D _PATH_CONTROLPROGS /usr/local/news/bin/control ## Default "unknown/illegal" control script, within = _PATH_CONTROLPROGS. #### =3D()<_PATH_BADCONTROLPROG @<_PATH_BADCONTROLPROG>@>()=3D _PATH_BADCONTROLPROG default ## ## 10. SOCKETS CREATED BY INND OR CLIENTS #### =3D()<_PATH_INNDDIR @<_PATH_INNDDIR>@>()=3D _PATH_INNDDIR /usr/local/news/innd ## Unix-domain stream socket that rnews connects to. #### =3D()<_PATH_NNTPCONNECT @<_PATH_NNTPCONNECT>@>()=3D _PATH_NNTPCONNECT /usr/local/news/innd/nntpin ## Unix-domain datagram socket that ctlinnd to. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSCONTROL @<_PATH_NEWSCONTROL>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSCONTROL /usr/local/news/innd/control ## Temporary socket created by ctlinnd; run through mktemp #### =3D()<_PATH_TEMPSOCK @<_PATH_TEMPSOCK>@>()=3D _PATH_TEMPSOCK /usr/local/news/innd/ctlinndXXXXXX ## ## 11. LOG AND CONFIG FILES ## Shell script that sets most of these as shell vars #### =3D()<_PATH_SHELLVARS @<_PATH_SHELLVARS>@>()=3D _PATH_SHELLVARS /usr/local/news/innshellvars ## Where most config and data files are usually stored; not = required ## to the home directory of NEWSUSER. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSLIB @<_PATH_NEWSLIB>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSLIB /usr/local/news ## The server's log file. #### =3D()<_PATH_LOGFILE @<_PATH_LOGFILE>@>()=3D _PATH_LOGFILE /usr/adm/news/news.log ## The server's error log file. #### =3D()<_PATH_ERRLOG @<_PATH_ERRLOG>@>()=3D _PATH_ERRLOG /usr/adm/news/errlog ## Where most sylog log files go; see also scanlogs, innstat, = etc. #### =3D()<_PATH_MOST_LOGS @<_PATH_MOST_LOGS>@>()=3D _PATH_MOST_LOGS /usr/adm/news/syslog ## How many generates of log files to keep. #### =3D()<LOG_CYCLES @<LOG_CYCLES>@>()=3D LOG_CYCLES 3 ## Text value of the server's pid. #### =3D()<_PATH_SERVERPID @<_PATH_SERVERPID>@>()=3D _PATH_SERVERPID /usr/local/news/innd/innd.pid ## The newsfeeds file, on the server host. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSFEEDS @<_PATH_NEWSFEEDS>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSFEEDS /usr/local/news/newsfeeds ## The article history database, on the server host. #### =3D()<_PATH_HISTORY @<_PATH_HISTORY>@>()=3D _PATH_HISTORY /usr/local/news/history ## File listing the sites that feed us news. #### =3D()<_PATH_INNDHOSTS @<_PATH_INNDHOSTS>@>()=3D _PATH_INNDHOSTS /usr/local/news/hosts.nntp ## The active file, on the server host. #### =3D()<_PATH_ACTIVE @<_PATH_ACTIVE>@>()=3D _PATH_ACTIVE /usr/local/news/active ## A temporary active file, for writing on the server host. #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWACTIVE @<_PATH_NEWACTIVE>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWACTIVE /usr/local/news/active.tmp ## An old active file on the server host. #### =3D()<_PATH_OLDACTIVE @<_PATH_OLDACTIVE>@>()=3D _PATH_OLDACTIVE /usr/local/news/active.old ## The log of when groups are created. #### =3D()<_PATH_ACTIVETIMES @<_PATH_ACTIVETIMES>@>()=3D _PATH_ACTIVETIMES /usr/local/news/active.times ## Where batch files are located. #### =3D()<_PATH_BATCHDIR @<_PATH_BATCHDIR>@>()=3D _PATH_BATCHDIR /usr/spool/news/out.going ## Where archives are kept. #### =3D()<_PATH_ARCHIVEDIR @<_PATH_ARCHIVEDIR>@>()=3D _PATH_ARCHIVEDIR /usr/spool/news/news.archive ## Where NNRP distributions file is #### =3D()<_PATH_NNRPDIST @<_PATH_NNRPDIST>@>()=3D _PATH_NNRPDIST /usr/local/news/distributions ## Where the default Distribution assignments file is #### =3D()<_PATH_DISTPATS @<_PATH_DISTPATS>@>()=3D _PATH_DISTPATS /usr/local/news/distrib.pats #### =3D()<_PATH_NEWSGROUPS @<_PATH_NEWSGROUPS>@>()=3D _PATH_NEWSGROUPS /usr/local/news/newsgroups ## File where client configuration parameters can be read. #### =3D()<_PATH_CONFIG @<_PATH_CONFIG>@>()=3D _PATH_CONFIG /usr/local/news/inn.conf ## The possible active file, on clients (NFS-mounted, e.g.). #### =3D()<_PATH_CLIENTACTIVE @<_PATH_CLIENTACTIVE>@>()=3D _PATH_CLIENTACTIVE /usr/local/news/active ## A temporary file, for client inews to use. #### =3D()<_PATH_TEMPACTIVE @<_PATH_TEMPACTIVE>@>()=3D _PATH_TEMPACTIVE /tmp/activeXXXXXX ## Where to mail to the moderators. #### =3D()<_PATH_MODERATORS @<_PATH_MODERATORS>@>()=3D _PATH_MODERATORS /usr/local/news/moderators ## Where NNTP puts the name of the server. #### =3D()<_PATH_SERVER @<_PATH_SERVER>@>()=3D _PATH_SERVER /usr/local/news/server ## File with name/password for all remote connections. #### =3D()<_PATH_NNTPPASS @<_PATH_NNTPPASS>@>()=3D _PATH_NNTPPASS /usr/local/news/passwd.nntp ## NNRP access file. #### =3D()<_PATH_NNRPACCESS @<_PATH_NNRPACCESS>@>()=3D _PATH_NNRPACCESS /usr/local/news/nnrp.access ## Default expire control file. #### =3D()<_PATH_EXPIRECTL @<_PATH_EXPIRECTL>@>()=3D _PATH_EXPIRECTL /usr/local/news/expire.ctl ## Prolog to parse control scripts #### =3D()<_PATH_PARSECTL @<_PATH_PARSECTL>@>()=3D _PATH_PARSECTL /usr/local/news/parsecontrol ## Access control file for control scripts. #### =3D()<_PATH_CONTROLCTL @<_PATH_CONTROLCTL>@>()=3D _PATH_CONTROLCTL /usr/local/news/control.ctl ## Innwatch control file. #### =3D()<_PATH_CTLWATCH @<_PATH_CTLWATCH>@>()=3D _PATH_CTLWATCH /usr/local/news/innwatch.ctl ## Where innwatch writes its own pid. #### =3D()<_PATH_WATCHPID @<_PATH_WATCHPID>@>()=3D _PATH_WATCHPID /usr/local/news/innwatch.pid ## Where innwatch writes status when it gets an interrupt #### =3D()<_PATH_INNWSTATUS @<_PATH_INNWSTATUS>@>()=3D _PATH_INNWSTATUS /usr/local/news/innwatch.status ## Format of news overview database #### =3D()<_PATH_SCHEMA @<_PATH_SCHEMA>@>()=3D _PATH_SCHEMA /usr/local/news/overview.fmt ## ## 12. INNWATCH CONFIGURATION ## Load average (* 100) at which innd should be paused. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD @<INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD>@>()=3D INNWATCH_PAUSELOAD 1500 ## Load average (* 100) at which innd should be throttled. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_HILOAD @<INNWATCH_HILOAD>@>()=3D INNWATCH_HILOAD 2000 ## Load average (* 100) at which to restart innd (pause/throttle = undone). #### =3D()<INNWATCH_LOLOAD @<INNWATCH_LOLOAD>@>()=3D INNWATCH_LOLOAD 1000 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on = _PATH_SPOOL. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE @<INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE>@>()=3D INNWATCH_SPOOLSPACE 8000 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on = _PATH_BATCHDIR. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE @<INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE>@>()=3D INNWATCH_BATCHSPACE 800 ## Space, in df output units, at which to throttle innd on = _PATH_NEWSLIB. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_LIBSPACE @<INNWATCH_LIBSPACE>@>()=3D INNWATCH_LIBSPACE 25000 ## Number of inodes at which to throttle innd on _PATH_SPOOL. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES @<INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES>@>()=3D INNWATCH_SPOOLNODES 200 ## How long to sleep between innwatch iterations. #### =3D()<INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME @<INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME>@>()=3D INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME 600 --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <bold> </bold> to $inn/config. It should be named config.data and = replace your configuration file. You might want to adjust the = pathes for installation. Also I'm using syslog for error logging with local0. cd $inn/config make c quiet // sed doesn't work on NeXT as required cd $inn make all The last step requires an installed patch tool. I'm using = GNUPatch, which is available on many ftp servers. Tell me if you = need it. Install a new user or group named 'news' if it doesn't already = exist. You might also want to add a group or single user (I use = 'usenet') which will get the mail for inn problems. NOTE: This = already was configured in config.data! Now su news (or root, but I like to have the privileges sorted = correct) Go for the last step, and install the files correctly. This won't = install configuration scripts! cd $inn make update To install the default site-specific configuration scripts: cd $inn/site make all I added all my configuration files, without the active and = newsgroups files: --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=newsfeeds; x-unix-mode=0444 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ## $Revision: 1.12 $ ## newsfeeds - determine where Usenet articles get sent ## Format: ## site[/exclude,exclude...]\ ## :pattern,pattern...[/distrib,distrib...]\ ## :flag,flag...\ ## :param ## Summary of flags: ## <size Article must be less then size bytes. ## Aitems Article checks -- d (must have Distribution header) ## p (don't check for site in Path header). ## Bhigh/low Internal buffer size before writing to output. ## H[count] Article must have less then count hops; default is 1. ## Isize Internal buffer size (if a file feed) ## Nm Only moderated groups that match the patterns. ## Nu Only unmoderated groups that match the patterns. ## Ssize Start spooling if more than size bytes get queued. ## Ttype Feed types -- f (file) m (funnel; param names the ## real entry) p (pipe to program) c (send to stdin ## channel of param's sub-process); x (like c, but ## handles commands on stdin). ## Witems What to write -- b (article bytesize) f (full path) ## g (first newsgroup) m (Message-ID) n (relative ## path) s (site that fed article) t (time received) ## * (names of funnel feed-in's or all sites that get ## the article) N (Newsgroups header) D (Distribution ## header) H (all headers) O (overview data) R ## (replication data). ## Param field depends on T flag. For Tf, relative paths are = from the ## out.going directory. For Tp and Tc, it is a shell command to = execute. ## If a Tm refers to this entry (which will have its own T param) = then "*" ## is expanded to all the funnel sites that triggered this one. = Useful ## for spawning one mail process, e.g. ## ## This file is complicated -- see newsfeeds.5! ## This is the local site. ## The "pattern" field gives the intial subscription list for ## all other sites. You might want to put = "!control,!junk,!<local>.*" ## there. The "distrib" subfield limits incoming articles. ## ## This is my configuration, original follows at the end ## ME\ :!control,!junk\ :\ : blabel/xenia.scholz.modem.informatik.tu-muenchen.de\ :tum*,!control\ :Tf,Wnb\ : ##ME\ ## = :*,!foo.*/world,usa,na,gnu,bionet,pubnet,u3b,eunet,vmsnet,inet,ddn,\= ## k12\ ## :: # Feed all moderated source postings to an archiver ##source-archive\ ## :!*,comp.sources.*\ ## :Tp,Nm:/usr/local/news/bin/archive %s # Feed all local non-internal postings to nearnet; sent off-line = via # nntpsend or send-nntp. ##nic.near.net\ ## :!junk/!foo\ ## :Tf,Wnm:nic.near.net # A real-time nntplink feed ##uunet\ ## :/!foo\ ## :Tc,Wnm:/usr/local/news/bin/nntplink -i stdin news.uu.net # Capture all Foo, Incorporated, postings #capture\ # :*/foo\ # :Tp,H2:/usr/local/news/capture %s # A UUCP feed, where we try to keep the "batching" between 4 and = 1K. ##ihnp4\ ## :!junk,!control/!foo\ ## :Tf,Wfb,B4096/1024: --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <bold> </bold> --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=expire.ctl; x-unix-mode=0444 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ## $Revision: 1.8 $ ## expire.ctl - expire control file ## Format: ## /remember/:<keep> ## <patterns>:<modflag>:<keep>:<default>:<purge> ## First line gives history retention; other lines specify = expiration ## for newsgroups. Must have a "*:A:..." line which is the = default. ## <patterns> wildmat-style patterns for the newsgroups ## <modflag> Pick one of M U A -- modifies pattern to be only ## moderated, unmoderated, or all groups ## <keep> Mininum number of days to keep article ## <default> Default number of days to keep the article ## <purge> Flush article after this many days ## <keep>, <default>, and <purge> can be floating-point numbers = or the ## word "never." Times are based on when received unless -p is = used; ## see expire.8 ## If article expires before 14 days, we still remember it for 14 = days in ## case we get offered it again. Depending on what you use for = the innd ## -c flag and how paranoid you are about old news, you might = want to ## make this 28, 30, etc. /remember/:14 ## Keep for 1-10 days, allow Expires headers to work. *:A:1:10:never ## Some particular groups stay forever. ##dc.dining*:A:never:never:never ##uunet*:A:never:never:never --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <bold> </bold> --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=inn.conf; x-unix-mode=0444 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ## $Revision: 1.5 $ ## inn.conf -- inn configuration data ## Format: ## <parameter>:<whitespace><value> ## Used by various programs and libinn. The following parameters = are defined: ## domain Local domain, without leading period. ## fromhost What to put in the =46rom line; default is FQDN ## of the local host. ## moderatormailer Where to mail moderated postings, if not found ## in the moderators file; see moderators(5). ## pathhost What to put in the Path and Xref headers; default ## is FQDN of the local host. ## organization If $ORGANIZATION doesn't exist. What to put in ## the Organization header if blank. ## server If $NNTPSERVER doesn't exist. Local NNTP server ## host to connect to. ## organization: The private Internet site of Boerny (Xenia) server: xenia pathhost: xenia.scholz.modem.informatik.tu-muenchen.de fromhost: xenia.scholz.modem.informatik.tu-muenchen.de domain: scholz.modem.informatik.tu-muenchen.de --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <bold> </bold> --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=hosts.nntp; x-unix-mode=0444 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ## $Revision: 1.4 $ ## hosts.nntp - names and addresses that feed us news ## Format ## <host>: ## <host>:<password> ## <host> can be a name or IP address; no wildcards. Any hosts not ## listed here are handed off to nnrpd. --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <bold> </bold> --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=nnrp.access; x-unix-mode=0444 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ## $Revision: 1.4 $ ## nnrp.access - access file for on-campus NNTP sites ## Format: ## <host>:<perm>:<user>:<pass>:<groups> ## Connecting host must be found in this file; the last match = found is ## used, so put defaults first. ## <host> Wildcard name or IP address ## <perm> R to read; P to post ## <user> Username for authentication before posting ## <pass> Password, for same reason ## <groups> Newsgroup patterns that can be read or not read ## To disable posting put a space in the <user> and <pass> = fields, since ## there is no way for client to enter one. ## ## Default is no access, no way to authentication, and no groups. *:: -no- : -no- :!* ## matching localhost (BOERNY) *[^.]*:Read Post:::* stdin:Read Post:::* ## Foo, Incorporated, hosts have no password, can read anything. *.foo.com:Read Post:::* --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <bold> </bold> place them in your news directory. Ok, there are two files missing, which are simply to large: = 'active' and 'newsgroups'. These files keep a complete list of all = available newsgroups (active) and their short description = (newsgroups). You can get these files by telnet-ing to your = feeder: telnet newsserv.remote | tee active.bak list active quit telnet newsserv.remote | tee newsgroups.bak list newsgroups quit Now cut out the login and logout messages of the telnet protocol = and rename/copy the output to 'active' and 'newsgroups' <bold>Note </bold>: I'm driving a standalone system. I get all my news by = rlogin on my remote host and using 'slurp' to retrieve the latest = news since my last login. This is why hosts.nntp is empty. You = might want to configure everything as you like, but this should = give you a running inn installation! Oh, I forgot: Of course you have to run the innd!! Add the = following lines to /etc/rc # # Running newsboot /usr/local/etc/rc.news Of course you need to make sure that rc.news file to = /usr/local/etc as in my configuration. Read Install.txt about = this. I hope this helps you a lot! Best regards and happy compiling, Boerny. --NeXT-Mail-2012734254-2-- --NeXT-Mail-1331181635-1-- -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/ scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing To HP Jet Direct Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:19:58 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <40ajmu$21n@news.next.com> References: <40af3e$1lk@news.next.com> In article <40af3e$1lk@news.next.com> aathan@squish.next.com (Andrew Athan) writes: > > Try this: > [printcap deleted] > > You should then be able to pick the printer from any print panel. > > I'm pretty sure JetDirect printers look like lpd, so this should work. It turns out that JetDirect cards manufactured after May 1994 support lpd natively (model numbers 25XX). The earlier cards do not. In any case, they work well. - Mark -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP networking Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:47:19 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <40ala7$a4m@emerald.oz.net> Despite being a sysadmin neophyte, I've managed to configure a remote PPP server and can connect to it from a local PPP client. I can refer to the remote PPP server by hostname and pretty much treat it as if it were on my local network. However, I'm unable to communicate with any other host on the remote network. I can't ping remote network hosts either by hostname or IP address. I tried adding NetInfo entries for remote hosts to my local NetInfo database, but this didn't solve the problem and causes problems when my PPP link isn't up. What do I need to do to make my local host a full-fledged member of the remote network? Thanks for your assistance. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: INN Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:57:45 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <40altp$kjf@www.its.com> References: <403dtq$296@natasha.bankone.com> stevied@natasha.bankone.com (Steve Dieringer) wrote: > Would anyone care to share their INN control files? I'm feeding back all > news to my news feed - would like to figure out how to stop this. You need to create an exclude entry in your newsfeeds file. For example, ITS gets news from news{1,2}.net99.net and send news back to news.net99.net, so we don't try to resend them news which came from them, via: news.net99.net/news1.net99.net,news2.net99.net,net99.net\ :*,!control,!junk,!its.*\ [ ...etc... ] -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: bmw@dard.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker,vgi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: autonfsmount, symlinks and sticky bits: coupla questions... Date: 9 Aug 1995 16:05:56 GMT Organization: Visible Genetics Inc. Message-ID: <40amd4$7f4@sator.eric.on.ca> Cc: I'm experimenting with the NeXT autonfsmount. According to the docs, [man sticky] STICKY SYMBOLIC LINKS Some file systems (such as autonfsmount(8)) will set the 'sticky bit' on symbolic links to indicate that the link points to a directory. but I don't see this happening at all. Question 1: does this really happen, or is the author of this man-page dreaming in Panavision? Question 2: *can* this even be done? I mean, there's no way, according to all the docs (eg: chmod(1,2)) that you can set the sticky bit on a symlink. OK fine, maybe NeXT means that only the "filesystem" as seen through the autonfsmount daemon can support this. But again, it doesn't seem to be happening in real life. We've been chasing down a problem where the sticky-bits on certain directories that *just happen* to be exported mounts for many clients, get set. This plays havoc with some (stupid) PC- and Mac-based file browsers, which, in cahoots with dozey NFS implementations, misinterpret the sticky bits to mean something else like "don't go there" or something. Now we don't yet know exactly when the sticky bits get set, or by who, but all this seems to have started happening around when I started playing with autonfsmount on some clients. Prior to that we didn't use autonfs at all. Question 3: does anyone know of any bugs/misfeatures/cool-hacks or whatever that cause the Workspace or autonfsmount to set the sticky bits of directories that the client mounts? Thanks for any and all help on this...
From: ggg@crl.com (Gilbert Goodwill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: vnode_pageout: failed! Date: 9 Aug 1995 09:28:38 -0700 Organization: rest Message-ID: <40annm$ahi@crl12.crl.com> The /usr/adm/messages file on an '040 black cube running NS 2.1 is filling up with these messages when a user runs SAS. Here's a brief sample: Aug 9 09:13:39 ssu last message repeated 13743 times Aug 9 09:13:40 ssu mach: : failed! Aug 9 09:13:40 ssu mach: vnode_pageout: failed! Aug 9 09:14:22 ssu last message repeated 15579 times Aug 9 09:14:22 ssu mach: vnode_pageout: failed! Aug 9 09:15:38 ssu last message repeated 24387 times Aug 9 09:15:39 ssu mach: : failed! Aug 9 09:15:39 ssu mach: vnode_pageout: failed! Aug 9 09:16:27 ssu last message repeated 17864 times Aug 9 09:16:27 ssu mach: vnode_pageout: failed! How concerned should I be? Thanks for info, Gilbert
From: mahoney@csulb.edu (Mike Mahoney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail.app "To" question Date: 9 Aug 1995 23:15:35 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <40bfin$pkl@garuda.csulb.edu> When I use Mail.app to send mail to users in my local domain without appending a host (e.g., sending to "user" instead of "user@engr.csulb.edu"), the name of my host is automatically appended to "user". It often confuses non-techies and I'd prefer to have "engr@csulb.edu" appended at all times. I can do this in pine with the config menu. Is there any way to control what is appended in the To: and cc: fields in Mail.app? -mm -- Dr. Michael K. Mahoney Associate Dean, College of Engineering (310) 985-1550 Chair, Computer Engr. and Computer Science Dept. FAX (310) 985-8323 California State University, Long Beach mahoney@engr.csulb.edu Long Beach, CA 90840-8302 http://www.engr.csulb.edu/~mahoney/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.marketplace From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: Eclipse 2.0T Tape backup owners? Message-ID: <DD1uEG.13B@zion.com> Keywords: Eclipse Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 15:15:52 GMT Anyone still using one of these units or have one to give/sell? (working or not) Anyone have contact information for Wang Tek manufacturer? David david.ferrero@zion.com
From: hcole@rt66.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't use 3rd party CD-ROMS after NS3.3 upgrade(?) Date: 10 Aug 1995 04:10:32 GMT Organization: Tripod Engineering Message-ID: <40c0ro$p00@mack.rt66.com> References: <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> <RDL.95Aug7214900@world.std.com> <40885k$qgh@lll-winken.llnl.gov> In article <406b5l$m8b@lll-winken.llnl.gov> leb@doremi.llnl.gov (Lee Busby) writes: > I upgraded my 68040 cube from 3.0 to 3.3 last week. Now it > spits out any 3rd party CD-ROM (it still can read the NS3.3 upgrade > disk itself) with the message > > Disk is Write Protected > > probing for CDROM > Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed > Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed > Aug 4 09:23:22 doremi kern_loader: kern_loader: server CDROM won't link > > Methinks I am missing some kind of dynamically-loaded driver. > Any ideas as to where that might be, or what it might be named? > Thanks.... I have a similar problem with 3rd party CDROMs. My problem is slightly different, console output shows this message: Disk is Write Protected probing for CDROM probing for DOS probing for cdaudio probing for mac After which the disk is ejected. This is a classic 040 cube with a black CDROM drive. NeXT CDROMs can be mounted and read with no trouble. Any and all help or comments appreciated. - HRC -
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: Re: Eclipse 2.0T Tape backup owners? Message-ID: <DD2q1w.1H6@zion.com> Keywords: Wangtek, WangDat Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting References: <DD1uEG.13B@zion.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 02:39:32 GMT I found the # for repairs of the internal units for: Rexxon, WangDat, Wangtek Anyone interested: TSSI repair for the above Tape drive units... 1-800-992-9916 repair costs seems to be $325 w/90 or 180 days warranty. David In article <DD1uEG.13B@zion.com> david.ferrero@zion.com writes: > Anyone still using one of these units or have one to give/sell? > (working or not) > > Anyone have contact information for Wang Tek manufacturer? > > David > david.ferrero@zion.com
From: tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (Toru Sato Owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's the latest publicware ppp for NS Intel that is easy to install ? Date: 10 Aug 1995 10:44:08 GMT Organization: Linc Message-ID: <40cnto$n9l@phantom.ghost.linc.or.jp> References: <DCt6uM.Mw@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> In article <DCt6uM.Mw@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Jacques Garbi writes: > Hi, > > Here is my problem : > - I have currently a UUCP link to my Internet provider that works > perfectly for mail and news (that's what I'm currently using). > > - I'd like to set up a PPP connection so to surf the WWW. > - I don't want to loose my UUCP connection as it is very easy for me to > understand and control. It's also perfectly stable and safe. > - How can I set up a PPP connection to use with Netsurfer.app or > OmniWeb.app ? What are the files I should download ? Is there also a > commercial package that's really worth it (ie very easy to install) ? > > I'm not a beginner under UNIX but I never setup a PPP connection and I > have no ideas how this would be done. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > You can find a tool for configration ppp, mail, DNS. ftp://ftp.cnds.canon.co.jp/pub/SKIN/BasicPackages/SimpleInternextStarter1. 2E.pkg.tar.gz and ftp://ftp.cnds.canon.co.jp/pub/SKIN/BasicPackages/Dialup1.2E.pkg.tar.gz These tools are still in beta status. --- NeXT is one of my best friends Mr.Toru Sato Public Relations of NeXus(NeXT User Society Japan ) Internet : tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (NeXT Mail) tsatosh@shj.canon.co.jp (NeXT Mail Office) http://www.sugamo.linc.or.jp http://www.cnds.canon.co.jp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Message-ID: <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 10 Aug 95 15:01:10 MET References: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> <RDL.95Aug7220147@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > Reboot your system in single-user mode, mv /etc/netinfo to /etc/netinfo.backup then cp -pr /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc This will replace your NetInfo database with the default NS one. You'll need to reboot and redo all your accounts, etc... You should consider adding /etc/netinfo to a list of files to back up. > Robert > In article <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: > Hi, > Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my > personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried > other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is > root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is > fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message > comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it > defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login > complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. > I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... > Any help is highly appreciated .. > Thanks in advance. > khader@vnet.net It *is* a question of access priviledges! It happend to me once. Some nice guy on the net the pointed out that the root directory must have rwx for all and the sticky bit set. After changing that to what NeXT ships, all was fine again. Your root directory should have something like: drwxrwxrwt 15 root wheel 1024 Aug 10 09:51 ./ -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netware login and link status checking Date: 10 Aug 1995 12:56:29 GMT Organization: EDS Technology Architecture Message-ID: <40cvlt$4tk@hobbes.tad.eds.com> I have a NextStep x86 box running the CERN HTTPD WWW server. It is logged into a Netware server and serving documents from a symbolic link that is pointed at the /Net/NetWare/server/vol/subdir/. My question is, is it possible to query the status of the connection to the server/vol/subdir, and if it has been broken, re-establish the login and connection ? Everytime the netware geeks take the netware server down, it breaks my connection and therefore I have to manually relogin on the server. --- Keith
From: alan@osci.me.ttu.edu (Alan A. Barhorst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Pages ftp upgrade from 1.5 to 1.7 Date: 10 Aug 1995 21:22:22 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Message-ID: <40dtae$fl0@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> Keywords: pages,upgrade Hello, I have a copy of Pages.app that I bought back when Pages.com still existed. I upgraded via the ftp site of Pages from 1.5 to 1.7 has allowed by Pages this past spring. However, I failed to backup the software I downloaded, and of course I have now lost the software. I have all versions up to 1.5.1 and the appropriate serial number and key. Is there anyone out there that would send me their copy of the software and Designs that come with the 1.7 academic user upgrade. Note, I'm not asking for a key just the software, I will use my own key. Thanks Alan alan@osci.me.ttu.edu NeXTMail and MIME ok
From: rjackson@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Randy W Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail loops back to me,... help please Date: 10 Aug 1995 22:04:56 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <40dvq8$ff8@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I recently had to change my network because we lost a machine that was the netinfo master server. The new netinfo server is the one I work on. I removed this machine from the netinfo network, and became the server for a new domain (range of ip addresses -- that don't overlap withthe old ones). Here is my problem: I can ping most any machine by name -- say ftp.cs.orst.edu, which means my network connection is ok. Also, I receive mail ok. The problem is that I can't sent mail out. The session below will give you most of the info I have: lubra> lubra> /etc/ping magnus.acs PING magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=0. time=9. ms 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=3. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=4. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 128.146.216.14: icmp_seq=5. time=0. ms ^C ----magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu PING Statistics---- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/1/9 lubra> mail -v rjackson@magnus.acs Subject: test blah . Cc: rjackson@magnus.acs... Connecting to mailhost (ether)... 220 lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu Sendmail NX5.67e/NX3.0S ready at Thu, 10 Aug 95 17:50:41 -0400 >>> HELO lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu 553 lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu config error: mail loops back to myself >>> QUIT 221 lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu closing connection rjackson@magnus.acs... 554 Service unavailable Saving message in /Users/randy/dead.letter /Users/randy/dead.letter... Sent lubra> Can anyone tell me what is going on here, and more importantly, what I can do to fix the problem? Thanks. Randy Jackson randyj@lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sending mail *from* two domains? Date: 11 Aug 1995 00:40:31 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <40e8tv$o40@gap.cco.caltech.edu> I'm supporting an office that has two separate companies, two domain names, but the same people pretty much work both. What is needed is for outgoing mail to be from either domain by choice. Setting the Reply-To: field presumably does not change the From for From: line, so the message would still appear to be from the default domain no matter what the Reply-To: says. Are there any easy solutions to this? I suppose I could write some rules in the sendmail.cf file to rewrite the sender's address to match the domain in the Reply-To: field if used. That seems rather invasive, though. Any comments on this approach? Thanks- tec
From: aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Can't read defaults database from root account. Date: 11 Aug 1995 01:50:16 GMT Organization: HiWAAY Information Services Message-ID: <40ed0o$6ca@fly.HiWAAY.net> I am unable to read the defaults database from my root account. Also, the settings that I make through the Preferences.app do not seem to be stored from one login to the next from the root account. My user account is o.k. Does anyone have any ideas??? Thanks in advance! Tony Glover PLEASE post to this newsgroup or reply to the following address: aeg@hiwaay.net
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Pages ftp upgrade from 1.5 to 1.7 Date: 11 Aug 1995 03:00:24 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <40eh48$g6@digifix.digifix.com> References: <40dtae$fl0@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> alan@osci.me.ttu.edu (Alan A. Barhorst) wrote: > Hello, > I have a copy of Pages.app that I bought back when Pages.com still > existed. I upgraded via the ftp site of Pages from 1.5 to 1.7 has allowed > by Pages this past spring. However, I failed to backup the software I > downloaded, and of course I have now lost the software. I have all > versions up to 1.5.1 and the appropriate serial number and key. Is there > anyone out there that would send me their copy of the software and Designs > that come with the 1.7 academic user upgrade. Note, I'm not asking for a > key just the software, I will use my own key. IT Solutions is now marketing/supporting Pages, so you might want to contact them. info@its.com
From: jbf@mitre.org (James B. Frazer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Black hardware: Exception #3 wheen botting Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:17:25 -0500 Organization: The MITRE Corporation Message-ID: <jbf-1108950017250001@mbppp8.mitre.org> References: <405s1p$7t6@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> In article <405s1p$7t6@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, shviid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steen H Hviid) wrote: > I have and old NexTstation with a 105 MB hardrive, vintage 1991 or so. When > bootin, it stop with the message: > > Exception #3 (0xc) at 0x100034c > > It them dumps it into the monitor, if I try booting with "bsd" it comes > right up and works fine. > > Is the disk dying, or are there other causes? This error arises when the CPU attempts to access an odd instruction address. I would suspect the boot ROM rather than the disk. Barney
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT host accesing a Personal NetWare server? Date: 11 Aug 1995 04:46:05 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <40enad$p28@optical.fiber.net> References: <1995Aug8.185558.15397@aplki.toppoint.de> Andreas Ploeger (ploeger@aplki.toppoint.de) wrote: : I want to access a PC running Novell's Personal NetWare. First of all, why? More importantly, I don't beleive PNW does IP. Even using the Netware tools in NS, there's an even bigger problem: PNW is peer-to-peer and I don't suspect you're going to be able to read from it as if it were a server. Assuming it's possible, I'm sure you're going to have to either reconfig or reinstall PNW and specify your NeXT as another machine on the Netware LAN, then reboot 'em both. But, I don't think it's going to happen. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: m4, sendmail 8.6.12 ??? Date: 11 Aug 1995 05:02:13 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> Does anyone have the %#$@& m4 pre-made for NS 3.3 ?? or, at least builtin.c that doesn't puke? Alternately, how about 8.6.12 binaries for NSFIP? Someone said it builds right out of the box, but I seriously doubt they were serious. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: NeXT and BIND Message-ID: <DD4J3w.D5@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 02:04:44 GMT What is the next step to try running BIND and having my system query my machine locally for NS records about my domain, instead of using NetInfo? Better yet, is their any way to turn off netinfo and not effect the system? -Alby
From: cdl@chiton.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 10 Aug 1995 23:40:38 -0700 Organization: Marine Physical Lab, UC San Diego Message-ID: <40eu16$dkf@chiton.ucsd.edu> References: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> <RDL.95Aug7220147@world.std.com> <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> In article <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> frank@ifi.unibas.ch writes: | | > In article <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: | | > Hi, | | > Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my | > personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried | > other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is | > root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is | > fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message | > comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it | > defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login | > complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. | > I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... | | > Any help is highly appreciated .. | | > Thanks in advance. | | > khader@vnet.net | | It *is* a question of access privileges! It happend to me once. Some | nice guy on the net the pointed out that the root directory must have | rwx for all and the sticky bit set. After changing that to what NeXT | ships, all was fine again. Your root directory should have something | like: | drwxrwxrwt 15 root wheel 1024 Aug 10 09:51 ./ Writing as perhaps "one of the nice guys on the net", I will point out that all that is necessary is that the root directory have rwx for owner and r-x for everybody else. It just doesn't seem right to have a root file system that anybody in the world can write into. ultima: cdl: 261% ls -lgd / drwxr-xr-t 18 root wheel 1024 Aug 4 08:08 / carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego {decvax|ucbvax} !ucsd!mpl!cdl cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu clowenstein@ucsd.edu
From: emarshal@osf1.gmu.edu (ERIC R. MARSHALL) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: how to install NEXTSTEP on an NEC Versa Date: 9 Aug 1995 12:55:42 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Message-ID: <40ab8e$q2k@portal.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there anything special I need to know? Also, are there folks out there who sell these machines ready-to-go? Thanks in advance.
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 11 Aug 1995 14:36:30 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <40fpte$lkf@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> In article <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> writes: > rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > > Reboot your system in single-user mode, mv /etc/netinfo to /etc/netinfo.backup then cp -pr > /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc This will replace your NetInfo database with the default NS one. > You'll need to reboot and redo all your accounts, etc... You should consider adding /etc/netinfo to a > list of files to back up. > > > Robert > > > In article <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: > > > Hi, > > > Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my > > personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried > > other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is > > root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is > > fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message > > comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it > > defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login > > complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. > > I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... > > > Any help is highly appreciated .. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > khader@vnet.net > > It *is* a question of access priviledges! It happend to me once. Some nice guy on the net the pointed > out that the root directory must have rwx for all and the sticky bit set. After changing that to what > NeXT ships, all was fine again. > Your root directory should have something like: > drwxrwxrwt 15 root wheel 1024 Aug 10 09:51 ./ > No No No!!! This might be alright for a "standalone-single user machine" that is at home, but this is terrible for a multiple-user machine. With the permissions set to 1777 (drwxrwxrwt), _any_ user can create a directory off the root (/) - which leads to a horrible mess!! In my experience, with multi-user machines, this is not a good thing (tm). There is not any need for normal users to create directories off the root (/) unless you want them to. Our permissions on everyone of our 100+ NEXTSTEP clients are 0755: drwxr-xr-x 15 root 1024 Aug 10 10:39 / Make sure that Workspace.app is set-uid root (ie, owned by root, with permissions 4755: /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app: -rwsr-sr-x 1 root 188416 Sep 13 1993 Workspace If it is not set to the above permissions, a non priviledged user can not loggin... > -Robert -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 11 Aug 1995 14:41:28 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <40fq6o$lmo@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <40eu16$dkf@chiton.ucsd.edu> In article <40eu16$dkf@chiton.ucsd.edu> cdl@chiton.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) writes: > In article <1995Aug10.150110.45266@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> frank@ifi.unibas.ch writes: > | > | > In article <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: > | > | > Hi, > | > | > Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my > | > personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried > | > other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is > | > root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is > | > fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message > | > comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it > | > defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login > | > complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. > | > I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... > | > | > Any help is highly appreciated .. > | > | > Thanks in advance. > | > | > khader@vnet.net > | > | It *is* a question of access privileges! It happend to me once. Some > | nice guy on the net the pointed out that the root directory must have > | rwx for all and the sticky bit set. After changing that to what NeXT > | ships, all was fine again. Your root directory should have something > | like: > | drwxrwxrwt 15 root wheel 1024 Aug 10 09:51 ./ > > Writing as perhaps "one of the nice guys on the net", I will point out > that all that is necessary is that the root directory have rwx for owner > and r-x for everybody else. It just doesn't seem right to have a root > file system that anybody in the world can write into. > > ultima: cdl: 261% ls -lgd / > drwxr-xr-t 18 root wheel 1024 Aug 4 08:08 / > > I agree, it is simply a disaster waiting to happen if you allow anyone to create stuff off the root. There are also ways that you could possible exploit this configuration and gain root as a normal user. Also, you don't even need to have the "sticky" bit set for root either, thus thanatos> ls -lgd / drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 1024 Aug 10 10:39 / Works just as well - you don't need the sticky bit, btw, because root can overwrite, delete and/or create a file or directory anywhere, sticky bit or not.... > carl -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc From: wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) Subject: Re: Booting from disk2 Sender: news@prz.tu-berlin.de (Newsadmin Elwood-PRZ) Message-ID: <DD5Hu8.M5J@prz.tu-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 14:34:55 GMT References: <40am1e$c24@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Organization: PRZ TU-Berlin Hi, William Moyne (wpmoyne@mit.edu) wrote: > Hi, I installed an IDE drive along with my scsi drive that has > nexstep (and a small dos partition) on it. So the arrangment looks like > disk 0: IDE (bootmanager)(dos)(os2)(data)... > disk 1: SCSI (dos)(NeXT) > > I used to have the OS/2 bootmanager on the scsi drive and > everything worked fine (before the IDE was installed). Now even though > the bootmanager on the IDE drive points to the right partition > (i.e. the scsi one) it just says: > Next 3.3.3.8 . > > And freezes. I can manually boot from the floppy by typing: > boot: sd()mach_kernel > I read ref 1487 that documents this very problem! GREAT!!. All > I have to do is make a dummy launch-point on the first drive. but > ... the FAQ says that due to a bug in the disk (unix prog), the dummy > partition must be 7Meg. I HATE to loose disk space for no reason. Has > disk been fixed? Is there another way? > THANKS!!! > --William > p.s. Please Email me if you have a solution or more questions. I want > to eliminate my boot floppy ;) -- you could use my boot manager "O/S Boot Select Version 2.0 Beta8" (os-bs). This boot manager is able to boot from second, third disk etc.. Follow the installation hints from 1487 (that means edit /etc/fstab and /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table appropriatly). But don't create the 7MB partition on the first disk. Instead install os-bs 2.0 Beta8 and add a entry for the NS partition on your second disk to the os-bs boot menu. I've a report that it works successfully for NS 3.3. Probably not for NS 3.2. You can find os-bs here: http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf/os-bs.html or if you don't like WWW: ftp://ftp.prz.tu-berlin.de/pub/pc/os-bs/osbsBETA.exe It's a self extracting archive running under DOS. The installation desktop is currently only running under DOS, so you need at least a DOS boot floppy. Please read the README file first. You might notice that the "Reboot into DOS" button disappears in the reboot dialog of NS. It's not really a problem when you have a operating system boot menu anyway, but probably I'll fix this in the final os-bs version. Unlike the OS/2 boot manager os-bs doesn't need a own partition. It can of course also boot OS/2 except in some configurations. But if you run into a problem with OS/2 you can even add a boot menu entry for the OS/2 boot manager which is handled like a (mini) operating system by os-bs. Thomas -- Thomas Wolfram <thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de> Germany: 0 30 31421171 PRZ TU Berlin <wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de> abroad: +49 30 31421171 EANTC WWW: http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf _____________________________________________________________________________ _____S__I__C____T__R__A__N__S__I__T____G__L__O__R__I__A____M__U__N__D__I_____
From: peter@bert.psyc.upei.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Aaarrrggh! Root's WorkSpace keeps crashing! Date: 11 Aug 1995 15:35:01 GMT Organization: University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI Canada Message-ID: <40ftb5$jg9@atlas.cs.upei.ca> Yesterday, I was installing a package off a CD-ROM and the installation failed. Ever since, WorkSpace has started crashing whenever I'm logged in as root. The WorkSpace only crashes when I'm looking in the LocalApps directory, in Icon or Listing view mode, and when I scroll to a particular file. I have tried resetting all of the configuration info by renaming /.NeXT from another account, but it still happens. What's wrong here? Peter -- Peter 'Beaker' Burka / GCS d--- h---- s+ g+ p? au a- w+ v++ C++ UL++++/X+++/ Prince Edward Island \ O++ P+ L+>++ 3 N++ K++ W++/--- M- V-\ po-- Y+ t+ 5- pburka@upei.ca / v b+++ D++ b- e+(*) u--- h* f- r- n- y-@ j++ r-- "If only we were weiner dogs our problems would be all solved"
From: mark zajac <mzajac@zajac2.phys.nd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PLEASE HELP: unable to 'dwrite' defaults Date: 11 Aug 1995 16:42:38 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Message-ID: <40g19u$3h2@news.nd.edu> Somehow my "MailDir" was changed from "~/Mailboxes" to ">> >> >>> ~/Mailboxes >> >>> " which caused my "Mail.app" to experience a "fatal error" whenever I tried to launch it. At the time I was unaware that such a newsgroup existed so I tried to fix things myself - BIG MISTAKE. I was ignorant (but have since learned of) "dread" and "dwrite" so I saught out a file where preferences seemed to be recorded (".NeXTdefaults.L) and edited it by hand. This fixed my "Mail.app" but, as you probably know, had disasterous consequences. I lost ALL my preferences settings (so "MailDir" reverted to it's default value and the "Mail.app" worked but...) which is not so bad but I also lost the ability to SET any preferences whatsoever. For example, clicking "archive" in the "Mail.app" preferences menue does not result in a record of outgoing mail stored in "OutGoing.mbox" and clicking the "UNIX expert" button (which I seem unqualified to do) does not make "." files visable in the "File Viewer". Out of desperation (and in hindsight, stupidity) I coppied the ".NeXTdefaults.L" file from another account. The sys-admin changed the ownership for me. Well, now I have NO preferences at all. The "dlread -l" command does not report an error but gives no list of stored preferences while "dlwrite" reports "can't write preferences". OK, I messed-up big time. Heap scorn upon me if you must but PLEASE help me if you can. If only I had known that there were ways of asking for help... I don't always have as much time as I wold likd to "cruse the news" so responce by e-mail (mzajac@zajac2.phys.nd.edu) would be apreciated. In fact I have never recieved NeXTmail so mail wold be cool. Keep a song in your heart [:-)] Mark
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: m4, sendmail 8.6.12 ??? Date: 11 Aug 1995 17:02:54 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <40g2fu$5lv@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) wrote: > Does anyone have the %#$@& m4 pre-made for NS 3.3 ?? or, at least > builtin.c that doesn't puke? Alternately, how about 8.6.12 > binaries for NSFIP? Someone said it builds right out of the box, > but I seriously doubt they were serious. marvin buzz 381 (~):m4 --version GNU m4 1.4 marvin buzz 382 (~):lipo -info /usr/gnu/bin/m4 Architectures in the fat file: /usr/gnu/bin/m4 are: i386 m68k I can´t remember what I did to build it. If you want I can mail you an intel/motorola binary. And yes, sendmail 8.6.12 compiles right out of the box :-) Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: doyle@mmm.lanl.gov (Mark Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Aaarrrggh! Root's WorkSpace keeps crashing! Date: 11 Aug 1995 17:12:26 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <40g31q$g00@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <40ftb5$jg9@atlas.cs.upei.ca> peter@bert.psyc.upei.ca wrote: > The WorkSpace only crashes when I'm looking in the > LocalApps directory, in Icon or Listing view mode, and when I scroll to > a particular file. > > I have tried resetting all of the configuration info by renaming /.NeXT > from another account, but it still happens. > > What's wrong here? I had a similar problem once. The WS crashed for root when I selected a directory in the File Viewer in Browser mode. It was because the executable permissions weren't correct on a directory (in this case, app wrapper I suppose) that was on an NFS mounted filesystem. See if the directory is world executable (I don't remember if read/write permissions were involved as well). Cheers, Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: ERROR: Execution: Exit status 1 for from field with 2 '@' Message-ID: <DD5EAn.LL@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 13:18:22 GMT I run the original *mail combination that came with NS3.0, upgraded to NS3.2. Whenever I receive mail with a From: filed containing two '@' such as @domain:user@site the mail does not get delivered. What really annoys me is that the actual contents of the incoming mail simply gets thrown away. There is no way for me afaik to get the text of the original message. The sender gets informed : Subject: Execution failed Message from UUCP on euler Fri Aug 11 14:13:45 1995 Execution request failed: rmail js@euler.hnv.icem.de Standard error output was: sh: @domain:user@site: cannot open but to what avail: He cannot reach me anyway. So big question is : Is there a way to alter *mail behaviour in a way which makes it possible to actually see the contents of the discarded mail? I'd rather not install a new *mail combination if possible. Oh, I am the sysadmin of this slab so altering configuration is possible. Juergen --- Fon ++49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome Fax ++49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when a wine's class matters more than its taste, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names?
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Aaarrrggh! Root's WorkSpace keeps crashing! Date: 11 Aug 1995 19:01:23 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40g9e3$6v0@news4.digex.net> References: <40ftb5$jg9@atlas.cs.upei.ca> peter@bert.psyc.upei.ca wrote: > Yesterday, I was installing a package off a CD-ROM and the > installation failed. Ever since, WorkSpace has started crashing > whenever I'm logged in as root. The WorkSpace only crashes when > I'm looking in the LocalApps directory, in Icon or Listing view > mode, and when I scroll to a particular file. > I have tried resetting all of the configuration info by renaming > /.NeXT from another account, but it still happens. When you heart-transplanted the .NeXT directory, did you also chown it to root? If root cannot write to the .NeXT directory, it will get angry )-> -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: unable to 'dwrite' defaults Date: 11 Aug 1995 19:08:01 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40g9qh$6v0@news4.digex.net> References: <40g19u$3h2@news.nd.edu> mark zajac <mzajac@zajac2.phys.nd.edu> wrote: > Somehow my "MailDir" was changed from "~/Mailboxes" to ">> >> > >>> ~/Mailboxes >> >>> " which caused my "Mail.app" to experience > a "fatal error" whenever I tried to launch it. At the time I > was unaware that such a newsgroup existed so I tried to fix things > myself - BIG MISTAKE. I was ignorant (but have since learned > of) "dread" and > OK, I messed-up big time. Heap scorn upon me if you must but > PLEASE help me if you can. If only I had known that there were > ways of asking for help... This is not too big a disaster, you just will have to go about resetting all of your preference settings for all your apps. What you want to do is get a fresh .NeXT directory which is full of defaults files. As you have learned the hard way, NEVER EVER edit the defaults files with an editor. Ok, after you get a fresh .NeXT directory you have to do a "chown -R yourAccountName.yourDefaultGroup .NeXT". Then delete your ~/.NeXT directory with the new one that you got. That should fix things. -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sending mail *from* two domains? Date: 11 Aug 1995 18:57:24 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <40g96k$7pt@www.its.com> References: <40e8tv$o40@gap.cco.caltech.edu> tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) wrote: > I'm supporting an office that has two separate companies, two domain names, > but the same people pretty much work both. What is needed is for outgoing > mail to be from either domain by choice. Setting the Reply-To: field > presumably does not change the From for From: line, No, it won't. A normally configured sendmail will create a "From:" header for you, even if your mailer does not (and every mailer I can think of does create a "From:" header). Consult p575 of the O'Reilly sendmail book about the "From:" header, which is controlled by a "H?F?From:" line in sendmail.cf. > so the message would still appear to be from the default domain no > matter what the Reply-To: says. Are there any easy solutions to this? No. You really do not want to do this, in my opinion. It would be much easier to have people -NXHost Mail.app from machines in the other domain and be able to have two entirely seperate mail addresses and mailboxes then to try and muck with sendmail in this way. > I suppose I could write some rules in the sendmail.cf file to rewrite the > sender's address to match the domain in the Reply-To: field if used. That > seems rather invasive, though. Any comments on this approach? That might work, but you could encounter some pretty funky problems if your mail was not sucessfully delivered after the "From:" header was re-written. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: stanifor@helvellyn (Stuart Staniford-Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Tripwire configuration Date: 11 Aug 1995 18:33:57 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <40g7ql$aai@mark.ucdavis.edu> Does anyone have a decent Tripwire configuration file for NeXTstep? The one that comes with Tripwire doesn't look good - it shows obvious signs of Sunos. Thanks, Stuart. -- =================================================================== Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-8742 | and http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community ====================================================================
From: mathrich@gold.missouri.edu () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 11 Aug 95 22:01:24 GMT Organization: University of Missouri - Columbia Message-ID: <mathrich.808178484@gold.missouri.edu> References: <400gfa$ef9@ralph.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: .Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my .personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried .other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is .root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is .fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message .comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it .defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login .complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. .I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... I have a similar problem except I can telnet in and the home dir is fine. I've read all the responses to this question (as of august 11) and they don't work for me. Here's some additional data. Every time someone (except root) tries to login, the following gets added to /usr/adm/messages: Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[204]: Assertion failed: loadNIBSection: co uld not find data Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[204]: Cannot load Interface Builder file: /usr/lib/NextStep/Resources/English.lproj/AlertPanel.nib Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[12335]: execing /bin/tcsh as shell This has happened to two of our machines so far. They were recently upgraded to 3.3 and worked fine for several weeks. BTW: We're using NIS, not netinfo. Does anyone have a clue? Rich
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: m4, sendmail 8.6.12 ??? In-Reply-To: cpayne@optical's message of 11 Aug 1995 05:02:13 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug11213627@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 01:36:27 GMT Carl, I put the latest GNU m4 binary on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next several weeks ago. It's quad-fat and is a .pkg. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24477 Path: world!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!optical.fiber.net!optical!cpayne From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 11 Aug 1995 05:02:13 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: optical.fiber.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone have the %#$@& m4 pre-made for NS 3.3 ?? or, at least builtin.c that doesn't puke? Alternately, how about 8.6.12 binaries for NSFIP? Someone said it builds right out of the box, but I seriously doubt they were serious. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: unable to 'dwrite' defaults Date: 12 Aug 1995 02:06:24 GMT Organization: HiWAAY Information Services Message-ID: <40h2b0$kn9@fly.HiWAAY.net> References: <40g19u$3h2@news.nd.edu> <40g9qh$6v0@news4.digex.net> I too am having problems trying to dread/dwrite. My problem is trying to read or write from the root account. I tried copying a good .NeXT from my personal user account and doing the chown -R, but this did not seem to work. Do you have any other ideas?? Thanks, Tony If using e-mail please respond to aeg@hiwaay.net
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Scanner s/w for NS (68K or x86) Date: 12 Aug 1995 04:10:28 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <40h9jk$7ls@optical.fiber.net> Well, hello again, fine NeXT fans! Yes, it's time for another game of "Repeating unanswered questions for fun and profit!" <cheers & applause> Tonight we pose the previously asked (and unanswered) question, "Where can I get some scanner software for NS?" Our studio audience knows the poster has three NeXTs in mixture of Classic Black and Contemporary Intel! <crowd oohs> What may have been missed last time was that the scanner is...<drum roll> A BRAND NEW BUDGET SCSI SCANNER!! <more applause> That's right, a 1200dpi color scsi scanner bought from one of those budget warehouses!! So, we approach our contestants: where's some scanner software (other than Scan-O-Matic) that will work with this gem? Johnny, tell 'em what they've won! -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo and IP addresses Date: 12 Aug 1995 08:18:11 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Aug12201811@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I've been having some trouble setting up my NetInfo network. I have two machines (soon to be more) both running NS 3.3. The network the machines are on also has a Netware server configured as a router and several Macintoshes. I have successfully configured one machine as the NetInfo Master server and it has an IP address ending in .3 as the Netware server is assigned .1 The problems started when I tried adding the second NEXTSTEP machine. I added the machine using automatic host addition and every thing seemed to be going along fine. Until I rebooted the machine after SNS had completed. Unfortunately NetInfo had assigned the machine the same IP number as the Netware server. I've tried going back in SNS to reconfigure the IP number of the machine but it wont let me. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks in advance - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: unable to 'dwrite' defaults Date: 12 Aug 1995 09:42:46 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40ht2m$bis@news4.digex.net> References: <40g19u$3h2@news.nd.edu> <40g9qh$6v0@news4.digex.net> <40h2b0$kn9@fly.HiWAAY.net> aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) wrote: > I too am having problems trying to dread/dwrite. My problem is > trying to read or write from the root account. I tried copying > a good .NeXT from my personal user account and doing the chown > -R, but this did not seem to work. Do you have any other ideas?? When you say you copied the .NeXT directory, I'm assuming you first moved or killed the bad/corrupted .NeXT directory. The correct chown for the root would be "chown -R root.wheel .NeXT" and also make sure you really do copy a GOOD .NeXT directory. Finally, just in case you might want to do a "chmod -R o+rwX .NeXT" to the new and good .NeXT directory. Also, I'm assuming you are putting the .NeXT for root, at the root... Good luck, -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo and IP addresses Date: 12 Aug 1995 11:25:03 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <40i32f$ip7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <KAY.95Aug12201811@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cameron Kay (kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz) wrote: : I've been having some trouble setting up my NetInfo network. There are two places to look at: 1) /etc/hostconfig on the machine with the wrong IP Number. If theres the IP number written, change it there. 2) In the NetInfo database of the Master NetInfo Server. Use HostManager on the Master to change the entry for the wrongly configured machine. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: gustilo@primenet.com (Nicholas Gustilo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modifying Sendmail Date: 12 Aug 1995 16:13:01 GMT Organization: Primenet Message-ID: <40ijud$169@nnrp3.primenet.com> Keywords: sendmail Hi, I am running NS 3.2 slab and am hooked-up to the internet via a PPP link. My service provider (primenet) dyamically assigns me an IP address at login. As such when attached to primenet I can use the NeXTMail.app to send email over the internet (I retrieve email using POPover a NS POPmail client). This works great except that sendmail attaches my home NS machines mail address and not my primenet email address. As a result when people replay to my emails they get a "host unknown" replay. Does anyone know how to modify sendmail so I when sending email over the internet it automatically attaches my primenet email address instead of my home computers address? Any help is appreciated. Nick.
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modifying Sendmail Date: 12 Aug 1995 17:48:07 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <40ipgn$q2@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <40ijud$169@nnrp3.primenet.com> You can set your return address in the Preferences window -> Reply-To: All the mail that is replied to will be sent to that address. Regards, Shaun. On 12 Aug 1995 16:13:01 GMT Nicholas Gustilo (gustilo@primenet.com) wrote: >Hi, I am running NS 3.2 slab and am hooked-up to the internet via a PPP >link. My service provider (primenet) dyamically assigns me an IP address >at login. As such when attached to primenet I can use the NeXTMail.app to >send email over the internet (I retrieve email using POPover a NS POPmail >client). This works great except that sendmail attaches my home NS >machines mail address and not my primenet email address. As a result when >people replay to my emails they get a "host unknown" replay. Does anyone >know how to modify sendmail so I when sending email over the internet it >automatically attaches my primenet email address instead of my home >computers address? Any help is appreciated. >Nick. -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
From: yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 12 Aug 1995 18:39:41 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Hi I have a strange problem with netinfo (grr) In my ip-up script I reinitialize the netmsg daemon, and in addition kill the lookupd proces with -1. When I run ppp on my machine, I notice some timeouts with netinfo, especially when the modem is busy. It seems, netinfo requests are now sent over the modem and back. When I drop the connection, after a while I get lookupd: network unreachalbe, sleeping.... which hangs the whole machine, of course. Besides, that netinfo shouldn't be able to bring down the whole machine (but that's a different matter), what in my PPP setup could cause this ? Anybody has the same problem ? Thanx, Marc
From: Mike Harris <booknet@rmharris.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IOmega ZIP between DOS PCs and NeXT? Date: 12 Aug 1995 18:54:14 GMT Organization: booknet/rmharris_ltd Message-ID: <40itcm$qso@clarknet.clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: IOmega Zip backup removable media I have an IOmega Zip drive on my NeXT Cube (3.2). It works great as a replacement for the (defunct) old optical drive and makes a nice backup as advertised. For some reason, however, it will not read DOS parallel port Zip discs. Since NeXT reads DOS floppies and CDs, and purportedly reads optical and tape media from DOS PCs, I am somewhat surprised (and disappointed) that the same cross platform capability does not appear with the Zip -- which is afte rall just another removable medium. Does anyone have experience with this? Is this an inherent problem with the Zip formats (ie, between parallel and SCSI)? Or is there a missing NeXT driver (the DOS radio button is grayed out in the format window, for example, but NeXT and Mac are available)? ************************************************************************ *** Mike Harris booknet/rmharris_ltd phone: (703) 356-1686 fax: (703) 356-5431 e-mail: booknet@rmharris.com, r.m.harris@ieee.org, rmharris@clark.net ** http://www.abaa-booknet.com/ The Antiquarian Booksellers Web Site **
From: kris@thought.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: how to install NEXTSTEP on an NEC Versa Date: 12 Aug 1995 01:41:39 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <40h0sj$22v@news.xmission.com> References: <40ab8e$q2k@portal.gmu.edu> In how to install NEXTSTEP on an NEC Versa comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x2c1884> writes, > Is there anything special I need to know? Also, are there > folks out there who sell these machines ready-to-go? > > Thanks in advance. Advanced Information Systems sells Versas preloaded with NEXTSTEP. I believe they have a lock on the NEXTSTEP driver for the hi-res screen. Also, Bifrost Workstations and OpenSource sell Tadpole P100 notebooks preloaded with NEXTSTEP. These notebooks also have hi-res screens. Bifrost's and OpenSource's web links can be found at Stepwise (http://www.stepwise.com). ......................................kris
From: devido-antonio@cs.yale.edu (Antonio Devido) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 4gig disk on 68040 wNS3.0 Date: 12 Aug 1995 16:40:49 -0400 Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40j3khINN42f@RA.DEPT.CS.YALE.EDU> I'm new to NeXT administration, but I've sett up an external 4gigabyte disk on NeXT hardware with a nextstation Turbo running NS3.0 I need to partition the disk into at minimum 4 partitions : Is it possible ? I know how to do it with other OSes. Please enlighten me by e-mail or response to group. Also, is it possible to use the disk as a raw device after a partition, s.t. only partition A is a NeXT f.s. and I can access the other partitions as raw devices ? Thanks, Antonio -- Antonio J. De Vido // Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo -Juvenal // Antonio.J.Devido@nmb.norwest.com // devido@cs.yale.edu
From: steve@biostat.ucsf.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compiling Apache httpd version 0.88 under NS 3.2 Date: 12 Aug 1995 21:37:10 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <40j6u6$kev@agate.berkeley.edu> Originator: stephen@stat.Berkeley.EDU Has anyone successfully done this? I keep getting the following error messages: http_main.c: In function `wait_or_timeout': http_main.c:460: warning: passing arg 1 of `wait' from incompatible pointer type http_main.c: In function `child_main': http_main.c:685: too many arguments to function `setjmp' http_main.c: In function `standalone_main': http_main.c:796: too many arguments to function `setjmp' http_main.c:833: warning: passing arg 4 of `setsockopt' discards `const' from pointer target type http_main.c:840: warning: passing arg 4 of `setsockopt' discards `const' from pointer target type *** Exit 1 Any suggestions would be appreciated. Stephen Shiboski <steve@biostat.ucsf.edu> Division of Biostatistics University of California, San Francisco (NeXTmail OK)
From: hketola@agsm.ucla.edu (Heikki Ketola) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP JetDirect EX Plus3. How to assign its IP address? Date: 12 Aug 1995 14:59:49 -0700 Organization: The Anderson School at UCLA Message-ID: <40j88l$oj3@risc.agsm.ucla.edu> I just purchased a JetDirect EX Plus3 print server and I am trying to install it on my network of 2 black NeXTs and a HP5MP laserprinter. I've been reading HP's and NeXT's RTFMs, gophered St. Olaf's archives, etc., and I am still at loss. Here's the problem: JetDirect is hooked up with the LJ5MP, and JetDirect's config pages print fine. Now I am supposed to assign an IP address to the JetDirect, and I can't figure out how to download the IP address to the box, and where to get it from (I presume that I am supposed to pick up the address from my hat, right?). Any pointers to informative readings (or actual config files) would be greatly appreciated. My long term project is to hook up also an Epson Stylus Color ink jet to the JetDirect -one day... Thanks for the help. I'll compile a guide on how to do this if I ever this running :-). heikki ketola
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 12 Aug 1995 23:03:12 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <40jbvg$730@ni1.ni.net> References: <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> In article <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) writes: >Hi > >I have a strange problem with netinfo (grr) > >In my ip-up script I reinitialize the netmsg daemon, and in addition kill >the lookupd proces with -1. >When I run ppp on my machine, I notice some timeouts with netinfo, >especially when the modem is busy. It seems, netinfo requests are now sent >over the modem and back. Probably DNS queries that lookupd could not answer from the netinfo database. The problem is that lookupd seems to be single threaded and if it queries DNS but the request or reply is delayed because you are running a great deal of traffic over your ppp line the entire machine will hang the next time a query is made of lookupd until either lookupd recieves a reply or it timesout waiting for a reply from the DNS server. > >When I drop the connection, after a while I get >lookupd: network unreachalbe, sleeping.... >which hangs the whole machine, of course. > Very odd. Does lookupd timeout or does your machine hang permanently? Are you trying to bind to a parent netinfo domain over ppp? >Besides, that netinfo shouldn't be able to bring down the whole machine >(but that's a different matter), what in my PPP setup could cause this ? >Anybody has the same problem ? > >Thanx, >Marc The only thing that seems different from my own ppp configuration is that you are sending lookupd a SIGHUP signal. Any particular reason you need to do this? -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: zhao@crl.nmsu.edu (Z. Zhao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: ? backup NEXTSTEP files to sun tape drive ? Date: 9 Aug 95 14:48:26 Organization: Computing Research Lab Message-ID: <ZHAO.95Aug9144826@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> I have an Archive Python 4mm/2GB tape drive for a sparc/sunos4.1.3 system. Can I backup NEXTSTEP/intel 3.3 files through network to the tape-drive? Or, would this scsi tape drive work with NEXTSTEP/intel 3.3 also, if I connect it to the NEXTSTEP system? Thanks, zhao
From: jeremy@talin.colostate.edu (Jeremy Slade) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: I give up (sendmail) Date: 13 Aug 1995 00:52:02 GMT Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Message-ID: <40jibi$4fqr@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> After one or three hours of trying, I give up with sendmail.cf I'm sure I'm not the only one with such a setup, so I am asking anyone for exact instructions (a working sendmail.cf would be best) to get this working My setup: I have an account 'talin' on the host holly at colorado state (holly.colostate.edu) which is for uucp with my home system (hostname talin, of course). I can send mail to other addresses in the colostate.edu domain, as long as I use the form "holly!user@host", and messages from other hosts and domains get to me fine, but the addresses show up with "holly!..." I want to not have to ever see the "holly!..." stuff, I'm sure it is possible, I just have no clue how. All help is greatly appreciated Thanks, Jeremy
From: altenber@chaco.santafe.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installer overwrites /etc/fstab. Fix? Date: 13 Aug 1995 00:30:49 GMT Organization: The Santa Fe Institute Message-ID: <40jh3p$sij@tierra.santafe.edu> I am trying to in install NS/Sparc (3.3 gamma) on a Sparc5 where the boot disk is sd1a. During the final step of intallation, the intaller overwrites the previously written /etc/fstab (which has the proper entries) with a default one that just has /dev/sd0a. Since all I have on the screen is the Installer window, I can't fix this by copying back the right /etc/fstab. I have to reboot, but then the reboot hangs at fsck, and pops me into single user mode. sd1a is mounted, but read only, so I can't simply copy the correct backup copy of fstab onto fstab. So I'm stuck. If anyone can tell me how to use mount or fsck or whatever so that I can get sd1a to be mounted writeable, please let me know. Alternatively, if there is a way I can get into a shell after the intaller is finished, before rebooting, that would work. Thanks, Lee Altenberg altenber@santafe.edu
From: yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 13 Aug 1995 12:34:32 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <40krgo$doq@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <40jbvg$730@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: > In article <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> > yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) writes: > >I have a strange problem with netinfo (grr) > > > >In my ip-up script I reinitialize the netmsg daemon, and in addition > kill > >the lookupd proces with -1. > >When I run ppp on my machine, I notice some timeouts with netinfo, > >especially when the modem is busy. It seems, netinfo requests are now > sent > >over the modem and back. > Probably DNS queries that lookupd could not answer from the netinfo > database. The problem is that lookupd seems to be single threaded and if > it queries DNS but the request or reply is delayed because you are running > a great deal of traffic over your ppp line the entire machine will hang > the next time a query is made of lookupd until either lookupd recieves a > reply or it timesout waiting for a reply from the DNS server. No, I don't do a DNS lookup. I just tried the following. No traffic on my modem. I do a ls -l (which causes a netinfo lookup for usernames) and the modem flashes. This doesn't happen when I ping $HOSTNAME or ping my local ppp0 address. But when I ping the remote ppp0 address, the modem flashes. > >When I drop the connection, after a while I get > >lookupd: network unreachalbe, sleeping.... > >which hangs the whole machine, of course. > > > Very odd. Does lookupd timeout or does your machine hang permanently? It's only lookupd. that is sleeping forever. This of course means, that after a while the whole machine hangs, reboot, fsck...grrr > Are you trying to bind to a parent netinfo domain over ppp? Nope, not at all. broadcasthost's server propoerty doesn't exist. And my hostname is just an alias for localhost, which points to 127.1. > >Besides, that netinfo shouldn't be able to bring down the whole machine > >(but that's a different matter), what in my PPP setup could cause this ? > >Anybody has the same problem ? > The only thing that seems different from my own ppp configuration is that > you are sending lookupd a SIGHUP signal. Any particular reason you need > to do this? Well, of course. How can you live without it ? :) While the link is brought up, PPP doesn't buffer outgoing traffic like good old SLIP did it (Ah, I wish I had me Cube back), but simply throws it away. When I make a DNS query at that moment, it cannt be resolved, and stupid lookupd caches that information, so when the link id finally up, and I make that DNS query again, it still says unknown host. So I kill that damn thing with -HUP. Does anybody know when NeXT is going to fix NETINFO ???? Or better yet, throw it away ! Marc
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installer overwrites /etc/fstab. Fix? Date: 13 Aug 1995 12:32:28 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <40krcs$gol@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40jh3p$sij@tierra.santafe.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lee Altenberg (altenber@chaco.santafe.edu) wrote: : I am trying to in install NS/Sparc (3.3 gamma) on a Sparc5 where : the boot disk is sd1a. During the final step of intallation, : the intaller overwrites the previously written /etc/fstab (which has : the proper entries) with a default one that just has /dev/sd0a. : Since all I have on the screen is the Installer window, I can't fix : this by copying back the right /etc/fstab. I have to reboot, but : then the reboot hangs at fsck, and pops me into single user mode. : sd1a is mounted, but read only, so I can't simply copy the correct : backup copy of fstab onto fstab. So I'm stuck. : If anyone can tell me how to use mount or fsck or whatever so that : I can get sd1a to be mounted writeable, please let me know. Alternatively, : if there is a way I can get into a shell after the intaller is finished, : before rebooting, that would work. Had the very same problem while installing an HP. Do a mount -o remount /dev/sd1a / then you can fix /etc/fstab Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: dazevedo@telepac.pt (DAzevedo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dutch NeXT Company Date: 13 Aug 1995 18:27:09 GMT Organization: Your Organization Message-ID: <40lg5t$4rn@vivaldi.telepac.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 From dazevedo@telepac.pt Sun 13 Aug 95 18:52:24 Path: news.telepac.pt!usenet From: dazevedo@telepac.pt (DAzevedo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Dutch NeXT Company Date: 13 Aug 1995 18:04:12 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 3 Message-ID: <40leqs$4rn@vivaldi.telepac.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: lis3_p12.telepac.pt Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.10 Does any one know the name and fax number of the Dutch Company, that are saling Next equipment and components?
From: zhao@crl.nmsu.edu (Z. Zhao) Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: ncsa httpd 1.4.2 error_log ate up disk space Date: 13 Aug 1995 16:55:44 GMT Organization: Computing Research Lab/New Mexico State University Message-ID: <ZHAO.95Aug13105544@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> I have ncsa httpd 1.4.2 running on a NeXTSTEP/intel 3.3 system, which is not open to the public, but doing some experiment for several friends and myself. One day, a friend accessed it remotely and caused a 401 error. In only few seconds, millions lines of error messages filled up all my 700MB disk space. Anyone knows what happened? A bug in the httpd, OS, or SCSI controller? More detail about this server: Hardware: HP Vetra-XU 590, 32 MB, 2GB HP scsi disk, AMD scsi on-board controller; Operating System: NeXTSTEP for intel 3.3 HTTPD: NCSA 1.4.2, compiled with gcc version 2.5.8 Access Control: order deny,allow deny from all allow from host1 host2 host3 host4 /* My friend accessed from an allowed host. */ Thanks in advance, zhao
From: peckover@lefty.199.246.24.1 (Kevin D. Peckover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Passing tty control to a sub-process Date: 13 Aug 1995 17:15:49 GMT Organization: Entrenet Systems Message-ID: <40lc05$1gh@entrenet.entrenet.com> I'm replacing my getty program with my own version. The problem is that when I replace the getty process with the login process (via execv) the login program screws up. More precisely, when the login program runs it prompts the terminal user with 'password: ' (the users name has already been passed to the login program as a parameter when the getty called login). If the user types in their password here the password is echoed to them. What is more is that all of there input is being ignored and echoed back to them. Further investigation showed that login was not taking input for the password from the terminal user, but rather, it was taking it from the terminal in which getty was originally run. Essentially, when login prepares to receive the password it should simply receive the characters from the terminal user and not echo them. But, what is happening is that the login program switches from receiving input from the users terminal to receiving input locally from the terminal in which getty was originally executed. ThanX in advance guys (non-gender specific here) !
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: ? backup NEXTSTEP files to sun tape drive ? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 13 Aug 1995 17:54:54 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <40le9e$6df@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <ZHAO.95Aug9144826@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Z. Zhao (zhao@crl.nmsu.edu) wrote: : I have an Archive Python 4mm/2GB tape drive for a sparc/sunos4.1.3 : system. Can I backup NEXTSTEP/intel 3.3 files through network to the : tape-drive? Or, would this scsi tape drive work with NEXTSTEP/intel : 3.3 also, if I connect it to the NEXTSTEP system? Both should be possible. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: rsilver@panix.com(Russell Adam Silverman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: internal scsi harddrive Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:18:06 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <40lj5e$qm2@news1.panix.com> Keywords: scsi OK. So I got this nice 1.3 gig scsi hard disk, but it comes without a casing. I got the slot in my machine, so I try. No go. I presume there is some kind of conflict with the IDE which has the O/S and everything else on it now. Is there some way to resolve this conflict ? All the next docu speak only of external drives, but why should it make a difference to the driver ? Either way it is communicating with a card thru a standard bus, why should the driver care where you have it plugged in ? BTW, NS/fip 3.2, adaptec blah-blah-blah CF, SCSI-2 disk. I am DOS free on this machine (it feels beter that way), so any solutions which include DOS you can forget. I know the disk is function. It is at ID 0. Any ideas ? --thanks, RS
From: m@bang.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo and IP addresses Date: 13 Aug 1995 23:18:37 GMT Organization: a2i network Message-ID: <40m18d$1lh@hustle.rahul.net> References: <KAY.95Aug12201811@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> <40i32f$ip7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: > Cameron Kay (kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz) wrote: > : I've been having some trouble setting up my NetInfo network. > : Unfortunately NetInfo had assigned the machine the same IP number as the Netware server. > There are two places to look at: > 1) /etc/hostconfig on the machine with the wrong IP Number. > If theres the IP number written, change it there. > 2) In the NetInfo database of the Master NetInfo Server. > Use HostManager on the Master to change the entry > for the wrongly configured machine. Axel is correct about how to fix the one machine you have already added. But you still want your server fixed so that it only assigns available IP addresses in the future. Start HostManager. Choose Automatic Host Configuration from the Network menu. Set the range of IP addresses to a block not in use. M Carling -- Microsoft Network is prohibited from reproducing this work, in whole or in part. Copyright 1995, M Carling. License is available to Microsoft Network to reproduce this work for $1000. Unauthorized reproduction by Microsoft Network constitutes agreement to these terms. Please report violations to m@bang.org and postmaster@microsoft.com.
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 14 Aug 1995 00:03:15 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <40m3s3$jhk@ni1.ni.net> References: <40krgo$doq@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> In article <40krgo$doq@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) writes: >root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: >> In article <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> >> yoda@cis.uni-muenchen.de (Marc Guenther) writes: >> >I have a strange problem with netinfo (grr) >> > [snip] > >> The only thing that seems different from my own ppp configuration is that >> you are sending lookupd a SIGHUP signal. Any particular reason you need >> to do this? > >Well, of course. How can you live without it ? :) >While the link is brought up, PPP doesn't buffer outgoing traffic like good >old SLIP did it (Ah, I wish I had me Cube back), but simply throws it away. >When I make a DNS query at that moment, it cannt be resolved, and stupid >lookupd caches that information, so when the link id finally up, and I make >that DNS query again, it still says unknown host. So I kill that damn thing >with -HUP. > Yes, I noticed this feature while implementing a dial on demand scheme for ppp. The only solution at the moment seems to be NOT using DNS while your ppp link is down. I would be very curious to learn why lookupd does not just timeout in your situation. I guess you've found a new "feature". NeXT, PLEASE fix lookupd!!!!!! >Does anybody know when NeXT is going to fix NETINFO ???? Or better yet, throw >it away ! > >Marc On a side note, I noticed on the NeXT Web site that they are selling netinfo for other OS's. I wonder if the lookup daemon works correctly on these other OS's. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: PPP networking In-Reply-To: art@cubicsol.com's message of 9 Aug 1995 15:47:19 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug13202400@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40ala7$a4m@emerald.oz.net> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:24:00 GMT Art, It sounds like you need to enable ROUTED in your /etc/hostconfig. Routing allows your packets to reach the other networks. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40ala7$a4m@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24458 Path: world!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!news From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:47:19 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Lines: 21 Distribution: world Reply-To: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) NNTP-Posting-Host: aisbell.sensemedia.net Despite being a sysadmin neophyte, I've managed to configure a remote PPP server and can connect to it from a local PPP client. I can refer to the remote PPP server by hostname and pretty much treat it as if it were on my local network. However, I'm unable to communicate with any other host on the remote network. I can't ping remote network hosts either by hostname or IP address. I tried adding NetInfo entries for remote hosts to my local NetInfo database, but this didn't solve the problem and causes problems when my PPP link isn't up. What do I need to do to make my local host a full-fledged member of the remote network? Thanks for your assistance. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: I give up (sendmail) In-Reply-To: jeremy@talin.colostate.edu's message of 13 Aug 1995 00:52:02 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug13201550@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40jibi$4fqr@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:15:50 GMT GNU Taylor UUCP (ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu) supports domain style addressing. Get the source, edit the policy.h so that HAVE_INTERNET_MAIL is 1. You'll also need to edit your sendmail.cf so that the UUCP mailer is a domain mailer. Add this mailer and don't forget the Duucp to tell sendmail to use it. # "Smart" UUCP mailer: Uses UUCP transport but domain-style naming Msmartuucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=CmsDFMhu, S=22, R=21, A=uux - -r $h!rmail ($u) # Ruleset 30 just calls rulesets 3 then 0. S30 R$* $: $>3 $1 First canonicalize R$* $@ $>0 $1 Then rerun ruleset 0 BTW - I also recommend getting the latest sendmail (8.6.12) from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail, along with GNU m4 from ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/proglang, compiling sendmail, and creating a .cf that uses a uucp domain mailer. sendmail 8.6.12 and the beta 8.7 are much easier to configure than the NeXT's 5.67 version. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40jibi$4fqr@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> jeremy@talin.colostate.edu (Jeremy Slade) writes: After one or three hours of trying, I give up with sendmail.cf I'm sure I'm not the only one with such a setup, so I am asking anyone for exact instructions (a working sendmail.cf would be best) to get this working My setup: I have an account 'talin' on the host holly at colorado state (holly.colostate.edu) which is for uucp with my home system (hostname talin, of course). I can send mail to other addresses in the colostate.edu domain, as long as I use the form "holly!user@host", and messages from other hosts and domains get to me fine, but the addresses show up with "holly!..." I want to not have to ever see the "holly!..." stuff, I'm sure it is possible, I just have no clue how. All help is greatly appreciated Thanks, Jeremy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: m4, sendmail 8.6.12 ??? In-Reply-To: rdl@world.std.com's message of Sat, 12 Aug 1995 01:36:27 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug13201820@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> <RDL.95Aug11213627@world.std.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:18:20 GMT For those who couldn't find it, it's in ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/proglang. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <RDL.95Aug11213627@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: Carl, I put the latest GNU m4 binary on ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next several weeks ago. It's quad-fat and is a .pkg. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40eo8l$q9k@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24477 Path: world!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!optical.fiber.net!optical!cpayne From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 11 Aug 1995 05:02:13 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: optical.fiber.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone have the %#$@& m4 pre-made for NS 3.3 ?? or, at least builtin.c that doesn't puke? Alternately, how about 8.6.12 binaries for NSFIP? Someone said it builds right out of the box, but I seriously doubt they were serious. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Mail.app "To" question In-Reply-To: mahoney@csulb.edu's message of 9 Aug 1995 23:15:35 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug13202206@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40bfin$pkl@garuda.csulb.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:22:06 GMT Mike, You need to edit your sendmail.cf configuration file. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40bfin$pkl@garuda.csulb.edu> mahoney@csulb.edu (Mike Mahoney) writes: When I use Mail.app to send mail to users in my local domain without appending a host (e.g., sending to "user" instead of "user@engr.csulb.edu"), the name of my host is automatically appended to "user". It often confuses non-techies and I'd prefer to have "engr@csulb.edu" appended at all times. I can do this in pine with the config menu. Is there any way to control what is appended in the To: and cc: fields in Mail.app? -mm -- Dr. Michael K. Mahoney Associate Dean, College of Engineering (310) 985-1550 Chair, Computer Engr. and Computer Science Dept. FAX (310) 985-8323 California State University, Long Beach mahoney@engr.csulb.edu Long Beach, CA 90840-8302 http://www.engr.csulb.edu/~mahoney/
From: ix@ix.netcom.com (snow_crash (NeXT Mach) ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help please (god I've spent at least 10 hours on this...) Date: 14 Aug 1995 01:16:05 GMT Organization: Netcom Distribution: world Message-ID: <40m84l$6bs@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Thanks for reading this. I'm still using NS3.2, on an Intel box. It's been a great learning experience. It's worked for about a year. I've re-installed it at least 5 times. However: (without ANY hardware changes (incl. CMOS etc. etc.) I cannot get the NS3.2 installer disk to work correctly. This is what happens: boots to the floppy disk (OK so far...) Allows me to select English as my language (OK so far...) (loads default drivers 1542b, ide etc..) Asks if I wish to load additional drivers. I type "2" (proceed without loading 3rd party drivers) and then the following major problem occurs. Console message as follows (repeats forever, and ever, possibly): :thread: WaitForInterrupt: returns -735 I try <alt+numlock>, to escape, but to no avail (halt,restart,cancel) message does come up, but none of the choices actually does something. I'm very concerned. What does this mean. How can I fix this? Note: I would be using NS3.3, but am working my way though school, and buying the full 3.2 developer was about all I could afford. At least I am learning NS, not WinBlows, and could really use any help offered. cheers! chris
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ppp and printing Date: 14 Aug 1995 01:37:33 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <40m9ct$hs2@news.tamu.edu> I've noticed that when I'm running pppd, if I start a print job using either lpr or the NeXTSTEP print panel, the modem lights indicate packets getting sent. Since this delays printing, I'd like to turn this off. The question is: how? Thanks. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: netinfo servers freeze after IP# reassignment Date: 14 Aug 1995 02:19:10 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Distribution: world Message-ID: <40mbqu$do3@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> Keywords: netinfo TCP/IP Hi, Our campus has restructured its TCP/IP addressing, allowing for five bits of subnet and eleven bits of host number. After reassigning the IP numbers in our root netinfo server some of the mid level servers will not reboot. The root server and its clones seem OK. THeir IP numbers didn't change -- just their netmask, it's now 255.255.248.000. The mid level servers whose IP numbers changed and were not clones of the root are failing to come back up. I have changes their /etc/hostconfig fiels to use the new IP#'s and Netmasks. If anyone has suggestions I'm all ears. Other wise I'll just rebuild the mid-level netinfo's form scratch -- replace the local from the template and rerun SimpleNetworkStarter to build the mid-level domain. Thanks, Milo -- Milo Velimirovic <Milo_Velimirovic@uwlax.edu> Unix Computer Network Administrator (608) 785-8030 Information Technology, Consulting and Support Services University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 USA 43 48 05 N 91 14 22 W
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Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:alf@epix.net) Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Gerben Wierda) Subject: Re: I give up (sendmail) Message-ID: <DDAnz4.Js2@AWT.NL> Sender: news@AWT.NL Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid References: <40jibi$4fqr@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 09:35:27 GMT try to install NeGeN/NiNe Taylor UUCP package. It comes with a sendmail.cf that works. You can find it at ftp.nl.net:/pub/comp/next (main site). It's an easy to install Taylor UUCP replacement for NEXTSTEP, including configuration and the works. --Gerben
From: jbevan@actual.com (James Bevan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP networking Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 08:53:26 GMT Organization: Secureactual Limited Sender: jbevan@calculus.demon.co.uk (James Bevan) Message-ID: <DDAM12.9F@calculus.demon.co.uk> References: <RDL.95Aug13202400@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug13202400@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: : Art, : : It sounds like you need to enable ROUTED in your /etc/hostconfig. Routing : allows your packets to reach the other networks. : : Robert La Ferla : Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant : Boston, MA : + 1 (617) 252-0088 : : In article <40ala7$a4m@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: : : Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24458 : Path: world!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news .oz.net!news : From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) : Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin : Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:47:19 GMT : Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) : Lines: 21 : Distribution: world : Reply-To: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) : NNTP-Posting-Host: aisbell.sensemedia.net : : Despite being a sysadmin neophyte, I've managed to configure a remote : PPP server and can connect to it from a local PPP client. I can refer to : the remote PPP server by hostname and pretty much treat it as if it were : on my local network. : : However, I'm unable to communicate with any other host on the remote : network. I can't ping remote network hosts either by hostname or IP : address. I tried adding NetInfo entries for remote hosts to my local : NetInfo database, but this didn't solve the problem and causes problems : when my PPP link isn't up. : : What do I need to do to make my local host a full-fledged member of : the remote network? : : Thanks for your assistance. : --- : Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com : NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 : Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 : CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 : contract and case management solutions I think also you need to enable proxyarp on the PPP server, if you're using the same PPP as me (ppp-2.2-0.1.9). Here's the extract from the manpage for pppd: In some cases it is desirable to use proxy ARP, for example on a server machine connected to a LAN, in order to allow other hosts to communicate with the remote host. The proxy- arp option causes pppd to look for a network interface on the same subnet as the remote host (an interface supporting broadcast and ARP, which is up and not a point-to-point or loopback interface). If found, pppd creates a permanent, published ARP entry with the IP address of the remote host and the hardware address of the network interface found. All the best James -- James Bevan jbevan@actual.com NeXTMail & MIME welcome
From: borrel@abdallah (Borre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sound freezes my Cube Date: 14 Aug 1995 11:40:21 GMT Organization: Ostfold College Message-ID: <40ncn6$399@fenris.hiof.no> Coming back from vacation, I discovered that my Dimensions Cube had died. The hardware daignostisc stopped at "sound out" during the startup process. After disabling the sound out test in the monitor, the machine does boot, but any attempt to make sound causes it to freeze completely. How do I go about disabling sound completely so I can use the machine - or better yet, what has gone wrong and does one fix it? (Mail answers appreciated!) - Barre Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/~borrel finger: borrel@abdallah.hiof.no
From: jon@intrepid.mgmt.purdue.edu (Jon Haveman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting up ANON FTP Date: 14 Aug 1995 12:48:16 GMT Organization: Purdue University Message-ID: <40ngmg$5ps@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Hi All, I have just upgraded from a good ole NeXT box to an HP. I had anon ftp set up on the NeXT and would like to set it up on my Gecko. I am a little bit of a neophyte, so I'm looking for some instruction. I remember finding it in the docs way back when, but I can't find it again. Can anybody help me out? A pointer to the correct doc would be really helpful. Thanks much - Jon Jon Haveman http://intrepid.mgmt.purdue.edu/ Asst. Prof. of Economics ,_~o jon@mgmt.purdue.edu Krannert School of Mgmt _-\_<, (317) 494-6156 (Office) Purdue University (*)/'(*) (317) 494-9658 (Fax) W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1310 (317) 742-7961 (Home)
From: heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: help please (god I've spent at least 10 hours on this...) Date: 14 Aug 1995 14:42:58 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <40nndi$648@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <40m84l$6bs@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> In article <40m84l$6bs@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> ix@ix.netcom.com (snow_crash (NeXT Mach) ) writes: > Console message as follows (repeats forever, and ever, possibly): > > :thread: WaitForInterrupt: returns -735 Chris, I have had the very same problem on one machine. I eventually gave up, tried a different Intel-box and there everything worked fine. At that time I believed that the hardware gave me problems, but recently I read in NeXTAnswers that this was probably caused by the old Adaptec SCSI driver, if I remember correctly. So, try to use the upgraded Adaptec SCSI driver INSTEAD of the one distributed with NS3.2 (use the latest one for NS3.2, NOT the one for NS3.3!!). My link to NeXTanswers is currently too slow to look more closely myslef (the internet in Germany is a real mess, esp. if you want to go in or out of this country), so you will have to search for yourself, i am afraid. OK, I finally got through (from NeXTAnswers #1541): > -- ": thread: waitforInterrupt: returns -735" > > If the message ": thread: waitforInterrupt: returns -735" repeats > on your screen, it may be caused by "advanced" settings on the > Adaptec 1542CF. These advanced options don't work with the original > Adaptec1542B driver that was shipped with Release 3.2. The problem > is fixed in the driver update. > > If you get this error, restart the computer and follow these steps: > > 1. When the boot: prompt appears, type Control-A to start up the > Adaptec SCSISelect(TM) Utility. > > 2. Press Return at the first menu to select the port address. > > 3. In the second menu, select "Advanced Configuration Options." > Make sure the following options are DISABLED: > > Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte (Leave this > option enabled if your drive is in fact greater than one gigabyte!) > > Dynamically Scan SCSI Bus for BIOS Devices > > Changing these settings may allow you to install NEXTSTEP Release > 3.2 normally. You can then install the driver update and reenable > these options if you wish. > Hope that helps, bye, Helmut P.S.: Why it worked for you before and does not work now, i have no idea... -- Servus, Helmut (DH0MAD) ______________NeXT-mail welcome_________________ FAX: +49-89-2394-4607 "Knowledge must be gathered and cannot be given" heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de ZEN, one of BLAKES7 Phone: +49-89-2394-4565 ------------------------------------------------ Helmut Heller, Ludwig Maximilians University | G i b D O S | Institute for Medical Optics, Theoretical Biophysics Group | k e i n e |
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installer overwrites /etc/fstab. Fix? Date: 13 Aug 1995 17:16:58 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <40lc2a$9rl@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40jh3p$sij@tierra.santafe.edu> altenber@chaco.santafe.edu (Lee Altenberg) wrote: > I am trying to in install NS/Sparc (3.3 gamma) on a Sparc5 where > the boot disk is sd1a. During the final step of intallation, > the intaller overwrites the previously written /etc/fstab (which has > the proper entries) with a default one that just has /dev/sd0a. > Since all I have on the screen is the Installer window, I can't fix > this by copying back the right /etc/fstab. I have to reboot, but > then the reboot hangs at fsck, and pops me into single user mode. > sd1a is mounted, but read only, so I can't simply copy the correct > backup copy of fstab onto fstab. So I'm stuck. > If anyone can tell me how to use mount or fsck or whatever so that > I can get sd1a to be mounted writeable, please let me know. Try: mount -o remount / (if sd1a is the root partition) or mount -o remount,rw / Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ERROR: Execution: Exit status 1 for from field with 2 '@' Date: 14 Aug 1995 15:49:56 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <40nrb4$u2@www.its.com> References: <DD5EAn.LL@euler.hnv.icem.de> js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) wrote: > So big question is : > Is there a way to alter *mail behaviour in a way which makes it possible to > actually see the contents of the discarded mail? I'd rather not install a > new *mail combination if possible. Sure. Read the O'Reilly "sendmail" book, ISBN 1-56592-056-2. You would be well advised to upgrade your system from NeXT's somewhat antiquated version of sendmail to UCB sendmail 8.6.12: "The latest version of sendmail is kept on FTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU, directory /ucb/sendmail; check there for the latest revision." -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mysterious Behavior/Crashes Date: 14 Aug 1995 11:42:10 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <40ncqi$ihf@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> I recently upgraded from my DELL P90 to a DELL P120. (Then I also moved to England, using the 240V system, and implemented some minor network configureation changes, but basically nothing else changed. I would be surprised if I had memory/IRQ/port conflict problems, unless DELL changed something internally. On these lousy PC-based machines, there is really no way to check this systematically as far as I know.) Oddly, my formerly rock-stable NS3.3 system now occasionally flakes out: [1] The left mouse button on the new Microsoft Mouse (rather than the DELL mouse) either occasionally deengages by itself, or something else goes weird. This happens usually when I go into some hirarchical popup menus. This is actually a common occurance (a couple of times a day). [2] I now get occasional crashes (once every 2-3 days), ranging from mysterious kernel traps (without msg in /usr/adm/messages) to an odd one I had just now: a letter I typed ('a') in a Stuart terminal just continued being typed at my repeat rate. I could not interrupt this either with the alt-alt-numlock, or with the mouse by switching to another window (the mouse pointer had disappeared). It is just strange. Has anyone else had such mysterious problems on a DELL P120 or similar machine? Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA
From: giddings@menominee.chem.wisc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help please! PNI/SLIP problem Date: 14 Aug 1995 16:40:02 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <40nu92$13he@news.doit.wisc.edu> Summary: PNI won't ever restart Keywords: PNI SLIP NeXT I tried a previous posting and got no response. If you've had experience with the Transys PNI package, please lend your advice. The problem is this: pnirun only allows one attempt at bringing up an interface, and after that it will bomb out no matter what if I try to bring up the line again. This is very frustrating because if the first attempt fails to get through (eg phone busy), I have to reboot the system to try again! After the first time pni is run, subsequent attempts fail at registering with the portmapper. This is where it always bombs out. Please, if you run the PNI package, let me know how you bring your line up and down, and whether you have this problem. I would like to know whether it is unique to my setup, or if it is a general difficulty with using the PNI package. Thanks! Michael Giddings
From: mark@ccc1.tamu.edu (Mark Doucet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Date Date: 14 Aug 1995 17:08:09 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <40nvtp$bot@news.tamu.edu> I am still using Brian Yamamoto's Date program and I have tried to set the programs file permissions to allow 2 users in a same user group to share one Active.datebook file. But the program when saving, always overwrites the group permissions and set them back to a single user (read and write) and does not allow the other user access. Does anyone in SysAdmin Land know if there is a dwrite or some other way of changing this? Or does anyone know how to get a hold of Brian Yamamoto? Thanks Mark
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Only root can login in? Date: 14 Aug 1995 15:21:46 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <40npma$628@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <mathrich.808178484@gold.missouri.edu> In article <mathrich.808178484@gold.missouri.edu> mathrich@gold.missouri.edu () writes: > khader@vnet.net (R. D. Khader) writes: > .Something is corrupted on my machine, Today when I tried to login to my > .personal account the login panel disappears and comes back again. I tried > .other acounts the same thing again. The only account acceptable is > .root. I examined permissions on the users directories every thing is > .fine execpt when try to examine a users record via UserMngr a message > .comes up that could not determine the language of the account so it > .defaults to system language. When I try to login via shell login; login > .complains that the home dir of the account does not exist.. > .I don't know what changed is it netinfo, or ... > > I have a similar problem except I can telnet in and the home dir is > fine. I've read all the responses to this question (as of august 11) > and they don't work for me. Here's some additional data. Every time > someone (except root) tries to login, the following gets added to > /usr/adm/messages: > > Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[204]: Assertion failed: loadNIBSection: co > uld not find data > Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[204]: Cannot load Interface Builder file: > /usr/lib/NextStep/Resources/English.lproj/AlertPanel.nib > Aug 2 11:05:36 mumathnx4 loginwindow[12335]: execing /bin/tcsh as shell > Well, here is what seems to be happening for a non-root user. There is an error sometime during login and LoginWindow is trying to raise an "alert" panel describing the problem, but for some reason, it can't find the AlertPanel.nib. It doesn't happen for root, probably because there isn't an error during login for root, unlike a normal user (the error is another problem). So, do the following as root: ls -lR /usr/lib/NextStep/Resources/English.lproj and check for 1) the existance of AlertPanel.nib/data.classes and AlertPanel.nib/data.nib; 2) the proper permissions on the nib file (they need to be world-readable). It sounds like you had a problems during an fsck one day... Btw, here is a listing of my AlertPanel.nib (NS 3.2): thanatos:32# ls -l AlertPanel.nib total 3 -r--r--r-- 1 root 248 Mar 2 1992 data.classes -r--r--r-- 1 root 1427 Mar 2 1992 data.nib > This has happened to two of our machines so far. They were recently upgraded > to 3.3 and worked fine for several weeks. > BTW: We're using NIS, not netinfo. > Does anyone have a clue? > > Rich -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: tbrandon@tricon.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing to Xerox 4700 Date: 14 Aug 1995 20:28:47 GMT Organization: Brandon Associates Message-ID: <40oblv$7l3@news.tricon.net> I am trying to locate a print driver for a black box NeXTstep computer to drive a Xerox 4700 printer with Postscript II. We have attempted to drive it with the Xerox Docutech drivers but no luck. We seem to make connection with the printer but get errors. Does anyone know where I can find a print driver for the Xerox 4700 or other possible solution? My NeXT is not yet connected to the net, so I am using MS Windows Internet clients for email, ftp, etc. In other words, standard NeXT long file names won't work in downloads (in case you have something to send me). Thanks. Terry Brandon Brandon Associates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: tbrandon@tricon.net Phone: (500) 677-3700 (615) 434-9477 Area Code changes to 423 on 9/11/95 FAX: (615) 434-9300 ====================================================================
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: totally stand alone NeXT Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 14:03:42 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950814140042.13769A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII call me an isolationist, but I want to make sure that my NeXT knows that it is not connected to anything else besides the monitor, external drive, modem, keyboard and mouse. However, I am having a little trouble convincing it. Apparently it wants to be connected (and who could blame it?). Anyone have a checklist together of things which should be set to properly and thoroughly isolate a NeXT? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov (Gregg E. Dinse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Black hardware: Exception #3 wheen botting Date: 14 Aug 1995 21:31:22 GMT Organization: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Message-ID: <40ofba$bs8@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> References: <jbf-1108950017250001@mbppp8.mitre.org> Keywords: ROM In article <jbf-1108950017250001@mbppp8.mitre.org> jbf@mitre.org (James B. Frazer) writes: > In article <405s1p$7t6@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, > shviid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steen H Hviid) wrote: > > > I have and old NexTstation with a 105 MB hardrive, > > vintage 1991 or so. When booting, it stop with the > > message: > > > > Exception #3 (0xc) at 0x100034c > > > > It them dumps it into the monitor, if I try booting > > with "bsd" it comes right up and works fine. > > > > Is the disk dying, or are there other causes? > > This error arises when the CPU attempts to access an > odd instruction address. I would suspect the boot ROM > rather than the disk. > > Barney I had a similar problem with my NextDimension cube. It's a long story, but at some point I had removed and then replaced the ROM on my motherboard. I got a very similar message (though I think I got Exception #2). Also, my machine would not get past this error when I typed "bsd". I ordered a few ROMs from Bell Atlantic and put one in and it solved my problem. Another person down the hall has a NextStation Color which had a somewhat different ROM-related problem. After powering down, her machine would not boot. The fan and hard drive would come on, but the video would not. The only way to power down was to pull the plug, as the keyboard would not respond. For a while, we used the battery trick (remove the battery, leave it out overnight, replace it in the morning), but that eventually stopped working. I put a new ROM in her machine and now it works. I had thought these ROMs were pretty robust, but I guess not. Oh well, at least they only cost $20 each. We had initially thought the ColorStation needed a new motherboard. Gregg Dinse 919-541-4931 dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 14 Aug 1995 21:35:36 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <40ofj8$u2@www.its.com> References: <40krgo$doq@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <40m3s3$jhk@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: > The only solution at the moment seems to be NOT using DNS while your ppp > link is down. DNS lookups *should* fail and return automatically, assuming you dynamically bring your route up and down. If you leave the ppp route up, you'll have to wait for a timeout instead of getting an immediate "host unreachable" error. > I would be very curious to learn why lookupd does not just timeout in > your situation. I guess you've found a new "feature". It probably does. The 4.8.3 BIND resolver libraries, which NeXT is using, should time out at 75, 80, or 81 seconds (depending on whether you have 1, 2, or 3 nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf). Most people probably abort a command rather than wait for the minute and a half.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Can't read defaults database from root account. Date: 14 Aug 1995 22:40:07 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <40ojc7$gb8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <40ed0o$6ca@fly.HiWAAY.net> In article <40ed0o$6ca@fly.HiWAAY.net> aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) writes: > I am unable to read the defaults database from my root account. Also, the settings that I > make through the Preferences.app do not seem to be stored from one login to the next > from the root account. My user account is o.k. Does anyone have any ideas??? In UserManager check if the root account home directory is /root instead of /. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: trail@ix.netcom.com (Jeff Trestrail ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: help please (god I've spent at least 10 hours on this...) Date: 14 Aug 1995 23:09:23 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <40ol33$ks5@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <40m84l$6bs@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> In <40m84l$6bs@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> ix@ix.netcom.com (snow_crash (NeXT Mach) ) writes: > [munch] >Allows me to select English as my language (OK so far...) > >(loads default drivers 1542b, ide etc..) > >Asks if I wish to load additional drivers. > >I type "2" (proceed without loading 3rd party drivers) > >and then the following major problem occurs. > >Console message as follows (repeats forever, and ever, possibly): > >:thread: WaitForInterrupt: returns -735 > Are you by any chance using an Adaptec 1542CF SCSI card ? I had the same problem when I installed NS 3.2 with that paticular controller, and had to install using the updated Adaptec driver, and not the one on the installer CD. I believe the info necessary to install successfully is found on NeXTanswers #1541. You may be able to install if you turn off all the "advanced features" of the 1542CF (like boot support of drives > 1 Gb, etc.), but I had to use the updated driver myself. Regards, Jeff Trestrail trail@ix.netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Ronald Pomeroy <Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net> Subject: PPP2.2 Script help Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <DDBq4D.Du4.0.-s@tpoint.net> Sender: news@tpoint.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: At Home Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 23:19:25 GMT Aaaaarg! I'm having a heck of a time getting started with PPP. I've managed to do the installation following the instruction to the T. Problem is, the instructions leave you hanging at the point where you have to write scripts to start/stop pppd. Has anyone written procedures for everything that must happen after installation ? I've looked at all the example scripts which came in the distribution but none of them even have the command pppd in them! The ip-up script example looks like it only kills pppd if it's running. The man pages haven't been much help either. If I can just get to the point where I can start pppd and execute a script to dial my provider, I'd be a happy camper. The really sad thing is it took about all of 10 minutes to get net access with Netscape Personal Edition on this Windoz box. Someone needs to make it this easy on NEXTSTEP! Hep me....pleeeease! Ron Pomeroy Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: Nicole A Vincent <nicolev@number_one.ppit.com.au> Subject: REQUEST: NeXTSTEP for intel Installation Advice needed Sender: news@lugb.latrobe.edu.au (News System) Message-ID: <1995Aug14.114933.5041@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 11:49:33 GMT Organization: La Trobe University Hi A copy of NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel processors was being installed on a system with the following characteristics: Intel 486DX2 66MHz VESA Local bus motherboard IDE VESA Local bus card with Caviar 541MB IDE hard disk (in BIOS hard disk is set to C:) Adaptec 1540B ISA-bus SCSI card with AppleCD 150 (Sony model CDU-541-25) CDROM drive connected (SCSI ID set to 0 for CDROM) All proceeds O.K. until it gets part way through installing the essentials on the IDE drive when the system stops and present the following message: /private/tmp/mnta: bad dir ino 24593 at offset 0: mangled entry free inode /private/tmp/mnta/16444 had 1828650943 blocks mode = 0103617 , inum = 16445 , fs = /private/tmp/mnta panic: (CPu 0) ialloc: dup alloc panic: NeXT Mach 3.3: Mon Oct 24 13:31:49 PDT 1994; root(rcbuilder):mk-171 9.obj~2/RC_i386/RELEASE_I386 System Panic ialloc: dup alloc (Type 'r' to reboot or 'm' for monitor) If someone has encountered this problem before then your asistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Nicole ------------------------ NeXTmail and MIME Accepted ------------------------ Nicole Vincent : nicolev@number_one.ppit.com.au MELBOURNE VIC AUSTRALIA The joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her. -- Spock, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5842.8
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re:lookupd, PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 15 Aug 1995 04:13:13 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <40p6sp$ga4@ni1.ni.net> References: <40ofj8$u2@www.its.com> In article <40ofj8$u2@www.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: >root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: >> The only solution at the moment seems to be NOT using DNS while your ppp >> link is down. > >DNS lookups *should* fail and return automatically, assuming you >dynamically bring your route up and down. If you leave the ppp route up, >you'll have to wait for a timeout instead of getting an immediate "host >unreachable" error. > Yes, this is the situation on my machines. However, as Marc Guenther pointed out lookupd caches this and will then report host is unreachable even after you establish the ppp link. Marc's solution was to send lookupd a SIGHUP signal to reset it but this seems to produce a strange bug if the ppp link is then taken down. >> I would be very curious to learn why lookupd does not just timeout in >> your situation. I guess you've found a new "feature". > >It probably does. The 4.8.3 BIND resolver libraries, which NeXT is using, >should time out at 75, 80, or 81 seconds (depending on whether you have 1, >2, or 3 nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf). Most people probably >abort a command rather than wait for the minute and a half.... > Actually, Marc's whole machine hangs after reporting something to the effect of "netinfo sleeping". See his earlier post for a more concise description. >-Chuck >-- > >Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. >--------------------------------+--------------------------------------- >CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: rgc@jujube.cs.umd.edu (Ross Garrett Cutler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do I autonfsmount / and /external? Date: 15 Aug 1995 04:27:01 GMT Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Message-ID: <40p7ml$a37@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> I am trying to autonfsmount a remote systems / and /external disks, where /external is just an external SCSI disk. I can do one or the other, but not both! Is there a solution to this, besides not using autonfsmount? Thanks. -- Ross Cutler University of Maryland, College Park rgc@cs.umd.edu http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rgc
From: altenber@chaco.santafe.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS/SPARC non-NS disk "Initialize?" problem Date: 15 Aug 1995 04:11:17 GMT Organization: The Santa Fe Institute Message-ID: <40p6p5$aiq@tierra.santafe.edu> I have loaded NEXTSTEP on a Sparc5 with 2 non-NS SCSI disks. When I login, just as NextAnswers "SPARC Frequently Asked Questions" says, I get a prompt "SCSI disk is unreadable. Initialize?" twice (one for each non-NS disk I gather). I followed NextAnswers and changed /etc/fstab to: /dev/sd0a / ignore rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd2a / ignore rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 The middle disk, /dev/sd1a, is the one with NS/SPARC on it, the boot disk. I confirmed that /dev/sd0a and /dev/sd2a were the only non-NS disks in the machine by examining /usr/adm/messages. I confirmed that NetInfo had the fstab information by: # niload -d fstab . < /etc/fstab . However, after rebooting and logging in, I still get the "SCSI disk is unreadable. Initialize?" window, but only once, not twice now. So what is wrong, why doesn't this cause both non-NS SCSI disks to be ignored? -- Lee Altenberg altenber@santafe.edu
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installer overwrites /etc/fstab. Fix? Date: 15 Aug 1995 06:03:06 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <40pdaq$lnd@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40jh3p$sij@tierra.santafe.edu> <40lc2a$9rl@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bastian Schlueter (buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE) wrote: : altenber@chaco.santafe.edu (Lee Altenberg) wrote: : > I am trying to in install NS/Sparc (3.3 gamma) on a Sparc5 where : > the boot disk is sd1a. During the final step of intallation, : > the intaller overwrites the previously written /etc/fstab (which has : > the proper entries) with a default one that just has /dev/sd0a. : > Since all I have on the screen is the Installer window, I can't fix : > this by copying back the right /etc/fstab. I have to reboot, but : > then the reboot hangs at fsck, and pops me into single user mode. : > sd1a is mounted, but read only, so I can't simply copy the correct : > backup copy of fstab onto fstab. So I'm stuck. : > If anyone can tell me how to use mount or fsck or whatever so that : > I can get sd1a to be mounted writeable, please let me know. : Try: : mount -o remount / (if sd1a is the root partition) : or : mount -o remount,rw / : Greetings : Bastian Hey Buzz, this doesn't work, if - as he stated - his fstab doesn't match the real world (:-). The boot device gets mounted at / first, so the machine can load kernel and drivers etc. Then it tries to mount /dev/sd0a as root while in fact /dev/sd1a should be /. So you have to do mount -o remount /dev/sd1a / Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: tunefs woes Date: 15 Aug 1995 07:24:15 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, I am trying to use tunefs to squeeze out the last 10% of capacity from my SCSI drive. However, I have problems: t2101ft:25# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a minimum percentage of free space changes from 10% to 0% should optimize for space with minfree < 10% optimization preference changes from time to space t2101ft:26# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a minimum percentage of free space changes from 0% to 0% optimization preference remains unchanged as space t2101ft:27# sync t2101ft:28# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a minimum percentage of free space changes from 10% to 0% should optimize for space with minfree < 10% optimization preference changes from time to space The data is not really written anywhere and as soon as I give a sync command, it is lost. The same goes without saying if I reboot the machine. I have a Toshiba MK538 external 1GB drive, which is NOT the boot drive. I have no entry for it in /etc/disktab, instead the geometry info is directly read from the dive. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Helmut -- Servus, Helmut (DH0MAD) ______________NeXT-mail accepted________________ Phone: +49-89/2394-4565 "Knowledge must be gathered and cannot be given" heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de ZEN, one of BLAKES7 FAX: +49-89/2394-4607 ------------------------------------------------ Helmut Heller, Ludwig Maximilians University, Institute for Medical Optics Theoretical Biophysics Group, Room 230
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tunefs woes Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 15 Aug 1995 12:59:25 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <40q5nd$el@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Helmut Heller (heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de) wrote: : Hello, : I am trying to use tunefs to squeeze out the last 10% of capacity from my : SCSI drive. However, I have problems: : t2101ft:25# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a : minimum percentage of free space changes from 10% to 0% : should optimize for space with minfree < 10% : optimization preference changes from time to space : t2101ft:26# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a : minimum percentage of free space changes from 0% to 0% : optimization preference remains unchanged as space : t2101ft:27# sync : t2101ft:28# tunefs -m 0 -o space /dev/rsd1a : minimum percentage of free space changes from 10% to 0% : should optimize for space with minfree < 10% : optimization preference changes from time to space : The data is not really written anywhere and as soon as I give a sync : command, it is lost. The same goes without saying if I reboot the machine. : I have a Toshiba MK538 external 1GB drive, which is NOT the boot drive. I : have no entry for it in /etc/disktab, instead the geometry info is directly : read from the dive. From the manpage of tunafish :-) BUGS This program should work on mounted and active file systems. Because the super-block is not kept in the buffer cache, the changes will only take effect if the program is run on dismounted file systems. To change the root file system, the system must be rebooted after the file system is tuned. Helmut, have you unmounted the drive before tunefs? If you want to change your root filesystem, you got to pull the plug before it syncs! Btw. I would _really_ _not_ go as low as 0%. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How do I autonfsmount / and /external? Date: 15 Aug 1995 13:19:15 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <40q6sj$pb@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <40p7ml$a37@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ross Garrett Cutler (rgc@jujube.cs.umd.edu) wrote: : I am trying to autonfsmount a remote systems / and /external disks, : where /external is just an external SCSI disk. I can do one or : the other, but not both! Is there a solution to this, besides : not using autonfsmount? Thanks. I have a machine pinot exporting / and /export. I set the mountpoint of / to be /Net/pinot and /export to be /Net. As a result, I get pinot:/ mounted at /Net/pinot/pinot and pinot:/export at /Net/pinot/export Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP2.2 Script help Date: 15 Aug 1995 13:55:20 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <40q908$8jb@news.tamu.edu> References: <DDBq4D.Du4.0.-s@tpoint.net> My attempt to email a response failed (user unknown) so here it is for everyone to read: Ronald Pomeroy <Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net> wrote: >I'm having a heck of a time getting started with PPP. >I've managed to do the installation following the instruction >to the T. Problem is, the instructions leave you hanging >at the point where you have to write scripts to start/stop >pppd. Hi Ronald: I agree the documentation gets horrible when you get to scripts. My pppup script is actually pretty simple. Here it is: #!/bin/sh # #start ppp pppd debug lock crtscts connect 'chat -vf /usr/local/ppp/scripts/aandm.pppup' cufb 19200 #end of script The pppd command is all on one line. Debug is optional but useful (output goes to /private/adm/ppp2.2.log). Lock is absolutely essential if you are running NXFax or any other software that polls the modem periodically. Crtscts is hardware flow control. Connect 'chat...' says what to use to communicate with the modem. Mine calls the secondary script aandm.pppup that is shown below. Cufb 19200 is just the port and the baud rate. Ok, here's aandm.pppup: ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" AT+FCLASS=0 "OK" AT&D3 "OK" ATN5 "OK" ATM0 "OK" ATDT5553800 "CONNECT" "" ername> xxxx assword> xxxx ocal% ppp This is actually just a slimmed down version of the zyxel script that is in the examples. Most of the options in that script are just defaults for my modem anyway, so it was faster to get rid of them. Obviously you will have to change the phone number, login id and password. You will probably also have to change the "ername>" and "assword>" and "ocal%" prompts depending what your remote system actually provides. Finally "ppp" is the command that our modem servers on campus need to start ppp at that end--yours will probably be different. My modem script could use some work---particularly what to do if the expected response does not appear (subscripting). Right now this script just bombs out when that happens, but there are ways to handle it more gracefully. (Suggestions welcome!) I hope this helps. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mouse replacement for NeXT machines Date: 15 Aug 1995 13:52:44 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <40q8rc$11k@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Does anyone know of a supplier for a NeXT hardware mouse. I have a mouse here which needs to be replaced and the suppliers I have contacted here say there is a six month waiting list for a replacement. Is it possible to get an immediate replacement. Is it possible to use another mouse in replace of the NeXT one. If so can someone let me know the serial number of the mouse to use (preferably by email). Dave --- --------------------------------------------------------------- David grindrod, NMR System Manager, EMBL Heidelberg. Email: mailto:grindrod@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE HTML Home Page: http://www.NMR.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE/grindrod/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- David grindrod, NMR System Manager, EMBL Heidelberg. Email: mailto:grindrod@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE HTML Home Page: http://www.NMR.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE/grindrod/
From: Paul.Janssens@ping.be (Paul Janssens a.k.a JPA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: easy one: 68040 Next to Mac serial cable? Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 14:48:49 -0500 Organization: AISB Belgium Message-ID: <Paul.Janssens-1508951448490001@dialup02.antwerp.eunet.be> Hmmf. how do I wire an 68040 Next and a Macintosh together with a serial cable? (is this the same cable as for an 68030 and 68040 Next?) In case you want to know: a straight cable allows me to send, but I can't receive anything. Thanx in advance... Paul -- JPA on a right wing mission from Buddha to free Tibet and oppose International Communism wherever he can. If you're an **altruist**, why ain't you **poor**?
From: mueller@sonja.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Robert Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3.3/3.2 NeXTStep cluster problems Date: 15 Aug 1995 14:36:09 GMT Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Message-ID: <40qbcp$ur4@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> Hallo, we have a NeXT-Cluster with 6 maschines running on NeXTStep 3.2 (only InterfaceBuilder is 3.3): four m68k and two Intels. We then got a new Intel machine with NeXTStep 3.3. (with Tricom 3C 509 Combo-Isa Adapter Network Card), the other Intel maschines have PC Intel Ether Express Network Cards), and integrated it into the cluster. Most of the network requests from this new machine to other machines of the Cluster fail (up to system chrash) or take a very long time. So the question is: Is it a known problem that 3.3/3.2 maschines mixed in a cluster have network problems. Or do we have the wrong network cards? Any pointers are welcome. Thank you very much in advance.... Robert ___________________________________________________________ Robert Mueller Tel. (+49) (0) 6131 17 20 22 Medizinische Informatik Fax. (+49) (0) 6131 17 29 68 (Institute Fax) Projektgruppe "TheMPO" Institut fuer Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation Universitaetskliniken Mainz
From: aj@borg.yorku.ca (Alykhan Jetha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Has anyone set up PPP2.2 as a server on a NEXTSTEP machine Date: 15 Aug 1995 09:45:31 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9508151446.AA16055@borg.yorku.ca> Folks, I need to establish a PPP link between two NeXT boxes. I assume that it would not be very complex. Both these machines are currently running PPP2.2 just fine. They connect to service providers without any problems. What would I need to do to change one of those machines so that the other one can dial in and connect using PPP??? Any help at all would be greated appreciated!! Respectfully, Alykhan Jetha (AJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Gerben Wierda) Subject: What NetWare namespace for NEXTSTEP? Message-ID: <DDCu7s.ur@AWT.NL> Sender: news@AWT.NL Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 13:45:28 GMT We want to be able to put BSD-type filenames on our NetWare server, and therefore we will have to make a volume that has a different namespace. Two come with the system, so to see: the Macintosh namespace and the OS/2 namespace. Which one do I take for NEXTSTEP to be able to use BSD-type names? And while I am at it. If Itake a namespace that is a superset of DOS's 8:3, I am still able to access the files from DOS, am I? Just with silly names when they don't fit in the DOS namespace, right? Thanks, --Gerben
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Epoch backup client Date: 15 Aug 1995 17:03:31 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <40qk13$bug@vega.info.isbiel.ch> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi there, We've here an Epoch backup server and I'd like to know if an Epoch backup client exists for NEXTSTEP (Intel). Thanks, Nicolas. - --- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Droux Rue de la Source 21 Biel School of Engineering CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Switzerland droux@info.isbiel.ch (MIME/NeXTMail) Tel: +41 32 266 314 http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ Fax: +41 32 266 523 PGP public key: "finger -l droux@vega.info.isbiel.ch" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQB1AwUBMDDSHMOxRGTiPipJAQGd9AMAoSFFd4INXUv+Yo2p6ClplwZtxfC0G8yB heOm6tXTfZe+ZyVkeyKC5wWo1idL8Da4V+3cOS8K64S3MuLMu6gj7/yCjKooXO1d NaKEnTazaUa/vtvu89uIQ+XZ0vvplvkD =251l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Epoch backup client Date: 15 Aug 1995 17:09:15 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <40qkbr$cc3@vega.info.isbiel.ch> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi there, We've here an Epoch backup server and I'd like to know if an Epoch backup client exists for NEXTSTEP (Intel). Thanks, Nicolas. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Droux Rue de la Source 21 Biel School of Engineering CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Switzerland droux@info.isbiel.ch (MIME/NeXTMail) Tel: +41 32 266 314 http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ Fax: +41 32 266 523 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQB1AwUBMDDThsOxRGTiPipJAQFyRgMAlnutExVwaPCvxs6lQcFtvui2NbSd7zf9 flTVBMyx4HER3qbdXaajxW2eaTgowCfC7MwCIEWxhloTY/3o7Aj+o5ChdmIKmm6E fgvayUcptvLkJVJasPm5a40Jn7oRwKls =xStR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: lookupd, PPP: netinfo sleeping Date: 15 Aug 1995 17:17:24 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <40qkr4$1d8u@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <40ofj8$u2@www.its.com> <40p6sp$ga4@ni1.ni.net> Felipe A. Rodriguez (root@terra.crystalengine.com) wrote: : Marc's solution was to send : lookupd a SIGHUP signal to reset it but this seems to produce a strange : bug if the ppp link is then taken down. Mine ip-up looks like this: #!/bin/sh kill -HUP `ps -ax | sed -n -e '/sed/d' -e '/lookupd/s/\([0-9]\) .*/\1/p'` /LocalApps/PPPMeter.app/pppstatus 1 exit 0 but for different reasons. I may switch to a diffrent /etc/resolv.conf while calling and I need than a new resolver configuration. I never noticed any strange effects or even lookupd hanging on me (NS 3.2, black hardware, ppppd 2.2b3 and 0.4.5 of NeXT-ppp). Actually the whole setup works for me like a clockwork and is most likely more complicated that most installations around. I wonder why all these differences? BTW - I never compiled in or use bdf packet filter stuff. Maybe this has something to do with it? Michal
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP2.2 Script help Date: 15 Aug 1995 17:23:52 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <40ql78$1d8u@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <DDBq4D.Du4.0.-s@tpoint.net> Ronald Pomeroy (Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net) wrote: : Aaaaarg! : The really sad thing is it took about all of 10 minutes to get : net access with Netscape Personal Edition on this Windoz box. Really? I remember helping to establish for the first time a connection from Windoze and it took definitely more time. : Someone needs to make it this easy on NEXTSTEP! It is easy in most cases (and I think that even documented). If you do not want to play with the thing manually every time you need a script with a line like this (make it executable in your path): #!/bin/sh exec pppd connect 'chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-script' This assumes that pppd is in your PATH (give a full location if not) and 'chat-script' lives where it lives but you may change that. All ppp options you put for that into a file /etc/ppp/options (once again - documented). Mine, for example, looks like this: /dev/cufa 57600 asyncmap 0 crtscts defaultroute modem lock 129.128.88.94: What exchange goes into 'chat-script' depends on individual circumstances but there quite a few examples in Examples. I also use (modified) pppkill program to take connections down. It runs suid and I do not run scripts suid rood (even if OS will allow that; not all of them do). I have to call from time to time with PPP to three different machines on different networks (different IP numbers for me and server, different nameservers, etc) on 21 different telephone lines (maintenance). Unix (NeXT or Linux) manages this effortlessly with a help of few scripts. Something like that is a major pain in the ass under Windoze. Add flexibility afforded by ip-up/ip-down scripts and Windoze does not have to apply. :-) Cheers, Michal P.S. Mail to Ronald comes back from tpoint.net with Rcpt: Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net Action: failed Status: 550 ( <Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net>... User unknown) Something is funny here.
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: another sendmail question Date: 15 Aug 1995 19:19:00 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <40qrv4$2lq@news.tamu.edu> I have two nextstep machines, one permanently on the net, one only sporadically via ppp. I'd like mail sent from user@off_net.tamu.edu to be sent out as if it is from user@on_net.tamu.edu because the user accounts on the off_net machine also appear on the on_net machine. I thought this would be a simple matter of putting Djon_net into the sendmail.cf file for the off_net machine. But this seems to have no effect. I'm using sendmail.subsidiary.cf as supplied by NeXT which has this comment: # my fully qualified hostname, $j, is now set by sendmail internally Does this mean that $j can't be manually overridden in the way that I'm trying to do it? Thanks! -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 15 Aug 1995 19:33:13 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40qspp$43g@news4.digex.net> Hi, I'm using PPP and everything works fine, except the command line talk. I get the following errors: cjc08018> talk kheit@gandalf.rutgers.edu talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. cjc08018> talk kheit@128.6.7.26 talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. cjc08018> Why can everything but talk figure out network addresses? Thanks for any/all help. BTW, NetTalk does work, but it's slow, and its server/client model isn't appropriate for the way I need to talk to other people...Although it is really neeto otherwise. -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@ritz.mordor.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: swapfiles are getting HUGE! Organization: Mordor International Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 17:32:30 GMT Message-ID: <DDD4q6.M1n@ritz.mordor.com> I'm not sure if this even makes sense, but I checked my swapfiles out yesterday, and they took up more space than the disk had on it! My swap/temp/news drive is 105mb, and the swapfiles were over 145mb! First off, this shouldn't happen. My lowat and hiwat are both set at 32mb. But still, the swapfile seems to grow until it takes all available space. This occurs often with OmniWeb. What's wrong? I'm running 3.3, so I don't think there are any (serious) memory problems, so is it an application? OmniWeb? Thanks for any help. Matt -- __ Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) | Voice your concern about /\_\ "Believer in all things well-engineered" | Internet censorship! Write \/_/ hocker@ritz.mordor.com | to Senator-Gorton@ NeXTSTEP! NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here! | gorton.senate.gov !
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone set up PPP2.2 as a server on a NEXTSTEP machine Date: 15 Aug 1995 20:20:22 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <40qvi6$bs4@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <9508151446.AA16055@borg.yorku.ca> Hmm, perhaps a variation of this, I am interested in using my NeXT as a server. I have a single IP address and my one machine is connected to the net via ethernet etc. I would like to make it possible for another machine to phone into my NeXT and connect with PPP. How to do this? Regards, Shaun. On 15 Aug 1995 09:45:31 -0500 Alykhan Jetha (aj@borg.yorku.ca) wrote: >Folks, >I need to establish a PPP link between two NeXT boxes. I assume >that it would not be very complex. Both these machines are currently >running PPP2.2 just fine. They connect to service providers without >any problems. What would I need to do to change one of those >machines so that the other one can dial in and connect using PPP??? >Any help at all would be greated appreciated!! >Respectfully, >Alykhan Jetha (AJ) -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
From: "Paul F. Bergen" <bergen@fas.harvard.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: LOST HARDWARE PASSWORD. YIPES! Date: 15 Aug 1995 21:17:24 GMT Organization: Harvard University Message-ID: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've inherited a NeXTstation and can't access ROM commands for a manual fsck because someone set the hardware password and no one knows what it is. Can someone advise as to how to recover from a lost hardware password? -- Paul
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fms@chemelex.com (Fred Schenkelberg) Subject: deleting files by date, via terminal Message-ID: <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com> Organization: Chemelex Division of Raychem Corporation Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 22:06:57 GMT Hi all, I'm on the road for a couple of weeks and only have remote terminal access to my next cube. I need to clean out a bunch of old artilces from the usr/spool/news area that the regular news routines have missed. I've figured out how to find the files with ls and grep, but how can I then delete them? As you know the files have numberic names, 24, 25, 26, etc. And the files I want to clean up exist in small groups, one or two files, in lot's of differnet directories in the spool/news area. Can I delete the old files, before a certain date over a range of directories from the command line? and if so how? I miss my gui. :-( Fred Schenkelberg fms@chemelex.com
From: broccol@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu (Jonathan Abbey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.list-admin.software Subject: ANNOUNCE: v1.4 of the opt_depot suite available Date: 16 Aug 1995 00:59:40 GMT Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin Distribution: world Message-ID: <BROCCOL.95Aug15195940@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> Hi folks. We've got a new version of our software management suite out, with a feature added, a bug fixed, and a bit of cleaning done. What is opt_depot? ------------------ opt_depot is a suite of Perl scripts inspired by Carnegie Mellon's Depot software which makes it easy to manage installed software across a wide range of client systems. opt_depot makes it possible to keep all files associated with a program together in one directory, so installation and de-installation is simple. opt_depot differs from Carnegie Mellon's Depot software in that it is easier to manage, and provides a scheme for installing software in a truly portable fashion; packages may be installed locally on client systems, or kept in a central package archive for NFS access. v1.4 - 15 August 1995 ---------------------- This version adds the ability for the .exclude and .priority files to specify the exclusion or prioritization of directories as well as individual files and packages. A bug in opt_clean that caused links to symbolic links in the Local Depot Directory to be always removed has been fixed. The messages generated by the -v option to opt_depot has been tightened up and made more consistent. Where can I get it? ------------------- http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/csd/opt_depot/opt_depot.html or ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/opt_depot/opt_depot-1.4.tar.gz -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Abbey jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu Applied Research Laboratories The University of Texas at Austin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Arvind Soni <asoni@servtech.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help with talk Date: 16 Aug 1995 01:43:11 GMT Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Message-ID: <40riff$jsd@murphy.servtech.com> I was wondering if anyone out there could help me out. I recently set up my ppp account on my intel running NS3.3. I am now trying to use talk to talk to other people on other machines and I keep getting this error: talk: jeckle: Can't figure out network address. I can't even talk to another account on my own machine. I get the same error. If I try using talk on a *vigin* machine without ppp I can talk between accounts. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Arv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: p25231@email.mot.com Subject: Need help recovering from bad config Organization: MOTOROLA Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 22:01:46 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug15.220146.4241@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) I have NS 3.3 installed on a Dell machine with a #9 graphics card. I tried to change my display resolution from (1024x768) to (1280x1024). After trying to reboot my system hung up, and I didn't get any display. I am now trying to go back to the old config, but haven't had any luck. I tried using config=Default, but this hangs up I think because it doesn't configure the ethernet card. I also tried "Boot Drivers"="...", but didn't really know what I was doing, so had little luck. Can anyone out there help me recover? - Thanks, Mark p25231@email.mot.com
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP2.2 Script help Date: 16 Aug 1995 03:29:43 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <40ron7$o6@ni1.ni.net> References: <40ql78$1d8u@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <40ql78$1d8u@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) writes: >Ronald Pomeroy (Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net) wrote: >: Aaaaarg! > [snip] > >I have to call from time to time with PPP to three different machines >on different networks (different IP numbers for me and server, different >nameservers, etc) on 21 different telephone lines (maintenance). >Unix (NeXT or Linux) manages this effortlessly with a help of few >scripts. Something like that is a major pain in the ass under Windoze. >Add flexibility afforded by ip-up/ip-down scripts and Windoze does >not have to apply. :-) > > Cheers, > Michal > >P.S. Mail to Ronald comes back from tpoint.net with > >Rcpt: Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net >Action: failed >Status: 550 ( <Ronald.Pomeroy@tpoint.net>... User unknown) > >Something is funny here. Well if you have to dial into multiple ppp providers you might want to check out my ppp2.2 frontend called GateKeeper (at Orst). It will allow you to setup a document for each of your providers provided that they assign IP numbers dynamically (seems to be the rule). You can then dial the provider by double clicking the doc icon in the workspace. Best of all its free. Enjoy. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Can't read defaults database from root account. Date: 16 Aug 1995 02:48:47 GMT Organization: HiWAAY Information Services Message-ID: <40rmaf$ovf@fly.HiWAAY.net> References: <40ed0o$6ca@fly.HiWAAY.net> <40ojc7$gb8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) wrote: > In article <40ed0o$6ca@fly.HiWAAY.net> aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) > writes: > > I am unable to read the defaults database from my root account. Also, > the settings that I > > make through the Preferences.app do not seem to be stored from one login > to the next > > from the root account. My user account is o.k. Does anyone have any > ideas??? > In UserManager check if the root account home directory is > /root instead of /. > Sandeep Somaiya > VTLS Inc. I happened to stumble across this before I read your posting. However, I am not clear as to how the home directory got set to /root which did not even exist. Also, UserManager would not let me change the value back to /. I had to go in through NetInfo to get the value set appropriately. Thanks for the info!! Tony aeg@hiwaay.net
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need help recovering from bad config Date: 16 Aug 1995 06:43:25 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: usa Message-ID: <40s42d$g1h@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Aug15.220146.4241@schbbs.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit p25231@email.mot.com wrote: : I have NS 3.3 installed on a Dell machine with a #9 graphics card. I : tried to change my display resolution from (1024x768) to (1280x1024). : After trying to reboot my system hung up, and I didn't get any display. : I am now trying to go back to the old config, but haven't had any luck. I : tried using config=Default, but this hangs up I think because it doesn't : configure the ethernet card. I also tried "Boot Drivers"="...", but : didn't really know what I was doing, so had little luck. : Can anyone out there help me recover? Boot single user mode by givin -s at the boot prompt. Then you will get a singleuser shell before video gets configured. Open /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table in vi and remove the Videodriver entry. Reboot (by typing reboot). It should then go into 640x480 mode from where you can use Configure.app You might also directly edit /usr/Devices/<YourVideoDriverName>/Instance0.table and insert the right resolution. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: deleting files by date, via terminal Date: 16 Aug 1995 06:51:18 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <40s4h6$gk7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fred Schenkelberg (fms@chemelex.com) wrote: : Hi all, I'm on the road for a couple of weeks and only have remote terminal access to my next cube. I need to clean out a bunch of old artilces from the usr/spool/news area that the regular news routines have missed. I've figured out how to find the files with ls and grep, but how can I then delete them? : As you know the files have numberic names, 24, 25, 26, etc. And the files I want to clean up exist in small groups, one or two files, in lot's of differnet directories in the spool/news area. Can I delete the old files, before a certain date over a range of directories from the command line? and if so how? find /usr/spool/news -mtime +n -exec rm {} \; where the n after the + sign is the number of days. This will remove all files older than n days! If you want to check if it selects the right files, do a find /usr/spool/news -mtime +n -ls first. : I miss my gui. :-( How would you easily do this with a gui? Axel Usual disclaimers apply. -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: afied1@pblea.uni-paderborn.de (Alfred Fiedler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 3.3/3.2 NeXTStep cluster problems Date: 16 Aug 1995 10:44:01 GMT Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany Message-ID: <40si5h$mph@news.uni-paderborn.de> References: <40qbcp$ur4@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> In article <40qbcp$ur4@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> mueller@sonja.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Robert Mueller) writes: : : Hallo, : : we have a NeXT-Cluster with 6 maschines running on NeXTStep 3.2 (only : InterfaceBuilder is 3.3): four m68k and two Intels. We then got a new : Intel machine with NeXTStep 3.3. (with Tricom 3C 509 Combo-Isa Adapter : Network Card), the other Intel maschines have PC Intel Ether Express : Network Cards), and integrated it into the cluster. : : Most of the network requests from this new machine to other machines of : the Cluster fail (up to system chrash) or take a very long time. : : So the question is: : : Is it a known problem that 3.3/3.2 maschines mixed in a cluster have : network problems. Or do we have the wrong network cards? : : Any pointers are welcome. : Thank you very much in advance.... : : Robert Hi all, in a similar situation with similar problems I substitute the 3Com by an Intel Ether Express, which stops the problems. More information on this subject is given in NeXTanswers: NEXTSTEP_In_Focus/InFocusFall1993/1492_NFS_Performance_Tuning.rtfd Bye Alfred.
From: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem: login pauses for 5-10 minutes (contd.) Date: 8 Aug 1995 08:34:46 GMT Organization: multiversum media lab gmbh Message-ID: <4077j6$3b0@multiversum.multiversum.com> References: <3vr7bu$psr@www.its.com> In article <3vr7bu$psr@www.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com (Alexander Spohr) wrote: > > I the have following servers running on the machine > > - NetInfo > > - DNS > > - YP / NIS > > - NFS > > - PPP > > - NNTP > > Is this machine trying to do all of that over a PPP link, or is it connected > via ethernet to its peers for many of those services, and it's only > supporting some remote machine as a PPP server? The machine is the server for our Ethernet and connected to the Internet over a 64kB ISDN router. On the PPP side there is only one machine sometimes. > Also, I would be suspicious about doing about NetInfo and YP/NIS on the same > box. I've never had the combination work together very well. Never had a problem with that. Works fine. Just dump your NetInfo to the std-UNIX files and run a yp-make. > > The delay appears allways on > > - netstat [ ... ] > > Does the delay also happen for "netstat -n"? If so, that suggests the delay > is in lookupd / DNS. > It happens for netstat -r, I am not sure if I tried -n. Somebody suggested to switch to lookupd 3.2 as I did yesterday. No more delays until now - but lets wait a little while :-) In article <3v07qq$rkj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Bernhard Scholz) writes: > I run over the same experiences the day after installing > innd. Try to remove the NNTP services and look wether the > behaviour occurs again. If not, than you have a See below. > configuration problem. I also noticed, that NetInfo is > buffering hostname lookups (e.g. logging in to a unknown > host if your connection is down, and the host is only known > to a remote host will popup the 'unknown host' message. > After connection and running remote nameservert it's still > impossible to connect to the host which was unreachable > before the connection), so maybe you do have connection > problems in general. No connection problems at all. As I said befor: we use Ethernet and ISDN. The PPP link is seldom up. > (P.S.: You might also notice a very high CPU load if you > misconfigured NNTP, this is way the delays occur) If I can login TimeMon.app tells me that there is _NO_ CPU load at all. ps verifies that. Atze -- Alexander Spohr, des Buergermeisters Sekretaer/Secretary of the Mayor Mail: Alexander_Spohr@multiversum.com Voice: (+49) 40 / 398 80 80 WWW: http://freeport.multiversum.com/~atze Fax: (+49) 40 / 390 86 45 Faces and faces. See them and complain not. And am content with all.
From: bergen@finny.harvard.edu (Paul F. Bergen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: LOST HARDWARE PASSWORD. YIPES! Date: 16 Aug 1995 13:04:36 GMT Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Message-ID: <40sqd4$d6u@decaxp.harvard.edu> References: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> Thanks to the replies to my urgent query. Taking the battery out worked just fine. -- Paul In article <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> "Paul F. Bergen" <bergen@fas.harvard.edu> writes: > I've inherited a NeXTstation and can't access ROM commands for a > manual fsck because someone set the hardware password and no one knows > what it is. > > Can someone advise as to how to recover from a lost hardware password? > > -- Paul > -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Paul F. Bergen Coordinator, Instructional Computing Group Social Sciences Computing Specialist FAS Computer Services
From: bergen@finny.harvard.edu (Paul F. Bergen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Adding External SCSI hard drive Date: 16 Aug 1995 13:08:44 GMT Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Message-ID: <40sqks$d7g@decaxp.harvard.edu> I'm trying to add an external 1GB scsi hard drive to my NeXTstation. I had assumed this would a relatively simple task. I keep getting SCSI errors and system panics whenever I try to boot with the drive attached to the SCSI port. The SCSI ID on the drive is set to 3. The system boots fine when I detach the drive. Any pearls of wisdom for me? I appreciate the help. -- Paul
From: spagiola@worldbank.org (Stefano Pagiola) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding External SCSI hard drive Date: 16 Aug 1995 14:22:29 GMT Organization: World Bank Message-ID: <40suv5$c2h@minerva.worldbank.org> References: <40sqks$d7g@decaxp.harvard.edu> bergen@finny.harvard.edu (Paul F. Bergen) says: > >I'm trying to add an external 1GB scsi hard drive to my NeXTstation. >I had assumed this would a relatively simple task. > >I keep getting SCSI errors and system panics whenever I try to boot >with the drive attached to the SCSI port. The SCSI ID on the drive >is set to 3. The system boots fine when I detach the drive. > >Any pearls of wisdom for me? Did you add the drive to your fstab file in /etc ? Stefano Pagiola spagiola@worldbank.org Tel. 202-458-2997 Fax 202-477-0565 World Bank Environment Dept, 1818 H Str NW, Washington DC 20433 All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect World Bank Group opinions.
From: kay@sun () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin Subject: Automatic Reply Date: 16 Aug 1995 15:54:12 GMT Message-ID: <40t4b4$m2b@caladan.restena.lu> Hi I want to set up the follwoing: Someone should mail to a user (which doesn't exist) and get a file (an answer) automatically send. How do I do that? Example mail info@cordis.lu and I send him back the result of the command ls -l ANy idea? Thanks KAY SCHULZ kay@cordis.lu http://www.cordis.lu/~kay/intro.html
From: jamacht@vanbc.wimsey.com (Jeffrey Alan Macht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Disk Label(s) disappearing? Date: 16 Aug 1995 09:50:51 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Information Services Inc - Vancouver, Canada Message-ID: <40t7lb$cbf@vanbc.wimsey.com> I had a somewhat strange thing happen yesterday. I shut down my system, and reboot to go into Windows to do some sequencing, and when I reboot into NS, it says something about the "Disk Label is not Valid" for both my root and User disks. The kernel then panics and I get a continue/reboot prompt. Any ideas why this happened? Now, how do I repair this? I have another disk with a very old root backup installed, so I have access to all necessary programs. I haven't done anything yet, so any thoughts you have now would be helpful. The system: Intel Premiere/PCI II (Pentium 90) motherboard, on-board IDE controllers, two Seagate 504Mb drives (the two that lost the labels), and one Seagate 504Mb (the backup). NS/i 3.2. Thanks for any advice you can offer in advance, Jeff. PS: I'm not ruling out a stupid PC virus, but I haven't checked that yet. -- Jeff Macht (jamacht@wimsey.com) |"Dreams become reality when desire http://www.wimsey.com/~jamacht/ | transforms them into concrete action", NeXT Mail, MIME accepted | Gus, from the film The Top of his Head. -- Jeff Macht (jamacht@wimsey.com) |"Dreams become reality when desire http://www.wimsey.com/~jamacht/ | transforms them into concrete action", NeXT Mail, MIME accepted | Gus, from the film The Top of his Head.
From: wjabi@umich.edu (Wassim M. Jabi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail looping back, HELP Date: 16 Aug 1995 02:28:37 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Message-ID: <40rl4l$dhv@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Hi: The powers that be changed our official subdomain name from arch.umich.edu to caup.umich.edu The old one (arch) still works for ftp etc... My machine is a standalone mail machine: libra.caup.umich.edu Now, any mail sent to: wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu gets bounced back with the error: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- While connected to libra.arch.umich.edu: >>> HELO libra.caup.umich.edu <<< 553 libra.caup.umich.edu config error: mail loops back to myself 554 <wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu>... 554 Service unavailable My Postmaster (me) gets a copy of this message as well as the sender. So, at least I know the e-mail of the person trying to reach me. But I would like to resolve this so that both addresses work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Wassim M. Jabi Doctoral Program in Architecture University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 wjabi@umich.edu (Text/MIME/NeXTMail) http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/
From: borrel@mashallah (Borre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sound freezes my Cube Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Aug 1995 16:02:46 GMT Organization: Ostfold College Message-ID: <40t4r6$cs8@fenris.hiof.no> References: <40ncn6$399@fenris.hiof.no> Nathan Janette at NEXTSTEP & Unix Systems Management and Development Consultant East Haven, CT Internet: nathan@nai.net says: Barre, The L-board in your soundbox (or mono display if you are using it for sound) may have died. That would cause the symptoms you have described. You can contact Bell Atlantic for a replacement. -Nathan and he's right! I changed the Sound Box with one from another machine and now it works. - Barre Borre Ludvigsen (borrel@abdallah) wrote: : Coming back from vacation, I discovered that my Dimensions Cube had : died. The hardware daignostisc stopped at "sound out" during the : startup process. After disabling the sound out test in the monitor, : the : machine does boot, but any attempt to make sound causes it to freeze : completely. : How do I go about disabling sound completely so I can use the machine : - or better yet, what has gone wrong and does one fix it? : (Mail answers appreciated!) : - Barre : Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/~borrel : finger: borrel@abdallah.hiof.no -- Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/ludvigsen/ finger: borrel@mashallah.ludvigsen.hiof.no
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bfbaker@netcom.com (Technom Enterprises Inc) Subject: ixbuild command for Librarian indexes Message-ID: <bfbakerDDF80s.9tE@netcom.com> Organization: Operations Technologies, LLC Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 20:38:51 GMT Sender: bfbaker@netcom8.netcom.com Greetings, I'm writing a script to update the Librarian indexes for our frequently changing on-line documentation, and I'd like to know what command line options Librarian uses when building indexes. Also, which option (-s, I'm guessing) will prevent Librarian from searching each file after it finishes searching the index. Thanks in advance, Brian Baker. bbaker@technom.com
From: perkins@cps.msu.edu (Stephen J. Perkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Has anyone set up PPP2.2 as a server on a NEXTSTEP machine Date: 16 Aug 1995 19:19:16 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Distribution: world Message-ID: <40tgbk$c0e@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <9508151446.AA16055@borg.yorku.ca> In article <9508151446.AA16055@borg.yorku.ca> aj@borg.yorku.ca (Alykhan Jetha) writes: > Folks, > > I need to establish a PPP link between two NeXT boxes. I assume > that it would not be very complex. Both these machines are currently > running PPP2.2 just fine. They connect to service providers without > any problems. What would I need to do to change one of those > machines so that the other one can dial in and connect using PPP??? > Please check out: http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/NeXT_PPP_FAQ.html#PPPAsServer - Steve -- ============================================================== Stephen J. Perkins | perkins@cps.msu.edu Dept. of Comp. Science | NeXT, MIME, finger for PGP Michigan State University | NeXT OS 3.2 using PPP-2.2
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: tunefs woes Message-ID: <DDFBrr.7G7@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <40q5nd$el@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:59:50 GMT In article <40q5nd$el@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, Axel Habermann <kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote: >Helmut Heller (heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de) wrote: > >: The data is not really written anywhere and as soon as I give a sync >: command, it is lost. The same goes without saying if I reboot the machine. >: I have a Toshiba MK538 external 1GB drive, which is NOT the boot drive. I >: have no entry for it in /etc/disktab, instead the geometry info is directly >: read from the dive. > >From the manpage of tunafish :-) > >BUGS > This program should work on mounted and active file systems. > Because the super-block is not kept in the buffer cache, the > changes will only take effect if the program is run on > dismounted file systems. To change the root file system, > the system must be rebooted after the file system is tuned. > > >Helmut, have you unmounted the drive before tunefs? If you want to >change your root filesystem, you got to pull the plug before it >syncs! > Or, for the root file system, kill "update" and use halt -n. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie "Default is the value selected by the University of Waterloo composer overridden by your command." Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: stefan@fostam.franken.de (Stefan Stammler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS automounter problem Date: 15 Aug 1995 16:22:55 +0100 Message-ID: <40qe4f$d4@fostam.franken.de> I want to mount the / and /usr of a FreeBSD machine to my NeXT (NS 3.3). As the BSD machine isn't up all the time, this should be done with the automounter (mounts to /Net). For / that works fine, but when I try to go to /Net/freebsd/usr, I see an empty directory only. I export both dirs on freebsd correctly and import them with the NFSManager. What could be the problem? BTW: when I mount /usr with "mount", it works fine... Ciao, Stefan. -- # Stefan Stammler # Forchheim, Germany # Tel/Fax: +49-(0)9191-729932 # # WWW: http://www.franken.de/users/fostam/stefan/ # NeXTMail, MIME welcome #
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Message-ID: <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <40qspp$43g@news4.digex.net> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 08:55:47 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : Hi, I'm using PPP and everything works fine, except the command line talk. : I get the following errors: : cjc08018> talk kheit@gandalf.rutgers.edu : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. : cjc08018> talk kheit@128.6.7.26 : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. : cjc08018> You should probably post this to the ppp newsgroup. I'm not sure, but I think that talk won't work because it uses sockets. Apparently any programs that use sockets will not work with the current version of ppp. -- Joe Panico jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 17 Aug 1995 11:08:36 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <40v7vk$kt5@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> In article <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) writes: > John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: > : Hi, I'm using PPP and everything works fine, except the command line talk. > : I get the following errors: > > : cjc08018> talk kheit@gandalf.rutgers.edu > : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. > : cjc08018> talk kheit@128.6.7.26 > : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. > : cjc08018> > > You should probably post this to the ppp newsgroup. I'm not sure, but > I think that talk won't work because it uses sockets. Apparently any > programs that use sockets will not work with the current version of ppp. > Nope, I am using PPP and talk amd it works just fine. More likely you have an incorrect configuration of your PPP software, e.g., no nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf. Can you do a ping gandalf.rutgers.edu ??? If not, the PPP configuration is clearly at fault. -- Servus, Helmut (DH0MAD) ______________NeXT-mail welcome_________________ FAX: +49-89-2394-4607 "Knowledge must be gathered and cannot be given" heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de ZEN, one of BLAKES7 Phone: +49-89-2394-4565 ------------------------------------------------ Helmut Heller, Ludwig Maximilians University | G i b D O S | Institute for Medical Optics, Theoretical Biophysics Group | k e i n e |
From: blazek@stt.msu.edu (Rudolf Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 08:29:38 -400 Organization: Michigan State University Distribution: world Message-ID: <40vcni$oh1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> <40v7vk$kt5@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In article <40v7vk$kt5@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de <heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: > In article <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) > writes: > > John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: > > : Hi, I'm using PPP and everything works fine, except the command line > talk. > > : I get the following errors: > > > > : cjc08018> talk kheit@gandalf.rutgers.edu > > : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. > > : cjc08018> talk kheit@128.6.7.26 > > : talk: cjc08018: Can't figure out network address. > > : cjc08018> > > > > You should probably post this to the ppp newsgroup. I'm not sure, but > > I think that talk won't work because it uses sockets. Apparently any > > programs that use sockets will not work with the current version of ppp. > > > > Nope, I am using PPP and talk amd it works just fine. More likely you have an > incorrect configuration of your PPP software, e.g., no nameservers in > /etc/resolv.conf. Can you do a > ping gandalf.rutgers.edu > ??? > If not, the PPP configuration is clearly at fault. I was getting the same messages even from a NeXTstation connected in the ethernet. I think that it was some configuration problem. Anyway, my friend told that 'talk' has a known problem and that there should be another talk program available on the net. I am not sure about that, but my talk problem disappeared affter upgrading to NS 3.2 from 3.1 (Motorola). Have a nice day. Rudy Blazek blazek@stt.msu.edu
From: piotr@FreeFall.com.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: ftp mirroring ? Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 13:13:30 GMT Organization: AUSNet Services pty. ltd. Message-ID: <950817231330.575AAFGN.root@maszyna> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi ; I am looking for packages/scripts making ftp mirroring possible. I use black 3.2. Also: is there any script floating around for automated description of ftp directory content in HTML? Thanks, Piotr ----------------------------------------------------------------- Piotr Palacz FreeFall Software P/L ph +61 2 9918 3666; fax: +61 2 9918 7388 mail: 11/23 River Rd, NSW 2065, Australia e-mail: piotr@FreeFall.com.au ; piotr@Smalltalk.org.au -----------------------------------------------------------------
From: gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin Subject: Re: Automatic Reply Date: 17 Aug 1995 13:55:51 GMT Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <40vhp7$q22@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <40t4b4$m2b@caladan.restena.lu> wrote: >I want to set up the follwoing: >Someone should mail to a user (which doesn't exist) and get >a file (an answer) automatically send. How do I do that? >Example >mail info@cordis.lu > >and I send him back the result of the command ls -l You could do this with Carl Edman's enhanced finger daemon (finger1.04 on the NeXT archive sites). It allows an executable .plan file, which can be a script that does anything that you want. The remote user would then finger the pseudo-ID in question instead of mailing to it, and the .plan script would run whatever programs you want and pipe their output to a mail message. -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: deleting files by date, via terminal Date: 17 Aug 1995 13:15:14 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <40vfd2$fba@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com> Fred Schenkelberg (fms@chemelex.com) wrote: [ the message was about removing files found with grep, but I can include it, because Fred forgot his linefeeds ] Have you looked at the find command. It is a rather complicated one, but somethink like (out of my head): find . -name "24*" -exec rm {} \; can maybe do the trick. Or write a small script, where you let grep only output the filenames and use that for the rm command. Willem W i l l e m v a n S c h a i k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gintic - Singapore gwillem@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 17 Aug 1995 15:08:33 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <40vm1h$ppg@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <40qspp$43g@news4.digex.net> <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> In article <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) writes: >John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: I would say... check your name server! I had no problems with it when my name server was under NeXT, but when moving to BSDi (the name server that is), everything went bad! I am very sure that the name server is bad. try running nslookup and check if all is well. I know that on my network, if I use FULL address name, it will resolv, but if I just use the host name (internal), it will not resolv. If anyone have suppestions. I'd apreciate it.
From: friendly@hotspur.psych.yorku.ca (Michael Friendly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: 17 Aug 1995 16:03:09 GMT Organization: York University, Ontario, Canada Message-ID: <40vp7t$8ru@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> My NeXT slab's clock has been running fast, and I'd like to get ntp & ntpd to work. With the help of a unix person here, I set up the locations/ntp in NetInfoMgr as follows, but the call to ntpdc seems to show that ntpd is not running. There server values are the correct ones for my site. hotspur:friendly [1] # ntpdc localhost localhost: Connection refused hotspur:friendly [2] # niutil -read / /locations/ntp name: ntp host: hotspur.psych.yorku.ca server: ntp1.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp2.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp3.net134.time.yorku.ca hotspur:friendly [3] # niutil -read . /locations/ntp name: ntp host: hotspur.psych.yorku.ca server: ntp1.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp2.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp3.net134.time.yorku.ca Can anyone shed some light on what might be going wrong. Please reply direct. -Michael -- Michael Friendly Internet: friendly@hotspur.psych.yorku.ca (NeXTmail OK) Psychology Department York University Voice: 416 736-5118 4700 Keele Street http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/friendly.html Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 17 Aug 1995 17:37:56 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40vupk$hoa@news4.digex.net> References: <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> <40v7vk$kt5@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) wrote: > Nope, I am using PPP and talk amd it works just fine. More likely > you have an incorrect configuration of your PPP software, e.g., > no nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf. Can you do a ping > gandalf.rutgers.edu ??? If not, the PPP configuration is clearly > at fault. My ping and everything else works perfectly. The only thing that doesn't work is the talk. I'm pretty sure the ppp configs are ok, since about a million people have helped set them up for me :) -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 17 Aug 1995 17:44:04 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <40vv54$hoa@news4.digex.net> References: <40qspp$43g@news4.digex.net> <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> <40vm1h$ppg@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > In article <jpanicoDDG64z.H9L@netcom.com> jpanico@netcom.com (Joe > Panico) writes: > >John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: > I would say... check your name server! I had no problems > with it when my name server was under NeXT, but when moving > to BSDi (the name server that is), everything went bad! > I am very sure that the name server is bad. try running > nslookup and check if all is well. I know that on my > network, if I use FULL address name, it will resolv, but > if I just use the host name (internal), it will not resolv. > If anyone have suppestions. I'd apreciate it. Well nslookup seems to work fine, but I'm not an expert, so perhaps you can tell me otherwise? And putting a hostname to resolve works fine. Actually, all of my programs have no problems resolving addresses. Only talk. Here is the nslookup output: cjc08018:1# nslookup Default Server: ns.digex.net Address: 164.109.1.3 > gandalf.rutgers.edu Server: ns.digex.net Address: 164.109.1.3 res_mkquery(0, gandalf.rutgers.edu.digex.net, 1, 1) ------------ Got answer: HEADER: opcode = QUERY, id = 2, rcode = NXDOMAIN header flags: response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion avail. questions = 1, answers = 0, authority records = 1, additional = 0 QUESTIONS: gandalf.rutgers.edu.digex.net, type = A, class = IN AUTHORITY RECORDS: -> digex.net ttl = 345600 (4 days) origin = ns.digex.net mail addr = hostmaster.digex.net serial = 95081102 refresh = 86400 (1 day) retry = 7200 (2 hours) expire = 2592000 (30 days) minimum ttl = 345600 (4 days) ------------ res_mkquery(0, gandalf.rutgers.edu, 1, 1) ------------ Got answer: HEADER: opcode = QUERY, id = 3, rcode = NOERROR header flags: response, want recursion, recursion avail. questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 5, additional = 7 QUESTIONS: gandalf.rutgers.edu, type = A, class = IN ANSWERS: -> gandalf.rutgers.edu internet address = 128.6.7.26 ttl = 79990 (22 hours 13 mins 10 secs) AUTHORITY RECORDS: -> RUTGERS.edu nameserver = NS1.RUTGERS.edu ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> RUTGERS.edu nameserver = ATHOS.RUTGERS.edu ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> RUTGERS.edu nameserver = TURTLE.MCC.COM ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> RUTGERS.edu nameserver = RUTGERS.edu ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> RUTGERS.edu nameserver = gandalf.rutgers.edu ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) ADDITIONAL RECORDS: -> NS1.RUTGERS.edu internet address = 128.6.21.6 ttl = 510079 (5 days 21 hours 41 mins 19 secs) -> ATHOS.RUTGERS.edu internet address = 128.6.25.4 ttl = 84200 (23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> ATHOS.RUTGERS.edu internet address = 128.6.60.50 ttl = 84200 (23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> ATHOS.RUTGERS.edu internet address = 128.6.4.4 ttl = 296120 (3 days 10 hours 15 mins 20 secs) -> TURTLE.MCC.COM internet address = 128.62.1.215 ttl = 602600 (6 days 23 hours 23 mins 20 secs) -> RUTGERS.edu internet address = 128.6.21.9 ttl = 405651 (4 days 16 hours 40 mins 51 secs) -> gandalf.rutgers.edu internet address = 128.6.7.26 ttl = 79990 (22 hours 13 mins 10 secs) ------------ Non-authoritative answer: Name: gandalf.rutgers.edu Address: 128.6.7.26 -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: Jacques Garbi Subject: ZyXEL Elite 2864i, ISDN and NeXTSTEP Message-ID: <DDFAu7.454@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:39:43 GMT Hi, I finally received my ZyXEL Elite 2864i and would like to know a few things : - How can I setup the ZyXEL so it only answers if the number 661 1671 has been dialed ? Right now, it rings whatever number on my ISDN line has been dialed (I can have up to 10 numbers for 8 different ISDN device - If any of those 10 numbers [from 661 16 70 to 661 16 79] is dialed, the ZyXEL rings when it is not supposed to} - How can I set up my PPP connection to use this new ZyXEL ? I'll be using serial port. Does anyone have a pppup.zyxel scrip that'll work with ISDN lines ? In V.120 ? - Does NXFax work flawlessly with this new ZyXEL ? If not, what do I have to do in order to have it work ? - How can I set up an ISDN 64Kb/s UUCP link ? Thanks a lot for all help --- Jacques GARBI TOUGA MANAGEMENT Ltd. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
From: shviid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steen H Hviid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Web browser sought for black hardware Date: 17 Aug 1995 19:29:14 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <4105aa$idf@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Are there any good Web browsers available for black hardware? I have OmniWeb in a demo version, but it does not clean up after itself, the files are not deleted properly, so the disk gets filled up and 'fsck' is needed to clean it. I have tried to download SpiderWoman, but it won't work on my machine. Any other ones available? Thanks -- Steen Hansen (Hviid) http://wwws.us.ohio-state.edu/~steen/ Computer Specialist, The Ohio State University There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the earth as if it was a business in liquidation. -- Herman Daly, quoted in "Earth in the Balance"
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ARGHH! @$#%! Date: 17 Aug 1995 19:32:45 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <4105gt$dbo@digdug.pencom.com> I've been struggling with this problem for some time, I've even asked for help here once before -- but got more requests for "yeah -- me too" than help (this is not to say people didn't try, just that it didn't work... sigh...). So, here goes another shot: NEXTSTEP 3.2 - Intel. I have 4 HDs in the box. Disk 1 == IDE, _ALL_ DOS/Windows (C Drive - no NEXTSTEP) Disk 2 == SCSI - ID0, _ALL_ NEXTSTEP Disk 3 == SCSI - ID1, 2 linux partitions (nothing else) Disk 4 == SCSI - ID4, _ALL_ DOS (D drive) Now, I want to boot NEXTSTEP, so I have a boot floppy (which works fine). When I boot the system, I have the following two problems: 1. I attempt to manually mount the 2 DOS drives on /dosC and /dosD (respectively). I use the following command in "rc.fstab" (which I call in rc.local): mount -t dos -o filesystem=DOS,fixed,rw /dev/rhd0h /dosC and mount -t dos -o filesystem=DOS,fixed,rw /dev/rsd2h /dosD The "rc.fstab" file works fine if I run it from 'root' prompt after I log in. If I run it from 'rc.local', I get an error "no such device/file". I can't fathom what Workspace does to make the disk "there" when I log in -- but that seems to be the key, if it is run _prior_ to login, it doesn't work -- if I put a "sleep" on it and it runs after I login -- it works perfectly (but then I'm forced to login as soon as the machine boots!). 2. Workspace manager _absolutely_ wants to format my 'linux' disk. Since it doesn't recognize the filesystems on Disk 3 (SCSI ID1), it insists on popping up that "disk is unreadable -- Initialize?" message when I log in. Several people have suggested that I turn off the "put it on the shelf" when a new disk is encountered Preference from Workspace Preferences... This does _not_ help. I _am_ able to get it to stop if I fake a mount entry in "/etc/mtab" _AFTER_ someone logs in (same problem as above -- it works if someone is logged in first, but doesn't do squat if nobody is logged in when it runs from "rc.fstab"). I use the following command to fake the mount entries: mount -ft ignore /dev/sd1a /linuxswap mount -ft ignore /dev/sd1b /linuxroot These commands work fine if I manually execute them (as root) after logging in first. They _do_not_ produce an error from 'rc.fstab', they just don't work... (BTW, what I mean when I say "they work", is that I can run this command from a terminal window, there are no errors _AND_ when I log-out, then login again, I am no longer prompted to "initialize" my linux disk. If I _don't_ run the command, I am prompted everytime I login using WorkspaceManager.) I realize these are tough problems -- but I am getting desparate and I just know someone out there has an idea that I haven't tried yet... Thanks in advance, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: 17 Aug 1995 20:44:39 GMT Organization: Division of Information Technology, UW-Madison Message-ID: <4109nn$mgk@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <40vp7t$8ru@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> In article <40vp7t$8ru@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca>, Michael Friendly <friendly@hotspur.psych.yorku.ca> wrote: >hotspur:friendly [3] # niutil -read . /locations/ntp >name: ntp >host: hotspur.psych.yorku.ca >server: ntp1.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp2.net134.time.yorku.ca >ntp3.net134.time.yorku.ca >Can anyone shed some light on what might be going wrong. Please reply >direct. % niutil -read . /locations/ntp name: ntp server: dogie.macc.wisc.edu host: jsbach.macc.wisc.edu Do you actually *call* ntp at some point? In my /etc/crontab: 10 2,14 * * * root /usr/etc/ntp -F dogie.macc.wisc.edu -- Copyright 1995 Jess Anderson. All rights reserved. Copying in whole or in part prohibited except for direct response on Usenet. -- <> If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, <> it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. <> -- Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Opinions expressed herein have no connection with the UW-Madison. Jess Anderson anderson@doit.wisc.edu
From: stanifor@helvellyn (Stuart Staniford-Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: CERT - Sendmail screwed again Date: 17 Aug 1995 21:11:20 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu> This just came in from CERT - I edited out the non-NeXT vendor info. Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:37:35 -0400 From: CERT Advisory <cert-advisory@cert.org> To: cert-advisory@cert.org Subject: CERT Advisory CA-95:08 - Sendmail v.5 Vulnerability Reply-To: cert-advisory-request@cert.org Organization: CERT Coordination Center - 412-268-7090 ============================================================================= CA-95:08 CERT Advisory August 17, 1995 Sendmail v.5 Vulnerability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CERT Coordination Center has received reports of a vulnerability in sendmail version 5. Although this version is several years old, it is still in use. The vulnerability enables intruders to gain unauthorized privileges, including root. We recommend installing all patches from your vendor or moving to the current version of Eric Allman's sendmail (version 8.6.12). The vulnerability is currently present in all versions of IDA sendmail and in some vendors' releases of sendmail. The vendors who have reported to us are listed in Section I. As we receive additional information relating to this advisory, we will place it in ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/CA-95:08.README We encourage you to check our README files regularly for updates on advisories that relate to your site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Description In sendmail version 5, there is a vulnerability that intruders can exploit to create files, append to existing files, or execute programs. The vulnerability is currently present in all versions of IDA sendmail and in some vendors' releases of sendmail. Many vendors have previously installed upgrades or developed patches to address the problem; some are working on patches now. Here is a summary of vendors who reported to us as of the date of this advisory. More details can be found in the appendix of this advisory. The appendix is reproduced in CA-95:08.README, which we will update as we receive additional information. If you do not see your vendor's name or if you have questions about the version of sendmail at your site, please contact your vendor directly. Source or Vendor Status ---------------- -------------------------------------- Eric Allman sendmail 8.6.10 or later not vul. Apple Computer, Inc. upgrades to A/UX 3.1 and 3.1.1 not vul. Berkeley SW. Design BSD/OS 2.0 vulnerable - patch available BSD/OS 2.0.1 not vulnerable Cray Research, Inc. not vulnerable Digital Equipment Corp. not vulnerable if current with patches Harris Computer Systems not vulnerable Hewlett-Packard Company not vul. - see HP bulletin #25 IBM Corporation AIX 3.2 not vulnerable with patch AIX 4.1 not vulnerable NEC Corporation vulnerable - patches available >> NeXT Computer, Inc. vulnerable - patch is planned Open Software Foundation not vulnerable The Santa Cruz Operation vulnerable - patches available Silicon Graphics Inc. not vulnerable if current with patches Solbourne (Grumman) vulnerable - patch is planned Sun Microsystems, Inc. Solaris 2.x not vulnerable Sun OS 4.1.3, 4.1.37u1, & 4.1.4 vul. - patch available soon Public domain: Users of the public domain operating systems Linux (systems using sendmail rather than smail), NetBSD, and FreeBSD should upgrade to sendmail 8.6.12. II. Impact Local and remote users can create files, append to existing files or run programs on the system. Exploitation can lead to root access. III. Solution A. What to do IDA users: Convert to sendmail 8.6.12. Other users: Check the vendor information in the appendix of this advisory. Ensure that you have kept current with upgrades and patches from your vendor. If no patch is currently available, an alternative is to install sendmail 8.6.12. B. What you need to know about sendmail 1. Location Sendmail is available by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail ftp://info.cert.org/pub/tools/sendmail/sendmail.8.6.12 ftp://auscert.org.au/pub/mirrors/ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail The checksums are MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.base.tar.Z) = 31591dfb0dacbe0a7e06147747a6ccea MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.cf.tar.Z) = c60becd7628fad715df8f7e13dcf3cc6 MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.misc.tar.Z) = 6212390ca0bb4b353e29521f1aab492f MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.patch) = 10961687c087ef30920b13185eef41e8 MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.xdoc.tar.Z) = 8b2252943f365f303b6302b71ef9a841 2. Additional security To restrict sendmail's program mailer facility, obtain and install the sendmail restricted shell program (smrsh) by Eric Allman (the original author of sendmail), following the directions included with the program. Copies of this program may be obtained via anonymous FTP from ftp://info.cert.org/pub/tools/smrsh ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/security/smrsh Checksum information -------------------- BSD Sum 30114 5 README 25757 2 smrsh.8 46786 5 smrsh.c System V Sum 56478 10 README 42281 4 smrsh.8 65517 9 smrsh.c MD5 Checksum MD5 (README) = fc4cf266288511099e44b664806a5594 MD5 (smrsh.8) = 35aeefba9714f251a3610c7b1714e355 MD5 (smrsh.c) = d4822ce7c273fc8b93c68e39ec67739c 3. Notes on installation Depending upon the currently installed sendmail program, switching to a different sendmail may require significant effort (such as rewriting the sendmail.cf file.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CERT Coordination Center staff thanks the vendors listed in this advisory, along with Karl Strickland and Neil Woods for their support in the development of this advisory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT Coordination Center or your representative in the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). If you wish to send sensitive incident or vulnerability information to CERT staff by electronic mail, we strongly advise that the email be encrypted. The CERT Coordination Center can support a shared DES key, PGP (public key available via anonymous FTP on info.cert.org), or PEM (contact CERT staff for details). Internet email: cert@cert.org Telephone: +1 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline) CERT personnel answer 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4), and are on call for emergencies during other hours. Fax: +1 412-268-6989 Postal address: CERT Coordination Center Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA CERT advisories and bulletins are posted on the USENET newsgroup comp.security.announce. If you would like to have future advisories and bulletins mailed to you or to a mail exploder at your site, please send mail to cert-advisory-request@cert.org. Past advisories, CERT bulletins, information about FIRST representatives, and other information related to computer security are available for anonymous FTP from info.cert.org. Copyright 1995 Carnegie Mellon University This material may be reproduced and distributed without permission provided it is used for noncommercial purposes and the copyright statement is included. CERT is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University. ........................................................................... Appendix: Vendor Information Current as of August 17, 1995 See CA-95.08.README for updated information Below is information we have received from vendors about the vulnerability in sendmail version 5. If you do not see your vendor's name below, contact the vendor directly for information. < other vendors deleted > ------------- NeXT Computer, Inc. The sendmail executables included with all versions of NEXTSTEP up to and including release 3.3 are vulnerable to this problem. The SendmailPatch previously released for NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 is also vulnerable. An updated patch is planned which will address this vulnerability. The availability of this patch will be indicated in the NeXTanswers section of http://www.next.com/. For further information you may contact NeXT's Technical Support Hotline at (+1-800-955-NeXT) or via email to ask_next@NeXT.com. < other vendors deleted > -- =================================================================== Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-8742 | and http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community ====================================================================
From: steve@jacob.bader.org (Steve White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: copying one file to many Date: 17 Aug 1995 21:46:59 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Message-ID: <410dcj$h72@homer.alpha.net> I am trying to copy one file to many files in one directory. I have tried the cp command with a global, using a file made up of the output of ls as an input for the cp command and I have tried using the FileViewer.app. Nothing works. Is there actually no way to copy one file to many files using either UNIX commands or the FileViewer? - Steven --- Steven J. White System Administrator, The Helen Bader Foundation steve@bader.org -- Steven J. White System Administrator, The Helen Bader Foundation steve@bader.org
From: stanifor@helvellyn (Stuart Staniford-Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: 17 Aug 1995 23:54:36 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <410krs$3mj@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <40vp7t$8ru@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> Michael Friendly (friendly@hotspur.psych.yorku.ca) wrote: : My NeXT slab's clock has been running fast, and I'd like to get ntp & ntpd : to work. With the help of a unix person here, I set up the locations/ntp : in NetInfoMgr as follows, but the call to ntpdc seems to show that ntpd : is not running. There server values are the correct ones for my site. : hotspur:friendly [1] # ntpdc localhost : localhost: Connection refused : hotspur:friendly [2] # niutil -read / /locations/ntp : name: ntp : host: hotspur.psych.yorku.ca : server: ntp1.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp2.net134.time.yorku.ca : ntp3.net134.time.yorku.ca : hotspur:friendly [3] # niutil -read . /locations/ntp : name: ntp : host: hotspur.psych.yorku.ca : server: ntp1.net134.time.yorku.ca ntp2.net134.time.yorku.ca : ntp3.net134.time.yorku.ca : Can anyone shed some light on what might be going wrong. Please reply : direct. This may be too obvious, but did you enable it in the HostManager? (Ie Set Time Service to network in the initial panel as well as choosing the servers). You shouldn't need to have an explicit cron job - the ntpd should run in the background all the time if configured correctly. Mine does. -- =================================================================== Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-8742 | and http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community ====================================================================
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: CERT Advisory CA-95:08 - Sendmail v.5 Vulnerability Date: 18 Aug 1995 00:48:06 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <410o06$7jj@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <1995Aug17.164449.22811@sei.cmu.edu> Keywords: Security ==== Only Sections relevant to NEXTSTEP have been extracted. In "comp.security.announce" article <1995Aug17.164449.22811@sei.cmu.edu> CERT Advisory <cert-advisory@cert.org> writes: ============================================================================= CA-95:08 CERT Advisory August 17, 1995 Sendmail v.5 Vulnerability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CERT Coordination Center has received reports of a vulnerability in sendmail version 5. Although this version is several years old, it is still in use. The vulnerability enables intruders to gain unauthorized privileges, including root. We recommend installing all patches from your vendor or moving to the current version of Eric Allman's sendmail (version 8.6.12). The vulnerability is currently present in all versions of IDA sendmail and in some vendors' releases of sendmail. The vendors who have reported to us are listed in Section I. ------------- NeXT Computer, Inc. The sendmail executables included with all versions of NEXTSTEP up to and including release 3.3 are vulnerable to this problem. The SendmailPatch previously released for NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 is also vulnerable. An updated patch is planned which will address this vulnerability. The availability of this patch will be indicated in the NeXTanswers section of http://www.next.com/. For further information you may contact NeXT's Technical Support Hotline at (+1-800-955-NeXT) or via email to ask_next@NeXT.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Description In sendmail version 5, there is a vulnerability that intruders can exploit to create files, append to existing files, or execute programs. The vulnerability is currently present in all versions of IDA sendmail and in some vendors' releases of sendmail. Many vendors have previously installed upgrades or developed patches to address the problem; some are working on patches now. Here is a summary of vendors who reported to us as of the date of this advisory. More details can be found in the appendix of this advisory. The appendix is reproduced in CA-95:08.README, which we will update as we receive additional information. If you do not see your vendor's name or if you have questions about the version of sendmail at your site, please contact your vendor directly. Source or Vendor Status ---------------- -------------------------------------- Eric Allman sendmail 8.6.10 or later not vul. .... NeXT Computer, Inc. vulnerable - patch is planned .... II. Impact Local and remote users can create files, append to existing files or run programs on the system. Exploitation can lead to root access. III. Solution A. What to do IDA users: Convert to sendmail 8.6.12. Other users: Check the vendor information in the appendix of this advisory. Ensure that you have kept current with upgrades and patches from your vendor. If no patch is currently available, an alternative is to install sendmail 8.6.12. B. What you need to know about sendmail 1. Location Sendmail is available by anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail ftp://info.cert.org/pub/tools/sendmail/sendmail.8.6.12 ftp://auscert.org.au/pub/mirrors/ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail The checksums are MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.base.tar.Z) = 31591dfb0dacbe0a7e06147747a6ccea MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.cf.tar.Z) = c60becd7628fad715df8f7e13dcf3cc6 MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.misc.tar.Z) = 6212390ca0bb4b353e29521f1aab492f MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.patch) = 10961687c087ef30920b13185eef41e8 MD5 (sendmail.8.6.12.xdoc.tar.Z) = 8b2252943f365f303b6302b71ef9a841 2. Additional security To restrict sendmail's program mailer facility, obtain and install the sendmail restricted shell program (smrsh) by Eric Allman (the original author of sendmail), following the directions included with the program. Copies of this program may be obtained via anonymous FTP from ftp://info.cert.org/pub/tools/smrsh ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/security/smrsh Checksum information -------------------- BSD Sum 30114 5 README 25757 2 smrsh.8 46786 5 smrsh.c System V Sum 56478 10 README 42281 4 smrsh.8 65517 9 smrsh.c MD5 Checksum MD5 (README) = fc4cf266288511099e44b664806a5594 MD5 (smrsh.8) = 35aeefba9714f251a3610c7b1714e355 MD5 (smrsh.c) = d4822ce7c273fc8b93c68e39ec67739c 3. Notes on installation Depending upon the currently installed sendmail program, switching to a different sendmail may require significant effort (such as rewriting the sendmail.cf file.)
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tunefs woes Date: 17 Aug 1995 00:00:47 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <40u0rf$4n0@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to use tunefs to squeeze out the last 10% of capacity > from my SCSI drive. That 10% is there for a reason. It doesn't have to be 10%, but it is not a good idea to have it down to 0% either... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: nick@gustilo Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: ZyXEL Elite 2864i, ISDN and NeXTSTEP Date: 17 Aug 95 22:52:33 Organization: Primenet Distribution: fj Message-ID: <nick.95Aug17225233@gustilo> References: <DDFAu7.454@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi, I'm considering purchasing the same modem to link 2 sites of my company. I sent an email to Black & White and received the following response. I hope it helps. Nick. X-UIDL: 808630232.010 Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Black and White Sales <sales@bandw.com> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 09:26:01 -0400 To: uunet!primenet.com!gustilo@uunet.uu.net Subject: Does NXFax support new Zyzel 28.8 and ISDN modems? References: <9508151839.AA00352@gustilo> Hello, NXFax is expected to work with the new ZyXEL Elite and Omni series modems. ZyXEL's DTE speed register settings for the 2864 are currently different from the settings for the 1496 series. As a result, anyone Beta testing a 2864 who wishes to receive incoming fax and data calls should temporarily define an AuxATCommand for NXFax as follows: - Launch the Terminal app. It is located in /NextApps. - Choose Shell from the Terminal menu. - Choose New from the Shell menu. - su to root (unless you are already logged in as root) - type the following commands, pressing Enter after each. Note: use the name or your modem for <your_modem_name> dwrite <your_modem_name> AuxATCommand "ATS18=<value>" Note that in the above, <value> should be replaced by: 3 if your MaxDTERate is 57600 4 if your MaxDTERate is 38400 5 if your MaxDTERate is 19200 Caveats: If and when ZyXEL changes the S18 registers on the Elite and Omni series modems to match those of the 1496 series, this command will have to be removed. If it is not, it could prevent you from properly receiving faxes. If and when this happens, you will have to remove the AuxATCommand in the manner described above to keep NXFax from improperly initializing the modem. dwrite <your_modem_name> AuxATCommand "" Please refer to the NXFax on-line help for more information on MaxDTERate. The DTE rate used in the AuxATCommand must match the MaxDTERate value specified for NXFax. Refer to the NXFax on-line documentation for more information on MaxDTERate. Whether or not ZyXEL decides to change the S18 registers in the Elite and Omni series modems to match those of the 1496 series, a future version of NXFax is expected to support these modems directly without the preceeding patch. --- Best Regards, Susan Marks sales@bandw.com Black & White Software, Inc. NeXTMail OK Bridge Street Marketplace 802-496-8500 Waitsfield, VT 05673-1210 802-496-5112 (fax)
From: nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: deleting files by date, via terminal Date: 17 Aug 1995 17:15:01 -0400 Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Message-ID: <410bgl$paa@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com> <40s4h6$gk7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> In article <40s4h6$gk7@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: > find /usr/spool/news -mtime +n -exec rm {} \; find /usr/spool/news -mtime +n -print | xargs rm is more efficient. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: aj@borg.yorku.ca (Alykhan Jetha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SUMMARY:: PPP2.2 as a server Date: 18 Aug 1995 00:01:54 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9508180502.AA00263@borg.yorku.ca> Thanks to all the folks that responded!!!! Shane Micheal Friedel Art Isbell Timothy E. Cushing (apologies if I forgot anyone:-) I posted: >Folks, >I need to establish a PPP link between two NeXT boxes. I assume >that it would not be very complex. Both these machines are currently >running PPP2.2 just fine. They connect to service providers without >any problems. What would I need to do to change one of those >machines so that the other one can dial in and connect using PPP??? >Any help at all would be greated appreciated!! It turned out to be quite simple. The best thing to do is to checkout http://www.thoughtport.com/ All the answers are there!! Regards Alykhan Jetha (AJ) Here is a piece of the FAQ: _____________________________________________________________________ Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> writes: Q: How does one set up a PPP server on NS? A: Here's a summary of steps to set up a PPP Client <-> Server connection where *you* have to set up the server side instead of using a PPP service offered by your university or other Internet providers. My configuration is as follows but it should work with other NS platforms and modems. Home: NeXTcube 040 25MHz NS3.2 +USR SportsStar 14.4k +ppp2.2-0.1.9 Server: NeXTcube 040 25MHz NS3.2 +ZyXEL U1496E +ppp2.2-0.1.9 (+NXFax 1.04) This note only illustrates specific scripts and options for PPP server setup. It doesn't cover PPP installation itself, e.g., expanding ppp installer package, editing /etc/rc.local, etc. Follow PPP install instructions for that. PPP server setup described here essentially places your home machine as one of the local machines on the same subnet as the server, using the proxyarp mechanism (Server and home machines have the same subnet number). This way, nothing has to be configured beyond the PPP server (e.g., in router/gateway), which means one less thing to ask your network administrator. *** Note in the steps below: Edit IP addresses to suit your local domain. 128.32.111.sss is the IP address of PPP server "pppserver". 128.32.111.hhh is the IP address for the home machine "homehost". IMPORTANT: You should NOT use just any 'hhh' you pick. Make sure that the IP address for your home machine is properly allocated by your network administrator and registered with DNS. =================================================== Office/Campus PPP server side setup: =================================================== [0] (Skip step [0] and goto [1] if you use NXFax) First configure dial-up login so you can login to the server machine via modem/serial port as a regular shell user. I haven't tested this, because I am using NXFax, but the key points are as follows: (a) modify /etc/ttys Turn on the 'ttydfa' or 'ttydfb' line, i.e., ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty D38400" unknown on (b) modify /etc/gettytab Define D38400, e.g.: D38400:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:sp#38400: (c) kill -HUP 1 (or reboot) [NOTE: with NXFax, the above is not needed because FaxDaemon will exec getty only when it detects a data call. Enable data call in NXFax.] [1] Create user "ppp0" in NetInfo, using UserManager.app or "nu -a" and specify /usr/local/bin/pppserve as this user's shell. This way, pppd will be automatically started when user "ppp0" logs in. Check with: % nidump passwd / | grep ppp ppp0:BZKIbZ8A3t4aM:121:20:PPP:/Users/ppp0:/usr/local/bin/pppserve [2] Make sure the script pppserve has execute permissions. # chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/pppserve # ls -l /usr/local/bin/pppserve -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 616 Jun 11 17:00 /usr/local/bin/pppserve* [3] #### Here's the pppserve script itself --- This is almost the same as Examples/pppup.remote ------------ % cat /usr/local/bin/pppserve #!/bin/csh -f # # This script is used as the shell for a user account entitled ppp. # When users log into this account, PPP is automatically started # (through this script). The 'echo' command is to help the remote # process synchronize with this end. # echo Starting PPP /usr/bin/mesg n /bin/stty -tostop litout exec /usr/local/bin/pppd ------------------------ [4] Setup necessary info for "proxyarp" Try command: % nidump -r machines / The output must include something like below for "proxyarp" on the server to work. Otherwise, you must have /etc/ethers file (see "man 5 ethers"). See also "man pppd", "man 8 arp" and "man 4 arp" for info on proxyarp. Proxyarp advertises to the subnet that packets destined to homehost should be sent to the ethernet address of pppserver (pppserver acting as proxy for homehost). Without proxy ARP working, IP packets from homehost can go out to the Internet, but packets from remote sites cannot come back to your home machine. This will result in the condition where TCP/IP stuff works only between homehost and pppserver, but attempts to connect to outside will fail (though you can connect to outside once you rlogin/telnet to pppserver). It is not necessary to execute "arp -s ..." command explicitly on pppserver. Option "proxyarp" to pppd will take care of everything dynamically as the link is brought up and taken down (see step [5]). name = (pppserver pppserver.berkeley.edu); bootfile = mach; bootparams = (); en_address = 0:0:f:0:c1:3a; ip_address = 128.32.111.sss; serves = pppserver/local; "en_address" is the ethernet address that is unique among all ethernet interfaces (hostid is typically derived from this). The ethernet address of any NS machine should be recorded in the boot log in /usr/adm/messages, so to find out, do: % grep Ethernet /usr/adm/messages If the PPP server is also a NetInfo config server (master), then it might not have the above entries for itself. Either add it, or create /etc/ethers with a line like 0:0:f:0:c1:3a pppserver To check if "proxyarp" is working (while the PPP link is up), command "arp -a", on pppserver should show: homehost (128.32.111.hhh) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a permanent published Command "arp -a" on other hosts on the same subnet as pppserver should show (after "ping" to each): pppserver (128.32.111.sss) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a homehost (128.32.111.hhh) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a [5] Prepare options file for pppd (/etc/ppp/options). Here, I specify the IP address pair for client/server on the server side, so home machine doesn't have to specify them explicitly. This makes it easier to configure the client for multiple server possibilities (e.g., Annex server run by your institution or your own modem on your office machine). % cat /etc/ppp/options 128.32.111.sss:128.32.111.hhh passive proxyarp bsdcomp 10,10 lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 [6] Troubleshooting In case of problems, try logging in via rlogin from another network host as user "ppp0", and check if it starts the script /usr/local/bin/pppserve correctly. PPP won't work, but you should get something like below. If you don't get it, check execute permissions and path for the login shell for user ppp0 in NetInfo: % rlogin pppserver -l ppp0 Password: Last login: Fri Jun 23 01:49:00 on ttydfa Starting PPP ~_!j~~_! ....(several lines of garbage)... [Close Terminal window here.] [7] /etc/shells should NOT contain /usr/local/bin/pppserve. You should not include the login shell for user ppp0 in /etc/shells. Not having it makes the system a bit more secure, especially if you just want to allow Internet access to user ppp0, but do not want ppp0 to see the server's file systems. FTP daemon will deny access to user ppp0 if you leave /etc/shells alone. =================================================== Home side setup: =================================================== [H1] ---- /etc/ppp/options --------- /dev/cufa 38400 mru 296 mtu 296 lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 crtscts defaultroute modem [H2] ---- /usr/local/bin/pppup ---------------- #!/bin/sh # exec /usr/local/bin/pppd netmask 255.255.255.0 bsdcomp 10,10 connect "/usr/local/bin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/script.office" [H3] ---- /etc/ppp/script.office ----------------- ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" ATZ0 "OK" ATDT6431234 CONNECT "" ogin: ppp0 assword: xxxxxxxx PPP [H4] Home machine has the same /etc/resolv.conf as that on the server. ---- I just type "pppup" on the home machine to bring up the link.
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ARGHH! @$#%! Date: 18 Aug 1995 06:48:01 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <411d31$4el@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4105gt$dbo@digdug.pencom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit robin@pencom.com wrote: : I've been struggling with this problem for some time, I've even asked for help : here once before -- but got more requests for "yeah -- me too" than help (this : is not to say people didn't try, just that it didn't work... sigh...). [...] : 1. I attempt to manually mount the 2 DOS drives on /dosC and /dosD : (respectively). I use the following command in "rc.fstab" (which I call in : rc.local): : mount -t dos -o filesystem=DOS,fixed,rw /dev/rhd0h /dosC The problem is that the dos filesystem ist not initialized when you try to mount the partitions during bootup. I suppose Workspace uses /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util to load and initialize the dos filesystem. I would try to figure out how Workspace calls this utility by replacing it with a shellscript writing the command line words to a file. This could be a starting point. Put this command in you rc.fstab then. : 2. Workspace manager _absolutely_ wants to format my 'linux' disk. Since it Try to make an entry to /etc/fstab with ignore as the filesystem type (as you did in the mount command). This worked for my linux partition. : I realize these are tough problems -- but I am getting desparate and I just know : someone out there has an idea that I haven't tried yet... Hope that helps. Send me mail if you had success. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: copying one file to many Date: 18 Aug 1995 06:53:52 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <411de0$4k1@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <410dcj$h72@homer.alpha.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Steve White (steve@jacob.bader.org) wrote: : I am trying to copy one file to many files in one directory. I have tried : the cp command with a global, using a file made up of the output of ls as : an input for the cp command and I have tried using the FileViewer.app. : Nothing works. : Is there actually no way to copy one file to many files using either UNIX : commands or the FileViewer? This works under tcsh/csh: belly kiwi 2 (~): foreach i ( `ls` ) foreach? echo $i foreach? end replace 'echo $i' with 'cp <file> $i' to copy <file> to every file and folder given by the ls. !Be careful!!!!!!! In place of the ls you can give any command yielding a list of names i.e. 'cat list' or something. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: stes@icgned.nl (David Stes) Subject: Re: Web browser sought for black hardware Message-ID: <DDHwwF.1GF@icgned.nl> Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group References: <4105aa$idf@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 07:31:26 GMT Steen H Hviid writes > Are there any good Web browsers available for black hardware? > I have OmniWeb in a demo version. > > I have tried to download SpiderWoman, but it won't work on my machine. > > Any other ones available? -- Netsurfer is very good. You can reach them at info@netsurfer.com. If I'm not mistaken, it runs from 3.1/3.2 systems on. It does NOT require EOF or the Foundation Kit (thank god !). I asked them if (and when) they would release a version for 3.0 NeXT computers. It turned out that they don't have a 3.0 version,for the simple reason that they don't have access to such a system. If you have a 3.0 system (like I do at home, and I don't want to upgrade) and if you want to run Netsurfer, please send a short message to info@netsurfer.com. When there's enough interest in it, I'm sure they'll make some time to compile their software on 3.0. Take a look at the demo ! - david stes@icgned.nl
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Just for the record: SafetyNet.app Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 18 Aug 1995 09:02:56 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <411l00$kss@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> References: <DDGH7x.3pA@AWT.NL> <h2virwtnp1.fsf@seahawk> Here is a good question. Let's say I have a corrupted NeXTStep boot volume. Let's also say I have access to floppy disks and the tape drive. (But not to a CD-ROM.) How do I rebuild my NeXT partition? Mind you: you do not even have access to the tape drive in single-user mode under NS/Intel. So, do you need to have a functioning NeXTStep system to restore a NeXTStep system? Not very satisfying. In a sense, I would be happier with a DOS utility that does nothing but throws an entire disk (either all partitions or one partition at a time, plus boot sector, etc.) onto a tape and restores it with a DOS command. Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: pollak@pluto.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de (Armin Pollak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: POP-Client needed: which one?? Date: 18 Aug 1995 09:34:15 GMT Organization: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Distribution: world Message-ID: <411mqn$26v@infosrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de> Dear NeXT-users, due to our system environement I need a popclient for our NeXT-Cube to read the mail from a UNIX host via POP3-Daemon. So far I didn't find anyone. Is there such a POP-Client for NeXT? Any help, hints or information appreciated!! Thanks in advance! Armin -----------Armin Pollak----Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Telefon: 089 / 6004 3502 Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, FAX: 089 / 6004 3560 85577 Neubiberg, Deutschland email: pollak@pluto.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Just for the record: SafetyNet.app Date: 18 Aug 1995 11:45:30 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <411ugq$9ov@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <DDGH7x.3pA@AWT.NL> <h2virwtnp1.fsf@seahawk> <411l00$kss@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ivo Welch (ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk) wrote: : Here is a good question. Let's say I have a corrupted NeXTStep boot volume. : Let's also say I have access to floppy disks and the tape drive. (But not to : a CD-ROM.) : How do I rebuild my NeXT partition? Mind you: you do not even have access to : the tape drive in single-user mode under NS/Intel. So, do you need to have : a functioning NeXTStep system to restore a NeXTStep system? Not very : satisfying. Never tried it, but it should be possible to load the SCSITapeDriver in singleuser mode using the driverLoader command. Something like driverLoader d=SCSITape Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Web browser sought for black hardware Date: 18 Aug 1995 13:55:12 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <412640$fsq@news.tamu.edu> References: <4105aa$idf@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I'm using OmniWeb just fine on my '040 25MHz Cube and NS 3.0 Colin -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Aaarrrggh! Root's WorkSpace keeps crashing! Date: 18 Aug 1995 14:03:55 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen Sender: viggo@njord.diku.dk Message-ID: <4126kb$2mh@odin.diku.dk> References: <40ftb5$jg9@atlas.cs.upei.ca> <40g9e3$6v0@news4.digex.net> >peter@bert.psyc.upei.ca wrote: >> Yesterday, I was installing a package off a CD-ROM and the >> installation failed. Ever since, WorkSpace has started crashing >> whenever I'm logged in as root. The WorkSpace only crashes when >> I'm looking in the LocalApps directory, in Icon or Listing view >> mode, and when I scroll to a particular file. Could be an error on the disk. I've tried that in several versions, some times WS just finishes off, other times the thing hangs. --Allan --viggo@diku.dk
From: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us (Roger E. Masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Simulate a 'middle mouse button click'? Date: 18 Aug 1995 15:54:20 GMT Organization: Corporation for National Research Initiatives Distribution: world Message-ID: <412d3c$hor@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> I'm running xv under Co-Xist on my NS 3.3 pentium. OF course I have a Microsoft mouse with only two bottons. xv controls sometimes require using the middle mouse button. is there any way to simulate this? Regards, Roger E. Masse, Systems Engineer Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, Virginia, USA 22091 Internet: rmasse@CNRI.Reston.VA.US (MIME/NeXTmail OK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: andreas@esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) Subject: Re: NFS automounter problem Message-ID: <DDI3H2.30I@esag.ch> Sender: news@esag.ch Organization: Trinex AG, Sissach, CH References: <40qe4f$d4@fostam.franken.de> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:53:26 GMT Stefan Stammler writes > I want to mount the / and /usr of a FreeBSD machine to my NeXT (NS 3.3). As > the BSD machine isn't up all the time, this should be done with the > automounter (mounts to /Net). For / that works fine, but when I try to go to > /Net/freebsd/usr, I see an empty directory only. I export both dirs on > freebsd correctly and import them with the NFSManager. What could be the > problem? > > BTW: when I mount /usr with "mount", it works fine... > > Ciao, Stefan. We have the very same problem now and then when we change the NFSManager's automount entries. It's a problem of mount order. If your automounter mounts freebsd:/ after freebsd:/usr, the latter will become invisible, though it *is* mounted (see 'mount' command output). In my opinion this is clearly a BUG. But it was there in 3.2, and it still is there in 3.3, so we obviously have to live with it, at least for the moment. But there is a workaround: The automounter mounts the filesystems in exactly the reverse order as they are defined in netinfo. You can check the order in netinfo with 'nidump fstab <domain>'. Here, 'freebsd:/' must be listed *after* 'freebsd:/usr'. Then it's mounted first, and everything works fine. To change the order of file systems to be mounted, just remove the 'freebsd:/' entry and then define it new. After that, it's at the end of the listing. Besides, if the two automount entries are at different level netinfo domains, you may be unable to solve the order conflict. IMHO it should not be too complicated for NeXT to sort the mount entries before actually mounting them. I think I'm going to report this problem now. Andreas
From: mjlim@cjseoul.dev (mjlim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ppp and quickbase do not sync Date: 18 Aug 1995 16:45:42 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <412g3m$abl@news.ios.com> Keywords: ppp quickbase Hello, I setup the PPP for NEXTSTEP as explained below: --------------------------------------------- How do I setup my system as a PPP server? Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> writes: Q: How does one set up a PPP server on NS? A: Here's a summary of steps to set up a PPP Client <-> Server connection where *you* have to set up the server side instead of using a PPP service offered by your university or other Internet providers. My configuration is as follows but it should work with other NS platforms and modems. Home: Pentium 60MHz NS3.2J +USR SportsStar 14.4k +ppp2.2-0.1.9 Server: 486DX2 66MHz NS3.2J +USR SportsStar 14.4k +ppp2.2-0.1.9 This note only illustrates specific scripts and options for PPP server setup. It doesn't cover PPP installation itself, e.g., expanding ppp installer package, editing /etc/rc.local, etc. Follow PPP install instructions for that. PPP server setup described here essentially places your home machine as one of the local machines on the same subnet as the server, using the proxyarp mechanism (Server and home machines have the same subnet number). This way, nothing has to be configured beyond the PPP server (e.g., in router/gateway), which means one less thing to ask your network administrator. *** Note in the steps below: Edit IP addresses to suit your local domain. 192.42.201.sss is the IP address of PPP server. 192.42.201.hhh is the IP address for the home machine. IMPORTANT: You should NOT use just any 'hhh' you pick. Make sure that the IP address for your home machine is properly allocated by your network administrator and registered with DNS. =================================================== Office/Campus PPP server side setup: =================================================== [0] (Skip step [0] and goto [1] if you use NXFax) First configure dial-up login so you can login to the server machine via modem/serial port as a regular shell user. I haven't tested this, because I am using NXFax, but the key points are as follows: (a) modify /etc/ttys Turn on the 'ttydfa' or 'ttydfb' line, i.e., ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty D19200" unknown on (b) modify /etc/gettytab Define D19200, e.g.: D19200:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:sp#192: (c) kill -HUP 1 (or reboot) [NOTE: with NXFax, the above is not needed because FaxDaemon will exec getty only when it detects a data call. Enable data call in NXFax.] [1] Create user "ppp0" in NetInfo, using UserManager.app or "nu -a" and specify /usr/local/bin/pppserve as this user's shell. This way, pppd will be automatically started when user "ppp0" logs in. Check with: % nidump passwd / | grep ppp ppp0:BZKIbZ8A3t4aM:121:20:PPP:/Users/ppp0:/usr/local/bin/pppserve [2] Make sure the script pppserve has execute permissions. # chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/pppserve # ls -l /usr/local/bin/pppserve -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 616 Jun 11 17:00 /usr/local/bin/pppserve* [3] #### Here's the pppserve script itself --- This is almost the same as Examples/pppup.remote ------------ % cat /usr/local/bin/pppserve #!/bin/csh -f # # This script is used as the shell for a user account entitled ppp. # When users log into this account, PPP is automatically started # (through this script). The 'echo' command is to help the remote # process synchronize with this end. # echo Starting PPP /usr/bin/mesg n /bin/stty -tostop litout exec /usr/local/bin/pppd ------------------------ [4] Setup necessary info for "proxyarp" Try command: % nidump -r machines / The output must include something like below for "proxyarp" on the server to work. Otherwise, you must have /etc/ethers file (see "man 5 ethers"). See also "man pppd", "man 8 arp" and "man 4 arp" for info on proxyarp. Proxyarp advertises to the subnet that packets destined to homehost should be sent to the ethernet address of pppserver (pppserver acting as proxy for homehost). Without proxy ARP working, IP packets from homehost can go out to the Internet, but packets from remote sites cannot come back to your home machine. This will result in the condition where TCP/IP stuff works only between homehost and pppserver, but attempts to connect to outside will fail (though you can connect to outside once you rlogin/telnet to pppserver). It is not necessary to execute "arp -s ..." command explicitly on pppserver. Option "proxyarp" to pppd will take care of everything dynamically as the link is brought up and taken down (see step [5]). name = (pppserver pppserver.berkeley.edu); bootfile = mach; bootparams = (); en_address = 0:0:f:0:c1:3a; ip_address = 192.42.201.sss; serves = pppserver/local; "en_address" is the ethernet address that is unique among all ethernet interfaces (hostid is typically derived from this). The ethernet address of any NS machine should be recorded in the boot log in /usr/adm/messages, so to find out, do: % grep Ethernet /usr/adm/messages If the PPP server is also a NetInfo config server (master), then it might not have the above entries for itself. Either add it, or create /etc/ethers with a line like 0:0:f:0:c1:3a pppserver To check if "proxyarp" is working (while the PPP link is up), command "arp -a", on pppserver should show: homehost (192.42.201.hhh) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a permanent published Command "arp -a" on other hosts on the same subnet as pppserver should show (after "ping" to each): pppserver (192.42.201.sss) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a homehost (192.42.201.hhh) at 0:0:f:0:c1:3a [5] Prepare options file for pppd (/etc/ppp/options). Here, I specify the IP address pair for client/server on the server side, so home machine doesn't have to specify them explicitly. This makes it easier to configure the client for multiple server possibilities (e.g., Annex server run by your institution or your own modem on your office machine). % cat /etc/ppp/options 192.42.201.sss:192.42.201.hhh passive proxyarp bsdcomp 10,10 lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 [6] Troubleshooting In case of problems, try logging in via rlogin from another network host as user "ppp0", and check if it starts the script /usr/local/bin/pppserve correctly. PPP won't work, but you should get something like below. If you don't get it, check execute permissions and path for the login shell for user ppp0 in NetInfo: % rlogin pppserver -l ppp0 Password: Last login: Fri Jun 23 01:49:00 on ttydfa Starting PPP ~_!j~~_! ....(several lines of garbage)... [Close Terminal window here.] [7] /etc/shells should NOT contain /usr/local/bin/pppserve. You should not include the login shell for user ppp0 in /etc/shells. Not having it makes the system a bit more secure, especially if you just want to allow Internet access to user ppp0, but do not want ppp0 to see the server's file systems. FTP daemon will deny access to user ppp0 if you leave /etc/shells alone. =================================================== Home side setup: =================================================== [H1] ---- /etc/ppp/options --------- /dev/cufa 19200 mru 296 mtu 296 lcp-echo-interval 15 lcp-echo-failure 3 crtscts defaultroute modem [H2] ---- /usr/local/bin/pppup ---------------- #!/bin/sh # exec /usr/local/bin/pppd netmask 255.255.255.0 bsdcomp 10,10 connect "/usr/local/bin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/script.office" [H3] ---- /etc/ppp/script.office ----------------- ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" ATZ0 "OK" ATDTxxxxxxx CONNECT "" ogin: ppp0 assword: xxxxxxxx PPP [H4] Home machine has the same /etc/resolv.conf as that on the server. ---- I just type "pppup" on the home machine to bring up the link. ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- I can ping and rcp from "home machine" to "ppp server" and can even NFS mount "/usr/database" and "/LocalLibrary" for db accessing. But when I try to access QuickBase ver4.1g which resides on another machine on "ppp server network" (192.42.201.qqq) either from application or QBManager, I get the error on "siro"'s console as listed below: Aug 12 15:03:05 cjseoul syslog: EAR#6 version QB4.1 (port#20023) Aug 12 15:03:05 cjseoul syslog: Socket has port #20023 Aug 12 15:03:06 cjseoul syslog: EAR#6 version QB4.1 (port#20023) Aug 12 15:03:06 cjseoul syslog: EAR#6 version QB4.1 (port#20023) Aug 12 15:03:06 cjseoul syslog: EAR ERROR: binding datagram socket Aug 12 15:03:06 cjseoul syslog: EAR ERROR: binding datagram socket Aug 12 15:03:09 cjseoul syslog: ear.app: connection created. and the panel appears saying: "The specified database is not running. Use the QBManager to start the database." Any help is greatly appreciated. Lewis Oh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs From: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) Subject: Server keeps crashing every five days Message-ID: <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> Sender: news@nvc.cc.ca.us Organization: Napa Valley College Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:52:14 GMT I've been having a problem lately where my server will crash every five days. I'm running NeXTStep 3.3, and I suspect either sendmail, or more likely, the CERN httpd to be a big part of the problem. I checked /usr/adm/messages, and I have a *ton* of this in it: Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc last message repeated 43 times Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:25:22 nvcc last message repeated 27 times Aug 18 07:25:28 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc last message repeated 14 times Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc last message repeated 54 times Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:27:01 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:27:28 nvcc last message repeated 12 times Aug 18 07:27:28 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc last message repeated 41 times Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:28:02 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:29:00 nvcc last message repeated 42 times Is there a fix for this, short of stopping the computer from being a web or mail sever? -- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Voice: 707 253 3130 Napa Valley College Fax: 707 253 3063 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA, 94558 <fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us> MIME ok, NeXTMail tolerated
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp chat script headaches Date: 18 Aug 1995 18:18:54 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <412lie$dpj@emerald.oz.net> I *thought* I had posted about this problem several days ago, but have received no reply and have never even seen my own posting (my news provider has been really flakey lately :-( So I'll try again... I have been using Taylor uucp since being unable to configure the NS version of uucp to dial up and connect. This has worked fine for several years, but now I have the responsibility of configuring several remote NS sites who must use the NS uucp. When I tried to set it up again at my site and at 2 remote sites, all using different email providers and NS versions 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 on both NeXT and Intel hardware, none of them will complete the login sequence successfully :-( I must be doing something wrong. What's happening is that they automatically-generated carriage return at the end of the "send" login string is not being sent to the remote uucp host, so the chat script times out waiting for the "ssword:" "expect" string. Explicitly sending a carriage return (\r) doesn't seem to solve the problem. Explicitly sending a line feed (\n) does cause the remote system to send the password prompt, but the login always fails. Using a comm app to dial up fails in the same way if I specify a 7 bit, even parity connection, but succeeds with an 8 bit connection. About the only thing in common with all sites is their use of NXFax and its automated modem configuration. Is it possible that uucp is dialing out with a 7-bit line when it needs an 8-bit line? Could this be some sort of modem configuration problem that needs to be dealt with in L.sys? Thanks for your help. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Simulate a 'middle mouse button click'? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Date: 18 Aug 1995 19:01:06 GMT Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Distribution: world Message-ID: <412o1i$stg@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> References: <412d3c$hor@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> Roger E. Masse (rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us) wrote: : I'm running xv under Co-Xist on my NS 3.3 pentium. OF course I have a : Microsoft mouse with only two bottons. xv controls sometimes require : using the middle mouse button. is there any way to simulate this? On black hardware, the simultaeous pressing of left and right buttons is interpreted as the pressing of the middle button. This is mentioned in the on-line help. Also, the right mouse button may have to be enabled for this to work. I don't know if this will work on your Intel hardware. Milind A. Bakhle mabakhle@lerc.nasa.gov
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: uucp chat script headaches Date: 18 Aug 1995 19:46:14 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <412qm6$g79@emerald.oz.net> References: <412lie$dpj@emerald.oz.net> In article <412lie$dpj@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > I have been using Taylor uucp since being unable to configure the NS > version of uucp to dial up and connect. > What's happening is that they automatically-generated carriage return > at the end of the "send" login string is not being sent to the remote uucp > host, so the chat script times out waiting for the "ssword:" "expect" > string. Explicitly sending a carriage return (\r) doesn't seem to solve > the problem. Explicitly sending a line feed (\n) does cause the remote > system to send the password prompt, but the login always fails. > Turns out that the uucp connection must be 7 bits by default. Taylor uucp must reset the line to 8 bits so it works fine. But by adding the following to L.sys, I have been able to make the NS uucp work: "" P_ZERO What's odd to me is that P_ZERO isn't mentioned anywhere in NeXT's docs (only in the L.sys man page). Maybe I'm still doing something wrong, but it seems to work. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: Lennart_Lovstrand@NeXT.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sending mail *from* two domains? Date: 18 Aug 1995 19:28:25 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <412pkp$576@news.next.com> References: <40e8tv$o40@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <40e8tv$o40@gap.cco.caltech.edu> tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) writes: > I'm supporting an office that has two separate companies, two domain names, > but the same people pretty much work both. What is needed is for outgoing > mail to be from either domain by choice. Setting the Reply-To: field > presumably does not change the From for From: line, so the message would > still appear to be from the default domain no matter what the Reply-To: > says. Are there any easy solutions to this? You can set the From: header in Mail 3.3 by adding it to your list of "Additional Outgoing Headers" in the "Expert" panel of Mail's preferences. Enter "From" as the key and the desired address as the value. Cheers, --Lennart -- Disclaimer: All characters in this posting are fictional. Any resemblence between this posting and an official statement from NeXT is coincidental. Slight side effects may be experienced. Void where prohibited by law.
From: samurai@maggie.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Simulate a 'middle mouse button click'? Date: 18 Aug 1995 21:04:52 GMT Organization: School of Computer Science, McGill Univ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <SAMURAI.95Aug18170452@maggie.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <412d3c$hor@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> In-reply-to: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us's message of 18 Aug 1995 15:54:20 GMT <rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us> writes: >I'm running xv under Co-Xist on my NS 3.3 pentium. OF course I have a >Microsoft mouse with only two bottons. xv controls sometimes require >using the middle mouse button. is there any way to simulate this? Try pressing both buttons. Don't know if it will work. - db -- "Investing in tech stocks is a high risk." -- Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, after incurring a two day paper loss of 2 billion dollars on Microsoft stock.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Just for the record: SafetyNet.app Message-ID: <DDIy6s.15o@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <411l00$kss@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 20:56:52 GMT In article <411l00$kss@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) writes: > Here is a good question. Let's say I have a corrupted NeXTStep boot volume. > Let's also say I have access to floppy disks and the tape drive. (But not to > a CD-ROM.) Buy a CD-ROM. It's mandatory nowadays, didn't they tell you? ;-) Yours, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: cedman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: deleting files by date, via terminal Date: 18 Aug 1995 01:23:31 GMT Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <410q2j$912@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com> In article <DDDHFM.CpE@chemelex.com>, Fred Schenkelberg <fms@chemelex.com> wrote: > Hi all, I'm on the road for a couple of weeks and only have remote > terminal access to my next cube. I need to clean out a bunch of old > artilces from the usr/spool/news area that the regular news routines have > missed. I've figured out how to find the files with ls and grep, but how > can I then delete them? If you are using a real shell (zsh), it is easy. One of the most useful features of that shell is the '**' wildcard pattern. It doesn't just expand to all files in the current directory, but to all subdirectories. Easier shown than explained. rm -rf /usr/spool/news/**/<24-26>* This line deletes all files/directories in /usr/spool/news or directories below it which begin with a number in the range 24 to 26. Or if you want to make it time based: rm -rf /usr/spool/news/**/*(m+7) This deletes all files and directories below /usr/spool/news which were last modified more than 7 days ago. Of course there are many more sophisticated wildcards too. Since I started using zsh I've almost never had to use 'find' or 'xargs'. zsh is standard on NS3.3 or later. The current beta version is very stable and compiles cleanly on most or all NS3.x vintage NeXTstep systems. For more information check the zsh home pages at http://mal9000.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/zsh/zsh_home.shtml. Carl Edman
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail version 8.6.12 anyone? Date: 19 Aug 1995 01:39:25 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <413fcd$eb2@canton.charm.net> Has anyone gotten sendmail v8.6.12 to work under NEXTSTEP 3.3? Just want to know befor I start pulling it off the net. jas
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Apps to hear .wav files Date: 19 Aug 1995 04:59:35 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? Thanks in advance, Shaun. -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
From: Michael_Chan@compugraph.com.sg (Michael Chan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mailing List Software Date: 19 Aug 1995 05:36:35 GMT Organization: Technet, Singapore Message-ID: <413t93$554@raffles.technet.sg> Is there any mailing list software available like the one used by NeXTanswers? -- ** *** Michael Chan **** CompuGraph International Pte Ltd **** E-Mail : Michael_Chan@compugraph.com.sg *** (NeXTMail Ok) ** -- NewsGrazer, a NeXTstep(tm) news reader, posting -- M>UQR=&8P7&%N<VE[7&9O;G1T8FQ<9C!<9FUO9&5R;B!/:&QF<SM]"EQM87)G M;#$R,`I<;6%R9W(Q,C`*7'!A<F1<='@Q,34R7'1X,C,P-%QT>#,T-39<='@T M-C`X7'1X-3<V,%QT>#8Y,3)<='@X,#8T7'1X.3(Q-EQT>#$P,S8X7'1X,3$U M,C!<9C!<8C!<:3!<=6QN;VYE7&9S,C1<9F,P7&-F,"!)<R!T:&5R92!A;GD@ M;6%I;&EN9R!L:7-T('-O9G1W87)E(&%V86EL86)L92!L:6ME('1H92!O;F4@ M=7-E9"!B>2!.95A486YS=V5R<S]<"EP*+2U<"BHJ7`HJ*BH@($UI8VAA96P@ M0VAA;EP**BHJ*B!#;VUP=4=R87!H($EN=&5R;F%T:6]N86P@4'1E($QT9%P* M*BHJ*B!%+4UA:6P@.B!-:6-H865L7T-H86Y`8V]M<'5G<F%P:"YC;VTN<V<@ F7`HJ*BH@("`@("`@("`@("A.95A436%I;"!/:RE<"BHJ7`H*?0IC `
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: panic messages -- anyone know what they mean? Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:17:09 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950818161302.17217B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII My NeXT (m68k running 3.2) has been repeatedly, successively panicing. It goes through the boot process, looks OK to me, but after the last message in the ROM about the booting, the screen goes gray (as it should) and then it panics. The only error messages I have seen which seem to make any sense are: CPU parity error (or) CPU 0 bus error I've seen the first one of these 3 times, and the second one 1 time. Then I just shut her down and deciding to come ask comp.sys.next.sysadmin. Any clues what might be going on, or, more importantly, what I can do to get it to boot correctly? many thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." *+*+* MIME or ASCII Mail only !!!! *+*+*+*+
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: LOST HARDWARE PASSWORD. YIPES! Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 13:08:43 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950816130303.12721D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> yikes indeed hate to say it, but I _think_ the only thing you can do is re-install, but don't just take my word on it, I could be wrong... happens a lot... daily... hourly.... sometimes more often than that ;-) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." *+*+* MIME or ASCII Mail only !!!! *+*+*+*+ On 15 Aug 1995, Paul F. Bergen wrote: > I've inherited a NeXTstation and can't access ROM commands for a > manual fsck because someone set the hardware password and no one knows > what it is. > > Can someone advise as to how to recover from a lost hardware password? > > -- Paul > > > >
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: LOST HARDWARE PASSWORD. YIPES! Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 13:10:01 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950816130915.12721E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> <40sqd4$d6u@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <40sqd4$d6u@decaxp.harvard.edu> see what I mean? I was wrong (and also silly for not checking through the rest of the new posts) glad to hear it worked out sorry for posting drivel TjL On 16 Aug 1995, Paul F. Bergen wrote: > > Thanks to the replies to my urgent query. Taking the battery out > worked just fine. > > -- Paul > >
From: perkins@sidney.cps.msu.edu (Stephen J. Perkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SUMMARY:: PPP2.2 as a server Date: 19 Aug 1995 13:50:53 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <414q7t$1cls@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <9508180502.AA00263@borg.yorku.ca> Alykhan Jetha (aj@borg.yorku.ca) wrote: : I posted: : >Folks, : >I need to establish a PPP link between two NeXT boxes. I assume : >that it would not be very complex. Both these machines are currently : >running PPP2.2 just fine. They connect to service providers without : >any problems. What would I need to do to change one of those : >machines so that the other one can dial in and connect using PPP??? : >Any help at all would be greated appreciated!! : It turned out to be quite simple. The best thing to do is to checkout : http://www.thoughtport.com/ : : All the answers are there!! Yikes.... that URL should be: http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/ - Steve ============================================================== Stephen J. Perkins | perkins@cps.msu.edu Dept. of Comp. Science | NeXT, MIME, finger for PGP Michigan State University | NeXT OS 3.2 using PPP-2.2
From: borrel@mashallah (Borre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Metamail for NeXT? Date: 19 Aug 1995 16:31:37 GMT Organization: Ostfold College Message-ID: <4153l9$cbq@fenris.hiof.no> I use tin to read News - sometimes I am asked if I want to use Mime tools to read article. It then complains that Metmail was not found. Is MetaMail available for my machine? - Barre -- Barre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/ludvigsen/ finger: borrel@mashallah.ludvigsen.hiof.no
From: borrel@mashallah (Borre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sound freezes my Cube Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 19 Aug 1995 16:32:34 GMT Organization: Ostfold College Message-ID: <4153n2$cbq@fenris.hiof.no> References: <40ncn6$399@fenris.hiof.no> The problem was in my SoundBox - I changed it and it worked. - barrei Borre Ludvigsen (borrel@abdallah) wrote: : Coming back from vacation, I discovered that my Dimensions Cube had : died. The hardware daignostisc stopped at "sound out" during the : startup process. After disabling the sound out test in the monitor, : the : machine does boot, but any attempt to make sound causes it to freeze : completely. : How do I go about disabling sound completely so I can use the machine : - or better yet, what has gone wrong and does one fix it? : (Mail answers appreciated!) : - Barre : Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/~borrel : finger: borrel@abdallah.hiof.no -- Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/ludvigsen/ finger: borrel@mashallah.ludvigsen.hiof.no
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Version 8.6.12 Message-ID: <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 13:09:32 GMT Reply-To: alby@empire.org Distribution: na,usa,world Who wanted to know if Sendmail 8.6.12 worked? [alby@empire.org(tcsh)#:123] /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0 Version 8.6.12 SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf): (short domain name) $w = empire.org (canonical domain name) $j = empire.org Works for me... -Alby
From: kris@thought.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files Date: 19 Aug 1995 19:52:04 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> References: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> In Apps to hear .wav files comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x4af980> writes, > I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? > If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? I'm using Sean Luke's excellent Resound.app. .................................kris
From: Arvind Soni <asoni@servtech.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT's unix talk wont work... Date: 19 Aug 1995 21:34:08 GMT Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Message-ID: <415lcg$20v@murphy.servtech.com> I had the same problem when I first set up my ppp account. Everytime I tried to use talk I would get an error: talk: jeckle: Can't figure out network address. After much tinkering, I got rid of the problem by running HostManager and creating a new host. That solved all my problems, link wise that is :-). This is what I did: 1) run Hostconfig and select Host->New 2) enter your computer name in the specified field 3) enter your full computer name with your domain name in the alias field i.e. computerName.domain.com 4) Also, I added my ip address, computer name and alias to my /etc/hosts file using the same format as the examples there. I then rebooted and now I am able to talk whenever my connection is up. There is one minor porblem, though... if you try to use talk without being linked to your nameserver or to the net, it will give you an error can't create socket. You can probably fix that by playing with rc.local, /etc/named.boot and configure your DNS, but as for me I don't really talk to myself... not much anyway :). Hope it works..... :)
From: johnbach@net (Restrict) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Government Restricts Internet!! Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 21:58:15 GMT Organization: Netcom Distribution: world Message-ID: <415mmu$7a2@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> SPEAK UP AMERICA -- MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT Question: Should the United States Government interfere and put restrictions on the use of the Internet?? CALL: 1-900-945-5600 ext 163 and cast your vote. Cost: $1.98 per call (NOT per minute) Call Today Must be 18+/Touch Tones Only InfoService/Studio City, CA/213-993-3366 Results of this survey will be compiled and sent to members of the House and Senate. Thank you for casting your vote and for making your voice heard.
Date: 19 Aug 1995 22:08:08 GMT From: johnbach@net (Restrict) Message-ID: <cancel.415mmu$7a2@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <415mmu$7a2@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Control: cancel <415mmu$7a2@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Spam cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
From: davids@primate (David Slotnick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another sendmail question Date: 20 Aug 1995 00:05:15 GMT Organization: Tezcat.COM, Chicago Message-ID: <415u7r$o1v@quilla.tezcat.com> References: <40qrv4$2lq@news.tamu.edu> Colin, My fix for this problem is to change ruleset 11 in sendmail.subsidiary.cf from: S11 R$*<@$+>$* $@$1<@$2>$3 already ok R$+ $@$1<@$w> tack on our hostname to: S11 R$+ $@<$S> reply via slip/ppp account Ruleset 11 gets invoked on the sender's address for messages sent via the "ether" delivery agent. The above rule replaces the sender's address (whatever it might be, see below) and replaces it with the definition of the "S" macro, which I define at the top of the file: # slip/ppp account DSslotnick@tezcat.com There are two problems with this solution. First, it won't work if you have multiple users on your home machine; this rule affects everything handled by the "ether" mailer regardless of the sender's UNIX login. Second, it won't handle UUCP mail, because in that case the sender's address is handled by ruleset 13, not ruleset 11. Actually, it won't handle anything but TCP mail. These are problems for me, but they may be for you. In any case, I hope this helps. --- *** David Slotnick *** NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Consultant/Analyst Primary email: dls@fnbc.com Secondary: slotnick@tezcat.com Mobile: DSlotnick@eworld.com colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) wrote: > I have two nextstep machines, one permanently on the net, one only sporadically via ppp. I'd like mail sent from user@off_net.tamu.edu to be sent out as if it is from user@on_net.tamu.edu because the user accounts on the off_net machine also appear on the on_net machine. > I thought this would be a simple matter of putting Djon_net into the sendmail.cf file for the off_net machine. But this seems to have no effect. I'm using sendmail.subsidiary.cf as supplied by NeXT which has this comment: > # my fully qualified hostname, $j, is now set by sendmail internally > Does this mean that $j can't be manually overridden in the way that I'm trying to do it? > Thanks! > > Colin Allen > colin.allen@tamu.edu > -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: davids@primate (David Slotnick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another sendmail question Date: 20 Aug 1995 00:09:28 GMT Organization: Tezcat.COM, Chicago Message-ID: <415ufo$o1v@quilla.tezcat.com> References: <40qrv4$2lq@news.tamu.edu> <415u7r$o1v@quilla.tezcat.com> davids@primate (David Slotnick) wrote: > There are two problems with this solution. First, it won't work if you have multiple users on your home machine; this rule affects everything handled by the "ether" mailer regardless of the sender's UNIX login. Second, it won't handle UUCP mail, because in that case the sender's address is handled by ruleset 13, not ruleset 11. Actually, it won't handle anything but TCP mail. These are ----> problems <------ for me, but they may be for you. That is, "these are *not* problems for me, but they may be for you." Time for a caffeine break. > --- > *** David Slotnick > *** NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Consultant/Analyst > Primary email: dls@fnbc.com > Secondary: slotnick@tezcat.com > Mobile: DSlotnick@eworld.com
From: scott@finite-tech.com (Scott A. Henderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail config ***HELP*** Date: 20 Aug 1995 00:50:42 GMT Organization: Internet Alaska, Inc. Message-ID: <4160t2$bl2@calvino.alaska.net> I am having trouble reconfiguring my sendmail for our new network configuration. New config is as follows. We have an firewalled system with our NeXT computers and others on the internal net and our mail host (non-NeXT) in te DMZ. I am using a NeXT Cube with 3.3 as the mail relay host internally but now that it is a mail relay it is having trouble forwarding mail to internal users that only have a user mail box or address on the mail host located in the DMZ. I have worked with this for quite some time and do not want to have to hack the sendmail files if it isn't necessary. I have also tried quite a few different combinations for the mail configuration. I think I am still able to recieve mail, and I can send it it just isn't handling the address rewritting properly any longer. I generally end up with a return address that has only the user name and the machine but no domain. Eventually I would like to include machine hiding but that seems to be a long way away at this time. I would appreciate any help that can be provided. Scott
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: another sendmail question Date: 20 Aug 1995 02:57:32 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <4168as$nrv@news.tamu.edu> References: <40qrv4$2lq@news.tamu.edu> <415u7r$o1v@quilla.tezcat.com> <415ufo$o1v@quilla.tezcat.com> David: Or the solution that was kindly suggested by someone else (thanks Doug!): Djsnaefell.tamu.edu and then substitute "j" for "w" in Rule 11. This works great for multiple users. Colin -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: kline@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nick Kline) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: ZyXEL Elite 2864i, ISDN and NeXTSTEP Date: 19 Aug 1995 23:13:07 -0700 Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ Message-ID: <416jpj$lfc@cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu> References: <DDFAu7.454@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> In article <DDFAu7.454@touga.vd.alphanet.ch>, <jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> wrote: >Hi, > >I finally received my ZyXEL Elite 2864i and would like to know a few >things : I've seen postings by someone who said they were going to write a driver for the parallel port for an intel machine. did anyone ever do that? -nick
From: neuss@igd.fhg.de (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP-Client needed: which one?? Date: 20 Aug 95 12:11:48 GMT Organization: IGD Darmstadt Message-ID: <neuss.808920708@coricopat> References: <411mqn$26v@infosrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de> pollak@pluto.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de (Armin Pollak) writes: >Dear NeXT-users, >due to our system environement I need a popclient for our NeXT-Cube >to read the mail from a UNIX host via POP3-Daemon. >So far I didn't find anyone. >Is there such a POP-Client for NeXT? PopOver.app, at an ftp server a few kilometers from you ;-) Check out http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/index-e.html Rgds, Chris -- "I ride tandem with a random.." Christian Neuss # Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Wilhelminenstr.7 # 64283 Darmstadt # Germany # P+++>+++++ (sic) e-mail: neuss@igd.fhg.de http://www.igd.fhg.de/~neuss/me.html
From: steved@bankone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Limited Account Date: 20 Aug 1995 16:33:34 GMT Organization: Bank One Distribution: world Message-ID: <417o4u$9gv@natasha.bankone.com> I need to set up an account that a number of folks can access to put/get files via ftp. Is there any way to restrict the users to ftp only and to keep them from using telnet? I also want to make sure that they can only get to the user directory and no others. Thanks in advance! Steve --- Steve Dieringer NeXTMail: steved@bankone.com Group Product Manager, Electronic Commerce Product & Technology Management, 1140 Bank One, Columbus, NA Columbus, OH 43271-1140 Phone: (614) 248-3019
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com.vtls.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Limited Account Date: 20 Aug 1995 19:54:15 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <4183t7$eqp@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <417o4u$9gv@natasha.bankone.com> steved@bankone.com wrote: > I need to set up an account that a number of folks can access to put/get files > via ftp. > Is there any way to restrict the users to ftp only and to keep them from using > telnet? I also want to make sure that they can only get to the user directory > and no others. > Thanks in advance! > Steve > --- > Steve Dieringer NeXTMail: steved@bankone.com > Group Product Manager, Electronic Commerce > Product & Technology Management, 1140 > Bank One, Columbus, NA > Columbus, OH 43271-1140 Phone: (614) 248-3019 Look at the man page for "ftpd" for starter's. Hope it helps. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: elm... someone asked about it... Date: 20 Aug 1995 06:53:11 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: world Message-ID: <416m4n$c7n@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Unbelievable... elm version 2.4 compiles under NeXTStep 3.3!!! Guys... there are some more changes to be made during the Configure questions and changes to the configure.sh... but it is definitely possible. USE bsd flag and the fwritable-strings and there are some more changes. but it can and has been done!
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 35 standard PostScript fonts Date: 21 Aug 1995 01:44:15 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <418odf$b9k@canton.charm.net> Okay, now that I finally have a printer, I've detirmined to get the at least all the fonts that my printer has - the 35 standard. In the directory /usr/lib/transcript NeXTSTEP (3.3) has the afm files for all of these fonts. Now where do I get the screen fonts for all of these? jas
From: pred@eecs.nwu.edu (Pred Bundalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: amd: the BSD4.4 automounter Date: 21 Aug 1995 02:26:47 GMT Organization: EE/CS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Message-ID: <418qt7$3da@news.eecs.nwu.edu> Has anyone gotten amd (upl-102) successfully running on NS 3.3 black? I had a small but critical problem getting it compiled. The daemon runs but it doesn't mount any volumes. For instance, /files/src should be automounted to /vol/src for example when you cd to there. Here's what I think is the problem and was the major change I had to make to get amd compiled: The header file /NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/nfs/nfs_mount.h has the following #ifdef structure at the top of the file: #ifdef KERNEL_BUILD #import <sun_nfs.h> #import <nfs_client.h> #else KERNEL_BUILD #import <mach/features.h> #endif KERNEL_BUILD The problem is that "features.h" does not exist anywhere in the /NextDeveloper/Headers directory tree. I commented out the #import but amd and it's accompanying programs compiled without complaint. I checked the NextAnswers archive but couldn't find anything relating to this file missing. Suggestions appreciated. -- `,`,`,`,` Pred S. Bundalo `,`,`,`,`,`,`,` Pred_Bundalo@eecs.nwu.edu `,`,`,` `,`,`,`, EE/CS Department `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,` Office: +1 708 491-8140 `,`,`,` `,`,`, Northwestern University ,`,`,`,`,`,`,`, FAX: +1 708 491-4455 `,`,`,` `,`,`,`, Evanston, Illinois `,`,`,`, http://web.eecs.nwu.edu/~pred/ `,`,`,`
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP LaserJet 5MP PPD Date: 21 Aug 1995 02:25:07 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <418qq3$fjc@canton.charm.net> I finally found out what SoftPC is good for! Since I just recently purchased a new HP LaserJet 5MP printer and have noticed that neither HP nor Adobe have the 5MP PPD file on their ftp sites, I'm willing to post the file or place it on an ftp site if need be. I've check throught the source of the file, and there is no mention of violations to the CopyRight if I do post it. I haven't hacked through any of it, but it seems to be in a better format that the LaserJet 4x series that ships with NEXTSTEP 3.3. Even though the header does say for Windows only (just like all of the other HP PPD files in /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes). And yes, I had to use SoftPC to extract the file from the Windows install format, the Macintosh disk that came with the printer also had the file the Mac Installer package. (I hate that doze not-really-compressed but unreadable format for all of their setup crap.) jas
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 21 Aug 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <41918f$dot@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfiles are getting HUGE! Date: 20 Aug 1995 01:43:05 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <4163v9$kfh@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <DDD4q6.M1n@ritz.mordor.com> hocker@ritz.mordor.com (Matthew Hocker) wrote: > I'm not sure if this even makes sense, but I checked my swapfiles > out yesterday, and they took up more space than the disk had on > it! My swap/temp/news drive is 105mb, and the swapfiles were over > 145mb! You're saying "swapfiles". What do you mean by that? Do you mean: (60) ls -l /private/vm/swapfile* -rw------t 1 root 40026112 Aug 19 21:38 /private/vm/swapfile -rw------t 1 root 63102976 Aug 19 21:38 /private/vm/swapfile.front These two files? If so, there's really only one file on the disk. "swapfile.front" is how much virtual memory you are using, but that's compressed a bit before being written to the disk. The file named "swapfile" is how much disk space is really being used up by your virtual memory needs. It's not clear if that's what you meant by swapfile*S*, though. > First off, this shouldn't happen. My lowat and hiwat are both > set at 32mb. But still, the swapfile seems to grow until it takes > all available space. This occurs often with OmniWeb. How do you have those set? Make sure you don't have a blank between the lowat and hiwat settings. Which version of OmniWeb are you using? More importantly, which version of OmniImageFilter are you using? An older version of OmniImageFilter had a problem which would use up virtual memory when viewing images. That's been fixed in OmniImageFilter for awhile though. OmniImageFilter would probably be sitting in your /LocalLibrary/Services or ~/Library/Services folder. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: charlesa@mpn.com (Charles Ashley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: literature.pkg & NS 3.3 Date: 20 Aug 1995 23:15:54 GMT Organization: MatriX Publishing Network Message-ID: <418fna$6br@nebula.mpn.com> Hi - I've got NS/intel 3.3 which is lacking literature.pkg. The CDROM doesn't seem to have it either. But NS/I 3.2 has it. However, when I try to install literature.pkg from 3.2 onto my 3.3 system, installer.app says it will overwrite newer files. Does anyone have any idea if this is a bad idea? I'm afraid it's going to change webster 3.3 or raise some other unforseen problem. Thx in advance, C. charlesa@mpn.com
From: albrecht@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE.uni-paderborn.de (Paul Albrecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: PC-Network and NeXT server? Date: 21 Aug 1995 10:05:04 GMT Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany Message-ID: <419log$jsn@news.uni-paderborn.de> Keywords: PC NeXT server PCNFS Hello! I try to build up a network consisting of a few PC's running MS-DOS and a NeXT as a server (NS 3.3 running on Intel Pentium). In conjunction with Linux i'm using a pcnfsd to connect the PC's to the server, but i can't find a similar solution for NeXTSTEP! I doesn't want to install Novell Netware or something like that on the PC's. Any solutions available for this kind of problem or is there a port of Suns pcnfsd to NS? Thanks in advance. Paul -- ====================================================================== | Paul Albrecht %% | | %% email=albrecht@uni-paderborn.de | | University of Paderborn %% NeXTmail accepted | ======================================================================
From: leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au (Leigh Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: hostid on non-networked Intel boxes Date: 21 Aug 1995 11:03:19 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia, Department of Computer Science Message-ID: <419p5n$a8g@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au> Hi all, Has anyone found a workaround to the situation that running Intel NS (3.2) without a network card returns hostid's of 0x0? I can't get hostid to assign a value either (I expect it is disabled so as to only read from the low four bytes of the ethernet card identifier). I tried running a small C program to sethostid() but it returns -1. Both of these were done as root. Any pearls of wisdom? Thanks --- Leigh Smith NeXTMail: leigh@cs.uwa.edu.au Computer Science Dept Phone: +61-9-380-1945,Fax:+61-9-380-1089 University of Home NeXTMail:leigh@psychokiller.dialix.oz.au Western Australia Home Phone: +61-9-382-3071 *--=----=----=----=----=----=---====---=----=----=----=----=----=----=--*
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files Message-ID: <DDnx4F.DAD@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 13:21:51 GMT In article <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> kris@thought.com writes: > In Apps to hear .wav files comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x4af980> writes, > > > I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? > > If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? > > I'm using Sean Luke's excellent Resound.app. > > .................................kris and I'm having a lot of fun with GISO.app -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
From: roffel@biw-ag.de (Lee Roffel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: 21 Aug 1995 13:12:47 GMT Organization: BIW Systemhaus Message-ID: <41a0of$d1u@next01.biw-ag.de> References: <410krs$3mj@mark.ucdavis.edu> Similar topic, different question... Anybody have any suggestions how to keep my HP-UX server (which exports all the /Local and /Users directories) and the many NeXT computers sync'd??? My NetInfo server syncs all of the workstations... but the file server drifts off a few minutes now and then... and then there are compile problems, because the timestamp on the file may be a minute or two different than the compiled file.. and the newly saved file will not be processed. I have searched all of my HP-UX docs for some 'time' reference... but to no avail. Any suggestions would be Greatly appreciated. ciao... .. Lee -- Lee Roffel NeXTMail: roffel@biw-ag.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) Subject: Printing a directory listing Message-ID: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ad244@freenet.carleton.ca (Orrin C. Kerr) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:58:36 GMT How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? I know how to get a listing of a directory using a terminal session and the Unix commands cd and ls. That's what I showed to one of my users who came to me asking how she could print out a directory listing. While the Unix weeny way works (hmmm. How alliterative.), I would rather that my users were *not* poking about in terminal sessions where they can do Bad Things. Does anyone know of a way to print the File Broser lists? TIA -- Orrin C. Kerr ad244@freenet.carleton.ca All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: root@music.gla.ac.uk Subject: Re: Version 8.6.12 Message-ID: <DDo5vt.DMq@udcf.gla.ac.uk> Sender: news@udcf.gla.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow University Computing Service References: <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:31:02 GMT In article <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> writes: > Reply-To: alby@empire.org > Distribution: na,usa,world > > > > Who wanted to know if Sendmail 8.6.12 worked? > > [alby@empire.org(tcsh)#:123] /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0 > Version 8.6.12 > SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf): > (short domain name) $w = empire.org > (canonical domain name) $j = empire.org > > Works for me... And what about the .cf files? Where did you get them from? For me to do our site I'm looking for a .cf to replace the standard /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf and one to replace a doctored /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf Do these (or at least the sharedsubsidiary) come with the 8.6.12 package? > -Alby Stephen Brandon _____________________________________________________ Systems Administator, Department of Music, e-mail: sbrandon@music.gla.ac.uk 14 University Gardens, (NeXT mail welcomed) University of Glasgow, Tel: +44 (0)141 330 6065 Glasgow. Fax: +44 (0)141 307 8018
From: blindsey@heimdall (Ben Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files Date: 21 Aug 1995 17:58:14 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <41ahfm$q5p@news.onramp.net> References: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) wrote: >Hi, >I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? >If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? >Thanks in advance, >Shaun. >-- Try GISO.app. Garbage in sound out. Uses sox. Ben Lindsey Bifrost Workstations, Inc blindsey@onramp.net
From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin Subject: Re: Automatic Reply Date: 21 Aug 95 17:54:42 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Trier, Germany Message-ID: <bern.809027682@TI.Uni-Trier.DE> References: <40vhp7$q22@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <40vhp7$q22@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) writes: >In article <40t4b4$m2b@caladan.restena.lu> wrote: >>I want to set up the follwoing: >>Someone should mail to a user (which doesn't exist) and get >>a file (an answer) automatically send. How do I do that? >>mail info@cordis.lu >>and I send him back the result of the command ls -l Now, do you want that for the NeXT (which I don't know) or SUNs? For SUNs (actually for any Unix/sendmail-based System), I recommend the following: -- Get procmail, install it as your local Delivery Agent, if you don't have it yet. (Believe me, you'll ask yourself how you ever could do without pretty soon.) -- Assumed that the Guy who will maintain the Data is User willy, create info as a Mail Alias to willy. -- Let this User have a .procmailrc that recognizes Mail sent to the Alias, extracts the Return Address, runs a Script that retrieves the Data, and sends the Output to the Address. Why not "the usual" Method of piping the Mail into a Script directly, you ask? Because: -- It's hard to write a Script that does this *safely*, procmail will be run as User willy with the above Setup -- It's even harder to do something that will do proper File Locking, with procmail you'll get that by simply asking for it -- Clear Responsibility for maintaining the Data -- You can easily convert to other Syntax Conventions, like "mail willy@here with Subject 'foobar'" The procmail Rule (newest procmail Version) will look quite like this: :0h * ^TO.*[^-_%A-Za-z0-9]info@([-_A-Za-z0-9]*\.|)cordis.lu | set ADDR="`/usr/local/bin/formail -rx To:`" ; \ $HOME/Mail/.autoreply/GetListing | /usr/openwin/bin/mail \ -s "[Autoreply] Info from info@cordis.lu" $ADDR (Assumed that a) cordis.lu is your Domain, and Mail might be send to info@somehost.cordis.lu as well, b) you have the Programs in the given Directories (formail comes with procmail)) >You could do this with Carl Edman's enhanced finger daemon (finger1.04 on the >NeXT archive sites). No he couldn't. Imagine a UUCP Site (or a Site from any other Mail Network not having Online Access) wanting to get at the Information. Regards, J. Bern -- / \/ bern@uni-trier.de (Size Limit!) | P.O. Box 1203 | Ham: \/\ / J. \ bern@ti.uni-trier.de (SUNAttachm.OK) | D-54202 Trier | DD0KZ / \ \Bern/ No Finger etc.; Use Mail (Subj. "##" for Autoreply List) and \ / \ /\ <A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~bern/">WWW</A>. /\/
From: sela@iastate.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dimension speed Date: 21 Aug 1995 18:25:30 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <41aj2q$f03@news.iastate.edu> I have a NeXT Dimension with 16 meg DRAM and 24 meg of RAM. I am constantly annoyed when using drawing packages by the time it takes to move and redraw some things. Would adding more DRAM take care of this problem? -- *******************IOWA***STATE***UNIVERSITY******************** * Brian Morrison sela@iastate.edu (NeXT Mail welcome!) * * --------------------------------------------------------- * * http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sela * ****************************************************************
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sound freezes my Cube Date: 21 Aug 1995 17:33:08 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <41ag0k$729@news.its.com> References: <40ncn6$399@fenris.hiof.no> borrel@abdallah (Borre Ludvigsen) wrote: > How do I go about disabling sound completely so I can use the machine > - or better yet, what has gone wrong and does one fix it? I had the exact same problem a few years back. I was able to fix it by disassembling the monitor, de-dusting the sound board (and the rest of the monitor as well) thoroughly, and removing and replacing all connectors, which will solve contact oxidation problems. If that doesn't work, you can probably purchase a new sound board from Sam Goldberger of Spherical Solutions or Bell Atlantic. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: khader@lys.vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: failure setting up master netinfo server? Date: 15 Aug 1995 20:17:01 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <40qvbt$1qm@mindy.vnet.net> Hi there, I have three machines networked via ethernet two are next and one NT, I am trying to setup one to be the Netinfo master. Following the documentations: . I disconnect the master to be machine from the network. . start simple network starter app and select be a server. . choose options.. . build /etc/netinfo does not create the directory network.nibd and when I try to start the machine again after connecting to the ethernet again it complains about not been able to connect to the parent netinfo host. Is'nt it suppose to be the parent netinfo machine? Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net .
From: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need Sugestion on SCSI I/O interface Card. Date: 21 Aug 1995 22:00:24 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> Hi, I am interested in purchasing a fast SCSI Hard drive and interface card. Is it possible that you could give me some advice on which Interface I/O card will give me the fastest performance. Please reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks. Thanks, Thomas tgo@wsc.com
From: stanifor@helvellyn (Stuart Staniford-Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: 21 Aug 1995 21:00:54 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <41as66$o2o@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <410krs$3mj@mark.ucdavis.edu> <41a0of$d1u@next01.biw-ag.de> Lee Roffel (roffel@biw-ag.de) wrote: : Similar topic, different question... : Anybody have any suggestions how to keep my HP-UX server : (which exports all the /Local and /Users directories) : and the many NeXT computers sync'd??? : My NetInfo server syncs all of the workstations... but the file server : drifts off a few minutes now and then... and then there are compile : problems, because the timestamp on the file may be a minute or two : different than the compiled file.. and the newly saved file will not be : processed. : I have searched all of my HP-UX docs for some 'time' reference... but to : no avail. : Any suggestions would be Greatly appreciated. Does it have rdate? That's what we use to keep Sun's in sync. Stuart. -- =================================================================== Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor@cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, CA 95616 h:(916) 756-8697; w:(916) 754-8742 | and http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/ | N St Cohousing Community ====================================================================
From: warozzi@mmm.com (William A Rozzi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Why repeated "can't open NetInfo parent domain" in console? Date: 21 Aug 1995 14:16:59 GMT Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US Message-ID: <41a4gr$sqm@dawn.mmm.com> I'd thought I'd pose this question directly to the experts. After setting up the network on my new machine using SimpleNetworkStarter.app, I get messages like the following in the console every 4+ minutes: Aug 21 08:48:07 blackadder syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Aug 21 08:52:16 blackadder syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Aug 21 08:56:27 blackadder syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Aug 21 09:00:34 blackadder syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain This is the only NeXTSTEP (intel) machine in a sea of Macs, Suns, etc. The SNS settings were 1. "Use the network, ..." (first of 3 options) 2. (set hostname, IP address, and all the options on the "Other Network Information" panel to appropriate values; "Limit access..." box was checked.) 3. This section is/was dsabled. I don't seem to have any problems with network-related activities; only this annoying message. Any advice on eliminating it is appreciated. Regards, Bill Rozzi warozzi@mmm.com
From: nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS-to-NS network printing? Date: 22 Aug 1995 00:12:08 -0400 Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Message-ID: <41bleo$3s4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> I have a printer hanging off a NS/I machine on a mixed network. I've successfully gotten other Unix hosts to print to it over the network, but I don't know how to go about setting up network printing from other NS machines. I assume you have to mess around with NetInfo.. I remember reading something about setting the 'rs' property or something on the other machines. I guess you would have to set up a new NetInfo domain on the machine with the printer, and export it somehow? I don't know how to administrate with NetInfo, and have no documentation. Could anyone help? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Michael_Chan@compugraph.com.sg (Michael Chan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: PC-Network and NeXT server? Date: 22 Aug 1995 05:46:22 GMT Organization: Technet, Singapore Message-ID: <41bqve$7f1@raffles.technet.sg> References: <419log$jsn@news.uni-paderborn.de> In article <419log$jsn@news.uni-paderborn.de> albrecht@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE.uni-paderborn.de (Paul Albrecht) writes: : In conjunction : with Linux i'm using a pcnfsd to connect the PC's to the server, but : i can't find a similar solution for NeXTSTEP! : Any solutions available for this kind of problem or is there a port : of Suns pcnfsd to NS? I think the NS version is called RPC.PCNFSD rather than PCNFSD. The command line is the spool directory. --- , , ** /( )` *** Michael Chan \ \___ / | *** Compugraph International Pte Ltd /- _ `-/ ' *** E-Mail : Michael_Chan@compugraph.com.sg (/\/ \ \ /\ *** (NeXTMail on NeXTStep UNIX) / / | ` \ O O ) / | `-^--'`< ' (_.) _ ) / `.___/` / ___ `-----' / |\ | __ \ / | <----. __ / __ \ | \ | |__ X | <----|====O)))==) \) /==== | \| |__ / \ | <----' `--' `.__,' \ | | \ / /\ ______( (_ / \______/ ,' ,-----' | `--{__________)
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: bootstrap registers? Date: 22 Aug 1995 09:13:10 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <41c736$53c@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Now that my NeXT-3.3FIP seems to die with a kernel trap close after reboot every tenth (or so) reboot, I have to try to figure out what is going on has begun. NeXT's kernel trap window is so large and has such wonderfully informative messages that this is a pure joy. (and of course, there is no log to disk anymore) On a successful boot at 7pm and following log in at 9am, I just got Aug 21 19:01:11 next reboot: Reboot complete Aug 21 19:01:15 next loginwindow[213]: bootstrap_register failed - -102 Aug 21 19:01:15 next loginwindow[213]: bootstrap_register failed - -102 Aug 21 19:01:19 next loginwindow[213]: Checking for DOS partitioned disk Aug 22 09:30:28 next loginwindow[213]: bootstrap_register failed - -102 Aug 22 09:30:28 next loginwindow[213]: register_port_with_nmserver, netname_check_in failed - -102 Aug 22 09:30:28 next loginwindow[213]: bootstrap_register failed - -102 Aug 22 09:30:28 next loginwindow[213]: register_port_with_nmserver, netname_check_in failed - -102 Now, what does this mean? (I am running only local netinfo, and am plugged into some standard Internet/Ethernet system here. My name server seems to work just fine, too.) Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for App to monitor printer use... Message-ID: <1995Aug22.120108.2963@queens-belfast.ac.uk> From: alcorn@walt.music.qub.ac.uk (Michael Alcorn) Date: 22 Aug 95 12:01:07 GMT Does anyone know of an app (preferably free) which can monitor use of a NeXT Printer and notify the System Administrator of the number of copies each user has made every 3 - 4 weeks... Thanks for any help on this... Michael Alcorn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: ERROR: Execution: Exit status 1 for from field with 2 '@' (Summary) Message-ID: <DDI965.nr@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <DD5EAn.LL@euler.hnv.icem.de> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:56:28 GMT Thanks for the responses. What I received was a) Try aliasing "nobody" to yourself in netinfo. (May not work since you're using uucp.) b) Read the O'Reilly "sendmail" book, ISBN 1-56592-056-2. You would be well advised to upgrade your system from NeXT's somewhat antiquated version of sendmail to UCB sendmail 8.6.12 "The latest version of sendmail is kept on FTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU, directory /ucb/sendmail; check there for the latest revision." Thanks, guys. Juergen In article <DD5EAn.LL@euler.hnv.icem.de> js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) writes: > I run the original *mail combination that came with NS3.0, upgraded to NS3.2. > > Whenever I receive mail with a From: filed containing two '@' such as > @domain:user@site the mail does not get delivered. > > What really annoys me is that the actual contents of the incoming mail simply > gets thrown away. There is no way for me afaik to get the text of the original message. > The sender gets informed : > Subject: Execution failed > > Message from UUCP on euler Fri Aug 11 14:13:45 1995 > > Execution request failed: > rmail js@euler.hnv.icem.de > Standard error output was: > sh: @domain:user@site: cannot open > > but to what avail: > He cannot reach me anyway. > > So big question is : > Is there a way to alter *mail behaviour in a way which makes it possible to > actually see the contents of the discarded mail? I'd rather not install a > new *mail combination if possible. > > Oh, I am the sysadmin of this slab so altering configuration is possible. > > Juergen --- Fon ++49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome Fax ++49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when a wine's class matters more than its taste, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names?
From: dcl@panix.com (David C. Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix Subject: NS/Motrola net security measures Date: 22 Aug 1995 10:15:58 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> Hi. I am trying to secure a NS/Motorola machine running NS 3.3. I have taken the following measures: 1. installed tcp_wrappers 2. disabled fingerd, rexd 3. installed a secure portmapper 4. disabled non-root usage of rdist 5. set the sticky bit on /tmp 6. installed wu-ftpd (better ftp daemon) 7. upgraded sendmail to v8.6.9 What's left? - David C. Lambert dcl@homer.uu.panix.com
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS-to-NS network printing? Date: 22 Aug 1995 14:26:39 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <41cpev$201@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <41bleo$3s4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> In article <41bleo$3s4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) writes: > I have a printer hanging off a NS/I machine on a mixed network. I've > successfully gotten other Unix hosts to print to it over the network, > but I don't know how to go about setting up network printing from other > NS machines. I assume you have to mess around with NetInfo.. I > remember reading something about setting the 'rs' property or something > on the other machines. I guess you would have to set up a new NetInfo > domain on the machine with the printer, and export it somehow? I don't > know how to administrate with NetInfo, and have no documentation. > Could anyone help? > -- We have a NeXTDimension machine with a NeXT 400 dpi printer attached to it. We print from other NEXTSTEP machines [Intel/Motorola/HP] in our network using the following steps: ON_PRINT_CLIENT: Step 1. make a file /etc/printcap.remote and add - **Start Insert** Net_Next_Printer|Net_Next_Printer:\ :lp=:rm=<host_name_of_print_server_machine>:rp=<Printer_LocalName_on_Prin t_Server>:sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Net_Next_Printer>:\ :ty=NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer: **End Insert** Step 2. issue: niload printcap . < printcap.remote ON_PRINT_SERVER Step 1.Add print client machine to /etc/hosts.lpd Step 2.Add print client machine to /etc/hosts.equiv This might be an outdated and not-so-clean procedure [but has worked fine for us]. Hope this helps ... Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc. Blacksburg VA
From: strange@tezcat.com (Mike Scher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: NS/Motrola net security measures Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix Date: 22 Aug 1995 15:29:30 GMT Organization: Cultural Consulting, Chicago Message-ID: <41ct4q$92d@quilla.tezcat.com> References: <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> David C. Lambert (dcl@panix.com) wrote: : Hi. : I am trying to secure a NS/Motorola machine : running NS 3.3. I have taken the following : measures: : 1. installed tcp_wrappers : 2. disabled fingerd, rexd : 3. installed a secure portmapper : 4. disabled non-root usage of rdist : 5. set the sticky bit on /tmp : 6. installed wu-ftpd (better ftp daemon) : 7. upgraded sendmail to v8.6.9 : What's left? Check your tcp_wrapper access lists (with tcpdchk and tcpdmatch). Improve logging generally; organize it with the syslogd.conf (if you have one). Install MD5 and generate a hash for all critical binaries and config files, and store on write-protected (read-only) medium, offline. Firewall the portmapper and NFS ports (111, 2049) at the routers. Test your wu-ftp for the SITE EXEC hole. Upgrade your sendmail again, or disable ident checking in the 8.6.9 code. Better to just upgrade to the latest release. Oh, there's probably a lot more.... The work is never done. -Mike -- Michael Brian Scher (MS683) | Anthropologist, Attorney, Part-Time Guru http://www.tezcat.com/~strange/ | strange@cultural.com strange@tezcat.com | mbscher@midway.uchicago.edu I'm a legal anthropologist; what's an illegal anthropologist?
From: willers@butp.unibe.ch (Moritz Willers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for App to monitor printer use... Date: 22 Aug 1995 16:29:12 GMT Message-ID: <41d0ko$ltp@aragorn.unibe.ch> References: <1995Aug22.120108.2963@queens-belfast.ac.uk> writes > Does anyone know of an app (preferably free) which can monitor use of a > NeXT Printer and notify the System Administrator of the number of copies > each user has made every 3 - 4 weeks... > netinfo + pac will help you. Have a look at the manpages. -- Moritz Willers Institute of Theoretical Physics Sidlerstrasse 5 3012 Bern, Switzerland willers@butp.unibe.ch (NeXTMail, MIME)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hewett@offis.uni-oldenburg.de (Andrew Hewett) Subject: Intel GX-Pro Sound Recording Problems Organization: Kuratorium OFFIS e.V. Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:04:24 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Keywords: Intel-GX-Pro, Sound Sender: news@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE System: Intel GX-Pro (486/66) with on-board sound chip, IDE Disk, Intel EtherExpress Ethernet Card, NEXTSTEP 3.3. We have never previously used the sound recording capabilities, only sound playback. Playback functions perfectly, but recording only works occasionaly. We get the same effects with the NextMail and Sound applications. Recording a sound works approximately 50% of the time. When recording fails, the graphic meter usually shows that a signal is being received but no sound gets recorded. However, the graphic meter sometimes shows no activity at all. Can anyone please comment on their experiences with sound recording. Is the driver known to be buggy? Does recording work well for others? Many thanks, Andrew Hewett -- Andrew Hewett, PhD hewett@offis.uni-oldenburg.de Kuratorium OFFIS e.V. FB2 - Kommunikationssysteme Escherweg 2, Tel: +49 441 9722-145 D-26121 Oldenburg, Germany Fax: +49 441 9722-102
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bbaker@meretrx.com (Brian Baker) Subject: Taylor uucp config for TCP Message-ID: <1995Aug22.162157.16077@meretrx.com> Sender: bbaker@meretrx.com (Brian Baker) Organization: Operations Technologies, LLC Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:21:57 GMT Greetings, We're trying to get Taylor uucp (v1.05) to talk between the machines in our office (all connected via ethernet). I've read the applicable section of the manual and don't seem to have enough info to get it to work. If anyone has this working and would be willing to send me their configuration files, I'd be most grateful. Many thanks, Brian Baker. bbaker@technom.com
From: shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: NS/Motrola net security measures Date: 22 Aug 1995 20:21:26 -0000 Organization: Tembel's Hedonic Commune Message-ID: <41de86$djv@yage.tembel.org> References: <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-User: shields In article <41coqu$2tc@panix.com>, David C. Lambert <dcl@homer.uu.panix.com> wrote: > 7. upgraded sendmail to v8.6.9 You mean 8.6.12. -- Shields.
From: tracker@coho.halcyon.com (Russell Wilcoxon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need Sugestion on SCSI I/O interface Card. Date: 22 Aug 1995 18:13:28 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Message-ID: <41d6o8$219@news1.halcyon.com> References: <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) writes: >Hi, > I am interested in purchasing a fast SCSI Hard drive and interface > card. Is it possible that you could give me some advice on which > Interface I/O card will give me the fastest performance. Please > reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks. > >Thanks, >Thomas >tgo@wsc.com I find the Adaptec series to have features that I can't use with NSI. Definetly find out as much as you can before buying. -Russ
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: -v boot works, but plain one does not Date: 22 Aug 1995 21:50:27 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <41djf3$cbi@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Has anyone experienced the following symptom: Booting with the -v switch works just fine (well in 9 out of 10 boots), but letting it boot without the -v switch simply gets me a dead black-screen computer (immediately; I do not think I even see the first few configuration messages that still appear before the VGA switches mode). I am running a DELL XPS120 w/ a #9 GXE64Pro-PCI (supported in 1600*1200 mode). Any idea(s)? Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ARGHH! @$#%! Date: 22 Aug 1995 17:27:18 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <41d41m$qda@digdug.pencom.com> References: <4105gt$dbo@digdug.pencom.com> <411d31$4el@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: : The problem is that the dos filesystem ist not initialized : when you try to mount the partitions during bootup. I suppose : Workspace uses /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util to load and initialize : the dos filesystem. : I would try to figure out how Workspace calls this utility by : replacing it with a shellscript writing the command line words : to a file. This could be a starting point. Put this command : in you rc.fstab then. I received a private e-mail from Joe Keenan at NeXT (MANY THANKS)... He provided the following: You need to get the system to mount the partitions before you log in. In order to do that, it has to load the DOS file system, which is a loadable kernel server. This script should do what you want. Run it from rc.local or some such: #!/bin/sh # mount DOS filesystem if [ -f /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util ]; then (echo -n "DOS") >/dev/console BOOTDISK="`/etc/mount | grep \/dev\/..0a |\ awk '{print substr($1,6,3)}'`" /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util -p ${BOOTDISK} fixed writable if [ $? -eq 255 ]; then # if probe successful MNTPNT="/`cat /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.label`" (cd /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs; ./DOS.util -m ${BOOTDISK}\ ${MNTPNT} fixed writable) (echo -n " mounted as ${MNTPNT}") >/dev/console # export filesystem as needed (nidump exports . | awk '{print $1}' |\ grep "^${MNTPNT}$") > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exportfs ${MNTPNT} (echo -n " (and exported)") >/dev/console fi else (echo -n " not mounted.") >/dev/console fi (echo ".") >/dev/console fi I haven't had a chance to try this yet (I've been off-site for the last couple of days), but I will try it tomorrow. I'd bet money that it works... : : 2. Workspace manager _absolutely_ wants to format my 'linux' disk. Since it : Try to make an entry to /etc/fstab with ignore as the filesystem type : (as you did in the mount command). This worked for my linux partition. I did this... The fstab entry looks like this: /dev/sd1a /linuxswap ignore noauto 0 0 /dev/sd1b /linuxroot ignore noauto 0 0 I've also tried: /dev/rsd1a /linux ignore noauto 0 0 ^ (Note the "r" in the device name -- using the "raw" device...) And I've loaded _both_ setups into the "netinfo" DB (since '/etc/fstab' didn't seem to work...) Perhaps you could mail me your fstab entries for your linux disks? : : I realize these are tough problems -- but I am getting desparate and I just know : : someone out there has an idea that I haven't tried yet... : Hope that helps. Some... Mostly it's good to know that someone is willing to try (BTW, I've had pretty good responses so far -- only the one from Joe Keenan seems to cover the right bases though... Of course, he _is_ the guy who wrote the "Using mulitple OSes with NEXTSTEP" doc on NextAnswers...) : Send me mail if you had success. CCing you on this note... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: yves@claire (Yves Akakpo) Subject: funzip for NeXTstation Turbo Message-ID: <1995Aug23.000420.1928@yves.fdn.fr> Keywords: searching funzip Sender: news@yves.fdn.fr Organization: Individual Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 00:04:20 GMT Hello I buy Prime Time Texera whith a CDROM. Funzip can't uncompress file such as help.zip. There are somme lines below in response to funzip cmd: -claire> cp /CDROM/ctan/help/help.zip /yves/Developpe/texera -claire> funzip /yves/Developpe/texera/help.zip /usr/local/bin/funzip: syntax error at line 1: `)' unexpected -claire> I have NeXTstation Turbo (UNIX) whith csh. What's wrong? Any explanations are appreciated. Thankx Yves
From: petcher@moriah.covenant.edu.covenant.edu (Donald N. Petcher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: LOST HARDWARE PASSWORD. YIPES! Date: 22 Aug 1995 23:38:42 GMT Organization: I'm not really all that organized. Message-ID: <41dpq2$sq5@bunyan.covenant.edu> References: <40r2t4$6cp@decaxp.harvard.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950816130303.12721D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Isn't there a battery in the NeXTStation that you can simply remove so that the hardware password is forgotten, and then reset it? (Or don't.) (I would reply directly, but I didn't see the original post so I don't have the address.) Cheers, Don Petcher On 15 Aug 1995, Paul F. Bergen wrote: > I've inherited a NeXTstation and can't access ROM commands for a > manual fsck because someone set the hardware password and no one knows > what it is. > > Can someone advise as to how to recover from a lost hardware password? > > -- Paul > > > >
From: schurch@best.com (Sean Church) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding External SCSI hard drive Date: 23 Aug 1995 04:13:21 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <41e9t1$2sg@news1.best.com> References: <40sqks$d7g@decaxp.harvard.edu> In article <40sqks$d7g@decaxp.harvard.edu> bergen@finny.harvard.edu (Paul F. Bergen) writes: > > I'm trying to add an external 1GB scsi hard drive to my NeXTstation. > I had assumed this would a relatively simple task. > <snip> OK, from what you state, the SCSI ID isn't the conflict... is the external drive correctly terminated? (Not double terminated, as in a termination resistor pack on the drive internal to the housing, and one on the back of the housing for this external drive..). Most drives come with the termination resitor packs installed on the drive. Do you have anything else on the SCSI bus external to your system? What kind of hard drive is it? You may have to set some jumpers to get it to play with your NeXTstation. I did for my Fujitsu drives... I have a 1 Gig external on my NeXTstation. If your system bashes itself up trying to boot, then the fstab entry is farther down the line... you can't use that until you can boot your system with the drive configured correctly. Is your SCSI cable that goes from between your NeXTstation and the external drive good (no bent pins on the NeXTstation side of the connector?). I know, sounds dumb... it's been a problem in the past for me when I have been configuring systems... My best guess is that you have a drive that is for the mass market, so it's configured to run on a Macintosh. The common difference between SCSI for Mac and SCSI for NeXT is the Synchronous mode data transfer request setting (this is good for black hardware only, I guess it depends on the card you use in other systems). You want that jumper, if your drive has one, to be in the off position (disabled, whatever you call it). Pull the jumper. I'm not sure about SCSI bus parity... you can test it either way. ;-) Sean
From: nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: chfn equivalent? Date: 23 Aug 1995 00:28:49 -0400 Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Message-ID: <41eaq1$u96@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> Is there any way to get your phone number, office, etc. to appear when an account is fingered? Something like chfn.. editing the passwd file obviously won't work, because the accounts aren't even there. The netinfo(5) man page mentions various properties for the /user domain, but those aren't listed. Are they undocumented, or is it not possible? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS-to-NS network printing? Date: 23 Aug 1995 03:32:22 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University, CSIS Dept. Message-ID: <41e7g6$95j@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <41bleo$3s4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> In article <41bleo$3s4@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>, Nathan Urban <nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> wrote: >I have a printer hanging off a NS/I machine on a mixed network. I've >successfully gotten other Unix hosts to print to it over the network, >but I don't know how to go about setting up network printing from other >NS machines. I assume you have to mess around with NetInfo.. I It's really not too hard, and you don't have to mess with netinfo (too much). First your should read lpd(8) and printcap(5). On the machine with the printer you want to add entries in /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd for each machine you want to allow to print. On the remote NS machines make an /etc/printcap file and do a niload printcap . < /etc/printcap Here's what one entry from my printcap looks like: lp1|EOS Front Printer: \ :lp=:rm=walleye.csis.gvsu.edu:rp=lp1:sd=/usr/spool/lp1: \ :ty=NeXT 400 dpi Level II Printer: This printer is actually in an open lab on campus thirty miles from home so it's not too useful, but it does work. This should be pretty simple to change for other setups. Maybe I should setup an old printer on a machine and give global print access to it. Kind of an internet fax-machine. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: bresink@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Marcel Bresink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: -v boot works, but plain one does not Date: 23 Aug 1995 07:18:19 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Message-ID: <41eknr$3mr@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <41djf3$cbi@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> This is a known bug. NEXTSTEP doesn't like the combination of the Intel Triton chipset and some S3-based graphic cards during boot phase. There is no real work-around yet. But you can have your computer always boot in -v mode by changing the value "Boot Graphics" in /private/Drivers/i386/System.config from "Yes" to "No". Marcel --- Marcel Bresink, University of Koblenz, Computer Graphics Lab, Institute for Computer Science Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: -v boot works, but plain one does not Date: 23 Aug 1995 12:17:29 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <41f68p$cl3@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <41djf3$cbi@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ivo Welch (ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk) wrote: : Has anyone experienced the following symptom: : Booting with the -v switch works just fine (well in 9 out of 10 boots), but : letting it boot without the -v switch simply gets me a dead black-screen : computer (immediately; I do not think I even see the first few configuration : messages that still appear before the VGA switches mode). I am running a : DELL XPS120 w/ a #9 GXE64Pro-PCI (supported in 1600*1200 mode). Any : idea(s)? This problem has been reported on Triton chipset based boards in conjunction with S3 based video accelerators. The solution for now is to set "Boot Graphics" = "No"; in /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for Editors... Date: 23 Aug 1995 13:34:38 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <41fape$7sf@cerberus.wsc.com> Hi, I'm looking for an ascii editor that could read in 50-60 Megabyte of informations. It should be able to tell the position that I am in on the screen. It should be able to search. It doesn't matter whether it is GUI or not. The editor should be fast in terms of reading in informations. Please reply via e-mail at tgo@wsc.com or this newsgroup. Thanks!! Later, Thomas tgo@wsc.com
From: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Next Step 3.3 with HP 705? Is it possible? Date: 23 Aug 1995 14:17:11 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <41fd97$7to@cerberus.wsc.com> Hi, I was wondering whether I would be able to install Next Step 3.3 on a HP 705? I spoke to someone at NextStep about this and they said...that it maybe able to run on the 705, but they cannot support it. Does this mean that it works or not? Please reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks, Thomas tgo@wsc.com
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: chfn equivalent? Date: 23 Aug 1995 16:13:26 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <41fk36$4hm@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <41eaq1$u96@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> In article <41eaq1$u96@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) writes: > Is there any way to get your phone number, office, etc. to appear when > an account is fingered? Something like chfn.. editing the passwd file > obviously won't work, because the accounts aren't even there. The > netinfo(5) man page mentions various properties for the /user domain, > but those aren't listed. Are they undocumented, or is it not possible? > -- > Someone on the Net wrote a chfn that deals with NetInfo, but I forgot exactly where it is. Anyway, UserManager does not like to deal with commas "," in the Full Name (GECOS) field. Once you add these fields, you won't be able to modify the user via UserManager. Personally, we use WhitePages to store this info on a campus-wide basis. It is much nicer to deal with than in the Passwd file... Besides, we don't even allow finger access to our hosts from off campus, so the finfo wouldn't do any good anyway and it causes too many problems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu > Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: -v boot works, but plain one does not Date: 23 Aug 1995 16:11:19 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <41fjv7$5u3@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> References: <41djf3$cbi@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Christopher Wolf has been so kind as to point out to me that this is a known problem on systems with the Triton chip set and S3 adapters. For now, the best solution is to disable graphical bootup in Configure.app/:/Expert. Ivo Welch (ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk) wrote: : Has anyone experienced the following symptom: : Booting with the -v switch works just fine (well in 9 out of 10 boots), but : letting it boot without the -v switch simply gets me a dead black-screen : computer (immediately; I do not think I even see the first few configuration : messages that still appear before the VGA switches mode). I am running a : DELL XPS120 w/ a #9 GXE64Pro-PCI (supported in 1600*1200 mode). Any : idea(s)? Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: Scott Mewett <mewett@mpr.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing to network printer on a non next network from NSFIP Date: 23 Aug 1995 17:54:12 GMT Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd. Message-ID: <41fq04$jsj@viking.mpr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am having problems printing to a printer called cosmos on one of our servers called glaxay. I am the only person running nextstep at our site. How do I tell NS to route all print jobs to galaxy:cosmos Any help would be appreciated. thanks Scott Mewett MPR Teltech Ltd. Burnaby, B.C. mewett@mpr.ca
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: chfn equivalent? Date: 23 Aug 1995 14:59:43 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <41ffp0$om3@news.its.com> References: <41eaq1$u96@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) wrote: > Is there any way to get your phone number, office, etc. to appear when > an account is fingered? What's wrong with placing that information within your .plan file? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: stefan@fostam.franken.de (Stefan Stammler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: PC-Network and NeXT server? Date: 23 Aug 1995 12:22:11 +0100 Message-ID: <41f313$1ff@fostam.franken.de> References: <419log$jsn@news.uni-paderborn.de> Paul Albrecht (albrecht@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE.uni-paderborn.de) wrote: : Any solutions available for this kind of problem or is there a port : of Suns pcnfsd to NS? pcnfsd is part of the standard NEXTSTEP distribution. Have a look into your /usr/etc directory, you'll find a file called "rpc.pcnfsd" :-) Ciao, Stefan. -- # Stefan Stammler # Forchheim, Germany # Tel/Fax: +49-(0)9191-729932 # # WWW: http://www.franken.de/users/fostam/stefan/ # NeXTMail, MIME welcome #
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: brad@instep.bc.ca Subject: Re: chfn equivalent? Message-ID: <1995Aug23.184414.1807@instep.bc.ca> Sender: usenet@instep.bc.ca Organization: InStep Mobile Communications Inc. References: <41eaq1$u96@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 18:44:14 GMT Nathan Urban writes >Is there any way to get your phone number, office, etc. to appear when >an account is fingered? Something like chfn.. editing the passwd file >obviously won't work, because the accounts aren't even there. The >netinfo(5) man page mentions various properties for the /user domain, >but those aren't listed. Are they undocumented, or is it not possible? >-- The person you are fingering must have a ~/.plan file that provides this information under their discretion. -- Brad Head <brad@instep.bc.ca> Software Developer, InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
From: uzs198@uni-bonn.de (Nik Wiesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SLIP with NeXTSTEP? Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 20:45:13 UNDEFINED Organization: Private Message-ID: <uzs198.164.006AB0F5@uni-bonn.de> Hi, what is necessary to build up a SLIP connection from a PC running NextStep3.3? Where to get a graphical FTP,News,WWW and Telnet Client? Where to get a real printer driver for HP-Deskjet(pcl)? Answers would be appreciated under the following email address: ------------------------------ Nik Wiesel: UZS198@UNI-BONN.DE ========================================================================= The above statement is my own opinion and does not represent the point of view of any organization I am related to. =========================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gsoules@bandw.com Subject: Connecting to NEXTSTEP from Windows NT Message-ID: <1995Aug23.191706.27745@bandw.com> Sender: george@bandw.com Organization: Black & White Software Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 19:17:06 GMT I am running Windows NT 3.51 on a PC directly connected to our in-house NEXTSTEP network via thin net ethernet. I've installed NT's TCP/IP, but cannot seem to ping or ftp to any of our NEXTSTEP machines or vice-versa. For the NeXT machines I'm specifying the IP addresses obtained from HostManager. I can ping and ftp myself and I can connect to a NetWare server via IPX, but not to NEXTSTEP's UNIX via TCP/IP. There are lots of NT options for setting this stuff up and I've tried quite a few to no avail. I also searched the latest NeXT Answers, but no luck there. Can anyone tell me how (if) they got it to work? Thanks, George Soules george@bandw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Autodial Morningstar PPP/lookupd problem fixed by 3.3 patch! Message-ID: <DDs469.1AI@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 19:44:32 GMT [Forgot to crosspost in sysadmin] The soon to be released 3.3 patch for NEXTSTEP 3.3 fixes the problem with lookupd (single threadedness) that made auto-dial with Morningstar PPP fail. A while ago I posted this in csn.advocacy. >Subject: Hey NeXT! if you can fix the serial drivers, you can fix lookupd!> >Hello NeXT, > >Lookupd is driving many people crazy. Take for instance that some app uses >gethostbyname(), which starts up some other daemon (say mst ppp), which then >does anything which involves lookupd (say getservbyport()), and BANG: deadlock >until the original call times out. A real Catch-22, the first can't finish >because it waits for the second, and the second doesn't get attention before >the first has finished! > >Hey NeXT, it was a very good move to release better serial drivers. Please, >please, please, PLEASE release a functional lookupd, it's a bottleneck of >bottlenecks! > >Yours, Soon after I got a mail from NeXT asking if I wanted to test this problem with the upcoming patch. I did of course (and I can tell about it this time since there was no NDA involved as with alpha-beta releases of the OS/Dev) and the patch arrived today. I installed it and it fixes the problem! Yes!! No I have auto dial firewall-like PPP connection! There are many people more able than I to comment on what this means v.a.v. ongoing discussions on NeXT as customer- or net-aware, so I will leave it at this. Happy hacking, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Need Sugestion on SCSI I/O interface Card. Message-ID: <DDs3x7.H14@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 19:39:07 GMT Thomas Kent Go (tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com) wrote: : I am interested in purchasing a fast SCSI Hard drive and interface : card. Is it possible that you could give me some advice on which : Interface I/O card will give me the fastest performance. Please : reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks. Of the cards you consider, Thomas, it would be worth your while to consider BusLogic. I am using their EISA 747S and am very pleased with the results. In my case I have a choice between NeXT's driver and Tom Hurka's; my preference is for Tom's driver, particularly because he provides excellent support. -- >< Marc J. Salvatori | No NeXTMail yet. I'm gettin' there! >< >< salvo@eskimo.com | Searching for color clip art ><
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Message-ID: <DDs19o.K49@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ad244@freenet3.carleton.ca (Orrin C. Kerr) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 18:41:48 GMT On Monday 21 August 1995, I wrote: > How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? > On Tuesday, 22 August, 1995, Bruce Gingery was generous enough to give me the following solution: If they want a simple ls, they can open a directory in Edit.app (command-drag the folder onto the Edit.app icon) then print the listing. It'll even have trailing slashes for subdirectories, and each entry in the window, if clicked, will let them open a separate window to THAT directory. (I tried it. It works! *Way* cool!! - OCK) Thanks Bruce! -- Orrin C. Kerr ad244@freenet.carleton.ca All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Version 8.6.12 In-Reply-To: root@music.gla.ac.uk's message of Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:31:02 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23222950@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> <DDo5vt.DMq@udcf.gla.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:29:50 GMT The shared subsidiary is so easy... Edit the clientproto.mc by adding OSTYPE(NEXTSTEP)dnl and use m4 to create the clientproto.cf. Create a host alias for your mail server called mailhost and your done! Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <DDo5vt.DMq@udcf.gla.ac.uk> root@music.gla.ac.uk writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24671 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!udcf.gla.ac.uk!news From: root@music.gla.ac.uk Sender: news@udcf.gla.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow University Computing Service References: <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:31:02 GMT Lines: 33 In article <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> writes: > Reply-To: alby@empire.org > Distribution: na,usa,world > > > > Who wanted to know if Sendmail 8.6.12 worked? > > [alby@empire.org(tcsh)#:123] /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0 > Version 8.6.12 > SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf): > (short domain name) $w = empire.org > (canonical domain name) $j = empire.org > > Works for me... And what about the .cf files? Where did you get them from? For me to do our site I'm looking for a .cf to replace the standard /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf and one to replace a doctored /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf Do these (or at least the sharedsubsidiary) come with the 8.6.12 package? > -Alby Stephen Brandon _____________________________________________________ Systems Administator, Department of Music, e-mail: sbrandon@music.gla.ac.uk 14 University Gardens, (NeXT mail welcomed) University of Glasgow, Tel: +44 (0)141 330 6065 Glasgow. Fax: +44 (0)141 307 8018
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Sendmail version 8.6.12 anyone? In-Reply-To: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com's message of 19 Aug 1995 01:39:25 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23223057@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <413fcd$eb2@canton.charm.net> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:30:57 GMT Yes. I've used 8.6.12 and 8.7. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <413fcd$eb2@canton.charm.net> Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24635 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.charm.net!news From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 19 Aug 1995 01:39:25 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Lines: 6 NNTP-Posting-Host: jsickel.charm.net X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8a) Has anyone gotten sendmail v8.6.12 to work under NEXTSTEP 3.3? Just want to know befor I start pulling it off the net. jas
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Server keeps crashing every five days In-Reply-To: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us's message of Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:52:14 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23223216@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:32:16 GMT I suspect httpd. What version of sendmail are you running? Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) writes: I've been having a problem lately where my server will crash every five days. I'm running NeXTStep 3.3, and I suspect either sendmail, or more likely, the CERN httpd to be a big part of the problem. I checked /usr/adm/messages, and I have a *ton* of this in it: Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc last message repeated 43 times Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:25:22 nvcc last message repeated 27 times Aug 18 07:25:28 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc last message repeated 14 times Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:26:00 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc last message repeated 54 times Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:27:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:27:01 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:27:28 nvcc last message repeated 12 times Aug 18 07:27:28 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc last message repeated 41 times Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:28:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Aug 18 07:28:02 nvcc mach: enrx: no network buffers Aug 18 07:29:00 nvcc last message repeated 42 times Is there a fix for this, short of stopping the computer from being a web or mail sever? -- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Voice: 707 253 3130 Napa Valley College Fax: 707 253 3063 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA, 94558 <fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us> MIME ok, NeXTMail tolerated
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NS/Motrola net security measures In-Reply-To: dcl@panix.com's message of 22 Aug 1995 10:15:58 -0400 Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23221419@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:14:19 GMT I recommend picking up a copy of Practical UNIX Computer Security by Simson Garfinkel. Also, you want to run sendmail 8.6.12 and enable some of the NetInfo security options. You should make sure NetInfo is not accessible outside your LAN. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> dcl@panix.com (David C. Lambert) writes: Hi. I am trying to secure a NS/Motorola machine running NS 3.3. I have taken the following measures: 1. installed tcp_wrappers 2. disabled fingerd, rexd 3. installed a secure portmapper 4. disabled non-root usage of rdist 5. set the sticky bit on /tmp 6. installed wu-ftpd (better ftp daemon) 7. upgraded sendmail to v8.6.9 What's left? - David C. Lambert dcl@homer.uu.panix.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing In-Reply-To: ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA's message of Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:58:36 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23222358@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:23:58 GMT Hmmm. I never really noticed before that WM has no way to print! You can, however, use Grab to grab the window and then print the TIFF. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? I know how to get a listing of a directory using a terminal session and the Unix commands cd and ls. That's what I showed to one of my users who came to me asking how she could print out a directory listing. While the Unix weeny way works (hmmm. How alliterative.), I would rather that my users were *not* poking about in terminal sessions where they can do Bad Things. Does anyone know of a way to print the File Broser lists? TIA -- Orrin C. Kerr ad244@freenet.carleton.ca All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Need Sugestion on SCSI I/O interface Card. In-Reply-To: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com's message of 21 Aug 1995 22:00:24 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23221835@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:18:35 GMT Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller and Seagate 2.1 GB Barracuda. Both are available in FAST or FAST+WIDE SCSI. The latter is better but you won't be able to take full advantage of it until NS 4.0. You should also look at BusLogic and DPT for SCSI controllers. No need to look anywhere else for hard drives but IBM is close... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) writes: I am interested in purchasing a fast SCSI Hard drive and interface card. Is it possible that you could give me some advice on which Interface I/O card will give me the fastest performance. Please reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks. Thanks, Thomas tgo@wsc.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail config ***HELP*** In-Reply-To: scott@finite-tech.com's message of 20 Aug 1995 00:50:42 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23222619@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4160t2$bl2@calvino.alaska.net> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:26:19 GMT You will save yourself time, money, and sanity by getting the source to sendmail 8.6.12 or 8.7 from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail and using it instead of the sendmail 5.67 that NeXT ships and that CERT has advised against. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <4160t2$bl2@calvino.alaska.net> scott@finite-tech.com (Scott A. Henderson) writes: I am having trouble reconfiguring my sendmail for our new network configuration. New config is as follows. We have an firewalled system with our NeXT computers and others on the internal net and our mail host (non-NeXT) in te DMZ. I am using a NeXT Cube with 3.3 as the mail relay host internally but now that it is a mail relay it is having trouble forwarding mail to internal users that only have a user mail box or address on the mail host located in the DMZ. I have worked with this for quite some time and do not want to have to hack the sendmail files if it isn't necessary. I have also tried quite a few different combinations for the mail configuration. I think I am still able to recieve mail, and I can send it it just isn't handling the address rewritting properly any longer. I generally end up with a return address that has only the user name and the machine but no domain. Eventually I would like to include machine hiding but that seems to be a long way away at this time. I would appreciate any help that can be provided. Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Mouse replacement for NeXT machines In-Reply-To: 's message of 15 Aug 1995 13:52:44 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23223426@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40q8rc$11k@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:34:26 GMT Try Bell Atlantic for repairs. I seem to recall someone retrofitting a special Logitech mouse onto a NeXT. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40q8rc$11k@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> writes: Does anyone know of a supplier for a NeXT hardware mouse. I have a mouse here which needs to be replaced and the suppliers I have contacted here say there is a six month waiting list for a replacement. Is it possible to get an immediate replacement. Is it possible to use another mouse in replace of the NeXT one. If so can someone let me know the serial number of the mouse to use (preferably by email). Dave --- --------------------------------------------------------------- David grindrod, NMR System Manager, EMBL Heidelberg. Email: mailto:grindrod@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE HTML Home Page: http://www.NMR.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE/grindrod/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- David grindrod, NMR System Manager, EMBL Heidelberg. Email: mailto:grindrod@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE HTML Home Page: http://www.NMR.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE/grindrod/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: tunefs woes In-Reply-To: Garance A Drosehn's message of 17 Aug 1995 00:00:47 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23223753@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <40u0rf$4n0@usenet.rpi.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:37:53 GMT Can someone please technically justify the 10% minfree on a 2.1GB disk? Isn't 200MB a bit excessive? I always play it safe (10%) but I am curious. Robert In article <40u0rf$4n0@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:21204 comp.sys.next.software:21937 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24614 Path: world!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!kbad.eglin.af.mil!rpi!usenet From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 17 Aug 1995 00:00:47 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Lines: 12 References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: mlor.its.rpi.edu X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) heller@nirvana.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to use tunefs to squeeze out the last 10% of capacity > from my SCSI drive. That 10% is there for a reason. It doesn't have to be 10%, but it is not a good idea to have it down to 0% either... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <lre@mendota.com> Message-ID: <m0slPvU-000VfcC@expresso.mendota.com> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: "Louis R. Eagle" <lre@mendota.com> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 17:13:43 -0700 Subject: strange paste board behavior with Mail.app I don't seem to be able to use the 3.3 Mail app to send uuencoded to files to persons with plain vanilla mailers. I'm fairly sure this worked in 3.2 and/or 3.1 The process is as follows: 1. I uuencode the file to stdout in a terminal window. (Is there a way to redirect to the pasteboard?) 2. I select the uuencoded text and either copy it to the pasteboard and paste it in a Mail compose window. (NeXT Mail or plain text, makes no difference) -or- Services -> Mail -> selection 3. I add the necessary glad words to the message. 4. I send it. What happens when the recipient tries to uudecode the result is a "short file" error. The pasted text in the compose window is OK. The copy archived in Outgoing.mbox is corrupted. It seems that if a line ends with a space, Mail removes it, thus toasting the uucode. This is not too friendly. There are still those unenlightened out there without NeXT or MIME mailers. Fortunately there is still the emacs mailer. --OR-- Am I missing something??? Thanks, Louis Eagle -------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: unable to 'dwrite' defaults In-Reply-To: John Kheit's message of 12 Aug 1995 09:42:46 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug23224151@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <40g19u$3h2@news.nd.edu> <40g9qh$6v0@news4.digex.net> <40h2b0$kn9@fly.HiWAAY.net> <40ht2m$bis@news4.digex.net> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:41:51 GMT Here's how to copy the "reference" copy of the defaults database to your home directory % mv ~/.NeXT ~/old.NeXT % cp -pr /usr/template/user/.NeXT ~ Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <40ht2m$bis@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> writes: aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) wrote: > I too am having problems trying to dread/dwrite. My problem is > trying to read or write from the root account. I tried copying > a good .NeXT from my personal user account and doing the chown > -R, but this did not seem to work. Do you have any other ideas?? When you say you copied the .NeXT directory, I'm assuming you first moved or killed the bad/corrupted .NeXT directory. The correct chown for the root would be "chown -R root.wheel .NeXT" and also make sure you really do copy a GOOD .NeXT directory. Finally, just in case you might want to do a "chmod -R o+rwX .NeXT" to the new and good .NeXT directory. Also, I'm assuming you are putting the .NeXT for root, at the root... Good luck, -- Thanks, Later, John monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School | NEXTSTEP Developer John Kheit )^> %^) | Opinions expressed | MIME & NeXTmail OK--3P jkheit@cnj.digex.net | represent me only... | Telepathy...It's coming...
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SLIP with NeXTSTEP? Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 21:27:40 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950823211125.28007B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <uzs198.164.006AB0F5@uni-bonn.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <uzs198.164.006AB0F5@uni-bonn.de> > > Hi, > what is necessary to build up a SLIP connection from a PC running NextStep3.3? > Where to get a graphical FTP,News,WWW and Telnet Client? > Where to get a real printer driver for HP-Deskjet(pcl)? > ftp site 129.187.249.15 FTP: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/GatorFTP.1.8.1.NIH.b.tar.gz FTP: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/Yftp.0.447.NIH.bs.tar.gz NEWS: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/NewsGrazer.75.NI.b.tar.gz WWW: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/OmniWeb.1.0.NIHS.b.tar.gz WWW: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/network/Netsurfer.1.0b.NIHS.b.tar.gz Telnet: don't know oof a graphical one -- if you find one, let me know SLIP: don't know what stuff is available for non Motorola NeXT TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." *+*+* MIME or ASCII Mail only !!!! *+*+*+*+
From: transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help Plz.: MAIL FAIL Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 05:00:27 GMT Organization: BEKKOAME//INTERNET Inc. Tokyo, Japan. Message-ID: <950824140027.2163AADpJ.transcom@transcom> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I've been having trouble with some email which initiates an error, does not show up in my mailbox and initiates a message back out to my provider (bekkoame). I am, however, unable to view that message in my outgoing box (and haven't been able to find them in any system file, so I'm never sure what message it was that failed or where it was from. Recently I sent out a large number of messages and requested a receipt for each of them. Suddenly the number of messages arriving which "FAILED" increased, so I believe it was the majority of the receipts (most receipts never made it to my mailbox nor did an undeliverable message for them) that were the culprits. If anyone knows where I might view the message BEFORE it is sent back to my provider, at least I'll know who the message was from! Or, if anyone has a clue on the cause of the MAIL FAIL..... The following data is the only thing I can find which might help shed light on the cause: From my "CHECKUUCP" app log: uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:34-2909) rmail (signal 0, exit 1) from bekkoame!daemon (MAIL FAIL) uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:34-2909) daemon XQT (rmail transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp) uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:34-2919) XQT QUE'D (rmail bekkoame!daemon) uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:35-2909) rmail (signal 13, exit 0) from bekkoame!daemon (MAIL FAIL) uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:35-2909) daemon XQT (rmail transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp) uucp bekkoame (8/11-18:35-2927) XQT QUE'D (rmail bekkoame!daemon) From usr/spool/mqueue/syslog: Aug 11 18:35:03 transcom sendmail[2945]: AA02945: message- id=<199508110934.AA27149@personal.eunet.fi> Aug 11 18:35:03 transcom sendmail[2945]: AA02945: from=somewhere!MAILER- DAEMON@personal.eunet.fi, size=1584, class=0, received from local Aug 11 18:35:04 transcom sendmail[2947]: AA02945: to=transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp, delay=00:00:01, stat=Sent Aug 11 18:35:04 transcom sendmail[2953]: alias database out of date Aug 11 18:35:04 transcom sendmail[2953]: AA02953: message- id=<9508110935.AA02953@transcom.transcom.bekkoame.or.jp> Aug 11 18:35:04 transcom sendmail[2953]: AA02953: from=uucp, size=115, class=0, received from local Aug 11 18:35:05 transcom sendmail[2955]: AA02953: to=bekkoame!daemon, delay=00:00:01, stat=Sent From private/spool/uucp/D.transcom: From uucp@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp Fri Aug 11 18:34:58 1995 Received: by transcom.transcom.bekkoame.or.jp (NX5.67d/3.3W9- transcom.uucp.1.0) id AA02914; Fri, 11 Aug 95 18:34:58 +0900 Date: Fri, 11 Aug 95 18:34:58 +0900 From: uucp@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp Message-Id: <9508110934.AA02914@transcom.transcom.bekkoame.or.jp> To: bekkoame!daemon Subject: uuxqt cmd (rmail transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp ) status (signal 0, exit 1) Thank you, whoever tries to assist! Mark Bakula ----------------- business e-mail: transcom@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp personal e-mail: mark@transcom.bekkoame.or.jp
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: top Date: 24 Aug 1995 09:32:01 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <41hguh$eoh@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Has anyone managed to compile eecs.nwu.edu:/pub/top/top-3.3? I tried various machine, but no machine on the list seems to work. Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS on HP: caps locked, can't login Date: 24 Aug 1995 10:13:32 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Well, here's a stupid reason to have to reboot a machine: a user logged out, apparently with the caps locked. At the login screen, the caps lock _cannot_be_switched_off_! So, no logins possible! Q: is there a way around this, or do I really need to reboot the machine? Dave
From: jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tunefs woes Date: 24 Aug 1995 08:38:14 -0400 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <41hrrm$aui@papoose.quick.com> References: <40pi2v$eth@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <40u0rf$4n0@usenet.rpi.edu> <RDL.95Aug23223753@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug23223753@world.std.com>, Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: >Can someone please technically justify the 10% minfree on a 2.1GB disk? >Isn't 200MB a bit excessive? I always play it safe (10%) but I am curious. > >Robert The 10% value is related to the algorithm used for allocating new blocks as files are created and grown. One of the underlying desing principles of the berkely fast file is to reduce the problems caused by fragmentation of large files. The older v7 file system had serious scaling problems with fragmentation. The file system is layed out in pieces called cylinder groups. Each group of cylinders is a contiguous ring of blocks at a similar seek offset. Access to blocks within the same cylinder group requires minimal (or no) seek time (it is dominated by rotational latency alone). The file system code has 2 basic algorithms. The first (used when free space is below the 10% hold-back) is optimized for time. When a new file is created in a directory, the file system code is likely to allocate the blocks for that file in the same cylinder group. When a new directory is made, it is likely to go in the different cylinder group. When a large file is extended, the new block is likely to go in the same cylinder group. When a cylinder group has been utilized to 90% new files for directories in that group will be placed in another cylinder group. Space optization is used, when explicitly selected via tunefs, or when the holdback percentage has been exceeded. This uses a denser packing which no longer tries as hard to allocate space to reduce seeks. It tries to fully utilize the space in each cylinder group. When a disk fills up, and space rather than time optimization is being performed, extending a file will no longer gaurantee that the next block is anywhere near the previous block. The result is more head movement on average. For some file-systems, large trees of compressed tar files, archival storage, etc., you will not suffer from using space optimization. For live file systems, in which file access, and modification are frequent, you will likely suffer a performance hit on files which were grown extensively after the %90 threshold was reached.. So, the world will not end if you use tunefs. And you will not suffer great performance penalties for doing so. But, there is a trade-off. If you are *really* starved for space, go for it. If you are not, leeave it alone. Try to leave your root partition alone anyway. That fs deserves both the %10 holdback, and aome free space. -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
From: fischer@fokus.gmd.de (Robert Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS on HP: caps locked, can't login Date: 24 Aug 1995 13:43:42 GMT Organization: GMD-FOKUS Message-ID: <41hvme$mfd@stern.fokus.gmd.de> References: <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> David A. Coyle writes > Well, here's a stupid reason to have to reboot a machine: > > a user logged out, apparently with the caps locked. > At the login screen, the caps lock _cannot_be_switched_off_! > So, no logins possible! > You mean that Command-Shift does not work anymore? Robert. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Fischer @ GMD-Fokus -------- __o ------- _`\<,_ fischer@fokus.gmd.de ------- (*)/ (*) ## NeXT-Mail welcome ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: top Message-ID: <DDtFFL.2GH@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <41hguh$eoh@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:45:20 GMT In article <41hguh$eoh@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) writes: > Has anyone managed to compile eecs.nwu.edu:/pub/top/top-3.3? I tried > various machine, but no machine on the list seems to work. > > Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu > Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA > Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, > iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England. I did get the program compiled, but I have to take out a few lines of code to get it to work. The end result was a working program that could not find the names of the running processes. I went and removed the files.. -Alby
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS on HP: caps locked, can't login Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 08:50:20 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950824084736.28937D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> > > Well, here's a stupid reason to have to reboot a machine: > > a user logged out, apparently with the caps locked. > At the login screen, the caps lock _cannot_be_switched_off_! > So, no logins possible! > > Q: is there a way around this, or do I really need to reboot the machine? > hmmm... does alphalock work on other releases besides m68k? It is a program writtent o keep people from using the alphalock. if so, you could put /usr/local/bin/alplhalock disabled in the .LogoutHook if it works outside of m68k, which I do not know Good luck TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." *+*+* MIME or ASCII Mail only !!!! *+*+*+*+
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: strange paste board behavior with Mail.app Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 08:41:41 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950824083753.28937B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <m0slPvU-000VfcC@expresso.mendota.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <m0slPvU-000VfcC@expresso.mendota.com> > The process is as follows: > > 1. I uuencode the file to stdout in a terminal window. > (Is there a way to redirect to the pasteboard?) perhaps uuencode | copy would work (have not tried) or even (if Edit.app is running) uuencode | openfile not sure this will change any of the problems you are having, but it is probably worth a shot to try, although if it worked before I don't kow why it stopped. good luck TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Just another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." *+*+* MIME or ASCII Mail only !!!! *+*+*+*+
From: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de (Wolfgang Roeckelein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: literature.pkg & NS 3.3 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 15:09:28 +0200 Organization: WHU Koblenz Message-ID: <roeckelein-2408951509280001@mars.wi.whu-koblenz.de> References: <418fna$6br@nebula.mpn.com> In article <418fna$6br@nebula.mpn.com>, charlesa@mpn.com wrote: >Hi - > >I've got NS/intel 3.3 which is lacking literature.pkg. The CDROM doesn't >seem to have it either. But NS/I 3.2 has it. However, when I try to >install literature.pkg from 3.2 onto my 3.3 system, installer.app says it >will overwrite newer files. If you look in the log, it says which files will be overwritten. Could you provide us with a list? Wolfgang -- Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Voice: +49 261 6509 173 Wolfgang Roeckelein Fax: +49 261 6509 179 WHU Koblenz E-Mail: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de Burgplatz 2 (NeXTmail ok) D-56179 Vallendar Germany
From: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de (Wolfgang Roeckelein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up time sync with ntp/ntpd Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 15:11:31 +0200 Organization: WHU Koblenz Message-ID: <roeckelein-2408951511310001@mars.wi.whu-koblenz.de> References: <410krs$3mj@mark.ucdavis.edu> <41a0of$d1u@next01.biw-ag.de> In article <41a0of$d1u@next01.biw-ag.de>, roffel@biw-ag.de (Lee Roffel) wrote: >Similar topic, different question... > >Anybody have any suggestions how to keep my HP-UX server >(which exports all the /Local and /Users directories) >and the many NeXT computers sync'd??? > >My NetInfo server syncs all of the workstations... but the file server >drifts off a few minutes now and then... and then there are compile >problems, because the timestamp on the file may be a minute or two >different than the compiled file.. and the newly saved file will not be >processed. > Install xntpd on it, and let it synchronize with the NetInfo servers. We do this here with a Sparcstation 20, and our NeXT has a radio clock to sync with an absolute reference... Wolfgang -- Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Voice: +49 261 6509 173 Wolfgang Roeckelein Fax: +49 261 6509 179 WHU Koblenz E-Mail: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de Burgplatz 2 (NeXTmail ok) D-56179 Vallendar Germany
From: Afsar Saranli <saranli@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DNS problem... Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 14:53:41 +0400 Organization: Middle East Technical University Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950824144804.83156A-100000@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi everybody, I have a problem with DNS on my system. I have Solaris 1.1.1 istalled on a sun4 architecture system (sunos 4.1.1_U2). The system is installed stand-alone. I tried to set-up DNS access as a simple client by setting up the /etc/resolv.conf file. However, the system does not seem to query any DNS server in the domain? Does anyone have an idea what is wrong? Is there any related config file I am unaware of? (for a simple client operation) Thanks in advance.. Afsar SARANLI Middle East Technical University Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ankara - Turkey e-mail: saranli@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr
From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: strange paste board behavior with Mail.app Date: 24 Aug 1995 15:42:42 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <41i6li$bs4@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950824083753.28937B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950824083753.28937B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > > > 1. I uuencode the file to stdout in a terminal window. > > (Is there a way to redirect to the pasteboard?) > > perhaps > uuencode | copy Consider using the easy (drag & drop) way (NeXTMail 3.3 only): Be sure to have selected "Plain Text" mode (NOT NeXT or MIME mail), then drag the file to be encoded over the mail window and drop it. You will then be asked either to "Cancel", to "Paste Encoded Contents" or to "Paste Pathname". Select the middle one and it's done. The opposite exists too: If you receive uuencoded stuff select Message/Decode Foreign Attachment in the menu. Detlev -- Detlev Droege, Uni Koblenz, FB Informatik, Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany Tel:+49 261 9119-421,Fax:-497,NeXT/MIME/Email:droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.de C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good. --Bertrand Meyer
From: edguer@ces.cwru.edu (Aydin Edguer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Switching enet interfaces on a NeXT slab Followup-To: poster Date: 24 Aug 1995 17:03:31 GMT Organization: Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University Distribution: world Message-ID: <41ibd3$g1s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> I have a Motorola-based NeXT workstation ("slab"). I am currently using the 10BASE-T interface and would like to switch to the 10BASE-2 interface. Unfortunately, when I tried to simply reboot the workstation after switching the connections, the NeXT did not auto-detect the change. Is there a specific command or other steps necessary to tell the NeXT to switch which port on en0 to use for the network connection?
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tunefs woes Date: 24 Aug 1995 17:18:12 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <41ic8k$ntj@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <RDL.95Aug23223753@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug23223753@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Can someone please technically justify the 10% minfree on a 2.1GB disk? > Isn't 200MB a bit excessive? I always play it safe (10%) but I am curious. > > Robert > Agreed. However, at the time the Berkeley fast filesystem was designed, disks were significantly slower than today. To help with performance and to prevent fragmentation of files, the filesystem was designed to use some of the disk as a "staging" area where the OS could decide where to place the file on the disk. In general, performance degrades significantly if you drop minfree to less than 10%. However, for such large disks, this might not be true.... -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: mark_bessey@next.com (Mark Bessey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Date: 24 Aug 1995 18:13:56 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <41ifh4$141@news.next.com> References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> In article <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: > How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? > > I know how to get a listing of a directory using a terminal session and > the Unix commands cd and ls. That's what I showed to one of my users > who came to me asking how she could print out a directory listing. > > While the Unix weeny way works (hmmm. How alliterative.), I would rather > that my users were *not* poking about in terminal sessions where they > can do Bad Things. Does anyone know of a way to print the File Broser > lists? > > TIA > > -- > Orrin C. Kerr One way to do this is to Command-drag the directory into Edit (i.e. while holding the Command key down, drag the file from Workspace onto the Edit icon). Of course, this only works if Edit is already running, or if it's on your dock. This gets you into Edit's secret filesystem-browser mode...You can manuever around the file system, print out directory listings, whatever you want... -- Mark Bessey NeXT Computer, Inc Software Quality Assurance -->I DON'T SPEAK FOR NeXT <--
From: blindsey@heimdall (Ben Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need Sugestion on SCSI I/O interface Card. Date: 24 Aug 1995 18:37:14 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <41igsq$12u@news.onramp.net> References: <41avlo$35f@cerberus.wsc.com> DPT 2124 and Seagate Barracude 2/4gig. This combination seems to be very fast. I could provide benchmarks if neccesary.... Ben Lindsey Bifrost Workstations, Inc blindsey@onramp.net tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) wrote: >Hi, > I am interested in purchasing a fast SCSI Hard drive and interface > card. Is it possible that you could give me some advice on which > Interface I/O card will give me the fastest performance. Please > reply via e-mail or this newsgroup. Thanks. > >Thanks, >Thomas >tgo@wsc.com
From: mjh@math.mit.edu (Michael J. Hopkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS on HP: caps locked, can't login Date: 24 Aug 1995 15:17:27 -0400 Organization: MIT Department of Mathematics Message-ID: <41ij87$kil@severi.mit.edu> References: <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> In article <41hjcc$aol@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>, David A. Coyle <dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de> wrote: >Well, here's a stupid reason to have to reboot a machine: > >a user logged out, apparently with the caps locked. >At the login screen, the caps lock _cannot_be_switched_off_! >So, no logins possible! > >Q: is there a way around this, or do I really need to reboot the machine? > >Dave Just for the heck of it I tried this on a HP 712/80. This seems really weird. I am using the NeXTUSA keyboard, so caps-lock is bound to alt-shift. I set the caps-lock to on and logged out. It seems like the binding should now revert to the standard keyboard layout, since no keyboard preference is loaded. It didn't. The caps-lock key was not bound to caps-lock, but alt-shift still was. You should be able to toggle the caps-lock with alt-shift. Anyone know why this NeXTUSA keybinding is still in use? Maybe it is taken from the me account. Mike -- ----------------------------------- Mike Hopkins mjh@math.mit.edu -----------------------------------
From: stabl@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Taylor uucp config for TCP Date: 24 Aug 1995 20:32:29 +0200 Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <41igjt$1vi@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <1995Aug22.162157.16077@meretrx.com> bbaker@meretrx.com (Brian Baker) writes: >We're trying to get Taylor uucp (v1.05) to talk between the machines in >our office (all connected via ethernet). I've read the applicable section >of the manual and don't seem to have enough info to get it to work. If >anyone has this working and would be willing to send me their >configuration files, I'd be most grateful. It's very short so I'm posting it here: In /etc/inetd.conf change: #uucp stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/uucpd uucpd # local services uucp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/uucp/lib/uucico uucico -l -D In /usr/local/uucp/conf/passwd (or whereever your configuration files for Taylor uucp live): Uremote passwordgoeshere The password /for the remote host Uremote) is not encrypted. That's it. BTW. Taylor 1.06 is out and can be compiled under NEXTSTEP without any problems. Robert. -- Robert Stabl email: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de Computer Science Institute http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~stabl/ University of Munich Leopoldstr. 11B Tel: +(49) 89 2180 6316 D-80802 Muenchen FAX: +(49) 89 2180 6310 Germany Germany
From: tjallen@theory1.physics.wisc.edu (Theodore J. Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: S/key or logdaemon for NEXTSTEP Security? Date: 24 Aug 1995 20:21:29 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <41in09$128u@news.doit.wisc.edu> It was suggested to me by my employer that perhaps we should have some form of login security on our machines. S/key (ftp://ftp.bellcore.com/pub/nmh/skey/) and logdaemon (ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/security/) were suggested. Neither package comes with any NeXT make targets and an hour or so of hacking on them didn't get them to compile cleanly. Adding -lposix helped on the second package to some degree, but there are now other problems I can't get around easily. Has anyone any experience with either of the above packages or with another, similar, package (e.g. Kerberos)? Thanks. -- Ted Allen High Energy Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison tjallen@wishep.physics.wisc.edu
From: frank@miranda.tue.schwaben.de (Frank M. Siegert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: top Date: 24 Aug 1995 19:36:54 GMT Organization: Franks Company, not inc. Message-ID: <41ikcm$jnm@gate.seicom.net> References: <41hguh$eoh@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> It is up and running (NS/I 3.3 Dev 3.2 gcc 2.58): Top version 3.3 Usage: top [-ISbinqu] [-d x] [-s x] [-U username] [number] The package (the one that compiles) is somewhere on peanuts, AFAIK. --- Frank M. Siegert [frank@miranda.tue.schwaben.de] NeXTSTEP & PostScript Guy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Re: Autodial Morningstar PPP/lookupd problem fixed by 3.3 patch! References: <DDs469.1AI@rna.nl> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:45:58 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug24.124558.1473@proximus.north.de> Where can I get this patch? I need it as well... Is there a NeXT Answer? Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Re: PPP: netinfo sleeping References: <40ishd$b9c@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <40jbvg$730@ni1.ni.net> <40krgo$doq@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:55:40 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug24.125540.1602@proximus.north.de> While we're at this topic: When I have my ppp/slip line on and choose "print" from within any App, the App "hangs". Obviously, the print panel checks for some info on the nameserver. Why does it do so, how can I change this? Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Migrating from IDA sendmail to 8.6.12? References: <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:10:58 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug24.131058.1724@proximus.north.de> In article <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu>, Stuart Staniford-Chen <stanifor@helvellyn> wrote: [...] > IDA users: Convert to sendmail 8.6.12. > > Other users: Check the vendor information in the appendix of this > advisory. > > Ensure that you have kept current with upgrades and patches from > your vendor. > > If no patch is currently available, an alternative is to > install sendmail 8.6.12. [...] Uff. For many years I have IDA sendmail running and am quite happy with it, although not fully integrated in NETINFO. Now I would like to know if (a) Anyone knows when NeXT will release their patch for their sendmail that fixes the addressed problem (b) If there is a way using my IDAsendmail.cf with NeXTs to-be-released sendmail (c) If not (b) if I could use the IDA sendmail.cf with Eric Allmans sendmail 8.6.12? Thanks for your time, Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Server keeps crashing every five days Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Date: 24 Aug 1995 22:02:16 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <41ist8$moe@optical.fiber.net> References: <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> <RDL.95Aug23223216@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : I suspect httpd. What version of sendmail are you running? : In article <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) writes: : I checked /usr/adm/messages, and I have a *ton* of this in it: : Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc last message repeated 43 times : Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full Iseriously doubt it's the CERN server. I used to get the same thing, but only when radiusd was running (bad int call). Either machine, black or white, and the x86 doesn't run CERN. SO, I strongly suggest it's none of the above. IME, it's radiusd, which I can help you fix. If you're not running radiusd, maybe it's TACACS, or something similar. If I can help, mail me a fresh (post-boot) ps -ax and a netstat -a -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: marc@data.acs.calpoly.edu (D. Marc Stearman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: NS/Motrola net security measures Date: 24 Aug 1995 21:41:16 GMT Organization: Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA Message-ID: <41irls$2qj@isnews.csc.calpoly.edu> References: <41coqu$2tc@panix.com> <41ct4q$92d@quilla.tezcat.com> NNTP-Posting-User: marc Mike Scher <strange@tezcat.com> wrote: > >Install MD5 and generate a hash for all critical binaries and config >files, and store on write-protected (read-only) medium, offline. > A good utility for this is called "tripwire". It will generate signatures for any files and directories you specify in the config file, and place them in a database (store the database on read-only media). You can then run tripwire periodically in integrity checking mode to look for any changes in the files or directories. Tripwire can be found at: ftp://cert.org/pub/tools/tripwire/tripwire-1.2.tar.Z -Marc System Administrator, ACS NeXTS Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA -- D. Marc Stearman \___ ___/ Popcorn kernels are marc@lore.acs.calpoly.edu \___ ___/ nothing more than regular corn NeXT mail gladly accepted \___/ kernels that were recompiled. http://phoenix.csc.calpoly.edu/~dstearma
From: ron@rwi.com (Ronald Pomeroy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Date: 24 Aug 1995 22:20:10 GMT Organization: Hudson - Trinity, Inc. (713) 333-9558 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <41ituq$14q@wally2.hti.net> References: <RDL.95Aug23222358@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Aug23222358@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Hmmm. I never really noticed before that WM has no way to print! You can, > however, use Grab to grab the window and then print the TIFF. > > Robert La Ferla > Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant > Boston, MA > + 1 (617) 252-0088 > > In article <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: > > How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? > > I know how to get a listing of a directory using a terminal session and > the Unix commands cd and ls. That's what I showed to one of my users who > came to me asking how she could print out a directory listing. > > While the Unix weeny way works (hmmm. How alliterative.), I would rather > that my users were *not* poking about in terminal sessions where they can > do Bad Things. Does anyone know of a way to print the File Broser lists? > > TIA > > -- > Orrin C. Kerr > ad244@freenet.carleton.ca > All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of > my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint). No, but I do have another non-unix-weenie way. Command (alt on a NeXTUSA keymapped PC) drag the directory onto the Edit.app icon. This will open a directory listing in Edit. You can print that from the PrintPanel. Cool Eh!? Ron rpomeroy@tpoint.net
From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dock Apps Don't Stick in NS 3.2 Date: 24 Aug 1995 23:20:06 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <41j1f6$1rv@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> I originally tried to post this to comp.sys.next.sysadmin, but it failed because there was "no space left on device writing article file". This is a NS 3.2 (black version) question. Recently our system administrator changed the name of my account to avoid a conflict with another account on our net. After the change, I noticed that when I logged into my account on machines in the lab, I would only get the default Dock, not including the apps that I had put there during the previous session. In the meantime, the sys admin left town (end of the summer term). A friend with a lot of NS experience and I traced the problem to the fact that the Workspace Dock information was not in the data base. But we could not figure out how to write it there. dwrite failed for my account. WHY? What is the problem with changing account login names? As a desperate measure, I used UserManager to delete my account (while, of course, keeping my files) and made a new account. But as long as I used the same user ID, the account would have the same problem with the Dock. I had to use a new user ID to get the Dock to work. WHY? Since I had to use a new user ID, I had to move or copy all my files from my old home directory to my new one. This was especially time-consuming for the dot files. Jim Beauchamp j-beauch@uiuc.edu
From: doyle@zeke.lanl.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: S/key or logdaemon for NEXTSTEP Security? Date: 25 Aug 1995 04:07:13 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <41ji9h$9l@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <41in09$128u@news.doit.wisc.edu> tjallen@theory1.physics.wisc.edu (Theodore J. Allen) wrote: > It was suggested to me by my employer that perhaps we > should have some form of login security on our > machines. S/key (ftp://ftp.bellcore.com/pub/nmh/skey/) > and logdaemon (ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/security/) were > suggested. Neither package comes with any NeXT make > targets and an hour or so of hacking on them didn't get > them to compile cleanly. Adding -lposix helped on the > second package to some degree, but there are now other > problems I can't get around easily. I put my modified skey source on our anonymous ftp server. It is at ftp://gita.lanl.gov/people/doyle/skey/skey_NeXT.tar.gz Here is the text of the README.NEXT that comes with it: This is the bellcore source code modified to compile "out-of-the-box" for NeXT platform. I make no guarantees, but all the changes were trivial. Basically it is the same as a sunos4 make. A bug in login.c was fixed that had to do with long hostnames. The original source is still here so you can see the changes for yourself. You may have to copy or link libskey.a into some of the source directories (so build it first in the src directory). I haven't played at all with the ftpd.c so it might not compile at all. I also lifted some code from the logdaemon source and merged it in to make an md5 version of the skey library. This modification is in srcmd5. I haven't really tested it at all, but the merge was straightforward. You can use that instead of the usual md4 lib if you'd like. Use this software at your own risk. I believe the changes to be safe, but I am no expert. The source is there so you can judge for yourself if you feel comfortable using it. The United States Government, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of California, and I make no guarantees whatsoever. Use at your own risk. (There, is that enough disclaimers? If not, please see http://xxx.lanl.gov/legal/disclaimer.html). Mark Doyle http://nqcd.lanl.gov/people/doyle/ August 24, 1995
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: strange paste board behavior with Mail.app Date: 25 Aug 1995 04:42:34 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <41jkbq$a6o@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <m0slPvU-000VfcC@expresso.mendota.com> In article <m0slPvU-000VfcC@expresso.mendota.com>, Louis R. Eagle <Louis_Eagle@mendota.com> wrote: > >I don't seem to be able to use the 3.3 Mail app to send uuencoded >to files to persons with plain vanilla mailers. I'm fairly sure >this worked in 3.2 and/or 3.1 ><snip> >It seems that if a line ends with a space, Mail removes it, thus >toasting the uucode. > That's the problem, alright. In 3.2 (and 3.1?) there was apparently a bug where trailing spaces somehow got turned into blank lines. I gather NeXT took the cheap way out and simple filtered out trailing spaces rather than just fix the bug??? I fooled with this for quite a while and never did come up with a solution using Mail.app (I was able to use something from the services menu, though). Since you're at the command line anyway, you might just pipe the uuencode output directly into mail -s "subject line" <addr> and ignore Mail.app for this purpose. tec
From: booter@well.sf.ca.us (E M Richards) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Date: 25 Aug 1995 06:42:55 GMT Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Message-ID: <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> I was in a hurry and edited my /etc/fstab badly. So, it brings up NextStep, but I can't get a shell because / is mounted read-only. I open the cute editor as root and cannot save the changes to /etc/fstab to undo my really egregious faux pas. When I have done this with Suns, I just boot off the CD, but since I did not install this and it shares a disk with some important DOS files, I would really like to just be able to cleverly get past / being read-only so I can fix my fstab. Suggestions? Email would be better since my office has no news feed and I can just foward my mail from here (my recreational account). ER .
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Dock Apps Don't Stick in NS 3.2 Date: 25 Aug 1995 11:02:11 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <41kajj$sr6@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <41j1f6$1rv@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit James Beauchamp (beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote: [...problem writing to defaults database...] It seems that you lost write permission on you ~/.NeXT folder or your homedirectory was inadvertedly changed so Workspace was not able to locate the defaults database in your home. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Server keeps crashing every five days Date: 25 Aug 1995 14:32:55 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <41kmun$78l@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <41ist8$moe@optical.fiber.net> In article <41ist8$moe@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: > Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: > : I suspect httpd. What version of sendmail are you running? > > : In article <DDIMv3.AK5@nvc.cc.ca.us> fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) writes: > : I checked /usr/adm/messages, and I have a *ton* of this in it: > : Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc last message repeated 43 times > : Aug 18 07:25:00 nvcc mach: proc: table is full > > Iseriously doubt it's the CERN server. I used to get the same thing, but only > when radiusd was running (bad int call). Either machine, black or white, and > the x86 doesn't run CERN. SO, I strongly suggest it's none of the above. IME, > it's radiusd, which I can help you fix. If you're not running radiusd, maybe > it's TACACS, or something similar. > > If I can help, mail me a fresh (post-boot) ps -ax and a netstat -a > Yep, it probably is not httpd. Our web server is currently CERN 3.0 httpd (soon to be switching to apache!) and has been up for: 9:31am up 28 days, 16:10, 0 user, load average: 0.42, 0.18, 0.18 No problems with the daemon. Now, this is the _only_ thing this particular NEXTSTEP box does. No logins, etc... > -- > Carl Payne > cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: Karl.Sierka@amaze.labyrinth.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: tcpdump for NEXTSTEP 3.2 or similar function available? Date: 25 Aug 1995 08:48:01 -0600 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Sender: karl@amaze.labyrinth.com Message-ID: <828FriAug251995karl@amaze.labyrinth.com> Does anyone know where I can get a tcpdump for similar program for NEXTSTEP 3.2? I need to monitor tcp headers for a certain protocol for a certain machine, and want to monitor it from my NeXT. Does the NeXT already do this? Do I just flip some bit in some driver someplace, and all the information will just flow out of the machine magically? Or do I have to port tcpdump? (The last time I tried it, tcpdump would not just compile and run...) Am I missing something? If all else fails, I can set up a BSDI PC and do it from there, but that would require that more hardware be purchased for it, and I already own the NeXT. Please email me with any information about how to go about this. Thanks in advance. Karl Sierka karl.sierka@amaze.labyrinth.com -- Karl F. Sierka
From: harrap@rockcube.geol.queensu.ca (Rob Harrap) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mouseX problems Date: 25 Aug 1995 16:47:33 GMT Organization: Queen's University, Kingston Message-ID: <41kur5$7a8@knot.queensu.ca> Hello all... I just loaded mouseX and xfe, and it starts up no problemo on my NSC. However, when it does come up in X, I get a row of tiny windows in color across the top 1/8 of the screen, and nothing anywhere else. The windows are in grey, green, etc. Eventually a tiny tiny tiny window appears in each (an Xterm) and boom! I can move the x-cursor (which is one pixel in size) over the window and type exit to get the heck out. Now, I'm no X wizard ( in fact, I don't know a thing about it...), but I assume I need to tell mouseX what type of machine I'm using, somehow, in some .rc file somewhere. The problem is where! Since no docs at all came with the mouseX, I'm lost. Friendly advice would be appreciated. Flames would be deserved, perhaps, but save the time and just ignore me... Rob Harrap Digital Data Mangler Queen's University Geological Sciences harrap@geol.queensu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jrhoads@netcom.com (Jason Rhoads) Subject: EtherTalk support? Message-ID: <jrhoadsDDvM4L.DIx@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:05:07 GMT Sender: jrhoads@netcom8.netcom.com Hello. Does anyone know of a product like CAP that works on NeXTSTEP 3.4? -- _____________________________________________________________________ Jason R. Rhoads SandCastle Ltd. 1084 Britten Lane, Suite 102 Ventura, CA 93003 Voice: (805)-650.3231 E-mail: jrhoads@netcom.com (NeXTMail OK) _____________________________________________________________________
From: Mickey Lasky <mickey@va.pubnix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: NeXTStep SNMP GUI? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 15:05:41 -0400 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virgina) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950825150438.6050B-100000@pub01.va.pubnix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone know of a SNMP manager using the NeXTStep GUI? I'd prefer to stuff in an icon and glance at it instead of using a shell window. ------ Mickey Lasky mickey@va.pubnix.com ITA Communications mickey@ita.org (NeXTMail welcomed) http://www.ita.org/~dokk/ita.html "I like my meat so rare a skilled veterinarian would have a good chance of bringing it back to life." --- Bad beer commercial hear on the interstate.
From: grw@retina.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: looking for pcnfd for NEXTSTEP Date: 25 Aug 1995 19:26:38 GMT Organization: UCLA Computer Science Dept. Message-ID: <41l85e$a9g@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of pcnfsd for NEXTSTEP 3.2 Intel ? George
From: mark_bessey@next.com (Mark Bessey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Intel GX-Pro Sound Recording Problems Date: 25 Aug 1995 19:32:18 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <41l8g2$7nh@news.next.com> References: <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> In article <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> hewett@offis.uni-oldenburg.de (Andrew Hewett) writes: > System: > Intel GX-Pro (486/66) with on-board sound chip, > IDE Disk, Intel EtherExpress Ethernet Card, > NEXTSTEP 3.3. > > We have never previously used the sound recording capabilities, > only sound playback. Playback functions perfectly, but > recording only works occasionaly. We get the same effects with > the NextMail and Sound applications. Recording a sound works > approximately 50% of the time. When recording fails, the graphic > meter usually shows that a signal is being received but no sound > gets recorded. However, the graphic meter sometimes shows no > activity at all. > > Can anyone please comment on their experiences with sound recording. > Is the driver known to be buggy? Does recording work well for > others? > > Many thanks, > Andrew Hewett Well, you might have a couple of problems. 1. From the above description, it sounds as if you're using the Sound.app program to record. That program has a number of bugs which can cause recording to fail. You might want to try using another application for recording, or use the sndrecord command from Terminal. 2. I seem to remember having troubles recording on *some* Intel sytems, depending on what the sound hardware was doing before you start recording. Playing a system beep before recording might help. Hope this helps. -- Mark Bessey NeXT Computer, Inc Software Quality Assurance -->I DON'T SPEAK FOR NeXT <--
From: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DNS problem... Date: 25 Aug 1995 12:03:29 -0700 Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Sender: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com Message-ID: <h24tz54xha.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <Pine.A32.3.91.950824144804.83156A-100000@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr> In-reply-to: Afsar Saranli's message of Thu, 24 Aug 1995 14:53:41 +0400 >Hi everybody, >I have a problem with DNS on my system. I have Solaris 1.1.1 istalled >on a sun4 architecture system (sunos 4.1.1_U2). The system is installed >stand-alone. >I tried to set-up DNS access as a simple client by setting up the >/etc/resolv.conf file. However, the system does not seem to query any >DNS server in the domain? Go read the Sun FAQ's about DNS.... -- The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the poster and not his employer.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ijeff@mae.carleton.ca (Ian Jefferson) Subject: Re: Mouse replacement for NeXT machines Message-ID: <DDvwDK.Kqy@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <40q8rc$11k@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:46:32 GMT wrote: : Does anyone know of a supplier for a NeXT hardware mouse. I have a mouse : here which needs to be replaced and the suppliers I have contacted here say : there is a six month waiting list for a replacement. Is it possible to get : an immediate replacement. How about this: computerActive announces MouseTail, a NeXT Mouse Replacement ------------------------------------------------------------ For more information, contact: Kevin Ford, Sales Manager computerActive Inc sales@computerActive.on.ca (613)225-4824 Voice (613)225-1670 FAX NeXT (Motorola) Computers Mouse Replacement computerActive has produced an adaptor that allows readily available high quality Logitech Bus Mouse to be used on all non-ADB NeXT (black) computers. You can buy our adaptor and get a Logitech Bus Mouse elsewhere but we have negotiated a special volume deal so we can provide our adaptor and mouse for less than the price you would normally pay for the Logitech Bus Mouse Kit alone! Your Price for the mouse and converter: $59.95 US (Shipping and handling extra) No trade in required. Keep your NeXT mouse as a conversation piece and save the return shipping charges. Here are your choices: A) computerActive (Adaptor only): 1) computerActive Adaptor $15.00 Warrantee 1 yr 2) You buy the Logitech Bus Mouse Pkg elsewhere $70.00 (estimated) Total $85.00 B) computerActive (Adaptor AND Logitech Bus Mouse) 1) Set (no exchange req'd) $59.95 Warrantee 1 yr C) Bell Atlantic (NeXT Mouse) 1) Without exchange $180.00 (No longer available) 2) With exchange $65.00 Warrantee 90 days Shipping and handling extra. All prices in US dollars. NOTE: This is a limited offer. Once the adaptors are exhausted there will be no more. If your black mouse is OK now, why not buy the adaptor as insurance against future failure? Then you can buy the mouse from any supplier when required. -------------- computerActive is an Ottawa, Canada based consulting and system integration firm specializing in applying UNIX tools to today's business challenges. We have been using and selling NEXTSTEP systems for over four years. Our mission is to help our customers be more efficient and effective than their competition. computerActive inc. 15 Capella Crt., Unit 128, Phone (613) 225-4824 Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2E 7X1 Fax (613) 225-1670 internet mail: sales@computeractive.on.ca NeXT mail preferred!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kenh@netcom.com (Ken Harris) Subject: "resolver" & lookupd Message-ID: <kenhDDvyFD.G9o@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 21:30:49 GMT Sender: kenh@netcom22.netcom.com I'm trying to get "resolver" to work with lookupd. I have the correct entries in /etc/resolv.conf. This works with "nslookup", but the rest of the software doesn't seem to get the DNS stuff (for example "ping" says, "host unknown"). I'm running without a NetInfo server, so when it boots, it says, "Still searching for parent network admin (NetInfo) server. Please wait or press 'c' to continue without network user accounts". At which point I press 'c'. Also, I want to add an entry to /etc/services, but the system doesn't seem to use that. -- ---- Ken Harris Internet: kenh@netcom.com
From: steve@xray.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:01:16 GMT Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Message-ID: <41m2ps$bte@larry.rice.edu> References: <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> E M Richards (booter@well.sf.ca.us) wrote: : I was in a hurry and edited my /etc/fstab badly. So, it brings up : NextStep, but I can't get a shell because / is mounted read-only. : I open the cute editor as root and cannot save the changes to : /etc/fstab to undo my really egregious faux pas. : When I have done this with Suns, I just boot off the CD, but : since I did not install this and it shares a disk with some : important DOS files, I would really like to just be able to : cleverly get past / being read-only so I can fix my fstab. : Suggestions? Email would be better since my office has no news : feed and I can just foward my mail from here (my recreational : account). Not widely known (and that's probably a good thing), entering '-s' at the boot prompt will boot in single user mode. I'm not certain, but this SHOULD mount your root partition r/w. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Ludtke | Physics Dept., Rice Univ. steve@ion.rice.edu | stevel@alumni.caltech.edu | * Those who do ARE * 72335,1537 @ compuserve | The converse also holds
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Migrating from IDA sendmail to 8.6.12? In-Reply-To: gemoe@proximus.north.de's message of Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:10:58 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug26011558@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu> <1995Aug24.131058.1724@proximus.north.de> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 05:15:58 GMT Eric Allman / Berkeley will soon be releasing sendmail 8.7 It has full support for NetInfo, NIS, NIS+, HESIOD, etc... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <1995Aug24.131058.1724@proximus.north.de> gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24744 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!zib-berlin.de!uniol!proximus!gemoe From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) References: <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:10:58 GMT Lines: 35 In article <410b9o$9dj@mark.ucdavis.edu>, Stuart Staniford-Chen <stanifor@helvellyn> wrote: [...] > IDA users: Convert to sendmail 8.6.12. > > Other users: Check the vendor information in the appendix of this > advisory. > > Ensure that you have kept current with upgrades and patches from > your vendor. > > If no patch is currently available, an alternative is to > install sendmail 8.6.12. [...] Uff. For many years I have IDA sendmail running and am quite happy with it, although not fully integrated in NETINFO. Now I would like to know if (a) Anyone knows when NeXT will release their patch for their sendmail that fixes the addressed problem (b) If there is a way using my IDAsendmail.cf with NeXTs to-be-released sendmail (c) If not (b) if I could use the IDA sendmail.cf with Eric Allmans sendmail 8.6.12? Thanks for your time, Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files In-Reply-To: kris@thought.com's message of 19 Aug 1995 19:52:04 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug26012230@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 05:22:30 GMT Where is the source to Resound located?? GISO has a rather poor GUI. Robert In article <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> kris@thought.com writes: In Apps to hear .wav files comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x4af980> writes, > I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? > If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? I'm using Sean Luke's excellent Resound.app. .................................kris
From: vladimir@math.uic.edu (Vladimir V Egorin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 9G disk on HP running 3.3 Date: 26 Aug 1995 06:09:33 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Message-ID: <41mdqt$490q@tigger.cc.uic.edu> Hi, we have the 9G disk on the HP with NS3.3. It has 5 partitions (2+2+2+2+1). So far we've been using only 2 of them. When I tried to mount the third partition, it contained the same files as the first one. After moving the disk to a PC with NS3.3, I was able to mount all the partitions and do a newfs on the ones we didn't use so far. I remember there was a bug in NS3.2 for HP, but supposedly it should have been corrected in the next release. So I am wondering what possibly could be wrong. I would really appreciate any comments and advice. Thanks you very much for your time. -- Vladimir Egorin Department of Mathematics University of Illinois at Chicago vladimir@math.uic.edu
From: richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu (Richard Ruth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 25 Aug 1995 20:51:23 -0700 Organization: runner Message-ID: <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp> Summary: Can't get OmniWeb to use FastView Keywords: OmniWeb FastView ImageViewer I want to change the default viewer that OmniWeb uses from ImageViewer to FastView. I used the Tools Inspector from the Workspace app to set the default app that .gif and .jpg files call to FastView. (I even renamed ImageViewer.app.) After logging out and back in (to recreate ~/.NeXT/services/.cache etc.) OmniWeb still trys to use ImageViewer to display gifs and jpgs. Why??? (If I open OmniWeb.app and double click on a .gif file, it will open using FastView, as it should, but OmniWeb won't use FastView.) Any suggestions for getting OmniWeb to use FastView would be appreciated. -- Richard richard%runner.uucp@usc.edu (100K bytes max -- ok to send NeXTMail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: oscar@nx1.westminster.ca.us (Oscar S. Alonso Subject: Mux V1.7 Message-ID: <DDwG4q.H1@nx1.westminster.ca.us> Keywords: NeXTStep MUX SERIAL COMM Sender: root@nx1.westminster.ca.us (Oscar S. Alonso) Organization: Oscar S. Alonso Software Engineering. Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 03:53:14 GMT Does anyone know if Mux V1.7 works with NeXTStep V3.2 (intel)? Oscar.
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Date: 26 Aug 1995 00:28:50 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <41lps2$egn@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> <41ifh4$141@news.next.com> mark_bessey@next.com (Mark Bessey) wrote: > d244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: > > How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? > One way to do this is to Command-drag the directory into Edit > (i.e. while holding the Command key down, drag the file from > Workspace onto the Edit icon). Of course, this only works if Edit > is already running, or if it's on your dock. > This gets you into Edit's secret filesystem-browser mode...You > can manuever around the file system, print out directory listings, > whatever you want... You can also do this from a unix window if you just do an 'openfile' command on a directory name. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (Timothy J. Luoma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 26 Aug 1995 10:21:36 GMT Organization: Princeton University Distribution: world Message-ID: <41msjg$qjh@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp> Keywords: omniweb won't use OmniImage either In article <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp> richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu (Richard Ruth) writes: I want to change the default viewer that OmniWeb uses from ImageViewer to FastView. I used the Tools Inspector from the Workspace app to set the default app that .gif and .jpg files call to FastView. (I even renamed ImageViewer.app.) After logging out and back in (to recreate ~/.NeXT/services/.cache etc.) OmniWeb still trys to use ImageViewer to display gifs and jpgs. Why??? Geez, I hate to 'me too' but I am having the exact same problem with OmniImage.app. I've set it and it still doesn't respond. I am using OmniWeb v 1.0, and it seems to be adversely effecting my swapspace. Is there a newer and still free version? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> NeXT 3.2 m68k MIME, and NeXTMail OK Another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." "I see your WinDows(tm) and I want to paint them black...."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: yves@claire (Yves Akakpo) Subject: bad mount of CDROM Message-ID: <1995Aug26.220036.440@yves.fdn.fr> Keywords: mount Sender: news@yves.fdn.fr Organization: Individual Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 22:00:36 GMT Hello. I am Newbee. My slab is an NeXTstation Turbo 68040. I can t mount properly my CDROM. 1- First I create /sr -When I write: mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /sr -response: unknown filesysteme hsfs (hsfs is High sierra file systeme) 2- Can I modify or add to /etc/fstab this line whithout corrupt the systeme? /dev/sr0 /sr hsfs ro,noauto 0 0 Desperatly seeking help. Yves
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mfriedel@interpc.de Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Message-ID: <DDxoC7.26K@interpc.de> Sender: usenet@interpc.de Organization: interpersonal-computing GmbH References: <41m2ps$bte@larry.rice.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 19:48:06 GMT > : Suggestions? Email would be better since my office has no news > : feed and I can just foward my mail from here (my recreational > : account). > > Not widely known (and that's probably a good thing), entering '-s' at the > boot prompt will boot in single user mode. I'm not certain, but this SHOULD > mount your root partition r/w. > Nope it won't. Yoo can try a mount -o remount /dev/... but I dought it will work. The only way I know is to boot from the CD. Boot from the installation floppy with the NS CS in the CDROM drive and type -s at the boot prompt. THIS IS IMPORTANT: It will only work with the -s option. !!!! Igonre all the warnings that it is about to nuke your hard disk and install NS. It will ask you for the Drivers for your CD and HS as well as what kind of Language. Anyway in the end you will end up at the # prompt. Jut type mount /dev/sd0a /disk and edit /disk/private/etc/fstab Good luck. -- Michael M. Friedel NEXTIME Interpersonal Computing NeXT-Developer Screen/Movie/Video Machine Oettingen Strasse 2 mfriedel@interpc.de Imagination made in 8000 M nchen 22, Germany Tel: 49 89 222863 Europe Fax: 49 89 223376
From: hadar@amazon (Hadar Pedhazur) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Date: 26 Aug 1995 23:08:07 GMT Organization: Union Bank of Switzerland, New York site Message-ID: <41o9gn$r8v@ns2.ny.ubs.com> References: <41m2ps$bte@larry.rice.edu> <DDxoC7.26K@interpc.de> mfriedel@interpc.de wrote: [deleted] : The only way I know is to boot from the CD. Boot from the installation : floppy with the NS CS in the CDROM drive and type -s at the boot prompt. : THIS IS IMPORTANT: It will only work with the -s option. !!!! : : Igonre all the warnings that it is about to nuke your hard disk and : install NS. It will ask you for the Drivers for your CD and HS as well as : what kind of Language. Anyway in the end you will end up at the # prompt. : Jut type mount /dev/sd0a /disk : and edit /disk/private/etc/fstab : Good luck. : -- : Michael M. Friedel NEXTIME Interpersonal Computing : : NeXT-Developer Screen/Movie/Video Machine Oettingen Strasse 2 : mfriedel@interpc.de Imagination made in 8000 M nchen 22, Germany : Tel: 49 89 222863 Europe Fax: 49 89 223376 I suspect the above will fail. If it does, then the following will almost definitely work (at the boot prompt!): -s config=Default (in other words, add config=Default to the above advice). For the mount command, add the -n switch. Otherwise, you "should" not be able to mount on the root because you can't write to /etc/mtab. Hope this helps ... -- Hadar Pedhazur Global Equity Derivatives Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)
From: reynolds@superstore.com (Jack Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP!!! I did a stupid thing... Date: 27 Aug 1995 07:06:20 GMT Organization: Interact On-line Message-ID: <reynolds-2608952310310001@ip-205.162.86.30.superstore.com> OK, here goes. I was playing with simple network manager (logged in as root ;^( ) My machine is not on a network. When I reboot, it locks when it figures out that it's not on a network. How do I boot single user and what file do I neet to change? Thanks reynolds@superstore.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@spiff.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: literature.pkg & NS 3.3 Message-ID: <DDz8Jq.Fq1@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <418fna$6br@nebula.mpn.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 16:02:13 GMT Charles Ashley (charlesa@mpn.com) wrote: : I've got NS/intel 3.3 which is lacking literature.pkg. The CDROM doesn't : seem to have it either. But NS/I 3.2 has it. However, when I try to : install literature.pkg from 3.2 onto my 3.3 system, installer.app says it : will overwrite newer files. Literature.pkg contains Oxford Quotations and Shakespeare and the Webster's Dictionary pictures. It's the Webster's pictures that will be overwritten by installing Literature. I did it at home, and Webster's still works (with pictures). I don't think Webster's changed from 3.2 to 3.3. --Chris Chris Saldanha | "Can I tell you what makes love Carleton University (Comp. Sci) | so frightening? csaldanh@ccs.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME) | Its that you don't own it. http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh | It owns you."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@spiff.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: Intel GX-Pro Sound Recording Problems Message-ID: <DDz95t.Grz@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <41l8g2$7nh@news.next.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 16:15:29 GMT Mark Bessey (mark_bessey@next.com) wrote: : In article <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> : hewett@offis.uni-oldenburg.de (Andrew Hewett) writes: : > Can anyone please comment on their experiences with sound recording. : > Is the driver known to be buggy? Does recording work well for : > others? : [...] : 1. From the above description, it sounds as if you're using the Sound.app : program to record. That program has a number of bugs which can cause : recording to fail. The Intel GX/Pro Sound driver is pathetically buggy. Sound playing breaks up when disk activity is high, and recording with either Sound.app, or the LipService panel works about 20% of the time. It is little better with sndrecord or other programs. I have made more than one bug report to NeXT, and nothing has ever been done. Things improved slightly with NS 3.3, but not much. --Chris Chris Saldanha | "Can I tell you what makes love Carleton University (Comp. Sci) | so frightening? csaldanh@ccs.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME) | Its that you don't own it. http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh | It owns you."
From: shigeru@wpi.edu (Shigeru KAWAGUCHI) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Is ther POP3 server for NeXT? Date: 27 Aug 1995 17:45:05 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Message-ID: <41qav1$a7a@sundog.tiac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 I think the subject says all. I am looking for POP3 server. The popper I have got supports only POP and POP2. Does anyone know? Thanks in advance. shigeru
From: m@bang.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "resolver" & lookupd Date: 27 Aug 1995 19:42:45 GMT Organization: a2i network Message-ID: <41qhrl$er8@hustle.rahul.net> References: <kenhDDvyFD.G9o@netcom.com> kenh@netcom.com (Ken Harris) wrote: > I have the correct entries in /etc/resolv.conf. This works > with "nslookup", but the rest of the software doesn't seem to get the > DNS stuff (for example "ping" says, "host unknown"). Has lookupd been restarted since /etc/resolv.conf was edited? > I'm running without a NetInfo server, so when it boots, it says, > "Still searching for parent network admin (NetInfo) server. Please wait > or press 'c' to continue without network user accounts". At which point > I press 'c'. You can correct this by running HostManager.app and clicking Local... in the main menu. In the panel which appears, click "Use local domain only." M Carling -- Microsoft Network is prohibited from reproducing this work, in whole or in part. Copyright 1995, M Carling. License is available to Microsoft Network to reproduce this work for $1000. Unauthorized reproduction by Microsoft Network constitutes agreement to these terms. Please report violations to m@bang.org and postmaster@microsoft.com.
From: m@bang.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Date: 27 Aug 1995 19:51:25 GMT Organization: a2i network Message-ID: <41qibt$er8@hustle.rahul.net> References: <41m2ps$bte@larry.rice.edu> <DDxoC7.26K@interpc.de> mfriedel@interpc.de wrote: > > Not widely known (and that's probably a good thing), entering '-s' at > the > > boot prompt will boot in single user mode. I'm not certain, but this > SHOULD > > mount your root partition r/w. > > > Nope it won't. Yoo can try a mount -o remount /dev/... but I dought it > will work. It has worked for me. > The only way I know is to boot from the CD. Boot from the installation > floppy with the NS CS in the CDROM drive and type -s at the boot prompt. > THIS IS IMPORTANT: It will only work with the -s option. !!!! > > Igonre all the warnings that it is about to nuke your hard disk and > install NS. It will ask you for the Drivers for your CD and HS as well as > what kind of Language. Anyway in the end you will end up at the # prompt. > Jut type mount /dev/sd0a /disk > and edit /disk/private/etc/fstab This should also work. If neither of the above work, you can pull the drive out of the machine and connect it as an external drive to another working machine (running NEXTSTEP, of course). Or connect another bootable hard drive to your machine and boot from the other drive. M Carling -- Microsoft Network is prohibited from reproducing this work, in whole or in part. Copyright 1995, M Carling. License is available to Microsoft Network to reproduce this work for $1000. Unauthorized reproduction by Microsoft Network constitutes agreement to these terms. Please report violations to m@bang.org and postmaster@microsoft.com.
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: top Date: 27 Aug 1995 21:10:09 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <41qmvh$okd@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> References: <41hguh$eoh@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> <41ikcm$jnm@gate.seicom.net> Although I failed to compile this version under NS 3.3 (even with the m_machine file), Frank has forwarded a copy of the Intel binary to me. I have posted it onto ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions for now. Enjoy! Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: lao@zoo.ncl.omron.co.jp (LAO Shihong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Date: 23 Aug 1995 00:24:53 GMT Organization: OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JAPAN Message-ID: <41dsgm$nhj@omrongw2.wg.omron.co.jp> References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> In article <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: > How can you print out a listing from the File Browser? Is there a way?? > > While the Unix weeny way works (hmmm. How alliterative.), I would rather > that my users were *not* poking about in terminal sessions where they can > do Bad Things. Does anyone know of a way to print the File Broser lists? How about Wood.app? It makes a diagram of the directory.
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing a directory listing Date: 27 Aug 1995 23:17:30 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-e-42.usc.edu Message-ID: <41quea$ooi@usc.edu> References: <DDo4Do.2FL@freenet.carleton.ca> <41dsgm$nhj@omrongw2.wg.omron.co.jp> lao@zoo.ncl.omron.co.jp (LAO Shihong) wrote: > How about Wood.app? It makes a diagram of the directory. How do you do that? -- Matthew ====================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Unix Guru Universe <ugu@www.polaris.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.sys.mentor,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: UNIX GURU UNIVERSE IS ON-LINE Date: 22 Aug 1995 19:34:30 GMT Organization: Unix Guru Universe Message-ID: <41dbg6$dt4@louie.disney.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.polaris.net/ugu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There is a new Unix oriented website on the Internet. It is called, "UGU" (Pronounced: You-Goo) for UNIX GURU UNIVERSE Dedicated to all Unix System Administrators that are under paid, under staffed, work long hour, not to mention constantly used and abused by both management and users. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.polaris.net/ugu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= UGU was developed so that System Administrators, who don't have time to surf/cruise/browse the internet looking across the world for the information they seek. It was developed so the admin could go in find what they are looking for quickly and easily and get out. The page is for all Admins beginners to Guru's alike to share. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.polaris.net/ugu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Yes, it is Netscape 1.1x friendly.
From: Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP and NXHost Date: 27 Aug 1995 20:05:03 GMT Organization: CICNet, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <41qj5f$poh@spruce.cic.net> Howdy all, Anyone know how to setup one's routing tables to allow NXHost'ing to work over PPP? I'm using PPP 2.2 by Steven Perkins. Thanks, Roland --------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Telfeyan http://www.telf.com/~roland Telf Design Corp. email: roland@telf.com 310 Miller Ave. voice: +1 313 761 9590 Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA fax: +1 313 761 9890 ---------------------------------------------------------------
From: nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Nathan Urban) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sound Recording Problems Date: 27 Aug 1995 19:27:16 -0400 Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Message-ID: <41qv0k$cam@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <41l8g2$7nh@news.next.com> <DDz95t.Grz@cunews.carleton.ca> In article <DDz95t.Grz@cunews.carleton.ca>, csaldanh@spiff.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) wrote: > The Intel GX/Pro Sound driver is pathetically buggy. Sound playing > breaks up when disk activity is high, and recording with either > Sound.app, or the LipService panel works about 20% of the time. It is > little better with sndrecord or other programs. Incidentally, does the PAS 16 driver have the same problems? I tried recording with it, and the resulting sample was very faint and static-y. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Urban | e-mail: nurban@mail.vt.edu Undergraduate {CS,Physics}, Virginia Tech | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab In-Reply-To: booter@well.sf.ca.us's message of 25 Aug 1995 06:42:55 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug28000025@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 04:00:25 GMT You have another option: # mount -o remount,rw /dev/sd0a / Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> booter@well.sf.ca.us (E M Richards) writes: I was in a hurry and edited my /etc/fstab badly. So, it brings up NextStep, but I can't get a shell because / is mounted read-only. I open the cute editor as root and cannot save the changes to /etc/fstab to undo my really egregious faux pas. When I have done this with Suns, I just boot off the CD, but since I did not install this and it shares a disk with some important DOS files, I would really like to just be able to cleverly get past / being read-only so I can fix my fstab. Suggestions? Email would be better since my office has no news feed and I can just foward my mail from here (my recreational account). ER .
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 28 Aug 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <41rfsf$sh9@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site ============================ http://www.next.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups ========================== news:comp.sys.next.advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. news:comp.sys.next.announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Archives are available by ftp at ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Next_Announce_Archives Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. news:comp.sys.next.bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. news:comp.sys.next.hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. news:comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. news:comp.sys.next.misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! news:comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. Related Newsgroups ================== news:comp.soft-sys.nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news:comp.object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ============= ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. ftp://ftp.dn.net/pub/next Peanuts mirror in the US ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next/ eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. 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Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:alf@epix.net) Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Mpller) Subject: Re: panic messages -- anyone know what they mean? References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950818161302.17217B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Organization: German NeXT User Group, Oldenburg. Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:59:48 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug27.145948.1945@proximus.north.de> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950818161302.17217B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: >My NeXT (m68k running 3.2) has been repeatedly, successively panicing. > >It goes through the boot process, looks OK to me, but after the last >message in the ROM about the booting, the screen goes gray (as it should) >and then it panics. > >The only error messages I have seen which seem to make any sense are: >CPU parity error >(or) >CPU 0 bus error >I've seen the first one of these 3 times, and the second one 1 time. >Then I just shut her down and deciding to come ask comp.sys.next.sysadmin. > >Any clues what might be going on, or, more importantly, what I can do to >get it to boot correctly? This pretty much looks like a broken SIMM module to me. I had it already TWO times with my station (now don't ask me why it happens so often to me, I guess I'm just lucky ;-) ). The problem is that you will have to play "mastermind". Mark all SIMMS you have with some colour pen. Pull all but two (8MB) out, try booting. Then start checking the other SIMMS. It takes quite a while and is no fun at all, but I haven't found a better solution yet. As a special service, I include a list with all m68k exceptions that I got from Volker Herminghaus <vhs@langen.bull.de>: ;-) 00 RESET (Anfangsadresse SupervisorStackpointer) 01 RESET (Anfangsadresse Programmzaehler) 02 Bus error 03 Adress error 04 Illegal Opcode 05 Division by Zero 06 Instruction CHK 07 Instruction TRAPV 08 Privilege Violation 09 Trace 0A Unimplemented $Axxx 0B Unimplemented $Bxxx 0C-0E Reserved 0F Uninitialised interrupt 10-17 Reserved 18 Wrong interrupt 19-1F Interrupt autovectors 20-2F TRAP-Instruction vectors 30-3F Reserved 40-FF User interrupt vectors Good luck and success, Gerhard. -- N < principiis obsta! >------------------< PGP Key available on request > N e Gerhard Moeller, Amselweg 16, 26122 Oldenburg (FRG) [*: 02/21/1968] e X Private: gemoe@proximus.north.de Phone (voice): +49-441-507856 X T Uni: Gerhard.Moeller@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE NeXTmail & MIME T NoGeNUG - Northern German NeXT User Group: NoGeNUG@proximus.north.DE
From: 1hschulz@rzdspc41.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Heiko Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 28 Aug 1995 08:51:15 GMT Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany Message-ID: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> References: <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp> Richard Ruth (richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu) wrote: : I want to change the default viewer that OmniWeb uses from : ImageViewer to FastView. I used the Tools Inspector from the : Workspace app to set the default app that .gif and .jpg files : call to FastView. (I even renamed ImageViewer.app.) After logging : out and back in (to recreate ~/.NeXT/services/.cache etc.) : OmniWeb still trys to use ImageViewer to display gifs and jpgs. : Why??? : (If I open OmniWeb.app and double click on a .gif file, it will : open using FastView, as it should, but OmniWeb won't use FastView.) : Any suggestions for getting OmniWeb to use FastView would be : appreciated. I would guess that FastView doesn't offer it's capabilities as a service to all other apps. In the times before FastView I had ImageViewer and added OmniImage. OmniImage very happily started ImageViewer's service to display .gif and oters. : -- : Richard : richard%runner.uucp@usc.edu : (100K bytes max -- ok to send NeXTMail) -- Heiko Schulz EMail> 1hschulz@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (ASCII only)
From: pollak@pluto.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de (Armin Pollak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is ther POP3 server for NeXT? Date: 28 Aug 1995 09:12:09 GMT Organization: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Message-ID: <41s199$muv@infosrv.rz.unibw-muenchen.de> References: <41qav1$a7a@sundog.tiac.net> In <41qav1$a7a@sundog.tiac.net>, shigeru@wpi.edu (Shigeru KAWAGUCHI) writes: >I think the subject says all. I am looking for POP3 server. The popper >I have got supports only POP and POP2. Does anyone know? > >Thanks in advance. > >shigeru > Try popper-1_831.tar.gz. You will find it at the usual NeXT FTPs and it has pop3! Have fun Armin -----------Armin Pollak----Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Telefon: 089 / 6004 3502 Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, FAX: 089 / 6004 3560 85577 Neubiberg, Deutschland email: pollak@pluto.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Fujitsu 1606 and RTFM... Date: 28 Aug 1995 12:18:43 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <41sc73$f1g@turing.mathworks.com> Hi netters, I'm trying to add a fujitsu 1606 to my cube (which already has a 2266). Am I correct in assuming that the entire process is: 1. run sdformat, change block size to 1024 bytes 2. run newfs 3. make a disktab entry 4. make an entry in fstab Please, no remarks about RTFM... my FM's are in a box somewhere, as I have just moved (and you know how it is with new toys ;) ). thanx, -peter PS. Anybody know where to get USR Courier modems for the least amount of $$ ?
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: On the same note.... Date: 28 Aug 1995 12:54:33 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <41sea9$f1g@turing.mathworks.com> So after I get the new fujitsu 1606 installed, what is safe to move onto it to off-load the boot drive? I assume /LocalApps, /LocalLibrary and all of the user accounts. Any gotchas? -peter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Message-ID: <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 11:34:23 GMT Omni sucks compared to Netscape. Is there a Netscape version for NeXT?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: Sound Recording Problems Message-ID: <DE0zC3.K0z@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <1995Aug22.155826.9465@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <41l8g2$7nh@news.next.com> <DDz95t.Grz@cunews.carleton.ca> <41qv0k$cam@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 14:38:27 GMT Nathan Urban (nurban@csugrad.cs.vt.edu) wrote: : csaldanh@spiff.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) wrote: : > The Intel GX/Pro Sound driver is pathetically buggy. Sound playing : > breaks up when disk activity is high, and recording with either : > Sound.app, or the LipService panel works about 20% of the time. It is : > little better with sndrecord or other programs. : Incidentally, does the PAS 16 driver have the same problems? I tried : recording with it, and the resulting sample was very faint and static-y. We have a PAS 16 Basic (now discontiuned model, you can only get the SCSI-included kind now) in one of our GX's (on-board sound disabled), and it works quite well. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: Joe_Keenan@next.com (Joe Keenan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: looking for pcnfd for NEXTSTEP Date: 28 Aug 1995 15:48:19 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <41sog3$pct@news.next.com> References: <41l85e$a9g@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> In article <41l85e$a9g@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> grw@retina.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu) writes: > Does anyone know where I can get a copy of pcnfsd for NEXTSTEP 3.2 > Intel ? /usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd joe
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: thomas@netcom.com (Tom Thomas) Subject: HPLJ4M w/NETJet how to configure? Message-ID: <thomasDE14Ax.Kp9@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 16:25:45 GMT Sender: thomas@netcom8.netcom.com I have recently obtained an HP LaserJet 4M that has an Emulex NETJet card. I did not recieve any of the original documentation for the printer or the ethernet card. I want to put the printer on our (mostly) NS network. I know the ethernet address of the NETJet, and I have created an entry in the machines directory of NetInfo. But I don't know how to tell the NETJet what it's new IP address, and subnet mask is. When I print a self test from the printer, it can tell me what IP address and netmask the NETJet currently thinks it is. How do I configure the NETJet card? Can anyone who has this currently running give me a hand?
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab Date: 28 Aug 1995 17:02:42 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <41ssri$jqu@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> <RDL.95Aug28000025@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : You have another option: : # mount -o remount,rw /dev/sd0a / Looks like every answerer (myself included when responding via a private e-mail :-) forgets about '-n' option to mount. Without it mount will barf on you attempting to update /etc/mtab file on still non-writable root partition; or at least my version of mount does. Michal
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 12:23:40 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> > > Omni sucks compared to Netscape. > Is there a Netscape version for NeXT? No there is not, and from the last time this thread was brought around, I don't think there will be. Personally I was not all that thrilled with NetScape. Any time you want click on a page it reloaded the images, where OmniWeb keeps them in a /tmp and then cleans them up later. Granted I did not use Netscape for long (just til I got my ppp connection up and and could use my NeXT from home) but I really didn't see what all the fuss was about. The only thing I liked about it was it had a pulldown menu of my sites, rather than having a separate bookmarks window. TjL, awaiting word on what he missed while using NetScape. -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> NeXT 3.2 m68k MIME, and NeXTMail OK Another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." "I see your WinDows(tm) and I want to paint them black...."
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 28 Aug 1995 19:14:37 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <41t4it$opq@paladin.american.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> writes: :> :> Omni sucks compared to Netscape. :> Is there a Netscape version for NeXT? : : :No there is not, and from the last time this thread was brought around, I :don't think there will be. : : From a e-mail message I got from someone at OmniWeb they are trying to implement a lot of NetScape's "enhancements" for the next version. Getting those background colors is such a great thing! And those huge transparent background images that make some NetScape programs crash because of the memory needed. Can't wait for those! -- Torrey McMahon
From: gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 28 Aug 1995 19:26:36 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <41t59c$1o4e@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> Albatross wrote: > > Omni sucks compared to Netscape. > Is there a Netscape version for NeXT? > Perhaps whoever's behind this unsigned post would care to offer a bit of justification for his opinion that "Omni (presumably he means OmniWeb.app) sucks". I have a very high opinion of OmniWeb myself, and have seen a lot of troubles with Netscape on Windows PCs. How about it "Albatross"? Give us a summary of the ways that you think that Netscape is superior to OmniWeb, I'd like to hear your arguments for this "opinion". -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: indy@gryphon (Steve Weintz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: web server Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:13:17 GMT Organization: New Media, Ltd. Distribution: world Message-ID: <41t80t$hp1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <41fk6r$lcs@aimnet1.aimnet.com> Keywords: NEXTSTEP, WWW, servers NCSA In article <41fk6r$lcs@aimnet1.aimnet.com> LowellSchneider@SchemaResearch.com writes: > Can anyone shed any light on the following console errors coming from our web server. > > Aug 23 08:03:27 ernie mach: httpd[14880]: NFS read error 13 on pagein > Aug 23 08:03:27 ernie mach: httpd[9329]: NFS read error 13 on pagein > Aug 23 08:03:27 ernie last message repeated 106 times > > When I start the webserver, everything is quiet. When I first access the web server with > OmniWeb, it works fine. Some time later, seeminly triggered by an web access, the httpd > process starts doing significant disk io, probably writing the above multitude of errors to > the console and to /usr/adm/messages. It continues this way forever, or until I kill it. This > happens over and over until I have 15+ httpd processes, all going wild. > > We're using NCSA httpd_1.4.1, which I compiled fat for sparc and m68k. We had a similar problem with NCSA 1.4. I'd kill and restart the httpd daemon to get it to read modified config files, and it would barf out error messages...until the swapfile filled up and our machine hung. Very bad. > Is there a better (free) httpd server? Yes! The APACHE server, available in free source form from http://www.apache.org/info.html -- | Steve Weintz * Partner, New Media,Ltd. * steve@dave-world.net | | 217.344.5303 * fax 217.344.8981 * http://gecko.dave-world.net/| | P.O.Box 742 | "Bobcat, do you like hamsters or gerbils?" | | Urbana, IL USA 61801 |"Well, there's more dark meat on a hamster."|
From: aj@borg.yorku.ca (Alykhan Jetha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting up a NeXT httpd server using PPP for multihost Date: 28 Aug 1995 15:17:42 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9508282018.AA00342@borg.yorku.ca> Folks, We are setting up a NeXTCUBE as a httpd server. We have not had a problem until the issue of multiple domain names came up. It seems that on other Unix machines, you can configure ifconfig to have IP address aliases. On NEXTSTEP, ifconfig does not support the alias feature and thus we must employ other ways to achieve the desired results. Some people have used TransSys Slip to setup two IP addresses on one machine. It seems to work well for them. I would like to achieve the same results using PPP (with 10 static host addresses). Has anyone done this before, or has anyone figured out another way of achieving the same results?? Any help would be appreciated! I will also post a summary when done... Regards, Alykhan Jetha Respond to: ajetha@huma.yorku.ca (NeXTMAIL OK)
From: indy@gryphon (Steve Weintz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP and NXHost Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:22:59 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Distribution: world Message-ID: <41t8j3$j8h@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <41qj5f$poh@spruce.cic.net> Keywords: NEXTSTEP, PPP, remote control In article <41qj5f$poh@spruce.cic.net> Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> writes: > Howdy all, > > Anyone know how to setup one's routing tables to allow NXHost'ing to > work over PPP? I'm using PPP 2.2 by Steven Perkins. > I'd like to know this, too; I haven't gotten the stuff that comes with the latest NEXTSTEP version to work. As an aside, RBrowser.app is a GREAT way of driving and maintaining a remote Web server! Two attaboys' worht of beer to Robert Vasvari and EPS! -- | Steve Weintz * Partner, New Media,Ltd. * steve@dave-world.net | | 217.344.5303 * fax 217.344.8981 * http://gecko.dave-world.net/| | P.O.Box 742 | "Bobcat, do you like hamsters or gerbils?" | | Urbana, IL USA 61801 |"Well, there's more dark meat on a hamster."|
From: smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to do "open filename" from remote host Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:58:44 GMT Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Message-ID: <41tam4$48a@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> [ Article crossposted from comp.sys.next.misc ] [ Author was Milind Bakhle (smbakh@milind) ] [ Posted on 28 Aug 1995 20:56:44 GMT ] Is there a way to issue an open command from a remote host? When I issue a command "open .login" from a terminal window on my NeXT (hostname=milind), Edit opens up the .login file. Now, if I rlogin to a remote host, and issue a "rsh milind open .login", all I get is an error in the console saying "DPS client library error: Could not form connection, host local host". What am I missing here? Is it possible to issue a "rsh hostname open filename" from a remote host to which I have rlogin'ed from the console? If so, what all do I need to check for? Appreciate any answers/pointers. Milind A. Bakhle mabakhle@lerc.nasa.gov
From: rdieter@mathlab41.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:39:40 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Distribution: na,usa,world Message-ID: <41t9ic$8id@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> In article <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> (Albatross) writes: > > Omni sucks compared to Netscape. I'd argue to the contrary. I've used both, and have gotten much more productivity from OmniWeb. > Is there a Netscape version for NeXT? No. -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Research Associate Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP!!! I did a stupid thing... Date: 28 Aug 1995 21:56:23 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <41te27$g96@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <reynolds-2608952310310001@ip-205.162.86.30.superstore.com> In article <reynolds-2608952310310001@ip-205.162.86.30.superstore.com> reynolds@superstore.com (Jack Reynolds) writes: > > OK, here goes. > I was playing with simple network manager (logged in as root ;^( ) > My machine is not on a network. > When I reboot, it locks when it figures out that it's not on a network. > How do I boot single user and what file do I neet to change? 1.Boot the machine in single-user mode: a.FOR INTEL HARDWARE: boot: mach_kernel -s b.FOR NeXT HARDWARE: NeXT> bsd -s (on NeXT hardware) [To get to the ROM Monitor (NeXT> prompt) during power up, hold down both Command keys and press the tilde key on the keypad] 2.Copy a new NetInfo database and new hostconfig file using the default templates: # cp -rp /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc # cp -p /usr/template/client/etc/hostconfig /etc This sets your computer back to a default NetInfo configuration as it was when you first installed NEXTSTEP. Hope this helps. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us (Roger E. Masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: problems with dump Date: 28 Aug 1995 22:15:25 GMT Organization: Corporation for National Research Initiatives Distribution: world Message-ID: <41tf5t$q4s@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> Recently I've tried to restore the entire contents of an archive created with dump that is multitape. I created this dump in multiuser mode, being carefull not to unlink or rename any files while the dump is running. This does not seem to be sufficient... When trying to read the tapes, restore beleives that volumes #3 and #4 are both volume #2 and will not let me continue. Has anyone experienced this? Or on a more general note, what are folks using for 'attended' backups in multiuser mode on NEXTSTEP? -- Regards, Roger E. Masse, Systems Engineer Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: users houses showing up as folders Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 17:06:46 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828170435.5770A-100000@charisma> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII made 3 user account with UserManager, nothing too fancy, and they work fine. However, a small matter: each of them sees the other's home folder as a folder rather than a neighbor "house" I know I've seen a post or two about this before, but this is the first time I've experienced it myself. Anyone care to shed some light? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> NeXT 3.2 m68k MIME, and NeXTMail OK Another convert to the Z-Shell "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." "I see your WinDows(tm) and I want to paint them black...."
From: rmenelli@qualcomm.com (Ron Menelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Ethernet w/multiple IP addresses? Date: 29 Aug 1995 00:03:44 GMT Organization: QUALCOMM, Incorporated; San Diego, CA, USA Message-ID: <rmenelli-2808951703460001@rmenelli-mac.qualcomm.com> Hello, I'm helping a friend configure a WWW server on his HP running NeXTSTEP (3.2 or 3.3, can't remember) and Apache httpd. To get the Apache server to run in 'virtual server' mode, the machine needs to be able to respond to multiple IP addresses on a single (Ethernet) interface. On other UNIX machines, this can be done using certain ifconfig options, or by using a virtual interface (/dev/vifxx). This NeXTSTEP machine seems to have neither. Is there some way I can get his machine to respond to multiple addresses on one Ethernet port? Sorry if this is a FAQ or a generally stupid question. I'm not as familiar with NeXTSTEP as I probably should be. Responses via e-mail preferred. Thanks, -Ron Menelli rmenelli@qualcomm.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gosman@netcom.com (???) Subject: cpu (help) Message-ID: <gosmanDE2143.E0F@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:14:27 GMT Sender: gosman@netcom20.netcom.com hello all, How can I monitor my cpu performance ??? Is there a graphical monitor that I can run at all time ?? any help is appreciated please email me if possible gosman@netcom.com Thanks
From: johnz@best.com (John Zollinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: users houses showing up as folders Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 01:53:43 GMT Organization: ProActive Consulting, Inc. Message-ID: <41u6h9$hbg@news1.best.com> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828170435.5770A-100000@charisma> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> wrote: >made 3 user account with UserManager, nothing too fancy, and they work >fine. However, a small matter: each of them sees the other's home folder >as a folder rather than a neighbor "house" >I know I've seen a post or two about this before, but this is the first >time I've experienced it myself. Anyone care to shed some light? First thing to check is under Unix preferences in the Preferences application, and make sure that Large File system is not checked. John Zollinger johnz@best.com ProActive Consulting, Inc. Professional software development (Delphi, Visual Basic, NEXTSTEP, and others...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Message-ID: <DE22x6.qD@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <41t59c$1o4e@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:53:28 GMT In article <41t59c$1o4e@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) writes: > How about it "Albatross"? Give us a summary of the ways that you > think that Netscape is superior to OmniWeb, I'd like to hear your > arguments for this "opinion". > > -- Netscape OmniWeb ------------------------------------------ |----------------------------- Pull down Hotlist | Extra Window App for Hotlist Reloads changing pages (Auto) | Does Nothing Displays HTML links from cursor over link | Click link before knowing link Pull down history | Open another App Window etc...
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: LoginHook and NS/HP-PA ? Date: 29 Aug 1995 13:41:32 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <41v5ec$ee1@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Sorry if I missed something in the docs, but is it possible that the LoginHook is defunctive with NS/HP 3.2 ? I noticed that MOTD.app doesn't come up on our HP machines (hooked with 'dwrite loginwindow LoginHook /LocalApps/MOTD.app/MOTD'), while it works fine on the black hardware running 3.2 ? Does MOTD.app work as login hook for anybody with an NS/HP system ? Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems connecting NovellServer Date: 29 Aug 1995 14:55:44 GMT Organization: University of Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <41v9pg$14l@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Hi! An Zappa Pentium System with Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 Card has no problems mounting and exporting via NFS... But it fails to connect to our NovellNet-Server (NW3.12 802.2) The message reads as follows: ... Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Registering: en0 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Intel EtherExpress PRO /10 at port 0x300 irq 10 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: IP protocol enabled for interface en0, type "10MB Ethernet" Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: en0: Ethernet address 00:aa:00:a2:fd:c1 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Registering: Beep Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: server nuc won't link Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: server nuc won't link Aug 29 15:33:59 komet syslog: npsd: Bind failed: No response from server. Aug 29 15:34:00 komet reboot: Reboot complete Aug 29 15:34:10 komet loginwindow[204]: loginwindow: Checking for DOS partitioned disk ... So there's a Link failed from the kern_loader... what does this mean? And yes, I checked the NeXTanswers and there they told me to change the rc file to give npsd a hint, so I changed it to: # Configure the protocol stack. if [ -f /usr/netware/etc/npsd ]; then /usr/netware/etc/npsd -t5 -r5 && (echo -n ' npsd') >/dev/console 2>&1 fi where -t5 should mean: timeout after 5 Secs and -r5 means: retry 5 times but neither does what I said..... (Syntax Problem???) Thanks for any hints, Michael Please E-Mail your answer to moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de, I will summerize....
From: c62nt24@ibx.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: MODE SENSE woes... Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:13:27 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> Keywords: ST15230N SCSI disk install Hi, Once again, I've gone out an purchased a large disk to install in my slab and, once again, it won't install. Is there anyone out there that can help me get over this misery?? Disk: Seagate 15230N 4 gig SCSI HD Errors: From 3.2 CDROM: boot block extends beyond front porch From "disk /dev/sd0a": get info: inappropriate ioctl for device From "sdform /dev/sd0a": Request Sense command failed ioctl (SDIOCSRQ): inappropriate ioctl for device If this mode sense thing is not an evil plot by NeXT to make me throw away all my money on useless expensive modern hardware, then there MUST be a way to get around this problem, right? Thanks thanks thanks for any help that means I don't have to put this disk in a closet! Chris
From: pgeiss@giotto.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de (Peter Geissler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Cannot install Nextstep with NCR controller Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:50:29 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <41vd05$q9c@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Hi everybody, I tried to install Nextstep on a Pentium PC with NCR SCSI hard disc controller. To access the SCSI controller, I used the SYM53c8 driver which is available on the internet. Everything seemed to work fine until during the installation the "Configure"-application was started. When I tried to configure the system proberly, it just crashed. Because rebooting didnt work, i tried to reinstall the complete system several times. But this never worked. Booting the machine from the installation floppy , formating the hard disk and writing the system files to disk works file. In most cases, after rebooting the machine during in the installation, the machine hangs saying "cannot find /usr/Devices/.." or something similiar. Sometimes it says "cannot find $LBL". One time, I got the mystic message : "vm_object_deactivate: I am sooo confused" "type (r) to reboot or (m) to monitor" I could boot the machine from the CD in single user mode and mount the hard disk. The file system written to the disk seems to be ok, but contains only some 60 MBytes. So I have the feeling that for some reason the SCSI driver is not loaded if the system is booting from hard disk. Does anybody knows whats going on ? Thanx in advance for any help. Peter Geissler pgeiss@giotto.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de !! NeXT or MIME mail welcome !!
From: cortesr@alleg.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:50:09 GMT Organization: Allegheny College Message-ID: <41vcvh$nf4@mustang.alleg.edu> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> > (Albatross) wrote: > > > :-> Omni sucks compared to Netscape. > :-> Is there a Netscape version for NeXT? > > Nope... -- Ricardo Cortes Allegheny College cortesr@alleg.edu (NeXTMail OK) http://ace.alleg.edu/~cortes
From: eb@marcus (Eric Bergerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help w/ Error During Mail Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:00:43 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <41vh3r$mer@news1.panix.com> Does anyone know what causes the error: can't get working directory ('getwd: can't stat .') in the following sequence. ------------------------------------------------------------- # mail -v aMachine\!aUser Subject: Test . EOT Null message body; hope that's ok aMachine!aUser... Connecting to aMachine (uucpout)... can't get working directory ('getwd: can't stat .'); will try to continue aMachine!aUser... Sent # --------------------------------------------------------------- The mail is successfully sent, but the postmaster always gets a copy of message with the listed error above in the ----Transcript of session follows----- section. Please reply to eb@object.com. Sincerely, Eric Bergerson Home: Work eb@panix.com eb@object.com 212 744 9359 212 988 6268
From: gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:26:41 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <41vikh$1br0@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <DE22x6.qD@empire.org> somebody who prefers not to have us know his name, and uses the alias Albatross wrote: >Netscape OmniWeb >------------------------------------------ |----------------------------- >Pull down Hotlist | Extra Window App for Hotlist >Reloads changing pages (Auto) | Does Nothing >Displays HTML links from cursor over link | Click link before knowing link >Pull down history | Open another App Window > >etc... etc? That includes the long list of buggy versions of Netscape (version 1.10105Q, or whatever), frequent bug-fix "upgrades" that contain new bugs, memory leaks, UAE Windows crashes, all of those famous Netscape features? Is that what you mean by etc "Albatross"?? -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de (Wolfgang Roeckelein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:53:43 +0200 Organization: WHU Koblenz Message-ID: <roeckelein-2908951153430001@mars.wi.whu-koblenz.de> References: <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp> In article <41m5nr$c4r@runner.uucp>, richard@runner.uucp@usc.edu (Richard Ruth) wrote: >I want to change the default viewer that OmniWeb uses from >ImageViewer to FastView. I used the Tools Inspector from the >Workspace app to set the default app that .gif and .jpg files >call to FastView. (I even renamed ImageViewer.app.) After logging >out and back in (to recreate ~/.NeXT/services/.cache etc.) >OmniWeb still trys to use ImageViewer to display gifs and jpgs. >Why??? > >(If I open OmniWeb.app and double click on a .gif file, it will >open using FastView, as it should, but OmniWeb won't use FastView.) So you want FastView for embedded pictures, do I understand that right? This goes via filter services, not via default apps. You have to edit the services fiel inside the apps (or inside thee OmniImageFilter.service). Just comment out what you don't what. Note that for competing entries there is no deterministic behaviour. Hope this helps, Wolfgang -- Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Voice: +49 261 6509 173 Wolfgang Roeckelein Fax: +49 261 6509 179 WHU Koblenz E-Mail: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de Burgplatz 2 (NeXTmail ok) D-56179 Vallendar Germany
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DNS problem... Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:19:15 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <41vi6j$hci@digdug.pencom.com> References: <Pine.A32.3.91.950824144804.83156A-100000@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr> Afsar Saranli <saranli@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr> wrote: : Hi everybody, : I have a problem with DNS on my system. I have Solaris 1.1.1 istalled : on a sun4 architecture system (sunos 4.1.1_U2). The system is installed : stand-alone. : I tried to set-up DNS access as a simple client by setting up the : /etc/resolv.conf file. However, the system does not seem to query any : DNS server in the domain? : Does anyone have an idea what is wrong? Is there any related config file : I am unaware of? (for a simple client operation) There is a file called '/etc/nsswitch.conf'. Try "man nsswitch.conf"... Out of curiosity -- what does this have to do with NEXTSTEP system admin? --- robin -- "Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net." -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mux V1.7 Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:20:03 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <41vi83$hci@digdug.pencom.com> References: <DDwG4q.H1@nx1.westminster.ca.us> oscar@nx1.westminster.ca.us (Oscar S. Alonso wrote: : Does anyone know if Mux V1.7 works with NeXTStep V3.2 (intel)? Works on my box. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
From: moellney@komet.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems connecting NovellServer Date: 29 Aug 1995 20:30:19 GMT Organization: University of Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <41vtcr$i87@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <41v9pg$14l@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) wrote: > Hi! > An Zappa Pentium System with Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 Card has no problems mounting and exporting via NFS... > But it fails to connect to our NovellNet-Server (NW3.12 802.2) > The message reads as follows: > ... > Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Registering: en0 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Intel EtherExpress PRO /10 at port 0x300 irq 10 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: IP protocol enabled for interface en0, type "10MB Ethernet" > Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: en0: Ethernet address 00:aa:00:a2:fd:c1 Aug 29 15:33:48 komet mach: Registering: Beep Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: Link failed Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: server nuc won't link Aug 29 15:33:58 komet kern_loader: kern_loader: server nuc won't link Aug 29 15:33:59 komet syslog: npsd: Bind failed: No response from server. Aug 29 15:34:00 komet reboot: Reboot complete Aug 29 15:34:10 komet loginwindow[204]: loginwindow: Checking for DOS partitioned disk > ... > So there's a Link failed from the kern_loader... what does this mean? > And yes, I checked the NeXTanswers and there they told me to change the rc file to give npsd a hint, so I changed it to: > # Configure the protocol stack. > if [ -f /usr/netware/etc/npsd ]; then > /usr/netware/etc/npsd -t5 -r5 && (echo -n ' npsd') > >/dev/console 2>&1 > fi > where -t5 should mean: timeout after 5 Secs and -r5 means: retry 5 times but neither does what I said..... (Syntax Problem???) Oh Stupid Me Thinking NeXT Dont Changing Anything To The nuc_reloc in /usr/lib/Kern_loader/nuc !!!! I Mounted /usr/lib from a 3.2 NS/FIP to a /usr/lib of that 3.3 NS/FIP... ... Yes I know, never mix up to Release Numbers..... Bye, Michael
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: users houses showing up as folders Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 16:29:39 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950829162643.2266A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828170435.5770A-100000@charisma> <41u6h9$hbg@news1.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <41u6h9$hbg@news1.best.com> > > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> wrote: > >made 3 user account with UserManager, nothing too fancy, and they work > >fine. However, a small matter: each of them sees the other's home folder > >as a folder rather than a neighbor "house" > > First thing to check is under Unix preferences in the Preferences > application, and make sure that Large File system is not checked. > > John Zollinger johnz@best.com yup, that did it. Ok, here's a question: does the Large File System actually make any difference/ how large does "LargeFileSystem" apply to? Thanks for the help, again TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma NeXT 3.2 m68k luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ASCII, MIME, and NeXTMail OK Just another convert to the Z-Shell Avoid DOS at all costs. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <doug@thoughtful.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 13:10:15 -0600 From: doug@thoughtful.com (Douglas Simons) Message-ID: <9508291910.AA00489@thoughtful.com> Subject: Sometimes SLOOOOOOW Network connection Greetings Network Gurus, Help!!! I have a small network consisting of 2 cubes and 2 Intel machines. The cubes and one of the Intel machines are linked by thin-wire coax (and are running NS 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3, respectively). The other (problem) Intel machine has a twisted pair ethernet card (Cogent PCI) and is connected to the network through an 8-port ethernet hub that I bought (a cheap one). It is running NS 3.2. Most of the time, network operations seem to work fine. The problem machine can access files across the network, and we can access an NFS directory which is mounted on its disk. But certain operations, especially copying files, is *outrageously* slow. I don't believe it's a hardware problem; it seems more likely to be a configuration issue of some sort. Strangely, during a slow operation (such as copying a 2 MB file, which can take several minutes), we can ping between the two machines normally. What happens with the slow operation is that it accesses briefly across the network (judging by the Activity LED on the ethernet hub) and then sits for about 10 seconds doing nothing, then does another very small burst of activity. Doing a backup of the problem machine's files across the network (using SafetyNet) is intolerable -- it takes 10 or 20 hours! I don't know much about system administration -- just enough to get by. Any advice on what I might try to diagnose or fix this problem would be very much appreciated! Thanks, Doug Simons Thoughtful Software doug@thoughtful.com
From: alancook@cyberstore.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Win95 and NeXTStep Boot Problem Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:56:45 GMT Organization: Cyberstore Systems, Inc. Message-ID: <950829105645.422AAD4J.alancook@marketel> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: windows I have installed Windows95 and it removes the prompt upon startup which asks you if you want to start up in NeXTStep or in DOS. So, you have to use the fdisk utitlity either in DOS or in NeXTStep to set the active partition every time you want to switch between OS's. Has any one found a way to keep that nice little prompt and install Windows95?? Alan Cook
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: Win95 and NeXTStep Boot Problem Message-ID: <DE3o2r.FuM@cunews.carleton.ca> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <950829105645.422AAD4J.alancook@marketel> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 01:28:03 GMT alancook@cyberstore.net wrote: : I have installed Windows95 and it removes the prompt upon startup which asks : you if you want to start up in NeXTStep or in DOS. So, you have to use the : fdisk utitlity either in DOS or in NeXTStep to set the active partition : every time you want to switch between OS's. Has any one found a way to keep : that nice little prompt and install Windows95?? So, Microsoft is up to their little games as usual. Run disk(8) with the -b option to restore the boot program. Read the manpage for usage of the disk command; it can be dangerous. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Polling PPP to get mail Date: 29 Aug 1995 21:39:36 GMT Organization: The SenseMedia Network News - http://sensemedia.net/news - info@sensemedia.net - smn Distribution: world Message-ID: <4201eo$9pc@Sequoia.picosof.com> I've found a PPP ISP who will configure his ip-up (or whatever) to run sendmail -q -RmyDomain so that inbound mail will be transferred via SMTP as soon as my PPP link is up. I can run sendmail -q in my ip-up so that outbound mail is sent as well. But how can I arrange for my PPP link to be brought down automatically after both sendmail processes have finished delivering mail? If you know how to do this, have you actually set this up and know that it works well? I've just been through a major headache trying to configure uucp and sendmail to work with a uucp provider and I don't want to repeat the problems I've just had because I didn't understand in advance that this really can't work well. I'd like to be able so set up automatic polling using PPP in crontab.local just as I've currently done with uucp. Thanks for your suggestions. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: sams@best.com (Samuel G. Streeper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Win95 and NeXTStep Boot Problem Date: 29 Aug 1995 22:20:13 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <sams.809759723@shell2.best.com> References: <950829105645.422AAD4J.alancook@marketel> Keywords: windows This question must be in the faq by now, but one solution doesn't seem to come up. Try this as root from Next's terminal: fdisk -useBoot0 -setNeXTActive The alternative is something like this: disk -B0 /dev/rsd0h Either of these will restore NeXT's boot sector, which as you've noticed isn't necessary but is convenient. -sam alancook@cyberstore.net writes: >I have installed Windows95 and it removes the prompt upon startup which asks >you if you want to start up in NeXTStep or in DOS. So, you have to use the >fdisk utitlity either in DOS or in NeXTStep to set the active partition >every time you want to switch between OS's. Has any one found a way to keep >that nice little prompt and install Windows95?? >Alan Cook
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lisa@marble.com (Lisa Kearney) Subject: Marble is looking for... Message-ID: <DE1A52.FLC@marble.com> Sender: news@marble.com Organization: Marble Associates, Inc. Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 18:31:50 GMT WANTED: Systems Administrator Marble Associates, Inc., a medium-sized high-tech consulting firm on route 128, is seeking a professional systems consultant for a part-to full-time position with primary responsibilities for system administration and consultant support. We are seeking a candidate with some experience (academic experience OK) with TCP/IP Internetworking, dial-Up networking strategies (SLIP, PPP), sendmail, ethernet networks and topology, Unix system administration, shell programming and perl. Of equal concern in addition to the specific technical experience of the candidate will be your: - ability to master new technologies quickly - eagerness to take on new challenges - ability to plan as well as to execute - ability to think broadly about distributed systems - enthusiasm for working in a unique environment and culture. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and ability. If you are interested, please send resume to: Marble Associates, Inc. Attn: Human Resources 950 Winter Street, Suite 1700 Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 fax: 617-487-7045 e-mail: recruiting@marble.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: indy@gryphon (Steve Weintz) Subject: Anyone willing to loan an HP CD-ROM drive? Message-ID: <81e7cb$a279.187@NT> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 16:39:08 GMT Distribution: world Keywords: NEXTSTEP, HP, CD-ROM Organization: New Media, Ltd. I need to upgrade our Web server to 3.3 so we can get APACHE to do its virtual-hosts thing. We bought our 712/80 used with 3.2 installed and don't have the ONE kind of CD-ROM drive the 712 series recognizes. Anyone have one of these puppies to lend for a day? I understand it's a Toshiba XM3401TA mechanism, if that helps. Thanx!!! -- | Steve Weintz * Partner, New Media,Ltd. * steve@dave-world.net | |217.344.5303 * fax 217.344.8981 * http://gecko.dave-world.net/NMLtd/| | P.O.Box 742 | "Bobcat, do you like hamsters or gerbils?" | | Urbana, IL USA 61801 | "Well, there's more dark meat on a hamster."|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA (Magnan Francois) Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) In-Reply-To: Matthew Reichman's message of 29 Aug 1995 09:10:21 GMT Message-ID: <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Sender: news@cc.umontreal.ca (Administration de Cnews) Organization: Universite de Montreal References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 15:40:17 GMT > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> wrote: >> > > Omni sucks compared to Netscape. > Is there a Netscape >> version for NeXT? >> No there is not, and from the last time this thread was brought >> around, I NetScape is a very lousy Web Browser compared to OmniWeb. NetScape doen't keep very much pictures on disk. Everytime you come back to a page already downloaded, NetScape reloads everything. I hate this because I only have a 28800 link. OmniWeb keeps everything in memory and on disk. OmniWeb has much more interesting bookmark list features (including drag and drop!). It is unfortunate that OmniWeb doen't have NetScapes extensions to html2.0 Francois Magnan -- ______________________________________________________ Francois Magnan Departement de Mathematique & Statistiques Universite de Montreal email: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (MIME, NeXTMail Ok!)
From: elvis@io.com (Elvis Aaron Presley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Easy beginner question Date: 30 Aug 1995 17:35:06 GMT Organization: Illuminati Online Message-ID: <4227ga$2ds@anarchy.io.com> I've inherited a NeXT cube that recently lost power while running. Now when it tries to boot of the hard disk it hangs while "Checking System Files..." The User reference guide doesn't mention any alternate methods for booting. Any advice? Thanks. -- Elvis
From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files Date: 30 Aug 1995 17:05:40 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <4225p4$58d@news.xmission.com> References: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> <RDL.95Aug26012230@world.std.com> I picked up the binary to Resound from peanuts, and it is also available from orst. If you cannot find it there, send mail to seanl@cs.umd.edu and Sean himself will send you a copy. ......................kris Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : Where is the source to Resound located?? GISO has a rather poor GUI. : Robert : In article <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> kris@thought.com writes: : In Apps to hear .wav files comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x4af980> writes, : > I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? : > If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? : I'm using Sean Luke's excellent Resound.app. : .................................kris -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 30 Aug 1995 18:33:55 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-52.usc.edu Message-ID: <422auj$qej@usc.edu> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Well, I've been using Netsurfer and it's loads better than OmniWeb IMHO. -- Matthew ====================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Message-ID: <1995Aug30.194431.11841@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 19:44:31 GMT In article <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA (Magnan Francois) writes: >> >> > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma> wrote: >> >> > > Omni sucks compared to Netscape. > Is there a Netscape >> >> version for NeXT? >> >> >> >> No there is not, and from the last time this thread was brought >> >> around, I >> >>NetScape is a very lousy Web Browser compared to OmniWeb. >>NetScape doen't keep very much pictures on disk. Everytime you >>come back to a page already downloaded, NetScape reloads everything. >>I hate this because I only have a 28800 link. >> >>OmniWeb keeps everything in memory and on disk. >>OmniWeb has much more interesting bookmark list features >>(including drag and drop!). >> OmniWeb is very nice, especially for its price, but I found it to be way too leaky (having to reboot my 200+MB RAM machine daily) and much too buggy (they used the CERN library, and it shows; I was getting crashes on pages hourly). I finally gave up and bought NetSurfer for real money. I have to say, it was worth it. >>It is unfortunate that OmniWeb doen't have NetScapes extensions to >>html2.0 >> The latest version of NetSurfer (of which I'm a very happy owner of) has at least some of the NetScape extensions in it (most obviously backgrounds). -- --> Michael B. Johnson, SMVS, Ph.D. -- wave@media.mit.edu|wave@pixar.com --> http://wave.www.media.mit.edu/people/wave/ --> alumni, MIT Media Lab, Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> Media Arts Technologist, Pixar Animation Studios
From: rdieter@mathlab41.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: UserManager + BulkCreate Date: 30 Aug 1995 21:20:15 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <422kmf$ecq@crcnis3.unl.edu> Keywords: usermanager I'm having trouble getting NS-3.3's UserManager BulkCreate option to function properly. First problem: Accounts created with UserManager did not get the password set properly. The password listed in the Bulk Create screen does NOT work. I rationalized that this was because our NetInfo server (on another machine) was still running NEXT NS-3.2 Diagnosis: I moved NetInfo to a new machine. It's Intel, and I cloned the master NetInfo server by following the directions in NEXTANSWERS (in order to avoid some byte-orderring bug). Second Problem: UserManager will not create ANY accounts (with homes in /Net/...etc... ) via BulkCreate. When I ask it to do so... it complains: "No directory specified on home directory server". Note that this message appeared only AFTER moving the NetInfo server from NEXT (NS-3.2) to Intel (NS-3.3). Note also that a /location/homes entry exists in NetInfo with the server and partions specified (exactly as they were before the move). Any advice on how to get the Bulk Create to work? --- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Research Associate Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ?? Date: 31 Aug 1995 03:32:37 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> Keywords: FaxReader.app, forward, forwarding fax I often need to forward a received fax to another fax machine elsewhere using FaxReader.app + NXFax 1.04. I always thought that this is being done without any loss of quality as no optical rescanning is involved. Alas, this is not the case. FaxReader appears to shrink the output by about 5%, and therefore the forwarded copy is resampled by PS rendering for faxing. This causes degradation of the quality, let alone inexact scaling compared with the original. This is a shame for otherwise the best networked faxing environment that just works. Is there any way to make the NeXT Fax system to do exact 1:1 reproduction for fax forwarding? No matter what I do in Preferences, I cannot make it forward without shrinking. Thanks for any info. -- Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: Univ. of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 Tel: 510-642-6440, Fax: 510-642-3323, (NeXT & MIME mails OK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Subject: easy DAT question Message-ID: <1995Aug31.000443.16535@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 00:04:43 GMT I just got a tricked out Intel box for NS hacking, and also picked up a DAT drive to do backups. The only problem is that I don't know what device to be tar'ing off to. I checked the Admin doc and there's nothing there, and my normal UNIX technique (put a known valid tar tape in the drive and keep doing "mt -f /dev/xxxx rewind" until it works) is not getting me anywhere. Any suggestions short of calling me an idiot (you're welcome to, as long as you tell me what I'm looking for :-)) would be appreciated. While I'm here, anyone have any suggestions about nice backup software for NS Intel? A real good cron script would be just as appreciated... -- --> Michael B. Johnson, SMVS, Ph.D. -- wave@media.mit.edu|wave@pixar.com --> http://wave.www.media.mit.edu/people/wave/ --> alumni, MIT Media Lab, Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> Media Arts Technologist, Pixar Animation Studios
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Easy beginner question Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 01:09:14 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950831010116.5254C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4227ga$2ds@anarchy.io.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4227ga$2ds@anarchy.io.com> > Date: 30 AUG 1995 17:35:06 GMT > From: Elvis Aaron Presley <elvis@io.com> > Newgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin > Subject: Easy beginner question > > I've inherited a NeXT cube that recently lost power while running. > Now when it tries to boot of the hard disk it hangs while "Checking > System Files..." The User reference guide doesn't mention any > alternate methods for booting. Any advice? Thanks. oh, I think I can answer this one (there's a first) I believe that it is running 'fsck' and you should just let it run until it comes on-line. It usually takes about 10 minutes for me if the shutdown was ugly. Wait til you get a few system panics, then it really takes awhile. Obviously if it is running for a really excessive amount of time, something else might be wrong. You might try running fsck by hand and for that I'd suggest taking a look at the NeXT answers: 1024 entitled: fsck to the rescue start at: http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/OpenbyNumber.html good luck! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma NeXT 3.2 m68k luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ASCII, MIME, and NeXTMail OK Just another convert to the Z-Shell Avoid DOS at all costs. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Making DOS partition with disk command? Date: 30 Aug 1995 16:49:11 +0200 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <421tp7$od0@baugi.ifi.uio.no> I am trying to install a second SCSI HD with 3 partitions, one with DOS and the others with NeXTSTEP. It will replace the first HD when I have installed it. How do I make the first partition on this new disk a DOS partition? I have tried using the disk command with an /etc/disktab entry where I set the filesystem type to DOS (ta=DOS). Is this the way to do it (should ta be set to something else)? When I did this my SCSIcard driver for extended DOS disk complaints and in NS I do not get the usual DOS-icon, so it seems like the above didn't work (nor can I find the other two partitions). I have also tried using fdisk, but I can't make it work for the second HD. It works for the first which is /dev/rsd0h but says something about a missing BIOS when I use it for /dev/rsd2h (this new HD is the third one on the SCSI-chain (both physicly and counting ID) so this devicename should be right). How do I install the bootprogram that lets me choose which partition to boot from? I suppose I could unplug the old disk, reboot and then install NS (with DOS-partition) on the new disk. This seems like a waste of time and would this let me install 3 partitions? Can I have the DOS-partition set for 512 bps and the NS-partitions set for 1024 bps? I have searched the NeXTANSWERS but can't seem to find anything relevant, so plase help me. Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: easy DAT question Date: 31 Aug 1995 13:56:28 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <424f2c$idp@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Aug31.000443.16535@media.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Michael B. Johnson (wave@media.mit.edu) wrote: : I just got a tricked out Intel box for NS hacking, and also picked up a : DAT drive to do backups. The only problem is that I don't know what : device to be tar'ing off to. I checked the Admin doc and there's : nothing there, and my normal UNIX technique (put a known valid tar : tape in the drive and keep doing "mt -f /dev/xxxx rewind" until it : works) is not getting me anywhere. Any suggestions short of calling : me an idiot (you're welcome to, as long as you tell me what I'm looking : for :-)) would be appreciated. Might it be that you didn't install the SCSITape Driver. On Intel, this is a separate driver. If not installed you'll get 'no such device or address' errors. After successful installation the DAT should be available as /dev/rst0 and /dev/nrst0 Another problem might be setting the correct blocksize for transfers. Check out 'man stblocksize' for more info. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: easy DAT question Message-ID: <DE6J39.KEH@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <1995Aug31.000443.16535@media.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:33:09 GMT Michael B. Johnson (wave@media.mit.edu) wrote: : device to be tar'ing off to. I checked the Admin doc and there's : nothing there, and my normal UNIX technique (put a known valid tar : tape in the drive and keep doing "mt -f /dev/xxxx rewind" until it : works) is not getting me anywhere. tar should default to using the proper tape device if you don't give it "-f" at all. /dev/rst0 is the first tape device. If on Intel hardware, did you install the SCSI Tape Driver? : While I'm here, anyone have any suggestions about nice backup software : for NS Intel? A real good cron script would be just as appreciated... I will insert my usual plug for SafetyNet here, since it is easily the best backup system I have ever used. It has a powerful GUI, and has lots of neat features. You chose the files to backup from a fileviewer-like interface, and you have a similar interface for chosing backed-up files to restore from tape. It can run scheduled, incremental backups and emails the backup administrator with results, etc... And no, I don't work for them... :) Email Brian Cuthie <brian@systemix.com> for info, or grab the demo from ftp.systemix.com. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: root@rtcc_server.globalx.net (RADium Technology Centre (Canada)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Win95 and NeXTStep Boot Problem Date: 31 Aug 1995 08:54:30 GMT Organization: Global-X-Change Message-ID: <423tc6$i2n@news.globalx.net> References: <950829105645.422AAD4J.alancook@marketel> alancook@cyberstore.net wrote: > I have installed Windows95 and it removes the prompt upon startup which asks > you if you want to start up in NeXTStep or in DOS. So, you have to use the > fdisk utitlity either in DOS or in NeXTStep to set the active partition > every time you want to switch between OS's. Has any one found a way to keep > that nice little prompt and install Windows95?? > Alan Cook Use the FDISK program in a DOS shell, and set the NeXTStep partition as the active one, then reboot. Once you are back in NeXTStep, launch a terminal shell, and type the following: /usr/etc/fdisk /dev/rsd0h -setNeXTActive -useBoot0 This will set the NeXTStep partition as the active one (which it should be anyway), and then install the (D)os / (N)eXTStep selection option. After that, everything will be as it was before!! Hope this helps!! Stephen MacDougall -- ============================================================================ | | | | RADium Technology Centre (Canada) | #include <std_disclaimer.h> | | radium@globalx.net | | | | (NeXTMail and MIME capable) | ============================================================================
From: gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 31 Aug 1995 15:52:04 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <1995Aug30.194431.11841@media.mit.edu> Michael B. Johnson wrote: >OmniWeb is very nice, especially for its price, but I found it to >be way too leaky (having to reboot my 200+MB RAM machine daily) and >much too buggy (they used the CERN library, and it shows; I was getting >crashes on pages hourly). Just to clear up the OmniWeb issue, some users of the beta versions of OmniWeb may not know that there is a big difference between the betas from OmniGroup and the 1.0 release by Lighthouse Design. Lighthouse did an excellent job of making the OmniWeb project into a polished, professional product. As far as I've seen after several months of use, none of the bugs that were in the various betas survived into the release version. OmniWeb 1.0 also has a much nicer look to it, a very cool bookmark feature that allows lists of bookmarks to be nested, complete online help, drag and drop opening of URLs, and even a clear and well-illustrated manual. I've been delighted by the program, and get a laugh every time I open one of those pages that says "NETSCAPE ENHANCED!" etc. OmniWeb 1.0 knows about centered text, and can handle jpeg images (and, through OmniImageFilter, about 100 other image types, if it were ever necessary). I've yet to view one of those stupid "Netscape-only" pages that wasn't perfectly legible with OmniWeb. -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP *or* DOS/Windows boot option? Date: 31 Aug 1995 18:25:48 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Message-ID: <424urc$h1p@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Well, I'm changing my day-time job and the new place has nothing but PCs for us engineers to be productive with. I've seen how Linux can be set up on a separate disk, and when you reboot the machine you can simply have it boot up Linux or vanilla DOS (or Windows, etc.). Is this possible with NEXTSTEP on white hardware? I currently sysadmin original black hardware which of course has no such considerations (and I'll be continuing my sysadmin side jobs, plus my NeXT at home, but some day I'll have to learn to admin NS/wht I trust). Also, is SoftPC good enough to run *any* PC apps they want me to be able to use (like, OrCAD, Xilinbx's XACT, CAD stuff, assemblers, compilers, and hopefully some interactive logic simulation)? I'd like to be able to simply boot the machine either way to assuage corporate fears that I'd be generating "unique" stuff or unable to properly interact with the rest of the place, but I'd like to stay with NEXTSTEP for my general interface and to have the use of the apps I've collected and gotten use to. SoftPC on black hardware is *definitely* not up to even presenting the OrCAD menu within human patience. Any comments or advice as to how I can get NEXTSTEP on my PC (Pentium, I hope:) without triggering heathen fears would be welcome. (just getting them to shell out the $800 for the O/S may be bad enough; Linux I can get for ~$30, I understand, but I'd hate to lose my beloved NeXT interface:( Thanks- tec
From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: System Clock Reset Problem Date: 31 Aug 1995 19:37:31 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <42531r$1nf@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> This should be easy. I must be doing something wrong. Every day (well, not *every* day), I come into work and my desktop NeXT is set to the wrong time -- one hour early. So, I dutifully log into root, select Preferences and change the time. Then I log back into my account, and I see that the time is now correct. Somewhere along the line -- I haven't noticed when -- the time gets reset to an hour too early. Any ideas what's causing this problem? I thought the problem might be a server on our local NS network, but it was set to the wrong time too but an hour later in the opposite direction! I had reset that a week ago, and it is now wrong too -- but there doesn't seem to be any connection between the two machines. What gives? We are running NS 3.2 on Black hardware. Jim Beauchamp j-beauch@uiuc.edu
From: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 31 Aug 1995 14:56:12 -0700 Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Sender: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com Message-ID: <h23fehhh4z.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> <422auj$qej@usc.edu> In-reply-to: Matthew Reichman's message of 30 Aug 1995 18:33:55 GMT >Well, I've been using Netsurfer and it's loads better than OmniWeb IMHO. >-- >Matthew Question about Netsurfer... For any tab level is that a fixed size two dimensional matrix? fixed tabs? fixed size level per tab? Also, In the Resource list I'd rather they just refer to things by protocol type instead of Service. -- The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dial-up server Date: 31 Aug 1995 23:08:37 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <425fdl$ip6@paladin.american.edu> Are there any PPP servers available to run on NeXT hardware. Nothing fancy is needed just a simple way to dial-into a network. SLIP would be fine also. -- Torrey McMahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Message-ID: <1995Sep1.000332.18627@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory References: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 00:03:32 GMT In article <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> (null pointer) writes: >>In article <1995Aug30.194431.11841@media.mit.edu> Michael B. Johnson wrote: >> >>>OmniWeb is very nice, especially for its price, but I found it to >>>be way too leaky (having to reboot my 200+MB RAM machine daily) and >>>much too buggy (they used the CERN library, and it shows; I was getting >>>crashes on pages hourly). >> >>Just to clear up the OmniWeb issue, some users of the beta versions of OmniWeb >>may not know that there is a big difference between the betas from OmniGroup and >>the 1.0 release by Lighthouse Design. >> >>Lighthouse did an excellent job of making the OmniWeb project into a polished, >>professional product. As far as I've seen after several months of use, none of >>the bugs that were in the various betas survived into the release version. umm, I *was* talking about the 1.0 product from Lighthouse. It has serious bloat problems, and it was crashing hourly on me a few months ago when I switched over to a PPP link. I even went back and grabbed the 1.0 release from Lighthouse, and called them up and chatted with the pleasant folks there, waited a week, and finally threw up my hands and bought NetSurfer. Haven't looked back since, and have been very happy with the purchase. And, yes, I sent mail (and even posted about the bloat problems) to the various folks involved, and while most everyone was pleasant, it didn't seem to be getting fixed anytime soon, so I stopped using it. Obviously, your mileage may vary. -- --> Michael B. Johnson, SMVS, Ph.D. -- wave@media.mit.edu|wave@pixar.com --> http://wave.www.media.mit.edu/people/wave/ --> alumni, MIT Media Lab, Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> Media Arts Technologist, Pixar Animation Studios
From: flinn@cs.ubc.ca (Scott Flinn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 31 Aug 1995 17:33:12 -0700 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Message-ID: <425kc8$o2s@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> References: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) writes: > I've yet to view one of those stupid "Netscape-only" pages that > wasn't perfectly legible with OmniWeb. I don't mind not having such decorations as colourful backgrounds and flashing text (in fact I find them distracting when I use Netscape), but a discouraging proportion of the sites I rely on, in their apparent desperation to be incompatible with everything but Netscape, are including <table>s, which OmniWeb 1.0 doesn't handle. Worse still, a few days ago I tried a link that I suspected might not be there anymore. When OmniWeb showed me a blank page I was a little puzzled, but concluded the link was gone. In fact it was now one of those <meta> things that automatically sends Netscape to the new location, but I didn't figure this out for a few days. I have encountered a few more since then, each time having to view the source and copy&paste the URL it contains. I have the choice between OmniWeb and Netscape, and choose the former most of the time. I like the way it looks, the way it handles image loading and aborting of individual images, its drag and drop facilicaties and the ease with which it integrates with the rest of NeXTStep. But I do wish that Omni or Lighthouse had the capacity to keep it up to speed with respect to Netscape. The rest of the world is bent on using Netscape's most peculiar features, making OmniWeb gradually less useful. Cheers, Scott --- Scott Flinn flinn@cs.ubc.ca Department of Computer Science http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/home.html University of British Columbia (604)822-8572
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Solved - sort of... (Re: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ??) Date: 1 Sep 1995 02:34:54 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <425rge$5gv@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> In article <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> I complained: >I often need to forward a received fax to another fax machine >elsewhere using FaxReader.app + NXFax 1.04. >FaxReader appears to shrink the output >by about 5%, and therefore the forwarded copy is resampled by PS >rendering for faxing. This causes degradation of the quality, let >alone inexact scaling compared with the original. This is a shame >for otherwise the best networked faxing environment that just works. A solution is to use PowerScan.app that we got with a HSD scanner. It can open *.fax files directly and can display/page-forward/reverse through multipage documents, and can forward faxes without degradation of quality, as it does not shrink pages by 5%. I don't know the status of HSD. Other scanner application may work as well. All other paint/image viewer apps I tried failed to deal with multi-page tiff files (which *.fax files are) correctly. Thanks for Craig Goss of Black and White software for suggestions which led to this solution. Thank goodness I don't have to wait 5 years until NeXT fixes this annoyance. Izumi
From: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 31 Aug 1995 18:56:55 -0700 Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Sender: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com Message-ID: <h2ybw9zfdk.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In-reply-to: gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca's message of 31 Aug 1995 15:52:04 GMT What does OmniWeb 1.0 do with XPM tags? -- The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the poster and not his employer.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Sometimes SLOOOOOOW Network connection In-Reply-To: doug@thoughtful.com's message of Tue, 29 Aug 95 13:10:15 -0600 Message-ID: <RDL.95Aug31225812@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <9508291910.AA00489@thoughtful.com> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 02:58:12 GMT Try using nfsstat to look at what NFS is doing. However, are you sure it's not hardware related? I've had many people swear to me that they had connected their network properly only to find improper termination or usage of hub equipment. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <9508291910.AA00489@thoughtful.com> doug@thoughtful.com (Douglas Simons) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:24828 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!antigone!thoughtful.com!doug Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 13:10:15 -0600 From: doug@thoughtful.com (Douglas Simons) Lines: 35 Greetings Network Gurus, Help!!! I have a small network consisting of 2 cubes and 2 Intel machines. The cubes and one of the Intel machines are linked by thin-wire coax (and are running NS 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3, respectively). The other (problem) Intel machine has a twisted pair ethernet card (Cogent PCI) and is connected to the network through an 8-port ethernet hub that I bought (a cheap one). It is running NS 3.2. Most of the time, network operations seem to work fine. The problem machine can access files across the network, and we can access an NFS directory which is mounted on its disk. But certain operations, especially copying files, is *outrageously* slow. I don't believe it's a hardware problem; it seems more likely to be a configuration issue of some sort. Strangely, during a slow operation (such as copying a 2 MB file, which can take several minutes), we can ping between the two machines normally. What happens with the slow operation is that it accesses briefly across the network (judging by the Activity LED on the ethernet hub) and then sits for about 10 seconds doing nothing, then does another very small burst of activity. Doing a backup of the problem machine's files across the network (using SafetyNet) is intolerable -- it takes 10 or 20 hours! I don't know much about system administration -- just enough to get by. Any advice on what I might try to diagnose or fix this problem would be very much appreciated! Thanks, Doug Simons Thoughtful Software doug@thoughtful.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: Dial-up server Message-ID: <DE7KHD.LrL@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: computerActive Inc References: <425fdl$ip6@paladin.american.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 04:00:49 GMT Torrey McMahon (tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu) wrote: : Are there any PPP servers available to run on NeXT hardware. Nothing fancy is : needed just a simple way to dial-into a network. SLIP would be fine also. You will find the excellent port of PPP-2.2 to NeXTSTEP at ftp.duq.edu in /pub/next/ppp. There is a Web page at http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/ that describes the port, and has FAQ's. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <h2ybw9zfdk.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> Control: cancel <h2ybw9zfdk.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> Date: 31 Aug 1995 20:22:35 -0700 Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Sender: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com Message-ID: <h2u46xzbes.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> This is a cancel message from robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson). -- The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: UserManager + BulkCreate Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 04:17:15 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.16.3046894B@fiber.net> References: <422kmf$ecq@crcnis3.unl.edu> Keywords: usermanager >I'm having trouble getting NS-3.3's UserManager BulkCreate option to function >properly. >Any advice on how to get the Bulk Create to work? Sorry, Rex, you're hosed. Last February, NeXT told me that there was no problem with UM in 3.3, which I kinda shrugged off (I'm a bit infamous in Prof Svcs anyway). A couple weeks later, I heard about someone's hack of UM, which, according to my source, works perfectly except for one problem: too many prompts for the root password. Assuming you can deal with that idiosyncracy, I'd hunt down the hack. BTW, the same source also told me that the 3.3 patchkits crash CERN's http server, unrecoverably (to the point of needing to revert to your old OS), and completely obliterate your WAIS services. But, hey, lookupd works :-) Carl
From: taustad@oslonett.no (Thomas Austad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to install USRobotics modem for faxing? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 00:11:01 GMT Organization: Oslonett public access Message-ID: <423266$m80@hasle.oslonett.no> I'm trying to setup my USRobotics Courier DS V.34 Fax modem with NS 3.3 (on Intel). It works fine with pp, tip etc, but trying to use it to send and receive faxes dont. I only have two modem types to select from and whichever I choose my log says its giving up faxing because it can set it up. Do I need a new driver? (Didn't find any in NeXTanswers) Can I edit the ones there? (Didn't find them.) Thanks for your help! Th.A.
From: pom@katrin.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Prof. Dr. Klaus Pommerening) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS problem, wrong ethernet card on Intel Date: 1 Sep 1995 09:40:07 GMT Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Message-ID: <426kdn$nkq@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> I have a network of several black and white Nextstep machines that are tied together by lots of NFS exports and mounts. All mounts are in the root domain. Some of them are Net-mounts. The problem: Some of the Intel machines have the `wrong' ethernet cards (3C509); working on these machines is almost impossible. Until I get the cards changed, I'd like to reduce the buffer sizes to 1K as recommended. Ideas that I dislike: - Reduce the buffer size globally. This would affect `innocent' machines. - Mount the filesystems on each machine separately (too many changes in NFSManager). - Configure a 3 level netinfo hierarchy. Could someone point me to a better solution? - How could I group the machines and do the mounts groupwise? - Could I remount the filesystems on the `bad' machines by hand or in rc.local? `umount' by hand doesn't work (`Device busy' - ?because there are several links to the mounted file system?). `mount -o remount ...' apparently didn't change the mount. Please help. -- Klaus Pommerening Institut fuer Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet, D-55101 Mainz, Germany PGP fingerprint: F5 03 CE E7 70 C2 8C 74 BA ED EC 60 83 3B 7C 89
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: me@iwo.cube.net (Marquardt) Subject: Re: Win95 and NeXTStep Boot Problem Message-ID: <DE83y5.FD@iwo.cube.net> Organization: IWO References: <950829105645.422AAD4J.alancook@marketel> <DE3o2r.FuM@cunews.carleton.ca> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 11:01:17 GMT Another question: how can I choose the "default" boot partition. If I boot the computer it will ask and after a few seconds start ms-dos as default. Instead I want it to start NEXTSTEP if I don't press any key at the boot prompt. Many thanks in advance, Christoph -- Christoph Marquardt - cmarq@cube.net (NO NeXTMail, please)
From: "Paul F. Bergen" <bergen@fas.harvard.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fstab woes -- help Date: 1 Sep 1995 13:29:49 GMT Organization: Harvard University Message-ID: <4271sd$c55@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: I have an external hard disk mounted on my NeXTstation. The drive mounts at boot time. Here's my fstab: /dev/sdoa / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,1 /dev/sd1a /fas 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,2 However, it seems that whenever I log in as myself, rather than as root, all of the files and directories on the disk are owned by me -- which means users with home directories on the disk are screwed. Loggin out again and loggin in as root seems to solve the problem. Here's the HD entries in my mtab file: /dev/sdoa "/" 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,1 /dev/sd1a "/fas" 4.3 rw,noquota 1,2 When I am logged in as root and someone else logs in, everything's OK. What happened to the noauto opt for sd1a and what does the noauto opt mean? Why did the dump integer change from 0 to 1? And why can't I log into my machine as myself without preserving the ownership of everything on the disk? I appreciate all the help I get from this list! -- Paul
From: jesse@bag-end.advis.com (Jesse Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Question re. exorcising the PPP daemon Date: 31 Aug 1995 14:54:09 GMT Organization: Advanced Information Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <424ieh$jb5@gate.advis.com> Hello everyone. Question here. I am attempting to get PPP running on NEXSTEP Intel. When attempting to start pppd, I get the following error message: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Inappropriate ioctl for device A FAQ addresses this issue (and can be found at http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/NeXT_PPP_FAQ.html). That FAQ says: ----------- I get the error: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Inappropriate ioctl for device Problem: pppd bombs out with an error similar to: Jan 26 14:46:25 localhost pppd[256]: Connected... Jan 26 14:46:26 localhost pppd[256]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Inappropriate ioctl for device Jan 26 14:46:26 localhost pppd[256]: Exit. Discussion: The Loadable Kernel Server (LKS) and the user level daemon (pppd) must be of the same version. The error above is typically the result of using the wrong Loadable Kernel Server (LKS) with pppd (or vice versa). Some versions of PPP installed the LKS (ppp_reloc) in /usr/lib/kern_loader/ppp and some in /usr/local/ppp/reloc. The second is going to be the standard place for installation from now on. Solution: Make sure that your /etc/rc.local is loading the correct version of the LKS and make sure you are really calling the correct pppd for use with the LKS that you loaded. ----------- Right now I am using Berkeley Packet Filters version 4.2, PPP version 2.2b3, and LKS Revision 4.9. My question is, which version of LKS should I be using? Which version numbers of LKS and pppd are compatible? Any help you can give here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time! -- Jesse
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: object.station video problem Message-ID: <DE8Ftn.DI7@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 15:18:43 GMT I recently obtained a Canon object.station 41 with the Canon (Hitachi?) 17" color monitor. I love it but for one peculiar problem. When I first received it, the display, in any video mode, had a significant amount of flicker and some color distortion in the upper right hand side of the screen (basically the upper 5-6 icons in the dock flicker rather annoyingly). Additionally, there is a screen-wide moire pattern which I think should not be there. Thinking this was a monitor problem, I obtained a replacement from Canon. This monitor also shows the same distortion (flicker, some color distortion, moire pattern). I tried 1) replacing the supplied D-SUB monitor cable with a high-quality BNC connector cable, and 2) moving the system to another location. Neither had an effect. Now I'm stumped. Could this be a problem with the video system inside the object.station? Please reply via email. I shall post a follow-up message should there be sufficient interest. Thanks in advance! Sharad ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: gfin@chrome.psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 1 Sep 1995 16:04:30 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <427aue$1g3o@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <1995Sep1.000332.18627@media.mit.edu> Michael B. Johnson wrote: >umm, I *was* talking about the 1.0 product from Lighthouse. It has serious >bloat problems, and it was crashing hourly on me a few months ago when I >switched over to a PPP link... >Obviously, your mileage may vary. Well *mine* certainly does. I've never had anything like the problems you describe, and I often cruise the Web from home in the evenings over a 28k slip link, for 2 or 3 hours at a time. My new office machine has OmniWeb running most of the time, and I don't think I've ever had a crash that was attributable to an application, in the 8 months I've been using it. (I have bombed it out once or twice myself, of course, doing something stupid in a terminal window.) Sounds to me like you've got some kind of configuration bug, but if NetSurfer avoids it somehow, then your're obviously better off avoiding hassle. As for OmniWeb or NetSurfer letting Netscape Corp dictate the future of HTML, I'm very much agin it. It looks like Netscape and Microsoft (with Blackbird) are both going to try to force their own versions of "enhanced" Web protocols on the the Web-user community, and this could easily destroy the platform-independence that is one of the conceptual foundations of the Web. The last thing we need or want on the Web is an extension of the application-specific data formats that cripple the PC software business ("my new Wordperfect won't read your old Word documents, your old Lotus won't load my Quattro spreadsheet", all that BS). -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail addressing problem Date: 1 Sep 1995 17:05:22 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <427egj$lol@emerald.oz.net> I have followed a suggestion in Mail's Help - define a Private Group with a short group name containing only a single member with their full mail address. For example, group foo contains the member fbaz@bar.com so that when I address a mail message to foo, it gets sent to fbaz@bar.com. But what actually happens is that the To: field in such a message in my uucp mail spool is: To: foo@cubicsol.com with cubicsol.com being my mail domain. There is no foo user in my domain, but the message gets delivered to fbaz@bar.com as intended (one of the mysteries of sendmail, I presume). What's confusing, though, is that when foo receives her message, the To: field remains foo@cubicsol.com with absolutely no mention anywhere in the mail header of fbaz@bar.com! I don't have a clue how these messages get delivered. bar.com has set up mail aliases in NetInfo instead of each user defining Private Groups as I have done. Mail addressed by bar.com users to art is aliased to art@cubicsol.com and gets delivered to me correctly except the To: field is art@bar.com, the same wierdness that my setup causes. Maybe I should be content that mail seems to get delivered despite the wierd To: field, but I suspect this problem will rear its ugly head somewhere down the line. Is there any way to configure sendmail, Mail, NetInfo aliases, etc. so that the To: field is correct as seen by the recipient? --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <427h89$p7s@news4.digex.net> Control: cancel <427h89$p7s@news4.digex.net> Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:12:23 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <427ie7$p7s@news4.digex.net>
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Rebuilding superblock/label info?? - URGENT HELP NEEDED Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:13:42 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <427igm$p7s@news4.digex.net> I have a Seagate ST15150N Barrracuda (4.3GB) drive that has bad (or possibly no) superblock information. I used /usr/etc/disk, which is able to sense information needed to build disk labels, to rebuild the label on this drive after a related problem occurred, and I am now unable to mount any of the three 4.3 filesystems on the drive. I have scanned the disk for alternate superblocks, but there are apparently none to be found. Evidently, /usr/etc/disk doesn't correctly handle drives with 3 or more partitions. I have created a disktab entry for the drive. Unfortunately, the only way I can get into this workstation right now is in single-user mode with the NeXTSTEP CD mounted read-only, so I can't move this disktab to /etc for disk to find it. I even went as far as to manually edit all references to /etc/disktab in the disk binary to a file I NFS mounted onto the machine - with no success. My questions are as follows: 1. Assuming I can somehow get disk to use my disktab, will rebuilding the disk label with the correct info repair the superblock? 2. If not, can I manually edit the superblock information? Is there a published algorithm for generating the magic number? Would I need it? 3. Barring the feasibility of the first two, what are my other options? There must be *something* I can do...? How do other people deal with this - I can't imagine that there's nothing that can be done. I strongly believe the data to still be on the drive exactly as it should be. disk even reports the correct sizes and offsets of the partitions, so there's still something there. fsck -b plus all of the normal, expected backup superblocks failed. Any help is appreciated - this is the most critical drive on my network, and of course it's the one I don't have recently backed-up. -- Eric A. Litman Internet Technology vox: 301.493.0220 elitman@nxstep.com and Marketing Consulting pag: 800.570.4400
From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:08:26 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <427i6q$4fo@news.xmission.com> References: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <425kc8$o2s@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> Scott Flinn (flinn@cs.ubc.ca) wrote: : I have the choice between OmniWeb and Netscape, and choose the former : most of the time. I like the way it looks, the way it handles image loading : and aborting of individual images, its drag and drop facilicaties and the : ease with which it integrates with the rest of NeXTStep. But I do wish that : Omni or Lighthouse had the capacity to keep it up to speed with respect to : Netscape. The rest of the world is bent on using Netscape's most peculiar : features, making OmniWeb gradually less useful. I don't consider Netscape's support for background images and background and text colors, among other enhancements, peculiar. In fact, I'd say those are now essential parts of putting together an attractive web site--I can't imagine how boring the web would be without them. My ideal web browser would be OmniWeb with Netscape enhancements, though. The UI has many more satisfying features than Netscape, especially the bookmarks, which suck in Netscape. -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: allanmac@sdt.com (Allan S. MacKinnon, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: setting domainname Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:18:34 GMT Organization: SABRE Decision Technologies Distribution: world Message-ID: <427ipq$lu8@aadt.sdt.com> Keywords: dommainname Why doesn't the command 'domainname' return the domain that I've set in HostManager->Local ? If I set the domain name _using_ the domainname command then it works. -ASM ------------------------------------------------------------------ Allan S. MacKinnon, Jr. SABRE Decision Technologies allanmac@sdt.com PO Box 619616, MD 4432 allan_mackinnon@attpls.net Dallas/Ft.Worth Airport, TX 75261-9616 Tel: (817) 963-1679 Fax: (817) 967-9763 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- Definitions of Operations Research: ---------- ----------- 1. Research into operations. ---------- ----------- 2. Quantitative common sense. ---------- ----------- 3. The art of giving bad answers to which ---------- ----------- otherwise worse answers are given. ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0soWNz-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 95 14:43:58 +0100 Subject: OmniWeb 2.0 (was Re: Omni vs Netscape) > Francois Magnan wrote: > > NetScape is a very lousy Web Browser compared to OmniWeb. > NetScape doen't keep very much pictures on disk. Everytime you > come back to a page already downloaded, NetScape reloads everything. > I hate this because I only have a 28800 link. > > OmniWeb keeps everything in memory and on disk. > OmniWeb has much more interesting bookmark list features > (including drag and drop!). > > It is unfortunate that OmniWeb doen't have NetScapes extensions to > html2.0 > > Francois Magnan > OmniWeb 2.0 is in the works (I believe Lighthouse is way to smart not to include html2 :-) --- Later + Greetings from .. Stefan .. "I have seen (OpenStep) 4.0 and it will be!" Life spans many different colors, but ---- REAL Computing is black! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Backup Problem Date: 1 Sep 1995 22:06:57 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <428061$703@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Has anyone had the problem of backing up to optical disk on NS 2.2 using the utility DUMP and trying to restore on an NS 3.3 system? We find that the disk is unreadable on 3.3!! Help! Albert Hsui hsui@uiuc.edu
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fstab woes -- help Date: 1 Sep 1995 22:33:44 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <4281o8$5le@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4271sd$c55@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Paul F. Bergen (bergen@fas.harvard.edu) wrote: : All: : I have an external hard disk mounted on my NeXTstation. The drive : mounts at boot time. Here's my fstab: : /dev/sdoa / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,1 : /dev/sd1a /fas 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,2 ^^^^^^ ^ Don't do this as 'noauto' is only for the boot device. Replace the comma with a space. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Changing from Standalones to a NeXT network? Message-ID: <DE8spI.Br@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 19:56:05 GMT I'm looking for some advice on how to change a bunch of standalone NeXTs sitting on the same ethernet into a proper network with a Master Netinfo server. The ethernet is a subnet of UW's network and is shared by many DOS/Windows machines. Subnetting the NeXTs is not an option. One NeXT, quark, is already serving for printing, http, and some nfs for DOS/Windows machines, NeXTs, and some Macs. Quark isn't used for anything else, so would be a great candidate for a Netinfo server. Quark is currently configured, like the rest of the NeXTs, as a standalone machine. Anyone with experience in this like to suggest a plan or two? -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: neekibo@precipice.fdn.org (Hugues RICHARD) Subject: Re: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ?? Message-ID: <1995Sep1.195358.10045@precipice.fdn.fr> Sender: news@precipice.fdn.fr Organization: Individual - Dijon, France. References: <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 19:53:58 GMT In article <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) writes: > Alas, this is not the case. FaxReader appears to shrink the output > by about 5%, and therefore the forwarded copy is resampled by PS > rendering for faxing. This causes degradation of the quality, let > alone inexact scaling compared with the original. This is a shame > for otherwise the best networked faxing environment that just works. > > Is there any way to make the NeXT Fax system to do exact 1:1 reproduction > for fax forwarding? The scaling behaviour seems to appear when receiving faxes. But I don't know exactly when (that is when writting the fax file, when converting it to a plain TIFF file, ...). Anyway, this is one of these harcoded problems that NeXT seems to love. I've already reported it to NeXT with bug_next. Never got answer but I image : "this is because NLP has margin larger than normal fax machines". It could sound as a kind of MS argumentation... As we can say for a lot of other things : may be in NS4.0... or recode all yourself (TrimProgram, faxcleanup, libFaxD.a, ...) This behaviour becomes very problematical nowdays because fax machines have halftone capability when sending photos. Have you never try to reduce an already haltoned photography ? well try and you'll see the results. Hugues.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lorgb@netcom.com (LOR/Geske Bock Associates) Subject: Need Suggestion on the Intel System Message-ID: <lorgbDE96nC.72B@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 00:57:12 GMT Sender: lorgb@netcom10.netcom.com Hi, Can anyone suggest/advice for this PC needed to run NEXTSTEP? CPU: Intel Pentium 133MHz (Globalyst system board) RAM: 64 MB Cache Memory: 1 MB ISA slots: 3 PCI slots: 2 BIOS: Phoenix, AT&T version 4.04, 1.01.00 SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940/2940W SCSI CD-ROM Drive: NEC 4X Hard Drive: SCSI 2 Gig Segate Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Graphics Adaptor: Number Nine Imagine 128 (8M VRAM) Serial Ports: 2 UART 16450 Parallet Port: 1 Keyboard: 101 PS/2 Pointing Device: Logitech Lan Adaptor: Cogent EMaster+ PCI Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 Monitor: NEC 6FG Also, What types of modems and SCSI-tape backups are compatible with this system? Thanks in advance for the info. nvp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lorgb@netcom.com (LOR/Geske Bock Associates) Subject: Need Suggestion on the Intel System Message-ID: <lorgbDE96tz.7HC@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 01:01:11 GMT Sender: lorgb@netcom10.netcom.com Can anyone suggest/advice for this PC needed to run NEXTSTEP? CPU: Intel Pentium 133MHz (Globalyst system board) RAM: 64 MB Cache Memory: 1 MB ISA slots: 3 PCI slots: 2 BIOS: Phoenix, AT&T version 4.04, 1.01.00 SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940/2940W SCSI CD-ROM Drive: NEC 4X Hard Drive: SCSI 2 Gig Segate Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Graphics Adaptor: Number Nine Imagine 128 (8M VRAM) Serial Ports: 2 UART 16450 Parallet Port: 1 Keyboard: 101 PS/2 Pointing Device: Logitech Lan Adaptor: Cogent EMaster+ PCI Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 Monitor: NEC 6FG Also, What types of modems and SCSI-tape backups are compatible with this system? Thanks in advance for the info. nvp
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 2 Sep 1995 02:59:56 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-43.usc.edu Message-ID: <428hbc$guk@usc.edu> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <DE0qtC.2Ft@empire.org> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> <422auj$qej@usc.edu> <h23fehhh4z.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > Question about Netsurfer... > For any tab level is that a fixed size two dimensional matrix? > fixed tabs? > fixed size level per tab? Uhm... what are you referring to? :) I get the impression you've tried Netsurfer. So far I've got no complaints, and some of the issues raised (like background page design, etc.) seem to be already working in Netsurfer. What problems did you have with the app? -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Solved - sort of... (Re: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ??) Date: 2 Sep 1995 03:03:44 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-43.usc.edu Message-ID: <428hig$guk@usc.edu> References: <423agl$ptu@agate.berkeley.edu> <425rge$5gv@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) wrote: > ...All other paint/image viewer apps I tried failed to deal with multi-page tiff files (which *.fax files are) correctly. Pixel Magician handles multi-page tiff files very well. My question is wouldn't faxing out through one of these apps still require the document going through the faxing program and thereby getting mauled? Or is it just FaxReader that creates this problem? -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Cube -> CSLIP -> TTYDSP -> Courier V.Everything Date: 2 Sep 1995 04:11:13 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <428lh1$55u@turing.mathworks.com> Well, I'm taking the plunge and putting my small net up full time. Currently: NeXT Cube (3.3) TTYDSP plugged into a USR Courier modem TransSys PNI (CSLIP) tying the whole mess togther. I can make the connection to the modem at 57600 just fine, but when I bump it to 115200, I start to get garbage, and I can't get a decent connection. Anyone have any thoughts? Anyone using a setup like this? This currently beats the pants off of my old connection (zoom 9600), but I'd like to get this sucker going as fast as possible. modem configs/TTYDSP configs would be greatly appreciated... thanx, -peter
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: US-Nationwide-NeXT Systems Administrators Date: 2 Sep 1995 03:41:23 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4291r3$re1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Our client, an internationally known Fortune 500, NYSE company, has immediate openings for NeXT Systems Administrators in several key locations across the USA. You must have a proven track record as a Systems Administrator in a NeXT environment. You will be responsible for supporting NeXTStep/OpenStep development environments. Positions offer an excellent base salary, company incentive package, and FULL RELOCATION. Positions are currently open on the East Coast and South Western USA. Contact: Brian Mitchell Datacom Technology Group 212-629-5720 212-629-3374(FAX) E-Mail - briman101@aol.com
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need Suggestion on the Intel System Date: 2 Sep 1995 08:34:06 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <4294tu$bq2@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <lorgbDE96tz.7HC@netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit LOR/Geske Bock Associates (lorgb@netcom.com) wrote: : Can anyone suggest/advice for this PC needed : to run NEXTSTEP? : Lan Adaptor: Cogent EMaster+ PCI You'll not want to use the Driver on the CD-ROM. Better get the fixed version called DECchip21040 or so on NeXTanswers. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: meredith_stewart@nyro.com (Meredith H. Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BUSINESS: NYRO Technix, Inc. - NEXTSTEP/Windows Products and Services Date: 1 Sep 1995 06:27:25 GMT Organization: InterNex ISDN Internet Access is our Business Message-ID: <42694d$7no@voyager.internex.net> NYRO Technix, Inc. announces the arrival of its web site, which includes information on all of its products and services, as well as downloadable demos and screen shots of its software products. NYRO Technix, Inc. currently markets VirtSpace(tm), On Vacation(tm), ReadReceiptPlus(tm) and Faxcess(tm) for NeXT, Intel, HP-PA and Sparc systems running NEXTSTEP 3.3. NYRO also does consulting for NEXTSTEP and Windows customers, supplies web space to other businesses, and does web page authoring. Look for NYRO products in the Windows market soon! The site is located at: <URL: http://www.nyro.com/NYRO/> --- NYRO Technix, Inc. 236 W. Portal Ave Suite 341 San Francisco CA 94127 415 664-1170 voice 415 664-5530 fax
From: meredith_stewart@nyro.com (Meredith H. Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BUSINESS: P.R.B. Productions 900 Yellow Pages(tm) Date: 1 Sep 1995 06:33:27 GMT Organization: InterNex ISDN Internet Access is our Business Message-ID: <4269fn$7o0@voyager.internex.net> The P.R.B. 900 Yellow Pages includes a listing of 900 numbers, divided by categories. Categories include Entertainment, Computers, Financial, Health, Pets, and others. Each 900 number has a full page with details about its services. And each service provides a wealth of information. The information or entertainment you've been looking for may be just a phone call away, and will cost you much less than a visit to a consultant, doctor, or psychic. The site is located at: <URL: http://www.nyro.com/PRB/> --- P.R.B. Productions 6765 Westminster Blvd., Suite C411 Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 892-8074
From: ian_stewart@nyro.com (Ian H. Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Apology for BUSINESS: & WWW: postings Date: 1 Sep 1995 06:58:56 GMT Organization: InterNex ISDN Internet Access is our Business Message-ID: <426avg$8ef@voyager.internex.net> We are not sure why the following posts appeared in the comp.sys.next.sysadmin group, but we are looking into the problem. The posts were intended for comp.infosystems.www.announce a moderated group. Again we are sorry, Ian H. Stewart http://www.nyro.com/ian_stewart/ President NYRO Technix, Inc. --- NYRO Technix, Inc. 236 W. Portal Ave Suite 341 San Francisco CA 94127 NYRO Technix, Inc. markets VirtSpace(tm), ReadReceiptPlus(tm), Faxcess(tm), On-Vacation(tm) and other NEXTSTEP software. Webbing ... http://www.nyro.com/ (a Web Spy-der listing)
From: rrl@fnbc.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab (A solution that works) Date: 2 Sep 1995 15:35:03 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Distribution: world Message-ID: <429tj7$l3e@News1.mcs.net> References: <41ssri$jqu@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <41jrdf$37c@nkosi.well.com> <RDL.95Aug28000025@world.std.com> Keywords: fstab, remount, root I too, did something very stupid with fstab. Luckily I work with a very intelligent SysAdmin who gave me this solution. It actually works. It takes advantage of the little known -b option to the booter. Do the following: boot into "raw" single user mode with: bsd -sb (Or for Intel, hd(0,a)mach_kernel -sb) then use the following mount command to mount root rw and fix the problem mount -o remount,rw /dev/hd0a / That's it. The -b option will tell it to not try and mount root. Many thanks to Paul Cardon. (pmarc@fnbc.com) Robert Lang rrl@fnbc.com In Re: Oh, I did something stupid with /etc/fstab comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x281efc> writes, > Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: > : You have another option: > > : # mount -o remount,rw /dev/sd0a / > > Looks like every answerer (myself included when responding via a private > e-mail :-) forgets about '-n' option to mount. Without it mount will > barf on you attempting to update /etc/mtab file on still non-writable > root partition; or at least my version of mount does. > > Michal
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <4269fn$7o0@voyager.internex.net> Control: cancel <4269fn$7o0@voyager.internex.net> Date: 2 Sep 1995 15:45:57 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <429u7l$21u@news4.digex.net>
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <426960$7np@voyager.internex.net> Control: cancel <426960$7np@voyager.internex.net> Date: 2 Sep 1995 15:46:18 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <429u8a$21u@news4.digex.net>
From: izumi@mizuki.hip.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Solved - sort of... (Re: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ??) Date: 2 Sep 1995 17:10:22 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <42a35v$1ug@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <428hig$guk@usc.edu> In article <428hig$guk@usc.edu> Matthew Reichman writes: > izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) wrote: > > ...All other paint/image viewer apps I tried failed to deal with > multi-page tiff files (which *.fax files are) correctly. > > Pixel Magician handles multi-page tiff files very well. Thanks for the tip. > My question is wouldn't faxing out through one of these apps still require > the document going through the faxing program and thereby getting mauled? > Or is it just FaxReader that creates this problem? Fax files are still in the form of bitmaps usually with 1728 pixels along H dimension and variable # of rows (depending of sheet length and low/high resolution). Yes, it is still tricky with any other program to get exact 1:1 mapping to duplicate the original for forwarded faxes, but it is possible with proper scaling. It would be best if, for fax forwarding, the process of converting fax tiff to PostScript and rerendering at 200x100 or 200x200 (again) is bypassed, except for the cover page, since *.fax files are already in the desired form. It's too messy to make special handling work, however. I suppose this is a constant problem, as someone said, in preparing pre-press stuff that includes scanned images. You have to carefully choose resolution of original photo scans to the resolution of final output devices to prevent Moire patterns. And the same problem applies to faxes, except that the problem for regular fax is not Moire patterns, but legibility of small font text and graphics due to resampling of original bitmaps at the time of PS rendering. At the least, 95% shrinking should not be done, which seems to be hardcoded in FaxReader.app. Even if you use PowerScan or Pixel Magician for priting/forwarding, you still need FaxReader to obtain fax files via network from the fax server. There is a way to open fax files directly in PowerScan from FaxReader's received fax list by using a service with an undocumented "NeXT temporary filename pasteboard type". -- Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: Univ. of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 Tel: 510-642-6440, Fax: 510-642-3323, (NeXT & MIME mails welcome)
From: khader@lys.vnet.net (R. D. Khader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Any one using USRobotics 28.8K? Date: 2 Sep 1995 18:08:08 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. (704) 374-0779 Message-ID: <42a6i8$2la@ralph.vnet.net> Did any one succeeded in using USRobotics 28.8 on the Next? I keep getting the message "Can not syncronize with hayes..". Any thoughts, comments? khader@vnet.net
From: dsi@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (George Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Bad disk block problem. Date: 2 Sep 1995 15:51:59 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Message-ID: <42an6f$mvl@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> I have SCSI disk that just started to report media errors on one of the disk blocks. Is there a way for me to map the block out without re-formatting the disk ? Any help is greatly appreciated. George
From: mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with Mail over network. Date: 2 Sep 95 23:58:14 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <mshores.810086294@isua2.iastate.edu> Summary: Having problems using mail, netinfo seems to be confused. Keywords: mail netinfo DNS Hello, I am having a problem with sendmail. For some reason, sendmail will send mail out to other domains (like unl.edu, or math.unl.edu), but it will not recieve or send mail to MY domain (iastate.edu). One possible problem is that I have been assigned a weird hostname - helser08.res (full hostname helser08.res.iastate.edu). Now, when configuring NetInfo, helser08.res does NOT work, therefore, I don't really know what NetInfo THINKS my full name is (probably helser08.iastate.edu). Does anyone out there know how to configure sendmail to accept messages from helser08.res.iastate.edu AND to send messages to my local domain? Any help appreciated. Matt Shores
From: ernie@bac-ground (Ernesto Baca) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Header address Date: 2 Sep 1995 20:01:36 GMT Organization: Internet Connect Services, Inc. Message-ID: <42ad70$4v5@degas.ICSI.Net> How can I change the header from ernie@bac-ground to the correct address ebaca@icsi.net?? Thanks. Ernie -- ____________________________________________________________ Visit me at: http://www.nkn.net/icmall/bac_ground.html ____________________________________________________________ Ernesto Baca, P.E. Environmental Consultant BAC-GROUND 3216 Georgetown Houston, TX 77005-2906 USA (713) 664-8452 (w) ebaca@icsi.net (NeXT Mail, MIME, ASCII) ebaca@delphi.com (ASCII) ____________________________________________________________ ROCKETS 1994 and 1995 NBA Champions! ____________________________________________________________
From: David Khader <khader@vnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to install USRobotics modem for faxing? Date: 2 Sep 1995 23:41:59 GMT Organization: First Data Corp. Message-ID: <42aq47$4iv@ralph.vnet.net> References: <423266$m80@hasle.oslonett.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: taustad@oslonett.no This is not an answer but a question about how did you set up your modem with NS. I am trying to use it with my Cube and I keep getting "Can not syncronize with hayes ..." message. Can you share with us how did you configured your modem. Thanks in advance. khader@vnet.net taustad@oslonett.no (Thomas Austad) wrote: >I'm trying to setup my USRobotics Courier DS V.34 Fax modem with NS >3.3 (on Intel). It works fine with pp, tip etc, but trying to use it >to send and receive faxes dont. >I only have two modem types to select from and whichever I choose my >log says its giving up faxing because it can set it up. > >Do I need a new driver? (Didn't find any in NeXTanswers) >Can I edit the ones there? (Didn't find them.) > >Thanks for your help! > >Th.A. >
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: The Standard 35 (PostScript Fonts) Date: 3 Sep 1995 03:12:59 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <42b6fr$10v@canton.charm.net> All right. I've spent enough time trying to track downt the Adobe Font Pack for NEXTSTEP to no avail. I've also noticed that (with 3.3 at least) we get all of the 35 afm files, but not the actual fonts. (If you haven't found them yet, there in /usr/lib/transcript) That makes it a little easier to print to, say, an HP printer that has the standard 35 in memory from those bloody rtf documents. But I still can't figure out were to get the 22 fonts that NEXTSTEP is missing, but came in TrueType form with my printer. (Bloody FalseType. As much as I groan and bicker, Adobe PostScript always proves better) I guess that means that there are other companies out there that don't really market there wares. jas
From: grindrod@grizzly. (David Grindrod) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: EON 1.3GB MOD disk - NeXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 3 Sep 1995 14:42:07 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <42cerv$2uf@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> I am experiencing problems whilst trying to initialise a 1.3MOD disk on an EON MOD. This worked ok with NeXTSTEP 3.2 but no longer works with NeXTSTEP 3.3. The disktab entry I use is given below. The initialisation within the workspace viewer does not work with the following error message. /usr/etc/disk -i -h grizzly -l "UntitledDisk" -d 652329984 /dev/rsd3a disk name: SONY SMO-F521-00 2.03 disk type: removable_rw_scsi writing disk label Writing /usr/standalone/i386/boot Writing /usr/standalone/i386/boot1 creating new filesystem on /dev/rsd3a /usr/etc/newfs -n -v /dev/rsd3a /etc/mkfs /dev/rsd3a 636881 3981 2 8192 1024 16 10 60 4096 t Warning: insufficient space in super block for rotational layout tables with nsect 3981 and ntrak 2. File system performance may be impaired. cylinder group too large (16 cylinders); max: 7 cylinders per group /usr/etc/newfs /dev/rsd3a failed (status 1) I located this error to a change in the reading of the header. So I tried to use the disk command by hand. Then I get the following error messages. grizzly:55# disk -t smo -i /dev/rsd3a disk name: smo disk type: removable_rw_optical set bitmap: Invalid argument Strange I can create a MAC filesystem. Has anyone has similar problems with MOD's on NeXT and do they have a solution. Reply by email if possible. Dave disktab entry: smo|Sony|SONY SMO-F521-00 2.03:\ :ty=removable_rw_optical:nc#80:nt#15:ns#31:ss#1024:rm#3600:\ :fp#160:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\ :os=sdmach:z0#32:z1#96:ro=a:\ :pa#0:sa#636880:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#8:da#8192:ra#5:oa=time:\ :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa: -- --------------------------------------------------------------- David grindrod, NMR System Manager, EMBL Heidelberg. Email: mailto:grindrod@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE HTML Home Page: http://www.NMR.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE/grindrod/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin References: <42a6i8$2la@ralph.vnet.net> From: "Christian Pekeler" <pekeler@luck.shnet.org> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 95 12:06:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Q: Any one using USRobotics 28.8K? Message-ID: <29790870@luck.shnet.org> R. D. Khader: > I keep getting the message "Can not syncronize with hayes..". Had the same prob after switching to the new ISA-serial driver because I didn't have the TTY PortServer installed. (NAnswers 1946 and 1947) Christian
From: nextjet@ids.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: reg ppp/slip Date: Sun, 3 Sep 95 14:12:31 +500 Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (800)IDS-1680 Message-ID: <42crcc$551@paperboy.ids.net> Please help a newbie set up slip/ppp. I don't wish anyone to do work for me. just point me in right direction. because at this moment,I,m clueless. tia german gobel nextjet@ids.net
From: uzs1c3@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Konstantin Wiesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to install USRobotics modem for faxing? Date: Sun, 3 Sep 1995 19:16:24 UNDEFINED Organization: Private Message-ID: <uzs1c3.119.005A02C1@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <423266$m80@hasle.oslonett.no> <42aq47$4iv@ralph.vnet.net> In article <42aq47$4iv@ralph.vnet.net> David Khader <khader@vnet.net> writes: >This is not an answer but a question about how did you set up your modem >with NS. I am trying to use it with my Cube and I keep getting "Can not >syncronize with hayes ..." message. Can you share with us how did you >configured your modem. >Thanks in advance. >khader@vnet.net >taustad@oslonett.no (Thomas Austad) wrote: >>I'm trying to setup my USRobotics Courier DS V.34 Fax modem with NS >>3.3 (on Intel). It works fine with pp, tip etc, but trying to use it >>to send and receive faxes dont. >>I only have two modem types to select from and whichever I choose my >>log says its giving up faxing because it can set it up. >> >>Do I need a new driver? (Didn't find any in NeXTanswers) >>Can I edit the ones there? (Didn't find them.) >> >>Thanks for your help! >> >>Th.A. >> You probably will not get it to work because USR only supports standards, that means Class 1 FAX command set and Class 2.0 Command set. Do not confuse Class 2 with Class 2.0 there is a substantial difference. The latter is not wide spread and therefore rarely supported. --- Konstantin Wiesel Email:uzs1c3@uni-bonn.de
From: root@phobos.mathcs.carleton.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: More DAT Questions... Date: 3 Sep 1995 18:48:38 GMT Organization: Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA Message-ID: <42cta6$fvj@chuangtsu.acns.carleton.edu> Keywords: DAT I've just purchased a new WANG DAT tape drive for my 68040 NeXTCube running NS 3.3, and I'm having trouble using it. I would like to use "dump" and "restore" to back up my system, but I'm not sure what to use for the "size" of the tape. The documentation that came with the tape drive claims that it will hold 4 GB without compression and up to 8 GB with compression on. Actually, "dump" seems to be working (at least it doesn't report errors); using "restore" is the problem. Here's what I'm trying: myhost# dump 0usf 2684354 /dev/rst0 /disk2 DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Sep 3 12:39:41 1995 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0b (/disk2) to /dev/rst0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 191112 tape blocks on 0.00 tape(s). DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: 36.28% done, finished in 0:08 DUMP: 75.56% done, finished in 0:03 DUMP: DUMP: 191146 tape blocks on 1 tape(s) DUMP: DUMP IS DONE DUMP: level 0 dump on Sun Sep 3 12:39:41 1995 DUMP: Tape rewinding myhost# restore -if /dev/rst0 Tape/disk read error: I/O error I see the following in the console window: splr.st: cmd = 0x8 sr_io_status = 2H Sense key = 0x0 Sense Code = 0x0 Any suggestions? -mtie -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael N. Tie mtie@carleton.edu Technical Assistant phn: (507) 663-4067 Department of Math/CS fax: (507) 663-4312 Carleton College Northfield, MN 55057 (US) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
From: root@phobos.mathcs.carleton.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: More DAT questions Date: 3 Sep 1995 18:52:34 GMT Organization: Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA Message-ID: <42cthi$g03@chuangtsu.acns.carleton.edu> Ooops, I should have included this with my last post... The program Inquirer.app (a scsi probe that I pulled off of cs.orst.edu) reports the tape drive on SCSI-id 5 and as a WangDAT model 3400DX -mtie -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael N. Tie mtie@carleton.edu Technical Assistant phn: (507) 663-4067 Department of Math/CS fax: (507) 663-4312 Carleton College Northfield, MN 55057 (US) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
From: Gerald Wildgruber Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: State of art in the NeXT dump/restore question ? Date: 3 Sep 1995 20:14:30 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42d2b6$hvb@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, this is not for renewing the well known discussion on the dump/restore problem with NeXT. I just want to ask if any document meanwhile appeared to resume this question. I consulted NeXTAnswers and the whole of comp.sys.next.* (since 89), archived and indexed on the Peanuts NeXT CD; in short, the problem was to read dump tapes with the restore command: a solution oftenly given was the mtset program wich fixes the blocksize of tape devices; in NeXTAnswers I then could read that the problem should definitely disappear with the SCSI tape driver ver.3.31. Another posting mentioned the newly implemented stblocksize program, shipped with NeXTSTEP 3.3. ; it is run from /etc/rc to atomatically fix the block size. Thus mtset seems no longer necessary as it has been before. Given all these hints, restore still doesn't work for me : I'm running NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel and I'm using the HP35470A DAT Streamer. With no mtset command given before (because of stblocksize run during boot time), I get the well known messages: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Tape/disk read error: I/O error I repeat this twenty times and I get: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Tape/disk block size (512) is not a multiple of dump block size (1024) Again I'm repeating this command about twenty times and suddenly restore begins to work with this message: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Note: Doing Quad swapping (...) restore > ls From there on restoring is possible but incredibly slow. I also tried Markus Wenzel's proposal: >Anyway, the better solution is to dump in variable size >mode (no mtset, or mtset without any option) and restore after doing a >'mtset -i', which means "ignore illegal length reports and continue >restore". It just works fine for me and my WangDAT but without improvement in my unhappy case. Another question is the length parameter -s for the dump command; I couldn't find any systematic answer on how to determine this number. Apparently backup with dump/restore works, but I imagine typing x times the whole command in single user mode (without history-function), desperately trying to restore the whole NeXT partition. Is there any solution beyond this perhaps-perhaps-not basis ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Gerald.
From: mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: New Problem with sendmail on stand-alone network. Date: 3 Sep 95 20:28:12 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <mshores.810160092@isua2.iastate.edu> Summary: Sendmail will not receive mail nor will it send mail to my domain, Keywords: sendmail stand-alone Hello, I am having more problems with sendmail. I am a stand-alone machine on a mixed network, and I have been assigned a hostname that NeXT will not accept (helser08.res). For some reason, every other application works except sendmail. I can send mail to any other domain (like fun.com, or unl.edu) but not ANY to iastate.edu (sendmail thinks that I am trying to send mail to some user on MY machine). The other problem is that I cannot receive mail at all. When someone sends mail to me, the mail returns with a message stating that while connected to my machine, it looped back to itself. I changed the sendail.cf to the sendmail.mailhost.cf like I was supposed to, however, it is still not fully working. Can anyone help me? Matt Shores
From: vladimir@math.uic.edu (Vladimir V Egorin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 9G disk on HP running NS3.3 Date: 3 Sep 1995 23:54:26 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Message-ID: <42df7i$2vhu@tigger.cc.uic.edu> Hi, we have the 9G disk on the HP with NS3.3. It has 5 partitions (2+2+2+2+1). So far we've been using only 2 of them. When I tried to mount the third partition, it contained the same files as the first one. After moving the disk to a PC with NS3.3, I was able to mount all the partitions and do a newfs on the ones we didn't use so far. I remember there was a bug in NS3.2 for HP, but supposedly it should have been corrected in the next release. So I am wondering what possibly could be wrong. I would really appreciate any comments and advice. Thank you very much for your time. -- Vladimir Egorin vladimir@math.uic.edu
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New Problem with sendmail on stand-alone network. Date: 4 Sep 1995 00:57:13 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-50.usc.edu Message-ID: <42dit9$o7h@usc.edu> References: <mshores.810160092@isua2.iastate.edu> mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) wrote: > I can send mail to any other domain (like fun.com, or unl.edu) but > not ANY to iastate.edu (sendmail thinks that I am trying to send > mail to some user on MY machine). The other problem is that I > cannot receive mail at all. When someone sends mail to me, the > mail returns with a message stating that while connected to my > machine, it looped back to itself. I changed the sendail.cf to > the sendmail.mailhost.cf like I was supposed to, however, it is > still not fully working. Can anyone help me? Have you configured your domain in /etc/resolf.conf? Also, what version of sendmail are you using? If you are using the one that comes supplied with NS then you might want to upgrade to sendmail 8.6.12 -- I think it's cf files are much more configurable to solve problems. -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
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From: root@helser08.iastate.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New Problem with sendmail on stand-alone network. Date: 4 Sep 1995 05:56:03 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <42e4dj$mle@news.iastate.edu> References: <42dit9$o7h@usc.edu> In article <42dit9$o7h@usc.edu> Matthew Reichman writes: > mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) wrote: > > I can send mail to any other domain (like fun.com, or unl.edu) but > > not ANY to iastate.edu (sendmail thinks that I am trying to send > > mail to some user on MY machine). The other problem is that I > > cannot receive mail at all. When someone sends mail to me, the > > mail returns with a message stating that while connected to my > > machine, it looped back to itself. I changed the sendail.cf to > > the sendmail.mailhost.cf like I was supposed to, however, it is > > still not fully working. Can anyone help me? > > Have you configured your domain in /etc/resolf.conf? Yes, I have. > > Also, what version of sendmail are you using? If you are using the one > that comes supplied with NS then you might want to upgrade to sendmail > 8.6.12 -- I think it's cf files are much more configurable to solve > problems. Well, I think I would run into the same problem. You see, I can mail things to other domains with no problem, it is the actual domain that has a problem. Here is the output of my attempt to mail to my university account: helser08:9# mail -v mshores@iastate.edu Subject: Test. Test. EOT mshores@iastate.edu... 550 User unknown Saving message in //dead.letter //dead.letter... Sent --- Now, this should work, my localhost here is helser08.res.iastate.edu. For some reason it is looking for mshores on MY machine. Also, I cannot receive ANY mail whatsoever, here the syslog for the mail transaction Sep 4 01:17:13 helser08 sendmail[253]: AA00253: from=<mshores@iastate.edu>, size=275, class=0, received from las1.iastate.edu (129.186.1.120) Sep 4 01:17:14 helser08 sendmail[255]: AA00253: to=<root@helser08.res.iastate.edu>, delay=00:00:02, stat=Service unavailable --- And that is what is happening... I think the problem is in sendmail, but I don't know what is wrong... thanks for the suggestions, if anyone can add more I would appriciate it! > -- > Matthew > > ================================================================== > Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k > reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome > USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request > > "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green > ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God > made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail problem Date: 4 Sep 1995 09:46:45 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-b-17.usc.edu Message-ID: <42ehu5$rlp@usc.edu> I am trying to set up sendmail 8.6.12 on my turbo slab with NS3.3. I am able to send mail internally, but when I try to send out I get this message: Sep 4 02:21:16 scf sendmail[454]: CAA00452: SYSERR(reichman): MX list for scf.usc.edu points back to chaph.scf.usc.edu My localhost is "scf" and I renamed localhost in NetInfo to "scf". My home is named "reichman" to be consistent with my internet username. My school's mailserver is called both "scf.usc.edu" and "chaph.usc.edu" ========================================================== Here's the mc file: ========================================================== divert(-1) include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#) sendmail.reichman.m4') OSTYPE(nextstep) # Standard NeXT Netinfo aliases define(`ALIAS_FILE', netinfo:members@/aliases)dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', /var/adm/sendmail.st)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl # this is my domainname Dmusc.edu define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:scf.usc.edu)dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy,restrictmailq,restrictqrun')dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(scf.usc.edu) ========================================================== ========================================================== Any help would be greatly appreciated -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: DAT compression with software? RunningBack, Neuron, Inc? Message-ID: <DEAA9p.1ss@zion.com> Keywords: DAT, RunningBack, Neuron Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:13:01 GMT I've recently aquired a Microtech Elipse 2.0T DAT tape backup which came with RunningBack backup software from Neuron, Inc. for the m68k architecture. This DAT drive supports software selectable hardware compression. I'd like to know how to toggle this setting. Any ideas? If you have source to toggle compression in a WangDAT, or know the whereabouts of people related to Neuron, Inc. (originally from Princeton, NJ), please send any info... Regards, David.
From: kay@sun () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Sun NeXT NFS Date: 4 Sep 1995 09:58:12 GMT Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42eijk$afq@caladan.restena.lu> Hi we have a Sun as an Internet Server with Solaris 2.4 We want a NeXT to get mail by exporting /var/spool/mail from the Sun. On the Sun we said: share -F nfs /var/spool/mail this is also in the file /etc/dfs/dfstab sharetab looks like that: /var/spool/mail - nfs rw This seems correct to me. shareall doesn't give an errormessage. Now the NeXT part We use NFSmanager We say sun /var/spool/mail to /usr/spool/mail First I try it by hand: nagasena:1# mount sun:/var/spool/mail /usr/spool/mail mount: retrying /private/spool/mail And never come back! nagasena:2# mount 193.168.64.33:/var/spool/mail /usr/spool/mail mount: retrying /private/spool/mail And never come back The console says : 193.168.64.33 unknow host nagasena:3# ping 193.168.64.33 PING 193.168.64.33: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 193.168.64.33: icmp_seq=0. time=6. ms 64 bytes from 193.168.64.33: icmp_seq=1. time=1. ms ^C ----193.168.64.33 PING Statistics---- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1/3/6 nagasena:4# So it's there I can telnet, ftp, WWW. I can't nfs.... I did it with HP-UX in former times and with Sun OS 4.1.3 and it worked with the exports file and exportfs -av What's wrong _____ / o o \ +-------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------------------+ | Kay Schulz 00352-34981-237 | | Community Research and Development Information Service | | | | k.schulz@cordis.lu | | http://www.cordis.lu/ ooO | +-------------------------------( )--Ooo--------------------------------+ \ ( ( ) \_) ) / (_/
From: tjallen@theory1.physics.wisc.edu (Theodore J. Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Bad disk block problem. Date: 4 Sep 1995 15:10:58 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <42f4u2$1k5u@news.doit.wisc.edu> Check out /usr/etc/reasb. This utility allows you to map out bad blocks. If you get the SCSI block number from /usr/adm/messages you can (as root!) simply do a /usr/etc/reasb /dev/rsd0a NNNNNNN -r where NNNNNNN is the SCSI block number and I'm assuming that the disk with the bad blocks is the first SCSI disk. If you have a PC with an IDE disk, I'm afraid you'll have to do a fresh install, or worse, replace the disk. (Notice that /etc/hdform is simply a shell script: #!/bin/sh -f echo hdform doesn't exist yet... and won't help you. This means that BuildDisk won't work on an IDE disk.) Oh, by the way, those of you running Intel 3.3 should note that the BuildDisk that came with 3.2 WILL work on 3.3, but you might have to boot in single user mode, su to me and dremove the BuildDisk default entry.... I don't know why... -- Ted Allen High Energy Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison tjallen@wishep.physics.wisc.edu
From: rencsok@convex.cl.msu.edu (Randy Rencsok) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: EON 1.3GB MOD disk - NeXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 4 Sep 1995 15:27:16 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <42f5sk$rhl@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <42cerv$2uf@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> In article <42cerv$2uf@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> grindrod@grizzly. (David Grindrod) writes: > > I located this error to a change in the reading of the header. So I tried > to use the disk command by hand. Then I get the following error messages. > > grizzly:55# disk -t smo -i /dev/rsd3a > disk name: smo > disk type: removable_rw_optical > set bitmap: Invalid argument > > Strange I can create a MAC filesystem. Has anyone has similar problems with > MOD's on NeXT and do they have a solution. > > Reply by email if possible. > > Dave > > > disktab entry: > > smo|Sony|SONY SMO-F521-00 2.03:\ > :ty=removable_rw_optical:nc#80:nt#15:ns#31:ss#1024:rm#3600:\ > :fp#160:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\ > :os=sdmach:z0#32:z1#96:ro=a:\ > :pa#0:sa#636880:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#8:da#8192:ra#5:oa=time:\ > :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa: This disktab entry seems in correct to me. First nc * nt * ns MUST be something larger than or equal to sa (number of sectors). If this is what your disktab entry was under NS3.2 I'd be very suprised if the workspace came out with a formatted disk. Your back porch doesn't look right either (it should be either 160 or greater otherwise you'll get porch errors). Check the geometry of your disk again and please read the commented lines describing the parameters used in disktab. Randy PS. Here is mine for the PMO-650 PINNACLEOHD-650:\ :ty=removable_rw_scsi:nc#18751:nt#1:ns#31:ss#512:rm#3600:\ :fp#320:bp#512:\ :os=sdmach:z0#64:z1#192:ro=a:\ :pa#0:sa#576000:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#32:da#4096:ra#5:oa=time:\ :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa: Notice the number of cyclinders/disk is much larger than 80 (seems like your thinking of a floppy) and nc * ns > sa (by about 1%)
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Bad disk block problem. Date: 04 Sep 1995 15:44:02 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep4104402@racine.its.com> References: <42an6f$mvl@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> In-reply-to: dsi@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com's message of 2 Sep 1995 15:51:59 -0700 dsi@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com writes: > I have SCSI disk that just started to report media errors on one of > the disk blocks. Is there a way for me to map the block out without > re-formatting the disk ? Any help is greatly appreciated. reasb. Look at the manpage for details. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting domainname Date: 04 Sep 1995 15:51:43 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep4105143@racine.its.com> References: <427ipq$lu8@aadt.sdt.com> In-reply-to: allanmac@sdt.com's message of 1 Sep 1995 18:18:34 GMT In article <427ipq$lu8@aadt.sdt.com> allanmac@sdt.com (Allan S. MacKinnon, Jr.) writes: > Why doesn't the command 'domainname' return the domain that I've set > in HostManager->Local ? Because they are unrelated. Your NetInfo or YP/NIS domainname should have nothing to do with your DNS domain name, for security reasons. Many people believe that they should be the same, and everything does seem to work and make more sense. However, having your NetInfo or YP domain name be the same as your DNS domainname (in my case, that's "its.com") means that it becomes a lot easier to perform an attack such as remotely NFS mounting your drives and/or trying to obtain YP/NIS maps without the appropriate permissions. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem with Mail over network. Date: 04 Sep 1995 16:05:52 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep4110552@racine.its.com> References: <mshores.810086294@isua2.iastate.edu> In-reply-to: mshores@iastate.edu's message of 2 Sep 95 23:58:14 GMT In article <mshores.810086294@isua2.iastate.edu> mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) writes: > One possible problem is that I have been assigned a weird hostname - > helser08.res (full hostname helser08.res.iastate.edu). Nothing weird or surprising about that hostname. > Now, when configuring NetInfo, helser08.res does NOT work, Yup. You probably got problems doing drag-n-drop, such as an "error -102 in workspace drag protocol" or some such. I don't know of any alternatives to this NetInfo failure (not handling a machine name with one or more "." in it, such as a FQDN), so you'll have to name your machine helser08. > therefore, I don't really know what NetInfo THINKS my full name is > (probably helser08.iastate.edu). Probably. Try setting your real domainname (which will be "res.iastate.edu" but probably should be "iastate.edu") in /etc/rc.local and /etc/resolv.conf > Does anyone out there know how to configure sendmail to accept messages > from helser08.res.iastate.edu AND to send messages to my local domain? > Any help appreciated. Sure. Set up the class macro which defines which machine addresses should have mail delivered locally. Under our sendmail config, this is done by "Cw", but your sendmail config may be different. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Version 8.6.12 Date: 04 Sep 1995 17:06:47 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep4120647@paulina.its.com> References: <DDK77y.30n@empire.org> <DDo5vt.DMq@udcf.gla.ac.uk> In-reply-to: root@music.gla.ac.uk's message of Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:31:02 GMT In article <DDo5vt.DMq@udcf.gla.ac.uk> root@music.gla.ac.uk writes: > And what about the .cf files? Where did you get them from? For me to do > our site I'm looking for a .cf to replace the standard > /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf > and one to replace a doctored /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf > > Do these (or at least the sharedsubsidiary) come with the 8.6.12 package? No, but something even better does come with the 8.6.12 sendmail. You'll need to get GNU m4, and then you can easily build your own configuration files yourself. RTFM the sendmail documentation. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up a NeXT httpd server using PPP for multihost Date: 04 Sep 1995 17:21:41 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep4122141@paulina.its.com> References: <9508282018.AA00342@borg.yorku.ca> In-reply-to: aj@borg.yorku.ca's message of 28 Aug 1995 15:17:42 -0500 > We are setting up a NeXTCUBE as a httpd server. We have not had a > problem until the issue of multiple domain names came up. It seems > that on other Unix machines, you can configure ifconfig to have IP > address aliases. On NEXTSTEP, ifconfig does not support the alias > feature and thus we must employ other ways to achieve the desired > results. Some Unix systems support "IP aliasing", others do not. You probably don't want to use a cube as a server, anyway. NEXTSTEP is okay as a server OS, but the black hardware itself has some fairly significant limitations that you might be better off avoiding. The most significant of which is the fact that you can't do syncronous SCSI on black, so you lose a significant amount of potential throughput. I'd think getting either an cheap Intel box and running FreeBSD, or a Sun running Solaris 2.4, both of which support IP aliasing. Either of these systems is likely to provide a better-performing web server than the cube would. > Some people have used TransSys Slip to setup two IP addresses on > one machine. It seems to work well for them. I would like to achieve > the same results using PPP (with 10 static host addresses). Good luck. If you get it working, be sure to let us know. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: Is "top" available? Message-ID: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 18:05:16 GMT Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? For those who are not familiar with it, "top" displays process statistics for the processes that use the most cpu time. Thanks, -Magnus --- Magnus Nordborg Department of Ecology & Evolution The University of Chicago 1101 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637-1573 USA magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (NeXT Mail, MIME) +1.312.702-1093 phone (lab) +1.312.667-5331 phone (home) +1.312.702-9740 fax
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: stefan@nurmy.franken.de (Stefan Zrenner) Subject: Problem with Streamer Message-ID: <DEBqFs.7L@nurmy.franken.de> Sender: stefan@nurmy.franken.de (Stefan Zrenner) Organization: KommunikationsNetz Franken e.V. Date: Sun, 3 Sep 1995 09:59:52 GMT Hi, i have some problems with my DAT-Streamer. This is the booting message: >>Sep 2 14:34:56 nurmy mach: st: major number 8 >>Sep 2 14:34:56 nurmy mach: AHA interrupt: bad status 14 >>Sep 2 14:34:56 nurmy last message repeated 6 times The System runs OK without any problem, but i dont know were comes this problem. Systemconfiguration: 486DX4/100, 48MB RAM, 1.SCSI-BootController = Adaptec 2842, 2.SCSI-Contoller 1542C, miro20SV, Motherboard = SOYO An other problem is when i want to start the System with only one SCSI-Controller the Kernel STOPS on the initalization from the Streamerdriver, but with the 1542C it run, only with the bootmassage "AHA interrupt: bad status 14". PS: SCSI-Streamerdriver is version 3.31 Adaptecdriver are from NeXTSTEP InstallationCD version 3.3 I hope to from anybody to help my, thank's Stefan -- ==================================================== >> Stefan Zrenner Email:stefan@nurmy.franken.de << >> NeXT-Mail & MIME-Mail ----- PGP Key on request <<
From: forrest@bnr.ca (Andrew Forrest) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 4 Sep 1995 19:10:15 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Message-ID: <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: : Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? For : those who are not familiar with it, "top" displays process statistics for : the processes that use the most cpu time. Yes, at ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util under the file names: -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 4728 Aug 2 18:49 top-README -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 272111 Aug 2 18:44 top.tar.Z regards, Andrew Forrest
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Changing Username EZily? Date: 4 Sep 1995 20:10:30 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-51.usc.edu Message-ID: <42fmfm$po@usc.edu> I have user acct called "foo" and I want it to be "pill". Is this the only way (and am I missing some steps?): (1) create new user, "pill" w/ UserMgr with its own home directory (2) move entire "foo" filesystem to "pill" (3) chown every single damn file for "pill" (not fun) (4) delete "foo" user and home directory First: I thought I read somewhere that there were a couple of system files I would need to change? Second: I'd rather just change "foo"'s name to "pill" and be able to just change names instead of having to move files if possible. Third: some programs need to be relicensed because of the change of username.... (this was major headache I remember) Is there a more time efficient and direct way to effect such a change? Thanks much in advance - I hope someone responds this time (I asked this questions once before and noone picked up on it) -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: rsilver@panix.com (Russell Silverman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Internal SCSI disk under 3.2 NS/fip Date: 4 Sep 1995 16:14:07 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <42fmmf$dcr@panix.com> Hey All, I want to hook up an internal SCSI hard disk (1.3g Hitachi) to my gateway 66V running NS/fip 3.2 (white), with no luck. It appears when I hook it up and it is recognized at ID #0, the machine has a sys panic(6,3,1??). It appears that SCSI has dominance over IDE as a boot device here. I tried disconnecting the IDE and donig a full install from CD on the SCSI. This also failed with a message like "thread: Interrrupt..: -735". If anyone has been successful with this sort of thing let me know. Also, if you know why I need to spend 100+ for an external housing, do tell. --thanks, RS
From: trail@ix.netcom.com (Jeff Trestrail ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Internal SCSI disk under 3.2 NS/fip Date: 4 Sep 1995 20:34:42 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <42fnt2$5dk@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <42fmmf$dcr@panix.com> In <42fmmf$dcr@panix.com> rsilver@panix.com (Russell Silverman) writes: > > >Hey All, > >I want to hook up an internal SCSI hard disk (1.3g Hitachi) >to my gateway 66V running NS/fip 3.2 (white), with no luck. > >It appears when I hook it up and it is recognized at ID #0, >the machine has a sys panic(6,3,1??). It appears that SCSI >has dominance over IDE as a boot device here. > >I tried disconnecting the IDE and donig a full install >from CD on the SCSI. This also failed with a message >like "thread: Interrrupt..: -735". > Are you using an Adaptec 1542CF SCSI controller ? That would explain the "thread: Interrupt returns: -735" messages. If so, you need to get the updated Adaptec 1542 driver from NeXTanswers (#1520 & 1521, and 1541 if you need to install using the updated driver). That should take care of any problems. Regards, Jeff Trestrail trail@ix.netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Message-ID: <DEEFnJ.1Dr@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 20:59:43 GMT In article <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca>, Andrew Forrest wrote: > Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: > : Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? [munch] > Yes, at ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util under the file names: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 4728 Aug 2 18:49 top-README > -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 272111 Aug 2 18:44 top.tar.Z Thanks, I hadn't seen that. However, strangely enough given its location, it does not contain any binary. Also, although a configuration option for 3.2, m68k exists, I get cc -O -c machine.c machine.c: In function `getu': machine.c:653: storage size of `utask' isn't known machine.c:654: storage size of `thread' isn't known machine.c:697: sizeof applied to an incomplete type when I attempt to compile on such a machine (with all the default choices for configure). I get the same error when I attempt the compilation on for 3.3, i386 which is where I need it. Does anyone have any further info? Thanks, -Magnus --- Magnus Nordborg Department of Ecology & Evolution The University of Chicago 1101 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637-1573 USA magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (NeXT Mail, MIME) +1.312.702-1093 phone (lab) +1.312.667-5331 phone (home) +1.312.702-9740 fax
From: mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail problem fixed Date: 4 Sep 95 21:47:41 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <mshores.810251261@isua2.iastate.edu> Summary: Sendmail fixed... Keywords: fix Thanks for all the responses to my question. THe answer WAS to set the resolv.conf domain to res.iastate.edu My university keep insisting that I set the domain to iastate.edu. Ah well, you guys were correct, thank you very much! Matt
From: Charles L Ditzel <charles@hanami.cyberspace.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Sun NeXT NFS Date: 5 Sep 1995 02:33:50 GMT Organization: C y b e r S p a c e - (206) 505-5577 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42gcue$bnm@armitage.cyberspace.com> References: <42eijk$afq@caladan.restena.lu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: k.schulz@cordis.lu From NeXTAnswers on www.next.com : ------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Solaris 2.4 NFS clients slow with NEXTSTEP NFS servers Entry Number: Last Updated: 17 April 1995 Document Revision: Keywords: NFS, Solaris Question When I have a Sun Solaris 2.4 system as an NFS client and a NEXTSTEP 3.3 system as the NFS server, the access starts out very slow. What casues this and is there a way to speed up the access time? Answer This problem is caused by a change in the Solaris NFS code in the 2.4 release. The new version of NFS READDIR in the Solaris 2.4 release trys to request more than 1024 bytes of directory data (this gains faster reponse from the NFS servers that support the larger size). The NEXTSTEP NFS server (and other NFS servers which are based on older NFS source code) fail to repond to this request. Sun Solaris will retransmit the READDIR requests and eventually will dynamically change the rsize and wsize values for the mount to smaller values. You may verify this on the Sun with nfsstat -m command. In about 2 to 5 minutes the rsize and wsize will be reduced and the READDIR requests to the Next start working! To workaround this problem set the rsize and wsize for the mount entries on a Solaris 2.4 NFS client to 1024 for all mounts from NEXTSTEP NFS servers.
From: smikes@universe.digex.net (Steven Mikes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.ui-builders.uimx,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.apps,comp.windows.x.intrinsics,comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.ui-builders.teleuse,comp.soft-sys.app-builder.appware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.pre-release Subject: Cross Platform Solutions Now Online Free Date: 5 Sep 1995 07:34:37 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42guid$ger@news4.digex.net> Hello! The premier issue of Cross Platform Solutions is now available at the following URL: http://landru.unx.com/DD/solutions/index.shtml Cross Platform Solutions is a magazine designed for developers and other professionals in the X11/Motif, MS Windows, OS/2, Windows NT, Windows '95, Macintosh, NeXT, and IBM mainframe legacy envrionments. The magazine has a strong technical focus and is designed for discussion of cross-platform development, administration, management and end-user topics. You must be a registered subscriber to read the magazine, but on-line subscriptions are absolutely free. There is a hotlink to the subscription form from the URL above. Everyone is invited to read the premier issue free of charge. Questions are welcome as are your opinions and feedback. If you are a cross-platform software professional who might be interested in authoring a feature story, a regular column, product review, interview or some other relevant article, please contact me after reading the premier issue. Thanks, Steven Mikes -- Steven Mikes - Editor, The X Advisor/Cross Platform Solutions OFFICE: 908.563.9033 - FAX: 908.560.8635 - EMAIL: smikes@unx.com URL: "http://landru.unx.com/" ---------------------------------------------------------------- "There can be only one!" - Highlander
From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail/uucp Date: 5 Sep 1995 02:28:07 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems /|\ Message-ID: <42h577$ae3@crl5.crl.com> I'm attempting to get the sendmail 8.6.12 up and going, and am having some problems with the mail relay host. I've got a hub machine that serves a local LAN, and that in turn calls out over uucp to the net. The docs and examples on sendmail for this setup are kinda thin. I'm looking for example configuration files that implement it. Anyone done this for NeXT 3.2? -- Don McGregor | "Money can't buy you friends, but it does get you mcgredo@crl.com | a better class of enemy."
From: Cameron Bromley <cdb@xedoc.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to do "open filename" from remote host Date: 5 Sep 1995 08:22:47 GMT Organization: Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd. Message-ID: <42h1cn$cr7@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <41tam4$48a@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) wrote: >[ Article crossposted from comp.sys.next.misc ] >[ Author was Milind Bakhle (smbakh@milind) ] >[ Posted on 28 Aug 1995 20:56:44 GMT ] > >Is there a way to issue an open command from a remote host? >When I issue a command "open .login" from a terminal window on my >NeXT (hostname=milind), Edit opens up the .login file. Now, if I >rlogin to a remote host, and issue a "rsh milind open .login", all >I get is an error in the console saying "DPS client library error: >Could not form connection, host local host". > Yes. Use the NXHost option. Try "man open" open [ -a app] [-o] [-p] [ -NXHost hostname] filename ... --- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron Bromley Email : cdb@xedoc.com.au Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd. Fax : +61-3-9214-0102 Unit 11, 663 Victoria St, Phone : +61-3-9214-0199 Abbotsford, VIC, 3067, Australia http://www.xedoc.com.au/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Re: New Problem with sendmail on stand-alone network. Message-ID: <DEFJAB.FEE@rivm.nl> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL References: <42e4dj$mle@news.iastate.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:15:47 GMT In article <42e4dj$mle@news.iastate.edu> root@helser08.iastate.edu (Operator) writes: > In article <42dit9$o7h@usc.edu> Matthew Reichman writes: > > mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) wrote: > > > I can send mail to any other domain (like fun.com, or unl.edu) but > > > not ANY to iastate.edu (sendmail thinks that I am trying to send > > > mail to some user on MY machine). The other problem is that I > > > cannot receive mail at all. When someone sends mail to me, the > > > mail returns with a message stating that while connected to my > > > machine, it looped back to itself. I changed the sendail.cf to > > > the sendmail.mailhost.cf like I was supposed to, however, it is > > > still not fully working. Can anyone help me? > > > > Have you configured your domain in /etc/resolf.conf? > Yes, I have. > > > > Also, what version of sendmail are you using? If you are using the one > > that comes supplied with NS then you might want to upgrade to sendmail > > 8.6.12 -- I think it's cf files are much more configurable to solve > > problems. > Well, I think I would run into the same problem. You see, I can mail > things to other domains with no problem, it is the actual domain that has > a problem. Here is the output of my attempt to mail to my university > account: > helser08:9# mail -v mshores@iastate.edu > Subject: Test. > Test. > > EOT > mshores@iastate.edu... 550 User unknown > Saving message in //dead.letter > //dead.letter... Sent > --- > Now, this should work, my localhost here is helser08.res.iastate.edu. For > some reason it is looking for mshores on MY machine. Also, I cannot > receive ANY mail whatsoever, here the syslog for the mail transaction > Sep 4 01:17:13 helser08 sendmail[253]: AA00253: > from=<mshores@iastate.edu>, size=275, class=0, received from > las1.iastate.edu (129.186.1.120) > Sep 4 01:17:14 helser08 sendmail[255]: AA00253: > to=<root@helser08.res.iastate.edu>, delay=00:00:02, stat=Service > unavailable > --- > And that is what is happening... I think the problem is in sendmail, but > I don't know what is wrong... thanks for the suggestions, if anyone can > add more I would appriciate it! > > -- > > Matthew > > > > ================================================================== > > Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k > > reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome > > USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request > > > > "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green > > ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God > > made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion." -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 291492
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Re: New Problem with sendmail on stand-alone network. Message-ID: <DEFJLp.FKA@rivm.nl> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL References: <42e4dj$mle@news.iastate.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:22:37 GMT In article <42e4dj$mle@news.iastate.edu> root@helser08.iastate.edu (Operator) writes: > In article <42dit9$o7h@usc.edu> Matthew Reichman writes: > > mshores@iastate.edu ([self returnName];) wrote: > > > I can send mail to any other domain (like fun.com, or unl.edu) but > > > not ANY to iastate.edu (sendmail thinks that I am trying to send > > > mail to some user on MY machine). The other problem is that I > > > cannot receive mail at all. When someone sends mail to me, the .. stuff deleted ... (Sorry for the garbage I posted earlier) I had the same kind of problem. My (Intel) NeXT computer is the only one in our company. We use DNS as a nameserving mechnism. There is a company-wide mailserver (called neptunus). What I did was: 1. Setup the basic network stuff for a standalone NeXT computer, that is in SimpleNetworkStarter.app I chose the "Use the network, but don't share administrative data" configuration. I set the right hostname (sb636 in my case), IP-address, router, network mask, etcetera. 2. Initalize DNS (Domain Name Services) by creating a /etc/resolv.conf file: domain rivm.nl nameserver <ip-address> 3. In HostManager.app I registered the company mailserver as neptunus.rivm.nl (so the FQDN) with "mail-relay" as its alias. 4. In HostManager.app I added the alias "mailhost" to my host sb636. 5. In NetInfoManager.app I added a "sendmail" item under "locations", with the following Keys and Values: KEY VALUE name sendmail mailhost sb636.rivm.nl (so the Full Domain !) sendmail.cf /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf 6. I downloaded a NEW sendmail.mailhost.cf file from ftp://ftp.ifi.unibas.ch/unix/general/sendmail.tar.Z. This one is developped by Robert Frank of Basel University. 7. At the appropriate point I edited the file: DA<mail domain> to DAsb636.rivm.nl .. and it worked! Maybe others have succeeded, but I didn't get it working with the original Next sendmail files. If you mail me - you can mail, can't you :-) - or post a message I am willing to send you the sendmail.mailhost.cf file. -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 291492
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: Re: More DAT questions...dump/restore Message-ID: <DEDz3p.3Cp@zion.com> Keywords: DAT, restore, dump Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting References: <42cthi$g03@chuangtsu.acns.carleton.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 15:02:13 GMT I have a WANG-DAT 2000. I used the following under NEXTSTEP 3.3 to dump and restore to the device. #1. Set the block size to fixed... compile the code below with: cc -arch i386 -arch m68k setBlockSize.c then run it. ****************** cut here ************************ /* set st (scsi tape driver) to fixed sized blocks for WangDAT */ /* added to rc.local of mtzion */ #import <sys/types.h> #import <sys/file.h> #import <bsd/dev/scsireg.h> main() { int fd, error; int blocksize = 512; fd = open("/dev/rst0", O_RDWR,777); if(ioctl(fd,MTIOCFIXBLK, &blocksize)) { perror("ioctl failed\n"); return 1; } else printf("set /dev/rst0 to fixed block size 512\n"); close(fd); return 0; } ****************** cut here ************************ #2 after running the program generated by the source below... I used a 60meter tape, and based on a 1600bpi tape density: (1.3GB * 1024^3) / (1600bpi/ 8bpByte) / (12inch/ft) = 581610 (~575000) If your drive capacity is larger or compression is used, use a different equation. dump 0unfs /dev/rst0 575000 To restore, cd into the directory where the contents of tape will go. restore r NEXTSTEP 3.2 had a restore bug...see NEXT-ANSWERS Hope this helps, David In article <42cthi$g03@chuangtsu.acns.carleton.edu> root@phobos.mathcs.carleton.edu (Operator) writes: > > > Ooops, I should have included this with my last post... > > The program Inquirer.app (a scsi probe that I pulled off of cs.orst.edu) > reports the tape drive on SCSI-id 5 and as a > > WangDAT model 3400DX > > -mtie > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Michael N. Tie mtie@carleton.edu > Technical Assistant phn: (507) 663-4067 > Department of Math/CS fax: (507) 663-4312 > Carleton College > Northfield, MN 55057 (US) > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au Subject: How does NEXTSTEP run on SS20? Message-ID: <DEFqxx.A54@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 14:01:09 GMT Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia can anyone give me an idea, How does NeXTSTEP run on SS20? and what's the price for NeXTSTEP/sun ?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Ralph_Jung@Radical.Com Subject: lookupd, PPP, DNS, ARGGHHH!!! Message-ID: <1995Sep5.142744.3678@radical2.radical.com> Sender: news@radical2.radical.com Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 14:27:44 GMT I've been trying to get my NeXT Cube running NS 3.3 to connect to a name server via Morning Star PPP 1.4.1. I can access machines on the Internet by their address, but not by their name. I have put the name servers addresses in /etc/resolv.conf. Here's what happens when I try to access a machine by name: 1) In a Terminal window, I enter "ftp ftp.next.com" 2) About two minutes later, it returns with "unknown host" 3) Then the PPP link is brought up to access the name server Something is "out of order" here. Is it me, PPP, or lookupd?? I seem to recall hearing about problems with lookupd. Is this one of them? What's the work around? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Ralph Jung ( Ralph_Jung@Radical.Com ) Radical System Solutions, Inc. NeXTmail/MIME accepted System/Network/Database Design, Development, Consulting rad~i~cal \'rad-i-kel\ adj. - marked by a considerable departure from the usual or traditional: EXTREME
From: Gerald Wildgruber Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: State of art in the NeXT dump/restore question ? Date: 5 Sep 1995 16:33:38 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42hu52$cpd@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, this is not for renewing the well known discussions on the dump/restore problem with NeXT. I just want to ask if any document meanwhile appeared to resume this question. I consulted NeXTAnswers and the whole of comp.sys.next.*, archived and indexed (since 89) on the Peanuts NeXT CD; in short, the problem was to read dump tapes with the restore command: a solution oftenly given was the mtset program wich fixes the blocksize of tape devices; in NeXTAnswers I then could read that the problem should definitely disappear with the SCSI tape driver ver.3.31. Another posting mentioned the newly implemented stblocksize program, shipped with NeXTSTEP 3.3. ; it is run from /etc/rc to atomatically fix the block size. Thus mtset seems no longer necessary as it has been before. Given all these hints, restore still doesn't work for me : I'm running NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel and I'm using the HP35470A DAT Streamer. With no mtset command given before (because of stblocksize run during boot time), I get the well known messages: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Tape/disk read error: I/O error I repeat this twenty times and I get: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Tape/disk block size (512) is not a multiple of dump block size (1024) Again I'm repeating this command about twenty times and suddenly restore begins to work with this message: root@ue801be:/tmp> /usr/etc/restore if /dev/nrst0 Note: Doing Quad swapping (...) restore > ls From there on restoring is possible but incredibly slow. I also tried Markus Wenzel's proposal: >Anyway, the better solution is to dump in variable size >mode (no mtset, or mtset without any option) and restore after doing a >'mtset -i', which means "ignore illegal length reports and continue >restore". It just works fine for me and my WangDAT but without improvement in my unhappy case. Another question is the length parameter -s for the dump command; I couldn't find any systematic answer on how to determine this number. Apparently backup with dump/restore works, but I imagine typing x times the whole command in single user mode (without history-function), desperately trying to restore the whole NeXT partition. Is there any solution beyond this perhaps-perhaps-not basis ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Gerald.
From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@acs.uswest.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How does NEXTSTEP run on SS20? Date: 5 Sep 1995 16:03:18 GMT Organization: !nterprise Networking Services Message-ID: <42hsc6$sbe@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> References: <DEFqxx.A54@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote: >can anyone give me an idea, How does NeXTSTEP run on SS20? >and what's the price for NeXTSTEP/sun ? Well, I've got NextStep on a Sparc 5/110 and it runs great. 64 Meg of Memory. Nice and fast. Unfortunately, since I'm the first here, not too many of our apps have the sparc part of the fat put in. Other than that, its great, much faster than all the Pentiums, here. I think the cost is the same. I don't know. I got it from our NeXT administrator, since I had a spare machine. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service proot@acs.uswest.com Flare when you hear the crickets -- Dan Rossi
From: kdb@pegasus.ece.utexas.edu (Kurt D. Bollacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 5 Sep 1995 16:42:02 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <42hukq$ksj@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <DEEFnJ.1Dr@midway.uchicago.edu> Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: : In article <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca>, Andrew Forrest wrote: : > Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: : > : Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? : [munch] : > Yes, at ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util under the file names: : > : > -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 4728 Aug 2 18:49 top-README : > -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 272111 Aug 2 18:44 top.tar.Z : Thanks, I hadn't seen that. However, strangely enough given its location, : it does not contain any binary. Also, although a configuration option : for 3.2, m68k exists, I get : cc -O -c machine.c : machine.c: In function `getu': : machine.c:653: storage size of `utask' isn't known : machine.c:654: storage size of `thread' isn't known : machine.c:697: sizeof applied to an incomplete type : when I attempt to compile on such a machine (with all the default choices : for configure). I get the same error when I attempt the compilation on : for 3.3, i386 which is where I need it. Does anyone have any further info? I too have this problem compiling top for NS3.2 Black. -- This posting is (c) 1995 Kurt D. Bollacker (kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu), and may be distributed freely by anyone except The Microsoft Network. The Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft Corp. for $5 per line. Distribution without written permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Send notices of violation to Postmaster@microsoft.com and kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu. ...................................................................... : Kurt D. Bollacker University of Texas at Austin : : kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu P.O. Box 8566, Austin, TX 78713 : :....................................................................:
From: Jan Helge Petersen <jhpetersen@sta.amoco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Sun NeXT NFS Date: 4 Sep 1995 10:29:48 GMT Organization: Amoco Corporation Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42ekes$djt@cronkite.amoco.com> References: <42eijk$afq@caladan.restena.lu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kay@sun Kay, On some Unix systems, the NFS server's hostname/IP address MUST be in the NFS client's host table. Have you checked/tried that? Regards, Jan H. Petersen Amoco Norway Oil Company Stavanger, Norway
From: tpugh@oce.orst.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 17:20:49 GMT Organization: University Computing Services - Oregon State University Message-ID: <950905102049.2828AADoH.tpugh@tsunami> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <DEEFnJ.1Dr@midway.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I've posted an update for the "top" program to the ftp.cs.orst.edu archive to fix the compile problems and a problem with new processes not appearing in the display. Here is the info from the README file. Look in ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions for top.tar.Z and top3.3-README for the latest "top" release, and later in ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/util. The latest "top" source code is top 3.3 v0.2 software dated Sept. 1, 1995. Be aware, someone else posted an old executable of the software to the archive named "top" and "top.README". It is possible to compile the software QUAD fat, but I can not do it, since I'm running NEXTSTEP v3.2. - Tim - TOP Version 3.3 William LeFebvre and a cast of dozens A common Unix utility to monitor process usage in a terminal window. Warning: For public use, kmem must either be publicly readable, or top must have suid status. Neither is a good idea on security grounds. KNOWN PROBLEMS AND FIXES: NEXTSTEP - v0.2 9/1/95 tpugh This release fixes two problems. 1) new processes were not showing up in the display. 2) compiling problems. The compiler flags are now correctly inserted into the makefile without user action. Continue to use the Configure script to setup and install the software. When it asks for compiler flags, use the defaults listed. Top on NEXTSTEP has been reported to work with i386 machines running NS3.3 besides working under NS3.2 on m68k machines. NEXTSTEP - v0.1 8/2/95 tpugh This is the first release for NEXTSTEP, so beware. It's working nicely on my NeXTstation Turbo Color running NEXTSTEP v3.2. Please let me know of any problem so we can fix them. Let me know if it works. Tim Pugh Oregon State University tpugh@oce.orst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (Armin Retzko) Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Message-ID: <armin.810323865@master> Sender: news@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (News Service) Organization: RRZN References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <DEEFnJ.1Dr@midway.uchicago.edu> <42hukq$ksj@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 17:57:45 GMT There is a new version of top (top 3.3) on ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/admin I've compiled the package on a NeXTcube running NeXTSTEP 3.0 without any problems. -------------------------------------------------------------- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (NeXTmail & MIME OK!) WWW URL: http://www.kd.fh-hannover.de/~armin/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Polling PPP to get mail Date: 05 Sep 1995 18:32:14 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <CHUCK.95Sep5133214@racine.its.com> References: <4201eo$9pc@Sequoia.picosof.com> In-reply-to: art@cubicsol.com's message of 29 Aug 1995 21:39:36 GMT In article <4201eo$9pc@Sequoia.picosof.com> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > But how can I arrange for my PPP link to be brought down automatically > after both sendmail processes have finished delivering mail? That's a tough one to answer. If you're willing to live with a reasonable comprimise, you can always set up a cron job every 10 or 15 minutes that munges through the output of 'netstat', searching for connections to the smpt (25) port, and possibly others. If no such connections exist, bring the ppp link down. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: rjrjr@tuna (Ray Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to do "open filename" from remote host Date: 5 Sep 1995 20:55:56 GMT Organization: Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Message-ID: <42idgs$r6p@lighthouse.lighthouse.com> References: <41tam4$48a@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> <42h1cn$cr7@news.mel.aone.net.au> [...] > >Is there a way to issue an open command from a remote host? [...] > Yes. Use the NXHost option. Try "man open" > open [ -a app] [-o] [-p] [ -NXHost hostname] filename ... Here's a hack I recently committed to make this a little more straightforward, so that I can issue a simple "open" command w/o bothering with -NXHost and all. This is from my ~/.zshrc, but it's straightforward enough. rjrjr CONS_OWNER=`who | grep console | awk '{print $1}'` if [ "$CONS_OWNER" = $USER ]; then NS_HOST=$HOST echo $NS_HOST > ~/.nsHost else NS_HOST=`cat ~/.nsHost` fi if [ "$NS_HOST" ]; then alias open='open -NXHost $NS_HOST' fi -- Ray Ryan, Lighthouse Design, Ltd. +1-415-570-7736 rjrjr@lighthouse.com http://www.lighthouse.com/~rjrjr/
From: Matthew Reichman Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail problem.... Date: 5 Sep 1995 23:20:29 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-e-46.usc.edu Message-ID: <42ilvt$4f@usc.edu> I tried mail to virtspace@pri.com in order to get more information on VirtSpace 3 and this is the error message I got with the mail being bounced back: ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- <virtspace@pri.com> (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 MX list for pri.com points back to nova.unix.portal.com 554 <virtspace@pri.com>... Local configuration error Does this indicate something wrong with my sendmail config? or resolv.conf file? -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: kenw@tfs.com (Ken Worthy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Connecting NeXT 400dpi printer to a Mac Date: 6 Sep 1995 00:00:41 GMT Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA Message-ID: <42iob9$p5@times.tfs.com> Can someone give me the info on connecting a NeXT 400dpi laser printer to a Mac? This must be in a FAQ, but I couldn't find it. Thanks, Ken
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: US-Nationwide- NeXT Systems Administrators - to 85k Date: 5 Sep 1995 21:49:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <42iunc$go4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> I currently have several excellent openings for NeXT SA's for clients across the country. (NY/CO/VA/DC/TX/IL/FL) You must have a strong background in NeXT administration, preferably in a development environment. You will be responsible for NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP systems running Intel/Solaris/Windows NT. Salaries to $85k + Performance Bonus/Relocation/Sponsorship Contact: Brian Mitchell Datacom Technology Group 212-629-5720 212-629-3374(FAX) E-Mail - briman101@aol.com
From: Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: More DAT questions...dump/restore Date: 6 Sep 1995 02:54:45 GMT Organization: CICNet, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <42j2hl$pd1@spruce.cic.net> References: <DEDz3p.3Cp@zion.com> Is there any reason you couldn't use the stblocksize command rather than your setBlockSize.c program? Roland
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kenh@netcom.com (Ken Harris) Subject: NCSA Web server for NEXTstation? Message-ID: <kenhDEGt2B.DtL@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 03:44:35 GMT Sender: kenh@netcom22.netcom.com Do you have the NCSA Web server ("httpd") compiled for a NEXTstation? I'm currently using the CERN server, and I there isn't a binary of the NCSA server, so I'm wondering if anyone has it compiled..... -- ---- Ken Harris Internet: kenh@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Trimming Swap File? Message-ID: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 01:42:19 GMT Sender: westes@netcom9.netcom.com Occasionally I'll get a process under NS FIP 3.2 that runs loose and starts to build the size of the swap file up until it fills the whole file system. If I'm lucky, I can catch the process and terminate it before the file system is totally hosed. My question is whether there is any way, after terminating the errant process, to trim the size of the swap file. I have often been left with a swap file that is 200 megs in size, with the file system nearly full, and no obvious way to recover the lost space. What ends up happening is that the next process that needs additional disk space comes along, reports that the disk is full, and then hangs (case in point: elm 2.4 PL23). How do I trim the swap file after it has filled this way? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: chuck@tertius.res.cmu.edu (Charles Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 6 Sep 1995 05:05:35 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) wrote: > Occasionally I'll get a process under NS FIP 3.2 that runs loose and > starts to build the size of the swap file up until it fills the > whole file system. If I'm lucky, I can catch the process and > terminate it before the file system is totally hosed. You might find the 'limit' command (under csh and zsh) useful. [ ... ] > How do I trim the swap file after it has filled this way? According to Avie Tevanian (who wrote Mach): "Now, it gets interesting when we consider what happens when memory is freed. In particular, when a process exits or calls vm_deallocate, the VM system attempts to free any memory that was associated with the appropriate regions of virtual memory. When memory is shared, it simply makes a note that there is one fewer reference to the shared memory (or copy-on-written memory) and no further action is taken. If this is the last reference to the memory, any corresponding physical pages are freed from main memory and any corresponding pages in the swapfile are tagged as free. A subsequent allocation of page on the swapfile will most definitely reuse this page! "When a page is freed, if it is the highest page in the swapfile, the swapfile will be truncated all the way down to the highest page in use (down to lowat). In practice, this happens rarely. The basic problem is that if you have a long running process use a very high number paged (e.g., if the Windowserver allocates a high numbered page) the swapfile will not get truncated until that process exits --- which could be a very long time. When this happens due to a core process (e.g., the nmserver), which cannot be restarted unless the system is rebooted, your swapfile will remain large. Still, there can be lots of free pages in the swapfile file, and rest assured they will be reused! "So why don't we compact the swapfile to handle these pages that get allocated at high page numbers? Good question. We've considered doing it many times. However, it has always been considered a quite risky change (how many of YOU have debugged a virtual memory system before) and would need to be done very carefully to ensure correctness and adequate performance. As an example, it would not be acceptable to just start a compaction and cause the system to lock up as the kernel does several megabytes of I/O for the compaction. The relative merits of making this improvement has never outweighted the costs in risk and the opportunity costs of not working on other parts of the system. I'm not saying we'll never do it, I'm just saying we haven't done it yet for some carefully considered reasons." ------------------ As a practical suggestion, you might find that logging out and entering "exit" to restart the WindowServer will help to truncate your swapfile down to a reasonable size. Failing that, but more disk space to swap on. -Chuck
From: taweil@skat.usc.edu (Ta-Wei Li) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with NeXTSTEP 3.3/Intel and EIDE Date: 5 Sep 1995 23:16:08 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: taweil@skat.usc.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <TAWEIL.95Sep5231604@skat.usc.edu> Hi, I was helping a friend installing NeXTSTEP 3.3/Intel on a Dell XPS 100 with EIDE harddrive. The installation was O.K. but when trying to boot after installation, the following error occur: vfs_mountroot: error 19 vfs_mountroot: can not mount root However, using config=Default boots fine. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks. -- Ta-Wei "David" Li Member, League for Programming Freedom "Innovate, don't litigate."
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mac/NeXT Date: 6 Sep 1995 07:01:02 GMT Organization: UBC Message-ID: <42jgve$72o@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi all, I want to know how to take files from my Mac.. and print them off my NeXT printer via my Nextstation. Do most software packages such as FrameMaker and the other WP apps have conversion software for apps like Microsoft word (mac)?? Thanks, Shaun. -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
Subject: Re: Ethernet w/multiple IP addresses? Date: Tue, 5 Sep 95 22:00:35 PDT Message-ID: <0013030C.fc@iqinc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gary_Affonso@iqinc.com (Gary Affonso) Organization: ImagingQuest <<Is there some way I can get his machine to respond to multiple addresses on one Ethernet port?>> You're right, the NeXT won't do IP aliasing with IFCONFIG. Never tried a virtual device so don't know about that one. There is some hope that a PPP or SLIP client could be hacked to gain the necessary functionality. - Gary
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem with NeXTSTEP 3.3/Intel and EIDE Date: 6 Sep 1995 11:14:27 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <42jvqj$4at@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <TAWEIL.95Sep5231604@skat.usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ta-Wei Li (taweil@skat.usc.edu) wrote: : Hi, : I was helping a friend installing NeXTSTEP 3.3/Intel on a Dell : XPS 100 with EIDE harddrive. The installation was O.K. but when trying : to boot after installation, the following error occur: : vfs_mountroot: error 19 : vfs_mountroot: can not mount root : However, using config=Default boots fine. It seems that the EIDE driver is not configured in System.config/Instance0.table Boot with config=Default, log in as root and look at /usr/Devices/System.config/Default.table and compare it with /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table The line "Boot drivers" is of special interest. Just insert the appropriate driver into it. Hope that helps. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: brianw@sounds.wa.com (Brian Willoughby) Subject: Multiple Screen Login window preferences Message-ID: <DEGGx6.4r9@sounds.wa.com> Organization: Sound Consulting, Bellevue, WA, USA Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 23:22:18 GMT The Multiple Screen Layout Preferences panel allows selection of which monitor will display the Login window. Can anyone tell me where these settings are retained? I have tried looking in Netinfo under /localconfig/screen/NeXTdimension and /localconfig/screen/MegaPixel, but both are active and there is nothing which seems to indicate selection for the Login panel. From observation, I would say that there is a setting in NVRAM which controls which screen displays the ROM monitor, and there is an additional setting somewhere which tells the Window Server and/or loginwindow process where to place the Login window. I would like to make these settings myself, without requiring the use of Preferences.app Can anyone tell me how this works? -- Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE from NCSU NeXTmail welcome Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Bellevue, WA <http://nwlink.com/cyberartists/brianw/brianw.html>
From: doroin@cobber.cord.edu (JoNaThan DoRoIn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: problem with PPP 2.2-3.3 Date: 5 Sep 1995 23:44:01 -0500 Organization: Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota Message-ID: <42j8uh$l0u@cobber.cord.edu> I'm running PPP2_2.3.3 under NEXTSTEP/intel 3.3 and a Supra Faxmodem 28.8 My PPP Log shows: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x8 6e 16 f6 9c] rcvd [LCP EchoReq id=0x8 6e 16 f6 9c] . . . and sometimes my link dies and I get an message that says something like "too many LCP EchoReq sent and too few recvd." What is this a symptom of and how do I fix it? Thanks in advance. -Jon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Doroin | I've taken the NeXTSTEP doroin@cobber.cord.edu | Plan 9 on a NeXTstation
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NCSA Web server for NEXTstation? Date: 6 Sep 1995 05:18:19 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <42jaur$cj5@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <kenhDEGt2B.DtL@netcom.com> In article <kenhDEGt2B.DtL@netcom.com> kenh@netcom.com (Ken Harris) writes: > Do you have the NCSA Web server ("httpd") compiled for a NEXTstation? >I'm currently using the CERN server, and I there isn't a binary of the NCSA >server, so I'm wondering if anyone has it compiled..... Just compile it yourself. I hove found that in most cases I prefer to compile things myself since I can always change little hings in the sources. And since it is for personal use, no problem
From: tyf@blackslab.hip.berkeley.edu (Tin-Yau Fung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NCSA Web server for NEXTstation? Date: 6 Sep 1995 08:45:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <42jn31$7sa@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <kenhDEGt2B.DtL@netcom.com> In article <kenhDEGt2B.DtL@netcom.com> kenh@netcom.com (Ken Harris) writes: > Do you have the NCSA Web server ("httpd") compiled for a NEXTstation? > I'm currently using the CERN server, and I there isn't a binary of the NCSA > server, so I'm wondering if anyone has it compiled..... > > -- > > ---- A copy of it is already compiled and packaged. Find it in NeXT Web page! -- ____________________________________________________________________ Tin-Yau Fung @ UC Berkeley : NeXTMail : tyf@ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu http://ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tyf _____________________________________________________________________
From: mark@alcar.demon.co.uk (Mark Storrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anyone attached a Jetdirect printer? Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:34:08 GMT Message-ID: <810394448.3603@alcar.demon.co.uk> Has anyone successfully attached a Jetdirect printer to their Network? if so any chance of dropping me an EMAIL as to how Thanx Mark.
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 6 Sep 1995 10:51:45 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <42jug1$9s0@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> Andrew Forrest (forrest@bnr.ca) wrote: : Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: : : Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? For : : those who are not familiar with it, "top" displays process statistics for : : the processes that use the most cpu time. : Yes, at ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util under the file : names: Hmm. I tried two (different ?) versions of this top with 3.3/Intel. Both start up with an correct display, but after a few seconds, the screen is scrambled by obscure messages like '...pid...'. Has anybody noticed this, too ? Oh, I'm using 3.3Dev, too. -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Next Step 3.3 and HP 705 a possiblity? Date: 6 Sep 1995 14:59:24 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <42kd0c$fh7@cerberus.wsc.com> Keywords: hp 705 Next Step 3.3 Hi, I was wondering whether it is possible to install Next Step 3.3 on a HP 705 workstation? Has anyone tried this combination? Please reply via my e-mail account at tgo@wsc.com or via this newsgroup. Thanks Thomas tgo@wsc.com
From: forrest@bnr.ca (Andrew Forrest) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 6 Sep 1995 16:14:56 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Message-ID: <42khe0$jj2@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <42jug1$9s0@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Gregor Hoffleit (flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de) wrote: : Andrew Forrest (forrest@bnr.ca) wrote: : : Magnus Nordborg (magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu) wrote: : : : Is the SysV (?) command "top" available for NEXTSTEP from somewhere? For : : : those who are not familiar with it, "top" displays process statistics for : : : the processes that use the most cpu time. : : Yes, at ftp.cs.orst.edu in /pub/next/binaries/util under the file : : names: : Hmm. I tried two (different ?) versions of this top with : 3.3/Intel. Both start up with an correct display, but after a few : seconds, the screen is scrambled by obscure messages like : '...pid...'. Has anybody noticed this, too ? Oh, I'm using 3.3Dev, : too. This will occur if you haven't installed the program properly. It needs the appropriate permission to read /dev/kmem, otherwise you get the behaviour you've observed. I think the READMEs contain something on this issue, if not try changing the group of top to kmem and setting the setgid bit of the top executable etc. Sorry I don't have the stuff in front of me right now, if this doesn't work, e-mail me and I'll have a look. regards, Andrew Forrest
From: kay@sun () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Sun NeXT NFS Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Date: 6 Sep 1995 16:46:01 GMT Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42kj89$28l@caladan.restena.lu> References: <42eijk$afq@caladan.restena.lu> <42gcue$bnm@armitage.cyberspace.com> Charles L Ditzel (charles@hanami.cyberspace.com) wrote: : From NeXTAnswers on www.next.com : : ------------------------------------------------------------ : Title: Solaris 2.4 NFS clients slow with NEXTSTEP NFS servers : Entry Number: : Last Updated: 17 April 1995 : Document Revision: : Keywords: NFS, Solaris : Question : When I have a Sun Solaris 2.4 system as an NFS client and a NEXTSTEP 3.3 system : as the NFS : server, the access starts out very slow. What casues this and is there a way to : speed up the access : time? : Answer : This problem is caused by a change in the Solaris NFS code in the 2.4 release. : The new version of : NFS READDIR in the Solaris 2.4 release trys to request more than 1024 bytes of : directory data (this : gains faster reponse from the NFS servers that support the larger size). The : NEXTSTEP NFS server : (and other NFS servers which are based on older NFS source code) fail to repond : to this request. : Sun Solaris will retransmit the READDIR requests and eventually will : dynamically change the rsize : and wsize values for the mount to smaller values. You may verify this on the : Sun with nfsstat -m : command. In about 2 to 5 minutes the rsize and wsize will be reduced and the : READDIR requests : to the Next start working! : To workaround this problem set the rsize and wsize for the mount entries on a : Solaris 2.4 NFS : client to 1024 for all mounts from NEXTSTEP NFS servers. Thanks, but I have th opposite and there is no nextanswers on it KAY kay@cordis.lu
From: kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NE2000 driver problems Date: 6 Sep 1995 18:11:00 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <42ko7k$edk@news.xmission.com> I'm running 3.3 on an AST Premmia 4/66d with an NE2000 card. The NE2000 driver at ftp.cs.orst.edu says it runs under 3.2, but I thought I'd try it anyway. It looks like the card isn't working; pinging the router causes 100% packet loss, and I can neither telnet out of the machine nor telnet to the machine using IP addresses only. Also, /usr/adm/messages reports that NE2000 timeout occurred, pushing next packet I've tried various IRQs with the card, but I always get the same problem. Is there a newer driver? Any other suggestions? ..............................kris -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: dsi@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (George Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo Problems Date: 6 Sep 1995 11:23:26 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Message-ID: <42kouu$rv4@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> I recently restored a NeXTSTATION after a hard disk failure. Things seem to work fine except for some NetInfo problems. Specifically, 1. When the system boots up (i.e. after 'netinfod' is printed to screen) a message complaining that netinfo is sleeping is printed. 2. When I try to open another NetInfo domain on the network on a clone server through UserManager and NetInfoManager I often get a dialog box complaining that 'browsed' is not responding. And several netinfo failure messages are printed to the console Strangely I don't seem to get this problem when I am logged in as root from the login panel. Any ideas on how to resolve these problems are greatly appreciated. Thanks, George
From: heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NE2000 driver problems Date: 6 Sep 1995 18:53:06 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42kqmi$k9s@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <42ko7k$edk@news.xmission.com> In article <42ko7k$edk@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) writes: > I'm running 3.3 on an AST Premmia 4/66d with an NE2000 card. The NE2000 > driver at ftp.cs.orst.edu says it runs under 3.2, but I thought I'd try > it anyway. > > It looks like the card isn't working; pinging the router causes 100% > packet loss, and I can neither telnet out of the machine nor telnet > to the machine using IP addresses only. Also, /usr/adm/messages reports that > > NE2000 timeout occurred, pushing next packet > > I've tried various IRQs with the card, but I always get the same problem. > Is there a newer driver? Any other suggestions? Well, well, the NE2000! I hassled (frequent system crashes, about once every 2 days or under heavy IP load) with it far too long, about 1 1/2 years, now I bought a different card and I am very happy. So, forget about the NE2000! Nope, the "NE2000 timeout occurred, pushing next packet" seems normal, don't worry about it. I would STRONGLY advise to use a different card!! -- Servus, Helmut (DH0MAD) ______________NeXT-mail welcome_________________ FAX: +49-89-2394-4607 "Knowledge must be gathered and cannot be given" heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de ZEN, one of BLAKES7 Phone: +49-89-2394-4565 ------------------------------------------------ Helmut Heller, Ludwig Maximilians University | G i b D O S | Institute for Medical Optics, Theoretical Biophysics Group | k e i n e |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nolanw@iglou2.iglou.com (Nolan Whitaker) Subject: Help with cpio needed (span disks) Message-ID: <DEHxqy.C0A@iglou.com> Sender: news@iglou.com (News Administrator) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 18:23:22 GMT Help. I need to copy a large (~6 MB file) from a NeXTstation to a Sun SPARC. The problem is that the Sun is a standalone unit (ie: no network connection). As I see it, my best option is to copy the file to IBM-formatted floppies. However, I'm not sure exactly how to do this since the file will span multiple disks. I believe CPIO has the ability to span media, but I have been unable to get this to work. (I am probably overlooking something simple.) Suppose I need to copy the file "misc_bin.tar" to multiple floppy disks. 1) what command would I use to place the file on the disks? 2) to retrieve the data? Thank you very much for any help, -Nolan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: peter@hpl.hp.com (Peter Webb) Subject: New disks for old hardware Sender: news@hpl.hp.com (HPLabs Usenet Login) Message-ID: <DEI6Mv.FpI@hpl.hp.com> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 21:35:18 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA My wife has a Nextstation Turbo (25 MHz 040?), and would like to add a disk, of 500M-1G range. Can anybody recommend a suitable disk, purchasable from Fry's or other such cheap sources? Will any old SCSI (SCSI-II?) disk do, or will I have to know certain magic incantations to make each particular one work? Thanks, Peter
From: rjrjr@tuna (Ray Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Print with Apple StyleWriter 2? Date: 6 Sep 1995 23:26:31 GMT Organization: Lighthouse Design, Ltd. Message-ID: <42lan7$b5g@lighthouse.lighthouse.com> I bet I know the answer to this, but I'll try anyway. Has anyone made NextStep drive an Apple StyleWriter2? rjrjr -- Ray Ryan, Lighthouse Design, Ltd. +1-415-570-7736 rjrjr@lighthouse.com http://www.lighthouse.com/~rjrjr/
From: peter@mathworks.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TTYDSP drops data... Date: 7 Sep 1995 02:33:36 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <42llm0$bo8@turing.mathworks.com> I'm baffled here - I have a NeXT cube with a TTYDSP interface hooked up to a USR Courier modem. CSLIP (TransSys PNI) works just fine at 56k (host to modem); the trouble is I start getting garbage at 115,200. This seems to be independent of my connection on the far side, I see the same behavior when dialing either work or my internet provider (which both also have Courier modems). Clues anyone? -peter
From: peter@mathworks.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BIND 4.9 anyone? Date: 7 Sep 1995 02:38:21 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <42llut$bo8@turing.mathworks.com> Anyone have the latest binaries for bind 4.9.3-b26 ? I seem to be running into a duplicate definition of inet_addr: ld: multiple definitions of symbol _inet_addr ../res/libresolv.a(inet_addr.o) definition of _inet_addr in section (__TEXT,__text) /lib/libsys_s.a(inet_addr.o) definition of absolute _inet_addr (value 0x5002658) *** Exit 1 Stop. *** Exit 1 Stop. handy hints? -p
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: telnet auto-entering name Message-ID: <DEIotr.BCM@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 04:08:15 GMT Is there an easy way to get telnet to stop giving the remote system my username for login? I'm using a PPP link, and my remote account has a different username as my local account. When I telnet to the remote machine (either NeXTSTEP or IRIX or Linux box, but not SunOS), I don't get a login prompt, but rather a password prompt, since the remote system assumes I have the same username. This means I have to give it a fake password in order to get the next login prompt, and give it my proper username. Is this a function of NeXT's telnet program, or an over-eager telnetd at the other end? --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ron@steggie.mtview.ca.us (Ron Fronberg) Subject: For Sale - NeXT 2.88 internal floppy drives Message-ID: <1995Sep6.235115.7367@steggie.mtview.ca.us> Sender: ron@steggie.mtview.ca.us (Ron Fronberg) Organization: Mountain View, Ca USA Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 23:51:15 GMT For Sale NeXT 2.88 Internal Floppy Drives. - The drives are new. - Cable is not included. $103/offer Price does not include shipping. Please note my computer will probably be down through 9-8-95. If phoning, the best time to reach me is about 8 am pacific time. ronald fronberg (415) 366-2566
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Connecting NeXT 400dpi printer to a Mac Date: 7 Sep 1995 07:30:36 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <42m72s$o4i@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <42iob9$p5@times.tfs.com> In article <42iob9$p5@times.tfs.com> kenw@tfs.com (Ken Worthy) writes: > > Can someone give me the info on connecting a NeXT 400dpi laser printer to a > Mac? This must be in a FAQ, but I couldn't find it. > can't be done: NeXTprinters have a proprietary high-speed serial interface, as I've been often told. You can't even connect a NP to a !black NextStep machine :-( Dave
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: fdisk won't make more than 1 NeXTSTEP partition Date: 7 Sep 1995 12:13:37 +0200 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <42mgkh$mnt@baugi.ifi.uio.no> I am going to partition my SCSI-disk into 4 partition, one for DOS, 2 for NeXTSTEP and one spare. fdisk refuses to make more than 1 NeXTSTEP partition and I don't know how to make a DOS partition with the disk command, so could someone please help me? There must be someone who has done the same? Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) Subject: NS installation on Sun Sparc 5/70? Message-ID: <DEJAGF.I40@icgned.nl> Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 11:55:27 GMT [I am posting this for a friend who is currently newsless. Please reply to him directly. His e-mail address is: trujillo@matsun1.unican.es (David Stes) Thanks, Tom] Hello, Has anyone successfully installed NEXTSTEP on a SUN SPARCstation 5 *Model 70* ? The machine is currently running Solaris 2.4, has 32MB of RAM and a 500MB internal disk (scsi-id 3). The SUN CD-ROM is at scsi-id 6, containing the NEXTSTEP User 3.3 CDROM for RISC processors. OpenBoot version is 2.15, and openboot vars are set to their default value. When typing "boot cdrom" after the "ok" prompt, the machine hangs before getting the "boot:" prompt. -David. -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "...to baldly go where no one has gone before." __/ _/_/ -- star trek TNG
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Help, can't mount rootdev anymore! Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 16:10:42 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950907160258.15744A-100000@hphalle6a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello altogether, Due to a stupid bug in the Microsoft installation software, my seperate (although not mounted) NeXTSTEP root drive got formated for about 2-3%. After I broke the formatting procedure, I was still able to boot NEXTSTEP! YES!, but the system gets into panic if it tries to mount rootdev. So I picked up my boot disks, and CD-Rom, went into single user mode and tried everything I knew of. I tried fsck: Fail (no valid disk label) I tried disk for writing the label (fail, no valid disk label and I/O error) I tried disk to scan for superblocks (fail I/O error) But the data is still there! The system can read the configuration data etc.! Now here is my question: How can I access the hidden data on an NEXTSTEP drive without mounting it? It seems to me the last solution to retrieve the data from my disk is not mounting it. Any help would be very much appreciated, Many thanks in advance, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/peanuts/ scholz@c86501.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: luomat%charisma@Princeton.EDU (Timothy J. Luoma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: what is etc/systemTar.Z ? Date: 7 Sep 1995 09:06:25 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9509071404.AA07792@charisma.princeton.edu> There is a file called systemTar.Z in the /etc folder on my system, it seems to be a single file containing much of what is in the /etc folder. I am guessing it was left there when I reinstalled, since it was not there before.... my questions are "Why was this left behind?" and "Do I need to keep it?" Thanks TjL --- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> NeXT 3.2 m68k Another convert to the Z-Shell MIME & NeXTMail OK but remember I'm only using PPP, so big = trouble "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (Armin Retzko) Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Message-ID: <armin.810480698@master> Sender: news@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (News Service) Organization: RRZN References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <42jug1$9s0@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <42khe0$jj2@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 13:31:38 GMT forrest@bnr.ca (Andrew Forrest) writes: >: Hmm. I tried two (different ?) versions of this top with >: 3.3/Intel. Both start up with an correct display, but after a few >: seconds, the screen is scrambled by obscure messages like >: '...pid...'. Has anybody noticed this, too ? Oh, I'm using 3.3Dev, >: too. >This will occur if you haven't installed the program properly. It needs >the appropriate permission to read /dev/kmem, otherwise you get the >behaviour you've observed. I think the READMEs contain something on this >issue, if not try changing the group of top to kmem and setting the setgid >bit of the top executable etc. Sorry I don't have the stuff in front of >me right now, if this doesn't work, e-mail me and I'll have a look. Login as root, copy the "top" binary to for example "/usr/local/bin" an make a chmod 4755 on top: chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/top if you do a "ls -al" on /usr/local/bin, it should look like this: ls -al -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 122220 Sep 4 16:03 top ^ Now every user on your comp can execute top. If you don't have root access on your NeXT, you should ask your sysop to do so. -------------------------------------------------------------- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (NeXTmail & MIME OK!) WWW URL: http://www.kd.fh-hannover.de/~armin/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail and dotted names Message-ID: <1995Sep7.155236.45373@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 7 Sep 95 15:52:36 MET Hello everybody, I just stumbled over something that puzzles me. I'm running NEXTSTEP 3.3 on black and HP with whatever sendmail program came along (now, now, no hacking please) and a modified sendmail.cf. Seeing that others often make an alias from the full name of a persion (where the names are separated with a dot) and having discussed the issue internally, I set about doning the same thing. Well, the aliases are entered in netinfo, but when sending mail to a name e.g. Robert.Frank instead of just frank, sendmail claims the user to be unknown. (I use telnet host smtp to vrfy the name). If I change the separator from being a dot to an underscore, all's well. It seam as if sendmail can't cope with dotted names (NOT DOMAINS, that's ok). Any comments? How do others do this kind of thing? (I'd like to stick with the NEXT supplied sendmail for certain reasons). Thanks in advance. -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 7 Sep 1995 17:11:26 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <42n93u$ect@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <42jug1$9s0@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <42khe0$jj2@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> Andrew Forrest (forrest@bnr.ca) wrote: : Gregor Hoffleit (flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de) wrote: : : Hmm. I tried two (different ?) versions of this top with : : 3.3/Intel. Both start up with an correct display, but after a few : : seconds, the screen is scrambled by obscure messages like : This will occur if you haven't installed the program properly. It needs : the appropriate permission to read /dev/kmem, otherwise you get the : behaviour you've observed. I think the READMEs contain something on this : issue, if not try changing the group of top to kmem and setting the setgid : bit of the top executable etc. Sorry I don't have the stuff in front of : me right now, if this doesn't work, e-mail me and I'll have a look. Indeed. My fault was to use the default value for permissions, 2755, as suggested by Configure. This makes the executable run setuid, but not setgid. If you use 6755 instead, it runs just fine. -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ian.stephenson@insignia.co.uk Subject: Re: telnet auto-entering name Message-ID: <DEJpLA.D67@isltd.insignia.com> Sender: news@isltd.insignia.com Organization: Insignia Solutions plc References: <DEIotr.BCM@cunews.carleton.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 17:22:21 GMT In article <DEIotr.BCM@cunews.carleton.ca> csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) writes: > Is there an easy way to get telnet to stop giving the remote system my > username for login? > Dunno if there's an easy way to stop it, but if you set the environment variable USER it uses that value instead. It would be pretty easy (and kinda neat) to have a shell script which spots the machine that you want, sets user appropriatly, then exec's telnet. It's part of the extended telnet protocol that the two ends negotiate to exchange info about each others capabilities. They pass over the user name as part of the process. Ian
From: kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail hiding host Date: 7 Sep 1995 17:58:36 GMT Organization: Berufsakademie Stuttgart Message-ID: <42nbsc$m1e@news.belwue.de> HI I use the Sun as a mailhost, export /var/mail to the next /usr/spool/mail But the header always says that the mail comes from host.domainname but I want only domainname and hide th host. Do I need another sendmail or can I do it with the NeXT mailer? I know it works with ida, but how about the normal sendmiail that comes with NS? _________________________________________ | | ____| Dipl.-Ing (BA) Kay Schulz, |____ \ | e-mail: kay@cordis.lu | / > |_________________________________________| < /_____> http://www.cordis.lu/~kay/intro.html<_____\
From: santa@hnint.hinet.net (John Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to make the modem link to Internet Date: 7 Sep 1995 18:58:38 GMT Organization: HiNet Message-ID: <42nfcu$stq@serv.hinet.net> I have try so many time for my modem, I hope it can dial out and link to the Internet, I have saw the HELP, book, and the files in /etc to make it work , But it still don't work. Now it can dial out and modem will sound, but when the handsaking has been done, the terminal will show "RING", and then hang up the phone. And how can I find the PPP, how I use it? Somebody help me! My system is: AMD 486-DX2 66Mhz, NeXTSTEP 3.2 1.08 GByte SCSI-2 Hard Disk AIWA Double-Speed SCSI CDROM 230 MB MO ATI-Mach64 VGA card(very fast card). a General modem which speed is 14400 BPS. The computer is a stand-alone machine. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A poor boy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or you can send me the information by FAX(it is better) But I live at Taiwan, The number is 002-9415395
From: doyle@mmm.lanl.gov (Mark Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 7 Sep 1995 20:01:28 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <42nj2o$e2h@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <DEE7Kt.EA8@midway.uchicago.edu> <42fiun$mvj@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <42jug1$9s0@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <42khe0$jj2@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <armin.810480698@master> Anyone succeed in getting this to work on HP/3.3? I have the permissions set and all of that, but top dies with the message: /dev/kmem: reading task[14]: Bad address Any advice? Thanks, Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: lookupd, PPP, DNS, ARGGHHH!!! Message-ID: <DEJy92.J5y@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <1995Sep5.142744.3678@radical2.radical.com> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 20:29:25 GMT In article <1995Sep5.142744.3678@radical2.radical.com> Ralph_Jung@Radical.Com writes: > I've been trying to get my NeXT Cube running NS 3.3 to connect to a name > server via Morning Star PPP 1.4.1. I can access machines on the Internet by > their address, but not by their name. I have put the name servers addresses > in /etc/resolv.conf. Here's what happens when I try to access a machine by > name: > > 1) In a Terminal window, I enter "ftp ftp.next.com" > > 2) About two minutes later, it returns with "unknown host" > > 3) Then the PPP link is brought up to access the name server > > Something is "out of order" here. Is it me, PPP, or lookupd?? I seem to > recall hearing about problems with lookupd. Is this one of them? What's > the work around? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This problem is fixed by the patch for NEXTSTEP 3.3 that NeXT is going to release soon. What happes in your current setup is this: lookupd is single threaded and wants to resolve the name for this to happen pppd is dialing out the dialing out of pppd requests info through lookupd And bang, deadlock. At some point the first request fails, giving you the "unknown host", then the pppd process gets it's info and happily goes ahead making the connection. The upcoming patch for NS 3.3 includes a rewritten netinfo with a multi-threaded lookupd. I have it running here and since that moment I have dial-on-demand with MST PPP working fine. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail missing "from:" line for local mail Date: 7 Sep 1995 20:42:48 GMT Organization: Boston University Message-ID: <42nlg8$751@news.bu.edu> I have a network of about 12 machines with one mailserver that calls another system for mail outside the local net. Recently the NetInfo db got screwed up and now everything works except that mail within the domain does not contain the "from:" line. So nobody knows who is sending them mail. If mail is sent from within the net to the outside world, the "from:" line is included. Also, the from line appears when mail is sent from the mailserver to others. Also, the alias do not work. One message I receive when I send mail via command line is that "dbm is not open" or something of the sort. Ideas? Paul pdell@cs.bu.edu
From: denali@map.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need help installing 3.2 using adaptec 2842 Date: 6 Sep 1995 04:42:05 GMT Organization: MAP Internet Services Message-ID: <42j8qt$7g1@news.map.com> I am trying to install release 3.2 on my PC and I am running into problems getting the SCSI controller recognized. I have an Adaptec AHA-2842A VL-Bus SCSI adapter. According the installation instructions I should be able to load a driver other than the ones provided on the installation diskette. When I insert the disk that contains the 2842 driver (which I obtained from next answers) and attempt to loaded it , it tells me that it loaded successfully. However, when it tries to reset the SCSI bus it hangs. Perhaps it is not possible to use this driver to do an installation using this driver? I can get this controller and CD-ROM working on a system that already has 3.2 installed (using the driver I downloaded), but I am unable to perform the installation using this controller. If it is not possible to get this system installed using the 2842 , is there some way of using the other system I have access to to format and install the release on an installed SCSI drive and then moving that drive to my system. I purchased the student bundle, therefore I do not have a full complement of manuals to walk through this. Any help would be appreciated. Les
From: petcher@moriah.covenant.edu.covenant.edu (Donald N. Petcher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Backup help sought Date: 7 Sep 1995 20:59:01 GMT Organization: I'm not really all that organized. Message-ID: <42nmel$c9d@bunyan.covenant.edu> I would like to back up a particular directory (for long-term archival purposes) rather than a whole filesystem. (Typically I use dump for the latter -- dumping on a DAT.) Since there appears to be no way to tell dump to back up only a directory, I thought I would use tar. However, in reading the docs of tar in the NeXT distribution, I find that tar only supports file-path names of up to 100 characters. As I imagine, there are many files on my disk that exceed this limit. cpio apparently has a limit of 128 characters. So how can I back up just one directory? Three more specific questions, any of which if answered in the affirmative would solve my problem, are: 1) Is there a way to get dump to back up only a directory? 2) Can I fool the system, and therefore dump, into thinking that a directory is a filesystem? 3) Is gnutar (or any other replacement version of tar) also limited to 100 character path names? Thanks for any help. Cheers, Don Petcher
From: ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot Process for FIP notebook Date: 7 Sep 1995 19:32:11 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <42nhbr$edk@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> I have NS 3.3 running on a networked machine (but I no longer have the 3.3 CDROM---lost it [yes I bought it, but the edu resellers are not very fast replacing it]). I want to build NS on an IBM Thinkpad 755CX. I have read NeXTanswers. It fails to answer the following question: Can I build NS 3.3 on the Thinkpad EIDE drive: * booting from an external hard disk that has NeXTStep installed. There is a floppy bootimage, but I am afraid that it may require the CD-ROM, not an installed system disk. (In other words, I would first need to boot off the external disk, then run BuildDisk on the notebook.) Can I build NS 3.3 on the Thinkpad EIDE drive: * over the network using the PCMCIA Xircom, again not from a machine with a CD-ROM but off a fully functional system. Has anyone done this? Any shortcuts? Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu
From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (System Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 7 Sep 1995 23:53:57 GMT Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <42o0ml$sr8@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> Practically, the only way is to reboot the system. Occasionally I've had it get so wedged that it couldn't reboot at all to multiuser. Then I'd reboot single user, remove a file (Can be almost anything.) and reboot again. -- Sherwood Botsford # Contract Unix system admin & troubleshooting Physics Dept # Tech writing, Desktop Publishing. University of Alberta # Image processing. Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J1 # 492-3713 sherwood@space.ualberta.ca
From: sela@iastate.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: 8 Sep 1995 01:13:53 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <42o5ch$mii@news.iastate.edu> I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on me. Does anybody know what is going on? -- *******************IOWA***STATE***UNIVERSITY******************** * Brian Morrison sela@iastate.edu (NeXT Mail welcome!) * * --------------------------------------------------------- * * http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sela * ****************************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Backup help sought Message-ID: <DEKB9H.99v@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <42nmel$c9d@bunyan.covenant.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 01:10:28 GMT Donald N. Petcher writes >3) Is gnutar (or any other replacement version of tar) also limited to 100 >character path names? gnutar is not so limited. As I recall it puts out a message about a funny name it generates internally for each such name it processes, but it works just fine (or so I'm told :-). -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Command run for everyuser. Date: 8 Sep 1995 01:58:09 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <42o7vh$7a0@paladin.american.edu> Due to a recent mass account creation and failure to notice a small default setting I must change one default in EVERYONE'S account. I know how to do this with the login and logout hooks but login is MOTD, hard to lose here even for a day let alone the time needed for everyone to log in, and logout hook which does not seem to be working even though it is there, readable by all, and in the preference's for each machine. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? -- Torrey McMahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: david.ferrero@zion.com Subject: Re: More DAT questions...dump/restore Message-ID: <DEJKnL.5w6@zion.com> Keywords: stblocksize Sender: usenet@zion.com Organization: Zion Software & Consulting References: <42j2hl$pd1@spruce.cic.net> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 15:35:44 GMT In article <42j2hl$pd1@spruce.cic.net> Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> writes: > Is there any reason you couldn't use the stblocksize command rather > than your setBlockSize.c program? > > Roland No, I forgot about this command. For my WangDAT 2000, >> stblocksize -s 512 -v /dev/rst0 should do the same thing. David.
From: Frank Bellino <a-prince@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mac/NeXT Date: 8 Sep 1995 04:08:35 GMT Organization: Prisone of Logic Message-ID: <42ofk3$nsn@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <42jgve$72o@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) wrote: >I want to know how to take files from my Mac.. and >print them off my NeXT printer via my Nextstation. > The *easiest* and most reliable way I have found is to create a postscript file (be sure to include the fonts) and open it in Preview (I think that's the name of the app., I'm at a DOS box now) -- Be sure to use "Simple Mode" or sometimes the system will lock or crash and re-set. Good luck Frank
From: kay@sun () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail.app Bug???? Date: 8 Sep 1995 04:51:11 GMT Message-ID: <42oi3v$gjd@caladan.restena.lu> Hi I send mail using mail.app and I figured out that although I use the reply-to feature it doesn't include this . In fact I said: Reply-To: user@domain But I always get user@host.domain The mailhost uses smail and has set visible domain: domain Why does my Mail.app doesn't include the correct reply-to? What is smail doing to change it? Or who changes it? Please email me! _________________________________________ | | ____| Dipl.-Ing (BA) Kay Schulz, |____ \ | e-mail: kay@cordis.lu | / > |_________________________________________| < /_____> http://www.cordis.lu/~kay/intro.html<_____\
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 23:54:55 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> References: <42o5ch$mii@news.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <42o5ch$mii@news.iastate.edu> On 8 Sep 1995 sela@iastate.edu wrote: > > I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on me. Does > anybody know what is going on? yup. Probably a post which was cross-posted to so many groups that NG chokes and dies because the header line was too long. Solution 1: find the post and edit .newsrc (long and tedious) Solution 2: wait for NG Pro (yeah right) Solution 3: get Alexandra or one of the other newsreaders which can handle this sort of thing. TjL
From: sams@best.com (Samuel G. Streeper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP: fdisk won't make more than 1 NeXTSTEP partition Date: 7 Sep 1995 23:11:28 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <sams.810540166@shell1.best.com> References: <42mgkh$mnt@baugi.ifi.uio.no> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hrseth) writes: >I am going to partition my SCSI-disk into 4 partition, one for DOS, 2 >for NeXTSTEP and one spare. fdisk refuses to make more than 1 NeXTSTEP >partition and I don't know how to make a DOS partition with the disk >command, so could someone please help me? It doesn't let you do this for a reason. NeXTSteP will only find one 'unix disk' on a dos-partitioned disk, so you should just create the nextstEp partition with fdisk. You can use the /etc/disk program later to divide the nextstep dos partition into several unix disk partitions (ie /dev/sd0a sd0b) though this isn't generally recommended. >There must be someone who has done the same? Not likely... cheers, -sam
From: fischer@fokus.gmd.de (Robert Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 8 Sep 1995 07:05:10 GMT Organization: GMD-FOKUS Message-ID: <42opv6$oth@stern.fokus.gmd.de> References: <42nj2o$e2h@newshost.lanl.gov> Mark Doyle writes > Anyone succeed in getting this to work on HP/3.3? I have the permissions > set and all of that, but top dies with the message: > > /dev/kmem: reading task[14]: Bad address > It's slightly running for me on HP/3.3 but it does not show the command name! Are you sure that you have chmod'ed to 4755 (owner root)? -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 150192 Sep 6 15:29 /usr/local/bin/top* Robert. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Fischer @ GMD-Fokus -------- __o ------- _`\<,_ fischer@fokus.gmd.de ------- (*)/ (*) ## NeXT-Mail welcome ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <@mail.uunet.ca,@beltrix:mark@oa.guild.org> Message-ID: <m0squOC-000vJiC@sapphire.yorku.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Mark Onyschuk <mark@oa.guild.org> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 23:46:03 -0400 Subject: Troubles with getty + very latest NS serial port drivers Help! Using the new NS serial driver posted to NeXTanswers today (9/7), I'm finding that people are having trouble dialing into the computer. Symptoms: user successfully receives the "login:" prompt user successfully enters his name then getty invokes login -p <username>: user proceeds to see trash, as though parity, or speed has been switched I remember seeing something similar to this back in the days I'd dial into the computer systems at the University of Toronto (old M68K Sun boxes, later Sparcs). Does anyone know what's going on and how to remedy it? Regards, Mark --- M. Onyschuk and Associates Inc. 15 LaRose Ave, Ste 702 NEXTSTEP Software Development Toronto CANADA, M9P1A7 (416)241-3076
From: gclem@dannug.dk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Sun NeXT NFS Date: 8 Sep 1995 08:08:54 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42otmm$ert@snaps.dannug.dk> References: <42kj89$28l@caladan.restena.lu> As far as I can tell, NeXT's implementation of NFS makes it a poor NFS server, at least when you want to write to the server. An old 68030 based Sony NEWS workstation with BSD 4.3 is much faster as an NFS server than any NEXTSTEP machine. I have communicated a bit with NeXT about this, but they seem to think that nothing can be done with NeXT's implementation of NFS (and they do not quite believe/agree that there is a problem). My experiments show that it really doesn't matter how you configure the server, the write performance stays at a relatively poor level. I have tried with a DEC XL590 (90 MHz Pentium, NCR PCI SCSI, Cogent PCI ethernet) as server and a clone (90 MHZ Pentium, BusLogic AT SCSI ctlr., Intel EtherExpress), and within certain respects they perform equally bad as NFS servers. One idea (mine and not confirmed in any way) is that NeXT's implementation of NFS unconditionally converts data to and from a canonical form before doing anything with it, while in some cases it could take the data "raw". Geert > Charles L Ditzel (charles@hanami.cyberspace.com) wrote: > : From NeXTAnswers on www.next.com : > > : ------------------------------------------------------------ > > : Title: Solaris 2.4 NFS clients slow with NEXTSTEP NFS servers > > : Entry Number: > : Last Updated: 17 April 1995 > : Document Revision: > > : Keywords: NFS, Solaris > > : Question > > : When I have a Sun Solaris 2.4 system as an NFS client and a NEXTSTEP 3.3 system > : as the NFS > : server, the access starts out very slow. What casues this and is there a way to > : speed up the access > : time? > > : Answer > : This problem is caused by a change in the Solaris NFS code in the 2.4 release. > : The new version of > : NFS READDIR in the Solaris 2.4 release trys to request more than 1024 bytes of > : directory data (this > : gains faster reponse from the NFS servers that support the larger size). The > : NEXTSTEP NFS server > : (and other NFS servers which are based on older NFS source code) fail to repond > : to this request. > : Sun Solaris will retransmit the READDIR requests and eventually will > : dynamically change the rsize > : and wsize values for the mount to smaller values. You may verify this on the > : Sun with nfsstat -m > : command. In about 2 to 5 minutes the rsize and wsize will be reduced and the > : READDIR requests > : to the Next start working! > > : To workaround this problem set the rsize and wsize for the mount entries on a > : Solaris 2.4 NFS > : client to 1024 for all mounts from NEXTSTEP NFS servers. > > > > Thanks, but I have th opposite and there is no nextanswers on it > KAY > kay@cordis.lu
From: dsi@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (George Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo Problems Date: 8 Sep 1995 01:32:42 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Message-ID: <42ov3a$5i4@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> I recently restored a master NetInfo server running NEXTSTEP 3.2 from a disk crash. Everything seems to work fine except for NetInfo. The problems include: -> Can not save changes to root domain in NetInfoManager. -> Can not open non-root domains in UserManager. I get "netinfo failure" or "domain browsed is not responding". I have a clone NetInfo server also running NS 3.2 on the network and I notice its network.nidb is not the same as the one on the master NetInfo server. How I can verify the clone server is indeed running as a clone server ? I believe the NetInfo databases on the master server are good so what else can be wrong ? Any help is appreciated. George
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Troubles with getty + very latest NS serial port drivers Date: 8 Sep 1995 10:58:02 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <42p7jq$e5@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <m0squOC-000vJiC@sapphire.yorku.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mark Onyschuk (mark@oa.guild.org) wrote: : Help! : Using the new NS serial driver posted to NeXTanswers today (9/7), : I'm finding that people are having trouble dialing into the : computer. : Symptoms: : user successfully receives the "login:" prompt : user successfully enters his name : then getty invokes login -p <username>: : user proceeds to see trash, as though parity, or speed has been switched Remove any reference to parity in the appropriate gettytab-entry, e.g. don't use zp, ep, p8 or something like that. This worked for me. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Perm Date: 8 Sep 1995 11:33:15 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <42p9lr$mf5@tofu.alt.net> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Career Position Outstanding benefits Excelllent opportunity Relocation assistance DC Area To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] The Omni Group (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: 8 Sep 1995 02:44:14 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <42oalu$pfe@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <42o5ch$mii@news.iastate.edu> sela@iastate.edu wrote: > I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on > me. Does anybody know what is going on? That's probably one of the known bugs in the previous version of newsgrazer. A very irritating bug. The least disruptive solution is to get the latest version of NewsGrazer (if you prefer NewsGrazer). NeXT has it on their web site. It's also available at: ftp://eclipse.its.rpi.edu/NeXT/usenet/NewsGrazer_f (which will get you to a directory that holds one quad-fat archive of NewsGrazer, and four single-architecture archives). Another alternative would be to use one of the other newsreaders that are now available for NeXTSTEP. If you're into "free", there's Alexandra.app: ftp://eclipse.its.rpi.edu/NeXT/usenet/Alexandra_f There are also a few other commercial (and reasonably priced) newsreaders available. Um. Kiwi, I believe, and NutNews. Maybe one or two more. Oh, Eloquent has a newsreader in addition to being an alternate Mail client. I don't have URL's handy for those alternatives, although to be complete I should put them all up on eclipse sometime. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 8 Sep 1995 14:33:09 GMT Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Message-ID: <42pk75$k98@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> Will Estes (westes@netcom.com) wrote: : Occasionally I'll get a process under NS FIP 3.2 that runs loose and : starts to build the size of the swap file up until it fills the : whole file system. If I'm lucky, I can catch the process and : terminate it before the file system is totally hosed. Isn't it possible to use /etc/swaptab to set the hiwat (high water mark) so that the swap file doesn't "fill up the whole file system"? : How do I trim the swap file after it has filled this way? I don't think there is any way -- except a reboot. Milind A. Bakhle mabakhle@lerc.nasa.gov
From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help sendmail problems "dbm:no open database" Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:00:24 GMT Organization: Boston University Message-ID: <42ppao$7sf@news.bu.edu> Now I do not have a subject or from line for inhouse mail. Also when I attempt to use aliases I receive the error: 554 inhouse... 550 User unknown dbm: no open database from previous question: I have a network of about 12 machines with one mailserver that calls another system for mail outside the local net. Recently the NetInfo db got screwed up and now everything works except that mail within the domain does not contain the "from:" line. So nobody knows who is sending them mail. If mail is sent from within the net to the outside world, the "from:" line is included. Also, the from line appears when mail is sent from the mailserver to others. Also, the alias do not work. One message I receive when I send mail via command line is that "dbm is not open" or something of the sort. Ideas? Paul pdell@cs.bu.edu
From: kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: wu ftp Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:00:41 GMT Organization: Berufsakademie Stuttgart Message-ID: <42ppb9$7iv@news.belwue.de> Hi did someone try to compile wu-ftp on neXTSTEP 3.3? I get compiled 4 programs, but not the ftpd I said: build nx3 config.h:37: warning: macro 'shutdown' defined by config.h conflicts with precomp extensions.c:88: conflicting types for `re_comp' /NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/regex.h:12: previous declaration of `re_comp' *** Exit 1 Stop. Any help? _________________________________________ | | ____| Dipl.-Ing (BA) Kay Schulz, |____ \ | e-mail: kay@cordis.lu | / > |_________________________________________| < /_____> http://www.cordis.lu/~kay/intro.html<_____\
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Paul Gould <P.W.Gould@liv.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Changing Username EZily? Message-ID: <DELHKG.6GI@liverpool.ac.uk> Sender: news@liverpool.ac.uk (News System) Organization: The University of Liverpool References: <42fmfm$po@usc.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 16:24:16 GMT Matthew Reichman wrote: > I have user acct called "foo" and I want it to be "pill". I've just done a little experiment, and the following seems to work: 1. Rename /users/foo to /users/pill (or whatever) 2. Run NetInfoManager, change foo's username to pill and foo's home directory to /users/pill. Because pill has the same uid as foo did, the ownership of the files doesn't have to be changed. 3. Rename /usr/spool/mail/foo to ..../pill 4. Maybe create a sendmail alias so that mail for foo gets sent to pill Hope this helps. Paul -- Paul Gould, Network Support Officer +44 151-794 5118 (Tel) CTI Biology, Donnan Laboratories +44 151-794 4401 (Fax) University of Liverpool, PO Box 147 P.W.Gould@liv.ac.uk Liverpool L69 3BX, UK (MIME/NeXTmail OK)
From: danno@maui.com (Dan Bigelow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Solved - sort of... (Re: Fax Forwarding without shrinkage ??) Date: 8 Sep 1995 18:07:08 GMT Organization: Maui Research and Technology Center Sender: danno@waena.mrtc.maui.com Message-ID: <42q0oc$fc2@waena.maui.com> References: <428hig$guk@usc.edu> <42a35v$1ug@agate.berkeley.edu> Just a thought - I believe the incoming fax is saved for a while in what would probably be a 'g3' type format before the conversions and cleanups take place by the spoolers and viewers. I wonder that these initial received files might not contain all the desired info and resolution in a format that might be automagically (cron, sh script, etc.) be converted with the netpbm tools (or equiv) to the desired format and stored in a parallel directory, then resent... I don't know about network access to the spool, maybe it could be exported for NFS access... yes, no, maybe? --danno
From: Joost Backus <veciap@via.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TFTP Date: 8 Sep 1995 09:08:25 GMT Organization: Dalsem-Veciap B.V. Message-ID: <42p169$91k@ns.via.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, We want to use our NeXTSTEP computer as TFTP server in a local network, that has DOS computers connected. TFTP from DOS to NeXT gives problems with access rights (access denied). Even when PUTting a file from DOS to NeXT we get the message "file not found". Does anyone know why and how to solve this?
From: cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: 8 Sep 1995 18:27:23 GMT Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Distribution: world Message-ID: <42q1uc$btl@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > On 8 Sep 1995 sela@iastate.edu wrote: > > I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on me. > > Does anybody know what is going on? > > yup. Probably a post which was cross-posted to so many groups that NG > chokes and dies because the header line was too long. > > Solution 1: find the post and edit .newsrc (long and tedious) > > Solution 2: wait for NG Pro (yeah right) > > Solution 3: get Alexandra or one of the other newsreaders which can > handle this sort of thing. > > TjL Solution 4: Get version 77 of NG from the usual sites. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .Dr. Robert F. Cahalan (Bob)...#..NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr/913 .cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov..#..Greenbelt, MD 20771............... .*** NeXTMail accepted ***.....#..voice: (301) 286-4276............. .http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/.#..FAX: (301) 286-1627............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: User ID's Date: 8 Sep 1995 18:43:11 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <42q2rv$vc@paladin.american.edu> Has anyone a tool that grabs the user ID's from a domain? It probably is a strange sed/awk/grep pipe from "nidump passwd /" but I have not gotten through the sed and awk book yet. -- Torrey McMahon
From: dlk@tam2000.tamu.edu (Darrell L. Kristof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Forced Password Changes on NS3.3 Intel Date: 8 Sep 1995 19:27:38 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <42q5fa$q0g@news.tamu.edu> Howdy, I'm having some trouble figuring out how to setup forced password changes for the NeXTStep 3.3 for Intel. I can get it on Sys V and AIX but how do you do it on the NeXT? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Darrell Kristof dlk@tamu.edu -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Darrell Kristof, CNA Networking/Software Consultant | | DRAKE/Novell Certified NetWare Administrator | | Texas A&M University Computing and Information Services | | College Station, TX 77843-4120 CIS Networking Help Desk | | (409) 845-8956 http://exodus.tamu.edu/~dlk dlk@tamu.edu | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "...of course that's my opinion ...I could be wrong!" -- Dennis Miller
From: aj@borg.yorku.ca (Alykhan Jetha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multiple interface entries for ifconfig Date: 8 Sep 1995 14:43:04 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9509081943.AA02478@borg.yorku.ca> Hi Folks :-), Can anyone tell me how to add interface entries in the ifconfig table. When you type in ifconfig -a, you will normally see en0 and lo0. Once you have installed PPP you will see en0, lo0, ppp0, ppp1. I need to add ppp2 through to ppp9, how do I do that?? I have looked at the PPP code, but could figure out how they added the entries. I cannot be that hard, I must be missing something silly!! I will post a summary on this along with how to set up multi IP address on a NEXTSTEP machine (used for multiple domain names or multiple root home pages for the WWW. I got everything working except for the additional entries in ifconfig, therefore right now I can only do three distinct IP address on the same NEXTSTEP machine) Regards, Alykhan Jetha Respond to: ajetha@huma.yorku.ca
From: doyle@mmm.lanl.gov (Mark Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is "top" available? Date: 8 Sep 1995 19:26:26 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <42q5d2$9qq@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <42nj2o$e2h@newshost.lanl.gov> <42opv6$oth@stern.fokus.gmd.de> fischer@fokus.gmd.de (Robert Fischer) wrote: > Mark Doyle writes > > Anyone succeed in getting this to work on HP/3.3? I have the > > permissions set and all of that, but top dies with the message: > > > > /dev/kmem: reading task[14]: Bad address > > > It's slightly running for me on HP/3.3 but it does not show the command > name! Are you sure that you have chmod'ed to 4755 (owner root)? > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 150192 Sep 6 15:29 /usr/local/bin/top* Yup, no problems there. Here are the values set by Configure in the Makefile: SHELL = /bin/sh CC = cc AWK = awk INSTALL = ./install OWNER = root GROUP = kmem MODE = 6755 BINDIR = /usr/local/bin MANDIR = /usr/local/man/man1 MANEXT = 1 MANSTY = man SIGNAL = /usr/include/bsd/sys/signal.h TOPN = 15 DELAY = 1 Cheers, Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: indy@gryphon Subject: Re: Multiple interface entries for ifconfig Message-ID: <987cb$f2914.1e@NT> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 21:41:19 GMT Distribution: world References: <9509081943.AA02478@borg.yorku.ca> Organization: New Media, Ltd. In Multiple interface entries for ifconfig comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x93cb0> writes, > Hi Folks :-), > > Can anyone tell me how to add interface entries in the ifconfig table. > When you type in ifconfig -a, you will normally see en0 and lo0. > Once you have installed PPP you will see en0, lo0, ppp0, ppp1. I > need to add ppp2 through to ppp9, how do I do that?? > > I have looked at the PPP code, but could figure out how they added > the entries. I cannot be that hard, I must be missing something > silly!! > > I will post a summary on this along with how to set up multi IP > address on a NEXTSTEP machine (used for multiple domain names or > multiple root home pages for the WWW. I got everything working > except for the additional entries in ifconfig, therefore right now I > can only do three distinct IP address on the same NEXTSTEP machine) I think the secret to this is the -alias option for ifconfig, which isn't supported in versions earlier than NS 3.3. At least, that's what recent traffic here has concluded. We're in the process of upgrading our HP 712 to 3.3 for this very reason, so we can support the Apache server's vitural host option.
From: ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: UFS (NeXT) file system---again! Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:52:36 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <42psck$lqe@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> The old ufs 0.3 file system (with patch) that allows reading NeXTStep file systems does not work with newer linux kernels. Is there hope that eventually it will be possible for linux and NeXTStep to transfer files via a non-FAT disk format? Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Wayne Joerding <joerd@wsunix.wsu.edu> Subject: POP client software Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: <DELw0B.IDK@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 21:36:11 GMT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Washington State University Hoping for some help. I am looking for code or binary that will enable my NextStep Intel machine to act as a POP client over my university's ethernet. Any help would be apppreciated. Thanks in advance, Wayne
From: distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu (Jacques Distler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: wu ftp Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 02:47:39 -0600 Organization: Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin Message-ID: <distler-0909950247390001@slip-42-16.ots.utexas.edu> References: <42ppb9$7iv@news.belwue.de> In article <42ppb9$7iv@news.belwue.de>, kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz) wrote: >Hi >did someone try to compile wu-ftp on neXTSTEP 3.3? It built quite nicely for me under 3.2 >build nx3 I vaguely recall some trouble with "build nx3". But "build nx2" worked like a charm. There was one conflict, which I resolved by commenting out the #include <libc.h> line in config.h Cheers, Jacques
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP client software Date: 9 Sep 1995 09:26:55 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <42rmkv$4o2@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <DELw0B.IDK@serval.net.wsu.edu> Wayne Joerding <joerd@wsunix.wsu.edu> wrote: > Hoping for some help. I am looking for code or binary that will enable > my NextStep Intel machine to act as a POP client over my university's > ethernet. There is the fine PopOver.v1.3.NIHS.bd.tar.gz on many ftp-sites. - Karsten --- ***************************************************************** Karsten Heinze Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 e-mail: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (NeXT-Mail/MIME) *****************************************************************
From: peter@nextlectic (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo weirdness... Date: 9 Sep 1995 13:23:59 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Message-ID: <42s4hf$klf@sundog.tiac.net> Well, I've just put myself on the net full time. This was fairly straight forward and easy to do. The weird thing is, when ever I launch one of the admin tools, it just spins when starting up. The console returns: Sep 9 09:06:23 nextlectic HostManager[505]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping As soon as I bring the CSLIP link down, everything magically comes to life. I get the same message from sendmail, but I can just recompile sendmail and take out the hooks that look at the netinfo database. Any ideas anybody? -peter
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need INN.. Where Date: 9 Sep 1995 17:02:17 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: world Message-ID: <42shap$60p@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Where can I get news servers? Sources or binary for the NeXT. I prefer INN, unless there exists another that is better. Thanks..
From: santa@hnint.hinet.net (John Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to link outsid with modem Date: 9 Sep 1995 19:01:58 GMT Organization: HiNet Message-ID: <42sob6$l0q@serv.hinet.net> How can i use the modem to make a link to outside world on a standalone machine. SYSTEM is NeXT 3.2 on Intel machine. John hwang
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need INN.. Where Date: 9 Sep 1995 19:08:10 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <42somq$aak@news.its.com> References: <42shap$60p@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > Where can I get news servers? Sources or binary for the NeXT. > I prefer INN, unless there exists another that is better. Thanks.. The best news server is arguably inn1.4unoff2, which incorperates a number of patches from the net and has a number of bugs (including security problems) fixed. Alternatively, you might consider the more official inn1.4sec2, or you could look at CNews or some such. Check out: ftp://ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/INN (Hmm, Netsurfer couldn't open that URL...wonder why? You might try using the standard command-line ftp client. The files are in there.) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help! User password wierdness Date: 9 Sep 1995 22:59:49 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <42t695$4kn@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I have a slight situation on my hands here. We have a NeXTStation color (in 2 bit grey scale mode with 20MB RAM) that serves as a mail and tacacs server to approx 250 dial-up Internet users. (32 incoming lines) Everything has been working fine for months. Everything works fine on boot. People can send and receive mail and the tacacs server verifies there passwords when they dial-in to our terminal servers. Then all of a sudden, some time later, it isn't able to correctly varify users passswords. I don't see any weird or hung processes, it just responds incorrect password to anything entered. Is there any know bugs with large user databases under NeXTStep? Is there a user limit? (Sounds silly I know.) Are there any bugs with Netinfo's user password database?? ANY suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I am running out of ideas. Thanks in advance. -James Pooton james@netrix.net
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 10 Sep 1995 00:24:58 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> References: <42nbsc$m1e@news.belwue.de> kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz) wrote: > I use the Sun as a mailhost, export /var/mail to the next /usr/spool/mail > But the header always says that the mail comes from > host.domainname but I want only domainname and hide the host. > Do I need another sendmail or can I do it with the NeXT mailer? > I know it works with ida, but how about the normal sendmail that comes > with NS? First, I'm pretty certain NEXTSTEP comes with an IDA version of sendmail. After all, NeXT's mail guru is Lennart Lovestrand, who wrote the IDA modifications to BSD sendmail v5. What you want to do is referred to as "masquerading". It involves special header rewriting rules that map user@host.dom.ain to user@do.main. You can modify your current sendmail config files to do this, or you can install a newer version of sendmail (such as v8.6.12), and generate new config files that understand how to do this. The latter option is easier to do unless you understand sendmail rulesets and mailer definitions. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail security problem Date: 10 Sep 1995 02:24:06 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <42ti86$51t@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone, Any word on when NeXT will have the new patch done for sendmail? I don't see anything on their WWW site. Maybe they should put WebObjects down for a minute ;-) Thanks, james@netrix.net From CERT CA-95:08 ------------- NeXT Computer, Inc. The sendmail executables included with all versions of NEXTSTEP up to and including release 3.3 are vulnerable to this problem. The SendmailPatch previously released for NEXTSTEP 3.1 and 3.2 is also vulnerable. An updated patch is planned which will address this vulnerability. The availability of this patch will be indicated in the NeXTanswers section of http://www.next.com/. For further information you may contact NeXT's Technical Support Hotline at (+1-800-955-NeXT) or via email to ask_next@NeXT.com. -------------
From: luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU (Timothy J. Luoma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 9 Sep 1995 20:36:45 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9509100133.AA10322@charisma.capitalist.princeton.edu> actually I just did this today with the sendmail that came with 3.2. it was pretty simple in my case: all I had to do was edit /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf in the following way: 1) add this line: DmTHIS_IS_MY_DOMAIN which was Dmcapitalist.princeton.edu in my case and 2) change this line: R$+ $@$1<@$w> to R$+ $@$1<@$m> I have no idea what this means, but it did the trick for me as far as getting my 'from' line to appear correctly. TjL --- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu NeXT 3.2 m68k Another convert to the Z-Shell MIME & NeXTMail OK but remember I'm using PPP, so big email = trouble "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: User ID's Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00:34 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep10.000034.24292@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <42q2rv$vc@paladin.american.edu> In article <42q2rv$vc@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: > Has anyone a tool that grabs the user ID's from a domain? It probably is a > strange sed/awk/grep pipe from "nidump passwd /" but I have not gotten through > the sed and awk book yet. Hardly strange: nidump passwd / | awk -F: '{print $3}' Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: cmckee@i-link.net (Casey McKee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: 10 Sep 1995 05:25:50 GMT Organization: ILink Ltd Message-ID: <42tssu$jhk@bird3.i-link.net> References: <42q1uc$btl@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> In Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x80be0> writes, > In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> "Timothy J. > Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: >> >> On 8 Sep 1995 sela@iastate.edu wrote: >> > I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on me. >> > Does anybody know what is going on? >> >> yup. Probably a post which was cross-posted to so many groups that NG >> chokes and dies because the header line was too long. >> >> Solution 1: find the post and edit .newsrc (long and tedious) >> >> Solution 2: wait for NG Pro (yeah right) >> >> Solution 3: get Alexandra or one of the other newsreaders which can >> handle this sort of thing. >> >> TjL > > Solution 4: Get version 77 of NG from the usual sites. > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > .Dr. Robert F. Cahalan (Bob)...#..NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr/913 > .cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov..#..Greenbelt, MD 20771............... > .*** NeXTMail accepted ***.....#..voice: (301) 286-4276............. > .http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/.#..FAX: (301) 286-1627............. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, NG 77 also crashes with irritating regularity, at least on my machine. Regards, Casey McKee
From: paul@pth.com (Paul Tognato-Haddad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP/Slip networking question Date: 10 Sep 1995 05:49:26 GMT Organization: FishNet Message-ID: <42tu97$8t1@wanda.pond.com> Hi, I've got two NeXT boxes at home, client and server, I've got server running a simple SLIP connection to a local ISP, I'd like to be able to ftp from client to remote machines. Is there a way of doing this? I have no problem switching to PPP if the solution requires it... See ya, -- Paul (NeXTmail preferred) # Paul R. Tognato-Haddad (paul@pth.com) (Home) 610-265-3025 (Fax) 610-265-3026
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 07:16:48 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep10.071648.25398@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> In article <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > First, I'm pretty certain NEXTSTEP comes with an IDA version of sendmail. > After all, NeXT's mail guru is Lennart Lovestrand, who wrote the IDA > modifications to BSD sendmail v5. It's a nice theory, but it isn't true :-). It is the old BSD version 5.something. The story is that 4.0 should have a current version of sendmail. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP/Slip networking question Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 12:27:09 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep10.122709.26001@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <42tu97$8t1@wanda.pond.com> In article <42tu97$8t1@wanda.pond.com> paul@pth.com (Paul Tognato-Haddad) writes: > Hi, > > I've got two NeXT boxes at home, client and server, I've got server > running a simple SLIP connection to a local ISP, I'd like to be able to > ftp from client to remote machines. Is there a way of doing this? > > I have no problem switching to PPP if the solution requires it... Install socks and ncftp; or first telnet to your server, then ftp across. Install a proxy httpd on the server, and use an ftp client like NetSurfer (OmniWeb works justa s well, but has a rougher ftp interface). Or launch RBrowser or yftp on the server using OpenSesame. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.0/lookupd dies soon after boot ???? Date: 10 Sep 1995 12:47:44 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <42umpg$50j@tempest.symnet.net> We are running Nextstep 3.0 on a Mono slab. After it boots and starts up, a minute or two will go by and then the system starts becoming very unfriendly and stops letting people log in. I was lucky enough to get in right after it first booted. (I can still get in now, as well). I noticed that the lookupd process is going away and I cannot determine why. No changes have been made to the system. It leaves a nice core dump in the root directory. I go in with gdb but I cannot determine anything because there aren't any symbol tables. The system is used for shell accounts for users. I have checked all over the place for any modified binaries or scripts and I cannot detect any. Is this a known problem with lookupd or a new problem? Is there a way to turn on a debugging flag? I have checked Nextanswers but I didn't see any errors on the console or in messages or my own log file that receives just about everything. The only think I can think of is that I have hit some limit in password entries or there is a corrupted netinfo database. This error is showing up more often and I don't believe I have solved it. Dru Nelson SymNet
From: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 15:07:02 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Message-ID: <950910160702.11019AACUJ.malc@white> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> <42o0ml$sr8@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Then I'd reboot single user, remove a file (Can be almost anything.) > and reboot again. > I'd guess the obvious one'd be /private/vm/swapfile Have fun, mmalc.
From: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Apps to hear .wav files Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 15:19:05 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Message-ID: <950910161905.11019AACUK.malc@white> References: <413r3n$n9t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <415fd4$1aa@news.xmission.com> <RDL.95Aug26012230@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > I am interested in listening to .wav files. What app do I need?? > If it isn't pd, are there any pd apps that will do? I've uploaded a new version of my Workspace inspector for sound files, MMSoundInspector.bundle: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/ MMSoundsInspector.bundle.2.4.NIHS.compressed There was a bug in the previous version such that it incorrectly reported the sound format if the SND_FORMAT code was > 10 or so. Have fun, mmalc. posn. research facilitator where institute for language speech and hearing sheffield university west court 2 mappin street sheffield s1 4dt england vox (+44) 114 282 5269 fax (+44) 114 278 0972 email m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk NeXTMail, SunMail, MIME welcome http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: Kernel Trap Message-ID: <DEpAwv.4rq@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:50:55 GMT Friday night I turned off a Pentium system running 3.3 and left it over night. The system had previously been running flawlessly for months. It had been periodically rebooted as well as powered down, but not been left to cool down since sometime in early Spring. Since I turned it on again yesterday, it invariably crashes after some variable period of time. I get a "Kernel Trap" window with the following messages: unexpected kernel trap d eip 14880e # I always get this frame x called by x args x x x x # repeated thrice, variable "x" ... invalid frame pointer 3187fac Failed instruction exception (2,d,0) Waiting for remote debugger connection (Type "c" to continue or "r" to reboot) If I type "c" the kernel dumps core. I have the core files, but do not know how to extract any meaning from kernel core dumps. I have examined all log files etc, but there is nothing in them. It seems likely that this is a hardware problem, presumably caused by the change in temperature when the machine was left off (it doesn't seem to go away after the machine has heated up again, however). If this interpretation is correct, could someone give me hints for how to figure out which component is flawed? If it is memory as also seems plausible apriori, is there any way of finding out which module? Any and all suggestions are welcome! Please email magnus@pondside.uchicago.edu -- I'll summarize. Thanks in advance, -Magnus P.S. I have a DOS partition on this system, and could run test programs in DOS. I am under the assumption that DOS may well not even notice a flaw that would bring any UNIX to its knees, however.
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: User ID's Date: 10 Sep 1995 18:08:13 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <42v9id$e5@paladin.american.edu> References: <42q2rv$vc@paladin.american.edu> In article <42q2rv$vc@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: :Has anyone a tool that grabs the user ID's from a domain? It probably is a :strange sed/awk/grep pipe from "nidump passwd /" but I have not gotten through :the sed and awk book yet. : Thanks for all the help on this one to those who responded. For those interested the reason I said strange, it was because in the back of my head I was thinking, "I have to pipe that all of those users to, 'su - $user -c 'dwrite...'" Thanks again -- Torrey McMahon
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 10 Sep 1995 19:06:40 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <42vd00$ddh@news.its.com> References: <9509100133.AA10322@charisma.capitalist.princeton.edu> luomat@cedman.remote.Princeton.EDU (Timothy J. Luoma) wrote: > 2) > change this line: > R$+ $@$1<@$w> > to > R$+ $@$1<@$m> > I have no idea what this means, It means that you substituted the $m macro (the "subdomain name"), which you manually set to your domain, for the $w macro (the "short domain name"). > but it did the trick for me as far as getting my 'from' line to appear > correctly. Yeah, but some problems almost certainly exist: - you can't move your current config file to a machine on another domain without having to change it - try CC'ing someone and see what happens - try sending a message to user@host.do.main instead of user@do.main - try responding to that message and see what address you get However, if what you did works well enough for you, great. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki) Subject: Re: Mail.app Bug???? Message-ID: <1995Sep10.102423.3217@nidat.sub.org> Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany References: <42oi3v$gjd@caladan.restena.lu> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 10:24:23 GMT In article <42oi3v$gjd@caladan.restena.lu> kay@sun () writes: > Hi > I send mail using mail.app and I figured out that although I use the > reply-to feature it doesn't include this . In fact I said: > Reply-To: user@domain > But I always get > user@host.domain > The mailhost uses smail and has set visible domain: domain > Why does my Mail.app doesn't include the correct reply-to? > What is smail doing to change it? > Or who changes it? > Your 'sendmail' configuration is to be adapted. > Please email me! > Hey, you're really funny! Your newsreader configuration is bogus (just look at the first line...) and I don't think many mails might be able to reach you :-) -- Peter Nitezki | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed art thou who knoweth Staarenbergstr. 44 | Tel.: +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and D-76703 Kraichtal | Fax : +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked GERMANY | pgp, MIME, NeXTmail # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
From: cricker@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Ricker) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: UFS (NeXT) file system---again! Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 10 Sep 1995 16:03:06 -0600 Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept. Message-ID: <42vnaq$cia@nyx10.cs.du.edu> References: <42psck$lqe@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Ivo Welch (ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk) mumbled something vague about: : The old ufs 0.3 file system (with patch) that allows reading NeXTStep file : systems does not work with newer linux kernels. Is there hope that : eventually it will be possible for linux and NeXTStep to transfer files via : a non-FAT disk format? I had to do a lot of mathematica work last year, and I always used the NeXT lab (speedier, nicer, and much more stable than the powermacs or windoze--I only crashed NeXT twice ;-). What I discovered for transferring files is that both NeXT and Linux can read and write HFS (Macintrash) file systems. Look on sunsite or a mirror for the appropriate driver for hfs. It works really well with high-density Mac floppies. I've never gotton the linux driver to read the low-density (or 800k or whatever they're called, I'm not a Mac person ;-) floppies that old mac's use, but NeXT and newer macs won't handle them either, so that shouldn't be a problem for you. hope this helps, chris -- Chris Ricker. cricker@nyx10.cs.du.edu or gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu Doch, der den Augenblick ergreift, * Never trust an operating system Das ist der rechte Mann. Faust I, iii * you didn't compile yourself!
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: UUCP problem Date: 10 Sep 1995 22:53:04 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42vq8g$rkg@emerald.oz.net> We've recently established 2 UUCP over PPP accounts with UUNET. Both use NeXT's UUCP running in TCP mode over Steve Perkins' ppp2.2.0.1.9. The PPP link comes up fine on both accounts. One account running NS 3.1 on a NeXTstation works fine for exchanging email; the other running NS 3.2 on a Canon object.station 41 never succeeds in exchanging mail. For outbound email, the level 9 uucico output: *** TOP *** - role=MASTER agent uucp (9/7-20:45-1643) REQUEST (S D.trego_1B00N2 D.trego_1S00N2 agent) expfile type - 0, wrktype - S wmesg 'S' D.trego_1B00N2 D.trego_1S00N2 agent - D.trego_1B00N2 0666 rmesg - 'S' got SY PROCESS: msg - SY SNDFILE: twrdata sending 305 bytes sent data 305 bytes 0.03 secs rmesg - 'C' got FAIL agent uucp (9/7-20:46-1643) BAD READ (expected 'C' got FAIL (2)) cntrl - -1 agent uucp (9/7-20:46-1643) FAILED (conversation complete) For inbound email: *** TOP *** - role=SLAVE rmesg - '' got S D.uunetBcg62 D.uunetScg63 uucp - D.uunetBcg62 0666 PROCESS: msg - S D.uunetBcg62 D.uunetScg63 uucp - D.uunetBcg62 0666 SNDFILE: root uunet (9/9-20:15-2404) REQUESTED (S D.uunetBcg62 D.uunetScg63 uucp) msg - S expfile type - 0 chkpth ok Rmtname - uunet wmesg 'S' Y trddata expecting -50200576 bytes <--- check this out!! trddata expecting 1836020294 bytes cntrl - -1 uucp uunet (9/9-20:16-2404) FAILED (conversation complete) One difference in the 2 accounts is the UUCP name (i.e., our hostname). The account that works runs on a host named "rekha" whereas the name of the host where email failure occurs is "trego_13". UUCP appears to truncate the UUCP name to 7 characters which doesn't change "rekha", but truncates "trego_13" to "trego_1". Some (but not all) UUNET technicians claim that a '_' character isn't allowed in a UUCP name (at least with their UUCP software). trego_13 is a NetInfo master, so changing its hostname is quite a chore, I'm told, especially because it will have to be done remotely over a modem (there are only non-technical salespeople at the trego_13 site). UUNET's UUCP logs appear normal. They are at wits end trying to diagnose this problem. Does this look or sound familiar to anyone? Oh, please don't suggest using Taylor UUCP instead. When I tried using Taylor 1.05 with more than just chat debugging turned on, it wrote thousands of NULL characters in both the Debug file and in the mail spool file overwriting existing mail messages :-( Thanks. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dirty shutdown problem Date: 10 Sep 1995 23:00:24 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42vqm8$rri@emerald.oz.net> Whenever I see someone post about a dirty shutdown problem, I respond with the 2 causes that have plagued me in the past: NXFax trying to write to a non-existent or off modem or problems unmounting a NFS-mounted file system. About a week ago, I started having problems with dirty shutdowns and neither of my suggestions is to blame. About the only change I can recall making to my system (NS 3.3 black) at the time the problem started was downgrading from ppp2.2.0.4.5 to ppp2.2.0.1.9. But ppp2.2.0.1.9 used to work fine before, so I doubt this is the problem. I tried installing a logouthook to write "ps" output to a file upon shutdown, but I can't seem to get the logouthook to run (I run a loginhook successfully, so I understand the setup). Can anyone suggest a way to diagnose this problem? I and my ancient Maxtor 349MB drive are getting tired of fsck on each boot. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: URGENT HELP: Intruder Alert???? Date: 10 Sep 1995 23:24:52 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <42vs44$82a@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Our mail/tacacs server is NeXTStep 3.3 (Motorola) and has a serious problem happening all of a sudden. It boots up fine and operates smoothly for hours at a time, but then all of a sudden it COMPLETELY LOCKS all user info (username & password info!!!). After this occurs, if I type 'whoami' and get "Intruder Alert" back !!!!! I can't find any documentation or NeXTanswers on what can cause this?!?!? The server is running POPPER, SMTP, XTACACS, and FINGERD. Allong with a few other NeXTStep daemons (lookupd,nibindd? etc..) Telnet is NOT.. Are there known security holes? or is Netinfo somehow corrupting our user database after a while ?? (There are 250 users in there.) I don't like the fact that NeXT runs sunrpc. Is this necessary? Secure? ANY HELP would be greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks for reading. -James Pooton james@netrix.net
From: mwdaniel@students.uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: adding users in Terminal window Date: 11 Sep 1995 15:44:37 GMT Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> Is it possible to add/modify a user just through a Terminal window (or, for that matter, while telnetted in?) If so, what exactly must be done? Mike Daniels
From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP sendmail and/or NetInfo Problems Date: 11 Sep 1995 15:29:29 GMT Organization: Boston University Message-ID: <431kkp$rr9@news.bu.edu> Still having problems and nobody has responded to my previous post. Here it is again. Path: news.bu.edu!usenet From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help sendmail problems "dbm:no open database" Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:00:24 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 25 Message-ID: <42ppao$7sf@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nano.bu.edu X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Now I do not have a subject or from line for inhouse mail. Also when I attempt to use aliases I receive the error: 554 inhouse... 550 User unknown dbm: no open database from previous question: I have a network of about 12 machines with one mailserver that calls another system for mail outside the local net. Recently the NetInfo db got screwed up and now everything works except that mail within the domain does not contain the "from:" line. So nobody knows who is sending them mail. If mail is sent from within the net to the outside world, the "from:" line is included. Also, the from line appears when mail is sent from the mailserver to others. Also, the alias do not work. One message I receive when I send mail via command line is that "dbm is not open" or something of the sort. Ideas? Paul pdell@cs.bu.edu
From: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Joe Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: adding users in Terminal window Date: 11 Sep 1995 15:55:00 GMT Organization: TakeFive Software GmbH, Salzburg, Austria Message-ID: <431m4l$l17@news.Austria.EU.net> References: <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> mwdaniel@students.uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) wrote: > Is it possible to add/modify a user just through a Terminal window > (or, for that matter, while telnetted in?) If so, what exactly must be > done? Use "nidump passwd /" and "niload passwd /". See also nidump(8) and niload(8) man pages. -- Joe Leherbauer <joe@TakeFive.co.at> And now for something completely different ... a man with a tape recorder in his nose.
From: newberry@news-server.engin.umich.edu (byron lee newberry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: System Reboot Trouble??? Date: 11 Sep 1995 16:16:22 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Message-ID: <431ncm$rd0@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Hello, I am the administrator (in title only, I have little experience) of a network of 5 NeXTstations (old NeXT hardware). This weekend something happened and I found the network locked up when I came in Monday. I tried to reboot each system (power-down from login screen) and it worked for 3 of the 5. However, on 2 of the machines, no error messages are given, but they simply hang after saying "reboot complete". One of the two hung computers then gives a message about "NFS server not responding" and then later another message about "non-existant user dump". These messages may be caused by the fact that the other hung computer is the NetInfo Server. Oddly enough the other 3 computers are fine and we can even access the files on the 2 hung computers by cd /Net. Any ideas? I really do not know what to try next! Thanks in advance, Byron Newberry newberry@engin.umich.edu
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: adding users in Terminal window Date: 11 Sep 1995 16:33:40 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <431od4$66v@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> <431m4l$l17@news.Austria.EU.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Joe Leherbauer (joe@TakeFive.co.at) wrote: : mwdaniel@students.uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) wrote: : > Is it possible to add/modify a user just through a Terminal window : > (or, for that matter, while telnetted in?) If so, what exactly must be : > done? : Use "nidump passwd /" and "niload passwd /". : See also nidump(8) and niload(8) man pages. It may be more convenient to add/modify single users with nu. see man nu and /etc/nu.cf for more info Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: matthews@fortress.cs.wwu.edu (Geoffrey Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: jetdirect job page suppression Date: 11 Sep 1995 16:28:52 GMT Organization: Western Washington University Message-ID: <431o44$6ca@ra.cc.wwu.edu> Keywords: hp jetdirect page We have an hp jetdirect card in an HP colorjet, but every job first prints a description page. How can I tell netinfo to tell the printer to stop that?
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: M4 for sendmail.cf Date: 11 Sep 1995 17:30:27 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <431rnj$amb@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Has anyone compiled M4 ? I tried compiling GNU M4 1.4, but it bombed hard. I need it for sendmail.cf creation... Thanks! - James Pooton mailto:james@netrix.net
From: Gerald Wildgruber Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help with cpio needed (span disks) Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:14:32 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4321qo$r8o@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <DEHxqy.C0A@iglou.com> In Help with cpio needed (span disks) comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0xacdf4> writes, > > Help. > I need to copy a large (~6 MB file) from a NeXTstation to a > Sun SPARC. The problem is that the Sun is a standalone unit > (ie: no network connection). > > As I see it, my best option is to copy the file to IBM-formatted > floppies. However, I'm not sure exactly how to do this since > the file will span multiple disks. I believe CPIO has the > ability to span media, but I have been unable to get this to work. > (I am probably overlooking something simple.) > > Suppose I need to copy the file "misc_bin.tar" to multiple > floppy disks. > 1) what command would I use to place the file on the disks? > 2) to retrieve the data? > > > Thank you very much for any help, > -Nolan If cpio doesn't work for you, check out the -M switch of the gnutar utility, that allows also multiple volume spanning. Greetings Gerald
From: Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What's up with lookupd? Date: 11 Sep 1995 18:26:49 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Message-ID: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Hi. All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd and/or the network in the last 48 hours. The machine in question: NeXTcube 68040 serving / and /local Provides login and/or POP3 services for about 30 users. Provides NFS service for 5 NS machines. Has been up for at least 6 months with no problems. The symptoms: Yesterday (Sunday) between 2 and 5 p.m. lookupd quit unprovoked (no users logged on at the time). On reboot, lookupd fires up and immediately exits with no message. Everything *appears* fine if I fire up lookupd by hand. If I look at the output of lookupd -L, I see a (surprising?) number of entries like: getpwuid (*0) Ncalls: 519 Elapsed: 1 Total time: 682 I'm guessing that these indicate attempts to access the root password. Is this correct? Does anyone know what's going on here? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu MIT Atomic Resonance and Spectroscopy Laboratory ---> NeXTmail always welcome <---
From: rdieter@mathlab41.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: No /dev/lpd/printer Date: 11 Sep 1995 18:21:04 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <431umh$df4@crcnis3.unl.edu> Keywords: printer, spool, npd After upgrading a NeXTcube to 3.3, I cannot print to its local printer anymore: Here is what is in /usr/adm/messages Sep 11 13:07:37 mathlab01 lpd: Name /usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd-lpr Msg connect "/dev/lpd/printer" No such file or directory Sep 11 13:08:44 mathlab01 npd[180]: PrintSpooler couldn't connect to /dev/lpd/printer: No such file or directory Sep 11 13:09:22 mathlab01 npd[180]: PrintSpooler couldn't connect to /dev/lpd/printer: No such file or directory I look in /dev/lpd, and sure enough, no printer device. What can I do to fix it? -- ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer Specialist Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ -- NewsGrazer, a NeXTstep(tm) news reader, posting -- M>UQR=&8P7&%N<VE[7&9O;G1T8FQ<9C!<9FUO9&5R;B!#;W5R:65R.UQF,5QF M<W=I<W,@2&5L=F5T:6-A.WT*7&UA<F=L,3(P"EQM87)G<C$R,`I<<&%R9%QT M>#$Q-3)<='@R,S`T7'1X,S0U-EQT>#0V,#A<='@U-S8P7'1X-CDQ,EQT>#@P M-C1<='@Y,C$V7'1X,3`S-CA<='@Q,34R,%QF,%QB,%QI,%QU;&YO;F5<9G,R M-%QF8S!<8V8P(%P*069T97(@=7!G<F%D:6YG(&$@3F585&-U8F4@=&\@,RXS M+"!)(&-A;FYO="!P<FEN="!T;R!I=',@;&]C86P@<')I;G1E<B!A;GEM;W)E M.EP*7`I(97)E(&ES('=H870@:7,@:6X@+W5S<B]A9&TO;65S<V%G97-<"EP* M4V5P(#$Q(#$S.C`W.C,W(&UA=&AL86(P,2!L<&0Z($YA;64@+W5S<B]L:6(O M3F5X=%!R:6YT97(O;G!D+6QP<B!-<V<@8V]N;F5C="`B+V1E=B]L<&0O<')I M;G1E<B(@3F\@<W5C:"!F:6QE(&]R(&1I<F5C=&]R>5P*4V5P(#$Q(#$S.C`X M.C0T(&UA=&AL86(P,2!N<&1;,3@P73H@4')I;G13<&]O;&5R(&-O=6QD;B=T M(&-O;FYE8W0@=&\@+V1E=B]L<&0O<')I;G1E<CH@3F\@<W5C:"!F:6QE(&]R M(&1I<F5C=&]R>5P*4V5P(#$Q(#$S.C`Y.C(R(&UA=&AL86(P,2!N<&1;,3@P M73H@4')I;G13<&]O;&5R(&-O=6QD;B=T(&-O;FYE8W0@=&\@+V1E=B]L<&0O M<')I;G1E<CH@3F\@<W5C:"!F:6QE(&]R(&1I<F5C=&]R>5P*7`I<"DD@;&]O M:R!I;B`O9&5V+VQP9"P@86YD('-U<F4@96YO=6=H+"!N;R!P<FEN=&5R(&1E M=FEC92X@(%=H870@8V%N($D@9&\@=&\@9FEX(&ET/UP*7`HM+5P*"EQP87)D M7'1X-3`T,%QT>#4W.#!<='@V,3@P7'1X-C,X,%QT>#8X-C!<='@W,#0P7'1X M-S(V,%QT>#<U.#!<='@W.#0P7'1X.#4R,%QF,5QF8S!<8V8P(%]?7U]<"E)E M>"!!+B!$:65T97()<F1I971E<D!M871H+G5N;"YE9'4@*$YE6%0O34E-12!/ M2RD@7`I#;VUP=71E<B!3<&5C:6%L:7-T"59O:6-E.B`H-#`R*30W,BTY-S0W M(%P*1&5P87)T;65N="!O9B!-871H96UA=&EC<R!A;F0@4W1A=&ES=&EC<R`@ M"49!6#H@("`H-#`R*30W,BTX-#8V(%P*56YI=F5R<VET>2!O9B!.96)R87-K M82U,:6YC;VQN"6AT='`Z+R]W=W<N;6%T:"YU;FPN961U+WYR9&EE=&5R+R`@ *("`@("!<"@I]"FAT `
From: chris@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch (Christian Limpach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: adding users in Terminal window Date: 11 Sep 1995 20:31:36 +0200 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site - NOT Message-ID: <x7zqgbjud3.fsfarkin@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch> References: <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> <431m4l$l17@news.Austria.EU.net> In-reply-to: joe@TakeFive.co.at's message of 11 Sep 1995 15:55:00 GMT To: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Joe Leherbauer) Originator: uucp@nice.ethz.ch In article <431m4l$l17@news.Austria.EU.net> joe@TakeFive.co.at (Joe Leherbauer) writes: > mwdaniel@students.uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) wrote: > > Is it possible to add/modify a user just through a Terminal window > > (or, for that matter, while telnetted in?) If so, what exactly must be > > done? > > Use "nidump passwd /" and "niload passwd /". > See also nidump(8) and niload(8) man pages. I wouldn't... Netinfo stores sometimes more info than the passwd-type tempfile nidump/niload use. Most of all, multiple username properties get lost. To add a user, I use '/usr/etc/nu' to add users (also creates/fills homedirs) and to modify users I use '/usr/bin/niutil'... christian
From: Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:17:30 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Distribution: world Message-ID: <43220a$g2h@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Keywords: netinfo lookupd In article <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> writes: > Hi. > > All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. > From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this > problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd > and/or the network in the last 48 hours. > [Robert's HDW & symptoms excised] I am running into a similar problem on a Dell dimensionXPS P90 system running NS3.2 The problems started about 13:00 Saturday and are continuing. Last Friday I added about 3000 new accounts to this machine which is one of our campus e-mail servers. This brings the total up to around 11,500 user accounts. Milo -- Milo Velimirovic <Milo.Velimirovic@uwlax.edu> Unix Computer Network Administrator (608) 785-8030 Information Technology, Operations and Networking University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 USA 43 48 05 N 91 14 22 W
From: chuck@nightingale.nurs.utah.edu (Charles Wiechman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: page fault Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:21:11 GMT Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Message-ID: <432277$i1k@news.cc.utah.edu> Can anyone tell me what causes this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. mach: unexpected kernel page fault failure -- ________________________________________________________ | | | Chuck Wiechman University of Utah | | System Administrator College of Nursing | |chuck@nightingale.nurs.utah.edu Informatics Department|
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:54:37 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <43245t$b77@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950907235300.2333D-100000@charisma> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > On 8 Sep 1995 sela@iastate.edu wrote: > > > > > I'm having problems with NewsGrazer spontaneously quitting on me. Does > > anybody know what is going on? > > yup. Probably a post which was cross-posted to so many groups that NG > chokes and dies because the header line was too long. > > Solution 1: find the post and edit .newsrc (long and tedious) > > Solution 2: wait for NG Pro (yeah right) > > Solution 3: get Alexandra or one of the other newsreaders which can > handle this sort of thing. > > TjL A new verison of NewsGrazer has recently been released - Release 3.0 version 77. This doesn't seem to be affected by the bad headers as the earlier versions. You can get it at: http://www.next.com/WebObjects/Tools.html -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: adding users in Terminal window Date: 11 Sep 1995 20:00:41 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <4324h9$bik@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> In article <431i0h$20o_001@cso.uiuc.edu> mwdaniel@students.uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) writes: > Is it possible to add/modify a user just through a Terminal window > (or, for that matter, while telnetted in?) If so, what exactly must be > done? > > Mike Daniels As root on the domain master of the appropriate domain, use /usr/etc/nu -a -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.6.12 username change? Date: 11 Sep 1995 21:38:30 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-e-49.usc.edu Message-ID: <432a8m$fl1@usc.edu> I would like to be able to change my outgoing username from "foo" to "pill". Because my home is named "foo" but my net username is "pill". I still want to be able to send mail locally as "foo". Also, this would include being able to receive mail addressed for "pill" and route it to "foo". It was suggested that I add the following line to Rule 31 but nothing worked when I did this: Rfoo$* pill$1 rewrite foo to pill Finally, is it possible to route mail to local home "bub" that is addressed to "foo" but with subject line including "bub" in it for sort purposes? Thanks in advance. -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 11 Sep 1995 21:50:27 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <432av3$h1l@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> In article <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> writes: > Hi. > > All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. > From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this > problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd > and/or the network in the last 48 hours. > > The machine in question: > NeXTcube 68040 serving / and /local > Provides login and/or POP3 services for about 30 users. > Provides NFS service for 5 NS machines. > Has been up for at least 6 months with no problems. > > The symptoms: > Yesterday (Sunday) between 2 and 5 p.m. lookupd quit unprovoked > (no users logged on at the time). > On reboot, lookupd fires up and immediately exits with no message. > Everything *appears* fine if I fire up lookupd by hand. > > If I look at the output of lookupd -L, I see a (surprising?) > number of entries like: > > getpwuid (*0) Ncalls: 519 Elapsed: 1 Total time: 682 In the past 48 hours did you add, remove or modify any accounts? Since lookupd dies on getpwuid, then it is likely a corrupted password entry or it is possible that a duplicate UID could cause this problem. Get on the NetInfo master for the domain and look at all the user entries. Do a "View by..." and choose UID. See if any are duplicate. Also, look for any of the dreaded DIR:0 entries. This is a corrupted entry - likely missing the "name" property... Delete it if you can... > > I'm guessing that these indicate attempts to access the root password. > Is this correct? > > Does anyone know what's going on here? > > Thanks, > > Robert > > -- > Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu > MIT Atomic Resonance and Spectroscopy Laboratory > ---> NeXTmail always welcome <--- -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 11 Sep 1995 23:06:54 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <432fee$bmb@ruby.netrix.net> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <432av3$h1l@masala.cc.uh.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone, I have been having a hell of a time with our server as well. It runs SMTP/POP/XTACACSD under NS 3.3 Motorola. After disabling nearly everything, it seemed to be related to sendmail. (Someone hacking NeXT sendmail 5.6 servers?) We just switched to sendmail 8.6.12 this morning and the problem seems to have cleared. CERT has an advisory about sendmail 5.6, it came out Aug 17. A much more calm, James Pooton james@netrix.net Netrix Internet System Design, Inc
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: UUCP problem Date: 12 Sep 1995 04:04:10 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4330rq$qlt@emerald.oz.net> References: <42vq8g$rkg@emerald.oz.net> In article <42vq8g$rkg@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > We've recently established 2 UUCP over PPP accounts with UUNET. Both > use NeXT's UUCP running in TCP mode over Steve Perkins' ppp2.2.0.1.9. The > PPP link comes up fine on both accounts. One account running NS 3.1 on a > NeXTstation works fine for exchanging email; the other running NS 3.2 on a > Canon object.station 41 never succeeds in exchanging mail. > wmesg 'S' Y > trddata expecting -50200576 bytes <--- check this out!! > trddata expecting 1836020294 bytes > cntrl - -1 > uucp uunet (9/9-20:16-2404) FAILED (conversation complete) Well, these outrageous numbers raised the same flag with a couple of others that it did with me - a byte order bug in the NS 3.2 Intel version of uucico. But I reasoned that such a bug would have been noticed by so many people that it would never have made it into the release. Wrongo!! Apparently, few NS 3.2 for Intel users use UUCP over TCP/IP which uses the 't' protocol instead of the much more common 'g' protocol (well, no one could use it because it flat doesn't work). I installed the NS 3.3 version of uucico which fixed the problem. Boy, did I waste a lot of time dealing with a bug that was never mentioned in the NS 3.3 Release Notes or anywhere else that I can find :-( --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Urgent BUG, login problems, NS 3.0/lookupd dies soon after boot ???? Date: 11 Sep 1995 18:32:54 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <431vcm$cqi@tempest.symnet.net> References: <42umpg$50j@tempest.symnet.net> We are running Nextstep 3.0 on a Mono slab. After it boots and starts up, a minute or two will go by and then the system starts becoming very unfriendly and stops letting people log in. I was lucky enough to get in right after it first booted. (I can still get in now, as well). I noticed that the _lookupd_ process is going away and I cannot determine why. No changes have been made to the system. It leaves a nice core dump in the root directory. I go in with gdb but I cannot determine anything because there aren't any symbol tables. The system is used for shell accounts for users. I have checked all over the place for any modified binaries or scripts and I cannot detect any. This error is showing up more often and I don't believe I have solved it. I am also seeing others with this problem. What is this???? Dru Nelson SymNet
From: David Lee Ludwig <dludwig@interramp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstep for net server? Date: 12 Sep 1995 03:45:14 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <432voa$5g2@usenet1.interramp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Question, how good of an internet server would Nextstep make? I am trying to find a good implementation of UNIX that would act as a dial-up internet provider. Something that runs on PCs. Thanks! David Ludwig dludwig@interramp.com
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Urgent BUG, login problems, NS 3.0/lookupd dies soon after boot ???? Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:27:44 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <4322jg$d4c@tempest.symnet.net> References: <42umpg$50j@tempest.symnet.net> <431vcm$cqi@tempest.symnet.net> More info on this. This machine is our mail server and name server (named). No messages are popping up in the logs about errors. This machine serves one NFS export. I am also running NIS (ypserv) to pass out the passwords to other machines on the network. Dru SymNet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nkawai@postman.riken.go.jp (Nobuyuki Kawai) Subject: NFS problem with rsh Message-ID: <DEsnAw.J50@postman.riken.go.jp> Sender: news@postman.riken.go.jp (News Administrator) Organization: Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (RIKEN) Saitama,Japan Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:11:19 GMT I have had trouble with "rsh" to a NeXT from another host. I have my home directory on a SUN, which is NFS mounted on a NeXT. When I rsh to a NeXT computer from a host (say, host_A), I get "Permission denied" message, although correct host name for host_A A is written in the ~/.rhost file. One day, I realized that if I "touch" the .rhost file from shell on the NeXT, "rsh" start to work for some minutes (~ 20 min or so). Touching or modifying .rhosts file from a machine other than the NeXT does not have the effect. I did not understand why it happened, but I started to suspect that it was related with the NeXT NFS mount mechanism. My guess is that the NeXT computer does not recognize the ~/.rhosts file (which is NFS mounted) if it has not been acceseed for a certain time, though "mount" command tells me that the directory is propoerly mounted. "mount" output is: host_A:/home1 on /private/Net/host_A/home1 type nfs (bg,net) So, it seems that it is related with some caching mechanism of NFS on NeXT. Did anybody notice this behavior? Do you know of any workaround for this trouble? -- Nobuyuki Kawai RIKEN
From: tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (Toru Sato Owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: MODE SENSE woes... Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:07:13 GMT Organization: Linc Message-ID: <43446h$hds@phantom.ghost.linc.or.jp> References: <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> Keywords: DISK 2GB In article <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> c62nt24@ibx.com writes: > Hi, > Once again, I've gone out an purchased a large disk to > install in my slab and, once again, it won't install. Is there > anyone out there that can help me get over this misery?? > > Disk: Seagate 15230N 4 gig SCSI HD > > Errors: > From 3.2 CDROM: > > Chris NEXTSTEP 3.2 dose not support over 2GB disk. Use NEXTSTEP3.3 for over 2GB disk. It can make separated partition for over 2GB disk,2GB is limitation of current file system on mach OS, automatically when you install system into it or initialize on Workspace. I'm using Seagate ST15230N 4GB SCSI as a main file disk on my NetInfo/DNS/Mail/httpd/ftp server. --- NeXT is one of my best friends Mr.Toru Sato Public Relations of NeXus(NeXT User Society Japan ) Internet : tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (NeXT Mail) tsatosh@shj.canon.co.jp (NeXT Mail Office) http://www.sugamo.linc.or.jp http://www.cnds.canon.co.jp
From: tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (Toru Sato Owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: MODE SENSE woes... Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:07:36 GMT Organization: Linc Message-ID: <434478$hdu@phantom.ghost.linc.or.jp> References: <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> Keywords: DISK In article <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> c62nt24@ibx.com writes: > Hi, > Once again, I've gone out an purchased a large disk to > install in my slab and, once again, it won't install. Is there > anyone out there that can help me get over this misery?? > > Disk: Seagate 15230N 4 gig SCSI HD > > Errors: > From 3.2 CDROM: > > Chris NEXTSTEP 3.2 dose not support over 2GB disk. Use NEXTSTEP3.3 for over 2GB disk. It can make separated partition for over 2GB disk,2GB is limitation of current file system on mach OS, automatically when you install system into it or initialize on Workspace. I'm using Seagate ST15230N 4GB SCSI as a main file disk on my NetInfo/DNS/Mail/httpd/ftp server. --- NeXT is one of my best friends Mr.Toru Sato Public Relations of NeXus(NeXT User Society Japan ) Internet : tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (NeXT Mail) tsatosh@shj.canon.co.jp (NeXT Mail Office) http://www.sugamo.linc.or.jp http://www.cnds.canon.co.jp
From: tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (Toru Sato Owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: MODE SENSE woes... Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:08:17 GMT Organization: Linc Message-ID: <43448h$hdv@phantom.ghost.linc.or.jp> References: <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> Keywords: DISK In article <41vaqn$ha8@netnews.upenn.edu> c62nt24@ibx.com writes: > Hi, > Once again, I've gone out an purchased a large disk to > install in my slab and, once again, it won't install. Is there > anyone out there that can help me get over this misery?? > > Disk: Seagate 15230N 4 gig SCSI HD > > Errors: > From 3.2 CDROM: > > Chris NEXTSTEP 3.2 dose not support over 2GB disk. Use NEXTSTEP3.3 for over 2GB disk. It can make separated partition for over 2GB disk,2GB is limitation of current file system on mach OS, automatically when you install system into it or initialize on Workspace. I'm using Seagate ST15230N 4GB SCSI as a main file disk on my NetInfo/DNS/Mail/httpd/ftp server. --- NeXT is one of my best friends Mr.Toru Sato Public Relations of NeXus(NeXT User Society Japan ) Internet : tsato@sugamo.linc.or.jp (NeXT Mail) tsatosh@shj.canon.co.jp (NeXT Mail Office) http://www.sugamo.linc.or.jp http://www.cnds.canon.co.jp
From: Craig Bustrin Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: AFS running on NS 3.3? Date: 12 Sep 1995 15:02:41 GMT Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co., New York, NY Message-ID: <4347eh$8pv@sanews1.morgan.com> Hi all - I might have been dreaming, but I seem to recall that someone has gotten AFS to run on NS 3.3. Is it true? (I hope, I hope!) Can someone email me or post how to do it? -- Craig Bustrin+ __________________________________________ Office: bustrin@morgan.com Home: craig@thoughtport.com
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Banner pages for printing Date: 12 Sep 1995 16:46:09 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <434dgh$4ib@netnews.upenn.edu> Anyone know how to enable banner pages with NeXT printer? From the FAQ, it says to add 'BannerAfter' property to your Local_Printer entry in NetInfo, and give it a value of /usr/lib/NextPrinter/banner.pro. Apparently this is old because banner.pro does not exist in NS 3.2. There there is a similar file, /usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/DefaultPrintCover.ps, but this doesn't work either. -dave
From: heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Helmut Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: AFS running on NS 3.3? Date: 12 Sep 1995 21:05:53 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <434snh$t6e@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <4347eh$8pv@sanews1.morgan.com> In article <4347eh$8pv@sanews1.morgan.com> Craig Bustrin writes: > Hi all - > > I might have been dreaming, but I seem to recall that someone has gotten > AFS to run on NS 3.3. > > Is it true? (I hope, I hope!) > > Can someone email me or post how to do it? > Well, I sure would like to know about any such things, too. I just asked Transarc and they told me that they dropped support for AFS on NS at NS2.0, so no MABs... However, they might support NS again, if there is enough demand from customers. So, all you out there who want to see AFS on NS, mail or write or phone Transarc and tell them about it! Here are some e-mail addresses I have: afshelp@transarc.com, afssales@transarc.com -- Servus, Helmut (DH0MAD) ______________NeXT-mail welcome_________________ FAX: +49-89-2394-4607 "Knowledge must be gathered and cannot be given" heller@attila.imo.physik.uni-muenchen.de ZEN, one of BLAKES7 Phone: +49-89-2394-4565 ------------------------------------------------ Helmut Heller, Ludwig Maximilians University | G i b D O S | Institute for Medical Optics, Theoretical Biophysics Group | k e i n e |
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Making DOS partition with disk command? Date: 12 Sep 1995 18:53:58 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <434l06$oen@news.next.com> References: <421tp7$od0@baugi.ifi.uio.no> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) writes: >I am trying to install a second SCSI HD with 3 partitions, one with >DOS and the others with NeXTSTEP. It will replace the first HD when I >have installed it. >How do I make the first partition on this new disk a DOS partition? >I have tried using the disk command with an /etc/disktab entry where I >set the filesystem type to DOS (ta=DOS). Is this the way to do it >(should ta be set to something else)? You shouldn't use disk to create a DOS partition. If the disk is going to have multiple filesystems of different types, it needs to be partitioned using fdisk. The proper way to go about what you want to do is to use fdisk to create a single DOS partition and a single NEXTSTEP partition, then use disk to create two UNIX style partitions in the one NEXTSTEP fdisk-style partition. >I have also tried using fdisk, but I can't make it work for the second >HD. It works for the first which is /dev/rsd0h but says something >about a missing BIOS when I use it for /dev/rsd2h (this new HD is the >third one on the SCSI-chain (both physicly and counting ID) so this >devicename should be right). Sounds like a problem with your SCSI adaptor and the drive itself. You might try reordering the device so it's second in the chain and has a sequential ID. >How do I install the bootprogram that lets me choose which partition >to boot from? This is the boot0 program. Either disk or fdisk can install this program on a disk. >I suppose I could unplug the old disk, reboot and then install NS >(with DOS-partition) on the new disk. This seems like a waste of time >and would this let me install 3 partitions? This would not allow you to create more than one UNIX partition for the NEXTSTEP install unless your disk was larger than 2 GB. >Can I have the DOS-partition set for 512 bps and the NS-partitions set >for 1024 bps? Not so far as I know. Matt Rollefson (Rollie) NEXTSTEP Training
From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp names Date: 12 Sep 1995 12:24:43 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems /|\ Message-ID: <434mpr$540@crl5.crl.com> Is there a way to decouple the machine's uucp system name from the host name? If I've got a host named 'foo', can I make it think that it's got an uucp name of 'bar'? I tried substituting a new uuname program, but that apparently doesn't catch all the interface that uucp and related programs use. -- Don McGregor | "Money can't buy you friends, but it does get you mcgredo@crl.com | a better class of enemy."
From: jac@mariana.tcs.com (Gordon Jacobs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Crashes on Cube w/3.0 Date: 12 Sep 1995 12:28:41 -0700 Organization: TCSI Sender: Gordon Jacobs Message-ID: <434n19$8e3@mariana.tcs.com> Summary: crash I just dusted off a NeXT 040 Cube w/64Mb RAM, running 2.0 and performed an upgrade to 3.0 from CD-ROM. The upgrade seemed to go fine, until it was done and asked to re-boot. During that process there was a crash, but it came up OK when I re-booted again... The only other odd thing was that is showed 40MB RAM during the bootup (could some of my RAM have died?) Afterwards, the cube seemed to run OK, and I installed a few new programs. But now, it is sporadically crashing by freezing up totally, until the plug is pulled! Has anyone experienced similar behaviour? Is this a problem with 3.0 on the cube that requires a later version of the OS? Is there a simple means for testing the RAM to make sure it is OK? Any suggestions appreciated, GJ jac@tcs.com
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP *or* DOS/Windows boot option? Date: 12 Sep 1995 19:21:13 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <434mj9$ojc@news.next.com> References: <424urc$h1p@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin tec@alumni.caltech.edu (Timothy E. Cushing) writes: >Well, I'm changing my day-time job and the new place has nothing but PCs >for us engineers to be productive with. I've seen how Linux can be set up >on a separate disk, and when you reboot the machine you can simply have >it boot up Linux or vanilla DOS (or Windows, etc.). Is this possible with >NEXTSTEP on white hardware? Yes. You need to set up a NEXTSTEP partition using fdisk, and then install the NEXTSTEP booter (or some other booter that can choose which partition to run). The normal NEXTSTEP installation process will allow you to configure this. Rollie
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fstab woes -- help Date: 12 Sep 1995 19:34:19 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <434nbr$ola@news.next.com> References: <4271sd$c55@decaxp.harvard.edu> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin "Paul F. Bergen" <bergen@fas.harvard.edu> writes: >I have an external hard disk mounted on my NeXTstation. The drive >mounts at boot time. Here's my fstab: >/dev/sdoa / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,1 >/dev/sd1a /fas 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,2 >However, it seems that whenever I log in as myself, rather than as root, >all of the files and directories on the disk are owned by me -- which >means users with home directories on the disk are screwed. Loggin out >again and loggin in as root seems to solve the problem. Actually, the drive is not mounting at boot time. It's being mounted by Workspace when you log in on console. You need to fix your fstab entry by removing the "noauto" option for /dev/sd1a. >Here's the HD entries in my mtab file: >/dev/sdoa "/" 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0,1 >/dev/sd1a "/fas" 4.3 rw,noquota 1,2 >When I am logged in as root and someone else logs in, everything's OK. This is because the disk is mounted by Workspace and thus owned by whomever is logged in; when you're logged in as root, that's root. >What happened to the noauto opt for sd1a and what does the noauto opt >mean? Why did the dump integer change from 0 to 1? And why can't I log >into my machine as myself without preserving the ownership of everything >on the disk? The noauto doesn't show up because Workspace is doing the mount. That's also why the dump integer changed; Workspace puts in its own values and ignores fstab. The noauto option means that the filesystem should not be mounted when a mount -a command is executed. This is the cause of the problem; they way external drives are mounted in /etc/rc is by a "mount -vat 4.3" command. Since you specified the "noauto" option in fstab, your external drive is not mounted. (The noauto option gets specified for the root filesystem because it's mounted in a different way and shouldn't be mounted automatically.) And you can't log in as yourself without changing the ownership of things on the disk because, again, Workspace is mounting the filesystem for you and, in its infinite wisdom, believes that a hard disk that you are mounting temporarily should be owned by whoever logs in. Basically it all makes sense; unfortunately, there's a bug in the 3.0 sysadmin guide that includes the noauto option. This is fixed in the on-line docs in 3.3, but still (obviously) bites people from time to time. Matt Rollefson (Rollie) NEXTSTEP Training
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fms@chemelex.com (Fred Schenkelberg) Subject: Cnews missing Lines: header Message-ID: <DEt0rH.132@chemelex.com> Sender: fms@chemelex.com (Fred Schenkelberg) Organization: Chemelex Division of Raychem Corporation Distribution: ba,na,usa,world Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 18:02:05 GMT Hi all, I'm running C news, nntp and am trying to setup some local news groups for company use. But, I'm have a strange problem and need some help. Once in a while I get an error in the daily news report via email that euclid (my machine's name and the news server) has posted messages with bad headers. But, that's all, I don't know which posts or from where. Today, we noticed that the header is missing the Lines: line. Here's a copy of a recent test post to a local group and below that the header's from an outside world post. As you can see they are slightly different, but the one thing that stands out for posts orginating from euclid is the lack of Lines: and it doesn't seem to matter where the post is coming from or from which newsreader, the problem seems to be my news server software, C news.... i think. So, how do I fix this, and add the Lines: part of the header and/or other missing parts? Newsgroups: chemelex.announce Path: euclid!news From: sklotz@raychem.com Subject: Test 2 Message-ID: <DEsxvz.vG@chemelex.com> Sender: news@chemelex.com Organization: Chemelex Division of Raychem Corporation X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:01:36 GMT Free Agent test 2 and here's a post, also from a Free Agent reader from out in Usenet world Path: euclid!netcomsv!ctest2.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix .netcom.com!netnews From: samm@ix.netcom.com (Sam Meadia) Newsgroups: ieee.announce Subject: Wow.. Look at this.. what's next... Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 19:05:07 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <42so5q$miv@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-lb8-26.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Sep 09 11:59:06 AM PDT 1995 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82
From: Randy Antler Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Interesting problem with Defaults Database for ROOT user Date: 12 Sep 1995 21:12:30 GMT Organization: Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management, San Diego, CA Distribution: world Message-ID: <434t3u$2ag@nacm.com> Summary: defaults database faulty for root Keywords: defaults database root user I've had an interesting (and annoying problem) crop up on my NeXTstation Turbo. All-of-a-sudden the root user cannot read or write its own defaults database. Any attempt to use dread or dwrite results in "unable to access defaults database" or some error message to that effect. All other users on the system can read and write their defaults with alacrity. At the moment the only bad behaviour this is causing, is that the "loginhook" and "lookouthook" functionality seems to be gone now. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Is there a way to fix it without reinstalling the OS? Much thanks in advance for any suggestion you may have... --- Randy Antler Senior Application Developer randy@nacm.com - NeXTMAIL or MIME preferred Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management <a href="http://www.secapl.com/Applegate/nac.html">Nicholas Applegate Home Page</a> <a href="http://www.nacm.com/~randy">My Home Page</a> ------------------ Q: Do those balloons blow up into funny shapes? A: Not unless round is funny. -- Raising Arizona
From: jdubey@fender.nwest.mccaw.com (Josh Dubey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Command run for everyuser. Date: 12 Sep 1995 19:08:53 GMT Organization: McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <434ls5$p9u@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <42o7vh$7a0@paladin.american.edu> In article <42o7vh$7a0@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: > Due to a recent mass account creation and failure to notice a small default > setting I must change one default in EVERYONE'S account. I know how to do this > with the login and logout hooks but login is MOTD, hard to lose here even for a > day let alone the time needed for everyone to log in, and logout hook which > does not seem to be working even though it is there, readable by all, and in > the preference's for each machine. > > Any ideas on how to accomplish this? > > -- > Torrey McMahon I'm assuming you are talking about a dwrite. I usually do it with a little script, running as root: #!/bin/sh users=`nidump passwd / | awk -F: '{print #1}'` for user in $users do su $user -c "dwrite <whatever whatever whatever>" done Hope this helps, Josh Dubey
From: chris@wakko.envision.com (Chris Cleeland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple interface entries for ifconfig Date: 12 Sep 1995 22:12:26 GMT Organization: Envision, St. Louis, Missouri Message-ID: <4350ka$r57@Twain.MO.NET> References: <9509081943.AA02478@borg.yorku.ca> <987cb$f2914.1e@nt> In article <987cb$f2914.1e@nt>, <steve@dave-world.net> wrote: >In Multiple interface entries for ifconfig comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0x93cb0> writes, > >> I will post a summary on this along with how to set up multi IP >> address on a NEXTSTEP machine (used for multiple domain names or >> multiple root home pages for the WWW. I got everything working >> except for the additional entries in ifconfig, therefore right now I >> can only do three distinct IP address on the same NEXTSTEP machine) > > I think the secret to this is the -alias option for ifconfig, which > isn't supported in versions earlier than NS 3.3. At least, that's > what recent traffic here has concluded. We're in the process of > upgrading our HP 712 to 3.3 for this very reason, so we can support > the Apache server's vitural host option. > What's the syntax for this "-alias" option? I just tried it and didn't get anywhere. milo.milo.st-louis.mo.us:3# ifconfig en0 -alias 192.22.22.22 -alias: bad value Please reveal! -cj -- // Disclaimer: Words above are owned & spoken by Chris Cleeland & // not Envision Solutions. Don't blame them, blame him! // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // Chris Cleeland, chris@envision.com, Envision Solutions, Inc.
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: UFS (NeXT) file system---again! Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 12 Sep 1995 22:01:16 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <434vvc$2lg@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <42psck$lqe@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Ivo Welch (ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk) wrote: : The old ufs 0.3 file system (with patch) that allows reading NeXTStep file : systems does not work with newer linux kernels. Is there hope that : eventually it will be possible for linux and NeXTStep to transfer files via : a non-FAT disk format? I have just put a new version, 0.3.1.1, on peanuts (should migrate soon to Unix/disk). This version works with Linux kernels 1.3.x (at least for me). The only problem that I noticed just yesterday is that symbolic links on NEXTSTEP filesystems don't seem to be recognized. Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Crashes on Cube w/3.0 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:40:15 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <4355ov$71u@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <434n19$8e3@mariana.tcs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Gordon Jacobs (jac@mariana.tcs.com) wrote: : I just dusted off a NeXT 040 Cube w/64Mb RAM, running 2.0 : and performed an upgrade to 3.0 from CD-ROM. The upgrade : seemed to go fine, until it was done and asked to re-boot. : During that process there was a crash, but it came up OK : when I re-booted again... The only other odd thing was : that is showed 40MB RAM during the bootup (could some : of my RAM have died?) I would suggest taking out the RAM, cleaning the contacts and putting it back in. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Interesting problem with Defaults Database for ROOT user Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:42:47 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <4355tn$729@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <434t3u$2ag@nacm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit RandyAntler wrote: : I've had an interesting (and annoying problem) crop up on my : NeXTstation Turbo. All-of-a-sudden the root user cannot read : or write its own defaults : database This is a common problem after havin run the UserManager (3.3) on the root account. UserManager reverts root's home to /root, even when there's nothing there. Use NetInfoManager to set root's home back to / Btw.: Restrict your line length in your postings to 70 characters. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: uri@ada.globe.com (Uri Guttman) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:21:11 GMT Organization: TerraNet, Inc., Boston, MA, USA Distribution: world Message-ID: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> I am trying to nfs mount a Next disk onto a solaris 2.4 system. I have a sunos 4.1.3 already mounting the same disk wih no trouble. the solaris system mounts ok but any i/o in the directory (like ls) hangs with NFS not responding, then NFS ok but never any output. i rebooted the next box several times and when the sunos machine was not mounting, the solaris mount worked. i then mounted on the sunos system and the solaris one failed again in the same way. i noticed that next only has version 1 of mountd (the output of rpcinfo -u) while both sunos and solaris are supporting versions 1 & 2 any ideas? fixes? weapons? bananas? please email responses as i don't read these groups. thanx, uri@globe.com
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Rebuilding superblock/label info?? - URGENT HELP NEEDED Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 11 Sep 1995 21:57:16 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <432bbs$kk6@portal.gmu.edu> References: <427igm$p7s@news4.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: hating life with disk? welcome to the club In article <427igm$p7s@news4.digex.net>, Eric Litman <elitman@nxstep.com> wrote: >I have a Seagate ST15150N Barrracuda (4.3GB) drive that has bad >(or possibly no) superblock information. I used /usr/etc/disk, >which is able to sense information needed to build disk labels, to rebuild >the label on this drive after a related problem occurred, and I am now >unable to mount any of the three 4.3 filesystems on the drive. This is fun stuff... (not) [stuff snipped] >1. Assuming I can somehow get disk to use my disktab, will rebuilding >the disk label with the correct info repair the superblock? If only the "label" info was gone, then you should have just changed that alone. "disk" offers an option to "print" or "write" it out. It's best to try to print it first obviously. >2. If not, can I manually edit the superblock information? Is there a >published algorithm for generating the magic number? Would I need it? Not that i am aware of. You may be able to "scan for backup superblocks" in "disk" and get some results, this actually should be the first thing you would do. >3. Barring the feasibility of the first two, what are my other options? >There must be *something* I can do...? How do other people deal with >this - I can't imagine that there's nothing that can be done. Basicly you want to avoid "init" & your disk. if youv'e done that, it's toast. Means you'll have overwritten the fielsystem. The label info & the filsystem are sort of separate, meaning you can change the label (specificly the name of the disk) without totaly mucking up the filesystem. > >I strongly believe the data to still be on the drive exactly as it >should be. disk even reports the correct sizes and offsets of the >partitions, so there's still something there. fsck -b plus all of the >normal, expected backup superblocks failed. try scanning for backup superblocks in "disk"... like I said, avoid the "init" thing if at all possible. If it doesn't find anything, I don't know what alternatives would be. There are some private companies that restore unix disks for large amounts of $. In order to get /etc/disktab to work correctly, you need to give disk the -t switch. Even then I've had weird experiences with it... You should try -L too. The big thing with disk (obviously) is to be damned conservative about it all. It's a very unforgiving program, and the documentation is cryptic at best. Mail me if you want. Tim Scanlon -- ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail) Tim Scanlon George mason University Public Affairs I speak for myself, but often claim demonic posession
From: macdiver@perry.gulfnet.com (Robert J. Rockefeller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help Date: 10 Sep 1995 17:04:18 GMT Organization: RockSoft Solutions Message-ID: <macdiver-1009951304560001@205.161.162.30> I have a Macintosh and an old NeXTStation and I'm having trouble with the NeXTStation. It will not boot; seems to try but then gives a SCSI error and quits. So I need some help. In particular, I need a bootable floppy disk as I neglected to ever make one and now I need one. My plan is to boot from the floppy and see if I can read the hard disk to prove that the SCSI bus is OK. If I can read the disk, then all is OK except for disk formatting. Can someone send me such a bootable floppy? Please relpy via email. Bob -- Bob Rockefeller Savannah, Georgia macdiver@perry.gulfnet.com "I'm growing older, but not up"
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mailhosting for multiple domain names Date: 13 Sep 1995 01:32:47 GMT Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <435cbv$g0t@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, We upgraded to sendmail 8.6.12 here and are using NeXT's sendmail.mailhost.cf as our sendmail.cf file. (Because it works just fine) But I now I need to make it the mail host for some other domain names. ie freddy.com willie.com I have MX entries in the DNS server for freddy.com and willie.com to point them to our mail host. Then I added: Cw freddy.com willie.com ourdomain.net to our sendmail.cf. But it didn't fly. Is there something easy I am missing??? Or do I need to dig much further into sendmail configation. It seems like it should be easy ;-) -James james@netrix.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: Re: Kernel Trap Message-ID: <DEtnIr.9FK@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services References: <DEpAwv.4rq@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 02:13:39 GMT I wrote: > Friday night I turned off a Pentium system running 3.3 and left it over > night. The system had previously been running flawlessly for months. It had > been periodically rebooted as well as powered down, but not been left to cool > down since sometime in early Spring. Since I turned it on again yesterday, > it invariably crashes after some variable period of time. I get a "Kernel > Trap" window with the following messages: > > unexpected kernel trap d eip 14880e # I always get this > frame x called by x args x x x x # repeated thrice, variable "x" > ... > invalid frame pointer 3187fac > Failed instruction exception (2,d,0) > Waiting for remote debugger connection > (Type "c" to continue or "r" to reboot) > > If I type "c" the kernel dumps core. I have the core files, but do not know > how to extract any meaning from kernel core dumps. > > I have examined all log files etc, but there is nothing in them. It seems > likely that this is a hardware problem, presumably caused by the change in > temperature when the machine was left off (it doesn't seem to go away after > the machine has heated up again, however). If this interpretation is > correct, could someone give me hints for how to figure out which component is > flawed? If it is memory as also seems plausible apriori, is there any way of > finding out which module? Thanks to all that responded, especially Sherwood Botsford, who suggested the solution. My initial hunch turned out to be correct, but it took me three days to narrow it down (I had to make a change and then wait for the crash...). It was a memory module that was badly seated, and I suspect the change in temperature uncovered this. From the replies I got, it seems that pretty much anything can cause these errors. Useful things to try is to reseat all peripheral cards and all SIMMS. It is also worthwhile running checksums on the system files and libraries. Another worthwhile observation is that Norton Utilities' Comprehensive 10 h Memory Test didn't find anything wrong... mach_kernel never needed more than an hour! ;) -Magnus --- Magnus Nordborg Department of Ecology & Evolution The University of Chicago 1101 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637-1573 USA magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (NeXT Mail, MIME) +1.312.702-1093 phone (lab) +1.312.667-5331 phone (home) +1.312.702-9740 fax
From: ard@cs.waikato.ac.nz (Andrew Donkin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT printer or NetInfo problem. Date: 13 Sep 1995 01:51:38 GMT Organization: Department of CompSci, U. of Waikato, New Zealand. Message-ID: <435dfa$ik4@ogre.cs.waikato.ac.nz> Summary: Can't add NeXT black printer Hello folks. I'm not much of a NeXT admin, spending most of my time in the Solaris world, so I'm hoping this problem has a simple answer. We have had a NeXT black printer working for years now, without a hitch. Until today, when I fired up the PrintManager and tried to export it via Appletalk. The PrintManager reported a NetInfo error, and deleted the printer from the local NetInfo database. Now I can't add it again. According to everything I read, you don't need to add it - you just attach a the printer, turn it and the workstation on, and it appears as "Local_Printer." But alas, nothing of the sort happens for little me. I figure it's not connected properly. I run "nppower off; nppower on" and sure enough, the printer makes a few power-cycle kind of noises and no error messages appear. So, as a sort of experiment I try adding another local printer, on one of the serial ports. There's nothing there, of course, I just want to see if I can make the NetInfo entry. In the PrintManager I choose "Create" then "Ok" (using the default name of "New_Printer" and default serial options) and PrintManager says: NetInfo problem writing 'New_Printer' on local host. "netinfod" and "nibindd" are running on the machine. This is bad. Nobody can print. I'm in trouble. Why doesn't the printer appear as expected? Is it related to the NetInfo problem? Where does netinfod log error messages? Any information will be *greatly* appreciated, and may earn you a chocolate fish (in the Jasper, B.C. Canada area). -- =========================================================================== Andrew Donkin, UNIX admin, Sch. of CompSci&Math, Waikato Univ, New Zealand Email: ard@cs.waikato.ac.nz HTTP://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~ard/ PGP keyprint:AA-47-E3-D8-AA-BD-02-AC--48-93-BF-EE-FE-38-8C-09 Key 0B0F9FE5
From: ard@cs.waikato.ac.nz (Andrew Donkin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT printer or NetInfo problem. Date: 13 Sep 1995 01:53:14 GMT Organization: Department of CompSci, U. of Waikato, New Zealand. Message-ID: <435dia$ik4@ogre.cs.waikato.ac.nz> Duh! I forgot to tell you helpful folk that I'm running NeXTstep 3.0. That's right, zero. -- =========================================================================== Andrew Donkin, UNIX admin, Sch. of CompSci&Math, Waikato Univ, New Zealand Email: ard@cs.waikato.ac.nz HTTP://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~ard/ PGP keyprint:AA-47-E3-D8-AA-BD-02-AC--48-93-BF-EE-FE-38-8C-09 Key 0B0F9FE5
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: uucp names In-Reply-To: mcgredo@crl.com's message of 12 Sep 1995 12:24:43 -0700 Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep13000540@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <434mpr$540@crl5.crl.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:05:40 GMT Using GNU Taylor UUCP (ftp://ftp.prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu) you can add nodename bar to the config file. PS. I won't elaborate on the many reasons why sites should not be running NeXT's UUCP... Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <434mpr$540@crl5.crl.com> mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25079 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl5.crl.com!not-for-mail From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 12 Sep 1995 12:24:43 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems /|\ Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: crl5.crl.com Is there a way to decouple the machine's uucp system name from the host name? If I've got a host named 'foo', can I make it think that it's got an uucp name of 'bar'? I tried substituting a new uuname program, but that apparently doesn't catch all the interface that uucp and related programs use. -- Don McGregor | "Money can't buy you friends, but it does get you mcgredo@crl.com | a better class of enemy."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: M4 for sendmail.cf In-Reply-To: James Pooton's message of 11 Sep 1995 17:30:27 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep13001220@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <431rnj$amb@ruby.netrix.net> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:12:20 GMT James, I have compiled it and even created an installer package that is publically available. The source and binary for GNU m4 can be found at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/binaries/proglang/GNU-m4-1.4-NIHS.gztar Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <431rnj$amb@ruby.netrix.net> James Pooton <james@netrix.net> writes: Hello, Has anyone compiled M4 ? I tried compiling GNU M4 1.4, but it bombed hard. I need it for sendmail.cf creation... Thanks! - James Pooton mailto:james@netrix.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: HELP sendmail and/or NetInfo Problems In-Reply-To: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu's message of 11 Sep 1995 15:29:29 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep13001632@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <431kkp$rr9@news.bu.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:16:32 GMT Paul, Look at /etc/sendmail/aliases and the aliases dir in NetInfo. Verify that they are in order and then run "newaliases" as root. Restart sendmail (or reboot) Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <431kkp$rr9@news.bu.edu> pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25050 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.bu.edu!usenet From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 11 Sep 1995 15:29:29 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: nano.bu.edu X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Still having problems and nobody has responded to my previous post. Here it is again. Path: news.bu.edu!usenet From: pdell@nano.bu.edu.bu.edu (Paul Dell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help sendmail problems "dbm:no open database" Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:00:24 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 25 Message-ID: <42ppao$7sf@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nano.bu.edu X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Now I do not have a subject or from line for inhouse mail. Also when I attempt to use aliases I receive the error: 554 inhouse... 550 User unknown dbm: no open database from previous question: I have a network of about 12 machines with one mailserver that calls another system for mail outside the local net. Recently the NetInfo db got screwed up and now everything works except that mail within the domain does not contain the "from:" line. So nobody knows who is sending them mail. If mail is sent from within the net to the outside world, the "from:" line is included. Also, the from line appears when mail is sent from the mailserver to others. Also, the alias do not work. One message I receive when I send mail via command line is that "dbm is not open" or something of the sort. Ideas? Paul pdell@cs.bu.edu
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 11 Sep 1995 04:15:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <430d4j$ecf@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. 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Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. Related Newsgroups ================== news:comp.soft-sys.nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news:comp.object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ============= ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu: Lots of older stuff ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. ftp://ftp.dn.net/pub/next Peanuts mirror in the US ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next/ eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO <your-address> If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. Scott (mailto:eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU) and Scott Anguish (mailto:sanguish@digifix.com) Additions from: Greg Anderson (mailto:Greg_Anderson@afs.com) Michael Pizolato (mailto:alf@epix.net) Dan Grillo (mailto:dan_grillo@next.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au Subject: NetInfo --> Solaris.. Message-ID: <DEqH1G.Cy8@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 09:00:52 GMT Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia hi! can i add user on one of our system which running Solaris by NetInfo???? i don't have much idea about NS.. please help me! thanks!!
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nocol on NeXTSTEP Date: 13 Sep 1995 09:35:26 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <4368ku$rtv@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Hi, Someone compile nocol on NeXTSTEP ? Thanks, - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.COM (Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 13 Sep 1995 08:50:33 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Germany Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> uri@ada.globe.com (Uri Guttman) writes: >I am trying to nfs mount a Next disk onto a solaris 2.4 system. I have a >sunos 4.1.3 already mounting the same disk wih no trouble. the solaris >system mounts ok but any i/o in the directory (like ls) hangs with NFS >not responding, then NFS ok but never any output. The solaris FAQ says: 5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. In starting with Solaris 2.4, a kernel workaround to limit NFS readdir requests to 1024 bytes was disabled by default. This breaks interoperability with buggy old NFS implementations (such as SunOS 3.2, Ultrix and NeXT) There are two workarounds. The first one works and is: mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. The second one, which requires a patch for bugid #1193696 (101945-29 or later for SPARC, 101946-24 or later for x86, the latter hasn't been released yet) Edit /etc/system and add: set nfs:nfs_shrinkreaddir = 1 and reboot. --- end of excerpt from the FAQ Questions marked with a * or + have been changed or added since the FAQ was last posted The most recently posted version of the FAQ is available from ftp.fwi.uva.nl in directory /pub/solaris
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: etherload for NeXTSTEP ? Date: 13 Sep 1995 13:28:40 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <436ma8$1mb@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Hi, I try to compile nocol, I can't compile only one part: etherload. Someone compile it on NeXTSTEP ? Thanks, - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: URGENT HELP: Intruder Alert???? Date: 11 Sep 1995 14:35:03 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <431hen$btv@tempest.symnet.net> References: <42vs44$82a@ruby.netrix.net> This looks very similar to what I have been experiencing all weekend. Check to see if lookupd was getting killed or dumping core. Although you don't have telnet turned on, there are other tcp ports which are open. Type netstat -a to see this. Dru SymNet
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nocol on NeXTSTEP Date: 13 Sep 1995 14:21:56 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <436pe4$hu3@news4.digex.net> References: <4368ku$rtv@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Karsten Heinze (Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de) wrote: # Hi, # Someone compile nocol on NeXTSTEP ? Yes, and I don't recall any difficulties in doing so. Where are you stuck? </eal> -- Eric A. Litman Internet Technology vox: 301.493.0220 elitman@nxstep.com and Marketing Consulting pag: 800.570.4400
From: emarshal@site.gmu.edu (Eric Marshall (Faculty)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help needed configuring new NeXT serial drivers Date: 13 Sep 1995 01:45:43 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Message-ID: <435d47$crg@portal.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently installed the v3.33 versions of the ISASerialPort, SerialPointingDevice and PortServer drivers and when I try to reboot, the system hangs right after printing: Registering: PDPseudo Registering: ttya Registering: ttyb Registering: pdservd pdservd: Post Load for ttya complete pdservd: Post Load for ttyb complete I instantiated one SerialPointingDevice driver, one PortServer driver and two ISASerialPort drivers and configured them as described in the next paragraph. If I don't configure a SerialPointingDevice instance (for my Microsoft serial mouse), the boot succeeds but I don't have the use of a mouse. Configure.app didn't complain about any of my driver configurations. Using the original NS 3.3 serial drivers and an internal ZyXEL (this combination works just fine), the serial ports are configured as COM1 at 3F8 using IRQ 4 and COM3 at 3E8 using IRQ 3. The serial port on the ZyXEL is configured (jumpered) as COM3 at 3E8 using IRQ 3. Any help will be appreciated!
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail and dotted names Date: 13 Sep 1995 14:39:18 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <436qem$902@news.its.com> References: <1995Sep7.155236.45373@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> frank@ifi.unibas.ch wrote: > Well, the aliases are entered in netinfo, but when sending mail to a name > e.g. Robert.Frank instead of just frank, sendmail claims the user to be > unknown. (I use telnet host smtp to vrfy the name). > If I change the separator from being a dot to an underscore, all's well. Hmm. Are you sure that you've created the aliases correctly? Do a "nidump aliases ." on whatever machine it is to verify. > It seam as if sendmail can't cope with dotted names (NOT DOMAINS, > that's ok). Barring the characters "@", "%", "!", and "," (did I get all of them? :-), sendmail shouldn't care what you do before the "@". By this I mean that sendmail copes just fine with Chuck_Swiger, chuck_swiger, Chuck.Swiger, chuck.swiger, etc. > Any comments? How do others do this kind of thing? (I'd like to > stick with the NEXT supplied sendmail for certain reasons). Why? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail.cf Date: 13 Sep 1995 18:08:20 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4376ml$902@news.its.com> References: <437013$l3o@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> fad@zoo.bt.co.uk (Francisco de Carvalho) wrote: > I'm fed up of having to complete the mail address to people > within my company (.bt.co.uk). Okay. > Does anyone out there have fix for sendmail.cf before I > have to spend hours hacking it :-) I don't believe you should have to do anthing to sendmail.cf to have this work. This is more of an issue with the resolver finding the appropriate machine from a partially-specified hostname. > Basically, I'd like to put > fred@domainy > > ..and have it sent to: > fred@domainy.bt.co.uk Do you have /etc/resolv.conf properly set up, so that "telnet domainy" works? If no, you need to set this up and mail will proceed to work as you wish without further effort. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: masato@becks.aero.org (Max Asato) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:49:41 -0800 Organization: The Aerospace Corp Distribution: world Message-ID: <masato-1309950849410001@cedmac1.aero.org> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> In article <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com>, uri@globe.com wrote: > I am trying to nfs mount a Next disk onto a solaris 2.4 system. I have a > sunos 4.1.3 already mounting the same disk wih no trouble. the solaris > system mounts ok but any i/o in the directory (like ls) hangs with NFS > not responding, then NFS ok but never any output. > I had a similar problem recently. As mentioned in an earlier thread in this neswgroup, try setting wsize and rsize to 1024--worked for me. max.asato@aero.org
From: Randy Antler Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help with cpio needed (span disks) Date: 13 Sep 1995 16:07:23 GMT Organization: Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management, San Diego, CA Distribution: world Message-ID: <436vjr$2ag@nacm.com> References: <DEHxqy.C0A@iglou.com> I've had similar trouble trying to slice up large files to fit on diskettes. I finally came up with a simple script to slice a file into a fixed number of pieces. If someone with better shell programming skill would like to take a crack at this I'm sure it could be vastly improved. Here is the script: #!/bin/sh dd ibs=1024 count=1420 <$1 >$1.1 dd ibs=1024 count=1420 skip=1420 <$1 >$1.2 dd ibs=1024 count=1420 skip=2840 <$1 >$1.3 dd ibs=1024 count=1420 skip=4230 <$1 >$1.4 dd ibs=1024 skip=5640 <$1 >$1.5 What this does is take an input file as an argument "bigfile.gz" for example. Then it will create "bigfile.gz.1", "bigfile.gz.2", etc. until five files have been created. If the last file is too large, then you'll need to extend the logic of the script a little bit. Just copy the resulting files onto floppies and then concatenate them on the Sun side and...voila! --- Randy Antler Senior Application Developer randy@nacm.com - NeXTMAIL or MIME preferred Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management <a href="http://www.secapl.com/Applegate/nac.html">Nicholas Applegate Home Page</a> <a href="http://www.nacm.com/~randy">My Home Page</a> ------------------ Q: Do those balloons blow up into funny shapes? A: Not unless round is funny. -- Raising Arizona
From: fad@zoo.bt.co.uk (Francisco de Carvalho) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail.cf Date: 13 Sep 1995 16:14:27 GMT Organization: BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK Message-ID: <437013$l3o@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm fed up of having to complete the mail address to people within my company (.bt.co.uk). Does anyone out there have fix for sendmail.cf before I have to spend hours hacking it :-) Basically, I'd like to put fred@domainy ..and have it sent to: fred@domainy.bt.co.uk Thanks, fran -- --------------------------------------------------------------- F A de Carvalho Intelligence Software Systems BT Labs Telephone +44 1473 642368 B67 / Room G11 Fax +44 1473 637614 Martlesham Heath Mobile (UK) 0850 775383 Ipswich IP5 7RE, UK
From: Randy Antler Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SOLVED:Root user unable to read/write defaults database Date: 13 Sep 1995 17:33:44 GMT Organization: Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management, San Diego, CA Distribution: world Message-ID: <4374lo$jh2@nacm.com> Keywords: root user defaults read write Thanks to Art Isbell <art@cubicsol.com> I have a solution to the problem described in my previous posting. The error with the root user being unable to access the Defaults database was caused by changing the default shell for the root user from "/bin/csh" to "/bin/bash" using the UserManager.app. Apparently there is a bug in UserManager that causes the home directory entry to be changed from "/" to "/root" for the root user (or others too?). Using the NetInfoManager I changed the entry back to "/", restarted the machine and all is well. :-))) --- Randy Antler Senior Application Developer randy@nacm.com - NeXTMAIL or MIME preferred Nicholas|Applegate Capital Management <a href="http://www.secapl.com/Applegate/nac.html">Nicholas Applegate Home Page</a> <a href="http://www.nacm.com/~randy">My Home Page</a> ------------------ Q: Do those balloons blow up into funny shapes? A: Not unless round is funny. -- Raising Arizona
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Same 3 SENDMAIL questions - Someone Please Help! Date: 13 Sep 1995 19:56:31 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-b-02.usc.edu Message-ID: <437d1f$i02@usc.edu> I've posted these questions more than once but noone's responded. Maybe my return mail line was set up wrong (it's fixed), but I still need the help! What I would like to do is (1) be able to change my username in my mail address; (2) be able to receive mail under that username and have it rewritten back to my 'real' username; (3) split mail off for distribution according to keywords in the Subject line. MY SETUP: AT_HOME_(ONE@foo_&_TWO@foo) (sendmail process) ONE (changes foo --> scf.usc.edu) \ | \ | > @foo ----> THREE@scf.sc.edu -----> modem ---> school hub, etc / | / | TWO | PROBLEM # 1 = changing "ONE" or "TWO" to "THREE" PROBLEM # 2 & 3 is getting mail back again properly distributed. Thank you much in advance. I hope someone has solutions for this. -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 13 Sep 1995 12:03:58 -0700 Organization: Network Appliance Corporation Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4379uu$t74@nova.netapp.com> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> Uri Guttman <uri@globe.com> wrote: >i noticed that next only has version 1 of mountd (the output of rpcinfo >-u) while both sunos and solaris are supporting versions 1 & 2 That just means that NeXTStEP won't be able to support "pathconf()" very well over NFS - the only difference between mount V1 and V2 is that there's a call in V2 to get "pathconf"-style information.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nocol on NeXTSTEP Date: 13 Sep 1995 22:38:08 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-e-18.usc.edu Message-ID: <437mgg$8kg@usc.edu> References: <4368ku$rtv@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <436pe4$hu3@news4.digex.net> elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) wrote: > # Someone compile nocol on NeXTSTEP ? > Yes, and I don't recall any difficulties in doing so. Where are you stuck? What is "nocol"? -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: johnz@best.com (John Zollinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver that works in boot Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 23:35:14 GMT Organization: ProActive Consulting, Inc. Message-ID: <4384eb$bii@shellx.best.com> My SCSI driver somehow was blown away and now I can't boot into NEXTSTEP 3.3. I was using the Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver. What I want to do is something like the following at the "Boot:" prompt that I have seen examples of in NeXTAnswers, "Boot Drivers"="PS2Keyboard BusMouse SYM53c8" I have the driver (SYM53c8) on a floppy in /private/Devices/i386/... It asks for the disk with the driver to load it, but it WILL NOT FIND THE DRIVER! What is it looking for on the floppy that it can't find? If I boot off of the 3.3 install disk it will list and load the driver OK. I checked the table file in the driver .config dir to insure that I was using the right name. What property(s) in that file is it looking for so that it will load it and boot? HELP! I need my NEXTSTEP back...<sigh> I don't want to re-install NEXTSTEP from scratch because I have all sorts of things on there I don't want to lose. (I do have access to another NEXTSTEP machine at work, so I can change anything in the driver dictionary files that is needed.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, John Zollinger johnz@best.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Same 3 SENDMAIL questions - Someone Please Help! In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 13 Sep 1995 19:56:31 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep13231517@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <437d1f$i02@usc.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 03:15:17 GMT You can probably do this with a combination of sendmail 8.7 and procmail. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <437d1f$i02@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25113 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!usc!usenet From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 13 Sep 1995 19:56:31 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 42 Sender: reichman@comserv-b-02.usc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-b-02.usc.edu X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) I've posted these questions more than once but noone's responded. Maybe my return mail line was set up wrong (it's fixed), but I still need the help! What I would like to do is (1) be able to change my username in my mail address; (2) be able to receive mail under that username and have it rewritten back to my 'real' username; (3) split mail off for distribution according to keywords in the Subject line. MY SETUP: AT_HOME_(ONE@foo_&_TWO@foo) (sendmail process) ONE (changes foo --> scf.usc.edu) \ | \ | > @foo ----> THREE@scf.sc.edu -----> modem ---> school hub, etc / | / | TWO | PROBLEM # 1 = changing "ONE" or "TWO" to "THREE" PROBLEM # 2 & 3 is getting mail back again properly distributed. Thank you much in advance. I hope someone has solutions for this. -- Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: gshaw@zeta.org.au (Greg Shaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: NewsGrazer Release 3.0 version 75 crashes on cross-posted articles Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:24:28 +1000 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney, +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Message-ID: <43808c$vi2@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Hi all, Has anyone else noticed that NewsGrazer crashes rather ungracefully when faced with an article that is extensively cross-posted. I use NNTP through to a server and when NewsGrazer gets an article with upwards of 15 links at the file system level it just dies. Normally, I just mark tat article as read in my .newsrc fiel and restart but now I am wondering is there a better solution. Has anyone found a better Newsreader or a work-around to this problem (assuming someone else has found this problem)? I know NewsGrazer is unsupported and is unlikely to be upgraded (I was lucky that it was rereleased for NS/FIP) but is version 75 the latest? Any help and feedback appreciated. Cheers, Greg Shaw.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Same 3 SENDMAIL questions - Someone Please Help! Date: 14 Sep 1995 05:13:04 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-19.usc.edu Message-ID: <438dl0$d68@usc.edu> References: <437d1f$i02@usc.edu> <RDL.95Sep13231517@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > You can probably do this with a combination of sendmail 8.7 and procmail. Uhm (appearing quite stupid as I can't remember how I got 8.6.12) Where can I get sendmail 8.7 and procmail? Does procmail come with man pages? Does sendmail 8.7 use the same config. files I've got for 8.6.12? I am not a developer and so cannot compile anything..... :-( -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Same 3 SENDMAIL questions - Someone Please Help! Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 06:39:29 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep14.063929.7037@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <RDL.95Sep13231517@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Sep13231517@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > You can probably do this with a combination of sendmail 8.7 and procmail. Or indeed the existing sendmail and procmail. > In article <437d1f$i02@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > > (1) be able to change my username in my mail address; > > (2) be able to receive mail under that username and have > it rewritten back to my 'real' username; See the discussion on Maps in /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/ApD_UsingSendmail.rtfd. > (3) split mail off for distribution according to keywords > in the Subject line. Use procmail and mailapp-utilities. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Gerald Wildgruber Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: gnutar -M Problem Date: 14 Sep 1995 06:47:55 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <438j6r$jmp@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, Every time i'm trying to use the multiple volume spanning option -M of GNU tar (version 1.11.2) on my NeXTStep 3.3 for Intel Processors machine, either in writing such volumes or in reading volumes written on another computer, i meet the following problem: after having given a command such as: gnutar cMvf /dev/rfd0b "files" to write the data stream on a diskette as a raw device, the programm starts working properly, filling the diskette, but with continuous messages in /usr/adm/messages: Sep 13 20:01:38 ue801be mach: fd0: Sector 760 cmd = Write; DMA Over/underrun: RETRYING (etc...) After about fifty times repeating this warning, the programm exits with: gnutar: can't write to /dev/rfd0b : Invalid argument Same thing when trying to read an archive from a diskette via the raw device; in /usr/adm/messages: Sep 13 20:26:52 ue801be mach: fd0: Sector 1180 cmd = Read; DMA Over/underrun: RETRYING the programm starts reading back onto the hard drive, exiting then with the mentioned message: gnutar: read error on /dev/rfd0b : Invalid argument gnutar: Too many errors, quitting. Does someone know what the DMA Over/underrun messages mean in relation to the gnutar utility? I'm not sure if this is a NeXT specific problem or if i made mistakes with the gnutar options. Any help would be appreciated. Gerald.
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nocol on NeXTSTEP Date: 14 Sep 1995 06:59:17 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <438js5$fmt@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <4368ku$rtv@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <436pe4$hu3@news4.digex.net> <437mgg$8kg@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > What is "nocol"? > -- This is from the README: >NOCOL/NetConsole (Network Operation Center On-Line) is a network monitoring >package that runs on Unix platforms and capable of monitoring network and >system variables such as ICMP or RPC reachability, RMON variables, >nameservers, ethernet load, port reachability, host performance, SNMP traps, >modem line usage, appletalk & novell routes/services, BGP peers, etc. >The software is extensible and new monitors can be added easily. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: kiwi@sojus (kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver that works in boot Date: 14 Sep 1995 08:40:22 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <438ppm$uv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4384eb$bii@shellx.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John Zollinger (johnz@best.com) wrote: [...] : "Boot Drivers"="PS2Keyboard BusMouse SYM53c8" : I have the driver (SYM53c8) on a floppy in /private/Devices/i386/... : It asks for the disk with the driver to load it, but it WILL NOT FIND : THE DRIVER! What is it looking for on the floppy that it can't find? I usally put drivers into /usr/Devices on the floppy. Maybe it's worth giving it a try. Hope that helps. Axel -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: mike@localhost.unixg.ubc.ca (Michael C. Cam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Permissions changed themselves Date: 14 Sep 1995 09:36:48 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <438t3g$d76@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, I recently installed NS3.3 (from scratch) and after working for a few days strange things were happening to the permission settings. group and other lost write priveleges to /private/tmp as well as read and write priveleges for /usr/spool/mail and /usr/spool/mailqueue. This caused Mail.app to NOT send mail out without warning of course, and some programs couldn't work because they used /private/tmp as swap space. Anyone else have this problem. ..Mike. ___________________________________________________________________ | | | ___ ^ ... /\ BEAUTIFUL | | _|_::| ___o '|`^ .. o_ . .. /\ / \ BRITISH | | |:::|:| \ \, ^ '|`|` (`_|/____') / / /\ COLUMBIA | | |:::|:| (o)/ (o) '|`'|`|`` ,,/ . ... . .. / \ | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Michael C. Cam E-MAIL (NeXT Mail OK) PHONE 604-263-7609 | | NEXTSTEP Consulting mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca FAX 604-263-7609 | |___________________________________________________________________|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Installation problem with Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver Message-ID: <DEw2t9.3Hu@rivm.nl> Keywords: symbios scsi ncr install dell omniplex Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:39:09 GMT After reading several positive stories about de SYM53C8XX driver from Symbios for the NCR SCSI chip, I downloaded it from ftp.symbios.com and tried to use it, installing NS 3.3 on my machine, but it failed. I have the driver on a diskette in /private/Drivers/i386. This is what happens: * Using the driver when asked to load the driver for SCSI and Hard Disk adapter works out fine. * I can select my 1 Gb SCSI disk (DEC) and partition it. I use 600 Mb for NS en 400 Mb for DOS. (Also tried 1 Gb for NS without DOS partition, with the same results) * Then I install NS on the disk. After completion the machine restarts. The NS installation manual says the system will ask twice more for the drivers that were not on the CD-ROM when installing. * The first question is in character mode ("When you began installing NEXTSTEP ....."). I load the drivers from floppy. * The second question comes in a panel: "Please insert the disk that contains the Symbios Logic 52C8xx SCSI Adapter (vSYM03.00.00) driver in the floppy disk drive. Then click OK." * Just after the panel displays, the system hangs. I cannot click or use the mouse any more. Who can help? I would like to get some more clues about what is going wrong, for instance by reading the /private/adm/messages file, but I don't know any manner to boot from CD-ROM, mount the disk and read this (or other) log file. Any clues how to do this? My configuration: Dell Omniplex 590 with EISA and PCI bus. Disk is a DEC DSP3107LS 441C (1 Gb). Display is the built-in PCI Bus ATI Mach32 ( 2 Mb VRAM ), but I don't load the Talus driver at installation time; just using the VGA display mode. -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 280174
From: ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: showmods ? Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:22:30 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <43939m$8q4@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Having a few problems with my system, such as a /bin/su that wants to suspend itself immediately all the time (not dying!), I have decided to start to decipher the showmods output. (It would be great if someone were to write a tool to ignore changes on "uninteresting" files, such as tty files and other known temporary scratch files that are to be rewritten every time. But, not much we can do...) First, I presume that showmods actually checks the bytes in each file to see if internal file stuff got corrupted. Correct? Now, my real problem is with the SUID/GID output. For example, Mode change : //NextLibrary/Receipts was Directory 041777 root/wheel 0 0 1994-11-12 01:15:11 +0100 now Directory 040755 root/wheel 0 0 1995-09-11 17:08:02 +0100 what does 041777 mean? The chmod option documents a 4 digit octal code, not a 6-digit code... Ivo Welch ivo.welch@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Ill Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:57:55 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <4395c3$hc@tofu.alt.net> System Administration NEXTSTEP Career Position Excellent opportunity Full benefits Relocation assistance Greater Chicago area To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] The Omni Group (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: Dominik Westner <westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 500MB lost disk space after fsck Date: 14 Sep 1995 12:24:18 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <4396ti$eva@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Hi, I have the following problem: 4GB Quantum disk with partitions for DOS, OS/2, Win95, Linux and NS. It already did run perfectly using the OS/2 bootmanager. After a NS crash, the reboot fsck failed. I had to run it manually. This succeeded, but I lost somehow 500MB disk space (Yes, this is weired! Has anybody experienced this already???) I backuped the NS partition and reinitialized the NS partition. This did not work, still 500MB missing ... I'm afraid I have to do a low-level format of the disk. But I don't have any backup options for the non-NS partitions, so I would have to reinstall everything from scratch wich is a looot of work. Is there any solution to either gain back the lost disk space (I don't have a glue what happened with it)? Kann I just reformat the NS-partition and leave the others as is? Or, is there an easy way to access the other partitions as raw device so that I can backup them from NS using dd onto an optical disk? Thanks in advance -- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" __________________________________________________Willi, the painter Dominik Westner Munich-Germany X-Phone&Fax: (+49) +89 123 92 322 X-Home: dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] X-Uni: westner@informatik.uni-muenchen.de [NeXTMail, Mime] X-Mpi: westner@mppmu.mpg.de [Ascii only]
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Rebuilding superblock/label info?? - URGENT HELP NEEDED Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:28:09 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.950914142411.26015E-100000@hphalle6c.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <427igm$p7s@news4.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <427igm$p7s@news4.digex.net> Assuming, you lost your complete disk access (maybe during accidently formatting) the only solution I know of is to: run fdisk and repartition your disk _exactly_ as it was! If you run fsck with the scanned superblock previously, you are lost here. Now use disk to scan for a superblock on each of the three partitions. (But I remember there was a problem with either BuildDisk or disk, which prevents it from handling more than 2 partitions) Run fsck seperatly on each of the partitions. Reboot without syncing. Remember: the superblock only contains informations about the data on the disk. There is no information about the partitioning or label in there! (as far as I know) and therefore unusable to restore a disk, if the partitioning information is lost. Hopes this helps, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: goodmadi@david (David I. Goodman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Needed: Driver for STB Trio 64 MB card Date: 14 Sep 1995 14:13:05 GMT Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Distribution: world Message-ID: <GOODMADI.95Sep14091305@david> Needed: Driver for STB Trio 64 MB card Does anyone know if there is a driver for the STB Trio 64 2MB (PCI Local-bus) video card? I have looked through NeXTanswers with no luck. I tried the driver for the STB Pegasus but it did not work. Please repond to randyn@crt.com Thanks, Randy Nelson
From: goodmadi@david (David I. Goodman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with EIDE (ATAPI) CDROM on second controller. Date: 14 Sep 1995 14:17:37 GMT Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Distribution: world Message-ID: <GOODMADI.95Sep14091737@david> Problem with EIDE (ATAPI) CDROM on second controller. I used the EIDE v3.32Beta (NA.1977 and NA.1978) driver to install NSFIP onto a Gateway P100 with PCI Localbus. To do the install I hooked the CDROM drive up on the primary controller as the SLAVE drive with the hard drive as the MASTER. The install worked fine. Then, I tried to put the CDROM drive back onto the secondary controller as suggested by the driver documentation. I moved the setting on the hard drive on the primary controller back to the setting of SINGLE drive. I also moved Jumper 8 on the CDROM drive (which was now connected to the secondary IDE controller) to MASTER (the CDROM drive does not have a documented setting for single drive). When I tried to boot, the following occurred: 1. It detected Drive 0 on controller 0 -- the primary controller. (this is the hard drive) 2. It detected Device 0 on controller 1. (this is the CDROM) 3. It detected Device 1 on controller 1. (THIS IS THE PROBLEM!!!) 4. Later on the boot it starts complaining that the device 1 on hc1 is timing out. (Duh, there is nothing there) hc0: Read Multiple ...... hc1: Interrupt Timeout ...... hc1: ATAPI command 0 failed ..... Question: Has anyone successfully gotten a machine working with a hard drive on the primary IDE controller and a CDROM on the secondary IDE controller? Please respond to randyn@crt.com Thanks, Randy Nelson
From: pug@arlut.utexas.edu (Richard P. Bainter) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:30:25 -0500 Organization: Applied Research Labs - The University of Texas at Austin Distribution: inet Message-ID: <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> In article <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM>, Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer <Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.COM> wrote: >5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. > mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. Did this from our Alliant system. I just assumed a buggy Alliant NFS, not a buggy Sun one. *sigh* > set nfs:nfs_shrinkreaddir = 1 What's it do and where are all the fun nfs: things defined? Especially those in later releases of the kernel patch. *smile* Ciao, -- Richard Bainter Mundanely | System Analyst - OMG/CSD Pug Generally | Applied Research Labs - U.Texas pug@arlut.utexas.edu | pug@eden.com | {any user}@pug.net Note: The views may not reflect my employers, or even my own for that matter.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Message-ID: <DEwLyn.JBz@nvc.cc.ca.us> Sender: news@nvc.cc.ca.us Organization: Napa Valley College References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:32:47 GMT In article <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> wrote: >All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. >From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this >problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd >and/or the network in the last 48 hours. I was having this problem too on my server Monday and Tuesday, as well as on a client machine in the lab (both '040 cubes upgraded from '030s). The client machine also exhibited some other symptoms, like the WindowServer would not run after boot up. Having seen this problem before, I suspected it had to be a dead battery. After replacing the battery in both computers, the problem seems to have gone away. -- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Voice: 707 253 3130 Napa Valley College Fax: 707 253 3063 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA, 94558 <fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us> MIME ok, NeXTMail tolerated
From: jth9904@chenext2.tamu.edu (Jeromy Todd Hollenshead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: disk mounting and ownership problem Date: 14 Sep 1995 16:54:35 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <439mob$1q5@news.tamu.edu> Problem: It appears that my NeXT is mounting my second hard disk as a floppy. Who ever is currently logged in, becomes owner of that disk, and of all its contents. For some reason there is no man page on fstab, although the man page on mount says it should be in the man5 directory. Aside from the dynamic "chown-ing" of the disk, it functions perfectly. Also, it is set up with multiple partitions, some being DOS partitions. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Hardware: Compaq Presario 972, running NeXTStep 3.2; 2 ide hard drives, 75Mhz Pentium, 40 megs ram. The system disk is a Maxtor; the Userdisk, which is having the mounting problems is a Quantum Lightning Possible Problems: Below is my fstab file. It mirrors the one I have been using for years on my black hardware. I am unable to find detailed info on the individual entries in this file, so there could possibly be a problem with it. % more /etc/fstab --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - # # DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE, IT IS REQUIRED FOR BOOTING # # This file contains information used to mount local hard disks. # Consult your system administration and networking manual # for information on adding local disks. Information on the format # of entries in this file can also be found in the fstab man page, # search for fstab in Digital Librarian. # # /dev/hd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/hd1a /Userdisk 4.3 rw,noquota 0 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 14 Sep 1995 17:23:41 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <439oet$ehd@news.its.com> References: <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> <1995Sep10.071648.25398@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> wrote: > In article <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: >> First, I'm pretty certain NEXTSTEP comes with an IDA version of >> sendmail. After all, NeXT's mail guru is Lennart Lovestrand, who >> wrote the IDA modifications to BSD sendmail v5. > > It's a nice theory, but it isn't true :-). What part isn't true? a) Lennart Lovestrand wrote the IDA changes to BSD v5 sendmail. It says so in the O'Reilly sendmail book, which was written by Eric Allman (who is the primary author of UCB sendmail). b) Lennart Lovestrand is the gentleman in charge of NeXT's email technology. (Verifiable via NeXT, I suppose.) c) NeXT's sendmail claims to be version "NX5.67", which indicates it, at least in part derives from the last publicly available BSD v5 version, according to my understanding of the history of sendmail development. Consult Chapter 7.0 of the "operations" document doc/op/op.me (which is part of the UCB 8.6.x releases). d) The rulesets found in NeXT's default sendmail.cf files contain enhancements attributed to IDA (again, according the O'Reilly sendmail book) which are not found in the stock BSD 5.67 sendmail.cf files. Does this mean that NEXTSTEP comes with something that could be described as "IDA sendmail"? I *think* so, based on reasons a - d, but I admit to not being 100% certain, which is why I used the phrase "pretty certain". > It is the old BSD version 5.something. The story is that 4.0 > should have a current version of sendmail. I really, *really* hope that is the case. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: mre@dfs-10.eng.sun.com (Michael R. Eisler) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 14 Sep 1995 17:54:26 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> Cc: In article <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu>, Richard P. Bainter <pug@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote: >In article <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM>, >Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer <Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.COM> wrote: >>5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. >> mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. > >Did this from our Alliant system. I just assumed a buggy Alliant NFS, >not a buggy Sun one. *sigh* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That NFS servers exist that cannot handle big readdir request is a fault on the server, not the client. > >> set nfs:nfs_shrinkreaddir = 1 > >What's it do and where are all the fun nfs: things defined? Especially nfs_shrinkreaddir limits directory reads over the wire to 1Kbyte. In Solaris 2.5, we've added some text in the docs about useful nfs: tunables. Adrian Cockcrofts Solaris Tuning Guide, or some such also lists them. I think you can get it of suniste.unc.edu. >those in later releases of the kernel patch. *smile* > >Ciao, > >-- >Richard Bainter Mundanely | System Analyst - OMG/CSD >Pug Generally | Applied Research Labs - U.Texas > pug@arlut.utexas.edu | pug@eden.com | {any user}@pug.net >Note: The views may not reflect my employers, or even my own for that matter.
From: macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca (Andrew MacRae) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 14 Sep 1995 18:26:54 GMT Organization: The University of Calgary Message-ID: <439s5e$ugc@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> In article <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> writes: > Hi. > > All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. > From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this > problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd > and/or the network in the last 48 hours. > That is weird. On my system (NextStation Mono, v.3.2), lookupd crashed and dumped a core file in / on Sept 11 (Monday). It seems awfully coincidental that other people had similar problems at about the same time. I have not had *any* problems with lookupd before this point, and the system has been stable for many months (I am the only user). Symptoms included outgoing mail not working (because the nameserver was dead) but incoming mail was okay, and I could not "su" because it claimed I was not in the wheel group (contrary to what "groups" reported). I presume the latter had something to do with netinfo getting confused. A "ps -gaxcu" listing also had three listings for "sendmail". I do not know if that is normal. There was nothing unusual in the logs. Everything seemed to be back to normal after I rebooted, and it still is, but it took a while to figure out what was going on. -- -Andrew macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca home page: "http://geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/current_projects.html" Check out the U. of Calgary resident Peregrine falcon: http://ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/falcon
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: telnet auto-entering name Date: 8 Sep 1995 17:34:03 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <42puqb$i7q@vega.info.isbiel.ch> References: <DEIotr.BCM@cunews.carleton.ca> In article <DEIotr.BCM@cunews.carleton.ca> csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) writes: > Is there an easy way to get telnet to stop giving the remote system my > username for login? This may partially fix your problem: if you have a different account name on the remote system, you may try to add the option "-l name" to telnet, for example: telnet lala.lulu.com -l remoteusername If you select the correct user name on the remote host, then you have just to give your password and voila... You may create a little shell script with this command for your convenience. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Droux Rue de la Source 21 Biel School of Engineering CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Switzerland droux@info.isbiel.ch (MIME/NeXTMail) Tel: +41 32 266 314 http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ Fax: +41 32 266 523
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NE2000 driver problems Date: 8 Sep 1995 17:46:33 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <42pvhp$imf@vega.info.isbiel.ch> References: <42ko7k$edk@news.xmission.com> In article <42ko7k$edk@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) writes: > I'm running 3.3 on an AST Premmia 4/66d with an NE2000 card. The NE2000 > driver at ftp.cs.orst.edu says it runs under 3.2, but I thought I'd try > it anyway. There are problems with "some" NE2000's. We had a strange problem here with some cards which were not "completely" initialized by the Linux driver which have been ported to NEXTSTEP. Some cards work fine if you first boot your PC under DOS and initialize it there and then switch to NEXTSTEP. It is strongly advised to not use NE2000's anyway. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Droux Rue de la Source 21 Biel School of Engineering CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Switzerland droux@info.isbiel.ch (MIME/NeXTMail) Tel: +41 32 266 314 http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ Fax: +41 32 266 523
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with NetInstall Date: 8 Sep 1995 18:03:46 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <42q0i2$jec@vega.info.isbiel.ch> Hi there, I have successfully installed a bunch of Pentiums running NEXTSTEP using NetInstall. I then had to move these machines on their own subnet. I've changed the addresses of the server and the hosts and everything worked fine until yesterday when I tried to install additional hosts. Strangely, the hosts could not connect to their "configuration server" (which is on the same subnet of course). I then examined the root NetInfo domain and noticed the locations/install_servers directory. The IP address of the server was still for the old subnet. So I changed it, tried, rebooted, but new hosts still cannot connect to the configuration server. I have then deleted the CD image on the server and reinstalled it from scratch but without success. I've noticed that one time, just after having rebooted the server, a host suddenly found its configuration server, but one hour later it didn't worked for a new host. I tried this with a lot of different ethernet cards (all EtherExpress), changed the location of the new client on the network, but still nothing. It is perhaps interesting to note that the other nodes which are already installed can find their addresses and can bind to their root domain during startup without any problem. The hosts are used intensively 24h/day and I simply cannot reboot the server (also a Pentium) each time I want to make a new test. Any idea ? Thanks in advance, Nicolas. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Droux Rue de la Source 21 Biel School of Engineering CH-2501 Biel-Bienne Computer Science Dpt Switzerland droux@info.isbiel.ch (MIME/NeXTMail) Tel: +41 32 266 314 http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ Fax: +41 32 266 523
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 14 Sep 1995 19:31:27 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> mre@dfs-10.eng.sun.com (Michael R. Eisler) wrote: > In article <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu>, > Richard P. Bainter <pug@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote: >> In article <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM>, >> Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer >> <Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.COM> wrote: >>>5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. >>> mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. >> >>Did this from our Alliant system. I just assumed a buggy Alliant NFS, >>not a buggy Sun one. *sigh* > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > That NFS servers exist that cannot handle big readdir request is a fault > on the server, not the client. Reality check: I have two or more machines that share files via NFS, and everything is working just fine. I then upgrade one of these machines to Solaris 2.4, and NFS no longer works. Which machine is at fault? May I suggest that the concept of "maintaining backwards compatibility" might be relevant to improving customer satisfaction with Solaris 2.4? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca (Scott Norcross) Subject: Installing Quantum Kapella 2210 Hard Disk Message-ID: <DEwM9u.Eq7@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:39:30 GMT Thanks Scott Norcross scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.3 COMPILED - procmail-3.1pre3 ? Date: 14 Sep 1995 20:29:21 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-08.usc.edu Message-ID: <43a3b1$75n@usc.edu> Has someone compiled the latest release of procmail for m68k NS3.3? Or any recent version? I don't have developer set up and I would really like this, including man pages. If it is the latest - procmail-3.1pre3 (which can be gotten from ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/procmail then I have the documentation already. This is very important! -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca (Scott Norcross) Subject: Installing Quantum Kapella 2210 on Cube runnint NS 3.2 Message-ID: <DEwnrI.FBp@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 17:11:42 GMT I am using a NeXT Cube with NeXTStep 3.2. I resenting bought a Quantum 2.1 gig kapella 2210 drive to use as the main drive, with the old drives, a 660MB and 330MB. So I took out the 660MB from the cube, and physically put it in the 'box' with the 330MB drive and physically mounted the new 2.1Gig drive in the Cube. I was hoping to bring up the system with the old boot drive, the 660MB, and initialize the 2.1GIG and then copy the system over to the new drive. Well, I everything up, but the NeXT does not recognize the new drive at all. I presumed that the internal drive inside the Cube has to be terminated, (even though one guy I talked to said he didn't), and that the external SCSI chain, terminated too. Is this correct??? As it stands now I am trying to get a straight answer from my Quantum dealer about the termination of this drive, to make sure it is terminated properly. Has anyone else used a quantum drive in this type of configuration? Any help would be much appreciated, please email me at, scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca Thanks Scott Norcross scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca
From: "Matthias O. Schnizer" <Matthias.Schnizer@nice.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (no subject) Date: 14 Sep 1995 20:18:04 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Message-ID: <43a2ls$s8i@elna.ethz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just bought a Intel-Board with an ADAPTEC AIC7850 Chipset. Is it possible to install NS on an connected SCSI-Disk? Thanks Matthias -- _]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_] _] _] _] Matthias O. Schnizer Voice : +41-1-342 12 46 _] _] e-mail : <Matthias.Schnizer@nice.ch> Data/Fax: +41-1-342 12 46 _] _] NeXT Mail accepted _] _] _] _]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]_]
From: fwp@Jester.CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 14 Sep 1995 21:48:32 GMT Organization: Computing Center, Mississippi State University Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43a7vg$216@NNTP.MsState.Edu> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> According to <chuck@its.com>: > Reality check: I have two or more machines that share files via NFS, and > everything is working just fine. I then upgrade one of these machines to > Solaris 2.4, and NFS no longer works. Which machine is at fault? Reality check: The machine with the bug is at fault. Since this is usenet I'll give an analogy. Suppose you have an elevator rated to carry 1500 pounds. For a year you load 500 pounds onto a cart and carry it in the elevator to the top floor with no problem. Then one day you get a new cart that can carry 1000 pounds of stuff. Since this is still well under the 1000 pound limit you load it up with 1000 pounds, roll it into the elevator and push the button for the top floor. Half way up the cable snaps and the elevator plunges to the basement taking you and your new cart and 1000 pounds of stuff with it. Who is at fault? Your new cart? Or the elevator that was supposed to be able to carry 1500 pounds and snapped under the load of 1000 pounds? I think most people would say the elevator was defective, even though you've been using it for a year with no problem.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: benst@stuyts.nl (Ben Stuyts) Subject: Quantum Trailblazer 840S disk on black hardware Message-ID: <DEwzxt.En@stuyts.nl> Organization: Stuyts Engineering Haarlem BV Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 21:34:41 GMT I am trying to install a Quantum Trailblazer 840S harddisk in my NeXT cube. The disk just spins up and down during booting, and there's a messages 'waiting for drive...' in the console. It initially sees the drive, as it is correctly identified. It says something like "Quantum TRB420S Rev 0400 as SD1 at SC0 target 6 lun 0" (It says 840 on the label on the disk, I guess they share the same firmware?) Because the drive is not getting ready, it is ignored after a timeout of about 20s. Is this drive broken, or is there an incompatibility between the NeXT and the drive? I tried SCSI_Inspector.app, but it doesn't see it. disk /dev/rsd1a doesn't see it either. My main drive is a Fujitsu M2694 as target 1. The Fujitsu has the terminators on it and is the last drive in the chain. I disconnected it, and tried what happened with only the Quantum (with the terminators enabled) connected, but the NeXT just waited infinitely for the drive to get ready. Any ideas? Thanks, Ben
From: Russell Whitaker <whitaker@sgi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStation w/ 3.2: hardware inventory command(s)? Date: 14 Sep 1995 23:24:33 GMT Organization: Webmaster, Silicon Junction (ext. 3-3826) Message-ID: <43adjh$quo@murrow.corp.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: whitaker I've been playing with a NeXTStation running 3.2 o/s, and searching - with no luck - for any system utility which summarizes a hardware inventory of the workstation. I need some utility which at least lists all of the attached SCSI devices, with target numbers. I use Irix (SGI) at work, and find the 'hinv' command most useful. Any analogs under NS 3.2? Thanks, Russell -- Russell Earl Whitaker whitaker@sgi.com Webmaster, Silicon Junction Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA =============================================================== http://reality.sgi.com/employees/whitaker
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 14 Sep 1995 23:54:58 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43afcj$ehd@news.its.com> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <43a7vg$216@NNTP.MsState.Edu> fwp@Jester.CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) wrote: > [ ...excellent elevator analogy... ] > > Who is at fault? Your new cart? Or the elevator that was supposed to > be able to carry 1500 pounds and snapped under the load of 1000 > pounds? I think most people would say the elevator was defective, even > though you've been using it for a year with no problem. Clearly the elevator was defective. It's also clearly true that the problem with the elevator _didn't_ _matter_ from a practical standpoint until you exceeded it's limitations by getting the new cart. In much the same fashion, the problem with older NFS implementations didn't matter to an adminstrator using NFS successfully until the new client implementation of NFS under Solaris 2.4 caused older NFS server implementations to break. -Chuck PS: Your analogy of a larger cart also applies well to the somewhat higher readdir performance that the Solaris 2.4 implementation would achieve. Whether this matters depends on how important NFS readdir performance is to a given network configuration. In many cases, the performance difference is completely irrelevant, but YMMV. -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installation problem with Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver Date: 15 Sep 1995 00:09:22 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <43ag7i$k9a@canton.charm.net> References: <DEw2t9.3Hu@rivm.nl> sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) wrote: In responce, I've had terrible times trying to install on 10 DEC machines with the Symbios Logic adapter. The install is the harsh part, after that everything seems to work fine. The trick that works for me: > * Then I install NS on the disk. After completion the machine restarts. > The NS installation manual says the system will ask twice more for the > drivers that were not on the CD-ROM when installing. > * The first question is in character mode ("When you began installing > NEXTSTEP ....."). I load the drivers from floppy. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Immediately eject the floppy. This must be done before the system checks the floppy drives. I typically boot with the -v option so I can catch this process. The floppy drives are checked almost immediately after switching to the graphics mode. > * The second question comes in a panel: "Please insert the disk that > contains the Symbios Logic 52C8xx SCSI Adapter (vSYM03.00.00) driver in > the floppy disk drive. Then click OK." On the DEC machines I was installing, the floppy is not readable at this point. It seems that having the floppy in the drive when the device is checked hoses the mount process for this second request. > * Just after the panel displays, the system hangs. I cannot click or > use the mouse any more. Good luck. jas
From: brunkhorst@mayo.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 14 Sep 1995 16:33:33 GMT Organization: Mayo Foundation Distribution: world Message-ID: <439lgt$6pj@tribune.mayo.edu> References: <432av3$h1l@masala.cc.uh.edu> In article <432av3$h1l@masala.cc.uh.edu> sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) writes: > In article <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Robert Lutwak > <robert@amo.mit.edu> writes: > > Hi. > > > > All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. > > From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this > > problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd > > and/or the network in the last 48 hours. > > > > The machine in question: > > NeXTcube 68040 serving / and /local > > Provides login and/or POP3 services for about 30 users. > > Provides NFS service for 5 NS machines. > > Has been up for at least 6 months with no problems. > > > > The symptoms: > > Yesterday (Sunday) between 2 and 5 p.m. lookupd quit unprovoked > > (no users logged on at the time). > > On reboot, lookupd fires up and immediately exits with no message. > > Everything *appears* fine if I fire up lookupd by hand. > > > > If I look at the output of lookupd -L, I see a (surprising?) > > number of entries like: > > > > getpwuid (*0) Ncalls: 519 Elapsed: 1 Total time: > 682 > > In the past 48 hours did you add, remove or modify any accounts? Since > lookupd dies on getpwuid, then it is likely a corrupted password entry or > it is possible that a duplicate UID could cause this problem. > > Get on the NetInfo master for the domain and look at all the user entries. > Do a "View by..." and choose UID. See if any are duplicate. Also, look > for any of the dreaded DIR:0 entries. This is a corrupted entry - likely > missing the "name" property... Delete it if you can... > Damn, it must be the end of the warranty period on 3.3 lookupd;-) I had two systems die as well this week. One system continously dies during the first incantation of starting up inetd in /etc/rc.startup. I worked around it by firing up another one on the very next script line. It appears to be working through several days and a few reboots. I fully replaced my local.nidb with the template version and got the same error. I do have a corrupt record in my groups directory (name=DIR:160). But I would think moving to the template version would have avoided that. I will rebuild a new groups directory and then remove the DIR:160 if I can. I have also pulled off the net and got the same error. It is wierd. I do have a core file... is there anything I should look for in there for diagnostic purposes? --- - Geoff ========================================================================= Geoffrey Brunkhorst Brunkhorst.Geoffrey@Mayo.edu Systems and Procedures, Centerplace 6 (507) 284-1805 Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN, 55905 USA Fax (507) 284-5231
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NewsGrazer Release 3.0 version 75 crashes on cross-posted articles In-Reply-To: gshaw@zeta.org.au's message of 14 Sep 1995 11:24:28 +1000 Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep15000528@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <43808c$vi2@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 04:05:28 GMT ftp://ftp.next.com:/pub/NeXTanswers has NewsGrazer version 77 for NS/Intel, HP PA-RISC, Sun SPARC and NeXT Motorola. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <43808c$vi2@godzilla.zeta.org.au> gshaw@zeta.org.au (Greg Shaw) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.misc:44811 comp.sys.next.software:22413 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25118 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.ultranet.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!gamera.zeta.org.au!not-for-mail From: gshaw@zeta.org.au (Greg Shaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:24:28 +1000 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney, +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: godzilla.zeta.org.au Hi all, Has anyone else noticed that NewsGrazer crashes rather ungracefully when faced with an article that is extensively cross-posted. I use NNTP through to a server and when NewsGrazer gets an article with upwards of 15 links at the file system level it just dies. Normally, I just mark tat article as read in my .newsrc fiel and restart but now I am wondering is there a better solution. Has anyone found a better Newsreader or a work-around to this problem (assuming someone else has found this problem)? I know NewsGrazer is unsupported and is unlikely to be upgraded (I was lucky that it was rereleased for NS/FIP) but is version 75 the latest? Any help and feedback appreciated. Cheers, Greg Shaw.
From: nyacg@sirius.com (Robert E. Tucker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT and Appletalk Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 21:34:03 -0800 Organization: Sirius Connections Message-ID: <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> I'm considering buying a NeXT to act as a server or a node for a LocalTalk network (Phone net). How hard is it to setup, with the Macs it's Plug and Play. I'm doing this mostly for fun because I really like the black hardware, I had a NeXTstation once and I really loved it. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Bob Tucker
From: jeremy@talin.uucp.colostate.edu (Jeremy Slade) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: UUCP via PPP Date: 15 Sep 1995 07:37:47 GMT Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Message-ID: <43bagb$3p4n@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Just a question: I have a UUCP connection to the university, with an account name of talin on the host holly. I also have an account name jslade on holly which I use for PPP. For reasons which I don't necessarily care to explain, I would like to have my uucp feed work as it does now (polling at certain times by dialing up directly), but would also like it to go over the PPP connection when I'm logged in and have PPP up. Certainly it must be possible, but how do I get uucp to not want to dial up and just log into the uucp account via PPP? All help is appreciated. And please reply to me directly, I don't normally read this group. I will post a summary. -- Jeremy Slade Colorado State Univeristy jeremy@talin.uucp.colostate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lod2@quads.uchicago.edu (john patrick lodder) Subject: netware and ns 3.3 Message-ID: <DExrDK.73A@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: The University of Chicago Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 07:27:20 GMT I'm curious about Novell and NS 3.3 -- I've read the NeXTAnswer that says there's a problem with 802.3 frames and copying files, namely you can only copy small files. We've tried 802.2 frames and ethernet snap frames, and still the same problem -- I can only read small files, and if I try to copy a larger file, nothing happens for a while, then I am prompted with an authentication panel for Netware, and the file does not copy after I re-authenticate. Will it work with ethernet II frames (that's the only one we haven't tried), or is there something obvious I'm missing? Replies by email OK. ===================================================== "Oh, to be in England now that April's there" --RB My opinions are not those of my employer. =====================================================
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT and Appletalk Date: 15 Sep 1995 05:20:47 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Message-ID: <43b2ff$6h1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> In article <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> nyacg@sirius.com (Robert E. Tucker) writes: > I'm considering buying a NeXT to act as a server or a node for a >LocalTalk network (Phone net). How hard is it to setup, with the Macs it's >Plug and Play. I'm doing this mostly for fun because I really like the >black hardware, I had a NeXTstation once and I really loved it. Any advice >would be much appreciated. NeXT has localtalk support? More information please... Where can I get more Info... The User Guide mention nothing about LocalTalk... Is the COPS Localtalk network card supported? Maybe.. Just maybe.. my Atari can be used for something useful other than being a door step.
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: NewsGrazer Release 3.0 version 75 crashes on cross-posted articles Date: 14 Sep 1995 21:17:13 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <43a64p$7ma@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <43808c$vi2@godzilla.zeta.org.au> gshaw@zeta.org.au (Greg Shaw) wrote: > Hi all, Hi. Thanks for cross-posting this article on crashes with cross-posted articles... :-) > Has anyone found a better Newsreader or a work-around to this > problem (assuming someone else has found this problem)? I know > NewsGrazer is unsupported and is unlikely to be upgraded (I was > lucky that it was rereleased for NS/FIP) but is version 75 the > latest? It is not the most recent version. You can check out NeXT's web site, http://www.next.com/ , for a new version. I don't remember the precise location for it though. It's also available via ftp from ftp://eclipse.its.rpi.edu/NeXT/usenet/NewsGrazer_f The latest version is numbered 77. It's basically release 75 plus two or three very welcome bug fixes. The other alternative is to start looking over the various alternatives to NewsGrazer. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Manipulating BOM-file content? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 15 Sep 1995 10:22:17 +0200 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <43bd3p$ef2@baugi.ifi.uio.no> How do I add & remove entries in a BOM-file? Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway | Phone: + 47 22 77 05 34 (w)
From: peer@gaia.hanse.de (Peer Sandtner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installation of NS on SOYO 5T C2 Date: 14 Sep 1995 19:47:21 GMT Organization: private SiTE Message-ID: <43a0s9$10a@gaia.hanse.de> Hello! I've got a little problem with the following configuration: Mainboard: SOYO 5T C2 (Triton/P54C PCI) SCSI-adapter: Adaptec 2940 Serial mouse ELSA 1000 AVI NS can't find the mouse with is attached to COM1. Anyone out there with experiences with the SOYO-Board? Peer --- Peer Sandtner peer@gaia.hanse.de "Yes, it [still] will." Jahnstrasse 18 MIME, NeXTmail -- PasteUp T-shirt 21465 Reinbek v: +49 40 727 30 117 (... have a place in my dock) Germany f: +49 40 727 30 118 How long with three dots?
From: paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:05:59 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DEyI5z.2Kt@plsys.co.uk> References: <439oet$ehd@news.its.com> In article <439oet$ehd@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> wrote: > > In article <42tb8q$hss@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > >> First, I'm pretty certain NEXTSTEP comes with an IDA version of > >> sendmail. After all, NeXT's mail guru is Lennart Lovestrand, who > >> wrote the IDA modifications to BSD sendmail v5. > > > > It's a nice theory, but it isn't true :-). > > What part isn't true? > > a) Lennart Lovestrand wrote the IDA changes to BSD v5 sendmail. It says so > in the O'Reilly sendmail book, which was written by Eric Allman (who is the > primary author of UCB sendmail). I can't diagree with that. > b) Lennart Lovestrand is the gentleman in charge of NeXT's email > technology. (Verifiable via NeXT, I suppose.) Or that. > c) NeXT's sendmail claims to be version "NX5.67", which indicates it, at > least in part derives from the last publicly available BSD v5 version, > according to my understanding of the history of sendmail development. > Consult Chapter 7.0 of the "operations" document doc/op/op.me (which is > part of the UCB 8.6.x releases). Yes, and it is certainly hard to detect a version number of the NeXT sendmail. > d) The rulesets found in NeXT's default sendmail.cf files contain > enhancements attributed to IDA (again, according the O'Reilly sendmail > book) which are not found in the stock BSD 5.67 sendmail.cf files. It doesn't seem to support the various command line enhancements of IDA (-bb, -Z, -S, -R), nor the m4 configurations. NetInfo map support could well be an IDA enhancement, which I presume is the enhancement you mean. I haven't checked for dbm map support. > Does this mean that NEXTSTEP comes with something that could be described > as "IDA sendmail"? I *think* so, based on reasons a - d, but I admit to > not being 100% certain, which is why I used the phrase "pretty certain". a - c are circumstantial; d seems to imply a partial update to IDA at best. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 We do NeXTSTEP
From: mre@teal.eng.sun.com (Mike Eisler) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 15 Sep 1995 18:12:38 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43cfmm$cku@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <43a7vg$216@NNTP.MsState.Edu> <43afcj$ehd@news.its.com> Cc: In article <43afcj$ehd@news.its.com>, <chuck@its.com> wrote: >fwp@Jester.CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) wrote: >> [ ...excellent elevator analogy... ] >> >> Who is at fault? Your new cart? Or the elevator that was supposed to >> be able to carry 1500 pounds and snapped under the load of 1000 >> pounds? I think most people would say the elevator was defective, even >> though you've been using it for a year with no problem. > >Clearly the elevator was defective. It's also clearly true that the >problem with the elevator _didn't_ _matter_ from a practical standpoint >until you exceeded it's limitations by getting the new cart. How does one determine it's limitations in any other fashion except by breaking it? If the elevator is rated at 1500 lbs what additional action is required by the cart maker or it's user that the elevator is capable of doing what it is advertised to do? -- -Mike Eisler mre@Eng.Sun.Com "The net interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it." - John Gilmore
From: jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: K Shell Date: 15 Sep 1995 18:37:55 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> I would like to use the K Shell on my NeXT box. Anyone know of an FTP site where I can find a version compatible with NeXT? Any help is appreciated. Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Netinfo network and Sendmail questions Message-ID: <DEyAJy.Bxx@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 14:21:34 GMT I've converted a population of NSFIP 3.2 computers from standalone to a netinfo network. I'm fairly impressed by the shared administration of the network. I'm not impressed with how mail is handled to addresses external to the network. quark is the Netinfo master. galileo is a client (and a clone). If I send mail from galileo to an address external to the Netinfo network, the mail is seen to have come from galileo. This is a problem, because when the recipient replies to the message, it goes to galileo, not quark, and is therefore unavailable to me if I'm logged onto a client other the galileo. quark is supposed to be a postoffice. The clients are not subnetted under quark (ie. quark has only one ethernet card). Is this normal behaviour? Can it be changed? If so, how? Any help is greatly appreciated! -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: POP mail server Date: 15 Sep 1995 19:12:18 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <43cj6i$5je@paladin.american.edu> Any there servers pre-compiled for NeXT available anywhere? -- Torrey McMahon
From: rolf@csg.lbl.gov (Rolf Behrsing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Machine won't reboot after installing PPP! Date: 15 Sep 1995 19:15:08 GMT Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California Message-ID: <43cjbs$kce@overload.lbl.gov> After installing the 0.4.5 version of PPP2.2 I found my system wouldn't reboot, so I rebooted in single user mode and reverted back to my original startup scripts and configs (thanks to the installation document's recommendation of backing up startup files before making changes). To my dismay my machine still won't reboot. The error I get is: Sep 14 23:32:40 localhost netinfod[107] cannot read ID=153:ID is invalid and then hangs. Since my system should be in the same state as it was before I made my script changes, why doesn't my system boot? I should mention that earlier during the boot process I get a warning that the system can't start a device driver loader (or something of that nature). I don't remember seeing anything like that before. I think the verbose startup log called it kd_config... or kd_... I don't recall exactly, and since I'm not in front of my machine right now, I can't check. Could this be at the heart of my problems? Is there a way to fix it without reinstalling the OS? Rolf
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 15 Sep 1995 20:08:29 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43cmft$l9j@news.its.com> References: <439oet$ehd@news.its.com> <DEyI5z.2Kt@plsys.co.uk> paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk wrote: > Yes, and it is certainly hard to detect a version number of the NeXT > sendmail. I think I missed the joke, if you're not being serious...? Telnet to the SMTP port at next.com (or some other NEXTSTEP machine) and you'll see the version number on the first line. >> d) The rulesets found in NeXT's default sendmail.cf files contain >> enhancements attributed to IDA (again, according the O'Reilly sendmail >> book) which are not found in the stock BSD 5.67 sendmail.cf files. > > It doesn't seem to support the various command line enhancements of IDA > (-bb, -Z, -S, -R), nor the m4 configurations. NetInfo map support could > well be an IDA enhancement, which I presume is the enhancement you mean. > I haven't checked for dbm map support. I do not know what source code version the sendmail binary itself is built from, but it obviously gets NetInfo aliases *somehow*. Lacking the source, I don't know how NeXT implemented that, either. To me, the rulesets being used are more informative to the type of sendmail configuration in question, anyway. In any event, it doesn't matter that all that much whether NS ships with a pure IDA or a partially-IDA-enhanced UCB 5.x version of sendmail, since everyone really should upgrade to a modern version of sendmail that does not have security problems and which does support ESMTP, such as the UCB 8.6.12 version of sendmail. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: K Shell Date: 15 Sep 1995 20:44:22 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <43coj6$mf2@emerald.oz.net> References: <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> In article <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling) writes: > I would like to use the K Shell on my NeXT box. Anyone know of an FTP site > where I can find a version compatible with NeXT? > Having been horsing around with zsh that's included with NS 3.3, its docs claim considerable ksh compatibility. You could enter "zsh" and see how it feels. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Quantum Trailblazer 840S disk on black hardware Date: 15 Sep 1995 20:40:30 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <43cobu$g1g@news.tamu.edu> References: <DEwzxt.En@stuyts.nl> <cdoutyDEypvB.6Js@netcom.com> Chris Douty <cdouty@netcom.com> wrote: >would not buy a Quantum drive for black hardware until provided evidence >that it works. Useful info as I was about to buy a drive for my cube and Quantum was at the top of the list. So, what would you recommend? Thanks. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov (Dennis C. Jespersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: "permission denied" problem Date: 15 Sep 1995 21:23:48 GMT Organization: Computational Algorithms and Applications Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Distribution: world Message-ID: <JESPERSE.95Sep15142348@win246.nas.nasa.gov> After a disk crash and a lot of mucking around (using BuildDisk from a hard disk to an optical disk and back to another hard disk, then restoring from a dump), I almost have a working system again (NS 3.2, black hardware). The problem now is that an ordinary user runs into permission problems when trying ping, rsh, netstat, or printing, with messages like this: from ping: ping:socket: Permission denied from netstat: cannot open /dev/kem: Permission denied from rsh: rcmd:socket: Permission denied trying to print: /usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer: Permission denied Obviously there's a permission problem :), but I can't seem to track it down. I've grubbed around in the manuals and I've compare my system with a "good" NeXT system to no avail. If anyone can point me in the right direction here, I'd appreciate it. -- Dennis Jespersen Voice: (415) 604-6742 MS T27B-1 FAX: (415) 604-1095 NASA Ames Research Center email: jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 WWW: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~jesperse We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo
From: root@aaron.music.qc.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo trashed Date: 15 Sep 1995 21:31:11 GMT Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Message-ID: <43crav$24vh@news.cuny.edu> Hi - We're running NS 3.2 on Black hardware and getting the following during startup: aaron netinfod[98]: cannot read ID=56: ID is invalid After a while we get a message saying to press 'c' to continue without the network. I read article 1294_niload_deleting_hosts_problem from the NeXTAnswers directory at ftp.next.com - Nothing it says to do helps. What is ID=56? Is there a tool that gives this information? Can someone out there help!!!!!! Please reply to dave@wizard.cs.qc.edu Many thanks! Dave -- ========================================== David Richards The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College E-mail: dr@aaron.music.qc.edu
From: root@aaron.music.qc.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo trashed - HELP!! Date: 16 Sep 1995 00:38:09 GMT Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Message-ID: <43d69h$1pjo@news.cuny.edu> Hi - We're using NeXTStep 3.2 - M68k during the boot we get : netinfod[98]: cannot read ID=56: ID is invalid Bascially what happens next is we can boot the server but it doesn't recognize the network. I downloaded some documents from ftp.next.com in hopes of fixing the problem but nothing seems to help right now. Does anyone know what ID=56 means or how I can find out?? send mail to : dave@wizard.cs.qc.edu Many Thanks Dave -- ========================================== David Richards The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College E-mail: richards@aaron.music.qc.edu
From: nyacg@sirius.com (Robert E. Tucker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT and Appletalk Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 18:39:52 -0800 Organization: Sirius Connections Message-ID: <nyacg-1509951839520001@slip212.sirius.com> References: <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> <43b2ff$6h1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> I was speaking of the Macintoshes built in networking software LocalTalk.I have some old black hardware POS propaganda which says it canconnect vial ApplTalk 'effortlessly'. I know better than to believe that but if it can be done I'd like to know how. I'm not sure how Atari got involved. Anyone who could help I'd really appreciate it. Bob Tucker In article <43b2ff$6h1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) wrote: > In article <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> nyacg@sirius.com (Robert E. Tucker) writes: > > I'm considering buying a NeXT to act as a server or a node for a > >LocalTalk network (Phone net). How hard is it to setup, with the Macs it's > >Plug and Play. I'm doing this mostly for fun because I really like the > >black hardware, I had a NeXTstation once and I really loved it. Any advice > >would be much appreciated. > > NeXT has localtalk support? More information please... Where > can I get more Info... The User Guide mention nothing about > LocalTalk... Is the COPS Localtalk network card supported? Maybe.. > Just maybe.. my Atari can be used for something useful other than > being a door step.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pat%cesar@cam.org (Patrique Lalonde) Subject: Networking with Win95 Message-ID: <1995Sep16.001351.3493@cesar.uucp> Sender: pat@cesar.uucp Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:13:51 GMT Bonjour all, I am presently using a NeXT Station and just installed Win95 on my PC. I would like to network (Ethernet) both together to use e-mail and set my NeXT as my NNTP usenet server. Would also like to set my NeXT as a printer server for all PostScript files. Does anybody have pointers for this...is there a FAQ somewhere? Please reply via e-mail if possible. Thanks. Patrique Lalonde pat%cesar@cam.org
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: K Shell Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:15:03 -0400 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950915221136.27354A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> <43coj6$mf2@emerald.oz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <43coj6$mf2@emerald.oz.net> > > In article <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling) > writes: > > I would like to use the K Shell on my NeXT box. Anyone know of an FTP > site > > where I can find a version compatible with NeXT? > > > Having been horsing around with zsh that's included with NS 3.3, its > docs claim considerable ksh compatibility. You could enter "zsh" and see > how it feels. > Not sure what version comes with 3.3 but zsh does have a lot of ksh functionality (from what I've read). You can check out one of the mailing lists at: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu or zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu for more specifics TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma NeXT 3.2 m68k First Try: luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu If that fails: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (after Sept 15th 95) NOTE: 476tjl is ASCII only!!!!!!
From: madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 16 Sep 1995 06:20:27 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <43dqbc$fqd@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <439s5e$ugc@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> This is really weird. I had problems on Sunday and Monday, but since then it's been fine. After Monday I turned on logging on lookupd to try to catch it in the act, but of course I was too late. mark
From: logic@helser08.res.iastate.edu (???) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT crashing with 3Com card... Date: 16 Sep 1995 06:52:15 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <43ds6v$h48@news.iastate.edu> Keywords: 3Com crash next Hello, I am having a problem with NeXTSTEP crashing constantly. It seems that the culprit is my network card - a 3Com 3C509B Parallel tasking card (in other words, the new 3C509). Does anyone know if a driver for this particular flavor of the 3C509 series will be released? And if not, is there a way to insure compatibility with the original 3C509? Thank you. Matt Shores
From: logic@helser08.res.iastate.edu (???) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Has anyone built elm on NeXTSTEP 3.3? Date: 16 Sep 1995 06:58:16 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <43dsi8$h5i@news.iastate.edu> Keywords: elm next Hello, has anyone out there recently built elm on their system? I followed the directions that came with the distribution, however, I ran into a bug in the code - something about va_alist not being defiend. I know there is the normal va_list, but does NeXT even have the type va_alist? If so, which header do I include? Any help appriciated... Matt Shores
From: thrall@mail.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with PPP/PoP/Sendmail Date: 16 Sep 1995 06:25:21 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <43dqkh$6ji@news.halcyon.com> Ok, I am sick and tired of trying to figure this out!! Sendmail is being a real bugger to me. I just activated a PPP account with a local provider and it includes a PoP account. My PoP account is thrall@mail.halcyon.com and this is the only address that I can accept mail at, but sendmail adds <user>% to the beginning of thrall@mail.halcyon.com in the <reply to> field. Mail addressed to dean%thrall@mail.halcyon.com goes nowhere while thrall@mail.halcyon.com gets to my machine just fine. I have been messing with sendmail for several days now, but to no avail. I have the reply to in Mail.app preferences set to thrall@mail.halcyon.com, but it is ignored (I don't know why). I am using sendmail.subsidiary.cf as my sendmail.cf file. Major relay is set to ether and mail is resolved and delivered upstream no problem. I just need the <reply to> to be correct. Does anybody else have this problem that was able to fix it? I'd really like to hear from you. Thanks in advance for your time, dean johnson P.S. Please reply to thrall@mail.halcyon.com -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Quantum Trailblazer 840S disk on black hardware Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Sep 1995 11:53:41 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <43eds5$7jl@turing.mathworks.com> References: <DEwzxt.En@stuyts.nl> <cdoutyDEypvB.6Js@netcom.com> <43cobu$g1g@news.tamu.edu> Colin Allen (colin@snaefell.tamu.edu) wrote: : Chris Douty <cdouty@netcom.com> wrote: : >would not buy a Quantum drive for black hardware until provided evidence : >that it works. : : Useful info as I was about to buy a drive for my cube and Quantum was : at the top of the list. So, what would you recommend? : : Thanks. : -- : Colin Allen : colin.allen@tamu.edu : : -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!- I just dropped in a fujitsu 1606 (1 GB). Formatted to 1k blocks and came up with no problems. -p
From: paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 12:12:46 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DEzz9B.84K@plsys.co.uk> References: <43cmft$l9j@news.its.com> In article <43cmft$l9j@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk wrote: > > Yes, and it is certainly hard to detect a version number of the NeXT > > sendmail. > > I think I missed the joke, if you're not being serious...? > > Telnet to the SMTP port at next.com (or some other NEXTSTEP machine) and > you'll see the version number on the first line. Yes, and it doesn't tell you much, does it? Could be a version of anything. Scan through the binary for version strings, and you'll see what I mean. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 We do NeXTSTEP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: POP mail server Message-ID: <DEzxqL.B69@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <43cj6i$5je@paladin.american.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 11:39:57 GMT In article <43cj6i$5je@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: > Any there servers pre-compiled for NeXT available anywhere? > > -- > Torrey McMahon ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/comp/next There are packages for Taylor UUCP, Cnews and POP3. Most with simplified installation. --Gerben -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "permission denied" problem Date: 16 Sep 1995 13:14:25 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <43eiji$g6@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <JESPERSE.95Sep15142348@win246.nas.nasa.gov> jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov (Dennis C. Jespersen) wrote: > After a disk crash and a lot of mucking around (using BuildDisk from a > hard disk to an optical disk and back to another hard disk, then > restoring from a dump), I almost have a > working system again (NS 3.2, black hardware). The problem now is > that an ordinary user runs into permission problems when trying ping, > rsh, netstat, or printing, with messages like this: > from ping: ping:socket: Permission denied > from netstat: cannot open /dev/kem: Permission denied > from rsh: rcmd:socket: Permission denied > trying to print: /usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer: Permission denied > Obviously there's a permission problem :), but I can't seem to track > it down. I've grubbed around in the manuals and I've compare my > system with a "good" NeXT system to no avail. If anyone can point me > in the right direction here, I'd appreciate it. All these programs must have the SETUID bit. You must lost these bits during recovery. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 16 Sep 1995 14:06:02 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43elka$fjf@news.its.com> References: <43cmft$l9j@news.its.com> <DEzz9B.84K@plsys.co.uk> paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk wrote: > Yes, and it doesn't tell you much, does it? The first part of the version string is supposed to correspond to the version of sendmail itself, and the second is supposed to correspond to the version of the config file. (YMMV. Void where prohibited.) > Could be a version of anything. Scan through the binary for version > strings, and you'll see what I mean. As in: 5.10 (Berkeley) 1/8/89 @(#)version.c 5.52 (Berkeley) 5/6/86 NeXT-1.0f2 (From Sendmail 5.52) @(#)collect.c 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/8/85 ??? I suppose a really motivated person could try and dig up old sendmail source and determine what these per-file version numbers map to. I think it's more fun to debate it.... :-) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Gerald Wildgruber Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: compiling gnutar 1.11.8 on NSfIP ? Date: 16 Sep 1995 15:48:11 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <43erjr$85b@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, has somone successfully compiled the recent version 1.11.8 of the gnutar utility on NSfIP (ver.3.3) ? It doesn't compile for me despite sincere efforts of mine. If someone managed to make it run, please tell me Thanks Gerald.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: weiyao@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au Subject: install NS on Quantum HDD ????? Message-ID: <DF0Bs4.6sw@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 16:43:15 GMT Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia i tried to install NS on my new machine. which is.. Pentium 90 with 32Mb RAM AHA-2940 (PCI) Quantum 1.08Gb HDD NS kept telling me i have to enable the SCSI BIOS to allow NS get the HDD information from SCSI BIOS. but the problem is, i have ALREADY enable the BIOS ?????? what's wrong..??? any idea???? thanks:)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: norm@ct.covia.com Subject: Re: K Shell Message-ID: <DF0nEI.LAK@ct.covia.com> Keywords: ksh clone Sender: news@ct.covia.com Organization: Covia Technologies References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.950915221136.27354A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 20:54:18 GMT In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.950915221136.27354A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > > > In article <43ch63$kk@news.mcl.bdm.com> jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling) > > writes: > > > I would like to use the K Shell on my NeXT box. Anyone know of an FTP > > site > > > where I can find a version compatible with NeXT? > > > > > Having been horsing around with zsh that's included with NS 3.3, its > > docs claim considerable ksh compatibility. You could enter "zsh" and see > > how it feels. > > > > Not sure what version comes with 3.3 but zsh does have a lot of ksh > functionality (from what I've read). You can check out one of the > mailing lists at: > > zsh-users@math.gatech.edu > or > zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu > > for more specifics > > TjL > -- > Timothy J. Luoma NeXT 3.2 m68k > First Try: luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu > If that fails: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (after Sept 15th 95) > NOTE: 476tjl is ASCII only!!!!!! I've been running pdksh version 5.1.0 (the public domain korn shell clone) on my NeXTstation for almost a year without any problems. I downloaded the source, auto-configured it using the built-in config tool, built it using "make" and everything's been just fine ever since ;-) I checked my old postings and found it located at: ftp.cs.mun.ca:pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.1.0.tar.gz (320 kbytes) I'm sure there's probably a newer version out there by now, but it should take care of what you want. -- norm --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Kevin Vance Subject: NEXTSTEP System Admin Bay Area Message-ID: <1995Sep15.174222.25273@bozell.com> Sender: news@bozell.com Organization: Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:42:22 GMT opinions expressed are strictly those of the user and not necessarily those of BJK&E or its clients. We're looking for a NEXTSTEP sysadmin for a 400 machine NeXT network in the bay area. Please call Kevin Vance, (408) 741-1111 if you are interested! Position requirements: Experience as System Administrator for a network of NeXT machines, particularly utilizing multi-level domains, and performing network-wide upgrades of NeXT OS. Expert at Next Administration utilities (ex. NetInfoManager, UserManager, NFSManager) Expert with fixing, manipulating, and upgrading NeXT hardware. Experience with handling NeXTMail and sendmail problems. Very comfortable with UNIX. Pluses: Strong knowledge of UNIX administration tools, such as c-shell, awk, sed, perl, tcl, expect. Experience with configuring and manipulating modems. Experience with debugging network printer problems. Experience with dealing with NeXT tech support. Open-minded attitude & adaptability: our network has a unique configuration which "breaks all the rules in the book", so you cannot force known recipes as solutions onto our environment. Description of our network: Total approx 400 nodes throughout network. Most nodes are NeXT black boxes (of all possible models), some are PC Notebooks running NeXT OS hooked in via docking stations, all run NeXT 3.2 5-site WAN connected via PacBell Frame Relay Each site has an Ethernet LAN of approx 80 nodes 2 User-account servers 1 Database server 1 Mail server Modems, printers, and external hard drives are sprinkled throughout the network.
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 23:06:57 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep16.230657.14612@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <43elka$fjf@news.its.com> In article <43elka$fjf@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk wrote: > > Yes, and it doesn't tell you much, does it? > > The first part of the version string is supposed to correspond to the > version of sendmail itself, and the second is supposed to correspond to the > version of the config file. (YMMV. Void where prohibited.) Well, clearly as it doesn't mention IDA it can't be an IDA version, can it? :-) > > Could be a version of anything. Scan through the binary for version > > strings, and you'll see what I mean. > > As in: > > 5.10 (Berkeley) 1/8/89 > @(#)version.c > 5.52 (Berkeley) 5/6/86 > NeXT-1.0f2 (From Sendmail 5.52) > @(#)collect.c > 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/8/85 I see you have cut down this list considerably, but I think it proves the point that sendmail version numbering was so up the creek that they had to start over again. I doubt that security problems were important enough to warrant starting a new series of development, it was really the version numbers that did it. > I suppose a really motivated person could try and dig up old sendmail > source and determine what these per-file version numbers map to. I think > it's more fun to debate it.... :-) Right. I think? Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pat%cesar@cam.org (Patrique Lalonde) Subject: Networking NeXT with Win95 Message-ID: <1995Sep16.230420.1903@cesar.uucp> Sender: pat@cesar.uucp Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 23:04:20 GMT Bonjour all, I am presently using a NeXT Station and just installed Win95 on my PC. I would like to network (Ethernet) both together to use e-mail and set my NeXT as my NNTP usenet server. Would also like to set my NeXT as a printer server for all PostScript files. Does anybody have pointers for this...is there a FAQ somewhere? What do I need to do on both sides? Please reply via e-mail if possible. Thanks. Patrique Lalonde pat%cesar@cam.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: crypt_decrypt_packet Message-ID: <DF0yJ9.10n@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 00:54:44 GMT Does anybody know what this error means? netmsgserver[22]: crypt_decrypt_packet.km_get_dkey fails, host id = c74aba01. -Alby
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP mail server Date: 17 Sep 1995 04:29:22 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Distribution: world Message-ID: <43g872$a6l@miwok.nbn.com> References: <43cj6i$5je@paladin.american.edu> In article <43cj6i$5je@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: > Any there servers pre-compiled for NeXT available anywhere? > > -- > Torrey McMahon Hello: There is the very excellent PopOver.app which comes along with a quad fat POP server. Installation couldn't be easier. PopOver is the client app which is also very nice. It allows you to get a listing of your mail and selectively download mail messages. Best regards, John C. Fox GS Corporation john@gscorp.com http://www.gscorp.com
From: kostya@seanet.com (Konstantin Martynenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 17 Sep 1995 05:39:11 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Message-ID: <43gca0$sn4@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Robert Lutwak (robert@amo.mit.edu) wrote: : All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. : From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this : problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd : and/or the network in the last 48 hours. We experienced this too. There were some huge routing problems on MCI backbone and some parts of Sprintlink. Maybe other networks were affected as well (?). Many ip addresses couldn't have been reached because of numerous routing loops. Some parts of the backbone have been dead for hours (couple days?). That caused "unusual" behavior of many (as these postings indicate) NeXT boxes on the net. There is a flaw in lookupd in all versions of NS (maybe it is a feature?:). It appears that lookupd serves all requests sequentially. Normally it is not a problem, but under certain circumstances (see above) it breaks. This surfaces on systems serving network connections - like sendmail, httpd, etc. Every connection involves gethostbyaddr() or gethostbyname() (for outgoing mail) call that eventually goes through lookupd which makes a DNS request. And since lookupd does not serve other requests until it gets a DNS response (or timeout) all other processes waiting in lookupd queue effectively hang. All other kinds of lookups like getpwuid etc. also cannot be completed. On a busy server it leads to dozens (hundreds if you have enough memory) of hanging processes, like sendmail, httpd, inetd etc. Sometimes system runs out of pids. Sometimes lookupd itself crashes. This happens when number of DNSs cannot be reached. Lookupd is a bottleneck. One solution to this is to link your server program with resolver libraries from BIND distribution (libresolv.a and lib44bsd.a). That way server will make its get...by... calls not through lookupd but by sending DNS request directly. And if some DNS on the net is not reachable it will cause only requesting process to hang (not all of them). When I did this to our httpd server (which was pretty loaded) it stopped hanging. The other solution is to get a non-Nextstep system. It only becomes a real problem on a heavily loaded server. Kostya Martynenko Seanet Corp., Seattle WA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fms@chemelex.com (Fred Schenkelberg) Subject: local group setup w/ C news? Message-ID: <DF3vpB.A25@chemelex.com> Sender: fms@chemelex.com (Fred Schenkelberg) Organization: Chemelex Division of Raychem Corporation Distribution: ba,na,usa,world Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:46:23 GMT Hi, I've been trying to set up a set of local groups, for use for our local company network. I've followed the man pages and O'Reilly & Asso. advise and examples, but still am getting a newsdaily report with leading five unsubscribed newsgroups: 3 chemelex.general 2 chemelex.sports 2 chemelex.internet 2 chemelex.announce I know that my machine have various newsreaders subscribed to these news groups, yet I don't think that's what this message refers to. What's going on with this?
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Next in INDIANA Date: 18 Sep 1995 19:23:51 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Distribution: na Message-ID: <43kh07$473@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Someone posted something about Next in Indiana a while back... Please do repost.. I am in need of a contract programmer or firm Thanks.
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP - How?? Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 19:27:53 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep18.192753.20753@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <43j520$bhb@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> In article <43j520$bhb@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) writes: > I am interested in setting up anonymous FTP on my machine. > 3.2 black station. Anyone able to direct me to the correct info?? man ftpd covers the problem quite well. I'll give the standard advice that you might want to consider installing a better ftp server, like wuftp. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: "Paul F. Bergen" <bergen@fas.harvard.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DMA Interrupt Problem Date: 18 Sep 1995 20:17:27 GMT Organization: Harvard University Message-ID: <43kk4n$bo0@decaxp.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: My NeXtstation grinds to a halt after 6 or 7 hours of uptime. The response is unworkably slow to every task. Rebooting solves the problem temporarily, but the sluggishness returns over time. In my messages file I get this: mach: spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x10000000 channel 0x2000110 ..minutes after reboot. I also get: mach en0: transmitter not ready Is the DMA problem likely to be hardware or software? I'm running v3.1 on the machine. I'd love any wisdom here!! -- Paul
From: Dean_Reece@NeXT.COM(Dean Reece) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver that works in boot Date: 18 Sep 1995 20:59:06 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <43kmiq$284@news.next.com> References: <438ppm$uv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> The floppy should have a /private/Drivers/i386 directory which contains the config bundles. The /usr/Devices directory should be a symlink to ./private/Drivers/i386. - Dean kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) writes | John Zollinger (johnz@best.com) wrote: | [...] | : "Boot Drivers"="PS2Keyboard BusMouse SYM53c8" | | : I have the driver (SYM53c8) on a floppy in /private/Devices/i386/... | : It asks for the disk with the driver to load it, but it WILL NOT FIND | : THE DRIVER! What is it looking for on the floppy that it can't find? | | I usally put drivers into /usr/Devices on the floppy. Maybe it's | worth giving it a try. | | Hope that helps. | | Axel | | -- | Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du | kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst | Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, | D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpmeia@netcom.com Subject: Lockup sending mail Message-ID: <nntpuserDF4FCD.7E@netcom.com> Sender: netnews@mork.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 21:50:36 GMT Hi. I connect a NeXT slab to the net via a netcom SLIP account, a Zyxel 28.8k modem. Until the two weeks I've had no problems, but recently the following occurs regularly: whenever I send out mail (click on mail.app deliver button) it takes forever for the mail to go out. The modem "txd" LED flickers occasionally, but running a "mailq" in terminal.app reveals that the mail has not left my machine. If I have not launched termial.app, it takes *forever* if I try to launch it after trying to send out mail, the same with other apps. Also, if accessing www pages, I get repeated "Network error" messages (much worse than if no mail in the queue). The only related message I can find in Console is: Expanding zone kalloc.1536 which comes up sometimes while outgoing mail is pending. Please send any suggestions to: jpmeia@netcom.com nextmail welcome Thanks, JP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <randyn@crt.com> Message-ID: <9509182203.AA08978@hurricanes> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 17:03:40 -0500 Subject: NS/FIP host only boots in verbose mode Hello, I have a Gateway P100 with IDE drive (using the EIDE driver) and PCI S3 video. When I boot my machine under NS, it will hang if I do not boot it in verbose mode. Any idea what may cause this? And if not, is there some way I can force NS to always boot verbose? I know you used to be able to do it on Black NeXTs. Thanks, Randy Nelson randyn@crt.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: uucp and local domains In-Reply-To: mcgredo@crl.com's message of 18 Sep 1995 03:52:46 -0700 Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep18202625@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <43jj1u$r9p@crl9.crl.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:26:25 GMT 1. Get 8.7 from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu. It has been officially released. 2. Your .mc file should look like this: include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#)uucpmailhost.mc 8.3 (Berkeley) 6/26/95') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl define(`UUCP_MAX_SIZE', 2500000)dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl define(`SMART_HOST', uucp-dom:PUT_YOUR_UUCP_NEIGHBOR_HOSTNAME_HERE)dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_ARGS', `uux - -a$f -gC $h!rmail ($u)')dnl FEATURE(notsticky)dnl LOCAL_NET_CONFIG R$* < @ $* .$m. > $* $#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3 MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(uucp)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(YOUR_DOMAIN.com)dnl SITECONFIG(uucp.YOUR_DOMAIN_MINUS_DOT_COM, YOUR_DOMAIN.com, U)dnl In the siteconfig directory, add a uucp.YOUR_DOMAIN_MINUS_DOT.COM (e.g. uucp.next if your domain is next.com) The contents of that file should be SITE(YOUR_UUCP_NEIGHBOR_HOSTNAME) Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <43jj1u$r9p@crl9.crl.com> mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25206 Path: world!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl9.crl.com!not-for-mail From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 18 Sep 1995 03:52:46 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: crl9.crl.com Grrr. One would think this would be relatively simple. I want to get sendmail 8.6.12 working with uucp on a LAN. The server machine hooks up to an ISP via uucp; I've got taylor uucp installed. I don't have dns running. I've got smarthost set, so that everything the host doesn't understand is forwarded to the ISP. But machines on the local LAN also get forwarded to the smart host, and I don't want that. All the weird stuff should get forwarded to the smart host, while the machines on the local LAN get their mail delivered directly over smtp. Do I need a mailertable to get this working, and if so what friggin' database utilities do I need? -- Don McGregor | "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence mcgredo@crl.com | level of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."
From: fnyman@nova.umuc.edu (Fredrik Nyman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Converting NeXT fonts to PC/Mac? Date: 17 Sep 1995 14:25:20 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland University College Message-ID: <43hp6g$f61@nova.umuc.edu> I bought a number of NeXT fonts (for black hardware) a couple years ago. These fonts were licensed on a per-printer basis. I now use the NeXT mostly as a PC print server, and so I'd like to convert some of the NeXT fonts to PC. How do I do that? Thanks, Fredrik -- Fredrik Nyman Work: <ice@sled.gsfc.nasa.gov> Other: <fnyman@nova.umuc.edu> "The Internet, for the uninitiated, is a collection of computer systems at universities, nonprofit research groups, the federal government, and some obscure businesses--all traditional hotbeds of hip, right?" SPY 8/94
From: adamsr@mars.gtcc.cc.nc.us (Robert Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTstep 2.0 NFS mount question Date: 17 Sep 1995 19:20:06 GMT Organization: MCNC / NC-REN Message-ID: <43hsd6$q4b@inxs.ncren.net> Hi all.. this is a newbue type NeXT step question, i just inherited a cube, running NS 2.0, and need it to mount /usr/local via NFS, now the usual putting that and the options in /etc/fstab (or its equivilent) dont seem to work.. i have messed around in hostmanager, but it doesnt seem to help, there was a "mounts" opetion with my root partition, but i cannot seem to find out how to add another.. I'D RTFM, if i had TFM, so no flames please.. (temp hack: mount -t nfs ...... /usr/local & in /etc/rc.local.. thats BADDD) any help greatly appriciated Robert
From: Marcos Javier Polanco <marcos@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netinfo - No writes allowed:all objects are read only Date: 17 Sep 1995 20:45:26 GMT Organization: Persona Mundial Message-ID: <43i1d6$2oe@news1.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I'm changing the information about my users and the error comes up: No writes allowed: all objects are read-only. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks. - marcos j. polanco - marcos@best.com
From: kparks@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu (Kevin Parks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES- thingy Date: 19 Sep 1995 00:43:25 -0400 Organization: Brooklyn College Message-ID: <43lhpd$3na@atrium16.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Hi all, here's a dumb question: I running NeXTStep 3.2 on a NeXTStation and i would like my login panel to bounce around when no one is logged in. I sometimes run really big jobs that go for 30 or 40 hours and i want to be able to logout and not have the login panel burn in. I have looked for hours and hours for info on how to do this in the on line documents, But to no avail. I know tha under 3.0 it was something like: % dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES % dwrite loginwindow MovementRate 0.05 % dwrite loginwindow MovementScale 3 % dwrite loginwindow MovementTimeout 60.0 But that didn't work for me. Anyone know how to do this under3.2? Many thanks, kevin .
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS/FIP host only boots in verbose mode Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 04:36:35 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep19.043635.22710@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <9509182203.AA08978@hurricanes> In article <9509182203.AA08978@hurricanes> writes: > When I boot my machine under NS, it will hang if I do not boot it in verbose > mode. Any idea what may cause this? And if not, is there some way I can force > NS to always boot verbose? I know you used to be able to do it on Black NeXTs. In /NextLibrary/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table, edit the Boot Graphics line to: "Boot Graphics" = "No"; Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS/FIP host only boots in verbose mode Date: 19 Sep 1995 06:23:21 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <43lnkp$mrg@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <9509182203.AA08978@hurricanes> Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have a Gateway P100 with IDE drive (using the EIDE driver) and PCI S3 video. > When I boot my machine under NS, it will hang if I do not boot it in verbose > mode. Any idea what may cause this? It's normal, see NextAnswers #1470. > And if not, is there some way I can force > NS to always boot verbose? Click in Configure.app in the System-Summary on Expert, set BootGraphics to No and save it. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock) Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Message-ID: <bswDF54vH.Knx@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <mkl.811426254@whoopi.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> Distribution: inet Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 07:02:04 GMT Sender: bsw@netcom16.netcom.com In article <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: >mkl@rob.cs.tu-bs.de (Mario Klebsch DG1AM) wrote: >> chuck@its.com writes: >>> May I suggest that the concept of "maintaining backwards compatibility" >>> might be relevant to improving customer satisfaction with Solaris 2.4? >> >> You mean bug compatibility? > >No. The problem with older NFS server implementations is that they only >want to send data in 1K chunks for an NFS readdir call. This is a >limitation in the older servers, agreed, but it is not a "bug" in the sense >that this does not cause erroneous responses to be generated. > >There is a maxim for developing portable software: "Be generous in what >you accept as input, and be restrictive for what you generate as output." >This maxim was not followed since the Sun NFS client no longer accepts >previously valid responses. When I first read about the bug, I was under the impression that it was not a client problem, but a server problem. That is, Solaris 2.4 implemented the ability to request more than 1024 bytes in a readdir() request (as is allowed by spec), but older servers only returned the first 1024 bytes, no matter what the request size. Now, the server is pretty lame to do this, but I think the spec allows that, too. The question of who's at fault now depends on what's actually happened. If the older server is choking on the larger readdir() request, then the problem is the server, and the client is doing what's correct. If, however, the server is processing the request just fine, but only replying in 1K pieces, then the client is the one with the problem, because it should be more liberal in what it accepts. Bruce -- Bruce Sterling Woodcock --- Systems Administrator ][ sterling@netcom.com The views and opinions expressed in this message ][ sterling@netapp.com are not necessarily those of NETCOM nor of my ][ sterling@well.com current employer, Network Appliance Corporation. ][ sterling@egbt.org
From: kaltef@theo-physik.uni-kiel.de (Roland Kaltefleiter) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 19 Sep 1995 10:04:11 +0200 Organization: Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Kiel, Germany Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43lthr$m65@orff.theo-physik.uni-kiel.de> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <mkl.811426254@whoopi.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> Reproduktion, auch auszugsweise, ausserhalb elektronischer, nichtkommerzieller Datennetze nur mit ausdruecklichem, schriftlichem Einverstaendnis des Autors. In <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: >mkl@rob.cs.tu-bs.de (Mario Klebsch DG1AM) wrote: >> chuck@its.com writes: >>> May I suggest that the concept of "maintaining backwards compatibility" >>> might be relevant to improving customer satisfaction with Solaris 2.4? >> >> You mean bug compatibility? >No. The problem with older NFS server implementations is that they only >want to send data in 1K chunks for an NFS readdir call. This is a >limitation in the older servers, agreed, but it is not a "bug" in the sense >that this does not cause erroneous responses to be generated. >There is a maxim for developing portable software: "Be generous in what >you accept as input, and be restrictive for what you generate as output." >This maxim was not followed since the Sun NFS client no longer accepts >previously valid responses. >> How do you want the bugs to be found, if every bug is covered by the >> OS? How should the OS developper even know about these bugs, when they >> don't show? >In this case, at least, the developers in question most certainly did know >about the limitation of older NFS servers. I received a set of comments >from the NFS source code from a NFS developer working at Sun which >indicates this. Get the recent kernelpatch, 101945-32. From SOLARIS FAQ: 5.11) After upgrade to 2.4, ls on NFS mounted directories hangs. In starting with Solaris 2.4, a kernel workaround to limit NFS readdir requests to 1024 bytes was disabled by default. This breaks interoperability with buggy old NFS implementations (such as SunOS 3.2, Ultrix and NeXT) There are two workarounds. The first one works and is: mount all filesystems from such servers with rsize=1024. The second one, which requires a patch for bugid #1193696 (101945-29 or later for SPARC, 101946-24 or later for x86, the latter hasn't been released yet) Edit /etc/system and add: set nfs:nfs_shrinkreaddir = 1 and reboot. --- end of excerpt from the FAQ Roland -- Roland Kaltefleiter | OFFICE: n/a please use Papermail | PRIVAT: roland@toppoint.de In another world in another time to come, there won't be MS-DOS.
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP - How?? Date: 19 Sep 1995 08:18:34 GMT Organization: PhilosVille Message-ID: <43lucq$k4a@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <43j520$bhb@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> On 18 Sep 1995 06:53:52 GMT Shaun Patrick Foy (sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca) wrote: >I am interested in setting up anonymous FTP on my machine. >3.2 black station. Anyone able to direct me to the correct info?? Thanks to everyone who responded. I did manage to find the info right in the 'man ftpd' pages as everyone suggested... UGHHHH.. Regards, Shaun -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
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From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail address question Date: 18 Sep 1995 02:16:11 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-57.usc.edu Message-ID: <43ikpb$m66@usc.edu> in the following mail address example: <hula@foo.pill.com> "Hula S. Hula" does the full name in quotes have anything at all to do with the routing of the message? For example, would the following address work just the same as the first example: <hula@foo.pill.com> "Hula's House" If that would work fine, then how could I, if my name was "Hula S. Hula", engender the quoted name to be different? --- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion." -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: pom@katrin.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Prof. Dr. Klaus Pommerening) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Screen dimming for Intel? Date: 19 Sep 1995 10:04:03 GMT Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Message-ID: <43m4ij$4m1@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> . as set by Preferences.app. Does it work? How? -- Klaus Pommerening Institut fuer Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet, D-55101 Mainz, Germany PGP fingerprint: F5 03 CE E7 70 C2 8C 74 BA ED EC 60 83 3B 7C 89
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 18 Sep 1995 16:23:46 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> References: <URI.95Sep12192111@ada.globe.com> <43660p$9qg@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <439lb1$dbf@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu> <439q8i$q2l@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <mkl.811426254@whoopi.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> mkl@rob.cs.tu-bs.de (Mario Klebsch DG1AM) wrote: > chuck@its.com writes: >> May I suggest that the concept of "maintaining backwards compatibility" >> might be relevant to improving customer satisfaction with Solaris 2.4? > > You mean bug compatibility? No. The problem with older NFS server implementations is that they only want to send data in 1K chunks for an NFS readdir call. This is a limitation in the older servers, agreed, but it is not a "bug" in the sense that this does not cause erroneous responses to be generated. There is a maxim for developing portable software: "Be generous in what you accept as input, and be restrictive for what you generate as output." This maxim was not followed since the Sun NFS client no longer accepts previously valid responses. > How do you want the bugs to be found, if every bug is covered by the > OS? How should the OS developper even know about these bugs, when they > don't show? In this case, at least, the developers in question most certainly did know about the limitation of older NFS servers. I received a set of comments from the NFS source code from a NFS developer working at Sun which indicates this. I don't have an axe to grind because of this, although the problem would impact our company if we upgraded our Sun clients from Solaris 2.3. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: egaa1058@itepc1 (Stephan Abele) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: screen driver NeXtstep 3.3 Date: 19 Sep 1995 13:35:28 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Message-ID: <43mgv0$4los@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> I reinstalled NeXtstep 3.3 on my computer. In the old installation there was the file CirrusLogicGD5435.Config as screen driver. During the new installation the file CirrusLogicGD542xo.Configwas created and the screen is now black white coloured. Could anybody explain these files to me and tell me where I can get the old driver. Hoping for any helpful answers and thank you in advance, Wolfgang Rieger
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT crashing with 3Com card... Date: 18 Sep 1995 17:13:28 GMT Organization: A Big, Black Box. Message-ID: <43k9bo$l5d@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <43ds6v$h48@news.iastate.edu> logic@helser08.res.iastate.edu (???) wrote: > Hello, > I am having a problem with NeXTSTEP crashing constantly. It seems > that the culprit is my network card - a 3Com 3C509B Parallel tasking card > (in other words, the new 3C509). Does anyone know if a driver for this > particular flavor of the 3C509 series will be released? And if not, is > there a way to insure compatibility with the original 3C509? Thank you. I have the ISA version of this card and it works flawlessly. I have been notified that they are not suited for heavy NFS use, but I had no problems with mine. My settings are pretty much default, with the Plug-n-Pray turned off, and the modem speed set to 9600. -- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Robert Worne rworne@primenet.com OS/2-NeXT -=Starving CS Undergrad=- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in // any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Robert Worne, 1995. // License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. // Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. // Please send notices of violation to rworne@primenet.com and // postmaster@microsoft.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: High Security Safe Storage/Backup ? Date: 18 Sep 1995 00:41:58 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-57.usc.edu Message-ID: <43if8m$m66@usc.edu> What are the most secure ways to store material off one's hard drive. I want something that will (a) be totally unreadable to anyone who doesn't have a specific password; (b) make even the file names illegible; (c) not show what method of security was used; and (d) not allow overwriting or reformatting by anyone without a password. Is there such a thing(s)? --- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion." -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | PGP key upon request "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES- thingy Message-ID: <DF5pp2.D79@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: computerActive Inc. References: <43lhpd$3na@atrium16.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 14:31:50 GMT Kevin Parks (kparks@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu) wrote: : % dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES : % dwrite loginwindow MovementRate 0.05 : % dwrite loginwindow MovementScale 3 : % dwrite loginwindow MovementTimeout 60.0 : But that didn't work for me. Anyone know how to do this under3.2? It's simpler in 3.2: # dwrite loginwindow TimeToDim 180 # dwrite loginwindow ScreenSaverEnabled Yes as root, which will enable the NeXT-logo screensaver. (The second setting is the default in 3.2 as I recall) TimeToDim is measured in seconds; make it whatever you like... --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: crath@bnr.ca (Christopher Rath) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: LaTeX2e install problem Followup-To: comp.text.tex Date: 19 Sep 1995 15:16:01 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <CRATH.95Sep19111601@bmerhe83.bnr.ca> I ftp-ed and installed the latest LaTeX2e on my NeXTstation (running NEXTSTEP 3.3) last night. Everything appears to be ok, except that when I run ``latex ltxcheck'' I always get an error about article.cls being in the distribution directory. The file isn't in the distribution directory, so it looks like there is a problem with @currdir. However, I'm unable to find it. Does anyone have some wisdom on this subject for me? Thanks, Christopher -- === Christopher Rath ===== crath@bnr.ca ===== (613) 765-3141 === Bell-Northern Research | Box 3511, Station `C' | ``Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7 | gas which, given enough time, turns FAX: (613) 763-4101 | into people.'' --- Henry Hiebert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <randyn@crt.com> Message-ID: <9509191648.AA01210@hurricanes> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 11:48:47 -0500 Subject: Help with ghostscript under NS/FIP I am trying to setup ghostscript on my White NeXT. I have a Gateway with NS3.3 and a HPDeskJet 600C hooked to the parallel port. The DeskJet 550c is suppose to be compatible, so I used its driver. I compiled the GhostScript and installed it with no problem. (dirname seemed to be missing but I created that). I then did the following to finish the install 1. Ran the lprsetup.sh using the cdj550.x as my printer devices 2. Modified the example printcap file that was generated to use /dev/pp0 /usr/spool. 3. Loaded printcap into netinfo using niload printcap. 4. Created the directories in /usr/spool as I was instructed and touched the logfile. 5. I found that the filter script was missing from /usr/local/lib/ghostscript so I copied it there as well. (I think it was called unix-lpr.sh) However, when I print, it (gs) complains that there is not a device cdj550. QUESTIONS: 1. Any idea what it is wanting for the device name? 2. Also, is there anything else special I need to do in netinfo to set up the printcaps properly? Thanks, Randy Nelson randyn@crt.com
From: jk@tools.de (Juergen Keil) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Date: 19 Sep 1995 19:25:29 GMT Organization: TooLs GmbH, Bonn, Germany Distribution: inet Message-ID: <JK.95Sep19212529@leo.tools.de> References: <439vug$ehd@news.its.com> <mkl.811426254@whoopi.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> <bswDF54vH.Knx@netcom.com> In-reply-to: bsw@netcom.com's message of Tue, 19 Sep 1995 07:02:04 GMT In article <bswDF54vH.Knx@netcom.com> bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock) writes: > The question of who's at fault now depends on what's actually happened. If > the older server is choking on the larger readdir() request, then the problem > is the server, and the client is doing what's correct. It's the Nextstep server that doesn't send replies. The Nextstep server logs messages of the form: Sep 19 21:18:42 xxxx mach: svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed Sep 19 21:18:42 xxxx mach: nfs_server: bad sendreply from 192.1.2.3 The SunOS 5.4 nfs client (seeing no responses for it's readdir requests) code dynamically reduces the rsize parameter for the mount until it reaches rsize == 1024 bytes. When rsize reaches 1024 bytes, the Nextstep server starts sending replies. -- Juergen Keil jk@tools.de ...!{uunet,mcsun}!unido!tools!jk
From: jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov (Dennis C. Jespersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "permission denied" problem Date: 19 Sep 1995 21:50:46 GMT Organization: Computational Algorithms and Applications Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Distribution: world Message-ID: <JESPERSE.95Sep19145046@win246.nas.nasa.gov> References: <JESPERSE.95Sep15142348@win246.nas.nasa.gov> In-reply-to: jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov's message of 15 Sep 1995 21:23:48 GMT The problem was that restore has a problem with setuid programs. Jacob Nielsen (jacob@dannug.dk) pointed me to the patch at www.next.com; it's number 1555. Thanks also to the following who pointed out the problem: Felix Rauch <Felix.Rauch@nice.ch> Paul J. Sanchez <paul@whimsy.umsl.edu> Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) -- Dennis Jespersen Voice: (415) 604-6742 MS T27B-1 FAX: (415) 604-1095 NASA Ames Research Center email: jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 WWW: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~jesperse We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: indy@gecko.nm-ltd.com Subject: Can't 'su' to root anymore, alluvuhsudden Message-ID: <9137cb$103425.14e@NT> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 22:52:36 GMT Distribution: world This is gravely strange. Sometime today my account on our server lost the ability to 'su' to root, and I can't seem to get it back. I can log in as root from the Login Window fine. I've reassigned the group permissions on my account, making 'wheel' my default group (as it was before this happened), and I still get this: gecko> su Password: su: setgid: Not owner I've even changed the permissions on /bin/su and /bin/su.nowheel. This is doubly embarrassing, as I'm the sysadmin :-P Steve Weintz New Media, Ltd. reply to: steve@dave-world.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: gerald@instep.bc.ca (Gerald Guterrez) Subject: NeXT boot0 -- when does it fire up ? Message-ID: <1995Sep19.231040.1527@instep.bc.ca> Sender: usenet@instep.bc.ca Organization: InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 23:10:40 GMT Hello. I'll be setting up some machines dual book with Windows 95 and NeXT3.3 sometime in the near future, and past experience has told me that I'm in for one hell of a time. There was one mystery that I never quite solved before. When does NeXTSTEP decide to put up an option to ask you which partition to boot off of ? What conditions make it pop up the NeXT boot0 prompt and ask whether you want DOS or NeXT ? Reason I'm asking is because I might be putting NeXT on the first hard drive and Win95 on the second smaller hard drive, but I'd like to boot into either OS' without using a floppy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NeXTStation w/ 3.2: hardware inventory command(s)? In-Reply-To: Russell Whitaker's message of 14 Sep 1995 23:24:33 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <43adjh$quo@murrow.corp.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 02:28:58 GMT There is no such utility but you can do: % cat /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <43adjh$quo@murrow.corp.sgi.com> Russell Whitaker <whitaker@sgi.com> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25148 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.caren.net!news.join.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!spinnews!spin-hsd0-tky!nsggate.sgi.co.jp!news.nsg.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!inn From: Russell Whitaker <whitaker@sgi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 14 Sep 1995 23:24:33 GMT Organization: Webmaster, Silicon Junction (ext. 3-3826) Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: extropia.csd.sgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1Ib7S (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin/24848-25047#42nfcu$stq@serv.hinet.net I've been playing with a NeXTStation running 3.2 o/s, and searching - with no luck - for any system utility which summarizes a hardware inventory of the workstation. I need some utility which at least lists all of the attached SCSI devices, with target numbers. I use Irix (SGI) at work, and find the 'hinv' command most useful. Any analogs under NS 3.2? Thanks, Russell -- Russell Earl Whitaker whitaker@sgi.com Webmaster, Silicon Junction Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA =============================================================== http://reality.sgi.com/employees/whitaker
From: macdiver@perry.gulfnet.com (Robert J. Rockefeller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStation Help Date: 19 Sep 1995 21:14:34 GMT Organization: RockSoft Solutions Message-ID: <macdiver-1909951715060001@205.161.162.31> I have a Macintosh and an old NeXTStation and I'm having trouble with the NeXTStation. It will not boot; seems to try but then gives a SCSI error and quits. So I need some help. In particular, I need a bootable floppy disk as I neglected to ever make one and now I need one. My plan is to boot from the floppy and see if I can read the hard disk to prove that the SCSI bus is OK. If I can read the disk, then all is OK except for disk formatting. Can someone send me such a bootable floppy? Please relpy via email. Bob -- Bob Rockefeller Savannah, Georgia macdiver@perry.gulfnet.com "I'm growing older, but not up"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver that works in boot Message-ID: <1995Sep20.005742.18214@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: root@tardis.iupui.edu (Operator) Date: 20 Sep 95 00:57:42 -0500 References: <438ppm$uv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <43kmiq$284@news.next.com> I am not sure you are setting up your disk right. Basically what you want to do is download the next.dd image file from the ftp.symbios.com site and then write this image to a floppy either in the NS3.3 environment or in dos. For dos, you will need to download the dd.exe program as well which accompanies the driver at the site. The command in dos is dd next.dd a: The command in NS3.3 is dd if=/<path>/NEXT.DD of=/dev/rfd0 I have included the install.txt file if you need it. Hope this helps. I worked for me Richard Sanchez Symbios Logic SDMS 3.0 PCI NeXTSTEP 3.2/3.3 C8XX-3.00.00 BTLD Diskette Building Instructions: The process for creating a C8XX BTLD disk to use with NeXTSTEP 3.2/3.3, will depend on what operating system you are using to create the disk. ---------- IF YOU ARE USING A SYSTEM ALREADY RUNNING NEXTSTEP: 1) First, NeXT format a diskette 2) Place the sym53c8.cfg file in the appropriate directory on the diskette. For 3.2: Create the directory /usr/Devices and place the sym53c8.cfg file in it. For 3.3: Create the directory /private/Drivers/i386 and place the sym53c8.cfg file in it. 3) Rename the file to SYM53c8.config.compressed. 4) Click on the SYM53c8.config.compressed icon and the OS will bring up the decompression utility. 5) After the decompressing is done, the disk will be ready to use for installation ---------- IF YOU ARE USING A DOS SYSTEM: 1) Use a utility which will copy a raw image onto a 1.44 MB floppy to copy the file "NEXT.DD" onto a 3.5" diskette. (One such utility is "Rawrite" which is public domain. Instructions for using this utility are included in its accompanying "doc" file.) Upon copying the image to a 3.5" disk, it is ready to use as a C8XX BTLD disk with NeXTSTEP 3.2/3.3. ---------- IF YOU ARE USING A UNIX SYSTEM: 1) Insert a 3.5" diskette into the floppy drive. 2) At the UNIX prompt type: dd if=/<path>/NEXT.DD of=/dev/rfd0 The <path> is where the dd image is located. This command will dd the image to the floppy to create a C8XX BTLD disk. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: croehrig@sns.cs.ubc.ca (Chris Roehrig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Security problems with crashed lookupd (Re: Can't 'su' to root anymore, alluvuhsudden Date: 20 Sep 1995 07:32:01 GMT Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Distribution: world Message-ID: <43og1h$2o9@nnrp.cs.ubc.ca> References: <9137cb$103425.14e@NT> In article <9137cb$103425.14e@NT> indy@gecko.nm-ltd.com writes: > This is gravely strange. Sometime today my account on our server lost the ability to 'su' to root, This is a possible symptom of your lookupd not running (the NEXTSTEP ailment of the week). In absence of lookupd, programs like su, login, etc. revert to the old /etc/passwd and group files which probably are as NeXT distributes them: containing only me and root accounts with no passwords (can you say MAJOR security hole!) Looks like loginwindow may go directly to NetInfo and not be affected by a missing lookupd. A solution to the security hole is to do the following every once in a while: nidump passwd . >/etc/passwd nidump group . >/etc/group This introduces its own security problems of course, but they're not as bad as NeXT's other security problems :-) -- Chris Roehrig (croehrig@cs.ubc.ca) Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
From: bresink@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Marcel Bresink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Screen dimming for Intel? Date: 20 Sep 1995 08:52:29 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Message-ID: <43okod$h3k@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <43m4ij$4m1@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> pom@katrin.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Prof. Dr. Klaus Pommerening) wrote: > . as set by Preferences.app. Does it work? How? That depends on the graphic card driver you are using. If the driver supports it, it works without problems. Marcel --- Marcel Bresink, University of Koblenz, Computer Graphics Lab, Institute for Computer Science Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: cdouty@netcom.com (Chris Douty) Subject: Re: Quantum Trailblazer 840S disk on black hardware Message-ID: <cdoutyDEypvB.6Js@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <DEwzxt.En@stuyts.nl> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 19:52:23 GMT Sender: cdouty@netcom13.netcom.com In article <DEwzxt.En@stuyts.nl>, Ben Stuyts <benst@stuyts.nl> wrote: >I am trying to install a Quantum Trailblazer 840S harddisk in my NeXT cube. >The disk just spins up and down during booting, and there's a messages >'waiting for drive...' in the console. It initially sees the drive, as it is >correctly identified. It says something like "Quantum TRB420S Rev 0400 as >SD1 at SC0 target 6 lun 0" (It says 840 on the label on the disk, I guess >they share the same firmware?) Because the drive is not getting ready, it is >ignored after a timeout of about 20s. > >Is this drive broken, or is there an incompatibility between the NeXT and >the drive? I tried SCSI_Inspector.app, but it doesn't see it. disk >/dev/rsd1a doesn't see it either. I do not have any solutions, but have about given up on Quantum drives for Black hardware. Back in March 1994 I bought a Quantum 1800S drives (as did many other NeXT users, they were cheap) It never worked with the NeXT. The same drive works fine on PC SCSI cards or Macs, but dies with "Incomplete Data Transfer" errors on any attempted write, like initializing. Worse the drive interfers with my Seagate boot disk. A few sweaty palmed minutes were spent before I just dropped the system to the ROM monitor. (Always back up your system before adding/removing drives!) The worst part is that Quantum claims that nothing is wrong with their drives. Last I heard (yesterday) is that they think there is some hardware modification for black hardware, (I doubt it.) and that a 1.8GB disk is "close enough to 2GB that the OS is confused." Have you ever heard such rubbish!? All this is too bad, because I liked Quantum drives on my Amiga 3000. (Although the 1800S didn't work there either.) NeXT lists several models of Quantum hard drive as incompatible with HP workstations. The Net has reported several problems with the 1800S and now Trailblazer drives. I would not buy a Quantum drive for black hardware until provided evidence that it works. Just my $0.23 Chris Douty -- Christopher Douty - Rogue Engineer trapped in a land of software cdouty@netcom.com "Frequently the messages have meaning; that is they refer to or are correlated according to some system with physical or conceptual entities. These semantic aspects of communication are irrelevant to the engineering problem." -Shannon
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: NeXT boot0 -- when does it fire up ? Date: 20 Sep 1995 08:50:18 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <43okka$fme@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <1995Sep19.231040.1527@instep.bc.ca> gerald@instep.bc.ca (Gerald Guterrez) wrote: > Hello. I'll be setting up some machines dual book with Windows 95 and > NeXT3.3 sometime in the near future, and past experience has told me that > I'm in for one hell of a time. > There was one mystery that I never quite solved before. When does NeXTSTEP > decide to put up an option to ask you which partition to boot off of ? > What conditions make it pop up the NeXT boot0 prompt and ask whether you > want DOS or NeXT ? > Reason I'm asking is because I might be putting NeXT on the first hard > drive and Win95 on the second smaller hard drive, but I'd like to boot > into either OS' without using a floppy. See NextAnswers 1487_Booting_From_An_Alternative_Hard_Disk_Drive.rtf. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: flet@worldnet.net (Francois LETELLIER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail,fr.comp.sys.next Subject: Needed : sendmail.cf for Next host Date: 20 Sep 1995 11:19:04 GMT Organization: World-Net information exchange, Internet provider. Message-ID: <43otb8$o37@aldebaran.sct.fr> Hi, I m struggling (like every beginner) with sendmail, and thought that maybe someone could have what I need already done... I m working on a stand-alone computer (NeXT station), and am connected to the Net thru a temporary link, via PPP. I retrieve my mail with a POP3 link. In order to be able to *post* mail as well, I m trying to modify my sendmail.cf, but I m not already at ease with its nuts and bolts, and (as expected) the mail is not sent properly, and looses its way passed the corner of some cryptic ruleset. Does anyone have any of the following ? - a sendmail.cf already configured for a stand-alone Unix machine only willing to route out-going mail to a single mail-host ? - pointers to some doc. about sendmail available on the Net (the doc provided online is shitty)... - good tricks ? Thanx. Please post answers by mail, since I don t often read the News, and since my _incoming_ mail does come in !
From: ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS/PCMCIA floppy + 1024b/sec HD boot? Date: 15 Sep 1995 21:17:05 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <43cqgh$713@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Is it possible to build a boot floppy so that I can boot off an external SCSI hard disk that is formatter for 1024bytes? One complication: the SCSI adapter is PCMCIA. The NeXT boot image floppies ask me for all sorts of "installation from scratch" crap. Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu
From: pisati@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it.lacd.dsi.unimi.it (Stefano Pisati) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] NCSA httpd auto start ??? Date: 20 Sep 1995 12:16:30 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University Message-ID: <43p0mu$scn@pluto.sm.dsi.unimi.it> Hi, I've installed httpd 1.4.2 from httpd.pkg and I've some problem... reading on doc file I setup it to run httpd when the system come up. I've put on /etc the file rc.http and modify rc.local with this: # # Run httpd server automatically # if [ -f /etc/rc.httpd ]; then sh /etc/rc.httpd fi The problem is that if I restart the machine it didn't run the server and if I try to run it manually this is the output: # /usr/local/etc/httpd-1.4.2/httpd -d /usr/local/etc/httpd-1.4.2 HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 ? GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html <HEAD><TITLE>500 Server Error</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY><H1>500 Server Error</H1> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.<P> Please contact the server administrator, root@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it and inform them of the time the error occurred , and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.<P> <b>Error:</b> could not get port number </BODY> Anyone have an idea about this ??? Tnx in advance !!! -- 73 de -_ Stefano _- "Stat rosa pristina nomine nomina nuda tenemus" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stefano Pisati IW2JXK email: pisati@dsi.unimi.it NeXTmail: pisati@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it PGP-Key on request http://app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it/Pisati ----------------------------------------------------------------
From: rick@mft.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: boot failure (NSFIP 3.2) Date: 20 Sep 1995 15:10:23 GMT Organization: Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Message-ID: <43pasv$8sc@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> References: <43p0mu$scn@pluto.sm.dsi.unimi.it> We're having a problem booting a pentium that has both NS and DOS partitions. Until a few days ago everything worked fine, with users jumping between DOS/Windows and Nextstep several times a day. Then, all of a sudden, typing an 'n' when the boot0 prompt came up just flashed a 'No OS' message. We booted from the installation floppy disk and CD-rom with boot: mach_kernel -s and mounted the scsi disk. We did an fsck on /dev/sd0a and got a "SUMMARY INFORMATION BAD" which it then salvaged. A second fsck followed by a reboot produced the same failure as in the above paragraph. We then booted again from the floppy, mounted the scsi disk and did a /etc/disk -b /dev/rsd0a to rewrite the boot blocks. Now it gets as far as printing "Nextstep boot v1.28" before it hangs. We can look around the scsi disk after it's mounted and everything looks ok. We can also boot with 'fd()mach_kernel rootdev=sd0a' and things mostly work (the graphics, ethernet and mouse drivers aren't loaded from the floppy). Both Nextstep and DOS versions of fdisk see both partitions. We looked at the files in / and /usr/standalone and everything is there with the right sizes and permissions. info: Nextstep 3.2. 100 MHz pentium, NCR53C810 PCI SCSI controller (Talus or Symbios drivers), 1G SCSI disk (600 for DOS, 400 for NS). Machine has been running for months in this configuration with no problems or changes. The DOS part boots and works as usual. We've read NeXTanswers 1381 and 1487, and Joe Keenans "One PC, more than one OS?" NEXTstep in Focus article. Does anyone have any ideas for what we should try next (short of reinstalling Nextstep)? thanks in advance, rick -- Rick Gray, Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx 77030 | Internet: rick@mft.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu | NeXTMail accepted
From: fad@zoo.bt.co.uk (Francisco de Carvalho) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail.cf Date: 20 Sep 1995 15:47:28 GMT Organization: BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK Message-ID: <43pd2g$r09@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit About a week ago, I asked the following: > I'm fed up of having to complete the mail address to people > within my company (.bt.co.uk). > > Does anyone out there have fix for sendmail.cf before I > have to spend hours hacking it :-) > > Basically, I'd like to put > fred@domainy > > ..and have it sent to: > fred@domainy.bt.co.uk And got some replies (thanks): > This seems like a netinfo/DNS issue. > > If you have the mailhosts defined in netinfo or DNS for those > domains, then sendmail will automatically route correctly. At > worst, you may have to set up an /etc/resolv.conf file, giving both > a nameserver IP address, and the line: > > domain bt.co.uk > > > Paul > I tried the above, but that actually then puts my machine before .bt and when I mail within my domain (zoo.bt.co.uk), it actually sends to mantis.zoo.bt.co.uk and fails. What I did to solve the problem (I'm waiting consequences!) was to copy a sendmail.cf from a sunos 4.1.2 machine and then made /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf point to it. It works... BTW, this was on a UNIX administrators advice. I can't tell which the rules does it, I'm afraid. If I do find out, I'll post the result. Thanks, fran -- --------------------------------------------------------------- F A de Carvalho Intelligence Software Systems BT Labs Telephone +44 1473 642368 B67 / Room G11 Fax +44 1473 637614 Martlesham Heath Mobile (UK) 0850 775383 Ipswich IP5 7RE, UK
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: lookupd, PPP, DNS, ARGGHHH!!! Date: 20 Sep 1995 15:59:05 GMT Message-ID: <43pdo9$ps4@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <1995Sep5.142744.3678@radical2.radical.com> Ralph_Jung@Radical.Com wrote: : I've been trying to get my NeXT Cube running NS 3.3 to connect to a name : server via Morning Star PPP 1.4.1. I can access machines on the Internet by : their address, but not by their name. I have put the name servers addresses : in /etc/resolv.conf. Here's what happens when I try to access a machine by : name: : 1) In a Terminal window, I enter "ftp ftp.next.com" : 2) About two minutes later, it returns with "unknown host" : 3) Then the PPP link is brought up to access the name server : Something is "out of order" here. Is it me, PPP, or lookupd?? I seem to : recall hearing about problems with lookupd. Is this one of them? What's : the work around? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. : Thanks. : -- : Ralph Jung ( Ralph_Jung@Radical.Com ) : Radical System Solutions, Inc. NeXTmail/MIME accepted : System/Network/Database Design, Development, Consulting : rad~i~cal \'rad-i-kel\ adj. - marked by a considerable departure from : the usual or traditional: EXTREME
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself! Date: 20 Sep 1995 16:19:47 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.950918124422.13279C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Bernhard Scholz (scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote: : On 18 Sep 1995, Marcos Javier Polanco wrote: : > : > Hello, : > : > For my standalone machine 'dogen' you'd think that : > : > /usr/etc/route add dogen localhost 0 : > : can you do a: ping dogen? : can you do a: ping localhost? I have this same problem with my stand-alone too. When I do a 'ping myhost', it says 'ping: unknown host myhost'. It appears to be not resolving my name. I tried adding it to the /etc/host file and doing a 'mkhosts' but it doesn't help. Does anyone know what is wrong? Do I need to start named on a stand-alone? : -- : Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) : scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ : scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail: csong@singnet.com.sg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: ah@deneb.cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:09:34 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <43phse$lpg@news.tuwien.ac.at> Keywords: cfs,cdrom,nfs Hi, I own a NeXTstation with NS3.3, connected to it a Toshiba 3601 cdrom (SCSI II). It works without problems. Further, I own a DEC PC (468 66Mhz), NS3.3, connected via ethernet to my NeXTstation. I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to access a file: - In few cases, it works. - It doesn't work and I get: - file is a directory - file is readable, but has 0 bytes - open(file) hangs indefinitely Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you can mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), it works file over nfs. Help needed, -- Andreas Haleger ----------- So dachte er jetzt traurig an diese stattliche, altmodische Dame von Stand, die vor schon vier Jahren auf unfromme Weise aus einem Nonnenkloster gezerrt und erwuergt worden war, weil sie barmherzig gegenueber jenen gewesen war, die mit der Langlebigkeit anderer geschlagen waren. J.B. Cabell Der verwunschene Ort
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: chris@instep.bc.ca Subject: What is this?: mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-900) Message-ID: <1995Sep20.173938.2280@instep.bc.ca> Sender: usenet@instep.bc.ca Organization: InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:39:38 GMT I am seeing this message in /usr/adm/messages: mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-900) while at the same time experiencing difficulties with the serial port. I am wondering if these are related. Has anyone had a similar experience, or know what the meaning of this message is? Thanks. Christopher Allan InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Vancouver, B.C. e-mail: chris@instep.bc.ca
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Screen dimming for Intel? Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:37:13 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University, CSIS Dept. Message-ID: <43pjg9$5b7@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <43m4ij$4m1@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> In article <43m4ij$4m1@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE>, Prof. Dr. Klaus Pommerening <pom@katrin.imsd.uni-mainz.DE> wrote: >. as set by Preferences.app. Does it work? How? It only works if your graphics card and driver supports dimming. My ATI Mach64 does dimming. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Bela Sefcsik <bsefcsik@icis.on.ca> Subject: email through ppp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <DF7sBA.BCs@icis.on.ca> Sender: news@icis.on.ca (Newsie) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Inter-Com Information Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:23:34 GMT I would like to send email by forwarding through an ISP on a PPP link. How should I set up my system to accomplish this? I guess the sendmail.cf would have to be modified, but I am not sure how. I have tried using Taylor UUCP, but the mail doesn't get through. Thanks.
From: root@dpls.dacc.wisc.edu (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: bad time on NS/I Time server Date: 20 Sep 1995 18:59:56 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <43pobc$lsa@news.doit.wisc.edu> We have a Pentium NEXTSTEP server which acts as the ntp time server for a cluster of 4 NEXTSTEP machines. Problem is, the time on the server is really bad and is sometimes off a day or more! I can reset it manually using date or rdate but then within a day its _way_ off again. How can I make sure my time server keeps reliable time? I tried putting something in crontab to run rdate periodically to an outside machine which I know keeps good time but it didn't help. How do you tell a time server ntpd where to get _its_ time from? Thanks, - Gareth
From: wolfgang@wi.WHU-Koblenz.de (Wolfgang Roeckelein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next Subject: NetBoot question Date: 20 Sep 1995 18:08:46 GMT Organization: WHU Koblenz Message-ID: <43plbe$kqp@obelix.WHU-Koblenz.de> Hi, does anybody know if it possible to NetBoot a NeXTstation, but have the /private dir on the local harddisk? I yes, what would be th easiest way to set this up? Please answer via email, my incoming news connection has too much holes... Thank you very much in advance, Wolfgang -- Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Voice: +49 261 6509 173 Wolfgang Roeckelein Fax: +49 261 6509 179 WHU Koblenz E-Mail: roeckelein@wi.whu-koblenz.de Burgplatz 2 (MIME and NeXTmail ok) D-56179 Vallendar WWW: http://www.whu-koblenz.de/~wolfgang/ Germany
From: Russell Whitaker <whitaker@sgi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStation w/ 3.2: hardware inventory command(s)? Date: 20 Sep 1995 21:00:35 GMT Organization: Webmaster, Silicon Junction (ext. 3-3826) Message-ID: <43pvdj$ni4@murrow.corp.sgi.com> References: <43adjh$quo@murrow.corp.sgi.com> <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: rdl@world.std.com,whitaker rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: >There is no such utility but you can do: > >% cat /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table > >Robert La Ferla >Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant >Boston, MA >+ 1 (617) 252-0088 > I've been pointed by several respondants to 'SCSIInquirer'. However, your tip is a nice one to know. Thanks, Russell -- Russell Earl Whitaker whitaker@sgi.com Webmaster, Silicon Junction 415-390-3826 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA =============================================================== http://reality.sgi.com/employees/whitaker
From: sams@best.com (Samuel G. Streeper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: boot failure (NSFIP 3.2) Date: 20 Sep 1995 16:57:21 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <sams.811641106@shell1.best.com> References: <43p0mu$scn@pluto.sm.dsi.unimi.it> <43pasv$8sc@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> rick@mft.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Gray) writes: >We're having a problem booting a pentium that has both NS and DOS >partitions. Until a few days ago everything worked fine, with users >jumping between DOS/Windows and Nextstep several times a day. Then, >all of a sudden, typing an 'n' when the boot0 prompt came up just >flashed a 'No OS' message. This is the symptom of something pretty bad... Boot0 will print "No OS" if it goes to the beginning of the selected partition and doesn't find another boot sector. So it looks like something overwrote the beginning of the next partition and maybe more judging from the other errors you encountered. Under DOS, any app can issue bios calls to scribble anywhere on the disk, so this is probably where the error occurred. It's harder to scrog the disk under NS. -sam
From: robin@pencom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What's up with lookupd? Date: 19 Sep 1995 19:34:58 GMT Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <43n612$24dn@digdug.pencom.com> References: <431v19$87g@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <43gca0$sn4@kaleka.seanet.com> kostya@seanet.com (Konstantin Martynenko) wrote: : Robert Lutwak (robert@amo.mit.edu) wrote: : : All of a sudden, lookupd has given up on our server. : : From other recent posts, it seems we're not alone with this : : problem and I wonder if something has happened to lookupd : : and/or the network in the last 48 hours. : We experienced this too. : There were some huge routing problems on MCI backbone and some parts of : Sprintlink. Maybe other networks were affected as well (?). Many ip : addresses couldn't have been reached because of numerous routing loops. : Some parts of the backbone have been dead for hours (couple days?). : That caused "unusual" behavior of many (as these postings indicate) NeXT : boxes on the net. <Other stuff deleted> Hmmm... I wonder if that was my problem too. I came in on Tuesday morning and tried to 'su'. My machine responded "who are you?". Then I tried "whoami" -- which was a 'zsh' alias to: whoami=id | awk -F\( '{print $2}' | awk -F\) '{print $1}' Which resulted in a "bus error". After unaliasing "whoami", and trying again -- I got: "intruder alert!" Interestingly, on Monday I _had_ sent mail to a user at 'mci.com'. I have no way to tell if this was a contributing factor to my problems (note that I had no other internet contacts "on-going" when I re-booted the system -- so the only possibility was sendmail doing something "behind the scenes"), but I discovered (after about 1 hour of debugging) that 'lookupd' had left a core file in "/". Upon reboot it died again (immediately). And then after anther reboot it was OK... Wierd! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** These are my opinions... Mine! All Mine! Minemineminemineminemine! *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin D. Wilson robin@pencom.com Pencom Software 701 Canyon Bend Dr. 9050 Capital of Texas Hwy Pflugerville, TX 78660 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 251-1737 (512) 343-6666
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail Date: 21 Sep 1995 01:43:23 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <43qfvr$a0p@paladin.american.edu> Is NeXT's sendmail supposed to be run SUID root or as a program that gets fired up by the user? If not SUID what permissions have to be in place for the /etc/sendmail directory and the /usr/spool/mqueue directory for sendmail to work right and as securely as possible? (Did I miss any dirs?) -- Torrey McMahon
From: ggerard@onramp.net (Greg Gerard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Symbios (NCR) SCSI driver that works in boot Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:50:44 GMT Organization: Salve, Inc. Message-ID: <43qgbv$cuf@news.onramp.net> References: <438ppm$uv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <43kmiq$284@news.next.com> <1995Sep20.005742.18214@indyvax.iupui.edu> I am using a Compaq ProSignia 500 and it has the NCR chip down on the motherboard. To get it to work, I installed with an Adaptec 2940 card and then added the driver. The Configure app had mucho problems dealing with adding it as a SCSI device, though so I did it manually. Edit /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table and change the line that mentions boot drivers so that it has a reference to the SYM53c whatever driver. After that, everything worked fine. Now if I could only get the AMDPCnet driver to work properly. Ugh. greg
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: This is a test - Please Ignore! Date: 20 Sep 1995 21:54:34 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <43qgkq$sst@newsbf02.news.aol.com> This is a test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: US-NY-NeXT Systems Administrator - to 80k+ Date: 20 Sep 1995 22:13:18 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <43qhnu$a6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> My client a major international financial institution, has an immediate need for an experienced NeXT SA. You must have a strong hands-on NeXT SA background, coupled with some exposure to Sun, SunOS or Solaris. You will become an important team member of a mission critical trading system development group. Contact me today, Brian Mitchell Datacom Technology Group 212-629-5720 212-629-3374(FAX) e-mail - briman101@aol.com
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock) Subject: Re: BUG?: NFS from NEXT to SOLARIS Message-ID: <bswDF835A.EEL@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <43k6ei$62g@news.its.com> <bswDF54vH.Knx@netcom.com> <JK.95Sep19212529@leo.tools.de> Distribution: inet Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 21:17:34 GMT Sender: bsw@netcom2.netcom.com In article <JK.95Sep19212529@leo.tools.de> jk@tools.de (Juergen Keil) writes: >In article <bswDF54vH.Knx@netcom.com> bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling >Woodcock) writes: > >> The question of who's at fault now depends on what's actually happened. If >> the older server is choking on the larger readdir() request, then the problem >> is the server, and the client is doing what's correct. > >It's the Nextstep server that doesn't send replies. The Nextstep >server logs messages of the form: > > Sep 19 21:18:42 xxxx mach: svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed > Sep 19 21:18:42 xxxx mach: nfs_server: bad sendreply from 192.1.2.3 > >The SunOS 5.4 nfs client (seeing no responses for it's readdir >requests) code dynamically reduces the rsize parameter for the mount >until it reaches rsize == 1024 bytes. When rsize reaches 1024 bytes, >the Nextstep server starts sending replies. Looks to me like SunOS 5.4 is doing *exactly* the right thing, then. Heck, they may even be going above-and-beyond the call of duty by reducing the rsize parameter in subsequent requests; I'm not sure if that's even a requirement. However, they even include a tunable for people who need to talk to broken servers. Looks like the NeXT is the one at fault here, not Sun. Bruce -- Bruce Sterling Woodcock --- Systems Administrator ][ sterling@netcom.com The views and opinions expressed in this message ][ sterling@netapp.com are not necessarily those of NETCOM nor of my ][ sterling@well.com current employer, Network Appliance Corporation. ][ sterling@egbt.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Message-ID: <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:06:47 GMT Sender: westes@netcom17.netcom.com We are running NS FIP 3.2 on an Intel '486DX2-66 processor. Today the power went out, and when it came back on NeXTSTEP appeared to be severely hosed. It would take forever for NFS to load, no one could login to the system, and it took forever for the login prompt to ever appear. It turns out that the name server, a Linux box, had also gone down. When does NeXTSTEP virtually collapse when an external name server is down? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "permission denied" problem Date: 17 Sep 1995 17:15:25 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <43hl3d$8m0@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <JESPERSE.95Sep15142348@win246.nas.nasa.gov> <43eiji$g6@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) writes: >jesperse@win246.nas.nasa.gov (Dennis C. Jespersen) wrote: >> After a disk crash and a lot of mucking around (using BuildDisk from a >> hard disk to an optical disk and back to another hard disk, then >> restoring from a dump), I almost have a >> working system again (NS 3.2, black hardware). The problem now is >> that an ordinary user runs into permission problems when trying ping, >> rsh, netstat, or printing, with messages like this: >> from ping: ping:socket: Permission denied >> from netstat: cannot open /dev/kem: Permission denied >> from rsh: rcmd:socket: Permission denied >> trying to print: /usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer: Permission denied >> Obviously there's a permission problem :), but I can't seem to track >> it down. I've grubbed around in the manuals and I've compare my >> system with a "good" NeXT system to no avail. If anyone can point me >> in the right direction here, I'd appreciate it. >All these programs must have the SETUID bit. You must lost these bits >during recovery. Indeed. These lost setuid bits are due to the 3.2 version of restore as described in some NeXTAnswer (the number of which I don't remember). It's really annoying; on first sight, restore seems to get the permissions right and then unifies them with lost setuid. A proper way to go could be to compare the restored system with the "bill of material" (file extension .bom, located somewhere in /usr/lib/*) and to make the changes automatically by the help of find, awk, or some other proper tool. That's the way we did. Things will go fine. Sorry I can't give you more precise answer but I'm not working on a NeXT right now. Hope that helps. Bernd
From: peer@gaia.hanse.de (Peer Sandtner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Users of Intel GX, please read: How to use video mode 1120x832? Date: 19 Sep 1995 19:38:01 GMT Organization: private SiTE Message-ID: <43n66p$13r@gaia.hanse.de> Keywords: intel gx, video Hello! Although I can choose 1120x832 in Configure.app the systems will not use any other mode than 1024x768. On startup the system says: cannot match modes.. Why can I choose a driver that does not work with the on-board ATI graphics adapter? (2 MB VRAM) Peer --- Peer Sandtner peer@gaia.hanse.de "Yes, it [still] will." Jahnstrasse 18 MIME, NeXTmail -- PasteUp T-shirt 21465 Reinbek v: +49 40 727 30 117 (... have a place in my dock) Germany f: +49 40 727 30 118 How long with three dots?
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Date: 21 Sep 1995 11:14:27 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <43rhej$of9@ni1.ni.net> References: <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> In article <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes: >We are running NS FIP 3.2 on an Intel '486DX2-66 processor. Today >the power went out, and when it came back on NeXTSTEP appeared to be >severely hosed. It would take forever for NFS to load, no one could >login to the system, and it took forever for the login prompt to >ever appear. > >It turns out that the name server, a Linux box, had also gone down. >When does NeXTSTEP virtually collapse when an external name server >is down? > >-- >Will Estes U.S. Computer >Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 > Saratoga, CA 95070 > FAX: 408-446-1013 It sounds like you've encountered the infamous lookupd bug. It seems that lookupd is single threaded (at least it acts that way in 3.3) with many if not most system queries going through it so a DNS query can block lookupd until it either times out or the query is answered by a DNS server. Hopefully, NeXT will release the patch soon. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: showmods ? Date: 21 Sep 1995 11:26:25 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <43ri51$7ju@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> References: <43939m$8q4@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Noone knows what the permissions mean in showmods output?? Ivo Welch (ivo@news.lbs.lon.ac.uk) wrote: Having a few problems with my system, such as a /bin/su that wants to suspend itself immediately all the time (not dying!), I have decided to start to decipher the showmods output. (It would be great if someone were to write a tool to ignore changes on "uninteresting" files, such as tty files and other known temporary scratch files that are to be rewritten every time. But, not much we can do...) First, I presume that showmods actually checks the bytes in each file to see if internal file stuff got corrupted. Correct? Now, my real problem is with the SUID/GID output. For example, Mode change : //NextLibrary/Receipts was Directory 041777 root/wheel 0 0 1994-11-12 01:15:11 +0100 now Directory 040755 root/wheel 0 0 1995-09-11 17:08:02 +0100 what does 041777 mean? The chmod option documents a 4 digit octal code, not a 6-digit code... Ivo Welch ivo.welch@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk
From: cordero@goofy.pros.com (Manuel Cordero) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Thinkpad NS 3.3 installation Date: 21 Sep 1995 13:31:21 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <43rpf9$n43@News1.mcs.net> I am in the process of installing NS3.3 on a IBM thinkpad 360ce. I managed to load the software via the network using a Xircom PCMCIA card. However, I am unable to load the machine from its harddisk. I followed all the recommendations listed in the NeXTAnswers such as turning "Power Management off" and using the "EIDE and ATAPI Device Driver". During the boot process the system asks me for the floppy containing the drivers indicated during the initial installation. I load them but then I get a System Panic: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root Apparently it's getting a vfs_mountroot: error=6 Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks in advance. Manuel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: yves@claire (Yves Akakpo) Subject: too small size of mail Message-ID: <1995Sep20.192029.1399@yves.fdn.fr> Sender: news@yves.fdn.fr Organization: Individual Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 19:20:29 GMT Hi ! I am recently "sysadmin" for my own NeXT (m68k). I can t receipt mail with a big size. So I can t hold back some applications or other mail with big size I extracted from any ftp-server. I would like receipt any size of mail. How can I do? Any advice appreciated Thanks. Yves
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: NeXTStation w/ 3.2: hardware inventory command(s)? Message-ID: <DF939s.un@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:17:52 GMT In article <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > There is no such utility but you can do: > > % cat /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table There is no such thing as /usr/Devices on my NeXTstation running 3.2. Maybe it only exists on NSFIP? > > I've been playing with a NeXTStation running 3.2 o/s, and searching > > - with no luck - for any system utility which summarizes a hardware > > inventory of the workstation. I need some utility which at least > > lists all of the attached SCSI devices, with target numbers. I use > > Irix (SGI) at work, and find the 'hinv' command most useful. Yes, hinv can be a handy tool. AFAIK there is no equivalent on ns/moto. You may check BugNext.app's h/w and s/w inventory within the bug report to see what they (next) found to retrieve. Juergen --- Fon ++49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax ++49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Sendmail 8.7 on m68k NS3.2 Date: 21 Sep 1995 15:57:54 GMT Organization: Dept of Radiology, U of Alberta Hospitals Message-ID: <43s222$elo@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Has anyone managed to get sendmail 8.7 compiled, configured and working on a black NeXT under NS 3.2? I've built the new Berkeley db library (db 1.85) and installed it, and compiled sendmail with O= -posix -O2 DBMDEF= -DNEWDB -DNETINFO ENVDEF= -DNeXT LIBS= -ldb -lposix All the files compile ok, but at the linking stage, I get ld: Undefined symbols: _isascii _munmap make: *** [sendmail] Error 1 I don't know why isascii is undefined (it's declared in ctype.h which is #included by several files) and I have no idea where munmap occurs (after grep'ing the sendmail sources). Any sage advice from out there? Many thanks Eugene Mah --- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Grad Student/Sys Admin "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Grad Student/Sys Admin "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: daj@nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Date: 21 Sep 1995 15:42:46 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Message-ID: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> Keywords: swapfile I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows until I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway I can have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having to reboot? As you can see I'm a bit of a newbie so be kind. ....david
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Date: 21 Sep 1995 17:49:49 GMT Organization: UBC Message-ID: <43s8jt$a68@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> I have the same problem. I would also be interested to know the answer :) Shaun. On 21 Sep 1995 15:42:46 GMT daj@nwu.edu wrote: >I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows until I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway I can have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having to reboot? >As you can see I'm a bit of a newbie so be kind. >....david -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <randyn@crt.com> Message-ID: <9509211530.AA00926@hurricanes> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 10:29:55 -0500 Subject: Driver for DeskJet 600C for ghostscript Hello, I am trying to use GhostScript to print to a DeskJet 600C on an Intel NeXT. (Thanks to all who sent me info on where to find the package for setting up GhostScript with the NeXT.) When I print, the print head makes noises, but never does put anything on the paper. I have been trying to use the DeskJet 550C driver (cdj550c) (the 550C driver under Windows 95 works for the 600C as well), but I guess it doesn't work on NeXT. So, does anyone know if there is a GhostScript driver for the HP DeskJet 600C? Thanks, Randy Nelson randyn@crt.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.text.tex From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: LATeX2e/dvips/magnification question Message-ID: <DF9xL2.DID@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 21:12:37 GMT Hi, I am currently using LATeX2e under NEXTSTEP 3.3. I would like to use the a5paper option and magnify the output by a factor 2 when printing/faxing. I seem to be unable to locate a dvips option for this. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Sebastian Niesen <sniesen@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing Quantum Kapella 2210 on Cube runnint NS 3.2 Date: 18 Sep 1995 10:16:38 GMT Organization: NaixT - The NEXTSTEP Usergroup Aachen, Germany Message-ID: <43jgu6$7le@news.rwth-aachen.de> References: <DEwnrI.FBp@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: scottn@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca Well, since NeXT themselves terminated the internal drive and SCSI specs say that there has to be a terminator at the beginning and the end of the SCSI chain, I guess you should terminate your new drive. It worked fine for every drive that has ever been in my Cube. Sebastian _______________________________________________________________________________ Sebastian Niesen sniesen@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Student Of Computer Science Tel: +49-(0)241-911409 RWTH Aachen http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~sniesen
From: Marcos Javier Polanco <marcos@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: I can't ping myself! Date: 18 Sep 1995 05:32:58 GMT Organization: Persona Mundial Message-ID: <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, For my standalone machine 'dogen' you'd think that /usr/etc/route add dogen localhost 0 or /usr/etc/route add dogen 12.0.0.7.1 0 would work to make certain the I could still resolve ip packets to myself when using PPP. BUT IT DON'T! If any gurus out there have suggestions, as the Ferengis say, I'm all ears. - marcos j. polanco - marcos@best.com
From: sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anonymous FTP - How?? Date: 18 Sep 1995 06:53:52 GMT Organization: PhilosVille Message-ID: <43j520$bhb@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> HI, I am interested in setting up anonymous FTP on my machine. 3.2 black station. Anyone able to direct me to the correct info?? Shaun. NeXTMail - sfoy@philos.resnet.ubc.ca -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail address question Date: 18 Sep 1995 07:28:49 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43j73h$ebo@news.its.com> References: <43ikpb$m66@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > in the following mail address example: > <hula@foo.pill.com> "Hula S. Hula" > does the full name in quotes have anything at all to do with > the routing of the message? No. The name in quotes has nothing to do with the routing of the message. Consult RFC 822. > For example, would the following address work just the same > as the first example: > > <hula@foo.pill.com> "Hula's House" Yes. > If that would work fine, then how could I, if my name was "Hula S. Hula", > engender the quoted name to be different? You could use Mail->Preferences to set a "From:" header as you wished, or you could change the full user name in /etc/passwd and/or NetInfo (by UserManager). -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: marcos@dogen (Marcos Javier Polanco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Early PEEK at WWW search tool built on NEXTSTEP! Date: 22 Sep 1995 04:03:45 GMT Organization: TLGnet, a division of RGNet, Inc. Message-ID: <43tcj1$ft1@kadath.zeitgeist.net> Hello! I am proud to annouce the early-beta release of the Siteseer search tool for the Web! The Siteseer's spider catalogs sites across the Web. Your bookmarks are mapped against the catalog to generate your personalized hotlist! The Siteseer is built on NEXTSTEP, so I chose to annouce it to the community first. From OmniWeb, make certain you cut and paste the HTML *source* for your bookmarks. (Cmd - V) Please contribute with your suggestions, and please be patient...the site is getting moved to a faster link and hardware soon. Hasta la vista! -- ========================================================= - marcos j. polanco The Siteseer is your personalized - marcos@imana.com HOTLIST of 'cool sites' on the Web! - 415-255-1102 Find it at http://www.imana.com/ =========================================================
From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp and local domains Date: 18 Sep 1995 03:52:46 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems Message-ID: <43jj1u$r9p@crl9.crl.com> Grrr. One would think this would be relatively simple. I want to get sendmail 8.6.12 working with uucp on a LAN. The server machine hooks up to an ISP via uucp; I've got taylor uucp installed. I don't have dns running. I've got smarthost set, so that everything the host doesn't understand is forwarded to the ISP. But machines on the local LAN also get forwarded to the smart host, and I don't want that. All the weird stuff should get forwarded to the smart host, while the machines on the local LAN get their mail delivered directly over smtp. Do I need a mailertable to get this working, and if so what friggin' database utilities do I need? -- Don McGregor | "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence mcgredo@crl.com | level of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."
From: frank@this.net (Frank M. Siegert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: email through ppp Date: 20 Sep 1995 23:01:43 GMT Organization: my own Message-ID: <43q6gn$2tj@gate.seicom.net> References: <DF7sBA.BCs@icis.on.ca> Send email by giving the remote host (the one of your ISP that knows to further deliver the mail) the alias "mailhost" in HostManager.app. Be sure that your /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf is a link to sendmail.subsidiary.cf (or enter it in NetInfo, as explained in the Sys Admin notes). lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 22 Nov 5 1993 sendmail.cf -> sendmail.subsidiary.cf That should do... ping the remote mailhost, it should be up, then send a test mail from the shell. Use mail -v to send a testmail, it will show you what sendmail is doing. You can see if the mail did go out by looking in syslog: more /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog as root. Be prepared to get a suprise where your mailer will deliver to if your ISP uses a wildcard MX...as this is overriding the mailhost setting. Receive email by pop3. That is very easy to setup and reasonable useable. - Frank --- Frank M. Siegert [frank@this.net] -- Home Page http://hades.tue.schwaben.de/~frank NeXTSTEP & PostScript Guy
From: tmeyer@sparkalepsy.mcs.com (Tom Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Date: 22 Sep 1995 04:27:12 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <43tdv0$13i@News1.mcs.net> References: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> <43s8jt$a68@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> sfoy@srtb0511a12.resnet.ubc.ca (Shaun Patrick Foy) wrote: > I have the same problem. I would also be interested to know the answer :) > Shaun. > On 21 Sep 1995 15:42:46 GMT daj@nwu.edu wrote: > >I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows until I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway I can have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having to reboot? > >As you can see I'm a bit of a newbie so be kind. > >....david > -- > \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / > | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | > / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ > <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A> Nope. not really. get more RAM, a bigger disk or learn how to use MallocDebug :-) -tom
From: stabl@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 on m68k NS3.2 Date: 21 Sep 1995 23:43:30 +0200 Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <43sma2$2od@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <43s222$elo@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca writes: >Has anyone managed to get sendmail 8.7 compiled, configured >and working on a black NeXT under NS 3.2? Yes, all 3 of them, with almost no problems (under NS3.3). > mconnect localhost connecting to host localhost (127.0.0.1), port 25 connection open 220 myhost.somewhere.in.the.world ESMTP Sendmail 8.7/8.7; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 23:41:00 +0200 (MET DST) help 214-This is Sendmail version 8.7 214-Commands: 214- HELO EHLO MAIL RCPT DATA 214- RSET NOOP QUIT HELP VRFY 214- EXPN VERB 214-For more info use "HELP <topic>". 214-To report bugs in the implementation send email to 214- sendmail@CS.Berkeley.EDU. 214-For local information send email to Postmaster at your site. 214 End of HELP info quit 221 myhost.somewhere.in.the.world closing connection >I've built the new Berkeley db library (db 1.85) and >installed it, and compiled sendmail with >O= -posix -O2 >DBMDEF= -DNEWDB -DNETINFO >ENVDEF= -DNeXT >LIBS= -ldb -lposix sendmail 8.7 even compiles without the posix flags. I compiled it without the db stuff (using the netinfo aliases only). >All the files compile ok, but at the linking stage, I get >ld: Undefined symbols: >_isascii >_munmap >I don't know why isascii is undefined (it's declared in >ctype.h which is #included by several files) and I have >no idea where munmap occurs (after grep'ing the sendmail >sources). Both symbols are used in the db library. Just do a quick grep in the source and you will see where (I can't remember now). Or use nm to lookup the symbols in the *.o files. Robert. -- Robert Stabl email: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de Dept. of Computer Science stabl@leo.org University of Munich http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~stabl/ Leopoldstr. 11B D-80802 Muenchen Tel: +(49) 89 2180 6316 Germany FAX: +(49) 89 2180 6310
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 on m68k NS3.2 Message-ID: <DFAnIK.2qr@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <43s222$elo@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 06:32:43 GMT In article <43s222$elo@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca writes: > All the files compile ok, but at the linking stage, I get > ld: Undefined symbols: > _isascii > _munmap > make: *** [sendmail] Error 1 > When I try to make Sendmail 8.7 this is what I get: gcc -o sendmail alias.o arpadate.o clock.o collect.o conf.o convtime.o daemon.o deliver.o domain.o envelope.o err.o headers.o macro.o main.o map.o mci.o mime.o parseaddr.o queue.o readcf.o recipient.o savemail.o srvrsmtp.o stab.o stats.o sysexits.o trace.o udb.o usersmtp.o util.o version.o -L/usr/lib -ldbm ld: Undefined symbols: ___dn_skipname *** Exit 1 Stop. Any ideas? -Alby
From: Guido Sawade <sawade@physik.TU-Berlin.DE> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: LATeX2e/dvips/magnification question Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:45:51 +0200 Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950922114523.363F-100000@marie> References: <DF9xL2.DID@RnA.NL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DF9xL2.DID@RnA.NL> On Thu, 21 Sep 1995 Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: > I am currently using LATeX2e under NEXTSTEP 3.3. I would like to use > the a5paper option and magnify the output by a factor 2 when printing/faxing. I > seem to be unable to locate a dvips option for this. Is there a way to do this? dvips -y 2000 --- Guido Sawade <sawade@physik.tu-berlin.de> TU Berlin, Opt.Inst. PN0-1, 10623 Berlin, FRG
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Date: 21 Sep 1995 17:21:47 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> References: <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> <43rhej$of9@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: > In article <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) > writes: >> We are running NS FIP 3.2 on an Intel '486DX2-66 processor. Today >> the power went out, and when it came back on NeXTSTEP appeared to be >> severely hosed. It would take forever for NFS to load, no one could >> login to the system, and it took forever for the login prompt to >> ever appear. >> >> It turns out that the name server, a Linux box, had also gone down. >> When does NeXTSTEP virtually collapse when an external name server >> is down? > > It sounds like you've encountered the infamous lookupd bug. It seems that > lookupd is single threaded (at least it acts that way in 3.3) with many > if not most system queries going through it so a DNS query can block > lookupd until it either times out or the query is answered by a DNS > server. Lookupd under NEXTSTEP releases prior to 3.3 is single-threaded. The symptoms Will describes are typical. Note that you can run a caching-only nameserver locally on each NEXTSTEP box, which will help to reduce the latency that DNS lookups imposes upon all system queries that go through lookupd. Lookupd under 3.3 is definitely multithreaded, but it appears to only be able to handle seperate types of requests simultaneously (ie, two DNS lookups will occur sequentially, but a DNS lookup and a getpwent lookup will happen in a multithreaded fashion). The problem with 3.3 lookupd is not that it isn't multithreaded, but that it has problems in the mutex locking protecting shared data such that it is possible for lookupd to corrupt NetInfo data. > Hopefully, NeXT will release the patch soon. Yup. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail Date: 21 Sep 1995 17:34:40 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43s7ng$ghj@news.its.com> References: <43qfvr$a0p@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) wrote: > Is NeXT's sendmail supposed to be run SUID root or as a program that gets > fired up by the user? If not SUID what permissions have to be in place > for the /etc/sendmail directory and the /usr/spool/mqueue directory for > sendmail to work right and as securely as possible? (Did I miss any > dirs?) Sendmail has to be setuid root. It probably should be setgid to kmem (in order to read kernel memory to determine the system load average), although this does not seem necessary for a NEXTSTEP installation. If it's setgid kmem, it should have permissions of 6511, otherwise 4511. /usr/spool/mqueue and /etc/sendmail should be owned by root and have permissions of 700 for maximum security. A less restrictive site would have this be 750, and have those directories owned by the group that the people who are your administrators are in, such as wheel or maybe staff. /, /usr, /bin, /usr/bin, /etc, /usr/etc, /lib, and /usr/lib should all be owned by root and have permissions of 755. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Date: 21 Sep 1995 19:58:25 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <43sg51$ghj@news.its.com> References: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> daj@nwu.edu wrote: > I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows until > I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway I can > have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having to reboot? > As you can see I'm a bit of a newbie so be kind. Not really, no, although the swapfile will pretty much stop growing when it gets to around 50 - 100 MB in size, depending on just what the machine in question is doing. The swapfile may sometimes actually shink in size, although for somewhat obscure reasons this happens infrequently. From a practical standpoint, the best solution for this problem is to hook up (for example) a 100 MB drive and use it as a swapdisk. I have a 250 MB Seagate as a swapdisk (and it also serves as a backup device and a bootable second disk in case my primary drive gets messed up somehow), and I have never worried about the swapfile since. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Denis GESBERT Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Booting on a secondary scsci disk drive Date: 22 Sep 1995 13:54:27 GMT Organization: CRC - Universite Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg France Distribution: world Message-ID: <43uf6j$n98@apopi.u-strasbg.fr> Hi, I have tried to boot from an alternative disk drive according to the procedure of NeXTAnswer number 1487 (I do this because I need to add a smaller scsci drive with an other operating system but I don't have a boot manager allready install on my current disk and I prefere to avoid reformating and reinstalling system if I can). So I have setup the older drive with scsi id=1 the new with the 7 Mb partition as scsi id#0 and done everythings to be done the NeXTAnswer. Now when I try to boot with this disk everythings seems to be OK at the beginning (and until the end when I chose the others OS) but during the next boot numeral things seems to be wrong (as configuring drivers and modifying files in /dev/ and so on) and it stop as the same maner as he try to get network information (just befor completion of booting) but it's a stand alone computer and the hostconfig file is set to be as it is. By the way if I replace the older drive at scsci #0 everythings since to be ok If anyone can have an idea or a similar experience I will appreciate every information. Thank's Denis
From: thrall@mail.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTworking Date: 22 Sep 1995 13:53:28 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <43uf4o$df2@news.halcyon.com> The following post may seem to be a little simpleton, but I really don't know the answers and the documentation doesn't really help. I am in the process of setting up a small network (2 machines). I just purchased another NeXTstation and would like to link them to save on disk space. My problem seems to be if I can have both of them be servers. Sys Admin docs all talk about client/server, but I want two servers. HD constraints are a 200 MB and a 400 MB respectivley. I want one to be a print server, export /Users directory, share the CD-ROM, and modem (both fax and data via PPP). The other one I want to export /LocalApps, Documentation, and Developer tools. Oh, and somewhere take care of e-mail if I could figure out sendmail to the two machines to followed upline to an internet provider. Can it be done this way or should one machine do all the work? Is it better to use NSF or just make links to all relevant files and apps? Any info appreciated or pointers to documentation regarding my choices. Thanks for your time, dean johnson P.S. I have a NeXTstation 20/200 running 3.2 and a Color NeXTstation Turbo 32/400 running 3.3 -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: steved@bankone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail 8.7 Date: 22 Sep 1995 14:12:17 GMT Organization: Bank One Distribution: world Message-ID: <43ug81$bdt@natasha.bankone.com> Keywords: sendmail Has anyone who has compiled sendmail 8.7 turned this into a package? Or has anyone compiled and made binaries (fat) available? As a last resort, any "cookbook" on compiling it for us non-programmers? I'm concerned that NeXT hasn't released a patch in respponse to the latest CERT advisory for its current sendmail and want to upgrade to a more secure version... Thanks! Steve
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Date: 21 Sep 1995 18:44:38 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <43sbqm$gm@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> daj@nwu.edu wrote: > I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows > until I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway > I can have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having > to reboot? The answer is "no". It sometimes helps to log out, and type "exit" in the loginwindow (as if you were logging into an account named "exit" which had no password). I don't know what kind of system you have, but one change which could help a lot would be to increase the real memory that's on your machine. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for binaries Date: 22 Sep 1995 15:51:20 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <43um1o$ff4@optical.fiber.net> Well, I thought I'd beg and plead with csns to help me find some pre-compiled stuff. Might save time. Alternately, if you have the thing built and working on your system and are willing to have your brain picked, would you please contact me? Symptoms are in brackets next to the binaries I need. Thanks Sendmail 8.6.12 / 8.7 [.mc files cause loopbacks after conversion] Majordomo 1.93 [you name it; bus error, sh:cannot execute] ListProcessor6.0 [thinks it's already built] canned_reply [perl won't allow a /sh, does elsewhere] NCSA httpd [CERN server won't allow virtual domains] It doesn't matter what platform, I run both M68K and x86 here; 3.3+dev. -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: Users of Intel GX, please read: How to use video mode 1120x832? Message-ID: <DFBDIu.2D6@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: computerActive Inc References: <43n66p$13r@gaia.hanse.de> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 15:54:30 GMT Peer Sandtner (peer@gaia.hanse.de) wrote: : Although I can choose 1120x832 in Configure.app the systems will not use : any other mode than 1024x768. : On startup the system says: cannot match modes.. : Why can I choose a driver that does not work with the on-board ATI : graphics adapter? (2 MB VRAM) Older versions of the Intel GX motherboard don't support 1120x832 properly (this is a documented bug in a specific rev of the mach32 chipset); perhaps the driver knows how to detect the chipset revisions? Only the rev 6 chips on the GX motherboards work consistently at 1120x832. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPD File for MP 5 MP? Date: 22 Sep 1995 17:50:08 GMT Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <43ut0g$ao@turbocat.snafu.de> Has someone got the PPD file for the HP LaserJet 5 MP? Thanks in advance -- _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Users of Intel GX, please read: How to use video mode 1120x832? Date: 22 Sep 1995 13:22:07 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <43urbv$7gs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <43n66p$13r@gaia.hanse.de> In article <43n66p$13r@gaia.hanse.de>, peer@gaia.hanse.de (Peer Sandtner) writes: >On startup the system says: cannot match modes.. >Why can I choose a driver that does not work with the on-board ATI >graphics adapter? (2 MB VRAM) > The current version of Configure.app displays all possible configurations that the display driver could support, without regard to what the actual hardware can support. When the driver is loaded, it is passed the desired configuration, and will use it if the hardware can support it. If the particular combination of hardware (including graphics chip type and version, available framebuffer memory, type of framebuffer memory (VRAM or DRAM), type of DAC or RAMDAC, and pixel clock source) supports the desired mode, then that mode will be used. Otherwise, the driver will fall back to a best, safe case for the hardware that is found. I am aware of at least three distinct display hardware configurations for the Intel GX Professional. Not bad for a single model of one vendor's PC. Mike Paquette
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 on m68k NS3.2 Message-ID: <DFB8IF.3Jt@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <43sma2$2od@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:06:12 GMT In article <43sma2$2od@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> stabl@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) writes: > eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca writes: > Both symbols are used in the db library. Just do a quick grep in the > source and you will see where (I can't remember now). Or use nm to lookup > the symbols in the *.o files. > > Robert. What LIBS am I missing..? I have tried several and get the following error's while trying to compile 8.7. ld: Undefined symbols: ___dn_skipname *** Exit 1 Stop.
From: croehrig@sns.cs.ubc.ca (Chris Roehrig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Date: 22 Sep 1995 18:45:05 GMT Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Message-ID: <43v07h$msv@nnrp.cs.ubc.ca> References: <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> In article <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: >Note that you can run a caching-only >nameserver locally on each NEXTSTEP box, which will help to reduce the >latency that DNS lookups imposes upon all system queries that go through >lookupd. I'm running a BIND4.9.3-BETA9 nameserver on my NeXT as the machine's nameserver, but it's compiled with NeXT's resolver routines, which I suspect is causing me a lot of problems when the lookupd does its 2-minute timeout thing (e.g. email is bouncing with "550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX record)"). If I compile named with Paul Vixie's BIND resolver routines to bypass lookupd will these problems go away? Will NeXT release a lookupd patch for 3.2? (dream on). Thanks, -- Chris Roehrig (croehrig@cs.ubc.ca) Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: NeXTStation w/ 3.2: hardware inventory command(s)? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFBKoD.EM0@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 18:29:00 GMT References: <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> <DF939s.un@euler.hnv.icem.de> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <DF939s.un@euler.hnv.icem.de>, Juergen Sell <js@euler.hnv.icem.de> wrote: >In article <RDL.95Sep19222858@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La >Ferla) writes: >> There is no such utility but you can do: >> >> % cat /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table > >There is no such thing as /usr/Devices on my NeXTstation running 3.2. >Maybe it only exists on NSFIP? > Yep--it's only on architectures that use the DriverKit, which is everything but Motorola. >Yes, hinv can be a handy tool. >AFAIK there is no equivalent on ns/moto. > >You may check BugNext.app's h/w and s/w inventory within the bug report to see >what they (next) found to retrieve. > You can always grovel through /usr/adm/messages. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: NeXT and Appletalk Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFBKtK.DMG@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 18:32:08 GMT References: <nyacg-1409952134030001@slip150.sirius.com> <43b2ff$6h1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <nyacg-1509951839520001@slip212.sirius.com> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <nyacg-1509951839520001@slip212.sirius.com>, Robert E. Tucker <nyacg@sirius.com> wrote: > I was speaking of the Macintoshes built in networking software >LocalTalk.I have some old black hardware POS propaganda which says it >canconnect vial ApplTalk 'effortlessly'. I know better than to believe >that but if it can be done I'd like to know how. > I remember 3.0 had AppleTalk that you could turn on and off, but I believe it was an EtherTalk-type thing. I never played with it so I don't know if it actually worked or not, It went away in 3.1 as I recall. I was going to install the 3.0 Installer package on a 3.2 machine, but the 3.0 CD had a scratch on it. Guess what file the scratch obliterated.... > I'm not sure how Atari got involved. > I'm confused on that one as well. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: eject floppy disk from command line Message-ID: <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 22 Sep 95 15:28:00 EDT Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from the command line) but what is the proper procedure? I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't seem to get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? Thanks! Tjl -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: swapfile hiwat Message-ID: <B300633001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 22 Sep 95 15:29:00 EDT What happens when the swapfile hits the 'hiwat' level? I'm thinking about setting one, but I'm leery of doing so without knowing what it might lead to. I'd like to set it so that the swapfile won't grow over 50MB. Thanks for any tips TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: swapfile grows, problem with virtual memory [ HELP] Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFBLG4.B22@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 18:45:40 GMT References: <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo Keywords: swapfile In article <43s15m$lun@news.acns.nwu.edu>, <daj@nwu.edu> wrote: >I have a small problem with the swapfile. It grows and grows until I have no longer any disk space availiable. Is there anyway I can have the system clear or rebuild the swapfile without having to reboot? >As you can see I'm a bit of a newbie so be kind. > No real solution. How often is it happening? If it's a severe problem then you should likely buy more memory. Or you can attack /etc/crontab or /usr/adm/daily to make your machine reboot itself every night. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: LATeX2e/dvips/magnification question Date: 22 Sep 1995 23:25:27 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Message-ID: <43vd4n$f71@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <DF9xL2.DID@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > I am currently using LATeX2e under NEXTSTEP 3.3. I would like to use >the a5paper option and magnify the output by a factor 2 when printing/faxing. I >seem to be unable to locate a dvips option for this. Is there a way to do this? You don't say what output driver you are using. With dvips I think you can say "dvips -x 2000 ...". But you can also say \mag=2000 \documentclass ... at the beginning of your LaTeX file. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
From: celesteh@mills.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: changing root passwd Date: 22 Sep 1995 23:50:57 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <43vi51$t40@agate.berkeley.edu> Until recently, there was a NeXT computer around here being quietly stored in a professor's office. It was then discovered and moved into a public lab to be networked into a NeXT cluster. the problem is that no one can remeber what the root password was set to on it. We've tried booting single user mode and re-assigning it both with and without the processes that the help files say to start. We've also tried changing the me account the same way. Has anyone run into this problem? What did you do? Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you very much! Celeste -- _______________________________________________________________ | | | Celesteh@mills.edu NeXTmail:Celesteh@gershwin.mills.edu | | http://www.mills.edu/~celesteh/celesteh.homepage.html | |_____________________________________________________________|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Possible to hook an Xterm to 'station? Message-ID: <DFBoyA.Bun@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 20:01:22 GMT I've got a NeXT colorstation running 3.3 and I'd like to hook an xterm up to it, rather than just having a character-based term. Since I have X11R4 from the shareware distribution installed, I figure this will be a no-brainer, but I'd like to get people's opinions of how intelligent this is and whether there are any serious pitfalls to look out for. Furthermore, I'd like to find out what kind of (used and hopefully cheap) xterm I should look to buy. Naturally, the goal isn't to have the NeXT interface up on it, so X will have to do. If this looks like it'll be to expensive, I'll just buy another NeXTstation, but my hope is that I can pull this off for $300-$400. Thanks Matt -- __ Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) BMW.--. /\_\ "Believer in all things well-engineered" /XX \ \/_/ hocker@waldo.com \ XX/ NeXTSTEP! NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here `--'325ic
From: smyung@ios.com (Oh JungYub) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstep to MS SQL interface Date: 23 Sep 1995 04:33:11 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <4402m7$lol@news.ios.com> Keywords: Sybase, SQL, Adaptor Hello, I am trying to interface NEXTSTEP 3.3J to MS SQL Server Ver 6.0 running on Windows NT 3.51 with no success. I heard that the Sybase adaptor can be used for MS SQL Server. Both versions of Sybase adaptor (4.0 and 4.6) do not work. Does anybody have a similar experience? Does anybody have a compatibility chart for NEXTSTEP to various RDBMS. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please respond to Lewis Oh email address:smyung@ios.com.
From: mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca (Michael C. Cam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DOS -> NeXT partitions Date: 23 Sep 1995 07:23:21 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Distribution: world Message-ID: <440cl9$ml4@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, I initially created both NeXT and DOS partitions on my hard drive and was wondering if I can convert the DOS partition back to NeXT (ie. have just one NeXT partition) without having to reinstall the OS. Thanks in advance. ..Mike. -- ___________________________________________________________________ | | | ___ ^ ... /\ BEAUTIFUL | | _|_::| ___o '|`^ .. o_ . .. /\ / \ BRITISH | | |:::|:| \ \, ^ '|`|` (`_|/____') / / /\ COLUMBIA | | |:::|:| (o)/ (o) '|`'|`|`` ,,/ . ... . .. / \ | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Michael C. Cam E-MAIL (NeXT & MIME) PHONE 604-263-7609 | | Open Object Solutions mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca FAX 604-263-7609 | |___________________________________________________________________| -- NewsGrazer, a NeXTstep(tm) news reader, posting -- M>UQR=&8P7&%N<VE[7&9O;G1T8FQ<9C!<9FUO9&5R;B!/:&QF<SM]"EQM87)G M;#$R,`I<;6%R9W(Q,C`*7'!A<F1<='@Y-C!<='@Q.3(P7'1X,C@X,%QT>#,X M-#!<='@T.#`P7'1X-3<V,%QT>#8W,C!<='@W-C@P7'1X.#8T,%QT>#DV,#!< M9C!<8C!<:3!<=6QN;VYE7&9S,C!<9F,P7&-F,"!<"EP*2&DL7`I<"DD@:6YI M=&EA;&QY(&-R96%T960@8F]T:"!.95A4(&%N9"!$3U,@<&%R=&ET:6]N<R!O M;B!M>2!H87)D(&1R:79E(&%N9"!W87,@=V]N9&5R:6YG(&EF($D@8V%N(&-O M;G9E<G0@=&AE($1/4R!P87)T:71I;VX@8F%C:R!T;R!.95A4("AI92X@:&%V M92!J=7-T(&]N92!.95A4('!A<G1I=&EO;BD@=VET:&]U="!H879I;F<@=&\@ M<F5I;G-T86QL('1H92!/4RY<"EP*5&AA;FMS(&EN(&%D=F%N8V4N7`I<"BXN M+DUI:V4N7`HM+5P*(%]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]? M7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]<"GP@("`@("`@ M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@ M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@?%P*?"`@("!?7U\@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("!> M("`@("`@("`@("`N+BX@("`@("`@("`@+UQ<("`@($)%055424953"`@?%P* M?"`@7WQ?.CI\("`@("!?7U]O("`@("`@("=\8%X@("`N+B`@;U\@("`N("XN M("`O7%P@+R`@7%P@("`@0E))5$E32"`@('Q<"GP@?#HZ.GPZ?"`@("`@7%P@ M(%Q<+"`@("!>("=\8'Q@("`@*&!??"]?7U]?)RD@("\@("\@("`@+UQ<("`@ M0T],54U"24$@?%P*?"!\.CHZ?#I\("`H;RDO("`H;RD@("=\8"=\8'Q@8"`@ M("PL+R`@+B`N+BX@+B`N+B`@("`O("!<7"`@("`@("`@("`@?%P*?"TM+2TM M+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM M+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2U\7`I\($UI8VAA96P@0RX@0V%M("`@("`@("`@ M12U-04E,("A.95A4("8@34E-12D@("`@4$A/3D4@-C`T+3(V,RTW-C`Y('Q< M"GP@3W!E;B!/8FIE8W0@4V]L=71I;VYS("!M:6ME8V%M0'5N:7AG+G5B8RYC M82`@("!&05@@("`V,#0M,C8S+3<V,#D@?%P*?%]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]? M7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]? -7U]?7U]\7`I<"@I]"E]? `
From: Politics@usa.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Proposed State & Federal Regulations for the INTERNET! Date: 23 Sep 1995 06:57:06 GMT Organization: Wisconsin Internet Services Message-ID: <440b42$6ij@newsie.wis.com> Originator: Politics@usa.com Originator: glasrud@squeaky.free.org My name is Scott Glasrud, and I am running for the New Mexico State Senate during the 1996 elections. One of the reasons I have chosen to run is to combat the proposed state and federal regulations of the Internet. As you know, the Internet was never designed to be regulated! It was designed to allow communications in the event of anuclear war or a major catastrophe. I OPPOSE REGULATION, and if elected will fight to preserve your constitutional rights. HOWEVER, I NEED YOUR HELP! I am asking each person who reeives this message to send $5.00 to the Scott Glasrud Campaign Committee. If we pull together, we CAN protect our first amendment rights! HELP ME show the politicians the POWER behind this important NETWORK. Please send contributions to: The Scott Glasrud Campaign Committee 11024 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 179 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111 Thank you!
From: sams@best.com (Samuel G. Streeper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: changing root passwd Date: 23 Sep 1995 00:27:05 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Message-ID: <sams.811840778@shell1.best.com> References: <43vi51$t40@agate.berkeley.edu> celesteh@mills.edu writes: > no one can remeber what the root password was set to on it. We've >tried booting single user mode and re-assigning it both with and without >the processes that the help files say to start. We've also tried changing >the me account the same way. > Has anyone run into this problem? What did you do? Does anyone >have any ideas? (Off the top of my head, hope I get it right...) Boot single user to become root. Set the password for the heck of it, even though that just changes it in /etc/passwd which won't be used once netinfo is running. Then bring it up in multi-user mode: sh /etc/rc.multi Set the password again so netinfo picks it up. I guess I'm assuming the machine is stand-alone. cheers, -sam
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:14:04 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j4s$nik@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname In article <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) writes: > > When I do a 'ping myhost', it says 'ping: unknown host myhost'. It > appears to be not resolving my name. I tried adding it to the /etc/host > file and doing a 'mkhosts' but it doesn't help. Does anyone know what is > wrong? > > Do I need to start named on a stand-alone? > I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:14:23 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j5f$sk6@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:14:40 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j60$atd@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:15:05 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j6p$pps@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:16:04 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j8k$2a6@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:16:28 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440j9c$g5p@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:17:15 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440jar$kj4@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:17:24 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440jb4$cgm@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:17:44 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Distribution: world Message-ID: <440jbo$8u3@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:18:06 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Message-ID: <440jce$a78@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: csong@nextpc.singnet.com.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself (Solved - PPP standalone) Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:18:31 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Message-ID: <440jd7$7bq@merlion.singnet.com.sg> References: <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Keywords: standalone PPP ping hostname I managed to solve my problem. I'm using a standalone box with occasional dialups to a PPP server. It is configured as a standalone as recommended by the PPP install doc. ping myhost used to complain that myhost is a unknown host. The problem was solved by using HostManager to create an alias of myhost for localhost. Simple solution but I didn't try it earlier; I was afraid I would goof up my NetInfo setup... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail:csong@singnet.com.sg --------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself! Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:27:44 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <440jug$4h3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.950918124422.13279C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Chuang Shyne Song (cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg) wrote: : I have this same problem with my stand-alone too. : When I do a 'ping myhost', it says 'ping: unknown host myhost'. It : appears to be not resolving my name. I tried adding it to the /etc/host : file and doing a 'mkhosts' but it doesn't help. Does anyone know what is : wrong? : Do I need to start named on a stand-alone? I have solved my problem. Just define an alias for localhost with HostManager. It's a real simple fix. Too bad I didn't dare try it earlier. I've been staying away from SNS and HostManager since I goofed up NetInfo. The alias has the name that I used in SNS and HostManager's "Local...". I also set my IP address to 127.0.0.1 in SNS and HostManager. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com Analyst Programmer cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong NeXTMail: csong@singnet.com.sg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <440onb$7e@turbocat.snafu.de> Control: cancel <440onb$7e@turbocat.snafu.de> Date: 23 Sep 1995 14:37:57 GMT Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <441645$c2@turbocat.snafu.de> cancel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.dcom.isdn,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc From: Jacques Garbi Subject: UUCP settings for the ZyXEL 2864i ISDN modem Message-ID: <DFBpKC.nu@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 20:14:35 GMT Hi, I've been trying all night to switch from my old ZyXEL U-1496E to my new ISDN ZyXEL 2864i and I haven't been able to understand how it works ! Using a telecom app such as TipTop.app I was able to dial out and get a connection. The connection was said to be 64000/1200 bauds X.75. Now I don't know what it means and if anyone could enlighten me a little, I'd sure would appreciate. But my actual problem is that I am not able to change my L.sys file correctly. I took the old one as it was and did not change a thing. When I start a UUCP connection, I see one of the ZyXEL lights turning on (I think it's the RTS) but not the B1 light like I get with TipTop.app. It seems like my ZyXEL is not even trying to dial out. And after about a minute, I get the message Login Failed (which is normal since it didn't even try to dial out !). Does anyone here have an idea on how to correct my L.sys and/or my L-devices and in fact all the files that I should change ? Thanks a lot since I'm in dire straits. Please answer to me direclty by e-mail. I'll have more chances to spot your answers that way. I'll post a summary back on the newsgroups when I'll solve the problem. Thanks again --- Jacques GARBI TOUGA MANAGEMENT Inc. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: 23 Sep 1995 16:50:35 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <441dsr$r3u@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY (476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu) wrote: : Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from the : command line) but what is the proper procedure? : I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't seem to : get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? Yes, I started a thread like this 2 years ago. Got lot's of suggestions but none that really worked. OK, ejecting is no problem, but a correct WorkSpace after that, no way. It's a pity. Willem
From: Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: 23 Sep 1995 19:50:34 GMT Organization: CICNet, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> References: <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> In article <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from the > command line) but what is the proper procedure? > > I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't seem to > get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? > > Thanks! > Tjl > -- > Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> > ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please disk -e /dev/rfd0a # internal floppy disk -e /dev/rsd1h # external SCSI floppy This command works for things CD-ROM and Syquest drives as well. The only trick is to know the correct raw device. --------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Telfeyan http://www.telf.com/~roland Telf Design Corp. email: roland@telf.com 310 Miller Ave. voice: +1 313 761 9590 Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA fax: +1 313 761 9890 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.text.tex From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: LATeX2e/dvips/magnification question Message-ID: <DFDnMG.KEo@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <43vd4n$f71@bell.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 21:27:52 GMT In article <43vd4n$f71@bell.maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes: > Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > > > I am currently using LATeX2e under NEXTSTEP 3.3. I would like to use > >the a5paper option and magnify the output by a factor 2 when printing/faxing. I > >seem to be unable to locate a dvips option for this. Is there a way to do this? > > You don't say what output driver you are using. > With dvips I think you can say "dvips -x 2000 ...". > But you can also say > > \mag=2000 > \documentclass ... > > at the beginning of your LaTeX file. Both "dvips -y 2000" (not in the man page) and "\mag=2000" (not in the LATeX2e book) produce the same: something that looks like 4 times as big, not 2 times. So, I should use "\mag=1414" for producing an enlarged A5 that will fit on one A4? Or something else (is there a standard choice for this other than 1000 times the square root of 2? Thanks, --Gerben And additional: -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: stan@netcom.com (Stanley Perkins) Subject: How to change file display order in Browser? Message-ID: <stanDFDrBp.1D0@netcom.com> Summary: How do I change the order in which files are displayed in Browser? Keywords: browser, display, files Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 22:47:49 GMT Sender: stan@netcom6.netcom.com I am running NS3.3 on a NeXTstation. Most often I use the "Browser" view in the File Viewer. Is there a way to change the order in which the files are displayed (e.g. by date, size, or filetype) instead of having to use the default "pseudo-alphabetical" order? Thanks, Stan -- ---------------------------------- | Stan Perkins | ASMG, Inc. | | stan@netcom.com | 619-490-9074 | ----------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Possible to hook an Xterm to 'station? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFDqF4.oCx@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 22:28:16 GMT References: <DFBoyA.Bun@waldo.com> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <DFBoyA.Bun@waldo.com>, Matthew Hocker <hocker@waldo.com> wrote: >I've got a NeXT colorstation running 3.3 and I'd like to hook an xterm up to >it, rather than just having a character-based term. Since I have X11R4 from >the shareware distribution installed, I figure this will be a no-brainer, >but I'd like to get people's opinions of how intelligent this is and whether >there are any serious pitfalls to look out for. Furthermore, I'd like to >find out what kind of (used and hopefully cheap) xterm I should look to >buy. > I did just this, except with a cube running 3.2; I think it was X11R5 as well. I just read the man page for xdm, made config files for it, and I could point terminals from all over campus at it with no problems. I don't really know what X terminals cost used; you could try misc.forsale.computers.workstation. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: changing root passwd Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:09:18 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442b3u$17k@news.its.com> References: <43vi51$t40@agate.berkeley.edu> celesteh@mills.edu wrote: > Until recently, there was a NeXT computer around here being > quietly stored in a professor's office. It was then discovered and moved > into a public lab to be networked into a NeXT cluster. the problem is > that no one can remeber what the root password was set to on it. We've > tried booting single user mode and re-assigning it both with and without > the processes that the help files say to start. You need to boot single-user. Start up the NetInfo sub-system (I believe you can do an "sh /etc/rc", but you may have to run netinfod and lookupd by hand.) Dump the current password entries in NetInfo to a file via: "nidump passwd . >! /etc/passwd". Edit /etc/passwd. Reload the password entry via "niload -v -d passwd . < /etc/passwd". Restart the computer. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:12:25 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442b9p$17k@news.its.com> References: <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> <43v07h$msv@nnrp.cs.ubc.ca> croehrig@sns.cs.ubc.ca (Chris Roehrig) wrote: > I'm running a BIND4.9.3-BETA9 nameserver on my NeXT as the machine's > nameserver, but it's compiled with NeXT's resolver routines, What does "it's" refer to? Named itself? Sendmail? > If I compile named with Paul Vixie's BIND resolver routines to bypass > lookupd will these problems go away? For the programs so recompiled, yes. > Will NeXT release a lookupd patch for 3.2? (dream on). NeXT has a patched version of lookupd available. I don't know why they aren't publicly releasing it. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: woodland@aimnet.com (John DiFonzo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT sendmail From: line problem Followup-To: comp.mail.sendmail Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 18:06:12 -0800 Organization: Aimnet Information Services Message-ID: <woodland-230995180612@dial-pa1-24.iway.aimnet.com> I've been trying to fix a sendmail problem for a small company that is NeXT based. The sendmail in NeXTSTEP has it's own NeXTish version number (5.67 or something like that-- I'm not at a NeXT at the moment) and seems to be its own subspecies, with some special hooks into NeXTSTEP and NetInfo, so I'm reluctant to replace it with the latest standard version of sendmail. Here's the problem: When their LAN was set up they had an e-mail link arranged with Netcom, their ISP, using uucp. (This was done by someone else no longer around.) There was one problem: the From: line had a mixture of uucp and domain name syntax that other mailers choked on. They naturally had trouble getting replies. The faulty address would read: mailhost!localhost!user@netcom.com. I called up Netcom to find out why they were putting their domain name on the company's header (the company has its own domain name). Netcom said they did that whenever a header came through that didn't have a domain name. It seems thier mailhost was sending out a pure uucp address, mailhost!localhost!user. I checked their config file for the obvious. $g looks right, the header switches look right, etc. I finally hit on the following, apparently a simple hardwiring of the correct address, at the end of S13, the uucp sender ruleset: # fix 1: tack on missing domain name: # R$+ $:$w!$1 stick on real host name R$+ $:$w!$1@company.com stick on real host name This works for most recipients. A few, however, still choke on the one '!' I left in. So I did this: # fix 2: # R$+ $:$w!$1 stick on real host name R$+ $:$1@company.com stick on real host name This fixed the problem. From: lines come through as user@company.com and replies work. Hurray! But . . . Now every time a user sends an e-mail outside, the NeXT mailer sends back the following error message: Begin forwarded message: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 16:11:43 -0700 From: NeXT Mail Agent <Mailer-Agent> Subject: Returned mail: Unable to deliver mail To: user ----- Transcript of session follows ----- can't get working directory; will try to continue 554 No ! in UUCP! (user@group.com) etc. I'm stumped. I don't see how to get around this. The NeXT mailer insists on a '!', but other mailers can't deal with it. Is there any way out of this one? J.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal J. Bourguignon) Subject: LaserWriter IIg via serial line Message-ID: <DFDI9y.AGz@burgond.remcomp.fr> Sender: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal Bourguignon) Organization: P. Bourguignon Informatique Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 19:32:22 GMT Hi! I'd like to set up a NeXTstation Turbo running NeXTSTEP 3.0 with an Apple LaserWriter IIg thru a serial line. The hardware link is correctly set up: I can speak to the PostScript server of the printer via kermit. However, when I configured the printer to use serial communication in PrinterManager.app, it cannot print. It seems like there is a problem in the initial synchronization: prserver sends to the printer a string with the following format: "(SYNC %d %d )print statusdict/pagecount 2 copy known {get exec} {pop pop 0} ifelse = ( ESYNC)print%s" then it waits for a string with this format: "SYNC %d %d %d ESYNC". Since it sends no "flush", the printer never returns its output. The "%s" is replaced with an empty string instead of any " flush" it probably ought to send. Is there any way to configure the printer or PrinterManager to make it work? Is there any patch for prserver to make this synchronization work ? In the release 3.3, prserver has the same strings. No "flush" string appears in both 3.0 and 3.3 versions of prserver. __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr -- NewsGrazer, a NeXTstep(tm) news reader, posting -- M>UQR=&8P7&%N<VE[7&9O;G1T8FQ<9C!<9FUO9&5R;B!#;W5R:65R.WT*7&UA M<F=L,3(P"EQM87)G<C$R,`I<<&%R9%QT>#$Q-3)<='@R,S`T7'1X,S0U-EQT M>#0V,#A<='@U-S8P7'1X-CDQ,EQT>#@P-C1<='@Y,C$V7'1X,3`S-CA<='@Q M,34R,%QF,%QB,%QI,%QU;&YO;F5<9G,R-%QF8S!<8V8P($AI(5P*7`I))V0@ M;&EK92!T;R!S970@=7`@82!.95A4<W1A=&EO;B!4=7)B;R!R=6YN:6YG($YE M6%135$50(#,N,"!W:71H(&%N($%P<&QE($QA<V5R5W)I=&5R($E)9R!T:')U M(&$@<V5R:6%L(&QI;F4N7`I4:&4@:&%R9'=A<F4@;&EN:R!I<R!C;W)R96-T M;'D@<V5T('5P.B!)(&-A;B!S<&5A:R!T;R!T:&4@4&]S=%-C<FEP="!S97)V M97(@;V8@=&AE('!R:6YT97(@=FEA(&ME<FUI="Y<"DAO=V5V97(L('=H96X@ M22!C;VYF:6=U<F5D('1H92!P<FEN=&5R('1O('5S92!S97)I86P@8V]M;75N M:6-A=&EO;B!I;B!0<FEN=&5R36%N86=E<BYA<'`L(&ET(&-A;FYO="!P<FEN M="Y<"EP*270@<V5E;7,@;&EK92!T:&5R92!I<R!A('!R;V)L96T@:6X@=&AE M(&EN:71I86P@<WEN8VAR;VYI>F%T:6]N.B!P<G-E<G9E<B!S96YD<R!T;R!T M:&4@<')I;G1E<B!A('-T<FEN9R!W:71H('1H92!F;VQL;W=I;F<@9F]R;6%T M.EP*(BA364Y#("5D("5D("EP<FEN="!S=&%T=7-D:6-T+W!A9V5C;W5N="`R M(&-O<'D@:VYO=VX@7'MG970@97AE8UQ](%Q[<&]P('!O<"`P7'T@:69E;'-E M(#T@*"!%4UE.0REP<FEN="5S(EP*=&AE;B!I="!W86ET<R!F;W(@82!S=')I M;F<@=VET:"!T:&ES(&9O<FUA=#H@(E-93D,@)60@)60@)60@15-93D,B+EP* M4VEN8V4@:70@<V5N9',@;F\@(F9L=7-H(BP@=&AE('!R:6YT97(@;F5V97(@ M<F5T=7)N<R!I=',@;W5T<'5T+B!4:&4@(B5S(B!I<R!R97!L86-E9"!W:71H M(&%N(&5M<'1Y('-T<FEN9R!I;G-T96%D(&]F(&%N>2`B(&9L=7-H(B!I="!P M<F]B86)L>2!O=6=H="!T;R!S96YD+EP*7`I)<R!T:&5R92!A;GD@=V%Y('1O M(&-O;F9I9W5R92!T:&4@<')I;G1E<B!O<B!0<FEN=&5R36%N86=E<B!T;R!M M86ME(&ET('=O<FL_7`I)<R!T:&5R92!A;GD@<&%T8V@@9F]R('!R<V5R=F5R M('1O(&UA:V4@=&AI<R!S>6YC:')O;FEZ871I;VX@=V]R:R`_7`I);B!T:&4@ M<F5L96%S92`S+C,L('!R<V5R=F5R(&AA<R!T:&4@<V%M92!S=')I;F=S+B!. M;R`B9FQU<V@B('-T<FEN9R!A<'!E87)S(&EN(&)O=&@@,RXP(&%N9"`S+C,@ M=F5R<VEO;G,@;V8@<')S97)V97(N7`I<"E]?4&%S8V%L($)O=7)G=6EG;F]N D7U]<"G!A<V-A;$!B=7)G;VYD+G)E;6-O;7`N9G)<"EP*"GT* ` -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr ................................................................... This posting is Copyright 1995 Pascal J. Bourguignon (pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr), and may be distributed freely by anyone except The Microsoft Network. The Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft Corp. for $5 per line.
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Omni vs Netscape (was Re: OmniWeb won't use FastView) Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:13:03 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <442bav$o91@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <Pine.NXT.3.91.950828122008.3901D-100000@charisma> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.mathcn.umontreal.ca> In article <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.mathcn.umontreal.ca>, Magnan Francois <magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> wrote: >NetScape is a very lousy Web Browser compared to OmniWeb. >NetScape doen't keep very much pictures on disk. Everytime you >come back to a page already downloaded, NetScape reloads everything. >I hate this because I only have a 28800 link. Use a caching HTTP daemon as a proxy. Then, NetScape (or any other Web app) will refetch the data from the local cache. Additionally, an httpd-maintained cache can persist between sessions and can be shared amongst multiple users. The most commonly used caching HTTP daemon is CERN's. Note that the pre-compiled NEXTSTEP version available from CERN contains a date bug. (Getting the date right is important if you want the httpd cache to automatically detect when a cache entry is out of date. If you are used to OmniWeb and NetSurfer, you probably didn't know this is possible since those apps have unintelligent caches.) I suppose I can post the necessary patch if anyone is interested. -ccwf
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:46:23 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <442d9f$q59@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com> In article <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com>, Charles Swiger <chuck@tertius.res.cmu.edu> wrote: > "So why don't we compact the swapfile to handle these pages that get > allocated at high page numbers? Good question. We've considered doing it > many times. However, it has always been considered a quite risky change (how > many of YOU have debugged a virtual memory system before) and would need to > be done very carefully to ensure correctness and adequate performance. As an > example, it would not be acceptable to just start a compaction and cause the > system to lock up as the kernel does several megabytes of I/O for the > compaction. This is very much like the GC debate in language design. I agree that it would be unacceptable for the system to lock up at erratic intervals. However, many sysadmins would probably prefer to have available a command to force VM compaction, assuming that this can be done more quickly than a reboot. Although I understand that it's difficult to remap VM to get rid of the high page numbers, why can't the swapfile make more extensive use of holes in files? That is, whenever a page of memory in the swapfile is freed, make a hole in the swapfile at that point (assuming non-compressed swapfiles). Then, although the nominal size of the file would be the same (as reported by st_size, ls, and the FileViewer), it would actually take up many fewer blocks on disk (which, after all, is what is really important). Since no remapping is being done, I would think this should not be an expensive operation. The only major downside I can see is that this would be incompatible with old pre-ANSI malloc behavior (which allows limited use of memory after a free() call), so apps dependent upon traditional malloc behavior could not immediately reduce swapfile usage when free() is called. It would also make VM very slightly slower since the swapfile would shrink and grow more often, and both shrinking and growing files require accessing the file system. -ccwf
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mail: wrong domain substitution? Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:18:35 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442blb$5fh@news.its.com> References: <43jfmf$pul@mindy.vnet.net> khader@vnet.net wrote: > Sending mail out to a specific domain will result in substituting the > destination domain with mine, for example: > > My domian is vnet.net and when sending to user@company.dept.com will be > substituted as user@company.vnet.net. That's interesting. Clearly something's broken.... :-) > What sendmail rule will cause this? Try doing a /usr/lib/sendmail -bt and check how the rules rewrite "3,0 user@company.dept.com". My system (based on the 8.6.12 sendmail) does this: 15-tertius# /usr/lib/sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > 3,0 user@company.dept.com rewrite: ruleset 3 input: user @ company . dept . com rewrite: ruleset 96 input: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 96 returns: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 3 returns: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 0 input: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 98 input: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 95 input: < > user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 95 returns: user < @ company . dept . com > rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# smtp $@ company . dept . com $: user < @ company . dept . com > -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail hiding host Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:25:05 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442c1h$5fh@news.its.com> References: <43elka$fjf@news.its.com> <1995Sep16.230657.14612@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> wrote: > Well, clearly as it doesn't mention IDA it can't be an IDA version, can > it? :-) Well, that's hard to argue with. Ah, well.... :-) >> As in: >> >> 5.10 (Berkeley) 1/8/89 >> @(#)version.c >> 5.52 (Berkeley) 5/6/86 >> NeXT-1.0f2 (From Sendmail 5.52) >> @(#)collect.c >> 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/8/85 > > I see you have cut down this list considerably, Sure. I didn't want to quote the entire output of "strings /usr/lib/sendmail | grep Berkeley", I just wanted to make sure we were talking about the same thing. [ ... ] > I doubt that security problems were important enough to warrant starting > a new series of development, it was really the version numbers that did > it. How bad does a security hole have to be? Isn't getting root enough? :-) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile hiwat Date: 24 Sep 1995 01:29:45 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442ca9$5fh@news.its.com> References: <B300633001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) wrote: > What happens when the swapfile hits the 'hiwat' level? I'm thinking > about setting one, but I'm leery of doing so without knowing what it > might lead to. Your system won't be able to do page outs. You'll get a ton of warning messages via syslogd, process forking will start to fail, requests to malloc will start to fail, and so forth. The WindowServer is pretty likely to crash under these circumstances, and it's possible for the kernel itself to panic. But you do have some flexibility since the system can deal with these circumstances to some extent, and you can sometimes kill a large process to recover. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Todd C Miller <millert@cs.Colorado.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 on m68k NS3.2 Date: 24 Sep 95 2:48:46 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Message-ID: <442gu6$i5m@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> References: <43s222$elo@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Originator: millert@xyzzy. (Todd C Miller) From the keyboard of eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca: > Has anyone managed to get sendmail 8.7 compiled, configured > and working on a black NeXT under NS 3.2? > > I've built the new Berkeley db library (db 1.85) and > installed it, and compiled sendmail with > O= -posix -O2 > DBMDEF= -DNEWDB -DNETINFO > ENVDEF= -DNeXT > LIBS= -ldb -lposix > > All the files compile ok, but at the linking stage, I get > ld: Undefined symbols: > _isascii > _munmap > make: *** [sendmail] Error 1 > > I don't know why isascii is undefined (it's declared in > ctype.h which is #included by several files) and I have > no idea where munmap occurs (after grep'ing the sendmail > sources). The -posix is what's causing the lack of isascii. Also, NextStep doesn't have an munmap. If you drop -posix and don't use the NEWDB stuff sendmail should compile fine. You can fake out the munmap by defining it to be an empty function but that's opening yourself up to memory leaks (unless you run sendmail from inetd in which case it won't matter). - todd -- Todd C. Miller Sysadmin--University of Colorado Todd.Miller@cs.colorado.edu
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 24 Sep 1995 05:16:54 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <442pk6$5fh@news.its.com> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com> <442d9f$q59@gap.cco.caltech.edu> ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: > In article <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com>, > Charles Swiger <chuck@tertius.res.cmu.edu> wrote: [ ... ] I didn't write that. Avie Tevanian of NeXT did. > However, many sysadmins would probably prefer to have available a command > to force VM compaction, assuming that this can be done more quickly than > a reboot. If such a thing were available, that'd be nice, but I don't see that much utility in it. For example, my system's been up for 12 days, is being used for development, and the swapfile is at 32 MB. That's about ten dollars worth of drive space at today's prices. Getting enough drive space is a simple, fairly cheap solution that works perfectly. > Although I understand that it's difficult to remap VM to get rid of the > high page numbers, why can't the swapfile make more extensive use of > holes in files? That is, whenever a page of memory in the swapfile is > freed, make a hole in the swapfile at that point (assuming non-compressed > swapfiles). Interesting idea! Here are some possible problems I see with it: - Dealing with "sparse" files is slower than dealing with normal files. (But I don't know whether this applies to the way the special swapfile filesystem type is implemented.) - You'd increase the amount of disk activity done to the inodes in question and to the free block bitmaps. - It wouldn't solve the problem. When people run out of disk space, it's because the swapfile has grown in response to the current VM usage. > The only major downside I can see is that this would be incompatible with > old pre-ANSI malloc behavior (which allows limited use of memory after a > free() call), so apps dependent upon traditional malloc behavior could > not immediately reduce swapfile usage when free() is called. That isn't that hard a problem to handle. The malloc() routines could wait to call vm_deallocate() until after the next call to malloc(). -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: thrall@mail.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Connecting two NeXTs via Ethernet Date: 24 Sep 1995 05:01:32 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com> I have two NeXT machines that I would like to coonect via ethernet, but I am unsure which type of cabling I should you. Is there substanstial difference between the coax (cheapernet) vs. the twisted-pair (UTP - phone wire). The big question though is how do I connect them? Does their need to be any adapters between (hub,bridges, etc)? Any other pitfalls? Thanks in advance for you time and patience, Dean Johnson -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: changing root passwd Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 09:13:07 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep24.091307.2999@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <442b3u$17k@news.its.com> In article <442b3u$17k@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > celesteh@mills.edu wrote: > > Until recently, there was a NeXT computer around here being > > quietly stored in a professor's office. It was then discovered and moved > > into a public lab to be networked into a NeXT cluster. the problem is > > that no one can remeber what the root password was set to on it. We've > > tried booting single user mode and re-assigning it both with and without > > the processes that the help files say to start. > > You need to boot single-user. > > Start up the NetInfo sub-system (I believe you can do an "sh /etc/rc", but > you may have to run netinfod and lookupd by hand.) No, sh /etc/rc works fine. > Dump the current password entries in NetInfo to a file via: > "nidump passwd . >! /etc/passwd". > > Edit /etc/passwd. > > Reload the password entry via "niload -v -d passwd . < /etc/passwd". This works, but is overelaborate. Just run 'passwd root' to change the password in netinfo directly. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: andreas@esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) Subject: Re: bad time on NS/I Time server Message-ID: <DFB7nM.BK@esag.ch> Sender: news@esag.ch Organization: Trinex AG, Sissach, CH References: <43pobc$lsa@news.doit.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 13:47:46 GMT Operator writes > We have a Pentium NEXTSTEP server which acts as the ntp time server for > a cluster of 4 NEXTSTEP machines. Problem is, the time on the server is > really bad and is sometimes off a day or more! I can reset it manually > using date or rdate but then within a day its _way_ off again. > > How can I make sure my time server keeps reliable time? I tried putting > something in crontab to run rdate periodically to an outside machine which > I know keeps good time but it didn't help. How do you tell a time server > ntpd where to get _its_ time from? > > Thanks, > > - Gareth If you have continuous access to another time server, you can simply include it (using NS3.3 HostManager) as server into your Network Time Configuration. The Pentium should be a clone, then. You could use "ntp -s" every hour or so (cron job) or, in case you have a SLIP or PPP link only, every time you connect to the net. And, you can try to adjust your clock by editing /etc/ntp.drift. I think, it contains the frequency error of your clock measured in 1e-6 (seconds per second). If you run ntpd and it synchronizes to another clock, ntpd updates the file every hour with the value it computes. But if ntpd does not synchronize to another host (that is, your clock is running free), ntpd will not change the contents of this file, I think. Read ntp(8) and ntpd(8) and email me if more help is needed. I just spent quite some time with a similar problem here. Good luck Andreas
From: udas@cassatt.northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems after disk replacement Date: 21 Sep 1995 20:24:59 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <43shmr$ddp@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> I recently had to have one of my external disks replaced. Everything seems to be working fine after the replacement, except for two minor problems: 1) I am running into permissions problem with anapplication called Fiscal Dimension. Has anybody used this application before? I tried to reinstall the application but could not because the registration # seems to have run out. I called up the software company but got no response. Do you have any insight into this problem? 2) There were four IMPROV files with special permissions that does not seem to exist anymore. I ran find with wild cards and still cannot find it. Any idea? I backed up using tar and I am tunning NS 3.2. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks. -- {\rtf0\ansi{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss Helvetica;\f1\fmodern Ohlfs;} \paperw13700 \paperh11400 \margl120 \margr120 \pard\tx700\tx1420\tx2120\tx2840\tx3540\tx4260\tx4980\tx5680\tx6400\tx7100 \f0\b0\i0\ulnone\fs32\fc0\cf0 Shourav Udas\
Date: 24 Sep 1995 11:13:54 GMT From: Politics@usa.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Message-ID: <cancel.440b42$6ij@newsie.wis.com> Control: cancel <440b42$6ij@newsie.wis.com> Subject: cmsg cancel <440b42$6ij@newsie.wis.com> EMP/ECP (aka SPAM) cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca. See news.admin.net-abuse.announce, report 19950924.01 for further details
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Connecting two NeXTs via Ethernet In-Reply-To: thrall@mail.halcyon.com's message of 24 Sep 1995 05:01:32 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Sep24114730@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 15:47:30 GMT If the two NeXT machines are going to be the only ones on your LAN, you can use 10BASE2 (Coaxial). You will need one cable, two T connectors and two terminators. Place a terminator on one side of each T connector. Place a T connector on each end of the cable. Plug the bottom of the T into each host. If you want to grow your LAN to include Ethernet printers, other hosts, etc..., I recommend the purchase of a 10BASET (TPE) hub, and cables. For larger networks, I recommend a smart hub. Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com> thrall@mail.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) writes: I have two NeXT machines that I would like to coonect via ethernet, but I am unsure which type of cabling I should you. Is there substanstial difference between the coax (cheapernet) vs. the twisted-pair (UTP - phone wire). The big question though is how do I connect them? Does their need to be any adapters between (hub,bridges, etc)? Any other pitfalls? Thanks in advance for you time and patience, Dean Johnson -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
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From: kedar@bengal.cat.syr.edu ( Kedar Thakar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Login/Logout accounting programs Date: 24 Sep 1995 17:49:05 GMT Organization: CASE Center, Syracuse University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4445mh$l2@newstand.syr.edu> Hi, I am looking for login/logout analyser scripts which will produce reports containing statistics like : 1. no. of logins during the day 2. no. of failed logins 3. no. of login attempts from outside local network. 4. period of usage Any pointers to freeware-programs available on the internet for this purpose will be highly appreciated. As I am not a regular follower of this group please also email you response to kedar@cat.syr.edu Thanks a lot. -Kedar. --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Connecting two NeXTs via Ethernet Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFF6IA.9r5@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 17:13:22 GMT References: <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com>, Dean Johnson <thrall@mail.halcyon.com> wrote: > >I have two NeXT machines that I would like to coonect via ethernet, but I am >unsure which type of cabling I should you. Is there substanstial difference >between the coax (cheapernet) vs. the twisted-pair (UTP - phone wire). > No performance difference that I know of. >The big question though is how do I connect them? Does their need to be any >adapters between (hub,bridges, etc)? Any other pitfalls? > Well, I can tell you about coax. You need a hunk of coax long enough to do the job and longer than about 1', two tees, and two terminators. Stick the tees on the machines, and the cable between them. The placement of the terminators is left as an exercise to the reader. :-) -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to change file display order in Browser? Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 16:44:59 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep24.164459.3885@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <stanDFDrBp.1D0@netcom.com> In article <stanDFDrBp.1D0@netcom.com> stan@netcom.com (Stanley Perkins) writes: > I am running NS3.3 on a NeXTstation. Most often I use the "Browser" > view in the File Viewer. Is there a way to change the order in which > the files are displayed (e.g. by date, size, or filetype) instead of > having to use the default "pseudo-alphabetical" order? Use the Contents Inspector (Workspace->Tools->Inspector, or Command-2). Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 16:43:48 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep24.164348.3821@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> In article <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> writes: > In article <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY > LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > > > Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from > the > > command line) but what is the proper procedure? > > > > I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't > seem to > > get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? > > disk -e /dev/rfd0a # internal floppy > disk -e /dev/rsd1h # external SCSI floppy > > This command works for things CD-ROM and Syquest drives as well. The > only trick is to know the correct raw device. It is worth pointing out that you should umount the floppy first. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: chris@wakko.envision.com (Chris Cleeland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself! Date: 25 Sep 1995 00:27:22 GMT Organization: Envision, St. Louis, Missouri Message-ID: <444t1a$6jh@Twain.MO.NET> References: <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com> In article <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com>, Marcos Javier Polanco <marcos@best.com> wrote: > >Hello, > >For my standalone machine 'dogen' you'd think that > > /usr/etc/route add dogen localhost 0 > >or > /usr/etc/route add dogen 12.0.0.7.1 0 ^^^^^^^^^^ I will simply assume this is a typo, since IP addrs only have 4 octets, and that the loopback addr is 127.0.0.1. >would work to make certain the I could still resolve ip packets >to myself when using PPP. > >BUT IT DON'T! > >If any gurus out there have suggestions, as the Ferengis say, I'm all >ears. [Refusing to take on the label of "guru", but willing to spout off anyway...] NOTE: The output from netstat -rn would be very helpful in debugging the problem. Some guesses: * To what address is "dogen" bound? Is it the NeXT default? If so, it's possible that the packets are going out over PPP and being soundly dropped on the floor of the backbone. * Have you tried using traceroute to see which path packets are taking? * To the best of my recollection, this is what a standalone machine's routing tables should look like (assume that the NeXT default IP addr is used): Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 458 lo0 192.42.172 192.42.172.1 U 5 3576 en0 Actually, it looks like something is missing here, but it's been a long time since I've set something like this up. I'll have to think about it a bit more. Answer some of the questions, and I think that'll help a lot. -cj -- // Disclaimer: Words above are owned & spoken by Chris Cleeland & // not Envision Solutions. Don't blame them, blame him! // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // Chris Cleeland, chris@envision.com, Envision Solutions, Inc.
From: chris@wakko.envision.com (Chris Cleeland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: 25 Sep 1995 00:33:31 GMT Organization: Envision, St. Louis, Missouri Message-ID: <444tcr$70k@Twain.MO.NET> References: <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> <441dsr$r3u@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> In article <441dsr$r3u@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>, Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan <GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg> wrote: >TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY (476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu) wrote: > >: Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from the >: command line) but what is the proper procedure? > >: I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't seem to >: get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? > >Yes, I started a thread like this 2 years ago. Got lot's of suggestions >but none that really worked. OK, ejecting is no problem, but a correct >WorkSpace after that, no way. It's a pity. It would seem that one could write a little command-line program to send a request to the workspace to do the eject. The cdrom.util sends requests to the workspace in order to get it to launch CDPlayer.app. Now, how do I find the correct Mach port for the Workspace? (my Mach experience is a little rusty) -cj -- // Disclaimer: Words above are owned & spoken by Chris Cleeland & // not Envision Solutions. Don't blame them, blame him! // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- // Chris Cleeland, chris@envision.com, Envision Solutions, Inc.
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Good one - lost Optical disk passwords Date: 24 Sep 1995 21:12:26 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.811991212@mercury> Here's a good one. I've been booting my NeXT off of my SCSI drive for over a year. I've decided to downgrade the OS from 3.0 to 2.1 because 2.1 is faster. Problem is that my OD has passwords on it (it doesn't boot straight into user "me"). Fun, fun. Now, if the NeXT simply used /etc/passwd, I'd be fine--I'd mount the Optical with my SCSI disk's OS, edit /Optical/etc/passwd, and all would be done. But it's not that simple. Does anyone know a way that I can change the root password on this optical, so I can get into it? Can I edit the OD's NetInfo files? (No, I do not realise the extent of that question...) Thanks. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support dcl@interpath.net 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 WOTD: interpolate For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 25 Sep 1995 02:07:36 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4452t8$62r@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com> <442d9f$q59@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <442pk6$5fh@news.its.com> >> In article <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com>, >> Charles Swiger <chuck@tertius.res.cmu.edu> wrote: >I didn't write that. Avie Tevanian of NeXT did. You are quite right. My apologies. >ccwf@klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: >> [proposal of sparse swapfiles] In article <442pk6$5fh@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >Interesting idea! Here are some possible problems I see with it: >- Dealing with "sparse" files is slower than dealing with normal files. >(But I don't know whether this applies to the way the special swapfile >filesystem type is implemented.) To knock out holes in the middle of files would almost certainly require some special filesystem hacks anyways. >- You'd increase the amount of disk activity done to the inodes in question >and to the free block bitmaps. Yes. However, the portion of the kernel dealing with creation of holes in the swapfiles could possibly be run asynchronously. That is, vm_deallocate() would mark a portion of a swapfile as unused. Later, the kernel would scan the swapfiles for unallocated blocks to be turned into holes (presumably when the CPU is not too busy). Since no remapping is necessary, hopefully locking a block and making the hole would not be too time-consuming. Perhaps it could be made atomic (but would this be wise??). Importantly, it should not be necessary to stop all VM operations whiles holes are being made. Also, this extra mechanism would only come into play when a swapfile grows beyond the low water mark. Hopefully, there would not be too much overhead when below the low water mark. Systems with reasonable low water marks would then not experience the extra overhead most of the time. >- It wouldn't solve the problem. When people run out of disk space, it's >because the swapfile has grown in response to the current VM usage. There are two related problems. First, when people run out of disk space because the swapfile has grown in response to the current VM usage, there is nothing that can be done except to try and kill some processes or quickly free up some space. Sparse files will certainly not help. Second, if a process almost consumed all available space, the system may be unusable even after terminating the process. For example, suppose you have a standard configuration with /tmp and the swapfile on the same disk, and suppose a process causes the swapfile to grow so large that you've eaten into the 10% reserve. Even after the process terminates, you are likely to have no space available in /tmp for non-root users, which will cause all kinds of difficulties. If the unused blocks are turned into holes, the disk would become usable again. >> [stuff about a problem with malloc] >That isn't that hard a problem to handle. The malloc() routines could wait >to call vm_deallocate() until after the next call to malloc(). You're right. Not that difficult a problem. -ccwf
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I can't ping myself! Date: 25 Sep 1995 02:11:41 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <44534t$67n@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <43j0aa$6h9@news1.best.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.950918124422.13279C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <43pev3$q2q@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> <440jug$4h3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> In article <440jug$4h3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg>, Chuang Shyne Song <cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg> wrote: >Just define an alias for localhost with HostManager.... >The alias has the name that I used in SNS and HostManager's "Local...". I also >set my IP address to 127.0.0.1 in SNS and HostManager. You don't want to do this. Assign the hostname to a real IP (unique, at least on your LAN) address. Leave localhost for the loopback interface. -ccwf
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Wayne Joerding <joerd@wsunix.wsu.edu> Subject: resolve.conf Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 20:41:35 GMT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Washington State University I hope someone out there can help with another problem. I don't seem to be able to use the nameserver from my nextstep computer. I can telnet to the IP address but I can't use names, like wsunix.wsu.edu. I have added the file "/etc/resolve.conf" with the contents nameserver 134.121.2.54 nameserver 134.121.64.1 and I have issued the command "route add default 134.121.2.10 1" and I have used HostManager to set NextStep up with host name and IP address. I have NOT use SNS at all. I think I've done all the steps I did before to access the nameserver but must have missed something. Thanks in advance Wayne
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapfile hiwat Date: 25 Sep 1995 02:17:55 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4453gj$6h0@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <B300633001A23A7C@-SMF-> <442ca9$5fh@news.its.com> >476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) wrote: >> What happens when the swapfile hits the 'hiwat' level? I'm thinking >> about setting one, but I'm leery of doing so without knowing what it >> might lead to. In article <442ca9$5fh@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >Your system won't be able to do page outs. [Lots of bad stuff will happen.] Unless you have another swapfile (on another disk). IMHO, the high water mark is mostly useful for limiting the amount of space used on particular disks when you have multiple swapfiles. Unfortunately, the high water mark is not as useful if you are using a compressed swapfile (since it regulates the size _prior_ to compression--plus the "compressed" swapfile can be larger than the uncompressed version in some not so uncommon circumstances). -ccwf
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: CERN httpd patch for NEXTSTEP (was Re: Omni vs Netscape) Date: 25 Sep 1995 02:53:20 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4455j0$894@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.mathcn.umontreal.ca> <442bav$o91@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <442bav$o91@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, Charles Fu <ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu> wrote: > The most commonly used caching HTTP daemon is CERN's. Note that the > pre-compiled NEXTSTEP version available from CERN contains a date > bug. (Getting the date right is important if you want the httpd cache to > automatically detect when a cache entry is out of date.... I suppose I can > post the necessary patch if anyone is interested. Since several people have mailed me asking for the patch, I am posting it below. I should probably also point out that the precompiled NEXTSTEP httpd at CERN does not incorporate their latest patches (also available from CERN). Again, this patch is necessary for correct operation of conditional GETs and proper refresh of the cache. I reported this bug to CERN when I found it. It should not be necessary to report it again. Unfortunately, the official source distribution has not been updated in quite some time. :-( -ccwf =============================================================================== --- WWW/Daemon/Implementation/HTSUtils.c Sun Sep 25 06:52:57 1994 +++ - Sun Sep 24 19:33:43 1995 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ PUBLIC time_t parse_http_time ARGS1(char *, str) { char * s; - struct tm tm; + struct tm tm = {0}; time_t t; #ifdef ISC3 /* Lauren */ struct tm * gorl; /* GMT or localtime */ @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ /* BSD, have tm_gmtoff */ #if defined(SIGTSTP) && !defined(AIX) && !defined(__sgi) && !defined(_AUX) && ! defined(__svr4__) +#ifndef __NeXT__ { time_t cur_t = time(NULL); struct tm * local = localtime(&cur_t); @@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ CTRACE(stderr,"TimeZone.... %02d hours from GMT\n", (int)local->tm_gmtoff / 3600); } +#endif /* !__NeXT__ */ #else /* SysV or VMS */ { #ifdef VMS
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Good one - lost Optical disk passwords Date: 25 Sep 1995 03:57:33 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <4459bd$v5g@tempest.symnet.net> References: <dcl.811991212@mercury> You could try putting the passwords/etc on a floppy. Then boot up in single user on the optical. Then start up the services for netinfo manually. Then load the new passwords. Have a nice day.... Dru SymNet
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From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: resolve.conf Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 06:23:50 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Sep25.062350.6251@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> In article <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> Wayne Joerding <joerd@wsunix.wsu.edu> writes: > I hope someone out there can help with another problem. I don't seem to > be able to use the nameserver from my nextstep computer. I can telnet > to the IP address but I can't use names, like wsunix.wsu.edu. > > I have added the file "/etc/resolve.conf" with the contents > nameserver 134.121.2.54 > nameserver 134.121.64.1 > > and I have issued the command "route add default 134.121.2.10 1" /etc/resolv.conf Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: gmk@cougar.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Downed Nameserver Slows NeXTSTEP To Grinding Halt Date: 25 Sep 1995 06:45:26 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <445j66$3gu@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> In article <43s6vb$ghj@news.its.com> chuck@its.com writes: > root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) wrote: > > In article <westesDF8DrC.7p5@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) > > > > It sounds like you've encountered the infamous lookupd bug. It seems that > > lookupd is single threaded (at least it acts that way in 3.3) with many > > if not most system queries going through it so a DNS query can block > > lookupd until it either times out or the query is answered by a DNS > > server. > > Lookupd under NEXTSTEP releases prior to 3.3 is single-threaded. The > symptoms Will describes are typical. Note that you can run a caching-only > nameserver locally on each NEXTSTEP box, which will help to reduce the > latency that DNS lookups imposes upon all system queries that go through > lookupd. > Maybe this is the reason behind my problem as well: I just moved my NeXT cube (NS 3.3) To a new site with a BBN server. When I tried to start up my machine it took forever until I got the login window. When I disconnected my NeXT from the network completely, I still had the same problem. Is there anything I can do about that? Is the a way to get access to that lookupd patch? Thanks for any help, I am stranded in Mac-land and desperate to get back on my NeXT, then I'll get me that 50MHz booster-chip... Does anyone on this list have experiences with it? -- Gottfried Mayer-Kress Center for Complex Systems Research, Beckman Institute, UIUC gmk@ccsr.uiuc.edu, gmk@igc.apc.org, gmk@santafe.edu, (217)-244-x5493(fax1), x1994 (msg) URLs: http://www.ccsr.uiuc.edu/~gmk/, ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gmk
From: devan2m@imap2.asu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Recovering "Destroyed" Files? Date: 25 Sep 1995 11:17:13 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Message-ID: <44633p$sg2@news.asu.edu> Working in NS 3.2 as root with two File Viewers open, I accidently destroyed a directory, its subdirectories, and their associated files when I meant to destroy selected files on a floppy instead. I have been looking in the NS Admin on-line help for some way to recover this directory as well as the man pages but have yet to discover anything. I have not saved anything to the hard drive and will avoide turning the system off until I find out more about the outlook for recovering this directory which contains about 3 MB of User files I would hate to lose. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: 25 Sep 1995 05:07:51 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <445df7$mc6@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> <1995Sep24.164348.3821@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul Lynch (Paul_Lynch@plsys.com) wrote: : In article <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> : writes: : > In article <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY : > LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: : > > : > > Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from : > the : > > command line) but what is the proper procedure? : > > : > > I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't : > seem to : > > get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? : > : > disk -e /dev/rfd0a # internal floppy : > disk -e /dev/rsd1h # external SCSI floppy : > : > This command works for things CD-ROM and Syquest drives as well. The : > only trick is to know the correct raw device. : It is worth pointing out that you should umount the floppy first. Yes, and my experience is that even then the WorkSpace is not correctly updated. Willem
From: data Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Samba or Netinfo? How is Samba on the Next? Date: 25 Sep 1995 03:46:25 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> I am trying to share resources, printing and hard disks, between a Cube and NT. Is Samba a good solution, any problems or comments from someone tried it before. Could the same be accomplished using Netinfo? and How? (Last time I tried to share my nextprinter with the NT my nidb got corrupted, !!) Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: resolve.conf Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFGq79.6op@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 13:16:21 GMT References: <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1995Sep25.062350.6251@seer.demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <1995Sep25.062350.6251@seer.demon.co.uk>, Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> wrote: >In article <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> Wayne Joerding ><joerd@wsunix.wsu.edu> writes: >> I hope someone out there can help with another problem. I don't seem to >> be able to use the nameserver from my nextstep computer. I can telnet >> to the IP address but I can't use names, like wsunix.wsu.edu. >> >> I have added the file "/etc/resolve.conf" with the contents >> nameserver 134.121.2.54 >> nameserver 134.121.64.1 >> >> and I have issued the command "route add default 134.121.2.10 1" > >/etc/resolv.conf > ...and you should have a "domain" line with the default domain which should be appended to supplied names--for example, my machine is gallifrey.uwaterloo.ca and so /etc/resolv.conf contains "domain uwaterloo.ca". -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: streamer support Date: 25 Sep 1995 14:16:57 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <446dkp$b7n@neptune.ethz.ch> hello I've just installed NeXT 3.3 (Intel), and it works fine... except one problem. There's a Archive Viper Streamer connected to the SCSI Bus, which NeXT doesn't seem to care about. There's no message about the streamer when booting. Has anybody an idea, what I could do? Thanks... roman P.S: NeXT's great! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Date: 25 Sep 1995 15:13:52 GMT Organization: Dept of Radiology, U of Alberta Hospitals Message-ID: <446gvg$c3c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> <1995Sep24.164348.3821@seer.demon.co.uk> <445df7$mc6@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) wrote: > Paul Lynch (Paul_Lynch@plsys.com) wrote: > : In article <441oeb$l6e@news.cic.net> Roland Telfeyan <roland@telf.com> > : writes: > : > In article <B200633001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY > : > LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > : > > > : > > Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from > : > the > : > > command line) but what is the proper procedure? > : > > > : > > I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't > : > seem to > : > > get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? > : > > : > disk -e /dev/rfd0a # internal floppy > : > disk -e /dev/rsd1h # external SCSI floppy > : > > : > This command works for things CD-ROM and Syquest drives as well. The > : > only trick is to know the correct raw device. > : It is worth pointing out that you should umount the floppy first. Gee, this worked for me... Popped in a floppy, and up it appears on the workspace. raddi:/Users/eugene[4]> mount /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile.front type swapfs (rw) /dev/sd2a on /Users type 4.3 (rw,noquota) /dev/sd1a on /private/swapdisk type 4.3 (rw,noquota,noauto) raddi:(autonfsmount[129]) on /Net type nfs (ro,intr,port=728) /dev/sd2b on /usr/local type 4.3 (rw,noquota) /dev/sd0a on / type 4.3 (rw,noquota,noauto) /dev/fd0a on /Gilligan type 4.3 (rw,noquota,removable) ^^ There's the floppy raddi# umount /dev/fd0a the disk unmounts, and shortly afterwards, it disappears from the workspace. raddi# disk -e /dev/rfd0a disk name: Sony MPX-111N 5760 disk type: removable_rw_floppy and out pops the disk. This is on a black slab running 3.2 Eugene -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Grad Student/Sys Admin "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Paul Lynch <paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: streamer support Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 15:27:39 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DFGwA3.8GI@plsys.co.uk> References: <446dkp$b7n@neptune.ethz.ch> In article <446dkp$b7n@neptune.ethz.ch> rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) writes: > hello > > I've just installed NeXT 3.3 (Intel), and it works fine... > > except one problem. There's a Archive Viper Streamer connected to the > SCSI Bus, which NeXT doesn't seem to care about. There's no message > about the streamer when booting. Did you add in the SCSITape driver? Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 We do NeXTSTEP
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: streamer support Date: 25 Sep 1995 16:20:21 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <446ks5$n38@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <446dkp$b7n@neptune.ethz.ch> rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) wrote: > hello > I've just installed NeXT 3.3 (Intel), and it works fine... > except one problem. There's a Archive Viper Streamer connected to the > SCSI Bus, which NeXT doesn't seem to care about. There's no message > about the streamer when booting. > Has anybody an idea, what I could do? Thanks... Is the SCSI-Tapedriver in Configure.app installed ? If not install it and NS see the streamer. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Samba or Netinfo? How is Samba on the Next? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFGuLx.EAL@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 14:51:33 GMT References: <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net>, <data> wrote: > > >I am trying to share resources, printing and hard disks, between a Cube and >NT. Is Samba a good solution, any problems or comments from someone tried >it before. Could the same be accomplished using Netinfo? and How? (Last >time I tried to share my nextprinter with the NT my nidb got corrupted, !!) > I installed samba on a cube running 3.2--it worked fine. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: kdb@pegasus.ece.utexas.edu (Kurt D. Bollacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Possible to hook an Xterm to 'station? Date: 25 Sep 1995 15:58:42 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <446jji$qnh@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <DFBoyA.Bun@waldo.com> Matthew Hocker (hocker@waldo.com) wrote: : I've got a NeXT colorstation running 3.3 and I'd like to hook an xterm up to : it, rather than just having a character-based term. Since I have X11R4 from : the shareware distribution installed, I figure this will be a no-brainer, : but I'd like to get people's opinions of how intelligent this is and whether : there are any serious pitfalls to look out for. Furthermore, I'd like to : find out what kind of (used and hopefully cheap) xterm I should look to : buy. : Naturally, the goal isn't to have the NeXT interface up on it, so X will : have to do. If this looks like it'll be to expensive, I'll just buy another : NeXTstation, but my hope is that I can pull this off for $300-$400. In our network, I turned our old sun 3's into very usable xstations using an "Xkernel" I pulled off ftp.ctr.columbia.edu. It should work with a little messing around. A Sun 3/50 with 4MB RAM is adequate and I bet you can find one for $200 or less if you look around. -- This posting is (c) 1995 Kurt D. Bollacker (kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu), and may be distributed freely by anyone except The Microsoft Network. The Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft Corp. for $5 per line. Distribution without written permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Send notices of violation to Postmaster@microsoft.com and kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu. ...................................................................... : Kurt D. Bollacker University of Texas at Austin : : kdb@pine.ece.utexas.edu P.O. Box 8566, Austin, TX 78713 : :....................................................................:
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: CERN httpd patch for NEXTSTEP (was Re: Omni vs Netscape) Date: 25 Sep 1995 09:31:34 +0100 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <e3fdlqzve.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <41s023$f3s@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <41ulht$3jn@usc.edu> <MAGNAN.95Aug30114017@maths1.mathcn.umontreal.ca> <442bav$o91@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <4455j0$894@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In-reply-to: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu's message of 25 Sep 1995 02:53:20 GMT To: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Does CERN's 3.0 source distribution reflect this patch? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Return-Receipt-To: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: How to change file display order in Browser? Message-ID: <8AD5663001A23A7C@-SMF-> References: <8AD5663002A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 25 Sep 95 12:52:00 EDT I know there was some 'dwrite' that would change the way the File Viewer did its alphabetizing.... we discussed it last year on one of these newsgroups. Anyone remember it or have it stored away? Thanks! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
From: crb@glue.umd.edu (Christopher R. Bowman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hosed Netinfo, Help! Date: 25 Sep 1995 23:30:03 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <447e1r$cuk@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> God, I hate asking stupid questions, but when you gotta, you gotta... I hosed my netinfo data base. I started out with simple network starter, and made my machine a server for everything, except files. At the time I didn't know what I wanted to call my machine, so I just left myhost. then I decide what I wanted to call it, and tried to use SNS again only this time to change the name, no dice you can't change the name with SNS so I fired up hostmanager, told it the new name, the ether address for the machine and the ip number, no dice the name didn't change. I tried again a bunch of time with and without the cube connected to the ether cable. finally, somethings happnes: it boots up, and starts looking on the network for myhost, as the netinfo server. But doesn't find it. And it hangs looking to NFS mount files. But there is no myhost netinfo server and there are no NFS things to mount. so I type control-c and it complains alot about services not available, and comes up in what I thought was the me account, but when I type whoami in the terminal shell that I start, it sais who are you, and when I try to su to root it sais intruder alert. Now, the question. Given I can boot to this wierd account where I can't become root, or I can boot to single user, is there a way I can reinitialize the netinfo database, or turn it off all together? I had just set this up, can I boot single user, and just reinstall over the disk? I don't have a floppy, so I can't reinstall from scratch that way, and I only have this one hard disk. BTW this is NS3.3 runing on an 040 cube. Any suggestions? --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@eng.umd.edu <A HREF="http://www.glue.umd.edu/~crb">My home page</A>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Can I mount CD-ROM from cmd-line? Message-ID: <DFHB1G.BoG@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 20:46:28 GMT How do I mount a CD-ROM from the command line? I have a NEC 3xp, and NS always "ejects" (dismounts) the disk when I log out from workspace. I'd like to be able to access the CD from my dialup when no-one is logged in to workspace. Thanks Matt -- __ Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) BMW.--. /\_\ "Believer in all things well-engineered" /XX \ \/_/ hocker@waldo.com \ XX/ NeXTSTEP! NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here `--'325ic
From: eldees@mail.chattanooga.net (Eldee Stephens III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT Computers needed for Cerebral Palsy Kids! Date: 25 Sep 1995 23:20:17 GMT Organization: Thessian Technologies Distribution: world Message-ID: <eldees-2509951842590001@porta07.chattanooga.net> TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE NeXT COMMUNITY: At this point in time, students with cerbral palsy and other limiting conditions are barely able to work with real-world tools, let alone a computer. After working with such students in Chattanooga, TN, I believe I have found the answer. Using large color objects to represent real world tools, such as paper and pencil, I am attempting to introduce these students into the world of computing. We have already been using existing products in combination with a Macintosh computer and have produced an amazing result. One student is now able to type papers, paint, draw, and do just about everything else by hitting his head against a switch, I wish to go further. The wonderful color, development tools, and captivating interface of the NeXT computer are exactly what I need. Unfortunately, as I am a high school student, I have absolutely no funds to pay towards such a project. What I require is a NeXTstation Color or NeXTdemension computer complete with cables, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. I will be able to pay for shipping, however. This computer will be used to develop a new way for students with limiting physical conditions to interact with current computing technology. Your donation is, of course, tax-deductable. So, before you sell that old NeXT computer for a few bucks or throw it in the trash, please send it my way. Who knows? If my project is successful, and enough people donate these computers, perhaps these children will have what other children take for granted: the ability to utilize current technology for increased productivity. If you can help, donate, or contribute in any way, please email me today. You can reach me via: eldeesiii@eworld.com or eldees@caladan.chattanooga.net. -- Eldee
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: resolve.conf Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 04:19:07 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.34.30677F3A@fiber.net> References: <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> >I have added the file "/etc/resolve.conf" with the contents If the spelling in the post is 100% correct, drop the "e." It's resolv.conf No guarantee it'll get you up and running expressed or implied, but that'd be the least hair-pulling fix I can reccomend. Carl
From: lemson@penguin.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba or Netinfo? How is Samba on the Next? Date: 26 Sep 1995 04:50:51 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4480rb$e37@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> data writes: >I am trying to share resources, printing and hard disks, between a Cube and >NT. Is Samba a good solution, any problems or comments from someone tried >it before. Could the same be accomplished using Netinfo? and How? (Last >time I tried to share my nextprinter with the NT my nidb got corrupted, !!) I configured samba on my NeXTStation running 3.2 and had my Win 95 machine sharing the NeXT's HD and printer in about 2 hours. Your mileage may vary if you are Pre-3.2, because 3.2 made NS so much more POSIX compliant. (and compilation-friendly) Samba is also FAST. I installed a 50 MB program from the NeXT's hd to the PC in about 5 minutes. (over 10 mbps ethernet)
From: lemson@penguin.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Good one - lost Optical disk passwords Date: 26 Sep 1995 04:52:14 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4480tu$e5e@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <dcl.811991212@mercury> dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) writes: >Here's a good one. I've been booting my NeXT off of my SCSI drive for over >a year. I've decided to downgrade the OS from 3.0 to 2.1 because 2.1 is >faster. Problem is that my OD has passwords on it (it doesn't boot >straight into user "me"). Fun, fun. >Now, if the NeXT simply used /etc/passwd, I'd be fine--I'd mount the >Optical with my SCSI disk's OS, edit /Optical/etc/passwd, and all would be >done. But it's not that simple. >Does anyone know a way that I can change the root password on this optical, >so I can get into it? Can I edit the OD's NetInfo files? (No, I do not >realise the extent of that question...) If you replace /etc/netinfo/local.nidb with /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/local.nidb, you will remove the local passwords. (you are going back to vanilla netinfo, with nothing but the bare essentials) You can mount the OD and do this.
From: bmaher@ixc.net(Bruce Maher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell Subject: Free Spam Program, Does it Work?? Date: 25 Sep 1995 23:49:07 -0400 Organization: Internet Exchange Carrier Sender: bmaher@ixc.ixc.net Distribution: inet Message-ID: <447t7j$s4e@ixc.ixc.net> Sorry folks, but I just couldn't resist trying this. Found the script on comp.lang.perl.misc. Does it work? Guess so <gr>. HERE IT IS: ABSOLUTELY FREE Spam as many groups as you want with one command. Can post same message to 14,000 groups in just a few hours. Must have UNIX shell account, the attached script, and create two ascii text files called groups.txt and message.txt. The file groups.txt should contain a list of all groups you want to spam, one per line. If you want to hit everything, you can just copy your .newsrc file, but you'll have to remove all index numbers and end of line punctuation. The message.txt file is the actual message you want to spam. It must contain the subject header on the first line, ie: Subject: Spamming is Fun. You may add in other headers, such as Organization, Paths, Reply to, etc, but none are required. Do NOT put in a newsgroup header. The script does that automatically. There must be a blank line between the last header and the start of the actual message. Then, download those two files plus the following script (call it spamming.fun) to your home directory on the Unix shell account, type "perl spamming.fun", and sit back to watch the fireworks. -----------------------------------Cut Here-------------------- #!perl #Assumes both Perl and Inews are accessible through #your home directory. If not, either place them in your path #or adjust the script. #You must also have a ascii text file called groups.txt, which #contains a list of each group you want to spam. One to a line. #No punctuation at end of line. #Your spam message must be called message.txt, and it should #be in ascii. The first line must be you subject header: # For example: Subject: this is a spam. # You may add in other headers if you wish, but there must be a #blank line before your actual message begins. #run program by typing "perl spam.pl. # # #!perl print "Running...\n"; $newsrc = "$ENV{'HOME'}/testgrps.txt"; open(GROUPS, "$newsrc"); while($group=<GROUPS>) {print "Posting to: $group"; open(NEWS,"|inews -h"); print NEWS "Newsgroups: $group"; open(MESSAGE, "message.txt"); while($line=<MESSAGE>) { print NEWS $line; } close NEWS; if($?==0) { $success++ } else { $fail++ }}$total = $success + $fail;print "Tried to post to $total groups.\n$success OK, $fail failed.\n";
Date: 26 Sep 1995 05:27:10 GMT From: bmaher@ixc.net(Bruce Maher) Sender: bmaher@ixc.ixc.net Message-ID: <cancel.447t7j$s4e@ixc.ixc.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell Subject: cmsg cancel <447t7j$s4e@ixc.ixc.net> Control: cancel <447t7j$s4e@ixc.ixc.net> Spam cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
From: bmaher@ixc.net(Bruce Maher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Free Spam Program, Does it Work?? Date: 26 Sep 1995 00:51:57 -0400 Organization: Internet Exchange Carrier Sender: bmaher@ixc.ixc.net Message-ID: <4480td$j8@ixc.ixc.net> Sorry folks, but I just couldn't resist trying this. Found the script on comp.lang.perl.misc. Does it work? Guess so <gr>. HERE IT IS: ABSOLUTELY FREE Spam as many groups as you want with one command. Can post same message to 14,000 groups in just a few hours. Must have UNIX shell account, the attached script, and create two ascii text files called groups.txt and message.txt. The file groups.txt should contain a list of all groups you want to spam, one per line. If you want to hit everything, you can just copy your .newsrc file, but you'll have to remove all index numbers and end of line punctuation. The message.txt file is the actual message you want to spam. It must contain the subject header on the first line, ie: Subject: Spamming is Fun. You may add in other headers, such as Organization, Paths, Reply to, etc, but none are required. Do NOT put in a newsgroup header. The script does that automatically. There must be a blank line between the last header and the start of the actual message. Then, download those two files plus the following script (call it spamming.fun) to your home directory on the Unix shell account, type "perl spamming.fun", and sit back to watch the fireworks. -----------------------------------Cut Here-------------------- #!perl #Assumes both Perl and Inews are accessible through #your home directory. If not, either place them in your path #or adjust the script. #You must also have a ascii text file called groups.txt, which #contains a list of each group you want to spam. One to a line. #No punctuation at end of line. #Your spam message must be called message.txt, and it should #be in ascii. The first line must be you subject header: # For example: Subject: this is a spam. # You may add in other headers if you wish, but there must be a #blank line before your actual message begins. #run program by typing "perl spam.pl. # # #!perl print "Running...\n"; $newsrc = "$ENV{'HOME'}/testgrps.txt"; open(GROUPS, "$newsrc"); while($group=<GROUPS>) {print "Posting to: $group"; open(NEWS,"|inews -h"); print NEWS "Newsgroups: $group"; open(MESSAGE, "message.txt"); while($line=<MESSAGE>) { print NEWS $line; } close NEWS; if($?==0) { $success++ } else { $fail++ }}$total = $success + $fail;print "Tried to post to $total groups.\n$success OK, $fail failed.\n";
From: acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: telnet/ftp/ping problem (between NeXT and Linux) Date: 26 Sep 1995 06:29:28 GMT Organization: Community ConneXion: http://www.c2.org 510-658-6376 Distribution: world Message-ID: <ACOUSTIC.95Sep25232930@infinity.c2.org> I've recently put linux on an x86 machine and am trying to communicate with my black cube by telnet and ftp. For a few days, it worked fine, with fast (500K/sec) transfer of data, easy multiple telnet sessions from each host to the other, and so on. Then, it quit working; even ping usually (but not quite always) fails. My /usr/adm/messages file on the NeXT has lines like: Spurious DMA interrupt - state = 1000000 @ 2000110 and en0: transmitter not ready (The address of en0 is 2106000, according to /usr/adm/messages.) These lines are added whenever i try to contact one machine by the other. (No indication that anything is wrong shows up on the linux end, except of course failure of ping and telnet hanging.) Sometimes even trying telnet can lock up the NeXT. When i telnet from the cube, i just use the ip address of the linux system (telnet 192.42.172.2) to avoid dealing with netinfo. So . . . i'm looking for advice and pointers. For example, it would be very useful to have inetd and telnetd replacements with source code so i could step through the problem. I'm running 2.0 on the cube because of the enormous amount of code i've written (a ``legacy system'', as people say). Thanks for any help anyone can provide. dan acoustic@c2.org
Date: 26 Sep 1995 06:40:46 GMT From: bmaher@ixc.net(Bruce Maher) Sender: bmaher@ixc.ixc.net Message-ID: <cancel.4480td$j8@ixc.ixc.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <4480td$j8@ixc.ixc.net> Control: cancel <4480td$j8@ixc.ixc.net> Spam cancelled by clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
From: phy070@spo3.power.uni-essen.de (H.-R. Oberhage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 26 Sep 1995 10:56:07 GMT Organization: Universitaet Essen GH, Germany Message-ID: <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de> References: <westesDEGnEK.G9K@netcom.com> <42ja6v$pd4@news.its.com> <442d9f$q59@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <442pk6$5fh@news.its.com> <4452t8$62r@gap.cco.caltech.edu> What about eliminating and reallowing the swapfile? It's possible on LINUX as I've been told: Often there are situations, where the swapfile is 'empty' in that all processes can run in physical memory. Why not allow us to switch off the swapfile, remove it and switch it on again (starting with some small value). This could prevent some reboots over here. It is done manually on demand, can be denied if not possible (because the file is actually needed) and seems to be easy to handle for me. No complicated modifications needed as far as I can tell. Greetings, Ruediger Oberhage
From: velcro@pcix.com (David Sinclair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: need cheap source of Toner Cartridges Date: 26 Sep 1995 12:55:42 GMT Organization: Plymouth Commercial Internet eXchange, Inc. Message-ID: <448t8e$p8n@alpha.pcix.com> hi, all. i am looking for an inexpensive mail order source for toner cartridges which work in the NeXT laser printer; output from my printer is a biut smudgy and i am hoping a new toner cart. will clear things up. thanks for any info! -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David A. Sinclair velcro@pcix.com
From: Marcos Javier Polanco <marcos@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installing 3.3 and wipeout! Date: 26 Sep 1995 13:41:12 GMT Organization: Persona Mundial Message-ID: <448vto$m42@shellx.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, My system has undergone so many changes over time that I would like to wipe out my startup disk as I upgrade my machine to 3.3. I don't see a way of doing this. Here's the deal, if you are willing and able to help: I have a NeXTstation with an external drive and CD-ROM player attached. I would love to wipe out the internal (startup) disk as I install the new system software. Thanks. - marcos@best.com
From: specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with Alldisk-13 RAID-Subsystem from Peripheral Solutions Date: 26 Sep 1995 14:05:15 GMT Organization: debis Network Services GmbH Message-ID: <4491ar$rf2@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Keywords: RAID Hello all, we've bought the Alldisk RAID subsystem from Peripheral Solutions. It is equipped with 5 2047MB Conner CFP2107S harddisks, 8MB of DRAM cache. At the startup, the RAID subsystem says, that it's name is IFT-3000 v3.41. We want to use the RAID subsystem on an Intel machine, running NeXTstep 3.3 with an Adaptec 1542B SCSI-controller and we have some problems with the SCSI-Interface on our Intel-Machine: At the startup of NeXTStep (after the resetting of the scsi-bus), the following messages can be read (for each RAID-disk): > Registering: sd3 at Target 3 LUN 2 at sc0 > Registering: sd3a > sd3: Illegal Request; FATAL. > target:3 lun:2 op:Mode Sense > sd3: Device Block Size: 512 bytes > sd3: Device Capacity: 1640 MB > sd3: Disk Label: raid3 Our Adaptec-SCSI-Hostadapter is terminated on board, and on the internal disk, the RAID-System is connected at the external SCSI-port and terminated with a hardware SCSI-terminator. The configuration of the RAID-System is the following: one logical drive (LG 0) with RAID5 and 8191MB. On that logical drive, (SCSI channel 0), we've created five partitions 0-4, LUN 0-4, each with about 1640MB of disk space, each with RAID-Level 5. In the menu "view and edit scsi channels", channel 0 is host mode, SCSI ID 3, with terminator enabled. Channel 1 and 2 are drive mode, id 6, both with the terminator enabled. We expected that there is a problem with the SCSI-termination, so we tried almost all combinations with the termination enabled, disabled, hardware-termination on the hostadapter, on the internal disk and on the RAID-system. The RAID-System seemed to work best when we got the "Illegal Request; FATAL." error message. In this case, we had the SCSI-Termination on the internal disk, on the hostadapter and on the RAID-System installed. In the other cases, the SCSI-hostadapter didn't even recognize the RAID-system... I also couldn't find out, what those SCSI-channels (which can be displayed with the "view and edit scsi channels" menu) are good for. It would be nice if someone could help me about that. In the hope of many answers... ...Ralf --- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Forschung und Technik Textverstehende Systeme (F3M/T) Postfach 2360 89013 Ulm e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: (0731) 505-2356 fax: (0731) 505-4113
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba or Netinfo? How is Samba on the Next? Date: 26 Sep 1995 15:19:28 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <4495m0$4l3@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> References: <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> In <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> data writes: >I am trying to share resources, printing and hard disks, between a Cube and >NT. Is Samba a good solution, any problems or comments from someone tried >it before. Could the same be accomplished using Netinfo? and How? (Last >time I tried to share my nextprinter with the NT my nidb got corrupted, !!) I have got Samba 1.9.13 (or whatever the version before the current one is) running on an '030 cube and have shared the printer and a couple of directories which are accessable by a pair of PC's running Windows 95, and 3.11. There were a few problems getting the printer going - finding the actual name on the printer as recognisd by the NeXT. Rupert. E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I mount CD-ROM from cmd-line? Date: 26 Sep 1995 15:24:05 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <4495ul$679@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <DFHB1G.BoG@waldo.com> In article <DFHB1G.BoG@waldo.com> hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) writes: > How do I mount a CD-ROM from the command line? I have a NEC 3xp, and NS > always "ejects" (dismounts) the disk when I log out from workspace. I'd > like to be able to access the CD from my dialup when no-one is logged in > to workspace. > > Thanks > > Matt > -- > __ Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) BMW.--. > /\_\ "Believer in all things well-engineered" /XX \ > \/_/ hocker@waldo.com \ XX/ > NeXTSTEP! NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here `--'325ic /usr/etc/mount -v -t cdfs /dev/sd{0-6}a /CD You need to know which device the cd rom is before you mount it. For example, if you had it at SCSI #2, it would be /dev/sd1a since your internal HD would be SCSI #1 and /dev/sd0a. Btw, you need to be "root" to mount the disks unless you change the permissions on the /usr/etc/mount -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Return-Receipt-To: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Message-ID: <96FD673001A23A7C@-SMF-> References: <96FD673002A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 26 Sep 95 09:45:00 EDT NSfIP (and other versions besides m68k, I'm guessing) have a nice little feature called 'Check for Disks' in the Workspace. As I have been playing with a manual eject lately, it would be nice if there was some way to tell my little NeXT to check for disks, but alas, my 3.2 moto does not have this feature. Any way I can hack my own version (easily ;-) Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: [ followup ] Re: eject floppy disk from command line Message-ID: <91FD673001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 26 Sep 95 09:36:00 EDT For those just joining us: The conversation thus far has centered around 'umount' (first) and 'disk -e' (second). One noted problem has been that the workspace doesn't seem to recognize the changes. 'umount' seems to work with either the name or the device, but then 'disk -e' (perhaps obviously) needs the raw device. I have not had any problems with this myself (running 3.2 moto) and wonder if it might have been something to do with the workspace not being 'updated'. For myself, I've learned that there are two different devices which are used for floppy disks (one for NeXT formatted disks and another for Mac/DOS formatted disks). Actually, the NeXT formatted disks were 2.88, so I'm assuming that regular NeXT formatted disks would be the same. There are also two different devices used for CDs (one for NeXTs CDs and a different one for others, at least so it seems.... I only have a few CDs to check this with). Also I have found a strange error message when using this process with CDs but I don't have it with me at the moment. It says something about the block size being 2048.... doesn't actually hinder anything, just shows up as the disk ejects. Will post more when I find out more (including questions ;-) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing 3.3 and wipeout! Date: 26 Sep 1995 15:42:45 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <44971l$mmu@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <448vto$m42@shellx.best.com> Marcos Javier Polanco (marcos@best.com) wrote: : My system has undergone so many changes over time that I would like to : wipe out my startup disk as I upgrade my machine to 3.3. I don't see a : way of doing this. Here's the deal, if you are willing and able to help: : I have a NeXTstation with an external drive and CD-ROM player attached. : I would love to wipe out the internal (startup) disk as I install the : new system software. Should be no problem at all. I did this already couple of times, only more than a year ago. If I remember well, the best way is to boot from the CD-ROM (give your CD-ROM player SCSI ID=0 is a good trick for that) and I think you are then just asked if you want to initialize the hard- disk. Another way is just to initialize your hard-disk using disk. Willem
From: dave@gecko.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <449a4l$t3@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Control: cancel <449a4l$t3@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Date: 26 Sep 1995 16:48:21 GMT Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, FB1 Message-ID: <449asl$12q@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> cancel
From: royalta@aol.com (RoyalTA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Date: 26 Sep 1995 12:43:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <449aip$dgh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <96FD673001A23A7C@-SMF-> Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. No intervention is required by the user.
From: dave@gecko.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Why does rlogin + rcp not work? Date: 26 Sep 1995 17:46:48 GMT Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, FB1 Message-ID: <449ea8$24c@mars.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> The following script and rlogin does not work. Why? The /.rhosts file containes "gecko.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de root" # CLIENTS='gecko20 gecko21 gecko22 gecko23 gecko24 gecko25 gecko26' for HOST in $CLIENTS do echo $HOST rcp /etc/shells $HOST:/etc/shells done Thanks in advance -- ----- David Wetzel dave@next.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (work) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (home)
From: tlm@ameslab.gov (Tom Marchioro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: LATeX2e/dvips/magnification question Date: 26 Sep 1995 18:52:01 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <449i4h$lm4@news.iastate.edu> References: <DFDnMG.KEo@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes > > Both "dvips -y 2000" (not in the man page) QActually, it is where I would hope it would be. Just type "dvips" at the command line and you get a list of all the options to dvips, including y # Multiply by dvi magnification >and "\mag=2000" (not in the LATeX2e > book) produce the same: something that looks like 4 times as big, not 2 times. > So, I should use "\mag=1414" for producing an enlarged A5 that will fit on one > A4? Or something else (is there a standard choice for this other than 1000 > times the square root of 2? TeX magnifications are discussed by Knuth at the beginning of the TeXbook. In many ways it seems a rather antiquated system now, but remember it was created in the days before PS fonts were readily availalbe, and at a time when making the bitmapped fonts TeX uses was fairly slow and time consuming. A far better solution would be to use PS fonts, scale them to whatever size you want, drive the result to a .ps file, open it in Preview.app and FAX from there. Should be fine if there are no equations, and if there are equations then perhaps consider getting one of the wonderful Type 1 TeX font sets. Hope this helps ---- Tom -- Dr. Thomas L. Marchioro II Two-wheeled theoretical physicist Applied Mathematical Sciences 515-294-9779 Ames Laboratory 515-432-9142 (home) Ames, Iowa 50011 tlm@ameslab.gov Associate Project Manager:
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 25 Sep 1995 22:41:28 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm and /private/adm to an another disk (and having links from /private to this disk), or are these required for booting? Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway | Phone: + 47 22 77 05 34 (w) | + 47 22 22 45 41 (p)
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems with Alldisk-13 RAID-Subsystem from Peripheral Solutions Date: 26 Sep 1995 19:44:59 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Message-ID: <449l7r$hen@news4.digex.net> References: <4491ar$rf2@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) wrote: > Hello all, > we've bought the Alldisk RAID subsystem from Peripheral Solutions. > It is equipped with 5 2047MB Conner CFP2107S harddisks, 8MB of > DRAM cache. At the startup, the RAID subsystem says, that it's > name is IFT-3000 v3.41. I think the only way to get RAID working on NS is with a DPT 3224 controller... I'm not positive about this, though... Good luck. -- Thanks, Later, John Kheit )^> %^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: mccollam@Arizona.EDU (Donald E McCollam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Getting automount to ignore a disk Date: 26 Sep 1995 18:06:10 GMT Organization: The University of Arizona Message-ID: <449fei$p1g@news.ccit.arizona.edu> Hi. I've got a triple-boot system (NS/WfW/NTWorkstation). NS doesn't like the NT disk so I get the "bad disk - Ignore - Initialize" dialog everytime I boot NS and logon. How can I tell NS to ignore that particular SCSI device? (Please respond by e-mail.) Thanks Don mccollam@snow.ccit.arizona.edu
From: alesltd@ccsun.tuke.sk (AlesLtd ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (fwd) Recovering "Destroyed" Files? Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 17:03:24 +0100 Organization: Technical University of Kosice Message-ID: <4498ar$l40@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk> Originator: root@ccsun.tuke.sk Path: sun.uakom.sk!aci.cvut.cz!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch! news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex From: devan2m@imap2.asu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Recovering "Destroyed" Files? Date: 25 Sep 1995 11:17:13 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 9 Message-ID: <44633p$sg2@news.asu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: general4.asu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Working in NS 3.2 as root with two File Viewers open, I accidently destroyed a directory, its subdirectories, and their associated files when I meant to destroy selected files on a floppy instead. I have been looking in the NS Admin on-line help for some way to recover this directory as well as the man pages but have yet to discover anything. I have not saved anything to the hard drive and will avoide turning the system off until I find out more about the outlook for recovering this directory which contains about 3 MB of User files I would hate to lose. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
From: alesltd@ccsun.tuke.sk (AlesLtd ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Replacing Workspace.app for loginwindow Date: 26 Sep 1995 16:12:46 GMT Organization: Technical University of Kosice Distribution: world Message-ID: <4498pu$3qi@sun.uakom.sk> Summary: Non-working Drag&Drop in replaced workspace Keywords: Drag&Drop, loginwindow, workspace Hallo, I need a help with this problem: If I launch the application to run it like workspace program for loginwindow (without running Workspace Manager) and this application uses drag&drop technique then drag&drop doesn't work correctly. Even setting colors via color well in Colors panel doesn't work. The following error messages are generated: Assertion failed: App Kit error: Error messaging drag service Assertion failed: -dragImage: cannot set up dragging operation Can you write me, how could I solve this problem and use drag&drop in described situation ? Is it even possible to use Drag&Drop when running without standard Workspace manager ? Thanks for your help. Martin Durkac
From: alesltd@ccsun.tuke.sk (AlesLtd ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (fwd) Re: loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES- thingy Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 17:01:38 +0100 Organization: Technical University of Kosice Message-ID: <44987r$l3v@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk> Originator: root@ccsun.tuke.sk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: sun.uakom.sk!aci.cvut.cz!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr! univ-lyon1.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cun From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Subject: Re: loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES- thingy X-Nntp-Posting-Host: bongo.mae.carleton.ca Message-ID: <DF5pp2.D79@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: computerActive Inc. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <43lhpd$3na@atrium16.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 14:31:50 GMT Lines: 22 Kevin Parks (kparks@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu) wrote: : % dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES : % dwrite loginwindow MovementRate 0.05 : % dwrite loginwindow MovementScale 3 : % dwrite loginwindow MovementTimeout 60.0 : But that didn't work for me. Anyone know how to do this under3.2? It's simpler in 3.2: # dwrite loginwindow TimeToDim 180 # dwrite loginwindow ScreenSaverEnabled Yes as root, which will enable the NeXT-logo screensaver. (The second setting is the default in 3.2 as I recall) TimeToDim is measured in seconds; make it whatever you like... --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | chris@computerActive.on.ca (NeXTMail) | Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 26 Sep 1995 21:21:58 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <449qtm$900@news.its.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) wrote: > Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm These two are fine. Note that naming your second drive "swapdisk" will accomplish exactly this in an automatic fashion that is the recommended way. You can freely use the rest of the drive for whatever else you want my making links into /private/swapdisk (which is where the drive will be mounted). > /private/adm to an another disk I would caution against moving this elsewhere. I think you've have some pretty serious problems logging startup messages from the /etc/rc scripts until non-root drives were mounted. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: gideon@csarc.otago.ac.nz (Gideon King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't delete files even as root Date: 27 Sep 1995 01:56:02 GMT Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ Message-ID: <44aavi$a57@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> I'm having a bit of a problem with several of the NeXTSTEP machines I manage in that I can't delete the files: /LocalLibrary/Images/People/aliases /LocalLibrary/Images/People/passwd Even when I am logged in as root, I can't delete them. They are owned by root, but when I try a chmod or chown them, I am told that I'm not the owner. Any suggestions?
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 26 Sep 1995 22:44:49 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <449vp1$l18@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) wrote: > Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm and /private/adm to > an another disk (and having links from /private to this disk), > or are these required for booting? I often create a .../private/tmp directory on a different hard disk (or a different partition), and then change "/tmp" to be a symbolic link to that directory instead of /private/tmp. The one trick is if you boot up in single-user mode, as you'll have to change the symbolic-link back to something on the boot disk if you want to do anything that requires /tmp space. Moving the swapfiles isn't a problem either. Again, you don't really need to move /private/vm. What you do is create a .../private/vm directory on another hard disk (or partition), and then use the unix 'mkfile' command to create a swapfile inside that directory (check the man page for mkfile). You then update /etc/swaptab to point to the new file. For both cases, you have to be *sure* that you have a correct entry in /etc/fstab for the disk or disk partitions that you are using for these purposes. You *must* have the destinations mounted very early in the startup process. My guess is that moving /private/adm could get you into trouble. I've never tried to do that, as it hasn't been as much of a problem for me as /tmp and swapfiles are. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: thrall@mail.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Networking options? Date: 27 Sep 1995 06:22:18 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44aqiq$m7f@news.halcyon.com> Again I have a planning question regarding setting up an ethernet connection between two NeXTs. I am unsure (using Simple Network Starter) whether it is best to have two standalone machines, having one be a NetInfo server and the other a client, or having two servers. I want one to export /LocalApps and one to export /Users and Mathematica. I would like network accounts for the users (implies at least one server doesn't it?). The other big question that I have is that I use a PPP account, via a modem, for e-mail and news/web access. I would like to have both computers be able to bring up the link or if one is already connected to have the other be able to access the internet through the already created link. Hopefully all the above makes some sense :( The documentation states that good planning can save a lot of heart ache. So I am trying to plan as to avoid major problems. Any help/hints/tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Dean Johnson -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: dbrajkov@helpdesk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: telnet/ftp/ping problem (between NeXT and Linux) Date: 26 Sep 95 21:43:10 Distribution: fj Message-ID: <dbrajkov.95Sep26214310@helpdesk> References: <ACOUSTIC.95Sep25232930@infinity.c2.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain You might buy a bigger hard drive (1GB=$250) and install 3.3.
From: pisati@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it.lacd.dsi.unimi.it (Stefano Pisati) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] Where to find info on Samba ??? Date: 27 Sep 1995 12:39:28 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University Message-ID: <44bgm0$f3r@pluto.sm.dsi.unimi.it> Where can I find info on Samba ??? I've to share a printer and possibly directory between NeXT machine and a WindowsNT box... Tnx in advance !!! --- 73 de -_ Stefano _- "Stat rosa pristina nomine nomina nuda tenemus" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stefano Pisati IW2JXK email: pisati@dsi.unimi.it NeXTmail: pisati@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it PGP-Key on request http://app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it/Pisati ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- 73 de -_ Stefano _- "Stat rosa pristina nomine nomina nuda tenemus" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stefano Pisati IW2JXK email: pisati@dsi.unimi.it NeXTmail: pisati@app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it PGP-Key on request http://app.lacd.dsi.unimi.it/Pisati ----------------------------------------------------------------
From: specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Backup with DAT-jukebox and SafetyNet? Date: 27 Sep 1995 14:28:46 GMT Organization: debis Network Services GmbH Message-ID: <44bn2u$329@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, at the moment, our company uses the SafetyNet Professional V2.5r1 backup software from Systemix with one Dat-tape to run the necessary backups. The backups are made at night. Meanwhile, the capacity of one single tape (even if 120m long) isn't big enough to hold all the data backed up at night. When there is no more space on the backup-tape, SafetyNet ejects it and waits for the next volume. Because noone changes it, it receives a timeout and stops backing up... My question is, if SafetyNet supports the usage of a DAT jukebox. I mean a DAT-tape drive which changes the tapes itself. It would be nice if SafetyNet would eject the tape (if it is full) and the automatically, the next tape-volume will be insertet into the DAT-tape. Is this a problem with SafetyNet (dos SafetyNet have to give some instructions to change the tape), or do we just have to buy a DAT- jukebox which changes the tapes on it's own? Has onyone had some experiences with such tings and could tell me about them? Thanks... ...Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: dave@ctubocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPD File for MP 5 MP? Date: 22 Sep 1995 17:50:08 GMT Organization: Ttubocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <43ut0g$ao@ctubocat.snafu.de> Has someone got the PPD file for the HP LaserJet 5 MP? Thanks in advance -- _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Ttubocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@ctubocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
From: specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP C1533A DDS-2 Dat-tape and hardware compression Date: 27 Sep 1995 14:12:05 GMT Organization: debis Network Services GmbH Message-ID: <44bm3l$329@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, were using a HP DAT-tape on an Intel based NeXT 3.3-machine with the SafetyNet Professional V2.5r1 backup software. The DAT-Tape is a HP C1433A DDS-2 dat tape with the capacity of 4.0Gb without compression, when in use with a 120m tape. Although we have compression mode enabled at power on, with host control, the tape doesn't seen to compress the data... The Media Recognition System is disabled. The configuration switch setting of the DAT-tape is 'ON' to all switches. The following messages are logged by SafetyNet: > Sep 26 21:00:02 NOTICE: DATIO: Can't get compression mode page. Drive may > not support feature. > Sep 26 21:00:04 INFO: Volume label is: shared-2, Expecting: shared-2 > Sep 26 21:00:04 NOTICE: DATIO: Cannot set compression on drive. Drive may > not support feature. With the drive came a sheet named 'Connecting HP DDS Tape Drives in Unix Environments'. It describes the configuration switch settings for some different Unix environments, but there's nothing said about an Intel-NeXT machine... :-( The tape device looks like this: /dev/nrst0: crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 8, 1 Sep 26 22:39 nrst0 Can anyone give us a hint how to enable hardware-tape compression? Thanks... ...Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't delete files even as root Date: 27 Sep 1995 14:52:53 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44bog5$6cr@news.its.com> References: <44aavi$a57@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> gideon@csarc.otago.ac.nz (Gideon King) wrote: > I'm having a bit of a problem with several of the NeXTSTEP machines I > manage in that I can't delete the files: > /LocalLibrary/Images/People/aliases > /LocalLibrary/Images/People/passwd > Even when I am logged in as root, I can't delete them. They are owned by > root, but when I try a chmod or chown them, I am told that I'm not the > owner. Any suggestions? From the sounds of it, those are probably NFS mounted from somewhere (such as your mail server)? Check your mount points and links, and delete them as root from the NFS server. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: too small size of mail Date: 27 Sep 1995 15:13:30 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44bpmq$6cr@news.its.com> References: <1995Sep20.192029.1399@yves.fdn.fr> yves@claire (Yves Akakpo) wrote: > I am recently "sysadmin" for my own NeXT (m68k). > I can t receipt mail with a big size. So I can t hold back some > applications or other mail with big size I extracted from any ftp-server. > I would like receipt any size of mail. > How can I do? You can specify the "M=_max_size_" option to the appropriate mailer definitions in /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf, such as: Msmtp, P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXg, S=11/31, R=31, E=\r\n, M=1234567 L=990, A=IPC $h ...which means this mailer will handle messages up to 1,234,567 bytes long. With newer versions of sendmail, you can also set an option: O MaxMessageSize=_max_size_ Note that your ISP is *not* going to be happy queuing huge multi-megabyte messages in their mail spool, so be a little careful.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Message-ID: <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 27 Sep 95 12:22:00 EDT Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. No intervention is required by the user. This is true as long as the last disk was successfully unmounted. If that is not the case, then it can have problems. Thus I was wondering if I can tell 3.2 moto to do this when I need to (realizing that hopefully it won't need to) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
From: dalia@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Apurva F. Dalia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: System Accounting Date: 27 Sep 1995 17:57:37 GMT Organization: Syracuse University Distribution: world Message-ID: <44c3ah$krd@newstand.syr.edu> Hi, Just one simple question. How can I enable system accounting on my NeXT ? By default it seems to be disabled. I am interested in logging user commands issued, resources (CPU time, Memory etc) utilized by them. Thankyou -apurva dalia. (dalia@cat.syr.edu) -- Thankyou -apurva. dalia@cat.syr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Message-ID: <0279693001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 27 Sep 95 12:28:00 EDT I'd highly recommend following the suggestion to name the disk 'swapdisk'. It is obviously very simple to do, plus that when the swapdisk reaches the 'hiwat' on the swapdisk, it seems (on my 3.2 moto) to automatically start swapping on the /private/vm/swapfile. I run a little 'cron' script which checks to see if the /private/vm/swapfile has grown in size, and if so, a little Alert panel pops up and tells me that the primary swapdisk is full. TjL ps -- I'd also suggest leaving /adm where it is.... why take too many chances at once ;-) -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: allow connections for only one name Message-ID: <818A693001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 27 Sep 95 13:36:00 EDT If and when my PPP connection ever comes back to life, I was wondering if it is possible to limit INCOMING internet connections to just one specific username. For instance, even if someone knows a login name and password on my machine, they would not be able to rlogin or telnet to the machine. rlogin and telnet would only be allowed for one specific name. Since it is possible to restrict these things for 'root' I thought it might be possible for other accounts as well. Any advice welcome.. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Where is Samba? Message-ID: <DFKK6J.F3D@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 14:56:43 GMT How can I get my mitts on Samba, preferably compiled for NSFIP3.2? -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | University of Waterloo | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Waterloo, Ontario | -- Bill Gates '81 Canada, N2L 3G1 |
From: meb@cen.com (Mehdi Bousaidi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: netinfo and printers Date: 27 Sep 1995 21:54:45 GMT Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Distribution: world Message-ID: <44ch75$3n3@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> Hi, Is there a way to make a printer available to machines that are linked together using netinfo, but the print server is not a client on netinfo. It is hooked up to a larger lan. Thank you. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mehdi Bousaidi email: mbousaidi@cen.com Century Computing web: http://www.cen.com 8101 Sandy Spring phone: (301) 953-3330 ext. 129 Laurel, MD 20707 Fax: (301) 953-2368 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 27 Sep 1995 23:38:30 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <44cn9m$ccj@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de> In article <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de>, H.-R. Oberhage <phy070@spo3.power.uni-essen.de> wrote: >What about eliminating and reallowing the swapfile? It's possible on >LINUX as I've been told: That could be useful, too. >Often there are situations, where the swapfile is 'empty' in that all >processes can run in physical memory. Why not allow us to switch off >the swapfile, remove it and switch it on again (starting with some >small value). So LINUX has a command to force all processes to be paged into memory? Any idea how disruptive it is when this command is executed? Also, be slightly careful in comparisons to other OSes in that NeXT's so-called swapfiles are actually used for paging, not for swapping. -ccwf
From: jayh@panix.com (Jay Hardesty) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mounting Macintosh file system via NFS? Date: 27 Sep 1995 20:19:10 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <44cplu$me6@panix2.panix.com> Hope this isn't a FAQ (I couldn't find it anywhere): I have an old turbo next cube networked (ethernet) to a mac quadra (040) using MacTcp and NFS/Share. I can mount the next file system on the mac just fine, but can't seem to get the mac's files mounted on the next. I tried telling the next to import the mac's files to a particular mount point - this created a link in my Net directory that pointed to (automount)@. But nothing ever seems to get mounted there. Do I need to be running some additional software to get the next to see the mac as an nfs file system (all the mactcp, nfs/share stuff seems purely concerned with the mac side though I could be wrong..). There was a program (a daemon I guess) called bwnfsd that seems related to this somehow (file-locking etc), but running it on the next didn't seem to make a difference. I think I've got some gaping conceptual gaps in my understanding here - if anyone can point me toward some reading material pertaining to this (or better yet - just tell me what the quick easy fix is -haha) I'd be hugely grateful. Thanks very much Jay Hardesty jayh@panix.com
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 28 Sep 1995 02:50:02 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44d2gq$be7@news.its.com> References: <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de> <44cn9m$ccj@gap.cco.caltech.edu> ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: > In article <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de>, > H.-R. Oberhage <phy070@spo3.power.uni-essen.de> wrote: >> Often there are situations, where the swapfile is 'empty' in that all >> processes can run in physical memory. Why not allow us to switch off >> the swapfile, remove it and switch it on again (starting with some >> small value). I believe you can get that effect under NEXTSTEP by never enabling paging to a device. If you don't ever excute mach_swapon in the /etc/rc scripts (such as /etc/rc.swap specificly), it appears that your system will run without virtual memory. It would be beneficial to try and run such a system; many people don't seem to realize just how much memory gets used under NEXTSTEP and how well the VM system performs under the load it encounters. [ ... ] > Also, be slightly careful in comparisons to other OSes in that NeXT's > so-called swapfiles are actually used for paging, not for swapping. Well, NeXT's "swapfiles" are using for both. However, a swapout event is nothing more than a pageout on every page in a process' address space, so the distinction isn't relevant under NEXTSTEP. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Jeff_Sickel@sickel.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPD File for MP 5 MP? Date: 28 Sep 1995 02:45:46 GMT Organization: Sehjas, Inc. Message-ID: <44d28q$k9h@canton.charm.net> References: <43ut0g$ao@ctubocat.snafu.de> dave@ctubocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) wrote: > Has someone got the PPD file for the HP LaserJet 5 MP? I guess I should have let out a little more info on the 5MP. Check ftp.cs.orst.edu. I uploaded the file over two weeks ago into submissions (/software/NeXT/submissions). The file was grabbed from the Windows(tm) disks that came with the printer. No modifications have been made other than getting rid of the crlf uglies. I've been looking into modify the file (PPD version 4.2) to something that NeXT (PDD version 4.0) can handle. Not all of the JCL commands are recognized by the NX_Printer. jas
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Where is Samba? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFL8D4.1vF@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 23:39:03 GMT References: <DFKK6J.F3D@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <DFKK6J.F3D@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca>, Mario Stargard <mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > How can I get my mitts on Samba, preferably compiled for NSFIP3.2? > A year-and-a-bit-old version I have says it's from nimbus.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/tridge/samba. I don't recall any gotchas compiling it for 3.2 Black. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: o_ Mö Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem speed? Date: 28 Sep 1995 05:01:46 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <44da7q$ho@mindy.vnet.net> Hi there, My modem speed feels slow most of the time, I have a USRobotics 28.8Kb modem and it does not feel faster than my other modem which is 14400. Is there a NeXT utility to watch over the modems performance, any suggestions of how to improve the speed. rdk@khaderp.vnet.net Thanks,
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 28 Sep 1995 00:51:45 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) wrote: > > Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm > These two are fine. Note that naming your second drive "swapdisk" > will accomplish exactly this in an automatic fashion that is the > recommended way. While naming the disk "swapdisk" does trigger automatic processing, I (for one) do not recommend doing that. The automatic processing that's triggered by the swapdisk name was designed for a different era. It thinks you've got a 40-meg hard disk for swapping and /tmp space, from the days when you were running the system off an optical cartridge. It's getting so that the smallest disk you can buy is about 500meg, and you'd want to treat that differently than NeXT users were treating 40-meg disks five years ago. I recommend that people figure out swaptab and fstab instead of tripping upon that older swapdisk logic. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca (Michael C. Cam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Fax program not reading custom fax cover sheets Date: 28 Sep 1995 07:02:33 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Distribution: world Message-ID: <44dha9$12c@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, I recently installed NS3.3 and am running NXFax1.04. I cannot seem to access my custom Fax cover sheets stored in ~/Library/Fax or ~/LocalLibrary/Fax. Anyone have a similar setup or problem? Thanks in advance. ..Mike. ___________________________________________________________________ | | | ___ ^ ... /\ BEAUTIFUL | | _|_::| ___o '|`^ .. o_ . .. /\ / \ BRITISH | | |:::|:| \ \, ^ '|`|` (`_|/____') / / /\ COLUMBIA | | |:::|:| (o)/ (o) '|`'|`|`` ,,/ . ... . .. / \ | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Michael C. Cam E-MAIL (NeXT & MIME) PHONE 604-263-7609 | | Open Object Solutions mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca FAX 604-263-7609 | |___________________________________________________________________| -- NewsGrazer, a NeXTstep(tm) news reader, posting -- M>UQR=&8P7&%N<VE[7&9O;G1T8FQ<9C!<9FUO9&5R;B!/:&QF<SM]"EQM87)G M;#$R,`I<;6%R9W(Q,C`*7'!A<F1<='@Y-C!<='@Q.3(P7'1X,C@X,%QT>#,X M-#!<='@T.#`P7'1X-3<V,%QT>#8W,C!<='@W-C@P7'1X.#8T,%QT>#DV,#!< M9C!<8C!<:3!<=6QN;VYE7&9S,C!<9F,P7&-F,"!(:2Q<"EP*22!R96-E;G1L M>2!I;G-T86QL960@3E,S+C,@86YD(&%M(')U;FYI;F<@3EA&87@Q+C`T+B`@ M22!C86YN;W0@<V5E;2!T;R!A8V-E<W,@;7D@8W5S=&]M($9A>"!C;W9E<B!S M:&5E=',@<W1O<F5D(&EN('XO3&EB<F%R>2]&87@@;W(@?B],;V-A;$QI8G)A M<GDO1F%X+B`@06YY;VYE(&AA=F4@82!S:6UI;&%R('-E='5P(&]R('!R;V)L M96T_7`I<"E1H86YK<R!I;B!A9'9A;F-E+EP*7`HN+BY-:6ME+EP*7`H@7U]? M7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]? M7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7UP*?"`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@ M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("!\ M7`I\("`@(%]?7R`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@(%X@("`@("`@("`@("XN+B`@ M("`@("`@("`O7%P@("`@0D5!551)1E5,("!\7`I\("!??%\Z.GP@("`@(%]? M7V\@("`@("`@)WQ@7B`@("XN("!O7R`@("X@+BX@("]<7"`O("!<7"`@("!" M4DE425-(("`@?%P*?"!\.CHZ?#I\("`@("!<7"`@7%PL("`@(%X@)WQ@?&`@ M("`H8%]\+U]?7U\G*2`@+R`@+R`@("`O7%P@("!#3TQ534))02!\7`I\('PZ M.CI\.GP@("AO*2\@("AO*2`@)WQ@)WQ@?&!@("`@+"PO("`N("XN+B`N("XN M("`@("\@(%Q<("`@("`@("`@("!\7`I\+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM M+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM M+7Q<"GP@36EC:&%E;"!#+B!#86T@("`@("`@("!%+4U!24P@*$YE6%0@)B!- M24U%*2`@("!02$].12`V,#0M,C8S+3<V,#D@?%P*?"!/<&5N($]B:F5C="!3 M;VQU=&EO;G,@(&UI:V5C86U`=6YI>&<N=6)C+F-A("`@($9!6"`@(#8P-"TR M-C,M-S8P.2!\7`I\7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]? J7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7U]?7WQ<"EP*"GT* `
From: Iacopo E. Inghirami <iacopo@ec.unipi.it> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netware printing Date: 28 Sep 1995 08:38:21 GMT Organization: Dip. Ec. Aziendale - University of Pisa Distribution: world Message-ID: <44dmtt$rjk@serra.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, I'm trying to print using a previously defined Netware queue. My Next (Intel), sees the queue, but does not print (I get an error). The weird fact is that it worked for a while, when I installed NS, then everything suddenly stopped! Obviously I login as an accredited user (supervisor) to be sure to be able to print... TIA, Iacopo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disk Message-ID: <1995Sep28.100215.45447@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 28 Sep 95 10:02:15 MET References: <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TI wrote: > Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. No > intervention is required by the user. > This is true as long as the last disk was successfully unmounted. If that is not the case, then it can have problems. Thus I was wondering if I can tell 3.2 moto to do this when I need to (realizing that hopefully it won't need to) NEXTSTEP *always* checks all attatched disks at boot time, regardless of the hardware type. If the unmount was unsuccessful, it will try to repair the disk. If this was the root disk, it will reboot without syncing. To check a disk manually, unmount it, then use fsck on the raw device. -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: flet@worldnet.net (Francois LETELLIER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: WTB: working or damaged NeXT black stuff Date: 28 Sep 1995 10:39:26 GMT Organization: World-Net information exchange, Internet provider. Message-ID: <44du0u$amr@aldebaran.sct.fr> Hi everybody, for maintenance purpose, I need to buy out-of-order or working NeXT harware (prefered stations, but cubes as well). Every offer is wellcome, Thanks. - FL.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Message-ID: <DFM0no.pB@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 09:50:12 GMT In article <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. No > intervention is required by the user. > > This is true as long as the last disk was successfully unmounted. If that > is not the case, then it can have problems. Thus I was wondering if I can > tell 3.2 moto to do this when I need to (realizing that hopefully it won't > need to) I'd like to know as well. Somehow addressing the device repeatedly (as with invocation of playcd) at least sometimes 're-syncs' the auto-mount, -detect scheme. But a reliable way would be much better. Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 28 Sep 1995 14:41:56 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: >> These two are fine. Note that naming your second drive "swapdisk" >> will accomplish exactly this in an automatic fashion that is the >> recommended way. > > While naming the disk "swapdisk" does trigger automatic processing, > I (for one) do not recommend doing that. The automatic processing > that's triggered by the swapdisk name was designed for a different > era. It thinks you've got a 40-meg hard disk for swapping and /tmp > space, from the days when you were running the system off an > optical cartridge. That's true, although it's not a problem, either. If you don't want the high watermark on the second drive to be the default value of 40 MB, edit the mach_swapon line in /etc/rc.swap to something like: /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=33554432,hiwat=131457280,nocompress $NEWSWAPFILE >/dev/console 2>&1 > I recommend that people figure out swaptab and fstab instead > of tripping upon that older swapdisk logic. Well, the problem with that is an error made in /etc/fstab will result in an unbootable system. I agree with you that people should understand how to deal with these files, so if you're motivated, Garance, why don't you write up a step-by-step guide? Using the swapdisk method takes one step, two if you wish to adjust the swapfile size: 1) /usr/etc/disk -L swapdisk /dev/rsd1a (or whatever device it is) 2) [optional] edit /etc/rc.swap as described above to change the hiwat. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Wil Gayle Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Broadcast App for NeXTSTEP Date: 28 Sep 1995 16:03:52 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <44eh18$ido@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> Greetings folks, I'm looking for an app that broadcast messages similar to the Unix wall command to NeXT workstations. I want this program to display messages even if no one is logged in. Is there any such program? We've looked at VWall but this doesn't display if user's aren't logged in. Please email me at wegayl@acs.uswest.com -- Regards, Wil Gayle Manager - Systems Development & Support !nterprise Networking Services U S West Communications
From: "James R. Pooton" <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail strips quotes ???? Date: 28 Sep 1995 16:57:28 GMT Organization: Netrix.Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <44ek5o$klq@ruby.netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I need to send a piece of mail to : "venus::boat"@freddy.com and the quotes are important. (It is mailing to a DECNET system and them the mail gets forwarded to boat@venus.) I know the syntax is correct, and it works fine on other mail systems. But NeXT's sendmail seems to strip any quotes and send to : <venus::boat@freddy.com> rather than <"venus::boat"@freddy.com> This does work and the mail gets bounced. Is there an easy fix for this in the sendmail.cf file?? I am familiar with it, but start to loose it on the rule sets. I am using NS 3.3, sendmail 8.6.12 and sendmail.mailhost as my sendmail.cf Thanks for any help!! -james
From: Rocky Rockwell <rockwell@©compass.sc.ti.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: netinfo and printers Date: 28 Sep 1995 17:21:58 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Message-ID: <44eljm$3m9@tilde.csc.ti.com> References: <44ch75$3n3@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: meb@cen.com meb@cen.com (Mehdi Bousaidi) wrote: >Hi, > >Is there a way to make a printer available to machines that are linked >together using netinfo, but the print server is not a client on >netinfo. It is hooked up to a larger lan. > >Thank you. > > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Mehdi Bousaidi email: mbousaidi@cen.com >Century Computing web: http://www.cen.com >8101 Sandy Spring phone: (301) 953-3330 ext. 129 >Laurel, MD 20707 Fax: (301) 953-2368 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- The easy way is to get a copy of the printcap file that is for the printer you wat. take it NS as root and do a niload to the nextsep netinfo. rocky
From: tb@zkm.de (Torsten Belschner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: no hostname on login-panel in NS 3.3? Date: 28 Sep 1995 18:36:06 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <44epum$7ac@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Is the hostname on the login-panel gone in NS 3.3? Machines running 3.2 *do* display the hostname. Anybody know why it's gone? New place to define it? Torsten
From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP NEEDED: Harddisk Quantum VP32210 won't initialize Date: 28 Sep 1995 19:47:37 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <44eu4p$lk2@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Dear NeXTers: A colleague of mine asked me a question I am unable to answer. Could you please help? Please send any info either to me (blazek@stt.msu.edu) or him by e-mail - I will be unable to read the news the next two weeks. Thank you very much, have a nice day. Rudy. ----------------------- ...................................... and we have a few NeXT computers. One with a 2 Gig internal SCSI drive died (hard drive crash). We just got the replacement drive in (a new Quantum), and it will not initialize. I've tried it on 2 different NeXT's ( a Cube, and a regular slab). Jeff mentioned this might not be a drive problem, but rather a problem with the way NeXT's SCSI interacts with real SCSI devices. He mentioned perhaps you've dealt with similar problems with 2Gig drives on NeXT's. I'm about ready to send the drive back for yet another replacement, but perhaps you know something that would change this strategy. Thanks for your time. - David Hammond hammond8@cps.msu.edu P.S. The error message given by the Nextstep 3.0 install CD follows: Initializing hard disk... disk Name: Quantum VP32210 disk type : fixed_rw_scsi writing disk label creating new filesystem on /dev/rsd0a /usr/etc/newfs -n -v /dev/rsd0a setting optimization for space with minfree less than 10 /etc /mkfs /dev/rsd0a 2154080 65 8 8192 1024 16 0 5 2048 s seek error: 2154079 wtfs : Error 0 /usr/etc/newfs /dev/rsd0a failed (status 1) INSTALLATION FAILED - COULD NOT INTIALIZE DISK P.S.S. Happy Friday!
From: Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Where is the cursor hiding? Date: 28 Sep 1995 20:01:53 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <44euvi$lk2@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Hi all: Somebody with a 21" monitor asked me: Is it possible to make the cursor larger? Or maybe larger only when it moves? Well, I said that there should be a .tiff, .eps or something like that with the cursor images. But I didn't find it on my NeXTstation. So, could plese somebody tell me where the images are? And/or some better idea than mine - just to replace the arrow image (which would leave all the other kinds of cursor intact). And/or if there is any good app dealing with this. I had a look at Magnify.app which doesn't do what I need. Please respond by e-mail to blazek@stt.msu.edu - I will be unable to read the news for about two weeks. Thank you very much, have a nice day. Rudy
From: 28 Sep 1995 20:01:53 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Where is the cursor hiding? Date: 28 Sep 1995 20:03:58 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <44ev3e$lk2@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Hi all: Somebody with a 21" monitor asked me: Is it possible to make the cursor larger? Or maybe larger only when it moves? Well, I said that there should be a .tiff, .eps or something like that with the cursor images. But I didn't find it on my NeXTstation. So, could plese somebody tell me where the images are? And/or some better idea than mine - just to replace the arrow image (which would leave all the other kinds of cursor intact). And/or if there is any good app dealing with this. I had a look at Magnify.app which doesn't do what I need. Please respond by e-mail to blazek@stt.msu.edu - I will be unable to read the news for about two weeks. Thank you very much, have a nice day. Rudy
From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Where is the cursor hiding Date: 28 Sep 1995 20:06:05 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <44ev7d$qoh@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Well, Alexandra is making fun of me again. Sorry for posting three times. I wonder what I did wrong ........ ---------------------------- Hi all: Somebody with a 21" monitor asked me: Is it possible to make the cursor larger? Or maybe larger only when it moves? Well, I said that there should be a .tiff, .eps or something like that with the cursor images. But I didn't find it on my NeXTstation. So, could plese somebody tell me where the images are? And/or some better idea than mine - just to replace the arrow image (which would leave all the other kinds of cursor intact). And/or if there is any good app dealing with this. I had a look at Magnify.app which doesn't do what I need. Please respond by e-mail to blazek@stt.msu.edu - I will be unable to read the news for about two weeks. Thank you very much, have a nice day. Rudy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: To anyone just learning on their NS Message-ID: <F8CB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 28 Sep 95 13:18:00 EDT Well, I've heard that smart people learn from other's mistakes, so I'm trying to help others learn from mine. Recently I reformatted by hard drive (on purpose!) before reinstalling NS 3.2. In doing so I came across a few problems that just might make your life easier if you can avoid. 1) when was the last time you checked you nightly/weekly/whenever backup to see if it worked properly and could be used if needed. 2) Most of my archives are .tar.gz if yours are also: - do you have a copy of 'gzip' and 'gnutar' somewhere you could access if your primary drive failed? - do you know how to extract a single file from a 'tar.gz' archive (useful if you need to pull out a file and don't have disk space needed to unarchive the entire thing) 3) Can you mount and unmount drives on the commandline, including the floppy drive? I thought this would be easier than it was. Be sure to use the -n flag for 'mount' if you've booted from CD (the -n flag is needed to prevent it from trying to update /etc/mtab, which it cannot do, since it is Read-only). Do you know the raw device addresses for all your drives? Of course, it can also be challenging to know how to mount the file system read/write in single user mode. It took something like 'mount -o remount' There may be many other things which one should know, but these are the ones which caused me headaches, so I thought I'd pass them along. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: 2 swapfiles.... Message-ID: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 28 Sep 95 13:59:00 EDT I currently have my 3.2 moto swapping on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile. When that file hits the hiwat, swapping switches over to /private/vm/swapfile (automagically). Like everyone else, I'd like to be able to reclaim that lost space. Is there a way to remove the 1st swapfile (forcing all the pages still active over to the 2nd ?) and then when the 2nd fills up, start to use the 1st again? I doubt it, but I figured I'd ask, since there are plenty of others smarter than me out there. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
From: darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu (Darryl L. James) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Booting on HP Date: 28 Sep 1995 20:15:02 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Message-ID: <44evo6$8gi@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> I have built NS on my HP 715/100 workstation. Unfortunately, I must run under HPUX most of the time. I have set the NS disk to be located at scsi id 4. When I want to boot with NS I interrupt the boot process and select scsi 4 to boot from. Everything seems fine until I get an error stating that I need to run `fsck' manually and then the system kicks me out to the command line. I then halt the system. So far the only time that I can get the machine to boot in NS is to make that disk the first scsi device on the chain (as I had to do to install it). Is there anyway that NS will boot from a disk that is not the first on the chain? Thanks for any help. Darryl
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network routing problems Date: 28 Sep 1995 21:21:27 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44f3kn$q3t@galaxy.ucr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a NeXT Turbo Station running NS 2.1 (works fine) on a LAN with a Mac Quadra. This LAN is hooked up to the internet via a 56K FR circuit and works just great. The problem is trying to use the NeXT as a slip server. When the slip service is established with a remote host, that host can ping the server, but it can't ping the router or anything beyond the router. Confusingly, though, I can get DNS name resolution for anybody, even hosts beyond the router. The problem obviously lies in the kernel routing configuration on the NeXT, but the slip program I'm running gives no clues as to how to configure it. It assumes that the NeXT running slip will be a client, talking to a remote server, not the other way around as I have it. The questions I have are: Do I need to run routed, or will static routes be enough? I'm running routed right now, but the rc.slip program sets up static routes. The router I am using on the ethernet side between my host and provider only knows about my host machine on my LAN; I'm letting routed on the NeXT do the work of routing packets within the LAN. Do I need to configure the router to static route the slip hosts' packets? -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HP C1533A DDS-2 Dat-tape and hardware compression Date: 28 Sep 1995 21:00:05 GMT Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <44f2cl$227o@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> On 09/27/95, Ralf Specht wrote: >were using a HP DAT-tape on an Intel based NeXT 3.3-machine with the >SafetyNet Professional V2.5r1 backup software... >The following messages are logged by SafetyNet: > >> Sep 26 21:00:02 NOTICE: DATIO: Can't get compression mode page. Drive may >> not support feature. I have the same tape drive and the same error message from SafetyNet. The program's author (Brian Cuthie) has told me that there is a problem with the way the HP drive reports status to SafetyNet, but that the drive's hardware compression should still work, if its config switches are set to use it. If I recall correctly, the effect of the bug is to prevent SN from switching the compression mode off, but you don't want it to do that anyway. If you want a more accurate description of the bug and it's effect, mail Brian at the address in the Info Panel. I've always found him very helpful. P.S. He told me that he'd fix this in the next SN release. -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/index.html
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 28 Sep 1995 22:28:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) wrote: > I currently have my 3.2 moto swapping on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile. > When that file hits the hiwat, swapping switches over to > /private/vm/swapfile (automagically). That's not necessarily the case. The system may be using both swapfiles simulatenously, interleaving writes so as to balance out the I/O load. Read the manpages about swapfiles with respect to the "prefer" option, which will modify this behavior. > Like everyone else, I'd like to be able to reclaim that lost space. Is > there a way to remove the 1st swapfile (forcing all the pages still > active over to the 2nd ?) and then when the 2nd fills up, start to use > the 1st again? Unfortunately not. Read "man mach_swapon": "BUGS There is no mach_swapoff command. There is no way of listing the currently enabled paging files." I would suggest leaving the 1st swapfile alone (presumably it resets to 16 MB in size when you reboot), so that the system will have a paging area if you remove the other drive. However, you could change the reboot-size of the 1st swapfile by changing the lowatermark "lowat" in /etc/swaptab (and check the /etc/rc scripts, too). -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Booting on HP Date: 28 Sep 1995 22:54:28 GMT Organization: PRZ/TU-Berlin Message-ID: <44f934$hqa@sandmann.prz.tu-berlin.de> References: <44evo6$8gi@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> Hi, Darryl L. James (darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu) wrote: > I have built NS on my HP 715/100 workstation. Unfortunately, I must > run under HPUX most of the time. I have set the NS disk to be > located at scsi id 4. When I want to boot with NS I interrupt the > boot process and select scsi 4 to boot from. Everything seems fine > until I get an error stating that I need to run `fsck' manually and > then the system kicks me out to the command line. I then halt the > system. So far the only time that I can get the machine to boot in > NS is to make that disk the first scsi device on the chain (as I had > to do to install it). Is there anyway that NS will boot from a disk > that is not the first on the chain? Thanks for any help. I don't know, I never tried, but I it might be that you didn't change /etc/fstab to contain /dev/sd1a instead of /dev/sd0a for "/" after you installed NS and switched the drive ID. Then NS fsck tries to check the hfs (HP-UX) file system on your first disk and breaks because NS doesn't support hfs (btw which is a big drawback to my mind). However, I handled it this way (725/75), installed NS to the built-in drive on ID 6, and HP-UX on a external drive with ID 5. Then I just changed the boot path in the nvram of the machine to scsi.5.0 (primary path, I left the alternate path to id 6 in case the external drive is disconnected for some reason). I made also an entry for /dev/sd1a (i.e. the hfs on drive id 5) which states "ignore" for the file system field. That avoid's that the Workspace asks everytime every user whether it should format the hfs disk (*horror* :-)). Thomas -- Thomas Wolfram <thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de> Germany: 0 30 31421171 PRZ TU Berlin <wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de> abroad: +49 30 31421171 EANTC WWW: http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf _____________________________________________________________________________ _____S__I__C____T__R__A__N__S__I__T____G__L__O__R__I__A____M__U__N__D__I_____
From: wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting on a secondary scsci disk drive Date: 28 Sep 1995 22:29:44 GMT Organization: PRZ/TU-Berlin Distribution: world Message-ID: <44f7ko$hqa@sandmann.prz.tu-berlin.de> References: <43uf6j$n98@apopi.u-strasbg.fr> DenisGESBERT wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried to boot from an alternative disk drive according to the procedure of NeXTAnswer number 1487 (I do this because I need to add a smaller scsci drive with an other operating system but I don't have a boot manager allready install on my current disk and I prefere to avoid reformating and reinstalling system if I can). So I have setup the older drive with scsi id=1 the new with the 7 Mb partition as scsi id#0 and done everythings to be done the NeXTAnswer. Now when I try to boot with this disk everythings seems to be OK at the beginning (and until the end when I chose the others OS) but during the next boot numeral things seems to be wrong (as configuring drivers and modifying files in /dev/ and so on) and it stop as the same maner as he try to get network information (just befor completion of booting) but it's a stand alone computer and the hostconfig file is set to be as it is. By the way if I replace the older drive at scsci #0 everythings since to be ok > > If anyone can have an idea or a similar experience I will appreciate every information. If you switch the drive back to id 0 and immediatly everything is ok, are you sure that you corrected the entry for the root partition in /etc/fstab? (You must change it from /dev/sd0a to /dev/sd1a in your case before you jumper the drive from id 0 to id 1). Thomas -- Thomas Wolfram <thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de> Germany: 0 30 31421171 PRZ TU Berlin <wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de> abroad: +49 30 31421171 EANTC WWW: http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf _____________________________________________________________________________ _____S__I__C____T__R__A__N__S__I__T____G__L__O__R__I__A____M__U__N__D__I_____
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DFMuDo.MsE@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 20:32:12 GMT References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu>, Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: >chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: >> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Herseth) wrote: >> > Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm > >> These two are fine. Note that naming your second drive "swapdisk" >> will accomplish exactly this in an automatic fashion that is the >> recommended way. > >While naming the disk "swapdisk" does trigger automatic processing, >I (for one) do not recommend doing that. The automatic processing >that's triggered by the swapdisk name was designed for a different >era. It thinks you've got a 40-meg hard disk for swapping and /tmp >space, from the days when you were running the system off an >optical cartridge. It's getting so that the smallest disk you can >buy is about 500meg, and you'd want to treat that differently than >NeXT users were treating 40-meg disks five years ago. > >I recommend that people figure out swaptab and fstab instead >of tripping upon that older swapdisk logic. > Is your only concern with the "swapdisk" scheme the fact that it's inapropriate for largish disks? For something like an 80Mb disk it sounds pretty good. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rm@califhistsoc.org (Robert MacKimmie) Subject: Re: Backup with DAT-jukebox and SafetyNet? Message-ID: <DFMouI.29s@califhistsoc.org> Sender: rm@califhistsoc.org (Robert MacKimmie) Organization: California Historical Society, San Francisco 415-567-1848 References: <44bn2u$329@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 18:32:41 GMT In article <44bn2u$329@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) writes: > Meanwhile, the capacity of one single tape (even if 120m long) isn't > big enough to hold all the data backed up ... > or do we just have to buy a DAT-jukebox which changes the tapes on it's > own? Savy vendors are rising to the challenge. A very NeXT savy peripheral vendor, Larry Cohen at Peripheral Solutions (408-425-8280) in Santa Cruz, California recently showed me multi-drive and cascading DAT drives which solve this very problem. I have no affiliation with the vendor, though I have been very satisfied with price point and especially service to the point that I would highly recommend him/them.
From: majka@next.com (Marc Majka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba or Netinfo? How is Samba on the Next? Date: 29 Sep 1995 01:55:36 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <44fjmo$2ub@news.next.com> References: <4458mh$mso@mindy.vnet.net> data writes > I am trying to share resources, printing and hard disks, between a Cube > and NT. Is Samba a good solution, any problems or comments from > someone tried it before. I run Samba on a NEXTSTEP system to talk to Windows-NT. It works very well. Be aware that files names get mapped to lower case when you transfer them, and that it has some weird notions about mixed case in passwords, which requires some tuning when you install it. > Could the same be accomplished using Netinfo? Nope. NetInfo is essentially a database system. It stores information about the location and configuration of print servers, file servers, mail servers, and etc. NetInfo *does not* provide those services. Printing services are provided by lpd, same as on most other UNIX systems. File sharing is provided by NFS, same as most other UNIX systems. Mail services are provided by sendmail, same as... You get the picture :-) -- Marc Majka Disclaimer: My opinions only! I'm not speaking for NeXT.
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.3 upgrade question Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 29 Sep 1995 00:26:00 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <44fau8$bao@gymir.ifi.uio.no> When installing my new disk I first installed a minimum version of NS 3.3 and then wanted the full version by using the uppgrader. The uppgrader says I have chenged the setup of /private (I have moved a link to /private/spool to another disk and a few other small changes) and sugests that I uppgrade (with a mark), but does not mark any of the files/dirs in /private for uppgrade. Does this mean it will change ALL files/dirs in /private or just add some files/dirs? In the first case I will have to skip the uppgrade! Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway | Phone: + 47 22 77 05 34 (w)
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Webster disappeared??? Date: 28 Sep 1995 22:32:37 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.812341827@mercury> Okay, thanks for all your help with my lost root password problem on my Optical. Now I've got another WEIRD problem. Digital Webster won't show up. I installed my hard drive and rebuilt it with BuildDisk, on my 2.1 Optical. So I now have a 2.1 SCSI drive. I needed a definition today, so I typed Command-= with the word selected. Webster opened, but there's NO familiar "Define" window - it's GONE. Any idea what might've happened to my Webster? This is one of the reasons I LOVE my NeXT. Many thanks in advance. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support dcl@interpath.net 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 WOTD: interpolate For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Webster disappeared??? Date: 28 Sep 1995 22:58:20 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.812343432@mercury> References: <dcl.812341827@mercury> dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) writes: >Now I've got another WEIRD problem. [...] >I needed a definition today, so I typed Command-= with the word selected. >Webster opened, but there's NO familiar "Define" window - it's GONE. Well, I have that problem solved. I started playing with (and erasing) the ~/.NeXT directory. That solved the problem pretty quickly. I had noticed earlier that one time when I logged in, my ENTIRE Dock was gone. BAM! Gone. Oh well. Now things are back to normal. Cheers, Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support dcl@interpath.net 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 WOTD: interpolate For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kev@bri.hp.com (Kevin Jones) Subject: Re: HP C1533A DDS-2 Dat-tape and hardware compression Sender: news@bri.hp.com (News User) Message-ID: <DFnL6y.6MK@bri.hp.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 06:11:22 GMT References: <44bm3l$329@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Followup-To: comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Ralf Specht (specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com) wrote: : Hi all, : were using a HP DAT-tape on an Intel based NeXT 3.3-machine with the : SafetyNet Professional V2.5r1 backup software. : The DAT-Tape is a HP C1433A DDS-2 dat tape with the capacity of 4.0Gb : without compression, when in use with a 120m tape. Although we have : compression mode enabled at power on, with host control, the tape doesn't : seen to compress the data... : The Media Recognition System is disabled. : The configuration switch setting of the DAT-tape is 'ON' to all switches. : The following messages are logged by SafetyNet: : > Sep 26 21:00:02 NOTICE: DATIO: Can't get compression mode page. Drive may : > not support feature. : > Sep 26 21:00:04 INFO: Volume label is: shared-2, Expecting: shared-2 : > Sep 26 21:00:04 NOTICE: DATIO: Cannot set compression on drive. Drive may : > not support feature. The C1533A does support the "compression mode page". I am not sure what SafetyNet is expecting, maybe some different mode page. I would suspect that since SafetyNet is having no luck in controling compression and the drive IS compressing data. The only ways to find out are: 1. Can you get > 4GB on a tape 2. Does your backup rate exceed 510 Kbytes/Second. Measuring backup rate is not normally a good option since backups often go slower than the native transfer rate of the drive due to numerous system bottlenecks. : Can anyone give us a hint how to enable hardware-tape compression? If you have doubts as to whether compression is active then set switch 2 on the underside of the drive to OFF. This disables host control of compression leaving the drive's compression under the exclusive control of switch 1. Leave switch 1 ON so that the drive will always compress. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Jones. | Hewlett Packard Ltd, | Computer Peripherals Bristol, kev%hpcpbla@hplb.hpl.hp.com | Filton Road, | Stoke Gifford, | Bristol. BS12 6QZ. | ENGLAND. ----------------------------------------------------------------- This response does not represent the official position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard Company. The above data is provided for informational purposes only. It is supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 28 Sep 1995 15:31:55 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44ef5b$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > > I recommend that people figure out swaptab and fstab instead > > of tripping upon that older swapdisk logic. > Well, the problem with that is an error made in /etc/fstab will > result in an unbootable system. and > If you don't want the high watermark on the second drive to be > the default value of 40 MB, edit the mach_swapon line in > /etc/rc.swap to Editting rc.swap is no less dangerous than editting /etc/fstab. In either case, you can work your way around any errors by booting in single-user mode. And, btw, the default high-water mark is 30-meg (which is picked because the code thinks you have a 40-meg drive, and it wants to save 10-meg for /tmp). > I agree with you that people should understand how to deal with > these files, so if you're motivated, Garance, why don't you write > up a step-by-step guide? I generally just point people at the man pages. I did write up something for the homebrew mailing list as to why I *don't* recommend swapdisks. I'll try to dig that up, if I saved it. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 28 Sep 1995 16:18:55 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > While naming the disk "swapdisk" does trigger automatic processing, > I (for one) do not recommend doing that. The automatic processing > that's triggered by the swapdisk name was designed for a different > era. I've received a few messages via email asking me why I offer such a strange recommendation. Here's some comments I wrote up for the NS/Intel homebrew mailing list, including a few extra points that I have learned since writing those comments. - - - For what (little) it's worth, I avoid the special /swapdisk processing. If I have disk or partition I want to use as swap, I'd rather set it up by hand (using /etc/swaptab) and make sure I avoid the /etc/rc.swap magic. For one thing, if there is no swapfile on that /swapdisk, then /etc/rc.swap just *touches* the file to create it. Oh joy. I'd much rather have something do a mkfile at a reasonable size, instead of starting my swapfile at zero bytes. If the swapfile was really going to stay at zero bytes, then I wouldn't need a whole new disk to hold it... For two, it also starts up swapping with: /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=16777216,hiwat=31457280 So, you have a grand total of 30meg of swapspace. This made sense for the original expectation of /swapdisk's, but now that I'm buying 1-gig disks it seems pretty silly to pretend my swapfile has to stop growing at 30meg. The *smallest* NeXTSTEP machine I run has 20meg of RAM, and all the rest have 32meg or more of RAM. Chances are that 32-meg of swapspace (as a high-water mark!) is going to fall far short of my needs. Note that this 30-meg highwater mark is on a *preferred* swap file. You'll still be using whatever swapfiles are listed in /etc/swaptab in *addition* to this 30meg swapfile. So, what happens when you start paging to megabyte 31? All swapspace after megabyte 30 is going to be using up space back on your root hard disk. If you're bothering with a swapdisk at all, then you're probably doing it because you don't have *room* on your root partition. I've had people create swapdisks like this, and then still have system crashes because their root partition runs out of disk space. For three, it also creates the /tmp directory on the /swapdisk. I generally want the /tmp space on the same partition as my home directory (so I can 'mv' files back and forth between /tmp and /Users, instead of 'cp'-ing them), and I certainly don't want my /tmp competing for space on the same partition as my swapfile. I had that once, and some user who was telnetted into my machine filled up /tmp and froze the entire system on me (once it needed to expand the swapfile). Note that this is just a personal preference of mine, in that I simply do not like having tmp space and swapspace on the same partition. There isn't really anything *wrong* with it, but I don't like it. So, if you do want to use /etc/rc.swap magic processing, you might want to look thru it and see if there's places you want it to work differently than the current logic works. The alternative (which I do) is to really add the disk in /etc/fstab, and then change the entries in /etc/swaptab so *that* is doing what you want it to. This is a little riskier, as it means you can't just attach and detach that swapdisk with reckless abandon. The /swapdisk code made sense for the time when it was written, but I think it's current coding doesn't make a lot of sense with the disks and machines that we're now running NeXTSTEP on. If you're buying an extra disk for swapping these days, it's probably "a little bit" larger than 40-megabytes! The /swapdisk model has two advantages. 1) It's easy. 2) It works automatically when booting off a CD-ROM disc from NeXT (should you happen to want to do that). In my opinion though, being easy isn't much of an advantage if the processing is not doing what you want it to do. The logic in /etc/rc.swap, which was fine for the early days of NeXT hardware, simply does not do what I want it to do with the hardware configurations I'm running with these days. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Date: 28 Sep 1995 16:33:09 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44eio5$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA) wrote: > royalta@aol.com (RoyalTA) wrote: > Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. > No intervention is required by the user. > This is true as long as the last disk was successfully unmounted. > If that is not the case, then it can have problems. Thus I was > wondering if I can tell 3.2 moto to do this when I need to > (realizing that hopefully it won't need to) The only time you should see problems is if you have ejected the disk without unmounting it. What output do you get from the "mount" command? (just enter "mount", without any options). If there's anything from the floppy there, then "umount" it. Another possibility is that there were some ioctl commands that were not done correctly somewhere along the line. I know I had to do something like that with my mCD program, but I don't know offhand how to apply that to whatever situation you're seeing. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 28 Sep 1995 17:18:08 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44elcg$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) wrote: > Is it safe to move /private/tmp /private/vm and /private/adm to > an another disk (and having links from /private to this disk), > or are these required for booting? One thing I noticed when checking thru the logic of /etc/rc.swap once again. You don't want to move /private/tmp. It won't work. What you want to do is change /tmp so it isn't a pointer to /private/tmp. The reason is the following section of code in /etc/rc.swap: # No swapdisk; ensure /private/tmp is a directory. if [ ! -d /private/tmp ]; then (echo "Creating /private/tmp directory") >/dev/console rm -f /private/tmp mkdir /private/tmp chmod 1777 /private/tmp fi so if you change /private/tmp to be a symbolic link somewhere else, then the above will undo your change every time you boot the machine. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: phy070@spo3.power.uni-essen.de (H.-R. Oberhage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Trimming Swap File? Date: 29 Sep 1995 09:52:36 GMT Organization: Universitaet Essen GH, Germany Message-ID: <44gfl4$1a3@sun1.uni-essen.de> References: <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de> <44cn9m$ccj@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Charles Fu (ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu) wrote: : In article <448m87$q@sun1.uni-essen.de>, : H.-R. Oberhage <phy070@spo3.power.uni-essen.de> wrote: : >What about eliminating and reallowing the swapfile? It's possible on : >LINUX as I've been told: : That could be useful, too. : >Often there are situations, where the swapfile is 'empty' in that all : >processes can run in physical memory. Why not allow us to switch off : >the swapfile, remove it and switch it on again (starting with some : >small value). : So LINUX has a command to force all processes to be paged into memory? Any : idea how disruptive it is when this command is executed? As I've noticed: LINUX users told me, that it poses no problem to 'swapoff'. The command simply refuses to work, if the physical memory can't hold the contents of the virtual memory. It's just a nick of time (somewhat like 20 seconds or so). : Also, be slightly careful in comparisons to other OSes in that NeXT's so-called : swapfiles are actually used for paging, not for swapping. Well, most 'modern' systems do pageing and it's only called swapping (incor- rectly) for historical reasons - although you can do both, either or neither. As far as I remember LINUX is also (trying to be?) Mach-kernel-based, so there should be no really big difference in that point (maybe they're even a version 3 Mach as opposed to NS 2 1/2 Mach :-) ). Ruediger Oberhage
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Where is the cursor hiding Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 29 Sep 1995 10:22:58 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <44ghe2$sa3@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <44ev7d$qoh@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rudolf B. Blazek (blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu) wrote: : Well, Alexandra is making fun of me again. Sorry for posting three times. I : wonder what I did wrong ........ : ---------------------------- : Hi all: : Somebody with a 21" monitor asked me: Is it possible to make the cursor : larger? Or maybe larger only when it moves? : Well, I said that there should be a .tiff, .eps or something like that with : the cursor images. But I didn't find it on my NeXTstation. : So, could plese somebody tell me where the images are? And/or some better : idea than mine - just to replace the arrow image (which would leave all the : other kinds of cursor intact). And/or if there is any good app dealing with : this. I had a look at Magnify.app which doesn't do what I need. Hi, I've been investigating this issue some time ago. There's a way to change the cursor, but no easy way to make it bigger than 16x16. It should be possible by hacking the windowserver.ps code. I started to hack something but haven't finished it yet. Looks promising, though. If you want to know more (or even finish it yourself) just ask again. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: es@gi (Eric_Stumpp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing on LaserWriter 16/600PS Date: 29 Sep 1995 12:34:35 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <44gp4r$9kl@transfer.stratus.com> Hi guys, I tried to print on a LaserWriter 16/600PS with TCP/IP link. How should i configure the Next network for this ? Do i need some drivers ? TIA Eric
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 29 Sep 1995 01:39:19 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44fio7$n82@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <DFMuDo.MsE@novice.uwaterloo.ca> dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > > While naming the disk "swapdisk" does trigger automatic processing, > > I (for one) do not recommend doing that. > Is your only concern with the "swapdisk" scheme the fact that > it's inapropriate for largish disks? For something like an 80Mb > disk it sounds pretty good. There are certainly situations where the swapdisk scheme will work fine, I just want people to understand exactly what the swapdisk scheme is getting them. Some people think "if I name a disk 'swapdisk', then that disk will be used for swapping". While that's basically a true statement, the actual details of what is happening might not be anywhere near what the user is really expecting. The swapdisk method gives you: 1) The first 30meg of virtual memory that you use will be on the swapdisk. All remaining virtual memory will be paged to your root disk. 2) Your /tmp filespace will also be on the swapdisk. As long as people realize that, it's fine. Those are good things for some configurations, but as time goes on (and hardware keeps changing) there are many NeXTSTEP configurations where those results are not very useful. In my case I own four NeXTSTEP machines, none of which have *any* hard disk on them which is smaller than 200meg, one of which has 64meg of *RAM* on it, and two of the other threes have 32meg of RAM. For my configurations, the /etc/rc.swap logic is just plain silly. The code in /etc/rc.swap was last changed in 1993. The price of disk storage has plummetted in that time, so it's not surprising that logic which was reasonable back then would need to be updated for a world where a 1-gig disk costs under $300. I'd like to see that logic updated, because the basic idea is very nice. I'd want it to have some way to set the highwater marks via a configuration file that's on the swapdisk (so that info would also be used when booting from a CD-ROM), and some kind of control over whether the /private/tmp directory should be moved to the swapdisk. Also have a way so that when the swapdisk is present, you have a way to totally ignore the entries in /etc/swapdisk on the root device. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Control: cancel <FUKASE.95Sep29230827@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) Subject: cancel <FUKASE.95Sep29230827@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <FUKASE.95Sep29231527@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:15:27 GMT
Control: cancel <FUKASE.95Sep29231125@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) Subject: cancel <FUKASE.95Sep29231125@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <FUKASE.95Sep29231819@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:18:19 GMT
From: ingmar@cs.tu-berlin.de (Ingmar Camphausen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem mounting /tmp after booting single-user from CD ROM Date: 29 Sep 1995 15:24:06 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <44h32m$4ke@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, yesterday, I had to boot single-user from my NEXTSTEP 3.3 CD ROM (my bootdisk got a full hit in /etc/ ...:( ) I booted with the option '-sa' and told the machine to use the CD ROM as root device. In order to have a place to put temp-files and to swap, I tried to mount /dev/fd0a or another harddisk at /tmp with mount -n /dev/fd0a /tmp as I was told by the message that came up after finishing the single-user boot. But this did not work!--All I got was the error message that /private/tmp was a read-only filesystem!! How can I mount a writeable swap device, when the root filesystem is on CD ROM?? I have asked several friends that are familiar with system administration (though no "gurus"), but they could not help me.--Maybe you can?? Thanx, Ingmar PS: The SCSI devices are my actual boot disk on sd0a, my CD ROM is sd1a and my 2nd disk is sd2a. (Just in case this might be important.) -- ingmar@cs.TU-Berlin.DE ingmar@aurora.IN-Berlin.DE FR 2-2, Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587 Berlin (NeXTmail/MIME/PGP ok) ENCOURAGE PRIVACY -- ASK FOR MY PGP2 PUBLIC KEY!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) Subject: rmail 8.3 (Berkeley) Message-ID: <FUKASE.95Sep29232221@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:22:21 GMT Hi, Does anyone know how to compile Berkeley's rmail (8.3) contained in `sendmail.8.7.tar.gz' on NEXTSTEP(3.2)? Thanks in advance. --- Sep.29,'95 FUKASE,Mikio fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp(NeXTMail OK)
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 29 Sep 1995 15:54:24 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44h4rg$euj@news.its.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> <44ef5b$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > Editting rc.swap is no less dangerous than editting /etc/fstab. > In either case, you can work your way around any errors by > booting in single-user mode. Huh? This certainly isn't true. Make an error in /etc/fstab. How do you correct it? There is a way, but it's not documented, and unless you look through /etc/rc, you'd never discover the magic incantation "mount -o remount". If you make an error in /etc/rc.swap, nothing goes wrong as far as I remember, except that you don't activate the swapfile on the swapdisk. You can complete the boot, and you can edit /etc/rc.swap in full GUI mode, with a fully documented manpage that explains what everything means to help you. Let's take an informal poll: Anyone ever had problems with changing /etc/fstab? (I sure have, and it's a pain in the posterior to correct.) Anyone ever had problems with changing /etc/rc.swap? (I never have, but that's just one data point.) > And, btw, the default high-water mark is 30-meg (which is picked because > the code thinks you have a 40-meg drive, and it wants to save 10-meg > for /tmp). Okay. I haven't used the original /etc/rc.swap in years, so I didn't have it handy to check. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: root@universe.halcyon.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with SimpleNetworkStarter Date: 29 Sep 1995 16:36:54 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44h7b6$872@news.halcyon.com> I just tried to make my NeXTstation clor turbo (32/400) a server to my other NeXTstation, but SimpleNetworkStarter gave me error: communication failure then exited and rebooted. The messages out /usr/adm/messages states Sep 29 09:10:43 universe SimpleNetworkStarter[199]: NetInfo connection failed for server 192.42.172.2/local Sep 29 09:12:11 universe last message repeated 2 times Sep 29 09:12:55 universe SimpleNetworkStarter[199]: NetInfo connection failed for server 192.42.172.2/local Sep 29 09:13:01 universe nibindd[100]: Shutting down NetInfo servers Sep 29 09:13:02 universe netinfod[101]: netinfo server exiting Can someone help me out and let me know if they might know what the problem is or things to check. BTW, I am using thin ethernet (BNC T connectors with terminators on either end)
From: root@universe.halcyon.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Follow up of SimpleNetWorkStater problem Date: 29 Sep 1995 16:49:05 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44h821$8jn@news.halcyon.com> I changed the IP address via HostManager to 192.42.172.2, but when I use NetInfoManager and check /machinese/universe the IP address is 127.0.0.1 Should there be that discrepency? Is the loop-back address causing me problems? Thanks for the help, dean
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Message-ID: <720F6C3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 29 Sep 95 11:41:00 EDT I said: > I currently have my 3.2 moto swapping on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile. > When that file hits the hiwat, swapping switches over to > /private/vm/swapfile (automagically). chuck @ its.com replied: > That's not necessarily the case. The system may be using both > swapfiles simulatenously, interleaving writes so as to balance out > the I/O load. And now I add: Well, it really seems as if it is. At least, with the little testing I did. However, my method might not have been great. I deleted /private/vm/swapfile right after a reboot, and it was not created until the first swapfile (/private/swapfile/vm/swapfile) was full. Question: would the size listed in 'ls -l' be useful to test if this file was changing? However, the system did NOT like the fact that there was no /private/vm/swapfile when I tried to reboot once before it had been made. I don't particularly like that I have 16 MB sitting there in a swapfile which isn't being used, but right now it is not that much of a big issue with space. However, there is a problem which Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> has alluded to, and that is the location of the /tmp moving to the swapdisk. Personally I like this setup, (I've just changed Opener.app to unarchive stuff on a different folder which is on my HD) but it could be a problem for others. Changing the hiwat for the swapdisk's swapfile doesn't really seem that much of a task, when compared to the possibility of making your system un-bootable. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <chuck@its.com> Message-ID: <199509291602.MAA11290@tertius.res.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Charles Swiger <chuck@its.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:02:24 -0400 Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com References: <720F6C3001A23A7C@-SMF-> TIMOTHY LUOMA said: > I currently have my 3.2 moto swapping on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile. > When that file hits the hiwat, swapping switches over to > /private/vm/swapfile (automagically). > > chuck @ its.com replied: >> That's not necessarily the case. The system may be using both >> swapfiles simulatenously, interleaving writes so as to balance out >> the I/O load. > > And now I add: > > Well, it really seems as if it is. At least, with the little testing I > did. However, my method might not have been great. I deleted > /private/vm/swapfile right after a reboot, and it was not created until the > first swapfile (/private/swapfile/vm/swapfile) was full. Well, you deleted my comments with respect to the "prefer" option to mach_swapon. When you name a device "swapdisk" for automatic use, /etc/rc.swap uses the prefer option so that paging activities only go to "prefer"ed swapping areas. If you don't use "prefer", then this isn't the case. > Question: would the size listed in 'ls -l' be useful to test if this > file was changing? 'sum' is probably a better choice, but it depends on what information you are trying to acquire. > However, the system did NOT like the fact that there was no > /private/vm/swapfile when I tried to reboot once before it had been made. That's probably because you have an entry in /etc/swaptab for that file. > I don't particularly like that I have 16 MB sitting there in a swapfile > which isn't being used, but right now it is not that much of a big issue > with space. You can adjust lowat in /etc/swaptab to change how large that file is if you wish. I wouldn't change it myself. > However, there is a problem which Garance A Drosehn > <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> has alluded to, and that is the location of the > /tmp moving to the swapdisk. Personally I like this setup, (I've just > changed Opener.app to unarchive stuff on a different folder which is on my > HD) but it could be a problem for others. I'd suggest creating ~/tmp and using that for stuff which you wish to have local to the filesystem where ~/ resides. -Chuck
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modem speed? Date: 29 Sep 1995 16:49:45 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44h839$bt4@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44da7q$ho@mindy.vnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =06=19o_=05 M=F6=05 wrote: > >Hi there, > >My modem speed feels slow most of the time, I have a USRobotics 28.8Kb >modem and it does not feel faster than my other modem which is 14400. >Is there a NeXT utility to watch over the modems performance, any >suggestions of how to improve the speed. > >rdk@khaderp.vnet.net > >Thanks, > What kind of hardware are you running? On black hardware, the maximum serial port speed built into the kernel is 38.4K BPS. On white hardware, with the older style UART chips, the maximum serial port speed is 57.6K BPS. Only with the latest UART's can you get serial port speeds which take advantage of the faster modem speeds. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs From: daa6s@hebb.med.Virginia.EDU (David A. August) Subject: Problem with large user ID #s Message-ID: <DFopsr.KJr@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 20:48:27 GMT I am the sysadmin for a small cluster of NeXT's in a laboratory at a university. Every so often, undergraduate students rotate through our lab. When giving them new accounts, I set their UNIX Uid # on our local network to be the same as the uid on their university mainframe accounts. Recently, however, the new band of youngsters has presented me with a problem: Some of the incoming students have ID #'s on the university mainframe that are larger than that magic quantity, 32768. When I try to assign them this large ID # on our own network, it does a two's complement (?), and starts counting backwards from -32768. So, their directory and files end up being owned by, say, -12345 rather than 53191. To avoid this, I have just assigned these students the default NeXT uid # (e.g, 109), rather than trying to match their university uid #. That's fine for doing local work on our net, but seems to cause problems when the students are using two machines at once. Maybe some handshaking protocol relies on the uid being the same? For example, one student had trouble using an X-Windows simulator (on our machines) to run MatLab (on the university computer). Has anyone out there had similar problems, or know of a fix for this? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, --David August daa6s@virginia.edu
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Virtual interfaces on NS? Date: 29 Sep 1995 23:31:07 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> Two questions: First, is there a way to create virtual IP interfaces on a NeXT machine? I remember some code running around a couple years back, but it involved hacking the kernel (obviously not meant for NS). So, what now? I need to have multiple IPs for a virtual http server, and my clumsy thumbs forced an emergency landing of my named. Second, does anyone know how to fix the ^%&@)* From: field in tin? -- Carl Payne cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK
From: gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu (George B. Ross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: how can I tell my 3.2 moto to 'check for disks?' Date: 27 Sep 1995 19:26:26 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Distribution: world Message-ID: <44c8h2$r31@news.nd.edu> References: <0179693001A23A7C@-SMF-> TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY writes > > Unlike NS for Intel, NS for Motorola does it automatically. No > > intervention is required by the user. > > This is true as long as the last disk was successfully > unmounted. If that is not the case, then it can have > problems. Thus I was wondering if I can tell 3.2 moto to > do this when I need to (realizing that hopefully it won't > need to) > I run into this problem about once a week. Sometimes playcd will hang on ejecting an audio CD and it's necessary to manually eject the media. After manually ejecting, I can't get the CD player to recognize either audio or data CDs until after rebooting. I would really like to hear about ways to fix this problem. -george George B. Ross Aero/Mech Engr University of Notre Dame gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu http://stimpy.ame.nd.edu/gross/
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PROCMAIL blues! Date: 30 Sep 1995 04:59:33 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-b-37.usc.edu Message-ID: <44iirl$5rk@usc.edu> Problem with procmail -- I can't get it to redirect. Help is much needed! I have two domains on my home machine -- "reichman" & "fey". I want to use procmail and appnmail to redirect all incoming mail for "fey" account according to Subject line. I have modem connection with school provider via PopOver. PopOver dumps what it gets into /usr/spool/mail.. --------------------- NS3.3 m68k PopOver sendmail 8.6.12 procmail-3.11pre3 --------------------- address: reichman@scf.usc.edu --------------------- sendmail: --------------------- MASQUERADE AS: scf.usc.edu REWRITE (Rule 31): "fey" --> "reichman" #Mlocal, P=/bin/mail, F=lsDFMrmnP, S=10, R=20/40, # A=mail -d $u Mlocal, P=/usr/local/bin/procmail, F=lsSDFMrmnP, S=10, R=20/40, A=procmail -a $h -d $u Mprocmail, P=/usr/local/bin/procmail, F=mSDFMhun, S=11, R=21, A=procmail -m $h $f $u --------------------- .procmailrc: --------------------- # Please check if all the paths in PATH are reachable, remove the ones that # are not. PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:. MAILDIR=$HOME/Mailboxes DEFAULT=/usr/spool/mail/reichman LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from ## LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail :0 # Anything having subject Fey- * ^Subject:.Fey-* |/usr/local/bin/appnmail fey # will go to $MAILDIR/fey #:0 # pass along all other mail #! -oi -f "$@" # Anything that has not been delivered by now will go to $DEFAULT # using LOCKFILE=$DEFAULT$LOCKEXT --------------------- --- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion." -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Nurah Muhammad <nurah@ms.mimos.my> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Quota for mailbox Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:15:06 +0800 Organization: Unconfigured Message-ID: <Pine.CVX.3.91.950930140843.8514A-100000@ms.mimos.my> References: <424lr4$q5c@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <h2virdzf8m.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <h2virdzf8m.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> Hello, I would like to know how to set a quota for a mailbox. If you have experienced in doing this please send e-mail direct to nurah@jaring.my Your help will be appreciated. Regards, Nurah
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 29 Sep 1995 23:48:47 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA) wrote: > > I currently have my 3.2 moto swapping on > > /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile. > > When that file hits the hiwat, swapping switches over to > > /private/vm/swapfile (automagically). > That's not necessarily the case. The system may be using both > swapfiles simulatenously, interleaving writes so as to balance > out the I/O load. Read the manpages about swapfiles with respect > to the "prefer" option, which will modify this behavior. Reading thru /etc/rc.swap will lead one to guess that Tim has a hard disk named 'swapdisk', which is why he's paging to /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile... :-) (and /etc/rc.swap does use the prefer option) So, the "1st" swapfile is the one on the swapdisk, and the second swapfile is the one back on the root device. This gets back to why I don't like the logic in /etc/rc.swap. > > Like everyone else, I'd like to be able to reclaim that lost > > space. Is there a way to remove the 1st swapfile (forcing all > > the pages still active over to the 2nd ?) and then when the > > 2nd fills up, start to use the 1st again? I'm not sure which space Tim is trying to reclaim here. It should be true that it's only paging on the second swapfile if the first one is all filled up. I would expect that there's no space to reclaim on the first swapfile. The hiwat mark on the 1st file would be 32meg (since it's the one started in rc.swap). So, I'm not sure what to recommend. > Unfortunately not. Read "man mach_swapon": > > "BUGS > There is no mach_swapoff command. > > There is no way of listing the currently enabled paging > files." I wonder if NS-4.0 will have some swapoff command. (admittedly that's not very likely, but it'd be nice...) --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 30 Sep 1995 15:30:41 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > So, the "1st" swapfile is the one on the swapdisk, and the > second swapfile is the one back on the root device. This > gets back to why I don't like the logic in /etc/rc.swap. Vice-versa. #1 = /dev/sd0a, /private/vm/swapfile #2 = /dev/sd1a, /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile >> Like everyone else, I'd like to be able to reclaim that lost >> space. Is there a way to remove the 1st swapfile (forcing all >> the pages still active over to the 2nd ?) and then when the >> 2nd fills up, start to use the 1st again? > > I'm not sure which space Tim is trying to reclaim here. [ ... ] He's trying to free up /private/vm/swapfile. You can change the low water mark via /etc/swaptab. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Sendmail warning mail question... Date: 30 Sep 1995 15:35:11 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44jo3f$jdh@news.its.com> References: <eka6rjx96.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > Now I want to know if these warning's are sent each time sendmail > tries to process it's queue. ala "q3h" or is there a _separate_ > setting not "OT" that controls how long it waits before _warning_ > messages are sent? As you discovered for yourself, OT accepts a second parameter for the interval for warning messages. > The problem lies with mailing lists seeing these messages a > bounces. It appears that mailing lists don't distinguish b/w warnings > and "proper" bounces. Sounds like whoever should fix their list processing software. > Anybody know if's Sun's properitory sendmail (Sendmail 4.1/SMI-4.1) > supports this? Probably not. I believe that feature is new to UCB sendmail v8. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 30 Sep 1995 18:24:14 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <44k20e$3li@emerald.oz.net> I'm using UUCP to exchange mail with my email provider but want to use Internet rather than UUCP address formatting. So I've cobbled up the uucp mailer description to use S=22 and R=22. This seems to work OK except that the Return-Path of my messages seem to be bad. My mail has no Return-Path while it waits in my UUCP spool. But it appears the my mail leaves my mail provider with this Return-Path: Return-Path: <@nextcub.UCSC.EDU:aisbell@cubicsol.com> Some mail software seems to deal with this, but others appear to be confused. I've seen both of these in bounced mail: Return-Path: <<@nextcub.UCSC.EDU:aisbell@cubicsol.com>> Return-Path: <somewhere!aisbell@cubicsol.com> The second form is particularly bad because it seems to cause a bounced mail loop because my system doesn't know about a "somewhere" host, so it bounces the message, etc., etc. Has anyone seen the <@nextcub.UCSC.EDU:aisbell@cubicsol.com> format for Return-Path? If so, is there anything I can do to prevent this, or is it a problem with my email provider (scruz.ucsc.edu - my hostname is nextcube which appears to be truncated). --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modem speed? Date: 30 Sep 1995 19:25:28 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <44k5j8$shc@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <44da7q$ho@mindy.vnet.net> <44h839$bt4@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood (ron) wrote: : What kind of hardware are you running? On black hardware, the maximum serial : port speed built into the kernel is 38.4K BPS. Somebody tell it to my kernel, quick (3.2 on black). It serves its serial ports at 57.6K for a long time and not it turns out that it can't. :-) Actually, a long time ago the statement above used to be true. : Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR An ultimate security! Remove your machine name from a news header. :-) --mj
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: AppleTalk and 3.3 Date: 30 Sep 1995 20:14:58 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <44k8g2$k8c@paladin.american.edu> Does such a product exist? I tried loading the AppleTalk package from the 3.0 and it works as well as Win95 on a 386 with 4meg of ram. In other words it didn't. Any pointers to such a product would be great. -- Torrey McMahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: NS Install Problem Message-ID: <DFqJuK.BrG@news.cis.umn.edu> Keywords: NSFIP 3.2, Canon object.station 41 Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 20:38:18 GMT Hello, In order to run DOS/windows programs, I sadly need to create a DOS partition on my object.station. As far as I can tell, the "easiest" way to do this is to reinstall NS and set up a DOS partition. (is this true?) While installing NS 3.2, after adding and selecting the BusLogic VL/EISA SCSI controller driver, the following error scroll on the screen (presumably while the NS minisystem is launching from the CD-ROM?) : thread: waitForInterrupt: returns -735 What's going on? I have NS running smoothly on this system already. The driver I tell the installation program to load is the driver I am currently using. Might there be problems with the CD-ROM drive? While in NS, I can read from any CD-ROM with no trouble. The configuration is as follows: System: Canon object.station 41, 32/500 external CD-ROM : NEC Multispin 3X BusLogic VL/EISA Bus SCSI Adapter at port 0x330, IRQ 11. any help/suggestions will be much appreciated. -- ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 30 Sep 1995 21:29:34 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44kcru$r7g@news.its.com> References: <44k20e$3li@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > Has anyone seen the <@nextcub.UCSC.EDU:aisbell@cubicsol.com> format > for Return-Path? If so, is there anything I can do to prevent this, or > is it a problem with my email provider (scruz.ucsc.edu - my hostname is > nextcube which appears to be truncated). That's the "route-address" syntax, which means: <@known_host1,known_host2, ... :user@unknown_host> As you've discovered, there are a fair number of mailers which can't handle that syntax correctly. I don't know why your hostname is being truncated, but I'd check the DNS records for typos. You should probably talk with your service provider and see what they're doing. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.sys.sun.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail warning mail question... Date: 30 Sep 1995 14:14:02 +0100 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <en3bmis12.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <eka6rjx96.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <44jo3f$jdh@news.its.com> In-reply-to: chuck@its.com's message of 30 Sep 1995 15:35:11 GMT To: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) <chuck@its.com> writes: >robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: >>Now I want to know if these warning's are sent each time sendmail >>tries to process it's queue. ala "q3h" or is there a _separate_ >>setting not "OT" that controls how long it waits before _warning_ >>messages are sent? >As you discovered for yourself, OT accepts a second parameter for the >interval for warning messages. >>The problem lies with mailing lists seeing these messages a >>bounces. It appears that mailing lists don't distinguish b/w warnings >>and "proper" bounces. >Sounds like whoever should fix their list processing software. Yeah they should. Anybody know for sure which lists do this? I know that I'm on a tonne of lists and the sybperl one was the only one that kicked me off. >>Anybody know if's Sun's properitory sendmail (Sendmail 4.1/SMI-4.1) >>supports this? >Probably not. I believe that feature is new to UCB sendmail v8. Drat... the warning is used in sendmail .. did they hardcode it to 3hours then? What a brain dead solution that is. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: Stephan Jaeger Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ppp via CompuServe ? Date: 30 Sep 1995 14:33:26 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Message-ID: <44jkfm$isl@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello people out there in NeXTland, I was told that the access to the Internet via CompuServe is realized with ppp. Is that true ? Could someone explain the login-procedure to me ? I want to have access to the Internet with my NeXT ;-) Thanks in advance Stephan Jaeger
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 1 Oct 1995 01:22:49 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <44kqh9$h1t@emerald.oz.net> References: <44kcru$r7g@news.its.com> In article <44kcru$r7g@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > > Has anyone seen the <@nextcub.UCSC.EDU:aisbell@cubicsol.com> format > > for Return-Path? If so, is there anything I can do to prevent this, or > > is it a problem with my email provider (scruz.ucsc.edu - my hostname is > > nextcube which appears to be truncated). > That's the "route-address" syntax, which means: > <@known_host1,known_host2, ... :user@unknown_host> > As you've discovered, there are a fair number of mailers which can't handle > that syntax correctly. I don't know why your hostname is being truncated, > but I'd check the DNS records for typos. You should probably talk with > your service provider and see what they're doing. My email provider just told me that this Return-Path syntax is generated by the SCO Unix mmdf which is pretty awful in many ways. They're going to see whether a mmdf upgrade might generate a more reliable Return-Path. Apparently, this is a problem that the university system administrator has been asking them to fix for a long time, so maybe it'll finally happen. I suspect the name truncation is an artifact of the old SCO Unix version being used which has ridiculous length limitations for all sorts of identifiers :-( Unix really has come a long way... --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: clloyd@localhost.sierra.net (Charles C. Lloyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PNI Notes? Date: 1 Oct 1995 01:32:37 GMT Organization: Sierra-Net Message-ID: <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> I need a few questions on PNI answered. I have found the notes on the Peanuts archive and was wondering if there are mopre elsewhere. I need the following answered: -why can't I shutdown my PNI slip session -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? Charles. --- Charles Lloyd clloyd@giantleap.com GiantLeap Software PO Box 8734 (702) 831-4630 Incline Village, NV 89452
From: taustad@oslonett.no (Thomas Austad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installing NS on 4GB harddisk Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 01:19:34 GMT Organization: Oslonett public access Message-ID: <44ktu9$1lj@hasle.oslonett.no> I've been trying to install NS 3.3 for Intel on a 4GB harddisk. In the install options I select 'use entire harddisk'. Everything seem to work fine until I come to the part where I'm supposed to install the packages. The bar at the bottom says I only got 10 Mb free on disk and wont let me install anything. NeXTanswers says NS should divide my HD into equally sized blocks (limited to 2 GB), but I have not been able to check this. How do I check the partitoning? And why is there a limit on 2GB partitions? Thanks for your help! Th.A.
From: mow@navigator.de (Markus Wenzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Netinfo - No writes allowed:all objects are read only Date: 26 Sep 1995 07:52:51 +0100 Organization: Navigator Message-ID: <448803$enl@marsu.navigator.de> References: <43i1d6$2oe@news1.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Marcos Javier Polanco (marcos@best.com) wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm changing the information about my users and the error comes up: > > No writes allowed: all objects are read-only. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? Did you try to modify the data on a clone server? -- who? // Dipl.-Phys. Markus Wenzel work? // Navigator - IT Consulting & System administration mail? // mow@navigator.de more? // http://www.pilhuhn.de/~marsu/index.html
From: paul@amber.umsl.edu (Paul J. Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Memory testing app? Date: 29 Sep 1995 09:26:09 -0500 Organization: Me, organized? You must be joking. Sender: paul@amber.umsl.edu Message-ID: <x6u45vapdq.fsf@amber.umsl.edu> Is there an app out there which can check system memory? My '040 cube has started panicking fairly often. -- --paul http://www.umsl.edu/~psanchez/ [L(aB)FFoDM # e^{i<pi>}] ================================================================= Families, when a child is born want it to be intelligent. I, through intelligence, having wrecked my whole life, Only hope the baby will prove ignorant and stupid. Then he will crown a tranquil life by becoming a Cabinet Minister. -- Su Tung-p'o =================================================================
From: Shmuel Browns <bm278@freenet.carleton.ca> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mounting Macintosh file system via NFS? Date: 1 Oct 1995 06:16:38 GMT Organization: Channel 1 Communications Message-ID: <44lbo6$d3k@news1.channel1.com> References: <44cplu$me6@panix2.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: jayh@panix.com > using MacTcp and NFS/Share. > I can mount the next file system on the mac just > fine, but can't seem to get the mac's files mounted on the next. That's right. InterCon's NFS/Share is an NFS client for the Mac, ie. it allows a Mac to mount and see NFS volumes. There's no NFS daemon running on the Mac that would answer to the NeXT so the NeXT can't access the Mac files. You don't mention what release of NS you're running but if you're running 3.x there is AppleShare support. So if you're running System 7.x you can run file sharing on the Mac and see the files on the NeXT. I'm still back at 2.1 and a little out of touch so I'm not sure about the latest status. I did hear at one point that the Appleshare support didn't work all that well. Perhaps someone could comment on this further. Best regards, Shmuel
From: squid@u.washington.edu (E. Aalto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What is NFS write error 13? Date: 1 Oct 1995 06:30:13 GMT Organization: University of Washington Message-ID: <44lchl$dkc@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-User: squid I am trying to netboot an old '030 board off of my '040. During the boot sequence (after the disk is (re) mounted in the rc script), I get several 'NFS Write Error 13' errors, and then the '030 hangs while starting some daemon or other. My question is: What is NFS write error 13? I can't seem to find an explanation of NFS errors anywhere in the online documentation, in the man pages, in NeXTAnswers, or in the FAQs. If anyone has any ideas as to what is causing this, let me know also. I can't diagnose an eror when I don't understand what the error message means. Please reply via email (my news feed is broken) to: aalto@nmt.edu No NeXTMail please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Eugene Aalto
From: ggerard@onramp.net (Greg Gerard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help with multiple boot drives needed Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 08:51:44 GMT Organization: Salve, Inc. Message-ID: <44lkmj$jvc@news.onramp.net> How can I setup a machine so that I can have potentially many drives (say 5), each containing an entire OS. Here's the low down: I would like to have my boot drive give me the option boot NeXT, Linux, NT, and SCO. Sounds weird, I know, but I keep having to go back and forth between them all and drive swapping is a pain in the butt. Any ideas? thanks, greg
From: dean@universe.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with sendmail and Reply-To Date: 1 Oct 1995 18:36:55 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44mn47$qjk@news.halcyon.com> I thought that I had fixed my sendmail.cf to do what I wanted, but I guess not. I am using a dial-up POP account to receive mail at thrall@halcyon.com and I had a problem getting the Reply-To field to go out correct. Mail was going out as dean%thrall@halcyon.com and not coming back with the Reply function from other mailers (getting lost because nobody knows who dean%thrall was). Anyway, I'll try to keep this short. I managed to get the Reply-To field to say thrall@halcyon.com and I was happy, but then I etherneted another machine onto my first. Now mail is going as thrall@universe.halcyon.com on 1 machine and thrall@thrall.halcyon.com on the other. I don't understand how it is reading enough of what I want as the Reply-To field to eliminate the <user> part as in dean@universe.* to taking the thrall part ok and adding the hostname to *halcyon.com. It did not do this with the one machine, but with two I can't get it to drop the hostname. I'll try to clear up the names in the above: Login name for POP account: thrall machine names: thrall and universe user: dean I need mail to be returned to thrall@halcyon.com not thrall@<hostname>.halcyon.com Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dean Johnson BTW I am using 2 NeXTs running 3.3 and the sendmail that is shipped with that distribution -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 1 Oct 1995 20:32:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44mtsm$cl@news.its.com> References: <44kcru$r7g@news.its.com> <44kqh9$h1t@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > My email provider just told me that this Return-Path syntax is > generated by the SCO Unix mmdf which is pretty awful in many ways. > They're going to see whether a mmdf upgrade might generate a more > reliable Return-Path. MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. They should upgrade MMDF by replacing it with UCB sendmail 8.7. :-) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 17:37:50 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0110951737500001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> On a semi-related topic... if I have a 345MB drive which I'm using as a swapdisk, how high can I set hiwat or how high might I need to set it? This is NS3.2 on a 16MB Cube, by the way. - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: NS Install Problem: solved! Message-ID: <DFsJzL.5sz@news.cis.umn.edu> Summary: solution to trouble on object.station 41 Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:37:42 GMT I finally figured out the problems. 1) for installation from a CD-ROM with the BusLogic SCSI adapter, the port must be configured to 0x334. 2) the SCSI adapter WAS set to 0x330. of course, the driver was set to this port as well. since I had simply copied the driver i was using to a floppy, even changing the port (via jumper on board) did not work. I had to reconfigure the driver in Configure.app (to use port 0x334), save this to the driver floppy, THEN change the jumper. finally, (at 4 am this morning) all was working. even DOS Thanks for the suggestions! ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 17:57:31 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0110951757310001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> In article <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com>, chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=33554432,hiwat=131457280,nocompress > $NEWSWAPFILE >/dev/console 2>&1 > 1) /usr/etc/disk -L swapdisk /dev/rsd1a (or whatever device it is) > 2) [optional] edit /etc/rc.swap as described above to change the hiwat. I've made the changes to lowat and hiwat and rebooted my machine but my /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile is still only 16MB. Shouldn't it be 32MB now? - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 18:07:27 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0110951807270001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> In article <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu>, Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > For one thing, if there is no swapfile on that /swapdisk, then > /etc/rc.swap just *touches* the file to create it. Oh joy. I'd > much rather have something do a mkfile at a reasonable size, > instead of starting my swapfile at zero bytes. If the swapfile > was really going to stay at zero bytes, then I wouldn't need a > whole new disk to hold it... Well, this only happens once, right? > For two, it also starts up swapping with: > /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=16777216,hiwat=31457280 > > So, you have a grand total of 30meg of swapspace. This made sense > for the original expectation of /swapdisk's, but now that I'm buying > 1-gig disks it seems pretty silly to pretend my swapfile has to > stop growing at 30meg. The *smallest* NeXTSTEP machine I run has > 20meg of RAM, and all the rest have 32meg or more of RAM. Chances > are that 32-meg of swapspace (as a high-water mark!) is going to > fall far short of my needs. So change hiwat. > Note that this 30-meg highwater mark is on a *preferred* swap file. > You'll still be using whatever swapfiles are listed in /etc/swaptab > in *addition* to this 30meg swapfile. So, what happens when you > start paging to megabyte 31? All swapspace after megabyte 30 is > going to be using up space back on your root hard disk. If you're > bothering with a swapdisk at all, then you're probably doing it > because you don't have *room* on your root partition. I've had > people create swapdisks like this, and then still have system > crashes because their root partition runs out of disk space. This isn't a problem if you change hiwat. > For three, it also creates the /tmp directory on the /swapdisk. > I generally want the /tmp space on the same partition as my home > directory (so I can 'mv' files back and forth between /tmp and > /Users, instead of 'cp'-ing them), and I certainly don't want my > /tmp competing for space on the same partition as my swapfile. I > had that once, and some user who was telnetted into my machine > filled up /tmp and froze the entire system on me (once it needed > to expand the swapfile). Note that this is just a personal preference > of mine, in that I simply do not like having tmp space and swapspace > on the same partition. There isn't really anything *wrong* with > it, but I don't like it. This isn't a problem if you're swapping to a 500mb or 1GB disk, unless you expect people to use up a *lot* of /tmp space... and then you'd have problems anyway. > The /swapdisk model has two advantages. 1) It's easy. 2) It works > automatically when booting off a CD-ROM disc from NeXT (should you > happen to want to do that). In my opinion though, being easy isn't > much of an advantage if the processing is not doing what you want > it to do. So, assuming you're willing and able to muck about with fstab, then you're perfectly capable of mucking with rc.swap. So you change hiwat on rc.swap and all the problems you mentioned go magically away, and you've still got easy and working automacically with CD-ROMs. So, once again, where is the problem with swapdisk? It's like complaining about having to read in the dark and neglecting the fact that it's very simple to just flip on the light switch... particularly when the alternative you're suggesting is considerably more complicated than the minor change that could be made to fix swapdisk. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
From: dean@universe.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Addendum to Problem with sendmail Reply-To Date: 1 Oct 1995 23:10:44 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44n75k$7d0@news.halcyon.com> I was informed that my Reply-To address is <user>@<hostname>.halcyon.com I need to force the Reply-To to state thrall@halcyon.com. I also noticed that when I did mail -v to check the path that mail is taking that my sendmail is connecting via the ddn mailer and not the one specified in sendmail.cf (ether). When you have a network does sendmail do something different. Thanks again, Dean Johnson Pleas send responses to thrall@halcyon.com -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting up mail service on a NeXT Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 18:28:58 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0110951828580001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> Hi, I have a NeXtcube running 3.2 and I'd like to set up mail service on it which would be accessed by macintoshes running a POP mail client. With the default configuration of sendmail, I can get it to accept incoming messages but it will not allow the client to collect messages. Is there a simple setting to enable this ability or am I going to have to buy the sendmail book? Your help would be greatly appreciated... nextanswers was less than helpful. - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
From: dean@universe.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mh with Mail.app Date: 2 Oct 1995 00:05:51 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <44nacv$9an@news.halcyon.com> Has anyone replaced /bin/mail with mh in Mail.app? Any pitfalls to watch out for? Thanks, dean -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail 8.7 "Main Mail Machine" cf Date: 2 Oct 1995 00:38:59 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <44ncb3$b3s@paladin.american.edu> Has anyone generated a cf file for 8.7 that works just like the "Main Mail Machine" cf NeXT supplies with the version of sendmail it supports? I am using the null client cf for client machines but I want to make sure I don't miss anything in the servers cf. If you could send it to me or send the m4 you used to generate it I would appreciate it. -- Torrey McMahon tm8025a@american.edu NeXTMail okay!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal J. Bourguignon) Subject: LaserWriter IIg via serial line Message-ID: <DFsD4y.1DF@burgond.remcomp.fr> Sender: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal Bourguignon) Organization: P. Bourguignon Informatique Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 20:05:21 GMT Hi! I'd like to set up a NeXTstation Turbo running NeXTSTEP 3.0 with an Apple LaserWriter IIg thru a serial line. The hardware link is correctly set up: I can speak to the PostScript server of the printer via kermit. However, when I configured the printer to use serial communication in PrinterManager.app, it cannot print. It seems like there is a problem in the initial synchronization: prserver sends to the printer a string with the following format: "(SYNC %d %d )print statusdict/pagecount 2 copy known {get exec} {pop pop 0} ifelse = ( ESYNC)print%s" then it waits for a string with this format: "SYNC %d %d %d ESYNC". Since it sends no "flush", the printer never returns its output. The "%s" is replaced with an empty string instead of any " flush" it probably ought to send. Is there any way to configure the printer or PrinterManager to make it work? Is there any patch for prserver to make this synchronization work ? In the release 3.3, prserver has the same strings. No "flush" string appears in both 3.0 and 3.3 versions of prserver. __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr ................................................................... This posting is Copyright 1995 Pascal J. Bourguignon (pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr), and may be distributed freely by anyone except The Microsoft Network. The Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft Corp. for $5 per line.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: amelikov@news.dorsai.org (Andrew Melikov) Subject: Routing Question... Message-ID: <DFssK4.8GF@dorsai.org> Sender: news@dorsai.org (Keeper of the News) Organization: The Dorsai Embassy - New York Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 01:38:27 GMT Can someone help? I have NW3.11 file server with two 3COM adapters. One is serving 10Base2 coaxial network and the other one 10BaseT TP. Both are on 802.2 frame. Recently I got T1 direct connection to Internet which I put on coaxial network, All the computers on coax can see and talk to the router, but none can do that from the 10BaseT site. ??? Is there any way to have server to route IP packets from one boadr to another and what I have to do to make that happen? If someone can help I'll gladly appreciate it. Please e-mail me at amelikov@dorsai.org or reply here. Many thanks in advance, Andrew Melikov
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Groff / tmac / sendmail 8.7 /ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! Date: 2 Oct 1995 02:18:39 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <44ni5v$ddk@paladin.american.edu> In the sendmail docs a person is informed that they need the new version of tmac macros in order to read and cat the manpages for sendmail 8.7. If you don't have the new make don't worry though as gmake is supposed to work on the tmac package. Alas, it does not. So further on down the docs a person is told that the groff utility from the GNU project will work on the new manpages. Unfortuantly the configure script that comes with groff, and in my experience any configure script with any package, crashes for some reason. It even crashes at different points in the script at different times. So if anyone has groff, tmac, re-formatted sendmail 8.7 man pages or a fix for why configure scripts keeps crashing please post or send me e-mail. NeXTMail is always welcome. The OS I am using is 3.3 by the way. -- Torrey McMahon
From: trey@hsv.tybrin.com (Trey McClendon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: resolve.conf Date: 1 Oct 1995 21:12:09 -0500 Organization: TYBRIN Corporation Message-ID: <44nhpp$3qg@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> References: <DFBqtB.KvI@serval.net.wsu.edu> <cpayne.34.30677F3A@fiber.net> Carl Payne (cpayne@fiber.net) wrote: : >I have added the file "/etc/resolve.conf" with the contents : If the spelling in the post is 100% correct, drop the "e." It's resolv.conf : No guarantee it'll get you up and running expressed or implied, but that'd be : the least hair-pulling fix I can reccomend. : Carl Another thing: be sure that are no spaces at the end of the lines in your resolv.conf file. That will cause you no end of grief if you're not aware of it. Trey -- Trey McClendon TYBRIN Corporation trey@hsv.tybrin.com Huntsville, AL NeXT / MIME Mail Accepted Fax: 205-837-3472
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 2 Oct 1995 02:59:32 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44nkik$cl@news.its.com> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> <mycroft-0110951737500001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) wrote: > On a semi-related topic... if I have a 345MB drive which I'm using as a > swapdisk, how high can I set hiwat or how high might I need to set it? You can set it anywhere up to ~330 MB if you wish, as you need to leave some space for /tmp. This is certainly far more swap space than most systems will ever need. I'd suggest using the other drive for backup purposes. I've got my 250MB swapdrive configured as a bootable disk as well, so I can recover if something happens to my primary boot drive. > I've made the changes to lowat and hiwat and rebooted my machine but > my /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile is still only 16MB. Shouldn't it be > 32MB now? Not unless you delete and recreate it with 'mkfile' at the appropriate size. The lowat only sets how small the system will attempt to shrink the swapfile to; it doesn't matter to the system it's smaller than that. However, you should use 'mkfile' to create the swapfile at the appropriate minimum size, since this will physically allocate the swapfile in a better manner than letting the swapfile append data and gradually grow from a too-small initial size. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 1 Oct 1995 18:35:45 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44mn21$2ul@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > > So, the "1st" swapfile is the one on the swapdisk, and the > > second swapfile is the one back on the root device. This > > gets back to why I don't like the logic in /etc/rc.swap. > Vice-versa. > #1 = /dev/sd0a, /private/vm/swapfile > #2 = /dev/sd1a, /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile Really? Odd. The /etc/rc.swap processing (which would mount /private/swapdisk and calls mach_swapon for the swapfile on it) is executed before the generic mach_swapon call in /etc/rc (which causes swapping to swapfiles listed in /etc/swaptab). In what sense is the second call "first"? > >> Like everyone else, I'd like to be able to reclaim that lost > >> space. Is there a way to remove the 1st swapfile (forcing all > >> the pages still active over to the 2nd ?) and then when the > >> 2nd fills up, start to use the 1st again? > > > > I'm not sure which space Tim is trying to reclaim here. [ ... ] > He's trying to free up /private/vm/swapfile. > You can change the low water mark via /etc/swaptab. Ah. Okay. If he's asking about /private/vm/swapfile then the above makes more sense to me. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 1 Oct 1995 18:48:10 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44mnpa$2ul@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> <44ef5b$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> <44h4rg$euj@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > > Editting rc.swap is no less dangerous than editting /etc/fstab. > > In either case, you can work your way around any errors by > > booting in single-user mode. > Huh? This certainly isn't true. > Make an error in /etc/fstab. How do you correct it? There is > a way, but it's not documented, and unless you look through > /etc/rc, you'd never discover the magic incantation "mount -o > remount". It must have been either documented or pretty easy to figure out, because the first time I made an error in /etc/fstab I didn't have much trouble figuring out how to fix it. And at the time, I was fairly new to the world of unix. Seems to me all I did was reboot in single-user mode, and then copy the backup copy of fstab (*1) over the one with the error in it. Not hard at all. Of course, it helped that I had the Systems Adminstration manual at the time (the real book, as opposed to the online info!). *1 = *ALWAYS* keep a backup copy of important system files that you're changing!! > If you make an error in /etc/rc.swap, nothing goes wrong as far > as I remember, except that you don't activate the swapfile on > the swapdisk. You can complete the boot, and you can edit > /etc/rc.swap in full GUI mode, with a fully documented manpage > that explains what everything means to help you. I was going to go into great detail describing troubles I had once due to a typo in an rc file, but it occurs to me that was because I was changing /etc/rc and not /etc/rc.swap. I never *have* changed /etc/rc.swap... So I imagine changes to /etc/rc.swap aren't likely to cause much trouble, but it still seems more reasonable to me to use /etc/swaptab and /etc/fstab for what they are meant for. It would be nice if the distributed versions of /etc/rc.swap were changed, though, so the logic is more appropriate to the hardware configurations that people are buying these days. It's a convenient idea, but the implementation should be updated. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 2 Oct 1995 05:15:51 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44nsi8$cl@news.its.com> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> <44mn21$2ul@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: >> Vice-versa. >> #1 = /dev/sd0a, /private/vm/swapfile >> #2 = /dev/sd1a, /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile > > Really? Odd. The /etc/rc.swap processing (which would mount > /private/swapdisk and calls mach_swapon for the swapfile on it) > is executed before the generic mach_swapon call in /etc/rc > (which causes swapping to swapfiles listed in /etc/swaptab). > In what sense is the second call "first"? The numbering scheme is (or was?) based off of which physical device a given swap area resides. /private/vm/swapfile is "first" because it's on the root device. It wasn't intended to relate to the order in which mach_swapon is called for the swap areas, because that ordering (which you describe above) doesn't really mean anything.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 2 Oct 1995 01:29:49 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44nfae$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ec7k$a0p@news.its.com> <mycroft-0110951757310001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) wrote: > chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > > 1) /usr/etc/disk -L swapdisk /dev/rsd1a (or whatever device it is) > > 2) [optional] edit /etc/rc.swap as described above to change the hiwat. > I've made the changes to lowat and hiwat and rebooted my machine > but my /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile is still only 16MB. Shouldn't > it be 32MB now? If the swapfile is larger than lowat, then at reboot the swapfile will be shrunk down to lowat size. It is not *increased* to the lowat size. So, you won't see it go up to 32meg until your system uses that much swapspace. You could use the mkfile command to create a file of the size you want -- but only do that when you're *not* using the file for swapping!! --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 2 Oct 1995 01:51:07 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44ngib$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> <mycroft-0110951807270001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > > For three, it also creates the /tmp directory on the /swapdisk. > > I generally want the /tmp space on the same partition as my > > home directory (so I can 'mv' files back and forth between /tmp > > and /Users, instead of 'cp'-ing them), and I certainly don't want > > my /tmp competing for space on the same partition as my swapfile. > > I had that once, and some user who was telnetted into my machine > > filled up /tmp and froze the entire system on me (once it needed > > to expand the swapfile). Note that this is just a personal > > preference of mine, in that I simply do not like having tmp > > space and swapspace on the same partition. There isn't really > > anything *wrong* with it, but I don't like it. > This isn't a problem if you're swapping to a 500mb or 1GB disk, > unless you expect people to use up a *lot* of /tmp space... and > then you'd have problems anyway. Well, that depends on what else you have on the disk. More importantly, it greatly increases the severity of the problems you have when /tmp fills up. I've filled up /tmp a lot of times (or had it fill up due to someone telnetting into my machine). The only times that forced me to reboot the machine was when /tmp and the swapfile were on the same partition. In all other cases, I just go into /tmp and remove files (or I kill the process of the user who is filling /tmp...). Though, really, you're right. It's probably not much of a problem for most users. It's also not the main reason I do what I do. The main reason is just that I want /tmp on the same partition as my /User directories. Just makes it quicker when I want to move things from /tmp to my home directory. Even with that, of course, I only said it was a personal preference of mine. > > The /swapdisk model has two advantages. 1) It's easy. 2) It > > works automatically when booting off a CD-ROM disc from NeXT > > (should you happen to want to do that). In my opinion though, > > being easy isn't much of an advantage if the processing is not > > doing what you want it to do. > So, assuming you're willing and able to muck about with fstab, > then you're perfectly capable of mucking with rc.swap. So you > change hiwat on rc.swap and all the problems you mentioned go > magically away, and you've still got easy and working automacically > with CD-ROMs. > So, once again, where is the problem with swapdisk? It's like > complaining about having to read in the dark and neglecting the > fact that it's very simple to just flip on the light switch... > particularly when the alternative you're suggesting is considerably > more complicated than the minor change that could be made to fix > swapdisk. At this point we're just arguing for the sake of arguing. I presented my reasons for why I do what I do, just in case anyone was curious. If you don't agree with them, then that's fine too. If you're curious, the problem I see with the swapdisk code is that most people do *not* know what it's doing. They do *not* change /etc/rc.swap. Some then *do* send me email when their system crashes even after they have added a 200meg swapdisk. It crashes because 32meg of their swapping goes on that 200meg hard disk, and the remainder goes back to their root partition which wasn't big enough for their swapfile. Others are puzzled why they still have a 16meg swapfile on their root partition (16meg that they'd like to use for something else). People are prone to thinking of "a swapdisk" meaning "every byte on this disk is used for swapspace". Only knurds like me bother reading thru /etc/rc.* files to see what they're really doing. So, yeah, if you *know* to fix /etc/rc.swap, you're fine. For people who don't know that, then maybe this rambling thread will help explain a few things that someone, somewhere, was puzzled about. I do agree that it doesn't make all that much difference whether it's fixed by changing /etc/rc.swap or by changing /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab. I'm not on a crusade to get everyone changing all their system files, I'm just trying to provide information that people can use to make their own decisions. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 2 Oct 1995 01:58:06 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44ngve$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net (Charles C. Lloyd) wrote: > I need a few questions on PNI answered. I have found the notes > on the Peanuts archive and was wondering if there are more > elsewhere. I need the following answered: > -why can't I shutdown my PNI slip session > -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? *Which* notes did you pick up from the Peanuts archive? On some archives there are notes I wrote up called: PNI-DynamicIP.README PNI-DynamicIP.rtfd.compressed but I have no idea if those are on the Peanuts archive. You'll find them at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/comm They don't say anything about dial-on-demand (I don't do that, and don't know if it can be done), but I do know that I can shutdown and restart PNI SLIP sessions on my machine without too much trouble. Maybe the writeup will give you some helpful clues. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: modem Date: 2 Oct 1995 13:23:54 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <44op5a$nnf@neptune.ethz.ch> I'm desperate... I had so many problems and could solve one after the other, but this one :( I'm trying to install my modem (Intel System, Hayes compatible modem). The configuration seems to be ok for dialing out (I'd be happy with this for the moment). But when using tip or cu in order to dial a number, all I get is 'ERROR in input'. This happens as soon as the line could be opened (after the modems have agreed upon the speed). The modem hangs up and I get this message. Additionnaly, I cannot use the escape key followed by the point to exit (~.) The escape key (~) is simply ignored. I tried using the devices /dev/cua and /dev/cufa, both with modem configured for no flow control, XonXoff and RTS/CTS. When configuring the modem for no flow control, after dialing, the modem hangs up and tip exits some time later with 'timeout waiting for reply'. Has anybody an idea, what's wrong??? When using some sort of public domain tip (x modem transfer included), it works (except the escape key). I don't get this... here my configuration: /etc/remote dial1200|...:dev=/dev/cu(f)a:br#1200:at=hayes:par=zero:du: UNIX-1200|...:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q@:ie=#%$:eo=^D:tc=dial1200 tip1200|...:tc=UNIX-1200 /etc/ttys ttyfa "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" unknown off secure ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty D9600" unknown off Modem configuration asynchronous mode &C0 CTS tracks RTS &R0 DSR always on &So Local Echo on E1 DCD on, if suitable data carrier &C1 (DTR &D2) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mounting Macintosh file system via NFS? Date: 2 Oct 1995 16:35:02 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Distribution: world Message-ID: <44p4bm$155@miwok.nbn.com> References: <44cplu$me6@panix2.panix.com> In article <44cplu$me6@panix2.panix.com> jayh@panix.com (Jay Hardesty) writes: > Hope this isn't a FAQ (I couldn't find it anywhere): > > I have an old turbo next cube networked (ethernet) to a mac quadra (040) > using MacTcp and NFS/Share. I can mount the next file system on the mac > just fine, but can't seem to get the mac's files mounted on the next. > I tried telling the next to import the mac's files to a particular > mount point - this created a link in my Net directory that pointed to > (automount)@. But nothing ever seems to get mounted there. Do I need > to be running some additional software to get the next to see the mac as an > nfs file system (all the mactcp, nfs/share stuff seems purely concerned > with the mac side though I could be wrong..). There was a program (a daemon > I guess) called bwnfsd that seems related to this somehow (file-locking etc), > but running it on the next didn't seem to make a difference. I think I've > got some gaping conceptual gaps in my understanding here - if anyone can > point me toward some reading material pertaining to this (or better yet - > just tell me what the quick easy fix is -haha) I'd be hugely grateful. > Thanks very much > Jay Hardesty > jayh@panix.com > Hello: I've not heard of anyway to turn the Mac into an NFS _server_. The only solution to export the contents of a Mac file system is to put an AppleShare _client_ software on the NEXTSTEP side. For this, you would need IPT Partner. Partner is a bit pricy, so you may just prefer to get in the habit of copying/saving files from the Mac onto the folder it mounts from the NEXTSTEP side...think of your NEXSTEP machine as a file server for the Mac. Hope this info helps, John
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: lpr -h doesn't work Date: 2 Oct 1995 16:41:33 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <44p4nt$c7j@netnews.upenn.edu> I have some NeXT printers configured to print a burst pages for every print job. According to lpr's man page, the -h option will suppress the printing of the burst page. This does not work, does anyone know why? -dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: More info: re Ejecting CDs and Floppy disks from command line Message-ID: <9A0F703001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 02 Oct 95 12:59:00 EDT I've posted a few times recently about ejecting and unmounting disks. I've had a lot of requests for this information, so I'll pass along what I have. +++++++ BEGIN CD INFO +++++++ (please note: my CD-Rom is /dev/sd2a, yours may be different) Unmounting can be accomplished simply by: umount /NameOfCD That seems to work OK (especially once you start typing 'umount' rather than 'unmount' as I kept doing ;-) Actually ejecting the disk seems to cause problems at times: [ I only have a few CDs, so my testing has been sort of limited: I've only been able to test this on the NeXTStep 3.2 CDs (User and Dev), BANG's 'Sex_Lies_CDROM' and NOVA's CD. ] Funnily, there seems to be a difference when these are mounted: The NeXT CDs are mounted this way: /dev/sd2a as type = "4.3" And the others are /dev/rsd2h as type = "cfs" (this is what I saw when I typed 'mount -p' -- This might not be odd to others... I thought it was...) To eject NeXT CD's (after unmounting) do: prompt> disk -e /dev/rsd2a (note the use of the RAW device 'rsd2a' rather than 'sd2a') (Note: this must be done as root, or using Carl Edman's 'asroot' program:) prompt> asroot disk -e /dev/rsd2a This has the effect of ejecting the disk, but for me, it also produces an error message: > asroot disk -e /dev/rsd2a NOTE: This device's block size (2048) is too big to coerce to DEV_BSIZE (1024). You won't be able to use it with software versions earlier than Release 3.0. (This message also appears in the console.log:) sd2 (3,0): ERROR op:0x1a sd_state:4 scsi status:0x0 sd2 (3,0): sense key:0x5 additional sense code:0x24 SCSI Block in error = 0 (front porch) The same process can be done for "/dev/rsd2h", but this is already the 'raw' device, so the 'disk -e' command will work on it directly. +++++++ BEGIN FLOPPY INFO +++++++ Floppy disks seem to be mounted two different ways also (at least on my 3.2 m68k NeXT) If they are formatted for NeXT they are mounted on: /dev/fd0a (raw device: /dev/rfd0a) If they are formatted for DOS or Mac they are mounted on: /dev/rfd0b I hope this is of some help to someone out there. If anyone else cna explain why there are variations of where things are mounted, I'm a little curious. Are all DOS disks mounted on the same dev no matter what version of NS you are running? TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: System Accounting Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:34:21 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Distribution: world Message-ID: <951002203421.223AACUR.malc@daneel> References: <44c3ah$krd@newstand.syr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > How can I enable system accounting on my NeXT ? By default it seems > to be disabled. I am interested in logging user commands issued, > resources (CPU time, Memory etc) utilized by them. > Something along the lines of: # DAPM 23-Jul-95 Enable process accounting touch /usr/adm/acct; chmod 600 /usr/adm/acct /usr/etc/accton /usr/adm/acct in /etc/rc.local Have fun, mmalc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: joerd@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (Wayne Joerding - Economics) Subject: Re: Problems after disk replacement Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: <DFKM6G.2vz@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 15:39:50 GMT References: <43shmr$ddp@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Organization: Washington State University I think I know about the first problem. In talking to Wolfram Research recently I found out that they key their password to the hard disk drive. Thus, if I ever have to replace my HD then I'll need to get another registration number as if I had just purchased the software. Not being able to reach the software company looks like a real bummer. I wonder if my Lighthouse Designs software has the same "feature"? Shourav Udas (udas@cassatt.northstar.com) wrote: : I recently had to have one of my external disks replaced. Everything : seems to be working fine after the replacement, except for two minor : problems: : 1) I am running into permissions problem with anapplication called Fiscal : Dimension. Has anybody used this application before? I tried to : reinstall the application but could not because the registration # seems : to have run out. I called up the software company but got no response. : Do you have any insight into this problem? : 2) There were four IMPROV files with special permissions that does not : seem to exist anymore. I ran find with wild cards and still cannot find : it. Any idea? : I backed up using tar and I am tunning NS 3.2. : I would really appreciate your help. : Thanks. : -- : {\rtf0\ansi{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss Helvetica;\f1\fmodern Ohlfs;} : \paperw13700 : \paperh11400 : \margl120 : \margr120 : \pard\tx700\tx1420\tx2120\tx2840\tx3540\tx4260\tx4980\tx5680\tx6400\tx7100 : \f0\b0\i0\ulnone\fs32\fc0\cf0 Shourav Udas\
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up mail service on a NeXT Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 15:44:42 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0210951544420001@net-1-131.austin.eden.com> References: <mycroft-0110951828580001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> In article <mycroft-0110951828580001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com>, mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) wrote: > Hi, I have a NeXtcube running 3.2 and I'd like to set up mail service on > it which would be accessed by macintoshes running a POP mail client. With > the default configuration of sendmail, I can get it to accept incoming > messages but it will not allow the client to collect messages. Is there a > simple setting to enable this ability or am I going to have to buy the > sendmail book? > > Your help would be greatly appreciated... nextanswers was less than helpful. Never mind... I've figured it out. Installed "popper" pop mail server and it works fine. But is there a more optimal solution? - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) Subject: SafetyNet scheduled Backup fails Message-ID: <DFuAyp.Ivr@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ad244@freenet3.carleton.ca (Orrin C. Kerr) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 21:13:37 GMT I am having a problem with scheduled backups. I can run the profile manually either from SafetyNet or by running the following single command line /Apps/SafetyNet.app/SNBackup -v7 -M "fead_sysops" -p /Users/SafetyNet/Homes.incr.prof which is the line put in crontab.local by SafetyNet. But scheduled backups all result in the same message: ERROR: Backup error: No backup device. Use Exabyte preferences to select a device. If anyone has any ideas, I would be grateful to hear about them. I've contacted the manufacturer, Systemix, but so far they are as stumped as I am. I've enclosed gory details below in the hopes that some Guru will find what silly thing I've done to bung up a perfectly useful application. TIA, gang. --- orrin@fdpd-agcan.org Orrin C. Kerr, LAN Administrator, Farm Economics Div, AgCan Policy Br.; BBS Sysop, FBMInet; Support Desk; Hardware & Software Installer, Chief Bottlewasher and General Dogsbody, and so on and so forth, etc. etc. --- GORY DETAILS AS PROMISED! When I look in preferences, the 8 mm tape drive has been selected. The application is stored in foo:/Apps/SafetyNet.app The profiles are stored in foo:/extdisk/SafetyNet/Homes.incr.prof foo:/extdisk/SafetyNet/Homes.prof which is the same location for the archive. (extdisk is an external hard drive mounted on foo and exported to the network.) Here are the results of recent backup attempts. This is the result from running the command copied out of crontab.local in a terminal window: >From: root (Operator)>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 17:28:58 -0400 >To: fead_sysops >Subject: SafetyNet Scheduled Backup Results > >Sep 14 14:29:27 INFO: SafetyNet standalone backup utility V2.3r0. >Copyright (c) 1992-1994 Systemix Software, Inc. All rights reserved. > >Sep 14 14:29:28 INFO: Using archive /Users/SafetyNet/homes.arch >Sep 14 14:29:28 INFO: Beginning backup from profile Homes.incr >Sep 14 14:31:20 INFO: Volume label is: homes-1, Expecting: homes-1 >Sep 14 14:32:48 INFO: Backing up file system: /dev/sd1a at mount point: /Users. >Sep 14 14:37:13 INFO: Backing up file system: nan:/home at mount point: /bkp/nan/home. >Sep 14 14:45:37 INFO: Backing up file system: nan:/xdisk at mount point: /bkp/nan/xdisk. >Sep 14 15:08:31 INFO: Backing up file system: biggles:/ at mount point: /bkp/biggles. > > >>SNIP<< < < >Sep 14 16:54:47 INFO: Backing up file system: tank:/FIGE_xdisk at mount point: /bkp/tank/FIGE_xdisk. >Sep 14 17:26:23 INFO: Rewinding volume >Sep 14 17:28:55 NOTICE: Archived 35461 files (1652.40 MB) in 02:55:07 >Sep 14 17:28:55 NOTICE: ******** B A C K U P S U C C E E D E D ******** > You will note that the above was run under an older version. I obtained version 2.5 from the ftp site and installed it hoping that it would fix the problem. As you can see from the following message generated by the scheduled backup at 9:30 PM, it did not: >From: root (Operator)>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 21:30:03 -0400 >To: fead_sysops >Subject: SafetyNet Scheduled Backup Results>> > >Sep 14 21:30:01 INFO: SafetyNet standalone backup utility V2.5r1. >Copyright (c) 1992-1994 Systemix Software, Inc. All rights reserved. > >Sep 14 21:30:01 INFO: Using archive /Users/SafetyNet/homes.arch >Sep 14 21:30:01 INFO: Beginning backup from profile Homes.incr >Sep 14 21:30:02 ERROR: Backup error: No backup device. Use Exabyte >preferences to select a device. >Sep 14 21:30:02 INFO: Rewinding volume >Sep 14 21:30:02 NOTICE: ******** B A C K U P F A I L E D ******** > -- Orrin C. Kerr ad244@freenet.carleton.ca All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint).
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting Daylight savings time for New Zealand Date: 03 Oct 1995 00:21:49 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Oct3132149@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I'm having problems getting my NeXTstation to recognize daylight savings here in New Zealand. I'm been told the process should be automatic and there's nothing I need to change. But NEXTSTEP must think daylight saving for us here in New Zealand starts later than it in fact does. Anyone know what files or settings I need to change? - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: felix.rauch@harka.limmat.net.ch (Felix Rauch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 1 Oct 1995 18:45:27 GMT Organization: Private NEXTSTEP-site Distribution: world Message-ID: <44mnk7$eu@harka.limmat.net.ch> References: <720F6C3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <199509291602.MAA11290@tertius.res.cmu.edu> Charles Swiger (chuck@its.com) wrote: > TIMOTHY LUOMA said: > > I don't particularly like that I have 16 MB sitting there in a swapfile > > which isn't being used, but right now it is not that much of a big issue > > with space. > You can adjust lowat in /etc/swaptab to change how large that file is if > you wish. I wouldn't change it myself. That depends on the situation, I'd say. I set the lowat of my second swapfile to 8192 (only one page), so that it occupies only few space as long as it is not needed (I "prefer" my first swapfile, because it's located on a disk that I use only for swaping and backup. This setup balances the load between the two disks). - Felix -- Felix Rauch, CS-Student @ ETH Zurich, Switzerland. internet: felix@nice.ch (NeXT Mail and MIME welcome) For pgp public key finger felix.pgp@nice.ethz.ch
From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting Daylight savings time for New Zealand Date: 2 Oct 1995 21:59:09 -0700 Organization: Twin Sun Inc, El Segundo, CA, USA Message-ID: <44qfut$qjh@shade.twinsun.com> References: <KAY.95Oct3132149@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) writes: > NEXTSTEP must think daylight saving for us here in > New Zealand starts later than it in fact does. > Anyone know what files or settings I need to change? See the documentation for the `zic' command. I'm not sure exactly (I don't have access to Nextstep any more), but it must be a file named /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/australasia, or something like that. Replace the New Zealand section with the following data (this is the short version; for the full version please see ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata95h.tar.gz) and use the command `zic -l NZ australasia'. # New Zealand # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Pacific/Auckland 12:00 NZ NZ%sT Link Pacific/Auckland NZ
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: joerd@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (Wayne Joerding - Economics) Subject: Re: Using mail Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: <DFuD5r.81n@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 22:01:02 GMT References: <DFoAEH.nJF@serval.net.wsu.edu> Organization: Washington State University Let me follow up my own post. I need the paper "Sendmail Installation and Administration Guide" mentioned in the sendmail.cf file. Can anybody tell me how to get a copy. Thanks, Wayne
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Slow transfer to 3COM 3C579 on NeXT Message-ID: <DFvoHB.GCu@rivm.nl> Keywords: 3COM Etherlink 3C579 EISA Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:03:11 GMT I have some serious performance problems with my 3COM Etherlink III card (3C579 EISA) under NS 3.3 for Intel on a Dell Pentium 90 MHz (EISA Omniplex). I tested the transfer rate against a heavy HP9000 Unix server, using the ftp program. From other Unix-on-Intel machines I get typical transfer rates of 400 Kb/s on our network; again to/from the same HP9000 server. Using NeXTSTEP I get a bit slower rate (200 Kb/s) using the 'send' command in ftp (so transfer FROM 3COM/Next TO Unix), but the rate drops to 5 or 6 Kb/s (!!) using the 'get' command in ftp (thus transferring FROM Unix TO 3COM/Next). When I work on the Unix server the results of 'send' and 'get' are switched, so the pattern is: Transfer FROM 3COM/NeXT TO Unix is normal Transfer FROM Unix TO 3COM/Next is VERY slow. In the 3C579 you can set some software options: Network Driver Optimization and Maximum Modem Speed. The default (and other possible) values are: Network Driver Optimization: DOS Client (Windows Client, Server) Maximum Modem Speed: 9600 (No-Modem, 1200, 2400, 19200, 38400 baud) The 3C579 manual says: "the lower the modem speed, the longer the adapter can keep interrupts disabled". I changed Network Driver Optimization to "Server", and Modem Speed to "No Modem", with no difference in transfer rate. I did some more tests to check whether the direction of data transfer influences the rate. My machine is bootable in DOS too, so in the table below I use my desktop machine with 3COM card (as NeXT, DOS or Windows) against a HP9000 Unix server. (Only in the Novell test the server is non-HP). The transfer rate is in Kb/sec. Desktop OS, Utility Server TO Server FROM Server ------------------- ------ --------- ----------- NeXTSTEP 3.3, ftp HP/UX 200 6 DOS, ftp HP/UX 130 82 MS-Windows, ftp HP/UX 160 85 DOS, NFS copy HP/UX 38 264 Windows, NFS copy HP/UX 37 150 DOS, Novell copy Novell 195 170 Can anybody explain this? On the net, I heard before of bad performance of 3COM Etherlink III in NFS environments; small buffers in the adapter is mentioned as a cause. Is this the cause? or is there something wrong with the NS driver? -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 280174
From: alex@genoa.com (Alex Blakemore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 3 Oct 1995 13:23:34 GMT Organization: Digital Gateway Systems Distribution: world Message-ID: <44rdgm$ih5@news.dgsys.com> References: <44mtsm$cl@news.its.com> Chuck Swiger writes > MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. and Unix originated in the late 60's... software doesn't rot with age, much as it may seem like it.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using mail Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:32:11 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <44roib$931@news.its.com> References: <DFoAEH.nJF@serval.net.wsu.edu> <DFuD5r.81n@serval.net.wsu.edu> joerd@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (Wayne Joerding - Economics) wrote: > Let me follow up my own post. I need the paper "Sendmail Installation > and Administration Guide" mentioned in the sendmail.cf file. I've sent it to him.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: dcoffin@shore.net (David J. Coffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Tip can't connect to local process (~C). Date: 3 Oct 1995 13:38:34 -0400 Organization: North Shore Access; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Message-ID: <44rseq$sic@northshore.shore.net> I'm trying to dial out from a NeXT PC (Intel) and transfer files over the phone using Z-modem. It's easy to do this from a Sun: First, use "tip" to dial into a remote host. Then, to download files: remotehost> sz file1 file2 **B00000000000000 ~Crz To upload files: remotehost> rz rz waiting to receive.**B0100000027fed4 ~Csz file3 file4 The ~C escape tells tip to fork a local process with stdin and stdout connected to the remote host. But Nextstep 3.3 uses an older version of "tip" that doesn't support ~C. To get this feature, I've spent the past two days por- ting the tip source code from FreeBSD (and getting there, slowly). Is there an easier way? Dave Coffin 10/3/95 -- David Coffin Phone: 508-694-2234 42 35'44"N Lam Research Corp. Fax: 508-657-8536 71 09'06"W 16 Jonspin Road E-mail: dcoffin@lamrc.com, 58 meters Wilmington, MA 01887 dcoffin@shore.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dirk@cicero.ping.de (Dirk Olmes) Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Message-ID: <DFuDro.KM@cicero.ping.de> Sender: dirk@cicero.ping.de (Dirk Olmes) Organization: NeXT Club Schwerte, Germany References: <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 22:14:12 GMT In article <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net (Charles C. Lloyd) writes: > I need a few questions on PNI answered. I have found the notes on the > Peanuts archive and was wondering if there are mopre elsewhere. I need the > following answered: > > -why can't I shutdown my PNI slip session well, you can by killing the PIN process, that's what I do every time. Although it s no a smooth shutdown, it works for me quite well. -dirk --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Dirk Olmes Black Box * * dirk@cicero.ping.de NeXT-Club Schwerte * * (NeXT-Mail please) Germany * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mross@antigone.com Subject: Re: Setting Daylight savings time for New Zealand Message-ID: <1995Oct3.163758.29617@antigone.com> Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco References: <KAY.95Oct3132149@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> <44qfut$qjh@shade.twinsun.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 16:37:58 GMT Paul Eggert (eggert@twinsun.com) wrote: : See the documentation for the `zic' command. I'm not sure exactly (I : don't have access to Nextstep any more), but it must be a file named : /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/australasia, or something like that. Replace : the New Zealand section with the following data (this is the short : version; for the full version please see : ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata95h.tar.gz) and use the command : `zic -l NZ australasia'. Two minor corrections: I don't believe zoneinfo source data is distributed with NeXTSTEP. /etc/zoneinfo contains the binary output of zic ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata95i.tar.gz is the current data ^ Before you do anything, I suggest you backup /etc/zoneinfo. -- Michael Ross Antigone Press, San Francisco, California e-mail: mross@antigone.com FAX: +1 415 550 1957
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Viewing /usr/local/man in Digital Librarian? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:38:35 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> How do I view /usr/local/man pages in Digital Librarian? If I move the /usr/local/man folder into Digital Librarian and open some file there, it will be opended with a plain text editor showing all the formatting codes. I want to view it like any other man pages. How does NS associate a file or folder with a certain app or category and giving it its icon, and can I change this so that NS will for instance regard /usr/local/man as man pages and open an app for decompressing *.gz with gunzip (with a particular icon for these files)? Why does Digital Librarian refuse to index /usr/local/man? Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway | Phone: + 47 22 77 05 34 (w)
From: vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu (Victor Quevedo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Newest HP 715/100XC and NS 3.3 Date: 4 Oct 1995 00:39:50 GMT Organization: Information Resources and Technology Message-ID: <44sl4m$blq@nic-nac.CSU.net> Has anyone tried the lastest HP Workstation HP 715/100XC and NS3.3? I am considering purchasing 2 of these workstations as File Servers running NS3.3. Has anyone tried installing/running it on HP 715/100XC? I have email NeXT and they have not yet tested it. I am not sure if HP has done any testing of NS3.3 on this new workstation... -Victor Quevedo vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu -- Victor R. Quevedo vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu NeXTMail Welcome
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SLIP problems with NS 2.1 Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:08:36 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44rn64$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anybody have any advice on a routing problem? I'm using a NeXT slab running NS 2.1; it's hooked up to an ethernet LAN which is hooked to the internet via a 56K Frame Relay circuit. All of that works fine, using NIS to serve disks from the slab and NetInfo in combination with DNS to do name service. I also have a Livingston router on the internet connection. The problem is with routed; any host directly on the ethernet can send/receive packets to any other host on the ethernet, and out to the internet via the router. But any host connected via slip can only see the sliphost (the NeXT), they can't ping any other host on the LAN, nor can they ping the router or any host beyond the router. Confusingly, they *can* do DNS name resolution of any host on the internet. So some kind of packet is getting out from the slip client. Anybody got any ideas? -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR ron@cert.ucr.edu ron@bigtop.bville.com
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modem speed? Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:18:04 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44rnns$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44da7q$ho@mindy.vnet.net> <44h839$bt4@galaxy.ucr.edu> <44k5j8$shc@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) wrote: >Ron Wood (ron) wrote: > >: What kind of hardware are you running? On black hardware, the maximum serial >: port speed built into the kernel is 38.4K BPS. > >Somebody tell it to my kernel, quick (3.2 on black). It serves its >serial ports at 57.6K for a long time and not it turns out that it >can't. :-) Actually, a long time ago the statement above used to be true. > >: Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR > >An ultimate security! Remove your machine name from a news header. :-) > > --mj True enough, I stand corrected, the serial port speed is built into the kernel; most older unix versions (includes NS 2.1) limited the port speed to 38.4K. Obviously NS 3.2 upgraded that limitation, which showed uncharacteristic foresight. I worked with an HP 9000/735 once, and their much vaunted processor speed notwithstanding, the kernel still limited serial port speed to 38.4K. BTW, there are third party devices available for black hardware running NS 3.2, which allow serial ports of up to 115K speed. They plug into the SCSI port. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help with multiple boot drives needed Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:21:25 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44rnu5$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44lkmj$jvc@news.onramp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Linux has LILO which allows you to boot either linux or dos/windows. Another solution is to go into the setup program at boot time and switch which drive it will boot from. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems with sendmail and Reply-To Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:28:58 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44roca$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44mn47$qjk@news.halcyon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sounds like it could be a NetInfo configuration problem. Check to see how each machine's hostname is configured in NetManager. It could also be a DNS problem; check the first line in the named.* files to see if everything is in order. If you are missing periods, or the 2 fields in the SOA record are reversed, that could cause your problem. Also, make sure that all places where periods are required have them, missing periods in the named.* files can cause some very wierd problems. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up mail service on a NeXT Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:32:13 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44roid$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <mycroft-0110951828580001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mycroft@nyetwork.com I'm running NS 2.1, and using it as a POP server for Macintoshes with no problem; sendmail is configured as shipped, I've made no changes. I'd check the file ownerships of the mail directories for the users; can they access mail if they are logged in at the console? -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: AppleTalk and 3.3 Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:34:46 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44ron6$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44k8g2$k8c@paladin.american.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There's a program called uShare which sets up an AppleShare file server on the NeXT (NS 3.0 or higher). -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: fasano@nic.cerf.net (Christopher G. Fasano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mail gets stuck in queue Date: 4 Oct 1995 02:29:16 GMT Organization: CERFnet Dial n' CERF Customer Message-ID: <44srhs$9o5@news.cerf.net> I am a work-at-home programmer, and communicate with the office via uucp and uucp-transported mail. All of this works just great for me, but one of my colleagues who also works from home with an identical setup has been having a strange mail problem for months. Basically, what happens is that incoming mail gets "stuck" in the mailq for hours for no apparent reason. Here are some symptoms: 1) According to /usr/spool/uucp/LOGFILE, the mail is sent. So I think that, as far as uucp is concerned, the mail is sent and this is a sendmail problem. 2) If she looks at the mailq, the job appears in the queue with a '*' next to the QID. 3) If she does a 'ps -ex | grep sendmail', she sees something like this: 1996 da S 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -fcarolina!cathy -i mayo HOME=/usr/spool/uu I've done a little testing on my machine, and I see that if I'm receiving a large mail message, then it will show up with exactly that process description for a brief second as the mail gets delivered. (Of course it's to me with the return address of my message.) But she has that process just hanging there for HOURS, not just for a brief second. (Also, on the man page for sendmail, '-e' is not a documented sendmail option.) 4) Usually, another incoming message causes the one in the queue to be delivered. But the incoming message has to be coming in via uucp -- if she just sends mail to herself locally, it gets delivered immediately and the "stuck" message is still stuck. (She sends mail to office!home!herself constantly throughout the day to "bump" her mail out of the queue -- and yes, she does get frequent flier mileage for her long distance phone bill!) It doesn't seem to matter where the mail comes from as long as it's uucp -- it works exactly the same if the mail is from my machine or from the office. 5) About 1% of the time, an incoming message will get delivered immediately and not get stuck. Also about 1-2% of the time, messages will get stuck, and new messages will get delivered ahead of them (i.e. the new messages will NOT "bump" the stuck message out of the queue.) She has not been able to detect any pattern with either the particularly blessed or particularly cursed messages. 6) This problem existed when she was at 3.0. When she upgraded to 3.3 it didn't change. 7) I've checked her sendmail.cf pretty carefully, and it looks just like mine, except mine has a few extra things for my slip connection. My mail works like a charm -- I've never had anything remotely like this happen. 8) There are no warnings and the mail does not bounce back to the sender. (Although she's pretty agressive about bumping mail out of the queue, so it's not clear to me whether she has actually had mail sit there stuck for more than a day or two.) Her machine is a standalone turbo slab, never attached to any network (except via uucp.) Has anyone else out there ever seen such a thing? Does anyone have any other ideas of things that we can look at to try to diagnose the problem? Thanks in advance, Cathy Fasano cathy%carolina.uucp%ubs.uucp@uunet.uu.net cathy@scarolina.fmarion.edu
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: looking for unistd.h Date: 3 Oct 1995 22:22:42 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <44sd3i$7r@galaxy.ucr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lately I've tried compiling programs that need the header file, unistd.h. It doesn't appear to be on my system (NS 2.1 on black hardware). Anybody know where I can get it? -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Tip can't connect to local process (~C). Date: 4 Oct 1995 04:41:46 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <44t3aa$jd9@emerald.oz.net> References: <44rseq$sic@northshore.shore.net> In article <44rseq$sic@northshore.shore.net> dcoffin@shore.net (David J. Coffin) writes: > But Nextstep > 3.3 uses an older version of "tip" that doesn't support ~C. > > To get this feature, I've spent the past two days por- > ting the tip source code from FreeBSD (and getting there, > slowly). Is there an easier way? You could have licensed several copies of TipTop for what you would have been paid while you've been struggling to port a newer (and just as lame) communications utility, tip. TipTop supports zmodem file transfers. Just drag the file's icon into the TipTop terminal window and zmodem is automatically fired up on both ends. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: kostya@seanet.com (Konstantin Martynenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Slow transfer to 3COM 3C579 on NeXT Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 4 Oct 1995 05:17:32 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Message-ID: <44t5dc$62s@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <DFvoHB.GCu@rivm.nl> Francois Bourgeois (sb6fb@rivm.nl) wrote: : I have some serious performance problems with my 3COM Etherlink III : card (3C579 EISA) under NS 3.3 for Intel on a Dell Pentium 90 MHz (EISA : Omniplex). I tested the transfer rate against a heavy HP9000 Unix : server, using the ftp program. From other Unix-on-Intel machines I get : typical transfer rates of 400 Kb/s on our network; again to/from the : same HP9000 server. : Using NeXTSTEP I get a bit slower rate (200 Kb/s) using the 'send' : command in ftp (so transfer FROM 3COM/Next TO Unix), but the rate drops : to 5 or 6 Kb/s (!!) using the 'get' command in ftp (thus transferring : FROM Unix TO 3COM/Next). I have the same problem with 3COM Etherlink III 3C509 ISA card. When I use ftp on NS/I Pentium machine incoming data rate (get) is about 15-25K/s, outgoing rate (put) is normal - 200-500K/s. I tried it in two different Pentiums - no difference. Also, if you check "netstat -i" you'll see a lot of input errors, much more than can be considered normal. On the other hand I tried ftp between two Pentiums running BSD/OS (both using 3C509) - it goes at 300-400K/s both ways and no input errors. Which makes me think that there is something wrong with NS/I driver. Kostya Martynenko Seanet Corp.
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:31:26 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0310952331260001@net-1-130.austin.eden.com> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> <mycroft-0110951807270001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> <44ngib$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu> In article <44ngib$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu>, Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > So, yeah, if you *know* to fix /etc/rc.swap, you're fine. For > people who don't know that, then maybe this rambling thread will > help explain a few things that someone, somewhere, was puzzled > about. > > I do agree that it doesn't make all that much difference whether > it's fixed by changing /etc/rc.swap or by changing /etc/fstab and > /etc/swaptab. I'm not on a crusade to get everyone changing all > their system files, I'm just trying to provide information that > people can use to make their own decisions. Well, there's nothing wrong with that. I was getting the impression that you felt /etc/rc.swap was a bad thing because it doesn't come pre-configured properly and were suggesting that the solution would be to not use it and change something else. Given that it's practically the same thing to change /etc/rc.swap as it is to change /etc/swaptab and /etc/fstab (except that the latter takes two changes and may require you to boot in single user mode if you accidently hose it up)... it really doesn't matter which solution someone chooses, so long as they know what the solutions are. This thread has definitely illuminated those solutions. Oh, and by the way, I did mkfile on the swapfile and everything is happy. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: printcap for HP LJ4 on foreign host? Message-ID: <westesDFwxn4.Dp@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 07:18:39 GMT Sender: westes@netcom3.netcom.com What would be the correct printcap for NS 3.2 FIP for an HP Laserjet 4 printer on a remote host myhost.usc.com? Do I just niload this directly? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: lpr to a remote host? Message-ID: <westesDFwx9s.MK7@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 07:10:40 GMT Sender: westes@netcom3.netcom.com The NS FIP 3.2 lpr does not seem to have an argument that allows printing a job to a remote lpd server. How do I print to another host on the network? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: lpr to a remote host? Date: 4 Oct 1995 00:48:04 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems Message-ID: <44te7k$i4f@crl7.crl.com> References: <westesDFwx9s.MK7@netcom.com> In article <westesDFwx9s.MK7@netcom.com>, Will Estes <westes@usc.com> wrote: :>The NS FIP 3.2 lpr does not seem to have an argument that allows printing a :>job to a remote lpd server. How do I print to another host on the network? you need an entry in the printcap portion of netinfo, something like this: Borg: \ :lp=:rm=nxdev:rp=Borg:lf=/usr/adm/lp-log : \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Borg:note=: "nxdev" is the name of the remote machine, and "Borg" is the name of the remote printer (as named on the remote machine). You might need to create the spool directory. On the remote host, you need an entry in /etc/hosts.lpd for each machine that uses the print queues on that server: nxdev> cat hosts.lpd polpot that's pretty much it. from the command line you can then just do polpot> lpr -PBorg ~/foobar and things ought to work. -- Don McGregor | Aubrey and Maturin in '96 mcgredo@crl.com |
From: KOOIJMAN@TUDOBM.TUDelft.NL (Adrie Kooijman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: lpr problems Date: 4 Oct 1995 08:15:45 GMT Organization: TU Delft, Faculty IO Distribution: world Message-ID: <44tfrh$p2k@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl> A curious problem occurs to me: If I print a NeXTstep window via lpr on another system, the remote system (VAX 4300, UCX) gives an error. In the printqueue an unexpected parameter Sheet_size is defined. In the /usr/spool/*/cf* file is a line: S1536 119107 Which I cannot explain, and don't want to be there ! How to get rid of this line, either on the sending (NeXTstep) or receiving (VAX) system ? Another strange effect is that every printjob consist of one page, the only way to print a multi page (graphical) window is using preview and printing page-by-page. NeXTanswers hasn't given a clue so far :( | Adrie Kooijman, Delft University of Technology, | | The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, | | A.Kooijman@IO.TUDelft.NL http://www.io.tudelft.nl/ | + + | Data: "This is a thing. And things can be replaced. Lives cannot." | + + | Disclaimer: <Please fill in your own standard disclaimer here> |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: joerd@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (Wayne Joerding - Economics) Subject: Using mail Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: <DFoAEH.nJF@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 15:15:52 GMT Organization: Washington State University My NextStep 3.3 Intel in now connected to the campus internet and I can use telnet or ftp or OmniWeb by having finally correctly setup /etc/resolv.conf. (Thanks everybody) Now I wan't to use NextMail to receive my regular email traffic that I currently receive at my campus unix mail server. I believe the correct language for what I want to do is set my computer as a mail client for the campus mail server. I don't want to use POP at this time, just receive mail and be able to use NextMail to read, process, reply etc. My campus sys ad person who doesn't work with NextStep says that I'll have to use sendmail. In other words, I think he will be able to give me instructions on how to set myself up like a generic mail client. My question: if set up like a generic unix mail client using sendmail will I be able to use my Next application NextMail to read etc my messages. After reading Ch. 11 of the Sys Admin docs this seems to be the case, but I hopesomebody can confirm this for me. Thanks for the help. Wayne
From: Paul Lynch <paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:52:37 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd Sender: usenet@griffin.plsys.co.uk Message-ID: <DFxD3q.9z2@plsys.co.uk> References: <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> In article <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net (Charles C. Lloyd) writes: > I need a few questions on PNI answered. I have found the notes on the > Peanuts archive and was wondering if there are mopre elsewhere. I need the > following answered: > [cut] > -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? No. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: wfc@cl.cam.ac.uk (W F Clocksin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: lpr and including fonts Date: 4 Oct 1995 13:34:24 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Message-ID: <44u2h0$bb6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> I have configured my NS3.2 system to correctly send files to an HP 4MP from a Print Panel (I don't like typing lpr). However, the fonts are not included. Is there a way to include fonts? (I know I can save a file from the Print Panel with fonts included, then lpr it, but I think the Print Panel should include fonts in files it sends to npd-lpr, because it can get the ppd info itself). Is there a way to get the effect of "Include Fonts for Chosen Printer" but for ordinaty print requests (i.e. pressing the Print button)?
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From: kevin@oyster.chem.wesleyan.edu (Kevin J. McConnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with boot sector on NI after installing W95 on other partion Date: 4 Oct 1995 14:55:43 GMT Organization: Wesleyan University Message-ID: <44u79f$t5c@news.wesleyan.edu> Hi, I have a problem with my boot sector after installing Windows95. At first W95 erased the boot sector allowing the option of "Press n for NESXSTEP, d for DOS" I was able to restore this option by booting off the floppy and as root giving the comand disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd0a as described in NextAnswers. After reboot and type 'n' the screan clears and then the computer restarts with a memory check. In order to reboot in next I have to boot of the Next instalation floppy and at the boot prompt say 'sd()mach_kernel' then eject the floppy and reboot proceeds as usual. My question is how can I fully restore the boot sector without reinstalling Next from scratch? Any help or hints would be apreciated. Kevin kevin@rose.chem.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Message-ID: <1995Oct4.161901.25486@investor.pgh.pa.us> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 95 16:19:01 GMT References: <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> <DFxD3q.9z2@plsys.co.uk> Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA In article <DFxD3q.9z2@plsys.co.uk> Paul Lynch <paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk> writes: >X-NNTP-Posting-Host: griffin.plsys.co.uk > >In article <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net >(Charles C. Lloyd) writes: >> >> -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? > >No. Assuming I understand the question correctly, this is wrong. I run Transys PNI and it is NORMALLY down. I have cron start up and bring down sessions at night and I have commands so a user can do the same. Typing "link" (a sh script) will bring up the link for 15 minutes and is useful for transferring mail. Typing "link up" will bring it up until I type "link down." If that is what you mean by dial-on-demand, PNI will do it. -- Bob Peirce Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us [OFFICE] me@venetia.pgh.pa.us [HOME (NeXT)] There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. -- P.J. O'Rourke
From: ah@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 4 Oct 1995 17:04:26 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> References: <43phse$lpg@news.tuwien.ac.at> In article <43phse$lpg@news.tuwien.ac.at> ah@deneb.cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) writes: > > Hi, > I own a NeXTstation with NS3.3, connected to it a Toshiba 3601 cdrom (SCSI > II). It works without problems. > Further, I own a DEC PC (468 66Mhz), NS3.3, connected via ethernet to my > NeXTstation. > I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. > Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to access > a file: > - In few cases, it works. > - It doesn't work and I get: > - file is a directory > - file is readable, but has 0 bytes > - open(file) hangs indefinitely > Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: > rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. > This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you can > mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file > format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), > it works fine over nfs. > I hate to reply to myself, but if nobody other does it... I was told to try different mount options. The only option, which causes changes in behaviour, is noac. You find the commands and results below. Any ideas? Server side (Nextstation NS3.3) henderson:~# mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom henderson:~# exportfs -i -o ro /cdrom Client side (DEC PC MTE 486/66 DX2 NS3.3) berem:~# mount -o ro,noac -t nfs -v henderson:/cdrom /cdrom berem:~# ls -l /cdrom -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup -65401 Jan 19 2036 _p_.exe -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup -65536 Jan 5 2036 bootmkr.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 1700143219 Sep 19 2012 cd.id/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 4096 May 31 12:08 cfg/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 794693662 May 30 2036 checkcd.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:08 dark/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup -65535 Oct 2 1989 dos4gw.exe -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 1734763274 Apr 20 2024 flipper.bat dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 fmv/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 graphics/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup -65401 Jan 19 2036 install.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 other/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 589505315 Dec 6 1937 readme.txt/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 sound/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 titles/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 876230449 Nov 6 1913 tree.crc/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 wavbmp/ berem:~# mount -o ro -t nfs -v henderson:/cdrom /cdrom berem:~# ls -l /cdrom -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 487023 Apr 6 15:27 _p_.exe -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 57843 Feb 6 1995 bootmkr.exe -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 35 Feb 9 1995 cd.id dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 4096 May 31 12:08 cfg/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 21231 Feb 7 1994 checkcd.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:08 dark/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 265420 Sep 1 1994 dos4gw.exe -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 63 Mar 2 1995 flipper.bat dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 fmv/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 graphics/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 93424 Mar 2 1995 install.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 other/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 22476 Mar 2 1995 readme.txt dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 sound/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 titles/ -r--r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 1357 Mar 2 1995 tree.crc dr-xr-xr-x 1 nobody nogroup 2048 May 31 12:09 wavbmp/ -- Andreas Haleger ----------- So dachte er jetzt traurig an diese stattliche, altmodische Dame von Stand, die vor schon vier Jahren auf unfromme Weise aus einem Nonnenkloster gezerrt und erwuergt worden war, weil sie barmherzig gegenueber jenen gewesen war, die mit der Langlebigkeit anderer geschlagen waren. J.B. Cabell Der verwunschene Ort
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: using lpr on remote host Message-ID: <30BC723001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 04 Oct 95 12:53:00 EDT Here's a thought which, if it works, would be quite easy. I don't know if it would, however. dwrite System Printer dwrite System PrinterHost I think those two dwrites should be present (The first would be the name of the printer and the second would be the hostname of the computer it is connected to). If that is not exactly right, it is close. If you set those to be the remote host's printer name and host name, respectively, then could you use 'rsh' to run your 'lpr' ? I used to telnet to other machines and then print using this method (my sysadmin had shut off 'rshd' for some reason). But alas I no longer have a NeXT network or I'd try this myself. At any rate, it's easier than messing with the printcap portion of netinfo (however, that might be considered a "better" solution to some/most) let me know if it works, I'm intrigued now ;-) good luck TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: [ summary ] ejecting disks from cmd-line (and source code) Message-ID: <2D75723001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 04 Oct 95 11:51:00 EDT From my limited experience with a few CDs and whatnot, I have found this to be true for NeXTStep 3.2 for motorola machines. NeXT formatted 3.5 floppy disks are mounted on: /dev/fd0a DOS and Mac formatted 3.5 floppy disks are mounted on: /dev/rfd0b (note: my CD-ROM drive is /dev/sd2a yours may be different:) NeXT User and Developer CDs are mounted on: /dev/sd2a Other CDs (SCSI CDs???) are mounted on: /dev/rsd2h I can't explain the difference, because I don't really understand it myself. --- TO EJECT A NeXT FORMATTED 3.5 DISK NAMED "NeXT1" --- umount /NeXT1 disk -e /dev/rfd0a --- TO EJECT A DOS OR MAC FORMATTED 3.5 DISK NAMED "disk1" --- umount /disk1 disk -e /dev/rfd0b --- TO EJECT A NeXT CDs such as "NEXTSTEP_Dev_3.2" --- umount /NEXTSTEP_Dev_3.2 disk -e /dev/rsd2a --- TO EJECT SOME OTHER CD NAMED "someCD" --- umount /someCD disk -e /dev/rsd2h I just found this (the code below) which I've had for some time. At the very bottom of this message is some C code which was in a file called 'eject.m'. You can make it executable with this line: cc -o eject eject.m -lNeXT_s It becomes quite a large file when compiled, and I don't know if it can be safely 'stripped' or not. ----- 'eject.m' begins on the next line ---- #import <stdio.h> #import <appkit/Application.h> #import <appkit/workspaceRequest.h> char *path; @interface MyObj : Object { } - appDidInit:sender; @end @implementation MyObj - appDidInit:sender { int rc; printf("App did init path=%s\n", path); [[Application workspace] unmountAndEjectDeviceAt:path]; [NXApp terminate:self]; return self; } @end main(int argc, char **argv) { id obj; obj = [[MyObj alloc] init]; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s path\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } path = argv[1]; printf("Ejecting %s\n", path); [Application new]; [NXApp setDelegate:obj]; [NXApp run]; [NXApp free]; } ----- 'eject.m' ends on the previous line ---- I didn't write this code, and can't vouch for it except to say that I used it for several years (intermittently under NS 3.0->2 I think) and it never did me any harm. Usage: > eject /NAME It has caused Fiend.app to crash (Bus error 10 or something like that) I don't know why, and I've written a /bin/sh to umount and eject disks on my system so I'm not using the code above myself. If you don't use Fiend.app, then I guess it doesn't matter, but I use Fiend all the time. If anyone is interested, I'd be willing to email the /bin/sh script, but it would require a little work to port it to a different system (unless your CD is /dev/sd2a and your floppies mount at the same /dev locations I've listed above. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message. -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: lpr and including fonts Date: 4 Oct 1995 17:48:29 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <44uhdd$etb@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <44u2h0$bb6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit W F Clocksin (wfc@cl.cam.ac.uk) wrote: : I have configured my NS3.2 system to correctly send files to an HP 4MP from a : Print Panel (I don't like typing lpr). However, the fonts are not included. : Is there a way to include fonts? (I know I can save a file from the Print : Panel with fonts included, then lpr it, but I think the Print Panel should : include fonts in files it sends to npd-lpr, because it can get the ppd info : itself). Is there a way to get the effect of "Include Fonts for Chosen : Printer" but for ordinaty print requests (i.e. pressing the Print button)? Add a property named _nxfinalform to the printcap in netinfo. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: jsn@audiospeech.ubc.ca (John Nicol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStation will not boot Date: 4 Oct 1995 21:32:31 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <44uuhf$5j9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> I have a NeXTStation with a Fujitsu M2624S-1024 520 Mb hard disk and a Daydream box attached to the DSP. The system has worked well for 3 years. Daydream was installed last week. The system will boot in Daydream (bsd daydream) but not in NEXTSTEP (3.2). The NEXTSTEP boot messages are as follows: < ... system test passed ...> Target 2: MEDIA ERROR; block 52630H retry 1 < ... 8 more MEDIA ERROR retries ...> sd0 (2,0): sense key 0x3 additional sense code 0x11 SCSI block in error = 337456; Partition a F.S. sector 337296 Load of /etc/mach_init, errno 5, trying /etc/init Load of /etc/init failed, errno 5 Any suggestions as to how to proceed to fix this problem would be much appreciated. John Nicol School of Audiology and Speech Sciences University of British Columbia
From: mcgredo@crl.com (Donald R. McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStation will not boot Date: 4 Oct 1995 14:57:52 -0700 Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems Message-ID: <44v010$l2b@crl12.crl.com> References: <44uuhf$5j9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> In article <44uuhf$5j9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, John Nicol <jsn@audiospeech.ubc.ca> wrote: :>The system will boot in Daydream (bsd daydream) but not in NEXTSTEP (3.2). :> :>The NEXTSTEP boot messages are as follows: :> :>< ... system test passed ...> :>Target 2: MEDIA ERROR; block 52630H retry 1 :>< ... 8 more MEDIA ERROR retries ...> :>sd0 (2,0): sense key 0x3 additional sense code 0x11 :> SCSI block in error = 337456; Partition a F.S. sector 337296 :>Load of /etc/mach_init, errno 5, trying /etc/init :>Load of /etc/init failed, errno 5 :> :>Any suggestions as to how to proceed to fix this problem would be much appreciated. You're getting a media error on your disk, which means that the bit of magnetic magic on your disk platter is malfunctioning. It looks like the piece of the disk that's gone south has mach_init on it. Bad scene. You can try reasb (see the man page on it.) Get a good backup of the disk. These errors seem to come in streaks. -- Don McGregor | Aubrey and Maturin in '96 mcgredo@crl.com |
From: coon@geyser.chem.wisc.edu (Stephen Coon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT client -> Sun Server reliability? Date: 4 Oct 1995 22:27:24 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: worldwide Message-ID: <44v1oc$1lhc@news.doit.wisc.edu> Keywords: NeXT Sun NFS network Hi Folks, We are considering the purchase of a Sun 5 box to act as an NFS file server for 6 NeXT client machines. The NeXTs run NeXTSTEP 3.2 and 3.3, and we expect to run the current release of Sun's UNIX-like OS on the Sun side. We expect to attach 5 or 6 medium sized disks (1-4 GB each) to the server, and serve each disk out to all NeXTs. Has anyone ever set up a network of this type? Can anyone offer any advice concerning the reliability and robustness of such a setup? Thanks very much in advance for any advice!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: rmail 8.3 (Berkeley) In-Reply-To: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp's message of Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:22:21 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct4223728@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <FUKASE.95Sep29232221@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 02:37:28 GMT If someone has done this, I'd like a copy too. There's an older version of rmail that someone compiled but I'd like to use the one that came with sendmail 8.7.1. This is the Internet folks. Someone somewhere has either done this or can do it. I'll even volunteer to assist. Robert In article <FUKASE.95Sep29232221@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25459 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.imnet.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!nupm!stork!will!fukase From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Lines: 11 Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:22:21 GMT Hi, Does anyone know how to compile Berkeley's rmail (8.3) contained in `sendmail.8.7.tar.gz' on NEXTSTEP(3.2)? Thanks in advance. --- Sep.29,'95 FUKASE,Mikio fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp(NeXTMail OK)
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 5 Oct 1995 04:02:28 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <44vlck$ssb@ni1.ni.net> References: <1995Oct4.161901.25486@investor.pgh.pa.us> In article <1995Oct4.161901.25486@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: >In article <DFxD3q.9z2@plsys.co.uk> Paul Lynch <paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk> writes: >>X-NNTP-Posting-Host: griffin.plsys.co.uk >> >>In article <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net >>(Charles C. Lloyd) writes: >>> >>> -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? >> >>No. > >Assuming I understand the question correctly, this is wrong. I run [snip] >-- >Bob Peirce Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 >rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us [OFFICE] me@venetia.pgh.pa.us [HOME (NeXT)] > Paul is correct. Dial-on-demand refers to the link being brought up dynamically when your host requires a resource somewhere else on the internet. No operator intervention is required other than say clicking on an app which requires the external resources (i.e. OmniWeb, NewsGrazer). -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 5 Oct 1995 04:08:39 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <44vlo7$t3q@ni1.ni.net> References: <44vlck$ssb@ni1.ni.net> In article <44vlck$ssb@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) writes: >In article <1995Oct4.161901.25486@investor.pgh.pa.us> >rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: > >In article <DFxD3q.9z2@plsys.co.uk> Paul Lynch ><paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk> writes: > >>X-NNTP-Posting-Host: griffin.plsys.co.uk > >> > >>In article <44kr3l$cij@jobes.sierra.net> clloyd@localhost.sierra.net > >>(Charles C. Lloyd) writes: > >>> > >>> -is it possible to do dial-on-demand? > >> > >>No. > > > >Assuming I understand the question correctly, this is wrong. I run >[snip] > >-- > >Bob Peirce Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 > >rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us [OFFICE] me@venetia.pgh.pa.us [HOME (NeXT)] > > > >Paul is correct. Dial-on-demand refers to the link being brought up >dynamically when your host requires a resource somewhere else on the >internet. No operator intervention is required other than say clicking on >an app which requires the external resources (i.e. OmniWeb, NewsGrazer). > > I also wanted to mention that dial-on-demand is not currently possible with any slip/ppp package because of the problems with lookupd. Hopefully, NeXT will release the available patch soon? -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: aylwin@ictv.com (Aylwin Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help!!! Installing 3.3 on a NextDimension System Date: 05 Oct 1995 05:39:05 GMT Organization: ICTV Distribution: world Message-ID: <AYLWIN.95Oct4223905@precarious.ictv.com> I installed NextStep User, Developer, and EOF no problem on my turbo slab. Because the system software has gotten so large there is no way it can fit on a 430MB disk, so I moved NextLibrary and NextDeveloper to my external hard disk. So far so good, but... I can install NextStep User on my ND system no problem, but it when I try move NextLibrary and NextDeveloper to an external disk I have problems. I don't know what the dependecy is, but if I don't use the NextLibrary exactly as installed by the User CD my login panel doesn't come up. Even copying the whole NextLibrary on top of the version on my external disk didn't help. When I look in NextAnswers, I can't find any dependencies a ND machine should have on files in NextLibrary. When I run an opendiff on the two hierarchies the things which differ, db adaptors, fonts, documentation, seem like there is no way they can be the cause of the problem. From my /usr/adm/messages file when things work, (i.e. using the NextLibrary installed on the ND machine): Oct 5 12:57:21 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (7936) Oct 5 12:57:22 localhost mach: audio kernel server initialized Oct 5 12:57:34 localhost loginwindow[170]: running /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app/Workspace From my /usr/adm/messages file when things work, (i.e. using the NextLibrary on the external disk): Oct 5 12:54:06 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (7936) Oct 5 12:54:28 localhost syslogd: going down on signal 15 or Oct 5 12:23:10 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (7936) Oct 5 12:23:50 localhost loginwindow[167]: could not find WindowServer port! Oct 5 12:23:53 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (3330) Oct 5 12:24:37 localhost loginwindow[170]: could not find WindowServer port! Oct 5 12:24:40 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (6147) Oct 5 12:25:24 localhost loginwindow[173]: could not find WindowServer port! Oct 5 12:25:27 localhost mach: NeXTdimension server running (4356) Oct 5 12:26:00 localhost syslogd: going down on signal 15 At this point I am open to any ideas on what is going on. It would be nice to get 3.3 working on my ND machine. Thanks in advance. Help Me :-(, Aylwin Stewart ----------------- aylwin@ictv.com 408\364-9274
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Dial In on the NeXT Message-ID: <DFyH6o.5CM@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 03:18:23 GMT The Biggest enigma I have yet to figure out, is how do I configure my NeXT workstation to accempt incoming calls on port A and issue a standard login: prompt in a normal VT100 session? My current ttys file is as follows and still does not work. ttya "/usr/etc/getty d38400" vt100 on secure Any ideas?
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Moving /tmp /vm /adm to other disk? Date: 4 Oct 1995 16:41:53 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <44udgh$sru@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4477m8$ov1@gymir.ifi.uio.no> <449qtm$900@news.its.com> <44crj1$772@usenet.rpi.edu> <44ehtf$3gj@usenet.rpi.edu> <mycroft-0110951807270001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> <44ngib$d3p@usenet.rpi.edu> <mycroft-0310952331260001@net-1-130.austin.eden.com> mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) wrote: > Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > Well, there's nothing wrong with that. I was getting the impression > that you felt /etc/rc.swap was a bad thing because it doesn't > come pre-configured properly and were suggesting that the solution > would be to not use it and change something else. I think /etc/rc.swap is a bad thing because it comes configured in a way that's absurd for much of the hardware shipping today. Many people use that default configuration, because they assume it does "the right thing". I am fairly emphatic that the default behavior, as it is shipped, is not a good match for current HW configurations. There are multiple ways to fix that configuration. I prefer to modify /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab, because I'm editting them *anyway* (I have multiple hard disks or partitions on every one of my NeXTSTEP systems). I didn't mean to sound emphatic about that particular solution, it's just the one I happen to prefer. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Newest HP 715/100XC and NS 3.3 Date: 5 Oct 1995 09:22:05 GMT Organization: Berufsakademie Stuttgart Message-ID: <45083t$g56@news.belwue.de> References: <44sl4m$blq@nic-nac.CSU.net> Victor Quevedo (vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu) wrote: > Has anyone tried the lastest HP Workstation HP 715/100XC and NS3.3? NO > I am considering purchasing 2 of these workstations as File Servers > running NS3.3. Has anyone tried installing/running it on HP > 715/100XC? As a fileserver I would never use a NeXT based machine. Use HP-UX as a fileserver It's much much faster... > I have email NeXT and they have not yet tested it. I am not sure if > HP has done any testing of NS3.3 on this new workstation... I think it's not HP doing the test > -Victor Quevedo > vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu > -- > Victor R. Quevedo > vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu > NeXTMail Welcome Give a man a fish: feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish: feed him for life. Teach a hundred men to fish: empty the lake of fish. Kay Schulz kay@cordis.lu
From: icamp@ipk.fhg.de (Ingmar Camphausen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem mounting /tmp after booting single-user from CD ROM Date: 5 Oct 1995 15:13:39 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik der Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Message-ID: <450sn3$j3s@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <44h32m$4ke@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> I wrote : : yesterday, I had to boot single-user from my NEXTSTEP 3.3 CD ROM (my : bootdisk got a full hit in /etc/ ...:( ) : : I booted with the option '-sa' and told the machine to use the CD ROM as : root device. : : In order to have a place to put temp-files and to swap, I tried to mount : /dev/fd0a or another harddisk at /tmp with : : mount -n /dev/fd0a /tmp : : as I was told by the message that came up after finishing the single-user : boot. But this did not work!--All I got was the error message that : /private/tmp was a read-only filesystem!! The problem with an unmountable /tmp filesystem does only occur after booting from the NS 3.3 CD. With NS 3.2, this error doesn't occur. Unfortunately, I did not have the time yet to track down what has changed from 3.2 to 3.3 that causes this problem. Maybe somebody else has already noticed the differences in the boot and startup skripts of NEXTSTEP 3.2 and 3.3? Ingmar -- FhG, Instit. f. Prod.-Anlagen u. Konstr.-Technik Rechnerbetrieb/Raum 652, Pascalstr. 8-9, D-10587 Berlin Tel : 030/39006-216, Fax +49-30-3911037 Mail : Ingmar.Camphausen@ipk.fhg.de (sorry, no MIME, no NeXTmail! :( ) ingmar@aurora.IN-Berlin.DE (NeXTmail, MIME spoken here!! :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) Subject: How to compile db.1.85 under NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <FUKASE.95Oct5224632@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 13:46:32 GMT Hi, Does anyone know how to compile db.1.85 under NEXTSTEP(3.2)? Thanks in advance.(_0_) --- Oct. 5,'95 FUKASE,Mikio fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp(NeXTMail OK)
From: Denis GESBERT Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Troubles with win95 Date: 5 Oct 1995 15:46:46 GMT Organization: CRC - Universite Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg France Distribution: world Message-ID: <450ul6$jpt@apopi.u-strasbg.fr> Hi, A collegue of mines have tried to install win95 and NeXTStep on the same computer... At the first time we put win95 on a partition allready used by dos and win3.11: The result is : The destruction of the boot prompt ! so at this time we must used a floppy to be able to boot on NS. So for convenience we have reinstall NS and every things seems to be OK! An alternative procedure give us a lot of troubles: Installing NS and W95 on two separate SCSI disk (an internal with SCSI ID 1 and an external sometimes with ID 0 and sometimes with ID 2 or more... That works very fine before you try to boot with w95 after that w95 writte something on NS disk (that seems to be an UNLABELED dos partition with a strange behaviour) that let NS disk unable to boot once more.... So it may be a solution to repair the NS disk without reinstalling everythings and I will be very pleased to learn it.... but be very cautious (everytime that Win95 can read a NeXTSTEP disk it cause some damage) Denis
From: mwdaniel@uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 'nobody' owning mail-spool files Date: 5 Oct 1995 20:54:43 GMT Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: <451d8n$b4_001@cso.uiuc.edu> We recently had some problems with our network. They were corrected, but now our mail is having problems. Specifically, whenever anyone on the network tries to mail another, the created mail spool file has "nobody" listed as its owner, preventing anyone from getting their mail. But when I telnet in, and use "mail" to send someone a message, their entire mail-spool file is changed to have the proper ownership and they can get that file. Of course, as soon as someone else sends them something, the ownership is back to "nobody". If anyone can explain what might have happened, I'd be grateful. Mike Daniels
From: grosser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Benjamin A. Grosser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: safetynet can't find exabyte 4200-c Date: 5 Oct 1995 21:14:56 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <451hsg$pof@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Running NextStep 3.2, and a personal copy of SafetyNet on a cube. Recently removed an ExaByte 4200-c in order to use on another computer, and when I returned it to the SCSI chain, SafetyNet can't find it. Tried 'autofind' in the preferences. SCSI chain is terminated (and other SCSI devices are working fine). Device was powered on and went through POST's prior to powering on the cube. How can I find the device that this drive has mounted to? I assume I'm looking for something like 'lsdev' in AIX, but can't find anything like that. Any help is greatly appreciated! Ben Grosser grosser@uiuc.edu
From: grosser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Benjamin A. Grosser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: good nextstep book Date: 5 Oct 1995 21:41:50 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <451jeu$t0n@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Anybody know of a good source on NextStep sysadmin? Something along the lines of nutshell's Essential System Administration, but for NextStep would be nice. Ben Grosser grosser@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 20:49:16 GMT From: Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Message-ID: <9510052049.AA26797@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Subject: HELP: can't remove an empty erroneous directory I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. A system crash (a Window Server death) seems to have garbled the '/usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app/WM.app/English.lproj' directory leading to an 'please logout' message just after loging into the Workspace. After reboot 'fsck' paniced and requested an manual 'fsck'. This time 'fsck' complained that this directory formed an extraneous link to somewhere into the colorpicker nib-files (I don't remember the exact directory/file) and suggested to remove it, which I permitted. This left me with an garbled directory. Afterwards I could list the content but 'pwd' en 'cd' gave an error concerning the inode and the size is also weird. After another 'fsck' (which listen no errors), I tried to remove the directory (with 'rm -r') which succeded for the contents but now I still get the message that it's not empty while 'ls -al' won't list any files (beside '.' and '..' of cause). After a rename with 'mv' the problems with 'pwd' and 'cd' are gone but I still can't remove the directory. So I'am lost. Any suggestion before I have to format the disk just to reinstall '/usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace/WM.app'. Please reply by mail, I only get the daily digest of this newsgroup (and I'am hoping to solve this evening (localtime=GMT+1)). Thanks in advance. Wiro. --- / Meteo Consult Wiro van Schaik (System Developer) / P.O. Box 617 / 6700 AP Wageningen >W.vanSchaik@MeteoCon.nl< / The Netherlands >NeXT Mail preferred< / fax: ..31 (0)8370 23164 ------------------------------------------/ voice: ..31 (0)8370 23300
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Jacob Gore <jacob.gore@math.enmu.edu> Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Sender: news@oasis.enmu.edu (All The News Fit To Print) Message-ID: <1995Oct5.033804.5928@oasis.enmu.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 03:38:04 GMT References: <44mtsm$cl@news.its.com> Organization: Eastern New Mexico University Chuck Swiger writes > MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. > They should upgrade MMDF by replacing it with UCB sendmail 8.7. :-) ... which is finally capable of doing 80% of what MMDF could do ten years ago, and is even as easy to configure. Source-routing has been prescribed since RFC-822, and there is nothing wrong with using it in a Return-path line. If it breaks other mail transfer agents, then those MTAs are the ones that are a decade overdue for repair. Now, the truncation of nextcube to nextcub is another matter: it looks like their UUCP channel is enforcing the 7-character name length limit that UUCP used to have (before domain names entered the UUCP world). Jacob --- Jacob Gore, Eastern NM U. Jacob.Gore@Math.ENMU.Edu | Jacob@ToolCASE.Com Member of the League for Programming Freedom (LPF)--http://www.lpf.org/
From: alvin@cse.ucsc.edu (Alvin Jee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ntpd polling interval Date: 6 Oct 1995 01:14:03 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Message-ID: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Hello! Does anybody know (and will tell me :) ) how to set the polling interval for ntpd? Once a minute is too often. I don't connect to the net all the time and I get a message on the console from ntpd once a minute saying that it can't reach the server or something like that when I am not connected. Thanks! -- Alvin Jee alvin@cse.ucsc.edu NeXTMail gleefully accepted! Using the Internet since 1984 http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~alvin
From: jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: 5 Oct 95 20:40:36 Organization: C.R.A.S.H. The Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston Message-ID: <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu> Hi! Is it possible to set up a NeXT box running NS3.3 to be multi-homed, so that it can responded to http requests on multiple IP addresses? Thanks, -- Jason Asbahr 808 Sul Ross Suite 7 Reactive Systems / C.R.A.S.H. Houston, Texas 77006 Consulting and Development (713) 942-7937 voice NeXT / Newton / Virtual Reality asbahr@crash.org (NeXTmail)
From: fuad@ns.net (Turnando Fuad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HW errors Date: 6 Oct 1995 02:22:01 GMT Organization: NextGen Systems Internet Services Message-ID: <4523s9$ej1@falcon.ns.net> Hi, Can anyone know offbat if these HW errors are fixable? It looks like we have a few bad blocks on our disk. Any help would be appreciated? If you would, please email response. Thank you. Turnando Fuad NSNet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 8 22:30:10 blackbird syslog: Workspace logged in Aug 8 22:30:19 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 1 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 2 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 3 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 4 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 5 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 6 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 7 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 8 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 4861H retry 9 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: sd0 (0,0): sense key:0x3 additional sense code:0x11 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: SCSI Block in error = 18529; Partition a F.S. sector 18369 Aug 8 22:30:23 blackbird mach: IO error on pagein (breadDirect) Aug 8 22:30:29 blackbird -[502]: loginwindow: Workspace exited ts 0 cd 0 rc 0 sv 0 ss 0. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Luke Howard <lukeh@auswired.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Virtual interfaces on NS? Date: 6 Oct 1995 06:06:45 GMT Organization: AusWired, Melbourne, Australia. Message-ID: <452h1l$ern@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) wrote: >Two questions: > >First, is there a way to create virtual IP interfaces on a NeXT machine? >I remember some code running around a couple years back, but it involved >hacking the kernel (obviously not meant for NS). So, what now? I need >to have multiple IPs for a virtual http server, and my clumsy thumbs >forced an emergency landing of my named. Yep, use Transys' PNI (no longer supported) with some stub config files which don't load the SLIP drivers. You'll need to arp for your address too. eg. /etc/pni/config/pni0.config-auto set Config(pni:INTERFACE) pni0 set Config(pni:MTU) 1500 set Config(pni:ADDRESS) 203.2.135.2 set Config(pni:REMOTEADDRESS) 203.2.135.2 set Config(pni:NETWORKMASK) 255.255.255.0 set Config(pni:DEFAULT) 0 stack PNI pni stack LOOP loop ------------------------------------------------ and something like arp -e /usr/local/etc/ethers in /etc/rc.local where in /usr/local/etc/ethers has something like 00:aa:00:46:2e:91 203.2.135.3 pub regards, luke.
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Dial In on the NeXT Date: 5 Oct 1995 23:45:23 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <451qmj$hhp@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <DFyH6o.5CM@empire.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (Albatross) wrote: > > > The Biggest enigma I have yet to figure out, is how do I configure >my NeXT workstation to accempt incoming calls on port A and issue a standard >login: prompt in a normal VT100 session? > > My current ttys file is as follows and still does not work. > >ttya "/usr/etc/getty d38400" vt100 on secure > > > Any ideas? I have the following lines in my /etc/ttys file: ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty std.38400 vt100 on secure ttydfb "/usr/etc/getty std.38400 vt100 on secure The ttydfa and ttydfb files are in the /dev directory, created using the mknod command (see man mknod). The std.38400 file is in the gettytab file as the following entry: h|std.38400|38400-baud:\ :sp#38400:p8=true: This allows a 38400 bps dial up over the serial ports, with 8 bits no parity. You may have to alter the default entry in the default entry of the gettytab file to reflect the login prompt and/or message as you see fit. Also, if you are using the NeXT 68040 workstation, you need to wire the modem cable to use the hardware flow control lines; a Macintosh cable will not work! Do a man zs (for the zilog 8530 serial communications controller) to get the cable configuration. I bought an apple talk din8-din8 cable at a swap meet, along with a couple of 25 pin serial plugs for the modem end, and wired them up for the NeXT. Then configure the modem as you find necessary; I had to set my modems to answer on the first ring, use hardware flow control, and to use auto-sense for incoming speed (this allows the calling modem to use any speed from 2400bps to 38400bps). Everything works simply great! -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hfir@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Hoss Firooznia) Subject: How to shadow passwords? Message-ID: <1995Oct6.063200.17504@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Sender: news@galileo.cc.rochester.edu Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 06:32:00 GMT I have a NeXTStation running NeXTStep 3.2, and it'd be a lot easier to keep things secure if passwords could somehow be shadowed. The problem seems further complicated by the fact that NeXTStep manages the password database via NeXT's proprietary NetInfo database, which means that generic solutions won't work. Another angle would be to replace the 'passwd' program with something that prevents users from picking bad passwords -- but again, none of the generic 'smart' passwd's are of any use to me, since they don't work with NetInfo. Arrgh. I figure that *someone* must have already solved this problem long ago, but maybe that's just wishful thinking. Does anyone know of a way to effectively shadow passwords under NeXTStep? Thanks, - Hoss -- Hoss Firooznia -- <hfir@troi.cc.rochester.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Re: Using mail Message-ID: <DG0o94.AK3@rivm.nl> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL References: <DFoAEH.nJF@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 07:46:15 GMT In article <DFoAEH.nJF@serval.net.wsu.edu> joerd@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (Wayne Joerding - Economics) writes: > My campus sys ad person who doesn't work with NextStep says that I'll > have to use sendmail. In other words, I think he will be able to > give me instructions on how to set myself up like a generic mail > client. I could not get it done with the sendmail files that come with NeXTSTEP, but if your sysad knows a lot of sendmail, maybe you can. > My question: if set up like a generic unix mail client using sendmail > will I be able to use my Next application NextMail to read etc my > messages. Yes, I can confirm that. -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 280174
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: signal 15 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:41:49 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Distribution: world Message-ID: <951006094149.940AACUH.malc@daneel> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII A couple of our NeXTs (1 station, 1 turbo mono) here are panicing intermittently "Going down on signal 15". Any suggestions as to what might be causing this, and how to remedy it? Have fun, mmalc.
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to shadow passwords? Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:45:46 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951006094546.940AACUI.malc@daneel> References: <1995Oct6.063200.17504@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Does anyone know of a way to effectively shadow passwords > under NeXTStep? > If you're using the Preferences panel to change the password, it's possible to write a replacement for the Password module which checks entries. For command-line, why not just replace passwd with a programme which runs checks and then, assuming all's OK, passes the result on to the real passwd which you've renamed and put elsewhere? I guess there may be other knock-ons...? Have fun, mmalc.
From: jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 6 Oct 1995 03:57:37 GMT Organization: Organizing Organisms & Organs Message-ID: <4529fh$1b2@news.atlantic.net> References: <44vlck$ssb@ni1.ni.net> <44vlo7$t3q@ni1.ni.net> Felipe A. Rodriguez <root@terra.crystalengine.com> wrote: > I also wanted to mention that dial-on-demand is not currently possible > with any slip/ppp package because of the problems with lookupd. I've seen dial-on-demand work with the original dialupip, so it's possible. It's just not available with the popular free ppp or PNI-slip.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Message-ID: <1995Oct6.134504.45499@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Date: 6 Oct 95 13:45:04 MET References: X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) hfir@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Hoss Firooznia) wrote: > I have a NeXTStation running NeXTStep 3.2, and it'd be a lot easier to keep things secure if passwords could somehow be shadowed. The problem seems further complicated by the fact that NeXTStep manages the password database via NeXT's proprietary NetInfo database, which means that generic solutions won't work. > Another angle would be to replace the 'passwd' program with something that prevents users from picking bad passwords -- but again, none of the generic 'smart' passwd's are of any use to me, since they don't work with NetInfo. Arrgh. I figure that *someone* must have already solved this problem long ago, but maybe that's just wishful thinking. > Does anyone know of a way to effectively shadow passwords under NeXTStep? Um, I just don't quite understand why you would want to shadow passwords, as passwords are stored in NetInfo. Shadowing is normally used (i.e. on SYSV) to separate the /etc/passwd file from the file containing the passwords. This is usually necessary as the /etc/passwd file mostly has to be publically readable. If you must dump the passwords from NetInfo, you could just remove the passwords with some shell script by piping the dump to the script, then writing it. Of course, if you are running NIS, you would have to construct the NIS data base first, then remove the passwords. -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: ford_p@dep.state.fl.us (Perrone Ford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem configurations under NS3.3 Black Date: 6 Oct 1995 14:38:18 GMT Organization: Dept of Environmental Protection Message-ID: <453f0q$peh@epic68.dep.state.fl.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Hello, I am trying to configure my '040 to talk to a USR 28.8 Sporster. Does anyone have info on how to do this little trick. Also what Comm software are you using to do it. I have tried: Configuring /etc/remote to accept 28.8 modem on /dev/cua Hitchhiker and Modulator Using the FaxSetup (how do I get new modem configurations in here? Ugggghhh!!! I LOVE NS but I SWEAR the manuals leave a LOT to be desired.... -Perrone Ford ford_p@dep.state.fl.us
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 6 Oct 1995 15:57:25 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <453jl5$f11@news.its.com> References: <44mtsm$cl@news.its.com> <1995Oct5.033804.5928@oasis.enmu.edu> Jacob Gore <jacob.gore@math.enmu.edu> wrote: > Chuck Swiger writes >> MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. >> They should upgrade MMDF by replacing it with UCB sendmail 8.7. :-) > > ... which is finally capable of doing 80% of what MMDF could do ten > years ago, and is even as easy to configure. If by this you mean that sendmail relies on external mailers such as /bin/mail to handle local delivery whereas MMDF comes with various mailers itself? This is a *feature* of sendmail. If you want to talk about other specifics, great. But I've heard Smail, zmailer, and other such advocates bash sendmail before. Now we've heard from the MMDF camp. Joy.... > Source-routing has been prescribed since RFC-822, and there is nothing > wrong with using it in a Return-path line. If it breaks other mail > transfer agents, then those MTAs are the ones that are a decade overdue > for repair. And source-routing has officially been deprecated since RFC-1123. Check out section 5.2.6: " DISCUSSION: The intent is to discourage all source routing and to abolish explicit source routing for mail delivery within the Internet environment. Source-routing is unnecessary; the simple target address "user@domain" should always suffice. This is the result of an explicit architectural decision to use universal naming rather than source routing for mail. Thus, SMTP provides end-to-end connectivity, and the DNS provides globally-unique, location-independent names. MX records handle the major case where source routing might otherwise be needed." If you're going to try and quote RFC's, please get it right. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: acoustic@infinity.c2.org (dan hitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: telnet/ftp/ping problem (between NeXT and Linux) Date: 06 Oct 1995 10:19:17 GMT Organization: Community ConneXion: http://www.c2.org 510-658-6376 Distribution: world Message-ID: <ACOUSTIC.95Oct6031917@infinity.c2.org> References: <ACOUSTIC.95Sep25232930@infinity.c2.org> In-reply-to: acoustic@infinity.c2.org's message of 26 Sep 1995 06:29:28 GMT I had posted previously about my troubles telnetting between a cube (040, 2.0) and linux. telnet had worked for a few days, and then quit. Apparently, i had the ethernet improperly terminated---i was using 75 ohm terminators instead of 50 ohm terminators. I changed to 50 ohm terminators, and telnet/ftp etc. started working again. {I find it hard to believe that this was the extent of the problem, but i'm offering my experience in case someone else has a similar problem.} dan acoustic@c2.org
From: CÙ Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Q: AT&T plan9 OS? Date: 6 Oct 1995 16:25:22 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <453l9i$38q@mindy.vnet.net> Hi there, I was looking at the AT&T web page, http://plan9.att.com/plan9, the new unix operating system. Any inforamtion about that in regards to Next? thanks, rdk@khaderp.vnet.net
From: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to get Firstname_Lastname@domain in outgoing mail ? Date: 6 Oct 1995 17:04:11 GMT Organization: TakeFive Software, Salzburg, Austria Message-ID: <453nib$7v8@news.Austria.EU.net> How can I configure sendmail (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) to turn the login name in the From: line of outgoing messages (i.e. mail leaving our LAN) into Firstname_Lastname (or Lastname only; we have some pretty long names here :-) ) ? Example: joe@TakeFive.co.at --> Josef_Leherbauer@TakeFive.co.at joe@TakeFive.co.at --> Leherbauer@TakeFive.co.at --joe
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 15:36:27 GMT From: Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Message-ID: <9510061536.AA08417@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Subject: Re: removing erroneous dir. Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com > Can you move the directory to /tmp and then reboot? > I hadn't thought about that, but is /tmp cleaned up with some other command then 'rm'? A nice suggestion though, I will try it out. > Can you make a directory called "TRASH" move it there and > then remove TRASH? > No, then it won't remove TRASH complaining that it's not empty > Can you move it to the recycler and then empty the recycler? > No, but is the recylcer cleaned up with some other command then 'rm'? > Can you find out the INODE number and try and delete the inode? > How do I do that? because that's problably the only thing that will work. > Best of luck > Thanx Wiro. --- / Meteo Consult Wiro van Schaik (System Developer) / P.O. Box 617 / 6700 AP Wageningen >W.vanSchaik@MeteoCon.nl< / The Netherlands >NeXT Mail preferred< / fax: ..31 (0)8370 23164 ------------------------------------------/ voice: ..31 (0)8370 23300
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (Armin Retzko) Subject: Re: looking for unistd.h Message-ID: <armin.812995473@master> Sender: news@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (News Service) Organization: RRZN References: <44sd3i$7r@galaxy.ucr.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:04:33 GMT Ron Wood <ron> writes: >Lately I've tried compiling programs that need the header file, unistd.h. It >doesn't appear to be on my system (NS 2.1 on black hardware). Anybody know >where I can get it? I had the same problem with NS 3.0, so i deleted every occurrence of "unistd.h" in the source files and compiled the package again. This seems to work. Good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de (NeXTmail & MIME OK!) WWW URL: http://www.kd.fh-hannover.de/~armin/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Armin Retzko e-mail: armin@kd.fh-hannover.de
From: premoze@cs.colorado.edu (Simon Premoze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS will not boot Date: 6 Oct 95 18:44:32 GMT Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Message-ID: <premoze.813005072@nag.cs.colorado.edu> I have a problem with booting NS. My machine hangs after (at) Configuring Driver Devices. It simply hangs at that point. Any ideas or suggestions? -Simon
From: premoze@cs.colorado.edu (Simon Premoze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem configuration Date: 6 Oct 95 18:46:05 GMT Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Message-ID: <premoze.813005165@nag.cs.colorado.edu> I have a ZyXEL modem and I would like to configure NS to use it for SLIP/PPP. Any suggestions? -Simon
From: andreas@ccrc.wustl.edu (Andreas D. Bovopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Connect Nextstation with PC using TCP/IP Date: 6 Oct 1995 12:46:25 -0500 Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO. Distribution: na Message-ID: <453q1h$8ja@dworkin.wustl.edu> Hello, I try to connect my PC with my Nextstation using TCP/IP. I want to achieve efficient file transfers and the use the next printer over the IP subnet. On the PC side I use an Xircom packet adapter III and NetmanageNFS. I also use UTP Category 4 wire to connect my PC with the Next. The adapter card seems to be configured properly and the Netmanage software seems to bind correctly, because on the screen I see both the IP and the MAC addresses. When I try to do the same on the next side, I always get the message that the computer is not connected. Has anybody, used NetmanageNFS and could you please share your installation process with me? -------- If not, has anybody used any public domain TCP/IP stack, and again could you please share your installation process with me? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have spent tens of hours trying to check this and that and nothing seems to work. You may reach me directly at abovopou@chipcom.com Thanks again Andreas --------------- Andreas Bovopoulos Chipcom Corporation 508-4905602
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 6 Oct 1995 18:08:58 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <453rbq$fm2@ni1.ni.net> References: <4529fh$1b2@news.atlantic.net> In article <4529fh$1b2@news.atlantic.net> jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes: >Felipe A. Rodriguez <root@terra.crystalengine.com> wrote: >> I also wanted to mention that dial-on-demand is not currently possible >> with any slip/ppp package because of the problems with lookupd. > >I've seen dial-on-demand work with the original dialupip, so it's possible. >It's just not available with the popular free ppp or PNI-slip. You'll have to provide more details. Currently the only package for NeXT that I am aware which offers dial-on-demand is the Morningstar ppp package. As has been noted by various users of this package the dial on demand feature does not work with the current version of lookupd. It has also been reported that the lookupd in the forthcoming 3.3 patch resolves the problem. Dial-on-Demand requires that your link be brought up when a DNS query cannot be answered locally. The current version of lookupd would hang in such a situation. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Message-ID: <DG1C61.EK@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <44vlo7$t3q@ni1.ni.net> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:22:48 GMT In article <44vlo7$t3q@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) writes: > I also wanted to mention that dial-on-demand is not currently possible > with any slip/ppp package because of the problems with lookupd. This needs some correction. The old Transsys DialUpIp running on true (Motorola) h/w allows dial on demand. It works. Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 14:49:38 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0610951449380001@net-1-210.austin.eden.com> References: <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu> In article <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu>, jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr) wrote: > Is it possible to set up a NeXT box running NS3.3 to be multi-homed, > so that it can responded to http requests on multiple IP addresses? NCSA's 1.5beta web server does this. You can get a copy of the source at http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/ - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Viewing /usr/local/man in Digital Librarian? Message-ID: <DG1Mnw.90u@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 20:09:31 GMT Arne Christian Hårseth (arneha@ifi.uio.no) wrote: : How do I view /usr/local/man pages in Digital Librarian? If I move the : /usr/local/man folder into Digital Librarian and open some file there, : it will be opended with a plain text editor showing all the formatting : codes. I want to view it like any other man pages. I'm just getting involved with this as well, Arne. I learned to use the catman command to create another set of files found in the cat directories. It works for me to a limited extent. While I can consistently create the cat files produced from the man files, Librarian does not always recognize them as .nr files. Perhaps someone else can fill in the "gaps". -- >< Marc J. Salvatori | No NeXTMail yet. I'm gettin' there! >< >< salvo@eskimo.com | Searching for color clip art ><
From: dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu (Darrell Kristof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: "acct" on NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 04:55:46 GMT Organization: Caldwell ISD Message-ID: <454qsi$ocb@news.tamu.edu> Howdy all! I'm having some problems with getting accounting turned on. Is there someone who can help get me some direction on how to turn on acct to keep a log of what my users are doing???? I would appreciate it if you would reply via e-mail. Thanks Darrell Kristof dlk@tamu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <trujillo@matsun1.unican.es> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 19:50:32 +0100 From: trujillo@matsun1.unican.es (Guadalupe Trujillo) Message-ID: <9510061850.AA12349@matsun1.unican.es> Subject: installing solaris after nextstep Help ! After an unsuccessful attempt to install NEXTSTEP on a Sun 5 Model 70 (that turned out to have a cgthree graphics adapter - which is not supported), I'm trying to reinstall Solaris 2.4. The installation program doesn't seem to recognize the harddisk any more ! (the disk was completely prepared for NEXTSTEP by the NEXTSTEP installation procedure). Does anybody know how to reinstall Solaris (I can login as single-user in NEXTSTEP at the moment), do I have to reformat the disk or what ? How ? The Solaris installation program gives a core dump (arithmetic exception) when it is scanning for disks attached to the system. Guadalupe Trujillo Universidad de Cantabria, Santander.
From: dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu (Darrell Kristof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: enabling users to "traceroute" Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 05:22:49 GMT Organization: Caldwell ISD Message-ID: <454sfc$p6h@news.tamu.edu> Howdy all (again), Been working a few obsticles lately and noticed by default, general users (everyone other than root) can not run the "traceroute" program due to this error: hornet> traceroute tamu.edu traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied Is there something I can do to fix this? Thanks Darrell Kristof dlk@tamu.edu
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PNI Notes? Date: 7 Oct 1995 03:31:34 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Message-ID: <454sam$7oa@ni1.ni.net> References: <DG1C61.EK@euler.hnv.icem.de> In article <DG1C61.EK@euler.hnv.icem.de> js@euler.hnv.icem.de(Juergen Sell) writes: >In article <44vlo7$t3q@ni1.ni.net> root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. >Rodriguez) writes: > >> I also wanted to mention that dial-on-demand is not currently possible >> with any slip/ppp package because of the problems with lookupd. > >This needs some correction. The old Transsys DialUpIp running on true >(Motorola) h/w allows dial on demand. >It works. > >Juergen >--- > Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 > == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, > == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, > == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names > > == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress? Hmmm. I stand corrected. Of course I was only speaking of the current version of the OS ;-) -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without root@terra.crystalengine.com # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: 6 Oct 95 23:13:54 Organization: C.R.A.S.H. The Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston Message-ID: <JASON.95Oct6231354@fisher.psych.uh.edu> References: <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu> <mycroft-0610951449380001@net-1-210.austin.eden.com> In-reply-to: mycroft@nyetwork.com's message of Fri, 06 Oct 1995 14:49:38 -0600 Alex wrote in response: > Is it possible to set up a NeXT box running NS3.3 to be multi-homed, > so that it can responded to http requests on multiple IP addresses? NCSA's 1.5beta web server does this. You can get a copy of the source at http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/ Great! Has anyone set this up on a NS box yet? Alex? Thanks, -- Jason Asbahr 808 Sul Ross Suite 7 Reactive Systems / C.R.A.S.H. Houston, Texas 77006 Consulting and Development (713) 942-7937 voice NeXT / Newton / Virtual Reality asbahr@crash.org (NeXTmail)
From: cdl@unobtainium.ucsd.edu (C. Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NextMail privacy Date: 6 Oct 1995 22:28:27 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Message-ID: <454aic$9t2@news1.ucsd.edu> Just yesterday I realized the implications of something that I had observed quite some time ago. The permissions on Mailbox-related files are very friendly on a plain out-of-the-box NeXTstep system. drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox -rw-r--r-- ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox/mbox This is in contrast with the treatment of incoming mail: -rw------- /usr/spool/mail/user_name This of course means that anybody can read anybody else's received mail. My quick fix for this was # chmod 700 ~user_name/Mailboxes which keeps other users out, but does not disrupt incoming mail. Surely I'm not the first to observe this, I hope. carl
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Slow transfer to 3COM 3C579 on NeXT Date: 6 Oct 1995 20:28:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <454hip$rls@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <44t5dc$62s@kaleka.seanet.com> The culprit here is the size of the buffer on the 3COM card. The card's buffer can't hold more than one full size Ethernet packet (about 1500 bytes). This is technically fine, and works well for Netware, Ethertalk, and similar protocols. Unix services, however, use IP based protocols (TCP, UDP, etc) which, in thier Ethernet implementations, when handed large blocks of data, tend to pump out bursts of max size Ethernet packets at miniumum interval (e.g. just far enough apart in time to meet the collision avoidance requirements of Ethernet.) When a series of , say five Ethernet packets (representing, for example, 1 UDP packet from a NFS server) come roaring down the wire, timing for cards with a small buffer can get dicey. The first packet lands in the card, almost filling it's buffer. The card sends an interrupt to the host, which (eventually, after higher priority interrupts are serviced) then tells the device driver that data is available from the card. The driver then does programmed I/O (probably over that slow ISA bus) to fetch all the bytes of data. If we get lucky, we'll clear enough buffer space before the next packet arrives that it can be saved in the buffer. If not (often the case!), the higher level protocol stack will eventually notice that it only has a fragment of the needed data, and will fire a request back to the sending machine, which will then retransmit packets 2-5. (details depend on the protocol and implementation, but you get the idea.) We'll get packet 2, drop 3-5 on the floor, and again, the higher level protocol stack will fire a request back to the sending machine, which will then retransmit packets 3-5. The packets will all arrive eventually, after much retransmission. The higher level protocols are robust enough to recover in spite of all this nonsense. The best way to fix this is to use an Ethernet card with enough buffer space to hold all the packets in a burst. I personally suggest the Intel EtherExpress (about 30% cheaper than the 3COM cards!) or, for PCI, the Cogent cards. 8-16 Kb of buffer is plenty. Some protocols (notably NFS) can be detuned sufficiently to avoid overrunning the card's buffers. For NFS, look in the manual pages at the rsize and wsize options. Setting these to 1024 in networks with 3COM cards makes things much better. Finally, for some operating systems, intrepid hackers have written custom drivers, hand tuned within an inch of thier lives, to reduce the number of dropped packets. Some implementations may have unpleasant effects on interrupt latencies for other devices, so ask around for the best versions if you aren't writing these yourself. 3COM's ball park also suffers from inadequate buffering, especially in winter. Mike Paquette -- Damn it, Steve, I'm an engineer, not a marketeer!
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: looking for unistd.h Date: 6 Oct 1995 23:37:15 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <454ejb$inu@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <44sd3i$7r@galaxy.ucr.edu> <armin.812995473@master> Armin Retzko (armin@kd.fh-hannover.de) wrote: : Ron Wood <ron> writes: : >Lately I've tried compiling programs that need the header file, unistd.h. It : >doesn't appear to be on my system (NS 2.1 on black hardware). Anybody know : >where I can get it? : I had the same problem with NS 3.0, so i deleted every occurrence of "unistd.h" in the source files and compiled the package again. This seems to work. If you have problems try to use libc.h instead. Or you may write yourself a fake /usr/include/unistd.h (in 3.0 this will be already /usr/include/bsd/unistd.h instead) with a contents: #include <libc.h> This is not the same, but it should be pretty close. --mj
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: signal 15 Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 05:55:00 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Distribution: world Message-ID: <cpayne.39.30761634@fiber.net> References: <951006094149.940AACUH.malc@daneel> >A couple of our NeXTs (1 station, 1 turbo mono) here are panicing >intermittently "Going down on signal 15". >Any suggestions as to what might be causing this, and how to remedy it? Well, since I'm feeling rather ornery today, I'll take a stab at it. Carl's top ten reasons why a piece of black hardware would arbitrarily "go down on signal 15." 1--It tried going down on Signal Aout 42 but to no avail (generous tip o' the hat to anyone who gets that) 2--You have a cron job that executes a shutdown 0 as root every "so often" 3--You have a root password that's your first name, your wife's first name, or your license plate, and now someone's making you pay for it (check your wtmp, access logs and /usr/adm/messages, but change the password FIRST even if suspicious) 4--You have an ex-employee with root access, and now you'll pay! 5--You're an Internet provider in Utah, and the competition's doing everything they can to make you pay for having a full-page ad in the new Yellow Pages 6--You're an Internet provider in some midwestern state, and you're anxious as anything to blame your incompetence on someone more successful than you 7--You have a piece of code that's in beta, has an exception handler that executes a shutdown or a halt on certain errors 8--Your battery is dead 9--Your goldfish is dead 10--Spiro Agnew is dead 11--You haven't the foggiest idea 12--I haven't the foggiest idea 13--Pickles 14--Phyllis Diller and the great "Blow Dryer Meltdown Fiasco." 15--Alien space monkeys from the planet Zlurb are beta-testing the BeBox May the horse be with you... Carl
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Viewing /usr/local/man in Digital Librarian? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 7 Oct 1995 00:12:25 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Oct6171224@wren.csulb.edu> References: <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> To: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian H\345rseth) In article <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) writes: > Why does Digital Librarian refuse to index /usr/local/man? Look at the setup in /usr/man: robin:/usr/man 66$ ls -A .dir.tiff cat1/ cat7/ man5/ .displayCommand cat2/ cat8/ man6/ .index.iname cat3/ man1/ man7/ .index.itype cat4/ man2/ man8/ .index.store cat5/ man3/ mann@ .roffArgs cat6/ man4/ whatis robin:/usr/man 67$ cat .displayCommand tbl %s | nroff -man robin:/usr/man 68$ cat .index.iname whatis cat1 cat2 cat3 cat4 cat5 cat6 cat7 cat8 robin:/usr/man 69$ cat .index.itype manso robin:/usr/man 70$ cat .roffArgs -man If you duplicate that in /usr/local/man and provide your own, or most any .dir.tiff, there's a good chance the Librarian will index it and create the .index.store. Jack
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.marketplace Subject: Re: Q: AT&T plan9 OS? Date: 6 Oct 1995 23:53:30 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <454fhr$3lv@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <453l9i$38q@mindy.vnet.net> rdk@khaderp.vnet.net wrote: > I was looking at the AT&T web page, http://plan9.att.com/plan9, > the new unix operating system. Any inforamtion about that in > regards to Next? There's a version that runs on NeXT hardware, if that's what you mean. I'm not aware of anything that NeXT intends to do with it for their current software products, if that's what you mean. Even if they wanted to start right now, any "OpenStep for Plan9" project would have to take them a year or two. There is a newsgroup on plan9, if you're interested in more info on the plan9 operating system. It's comp.os.plan9 --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: PGP Frontend? Message-ID: <DG2wvx.K8@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 12:47:57 GMT Did someone ever produce a NS frontend for encrypting and viewing/editing files with PGP? Thanks, --- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. "Hit me!", begged the masochist. "No.", said the sadist. Renee: "Met veel koper maakt men hoempa." (After hearing a Nielsen symphony) -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: indy@gryphon (Steve Weintz) Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Message-ID: <a77cb$d106.cc@NT> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 19:16:06 GMT Distribution: world References: <JASON.95Oct6231354@fisher.psych.uh.edu> Organization: New Media, Ltd. In article <JASON.95Oct6231354@fisher.psych.uh.edu> jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr) writes: > Alex wrote in response: > > > Is it possible to set up a NeXT box running NS3.3 to be multi-homed, > > so that it can responded to http requests on multiple IP addresses? > > NCSA's 1.5beta web server does this. You can get a copy of the source at > http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/ > > Great! Has anyone set this up on a NS box yet? Alex? > > Thanks, Last I head, /etc/ifconfig must support the -alias option to get virtual hosts to work. I anyone knows differently, or if this does compile out of the box, you'll make me and my clients VERY happy. -- | Steve Weintz * Partner, New Media,Ltd. * steve@dave-world.net | | 217.344.5303 * fax 217.344.8981 * http://www.nm-ltd.com/NMLtd/ | | P.O.Box 742 | "Bobcat, do you like hamsters or gerbils?" | | Urbana, IL USA 61801 |"Well, there's more dark meat on a hamster." |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <trujillo@matsun1.unican.es> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 95 20:16:19 +0100 From: trujillo@matsun1.unican.es (Guadalupe Trujillo) Message-ID: <9510071916.AA13319@matsun1.unican.es> Subject: installing solaris after nextstep (II) I wrote that the "Solaris installation program" gave a core dump. I've been looking more closely and it's the "format" tool (the Solaris disk-formatter tool) that gives this "arithmetic exception - core dump" error (when booted single user from CDROM and manually starting "format" we get the same message as appears in the console when running the Solaris installation software). How can I reformat the internal disk to Solaris format after having done a NEXTSTEP installation ? Guadalupe Trujillo
From: dicosmo@verveine.ens.fr (Roberto DiCosmo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: HELP: vfs_mountroot fails after 3.3 upgrade! Date: 07 Oct 1995 13:48:14 GMT Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure Distribution: world Message-ID: <DICOSMO.95Oct7144814@verveine.ens.fr> I have just upgrade (over the network) my portable to 3.3, and after the upgrade (that needed to be restarted several times) and the following reboot, everything works fine in the 3.3 boot process *up to* the phase of mounting the /dev/hd0a device: there, the system panics with the error: vfs_mountroot: 19 (in /usr/include/bsd/sys/errno.h: NO SUCH DEVICE) I tried to boot using the 486 boot floppy from the archives (boot single user on a 3.2 bare single user system), and I can mount the hard disk, but I can do nothing (ls from the hard disk works, cat does not) interesting. On the other hand, booting with hd()mach_kernel rootdev=fd0a, seems to work (this means, boot from the hard disk, but mount root on the floppy), but then I *cannot* mount the hard disk! Is there a simple solution (changing some mode of / on the hard disk or something similar that has *not* been done by the upgrader) to recover the disk without re-installing the system? Any nice person at NeXT would like to lend a hand (like explaining the cryptic format of the Release3.3.uplan file)? Thank you! (btw, I am quite desperate :-( ) -- Roberto Di Cosmo <dicosmo@dmi.ens.fr>, http://www.ens.fr/users/dicosmo/index.html LIENS Ecole Normale Superieure 45, Rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris FRANCE
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: enabling users to "traceroute" Date: 7 Oct 1995 14:09:14 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4561ma$fie@news.its.com> References: <454sfc$p6h@news.tamu.edu> dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu (Darrell Kristof) wrote: > Been working a few obsticles lately and noticed by default, general > users (everyone other than root) can not run the "traceroute" program > due to this error: > > hornet> traceroute tamu.edu > traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied > > Is there something I can do to fix this? You can do a "chown root traceroute ; chmod u+s traceroute", although the one in /usr/ucb should already be setuid-root. BTW, you and your users should be aware that traceroute imposes a huge amount of overhead on the intermediate routers. Use it sparingly.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 01:09:08 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-0810950109080001@net-1-118.austin.eden.com> References: <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu> <mycroft-0610951449380001@net-1-210.austin.eden.com> <JASON.95Oct6231354@fisher.psych.uh.edu> In article <JASON.95Oct6231354@fisher.psych.uh.edu>, jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr) wrote: > NCSA's 1.5beta web server does this. You can get a copy of the source at > http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/ > > Great! Has anyone set this up on a NS box yet? Alex? Sorry, my developer CD hasn't arrived yet and HTTPd doesn't come pre-compiled for NeXTstep. I would be very interested in setting it up, though, if someone else would like to compile it. - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PGP Frontend? Message-ID: <1995Oct8.110633.59@titan.sfasu.edu> From: deviate@lipschitz.sfasu.edu (J. Kelly Cunningham) Date: 8 Oct 95 11:06:33 CST References: <DG2wvx.K8@rna.nl> Organization: As little as I can get away with... In article <DG2wvx.K8@rna.nl>, <Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL> wrote: >Did someone ever produce a NS frontend for encrypting and viewing/editing files >with PGP? > >Thanks, > >--- CryptorBundle: adds PGP functionality to Mail.app Encipher.app: general purpose NXPGP: text only -- -- kc finger deviate@lipschitz.sfasu.edu | pgp -fka 49860926614586AF
From: Ace@academ07.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Javier Villarreal Flores) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Add tty's on a Next Station Date: 8 Oct 1995 20:21:01 GMT Organization: ITESM Campus Monterrey Message-ID: <459brd$fcu@academ00.mty.itesm.mx> How can I add more tty's in a NeXT Station with NEXTSTEP ver. 3.0 for get more connections than 32 Thanks! -- Alejandro Villarreal F. | () | , __ , __ - Acelerado - | /\ _ _ _ __| /|/ \/|/ \ () SysOp del Speed BBS | / \ |/ \_|/ |/ / | / | __/ | __/ /\ | /(__/ |__/ |__/|__/\_/|_/ | \ | \ / \ ace@speed.mty.itesm.mx | /| |(__/ |(__//(__/ ------------------------+ \| Now The Speed Is Around The World!!
From: m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk (mmalcolm crawford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "acct" on NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:17:23 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <951008232329.217AACUT.malc@daneel> References: <454qsi$ocb@news.tamu.edu> > I'm having some problems with getting accounting turned on. Is > there someone who can help get me some direction on how to turn on > acct to keep a log of what my users are doing???? > In /etc/rc.local: # DAPM 23-Jul-95 Enable process accounting touch /usr/adm/acct; chmod 600 /usr/adm/acct /usr/etc/accton /usr/adm/acct Have fun, mmalc.
From: emarshal@site.gmu.edu (Eric Marshall (Faculty)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: can't boot with new NeXT serial pointing device driver Date: 6 Oct 1995 01:59:47 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Message-ID: <4522ij$uq1@portal.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NSFIP 3.3 hangs when I configure the new NeXT serial pointing device driver. Does anyone have an idea on how to debug this? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks in advance.
From: Russell Wilcoxon@mail.halcyon.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Needed NFSI 3.2 bootdisk or Driver disk Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:30:40 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Message-ID: <4591s0$o0m@news.halcyon.com> I need an NeXT for Intel 3.2 bootdisk or driver disk with the Adaptec 274x drivers on it. (The file is calle 2024.compressed on NeXTAnswers) I need this disk in an image format compatible with rawwrite or OS/2 XDFCOPY. I can ftp it somewhere or uudecode. (Can't read nextmail yet.) Thanks tracker@halcyon.com
From: reynolds@superstore.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp to T1 (sendmail problems...) Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:49:25 GMT Organization: InteleNet Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <4592v5$8gc@nikita.intelenet.net> I just switched to t1 acces from my old uucp account. I got DNS going, news running, the web server humming, and the popper popping. However, sendmail wont't work. ;^( Can someone email me a sendmail.cf that will work on a stand alone mail server dirrectly on the Internet? Anything else that I might need? thanks jack reynolds@superstore.com <---- this address works...
From: reynolds@superstore.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp to T1 (sendmail problems...) Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:50:27 GMT Organization: InteleNet Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <459313$8ja@nikita.intelenet.net> I just switched to t1 acces from my old uucp account. I got DNS going, news running, the web server humming, and the popper popping. However, sendmail wont't work. ;^( Can someone email me a sendmail.cf that will work on a stand alone mail server dirrectly on the Internet? Anything else that I might need? thanks jack reynolds@superstore.com <---- this address works...
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NXHost not working Date: 8 Oct 1995 00:05:46 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <4574kq$m9@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Hi, i have a small problem with my newly setup home net. When I try to start applications with -NXHost I get the following error message in the consol of the host tht should display the Window: Oct 8 01:01:46 marvin netmsgserver[22]: ipc_in_request: cannot deliver the message: -102 What does the number -102 mean? Telneting, nfs and all the other stuff works. Thanks for any hints. Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: How to get Firstname_Lastname@domain in outgoing mail ? In-Reply-To: joe@TakeFive.co.at's message of 6 Oct 1995 17:04:11 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct8183455@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <453nib$7v8@news.Austria.EU.net> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 22:34:55 GMT Use sendmail 8.7.1 with the user database. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <453nib$7v8@news.Austria.EU.net> joe@TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25593 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!TakeFive.co.at From: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 6 Oct 1995 17:04:11 GMT Organization: TakeFive Software, Salzburg, Austria Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: joe.takefive.co.at X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) How can I configure sendmail (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) to turn the login name in the From: line of outgoing messages (i.e. mail leaving our LAN) into Firstname_Lastname (or Lastname only; we have some pretty long names here :-) ) ? Example: joe@TakeFive.co.at --> Josef_Leherbauer@TakeFive.co.at joe@TakeFive.co.at --> Leherbauer@TakeFive.co.at --joe
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Connecting two NeXTs via Ethernet In-Reply-To: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca's message of Sun, 24 Sep 1995 17:13:22 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct8183103@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com> <DFF6IA.9r5@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 22:31:03 GMT Depends on your hub and the size of your network. Smart hubs will perform better. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <DFF6IA.9r5@novice.uwaterloo.ca> dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) writes: In article <442onc$ghn@news.halcyon.com>, Dean Johnson <thrall@mail.halcyon.com> wrote: > >I have two NeXT machines that I would like to coonect via ethernet, but I am >unsure which type of cabling I should you. Is there substanstial difference >between the coax (cheapernet) vs. the twisted-pair (UTP - phone wire). > >> No performance difference that I know of.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: GNU Taylor UUCP 1.06 Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct8183855@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 22:38:55 GMT Has anyone successfully compiled, installed and used GNU Taylor UUCP 1.06? Robert
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Virtual interfaces on NS? Date: 8 Oct 1995 20:05:38 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <459aui$rje@news.its.com> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) wrote: > First, is there a way to create virtual IP interfaces on a NeXT machine? No. NEXTSTEP does not currently support "IP aliasing". NS 4.0 hopefully will support this functionality, since NeXT is finally upgrading parts of their OS to the BSD 4.4 standard. However, I understand that NeXT is not going to publicly release NS 4.0 for black hardware due to performance considerations. [ I'd be happy to be proved wrong. But we'll see.... ] > I remember some code running around a couple years back, but it involved > hacking the kernel (obviously not meant for NS). So, what now? I need > to have multiple IPs for a virtual http server, and my clumsy thumbs > forced an emergency landing of my named. You cannot do what you want to do with NEXTSTEP. Get an Intel box and run BSDi or Linux. If you want better performance, get a (used) Sun SPARC with SunOS 5.x. > Second, does anyone know how to fix the ^%&@)* From: field in tin? The correct solution would be to use a fully-qualified domain name for your hostname. Unfortunately, this will break NetInfo and the pasteboard server. One workaround for this may be to put a "domainname fiber.net" command in /etc/rc.local. Failing that, hardcode the appropriate information into the source for TIN and recompile. Try to avoid the second workaround if you can. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: reynolds@superstore.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uucp to T1 (sendmail problems...) Date: 8 Oct 1995 23:07:42 GMT Organization: InteleNet Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <459lju$hhv@nikita.intelenet.net> I just switched to t1 acces from my old uucp account. I got DNS going, news running, the web server humming, and the popper popping. However, sendmail wont't work. ;^( Can someone email me a sendmail.cf that will work on a stand alone mail server dirrectly on the Internet? Anything else that I might need? thanks jack reynolds@superstore.com <---- this address works...
From: rdk@khaderp.vnet.net () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Samba configuration on the Next? Date: 8 Oct 1995 14:01:51 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> Hi there, I have configured samba to run on my Next Cube. Netinfo disables printcap. As a matter of fact there is no /etc/printcap. How to set up the print service in samba to work with Netinfo, or to use a printcap that is suitable to coexist with netinfo. Thanks, rdk@khaderp.vnet.net
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail 8.7.1 compiled for NS3.3 m68k? Date: 9 Oct 1995 01:23:32 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-b-04.usc.edu Message-ID: <459tik$1aa@usc.edu> Has someone compiled sendmail 8.7.1 for NS3.3 m68k and would be willing to NeXTMail or MIME it to me? along with documentation/man pages? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Samba configuration on the Next? Date: 9 Oct 1995 00:19:55 GMT Organization: Communicating for America Network Services Distribution: world Message-ID: <459prb$367@swifty.cfa.org> References: <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> In article <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> rdk@khaderp.vnet.net () writes: > > I have configured samba to run on my Next Cube. Netinfo disables > printcap. As a matter of fact there is no /etc/printcap. How to set up > the print service in samba to work with Netinfo, or to use a printcap that > is suitable to coexist with netinfo. > > rdk@khaderp.vnet.net Your smb.conf file should contain lines some what like this: [global] security = user printing = bsd printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap load printers = yes print command = /usr/ucb/lpr -P %p -hr %s Then you can create your own printcap file, possibly by doing "nidump printcap .. > /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap". Good luck, --- Jeff Hallgren jhall@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu (NeXT/MIME Mail OK)
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: 9 Oct 1995 05:01:34 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <45aabe$hmn@news4.digex.net> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> <459aui$rje@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) wrote: > > First, is there a way to create virtual IP interfaces on a NeXT > > machine? > No. NEXTSTEP does not currently support "IP aliasing". > NS 4.0 hopefully will support this functionality, since NeXT is > finally upgrading parts of their OS to the BSD 4.4 standard. > However, I understand that NeXT is not going to publicly release > NS 4.0 for black hardware due to performance considerations. [snip] Wow...since when? I thought that 4.0 would be out for black hardware... Why or where did you hear that it wouldn't be available for black? -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 9 Oct 1995 04:15:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <45a7kd$9q2@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: virtual@nando.yak.net (Jason L.Asbahr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: 09 Oct 1995 05:13:29 GMT Organization: TLGnet, a division of RGNet, Inc. Message-ID: <VIRTUAL.95Oct8221330@nando.yak.net> References: <JASON.95Oct5204036@fisher.psych.uh.edu> In-reply-to: jason@fisher.psych.uh.edu's message of 5 Oct 95 20:40:36 > http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/ > Last I head, /etc/ifconfig must support the -alias option to get virtual hosts to work. I anyone knows differently, or if this does compile out of the box, you'll make me and my clients VERY happy. I downloaded and compiled httpd-1.5b the other day. It's trivial to get it to compile -- one compilation-stopping error that copying a single line fixed. Now the question about ifconfig supporting -alias is more troublesome. A page that mentioned a hack for virtual hosting on Sun boxes described a kernel re-compilation. Hmm... Alex, if you really want a binary, I can tar one up and give you a URL to it. It might be not worth the trouble downloading, though, if we don't have a NEXTSTEP virtual host solution yet. (It *is* beta software still...) -- Jason Asbahr 808 Sul Ross Suite 7 Reactive Systems / C.R.A.S.H. Houston, Texas 77006 Consulting and Development (713) 942-7937 voice NeXT / Newton / Virtual Reality asbahr@crash.org (NeXTmail)
From: reynolds@superstore.com (Jack Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: everthing works except sendmail ;^( Date: 9 Oct 1995 03:03:42 GMT Organization: Interact On-line Message-ID: <reynolds-0810951908210001@ip-205.162.86.150.superstore.com> I just switched from a uucp feed to a t1. I got dns running, web serving, and popper popping. I can't get sendmail to work. Does anyone have a sendmail.cf set up for Main Machine on a t1 that they can email to me? Anything else I need to consider? jack reynolds@superstore.com <----- This email address is good hahaha
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Why does NFS Manager require host manager definitions? Message-ID: <westesDG5zGv.4ur@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 04:36:31 GMT Sender: westes@netcom19.netcom.com I have just realized that NFS Manager does not seem to work correctly with DNS. If I enter host names in the various permission lists in NFS Manager, it does not grant permission to these hosts unless the hosts are also defined in HostManager. Is there a way to make NFS Manager work with DNS? I see this as a real bug, or at least weakness, with NeXT's NFS. Surely we don't want to be duplicating our DNS definitions on the NeXT network also. -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextMail privacy (permissions on ~/MailBoxes) Date: 9 Oct 1995 04:40:26 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <45a93q$nqf@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <454aic$9t2@news1.ucsd.edu> cdl@unobtainium.ucsd.edu (C. Lowenstein) wrote: > Just yesterday I realized the implications of something that I > had observed quite some time ago. The permissions on Mailbox-related > files are very friendly on a plain out-of-the-box NeXTstep system. > > drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes > drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox > -rw-r--r-- ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox/mbox > This of course means that anybody can read anybody else's received > mail. My quick fix for this was > > # chmod 700 ~user_name/Mailboxes > which keeps other users out, but does not disrupt incoming mail. For people who haven't created their accounts yet, it might be helpful to (as root) do the command: chmod 700 /usr/template/user/Mailboxes That should mean that new users will be created with that directory permitted more reasonably. I haven't tried it though. > Surely I'm not the first to observe this, I hope. I've noticed it at times, but I didn't really consider the significance of it until you mentioned it... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: rdk@khaderp.vnet.net () Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Samba configuration on the Next? Date: 9 Oct 1995 08:07:37 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <45al89$2bn@mindy.vnet.net> References: <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> <459prb$367@swifty.cfa.org> jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) wrote: > In article <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> rdk@khaderp.vnet.net () writes: > > > > I have configured samba to run on my Next Cube. Netinfo disables > > printcap. As a matter of fact there is no /etc/printcap. How to set up > > the print service in samba to work with Netinfo, or to use a printcap that > > is suitable to coexist with netinfo. > > > > rdk@khaderp.vnet.net > Your smb.conf file should contain lines some what like this: [global] > security = user > printing = bsd > printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap > load printers = yes > print command = /usr/ucb/lpr -P %p -hr %s > Then you can create your own printcap file, possibly by doing "nidump printcap .. > /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap". > Good luck, > - > Jeff Hallgren > jhall@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu (NeXT/MIME Mail OK) Jeff, nidump is complaining Printer Local_Printer can't be represented in printcap format. the generated printcap file contains reference to a fax modem however nothing on the Local_Printer. Is this permissions of some sort? thanks, rdk@khaderp.vnet.net
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXHost not working Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:34:59 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <459243$14c@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4574kq$m9@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) wrote: > Hi, > i have a small problem with my newly setup home net. When I try to start applications > with -NXHost I get the following error message in the consol of the host tht should > display the Window: > Oct 8 01:01:46 marvin netmsgserver[22]: ipc_in_request: cannot deliver the message: > -102 Hi, I played around with it a little bit more and it seems that only GISO.app will not launch remotly. All other apps work. Hmm. Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: lemson@penguin.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Samba configuration on the Next? Date: 9 Oct 1995 08:00:47 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <45akrf$qti@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> <459prb$367@swifty.cfa.org> jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) writes: >In article <458lkf$e94@mindy.vnet.net> rdk@khaderp.vnet.net () writes: >> >> I have configured samba to run on my Next Cube. Netinfo disables >> printcap. As a matter of fact there is no /etc/printcap. How to set up >> the print service in samba to work with Netinfo, or to use a printcap that >> is suitable to coexist with netinfo. >> >> rdk@khaderp.vnet.net > Your smb.conf file should contain lines some what like this: >[global] > security = user > printing = bsd > printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap > load printers = yes > print command = /usr/ucb/lpr -P %p -hr %s > Then you can create your own printcap file, possibly by doing >"nidump printcap .. > /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap". All you need for a printcap is each printer on a separate line. The Samba documentation mentions this somewhere (for platforms that don't use printcap). Mine just has: lemson home 11> more /etc/printcap Local_Printer lemson home 12> And this works just fine to share to my Win 95 machine.
From: 30 Sep 1995 00:00:15 +0100 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: VT 420 Emulation available ?? Date: 9 Oct 1995 08:02:04 GMT Organization: Astrakan SDU AB Message-ID: <45akts$ppd@littlegreen.astrakan.se> Does some kind of VT 420 Emulation exist for NS? Regards, ASTRAKAN OBJECT TECHNOLOGIES Ulf Karlsson ulf@astrakan.se (Nextmail, Mime, Ascii)
From: ADRIE@TUDOBM.TUDelft.NL (A.Kooijman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: AT&T plan9 OS? Date: 9 Oct 1995 10:06:16 GMT Organization: TU Delft, Faculty IO Distribution: world Message-ID: <45as6o$8tu@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl> References: <453l9i$38q@mindy.vnet.net> In-Reply-To: CÙ 's message of 6 Oct 1995 16:25:22 GMT In <453l9i$38q@mindy.vnet.net> CÙ writes: > > I was looking at the AT&T web page, http://plan9.att.com/plan9, the new > unix operating system. > btw: In the faq it is explicitely stated that plan9 is NOT a 'new unix' | Adrie Kooijman, Delft University of Technology, | | The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, | | A.Kooijman@IO.TUDelft.NL http://www.io.tudelft.nl/ | + + | Data: "This is a thing. And things can be replaced. Lives cannot." | + + | Disclaimer: <Please fill in your own standard disclaimer here> |
From: altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: FAQ wanted on Fujitsu DynaMO M2512A & NS Date: 9 Oct 1995 05:59:03 -0400 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <45arp7$bna@news.duke.edu> I could really use a FAQ on running the Fujitsu M2512A "DynaMO" magneto-optical drive with NEXTSTEP. The main questions I have are: 1) How do you take 230MB MO disks in one format and change them into another? (e.g. DOS-> NeXT, DOS->Mac) 2) How do you maximize performance? (What disk formatting or drive configurations are best?) 3) What is the proper configuration for the drive? (e.g. device type, write cache, mac mode, write verify, sdp). Right now, I can get PC formatted disks into NeXT mode by doing a low-level Adaptec2940 BIOS format, and then NEXTSTEP initializing. But I can't get it into Mac mode. Once low-level formatted, I can't get it back into DOS mode. Also, write performance is only 100KB/sec (read performance is 900KB/sec). There must be some way to improve upon this, as even with the erase/write/verify operations, writing shouldn't be much less than 1/3 the read speed. Someone out there must have had enough experience to draw up a DynaMO/NEXTSTEP FAQ. If so, please post it, and send me a copy. Thanks much, Lee Altenberg Maui High Performance Computing Center altenber@mhpcc.edu altenber@acpub.duke.edu
From: Rocky Rockwell <rockwell@compass.sc.ti.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS will not boot Date: 9 Oct 1995 14:15:28 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Message-ID: <45baq0$8eb@tilde.csc.ti.com> References: <premoze.813005072@nag.cs.colorado.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit premoze@cs.colorado.edu (Simon Premoze) wrote: >I have a problem with booting NS. My machine hangs after (at) Configuring >Driver Devices. It simply hangs at that point. > >Any ideas or suggestions? > >-Simon > > What is on the when booting in verbose mode rocky
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com Subject: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Message-ID: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> Keywords: NS Intel CD-ROM Sender: root@il.us.swissbank.com (Operator) Organization: Swiss Bank Corporation CM&T Division Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 14:23:09 GMT Hi, I need some help with selecting a CD-ROM drive for my Pentium NS system. The brief specs of the system I'm trying to build are: Intel Pentium, 32Mb RAM Adaptec 2940 SCSI NS 3.3 I obtained the NS Hardware Compatibility List, and found everything I needed except CD-ROM drives. After getting the cheapest SCSI drive (Sanyo CRD-254SH) I found out it didn't quite work when I tried to install NEXTSTEP. It works fine with Windows - I can read Windows-compatible CDs, but with NS, it spins for a while and comes with diagnostic 'Drive not ready'. I assume the problem might be either 1. - SCSI adaptor (I am using Adaptec 2940) 2. - CD-ROM drive. Since the SCSI adaptor is listed as NS-compatible, I bet the problem is with the drive. If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands of CD-ROM drives are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance Dmitry Bulbin reply to: dbulb@dev.ny.us.swissbank.com
From: wilkie@narya. (Alexander Wilkie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetinfoManager dies... Date: 9 Oct 1995 13:52:29 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <45b9et$374@news.tuwien.ac.at> The following problem occurrs on my Intel system running 3.3 after I connected it to a mixed network consisting mainly of SGI workstations running IRIX: NetinfoMgr.app dies while the icon is still white (i.e. during loading) The only details that stuck me as being odd are that a) the system is otherwise perfectly all right, i.e. it boots o.k., all internet goodies work (I'm posting from this machine), no messages are sent to the console, one can add users etc. etc. and b) that, in UserMgr, one gets the impression that the local domain for the machine ("narya", the machine name) is on the same level as the "/" domain -> ? Obviously, I somehow damaged the Netinfo database during the connecting procedure, but why does it work then? I used SimpleNetworkStarter, telling the machine to be a local Netinfo master, under the perhaps false impression that it would then behave like the root for a (currently one-machine) Netinfo subnet to the existing SGI network. Has anyone experienced this problem before? Can one cure this problem? Please e-mail any responses, I'l summarize. ys & thanks in advance Alexander Wilkie wilkie@narya.cg.tuwien.ac.at
From: pbrucken@bdm.com (Pete Brucken) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need Recommendations for X-servers Date: 9 Oct 1995 14:05:19 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <45ba6v$vol@news.mcl.bdm.com> What is the "net consensus" regarding X-servers for Next? I have tried Co-Xist, are there any others, and are they better? Thanks in advance. Pete. -------------+------------+----------------------------------------- Pete Brucken | GO | Disclaimer: These opinions are mine, Dayton, OH | Bengals! | all mine, they may or may not reflect brucken@bdm.com | the opinions of my employer. --------------------------+-----------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal J. Bourguignon) Subject: could not allocate resources for DiamondStealthDisplay ? Message-ID: <DG5Crp.1Bt@burgond.remcomp.fr> Sender: pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr (Pascal Bourguignon) Organization: P. Bourguignon Informatique Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 20:26:12 GMT Hello, I'm trying to configure a Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM 1MB. However, I get these messages from the driver: Oct 7 02:46:31 petitprince mach: Registering: VGADisplay0 Oct 7 02:46:31 petitprince mach: Memory Maps: Couldn't reserve range 000a0000-000bffff Oct 7 02:46:31 petitprince mach: configureDriver: could not allocate resources for class DiamondStealthDisplayDriver What could I do to let it allocate its resources ? __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ pascal@burgond.remcomp.fr .................................................................... This posting is Copyright 1995 Pascal J. Bourguignon, and may be distributed freely by anyone except The Microsoft Network.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 9 Oct 1995 15:16:49 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <45bed1$4r8@news.its.com> References: <44mtsm$cl@news.its.com> <44rdgm$ih5@news.dgsys.com> alex@genoa.com (Alex Blakemore) wrote: > Chuck Swiger writes >> MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. > > and Unix originated in the late 60's... > software doesn't rot with age, much as it may seem like it. The original "Unix" (which was actually called "Unics" from "Multics") has only a historical relation to what we call Unix today. It didn't have VM, it didn't have memory protection, it didn't do preemptive multitasking. The reason Unix has so many short command names (mv, cp, rm, etc, etc) historically was to avoid using up the extra bytes of RAM in the original 24K PDP-7 machine. My point? Unix has been redesigned many times over the years. It's my understanding that MMDF has not had the level of redesign that Unix, or sendmail for that matter, has had. For most purposes (although perhaps not all), sendmail is a considerably better choice than MMDF. Especially when MMDF generates antiquated routing formats that are deprecated.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: lars@soul1 (Lars Konieczny) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Logitech SoundMan Wave driver? Date: 9 Oct 1995 14:20:07 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <45bb2n$33q@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Hi, has anybody written a driver for the Logitech SoundMan Wave card? This card uses an OPL4 chip and, according to the manual, it should be 100% compatible to the SoundBlaster16 and AdLib. Unfortunately, it is not, at least not under NEXTSTEP (3.2). None of the SB drivers work. Thanx in advance for your help, Lars lars@cognition.iig.uni-freiburg.de
From: clark@bruce.nist.gov (Charles Clark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: where to find "as" and "getarg" Date: 9 Oct 1995 15:49:13 GMT Organization: NIST Message-ID: <45bg9p$b5k@dove.nist.gov> Can anyone direct me to versions of the unix (some common form of it, it seems - at least they're implemented in HPUX) commands "as" and "getarg" that will compile under the NeXT OS. -- Charles W. Clark Electron and Optical Physics Division National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
From: jeff@econ.berkeley.edu (Jeffrey Ely) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: driver for black printer from remote Win95 pc Date: 9 Oct 1995 15:35:39 GMT Organization: Is a fine idea Message-ID: <45bfgc$mlu@agate.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 I want to preint over the network to from a PC running Windows 95 to my black printer which is connected to a cube. I am using Samba to export the printer to the MS network client. I see the printer from the PC, but I need to choose a driver for the printer. Anyone know where I can get a driver? Or can you suggest another postscript driver that will do? Jeff
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: X on NeXT: menubar, cascadebutton, KEYSYM errors? Date: 9 Oct 1995 16:25:01 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <45bict$8ib@nntp.Stanford.EDU> I recently installed the X package so that we can run Mosaic and Netscape in addition to OmniWeb (we need to check Web pages in a variety of Web browsers). When we start up Mosaic or Netscape on the non-ADB NeXTstations, we get the error message: Warning: Name: menubar Class: XmRowColumn Illegal mnemonic character; could not convert X KEYSYM to a keycode This doesn't seem to cause any real problems. But when we start up Mosaic or Netscape from our ADB Turbo Nextstation, we get, in addition, the following message: Warning: Name: cascadebutton Class: XmCascadeButtonGadget Illegal mnemonic character; could not convert X KEYSYM to a keycode The real problem is that we cannot get the "a" key to type an "a" (it types a backspace). There are other quirks as well. Do anyone know offhand what lines need to be added to the .Xdefaults file to fix this? Or could anyone tell me where to find the information? Thank you very much. -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTdimension dies - swapping server & ns3.3 machine - HELP!! Date: 9 Oct 1995 21:48:15 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <45c5av$4v8@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Summary: Monitor failure/server hd switch/no OCR Servant Keywords: monitor,server,hardrive,OCR Servant,Abaton Scanner We had a very small lan w/ NS 3.3 machines, all NeXTStations except for the server, a color NeXTdimension machine. To make a long story short, the secretary uses the server as her machine - she scans, prints etc. The monitor blew this morning. Since I couldn't swap one of the nextstation monitors onto it (the plugs are different on these color models), I came to the conclusion that I had only one option - to swap the hard drives of the large Nextstation (32 megs ram) and the nextdimension. So I removed the 480 meg from the server cpu, put it into a NS cpu, and put it on her desk. ALL server functions worked a-ok - *except* OCR Servant. (We have an Abaton Scan 300/GS scanner). Immediatly after launching the app, it comes up with this: OCR Servant Alert This copy of OCR Servant is registered for use on another computer. Please contact HSD US Inc. at (415) 964-1400 to purchase a copy for this machine. <ok> Anyone have any ideas *where* OCR servant keeps this data? I also *did* re-configure the ethernet addresses of each machine, just now infact, via NetInfoManager & a reboot. The whole lan ran fine all day today, though, w/o my switching it. I did so, figuring that OCR Servant was considering the 'machine' by it's ethernet address. I think I guessed wrong. Any help would be appreciated... -- The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all WWW: http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/home.htm NeXTMail: shane@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Date: 9 Oct 1995 22:04:21 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <45c695$nhf@news4.digex.net> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com wrote: > If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands of CD-ROM drives > are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! I would recommend getting any of the toshiba, sony or nec drives. Particularly the toshiba 3401, or 3501...(although I don't love the company, their products are nice). They have fast access times and they have the bonus feature that they will work with our soon to be released free ware CDapp that will let you digitally dupe audio over the SCSI bus :) -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: kline@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nick Kline) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware? Must be Date: 9 Oct 1995 14:10:59 -0700 Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ Message-ID: <45c353$doo@cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> <459aui$rje@news.its.com> <45aabe$hmn@news4.digex.net> >> NS 4.0 hopefully will support this functionality, since NeXT is >> finally upgrading parts of their OS to the BSD 4.4 standard. >> However, I understand that NeXT is not going to publicly release >> NS 4.0 for black hardware due to performance considerations. > >[snip] > >Wow...since when? I thought that 4.0 would be out for black >hardware... Why or where did you hear that it wouldn't be available >for black? > that must be wrong. I've read many times that next would support black for at least 4.0. -nick
From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: How to format HD as MAC?? Date: 9 Oct 1995 21:24:32 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <45c3ug$psv@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Dear NeXTers, does anyone know how to specify in my disktab entry, that I would like to have my harddisk formated as MacIntosh? I am trying to force NeXTstep to give me one partition NeXT and one partition Mac. Is it possible? Please send me an e-mail, I will be unable to read the news. I will repost your answers later, so that everybody can read them, but in one post. Thank you very much. Have a nice day. Rudy Blazek blazek@stt.msu.edu
From: Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:21:50 -0400 Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <MkSOuCm00iWZ0AHkdO@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> <459aui$rje@news.its.com> <45aabe$hmn@news4.digex.net> In-Reply-To: <45aabe$hmn@news4.digex.net> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 9-Oct-95 No public NS4 for black har.. by John Kheit@cnj.digex.net > chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: >> NS 4.0 hopefully will support this functionality, since NeXT is >> finally upgrading parts of their OS to the BSD 4.4 standard. >> However, I understand that NeXT is not going to publicly release >> NS 4.0 for black hardware due to performance considerations. > > [snip] > > Wow...since when? I thought that 4.0 would be out for black > hardware... Why or where did you hear that it wouldn't be available > for black? I heard this from someone who'd been experimenting with the NS 4.0 alpha release. NeXT has this compiled for black hardware, but the black hardware apparently is just too slow to run 4.0 acceptably. I'll pass on answering "who?" with specific names, although it's not hard to figure out what group of people would have access to NS 4.0 in alpha.... -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Adding users with 'nu' Message-ID: <A956793001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 09 Oct 95 17:06:00 EDT Ok, I've read the man page for 'nu' and I'm still not understanding what is going wrong. All I'm trying to do is set up my NeXT so that new users get their accounts added to /Users/<username> rather that /<username> I know (well... I _think_ ) that I'm supposed to change the line: DefaultHome = "" in /etc/nu.cf, but I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone answer this simple question? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: chin@clark.net (Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 9 Oct 1995 23:35:13 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Message-ID: <45cbjh$lu9@clarknet.clark.net> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <45c695$nhf@news4.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com wrote: : > If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands of CD-ROM drives : > are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! : : I would recommend getting any of the toshiba, sony or nec drives. : : Particularly the toshiba 3401, or 3501...(although I don't love : the company, their products are nice). I friend of mine had problems getting a 3501 (or 3601? the quad speed one) to work with the Buslogic BT-445C in a Canon object.station 41. It couldn't mount the NEXTSTEP 3.3 CD-ROM properly... the system would see the Toshiba drive, but it says that the CD-ROM has no valid label and of course, it could not mount it. A quad speed Plextor worked just fine. Any ideas? I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Buslogic problem. I haven't had a problem with the 3301 or 3401 on other systems... they and the Plextor 3028/5028 are the only drives I know that can be used to install NS on a HP workstation. As for the original question, in the myriad world of various SCSI devices and controller from many manufacturers, the problem is often not NEXTSTEP. If the SCSI device conforms to the same common command set and behaves properly, it should work. In practice, that means products where the manufacturer skimped and only got to work with their special device driver under DOS usually doesn't work. Or sometimes it's just voodoo. I haven't had a problem with DPT's or Adaptec's with any SCSI device I've used. Early NEC single speed and the 3Xp I know don't work. Later NEC's might require switching to SCSI-2 mode (the 3Xe for example). Some models of the NEC 3Xe and 3Xi require firmware upgrades to fix bugs. I always hesitate on drives that are available *only* with their own SCSI controllers - I wonder if they did enough testing. Models I know that work: Plextor 2X, 4X, Sony 1X, 2X, NEC 3X[ei] (with proper firmware), 4X, Toshiba 1X, 2X and the Chinon 2X. Others have reported success with the Toshiba 4X on other controllers. Most likely the Plextor 6X, the NEC 6X, and the Sony 4X work also. When it doubt, get it from someplace with a 30 day money-back guarantee. ..Bill
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: 10 Oct 1995 00:08:58 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <45cdiq$hvs@paladin.american.edu> References: <MkSOuCm00iWZ0AHkdO@andrew.cmu.edu> In article <MkSOuCm00iWZ0AHkdO@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: :I heard this from someone who'd been experimenting with the NS 4.0 alpha :release. NeXT has this compiled for black hardware, but the black :hardware apparently is just too slow to run 4.0 acceptably. : :I'll pass on answering "who?" with specific names, although it's not :hard to figure out what group of people would have access to NS 4.0 in :alpha.... : If NeXT is listening to the newsgroups these days I ask that they announce very soon if 4.0 will be available for NeXT hardware. Didn't NeXT say that Moto hardware would be supported at LEAST to 4.0? -- Torrey McMahon
From: szatezal@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTdimension dies - swapping server & ns3.3 machine - HELP!! Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 01:26:32 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <45ci81$6cs@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <45c5av$4v8@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) wrote: >I also *did* re-configure the ethernet addresses of each machine, >just now infact, via NetInfoManager & a reboot. The whole lan ran >fine all day today, though, w/o my switching it. I did so, figuring >that OCR Servant was considering the 'machine' by it's >ethernet address. I think I guessed wrong. Just to clear something up - Yes, I know the ethernet address is hard coded into the/a rom on the motherboard. Regarding the above statement I was hoping OCR servant read the address from the nid. Sorry - I guess I should have been a bit more clear. The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/home.htm
From: lusty@aimnet.com (Lusty Wench) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Null out rdb's? Date: 9 Oct 1995 17:51:10 -0700 Organization: AIMNet Corp. Message-ID: <45cg1u$f0q@aimnet.aimnet.com> We have an HP machine running NS 3.3, and we've had two strange incidents with it today. The machine doesn't do anything but sit in a corner on the net and run a Mindshare server. This morning, Mindshare was painfully slow, and though we could find nothing obvious wrong with the machine we rebooted, which solved the "problem". This afternoon, the entire machine just locked up. Upon examining the console log (which contains entries dating back to June of this year), I find exactly two strange entries that happen to occur just before the two incidents of today: Oct 3 10:37:54 gromit mach: Trying to null out rbd's Oct 3 16:15:24 gromit mach: Trying to null out rbd's Does anybody know what these messages mean? Thanks :-) Lusty
From: root@universe.halcyon.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BuildDisk problems Date: 10 Oct 1995 02:15:26 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45ckvu$2j6@news.halcyon.com> I just purchased a new external drive that I would like to make the boot drive. I followed the directions in the Sys.admin book, but BuildDisk did not do a good job. It copied some files, but left some out - like /etc. It's not there and when I switched SCSI ID to 0 to boot it can't find mach_init and hangs. Did I do something weird or does BuildDisk not really build a bootable disk? Any info on attatching and making bootable disks would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dean BTW the disk that I have may not be formatted, but it initialized just fine. Is that a problem?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to backup NS3.3 on Fujitsu 230MO Message-ID: <1995Oct9.220921.18990@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: root@tardis.iupui.edu (Operator) Date: 9 Oct 95 22:09:21 -0500 I have a Fujitsu 230MB Magneto Optical Drive running well on NS3.3. I was wondering if there is anyway I can use this drive to backup up NS3.3 using the 230MB disks. I looked at the SafetyNet demo, but I didn't see this drive supported. I it possible to do without any fancy software. I would like to use this system to reinstall NS3.3 in case of a crash. Please send email to: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: root@universe.halcyon.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Follow-up on BuildDisk problem Date: 10 Oct 1995 03:50:03 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45cqhb$5up@news.halcyon.com> I ran sdform /dev/rsd1a to format the new drive and the message stated that it would take about 34 minutes to complete, but the operation only to maybe 45 seconds and then it said that format was complete. Can someone tell me why? Now I am getting errors about being able to mount the disk when I run BuildDisk again and it aborts the build. Any info greatly appreciated, Dean Johnson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: GNU Taylor UUCP 1.06 Message-ID: <DG7tzv.3IK@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <RDL.95Oct8183855@world.std.com> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 04:33:30 GMT In article <RDL.95Oct8183855@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Has anyone successfully compiled, installed and used GNU Taylor UUCP 1.06? > > Robert Yes.. Works great.. -Alby
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7.1 compiled for NS3.3 m68k? Message-ID: <DG7u1n.3JB@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <459tik$1aa@usc.edu> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 04:34:33 GMT In article <459tik$1aa@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > Has someone compiled sendmail 8.7.1 for NS3.3 m68k and would be willing to > NeXTMail or MIME it to me? along with documentation/man pages? > -- > Thanks and be well, > > Matthew Somebody needs to place the compiled code and source code on the ftp.cs.orst.edu server...
From: ecesys <ecesys@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP + NetInfo sleeping Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 03:30:10 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Message-ID: <xbMA-jC.ecesys@delphi.com> After configuring one of our systems for a PPP link as a "standalone" machine, PPP+Popover.app work fine, but we have been unable to get our sendmail to work[NSFIP 3.3]. We get the following messages in Console and mqueue/syslog: Oct 9 23:05:19 fossum sendmail[331]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping Has anyone seen this before? and does anyone have a bullet-proof sendmail.cf for PPP? Thanks!
From: ADRIE@TUDOBM.TUDelft.NL (A.Kooijman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: lpr problems Date: 10 Oct 1995 08:03:59 GMT Organization: TU Delft, Faculty IO Distribution: world Message-ID: <45d9df$llf@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl> References: <44tfrh$p2k@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl> In-Reply-To: KOOIJMAN@TUDOBM.TUDelft.NL's message of 4 Oct 1995 08:15:45 GMT I have some problems printing from an Intel based NeXStep machine (IBM Valuepoint, NeXTstep 3.3). If I print a NeXTstep window via lpr on another system, the remote system (VAX 4300, UCX) the following problems exist: 1 In the VAX printqueue an unexpected parameter sheet_size is defined. On the NeXT machine in the /usr/spool/*/cf* file is a line: S1536 119107 which I cannot explain, and so don't the manualpages ! How do I get rid of this line, preferably on the sending (NeXTstep) side. 2 Another strange effect is that every printjob consist of only one page, (the last) the only way to print a multi page (graphical) window is using preview and then printing page-by-page. 3 Print the same document on two diffent PostScript printers give different results: A Digital LN03 Scriptprinter works fine, A HP LaserJet 4MP doesn't seem to recognize Helvetica as a font, substituting Courier for it. Where should I begin to look, NeXTstep, The Application, the VAX or the printer ? I'm a bit out of ideas and NeXTanswers hasn't brought me much further. Any hints are welcome. | Adrie Kooijman, Delft University of Technology, | | The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, | | A.Kooijman@IO.TUDelft.NL http://www.io.tudelft.nl/ | + + | Data: "This is a thing. And things can be replaced. Lives cannot." | + + | Disclaimer: <Please fill in your own standard disclaimer here> |
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PGP Frontend? Date: 10 Oct 1995 08:49:16 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <45dc2c$l6b@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <DG2wvx.K8@RnA.NL> In article <DG2wvx.K8@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > Did someone ever produce a NS frontend for encrypting and viewing/editing files > with PGP? > There are a number (it seems we like our privacy ;-) The ones I use are: - CryptorBundle for Mail; - PGP for TickleServices These are both on peanuts There are others: please don't infer that they aren't as good just because I don't list them. Dave -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.i mQBtAi9B894AAAEDAMQNCy0RAhpbkAUdG9SoFcYG0wjqR6cvpzqvgRjfpL4jTByw XhP0GXfs2r+doiEoMgOVsCiJ4eQspn05/Bm8fqU2Zk3gWycF47FBlLVgg5HXGJoo UlEf1pCULQ20WQ4LDQAFEbQsRGF2aWQgQS4gQ295bGUgPGRjb3lsZUBnb2FubmEu bXBpLWhkLm1wZy5kZT4= =h2d3 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Viewing /usr/local/man in Digital Librarian? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 10 Oct 1995 08:58:30 GMT Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <45dcjm$nio@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> References: <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> <JBRYANS.95Oct6171224@wren.csulb.edu> In-reply-to: jbryans@csulb.edu's message of 7 Oct 1995 00:12:25 GMT >>>>> "Jack" == Jack Bryans <jbryans@csulb.edu> writes: Jack> In article <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Jack> Christian Hårseth) writes: Arne> Why does Digital Librarian refuse to index /usr/local/man? Jack> Look at the setup in /usr/man: Jack> robin:/usr/man 66$ ls -A Jack> .dir.tiff Jack> .displayCommand Jack> .index.iname Jack> .index.itype Jack> .index.store Jack> ... Jack> If you duplicate that in /usr/local/man and provide your own, or Jack> most any .dir.tiff, there's a good chance the Librarian will Jack> index it and create the .index.store. Thanks! Copying .displayCommand and .dir.tiff from /usr/man to /usr/local/man and indexing /usr/local/man as root worked for me. I suppose copying .dir.tiff isn't necessary. I added a "Local" to it to distinguish it from the /usr/man icon. Arne -- Arne Hårseth | Email: arneha@ifi.uio.no Ma.S student at | X400 work: Arne.Harseth@s.nett.telenor.no the University of Oslo, Norway | Phone: + 47 22 77 05 34 (w)
From: Rev. Nutting Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: 10 Oct 1995 11:53:05 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <45dmr1$ei2@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> <459aui$rje@news.its.com> <45aabe$hmn@news4.digex.net> <MkSOuCm00iWZ0AHkdO@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 9-Oct-95 No public NS4 for > black har.. by John Kheit@cnj.digex.net > > chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > >> I understand that NeXT is not going to publicly release > >> NS 4.0 for black hardware due to performance considerations. > > > > Wow...since when? I thought that 4.0 would be out for black > > hardware... Why or where did you hear that it wouldn't be available > > for black? > I heard this from someone who'd been experimenting with the NS 4.0 alpha > release. NeXT has this compiled for black hardware, but the black > hardware apparently is just too slow to run 4.0 acceptably. Hmmm, I dunno about that. I heard from someone who's been experimenting with 4.0 on a Color Turbo slab that the speed was no where near as bad as he expected. Even the new Edit and PB, using the new NSText object, which were alleged to be slow as hell, seemed OK. I am not making this up. Perhaps, though, on non-turbo machines, it's somewhat slower, although in monochrome it's probably OK. /* Jack Nutting Integrity Solutions * * jnutting@is.com (612)223-8474 * * <http://www.is.com/Users/jnutting/homePage.html> */
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:03:59 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45ecif$80r@news.medusa.es> References: <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> Hi! In article <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> ah@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) writes: > > I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. > > Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to > access > > a file: > > - In few cases, it works. > > - It doesn't work and I get: > > - file is a directory > > - file is readable, but has 0 bytes > > - open(file) hangs indefinitely > > Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: > > rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. > > This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you > can > > mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file > > format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), > > it works fine over nfs. > > > I hate to reply to myself, but if nobody other does it... > I was told to try different mount options. The only option, which causes > changes in behaviour, is noac. You find the commands and results below. > Any ideas? I hate to respond this but, I spent a BIG amount of time trying to do this and got nowhere. As you say, only BSD format CD's mount correctly and you get all kind of errors with ISO9600. I tried from OS/2 with TCP/IP and from NS (3.2 and 3.3) and, in both cases I only managed to see the CD directory entries but couldn't print the contents of any file. Following the documentation, I tried to mount the CD early in the boot process (in rc). This involved loading the kernel driver for the 'cfs' filesystem before mounting the CD. After some tests I got all this working but it led to the same results. I asked to people in the Net and most of the responses I got were "me too's" telling me to let them know if I got it working. At the end I gave up. So this is my "me too" :-) If you can get it to work, please let me know. Luck! -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7.1 compiled for NS3.3 m68k? Date: 10 Oct 1995 16:36:56 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Distribution: world Message-ID: <45e7f8$bqn@paladin.american.edu> References: <DG7u1n.3JB@empire.org> In article <DG7u1n.3JB@empire.org> (Albatross) writes: : : : Somebody needs to place the compiled code and source code on :the ftp.cs.orst.edu server... There are so many compile options it almost makes that idea bad. You can implement db support, different archs, NIS or NIS+ or do what I did and just make one for NeXT only. I could post that NeXT only version if there is more interest. You do have to make your own cf file for sendmail as the format has changed between 8.7.1 and 5.6. I guess I could make two that "emulate" the "MAIN MACHINE" and "MAIL SPOOL" cf's NeXT uses but that could be awhile. -- Torrey McMahon
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:03:23 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45echb$7so@news.medusa.es> References: <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> Hi! In article <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> ah@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) writes: > > I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. > > Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to > access > > a file: > > - In few cases, it works. > > - It doesn't work and I get: > > - file is a directory > > - file is readable, but has 0 bytes > > - open(file) hangs indefinitely > > Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: > > rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. > > This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you > can > > mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file > > format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), > > it works fine over nfs. > > > I hate to reply to myself, but if nobody other does it... > I was told to try different mount options. The only option, which causes > changes in behaviour, is noac. You find the commands and results below. > Any ideas? I hate to respond this but, I spent a BIG amount of time trying to do this and got nowhere. As you say, only BSD format CD's mount correctly and you get all kind of errors with ISO9600. I tried from OS/2 with TCP/IP and from NS (3.2 and 3.3) and, in both cases I only managed to see the CD directory entries but couldn't print the contents of any file. Following the documentation, I tried to mount the CD early in the boot process (in rc). This involved loading the kernel driver for the 'cfs' filesystem before mounting the CD. After some tests I got all this working but it led to the same results. I asked to people in the Net and most of the responses I got were "me too's" telling me to let them know if I got it working. At the end I gave up. So this is my "me too" :-) If you can get it to work, please let me know. Luck! -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:03:45 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45eci1$80q@news.medusa.es> References: <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> Hi! In article <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> ah@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) writes: > > I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. > > Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to > access > > a file: > > - In few cases, it works. > > - It doesn't work and I get: > > - file is a directory > > - file is readable, but has 0 bytes > > - open(file) hangs indefinitely > > Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: > > rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. > > This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you > can > > mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file > > format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), > > it works fine over nfs. > > > I hate to reply to myself, but if nobody other does it... > I was told to try different mount options. The only option, which causes > changes in behaviour, is noac. You find the commands and results below. > Any ideas? I hate to respond this but, I spent a BIG amount of time trying to do this and got nowhere. As you say, only BSD format CD's mount correctly and you get all kind of errors with ISO9600. I tried from OS/2 with TCP/IP and from NS (3.2 and 3.3) and, in both cases I only managed to see the CD directory entries but couldn't print the contents of any file. Following the documentation, I tried to mount the CD early in the boot process (in rc). This involved loading the kernel driver for the 'cfs' filesystem before mounting the CD. After some tests I got all this working but it led to the same results. I asked to people in the Net and most of the responses I got were "me too's" telling me to let them know if I got it working. At the end I gave up. So this is my "me too" :-) If you can get it to work, please let me know. Luck! -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:06:41 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45ecnh$80u@news.medusa.es> References: <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> Keywords: NFS Hi! In article <44ueqq$af3@news.tuwien.ac.at> ah@cslab.tuwien.ac.at (Andreas Haleger) writes: > > I inserted a cdrom and wanted to use it at my pc. So I nfs-mounted it. > > Directory information is read without problems, but when trying to > access > > a file: > > - In few cases, it works. > > - It doesn't work and I get: > > - file is a directory > > - file is readable, but has 0 bytes > > - open(file) hangs indefinitely > > Sometimes I get a message on the console of the NeXTstation saying: > > rfs_read: Attempt to access non-file. > > This problem only occurs, if the cdrom is in ISO9600 format (i.e. you > can > > mount it with mount -t cfs -r /dev/rsd3h /cdrom). If it's in BSD file > > format (like NeXT's installation cds, mount -t 4.3 -r /dev/sd3a /cdrom), > > it works fine over nfs. > > > I hate to reply to myself, but if nobody other does it... > I was told to try different mount options. The only option, which causes > changes in behaviour, is noac. You find the commands and results below. > Any ideas? I hate to respond this but, I spent a BIG amount of time trying to do this and got nowhere. As you say, only BSD format CD's mount correctly and you get all kind of errors with ISO9600. I tried from OS/2 with TCP/IP and from NS (3.2 and 3.3) and, in both cases I only managed to see the CD directory entries but couldn't print the contents of any file. Following the documentation, I tried to mount the CD early in the boot process (in rc). This involved loading the kernel driver for the 'cfs' filesystem before mounting the CD. After some tests I got all this working but it led to the same results. I asked to people in the Net and most of the responses I got were "me too's" telling me to let them know if I got it working. At the end I gave up. So this is my "me too" :-) If you can get it to work, please let me know. Luck! -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sorry for multiple posting Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:15:26 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45ed7u$872@news.medusa.es> Hi all! I just posted a lot of copies of the same message (Re: NFS mounting cfs (ISO9660) file system) thinking it wasn't working (NewsGrazer told me so) but they did get posted. I'm sorry for any inconvenience. Regards... -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: seanl@carmi.cs.umd.edu (Sean Luke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Date: 10 Oct 1995 14:50:36 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Message-ID: <45e17s$kb5@hecate.umd.edu> References: <44hvjr$8sf@optical.fiber.net> <459aui$rje@news.its.com> <MkSOuCm00iWZ0AHkdO@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger (cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote: >I heard this from someone who'd been experimenting with the NS 4.0 alpha >release. NeXT has this compiled for black hardware, but the black >hardware apparently is just too slow to run 4.0 acceptably. >I'll pass on answering "who?" with specific names, although it's not >hard to figure out what group of people would have access to NS 4.0 in >alpha.... That would be me. Here at the University of Maryland at College Park, the heart of NeXTSTEP operating system software development, we've been quietly developing NS 4.0. :-) Now I know that everyone wants to know what the software will be like. Well, I can assure everyone that it will NOT run on the Newton (we had a version running, but the performance was just not acceptable). I +can+ say without a doubt that its version number will be 0.7 greater than the last release. ...taking credit where credit isn't due, Sean :-) <-for the extraordinarily humor-impaired. Sean Luke U Maryland at College Park seanl@cs.umd.edu http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/seanl/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-hardware@antigone.com Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware? Message-ID: <36667A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 10 Oct 95 12:25:00 EDT [ the thread had been in csn-sysadmin, I thought csn-hardware might be interested as well ] [ the thread started when someone posted that there would not be a public 4.0 for original black NeXT hardware ] {A followup poster wrote:} that must be wrong. I've read many times that next would support black for at least 4.0. {Finally, I <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> add:} I don't know whether it is right or wrong, but I would not go so far as to say that it "must" be wrong. I've heard many complaints that 3.3 runs slow on black, and I don't think it is hard to believe that 4.x might be too far beyond what a regular black NeXT can handle (and I doubt a lot of people can buy a $900+ accelerator board, and even so, why would they when the money would probably be better spent toward a newer Intel system. I love the black hardware, but I live with the fact that NeXT left it behind. I'm surprised they ever claimed that 4.x would run on it. My biggest concern is that in a year or two the apps which come out will be unable to run on < 4.x. There are already apps which require 3.3 or EOF. Does this mean that newer versions of Stuart/Opener/etc are going to run only on 4.x? Will 3.x programes need to be recompiled? I guess time will tell (I'm sure not waiting for NeXT to tell). TjL I don -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: jes@nsi.rednsi.com (Josep Egea i Sanchez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXHost not working Date: 10 Oct 1995 19:08:15 GMT Organization: Medusa Message-ID: <45egav$95p@news.medusa.es> References: <4574kq$m9@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Hi, In article <4574kq$m9@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) writes: > i have a small problem with my newly setup home net. When I > try to start applications with -NXHost I get the > following error message in the consol of the host tht > should display the Window: > > Oct 8 01:01:46 marvin netmsgserver[22]: > ipc_in_request: cannot deliver the message: -102 > > What does the number -102 mean? Telneting, nfs and all the > other stuff works. When NXHosting through a dial-up connection, you must inform "nmserver" of the new available adresses. You can do it by sending SIGUSR1 (or was it SUGUSR2) to it in both machines (server an client). So you must get the PID of nmserver 'ps -ax | grep nmserver' and then send it the signal 'kill -USR1 pid' where pid is the nmserver PID. You can put this commands in the scripts that are executed when the connection is established for automating the job. It has worked for me, though it's not very useful at modem speeds. Hope this helps. -- Josep Egea - jes@nsi.rednsi.com - NeXTMail & MIME OK Nexus Servicios de Informacion - Barcelona (Spain) Telf: + 34 3 285 00 70 - Fax: + 34 3 285 00 70
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Malformed Mach-o file Date: 10 Oct 1995 11:53:15 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <45dmrb$1lj@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Hello, after moving my local disk into the new PC I get the following error on the old station which is still running the name server: Oct 10 12:02:24 marvin named[4386]: can't exec /usr/local/etc/named-xfer: Malformed Mach-o file But the named-xfer executable runns fine when invoked manually from the shell. I recompiled named and named-xfer but the problem persisted. Any hints? Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: steen@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Steen Hansen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: disktab URGENTLY needed (have HP-UX disktab) Date: 10 Oct 1995 19:44:51 GMT Organization: University Technology Services Message-ID: <45eifj$eof@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I have a CONNER CFP2105S (also called CFP1080S) drive I'm trying to put a on old black pizzabox. I got ahold of a disktab entry for an HP, but can't make it work with the format for the NeXT (rev 3.0). Can anybody help? The HP-UX disktab is: CFP2105S:\ :ty=winchester:ns#69:nt#10:nc#3015:rm#5400:\ :s0#24280:b0#8192:f0#1024:\ :s1#48560:b1#8192:f1#1024:\ :s2#2095425:b2#8192:f2#1024:\ ... They say the sector size is 512, 139 sec/track, 10 track/cyl, 3015 cylinders and 5400 rev/min. Can anybody list what the full NeXT disktab is? Thanks Steen -- Steen Hansen (Hviid) Computer Specialist, The Ohio State University There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the earth as if it was a business in liquidation. -- Herman Daly, quoted in "Earth in the Balance"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: andreas@esag.ch (Andreas Lutsch) Subject: Re: ntpd polling interval Message-ID: <DG6qq2.B7@esag.ch> Sender: news@esag.ch Organization: Trinex AG, Sissach, CH References: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 14:25:13 GMT Alvin Jee writes > Does anybody know (and will tell me :) ) how to set the polling interval > for ntpd? Once a minute is too often. I don't connect to the net all the time > and I get a message on the console from ntpd once a minute saying that it > can't reach the server or something like that when I am not connected. If you get that info, would you send me a copy? I faced a similar problem and solved it by 1) giving no server information to ntpd (letting it run unsynchronized) 2) invoking 'ntp -s' automatically immediately after establishing a connection to the Net Maybe that could work for you, too. Possibly you can additionally adjust your local clock by editing /etc/ntp.drift, but I'm not sure if this works on a NeXT. Andreas
From: diverjeff@aol.com (DIVERJEFF) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP!!! Next new serial drivers broke system Date: 10 Oct 1995 16:03:42 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <45ejiu$qr3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> I just installed the new 3 part NeXT serial port driver set on my Pentium 90 computer. After doing configure and rebooting I am having strange lock-up problems with both PS/2 style mouse and MS serial mouse using com1. Either way, when starting games such as Ac Chen which is a block matching game or Solitaire once I click on the first object the game freezes with spinning disk cursor and must be Killed through Process Manager. Does anyone know how to de-install this (un)upgrade and re-install 3.30 serial port driver from CD-ROM? Simply doing this from within Configure does not work since files were over-written in upgrade Thank much in advance! Keep the faith! Down with the Evil Empire of the North
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: t93810am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (miyos) Subject: SMC ethercard Message-ID: <1995Oct10.220702.6719@sfc.keio.ac.jp> Sender: news@sfc.keio.ac.jp Organization: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Fujisawa Japan Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 22:07:02 GMT Hello, I am running NEXTSTEP3.3 on a Intel machine. I am using SMC's Ether Elite16 Combo. And I have been having trouble with my ether-card and it is driving me crazy!! When, I try to boot and my computer recognizes my ether-card, it spits out an message repeatedly, over over again.... rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff I found out that the message comes from SMC.m in .../DriverKit/SMC16/SMC16_reloc.tproj/SMC16.m ____________________________________________________________ /* * Display a slightly different, equally cryptic message * if the pointer to the next buffer in this header is outside * the range configured buffers. If this is the case, force a * reset by invoking -timeoutOccurred. */ if (rhdr->next >= rstop || rhdr->next < rstart) { IOLog("rhdr2 rstat %02x next %02x len %x\n", *(unsigned char *)&rhdr->rstat, rhdr->next, rhdr->len); [net work incrementInputErrors]; [self timeoutOccurred]; return; } ____________________________________________________________ I don't have a clue what it means... Has anyone had this problem?? Or, does anyone know how to solve this?? Please, send e-mail to miyos@omron3.sp.cs.cmu.edu Thank you very much . Akihiko Miyoshi miyos@omron3.sp.cs.cmu.edu
From: rragner@panther.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hewlett Packard 4M Plus Date: 10 Oct 1995 22:25:49 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <45ertd$3k8@news.iastate.edu> How do I install a HewlettPackard 4M Plus so that all of our NeXT computers (and Intel computers running NEXTSTEP) can print to it on ethernet? I searched NeXTanswers and only found a mention of the capability in the last "And More..." paragraph of a NEXTSTEP In Focus article. I found the ethernet address of the printer via the "Test Print" page and I have found an unused IP address in my subnet. Now, how do I tell NetInfo that the IP address I found is associated with the HP printer and that it is a printer? Thanks!!! -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
From: sela@iastate.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 68040-->68060 anyone? Date: 11 Oct 1995 01:14:27 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Distribution: world Message-ID: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug and play? Thanks in advance for any replies. -- *******************IOWA***STATE***UNIVERSITY******************** * Brian Morrison sela@iastate.edu (NeXT Mail welcome!) * * --------------------------------------------------------- * * http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sela * ****************************************************************
From: dana@MCS.COM (Dana Shadrick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTStep as Primary DNS? Date: 10 Oct 1995 21:56:27 -0500 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <45fbor$no7@Mercury.mcs.com> Does it makes sense to set up a NEXTSTEP server as a primary name server using BIND? Does Netinfo get in the way or is the setup similar to the setup for Solaris? Are there any reasons not to use NEXTSTEP as a primary name server (other than the problems with lookupd which are supposedly being fixed this month)? We are considering the purchase Sun's Netra internet server for more robust internet connectivity, but I wanted to see if NEXTSTEP could hold out a little longer before we purchase the Netra. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks, --- Dana Shadrick dana@sgsnet.com
From: ggerard@onramp.net (Greg Gerard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DOS and NeXT time conflicts Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 03:10:07 GMT Organization: Salve, Inc. Message-ID: <45fcbk$ssg@news.onramp.net> I run NS part-time on my machine. It seems that DOS and NS have differing opinions on how time should be stored in the machine clock. When I boot NS with the real time, suddenly, it's November 1994 when I go back to DOS. What gives? thanks, greg
From: ggerard@onramp.net (Greg Gerard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 4.0 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 03:11:49 GMT Organization: Salve, Inc. Message-ID: <45fceq$ssg@news.onramp.net> Does anyone have any info on NS 4.0? What's it going to include, what are the major changes, etc. Also, most importantly, when? thanks, greg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Message-ID: <DG9rp6.65w@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 05:39:05 GMT In article <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> sela@iastate.edu writes: > > Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug and play? > Thanks in advance for any replies. > > -- Where can I purchase the 68060 chips? -Alby
From: <45e17s$kb5@hecate.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: stty 57600 fails, for ppp connections? Date: 11 Oct 1995 09:26:07 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access BETA News Server Message-ID: <45g2jf$27c@mindy.vnet.net> Hi there, Is 19200 is the highest speed on a terminal settings? stty 57600 fails with unknown 57600 mode message. I am using Albey's ppp on a 3.1 NSblack, and trying to get the maximum performance of my USR28.8 modem. The destination allows speed settings up to 57600 baud but the most I can get out the of stty is 19200. in ttydev.h there is reference to higher speeds but the max used in the code is 38400 I think! Even when I changed the code to accept 57600 I never connected, an stty of the speed must proceed before starting ppp. Did anybody encounter such a problem? Any of the ppp users on a black hardware using a higher speed than 19200? thanks, rdk@khaderp.vnet.net
From: barclay@king.trs.ntc.nokia.com (Alan Barclay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Date: 11 Oct 1995 13:13:59 GMT Organization: Nokia Group Message-ID: <45gfun$hoh@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> Keywords: NS Intel CD-ROM I have used Sony and Toshiba (Old Single Speed) CD-ROMS on black NeXT machines with no problems. I currently have an NEC 512? 6x SCSI CD-ROM in a Pentium machine with an NCR SCSI Adapter - which also works with no problems (pretty quick too). Alan Barclay
From: rick@mft.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DOS and NeXT time conflicts Date: 11 Oct 1995 14:29:22 GMT Organization: Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Message-ID: <45gkc2$5ug@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> References: <45fcbk$ssg@news.onramp.net> <45ggmr$2un@uceng.uc.edu> In article <45ggmr$2un@uceng.uc.edu> matthews@reeses.uucp (Bradley O. Matthews) writes: >dos, windows, and ns all do have conflicting times. The work around is to have >dos and windows set to the correct time zone while keeping NS in the Greenwich >time zone. what a pain! > >bradley matthews We use PC-NFS on our DOS/Nextstep machines. An 'rdate timehost' in autoexec.bat on the DOS side and '/usr/etc/ntp -F' in /etc/rc on the Nextstep side allow both operating systems to have the correct time across reboots. -- Rick Gray, Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx 77030 | Internet: rick@mft.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu | NeXTMail accepted
From: tremblay_michel@tandem.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nawk for NSFIP availability Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:07:58 GMT Organization: Tandem Computers,Inc. (Austin, TX) Message-ID: <951011110758.231AAEYE.pmt@a22459> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: nawk awk Bonjour everyone, I need a nawk to work on my NextStep 3.3 for intel processor. Any idea where I can get one copy (a URL would be perfect). A uuencoded file containing source and code would be even better. Thanks. Michel. Pierre-Michel Tremblay | Email: tremblay_michel@tandem.com Tandem Computers Canada Ltd | NS 3.3 FIP. 2000, ave du college McGill | NeXT and MIME mail ok. Bureau 800 | Voice: 514/282-3123 Montreal, Quebec H3A 3H3 | Fax: 514/282-6349
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware? Must be Date: 11 Oct 1995 11:19:28 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <45gna0$s9c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <45c353$doo@cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu> NEXTSTEP aka "OPENSTEP for Mach" 4.0 will be available for black hardware. Who starts these silly rumors, anyway? Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Virtual interfaces on NS? Date: 11 Oct 1995 11:19:30 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <45gna2$s9d@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <459aui$rje@news.its.com> In article <459aui$rje@news.its.com>, chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: >However, I understand >that NeXT is not going to publicly release NS 4.0 for black hardware due to >performance considerations. This turns out not to be the case. I really hate rumors. Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: 11 Oct 1995 11:19:33 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <45gna5$s9f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <45cdiq$hvs@paladin.american.edu> In article <45cdiq$hvs@paladin.american.edu>, tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: >Didn't NeXT say that Moto >hardware would be supported at LEAST to 4.0? Yes, 'they' did. The 4.0 PR1 runs just fine on my NeXTdimension system, thank you. This is just the sort of mindless rumor that leads to huge pointless flame wars. It ain't true. Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tm@burrow.muc.de (the mole) Subject: Re: Q: stty 57600 fails, for ppp connections? In-Reply-To: 's message of 11 Oct 1995 09:26:07 GMT Message-ID: <7xloqs5e00.fsf@burrow.muc.de> To: <rdk@khaderp.vnet.net> Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Fcc: ~/mail/sent-mail Organization: hardly any... References: <45g2jf$27c@mindy.vnet.net> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 13:47:11 GMT In article <45g2jf$27c@mindy.vnet.net> [name garbled by alexandra] wrote: > Is 19200 is the highest speed on a terminal settings? > stty 57600 fails with unknown 57600 mode message. did you edit /etc/remote? it should have something like yourmodema:dv=/dev/cufa:br#57600:pa=none: yourmodemb:dv=/dev/cufb:br#57600:pa=none: hth, tm -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/ __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~markusg/
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SMC ethercard Date: 11 Oct 1995 16:46:00 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <45gsc8$fs8@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <1995Oct10.220702.6719@sfc.keio.ac.jp> In article <1995Oct10.220702.6719@sfc.keio.ac.jp> t93810am@sfc.keio.ac.jp (miyos) writes: > > Hello, > I am running NEXTSTEP3.3 on a Intel machine. > I am using SMC's Ether Elite16 Combo. > And I have been having trouble with my ether-card and it is > driving me crazy!! > > When, I try to boot and my computer recognizes my ether-card, > it spits out an message repeatedly, over over again.... > rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff > rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff > rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff > rhdr2 rstat ff next ffff > > I found out that the message comes from SMC.m in > > .../DriverKit/SMC16/SMC16_reloc.tproj/SMC16.m > ____________________________________________________________ > /* > * Display a slightly different, equally cryptic message > * if the pointer to the next buffer in this header is outside > * the range configured buffers. If this is the case, force a > * reset by invoking -timeoutOccurred. > */ > if (rhdr->next >= rstop || rhdr->next < rstart) { > IOLog("rhdr2 rstat %02x next %02x len %x\n", > *(unsigned char *)&rhdr->rstat, rhdr->next, rhdr->len); [net > work incrementInputErrors]; > [self timeoutOccurred]; > return; > } > ____________________________________________________________ > Yes, we have the same problem with our Dual-boot PCS (NT3.5 and NEXTSTEP 3.2). Our solution? When booting into NEXTSTEP from NT, press the reset button - ie, do a "hard" boot. We also had this problem when booting from DOS. So, make sure you press the reset button when you reboot from DOS/NT/95 to NEXTSTEP. > I don't have a clue what it means... > Has anyone had this problem?? > Or, does anyone know how to solve this?? > Please, send e-mail to miyos@omron3.sp.cs.cmu.edu > Thank you very much . > > Akihiko Miyoshi > miyos@omron3.sp.cs.cmu.edu -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: bapi@artsci.wustl.edu (Bapi Gupta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Add tty's on a Next Station Date: 11 Oct 1995 20:04:24 GMT Organization: College of Arts and Sciences -- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Message-ID: <45h808$g11@newsreader.wustl.edu> References: <459brd$fcu@academ00.mty.itesm.mx> Alejandro Javier Villarreal Flores (Ace@academ07.mty.itesm.mx) wrote: > How can I add more tty's in a NeXT Station with NEXTSTEP ver. 3.0 for > get more connections than 32 > Thanks! I was trying to do this myself yesterday (on both black and white) and figured out at least what I think the first step is (make sure you are in /dev): guava:/dev/# /dev/MAKEDEV pty2 This makes up 32 "character type special files" for ttyr's (in addition to your existing ttyp's and ttyq's, those are pty0 and pty1 options to the command above). crw-rw-rw- 1 root 5, 32 Oct 11 14:56 ptyr(0 through f) crw-rw-rw- 1 root 4, 32 Oct 11 14:56 ttyr(0 through f) Now I still don't know how to make them active, but I'm pretty sure this is the first step. A collegue of mine who runs a SUN says the kernel has to be build after doing this there. I wouldn't know how to do that on a NeXT either. Any suggestions? Ashish (Bapi) Gupta Arts & Sciences Network Manager Washington University in Saint Louis bapi@artsci.wustl.edu
From: matthews@reeses.uucp (Bradley O. Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DOS and NeXT time conflicts Date: 11 Oct 1995 13:26:51 GMT Organization: University of Cincinnati Message-ID: <45ggmr$2un@uceng.uc.edu> References: <45fcbk$ssg@news.onramp.net> dos, windows, and ns all do have conflicting times. The work around is to have dos and windows set to the correct time zone, while keeping NS in hte Greenwich time zone. what a pain! bradley matthews
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tim@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Tim Pugh) Subject: bootup problem Message-ID: <DGADvJ.26K@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> Organization: Johns Hopkins Continuing Professional Programs Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 13:38:06 GMT I have a NeXT Dimension System running NS3.3. At one time it was networked to a NeXT Cube. Subsequently, I did a complete, including disk formatting, installation of NS3.3. However, I find that about 50% of the time upon powering up and rebooting, the system hangs waiting for a network connection. Usually, I can do a hard reset (Alt-Cmd *) and, after a long-long time, it finishes fsck on my 1.3 GB HD and sucessfully completes the boot process. To the best of my knowledge, no network configuration files have been altered to accomodate a net connection. Question: what am I doing wrong? Is this a hardware problem? Is this a bug in NS3.3? Thanks for your help, Tim -- Tim Pugh |MicroCALL Services tim@aplcenmp.apl.JHU.EDU |8713 Briarcroft Lane |Laurel, MD 20708-1355 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: mwdaniel@uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: disktab URGENTLY needed (have HP-UX disktab) Date: 11 Oct 1995 16:01:20 GMT Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: <45gma7$3q0_001@cso.uiuc.edu> References: <45eifj$eof@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> In article <45eifj$eof@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, steen@x1.us.ohio-state.edu (Steen Hansen) wrote: >Can anybody list what the full NeXT disktab is? There are two NeXT-answers that deal with this in great detail, but I've forgotten the numbers. One thing to watch out for: Make sure that each line save the first is indented, and that there's a carriage return after the last line. If these aren't present, your disktab will not be parsed. Mike Daniels
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Scott@localhost.worldweb.net (Operator) Subject: Netinfo Message-ID: <ab7cb$b61e.268@murphy.worldweb.net> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:06:30 GMT Hi, Please can iI get some help on why I get a sendmail[256] :netinfo sleeping error in my console window, whenever i goto send mail from mail.app. Scott Turner FirstSight INc.
From: matthias@amg.de(Matthias Schuerhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Follow-up on BuildDisk problem Date: 11 Oct 1995 08:20:04 GMT Organization: AMG Industrieconsulting GmbH Message-ID: <45funk$kq@hagen.amg.de> References: <45cqhb$5up@news.halcyon.com> Operator writes > > I ran sdform /dev/rsd1a to format the new drive and the message stated > that it would take about 34 minutes to complete, but the operation > only to maybe 45 seconds and then it said that format was complete. > Can someone tell me why? > > Now I am getting errors about being able to mount the disk when I run > BuildDisk again and it aborts the build. > > Any info greatly appreciated, > > Dean Johnson A friend of mine had the same problem trying to use a Quantum 500 MB drive. SDForm always formatted only some seconds (34 MB or so). There were also errors like "please enable the scsi bios" or something; I think the CDROM wasn't connected properly the first time (scsi id 0 for harddisk/CDROM). There was an error with BuidDisk for Intel systems under 3.3 - building a new system for booting didn't work. Does someone know if that problem is solved now? Matthias ===================================== Matthias Schuerhoff AMG Industrie Consulting GmbH Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 27 Germany - 44227 Dortmund Tel.: 231 / 97 53 54 0 Email: matthias@amg.de =====================================
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware? Date: 11 Oct 1995 18:39:08 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <45h30c$fkt@news.its.com> References: <36667A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) wrote: > [ the thread had been in csn-sysadmin, I thought csn-hardware might be > interested as well ] > > [ the thread started when someone posted that there would not be a public > 4.0 for original black NeXT hardware ] "Might not be a public NS 4.0 release" would be closer to what I meant. I have a black machine myself, and I'd really like to have a version of NEXTSTEP that includes BSD 4.4 functionality. So I hope NeXT does release 4.x for black. But I'm not certain that this will happen. [ ... ] > I love the black hardware, but I live with the fact that NeXT left it > behind. I'm surprised they ever claimed that 4.x would run on it. Yup. At some point, the black hardware will simply become too outdated to run the latest version of NEXTSTEP acceptably. But I'll still be able to use my slab even if it's not running the latest release of the OS. -Chuck PS: Someone at NeXT just reassured me that they really would release 4.0 for black. Well, this wouldn't be the first time that I've heard conflicting information from two different people at that company. :-) I do wish that NeXT would disseminate what they're up to in a more public fashion, rather than the current informal process of private conversations with non-NeXT people trying to repeat what they've heard publicly. Something like Avie's comments on swapfiles, or someone in their engineering team saying "NS 4.0 probably will support IP aliasing" or "we think we can make NS 4.0 work on black well enough, but possibly we may not be able to"... -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTStep as Primary DNS? Date: 11 Oct 1995 18:45:37 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <45h3ch$6q8@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <45fbor$no7@Mercury.mcs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit dana@MCS.COM (Dana Shadrick) wrote: >Does it makes sense to set up a NEXTSTEP server as a primary name >server using BIND? > If you are serving a multi-architecture/multi-os network, then you'd need to run DNS, if only to point to some (possible) DNS server farther up the hiearchy. Also, I have a Mac on my ethernet, and MacTCP wouldn't work at all unless DNS was running on the server. >Does Netinfo get in the way or is the setup similar to the setup for >Solaris? > I'm running NetInfo, NIS, and DNS, and so far there has been no conflict whatsoever. I'm sure there is considerable overlap, but with my heterogenous network (PCs, NeXT, Macs), and with NFS serving disks every which-away, each of these programs needed to be running for all of it to work. And it works just great, too. >Are there any reasons not to use NEXTSTEP as a primary name server >(other than the problems with lookupd which are supposedly being fixed >this month)? > None that I know of, if you get any responses which indicate that there may be, please post them. :-) >We are considering the purchase Sun's Netra internet server for more >robust internet connectivity, but I wanted to see if NEXTSTEP could hold >out a little longer before we purchase the Netra. > I've been using a NeXT slab running NEXTSTEP 2.1 for some time now with no internet connectivity problems, except for routing slip dialins to the internet. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated, >Thanks, >--- >Dana Shadrick >dana@sgsnet.com > -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Help: inetd stopped working Message-ID: <DG9Aos.2nr@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 23:31:39 GMT All of a sudden I got a strange problem with my NS3.3 Intel system : The system seems to boot o.k. and start all the daemons but inetd does not keep running. If I start inetd in a shell window afterwards it just prints out "41" and quits again. Apart from that the system seems to be running fine. Of course with inetd not running you cannot ftp into the machine or rlogin into it. I guess I must have changed something which now screws up inetd, but I am not aware of any changes. Has anybody seen that before ? Thanks for any info, Ernst. -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: UPS Monitoring via DSP Port? Message-ID: <45el6j$nv6@news-1.starnet.net> From: aaron@dirigiste.com (Aaron Herskowitz) Date: 10 Oct 1995 20:31:15 GMT Distribution: world Organization: STARnet, L.L.C. Keywords: ups dsp Both of the serial ports on my NeXTstation are used, and I would like to monitor an APC Smart-UPS battery back-up through the DSP port. Does anyone know of a daemon and cable pin-outs for this sort of thing? I don't know much about the DSP, but I have seen other programs/devices use the DSP port before. I would like the software to shutdown my station after the battery gets low. Please respond via e-mail and I will post a summary. Thanks, Aaron --- Aaron Herskowitz, Director of Mgt Info Sys, dirigiste Inv Mgt Co USPS: 12312 Olive Blvd, Suite 250, St. Louis, MO 63141, USA E-Mail: aaron@dirigiste.com [NeXTmail & MIME Welcomed] Voice: 314.542.0800 Fax: 314.542.0405
From: bapi@artsci.wustl.edu (Bapi Gupta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding users with 'nu' Date: 11 Oct 1995 20:21:41 GMT Organization: College of Arts and Sciences -- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Message-ID: <45h90l$g11@newsreader.wustl.edu> References: <A956793001A23A7C@-SMF-> TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY (476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com) wrote: > All I'm trying to do is set up my NeXT so that new users get their > accounts added to /Users/<username> rather that /<username> For what it's worth, this is a sample script that I use to add users in bulk with nu: echo "eafergus Ellen Anne Ferguson" nu -A eafergus "Ellen Anne Ferguson" 15272 9000 /bin/csh asdf2770 /ArtSci/English/eafergus Y N /artsci cp -rp /Net/pear/usr/template/user ~eafergus ln -s /usr/spool/mail/eafergus ~eafergus/Mailboxes/Active.mbox/mbox chown -R 15272.9000 ~eafergus chmod 711 ~eafergus It's generated by a C program that I wrote - there are 11000 accounts here. /usr/template/user has been modified also. You should at least change the permissions so that the directories don't come out world readible (the install default). -- Ashish (Bapi) Gupta Arts & Sciences Network Manager Washington University in Saint Louis bapi@artsci.wustl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Anyone know how to talk to Novell? Message-ID: <6FD17B3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 11 Oct 95 14:15:00 EDT There might be better places for this question, but: 1) it does relate to NeXT and 2) I can't read any newsgroups but this one (which I get via email once per day) therefore, my question: Does anyone out there know how to make a Novell disaster called 'Onlan' or 'onfile' talk with my NeXT? I can dialin (from my NeXT to this Novell network) and there is this program called 'Onlan' which is supposed to transfer files from my network account to my home computer. Problem is: it expects my home computer to be a PC rather than a NeXT (3.2 moto to be precise). I enter in the information needed to begin the transfer and this comes up: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----+ | OnLAN/PC - ONFILE Version 1.21 | | Copyright 1990 Dynamic Microprocessor Associates, Inc. | | Licensed to: Novell, Inc. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----+ +---------------------------------------------+ | Server sending... | |---------------------------------------------| | File name: USERMON.TGZ | | File size: 205149 | | Bytes sent: 0 | | % completed: 0 | | | | Waiting for receiver... | +---------------------------------------------+ Then the "waiting for receiver" line changes to "connected failed: timeout" or something like that. So I'm guessing it is waiting for my NeXT to welcome it with open arms. My NeXT, knowing better than to talk with strange computers (and this Novell qualifies as strange) won't even say Hi. I'm hoping against hope that someone out there will have dealt with this before, or at least have a good guess. Thanks NeXTDom TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: stefanos@Vir.com (Stefanos Kiakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Has any used 4.6G APEX? Date: 11 Oct 1995 23:46:02 -0400 Organization: Communications Vir, Internet Access Montreal. Message-ID: <45i31q$45s@Vir.com> Hello , Has anyone used the Pinnacle Micro Apex 4.6G byte rewritable optical drive with NS 3.3 (Intel)? Any help would be appreciated, stef
From: dean@universe.halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BuildDisk problems Date: 11 Oct 1995 21:32:20 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45hd54$l8@news.halcyon.com> I just attached a Quantum Fireball 1Gig HD to my NeXTstation and am having problems with BuildDisk. It initializes the disk and attempts to start build, but is stopped with error of disk can't be mounted. Then in the console the error "Attempt to remove unrecognized exception handler" and the build fails. Is there a bug in BuildDisk? I read that the Intel boxes had problems, but is it the same for the black boxes? Any info appreciated on how I can make this a boot drive (preferably without having to write my own disktab entry for this drive). Thanks in advance. Dean -- NeXTmail Please | More computer stuff! | thrall@mail.halcyon.com | - My wife |
From: Darrell Kristof <dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: /etc/issue for NeXTSTEP 3.3 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 06:12:07 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <45i55t$qpb@news.tamu.edu> Howdy! 2 questions... 1. Just wondering how I can (if I can) setup a /etc/issue. I've tried creating the file and no dice! I also administer a Linix box and trying the /etc/issue.net doesn't work either. Anyone know how I can get this to work. I'd like to have a banner for the users to see when they login. /etc/motd works fine. Just would like users to see something that they understand when they attach to the NeXT server. 2. I am running on an IBM Token-Ring 16Mb network and I have some Novell NetWare file servers that I'd like to be able to mount via NeXTSTEP (not having to use NFS -- actually can't because they are NetWare 2.2 servers...) The problem I've run into is that it seems as though the Novell support for NeXTSTEP has been compiled only to work with 802.3 frame type and I need Token-Ring or 802.5 frame type. Does someone know how I can patch this... Thanks in advance Darrell Kristof dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu
From: ralf@reswi.en.open.de (Ralf E. Stranzenbach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: uucp to T1 (sendmail problems...) Date: 11 Oct 1995 17:15:18 GMT Organization: News Server fuer en.open.de Message-ID: <RALF.95Oct11181518@jodokus.en.open.de> References: <459lju$hhv@nikita.intelenet.net> In-reply-to: reynolds@superstore.com's message of 8 Oct 1995 23:07:42 GMT >>>>> "reynolds" == reynolds <reynolds@superstore.com> writes: In article <459lju$hhv@nikita.intelenet.net> reynolds@superstore.com writes: reynolds> I just switched to t1 acces from my old uucp account. I reynolds> got DNS going, news running, the web server humming, and reynolds> the popper popping. reynolds> However, sendmail wont't work. ;^( reynolds> Can someone email me a sendmail.cf that will work on a reynolds> stand alone mail server dirrectly on the Internet? reynolds> Anything else that I might need? what's wrong with NeXT's sendmail? It does excessive DNS queries on my system deliviring my mails directly to their destination... You should use "sendmail.mailhost.cf"... - ralf -- Ralf E. Stranzenbach <ralf@reswi.ruhr.de> at Home: +49 2302 / 96200-3 at Work: +49 231 / 75892-15 Buecher kruemmen Zeit und Raum. Einer der Gruende dafuer, warum die Eigentuemer der bereits erwaehnten kleinen Antiquariate so unirdisch und uebernatuerlich wirken, besteht darin, dass sie wirklich unirdisch und uebernatuerlich sind. Sie nahmen eine falsche Abzweigung in ihren Buchlaeden, die zu anderen Welten gehoerten. Dort gilt es als voellig normal, staendig Pantoffeln zu tragen und das Geschaeft nur zu oeffnen, wenn man Lust dazu hat. Terry Pratchett, "Wachen! Wachen!"
From: mpemburn@ix.netcom.com (mpemburn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multiuser bootup went away -- How to get it back? Date: 12 Oct 1995 01:35:43 GMT Organization: Chaos Message-ID: <45hrdf$bej@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Hi, I have a NeXTstation (TurboColor? 33MHz 68040) that I'm borrowing from work. I've been having a good time playing with it even though I have virtually *no* idea what I'm doing (years of DOS and Windows have poisoned my mind). I set it up to network with my OS/2 machine and things were pretty much ok until I saw a NeXTAnswers file on the critter that told me how to re-initialize NetInfo to its default state. I figured I had nothing to lose and I might learn a little more about the NeXT if I could configure it from scratch. Mistake. Here's what the NeXTAnswers file had me do: cd /etc/netinfo foreach db (*.nidb) mv $\{db\} $\{db\}-old end cp -rp /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/local.nidb . cd .. mv hostconfig hostconfig.old mv hosts hosts.old cp -p /usr/template/client/etc/hostconfig . cp -p /usr/template/client/etc/hosts . halt DISCONNECT THE COMPUTER FROM THE NETWORK REBOOT When I did this, it rebooted in (what I am guessing is) single-user mode -- it no longer prompts me for a login and, when I start a terminal session, "whoami" tells me that I'm "me" -- and "me" has squat for permissions. I can't for the life o' me figure out how to get it to let me login as "root" again so that I can wreak more havoc on the system. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Mark Pemburn Baltimore, MD USA mpemburn@ix.netcom.com
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Date: 11 Oct 1995 12:29:57 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <45gdc5$40s@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> sela@iastate.edu wrote: > Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug > and play? Thanks in advance for any replies. My understanding is that the two chips are not simply "plug and play" interchangable. If you have a 25Mhz 68040 (ie, a non-Turbo machine), you might want to check out the Pyro accelerator option. That will get you to a 50Mhz 68040, which would certainly help your performance. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: kostya@seanet.com (Konstantin Martynenko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Null out rdb's? Date: 12 Oct 1995 07:57:28 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Message-ID: <45ihp8$2do@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <45cg1u$f0q@aimnet.aimnet.com> Lusty Wench (lusty@aimnet.com) wrote: : We have an HP machine running NS 3.3, and we've had two strange incidents : with it today. The machine doesn't do anything but sit in a corner on the : net and run a Mindshare server. This morning, Mindshare was painfully : slow, and though we could find nothing obvious wrong with the machine we : rebooted, which solved the "problem". This afternoon, the entire machine : just locked up. : Upon examining the console log (which contains entries dating back to June : of this year), I find exactly two strange entries that happen to occur : just before the two incidents of today: : Oct 3 10:37:54 gromit mach: Trying to null out rbd's : Oct 3 16:15:24 gromit mach: Trying to null out rbd's We were running NCSA HTTPD 1.3 on HP and it happened every several days. Also sometimes "expanding zone pmap". Locks up just as well. The more load on the server the sooner it crashes. : Does anybody know what these messages mean? No. But I suppose it's some sort of kernel bug.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Jacob Gore <jacob.gore@math.enmu.edu> Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Sender: news@oasis.enmu.edu (All The News Fit To Print) Message-ID: <1995Oct12.024032.6591@oasis.enmu.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 02:40:32 GMT References: <453jl5$f11@news.its.com> Organization: Eastern New Mexico University > Jacob Gore <jacob.gore@math.enmu.edu> wrote: > > Chuck Swiger writes > >> MMDF? Wow...MMDF originated in the late 70's, I believe. > >> They should upgrade MMDF by replacing it with UCB sendmail 8.7. :-) > > > > ... which is finally capable of doing 80% of what MMDF could do ten > > years ago, and is even as easy to configure. Chuck Swiger writes > If by this you mean that sendmail relies on external mailers such as > /bin/mail to handle local delivery whereas MMDF comes with various mailers > itself? This is a *feature* of sendmail. No, I don't mean that at all. MMDF has always consisted of lots of channels that interact through pipes and spool directories. Lowers the number of bottlenecks that way. What I simply meant to say was back in mid-to-late 80's, MMDF sites had the capabilities that have been trickling into sendmail. When sendmail could route to the four major networks only based on pseudo-domains (.uucp, .arpa, bitnet, .csnet), MMDF could take a "modern" domain name, figure out which kind of network that host was on, and route it accordingly. It made a wonderful MX forwarder to UUCP sites, in the days when only a small part of the campus was physically on the Internet. It could map account names to aliases in outgoing From: lines. It provided e-mail equivalents to the "phone number changed" recordings (as in, "The user gore is no longer at this address. The new address is <jacob@gore.com>. Please make a note of it.") It had the equivalent of procmail. It supported /bin/mail or mh mailboxes, and came with a convenient mail reader. It had good mailing list maintenance facilities. It had low-bottleneck mailing list processing. And its configuration files were table-driven and easy to set up, while sendmail had to be configured in a language that looked like a modem transmission with lots of parity errors and a baud rate mismatch. > If you want to talk about other specifics, great. But I've heard Smail, > zmailer, and other such advocates bash sendmail before. Now we've heard > from the MMDF camp. Joy.... Relax, I'm not on a mission against Sendmail. I don't mind using it as long as somebody else configures it. I've been using it on my NeXTs for a few years now, since NeXT's standard .cf files work for me with few enough changes (and they have all been preprogrammed, so that all I have to do is comment and uncomment prewritten lines). I will probably even move my machine to Sendmail 8.7 -- it is easy to configure, supports From name expansion, and interacts with NetInfo. > > Source-routing has been prescribed since RFC-822, and there is nothing > > wrong with using it in a Return-path line. If it breaks other mail > > transfer agents, then those MTAs are the ones that are a decade overdue > > for repair. > > And source-routing has officially been deprecated since RFC-1123. Check > out section 5.2.6: > > " DISCUSSION: > The intent is to discourage all source routing and to > abolish explicit source routing for mail delivery within > the Internet environment. Source-routing is unnecessary; [etc.] I stand corrected. In fact, I was not aware of RFC-1123, as it came out a few months after I quit major system administration. > If you're going to try and quote RFC's, please get it right. Well, now that you've brought my attention to it :-), I will: RFC-1123, 5.2.13: ...The complete syntax is: return = "Return-path" ":" route-addr / "Return-path" ":" "<" ">" RFC-822, 6.1 completes the syntax (unchanged in RFC-1123): route-addr = "<" [route] addr-spec ">" route = 1#("@" domain) ":" ; path-relative So routed addresses are still valid in Return-path headers. RFC-1123, 5.2.6: A receiver-SMTP MUST accept the explicit source route syntax in the envelope, but it MAY implement the relay function as defined in section 3.6 of RFC-821. If it does not implement the relay function, it SHOULD attempt to deliver the message directly to the host to the right of the right-most "@" sign. In other words, if you see <@a,@b,@c,...:u@z>, you are not allowed to reject the syntax. If you don't want to deliver it to 'a' as <@b,@c...:u@z>, then you should deliver it to 'z' as <u@z> (as the example that follows in 5.2.6 shows). Finally, RFC-1123, 5.2.19: Internet host software SHOULD NOT create an RFC-822 header containing an address with an explicit source route, but MUST accept such headers for compatibility with earlier systems. So the finger is pointing at both the MMDF system that is inserting the source route on behalf of its UUCP client, and on the receiving system that is refusing to recognize the syntax -- discouraged, but still valid. Jacob --- Jacob Gore, Eastern NM U. Jacob.Gore@Math.ENMU.Edu | Jacob@ToolCASE.Com Member of the League for Programming Freedom (LPF)--http://www.lpf.org/
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 12 Oct 1995 02:07:47 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> Hi, After installing the new 3.3 patch mail that I send out, that used to get queued up and wait for my PPP connection, now bounces... I can only send mail when I'm connected via my ppp link i.e. when the link is up. I can no longer compose and send mail off line... Does anyone know why this is happening and what I might be able to do to fix it? I'm guessing it might be fixable via sendmail? Thank you for any help, Take care, -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware? Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 21:00:46 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951011220046.825AACUc.malc@daneel> References: <36667A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> wrote: >My biggest concern is that in a year or two the apps which come out will >be unable to run on < 4.x. There are already apps which require 3.3 or >EOF. Does this mean that newer versions of Stuart/Opener/etc are going >to run only on 4.x? Will 3.x programes need to be recompiled? > >I guess time will tell (I'm sure not waiting for NeXT to tell). > Umm, NeXT has already told. 3.x apps (and probably earlier) will run on 4.x, as 4.x will include the required shlibs. They will have the 3.x look- and-feel, which may be a little odd (in fact, having seen it, it is a *little* odd), but liveable-with. Have fun, mmalc.
From: Dominik Westner <dominik@gowest.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 2 swapfiles.... Date: 9 Oct 1995 19:14:13 GMT Organization: TeDoc, Munich, Germany Message-ID: <45bsa5$18s@cube.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <FDCB6A3001A23A7C@-SMF-> <44f7i6$lac@news.its.com> <44i0l0$sjg@usenet.rpi.edu> <44jnr1$jdh@news.its.com> <mycroft-0110951737500001@net-1-218.austin.eden.com> <44nkik$cl@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: ... > > I've made the changes to lowat and hiwat and rebooted my machine but > > my /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile is still only 16MB. Shouldn't it be > > 32MB now? > Not unless you delete and recreate it with 'mkfile' at the appropriate size. The lowat only sets how small the system will attempt to shrink the swapfile to; it doesn't matter to the system it's smaller than that. However, you should use 'mkfile' to create the swapfile at the appropriate minimum size, since this will physically allocate the swapfile in a better manner than letting the swapfile append data and gradually grow from a too-small initial size. I 've created an swapfile of 64MB using mkfile and set the corresponding size as lowat. I used the -n switch with mkfile, so that the size ist just noted but not allocated. Does anybody know if this influences performance? Dominik -- Dominik --- Dominik Westner "Everything is possible in an infinite universe" _____________________________________Willi, the painter Munich, Germany (NOT :-)
From: Tim Stelzer <stelzer@hepux1.hep.uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot Problems, Please Help! Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:18:52 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.951012110738.15782A-100000@hepux1.hep.uiuc.edu> References: <45g2jf$27c@mindy.vnet.net> <7xloqs5e00.fsf@burrow.muc.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <7xloqs5e00.fsf@burrow.muc.de> I was trying to install PPP on a black slab running NS 3.0. I edited the rc.local file and tried to reboot, but got a system panic. I reverted the rc.local file, and now when I try to boot in multi-user mode it hangs. Actually it gets through all the startup stuff, then the box disappears and the login box never appears. I seem to be able to access all the files in single user mode (and run kermit), but I'd like to have the NeXTStep windowing system running again! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Stelzer stelzer@hepux1.hep.uiuc.edu Post Doctoral Research Associate Physics Department University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana Il. 61801
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Message-ID: <DGC15H.2wH@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <45gdc5$40s@usenet.rpi.edu> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:58:28 GMT In article <45gdc5$40s@usenet.rpi.edu> Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> writes: > sela@iastate.edu wrote: > > > Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug > > and play? Thanks in advance for any replies. > > My understanding is that the two chips are not simply > "plug and play" interchangable. > > If you have a 25Mhz 68040 (ie, a non-Turbo machine), you might > want to check out the Pyro accelerator option. That will get > you to a 50Mhz 68040, which would certainly help your > performance. I have a 33mhz 68040. Could I plug and play?
From: eek93@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Eren Kotan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No public NS4 for black hardware (was Re: Virtual interfaces on NS?) Date: 12 Oct 1995 13:22:29 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <45j4ql$6vh@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> References: <45cdiq$hvs@paladin.american.edu> <45gna5$s9f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> : Yes, 'they' did. The 4.0 PR1 runs just fine on my NeXTdimension system, : thank you. Hi, I would say the overall performance of my NeXTdimension, especially under heavy load is much better than our NS/Intel boxes, too. Where can I possibly get the beta of NS 4.0? Do I have to be a registered developer or is it available for testing to any interested parties? Thanks, Eren Kotan NeXTmail: root@darkside.aladdin.co.uk
From: edw@precipice.com (Ed Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: 12 Oct 1995 13:55:53 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <45j6p9$fdo@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> References: <VIRTUAL.95Oct8221330@nando.yak.net> Jason L.Asbahr writes > > Now the question about ifconfig supporting -alias is more troublesome. > A page that mentioned a hack for virtual hosting on Sun boxes > described a kernel re-compilation. Hmm... > I've successfully run three virtual hosts on one NeXTstation by using ppp. I used ifconfig to attach IP addresses to the ppp0 and ppp1 interfaces. -- Ed Wright Precipice, Inc. edw@precipice.com
From: edw@precipice.com (Ed Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multi-homed NeXT Web Servers? Date: 12 Oct 1995 14:05:18 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <45j7au$fjq@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> References: <VIRTUAL.95Oct8221330@nando.yak.net> Jason L.Asbahr writes > > Now the question about ifconfig supporting -alias is more troublesome. > A page that mentioned a hack for virtual hosting on Sun boxes > described a kernel re-compilation. Hmm... I've successfully run three virtual hosts from one NeXTstation. Once ppp_reloc has been loaded into the mach kernal server you can use ifconfig to attach IP addresses to the ppp0 and ppp1 interfaces. -- Ed Wright Precipice, Inc. edw@precipice.com
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.smb,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: benst@stuyts.nl (Ben Stuyts) Subject: Performance of Samba 1.9.14 on NeXT Message-ID: <DGC70G.FrB@stuyts.nl> Keywords: NeXT Samba performance Organization: Stuyts Engineering Haarlem BV, The Netherlands Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 13:05:04 GMT I was trying to tune my setup of samba 1.9.13 on my NeXT, talking to a WfW 486 SX 33 machine. I tried most of the things in Speed.txt, but to no avail. Then I thought: let's try 1.9.14. Compiled it, installed it, and found a speed *decrease* of about 5 times. Loading a certain program which took 12 seconds with 1.9.13 took 65 seconds under 1.9.14. I reverted back to 1.9.13 and got the 12s time back. Running Smbd 1.9.14 took up 100% cpu time when loading that file. This was caused by 2 daemons, probably called by smbd: netinfod and lookupd. For those non-NeXT-ers out there: The lookupd daemon is used in conjunction with NetInfo to speed up various system lookups, such as host entries, user names, and printer names. I am currently running NEXTSTEP 3.3. 1.9.13 was compiled under 3.2, but I don't have the source to it anymore, so I can't check if it is related to the newer compiler and/or libraries in NS 3.3. Any ideas what could be causing this? Here is the relevant part of my smb.conf: [global] guest account = nobody security = user workgroup = WORKGROUP dead time = 10 share modes = no [shared] path = /Net/giskard/users/shared user = fred public = no writable = yes printable = no create mask = 0775 [exact] copy = shared path = /Net/giskard/users/exact valid users = @office Here is part of the log file with debug level set to 5: switch message SMBopenX (pid 10102) valid uid 105 mapped to vuid 0 (user=mirjam) Skipping become_user - already user unix_clean_name [./EXACT61/BIN/EOORDSR.EXE] unix_clean_name [./exact61/bin/eoordsr.exe] calling open_file with flags=0x0 flags2=0x0 Wed Oct 11 18:38:45 1995 mirjam opened file ./exact61/bin/eoordsr.exe read=Yes write=No (numopen=1 fnum=1) size=65 smb_com=0x2d smb_rcls=0 smb_reh=0 smb_err=0 smb_flg=128 smb_flg2=1 smb_tid=60 smb_pid=3600 smb_uid=105 smb_mid=52738 smt_wct=15 smb_vwv[0]=255 (0xFF) smb_vwv[1]=65 (0x41) smb_vwv[2]=1 (0x1) smb_vwv[3]=1 (0x1) smb_vwv[4]=63380 (0xF794) smb_vwv[5]=12070 (0x2F26) smb_vwv[6]=46080 (0xB400) smb_vwv[7]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[8]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[9]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[10]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[11]=1 (0x1) smb_vwv[12]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[13]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[14]=0 (0x0) smb_bcc=0 write_socket(4,69) gave 69 Wed Oct 11 18:38:45 1995 Transaction 99 of length 49 size=45 smb_com=0xa smb_rcls=0 smb_reh=0 smb_err=0 smb_flg=0 smb_flg2=0 smb_tid=60 smb_pid=3600 smb_uid=105 smb_mid=52866 smt_wct=5 smb_vwv[0]=1 (0x1) smb_vwv[1]=26 (0x1A) smb_vwv[2]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[3]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[4]=26 (0x1A) smb_bcc=0 switch message SMBread (pid 10102) valid uid 105 mapped to vuid 0 (user=mirjam) Skipping become_user - already user Wed Oct 11 18:38:45 1995 read fnum=1 cnum=60 num=26 nread=26 size=74 smb_com=0xa smb_rcls=0 smb_reh=0 smb_err=0 smb_flg=128 smb_flg2=1 smb_tid=60 smb_pid=3600 smb_uid=105 smb_mid=52866 smt_wct=5 smb_vwv[0]=26 (0x1A) smb_vwv[1]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[2]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[3]=0 (0x0) smb_vwv[4]=0 (0x0) smb_bcc=29 write_socket(4,78) gave 78 Best regards, Ben -- Ben Stuyts Stuyts Engineering BV Haarlem, The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)23 5324609 Email: ben@stuyts.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Re: Help: inetd stopped working (SOLVED) Message-ID: <DGB1tF.7JH@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin References: <DG9Aos.2nr@fritz.snafu.de> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:15:15 GMT In <DG9Aos.2nr@fritz.snafu.de> ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) writes: >The system seems to boot o.k. and start all the daemons but >inetd does not keep running. >If I start inetd in a shell window afterwards it just prints >out "41" and quits again. Sorry to follow up my own post, but the problem is solved. It all came down to a bad block on my boot disk, which happened to be part of the inetd program. -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo Message-ID: <dalaw-1210951010040001@pulitzer.iupui.edu> From: dalaw@austerlitz.iupui.edu (Dale K. Law) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:10:04 -0500 Organization: IU School of Journalism at Indianapolis While it hasn¹t yet caused any problems, NetInfo is not currently correctly configured on our server. NetInfoManager will no longer run on the server, but you can invoke it on other machines on the network. Everything works fine until we try to open the / domain. The application then folds up, giving an error of ³malformed master property² or words similar to that. I suspect there is a problem with the name assigned to the top domain. It also refuses to let us create a clone server, coming back with a message of ³cannot find directory gutenberg/guts². Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me directly at dalaw@gutenberg.iupui.edu Dale Law Technical Advisor IU School of Journalism at Indianapolis dalaw@gutenberg.iupui.edu
From: root@universe.halcyon.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: dread question Date: 12 Oct 1995 19:57:56 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45js04$olh@news.halcyon.com> I just used ditto to make a new bootable HD, but have run into a problem of not being able to save changes in app's preferences. I am unable to check UnixExpert box in Preferences, I am unable to change Edit from ASCII to RTF, and I am unable to set different apps as autolaunchable from the dock. Normally I would just look at the dread -l output and try to fix, but on this new drive there is no output. dread -l produces nothing. So my question is where is the system database that stores these values? I am hoping that this file/directory is just missing and I can replace it and go. Thanks, dean
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiuser bootup went away -- How to get it back? Date: 12 Oct 1995 20:24:16 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <45jthg$r64@news.next.com> References: <45hrdf$bej@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin mpemburn@ix.netcom.com (mpemburn) writes: [To summarize, he reinitialized NetInfo by copying over the files from /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo. He now no longer gets a login panel, and is automatically logged in as the user "me".] >and "me" has squat for permissions. I can't for the life o' me figure >out how to get it to let me login as "root" again so that I can wreak >more havoc on the system. Can anyone help? It's a NeXT'ism; if the account "me" has no password, the machine acts sort of like a big Macintosh. To enable the login panel again, simply assign a password to the me account using Preferences. You can then log out and log in as root. The reason this happened in the first place is because user information is kept in NetInfo; the default NetInfo files you copied over have a me account with no password. I believe this is in the NeXTanswers FAQ, btw. Have fun experimenting! Rollie
From: rjadams@prin.uncg.edu (Robert J. Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to set rom password Date: 12 Oct 1995 17:49:00 GMT Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Message-ID: <45jkec$q4i@newton.uncg.edu> Hi there.. how does one set up a rom password on a black 68030 cube? currently, anyone who wals in, can boot to single user mode.. (which is a minor annoyance) Any help Appricaited Robert
From: nsousa@mithlond.esoterica.com (Nuno Moreira de Sousa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:48:15 +0100 Organization: Esoterica Message-ID: <nsousa-1210952148150001@newton.esoterica.pt> References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> <45gdc5$40s@usenet.rpi.edu> ( deleted stuff) > If you have a 25Mhz 68040 (ie, a non-Turbo machine), you might > want to check out the Pyro accelerator option. Can anyone give a URL or more info on how to get it ( the Pyro accelerator...) Thanks. ____ \ Esoterica - Novas Tecnologias de Informacao, Lda. :-) Nuno Moreira de Sousa /___ nsousa@mithlond.esoterica.com
From: jbevan@actual.com (James Bevan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS/I PPP Server? Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:57:59 GMT Organization: Secureactual Limited Sender: jbevan@calculus.demon.co.uk (James Bevan) Message-ID: <DGCswn.Ev@calculus.demon.co.uk> I'm looking to set up a NEXTSTEP/Intel machine as a PPP server in a bit of a hurry. Is this possible? Has anyone done this, and if so can you please mail me details of what I need to do, where to get software, etc? Thanks in advance James -- James Bevan jbevan@actual.com NeXTMail & MIME welcome
From: gartius@access5.digex.net (Oblivion) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sun 600MP with Next ? Date: 13 Oct 1995 00:41:46 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Message-ID: <45kcka$nbd@news4.digex.net> Has anyone run NeXT 3.3 on a Sun SPARC 600 MP ? I know it is not on the list but the machine is so close to a SPARC 10 I thought it would work. Thanks, G.T.
From: mpemburn@ix.netcom.com (mpemburn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiuser bootup went away -- How to get it back? Date: 13 Oct 1995 01:34:16 GMT Organization: Chaos Message-ID: <45kfmo$erh@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <45hrdf$bej@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <45jthg$r64@news.next.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Thanks for all the help folks! I received no fewer than seven e-mails on this and was up and running in minutes. You guys are super! On other fronts: Can anyone tell me why a exported directory refuses to "stick"? Briefly, I have an external drive named /Cairo that I want to export in its entirety. I added it in NFSManager and gave root access to all members of the "NeXTStation" domain that includes the NeXT and OS2Mark, my OS/2 box. Several times, I have added it in, attached to it on OS2Mark and been able to copy files to and from. If I reboot the NeXT, it "loses" /Cairo -- even though it still shows in NFSManager. Any clues? Thanks, Mark Pemburn
From: L2@atlanta.com (Larry Knight) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Date: 13 Oct 1995 01:16:11 GMT Organization: The L2 Company Distribution: world Message-ID: <L2-1210952116260001@lmknight.mindspring.com> References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> In article <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu>, sela@iastate.edu wrote: > Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug and play? > Thanks in advance for any replies. > > -- > *******************IOWA***STATE***UNIVERSITY******************** > * Brian Morrison sela@iastate.edu (NeXT Mail welcome!) * > * --------------------------------------------------------- * > * http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sela * > **************************************************************** Brian, the chips have a similar pinout, but are NOT "drop-in" interchangeable. It MAY be possible to adapt a 68060 to the NeXT, but some additional "adapter" hardware is needed, as well as some "bootware". A L2 cache of about 512K would be a good idea while you're at it, if you are serious about the project. If anyone is interested in attempting to do this, I have a few 68060 chips as well as some other hardware for sale (adapters, sockets, voltage converters etc.) which could speed your prototyping efforts. If interested, e-mail me at L2@atlanta.com Larry Knight, The L2 Company.
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 13 Oct 1995 02:28:03 GMT Message-ID: <45kirj$jr3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : After installing the new 3.3 patch mail that I send out, that used : to get queued up and wait for my PPP connection, now bounces... I can only : send mail when I'm connected via my ppp link i.e. when the link is up. I : can no longer compose and send mail off line... : Does anyone know why this is happening and what I might be able to : do to fix it? I'm guessing it might be fixable via sendmail? I had a problem like yours. I fixed it by editing the /etc/rc file. In the line that starts sendmail, there is a flag -q1h which means it tries to send stuff in the queue every hour. I set mine to retry more often. In fact, I changed it to -q3m (every 3 minutes). Your problem now is caused by the fact that you're still off-line when sendmail tries to clear the queue at each hour interval (default). Sometimes, the mail server might be busy when you get to each hour interval. Check the /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog file. What I am proposing will result in a growing syslog file since sendmail retires every 3 minutes. I advise you to not keep too much outstanding mail. Either you do the above, or you manually kill sendmail and restart it after the PPP link is up. Hope this helps, Song +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg Finger me for my PGP Public Key http://www.singnet.com.sg/~csong MIME/NeXTmail: csong@singnet.com.sg +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 04:40:38 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.45.307DEDC5@fiber.net> References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> <DG9rp6.65w@empire.org> >> Has anyone swaped their 68040 for the 68060? Is it just plug and play? > Where can I purchase the 68060 chips? Oh, geez...here we go again. Folks, I'm no scientist, but I recall the viability of the '060 as a NeXT-able CPU has long since been overkilled and overdismissed. Apparently, the register set and internal Merlinwerks of the '040 and '060 are completely incompatible. I'm not saying whether or not NS will run on the '060, I'm saying the chip will not drop right in place of the '040. Wasn't that part of the reason the '040 upgrade required a new mainboard, rather than a simple chip change? Since the NeXT hardware business is pushing up the daisies, that upgrade doesn't seem likely. Now, a port of NS to the BeBox? Hmm...SMP, Power-PC...Openstep 4.0... As for where the chips are, I would start with Motorola, then work your way down to the distributor level. Good luck; I gave up after the fifth day of searching. Carl
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTStep as Primary DNS? Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 04:47:22 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.46.307DEF5A@fiber.net> References: <45fbor$no7@Mercury.mcs.com> >Does it makes sense to set up a NEXTSTEP server as a primary name >server using BIND? You don't have to use BIND, DNS works just fine. Both our primary name servers are using NS 3.3 >Does Netinfo get in the way or is the setup similar to the setup for >Solaris? How long is a piece of rope, and what's it doing in my lutefisk? >Are there any reasons not to use NEXTSTEP as a primary name server >(other than the problems with lookupd which are supposedly being fixed >this month)? None that I'm aware of. Also, this makes me ask if there's another lookupd on the way. >We are considering the purchase Sun's Netra internet server for more >robust internet connectivity, but I wanted to see if NEXTSTEP could hold >out a little longer before we purchase the Netra. Don't mix-n-match. The Netra is a *great* machine for what it is, but I wouldn't say it'll give any advantage over an NS machine apart from these things: software availability virtual server / multi-addressed interfaces hardware availability (guaranted to work) excellent wallet weight-loss plan super-easy to set up (my grandmother did ours from beyond the grave) nothin' quite like the look of proprietary hardware Good luck, but my advice is shop some more before you convince yourself that you're 100% sold. Carl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: petergun@coffeehaus.com (Stephane I. Matis) Subject: C-News, relaynews being very slow Message-ID: <DGD97E.42u@coffeehaus.com> Organization: >> coffeehaus << " We percolate great ideas. " Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 02:50:01 GMT I re-established Usenet traffic through UUCP to my NeXT. I re-installed the Version 2.0 C-News package and everything works. But ... relaynews is "SLOW!", using 50 to 80% CPU for 90K text files for 5 minutes at a time ... and I remember some much faster un-batching in the past. For reference, this is a NeXTstation Color, 25 Mhz with 16 MB of RAM. Has anyone seen this or has a usefull comment on the topic ? Thanks, Steph -- petergun R-name : Stephane I. Matis E-mail : petergun@coffeehaus.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? Message-ID: <79B67D3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 13 Oct 95 00:44:00 EDT Going back to the recent swapdisk conversation, I'm experimenting with the swaptab: > cat /etc/swaptab # # /etc/swaptab # # /private/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216 # 16 Meg low water mark /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216,hiwat=52428800 > Well, I started a bunch of apps (trying to get the swap to fill, in order to see what would happen.) Around 38MB (as seen in WatchSwap.app) the system hung. Two apps were still trying to launch. The disks (primary and swapdisk) were spinning rapidly. After a few minutes they stopped, and the two apps still hadn't launched. I could still move the mouse (the pointer was there, not a spinner), but the clock and KPerfMon both had stopped. I could get the 'Reboot/power off/cancel' from command~ but it didn't do anything (no matter what I chose). I could get to the mini-monitor and it wouldn't 'halt' or 'reboot'. I dumped to the ROM monitor and did a little 'bsd' ... it ran through a 'fsck' (I'm guessing... it stopped at 'checking disks').... which I wouldn't mind except it took 10 minutes for a the gig HD... Any guessing what happened? Inane question, I suppose. It hadn't reached the hiwat, so why would it freeze up like that? And what good is the hiwat if it still has to 'fsck' on reboot (or is the full-filesystem reboot even worse??)? Thanks for any clues.... TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: jr_buchanan@daffy.millersv.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: No login panel after logout on NS3.3 black Date: 8 Oct 1995 17:09:03 GMT Organization: East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4590jf$3pt@jake.esu.edu> Hello, I've noticed an intermittant problem after upgrading to NS3.3 user for Motorola hardware (still running NS3.2 developer). Sometimes after logging out, the screen is cleared to the familiar gray background, but the login panel does not appear. The only way I've been able to fix this is to reboot. Does anyone else have this problem? Do you know what causes it? Do you have a fix for this problem? Please email your responses to the address below. Thanks in advance. Bob Buchanan (jr_buchanan@daffy.millersv.edu) Millersville University Mathematics Department P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551-0302
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Can't open NetInfo parent domain Message-ID: <westesDGDLDH.Kso@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:12:53 GMT Sender: westes@netcom9.netcom.com In /private/adm/messages, I am getting the message: can't open NetInfo parent domain What does it mean and how do I fix it? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Documentation for fbshow command? Message-ID: <westesDGDLnv.H8o@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:19:06 GMT Sender: westes@netcom20.netcom.com Where online can I find documentation for the fbshow command? This appears to be used throughout the standard rc.* files in /etc. What does the -Z parameter, which takes an integer argument, do? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ntpd polling interval Date: 13 Oct 1995 07:57:45 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu> In article <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, Alvin Jee <alvin@cse.ucsc.edu> wrote: > Does anybody know (and will tell me :) ) how to set the polling interval for >ntpd? Once a minute is too often. I don't connect to the net all the time and >I get a message on the console from ntpd once a minute saying that it can't >reach the server or something like that when I am not connected. Frankly, the easiest way to solve all of your problems is to install the latest version of ntpd (now up to xntp 3.4x) available at ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp. It has settable minimum polling intervals, although you would probably prefer to change the syslog facility NTP uses from daemon to one of the local[0-7] facilities (requires a special compilation flag or modifying a header). The recommended setup for an occasionally connected site is to use a high-stratum pseudoclock as a backup NTP server for when you aren't connected to the Internet. I have no idea if this is even possible with the ancient NTP daemon that NeXT ships (which both uses more bandwith and is less accurate than daemons which implement the current NTP protocol). In fact, there are occasional suggestions over in the NTP standards newsgroup to stop supporting the ancient NTP protocol NeXT uses to force sites to upgrade their NTP daemons because the old daemons impact the performance of big NTP time servers too severely. Note, however, that a newer non-NeXT-specific NTP daemon won't "just work." If you choose to go this route, expect to spend some time learning how NTP works, compiling the software, and setting up the NTP configuration file. -ccwf
From: joe@TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: forked sendmail (NS3.3) process doesn't finish Date: 13 Oct 1995 09:27:34 GMT Organization: TakeFive Software, Salzburg, Austria Message-ID: <45lbe6$f3d@news.Austria.EU.net> Our mailhost is a NextCube running NS3.3 and NeXT's sendmail (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) with an unmodified sendmail.cf. Maybe someone can help me with this: takefive:~> ps axww | grep sendmail 28731 ? S 0:01 -accepting connections (sendmail) 28870 ? SW 0:00 -papin.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE: HELO Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE (sendmail) 28871 ? T 768:00 -AA28871 papin.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE: MAIL From:<><@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE> (sendmail) 516 p0 S 0:00 grep sendmail As you see, Uni-Marburg tries to send a message, but the sendmail process never gets beyond "MAIL From". The From: address "From:<><@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE>" doesn't look very well. Every time I kill the process it reappears at most one hour later (of course the other sendmail tries to deliver its message). Thus I stopped it. I've pinged postmaster@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE and postmaster@papin.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE twice, but received no answer so far. -- Josef Leherbauer <joe@TakeFive.co.at> {MIME,NeXT}mail welcome At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: tip crashes NeXT Date: 13 Oct 1995 10:45:16 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <45lfvs$8rn@neptune.ethz.ch> hello I have at last managed to use tip (Intel, 3.3). But there happen a few things, which worry me. When I use the tip which comes with the NeXT CD, making a connection works fine. After entering the loginname, nothings happens anymore. I know, that the remote machine prompts for a password ("Password:"). As workaround, I have compiled another tip with integrated x/y/zmodem (tipx). This works fine. Except: trying to receive bigger files is impossible (I use /dev/cufa and have the modem configured for hardware handshake). AND!!! when dropping the connection with '~.', and typing ctrl-c or ctrl-z without waiting for tip to exit, THE WHOLE SYSTEM STANDS STILL !@#$$%! I don't know, if the system has crashed or not. But the shell does not react anymore to any input and I cannot use the mouse anymore (no pointer). The HOME-key, which is configured to prompt for 'turn of computer?', does neither show any reactions... (reset, reboot, fsck, fsck, fsck, fsck.... :( Does anybody know, what this is? Some kind of race condition bug??? I know, Intel-based computer are some sort of crap, but I thought NeXT to run stable on them!?!?! Please tell me, which terminal program to use. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 68040-->68060 anyone? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 13 Oct 1995 14:02:21 GMT Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Message-ID: <45lrhd$43h@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> References: <45f5pj$6ks@news.iastate.edu> <45gdc5$40s@usenet.rpi.edu> <nsousa-1210952148150001@newton.esoterica.pt> <45k19r$jb6@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: : try: Spherical Solutions at www://orb.com/Pyro/ : Make that http://www.orb.com/Pyro/ Milind A. Bakhle mabakhle@lerc.nasa.gov
From: root@mailhost.cyberlab.ch (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail problem !! Date: 13 Oct 1995 14:54:47 GMT Organization: SWITCH, Swiss Academic & Research Network Message-ID: <45lujn$mus@swidir.switch.ch> Hello ! I desperately try to set up a mail server on a PC running NS 3.3. I have a strange problem, my mail does not work all the time. I can receice without problem but Sometime when I send a message I get it back this error message : ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 isrec.unil.ch (ddn)... 550 Host unknown 554 <Alexandre.Noel@isrec.unil.ch>... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX record Do you know what is the problem !! Lionel ************************************************************************ Lionel Tinguely Fax: ++41 21 626 40 00 E-mail: lionel@cyberlab.ch
From: Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <45lbe6$f3d@news.Austria.EU.net> Control: cancel <45lbe6$f3d@news.Austria.EU.net> Date: 13 Oct 1995 15:41:35 GMT Organization: EUnet EDV DienstleistungsgesmbH, Wien Message-ID: <45m1bf$ip1@news.Austria.EU.net> cancel
From: joe@joe.TakeFive.co.at (Josef Leherbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <453nib$7v8@news.Austria.EU.net> Control: cancel <453nib$7v8@news.Austria.EU.net> Date: 13 Oct 1995 15:46:23 GMT Organization: EUnet EDV DienstleistungsgesmbH, Wien Message-ID: <45m1kf$lra@news.Austria.EU.net> cancel
From: jim@hare (James Campana) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: EIDE and ATAPI drivers Date: 13 Oct 1995 16:41:31 GMT Organization: Anderson Financial Systems Inc. Message-ID: <45m4rr$sai@shelob.afs.com> I am attempting to install NS 3.3 on Pentium which I built myself. The machine has: PCI Bus 64 MB memory 1277 Conner IDE HD 4x IDE CD-ROM (Mitsumi FX400) Serial Mouse Diamond Viper PCI w/4mb I need the EIDE and ATAPI Driver to install NS 3.3 off the IDE CDROM. I got the 3.3_Additional_Drivers floppyimage and created the floppy. It initially installed into the computer and loaded the Hard Drive from the CD-ROM. When it rebooted, it said the EIDE driver was bad. I tried both the "EIDE driver" and the "EIDE driver for PC Tech RZ1000 PCI". Both failed after the User installation was completed with the above error. I also tried to get the driver itself. The EIDE.tar file in the package (NeXTanswer # 1838) has a bad checksum. Has anyone downloaded the drivers and used them in their Intel-based Computer?? Can somebody send me a working EISE.config?? Jim Campana Anderson Financial Systems Spring House, Pa.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host Date: 13 Oct 1995 17:02:57 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-25.usc.edu Message-ID: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> I'm trying to upgrade from 8.6.12 to 8.7 I'm using the same mc file I used successfully with 8.6.12 and re-macroing it within the 8.7 libraries. Problem: When I try to mail locally (haven't tried out into net yet) using "mail -v username" the things seems to hang and I get the following console message: Oct 13 09:19:12 midnight sendmail[238]: My unqualifed host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry Here is the mc file I was using: ============================================== divert(-1) include(`../m4/cf.m4') OSTYPE(nextstep) # Standard NeXT Netinfo aliases define(`ALIAS_FILE', netinfo:members@/aliases)dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', /var/adm/sendmail.st)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl # this is my domainname Dmusc.edu define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:scf.usc.edu)dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy,restrictmailq,restrictqrun')dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(scf.usc.edu) ================================================== Any ideas! I've read the 8.7 man pages but am really not sure what to do. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Russell Wilcoxon@mail.halcyon.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Date: 13 Oct 1995 19:04:39 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Message-ID: <45md87$jfr@news.halcyon.com> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <45c695$nhf@news4.digex.net> <45cbjh$lu9@clarknet.clark.net> In <45cbjh$lu9@clarknet.clark.net>, chin@clark.net (Chin) writes: >John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: >: dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com wrote: >: > If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands of CD-ROM drives >: > are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! >: >: I would recommend getting any of the toshiba, sony or nec drives. >: >: Particularly the toshiba 3401, or 3501...(although I don't love >: the company, their products are nice). The Toshiba 3401 doesn't support CD-Audio under NeXT For Intel. <Other advice deleted> -Russ
From: velcro@pcix.com (David Sinclair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: 2 CD-ROM drives on black HW problem Date: 13 Oct 1995 19:19:35 GMT Organization: Plymouth Commercial Internet eXchange, Inc. Message-ID: <45me47$v3q@alpha.pcix.com> anyone else out there using 2 CD-ROM drives on black hardware? when i added my second CD-ROM drive (a toshiba3401) the first (a NeXT) stopped auto-mounting inserted volumes; in fact, i can't mount them manually either. i figured i'd need to edit /etc/fstab or another such file, but couldn't find anything appropriate to change -- any hints? i really just want to be able to use the toshiba for audio while using the NeXT CD for data :-) thanks, -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David A. Sinclair velcro@pcix.com
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to set rom password Date: 13 Oct 1995 15:22:26 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <45m07i$kho@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <45jkec$q4i@newton.uncg.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The rom password is set in the rom monitor; hold down both alt keys and hit the ~ key to get into the monitor. Type ? to get a menu of commands, one of which tells how to set the rom password. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: dread question Date: 13 Oct 1995 18:27:28 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <45mb2g$t1r@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <45js04$olh@news.halcyon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Operator (root@universe.halcyon.com) wrote: [...] : Normally I would just look at the dread -l output and try to fix, but on : this new drive there is no output. dread -l produces nothing. So my : question is where is the system database that stores these values? ~/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.L -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: apandit@acs.uswest.com (Ajay Pandit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Problem with NS 3.3 installation on Conner 1275 MB drive Date: 13 Oct 1995 20:45:14 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <45mj4q$56p@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> I am trying to install NS 3.3 on Gateway 2000 486 DX2-50 on a Conner Peripherals 1275 MB Disk Drive. NS 3.3 recognizes the drive, but it says the device capacity is 1218 MB and BIOS is 210 MB. If I say continue, it prompts me if I want to erase all 210 MB and install NEXTSTEP. Any idea where this 210 MB coming from ? And how can I fix it. If I continue with even 210 MB disk installaiton, it gives following messages and aborts the installation: ----- mv: /private/tmp/mnta/usr/lib/NextStep/BaseSystem.bom rename: No such file or directory /private/etc/rc.cdrom : /private/tmp/mnta/private/etc/fstab: can not create CD-ROM boot procedure complete. ------ Any help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot, - Ajay
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org Subject: Re: Documentation for fbshow command? Message-ID: <1995Oct13.203024.4548@free.fdn.org> Sender: news@free.fdn.org Organization: Fabien Roy Consultant, Paris, France References: <westesDGDLnv.H8o@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 20:30:24 GMT westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) wrote: > Where online can I find documentation for the fbshow command? This appears to > be used throughout the standard rc.* files in /etc. What does the -Z > parameter, which takes an integer argument, do? > -- > Will Estes U.S. Computer > Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 > Saratoga, CA 95070 > FAX: 408-446-1013 fbshow stands for "frame buffer show" or display the folowing text in the little rectangle with the spinnig cursor. The "-z x" is the size bargraph simulating a progression of boot process. fabien@free> grep "\-z" /etc/rc fbshow -B -I "Initializing system" -z 9 fbshow -B -I "Configuring drivers" -z 14 fbshow -B -I "Configuring network" -z 18 fbshow -B -I "Checking system files" -z 23 fbshow -B -I "Starting background services" -z 27 fbshow -B -I "Starting network services" -z 32 fbshow -B -I "Starting YP services" -z 36 fbshow -B -I "Starting naming services" -z 41 fbshow -B -I "Starting I/O services" -z 45 fbshow -B -I "Mounting file systems" -z 50 <-----50% bargraph fbshow -B -I "Starting system services" -z 54 fbshow -B -I "Starting AppleTalk" -z 59 fbshow -B -I "Starting automounter" -z 63 fbshow -B -I "Exporting filesystems" -z 68 fbshow -B -I "Starting AppleShare" -z 72 fbshow -B -I "Starting network daemons" -z 77 fbshow -B -I "Starting NeXT services" -z 81 fbshow -B -I "Starting NetWare" -z 86 fbshow -B -I "Starting input servers" -z 90 fbshow -B -I "Starting standard daemons" -z 95 fbshow -B -I "Startup complete" -z 100 <-----100% bargraph fabien@free> Hope that helps. Fabien -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org (NextMail/MIME accepted) Fabien Roy Consultant NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/EOF Consultant, SYBASE DBA 10 rue de la DEFENSE 93100 MONTREUIL, France Tel: 33 1 45 28 32 23 Fax: 33 1 48 55 09 90
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 16:07:13 GMT From: Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Message-ID: <9510131607.AA08335@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Subject: Re: HELP: Can't remove empty directory Willem (the other van Schaik) wrote: > > : I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous > : size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. > > Maybe it works in single-user mode. Did you use chmod? Or try > a rm -r on one level higher (after backing up the other files). > Yes I tried all that, it didn't work. Should it make any difference, rm-ing in single user mode? Wiro. Nice to have 'family' all over the world by the way...;^) --- / Meteo Consult Wiro van Schaik (System Developer) / P.O. Box 617 / 6700 AP Wageningen >W.vanSchaik@MeteoCon.nl< / The Netherlands >NeXT Mail preferred< / fax: ..31 (0)317 423164 (new) ------------------------------------------/ voice: ..31 (0)317 423300 (new) (new nrs. since 10/10/'95)
From: wjabi@umich.edu (Wassim M. Jabi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Distributed Rendering Date: 13 Oct 1995 18:34:24 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Message-ID: <45mbfg$d9k@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> URL: http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/ Hello: We have a network of five NeXTStation Color Turbos that are on a NetInfo network with a Master server, they share administrative data and the /LocalApps folder. My own computer (NeXTStation Color 25Mhz) is connected, but shares neither administrative data nor the /LocalApps. I have my own login, my own Apps, and my /users directory only has my login name. (I Like it that way, since my computer is private to me and not shared with other students). However, the other five NeXTs have distributed rendering capabilities. Is there a way I can make use of that capability without making my computer a client to their master server? (i.e. make the other NeXTs show up in my render panel in Rendermanager.app? If so, I would appreciate instructions via e-mail/NeXTMail that are somewhat detailed since I am not a Netinfo expert. Thanks. -- Wassim M. Jabi Doctoral Program in Architecture University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 wjabi@umich.edu (Text/MIME/NeXTMail) http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/
From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: printing:laserjet 5MP? Date: 13 Oct 95 11:43:55 Organization: Brigham Young University-Math. Dept Distribution: world Message-ID: <SMITHW.95Oct13114355@sofya.hamblin.math.byu.edu> I'm having trouble printing with a laserjet 5MP. Parallel port configured as EPP (other options of compatible, ECP, bidirectional seem to have the same problem). Config.app shows driver installed for parallel port (LPT1, 378h iqr 7). Printmanager set up printer as hp laserjet 4MP (no 5MP type there). Printing test page shows printer receiving data (printer dummy lights flashing as prescribed) etc. but nothing ever prints. Test page prints ok, shows postscript installed. What's the problem? Anyone have this difficulty and fix it? Many thanks - -Bill -- Bill Smith, BYU mathematics dept. ph. 378-2061, fax 378-3703 email: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu, smithw@math.byu.edu
From: hoymand@gate.net (Dirk Herr-Hoyman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem building IRC server Date: 13 Oct 1995 18:58:00 GMT Organization: CyberBeach Publishing Message-ID: <hoymand-1310951358460001@msn_2_1.binc.net> I am attempting to build the IRC server irc2.8.21 on a NS 3.1 system (running black). It looks like I am just missing a -l library, which would have the routines _getshort and _getlong. These are part of the arpa/nameser.h, and have to do with name server resolution. Here is the relevant part of the make: wissago{hoymand}52: make Building common Building ircd /bin/sh version.c.SH Extracting IRC/ircd/version.c... cc -I../include -O -c version.c cc -I../include -O channel.o class.o hash.o ircd.o list.o res.o s_auth.o s_bsd.o s_conf.o s_debug.o s_err.o s_misc.o s_numeric.o s_serv.o s_user.o whowas.o no te.o ../common/bsd.o ../common/dbuf.o ../common/packet.o ../common/send.o ../c ommon/match.o ../common/parse.o ../common/support.o version.o -o ircd /bin/ld: Undefined symbols: __getshort __getlong *** Exit 1 Stop. *** Exit 1 Stop. I looked in /lib and /usr/lib, but did not see any candidates. I kinda thought this ought to be in the standard library, right? If you can help out, please contact me at hoymand@uwex.edu. Thanks. -- Dirk Herr-Hoyman CyberBeach Publishing hoymand@gate.net http://www.gate.net/cyberbeach/
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot Problems, Please Help! Date: 13 Oct 1995 15:31:40 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <45m0os$kho@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <45g2jf$27c@mindy.vnet.net> <7xloqs5e00.fsf@burrow.muc.de> <Pine.OSF.3.91.951012110738.15782A-100000@hepux1.hep.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tim Stelzer <stelzer@hepux1.hep.uiuc.edu> wrote: > >I was trying to install PPP on a black slab running NS 3.0. I edited the >rc.local file and tried to reboot, but got a system panic. I reverted >the rc.local file, and now when I try to boot in multi-user mode it >hangs. Actually it gets through all the startup stuff, then the box >disappears and the login box never appears. I seem to be able to access >all the files in single user mode (and run kermit), but I'd like to have >the NeXTStep windowing system running again! > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance, > >Tim There is probably something wrong with the network setup (ifconfig command most likely) in the rc file. This is causing something in the rc.local file to crash or simply not return; which then causes the rc.local file to either not return, or to return with an unknown value. The rc file then never completes it's final setup. Since you were trying to setup PPP, I would look carefully at all the places where ifconfig is used to set up the network interfaces. I have a NeXT slab which had previously been on an ethernet. I took it home, and tried to boot it and it evinced the same symptoms you describe. After I went into the rc files and disabled all network references, it booted fine. Of course, once I set up my own ethernet LAN, I had to re-enable all of the ethernet interfaces. Another place to check is anywhere route commands are used. If one of them is still trying to set up primary routing through a PPP link, and that link is not being enabled, you will also get the same symptoms. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: colen@teleport.com (Colen Garoutte-Carson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: [HELP] How do I make my new(used) NeXT work? Date: 13 Oct 1995 21:05:31 GMT Organization: Metrowerks Inc. Distribution: inet Message-ID: <colen-1310951404320001@ip-pdx09-27.teleport.com> Anyone who can help, Please forgive my ignorance. Any help would be _extremely_ appreciated. I've just aquired a Color NeXTstation. When I boot, it says "Testing system...", opens a NeXT ROM monitor 2.4 (v65) window. Testings some more stuff (all the tests pass). Then gives me a "NeXT>" prompt. I figured "b sd" was the only intelligent option at this point. It boots me into unix, in a "NeXT Mach Operating System" window. It tries to set up network access, but fails (it's not connection to one yet). It gives me a "#" prompt, from which I can list files. I can execute basic unix commands. But I can't see to get any programs working. How do I boot into the NeXT OS? How do I get anything to display in color? Why, whenever I try to execute most of the programs, does it just access the HD, then freeze up? How can I make the programs run properly? The person I bought this from said he has tried to install the latest update to the NeXT OS, but wasn't able to get it working properly. I'm not sure what he's done, or at what stage he left off. What software should I have installed to make things work properly? (I'm trapped in a well! PLEASE HELP ME!) Please respond cc responses to my email address, - Colen Garoutte-Carson
From: chris@miles.opensource.com (Chris Miner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing solaris after nextstep(II) Date: 13 Oct 1995 23:10:04 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45mrkc$e3b@trane.opensource.com> References: <9510071916.AA13319@matsun1.unican.es> Keywords: boot solaris install broke The short answer is: - boot single user off the NS install CD - run sdformat on the broken hard drive - now try to install Solaris In article <9510071916.AA13319@matsun1.unican.es> trujillo@matsun1.unican.es (Guadalupe Trujillo) writes: > > How can I reformat the internal disk to Solaris > format after having done a NEXTSTEP installation ? > > Guadalupe Trujillo
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiuser bootup went away -- How to get it back? Date: 13 Oct 1995 23:09:55 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <45mrk3$4nt@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <45hrdf$bej@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <45jthg$r64@news.next.com> <45kfmo$erh@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit mpemburn (mpemburn@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : Thanks for all the help folks! I received no fewer than seven e-mails on : this and was up and running in minutes. You guys are super! : On other fronts: : Can anyone tell me why a exported directory refuses to "stick"? Briefly, : I have an external drive named /Cairo that I want to export in its : entirety. I added it in NFSManager and gave root access to all members of : the "NeXTStation" domain that includes the NeXT and OS2Mark, my OS/2 box. : Several times, I have added it in, attached to it on OS2Mark and been : able to copy files to and from. If I reboot the NeXT, it "loses" /Cairo : -- even though it still shows in NFSManager. Any clues? Seems as if /Cairo is not in /etc/fstab and thus gets mounted under your account every time you log in by Workspace-Manager. Just make an fstab-entry for the external drive. Be sure to _not_ use the noauto option as stated for the / filesystem. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: chris@miles.opensource.com (Chris Miner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing solaris after nextstep(II) Date: 13 Oct 1995 23:10:12 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45mrkk$e49@trane.opensource.com> References: <9510071916.AA13319@matsun1.unican.es> Keywords: boot solaris install broke The short answer is: - boot single user off the NS install CD - run sdformat on the broken hard drive - now try to install Solaris In article <9510071916.AA13319@matsun1.unican.es> trujillo@matsun1.unican.es (Guadalupe Trujillo) writes: > > How can I reformat the internal disk to Solaris > format after having done a NEXTSTEP installation ? > > Guadalupe Trujillo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: NFS Manager Requires Duplication Of DNS Entries Message-ID: <westesDGEuG1.CDF@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 23:26:25 GMT Sender: westes@netcom16.netcom.com NFS Manager does not seem to work with DNS. If I enter host names in the various permission lists in NFS Manager, it does not grant permission to these hosts unless the hosts are also defined in HostManager. Is there a way to make NFS Manager work with DNS? I see this as a real bug, or at least weakness, with NeXT's NFS. Surely we don't want to be duplicating our DNS definitions on the NeXT network also. -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: sandhoff@csus.edu (John F. Sandhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Compression mode on DAT drives? Date: 13 Oct 1995 18:35:05 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Distribution: world Message-ID: <45mbgp$4cq@news.csus.edu> Originator: sandhoff@syscube.ccs.csus.edu Can NS 3.3 (or 3.2) support toggling data compression on DAT drives, specifically a WangDAT 3400DX? I'm hoping to be able to create the appropriate special devices that can access the drive in both normal and compressed mode. I've found nothing along this subject line in NeXTanswers... Alternately, does anyone have the nitty-gritty tech details for a 3400DX that tells me what bits to set/examine with a mode select/sense command, and I can try writing my own routine to toggle compression mode. John F. Sandhoff, University Network Support California State University Sacramento sandhoff@csus.edu
From: velcro@pcix.com (David Sinclair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: 2 CD-ROM drives on black HW problem Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Date: 14 Oct 1995 01:24:34 GMT Organization: Plymouth Commercial Internet eXchange, Inc. Message-ID: <45n3gi$7oo@alpha.pcix.com> References: <45me47$v3q@alpha.pcix.com> thanks to all those who replied so quickly; it turns out the problem went away after a simple reboot, now "it just works". :-) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David A. Sinclair velcro@pcix.com
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Date: 14 Oct 1995 02:56:15 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <45n8sf$3e9@news4.digex.net> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <45c695$nhf@news4.digex.net> <45cbjh$lu9@clarknet.clark.net> <45md87$jfr@news.halcyon.com> Russell Wilcoxon@mail.halcyon.com wrote: > In <45cbjh$lu9@clarknet.clark.net>, chin@clark.net (Chin) writes: > >John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com > >wrote: : > If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands > >of CD-ROM drives : > are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! : : > >I would recommend getting any of the toshiba, sony or nec drives. > >: : Particularly the toshiba 3401, or 3501...(although I don't > >love : the company, their products are nice). > The Toshiba 3401 doesn't support CD-Audio under NeXT For Intel. This is wrong...It certainly does. I'm listening to it right now...on intel hardware. -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: Bob Berger <rwb@cs.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: disktab needed for Quantum 40meg swap drive Date: 14 Oct 1995 08:46:02 GMT Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science Message-ID: <45ntca$qv9@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Could someone please post the disktab entry that was used for the 40 meg Quantum swap drives? I need to format one of these with special partitions...
From: mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca (Michael C. Cam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Screen freezes, system hangs more frequently after installing 3.3 Date: 14 Oct 1995 08:54:03 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Distribution: world Message-ID: <45ntrb$94m@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, I have recently installed NS3.3 and am finding that my system hangs quite frequently and at the oddest moments. I would be doing some copying and pasting of text and all of a sudden the screen would freeze. Or I would try to open a file and everything just halts. I strongly believe that this is happenning after I installed 3.3 but cannot specifically determine what causes the crashes. I have a Canon object.station.41, 32MB ram, a 2.5 year old Toshiba hard drive as my main drive. Any directions in which I could take would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, ...Mike. ___________________________________________________________________ | | | ___ ^ ... /\ BEAUTIFUL | | _|_::| ___o '|`^ .. o_ . .. /\ / \ BRITISH | | |:::|:| \ \, ^ '|`|` (`_|/____') / / /\ COLUMBIA | | |:::|:| (o)/ (o) '|`'|`|`` ,,/ . ... . .. / \ | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Michael C. Cam E-MAIL (NeXT & MIME) PHONE 604-263-7609 | | Open Object Solutions mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca FAX 604-263-7609 | |___________________________________________________________________|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pdepuydt@uia.ac.be (Peter.Depuydt) Subject: Bootstrap_register failed ?? Message-ID: <DGEAMC.8Ho@uia.ua.ac.be> Sender: news@uia.ua.ac.be (News database) Organization: U.I.A. Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:18:12 GMT Hello, A recent disk-crash haas forced me to re-install my NX 3.3 FIP from scratch. Unfortunatly I has discovered that this time I always get an error message in the file /usr/adm/messages. wich I had never seen before. loginwindow[pid] bootstrap_register failed - 102 Know I must say it seems to run fine, but to such warnings arent writen there in vain. Does anyone know what is going wrong during boot-up -------------------------------------------------------------- Peter DEPUYDT E-mail : pdepuydt@uia.ua.ac.be Student (Computer Science) at University of Antwerp (UIA) Belgium / Europe --------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 13 Oct 1995 17:02:57 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 09:05:14 GMT 8.7 requires a fully qualified hostname entry in /etc/hosts or NetInfo. This means that if your domain is "foo.com" and your host is "mynext", you will need an entry mynext.foo.com in that table. 8.7.1 which I just release a quad-fat binary for doesn't require the fully qualified host name. BTW - It is a good idea to have one. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <45m641$23p@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25771 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!usenet From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 13 Oct 1995 17:02:57 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 57 Sender: reichman@comserv-d-25.usc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-d-25.usc.edu I'm trying to upgrade from 8.6.12 to 8.7 I'm using the same mc file I used successfully with 8.6.12 and re-macroing it within the 8.7 libraries. Problem: When I try to mail locally (haven't tried out into net yet) using "mail -v username" the things seems to hang and I get the following console message: Oct 13 09:19:12 midnight sendmail[238]: My unqualifed host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry Here is the mc file I was using: ============================================== divert(-1) include(`../m4/cf.m4') OSTYPE(nextstep) # Standard NeXT Netinfo aliases define(`ALIAS_FILE', netinfo:members@/aliases)dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', /var/adm/sendmail.st)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl # this is my domainname Dmusc.edu define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:scf.usc.edu)dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy,restrictmailq,restrictqrun')dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(scf.usc.edu) ================================================== Any ideas! I've read the 8.7 man pages but am really not sure what to do. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: bludvigs@ulrik.uio.no (B|rre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Can't log in as root Date: 14 Oct 1995 09:52:31 GMT Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <45o18v$gcl@hermod.uio.no> Or rather when I've logged in the workspace immediatly quits, declaring "workspace manager error". How in the world to I get around that one? (Barre Ludvigsen - please leave this line in reply for my news reading agent) - Barre
From: fukuda@dma.epfl.ch (Komei Fukuda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: can't boot NeXTstation Date: 14 Oct 1995 12:05:27 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Message-ID: <45o927$7tj@info.epfl.ch> Hello, I bought a second-hand NeXTstation color which had been working fine for few weeks. But it stopped working yesterday. The problem is simply that it does not boot. When the power is on, the Monitor turns white and nothing else happens. It looks like a problem with ROM, but I do not know for sure. Since I cannot even get the ROM monitor, I am totally helpless. Has anyone had the same problem? Has anyone had to replace a ROM in NeXT black hardware? The following is written on the NeXT ROM: NeXT Computer, Inc. 0 1991 Rev. 2.5 v66M I actually noticed that even when it was working fine, it always showed the ROM monitor while booting from a harddisk. This is not usual because the ROM monitor is usually hidden unless one presses COMMAND + ~ KEY. I appreciate it very much if anyone can kindly help me out. Thank you very much. Komei -------- Komei Fukuda DMA, EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland fax +41-21-693 42 50 tel +41-21-693 42 44 email: fukuda@dma.epfl.ch
From: andrew.abernathy@mccaw.com (Andrew Abernathy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 12 Oct 1995 17:35:10 GMT Organization: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Message-ID: <45jjke$ip1@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> In article <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> writes: > Hi, > After installing the new 3.3 patch mail that I send out, that used > to get queued up and wait for my PPP connection, now bounces... I can only > send mail when I'm connected via my ppp link i.e. when the link is up. I > can no longer compose and send mail off line... You probably are relying on DNS to find the mailhost at your service provider. If so, add a host entry for your mailhost ("mailhost" by default, but could be different if you modified your sendmail.cf to point to a specific machine), and everything will just work. Email me if this isn't clear, or if it doesn't work. -- Any similarities between my views and those of AT&T are purely coincidental. andrew.abernathy@attws.com, AT&T Wireless Services NeXTmail, MIME, MSMail, and SunMail in a pinch http://www.serv.net/~wire/andrew.abernathy/ 14335 Northeast 24th Street, Bldg B, Bellevue, WA 98007, U.S.A.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host Date: 14 Oct 1995 14:37:36 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-65.usc.edu Message-ID: <45ohvg$6c7@usc.edu> References: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > 8.7 requires a fully qualified hostname entry in /etc/hosts or NetInfo. This means that if your domain is "foo.com" and your host is "mynext", you will need an entry mynext.foo.com in that table. 8.7.1 which I just release a quad-fat binary for doesn't require the fully qualified host name. BTW - It is a good idea to have one. Thanks, Robert for the advice, Unfortunately, I'm real newbie (and I did look up what you said in the man pages and in netinfo and in the hosts file), and I don't know where to effect your advice. my home machine = "localhost" (aliased "midnight") my local accts = "reichman" and "fey" my local domain = (nothing) my internet domain = scf.usc.edu If you or someone could tell me exactly what I need to do in NetInfo and/or in the /etc/hosts file to get qualified I would greatly appreciate it. Do I need to replace the standard "myhost" in the hosts file or do I add midnight to the next available address? ALSO - Robert - thank you VERY MUCH for submitting Sendmail 8.7.1 to an ftp site!!!! and quad fat no less!!! That is extremely considerate of you. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! Date: 14 Oct 1995 14:46:20 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-65.usc.edu Message-ID: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> (at ftp.cs.orst.edu/submissions) Robert created an quad fat installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.1. I think this deserves a special note of honor! -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: Darrell Kristof <dlk@tamu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problem with NS 3.3 installation on Conner 1275 MB drive Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 05:21:38 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <45nb0c$mbv@news.tamu.edu> References: <45mj4q$56p@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> apandit@acs.uswest.com (Ajay Pandit) wrote: >I am trying to install NS 3.3 on Gateway 2000 486 DX2-50 on a Conner >Peripherals 1275 MB Disk Drive. NS 3.3 recognizes the drive, but it says >the device capacity is 1218 MB and BIOS is 210 MB. If I say continue, it Sounds like the drive needs (and was originally prepared for DOS w/ OnTrack's DiskManager for IDE drives larger than 1024 cylinders). I don't know of a fix for this, but this might shed some light on the subject if someone knows a work around for a DiskManager setup. My only guess would be to reformat the drive w/ ONLY NeXTSTEP on the system. Just FDISK it in DOS and start the NeXTSTEP install and let it take care of the formatting and fdisking for partitions and see how it works. I'm sold on SCSI myself -- I haven't tried it yet on EIDE drives. >prompts me if I want to erase all 210 MB and install NEXTSTEP. Any idea >where this 210 MB coming from ? And how can I fix it. >If I continue with even 210 MB disk installaiton, it gives following >messages and aborts the installation: Good luck! Darrell Kristof dlk@tamu.edu
From: alex@genoa.com (Alex Blakemore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can store resolv.conf data in netinfo (WAS Re:resolve.conf) Date: 9 Oct 1995 16:29:10 GMT Organization: Genoa Software Systems Message-ID: <45bikm$98m@saturn.genoa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keywords: netinfo resolver DNS Reply-To: alex@genoa.com Distribution: world In Re: resolve.conf comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0xb1fe4> writes, > Another thing: be sure that are no spaces at the end of the lines in your > resolv.conf file. That will cause you no end of grief if you're not aware > of it. I've had better luck storing the resolver info in netinfo instead of a flat file, at least with NS3.3 (never tried it before) % nidump -r /locations/resolver / name = resolver; domain = genoa.com; nameserver = (saturn.genoa.com, xxx.yyy.com); Of course, you still have to spell things right, but at least the netinfo version uses whole words (resolver) instead of arbitrary truncations (resolv)
From: alex@genoa.com (Alex Blakemore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can store resolv.conf data in netinfo Date: 9 Oct 1995 16:29:42 GMT Organization: Genoa Software Systems Message-ID: <45bilm$98n@saturn.genoa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keywords: netinfo resolver DNS Reply-To: alex@genoa.com Distribution: world In Re: resolve.conf comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0xb1fe4> writes, > Another thing: be sure that are no spaces at the end of the lines in your > resolv.conf file. That will cause you no end of grief if you're not aware > of it. I've had better luck storing the resolver info in netinfo instead of a flat file, at least with NS3.3 (never tried it before) % nidump -r /locations/resolver / name = resolver; domain = genoa.com; nameserver = (saturn.genoa.com, xxx.yyy.com); Of course, you still have to spell things right, but at least the netinfo version uses whole words (resolver) instead of arbitrary truncations (resolv)
From: chin@clark.net (Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 14 Oct 1995 15:36:40 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Message-ID: <45ole8$jo6@clarknet.clark.net> References: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : After installing the new 3.3 patch mail that I send out, that used : to get queued up and wait for my PPP connection, now bounces... I can only : send mail when I'm connected via my ppp link i.e. when the link is up. I : can no longer compose and send mail off line... Have you changed anything related to host name lookup? One way to get this to work is to have your sendmail.cf configured to relay mail to your ISP's mail server. Define that mail server in NetInfo. Now sendmail will resolve that mail server and defer e-mail delivery to it. When your link comes up, run "/usr/lib/sendmail -q -v" to force sendmail to process its queue verbosely. Sendmail will bounce e-mail that it is trying to transfer to a host it doesn't know. An added advantage is that the e-mail gets off your host as quickly as possible, off-loading retries and dealing with slow connections to your ISP's mail server which is, of course, (at least hopefully) on the 'Net full time. At least, that how it appears to work with the bundled sendmail (NS/SPARC 3.3 patched). Things would definitely be different with other versions of sendmail. ..Bill
From: jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! (NOT!!) Date: 14 Oct 1995 18:20:50 GMT Organization: Communicating for America Network Services Distribution: world Message-ID: <45ov22$j7s@swifty.cfa.org> References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> In article <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > (at ftp.cs.orst.edu/submissions) > > Robert created an quad fat installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.1. > > I think this deserves a special note of honor! > -- > Thanks and be well, > Hmm, glad it worked for you. On reboot I get: Oct 14 13:04:04 banaba sendmail[138]: My unqualifed host name (banaba) unknown; sleeping for retry Oct 14 13:05:07 banaba sendmail[138]: unable to qualify my own domain name (banaba) -- using short name I'm on a dialin blackbox and PPP isn't up yet (so the name isn't getting resolved??) anyway, putting the FQDN in /etc/hosts and in NetInfo doesn't make any difference. Any suggestions? --- Jeff Hallgren jhall@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu (NeXT/MIME Mail OK)
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 14 Oct 1995 18:14:33 GMT Message-ID: <45oum9$1j5@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> <45kirj$jr3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> Here's a followup to my posting after a message from Robert Nicolson (robert@steffi.accessone.com), > > Does John have a /usr/lib/sendmail -q in his ip-up script? > I don't think so. By default it is probably started at boot time by inetd.conf. You're right. Having a sendmail -q in his ip-up script would solve the problem. That's something I could do for myself too. > > What about explicitly flushing the queue with -q instead. > You're right abt this too. I thought of this yesterday when I was reading abt setting a ppp 'server'. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Chuang Shyne Song kevinc@netcom.com cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg Finger me for my PGP Public Key http://www.irdu.nus.sg/~csong MIME/NeXTmail: csong@singnet.com.sg +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: colen@teleport.com (Colen Garoutte-Carson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: [HELP] Getting a NeXTstation networked Date: 14 Oct 1995 19:14:16 GMT Organization: Metrowerks Inc. Message-ID: <colen-1410951213130001@ip-pdx10-22.teleport.com> Thanks to those of you who helped me get into the NeXT OS from single user unix. Ultimately, I'd like to use my NeXTstation to connect to a dedicated PPP line, and route for two other computer (2 Macs). I found PPP software for the NeXT, but it's 2 megs, and I can get it over to the NeXT. I've been unable to find any kind of terminal program that will let me use a modem pluged into a serial port. (Does anyone have a terminal program that I can fit on a floppy?). Does anyone know of any good NeXT shareware/freeware sites? I tried running a coaxial cable from the NeXT to a Mac. Do I need resisters or T-connectors on either end? It's just wired directly from one to the other. I set up the TCP/IP software on the Mac to manually assume an address of 1.1.1.2, with a 255.0.0.0 network mask (I've been guessing). With "NetManager", I configured the NeXT to assume the address of 1.1.1.1. I tried all possible settings for router (1.1.1.2, default, and none), broadcast address (1.1.1.2, default, and none), NetMask (255.0.0.0, Default, and automatic). Whenever I boot the NeXT it tells me that either the network is down or I have not yet connected to it. I'm unable to ping 1.1.1.2, nomatter what I try. I tried everything I could with ifconfig, too. What am I missing? How can I make a two machine, point-A-to-point-B IP network with my NeXTstation and my Mac? The most difficult part is yet to come : How do I configure my NeXT to route packets from ethernet to PPP (and vice versa)? What PPP should I use? Thanks in advance, (Please email response) - Colen Garoutte-Carson
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! (NOT!!) Date: 14 Oct 1995 19:33:11 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-30.usc.edu Message-ID: <45p39n$m3l@usc.edu> References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <45ov22$j7s@swifty.cfa.org> jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) wrote: > Hmm, glad it worked for you. > On reboot I get: > Oct 14 13:04:04 banaba sendmail[138]: My unqualifed host name (banaba) unknown; sleeping for retry > Oct 14 13:05:07 banaba sendmail[138]: unable to qualify my own domain name (banaba) > -- using short name > I'm on a dialin blackbox and PPP isn't up yet (so the name isn't getting resolved??) anyway, putting the FQDN in /etc/hosts and in NetInfo doesn't make any difference. Actually, what I meant was that he put it up was very nice. I didn't get it to work either. But, on the other hand, I don't know how to put the FQDN in /etc/hosts and Netinfo -- I'm still ignorant to most NeXT things and I don't know what the line should look like in my /etc/hosts and what exactly to enter into NetInfo. Would someone be very specific with me? My single home machine = localhost = midnight My usr accts at home = reichman & fey My school net acct name = reichman My school domain (mail server) = chaph.usc.edu -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Scott@localhost.worldweb.net Subject: NetInfo Message-ID: <ae7cb$1056.12c@murphy.worldweb.net> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 21:05:06 GMT NetInfo sleeping error shows up at various times while system is running. a system restart usually helps . help is needed in resolving this situation, dirupting my workflow in a crucial development period. Please email any suggestions to : 1stsight@worldweb.net
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail... Date: 14 Oct 1995 00:23:52 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <45ht9j$ehu@news4.digex.net> <45kirj$jr3@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> In-reply-to: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg's message of 13 Oct 1995 02:28:03 GMT To: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) <cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg> writes: >John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: >: After installing the new 3.3 patch mail that I send out, that used >: to get queued up and wait for my PPP connection, now bounces... I can only >: send mail when I'm connected via my ppp link i.e. when the link is up. I >: can no longer compose and send mail off line... >: Does anyone know why this is happening and what I might be able to >: do to fix it? I'm guessing it might be fixable via sendmail? >I had a problem like yours. I fixed it by editing the /etc/rc file. >In the line that starts sendmail, there is a flag -q1h which means it >tries to send stuff in the queue every hour. I set mine to retry more >often. In fact, I changed it to -q3m (every 3 minutes). >Your problem now is caused by the fact that you're still off-line when >sendmail tries to clear the queue at each hour interval (default). Sometimes, >the mail server might be busy when you get to each hour interval. Check >the /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog file. Does John have a /usr/lib/sendmail -q in his ip-up script? >What I am proposing will result in a growing syslog file since sendmail >retires every 3 minutes. I advise you to not keep too much outstanding mail. >Either you do the above, or you manually kill sendmail and restart it after >the PPP link is up. What about explicitly flushing the queue with -q instead. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: flock questions under NS3.2 and 3.3 Date: 14 Oct 1995 12:51:28 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eag73j133.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Does flock work under NS 3.2 and 3.3? Is there any magic in flock that causes an implicit LOCK_UN when the file descriptors are closed by an exit? So far somebody on 3.3 is reporting that with an NFS mounted file flock is unlocking ie. removing the lockfile implicitly... Where as under NS 3.2 with a non-NFS mounted file it's not going that. What's the scoop? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <eag73j133.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Control: cancel <eag73j133.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Date: 14 Oct 1995 13:27:02 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <e20sfhkvd.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> This is a cancel message from robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson). -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? Message-ID: <DGGA3J.J5@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <79B67D3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 18:02:07 GMT In article <79B67D3001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > Any guessing what happened? Inane question, I suppose. It hadn't reached > the hiwat, so why would it freeze up like that? And what good is the What makes you so sure it never reached the hiwat? The reason another running app monitoring the swapfile did not indicate the point of no space left before everything froze is not a strong one. Teh moment the upper limit is reached chances are high your monitoring app does not have a chance to then display just that as the system already is frozen. Another point is that the Swap.app does view the swapfile's size in intervalls but nor continuously and might just have missed the exact moment before the crash-condition and then it's just too late to report. Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 14 Oct 1995 14:37:36 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14182133@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> <45ohvg$6c7@usc.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:21:33 GMT Michael, First, of all, you are welcome. It is really ashame that NeXT has failed to update sendmail and has caused it's customers to suffer over the past couple of years as a result. I hope that my small contribution will help the NS community. As to your problem, I don't quite understand your network configuration. Do you have a host without a domain name? Or is your domain scf.usc.edu? i.e. When people send you mail, do they send it to reichman@midnight.scf.usc.edu which means that the machine midnight is on the scf.usc.edu network OR is your mail just routed through scf.usc.edu to your host via UUCP or PPP/SLIP? Typically, your network will have it's own domain name. For example, if you had a company called Midnight Engineering, you might select me.com as your domain name. You would then receive mail at reichman@midnight.me.com The mail would get routed through scf.usc.edu transparently via a MX record. If this is the case, I recommend that you register a domain name. The registration process has changed so you'll have to ask around as to how to go about doing it. There is a small fee for it and it may take a few weeks to process it. Once you have your domain, you will need to edit or create the /machines/midnight directory in NetInfo. In the key "name", make sure you have the following values: "midnight", "midnight.me.com", "mailhost", "mailhost.me.com" Note that the me.com is the domain name so change it to whatever name you really registered. Lastly, I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of the O'Reilly and Associates book "sendmail" by Eric Allman and Neil Rickert. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <45ohvg$6c7@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25799 Path: world!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!usenet From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 14 Oct 1995 14:37:36 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 40 Sender: reichman@comserv-g-65.usc.edu References: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-g-65.usc.edu rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > 8.7 requires a fully qualified hostname entry in /etc/hosts or NetInfo. This means that if your domain is "foo.com" and your host is "mynext", you will need an entry mynext.foo.com in that table. 8.7.1 which I just release a quad-fat binary for doesn't require the fully qualified host name. BTW - It is a good idea to have one. Thanks, Robert for the advice, Unfortunately, I'm real newbie (and I did look up what you said in the man pages and in netinfo and in the hosts file), and I don't know where to effect your advice. my home machine = "localhost" (aliased "midnight") my local accts = "reichman" and "fey" my local domain = (nothing) my internet domain = scf.usc.edu If you or someone could tell me exactly what I need to do in NetInfo and/or in the /etc/hosts file to get qualified I would greatly appreciate it. Do I need to replace the standard "myhost" in the hosts file or do I add midnight to the next available address? ALSO - Robert - thank you VERY MUCH for submitting Sendmail 8.7.1 to an ftp site!!!! and quad fat no less!!! That is extremely considerate of you. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! (NOT!!) In-Reply-To: jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu's message of 14 Oct 1995 18:20:50 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14184149@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <45ov22$j7s@swifty.cfa.org> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:41:49 GMT Jeff, Please keep in mind that the installer package is a preliminary release so it's not fully plug and play yet. I don't know anything about your network configuration so I can't fully address your problem. It may have to do with the /etc/service.switch file, the sendmail.cf file, or the sendmail.cw file. Did you create new v8 sendmail.cf like I recommended or did you use the stock NS one? Look at /etc/sendmail/doc/op/op.ps and /etc/sendmail/cf/README for documentation. There's also a comp.mail.sendmail newsgroup and a sendmail mailing list that you can write to for questions. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <45ov22$j7s@swifty.cfa.org> jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25804 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.cfa.org!news From: jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 14 Oct 1995 18:20:50 GMT Organization: Communicating for America Network Services Lines: 23 Distribution: world References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> Reply-To: jhall@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) NNTP-Posting-Host: barbados.umhc.umn.edu In article <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > (at ftp.cs.orst.edu/submissions) > > Robert created an quad fat installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.1. > > I think this deserves a special note of honor! > -- > Thanks and be well, > Hmm, glad it worked for you. On reboot I get: Oct 14 13:04:04 banaba sendmail[138]: My unqualifed host name (banaba) unknown; sleeping for retry Oct 14 13:05:07 banaba sendmail[138]: unable to qualify my own domain name (banaba) -- using short name I'm on a dialin blackbox and PPP isn't up yet (so the name isn't getting resolved??) anyway, putting the FQDN in /etc/hosts and in NetInfo doesn't make any difference. Any suggestions? --- Jeff Hallgren jhall@tahiti.umhc.umn.edu (NeXT/MIME Mail OK)
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host Date: 14 Oct 1995 23:03:01 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-52.usc.edu Message-ID: <45pfj5$16a@usc.edu> References: <45m641$23p@usc.edu> <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> <45ohvg$6c7@usc.edu> <RDL.95Oct14182133@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > Michael, Haha - I thought this mix-up of names only happened verbally! > It is really ashame that NeXT.... I wholeheartedly agree > ...I don't quite understand your network configuration No domain name, personally. I guess "scf.usc.edu" is my domainname and the school just routes mail to me. I guess, then, that my school has the real me, i.e. "reichman@scf.usc.edu". My home machine "midnight" Masquerades as "scf.usc.edu". Scf (aka Chaph) is the mailhost at school. I get my mail through PPP & PopOver.app. So... I will put "scf.usc.edu" alongside of "midnight" (aka localhost) and "broadcasthost" and enter the appropriate information as you described. Then I will add "scf.usc.edu" and its ip_address to my "/etc/hosts" file. Does that sound about right to you? Thanks for the tips. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NCURSES 1.9.4 on 3.2? Date: 14 Oct 1995 15:17:34 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ezqf3g16p.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Any successfully compiled NCURSES 1.9.4 for 3.2? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: rjadams@prin.uncg.edu (Robert J. Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to set rom password Date: 14 Oct 1995 23:13:21 GMT Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Message-ID: <45pg6h$i73@newton.uncg.edu> References: <45jkec$q4i@newton.uncg.edu> <45m07i$kho@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood (ron) wrote: :The rom password is set in the rom monitor; hold down both alt keys and hit the :~ key to get into the monitor. Type ? to get a menu of commands, one of which :tells how to set the rom password. actually, thats the problem, when i press ?, i get a series of things i can do, yet, none of them have anything to do with a password. Robert
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! (NOT!!) Date: 14 Oct 1995 16:32:05 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eybunfxqk.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <45ov22$j7s@swifty.cfa.org> <45p39n$m3l@usc.edu> In-reply-to: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 14 Oct 1995 19:33:11 GMT To: reichman@scf.usc.edu <reichman@scf.usc.edu> writes: >jhall@barbados.umhc.umn.edu (Jeff Hallgren) wrote: >>Hmm, glad it worked for you. >>On reboot I get: >>Oct 14 13:04:04 banaba sendmail[138]: My unqualifed host name (banaba) >unknown; sleeping for retry >>Oct 14 13:05:07 banaba sendmail[138]: unable to qualify my own domain >name (banaba) >>-- using short name >>I'm on a dialin blackbox and PPP isn't up yet (so the name isn't >getting resolved??) anyway, putting the FQDN in /etc/hosts and in NetInfo >doesn't make any difference. >Actually, what I meant was that he put it up was very nice. I didn't get it >to work either. But, on the other hand, I don't know how to put the FQDN in >/etc/hosts and Netinfo -- I'm still ignorant to most NeXT things and I >don't know what the line should look like in my /etc/hosts and what exactly >to enter into NetInfo. >Would someone be very specific with me? >My single home machine = localhost = midnight >My usr accts at home = reichman & fey >My school net acct name = reichman >My school domain (mail server) = chaph.usc.edu >-- >Thanks and be well, OK I'm gonna post this because I'm interested in feedback. Here's what I have ... the IP address in /etc/hostconfig may not be necessary these days but was with PNI. Related to wether ifconfig would run or not. robert:/Users/robert/archives>cat /etc/hostconfig 16:29 # # /etc/hostconfig # # This file sets up shell variables used by the various rc scripts to # configure the host. Edit this file instead of rc.boot. # # Warning: This is sourced by /bin/sh. Make sure there are no spaces # on either side of the "=". # # There are some special keywords used by rc.boot and the programs it # calls: # # -AUTOMATIC- Configure automatically # -YES- Turn a feature on # -NO- Leave a feature off or do not configure # HOSTNAME=steffi INETADDR=192.42.72.1 ROUTER=-NO- IPNETMASK= IPBROADCAST=-AUTOMATIC- NETMASTER=-NO- YPDOMAIN=-NO- TIME=-NO- robert:/Users/robert/archives>nidump hosts / 16:30 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 192.42.72.1 steffi.accessone.com steffi -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! Date: 14 Oct 1995 16:36:55 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> In-reply-to: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 14 Oct 1995 14:46:20 GMT To: reichman@scf.usc.edu <reichman@scf.usc.edu> writes: >(at ftp.cs.orst.edu/submissions) >Robert created an quad fat installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.1. >I think this deserves a special note of honor! That depends on whether he did the berkeley db stuff as well :-) -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! In-Reply-To: robert@steffi.accessone.com's message of 14 Oct 1995 16:36:55 -0700 Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14220323@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 02:03:23 GMT Actually, the Berkeley user DB is included! Enjoy, Robert Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25818 Path: world!news.kei.com!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!steffi.accessone.com!usenet From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 14 Oct 1995 16:36:55 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Lines: 14 Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> Reply-To: robert@steffi.accessone.com NNTP-Posting-Host: steffi.accessone.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.6 <reichman@scf.usc.edu> writes: >(at ftp.cs.orst.edu/submissions) >Robert created an quad fat installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.1. >I think this deserves a special note of honor! That depends on whether he did the berkeley db stuff as well :-) -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: HELP: Can't remove empty directory In-Reply-To: Wiro van Schaik's message of Fri, 13 Oct 95 16:07:13 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14220546@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <9510131607.AA08335@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 02:05:46 GMT I would boot the system with a FLOPPY and do a "fsck" on the disk. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <9510131607.AA08335@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25773 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!antigone!bonnie.meteocon.nl!schaik Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 16:07:13 GMT From: Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Reply-To: W.vanSchaik@MeteoCon.nl Lines: 27 Willem (the other van Schaik) wrote: > > : I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous > : size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. > > Maybe it works in single-user mode. Did you use chmod? Or try > a rm -r on one level higher (after backing up the other files). > Yes I tried all that, it didn't work. Should it make any difference, rm-ing in single user mode? Wiro. Nice to have 'family' all over the world by the way...;^) --- / Meteo Consult Wiro van Schaik (System Developer) / P.O. Box 617 / 6700 AP Wageningen >W.vanSchaik@MeteoCon.nl< / The Netherlands >NeXT Mail preferred< / fax: ..31 (0)317 423164 (new) ------------------------------------------/ voice: ..31 (0)317 423300 (new) (new nrs. since 10/10/'95)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can store resolv.conf data in netinfo (WAS Re:resolve.conf) Date: 14 Oct 1995 18:04:26 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <epwfzh811.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <45bikm$98m@saturn.genoa.com> In-reply-to: alex@genoa.com's message of 9 Oct 1995 16:29:10 GMT To: alex@genoa.com (Alex Blakemore) <alex@genoa.com> writes: >Keywords: netinfo resolver DNS >Reply-To: alex@genoa.com >Distribution: world Not only does that newsreader screw up attributions but it looks like it makes a real hash of custom headers too :-) >In Re: resolve.conf comp.sys.next.sysadmin <ArticleDisplayer: 0xb1fe4> >writes, >>Another thing: be sure that are no spaces at the end of the lines in your >>resolv.conf file. That will cause you no end of grief if you're not aware >>of it. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BSD 4.4 make Date: 14 Oct 1995 19:53:32 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <en3b3h2z7.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> I'm just wondering if anybody has installed 4.4 berkeley make yet. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert La Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! In-Reply-To: rdl@world.std.com's message of Sun, 15 Oct 1995 02:03:23 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14232150@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <RDL.95Oct14220323@world.std.com> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 03:21:50 GMT Folks, I forgot to add the "makemap" utility to the installer package so while my sendmail binary can read the user database, you can't create one without this utility. I will add it in the next release. If anyone really needs it, I can NEXTMAIL it to them. Send your requests to "Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com" Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <RDL.95Oct14220323@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: Actually, the Berkeley user DB is included! Enjoy, Robert Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) writes: >I think this deserves a special note of honor! That depends on whether he did the berkeley db stuff as well :-) -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: tip crashes NeXT In-Reply-To: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch's message of 13 Oct 1995 10:45:16 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14232454@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45lfvs$8rn@neptune.ethz.ch> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 03:24:54 GMT You need to install the updated ISASerialPort / PortServer drivers from NeXTAnswers (http://www.next.com) OR the Mux 1.7 driver from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <45lfvs$8rn@neptune.ethz.ch> rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) writes: hello I have at last managed to use tip (Intel, 3.3). But there happen a few things, which worry me. When I use the tip which comes with the NeXT CD, making a connection works fine. After entering the loginname, nothings happens anymore. I know, that the remote machine prompts for a password ("Password:"). As workaround, I have compiled another tip with integrated x/y/zmodem (tipx). This works fine. Except: trying to receive bigger files is impossible (I use /dev/cufa and have the modem configured for hardware handshake). AND!!! when dropping the connection with '~.', and typing ctrl-c or ctrl-z without waiting for tip to exit, THE WHOLE SYSTEM STANDS STILL !@#$$%! I don't know, if the system has crashed or not. But the shell does not react anymore to any input and I cannot use the mouse anymore (no pointer). The HOME-key, which is configured to prompt for 'turn of computer?', does neither show any reactions... (reset, reboot, fsck, fsck, fsck, fsck.... :( Does anybody know, what this is? Some kind of race condition bug??? I know, Intel-based computer are some sort of crap, but I thought NeXT to run stable on them!?!?! Please tell me, which terminal program to use. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Windows 95 under SoftPC? Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct14232637@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 03:26:37 GMT Q: Can we run Windows 95 under SoftPC? Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: damir@pixar.com (Damir Frkovic) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need HELP connecting NeXT station to Mac via ethernet Date: 15 Oct 1995 04:00:29 GMT Organization: Pixar Message-ID: <45q10t$365@pixar.com> I desperately need some help on how to go about connecting my NeXT with my Mac via ethernet... I've allready connected a transciever to the Mac and run a lenth of 10BASE-T cable to the ethernet port on the NeXT slab... but thats all... What do I need to do to actually get the two to communicate???... Id like to be able to fire up telnet on the Mac and login on the NeXT and maybe even copy files accross (not too much to ask)... Also, Is there some way to mount some of the NeXT file systems and directories on the Mac using AppleTalk or some such thing??? What can be done???!!!! As you see... I'm a bit out of my depth here... If some knowledgable system/network wizard were to outline a procedure for making this work, I would be most gratefull!!
From: Dave Mak <dave@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT as a gateway Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 01:18:26 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I have PPP2.2 running under NeXTStep so I have now two interfaces: en0 and ppp0. Could someone tell me what steps are needed to use my NeXT machine to act as a gateway so that the NeXT machine forwards packets from other machines on the Ethernet to the PPP connection? I have tried various combinations of: route add default <nextppp-ip> 1 route add host <nextethernet-ip> <nextppp-ip> 1 route add net ... <nextppp-ip> 1 with no success. When I tried running 'routed' that did not work either. Any insight or solutions are greatly appreciated. (PS does the access provider need to do anything special? like running gated? Thanks) -- Dave Mak dave@ice.eecs.uic.edu http://www.ice.eecs.uic.edu/~dave/
From: Hussain Chinoy <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 9gb HD on NEXTSTEP Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 02:40:08 -0500 Organization: Washington University in St. Louis, MO USA Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951015023715.12034O-100000@avocado> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi, all, Has anyone successfully partitioned a 9gb HD (into 1.8gb partitions) and installed NEXTSTEP on them (or at least made them readable/mountable on a NEXTSTEP machine). I was hoping to get a 9gb drive on either a Black/White machine w/ 3.3. Someone please tell me if I'm just daydreaming! ___ __________________________________________________________ /\__\ G. Hussain Chinoy \/__/ 314/591-4955 vox NEXTSTEP, 314/935-5799 fax baby hussain@artsci.wustl.edu net http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~hussain/ web
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Screen freezes, system hangs more frequently after installing 3.3 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 07:39:50 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Oct15.073950.5961@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <45ntrb$94m@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> In article <45ntrb$94m@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> mikecam@unixg.ubc.ca (Michael C. Cam) writes: > I have recently installed NS3.3 and am finding that my system hangs quite > frequently and at the oddest moments. I would be doing some copying and > pasting of text and all of a sudden the screen would freeze. Or I would > try to open a file and everything just halts. I strongly believe that > this is happenning after I installed 3.3 but cannot specifically determine > what causes the crashes. > > I have a Canon object.station.41, 32MB ram, a 2.5 year old Toshiba hard > drive as my main drive. Any directions in which I could take would be > appreciated. Have you checked the Canon NeXTanswer (1683)? One cause of wierdness with Canon's is the order of drivers in system.config/Instance0.table. Lockups usually happen at boot time, but I have seen misconfigured machines work normally, or lock at other times. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need HELP connecting NeXT station to Mac via ethernet Date: 15 Oct 1995 18:09:50 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-68.usc.edu Message-ID: <45ripe$nf4@usc.edu> References: <45q10t$365@pixar.com> Q: I want to network a machine running NEXTSTEP to a Macintosh or Macintosh network. What software is available to do this? A: Several third party products are available for doing NEXTSTEP to Appletalk or Mac to TCP/IP networking, including printer sharing. Two companies that NeXT knows of are: Partner uShare IPT (Information Presentation Technologies, Inc.) (800) 233-9993 (805) 541-3000 (805) 541-3037 fax 555 Chorro Street, Suite A San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 NFS/Share InterPrint Planet X InterCon Systems Corporation (703) 709-5500 (703) 709-5555 email: info@intercon.com World-Wide-Web: http://www.intercon.com/ 950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 420 Herndon, VA 22070 There was also a recent discussion of this in this newsgroup. --- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion." -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? Message-ID: <C503813001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 15 Oct 95 12:51:00 EDT What makes you so sure it never reached the hiwat? The reason another running app monitoring the swapfile did not indicate the point of no space left before everything froze is not a strong one. The moment the upper limit is reached chances are high your monitoring app does very true, but the swapfile (according to the WatchSwap.app) had 12 MB to grow before hitting the hiwat, and it had been growing much slower than that... and it was set to check the swapsize every 10 seconds.. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Need help with printcap Message-ID: <westesDGIBJz.H6v@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 20:28:47 GMT Sender: westes@netcom12.netcom.com I have an HP Laserjet4 attached to a remote LPD server. When I print via LPR on NS FIP 3.2 to this printer, these anomalies are noticed: 1) Any line with no characters except for a linefeed in column 1, is not printed. This results in the file becoming vertically "squashed", and it looks pretty bad. 2) When I lpr a Postscript file to this printer, it prints the Postscript code rather than running Postscript on the printer. If I copy a Postscript file to this printer from any other DOS or Windows machine on our network, the printer goes into Postscript mode and formats the page. 3) The default font and font size settings on the printer are having no effect on jobs printed via LPR from NS. These settings do take effect on ASCII files printed from DOS or Windows. My NS 3.2 FIP printcap entry is as follows: nidump printcap . gives: HP_LJ4: \ :lp=:rm=uscnt:rp=HP_LJ4:lf=/usr/adm/lp-log : \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/HP_LJ4:note=: Did I forget to add something here that would just send the file over without any modifications? Is there anything that I could add so that the blank lines with single LF characters would print as blank lines on the printer? -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Adding users with 'nu' Message-ID: <DGICE6.8BF@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <A956793001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 20:46:53 GMT TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY (476TJL@ptsmail.netcom.com) wrote: : Ok, I've read the man page for 'nu' and I'm still not understanding what : is going wrong. : All I'm trying to do is set up my NeXT so that new users get their : accounts added to /Users/<username> rather that /<username> It seems like it would be much easier to approach this using the User Manager. /User/Defaults menu selection allows you to set a default home for user accounts. -- >< Marc J. Salvatori | No NeXTMail yet. I'm gettin' there! >< >< salvo@eskimo.com | Searching for color clip art ><
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Viewing /usr/local/man in Digital Librarian? Message-ID: <DGIEvy.Bz8@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <44rldr$p4u@baugi.ifi.uio.no> <JBRYANS.95Oct6171224@wren.csulb.edu> <45dcjm$nio@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 21:40:44 GMT Arne Christian Hårseth (arneha@ifi.uio.no) wrote: : Jack> If you duplicate that in /usr/local/man and provide your own, or : Jack> most any .dir.tiff, there's a good chance the Librarian will : Jack> index it and create the .index.store. I believe there is an additional factor at play. My /usr/local/man directory has all of the dot files found in /usr/man. Some time ago I was able to add ppp2.2's man page as an .nr file. Recently, when I tried to add tcpdump's man page, catman was able to create the cat1 file, but Librarian refuses to recognize it as an .nr file; instead, it lists it as an ordinary text file. In addition, I lost pppd's .nr status, and now can only view it as ordinary text. ??? -- >< Marc J. Salvatori | No NeXTMail yet. I'm gettin' there! >< >< salvo@eskimo.com | Searching for color clip art ><
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: THANK YOU Robert La Ferla for the Sendmail.pkg!!! In-Reply-To: rdl@world.std.com's message of Sun, 15 Oct 1995 03:21:50 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct15155156@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <45oifs$6c7@usc.edu> <eviprfxih.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <RDL.95Oct14220323@world.std.com> <RDL.95Oct14232150@world.std.com> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 19:51:56 GMT I just uploaded a new sendmail.pkg to the FTP archive. It's URL is ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail/sendmail-8.7.1b.NIHS.gztar This version includes the makemap utility. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTStep as Primary DNS? Date: 15 Oct 1995 22:53:27 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <45s3d7$5md@news.its.com> References: <45fbor$no7@Mercury.mcs.com> dana@MCS.COM (Dana Shadrick) wrote: > Does it makes sense to set up a NEXTSTEP server as a primary name > server using BIND? Sure. NEXTSTEP ships with bind-4.8.3, so you might want to upgrade to the latest release (4.9.2 or 4.9.3-beta25) if the new functionality matters. > Does Netinfo get in the way or is the setup similar to the setup for > Solaris? NetInfo does not influence DNS setup and configuration at all. > Are there any reasons not to use NEXTSTEP as a primary name server > (other than the problems with lookupd which are supposedly being fixed > this month)? The problems with lookupd don't really affect a DNS server very much, except when doing IP lookups on that machine for testing, debugging, or analysis/monitoring of the name server. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTStep as Primary DNS? (long) Date: 15 Oct 1995 23:39:11 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <45s62v$5md@news.its.com> References: <45fbor$no7@Mercury.mcs.com> <45s3d7$5md@news.its.com> > dana@MCS.COM (Dana Shadrick) wrote: > Does Netinfo get in the way or is the setup similar to the setup for > Solaris? Actually, let me amplify on my earlier answer in more detail, by providing sample configuration files for a secondary nameserver config for ITS. Note that you *must* use tabs where required; if you copy/paste this message, run 'tabify' on the files, or check them by hand. Failure to do so will probably cause zone transfers to your secondary nameserver to fail. I've commented out the domain-specific information in these files so that you should be able to use them for any caching-only nameserver as-is. Every LAN should have at least one nameserver running locally, so people with standalone machines with a PPP/SLIP/ISDN connection will benefit by setting up a server on their machine with this configuration. You'll also have to modify this as needed to be a secondary or primary server for your domain(s) if you want to be authoritative for those zone(s): /etc/named.boot: ; ; Boot file for a secondary name server for ITS.COM. ; Note that there should be one secondary entry for each SOA record. ; ; Created 4/29/95 by C. Swiger ; with modifications by Michael Wight directory /etc/named_files ; type domain Master addr source file ; Basic DNS info cache . db.cache primary 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa db.127.0.0 ; ITS.COM data ; secondary its.com 204.137.128.220 db.its ; [ ...other zones deleted for brevity... ] ------------------------------ Make a directory called /etc/named_files, and put these in there: /etc/named_files/db.cache: ; ; Initial cache data for root domain servers. ; ; Checked 10/15/95 by C. Swiger from: ; ; dig 198.41.0.4 . ns ; . 331129 NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 331129 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ; ; Prep the cache (hotwire the addresses). Order does not matter ; A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 198.41.0.4 B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 128.9.0.107 C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 192.33.4.12 D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 128.8.10.90 E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 192.203.230.10 F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 39.13.229.241 G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 192.112.36.4 H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 128.63.2.53 I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 331129 A 192.36.148.17 --------------------------- Note that you should re-run the dig command in this file every month or so to check whether the root nameservers have changed. /etc/named_files/db.127.0.0: ; ; Localhost / loopback PTR mapping ; ; Created 4/25/95 by C. Swiger ; @ IN SOA its.com. chuck.its.com. ( 199504250 ; Serial 10800 ; Refresh after 3 hours 3600 ; Retry after 1 hour 604800 ; Expire after 1 week 86400 ) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day IN NS 127.0.0.1 1 IN PTR localhost. ------------------- You really want to have this, in case a misconfigured machine or nameserver misguidedly attempts to look up the hostname associated with 127.0.0.1 on your nameserver. Check the "DNS & Bind" O'Reilly book, or the Bind Operations Guide (BOG) for details. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BSD 4.4 make Date: 15 Oct 1995 23:33:53 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <45s5p1$g64@paladin.american.edu> References: <en3b3h2z7.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> In article <en3b3h2z7.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) writes: :I'm just wondering if anybody has installed 4.4 berkeley make yet. : : Me too, me too! -- Torrey McMahon
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host Date: 16 Oct 1995 00:52:16 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <45sac0$i7b@paladin.american.edu> References: <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: :8.7 requires a fully qualified hostname entry in /etc/hosts or NetInfo. :This means that if your domain is "foo.com" and your host is "mynext", :you will need an entry mynext.foo.com in that table. 8.7.1 which I just :release a quad-fat binary for doesn't require the fully qualified host :name. BTW - It is a good idea to have one. : It doesn't need the FQDN? I tried using it as such and I got the following errors: (Crunched for space) scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: from=tm8025a, size=8, class=0, pri=30008, nrcpts=1, msgid=<199510160035.UAA00685@scotty.soc.american.edu>, relay=root@localhost scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: to=tm8025a, ctladdr=tm8025a (0/1), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=etherl, relay=mailhost, stat=Host unknown (Name server: mailhost: host not found) scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: UAB00685: postmaster notify: Host unknown (Name server: mailhost: host not found) It then bounced the message to the postmaster because, go figure, it still didn't know were the mailhost was. I am using the clientproto.mc. I even tried adding the following line to it: define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl I also tried adding/removing the ".$m" after mailhost I looked in resolv.conf and the domain tag was correct and mailhost is properly aliased in netinfo. I telneted to "mailhost" and it got me to the mail server just to make sure. The only machine I got working was one outside of the network, but attached somewhat, that has the FQDN set in it host.config. (It uses the same resolv.conf, mounts, etc. but is behind a router so I needed to give it its real name in order to get it running in case anyone is wondering.) Any ideas? --- Torrey McMahon
From: anand (Anand Mehta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need HELP connecting NeXT station to Mac via ethernet Date: 16 Oct 1995 04:17:51 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <45smdf$kog@News1.mcs.net> References: <45q10t$365@pixar.com> In <45q10t$365@pixar.com> Damir Frkovic wrote: > I desperately need some help on how to go about connecting my NeXT with my > Mac via ethernet... I've allready connected a transciever to the Mac and > run a lenth of 10BASE-T cable to the ethernet port on the NeXT slab... but > thats all... > What do I need to do to actually get the two to communicate???... Id like > to be able to fire up telnet on the Mac and login on the NeXT and maybe > even copy files accross (not too much to ask)... Also, Is there some way > to mount some of the NeXT file systems and directories on the Mac using > AppleTalk or some such thing??? What can be done???!!!! > > As you see... I'm a bit out of my depth here... If some knowledgable > system/network wizard were to outline a procedure for making this work, I > would be most gratefull!! > You need to use what is called a cross-over cable in order to have ethernet connectivity. It's sort of like a null modem cable. I don't know the pinout offhand, but someone else might. -- Anand Mehta amehta@mcs.net NextMail Welcome! -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzB4QqcAAAEEAJ9vU/CEgIpM85HNptW/9UYQW2q2sKHCEOt3ygUTPgpZos2O WUAd4tz6KuX2+4wdTm7VZ9DgHhRO2j6D3osvJvSP0lnGp96QhHZKx10JN/amQ98Q gnZ2xVsZ0tHXBzKygkvn+uZaVJf5H9fOO3pbwEEeBJgsdNCuikRg7Zueq3lhAAUR tB9BbmFuZCBSLiBNZWh0YSA8YW1laHRhQG1jcy5uZXQ+ =cewx -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
From: afied1@pblea.uni-paderborn.de (Alfred Fiedler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Printing from 68040 to HP850C Date: 16 Oct 1995 06:56:57 GMT Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany Message-ID: <45svnp$s7q@news.uni-paderborn.de> Hi all, I have a - NeXTstation Color runnning NS 3.2 - HP JetDirect Ex - HP 850 C and try to print but nothin happend. I did the following: 1. Connect the computer and the HP JetDirect Ex via BNC, T-connectors and termination resistances. 2. Connect the HP JetDirect Ex and the printer via parallel cabel 3. Add a new host with HostManager.app called "hp850c". 4. Delete all properties in NetInfoDomain "/hp850c" except name -> hp850c ip_address -> 131.234.172.201 en_address -> 8:0:9:62:2b:da bootfile -> nothing.needed 5. Turn off and turn on computer, HP JetDirect Ex and printer After that I am able to establish a "ping" connection from the computer to the HP JetDirect Ex. I am also able to print a statuspage on the printer by pressing the "TEST"-button on the front side of the HP JetDircet Ex. This page shows: HOST NAME: 131.234.172.201 CONFIG BY: BOOTP IP ADDRESS 131.234.172.201 SUBNET MASK: NOT SPECIFIED DEF. GATEWAY: 0.0.0.0 SYSLOG SERVER: NOT SPECIFIED IDLE TIMEOUT (SECONDS): 90 SNMP GET CMTY NAME: ALL SNMP SET CMTY NAME: NONE BOOTP SERVER: 131.234.172.200 CONFIG FILE: ============================== ETHERTALK STATUS: READY So, I am sure form the "ping"-command that the connection from the computer to the HP JetDirect EX is established, and I am sure from the statuspage that the connection from the HP JetDirect Ex to the printer is established. Next I installed "JetPilot" and with the PrintManger.app a new printer of type "JP HP DeskJet 850 C" with communication via "seriell port A" (remember this is NS 3.2). Afterwards I installed "JetDirectDriver.0.92" following the instructions in the "INSTALLATION"-file. Even if power is cycled to all components absolutely nothing happend if I try to print testpages or other staff. No prints, no error messages, no sparkle of a LED, no print job occur in the PrintManager panel. Any help is welcome, Alfred.
From: ayis@esg.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Can't log in as root Date: 16 Oct 1995 09:15:50 GMT Organization: University of Delaware Message-ID: <45t7s6$mg4@news.udel.edu> References: <45o18v$gcl@hermod.uio.no> bludvigs@ulrik.uio.no (B|rre Ludvigsen) wrote: > Or rather when I've logged in the workspace immediately quits, declaring > "workspace manager error". How in the world to I get around that one? > (Barre Ludvigsen - please leave this line in reply for my news reading agent) > - Barre This may be a sign that your configuration files in .NeXT are corrupt. (I am assuming that this error is not a result of the WorkSpace Manager being corrupt.) To set the files in .NeXT to a pristine state do the following: 1) At the log in window type in console, then log in as root (or just su). 2) Backup the /.NeXT directory then copy the files from the default template in /usr/template/user/.NeXT to / 3) Try logging in as root. I hope this helps. -Ayis //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Ayis Theseas Pyrros E-Mail: ayis@esg.com NeXT Mail and MIME Welcomed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP: Can't remove empty directory Date: 15 Oct 1995 18:13:01 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <45rivd$1fs@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <9510131607.AA08335@bonnie.meteocon.nl> <RDL.95Oct14220546@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > I would boot the system with a FLOPPY and do a "fsck" on the disk. Hi, I would boot single user from the hard disk and run fsck on the disk. Don´t forget to reboot _without_ syncing (but fsck will tell you that anyway :-) Greetings Bastian > > : I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous > > : size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. > > -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: fukuda@dma.epfl.ch (Komei Fukuda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: can't boot NeXTstation (problem solved) Date: 16 Oct 1995 10:08:57 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Message-ID: <45tavp$6m6@info.epfl.ch> References: <45o927$7tj@info.epfl.ch> Thanks to someone's suggestion, the problem is solved. He suggested that it might be a dead battery problem. I removed the small (yellow) battery from the station. I checked with a tester that it has correct 3 volts. After I put the battery back to the station, the station started to boot as before. Perhaps it was a bad contact problem with the battery. Internet is a great help. Thanks, Komei -------- Komei Fukuda DMA, EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland fax +41-21-693 42 50 tel +41-21-693 42 44 email: fukuda@dma.epfl.ch
From: altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nonexistant user ID mysteriously appears Date: 16 Oct 1995 06:39:25 -0400 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <45tcot$a23@news.duke.edu> After installing OmniImage.app downloaded from ftp.cs.orst.edu, I examined the files, to find that they were owned by a nonexistent user: /LocalApps: drwxrwxr-x 4 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 OmniImage.app/ /LocalApps/OmniImage.app: total 164 drwxrwxr-x 4 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 1024 Oct 15 23:49 ../ drwxrwxr-x 5 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 English.lproj/ -rwxrwxr-x 1 4022 wheel 57344 Mar 20 1995 OmniImage* -rw-rw---- 1 4022 wheel 6148 Apr 22 1993 OmniImage.tiff drwxrwxr-x 3 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 OmniImageInspector.bundle/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 210 Jul 25 1994 backgroundPatternCell.tiff -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 26690 Jun 13 1994 line.tiff -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 70482 Jun 13 1994 omni.tiff I find this somewhat disturbing. Can anyone give an explanation? This is on NS/I 3.3. Thanks, Lee Altenberg altenber@acpub.duke.edu
From: hugues@precipice.fdn.fr (Hugues RICHARD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: INN & rnews permissions Date: 15 Oct 1995 13:33:14 GMT Organization: Individual - France Distribution: world Message-ID: <45r2iq$rs@precipice.fdn.fr> Hi, I installed INN on my NS3.2 system but in order to correctly receive my news from a UUCP site, I had to put a setuid root on rnews that was normally owned by news.news with 555 permissions. Did anybody has find a cleanest way to resolve this problem (i.e. without setuid) ? Hugues. -------------------------------------------------------------------- hugues@precipice.fdn.fr - France (small NeXTMail OK) ------------ NS3.2 ------------ NS3.0J ------------ :-) ------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) Subject: Re: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? Message-ID: <DGJHDE.M08@icgned.nl> Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group References: <C503813001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 11:32:01 GMT In article <C503813001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > What makes you so sure it never reached the hiwat? > The reason another running app monitoring the > swapfile did not indicate the point of no space > left before everything froze is not a strong one. > The moment the upper limit is reached chances are > high your monitoring app does > > very true, but the swapfile (according to the WatchSwap.app) had 12 MB to > grow before hitting the hiwat, and it had been growing much slower than > that... > > and it was set to check the swapsize every 10 seconds.. Well, to my knowledge WatchSwap monitors the size of the swapfile _after_ compression, i.e. the physical space it takes on disk. hiwat is checked _before_ swapfile compression, so there may well be the discrepancy you describe. (assuming your swap is set to do compression, of course...) -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "...to baldly go where no one has gone before." __/ _/_/ -- star trek TNG
From: cikan@par.univie.ac.at (Edwin Cikan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Nonexistant user ID mysteriously appears Date: 16 Oct 1995 12:10:26 GMT Organization: Vienna University, Austria Message-ID: <45ti3i$2fri@ftp.univie.ac.at> References: <45tcot$a23@news.duke.edu> In <45tcot$a23@news.duke.edu> Lee Altenberg wrote: > After installing OmniImage.app downloaded from ftp.cs.orst.edu, I examined the > files, to find that they were owned by a nonexistent user: > > /LocalApps: > drwxrwxr-x 4 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 OmniImage.app/ > > /LocalApps/OmniImage.app: > total 164 > drwxrwxr-x 4 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 1024 Oct 15 23:49 ../ > drwxrwxr-x 5 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 English.lproj/ > -rwxrwxr-x 1 4022 wheel 57344 Mar 20 1995 OmniImage* > -rw-rw---- 1 4022 wheel 6148 Apr 22 1993 OmniImage.tiff > drwxrwxr-x 3 4022 wheel 1024 Mar 20 1995 OmniImageInspector.bundle/ > -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 210 Jul 25 1994 backgroundPatternCell.tiff > -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 26690 Jun 13 1994 line.tiff > -rw-rw-r-- 1 4022 wheel 70482 Jun 13 1994 omni.tiff > > > I find this somewhat disturbing. Can anyone give an explanation? > This is on NS/I 3.3. > The user is not existing on your system, but on the system where this package was created. I think the owner should be root; so far all the packages I have installed (except one) had all root as owner of the files. Regards, Edwin. -- Edwin CIKAN Systems Manager University of Vienna Department of Software Technology and Parallel Systems Liechtensteinstrasse 22 A-1090 Vienna, Austria (EUROPE) e-mail: cikan@par.univie.ac.at (Internet) Tel.: +43 1 3105608-84 Fax: +43 1 3105608-88
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ian.stephenson@insignia.co.uk Subject: Re: Windows 95 under SoftPC? Message-ID: <DGJJzH.M9p@isltd.insignia.com> Sender: news@isltd.insignia.com Organization: Insignia Solutions plc References: <RDL.95Oct14232637@world.std.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:28:29 GMT In article <RDL.95Oct14232637@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > Q: Can we run Windows 95 under SoftPC? No. SoftPC 4.1 shares the real Intel CPU with NeXTStep, and hence certain operations (eg munging the GDT) are restricted, and/or faked by software outside of the emulated machine. Routines in Windows are trapped, and replaced by host side (NeXTStep aware) operations which have a similar affect. These would need to be rewritten to handle Win95 (or for that matter full win3.11 enhanced mode). Ian
From: mikem@afs.com (Mike Matlack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP V MP...blank pages Date: 16 Oct 1995 15:30:50 GMT Organization: Anderson Financial Systems Inc. Message-ID: <45ttra$om@shelob.afs.com> We are trying to connect an HP 5 MP to the parallel port of an HP XU running 3.3. When we hit the test button, we just get one blank page after another as output. Anyone ever have problems like this with that configuration? -- Michael J. Matlack Anderson Financial Systems, +1 215 653 0911 Mike_Matlack@afs.com (NEXT mail OK)
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: font "downloads"? Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:14:35 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Distribution: world Message-ID: <951016171435.230AACUO.malc@daneel> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Is there a way, in the NetInfo version of printcap, to force fonts to be included in documents sent to remote (non-NEXTSTEP) printers (in a similar way to including fonts when documents are saved)? I'm sure I saw mention of how to do it once, but can't find it on NeXTanswers etc... Have fun, mmalc.
From: Joe_Keenan@next.com (Joe Keenan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: font "downloads"? Date: 16 Oct 1995 16:58:20 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <45u2vc$k59@news.next.com> References: <951016171435.230AACUO.malc@daneel> In article <951016171435.230AACUO.malc@daneel> mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> writes: > Is there a way, in the NetInfo version of printcap, to force fonts to > be included in documents sent to remote (non-NEXTSTEP) printers (in a > similar way to including fonts when documents are saved)? > > I'm sure I saw mention of how to do it once, but can't find it on > NeXTanswers etc... > Put an "_nxfinalform" property in the printer directory in NetInfo. joe
From: levy@math.berkeley.edu (Silvio Levy) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.math.symbolic,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sgi.admin Subject: Systems Administration: The Mathematician's Perspective Date: 16 Oct 1995 17:55:53 GMT Organization: Geometry Center, University of Minnesota Sender: levy@geom.umn.edu Message-ID: <45u6b9$8u1@agate.berkeley.edu> Summary: Geometry Center Workshop for sysadmins of math sites SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT -- DEADLINE EXTENDED PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY [If you're a mathematician, please forward this announcement to the systems administrator at your department or company. If you're a non-math sysadmin, please forward the announcement to a math sysadmin, if possible.] SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION: THE MATHEMATICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE -- SAMP2 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS The Geometry Center held in December 1994 the first workshop to focus on the systems administration of mathematics sites. It was so well-received that we will hold a second workshop along the same lines -- SAMP2 -- on December 10-14, 1995. The goal of SAMP2 is to bring together people who run the computers used by mathematicians, both inside and outside academia. The workshop will cover concerns common to all system administrators, such as security, software updates, and networking, plus math-specific subjects as such mathematical software, preparation of mathematical documents, and on-line preprint servers. SAMP2 will last four days (instead of last year's three) to allow a greater amount of informal interaction between participants. The Geometry Center is a leading institution in the use of computers in mathematics and in the communication of mathematics, and is uniquely placed to hold this event. We invite proposals for talks, demonstrations, and discussion groups. Send e-mail to orgsamp@geom.umn.edu with your proposal, including a summary of up to 100 words. To apply for participation, please fill in the form below and e-mail to orgsamp@geom.umn.edu. Applicants who propose to give talks or demonstrations, or lead discussion groups, will be given priority. Students, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to submit presentation proposals and apply as participants. A limited amount of funding is available for partial support of participants, with preference to those giving talks or presentations. Please try to obtain funding from your institution first -- at best we will be able to provide partial support. ******* The Geometry Center is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Research Center dedicated to the computation and visualization of geometric structures. An important part of our mission is to facilitate communication, both among mathematicians and between mathematicians and the public at large. The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION: THE MATHEMATICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE -- SAMP2 DECEMBER 10-14, 1995 -- THE GEOMETRY CENTER, UNIVERSTIY OF MINNESOTA This workshop is open to the entire mathematical community, but enrollment will be limited to 60 people. In order to be considered for participation, please provide the following information and return this form by October 28 (extended deadline). Name: Institution: Business Address: Telephone number: Fax: E-mail: Citizenship: My special interests are: ( ) I am interested in giving a half hour talk on: ( ) I can give a demonstration of: ( ) I can lead a discussion group on: Please provide an abstract of your talk or demonstration, or specific topics for discussion. SUPPORT Please be sure to explore other options for support. Partial support is much more likely than full. ( ) I do not need support from The Geometry Center. ( ) I would probably need support in order to attend as stated below. Please include vita and optionally, a letter from faculty member or head of department. ( ) I cannot attend at all unless I have support as stated below. Please include vita and optionally, a letter from faculty member or head of department. ( ) Hotel expenses (around $72 plus tax/night), for ______ nights ( ) I can share a room (half price) ( ) Transportation costs, estimated to be: PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM BY OCTOBER 28. For further information, please contact orgsamp@geom.umn.edu.
From: eb@panix.com (Eric Bergerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Distributed Rendering Date: 16 Oct 1995 18:13:18 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <45u7bu$c4j@news1.panix.com> On 10/13/95, Wassim M. Jabi wrote: > >Hello: > >We have a network of five NeXTStation Color Turbos that are on a >NetInfo network with a Master server, they share administrative data >and the /LocalApps folder. My own computer (NeXTStation Color 25Mhz) >is connected, but shares neither administrative data nor the >/LocalApps. I have my own login, my own Apps, and my /users directory >only has my login name. (I Like it that way, since my computer is >private to me and not shared with other students). > >However, the other five NeXTs have distributed rendering capabilities. > >Is there a way I can make use of that capability without making my >computer a client to their master server? (i.e. make the other NeXTs >show up in my render panel in Rendermanager.app? > >If so, I would appreciate instructions via e-mail/NeXTMail that are >somewhat detailed since I am not a Netinfo expert. > >Thanks. > >-- >Wassim M. Jabi >Doctoral Program in Architecture >University of Michigan >2000 Bonisteel Blvd >Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 >wjabi@umich.edu (Text/MIME/NeXTMail) >http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/ > > The help information inside the NeXT Zilla app mentions using Zilla to do distributed rendering. -- Sincerely, Eric Bergerson Home: Work eb@panix.com eb@object.com 212 744 9359 212 988 6268 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBtAzAme60AAAEDAM4Q7dI77LuxvwIQos7DtGylrajh6i6KFu58Zj4oD10SwYfm jNFH2iaRTHSBm5GezcAEtZPFqaluuz+zkkr2/0J8SWolJe5/FV4IvMW/Pyh2bZtO aXGw/fH2hRu+FzgbmQAFEbQdRXJpYyBCZXJnZXJzb24gPGViQHBhbml4LmNvbT4= =jQBD -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
From: eb@panix.com (Eric Bergerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Strange Boot Problem Date: 16 Oct 1995 18:15:27 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <45u7fv$c4j@news1.panix.com> Every time I boot my black slab from "power off", it stops dead with at the mon prompt with: Exception #3 (0xC) at <some address> Then I type 'b' and hit return and the machine boots fine. It also Reboots fine. The problem only occurs when cold booting. Anyone know what causes this error and if I can fix it. -- Sincerely, Eric Bergerson Home: Work eb@panix.com eb@object.com 212 744 9359 212 988 6268 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBtAzAme60AAAEDAM4Q7dI77LuxvwIQos7DtGylrajh6i6KFu58Zj4oD10SwYfm jNFH2iaRTHSBm5GezcAEtZPFqaluuz+zkkr2/0J8SWolJe5/FV4IvMW/Pyh2bZtO aXGw/fH2hRu+FzgbmQAFEbQdRXJpYyBCZXJnZXJzb24gPGViQHBhbml4LmNvbT4= =jQBD -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
From: dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SLIP problems with NS 2.1 Date: 16 Oct 1995 14:38:28 -0400 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Message-ID: <dcl.813868376@mercury> References: <44rn64$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood <ron> writes: [routed problems...] Then... >Confusingly, they *can* do DNS name resolution of any >host on the internet. So some kind of packet is getting out from the slip >client. This isn't so confusing. I have a ThinNet network at home, and one of my machines is on a PPP link to my employer (an ISP). DNS automatically forwards requests, so even before we had IP Masquerading, I was able to resolve any name to number or inverse. A fascinating phonomenon to note; however, it's just the way DNS was designed to work. >Anybody got any ideas? Just to check, you did confirm that the kernel routing table on the "problem client" is correct, didn't you? You don't mention this in your article. Daniel -- Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support dcl@interpath.net 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 WOTD: adjutant For account info, mail to: http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 9gb HD on NEXTSTEP Date: 16 Oct 1995 19:34:44 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <45uc4k$rbh@optical.fiber.net> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951015023715.12034O-100000@avocado> Hussain Chinoy (hussain@artsci.wustl.edu) wrote: > I was hoping to get a 9gb drive on either a Black/White machine w/ > 3.3. > Someone please tell me if I'm just daydreaming! Nope. Been there, done that, filed the insurance claim. You don't get your whole ST410800's worth of data. it *SAYS* you get 2103.6Mb per partition, but it works out to less than 1.5Gb per. Also, when installing to a 9Gb drive (at least the Seagate listed above), NS barfs, and says the disk is only 488Mb. Ignore it and get used to it; it'll call it a 488 as long as you own it. My newfs is: newfs -v -c 4 -f 1024 -i 512 -b 4096 /dev/rsd0<whatever> Obviously, there's a simpler way to do the above, but the partitions were made for a news server. Let the install partition the disk, then go back and disk/newfs the other partitions individually. Good luck to you. -- Carl Payne CTO, Fibernet Corporation cpayne@fiber.net <--NeXTMAIL, MIME, ASCII all OK UNIX: Where else can you spawn zombies, fork without permission, kill your children and eat cycles as part of your daily routine?
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 16 Oct 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <45sm8f$cfb@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: Ian Daniel <ian> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.1 for Intel Eval Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:27:17 GMT Message-ID: <813878837.15172@mirkwood.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, I had problems loading this, if I use config=Default I get errors followed by a request to insert a filesystem which I did. Then the Disk is polled, followed by the CD, then the machine hangs. The system is a 486DX2/50 with BusLogic SCSI adapter and 1 1GB hard disk. Should I give up and buy a guaranteed compatible machine? --Ian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tim@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Tim Pugh) Subject: Solution to boot hanging on network Message-ID: <DGK8vr.7oC@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> Organization: Johns Hopkins Continuing Professional Programs Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:26:15 GMT Thanks to Mike Paquette, I solved the problem I was having with both a NeXT Dimension System running NS3.3 and a NeXTstation Color running NS3.0. The problem in each case was that although neither computer was hooked up to a network, both systems would hang during bootup awaiting a network connection. The solution: Execute /NextAdmin/SimpleNetworkStarter.app. In Box 1, select "Use the network, but don't share administrative data". In Box 2, enter a hostname and a plausible IP address. In Box 3, none of the entries should be checked. Press the 'Configure' button, and keep your fingers crossed... Once configured, you can double-check things by looking at the contents of /etc/hostconfig: HOSTNAME=myhost INETADDR=131.253.253.1 ROUTER=-ROUTED- IPNETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPBROADCAST= YPDOMAIN=-NO- NETMASTER=-YES- That 'NETMASTER=-YES-" is what will keep your system from hanging on startup. This should result in a configuration in which your machine is master of it's own NetInfo domain. If the machine is on a network, and you gave it a valid IP address, you'll also be able to telnet, ftp, rlogin, etc. Note that after doing the SimpleNetworkStarter procedure, you will likely have to modify /etc/hostconfig by setting NETMASTER=-YES-. Also the internet address value supplied by default -- Box 2 above -- will have to be changed. Since you really don't care what its value is, the above value for INETADDR works just fine. Its value should be entered while in the SimpleNetworkStarter.app. Again, thanks to Mike Paquette and I am reasonably sure I am not the only one who has encountered this problem. Good Luck, Tim -- Tim Pugh |MicroCALL Services tim@aplcenmp.apl.JHU.EDU |8713 Briarcroft Lane |Laurel, MD 20708-1355 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Ian Daniel <ian> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Documentation for fbshow command? Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:23:27 GMT Message-ID: <813878607.15172@mirkwood.demon.co.uk> References: <westesDGDLnv.H8o@netcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I too would like some documentation for fbshow as my machine doesn't boot properly when using fbshow to *hide* all the error messages. If I boot it from ROM monitor (bsd) it bootd fine , no errors. Can fbshow hang a system during boot?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Adding users with 'nu' Message-ID: <A07D823001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 16 Oct 95 15:43:00 EDT salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) wrote: It seems like it would be much easier to approach this using the User Manager. /User/Defaults menu selection allows you to set a default home for user accounts. You are entirely correct. However, ver 3.0 (ver 24) which I have with 3.2, does not have the /User/defaults menu, at least not that I can find. Are you using 3.3? Does anyone know how to change the /etc/nu.cf to change the default home? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: me@mailhost.cyberlab.ch (My Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Seagate 15150N 4.3 GB on NS3.3 intel ? Date: 16 Oct 1995 23:18:21 GMT Organization: SWITCH, Swiss Academic & Research Network Message-ID: <45up7t$i4@swidir.switch.ch> Hello ! I simply can't make 2 partitions on my HD. I use an Adaptec 2940 with a 4.3 GB HDD from SEAGATE (ST 15150N). Did someone already try ?? Lionel
From: burton@het.brown.edu (Joshua W. Burton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OmniWeb images with -NXHost ?? Date: 16 Oct 1995 22:41:37 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Message-ID: <45un31$8fr@news.acns.nwu.edu> I've just acquired a second NeXT and built my own little home network between it and my cube. I've configured the new colorstation as a NetInfo master server, and the cube (which has both the big disk and the modem link to the outside world) as a clone server. The /Local* directories are NFS-mounted to the colorstation from the cube, but each has its own home directories, so either machine can be booted by itself. Since I dial in to my provider with Mamakos's SLIP setup, and my IP number is dynamically assigned at slipup, I am assuming that there is no way for the second machine to send packets directly to the Internet: after all, I only get one IP number, not two, so how can the incoming packets be directed to the second machine? (If you see a flaw in this reasoning, that will be very good news indeed---please tell me!) So if I keep the current topology, I will have to run any Internet apps on the cube, and use the -NXHost flag to make them display on the colorstation---right? Now we come to my problem. OmniWeb.app and OmniImage.app are both in /LocalApps, and the OmniImageFilter service is in /LocalLibrary, so they are visible to both systems. Everything still works as it always did on the cube. But when I run OmniWeb on the cube and send the display to the colorstation, images fail to display. Everything else is fine: I can click from page to page, images are downloaded to /tmp (the _cube's_ /tmp, where OmniWeb is actually running), and an attempt is made to launch them when they are done. But the image doesn't show up---instead I get the 'no-image' icon, and this error: convertToTiff: Could not find filename type in pasteboard Can anything be done to fix this, and if so, what? Also, if anyone else is running a similar setup (a homogeneous NeXT network at home, SLIP-linked to the world by a single IP number), I'd appreciate some general advice about configuration issues. In particular, is it better to have network users, or an identical set of local users on each box? Please email---I'll summarize what I learn here. Cette phrase en francais /===================================================== est plutot difficile a / Joshua W Burton (708)677-3902 burton@het.brown.edu traduire en anglais. /=======================================================
From: mpemburn@ix.netcom.com (mpemburn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fstab syntax (was: Multiuser bootup went away -- How to get it back?) Date: 17 Oct 1995 01:08:21 GMT Organization: Chaos Message-ID: <45uvm6$evt@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <45hrdf$bej@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <45jthg$r64@news.next.com> <45kfmo$erh@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <45mrk3$4nt@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 In article <45mrk3$4nt@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de says... > >mpemburn (mpemburn@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >: Can anyone tell me why a exported directory refuses to "stick"? Briefly, >: I have an external drive named /Cairo that I want to export in its >: entirety. I added it in NFSManager and gave root access to all members of >: the "NeXTStation" domain that includes the NeXT and OS2Mark, my OS/2 box. >: Several times, I have added it in, attached to it on OS2Mark and been >: able to copy files to and from. If I reboot the NeXT, it "loses" /Cairo >: -- even though it still shows in NFSManager. Any clues? > >Seems as if /Cairo is not in /etc/fstab and thus gets mounted >under your account every time you log in by Workspace-Manager. > >Just make an fstab-entry for the external drive. Be sure to _not_ use >the noauto option as stated for the / filesystem. I must confess to the most profound ignorance on this. I have looked at /etc/fstab and it has only the following listed: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 Does this refer to the internal drive only? Is there a system document I can refer to for the correct syntax to add my 'Cairo' drive if needed. Better, is there a 'must have' book that I don't have and should read before I ask any more dumb questions? Your Obt. Svt. Mark Pemburn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Trouble with the dd command Message-ID: <1995Oct16.192704.19207@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Date: 16 Oct 95 19:27:04 -0500 Organization: Indiana Univ School of Med When ever I use the dd command to write a binary image to a floppy, the procedure works fine but the check disks feature in the main menu no longer works. Worst yet, the system sometimes hangs after this procedure. Has anyone else had this problem? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: How to set rom password Message-ID: <DGKKwr.4C2@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <45pg6h$i73@newton.uncg.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 01:46:02 GMT Robert J. Adams writes >Ron Wood (ron) wrote: >:The rom password is set in the rom monitor; hold down both alt keys and hit the >:~ key to get into the monitor. Type ? to get a menu of commands, one of which >:tells how to set the rom password. > >actually, thats the problem, when i press ?, i get a series of things i can do, >yet, none of them have anything to do with a password. I know the rom password can be set at boot time; I don't know if it can also be set after boot. The rom command you need is "p", which lets you set all sorts of stuff. See /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/09_StartShut.rtf under "ROM Monitor" under "Using the System Monitors" on the very first page (at least, that's where it is in 3.2). -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Dan Pritts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Next as X machine, and niload -d passwd / Date: 17 Oct 1995 04:46:07 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <45vcef$k6j@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> first question: Anyone got a way to run a next without nextstep, but with X (mouse-X is what i'm using now)? I have a bunch of old slabs that i'd like to deploy, but i don't want to teach my users (who are used to X on Suns) about Nextstep. no flames please, while i agree ns is easy to learn, it's just one more thing to do, and we are using these machines only due to lack of fundage to buy more Suns, and will not be deploying nextstep any further. Ideal situation would be to have X server start at boot time instead of next window server, and have xdm run, etc etc. poking through /etc/rc, it isn't exactly clear where the next window server gets started; in fact, it's opaque. Does init do that after /etc/rc exits? If so, it's not documented. (i'm running release 3.0, and don't want to upgrade, for reasons stated above). thanks for any help. Next: As of 3.0 or so, niload -d passwd will fail to delete users missing from the passwd file being fed in due to the addition of the language information in netinfo. The error is: deletion for foobar failed: Cannot delete name object with children I know i can delete the users by hand with usermanager, and if i were ambitious i would figure out how to do it with niutil. I'm betting one of you bright folks out there has done it already, and will be happy to send this my way. -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: Rich Neiswonger <rich@mktg.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IDE Drive Repair Date: 17 Oct 1995 06:01:39 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <45vgs3$4s1@pubxfer4.news.psi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am getting a read error at boot on an IDE drive that used to run NEXTSTEP FIP. What would be the most straight-forward/simple way to repair this drive. (I have made a new boot volume.) --rich rich@mktg.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mc2@sparc.sandiegoca.attgis.com (Mike Cox) Subject: WindowsNT and NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <DGKJ0C.Fsx@lcpd2.SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.COM> Sender: news@lcpd2.SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.COM (News Administrator) Organization: AT&T GIS PDE Interconnect (El Segundo, CA) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 01:04:59 GMT I have a system running WindowsNT and I would like to install NeXTSTEP in an empty partition. Is this possible, or do I need to reinstall WindowsNT and use the NeXTSTEP booter??? Any tips or pointers to NeXTANSWERES much appreciated... -- | "Nothing is ever really broken, --mike 8 it just lacks duct tape." mc2@sparc.sandiegoca.attgis.com | Tim Nyberg - "The Duct Tape Book"
From: me@mailhost.cyberlab.ch (My Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Partitioning Problem !! Date: 17 Oct 1995 09:44:03 GMT Organization: SWITCH, Swiss Academic & Research Network Message-ID: <45vtt3$18r@swidir.switch.ch> Hello ! I have a 4.3 GB HDD from SEAGATE(ST15140N) and an ADAPTEC 2940 scsi controler. My problem is that I simply can not make 2 Partitions ??? I can make 1 NeXTSTEP with one Dos, but I can't Make 1 NeXTSTEP and 1 BSD 4.3 ...?''' Does anyone know how to do ? Lionel
From: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 17 Oct 1995 09:40:39 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> In article <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com>, Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.accessone.com> wrote: > [useful stuff about how to explicitly flush the queue for outgoing mail] Actually, I'm writing about the related problem of handling incoming mail when the PPP/SLIP connection is not up. As far as I can determine, with all NeXT sendmails since 3.2 (including 3.3 and the 3.3 patch), NeXT attempts to use the resolver library to canonicalize hostnames on incoming mail and punts without delivering if unable to do so (this is normally the situation when dial-up systems are not connected). This is not normally a problem if all non-LAN mails comes in via PPP/SLIP (because the connection is up when delivering the mail, so hostname canonicalization can occur), but is a problem if you (also) get mail in other ways (e.g., UUCP, BITnet, ...). If your PPP/SLIP is configured to do dial-on-demand, what happens is that after getting some mail when the PPP/SLIP connection is not active, your modem will pickup and initiate a PPP/SLIP session and your host exchanges a few packets with the remote nameserver to resolve the senders' hostnames in your incoming mail. (In a non 3.3-patched system, there is a lookupd timeout between receipt of mail by sendmail and initiation of the PPP/SLIP session). This behavior can be especially annoying if you receive a lot of UUCP mail but have to pay for connect time on a PPP/SLIP account. When PPP/SLIP is not configured to do dial-on-demand, mail will sit, queued and locked, until the next time sendmail decides to process the queue while the PPP/SLIP connection is active or the next time the mailserver is rebooted. (The reason a reboot works is that the mail queue is normally processed during system start-up prior to configuration of PPP/SLIP.) Explicitly processing the queue while the connection is down will not help since canonicalization is not possible. Berkeley recognized this particular problem after adding the hostname canonicalization feature and created the `I' option to work around it. (There is a small write-up in the BSD4.4 documentation.) Unfortunately, the 3.2-3.3patch versions of NeXT's sendmail include canonicalization but not the workaround. For the curious, the revised default Berkeley behavior is to go ahead and deliver mail if canonicalization fails. Using the `I' option forces delivery to block until canonicalization succeeds, which is the current NeXT behavior. There are additional variations for advanced sys admins who want finer control over sendmail's use of the resolver library. This problem was not present in the 3.1 sendmail and the 3.1-3.2 patched sendmail available from NeXTanswers. The problems are the same with both Intel and Motorola architectures (unsurprisingly). Note that there have been many versions of sendmail shipped by NeXT since 3.1, but NeXT only occasionally increases the sendmail version number. For example, the 3.1-3.2patch version (no canonicalization) and the 3.3 unpatched version (always canonicalize) both are NeXT version NX5.67e (obviously, the binaries _are_ different). The only good workaround appears to be to compile and use the current Berkeley sendmail daemon instead of NeXT's sendmail daemon. Using the NeXT 3.1-3.2 sendmail patch will work if you are not concerned about the latest security hole. Other than that, it might be possible to get around the problem by periodically killing lookupd, explicitly flushing the mail queue, and restarting lookupd. However, I _really_ do not recommend anyone doing this for many reasons. Finally, keeping information in NetInfo for hosts that send you mail often will reduce the frequency of the problem (because then resolution can be handled locally). Can anyone think of other solutions? -ccwf
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: aslater@jocko.bri.hp.com (Al Slater) Subject: Re: Help: Strange Boot Problem Sender: news@bri.hp.com (News User) Message-ID: <DGL8G3.JuF@bri.hp.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:14:26 GMT References: <45u7fv$c4j@news1.panix.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Eric Bergerson (eb@panix.com) wrote: : Every time I boot my black slab from "power off", it stops dead with at the mon : prompt with: : Exception #3 (0xC) at <some address> : Then I type 'b' and hit return and the machine boots fine. Mine does that too. It's also going rear over apex at the moment with timeouts when trying to compile stuff / use GNU configure scripts. Still haven't worked out why, makes it almost unusable :-( : It also Reboots fine. The problem only occurs when cold booting. Ditto. bsd(0,0,0) makes it go off happily again. : Anyone know what causes this error and if I can fix it. Nope. Sigh, al
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? Message-ID: <DGL6u1.EI@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <DGJHDE.M08@icgned.nl> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:39:37 GMT In article <DGJHDE.M08@icgned.nl> tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) writes: > In article <C503813001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE > * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > > > What makes you so sure it never reached the hiwat? > > The reason another running app monitoring the > > swapfile did not indicate the point of no space > > left before everything froze is not a strong one. > > The moment the upper limit is reached chances are > > high your monitoring app does > > > > very true, but the swapfile (according to the WatchSwap.app) had 12 MB to > > grow before hitting the hiwat, and it had been growing much slower than > > that... > > > > and it was set to check the swapsize every 10 seconds.. > > Well, to my knowledge WatchSwap monitors the size of the swapfile > _after_ compression, i.e. the physical space it takes on disk. hiwat > is checked _before_ swapfile compression, so there may well be the > discrepancy you describe. (assuming your swap is set to do > compression, of course...) Under these conditions it is fairly easy to have a growing swapfile.front with almost no impact on swapfile, the compressed 'true' file. Simply malloc huge chunks and do nothiong further with them. I once had a 300Meg swapfile.front (my set limit at that time) while the actual file on dish swapfile did not significantly grow. This may be a good enough reason to work with uncompressed swapfile. Most times you set a hiwat as a physical limit of the actual swapfile on disk. At least that's what I want. I do not really care how large an uncompressed version might be. All that counts is the disk-usage. Maybe we should consider this a bug? Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: dwright1@omni.voicenet.com (Darren Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Windows 95 under SoftPC? Date: 17 Oct 1995 14:00:02 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Message-ID: <460ct2$dj6@news.voicenet.com> References: <RDL.95Oct14232637@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : Q: Can we run Windows 95 under SoftPC? : Robert La Ferla : Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant : Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 No way.....SoftPc only runs in 286 / Standard mode. Windows 95 requires at least 32-bit emulation ... -Darren
From: kcombs@tad.eds.com (Keith Combs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netware connection status checking ? Date: 17 Oct 1995 12:30:47 GMT Organization: EDS TA AMC Message-ID: <4607ln$g4f@maverick.tad.eds.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, We are using a NextStep machine (486/66) to serve as a web server. We are running the CERN HTTPD. This machine is logged into a Netware 3.11 server so that it can serve documents off the Netware file areas. The problem is that the Netware admins bounce the Netware server frequently for "maintenance" and that blows the connection the NextStep box is using. Does anyone know of a good way to check the status of that connection under NextStep v3.2 for x86, and if bad, restart the connection automagically ? -- Keith Combs EDS kcombs@tad.eds.com
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need help with printcap Date: 17 Oct 1995 14:20:01 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <460e2h$ag7@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <westesDGIBJz.H6v@netcom.com> In article <westesDGIBJz.H6v@netcom.com> westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes: > I have an HP Laserjet4 attached to a remote LPD server. When I print via LPR > on NS FIP 3.2 to this printer, these anomalies are noticed: What model of LJ4? Is it LJ4, Lj4+, LJ4M, LJ4MV, LJ4L, or LJ4P? Some of these printers do not print PostScript. > > 1) Any line with no characters except for a linefeed in column 1, is not > printed. This results in the file becoming vertically "squashed", and it > looks pretty bad. > > 2) When I lpr a Postscript file to this printer, it prints the Postscript code > rather than running Postscript on the printer. If I copy a Postscript file to > this printer from any other DOS or Windows machine on our network, the printer > goes into Postscript mode and formats the page. > Sounds like the LJ4 that you have does not do PostScript - print a test page and see if it lists PostScript as one of its languages. The DOS/Windows drivers should be able to render PostScript into PCL4/5 for the printer which is why you are able to "print" PostScript files. > 3) The default font and font size settings on the printer are having no effect > on jobs printed via LPR from NS. These settings do take effect on ASCII files > printed from DOS or Windows. > > My NS 3.2 FIP printcap entry is as follows: > > nidump printcap . gives: > > HP_LJ4: \ > > :lp=:rm=uscnt:rp=HP_LJ4:lf=/usr/adm/lp-log : \ > :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/HP_LJ4:note=: > Here is my printcap: Notice the _nxfinalform entry: ECC_LaserPrinter: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/W129_D3_LW: \ :ty=HP LaserJet 4/4M PostScript 600DPI: \ :note=$0.10/page (CopiCard required):lp=:lo=lock:rp=Keck_Lab: \ :rm=flower:_nxfinalform: > Did I forget to add something here that would just send the file over without > any modifications? Yes. > > Is there anything that I could add so that the blank lines with single LF > characters would print as blank lines on the printer? > > -- > Will Estes U.S. Computer > Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: juergenp@pfeiffer.nuertingen.netsurf.de (Juergen Pfeiffer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: POP and sendmail.cf Date: 5 Oct 1995 19:12:44 GMT Organization: ISC Dr.-Ing. Nepustil Message-ID: <451anc$fa@unaxp1.nepustil.net> Hello I'm using the POP3 protocol for exchanging mail with my Internetprovider. How do i have to configure mail.app and sendmail.cf? Thank You -- ________________________________________________________________ Juergen Pfeiffer juergenp@nuertingen.netsurf.de Zaehringerstr. 42 Tel: +49-7021-51127 73230 Kirchheim/Teck (NeXTMail and MIME-Mail welcome) Germany
From: smbakh@milind (Milind Bakhle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Restricted shell available ? Date: 17 Oct 1995 16:48:26 GMT Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center Message-ID: <460moq$ifm@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> Hello all. Does anyone know if a restricted shell is available for the NeXT. I would like to set up an account with only shell access, and I would like to restrict the commands that can be executed by the user. Also, I would like to limit the user's access to his home directory. All this for security reasons! Any suggestions/pointers would be welcome. Thanks. Milind A. Bakhle mabakhle@lerc.nasa.gov
From: dkramer@onramp.net <Daniel L. Kramer> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: WindowsNT and NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Oct 1995 18:20:39 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <460s5n$13p@news.onramp.net> References: <DGKJ0C.Fsx@lcpd2.SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.COM> Mike Cox writes > I have a system running WindowsNT and I would like to install NeXTSTEP > in an empty partition. Is this possible, or do I need to reinstall > WindowsNT and use the NeXTSTEP booter??? Any tips or pointers to > NeXTANSWERES much appreciated... You can install NS with no problems, and it works fairly well with NT. A couple questions: 1. What format is your NT partition? NS with mount and the bootmanager will point to FAT partitions, I haven't tried it with HPFS or NTFS. 2. Are you talking about free space, an unformatted partition, or a partition with nothing on it? You may want to use Disk Administrator to free up the space completed - the NS install process is a bit easier that way. NS will place the NS boot manager in the boot sector upon install, the the 'd for DOS' pointer will bring up the NT boot utilities. There is a cool NeXTanswer on this, about more than one OS per machine, but the number escapes me... Luck! Dan --- Daniel L. Kramer Bifrost Workstations, Inc. 10850 Richmond Ave., Suite 270 Houston, TX 77042 (713) 952-9949 voice (713) 952-9934 fax dkramer@onramp.net
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 17 Oct 1995 18:34:07 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> I just received a computer with Win '95 already installed. I would like to install Nextstep on this system, but leave Win 95 on the machine in a separate HD partition for those rare occasions I might need to use it. I have configured intel machines with dual boot for Win 3.1, but I hear the setup is different for Win 95. I saw some messages regarding this a while back, but I can't find them. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: eb@panix.com (Eric Bergerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Inhibiting Burst Pages When Printing Date: 17 Oct 1995 21:51:53 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <4618hp$q9f@news1.panix.com> Does anyone know how to set up netinfo to inhibit burst pages. We have a printer hooked up to a PC running NEXTSTEP that always prints a cover page before every job. The printcap man page says that 'sh' will inhibit burst pages but we can't get it to work. Since we haven't gotten it to work, here are a bunch of questions our failure has raised: Is the 'sh' printcap option even the way to inhibit cover pages? Should the 'sh' key have a 'true' or 'false' value? The man page has some double negatives in it that are confusing. When setting the value for the 'sh' key in netinfo, what do you use to show state for a boolean value of 'true' or 'false'? Should you modify the Local_Printer netinfo on the host for the specific printer or modify the network domain entry for the distributed printer? The only reason we believe we are on the right track, is that we were able to successfully suppress the cover page using the '-h' option for 'lpr'. This is documented to "Suppress the printing of the burst page." Thanks for any help. -- Sincerely, Eric Bergerson Home: Work eb@panix.com eb@object.com 212 744 9359 212 988 6268 pgp public key available on request
From: me@mailhost.cyberlab.ch (My Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Please Help Me !!!! Date: 17 Oct 1995 21:55:15 GMT Organization: SWITCH, Swiss Academic & Research Network Message-ID: <4618o3$qe8@swidir.switch.ch> Hello ! I desperately try to set up a Mial Server with a PC running NS 3.3. I use the standard sendmail that comes in the CD-ROM of NS 3.3. I have a strange problem. I can receive mail without any problem but I can not send mail to averybody !!!! with some people it does not work properly and I get the following message back: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 switch.ch (ddn)... 550 Host unknown 554 lenggenhager@switch.ch... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX record) ----- Unsent message follows ----- Return-Path: <me> Received: by mailhost.cyberlab.ch (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) id AA04876; Tue, 17 Oct 95 22:54:08 +0100 Message-Id: <9510172154.AA04876@mailhost.cyberlab.ch> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) From: My Account <me> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 22:54:07 +0100 To: lenggenhager@switch.ch Subject: Test Hello this is a test Does someone know what it means and would be able to help me !!! Thaks Lionel.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gerti@BITart.com (Gerd Knops) Subject: Re: 9gb HD on NEXTSTEP Message-ID: <DGKtJG.29F@BITart.com> Sender: usenet@BITart.com Organization: BITart, NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consulting References: <45uc4k$rbh@optical.fiber.net> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 04:52:28 GMT In article <45uc4k$rbh@optical.fiber.net> cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) writes: > Hussain Chinoy (hussain@artsci.wustl.edu) wrote: > > I was hoping to get a 9gb drive on either a Black/White machine w/ > > 3.3. > > Someone please tell me if I'm just daydreaming! > > Nope. Been there, done that, filed the insurance claim. > > You don't get your whole ST410800's worth of data. it *SAYS* you get > 2103.6Mb per partition, but it works out to less than 1.5Gb per. Don't tell my harddrive. My partitions have 2033.1Mb per partition. gerti
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) In-Reply-To: ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu's message of 17 Oct 1995 09:40:39 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct17224627@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 02:46:27 GMT I placed sendmail 8.7.1 quad-fat compiled for NS on ftp.cs.orst.edu. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7 Question - Unknown Host In-Reply-To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu's message of 16 Oct 1995 00:52:16 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct17225318@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> <45sac0$i7b@paladin.american.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 02:53:18 GMT Try this .mc file: include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#)nullclient.mc 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/21/95') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl FEATURE(nullclient, mailhost.$m) Robert In article <45sac0$i7b@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25839 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!news From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Oct 1995 00:52:16 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Lines: 39 References: <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> Reply-To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: scotty.soc.american.edu In article <RDL.95Oct14050514@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: :8.7 requires a fully qualified hostname entry in /etc/hosts or NetInfo. :This means that if your domain is "foo.com" and your host is "mynext", :you will need an entry mynext.foo.com in that table. 8.7.1 which I just :release a quad-fat binary for doesn't require the fully qualified host :name. BTW - It is a good idea to have one. : It doesn't need the FQDN? I tried using it as such and I got the following errors: (Crunched for space) scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: from=tm8025a, size=8, class=0, pri=30008, nrcpts=1, msgid=<199510160035.UAA00685@scotty.soc.american.edu>, relay=root@localhost scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: to=tm8025a, ctladdr=tm8025a (0/1), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=etherl, relay=mailhost, stat=Host unknown (Name server: mailhost: host not found) scotty sendmail[685]: UAA00685: UAB00685: postmaster notify: Host unknown (Name server: mailhost: host not found) It then bounced the message to the postmaster because, go figure, it still didn't know were the mailhost was. I am using the clientproto.mc. I even tried adding the following line to it: define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl I also tried adding/removing the ".$m" after mailhost I looked in resolv.conf and the domain tag was correct and mailhost is properly aliased in netinfo. I telneted to "mailhost" and it got me to the mail server just to make sure. The only machine I got working was one outside of the network, but attached somewhat, that has the FQDN set in it host.config. (It uses the same resolv.conf, mounts, etc. but is behind a router so I needed to give it its real name in order to get it running in case anyone is wondering.) Any ideas? --- Torrey McMahon
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: sendmail 8.7.1 and netinfo Date: 18 Oct 1995 03:45:20 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Distribution: world Message-ID: <461t8g$cll@paladin.american.edu> First a little background. This problem concerns a NeXT only network running NEXTSTEP 3.3. "mailhost" is aliased to a server properly set up to receive, spool, and relay mail. The NeXT machines are listed in Netinfo as host, not host.subdomain.domain. The mc used for sendmail was clientproto.mc I have been trying to get sendmail 8.7.1 to run correctly on the above network. I kept receiving an error saying the mailhost could not be found. The only machine that I could get working with 8.7.1 was one that is behind a router and uses the same resolv.conf and mailhost. (In case you are wondering I did that because I had to put it in an other building where it can't get to the server for its IP number or network netinfo. I just mount everything, tell resolv.conf its really on an other domain, and made an account for me with the same ID of my account on the domain in question. That way I don't have to POP mail and can use my home space like its really there but I digress) The big difference between that machine and the others from the above network is that it gets its name, a FQDN, from /etc/hostconfig along with its IP number. "Ha, I said, "this has something to do with FQDN's on the hosts." So.... I tried listing the FQDN for the clients and server both in netinfo. I tried listing the FQDN for the mailhost alias, mailhost.soc.american.edu, in netinfo. I tried changing the cf so that it listed the FQDN instead of just mailhost. I tried uncommenting the line that reads "Uncomment this if sendmail can't figure out your domain name" in the cf. I tried leaving in and removing the .$m in the clientproto.mc. I checked resolv.conf and everything was correct including the tabs between fields. I could telnet, ping and rlogin straight to "mailhost" and get the correct machine. Then I used "sendmail -d" and sure enough sendmail already knew my domain name and FDQN. (It thought my short name was the FQDN also.) I thought I tried everything. Everything was aliased correctly, the cf was made correctly, the correct permissions were there.....well I could try putting the entry for the mailhost in /etc/hosts. That shouldn't matter though because at the top of /etc/hosts it says: # # NOTE: This file is never consulted if NetInfo or Yellow Pages is running. # Netinfo was running (and still is I hope!) so /etc/hosts shouldn't make a difference wether or not sendmail can find a proper IP address for "mailhost" right? Its not like I added the FQDN to /etc/hosts either just one line with the following: mailhost 147.9.204.2 ...and of course sendmail immediately found the mailhost. This makes no sense to me. Either sendmail has a bug concerning netinfo or something really strange is going on. 1) According to NeXT /etc/hosts shouldn't even get looked at because netinfo is running. 2) A machine that is working is not even really on the same subdomain (See above). I just tell it through resolv.conf that it is so I can just type "telnet mailhost" and get to the mailhost machine. It though, has its FQDN and gets it from host.config. Sorry for the length but if anyone knows what the hell is going on I would love to hear it. Sendmail will work I just want to know why. -- Torrey McMahon
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextMail privacy Date: 15 Oct 1995 19:16:34 GMT Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <45rmmi$1gu@turbocat.snafu.de> References: <454aic$9t2@news1.ucsd.edu> cdl@unobtainium.ucsd.edu (C. Lowenstein) wrote: > Just yesterday I realized the implications of something that I had observed > quite some time ago. The permissions on Mailbox-related files are very > friendly on a plain out-of-the-box NeXTstep system. > drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes > drwxr-xr-x ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox > -rw-r--r-- ~user_name/Mailboxes/Active.mbox/mbox (...) > Surely I'm not the first to observe this, I hope. Definitely not. > carl -- _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: RE: Adding users with 'nu' (SOLVED!) Message-ID: <6F30843001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 17 Oct 95 22:38:00 EDT With thanks to: Izumi Ohzawa (izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu) The answer is: NetInfoDomain = "/" ; "." -> Local domain ... DefaultHome = "/Users/" GroupHome= 20 "/Users/" The NetInfoDomain is by default "." I don't know what I was doing wrong before... I went back to the original nu.cf and then added these changes. In addition: when I opened an existing user I used to get a message "Unable to determine user's language, using system default" And when I went to delete a user and his home directory, I'd get a message saying "Error: you must remove this user's home by hand" Now those errors don't seem to show up, but when I use 'nu -d' (to delete an entry) I get this error: Do you want to delete this entry? (y or n) [y] y rm -rf /Users/test rm -f /usr/spool/mail/test nu: '/etc/nulib/nu4.sh test /Users/test /Users/test /usr/adm/nu.log 0 ' failed, status 2560 nu: Invalid argument But I can delete them in UserManager.app, so that's fine with me. Thanks again! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: prie@abl.com (Paul Tod Rieger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hmmm.. was this a swapfile problem? (swapdisk!) Date: 18 Oct 1995 04:39:00 GMT Organization: ABL Research, Inc. Message-ID: <4620d4$1i54@news.mindspring.com> References: <79B67D3001A23A7C@-SMF-> In article <79B67D3001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > # /etc/swaptab > /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216,hiwat=52428800 To avoid thrashing, place your hiwat/lowat values for a swapdisk in /etc/rc.swap (which otherwise sets hiwat=31457280); e.g.: /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=31457280,hiwat=57671680 \ (My thanks to John Lam for pointing this out to me recently.) Tod
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Inhibiting Burst Pages When Printing Date: 18 Oct 1995 07:59:43 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <462c5f$ch2@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4618hp$q9f@news1.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Eric Bergerson (eb@panix.com) wrote: : The only reason we believe we are on the right track, is that we were able to : successfully suppress the cover page using the '-h' option for 'lpr'. This is : documented to "Suppress the printing of the burst page." The problem with this seems to be that it simply does not work as advertised. The -h option disabled the header page and 'sh' in printcap does the same but only if you don't give header options like -J job or -C class to lpr. npd does this independently from the setting of sh or anything else. My solution was to replace /usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd-lpr (which is a symbolic link to /usr/ucb/lpr) with a program which rewrites the argument list and calls lpr by itself (without -J/-C). This finally worked. The program is available at ftp://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/pub/next/ Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: andre@io.org (Andre Angelantoni) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Toasted user template Date: 17 Oct 1995 12:01:39 -0400 Organization: Internex Online (Data: 363-3783/Telnet: io.org) Sender: andre@io.org Distribution: all Message-ID: <460k13$l1k@ionews.io.org> It seems that once I recovered from some disk drive trauma, the user accounts stopped allowing proper logins. This message appears first: "Can't determine users's language." Then, the usual dock icons have been replaced by large question mark icons that seem to point to nowhere. New accounts created for the purpose of testing have the same problem, making me believe that some of the toasted files from the disk crash were located in /usr/template/user. A cursory examination of the new account seems to show nothing unusual (user permissions set properly, etc.) Has anyone experienced this problem before? Any help would appreciated. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Andre' ("Lorenzo") Angelantoni - andre@io.org
From: cikan@par.univie.ac.at (Edwin Cikan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 and netinfo Date: 18 Oct 1995 09:38:57 GMT Organization: Vienna University, Austria Distribution: world Message-ID: <462hvh$1s2g@ftp.univie.ac.at> References: <461t8g$cll@paladin.american.edu> In <461t8g$cll@paladin.american.edu> Torrey McMahon wrote: Mailhost not found: [ ..... ] > > Sorry for the length but if anyone knows what the hell is going on I would love > to hear it. Sendmail will work I just want to know why. > > How does the entry in Netinfo locations look like? I had a similar problem just a couple of days before, and I found out that in the Netinfo root domain there was an entry in locations (nidump -r locations /) with the localhost set as mailhost. I changed it with NetInfoManager.app to the real mailhost (in this particular case of a PPP provider), and it worked. Regards, Edwin. -- Edwin CIKAN Systems Manager University of Vienna Department of Software Technology and Parallel Systems Liechtensteinstrasse 22 A-1090 Vienna, Austria (EUROPE) e-mail: cikan@par.univie.ac.at (Internet) Tel.: +43 1 3105608-84 Fax: +43 1 3105608-88
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: [HELP] Getting a NeXTstation networked Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 18 Oct 1995 11:38:22 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <462ove$ric@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <colen-1410951213130001@ip-pdx10-22.teleport.com> Colen Garoutte-Carson (colen@teleport.com) wrote: : Ultimately, I'd like to use my NeXTstation to connect to a dedicated : PPP line, and route for two other computer (2 Macs). I found PPP software : for the NeXT, but it's 2 megs, and I can get it over to the NeXT. I've : been unable to find any kind of terminal program that will let me use a : modem pluged into a serial port. (Does anyone have a terminal program : that I can fit on a floppy?). I suggest you use kermit. It's available from ftp.cs.orst.edu and it is app. 300k large, so it will fit on any floppy. Willem
From: klar4000@fatmom.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Klaus Rappich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 18 Oct 1995 09:51:41 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin , Germany Message-ID: <462ind$dog@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <RDL.95Oct17224627@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Oct17224627@world.std.com>, Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: >I placed sendmail 8.7.1 quad-fat compiled for NS on ftp.cs.orst.edu. > >Robert La Ferla >Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant >Boston, MA >+ 1 (617) 252-0088 I use sendmail 8.7 compiled on my NSfIP V 3.3 .
From: mp@rob.cs.tu-bs.de (Martin Pruefer DL8OAU) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: can't boot NeXTstation (problem solved) Date: 18 Oct 95 13:10:36 GMT Organization: TU Braunschweig, Informatik (Bueltenweg), Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <mp.814021836@maud.rob.cs.tu-bs.de> References: <45o927$7tj@info.epfl.ch> <45tavp$6m6@info.epfl.ch> fukuda@dma.epfl.ch (Komei Fukuda) writes: >Thanks to someone's suggestion, the problem is solved. >He suggested that it might be a dead battery problem. >I removed the small (yellow) battery >from the station. I checked with a tester that it has >correct 3 volts. After I put the battery back to the station, >the station started to boot as before. Perhaps it was >a bad contact problem with the battery. No, by removing the battery, you erased the setup in your configuration ram. I also has such a situation, where I just unmounted the battery, waited some time, mounted it again, and the machine was willing to boot. Have fun Martin -- Martin Pruefer DL8OAU (M.Pruefer@tu-bs.de) | Tel: +49 531/391-7453 Institute for Robotics and Computer Control | __ Fax: +49 531/391-5696 Technical University of Braunschweig | /\_\ Why use Windows since Hamburger Str. 267, 38114 Braunschweig, FRG | \/_/ there are doors?
From: specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Configureable proxy server Date: 18 Oct 1995 14:58:50 GMT Organization: debis Network Services GmbH Message-ID: <4634na$alq@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, I'm looking for a proxy server which mapps requests from a specific tcp-port to another port. What I want to do, is to set up an internet service proxy server which offers some internet services by translation of incoming tcp-port number to the defined outgoing tcp port number. For the target-machine, things should look like the proxy-host is requesting a specific service (on the specific port). Does there exist something which does exactly this? Thanks for your help... ...Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ncftp? Date: 18 Oct 1995 07:18:39 GMT Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <4629of$2rp@turbocat.snafu.de> Hi! I compiled NCFTP "2.2.1". But when I start it, I get this error: dave@turbocat> ./ncftp Floating exception dave@turbocat> Has someone got ncftp 2.2.1 or newer running on NEXTSTEP? If yes, how? Thanks. -- _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Repartitioning disks ?? Date: 18 Oct 1995 14:31:43 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <46334f$nmn@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> I have recently installed NSFIP on my PC, the disk has three partitions, one for Windows and DOS, one for NT, and now one for NeXTSTEP. I have now decided to sling NT and use the new free space for NeXTSTEP, I tried converting the NT partition to NeXTSTEP but it said that I could only have one NeXTSTEP partition :-( So can I remove the NT partition and amalgamate it with the NeXTSTEP one without having to delete it all and re-install ? Rupert. E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:09:35 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com> References: <eg2gwil4o.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: [ ... ] > If your PPP/SLIP is configured to do dial-on-demand, what happens is that after > getting some mail when the PPP/SLIP connection is not active, your modem will > pickup and initiate a PPP/SLIP session and your host exchanges a few packets > with the remote nameserver to resolve the senders' hostnames in your incoming > mail. (In a non 3.3-patched system, there is a lookupd timeout between receipt > of mail by sendmail and initiation of the PPP/SLIP session). This behavior can > be especially annoying if you receive a lot of UUCP mail but have to pay for > connect time on a PPP/SLIP account. > > When PPP/SLIP is not configured to do dial-on-demand, mail will sit, queued and > locked, until the next time sendmail decides to process the queue while the > PPP/SLIP connection is active or the next time the mailserver is rebooted. > (The reason a reboot works is that the mail queue is normally processed during > system start-up prior to configuration of PPP/SLIP.) Explicitly processing the > queue while the connection is down will not help since canonicalization is not > possible. What happens if you run a nameserver on the machine in question that is authoritative for the zone of machines that the incoming mail wants to canonicalize? This nameserver shouldn't attempt to bring up the line, even with dial-on-demand, and sendmail should be able to query the resolver routines as it wants to, so UUCP mail should be able to be delivered. > The only good workaround appears to be to compile and use the current Berkeley > sendmail daemon instead of NeXT's sendmail daemon. Using the NeXT 3.1-3.2 > sendmail patch will work if you are not concerned about the latest security > hole. Well, I am of the opinion that you should always upgrade the sendmail that any vendor ships to a recent UCB version. By the way, I've heard that NS 4.0 includes BSD sendmail v8.6.x, which is really cool since I wouldn't feel compelled to upgrade that.... > Other than that, it might be possible to get around the problem by periodically > killing lookupd, explicitly flushing the mail queue, and restarting lookupd. > However, I _really_ do not recommend anyone doing this for many reasons. > Finally, keeping information in NetInfo for hosts that send you mail often will > reduce the frequency of the problem (because then resolution can be handled > locally). Ack! NetInfo is a distributed database akin to the DNS trees, but NetInfo simply does not scale to very large databases of information well (such as a reasonably complete hostname cache). Run a caching nameserver locally, and recompile sendmail with the resolver library from the bind-4.9.x distribution. This will remove the interactions with lookupd and NetInfo-- which is a significant performance improvement, especially for systems with a single-threaded lookupd. > Can anyone think of other solutions? Besides running a nameserver? Can't you change the sendmail.cf file to not perform name canonicalization....? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Please Help Me !!!! Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:26:06 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <4639qu$q48@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <4618o3$qe8@swidir.switch.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit me@mailhost.cyberlab.ch (My Account) wrote: >Hello ! > >I desperately try to set up a Mial Server with a PC running NS 3.3. >I use the standard sendmail that comes in the CD-ROM of NS 3.3. > >I have a strange problem. I can receive mail without any problem but I >can not send mail to averybody !!!! with some people it does not work >properly and I get the following message back: > * snip * >Does someone know what it means and would be able to help me !!! The following line gives the clue: >554 lenggenhager@switch.ch... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX >record) It would appear that sendmail cannot resolve the host names, you have to set up DNS with the appropriate named.* files. The best source for how to set up DNS is actually in the DR. Linux book; but the O'Reilly DNS book comes in a close second. It's really not very hard to do, it only seems intimidating. :-) -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: [HELP] Getting a NeXTstation networked Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:31:58 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <463a5u$q48@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <colen-1410951213130001@ip-pdx10-22.teleport.com> <462ove$ric@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I suggest you use kermit. It's available from ftp.cs.orst.edu and it >is app. 300k large, so it will fit on any floppy. > >Willem > tip and cu are also good tools, and are probably already on your system. If you do a 'man tip' or a 'man cu' you can get the instructions on how to use them. Especially on how to use them to download a file from a remote unix host. A 'man zs' will give you all the instructions on how to set up the modem and wire the modem cable. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Next as X machine, and niload -d passwd / Date: 18 Oct 1995 15:37:49 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46370d$bfd@news.its.com> References: <45vcef$k6j@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Dan Pritts) wrote: [ ... ] > poking through /etc/rc, it isn't exactly clear where the next window > server gets started; in fact, it's opaque. Does init do that after > /etc/rc exits? If so, it's not documented. (i'm running release 3.0, > and don't want to upgrade, for reasons stated above). Take a look at /etc/ttys. The LoginWindow and the WindowServer get started from there. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: apandit@acs.uswest.com (Ajay Pandit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [HELP] NS 3.3 Installation problem Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:25:24 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <4639pk$ltp@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> Thanks a lot to everyone who replied to my last mail regarding BIOS showing 210 MB for a 1275 MB IDE disk. I had a buy a BIOS upgrade and now BIOS recognizes the disk as 1275 MB disk. Now, I have another problem. As it is an EIDE disk, I had to load EIDE driver from another floppy disk besides loading other drivers from CD-ROM. NS 3.3 load the EIDE driver from my 3-1/2" (A:) drive and the installation goes well. But after the installation it asks me to reboot the system and then asks to insert the floppy containing EIDE driver. I insert that in my 3-1/2" (A:) drive and press return. BUT IT GOES TO 5-1/4" (B:) DRIVE AND TRIES TO READ FROM THERE AND GIVES BUNCH OF BIOS READ ERRORS. WHY ???? I have a Gateway 2000 system with combination of 3-1/2 and 5-1/4 drive and I can't physically disable B drive. If I disable B drive in CMOS setup, NS 3.3 reboots the system instead of loading the driver from A drive. I can't even switch A and B drives, as my CMOS setup does not allow me to boot from B drive. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot, - Ajay
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SLIP problems with NS 2.1 Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:21:25 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <4639i5$q48@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <44rn64$k91@galaxy.ucr.edu> <dcl.813868376@mercury> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: dcl@mercury.interpath.net dcl@mercury.interpath.net (Tech Support--Daniel) wrote: >Ron Wood <ron> writes: >[routed problems...] > >Then... >>Confusingly, they *can* do DNS name resolution of any >>host on the internet. So some kind of packet is getting out from the slip >>client. > >This isn't so confusing. I have a ThinNet network at home, and one of my >machines is on a PPP link to my employer (an ISP). DNS automatically >forwards requests, so even before we had IP Masquerading, I was able to >resolve any name to number or inverse. A fascinating phonomenon to note; >however, it's just the way DNS was designed to work. > >>Anybody got any ideas? > >Just to check, you did confirm that the kernel routing table on the >"problem client" is correct, didn't you? You don't mention this in your >article. > >Daniel >-- >Daniel C. L'Hommedieu Interpath Technical Support >dcl@interpath.net 800-890-6305 / 919-890-6305 >WOTD: adjutant For account info, mail to: >http://www.interpath.net/~dcl/ info@interpath.net a netstat -rn gives the following: 205.186.38.200 205.186.38.2 UH 0 0 slip0 205.186.38.201 205.186.38.2 UH 0 0 slip2 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 1201 lo0 205.186.38.202 205.186.38.2 UH 0 0 slip4 205.186.38.2 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 205.186.38.203 205.186.38.2 UH 0 5133 slip1 205.186.38.204 205.186.38.2 UH 0 0 slip3 205.186.38.205 205.185.38.2 UH 0 0 slip5 default 205.186.38.1 UG 4 247328 en0 204.32.101 205.185.38.1 UG 0 0 en0 205.186.38 205.186.38.100 U 8 342688 en0 Where 205.186.38.100 is the IP address of the ethernet interface on the host, 205.186.38.2 is the IP of the slip interface on the host (TranSys slip package, BTW), 205.186.38.1 is the address of the internet router (Livingston PortMaster), and the .200 - .205 are the class C subnet IP's of the slip clients. I think the problem lies in the fact that the slip interface has no route to default, and TranSys allows only one slip client to route to default. That's just a guess, as the documentation is pretty sketchy on that. To be able to have all of the slip clients talk to the internet would be ideal, but I would be happy if only one managed to do so. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 and netinfo Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:43:33 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <463arl$bfd@news.its.com> References: <461t8g$cll@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) wrote: > I tried listing the FQDN for the clients and server both in netinfo. I tried > listing the FQDN for the mailhost alias, mailhost.soc.american.edu, in netinfo. The problem is that you cannot use a FQDN for the official name of a machine in NetInfo, since NetInfo and the pasteboard server fail (!). You can use a FQDN in an alias, but NeXT's resolver libraries will return the unqualified "mailhost" for calls such as gethostbyname(), though the alias list will include "mailhost.do.main". By the way, I've had NeXT's Premium Technical Support working on: "How can I give my machine a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) under NEXTSTEP?" since September 14. They haven't been sucessful at answering this question to date. Unfortunate.... > 1) According to NeXT /etc/hosts shouldn't even get looked at because netinfo is > running. NeXT's resolver libraries appear to query NetInfo, any nameservers specified in /etc/resolv.conf, and then the /etc/hosts file. > 2) A machine that is working is not even really on the same subdomain (See > above). I just tell it through resolv.conf that it is so I can just type > "telnet mailhost" and get to the mailhost machine. It though, has its FQDN and > gets it from host.config. The "domain" directive in /etc/resolv.conf has nothing whatsoever to do with the domainname of the machine...it only controls the list of possible suffixes to tack on to an unqualified machine name (one that does not end with a ".") when the resolver routines run. If you want to see what you machine officially believes it's domain is, use the "domain" command. If you want to see what sendmail believes the currect configuration is, run "/usr/lib/sendmail -d0.9". If you want to explicitly set the domain, put a "domain do.main" command in /etc/rc.local. -------------------- By the way, I assume that you've got your DNS databases correctly set up for the machines in question, right? You do have MX records for machines that handle mail, right? If the answer to either of these is "no", you should fix your DNS configuration and verify that it works correctly via tools such as "dig" or "nslookup". (If you have no idea what these questions mean, read the "DNS and Bind" O'Reilly book, ISBN 1-56592-010-4. The "TCP Network Administration" book and the "sendmail" book are also of relevance.) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: vdemarco@whatnow.bou.shl.com (Vince Demarco) Subject: Re: ncftp? In-Reply-To: dave@turbocat.snafu.de's message of 18 Oct 1995 07:18:39 GMT Message-ID: <VDEMARCO.95Oct18104929@whatnow.bou.shl.com> Sender: usenet@shlnews.shl.com (shlnews news) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. References: <4629of$2rp@turbocat.snafu.de> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:49:29 GMT Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.accessone.com> and i spend a few hours one weekend (mailing back and forth) and got it working without requiring the posix library. Send me some mail and i'll email you a copy of it. vince
From: wjabi@umich.edu (Wassim M. Jabi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: syslog Date: 18 Oct 1995 18:28:45 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Message-ID: <463h0t$k35@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> URL: http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/ My machine freezed for a while and when it returned to normal the console window had the following error: Oct 18 13:12:07 libra syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Oct 18 13:15:13 libra syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Oct 18 13:35:36 libra syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain Oct 18 13:40:08 libra syslog: can't open NetInfo parent domain What is that? I also noticed something in the boot process about syslogd not finding a file in /usr/spool/mqueue (I think, not sure about the path) I have a NeXTStation Color 25MHz with NEXTSTEP 3.3 connected to the network, but does not share administrative data with other school-owned NeXTs. If possible, please respond by e-mail to wjabi@umich.edu Thank you. -- Wassim M. Jabi Doctoral Program in Architecture University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 wjabi@umich.edu (Text/MIME/NeXTMail) http://www.umich.edu/~wjabi/
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 19 Oct 1995 02:13:54 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <464c92$hm2@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> In article <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu>, Michael Giddings <giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu> wrote: >I just received a computer with Win '95 already installed. I would like to >install Nextstep on this system, but leave Win 95 on the machine in a >separate HD partition for those rare occasions I might need to use it. I >have configured intel machines with dual boot for Win 3.1, but I hear the >setup is different for Win 95. I've been using Win 95 with NS, and the setup isn't really that different. The only problem is if you install Win 95 *after* installing NextStep. Win 95 will remove the NS boot record. If you install NS after Win 95, there should be no difference. You can even use FIPS on a Win 95 FS! If you install Win 95 after NS, you'll need to replace to boot sector. Here are a couple FAQs from NeXTAnswers # 1470. ====== Replacing the NEXTSTEP boot sector Q: My NEXTSTEP PC doesn't display the prompt 'Press n for NEXTSTEP, d for DOS' when the system starts up, even though my disk has both DOS and NEXTSTEP partitions. How can I fix the disk so I can boot from either partition? A: Somehow the boot sector for the disk became corrupted or was removed. You need to replace it. Often this is caused by installing DOS 6.x or Windows95. As the user root, type this command in a Terminal window: disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd0a If you're using an IDE disk, substitute /dev/rhd0a for /dev/rsd0a. Note: You must execute this command as root. Incorrectly typing this command can have serious repercussions. Use caution when logged in as root. See also: NeXTanswer 1487_Intel_Boot_Process for details on booting. The NEXTSTEP fdisk(8) UNIX manual page and NeXTanswer 1130_Surviving_DOS ===== Problems with DOS Version 6.x, Windows95 and NEXTSTEP Q: I am having problems installing DOS 6.x or Windows95 on a disk that has the NEXTSTEP boot sector already installed. A: After installing DOS 6 or Windows95, the default partition will be set to the DOS partition. Thus if you take no action after the "n for nextstep, d for dos" prompt, the machine will boot into DOS, not NEXTSTEP. This can be fixed by resetting the active partition to the NEXTSTEP partition, using DOS's or our fdisk. Typing n for NEXTSTEP will still boot to NEXTSTEP. Q: After upgrading to DOS 6.2 or Windows95, upon bootup, the "n for nextstep, d for dos" prompt does not appear and the system boots up into DOS. A: DOS 6.2 and Windows95 kindly removes our booter. You can replace the boot sector by following the instructions under "Replacing the NEXTSTEP Boot Sector" above. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: prie@abl.com (Paul Tod Rieger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: telnet to HP JetDirect EX Date: 19 Oct 1995 03:58:53 GMT Organization: ABL Research, Inc. Message-ID: <464idt$ic8@stealth.mindspring.com> I have a NeXTstation running NS 3.2 and connected via coax to an HP JetDirect EX (external) print server. Has anyone successfully telneted to a JetDirect EX from NEXTSTEP? I only get 'Trying 192.0.0.192... Connection refused' although I can ping that address (and print to the attached LaserJet). The HP tech supports were baffled. I would like to telnet to the EX and change its default IP address (set in the flash SIMM upgrade module, which supports UNIX lpd -- and costs an extra $100, making this an even more expensive parallel cable). Thanks for any help! Tod prie@abl.com
From: espeyton@ix.netcom.com (Espeyton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 19 Oct 1995 04:22:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Distribution: world Message-ID: <464jpi$qva@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 In article <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu>, giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu says... > >I just received a computer with Win '95 already installed. I would like to >install Nextstep on this system, but leave Win 95 on the machine in a >separate HD partition for those rare occasions I might need to use it. I >have configured intel machines with dual boot for Win 3.1, but I hear the >setup is different for Win 95. > >I saw some messages regarding this a while back, but I can't find them. Any >help or pointers would be appreciated. > >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >- >Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: >UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" >Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" >(608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ >giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" >giddings@students.wisc.edu \ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >-- > I just installed NeXTSTEP on a machine that had Win95 and Linux on it, and there is nothing to it. If you already have the partition created for NeXTSTEP and Win95 is setup OK there really is nothing left to do. Startup the NeXTSTEP installation, select the partition to accept the NeXTSTEP setup and fly. When NeXTSTEP 3.3 is done it will allow you to either boot into NeXTSTEP or DOS (Win 95). On the other hand if you have NeXTSTEP installed first and then install win95 you have a little more work to do. I believe that those other messages you refer to have to do with this case. My advise, install Win95 first and then NeXTSTEP - no problem for me and it was my first time through a NeXTSTEP install. Eric espeyton@ix.netcom.com
From: wizard@gekko.technopark.gmd.de (Sebastian Lederer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: need ncr scsi driver disk Date: 19 Oct 1995 13:09:33 GMT Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany Message-ID: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> Summary: need ncr scsi driver disk Keywords: ncr scsi driver Hi, I want to install NS3.3 on an intel system with an ncr53c810 scsi controller. I have already found the driver tarfile from symantec, but this is not enough, since for the installation process I need a disk with a next filesystem and the proper directory structure on it, containing the driver files. I obviously cannot do this since I am not running NS yet. Is there a disk image of a driver disk with the ncr-scsi-driver available anywhere? I could ftp it to my system and put it onto a disk using dd. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Sebastian Lederer
From: patrick@opensource.com (Patrick Giagnocavo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Next as X machine, and niload -d passwd / Date: 19 Oct 1995 14:52:34 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <465oni$crh@trane.opensource.com> In article <45vcef$k6j@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Dan Pritts wrote: first question: Anyone got a way to run a next without nextstep, but >with X (mouse-X is what i'm using now)? I have a bunch of old slabs >that i'd like to deploy, but i don't want to teach my users (who are >used to X on Suns) about Nextstep. > >no flames please, while i agree ns is easy to learn, it's just one more >thing to do, and we are using these machines only due to lack of >fundage to buy more Suns, and will not be deploying nextstep any >further. Why not have the X server start up when the user logs in? The user sees the graphical logon screen, and when they logon, it instantly starts the X server in "full screen" mode. Use your syadmin skills to force the same .login for each session. The CoXist product has three "modes" of operation: - rooted integrated the X applications come up inside a huge window with the NS window controls for miniaturizing and closing and moving the window about - rooted take over the X applicatins come up inside a huge window which fills the screen and obscure all the next apps. runs faster. can toggle the root window to back of all windows with cmd left mouse. still fast, and lets you toggle between environments (if you choose). - rootless There is no root window. Each X app comes up on its own and intermingles individually with the other NS windows. runs slower. Other features: - Has menu item for commonly used X applications which can be user configured and is integrated into the NS main menu for the product. - Has configurable bit depth to support a variety of video setups. >Ideal situation would be to have X server start at boot time instead of >next window server, and have xdm run, etc etc. It is my understanding that the X servers that are available for NEXTSTEP count on the Window Server being present. A rep from Pencom, makers of co-Xist, will be here today. If you email me back, I will ask him any questions you wish. While this (co-Xist) is indeed a commercial product, if you are able to qualify for edu discounts, the price is quite low for the co-Xist product ($275), and even lower for the Cub'X package($110). Both are good X packages. >poking through /etc/rc, it isn't exactly clear where the next window >server gets started; in fact, it's opaque. Does init do that after >/etc/rc exits? If so, it's not documented. (i'm running release 3.0, >and don't want to upgrade, for reasons stated above). My suggestion would be to forget about trying to disable the Window Server. >As of 3.0 or so, niload -d passwd will fail to delete users missing >from the passwd file being fed in due to the addition of the language >information in netinfo. >snipped >I know i can delete the users by hand with usermanager, and if >i were ambitious i would figure out how to do it with niutil. I'm >betting one of you bright folks out there has done it already, >and will be happy to send this my way. If you can check the archives of this newsgroup, there were some shell scripts that added users (pipe from a file) in bulk; you could change around some arguments, and delete them in bulk. These appeared on our newsserver about 1 to 2 weeks ago. (Check http://dejanews.com/ over the WWW if you can't find the archived news locally.) If you could somehow afford the $199 upgrade to even just _one_ machine, you could do bulk account creation and deletion with the enhanced NetInfo utils in 3.3. >dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu --- Patrick Giagnocavo, Account Executive, email:patrick@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Check us out on the WWW at http://www.opensource.com (303).861.4411 Fax: (303).861.2393 1-800-TRY-OPEN (879-6736) -- Patrick Giagnocavo, Account Executive, email:patrick@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Check us out on the WWW at http://www.opensource.com (303).861.4411 Fax: (303).861.2393 1-800-TRY-OPEN (879-6736)
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP: need ncr scsi driver disk Date: 19 Oct 1995 16:07:50 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <465t4m$ca0@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> wizard@gekko.technopark.gmd.de (Sebastian Lederer) wrote: > Hi, > I want to install NS3.3 on an intel system with an ncr53c810 scsi > controller. I have already found the driver tarfile from symantec, > but this is not enough, since for the installation process > I need a disk with a next filesystem and the proper directory structure > on it, containing the driver files. > I obviously cannot do this since I am not running NS yet. > Is there a disk image of a driver disk with the ncr-scsi-driver available > anywhere? I could ftp it to my system and put it onto a disk using dd. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. The image is on ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de /pub/mirror/ncr/ncrchips/scsi/drivers/NeXTStep/ - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: flet@worldnet.net (Francois LETELLIER) Newsgroups: alt.irc.questions,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Req: IRC client / server Date: 19 Oct 1995 17:10:17 GMT Organization: World-Net information exchange, Internet provider. Message-ID: <4660pp$20p@aldebaran.sct.fr> Hi, I m struggling to find a _working_ IRC client for NS, and (if not a dream) a server as well. All I found is IRC_II, which is a pretty shit to get compiled under NS 3.x, as I saw. If someone has already done the burden, or knows an alternate and easier way, I d appreciate hints, and pieces of software (or their FTP locations). Thanks. - FL.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nwc@orc-ny.com (Nick Christopher) Subject: Remote Printer PPD use problem Message-ID: <DGp9px.8x@orc-ny.com> Sender: nwc@orc-ny.com (Nick Christopher) Organization: Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:32:20 GMT We have a problem with controlling a remote printer here. The current setup is analogous to the NEXTSTEP boxes printing to a printer hanging off a non-NEXTSTEP machine (I'll describe the exact setup at the posts end if details are what you want). We have a PPD file for the printer and it allows us to select cool things like double sided printing etc. Setting these options and printing does nothing. I would guess the PPD was bogus but if you use the Print Panel's save "PostScript For Chosen Printer" option and then print that file all the options work. In the NEXTSTEP 3.2 release notes there is a comment that addresses this: Reference 30117 Problem Process PostScript comments at host Description Device-specific PostScript for setting resolution, page size, etc. is included in a job at print time based on information contained in a PPD file. This inclusion is normally handled by the NeXT machine to which the printer is directly connected (the print server). In Release 3.1, if you put a property called "_finalform" in the printer entry, the PostScript inclusion process is handled by the machine submitting the print job for spooling. Reading this I added the "_finalform" property but this made no difference. Has this option gone away since 3.1? Any ideas? Anybody doing this? EXACT SETUP The printer is actually a rather spastic printer and doesn't support any UNIX style of queuing. You can FTP jobs to it however and query its ready status so the vendor provided a program that submits a job and waits for its completion to return. So we use this as the input filter in a local printcap entry and remote entries refer to that machine. So the remote printer entry is identical to any normal remote entry. Here are the two printcap entries: # Remote entry in NetInfo's / domain Lionheart: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Lionheart:rm=seaside:_finalform: \ :rp=Local_Lionheart:lp=:ty=KODAK 1392 Model 44: \ :note=KODAK lionheart in Printer Room:lo=lock: # Local entry on machine seaside in its Netinfo Local_Lionheart: \ :lp=/dev/null:if=/usr/local/etc/iprsend.if: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Lionheart:lo=lock: \ :ty=KODAK 1392 Model 44: \ :note=Postscript Printer in Printing Room: \ :mx#0:_finalform: I put the _finalform in both places in desperation it really based on NeXT's note should only be in the remote entry. Note the local entry uses the input filter to fire off "iprsend.if" which is a script calling a program that actually ships off the PostScript and waits on completion. \n -- Nicholas Christopher nwc@gun.com,nwc@orc-ny.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer From: nwc@orc-ny.com (Nick Christopher) Subject: SOLUTION: PPD And remote printer control problem fixed Message-ID: <DGpBGr.Bo@orc-ny.com> Sender: nwc@orc-ny.com (Nick Christopher) Organization: Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 15:10:02 GMT Call of the hounds...if there were any. The documented "_finalform" property is elsewhere (*one* other reference) documented as "_nxfinalform"! Add those two little letters and it all works! \n -- Nick "Document the Arcana" Christopher
From: darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu (Darryl L. James) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Using .sig file in Mail Date: 19 Oct 1995 18:44:38 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Message-ID: <4666am$f46@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> I would like to include a .sig file in my email but cannot get it to work. I have tried adding a localsignature and remotesignature paths in my .mailrc file that point to the location of my .sig file with no success. Does anyone know how to include a sig file using NS v3.3 mail? Darryl
From: darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu (Darryl L. James) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fstab entry for NS on HP Date: 19 Oct 1995 18:53:00 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Message-ID: <4666qc$f4k@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> I am running NS 3.3 on my HP 715/100 and would like to have the HP hard drives ignored automatically so that I am not asked to either initialize or ignore them (so my students don't choose to initialize my HP disks, an extremely scary thought). I have 3 HP disks that need to be ignored. I have added the following to my fstab file: /dev/sd1a /HPUX ignore /ro,noquota 0 2 /dev/sd2a /HPUX ignore /ro,noquota 0 2 /dev/sd3a /HPUX ignore /ro,noquota 0 2 The problem is that when I boot in NS I am still asked to ignore/initialize my HP disks. I have tried changing the mount points so that each disk has a unique, though supposedly ignored, mount point (e.g. HPUX1,HPUX2, and HPUX3). Has anyone been able to have their HP disks ignored so that they are not automatically mounted? Any help is greatly appreciated. I have spoken with NeXT and emailed the problem to ask_next with no luck. Darryl
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Repartitioning disks ?? Date: 19 Oct 1995 18:10:12 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <4664a4$4u2@optical.fiber.net> References: <46334f$nmn@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Rupert Hollom (rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk) wrote: > So can I remove the NT partition and amalgamate it with the NeXTSTEP > one without having to delete it all and re-install ? I think it's strange that you get an error saying you can't. What happens when you format the partition, using builddisk or even disk/ newfs? If you can get that far, you can mount the partition, unless I', a total idiot. Lots of machines (lots here, even) have NS & multi-part. -- Carl
From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-bat.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Timezone changes Date: 19 Oct 1995 16:53:21 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Message-ID: <465vq1$4ej@netty.york.ac.uk> As we are changing when our summertime ends and we go back to GMT, does anoyone out there know which files need modifying; it's comming up this weekend so maybe something should be done pronto ! -pete.
From: dwright1@omni.voicenet.com (Darren Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Netware connection status checking ? Date: 19 Oct 1995 20:13:28 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Message-ID: <466bh8$7gu@news.voicenet.com> References: <4607ln$g4f@maverick.tad.eds.com> Keith Combs (kcombs@tad.eds.com) wrote: : Hello, : We are using a NextStep machine (486/66) : to serve as a web server. We are running : the CERN HTTPD. : This machine is logged into a Netware 3.11 : server so that it can serve documents off : the Netware file areas. : The problem is that the Netware admins bounce : the Netware server frequently for "maintenance" : and that blows the connection the NextStep : box is using. : Does anyone know of a good way to check the : status of that connection under NextStep v3.2 : for x86, and if bad, restart the connection : automagically ? : -- : Keith Combs : EDS : kcombs@tad.eds.com Sure......write a script to check for a certain file on the /Net/NetWare/.... directory, and if it dosen't exist, run /usr/netware/bin/nwlogin Should be cake....I did the same thing for my internet connection using a little awk for the process control... -Darren
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.os2.setup.mis,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: What is the best PCI SCSI card for NEXTSTEP, OS/2 Warp and Windows NT? Message-ID: <DGprH8.4A9@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:55:55 GMT Hi, I was thinking about the Adaptec 2940K, but I was wondering if people know of a better alternative. Doesn't need to be wide-SCSI, should be fast-SCSI. Will be used in a TMC board with HP 2.2GB disk and Toshiba 6.7speed CD-ROM. (The os/2 and comp.periphs.scsi groups are currently not carried here, please reply by email if you have something you want to share and you read this on one of those groups) Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: "Perrone T. Ford" <ford_p@dep.state.fl.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT 3.3 built in Fax software... Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 17:43:36 -0400 Organization: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Message-ID: <3086C688.F8@dep.state.fl.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CC: "ford_p@dep.state.fl.us"@in Hello, I posted a question in here a week or tw o ago about getting a USR Sportster 28.8 working on my cube. Although I got one response, it was not very helpful. I figured out my problem and now it works like a charm. (I can post the necessary file info and Modem settings if anyone wants to move up to 28.8). My question now is, the fax software can't seem to find the modem at all. I use kermit or some other software...everything is great. I switch to edit, type a note and try to send it to my fax at work and the thing never gets going. Also, at boot time, I notice that faxxes (or however you spell it) does not init the modem properly. I'm at work now so I don't have the exact messaage. Any info on the above will be greatly appreciated. Perrone Ford ford_p@dep.state.fl.us
From: afied1@pblea.uni-paderborn.de (Alfred Fiedler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Configure HP JetDirect EX with NS3.2 Date: 20 Oct 1995 07:22:55 GMT Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany Message-ID: <467iof$j1i@news.uni-paderborn.de> Hi all, I have a - NeXTstation Color runnning NS 3.2 - HP JetDirect Ex - HP 850 C and try to print but nothin happend. I did the following: Insert a line in "/private/etc/bootparams" -------- snip ------------------------- hpjetdix:hn:ht=ether:vm=rfc1048:ha=080009622bda:ip=131.234.172.254:sm=255. 255.255.0:lg=131.234.172.200: -------- snip ------------------------- Add a new host with HostManager and "nidump -r /machines/hpjetdix /" says: -------- snip ------------------------- name = (hpjetdix, jetdiex); en_address = 8:0:9:62:2b:da; ip_address = 131.234.172.254; netgroups = (); system_type = Unbekannt; -------- snip ------------------------- But after booting both the NeXTstation and the HP_JetDirectEX the testpage reads: -------- snip ------------------------- HOST NAME: 131.234.172.254 CONFIG BY: BOOTP IP ADDRESS 131.234.172.254 SUBNET MASK: NOT SPECIFIED DEF. GATEWAY: 0.0.0.0 SYSLOG SERVER: NOT SPECIFIED IDLE TIMEOUT (SECONDS): 90 SNMP GET CMTY NAME: ALL SNMP SET CMTY NAME: NONE BOOTP SERVER: 131.234.172.200 CONFIG FILE: ============================== ETHERTALK STATUS: READY -------- snip ------------------------- As far as I know this means: 1. The hostname is not transfered to the HP_jetDirect 2. The ip_address is transfered correct. 3. The subnet_mask is *not* transfered (I guess thats the main problem :-( 4. The syslog_serever is unknown. It seems that all the information in the "/etc/bootparams" is ignored and I don t no why. Any suggestions? Thanks for all the help I received from the last mail. Maybe there is an expert out in the world who have the right solution. In the meantime I give the card back for testing purpose. By, Alfred.
From: dtwitkowski@ucdavis.edu (David T. Witkowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 03:04:01 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <dtwitkowski-2010950304010001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> Dave Mak <dave@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> wrote: >I have PPP2.2 running under NeXTStep so I have now two >interfaces: en0 and ppp0. Could someone tell me what steps >are needed to use my NeXT machine to act as a gateway so >that the NeXT machine forwards packets from other machines >on the Ethernet to the PPP connection? Did you ever receive responses on this post? I will soon be looking to do something very similiar. ...dtw -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Thank God the telephone wasn't invented by Alexander Graham Siren... | ------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dtwitkowski@ucdavis.edu (David T. Witkowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do users change shells? Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 03:11:58 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <dtwitkowski-2010950311580001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> I'm quite new to these interesting beasties called NeXT cubes. I have an 040, not sure about too much else regarding it. Anyway, my users have expressed a desire to change their shells from csh to tcsh. I know that I can change it for them in the UserManager or whatever that thing is called. But how do they change it themselves? It would seem that standard UNIX 'chsh' doesn't work. ...dtw -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Thank God the telephone wasn't invented by Alexander Graham Siren... | ------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: david langhorst <dirt@umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Other UNIXs on black hardware? Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 06:23:05 -0400 Organization: University of Michigan Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951020062119.11010A-100000@jape.ifs.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Are there any ports of FreeBSD or linux to the black machines? David Langhorst (dirt@umich.edu) - Univ. of Michigan ITD GPCC UNIX Services
From: Alex Blakemore <alex@genoa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Yet another sendmail config problem Date: 16 Oct 1995 02:43:15 GMT Organization: Genoa Software Systems Message-ID: <45sgs3$ch3@saturn.genoa.com> References: <453jl5$f11@news.its.com> <1995Oct12.024032.6591@oasis.enmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <1995Oct12.024032.6591@oasis.enmu.edu> Jacob Gore wrote: > sendmail _had_ to be configured in a language that looked like a modem transmission with > lots of parity errors and a baud rate mismatch. why the past tense? -- Alex Blakemore alex@genoa.com NeXT, MIME and ASCII mail accepted
From: ivo@next.lbs.lon.ac.uk (Ivo Welch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Odd Error Date: 20 Oct 1995 14:58:12 GMT Organization: London Business School Message-ID: <468de4$8o5@pluto.lbs.lon.ac.uk> Cute Error Message in /usr/adm/messages, midnite: Mail[217]: *** hashtable: count differs after rehashing; probably indicates a broken invariant: there are x and y such as isEqual(x, y) is TRUE but hash(x) != hash (y) Anyone know whether this has consequences (or what it really means)? /ivo -- Ivo Welch ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu Assoc Prof of Finance Anderson GSM at UCLA Until Jan 96: London Business School, Finance Dept, iwelch@lbs.lon.ac.uk Sussex Place, London NW1 4SA. England.
From: msb@plexare.com (Michael Barthelemy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What is the best PCI SCSI card for NEXTSTEP, OS/2 Warp and Windows NT? Date: 20 Oct 1995 15:07:47 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <468e03$lc2@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> References: <DGprH8.4A9@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > I was thinking about the Adaptec 2940K, but I was wondering if people > know of a better alternative. Doesn't need to be wide-SCSI, should be > fast-SCSI. Will be used in a TMC board with HP 2.2GB disk and Toshiba > 6.7speed CD-ROM. > > (The os/2 and comp.periphs.scsi groups are currently not carried here, > please reply by email if you have something you want to share and you > read this on one of those groups) I would recommend the DPT 2024 or 2124 PCI SCSI controllers depending on your budget and configuration. The 2024 is running about $240 and the 2124 about $400. I do know that the the cards are supported under NEXTSTEP and Windows NT, but I am unsure of OS/2. (Although I would be surprised if it was not supported.) In my experience the DPT card provides better performance and is better designed than the Adaptec's. It's best selling point for me initially was that the card will boot off of whatever the lowest SCSI id is instead of requiring the boot device to be id 0. Both cards are SCSI fast out of the box and I believe that both have wide versions available and they are not exorbitantly more expensive. Mike Barthelemy Plexare Development msb@plexare.com
From: dkramer@onramp.net <Daniel L. Kramer> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What is the best PCI SCSI card for NEXTSTEP, OS/2 Warp and Windows NT? Date: 20 Oct 1995 15:46:51 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <468g9b$ese@news.onramp.net> References: <468e03$lc2@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> Michael Barthelemy writes > Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > > I was thinking about the Adaptec 2940K, but I was wondering if people > > know of a better alternative. Doesn't need to be wide-SCSI, should be > > fast-SCSI. Will be used in a TMC board with HP 2.2GB disk and Toshiba > > 6.7speed CD-ROM. > I would recommend the DPT 2024 or 2124 PCI SCSI controllers depending on > your budget and configuration. The 2024 is running about $240 and the > 2124 about $400. I do know that the the cards are supported under > NEXTSTEP and Windows NT, but I am unsure of OS/2. (Although I would be > surprised if it was not supported.) In my experience the DPT card > provides better performance and is better designed than the Adaptec's. > It's best selling point for me initially was that the card will boot off > of whatever the lowest SCSI id is instead of requiring the boot device to > be id 0. Both cards are SCSI fast out of the box and I believe that both > have wide versions available and they are not exorbitantly more expensive. > There is an OS/2 driver, although I haven't tried it (yet). There are drivers and support for everything I can think of. The 2024 does not have a wide version, but the 2124 does. The DPT cards are designed very well - every card is expandable, and the BIOS is -much- smarter than the Adaptecs'. The fact that the DPTs are full-length cards is sometimes a headache, but I guess that's the nature of the beast. Cheers! Dan --- Daniel L. Kramer Bifrost Workstations, Inc. 10850 Richmond Ave., Suite 270 Houston, TX 77042 (713) 952-9949 voice (713) 952-9934 fax dkramer@onramp.net
From: apandit@acs.uswest.com (Ajay Pandit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: [HELP] Monitor cutting 1 inch from sides Date: 20 Oct 1995 15:59:41 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Message-ID: <468h1d$lvs@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> I have a Gateway 2000 Crystal Scan 15" monitor (ATI Ultra Pro adaptor) which is cutting 1 inch from left and right sides (it's fine on top and bottom), making my NEXTSTEP 3.3 screen even smaller. Even if I change the height, width, frequency or RGB parameters in the configuration from root and reboot, it does not seem to change anything. The monitor control is at the maximum width possible and it works fine with Windows. What else do I need to do, so that NS shows up on the full screen ? Thanks for your help, - Ajay
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Hardware password, on what archs? Message-ID: <E0AE873001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 20 Oct 95 10:14:00 EDT Do Intels/HPs/Sparc running NeXTStep have the 'Hardware Password', or is it just the NeXT hardware? I recently came across an app which (when run as 'root') allows one to see the Hardware password (or simply find out if there IS one). However it is only compiled for m68k. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: Chris Whatley <Chris_Whatley@NeXT.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing NeXTSTEP 3.3 with EIDE CDROM Date: 20 Oct 1995 16:28:49 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer Inc. Message-ID: <468io1$etr@news.next.com> References: <DGq9n6.1w2@midway.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you look inside the .pkg, there is a .tar.Z which contains EIDE.config. To untar you need to uncompress that and then use /NextAdmin/Installer.app/installer_bigtar to untar. Then you want to copy EIDE.config to the proper location on the driver floppy (/private/Drivers/i386/). -- Chris Whatley Consulting Engineer Chris_Whatley@NeXT.com ajasvanu@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Atip Asvanund) wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension P5/133 that comes with an EIDE CDROM >drive. As far as I know, NeXTSTEP installation disks do not come with >the drivers for my CDROM drive. So, I searched through www.next.com and >got the drivers for it which is in .compressed format. I am having >difficulty making a floppy image from that file. The documenation >avaliable on the site only explains how to do it from a running NeXT >machine. I have no access to another NeXTSTEP machine. I am running >Win95 now. I was told that the .compressed format is the same as .tar.Z, >so I put that .compressed driver on my unix account, and uncompressed and >untared it, resulting in a .pkg directory. However, the same >documentation say I should get a .pkg file which I can create a floppy >image from to be used for additional drivers during installation. I >don't know why I got a directory instead of a file. Can someone who >knows the solution to my problems help enlighten me?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tien@ampere.nsc.com (Tien P. Tran) Subject: Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 driver ? Message-ID: <DGr99M.JHH@nsc.nsc.com> Sender: news@nsc.nsc.com (netnews maintenance) Organization: National Semiconductor Corp. Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 16:17:46 GMT I'm looking for Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 driver for NEXTSTEP on SPARC. Please email me if you find one. Thanks, -tien-
From: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Configureable proxy server Date: 19 Oct 1995 16:22:25 -0700 Organization: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Sender: robertn@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com Message-ID: <h2rb09ys7i.fsf@seahawk.nwest.mccaw.com> References: <4634na$alq@news.sns-felb.debis.de> In-reply-to: specht@hamlet.dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.com's message of 18 Oct 1995 14:58:50 GMT Well assuming you're not about to get prosecuted for violating somebody's security you could just run a tcpgated script. -- The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: u10786@sas-hp.nersc.gov (Marcus Day) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: AppleTalk for Mac to NeXT printer Date: 20 Oct 1995 17:24:16 GMT Organization: National Energy Research Supercomputer Center Distribution: world Message-ID: <468m01$lh6@cronkite.nersc.gov> This is probably an age-old question, but I'll ask anyway. Does anyone know how to allow a Mac on EtherTalk to print on a NeXT on the same ethernet line? (i.e. how to get my NeXT printer to show up on the Mac chooser) We have a NeXT (mine) and a Mac (my wife's) at home on Ethernet (actually ISDN, but it looks just like ethernet to both), and one printer on my NeXT. I really would like to avoid buying a new printer, and want to stop paying Kinko's rediculous printout prices. The present solution is to save Mac stuff as PostScript and ship it to the NeXT, I'd like something a little more reliable/natural. I've seen the package "cap". It looks complicated, and it's not guaranteed to work. Thanks for any suggestions. -Marc -- Marcus Day, Post-Doctoral Researcher, CCSE/NERSC Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Phone...............................................(510) 422-9818 Email...............................................mday@nersc.gov WWW(restricted access).....http://www.nersc.gov:80/NERSC/Staff/Day Snail.....................P.O. Box 808, L-561, Livermore, CA 94551
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: 20 Oct 1995 18:51:32 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <dtwitkowski-2010950304010001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been posting a similar request for a couple of weeks now, but it seems that we're on our own. Either nobody on this group can do this, or if they can, they aren't answering. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: sendmail 8.7.1 and NeXT---SOLVED Date: 20 Oct 1995 20:22:47 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Distribution: world Message-ID: <4690en$389@paladin.american.edu> Recently I have been having problems upgrading from NeXT's sendmail to 8.7.1. Please see previous posts for the problems as they are too long to re-quote again. The problem, at least for me, has been solved. Edwin Cikan gets to take the bow though as I am only reporting it. --- In the network netinfo there is a directory called locations. You can look at this directory and its tags by entering the following: nidump -r locations / This will give you something like the following: name = locations; CHILDREN = ({ name = ntp; host = (mcmahon, newslab, rainbow); server = newssrv; }, { name = sendmail; mailhost = newssrv; sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf; }, { name = renderers; _writers = "*"; CHILDREN = { name = localhost; _writers = "*"; note = "Local Renderer"; }; }); This is incorrect for sendmail 8.7.1. The host listed for mailhost has to be the full domain name. In this example "newssrv" has to be changed to "newssrv.soc.american.edu" The "sendmail.cf" entry also has to be changed to "/etc/sendmail.cf" and the new cf you created placed there. You should make a new cf for 8.7.1. If you don't sendmail will probably not work at all. -- Torrey McMahon
From: Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 driver ? Date: 20 Oct 1995 21:59:53 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <46964p$gdl@news.next.com> References: <DGr99M.JHH@nsc.nsc.com> In article <DGr99M.JHH@nsc.nsc.com> tien@ampere.nsc.com (Tien P. Tran) writes: > > I'm looking for Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 driver for NEXTSTEP on > SPARC. Please email me if you find one. > You can use the PPD file that ships on the disks that that come with the LaserWriter. Works great. Set it up just like any other remote printer (there's an old NeXT In Focus article on this - check the Web page under NeXTAnswers - http://www.next.com/) What an AMAZING printer ... - Mark -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sb6fb@sb636.rivm.nl (Francois Bourgeois) Subject: Re: HELP: need ncr scsi driver disk Message-ID: <DGrMtn.4H5@rivm.nl> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Bilthoven, NL References: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 21:10:34 GMT In <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> Sebastian Lederer wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install NS3.3 on an intel system with an ncr53c810 scsi > controller. I have already found the driver tarfile from symantec, > but this is not enough, since for the installation process > I need a disk with a next filesystem and the proper directory structure > on it, containing the driver files. > I obviously cannot do this since I am not running NS yet. > > Is there a disk image of a driver disk with the ncr-scsi-driver available > anywhere? I could ftp it to my system and put it onto a disk using dd. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. See: ftp://ftp.symbios.com/pub/ncrchips/scsi/drivers/NeXTStep -- RIVM - National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection Francois Bourgeois, postbak 15 | e-mail: sb6fb@rivm.nl Risk Assessment Division | e-mail: F.Bourgeois@rivm.nl P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven | voice : +31 30 742962 The Netherlands | fax : +31 30 280174
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NextStep Intel Disk Performance In-Reply-To: brzez@d0tokensun.fnal.gov's message of 18 Oct 1995 18:58:04 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct20214541@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <463ins$se7@fnnews.fnal.gov> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:45:41 GMT NS supports synchronous SCSI on selected drivers. Try the Adaptec 2940 which comes in both VLB and PCI. However, if performance is what you are seeking, you should be using PCI and not VESA local bus. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <463ins$se7@fnnews.fnal.gov> brzez@d0tokensun.fnal.gov (Time will fly.. tonight...) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.programmer:25337 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!d0tokensun.fnal.gov!brzez From: brzez@d0tokensun.fnal.gov (Time will fly.. tonight...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Date: 18 Oct 1995 18:58:04 GMT Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: d0tokensun.fnal.gov X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] I know that NeXTStep SCSI disk performance is pretty bad since it does not use Synchronous operation of todays controller cards and drives. I was wondering if IDE or EIDE disk performance under NextStep is any better. I know that (E)IDE is bad for having multiple devices being accessed but if you just have one hard drive and a SCSI CDROM then you won't be experinceing these problems. I also know that SCSI can do multiple commands at once while IDE cannot so in that respect SCSI is better but I think asynchronous only operation under NextStep cancles that benefit out with respect to IDE. So I'm wondering if anyone has done any disk performance testing with DriverPerformance.app or nwbench.app and what kind of results they have gotton for (E)IDE and SCSI. I'm using an Adaptec 154x compatible VLB controller and since Next has released the driver source for this controller, I was wondering if it would be possible to modify it to work synchronously and and perform better. Or is this a kernel level/file system problem and there really isn't much hope. As a reference, I have a 500 meg Seagate ST3600N drive and can do about 500K/sec reads and writes to it using my controller. I've done other tests on the driver under DOS and have gotton scores ranging from 1 to 2 megabytes/sec under various sequential and random tests. Thanks for any info or ideas.. -- John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: root@deltos.uucp (Operator (Deltos Fleet Computing)) Subject: spawning ftpd in debug mode Message-ID: <DGry47.4o3@deltos.uucp> Organization: Deltos Fleet Computing Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:14:31 GMT I'm trying to discover the correct method for spawning ftpd(8c) in debug mode when launched from an FTP client (via inetd(8)). The command line interface is clearly: % ftpd -d -l but of course, that doesn't work. Please reply via e-mail to steve@deltos.com or steve@deltos.private.net.
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OMNI GROUP/OHIO-NOW-OMNI SEARCH Date: 21 Oct 1995 11:08:21 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <46akb5$8c1@tofu.alt.net> OMNI GROUP/OHIO is chnging its name to OMNI SEARCH. OMNI SEARCH is a reqruiting firm. This should avoid any confusion with OMNI DEVELOPMENT DBA OMNI GROUP. OMNI DEVELOPMENT is a high quality software development and consulting company. OMNI SEARCH apoligizes if there has been any confusion as to who is who. Thank You Tom Gugger -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] Omni Search (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: vazquezr@physics.ucla.edu (Rick Vazquez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help, rebooting Date: 21 Oct 1995 06:15:51 GMT Organization: California State University, Northridge Message-ID: <46a36n$nsj@dewey.csun.edu> Can someone please help me with my NeXT. My NeXT will not reboot or turn off with out me me having to hit command ~. If I do so then it will turn off or reboot. Can someone please help me? Rick UCLA Physics
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ajasvanu@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Atip Asvanund) Subject: Installing NeXTSTEP 3.3 with EIDE CDROM Message-ID: <DGq9n6.1w2@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 03:28:18 GMT I have a Dell Dimension P5/133 that comes with an EIDE CDROM drive. As far as I know, NeXTSTEP installation disks do not come with the drivers for my CDROM drive. So, I searched through www.next.com and got the drivers for it which is in .compressed format. I am having difficulty making a floppy image from that file. The documenation avaliable on the site only explains how to do it from a running NeXT machine. I have no access to another NeXTSTEP machine. I am running Win95 now. I was told that the .compressed format is the same as .tar.Z, so I put that .compressed driver on my unix account, and uncompressed and untared it, resulting in a .pkg directory. However, the same documentation say I should get a .pkg file which I can create a floppy image from to be used for additional drivers during installation. I don't know why I got a directory instead of a file. Can someone who knows the solution to my problems help enlighten me? Thank you very much Atip Asvanund
From: jeff ely <jeff@econ.berkeley.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't su root from this terminal Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:15:01 -0700 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <30892A95.4CC3@econ.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I rlogin to my NeXT cube and try to su to root, I get the above message. Where can I change this? Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: Re: Odd Error Message-ID: <DFDE883001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 21 Oct 95 11:51:00 EDT ivo.welch@anderson.ucla.edu wrote: Cute Error Message in /usr/adm/messages, Mail[217]: *** hashtable: count differs after rehashing; probably indicates a broken invariant: there are x and y such as isEqual(x, y) is TRUE but hash(x) != hash (y) Anyone know whether this has consequences (or what it really means)? I don't really know what it means, but I think it has something to do with PostScript / WindowServer stuff. I see it a lot when I do command+(double-click-on-some-app-icon) to hide all the Apps but that one. I don't think it is a very serious problem... it has never seemed to really bother anything. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: NeXT will not power off or reboot Message-ID: <DADF883001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 21 Oct 95 11:56:00 EDT [sorry this is not the subject which started the thread... I can't find the original subject... I get the newsgroups through email so I can't just hit 'followup' vazquezr@physics.ucla.edu asked: Can someone please help me with my NeXT. My NeXT will not reboot or turn off with out me me having to hit command ~. If I do so then it will turn off or reboot. Can someone please help me? Do you mean while you are logged in or when you are at the loginwindow? If at the loginwindow, then the defaults for 'root' probably include this one: loginwindow PowerOffDisabled YES If this is true when you are logged in, please tell me how you did it, as I have been trying to do this for years. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: jsn@audiospeech.ubc.ca (John Nicol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7.1 MX loop Date: 21 Oct 1995 20:32:10 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <46blca$hur@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> I am trying to update our mailhost (NEXTSTEP 3.2/Motorola) so that it is running sendmail 8.7.1 (from Robert La Ferla's sendmail package). All the clients on our local net just relay mail to the mailhost where a shared /usr/spool/mail is located. Previously the clients were running sendmail 8.7.1 and the host was running sendmail 8.6.12 with no problems. The mailhost does its DNS lookups on a campus hub nameserver via /etc/resolv.conf. The mailhost is defined in the DNS with a FQDN of wigner.audiospeech.ubc.ca and a masquerade name (hidden domain) of audiospeech.ubc.ca. The MX records in the DNS point to audiospeech.ubc.ca. Any local addresses are aliased to user@audiospeech.ubc.ca. However, on the mailhost this address is not parsed to be sent to the local mailer. Instead, it is sent by smtp to the campus hub server and then MXed back to the mailhost resulting in a mail loop. How does one get 'audiospeech.ubc.ca' to be recognized as a local domain? I have tried various combinations (mailertables, relay hosts, et cetera) of mc files to create a cf file for the mailhost. The latest mc version is as follows: include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#)audiospeechmailhost.mc 1.2 (Audiology and Speech Sciences) 8/11/95') OSTYPE(audiospeechnextstep)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(audiospeech.ubc.ca)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl Cw audiospeech.ubc.ca The netinfo locations directory on the mailhost is defined as follows: name = sendmail; mailhost = audiospeech.ubc.ca; sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail.cf; I have tried a setting of 'mailhost = wigner.audiospeech.ubc.ca' as well. Any help in tracking down and correcting the problem would be much appreciated. John Nicol School of Audiology and Speech Sciences University of British Columbia
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to get netinstall to work?? Date: 21 Oct 1995 20:37:13 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <46bllp$atm@news.doit.wisc.edu> Keywords: net install boot I have an IBM thinkpad with a Xircom IIPS on which I am attempting a NS install. I have configured the host as directed in NetInstallHelper (creating the CD-ROM image, configuring the client, etc). I boot up the client machine, and after the "howto 0. . ." it just pauses, the little orange light on the Xircom connector flashes once or twice, and then the client comes up with a message stating that no configuration server can be found. The network is thin (coax), and is functioning fine for the other systems connected. The only other curious things I have noted are: - The green light on the Xircom BNC connector never comes on - is it supposed to? - I had trouble getting the Xircom to work in Windows or Win95, but assume I just didn't get the configuration right I hope my xircom adapter is not dead. Any comments or experiences people have had with the NetInstall process (especially using the Xircom) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Michael Giddings BTW - Thanks to everyone who responded with info about installing Win95 and NS on the same machine. Now if only I could get that far. . . -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: dennisg@news-srvr.CyberSAFE.COM (Dennis Glatting) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with mach_swapon Date: 19 Oct 1995 18:47:13 -0700 Organization: CyberSAFE Corporation, Redmond WA Message-ID: <466v31$sav@kerby.ocsg.com> I am having problems using mach_swapon to add a file on an external disk for additional swap space. I've gotten various errors but the most confounding is "Device Busy." The man pages imply that mach_swapon just works. Are there and special file permissions the directories must have? Are there any gotchas? -dpg -- Dennis P. Glatting / CyberSAFE Corporation
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to get netinstall to work?? Date: 21 Oct 1995 21:37:36 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <46bp70$atm@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <46bllp$atm@news.doit.wisc.edu> In <46bllp$atm@news.doit.wisc.edu> Michael Giddings wrote: > I have an IBM thinkpad with a Xircom IIPS on which I am attempting a NS > install. I have configured the host as directed in NetInstallHelper > (creating the CD-ROM image, configuring the client, etc). > I forgot to mention: As directed, I used the Net Install floppyimage from NeXTAnswers for attempting this installation. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 21 Oct 1995 22:31:02 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <46bsb6$5fc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com> In article <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >What happens if you run a nameserver on the machine in question that is >authoritative for the zone of machines that the incoming mail wants to >canonicalize? I would think that would prevent a connection from being started. But it doesn't seem like a good idea to run a local nameserver which claims to be authoritative for all zones which might send you mail. >Ack! NetInfo is a distributed database akin to the DNS trees, but NetInfo >simply does not scale to very large databases of information well (such as a >reasonably complete hostname cache). Agreed. I rather wish that NeXT would abandon NetInfo entirely (my personal opinion). Not that that would solve this particular problem, of course. >Besides running a nameserver? Can't you change the sendmail.cf file to not >perform name canonicalization....? I already do run a caching nameserver on my sites. That, by itself, is not enough. And, no, I do not believe it is possible to turn off canonicalization. Quoting form the v8.37 "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" (which covers sendmail v8.6): If you systems supports the name server, then the probability is that sendmail will be using it regardless of how you configure sendmail. In particular, the system routine gethostbyname(3) is used to look up host names, and most vendor versions try some combination of DNS, NIS, and file lookup in /etc/hosts. [The next paragraph then explains the UUCP problem and how to work around it using the `I' option, which is not available in NeXT's sendmail.] Adding NetInfo to the mix doesn't change the essential problem. I agree with you: abandoning NeXT sendmail and using the Berkeley distribution seems like the best solution. -ccwf
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 MX loop Date: 21 Oct 1995 22:04:41 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <46bqpp$cbf@paladin.american.edu> References: <46blca$hur@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> In article <46blca$hur@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> jsn@audiospeech.ubc.ca (John Nicol) writes: :I have tried various combinations (mailertables, relay hosts, et cetera) of mc :files to create a cf file for the mailhost. The latest mc version is as :follows: : :include(`../m4/cf.m4') :VERSIONID(`@(#)audiospeechmailhost.mc 1.2 (Audiology and Speech Sciences) :8/11/95') : :OSTYPE(audiospeechnextstep)dnl :MASQUERADE_AS(audiospeech.ubc.ca)dnl My guess is you mis-typed this but just in case you want only nextstep for the OSTYPE. Not audiospeechnextstep I'm not an authority on this so take it with a grain of salt. You want to alias the machine in netinfo. The mailhost has to be told that it is not only wigner.audiospeech.ubc.ca but also audiospeech.ubc.ca. Open netinfo manager look under machines/winger and add an other name value with audiospeech.ubc.ca. -- Torrey McMahon
From: cedman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Carl F. Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using .sig file in Mail Date: 19 Oct 1995 22:49:14 GMT Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <466kla$jc4@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <4666am$f46@hydra.acs.ttu.edu> In article <4666am$f46@hydra.acs.ttu.edu>, Darryl L. James <darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu> wrote: > I would like to include a .sig file in my email but cannot get it to > work. I have tried adding a localsignature and remotesignature paths > in my .mailrc file that point to the location of my .sig file with no > success. Does anyone know how to include a sig file using NS v3.3 > mail? If you mean Mail.app (the GUI MUA) by Mail, I'm sorry to say that there is no really good solution. You could paste a signature every time you post, you could append your signature automatically with sendmail-addheadsig (part of the mailapp utilities you find on the archives), or you could use one of a few apps on the archives which provide signature services. IMHO the most elegant solution to this problem (at least for Mail.app 3.3) would be a loadable bundle which adds support for signatures to Mail.app itself. A couple days ago I wrote such a bundle which in addition to signatures adds proper mail quoting, xface send/receive and a couple minor options and will before the day is over add mail filtering and transparent full text indexing of mailboxes. Unfortunately it is only in limited release to a dozen fellow Mail.app junkies until it has seen some more testing. Carl Edman
From: klahey@mich.com (Mike Lahey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: evil software password Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 23:38:57 Organization: mich.com Message-ID: <klahey.18.0017A6E0@mich.com> I recently purchased a used neXt cube. N1000 030. It didn't come with docs but I can boot Mach. (It also has a slot, how can I tell if this is a floptical or CD?) The cube came from a computing lab at U of M and needs a network authetication login password that I don't have. How can I eliminate this? I don't have a floppy, but I have a SCSI zip drive, if I can figure out how to format it. Thanks, Mike Lahey
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Booting from a non-default device Date: 22 Oct 1995 00:45:57 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <46c485$26k@emerald.oz.net> I am trying to participate in the OpenStep 4.0 prerelease program. I partitioned a new 2 GB disk drive and installed OpenStep 4.0 User on partition 'b' by using the NS 3.3 ditto utility specifying the BaseSystem.bom on the OpenStep 4.0 CD-ROM. This seemed to work fine. I then installed a boot block from /usr/standalone/boot on the OpenStep 4.0 CD-ROM using the NS 3.3 "disk" utility. This seemed to work fine. However, I haven't been able to boot OpenStep 4.0 using the following ROM monitor command on a NeXTcube: bsd(1,0,1)sdmach rootdev=sd1b Here are some relevent boot messages that seem to indicate that the above command is doing what I intended: Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: kernel flag rootdev = "sd1b" Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: NeXT ROM Monitor 2.5 v66 Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: NeXT Mach 4.0: Sat Sep 2 20:32:02 PDT 1995; root(rcbuilder):Objects/mk-183.10.obj~8/RELEASE_M68K Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: MAXTOR XT-8380S Rev B3C as sd0 at sc0 target 1 lun 0 Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: Disk Label: Disk Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: Disk Capacity 349MB, Device Block 1024 bytes Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: CONNER CFP2107S 2.14GB Rev as sd1 at sc0 target 2 lun 0 Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: Disk Label: Disk Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: Disk Capacity 2047MB, Device Block 512 bytes Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: root on sd1b Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: mountfs: illegal remount request Oct 21 16:16:17 nextcube mach: Killing all processes The illegal mount request occurred when trying to mount '/'. The same result occurred when "rootdev=sd1" was specified. Any suggestions would be appreciated. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3.3 install won't re-install or clear boot sector Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 03:26:32 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.64.3089B9E8@fiber.net> I installed 3.3 sucessfully ONCE, but the video driver didn't work (Cirrus Logic). When I tried to reinstall (New card and old one), it gives: /private/tmp/mnta: bad dir ino 14336 at offset 0:mangled entry over and over again. NS will not reinstall. Neither will anything else. That "Press N for Nextstep, D for DOS, or whatever" comes up, even if I do a clean fdisk and format or a reinstall attempt of Slowaris, OS/2, or even Win95. Two questions: How do I get that boot block hook to go away? How do I reinstall NS without that error above? Carl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-programmer@antigone.com Subject: nvram.h Message-ID: <AA62893001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 21 Oct 95 21:14:00 EDT I found an old program that needs 'nvram.h' to compile it (I'm running 3.2 user & dev). Does anyone have it or know where I can find it (preferable via ftp). email responses appreciated (I don't follow csn-programmer, as I am not one) Thanks again TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> ASCII Email only! No NeXTMail or MIME please NOTE: My stupid DOS mail reader strips off REPLY-TO lines. Please make sure to include your email address within the text of your message.
From: dlk@tamu.edu (Darrell Kristof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: good passwd program for NeXT 3.3 intel Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 08:07:39 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <46cupg$shd@news.tamu.edu> Howdy fellow NeXT users... I'm using NeXTSTEP as a server for Internet and I'd like to know if there is a good password program (similar to some on Linux) that will port to NeXTSTEP so that it will require users to have SECURE passwords and not just anything that is 6 or more charcaters. I'd appreciate it! Thanks Darrell Kristof dlk@tamu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing interferes with ppp session Message-ID: <1995Oct22.035802.19381@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Date: 22 Oct 95 03:58:01 -0500 Organization: Indiana Univ School of Med Whenever I print while ppp is up and running, the system seems to affect the modem by flashing the modem lights and interrupting any downloading that may be taking place on the ppp session. Is this normal? Is there any way I can set up the system so that printing does not interfere with the ppp session? Send answers to: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 and NeXT---SOLVED Date: 22 Oct 1995 02:01:39 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ewx9x3n9p.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <4690en$389@paladin.american.edu> In-reply-to: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu's message of 20 Oct 1995 20:22:47 GMT To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu <tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu> writes: >Recently I have been having problems upgrading from NeXT's sendmail to 8.7.1. >Please see previous posts for the problems as they are too long to re-quote >again. >The problem, at least for me, has been solved. Edwin Cikan gets to take the bow >though as I am only reporting it. >--- >In the network netinfo there is a directory called locations. You can look at >this directory and its tags by entering the following: >nidump -r locations / >This will give you something like the following: >name = locations; >CHILDREN = ({ > name = ntp; > host = (mcmahon, newslab, rainbow); > server = newssrv; >}, { > name = sendmail; > mailhost = newssrv; > sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf; >}, { > name = renderers; > _writers = "*"; > CHILDREN = { > name = localhost; > _writers = "*"; > note = "Local Renderer"; > }; >}); >This is incorrect for sendmail 8.7.1. The host listed for mailhost has to be >the full domain name. In this example "newssrv" has to be changed to >"newssrv.soc.american.edu" The "sendmail.cf" entry also has to be changed to >"/etc/sendmail.cf" and the new cf you created placed there. You should make a >new cf for 8.7.1. If you don't sendmail will probably not work at all. >-- >Torrey McMahon This is not true. sendmail 8.7.1 should follow locations I currently just use my own /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf which is a link to /etc/sendmail/steffi.cf Also, there's a default not set by default that lets you use vendor locations when determining path for the cf file. it's used in those small applications that don't consult netinfo. define _PATH_VENDOR_CF "/etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf" Also see. USE_VENDOR_CF_PATH I found this in my conf.h I'm not sure if I put it there or not ifndef USE_VENDOR_CF_PATH #define USE_VENDOR_CF_PATH 1 #endif With respect to mailhost... What's the big deal? I just have this. robert:/Users/robert>nidump hosts / 1:59 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 192.42.72.1 steffi.accessone.com steffi my mailhost is resolved through my hosts nameserver. I just get cannot find host errors when sending mail offline but it still gets queued and sent when I go online. Here's my .mc file robert:/Users/robert>cat /etc/sendmail/steffi.mc 1:59 include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#)clientproto.mc 8.2 (Berkeley) 8/21/93') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl Opnoreceipts Orident=0 MAILER(smtp) FEATURE(local_procmail) FEATURE(nodns)dnl define(`SMART_HOST',smtp:pulm1.accessone.com)dnl define(`confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT', `5d') Cw=steffi localhost robert:/Users/robert> -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: louie@va.pubnix.com (Louis A. Mamakos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ntpd polling interval Date: 22 Oct 1995 11:15:53 -0400 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virginia) Message-ID: <46dn79$ht4@pub02.va.pubnix.com> References: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, Charles Fu <ccwf@thales.klab.caltech.edu> wrote: >In article <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, >Alvin Jee <alvin@cse.ucsc.edu> wrote: >> Does anybody know (and will tell me :) ) how to set the polling interval for >>ntpd? Once a minute is too often. I don't connect to the net all the time and >>I get a message on the console from ntpd once a minute saying that it can't >>reach the server or something like that when I am not connected. If this is what you want, then you probably don't want to peer with remote reference clocks to *synchronize* your clock's frequency and phase/offset. Use something like 'ntp' which is a one-time ask what time it is and set the clock. >Frankly, the easiest way to solve all of your problems is to install the latest >version of ntpd (now up to xntp 3.4x) available at >ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp. It has settable minimum polling intervals, >although you would probably prefer to change the syslog facility NTP uses from >daemon to one of the local[0-7] facilities (requires a special compilation flag >or modifying a header). As one of the two authors of the original UNIX ntp daemon that NeXT adopted, and then violated by putting in all manner of Netinfo crap, I agree. I use a late version of xntp as well. It exhibits much better behavior and the algorithms have been refined considerably, as has the NTP protocol spec. >The recommended setup for an occasionally connected site is to use a >high-stratum pseudoclock as a backup NTP server for when you aren't connected >to the Internet. I have no idea if this is even possible with the ancient NTP >daemon that NeXT ships (which both uses more bandwith and is less accurate than >daemons which implement the current NTP protocol). If you're not connected for long durations of time, then you probably don't want to use NTP to external reference clocks at all. It can take on the order of 10 to 20 hours for NTP to *really* get a good estimate of the frequency error of your clock. This is the base correction that it applied to correct the rate of drift, rather than the absolute offset. In fact, you can measure changes in the frequency error (drift rate) due to the temperature in the room which affects the crystal oscillator that drives the clock. >In fact, there are occasional suggestions over in the NTP standards newsgroup >to stop supporting the ancient NTP protocol NeXT uses to force sites to upgrade >their NTP daemons because the old daemons impact the performance of big NTP >time servers too severely. The newer implementations of NTP will back-off on their polling interval, which scales much better. On the other hand, if you're only intermittantly connected to the internet, this will never happen. >Note, however, that a newer non-NeXT-specific NTP daemon won't "just work." If >you choose to go this route, expect to spend some time learning how NTP works, >compiling the software, and setting up the NTP configuration file. Actually, it comes pretty close. Way back when, I submitted the changes to the Makefile and build process, along with the MD5 based authentication code, and if you tell it you're on a NeXT, you should be able to just type 'make'. I don't know if NeXT has done anything sill to have broken this recently, though. Louis Mamakos
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting from a non-default device Date: 22 Oct 1995 17:07:55 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <46dtpb$9dq@emerald.oz.net> References: <46c485$26k@emerald.oz.net> In article <46c485$26k@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > However, I haven't been able to boot OpenStep 4.0 using the following > ROM monitor command on a NeXTcube: > > bsd(1,0,1)sdmach rootdev=sd1b > Thanks to Joel McClung for pointing out that I need to edit the OpenStep 4.0 /etc/fstab to correctly reflect the root partition. Duhh. --- Art Isbell NeXTmail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: mycroft@nyetwork.com (Alex Currier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 12:18:51 -0600 Organization: Nyetwork Design Message-ID: <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <dtwitkowski-2010950304010001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> In article <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Ron Wood <ron> wrote: > I've been posting a similar request for a couple of weeks now, but it seems > that we're on our own. Either nobody on this group can do this, or if they > can, they aren't answering. Add a third voice to the list of interested parties... I'll be watching to see if anyone comes up with anything. - alex -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Currier mycroft@nyetwork.com http://www.eden.com/~mycroft/
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 17:19:24 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Oct22.171924.27828@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <46bsb6$5fc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <46bsb6$5fc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) writes: > In article <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: > >Besides running a nameserver? Can't you change the sendmail.cf file to not > >perform name canonicalization....? > > I already do run a caching nameserver on my sites. That, by itself, is not > enough. And, no, I do not believe it is possible to turn off canonicalization. Take a look at ruleset 6. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Doing multibackup on tape impossible? Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 22:54:05 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951022224730.1088B-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I own a TEAC tape streamer (600MB uncompressed, 12MB/sec, no DAT!, SCSI I). I'm currently trying to put different little backups on one tape. This seems to be impossible! I've tried 'mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 1' and afterwards doing the backup with either dump or gnutar. Nothing works. The tape _has_to_be_ rewinded to get things done. It even is impossible to do a 'mt -f /dev/nrst0 <any forward command>; mt -f /dev/nrst0 eof <number>' Anybody experienced the same problems? I believe this is a driver problem, because my Amiga is able to append to a tape as needed. I'm using NS 3.3 FIP and SCSI-Tape V3.31. Greetings, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 3.3 install won't re-install or clear boot sector Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 22:23:25 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.65.308AC45D@fiber.net> References: <cpayne.64.3089B9E8@fiber.net> ...And, as usual, had I looked a micron past my own nose I would never have posted this. So, in the spirit of a good ribbing (If you can't make fun of yourself, how can you expect to make fun of anyone else?), I'm answering my own post. >I installed 3.3 sucessfully ONCE, but the video driver didn't work (Cirrus >Logic). When I tried to reinstall (New card and old one), it gives: > >/private/tmp/mnta: bad dir ino 14336 at offset 0:mangled entry That has nothing to do with the video card, you bonehead. I know you realized this when you wrote it, but if you'd worded it better, people might have understood. What a dweeb! >NS will not reinstall. Neither will anything else. That "Press N for >Nextstep, D for DOS, or whatever" comes up, even if I do a clean fdisk and >format or a reinstall attempt of Slowaris, OS/2, or even Win95. Valid question. EIDE 1.2GB drive, LBA set. The boot sector hook did not go away without a 3rd party util to rewrite the boot sector w/ generic DOS. Standard fdisk or format /x or format /s /x -O doesn't do kumquats. >How do I reinstall NS without that error above? Use the "hidden" EIDE driver on the device drivers disk. When asked for the driver your HD is connected to, choose "7," then I think it's "7" again (the one that says 'list all drivers on this disk,' ) then choose the 'IDE for disks >504MB' option. It'll go without a hitch (assuming LBA is set on your BIOS. >Carl Carl (the cooler, more intelligent one than the above poster).
From: ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problems with mach_swapon Date: 23 Oct 1995 01:29:51 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <46er6f$mkj@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <466v31$sav@kerby.ocsg.com> In article <466v31$sav@kerby.ocsg.com>, Dennis Glatting <dennisg@news-srvr.CyberSAFE.COM> wrote: >I am having problems using mach_swapon to add a file >on an external disk for additional swap space. I've >gotten various errors but the most confounding is >"Device Busy." This happens when you have configured more than one compressed swapfile. The kernel is only able to handle one compressed swapfile and gives the mysterious "Device Busy" error on all subsequent compressed swapfiles you have configured. If compressed swapfiles are the default (as they are on most current NEXTSTEP systems), then you must explicitly set the 'nocompress' option on all or all but one swapfile. (Yeah, I know--this behavior isn't terribly intelligent.) You'll also probably want to set explicit high-watermarks for all or all but one swapfile. -ccwf
From: klahey@mich.com (Mike Lahey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: cleared (black ) CMOS -- can't boot Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 21:23:45 Organization: mich.com Message-ID: <klahey.19.001565F4@mich.com> I got a used neXt 1000 030. It came with a network validating login password at the end of the operating system boot. I am assuming it is software. Someone suggested that I clear the CMOS. Originally, it always loaded the rom monitor. Now it just tries to boot from the network. I tried <alt><alt>~ without any success. All of the software that I have is on the hard drive. I'd appreciate any help on booting it. I'd be grateful for any help on the network password. Thanks, Mike Lahey
From: katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Thomas Katzlberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: telnet to HP JetDirect EX Date: 23 Oct 1995 01:36:50 GMT Organization: a black NeXT Message-ID: <46erji$pkq@news.vanderbilt.edu> References: <464idt$ic8@stealth.mindspring.com> Paul Tod Rieger (prie@abl.com) wrote: : I have a NeXTstation running NS 3.2 and connected via coax to an HP : JetDirect EX (external) print server. : Has anyone successfully telneted to a JetDirect EX from NEXTSTEP? I : only get 'Trying 192.0.0.192... Connection refused' although I can ping : that address (and print to the attached LaserJet). The HP tech : supports were baffled. : I would like to telnet to the EX and change its default IP address (set : in the flash SIMM upgrade module, which supports UNIX lpd -- and costs : an extra $100, making this an even more expensive parallel cable). Well you can try to upgrade your HP to 32MB RAM and upload TelJetDirect, if you have got time (and enough money) you can also install a 1 gig HD into your HP and install free BSD there it should then be possible to rlogin and eventually run a www server in your printer. It is said that there are anyway some nasty daemons running in TelJet Cards. If you have got a RISC JetDirect you can seriously upgrade your system to a distributed one and use HP-OperatingSystem short HPOS. If you want DPS (Display PostScript) just plug in your Monitor and off you go ... *giggle* Cat. -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ Thomas Katzlberger _/_/ _/_/ katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu _/_/ _/_/ @aBlackNeXT.called.garfield _/_/ _/_/ http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~katzlbt/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish." _/_/ _/_/ UNIX man page for tunefs. _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
From: otto@olcs.com (Otto Lind) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anyone using smail? Date: 23 Oct 1995 05:39:49 GMT Organization: Otto Lind Consulting Services Message-ID: <46f9r5$kmk@olcs.olcs.com> Keywords: sendmail,smail Hi, I've seen a lot of postings about sendmail, and was wondering if anyone else is using smail. I spent (way too) many hours trying to setup sendmail, then decided to try smail. After spending an hour on it, things were up and running. The thing I really liked was the smart_host option, which simplied getting mail to my UUCP provider. Otto -- Otto Lind Otto Lind Consulting Services otto@olcs.com 4890 Ashley Lane #311, Inver Grove Hts, MN 55077 skypoint!olcs!otto voice:(612)457-1080 fax:(612)457-0761
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Doing multibackup on tape impossible? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next Date: 23 Oct 1995 08:15:41 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <46fivd$5qb@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951022224730.1088B-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bernhard Scholz (scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote: : Hello, : I own a TEAC tape streamer (600MB uncompressed, 12MB/sec, no DAT!, SCSI : I). I'm currently trying to put different little backups on one tape. : This seems to be impossible! : I've tried 'mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 1' and afterwards doing the backup with : either dump or gnutar. Nothing works. The tape _has_to_be_ rewinded to : get things done. It even is impossible to do a 'mt -f /dev/nrst0 <any : forward command>; mt -f /dev/nrst0 eof <number>' : Anybody experienced the same problems? I believe this is a driver : problem, because my Amiga is able to append to a tape as needed. First of all: There's a new SCSITape Driver out there. Have you checked this out? Second: On black, I have never been able to use the fsf/bsf commands in a reasonable manner. When I want to append to a tape, I forward the tape by simply reading it up to the end (multiple cat /dev/nrst0 >/dev/null until IO error) and then appending to the tape. This has always worked for me. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fstab entry ? Date: 23 Oct 1995 10:43:20 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <46frk8$gl6@neptune.ethz.ch> hello I added a new SCSI disk (Intel, NS3.3). The OS always mounted it automatically. Anyway I added an entry in /etc/fstab .. /dev/sd1a /boje2 4.3 .... and made a dir /boje2 (the disk label is boye2). Now instead of mounting the device on /boje2, the OS makes a new mountpoint /boje2_2 and mounts sd1a there. The entry in fstab is ignored. Why this? Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. putt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 23 Oct 1995 04:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <46f4sf$8uj@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: juergenp@pfeiffer.nuertingen.netsurf.de (Juergen Pfeiffer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: POP and sendmail.cf Date: 22 Oct 1995 09:28:10 GMT Organization: ISC Dr.-Ing. Nepustil Message-ID: <46d2ra$k9i@unaxp1.nepustil.net> Hello I'm using the POP3 protocol for exchanging mail with my Internetprovider. How do i have to configure mail.app and sendmail.cf? Thank You -- ________________________________________________________________ Juergen Pfeiffer juergenp@nuertingen.netsurf.de Zaehringerstr. 42 Tel: +49-7021-51127 73230 Kirchheim/Teck (NeXTMail and MIME-Mail welcome) Germany
From: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us (Roger E. Masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: MIME mail with sendmail 8.7.1 under NS 3.3 Date: 23 Oct 1995 14:23:24 GMT Organization: Corporation for National Research Initiatives Distribution: world Message-ID: <46g8gs$5u7@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> Based on CA-95:13 I've replaced sendmail on my NS 3.3 Pentium with Eric Allman's sendmail 8.7.1. Everything appears to work fine except if I include a 'Lip Service' attachment. Lip Service works as expected for a single attachment. However if you add another attachment in the same composition or a different composition, when you play the message you only get the most recently recorded message. Anyone else observed anything like this? I'm surprised that using a different delivery agent messes up user agent functionality! --- Regards, Roger E. Masse, Systems Engineer Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, Virginia, USA 22091 Internet: rmasse@CNRI.Reston.VA.US (MIME/NeXTmail OK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) Subject: New SCSI Disk, how to mount correct ? Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:01:03 GMT Message-ID: <1995Oct23.140103.3615@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Hope someone can help me: I just attached a external SCSI Disk to my black NextColorStation. No problem, after i attached the disk, i got asked to put a name for the disk, and the disk was prepared and i can access it fine. The problem i have is that the disk is only mounted after i am logged in, so if i try to NSFmount the drive to a different host, it is there when i am logged on, but it is not there when i am lgged off the system :-( I guess i have to mount the disk somehow on system startup, but since i am not that good with Unix, maybe someone can help me out. The other question i have is, i do not like see the new drive as a seperate directory on root, i just want to have the space avalible on my home directory. Is there any way to do this ? Many thanks for the help, if you don't mind, please copy my on e-mail on your answer. Again thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Franke Motorola GmbH Phone: +49-6128-702027 Heinrich-Hertz Strasse 1 Fax: +49-6128-72920 65232 Taunusstein NeXT-Mail: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com Germany
From: "M.R. Warnes" <M.R.Warnes@ncl.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT UK Contact number Date: 23 Oct 1995 15:28:00 GMT Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne Message-ID: <46gca0$7f6@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk> To anyone who can help, Does anyone have a contact number for NeXT in the UK so I can ring them about a hardware problem? Any help is much appreciated. Mark -- Mark Warnes e-mail: M.R.Warnes@ncl.ac.uk
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 23 Oct 1995 16:42:46 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46ggm6$6h6@news.its.com> References: <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com> <46bsb6$5fc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: > In article <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >> What happens if you run a nameserver on the machine in question that is >> authoritative for the zone of machines that the incoming mail wants to >> canonicalize? > > I would think that would prevent a connection from being started. But it > doesn't seem like a good idea to run a local nameserver which claims to > be authoritative for all zones which might send you mail. Not for all zones which send you mail, for all zones that are receiving mail locally. Which type of address is being canonicalized (or are both)? But if you get a lot of mail from a small set of places, you could try having your nameserver be a secondary for those zones as well. It would probably help, and certainly can't hurt anything (because (a) as a secondary, your responses should be correct, and (b) no one in the outside world is likely to ask your nameserver to respond for those zones anyway; they'll go up to the root nameservers and down to the registered nameservers). Perhaps you should try it. > I already do run a caching nameserver on my sites. That, by itself, is > not enough. And, no, I do not believe it is possible to turn off > canonicalization. Sure it is. You can use the [host.do.main] syntax. For example, we've got a set of customers who are on the other end of ISDN dialups, and we are a secondary MX site for them to spool their mail while their links are down. The following rule will attempt direct delivery to the A record associated with the name matching the F class, instead of doing an MX lookup. This is in ruleset 0 before the local delivery mailers. # Deliver directly to machines in the CF class without doing an MX lookup -CWS # Note that the rewriting rules for the headers may not be right. If so, # then we can define a new mailer "smptf" which uses different rulesets. R$+ < @ $=F . > $* $#smtp $@ [$2] $: $1 < @ $2 > $3 This works fine because our nameservers are authoritative for the address records of all of our ISDN customers (because we have to handle their DNS info because their ISDN links will not always be up). -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: kehoe@fortuity.com (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: uninterruptible power supply software? Date: 23 Oct 1995 17:08:25 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <46gi6a$8d7@miwok.nbn.com> I want to put my Turbo 040 NeXT cube on an uninterruptible power supply (the rains are coming in California). Is there a freeware app or script for monitoring the UPS and initiating a shutdown? Benatong offers Power Guardian commercially. But is there a noncommercial alternative? Thanks -- and please reply via email... Daniel Kehoe kehoe@fortuity.com
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fstab entry ? Date: 23 Oct 1995 17:03:19 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46ghsn$e1v@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <46frk8$gl6@neptune.ethz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Roman Puttkammer (rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch) wrote: [...fstab entry...] : /dev/sd1a /boje2 4.3 .... If you don't give the whole info, nobody will be able to help you. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: bm10009@pooh.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk (Ben Moseley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT UK Contact number Date: 23 Oct 1995 17:19:53 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Message-ID: <46girp$6n5@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> References: <46gca0$7f6@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk> In article <46gca0$7f6@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk> "M.R. Warnes" <M.R.Warnes@ncl.ac.uk> writes: > To anyone who can help, > > Does anyone have a contact number for NeXT in the UK so I can ring them about > a hardware problem? > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Mark > > > -- > Mark Warnes > e-mail: M.R.Warnes@ncl.ac.uk Try: (0181) 565 0005. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Ben Moseley bm10009@hermes.cam.ac.uk ** NeXTmail OK ** Gonville and Caius College. Cambridge. CB2 1TA Tel: (01223) 323400 ______________________________________________________________________
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 23 Oct 1995 18:20:33 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Distribution: world Message-ID: <46gmdh$5oh@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> <464jpi$qva@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> In article <464jpi$qva@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, Espeyton <espeyton@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >In article <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu>, >giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu says... >> >>I just received a computer with Win '95 already installed. I would like >to >>install Nextstep on this system, but leave Win 95 on the machine in a >>separate HD partition for those rare occasions I might need to use it. >I >>have configured intel machines with dual boot for Win 3.1, but I hear the >>setup is different for Win 95. >> >>I saw some messages regarding this a while back, but I can't find them. >Any >>help or pointers would be appreciated. >> >I just installed NeXTSTEP on a machine that had Win95 and Linux on it, and >there is nothing to it. If you already have the partition created for >NeXTSTEP and Win95 is setup OK there really is nothing left to do. Startup >the NeXTSTEP installation, select the partition to accept the NeXTSTEP >setup and fly. When NeXTSTEP 3.3 is done it will allow you to either boot >into NeXTSTEP or DOS (Win 95). On the other hand if you have NeXTSTEP >installed first and then install win95 you have a little more work to do. >I believe that those other messages you refer to have to do with this case. > My advise, install Win95 first and then NeXTSTEP - no problem for me and >it was my first time through a NeXTSTEP install. So how is your drive partitioned then? I've got a gig eide drive that boots win95. I want to split it up (via fips when i find an ftp site with it). Then install NS3.3. My question is how should the drive be partitioned up? A small boot partition that boots into a selector (which one is recommeneded??) which then'll run win95/NS3.3 etc etc? Or - rather should I be searching the NeXTAnswers db for all this info? Thanks! -- The Atomic Playground BBS -=- a Futurenet Gateway BBS (614) 297-7031 USRv.all WWW: http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/home.htm NeXTMail: shane@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
From: hayden@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Jessica Hayden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Adding more PaperSizes to the pagelayout panel? Date: 23 Oct 1995 19:03:07 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <46gotb$kqi@news.doit.wisc.edu> I'm interested in properly using some of the envelope sizes defined in various printer PPD files. How do I go about adding new entries into the PageLayout panel so that the various envelope types are properly handled between the program and various printers. For example an HP_laserJet_4_plus has these paperTypes defined in it's ppd but they do not show up in the PageLayoutPanel *PaperDimension Comm10/Env Com-10: "297 684" *PaperDimension Monarch/Env Monarch: "279 540" *PaperDimension DL/Env DL: "312 624" *PaperDimension C5/Env C5: "459 649" *PaperDimension B5/Env ISO B5: "499 708" I know I can get this kind of information about the printer through the NXPrinter object, but I don't know how to make thes PaperTypes show up in the PageLayout panel. I don't want to just set the type to other and just enter in the proper page size, because other information like ImageableArea and where the envelope is (center, left edge, right edge) is lost. Thank You --- Jessica Hayden hayden@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (608) 262-0296 Programmer / Analyst Dr. Lloyd Smith's Lab Dept Chemistry University of Wisconsin - Madison
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Next as X machine, and niload -d passwd / Date: 23 Oct 1995 19:20:29 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <46gptt$i70@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <45vcef$k6j@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu I wrote: >first question: Anyone got a way to run a next without nextstep, but >with X (mouse-X is what i'm using now)? I have a bunch of old slabs >that i'd like to deploy, but i don't want to teach my users (who are >used to X on Suns) about Nextstep. > >no flames please, while i agree ns is easy to learn, it's just one more >thing to do, and we are using these machines only due to lack of >fundage to buy more Suns, and will not be deploying nextstep any >further. > >Ideal situation would be to have X server start at boot time instead of >next window server, and have xdm run, etc etc. > >poking through /etc/rc, it isn't exactly clear where the next window >server gets started; in fact, it's opaque. Does init do that after >/etc/rc exits? If so, it's not documented. (i'm running release 3.0, >and don't want to upgrade, for reasons stated above). Thanks to the several folks who pointed out that the window server is started by getty (which launches loginwindow.app). I have successfully disabled nextstep, and gotten the mouseX xdm to start up at boot time. However, keyboard input doesn't go to xdm, it goes to the tty login program (or just to the tty with no login behind it on /dev/console, if i comment out the appropriate line from /etc/ttys so that getty doesn't run anything on console). This makes logging in difficult. Any suggestions? I tried coXist, but it apparently just won't run without NextStep. I'm told cub'X will do what i want, but I don't have a copy. Anyone got contact info for these folks? >As of 3.0 or so, niload -d passwd will fail to delete users missing >from the passwd file being fed in due to the addition of the language >information in netinfo. The error is: >deletion for foobar failed: Cannot delete name object with children thanks to the reader who sent me the appropriate niutil commands to deal with this. I'll throw together a perl script wrapped around niload -d and niutil to handle this correctly and post it when it's done. -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu (Victor Quevedo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Video In/Out for nextstep on White Hardware Date: 23 Oct 1995 22:47:37 GMT Organization: Information Resources and Technology Message-ID: <46h629$j73@nic-nac.CSU.net> I remember there being a company that had a video (capture) board that allowed for video imported/exported to NeXTStep running on White Hardware. Does anyone remember the name of the company? -Thanks Victor Q. -- Victor R. Quevedo vqueved@nssnext.calstatela.edu NeXTMail Welcome
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: root@deltos.uucp (Operator (Deltos Fleet Computing)) Subject: Re: spawning ftpd in debug mode Message-ID: <DGx6C5.K0@deltos.uucp> Organization: Deltos Fleet Computing References: <DGry47.4o3@deltos.uucp> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 21:00:05 GMT Operator (Deltos Fleet Computing) (root@deltos.uucp) wrote: : I'm trying to discover the correct method for spawning ftpd(8c) in debug mode : when launched from an FTP client (via inetd(8)). The command line interface : is clearly: : % ftpd -d -l : but of course, that doesn't work. I wanted to follow up on this. It seems to me that almost all the daemon programs shipped with NS are built without any debug flags set. If this is true, then which ones can be built from the BSD source? I am having similar problems with named(8).
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail 8.7.1 and NeXT problems Date: 24 Oct 1995 01:16:03 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <46heoj$kf9@paladin.american.edu> Here is some of the relevant code from sendmail concerning NETINFO. This is from conf.c. NETINFO is listed last in this section dealing with the location of the sendmail.cf file. All other schemes, NIS, DNS etc. come before this. If you compile with -NETINFO this overrides any other scheme from above that may work. #if NETINFO { extern char *ni_propval(); char *cflocation; cflocation = ni_propval("/locations", NULL, "sendmail", "sendmail.cf", '\0'); if (cflocation != NULL) return cflocation; } #endif This is from map.c It deals with getting the cannon name of machines. NETINFO again comes last in the list after DNS, NIS, NIS+ and everything else. So if you compile with netinfo it gets looked at and overrides everything above it. #if NETINFO else if (strcmp("netinfo", maptype[mapno]) == 0) { extern bool ni_getcanonname __P((char *, int, int *)); found = ni_getcanonname(host, hbsize, &stat); } #endif I think that if netinfo hooks are compiled in to sendmail then its values are looked at for locations and cannon names. If the locations and mailhost properties do not exist then other values are used. This would be the case in a machine not running network netinfo like a PPP machine or standalone. These values turn out to be correct I am not sure if this code is good or not when it comes to precedence of schemes and other things. Any comments? Am I somewhat correct? --- Torrey McMahon
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: WANTED: Cinet (Intel Triton P/90) info/advice Date: 24 Oct 1995 02:11:32 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <46heg4$6gg@alf.uib.no> Well, I've really already decided but wanted to post just in case anyone has any last minute tips or warnings... This is the PC I've found for NS (unless someone knows better): Cinet PPI-300 Intel mainboard, Triton chipset (better than Neptune, right?) P 90 (I decided the 133 wasn't worth the extra money, which I'll use instead on a beter monitor and video RAM.) Noone can tell me the performance difference between 90/133 but it doesn't seem to be much. It seems the mainboard supports all 3 buss clock speeds (50/60/66MHz), supports both EDO and normal RAM, Pipeline and Asynchron cache. So I've ordered 256kb cache (pipeline burst), 16MB RAM (not EDO) to start with. I can always trade in th chip for a faster one later if I need to. Grafics: Matrox Millenium MGA 2MB (I may get 4 - comments?) Monitor: Samsumg SyncMaster 17GLi or Nokia MultiGraph 477X or 477TV (supports TV in hardware :-) both 17" monitors. I don't know how big the difference between 1200x1024/60 and 1024x768/80 is as noone has a monitor to show me (!), but the MegaPixel is between the two. I'd rather have the higher resolution but the cost may be too high. Quantum Fireball (what a name for a disk :-) 1GB EIDE NEC 4x OEM EIDE CD-ROM I'll wait with soundcards until I know a bit more about NSfIP (I've been using black hardware for 4 years...) As I'm planning on purchasing this week I'd appreciate e-mail replies. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP and sendmail.cf Date: 24 Oct 1995 03:02:06 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-28.usc.edu Message-ID: <46hkve$aca@usc.edu> References: <46d2ra$k9i@unaxp1.nepustil.net> What version sendmail are you using? There are specific things to set up in the sendmail.cf. It is especially useful if you are using sendmail 8.7.1. You will need to masquerade as the domain of your mail server and you might have to rename your local user account to match your internet user account. You will also need to fully qualify your machine name, your mailhost, and all their aliases. (Netinfo work). E.g. add both your machine and your mailhost under "machines", include their aliases and IP addresses. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: vdemarco@whatnow.bou.shl.com (Vince Demarco) Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7.1 and NeXT problems In-Reply-To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu's message of 24 Oct 1995 01:16:03 GMT Message-ID: <VDEMARCO.95Oct23205830@whatnow.bou.shl.com> Sender: usenet@shlnews.shl.com (shlnews news) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. References: <46heoj$kf9@paladin.american.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 02:58:30 GMT I was that one that put some initial support for NETINFO in sendmail 8.x. I was hoping someonelse would finish the rest of the code. From looking at the previous message it looks like someone already has. But the problem is that the code hasn't been integrated into the official release could the person/persons who added the missing netinfo support to sendmail please contact the sendmail 8.x maintainers and get the code integrated into the official release???? (it should consist of the patches made to map.c) vince
From: rashidi@wmich.edu (Reza Rashidi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 4 GB hard drive Date: 24 Oct 1995 04:10:17 GMT Organization: Western Michigan University Message-ID: <46hov9$jj7@gumby.cc.wmich.edu> Keywords: format, hard drive, large file system How do I format a 4GB drive on NS3.2 running on black hardware without loosing a lot of space? I seem to recall a 2GB limit... Thanks in advance, -- Reza Rashidi rashidi@wmich.edu
From: patrick@opensource.com (Patrick Giagnocavo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Video In/Out for nextstep on White Hardware Date: 24 Oct 1995 05:04:02 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <46hs42$h2a@trane.opensource.com> In article <46h629$j73@nic-nac.CSU.net> Victor Quevedo wrote: I remember there being a company that had a video (capture) board that >allowed for video imported/exported to NeXTStep running on White >Hardware. Does anyone remember the name of the company? > >-Thanks > >Victor Q. >-- Yes, these are the products that are based on the FAST (German company) video cards for Intel based PCs. I believe the name of the company is interpersonal-computing Gmbh. There are two different packages: the Screen MachineII, and the Movie Machine. The ScreenMachine II allows you to display and grab live video in PAL, SECAM, and NTSC formats on your NEXTSTEP machine. It comes with software that allows you to grab frames, to control the size and position of the video window (hardware allows video scaling from icon up to full screen), etc. check out: http://www.opensource.com/Software/Multimedia/ScreenMachine.html# ScreenMachine for more information. The Movie Machine Pro is a little more elaborate. It combines video overlay, TV-tuning, framegrabbing, and video editing. The software package to do video editing is an option for those who wish it. It also offers hardware video scaling. check out: http://www.opensource.com/Software/Multimedia/MovieMachinePro.htm l#MovieMachinePro for more information. The Movie Machine Pro board has been more popular in recent months among our customers it seems. The advantage of the ScreenMachine seems to lie in that you can have up to four ScreenMachines in one PC, making for interesting video-conferencing or security opportunities. -- Patrick Giagnocavo, Account Executive, email:patrick@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Check us out on the WWW at http://www.opensource.com (303).861.4411 Fax: (303).861.2393 1-800-TRY-OPEN (879-6736)
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't su root from this terminal Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 05:33:05 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.69.308C7A91@fiber.net> References: <30892A95.4CC3@econ.berkeley.edu> >When I rlogin to my NeXT cube and try to su to root, >I get the above message. Where can I change this? Wild guess: You aren't in the appropriate group (geez, all this advice and I can't remember the right group. bin? wheel? One of those.) May the horse bewitch shoes. Carl
From: jsn@audiospeech.ubc.ca (John Nicol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Fujitsu M2684SAU Date: 24 Oct 1995 06:00:03 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <46hvd3$5et@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> What are the experiences of NeXT hardware users with Fujitsu M2684SAU drives? I have installed 2 different drives of this type on a NeXT Cube in the past month. In each case, the drive reports media errors in the high sector range (> 490000). Thanks for any information that can be provided. John Nicol School of Audiology and Speech Sciences University of Britsh Columbia
From: herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't su root from this terminal Date: 24 Oct 1995 09:58:35 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46idcb$bt@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <30892A95.4CC3@econ.berkeley.edu> <cpayne.69.308C7A91@fiber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) writes: >>When I rlogin to my NeXT cube and try to su to root, >>I get the above message. Where can I change this? >Wild guess: >You aren't in the appropriate group (geez, all this advice and I can't >remember the right group. bin? wheel? One of those.) A more appropriate guess would be perhaps to have a look at your /etc/ttys and man 5 ttys. Insufficient group membership for su would be expressed via message "You do not have permission to su root". Hope that helps. Bernd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: MIME mail with sendmail 8.7.1 under NS 3.3 In-Reply-To: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us's message of 23 Oct 1995 14:23:24 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct23233518@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <46g8gs$5u7@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 03:35:18 GMT I just sent myself a MIME message with two .vox (LipService) attachments. I quit Mail.app and restarted it. Read the message. Double-click on each lip and pressed play. It worked fine. I am using NS 3.3 (with the 3.3 patch) and sendmail 8.7.1 on a Dell P90. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <46g8gs$5u7@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us (Roger E. Masse) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.software:23175 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25979 Path: world!news.kei.com!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.cnri.reston.va.us!news From: rmasse@cnri.reston.va.us (Roger E. Masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Date: 23 Oct 1995 14:23:24 GMT Organization: Corporation for National Research Initiatives Lines: 17 Distribution: world NNTP-Posting-Host: knowbot.cnri.reston.va.us Based on CA-95:13 I've replaced sendmail on my NS 3.3 Pentium with Eric Allman's sendmail 8.7.1. Everything appears to work fine except if I include a 'Lip Service' attachment. Lip Service works as expected for a single attachment. However if you add another attachment in the same composition or a different composition, when you play the message you only get the most recently recorded message. Anyone else observed anything like this? I'm surprised that using a different delivery agent messes up user agent functionality! --- Regards, Roger E. Masse, Systems Engineer Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, Virginia, USA 22091 Internet: rmasse@CNRI.Reston.VA.US (MIME/NeXTmail OK)
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP: need ncr scsi driver disk Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 15:55:57 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951024155412.22070A-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> I don't believe you need a disk formated in NeXT format. DOS is enough. Just put the driver on the disk, that's it. (I accidently went around this feature of NEXTSTEP, it seems as if it is possible to recognize foreign filesystems even during installation!) Greetings, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/ On 19 Oct 1995, Sebastian Lederer wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install NS3.3 on an intel system with an ncr53c810 scsi > controller. I have already found the driver tarfile from symantec, > but this is not enough, since for the installation process > I need a disk with a next filesystem and the proper directory structure > on it, containing the driver files. > I obviously cannot do this since I am not running NS yet. > > Is there a disk image of a driver disk with the ncr-scsi-driver available > anywhere? I could ftp it to my system and put it onto a disk using dd. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Sebastian Lederer > > > >
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: "Yufeng Tsui" <tsui@cs.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: What is the best PCI SCSI card for NEXTSTEP, OS/2 Warp and Windows NT? Message-ID: <1995Oct24.100032.2168@news.cs.indiana.edu> Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University References: <DGprH8.4A9@RnA.NL> <468e03$lc2@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 10:00:27 -0500 (EST) The DTP2024 or 2124 PCI cards are faster than AHA2940, but not that much. I have tested with both cards attatched to one scsi device. Both types work fine with NeXTSTEP. Only one thing I don't like about DPT is its size. Its twice the size of a AHA2940 and will only fit in ONE of the 3PCI slots in my micronP133. Maybe microns are not that well layed out. --yufeng
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 24 Oct 1995 16:07:02 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <46j2v6$533@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> <464jpi$qva@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <46gmdh$5oh@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> In article <46gmdh$5oh@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, Shane M Zatezalo <szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote: >> My advise, install Win95 first and then NeXTSTEP - no problem for me and >>it was my first time through a NeXTSTEP install. > >So how is your drive partitioned then? When I had DOS, Linux and NS on the same drive it was partitioned as 200 for DOS, 200 for Linux, 16 meg for Linux swap and the rest for NextStep. This was on a 1280 gig drive. The way I did it was to use fips on DOS, then install Linux and make it's two partitions, and then install NextStep and let it use the rest of the free space on the drive. > >I've got a gig eide drive that boots win95. I want to split it up >(via fips when i find an ftp site with it). Then install NS3.3. You can get fips from ftp://ftp.csis.gvsu.edu/pub/linux/install/fips/fips11.zip or almost any site with Linux. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: lpr -h doesn't suppress cover page Date: 24 Oct 1995 20:13:40 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <46jhdk$t55@netnews.upenn.edu> I have a NeXT Laser printer configured to print a cover page for each print job. The man page for lpr states: -h Suppress the printing of the burst page. But the -h option does not work. Anyone know why or how to fix? -dave
From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS Problem - NeXT to Sun Solaris 2.4 and PC w/ Wollong Pathway2.0 Date: 24 Oct 1995 21:15:04 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <46jl0o$6p6@nntp.Stanford.EDU> We are exporting a NEXTSTEP 3.3 filesystem from our NeXTCube to our Solaris machine. Solaris sees the export fine with showmount -e. A mount command also appears to work, but attempting to list the contents of the mounted filesystem with ls results in console messages of "server not responding" and then eventually " server ok", but the directory never displays. Repeats cause more of the same. On the NeXT meanwhile the following messages appear at the console (note 36.25.0.106 is the IP address of the Sun): svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 36.25.0.106 svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 36.25.0.106 svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 36.25.0.106 xdr_bytes: bad size FAILED svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 36.25.0.106 xdr_bytes: bad size FAILED svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 36.25.0.106 etc......... The directory then cannot be umount'd on the Sun. The Sun must be rebooted. First has anyone tried to do this? If so, what's the story? This also happened under NEXTSTEP 3.0 with Solaris 2.4. I previously posted here about this with no response other than to upgrade from NEXTSTEP 3.0. Done it. No change. (Note mounting was not a problem with the old Sun OS.) Similar things happen when mounting the NEXTSTEP filesystem to a PC running Wollongong Pathway 2.0. Additionally, however, the PC complains of no lockd running on the NeXT when trying to do a user identification for NFS mounting. Correct. I have no idea where to get the lockd lock deamon for the NeXT. The Pathway PC and the Solaris machine have no trouble mounting each other. The Sun does run lockd. The Cube can mount other NEXTSTEP filesystems (of course). Interestingly Linux can mount the exported NEXTSTEP filesystem no problem. I have tried exporting the NEXTSTEP filesystem with root privilege. I have tried giving unknown users access. In short I have tried everything I know how to do with exportfs. I have tried changing the NetInfo data base for NFS mounts. Nothing works. NeXT's first level (free) telephone support hasn't got a clue. They want $100/hr before they further investigate this probem. I can't believe it's that big of a deal. This should just work. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Colello Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology 290 Panama St Stanford, CA 94305 ph: 415-325-1521 fax: 415-325-6857 gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)
From: seanl@carmi.cs.umd.edu (Sean Luke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Fingerd Date: 24 Oct 1995 22:20:21 GMT Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Message-ID: <46jor5$sp9@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> Sorry if this is a FAQ. If so, please point me in the right direction! I'm trying to figure out how to get my NeXTstation from spitting out tons of responses to a finger request, when the user is logged on several times. For example, when a user on Sun box is fingered, you get back something that looks like this: > finger seanl@scruffy.cs.umd.edu [scruffy.cs.umd.edu] Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /fs/gryphon/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On ttyp0 since Oct 23 11:39:29 from carmi.cs.umd.edu; idle 1 day, 5 hours On ttyp1 since Oct 23 13:35:09 from carmi.cs.umd.edu; idle 1 day, 2 hours On ttyp8 since Oct 23 20:41:23 from carmi.cs.umd.edu; idle 45 minutes Last login Mon Oct 23 20:41 on ttyp8 from carmi.cs.umd.edu No plan. ...but for the NeXT box (carmi), if you finger a user with multiple terminals open, you might get something like this: > finger seanl@carmi.cs.umd.edu [carmi.cs.umd.edu] Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /Users/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On since Oct 6 16:22:00 on console 119 days Idle Time No Plan. Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /Users/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On since Oct 23 11:39:13 on ttyp1 1 day 5 hours Idle Time No Plan. Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /Users/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On since Oct 20 14:08:02 on ttyp2 55 minutes Idle Time No Plan. Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /Users/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On since Oct 20 14:19:05 on ttyp3 1 day 2 hours Idle Time No Plan. Login name: seanl In real life: Sean Luke Directory: /Users/seanl Shell: /bin/csh On since Oct 23 13:36:01 on ttyp4 9 minutes 9 seconds Idle Time No Plan. ...and so on. You get the idea. With 10 terminals open, plus a long plan file, this could get huge. Problem is, it's referenced every time someone fingers me at other machines, since all my mail is forwarded here. The question is: 1) How do I hack finger to do it like the sun box above? 2) If this isn't possible, can I get a secure fingerd on the net that _will_ do it for me, and how would one install that? I've tried building the GNU finger/fingerd sources, but they seem to dislike NeXT boxes. :-( Thanks! Sean Luke U Maryland at College Park seanl@cs.umd.edu http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/seanl/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Subject: Booting from CD-ROM Message-ID: <1995Oct24.191123.6483@Radical.Com> Sender: news@Radical.Com Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 19:11:23 GMT Okay, so what's the trick to booting from CD-ROM? Machine: NeXTstation Turbo; ROM is last version made. NEXTSTEP: 3.3 installed on internal drive Internal drive: Scsi id 1, terminated External CDROM: Scsi id 0, terminated; NEX MultiSpin 4xe CD-ROM disk: NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for NeXT Processors Here's what I get: NEXT> b boot sd(0,0,0)- nbu=256 booting scsi target 0, lun 0 sc: scintr program error READ: sdcmd bad state: 0 short read can't load blk0 boot NEXT> Kinda sounds like the NEXTSTEP release CD-ROM isn't bootable! Surely I'm forgetting something!! Thanks for your help! Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com
From: doyle@zeke.lanl.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Turbo's, getty, and 57600 Date: 24 Oct 1995 23:07:57 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <46jrkd$ovr@newshost.lanl.gov> Hi, We are having troubles getting a getty to run on a Turbo at 57600. We have added an entry to the gettytab and set the tty on using the proper entry, but when trying to dial in, we don't get a login prompt (or anything else it seems). Anyone get this working, or is the 57600 restricted to outgoing connections? Cheers, Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy In-Reply-To: dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com's message of Mon, 9 Oct 1995 14:23:09 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 02:48:09 GMT I've used and installed quite a few CD-ROM drives for NEXTSTEP systems and the hands down winner is the Toshiba 3601. It's 4.4X, plays audio CDs, CD-ROMs, PhotoCD, etc..., and doesn't require a caddy! NEC is notorious for bad SCSI implementations. I strongly advise against it. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088 In article <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:22043 comp.sys.next.misc:45120 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:25653 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!swissbank!root From: dbulb@il.us.swissbank.com Keywords: NS Intel CD-ROM Sender: root@il.us.swissbank.com (Operator) Nntp-Posting-Host: ny1d0124iwk Reply-To: dbulb@dev.ny.us.swissbank.com Organization: Swiss Bank Corporation CM&T Division Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 14:23:09 GMT Lines: 35 Hi, I need some help with selecting a CD-ROM drive for my Pentium NS system. The brief specs of the system I'm trying to build are: Intel Pentium, 32Mb RAM Adaptec 2940 SCSI NS 3.3 I obtained the NS Hardware Compatibility List, and found everything I needed except CD-ROM drives. After getting the cheapest SCSI drive (Sanyo CRD-254SH) I found out it didn't quite work when I tried to install NEXTSTEP. It works fine with Windows - I can read Windows-compatible CDs, but with NS, it spins for a while and comes with diagnostic 'Drive not ready'. I assume the problem might be either 1. - SCSI adaptor (I am using Adaptec 2940) 2. - CD-ROM drive. Since the SCSI adaptor is listed as NS-compatible, I bet the problem is with the drive. If anyone knows (I hope someone does) what brands of CD-ROM drives are supported by NS, PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance Dmitry Bulbin reply to: dbulb@dev.ny.us.swissbank.com
From: hannankp@cyberatl.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: 25 Oct 1995 03:47:03 GMT Organization: Future Services, Inc. Message-ID: <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <dtwitkowski-2010950304010001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> In <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> Alex Currier wrote: > In article <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Ron Wood <ron> wrote: > > > I've been posting a similar request for a couple of weeks now, but it seems > > that we're on our own. Either nobody on this group can do this, or if they > > can, they aren't answering. > > Add a third voice to the list of interested parties... I'll be watching to > see if anyone comes up with anything. > > - alex > > anyone looking for a fourth???? Kevin
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.7.1 and NeXT problems Date: 25 Oct 1995 01:40:40 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <46k4io$16u@paladin.american.edu> References: <VDEMARCO.95Oct23205830@whatnow.bou.shl.com> In article <VDEMARCO.95Oct23205830@whatnow.bou.shl.com> vdemarco@whatnow.bou.shl.com (Vince Demarco) writes: :(it should consist of the patches made to map.c) The code I posted came straight from sendmail. map.c has, I think, three references to netinfo now. -- Torrey McMahon
From: nut@xedoc.com.au (Norton Truter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Timezone changes Date: 25 Oct 1995 05:53:29 GMT Organization: Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Message-ID: <46kjcp$48f@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <465vq1$4ej@netty.york.ac.uk> -bat. (pete@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote: : As we are changing when our summertime ends and we go back to GMT, does : anoyone out there know which files need modifying; it's comming up : this weekend so maybe something should be done pronto ! : -pete. Me too. [ Why do I feel like an AOLer ;) ] My particular problem is that I have /etc/zoneinfo stuff on my machine but I don't know how to modify it. Our time zones have been changed recently and it's really getting on my wick. I can't find any decent information on how to modify the files (zic perhaps) or how to reverse engineer these files to see what is in them. The time preference tool has some funky stuff with the map. What is needed to maintain that data. BTW pete, did anyone actually reply to you at all? My news server shows no replies...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) Subject: Re: Need help with printcap Message-ID: <westesDGzou4.GD2@netcom.com> Organization: U.S. Computer References: <westesDGIBJz.H6v@netcom.com> <460e2h$ag7@masala.cc.uh.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 05:34:52 GMT Sender: westes@netcom11.netcom.com Paul S. Sears (sears@uh.edu) wrote: : What model of LJ4? Is it LJ4, Lj4+, LJ4M, LJ4MV, LJ4L, or LJ4P? LJ4, and installed the Postscript option. When I send a postscript file from DOS or NT to this printer, it formats fine. : Some of these printers do not print PostScript. : > : > 1) Any line with no characters except for a linefeed in column 1, is not : > printed. This results in the file becoming vertically "squashed", and : it : > looks pretty bad. : > : > 2) When I lpr a Postscript file to this printer, it prints the : Postscript code : > rather than running Postscript on the printer. If I copy a Postscript : file to : > this printer from any other DOS or Windows machine on our network, the : printer : > goes into Postscript mode and formats the page. : > : Sounds like the LJ4 that you have does not do PostScript - print a test : page and see if it lists PostScript as one of its languages. The : DOS/Windows drivers should be able to render PostScript into PCL4/5 for : the printer which is why you are able to "print" PostScript files. From DOS, I am copying a Postscript file to the LPT1 port, bypassing the Windows print driver entirely. The test page says it supports Postscript. : > 3) The default font and font size settings on the printer are having no : effect : > on jobs printed via LPR from NS. These settings do take effect on ASCII : files : > printed from DOS or Windows. : > : > My NS 3.2 FIP printcap entry is as follows: : > : > nidump printcap . gives: : > : > HP_LJ4: \ : > : > :lp=:rm=uscnt:rp=HP_LJ4:lf=/usr/adm/lp-log : \ : > :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/HP_LJ4:note=: : > : Here is my printcap: Notice the _nxfinalform entry: : ECC_LaserPrinter: \ : :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/W129_D3_LW: \ : :ty=HP LaserJet 4/4M PostScript 600DPI: \ : :note=$0.10/page (CopiCard required):lp=:lo=lock:rp=Keck_Lab: \ : :rm=flower:_nxfinalform: What does _nxfinalform do? I made the change that you suggested, but now the job just sits in the LPD queue, never printing, with a status of "spooling". I'm printing to an NT LPD. -- Will Estes U.S. Computer Internet: westes@usc.com POB 3150 Saratoga, CA 95070 FAX: 408-446-1013
From: jacob@dannug.dk (Jacob Nielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New SCSI Disk, how to mount correct ? Date: 25 Oct 1995 00:24:02 +0100 Organization: DanNUG -- Danish NeXT Users Group Sender: jacob@jnext Message-ID: <x7ka5u1n59.fsf@jnext> References: <1995Oct23.140103.3615@schbbs.mot.com> In-reply-to: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com's message of Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:01:03 GMT >>>>> "Joachim" == Joachim Franke <jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com> writes: Joachim> Hope someone can help me: I just attached a external SCSI Joachim> Disk to my black NextColorStation. No problem, after i Joachim> attached the disk, i got asked to put a name for the Joachim> disk, and the disk was prepared and i can access it Joachim> fine. The problem i have is that the disk is only mounted Joachim> after i am logged in, so if i try to NSFmount the drive Joachim> to a different host, it is there when i am logged on, but Joachim> it is not there when i am lgged off the system :-( Joachim> I guess i have to mount the disk somehow on system Joachim> startup, but since i am not that good with Unix, maybe Joachim> someone can help me out. Joachim> The other question i have is, i do not like see the new Joachim> drive as a seperate directory on root, i just want to Joachim> have the space avalible on my home directory. Is there Joachim> any way to do this ? Joachim> Many thanks for the help, if you don't mind, please copy Joachim> my on e-mail on your answer. Again thanks, Joachim Edit /etc/fstab to something like: # # DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE, IT IS REQUIRED FOR BOOTING # # This file contains information used to mount local hard disks. # Consult your Network and System Administration manual # for information on adding local disks. Information on the format # of entries in this file can also be found in the fstab man page. # /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /DiskInt 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 /dev/sd2a /DiskExt 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 The mount point is the second argument (e.g. /DiskInt) so you could just edit this to be your home. I.e: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 <--- The bootdisk... /dev/sd1a /Users/jfranke 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- Path to your home. Now you have your home located at the second harddisk. You must reboot for this to take effect. PS: You did remember to make a backup of /etc/fstab ? You *don't* want to make mistakes in this file... Regards, Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen jacob@dannug.dk NEXTSTEP Software Reviews: http://www.dannug.dk/jacob
From: thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu (Tommy Kuei-che Hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: 25 Oct 1995 06:06:02 GMT Organization: Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN Message-ID: <46kk4a$jsb@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net> In article <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net>, <hannankp@cyberatl.net> wrote: >In <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> Alex Currier wrote: >> In article <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Ron Wood <ron> wrote: NeXT as gateway to internet? You gotta be kidding. NeXT is an excellent workstation and HTTP server (because of the capability of centralized structuring etc...), but it is really a miserable gateway, nameserver, and fileserver, IMHO. If you want a proper gateway, get yourself a dedicated system like the Cisco 4000 or 7000 units. For nameserver etc... BSD Unix or Solaris or other true AT&T System V Release 4+ releases are very well adopted for them.
From: lars@soul1 (Lars Konieczny) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help! mountroot error after NS3.3 upgrade! Date: 25 Oct 1995 11:42:24 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <46l7r0$28i@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Hi, after upgrading to NS 3.3, I got a system panic during the boot sequence: ... vfs_mountroot: error=6 panic: (Cpu 0) vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root panic: NeXT Mach 3.3 mon Oct 24 13:31:49 PDT 1994: root(rcbuilder): mk-171.9.obj~2/RC:i386/RELEASE_I386 System Panic: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root (Type 'r' to reboot or 'm' for monitor) My system is a P5/90 (Intel Plato), NCR..810 controller, 1GB IBM OEM 0662 SCSI-HD, Sony CD-Rom drive (4x), miro-crystal 20SD, Logitech bus mouse, ... Is there any solution besides re-formating the NS partition and re-installing everything from the scratch? Many thanks, Lars lars@cognition.iig.uni-freiburg.de
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 25 Oct 1995 12:39:08 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46lb5c$q56@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : I've used and installed quite a few CD-ROM drives for NEXTSTEP systems : and the hands down winner is the Toshiba 3601. It's 4.4X, plays audio : CDs, CD-ROMs, PhotoCD, etc..., and doesn't require a caddy! I'm using a XM-3601TA on a NSI System with NCR53c810 and Symbios Logic driver 3.00 (upgraded today to 3.33). I can't play audio-CDs from within NeXTSTEP. CDPlayer launches but hangs trying to access the CD-ROM. In fact, it hangs so hard, that I can only move the mouse every some seconds. The only way out seems to be ejecting the CD. Then I'm able to kill CDPlayer. Any ideas? Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Timezone changes Date: 25 Oct 1995 15:02:51 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <46ljir$pc4@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <465vq1$4ej@netty.york.ac.uk> -bat. (pete@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote: : As we are changing when our summertime ends and we go back to GMT, does : anoyone out there know which files need modifying; it's comming up : this weekend so maybe something should be done pronto ! : -pete. In /etc/zoneinfo, choose the acronym for the time zone you prefer, and simply copy it to localtime. Ie: cp /etc/zoneinfo/EST /etc/zoneinfo/localtime That should do it. -dave
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: 25 Oct 1995 16:07:57 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <46lnct$5a3@turing.mathworks.com> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net> <46kk4a$jsb@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Tommy Kuei-che Hwang (thwang@atom.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote: : In article <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net>, <hannankp@cyberatl.net> wrote: : >In <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> Alex Currier wrote: : >> In article <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Ron Wood <ron> wrote: : : NeXT as gateway to internet? You gotta be kidding. NeXT is an : excellent workstation and HTTP server (because of the capability of centralized : structuring etc...), but it is really a miserable gateway, nameserver, and : fileserver, IMHO. If you want a proper gateway, get yourself a dedicated system : like the Cisco 4000 or 7000 units. For nameserver etc... BSD Unix or Solaris : or other true AT&T System V Release 4+ releases are very well adopted for : them. : Well, it works just find for my small network at home. I did put the latest version of BIND and sendmail on it though... If I had to do this again, I might just get a cheap 486 and run linux on it... -peter
From: mktinn@aol.com (MKTINN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem! sdmach: not found Date: 25 Oct 1995 12:26:18 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <46lofa$opr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Anyone familiar with the following error message when booting from ROM Monitor? boot sd(0,0,0) booting SCSI targer 1, lun 0 blk 0 boot: sd()sdmach Booting from SCSI target 1 lun 0 sdmach: not found load failed blk0 boot: We have been instructured to try booting from the floppy - which we do not have. Any help would be appreciated.
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Turbo's, getty, and 57600 Date: 25 Oct 1995 16:47:45 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46lpnh$rf0@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <46jrkd$ovr@newshost.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit doyle@zeke.lanl.gov wrote: >Hi, > >We are having troubles getting a getty to run on a Turbo at 57600. We have >added an entry to the gettytab and set the tty on using the proper entry, >but when trying to dial in, we don't get a login prompt (or anything else >it seems). Anyone get this working, or is the 57600 restricted to outgoing >connections? > >Cheers, >Mark If the "Turbo" in question is a NeXT Turbo Workstation (Black hardware), then the problem may be the kernel. I'm not sure about versions 3.n, but earlier versions of NextStep only support serial port speeds up to 38.4K bps. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: thomas@netcom.com (Tom Thomas) Subject: ZyXEL Elite w/ISDN & NS/Intel Anyone using? Message-ID: <thomasDH0Is6.C8H@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 16:21:42 GMT Sender: thomas@netcom23.netcom.com Hi. I would like to use ISDN to connect to an ISP, and have used ZyXEL's modems in the past. I am interested to know if anyone has tried the ISDN side of the new ZyXEL modems with an Intel NS machine. Please post or email your experiences, along with the software you used. Cheers. Tom Thomas thomas@netcom.com (usually)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Timezone changes Date: 25 Oct 1995 10:30:24 -0700 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eloq98o9c.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <465vq1$4ej@netty.york.ac.uk> <46kjcp$48f@news.mel.aone.net.au> In-reply-to: nut@xedoc.com.au's message of 25 Oct 1995 05:53:29 GMT To: nut@xedoc.com.au (Norton Truter) <nut@xedoc.com.au> writes: >-bat. (pete@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote: >: As we are changing when our summertime ends and we go back to GMT, does >: anoyone out there know which files need modifying; it's comming up >: this weekend so maybe something should be done pronto ! >: -pete. >Me too. [ Why do I feel like an AOLer ;) ] >My particular problem is that I have /etc/zoneinfo stuff on my machine but >I don't know how to modify it. Our time zones have been changed >recently and it's really getting on my wick. I can't find any >decent information on how to modify the files (zic perhaps) or how >to reverse engineer these files to see what is in them. >The time preference tool has some funky stuff with the map. What is >needed to maintain that data. >BTW pete, did anyone actually reply to you at all? My news server >shows no replies... Last time I looked into this the timezone source was plenty available via ftp servers throughout the world. I think it's just standard BSD. I remember last year modifying the source and zicing my own to correct a daylight saving problem ... -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ANSWER: NFS Problem - NeXT to Sun Solaris 2.4 and PC w/ Wollong Pathway2.0 Date: 25 Oct 1995 17:59:21 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <46lttp$llm@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Ok. I received an answer for this problem from Kenny_Leung@NeXT.COM (THANKS!). He referred me to NeXTanswer 1920. This gave me the hint I needed, but the NeXTanswer was not quite right. First the problem is simply the rsize and wsize options for the mount command. When mounting NEXTSTEP filesystems on Solaris 2.4, you MUST issue a mount command such as the following: mount -o intr,rsize=1024,wsize=1024 biosphere:/Users /export/next/Users Solaris 2.4 defaults both rsize and wsize to 8192, so you must override the defaults with 1024. NeXTanswer 1920 implies that the Sun will dynamically adjust to the NEXTSTEP rsize and wsize of 1024, but we never saw that in our environment. Consequently the mount NEVER performed correctly. NeXTanswer 1920 implies that only degraded performance results from this problem, but we have always experienced COMPLETE failure of NFS communications. Meanwhile the same problem exists when mounting a NEXTSTEP filesystem on a PC running Wollongong Pathway 2.0 NFS software. In Wollongong's case they default rsize to 4096 and rsize to 8192. When these defaults are overrriden with a mount command such as the following: mount f: \\biosphere\/Users /r:1024 /w:1024 NFS communications will work. With the above command I was able to prove that NFS communications are properly enabled, because one can cruise around the mounted filesystem with cd and ls commands. However, attempts to mount with the "user authentification" option fails, because NeXT does not run lockd. For example: mount f: \\biosphere\/Users /r:1024 /w:1024 gcolello fails with an error message something like: "User authentification failure. Server is not running lock daemon. Logged on as nobody.". Therefore security treats you as nobody with userid=-2. This is a useless situation, because we don't have complete file access to the mounted files. SO NOW I NEED A lockd FOR THE NEXT!!!! I'll post a separate notice for this. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Colello Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology Stanford University gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)
From: thrall@halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SCSI error Date: 25 Oct 1995 18:53:41 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <46m13l$6dr@news.halcyon.com> I am receiving an error on my internal 200MB Quantum drive and am looking for advice. Recently I have been having some problems and getting erros such as: Target 1: NOT READY; retry n (n goes from 1-10) Then SCSI block in error = 0 (front porch) Can someone tell me what it means. Is there a way to fix it? Such as fsck or reformat with disk. Any ideas appreciated, dean
From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need LOCKD (Lock Daemon) for NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 25 Oct 1995 18:49:24 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <46m0rk$mmr@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Does anyone know where I can get a version of this daemon to run on NEXTSTEP 3.3? I need it to complete NFS communications with Wollongong Pathway 2.0 running on a PC (apparently it's a needed companion to pcnfsd). I explained this in the previous posting entitled: ANSWER: NFS Problem - NeXT to Sun Solaris 2.4 and PC w/ Wollong Pathway2.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Colello Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology Stanford University gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)
From: smithw@physc1.byu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: A little netinfo? Message-ID: <1995Oct23.182335.2436@physc1.byu.edu> Date: 23 Oct 95 18:23:35 -0600 Distribution: world Organization: Brigham Young University I've got two NS machines at home, one black (3.2), one white (3.3). The black has a next printer which I would like to export to the white. Both have RJ connectors with appropriate cable. How do I make each aware of the other, and then export the printer to the net? Any detailed instructions appreciated! -Bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: X for NS3.3 intel Message-ID: <1995Oct25.152632.19068@guvax> From: squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) Date: 25 Oct 95 15:26:31 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: Georgetown University, Washington DC What are your recommendations for an X server for NS3.3 intel? I have co-Xist running on my cube, and it works pretty well. I have a 486 and a Pentium PC that I want to install NS on, and I need X servers for them. Had any good experiences lately? Richard Squier squier@cs.georgetown.edu
From: ¡h Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Turbo's, getty, and 57600 Date: 25 Oct 1995 17:46:44 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <46lt64$e17@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <46jrkd$ovr@newshost.lanl.gov> <46lpnh$rf0@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood <ron> wrote: > doyle@zeke.lanl.gov wrote: > >We are having troubles getting a getty to run on a Turbo at 57600. We > >have added an entry to the gettytab and set the tty on using the > >proper entry, but when trying to dial in, we don't get a login prompt > >(or anything else it seems). Anyone get this working, or is the 57600 > >restricted to outgoing connections? > If the "Turbo" in question is a NeXT Turbo Workstation (Black hardware), > then the problem may be the kernel. I'm not sure about versions 3.n, > but earlier versions of NextStep only support serial port speeds up to > 38.4K bps. Indeed it is a Turbo NeXT workstation. It is running 3.3. Anyone know the answer? Cheers, Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: WTB: CDROM and possibly floppy Message-ID: <DH0sL1.45w@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <468in7$372@shore4.intercom.net> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:53:25 GMT Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. In article <468in7$372@shore4.intercom.net> pits@news.intercom.net (Pittsville Elem/Middle) writes: > I have a 040 cube I picked up a while ago, stripped. After > obtaining a new hard drive and a copy of NS 3.1 on CD, I proceeded to > install using a Sun SCSI CDROM I had lying around. Low and behold, the NeXT > wont boot off of CD :<. > Well, looks like I need to boot from floppy, MO , or Net. > Netbooting looks out, as neither DOS, Linux, or SunOS will read the boot > floppy-- I guess its BSD 4.3 FFS. Unless someone knows how to work around > this, I guess I should just take the plunge and buy some hardware... > I need an original NeXT CDROM. Would also consider compatible Sun > CDROM. Also, i either need someone to put NS3.1 boot on a MO for me, or a > 2.88 floppy, external or with cube faceplate. > Local help would be great, also. I am in eastern MD, just south of > DE. > Thanks in advance. > > M. I recall having been able to boot of the CD directly. The boot floppy is empty except for something in the boot sector and if i recall correctly that piece of program just looks for the CD-ROM unit and boots from there. But that, you cna do by hand. If I recall correctly it was like this: Investigate what your device number of the SCSI CD-ROM would be when you have a system running. This is different from the SCSI ID. E.g. Item SCSI ID Device (SCSI Logical Unit Number) Disk 0 /dev/sd0 (0) CD 2 /dev/sd1 (1) Disk 6 /dev/sd2 (2) etc. Then you can boot directly from the CD-ROM with: bsd(1,0,0) rootdev=sd1a or bsd(0,1,0) rootdev=sd1a I forget which is which and I recall that it was slightly different from the manual. Anyway, you can fiddle around with the number (try 1, 2, etc) and the position. I think it was bsd(1,0,0) rootdev=sd1a <Intermezzo> If you succesfully boot from CD-ROM it will start the install procedure. Why? Because it looks for the availability of the directory /NextCD in /etc/rc: # Are we booting from a CD-ROM? If so, switch over to /etc/rc.cdrom. if [ -d /NextCD -a -f /private/etc/rc.cdrom ]; then /bin/sh /private/etc/rc.cdrom $1 (echo "CD-ROM boot procedure complete.") >>/dev/console /etc/halt -e exit 0 fi So, boys and girls, NEVER create a directory in your root called /NextCD because it will trash your startup sequence ;-) </Intermezzo> For the brave of heart, boot with '-s'. Mount a formatted floppy with a NS file system, copy /etc/rc.cdrom over to the floppy and edit in in such a way that mkfs will actually use the parameters you like instead of the default (which includes rpm=3600, something obsolete since 1976). Here is the info from the System Administrators manual (look for rootdev in Librarian). FROM THE MANUALS: Booting from a Device The ROM monitor lets you boot the system according to parameters that you specify. To do this, use the following command at the NeXT> prompt and press Return: b[device [(ctrl, unit, part)] [file] [flags] [kvars]] >> GW: >> I believe it is >> b[device [(unit, ctrl, part)] [file] [flags] [kvars]] >> but I am unsure. If you execute b with no arguments, the system boots the default kernel file from the default device. If you include the device argument, the system boots from that specified device. You can also boot from an alternate partition on that device with ctrl, unit, and part. If you include the file argument, the system boots from the kernel specified by file. The flags and kvars (kernel variables) provide additional boot options. For information on setting the default boot device, see the preceding section, Inspecting or Modifying Configuration Parameters. Possible values for device are: en Ethernet (either thin wire or twisted-pair) fd Floppy disk (internal only) od Optical disk (internal only) sd SCSI disk tp Twisted-pair Ethernet The optional device selectors are: ctrl Controller number (default 0). unit SCSI logical unit number (default 0). Almost always set to 0. part Partition number (default 0). These are 0-7, corresponding to partitions a-h. For SCSI drives, the controller number is the logical device number, not the actual target number of the drive. For example, if the first drive is set to target 0 and the second drive target 5, then controller number 1 refers to the second drive. Possible values for flags are: -a Ask for the name of the root device. -b Boot without running /etc/rc.boot. -s Boot in single-user mode instead of multiuser mode. -i Ask for the name of the init program (the default is /etc/init). -p Don't automatically reboot after a system panic. The kernel variables (kvars) useful for system administration are: rootdev=xxx Use the device specified by xxx (such as sd1, en0, fd0, od0) as the root device when obtaining the kernel from a different boot device. rootrw=1 Initially mount the root file system as read/write. Normally, the root file system is initially mounted as read-only. Then, if fsck indicates the file system is clean, it's remounted as read/write. You can press any key to stop booting from the Ethernet. To stop booting from any other device, hold down the right Command key and press the ~ key (without pressing Shift) on the numeric keypad. (If you have a NeXT computer with an ADB keyboard, hold down the Command bar and press ~ .) Here are some example boot commands: b Boot from the default boot device. bsd Boot from the SCSI disk. ben Boot from the Ethernet. bod test Boot test from the optical disk. bfd -s Boot in single-user mode from the internal floppy disk. ben mach -as Boot mach in single-user mode from the network, and prompt for the root device. bsd(1,0,0) Boot from the second SCSI disk. >>>> GW: This is strange as the first number is supposed to be ctl and >>>> the second number is supposed to be SCSI Logical Unit Number. I think >>>> I recall the example as being right and the description as being wrong >>>> But there is no harm done trying anything, the thing just won't boot when >>>> things go wrong. bod - rootdev=sd0 Boot, taking the kernel from the optical disk, then use sd0 as the source for the root device. The - is required if the kernel name is not given. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Ian Daniel <ian> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: X for NS2.0 on Black Hardware Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:21:49 GMT Message-ID: <814659709.18099@mirkwood.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii HI, Can some kind soul point me at a free X11R4 or 5 for NS 2.0 on Black hardware please. Preferably one that doesn't take over when you run it (can be run in a window). --Ian
From: jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling,,3346,) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help - Can't send internet mail Date: 25 Oct 1995 22:37:29 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <46me79$q4s@news.mcl.bdm.com> I apoligize for having missed the many posts on sendmail. My problem is this: I have an HP server acting as the mail host for our NeXT network. However, I can't send mail outside of our network from NeXT. I can send mail out when logged into the HP using UNIX mail. All internal mail works fine. Does anyone have any suggestions on any settings I can check in Netinfo or elsewhere? Any help is greatly appreciated. JS Jeff_Schilling@notes.pw.com
From: kunal@panix.com (Kunal Singh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Next tty newsreader ? Date: 25 Oct 1995 15:44:53 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <46m43l$jcj@panix2.panix.com> Are there any tty newsreaders available for Next ? I have Newsgrazer, but I want to read news from a remote machine. Thanks, Kunal
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Timezone changes Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:54:34 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Oct25.225434.7316@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <46ljir$pc4@netnews.upenn.edu> In article <46ljir$pc4@netnews.upenn.edu> anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) writes: > -bat. (pete@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote: > : As we are changing when our summertime ends and we go back to GMT, does > : anoyone out there know which files need modifying; it's comming up > : this weekend so maybe something should be done pronto ! > > In /etc/zoneinfo, choose the acronym for the time zone you prefer, and > simply copy it to localtime. Ie: > > cp /etc/zoneinfo/EST /etc/zoneinfo/localtime Life isn't that simple. The correct timezone is GB-Eire; however, the bureaucrats changed the summertime change date quite recently. The answer is, of course, to build a correct timezone file using zic, and copy that over /etc/zoneinfo/GB-Eire. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: jwishnie@best.com (Jeff Wishnie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: USRobotics Modem on Black HDW? Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 16:08:52 -0800 Organization: @design Message-ID: <jwishnie-2510951608520001@ake.vip.best.com> I want to connect my 28.8 Mac&Fax USRobotics modem to my venerable NeXTstation (Mono, no-Turbo) and have a few questions: 1. Cable: I've heard the standard Mac cable won't work. Does anyone know the correct pin-out config so I can build a cable? 2. What's the max port speed on a Mono Non-Turbo? I seem to remember some old NeXT's having a max speed of 19.2 on the serial ports and later ones going up to 56.7, but where does a mono no-Turbo line up? Thanks in advance, Jeff jwishnie@best.com
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: syslog security problem Date: 26 Oct 1995 00:50:37 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Oct25175037@wren.csulb.edu> Has anyone heard anything from NeXT about the security problem w/syslog reported by CERT to effect all the unix derived OSs? Jack
From: ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: ... messed up my incoming mail (was Re: New 3.3 patch messed up my outgoing mail...) Date: 26 Oct 1995 01:13:42 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <46mnc6$mdm@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <45vtmn$1cf@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com> <46bsb6$5fc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <46ggm6$6h6@news.its.com> In article <46ggm6$6h6@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) wrote: >> In article <4638rv$bfd@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >>> [asks about a local authoritative nameserver] >> ... But it doesn't seem like a good idea to run a local nameserver which >> claims to be authoritative for all zones which might send you mail. >Not for all zones which send you mail, for all zones that are receiving mail >locally. Which type of address is being canonicalized (or are both)? Exactly. BOTH the from and to host are canonicalized. That's why the problem is especially severe. >> I already do run a caching nameserver on my sites. That, by itself, is >> not enough. And, no, I do not believe it is possible to turn off >> canonicalization. >Sure it is. You can use the [host.do.main] syntax [and run an authoritative >local nameserver for some zones]. You're right. This can be useful for some situations. It still doesn't solve the general problem, however, since it's hard to predict who might decide to send you mail. -ccwf Al final, quedara' solamente uno. -- Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (In the end, there can be only Juan.)
From: amehta@mcs.net (Anand Mehta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Next tty newsreader ? Date: 26 Oct 1995 01:20:54 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <46mnpm$esa@News1.mcs.net> On 10/25/95, Kunal Singh wrote: > Are there any tty newsreaders available for Next ? I have > Newsgrazer, but I want to read news from a remote machine. There's a compiled version of Tin out there. -Anand -- Anand Mehta amehta@mcs.net NextMail Welcome! PGP Key:finger amehta@cluster.mcs.net
From: ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.time.ntp Subject: Re: ntpd polling interval Date: 26 Oct 1995 01:54:26 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Distribution: inet Message-ID: <46mpoi$pav@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <46dn79$ht4@pub02.va.pubnix.com> >In article <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, I <ccwf@klab.caltech.edu> wrote: >>Note, however, that a newer non-NeXT-specific NTP daemon won't "just work." >>If you choose to go this route, expect to spend some time learning how NTP >>works, compiling the software, and setting up the NTP configuration file. In article <46dn79$ht4@pub02.va.pubnix.com>, Louis A. Mamakos <louie@va.pubnix.com> wrote: >Actually, it comes pretty close. Glad to see you still follow NeXT a little. :-) Yes, compiling works quite well. Mostly, I was referring to the time it takes to learn to configure xntpd if all you know is NeXT's NetInfo recipes. The desired configuration can also impact the options chosen during compilation. Since I have the opportunity, has any thought been given to implementing a local reference clock using the RDTSC cycle-counting instruction available on newer Intel x86 chips? Any suggestions on how to go about doing this if no one is? The need is especially bad under NEXTSTEP/Intel since the clock wants to drift about as badly as the old Suns and the gettimeofday() instruction is only accurate to 10 milliseconds anyways (both due, I suspect, to kernel bugs). Such a clock should be useful for many Intel-based NTP daemons (not just NEXTSTEP), but how to access the RDTSC instruction would be compiler-specific. I can donate code to read the cycle count under gcc and WATCOM if that will help. -ccwf
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP as only link to a NeXT network. Date: 26 Oct 1995 02:02:51 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <46mq8b$arj@paladin.american.edu> I have a NeXT box going to remote location. I want to set up a PPP link between the machine and an other NeXT running as a PPP server. That is no problem. I got the PPP FAQ and have set it all up. But..... Is it possible to make PPP the only link so I can get things like netinfo, automounting, etc. working? My guess is that you can by putting the pppd start up in the rc script somewhere near the top. Has anyone actually done this and if so how? -- Torrey McMahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy In-Reply-To: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de's message of 25 Oct 1995 12:39:08 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct25215356@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> <46lb5c$q56@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:53:56 GMT Send me your full system configuration (motherboard, CPU, BIOS, cards, etc..) and I'll try to assist you. As I said, I am using that drive on my system. The problem is very likely to be elsewhere. Robert In article <46lb5c$q56@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:22298 comp.sys.next.misc:45295 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26041 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!kiwi From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 25 Oct 1995 12:39:08 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Lines: 23 References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cachalot.cs.tu-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : I've used and installed quite a few CD-ROM drives for NEXTSTEP systems : and the hands down winner is the Toshiba 3601. It's 4.4X, plays audio : CDs, CD-ROMs, PhotoCD, etc..., and doesn't require a caddy! I'm using a XM-3601TA on a NSI System with NCR53c810 and Symbios Logic driver 3.00 (upgraded today to 3.33). I can't play audio-CDs from within NeXTSTEP. CDPlayer launches but hangs trying to access the CD-ROM. In fact, it hangs so hard, that I can only move the mouse every some seconds. The only way out seems to be ejecting the CD. Then I'm able to kill CDPlayer. Any ideas? Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: amehta@mcs.net (Anand Mehta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: A little netinfo? Date: 26 Oct 1995 02:58:45 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Message-ID: <46mth5$imo@News1.mcs.net> On 10/23/95, smithw@physc1.byu.edu wrote: >I've got two NS machines at home, one black (3.2), one white >The black has a next printer which I would like to export to the >white. Both have RJ connectors with appropriate cable. How do >I make each aware of the other, and then export the printer to >the net? Any detailed instructions appreciated! Unless you use a small ethernet hub, you will have to get a crossover ethernet cable (sort of like a null modem cable). They can easily be made, but I don't have the pinouts handy. -Anand -- Anand Mehta amehta@mcs.net NextMail Welcome! PGP Key:finger amehta@cluster.mcs.net
From: pits@news.intercom.net (Pittsville Elem/Middle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: WTB: CDROM and possibly floppy Followup-To: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 26 Oct 1995 07:33:14 GMT Organization: ICNet, Salisbury, MD USA Message-ID: <46ndjq$b5h@shore4.intercom.net> References: <468in7$372@shore4.intercom.net> <DH0sL1.45w@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL gave the following *extremely helpful* advice: [snip] : I recall having been able to boot of the CD directly. The boot floppy is empty : except for something in the boot sector and if i recall correctly that piece of : program just looks for the CD-ROM unit and boots from there. But that, you cna : do by hand. If I recall correctly it was like this: : Investigate what your device number of the SCSI CD-ROM would be when you have a : system running. This is different from the SCSI ID. E.g. : Item SCSI ID Device (SCSI Logical Unit Number) : Disk 0 /dev/sd0 (0) : CD 2 /dev/sd1 (1) : Disk 6 /dev/sd2 (2) : etc. : Then you can boot directly from the CD-ROM with: : bsd(1,0,0) rootdev=sd1a : or : bsd(0,1,0) rootdev=sd1a : I forget which is which and I recall that it was slightly different from the : manual. Anyway, you can fiddle around with the number (try 1, 2, etc) and the : position. I think it was : bsd(1,0,0) rootdev=sd1a Ah-ha. I tried to get it to boot directly, but didn't have manuals at the time :<. Now that I've got the incantation, I no longer have access to a Sun CD ROM. Does the NeXT need a 512K boot block like Suns? I suspect not. This still leaves me with a need for a NeXT CD ROM. Anyone? Anyone? [snip] : For the brave of heart, boot with '-s'. Mount a formatted floppy with a NS file : system, copy /etc/rc.cdrom over to the floppy and edit in in such a way that : mkfs will actually use the parameters you like instead of the default (which : includes rpm=3600, something obsolete since 1976). Hmm. If I'm gonna make full use of the Hawk drive (5400 rpm) I'm gonna need some OD carts then. Unless someone makes me an offer I can't refuse on a floppy drive... Thanks for the help! M. -- : Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 : "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" : Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian Hårseth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 26 Oct 1995 10:04:40 GMT Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: <46nmfo$d7c@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> References: <460suv$k8g@news.doit.wisc.edu> <464c92$hm2@news.it.gvsu.edu> In-reply-to: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu's message of 19 Oct 1995 02:13:54 GMT >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Bereza <berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu> writes: Bill> ... Bill> The only problem is if you install Win 95 *after* Bill> installing NextStep. Bill> Win 95 will remove the NS boot record. Bill> ... Bill> If you install Win 95 after NS, you'll need to replace to boot Bill> sector. Bill> Here are a couple FAQs from NeXTAnswers # 1470. Bill> ====== Replacing the NEXTSTEP boot sector Bill> Q: My NEXTSTEP PC doesn't display the prompt 'Press n for Bill> NEXTSTEP, d for DOS' when the system starts up, even though my Bill> disk has both DOS and NEXTSTEP partitions. How can I fix the Bill> disk so I can boot from either partition? Bill> A: Somehow the boot sector for the disk became corrupted or was Bill> removed. You need to replace it. Often this is caused by Bill> installing DOS 6.x or Windows95. Bill> As the user root, type this command in a Terminal window: Bill> disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd0a Bill> ... May be a stupid question, but how do you log in as root in NS when you no longer have the option to boot into NS? Arne
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: Help! SoftPC and PerfectOffice 3.0 on a Network. How? Message-ID: <DH21rr.C75@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:09:27 GMT I am in some kind o trouble here. We have A Novell Netware network with Perfect Office 3.0 installed A Pentium PC running SoftWindows 4.01 I want to run Perfect office under SoftWindows. PerfectOfice is installed on the network. If I try to run WP I get either: wpwin.exe: The directory 'n:\windows\wp\wpc20' referred to by 'WPConfig\SHWin2x\Preferred' in the REG.DAT file does not contain the shared application files wpwin61.exe: Cannot load SHWINB20.DLL Cannot load SHWIN20.DLL So I tried to run the PerfectOffice Setup program. This works, but I get errors: This is not a registration file. Select a registration file (.REG) and try again Cannot load WPLO10US.DLL This is not a registration file. Select a registration file (.REG) and try again Cannot load WPQP10US.DLL This is not a registration file. Select a registration file (.REG) and try again Cannot load WPEX10US.DLL etc. Now how do I install PerfectOffice on this SoftPC running workstation? Thanks, -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
From: tholland@pars.skidmore.edu (Anthony Holland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing over network suddenly stopped...need help please Date: 26 Oct 1995 14:23:15 GMT Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Message-ID: <46o5kj$i1c@saims.skidmore.edu> Keywords: printing trouble We have a small net of NeXT cubes (original hardware), running 3.1 We do not have them in a big Netinfo relationship.....i.e. users cannot necessarily login from every cube.... each is independent of the other. We did manage however to use Netinfo to "publis" info about one of the cube's printers.....which are used by all the cubes. I can, for example, print from my cube to the printer down the hall. It was all "automatic" until about 2 weeks ago.....suddenly nothing prints except on the cube that is physically attached to the printer. Any suggestions how to get printing going again....or how this could have happened ? I did not recently upgrade or anything like that.....just seemed to happen on its own... Weird, no ? Thanks for any suggestions Anthony Holland Skidmore College tholland@pars.skidmore.edu (NeXT mail ok)
From: patrick@opensource.com (Patrick Giagnocavo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: X for NS3.3 intel Date: 26 Oct 1995 15:40:32 GMT Organization: (null pointer) Message-ID: <46oa5g$7c3@trane.opensource.com> In article <1995Oct25.152632.19068@guvax> Richard Squier wrote: What are your recommendations for an X server for >NS3.3 intel? I have co-Xist running on my cube, >and it works pretty well. I have a 486 and a Pentium >PC that I want to install NS on, and I need X servers >for them. Had any good experiences lately? > > Richard Squier > squier@cs.georgetown.edu Currently there are two X servers for Intel. Both are based on X11R5. One is co-Xist, and the other is Cub'X. They are both excellent products, and are available with Motif and Developer kit. If you are happy with co-Xist, please be assured that it performs just as well on Intel as it does on Motorola. More info on co-Xist: http://www.opensource.com/Software/Emulation/co-Xist.html#co-Xist More info on Cub'X: http://www.opensource.com/Software/Emulation/Cub'XWindow.html#Cub'X-Window -- Patrick Giagnocavo, Account Executive, email:patrick@opensource.com OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Check us out on the WWW at http://www.opensource.com (303).861.4411 Fax: (303).861.2393 1-800-TRY-OPEN (879-6736)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Jacques Garbi Subject: Q: When I boot, the sound doesn't work immediately. Why ? Message-ID: <DGztxG.7B@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 07:24:52 GMT Hi, When I boot my machine and log in, the sound doesn't work at all. For instance, my incoming mail signals itself by a beautiful sound. Of course, as soon as I log in, Mail.app checks if I received any new mail and tells me often that I do but no sound at all ! And after about half a minute, the sound is back and working all right. In the login panel, if I hit backspace further back than the username I just entered, it should make a sound to indicate I'm doing something wrong. Well guess what ! No sounds. But if I hit the backspace key a few more times, then the sound finally works and never stops working. Could anyone explain to me this strange behaviour and tell me how to fix it ? I have a Sound Blaster 16 attached to my Pentium machine. Thanks --- Jacques GARBI TOUGA MANAGEMENT Inc. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT as a gateway Date: 26 Oct 1995 15:48:27 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46oakb$mkk@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.951015011525.24365A-100000-100000@sylvester.eecs.uic.edu> <dtwitkowski-2010950304010001@modem67.ucdavis.edu> <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu> <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> <46kbvn$bti@news.atlcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hannankp@cyberatl.net wrote: >In <mycroft-2210951218510001@net-1-123.austin.eden.com> Alex Currier wrote: >> In article <468r3k$eo3@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Ron Wood <ron> wrote: >> >> > I've been posting a similar request for a couple of weeks now, but it >seems >> > that we're on our own. Either nobody on this group can do this, or if >they >> > can, they aren't answering. >> >> Add a third voice to the list of interested parties... I'll be watching to >> see if anyone comes up with anything. >> >> - alex >> >> > >anyone looking for a fourth???? > Kevin > After a few hours of research and testing, I came up with the solution. It involves the arp setup of the slip host; the slip host has to advertise it's ethernet address as the route for the slip clients' IP addresses. This is not done automatically in the TransSys slip package, nor is it even discussed in the documentation for it. But anyway, for each slip client, you must type in the following line (on the slip host): arp -s <slip client IP address> <slip host ethernet address> temp pub The temp and pub switches are necessary; without the temp switch, the host no longer can find it's ethernet interface, without the pub switch, the address routing won't get 'published' outside of the slip host. At least, that was my experience, if I left off the temp switch, then nothing worked and the computer had to be rebooted. If I left off the pub switch, the slip client was still unable to receive any packets from anywhere except the slip host. I also noticed, that if I did an arp -a, the routes showed up, but if I logged out, then logged in again, the routes had disappeared, but the routing still worked. I'm still pretty sketchy as to how all of this works, so even though routing works now, it's back to the books to find out how and why arp works the way it does. Anybody know of a good book? -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SCSI error Date: 26 Oct 1995 15:56:33 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46ob3h$mkk@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <46m13l$6dr@news.halcyon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit thrall@halcyon.com (Dean Johnson) wrote: * SNIP * >Recently I have been having some problems and getting erros such as: > >Target 1: NOT READY; retry n (n goes from 1-10) > >Then SCSI block in error = 0 (front porch) > >Can someone tell me what it means. Is there a way to fix it? Such as fsck >or reformat with disk. * SNIP * Sounds like you need to reformat the disk. Try fsck first, but if that fails, then a format is necessary. Some format programs can fix problems with the boot record without destroying data, at least the fx program on SGIs will do that. I've never really tried that on a NeXT; I have a rigorous backup program running, so it's trivial for me to simply reformat the disk and restore from backups if there's a problem. If you can restore the files, then it may just be simpler to do a complete reformat and restore the files. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Next tty newsreader ? Date: 26 Oct 1995 16:02:11 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46obe3$mkk@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <46m43l$jcj@panix2.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit kunal@panix.com (Kunal Singh) wrote: >Are there any tty newsreaders available for Next ? I have Newsgrazer, >but I want to read news from a remote machine. > Theres trn, tin, rn, xrn to name just a few... You may already have them installed, as at least rn and trn were standard distribution. Look in /usr/local/bin for them. I have the source for trn available on anonomous ftp at bigtop.bville.com. Also try ftp.cs.orst.edu. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Problem! sdmach: not found Date: 26 Oct 1995 16:16:09 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46oc89$mkk@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <46lofa$opr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit mktinn@aol.com (MKTINN) wrote: > >Anyone familiar with the following error message when booting from ROM >Monitor? > boot sd(0,0,0) > booting SCSI targer 1, lun 0 > blk 0 boot: sd()sdmach > Booting from SCSI target 1 lun 0 > sdmach: not found > load failed > blk0 boot: > >We have been instructured to try booting from the floppy - which we do not >have. > >Any help would be appreciated. Something is preventing the ROM monitor from finding the boot disk, or the boot disk has gotten corrupted (block 0 is unreadable). Possible troubleshooting steps 1. Check to see if the boot disk is powering up properly 2. Check the SCSI cables for good contact - if it's an internal drive, you'll have to pop the hood to check it 3. If there's more than one disk on the SCSI daisy chain, remove all of them except for the boot disk 4. Try booting from another target, if the boot disk has a SCSI address of 4, then you'll need to set the boot command accordingly (I can't remember exactly how to do this, I _think_ it would be bsd(0,4,0) for SCSI address of 4, but I'm probably wrong on this) If none of the steps work, then you'll have to reformat the boot drive and re-install the system on it. To do this implies access to another computer running the same version of NS as yours. If the disk is fine (easy to check if you have access to another computer running NS), then the boot file has been corrupted. Look for the following: a sym link from mach -> $BOOTFILE the file odmach the file sdmach If either of these are missing or appear corrupted, they you'll have to reinstall the system. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: www server install on cube? Message-ID: <1995Oct26.134304.19075@guvax> From: squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) Date: 26 Oct 95 13:43:03 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: Georgetown University, Washington DC We are trying to install ncsa httpd.1.4.2 on an '040 black cube running NS2.1. Running make in src we are getting undefined errors for symbols like this, cc -c -O2 -g -DNeXT http_config.c http_config.c: In function `get_pw': http_config.c:947: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) http_config.c:947: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once http_config.c:947: for each function it appears in.) http_config.c:947: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) http_config.c: In function `init_group': http_config.c:984: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) http_config.c:984: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) *** Exit 1 Stop. Any idea what file these things are supposed to be defined in? Any major reasons why we shouldn't be able to succeed at this install? Richard Squier squier@cs.georgetown.edu
From: n.droux@ieee.org (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 26 Oct 1995 18:17:18 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <46ojbe$knk@vega.info.isbiel.ch> References: <46nmfo$d7c@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> In article <46nmfo$d7c@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian H rseth) writes: > > May be a stupid question, but how do you log in as root in NS when you > no longer have the option to boot into NS? > Boot from the installation floppy, and when the boot prompt appears, specify the device and partition which has to be used for booting. For example, to boot using the first NEXTSTEP partition on the first SCSI device, type: sd(0)mach_kernel The complete syntax is described in details in the NEXTSTEP installation guide. -- Nicolas Droux <n.droux@ieee.org> http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ PGP fingerprint: 02 D2 E4 24 FA 0E 88 1E BA ED 38 56 C9 FE 22 56
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT Turbo just froze!!!!! Date: 26 Oct 1995 19:42:01 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-38.usc.edu Message-ID: <46ooa9$no0@usc.edu> Last night I mailed something off (large mail but okay for my school network) and was also d/l uudecoding a bunch of graphics Woke up the next morning to a frozen machine that would not respond to either command ~ r or command ~ power down. I had to turn the power off and bring it back up again. Any ideas why this might have happened. It's a first, and hopefully the last time! Following is the relevant stuff from /usr/adm/messages ======================BEGIN========================== Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0: garbage received: 0x21 (need 0xff) Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 21 45 00 02 14 28 e5 00 00 1e 11 fc 41 80 7d 5d Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 96 0f 80 7d 5d de a8 02 08 02 08 02 00 e6 a8 02 Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 00 80 7d 5d 96 00 Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 00 Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:15 midnight mach: 80 7d 5d de 22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Oct 25 23:56:17 midnight mach: 02 00 02 .............[snipped repetitive stuff]............. Oct 25 23:56:17 midnight mach: ppp0 input: Oct 25 23:56:17 midnight mach: 02 8d d5 Oct 26 03:50:52 midnight mach: error = 28. Oct 26 03:50:52 midnight mach: vnode_pageout: failed! Oct 26 03:50:52 midnight mach: IO error on pageout: error = 28. .............[snipped repetitive stuff]............. Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: cannot flush output cache! Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: vnode_pageout: failed! Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: IO error on pageout: error = 28. Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: cannot flush output cache! ========================END========================== -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP as only link to a NeXT network. Date: 26 Oct 1995 12:03:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46ntea$7gp@news.its.com> References: <46mq8b$arj@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) wrote: > Is it possible to make PPP the only link so I can get things like > netinfo, automounting, etc. working? By "only link" are you referring to the routing tables displayed by "netstat -r"? If so, take a look at 'man route', /etc/rc.net, and /etc/iftab. In any event, neither NetInfo nor NFS was intended for use across a dialup link. Your system is not going to deal gracefully with the PPP line going down-- specificly, your machine will probably hang, so you may not be able to restart the PPP link. So I'd suggest not trying to do this.... > My guess is that you can by putting the pppd start up in the rc script > somewhere near the top. Has anyone actually done this and if so how? Also, the Mach nmserver process won't see the PPP link as a possible route unless you execute this code after starting PPP (you can put this in /etc/rc.local after the PPP stuff): # # Finally, let nmserver know the fruits of our network configuration # endeavor. # pid=`ps cax | egrep nmserver | awk '{print $1;}'` if [ -n "$pid" ]; then echo "Reinitializing nmserver's network portion" docmd kill -USR2 $pid fi -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need LOCKD (Lock Daemon) for NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 26 Oct 1995 16:08:49 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46obqh$g1v@news.its.com> References: <46m0rk$mmr@nntp.Stanford.EDU> gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) wrote: > Does anyone know where I can get a version of this daemon to run on > NEXTSTEP 3.3? I need it to complete NFS communications with Wollongong > Pathway 2.0 running on a PC (apparently it's a needed companion to > pcnfsd). I explained this in the previous posting entitled: How about /usr/etc/rpc.lockd? By the way, file locking over NFS without using blank ".lock" files is not something you should trust too far, and if possible, you should upgrade the PC-side software to something better. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: James Pooton <james@netrix.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Lookupd Patch Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:59:50 -0600 Organization: Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Message-ID: <308FF6C6.7E1A@netrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone, Does anyone know when the lookupd patch will be released? I've been poking around www.next.com and couldn't find anything. It's not very enjoyable watching machines freeze when your tring to provide Internet services. Thanks, James Pooton james@netrix.net (NeXTmail/MIME Welcome) Netrix Internet System Design, Inc.
From: wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.time.ntp Subject: Re: ntpd polling interval Date: 26 Oct 1995 21:25:55 GMT Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Distribution: inet Message-ID: <46oud3$apl@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> References: <451vsr$3e6@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <45l65p$7qe@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <46dn79$ht4@pub02.va.pubnix.com> <46mpoi$pav@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <46mpoi$pav@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, Charles Fu <ccwf@acquine.klab.caltech.edu> wrote: >Since I have the opportunity, has any thought been given to implementing a >local reference clock using the RDTSC cycle-counting instruction available on >newer Intel x86 chips? Good luck. I recently made the cyclecounter the reference under FreeBSD and have been treated to a nasty primer on the quality of PC hardware vendors and the variability of clock-synthesizer chips. So, if you can't trust the pseudo-8254 in the chipset and you can't trust the cyclecounter to actually count at its nominal value (because your 60-MHz Pentium 510 is actually running at 61 MHz so it will do better on benchmarks), then you're no better off than you started. What I plan to do in FreeBSD is to notice if the cyclecounter consistently shows a clock tick significantly different from `tick', and disable its use in that case. That way, those of us with reasonable cyclecounters will be able to get better (or at least less jittery) time, and those who bought hardware from bad vendors will have an obnoxious message printed on their consoles. >Such a clock should be useful for many Intel-based NTP daemons (not just >NEXTSTEP), but how to access the RDTSC instruction would be compiler-specific. The instruction is not accessible from user mode unless a particular bit is set in the CR4 register. In FreeBSD, we simply added support in microtime() to do the obvious thing. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: www server install on cube? Message-ID: <1995Oct26.183215.19081@guvax> From: squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) Date: 26 Oct 95 18:32:15 -0500 References: <1995Oct26.134304.19075@guvax> Distribution: world Organization: Georgetown University, Washington DC Ooops, make that NS3.0 In article <1995Oct26.134304.19075@guvax> squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) writes: >We are trying to install ncsa httpd.1.4.2 on an '040 black >cube running NS2.1. Running make in src we are getting undefined >errors for symbols like this, > >cc -c -O2 -g -DNeXT http_config.c >http_config.c: In function `get_pw': >http_config.c:947: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c:947: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once >http_config.c:947: for each function it appears in.) >http_config.c:947: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c: In function `init_group': >http_config.c:984: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c:984: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) >*** Exit 1 >Stop. > >Any idea what file these things are supposed to >be defined in? Any major reasons why we shouldn't >be able to succeed at this install? > > Richard Squier > squier@cs.georgetown.edu
From: jschilli@nimitz (Jeff Schilling,,3346,) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT Send Mail Problem Date: 26 Oct 1995 22:35:14 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <46p2f2$oo7@news.mcl.bdm.com> I apoligize for having missed the many posts on sendmail. My problem is this: I have an HP server acting as the mail host for our NeXT network. However, I can't send mail outside of our network from NeXT. I can send mail out when logged into the HP using UNIX mail. All internal mail works fine. Does anyone have any suggestions on any settings I can check in Netinfo or elsewhere? Any help is greatly appreciated. JS Jeff_Schilling@notes.pw.com
From: yu@math.duke.edu (Yunliang Yu) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to set up CAP60 on a NeXT 3.2 machine? Date: 26 Oct 1995 23:04:01 GMT Organization: Dept of Math, Duke Univ, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <46p451$72h@news.duke.edu> We have a small isolated network here of SUN, Mac, NeXT and PCs and I try to set up cap60 on one of the NeXT machines to export its internal hard disk to all the macs. Since we don't have any IPtalk gateways, so I tried cap60 with UAR. I set up UAR on a SUN system and it seems to work fine. But the cap on the NeXT still doesn't work (BTW, I changed cap's Configure script so it compiled with UAR support in it). Aufs complains that: 11:43:21 10/26/95 SrvrRegister for Cap Aufs Server:AFPServer failed... Is it possible to have cap and uar on different systems to work together? What could you suggest in order to make it work? (I tried cap on a SUN and it worked fine. But I'm a little bit uneasy with whatever the file-locking problem it might have if I NFS mount the disk). Any advice would be helpful. Thank you. -- Best regards, Yunliang Yu Dept of Math, Duke Univ.
From: pete@voyager.whoi.edu (Peter Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to boot 040 cube from cdrom? Date: 27 Oct 1995 01:00:37 GMT Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Message-ID: <46pavl$6e4@pearl.whoi.edu> I lost alot a files on the 3.2 installed system and would like to boot 3.3 from cdrom and install it. Is there a way to do this on an 040 cube? -pete
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: When I boot, the sound doesn't work immediately. Why ? Date: 27 Oct 1995 03:23:20 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <46pjb8$8fi@news4.digex.net> References: <DGztxG.7B@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> > In the login panel, if I hit backspace further back than the > username I just entered, it should make a sound to indicate I'm > doing something wrong. Well guess what ! No sounds. But if I > hit the backspace key a few more times, then the sound finally > works and never stops working. I have the exact same problem with, probably, similar hardware... I'm not sure why though... -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: More reasons not to purchase NEC CD-ROM drives... In-Reply-To: rdl@world.std.com's message of Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:53:56 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Oct26235233@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 03:52:33 GMT I called NEC today for a major customer that had a serious problem with their NEC 3X CD-ROM. When I told them I was using a UNIX system, they said "We don't support UNIX" I then told him that this was a dual-boot system that had both DOS/UNIX on it. Indeed the problem was with the drive (probably faulty firmware.) He said that the problem wasn't with the drive. I then asked him if I could speak with a supervisor. He hung up on me! Poor performing hardware. Poor (if not rude) service. And overpriced too. To those who are looking for CD-ROM drives for their NS systems, go with Toshiba! Robert In article <RDL.95Oct25215356@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:22314 comp.sys.next.misc:45299 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26058 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!rdl From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> <46lb5c$q56@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 01:53:56 GMT Lines: 45 Send me your full system configuration (motherboard, CPU, BIOS, cards, etc..) and I'll try to assist you. As I said, I am using that drive on my system. The problem is very likely to be elsewhere. Robert In article <46lb5c$q56@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:22298 comp.sys.next.misc:45295 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26041 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!kiwi From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 25 Oct 1995 12:39:08 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Lines: 23 References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cachalot.cs.tu-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : I've used and installed quite a few CD-ROM drives for NEXTSTEP systems : and the hands down winner is the Toshiba 3601. It's 4.4X, plays audio : CDs, CD-ROMs, PhotoCD, etc..., and doesn't require a caddy! I'm using a XM-3601TA on a NSI System with NCR53c810 and Symbios Logic driver 3.00 (upgraded today to 3.33). I can't play audio-CDs from within NeXTSTEP. CDPlayer launches but hangs trying to access the CD-ROM. In fact, it hangs so hard, that I can only move the mouse every some seconds. The only way out seems to be ejecting the CD. Then I'm able to kill CDPlayer. Any ideas? Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) Subject: How to exchange Disks on black Station Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 09:46:52 GMT Message-ID: <1995Oct27.094652.10802@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Hi, maybe someone can help me. I have a small 0.5GB disk in my NeXT, running fine. I just bought a new, 1GB disk which i would like to put instead of the .5 internal one. Now, my question is how to exchange the two disks without loosing the OS and the disk contents. I was thinking like attaching the new disk as an external first, then copy all from the current to the new one with the cp -r command, but how do i get the OS over to the new disk ? I'm sure many other faced with the same problem or question. I someone could give me a hint, i would appreciate it. If you don't mind, please copy me on e-mail on your responses, since i'm not in the news that often. Again many thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Franke Motorola GmbH Phone: +49-6128-702027 Heinrich-Hertz Strasse 1 Fax: +49-6128-72920 65232 Taunusstein NeXT-Mail: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com Germany
From: herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: www server install on cube? Date: 27 Oct 1995 14:50:58 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46qrki$6kb@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Oct26.134304.19075@guvax> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) writes: >We are trying to install ncsa httpd.1.4.2 on an '040 black >cube running NS2.1. Running make in src we are getting undefined >errors for symbols like this, >cc -c -O2 -g -DNeXT http_config.c >http_config.c: In function `get_pw': >http_config.c:947: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c:947: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once >http_config.c:947: for each function it appears in.) >http_config.c:947: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c: In function `init_group': >http_config.c:984: `_S_IFMT' undeclared (first use this function) >http_config.c:984: `_S_IFREG' undeclared (first use this function) >*** Exit 1 >Stop. >Any idea what file these things are supposed to >be defined in? Any major reasons why we shouldn't >be able to succeed at this install? In /usr/include/bsd/sys/stat.h (at least for 3.2, but supposed to be also for 2.1). This seems to be POSIX stuff, perhaps you try to compile with cc -posix, but rumor has it, that the posix library is kind of buggy. Just give it a try... Bernd
From: herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 27 Oct 1995 15:05:16 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46qsfc$6oj@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Oct27.094652.10802@schbbs.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) writes: >Hi, maybe someone can help me. I have a small 0.5GB disk in my NeXT, running >fine. I just bought a new, 1GB disk which i would like to put instead of the >.5 internal one. >Now, my question is how to exchange the two disks without loosing the OS and >the disk contents. >I was thinking like attaching the new disk as an external first, then copy >all from the current to the new one with the cp -r command, but how do i get >the OS over to the new disk ? Sic! No, not exactly. Where the hell is the FAQ? Try as follows: - attach new disk - give valid scsi id - reboot - mount new disk somewhere (/mnt would be a clue ;-)) - use dump/restore in a way like this: dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt; restore xf -) (see man 8 restore, key f) - make disk bootable: disk -b <new-raw-device> - change scsi ids (at least, set new disk to 0 or 1) - reboot Usual disclaimers apply. Gruesze, Bernd >-- >Joachim Franke >Motorola GmbH Phone: +49-6128-702027 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;-) >Heinrich-Hertz Strasse 1 Fax: +49-6128-72920 >65232 Taunusstein NeXT-Mail: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com >Germany
From: tremblay_michel@tandem.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Looking for French.reader Files Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 15:13:38 GMT Organization: Tandem Computers,Inc. (Austin, TX) Sender: tremblay_michel@tandem.com Message-ID: <951027101338.235AAEYJ.pmt@a22459> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: French.reader, software, Librarian Bonjour all, I'm presently looking for French.reader Files for the Digital Librarian. I've got some French texts containing diacritic characters that need to be indexed. Unfortunately, Digital Librarian crash everytime I try to index them with the default /NextLibrary/Readers/English.reader. I supposed there must be the proper French reader available somewhere. Thanks. Michel. Pierre-Michel Tremblay | Email: tremblay_michel@tandem.com Tandem Computers Canada Ltd | NS 3.3 FIP. 2000, ave du college McGill | NeXT and MIME mail ok. Bureau 800 | Voice: 514/282-3123 Montreal, Quebec H3A 3H3 | Fax: 514/282-6349
From: mschwett@vmprofs.estec.esa.nl (ms) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Removable media over a local network Date: 27 Oct 1995 13:56:13 GMT Organization: European Space Agency Message-ID: <46qodt$uk0@info.estec.esa.nl> Hi, Does any body know a method to export automatically a removable media (CD-ROM and/or MO) over a local network ? And two other questions related to the first one: Is it possible to mount removable media any where or only at root level? Is it possible to export a link over the local net ? Marc.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: When I boot, the sound doesn't work immediately. Why ? Date: 27 Oct 1995 15:56:56 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46qvg8$j1d@news.its.com> References: <DGztxG.7B@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> <46pjb8$8fi@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> wrote: >> In the login panel, if I hit backspace further back than the >> username I just entered, it should make a sound to indicate I'm >> doing something wrong. Well guess what ! No sounds. But if I >> hit the backspace key a few more times, then the sound finally >> works and never stops working. > > I have the exact same problem with, probably, similar hardware... > I'm not sure why though... Well, it takes the system a few seconds to load and initialize the sound driver (/usr/lib/kern_loader/Audio/audio_reloc for black, variable paths for white machines). I wouldn't worry about it, but I suppose you could put something in the /etc/rc.local script that tries to make noise, or you could forcibly load the appropriate sound driver for your system with "/usr/etc/kl_util -l". -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: smithw@physc1.byu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: A little netinfo? Message-ID: <1995Oct26.174819.2440@physc1.byu.edu> Date: 26 Oct 95 17:48:19 -0600 References: <1995Oct23.182335.2436@physc1.byu.edu> Distribution: world Organization: Brigham Young University In article <1995Oct23.182335.2436@physc1.byu.edu>, smithw@physc1.byu.edu writes: > I've got two NS machines at home, one black (3.2), one white (3.3). > The black has a next printer which I would like to export to the > white. Both have RJ connectors with appropriate cable. How do > I make each aware of the other, and then export the printer to > the net? Any detailed instructions appreciated! > > -Bill Ok. Someone said I needed a special cable, sort of like a null modem cable. I now have one of these. How do I proceed? I've tried using the simple network thing. No soap. Do I need a name resolver file?? Nah. There's only these two machines. Help! -Bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: A little netinfo? Message-ID: <DH3yt3.Js1@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <46mth5$imo@News1.mcs.net> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:00:39 GMT In article <46mth5$imo@News1.mcs.net> amehta@mcs.net (Anand Mehta) writes: > > On 10/23/95, smithw@physc1.byu.edu wrote: > >I've got two NS machines at home, one black (3.2), one white > >The black has a next printer which I would like to export to the > >white. Both have RJ connectors with appropriate cable. How do > >I make each aware of the other, and then export the printer to > >the net? Any detailed instructions appreciated! > > Unless you use a small ethernet hub, you will have to get a > crossover ethernet cable (sort of like a null modem cable). They > can easily be made, but I don't have the pinouts handy. > > -Anand > > -- > Anand Mehta > amehta@mcs.net > NextMail Welcome! > PGP Key:finger amehta@cluster.mcs.net I do. Note the old articles below. -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81 -------cut here------ Xref: watserv1 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:4489 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:30522 Path: watserv1!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!att-out!pacbell com!ames!waikato!taranaki!usenet From: k.koppert@taranaki.ac.nz (Kerry Koppert) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Reason why my 486/40 doesn't like 10 base-T into an RS/6000 Date: 3 Oct 1994 20:01:37 GMT Organization: Taranaki Polytech Lines: 16 Message-ID: <36pnv1$1ul@tpsun.taranaki.ac.nz> References: <36cd5a$l4n@ocean.CAM.ORG> <cheer.1077.000FEC09@isisph.com> <Cwy8o7.E39@rosebud.strinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kerry.taranaki.ac.nz X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <Cwy8o7.E39@rosebud.strinc.com>, catfood@rosebud.strinc.com (Mark W. Schumann) says: > >This is a little bit of a lie. If you are connecting only two stations, >you can take off the RJ-45 connector on one end, reverse a couple of the >pairs--although I forget which ones--recrimp, and you are ready to go. Looking down on the gold pins and counting from the left as 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 the pairs are wire 1 & 2, wire 3 & 5. The unused pairs are wire 4 & 5 and wire 7 & 8. So for a cross over 1->3 2->5 3->1 5->2. >But that is a non-standard solution and not really guaranteed to work. > >If you need to know more about the wiring details, try >comp.dcom.lans.ethernet.*. > Path: watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!ga tech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!ingate.adc.com!ws3902!olsonm From: olsonm@ws3902.adc.com (Mark Olson) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip ,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc Subject: Re: Connect 2 PCs, NIC-to-NIC, 10BaseT Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip ,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc Date: 20 Mar 1995 20:20:28 GMT Organization: ADC Telecommunications Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3kko2c$eb3@ingate.adc.com> References: <3kkl7e$g5j@aplinfo.jhuapl.edu> Ray Dickenson (Raymond.Dickenson@jhuapl.edu) wrote: : I have connected 2 PCs, NIC-to-NIC, using thin coax and terminators, : and operated WFW using TCP/IP. It worked great. : Now I need to do the same thing, except the NICs have RF-45 8-wire : connectors. If I plug each end of a twisted pair into the NICs, : with no hub between, will it work like it did with the thinnet? : Only in a major hurry. Life is fun! : Ray Dickenson : Raymond.Dickenson@jhuapl.edu Here's a schematic of a 10-BASE-T 'null modem' cable I've used: NIC 'A' NIC 'B' ----------------------------- Blue 1 3 Black Orange 2 6 Yellow Black 3 1 Blue Yellow 6 2 Orange Cheers, Mark -- Mark Olson Sr. Test Engineer * e-mail - olsonm@adc.com ADC Telecommunications * voice - (612) 936-8008 4900 West 78th Street, MS 107 * fax - (612) 936-8277 Minneapolis MN 55435 Path: watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!cs utexas.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!inews.intel.com!itnews.intel.com!chnews!ornew s.intel.com!news.jf.intel.com!pdxnt206 From: hilman@ichips.intel.com (Harlan Hilman) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip ,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc Subject: Re: Connect 2 PCs, NIC-to-NIC, 10BaseT Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 20:37:29 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Lines: 34 Message-ID: <3kkp8s$2f1@news.jf.intel.com> References: <3kkl7e$g5j@aplinfo.jhuapl.edu> In article <3kkl7e$g5j@aplinfo.jhuapl.edu>, Ray Dickenson <Raymond.Dickenson@jhuapl.edu> wrote: > >I have connected 2 PCs, NIC-to-NIC, using thin coax and terminators, >and operated WFW using TCP/IP. It worked great. > >Now I need to do the same thing, except the NICs have RF-45 8-wire >connectors. If I plug each end of a twisted pair into the NICs, >with no hub between, will it work like it did with the thinnet? Not directly, but if you swap the RxTx pairs on one end you should have no problem. The pinouts are as follows: Pin Number Signal ------ ------ 1 Tx+ 2 Tx- 3 Rx+ 4 n/c 5 n/c 6 Rx- 7 n/c 8 n/c Just swap pins 1&2 and pins 3&6. - Harlan ---------------------------------------------------------- | Harlan Hilman | Intel pays me, but not | | hilman@ichips.intel.com | enough to speak for them | ----------------------------------------------------------
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Lookupd Patch Date: 27 Oct 1995 14:47:13 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <46qrdh$dre@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <308FF6C6.7E1A@netrix.net> In article <308FF6C6.7E1A@netrix.net> James Pooton <james@netrix.net> writes: > Hello everyone, > > Does anyone know when the lookupd patch will be released? I've > been poking around www.next.com and couldn't find anything. > It's not very enjoyable watching machines freeze when your tring > to provide Internet services. > > Thanks, > > James Pooton > james@netrix.net (NeXTmail/MIME Welcome) > Netrix Internet System Design, Inc. Don't know for sure, but I do know that lookupd for OPENSTEP on Mach (NEXTSTEP 4.0) has a new *multi-threaded* version of lookupd. Looking over the release notes for it and it looks great!!! -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL:http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * SSI Diving Certification #755020059 NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: vhwilker@aton.informatik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE (Helge Wilker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTSTEP + Linux + DOS off one disk - how to ? Date: 27 Oct 1995 13:28:06 GMT Organization: Universitaet Osnabrueck Distribution: world Message-ID: <46qmp6$f6h@deimos.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de> Hi all, is the following possible: NS 3.3, Linux and DOS boot partitions on a single disk, with some sort of boot manager (possibly OS/2) to switch between them? At this time, I use a IDE drive for Linux and DOS, and disable it in Setup if I want to use NS 3.3 off a SCSI disk (id 0). Now I want to remove the IDE drive for other purposes and put all three systems on the SCSI drive. Has anyone solved this problem before? I tried telling OS/2 Boot Manager about the NS partition, but if I select that in Boot Manager's menu, I get the message bootp 3.3.1.1: Read error or something like that. Linux's LILO doesn't seem to work, either; with the same error message. Thanks for your attention! Ciao, Helge
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: A little netinfo? Date: 27 Oct 1995 18:55:32 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46r9v4$ms8@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <1995Oct23.182335.2436@physc1.byu.edu> <1995Oct26.174819.2440@physc1.byu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit smithw@physc1.byu.edu wrote: >In article <1995Oct23.182335.2436@physc1.byu.edu>, smithw@physc1.byu.edu writes: >> I've got two NS machines at home, one black (3.2), one white (3.3). >> The black has a next printer which I would like to export to the >> white. Both have RJ connectors with appropriate cable. How do >> I make each aware of the other, and then export the printer to >> the net? Any detailed instructions appreciated! >> >> -Bill > >Ok. Someone said I needed a special cable, sort of like a null modem >cable. I now have one of these. How do I proceed? I've tried using >the simple network thing. No soap. Do I need a name resolver file?? >Nah. There's only these two machines. Help! > >-Bill > I'm assuming the RJ connectors are for RJ45 UTP Ethernet cables. All you'd need to do to hook them up is to buy an Ethernet hub for around $200, and plug both of them into it. If both machines have the 10Base2 coaxial Ethernet plugs, then it's even simpler--just plug a coax 'T' connector into the back of each, run some RG 58 coax between the 'T' connectors, and put a bit of cable and a 50 ohm terminator on the other end of each 'T' connector. NS has built in networking, you can, using NetInfo, set one of the computers up to be the server, or simply set them up as peer-to-peer network clients. In the former, one of the machines holds the network information for both of them, in the latter, each machine maintains it's own NetInfo data base with that machine's information. The advantage of having one designated as a server, is being able to share the printer. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ANSWER: Need LOCKD (Lock Daemon) for NEXTSTEP 3.3 Date: 27 Oct 1995 18:03:01 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <46r6sl$19p@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <46obqh$g1v@news.its.com> I received many answers (thank-you) to the following question all saying the same thing: In article <46obqh$g1v@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can get a version of this daemon to run on > > NEXTSTEP 3.3? I need it to complete NFS communications with Wollongong > > Pathway 2.0 running on a PC (apparently it's a needed companion to > > pcnfsd). I explained this in the previous posting entitled: > > How about /usr/etc/rpc.lockd? > After the original post I found out I also needed rpc.pcnfsd v2.0 and rpc.rstatd on the NeXT. I since have found an rpc.pcnfsd v2.0, which I added to /usr/local/bin, and it turns out that rpc.lockd and rpc.rstatd are on the NeXT already in /usr/etc. I changed my boot script /etc/rc.local to run these daemons: # PCNFS stuff # if [ -f /usr/local/bin/rpc.pcnfsd ]; then /usr/local/bin/rpc.pcnfsd; echo 'rpc.pcnfsd' >/dev/console fi # if [ -f /usr/etc/rpc.lockd ]; then /usr/etc/rpc.lockd; echo 'rpc.lockd' >/dev/console fi # if [ -f /usr/etc/rpc.rstatd ]; then /usr/etc/rpc.rstatd; echo 'rpc.rstatd' >/dev/console fi but rstatd hangs the system at boottime. I must not be launching it correctly. I still have not resolved that problem. Meanwhile with rpc.pcnfsd and rpc.lockd running on the NeXT, Wollongong hangs on the PC. I'll make a separate post on that subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Colello Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology Stanford University gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: How to boot 040 cube from cdrom? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DH4I92.GpC@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 20:00:38 GMT References: <46pavl$6e4@pearl.whoi.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <46pavl$6e4@pearl.whoi.edu>, Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >I lost alot a files on the 3.2 installed system and would like to >boot 3.3 from cdrom and install it. Is there a way to do this >on an 040 cube? > Stick in the floppy and say "bfd". If you don't have a floppy drive then you have to either get a PROM upgrade from Bell Atlantic or take your disk out and attach it to another machine. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: www server install on cube? Date: 27 Oct 1995 19:03:23 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <46radr$ms8@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <1995Oct26.134304.19075@guvax> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) wrote: >We are trying to install ncsa httpd.1.4.2 on an '040 black >cube running NS2.1. Running make in src we are getting undefined >errors for symbols like this, > * SNIP * >Any idea what file these things are supposed to >be defined in? Any major reasons why we shouldn't >be able to succeed at this install? > > Richard Squier > squier@cs.georgetown.edu I'm running the NCSA server on an '040 slab with NS 2.1, and I had none of those errors appear when I compiled the source. Is the Makefile configured for a NeXT? Some system libraries are in a different place than on other types of computers. If you would like, I have the NCSA source I used on my anonymous ftp server at: ftp bigtop.bville.com, in pub/archive. I used gcc 2.3.x to compile the source. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: trey@hsv.tybrin.com (Trey McClendon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: When I boot, the sound doesn't work immediately. Why ? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 27 Oct 1995 13:48:52 -0500 Organization: TYBRIN Corporation Message-ID: <46r9ik$6ls@tybrin1.hsv.tybrin.com> References: <DGztxG.7B@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> <46pjb8$8fi@news4.digex.net> John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: : > In the login panel, if I hit backspace further back than the : > username I just entered, it should make a sound to indicate I'm : > doing something wrong. Well guess what ! No sounds. But if I : > hit the backspace key a few more times, then the sound finally : > works and never stops working. : I have the exact same problem with, probably, similar hardware... : I'm not sure why though... : -- : Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) I, too, have seen this with the ASUS motherboard (Triton chipset) and SB16 clone card. I've put a "sndplay <some beep>" in /etc/rc.local to 'initialize' the sound system at boot time. This seems to work well. trey -- Trey McClendon TYBRIN Corporation trey@hsv.tybrin.com Huntsville, AL NeXT / MIME Mail Accepted Fax: 205-837-3472
From: tgo@phorcys.wscis.wsc.com (Thomas Kent Go) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need Suggestions for Fast Tape Drive. Date: 27 Oct 1995 20:16:49 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <46renh$50l@cerberus.wsc.com> Keywords: Tape Drive Hi, I need your advice on which tape drive to buy...we are looking for fast and reliable tape drive... I had heard about 8mm and Digital Linear Tape. Which one is better and I would appreciate to hear stories and price/performance comparison of the tape drive that is out there. Thanks, Thomas P.S. Please respond via e-mail at tgo@wsc.com
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing NS 3.3 & Win 95? Date: 27 Oct 1995 23:46:36 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <46rr0s$gig@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <46nmfo$d7c@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> <46ojbe$knk@vega.info.isbiel.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Nicolas Droux (n.droux@ieee.org) wrote: : In article <46nmfo$d7c@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> arneha@ifi.uio.no (Arne Christian : H rseth) writes: : > : > May be a stupid question, but how do you log in as root in NS when you : > no longer have the option to boot into NS? : > : Boot from the installation floppy, and when the boot prompt appears, specify [...] As the whole thread was reinstating the multiboot loader after installing DOS: another possibility is to make the NeXTSTEP partition active by using the DOS fdisk. Then reboot - you will go directly into NSI. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: "Klas-Göran Petersson" <kgp@unusual.se> Subject: Re: MIME mail with sendmail 8.7.1 under NS 3.3 Message-ID: <a1c7cb$03a36.26a@news.unusual.se> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 23:58:54 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 To: CBY@UPNET.SE References: <46g8gs$5u7@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US>
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 27 Oct 1995 21:54:44 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> References: <1995Oct27.094652.10802@schbbs.mot.com> jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) wrote: > Now, my question is how to exchange the two disks without loosing the OS > and the disk contents. I was thinking like attaching the new disk as an > external first, then copy all from the current to the new one with the > cp -r command, but how do i get the OS over to the new disk ? First, don't use "cp -r", since it won't handle links correctly (or permissions either, though you can add -p to fix that). Use "cd fromdir; gnutar cf - . | (cd todir; gnutar xfp -)" instead. You must use GNU tar if you wish to avoid the 128 character pathname limitation of normal Unix tar. Fromdir cannot be "/", by the way, since todir must be mounted somewhere under "/", although you might be able to use the "--exclude" option to newer versions of GNU tar to work around this. Secondly, you are better off building a new system on the 1 GB drive from the CD-ROM or via BuildDisk.app for the new drive than you are trying to copy the OS with tar. This is because the OS install via CD-ROM or BuildDisk.app adjusts the filesystem tuning parameters when doing the install to best optimize the layout (at the cost of somewhat slower write speed while installing). You can then copy non-system stuff between the two drives. Third, if you are keeping both drives on that machine, your best configuration is probably to install only the OS on the .5 GB drive, and keep your personal files on the new 1 GB drive. > If you don't mind, please copy me on e-mail on your responses, > since i'm not in the news that often. You probably should be aware that a disclaimer like this tends to make people ignore your request for assistance. This is especially true of people who have newsreaders that can't "reply to both". -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Way to wipeout NetInfo? Date: 28 Oct 1995 03:28:43 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <46s81b$lrl@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Could somebody please tell me who to wipe out NetInfo and start with a fresh copy? I thought they was some way of copying (or deleting) some files to a certain location, which would give a clean copy of NetInfo as if the system was newly installed (in fact the system upon reboot would prompt for which language to come up as). Ring any bells? Thanks, Tal --
Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) ########################################################################### #################################################################### From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo sleeping?? Date: 28 Oct 1995 01:54:51 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <46s2hb$gov@gap.cco.caltech.edu> NetInfo sleeping??? I have added PPP to my system and now I can not get into NetInfo (or anything else that depends on it). From the console I get a message like: Oct 27 18:46:34 spock Mail[240]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping Oct 27 18:50:33 spock NetInfoManager[242]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping Before I start up PPP NetInfo works just fine. But once it is up I get this message. This is what, my netstats look something like: Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 1001 lo0 131.215.139.XXX 131.215.198.YYY UH 0 0 ppp0 default 131.215.139.XXX UG 4 1361 ppp0 Any ideas what I need to do to get it working? I really would like to be able sendmail or to log out of my system without it locking up. Tal Lancaster --
Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) ########################################################################### #################################################################### From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 28 Oct 1995 08:39:13 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <46sq7h$lp3@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1995Oct27.094652.10802@schbbs.mot.com> <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Chuck Swiger (chuck@its.com) wrote: : jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) wrote: : > Now, my question is how to exchange the two disks without loosing the OS : > and the disk contents. [...] : First, don't use "cp -r", since it won't handle links correctly (or : permissions either, though you can add -p to fix that). : Use "cd fromdir; gnutar cf - . | (cd todir; gnutar xfp -)" instead. You I would recommend using dump / restore because gnutar does copy hardlinks as plain files, thus leading to a loss of several megabytes on the copy. Be sure to have the restore patch installed when doing this under 3.2!!!! : must use GNU tar if you wish to avoid the 128 character pathname limitation : of normal Unix tar. Actually, it's 100 characters. : Fromdir cannot be "/", by the way, since todir must be : mounted somewhere under "/", It can as gnutar takes care of this (at least v 1.11.2 does) (it says 'removing / from absolute path' on archive extraction) Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: hhoff@flop.lb.bawue.de (Holger Hoffstaette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: When I boot, the sound doesn't work immediately. Why ? Date: 28 Oct 1995 10:23:37 GMT Organization: BaWue-Net Ludwigsburg Message-ID: <46t0b9$68f@luva.lb.bawue.de> References: <DGztxG.7B@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> <46pjb8$8fi@news4.digex.net> <46r9ik$6ls@tybrin1.hsv.tybrin.com> In <46r9ik$6ls@tybrin1.hsv.tybrin.com> Trey McClendon wrote: > John Kheit (jkheit@cnj.digex.net) wrote: > : > In the login panel, if I hit backspace further back than the > : > username I just entered, it should make a sound to indicate I'm > : > doing something wrong. Well guess what ! No sounds. But if I > : > hit the backspace key a few more times, then the sound finally > : > works and never stops working. > > : I have the exact same problem with, probably, similar hardware... > : I'm not sure why though... > : -- > : Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) > > I, too, have seen this with the ASUS motherboard (Triton chipset) and > SB16 clone card. I've put a "sndplay <some beep>" in /etc/rc.local to > 'initialize' the sound system at boot time. This seems to work well. > > trey > Same here. On 3.2 and 3.3, I had a 'Welcome' sound tied to my login panel. When I installed the latest SB16 driver (V3.32) the bug appeared - previous versions did the right thing. So, it's a driver problem. Holger -- ___ /\__\ Holger Hoffstaette @work: hhoff@cube.de \/__/ Cube Informationssysteme GmbH @home: hhoff@flop.lb.bawue.de [kju:b] Stuttgart, Germany MIME, NeXTmail, PGP welcome!
From: turnbull@datarev.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: FTP Permissions Date: 28 Oct 1995 17:56:02 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA Message-ID: <46tqri$ego@nic.ott.hookup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I am trying to setup ftp on NeXT M68k so that my users can ftp files to and from remote sites. Logging in they are able to do navigate and send/receive into their home directory. However when you navigate to a sub directory you can see the files, download them, but when you try to copy files, you get a permission denied message. I would appreciate any help or suggestions that you may have Steve Turnbull turnbull@datarev.com
From: soren@datashopper.dk (Søren Mathiasen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NE2000 Driver Date: 28 Oct 1995 18:19:49 GMT Organization: DataShopper Danmark Message-ID: <46ts85$otc@hades.datashopper.dk> What's the newest version of the ne2000 driver ????
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 28 Oct 1995 18:09:15 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <46trkb$nis@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <1995Oct27.094652.10802@schbbs.mot.com> <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> <46sq7h$lp3@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : I would recommend using dump / restore because gnutar does copy hardlinks as : plain files, thus leading to a loss of several megabytes on the copy. : Be sure to have the restore patch installed when doing this under 3.2!!!! Eh??? Which version. I ask because recently I was doing a similar operation myself. This is a fragment of a listing, with inode numbers, of a ***copy***. I fail to see an alleged effect: 19301 -rwxr-xr-x 4 root 39472 Sep 25 1993 gunzip* 19301 -rwxr-xr-x 4 root 39472 Sep 25 1993 uncompress* 19301 -rwxr-xr-x 4 root 39472 Sep 25 1993 zcat* 19301 -rwxr-xr-x 4 root 39472 Sep 25 1993 gzip* BTW - mine says "GNU tar version 1.11.2". : : Fromdir cannot be "/", by the way, since todir must be : : mounted somewhere under "/", : : It can as gnutar takes care of this (at least v 1.11.2 does) : (it says 'removing / from absolute path' on archive extraction) This will not help very much if you mounted your new disk on /new_disk and now you try to copy, with tar, /new_disk to itself so it is advisable to put '/new_disk' on --exclude list. I am also not so sure if you really need a contents of /private/tmp and making a copy of /private/vm may not be such a hot idea. :-) Few small details like that. Michal
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 09:32:58 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Oct29.093258.17058@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> In article <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > Secondly, you are better off building a new system on the 1 GB drive from > the CD-ROM or via BuildDisk.app for the new drive than you are trying to > copy the OS with tar. This is because the OS install via CD-ROM or > BuildDisk.app adjusts the filesystem tuning parameters when doing the > install to best optimize the layout (at the cost of somewhat slower write > speed while installing). You can then copy non-system stuff between the > two drives. Don't forget that BuildDisk is broken in recent releases for Intel. It is possible to resurrect a disk that you created by BuildDisk, as the only apparent problems are that it doesn't create all the required links for the device drivers directory, but that can be awkward to handle. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 29 Oct 1995 15:32:57 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4706r9$qp1@news.its.com> References: <46rkf4$j1d@news.its.com> <1995Oct29.093258.17058@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) wrote: > Don't forget that BuildDisk is broken in recent releases for Intel. That's wonderful. In which case, use the CD_ROM to build system disks; that, at least, should never fail. Of course, BuildDisk.app should *never* fail either. Neither should SimpleNetworkStarter.app. Nor should dump and restore. Why do I feel that quality control and regression testing are not high on NeXT's list of priorities? Never mind, I'm just a "biased ITS employee" unjustly accusing NeXT again. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Posting possible with nntpd of CNews.pkg ? Message-ID: <DH4pBx.85s@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 22:33:32 GMT Is anybody else using nntpd as it comes with CNews.pkg ? NewsGrazer or RadicalNews both work fine for reading news, but I cannot post. When I start nntpd in a terminal window, it prints out : 201 fritz NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.11 (10 February 1991) ready at Fri Oct 27 23:29:53 1995 (no posting). I guess this means I have to get a different version of nntpd. Does anybody know one that works in combination with c-news ? Thanks for any info, Ernst. -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Re: HELP: need ncr scsi driver disk Message-ID: <DH5wLL.6xv@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin References: <465imd$ao1@omega.gmd.de> <Pine.HPP.3.91.951024155412.22070A-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 14:08:08 GMT In <Pine.HPP.3.91.951024155412.22070A-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> writes: >I don't believe you need a disk formated in NeXT format. DOS is enough. >Just put the driver on the disk, that's it. (I accidently went around >this feature of NEXTSTEP, it seems as if it is possible to recognize >foreign filesystems even during installation!) Just how do I copy /usr/Devices/CanonObjectstation41DisplayDriver.config onto a DOS floppy ? -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS Dev 3.0 Date: 29 Oct 1995 22:00:30 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-49.usc.edu Message-ID: <470thu$khl@usc.edu> I am runnning a NS 3.3 user system. But I have my old 3.0 dev. Can I use this to at leaset "make" things? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Posting possible with nntpd of CNews.pkg ? Date: 29 Oct 1995 17:24:40 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <470dco$qp1@news.its.com> References: <DH4pBx.85s@fritz.snafu.de> ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) wrote: > When I start nntpd in a terminal window, it prints out : > > 201 fritz NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.11 (10 February 1991) > ready at Fri Oct 27 23:29:53 1995 (no posting). At a guess (since I use INN instead of CNews), you need to configure the news server to give your machine read/write/post access for newsreader clients. > I guess this means I have to get a different version of nntpd. > Does anybody know one that works in combination with c-news ? No, but why not get INN instead? Why should a new site use the older {B,C}News software...? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: socket.ph for NeXTSTEP wanted. Date: 29 Oct 1995 14:21:33 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ehh0shqxe.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> I have what I believe is a problem relating to my socket.ph. Basically w3mir and newscan 2.2 block in the connect call however, mirror.pl has no such problems with it's tcpip code. Does anybody have what the know is a working socket.ph for perl 4.036? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Gateway 2000:Large IDE disks greater then 528mb Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 22:56:12 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.80.3094068C@fiber.net> References: <gslDH6Lvy.F1w@netcom.com> >I need more disk space so I attempted to load NEXTSTEP onto a >WD 1.2gig IDE disk (pulling out the current disks) with no luck. >Has anyone out there been able to load NEXTSTEP onto a >528 mb >IDE disk ? Ah- HAH!! Yep. Been there, done that, smacked Geraldo on the nose. First, set LBA mode ON in BIOS, manually enter in your manuf-provided params as type 47. Then, when installing NS, read the prompts carefully because 2 are very nearly identical. On the prompts where it asks you where you want to install (this is RIGHT AFTER it asks you what your CD is connected to), do NOT enter IDE. Choose 7, then 7 again. At this point, you should see something like "IDE driver for large disks >540" Choose it. The rest happens because Allah wills it. Or Phyllis Diller, I forget which. Carl
From: cwolf@wolfware.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Posting possible with nntpd of CNews.pkg ? Date: 29 Oct 1995 18:05:36 GMT Organization: WolfWare Message-ID: <470fpg$c6m@shellx.best.com> On 10/27/95, Ernst Kloecker wrote: >Is anybody else using nntpd as it comes with CNews.pkg ? > >NewsGrazer or RadicalNews both work fine for reading news, >but I cannot post. > >When I start nntpd in a terminal window, it prints out : > >201 fritz NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.11 (10 February 1991) >ready at Fri Oct 27 23:29:53 1995 (no posting). It looks like the nntp server as currently configured requires authorization before allowing posting. Either reconfigure the server so that it does not look for authorization or try using a newsreader client, such as NewsFlash, which supports nntp user authentication and authorization. -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo sleeping?? Date: 29 Oct 1995 18:19:23 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <470gjb$lfh@blackice.winternet.com> References: <46s2hb$gov@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In article <46s2hb$gov@gap.cco.caltech.edu> tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) writes: > NetInfo sleeping??? > > I have added PPP to my system and now I can not get into NetInfo (or anything > else that depends on it). From the console I get a message like: > > Oct 27 18:46:34 spock Mail[240]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, > sleeping > > Oct 27 18:50:33 spock NetInfoManager[242]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local > domain, sleeping > > > Before I start up PPP NetInfo works just fine. But once it is up I get this > message. > > This is what, my netstats look something like: > > Routing tables > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 1001 lo0 > 131.215.139.XXX 131.215.198.YYY UH 0 0 ppp0 > default 131.215.139.XXX UG 4 1361 ppp0 > > Any ideas what I need to do to get it working? I really would like to be able > sendmail or to log out of my system without it locking up. > > Tal Lancaster Here's an excerpt from the NeXT PPP FAQ available from http://www.thoughtpo.com:8080/PPP/ ******************* Problem: Your link appears to come up successfully. However, if you try to send mail or perform any other operation that requires access to netinfo, you get a message similar to: sendmail[546]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping Discussion: This problem is typically a result of an improper routing setup on the PPP client (your host). When PPP starts up, it will dynamically negotiate an IP address for use on the PPP interface (usually ppp0). If you don't specify anIP address to pppd, then the address will usually be provided by the peer. It may change each time that you bring up a PPP link. If you did specify an IP address, pppd will attempt to use that address first. If that fails, it will try to get an address from the peer. Either way, the PPP interface usually has a new IP address. The routing problem can result when trying to access your local host (and netinfo) on the IP address that was dynamically negotiated. Solution: The solution is straightforward. You must add a route from the IP address that your PPP interface uses to the special loopback IP address 127.0.0.1. The route command will allow you to do this. For instance, if you are assigned the address 35.8.74.211 during PPP negotiation, you can add the needed route byentering (as the user root): /usr/etc/route add 35.8.74.211 127.0.0.1 0 This route needs to be added each time the link comes up. However, one problem with hard coding this command into /etc/ppp/ip-up is that you may get a different IP address each time the link comes up. Fortunately, Bill Bereza <berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu> submitted this nice script clip that can be pasted into /etc/ppp/ip-up. This will create the correct route entry for you automatically. Place this in /etc/ppp/ip-up: /usr/etc/route add $4 127.0.0.1 0 You will also want to add this little clip to /etc/ppp/ip-down: /usr/etc/route delete $4 127.0.0.1 This removes the route when your link goes down. ******************* -- Steve, skrans@winternet.com
From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo sleeping?? Date: 30 Oct 1995 01:02:33 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <471879$rmo@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <46s2hb$gov@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Ok, I believe I have solved this. 1. First I put in a fresh copy of NetInfo (Thanks to all who told me how) This can be done by replacing /etc/netinfo directory with a copy of /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo. 2. Then I ran SimpleNetworkStarer (made the changes that I wanted. 3. Ran NetInfo (and added the machines that I wanted) 4. Added the following route to the route tables I have listed near the end of this message route add 127.0.0.1 131.215.198.YYY where YYY is the numbers my my machine. Now everything seems to be working. Tal tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) writes: >NetInfo sleeping??? >I have added PPP to my system and now I can not get into NetInfo (or anything >else that depends on it). From the console I get a message like: >Oct 27 18:46:34 spock Mail[240]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, >sleeping >Oct 27 18:50:33 spock NetInfoManager[242]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local >domain, sleeping >Before I start up PPP NetInfo works just fine. But once it is up I get this >message. >This is what, my netstats look something like: >Routing tables >Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface >127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 1001 lo0 >131.215.139.XXX 131.215.198.YYY UH 0 0 ppp0 >default 131.215.139.XXX UG 4 1361 ppp0 >Any ideas what I need to do to get it working? I really would like to be able >sendmail or to log out of my system without it locking up. >Tal Lancaster >-- >########################################################################### >Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) >The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) >########################################################################### --
Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) ########################################################################### #################################################################### From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Way to wipeout NetInfo? Date: 30 Oct 1995 01:05:26 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4718cm$rsc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <46s81b$lrl@gap.cco.caltech.edu> tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) writes: >Could somebody please tell me who to wipe out NetInfo and start >with a fresh copy? I thought they was some way of copying (or deleting) >some files to a certain location, which would give a clean copy of NetInfo as >if the system was newly installed (in fact the system upon reboot would >prompt for which language to come up as). Ring any bells? Thanks to all who told me what to do. Basically all that one needs to do is: replace the /etc/netinfo directory with a copy of /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo. --
Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) ########################################################################### #################################################################### From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo sleeping?? Date: 30 Oct 1995 01:37:03 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <471a7v$cn@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <46s2hb$gov@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <471879$rmo@gap.cco.caltech.edu> tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) writes: >Ok, I believe I have solved this. >1. First I put in a fresh copy of NetInfo >(Thanks to all who told me how) This can be done by replacing >/etc/netinfo directory with a copy of /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo. >2. Then I ran SimpleNetworkStarer (made the changes that I wanted. >3. Ran NetInfo (and added the machines that I wanted) >4. Added the following route to the route tables I have listed near the >end of this message >route add 127.0.0.1 131.215.198.YYY Opps that should have read: route add 131.215.198.YYY 127.0.0.1 0 >where YYY is the numbers my my machine. Now everything seems to be working. >Tal >tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster) writes: >>NetInfo sleeping??? >>I have added PPP to my system and now I can not get into NetInfo (or anything >>else that depends on it). From the console I get a message like: >>Oct 27 18:46:34 spock Mail[240]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, >>sleeping >>Oct 27 18:50:33 spock NetInfoManager[242]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local >>domain, sleeping >>Before I start up PPP NetInfo works just fine. But once it is up I get this >>message. >>This is what, my netstats look something like: >>Routing tables >>Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface >>127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 4 1001 lo0 >>131.215.139.XXX 131.215.198.YYY UH 0 0 ppp0 >>default 131.215.139.XXX UG 4 1361 ppp0 >>Any ideas what I need to do to get it working? I really would like to be able >>sendmail or to log out of my system without it locking up. >>Tal Lancaster >>-- >>########################################################################### >>Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) >>The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) >>########################################################################### >-- >########################################################################### >Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) >The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) >########################################################################### --
Tal Lancaster (http://www.compbio.caltech.edu/~tal/tal.html) The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/) ########################################################################### #################################################################### From: turnbull@datarev.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: FTP Permissions Date: 29 Oct 1995 19:43:48 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA Message-ID: <470lhk$4mq@nic.ott.hookup.net> Thnaks for all that responded. It was simply a matter of setting the access with the inspector
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Media Errors during startup Date: 30 Oct 1995 16:02:18 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <472sua$qrk@netnews.upenn.edu> Just rebooted my Turbo, and am getting the following errors: Target 1: MEDIA ERROR; block 128ebH retry 1 sd0 (1,0): sense key:0x3 additional sense cod 0x11 SCSI Block in error = 76011; Partition a F.S. sector 75851 IO error on pagein (breadDirect) loginwindow[213] could not find WindowServer port! I've run fsck numerous times to no avail. I have a bad feeling that my disk is toast, can anyone confirm? -dave
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 30 Oct 1995 05:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <471n0v$6i4@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: adelson@cic3c.c3.lanl.gov (Stephen Joel Adelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Modem help! Date: 30 Oct 1995 16:07:24 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Distribution: world Message-ID: <472t7t$rsi@newshost.lanl.gov> One of our contractors has a NeXT cube and a 2400 modem. We'd like to get him a 14.4, but the local computer shop claims that they don't know of one that would work with it. I don't buy that. Can someone tell me of a specific model which will work? Please e-mail replies. All help appreciated!!!! Steve -- "The _world_ is a hack!" - CD Hansen Home page: http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~adelson/home.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Time-zone change... Message-ID: <1001943001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 29 Oct 95 22:32:00 CDT Well, we went back to Eastern Standard Time rather than Eastern Daylight Time here on the east coast of the USA. How did others deal with this? I ended up going into the Preferences.app as root and pushing it back an hour by hand. Is there a more elegant way? My 'date' stamp used to show 'EDT', and now it shows GMT-400. I guess I'm wondering if there is a way to have it show EST. Any ideas appreciated Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: bresink@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Marcel Bresink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP + Linux + DOS off one disk - how to ? Date: 30 Oct 1995 09:45:09 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Message-ID: <4726r5$eea@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <46qmp6$f6h@deimos.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de> vhwilker@aton.informatik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE (Helge Wilker) wrote: > I tried telling OS/2 Boot Manager about the NS partition, but if I select > that in Boot Manager's menu, I get the message > bootp 3.3.1.1: Read error > or something like that. Linux's LILO doesn't seem to work, either; with > the same error message. This sounds as if the NS boot loader cannot access the NS partition at boot time. So it's a BIOS problem, and has nothing to do with the boot managers. Is your SCSI disk bigger than 1 GB, or has the disk more than 1024 cylinders? You should check whether you have activated the "> 1 GB support" of your SCSI BIOS. But be careful: If you change that value, you have to re-format the complete disk. Also, the Linux fdisk program might get some problems, depending on your disk geometry. By the way: All versions of NEXTSTEP work fine with all versions of the OS/2 boot manager. But the new OS/2 boot managers (since WARP 3.0) cannot boot Linux anymore. Bye Marcel --- Marcel Bresink, University of Koblenz, Computer Graphics Lab, Institute for Computer Science Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tmeyer@il.us.swissbank.com (Tom Meyer) Subject: problems w/ PNI after blasting system Message-ID: <1995Oct30.170541.434@il.us.swissbank.com> Sender: root@il.us.swissbank.com (Operator) Organization: Swiss Bank Corporation CM&T Division Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:05:41 GMT I'm hoping someone can give me a hand .. I accidentally nuked my hard drive and was forced to re-install 3.3 (intel) from scratch. After installing PNI and using the same exact config files I used prior to reinstalling, I get the following error messages. I _am_ able to tip into the modem and dial out. I tried installing Mux (btw, is the address for the NeGeN package ftp.negen.tudelft.nl ?) and I got the same thing. I have an enhanced serial card w/ the latest UART. I could have sworn I've seen and fixed this type of thing before, but I can't remember what I did. Please respond via email. any help appreciated. -tom tmeyer@il.us.swissbank.com ************** Oct 29 21:34:43 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: dialer: Start of Microcom 28.8P dialing script, dialing 248-5687 Oct 29 21:34:46 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: tty: recvChars: timeout waiting for ready Oct 29 21:34:48 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: tty: recvChars: timeout waiting for ready Oct 29 21:34:50 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: tty: recvChars: timeout waiting for ready Oct 29 21:34:50 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: TTY tty: Call to 248-5687 failed: Could not get the modem's attention Oct 29 21:34:50 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: Could not get the modem's attention\n while executing\n"error "Could not get the modem's attention""\n ("foreach" body lin... Oct 29 21:34:50 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: TTY tty: Drop DTR on serial port Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: tty: link connect script fails Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: === TCL Error: Connect script failed to establish link: Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: > TTY tty: Could not establish connection - all attempts failed Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: === errorCode Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: > NONE Oct 29 21:34:51 sparkalepsy pnid-pni0[210]: === errorInfo *************** some hopefully useful info: /etc/remote: --------------- mm|modem|Microcom 28.8P 28800 bps:\ :dv=/dev/cufa:br#57600:tc=BASIC: /etc/pni/config/pni0.config ---------------------------- set Config(pni:INTERFACE) pni0 set Config(pni:MTU) 1006 set Config(pni:ADDRESS) 199.3.42.175 set Config(pni:REMOTEADDRESS) 199.3.35.100 set Config(pni:NETWORKMASK) 255.255.255.0 set Config(pni:DEFAULT) 1 set Config(slip:MODE) slip set Config(tty:DEVICE) /dev/cufa set Config(tty:SPEED) 28800 set Config(tty:MODEMTYPE) microcom set Config(tty:SERVERTYPE) netblazer set Config(tty:SERVERNAME) SlipServerName set Config(tty:NUMBER) 248-5687 set Config(SlipServerName:DIALTYPE) TONE set Config(SlipServerName:USERNAME) tmeyer set Config(SlipServerName:PASSWORD) ******** set Config(CMD:password) "fooBar" /etc/pni/support/dial-microcom.tcl ------------------------------------ set setupstr { &D2 %C3 S0=0 L2 M1 Q0 V1 X4 Y0 &C1 &G0 &P0 &S0 +FCLASS=0 } where: # &D2 - hang up when DTR on-to-off transition # \N4 - force LAPM connect # %C3 - disable MNP5 compression # S0=0 - disable autoanswer # L2 - medium speaker volume # M1 - speaker on until online # Q0 - display repsonses # V1 - verbose responses # X4 - include dialtone & busy detection responses # Y0 - long space disconnect enabled # &C1 - DCD signal follows state of carrier # &G0 - disable guard tone # &P0 - make/break ration=36/91 # &S0 - DSR override.assume always on # +FCLASS=0 - disable fax mode
From: eek93@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Eren Kotan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 57600 speed on black hardware using SLIP Date: 30 Oct 1995 16:42:43 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <472va3$npu@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Hi, I always thought the black serial ports were limited to 38400. Recently, I have tried setting the serial port speed to 57600, under Trans SYS PNI 1.13 SLIP. It seems to work with no problems, and the log file shows the modem connecting at 57600. How is this possible? Not that I am complaining ;-} Thanks, Eren Kotan eek93@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: eek93@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Eren Kotan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PLEASE HELP: STILL having trouble with routing Date: 30 Oct 1995 16:48:12 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <472vkc$npu@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Hi, we have a small network in our house where 3 PCs use my Cube as the gateway to the Internet, via SLIP. This worked fine and I was using routed. I was then advised that routed was badly broken, and told to try gated. I backed up the system files, and installed gated as per the instructions. It did not work, so I reverted back to the old system files and routed. This is the problem. It still did not work! I am puzzled, I am pretty sure the system is now back to the old, working config, and I have checked with my Internet provider that the necessary routing for the PCs is still in place. The NeXT can login and use the Net fine, but the PCs cannot. If I ping a remote site from any of the PCs while the SLIP connection is up, I get timeout errors. I can still talk to the NeXT from the PCs though. What's going on? Any help is appreciated, please email eek93@ecs.soton.ac.uk Eren Kotan
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: 30 Oct 1995 23:09:59 GMT Organization: Netvoyage Internet Access Provider Message-ID: <473m07$arh@news.netvoyage.net> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> In article <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> writes: >I'm trying to setup my old mono-station as the nameserver >for my local net. Could someone point me to BIND for black >hardware? > >I can't find anything at cs.orst.edu and an Archie search turned >up some source in New Zealand that requires me to: > >"recompile libc.a and all applications that use gethostbyname" > >uh, I don't think so. > >Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance, > >Jeff >jwishnie@best.com I ftp'd BIND from gatekeeper.dec.com which I believe is the official distribution site. The path was /pub/BSD/bind/4.9. You need to make a number of changes in order for the package to compile. Let me know if you would like me to send you my notes. -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without farp@netvoyage.net # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:42:35 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Oct31.084235.22457@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> In article <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> writes: > I'm trying to setup my old mono-station as the nameserver > for my local net. Could someone point me to BIND for black > hardware? What's wrong with /usr/etc/named? I don't remember it being missing on older versions of the OS. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 31 Oct 1995 09:46:15 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> In article <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) writes: > Which file is it that I should modify for multiple network cards? /etc/iftab. You will also need to run Configure.app to add in the extra driver instances. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: peterw@anecdote.com (Peter Wyngaard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT printer not pulling in paper Date: 31 Oct 1995 14:54:21 GMT Organization: InterConnect of Ann Arbor Message-ID: <475dau$ik3@condor.ic.net> References: <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) writes: > Help! > I'm having a problem with one of my NeXT printers. > It doesn't seem to want to pull in the paper all the way. > The printer will pull the sheet in part way, and then > stops as if it's not being pulled in far enough > to catch the rollers further in. > Anybody out there have any suggestions? > Many thanks > > Eugene I'm afraid it's time to replace the roller that pulls the paper in. I had this done just two weeks ago... I wondered if there wasn't some "hack" that could delay the inevitable need for service, but after playing around with that damn roller for a while I gave up and paid up. Cheers, Peter
From: Mats Kronbladh <mats@teletalk.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Removing NeXTstep from HD Date: 31 Oct 1995 10:05:19 GMT Organization: TeleTalk AB Message-ID: <474scv$ea4@mozart.telegate.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm trying to remove NeXTstep from my HD, but it won't make the disk free for setting up another OS (NT). I've deleted the partition and formatted the disk under DOS but NeXTstep still loads initially when booting. The disk is a seagate ST1480N SCSI. Is there anyone who have a tips for me what to do? Please send me a mail along with any posting. Thanks in advance /mk
From: jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: NeXT printer not pulling in paper Date: 31 Oct 1995 07:09:45 -0500 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <4753m9$4jn@papoose.quick.com> References: <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>, Eugene Mah <eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca> wrote: >Help! >I'm having a problem with one of my NeXT printers. >It doesn't seem to want to pull in the paper all the way. >The printer will pull the sheet in part way, and then >stops as if it's not being pulled in far enough >to catch the rollers further in. >Anybody out there have any suggestions? >Many thanks There are a number of people who have had problems with the rollers, and plastic gears going bad. Recently, I had these symptoms on my printer at home and feared the worst. Before taking everything apart, though, I tried a new ream of paper and the problem went away. I think that the paper had absorbed a great deal of water during the summer. This increased the amount of friction just enough to cause the printer to fail. If new paper does not help, try cleaning the rollers. A posting from september described how someone cleaned and 'revitalized' the rubber rollers on his printer. >From blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu Thu Sep 21 06:55:59 EDT 1995 >From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) >Subject: Solution: Inexpensive NeXT laser printer repair > >I have bought a used NeXT but it didn't print. The rubber rollers >didn't take the paper in the printer correctly. The rubber was too >old. I tried to get some replacement parts, but I got a quote of $160 >for the whole mechanism. I didn't search any longer and fixed the >printer myself. Here is how. > > >How I Opened the printer: >1. I unplugged all the cables from the printer. >2. I removed both, the upper and lower plastic covers. >3. I removed the part of the mechanism that covers the very first rubber > roller - the one which also has the opening button on it. > I didn't unplug its cables, I just turned it out from the printer. >4. The axle of the rubber roller (the very first rubber roller) has an > electromagnet at one end. > I used an 'appropriately adjusted' paper clip to hold the electromagnet > in the open position. >5. Now, the rubber roller can be easily accessed and also moved. In one > direction only. > > >How I renewed the rubber roller: >1. I used "Lintless Head Cleaning Shwabs" by GC Electronics. > (Made from foam, not cotton). With no chemicals on them (dry). >2. I have put on them "Rubber Cleaner Revitalizer" - PRB LINE. > Made for Projector Recorder Belt, part No. RCR-21. >3. I cleaned the rubber roller with the shwabs and revitalizer. >4. I have also cleaned all the other rubber rollers I could reach. > And I also have put some "Synthetic Hydrocarbon Grease" on the gears. > (PRB LINE, manufactured for Projector Recorder Belt, part No.608.) -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: wiemer@dave.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de ( Sebastian Wiemer) Subject: nameserver via PPP? Sender: news@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (News Administrator) Message-ID: <DH3uKq.Hpx@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:29:13 GMT Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Rechenzentrum Hi, The situation is this: 2 stations runnning NS3.3 connected via en0 One station is connected to an server via ppp0 Is it possible to let the server (over ppp0) be the nameserver? The IP-address of that server is already in /etc/resolve.conf, but if I try a name with telnet or so, there is an error, that says, that the name is wrong (wich isn't).) Telneting with an IP number works fine. So, anyone who knows an answer, please? advTANXance, Sebastian please reply to: wiemer@dave.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de NO NEXTMAIL PLEASE!
From: jun@tweedledee.ucsb.edu (Jun Liu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Quantum Grand Prix 4.30GB SCSI-2 hard disk (4301S) Date: 30 Oct 1995 21:48:19 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Distribution: world Message-ID: <473h73$4g4@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Greetings, We just bought a Quantum Grand Prix SCSI-2 4.30 GB hard disk for a black cube which is still running NEXT-3.0. Unfortunatly, it did not work, and the vendor's support could not help either. We are still trying hard to talk with Quantum people, but they put you on hold forever. Any help is appreciated. We had an internal hard disk, so that the new one is set as external. 1. When rebooting, the kernel recognized the hard disk. (But I forgot to remember all messages during reboot.) 2. Log in as root, I was asked to initialized the new disk. I gave a name to it and start to initialize. It could not get through. The message was "Incomplete disk transfer". 3. Try to do low level formating with /usr/etc/sdform /dev/rsd1a The message came out as: capacity=10 MB and takes 5 minutes to finish etc. I thought 10 MB is very wrong and did not do formatting. 4. After checking Quantum www site, I noticed that they had a TE jumper (termination). I removed it (since we have an external terminator) and reboot. This time I read booting message very carefully and found that capacity=10 MB. I could not do initialization either. It is probably due to tha fact NEXT cannot recognize 4GB drive. thanks, Jun
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nameserver via PPP? Date: 31 Oct 1995 17:01:36 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <475kpg$eoe@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <DH3uKq.Hpx@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> In article <DH3uKq.Hpx@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> wiemer@dave.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de ( Sebastian Wiemer) writes: > The IP-address of that server is already in /etc/resolve.conf, but > if I try a name with telnet or so, there is an error, that says, that the > name is wrong (wich isn't).) > Telneting with an IP number works fine. Is this a spelling error? It should be /etc/resolv.conf. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: cdl@helium.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: LaserJet 4M+ and PPD file Date: 31 Oct 1995 01:33:18 GMT Organization: The University of California at San Diego Message-ID: <473ucu$3j@news2.ucsd.edu> Has anyone succeeded in creating a PPD file for the HP LaserJet 4M+ such that the resolution can be set to 600 or 300 from PrintManager.app? Consultation with other files in /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes/English.lproj leads me to believe that the entry to use would be something like: *JCLOpenUI *JCLResolution/Resolution: PickOne *DefaultJCLResolution: Unknown *OrderDependency: 10 JCLSetup *JCLResolution *JCLResolution Unknown/Printer Default: "" *JCLResolution 600dpi/600: "@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600<0A>" *JCLResolution 300dpi/300: "@PJL SET RESOLUTION=300<0A>" *JCLCloseUI: *JCLResolution But this seems to have no effect. Other printer properties that are delimited by "JCLOpenUI/JCLCloseUI" in the PPD file that came from ftp.adobe.com don't seem to show up anywhere in the PrintManager either. These properties are Economode and Resolution Enhancement, which I am less interested in setting from the GUI. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego {decvax|ucbvax} !ucsd!mpl!cdl cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu clowenstein@ucsd.edu
From: Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:20:19 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <30965AD3.6653@best.com> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <473m07$arh@news.netvoyage.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> I ftp'd BIND from gatekeeper.dec.com which I believe is the official >> distribution site. The path was /pub/BSD/bind/4.9. > > You need to make a number of changes in order for the package to compile. > Let me know if you would like me to send you my notes. > Please do forward any notes you have. Do you have binaries or altered source I could download. - Jeff
From: n.droux@ieee.org (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Errors trying to convert to Netinfo master Date: 31 Oct 1995 17:24:48 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <475m50$3qp@vega.info.isbiel.ch> References: <473jkt$gip@eisbaer.bb.bawue.de> In article <473jkt$gip@eisbaer.bb.bawue.de> joerg@eisbaer.bb.bawue.de (Joerg Henne) writes: > Hi! > > Please imagin a HP712 running NeXTstep. This machine is configured as > standalone (neither Netinfo client nor server). I tried to turn this machine > into a master Netinfo server using SNS. I ... The best solution in this case is to overwrite the existing local netinfo database and host configuration file by the templates (but *not* by files coming from another configured machine which has already been configured) cp /usr/template/client/etc/hostconfig /etc cp -r /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc/netinfo and only then configure your machine as a server using SNS. Cheers, -- Nicolas Droux <n.droux@ieee.org> http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ PGP fingerprint: 02 D2 E4 24 FA 0E 88 1E BA ED 38 56 C9 FE 22 56
From: ernie@bac-ground (Ernesto Baca) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SoftPC problem Date: 31 Oct 1995 18:05:47 GMT Organization: Internet Connect Services, Inc. Message-ID: <475ohr$q9a@degas.ICSI.Net> I have a NeXT cube with an external diskette drive. It worked fine for a long time until I added a hard disk and a tape backup to the SCSI chain. I had many problems with the chain but I think I have those resolved now. Now I have the following error when I launch SoftPC: The SoftPC CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. CS:0000 IP:7c00 OP:64 6c 56 33 00 I can get around it by "Reseting" and quickly detaching the diskette (Command-f). Later when I try to read a diskette (after another Command-f) it does not detect a diskette or give me an error other than the DOS message "Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\ file not found". It does this whether I have a diskette in the drive or not. In Preferences... I have Floppy External /dev/rsd1h Any suggestions? Ernie -- ____________________________________________________________ Visit me at: http://www.nkn.net/icmall/bac_ground.html Note: This address will be changing soon ____________________________________________________________ Ernesto Baca, P.E. Environmental Consultant BAC-GROUND 3216 Georgetown Houston, TX 77005-2906 USA (713) 664-8452 (w) ebaca@icsi.net (NeXT Mail, MIME, ASCII) ebaca@delphi.com (ASCII - Will be discontinued in 1996) ____________________________________________________________ HOUSTON ROCKETS 1993-94 and 1994-95 NBA Champions! ____________________________________________________________
From: Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 10:22:31 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <30966967.18E0@best.com> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <473m07$arh@news.netvoyage.net> <30965AD3.6653@best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry for that previous post. I was a personal reply to the previous poster but in Netscape "Reply" means New Post but looks EXACTLY like the mail window... - Jeff
From: Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 18:31:43 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm trying to setup my old mono-station as the nameserver for my local net. Could someone point me to BIND for black hardware? I can't find anything at cs.orst.edu and an Archie search turned up some source in New Zealand that requires me to: "recompile libc.a and all applications that use gethostbyname" uh, I don't think so. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jeff jwishnie@best.com
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP!!! CNEWS or INN or any News Server Date: 31 Oct 1995 06:12:57 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <474ep9$epd@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> What is a good news server for NeXT? I have sources to CNEWS and INN, but I am having diffuculties compiling them in my NS3.3 Intel system. Help!!!! I am in need of this server. Any server.... Better yet, are there any pre-compiled news server softwares?
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 31 Oct 1995 06:14:02 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Which file is it that I should modify for multiple network cards?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: (Albatross) Subject: Re: Time-zone change... Message-ID: <DHAqx5.FL@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <1001943001A23A7C@-SMF-> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 04:53:28 GMT In article <1001943001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > Well, we went back to Eastern Standard Time rather than Eastern Daylight > Time here on the east coast of the USA. How did others deal with this? > I ended up going into the Preferences.app as root and pushing it back an > hour by hand. Is there a more elegant way? My 'date' stamp used to show > 'EDT', and now it shows GMT-400. I guess I'm wondering if there is a way > to have it show EST. > > Any ideas appreciated > Thanks > TjL Run: /usr/etc/ntp -s <IP_OF_NTP_SERVER> -Alby
From: wmorse@law.emory.edu (William E. Morse Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ICMP Protections in NeXTSTEP: Date: 31 Oct 1995 20:28:22 GMT Organization: Emory University Message-ID: <4760t6$17n@moe.cc.emory.edu> I was wondering if anyone here knew of what built in ICMP protections (from ICMP bombs) are built into NeXTSTEP. I know that some older UNIX implimentations were vulnerable and I wondered if NeXTSTEP was. If it is, what options do I have to make my NeXTSTEP systems more secure? Thanks! --- William Morse Information Technology Services Emory Law School
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net (P.J.L. van Emmerik) Subject: How to remove the bootmanager? Message-ID: <DHAxr4.69y@inter.NL.net> Sender: news@inter.NL.net (News at news) Organization: Holec Projects Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:19:16 GMT I have an external SCSI disk with NEXTSTEP installed. After that i removed NEXTSTEP and replaced it by Windows NT. The problem is that the bootmanager seems still to be active and wants to boot NEXT, so how can i remove this bootmanager? Please E-mail to: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net
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From: jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 17:14:55 -0800 Organization: CTS Network Services Message-ID: <jwright-3110951714550001@jwright.cts.com> I am in desperate need of advice concerning my Canon Workstation running NS3.3. It seems it had run out of hard disk space while performing an operation. Like an idiot, I left it unattended for a second, and when I came back the disk was spinning constantly and the warning about no disk space left was present. I killed the process and rebooted, and while everything looked fine, my ppp script wouldn't work. It seems /private/dev might be hosed, as all the documents have the question mark on them, and the script dips into /dev. Curiously, nothing else is affected, at least as far as I can tell. I am not a sysadmin, but I can follow directions. I am hoping I can restore the machine without undue deletions or re-installing the disk. I have some important stuff on it and I don't have any way to back it up at the moment. Please, if anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it. You can reach me at jwright@cts.com. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks. Jon
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.0 Developer pkg with NS 3.3 user? (2nd time) Date: 31 Oct 1995 23:54:32 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-34.usc.edu Message-ID: <476cvo$o5q@usc.edu> Hello out there. I was just wondering if I can load up my 3.0 developer package onto my 3.3 system and use it 'make' many of the ftp apps I've come across? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail/Mail.app quirk. Anyone else see this? Date: 1 Nov 1995 02:41:39 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <476mp3$is6@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Here is the quirk: on our NeXT machine "plato.stanford.edu", when any user creates a group alias, say "fred", for the address "fred@machine.domain" and then sends a message to fred, the message does indeed get delivered to fred's account at machine.domain, but the address in the To: field is "fred@plato.stanford.edu" rather than "fred@machine.domain". Has anyone seen this behavior before? Can anyone please tell me where the problem lies? I have installed (a new copy of) sendmail8.7.1 and sendmail.cf, as well as a new copy of Mail.app, but none of this eliminates the behavior. Thanks for your help. -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Removing NeXTstep from HD Date: 1 Nov 1995 11:12:29 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <477kmt$m32@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <474scv$ea4@mozart.telegate.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mats Kronbladh (mats@teletalk.se) wrote: : I'm trying to remove NeXTstep from my HD, but it won't make : the disk free for setting up another OS (NT). I've deleted the : partition and formatted the disk under DOS but NeXTstep still : loads initially when booting. The disk is a seagate ST1480N : SCSI. : Is there anyone who have a tips for me what to do? Please send : me a mail along with any posting. Under DOS try fdisk /mbr Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: jch@old-cube.philosophy.pitt.edu (John Haugeland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: NeXT printer not pulling in paper Date: 1 Nov 1995 15:38:15 GMT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Message-ID: <478497$lfd@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> References: <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> In article <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>, Eugene Mah <eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca> wrote: >Help! >I'm having a problem with one of my NeXT printers. >It doesn't seem to want to pull in the paper all the way. >The printer will pull the sheet in part way, and then >stops as if it's not being pulled in far enough >to catch the rollers further in. >Anybody out there have any suggestions? >Many thanks > Well, I think I finally understand this problem, and know how to solve it. When the printer starts to print a page, a large rubber cam -- roughly two inches wide and one inch in "diameter" (except that it's not exactly circular in cross section) -- shoves a sheet of paper off the top of the pile in the input paper tray and into the printer. I think a lever under the paper first lifts the stack so that the top sheet is making contact with this cam; then the cam-shaft-with-cam rotates, and the friction of the rubber surface of that cam on the piece of paper moves the paper into the printer. The paper must move a certain amount -- namely, until the front end of it is pushed into the "V" formed where two metal rollers meet. (These rollers are about 3/8 of an inch in diameter, 9 or 10 inches long, and are right in the path of the paper coming off the tray, about two inches from the tip of the paper tray when it's fully inserted into the printer.) After the rubber cam has moved the paper into this position, these metal rollers begin to rotate, grabbing the paper between them, and moving it on through the printer. The problem occurs when these rollers do not grab the paper, and so it just sits there where the cam left it. The natural thing to suspect is that the metal rollers, or the rubber cam, are dirty, and so they are slipping and not moving the paper properly. But, in my experience (YMMV), that's NOT the problem. The problem, instead, is that the rubber cam is not moving the paper far enough -- so the metal rollers can't quite "reach" it. Someone else conjectured that the reason is that the rubber on the cam dries out a little and shrinks -- so that its circumference is slightly reduced, thus reducing the amount that it moves the paper when it turns. I think that this is probably right. Here is the amazing magical cure: "clean" that rubber cam with ethanol. You don't have to disassemble anything -- you can rotate the cam shaft with your fingers, so you get all the way around it. Of course, the point isn't really to clean it -- because contamination isn't really the problem. Rather, the ethanol seems to "rejuvenate" the rubber -- I assume by soaking in and expanding it slightly. I can't say how long the effect lasts -- but I haven't seen it wear off (or "dry out" again) yet. One last point. I don't know what all will work for this process. Another poster mentioned a commercial "Rubber Cleaner Revitalizer" made for use on projector belts. (That poster also described rather more elaborate and cumbersome process for getting at the rubber cam -- but it isn't really that hard.) I don't know what's in this commercial product, or whether it might be in any way better that ethanol. But I do know one other thing: isopropanol does NOT work. That is, you can't use the cheap stuff often sold as "rubbing alcohol" -- you need ETHANOL (drug stores usually carry it, or you can get it at paint stores as "shellac thinner". Though I haven't tried it, my hunch is that vodka would also work.) Hope that helps. John Haugeland haugelan+@pitt.edu
From: Alberto Ricart Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: multi-homing a NEXTSTEP box (HP), how??!!! Date: 30 Oct 1995 21:16:15 GMT Organization: Internet Connect, Inc. The Wisconsin ISP 414-476-4266 Distribution: World Message-ID: <473fav$nd9@news.inc.net> Summary: How do I? Keywords: Multihoming, WWW, PPP, setup problem Netland, I am trying to multi-home an HP 712 box for our WWW site, I would like it to respond to different IP addresses. It would seem that this is possible to do with PPP software or something. Anybody done this? How? Reply to me and I'll post a summary! --- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 vox: 414 3764590 fax: 414 3764591 email: alberto@SmartSoft.COM http://www.SmartSoft.COM
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to connect a remote printer ? Date: 1 Nov 1995 17:03:53 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <47899p$mrm@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> I have been trying to no avail to connect to a remote printer that is hosted by another UNIX machine. I have imported all the host name information into my local NetInfo database but cannot work where I specify the connection. I cannot find anything under PrintManager so how do I do it ? Thanks in advance Rupert E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: root@woonext.cmo.ornl.gov (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: can't open NetInfo parent domain Date: 1 Nov 1995 17:02:30 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Message-ID: <478976$rli@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> I keep getting the message: can't open NetInfo parent domain. I'm not a client of anyone! I have attempted to set this up as a standalone machine using NetInfo, but not as a client and not as a server, although I can serve myself if required. I ran SimpleStartUp and finally got some things in like I used to have. (I had to change the IP address of this machine). Now the above complaints. How to turn them off or set things up right? John W.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tom@basil.icce.rug.nl (Tom Hageman) Subject: Re: HELP!!! CNEWS or INN or any News Server Message-ID: <DHBy44.uE@basil.icce.rug.nl> Originator: uubasil@obelix.icce.rug.nl Sender: news@basil.icce.rug.nl (NEWS pusher) Organization: Warty Wolfs References: <474ep9$epd@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 20:26:27 GMT thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) wrote: > What is a good news server for NeXT? I have sources to CNEWS and > INN, but > I am having diffuculties compiling them in my NS3.3 Intel system. Help!!!! > I am in need of this server. Any server.... > Better yet, are there any pre-compiled news server softwares? [!!!Obligatory plug warning!!!] You can find a precompiled, easy-to-install CNews package at <ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/next/NeGeN-2.0a_CNews.NIHS.b.tar.gz>. There are NI- and HS-only versions available if you don't need quad-fat. Also check out our Taylor-UUCP, and Mux (serial driver for NS/I) packages. These packages are brought to you by NeGeN/NiNe, the Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group. -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "there is no difference between theory and practise, __/ _/_/ at least in theory..." -- Bruce Becker
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: p25231@email.mot.com Subject: Netware doesn't always connect Organization: MOTOROLA Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:31:46 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov1.183146.5603@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) We have a problem when we reboot that Netware doesn't always make the connection to the Novell server. The problem seems to be worse during heavy LAN traffic hours. We have tried changing the time outs on npsd, but this doesn't seem to help. Anybody have any ideas? - Thanks, Mark p25231@email.mot.com
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT printer not pulling in paper Date: 1 Nov 1995 06:01:11 GMT Organization: A Big Black Cube Message-ID: <4772f7$j3t@nnrp3.news.primenet.com> References: <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> <475dau$ik3@condor.ic.net> peterw@anecdote.com (Peter Wyngaard) wrote: > I wondered if there wasn't some "hack" that could delay the inevitable need > for service, but after playing around with that damn roller for a while I gave > up and paid up. There is a hack, I did it to mine... All you need is a screwdriver, an attitude (I was pissed off when I did this, which I don't recommend when working with delicate machinery), and the cardboard backing from a 4-pack of Energizer(TM) AAA batteries. 1. Remove the paper take-up roller (The first, big rubber one) from the machine. 2. Disassemble and remove the roller, while doing this, note which side of the roller (only one side does this) contacts the paper as it turns. The roller is egg-shaped when viewed from the side, one side of the "egg" contacts the paper & pulls it in. 3. Slip a piece of the cardboard backing cut to the size of the "contact patch" (about 1"x1") under the rubber roller. 4. Reassemble & test. It worked just great on mine & cured all of my printing problems. Disclaimer: This *IS* a hack, and it does work. My printer has shown no ill effects (or misfeeds for that matter) after about 300-400 sheets. Which is a hell of a lot better than the paper jammed message after every sheet. YMMV -- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Robert Worne rworne@primenet.com OS/2-NeXT -=Starving CS Undergrad=- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in // any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Robert Worne, 1995. // License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. // Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. // Please send notices of violation to rworne@primenet.com and // postmaster@microsoft.com
From: doyle@zeke.lanl.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail/Mail.app quirk. Anyone else see this? Date: 1 Nov 1995 06:14:48 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <47738o$ha4@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <476mp3$is6@nntp.Stanford.EDU> zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) wrote: > Here is the quirk: on our NeXT machine "plato.stanford.edu", when any > user creates a group alias, say "fred", for the address > "fred@machine.domain" and then sends a message to fred, the message > does indeed get delivered to fred's account at machine.domain, but the > address in the To: field is "fred@plato.stanford.edu" rather than > "fred@machine.domain". > Has anyone seen this behavior before? Can anyone please tell me > where the problem lies? In Mail.app 3.3, you have to set the Preference (under the Compose pop-up) to Expand Private Groups. Before 3.3, I think you are stuck with this (terrible) behavior. Cheers, Mark
From: kelly@shogun.nersc.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mounting on Sparc-5 Date: 1 Nov 1995 22:07:15 GMT Organization: National Energy Research Supercomputer Center Distribution: usa Message-ID: <478r2j$qib@cronkite.nersc.gov> I have a Sparc-5 running NEXTSTEP, and it has two internal 520mb hard drives. I put both drives in /etc/fstab so they would both be mounted all the time. Here is the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /Work 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 3 The root device mounts fine, but /Work does not. It is only mounted when someone logs in, and is unmounted when they log out. How do I get the /Work file system to be mounted at boot time and stay mounted? -- Bruce Kelly L-561, P O Box 5509, Livermore, CA, 94551 kelly@nersc.gov National Energy Research Supercomputer Center 510-423-0640 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Fax: 510-422-0435 University of California Portable Batch System slogan: This PBS program has been brought to you by the generous donations of queuers like you. http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/PBS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installing 3.3 on Intel Message-ID: <1995Nov1.140852.1065@corning.com> From: kruger_rc@corning.com (Ray Kruger) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 19:10:40 GMT I'm new to Nextstep, and am having some problems installing on an Intel platform. Perhaps someone has gone through this before, and can offer me some clues... I have a 486/33 ISA bus system. ATI mach64 2M graphics card, adaptec 1542b w/ 2 Micropolis SCSI disks and a Sony SCSI CDROM. I get through loading the software, but the system hangs after re-booting at the "configuring devices" message... How do I start trouble shooting this ? Thanks for any help. Ray Kruger
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: YA swapfile Q Message-ID: <4A8C973001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 01 Nov 95 15:03:00 EST yet another swapfile question for you all.. Is there any advantage to having a larget LOWAT setting for the swapfile? It's set to 16MB, and I have 50MB set aside for swapspace, which I'm not going to be using for anything else. I didn't know if it would make sense to change the LOWAT to something higher. Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: 1 Nov 1995 18:06:40 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <478cvg$nqe@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> wrote: > I'm trying to setup my old mono-station as the nameserver > for my local net. Could someone point me to BIND for black > hardware? > I can't find anything at cs.orst.edu and an Archie search turned > up some source in New Zealand that requires me to: Hi, I used bind-4.9.2 from gatekeeper.dec.com (sp?). As far as I remember it compiles fine if you use the -posix switch. Just make shure you don´t install it on an nfs mounted partition ... Hope this helps Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------ Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: smurfett@mills.edu (Nancy Lin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: trying to build the developer on NS 3.0 Date: 2 Nov 1995 00:39:07 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <4793vb$o1e@agate.berkeley.edu> I get errors when I run the Makefile under /NextDeveloper/Source/GNU/cc/ This is the error message I get when I type make cc -bsd -g -c LR0.c -o ./obj/LR0.o LR0.c:24: header file 'stdio.h' not found *** Exit 1 Stop. Is there somethign I need to do first. I have not run other makefiles..
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Date: 2 Nov 1995 00:28:17 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> I just received a CERT advisory indicating that the telnetd on some unix systems is vulnerable to attack (a user can gain root access). But no information on whether NeXTStep's version of telnetd was mentioned. Here is the relevant paragraph from the CERT Advisory: > If your vendor is not listed, you will need to determine if > your system may be vulnerable. First, determine if your > telnet daemon is RFC 1408/1572 compliant. One > indication that it is compliant is if your telnet(1) > program supports the "environ" command or your > telnetd(8) program supports the ENVIRON or NEW-ENVIRON > options. Unless you are certain that your telnet daemon > is not RFC 1408/1572 compliant, you may wish to assume it > is to be safe. Second, determine if your system supports > shared libraries. To do this, consult the ld(1) manual > page. If it describes dynamic or shared objects, your > system probably supports shared object libraries. A > system is potentially vulnerable if the telnet daemon > supports RFC 1408/RFC 1572 and the system supports > shared object libraries. Does anyone know if NextStep is vulnerable? I saw no mention of of the "environ" command in the man pages for telnet, nor mention of ENVIRON option in the man pages for telnetd. -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: jwright@cts.com Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Message-ID: <01A8973001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 01 Nov 95 12:25:00 EST (Jon Wright) wrote: "I am in desperate need of advice concerning my Canon Workstation running NS3.3. It seems it had run out of hard disk space while performing an operation. Like an idiot, I left it unattended for a second, and when I came back the disk was spinning constantly and the warning about no disk space left was present. I killed the process and rebooted, and while everything looked fine, my ppp script wouldn't work. It seems /private/dev might be hosed, as all the documents have the question mark on them, and the script dips into /dev. Curiously, nothing else is affected, at least as far as I can tell" I think that the files in /dev use the same icons as commonly used for files which don't exist (or broken links, etc). Why NeXT would do this is beyond me. To test it, open a Terminal.app window and do ls -l /dev/ and see if there are files listed therein. If so, they are not hosed. If it is hosed, you might be able to just copy them from the CD. As to why your PPP won't work, take notice of what is happening, and what isn't, check the logfile, and then send an email message to: nextppp @ chinx1.thoughtport.com (The email list for NeXT PPP) You'll find lots of wonderful people there, charming, informative, etc etc TjL, who just might be a member of that email list... -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: buster@spot.Colorado.EDU (Paul Buster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: np0: Timeout waiting for Print Complete Date: 1 Nov 1995 22:40:23 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Message-ID: <478t0n$dbp@peabody.colorado.edu> there's a NeXT here with printer attached. from time-to-time it fails to print and logs the following in /usr/adm/messages np0: Timeout waiting for Print can someone please shed some light on this ? (plz send me e-mail, I'll summarize if needed) thanks -paul buster buster@Colorado.EDU
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: socket.ph for NeXTSTEP wanted. (use of bind) Date: 01 Nov 1995 16:32:58 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <erazr7t5y.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <ehh0shqxe.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> In-reply-to: robert@steffi.accessone.com's message of 29 Oct 1995 14:21:33 -0800 To: robert@steffi.accessone.com CC: jfm@jupiter.slac.stanford.edu OK my problem was not caused by socket.ph which I have generated many times with h2ph. My problem was caused by perl scripts that use tcp/ip AF_INET sockets and assume that the local ip address is the ethernet address. That is they use the address returned from gethostbyname to do explicit bind calls before a connect call. This will block the connect call if the ip address is bogus ... as is in mine because I have a dialup configuration. The solution is to let connect bind an unbound socket because explicit binding isn't really necessary unless you are using listen() OR do use the wildcard address which specifices any local address .. in perl that would be "\0\0\0\0" or 0,0,0,0 Both w3mir and newscan assumed you were on an ethernet network. If the newscan author is reading this.. innd requires that you use \r\n to terminate the line not just \n so your MODE READER will fail. Thanks to all who kindly assisted in this problem. I now have a better understanding as to how things work and I'm pleased that I'm able to make use of those cool perl scripts. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: Alpha CD Imaging <stefano@alphacd.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: installing nextstep 3.2 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 16:45:56 -0800 Organization: Hooked Online Services Message-ID: <309814C4.7B36@alphacd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit please tell me where i can get help on installing 3.2 I know its obsolete, but it is all that i can afford now. I have an Adaptec 1522 scsi controller card... i have been able to use the original boot disk, add a driver form the additional boot disk and install the kernel onto the disk... the problem is when i boot up again, it asks for the driver from the additional boot drivers disk. It loads the driver and then it locks up right before it gets to the scsi driver.. the last line is something like PCKeyboard. thanks in advance... stefano@hooked.net stefano@alphacd.com
From: sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu (Uri Sarid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: dialing in to my 28.8 Boca modem Date: 1 Nov 1995 21:41:35 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Message-ID: <478pig$ov2@news.nd.edu> I just purchased a Boca 28.8 modem to be used with my NS 3.3 Pentium system. The modem sits on COM port A. I'm running NXFax, so there's an entry in gettytab put there by the NXFax installer which reads # NXFax dialup on port A NXFaxA:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT / NXFax (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:lm=\r\n%h modem login\72 :sp#38400: but the same problem below happens if I don't have NXFax running and instead just use the gettytab entry (by changing and turning on an entry in ttys). The fax works great both ways: in particular, the modem will answer and receive fax calls. The problem is this: when I call in to this phone line remotely, namely I place a data call to this phone line, hoping to connect to my machine from home, the modem answers and prints out the banner line, then it asks me for my username, but instead of then prompting for a password it prints a few characters of seeming garbage and that's all. No connection, and hitting my password or any other keystrokes on the dialing-in remote machine does not produce any effect. According to the man page entries, getty does whatever it was told to in the gettytab file, and then hands control to login in order to authenticate the login. Apparently this is where things hang; perhaps a bau rate or parity change occur. Can anyone shed any light on this problem? What should I try next? Thanks very much in advance! Uri Sarid Dept. of Physics University of Notre Dame sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu
From: Peter.D.Clark@eng.sun.com (Pete Clark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mounting on Sparc-5 Date: 2 Nov 1995 00:59:11 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Distribution: usa Message-ID: <47954v$j6s@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <478r2j$qib@cronkite.nersc.gov> In article <478r2j$qib@cronkite.nersc.gov> kelly@shogun.nersc.gov writes: > I have a Sparc-5 running NEXTSTEP, and it has two internal 520mb > hard drives. I put both drives in /etc/fstab so they would both > be mounted all the time. Here is the /etc/fstab file: > > /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 > /dev/sd1a /Work 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 3 > > The root device mounts fine, but /Work does not. It is only mounted > when someone logs in, and is unmounted when they log out. > Take out the 'noauto' option on the /Work mount point. Best, Pete -- *************************************************************************** Pete Clark | The thinking man looks at the world and SunSoft Object Products Group | sees a comedy. The feeling man looks Peter.D.Clark@eng.sun.com (NeXTMail) | at the world and sees a tragedy. ***************************************************************************
From: Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: CERT Advisory CA-95:14 - Telnetd Environment Vulnerability Date: 2 Nov 1995 01:20:20 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Distribution: world Message-ID: <4796ck$6ka@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> Hi, I just received the advisory from CERT about telnetd. Does anyone know if NEXTSTEP (and which versions, if any) are vulnerable to this problem? See comp.security.announce for the details. -- Milo Velimirovic <Milo.Velimirovic@uwlax.edu> Unix Computer Network Administrator (608) 785-8030 Information Technology, Operations and Networking University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 USA 43 48 05 N 91 14 22 W > > CERT advisories and bulletins are posted on the USENET newsgroup > comp.security.announce. If you would like to have future advisories and > bulletins mailed to you or to a mail exploder at your site, please send mail > to cert-advisory-request@cert.org. > > Past CERT publications, information about FIRST representatives, and > other information related to computer security are available for anonymous > FTP from info.cert.org. >
From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing 3.3 on Intel Date: 2 Nov 1995 08:07:48 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <479u8k$abp@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <1995Nov1.140852.1065@corning.com> kruger_rc@corning.com (Ray Kruger) wrote: I'm new to Nextstep, and am having some problems installing on an Intel platform. Perhaps someone has gone through this before, and can offer me some clues... I have a 486/33 ISA bus system. ATI mach64 2M graphics card, adaptec 1542b w/ 2 Micropolis SCSI disks and a Sony SCSI CDROM. I get through loading the software, but the system hangs after re-booting at the "configuring devices" message... How do I start trouble shooting this ? The ISA version of the ATI is not supported. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: cam@xedoc.com.au (Cameron Bromley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS network management tools? Date: 2 Nov 1995 03:05:49 GMT Organization: Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Message-ID: <479cid$p68@news.mel.aone.net.au> Hi, I'm currently looking into network management tools. Ideally, I'd like a NEXTSTEP-based tool, but Solaris/OpenWindows or even NT/Windows would do the job. Actually, it's not the network per se I'm interested in mangaging. What I'm really interested in is CPU load, free disk space, vm size and a few other app-specific things. Network stuff would be more of a neat side-effect. The tool would need to be user-extensible (I'd like to keep an eye on Oracle and/or Sybase internals and the internal status of some of our "Mission Critical" apps. I could probably scratch up an app to do all this but...... Any thoughts or recommendations out there? Thanks, Cam. -- --- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron Bromley Email : cdb@xedoc.com.au Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd. Fax : +61-3-9214-0102 Unit 11, 663 Victoria St, Phone : +61-3-9214-0199 Abbotsford, VIC, 3067, Australia http://www.xedoc.com.au/
From: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix Subject: Looking for 'Mail-Server' Date: 2 Nov 1995 10:04:45 GMT Organization: Daimler-Benz AG Message-ID: <47a53t$g0m@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, I'm looking for a 'mail server' (don't know if that's the right word for what I'm looking for...) program. It should be possible to send mails with a special subject-line or message body to a specific user. After the mail has arrived at the server, the mail-server program should execute specific command on the mailhost: it should execute binaries, automatically send a mail back... Could you point me to the right software? Thanks... .Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 03:43:21 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.83.30983E58@fiber.net> References: <jwright-3110951714550001@jwright.cts.com> In article <jwright-3110951714550001@jwright.cts.com> jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) writes: >From: jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright)>Subject: HELP! think I hosed something >Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 17:14:55 -0800 >I am in desperate need of advice concerning my Canon Workstation running >NS3.3. It seems it had run out of hard disk space while performing an >operation. Like an idiot, I left it unattended for a second, and when I >came back the disk was spinning constantly and the warning about no disk >space left was present. A suggestion: Boot in single-user mode and delete all those files you created. The fsck will still take forever before you get a # prompt, but you _should_ be able to boot in and delete happily until you get reasonable space. If I'm wrong...tell me. Carl
From: <David W. Gotthold> blumoose@bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Help! My NSIntel machine won't boot correctly Date: 2 Nov 1995 04:53:45 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <479isp$msd@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> For some reason my machine (a 486 ASUS mb w/NCR810 scsi onboard) has quit booting automatically. The system crashed this afternoon, and when I rebooted, I got to n(NeXTStep) d(DOS), partion 1,...4 When I hit n, the screen blanked, then PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT appeared at the top of the screen. I used the installation floppy to boot the system back up, and it worked fine with: boot:sd()mach_kernel The system booted up without any problems, except that I had to do the same thing even after fsck had "fixed" the disk. I tried replacing the boot sector, but that didn't help. (Anyway, it seems to work, it's the next part with "boot:" that's broken) Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! -- David Gotthold University of Texas at Austin, Microelectronics Research Center blumoose@mail.utexas.edu .................office (512) 471-5383 http://bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu .............fax (512) 471-8575
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP!!! CNEWS or INN or any News Server Date: 2 Nov 1995 06:03:43 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <479mvv$fid@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <474ep9$epd@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <DHBy44.uE@basil.icce.rug.nl> Does anyone know what exit code 256 means? This is what happened: "Configuration Failed Execution of "NEWSCONFIG=/usr/local/lib/news/bin/config /localAdmin/NewsConfig.app/setnewsconf.sh /localAdmin/NewsConfig.app" failed with exit code 256. Thankx...
From: Kevin P. Hannan Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: installing nextstep 3.2 Date: 2 Nov 1995 05:44:20 GMT Organization: Future Services, Inc. Message-ID: <479lrk$7qu@news.atlcom.net> References: <309814C4.7B36@alphacd.com> In <309814C4.7B36@alphacd.com> Alpha CD Imaging wrote: > please tell me where i can get help on installing 3.2 > I know its obsolete, but it is all that i can afford now. > > I have an Adaptec 1522 scsi controller card... > i have been able to use the original boot disk, add a driver form the > additional boot disk and install the kernel onto the disk... > the problem is when i boot up again, it asks for the driver from the > additional boot drivers disk. It loads the driver and then it locks up > right before it gets to the scsi driver.. > the last line is something like PCKeyboard. > > thanks in advance... > stefano@hooked.net > stefano@alphacd.com > This is related to the mouse driver. NeXT assumes FULL PS/2 mouse compatiblity. There is a NeXTAnswers on this, number 1480. Title: Keyboard Lockup During Installation Bug Entry Number: 1480 Last Modified: <<Date June 13 1995>> Q: When I try to install NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 for Intel Processors onto my computer, the keyboard locks up, and I am unable to complete the installation. What's going on? How do I get the installation to complete? Is the computer now unusable? A: There is a known bug which may lock up your keyboard during installation onto systems which do not have integrated PS/2 mouse support. The problem is in the PS/2 mouse driver, and removing the PS/2 mouse driver from your default configuration will work around the problem. The following entry will prevent the PS/2 mouse driver from being automatically loaded. By default, NEXTSTEP loads the following drivers during installation and when booting config=Default: PS2Keyboard, PS2Mouse, Adaptec1542B, DPT2012, IDE, and Floppy. To remove the PS2Mouse driver from this list, type the following at the boot: prompt: "Boot Drivers"="PS2Keyboard Adaptec1542B DPT2012 IDE Floppy" While configuring during the installation process, be certain to remove the instance of the PS2Mouse driver which is automatically added by Configure. Good Luck -- Kevin -- P.S. Sorry if there are format problems. This was cut/paste from NeXTanswers..
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Creating 1GB Swapdisk? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Date: 2 Nov 1995 15:56:52 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47apo4$jsq@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <47a3uq$fup@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ralf Specht (specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM) wrote: : Hi all, : I want to add a 1GB disk as swapdisk to a NeXT System but don't know how : to make it available to the system. man fstab (ach Mist, das gibt's ja gar nicht mehr :-() man swaptab man mach_swapon -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Native NeXT without monitor Date: 2 Nov 1995 16:07:21 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47aqbp$k24@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <47a4q5$fvp@news.sns-felb.debis.de> <47aq30$k0u@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Ralf Specht (specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM) wrote: : : Hi all, : Kannst Du bitte das englische cross-posten in eine deutsche : newsgroup unterlassen.... Sorry for the german in an englisch newsgroup. This article was crossposted and I did a followup :-( : : I want to use an old, black native NeXT-station without a monitor connected : : to it as print server. Is that posiible? : : Someone told me, that I'll have to connect something to the monitor-port, : : but he couldn't tell me more about it... It is possible when you disable the sound out test in the Boot-Monitor and switch the machine on by connecting Power On and Ground for a short time. Some people say it's not advisable to have the station running without the load of the monitor as switching power supplies may need it. Older cubes won't even come up without the monitor's load. It should be possible to simulate the monitor's load by a shunt resistor (the monitor takes 60 W according to technical data). Usual disclaimers apply. : -- : Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// : Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( : D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / : Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/ -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Subject: cmsg cancel <47aq30$k0u@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Control: cancel <47aq30$k0u@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: 2 Nov 1995 16:08:15 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47aqdf$k26@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Article cancelled from within tin [v1.2 PL2] -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Creating 1GB Swapdisk? Date: 2 Nov 1995 09:44:58 GMT Organization: Daimler-Benz AG Message-ID: <47a3uq$fup@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, I want to add a 1GB disk as swapdisk to a NeXT System but don't know how to make it available to the system. In the SysAdmin* Notes, there is only a description on how to set up a very small swap disk with the BuildDisk application. Can someone give me a hint? Thanks... .Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Native NeXT without monitor Date: 2 Nov 1995 09:59:33 GMT Organization: Daimler-Benz AG Message-ID: <47a4q5$fvp@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi all, I want to use an old, black native NeXT-station without a monitor connected to it as print server. Is that posiible? Someone told me, that I'll have to connect something to the monitor-port, but he couldn't tell me more about it... Bye... .Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.sys.next Subject: cmsg cancel <47b555$4kg@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Control: cancel <47b555$4kg@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Date: 2 Nov 1995 19:11:47 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47b55j$4kg@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> cancel
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Login Background ??? Date: 2 Nov 1995 08:50:17 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-56.usc.edu Message-ID: <47a0o9$5kt@usc.edu> I accidentally deleted a bunch of saved usenet articles. But I remember that someone posted how to change the background of the login screen - like having a picture for the background. If someone knows how to do this, would you please either post here or mail me. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 19:12:47 -0800 Organization: CTS Network Services Message-ID: <jwright-0111951912470001@jwright.cts.com> References: <01A8973001A23A7C@-SMF-> > (Jon Wright) wrote: > "I am in desperate need of advice concerning my Canon Workstation running > NS3.3. It seems it had run out of hard disk space while performing an > operation. Like an idiot, I left it unattended for a second, and when I > came back the disk was spinning constantly and the warning about no disk > space left was present. I killed the process and rebooted, and while > everything looked fine, my ppp script wouldn't work. It seems > /private/dev might be hosed, as all the documents have the question mark > on them, and the script dips into /dev. Curiously, nothing else is > affected, at least as far as I can tell" > > I think that the files in /dev use the same icons as commonly used for > files which don't exist (or broken links, etc). No, they appeared with a text file icon before, if I remember correctly. > Why NeXT would do this is beyond me. > > To test it, open a Terminal.app window and do > > ls -l /dev/ > > and see if there are files listed therein. If so, they are not hosed. Did that, and there are, which is why I assumed I could get them back. They have sizes, albeit small. > As to why your PPP won't work, take notice of what is happening, and what > isn't, check the logfile, and then send an email message to: Naw, my PPP script is using /cufb, which is hosed or ???. But now I have a cool mailing list to belong to. Thanks. Any other ideas? I keep thinking it's something really simple like an suid or something. jOn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc From: spai@netcom.com (Suresh Pai) Subject: Disktab entry for Micropolis-1908 (1.6 GB) disk Message-ID: <spaiDHE2sr.J89@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 00:02:50 GMT Sender: spai@netcom22.netcom.com Hi I am looking for the the disktab entry for Micropolis 1908 (1.6 GB) harddisk. If anyone has it, will you please mail it to me? Thanks suresh email : spai@netcom.com
Message-ID: <4725gt$53l@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Subject: Re: How to exchange Disks on black Station Date: 30 Oct 1995 08:22:37 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world In article <46trkb$nis@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> you wrote: : Axel Habermann (kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : : I would recommend using dump / restore because gnutar does copy hardlinks as : : plain files, thus leading to a loss of several megabytes on the copy. : : Be sure to have the restore patch installed when doing this under 3.2!!!! : Eh??? Which version. I ask because recently I was doing a similar : operation myself. This is a fragment of a listing, with inode numbers, : of a ***copy***. I fail to see an alleged effect: : 19301 -rwxr-xr-x 4 root 39472 Sep 25 1993 gunzip* [...] Ok. You're right - I'm wrong. I must have seen it on an older version of tar. Haven't checked for a long time... : : : Fromdir cannot be "/", by the way, since todir must be : : : mounted somewhere under "/", : : : : It can as gnutar takes care of this (at least v 1.11.2 does) : : (it says 'removing / from absolute path' on archive extraction) : This will not help very much if you mounted your new disk on : /new_disk and now you try to copy, with tar, /new_disk to itself : so it is advisable to put '/new_disk' on --exclude list. Maybe one should use the -l (stay in local file system) option. You'll not need the whole Network on your new disk ;-) -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/ "Wenn Du nicht weisst, was Du tust, mach's mit Eleganz!" -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
Message-ID: <4725mi$53r@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany References: <1995Oct9.142309.27877@il.us.swissbank.com> <RDL.95Oct24224809@world.std.com> <RDL.95Oct25215356@world.std.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Subject: Re: Help! Which brand CD-ROM drive should I buy Date: 30 Oct 1995 08:25:38 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world I wrote : I can't play audio-CDs from within NeXTSTEP. CDPlayer launches but : hangs trying to access the CD-ROM. I must apologize. I had an older version of CDPlayer lying around somewhere in my path. I copied the new version from the 3.3 CD and now it works fine. Sorry for the bandwidth and the confusion. The Toshiba XM3601TA is a very nice drive. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: Christian Kebekus <Christian.Kebekus@mathematik.uni-dortmund.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Login Background ??? Date: 2 Nov 1995 13:45:53 GMT Organization: Dep. of Mathematics ,University of Dortmund, Germany Message-ID: <47ai2h$b6c@nx2.hrz.uni-dortmund.de> References: <47a0o9$5kt@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reichman@scf.usc.edu Hey, you could change your loginpanel with dwrite loginwindow ImageFile <path/filename> If you search for nice examples look at ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de:/pub/NeXT/NOVA_CD/Graphics/LoginPanels Ciao, Christian
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS network management tools? Date: 2 Nov 1995 16:02:48 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <47aq38$fa@news.its.com> References: <479cid$p68@news.mel.aone.net.au> cam@xedoc.com.au (Cameron Bromley) wrote: > Actually, it's not the network per se I'm interested in mangaging. > What I'm really interested in is CPU load, free disk space, vm size > and a few other app-specific things. Network stuff would be more of > a neat side-effect. I'd be tempted to throw together a perl script that called uptime, df, 'ls -l /private/vm/swapfile', and whatever else; nicely reformatted their outputs into a report, and then emailed it or appended it to a logfile somewhere. Call this from cron at whatever interval you please. > The tool would need to be user-extensible (I'd like to keep an > eye on Oracle and/or Sybase internals and the internal status > of some of our "Mission Critical" apps. For monitoring Oracle or Sybase, you'll probably have to write something that interacts with the DBMS admin tool. For monitoring the internal status of your own apps, I'd build them with CrashCatcher, and have a cron job that sends the processes a SIGUSR1 every interval to make CC produce state reports. You then set up the CC report annotation to include whatever internal status info you want -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: So many Fonts with BaKoMaFonts Date: 2 Nov 1995 18:34:12 GMT Organization: University of Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <47b2v5$a4u@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Hi! I installed the 'BaKoMaFonts' (these replace the Computer Modern Pixel Fonts (pk-fonts) of TeX by PSFonts). The results are nice (not as good as pk-fonts) but are very useful, if you produce .eps-files with dvips (-E as switch) and reuse these by rescaling them in other software like Draw.app or Diagramm!. Especally when you enlarge the normal .eps-Files (produced with pk-fonts) rescaling leads to stairs in the Caracters and signs. Now that the TeX-Fonts are replaced by postscript fonts, the stairs go away, because the output device rasters the font. Not so nice is the fact, that all new TeX-PS-Fonts are shown in the Font-Panel of every Appliation. Now my Question is, is there a way to let the DPS-System use these PS-Fonts but to prevent the Font-Panel to show them. You don't need theses Fonts in the Font-Panel, because you use them under TeX and not under Edit.app or so.... Thanks, Michael
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix From: markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> Subject: Re: Looking for 'Mail-Server' In-Reply-To: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM's message of 2 Nov 1995 10:04:45 GMT Message-ID: <7xlopysmnz.fsf@burrow.muc.de> To: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Fcc: ~/mail/sent-mail Organization: hardly any... References: <47a53t$g0m@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 21:59:32 GMT >>>>> "rs" == Ralf Specht <specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM> writes: rs> Hi all, I'm looking for a 'mail server' (don't know if that's rs> the right word for what I'm looking for...) program. rs> It should be possible to send mails with a special rs> subject-line or message body to a specific user. After the rs> mail has arrived at the server, the mail-server program should rs> execute specific command on the mailhost: rs> it should execute binaries, automatically send a mail back... rs> Could you point me to the right software? you might want to take a look at procmail (ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/packages/procmail/) it should do the job. (although it's a bit cryptic to program.) hth, tm -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/ __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~markusg/
From: pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Date: 2 Nov 1995 18:13:42 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <47b1om$h92@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Ed Zalta (zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU) wrote: : I just received a CERT advisory indicating that the telnetd on some : unix systems is vulnerable to attack (a user can gain root access). : But no information on whether NeXTStep's version of telnetd was : mentioned. Here is the relevant paragraph from the CERT Advisory: : : > If your vendor is not listed, you will need to determine if : > your system may be vulnerable. First, determine if your : > telnet daemon is RFC 1408/1572 compliant. One : > indication that it is compliant is if your telnet(1) : > program supports the "environ" command or your : > telnetd(8) program supports the ENVIRON or NEW-ENVIRON : > options. Unless you are certain that your telnet daemon : > is not RFC 1408/1572 compliant, you may wish to assume it : > is to be safe. Second, determine if your system supports : > shared libraries. To do this, consult the ld(1) manual : > page. If it describes dynamic or shared objects, your : > system probably supports shared object libraries. A : > system is potentially vulnerable if the telnet daemon : > supports RFC 1408/RFC 1572 and the system supports : > shared object libraries. : Does anyone know if NextStep is vulnerable? I saw no mention of of the : "environ" command in the man pages for telnet, nor mention of ENVIRON : option in the man pages for telnetd. I have the same question. For what it's worth, I have a bit of information to add. The NeXT telnet program does support the environ command. The problem exists only on systems that use shared libraries. This is one of those really basic things that we all ought to know, but I haven't been able to figure out if NeXtStep uses shared libraries.
From: dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: CERT Advisory CA-95:14 - Telnetd Environment Vulnerability Date: 2 Nov 1995 17:08:33 GMT Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa Message-ID: <47atuh$j2j@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> References: <4796ck$6ka@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> writes: >Hi, >I just received the advisory from CERT about telnetd. Does anyone know if >NEXTSTEP (and which versions, if any) are vulnerable to this problem? Well, I just tried it and the NS 3.3 telnetd definitely lets you send over any variable you want. I don't know if NS has any dangerous symbols the dynamic linker could hijack, but there could always be other things, like setting IFS and logging into an account that has a shell script for a shell, etc. Its certainly something NeXT *should* look into, but I'd wager against it considering their responsiveness to fixing their broken telnetd in the first place. -- Doug Siebert || "Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor University of Iowa || without the editor. Editors don't appreciate dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu || this, for some reason." -- Larry Wall (c) 1995 Doug Siebert. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Login Background ??? Date: 2 Nov 1995 20:41:26 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-67.usc.edu Message-ID: <47badm$qo0@usc.edu> References: <43D4983001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) wrote: > There is a Preference module for the Login Window floating around > somewhere, but I don't have an URL handy. I'd be interested to know what that preference module does. But actually, I wasn't asking about the login panel. What I wanted was to be able to put a background image behind the login panel. Also, BTW, I tried setting Backspace for the login window but it never seemed to come up. And I'm not sure where to set the defaults for Backspace to effect the login window. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Date: 2 Nov 1995 20:55:51 GMT Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa Message-ID: <47bb8n$jr9@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> References: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <47b1om$h92@nntp.Stanford.EDU> pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan) writes: >I have the same question. For what it's worth, I have a bit of >information to add. The NeXT telnet program does support the >environ command. The problem exists only on systems that use >shared libraries. This is one of those really basic things that >we all ought to know, but I haven't been able to figure out if NeXtStep >uses shared libraries. It does (see the directory /usr/shlib) But the problem only occurs in systems that have environment variables that affect how the shared libraries are used -- where they are loaded from and that sort thing. I don't know if NS has any such dangerous environment variables or not. If not, then the fact its telnetd supports passing environment variables, and does in fact pass any arbitrary environment variable through from telnetd to login to your eventual shell (I tested it earlier today under NS 3.3) won't hurt you in any way from THAT specific attack. But other attacks, like maybe setting IFS when your login shell on a certain user is a shell script, could be a problem. -- Doug Siebert || "Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor University of Iowa || without the editor. Editors don't appreciate dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu || this, for some reason." -- Larry Wall (c) 1995 Doug Siebert. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
From: Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Login Background ??? Date: 2 Nov 1995 22:31:23 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Message-ID: <47bgrr$acv@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <47badm$qo0@usc.edu> What y'all are looking for is Christopher Lane's excellent SpaceSaver.loginbundle. This is a re-cast of Sam Streeper's Backspace.app for use as a loginwindow screensaver. Because of the addition of *.loginbundle in NeXTstep 3.3, there are separate versions of SpaceSaver available for pre- or post- NS3.3. The 3.3 version is available (last I checked) at: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/binaries/screen/SpaceSaver_3.3.1.tar.gz The pre-3.3 version is available from: ftp://camis.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/SpaceSaver_3.2.tar.gz This makes it possible to run most any Backspace module at the loginwindow, including my MailWatchView: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/software/next/sources/screen/MailWatchView.tar.gz Robert -- Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu MIT Atomic Resonance and Spectroscopy Laboratory ---> NeXTmail always welcome <---
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for 'Mail-Server' Date: 2 Nov 1995 18:46:12 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-56.usc.edu Message-ID: <47b3lk$5kt@usc.edu> References: <47a53t$g0m@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) wrote: > It should be possible to send mails with a special subject-line > or message body to a specific user. After the mail has arrived > at the server, the mail-server program should execute specific > command on the mailhost: > > it should execute binaries, automatically send a mail back... You can either muck around with procmail, which can do what you want, but you have to learn how to write procmail files. or You can buy commercial app "MAiLBACK" from Dancing Bear Enterprises, which handles all of that. www.dancingbear.com -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki) Subject: Re: NeXT printer not pulling in paper Message-ID: <1995Nov2.170252.2478@nidat.sub.org> Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany References: <475dau$ik3@condor.ic.net> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 17:02:52 GMT In article <475dau$ik3@condor.ic.net> peterw@anecdote.com (Peter Wyngaard) writes: > In article <473hd7$1ap4@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> > eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) writes: > > Help! > > I'm having a problem with one of my NeXT printers. > > It doesn't seem to want to pull in the paper all the way. > > The printer will pull the sheet in part way, and then > > stops as if it's not being pulled in far enough > > to catch the rollers further in. > > Anybody out there have any suggestions? > > I'm afraid it's time to replace the roller that pulls the paper > in. I had this done just two weeks ago... > > I wondered if there wasn't some "hack" that could delay the > inevitable need for service, but after playing around with that > damn roller for a while I gave up and paid up. > There is a hack to extend the life of that little pieces of rubber. They loose their grip when they get cluttred with dust and grease. You can restore the old shape by wiping them firmly with a strong piece of cloth and propyl alcohol or cleaning gas. The measure of last resort is using some piece of abrasive paper to remove the slippery top layer (at your own risk, of course ;-) At least it won't cost you much more than a replacent in the first place... -- Peter Nitezki | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed art thou who knoweth Staarenbergstr. 44 | Tel.: +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and D-76703 Kraichtal | Fax : +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked GERMANY | pgp, MIME, NeXTmail # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
From: jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 11:01:51 -0800 Organization: CTS Network Services Message-ID: <jwright-0211951101510001@jwright.cts.com> References: <jwright-3110951714550001@jwright.cts.com> <cpayne.83.30983E58@fiber.net> > >I am in desperate need of advice concerning my Canon Workstation running > >NS3.3. It seems it had run out of hard disk space while performing an > >operation. Like an idiot, I left it unattended for a second, and when I > >came back the disk was spinning constantly and the warning about no disk > >space left was present. > > A suggestion: > > Boot in single-user mode and delete all those files you created. The fsck > will still take forever before you get a # prompt, but you _should_ be able to > boot in and delete happily until you get reasonable space. > > If I'm wrong...tell me. Thanks, but lack of disk space isn't the problem now. I have all the disk space I need and apps seem to run wonderfully. It seems there's a lock on /dev/cufb when I kermit to check my modem connection, and PPP uses this. I checked in /dev and that's where I noticed the funky icons. Jon jwright@cts.com
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail/Mail.app quirk. Anyone else see this? Date: 2 Nov 1995 16:03:11 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <47aq3v$ea3@emerald.oz.net> References: <47738o$ha4@newshost.lanl.gov> In article <47738o$ha4@newshost.lanl.gov> doyle@zeke.lanl.gov writes: > zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) wrote: > > Here is the quirk: on our NeXT machine "plato.stanford.edu", when any > > user creates a group alias, say "fred", for the address > > "fred@machine.domain" and then sends a message to fred, the message > > does indeed get delivered to fred's account at machine.domain, but the > > address in the To: field is "fred@plato.stanford.edu" rather than > > "fred@machine.domain". > In Mail.app 3.3, you have to set the Preference (under the Compose > pop-up) to Expand Private Groups. Before 3.3, I think you are stuck with > this (terrible) behavior. > I'm using NS 3.3 and have defined aliases in NetInfo which appear in the "Groups" rather than "Private Groups" listing in Mail's Addresses panel. When I address outbound mail using an alias, I still see the above behavior even though I have set the "Expand Private Groups" preference. This might work for Private Groups, but I need to figure out how to force "Groups" aliases to be expanded so that the To: field is correct. This has caused us problems when "Reply All" is chosen because invalid addresses are then generated resulting in bounced mail :-( --- Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: jmike@mail.utexas.edu (J. Michael Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT Turbo just froze!!!!! Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 13:04:02 -0600 Organization: UT Austin Message-ID: <jmike-0211951304020001@barthelme.fac.utexas.edu> References: <46ooa9$no0@usc.edu> In article <46ooa9$no0@usc.edu>, reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: >[....] > Any ideas why this might have happened. It's a first, and hopefully the > last time! > > Following is the relevant stuff from /usr/adm/messages >[....] > Oct 26 03:50:52 midnight mach: vnode_pageout: failed! > Oct 26 03:50:52 midnight mach: IO error on pageout: error = 28. > .............[snipped repetitive stuff]............. > Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: cannot flush output cache! > Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: vnode_pageout: failed! > Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: IO error on pageout: error = 28. > Oct 26 03:50:58 midnight mach: cannot flush output cache! > > ========================END========================== Looks like your swap device filled up. It's possible that your swap (page, actually) file grew extremely large, but when your machine restarts, it will be reduced to the low water size, so it doesn't look like you've got a disk space problem. You might consider adding a hiwat option to your swap file entry in /etc/swaptab (see the manpage for swaptab) or lower the number if you've already got one. On the other hand, mebbe you just downloaded too much stuff, and your swap settings are fine, you just need to delete/move the stuff. justmike
From: <David W. Gotthold> blumoose@bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Help! My NSIntel... - more info Date: 2 Nov 1995 19:19:17 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <47b5jl$n29@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> I still haven't been able to fix the boot problem with my computer (see below) but I have found out a few more things. I was able to fsck the disk again, and I tried to change the superblock with disk, but it didn't work. bardosaur:4# fsck -b 941312 Alternate super block location: 941312 ** /dev/rsd0a BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG USE -b OPTION TO FSCK TO SPECIFY LOCATION OF AN ALTERNATE SUPER-BLOCK TO SUPPLY NEEDED INFORMATION; SEE fsck(8). The block number was from disk, scan. PLEASE HELP!!!!! I don't want to reformat my drive!!!! -- David Gotthold University of Texas at Austin, Microelectronics Research Center blumoose@mail.utexas.edu .................office (512) 471-5383 http://bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu .............fax (512) 471-8575 ======================= For some reason my machine (a 486 ASUS mb w/NCR810 scsi onboard) has quit booting automatically. The system crashed this afternoon, and when I rebooted, I got to n(NeXTStep) d(DOS), partion 1,...4 When I hit n, the screen blanked, then PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT appeared at the top of the screen. I used the installation floppy to boot the system back up, and it worked fine with: boot:sd()mach_kernel The system booted up without any problems, except that I had to do the same thing even after fsck had "fixed" the disk. I tried replacing the boot sector, but that didn't help. (Anyway, it seems to work, it's the next part with "boot:" that's broken) Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
From: tido@sapien.net (Tido Ciaravino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: trouble getting kerberos to compile Date: 3 Nov 1995 00:40:07 GMT Organization: Sapien News Server Message-ID: <47bod7$ivb@master.sapien.net> Keywords: kerberos compile install i have been trying to install kerberos (V4, or V5B4, or V5B5) and have not had much luck. i remember seeing some reference to using kerberos on NS (so i assume that SOMEONE has done it) but just can't remember where... getting ANY version (4 or 5) to compile (or even getting a compiled version) would help LOTS! thanx in advance Tido Ciaravino Director Computer Services Sapien tido@sapien.net (NeXTMAIL would be nice for a change...)
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modem help! Date: 2 Nov 1995 17:30:25 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <47av7h$mo8@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <472t7t$rsi@newshost.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: adelson@cic3c.c3.lanl.gov,(Stephen,Joel,Adelson) Any modem will work, but you will have to make up a special cable for it; a Macintosh cable might not work correctly because it doesn't have the hardware flow control lines hooked up. The proper wiring configuration is in the man pages, type man sz to get the pin-out information for building the cables. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: sun@unity.ncsu.edu (Ying-hsuan Sun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP! think I hosed something Date: 2 Nov 1995 19:51:09 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Message-ID: <47b7fd$qui@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> I have the same problem as you although it was not due to the PPP package, and I still don't know how to solve!! The "?" on the file icon under /private/dev and /dev were there as soon as I install 3.3 from scrach on my turbo color. Why is that? I MAKEDEV again and "?" is still there!! Another question is about the serial driver. When we boot up the machine we can see the machine testing ADB mouse, keyboard, en0 (ethernet) ... will it test the serial port? I never see anything about cua/cub or cufa/cufb. Still I am struggling to have my turbo color to talk to my modem. I am sure That I have the right cable (I have test it with multitester). Any idea? Ying-Hsuan Sun
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Modem help! Date: 2 Nov 1995 17:30:39 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <47av7v$mo8@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <472t7t$rsi@newshost.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: adelson@cic3c.c3.lanl.gov Any modem will work, but you will have to make up a special cable for it; a Macintosh cable might not work correctly because it doesn't have the hardware flow control lines hooked up. The proper wiring configuration is in the man pages, type man sz to get the pin-out information for building the cables. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: doyle@zeke.lanl.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail/Mail.app quirk. Anyone else see this? Date: 2 Nov 1995 17:27:41 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <47av2d$bq@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <47738o$ha4@newshost.lanl.gov> <47aq3v$ea3@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > I'm using NS 3.3 and have defined aliases in NetInfo which appear in > the "Groups" rather than "Private Groups" listing in Mail's Addresses > panel. When I address outbound mail using an alias, I still see the above > behavior even though I have set the "Expand Private Groups" preference. > This might work for Private Groups, but I need to figure out how to force > "Groups" aliases to be expanded so that the To: field is correct. This > has caused us problems when "Reply All" is chosen because invalid > addresses are then generated resulting in bounced mail :-( Yes, I was only talking about Private Groups which apparently isn't what the original poster wanted either. I don't know how to deal with expanding the Groups entries.... Sorry for the confusion. In any case, it is hard to see how come the default behavior would be not to expand them out since it always results in broken behavior. With the private groups, I had the unfortunate experience of my friends replying to a mail message with a somewhat tasteless joke in it (I had thought I had checked the box for Expand Private Groups, but I hadn't). @lanl.gov is a big place and my aliases were also valid addresses, so the replies went to them. Luckily they had a sense of humor, so no real harm done. Cheers, Mark
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mounting on Sparc-5 Date: 2 Nov 1995 16:38:24 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <47bdog$ms2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <478r2j$qib@cronkite.nersc.gov> In article <478r2j$qib@cronkite.nersc.gov>, kelly@shogun.nersc.gov writes: >/dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 >/dev/sd1a /Work 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 3 > >The root device mounts fine, but /Work does not. It is only mounted >when someone logs in, and is unmounted when they log out. The noauto option should only be used on the root disk. Try this: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/sd1a /Work 4.3 rw,noquota 0 3 Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: conrad@cgl.ucsf.edu (Conrad Huang %CGL) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: 2 Nov 95 20:21:23 GMT Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Message-ID: <conrad.815343683@cgl.ucsf.edu> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <478cvg$nqe@trillian.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) writes: >I used bind-4.9.2 from gatekeeper.dec.com (sp?). As far as I remember it >compiles fine if you use the -posix switch. Just make shure you don´t >install it on an nfs mounted partition ... Unless you have a great aversion to beta software, you can also run the latest release, which may be found at ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/bind/testing/bind-4.9.3-BETA26.tar.gz We've been running the various beta versions on our Motorola NEXTSTEP system and have had no problems except for one NEXTSTEP malloc bug (which BETA26 works around). The code compiles with no code changes required (you still have to configure it, of course). BETA26 was made available in August. The version we're using was made available in January. Paul Vixie, who maintains BIND, has threatened several times to create 4.9.3-OFFICIAL-RELEASE from the latest beta, so the code is pretty solid (it should be, considering it's been in beta for at least a year). Conrad
From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-bat.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anyone using smail? Date: 2 Nov 1995 20:24:36 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Message-ID: <47b9e4$qtp@netty.york.ac.uk> References: <46f9r5$kmk@olcs.olcs.com> otto@olcs.com (Otto Lind) writes: > I've seen a lot of postings about sendmail, and was wondering if anyone > else is using smail. I spent (way too) many hours trying to setup Yes, We run uk smail on our main cube as it deals with mailing lists. Much better. All the rest run sendmail, but they are setup to forward all mail to the mailhost running smail. That way we avoid all the normal netinfo problems with sendmail which other people have described. -bat.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Message-ID: <1995Nov2.221403.4031@free.fdn.org> Sender: news@free.fdn.org Organization: Fabien Roy Consultant, Paris, France References: <jwright-3110951714550001@jwright.cts.com> <cpayne.83.30983E58@fiber.net> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 22:14:03 GMT In single user mode type: /usr/etc/MAKEDEV NeXT Hope that helps Fabien -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org (NextMail/MIME accepted) Fabien Roy Consultant NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/EOF Consultant, SYBASE DBA 10 rue de la DEFENSE 93100 MONTREUIL, France Tel: 33 1 45 28 32 23 Fax: 33 1 48 55 09 90
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Benchmark results (P90/256 pipeline/16MB RAM/Matrox2MB) Date: 3 Nov 1995 00:57:24 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <47blt4$9ig@alf.uib.no> Maybe not so interesting with all the 133MHZ machines out there, but this is a home machine for private use (and seems much faster than my cube, despite being in colour)... Cinet PPI-300 (Intel mainboard, Trident chipset, AMI BIOS) Pentium 90MHz (see my post about 90 vs 100 MHz versions) 256k pipeline burst cache 16MB RAM (not EDO) 1GB Quantum Fireball (EIDE, 10,5ms) Goldstar CD-ROM (4x ATAPI, model 520) Matrox MGA Millenium 2MB WRAM NS3.3 NXBench V2: Integer Performance: 131004 dhrystones/s (83.18 MIPS) Grafics Performance: 2.1800 (NXFactor 2.0) Tensor: Logo 372 Colour ramps: 336 Polygons: 430 Lines: 307 Text manipulation: 389 Image scaling: 150 decomp.: 106 Compositing: 522 50 threads: 61 100 : 118 Dhrystone: 605 Floating point: 498 Integer: 415 Trig: 1920 Disk seek: 260 write: 222 seq. read: 525 random read: 326 Total Tensors: 399 (seems that Trig accounts for much of the difference, although my machine was better than NeXTs (both turbo and non turbo) in all aspects except 50 threads, display polygons and composite images on the turbo modell). NWBench: 128755 Dhrystones/s (81.75 MIPS) Graphics: V/V 14.88 D/V 4.352 Any other bench tests I can try??? :-) Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Which to choose - 90 or 100MHz Pentium for NS machine? Date: 3 Nov 1995 00:34:46 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <47bkim$65f@alf.uib.no> Hi. Well, I got my new machine and it seems quite nice - I don't know how I lived without colour before :-) Everything goes faster than the cube, although many of my favourite apps don't seem to run anymore (Stuart, Cassandra, Looching, MahJong, more). Many suggested a 100MHz as a better choice because of the 33Mhz buss contra the 90 at 30Mhz, citing better throughput and a "snappier" feel. My dealer is willing to swap my 90 chip for a 100 for a small fee (not too much :-) but I really don't know if it's money better spent elsewhere (like a printer, soundcard, RAM, more disk, etc) as NS seems (at the moment) quite nice on Intel - I'm positively surprised. So - what kind of performance increase do I get by adding 10MHZ to the processor speed and "only" 3MHz to the buss speed...? I have pipeline cache, but no EDO RAM (as the improvement was quated at 2% - not worth 2x price of RAM) and 16MB RAM (seems a bit little, but the machine seems quick enough) and Matrox Millenium w/2MB WRAM. BTW - anyone interested in an Intel box - get the best monitor you can - even at the option of a slower machine - it's worth it at the end of the day. I found a grat deal on a Philips Brilliance 17A 17" monitor that is really nice, high refresh rates, 0.26 dot pitch, etc. Theres really nothing as nice as NeXTs original MegaPixel monitors... I'll post benchmark results in a separate message. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: Nicole A Vincent <nicolev@number_one.csse.swin.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: news retrieval and slurp - need help Date: 3 Nov 1995 08:37:33 GMT Organization: Swinburne University of Technology Distribution: world Message-ID: <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keywords: slurp cnews news nntp Hi I've got a PPP system trying to such news down to itself. Unfortunately, whenever I run slurp, I get the following message in /usr/adm/messages: Nov 3 19:25:14 number_one slurp[761]: tcp_open: can't connect to server news: Connection refused considering that the connection is up when I run slurp, and I've set it all according to the doccos, what could be the problem,... any suggestions welcome. Cheers Nicole
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:10:56 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov3.081056.1173@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <47b7fd$qui@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> In article <47b7fd$qui@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> sun@unity.ncsu.edu (Ying-hsuan Sun) writes: > The "?" on the file icon under /private/dev and /dev were there as soon > as I install 3.3 from scrach on my turbo color. Why is that? I MAKEDEV > again and "?" is still there!! That's how they are supposed to look. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:12:13 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov3.081213.1236@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <jwright-0211951101510001@jwright.cts.com> In article <jwright-0211951101510001@jwright.cts.com> jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) writes: > Thanks, but lack of disk space isn't the problem now. I have all the disk > space I need and apps seem to run wonderfully. It seems there's a lock on > /dev/cufb when I kermit to check my modem connection, and PPP uses this. > I checked in /dev and that's where I noticed the funky icons. Look at /usr/spool/uucp/LCK. This is where most software puts its lock files. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Linux machine as fax server for NeXT ? Message-ID: <DHH349.Mt0@fritz.snafu.de> Sender: news@fritz.snafu.de Organization: dasburo Berlin Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 15:02:32 GMT Does anybody know wether it would be possible to have a Linux machine act as a fax server for NeXT machines. I had a look with Librarian through the docs, but the architecture of the fax system does not seem to be explained anywhere. Thanks for any info, Ernst. -- -------------------------------------------- Ernst Kloecker ernst@fritz.snafu.de --------------------------------------------
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: news retrieval and slurp - need help Date: 3 Nov 1995 09:25:16 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Distribution: world Message-ID: <47cn5s$es1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> In article <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> Nicole A Vincent <nicolev@number_one.csse.swin.edu.au> writes: > I've got a PPP system trying to such news down to itself. Unfortunately, > whenever I run slurp, I get the following message in /usr/adm/messages: > > Nov 3 19:25:14 number_one slurp[761]: tcp_open: can't connect to server > news: Connection refused > > considering that the connection is up when I run slurp, and I've set it > all according to the doccos, what could be the problem,... any suggestions > welcome. This is probably the wrong group, but I don't mind :-). Your news server is refusing you a connection. This can be for several reasons. Try: telnet newsserver nntp, which should give a more detailed explanation. It may be due to load on the server, permissions problems on the server, or an authentication failure (which might give a different message, I am not sure). Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: So many Fonts with BaKoMaFonts Date: 3 Nov 1995 14:14:15 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <47d83n$l68@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <47b2v5$a4u@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Michael Moellney (moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de) wrote: : The results are nice (not as good as pk-fonts) but are very useful, : if you produce .eps-files with dvips (-E as switch) and reuse these : by rescaling them in other software like Draw.app or Diagramm!. : Especally when you enlarge the normal .eps-Files (produced with : pk-fonts) rescaling leads to stairs in the Caracters and signs. : Now that the TeX-Fonts are replaced by postscript fonts, the stairs : go away, because the output device rasters the font. Hmm. I'm using the BaKoMa fonts since a few months with my TeX installation at home. Their appearence at small sizes is different from the PK fonts, but I'm not even sure which one I do prefer, and I really like the fact that I don't have to wait for Metafont any more. Nevertheless, if you carefully read the BaKoMa licence, there's a major drawback: Use of those fonts in commercial institutions is forbidden without first contacting Basil. I wondered about the consequences and asked Basil. He assured me of the following: If you include the fonts in a PS document, no commercial institution is allowed to print or even preview this document if it hasn't bought a license from Basil. Therefore, if you plan to distribute this document, you'll either have to omit the fonts, requiring any reader to have installed the BaKoMa fonts on his system, or you have to include a README that warns commercial installations not to view or print the document without license (it's the same problem as with all copyrighted PS fonts). My conclusion is to use them only for preview on my own system. They could have been a really nice way to publish TeXed documents as PS without worrying about scaling issues, but with the current license, this is not viable. I'm not even sure if the license allows you to give away documents printed with BaKoMa fonts to people in commercial organizations ;-). So, yes, the fonts are really a nice replacement for the CM Metafonts, but you have to take care how to use them. They are definitely not free in the sense of TeX. : Not so nice is the fact, that all new TeX-PS-Fonts are shown in the : Font-Panel of every Appliation. Yes, this is annoying. Well, the best solution would be to create Multiple Master Fonts that resemable the Metafont idea, i.e. to have one MMF for CM Roman, and transform it to get cmr5, cmr10, cmr12. Any volunteers ;-) ? Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: soren@datashopper.dk (Søren Mathiasen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NON PS PRINTING Date: 3 Nov 1995 14:33:40 GMT Organization: DataShopper Danmark Message-ID: <47d984$4bf@hades.datashopper.dk> Hi... Does anyone know how to print under NS, without a PostScript printer. Cause i can't get my OKI OL-400 to work. Please Help... Later, Soren
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: 3 Nov 1995 17:04:33 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <47di31$jb1@news.its.com> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> Jeff Wishnie <jwishnie@best.com> wrote: > I'm trying to setup my old mono-station as the nameserver > for my local net. Could someone point me to BIND for black > hardware? /usr/etc/named? Failing that, try ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/BSD/bind/4.9. > I can't find anything at cs.orst.edu and an Archie search turned > up some source in New Zealand that requires me to: > > "recompile libc.a and all applications that use gethostbyname" If you're referring to the BIND-4.x distribution, that's a suggestion, not a requirement. I wish I *could* recompile NeXT's libsys_s.a (equivalent to the standard libc.a). -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Date: 3 Nov 1995 17:12:01 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <47dih1$jb1@news.its.com> References: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) wrote: > Does anyone know if NextStep is vulnerable? I saw no mention of of the > "environ" command in the man pages for telnet, nor mention of ENVIRON > option in the man pages for telnetd. The telnet and telnetd appear to support "environ", and NEXTSTEP has shared libraries, so it is "potentially vulnerable", I believe. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: syslog security problem Date: 3 Nov 1995 01:30:01 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Message-ID: <47brap$gsq@portal.gmu.edu> References: <JBRYANS.95Oct25175037@wren.csulb.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NeXTSTEP is not vulnerable to this bug via the described sendmail exploit. As for it being vulnerable call wise (i.e. other programs that use syslog() ) I have not checked. Tim ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon tfs@epic.org (PGP key aval.) crypto is good Digital Encryption Systems Inc. I own my own words -- ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail) Tim Scanlon George mason University Public Affairs I speak for myself, but often claim demonic posession
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Nov 1995 01:35:04 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <47brk8$f7k@portal.gmu.edu> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <1995Oct31.084235.22457@seer.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: fun with bind The stock named in /usr/etc/ is old crufty and broken. It inherits old BIND bugs that have since been fixed. It's worth upgrading it, allthough how best to deal with the resolver libs is still a question I havn't adequatly answered... Tim ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon tfs@epic.org (PGP key aval.) crypto is good Digital Encryption Systems Inc. I own my own words
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: CERT Advisory CA-95:14 - Telnetd Environment Vulnerability Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Nov 1995 01:40:34 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <47brui$m8i@portal.gmu.edu> References: <4796ck$6ka@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: not a problem on NS In article <4796ck$6ka@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu>, Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> wrote: >Hi, > >I just received the advisory from CERT about telnetd. Does anyone know if >NEXTSTEP (and which versions, if any) are vulnerable to this problem? > >See comp.security.announce for the details. [snip] NS is not vulnerable to this due to the structure of it's shared lib system. I have spent some serious time over the past year or so at various points looking at this specific problem & NS. Unless my understanding of shlib's on NS in error someplace, I don't think you've got to worry about it. On the other hand, if you do hear that it is vulnerable, I'd love to get some mail on it. Tim ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon tfs@epic.org (PGP key aval.) crypto is good Digital Encryption Systems Inc. I own my own words
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu (Sharad Shanbhag) Subject: Tab problem in Terminal.app Message-ID: <DHH927.HB9@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 17:15:43 GMT perhaps a simple problem... I'm running NS-Intel and cannot get the tab key to generate a tab in a Terminal.app window. This normally isn't a problem. however, I have a need to 'grep' lines which contain tabs in them. suggestions? for what it's worth, here is the listing from stty: 3 /disk2/users/sharad % stty everything new tty, speed 9600 baud, 24 rows, 80 columns even odd -raw -nl echo -lcase -tandem tabs -cbreak crt: (crtbs crterase crtkill ctlecho) -tostop -eucbksp -flusho -mdmbuf -litout pass8 -nohang pass8out pendin decctlq -noflsh -extproc erase kill werase rprnt flush lnext susp intr quit stop eof ^? ^U ^W ^R ^O ^V ^Z/^Y ^C ^\ ^S/^Q ^D thanks! ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: YA swapfile Q Message-ID: <DHGsqM.L8@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <4A8C973001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:18:22 GMT In article <4A8C973001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > yet another swapfile question for you all.. > > Is there any advantage to having a larget LOWAT setting for the > swapfile? It's set to 16MB, and I have 50MB set aside for swapspace, > which I'm not going to be using for anything else. I didn't know if it > would make sense to change the LOWAT to something higher. If you do that early enough, the swapfile is likely to claim consecutive space on the disk. The likely result is faster access as compared to a fragmented file. Also, the neccessary overhead for aquiring free inodes, sectors etc. is already done when swapfile usage grows. If you don't need the space for anything else, do it. Disk space is cheap enough these days. Note that the hiwat refers to the uncompressed swapfile size which is stupid if you use compressed swapfile. You want to set hiwat to actual highest file size on disk, not some non-physical limit. So make hiwat even higher than actual highest bearable file size. I consider the hiwat behaviour a bug. Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salmon@lgb.hill.af.mil (Keith Salmon) Subject: Setting up NeXT for POP3 Message-ID: <b37cb$a2a5.159@news.sisna.com> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 17:42:05 GMT Organization: Sverdrup Tech I would like to setup our NeXT machine as a POP3 server. Is there a freeware pop server for NeXT? If so, how would I set it up? Any help is appreciated. Respond to salmon@lgb.hill.af.mil.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) Subject: Printing private mail addresses Message-ID: <DHHJ2o.Dpw@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ad244@freenet2.carleton.ca (Orrin C. Kerr) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:47:12 GMT One of my users asked how he could print out his private mail addresses. If I knew where they existed, I'd show him the "Control-Drag the directory to Edit" trick. NeXT Answers didn't locate an answer for me. Any ideas? TIA -- Orrin C. Kerr ad244@freenet.carleton.ca All opinions expressed are my own and not the responsibility of my innocent employer (who shall remain nameless)(but it's gummint).
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP to a Portmaster Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 07:55:06 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.84.309B1C5A@fiber.net> Has anybody managed to successfully configure PPP (2.2-0.4.5) to connect to a Livingston Portmaster? The flavored pile of Kool-Aid that I got had a supposed script in it, which works if the "silent" switch is insereted, but doesn't give a completed connection. Anything else and it just bombs and D/Cs the modem, citing failed authentication, etc. I'm suspecting the whole PAP/CHAP thing, but what do I know? I can get the modem to dial (unless I use anything other than stars in the pap secrets <isn't that a popcorn?> file), and it goes through the motions. One thing's clear: we're not talking about hardware, because the modem flat out disconnects right after it passes the password. "Disconnected on peer's request" or some such in the log. All help appreciated. Carl
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Separate HD for SwapFile - significant? Date: 3 Nov 1995 18:42:49 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-07.usc.edu Message-ID: <47dnr9$mpo@usc.edu> I was wondering how significant the/any improvement on performance would be afforded by a separate 100mb HD designated for swapping would be? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Message-ID: <47cj7d$b32@grid.Direct.CA> Organization: Internet Direct MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: ymn@renaissoft.com (Mike Nakamura) Subject: Do you know how to use SCSILOCK Date: 03 Nov 1995 07:17:49 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Distribution: world Hi all, I'm running NS3.2 on black h/w. Do you know what the "u" and "t" flags mean for "usr/etc/scsilock"? Thanks in advance. Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yasunobu (Mike) Nakamura Renaissoft Enterprises, Canada Email: ymn@renaissoft.com Network Consulting & Software Design (NeXTmail welcome) WWW: http://www.renaissoft.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) Subject: Keep getting "Domain browsed didn't respond" with NetInfo Message-ID: <DHHpD3.2Ez@nvc.cc.ca.us> Sender: news@nvc.cc.ca.us Organization: Napa Valley College Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 23:03:03 GMT I'm having problems with one of my hosts. Whenever I try to use any of the GUI apps that access NetInfo (like NFSManager, NetInfoManager, UserManager), I keep getting this "Domain browsed didn't respond" error. I can access the NetInfo data fine from another host on the network, by simple going through the hierarchy, but when I try to access any of the data on the host that is having problems (whether the data is local or remote), I keep getting that error. I can do nidump from a shell from the broken host and access all of the NetInfo hierarchy as well, it's just the GUI apps that seem broken. What's wrong with it, and how do I fix it? -- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Voice: 707 253 3130 Napa Valley College Fax: 707 253 3063 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA, 94558 <fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us> MIME ok, NeXTMail tolerated
From: dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Date: 4 Nov 1995 07:17:28 GMT Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa Message-ID: <47f428$san@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> References: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <47b1om$h92@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <47bb8n$jr9@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> <47dsg7$h4m@portal.gmu.edu> tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) writes: >NS has a nice robust damned-close-to RFC compliant telnet & telnetd >pair. You have GOT to be kidding! NS has the shittiest telnetd of any out there. It has the bug same as other environment-passing telnetds, NS's shared library technology just doesn't provide the sort of flexibility that has led to these problems. Try telnetting to an NS system from almost any other system, and enjoy the messed up output you get from the telnetd's broken linemode implementation. "stty -extproc" will mostly fix the problem for you, but you should NOT have to do that. I hope that they decide to go with the flow and fix their telnetd's environment variable passing behavior along with the other vendors. And in the bargain, it would be wonderful it they tossed out their telnetd completely and adopted Dave Borman's latest BSD 4.4+ version, which is infinitely superior. -- Doug Siebert || "Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor University of Iowa || without the editor. Editors don't appreciate dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu || this, for some reason." -- Larry Wall (c) 1995 Doug Siebert. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
From: spotter@netcom.com (Steve Potter) Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Sender: spotter@netcom11.netcom.com Message-ID: <cancel.spotterDHH1B7.FtF@netcom.com> Control: cancel <spotterDHH1B7.FtF@netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <spotterDHH1B7.FtF@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 18:05:03 KST
From: cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Wireless Beeper System for Unix SysAdmins Date: 4 Nov 1995 01:00:07 GMT Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Message-ID: <47edun$98e@life.ai.mit.edu> Keywords: beeper,unix,administration Cc: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISalert - self-diagnosing computers send alphanumeric beeps to MIS staff *** See our World Wide Web Page at http://www.interbahn.com/pub/cracraft *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much Unix system admin time is spent firefighting, after the fact. The purpose of MISalert is provide an early warning detection system that doesn't tie you down physically. Your "event horizon" is extended, more focused, and more accurate. You don't have to "get back to your desk" to know what computers or services are unavailable. Using MISalert, your MIS group receives alphanumeric diagnostics about critical areas of systems, networks, security, databases, and daemons. So you become like a doctor, only called when you have a sick patient. And when you are beeped, you know exactly what the problem is. CUSTOMERS Some very good names have purchased our product and services: Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas University of London, England University of Jerusalem, Israel Amoco Oil Canada Octel Communications Corp., Silicon Valley and many more. These corporate and educational institutions are now operating their Unix computer centers at peak efficiency thanks to MISalert. AGENTS MISalert activates a series of agents, each agent specialized to examine and check on a specific area of the system, network, databases, daemons, attached peripheral hardware, etc. Typically these areas are thought of to be critical for general good system health. The agents monitor the health of your system. Normally, an agent will detect no problem and it will give way to another agent. Eventually, an agent may be encountered which reports a problem, for example, runaway processes or filesystems nearing a certain high watermark in usage. At this point, the agent queues a message in an internal buffer. Ultimately, after all agents have had a chance to run, this internal buffer is scanned and compared to the last run. Any new problems are extracted and stored for the next phase. Certain queued agent-messages are high-frequency and are sent via electronic mail to individuals on MIS staff (or the entire staff via a system alias.) But most are not high-frequency and are then transmitted to alphanumeric pagers in the form of alert messages to MIS staff beepers. Current agents are: # High load averages When load average goes above a high-watermark. # Runaway processes Flags any user or system processes above a high watermark in terms of system utilization # Check disk. Ensure that disk filesystems don't go above a certain high watermark # Line printer daemon not running Standard Berkeley daemons # Tape devices no tape Complains if no tapes are loaded in tape units for day's backup # Tmp directory Checks permissions of tmp directory to ensure writeability # Systems down Reports if other systems are down. Cross-check by all hosts # Link to Internet down Checks if Internet link is down # Dead wordperfect or lotus 1-2-3 daemons When standard daemons, system or third-party, are down # Financials production Oracle (or other db) database financials production down # Production company database Oracle (or other db) production database down # specialized line printer daemons not running Various lp daemons # Fax server Check that fax services are up # XDM server Ensures X processes are up These are current, implemented agents. Write others or consult with the author or other MISalert users for more. WRITING AGENTS An "agent" is the name for a small piece of code which checks for the desired condition that normally an MIS staff person would have to be paid to check for. Instead, now they can be paid to fix more of these and do other higher-level things than scanning for errors. An agent is easy to write. Typically when a problem occurs during production, an irate user sends an electronic message to MIS. It is best to make a list of such possible messages (or dig through your email logs) and find out the types of problems that users report. After you've made a list, or found a problem that a user reports, it is simple to verify whether MISalert has an agent for this type of problem. If it doesn't, to write it typically takes 10-20 minutes, including debugging and installing it for the regular MISalert automatic run, using the other agents as standard examples or templates of how to write your new agent. From that point on, MISalert will monitor for this problem. If you have your wakeup interval for MISalert set reasonably, then a user need never again embarrass you or get angry about having seen this problem. You will find it first. Writing a typical agent takes 10 minutes, including testing. It is far, far easier, than coding an agent for SUN's SUNNET manager or other similar systems. Basically, anything you can do with standard existing Unix tools in terms of tracking system events can be tracked using MISalert agents, the difference being that MISalert runs everything and reports it elegantly to your pager with minimal effort on your part. Expansion to hundreds of agents and a shorter granularity is possible The system is efficient in that expensive statistics gathering is done once per pass, and, of course, because of Perl. Agents can be configured, based on type or class, for transmission to beeper or via E-mail. To keep beeper activity (and charges low), high volume alerts like cpu or disk conditions, are typically configured as E-mails, with everything else configured as beeps. INTENDED AUDIENCE MISalert can be especially effective for organizations with only a small staff and a large number of computers or services provided to the user base. Also, it would very likely be effective for large staff sites that must trade off responsibilities in terms of a daily "hot seat" or "system help desk" as the transport layer it uses permits call-schedule times for on-call people. LOGGING A master log with timestamp for each alert is maintained by MISalert The system can turn itself off and on at specific times depending upon MIS availability/commitments to your overall organization. MISCELLANEOUS The system consists of about 425 lines of Perl code and makes full use of IxoBeep/Tpage for the transport layer. Since it is written in Perl, it is extremely easy to add agents to. It is all currently running on SUN systems but other systems should be able to run it. It does not have any "hard-coding" dependency on the alphanumeric transport layer it uses. There is also an optional "cookie" feature to send out a motivational fortune cookie if no problems are found, to keep MIS staff motivated and interested (just kidding, we're all that way already, aren't we?) FUTURE DIRECTIONS MISalert's logical next evolutionary step is to not just self-diagnose but to also self-fix system problems. For example, if disk is found to be low on a particular filesystem, MISalert will go out and fix it. If MISalert finds that a daemon is down, it will restart it. Only problems that truly cannot be fixed will generate a beeper alert. The rest will just general email and logfile confirmations. 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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: kernel can't reserve an IRQ level? Message-ID: <jpanicoDHGoIp.MCw@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 09:47:13 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com Hi, I have a PAS16 in my Intel box. The card works withotut problem under MS-DOG running on that box. But under NS, I get the following message at boot: mach: IRQ Levels: Couldn't reserve 10 configureDriver: could not allocate resources for class ProAudioSpectrum16 But I can't figure out why it can't reserve 10, since no other device in the machine is already using it. Any idea appreciated. -- Joe Panico NeXTStep/OpenStep Developer BLaCKSMITH Inc. jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Nov 1995 20:20:36 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <47dtik$sc1@portal.gmu.edu> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <47di31$jb1@news.its.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: oh what fun libs are In article <47di31$jb1@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >> "recompile libc.a and all applications that use gethostbyname" > >If you're referring to the BIND-4.x distribution, that's a suggestion, not >a requirement. I wish I *could* recompile NeXT's libsys_s.a (equivalent to >the standard libc.a). Well, I've been working on doing exactly that. And have come very close to getting it to fly. It ~is~ a serious bitch and some major work to do it, but I've actually gotten a rebuilt lib in the end. The problem I've had has been some strange communication that needs to happen between /lib/libsys_a.a & /usr/shlib/libsys_s.B.shlib that I havn't been able to work out how to correctly construct ore relink/repoint. I posted a bit about this in c.s.n.p, I want to be able to do it... Call it the masochist in me, but it's one of the few things left in the OS that has me challenged at all and I want to take a crack at it, for that & other more practical reasons. <shrug> what can I say, I get bored and rip up the OS for fun. And it's really a pisser when I want to do something and it's a beast becasue of this lib thing. The things were built, that means they can be taken back apart. It's just a matter of ~how~ to do it. Tim (who's trying to dig out more info on this whole thing!) ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon tfs@epic.org (PGP key aval.) crypto is good Digital Encryption Systems Inc. I own my own words
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting up NeXT for POP3 Date: 4 Nov 1995 03:08:24 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <47elf8$3k2@miwok.nbn.com> References: <b37cb$a2a5.159@news.sisna.com> In <b37cb$a2a5.159@news.sisna.com> Keith Salmon wrote: > I would like to setup our NeXT machine as a POP3 server. Is there a freeware pop server > for NeXT? If so, how would I set it up? Any help is appreciated. > Respond to salmon@lgb.hill.af.mil. > > Hi: Get PopOver. It's incredibly easy to use, and setup. It's on the archives, somewhere like: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/mail I've installed in serveral locations and it just works. (Sorry to trot out such an overused phrase, but it really applies in this case). Best regards, John C. Fox john@gscorp.com http://www.gscorp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Tab problem in Terminal.app Message-ID: <DHHLMt.Gz8@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <DHH927.HB9@news.cis.umn.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 21:42:28 GMT Sharad Shanbhag writes >perhaps a simple problem... > >I'm running NS-Intel and cannot get the tab key to generate >a tab in a Terminal.app window. This normally isn't a problem. >however, I have a need to 'grep' lines which contain tabs in them. I don't think this is a Terminal nor a NeXT problem. A friend who knows a hell of a lot more about Unix (Suns in particular) than I, says it is common behavior for the sh and csh shell families. I'd be delighted to find out that this is wrong and that there is some easy way to do what you and I want. The workaround I use is to stick the grep command in a one-line shell script. Gag. -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: grio@next.com (Dan Grillo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 4 Nov 1995 10:25:54 GMT Organization: Technical Support, NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <47ff3i$ct@news.next.com> References: <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> <47e846$aio@blacksun.fct.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Versions: makemail 2.8d In article <47e846$aio@blacksun.fct.com>, John F Sasso <sasso@fct.com> wrote: >In article <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk>, >Paul Lynch <paul@plsys.co.uk> wrote: >>In article <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> >>thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) writes: >>> Which file is it that I should modify for multiple network cards? >> >>/etc/iftab. You will also need to run Configure.app to add in the extra >>driver instances. >> >>Paul > >Call me confused. The last time I talked to Next about more than >one network interface, they told me "No way, not supported, don't >even think it, would have to hack the kernel." > >Either the second interface will be a waste of time, or something's >changed recently. Nothing's changed recently. It isn't supported, and you do need to fiddle with the kernel. Do you need to route between these networks, or just have your machine on two nets? Either way, use Configure and /etc/iftab to set up the two cards. If you want to route between these two networks, you'll need to turn on ipforwarding in the kernel. NEXTSTEP doesn't have an "easy" way to do this -- for example, there's no boot time flag. It's not hard -- the PPP and SLIP packages for NEXTSTEP turn this on. You can just do nlist and flip the int in /dev/kmem to turn on ipforwarding. Here's what I use: /* Copyright (c) 1993 NeXT Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. * ipforwarding.c * A little hack to allow turning on and off ipforwarding in a running * kernel. * HISTORY * 21-Jan-93 Peter King (king@next.com) Created. */ #import <stdio.h> #import <stdlib.h> #import <nlist.h> #import <sys/file.h> static struct nlist nl[] = { #define X_IPFORWARDING 0 {{ "_ipforwarding" }}, {{""}}, }; const char *mach = "/mach"; const char *kmem = "/dev/kmem"; void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int memfd; int ipforwarding; nlist(mach, nl); if (nl[0].n_value == 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Symbols not found in %s\n", mach); } if ((memfd = open(kmem, O_RDWR)) < 0) { perror(kmem); exit(1); } if (lseek(memfd, (long) nl[X_IPFORWARDING].n_value, L_SET) < 0) { perror(kmem); exit(1); } if (argc == 1) { if (read(memfd, &ipforwarding, sizeof(ipforwarding)) != sizeof(ipforwarding)) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: read failed.\n", kmem); exit(1); } printf("Current ipforwarding: %s\n", (ipforwarding ? "on" : "off")); } else if (argc == 2) { if (strcmp(argv[1], "on") == 0) { ipforwarding = 1; } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "off") == 0) { ipforwarding = 0; } else { goto usage; } if (write(memfd, &ipforwarding, sizeof(ipforwarding)) != sizeof(ipforwarding)) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: write failed,\n", kmem); exit(1); } } else { usage: fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [ on | off ]\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } exit(0); } Using NEXTSTEP with multiple cards isn't supported, but mainly works. You might have problems if you run routed with ipforwarding enabled. If you do, just use static routes. --Dan -- Dan Grillo dan@next.com 415 780-2963 MIME, NeXTmail accepted
From: spotter@netcom.com (Steve Potter) Sender: spotter@netcom22.netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 03 Nov 1995 17:21:44 EST Control: cancel <spotterDHGKM8.939@netcom.com> Subject: cmsg cancel <spotterDHGKM8.939@netcom.com> Message-ID: <cancel.spotterDHGKM8.939@netcom.com> Spam cancelled by dsr@lns598.lns.cornell.edu
From: sasso@fct.com (John F Sasso) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to connect a remote printer ? Date: 3 Nov 1995 17:15:13 -0600 Organization: First Continental Trading Message-ID: <47e7q1$ah2@blacksun.fct.com> References: <47899p$mrm@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> In article <47899p$mrm@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >I have been trying to no avail to connect to a remote printer that is >hosted by another UNIX machine. I have imported all the host name >information into my local NetInfo database but cannot work where I >specify the connection. >I cannot find anything under PrintManager so how do I do it ? > >Thanks in advance > >Rupert > >E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk NextStep is still BSD. You just have to jump through flaming hoops to do things. :-) niload printcap . LaserJet_1: \ :lp=:rm=lprsvr1:rp=hplj1:sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_1: \ :ty=postscript: ctrl d Where lprsvr1 is the printer queue server. Where hplj1 is the remote queue name. Where /usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_1 is an arbitrary spool directory. john sasso
From: sasso@fct.com (John F Sasso) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 3 Nov 1995 17:20:38 -0600 Organization: First Continental Trading Message-ID: <47e846$aio@blacksun.fct.com> References: <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> In article <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk>, Paul Lynch <paul@plsys.co.uk> wrote: >In article <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> >thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) writes: >> Which file is it that I should modify for multiple network cards? > >/etc/iftab. You will also need to run Configure.app to add in the extra >driver instances. > >Paul Call me confused. The last time I talked to Next about more than one network interface, they told me "No way, not supported, don't even think it, would have to hack the kernel." Either the second interface will be a waste of time, or something's changed recently. john sasso
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Printing private mail addresses Message-ID: <DHHv4L.LpH@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <DHHJ2o.Dpw@freenet.carleton.ca> Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 01:07:33 GMT Orrin C. Kerr writes > >One of my users asked how he could print out his private mail addresses. >If I knew where they existed, I'd show him the "Control-Drag the directory >to Edit" trick. They're kept in ~/.NeXT/.mailalias . -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: tfs@gravity.science.gmu.edu ( Tim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is NextStep telnetd vulnerable to attack? CERT advisory... Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 3 Nov 1995 20:02:15 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <47dsg7$h4m@portal.gmu.edu> References: <4793b1$5ho@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <47b1om$h92@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <47bb8n$jr9@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Summary: No In article <47bb8n$jr9@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>, Doug Siebert <dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote: >pln@egret0.Stanford.EDU (Patrick L. Nolan) writes: > > >It does (see the directory /usr/shlib) But the problem only occurs in >systems that have environment variables that affect how the shared libraries >are used -- where they are loaded from and that sort thing. I don't know if >NS has any such dangerous environment variables or not. If not, then the >fact its telnetd supports passing environment variables, and does in fact >pass any arbitrary environment variable through from telnetd to login to your >eventual shell (I tested it earlier today under NS 3.3) won't hurt you in >any way from THAT specific attack. But other attacks, like maybe setting IFS >when your login shell on a certain user is a shell script, could be a problem. NS shared library paths are compiled in. We don't get shlib support like other OS's. There are variables, but none that will cause a problem with the telnetd-->/bin/login transfer. In theory if you have a valid account/password pair you can do IFS nastyness. But this shouldn't be a problem, as all accounts have passwords & privledged uid's are restricted of course :-) NS has a nice robust damned-close-to RFC compliant telnet & telnetd pair. And it is _not_ vulnerable to this bug. Of course there may well be other fun bugs lurking our there that're just-for-NS, but that's a different subject entirely. :O Not having a syslog/sendmail problem & not having a telnetd problem is pretty nice. We should count ourselves somewhat lucky. Tim ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon tfs@epic.org (PGP key aval.) crypto is good Digital Encryption Systems Inc. I own my own words
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Subject: Re: How to boot 040 cube from cdrom? Message-ID: <1995Nov4.003915.2942@Radical.Com> Sender: news@Radical.Com Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. References: <46pavl$6e4@pearl.whoi.edu> <DH4I92.GpC@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 00:39:15 GMT In article <46pavl$6e4@pearl.whoi.edu>, Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >I lost alot a files on the 3.2 installed system and would like to >boot 3.3 from cdrom and install it. Is there a way to do this >on an 040 cube? If you have version 66 of the cube boot ROM: Hook up the CD-ROM drive and set it to SCSI id 0. Insert the CD-ROM & reboot. When it asks you which drive to install on, tell it sd1a (the internal drive). Mark
From: manish@pia.media.mit.edu (Manish Tuteja) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Quantum Grand Prix 4.30GB SCSI-2 hard disk (4301S) Date: 4 Nov 1995 05:54:10 GMT Organization: MIT Media Lab Message-ID: <47ev62$h15@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <473h73$4g4@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> We have the same drive happily running along in a NeXT box. My only problem with it is that it has be the one of the loudest drives I've heard. In the past, my solution to the problem you describe has been to low-level format the drive. sdform has failed miserably at this for large drives. I have an Adaptec 1542 card on my shelf for just such emergencies. The Adaptec's have a low-level formatting routine built into the BIOS. After a low-level format, NextStep should recognize it as a 4Gb drive and do a correct partition and newfs of the drive. Manish
From: jtainio@tuoppi.oulu.fi (Jukka Tainio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Benchmark results (P90/256 pipeline/16MB RAM/Matrox2MB) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Date: 4 Nov 1995 11:24:31 GMT Organization: University of Oulu Message-ID: <47fihf$jgl@ousrvr3.oulu.fi> References: <47blt4$9ig@alf.uib.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit : Any other bench tests I can try??? :-) How about DrivePerformance ??? -- -------------------------------------------- Jukka Tainio jtainio@rieska.oulu.fi http://www.ratol.fi/~jtainio/ --------------------------------------------
Message-ID: <47df75$834@news.nd.edu> Organization: University of Notre Dame MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu (Uri Sarid) Subject: Re: dialing in to my 28.8 Boca modem Date: 03 Nov 1995 15:15:33 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Distribution: world On 11/01/95, Uri Sarid wrote: > >I just purchased a Boca 28.8 modem to be used with my NS 3.3 Pentium system. >The modem sits on COM port A. I'm running NXFax, so there's an entry in gettytab >put there by the NXFax installer which reads > ># NXFax dialup on port A >NXFaxA:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT / NXFax (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:lm=\r\n%h modem >login\72 :sp#38400: > >but the same problem below happens if I don't have NXFax running and instead just >use the gettytab entry (by changing and turning on an entry in ttys). The fax works >great both ways: in particular, the modem will answer and receive fax calls. The >problem is this: when I call in to this phone line remotely, namely I place a data call >to this phone line, hoping to connect to my machine from home, the modem answers >and prints out the banner line, then it asks me for my username, but instead of then >prompting for a password it prints a few characters of seeming garbage and that's all. >No connection, and hitting my password or any other keystrokes on the dialing-in >remote machine does not produce any effect. According to the man page entries, >getty does whatever it was told to in the gettytab file, and then hands control to login >in order to authenticate the login. Apparently this is where things hang; perhaps a >bau rate or parity change occur. > >Can anyone shed any light on this problem? What should I try next? >Thanks very much in advance! > Uri Sarid > Dept. of Physics > University of Notre Dame > sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu > > Just following up on my earlier posting, now that the problem has been solved: (This might be useful to others) Thanks very much for your assistance. The problem was apparently that (as I was helpfully told by the NXFax people) there was an old requirement for the p8 command in the gettytab entry. The original entry read NXFaxA:p8:ap:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT / NXFax (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:lm=\r\n%h modem login\72 :sp#38400: but with the current versions of the serial port and portserver device drivers, the p8 should no longer be used. However, taking it out of the entry was NOT enough: as I discovered reading through the top of my gettytab file, the default entry at the top of the table sets the default parameters for all entries, so if you don't specify p8 in the NXFaxA entry but you did specify it in the default entry it is still used! The solution is then trivial: take it out of the default entry too. My default entry and my NXFaxA entry both have ap and neither has p8 and now things work great. By the way, note that the colon (:) is a separator, so in your banner line do not use a colon, use \72 (its ascii code) instead. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions I received! Uri (sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu)
Message-ID: <uzs1c3.134.002E1763@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Organization: Private References: <46qmp6$f6h@deimos.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de> <4726r5$eea@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: uzs1c3@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Konstantin Wiesel) Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP + Linux + DOS off one disk - how to ? Date: 03 Nov 1995 21:23:09 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world >By the way: All versions of NEXTSTEP work fine with all versions of the OS/2 >boot manager. But the new OS/2 boot managers (since WARP 3.0) cannot boot >Linux anymore. False, you cant boot a Nextstep partition with the OS2 boot-manager. In case You can, it is simply by chance. This means that you have to use the Nextstep Boot-Loader which can only determine between DOS and Nextstep partitions at boot-time.
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From: herb@hepo.toppoint.de (Herbert Scheller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix Subject: Re: Looking for 'Mail-Server' Message-ID: <OHomwAGABh107h@hepo.toppoint.de> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 95 15:55:42 GMT References: <47a53t$g0m@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Organization: TOPPOINT Mailbox e.V. Kiel, Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In <47a53t$g0m@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) writes: >Hi all, >I'm looking for a 'mail server' (don't know if that's the right word for >what I'm >looking for...) program. >It should be possible to send mails with a special subject-line or message >body >to a specific user. After the mail has arrived at the server, the >mail-server >program should execute specific command on the mailhost: >it should execute binaries, automatically send a mail back... >Could you point me to the right software? Probier´s mal mit einer Anfrage beim Toppoint List- und Mailserver Ein Service des Toppoint Mailbox e.V. - weltweit verfügbar - Eine Mail an die Adresse server@toppoint.de mit der Nachricht @@ find rna_l hilft vielleicht weiter. Mit @@ help bekommt man eine Hilfedatei geschickt. >Thanks... >.Ralf jo. Herbert -- >< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert M. Scheller EMail: herb@toppoint.de
From: rcarpena@iac.es (Rafael Munoz Carpena) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Comm. software Date: 4 Nov 1995 13:05:57 GMT Organization: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Message-ID: <47fofl$h6v@sinfo.ll.iac.es> I am looking for a program like ICOMM that works for NS3.0. I just need basic comunications with a remote computer via modem in a manner similar to that program (login scripts would be nice, too!). Was ICOMM ever upgraded to work with NS3.0. I have a copy of it (v1.0) but it does not seem to work. Thank you, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Ph.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OF THE CANARY ISLANDS (ICIA) Dept. Soils and Irrigation Fax: 34-22-476303 Apdo 60 - La Laguna Phone:34-22-476343 38200 Tenerife (Spain) e-mail: rcarpena@iac.es --------------------------------------------------------------------
From: postmaster@sn-bota-1.bota.uni-bonn.de (Die Schl"umpfe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: netinfo corrupted Date: 4 Nov 1995 18:56:53 GMT Organization: Your Organization Message-ID: <47gd1l$8l8@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII ...well at least I beleive! Actually I wanted to configure Mail on my NSfIP 3.3 according to the Documentation in /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/.. My System is a standalone, connecting to the Internet via PPP. I probably made the mistake and took over the examples in above mentioned document. I entered the value './local' in /machines/gandalf/serves via NetInfoManager, it was blank before. Anyhow, I'm not able to boot up in Multi-user mode any more. To be more precisely here's an excerpt form my bootup-log: ... Setting hostname to gandalf Reinitializing nmserver's network portion Multiuser startup in progress ... <rc.swap> ... cleanig up: .... Starting early network daemons: syslogd. Starting RPC and network services: portmap netinfo lookupd ntpd Mounting remote filesystems # (I have DOS on my second partition) Starting file service daemons: And that's where the system hangs. ^C keeps me getting on though I end up having a black screen... If I boot in -s mode, I can't even use niutil / nidump, etc to change my netinfo database. It doesn't matter if I started nibindd or not: -> nidump aliases / gives me: -> cannot connect to netinfo server : Connection failed Any ideas ? Thanks in adv. Torsten Joerg joerg@sonne.bota.uni-bonn.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pat%cesar@cam.org (Patrique Lalonde) Subject: Questions regarding NEXTSTEP WWW and stuff Message-ID: <1995Nov4.205503.725@cesar.uucp> Sender: pat@cesar.uucp Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 20:55:03 GMT Bonjour Netland, I've been a proud owner of a NeXTSTATION since they first came out. Since, I had to purchase many intel based systems in order to accomplish my work. I use a UUCP connection to transfer my e-mail and news to my NeXTSTATION. I now beleive that it is time for me to fully convert back to NEXTSTEP. Here are my questions: 1) Where can I get information on software/shareware that would let my NeXTs connect to PPP servers? Am I so stupid not to realize that it has been always built-in? And if so whre is the documentation? 2) Is it possible to use the Mail.app and newsgrazer over a PPP connection? 3) Where do I get the required information in order to setup one of my Nexts as a dial-up server for my computer at home in order to retrieve my e-mail and news maybe by PPP or something. 4) How can I setup a NeXT CUBE for SLIP/CSLIP? I am not looking for someone to show me the details on how to do this, unless of course one should feel extremly generous, but I am a very fast learner. So if there are such books, white papers and any other type of documentation available I would really appreciate any guidance. Merci / thank you. Patrique Lalonde P.S. Due to my lack of time, I can't always read all the newsgroups. So I would appreciate receiving messages to the following e-mail address. -- --------------------NeXT Mail Welcome------------------------- Patrique Lalonde e-mail: pat%cesar@cam.org -- --------------------NeXT Mail Welcome------------------------- Patrique Lalonde Omnilogic 364 Wiseman voice : 514-953-6174 Outremont, Qc e-mail: pat%cesar@cam.org
Message-ID: <47gj9k$sll@usc.edu> Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA References: <951104145410.625AADkF.root@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Subject: Re: ppp and sendmail Date: 04 Nov 1995 19:43:32 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world Please post the following information for a speedy solution: 1) what version of sendmail are you using? 2) what are the contents of your /etc/resolv.conf file? 3) have you fully-qualified your domain name (netinfo) 4) have you got a life worth leading away from the computer? :) -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: bolinger@boli.fast.net (Eric B) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: news retrieval and slurp - need help Date: 5 Nov 1995 03:47:03 GMT Organization: FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Distribution: world Message-ID: <47hc3n$c4o@nn.fast.net> References: <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> In article <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> Nicole A Vincent <nicolev@number_one.csse.swin.edu.au> writes: > > I've got a PPP system trying to such news down to itself. Unfortunately, > whenever I run slurp, I get the following message in /usr/adm/messages: > > Nov 3 19:25:14 number_one slurp[761]: tcp_open: can't connect to server > news: Connection refused > > Nicole Try determining the port number to which slurp is trying to connect. See if this is the same as the result from 'nidump services /' If the code calls 'getservbyname' then printf (in hex) the value returned. Try telnet'ing to that port on the news server and see if you can connect. Example: I had a problem with popmail. This program called getservbyname('pop') and my _localhost_ returned port 109. But the remote POP mail server was listening to port 110. When I used 'telnet <newshost> 110' the connection worked. I could not connect until I changed the port number to 110 in NetInfo (/locations/services/pop I think. 8-) Hope you have the source code, Eric B
From: schaub@tamu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: installing a Fast SCSI II drive ... Date: 5 Nov 1995 04:35:31 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <47heuj$q5@news.tamu.edu> I am running NS3.2 on a mono Nextstation. I am trying to install a Fast SCSI II 1.35 GB hard drive on my system. I can initialize the disk without any problems using the "initialize button", but for some reason I can't get the system to mount the drive during boot-up. I've added the entry in /etc/fstab for the harddrive as /dev/sd2a /Titlis 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 2 where Titlis is the drive name. for some reason when I do a "mount -p" the noauto option does not seem to be there anymore?? Even with this fstab entry, the disk only gets loaded when a used logs in, and the user naturally becomes the owner of the disk :-( What else do I need to do to get the disk to be mounted during boot-up? I've read all the fstab on line stuff and the Nextanswers section on installing disks. Any suggestions or pointers as to why this disk keeps getting mounted during log-in only would be appreciated. Also, since I connected this new Fast SCSI II disk, the system locks up once in a while. After a short while the console shows then the message sd1 (1,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x2a sd_state:7 scsi status:0x0 where sd1 is my interal disk (the 105Mb disk that came with the Nextstation, it is being used as a swapdisk). This timout stuff only happened after connecting the new disk. Is having a FSCSI II disk on a mono Nextstation a problem? Thanks for any help. HP -- Hanspeter Schaub Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! -Jonathon Livingston Seagull
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: installing a Fast SCSI II drive ... Date: 5 Nov 1995 11:59:36 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47i8v8$o6e@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <47heuj$q5@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit schaub@tamu.edu wrote: [...] : entry in /etc/fstab for the harddrive as : /dev/sd2a /Titlis 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 2 Don`t use the noauto option. This is only suitable for the root filesystem. : Also, since I connected this new Fast SCSI II disk, the system locks up once in a while. After : a short while the console shows then the message : sd1 (1,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x2a sd_state:7 scsi status:0x0 : where sd1 is my interal disk (the 105Mb disk that came with the Nextstation, it is being used : as a swapdisk). This timout stuff only happened after connecting the new disk. Is having a : FSCSI II disk on a mono Nextstation a problem? I`ve seen this problem before (with a Quantum Atlas 2GB). Don`t know of any cure, sorry.... : -- : Hanspeter Schaub : Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant : Aerospace Engineering Department : Texas A&M University : http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub : schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) : : We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! : -Jonathon Livingston Seagull -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Separate HD for SwapFile - significant? Date: 5 Nov 1995 07:21:13 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <47hol9$nud@news4.digex.net> References: <47dnr9$mpo@usc.edu> <47fuf3$ke4@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > > I was wondering how significant the/any improvement on performance > > would be afforded by a separate 100mb HD designated for swapping > > would be? > Most people I know of who have gotten seperate swapdrives have > felt it was a noticable improvement in terms of system responsiveness. > It's pretty helpful when doing things that create scratch files > in /tmp as well. > It also tends to make sure that you don't run out of swapspace.... Chuck, or anyone who knows, is this true even when the swap drive is significantly slower than the current main drive? Or how much slower can the swap drive be, and still help to improve overall performance... Or must the swap drive be at least as fast as the current drive to make a difference? I've never gotton a diffinative answer on this... Thanks, take care, -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
Message-ID: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Subject: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 04 Nov 1995 19:09:21 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world What is this for? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 5 Nov 1995 14:52:19 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <47ij33$oe4@news.its.com> References: <474era$eq1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <474r97$895@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> <47e846$aio@blacksun.fct.com> <47ff3i$ct@news.next.com> grio@next.com (Dan Grillo) wrote: > If you want to route between these two networks, you'll need to > turn on ipforwarding in the kernel. NEXTSTEP doesn't have an > "easy" way to do this -- for example, there's no boot time flag. Thanks for this information. But shouldn't the kernel set ipforwarding automatically whenever the system is multihomed? > Using NEXTSTEP with multiple cards isn't supported, but mainly works. > You might have problems if you run routed with ipforwarding enabled. > If you do, just use static routes. What happens with routed? Can the problem(s) be overcome by upgrading routed or by running something else such as gated? Thanks, -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org Subject: Re: How to connect a remote printer ? Message-ID: <1995Nov5.133012.5944@free.fdn.org> Sender: news@free.fdn.org Organization: Fabien Roy Consultant, Paris, France References: <47899p$mrm@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <47e7q1$ah2@blacksun.fct.com> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 13:30:12 GMT sasso@fct.com (John F Sasso) wrote: > In article <47899p$mrm@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, > Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > >I have been trying to no avail to connect to a remote printer that is > >hosted by another UNIX machine. I have imported all the host name > >information into my local NetInfo database but cannot work where I > >specify the connection. > >I cannot find anything under PrintManager so how do I do it ? > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >Rupert > > > >E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk > > NextStep is still BSD. You just have to jump through flaming hoops to > do things. :-) > > niload printcap . > LaserJet_1: \ > :lp=:rm=lprsvr1:rp=hplj1:sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_1: \ > :ty=postscript: > ctrl d > > Where lprsvr1 is the printer queue server. > Where hplj1 is the remote queue name. > Where /usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_1 is an arbitrary spool directory. > > john sasso > Better (force download of needed fonts):_nxfinalform niload printcap . LaserJet_1: \ :lp=:rm=lprsvr1:rp=hplj1:sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_1: \ :ty=postscript:_nxfinalform: ctrl d Fabien -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org (NextMail/MIME accepted) Fabien Roy Consultant NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/EOF Consultant, SYBASE DBA 10 rue de la DEFENSE 93100 MONTREUIL, France Tel: 33 1 45 28 32 23 Fax: 33 1 48 55 09 90
From: Robert Lutwak <robert@amo.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing private mail addresses Date: 5 Nov 1995 16:20:06 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Message-ID: <47io7m$pvo@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <DHHJ2o.Dpw@freenet.carleton.ca> In article <DHHJ2o.Dpw@freenet.carleton.ca> ad244@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Orrin C. Kerr) writes: > > One of my users asked how he could print out his private mail addresses. Here's my csh alias: alias Eadd 'cat ~/.NeXT/.mailalias | tr \\, \\012' Robert -- Robert Lutwak robert@amo.mit.edu MIT Atomic Resonance and Spectroscopy Laboratory ---> NeXTmail always welcome <---
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Which modem for NeXTSTEP? Date: 5 Nov 1995 14:35:55 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <47iejr$mqd@alf.uib.no> Well, a new machine and I'm starting from the bottom after selling my Cube and getting an Intel box with NS3.3 So I've decided since there is so much new that has happened I best should start fresh and forget my previous setup as outdated :-) Onwards... The ZyXEL U1496 series was the hottest modem for NeXT when it came, but I wonder what people are using these days? I'm considering the Elite (w/out ISDN) but it's not approved in Norway :-( and has gotten very much bad press in comp.dcom. modems for reliability, poor quality and upgrade possibility, etc. I have been using the 1496 for SLIP/PPP, NXFax for outgoing faxes (excellent program!) and Jolly's am (answering machine) for receiving faxes and voicemail. Everything "just worked". I'd like the same flexibility with my new machine, and wonder if there are alternatives to ZyXEL - I don't suppose am supports any other modem brands...? A local dealer here recommended an InterTex as being as good or better than ZyXEL, but then I don't know if it's supported by the programs I want to use (above). In germany this modem is called the "Ioriko" and in Sweden (where it's made) the "Power Bit". Comments/tips/advice/experiences welcomed. please e-mail (as soon as possible - I'm on a borrowed Courier 14.4 I have to return soon...) Regards, Thor -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: ryand@mcmaster.ca (David Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: tip, kermit and other serial port troubles Date: 5 Nov 1995 16:13:48 GMT Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (NewServer) Message-ID: <47inrs$5rg@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII I have recently installed NS3.2 on a 486 with a 16550 serial port controller. I wanted to use the COM2 (/dev/cufb) for ppp, tip, kermit etc. My /etc/remote file has the following entry: store|store9600|Dial out on cufb at 9600:\ dv:/dev/cufb:pa=none:br#9600:tc=BASIC With either the normal SerialPort driver or the Mux1.7 drivers, I get the following: barsoom#tip store connected (at this point i can type atdt5551212, the line will dial and connect to the remote end but there is nothing on the screen) or barsoom# kermit C-Kermit 5A(188), 23 Nov 92, Next Type ? or HELP for help C-kermit>dial 5551212 Dialing: 5551212 Device: /dev/cufb, modem-dialer: hayes, speed: 9600 Dial timeout: 42 seconds To cancel: type your interrupt character (normally Cntl-C) (at this point there is some light flashing on the modem and after 42 secs.) Can't initialize modem Suggestions? -- David Ryan / All opinions expressed here are my own, / so don't try to take credit for them! :-) ryand@popeye.mcmaster.ca
From: stabl@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 5 Nov 1995 20:37:16 +0100 Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: >What is this for? For avoiding a bug that the 3.3 patch introduced with statically linked pre-3.3-patch posix binaries (that use the system call gethostbyname). Recompiling with the new libposix.a fixes this bug (or following the instructions in the README that comes with the 3.3 patches). Robert. -- Robert Stabl email: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de Dept. of Computer Science stabl@leo.org University of Munich http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~stabl/ Leopoldstr. 11B D-80802 Muenchen Tel: +(49) 89 2180 6316 Germany FAX: +(49) 89 2180 6310
From: schaub@tamu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: scsi timout error? Date: 5 Nov 1995 19:33:02 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <47j3he$opr@news.tamu.edu> I have installed a new Fast SCSI II 1.3 Gb harddisk. Since I hooked it up, the system locks up occasionally for several seconds. The console displays the folloing message afterwards. sd1 (1,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x2a sd_state:7 scsi status:0x0 Any sd1 is my internal 105Mb harddrive of my mono Nextstation. I am running NS3.2. The new harddrive is sd2, the boot is sd0. Could there be a problem with having a Fast SCSI II disk on a mono Nextstation? Could it be cables, or possibly the power supply that is bad? Any thoughts about this appreciated. HP -- Hanspeter Schaub Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! -Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Message-ID: <951104145410.625AADkF.root@localhost> Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: kucera@livnet.com Subject: ppp and sendmail Date: 04 Nov 1995 18:54:10 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world I'm having problems sending mail out over a ppp link. What do I need to do to get sendmail working? I'm using nextstep 3.2 on a hp. I can receive mail fine using pop3. Thanks, Ryan Kucera kucera@livnet.com
From: jbf@mitre.org (James B. Frazer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP to a Portmaster Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 18:34:34 -0500 Organization: The MITRE Corporation Message-ID: <jbf-0511951834340001@mbppp3.mitre.org> References: <cpayne.84.309B1C5A@fiber.net> In article <cpayne.84.309B1C5A@fiber.net>, cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) wrote: > Has anybody managed to successfully configure PPP (2.2-0.4.5) to connect to a > Livingston Portmaster? I use 019 with no problem, but I had to set the +ua switch and provide a pap.secrets file in /etc/ppp to make it work. The Portmasters apparently require authentication regardless of how the IP provider sets them up (this is discussed in the PM release note I found, but my provider didn't know about it). So try it with the option. Barney
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 6 Nov 1995 00:59:08 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-43.usc.edu Message-ID: <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> stabl@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl) wrote: > Recompiling with the new libposix.a fixes this bug (or following the > instructions in the README that comes with the 3.3 patches). This is what the README says: Given the choice, 3.3Patch.ImprovedDNS.post_install script is the better alternative. This option enables the changes to lookupd described later on in this document (Reference: 36740, 54181, 57737). Unfortunately, this optimization introduced an incompatibility with certain functions in the previously shipped static libraries, and you will be unable to fix this problem until a new set of static libraries is made available. I used this patch script because I want to the changes to lookupd. Now, I don't have a developer system to recompile with "libposix.a". Is "libposix.a" the new set of static libraries? If so, then what can I do on a nondeveloper system? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: root@terra.crystalengine.com(Felipe A. Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tip, kermit and other serial port troubles Date: 6 Nov 1995 00:36:09 GMT Organization: Netvoyage Internet Access Provider Message-ID: <47jl9p$eka@news.netvoyage.net> References: <47inrs$5rg@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> In article <47inrs$5rg@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> ryand@mcmaster.ca (David Ryan) writes: >I have recently installed NS3.2 on a 486 with a 16550 serial port controller. >I wanted to use the COM2 (/dev/cufb) for ppp, tip, kermit etc. > >My /etc/remote file has the following entry: > >store|store9600|Dial out on cufb at 9600:\ > dv:/dev/cufb:pa=none:br#9600:tc=BASIC > >With either the normal SerialPort driver or the Mux1.7 drivers, I get the >following: > >barsoom#tip store >connected >(at this point i can type atdt5551212, the line will dial and connect to the >remote end but there is nothing on the screen) > [snip] Check your tip settings by typing "~s all" after the connected message. In particular check the halfduplex switch. You should get something like the following: terra:4# tip a9600 connected ~[set] all beautify baudrate=9600 dialtimeout=60 eofread=%$ eofwrite=^D eol=^C^S^Q^U^D escape=~ exceptions=\t\n\b\f force=^P framesize=1024 host=a9600 log=/usr/adm/aculog phones=/etc/phones prompt=^J !raise raisechar=^A record=tip.record remote=/etc/remote !script !tabexpand verbose SHELL=/bin/csh HOME=/ !echocheck disconnect= tandem linedelay=0 chardelay=0 etimeout=10 !rawftp !halfduplex !localecho parity=even Also check your terminal options with "stty all" You should get something like: terra:5# stty all new tty, speed 9600 baud, 24 rows, 80 columns; -tabs crt pass8 pass8out pendin decctlq erase kill werase rprnt flush lnext susp intr quit stop eof ^? ^U ^W ^R ^O ^V ^Z/^Y ^C ^\ ^S/^Q ^D -- Felipe A. Rodriguez # ...it cannot be called ingenuity to kill Agoura Hills, CA # one's fellow citizens, to betray # friends, to be without faith, without farp@netvoyage.net # mercy, without religion; by these means (NeXTmail preferred) # one can acquire power but not glory. (MIMEmail welcome) # --Nicolo Machiavelli
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SCSI drive with mono Nextstation Date: 6 Nov 1995 02:18:57 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-43.usc.edu Message-ID: <47jrah$i08@usc.edu> References: <47jp4p$6jc@news.tamu.edu> schaub@tamu.edu wrote: > HD. My question is then, what SCSI formats DOES the Nextstation > support? I'll have to return this drive for another one, and > I'd like to now what my options are. I think neither Fast or Wide were around when Nextstation's were designed. So I might suggest that SCSI I & II (plain) are the supported forms. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: schaub@tamu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SCSI drive with mono Nextstation Date: 6 Nov 1995 01:41:45 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <47jp4p$6jc@news.tamu.edu> Thanks to all the previous replies to my HD problems. It seems that the Fast SCSI II format is not supported by the mono Nextstation. The system keeps freezing up and waiting for some HD. My question is then, what SCSI formats DOES the Nextstation support? I'll have to return this drive for another one, and I'd like to now what my options are. I know it supports plain SCSI I, how about SCSI II Wide SCSI II any other SCSI type? Many thanks again, HP -- Hanspeter Schaub Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! -Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.dcom.modems From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Which modem for NeXTSTEP? In-Reply-To: edmtl@alf.uib.no's message of 5 Nov 1995 14:35:55 +0100 Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov5233740@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <47iejr$mqd@alf.uib.no> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 04:37:40 GMT Try the Practical Peripherals ProClass V.34. Robert In article <47iejr$mqd@alf.uib.no> edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) writes: Well, a new machine and I'm starting from the bottom after selling my Cube and getting an Intel box with NS3.3 So I've decided since there is so much new that has happened I best should start fresh and forget my previous setup as outdated :-) Onwards... The ZyXEL U1496 series was the hottest modem for NeXT when it came, but I wonder what people are using these days? I'm considering the Elite (w/out ISDN) but it's not approved in Norway :-( and has gotten very much bad press in comp.dcom. modems for reliability, poor quality and upgrade possibility, etc. I have been using the 1496 for SLIP/PPP, NXFax for outgoing faxes (excellent program!) and Jolly's am (answering machine) for receiving faxes and voicemail. Everything "just worked". I'd like the same flexibility with my new machine, and wonder if there are alternatives to ZyXEL - I don't suppose am supports any other modem brands...? A local dealer here recommended an InterTex as being as good or better than ZyXEL, but then I don't know if it's supported by the programs I want to use (above). In germany this modem is called the "Ioriko" and in Sweden (where it's made) the "Power Bit". Comments/tips/advice/experiences welcomed. please e-mail (as soon as possible - I'm on a borrowed Courier 14.4 I have to return soon...) Regards, Thor -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Which modem for NeXTSTEP? Date: 6 Nov 1995 04:59:17 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-43.usc.edu Message-ID: <47k4n5$i08@usc.edu> References: <47iejr$mqd@alf.uib.no> <RDL.95Nov5233740@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > Try the Practical Peripherals ProClass V.34. How does this compare to ZyXEL. I always thought that ZyXEL was one of the top most reliable brands (if not the cheapest). Also, does the ProClass work with NxFax? Does it have any advantages over ZyXEL? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 6 Nov 1995 05:15:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <47k5kt$ek3@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 6 Nov 1995 11:58:55 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47kt9v$sgo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > I used this patch script because I want to the changes to lookupd. Now, I > don't have a developer system to recompile with "libposix.a". Is "libposix.a" > the new set of static libraries? Yes. > If so, then what can I do on a nondeveloper system? Have You Unix-programs which compiled with -posix and use network functions ? If not You must nothing do, if yes You must get new versions, compiled with the new libposix.a. Or use the 3.3Patch.LibrariesOK.post_install. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: zhs79@svusnet.ubs.ch (Daniel Schneiter) Subject: "Upgrade" from NS3.3 to NS3.0J Message-ID: <1995Nov6.082301.1526@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch> Sender: news@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch Organization: Union Bank of Switzerland Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 08:23:01 GMT I'd like to replace the current installation of NS3.3 (international version) with the NS3.0J (japanese version) release. Does anybody know how to do this "upgrade". The upgrader refuses to actually downgrade. Thanks in advance, Daniel -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S Daniel Schneiter, AIBF-S79 Phone: +411-236 76 74 | | U B S Union Bank of Switzerland Fax: +411-236 83 10 | | G Bahnhofstr.45, CH-8021 Zurich Privat: +411-271 50 84 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | E-Mail: Daniel.Schneiter@ubs.ch | | X-400: /G=Daniel/S=Schneiter/OU=zhflur/O=ch/P=UBS/A=400NET/C=CH | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,alt.sex.voxmeet From: vac@indirect.com(Anne Schoofs) Subject: Femdom In Search of Naughty Boys Message-ID: <DHLtA6.8Ip@goodnet.com> Sender: vac@indirect.com(Anne Schoofs) Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 04:18:05 GMT Seriously, this is a chance of a lifetime. I want all you naughty boys to contact me at once. Do not delay. Location is unimportant. Let me know how you've been naughty and what type of corrective punishment you deem appropriate. It's time we clean up the net. Anne --------------------------------------------------- Anne Schoofs vac@indirect.com Fax: 602 912 8823 Attn: RAS -------------------------------------------------
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From: es@gi (Eric_Stumpp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Eudora and NextMail Date: 6 Nov 1995 14:47:06 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> Hi, I try to connect me on my Next postoffice with an Eudora Client on Windows. The host replies me connection refused Any idea why ? TIA Eric
From: benjy@benjy.cc.vt.edu (Ben E. Cline) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Help: Symbios, Seagate ST31230, and NeXTStep Date: 6 Nov 1995 15:43:52 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <47lafo$2f8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> I'm having ongoing problems using a Seagate ST31230 1G SCSI drive as a second disk on a DEC XL566 using the Symbios driver. I recently started over by 1. Low-level formatting the drive. 2. Putting a 400M DOS partition on the drive. Then I tried to put a NeXT partition on the disk using NS 3.3 fdisk, and I get fdisk: Bogus disk information in BIOS. You probably need to check your SCSI or IDE card setup to make sure that the BIOS is enabled. If the BIOS is disabled, NEXTSTEP will be unable to get proper disk information. The last time I tried to do this, I forced fdisk to build the partition table and was able to get a non-bootable NeXT partition, but then the DOS partition was messed up. Any suggestions? If I buy a brand-name SCSI controller, will this problem go away? Will SCSI disks I'm using with the Symbios controller work on a new controller without reformatting? Benjy -- Benjy Cline, AC4XO, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Computing Center benjy@benjy.cc.vt.edu http://benjy.cc.vt.edu:1951/~benjy/
From: JDT@bgsm.edu (John Turner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting up a backup NetInfo Server? Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:24:10 Organization: North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Bowman Gray Medcenter Message-ID: <JDT.29.000A6779@bgsm.edu> Keywords: netinfo, backup server Well I am looking for advice on the process of setting up a backup NetInfo server. I was wondering if anyone has had problems doing this with the SimpleNetworkStarter? Is this is best/only way? John.
From: Lars Immisch <limmisch@t42.ppp.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Eudora and NextMail Date: 6 Nov 1995 23:31:18 GMT Organization: myself Distribution: world Message-ID: <47m5s6$kg@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> References: <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> In article <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> Eric_Stumpp, es@gi writes: >Hi, > >I try to connect me on my Next postoffice with an Eudora Client on >Windows. > >The host replies me connection refused > >Any idea why ? > >TIA > >Eric You are not running a pop3 server. Get one (popper or pop3d), install it and you are set. Install it... This means: compile it, edit NetInfo/services and edit inetd.conf. If you don't want to compile one, send me an email and I'll send you a copy (if you have black hardware) Lars
From: niyer@ornews.intel.com (Narayanan Iyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Which to choose - 90 or 100MHz Pentium for NS machine? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 6 Nov 1995 21:14:41 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Message-ID: <47lts1$7pm@ornews.intel.com> References: <47bkim$65f@alf.uib.no> Thor Legvold (edmtl@alf.uib.no) wrote: : Hi. : Well, I got my new machine and it seems quite nice - I don't know : how I lived without colour before :-) Everything goes faster : than the cube, although many of my favourite apps don't seem : to run anymore (Stuart, Cassandra, Looching, MahJong, more). : Many suggested a 100MHz as a better choice because of the 33Mhz : buss contra the 90 at 30Mhz, citing better throughput and a : "snappier" feel. Just a clarification, the bus speeds are 60 Mhz and 66 Mhz for the 90 Mhz and 100 Mhz Pentiums respectively. Narayanan
From: schaub@tam2000.tamu.edu (Hanspeter Schaub ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help, only boots into single user mode Date: 6 Nov 1995 21:06:31 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <47ltcn$g85@news.tamu.edu> I was trying to install a new HD and playing with some jumper settings, one setting caused the system to freeze during bootup because one disk wasn't readable. i had to cut power to turn everything off. After removing the new HD and rebooting, the system naturally did a long "checking disk" cycle during bootup to check my old boot disk. Unfortunately, after checking it the system didn't boot up properly, but only but me directly into the single user mode of my boot disk. Doing a ls -l all the files still seem to be there, but something got corrupted! Turning the computer off and on again always produceds the same results, single user mode. Any idea which file could be causing this? I hope I mount the 3.2 install CD-Rom and copy the uncorupted file onto my boot disk. As an out, I guess I could always reinstall the system onto the boot disk, but that would erase all the changes I made to the system. So, If you have encountered this before, or you know what is causing the boot cycle to jump to single user mode automatically, any info would be GREATLY appreciated. HP schaub@tamu.edu
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail again but netinfo probs this time. Date: 6 Nov 1995 23:42:23 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47m6gv$qca@paladin.american.edu> I hate to keep beating on this issued but I am once again having problems with sendmail 8.7.1 from the archive. (I still am glad I upgraded though, don't get me wrong.) First, the main netinfo server is also the mailhost. It is running the 8.7.1 package from peanuts. (Thanks again Andy!) There is a directory named aliases in the root of the main netinfo database. It contains the original aliases, postmaster, /dev/null...etc. It also has a few new ones that I added. The problems: 1st) The aliases in netinfo are not getting expanded. Only aliases in /etc/sendmail/aliases. I have run newaliases and it only hashes the ones in /etc/sendmail/aliases. Is this normal? Should netinfo aliases be good also? 2nd) To be honest I don't know if this is sendmail or something else but I noticed it started happening after installing 8.7.1. Aliases disappeared for some reason so I recreated the directory in the root of the network netinfo directory and added the aliases. I then noticed that the aliases directory from the root netinfo directory became linked to inside the users directory. There were the aliases I just recreated but in two places / and /users. If I delete aliases in /users it goes away in / . I never saw Any answers or ideas are welcome -- Torrey McMahon
From: rollie@next.com (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to remove the bootmanager? Date: 7 Nov 1995 00:19:05 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <47m8lp$hgp@news.next.com> References: <DHAxr4.69y@inter.NL.net> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net (P.J.L. van Emmerik) writes: >I have an external SCSI disk with NEXTSTEP installed. After that i >removed NEXTSTEP and replaced it by Windows NT. >The problem is that the bootmanager seems still to be active and wants >to boot NEXT, so how can i remove this bootmanager? Use the NT version of fdisk to replace the master boot record. From DOS, you do this with fdisk /mbr; I don't know if NT uses something similar or not. Rollie
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Eudora and NextMail Date: 6 Nov 1995 21:49:27 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <47lvt7$6rl@optical.fiber.net> References: <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> Eric_Stumpp (es@gi) wrote: > I try to connect me on my Next postoffice with an Eudora Client on > Windows. > The host replies me connection refused Do you have a POP server running on your NeXT? There ya go, then. I use popper, but there are a variety of them out there. Popper, just for the record, has compiled, installed, and worked flawlessly from Day One, so anything else is a difference of opinion, I suspect. A plural bus onion, that sort of thing. -- Carl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (Magnus Nordborg) Subject: How resolve BITNET addresses? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <951106183530.389AAFcI.magnus@darwin> Keywords: sendmail, email, bitnet, BIND Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Networking Services Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 00:35:30 GMT Hi, here is what must be a simple question to some: I can't seem to send email to user@archaic_machine.bitnet because the mail comes back with "host unknown". I get around this by using "user%archaic_machine.bitnet@somemachine.somedomain.on_internet" as address instead, which works fine because there are so few bitnet addresses around. Still, could some kind person tell me the *right* way? I have an absolutely standard NEXTSTEP 3.3 with correct /etc/resolv.conf and all that. Thanks, -Magnus --- Magnus Nordborg Department of Ecology & Evolution The University of Chicago 1101 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637-1573 USA magnus@darwin.uchicago.edu (NeXT Mail, MIME) +1.312.702-1093 phone (lab) +1.312.667-5331 phone (home) +1.312.702-9740 fax
From: jwright@cts.com (Jon Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP! think I hosed something Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 17:48:38 -0800 Organization: CTS Network Services Message-ID: <jwright-0611951748380001@jwright.cts.com> References: <47b7fd$qui@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <1995Nov3.081056.1173@seer.demon.co.uk> Well, here's an update on my hosed system: I originally thought I'd whacked some files during an out-of-control process, or possibly crashed with a lock in place on /dev/cufb, because my ppp script would no longer bring up the modem. Well, thanks to the Collective Net Wisdom [tm], I've ruled out those possibilities as fsck came up just fine and there were no locks in the LCK directories. I used kermit to access my modem directly and lo and behold, it can't. Does this mean that port B is now defective, as my first one "died" a while back? And if so, is there a way to diagnose it, or am I hosed? The machine is a Canon object.station 41. Thanks, Collective Net Wisdom [tm]. 8^) jon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bell@nosc.mil (Tom Bell) Subject: Re: Eudora and NextMail Message-ID: <1995Nov6.234157.17679@nosc.mil> Keywords: Eudora, e-mail Sender: news@nosc.mil (Network News) Organization: NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA References: <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 23:41:57 GMT Do you have a pop3 service installed on your Next mailhost? If not you can ftp the source for "popper" from ftp.qualcomm.com in /quest/unix/servers/popper. In article <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> es@gi (Eric_Stumpp) writes: > Hi, > > I try to connect me on my Next postoffice with an Eudora Client on > Windows. > > The host replies me connection refused > > Any idea why ? > > TIA > > Eric ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Bell bell@nosc.mil
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: GNU finger Date: 7 Nov 1995 05:15:25 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> Has anyone compiled gnu finger 1.37 for NeXT? I got an error saying "Unknown type DIR". I patched the source with the diffs found on Peanuts but the "Unknown type DIR" came up again. Thanks for any answers. -- Torrey McMahon
From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: cmsg cancel <47n6n7$q3@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Control: cancel <47n6n7$q3@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Date: 7 Nov 1995 08:54:05 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47n6rd$q3@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> cancel
From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Which to choose - 90 or 100MHz Pentium for NS machine? Date: 7 Nov 1995 08:54:40 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47n6sg$q3@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <47bkim$65f@alf.uib.no> <47lts1$7pm@ornews.intel.com> niyer@ornews.intel.com (Narayanan Iyer) wrote: > Just a clarification, the bus speeds are 60 Mhz and 66 Mhz > for the 90 Mhz and 100 Mhz Pentiums respectively. > > Narayanan Thats wrong. P90 P100 Pentium speed 90 MHz 100 MHz PCI speed 30 MHz 33 MHz memory speed 60 MHz 66 MHz - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: dave@gecko.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail.cf Date: 7 Nov 1995 09:34:12 GMT Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, FB1 Message-ID: <47n96k$1kg@commserv.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Hi! Can someone please mail me an working sendmail.cf for an NS 3.3 HP which has IP connectivity all the time? The domain is fb6.fhtw-berlin.de. Thanks in advance. ----- David Wetzel dave@next.fb6.fhtw-berlin.de (work) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (home)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next From: eike@ilink.de (Eike Dierks) Subject: ? Usage of ifconfig -alias Message-ID: <DHnMrq.4D0@ilink.de> Keywords: ifconfig, -alias, virtual server, www Sender: usenet@ilink.de Organization: i.link Kommunikationssysteme GmbH, Berlin Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 03:52:37 GMT NS3.3 is rumored to support the ifconfig -alias option for supporting host with multiple network addresses. Did anyone figure out if and how it works? The ifconfig man page does not mention -alias ...
From: alberto@helium.accesslink.com (Alberto Ricart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: multi-homing a NEXTSTEP box : Here's how Date: 6 Nov 1995 23:26:17 GMT Organization: Internet Connect, Inc. The Wisconsin ISP 414-476-4266 Distribution: World Message-ID: <47m5ip$6vg@news.inc.net> References: <473fav$nd9@news.inc.net> Keywords: NEXTSTEP multi-homing how-to guide NetLand, Thanks to Paul Lynch for pointing me in the right direction. This was a little difficult for a bit because I know nothing about PPP except for what it is supposed to do. But don't worry, it's much easier to do than it sounds. Here's what you need to do: Get the PPP software. I am using PPP-2.2 for NEXTSTEP Install the software (no need to configure anything unless you are going to use a ppp connection). It comes pre-packaged in a nice Installer package. For each virtual host: In HostManager, create a virtual machine, give it an IP address that is not used on your network (for this example 200.100.100.200) Add something in your rc.local file that does this: ifconfig ppp0 200.100.100.200 up netmask 255.255.255.0 route add host 200.100.100.200 200.100.100.200 0 arp -s 200.100.100.200 08:00:09:9d:7b:09 pub (change those ip numbers to the 'virtual host ip' you assigned in HostManager above. Change the ethernet address in the arp line to the real address of the machine running Apache or whatever you are using as a httpd server) Reconfigure your dns so that the machine is real to the name server inside and out (or have who ever runs dns publish your fake machine for you). (if you have dns installed, I'll assume you know how to do this, if not you should really get the O'Reilly Book. End For each virtual host Set up your Apache server for multi-homing, those docs are pretty good. You'll need to add an entry for each host. That is it. If you noticed, pppd is not called at all, it doesn't need to, the entire deal about the ppp software is to use the interfaces that the ppp software added to the kernel when it loaded (by default it comes with two ppp0 and ppp1, I am getting a hold of the source, I have heard that you can add up to ten ppp0-ppp9 to it). Better yet, ask NeXT to be more like the other UNIX vendors and include the source to the kernel, so that it is easier to do this sort of thing (although that may be harder...) The only problem is that if you try to telnet to the virtual host from the machine homing it, it will tell you that the network is down. However, that is a minor glitch considering that everyone else on your network will see your virtual machine............(works from the outside) All for now, it so simple as to be misleading, --- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 vox: 414 3764590 fax: 414 3764591 email: alberto@SmartSoft.COM http://www.SmartSoft.COM In article <473fav$nd9@news.inc.net> Alberto Ricart writes: > Netland, > > I am trying to multi-home an HP 712 box for our WWW site, I would like it to respond to different IP addresses. It would seem that this is possible to do with PPP software or something. > Anybody done this? How? > > Reply to me and I'll post a summary! > > --- > Alberto Ricart > SmartSoft, Inc. > N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. > Cedarburg, WI 53012 > > vox: 414 3764590 > fax: 414 3764591 > email: alberto@SmartSoft.COM > http://www.SmartSoft.COM -- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 vox: 414 3764590
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: GNU finger---Solved Date: 7 Nov 1995 07:47:52 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47n2v8$b1k@paladin.american.edu> References: <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> In article <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: :Has anyone compiled gnu finger 1.37 for NeXT? I got an error saying "Unknown :type DIR". I patched the source with the diffs found on Peanuts but the :"Unknown type DIR" came up again. : :Thanks for any answers. : Not that I love answering my own questions but I just solved this one myself after banging away at it for another few hours. In the config.h file add the following two lines #include <sys/dir.h> #include <sys/dirent.h> Make sure you do not put it in the area already patched. Also make sure you check the config.h for other #defines you may want to add or subtract. This has not been tested only compiled. If it doesn't work I will make folks aware by posting again. -- Torrey McMahon
From: mschwett@vmprofs.estec.esa.nl (ms) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: how to share removable media in a lan ? Date: 7 Nov 1995 12:49:54 GMT Organization: European Space Agency Message-ID: <47nkli$1cp8@info.estec.esa.nl> Hi, I am still trying to find a procedure to share removable media (CD-ROM, MO, etc...) in a local network. From last week investigations, exporting on the server and importing on clients via NFSmanager doesn't mount automatically on the client the media inserted in the server. Mounting manually the file (Terminal) on the clients require root privileges (without I get access denied to server:/file). Arriving to this point I have 2 questions: Is a full automatic remote mounting possible ? Is it possible to remotely mount without root privileges ? Regards, Marc Schwetterle
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: olivier.potonniee@issy.cnet.fr (Olivier POTONNIEE) Subject: Recycler on autmounted file system Message-ID: <1995Nov6.144048.12556@cnet.fr> Sender: usenet@cnet.fr Organization: CNET Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 14:40:48 GMT Is it possible to have a recycler on an 'automount'ed nfs file system (mounted on /Net) ? I made a .NextTrash in the root directory of that file system, but I have an error when trying to drag anything from it to the recycler. Here are the access permissions and owner of that directory : drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 Nov 2 14:57 .NextTrash The file system if mount with the following options : remotehost:/remotedir on /private/Net/remotehost/remotedir type nfs (net,bg,soft,intr) The remote host allows root access on that file system. -- Olivier
From: ryand@popeye.mcmaster.ca (David Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tip, kermit and other serial port troubles Date: 7 Nov 1995 04:07:06 GMT Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (NewServer) Message-ID: <47mm1a$1th@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> References: <47inrs$5rg@informer1.cis.McMaster.CA> <47jl9p$eka@news.netvoyage.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII In article <47jl9p$eka@news.netvoyage.net>, root@terra.crystalengine.co says... [snip] >!halfduplex !localecho >parity=even > mine is the same as your example, execpt parity=none > >terra:5# stty all >new tty, speed 9600 baud, 24 rows, 80 columns; -tabs >crt pass8 >pass8out pendin decctlq >erase kill werase rprnt flush lnext susp intr quit stop eof >^? ^U ^W ^R ^O ^V ^Z/^Y ^C ^\ ^S/^Q ^D > again, the same. is there a smiley for frustration!! -- David Ryan / All opinions expressed here are my own, / so don't try to take credit for them! :-) ryand@popeye.mcmaster.ca
From: Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail/sendmail question Date: 7 Nov 1995 17:27:58 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47o4uu$k2d@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Hi, My Login is khe, on the mailhost I known as khei. How can I config Mail.app/sendmail that it use khei instead khe during connect to mailhost. Thanks, - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Prolog on NeXT? Message-ID: <DHoCIF.Cp3@udcf.gla.ac.uk> From: root@music.gla.ac.uk Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 13:08:37 GMT Sender: news@udcf.gla.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow University Computing Service Keywords: prolog, next Is anyone out there using a recent version of Prolog on NEXTSTEP? I've had a search around the archives and there was some info from way back in 1989 on CProlog1.5, SBProlog and Quintus. I get the impression that these are probably extremely out of date now. We're needing to run Prolog for a course starting next year. Any hints, patches, binaries, source, info or anything welcome. Many thanks, Stephen Brandon Systems Administator, Department of Music, e-mail: sbrandon@music.gla.ac.uk 14 University Gardens, (NeXT mail welcomed) University of Glasgow, Tel: +44 (0)141 330 6065 Glasgow. Fax: +44 (0)141 307 8018
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jeffb@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca (Jeff Bamford) Subject: POP Authenticating Message-ID: <DHoHJ4.EM4@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 14:57:03 GMT Hopefully this is a simply question. I installed a POP server the other day and it works fine. However, I usually check my mail from a PC that is not on our local subnet, hence when I send mail back to the NeXT (running NS 3.2, black hardware) the mail is not authenticated, i.e. it's "X-Sender". It's not a major problem, but is there an easy way to convince the NeXT that mail from PC is okay. It may be a bit of a problem as my PC is connected via PPP to a different provider, so not only it is a completely different domain I also get a random i.p. address. I don't exactly what everyone on this other provider to be able to send authenticated mail through our NeXT. I'd be un-authenticated than to have everyone be authenticated. Anyway, anyone have any ideas? Jeff Bamford -- Jeff Bamford Email - jeffb@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca Jeff's Place: http://audiolab.uwaterloo.ca/~jeffb/ Phone: +1 905 570 0130 Fax: +1 905 570 1161
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail.cf Date: 7 Nov 1995 17:18:39 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47o4df$nqs@paladin.american.edu> References: <47n96k$1kg@commserv.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> In article <47n96k$1kg@commserv.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> writes: :Hi! : :Can someone please mail me an working sendmail.cf for :an NS 3.3 HP which has IP connectivity all the time? : :The domain is fb6.fhtw-berlin.de. : For what version of sendmail? For what purpose? (Mail Hub, shared spool directory...?) -- Torrey McMahon
From: Matthias Stoll <stollms> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NSFI 3.2, NCR 53800 & Toshiba CD-Rom 5201 Date: 7 Nov 1995 15:59:33 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard GmbH Germany Message-ID: <47nvp5$nel@isoit109.bbn.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my problems with a Toshiba CD-Rom 5201 SCSI. Everytime browsing through a CD with the filemanager becomes a very annoying thing, because the drive starts and stops and starts and stops again until it has loaded a distinct path. Sometimes it's fast (I thank in a case the path is already in the cache). Is this a known problem with this drive? Or with this controler? Another thing is, I can't use the NeXTStep CD-Player. Once trying to use it ends up in a deadend loading from the CD. You must reboot. Can anyone help me? BTW, do you know whether the NCR supports DAT-drives (NCR 3.06).
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: BIND for NEXTSTEP Moto? Date: 7 Nov 1995 06:08:04 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <47mt45$p9s@news.its.com> References: <30958A8F.3DF3@best.com> <1995Oct31.084235.22457@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) wrote: > What's wrong with /usr/etc/named? I don't remember it being missing on > older versions of the OS. Of course, NeXT ships an 4.8.3 version of BIND (ignoring what they did to libresolv.a :-(). This is a nice stable version, but it lacks round-robin support, negative caching, and several other important upgrades in security and functionality. Plus, the new nslookup is nicer. :-) -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: GNU finger Date: 07 Nov 1995 11:05:07 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ebuqoqm8s.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu There's probably other problems but make sure it's using sys/dir.h and not dirent.h or #define dirent direct -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: stephen@genesis1.physics.yale.edu (Stephen B. Selipsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Intel boot, errno2 ?? /etc/mach_init won't load Date: 7 Nov 1995 18:48:06 GMT Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Message-ID: <47o9l6$jgm@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> I am failing to reboot a previously happy Intel Pentium system running NS 3.2 (User+Dev), no other partitions. Only previous sign of trouble: one overnight crash, followed by temporary inability to find the SCSI controller, until the third restart. A few reboots later, it again repeatedly failed to find the SCSI controller, and continued unable until after leaving power off for a few minutes. After several alarming groaning sounds from the case, (I don't think from the fan in back), it succeeded at least in finding the controller, but then failed to find the SCSI driver, which is not one of the preloaded ones but was previously inhabiting /usr/Devices/DPT2012.config Inserting a floppy containing the DPT2012 driver now allows a reboot to proceed as far as resetting the SCSI bus, finding various drivers and noting that the system clock has lost time; immediately after, booting fails with message Load of /etc/mach_init, errno2, trying /etc/init Load of /etc/init failed, errno2 Sometimes alt-numlock at least allows resetting from here, sometimes not. Putting copies of /etc/mach_init and /etc/init (actually, links to /usr/etc/...) onto the floppy doesn't help. One odd thing I noticed; on the original hard drive (we have a twin which is behaving fine) I notice that one path has an extra slash in it, any idea what that means? ls -l /etc/init lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 18 Nov 3 1993 /etc/init -> ../../usr/etc/init*@ ls -l /etc/mach* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 24 Nov 3 1993 /etc/mach_init -> ../..//usr/etc/mach_init*@ The groaning sounds have never been repeated. I doubt that the whole disk is hosed since all other drivers load without needing versions from a floppy disk. Even if errno2 is a mystery to you, is there any way to access the hard disk without loading the mach kernel? Can we perhaps load the mach_kernel from a floppy disk? (It's less than 1 Mb, should fit.) Many thanks for any assistance out there! Regards, --- Stephen B. Selipsky stephen@genesis1.physics.yale.edu Phone: 203/432-6923 Fax: 203/432-6175 Yale Univ. Physics Dept. New Haven, CT 06520-8120
From: benb@flannel.velocity.com (Ben Black) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7.1 on nextstep 3.3 Date: 7 Nov 1995 19:37:57 GMT Organization: Minnesota Regional Network (MRNet) Message-ID: <47ocil$g41@news.mr.net> where are the instructions for installing and configuring sendmail 8.7.1 on nextstep 3.3? am i foolishly assuming that someone has been kind enough to write down how they did it? thanks, ben black@velocity.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Formatting ZIP Disk with NS? Message-ID: <1995Nov5.162424.1434@hobbit> From: bailey9@marshall.edu (Raymond A. Bailey) Date: 5 Nov 95 16:24:24 EDT Organization: Marshall University Anyone able to make an NS filesystem on a Zip cartridge? I've tried the floppy formatting tool and fdisk, to no avail. -- --------------------- R. Andrew Bailey Ignorer of the Popular ----------------------
From: Tal Lancaster <tlan> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Stop waiting for SCSI device? Date: 7 Nov 1995 21:56:50 GMT Organization: Walt Disney Studios Message-ID: <47okn2$k6i@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there a way to prevent the waiting process on each drive when booting up? I have several removable SCSI-type devices (like CD-ROM and such) and if there is nothing in the drives the boot up process will wait on each device for about 20 sec. The messages are something like: "Waiting for sd1 . . . . . ." "Waiting for sd2 . . . . . ." "Waiting for sd3 . . . . . ." So is there any way to stop the check or at least shorten it? -- Tal Lancaster Technical Director, Disney Feature Animation email: tlan@fa.disney.com WEB: The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/)
From: zahid@eric.on.ca (Zahid Mahmood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP setup Date: 7 Nov 1995 20:20:25 GMT Organization: The Eye Research Institute of Canada Message-ID: <47of29$lht@sator.eric.on.ca> Hi, I'm having problems setting up MorningStar PPP. Can anyone help ?? Immediately after my host connects to the sever I get the following error from the the local pppd. .....ppp connected to 198.53.144.1 on du0 .....pppd: Fatal error: invalid local address The local address is dynamically set by the server. The server address is 198.53.144.1. If anyone's interested in trouble shooting, please let me know and i'll send more details . Thanks in advance Zahid
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software From: Jacques Garbi Subject: Q: How to encrypt my mails with NeXTMail.app ? Message-ID: <DHMAuz.B5@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> Sender: jacques@touga.vd.alphanet.ch (Jacques Garbi) Organization: Touga Management Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:37:46 GMT Hi, I read some time ago about PGP 2.6. Is there a patch/bundle/whatever available for NeXTMail.app somewhere ? I'd need something easy to implement like it worked with the previous version of PGP under NS 3.2. The bundle added an encrypt button in NeXTMail.app and it was managing the public keys in a very effective way. Now I have NS 3.3 and I'd like something similar with PGP 2.6. Anyone can help ? Thanks --- Jacques GARBI Touga Management Inc. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jgarbi@touga.vd.alphanet.ch
From: ckd@loiosh.kei.com (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP Authenticating Date: 7 Nov 1995 22:40:55 GMT Organization: House of the Jhereg Sender: ckd@loiosh.kei.com Message-ID: <w4ybtsqc95.fsf@loiosh.kei.com> References: <DHoHJ4.EM4@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> In-reply-to: jeffb@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca's message of Tue, 7 Nov 1995 14:57:03 GMT JB> == Jeff Bamford <jeffb@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca> JB> I usually check my mail from a PC that is not on our local subnet, JB> hence when I send mail back to the NeXT (running NS 3.2, black JB> hardware) the mail is not authenticated, i.e. it's "X-Sender". That's added by Eudora, not the NeXT, and only means that you haven't *checked* mail from this machine during this session yet. Ignore it; it was put there to placate people who don't understand that SMTP is, quite simply, not a "secure" mail submission protocol. -- Christopher Davis * <ckd@kei.com> * <URL: http://www.kei.com/homepages/ckd/ > [ PGP & MIME gladly accepted / PGP keys on keyservers, WWW page, finger ] You know the Internet is too commercialized when... you go to "Internet World" and the Microsoft booth is 8 times the size of the Cisco booth.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 on nextstep 3.3 Date: 8 Nov 1995 00:13:28 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-17.usc.edu Message-ID: <47osn8$1ks@usc.edu> References: <47ocil$g41@news.mr.net> benb@flannel.velocity.com (Ben Black) wrote: > where are the instructions for installing and configuring sendmail > 8.7.1 on nextstep 3.3? am i foolishly assuming that someone > has been kind enough to write down how they did it? Thanks to to Robert Ferla there's an installer package at cs.orst.edu. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Q: How to encrypt my mails with NeXTMail.app ? Date: 8 Nov 1995 00:16:41 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-17.usc.edu Message-ID: <47ost9$1ks@usc.edu> References: <DHMAuz.B5@touga.vd.alphanet.ch> There's "CryptorBundle" which is at most of the ftp sites. It reactivates the encryption button and features on Mail.app, and it works well. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: tido@master (Tido Ciaravino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <47ovrd$nab@master.sapien.net> Control: cancel <47ovrd$nab@master.sapien.net> Date: 8 Nov 1995 01:09:38 GMT Organization: Sapien News Server Message-ID: <47p00i$nab@master.sapien.net> Article cancelled from within tin [v1.2 PL2]
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail/sendmail question Date: 8 Nov 1995 00:08:57 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-17.usc.edu Message-ID: <47osep$1ks@usc.edu> References: <47o4uu$k2d@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Karsten Heinze) wrote: > Hi, > > My Login is khe, on the mailhost I known as khei. > How can I config Mail.app/sendmail that it use khei instead khe during > connect to mailhost. You can add the following line into your sendmail.cf, under Rule 31 (i.e. S31): ===========================start here ================================== Rkhe$* khei$1 rewrite khe to khei =============================end here ================================== So that S31 reads: ===========================start here ================================== # # header sender and masquerading header recipient rewriting # S31 Rkhe$* khei$1 rewrite khe to khei R$+ $: $>51 $1 sender/recipient common R:; <@> $@ list:; special case =============================end here ================================== -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.1 on nextstep 3.3 Date: 8 Nov 1995 01:21:32 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47p0ms$dse@paladin.american.edu> References: <47ocil$g41@news.mr.net> In article <47ocil$g41@news.mr.net> benb@flannel.velocity.com (Ben Black) writes: :where are the instructions for installing and configuring sendmail 8.7.1 on :nextstep 3.3? am i foolishly assuming that someone has been kind enough to :write down how they did it? : It is in package form on peanuts. I would make a backup of your old sendmail just in case you can't get it working. You also have to generate a sendmail.cf for it depending on your situation. Read the docs. You need m4 to generate the cf, also on peanuts as GNUm4 I belive. -- Torrey McMahon
From: sun@unity.ncsu.edu (Ying-hsuan Sun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help need in serial port and modem connection Date: 8 Nov 1995 01:59:59 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Message-ID: <47p2uv$ngv@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> Need help desperately!! I try to set up my turbo color to dial into my account in school, before I try PPP, I think I'd better try something like kermit to get it going before I do anything. So I got kermit for NeXT from FTP site, and uncompressed it and installed it under /kermit/, now I have /kermit/kermit*. Then I follow the instruction in Read.me.NeXT: 1. chown uucp.daemon kermit 2. chmod go+rw /dev/cufa 3. in /etc/ttys, add: ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty std.38400" unknown on secure 4. in /etc/gettytab, add: h|std.38400|38400-baud:\ :sp#38400: 5. logout from root and login and a normal user, execute kermit, set line /dev/cufa set speed 38400 set modem hayes My modem is PPI PC288LCD, I set it to factory profile. which is set up for Hayes compatible. then at type "connect" at C-Kermit> prompt. I got: Connecting to /dev/cufa, speed 38400. The escape character is Ctrl-] (ASCII 29, GS) Type the escape character followed by C to get back, or followed by ? to see other options. Then it hang there until I hit ^]c, I can go back to C-Kermit prompt. But if I try to connect it again, it will hang forever, not only I am not able to go back to kermit prompt, even I I kill the terminal, I can not shut down my machine! The above condition also show up even without any modem connected. Look like the machine have some difficulties talk or find the serial port. Any idea? Ying-Hsuan Sun
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: tty settings for incoming telnet sessions Date: 8 Nov 1995 02:57:36 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <47p6b0$k0h@blackice.winternet.com> Hi... When running a telnet session from a Sun xterm to my Next 3.3 machine I get strange output. When doing an ls, for example, the output is normal except for the last 5 or so lines which are wildly indented. I have my Next account setting the term with a "tset vt100", which should work fine. I've been trying different stty settings without luck. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Steve, skrans@winternet.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: Ok, it rebooted.... and then... nothing [SOLVED] Message-ID: <5EC89F3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 07 Nov 95 20:58:00 EST Out of frustration and a need to play Tetris, I figured out what was wrong. To recount: the NeXT would boot, and booted fine, but when it came to the end, it hung at the "reboot complete" message. After some trial and error and error and error, I figured out that the /etc/ttys file had been somehow corrupted. Replacing it with the copy off the CD solved the problem. 1st thing that has gone right all month TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: jim@fh-dirac (Jim Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Prolog on NeXT? Date: 8 Nov 1995 04:09:48 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Message-ID: <47paic$m0o@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <DHoCIF.Cp3@udcf.gla.ac.uk> ReplyTo: jcphill@uiuc.edu root@music.gla.ac.uk wrote: > Is anyone out there using a recent version of Prolog on NEXTSTEP? I've had a search around the archives and there was some info from way back in 1989 on CProlog1.5, SBProlog and Quintus. I get the impression that these are probably extremely out of date now. We're needing to run Prolog for a course starting next year. > Any hints, patches, binaries, source, info or anything welcome. Check out BinProlog at ftp://clement.info.umoncton.ca/BinProlog/. Executable licenses for NEXTSTEP are free (I think). Source costs money. -Jim Phillips
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: GNU finger---Solved Date: 07 Nov 1995 20:47:01 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eloprpvay.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> <47n2v8$b1k@paladin.american.edu> <tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu> writes: >In article <47mq1d$6r8@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu >(Torrey McMahon) writes: >:Has anyone compiled gnu finger 1.37 for NeXT? I got an error saying "Unknown >:type DIR". I patched the source with the diffs found on Peanuts but the >:"Unknown type DIR" came up again. >: >:Thanks for any answers. >: >Not that I love answering my own questions but I just solved this one myself >after banging away at it for another few hours. >In the config.h file add the following two lines >#include <sys/dir.h> >#include <sys/dirent.h> #include <sys/dirent.h> is wrong wrong wrong. >Make sure you do not put it in the area already patched. Also make sure you >check the config.h for other #defines you may want to add or subtract. >This has not been tested only compiled. If it doesn't work I will make folks >aware by posting again. It probably won't work. >-- >Torrey McMahon -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Stop waiting for SCSI device? Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 06:52:49 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov8.065249.14567@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <47okn2$k6i@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> In article <47okn2$k6i@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> Tal Lancaster <tlan> writes: > Is there a way to prevent the waiting process on each drive when booting up? I > have several removable SCSI-type devices (like CD-ROM and such) and if there is > nothing in the drives the boot up process will wait on each device for about 20 > sec. The messages are something like: > > "Waiting for sd1 . . . . . ." > "Waiting for sd2 . . . . . ." > "Waiting for sd3 . . . . . ." > > So is there any way to stop the check or at least shorten it? The obvious way is to boot up with a device in each drive. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: peter@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Peter Burgstaller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printer accounting SW Date: 8 Nov 1995 08:38:14 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Salzburg Message-ID: <47pq9m$7q9@esel.cosy.sbg.ac.at> Hi folks, I need to setup some sort of printer accounting on a NeXT station with a NeXT printer. Is there a program for doing so or does anyone have experiences with this? Please let me know, Peter -- /--------------------------------------------------------\ | Peter Burgstaller| Student of Computerscience | | (peter@cosy.sbg.ac.at)| in Salzburg, Austria (Europe) | | "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" (Douglas Adams) | \--------------------------------------------------------/
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: netInfo misconfigured Date: 8 Nov 1995 08:44:15 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <47pqkv$3ph@neptune.ethz.ch> hello Once again, I made some f!@@#!@ mistake in the netInfo manager. NeXT stops booting with the message starting file service deamons: checking local.nidb... then I can wait until Xmas, nothing happens anymore... Unfortunatley I have made twice some change to the configurations, so my /etc/hostconfig.backup and /etc/netinfo(?).backup are invalid, too. The changes I made: I followed some man page, in order to configure sendmail and my host as a mailhost (added some sendmail and mail things in the locations dir ...). Any other possibility then reinstalling NeXT... snifff :( P.S: At least one thing I've learned: In the future, I'll backup the whole system. (What do I have to backup ? /etc and /private, is this enough). putt, the most stupid sysadmin :) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help need in serial port and modem connection Date: 8 Nov 1995 09:29:37 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <47pta1$6u3@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <47p2uv$ngv@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> In article <47p2uv$ngv@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> sun@unity.ncsu.edu (Ying-hsuan Sun) writes: > 5. logout from root and login and a normal user, execute kermit, > > set line /dev/cufa > set speed 38400 > set modem hayes > > My modem is PPI PC288LCD, I set it to factory profile. which is set up for > Hayes compatible. then at type "connect" at C-Kermit> prompt. I got: > > Connecting to /dev/cufa, speed 38400. > The escape character is Ctrl-] (ASCII 29, GS) > Type the escape character followed by C to get back, > or followed by ? to see other options. > > Then it hang there until I hit ^]c, I can go back to C-Kermit prompt. But > if I try to connect it again, it will hang forever, not only I am not able > to go back to kermit prompt, even I I kill the terminal, I can not shut > down my machine! What happens if you try the same with tip? Also, try setting parity. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
Message-ID: <e68gxuktl.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Organization: me organized? That's a joke! References: <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> <47hc3n$c4o@nn.fast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Subject: Re: news retrieval and slurp - need help Date: 06 Nov 1995 19:09:58 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world <bolinger@boli.fast.net> writes: >In article <47ckcd$h1g@lucy.swin.edu.au> Nicole A Vincent ><nicolev@number_one.csse.swin.edu.au> writes: >> >>I've got a PPP system trying to such news down to itself. Unfortunately, >>whenever I run slurp, I get the following message in /usr/adm/messages: >> >>Nov 3 19:25:14 number_one slurp[761]: tcp_open: can't connect to server >>news: Connection refused >> >>Nicole Please try telnet news 119 ... slurp will try port 119 and you're newserver should advertise it as 119. I suspect this is a dns problem. Nikki, is this on a dialup or ethernet network. Nikki, mail me if you need help. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: mjantti@aton.abo.fi (Markus J{ntti STA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: faxing to a group Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Date: 07 Nov 1995 15:03:57 GMT Organization: Abo Akademi University Distribution: world Message-ID: <MJANTTI.95Nov7170357@aton.abo.fi> I recall seeing somewhere a post about faxing to a group of users. As I remember it, the author said the User's guide had a description of how this is done. The User's guide, however, has no such description and I would like to know if faxing to a Group, defined in Addresses, is possible. Thanks, markus -- Markus Jantti | Department of Economics markus.jantti@abo.fi | Abo Akademi University http://www.abo.fi/~mjantti | FIN 20500 Turku, Finland 358-0-643 747 (Home/Voice) | 358-21-2654 161 (Office/Voice) 358-0-3489 233 (Home/Fax) | 358-21-2654 677 (Office/Fax)
Message-ID: <47mj2t$kp7@kerby.ocsg.com> Organization: CyberSAFE Corporation, Redmond WA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dennisg@news-srvr.cybersafe.com (Dennis Glatting) Subject: Looking for Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN driver Date: 06 Nov 1995 18:16:45 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world I'm looking for a driver for the Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN Adapter (100baseTX, PCI). Is there a driver available anywhere? (I searched NextAnswers and Intel.) -dpg -- Dennis P. Glatting / CyberSAFE Corporation
From: jschilli@plato.sky.bdm.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help - NeXT Mail bounces, but not really Date: 8 Nov 1995 17:53:14 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <47qqqa$aem@news.mcl.bdm.com> I am on a mixed network with an HP acting as the mailserver. Because the HP is acting as the mailserver, I had to modify its sendmail.cf to treat all my NeXT machines as local hosts, so they can connect and send mail to the internet. This also allows for mail they receive to be addressed to the user at the HP and not the NeXT box. After making this change mail seemed to work great both externally and internally. The problem I have is with local mail. All my messages go through, but I get a bounce message that looks like this: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- mail: cannot append to /usr/mail/bgood mail: cannot create dead.letter 550 <wile>,<tear>,<tpare>,<ssmith>,<bgood>... Insufficient permission The message still goes through, but it almost looks like my NeXT hosts don't have permission to append to the mail file for users on the HP. Does anyone know why this might be happening? I would appreciate any help. Jeff jschilli@plato.sky.bdm.com
From: tjallen@theory1.physics.wisc.edu (Theodore J. Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: netInfo misconfigured Date: 8 Nov 1995 17:17:45 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <47qonp$i0m@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <47pqkv$3ph@neptune.ethz.ch> rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) wrote: > hello > > Once again, I made some f!@@#!@ mistake in the netInfo manager. NeXT stops > booting with the message > > starting file service deamons: checking local.nidb... > > then I can wait until Xmas, nothing happens anymore... [stuff deleted] > Any other possibility then reinstalling NeXT... snifff :( > boot single user (-s option at the boot: prompt) # cp /usr/template/client/etc/hostconfig to /etc/hostconfig # cp -r /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/netinfo.nidb /etc/netinfo/ and then # exit Of course, you'll have lost your netinfo database and your hostconfig, but you did back them up somewhere, right? :-) At least you don't have to re-install. -- Ted Allen High Energy Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison tjallen@wishep.physics.wisc.edu
From: ceham@w3eax.umd.edu (Maurice De Vidts NE3S) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo/NIS interaction ? Date: 8 Nov 1995 20:07:37 GMT Organization: University of Maryland Anateur Radio Club Message-ID: <47r2m9$2vq@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Hi, I have a single NeXT (PC) setup as a two level NetInfo server/client runing NIS as well. The system is networked with SUN workstations. I would like to use the NIS information maintained by the SUNS as the primary network information. Is there any easy way to propagate NIS changes into the Netinfo tables ? All I can think of doing is Croning a script that NIloads the ypcats for each map ?? Suggestions > ? Thanks Maurice ceham@w3eax.umd.edu
From: gshaw@zeta.org.au (Greg Shaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TransSys PNI 1.13 installation problems Date: 9 Nov 1995 07:55:30 +1100 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney, +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Message-ID: <47r5g2$8lr@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Keywords: portmapper TransSys Hi all, I have just installed TransSys PNI 1.13 SLIP software and I must say the installation script run through Intstaller.app is pretty impressive. It does almost everything for me. Great job. My problem is that I can now not get the daemon to run. It is having trouble resolving the pni rpc (port 350295) to the portmapper. The configuration works fine but when it tries to do its work it fails. I have put traces in and know that it is the attempted resolution of pni (port 350295) that is failing. I don't fully understand waht it is trying to do so would appreciate any assistance on offer. Anyway, for anyone interested a transcript of the failed session follows: pac:28# /etc/pni/pnid -C -c -n pni0 -t -d -f /etc/pni/config/pni0.config TransSys PNI 1.13 ($Id: pnid.m,v 1.29 1994/10/10 03:43:55 louie Exp $) Copyright (c) TransSys, Inc. All rights reserved. license key: serial number 1 version 0 keyversion 0 features 0x49 license key: licensed to Plain Slip User Loading package initialization file in /etc/pni/pnid.tcl pnid: Operation mode is CLIENT pnid: Test mode pnid: using configuration in /etc/pni/config/pni0.config Loaded bundle /etc/pni/PNI.encap for class PNI Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/PNI.encap/PNI_objInit.tcl Loaded bundle /etc/pni/SLIP.encap for class SLIP Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/SLIP.encap/SLIP_objInit.tcl Encap: loading class initialiation code from /etc/pni/TTY.encap/TTY_Init.tcl Loaded bundle /etc/pni/TTY.encap for class TTY Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/TTY.encap/TTY_objInit.tcl --> configure: pni --> configure: slip --> configure: tty Loaded bundle /etc/pni/Dialer.bundle for class Dialer tty: Default to UUCP-style locking protocol -slip stats: 0 packets, 0 compressed, 0 searches, 0 misses - 0 uncompressed in, 0 compressed in, 0 error in, 0 tossed Uptime is 1 second (since Tue Nov 7 10:51:29 1995 UTC) 286 TCL commands executed, 0.410 user, 0.240 system Configuration complete PNI pni: pni0 open on fd 4 === TCL Error: Starting Encaps (phase1): > cmdregister: cannot register with portmapper === errorCode > NONE === errorInfo > cmdregister: cannot register with portmapper > while executing > "cmdregister $Config(CMD:prog)" > invoked from within > "if {[info exists Config(CMD:prog)]} { > cmdregister $Config(CMD:prog) > } else { > set i [getrpcbyname [[lindex $encapList 0] interface]] > syslog ..." > invoked from within > "if {[string compare $phase phase1]==0} { > # > # Invoked to set registration of RPC command handler and > # portmapper binding. > # > if {[info exists Co ..." > (procedure "start_encaps" line 49) > invoked from within > "start_encaps phase1" === [end error dump] pac:29# Thanks, Greg Shaw.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ed_chubin@vanguard.com (Ed Chubin) Subject: Re: Tab problem in Terminal.app Message-ID: <1995Nov8.201621.27970@il.us.swissbank.com> Sender: root@il.us.swissbank.com (Operator) Organization: Swiss Bank Corporation CM&T Division References: <DHHLMt.Gz8@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:16:21 GMT In article <DHHLMt.Gz8@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) writes: > Sharad Shanbhag writes > >perhaps a simple problem... > > > >I'm running NS-Intel and cannot get the tab key to generate > >a tab in a Terminal.app window. This normally isn't a problem. > >however, I have a need to 'grep' lines which contain tabs in them. > > I don't think this is a Terminal nor a NeXT problem. A friend who knows a hell > of a lot more about Unix (Suns in particular) than I, says it is common > behavior for the sh and csh shell families. > > I'd be delighted to find out that this is wrong and that there is some easy way > to do what you and I want. > > The workaround I use is to stick the grep command in a one-line shell script. > Gag. > > -- > Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay > PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey Type a Control-v before you want a tab, then type the tab. This should stop any undesired shell expansion of the tab. Your C-Shell is probably trying to expand it. -- Edward H. Chubin Chubin@Mcs.com Chicago, Illinois Senior Software Engineer The_meaning_of_life.c: #define YOUR_STUFF_HERE { money++, fun++, friends++, memory-- } for ( day=0; ; day++ ) YOUR_STUFF_HERE /* !cores */
From: jkeenan@next.com (Joe Keenan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [HELP] multiple network cards Date: 8 Nov 1995 21:46:22 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <47r8fe$142@news.next.com> References: <47ij33$oe4@news.its.com> In article <47ij33$oe4@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > grio@next.com (Dan Grillo) wrote: > > If you want to route between these two networks, you'll need to > > turn on ipforwarding in the kernel. NEXTSTEP doesn't have an > > "easy" way to do this -- for example, there's no boot time flag. > > Thanks for this information. But shouldn't the kernel set ipforwarding > automatically whenever the system is multihomed? No, because there are lots of situtations (firewall, for instance) where you have multiple network interfaces but do NOT want to do forwarding. joe
From: srestivo@panix.com (Salvatore Restivo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Using LILO to boot NeXTStep? Date: 8 Nov 1995 16:59:43 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <47r98f$ocv@panix2.panix.com> I'm trying to use LILO (the Linux Loader) to manage booting the following operating systems from their corresponding drives on one Intel-based box: /dev/sda IBM PC-DOS 7 /dev/sdb Linux 1.2.13 /dev/sdc NeXTStep 3.3 The "a" and "b" drives boot just fine, but I can't figure out how to get LILO to properly hand off to the "c" drive and the NeXT Boot Manager installed there. If you have managed this yourself, I'd very much appreciate a copy of your NeXTStep boot stanza from lilo.conf. Or could anyone propose an alternative method of triple-booting these things? TIA -Sal -- Salvatore Restivo srestivo@panix.com
From: anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Prolog on NeXT? Date: 08 Nov 1995 21:53:04 GMT Organization: Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University Message-ID: <ANDERSON.95Nov8165304@sapir.ling.yale.edu> References: <DHoCIF.Cp3@udcf.gla.ac.uk> In-reply-to: root@music.gla.ac.uk's message of Tue, 7 Nov 1995 13:08:37 GMT >>>>> "Stephen" == root <root@music.gla.ac.uk> writes: In article <DHoCIF.Cp3@udcf.gla.ac.uk> root@music.gla.ac.uk writes: Stephen> Is anyone out there using a recent version of Prolog on Stephen> NEXTSTEP? I've had a search around the archives and there was Stephen> some info from way back in 1989 on CProlog1.5, SBProlog and Stephen> Quintus. I get the impression that these are probably extremely Stephen> out of date now. We're needing to run Prolog for a course Stephen> starting next year. Any hints, patches, binaries, source, info Stephen> or anything welcome. The XSB prolog system is available for free from SUNY-Stony Brook in ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/XSB.tar.Z This is a reasonably full and recent extension of Edinburgh syntax Prolog. It works fine under NeXTstep (it's explicitly set up for NeXT, indeed, among other systems). Whether it will suit the needs of your class of not is something only you can determine, of course. --Steve Anderson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: Re: Printer accounting SW Message-ID: <C8DDA03001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 08 Nov 95 16:41:00 EST There is something called "Quotas.app" I found on peanuts that does this ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/system/Quotas.N.bs.tar. gz I haven't use it however... has anyone ?? TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: p25231@email.mot.com Subject: Trouble setting up netware printers Organization: MOTOROLA Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 17:52:30 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov8.175230.3737@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) I have been having trouble setting up my netware printers. I am able to go through all the hoops by using NetwareManager, but then the printers never show up in my print window. In addition, if I quit NetwareManager, and re-start it, the printers are no longer there. I am having this problem on an HP, but I had similar problems on an Intel machine. I eventually got the Intel machine to work, but I don't know what I did. - Thanks, Mark p25231@email.mot.com
From: bonilla@andrews.edu (Rafael A. Bonilla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP + Linux + DOS off one disk - how to ? Date: 8 Nov 1995 00:48:00 GMT Organization: Andrews University Message-ID: <47ouo0$gar@orion.cc.andrews.edu> References: <46qmp6$f6h@deimos.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de> <4726r5$eea@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> <uzs1c3.134.002E1763@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> You could do the following: 1- Install DOS first (don't know why you would do that...but hey... you asked...) 2 - Install NextStep. Use the advanced installation options to leave some space on the disk for Linux 3- Install Linux using the remainder of the space. Linux will NOT boot using LILO... you are better off using LOADLIN... (use the Software Map) 4- You could try installing NT too...but I would not recommend it...leaves a bad taste in the mouth... -- "I must have done something right in a previous life...can't imagine what that could've been..." - Simon Phoenix (Demolition Man) bonilla@andrews.edu (Rafael Bonilla)
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3.3 Patch question Date: 9 Nov 1995 01:21:18 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Nov8172118@wren.csulb.edu> The 3.3PatchRelNotesAddendum tells us: If you run any POSIX-based application on your system, or if you run any statically linked programs that uses the gethostbyname() or gethostbyaddr() system calls, you should run 3.3Patch.LibrariesOK.post_install. If neither of the above circumstances apply to your system, then you should run 3.3Patch.ImprovedDNS.post_install. Given the choice, 3.3Patch.ImprovedDNS.post_install script is the better alternative. All the programs we've built that use gethostbyname or gethostbyaddr were linked with a relatively recent 4.9.3 libresolv.a. Would that let us off the hook? If we relinked our programs that were made w/lposix with the new libposix.a, could we get away w/using 3.3Patch.ImprovedDNS.post_install? Jack
From: jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jerry Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Formatting ZIP Disk with NS? Date: 9 Nov 1995 06:23:30 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL Message-ID: <47s6p2$r3s@news.acns.nwu.edu> References: <1995Nov5.162424.1434@hobbit> In article <1995Nov5.162424.1434@hobbit>, Raymond A. Bailey <bailey9@marshall.edu> wrote: > Anyone able to make an NS filesystem on a Zip cartridge? I've tried the >floppy formatting tool and fdisk, to no avail. > >-- Use the Workspace initialize to format to Mac format (long) then again as Next format (short). -- Jerry S. Weiss j-weiss@nwu.edu %SYSTEM-S-PHALOKTARG, Phasers Locked on Target, Ready to Fire
From: jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jerry Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: TransSys PNI 1.13 installation problems Date: 9 Nov 1995 06:27:01 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL Message-ID: <47s6vl$r4e@news.acns.nwu.edu> References: <47r5g2$8lr@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Keywords: portmapper TransSys In article <47r5g2$8lr@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Greg Shaw <gshaw@zeta.org.au> wrote: >Hi all, >I have just installed TransSys PNI 1.13 SLIP software and I must say the >installation script run through Intstaller.app is pretty impressive. It >does almost everything for me. Great job. > >My problem is that I can now not get the daemon to run. It is having >trouble resolving the pni rpc (port 350295) to the portmapper. The >configuration works fine but when it tries to do its work it fails. I >have put traces in and know that it is the attempted resolution of pni >(port 350295) that is failing. I don't fully understand waht it is >trying to do so would appreciate any assistance on offer. > >Anyway, for anyone interested a transcript of the failed session follows: > >pac:28# /etc/pni/pnid -C -c -n pni0 -t -d -f /etc/pni/config/pni0.config >TransSys PNI 1.13 ($Id: pnid.m,v 1.29 1994/10/10 03:43:55 louie Exp $) >Copyright (c) TransSys, Inc. All rights reserved. >license key: serial number 1 version 0 keyversion 0 features 0x49 >license key: licensed to Plain Slip User >Loading package initialization file in /etc/pni/pnid.tcl >pnid: Operation mode is CLIENT >pnid: Test mode >pnid: using configuration in /etc/pni/config/pni0.config >Loaded bundle /etc/pni/PNI.encap for class PNI >Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/PNI.encap/PNI_objInit.tcl >Loaded bundle /etc/pni/SLIP.encap for class SLIP >Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/SLIP.encap/SLIP_objInit.tcl >Encap: loading class initialiation code from /etc/pni/TTY.encap/TTY_Init.tcl >Loaded bundle /etc/pni/TTY.encap for class TTY >Load TCL initialization from /etc/pni/TTY.encap/TTY_objInit.tcl >--> configure: pni >--> configure: slip >--> configure: tty >Loaded bundle /etc/pni/Dialer.bundle for class Dialer >tty: Default to UUCP-style locking protocol >-slip stats: 0 packets, 0 compressed, 0 searches, 0 misses >- 0 uncompressed in, 0 compressed in, 0 error in, 0 tossed >Uptime is 1 second (since Tue Nov 7 10:51:29 1995 UTC) >286 TCL commands executed, 0.410 user, 0.240 system >Configuration complete >PNI pni: pni0 open on fd 4 >=== TCL Error: Starting Encaps (phase1): >> cmdregister: cannot register with portmapper >=== errorCode >> NONE >=== errorInfo >> cmdregister: cannot register with portmapper >> while executing >> "cmdregister $Config(CMD:prog)" >> invoked from within >> "if {[info exists Config(CMD:prog)]} { >> cmdregister $Config(CMD:prog) >> } else { >> set i [getrpcbyname [[lindex $encapList 0] interface]] >> syslog ..." >> invoked from within >> "if {[string compare $phase phase1]==0} { >> # >> # Invoked to set registration of RPC command handler and >> # portmapper binding. >> # >> if {[info exists Co ..." >> (procedure "start_encaps" line 49) >> invoked from within >> "start_encaps phase1" >=== [end error dump] >pac:29# > >Thanks, Greg Shaw. > Briefly, its broken. It works okay the first time, fails the second. If you remove it (comment out the cmgregister), it will work, but you'll have to have a priv'ed user kill it if you want to hang up the phone. Use the new serial port drivers with it. -- Jerry S. Weiss j-weiss@nwu.edu %SYSTEM-S-PHALOKTARG, Phasers Locked on Target, Ready to Fire
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: GNU finger---Solved Date: 9 Nov 1995 07:15:52 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47s9r8$86r@paladin.american.edu> References: <eloprpvay.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> In article <eloprpvay.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) writes: :>In the config.h file add the following two lines : :>#include <sys/dir.h> :>#include <sys/dirent.h> : :#include <sys/dirent.h> is wrong wrong wrong. : Actually it did compile. Both the way you suggested before and as above. The whole thing is moot however as I got finger 1.38 from an other site. When the author responded to an other question on finger he suggested I grab the new version. Working on it tomorrow hopefully. If it works I will, perhaps, submit it to peanuts and/or orst. -- Torrey McMahon
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Column size of Usenet posts Date: 9 Nov 1995 07:27:28 GMT Organization: The American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <47sah0$8b0@paladin.american.edu> What size should I set for the column size in NewsGrazer? I always send badly wrapped text and it is starting to annoy me. -- Torrey McMahon
From: herding@cs.tu-berlin.de (Bernd Herding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo/NIS interaction ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 13:07:33 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47suel$pks@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <47r2m9$2vq@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ceham@w3eax.umd.edu (Maurice De Vidts NE3S) writes: >Hi, >I have a single NeXT (PC) setup as a two level NetInfo server/client >runing NIS as well. The system is networked with SUN workstations. >I would like to use the NIS information maintained by the SUNS as >the primary network information. Is there any easy way to propagate >NIS changes into the Netinfo tables ? All I can think of doing is >Croning a script that NIloads the ypcats for each map ?? This is the way NeXT does. At least something similar's described in the documentation. Look for "pushinfo" (I think) in NextAdmin with Librarian and you'll get a pointer to the other way round, but your problem's described there, too. Of course it would be nicer to convince Netinfo to obtain the information directly from NIS, but this - if remember right - is not intended. As information maintained by NIS doesn't change every two minutes, you won't have perhaps that big of a problem to use cron updating every quarter of an hour. I use it for synchronizing from Netinfo -> NIS and it works for me. Hope I could help you. Bernd
From: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch (David EKCHIAN, HIL F22.3, 3 3110) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: netInfo misconfigured Date: 9 Nov 1995 11:55:21 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Message-ID: <47sq79$1ce@elna.ethz.ch> References: <47pqkv$3ph@neptune.ethz.ch> In <47pqkv$3ph@neptune.ethz.ch> Roman Puttkammer wrote: > hello > > Once again, I made some f!@@#!@ mistake in the netInfo manager. NeXT stops > booting with the message > > starting file service deamons: checking local.nidb... Hi Roman, Can you reboot your system in single user mode? If yes, everything is still possible :-) I tried to reach you by eMail but I got "message was not delivered to rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch" from bernina! I also tried to answer you from the news server in stuttgart (news.uni-stuttgart.de) but it seems the system does not accept my answers from ethz... David. -- o _ /-;c __________________________________________________________________(@)#\(@)__ _ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ David C. EKCHIAN _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ IBK-Informatik(HIL) _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Phone: ++41-1-633 31 10 _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Email: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Inst. Structural Engineering ____________________________________________________________________________ _
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 10:51:05 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951109105105.215AACUn.malc@daneel> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> <47kt9v$sgo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Have You Unix-programs which compiled with -posix and use network > functions ? If not You must nothing do, if yes You must get new > versions, compiled with the new libposix.a. Or use the > 3.3Patch.LibrariesOK.post_install. > Umm, I read this in NeXT's documentation and got frustrated: *how do I know??!!* Do I have to contact AFS, Take3, LightHouse, Frame Technology, NetSurfer Sarrus etc etc to find out what functions and libraries their applications use?! As far as I can tell the only safe thing to do is to use the patch without the lookupd changes. A bit silly, really. Any help/advice welcome -- particularly by email as news is being a bit erratic at the moment. Have fun, mmalc.
From: cwolf@wolfware.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Column size of Usenet posts Date: 9 Nov 1995 10:01:42 GMT Organization: WolfWare Message-ID: <47sji6$lth@shellx.best.com> On 11/08/95, Torrey McMahon wrote: >What size should I set for the column size in NewsGrazer? I always send badly >wrapped text and it is starting to annoy me. A large number of terminal based newsreaders are configured to display a maximum of 80 columns of text. In order to allow room for people to quote your post in followups it is generally recommended that original postings should be formatted for 70 to 75 columns. -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Career Position Date: 9 Nov 1995 15:16:42 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <47t60q$auj@news1.channel1.com> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Career Position Strong Next commercial experience Salary up tp 80K Relocation assistance DC Area To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] Omni Search (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <47tbvm$6hm@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Control: cancel <47tbvm$6hm@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Date: 9 Nov 1995 16:59:28 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47tc1g$6hm@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> cancel
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:00:26 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <47tc3a$6hm@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> <47kt9v$sgo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <951109105105.215AACUn.malc@daneel> mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote: > Umm, I read this in NeXT's documentation and got frustrated: *how do I > know??!!* > Do I have to contact AFS, Take3, LightHouse, Frame Technology, NetSurfer > Sarrus etc etc to find out what functions and libraries their applications > use?! As far as I can tell the only safe thing to do is to use the patch > without the lookupd changes. A bit silly, really. I think all that firms don't use the posix library for NeXTSTEP programs. You must look at programs that You/Your sysadmin have compiled (Unix/BSD). See at /usr/local/bin or ~bin. - Karsten Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: 3.3 Patch:INND does not run anymore! Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:16:00 GMT Organization: Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, FB1 Message-ID: <47td0g$a5o@commserv.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Hi! After installing the 3.3 Patch on my i586, I noticed that my inn does not work anymore. Nov 9 17:29:53 turbocat inndstart: inndstart cant bind Address already in use What shall I do? I was using inn 1.4. Do the people at NeXT.com not use INN? Thanks in advance. _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
From: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch (David EKCHIAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo/NIS interaction ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 14:23:59 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Message-ID: <47t2tv$5dq@elna.ethz.ch> References: <47r2m9$2vq@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> In <47r2m9$2vq@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Maurice De Vidts NE3S wrote: > I have a single NeXT (PC) setup as a two level NetInfo server/client > runing NIS as well. The system is networked with SUN workstations. > I would like to use the NIS information maintained by the SUNS as > the primary network information. Is there any easy way to propagate > NIS changes into the Netinfo tables ? All I can think of doing is > Croning a script that NIloads the ypcats for each map ?? > Thanks > Maurice > ceham@w3eax.umd.edu If you declare your Sun NIS domain in SimpleNetworkStarter with YPDOMAIN=SUNDOMAIN, or for NIS+ in yp compatible mode YPDOMAIN=SUN.DOMAIN, and you use the yp convention to redirect your /etc/... datafiles, then the system will automatically ask the yp (NIS) server for the information you ask. For example, in /etc/passwd, you should add a line at the end with "+::0:0:::". Your passwd file looks like: ____________________________________________________________ # # You probably do NOT want to edit this file, because it is only read # during bootstrap or if YP is enabled. Please use either UserManager or nu # instead. # root::0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh nobody:*:-2:-2::/private: agent:*:1:1::/private: daemon:*:1:1::/private: uucp:*:4:4::/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico news:*:6:6::/usr/spool/news:/bin/csh sybase:*:8:8:Sybase Administrator:/usr/sybase:/bin/csh +::0:0::: ____________________________________________________________ You don't need any crontab stuff to download anything. I have installed the net like this for me and it works fine. You must have an entry for your NIS server in /etc/hosts. I hope this helps, David. -- o _ /-;c __________________________________________________________________(@)#\(@)___ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ David C. EKCHIAN _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ IBK-Informatik(HIL) _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Phone: ++41-1-633 31 10 _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Email: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch _____________________________________________________________________________ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Inst. Structural Engineering _____________________________________________________________________________
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Repairing bootblock after lilo desaster: disk -b ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 14:49:07 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <47t4d3$evo@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Yesterday I felt brave, so I dared to change my two SCSI drives, so that NEXTSTEP finally can boot of my first disk. Linux is nice also, but I failed to guess the right drive ID in lilo.conf, so LILO (linux loader) wrote itself in the bootblock of my NEXTSTEP partition. Now NEXTSTEP is unable to boot. Gladly, the UFS filesystem for Linux still finds the NEXTSTEP partitions, so I can still read my NEXTSTEP files ;-). But how can I restore the NEXTSTEP bootblock on the NEXTSTEP partition ? Will disk -b /dev/rsdXa work ??? And, how can I boot NEXTSTEP to execute /usr/etc/disk ? Is disk on the emergency disks in BootFloppy ? I just want to hear a second opion before I finally execute my NEXTSTEP partitions (you see, the braveness has vanished ;-) Thank you, Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: phickey@kidsoft.com (Patrick T Hickey) Subject: Re: Trouble setting up netware printers Keywords: Novell, printers Message-ID: <DHs7GD.4ox@gateway.kidsoft.com> Sender: nobody@gateway.kidsoft.com Organization: KidSoft L.L.C. Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 15:09:48 GMT References: <1995Nov8.175230.3737@schbbs.mot.com> In article <1995Nov8.175230.3737@schbbs.mot.com> p25231@email.mot.com writes: > I have been having trouble setting up my netware printers. Yup. I must second this as having gone down the crapper after upgrading to 3.3. Worked fine before that and my symptoms are exactly the same...the printers appear to configure but never appear in the print window and simply vanish from the NetwareManager as well. I have observed they are resident in NetInfo, but seemingly wedged and not reachable. This was submitted as a bug as eons ago and since this is black hardware I must believe it has been tossed into the Who Gives A Crap File. It's a shame since utilizing netware printers is a very utilitarian thing, not exotic at all. My hunch is since Paul Franz left Next for higher ground (had to be early 94 or so) absolutely nothing has been done to Netware support, at least on black hardware. regards patrick
From: ulf@stenbocken.astrakan.se (ulf karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NT FILESERVER FOR NEXTSTEP Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:29:58 GMT Organization: Astrakan SDU AB Message-ID: <47tdqm$3pj@littlegreen.astrakan.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Greetings ! I´m trying to get NEXTSTEP (actually SOFTPC) to talk to a Windows NT fileserver. I´ve tried some NFS server apps (Chameleon, Intergraphs) in NT without much luck (NT users & groups doesnt semm to map to Unix users and groups very well so I get mixed up ownerships and rights) Maybe Im missing an "easier" alternative way like setting up an Netware server as an gateway to the NT server..well any input would be most welcome ! Regards, Ulf Karlsson ulf@astrakan.se (MIME, NEXTMAIL,ASCII)
From: majka@next.com (Marc Majka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo/NIS interaction ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:21:43 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <47tdb7$6l1@news.next.com> References: <47suel$pks@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> Maurice De Vidts asks: >I would like to use the NIS information maintained by the SUNS as >the primary network information. Is there any easy way to propagate >NIS changes into the Netinfo tables ? There is no need to do this. If your NEXTSTEP system is configuraed as an NIS client, then it will look up information in NIS. If you put all your user accounts in NIS, then NEXTSTEP will find them there (remember to put a "+" entry in /etc/passwd). NEXTSTEP knows how to find information from NetInfo, DNS, and NIS. It always checks NetInfo first. If the information is not found in NetInfo, it tries DNS next (for host information) and then NIS. Lookups in DNS or NIS require that your system is configured as a DNS or NIS client. The whole point is that you can choose the information system that makes your job easier. If it is easier for you to keep information in NetInfo, then that's where you computer will find it. If you want to put your NEXTSTEP system on a big network that uses NIS, then all you need to do is configure your system's NIS domain name, and your computer will find its information in NIS. -- Marc Majka
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: Re: Column size of Usenet posts Message-ID: <41D8A13001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 09 Nov 95 10:30:00 EST What size should I set for the column size in NewsGrazer? I always send badly wrapped text and it is starting to annoy me. I think the setting should be at 70, but I always set mine to 60 or 65 -- back when I used to have access to a NNTP server :-( Whatever you do, it might be a good idea to remember your quote string adds a character or two to any quoted lines. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: brzez@d0tokensun.fnal.gov (Time will fly.. tonight...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStep not Recognizing DOS partitions on 4.3 gig drive Date: 9 Nov 1995 18:06:43 GMT Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL Message-ID: <47tfvj$4q6@fnnews.fnal.gov> I just got a Seagate Barracuda (ST15100N) and installed it in my system. The drive is really fast and after monkeying around with disktab, fdisk, and fstab I was finally able to install NeXStep on the drive. I partitioned the drive into 4 1.075 gig partitions. NeXTStep lives on the first. Dos on the second and Linux on the third. I have a shareware boot manager that allows me to boot from any partition as long as that partition is BIOS accessible which my Adaptec 1542 compatible controller handles very well. Everything works fine and fast but I am unable to access my DOS partition from NeXTStep. Is there some trick to this? Under Linux, I am able to acces the partition easily, so either I'm not doing/configuring things right, or NeXTStep is not capable of recognizing this partition (even though it does recognize my IDE DOS drives). Any help? Thanks.. -- John
From: nagendra@cs.bu.edu (nagendra mishr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help setting up tip/PPP Date: 9 Nov 1995 18:02:33 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Message-ID: <47tfnp$fb3@news.bu.edu> I'm trying to set up PPP. I downloaded the public domain version for PPP (motorola) and installed as per the directions. Teh instalation went wihout any problems. I have to nbow setup PPP. The documentation advises to try and logon to the remote machine using tip or kermit and startup PPP remotely and then start it up locally. So I tried to dial up my host using tip. I can bet connected to the annex but when I telnet to the host I get to type in my login name, but that's it. Telnet never comes back with a password prompt. I tried rlogin. rlogin worked a little better in that I got the password prompt but never get past that. I can logon using a mac without any problems.. Is it a tip configueration problem? Where do I enter the modem setup parameters? Any help would be appreciated.... Nagendra nagendra@csa.bu.e.du
From: keichj@quig12.alleg.edu (Joshua Keich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: httpd for NeXt: Where can I find it? Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:50:05 GMT Organization: Allegheny College Message-ID: <47tf0e$bnn@speering.alleg.edu> Keywords: httpd I'm looking for a NeXt binary fpr NCSA httpd? I'd appreciate the address of ftp sites that have this. -- Joshua Keich Allegheny College internet: keichj@alleg.edu
From: mjantti@aton.abo.fi (Markus J{ntti STA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: swapping on swapdisk Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 09 Nov 1995 18:12:39 GMT Organization: Abo Akademi University Distribution: world Message-ID: <MJANTTI.95Nov9201239@aton.abo.fi> hello --- my swapdisk (SCSI #1) broke down and I bought a new one. It now seems that, despite the fact that the disk is tiny (50 MB) and BuilDisk.app claims to build a swapdisk out of it, the boot process does not swap on this external file, but rather places the swapfile in /private/vm/swapfile on the boot disk. /usr/etc/checkdisk -v returns a 2, i.e., the system claims that this is not a swapdisk (despite my having defined re-initialized it using BuildDisk.app several times). Why, I wonder, does the system not use the swapdisk? -- Markus Jantti | Department of Economics markus.jantti@abo.fi | Abo Akademi University http://www.abo.fi/~mjantti | FIN 20500 Turku, Finland 358-0-643 747 (Home/Voice) | 358-21-2654 161 (Office/Voice) 358-0-3489 233 (Home/Fax) | 358-21-2654 677 (Office/Fax)
From: keichj@quig12.alleg.edu (Joshua Keich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: httpd for NeXtStep: for NeXTStep 3.2 Date: 9 Nov 1995 18:48:29 GMT Organization: Allegheny College Message-ID: <47tidt$duj@speering.alleg.edu> Keywords: httpd I forgot to mention I need a binary built for 3.2. Joshua -- Joshua Keich Allegheny College internet: keichj@alleg.edu
From: udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Date: 9 Nov 1995 19:18:22 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Hi. Does anybody out there know if there are any problems associated with running NEXTSTEP on a Dell pentium? I was told that there are a few problems related to the graphics card. Does anybody know about the problem? Any feedback will be appreciated Thanks. Shourav Udas --
From: schaub@tamu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: NXFax + ZyXEL E2864 ? Date: 9 Nov 1995 17:47:33 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> I have just replaced my ZyXEL 1496 with an E2864 modem on a mono Nextstation running NS3.2 with NXFax installed as the driver. Unfortunately, the computer no longer reponds to incoming calls! I can dial out, connect ppp, even fax out. But when an incoming call arrives, the NXFaxMonitor pops up, but as a status it still says that it is waiting on a call and never picks up!! Anyone out there use this modem with NXFax? I figured since the ZyXEL 1496 was supported by NXFax, surely the newer modem would be compatible too? HP -- Hanspeter Schaub Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! -Jonathon Livingston Seagull
From: udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: modem connection to my network Date: 9 Nov 1995 20:08:14 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <47tn3e$46h@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> We have a next network running Teleconnect to connect to connect to the internet and other dedicated sites. I have to set up a modem connection between my machine at home (next box running nextstep) and the office network. I would like to know the best (cheap and reliable) way of connecting my machine to the network. Is PPP a good option or should I stick with Teleconnect (if it is still available in the market)? Also I would like a suggestion on the communication hardware. I really appreciate any help you can provide. Shourav Udas p.s. you can mail me at udas@northstar.com --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: scott@alexander.com (Scott Penziner) Subject: NetWare 3.x/4.x Crash Diagnostic/Prevention Software Message-ID: <DHsLB8.69F@mv.mv.com> Summary: Alexander LAN, Inc. Server Protection Kit for NetWare 3.x/4.x File Servers Organization: Alexander LAN Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 20:04:34 GMT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ===================== ALEXANDER SERVER PROTECTION KIT PREEMPTS AND DIAGNOSES CRASHES ON NETWARE 3.11 - 4.10 Date: July 3, 1995 Contact: Dirk A. D. Smith, President Alexander LAN, Inc. 100 Perimeter Road Nashua, New Hampshire 03063 USA Phone: (603) 880-8800 Fax: (603) 880-8881 Internet: dirk@alexander.com CompuServe: 76470,562 (see end of file for information/sales contact) ================================================================ (Nashua, New Hampshire) Alexander LAN, Inc. today announced that they have begun shipping the Alexander Server Protection Kit, which contains two new product releases: NetCheck 2.0 and Dexter 1.11 for NetWare 3.11 through 4.10. NetCheck preempts Netware file server crashes; by trapping illegal memory overwrites. By preventing memory overwrites, NetWare Server memory corruption is avoided, eliminating a common cause of server crashes. Dexter lets you investigate non-memory crashes; it lets you "walk backwards" to find out what sequence of events led up to a crash. "Server crash protection and diagnosis are primary concerns for both the System Administrator and the NLM/Driver Developer," said Dirk A. D. Smith, President of Alexander LAN, Inc. "NetCheck and Dexter are the only tools specifically designed to address these needs." THE ALEXANDER SERVER PROTECTION KIT ----------------------------------- The Alexander Server Protection Kit provides everything you need to tackle NetWare server crashes. NetCheck 2.0 is an NLM that watches every driver, every NLM -- even the network operating system kernel -- and traps illegal memory reads and writes. By trapping illegal reads and writes, NetCheck prevents memory corruption, a primary cause of server crashes. NetCheck works by moving all NLMs, drivers, and the NOS kernel from Ring 0 to Ring 3. It then uses the paging mechanism of the Intel CPU to trap illegal memory reads and writes -- even if they are to the start of physical memory and due to uninitialized memory pointers. Since NetCheck typically takes well under 1/2 of 1 percent of overhead, it doesn't affect server performance and can be loaded at all times for full protection. Server crashes caused by memory corruption have been called "mysterious" ABENDs (Abnormal Ends) because NetWare hasn't been able to prevent or even report the cause. DOMAIN.NLM, shipping in version 4.10, doesn't change this. DOMAIN is only designed to protect a server from a few "untrusted" NLMs and drivers, and only in a test environment. NetCheck can be configured to automatically ignore specific legal overwrites such as patches, anti-virus NLMs, and audit tracking NLMs that need to patch into SERVER.NLM code. And NetCheck's new GUI lets you view memory overwrites and change NetCheck's configuration while it's running. Dexter 1.11 helps you find the cause of any NetWare server crash for versions 3.11 through 4.10. 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From: rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi Krishna Swamy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Need help installing NS 3.3 for intel with EIDE hardware Date: 9 Nov 1995 21:01:00 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Message-ID: <47tq6c$bvp@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> I have been having a lot of problems trying to get NS 3.3 for intel to work properly. I can install it but basically when I reboot I get some errors and have to reboot. The long story is at: ftp://ftp.csc.ncsu.edu/pub/eos_users/r/rkswamy/NeXTSTEP/next.problems I was getting a /usr/Devices/EIDE.config error. I have copied the EIDE.config dir from the v3.31 driver update floppy into /usr/Devices, I basically did a tar and untar so all of the files are there. When I reboot I get these errors: /dev/rhd0a: file system clean: skipping check Can't open /dev/rsd0a (null pointer): CAN'T CHECK FILESYSTEM and it dropped me back into single user mode. I grepped in a few dirs to check for /dev/rsd0a. I could find no mentioning of this device in /usr/Devices/EIDE.config or in a subdir. I did find it mentioned twice in /etc/disk but this is a binary file and /etc/disktab did not mention the rsd0a device. I also did a df and ran fdisk. df says that my root or "/" partition is /dev/hd0a This matches the info in /etc/fstab. The fstab file also has an entry for /dev/sd0a which looks like my EIDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drive because NeXTSTEP is supposed to make it look like a SCSI device hence the "s" in "sd"? fdisk said that my device was: Device: /dev/rhd0h It would seem that /dev/rhd0h would be the first IDE or EIDE hard drive and perhaps /dev/rsd0a is the first SCSI hard drive? I do not have any SCSI devices except for the ATAPI CD-ROM drive which is made to look like a SCSI device. I would think that removing an entry somewhere for /dev/rsd0a might solve the problem but I have not been able to find an entry for it in a plain ascii text file. I would appreciate any further help or suggestions that you have. Thank you. Ravi -- Ravi K. Swamy http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/r/rkswamy/www/ rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu root@genom.com
From: rdieter@mathlab41.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Eudora and NextMail Date: 9 Nov 1995 21:05:50 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Distribution: world Message-ID: <47tqfe$6jq@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> In article <47l75a$irn@transfer.stratus.com> es@gi (Eric_Stumpp) writes: > Hi, > > I try to connect me on my Next postoffice with an Eudora Client on > Windows. > > The host replies me connection refused > > Any idea why ? The mail server is not configured to accept connections from Eudora. You need to install pop services on the mailserver. Look around for the nice next app PopOver.app, which includes the pop program neccessary to make Eudora (and PopOver) function. -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Computer System Manager Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: Bil Manderson <bilm@nelvana.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 16:30:07 -0500 Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA Message-ID: <30A272DF.4BDA@nelvana.com> References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All depends on what card your system came with. I suggest getting the #9 pro 64. I have installed many a Dell with Nextstep and this was the card I always recommended. Older Dell systems such as the 590 omniplex back in 94 or so came with ATI chipset on the motherboard, but the RAMDAC was not supported. This may be the "Rumour" that you have heard about. But it is a know issue and there are resolution to it. I suggest getting in touch with Dell for more info. Hope this helps. Bil M
From: Charles C. Lloyd <clloyd@giantleap.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Date: 9 Nov 1995 21:01:39 GMT Organization: Sierra-Net Message-ID: <47tq7j$mbn@jobes.sierra.net> References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) wrote: > Hi. Does anybody out there know if there are any problems associated with > running NEXTSTEP on a Dell pentium? I was told that there are a few > problems related to the graphics card. Does anybody know about the > problem? Any feedback will be appreciated I have a Dell XPS-133 and it works great. I got the 1.6 gig EIDE drive from them but I did get my own EIDE CD-ROM since they couldn't tell me what CD-ROM they might ship. For video, I got the Number-9 Imagine-128 card with 4Meg VRAM and the CTX 17" Monitor with .26 dot pitch. It all works like a champ (even though they sent me a defective keyboard). Charles. --- Charles Lloyd clloyd@giantleap.com GiantLeap Software PO Box 8734 (702) 831-4630 Incline Village, NV 89452
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Image filters/services question. Date: 10 Nov 1995 00:19:53 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <47u2ap$9ht@alf.uib.no> I'm not wsure what I've done wrong... NSfIP3.3: I installed ImageViewer.app I installed OmniImage.app I installed OmniImageFilter.serveice When I start OmniWeb/OmniImage.app, Inspector in the Browser ImageViewer also starts (obviously Omni is calling on IV to provide services), despite that I have (inPreferences) specified Omni as default viewer (both for myself and as root when I installed). I'm sure I had exactly the same setup on my cube, but ImageViewer was never called up after OmniImage - it started only when I clicked on the app. So - what have I done and how do I fix it (i.e. I want only Omni to sevice unsupported image formats, if I want ImageViewer started I'll start it from the FileViewer.) E-mail encouraged. Regards, --- -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: kinau@lennon.csufresno.edu (Kin Au) Subject: SCSI,SCSI II, WIDE SCSI Message-ID: <DHrGoG.Lr7@CSUFresno.EDU> Sender: news@CSUFresno.EDU Organization: California State University, Fresno Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 05:31:28 GMT Hi folks, I have a question. We are going to install a internal HD in NeXT cube. Will any SCSI drive be ok? Can NeXT take SCSI II or WIDE SCSI drive? What is the difference between SCSI and SCSI II ? Thank in advance!! --Kin
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: POP Authenticating Date: 10 Nov 1995 03:49:03 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <47ui3f$l36@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <DHoHJ4.EM4@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> jeffb@audiolab.uwaterloo.ca (Jeff Bamford) wrote: > Hopefully this is a simply question. I installed a POP > server the other day and it works fine. However, I usually check > my mail from a PC that is not on our local subnet, hence when I > send mail back to the NeXT (running NS 3.2, black hardware) the > mail is not authenticated, i.e. it's "X-Sender". It's not a > major problem, but is there an easy way to convince the NeXT that > mail from PC is okay. I'm not sure about the PC versions of Eudora, but on the Mac version what you want to do is *not* set a host for SMTP mail. If you don't have an SMTP host set, then it'll send your email using POP, which your server will treat as being authentically from you. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Ralph Michael Keller <rakeller> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Help: Symbios, Seagate ST31230, and NeXTStep Date: 10 Nov 1995 11:21:53 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <47vckh$ei9@neptune.ethz.ch> References: <47lafo$2f8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: benjy@benjy.cc.vt.edu Hi Benjy, Have you tried the new Symbios Driver (3.33) from NeXTAnswers. I had problems with the old one not detecting an old SCSI-Drive. Perhaps this can help. >Any suggestions? >If I buy a brand-name SCSI controller, will this problem go away? >Will SCSI disks I'm using with the Symbios controller work on >a new controller without reformatting? I couldn't use a drive formated with an NCR810 controller with an Adaptec 2940, but in constrast, I could use a disk formated on the Adaptec 2940 and 1542 with the NCR controller. I thinks it is a question of sector and block transformation (i.e. the NCR knows several formats how sectors numbers are converted ) - Ralph
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Help: Symbios, Seagate ST31230, and NeXTStep Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Date: 10 Nov 1995 16:40:15 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <47vv9f$ms0@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <47lafo$2f8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <47vckh$ei9@neptune.ethz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ralph Michael Keller (rakeller) wrote: [...] : >Any suggestions? : >If I buy a brand-name SCSI controller, will this problem go away? : >Will SCSI disks I'm using with the Symbios controller work on : >a new controller without reformatting? : I couldn't use a drive formated with an NCR810 controller with an : Adaptec 2940, but in constrast, I could use a disk formated on the Adaptec : 2940 and 1542 with the NCR controller. : I thinks it is a question of sector and block transformation (i.e. the NCR : knows several formats how sectors numbers are converted ) This is correct, but it only applies to boot or mixed drives. If you plan to use the harddisk only for NeXTSTEP and not for booting the kernel, the CHS mapping is irrelevant. -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: sasso@fct.com (John F Sasso) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Dual Boot, NextStep and Windoze NT? Date: 9 Nov 1995 15:50:08 -0600 Organization: First Continental Trading Message-ID: <47tt2g$335@blacksun.fct.com> Has anyone created a disk that allows you boot either NextStep 3.3 or Windoze NT? Can I set aside a "DOS" partition when I install NextStep, just install NT into that? Will the machine ask me at boot time to boot from NextStep or NT? I'm not looking for all the answers. Just that it's doable, before I order the equipment and undertake the task. john sasso
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTSTEP + Linux + DOS off one disk - how to ? Date: 10 Nov 1995 14:10:16 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <47vmg8$b23@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <46qmp6$f6h@deimos.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de> <4726r5$eea@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> <uzs1c3.134.002E1763@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <47ouo0$gar@orion.cc.andrews.edu> Rafael A. Bonilla (bonilla@andrews.edu) wrote: : You could do the following: : 1- Install DOS first (don't know why you would do that...but hey... you : asked...) : 2 - Install NextStep. Use the advanced installation options to leave : some space on the disk for Linux : 3- Install Linux using the remainder of the space. Linux will NOT boot : using LILO... you are better off using LOADLIN... (use the Software Map) : 4- You could try installing NT too...but I would not recommend : it...leaves a bad taste in the mouth... There's no problem with LILO and NEXTSTEP. The secret about LILO is that it's not only a boot manager, but also a Linux Loader. That means it can be installed on the master boot record (i.e. the first block on the whole disk where NEXTSTEP's boot manager resides) _as_well_as_ on the Linux partition only. The second is the better choice if don't intend to use LILO as your boot manager. LILO is then used only to boot the Linux partition. With Slackware's liloconfig program, all you have to do is to select 'Install on Linux partition'. Apart from this, have a look at Thomas Wolfram's excellent OS-BS boot manager (ftp://ftp.prz.tu-berlin.de/pub/pc/os-bs/osbsBETA.exe). I use it to boot DOS, NEXTSTEP and Linux on my system without any problems, and - the installation is really easy and straightforward: You start the DOS program osbs20b8.exe, select the partition you want to boot from, and that's all! Hope this helps! Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: netInfo misconfigured Date: 10 Nov 1995 15:02:15 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <47vphn$mnr@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> References: <47sq79$1ce@elna.ethz.ch> In article <47sq79$1ce@elna.ethz.ch> david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch (David EKCHIAN, HIL F22.3, 3 3110) writes: > In <47pqkv$3ph@neptune.ethz.ch> Roman Puttkammer wrote: > > hello > > > > Once again, I made some f!@@#!@ mistake in the netInfo manager. NeXT stops > > booting with the message > > > > starting file service deamons: checking local.nidb... > I recently did the same thing. I had not backed up (enough said) the netinfo. Since I had a LOT of stuff in there, I was reluctant to do it all over. I found by going into single user mode as explained before and then cp -r /etc/netinfo /etc/netinfo.bad then copying the template stuff back that I could boot and get back to a "new slate" configuration. I then looked into the /etc/netinfo.bad/network.nidb/Collection using od -a /etc/netinfo.bad/network.nidb/Collection and found that there was most of my stuff, netinfod just couldn't read it for some reason. I then wrote a c program to decode most of the things in these files and managed to extract the user information in a way that I could then pass to a perl script to build the passwd file again so I could do an niload passwd / < passwd.file I also was able to locate the information about bootp for other machines on the network (right, this was the server) and reconstruct that. If I can find the right place, I'll put the codes, scripts, etc. there to possibly help someone else who didn't back up netinfo! - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Subject: Re: "Upgrade" from NS3.3 to NS3.0J Message-ID: <1995Nov10.030532.1274@Radical.Com> Sender: news@Radical.Com Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. References: <1995Nov6.082301.1526@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 03:05:32 GMT In <1995Nov6.082301.1526@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch> Daniel Schneiter wrote: > I'd like to replace the current installation of NS3.3 (international > version) with the NS3.0J (japanese version) release. Does anybody > know how to do this "upgrade". The upgrader refuses to actually > downgrade. You'll have to first blow away the contents of your disk (the installation procedure is all too happy to do this, anyway). If you don't, the installer will refuse to build 3.0J. I would suggest that you get another disk, set its id to 0 & build that from the NS3.0J CD-ROM. But, realize that many things have changed since version 3. Many of your 3.3 apps won't run under 3.0J. Good luck! Mark
From: pisul_cj@cowley.uwlax.edu (Charles Pisula S92) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Date: 10 Nov 1995 16:07:06 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Message-ID: <47vtba$746@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> I have the #9 Imaging 128 bit, 4MB card and had absolutely no problems with it. -- Chuck ------------------------------------------------- Steve Jobs quote From UnixWorld, April 1993 "If we give people an alternative to Microsoft... it will have been a greater good." ------------------------------------------------- ***
From: cpayne@optical (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nslookup, netinfo, etc over PPP Date: 10 Nov 1995 17:24:11 GMT Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed Message-ID: <4801rr$51s@optical.fiber.net> Here's the deal: When connected via PPP, I can do name resolution for all the typical stuff like ping, ftp, telnet, etc. HOWEVER, when I try to send mail, it craps out. If I try to do an nslookup, it just hangs until I ^C Console says, "NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping." Two questions: What do I have to do to allow mail to ork on the PPPed box? I can GET mail with POPOver just fine, and read it, too, but I can't send it, even from the command line. How do I get this damn machine OFF NetInfo? I don't want it to have to try to query the NetInfo master every time it wants to do a lookup or whatever. Things I've done: Made the machine as stand-alone as possible. No entry in the NetInfo master for the PPPed machine, no "auto NeXT add" in the NI master. Used Host Mangler on the PPPed machine and did everything to NOT use NI, even locally, for stuff like name resolution. Made a resolv.conf, added the "locations/sendmail/sendmail.cf" dir in NetInfo JIK, checked SNS to remove the default IP address, used Host Mangler to set the netmask and broadcast to something non-OEM, ate five pounds of garlic fries, created a secondary out of the PPPed machine for DNS porpoises, ran named because of it, and probably something else I missed. 3.3 FIP, Gatekeeper 0.9, PPP 2.2-0.4.5, fairly clean and new setup. Thanks. -- Carl
From: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (Francois Magnan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: NXFax + ZyXEL E2864 ? Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:06:36 -0500 Organization: University of Montreal Distribution: world Message-ID: <magnan-1011951406410001@10.0.2.15> References: <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> In article <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu>, schaub@tamu.edu wrote: > I have just replaced my ZyXEL 1496 with an E2864 modem on a mono Nextstation running > NS3.2 with NXFax installed as the driver. Unfortunately, the computer no longer reponds to > incoming calls! I can dial out, connect ppp, even fax out. But when an incoming call arrives, > the NXFaxMonitor pops up, but as a status it still says that it is waiting on a call and never > picks up!! > > Anyone out there use this modem with NXFax? I figured since the ZyXEL 1496 was > supported by NXFax, surely the newer modem would be compatible too? > > HP > > > -- > Hanspeter Schaub > Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant > Aerospace Engineering Department > Texas A&M University > http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub > schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) > > We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! > -Jonathon Livingston Seagull I tried it and it didnŒt work. I tried the old version. When I tried it BW were working on a new version that would support the E2864. Francois Magnan P.S.: I prefer using ŒamŒ with the 2864 because it letŒs you receive faxes and voicemail. -- Francois Magnan magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: good X server for NS/intel? Message-ID: <1995Nov10.121113.19249@guvax> From: squier@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Richard Squier) Date: 10 Nov 95 12:11:12 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: Georgetown University, Washington DC I'm installing NS3.3 for intel on a 90MHZ Pentium machine, and I need to have an X server running also. I have co-Xist running on my '040 cube, and it works pretty well. Anybody have any experience with X servers for NS on intel? Any recommendations? Horror stories? Rich squier@cs.georgetown.edu
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:42:42 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951110184242.250AACUO.malc@daneel> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> <47kt9v$sgo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <951109105105.215AACUn.malc@daneel> <47tc3a$6hm@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I, mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote: > Umm, I read this in NeXT's documentation and got frustrated: *how do I > know??!!* > Do I have to contact AFS, Take3, LightHouse, Frame Technology, NetSurfer > Sarrus etc etc to find out what functions and libraries their applications > use?! As far as I can tell the only safe thing to do is to use the patch > without the lookupd changes. A bit silly, really. > Thanks from the feedback from various people, and the follow-up from Karsten. Unfortunately my text was somewhat ambiguous, so just to set the record straight I should make it clear that what I was suggesting was "a bit silly, really", was the position I would be in if noone had told me (which they hadn't up until they did... umm) that NeXT GUI apps can't make use of POSIX (it's not something I've ever bothered about before) so... I didn't in any way intend to denigrate Karsten's (or anyone else's) input. Have fun, mmalc.
From: curt@meaddata.com (Curt Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compiling Perl, Next 3.3 Date: 10 Nov 1995 20:13:28 GMT Organization: Lexis-Nexis, Dayton OH Distribution: world Message-ID: <480bp8$qbo@meaddata.meaddata.com> By any chance, does anyone have a Perl "hints" file for Configure for compiling Perl on a 3.3 Intel Next system with 3.3 Developer. Any assistance would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Curt -- Curt Kohler (513) 865-1106 Lexis-Nexis Fabrication Systems - IT 9443 Springboro Pike curt@lexis-nexis.com Miamisburg, Ohio USA 45342 ...!uunet!lexis-nexis!curt
From: borrel@mashallah (Borre Ludvigsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to attach a line printer? Date: 10 Nov 1995 19:23:28 GMT Organization: Ostfold College Message-ID: <4808rg$47@hod.hiof.no> I need to attach a simple line printer to take things like simple email files, man pages, and text files that I can spool from the shell. Does anyone know if I can attach an old AppleWriter? Do I need a printcap file? What would it look like? - Barre PS - please keep my sig in the answer for my newsreading agent to find. -- Børre Ludvigsen - http://www.hiof.no/ludvigsen/ finger: borrel@mashallah.ludvigsen.hiof.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: How do I print from a NT system to a printer on a NEXTSTEP (Unix) system? Message-ID: <DHuH29.6IK@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 20:32:33 GMT Hello World, The NT system has TCP/IP installed and configured and working correctly. (I can Telnet). I tried to follow the directions in the Online books and install a printer. I chose the Adobe setup (as that is PostScript), but if someone knows a better way I would like to know. The NS system runs lpd and I created a /etc/hosts.lpd file with the IP number of the NT system. lpr on the NT system doesn't work (complains that the server doesn't accept requests). Since printcap on NEXTSTEP is somehow repplaced with some magic inside Netinfo I am not sure what to try next. So, help is especially welcome, Thanks in advance, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Message-ID: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:09:11 GMT I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: httpd for NeXtStep: for NeXTStep 3.2 Date: 10 Nov 1995 21:26:19 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <480g1r$37u@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <47tidt$duj@speering.alleg.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit keichj@quig12.alleg.edu (Joshua Keich) wrote: > >I forgot to mention I need a binary built for 3.2. > Point your web browser to the NCSA home page, where they have both binaries and source code available. They may not have NS binaries, but the source is easily compiled. Also, if you have Netscape, do a net search on httpd, for a list of places which have the server binaries or source available. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: majka@next.com (Marc Majka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: 11 Nov 1995 01:47:58 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <480vce$fop@news.next.com> References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes > I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer > sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and > NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? I have version 1.9.14 from ftp://nimbus.anu.edu.au/pub/tridge/samba/ running on NEXTSTEP, on Intel and HP PA-RISC hardware, running NEXTSTEP 3.3 and 4.0. It compiled reasonably easily. Setting up the configuration file is a bit wacky (read the manuals!) but it works. I haven't tried any performance measurements yet, but it feels quite a bit slower than NFS. Samba only runs as a server on the NEXTSTEP side. No software installation is required on the client side. -- Marc Majka #include <std/disclaimer.h>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: georgen@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (G. Ng) Subject: Nextstation bootup and printing problems Message-ID: <DHuvA3.CL7@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> Organization: UTCC Public Access Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 01:39:38 GMT I have an old standalone Nextstation (8 megs, 1gig, running 3.0 still!) that I use for general word processing and comm...and it suddenly started acting up yesterday. First problem I noticed was that nothing would print to my GCC BLP Elite printer. Thought it was the printer, so I tried my Compaq and it printed fine. I tried different serial cables and other connectors. All the GCC displayed was an intermittent "ONLINE: PROCESSING" message that would disappear a second later and then give an "ONLINE: IDLE" message when printing from the Next. Minutes later, the processing message would appear again on the GCC. This change in printer status kept cycling back and forth for awhile. Checked the print queue and noticed the job was still there but otherwise nothing else unusual. (Luckily, I'm still able to print to disk and then output the postscript files from my Compaq.) So, figuring it was the Next at fault, I rebooted the system, and then something really weird happened. After the "Checking for Network" message appeared, a small window appeared on top of it with the heading "NeXT Mach Operating System" and a whole slew of status lines scrolled by followed by a "#" prompt. After trying some commands, I found that typing "exit" would continue with the bootup (although now I got to see interesting status messages in this tiny window). If this is of any help, the last message before the # prompt read: -: MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man://Unix/man: is not an identifier Any help gladly appreciated. (email replies preferred) thanks george
From: grio@next.com (Dan Grillo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,de.comp.sys.next Subject: Re: ? Usage of ifconfig -alias Date: 11 Nov 1995 03:11:57 GMT Organization: Technical Support, NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <48149t$g5i@news.next.com> References: <DHnMrq.4D0@ilink.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: ifconfig, -alias, virtual server, www Versions: makemail 2.8d In article <DHnMrq.4D0@ilink.de>, Eike Dierks <eike@ilink.de> wrote: >NS3.3 is rumored to support the ifconfig -alias option for supporting host >with multiple network addresses. > >Did anyone figure out if and how it works? The ifconfig man page does not >mention -alias ... This rumor is false. NEXTSTEP 3.3 does not support multiple ip addresses for a single network interface. --Dan -- Dan Grillo dan@next.com 415 780-2963 MIME, NeXTmail accepted
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Novell 4.1 to NeXT Date: 11 Nov 1995 02:58:34 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4813gr$ma4@paladin.american.edu> Has anyone found a way to connect a Novell 4.1 network to a NeXTSTEP network? I have tried using the Appleshare client on the 3.0 disk but it no longer loads onto a 3.3 system. -- Torrey McMahon
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: NetInfo.pm for Perl5? Where does it live? Date: 10 Nov 1995 20:37:02 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ehh0bg429.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Tim Bunce's Perl 5 Modules FAQ indicates the existance of a NetInfo.pm perl5 module. Does anybody know where this lives? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: matthew@marble.com (Matthew Stecker) Subject: Re: Dual Boot, NextStep and Windoze NT? Message-ID: <DHupDI.Jwr@marble.com> Sender: news@marble.com Organization: Marble Associates, Inc. References: <47tt2g$335@blacksun.fct.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 23:32:06 GMT Yes, you can do it. I'm running 95, NT and NS on my machine at home. The best way to make it work is to load up NT first (onto a partition), then load up NS. NS will sense the partition table and let you decide which partition you want to use for the installation. It's important to load NS last, because Win 95 (and maybe NT) will overwrite the NS boot program, thus forcing you to run fdisk whenever you change the active partition. Matthew Stecker In article <47tt2g$335@blacksun.fct.com> sasso@fct.com (John F Sasso) writes: > > Has anyone created a disk that allows you boot either NextStep 3.3 or > Windoze NT? > > Can I set aside a "DOS" partition when I install NextStep, just install > NT into that? > > Will the machine ask me at boot time to boot from NextStep or NT? > > I'm not looking for all the answers. Just that it's doable, before I > order the equipment and undertake the task. > > john sasso >
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: GetDate.pm for NS? Date: 10 Nov 1995 21:13:26 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ebuqjg2dl.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Has anybody managed to succesfully compile tchrists GetDate.pm for NS? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: rgillies@hiwaay.net (Robert Gillies) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 04:42:33 GMT Organization: Internet services from HiWAAY Information Services, Huntsville, AL Message-ID: <4819l8$t12@parlor.hiwaay.net> References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: >I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer >sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and >NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? SAMBA runs on the Unix box to make it a SMB compatible machine. SMB is the protocol NT uses to share drives and printers, kinda analagous to NFS, but done differently. Compile and install SAMBA on the NEXTSTEP, and NT will be ready. -- Robert Gillies Huntsville, AL rgillies@hiwaay.net http://fly.hiwaay.net/~rgillies
From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: NetInfo.pm for Perl5? Where does it live? Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 11:04:20 GMT Organization: Paul Ingram Group, Software Systems, +44 1 483 424424 Sender: news@ig.co.uk Message-ID: <DHvLF0.HA8@ig.co.uk> References: <ehh0bg429.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> In article <ehh0bg429.fsf@steffi.accessone.com>, Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.accessone.com> wrote: > Tim Bunce's Perl 5 Modules FAQ indicates the existance of a NetInfo.pm > perl5 module. > > Does anybody know where this lives? From the Module List: NeXTStep:: ::NetInfo idcO NeXTStep's NetInfo (like ONC NIS) PGUEN PGUEN Philip Guenther <guenther@gac.edu> Where Are The Modules Kept? A Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) of mirrored FTP sites is being developed. Within the CPAN scheme the modules described in this list can be found in a modules/ directory below the CPAN root directory. Try one of these places first: CPAN master site ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ Asia ftp://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/ Australasia ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/perl/ ftp://ftp.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ Europe ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/lang/perl/ ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/unix/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://orpheu.ci.uminho.pt/pub/lang/perl/ North America ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.delphi.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.sterling.com/programming/languages/perl/ ftp://ftp.uoknor.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ All the files under each of the directories listed above should be identical at all these sites since they are all automatically maintained mirrors of the master CPAN site. Please use which ever site is 'nearest' you. If you can't find what you want, or wish to check that what you've found is the latest version, you can contact the person associated with the module. Contact details are given at the start of Part 4. I don't record per-module archive addresses because it would take more time and effort than I can spare (this list would also be much bigger). Hopefully all Perl modules will find their way into the CPAN in time. You should find a webified version of this modulelist a few days after it is posted in the file modules/00modlist.long.html on the CPAN servers. Tim.
From: Gael Foulon <gfoulon@imaginet.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printer problems with LETTER and A4 format Date: 11 Nov 1995 13:55:33 GMT Organization: ImagiNET Message-ID: <482a0l$h35@avalon.imaginet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello next users, I've got a problem with printers like HP_4M_Plus or Apple_LaserWriter_16/600PS. Certains applications like WordPerfect/FrameMaker use a Letter Page Format (which is not a problem for NextPrinter accepting A4 and Letter documents with no differencies). But HP_4M_Plus simply ignore a document requiring Letter Tray if you have an A4 Tray (!?) and Apple_LaserWriter_16/600PS wait until you manually feed some Paper... So, I'm trying to find a solution : 1) On printers : no configuration menus or items can allow to ignore incorrect Format for Tray (in Postscript of course). 2) Change the page layout in each document before printing : simple, but one user at least forget it everyday (blocking others users on certains printers). 3) Modify PPD File to replace A4 by LETTER (but how and where ?) 4) Run a script to check and replace every Format Letter by a Format A4 before it goes to print queue (but how implement a so dirty patch...) So if you any idea about solving this problem, thank you for your help. Gaël FOULON gfoulon@imaginet.fr
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: So many Fonts with BaKoMaFonts Date: 4 Nov 1995 12:43:03 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Message-ID: <47fn4n$t21@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <47d83n$l68@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <47b2v5$a4u@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> In Re: So many Fonts with BaKoMaFonts comp.sys.next.sysadmin flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) writes, > Michael Moellney (moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de) wrote: > : Not so nice is the fact, that all new TeX-PS-Fonts are shown in the > : Font-Panel of every Appliation. > > Yes, this is annoying. Well, the best solution would be to create > Multiple Master Fonts that resemable the Metafont idea, i.e. to have > one MMF for CM Roman, and transform it to get cmr5, cmr10, cmr12. Any > volunteers ;-) ? What I guess is you guys installed those fonts as regular NeXT fonts and put them into the NeXT default directories. If you do not plan to use them in your application othen than TeX/LaTeX, the following procedure is the way I did, and you'll not have those fonts shown in your Font-Panel in result. 1. In bakoma/etc, there are files cmfont.map and amsfonts.map. Put them into /usr/lib/tex/ps 2. Create config.cm and config.ams in /usr/lib/ps, whose contents are just one line "p +cmfonts.map" (or "p +amsfonts.map") 3. Copy those pfb files into some place (e.g., /usr/local/lib/tex/fonts/ps), and copy tfm files into the standard TeX directory (not really necessary). 4. Add the following line setenv DVIPSHEADERS /usr/lib/tex/ps:/usr/local/lib/tex/fonts/ps in your .cshrc. 5. Finaly, when you run dvips, add -Pcm or -Pams to the command line. Hopefully, this can help -Yuwen Cheng yucheng@math.arizona.edu
From: richards@aaron.music.qc.edu (David Richards) Richards) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nu.cf and UserManager.app Date: 11 Nov 1995 19:25:53 GMT Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Message-ID: <482tc1$son@news.cuny.edu> Hi - I'm trying to get our UserManager.app to automatically include our /User directory as the default base path for new users. I tried adding the line: DefaultHome="/Net/aaron/Users/" in the /etc/nu.cf file but to no avail. If anybody has a clue I would very much appreciate a hint!! Thanks. Dave David Richards The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College
From: rragner@panther.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How Do I Setup New Subnet? Date: 11 Nov 1995 20:42:52 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <4831sc$jee@news.iastate.edu> UNIX/NEXTSTEP Systems Administrators: This is all new to me, so ... I would appreciate advise, suggestions and helpful information about how to move our network of computers running NEXTSTEP to a new subnet within our university. Current Situation: The computer network in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Iowa State University (ISU) currently is part of the CVM subnet. All of the machines in the CVM subnet are named "hostname.vm.iastate.edu". Problem #1: All of the IP addresses in the CVM subnet have been assigned. To install a new HP LaserJet 4M Plus and two new computers, I had to use the IP addresses previosuly assigned to three existing NeXTstation computers and remove them from the network; they are now sitting in my office unused and we really need to use these computers, but can not until we get more IP addresses. Solution #1: The ISU Network Administrator (NA) has reserved a separate subnet for the VDL (i.e., the VDL will no longer be part of the CVM subnet). The NA has agreed to change the name of all of the VDL machines from "hostname.vm.iastate.edu" to "hostname.vdl.iastate.edu" on the DNS. To accomplish this, the NA has asked me to provide him with the hostname, old IP address and new IP address of each machine in the VDL. He will change the DNS server information at a proscibed time. Question #1: I am assuming that I only need to use the HostManager (or NetInfoManager) application to change the IP address and network name of every machine in the VDL. Is there anything else which I need to change (and how)? Should I make my changes before, after or at exactly the same time as the NA? What kind of difficulties might I expect to encounter? If I have made my changes, but the NA has not successfully made the changes to the DNS server, then what difficulties might I encounter and what (beyond simply changing the network names and IP addresses back to the original) must I do to get the network back up and running. Problem #2: The e-mail address of each of my users is "username@stallion.vm.iastate.edu", since the name of the NEXTSTEP Mail Server is stallion (more about that name later). The NA has agreed to alias the existing "stallion.vm.iastate.edu" network name to the new network name "stallion.vdl.iastate.edu", so that my users will get e-mail sent to the old address. Question #2: I seem to remember someone once mentioning (in this news group), that something must be changed in some sendmail file to recognize mail sent to the old address. What changes must I make (and where) to permit people to send mail to either "username@stallion.vm.iastate.edu" or "username@stallion.vdl.iastate.edu"? Will these changes need to be made on every computer or just the Mail Server? Problem #3: Some people in the VDL are offended by the name of our Mail Server; apparently the name stallion (assigned long before I took this job) is not Politically Correct and is considered by some to have an improper sexual connotation. While we are changing the subnet, I thought that this might be a good time to change the name of the Mail Server from stallion to something else. It has not been decided what this new name will be, but for the purpose of discussion, let us assume that the name will be email. Therefore, the new e-mail address of my users will be "username@email.vdl.iastate.edu". Question #3: Will changing the name of the mail server cause any further difficulties (i.e., will this require more changes than just those necessary to solve Problem #2)? Problem #4: My boss would like our users to receive their e-mail at "username@vdl.iastate.edu" (i.e., we want to drop the name of the Mail Server from the e-mail address). This must be possible, since the CVM users receive e-mail on their NetWare network at "username@vm.iastate.edu". Question #4: What, if anything, do I need to change to permit users to receive their e-mail at "username@vdl.iastate.edu"? Will these changes need to be made on every computer or just the Mail Server? Is there anything that the NA must do on the DNS to accomplish this? Since this is new to me, what other questions did I not know to ask? Thank you for reading this and thank you in advance for any help given! -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or rragner@iastate.edu
From: nagendra@cs.bu.edu (nagendra mishr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: tip/ppp Date: 11 Nov 1995 21:02:26 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Message-ID: <483312$j3p@news.bu.edu> In response to my own post... I was having problems connecting after my annex to a unix host. I could connect to the annex but not to the host... I got 1 response from Eric B (boli@fast.com) which helped.. Eric mentioned that there might be a problem of cr/lf and that I should try c-m c-j after typing my login name and passwd. I tried changing various parameters to telnet crlf and crmod with no avail. I tried (ctrl-j) instead of <CR> for rlogin... telnet still didn't like any combinations of c-j , c-r , c-o , c-m ... I also had to set my parity to none even though the tip manual says that tip defaults to none. (~sparity=none) (I still have one problem c-a toggles upper case and logger case) I'm not so concerned with this problem since I can work around it.. After this, I'm up to a point where I can try running pppd on the remote machine.... Hope this helps someone or finds itself into a FAQ Nagendra nagendra@csa.bu.edu
From: gregc@orca (Greg Cain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: dwrite settings Date: 11 Nov 1995 22:09:12 GMT Organization: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Message-ID: <4836u8$4qn@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of dwrite/dread variables?? greg.cain@attws.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pgaudett@schoolnet.carleton.ca (Pascal Gaudette) Subject: Slab won't print anymore: help? Message-ID: <DHwGCr.1D2@cunews.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 22:12:27 GMT Well, my slab (running 3.2) seems to have decided to go on a printing strike. :( If I try to print from an application (eg Stuart), I get the following /usr/etc/lpd-errs: > > [date] nextasy Server:Local_Printer[216]: nextasy:root - start > [date] nextasy Server:Local_Printer[216]: Error printing page: I/O erro > The printer seems to try to start printing, and then gives up. On top of that, if I run the old PrinterTester application while doing this, after the printer attemps to print, PrinterTester tells me: "printer device error 80: printer is off", which is false. Using PrinterTester, I *can* print the Vertical 300/400 and Horizontal 300/400 test pages, but can *not* print the Postscript 300/400 test pages. (Attempting to do so gives the same I/O error as quoted above.) Other points: -> PrinterTester says my toner is low. -> Printing from lpr doesn't work either. It doesn't give an error, though: > [date] nextasy Server:Local_Printer[230]: nextasy:root - start > [date] nextasy Server:Local_Printer[230]: Reversing page order > [date] nextasy Server:Local_Printer[230]: nextasy:root - end > -> Recently added a host to /etc/hosts.lpd, but printed numerous documents since. Anyone got a clue what could be going on? I'm pretty much out of ideas... Any help would be much appreciated, -- Pascal "The Rascal" Gaudette http://nextasy.ingenia.com/~rascal SchoolNet support group pgaudett@schoolnet.carleton.ca (work) Ingenia Communications Corp. rascal@nextasy.ingenia.com (personal) #include <std/disclaimer.h> -=< PGP encrypted mail preferred >=-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nxcube.augusta.de!olli (Oliver Nissen) Subject: Help: uucp over a SLIP line Message-ID: <DHuK7s.4I7@nxcube.augusta.de> Sender: news@nxcube.augusta.de Organization: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:40:40 GMT Hello, I tried to do uucp (mail and news polling) over a SLIP line, but the script was always timed out. What really makes me wonder is that uucico tells me the time-out is within the dial script. I use Taylor-uucp - maybe someone can e-mail me some required (working) configuration files or give me a hint. Oliver Nissen -- --- 8< -------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Nissen Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen olli@nxcube.augusta.de -> NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome i22boliv@rz.unibw-muenchen.de -> Plain text only! _____________________________________________________________________ >>> "...but, why is it black?" - "It should have been perfect..." <<<
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? In-Reply-To: udas@northstar.com's message of 9 Nov 1995 19:18:22 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov11172002@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 22:20:02 GMT I have a Dell XPS P90 with a #9 GXE64Pro-4MB card and it works great. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26395 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!thoughtport!usenet From: udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 9 Nov 1995 19:18:22 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: cassatt.northstar.com Hi. Does anybody out there know if there are any problems associated with running NEXTSTEP on a Dell pentium? I was told that there are a few problems related to the graphics card. Does anybody know about the problem? Any feedback will be appreciated Thanks. Shourav Udas --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? In-Reply-To: udas@northstar.com's message of 9 Nov 1995 19:18:22 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov11172339@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 22:23:39 GMT BTW - Dell now has a killer 150MHz Pentium Pro (P6 / 686) system! A 200MHz Pentium Pro system is on the way. These systems are 3-4 times as fast as a 100MHz Pentium (P5 / 586). The #9 Imagine 128-4MB comes standard with them too. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Date: 11 Nov 1995 22:49:22 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-07.usc.edu Message-ID: <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> References: <47tk5u$42g@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> <RDL.95Nov11172339@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > BTW - Dell now has a killer 150MHz Pentium Pro (P6 / 686) system! [snipped drool] Robert - does everything else on those machines get sped up? Or does the processor mhz do all? For some reason I keep thinking up multiple processors, all using less electricity, but parsing off work onto each other. I'd drool over a well configured 10 processor machine. But I wonder how all this relates to all the other components in a machine. Also, what is the overall fastest machine for NS around. And why did I see someone drooling over a Solaris sunsparc machine? And, finally, are there are machines out there that work as a whole unit as relatively flawlessly as the old NS black beauties? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Re: Formatting ZIP Disk with NS? Message-ID: <jpanicoDHwAr0.2J5@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <1995Nov5.162424.1434@hobbit> <47s6p2$r3s@news.acns.nwu.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:11:24 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com Jerry Weiss (jweiss@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote: : In article <1995Nov5.162424.1434@hobbit>, : Raymond A. Bailey <bailey9@marshall.edu> wrote: : > Anyone able to make an NS filesystem on a Zip cartridge? I've tried the : >floppy formatting tool and fdisk, to no avail. : > : >-- : Use the Workspace initialize to format to Mac format (long) then again as Next : format (short). Alternatively, First use sdform to low-level format the disk, then you will be able to initialize it as a NeXT disk under Workspace. : -- : Jerry S. Weiss : j-weiss@nwu.edu : %SYSTEM-S-PHALOKTARG, Phasers Locked on Target, Ready to Fire -- Joe Panico NeXTStep/OpenStep Developer BLaCKSMITH Inc. jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Re: SCSI,SCSI II, WIDE SCSI Message-ID: <jpanicoDHwBBH.7Ev@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <DHrGoG.Lr7@CSUFresno.EDU> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:23:41 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom.netcom.com Kin Au (kinau@lennon.csufresno.edu) wrote: : Hi folks, : I have a question. We are going to install a internal HD in NeXT cube. : Will any SCSI drive be ok? : Can NeXT take SCSI II or WIDE SCSI drive? What is the difference between : SCSI and SCSI II ? I think that SCSI II can be backwards compatible, so if you make sure that your disk is not using any SCSI II features, and that it is communicating at a suitably slow speed, it may work with black hardware. Wide SCSI requires special (wider ;) cabling, so you couldn't use a wide drive. : Thank in advance!! : --Kin -- Joe Panico NeXTStep/OpenStep Developer BLaCKSMITH Inc. jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compiled NCSA httpd 1.5? Date: 11 Nov 1995 17:47:07 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ed9ayeh9g.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Anybody done this yet? It's not straight out of the box :-( -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: patrick@compassnet.com (Patrick Gallagher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXFax + ZyXEL E2864 ? Date: 12 Nov 1995 01:41:06 GMT Organization: Compass Net, Inc. Message-ID: <483jbi$q9b@saratoga.compassnet.com> References: <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> In article <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> schaub@tamu.edu writes: > I have just replaced my ZyXEL 1496 with an E2864 modem on a mono Nextstation running <...> > Anyone out there use this modem with NXFax? I figured since the ZyXEL 1496 was > supported by NXFax, surely the newer modem would be compatible too? I had the same problem and talked with Black and White about it. They said it was the result of an incompatibility in the modem. Apparently the command sets for the 2468 and the 1496 are not 100% compatible; a problem which is expected (by B&W) to be fixed with the next firmware release. Basically, the DTE rate is being fixed too high for NXFax to understand. Fortunately, there is a workaround. As root do a: dwrite <modemname> AuxATCommand ATS18=4 Now my Elite will properly answer and receive data and fax calls. However... Whenever someone calls up voice, hears the carrier tones, and hangs up during certain phases of data carrier negotiation, the modem falsely detects a carrier, goes online, and never recovers. I have to kill the fax daemon and restart it to recover. Hopefully this too will be fixed with the next firmware upgrade. Anyone else see this behavior? PG -- [Warning: The following .sig is not meant for proportional fonts.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Gallagher | "You cannot fight against the future. Gallagher@uh.edu | Time is on our side." ab238@virgin.usvi.net | -W. E. Gladstone (1809-1898) (NeXTmail and MIME welcome) | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SMTP under NS with dialup IP? How? From: apl@kcbbs.gen.nz (Andrew Lindesay) Date: 12 Nov 95 02:20:16 GMT Message-ID: <17495315.8416.13259@kcbbs.gen.nz> Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand I got PPP up and running on my NSfIP a few weeks ago. I have since managed to get PopOver working and can therefore now get my mail into NeXTmail which I was very pleased about! (Thanks to those people who ported PPP and POP - much apprecaited) Now I can see outgoing mail is going to be tricky. I have tried various sources for information with no sucess. I have read some of the 'sendmail.cf' information in the SysAdmin manual (supplied with NS for Academia) There is skitterish talk of how SMTP would do just what I want - mail delivery over my dialup IP link. However there is no metion of *HOW* to actually get it configured. What I'd like to do is put something like this in my crontab file : # Sending away mail... * * * * * * * root pppup * * * * * * * root mailaway * * * * * * * root pppdown (Of course I'd sort out a less frequent timing arrangment! :-[) ) However this might be tricky! If anybody has any pointers to information on the web, or in NeXTanswers, would like to tell me how to edit my sendmail.cf file or anything I'd be most grateful. Andrew (apl@kcbbs.gen.nz)
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: SCSI,SCSI II, WIDE SCSI Date: 12 Nov 1995 03:20:49 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-56.usc.edu Message-ID: <483p6h$587@usc.edu> References: <DHrGoG.Lr7@CSUFresno.EDU> <jpanicoDHwBBH.7Ev@netcom.com> jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) wrote: > I think that SCSI II can be backwards compatible, so if you make sure that > your disk is not using any SCSI II features, My turbo slab is using SCSI II just fine.... -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: gedau@mim.com.au (George Dau) Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Message-ID: <DHwyAE.CMx@mim.com.au> Sender: news@mim.com.au (News System) Organization: Mount Isa Mines (Isa Operations) References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 04:29:56 GMT Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: >I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer >sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and >NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? > Samba runs on the other machine (unix machine) and lets NT talk to the other machine, and the other to print to NT. eg you have a unix machine and some NTs. You run Samba on the unix machine and the NT machines can mount the unix drive, and unix can print to printers on the NT machines. Soss (Son of Steve's Server) doesn't have printer support, but lets you mount NTFS file systems on unix. soss runs on the NT machine and lets unix mount an NTFS file system using an NFS mount. I have just been playing with this now. Regards, George Dau gedau@mim.com.au
From: Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: 12 Nov 1995 06:57:06 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <4845s2$njc@news.next.com> References: <480vce$fop@news.next.com> In article <480vce$fop@news.next.com> majka@next.com (Marc Majka) writes: > Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes > > I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer > > sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and > > NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? > > I have version 1.9.14 from ftp://nimbus.anu.edu.au/pub/tridge/samba/ > running on NEXTSTEP, on Intel and HP PA-RISC hardware, running NEXTSTEP > 3.3 and 4.0. It compiled reasonably easily. Setting up the configuration > file is a bit wacky (read the manuals!) but it works. I haven't tried any > performance measurements yet, but it feels quite a bit slower than NFS. > In informal tests we've run in another department at NeXT using the same release of Samba, Samba compares well with 2 different commercial NFS client implementations on NT. It lagged very slightly in most areas, and was slightly faster in one. Samba suffers from some implementation problems if you're coming from an NFS environment, but the NT NFS client packages tend to have the same issues. It's a different world over there. :) Mark's advice as to reading the Samba manuals is right on the money. Pay extreme attention to the "name mangling" options, as they are not particularly well-described. In my very subjective, totally non-scientific, seat-of-the-pants tests, Samba serving an NT client is noticeably slower than NFS serving a NEXTSTEP client on the same PC. - Mark Dadgar Globetrotting Network Flunky -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SMTP under NS with dialup IP? How? Date: 12 Nov 1995 09:06:07 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-68.usc.edu Message-ID: <484de0$265@usc.edu> References: <17495315.8416.13259@kcbbs.gen.nz> apl@kcbbs.gen.nz (Andrew Lindesay) wrote: > I got PPP up and running on my NSfIP a few weeks ago. I have since > managed to get PopOver working and can therefore now get my mail into > NeXTmail which I was very pleased about! [snip] > Now I can see outgoing mail is going to be tricky. The following lines should be in the "ip-up" script is part of the configuring of Perkin's PPP: ========================================================== # # Send any mail that has been queued while the link # was down. if [ $2 = /dev/cufa ]; then /usr/lib/sendmail -q & fi ========================================================== Mucking around with the sendmail.cf is more to do with address issues. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> Subject: Re: Help: uucp over a SLIP line In-Reply-To: nxcube.augusta.de!olli's message of Fri, 10 Nov 1995 21:40:40 GMT Message-ID: <7x4twa0xpt.fsf@burrow.muc.de> To: olli@nxcube.augusta.de Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Organization: hardly any... References: <DHuK7s.4I7@nxcube.augusta.de> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:27:43 GMT >>>>> "on" == Oliver Nissen <nxcube.augusta.de!olli> writes: on> Hello, I tried to do uucp (mail and news polling) over a SLIP on> line, but the script was always timed out. What really makes on> me wonder is that uucico tells me the time-out is within the on> dial script. I use Taylor-uucp - maybe someone can e-mail me on> some required (working) configuration files or give me a hint. well, i assume that you want to poll via tcp (please somebody correct me if that's wrong), i use following setup to either poll via dial-up or tcp (the latter if there already is a ppp connection up). i added this to /usr/local/conf/uucp/port: port TCP type tcp in /usr/local/conf/uucp/sys: # first try tcp port TCP chat "" \r\c ogin: \L word: \P chat-timeout 60 protocol t alternate # if there is no link up dial in directly port MYMODEM:57600@cufa phone ######## protocol i chat "" \r\c ogin: \L word: \P make sure to 'chown uucp' all files after you altered them. if you have further questions feel free to contact me. (next-mail and in german welcome). hth, markus g a/k/a the mole -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/ __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~markusg/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: eike@ilink.de (Eike Dierks) Subject: Re: HELP: can't remove an empty erroneous directory Message-ID: <DHwr74.GHu@ilink.de> Sender: usenet@ilink.de Organization: i.link Kommunikationssysteme GmbH, Berlin References: <9510052049.AA26797@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 02:06:39 GMT If fsck doesn't fix it, mv it somewhere else and forget about it (on your own risk) In article <9510052049.AA26797@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Wiro van Schaik <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> writes: > I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous > size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. >
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compiled NCSA httpd 1.5? Date: 12 Nov 1995 04:18:21 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eu44a9gc2.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <ed9ayeh9g.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> To: robert@steffi.accessone.com <robert@steffi.accessone.com> writes: >Anybody done this yet? It's not straight out of the box :-( Well it's practically out of the box... After correcting -02 to -O2 in the Makefile and adding #include <netinet/in_systm.h> before the ip.h in httpd.c it appears to compile easily under 3.3. Q. All you pencom guys that are mentioned in the Credits. What version of NEXTSTEP were you using during testing? Yet another httpd server that doesn't have an install target :-( -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: eike@ilink.de (Eike Dierks) Subject: Re: eject floppy disk from command line Message-ID: <DHwr1J.GGv@ilink.de> Keywords: eject, floppy, NXWorkspaceRequestProtocol Sender: usenet@ilink.de Organization: i.link Kommunikationssysteme GmbH, Berlin References: <441dsr$r3u@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 02:03:18 GMT Take a look at NXWorkspaceRequestProtocol: Unmounting a device unmountAndEjectDeviceAt: (search for "eject" in Librarian) In article <441dsr$r3u@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) writes: > TIMOTHY LUOMA @ TEMPLE * LUOMA,TIMOTHY (476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu) wrote: > > : Ok, I know I need to unmount a floppy disk when ejecting it (from the > : command line) but what is the proper procedure? > > : I've been trying combinations of 'umount' and 'disk -e' but I can't seem to > : get it to work right consistently. Anyone care to share? > > Yes, I started a thread like this 2 years ago. Got lot's of suggestions > but none that really worked. OK, ejecting is no problem, but a correct > WorkSpace after that, no way. It's a pity. > > Willem >
From: marcel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Marcel Weiher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: 12 Nov 1995 11:55:59 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <484ncf$2f8@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <480vce$fop@news.next.com> <4845s2$njc@news.next.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hmm... I also had samba running on my NeXT, but the NT machine couldn't see it. Everybody else here seems to have got it working, so I must have been doiing something stupid. Anyway, all the other options worked: Two NeXT's could see each other, either as Samba client or server (both roles were tried for each machine.) A NeXT running samba client could see the NT machine acting as server just fine. The TCP/IP portion of the NT networking system could see the NeXT just fine (telnet etc.) It was just the SMB client software on the NT machine that wouldn't see the samba server on the NeXT machine, giving errors when trying to mount via the NT file-manager or the command-line NET USE command. (The LMHOSTS file contains just the IP-Address + name of the NeXT machine.) Can anyone point out the error of my ways? Thanks, Marcel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: richards@aaron.music.qc.edu Subject: Re: nu.cf and UserManager.app Message-ID: <1EF1A53001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 12 Nov 95 13:05:00 EST Hi - I'm trying to get our UserManager.app to automatically include our /User directory as the default base path for new users. I tried adding the line: DefaultHome="/Net/aaron/Users/" in the /etc/nu.cf file but to no avail. If anybody has a clue I would very much appreciate a hint!! Thanks. I've got mine setup like this: DefaultHome =[tab] "/Users" GroupHome=[tab]20 "/Users" hope that helps.... I think I heard NS 3.3 made this simpler, but I don't know for a fact... TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: cgw (Chad G. Wagner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS problems Date: 11 Nov 1995 23:45:18 GMT Organization: WorldGate Internet Access Message-ID: <483cie$smm@scanner.worldgate.com> I have a DOS box running xfs connected to my NeXT Station. I can xping my Station from the DOS box, but I can not NFS mount a drive. The Station gives the following: xdr_bytes: bad size FAILED svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 198.161.85.192 The dos box reports the following: Volume in drive D has no label Not ready Any suggestions? Chad G. Wagner
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Release 3.3. patch - "libposix.a" ? Date: 13 Nov 1995 00:01:51 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4861tf$9fm@news.its.com> References: <47gh9h$sll@usc.edu> <47j3pc$1m6@antigone.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> <47jmks$i08@usc.edu> <47kt9v$sgo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> <951109105105.215AACUn.malc@daneel> mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote: >> Have You Unix-programs which compiled with -posix and use network >> functions ? If not You must nothing do, if yes You must get new >> versions, compiled with the new libposix.a. Or use the >> 3.3Patch.LibrariesOK.post_install. > > Umm, I read this in NeXT's documentation and got frustrated: *how do I > know??!!* Do I have to contact AFS, Take3, LightHouse, Frame Technology, > NetSurfer Sarrus etc etc to find out what functions and libraries their > applications use?! No, not really. If the application in question uses the AppKit (ie, is a graphical program, not one run in a Terminal window), it wan't built with -posix. Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think anyone's released commercial software for NEXTSTEP that uses -posix. > Any help/advice welcome -- particularly by email as news is being a bit > erratic at the moment. Depending on how the executable was compiled, you may find the string "_setposix" in the binary, and this would be a strong indication that it was compiled with -posix. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Separate HD for SwapFile - significant? Date: 13 Nov 1995 01:06:01 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <4865lp$6qv@news4.digex.net> References: <47dnr9$mpo@usc.edu> <47fuf3$ke4@news.its.com> <47hol9$nud@news4.digex.net> <4863r1$9fm@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > > I've never gotton a diffinative answer on this... > There isn't a definitive answer to such a general question. :-) Sounds like law school ;-) -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Separate HD for SwapFile - significant? Date: 13 Nov 1995 00:34:41 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4863r1$9fm@news.its.com> References: <47dnr9$mpo@usc.edu> <47fuf3$ke4@news.its.com> <47hol9$nud@news4.digex.net> John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> wrote: >> Most people I know of who have gotten seperate swapdrives have >> felt it was a noticable improvement in terms of system responsiveness. >> It's pretty helpful when doing things that create scratch files >> in /tmp as well. > > Chuck, or anyone who knows, is this true even when the swap drive > is significantly slower than the current main drive? Or how much > slower can the swap drive be, and still help to improve overall > performance... Or must the swap drive be at least as fast as the > current drive to make a difference? That's a complicated question because it depends on what you're doing with the machine. Most of the time, large data sets which involve a lot of swapping also involve a lot of file I/O (in order to generate, manipulate, or save that data, usually), so having a seperate swapdrive helps in distributing the load between different drives. However, you can come up with tasks where this would not be the case, and using a faster "primary" drive for swapping would be faster than using a slower swapdrive. Anyway, for most practical purposes: unless your swapdrive is much slower as your other drive(s), using a swapdrive will probably be a performance win. It certainly is in the case of my system with a 14 ms swapdrive versus my primary drives, which are around 8-10 ms. > I've never gotton a diffinative answer on this... There isn't a definitive answer to such a general question. :-) You can get a definitive answers for specific system configurations by benchmarking it, though. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Thor Legvold <edmtl@uib.no> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: dps bugs? (Re: Which to choose - 90 or 100MHz Pentium for NS machine?) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 23:20:07 +0100 (MET) Organization: University of Bergen, Norway Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951112231055.26977B-100000-100000-100000@alf.uib.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In-Reply-To: <m0tCyz0-000P9LC@sojourn1.sojourn.com> On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Ayrton wrote: > My Sony 17se running 1280x1024 seems to be pretty sharp 8-) Sounds nice! I also find 1280x1024 the best resolution at 17" (76Hz) > and yes, I've been to Norway.... 8-) ?!?!? Coincidence? So have I! (still here :-) > Gary Lalim <---- norweigen name from Valdres. We have a cabin in Valdres - nice place! > Founder of the NeXTstep for Intel Processors HomeBrew Mailing List Perhaps you can tell me if windowserver deaths due to display-errors (dps_error last message repeated 20 times...) are something one has to live with on Intel - it's getting to be annoying (about every other day, usually when I open any image file in any program, the workspace exits due to windowserver death caused by dps errors) Regards (norwegian name from Setesdal 8-), --- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org Subject: Re: HELP: can't remove an empty erroneous directory Message-ID: <1995Nov12.235621.1767@free.fdn.org> Sender: news@free.fdn.org Organization: Fabien Roy Consultant, Paris, France References: <9510052049.AA26797@bonnie.meteocon.nl> <DHwr74.GHu@ilink.de> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 23:56:21 GMT eike@ilink.de (Eike Dierks) wrote: > If fsck doesn't fix it, mv it somewhere else and forget about it (on your > own risk) > > In article <9510052049.AA26797@bonnie.meteocon.nl> Wiro van Schaik > <schaik@bonnie.meteocon.nl> writes: > > I'm having a problem removing an empty directory which has an erroneous > > size (of 74670080 bytes) after an system crash. > > Hi, I got a copy of fsdb (file system debuger), source and manual. You should use it to investigate and correct the content of the directory inode. To get the inode number type: ls -ldi /_Path_to_the_faulty_folder Hope that helps Fabien -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabien_Roy@free.fdn.org (NextMail/MIME accepted) Fabien Roy Consultant NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/EOF Consultant, SYBASE DBA 10 rue de la DEFENSE 93100 MONTREUIL, France Tel: 33 1 45 28 32 23 Fax: 33 1 48 55 09 90
From: cpayne@fiber.net (Carl Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: FTP locks PPP? Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 05:06:07 GMT Organization: Fibernet: 1-800-305-6995 Message-ID: <cpayne.97.30A6D23F@fiber.net> This seems like an odd and specific enough symptom that *somebody* has to know what the workaround is. Gatekeeper .9, PPP 2.2-0.4.5, NS 3.3 on a Pentium 100 Triton board. I can do everything (that doesn't require name resolution, but that was last week's unanswerable post), to and including telnetting to a machine. In fact, I can FTP anywhere too, as long as I'm uploading. However, if I'm downloading, either from the command line or through Gator FTP, and move my mouse more than a couple of inches or faster than a creep, the machine does a solid lock. Modem dies, mouse freezes, have to power off and back. No odd cards installed, only downloading seems to do it. Mail, telnet, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and news work fine. Who's up for a challenge? Carl
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nxcube.augusta.de!olli (Oliver Nissen) Subject: Re: NXFax + ZyXEL E2864 ? Message-ID: <DHwD2C.41o@nxcube.augusta.de> Sender: news@nxcube.augusta.de Organization: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen References: <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 21:01:24 GMT In article <47terl$1qh@news.tamu.edu> schaub@tamu.edu writes: > > I have just replaced my ZyXEL 1496 with an E2864 modem on a mono Nextstation running > NS3.2 with NXFax installed as the driver. Unfortunately, the computer no longer reponds to > incoming calls! I can dial out, connect ppp, even fax out. But when an incoming call arrives, > the NXFaxMonitor pops up, but as a status it still says that it is waiting on a call and never > picks up!! > I have the same problems and have already contacted B&W for help (they are already working on this problem). I actually use a work-around: my MaxDTERate is 38400 and I use "ATS18=5" as AuxATCommand (port speed fixed to 19200 baud) - this doesn't make much sense, but it works for me on my machine... With this work-around, there's only one disadvantage: I didn't get a fax connect above 9600 baud, yet. > Anyone out there use this modem with NXFax? I figured since the ZyXEL 1496 was > supported by NXFax, surely the newer modem would be compatible too? I asked B&W before I "upgraded" from the ZyXEL U-1496E PLUS to the Elite 2864D, and they told me it should work with the following AuxATCommand (because ZyXEL changed the coding of the S18 register): dwrite <yourModemName> AuxATCommand "ATS18=n" with n = 4 for MaxDTERate 38400 5 for MaxDTERate 19200 Maybe the problem is the modem. Oliver Nissen -- --- 8< -------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Nissen Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen olli@nxcube.augusta.de -> NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome i22boliv@rz.unibw-muenchen.de -> Plain text only! _____________________________________________________________________ >>> "...but, why is it black?" - "It should have been perfect..." <<<
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: dps bugs? (Re: Which to choose - 90 or 100MHz Pentium for NS machine?) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 13 Nov 1995 08:08:21 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <486udl$kpa@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951112231055.26977B-100000-100000-100000@alf.uib.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thor Legvold (edmtl@uib.no) wrote: [...] : Perhaps you can tell me if windowserver deaths due to : display-errors (dps_error last message repeated 20 times...) : are something one has to live with on Intel - it's getting : to be annoying (about every other day, usually when I open : any image file in any program, the workspace exits due to : windowserver death caused by dps errors) No. Absolutely not. A friend of mine has suffered long time from windowserver deaths (first of all, windowserver displays a SIGSEGV on console, then all the applications throw all their dps errors because there's no windowserver any more) until he decided to swap his mother- board. His machine has been very stable since then. I haven't had a windowserver crash on my Pentium 66 and the Pentium 120 at work since weeks. I would suggest disabling some motherboard features (like PCI burst, PCI write posting etc. if you are using PCI). Cheers, Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NFS problems Date: 13 Nov 1995 08:15:11 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <486uqf$l07@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <483cie$smm@scanner.worldgate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Chad G. Wagner (cgw) wrote: : I have a DOS box running xfs connected to my NeXT Station. : I can xping my Station from the DOS box, but I can not NFS mount a drive. : The Station gives the following: : xdr_bytes: bad size FAILED : svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed : nfs_server: bad sendreply from 198.161.85.192 : The dos box reports the following: : Volume in drive D has no label : Not ready Try setting rsize and wsize on the DOS box to 1024. It will not work using the default rsize and wsize values. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: neuss@sun10 (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nslookup, netinfo, etc over PPP Date: 13 Nov 1995 12:45:37 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Systemarchitektur, TH Darmstadt, Germany Message-ID: <487eli$uv2@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> References: <4801rr$51s@optical.fiber.net> Carl Payne (cpayne@optical) wrote: : When connected via PPP, I can do name resolution for all the : typical stuff like ping, ftp, telnet, etc. HOWEVER, when I : try to send mail, it craps out. If I try to do an nslookup, : it just hangs until I ^C Console says, "NetInfo timeout : connecting to local domain, sleeping." I stumbled over this myself, and had to learn its an FAQ. Ha, but I had tried just about any Web search mechanism to actually _find_ a PPP FAQ, with no result.. but here it is: http://www.thoughtport.com:8080/PPP/NeXT_PPP_FAQ.html The trick is to add a route back to 127.0.0.1 with a simple /etc/ppp/up-up script. Best wishes, Chris -- // Christian Neuss "I ride tandem with a random.." // neuss@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de // http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~neuss/ // +49 6151 16-3414 fax: -5472
From: curt@meaddata.com (Curt Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compiling Perl, Next 3.3 Date: 13 Nov 1995 12:40:14 GMT Organization: Lexis-Nexis, Dayton OH Distribution: world Message-ID: <487ebe$ot8@meaddata.meaddata.com> References: <480bp8$qbo@meaddata.meaddata.com> Thanks to all who responded........ Curt x1106 In article <480bp8$qbo@meaddata.meaddata.com>, curt@meaddata.com (Curt Kohler) writes: |> By any chance, does anyone have a Perl "hints" file |> for Configure for compiling Perl on a 3.3 Intel |> Next system with 3.3 Developer. Any assistance would |> be very much appreciated. |> |> Thanks in advance, |> |> Curt |> |> -- -- Curt Kohler (513) 865-1106 Lexis-Nexis Fabrication Systems - IT 9443 Springboro Pike curt@lexis-nexis.com Miamisburg, Ohio USA 45342 ...!uunet!lexis-nexis!curt
From: Mickey Lasky <mickey@va.pubnix.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: WTB: NeXT Keyboard Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 09:28:27 -0500 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virgina) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.951113092707.3910A-100000@pub01.va.pubnix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I need to purchase a keyboard for a NeXT Slab (black). Any leads would be appreciated. Mine is getting ready to go. ------ Mickey Lasky mickey@va.pubnix.com ITA Communications mickey@ita.org (NeXTMail welcomed) http://www.ita.org/~dokk/ita.html "FOUL! I claim foul. I do agree with my claim." -- Artie, The Strongest Man in the World. Pete & Pete
From: curt@meaddata.com (Curt Kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compiling Perl, Next 3.3 - The solution Date: 13 Nov 1995 16:47:28 GMT Organization: Lexis-Nexis, Dayton OH Distribution: world Message-ID: <487sr0$enj@meaddata.meaddata.com> It appears from the number of messages in my inbox, that this was a problem of more interest than I originally thought. First of all, thanks to J.B. Nicholson-Owens <jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com> and Steve Turnball <turnbull@datarev.com> for responding to my post. My setup, NeXT 3.3, Developer 3.3, i-x86 architecture. Now the answer.... Actually it was so simple I missed it the first time. Just use the NeXT 3.2 hint file that comes along with Perl 5.01. I actually copied it over to a NeXT 3.3 hints file. Make sure you accept the suggested defaults. That was my problem, I started seeing "Whoa!!" messages during the configuration and started replacing the defaults of "define"/"undef" with the proper values. That seems to have messed up the variable replacements from the .SH files. After that everything ran smoothly. All the test programs seem to be running correctly. and a few simple programs work as well. Good luck to everyone else who seems to be having problems with this. -- Curt Kohler (513) 865-1106 Lexis-Nexis Fabrication Systems - IT 9443 Springboro Pike curt@lexis-nexis.com Miamisburg, Ohio USA 45342 ...!uunet!lexis-nexis!curt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: martine@icgned.nl Subject: How can I make NeXTstation and HP DeskWriter 520 work with DOTS? Message-ID: <DHzLFz.1qx@icgned.nl> Keywords: DOTS, DeskWriter, printing Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 14:55:11 GMT Hello there: Here's a question about DOTS the printerdriver-solution from d'ART, in combination with a HP DeskWriter 520 and a NeXTstation Mono. I have enabled the DOTS software officially with the Installer.app, but the printer doesn't seem to respond to the Print-command (no test-print). The connection is established between a NeXTstation and a DeskWriter with an apple serial printer cable and I've chosen the DeskJet 500 driver. What could be the problem? The Cable? the driver? I've asked d'ART - they've suggested to take a look at the German newsgroups, he couldn't explain the problem, although d'ART sold hundred copies of DOTS. I would highly appreciate an answer. Thanks for your attention anyway, Best regards, =|:?{) Martine van Ginkel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: p25231@email.mot.com Subject: PPD file for QMS 1000 Organization: MOTOROLA Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 17:14:23 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov13.171423.7257@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Next does not supply a PPD file for the QMS 1000 color printer, at least I haven't been able to find one. Is there any other way I can get a PPD file for this printer? - Thanks, Mark
From: phil@cnam.fr (Tech. advisor for OOT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: URGENT: disktab for 4.3 GB FUJITSU M2934S-512 Date: 13 Nov 1995 18:02:44 GMT Organization: Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France Message-ID: <488184$lii@sheckley.cnam.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have to install that drive very shortly to a NeXT computer running 3.2. Since the drive has a capacity of 4.3 GB, I can use the usual tools. scsimode is not helpful either. Because I need to install the drive very quicly (hence creating 3 partitions), I am looking for hints, help and if possible a disktab for that drive. Thank you to _DIRECTLY_ reply to phil@cnam.fr Merci. Philippe
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Big PC problems - can't log in, many crashes, help! *URGENT* Date: 13 Nov 1995 17:28:02 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <487rmi$bkq@alf.uib.no> Hi. I really need help to get my machine into some sort of useable condition - this is driving me crazy. Symptom: I cannot log in to my normal user account. Background: see below... In the 1 or 2 weeks I've had the new machine, the system has crashed on average once every 24 hours. I thought I had finally localized the problem to excessive dps errors, but this morning something new happenned. When I logged in, most of my docked autostart programs didn't start. They tried and failed (no message in console or in /private/adm/messages). Most programs would not work at all - they started to launch and then died without any warning. A few did work - Preferences, WorkspaceMangler and Edit. Terminal would not work. No commercial/3rd party apps worked. When I tried logging in as root everything worked (I'm here as root now). I tried rebooting, exiting the windowserver, etc etc, nothing helps. The only change I made in the system was to install Calliope.font in ~/Library/Fonts last night. I tried building the afmdir without affecting anything. I tried removing the font (the only 3rd party font on the machine) but no change. I checked all permissions, ownerships, etc in the entire system - no problems. I still can't start apps as myself, only as root. As root I su'ed to my own home account and fired up gdb to try a few apps. Opener and FrameMaker both gave similar errors: Opener: Memory Access exception on address 0x60155 (protection failure) 0x5095cdb in dbSwapInLeaf () FrameMaker: Memory Access exception on address 0x1e171d (invalid address) 0x5095cd2 in dbSwapInLeaf () Trying to start them from a terminal (su'd to my home account) gave a segmentation fault and a bus error, respectively. The worst is, after trying this I was _completely_ unable to log into my home account (i.e. my regular user account, not root). I get the background colour and then I get a new login screen. No error messages. I'm really getting upset at this constant failure and crashing of NSfIP - this PC has crashed/paniced/shown "weird" behaviour more times in two weeks than all the years I've used a NeXT computer. I wondered if it was hardware, but then the root account would also be flakey, no? I'm ready to return the entire machine and get something else (what, Dell? Sun? HP? DEC?) before it makes me crazy. All of you with PC's - is this _normal_ behaviour??? Here's my config, hard and software (I tried booting with default config, no change - still can't login): Intel Endeavor mainboard, Triton Chipset, PCI 2.2 controller, AMI BIOS, ISA/PCI bus (10MHz/60MHz), 256kb pipeline burst cache, 16MB RAM (2x8MB SIMM), on board floppy, 2x on board EIDE/ATA/ATAPI, on board parallell, Matrox MGA Millenium 2MB WRAM. Not sure where the serial controller is - probably on the mainboard, Quantum Fireball 1.0GB EIDE hardisk (512 block size, multiple (8) sector transfers enabled). Wait - /private/adm/messages reports PCI controller version 2.10, not 2.2 (that's what technical support reported they use...) I have (in Config.app) configured the folowing: Display: MatroxMGA2064W 1024x1280/75Hz, RGB:256/8 Mouse: Serial Mouse (v3.33) Network: none SCSI: none Sound: System Beep Driver (v3.30) Other Devices: Serial port 1&2 (v3.33); ISA/EISA Bus (v3.30); PCI Bus (v3.30); PS/2 Keyboard (v3.30) (actually its a Winlose keyb); TTY Port server (v3.33); On board Paralell port (v3.30) There are no config conflicts. I have enabled (in BIOS and in NeXTSTEP) power saving (sleep/suspend after 30 minutes inactivity) for both system and monitor. I have ppp2.2 as a loadable kernel driver to run ppp, otherwise there's nothing strange. I've installed MiscKit and "productivity" software I use daily (between crashes :-), not much else. I'm really wondering what this might be. I've installed the 3.3 patch1 package several days ago, but it didn't seem to affect the systems reliability or speed (I hear others find the system faster after patch?), it kept crashing. I have not (yet) run the post-install script (don't know which is appropriate - should I go into every executable on the machine to find what uses posix libs??? This is crazy. Do I need the new posix lib to replace the 3.2 version I have? probably not.) I have English, Swedish and French installed as language packages on the system. As far as I understand NeXTstep, the login program starts the windowserver and Workspace - all from one central copy - I don't understand why it works as root but not as myself - the permissions seem correct and this is something that just "happned" - the only thing I've done is surf a bit on the Web, download Calliope and install it in ~/Apps and the Calliope font in ~/Library/Fonts. I tried the app but it quit because I haven't installed Sonata.font yet. Could this be some sort of virus (I'm guessing wildly now...) Any/all suggesstion are more than welcomed - please e-mail me directly, I haven't time to wade through news. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: postmaster@apdfw.com (Allied Physicians) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 18:45:48 GMT Organization: Compu-Net DFW's Premiere Internet Access Provider Message-ID: <4887cd$37l@news.computek.net> References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: >I heard vaguely about Samba as a replacement of NFS for file and printer >sharing. Before I dive in, is it possible to run Samba on Windows NT and >NEXTSTEP, to let NT share disk and printers on the NEXTSTEP system? The samba runs on the Unix workstation and makes the Unix workstation share it's drives like an NT server. Now, SAMBA can be setup to always win the net browser election so that it can always become the master browser for the network. The SAMBA client is less useful on most platforms since it looks like an ftp connection. There is no additional software needed for the NT client. Samba runs NetBIOS over IP ( e.g. RFC 1001/1002 )
From: Miles O'Neal <meo@pencom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compiled NCSA httpd 1.5? Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:58:11 -0600 Organization: Pencom Software Message-ID: <30A78733.41C6@pencom.com> References: <ed9ayeh9g.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <eu44a9gc2.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robert Nicholson wrote: > Q. All you pencom guys that are mentioned in the Credits. > > What version of NEXTSTEP were you using during testing? I thought it was built on both 3.2 and 3.3 . However, I know for a fact that despite anything said to the contrary, not all 3.3s are created identically. We have at least two versions of 3.3, not counting Beta - or else they differ more than they should between architectures. 8^( -Miles
From: udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NextMail with NT Date: 13 Nov 1995 21:18:39 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <488cnf$eob@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Can I get suggestions on the best way to receive internet mail on my NT machines thru a NextMail server. I know that there are many gateways out there like NT Mail and MailNet, but I am wondering if there are any better (cheaper but reliable) ways of setting up my mail. Thanks -- Shourav Udas NorthStar Technologies
From: pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? ** Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:02:05 -0600 Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Message-ID: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I think for a modem) didn't work... help please! has anyone out there done this? thanks... joe pompei northwestern university
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Big PC problems - can't log in, many crashes, help! *URGENT* Date: 13 Nov 1995 20:54:42 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4887q2$k3q@alf.uib.no> References: <487rmi$bkq@alf.uib.no> The login problem I've solved - something corrupt in ~/.NeXT was enough to cause a lot of headache - why it didn't allow login with missing or standard values is beyond me. As for being buggy, several have indicated that this is often hardware glitches and that NSfIP is very stable, given that the latform its run on is also stable. I'd still appreciate advice to keep crashes to a minimum, and am considering having a new mainboard installed while it's still under garantee (at the least I'll get PCI 2.2 controller instead of 2.1...) Tips/hints/ideas as always are welcome via e-mail. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: udas@northstar.com (Shourav Udas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Remote Connection Date: 13 Nov 1995 21:39:23 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <488dub$fd6@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> I need to connect a Next machine offsite with our next network over a modem. Could I get suggestions on what software to use. We are presently using Teleconnect to connect to our internet provider, but I believe they have been out of business for a while. Thanks --
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Swapfile, Color Turbo, 64MB RAM, ST31230 internal, ST1239 external Date: 14 Nov 1995 01:10:49 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <488qap$5q4@nntp.Stanford.EDU> I have a Color Turbo with 64 MB RAM, a Seagate ("Hawk") ST31230 (1 Gig) internal drive, and a Seagate ST1239 (239 MB) external drive. The avg access time on the internal drive is 10.4ms, whereas the avg access time on the external drive is 15 ms. Can anyone tell whether: 1) it is worth turning on the swaptimizer? 2) it is worth using space on the external drive as a second swapfile? Also, does the fact that /private/vm/swapfile.front exists indicate that the swaptimizer is being turned on automatically? If so, how is it getting turned on---the entry in /etc/swaptab is: /private/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216 # 16 Meg low water mark Thanks for any help you can give me. -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 11 Nov 1995 22:49:22 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov13222521@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 03:25:21 GMT In article <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > Robert - does everything else on those machines get sped up? Or does the > processor mhz do all? I believe the PCI bus runs at 66MHz vs 30/33 on Pentiums. > For some reason I keep thinking up multiple processors, all using less > electricity, but parsing off work onto each other. I'd drool over a well > configured 10 processor machine. The Pentium Pro is designed for SMP. Multiple CPU motherboards will be available shortly. Not that NEXTSTEP supports multiple CPUs!!! :-( > But I wonder how all this relates to all the other components in a machine. > Also, what is the overall fastest machine for NS around. It's probably a Sun or HP costing $50k+. > And, finally, are there are machines out there that work as a whole unit as > relatively flawlessly as the old NS black beauties? I'll say this again. Aside from not having a smart power supply and smart floppy, my decked out Dell Dimension kicks the NeXTDimension's butt. By decked out, I mean: NS 3.3 Patch installed with all the latest drivers. Sony 20SE Trinitron monitor #9 GXE64Pro (4MB) graphics card Adaptec 2940 Fast SCSI controller Seagate Barracuda Fast SCSI disk Toshiba 4.4X CD-ROM etc... When I purchased my system, the following wasn't available: Pentium Pro (200MHz) EDO RAM #9 Imagine 128 (8MB) Adaptec 2940W Fast Wide SCSI controller Seagate Fast Wide Barracuda disk Add these and you get a killer system... Robert -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: cshyneso@starnet.gov.sg (Chuang Shyne Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: tty settings for incoming telnet sessions Date: 9 Nov 1995 05:20:18 GMT Message-ID: <47s32i$6fb@mercury.starnet.gov.sg> References: <47p6b0$k0h@blackice.winternet.com> Steve Krans (skrans@winternet.com) wrote: : When running a telnet session from a Sun xterm to my Next 3.3 machine I get : strange output. When doing an ls, for example, the output is normal except : for the last 5 or so lines which are wildly indented. I have my Next acct : setting the term with a "tset vt100", which should work fine. I've been : trying different stty settings without luck. Any help appreciated. Have you tried stty -extproc? +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Chuang Shyne Song csong@tip.com.sg http://www.irdu.nus.sg/~csong MIME / NeXT Mail welcomed Also: kevinc@netcom.com Finger for my PGP Public Key +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7 configuration question Date: 14 Nov 1995 06:15:41 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-40.usc.edu Message-ID: <489c6d$siq@usc.edu> References: <4899cn$82k@news.internetmci.com> american@internetMCI.COM (Charles C. Hocker) wrote: > change-- > From: "Charles C. Hocker" <hocker@internetMCI.COM> > > to-- > From: "Charles C. Hocker" <american@internetMCI.COM> Sendmail.cf - Rule 31: ============================================ # # header sender and masquerading header recipient rewriting # S31 Rhocker$* american$1 rewrite hocker - american R$+ $: $>51 $1 sender/recipient common R:; <@> $@ list:; special case ============================================= Works for me -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: american@internetMCI.COM (Charles C. Hocker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7 configuration question Date: 14 Nov 1995 05:27:51 GMT Organization: InternetMCI Message-ID: <4899cn$82k@news.internetmci.com> Hello, I recently update to sendmail 8.7 and I have a question concerning sendmail and setting my "FROM:" address. The problem that I am facing is that my "account/user id" name at home (standalone) is different from my "account" name on my ISP. I have been able to MASQUERADE_AS as being from my provider domain but I cannot find out how to change my "account/user id" name. ie: change-- From: "Charles C. Hocker" <hocker@internetMCI.COM> to-- From: "Charles C. Hocker" <american@internetMCI.COM> I have set the DEF_USER_ID variable to american and have changed my SMTP flags and added the "S" flag and setting the "U=american" option. Outside of creating an "american" account at home and sending all my mail from this, how would I change my user id? The following is a list of the options I set when I built my sendmail.cf file ************************** cf/nextstepcf.mc file: ************************** VERSIONID(`@(#)nextstepcf.mc 1.0 (Berkeley) 11/8/95') OSTYPE(nextstepos)dnl DOMAIN(nextstepdomain)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl ************************** domain/nextstepdomain.m4 file: ************************** VERSIONID(`@(#)nextstepdomain.m4 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/21/95') define(`SMART_HOST', mailrelay.internetMCI.COM)dnl define(`confDEF_USER_ID', american)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(internetMCI.COM)dnl LOCAL_USER(root)dnl LOCAL_USER(hocker)dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl ************************** and the standard ostype/nextstep.m4 file: ************************** VERSIONID(`@(#)nextstepos.m4 8.4 (Berkeley) 11/30/93') define(`ALIAS_FILE', /etc/sendmail/aliases)dnl define(`HELP_FILE', /usr/lib/sendmail.hf)dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', /etc/sendmail/sendmail.st)dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_PATH', /usr/bin/uux)dnl define(`QUEUE_DIR', /usr/spool/mqueue)dnl define(`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS', `rmnP')dnl define(`LOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS', `euP')dnl Thanks Charles -- ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ Charles C. Hocker War is Peace american@internetMCI.COM Freedom is Slavery american@aztec.asu.edu Ignorance is Strength ASCII, MIME & NeXTmail (preferred) George Orwell's 1984 ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘
From: Tal Lancaster <tlan> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NO /dev/nsrt0?? Date: 14 Nov 1995 00:25:01 GMT Organization: Walt Disney Studios Message-ID: <488nkt$lu2@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For some reason, I am unable to get my DAT drive to respond. This is a newly installed 3.3 NSI system. In configure, I added the SCSI Tape device (3.3) and rebooted. But when I try accessing the drive (/dev/nrst0), all I get is unknown device. I even tried the new tape driver 3.31 and still no response. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Tal Lancaster Technical Director, Disney Feature Animation email: tlan@fa.disney.com WEB: The RenderMan Repository (http://pete.cs.caltech.edu/RMR/)
From: jeff ely <jeff@econ.berkeley.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: NeXT filesystem for linux? Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 22:41:12 -0800 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <30A83A08.43D1@econ.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there a way to get support for NeXT filesystems in my Linux kernel? I would like to mount NeXT floppies on my Linux box. Any ideas? Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: rc.swap and swapdisk Message-ID: <6FC8A73001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 13 Nov 95 22:36:00 EST I've got a 'swapdisk' setup. It's fine except that, as someone else mentioned before, it sets up the /tmp on the swapdisk, rather than on the main disk. Since a lot of programs dump stuff into /tmp, I'd rather have it on the main disk. I've looked in rc.swap, but I'm a little weary about fiddling with it (I've made this thing unbootable too many times before ;-) I'm guessing that someone must know how to do this, or has done this themselves. Is it as simple as commenting out the lines 86 to 103 (I'm using the default rc.swap)?? Any help welcome Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7 configuration question (Repost Correction) Date: 14 Nov 1995 07:34:59 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-36.usc.edu Message-ID: <489gr3$jnu@usc.edu> References: <4899cn$82k@news.internetmci.com> <489c6d$siq@usc.edu> Sorry - don't know why it got so messed up the first time. american@internetMCI.COM (Charles C. Hocker) wrote: > change-- > From: "Charles C. Hocker" <hocker@internetMCI.COM> > > to-- > From: "Charles C. Hocker" <american@internetMCI.COM> Sendmail.cf - Rule 31: ============================================ # # header sender and masquerading header recipient rewriting # S31 Rhocker$* american$1 rewrite hocker - american R$+ $: $>51 $1 sender/recipient common R:; <@> $@ list:; special case ============================================= Works for me Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: marcel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Marcel Weiher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How can I make NeXTstation and HP DeskWriter 520 work with DOTS? Date: 14 Nov 1995 08:47:24 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <489l2s$e1k@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <DHzLFz.1qx@icgned.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: DOTS, DeskWriter, printing martine@icgned.nl writes: >Here's a question about DOTS the printerdriver-solution from d'ART, in >combination with a HP DeskWriter 520 and a NeXTstation Mono. Hi Martine! Shame on you for not asking us! :-)) >I have enabled the DOTS software officially with the Installer.app, but >the printer doesn't seem to respond to the Print-command (no test-print). >The connection is established between a NeXTstation and a DeskWriter with >an apple serial printer cable and I've chosen the DeskJet 500 driver. >What could be the problem? The Cable? the driver? The problem is that the DeskWriter interface, RS-422 type, is not generally compatible with NeXT serial ports, the differences being different voltage levels, different handshake and a non-settable baud-rate of 57600. A friend of mine actually whipped up a cable to adapt the handshake signals and the voltage levels seem to be within the tolerances of both devices, even if they are out of spec, so he's been using eXTRAPRINT just fine. However, this is not a stable setup and definitely not something we recommend to customers. >I've asked d'ART - they've suggested to take a look at the German >newsgroups, he couldn't explain the problem, although d'ART sold hundred >copies of DOTS. Regards, Marcel
From: Th.H@bwl.univie.ac.at Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP! NS 3.3, SPARC, CD-ROM Date: 14 Nov 1995 08:57:57 GMT Organization: Vienna University, Austria Message-ID: <489lml$k72@ftp.univie.ac.at> I have some problems with thr cd-rom on a SPARC with NextStep 3.3 ! It can't read CDs with Rock Ridge formt. There is no Problem to read them on Windos or Sun-Solaris. Knows anybody help ??? --- Thomas
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: darrin@research.canon.com.au (Darrin Smart) Subject: Re: Image filters/services question. Message-ID: <DI0su7.E5q@research.canon.oz.au> Sender: news@research.canon.oz.au Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia References: <47u2ap$9ht@alf.uib.no> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 06:32:31 GMT In article <47u2ap$9ht@alf.uib.no> edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) writes: > > When I start OmniWeb/OmniImage.app, Inspector in the Browser > ImageViewer also starts (obviously Omni is calling on IV > to provide services), despite that I have (inPreferences) > specified Omni as default viewer (both for myself and > as root when I installed). I'm sure I had exactly the > same setup on my cube, but ImageViewer was never called up > after OmniImage - it started only when I clicked on the > app. > In ImageViewer.app. rename the services file to something like 'services.are.disabled'. Then the Workspace won't register ImageViewer as the filter provider. You will probably need to log in again or run make-services. -- Darrin Smart, Software Engineer | darrin@research.canon.oz.au Canon Information Systems Research Australia | Phone +61-2-805-2942 PO Box 313 NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 | Fax +61-2-805-2929
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.2J -> NS3.3J Upgrader crash -- solved?? Message-ID: <1995Nov14.104053.1659@ittpub> From: jurgen@ittpub.nl (Jurgen Hildebrand) Date: 14 Nov 95 10:40:52 WET Distribution: world Keywords: NS3.3J,Upgrade from NS3.2J to 3.3J,crash Hardware : HP Vectra XP/60 Upgrade from NS3.2J to 3.3J in WorkSpace in English langage mode. ------------------ The 3.3J Upgrade.app on the NeXT's Japanese User Installation CD crashes halfway the installation. This crash is reproducable on all of our HP Vectra XP60's. This crash happens just after all files are installed and when the Upgrader is just about starting to run the script Upgrader.app/Default.upgrade/PostProcess. I tried to run (after quitting Upgrader) the PostProcess script manualy using the shell command: /NEXTSTEP_3.3J/Upgrader.appUpgrader.app/Default.upgrade/PostProcess / /NEXTSTEP_3.3J/ This seems to work fine. It is easier than starting to Install from scratch. ** Do not reboot after the Upgrader crash but run the PostProcess script first ** ** if you do not run PostProcess the startup will fail, and then you have to reinstall ** ** NEXTSTEP from scratch. ** ** BACKUP USER DIRECTORIES and /ETC BEFORE UPGRADE ** Bye -Jurgen -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | email: jurgen@ittpub.nl (Jurgen Hildebrand) | work phone: +31(0)20-5676697 @ ITT Publitec, Amsterdam +--------------------------------------------------------------+
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NO /dev/nsrt0?? Date: 14 Nov 1995 13:14:21 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <48a4nd$lmo@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <488nkt$lu2@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> Tal Lancaster <tlan> wrote: > For some reason, I am unable to get my DAT drive to respond. This is a newly > installed 3.3 NSI system. In configure, I added the SCSI Tape device (3.3) and > rebooted. But when I try accessing the drive (/dev/nrst0), all I get is unknown > device. I even tried the new tape driver 3.31 and still no response. > > Any ideas? See at /private/adm/messages if the tapedriver found the tape. - Karsten --- Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: mek@guinan.arl.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: My FaxDaemon appears to be out of control Date: 14 Nov 1995 15:08:46 GMT Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing Message-ID: <48abdu$1f66@hearst.cac.psu.edu> Hello, My NeXTstation has a new feature -- it runs out of disk space after an hour or two. It can even do this when nobody is logged in following a restart! This is a new feature (within the last week) and to the best of my recollection, the only thing I did in the past week as root was change my password. I browsed around the disks looking for log files and such which would be growing to try to isolate the problem and it would appear that the swap file is the culprit. Doing a "ps -aux" seems to indicate that the FaxDaemon is the culprit since it seems to keep growing. It's up to 45 MB now so I better post this quick before the system locks up. :-( Anyhow, any ideas as to whether the FaxDaemon is really the culprit and, if so, what I can do would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks much,....time to reboot... Mark. -- Dr. Mark Kotanchek Signal Processing Dept - 363 ASB Applied Research Lab/Penn State P.O. Box 30 State College, PA 16804
From: lichtner@swri.edu (Peter Lichtner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: gnu g77 fortran on NeXTSTEP Date: 14 Nov 1995 15:33:52 GMT Organization: Southwest Research Institute Message-ID: <48act1$ofv@sun2.ccf.swri.edu> I would like to install the gnu g77 fortran compiler on NeXTSTEP/Intel. However, I can't seem to compile the gcc2.6.3 compiler and bison. When compiling bison (after ./configure) I get: make cc -c -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -I./../include -g conflicts.c conflicts.c:40: only 0 args to macro 'alloca' (1 expected) *** Exit 1 Stop. Can somebody please tell me what I need to do to make it work!? Thanks, ...Peter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: 021836b@dragon.acadiau.ca (Peter Burka) Subject: New hard drive blues Message-ID: <1995Nov14.154539.1129@relay.acadiau.ca> Sender: news@relay.acadiau.ca Organization: Acadia University Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:45:39 GMT tried installing a new hard drive in a '040 cube over the weekend, and I ran into some troubles. I succesfully copied everything onto the new 1GB drive using dump/restore and set the drive up as the new boot device. Evrything works fine as long as I log in as root. If I try to use another account, though, it clears the login screen, spins for a few seconds, and dumps back out to the login screen. Does anybody know what's wrong with this system? (BTW, I'm running 3.2 black) Peter (Plz reply via e-mail, as my news link is often several weeks out of date . . . at least until we get a T1 in December.) -- Peter Burka "If only we were weiner dogs our Wolfville, NS, Canada problems would be all solved" 021836b@acadiau.ca -- The Bravest Little Toaster
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Message-ID: <DI15rr.110@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 11:11:50 GMT In article <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: [...] > Also, what is the overall fastest machine for NS around. My guess is that would be one of those top notch hp machines with maximum memory. Maybe Wave B. Johnson could comment on that. I seem to remember him saying he runs a hp with ~200Megs real memory. Sound neat, huh? Juergen (somehow slightly envious) --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: SCSI,SCSI II, WIDE SCSI Message-ID: <DI169K.14C@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <483p6h$587@usc.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 11:22:31 GMT In article <483p6h$587@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) wrote: > > I think that SCSI II can be backwards compatible, so if you make sure that > > your disk is not using any SCSI II features, > > > My turbo slab is using SCSI II just fine.... I have scsi2 enabled on my cd drive, so the disks are ejected automagically. In scsi1 mode you get a panel requesting you to do it manually. So at least some scsi2 commands are supported (sent) by some programs. The scsi bus itself is scsi1 only though it uses the mini connector which is typical for scsi2-buses. To get a disk running on the scsi1 bus of black h/w you need to set the synchronous/asynchronous jumper on the drive correctly (sorry, don't know currently which way). It needs to be set to the less capable functionality (it inflects throughput on systems which support both settings). There's rumors some drives do not have the sync/async jumper anymore. This would prohibit such drives on black h/w. Hope I got that right. Juergen
From: schaefer@syrtis.geology.yale.edu (Martha W. Schaefer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 8mm tape drive Date: 14 Nov 1995 15:56:39 GMT Organization: Yale University Distribution: world Message-ID: <48ae7n$qo3@news.ycc.yale.edu> I have been trying to attach an 8mm tape drive to my HP system running NEXTSTEP 3.2, but either I am doing something wrong or there is something wrong with the drive. I set the switches on the drive according to the instructions in its manual, and gave it a unique SCSI ID number. The computer appears to boot normally, and the tape drive looks like it initializes normally also. I have tried using mt to get the status of the tape drive, but it comes back with 'unknown tape drive'. I have tried running the Configure.app program (for which I have been able to find no instructions in any of the manuals!), but the drive seems invisible to it. What am I doing wrong? Do I need another driver? TIA, Martha Schaefer schaefer@syrtis.geology.yale.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: Swapfile, Color Turbo, 64MB RAM, ST31230 internal, ST1239 external Message-ID: <DI1Ito.8qD@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <488qap$5q4@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:53:47 GMT In article <488qap$5q4@nntp.Stanford.EDU> zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) writes: > I have a Color Turbo with 64 MB RAM, a Seagate ("Hawk") ST31230 (1 Gig) > internal drive, and a Seagate ST1239 (239 MB) external drive. The avg > access time on the internal drive is 10.4ms, whereas the avg access > time on the external drive is 15 ms. > Can anyone tell whether: > 1) it is worth turning on the swaptimizer? > 2) it is worth using space on the external drive as a second > swapfile? > Also, does the fact that /private/vm/swapfile.front exists indicate > that the swaptimizer is being turned on automatically? If so, how is > it getting turned on---the entry in /etc/swaptab is: > /private/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216 # 16 Meg low water mark > Thanks for any help you can give me. > -- > Edward N. Zalta > Senior Researcher > Center for the Study of Language and Information > Stanford University > http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html Compression is on by default and you can only compress the first swapfile in /etc/swaptab. Look at man swaptab and also peruse the NeXTanswers on this. -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
From: lappe@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Dr. Markus Lappe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Grayscale printing on HP Laserjet 4 M Plus Date: 14 Nov 1995 15:52:37 GMT Organization: Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Rechenzentrum Distribution: world Message-ID: <48ae05$e93@sun168.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Dear Netters, I'm having problems printing grayscale graphics on a HP Laserjet 4M+. Light gray parts will come out white. Dark grays are fine. This happens with graphics from Diagram! or Mathematica. Self-made postscript files using the setgray command work, so I suspect it has something to do with nxsetgray. Any help would be appreciated. Markus Lappe -- --- Dr. Markus Lappe Allg. Zoologie und Neurobiologie Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum D-44780 Bochum Germany lappe@neurobiologie.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
From: gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Finley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.3 serial drivers Date: 14 Nov 1995 16:23:28 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <48afq0$lro@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> I have a P90 system running NS 3.2. I'd like to upgrade to 3.3 to take advantage of the better PCI support (I have a Cogent PCI netcard that I can't use under 3.2), but I don't want to break the MUX-and-PNI-based slip link that I use between my home and office machines. I've heard rumours that 3.3 breaks MUX. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Perhaps there is some chance that 3.3 contains serial drivers that work at high speeds, so I wouldn't need MUX? -- ---------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Psychology Dept. Univ. of Alberta Network manager, Web manager, and postmaster. gfin@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome) http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/staff_bios/finleyg.htmld/
From: hendryj@MCS.COM (Jonathan W. Hendry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Bootable Zip disk Date: 14 Nov 1995 10:48:57 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <48ah9p$8m4@Mercury.mcs.com> Anyone know the easiest way of creating a bootable Zip disk? Once upon a time there were some scripts available for creating a bootable 2.8 MB disk. Is anything like this available for Zip disks? Or will BuildDisk work? Thanks, Jon 'grieving for my gig' Hendry
From: otto@olcs.com (Otto Lind) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: 14 Nov 1995 17:15:05 GMT Organization: Otto Lind Consulting Services Message-ID: <48aiqp$frr@olcs.olcs.com> References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> <480vce$fop@news.next.com> Marc Majka (majka@next.com) wrote: > I haven't tried any performance measurements yet, but it feels quite a > bit slower than NFS. Tune your NeXT server. In particular, I found that enabling TCP_NODELAY is a big performance win on NeXT. After tweaking things (and profiling/ changing the code), I was able to have samba outperform NFS for most operations. This was on an old version of samba, but haven't upgraded since things work great as is. Otto -- Otto Lind Otto Lind Consulting Services otto@olcs.com 4890 Ashley Lane #311, Inver Grove Hts, MN 55077 skypoint!olcs!otto voice:(612)457-1080 fax:(612)457-0761
From: hanley@popeye (Mark Hanley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Power down problem Date: 14 Nov 1995 18:19:02 GMT Organization: Lockheed Martin M & S, Sunnyvale, CA Message-ID: <48amim$ah@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com> I'm running 3.3 on a black turbo system. The machine has developed a glitch in the power down sequence : 1. Hit the power key on the keyboard. 2. Respond Yes to the prompt. 3. Watch the screen go white and stay that way. ( no further screen output ). 4. Wait at least 5 minutes. ( attempting step 5 with less delay has no effect ) ( waiting longer has no effect ) 5. Repeat step 1. 6. Watch the screen go black, and hear the drive spin down. I never had this problem with 3.0, but I've also loaded considerably more software onto my hard-drive since mounting 3.3. Thanks in advance for any help, Mark Hanley hanley@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Swapfile, Color Turbo, 64MB RAM, ST31230 internal, ST1239 external Date: 14 Nov 1995 20:15:36 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <48atd8$d7o@news.its.com> References: <488qap$5q4@nntp.Stanford.EDU> zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) wrote: > 1) it is worth turning on the swaptimizer? Turning on the swaptizimer is a tradeoff between CPU usage and I/O. Whether the tradeoff is worth it depends on what you are doing with your machine and how you value the additional CPU time spent versus the amount of swap space used. Generally, the swaptimizer is beneficial.... > 2) it is worth using space on the external drive as a second > swapfile? Probably. > Also, does the fact that /private/vm/swapfile.front exists indicate > that the swaptimizer is being turned on automatically? Yes. > If so, how is it getting turned on---the entry in /etc/swaptab is: > /private/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216 # 16 Meg low water mark > Thanks for any help you can give me. Turning on the swapfile compression feature is now the default behavior, consult "man swaptab" or "man mach_swapon" for details on how to control this.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What file goes with this disk block? Date: 15 Nov 1995 00:15:33 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <48c0i5$5tk@Venus.mcs.com> On my NeXTstation/NEXTSTEP 3.2 using a Connor CFP4207S I recently got the following error during a dump: Target 2: MEDIA ERROR; block 5487bH retry 9 sd1 (2,0): sense key:0x3 additional sense code:0x11 SCSI Block in error = 346235; Partition a F.S. sector 345915 After nine retries, of course, the system gives up. I have reasb'ed 346235 (I hope I did the right thing), but I'd kind of like to know which of my programs I need to reinstall. How do I find out what file sat on block 5487bH/346235? (Or should I be looking at 345915?) dw -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: sstaton@cameo.ns.mci.com (Steve Staton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Dual Boot, NextStep and Windoze NT? Date: 14 Nov 1995 16:50:11 GMT Organization: MCI Communications Distribution: na Message-ID: <48ahc3$bs6@hermes.dna.mci.com> References: <DHupDI.Jwr@marble.com> In article <DHupDI.Jwr@marble.com> matthew@marble.com (Matthew Stecker) writes: > Yes, you can do it. I'm running 95, NT and NS on my machine at home. > The best way to make it work is to load up NT first (onto a partition), > then load up NS. NS will sense the partition table and let you decide > which partition you want to use for the installation. > > It's important to load NS last, because Win 95 (and maybe NT) will > overwrite the NS boot program, thus forcing you to run fdisk whenever > you change the active partition. > > Matthew Stecker Just issue a /usr/etc/disk -b when you boot NeXTSTEP, and it will rewrite the NeXT boot manager onto the disk partition. Is there a better boot manager for encompassing NeXTSTEP, Linux, NT, and others? I really detest the LOUD beep that the NeXT boot manager makes at start up.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PGP 2.6ui compiled for m68k in the U.S.?? Date: 15 Nov 1995 06:40:53 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-35.usc.edu Message-ID: <48c21l$cra@usc.edu> Subject says it. If someone has compiled PGP 2.6ui for m68k NS 3.3 and would be willing to NeXTMAIL it to me..... -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: copying a boot disk Message-ID: <A129A93001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 14 Nov 95 23:43:00 EST I've got a NeXTStation running NS 3.2. Recently I had to reinstall the OS and it needed a floppy disk before it would load the CD (this floppy disk was inside the CD case for 3.2 user) My fear is that some strange thing will happen to the floppy disk, and I'll be skewed. two questions: 1) is there some setting in the ROM monitor that I can use so I don't need the floppy? 2) can I make a copy of the disk somehow? I thought maybe the 'dd' command, but the manpage wasn't very clear and I really can't afford to mess this up. Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (James P. Klett) Subject: Connect SQL Adaptor to NT/MSSQL Server via TCP/IP?? Message-ID: <DI2FMG.LJ1@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: UofM Alumni Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 03:39:14 GMT Has anybody succesfully connect an SQL Adaptor to MS SQL Server running on NT via a TCP/IP Connection? If so, can you point me in the direction to do the same. All the documentation I find says it is do-able and I have even seen a demo of it in action, but I cannot find the docs that say exactly how to do it. Thanks in advance, JIM ___ ___....-----'---'-----....___ ========================================= ___'---..._______...---'___ (___) _|_|_|_ (___) \\____.-'_.---._'-.____// klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu
From: wolfgang@neptun.nt.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Pusch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nfs problems Date: 15 Nov 1995 11:15:54 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <48ci5a$55k@news.tuwien.ac.at> In console I have found messages svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed nfs_server: bad sendreply from 128.130.67.98 What is the problem? What to do? - Wolfgang
From: khiebert@wimsey.com (Kevin Hiebert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Bootable Zip disk Date: 15 Nov 1995 10:54:15 GMT Organization: I represent myself, thank you. Distribution: world Message-ID: <48cgsn$c0e@angate.disc-net.com> References: <48ah9p$8m4@Mercury.mcs.com> hendryj@MCS.COM (Jonathan W. Hendry) wrote: >Anyone know the easiest way of creating a bootable Zip disk? I tried to make a bootable NS3.3 magneto-optical (old cube-style) but it complained (errno 2 - missing or ? file) about /etc/mach_init and /etc/init even though I triple-checked the files and links from /private/etc. I made a bootable NS3.2 magneto-optical with BuildDisk (no modifications necessary). Is there something special about 3.3? -- Kevin Hiebert <khiebert@wimsey.com> http://www.wimsey.com/~khiebert/ * MIME/NeXTmail welcome * PGP public key available for secure messages *
From: newsmaster@arzana.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NXFax & getty Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:17:34 GMT Organization: Arzana Limited Sender: news@arzana.co.uk Message-ID: <DI265A.849@arzana.co.uk> Keywords: NXFax, getty, gettytab Has anyone successfully managed to use the NXFax feature that allows you to set your modem to answer FAX or Data calls ? At the moment we sort of have this really neat security feature, you dial us up, and you can't read a bloom'n word that appears on screen ! Excellent for deterring the hacker (unless he can whistle binary at 38400). I believe that NXFax issues a getty command when it detects a datacall - so I tried dialing myself (obviously not on the same line or device) - I got the following: kermit> set line /dev/cufa kermit> set speed 38400 kermit> c Connecting to /dev/cufa, speed 38400. The escape character is Ctrl-] (ASCII 29, GS) Type the escape character followed by C to get back, or followed by ? to see other options. atz OK atdt {me-number} CONNECT 14400/ARQ qU??qU??y?T?0?qU|????qU ?qK mvv<v?qqU??qUqU??qUqU??<U?U?<??|<q?v??y|?|yyyyyy qyyyUqqy ?UvyyqUqU??qU??y?T?8?qU|???qU ?qKdmvv<v?qqU??qUqU??qUqU??<U?U?<??|<q?v??y |?|yyy?Uv?Uvyy?UvqUUyqqqyyy (Back at host) kermit> quit $ Any idea why ? I checked the terminal setup in kermit, and got the following: C-Kermit>show terminal Command bytesize: 7 bits Terminal bytesize: 8 bits Terminal echo: remote Terminal locking-shift: off Terminal newline-mode: off Terminal cr-display: normal Terminal character-sets: Remote: ascii Local: next-multinational Via: latin1-iso CONNECT-mode escape character: 29 (Ctrl-], GS) Suspend: on I also got the following from my kermit communications : C-Kermit>show communications Communications Parameters: Line: /dev/cufa, speed: 38400, mode: local, modem: direct Terminal bits: 8, parity: none, duplex: full, flow: xon/xoff, handshake: none Carrier: auto, lockfile: /usr/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..cufa Escape character: 29 (^]) Dial directory: (none) Dial hangup: on, dial modem-hangup: on Dial kermit-spoof: off, dial display: off Dial speed-matching: on, dial mnp-enable: off Dial init-string: (none) Dial dial-command: (none) Dial prefix: (none) Dial timeout: 0 (auto), Redial number: (none) Carrier Detect (CD): On Dataset Ready (DSR): Off Clear To Send (CTS): On Ring Indicator (RI): Off Data Terminal Ready (DTR): On Request to Send (RTS): On Anyone any ideas on what's going on ? Parity ? gettytab entry ? Full Moon on Monday ? best bits, Andrew --- Andrew D. Forkes Email: Andrew_Forkes@arzana.co.uk (NeXT or MIME are fine) Arzana Limited
From: kaared@hiMolde.no (Kare Digernes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Date: 15 Nov 1995 13:24:06 GMT Organization: Molde College, Department of Computer Science Message-ID: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> I'd like to run NeXTSTEP for Intel on a diskless PC with a network card with a boot PROM. I'd like to have the machine boot from the network, load the OS, and then continue as normal. The machine will have *no* harddisk or floppy drive, or any other storage media (tape, CD-ROM). First, can NeXTSTEP boot from the network? Will I prevent swapping if I equip the machine with enough RAM, say 32 MB? If not, can I swap to a network drive? I know swapping to a network drive is bad. Thanks, -- -Kaare kaared@himolde.no kaared@bastian.moldenett.no
From: john@ablecom.net (John Stytz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 8mm tape drive Date: 15 Nov 1995 06:49:51 GMT Organization: Able Technical Services Message-ID: <48c2if$5vc@srv1.sj.ablecom.net> On 11/13/95, Martha W. Schaefer wrote: >I have been trying to attach an 8mm tape drive to my HP system running >NEXTSTEP 3.2, but either I am doing something wrong or there is something >wrong with the drive. > >I set the switches on the drive according to the instructions in its >manual, and gave it a unique SCSI ID number. The computer appears to boot >normally, and the tape drive looks like it initializes normally also. I >have tried using mt to get the status of the tape drive, but it comes back >with 'unknown tape drive'. I have tried running the Configure.app program >(for which I have been able to find no instructions in any of the >manuals!), but the drive seems invisible to it. > >What am I doing wrong? Do I need another driver? > >TIA, >Martha Schaefer >schaefer@syrtis.geology.yale.edu > Hi Martha, Have you loaded the SCSI tape driver? NS will find the tape drive on bootup when it resets the SCSI chain and the drive reports back, but to actually use it you must load the driver. If you do not have it, you can find out about it at http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1806.htmld/1806.html -- John Stytz johns@ablecom.net, NeXTmail welcome
From: ingo@ipge.toppoint.de (Ingo Prochaska) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: 3.3 Patch:INND does not run anymore! Date: 15 Nov 1995 08:13:11 +0100 Organization: Private Site, Kiel, Germany Message-ID: <48c3u7$2ar@ipge.toppoint.de> References: <47td0g$a5o@commserv.fb1.fhtw-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) writes: >Hi! >After installing the 3.3 Patch on my i586, >I noticed that my inn does not work anymore. It works with installed patch wonderful for me: news@ipge:~$ ctlinnd mode Server running Allowing remote connections Parameters c 10 i 0 (0) l 0 o 243 t 300 normal specified Not reserved Readers separate enabled >Nov 9 17:29:53 turbocat inndstart: inndstart cant bind Address already in >use This sounds like an used 119 port. Used by whom? I could only guess: Perhaps your inetd.conf contains a Line, which tels inetd to listen on 119, so inetd is using 119 and innd can't bind to it. news@ipge:~$ grep 119 /etc/services nntp 119/tcp readnews untp # USENET News Transfer Protocol news@ipge:~$ grep nntp /etc/inetd.conf #nntp stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/tcpd /usr/local/bin/nntpd >What shall I do? I was using inn 1.4. Take a look at /etc/inetd.conf, and comment out the nntp-line. -- Ingo Prochaska, Olshausenstr. 20, 24118 Kiel, +049 431 84638
From: ingo@ipge.toppoint.de (Ingo Prochaska) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP!!! CNEWS or INN or any News Server Date: 15 Nov 1995 08:33:07 +0100 Organization: Private Site, Kiel, Germany Message-ID: <48c53j$2dm@ipge.toppoint.de> References: <474ep9$epd@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) writes: > What is a good news server for NeXT? I have sources to CNEWS and >INN, but >I am having diffuculties compiling them in my NS3.3 Intel system. Help!!!! >I am in need of this server. Any server.... I've compiled INN 1.4 for 3.2 on Intel. You hve to step through $INNSRCROOT/config/config.data line by line, after reading carefully Install.ms. Benefit: you know your /usr/include-tree afterwards...;-) Or: send me an Email, if you want my config.data. -- Ingo Prochaska, Olshausenstr. 20, 24118 Kiel, +049 431 84638
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: byrnes@virginia.edu (Peter-john Byrnes) Subject: libg++ 2.6.2? Message-ID: <DI2pqu.2Ln@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 07:20:54 GMT Has anyone been able to get libg++2.6.2 to compile? I'm trying to get Jim Clark's great new set of SGML tools, SP, to run on my 3.3/3.2 Intel machine, and it needs a later version of the library than the one which came with the Dev package (it needs a later version of gcc, too, but I was able to get that to work, thank heaven). My deep appreciation goes to anyone who can help. -- Peter-john Byrnes Online Scholarship Initiative, University of Virginia URL: http://osi.lib.virginia.edu/ Email: byrnes@virginia.edu (NeXT/MIMEmail OK) Phone: 804/924-3169 FAX: 804/924-1431
From: cam@xedoc.com.au (Cameron Bromley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Connect SQL Adaptor to NT/MSSQL Server via TCP/IP?? Date: 15 Nov 1995 07:54:06 GMT Organization: Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Message-ID: <48c6au$6cl@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <DI2FMG.LJ1@news.cis.umn.edu> James P. Klett (klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu) wrote: : Has anybody succesfully connect an SQL Adaptor to MS SQL Server running on NT : via a TCP/IP Connection? As far as I know, MS-SQL is fully compatible with Sybase 4.x, so the standard SybaseAdaptor should work. Certainly every other third-party product I know that can talk to Sybase over tcp/ip can talk to the Microsoft SQL server. I understand that MS and Sybase Inc. have parted company; this will inevetibly lead to incompatabilities between the two in the future, but for the moment everything works fine. Cameron. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron Bromley Email : cam@xedoc.com.au Xedoc Software Development Pty. Ltd. Fax : +61-3-9214-0102 Unit 11, 663 Victoria St, Phone : +61-3-9214-0199 Abbotsford, VIC, 3067, Australia http://www.xedoc.com.au/
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Remote Connection Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:48:45 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dcmd$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <488dub$fd6@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TranSys SLIP works very well, sets up easily, and is very stable. They don't support the product anymore, but you can still get it at ftp.cs.orst.edu. If you are running a later version of NS (3.0 +) then there are several PPP packages also available at orst. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: gnu g77 fortran on NeXTSTEP Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:44:44 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dces$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48act1$ofv@sun2.ccf.swri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looks like your compiler is using a non-compatible library; check to see if all the makefiles are set up with NS libraries in mind. I've noticed occasionally that certain functions (or macros) in the NS libraries aren't really BSD compatible. To get around this, I play with the compiler switches to find a library which works. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NO /dev/nsrt0?? Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:46:06 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dche$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <488nkt$lu2@cabinboy.studio.disney.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Try /dev/rst0 or /dev/st0. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Bill Faust <faust@ee.ucla.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 12:42:13 -0800 Organization: FaustHouse Message-ID: <30AA50A5.B02BB4B@ee.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This should be simple, but I've read through the NeXTanswers and can't find one that applies to my situation. The situation: An Intel machine with two SCSI harddrives. The lowest SCSI drive has NS 3.3 loaded on a single partition. The higher SCSI drive has DOS loaded on a single partion. How do I tell the boot loader that "d for DOS" should point over to the second SCSI drive (sd1)? When I installed NS, the second SCSI drive did not exist so its understandable that it doen't know anything about it. So how do I teach it? When I hit "d for DOS", it comes back with some error. I'm guessing that it is looking for some active DOS partition on the present drive (sd0) and not looking at the second drive (sd1). Right now, I can juggle the SCSI IDs so I boot off either the NS or DOS drives, but this isn't a very nice dual boot arrangement (having to mess with jumpers). Also, I tried a "sd(1)" at the "boot:" prompt, but that failed too. -- Bill Faust faust@ee.ucla.edu Newbury Park, California, USA
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Clearly Ron Wood has some work he'd rather not do! :-) Date: 15 Nov 1995 19:42:43 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-11.usc.edu Message-ID: <48dfrj$qeu@usc.edu> -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nfs problems Date: 15 Nov 1995 22:21:16 GMT Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <48dp4s$iok@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <48ci5a$55k@news.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Wolfgang Pusch (wolfgang@neptun.nt.tuwien.ac.at) wrote: : In console I have found messages : svckudp_send: xdr_replymsg failed : nfs_server: bad sendreply from 128.130.67.98 : What is the problem? What to do? This sounds like some machine is trying to do NFS to your machine using inappropriate rsize and/or wsize. This might happen using Solaris 2.4 as NFS client. Set rsize and wsize to 1024 or lookup the other possibility in the Solaris FAQ. Another possibility is that some client is using xfs which uses 1280 bytes as a default rsize/wsize. Axel -- Axel Habermann kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de \\|// Muellerstr. 145 kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( D-13353 Berlin (Wedding) \ | / Fon: +49 30 45478986 (privat) 030 314 24 764 (uni) \~/
From: isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How can I make NeXTstation and HP DeskWriter 520 work with DOTS? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 21:44:13 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov14.214413.885@heinz.com> References: <DHzLFz.1qx@icgned.nl> Organization: F. HEINZ Consultora Sender: usenet@heinz.com Keywords: DOTS, DeskWriter, printing In case you didn't receive our e-mail this is an extract of the answer to your question: > I have a question about DOTS, in combination with a > DeskWriter 520 from HP. Sorry, but that won't work. The DeskWriter' serial interface is hard-wired to 56.7 Kbps, a serial speed that is not supported by NeXT hardware. The only solution to that is to get a DeskJet instead of a DeskWriter If you want further datails don't hesitate to contact us, I hope this helps, ISA In article <DHzLFz.1qx@icgned.nl> martine@icgned.nl writes: > Hello there: > > Here's a question about DOTS the printerdriver-solution from d'ART, in > combination with a HP DeskWriter 520 and a NeXTstation Mono. > > I have enabled the DOTS software officially with the Installer.app, but > the printer doesn't seem to respond to the Print-command (no test-print). > The connection is established between a NeXTstation and a DeskWriter with > an apple serial printer cable and I've chosen the DeskJet 500 driver. > > What could be the problem? The Cable? the driver? > > I've asked d'ART - they've suggested to take a look at the German > newsgroups, he couldn't explain the problem, although d'ART sold hundred > copies of DOTS. > > I would highly appreciate an answer. > > Thanks for your attention anyway, > > Best regards, > =|:?{) Martine van Ginkel -- Isabel Berizzo | E-mail : isa@heinz.com F. Heinz Consultora | (NeXTmail welcome) Benigno Acosta 4528 | Tel: (+54 51) 81 7597 Bo. Villa Centenario | Fax: (+54 51) 82 2449 5009 Cordoba | "Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far" ARGENTINA | Roger Waters
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXFax & getty Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:33:00 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dbos$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <DI265A.849@arzana.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had that exact problem, and it was a simple (now, in retrospect) matter of setting the terminal to 7 bits, even or odd parity, and 1 stop bit. You may have to fudge around with the parity, but for me it worked with both even and odd. Apparently, the unix system forces terminal sessions to 7 bits. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: New hard drive blues Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:36:21 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dbv5$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <1995Nov14.154539.1129@relay.acadiau.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check the file system ownerships, I've seen this problem before on HPs, when restoring after a dump. The (then) buggy dump program (called backup on the HP) changed all files to root ownership, I had to manually (well via a script, anyway) go in and change all the ownerships appropriately. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 8mm tape drive Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:39:06 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48dc4a$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48ae7n$qo3@news.ycc.yale.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The mt command defaults to the device file /dev/rxt0, but the NS system, at bootup, assigns the device file /dev/rst0 to the tape unit. Try mt -f /dev/rst0 <command> . -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Cc: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Subject: Re: Power down problem Message-ID: <F11CAA3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 15 Nov 95 12:07:00 EST I never had this problem with 3.0, but I've also loaded considerably more software onto my hard-drive since mounting 3.3. Well, I'd guess that one of these might be the culprit. Are you trying to power down when you are logged in or while some daemon is running? If so, it might not be dying easily. Well, that's my best guess... TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 14:17:46 -0500 Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <IkeXnOS00iVC05zKhI@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> In-Reply-To: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 15-Nov-95 Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP cli.. by Kare Digernes@hiMolde.no > I'd like to run NeXTSTEP for Intel on a diskless PC with > a network card with a boot PROM. I'd like to have the > machine boot from the network, load the OS, and then > continue as normal. The machine will have *no* harddisk > or floppy drive, or any other storage media (tape, CD-ROM). > > First, can NeXTSTEP boot from the network? Yes. It was "ben" from the black hardware monitor, and I believe a similar construct will work on Intel, although you might want to hit "?" at the Intel boot prompt and check. You'll also have to have a machine set up on your network to support bootstrapping the diskless workstation, of course. Consult the admin documentation.... > Will I prevent swapping if I equip the machine with enough > RAM, say 32 MB? No, you won't prevent swapping. My system currently uses: # pmem | awk '{ s += $4} END { print "memory used ", s * 8 / 1024 }' ... gives 136 MB of "unshared" memory pages, which would require a lot more than 32 MB. > If not, can I swap to a network drive? I know swapping to a > network drive is bad. You can set up swapping to a network drive; that's one of the requirements for handling bootstrapping that is documented. ---------------- However, one question: why bother? Diskless workstations suffer from miserable performance and result in much greater network bandwidth used due to the massive NFS traffic they cause. So why not get a drive for the machine? You could probably do so for less money than it would cost to upgrade the RAM from 16 MB to 32 MB... -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: print/wysiwyg problems Date: 16 Nov 1995 02:04:50 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <48e682$ovd@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Hi, I wrote a letter with many fonts. In OpenWrite, Preview and Yap it looks fine. But if I print it on a local Apple Laserwriter Select 360 comes a part of the text and before the first character from the KaiSu-Regular.font comes: ERROR: undefinedfilename OFFENDING COMMAND: file Stack: (r) (LocalLibrary/Fonts/KaiSu-Regular.font/KaiSu-Regular.dat) 355 184986 /A 65 Can anybody help me ? Thanks, - Karsten --- Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: raskin@aoml.noaa.gov (Craig Raskin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network Problems after upgrading ostation41 server to 3.3 Date: 15 Nov 1995 16:23:29 GMT Organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/AOML Message-ID: <48d461$e5v@nil.aoml.erl.gov> I was wondering if anyone else has experienced network problems after upgrading a Canon Objectstation server to NS 3.3 I recently upgraded our server to 3.3. It had been running 3.2 for several months without problems while the 5 client machines (2 of which are ostations) had all been upgraded to 3.3 already and were running fine. The boot process would seem to go fine and the machine would come up but you could not ping, telnet, etc anywhere on the network. We checked the network cabling and even switched machines to see if the ethernet card was bad, but had the same problems. Sometimes it would boot up ok for up for a day but then lose network access again. During a series of several reboot attempts, I noticed during a verbose boot that the boot process seemed to be stalling at the point "Starting Next services pbs...exec_fax..". At this point, another machine was trying to ping the server and received 2 packets and then stopped. We removed all fax stuff from the etc/rc file and then on a whim I remembered a Canon service bulletin from a year ago and checked the order in which drivers were loaded in the Instancetable.o file. I changed the order so that the ethernet card driver was loaded just after the serial port driver and this seems to fix the problem. At least we've been up smoothly for 2 days now. I also installed the 3.3 patch on the server and all clients. Next tech support had not heard of the problem before. Has anyone else noticed such a problem? I hope we've solved the problem but I have a nightmare that it will recur. -- ************************************************************************** Craig Raskin, raskin@aoml.noaa.gov "The optimist proclaims that we live Unix System Administrator in the best of all possible worlds, U.S. Dept. Of Commerce and the pessimist fears that this NOAA/AOML, Miami Fl. is true." -- James Branch Cabell
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: resetting SCSI bus? Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 22:58:21 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Distribution: world Message-ID: <951115225821.260AACUE.malc@daneel> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Anyone any suggestions why a system (Canon object.station 41) should suddenly start hanging periodically for up to 30 seconds, with the following in /usr/adm/messages: Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: BLC timeout Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36416 blockCount:16 Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:638960 blockCount:16 Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:336 blockCount:4 Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: sd0: No error to report; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36416 blockCount:16 Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: BLC timeout Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36432 blockCount:16 Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:336 blockCount:4 Nov 15 10:39:37 daneel mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Best wishes, mmalc.
From: jburne@nol.net (John Burnette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: CAP Date: 15 Nov 1995 05:22:47 -0600 Organization: Networks On-Line, Houston Distribution: usa Message-ID: <48cii7$bla@dazed.nol.net>
From: jmeacham@ants.jlc.net (James D. Meacham 3rd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to use both UUCP and SLIP for mail? Date: 14 Nov 1995 23:12:41 GMT Organization: JLC-net, Milford NH Distribution: World Message-ID: <48b7p9$q5l@mozart.jlc.net> Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to use both UUCP *and* SLIP to forward mail. I'm only interested in having SLIP process incoming mail, where all outgoing mail, as well as mail from my UUCP feed, should go through UUCP. Is there a way of doing this, e.g. hacking my sendmail.cf file, that might work? Thanks in advance. Peace, James -- _____________________________________________________________________ | The Rev. James David Meacham | | e-mail:jmeacham@ants.ci.net | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Whirlpools whirl Dragnets drag Hell is not the fire Hell is your belief In yourself as the higher---Peter Murphy
From: don@misckit.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Date: 16 Nov 1995 02:30:27 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <48e7o3$6re@news.xmission.com> References: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> <IkeXnOS00iVC05zKhI@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > [...] > However, one question: why bother? > [...] You could probably do > so for less money than it would cost to upgrade the RAM > from 16 MB to 32 MB... As a data point to back up Chuck's comments, I recently added yet another 1GB disk to my systems _and_ 32MB of RAM. The RAM cost about $970 and the disk (external SCSI) cost about $400. So, I'd say go buy the disk. When you can get a 1GB EIDE drive for $250 (internal) or less, why go diskless? (Note that a 16MB upgrade at that rate would have been $485, so the disk is still a better idea.) -- Later, -Don Yacktman don@misckit.com <a href="http://www.misckit.com/don.html">My home page</a>
From: jblevins@macs14.uwa.edu.au (Jim Blevins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Date: 15 Nov 1995 13:04:46 GMT Organization: Centre for Linguistics, UWA, Australia Distribution: world Message-ID: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> Is there any way to compress further a .exe file? I have downloaded part of IBM's MWave upgrade onto my slab as a 1.44MB file. However, NS does not recognize 2.88MB DOS floppies and only leaves 1.39MB free space on nominally 1.44MB floppies. Yet since the file is already compressed, further compression does not bring it under the 1.39 threshold. Is there any solution, other than uploading the file to a local host, and downloading it again to the Thinkpad? Thanks, -Jim -- Jim Blevins jblevins@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Centre for Linguistics phone: +61-9-380-2866 University of Western Australia fax: +61-9-380-1154 Nedlands, W.A. 6009
From: sun@unity.ncsu.edu (Ying-hsuan Sun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help! serial port on NeXT Date: 16 Nov 1995 03:37:44 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Message-ID: <48ebm8$n0f@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> Is there a way to test if the serial port are ok? I am very frustrated with setting up the serial-modem connection for dialing out, the modem is a Pratical peripherial pro class 2.88 LCD. So far I can not have this thing work with kermit, tip, Tiptop yet! Any one has experience with this? I really need help!! Ying-Hsuan Sun
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7 configuration question Date: 15 Nov 1995 19:10:02 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eu445w8z9.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <4899cn$82k@news.internetmci.com> <489c6d$siq@usc.edu> It's been a while but there was also a way or specifying this via a database. Today it's probably the berkely user db stuff but in the past you could specify a dbm file to map addresses to outgoing addresses. Why didn't MASQUERADE_AS work? -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: "Jeff A. Hales" <jhales@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Date: 16 Nov 1995 05:11:31 GMT Organization: Innovative Ideas Message-ID: <48eh63$10ck@firehose.mindspring.com> References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> <4887cd$37l@news.computek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, I believe Samba use TCP/IP with the MS-LANMAN protocols. Therefore you will need to have TCP/IP 32 for Windows (3.11,95,NT) load for communications. We are currently running SAMBA on serveral of our Sun's to remove the PCNFS subsystems from the front office environment.
From: neuss@sun10 (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help! serial port on NeXT Date: 16 Nov 1995 12:57:37 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Systemarchitektur, TH Darmstadt, Germany Message-ID: <48fcg3$1s76@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> References: <48ebm8$n0f@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> Ying-hsuan Sun (sun@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote: : Is there a way to test if the serial port are ok? : I am very frustrated with setting up the serial-modem connection for : dialing out, the modem is a Pratical peripherial pro class 2.88 LCD. So : far I can not have this thing work with kermit, tip, Tiptop yet! Any one : has experience with this? I really need help!! I use kermit for such purposes. play with the speed and the flow control settings. Also, watch the modems diagnostic LEDs, they show wether it detects the correct signals. Go into kermit, and set it up, e.g. like set line /dev/ttyfa set speed 9600 connect the you should be talking to your modem. Test if an at (followed by carriage return) gives you a "OK" message back. It could of course be the wrong cable. Make sure you don't have a null-modem cable instead of a straight serial one. best wishes, Chris -- // Christian Neuss "I ride tandem with a random.." // neuss@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de // http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~neuss/ // +49 6151 16-3414 fax: -5472
From: lusty@aimnet.com (Lusty Wench) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: /LocalLibrary/Images/People--help Date: 15 Nov 1995 17:58:25 -0800 Organization: AIMNet Corp. Message-ID: <48e5s1$83o@aimnet.aimnet.com> Yes, of course, this is a stupid trivial waste of time, but it's driving me crazy! I get mail from people with addresses of the form uupsi4!aimnet.com!lusty I've followed the instructions in the faq regarding how to set up tiffs so that they're displayed for incoming messages, but I can't figure out the right incantations for addresses in this form (I _was_ able to get it to work for addresses of the form lusty@aimnet.com, so I'm at least doing part of it right.) What I _tried_ to do is create two tiffs (because it's not clear from the faq what to do if you're using aliases). They're called lusty@aimnet.com.tiff lusty.aimnet.com.tiff I put an appropriate entry in the passwd file: lusty@aimnet.com:-2:-2::/nodir:/noshell And I put an entry in the aliases file: uupsi4!aimnet.com!lusty:lusty.aimnet.com Help?? Lusty
From: altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: "out of inodes" on 230 MB MO disk Date: 16 Nov 1995 01:04:06 -0500 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <48ek8m$2nr@news.duke.edu> I am using a 230 MB MO disk drive (Fujitsu M2512A) for backups, and just ran into the problem of running out of inodes, even though the disk has 74 MB space left. Now, when I use the Workspace Manager to initialize the Fujitsu MO disk into NS format, the console says: /usr/etc/newfs -n -v /dev/rsd2a /etc/mkfs /dev/rsd2a 223002 1394 2 8192 1024 16 10 60 4096 t Warning: 4096 bytes per inode impossible due to cylinder group size, using 21276 bytes per inode Reduce cylinder group size to reduce bytes per inode. Warning: 38 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated /dev/rsd2a: 223002 sectors in 80 cylinders of 2 tracks, 1394 sectors 228.4Mb in 5 cyl groups (16 c/g, 45.68Mb/g, 2048 i/g) super-block backups (for fsck -b#) at: 16, 46024, 89232, 135240, 178448, So, is the comment "Reduce cylinder group size to reduce bytes per inode." a clue that I am getting far fewer inodes allocated to the disk than I could potentially? What different options could I give to /usr/etc/newfs or /etc/mkfs to fix the problem? All tips appreciated, Thanks, Lee Altenberg altenber@mhpcc.edu altenber@acpub.duke.edu
From: jmunoz (Juan Munoz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP+portserver Date: 16 Nov 1995 04:28:11 GMT Organization: Red River Net - Internet Communications (701-232-3322/guest) Message-ID: <48eekr$er@news.rrnet.com> I recently installed the new portserver to take advantage of my 28.8k modem. However, occasionally when I start my ppp script my machine freezes completely. Does anyone know why....or better yet....anyone know of a solution??? I am using..... ppp-2.2-0.4.5 ISASerialPort version 3.33 TTY Port Server version 3.33 NeXTSTEP v3.3 Intel......
From: gewil@ue801be.ppp.lrz-muenchen.de (Gerald Wildgruber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: .emacs code for AUCTeX syntax highlighting ? Date: 16 Nov 1995 16:11:55 +0100 Organization: Apatheia Corp. Sender: gewil@ue801be Distribution: world Message-ID: <x768gk8uh0.fsf@ue801be> Original-Sender: gewil@ue801be.ppp.lrz-muenchen.de Hello, I tried to activate the syntax highlighting feature using AUCTeX within Emacs.app. I candidly tried a simple M-x load-library hilit19 yet all I get is an error message like Symbol's function definition is void: x-display-color-p Does anyone know if there is a little more elaborate piece of elisp code necessary to get to work highlighting; and perhaps if there are NeXT specific settings via default database to be considered ? It seems to me that this should be a standard system administration task, so perhaps the answer is simple. Thanks for your help. Gerald. -- ----------------------------------- Gerald Wildgruber No one can have an idea gewil@ue801be.ppp. once he starts really lrz-muenchen.de listening. - John Cage NeXTmail (and MIME) welcome
From: neuss@sun10 (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Nov 1995 16:25:46 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Systemarchitektur, TH Darmstadt, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <48foma$p2i@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> References: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> Jim Blevins (jblevins@macs14.uwa.edu.au) wrote: : Is there any way to compress further a .exe file? I have downloaded part of : IBM's MWave upgrade onto my slab as a 1.44MB file. However, NS does not : recognize 2.88MB DOS floppies and only leaves 1.39MB free space on nominally : 1.44MB floppies. Yet since the file is already compressed, further compression : does not bring it under the 1.39 threshold. Is there any solution, other than : uploading the file to a local host, and downloading it again to the Thinkpad? gzip might squeeze few more bytes out.. if its a 1.44 file, I'd expect it to fit on a DOS formatted floppy disk. However, I have heard that writing really large files to DOS floppies causes problems. You could write or find a program that splits binary files Probably, the upload/download variant is the lest painful. Chris -- // Christian Neuss "I ride tandem with a random.." // neuss@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de // http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~neuss/ // +49 6151 16-3414 fax: -5472
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Problems running Samba 1.9.15 under NS 3.3+patch Message-ID: <DI4sAn.2np@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:11:11 GMT Hi, I am trying to run Samba 1.9.15 on NEXTSTEP 3.3 (patch installed) to be able to access the printer/files from a WinNT system. Samba compiled and installed without a glitch. I was testing my setup and it did not work. I must be doing something simple wrong but there also might be another problem, as I cannot run through the steps in HINTS.txt. Anyway, here is the simple fact: root@Spike 91) ./smbclient -L SPIKE '-U%' Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host SPIKE. root@Spike 92) ./nmblookup SPIKE Sending queries to 192.168.1.255 192.168.1.1 SPIKE I get this Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host SPIKE whatever I try to do, except nmblookup. I have smbd running and nmbd running. It is hard to debug this. Here is some more info from smbclient: su@Spike 54) ./smbclient -L Spike -d 5 Serverzone is 0 Thu Nov 16 09:52:10 1995 client started (version 1.9.15) Opening sockets Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host SPIKE. I hope this is not something I should have been able to find in the docs and I am bothering you for nothing. But it looks like something is amiss under NEXTSTEP 3.3 which is not mentioned in the docs. Yours, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Network Problems after upgrading ostation41 server to 3.3 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 08:38:37 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov16.083837.7683@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <48d461$e5v@nil.aoml.erl.gov> In article <48d461$e5v@nil.aoml.erl.gov> raskin@aoml.noaa.gov (Craig Raskin) writes: > I was wondering if anyone else has experienced network problems > after upgrading a Canon Objectstation server to NS 3.3 > > During a series of several reboot attempts, I noticed during a > verbose boot that the boot process seemed to be stalling at the > point "Starting Next services pbs...exec_fax..". At this point, > another machine was trying to ping the server and received 2 packets > and then stopped. We removed all fax stuff from the etc/rc file > and then on a whim I remembered a Canon service bulletin from a year > ago and checked the order in which drivers were loaded in the > Instancetable.o file. I changed the order so that the ethernet > card driver was loaded just after the serial port driver and this > seems to fix the problem. At least we've been up smoothly for 2 > days now. I also installed the 3.3 patch on the server and all > clients. > > Next tech support had not heard of the problem before. Has anyone > else noticed such a problem? I hope we've solved the problem but I > have a nightmare that it will recur. This fix is documented in NeXTanswer 1683, although it describes hanging at a slightly different point. I am surprised that no one at NeXT could find this. It seems to creep in whenever you add or delete a driver. There are several replacement drivers in 3.3 for objectStations that you should switch to using, if you haven't already. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP+portserver Date: 16 Nov 1995 12:27:37 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <48fanp$j6n@neptune.ethz.ch> References: <48eekr$er@news.rrnet.com> Juan Munoz (jmunoz) wrote: : I recently installed the new portserver to take advantage of my 28.8k modem. : However, occasionally when I start my ppp script my machine freezes : completely. Does anyone know why....or better yet....anyone know of a : solution??? : I had the same problem (Intel Plato Motherboard, NS 3.3). Not with ppp but with tip and uucp. When uucp dialed out the whole system freezed. As well when interrupting tip (^C) while dialing. I think, there's a problem with the driver. I found 2 solutions: 1) use the old serialports driver (and the old serial mouse driver, the new serial pointing device driver isn't compatible). Probabably you won't like this solution. 2) On my motherboard (Intel Plato) there's a combined chip with serial and parallel ports. The serial is a 16550 16byte FIFO UART. I added a cheap ISA card with 2 serial ports (8250 UART, IRQ and COM port number configurable). Since I connected my modem to the new serial port, everything works fine (with new drivers, port server 3.33). The 8250 UART has no FIFO. I'm going to exchange it with a 16550. I hope it works, but I haven't tried this yet. putt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PCMCIA on Portable Date: 16 Nov 1995 17:58:32 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <48fu48$5rm@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> I've installed a PCMCIA card from Xircom (was told that was supported) on my NEC Versa V/50 running NeXTStep 3.2. When trying to configure it, I haven't been able to locate the Ethernet driver that was supposedly supported anywhere. Any clues? Also, I got the modem part installed ( I thought), but it keeps saying I must also load the serial port driver. I thought that was what I added when I loaded in the Serial Ports 3.3. I loaded in ISASerialPort also, but no luck. Called Xircom and of course got no help. Does anyone have the steps to go through to install the PCMCIA card software and where to get it from. This really shouldn't be rocket science, the black hardware never was! Thanks, -- - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to remove the machine name from email address ? Date: 16 Nov 1995 12:47:50 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> I am running an Intel based NS 3.3 machine and when I send mail from the Nextmail app it always puts my e-mail address in as rjh@ojfpc.ecs.soton.ac.uk rather than rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk - which is what it should be. I have changed the reply-to field to be correct but the postmaster here is complaining about problems being generated at the mail router because of this. So how do I configure my mail to put the correct e-mail address in - do I have to hack my sendmail.cf or what. Please, if anyone can help me solve this I would be extremely grateful. Cheers Rupert. E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: konrad@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at (Konrad Neuwirth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7 configuration question (Repost Correction) Date: 16 Nov 1995 13:39:00 GMT Organization: Univ. of Vienna, Dept. of Statistics, OR and Computer Methods Message-ID: <48fetl$17no@ftp.univie.ac.at> References: <4899cn$82k@news.internetmci.com> <489c6d$siq@usc.edu> <489gr3$jnu@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > Sorry - don't know why it got so messed up the first time. > Also, sendmail 8.7 allows the use of a User Database which enables you to have a complete from: address for each and every one of your users. You need to enable it, tho'. But its neat and you don't need to rewrite the config file. The envelope address is still your "real" address. cheers, //konrad -- Konrad Neuwirth Finger me for more information. (PGP) ------ By sending unsolicited, commercially oriented email to this address, the sender agrees to pay a fee of USD 2.50 per line for proofreading services.
From: konrad@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at (Konrad Neuwirth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Nov 1995 14:04:53 GMT Organization: Univ. of Vienna, Dept. of Statistics, OR and Computer Methods Message-ID: <48fge5$17no@ftp.univie.ac.at> References: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> <IkeXnOS00iVC05zKhI@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger (cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote: > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 15-Nov-95 Diskless PC as > NeXTSTEP cli.. by Kare Digernes@hiMolde.no > > I'd like to run NeXTSTEP for Intel on a diskless PC with > > a network card with a boot PROM. I'd like to have the > > machine boot from the network, load the OS, and then > > continue as normal. The machine will have *no* harddisk > > or floppy drive, or any other storage media (tape, CD-ROM). > > > > First, can NeXTSTEP boot from the network? > > Yes. It was "ben" from the black hardware monitor, and I believe a > similar construct will work on Intel, although you might want to hit "?" > at the Intel boot prompt and check. > Unfortunately, when you are running a diskless Intel, you'll never even see something like the Boot Monitor, because that is loaded off disk. . . You need to have a Unix-aware boot-Prom for your Network card, and I don't know where such beasts are availble. With all of these, they need to have a tftp client on the rom to get the minimal boot kernel bootstrapped. I've read about custom Roms that can do that for selected ethernet cards, but I forgot where they were available. . . I can try to track that down, though (these roms were written for Linux machines, but that shouldn't matter). Anyway, it all depends on your network card. > You'll also have to have a machine set up on your network to support > bootstrapping the diskless workstation, of course. Consult the admin > documentation.... > Also, you need to have that machine (or another machine) to serve the /private tree for the netbooted machines. > > Will I prevent swapping if I equip the machine with enough > > RAM, say 32 MB? Not with Nextstep. You could keep the system from turning on swapping (its a simple change in the standard boot files, rc.something), but then, you don't have enough room for the Window System -- Eater of the Universe. > > If not, can I swap to a network drive? I know swapping to a > > network drive is bad. > > You can set up swapping to a network drive; that's one of the > requirements for handling bootstrapping that is documented. Unfortunately, this generates quite a traffic load on your ether and makes the machine damn slow in memory-intense situations, especially with a congested network. > However, one question: why bother? > > Diskless workstations suffer from miserable performance and result in > much greater network bandwidth used due to the massive NFS traffic they > cause. So why not get a drive for the machine? You could probably do > so for less money than it would cost to upgrade the RAM from 16 MB to 32 > MB... and you could just have the local OS on it and the swap space so the machine is still interated quite closely into a cluster. cheers, //konrad -- Konrad Neuwirth Finger me for more information. (PGP) ------ By sending unsolicited, commercially oriented email to this address, the sender agrees to pay a fee of USD 2.50 per line for proofreading services.
From: Andrew_Forkes@arzana.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXFax & getty Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 12:51:17 GMT Organization: Arzana Limited Sender: news@arzana.co.uk Message-ID: <DI4zpH.DK@arzana.co.uk> References: <48dbos$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> In article <48dbos$dtu@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood <ron> writes: > I had that exact problem, and it was a simple (now, in retrospect) matter of > setting the terminal to 7 bits, even or odd parity, and 1 stop bit. You may > have to fudge around with the parity, but for me it worked with both even and > odd. Apparently, the unix system forces terminal sessions to 7 bits. > > > -- > > Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Thanks Ron, that sorted it out. Only other thing I had to do was remove the "p8" param from the gettytab entries for "default" and NXFaxA & B. Then this set of kermit bits worked fine: set terminal bytesize 7 set parity odd set terminal character-set ascii ascii Thanks to all those who helped. later, Andrew ---- Andrew D. Forkes email: <Andrew_Forkes@arzana.co.uk> (NeXTmail & MIME)
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: print/wysiwyg problems Date: 16 Nov 1995 14:26:04 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Message-ID: <48fhls$hu7@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <48e682$ovd@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> In print/wysiwyg problems comp.sys.next.sysadmin Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) writes, > Hi, > > I wrote a letter with many fonts. > In OpenWrite, Preview and Yap it looks fine. > But if I print it on a local Apple Laserwriter Select 360 comes > a part of the text and before the first character from the KaiSu-Regular.font > comes: > > ERROR: undefinedfilename > OFFENDING COMMAND: file > Well, the answer is simple which is your printer does not have enough memory to handle so many fonts, especially, KaiSu. Currently, as I know, you have two choices. (1). put more memory into your printer. (2). use some postscript emulation program e.g. dots, jetpilot, etc. Yuwen Cheng yucheng@math.arizona.edu
Control: cancel <DI4sAn.2np@RnA.NL> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc From: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Subject: cmsg cancel <DI4sAn.2np@RnA.NL> Message-ID: <DI57Jq.3Hq@RnA.NL> Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:40:37 GMT 19563 cancelled from NewsGrazer. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.protocols.smb From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Message-ID: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:44:27 GMT I have Samba running, that is, I can connect to a printer from WinNT PrintManager. But NT complains that the printer doesn't have a suitable NULL printer driver installed (whatever that may be) and asks me to select from a list of known printers. Does anybody know what I tell NT to get it to know about my NeXT Printer which comes with a complete Adobe type Set? And how do I prevent that my jobs end up in a big black hole? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: nick@genesis1.physics.yale.edu (Nicholas J. Evans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mangled hard drive Date: 16 Nov 1995 16:37:36 GMT Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Message-ID: <48fpcg$3kv@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> We have a mangled hard drive - we booted into single user mode to try to replace the mangled directory but it won't let us mv or copy over the mangled directory because it's mangled.... (it says we have a bad dir inode...). Does anyone know if we can do anything other than a total reconfigure? Eg can we delete the inode? Many thanks Nick Evans nick@genesis1.physics.yale.edu
From: jmunoz (Juan Munoz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP+portserver Date: 16 Nov 1995 17:50:58 GMT Organization: Red River Net - Internet Communications (701-232-3322/guest) Message-ID: <48ftm2$a01@news.rrnet.com> References: <48eekr$er@news.rrnet.com> <48fanp$j6n@neptune.ethz.ch> In <48fanp$j6n@neptune.ethz.ch> Roman Puttkammer wrote: > I had the same problem (Intel Plato Motherboard, NS 3.3). Not with ppp but with > 2) On my motherboard (Intel Plato) there's a combined chip with serial and > parallel ports. The serial is a 16550 16byte FIFO UART. I added a cheap > ISA card with 2 serial ports (8250 UART, IRQ and COM port number > configurable). Since I connected my modem to the new serial port, everything > works fine (with new drivers, port server 3.33). I am using an internal modem with it's own 16550 chip.....it still freezes on me......however, I have had no problems (so far) with my terminal which is connected to a serial port on which is also a 16550 16byte FIFO UART which is on my mother board.... Anyone have any other ideas??
From: Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 13:01:53 -0500 Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <0kermFe00iV0E4xqZZ@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <48cplm$s8l@ulke.hiMolde.no> <IkeXnOS00iVC05zKhI@andrew.cmu.edu> <48fge5$17no@ftp.univie.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <48fge5$17no@ftp.univie.ac.at> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 16-Nov-95 Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP.. by Konrad Neuwirth@stieltje >> Yes. It was "ben" from the black hardware monitor, and I believe a >> similar construct will work on Intel, although you might want to hit "?" >> at the Intel boot prompt and check. >> > Unfortunately, when you are running a diskless Intel, you'll > never even see something like the Boot Monitor, because that is loaded > off disk. . . You need to have a Unix-aware boot-Prom for your Network > card, and I don't know where such beasts are availble. Ahh, good point-- you're right. I've set up netbooting before in order to boot a machine with a new release of the OS for testing purposes, but I've never administered a purely diskless system. You could probably put the boot monitor on a floppy, though. Anyway, I still recommend not going the diskless route considering how cheap drives are nowadays.... -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu (Uri Sarid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Help with routing and PPP Date: 15 Nov 1995 19:26:55 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Message-ID: <48detv$ose@news.nd.edu> Hi again! I've set up my office computer as a PPP server, as described in the PPP faq, and set up my home machine as a client. My home machine is occasionally brought in to the office and attached to the ethernet, so I set it up accordingly, with an IP address, a hostname and a resolv.conf file to find the proper nameserver, and it does so just fine at the office. At home, my routing table (before PPP connection) is as expected: gnome> netstat -rn Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 340 lo0 default 129.74.75.250 UG 0 8 en0 129.74.75 129.74.75.170 U 4 849 en0 and though I don't have an ethernet there, the machine works more or less ok. (However, some apps, like Virtuoso, take forever to launch, probably because they do something through the en0 interface and wait for it to time out; if I disable en0 using ifconfig, then Virtuoso launches quickly, but then once the PPP connection is up it will not allow me to find the nameserver EVEN THOUGH it should be finding the nameserver through the ppp0 interface, not the en0! Any explanation for that one?) Now the problem. When I connect to the office machine by modem and start up PPP, it connects just fine (using GateKeeper), and gives me the following bizarre routing: gnome:1# netstat -rn Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 340 lo0 129.74.75.170 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 129.74.75.173 129.74.75.170 UH 0 0 ppp0 default 129.74.75.173 UG 0 0 ppp0 default 129.74.75.250 UG 0 8 en0 129.74.75 129.74.75.170 U 4 849 en0 An explanation: My host (office machine) is 129.74.75.173, my home machine is 129.74.75.170, my router is set up in my hostconfig file to be 129.74.75.250, and the local net in the office (which is not a NeXT network, so I don't try to be fancy with it, I'm just one node on it and I set up my office machine using the local... part of hostmanager) is 129.74.75. The result is that the home machine can ping my office machine 129.74.75.173, and of course it can ping itself, but it cannot ping anywhere else, presumably because it's not finding a route there. In particular it cannot get to my nameserver at 129.74.250.100 so I have no way to resolve names. Now presumably I should add some route or take away some route, but when I use the route command (as I think Mike Kienenberger also mentioned) I cannot specify the interface it should go through, since it wants to figure that out for itself. I've tried many things, but I cannot figure out how to correct this and have a fully-functional internet connection at home. Perhaps the following comment is not related, but the faq mentions establishing a proxyarp, and I include the proxyarp commend in my options file on the office machine, and also a ethers file on the office machine with the ethernet address of the office machine and the hostname of the office machine, but it does not appear when I execute arp -a after the PPP connection is established... Can someone please help (with either of the problems I mentioned)? I know something about this problem is mentioned in either the documentation or the faq, but it only says that the problem is common, and that one should look at some piece of documentation which I cannot find, so it's of no use to me. Thanks in advance, Uri Sarid (sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu)
From: kelley@mudpot.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3.3 Patch hosed my HPPA-NS resolv.conf Date: 16 Nov 1995 18:10:46 GMT Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Message-ID: <48fur6$rap@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> this is a beauty. i installed the 3.3 patch on some m68k machines, then on an intel/ns machine and things looked fine (and still do). so i bit the bullet and installed it on my hppa/ns machine and now i can not send mail anymore. i was unable to get into news w/ our news server's alias either. everything points to the name resolving being hosed. anyone seen this? any solutions? i can send mail fine on my patched black machines but not the hp. and they are all netinfo'd together! a mail -v session looks like this. tundra is an unpatched NeXT. it doesnt matter where i send, ALL mail sent from this particular hppa/ns machine called mudpot gets the same error. yuma below is our name resolver on campus: ---------------------- mudpot> mail -v kelley@tundra.atmos.colostate.edu Subject: dork test EOT kelley@tundra.atmos.colostate.edu... Connecting to tundra.ATMOS.ColoState.EDU (ether)... kelley@tundra.atmos.colostate.edu... Connecting to yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (ether)... kelley@tundra.atmos.colostate.edu... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX record) Saving message in /Users/kelley/dead.letter /Users/kelley/dead.letter... Sent ---------------------- boy, would i appreciate some help w/ this! kelley wittmeyer dept of atmospheric science colorado state university kelley@kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> From: 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) Subject: removing file by inode number Message-ID: <3228AB3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Date: 16 Nov 95 12:01:00 EST I've seen a few posts of recent by people who (after a disk crash of some sort) cannot 'mv' or 'rm' a file or directory. The only way to get rid of it seems to be removing its via its inode number, which I have heard people talk about but do not know how to do. Is there a special command which can accomplish this, and if so, where can I get it (for m68k NeXT)? Thanks! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> Email: ASCII preferrred / NeXTMail for necessary attachments / NO MIME! YOUR 'REPLY-TO' LINE WILL BE REMOVED BY MY STUPID Microsoft MAILREADER!! PLEASE TELL ME IF YOUR "FROM" ADDRESS IS NOT YOUR PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS.
From: kris@xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 16 Nov 1995 20:52:55 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> References: <30AA50A5.B02BB4B@ee.ucla.edu> I use the OS/2 Warp Connect boot manager to accomplish this. It's much nicer than the NEXTSTEP boot manager. ...................kris Bill Faust (faust@ee.ucla.edu) wrote: : This should be simple, but I've read through the NeXTanswers : and can't find one that applies to my situation. : : The situation: An Intel machine with two SCSI harddrives. The : lowest SCSI drive has NS 3.3 loaded on a single partition. The : higher SCSI drive has DOS loaded on a single partion. : : How do I tell the boot loader that "d for DOS" should point : over to the second SCSI drive (sd1)? : : When I installed NS, the second SCSI drive did not exist so its : understandable that it doen't know anything about it. So how : do I teach it? When I hit "d for DOS", it comes back with some : error. I'm guessing that it is looking for some active DOS : partition on the present drive (sd0) and not looking at the : second drive (sd1). : : Right now, I can juggle the SCSI IDs so I boot off either the : NS or DOS drives, but this isn't a very nice dual boot : arrangement (having to mess with jumpers). : : Also, I tried a "sd(1)" at the "boot:" prompt, but that failed : too. : : -- : Bill Faust : faust@ee.ucla.edu : Newbury Park, California, USA -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Message-ID: <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 22:12:55 GMT In article <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > I have Samba running, that is, I can connect to a printer from WinNT > PrintManager. But NT complains that the printer doesn't have a suitable NULL > printer driver installed (whatever that may be) and asks me to select from a > list of known printers. > > Does anybody know what I tell NT to get it to know about my NeXT Printer which > comes with a complete Adobe type Set? And how do I prevent that my jobs end up > in a big black hole? The last (black hole) was solved. I needed to set print command = lpr -r %s in the config file. Now it works, but the PostScript that is generatred by NT when I select the Adobe cartridge of the HP Printer gives PostScript errors on NEXTSTEP. Can someone tell me what printer I should choose under NT so that the PostScript conforms to official PS? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: Christopher_Lane@Med.Stanford.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: removing file by inode number Date: 16 Nov 1995 23:34:16 GMT Organization: Stanford University Message-ID: <48ghpo$7jt@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <3228AB3001A23A7C@-SMF-> Timothy Luoma <476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu> writes > The only way to get rid of it seems to be removing its via its > inode number, which I have heard people talk about but do not > know how to do. > > Is there a special command which can accomplish this, and if so, > where can I get it (for m68k NeXT)? You can do this in a relatively generic Unix way. Use 'ls -i' or whatever to determine the inode number of the file (let's use 2165 as an example) and then in the suspect directory do something like: find . -inum 2165 -exec rm {} \; I've not run into the crash situation you describe, however I have had to track down files based on inode in following up on syslog messages. - Christopher
From: Hussain Chinoy <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: formatting 9gb drive for NEXTSTEP Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 19:21:55 -0600 Organization: Washington University in St. Louis, MO USA Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi, all, I thought I'd reask my question since I didn't get too many responses last time... Has anyone been able to format a 9gb drive to work with NEXTSTEP? I know NS doesn't read it all, so I was hoping to format the 9gb into multiple (5) 1.8mb partitions and then mount it, so it's effectively 5 2gb disks. Anyone have any experience, hints, or tips? Will I need to partition the drive in DOS or something before hand? Will the Workspace then recognize the drive? Any help will be greatly appreciated. And, of course, I'll post a summary. My systems: m68k NeXTs: 1 turbo running 3.2 1 turbo running 3.3 i586 NeXTs: 1 p5/60 running 3.2 2 p5/133s running 3.3 Thanks! ___ __________________________________________________________ /\__\ G. Hussain Chinoy \/__/ 314/591-4955 vox NEXTSTEP, 314/935-5799 fax baby hussain@artsci.wustl.edu net http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~hussain/ web
From: traynor@newton.texel.com (Christopher J. Traynor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need help on netinfo problem Date: 17 Nov 1995 01:00:35 GMT Organization: TexelNet Internet Services Message-ID: <48gmrj$asc@newton.texel.com> All: I need some help with netinfo. I have two machines (black and white) that are networked together. The black machine acts as the netinfo admin server for the white machine. I have to take the black machine and remove it from the network entirely. Now when the white machine tries to boot, it complains about not being able to find it's parent server. I can't seem to find a feature in ANY of NeXT's supplied applications that allows you to do something as simple as remove the networking config from a machine. Something along the lines of SimpleNetworkKiller.app If anyone can tell me the steps I need to perform to make my machine stop looking for the server I would appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Cheers, Chris
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) Subject: Re: NEXTSTEP on DELL? Message-ID: <1995Nov16.010422.6270@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory References: <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> <DI15rr.110@euler.hnv.icem.de> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 01:04:22 GMT In article <DI15rr.110@euler.hnv.icem.de> js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) writes: >>In article <48399i$4bs@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: >>[...] >>> Also, what is the overall fastest machine for NS around. >> An HP 735/125 would be the fastest NS box around. If NeXT would get their $%#^$% together and support the UltraSPARC (or heck, even the HyperSPARC, geez), a SPARC 20 w/UltraSPARCs would probably be faster, but they haven't, so... >>My guess is that would be one of those top notch hp machines with maximum >>memory. Maybe Wave B. Johnson could comment on that. I seem to remember him >>saying he runs a hp with ~200Megs real memory. >>Sound neat, huh? >> I had about 212 MB of RAM in my old HP when I was at the Media Lab, yup. Been reduced to 128MB these days, darn... :-) -- --> Michael B. Johnson, SMVS, Ph.D. -- wave@media.mit.edu|wave@pixar.com --> http://wave.www.media.mit.edu/people/wave/ --> alumnus, MIT Media Lab, Computer Graphics & Animation Group --> Media Arts Technologist, Pixar Animation Studios (East Coast Office)
From: altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: QIC tape drive not recognized Date: 16 Nov 1995 21:25:20 -0500 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <48grqg$mou@news.duke.edu> I connected a Sun model 411 quarter inch tape drive to my NS/Intel Pentium system via the Adaptec 2940 SCSI card, and NS/I 3.3 did not recognize any of the tape devices using: > mt -f /dev/rxt0 status or rxt1 or rst0 or rst1. The Adaptec registers the tape drive fine during reboot, makes it whir, etc. Everything is terminated right. Is it because NS doesn't have the appropriate driver? I thought the Adaptec driver took care of that. Any help would be welcome. Thanks, Lee Altenberg altenber@mhpcc.edu
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Date: 17 Nov 1995 03:05:30 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-03.usc.edu Message-ID: <48gu5q$1kc@usc.edu> References: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> <48foma$p2i@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> Why not just uuencode your gigantic file and then split up that into multiple units and then it's pretty easy to put it back together. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV | finger for PGP key "Brooding's the word. Saw him kick the rose bush, kick the green ferns by the porch, decide against kicking the apple tree. God made it too firm. There, he just jumped on a dandelion."
From: jbrathw@ibm.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP! - TransSys PNI1.13 and OmniWeb Date: 17 Nov 1995 00:31:26 GMT Message-ID: <48gl4u$2hos@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> I have installed PNI1.13 and OmniWeb on my NeXT 3.3 Intel system. I am trying to set up an Internet connection to my provider. I can get PNI to dial and connect. I can 'ping' the destination IP and the IP supplied to me by the provider. But that's as far as it goes. Hostname/address resolution does not work. I have set up an '/etc/resolv.conf' file with the IP addresses of the Name Servers of my provider, but this does not help. I am unable to ftp, telnet or browse any single host!. I think this has to do with DNS but I do not know what exactly. Has anyone done this before? Can someone give a few pointers here..
From: GWILLEM@alpha.ntu.ac.sg (Van Schaik Willem Anthon Johan ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: "out of inodes" on 230 MB MO disk Date: 16 Nov 1995 14:57:11 GMT Organization: Nanyang Technological University Message-ID: <48fjg7$c92@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> References: <48ek8m$2nr@news.duke.edu> Lee Altenberg (altenber@acpub.duke.edu) wrote: : I am using a 230 MB MO disk drive (Fujitsu M2512A) for backups, and just ran : into the problem of running out of inodes, even though the disk has 74 MB space : left. Now, when I use the Workspace Manager to initialize the Fujitsu MO disk : into NS format, the console says: OK, Lee, have a little patience. I'm still not near my NeXT, but I solved this problem. First trick I found was to change one of the newfs parameters, but I don't know which one out of my head. Second and better solution is to add a disktab entry. I will post that somewhere around the weekend. Willem
From: matthew@cooper.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP+portserver Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 00:58:44 GMT Message-ID: <951117005844.869AADmE.matthew@cooper> References: <48eekr$er@news.rrnet.com> <48fanp$j6n@neptune.ethz.ch> <48ftm2$a01@news.rrnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII jmunoz (Juan Munoz) wrote: >I am using an internal modem with it's own 16550 chip.....it still freezes >on me......however, I have had no problems (so far) with my terminal which >is connected to a serial port on which is also a 16550 16byte FIFO UART >which is on my mother board.... > >Anyone have any other ideas?? I had the same problem so I use MuxV1.7 with my internal modem and NeXT portserver for the serial ports. So I get the best of both worlds. ------- Matthew Cooper 7st Valerie Road, Telephone (01903) 242506 West Worthing, West Sussex. E-Mail matthew@cooper.demon.co.uk BN11 3LL (NeXTMail,MIME) England
From: mwdaniel@uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: formatting 9gb drive for NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Nov 1995 05:12:11 GMT Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: <48h24q$ns_001@cso.uiuc.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado>, Hussain Chinoy <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> wrote: > Has anyone been able to format a 9gb drive to work with >NEXTSTEP? I know NS doesn't read it all, so I was hoping to format the >9gb into multiple (5) 1.8mb partitions and then mount it, so it's >effectively 5 2gb disks. I've gotten a 9GB drive to work with NEXTSTEP. You'll essentially have to write the disktab from scratch -- there are two NextAnswers that help immensely with this. Unfortunately, I don't know which they are. When adding entries to your disktab file, watch out for two things: All lines save the first must be indented. There must be a hard return after the last line. If either of these are not right, NEXTSTEP will not parse the disktab. If you're having problems, let me know, and I can send you my disktab as a guideline -- you may have to change some things to reflect your particulars. FWIW, I'm using the Seagate Elite 10800-something-or-other. Mike Daniels
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: formatting 9gb drive for NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Nov 1995 07:09:08 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <48hcek$cer@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> <48h24q$ns_001@cso.uiuc.edu> In article <48h24q$ns_001@cso.uiuc.edu>, > >> Has anyone been able to format a 9gb drive to work with >>NEXTSTEP? I know NS doesn't read it all, so I was hoping to format the >>9gb into multiple (5) 1.8mb partitions and then mount it, so it's >>effectively 5 2gb disks. >write the disktab from scratch -- there are two NextAnswers that help Odd, in my case, all I did was to mount the independent partitions in fstab (of course, the partitions were made and formatted beforehand manually by me) and all works without any problems. Though my 9Gig drive only gives me 8+ Gig of HD space in NeXT (unformatted is 10+ Gig). -TKH '95
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: removing file by inode number Date: 17 Nov 1995 10:31:29 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <48hoa1$s4n@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <3228AB3001A23A7C@-SMF-> In article <3228AB3001A23A7C@-SMF-> 476TJL@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (LUOMA,TIMOTHY) writes: > > I've seen a few posts of recent by people who (after a disk crash of some > sort) cannot 'mv' or 'rm' a file or directory. The only way to get rid > of it seems to be removing its via its inode number, which I have heard > people talk about but do not know how to do. > > Is there a special command which can accomplish this, and if so, where > can I get it (for m68k NeXT)? This is a bit too pure Unix for this group, but... Find the inode number; ls -i gives this information if you know roughly where the file is. Then: find . -inum nnnn -exec rm {} \; Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: hoeppner@nextiv.mfh-iserlohn.de (joerg hoeppner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP-Serversetup? Date: 17 Nov 1995 09:12:32 GMT Organization: FernUni Hagen Message-ID: <48hjm0$kjl@ilex.FernUni-Hagen.de> ich benoetige einige denkanstoesse fur die installation eines ppp-servers 1. in der beschreibung des ppp-software (ppp 2.2.0.4.5) wird lediglich beschrieben, wie eine installation einer standalone-machine (also eines client) durchzufuehren ist. da ich ein kleines next-netz betreue, waere fuer mich wichtig zu wissen wie die server-konfiguration von statten geht. ich moechte den ppp-server auf einer HP 712 mit ns3.3 und 2 modemzugaengen (zyxel u-1496e+) realisieren. diese hp ist nicht der netinfo-server. 2. gibt es eine sw, die dann den einwaehlenden clients die ip-nummern dynamisch zuweist, wie es eigendlich in diesem geschaeft ueblich ist. ich sehe mit der sw ppp 2.2.0.4.5 eigentlich keine moeglichkeit. Danke fuer evtl. Hilfe joerg hoeppner -- Joerg Hoeppner Institut fuer Verbundstudien Tel.: 02331/987-4645 c/o Maerkische Fachhochschule Fax: 02331/987-344 - Bereich Informatik - ISDN: 02331/952242
From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: NeXTPrinter moves output up and right Date: 17 Nov 1995 15:03:49 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <48i88l$18re@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Hallo, I would like to ask for help. I don't know what happened, but my NeXTprinter doesn't print correctly anymore. All the printouts are moved 1/2" up and 1/2"right. Even if I do 'Test printer' from PrintManager.app I am using NeXTcube/25MHz w/ NeXTdimension with NeXTstep 3.2 and 400DPI laser NeXTprinter. Thank you for any advice, Rudy.
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: formatting 9gb drive for NEXTSTEP Date: 17 Nov 1995 09:42:27 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <48hle3$rha@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> Hussain Chinoy <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> writes: > Has anyone been able to format a 9gb drive to work with > NEXTSTEP? I know NS doesn't read it all, so I was hoping to format the > 9gb into multiple (5) 1.8mb partitions and then mount it, so it's > effectively 5 2gb disks. Yes, I have set up Seagate and Micropolis 9Gb drives. All you need to do is build a disktab entry that sets the right partition sizes for you; I haven't had much luck with automatic formatting from the Workspace. In extreme cases, Initializing from the Workspace can require a low level format to fix. See NeXTanswers 1849 and 1533. They are contradictory, but the earlier one seems more accurate. > Will I need to partition the drive in DOS or something before hand? > Will the Workspace then recognize the drive? Why? DOS partitions are part of the crazy DOS filesystem structure. You might need to use either sdform, or the BIOS format command in your controller, but disks come from the distributor preformatted. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need help on netinfo problem Date: 17 Nov 1995 09:43:54 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <48hlgq$rhb@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <48gmrj$asc@newton.texel.com> In article <48gmrj$asc@newton.texel.com> traynor@newton.texel.com (Christopher J. Traynor) writes: > I need some help with netinfo. I have two machines (black and white) > that are networked together. The black machine acts as the netinfo admin server > for the white machine. I have to take the black machine and remove it from the > network entirely. Now when the white machine tries to boot, it complains about > not being able to find it's parent server. I can't seem to find a feature in > ANY of NeXT's supplied applications that allows you to do something as simple > as remove the networking config from a machine. Something along the lines of > SimpleNetworkKiller.app > If anyone can tell me the steps I need to perform to make my machine > stop looking for the server I would appreciate it. SimpleNetworkStarter lets you do this (usually :-). I am surprised you didn't find it. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 17 Nov 1995 09:46:33 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <48hllp$rhc@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> In article <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) writes: > I use the OS/2 Warp Connect boot manager to accomplish this. It's much > nicer than the NEXTSTEP boot manager. > > Bill Faust (faust@ee.ucla.edu) wrote: > : The situation: An Intel machine with two SCSI harddrives. The > : lowest SCSI drive has NS 3.3 loaded on a single partition. The > : higher SCSI drive has DOS loaded on a single partion. > : > : How do I tell the boot loader that "d for DOS" should point > : over to the second SCSI drive (sd1)? THe PC BIOS can't boot from anything other than the first drive. It's a feature. Some boot managers let you get around this by installing a bootable partition of their own on the first drive, and then starting off the OS on a subsequent drive. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch> Message-ID: <9511170947.AA00366@edipo> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3risc v118.3) Original-Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.3) Pp-Warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line From: David EKCHIAN <david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 95 10:47:55 +0100 Subject: Re: 8mm tape drive To use the right dev by default, set the environment variable TAPE like: > setenv TAPE /dev/rst0 then you can use the mt command as usual: > mt status > ... David. o _ /-;c __________________________________________________________________(@)#\(@)___ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ David C. EKCHIAN _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ IBK-Informatik(HIL) _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Phone: ++41-1-633 31 10 _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Email: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch _____________________________________________________________________________ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Inst. Structural Engineering _____________________________________________________________________________
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Clearly Ron Wood has some work he'd rather not do! :-) Date: 17 Nov 1995 23:38:21 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48j6dd$g7v@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48dfrj$qeu@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hahahah I'm a sysadmin at UCR, and have my own business as an ISP provider/web presence provider. I generally have way too much to do at any given time, but perusing this group has given me much insight and information to help me with my own problems. So I just pass along what I've gleaned. Besides, this way I can look like I'm doing something when people pass by my office, and still be relaxing. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: QIC tape drive not recognized Message-ID: <DI6xwJ.4JB@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <48grqg$mou@news.duke.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:07:31 GMT In article <48grqg$mou@news.duke.edu> altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) writes: > I connected a Sun model 411 quarter inch tape drive to my NS/Intel Pentium > system via the Adaptec 2940 SCSI card, and NS/I 3.3 did not recognize > any of the tape devices using: > > > mt -f /dev/rxt0 status > > or rxt1 or rst0 or rst1. The Adaptec registers the tape drive fine > during reboot, makes it whir, etc. Everything is terminated right. > Is it because NS doesn't have the appropriate driver? I thought > the Adaptec driver took care of that. Any help would be welcome. > > Thanks, > Lee Altenberg > altenber@mhpcc.edu I think you'll need to add the SCSI tape driver in Config.app. -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome. School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <a-gain.hanse.de!stefan@ccwnoc.hanse.de> Message-ID: <m0tGRXx-000btOC@a-gain> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Stefan Huelf <stefan@a-gain.hanse.de> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 95 15:13:39 +0100 Subject: Q: Quantum VP32210 - 2.2GB Hi there, I did a low-level-format with the following disktab-entry for a Quantum VP32210 2.2GB-HD on a TurboColorSlab: QUANTUM VP32210-512:\ :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#4243:nt#8:ns#65:ss#1024:rm#3600:\ :fp#256:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\ :os=mach_kernel:z0#80:\ :pa#0:sa#2097072:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#8:da#4096:ra#5:oa=time:\ :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa: Later on I did a BuildDisk with 3.3 (first Vers. of 3.3 for black) as one partition and put down all my needed files (1.4GB). Well, I did change the SCSI -ID to 0, to make it the boot device, but it stopped on different NeXTs as saying something like "bulk boot" : 0 kernel not found Later on I tried to make up 2 Partitions (A = 535MB / B= the rest of disk) and the disk booted correctly on Part. A, BUT it says DiskSize : 0 in the Info Panel So I do have 2 Questions to the HD-insiders out there: 1. Is the Disktab entry correct? (should ss# be 512 rather than 1024??) 2. Do I need to worry about "Disk = 0"-thing??? Pls. e-mail, i'll summarize. Thanx in advance :-) I Do appreciate it! Later + Greetings from .. Stefan .. 8 ^) Life spans many different colors, but ---- REAL Computing is black! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= Stefan Huelf voice + 49 - 40 - 480 79 19 <---> fax + 49 - 40 - 480 11 92 stefan@a-gain.hanse.de ( NeXTmail favorized / MIME o.k.! ) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
From: lusty@aimnet.com (Lusty Wench) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need help on netinfo problem Date: 17 Nov 1995 08:40:13 -0800 Organization: AIMNet Corp. Message-ID: <48idtd$ef9@aimnet.aimnet.com> References: <48gmrj$asc@newton.texel.com> In article <48gmrj$asc@newton.texel.com>, Christopher J. Traynor <traynor@newton.texel.com> wrote: >All: > I need some help with netinfo. I have two machines (black and white) >that are networked together. The black machine acts as the netinfo admin server >for the white machine. I have to take the black machine and remove it from the >network entirely. Now when the white machine tries to boot, it complains about >not being able to find it's parent server. I can't seem to find a feature in >ANY of NeXT's supplied applications that allows you to do something as simple >as remove the networking config from a machine. Something along the lines of >SimpleNetworkKiller.app > If anyone can tell me the steps I need to perform to make my machine >stop looking for the server I would appreciate it. Edit /etc/hostconfig, and replace the -AUTOMATIC- on the hostname and ip address lines with the values you want them to have. Lusty
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mangled hard drive Date: 17 Nov 1995 23:20:22 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48j5bm$g7v@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48fpcg$3kv@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit nick@genesis1.physics.yale.edu (Nicholas J. Evans) wrote: >We have a mangled hard drive - we booted into single user mode to try to >replace the mangled directory but it won't let us mv or copy over the >mangled directory because it's mangled.... (it says we have a bad dir >inode...). Does anyone know if we can do anything other than a total >reconfigure? Eg can we delete the inode? If it's the boot disk, and from your description, it appears so, then the easiest way is to simply mount the drive on another machine and run fsck on it. Fsck probably won't let you do anything to correct it if it is mounted as a boot disk, which is why you have to move it. If it is an internal drive, you would have to boot from another drive, then run fsck on the bad drive. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Help with routing and PPP Date: 17 Nov 1995 23:34:46 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48j66m$g7v@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48detv$ose@news.nd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had this very same problem using my machine as a slip server, and here was my solution. You need to set up a proxy arp (what the proxyarp is supposed to be doing) by typing in the following: arp -s <client IP> <server ethernet address> pub You need to do this for every ppp client you are running. This sets up the server to route any packet for the client through it's own ethernet address. The pub parameter is crucial, that causes the routing information to be "published" which allows for packets to be routed outside the server. You could also add the parameter "temp" which would discontinue the arp routing once the connection went away, but each time you started a ppp connection, you'd have to re-establish the arp. You could do it in a script, and that is exactly what the proxyarp script does. I simply set the arp during bootup in the rc.slip file, and let it remain. It doesn't seem to affect anything, and it is always ready. I have 10 slip clients, any two of which may be running, so it is easier to just leave everything up. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: matthews@fortress.cs.wwu.edu (Geoffrey Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't print to HP Laserjet 4MPlus with 3.3 Date: 18 Nov 1995 00:10:57 GMT Organization: Western Washington University Message-ID: <48j8ah$c88@ra.cc.wwu.edu> Keywords: laserjet, 3.3 Help! Just got a new pentium with 3.3, hooked it up to an HP 4MP that was working fine off an old 486 with 3.2, and now it won't print. The "ready" light flashes on and off for a while, like its getting ready to print, and then starts flashing very slowly. A few hours later a string of incomprehensible raw postscript comes out on a sheet of paper. Nothing's wrong with the printer, two different HP4MP's do the same thing. Nothing seems wrong with the pentium, since booting with dos and doing "echo foo > prn" gets foo on the paper every time. Must be NS3.3? Tried several different ppd's Anybody know what to do? Geof
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:53:22 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951117174958.1652A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> <48foma$p2i@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> <48gu5q$1kc@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <48gu5q$1kc@usc.edu> Hmm.. I haven't done this for awhile, but I moved a large file to disk and when it reached a certain size it asked me if I wanted to create a multi-disk volume. If you have NeXT hardware, you could use: ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/disk/BreakUp.0.8.N.b.gz -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Date: 18 Nov 1995 01:29:27 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-54.usc.edu Message-ID: <48jctn$8c2@usc.edu> References: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> <48foma$p2i@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> <48gu5q$1kc@usc.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951117174958.1652A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > If you have NeXT hardware, you could use: > ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/disk/BreakUp.0.8.N.b.gz I think that only works with text files. It doesn't seem to recognize graphics formats. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV PGP key - send email to reichman@scf.usc.edu with Subject "PGP"
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mangled hard drive Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 20:43:53 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951117204045.2110A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <48fpcg$3kv@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> <48j5bm$g7v@galaxy.ucr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <48j5bm$g7v@galaxy.ucr.edu> > Date: 17 NOV 1995 23:20:22 GMT > From: Ron Wood <ron@.MISSING-HOST-NAME.> > Newgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin > Subject: Re: mangled hard drive > > nick@genesis1.physics.yale.edu (Nicholas J. Evans) wrote: > >We have a mangled hard drive - we booted into single user mode to try to > >replace the mangled directory but it won't let us mv or copy over the > >mangled directory because it's mangled.... (it says we have a bad dir > >inode...). Does anyone know if we can do anything other than a total > >reconfigure? Eg can we delete the inode? > > If it's the boot disk, and from your description, it appears so, then the > easiest way is to simply mount the drive on another machine and run fsck on it. > Fsck probably won't let you do anything to correct it if it is mounted as a > boot disk, which is why you have to move it. If it is an internal drive, you > would have to boot from another drive, then run fsck on the bad drive. > Would it work to remove the inode via ls -i (to find the bad inode #) find . -inum Insert_Inode_Number_Here -exec rm {} \; TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: fliu@uci.edu (Feng Liu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: help: pppd problems Date: 18 Nov 1995 05:05:13 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Message-ID: <48jpi9$j2v@news.service.uci.edu> I have setup ppp for my NS/I at home to connect to our campus modem pool. However, I have 2 problems: 1) every time I run pppd, there are these messages on the console: PPP Reinitializing nmserver's network portion Nov 17 18:39:34 c3po netmsgserver[22]: network_init Nov 17 18:39:34 c3po netmsgserver[22]: Cannot get the socket broadcast address for interface ppp0: m Nov 17 18:39:34 c3po netmsgserver[22]: Warning: could not find a useful broadcast address, using 255.255.255.255 what do they mean? Do they say I have problems with my setup? 2) Everything seem to work well, I can do rlogin, ping, ominweb, but there is a problem with uploading data(from my local ppp client to a machine on the server side). Down loading using either ftp or rcp works fine. Uploading always gets hung after transmitting a few kilobytes of data. When this happens, I could still do other work, rlogin, omniweb. I tried using differeint mtu(from 296-1500), with or without compression, none of them help. Is this a problem with my setup or it is a problem with the ppp server? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Feng Liu Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717-3975 phone: 714-824-3105, or 714-824-5406 for help from the Office of MAE Dept.
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cron & ixbuild question Date: 18 Nov 1995 08:09:19 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-16.usc.edu Message-ID: <48k4bf$8vm@usc.edu> I use ixbuild to create my indexes and I was wondering if it would be worth setting up crontab entries to run ixbuild on specific directories that get used a lot. Would there be any pitfalls? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV PGP key - send email to reichman@scf.usc.edu with Subject "PGP"
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 09:03:02 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov18.090302.13173@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <48ih0f$uvu@saba.info.ucla.edu> In article <48ih0f$uvu@saba.info.ucla.edu> faust@whirlwind.seas.ucla.edu (William Perry Faust) writes: > Paul Lynch (paul@plsys.co.uk) wrote: > > THe PC BIOS can't boot from anything other than the first drive. It's a > > feature. Some boot managers let you get around this by installing a > > bootable partition of their own on the first drive, and then starting off > > the OS on a subsequent drive. > > But on my Linux machine at home I have the same situation, except with > IDE drives. The first IDE has DOS only; the second has two Linux > partitions (the second partition is swap). Using the LILO boot manager > I am able to boot from either drive: /dev/hda1 (DOS) or /dev/hdb1 (Linux). > There is no Linux bootable partition on the first drive. Perhaps the > limitation above only applies to SCSI drives? I believe that it creates a bootable partition of its own on the primary drive. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: filip@filtronix.eunet.be (Filip Lingier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Connect SQL Adaptor to NT/MSSQL Server via TCP/IP?? Date: 18 Nov 1995 11:52:22 GMT Organization: Filtronix Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <48khdm$8n@andromeda.filtronix.eunet.be> References: <48c6au$6cl@news.mel.aone.net.au> In article <48c6au$6cl@news.mel.aone.net.au> cam@xedoc.com.au (Cameron Bromley) writes: > James P. Klett (klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu) wrote: > : Has anybody succesfully connect an SQL Adaptor to MS SQL Server > : running on NT > : via a TCP/IP Connection? > As far as I know, MS-SQL is fully compatible with Sybase 4.x, so the > standard SybaseAdaptor should work. It works fine for me. > I understand that MS and Sybase Inc. have parted company; this will > inevetibly lead to incompatabilities between the two in the future, > but for the moment everything works fine. The Sybase System 10 driver with EOF 1.1 works for both MS SQL v4.2 and v6. Filip -- ---------------------------- FILTRONIX ----------------------------- Software Development Consultancy HTML Design info@filtronix.eunet.be
From: koden@well.sf.ca.us (John S. Cho) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multiple OSs with NextStep? Help! Date: 18 Nov 1995 17:34:08 GMT Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Message-ID: <48l5eg$3cj@nkosi.well.com> Help! Just got NextStep 3.3 yesterday and I'm going to install it on a machine that already has Win95 installed on it. Is there anyway to preserve my Win95 installation and have both operating systems available on my machine (dual boot)? I have Win95 installed on my startup EIDE drive and I'd like to install NextStep on my internal SCSI and be able to somehow and boot up choose whether to launch Win95 or NextStep... is there possibly any utility like Linux's 'loadlin' that can launch NextStep from DOS? Appreciate all your help. John --
Message-ID: <48ih0f$uvu@saba.info.ucla.edu> Organization: University of California, Los Angeles References: <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> <48hllp$rhc@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: faust@whirlwind.seas.ucla.edu (William Perry Faust) Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 17 Nov 1995 16:33:03 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Distribution: world Paul Lynch (paul@plsys.co.uk) wrote: > THe PC BIOS can't boot from anything other than the first drive. It's a > feature. Some boot managers let you get around this by installing a > bootable partition of their own on the first drive, and then starting off > the OS on a subsequent drive. But on my Linux machine at home I have the same situation, except with IDE drives. The first IDE has DOS only; the second has two Linux partitions (the second partition is swap). Using the LILO boot manager I am able to boot from either drive: /dev/hda1 (DOS) or /dev/hdb1 (Linux). There is no Linux bootable partition on the first drive. Perhaps the limitation above only applies to SCSI drives? Bill Faust faust@ee.ucla.edu Newbury Park, California, USA
From: cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Wireless Beeper System for Unix SysAdmins Date: 18 Nov 1995 01:00:06 GMT Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Message-ID: <48jb6m$nsl@life.ai.mit.edu> Keywords: beeper,unix,administration Cc: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISalert - self-diagnosing computers send alphanumeric beeps to MIS staff *** See our World Wide Web Page at http://www.interbahn.com/pub/cracraft *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much Unix system admin time is spent firefighting, after the fact. The purpose of MISalert is provide an early warning detection system that doesn't tie you down physically. Your "event horizon" is extended, more focused, and more accurate. You don't have to "get back to your desk" to know what computers or services are unavailable. Using MISalert, your MIS group receives alphanumeric diagnostics about critical areas of systems, networks, security, databases, and daemons. So you become like a doctor, only called when you have a sick patient. And when you are beeped, you know exactly what the problem is. CUSTOMERS Some very good names have purchased our product and services: Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas University of London, England University of Jerusalem, Israel Amoco Oil Canada Octel Communications Corp., Silicon Valley and many more. These corporate and educational institutions are now operating their Unix computer centers at peak efficiency thanks to MISalert. AGENTS MISalert activates a series of agents, each agent specialized to examine and check on a specific area of the system, network, databases, daemons, attached peripheral hardware, etc. Typically these areas are thought of to be critical for general good system health. The agents monitor the health of your system. Normally, an agent will detect no problem and it will give way to another agent. Eventually, an agent may be encountered which reports a problem, for example, runaway processes or filesystems nearing a certain high watermark in usage. At this point, the agent queues a message in an internal buffer. Ultimately, after all agents have had a chance to run, this internal buffer is scanned and compared to the last run. Any new problems are extracted and stored for the next phase. Certain queued agent-messages are high-frequency and are sent via electronic mail to individuals on MIS staff (or the entire staff via a system alias.) But most are not high-frequency and are then transmitted to alphanumeric pagers in the form of alert messages to MIS staff beepers. Current agents are: # High load averages When load average goes above a high-watermark. # Runaway processes Flags any user or system processes above a high watermark in terms of system utilization # Check disk. 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From: briegel@multimedia.com (Bruce Riegel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need Help finding PPP application for setup on NeXT slab Date: 19 Nov 1995 01:46:49 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Message-ID: <48m2ab$mfn@giga.bga.com> I would like to connect my NeXT machine to my Internet service provider via a PPP connection. I am currently setup using a SLIP connection at 14.4. I have upgraded my modem to 28.8 and my service provider suggests that I use PPP to connect to their 28.8 phone lines instead of SLIP. Is there a PPP application I can ftp to help with the PPP connection setup? Thanks for your help Bruce Riegel MultiMedia Healthcare 1201 Indian Canyon Cove Austin, Texas 78746 512-328-3329 briegel@multimedia.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help! serial port on NeXT In-Reply-To: neuss@sun10's message of 16 Nov 1995 12:57:37 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov18231008@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <48ebm8$n0f@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <48fcg3$1s76@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 04:10:08 GMT Actually, you want to use /dev/cufa for dialing out with kermit. You should also set your DTE speed to 57600 to take advantage of the compression that your modem offers. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <48fcg3$1s76@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> neuss@sun10 (Christian Neuss) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26563 Path: world!news.kei.com!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!uni-regensburg.de!faui0n.informatik.uni-erlangen.de!uni-erlangen.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!sun10!neuss From: neuss@sun10 (Christian Neuss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Nov 1995 12:57:37 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Systemarchitektur, TH Darmstadt, Germany Lines: 31 References: <48ebm8$n0f@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sun10.isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Ying-hsuan Sun (sun@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote: : Is there a way to test if the serial port are ok? : I am very frustrated with setting up the serial-modem connection for : dialing out, the modem is a Pratical peripherial pro class 2.88 LCD. So : far I can not have this thing work with kermit, tip, Tiptop yet! Any one : has experience with this? I really need help!! I use kermit for such purposes. play with the speed and the flow control settings. Also, watch the modems diagnostic LEDs, they show wether it detects the correct signals. Go into kermit, and set it up, e.g. like set line /dev/ttyfa set speed 9600 connect the you should be talking to your modem. Test if an at (followed by carriage return) gives you a "OK" message back. It could of course be the wrong cable. Make sure you don't have a null-modem cable instead of a straight serial one. best wishes, Chris -- // Christian Neuss "I ride tandem with a random.." // neuss@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de // http://www.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~neuss/ // +49 6151 16-3414 fax: -5472
From: echen@imgen.bcm.tmc.edu (Edward S. Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: inews dumping core on a cube Date: 19 Nov 1995 04:38:06 GMT Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Message-ID: <48mcbe$ncc@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-User: echen Just working on setting up my ISDN on my Next cube running 3.1 The inews from the trn package worked fine over ppp, but now dumps core when running over ethernet. I can contact my provider just fine, and NewsGrazer runs and posts fine. Any suggestions, or (perhaps) a better inews I can use? Thanks, <ESC> echen@bcm.tmc.edu --
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: localfonts don't print on LaserJetIIP Date: 19 Nov 1995 00:03:32 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <48ls8k$4du@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> I need help as to why a LaserJetIIP (with postscript cartridge by Pacific Page) won't print the fonts in ~/Library/Fonts. The fonts all show up fine in the font panel, can be previewed, and are downloaded to the printer, but simply hang the printer when fully loaded. The fonts in /NextLibrary/Fonts work, apparently because they are close enough to those in the cartridge. I think the fonts themselves are OK. Included is Calliope.font which is part of a recent version of a musical scoring program designed for NeXTStep 3.2 (The version I have). I have searched through NextAnswers, system documents etc and have no more clues to try. Any ideas anyone? Bernard Mueller bmuell@odel.sp.trw.com .
From: isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? ** Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 16:34:22 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> Organization: F. HEINZ Consultora Sender: usenet@heinz.com Keywords: Dots > In comp.sys.next.sysadmin article pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) > wrote: > > Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we > desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to > a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, > as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. > > What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 > pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I > think for a modem) didn't work... > > help please! has anyone out there done this? > Hello Joe, You will need 2 things to do this: l) First the cable NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D Pin Signal Pin Signal 3 TXD 3 RXD 4 GND 7 GND 5 RXD 2 TXD 8 CTS 20 DTR ll) An then a printer driver, for example Dots ;-) If you need further help/info you can reach me at isa@heinz.com --- Isabel Berizzo | E-mail : isa@heinz.com F. Heinz Consultora | (NeXTmail welcome) Benigno Acosta 4528 | Tel: (+54 51) 81 7597 Bo. Villa Centenario | Fax: (+54 51) 82 2449 5009 Cordoba | "Nobody knows where you are, ARGENTINA | how near or how far" | Roger Waters
From: koden@well.sf.ca.us (John S. Cho) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installation help needed (intel/pci/scsi) Date: 19 Nov 1995 20:27:35 GMT Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Message-ID: <48o3vn$731@nkosi.well.com> I need some help with Installing NextStep 3.3... During install, the setup program can't find my SCSI adaptor card. I keep getting the following error message: Adaptec2940: Can't get configSpace; ABORTING ... No SCSI controller or CD-ROM drive found. I've been playing around with my SCSI controller's settings but nothing seems to work...here's my system configuration: DELL Pentium 75 motherboard 16megs RAM 2 internal EIDE 1gigabyte drives 1 internal SCSI2 4.3gig HD 1 internal NEC IDE CD-ROM 1 internal NEC 6xi Internal SCSI2 CD-ROM Adaptec PCI 2940 SCSI Controller Diamond Stealth 64 PCI Gravis Ultrasound (ISA) SMC Elite Ultra (10baseT) (ISA) Termination is set correctly, my EIDE drives are disconnected, and my SMC network card is not connected to my network. Do I just need a new 2940 driver? and if so, how do I save it onto a floppy disk that's next formatted. I don't have access to a machine with nextstep installed. John koden@well.com . --
From: pbrown@asparagus.berkeley.edu (Paul Robert Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: localfonts don't print on LaserJetIIP Date: 19 Nov 1995 20:39:34 GMT Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. Message-ID: <48o4m6$pks@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <48ls8k$4du@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> In article <48ls8k$4du@ns5.nba.TRW.COM>, Bernie Mueller <bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE> wrote: >I need help as to why a LaserJetIIP (with postscript cartridge by Pacific >Page) won't print the fonts in ~/Library/Fonts. The fonts all show up fine >[...] Hi, Bernie. This is perhaps an overly simplistic suggestion, but I'll make it anyway. I used to have trouble printing rendered PS wiremeshes from NeXTs to LaserWriters because the NeXT just sent the whole 3Mb PS file down the line. Does your printer have adequate memory for the fonts you're downloading? Paul
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Symbol encoding scheme unusable? Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 23:33:52 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951119231956.15531C-100000@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I was just wondering, wether this is a bug, or wether I'm just to ignorant to get this done: I'm using a font which features some of the symbols described in the NEXTSTEP Symbol Encoding Scheme (positioned correctly) and I want to use them, but: NeXT's symbol encoding scheme seems to map everything to the Symbol Font! E.g. If I type a <trademark> character, the Symbol.font is used instead of my custom font. I can' even remap this. The only solution seems to me not type <trademark> but <icircumflex> and remap this to my symbol font. Unusable to me. This all prevents you from using other symbol fonts, doesn't it? Why shouldn't it be possible to use a font, which lacks e.g. the <icircumflex> character but features the definition for <trademark> and use the <trademark> charakter when I type <trademark> ond does nothing when I type <icircumflex>. The point is: I know that the Adobe encoding scheme only features 256 different characters, but why can't these characters be used? If a font lacks one of the characters NeXT wants in its encoding scheme, and features another which NeXT wants in its symbol encoding schema, it isn't used, because NeXT switches automatically to the Symbol.font. (Even if the character is mapped correctly!) Am I doing something wrong with my handcreated Adobe fonts, or is this a standard behaviour? Best regards, Boerny (hoping that the encoding scheme is better in NS4.0). -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Diskless PC as NeXTSTEP client? Date: 19 Nov 1995 22:46:24 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <48oc40$hmo@news.next.com> References: <0kermFe00iV0E4xqZZ@andrew.cmu.edu> In article <0kermFe00iV0E4xqZZ@andrew.cmu.edu> Charles William Swiger <cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.advocacy: 16-Nov-95 Re: Diskless PC > as NeXTSTEP.. by Konrad Neuwirth@stieltje > >> Yes. It was "ben" from the black hardware monitor, and I believe a > >> similar construct will work on Intel, although you might want to hit "?" > >> at the Intel boot prompt and check. > >> > > Unfortunately, when you are running a diskless Intel, you'll > > never even see something like the Boot Monitor, because that is loaded > > off disk. . . You need to have a Unix-aware boot-Prom for your Network > > card, and I don't know where such beasts are availble. > > Ahh, good point-- you're right. I've set up netbooting before in order > to boot a machine with a new release of the OS for testing purposes, but > I've never administered a purely diskless system. You could probably > put the boot monitor on a floppy, though. > This is the way to do it. In fact, /NextAdmin/NetInstallHelper.app will build a boot floppy for you. - Mark -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Adding network printers Date: 19 Nov 1995 23:31:11 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Nov20123111@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I'm no Unix expert so I'd appreciate some help please. I've got a Apple LaserWriter 16/600 and would like to be able to print to it from my two machines running NEXTSTEP. Now Apple provides a utility for setting the printers IP address so that wasn't a problem. What I'm having difficulty doing is telling NEXTSTEP about the printer. I looked in PrintManager.app thinking it would allow me to setup network printers as well as one directly connected. Sadly it doesn't. Has anyone setup a network printer before. And how difficult is it. Also NEXTSTEP doesn't come with a PPD for the Apple LaserWriter 16/600. Can I copy the one that comes with the Mac or are they binary files. Thanks in advance - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Restart after power outage Date: 19 Nov 1995 23:21:30 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> I seemed to remember that there's a way to get a cube to automatically power up after a power outage, but I've searched the on-line docs and the faqs and I can't find any information. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: SCSI disk mounted as CDROM at boot Date: 20 Nov 1995 02:23:10 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <48ooqe$577@blackice.winternet.com> Hi! I'm running Nextstep FIP with a buslogic SCSI controller, which has chained a SCSI disk (DOS formatted) and CDROM drive. I also have an EIDE drive which is where nextstep (3.3pl1) boots from. At bootime Nextstep will automatically mount the SCSI disk (rw), and in the File Viewer the mount is displayed as a DOS CDROM. If I launch CDPlayer.app, it will think it's a music CD and attempt to read it. Why is Nextstep mounting the disk as a CDROM and how can I change this? How do I prevent Nextstep from mounting it at all (I've never created an fstab entry for it)? Thanks for any help, Steve -- Steve Krans, Minneapolis MN skrans@winternet.com
From: usb00378@interramp.COM (Atindra Chaturvedi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: biosread 0x8 error on additional drivers diskette Date: 20 Nov 1995 03:21:29 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <48os7p$348@usenet1.interramp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Please help ! On a Compaq 486/66 32M RAM I had to use the additional drivers disk to load an EIDE disk driver to install NextStep essentials. On the subsequent rebbot the system asks to insert the driver disket te again which I did. But it fails everytime with the same biosread 0x8 error. This is the same diskette used to load the system in the first place ! Atindra.
From: lukeh@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Luke Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: printing to an AppleTalk printer Date: 20 Nov 1995 04:17:37 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <48ovh1$9bk@news.mel.aone.net.au> Apologies if this is a FAQ, but is there any easy way to print from NSFIP 3.3 to a printer via AppleTalk (on Ethernet)? thanks, luke.
From: Timothy Reed <treed@gun.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 20 Nov 1995 04:28:31 GMT Organization: Black Market Technologies, Inc. Message-ID: <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? Thanks, Tim -- Timothy Reed, Black Market Technologies, Inc. (e) treed@gun.com (MSN) timothy_reed@msn.com (C$) 102570,1070@compuserve.com "Written documentation is an admission of failure." Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: >In article <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: >> I have Samba running, that is, I can connect to a printer from WinNT >> PrintManager. But NT complains that the printer doesn't have a suitable NULL >> printer driver installed (whatever that may be) and asks me to select from a >> list of known printers.
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 20 Nov 1995 05:15:15 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <48p2t3$ch3@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dirk@cicero.ping.de (Dirk Olmes) Subject: Re: Using LILO to boot NeXTStep? Message-ID: <DI1qC7.rJ@cicero.ping.de> Sender: dirk@cicero.ping.de (Dirk Olmes) Organization: NeXT Club Schwerte, Germany References: <47r98f$ocv@panix2.panix.com> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 18:36:06 GMT In article <47r98f$ocv@panix2.panix.com> srestivo@panix.com (Salvatore Restivo) writes: > I'm trying to use LILO (the Linux Loader) to manage > booting the following operating systems from their > corresponding drives on one Intel-based box: Hi, some time ago I tried the same thing on my Intel box. According to the LILO Documentation it should work like this : --- SCHNIPP SCHNAPP ------------------------------------------------------ # NeXT bootable partition config begins other = /dev/sdb label = next loader = /boot/chain.b unsafe # NeXT bootable partition config ends --- SCHNIPP SCHNAPP ------------------------------------------------------ Note that I boot my Intel System off a second drive. Hope it works, -dirk --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Dirk Olmes Black Box * * dirk@cicero.ping.de NeXT-Club Schwerte * * (NeXT-Mail please) Germany * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: resetting SCSI bus? In-Reply-To: mmalcolm crawford's message of Wed, 15 Nov 1995 22:58:21 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov20010150@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <951115225821.260AACUE.malc@daneel> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 06:01:50 GMT It looks like you have a bad block on your drive. However, it could also be indicative of a configuration problem. Post your configuration. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <951115225821.260AACUE.malc@daneel> mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26537 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!news.shef.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 22:58:21 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Lines: 30 Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Distribution: world Reply-To: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: daneel.dcs.shef.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: Eloquent[2.01]; Eloquent is a Trademark of Take 3 Anyone any suggestions why a system (Canon object.station 41) should suddenly start hanging periodically for up to 30 seconds, with the following in /usr/adm/messages: Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: BLC timeout Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36416 blockCount:16 Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:638960 blockCount:16 Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:42 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:336 blockCount:4 Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: sd0: No error to report; Retrying. Nov 14 19:21:57 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36416 blockCount:16 Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: BLC timeout Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Read block:36432 blockCount:16 Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: sd0: I/O Timeout; Retrying. Nov 15 10:39:25 daneel mach: target:0 lun:0 op:Write block:336 blockCount:4 Nov 15 10:39:37 daneel mach: Resetting SCSI Bus... Best wishes, mmalc.
From: lukeh@news.schnet.edu.au (Luke Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: printing to an AppleTalk printer Date: 20 Nov 1995 07:25:17 GMT Organization: Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Message-ID: <48pagt$iuq@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <48ovh1$9bk@news.mel.aone.net.au> Luke Howard (lukeh@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE) wrote: : Apologies if this is a FAQ, but is there any easy way to print from : NSFIP 3.3 to a printer via AppleTalk (on Ethernet)? Sorry for making such an utterly stupid mistake with my headers (and I'll kick myself if this message ain't any better :)). Anyway, apparently I need CAP and some kernel AppleTalk stuff which isn't in 3.3 (or at least isn't available for free). So I guess I'll just ftp it to a Mac and print it from there. l.
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: autonfsmount of local dir Date: 20 Nov 1995 11:01:43 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <48pn6o$asc@neptune.ethz.ch> In order to have proper hostname/ipadress resolution, I added an entry in NetInfo for the locale host (name cubitus). Before then I could not make an ftp connection to the locale host. But since then, when login in, NS tries to nfsmount the locale computer's root dir. I can't use the filebrowser, as it is blocked - waiting for a nfsmount to succeed. How can I turn this off??? P.S: Sometimes, when booting, a message like "autonfsmount: can't get my adress" appears and anything works allright. cubitus:9# nidump hosts / 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 192.42.172.2 paustian 192.42.172.1 cubitus cubitus:10# nidump fstab / cubitus:11# mount /dev/sd0a on / type 4.3 (rw,noquota,noauto) /dev/sd1a on /putt type 4.3 (rw,noquota) /private/vm/swapfile on /private/vm/swapfile.front type swapfs (rw) cubitus:(autonfsmount[135]) on /Net type nfs (ro,intr,port=734) <====== !!! /dev/rsd0h on /ms-dos_6 type dos (filesystem=DOS,fixed,rw) cubitus:12# There is no nfsmount entry in /etc/fstab either! any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. roman -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: print/wysiwyg problems Message-ID: <DI6oMy.Is@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <48e682$ovd@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:47:21 GMT Did you try to include the font in the ps file (print panel supports this)? Juergen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: cron & ixbuild question Message-ID: <DICC7n.pB@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <48k4bf$8vm@usc.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 12:04:34 GMT In article <48k4bf$8vm@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > I use ixbuild to create my indexes and I was wondering if it would be worth > setting up crontab entries to run ixbuild on specific directories that get > used a lot. > > Would there be any pitfalls? Do it, it works. Make sure to provide suitable switches to ixbuild, have the appropriate user execute the command via cron, provide enough disk space. Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: ulf@stenbocken.astrakan.se (ulf karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Samba client for NEXTSTEP ? Date: 20 Nov 1995 13:24:22 GMT Organization: Astrakan SDU AB Message-ID: <48pvi6$2tq@littlegreen.astrakan.se> Greetings ! Has anybody compiled a Samba client for NEXTSTEP ? Regards, Ulf Karlsson ulf@astrakan.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? Message-ID: <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 20 Nov 95 12:02:29 MET References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) wrote: > > In comp.sys.next.sysadmin article pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) > > wrote: > > > > Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we > > desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to > > a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, > > as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. > > > > What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 > > pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I > > think for a modem) didn't work... > > > > help please! has anyone out there done this? > > > Hello Joe, > > You will need 2 things to do this: > l) First the cable > > NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: > cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D > Pin Signal Pin Signal > 3 TXD 3 RXD > 4 GND 7 GND > 5 RXD 2 TXD > 8 CTS 20 DTR > > ll) An then a printer driver, for example Dots ;-) Hugh!? Our IINT doesn't need dots, it understands postscript native - which is precisely what NEXTSTEP will send. (Okay, we're printing through the gatorbox, but another institute also used the serial line without any converters!) -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: chin@clark.net (Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? ** Date: 20 Nov 1995 10:46:09 -0500 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Message-ID: <48q7s1$gsk@clark.net> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: Dots isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) writes: >> In comp.sys.next.sysadmin article pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) >> wrote: >> >> Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we >> desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to >> a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, >> as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. >> >You will need 2 things to do this: >l) First the cable >NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: >cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D >Pin Signal Pin Signal >3 TXD 3 RXD >4 GND 7 GND >5 RXD 2 TXD >8 CTS 20 DTR The key here is that you need a null modem cable... so you need a converter for a standard modem cable or a new cable altogether. At 9600bps, you might be able to get away with using a Mac modem cable with a null modem adapter. You'll need a NeXT specific cable to do hardware flow control - check the on-line docs for complete information. >ll) An then a printer driver, for example Dots ;-) The Apple LaserWriter IINT has built in Adobe Postscript. A new printer driver is not required. However, if I remember correctly, the serial port on a IINT is limited to 9600bps... _really_ slow. Even at 19200bps, it'll take a while to print, especially anything with graphics.
From: Roger Shields <rlshields@tasc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (no subject) Date: 20 Nov 1995 15:46:44 GMT Organization: IR&T Message-ID: <48q7t4$4ba@lois.Read.TASC.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Folks, I need to set up a restricted shell under NeXTSTEP 3.2. Can anyone tell me where to get started? Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com (Joachim Franke) Subject: Any pd/sw tape backup s/w out for NeXTStep ? Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:04:22 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov20.150422.5716@schbbs.mot.com> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Hi, im looking for a PD/SW tape backup tool which runs on NeXT-Step. I mean something graphical. Any idea ? Thanks much. If you don't mind, copy my, if there is any answer, on e-mail. Again thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Franke Motorola GmbH Phone: +49-6128-702027 Heinrich-Hertz Strasse 1 Fax: +49-6128-72920 65232 Taunusstein NeXT-Mail: jfranke@cssnext1.corp.mot.com Germany
From: mbecker@neptune.cs.uml.edu (Mark Becker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Need dump/restore source - unusual tape drive. Date: 20 Nov 1995 16:43:58 GMT Organization: UMass-Lowell Computer Science Message-ID: <48qb8e$ne6@ulowell.uml.edu> Hello - Finally got an older cartridge tape drive running on an '030 cube. Most of the supplied utilites work and a couple of little things I've written work fine. However, I have one little problem.. I would like to use dump(1) and restore(1) with it. This particular tape system uses a SCSI<-->QIC interface and can only deal with fixed length blocks, specifically 512 bytes. This seems to breaks dump and restore. Before trying to write Yet Another Version of dump and restore, does anyone have a pointer to source for an existing version that could be used as a starting point? Please, use e-mail. If there is interest, I'll summarize back to the group. Regards, Mark +----------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Mark Becker <mbecker@cs.uml.edu> | #include <std.disclaimer>| +----------------------------------------+--------------------------+
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setting buffers at boot up Date: 20 Nov 1995 16:56:59 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <48qc0r$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: physical memory = 24.00 megabytes. Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: available memory = 21.68 megabytes. Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: using 152 buffers containing 1.18 megabytes of memory Does anyone know how to change the number of buffers allocated at startup under 3.2? I seem to recall under 3.0, that this value could be changed by booting with bsd nbuf=N or bsd nbu=N or something like that where N is the number of buffers but it doesn't seem to work for me under 3.2 and just what exactly do these buffers do? how do they affect system performance? Many thanks -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Systems Administrator "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 20 Nov 1995 17:00:52 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <48qc84$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> In <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Timothy Reed wrote: > > I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One > page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple > Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error > on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some > sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? > At one point I had this going for a couple of my machines running WfW3.11 and samba 1.3 ( or something like that). Now I'm wrestling with trying to get the latest version working on my slabs Anyway, I had it set up so the PC was printing to what it thought was an HP Laserjet III with Postscript. Do you have postscript = yes in your smb.conf? I managed to get printing to work with mine when I put it in. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Systems Administrator "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au (Leigh Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 20 Nov 1995 16:01:23 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Distribution: world Message-ID: <48q8oj$a6n@styx.uwa.edu.au> References: <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> In article <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) writes: > I use the OS/2 Warp Connect boot manager to accomplish this. It's much > nicer than the NEXTSTEP boot manager. Will the Connect boot manager require an OS/2 partition to operate or can it function alone? -- Leigh Smith Computer Science, University of Western Australia +61-9-380-1945 leigh@cs.uwa.edu.au (NeXTMail/MIME) "In a world where success means gaining time, thinking has a single but irredeemable fault: it's a waste of time" - Jean-Francois Lyotard
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 20 Nov 1995 14:08:51 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> In <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Timothy Reed <treed@gun.com> writes: >I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One >page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple >Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error >on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some >sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? Some Windows software puts a Control-D as the first character of the postscript file it would probably be worth checking that out and writing a small filter script that all print jobs get sent through to ensure that it has been stripped out. Cheers Rupert. E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: gnu g77 fortran on NeXTSTEP Date: 20 Nov 1995 21:14:10 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <48qr32$bu6@news.its.com> References: <48act1$ofv@sun2.ccf.swri.edu> lichtner@swri.edu (Peter Lichtner) wrote: > When compiling bison (after ./configure) I get: > > make > cc -c -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 > -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -I./../include -g conflicts.c > conflicts.c:40: only 0 args to macro 'alloca' (1 expected) > *** Exit 1 > Stop. As a quick guess, this is because the NeXT header files define alloca() as a macro, and conflicts.c provides an ANSI function prototype for it that results in that somewhat obscure error. Remove the offending prototype in conflicts.c on line 40. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: cwolf@wolfware.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setting buffers at boot up Date: 20 Nov 1995 20:52:23 GMT Organization: WolfWare Message-ID: <48qpq7$l05@shellx.best.com> On 11/20/95, Eugene Mah wrote: >Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: physical memory = 24.00 megabytes. >Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: available memory = 21.68 megabytes. >Nov 16 19:38:11 raddi mach: using 152 buffers containing 1.18 megabytes of >memory > >Does anyone know how to change the number of buffers >allocated at startup under 3.2? >I seem to recall under 3.0, that this value could be >changed by booting with > >bsd nbuf=N or bsd nbu=N > >or something like that where N is the number of buffers >but it doesn't seem to work for me under 3.2 Typing nbuf=256 works fine for me under 3.3 and I believe used to work under 3.2 as well. However, although the NUMBER of buffers changes the amount of memory used by these buffers remains the same so I'm not sure how useful this is. Anyone know if there is a similar kernel flag for changing the amount of memory used? -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Man pages question Date: 20 Nov 1995 20:17:29 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-30.usc.edu Message-ID: <48qnop$equ@usc.edu> I have "lost" quite a number of saved FAQ & A so I have to ask this again - I have a man8 page that doesn't register in Librarian as a .nr page and I checked ownership and chmod and it all seems fine. What do I have to do to get it to register properly. I also reindexed to no avail. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV PGP key - send email to reichman@scf.usc.edu with Subject "PGP"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki) Subject: Re: New hard drive blues Message-ID: <1995Nov18.171054.396@nidat.sub.org> Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany References: <1995Nov14.154539.1129@relay.acadiau.ca> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 17:10:54 GMT In article <1995Nov14.154539.1129@relay.acadiau.ca> 021836b@dragon.acadiau.ca (Peter Burka) writes: > tried installing a new hard drive in a '040 cube over the weekend, > and I ran into some troubles. I succesfully copied everything onto > the new 1GB drive using dump/restore and set the drive up as the new > boot device. Evrything works fine as long as I log in as root. If > I try to use another account, though, it clears the login screen, > spins for a few seconds, and dumps back out to the login screen. > Does anybody know what's wrong with this system? > (BTW, I'm running 3.2 black) > Sounds as if you ran in the s-bit bug of restore. There was a patch on NeXTAnswers to fix this (already included in NS 3.3). You lost all s-bits on the way and since /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app/Workspace must be set -rwsr-sr-x and owned by root to work properly... And other s-bitted apps won't work too. -- Peter Nitezki | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed art thou who knoweth Staarenbergstr. 44 | Tel.: +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and D-76703 Kraichtal | Fax : +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked GERMANY | pgp, MIME, NeXTmail # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki) Subject: Re: Power down problem Message-ID: <1995Nov18.174813.466@nidat.sub.org> Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany References: <48amim$ah@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 17:48:13 GMT In article <48amim$ah@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com> hanley@popeye (Mark Hanley) writes: > I'm running 3.3 on a black turbo system. The machine has developed a > glitch in the power down sequence : > > 1. Hit the power key on the keyboard. > 2. Respond Yes to the prompt. > 3. Watch the screen go white and stay that way. > ( no further screen output ). > 4. Wait at least 5 minutes. > ( attempting step 5 with less delay has no effect ) > ( waiting longer has no effect ) > 5. Repeat step 1. > 6. Watch the screen go black, and hear the drive spin down. > > I never had this problem with 3.0, but I've also loaded considerably > more software onto my hard-drive since mounting 3.3. > You probably have some background process which isn't exiting properly or an app that isn't properly exiting from Workspace. To catch the latter case close all apps manually and try to power down afterwards. If it worked now you can repeat that procedure to single out the culprit. If it didn't help, then restore the previous situation, logout and type 'console' on the login panel. Workspace manager should exit and give you a text window with a Unix shell (you'll be better off remembering the root password ;-). Now use 'ps -ax' to get a listing of the remaining processes. Try to get rid of them one after the other with either 'kill -1 <PID>' or 'kill -9 <PID>', the latter being the stronger caliber. You'd better start with the unfamiliar looking stuff since wellknown Unix servers usually don't make any trouble of that sorts. If you think you've mastered the trouble type 'shutdown' or 'reboot' and see if it worked. -- Peter Nitezki | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed art thou who knoweth Staarenbergstr. 44 | Tel.: +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and D-76703 Kraichtal | Fax : +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked GERMANY | pgp, MIME, NeXTmail # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki) Subject: Re: SCSI,SCSI II, WIDE SCSI Message-ID: <1995Nov18.180034.536@nidat.sub.org> Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany References: <483p6h$587@usc.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 18:00:34 GMT In article <483p6h$587@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) wrote: > > I think that SCSI II can be backwards compatible, so if you make > > sure that your disk is not using any SCSI II features, > > > My turbo slab is using SCSI II just fine.... > Only as long as: 1. you don't get a situation where a disconnect/reconnect command will be involved (ie. heavy disk and tape traffic trhough dump/restore) 2. you don't try to boot from such a drive Both situations are close to fatal. On later models the SCSI controller will be capable of handling SCSI-2 commands but there has never a been a driver software to fully cope with that. You better don't try to find out when you'd better had to have one ;-) -- Peter Nitezki | Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org # Blessed art thou who knoweth Staarenbergstr. 44 | Tel.: +49 7251 62495 # not about the pleasure and D-76703 Kraichtal | Fax : +49 7251 69215 # delight of being hooked GERMANY | pgp, MIME, NeXTmail # up to the Net. Peter 1,3-5
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sendmail - Masquerading OK but not Reply-To field Date: 20 Nov 1995 20:20:05 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-30.usc.edu Message-ID: <48qntl$equ@usc.edu> If I am masquerading properly (I think), but my reply-to still includes my local machine name in place of the correct net mail host, how do I fix it. I'm using sendmail 8.7.1. my current reply to = reichman@midnight.usc.edu should be: reichman@scf.usc.edu -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV PGP key - send email to reichman@scf.usc.edu with Subject "PGP"
From: ycheung@cs.buffalo.edu (Salina Y. Cheung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: question.. Date: 20 Nov 1995 21:13:38 GMT Organization: University at Buffalo Message-ID: <48qr22$6ki@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> NNTP-Posting-User: ycheung
From: mc2@sparc.SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.COM (Mike Cox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: NS Intel will no longer boot.. Date: 20 Nov 1995 12:47:09 -0800 Organization: AT&T GIS PDE Interconnect (El Segundo, CA) Message-ID: <48qpgd$16s@ws327.sandiegoca.attgis.com> When I tried to boot my eCesys 486 system it got stuck trying to boot. The last msgs that come out are: Registering: sg0 at sc0 Registering: sg1 at sc0 Registering: sg2 at sc0 Registering: sg3 at sc0 Registering: fc0 Registering: event0 Registering: kmDevice0 rootdev 600, howto 0 and then the system hangs. What is going on? What can I do? Thanks for any help or suggestions... --mike -- | "Nothing is ever really broken, --mike 8 it just lacks duct tape." mc2@sparc.sandiegoca.attgis.com | Tim Nyberg - "The Duct Tape Book"
From: jacob@dannug.dk (Jacob Nielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compressing a self-extracting .exe file? Date: 20 Nov 1995 17:08:17 +0100 Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Sender: jacob@jnext Message-ID: <x7ag5r8e1a.fsf@jnext> References: <JBLEVINS.95Nov15210446@macs14.uwa.edu.au> <48foma$p2i@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> <48gu5q$1kc@usc.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951117174958.1652A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <48jctn$8c2@usc.edu> In-reply-to: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 18 Nov 1995 01:29:27 GMT In article <48jctn$8c2@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > If you have NeXT hardware, you could use: > ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/disk/BreakUp.0.8.N.b.gz I think that only works with text files. It doesn't seem to recognize graphics formats. An alternative is the UNIX command 'dd'. See 'man dd' Regards, Jacob -- ________________________________________________________________________ Jacob Nielsen Maintainer of NEXTSTEP Software Reviews http://www.dannug.dk/jacob NeXTMail, MIMEMail and SUNMail jacob@dannug.dk ________________________________________________________________________
From: david@donald.concordia.ca (David Gaudine) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 20 Nov 1995 23:39:49 GMT Organization: ORGANIZATION? HERE?? You must be kidding!! Message-ID: <48r3k5$46h@newsflash.concordia.ca> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> In article <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > >>I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One >>page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple >>Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error >>on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some >>sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? I didn't see the original post, so I might be talking about the wrong problem, but I recently ran into some trouble with a LaserWriter II ntx. After years of working trouble-free as 8 bits no parity, it now insists on the correct values, 7 bits space parity. This happened after an O/S change, not just out of the blue. The symptom was that it would only print a page or so.
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: localfonts don't print on LaserJetIIP Date: 20 Nov 1995 20:47:20 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <48qpgp$h81@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> The suggestion made by Paul Brown that the LaserJet memory could be inadequate is appreciated, but I have 2.5 meg and am trying to print only a few lines of any fonts in my ~/Library/Fonts file. I can print any fonts in NextLibrary/Fonts, and assume that they print because the postscript cartridge has them. In the case of my local fonts, I can observe the fonts being downloaded via the memory shown in the printer display. At the end of the download, the print job disappears in the PrintManager queue and the printer just hangs-no output. I would really appreciate more ideas. Bernie Mueller bmuell@odel.sp.trw.com
From: jmike@mail.utexas.edu (J. Michael Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: "fp not one" panics on Black hardware, help/pointers appreciated Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:02:52 -0600 Organization: UT Austin Message-ID: <jmike-2011951702530001@barthelme.fac.utexas.edu> Greetings, Our NeXTStation Color, NS3.3, 20 MB RAM, 200 MB internal disk, 730MB external disk has started crashing about twice a day. Typically, the error for the panic is "fp is not one" (see the quote from /usr/adm/message below) Highlander jokes aside, anyone know what this means? > Nov 17 14:37:14 auden mach: panic: (Cpu 0) fp not one > Nov 17 14:37:14 auden mach: > Nov 17 14:37:14 auden mach: NeXT ROM Monitor 2.4 v65 > Nov 17 14:37:14 auden mach: panic: NeXT Mach 3.3: Mon Oct 24 13:56:37 PDT 1994; > root(rcbuilder):mk-171.9.obj~2/RC_m68k/RELEASE_M68K The machine is busy (two httpd servers, two tinyMUSHes, and an mSQL process being the main business), but the load is never so high as to make me think this is the real problem. A more general question: Is there a huge cache of technical info on NS, particularly the 68K versions? Most of you seem to know a helluva lot about NS, but I can't find stuff more substantive than describing what buttons to click to format floppy disks. Things such as what an fp is and why it should always be one and what might cause it to not be one and what one can do to keep it one. Thanks very much in advance for any help with this. ___________________________________________________________________________ J. Michael Morrison | College of Liberal Arts | Why yes, University of Texas at Austin | some coffee would be lovely, jmike@mail.utexas.edu | thank you. | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ ++++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++++ ++++ more info: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm ++++
From: jbrathw@ibm.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <48gl4u$2hos@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Control: cancel <48gl4u$2hos@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Date: 21 Nov 1995 00:54:01 GMT Message-ID: <48r7v9$ln4@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Article cancelled from NR/2
From: kris@xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 20 Nov 1995 23:31:04 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Distribution: world Message-ID: <48r33o$nd2@news.xmission.com> References: <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> <48q8oj$a6n@styx.uwa.edu.au> Leigh Smith (leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au) wrote: : In article <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> kris@xmission.com (Kristopher : Magnusson) writes: : > I use the OS/2 Warp Connect boot manager to accomplish this. It's much : > nicer than the NEXTSTEP boot manager. : Will the Connect boot manager require an OS/2 partition to operate or can : it function alone? The Connect boot manager requires a 1 MB partition of its own. I'm describing the install process from memory, so forgive me if it seems too vague. Here's the way I've always loaded it: 1. Start with an unpartitioned disk. 2. Boot off the OS/2 floppies to start the OS/2 install process. 3. When the OS/2 install process starts, choose the manual installation. This will allow you to run the OS/2 fdisk-type utility. 4. In the OS/2 fdisk-type utility, create a 1 MB partition at the end of the free space. (If you install it at the beginning or elsewhere, you could blow away any partitions that might exist after the boot manager partition.) 5. Then choose the option in the fdisk-type utility to install the boot manager in the 1 MB boot manager partition. After doing this, I use the DOS fdisk utility to create and work with partitions. FWIW, I always install NEXTSTEP on a DOS extended partition. BTW, you can repeat this procedure if you ever add a new disk. After adding a disk and repeating this procedure, the OS/2 boot manager will allow you to boot any OSs on the new disk. -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you're hungry. They're serving SPINY LOBEFISH in the commons area.
From: stevem@radium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can't print to HP Laserjet 4MPlus with 3.3 Date: 20 Nov 1995 22:14:12 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <48qujk$f41@master.ftn.net> References: <48j8ah$c88@ra.cc.wwu.edu> matthews@fortress.cs.wwu.edu (Geoffrey Matthews) wrote: > Help! > > Just got a new pentium with 3.3, hooked it up to > an HP 4MP that was working fine off an old 486 with 3.2, > and now it won't print. The "ready" light flashes on > and off for a while, like its getting ready to print, > and then starts flashing very slowly. A few hours > later a string of incomprehensible raw postscript > comes out on a sheet of paper. > > Nothing's wrong with the printer, two different HP4MP's > do the same thing. Nothing seems wrong with the pentium, > since booting with dos and doing "echo foo > prn" gets > foo on the paper every time. Must be NS3.3? > Tried several different ppd's > > Anybody know what to do? > > Geof Just off the top of my head, I'd say that the problem might be your BIOS. I had the same problem with an HP 4MP and an HP 5MP. The fix that worked for me was to go into the BIOS, and **DISABLE** the power management feature from LPT1 (or whichever the printer is hooked up to). NS3.3 seems to have a problem with power-managed printers. Hope this helps!! -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: ISASerialPort and PortServer driver bus error solved! Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov20233820@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 04:38:20 GMT I previously reported having problems with these two drivers. It was in fact user error. However, listen up since this may help you too. When you install a new driver, make sure you go into Configure, remove the old one and add the new one. If you don't do this step, your Instance0.table won't be updated. In most cases this isn't 100% necessary but in my case it was. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
From: tada@pentexts.itp.ucsb.edu (Tsukasa Tada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Japanese Postscript print out Date: 21 Nov 1995 01:36:20 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Message-ID: <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Keywords: postscript Hi, I have been wondering is there any way to print out "Japanese" Postscript file through "standard" PostScript printer, which doesn't have Japanese fonts. Since I am running NS3.2J I can see my Japanese document on the display but can't print out through network. I do have Japanese font sets came with NS3.2J so I was wondering if there is anyway to convert them to 300dpi bitmaps and send to PSprinter. I am aware of that it will make a huge PostScript file but I only have to print out Japanese font occasionally so it won't be a problem. This is also the reason I am reluctant to buy a printer by myself to connect directly to my machine. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tsukasa Tada Internet: tada@itp.ucsb.edu Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: 21 Nov 1995 03:00:28 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Message-ID: <48rfcc$sc8@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <48r33o$nd2@news.xmission.com> <48g8b7$42b@news.xmission.com> <48q8oj$a6n@styx.uwa.edu.au> In Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives comp.sys.next.sysadmin kris@xmission.com (Kristopher Magnusson) writes, > > 4. In the OS/2 fdisk-type utility, create a 1 MB partition at the end of > the free space. (If you install it at the beginning or elsewhere, you > could blow away any partitions that might exist after the boot manager > partition.) > > 5. Then choose the option in the fdisk-type utility to install the boot > manager in the 1 MB boot manager partition. > As I remember, you don't need to create such 1MB partition, since when you choose to install boot manager, OS/2's fdisk will create that partition automatically. > After doing this, I use the DOS fdisk utility to create and work with > partitions. FWIW, I always install NEXTSTEP on a DOS extended partition. > Extended partition? Can anybody confirm this, because I recall NEXTSTEP has to be installed in a primary partition. Yuwen Cheng yucheng@math.arizona.edu
From: mgm@itnnext4.lii.unitn.it (Mario Martinoli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot problem Date: 21 Nov 1995 09:40:31 GMT Organization: Cineca Message-ID: <48s6qf$5qe@sirio.cineca.it> Booting my NextTurboStation (and since yesterday also my NextCube!) I get the message: /: file system full IO error on pageout: error=28. vnode_pageout: failed! and the boot doesn't proceed. The error is the same even if I try to boot in single-user mode. Can you help me? Thanks Mario Martinoli University of Trento Italy
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP JetDirect installation... Date: 21 Nov 1995 13:57:29 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <48sls9$2k9@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> We've just acquired, accidentally it seems, a printer with an HP JetDirect card. I want to use it for my NextStep machines, but have no instructions whatsoever, either with the card, online with PrintManager, ... (we don't have any DOS/Windoze machines with ethernet cards that could be used for setup) The printer self-test indicates that the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and it doesn't know a host name: this appears to be the place to start.... thanks in advance, Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fabio@ts.go.dlr.de (Fabio Bertolotti) Subject: Boot Error, (unaccounted bad blocks?) Message-ID: <DIDywn.H10@news.dlr.de> Sender: news@news.dlr.de Organization: DLR, Abt. SM-SK Distribution: world Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:12:23 GMT During the booting process, the Monitor window appears with the following error: exception #3 (0xC) at 0x100034c I can proceed with the booting process by typing `b' at the prompt. I have reformatted the entire 522 Mb disk using both /usr/etc/sdform and disk -F, then re-installed NextStep 3.2 from CD-ROM, and again I get exactly the same error. I have a suspicion that there is an unaccounted bad block on the disk. Even if this suspicion is wrong, I would still like to know if there exists a program that performs a surface-quality inspection for a SCSI disk, reports the locations of all the bad blocks, then updates the bad-block list on the disk. `sdform' does not do this, as evident from the "BUGS" comments on the man-pages. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks Fabio Bertolotti
From: sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu (Uri Sarid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Help with routing and PPP Date: 21 Nov 1995 15:40:50 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Message-ID: <48sru2$i6b@news.nd.edu> On 11/17/95, Ron Wood wrote: >I had this very same problem using my machine as a slip server, and here was my >solution. You need to set up a proxy arp (what the proxyarp is supposed to be >doing) by typing in the following: > >arp -s <client IP> <server ethernet address> pub > >You need to do this for every ppp client you are running. This sets up the >server to route any packet for the client through it's own ethernet address. >The pub parameter is crucial, that causes the routing information to be >"published" which allows for packets to be routed outside the server. You >could also add the parameter "temp" which would discontinue the arp routing >once the connection went away, but each time you started a ppp connection, >you'd have to re-establish the arp. You could do it in a script, and that is >exactly what the proxyarp script does. I simply set the arp during bootup in >the rc.slip file, and let it remain. It doesn't seem to affect anything, and >it is always ready. I have 10 slip clients, any two of which may be running, >so it is easier to just leave everything up. >-- > >Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR > > That fixed it! Thanks very much, Ron. For some reason my PPP options file was not setting up a proxyarp even though I included that option. So manually setting one (using the rc.local script) seems to have solved the problem, in the sense that I can now use the internet correctly when I dial in to my office computer from work and establish a PPP connection. Strange, I would have thought that the routing table was what was screwed up... Also, I still have no answer about part of the problem: if I don't have the PPP up, and I'm not plugged in to the ethernet at the office via en0, then apps like Virtuoso and Mathematica take an outrageously long time to start up, while they wait for the en0 interface to time out. If I disable the en0 interface, I can get these programs to launch much faster, but keeping it disabled results in occasional "netinfo sleeping" problems. Is there a better solution? Thanks again, Uri (sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu)
From: shon@novell.com (Shon Vella) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 21 Nov 95 15:33:28 GMT Organization: Novell, Inc Message-ID: <48srhf$dnt@grok.provo.novell.com> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48r3k5$46h@newsflash.concordia.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII In article <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One >page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple >Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error >on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some >sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? > The problem is that the windows driver (in spite of all pretenses to the contrary, do not generate conforming postscript comments. They put some initialization and cleanup codes on the first and last pages that should go in the document header and trailer sections. These work fine if you print the pages in order, but the NeXT spooler wants to print in reverse order. I solved this problem by adding a filter in my printer definition on the NeXT side that strips out all the comments, which then forces the NeXT spooler to print them in forward order. If you can't figure out how to do this, I could post instructions, though that would mean I'd have to figure out exactly what I did. BTW, NT supports lpr spooling so you don't even need to go through samba in order to print. -- Shon Vella Novell, Inc. (until they sell me)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:04:42 -0500 From: Richard Bowman <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Message-ID: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Subject: Copying to floppy drive in single user mode Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1095 Apparently-To: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com I did not make backups as I should have, and so when my processor board on a mono-NeXT black hardware went down I was in trouble. The board has since been replaced. However, the hard disk may also be in trouble, because I cannot re-install the 3.2 operating system due to sector failures. However, I can mount the hard drive and examine my directories if I boot in single user mode from the CD-ROM via the floppy by using bfd -s How do I now copy those files I really need (corrupted or not) from the hard drive to the floppy? Do I need to mount the floppy drive? If so, how do I do it? Can I format 2.88 MB diskes in the floppy drive or should I use IBM 1.44 MB disks that I format on a PC? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard L. Bowman Dept. of Physics e-mail: rbowman@bridgewater.edu Bridgewater College phone: 540-828-5441 Bridgewater, VA 22812 FAX: 540-828-5479 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Bill Faust <faust@ee.ucla.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Booting NS and DOS off separate drives Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:25:01 -0800 Organization: Faust House Message-ID: <30B20B6D.3B66A74E@ee.ucla.edu> References: <48ih0f$uvu@saba.info.ucla.edu> <1995Nov18.090302.13173@seer.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul Lynch (Paul_Lynch@plsys.com) wrote: : In article <48ih0f$uvu@saba.info.ucla.edu> faust@whirlwind.seas.ucla.edu : (William Perry Faust) writes: : > Paul Lynch (paul@plsys.co.uk) wrote: : > > THe PC BIOS can't boot from anything other than the first drive. It's : > But on my Linux machine at home I have the same situation, except with : > IDE drives. The first IDE has DOS only; the second has two Linux : I believe that it creates a bootable partition of its own on the primary : drive. [This is getting to be more about Linux and less about NEXTSTEP] I don't think that the above statement is true. I'm no expert in this area, so I'll quote from the README file that came with the Linux loader (LILO). Here the author describes the situation where there is no Linux partition on the first hard disk. The bootmanager in this case is loaded onto the master boot record of the first disk. Werner Almesberger writes: | Two disks, Linux on second disk, first disk has no extended partition | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | If there is neither a Linux partition nor an extended partition on the | first disk, then there's only one place left, where a LILO boot sector | could be stored: the master boot record. | | In this configuration, LILO is responsible for booting all other operating | systems too. | | FIRST DISK SECOND DISK | +--------------------------+ +--------------------------+ | --> | MBR /dev/hda | | MBR /dev/hdb | | | +------------------------| | +------------------------| | | | MS-DOS /dev/hda1 | | | Linux /dev/hdb1 | | | |------------------------| | |------------------------| | | | ... /dev/hda2 | | | ... /dev/hdb2 | | +--------------------------+ +--------------------------+ | | You should back up your old MBR before installing LILO and verify that LILO | is able to boot your other operating system(s) before relying on this | approach. | | The line boot = /dev/hda2 in /etc/lilo.conf would have to be changed to | boot = /dev/hda in this example. -- Bill Faust faust@ee.ucla.edu Newbury Park, California, USA
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot problem Date: 21 Nov 1995 18:26:47 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <48t5l7$85p@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <48s6qf$5qe@sirio.cineca.it> In article <48s6qf$5qe@sirio.cineca.it> mgm@itnnext4.lii.unitn.it (Mario Martinoli) writes: > Booting my NextTurboStation (and since yesterday also my NextCube!) I get > the message: > > /: file system full > IO error on pageout: error=28. > vnode_pageout: failed! > > and the boot doesn't proceed. > The error is the same even if I try to boot in single-user mode. > Can you help me? This is the result of the disk _completely filling up (like 101%+). Normally the system reserves 10% of the disk to reduce fragmentation and to improve performance. However, some processes run as rooot and can use the extra 10% (likely cause - swapfile is very large). Now when the system reboots, it usually can reset the swapfile and clear the files in /tmp. However, if the disk is already completely full then it can't do anything and it hangs. Solutions: 1) Boot from your trusty NS3.0 Boot floppy. You have one of those right? If you don't you will have to get to ftp.cs.orst.edu and look for the script to make one there. Also, you need a NS3.0 system to make the disk from. I don't know if anyone got a boot disk for NS3.1 or greater on m68K based systems... 2) Remove the disk from the system and mount in a temporary enclosure. Change the SCSI ID to a number > 1 that is free. Plug that drive into a known bootable system and you will be able to mount the drive and remove any files in DRIVE:/tmp and remove DRIVE:/private/vm/swapfile 3) Re-install and re-configure the system. > Thanks > > Mario Martinoli > University of Trento > Italy -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXTMail or MIME mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL: http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * System Administration "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What is the latest version of PGP for NS? Date: 21 Nov 1995 18:56:24 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-27.usc.edu Message-ID: <48t7co$j47@usc.edu> and is it 32-bit? And is someone trying to figure out how to make cryptorbundle handle pgp mail out to non-NS machines? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: resetting SCSI bus? Date: 21 Nov 1995 18:04:46 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <48t4bu$bd2@news.its.com> References: <951115225821.260AACUE.malc@daneel> mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote: > Anyone any suggestions why a system (Canon object.station 41) should > suddenly start hanging periodically for up to 30 seconds, with the > following in /usr/adm/messages: You've got SCSI problems. Could be the cables, but it could be the drive going bad, too. Make sure you've got complete backups! -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Help with routing and PPP Date: 21 Nov 1995 19:29:51 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <48t9bf$o2a@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <48sru2$i6b@news.nd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sarid@particle.phys.nd.edu (Uri Sarid) wrote: >Also, I still have no answer about part of the problem: if I don't have the PPP up, and >I'm not plugged in to the ethernet at the office via en0, then apps like Virtuoso and >Mathematica take an outrageously long time to start up, while they wait for the en0 Try putting a coaxial 'T' with 50 ohm terminators on either side (or a self-terminating 'T') on the 10base2 (coax) ethernet plug on the compouter to fool the computer into believing it is on the ethernet. Again, I experienced this problem when I first got my NeXT. It had been on a 10baseT ethernet, but at home it wasn't on any ethernet (at first). I put in the 'T' and terminators, and voila, everything worked fine. Just putting a 50 ohm terminator on the plug may not work, as you'll get reflected signal returns which may affect the ethernet interface. Ideally, you should have the 'T', with about 3 to 6 feet of coax on each side, each with a 50 ohm terminator. Another way, possibly less kludgy, is to disable the ethernet startup commands in the rc.local file. Maybe have one file for when you are on an ethernet, and another for when you are on PPP. The most elegant solution is to have the rc file test for ethernet, and run appropriate files for when ethernet is present or not. For expedience, I went with the 'T' connector kludge. In the end, I set up a coaxial ethernet LAN anyway, so I never changed the rc.local file. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rpomeroy@tpoint.net (Ronald Pomeroy) Subject: Installing the NeXT boot manager manually on a new drive Message-ID: <DIEL36.MDz.0.-s@tpoint.net> Sender: news@tpoint.net Organization: Turning Point Information Services Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 17:11:29 GMT Surfing Sysadmins, How does one install the NeXT€boot manager manually. I've got a new 1 gig and would like to prepare it for booting Win95 or NEXTSTEP. This also begs the question: How do I partition the drive for multiple OS's. I've tried unsucessfully using sdformat, sdform and disk. I don't have the option of a fresh install with NEXTSTEP (I know NS provides an option during installation for multiple partitions). Step by step instruction would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! -- Ronald Pomeroy rpomeroy@tpoint.net rpomeroy@rwi.com
From: lusty@aimnet.com (Lusty Wench) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Sendmail - Masquerading OK but not Reply-To field Date: 21 Nov 1995 05:10:29 -0800 Organization: AIMNet Corp. Message-ID: <48sj45$skt@aimnet.aimnet.com> References: <48qntl$equ@usc.edu> In article <48qntl$equ@usc.edu>, <reichman@scf.usc.edu> wrote: >If I am masquerading properly (I think), but my reply-to still includes my >local machine name in place of the correct net mail host, how do I fix it. >I'm using sendmail 8.7.1. > >my current reply to = reichman@midnight.usc.edu >should be: reichman@scf.usc.edu You have to masquerade the envelope as well. Using m4, put FEATURE(masquerade_envelope) in your .mc file. Lusty
From: power@inch.com (Power Media Communications) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.psion,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.bugs,comp.sys.sgi.graphics Subject: * Experienced Video Telecommunications Programmer Wanted * Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:27:45 GMT Organization: The Internet Channel Message-ID: <power.56.30B23640@inch.com> New York City based company seeks experienced programmer to work on new innovative video teleconferencing application. Should have knowledge of the internet, web servers, video teleconferencing, dialogic boards, and general programming skills. Competitive compensation. [ Power Media Communications ] Please email resume and salary requirements to: power@inch.com Or fax to: (212) 223-8765
From: lasmith@athena.mit.edu (Lones A Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do I set up a remote printer queue from a NeXT to a UNIX workstation? Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:15:41 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Message-ID: <48tfht$7k2@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Hi, My dept sys admin guy (not a NeXT fan, but willing to help out) cannot seem to set up my NeXT so that it can take advantage of a networked printer in my department. How is this possible? PrinterManager seems not to allow it, and various of the sys admin apps occasionally tantalized us by showing the word printer in a list, but alas always stymied us. Explicit details would really be appreciated, Thanks, Lones -- Lones A. Smith, Economics, MIT || The `v' in Massachvsetts Institvte E52-252C, Cambridge MA 02139 || of Technology is a Latin affectation 617-253-0914 (voice), -6915 (fax) || with which I strongly disagree. lones@lones.mit.edu (NeXT mail OK) || Feel free to svbstitvte `u' as desired.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpmeia@netcom.com Subject: Print Problem Message-ID: <nntpuserDIEpq4.8y3@netcom.com> Keywords: printing, LaserJet Sender: netnews@mork.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:51:40 GMT Hi. I've got a Versa notebook running NS3.3 (unpatched), has worked fine for over a year. Today it would not print...sent the print job to the printer (an HPLJ4M), printer lights blink normally for a second or two, then stop. The NS PrintManager print queue is empty, but nothing has printed. No telltale entries in any of the /usr/adm files. The printer checks out 4.0 and is not a problem. I can't correlate to any specific (stupid) action on my part. Any suggestions? Thanks, please respond to: jpmeia@netcom.com nextmail welcome
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstep/System Admin/Career Position/DC Area Date: 22 Nov 1995 00:02:22 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <48tpae$kck@news1.channel1.com> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Career Position Strong Commercial Experience Relocation Assistance DC Area To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] Omni Search (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Japanese Postscript print out Date: 22 Nov 1995 00:06:56 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <48tpj1$1gt@miwok.nbn.com> References: <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> In <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Tsukasa Tada wrote: > > Hi, I have been wondering is there any way to print out "Japanese" Postscript > file through "standard" PostScript printer, which doesn't have Japanese fonts. > > Since I am running NS3.2J I can see my Japanese document on the display but > can't print out through network. I do have Japanese font sets came with NS3.2J > so I was wondering if there is anyway to convert them to 300dpi bitmaps and > send to PSprinter. I am aware of that it will make a huge PostScript file but I > only have to print out Japanese font occasionally so it won't be a problem. > This is also the reason I am reluctant to buy a printer by myself to connect > directly to my machine. > > Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, > Hello: You could try eXTRAPRINT. It does the Postscript RIPing on the host machine, then sends a compressed bitmap to the printer. There is support for a wide range of printers from HP, Canon, Epson, The Printer Works, and many others. For more info, visit this page: http://www.gscorp.com/eXTRAPRINT.html Best regards, John C. Fox john@gscorp.com http://www.gscorp.com
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP/System Admin/Career Position/ILL Date: 22 Nov 1995 00:06:25 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <48tpi1$kck@news1.channel1.com> System Administrator NEXTSTEP Commercial experience Career Position Exceptonal Opportunity Relocation Assistance Greater Chicago Area To be considered---Fax resume or mail a hard copy. -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] Omni Search (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
From: david@dbynum.async.csuohio.edu (D E Bynum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Microtek Scanmaker III on a DECpc XL 590? Date: 22 Nov 1995 02:23:01 GMT Organization: Cleveland State University Message-ID: <48u1i5$8g5@csu-b.csuohio.edu> Has anyone tried to run a Microtek Scanmaker (any model) with the ScanMaker software (or any other?) through the external (50-pin narrow) SCSI port on a DECpc XL 590 (that's an Intel Pentium system with an embedded NCR/Symbios 53C810 SCSI controller)? I know that port has been found to be unreliable with external tape decks, and I myself have seen input/output errors through it with a tape streamer, which I've been told are due to problems with timing in the driver. Does that--or anything else--also disable a Microtek scanner's operation through that port? If so, is there any fix? Thanks for advice! David bynum@lserver.math.csuohio.edu
From: tada@pentexts.itp.ucsb.edu (Tsukasa Tada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Japanese Postscript print out Date: 22 Nov 1995 02:55:40 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Message-ID: <48u3fc$qt4@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> References: <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Hi, all. Regarding my question In article <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> tada@pentexts.itp.ucsb.edu (Tsukasa Tada) writes: > > Hi, I have been wondering is there any way to print out "Japanese" Postscript > file through "standard" PostScript printer, which doesn't have Japanese fonts. I have received a couple of kind help. As a result I learned that there is a filter package named kanjips, which convert PostScript file with "Kanji" to usual PostScript file with bitmaps for Kanji. Thanks to this package I can print out Japanese text file also by using script "jenscript" which comes with kanjips very clearly. It should also work with Jtex but I have not succeeded this part. If you are interested you can find kanjips.NeXT.tar.Z at ftp://pinoko.berkeley.edu/pub/next/nihongo/ as well as Japanese bitmap fonts set jis??.Z. My sincere gratitude to whom kindly responded to my question. Thank you very much. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tsukasa Tada Internet: tada@itp.ucsb.edu Institute for Theoretical Physics Phone: (805) 893-2822 University of California FAX: (805) 893-2431 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: synchronization Date: 22 Nov 1995 04:38:48 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-07.usc.edu Message-ID: <48u9go$dei@usc.edu> I know there are various source programs at the ftp sites to dial into Greenwich time or some such way of correcting one's clock, but would anyone be able to NeXTMail me a binary for m68k NS3.3? Much appreciated -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [NEED OPINIONS] Http suggestions needed... Date: 22 Nov 1995 04:17:56 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <48u89k$22p@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Suggestions or comments on my home pages wanted... Any assistance will be appreciated. Below is URL: http://www.mysolution.com This runs on NeXTcube on 040 processor. I want to move it to Pentium 90, if too slow. Please tell me if too slow. (I also use this system to scan and write HTML pages). Thanks. -ME
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: printing to Window NT via lpr Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 04:35:08 Organization: Engineering Computing Center, University of Houston Message-ID: <sears.15.0004961A@uh.edu> We are having problems printing to printer queued off a Windows NT server. The problem comes from the fact that by default, on Windows NT, lpd thinks that all jobs are sent as "formated", i.e., f Formatted File. Name of a file to print which is already formatted. What we really want is: l Like ``f'', but passes control characters and does not make page breaks. What happens is that printing from NEXTSTEP causes the PS source to be printed instead of the printer "rendering" the PS. Apparently, the NT lpd adds the necessary "control codes" to tell the printer not to interpret the file. We can get around this via the command line on NEXTSTEP by sending the job as lpr -l -PNTQueue job1 job2 ... However, when printing from apps, they are spooled as if they were sent as normal "lpr". Here is the printcap for that printer: Keck_Lab_new: \ :ty=HP LaserJet 4/4M PostScript 600DPI:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:lp=: \ :lo=lock:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs: \ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/w129_d3:rm=bluejay.egr.uh.edu:rp=ECC_Laser: Anyone know what I can do in the printcap to force all jobs to be sent to this printer as "lpr -l"? I tried setting p some filters for if and of but I did not have any success. Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
From: katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Thomas Katzlberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: EditSound 2.1 and ImageConverter 1.1 Date: 22 Nov 1995 07:46:45 GMT Organization: a black NeXT Message-ID: <48ukh5$t6o@news.vanderbilt.edu> EditSound 2.1 and ImageConverter 1.1 are to be found in ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions =========================================== EditSound.app is a quite good Sound Editor. =========================================== It converts most sound-formats with a simple double-Click to NeXT .snd files and opens them. It plays modfiles in a subthread up to 44KHz with oversampling. Echo effects, Spectral & FFT analysis are possible. Of course you can record, play & edit sounds. The application was compiled on a NS 3.2 system. The sources for this project can not be supplied because the Application is based on my ReusableObjects library. 2.1 (11/95) -- sound conversion services -- sox conversion bug corrected (smaller files, better quality) -- preferences to play sound on open -- modplayer for Intel fixed -- sox updated to newest version and speed improved -- evil mod-file delete bug fixed Please send comments to: Katzlberger Thomas (katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) No warranty or guarantee of any kind ! =============================================== ImageConverter is a frontend for netpbm & jpeg. =============================================== It converts almost all images to anf from NeXT tiffs with a simple double-Click and opens them with your default image application. It also provides SERVICES for most image types, converting them for WWW-apps (Omni-Image) or just if you want to drag-&-drop a foreign image into a rtf file. NI stands for NeXT & Intel fat binary. This application is GNU Licenced. ------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure that you have got 18MB diskspace to expand this app Installed it will be about 5.5MB or less if you compress unused tools in ImageConverter.app/bin ------------------------------------------------------------- Cat. -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ Thomas Katzlberger _/_/ _/_/ katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu _/_/ _/_/ @aBlackNeXT.called.garfield _/_/ _/_/ http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~katzlbt/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish." _/_/ _/_/ UNIX man page for tunefs. _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb From: huck@slartibartfast.nosc.mil (Craig Huckabee) Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Message-ID: <1995Nov21.012201.27168@nosc.mil> Sender: news@nosc.mil Organization: NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 01:22:01 GMT You can kill the Control D stuff in Windows printers by adding CrtlD=0 to the [<Printer>,<Port>] section for the printer device in question. For a device on LPT1 that uses the Generic Postscript driver this would be the section [Postscript,LPT1]. This tip can be found in one of the READMEs included with Windows. HTH, Craig In article <48q25j$pm0@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >In <48p05f$9ba@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Timothy Reed <treed@gun.com> writes: > > >>I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One >>page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple >>Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. The error >>on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than Control-Ms in some >>sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured this out? > >Some Windows software puts a Control-D as the first character of the >postscript file it would probably be worth checking that out and >writing a small filter script that all print jobs get sent through to >ensure that it has been stripped out. > >Cheers Rupert. > >E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SerialPointingDevice Problems - PLEASE HELP Date: 22 Nov 1995 10:30:36 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <48uu4c$r12@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> I decided to install the latest SerialPointingDevice driver (3.33) so I FTPed it and ran in the installer, all went well. I thought that I configured it OK but when I booted up this morning a message appeared saying : SerialPointingDevice : "ISASerialPort0" is not a registed Port the boot then continued but I did not get a movable mouse pointer :-( I've looked in /private/Devices/SerialPointingDevice.config/Instance0.table and in the is a line saying PortDevice = "ISASerialPort0" what should this line really say to get the mouse to work. The mouse is in Serial port A under windows, and the systems is running NS 3.3 for Intel. Any help appreciated as its somewhat difficult using NeXTSTEP without a mouse ! Cheers Rupert. P.S. Could you e-mail me directly. E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: martine@icgned.nl Subject: How to Post newsgroup-email without news account? Message-ID: <DIFxxv.AK4@icgned.nl> Keywords: post 68030 newsgrazer Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:46:43 GMT Hello lucky NewsGrazer users, Here I have an original 68030 Cube with Optical and NS 3.3, PopOver, OmniWeb, GateKeeper, NXFax and SendMail all set up and all WWW connectivity JUST WORKS (even performance is acceptable)! I bet the NeXTengineers could not have dreamed of this in 1988 back in theire labs. There's only one issue I cannot solve though: To post a mail like this one to a newsgroup I need to have a news/uucp-account with NewsGrazer, which I do not have at my local provider. So how can I post an e-mail to a Newsgroup without NewsGrazer? I've heard of an university who provides this services, something like: send mail to "news.comp.sys.next.sysadmin@berkeley.edu". Does anyone has details about how to post an email like this without using newsgrazer? ..................................................................... Best regards, Martine van Ginkel
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Restart after power outage Date: 22 Nov 1995 07:05:07 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <48v3lj$1ue@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> In article <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu>, colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) writes: >I seemed to remember that there's a way to get a cube to automatically >power up after a power outage, but I've searched the on-line docs and >the faqs and I can't find any information. Can someone please point >me in the right direction? Turbo Cubes and NextStations (and a few late-model non-Turbo systems) have a newer clock controller chip that supports this feature. On these machines, you can use Preferences.app to set power-on time and date, and . In Preferences, look for a button in the scroll view with a green circle and inset green vertical bar. Click this, and you'll get a panel with a calender, time setting field, and a box with check buttons to select select power-up automatically after a power outage and power-up on a selected date and time. (Verified for NS 3.3) Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: Q: Japanese Postscript print out Message-ID: <DIFz9H.GM@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <48raek$ij5@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:15:16 GMT Why not include the fonts in the document? Either the app has a switch to allow this or set this globally in NetInfo (?) Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names?
From: Jo Peters <peters@boystown.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: problem: named dies, often! Date: 22 Nov 1995 14:43:19 GMT Organization: Novia Internetworking <> 28.8kbps dialup; 402/390-2NET Message-ID: <48vcu7$39i@nntp.novia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jo Peters <peters@boystown.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: (no subject) Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:11:00 GMT Organization: Novia Internetworking <> 28.8kbps dialup; 402/390-2NET Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <48tf94$e9s@nntp.novia.net> We're running NextStep 3.0 on a Next box. And: We are having a problem w/ the named daemon on our primary nameserver. A week ago it began dying several times a day for reasons unknown. I have worked on this system for 3 1/2 years and have not seen this problem before. In attempts to resolve the problem, I have: 1) Rebooted the system. No errors were reported during shutdown or reboot. File system appears to be OK. After rebooting, named continues to die. 2) Run named in debug mode, to see if any errors are reported at the time of death. No. No errors are written to any log files or to the console. In looking at the log file which is produced when named is running in debug mode, there is no apparent pattern to what is occurring at the time of named's death. (No particular host doing a query, etc.). 3) No system files were changed prior to this problem. We did have our usenet news feed terminated about the time this started, but I'm not sure which happened first - the end of news or the named problem. At any rate, all jobs related to news have been removed from the cron table, etc. 4) We have two machines running the same Unix (identical versions). I compared the named executables using the cmp command; no differences were identified, so I don't think the executable has been corrupted. 5) There is no consistent system activity going on at the time of named's death; i.e., there is no particular cronjob running when named dies. 6) Time of death appears to be random. The problem appears to be getting worse, however; last week named tended to die 2 times a day. This week it's been dying more frequently. So, bottom line is, I have no clues as to why named dies. Has anyone seen this? Do you have suggestions as to how I can track down the problem? Thanks, Jo Peters Boystown National Research Hospital peters@boystown.org 555 N. 30th St. Omaha, NE 68131 (402) 498-6672
From: pete@voyager.whoi.edu (Peter Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 22 Nov 1995 14:44:48 GMT Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Message-ID: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: cc -bsd -fwritable-strings -O -I../hdrs -c mcprt.c In file included from ../hdrs/defs.h:600, from mcprt.c:48: /NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/strings.h:23: warning: conflicting types for built-in function `strlen' mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) mcprt.c:65: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once mcprt.c:65: for each function it appears in.) mcprt.c: In function `MCfprintf': mcprt.c:88: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) mcprt.c: In function `MCsprintf': mcprt.c:111: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) *** Exit 1 Is there a config fix for this? -pete --- Peter Schmitt {####} Information Systems Assoc. II {###} pschmitt@whoi.edu _________ \|/ ++ / _______________ |_______|__/-\__|-|_^_/-\__||_n ==== n_/ Woods Hole \_ |[][] |----------------|----| \ 158 Clark Building | Oceanographic || UNIX ________________|_|| | Ph: 508/289-2877 | Institution | ------/ ==__---__ ====--||- Fx: 508/457-2174 q|===================|_|=====__/ =======|=====[__]-p Woods Hole, MA 02543 ____( )( )______( )( )__________\ /_\ /_\ /_________________________________
From: wolfgang@neptun.nt.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Pusch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Number of bootable partitions? <-- BIOS Date: 22 Nov 1995 16:55:58 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <48vkmu$l7v@news.tuwien.ac.at> Is there a BIOS limit in the number of bootable partitions located on one single disk? I want to configure my system to have three bootable partitions (200 MB OS/2; 600 MB DOS; 1300 MB NeXTstep) on a single 2.1 GB SCSI disk. Probably I have to install a further partition (7 MB) for the OS/2 Bootmanager. Is that possible or are there any restrictions (from the BIOS, ......)? Has anyone experience with such a configuration? - Wolfgang
From: benb@flannel.velocity.com (Ben Black) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What is the latest version of PGP for NS? Date: 22 Nov 1995 17:05:02 GMT Organization: Minnesota Regional Network (MRNet) Message-ID: <48vl7u$boi@news.mr.net> References: <48t7co$j47@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > and is it 32-bit? is it 32 bit? stuck in DOS/Windoze mode, are we? ben
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to remove the machine name from email address ? Date: 22 Nov 1995 17:27:51 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) wrote: > I am running an Intel based NS 3.3 machine and when I send mail from > the Nextmail app it always puts my e-mail address in as > rjh@ojfpc.ecs.soton.ac.uk rather than rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk - which is > what it should be. [ ... ] > So how do I configure my mail to put the correct e-mail address in - > do I have to hack my sendmail.cf or what. What you want to do is known as "masquarading". You can hack your old sendmail.cf file if you know how, but you're probably better off installing sendmail 8.7.2 and configuring it appropriately: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.patch -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Low-Level Format and Configuration Question Date: 22 Nov 1995 17:55:56 GMT Organization: Cleveland State University Message-ID: <48vo7c$g0i@csu-b.csuohio.edu> Greetings everyone and Happy Thanksgiving. I just developed a problem on my Canon Object.station41 when my drive developed some serious damage on it. In about one day the drive became totally unusable, giving me errors that fsck manually could not resolve. I decided to low-level format the drive, but the utilities I used did not work. It would come back in a few seconds and that indicated to me that it was not completing the job. I tried reinstalling NeXTSTEP but it would fail giving a bad sector after a little while. what I want to figure out is: 1. Can one change the install process so that NeXTSTEP looks for a SCSI device at 334 instead of 330 (and how to do that) and: 2. How to get it to boot long enough to use sdform or sdformat at a NeXTSTEP # prompt. If anyone can answer one or both of these questions, please email me at Rosenfeld.1@nd.edu. Your help and time are both appreciated. Take care, Joe -- ======================================================================= Joe Rosenfeld 219-631-3939 Joseph.S.Rosenfeld.1@nd.edu Director of Law School Computing, University of Notre Dame Law School =======================================================================
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HP JetDirect installation... Date: 22 Nov 1995 18:41:19 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <48vqsf$ktl@miwok.nbn.com> References: <48sls9$2k9@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> In <48sls9$2k9@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> David A. Coyle wrote: > We've just acquired, accidentally it seems, a printer with an HP JetDirect > card. I want to use it for my NextStep machines, but have no instructions > whatsoever, either with the card, online with PrintManager, ... > (we don't have any DOS/Windoze machines with ethernet cards that could be > used for setup) > > The printer self-test indicates that the IP address is 0.0.0.0 and it > doesn't know a host name: this appears to be the place to start.... > > thanks in advance, > > Dave > Hi Dave: There's a document on our web site that explains how to do it. Basically, you have to have your NEXTSTEP computer "assign" an IP address to the JetDirect interface using bootp. What happens is that your computer looks out on the ethernet for a device with a specific ethernet address then associates an IP address and hostname to it. Here's where the document lives: http://www.gscorp.com/Support_Bulletins.html Hope this helps, John john@gscorp.com http://www.gscorp.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail.8.7.2? Date: 22 Nov 1995 19:03:05 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-22.usc.edu Message-ID: <48vs59$6rd@usc.edu> References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.patch 1) what is difference with 8.7.2 2) what is the patch for and how does one install it? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: Roger Shields <rlshields@tasc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Restricted shell Date: 22 Nov 1995 21:38:16 GMT Organization: TASC Inc. Message-ID: <490588$rm4@lois.Read.TASC.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need to set up a restricted shell under NeXTSTEP 3.2. Can anyone tell me where to get started? Thanks.
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: problem: named dies, often! Date: 22 Nov 1995 23:57:03 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <490dcf$ojh@news.its.com> References: <48vcu7$39i@nntp.novia.net> Jo Peters <peters@boystown.org> wrote: > We're running NextStep 3.0 on a Next box. And: > We are having a problem w/ the named daemon on our primary nameserver. > A week ago it began dying several times a day for reasons unknown. I have > worked on this system for 3 1/2 years and have not seen this problem > before. Are you acting as a secondary for any zones who has primary nameservers that have just upgraded to a more recent version of named? The documentation seems to suggest that doing so might be a problem. Anyway, your best bet is to upgrade to BIND-4.9.2 (or the 4.9.3-beta25), and compile the server with debugging enabled. Probably, the new version won't have any problems, but if it does: Run the server so that it can dump core, preferably via a '/cores' directory, and run gdb on the executable and the core file and see what's up. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Restart after power outage Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 12:30:19 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951122122846.3353A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> I think this is only for certain NeXT machines which had s special chip. to find out if you have this chip, go to preferences.app (as root) and click on the power module... if it doesn't say 'not applicable' then I think you have it. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: treed@bmt.gun.com (Timothy Reed) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: SUMMARY: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 23 Nov 1995 00:09:32 GMT Organization: The ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. Message-ID: <490e3s$rev@chinx4.thoughtport.COM> Hi, Recently I posted a query about problems printing from NT/95 to a NeXT printer hosted by NS 3.3. I got postscript errors on the NEXTSTEP print server whenever I tried to print from Windows. On good days, only one page printed, followed by the fatal error. The following details my NT/95 to NeXT Printer solution, in it's entirety. Hopefully this will save someone else a lot of work. I am using the fantastic Samba SMB-compatible client/server product for UNIX. If you run a heterogenous NT/95 and UNIX (including NEXTSTEP) network, make sure that TCP/IP is loaded on your Windows clients and get samba. You can centralize printer, application and home directories on your friendly UNIX server. I have defined my printer in smb.conf as follows: [global] ... browseable = yes auto services = homes printers apps web printcap name = /etc/printcap print command = /usr/bin/lp -d %p %s printing = sysv load printers = yes .... [printers] path = /tmp comment = NeXT Printers browseable = yes printable = yes writable = no Note that my Samba server runs Solaris, hence the printing=sysv. My server also has a bogus /etc/printcap - you'll have to do this whether you run NEXTSTEP or a system 5 variant like I do. Mine contains the name of our one printer as defined in my Solaris server's lp setup. For systems that permit proper aliasing, including BSD-derived OSes like NS, add each alias that the printer is known by, separated by pipe characters. Once you have the Samba daemons running, you can set up a network printer from the Printers config tool in Windows. Unfortunately, you'll need to provide workarounds so that whatever the Windows PS drivers are generating will print properly. To do this, log into the NS print server and edit /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes/English.lproj/NeXT_400_dpi_Level_II_Printer.ppd. Change the following line from: *DefaultOutputOrder: Reverse to: *%DefaultOutputOrder: Reverse *% will comment out the line. The drawback to this is that all documents will print in reverse page order. As Izumi said, "Reversing pages by hand is a drag, but it is generally faster than getting not output at all :-)." Try printing a long document - you should have no problem. Jonathan Hendry recommended installing the new Adobe control panel from Adobe's FTP site. By installing Adobe's control panel, you can set up new NT/95 printers with PPD files that were built esp. for the NeXT printer, amongst others. I downloaded it, but was unable to get it to install, since it wanted to see a previously installed adobeps.drv, which I hadn't installed before. I didn't spend a ton of time figuring it out, though I will probably pursue it a little further this weekend. Anyway, I hope that helps some other folks out there. I'm not too big on the whys and wherefores that caused the problems, but the above steps should work for you. Thanks to Jon Hendry <jhendry@itserver.senco.com> and Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> for quick, relevant responses to my post. Tim On 11/19/95, I wrote: > I hate to spawn a "me too" post, but I'm suffering from the same problem. One > page prints fine, but more than one generates an error. This is on the Apple > Laserwriter drivers, though other printer drivers cause the same error. > The error on the NS side indicates bad postscript, but other than > Control-Ms in some sections, it looks a-ok to me. Has anyone figured > this out? > Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: > >In article <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > >> I have Samba running, that is, I can connect to a printer from WinNT > >> PrintManager. But NT complains that the printer doesn't have a suitable > >> NULL printer driver installed (whatever that may be) and asks me to > >> select from a list of known printers. -- Timothy Reed, Black Market Technologies, Inc. (e) treed@gun.com (MSN) timothy_reed@msn.com (C$) 102570,1070@compuserve.com "Written documentation is an admission of failure."
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: [W] Tips on recoding NeXT/Adobes standard encoding Date: 23 Nov 1995 00:27:12 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <490bkg$2o2@alf.uib.no> I know that Adobe supports a larger character set than NeXT, and have had problems getting certain letters (mostly composites, zcaron, scaron, etc). A friend had tried recoding to put the special letters in question within the 255 range for use on NeXT, and it works. The problem is that the keyboard has to be completely reprogrammed because of the displacement caused in the coding. My question is: is it possible to recode a part/subset of standardencoding to enable use of special letters (by removing others seldomly/never used) without messing up the entire keyboard? I looked a bit in Thinking in PostScript but I'm not too good at the technical/programming side of things. Please e-mail replies. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Font conversion problems (Fonts 4 NS - where?) Date: 23 Nov 1995 00:29:05 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <490bo1$32l@alf.uib.no> I'm having big problems trying to convert some fonts I bought (in Mac format) to NeXT. Some years ago mcvert/mfrc did a great job, now they seem not to work (maybe mac has changed some internal format aspects?), mfrc never finds the POST resources despite they (appearing) to be there. I tried hexbin, macunpack, other programs to unpack the file (from an email message) and got 3 parts - data, resource and info. I tried using the font by manually removing the binary header but it caused WS crashes. So - some questions: 1. Where do NeXTsteppers buy fonts from and in what format? 2. Exist newer/better/working tools (free!) for font conversion Mac->NeXT? 3. Same as 2 but for PC. 4. If NeXT specific fonts aren't available, what does one do instead? Please e-mail replies, I'll summarize if there is interest. P.S. The problem font in question is Sonata, but I'm planning on converting others as well... Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: stefano@galileo.pr.net.ch (Stefano Unternaehrer) Subject: New disk for slab: Seagate or Micropolis ? Message-ID: <DI5Fpp.3wv@galileo.pr.net.ch> Sender: stefano@galileo.pr.net.ch (Stefano Unternaehrer) Organization: Home in Tenero, Switzerland Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 18:37:00 GMT Hi. I'm planning to change the internal disk of my NeXTStation Turbo Color with a brand new one having 1-2 GB available space. I have now to choice between - Seagate Barracuda ST32550N (Typ-Nr.SD-2146-IT) and - Micropolis 2217-AV If you are using one of this disk, please inform me! Problems, speed, rumor, etc etc etc etc... Thank you! Stefano -- Stefano Unternaehrer NeXTStep Software Developer Casa Manuela - 6598 Tenero Switzerland - Europe phone: +41 91 745 3073 fax: +41 91 745 3064 NeXTMail: Stefano@Galileo.pr.net.CH
From: aaronk@cco.caltech.edu (Aaron Higgins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP with BOOTING NeXT Turbo 33 Cube!!!! Date: 23 Nov 1995 04:43:49 GMT Organization: California Intitute of Technology Distribution: world Message-ID: <490u65$t6a@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Originator: aaronk@cco.caltech.edu I just configured my network setup on my NeXT Turbo/33 box (running NS 3.0) and accidentaly clicked 'yes' on the NIS usage button... Now, whenever I try to boot-up my machine, it pops up with a kernel-init shell (small shell window in center of screen). The mouse doesn't initialize or anyth ing. Here's something stranger, I 'exit' this "shell" and the OS loads various daemons and the sort but halts on netinit. It keeps repeating the error message "yp: Cannot access NIS with XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX. retrying....". I know that I can probable modify some text configuration file easily... BUT, I haven't been able to use a text editor in the "shell" window. Thanks for any advice! PLEASE E-MAIL me directly!! ------------------------------------------------------ Aaron Higgins (aaronk@cco.caltech.edu) ------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: NEW SUBMISSON: sendmail 8.7.2 on FTP archive Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:32:40 GMT I submitted a quad-fat version of sendmail 8.7.2 to ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.2.NIHS.tar.gz Please try it and let me know if you have any problems. I will post an official announcement once I verify that everyone can use it successfully. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Restricted shell In-Reply-To: Roger Shields's message of 22 Nov 1995 21:38:16 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov22233515@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <490588$rm4@lois.Read.TASC.COM> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:35:15 GMT Well, there is a restricted shell that comes with the latest version of sendmail (8.7.2) You can ftp the source from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <490588$rm4@lois.Read.TASC.COM> Roger Shields <rlshields@tasc.com> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26692 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsreader.read.tasc.com!usenet From: Roger Shields <rlshields@tasc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 22 Nov 1995 21:38:16 GMT Organization: TASC Inc. Lines: 5 NNTP-Posting-Host: puma.to95lab.rest.tasc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) X-URL: news://newsserver.read.tasc.com/comp.sys.next.sysadmin I need to set up a restricted shell under NeXTSTEP 3.2. Can anyone tell me where to get started? Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail.8.7.2? In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 22 Nov 1995 19:03:05 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov22233635@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> <48vs59$6rd@usc.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:36:35 GMT I put a NS installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.2 on ftp.cs.orst.edu last night. Just posted an article about it a few seconds ago. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <48vs59$6rd@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26691 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!usenet From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 22 Nov 1995 19:03:05 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 19 Sender: reichman@comserv-d-22.usc.edu References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-d-22.usc.edu chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.2.patch 1) what is difference with 8.7.2 2) what is the patch for and how does one install it? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: troyw@millenium.texas.net (Troy Weingart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TRI-BOOT: DOS/WIN95/NS3.3 Date: 23 Nov 1995 05:38:27 GMT Organization: Texas Networking, Inc. Message-ID: <4911cj$k75@news.texas.net> Is it possible to have 3 different partitions (DOS, WIN95, and NS3.3) and selectively boot one of the three? I've tried 3 times to get this to work but I have not had any luck. I think there are problems with keeping a DOS 6.22 partition and WIN95 on the same drive. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Troy
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Restart after power outage Date: 23 Nov 1995 07:34:38 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-23.usc.edu Message-ID: <49186e$lng@usc.edu> References: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951122122846.3353A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > I think this is only for certain NeXT machines which had s special chip. In my root preferences power module it gives choice to reboot after power outage or power down, but not to schedule a reboot at a certain time, only to turn it on at a specified time. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail.8.7.2? Date: 23 Nov 1995 07:36:20 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-23.usc.edu Message-ID: <49189k$lng@usc.edu> References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> <48vs59$6rd@usc.edu> <RDL.95Nov22233635@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > I put a NS installer pkg for sendmail 8.7.2 on ftp.cs.orst.edu > last night. Just posted an article about it a few seconds ago. Again, Robert La Ferla --- you are a gem! -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net (P.J.L. van Emmerik) Subject: Anyone using tcpdump? Cannot find /dev/bpf0 Message-ID: <DIHKzB.MnI@inter.NL.net> Sender: news@inter.NL.net (News at news) Organization: Holec Projects Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 08:59:41 GMT I downloaded tcpdump.3.0.s.tar.gz from peanuts.leo.org: /pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/communications I used the exitsting makefile, becouse configure on libpcap-0.0 complained: configure: cannot determine packet capture interface The program now complains: tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: no such file or directory Am i missing something? Must i create th special file /dev/bpf0, if so haw. Any help is welcome, Pieter Please Emaol to: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Font conversion problems (Fonts 4 NS - where?) Date: 23 Nov 1995 08:45:31 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-70.usc.edu Message-ID: <491cbb$1ll@usc.edu> References: <490bo1$32l@alf.uib.no> edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) wrote: > I'm having big problems trying to convert some fonts I bought (in > Mac format) to NeXT. Some years ago mcvert/mfrc did a great job, > now they seem not to work (maybe mac has changed some internal > format aspects?), mfrc never finds the POST resources despite they > (appearing) to be there. I tried hexbin, macunpack, other programs > to unpack the file (from an email message) and got 3 parts - > data, resource and info. I tried using the font by manually removing > the binary header but it caused WS crashes. Try: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/fonts/pcATMfont2Next.tar.Z ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/fonts/Mac2NextFontConvert.tar.Zv As far as I know, all the NeXT ftp sites have font directories. And Adobe does sell fonts, and some of the CD Roms carry NS specific fonts. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Number of bootable partitions? <-- BIOS Date: 23 Nov 1995 08:39:46 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Message-ID: <491c0i$3ku@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <48vkmu$l7v@news.tuwien.ac.at> In Number of bootable partitions? <-- BIOS comp.sys.next.sysadmin wolfgang@neptun.nt.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Pusch) writes, > Is there a BIOS limit in the number of bootable partitions located on one > single disk? > > I want to configure my system to have three bootable partitions (200 MB > OS/2; 600 MB DOS; 1300 MB NeXTstep) on a single 2.1 GB SCSI disk. Probably > I have to install a further partition (7 MB) for the OS/2 Bootmanager. > Is that possible or are there any restrictions (from the BIOS, ......)? > Has anyone experience with such a configuration? > > - Wolfgang Yes, you can do it, since one single hard disk can have up to 4 primary partitions, and DOS, OS/2, NeXTSTEP, bootmanager are the 4 partitions for you. BTW, the bootmanager only need 1 MB space. Yuwen Cheng yucheng@math.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Subject: Re: NEW SUBMISSON: sendmail 8.7.2 on FTP archive Message-ID: <DIHMA7.s4@empire.org> Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) References: <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 08:30:06 GMT In article <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > I submitted a quad-fat version of sendmail 8.7.2 to > ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.2.NIHS.tar.gz > > Please try it and let me know if you have any problems. I will post > an official announcement once I verify that everyone can use it > successfully. > What's New about .2 ? -Alby
From: rootkar@sofbid.com ("Systemmanager Dr. Karch") Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: test Date: 21 Nov 1995 15:00:12 GMT Organization: SOFBID GmbH Message-ID: <48sphs$78u@goethe.sofbid.com> kommt dieses posting an ?
From: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to remove the machine name from email address ? Date: 23 Nov 1995 12:43:34 GMT Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Message-ID: <491q9m$du1@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> References: <48fbtm$ovc@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> In <48vmin$f51@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: >rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Rupert Hollom) wrote: >> do I have to hack my sendmail.cf or what. >What you want to do is known as "masquarading". You can hack your old >sendmail.cf file if you know how, but you're probably better off installing >sendmail 8.7.2 and configuring it appropriately: What I ended up doing was to write a PERL program that sent all my mail via SMTP as there is an SMTP server here - this also means that when/if the mailer stuff is updated on the university machines I am automatically going to be using it ! Thanks for all the replies to this though ! Cheers Rupert. E-Mail: rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk URL : http://diana.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~rjh/cv.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch> Message-ID: <9511231153.AA00285@edipo> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3risc v118.3) Original-Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.3) Pp-Warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line From: David EKCHIAN <david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 95 12:53:18 +0100 Subject: Re: How do I set up a remote printer queue from a NeXT to a UNIX. I followed the instruction from NeXT and (as usual) it works fine! David. Using Non-NEXTSTEP Printers from a NEXTSTEP Computer To configure a non-NEXTSTEP printer for use from a NEXTSTEP computer, use the following procedures: 1. Set the appropriate permissions to permit access to the remote printer. This usually involves entering the host names of your NEXTSTEP computers in /etc/hosts.lpd on the non-NEXTSTEP print server. 2. Log into one of the NEXTSTEP computers and create a file named something like yourprintcap containing an entry similar to the following: PrinterName|alias:\ :lp=:rm=remotehost:rp=remoteprinter:\ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/PrinterName:\ :ty=printertype: Here's a description of the variables used in this example: * PrinterName-Name that will appear in the Print panel on the NEXTSTEP computers * alias-Optional alias for the remote printer * remotehost-Host name of the remote print server * remoteprinter-Name of the printer as it appears in /etc/printcap on the remote system * printertype-Comment string that will appear in the Print panel under Type; usually describes the type of printer ("PostScript," for example) For more information, see the UNIX manual page for printcap. 3. Load the file yourprintcap into your NetInfo domain by entering the following command in a shell window as root (if you want to load this information into a different domain, replace "/" with "." or ".." as appropriate): niload printcap / < yourprintcap 4. Restart the NEXTSTEP computer(s). This starts lpd print daemons for the remote printers. o _ /-;c __________________________________________________________________(@)#\(@)___ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ David C. EKCHIAN _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ IBK-Informatik(HIL) _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Phone: ++41-1-633 31 10 _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Email: david@pfi.ibk.baum.ethz.ch _____________________________________________________________________________ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Inst. Structural Engineering _____________________________________________________________________________
From: jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 23 Nov 1995 10:07:30 -0500 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: >mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': >mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) (munch) You need to #include <varargs.h>. -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
From: ken@mutt.com (Ken Craig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 10:09:18 -0500 Organization: Mutt Software Message-ID: <ken-2311951009180001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> In article <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch>, frank@ifi.unibas.ch wrote: > isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) wrote: > > > In comp.sys.next.sysadmin article pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) > > > wrote: > > > > > > Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we > > > desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to > > > a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, > > > as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. > > > > > > What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 > > > pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I > > > think for a modem) didn't work... > > > > > > help please! has anyone out there done this? > > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > You will need 2 things to do this: > > l) First the cable > > > > NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: > > cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D > > Pin Signal Pin Signal > > 3 TXD 3 RXD > > 4 GND 7 GND > > 5 RXD 2 TXD > > 8 CTS 20 DTR > > > > ll) An then a printer driver, for example Dots ;-) > I'm guessing that you've got Macs around so there's another solution that doesn't force you to give up a laserwriter from your network. There's a small application called lpDaemon that runs on the Mac and allows you to print from Unix boxes to whatever printer the Mac can see. We had this working about 2 years ago between our NeXT machines and an old Mac SE we had lying around so I probably can't help with any technical details, but it's not too tough. I can mail a copy of lpDaemon to you if you'd like. It's also available on the Info-Mac archive sites <ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/mac/> in the comm/tcp or prn directories. Ken -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken and Rhea Craig (Home) ken@mutt.com http://www.netdepot.com/~ken/ (Work) ken@infoman.com "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
From: ken@mutt.com (Ken Craig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: printing to an AppleTalk printer Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 10:13:48 -0500 Organization: Mutt Software Message-ID: <ken-2311951013480001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> References: <48ovh1$9bk@news.mel.aone.net.au> In article <48ovh1$9bk@news.mel.aone.net.au>, lukeh@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Luke Howard) wrote: > Apologies if this is a FAQ, but is there any easy way to print from > NSFIP 3.3 to a printer via AppleTalk (on Ethernet)? > > There's a Mac application called lpDaemon that allows Unix machines to print to Mac printers. It's available via anonymous ftp at <ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/info-mac/comm/tcp/lp-daemon-34.hqx> -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken and Rhea Craig (Home) ken@mutt.com http://www.netdepot.com/~ken/ (Work) ken@infoman.com "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
From: ken@mutt.com (Ken Craig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 10:22:25 -0500 Organization: Mutt Software Message-ID: <ken-2311951022250001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> <ken-2311951009180001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> In article <ken-2311951009180001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com>, ken@mutt.com (Ken Craig) wrote: > In article <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch>, > frank@ifi.unibas.ch wrote: > > > isa@barbara.heinz.com (Isabel Berizzo) wrote: > > > > In comp.sys.next.sysadmin article pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we > > > > desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to > > > > a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, > > > > as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. > > > > > > > > What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 > > > > pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I > > > > think for a modem) didn't work... > > > > > > > > help please! has anyone out there done this? > > > > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > > > You will need 2 things to do this: > > > l) First the cable > > > > > > NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: > > > cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D > > > Pin Signal Pin Signal > > > 3 TXD 3 RXD > > > 4 GND 7 GND > > > 5 RXD 2 TXD > > > 8 CTS 20 DTR > > > > > > ll) An then a printer driver, for example Dots ;-) > > > > I'm guessing that you've got Macs around so there's another solution that > doesn't force you to give up a laserwriter from your network. > > There's a small application called lpDaemon that runs on the Mac and > allows you to print from Unix boxes to whatever printer the Mac can see. > We had this working about 2 years ago between our NeXT machines and an old > Mac SE we had lying around so I probably can't help with any technical > details, but it's not too tough. > I can mail a copy of lpDaemon to you if you'd like. > It's also available on the Info-Mac archive sites > <ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/mac/> > in the comm/tcp or prn directories. > Ooops. That's the UMich mirror. Try <ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/info-mac/comm/tcp/lp-daemon-34.hqx> Ken -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken and Rhea Craig (Home) ken@mutt.com http://www.netdepot.com/~ken/ (Work) ken@infoman.com "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
From: zhao@crl.nmsu.edu (Z. Zhao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: after patch 3.3.: "Memory exhausted" Date: 16 Nov 1995 20:36:21 GMT Organization: Computing Research Lab/New Mexico State University Message-ID: <ZHAO.95Nov16133621@sparta.crl.nmsu.edu> After installing patch 3.3, I couldn't use EMACS any more. (Emacs.app still works). As long as I start #emacs in terminal.app, I would get message "Memory exhausted" under the emacs bar. Hope someone could save me. zhao
From: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Problems with external swap disk? Date: 23 Nov 1995 15:47:08 GMT Organization: Daimler-Benz AG Message-ID: <49251s$lfi@news.sns-felb.debis.de> Hi, I installed an external swap-disk (labeled swapdisk) on a hp 712-workstation and commented out the swapfile entry in /etc/swaptab. Since the swapdisk is installed, the machine crases quite often after accessing the disk. The same machine had no problems with the same disk used as data disk, and not as swapdisk. Do I have to do anything other than labeling an external swapdisk as swapdisk and commenting out the swapfile entry in /etc/swaptab? .Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: not in /adm/? Date: 23 Nov 1995 18:55:39 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-e-58.usc.edu Message-ID: <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> I boot up in verbose mode and am seeing a few strange messages during checkdisk which I would like to post here for translation. But I cannot find where there is a text record of the entire boot process. Where is it? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: Karsten.Heinze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Karsten Heinze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problems with external swap disk? Date: 23 Nov 1995 18:31:51 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Message-ID: <492emn$egq@pyrrhus-f.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <49251s$lfi@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) wrote: > I installed an external swap-disk (labeled swapdisk) on a hp 712-workstation > and commented out the swapfile entry in /etc/swaptab. > Since the swapdisk is installed, the machine crases quite often after > accessing > the disk. The same machine had no problems with the same disk used as data > disk, and not as swapdisk. > > Do I have to do anything other than labeling an external swapdisk as > swapdisk > and commenting out the swapfile entry in /etc/swaptab? You don't need commenting out anything in /etc/swaptab. NS find the swapdisk automatically, see at /etc/rc.swp. - Karsten --- Karsten.Heinze@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome Tel.: 0172/3763092 Fax: 037296/15056 *** Powered_By_NEXTSTEP ***
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 23 Nov 1995 13:39:59 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eg2ffqac0.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> <jq@phcs.phcs.com> writes: >In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, >Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >>I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: >>mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': >>mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) >(munch) >You need to #include <varargs.h>. I'd stop now if I was use because I don't remember getting that problem when I compiled Elm. The only problem I got was it was using the wrong timezone stuff and screwing up the headers. Otherwise Configure should do it's best. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (System Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding network printers Date: 23 Nov 1995 22:51:34 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Distribution: world Message-ID: <492ttm$l0g@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <KAY.95Nov20123111@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> Cameron Kay (kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz) wrote: : I'm no Unix expert so I'd appreciate some help please. I've got a : Apple LaserWriter 16/600 and would like to be able to print to it from : my two machines running NEXTSTEP. Now Apple provides a utility for : setting the printers IP address so that wasn't a problem. What I'm : having difficulty doing is telling NEXTSTEP about the printer. I : looked in PrintManager.app thinking it would allow me to setup network : printers as well as one directly connected. Sadly it doesn't. : Has anyone setup a network printer before. And how difficult is : it. Also NEXTSTEP doesn't come with a PPD for the Apple LaserWriter : 16/600. Can I copy the one that comes with the Mac or are they binary : files. Caveats: Not guaranteed. Use common sense. I did this a year ago, I may miss something here. Backup your netinfo before doing this. THAT said. Typical printcap entry: Luther: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Luther:rm=luther.space.ualberta.ca:rp=lp:lp=: \ :ty=Lexmark_Optra_LaserPrinter: \ :note=Trial high resolution printer:lo=lock: You can edit that as you need, and then stuff it in with an niload printcap / < whateveryoucalledthefile Directory /usr/spool/NeXT/Luther must exist. You have to create it with mkdir. rm is the remote machine. rp is the name of the printer on the remote machine. This is NOT neccessarily the same (and in fact usually isn't) as the name it goes by on the net. ty is the machine type. This is how lpd and npd figure out which pdf to use. note is the description that shows up in the printer panel. I think you will ahve to log out and log in for it to show up in the print panel, but that it will be usable from the command line immediately. As to your other question, pdf's are just text describing the printer. If the mac format is off the wall, try ftping to adobe.com. They have aleph-null pdf files. -- Sherwood Botsford # sherwood@space.ualberta.ca Physics Dept # 403 492 5728 mornings (Math Dept) University of Alberta # 3713 afternoons 0714 Fax Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J1 # Contract Unix system admin & troubleshooting
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: salvo@eskimo.com (Marc Salvatori) Subject: Re: Man pages question Message-ID: <DIIt8H.D5u@eskimo.com> Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <48qnop$equ@usc.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 23:57:53 GMT reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: : I have a man8 page that doesn't register in Librarian as a .nr page and I : checked ownership and chmod and it all seems fine. What do I have to do to : get it to register properly. I also reindexed to no avail. The catman command will help you get what you need. -- >< Marc J. Salvatori | NeXTMail read, but not spoken >< >< salvo@eskimo.com | Searching for color clip art ><
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Copying to floppy drive in single user mode Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 21:47:10 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Well, I'm no expert, but I believe that you have to mount the floppy drive, and trying to format in single-user might be tricky. on my NS3.2 NeXT machine, floppies are mounted on /dev/rfd0b so you'd want to do something like mount /dev/rfd0b /floppydisk Good luck TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: synchronization Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 01:19:29 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124011726.6081C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <48u9go$dei@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <48u9go$dei@usc.edu> You might want to check out ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/system/ NIST_Synchronicity.2.3.NI.b.tar.gz It's a preference module, I think, which does this. -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to Post newsgroup-email without news account? Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 01:32:59 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124012305.6094A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <DIFxxv.AK4@icgned.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DIFxxv.AK4@icgned.nl> short answer: yes, it can be done. I know two sites which can do this: @antigone.com and @cs.utexas.edu ie: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@cs.utexas.edu comp-sys-next-bugs@cs.utexas.edu comp-sys-next-hardware@cs.utexas.edu comp-sys-next-misc@cs.utexas.edu comp-sys-next-software@cs.utexas.edu same for antigone.com, ie comp-sys-next-misc@antigone.com I liked antigone better because you get a confirmation message for your posts. You can also get daily digests from antigone via sendinging email to <digestif@antigone.com> with a body of 'HELP' I used this with great pleasure for several years. I still do when/if I can't get a newsfeed. -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Drivers for the new model Diamond Stealth VRAM card Date: 24 Nov 1995 07:40:00 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Nov24204000@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I had to replace my Diamond Stealth 4Mb PCI VRAM card the other day after it went faulty. Unfortunately the replacement card I received from my dealer is a new model. Instead of having all the VRAM on the card itself half the memory is one a daughter card. Now NEXTSTEP doesn't seem to recognize this card and insists on setting the display mode to 640x480 in 2 bit gray scale. Does anyone have a solution to this problem. I'm not sure if my dealer can get replacement cards in the old version. - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: Žfalkman@hegel2.cs.chalmers.se (G|ran Falkman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: HELP - No console! Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:57:24 GMT Organization: Chalmers University of Technology Message-ID: <4941dk$57j@nyheter.chalmers.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When I try to open the console in WM (using the tools menu) nothing happens. I guess I have accidently deleted something, but I do not know what (and how I did it). Please help, I do not know what to do! I also have TickleServices installed, and during login I get several error messages from it. Göran Falkman P.S. I have a NeXTStation Color running NS 3.3 D.S. _______________________________________________________________________ Göran Falkman Tel: + 46 31 772 5412 Cognition Technology Group Fax: + 46 31 16 56 55 Department of Computing Science Email: falkman@cs.chalmers.se Chalmers University of Technology WWW: http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~falkman/ S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
From: petitmermet@biocomp.mat.ethz.ch (Marc Petitmermet) Newsgroups: de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: boot and shut down errors/problems Date: 24 Nov 1995 09:05:25 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[5409] Distribution: world Message-ID: <4941sl$ee@elna.ethz.ch> Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. 1. The following problem appears when booting from a Quantum Grand Prix (1024): Load of /etc/mach_init, errno 2, trying /etc/init Load of /etc/init failed, errno 2 What did I do wrong? What's the meening of "errno 2"? What has to be done to make the hard disk bootable? ---- 2. BTW, it still sais that the Quantum Grand Prix is 10 MB. But after finishing booting, the system mounts two 2 GB partitions. Do I have to worry about the "10 MB" message? (disktab entries, initializing was done accordin to NeXTanswers 1533_Initializing_and_Partitioning_Big_Disks.rtf) ---- 3. An other problem which I had long before the Quantum Grand Prix was the "bad magic" message during booting. What does this mean? After this message, the boot process normaly stops and I have to boot NEXTSTEP manually, which always works without problems. ---- 4. My system does not shut down properly any more. I guess that it kills all running processes but at the end, it just does not turn off the computer. The next time I start the computer, it always checks the whole system (fsck) which takes a long time. Any hint to any above matters is appreciated to petitmermet@biocomp.mat.ethz.ch Thanks Marc
From: kiwi@ariane (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SerialPointingDevice Problems - PLEASE HELP Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:30:52 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <493vrs$mdf@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <48uu4c$r12@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Rupert Hollom (rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk) wrote: : I decided to install the latest SerialPointingDevice driver (3.33) so : I FTPed it and ran in the installer, all went well. I thought that I : configured it OK but when I booted up this morning a message appeared : saying : : SerialPointingDevice : "ISASerialPort0" is not a registed Port You'll need to install the latest SerialPort Driver too. Axel -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: kiwi@ariane (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: not in /adm/? Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:31:47 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <493vtj$mdf@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: : I boot up in verbose mode and am seeing a few strange messages during : checkdisk which I would like to post here for translation. But I cannot find : where there is a text record of the entire boot process. Where is it? /usr/adm/messages Axel -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: matthias@arkon.amg.de.amg.de (Matthias Schuerhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: test Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:57:48 GMT Organization: AMG Industrieconsulting GmbH Message-ID: <4941ec$9mo@hagen.amg.de> References: <48sphs$78u@goethe.sofbid.com> rootkar@sofbid.com ("Systemmanager Dr. Karch") wrote: > kommt dieses posting an ? Jawoll! Matthias ========================================= Matthias Schuerhoff AMG Industrie Consulting GmbH 44227 Dortmund / Germany Phone: 231 / 97 53 54 0 EMail: matthias@amg.de (NeXTmail welcome) =========================================
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Copying to floppy drive in single user mode Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:36:57 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <494079$dsn@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > >Well, I'm no expert, but I believe that you have to mount the floppy >drive, and trying to format in single-user might be tricky. > >on my NS3.2 NeXT machine, floppies are mounted on >/dev/rfd0b > >so you'd want to do something like >mount /dev/rfd0b /floppydisk You have to create the mountpoint /floppydisk first (just mkdir it) i would normally expect to use /dev/rfd0a although whatever works, great. as far as formatting the disk, you probably can do a disk -i /dev/rfd0a and then a newfs /dev/rfd0a and it will probably work. they might provide a different profram to work on floppies instead of "disk" but i doubt it. > >Good luck >TjL > >-- >Timothy J. Luoma >luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) >476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) >"If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." > -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Copying to floppy drive in single user mode Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:38:46 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <4940am$dsv@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <494079$dsn@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> wrote: >Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: >>so you'd want to do something like >>mount /dev/rfd0b /floppydisk >i would normally expect to use /dev/rfd0a although whatever works, >great. I'm stupid; you should normally mount the character mode device, not the raw device. You should, therefore, mount /dev/fd0a /floppydisk (although if you have a filesystem on fd0b more power to you). danno -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: biosread 0x8 error on additional drivers diskette Date: 24 Nov 1995 14:13:39 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <494juj$81c@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <48os7p$348@usenet1.interramp.com> In article <48os7p$348@usenet1.interramp.com> usb00378@interramp.COM (Atindra Chaturvedi) writes: > On a Compaq 486/66 32M RAM I had to use the additional drivers disk to > load an EIDE disk driver to install NextStep essentials. On the > subsequent rebbot the system asks to insert the driver disket > te again which I did. But it fails everytime with the same biosread 0x8 > error. This is the same diskette used to load the system in the first > place ! This is a problem noted in the NeXTanswer for the Compaq 5120 XL. You need to type: config=hd()Default only for the second boot. It will read the diskette and then work. If you manage to get it working with EIDE, please let me know, as I have not been able to boot from an EIDE disk on a Compaq. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Low-Level Format and Configuration Question Date: 24 Nov 1995 17:02:27 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <494tr3$kop@news.its.com> References: <48vo7c$g0i@csu-b.csuohio.edu> cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld) wrote: > 1. Can one change the install process so that NeXTSTEP looks for a SCSI > device at 334 instead of 330 (and how to do that) and: Not as far as I know. And yes, it's annoying having to switch jumpers around on your drive card because NeXT's drivers only work with one address, which they changed from one release of the OS to the next. > 2. How to get it to boot long enough to use sdform or sdformat at a > NeXTSTEP # prompt. Boot single-user off of the NEXTSTEP User CD_ROM? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: single-user mode - printing and mounting disks Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 14:14:44 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124141257.6958A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone know how to mount a floppy disk in single-user mode? What about printing? Straight lpr doesn't seem to work, are there parameters which need to be given? any (quick) help appreciated! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: eric@sfu.ca (Eric Kolotyluk) Subject: Using 4mm DAT Backup on NS 3.3 for SPARC Message-ID: <1995Nov25.005541.21813@cs.sfu.ca> Keywords: 4mm DAT SPARC Sender: news@cs.sfu.ca Organization: Simon Fraser University Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 00:55:41 GMT I'm running NEXTSTEP 3.3 for SPARC on a SS5 with a Sun (Python) 2G DAT Drive. The device is configure for SCSI Target 4 and NEXTSTEP seems to recognise the device at boot time. I've configure a Sun Tape in the Configuration Manager. When I try to use dump 0us 1200000 /def/rsd0a, or dump 0ufs /dev/nrxt0 1200000 /dev/rsd0a the dump starts off OK, but then fails with a message that it can contact the tape drive. Has anyone else successfully used dump with a Sun tape drive on NS for SPARC? Please reply to eric@sfu.ca
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installing the NeXT boot manager manually on a new drive Date: 22 Nov 1995 16:27:03 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Distribution: usa Message-ID: <48vj0n$p2s@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <DIEL36.MDz.0.-s@tpoint.net> In article <DIEL36.MDz.0.-s@tpoint.net> rpomeroy@tpoint.net (Ronald Pomeroy) writes: > How does one install the NeXT boot manager manually. I've got a new 1 gig > and would like to prepare it for booting Win95 or NEXTSTEP. This also begs > the question: How do I partition the drive for multiple OS's. I've tried > unsucessfully using sdformat, sdform and disk. I don't have the option of a > fresh install with NEXTSTEP (I know NS provides an option during > installation for multiple partitions). Step by step instruction would be > greatly appreciated. You control partitions using fdisk, just like on DOS. For the boot sector: disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd0a Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: paradigm@mercury.interpath.net (Dave Briggman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Font conversion problems (Fonts 4 NS - where?) Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Date: 23 Nov 1995 22:44:16 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Message-ID: <492tg0$eh5@redstone.interpath.net> References: <490bo1$32l@alf.uib.no> Thor Legvold (edmtl@alf.uib.no) wrote: : So - some questions: : 1. Where do NeXTsteppers buy fonts from and in what format? We now by Mac or PC fonts...and translate them into the NeXT format. : 2. Exist newer/better/working tools (free!) for font conversion Mac->NeXT? I know no reliable one for the Mac (free), however, if you can scrounge up a copy of MetroTools 2.x OR MacPFa to NeXT, or the Macromedia product "Fontgrapher 4.x" you can convert Type 1 PostScript Fonts over to NeXTSTEP format. With Fontographer, you can do Mac or PC-based Type 1, Type 3 or TrueType to NeXTSTEP. : 3. Same as 2 but for PC. Read #2 Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: news@utcc.utoronto.ca (News) Subject: Re: NEW SUBMISSON: sendmail 8.7.2 on FTP archive Message-ID: <DIKzto.8xJ@utcc.utoronto.ca> Organization: UTCC Campus Access Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 04:15:24 GMT On 11/22/95, Robert La Ferla wrote: >I submitted a quad-fat version of sendmail 8.7.2 to >ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.2.NIHS.tar.gz > >Please try it and let me know if you have any problems. I will post >an official announcement once I verify that everyone can use it >successfully. > >Robert La Ferla >Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant >Boston, MA >Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 >Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 >E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com > Please post installation instructions.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: news@utcc.utoronto.ca (News) Subject: DOTS 3.3 PROBLEM Message-ID: <DIL0H9.A1s@utcc.utoronto.ca> Organization: UTCC Campus Access Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 04:29:32 GMT Iam printing to an HP Lase Jet III Printer using DOTS 3.3 driver. The problem is that I get a garbled postcript code once every 2 pages. I have sent messages to D'ART makers of the driver for help but have not recieved any help as of date. I would appreciate if anyone could give any pointers kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Message-ID: <9511250738.AA00242@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Aleksey Sudakov <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 95 10:38:20 +0300 Subject: [Q:] Second read/write "long names" partition Hello, I have about 200MB unused partition which lately will be OS/2 one. I want temporarily use it from NS to provide NFS to some other machines. Could somebody suggest me any "long names" partition which could be mounted read/write? As far as I understand it I couldn't have 2 NeXTStep partitions on the same physical drive. Am I right and is there any way to make second NeXTStep partition? Thanks in advance, Aleksey. _________________________________________________________________ Aleksey Sudakov 1A-1 Kerchenskaya Street Moscow 113303,Russia. ________________________________________________________________ Office: (095)408-6641 Home: (095)121-6100 + 3-45, (095)121-0561 + 3-45 EMail: zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru (NeXTMail & MIME are OK) WWW: http://www.crec.mipt.ru/~zander/
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: help: pppd problems Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 03:47:52 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951125034620.912B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <48jpi9$j2v@news.service.uci.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <48jpi9$j2v@news.service.uci.edu> Sorry, I don't know the answer to these problems, but they would be more appropriate to be discussed in 'nextppp@listproc.thoughtport.com' a PPP for NeXTStep group constructed by Steven Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu> TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Message-ID: <9511251026.AA00515@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Aleksey Sudakov <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 95 13:26:07 +0300 Subject: [Q:] NS (EOF) and NetWare (Oracle 7)? Hello, I'm having problems connecting to our Netware Oracle 7.1 both SQL Net v.1 and SQL Net v.2. I've configured everything *exactly* as they said in NeXTAnswers 1897. Nevertheless, when I try to login using SQL Net v.2 EOModeler exits immediately(No console messages). In case of SQL Net v.1 EOModeler spin disk for a while and returns to Oracle login panel(No messages again). Could you please give me a solution. Don't you know does EOF support Oracle for Netware? Yes, SQL Net for NetWare runs over TCP/IP. Is there anybody who successfully configured NS, NetWare and Oracle to work together? Thanks in advance, Aleksey. P.S. I already tried ask_next@NeXT.COM, but they didn't say anything valuable. _________________________________________________________________ Aleksey Sudakov 1A-1 Kerchenskaya Street Moscow 113303,Russia. ________________________________________________________________ Office: (095)408-6641 Home: (095)121-6100 + 3-45, (095)121-0561 + 3-45 EMail: zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru (NeXTMail & MIME are OK) WWW: http://www.crec.mipt.ru/~zander/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: droux@hei.unige.ch Subject: netinfod cannot lookup child Message-ID: <1995Nov25.164156.1@hei.unige.ch> Sender: usenet@news.unige.ch Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:41:56 GMT Folks, I had to reboot a NEXTSTEP server yesterday and since then, the following message appears in the console whenever the NetInfo database is accessed. Nov 25 15:24:11 nectar netinfod[134]: cannot lookup child and the process 134 is "/usr/etc/netinfod network". The network still works normally, but this error message is disturbing and I'd like to know what it means exactly. Any idea ? Thanks, Nicolas Droux n.droux@ieee.org
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ?? CERT Advisory CA-95:14 - Telnetd Environment Vulnerability Date: 25 Nov 1995 16:45:10 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-55.usc.edu Message-ID: <497h6m$kau@usc.edu> Has this affected NS? See comp.security.announce for the details. -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: single-user mode - printing and mounting disks Date: 25 Nov 1995 17:03:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <497i8q$qrl@news.its.com> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124141257.6958A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > Does anyone know how to mount a floppy disk in single-user mode? # mount /dev/fd0a /floppy (RTFM mount.) > What about printing? Straight lpr doesn't seem to work, are there > parameters which need to be given? If you're using black hardware, the WindowServer must be running to rasterize whatever it is for the printer. (ie, you can't.) On other architectures, you might get somewhere, although you'll have to run lpd yourself, and maybe experiment with 'lpc' to bring the printer spool up. Why would you want to print from single-user mode anyway? You probably don't want to do anything except system maintainance in single-user mode.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: frank@this.net (Frank M. Siegert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Font conversion problems (Fonts 4 NS - where?) Date: 25 Nov 1995 16:30:50 GMT Organization: my own Message-ID: <497gbq$6pc@gate.seicom.net> References: <490bo1$32l@alf.uib.no> <492tg0$eh5@redstone.interpath.net> paradigm@mercury.interpath.net (Dave Briggman) wrote: > Thor Legvold (edmtl@alf.uib.no) wrote: > : 2. Exist newer/better/working tools (free!) for font conversion Mac->NeXT? > I know no reliable one for the Mac (free), however, if you can scrounge > up a copy of MetroTools 2.x OR MacPFa to NeXT, or the Macromedia product > "Fontgrapher 4.x" you can convert Type 1 PostScript Fonts over to NeXTSTEP > format. With Fontographer, you can do Mac or PC-based Type 1, Type 3 or > TrueType to NeXTSTEP. You can give my FontConvert a try, for its price it does quite a good job converting Mac->NeXT and PFB->NeXT (say PFA). It is freeware and available on my home page in the Download Area or from the Peanuts archive. --- Frank M. Siegert [frank@this.net] -- Home Page http://hades.tue.schwaben.de/~frank NeXTSTEP & PostScript Guy "In cantonese C++ is called C ga ga"
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: HELP - No console! Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 12:19:14 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951125121414.1419A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4941dk$57j@nyheter.chalmers.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE In-Reply-To: <4941dk$57j@nyheter.chalmers.se> I don't know what you could have done, check for the existence of=20 /dev/console. can anyone tell me why when I tried to READ this message (through PINE) it= =20 totally screwed up my telnet connection? All the characters were wrong,=20 most of them were ? but when I selected 'reply' without reading the=20 message first it came up fine (see below) Is this some non-standard character set maybe? In the header? I'm=20 guessing the poster's name does not have a pipe in it really. On 24 Nov 1995, G|ran Falkman wrote: > When I try to open the console in WM (using the tools menu) nothing happe= ns. > I guess I have accidently deleted something, but I do not know what (and = how=20 > I did it). Please help, I do not know what to do! >=20 > I also have TickleServices installed, and during login I get several erro= r=20 > messages from it. >=20 > G=F6ran Falkman >=20 > P.S. I have a NeXTStation Color running NS 3.3 D.S. > _______________________________________________________________________ > G=F6ran Falkman=09=09=09=09Tel: + 46 31 772 5412 > Cognition Technology Group=09=09Fax: + 46 31 16 56 55 > Department of Computing Science=09=09Email: falkman@cs.chalmers.se=09 > Chalmers University of Technology=09WWW: =20 > http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~falkman/ > S-412 96 G=F6teborg, Sweden >=20 >=20 -- Timothy J. Luoma =20 luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: wmorse@law.emory.edu (William E. Morse Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network Woes... Date: 25 Nov 1995 19:55:22 GMT Organization: Emory University Message-ID: <497sba$pp8@moe.cc.emory.edu> I have a NeXTSTEP system that is being heavily used for Internet service. Unfortunately, it is having some problems and I am hoping you all might can help. The system will be running fine when all of a sudden, it seems to disconnect itself from its networking. The machine is still running, but it does not answer pings and it drops all its NFS connections and such. Further, this appears in the messages file: Nov 25 00:08:16 serv3 mach: Trying to null out rbd's Nov 25 00:08:16 serv3 mach: Trying to null out rbd's Sometimes, it will also report: Nov 20 22:51:24 serv3 netinfod[105]: Cannot send multicall packet to 170.140.50.193: No buffer space available Nov 20 22:51:25 serv3 telnetd[8544]: NetInfo connection failed for server 170.140.50.193/lawsch Nov 20 22:51:26 serv3 netinfod[105]: Cannot send multicall packet to 170.140.50.193: No buffer space available It also seems to happen most when there is a network hiccup. Does anyone have experience with this and what I might can do? Thanks! --- William Morse ITS Emory Law School
From: Joe Gross <jgross@uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Restart after power outage Date: 25 Nov 1995 21:21:16 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4981cc$f84@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <48oe5q$5ve@news.tamu.edu> Originator: jgross@ux6.cso.uiuc.edu colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) writes: >I seemed to remember that there's a way to get a cube to automatically >power up after a power outage, but I've searched the on-line docs and >the faqs and I can't find any information. Can someone please point >me in the right direction? since cubes don't have the newer roms that allow this you need to trick your cube into thinking it's always got the power switch depressed. I have never had the guts to try this but i hear it works. ~From: shayman@Objectario.com (Steve Hayman) ~Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 12:52:24 -0500 To: "Serge J. Goldstein" <serge@Princeton.EDU> ~Subject: Re: Using serial port A as an alternate console ~Reply-To: shayman@Objectario.com Aha, here it is (in my old "User's Reference" document from the NeXTSTEP 1.0 days) Pin 6 is "MON PWR SWITCH" If you short this to one of the ground pins - pins 13-19 are ground on this connector - then that's the same as the power key being pressed. -- Joe Gross | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign jgross@uiuc.edu | <URL:http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/jgross> =================| finger for pgp public key
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Low-Level Format and Configuration Question Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 22:19:41 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Nov25.221941.3700@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <494tr3$kop@news.its.com> In article <494tr3$kop@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: > cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld) wrote: > > 1. Can one change the install process so that NeXTSTEP looks for a SCSI > > device at 334 instead of 330 (and how to do that) and: > > Not as far as I know. And yes, it's annoying having to switch jumpers > around on your drive card because NeXT's drivers only work with one > address, which they changed from one release of the OS to the next. Change the Instance0.table on the install disk; although rejumpering the card is a LOT easier. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.lang.postscript Subject: More postScript encoding questions... Date: 26 Nov 1995 02:47:23 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <498gvb$90a@alf.uib.no> Thanks for all the info about font conversion - the best thing I found was FontConvert, a free conversion tool with a bit of font-debugging capeabilities, very nice. I've been reading the tutorial/cookbook (Adobe) trying to find out the best way to get the few extra letters supported by PS but missing in NeXTs vision of standardEncoding... I've found many good tips, but have no idea how to make them work. I do notice that NeXTs fonts include several of these letters already (scaron, zcaron, eth, etc) encoded as .notdef (-1). However, NeXTs Keyboard.app (somehow) allows the use of these unencoded characters...! How is this done? Could I simply substitute (f.x.) zcaron for currency and have zcaron automatically useable at the same encoding vector as currency? What about non existant (but possible) lettters like ccaron or cacute - could I simply define them in the afm file and include a definition in the composites secition at the end of the afm file? How do the font files and afm files encodings interact - which takes precedence, and how does Keyboard.app manage to change this without changing the fonts? Lastly, it looks like program 18 in cookbook would work for me if I knew how to use it - I get the example to work but have no idea how to apply it to actually modify an installed font file to enable these extra letters. I know that there must be an elegant and simple way, but not enough to know what that is :-) Before you start sending RTFM type comments, I _have_ RTFM and all the on-line docs. That doesn't mean I understand them :-) BTW - there doesn't seem to be any table (3.3 Intel) in the on line docs describing NeXTs StandardEncoding. Keyboard.app has some info, unortunatley everything is in hexadecimal and Adobe font encoding vectors are in decimal... Where did I leave my calculator...? Please e-mail replies, when I _finally_ get this to work I'll make some nice flashy package/document explaining how to customize font encodings. With all the international NeXT users I'm surprised noone has done this before... Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Copying to floppy drive in single user mode In-Reply-To: Dan Pritts's message of 24 Nov 1995 08:38:46 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov26004206@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <494079$dsn@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> <4940am$dsv@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:42:06 GMT You should also unmount the floppy before formatting it. Formatting a 1.44 MB disk: % /usr/etc/disk -i -h `hostname` -l "UntitledDisk" -d 1440 /dev/rfd0a % mount /dev/fd0a /UntitledDisk Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4940am$dsv@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26734 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!caen!lsa.umich.edu!danno From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:38:46 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Lines: 20 References: <199511211404.JAA14746@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951123214417.5873A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <494079$dsn@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> wrote: >Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: >>so you'd want to do something like >>mount /dev/rfd0b /floppydisk >i would normally expect to use /dev/rfd0a although whatever works, >great. I'm stupid; you should normally mount the character mode device, not the raw device. You should, therefore, mount /dev/fd0a /floppydisk (although if you have a filesystem on fd0b more power to you). danno -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: HELP - No console! In-Reply-To: falkman@hegel2.cs.chalmers.se's message of 24 Nov 1995 08:57:24 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov26004301@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4941dk$57j@nyheter.chalmers.se> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:43:01 GMT You should also look at the permissions on /tmp/console.log Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4941dk$57j@nyheter.chalmers.se> Žfalkman@hegel2.cs.chalmers.se (G|ran Falkman) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.misc:45632 comp.sys.next.software:23738 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26728 Path: world!news.kei.com!simtel!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.chalmers.se!usenet From: Žfalkman@hegel2.cs.chalmers.se (G|ran Falkman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:57:24 GMT Organization: Chalmers University of Technology Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: hegel2.cs.chalmers.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.81) When I try to open the console in WM (using the tools menu) nothing happens. I guess I have accidently deleted something, but I do not know what (and how I did it). Please help, I do not know what to do! I also have TickleServices installed, and during login I get several error messages from it. Göran Falkman P.S. I have a NeXTStation Color running NS 3.3 D.S. _______________________________________________________________________ Göran Falkman Tel: + 46 31 772 5412 Cognition Technology Group Fax: + 46 31 16 56 55 Department of Computing Science Email: falkman@cs.chalmers.se Chalmers University of Technology WWW: http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~falkman/ S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: not in /adm/? In-Reply-To: reichman@scf.usc.edu's message of 23 Nov 1995 18:55:39 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov26004431@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:44:31 GMT Look at /usr/adm/messages and /etc/syslog.conf. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26719 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!usc!usenet From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 23 Nov 1995 18:55:39 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 14 Sender: reichman@comserv-e-58.usc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-e-58.usc.edu I boot up in verbose mode and am seeing a few strange messages during checkdisk which I would like to post here for translation. But I cannot find where there is a text record of the entire boot process. Where is it? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: NEW SUBMISSON: sendmail 8.7.2 on FTP archive In-Reply-To: alby@empire.org's message of Thu, 23 Nov 1995 08:30:06 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov26005005@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> <DIHMA7.s4@empire.org> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:50:05 GMT Here are the release notes: + 8.7.2/8.7.2 95/11/19 + REALLY fix the backslash escapes in SmtpGreetingMessage, + OperatorChars, and UnixFromLine options. They were not + properly repaired in 8.7.1. + Completely delete the Bcc: header if and only if there are other + valid recipient headers (To:, Cc: or Apparently-To:, the + last being a historic botch, of course). If Bcc: is the + only recipient header in the message, it's value is tossed, + but the header name is kept. The old behaviour (always keep + the header name and toss the value) allowed primary recipients + to see that a Bcc: went to _someone_. + Include queue id on ``Authentication-Warning: <host>: <user> set + sender to <addresss> using -f'' syslog messages. Suggested + by Kari Hurtta. + If a sequence or switch map lookup entry gets a tempfail but then + continues on to another map type, but the name is not found, + return a temporary failure from the sequence or switch map. + For example, if hosts search ``dns files'' and DNS fails + with a tempfail, the hosts map will go on and search files, + but if it fails the whole thing should be a tempfail, not + a permanent (host unknown) failure, even though that is the + failure in the hosts.files map. This error caused hard + bounces when it should have requeued. + Aliases to files such as /users/bar/foo/inbox, with /users/bar/foo + owned by bar mode 700 and inbox being setuid bar stopped + working properly due to excessive paranoia. Pointed out by + John Hawkinson of Panix. + An SMTP RCPT command referencing a host that gave a nameserver + timeout would return a 451 command (8.6 accepted it and + queued it locally). Revert to the 8.6 behaviour in order + to simplify queue management for clustered systems. Suggested + by Gregory Neil Shapiro of WPI. The same problem could break + MH, which assumes that the SMTP session will succeed (tsk, tsk + -- mail gets lost!); this was pointe dout by Stuart Pook of + Infobiogen. + Fix possible buffer overflow in munchstring(). This was not a security + problem because you couldn't specify any argument to this + without first giving up root privileges, but it is still a + good idea to avoid future problems. Problem noted by John + Hawkinson and Sam Hartman of MIT. + ``452 Out of disk space for temp file'' messages weren't being + printed. Fix from David Perlin of Nanosoft. + Don't advertise the ESMTP DSN extension if the SendMIMEErrors option + is not set, since this is required to get the actual DSNs + created. Problem pointed out by John Gardiner Myers of CMU. + Log permission problems that cause .forward and :include: files to + be untrusted or ignored on log level 12 and higher. Suggestted + by Randy Martin of Clemson University. + Allow user ids in U= clauses of M lines to have hyphens and + underscores. + Fix overcounting of recipients -- only happened when sending to an + alias. Pointed out by Mark Andrews of SGI and Jack Woolley + of Systems and Computer Technology Corporation. + If a message is sent to an address that fails, the error message that + is returned could show some extraneous "success" information + included even if the user did not request success notification, + which was confusing. Pointed out by Allan Johannesen of WPI. + Config files that had no AliasFile definition were defaulting to + using /etc/aliases; this caused problems with nullclient + configurations. Change it back to the 8.6 semantics of + having no local alias file unless it is declared. Problem + noted by Charles Karney of Princeton University. + Fix compile problem if NOTUNIX is defined. Pointed out by Bryan + Costales of ICSI. + Map lookups of class "userdb" maps were always case sensitive; they + should be controlled by the -f flag like other maps. Pointed + out by Bjart Kvarme <bjart.kvarme@usit.uio.no>. + Fix problem that caused some addresses to be passed through ruleset 5 + even when they were tagged as "sticky" by prefixing the + address with an "@". Patch from Thomas Dwyer III of Michigan + Technological University. + When converting a message to Quoted-Printable, prevent any lines with + dots alone on a line by themselves. This is because of the + preponderence of broken mailers that still get this wrong. + Code contributed by Per Hedeland of Ericsson. + Fix F{macro}/file construct -- it previously did nothing. Pointed + out by Bjart Kvarme of USIT/UiO (Norway). + Announce whether a cached connection is SMTP or ESMTP (in -v mode). + Requested by Allan Johannesen. + Delete check for text format of alias files -- it should be legal + to have the database format of the alias files without the + text version. Problem pointed out by Joe Rhett of Navigist, + Inc. + If "Ot" was specified with no value, the TZ variable was not properly + imported from the environment. Pointed out by Frank Crawford + <frank@ansto.gov.au>. + Some architectures core dumped on "program" maps that didn't have + extra arguments. Patch from Booker C. Bense of Stanford + University. + Queue run processes would re-spawn daemons when given a SIGHUP; only + the parent should do this. Fix from Brian Coan of the + Association for Progressive Communications. + If MinQueueAge was set and a message was considered but not run + during a queue run and the Timeout.queuereturn interval was + reached, a "timed out" error message would be returned that + didn't include the failed address (and claimed to be a warning + even though it was fatal). The fix is to not return such + messages until they are actually tried, i.e., in the next + MinQueueAge interval. Problem noted by Rein Tollevik of + SINTEF RUNIT, Oslo. + Add HES_GETMAILHOST compile flag to support MIT Hesiod distributions + that have the hes_getmailhost() routine. DEC Hesiod + distributions do not have this routine. Based on a patch + from Betty Lee of Stanford University. + PORTABILITY FIXES: + Solaris: Change location of newaliases and mailq from + /usr/ucb to /usr/bin to match Sun settings. From + James B. Davis of TCI. + DomainOS: Makefile.DomainOS doesn't require -ldbm. From + Don Lewis of Silicon Systems. + HP-UX 10: rename Makefile.HP-UX.10 => Makefile.HP-UX.10.x + so that the makesendmail script will find it. Pointed + out by Richard Allen of the University of Iceland. + Also, use -Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE instead of -Ae, which + isn't supported on all compilers. + UXPDS: compilation fixes from Diego R. Lopez. + CONFIG: FAX mailer wasn't setting .FAX as a pseudo-domain unless + you also had a FAX_RELAY. From Thomas.Tornblom@Hax.SE. + CONFIG: Minor glitch in S21 -- attachment of local domain name + didn't have trailing dot. From Jim Hickstein of Teradyne. + CONFIG: Fix best_mx_is_local feature to allow nested addresses such as + user%host@thishost. From Claude Scarpelli of Infobiogen + (France). + CONFIG: OSTYPE(hpux10) failed to define the location of the help file. + Pointed out by Hannu Martikka of Nokia Telecommunications. + CONFIG: Diagnose some inappropriate ordering in configuration files, + such as FEATURE(smrsh) listed after MAILER(local). Based on + a bug report submitted by Paul Hoffman of Proper Publishing. + CONFIG: Make OSTYPE files consistently not override settings that + have already been set. Previously it worked differently + for different files. + CONFIG: Change relay mailer to do masquerading like 8.6 did. My take + is that this is wrong, but the change was causing problems + for some people. From Per Hedeland of Ericsson. + CONTRIB: bitdomain.c patch from John Gardiner Myers <jgm+@CMU.EDU>; + portability changes for Posix environments (no functional + changes). + Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DIHMA7.s4@empire.org> alby@empire.org (Albatross) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26709 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!haquer!alby From: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Sender: alby@empire.org (Albatross) Reply-To: alby@empire.org References: <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> Distribution: na,usa,world Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 08:30:06 GMT Lines: 14 In article <RDL.95Nov22233240@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > I submitted a quad-fat version of sendmail 8.7.2 to > ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.2.NIHS.tar.gz > > Please try it and let me know if you have any problems. I will post > an official announcement once I verify that everyone can use it > successfully. > What's New about .2 ? -Alby
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: SerialPointingDevice Problems - PLEASE HELP In-Reply-To: kiwi@ariane's message of 24 Nov 1995 08:30:52 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov26005149@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <48uu4c$r12@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <493vrs$mdf@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:51:49 GMT He'll need both ISASerialPort and the PortServer drivers. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <493vrs$mdf@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> kiwi@ariane (Axel Habermann) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26730 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!ariane!kiwi From: kiwi@ariane (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 24 Nov 1995 08:30:52 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Lines: 17 References: <48uu4c$r12@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ariane.fb10.tu-berlin.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Rupert Hollom (rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk) wrote: : I decided to install the latest SerialPointingDevice driver (3.33) so : I FTPed it and ran in the installer, all went well. I thought that I : configured it OK but when I booted up this morning a message appeared : saying : : SerialPointingDevice : "ISASerialPort0" is not a registed Port You'll need to install the latest SerialPort Driver too. Axel -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problems with external swap disk? Date: 26 Nov 1995 03:22:45 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <498mi5$alq@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <49251s$lfi@news.sns-felb.debis.de> specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) wrote: > Hi, > > I installed an external swap-disk (labeled swapdisk) on a hp > 712-workstation and commented out the swapfile entry in > /etc/swaptab. > Since the swapdisk is installed, the machine crases quite often > after accessing the disk. The same machine had no problems with > the same disk used as data disk, and not as swapdisk. I generally get yelled at for saying this, but my recommendation to everyone is that you should look at /etc/rc.swap before taking advantage of the automatic "/swapdisk" processing. The code that is in the /etc/rc.swap script was written for considerably different hardware configurations than we're using these days. In particular, if you commented out the entry in /etc/swaptab then the only swapfile you have is the one setup by /etc/rc.swap. And the one setup by /etc/rc.swap has a *maxsize* of 30 meg. That is because the code was written in the days when a swapdisk was a special 40-meg hard disk. The /etc/rc.swap code also moves /tmp to be on the swapdisk, which may not be what you're hoping for. So, the problem might be that 30 meg of swapspace isn't enough for what you are doing. You might want to change the logic in /etc/rc.swap to set a higher maximum. I somehow have trouble believing anyone with an HP 712 workstation today has also bought a 40-meg hard drive to use as the swapdisk for it... My own preference is to call the "swapdisk" something else, and add an entry to /etc/fstab to mount that disk. Then I use an entry in /etc/swaptab to say exactly what I want for swapfiles. Note that I'm changing /etc/fstab for other reasons anyway, so maybe I'm just reckless and other people won't be comfortable changing things the way I do. Of course, the problem could very well be something else too, but that's the only thing that I can think of. Many people do not realize that if they mount a 'swapdisk', all they are getting is 30-meg's worth of swapspace on it (unless they edit /etc/rc.swap, of course). --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Librarian & new man page formats Date: 26 Nov 1995 08:42:47 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-01.usc.edu Message-ID: <4999a7$6te@usc.edu> I thought I'd replaced proper man command but Librarian doesn't seem to format new form of man pages properly. Any ideas? -- Thanks and be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: steved@bankone.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Script to manage accounting file? Date: 26 Nov 1995 15:59:23 GMT Organization: Bank One Distribution: world Message-ID: <49a2sr$bg@natasha.bankone.com> My /usr/adm/acct file keeps growing and growing...can someone point me to some good scripts to manage/trim this beast periodically? I couldn't see anything in the normal admin scripts run by cron. Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bhardwaj@cuug.ab.ca (Dharam Bhardwaj 282-6486) Subject: Installing NS3.3 with other OSs Message-ID: <DIn524.Mu4@cuug.ab.ca> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 08:03:37 GMT Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group I am starting on an 'elaborate' task to install multiple OS's on my 486/66 and would like to get some basic leads and pointers to any related FAQs. My systems has: 486/66, 16Meg RAM, VLB cirrus Logic video Gravis Ultrsound card Internal 340 MB IDE HDD, Internal 2.4 gig SCSI HDD Adaptec 1540CF C.C. External CD Rom and tape backup (SCSI) Questions: 1. I read once that it is preferable to have a IDE as primary drive to hold the boot partition and a SCSI for the OS partitions, instead of just the SCSI. Is this true. I do not need the IDE HDD but will use it if it simplifies the process. 2. I need to install NS, Linux and Windows/DOS. I currently have WFW 3.1 on the IDE. Does the drive(s) get partitioned first or can I leave the existing os (Windows 3.11) on the IDE and continue? 3. Does the boot manager have to be 1 Meg or can it be bigger, say 20 meg? How and where does this partition get created? Do I backup Windows, re-partition the IDE and restore, and then continue? 4. I would prefer to create floppy boot drives if it simplifies things. Do I install Linux first. If LILO is recomended, how is it used and in what sequence? -- -- Dharam Bhardwaj | E-mail: bhardwaj@cuug.ab.ca | Fax: 403-282-8969 |
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problems with external swap disk? Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 13:51:25 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951126134256.2006B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <49251s$lfi@news.sns-felb.debis.de> <498mi5$alq@usenet.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <498mi5$alq@usenet.rpi.edu> I'd have to agree with Garance to a point. The swapdisk method is easy, but it does require some 'tweaking' to make it work the way you want it to. I was confused by the LOWAT and HIWAT being ignored, Garance was nice enough to tell me that '/etc/swaptab' isn't used but rc.swap. Also, I originally liked the /tmp being on the swapdisk, but too many applications like to fill it up. I solved this problem by changing references to '/private/swapdisk/tmp' to '/private/tmp'. The swapdisk option is great for people who want to make sure that their systems won't be made unbootable by them mucking up their /etc/fstab. However, you really do need to edit some of it to reflect your specific setup. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Script to manage accounting file? Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 14:05:01 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951126135550.2006C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <49a2sr$bg@natasha.bankone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <49a2sr$bg@natasha.bankone.com> On 26 Nov 1995 steved@bankone.com wrote: > My /usr/adm/acct file keeps growing and growing...can someone point me > to some good scripts to manage/trim this beast periodically? I couldn't > see anything in the normal admin scripts run by cron. well, check /private/adm/daily. I created ths based on what I saw there: if [ -r /usr/adm/acct ] then cp -p /usr/adm/acct /usr/adm/acct.old /usr/ucb/tail -200 /usr/adm/acct.old > /usr/adm/acct fi of course, if you just want the current stuff, and don't want a copy of the old one, you could do something like: if [ -r /usr/adm/acct ] then /usr/ucb/tail -200 /usr/adm/acct > /usr/adm/acct.old mv -f /usr/adm/acct.old /usr/adm/acct fi Of course, that's just my way, off the cuff. You may want more or less than the last 200 lines, but this is probably the format you want to use. Add this to you /private/adm/daily and away you go TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <lre@mendota.com> Message-ID: <m0tJncv-000VfiC@expresso.mendota.com> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: "Louis R. Eagle" <lre@mendota.com> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 95 12:24:39 -0800 Subject: Q: CryptorBundle.1.2 and NS3.3? Does CryptorBundle.1.2 work with the NS3.3 Mail.app? If not, is there another solution for PGP with Mail.app? Thanks, Louis Louis_Eagle@mendota.com (MIME/NextMail/Sun/ascii) ------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 15:35:27 -0500 From: Richard Bowman <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Message-ID: <199511262035.PAA07099@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Subject: Re: single-user-mode problems Content-Type: text Content-Length: 394 Apparently-To: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com I am the one having the black hardware problem that has been at the center of the discussion on mounting/formatting floppies and using printers in single-user mode. So thanks for all of the suggestions! However, my problems still exist. Here is the situation: my black mono slab would no longer boot. Next hard- ware support from Bell-Atlantic diagnosed it as a processor board problem.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 15:58:18 -0500 From: Richard Bowman <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> Message-ID: <199511262058.PAA07178@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Subject: Re: single-user-mode problems Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1943 Apparently-To: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@antigone.com Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion of which me and my black mono slab NeXT was the center. (I am following the discussion through a digest from antigone.com [for which I am very thankful], so I have not responded very easily to the newsgroup.) My problem still exists. Here is the situation. Two weeks ago!!!! my NeXT would not boot. The repair person at Bell-Atlantic apparently correctly diagnosed the problem as relating to the height of the timing signal on the processor board. Replacing the boardd has allowed me to boot from CD-ROM, but the hard disk has been corrupted/ruined. Attempting to re-install NS from the CD-ROM gives me a lot !! of bad sector/block errors. As does running fsck. However in single user mode I can mount the harddrive and examine files. Many of my text files, at least, are OK. However, at least one important directory (where my research is stored!!) is not readable. My goal is to copy what files I can to floppies or to get hard printed copies (which apparently is impossible in single-user mode). I have been following NextAnsers documents #1063 (Transferring Data with Floppy Disks) and #1469 (Recovering Data Files from a Hard Disk You Can't Boot). In particular, I can follow the second document up to the point of copying files. cp file /floppy gives me an error (I cannot remember the actual message). But the error has led me to believe the problem may be with the fact that there is no place to write /tmp files, etc. on a CD-ROM and a hard disk that is mounted as 'read only'. It is so frustrating to see files wiith the 'cat file' or 'ed file' commands and not be able to save them! Thanks for any more help! Richard ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard L. Bowman Dept. of Physics Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA 22812 540-828-5441 <rbowman@bridgewater.edu> ----------------------------------------------------------
From: bmw@leia.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Restricted shell Date: 26 Nov 1995 18:00:57 -0500 Organization: Visible Genetics Inc. Message-ID: <49arj9$1ut@leia.eric.on.ca> References: <490588$rm4@lois.Read.TASC.COM> In article <490588$rm4@lois.Read.TASC.COM>, Roger Shields <rlshields@tasc.com> wrote: > I need to set up a restricted shell under NeXTSTEP 3.2. Can anyone tell me > where to get started? Invoke /bin/sh with -r option. You can't cd, execute commands not in your PATH or change your PATH. But watch out for commands that can shell-escape, like vi. Enjoy! -- Bruce M. Walker | Visible Genetics Inc. | bmw@visgen.com
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: CryptorBundle.1.2 and NS3.3? Date: 26 Nov 1995 23:51:23 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <49auhr$ll3@news4.digex.net> References: <m0tJncv-000VfiC@expresso.mendota.com> "Louis R. Eagle" <lre@mendota.com> wrote: > Does CryptorBundle.1.2 work with the NS3.3 Mail.app? If not, is > there another solution for PGP with Mail.app? Works for me. The only thing to note is that the EncyrptionKeys panel is now found under the info menu. -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: John Kheit <jkheit@cnj.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: single-user-mode problems Date: 26 Nov 1995 23:55:02 GMT Organization: monoChrome, Inc. Message-ID: <49auom$ll3@news4.digex.net> References: <199511262058.PAA07178@Saturn.bridgewater.edu> Richard Bowman <rbowman@Bridgewater.EDU> wrote: > My goal is to copy what files I can to floppies or to get hard > printed copies (which apparently is impossible in single-user > mode). I have been following NextAnsers documents #1063 > (Transferring Data with Floppy Disks) and #1469 (Recovering Data > Files from a Hard Disk You Can't Boot). In particular, I can > follow the second document up to the point of copying files. > cp file /floppy > gives me an error (I cannot remember the actual message). But > the error has led me to believe the problem may be with the fact > that there is no place to write /tmp files, etc. on a CD-ROM and > a hard disk that is mounted as 'read only'. > It is so frustrating to see files wiith the 'cat file' or 'ed > file' commands and not be able to save them! The best/easiest suggestion to solve this problem would be to get another SCSI HD that is initialized/usable from another system and temporarily add it onto your system. Then mount it, and copy all the files you can. Or best yet, take out your corrupted drive and add it onto the SCSI chain of a working NS machine, and then copy all the files you can from your bad drive to the working one... Good luck with it. -- Thanks, take care, later, John Kheit )^> %^) =^) monoChrome, Inc. | New York Law School NEXTSTEP Developer | Opinions expressed represent me only... Telepathy, It's coming | MIME & NeXTmail OK--PPP (3P) jkheit@cnj.digex.net | http://cnj.digex.net/~jkheit
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: How to Print->save to file as B/W from colour orig? Date: 27 Nov 1995 02:06:13 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <49b2u5$2ai@alf.uib.no> This is fun, I'm having all sorts of problems I never dreamed of with my mono cube... I edit a european magazine, which is printed 600dpi laser and distributed. The pdf says Colour use = false, and in Frame I've set page setup _not_ to print in colour. In Virtuoso I can't find any colour/BW switch, but it _should_ find this info in the pdf file, no? (or is it ppd file...) Anyway, I save as PostScript file (Include fonts/PS for chosen printer, a HP 4 Si at 600dpi), no problems. When I preview (or look at the PS in Edit), there's colour! It eats up too much place (7MB vs 1.5MB for just the front page) and is not what I specified. Short of converting all of the tiffs once more (to BW - I'm sure there must be some app that does this...) how can I create a PS file tha does what I want and writes _BW_ data to disk from a _colour_ original file (it does work for NeXT 400dpi as default...) Please email replies - the magazine is finished and just waiting for me to figure out how to output it... Regarsd, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: majordomo 1.93 Date: 27 Nov 1995 03:28:07 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <49bb87$nmd@news.tamu.edu> Has anyone managed to install majordomo 1.93? I've compiled and installed everything, but when I attempt to send a message to majordomo I get the following error: syntax error in file /home/majordom/majordomo.pl at line 59, next 2 tokens "m/^([^:]+):\s*(.*\S)\s*$/g" Not being a perl expert I have no idea what is wrong with the string m/^\([^:]+):\s*(.*\S)\s*$/g I pulled a previously compiled version of perl off the net so perhaps it's not up to date (I can't tell what version it is). Could this be the problem? Any other suggestions? Thanks. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 27 Nov 1995 05:15:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <49bhgt$a07@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: magnan@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA (Magnan Francois) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Initializing ED disks with mac file system Date: 26 Nov 1995 17:55:01 GMT Organization: Universite de Montreal Distribution: world Message-ID: <MAGNAN.95Nov26125501@maths1.MATHCN.UMontreal.CA> Is it possible to format an ED floppy disk (2.88MB) with mac file system on it? I know it cannot be done with WorkSpace.app but could it be done from the command line? Anyone knows how to initialize a floppy disk with the mac filesystem from the command line? I am using a NeXT (Sony MPX...) floppy drive. Thank you, Francois Magnan -- ______________________________________________________ Francois Magnan Departement de Mathematique & Statistiques Universite de Montreal email: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (MIME, NeXTMail Ok!)
From: lakanen@otto.cmr.fsu.edu (Peter S. Lakanen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Win95-->(NS3.3+NeXTPrinter)??? Date: 27 Nov 1995 08:42:07 GMT Organization: Florida State University Message-ID: <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> Have a brand new PC with a network card and a 10baseT cable. I want to network it to my NeXT with TCP/IP so I can test www stuff and use my NeXT Laser printer. I've been told this is possible...can someone give me some pointers? I'd like to have a little direction before I dive into this. Thanx everybody! -- ======================================================================== Peter Lakanen | Electronic/Computer Music Instructor....Club DJ.. lakanen@cmr.fsu.edu | ....Remixer....Computer Geek....Lover Of Dogs.... (904) 681-6635 | COME VISIT ME: http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~lakanen ========================================================================
From: "Christoph Widmer (by ubsswop)" <zhwit> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compuserve on NeXT Date: 27 Nov 1995 06:45:10 GMT Organization: Union Bank of Switzerland Message-ID: <49bmpm-m1b@svstch.ubs.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Christoph.z.h.w.i.t.Widmer@ubs.ch Hi all I read in NeXTanswers 1135 about the copuserver software for the NeXT. I tried to reach the described representative, but I got no answer. Does anybody has the compuserve software or know's somebody who is working with compuserve and NeXTStep ? Thanks for your help Christoph Christoph.z.h.w.i.t.Widmer@ubs.ch
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to set process quota? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 13:38:36 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951127133534.14688C-100000@hphalle5c.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'm wondering wether one can set the process quota. In <sys/param.h> the maximum of user defined process is 100. But what if you need more? And more important: what if you want to restrict somebody to use less? using the following program: main(){while(1) fork();} pushes the system to the edge. Many thanks in advance, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 'spurious DMA interrupt' ? Date: 27 Nov 1995 14:11:43 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <49cguv$a22@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Hi, we keep getting messages like the following on our network. What does this mean ? spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 spurious DMA interrupt: state 0x1000000 channel 0x2000110 Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compuserve on NeXT Date: 27 Nov 1995 12:23:37 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <49cak9$cuf@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <49bmpm-m1b@svstch.ubs.ch> In article <49bmpm-m1b@svstch.ubs.ch> "Christoph Widmer (by ubsswop)" <zhwit> writes: > I read in NeXTanswers 1135 about the copuserver software for the NeXT. I tried > to reach the described representative, but I got no answer. > Does anybody has the compuserve software or know's somebody who is working with > compuserve and NeXTStep ? The contact address should be valid: 76711.143@compuserve.com; Compuserve don't produce any software to work with NeXTSTEP; however, there is a beta version of a CIM equivalent available in the forum libraries, developed by Robert Beck, a forum member, that you might be interested in. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) paul@plsys.co.uk Tel: (01494)432422 P & L Systems Fax: (01494)432478 http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: briman101@aol.com (BriMan101) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: US-SouthWest - NeXT Systems Administrators - Career Opportunities Date: 27 Nov 1995 09:04:49 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <49cgi1$iig@newsbf02.news.aol.com> My client, a major NYSE listed company, with offices in 40 countries around the world, has immediate opportunities for experienced NeXT administrators, in their top systems groups. You will be responsible for support and integration of major mission critical systems that provide information and communication for several top business and development groups. You will also be the main beta testers for the company, which involves analyzing new software and hardware products for development and support environments. Candidates must have a solid hands-on NeXT administration background with exposure to NeXTSTEP 3.2 or 3.3. Experience in the following would be a major plus: SunOS, NetInfo, UNIX, Windows 3.1/95/NT. You will receive an excellent starting salary, 1996 bonus, RELOCATION, and benefits. Contact: Brian Mitchell Datacom Technology Group Inc 212-629-5720 212-629-3374(FAX)
From: shon@novell.com (Shon Vella) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. How? Date: 27 Nov 95 14:19:32 GMT Organization: Novell, Inc Message-ID: <49cheq$dsf@grok.provo.novell.com> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII In article <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL>, Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL says... > > >Now it works, but the PostScript that is generatred by NT when I select the >Adobe cartridge of the HP Printer gives PostScript errors on NEXTSTEP. Can >someone tell me what printer I should choose under NT so that the PostScript >conforms to official PS? The problem is that the windows drivers (NT or otherwise, in spite of all pretenses to the contrary), do not generate conforming postscript comments. They put some initialization and cleanup codes on the first and last pages that should go in the document header and trailer sections. These work fine if you print the pages in order, but the NeXT spooler wants to print in reverse order. I solved this problem by adding a filter in my printer definition on the NeXT side that strips out all the comments (lines beginning with %%) , which then forces the NeXT spooler to print them in forward order. If you can't figure out how to do this, I could post instructions, though that would mean I'd have to figure out exactly what I did. Shon Vella Novell, Inc. (until they sell me)
From: powell@tropic.aoml.noaa.gov (Mark Powell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: resetting SCSI bus? Date: 27 Nov 1995 14:28:25 GMT Organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/AOML Message-ID: <49chu9$6kv@nil.aoml.erl.gov> References: <951115225821.260AACUE.malc@daneel> <48t4bu$bd2@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) wrote: > mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> wrote: > > Anyone any suggestions why a system (Canon object.station 41) should > > suddenly start hanging periodically for up to 30 seconds, with the > > following in /usr/adm/messages: > > You've got SCSI problems. Could be the cables, but it could be the drive > going bad, too. Make sure you've got complete backups! > > -Chuck I did not see the original message on this but we had problems that sound similar. To fix it we disabled the internal SCSI termination that is the default for the BusLogic SCSI controller on Canon O'stations. Do this by going into Auto SCSI just before booting and turning termination to off (provided you have external devices attached and that you are terminating the last device). If you do not have external devices attached leave the termination on and look elsewhere for the problem. If you mail me the excerpt from the messages file I could verify whether the problem is the same as ours. -- Dr. Mark D. Powell powell@tropic.aoml.erl.gov Research Meteorologist, (Member, NOAA '96 Olympics Marine Forecast Team) (Swimmer, IMCO Windsurfer, NEXTSTEP advocate) NOAA Hurricane Research Division (appropriate disclaimers apply) Miami, Fl 33149 Voice (305) 361-4403 Fax (305) 361-4402
From: rcjudson@gnn.com (Richard Judson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help, can't find SCSI device during install Date: 27 Nov 1995 17:22:25 GMT Organization: America Online Message-ID: <49cs4h$iic@news-e1a.megaweb.com> Hello all, I am trying to install NS 3.3 on a ALR Evolution X with a PCI v2.0 bus, adaptec 2940 PCI controller, a 2.0 GB HD, a NEC 6x CD-ROM. After selecting the appropriate drivers from the suplimental drivers disk it starts to boot and gives me a Adaptec2940 Error: Can't get config space and somewhat lower, can't find SCSI CD-ROM device and stops. Any ideas? Thanks, Richard Judson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Guy Levy <guy@globe1.ho.att.com> Subject: installation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <30B9ED33.358B@globe1.ho.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 16:54:11 GMT Need help. I am installing Next on a computer (Gateway P5100 w/16meg) I have an adaptec 2940 scussy card, but I have to IDE drives. The first drive (primary drive) has my win95 stuff. Is there a way to use my secondary drive as my next drive without repartitioning my first drive. Thanks if you can help me, -Guy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Guy Levy <guy@globe1.ho.att.com> Subject: copying installation disk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <30B9EDE2.4FE8@globe1.ho.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 16:57:06 GMT Is it possible to copy an installation disk. I tried just copying the files, but that does not work I tried using dd but that did not seem to work either 1. dd if=/dev/rfd0b of=/tmp/install_disk 2. dd if=/tmp/install_disk of=/dev/rfd0b How does one copy a disk under Nextstep 3.3 Thanks for any help, -Guy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Guy Levy <guy@globe1.ho.att.com> Subject: Re: Installation help needed (intel/pci/scsi) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <30B9EFCF.309C@globe1.ho.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: AT&T Bell Labs References: <48o3vn$731@nkosi.well.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 17:05:19 GMT Probably telling you what you already know, but here basic info anyway. Nextstep 3.3 comes with drivers for the 2940 The second step in the installation asks for the NEXTSTEP Device Drivers disk. After you insert this disk, you can select the SCSI adapter device driver 4 which is the Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI Adapter (V3.32) Then if you are not using an IDE or EIDE drive to install next on you specify the same driver to be used as the device that your hard disk is connected to. -Guy
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using 4mm DAT Backup on NS 3.3 for SPARC Date: 27 Nov 1995 17:44:06 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <49ctd6$mo4@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <1995Nov25.005541.21813@cs.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: eric@sfu.ca eric@sfu.ca (Eric Kolotyluk) wrote: >Has anyone else successfully used dump with a Sun tape drive on NS for SPARC? > >Please reply to eric@sfu.ca > I'm running a python 2G 4mm DAT on a Turbo Slab running Ns 2.1. I use the following dump command successfully. I'm not too worried about effective use of the tapes, as I use a single tape for each drive to make backups and restores easier. dump 0undsf 54000 6000 /dev/rst0 /<drive or file system to be back'd up> I've also used 9000 in place of 6000 successfully, but since the largest drive I back up is 1G, I don't worry about wasting tape space or trying to get 2G on a single tape. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using 4mm DAT Backup on NS 3.3 for SPARC Date: 27 Nov 1995 17:44:14 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <49ctde$mtl@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <1995Nov25.005541.21813@cs.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: eric@sfu.ca eric@sfu.ca (Eric Kolotyluk) wrote: >Has anyone else successfully used dump with a Sun tape drive on NS for SPARC? > >Please reply to eric@sfu.ca > I'm running a python 2G 4mm DAT on a Turbo Slab running Ns 2.1. I use the following dump command successfully. I'm not too worried about effective use of the tapes, as I use a single tape for each drive to make backups and restores easier. dump 0undsf 54000 6000 /dev/rst0 /<drive or file system to be back'd up> I've also used 9000 in place of 6000 successfully, but since the largest drive I back up is 1G, I don't worry about wasting tape space or trying to get 2G on a single tape. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 12:45:56 -0600 Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Message-ID: <pompei-2711951245570001@129.105.148.202> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> <ken-2311951009180001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> <ken-2311951022250001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> > > > > > Our network's NeXT printer just died on us, and we > > > > > desperately need to hook up one of our laserwriters (IINT) to > > > > > a Next machine (quickly)... it looks straightforward enough, > > > > > as there's a serial port on the NeXT and one on the printer. > > > > > > > > > > What kind of cable do I use to connect them? 8-pin DIN to 25 > > > > > pin I know, but what about pinouts? a regular Mac cable (I > > > > > think for a modem) didn't work... > > > > > > > > > > help please! has anyone out there done this? > > > > > > > > > Hello Joe, > > > > > > > > You will need 2 things to do this: > > > > l) First the cable > > > > > > > > NeXT 68040 MiniDin-8 plug: > > > > cable;<MiniDIN-8 25-pin male D > > > > Pin Signal Pin Signal > > > > 3 TXD 3 RXD > > > > 4 GND 7 GND > > > > 5 RXD 2 TXD > > > > 8 CTS 20 DTR This looks like the right solution.. I don't think I have to worry about drivers, because there's already a selection from the print manager for a IINT.. as for the baud rate, I think the highest the Print Manager will let me select is 9600 BPS anyway.. and since this printer will be used mostly for text (source code printouts) there's not a huge necessity for speed. Now it's just a matter of ordering the cable (i'd build it myself but it's REALLY hard to get an 8 pin mini-din).. I'll let you all know if it works.. Thanks VERY much to everyone who replied. Joe Pompei Northwestern University School of Music
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: VM limited by default to 4omb??? Date: 27 Nov 1995 20:29:27 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-67.usc.edu Message-ID: <49d737$1fe@usc.edu> Someone posted recently that there was an inherent limitation to a 40mb swapdisk and that one had to make a correction in some configuration file to allow for larger swapdisks. Is this true? -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
From: ehutch@hypnos.norden1.com (E. Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OMNI SEARCH--NOW OMNI GROUP Date: 27 Nov 1995 22:07:24 GMT Organization: Norden 1 Communications Message-ID: <49dcqs$cc2@news1.channel1.com> The former OMNI GROUP/OHIO is now OMNI SEARCH. The reason for this change is to insure that no confusion will exist. OMNI DEVELOPMENT, also is DBA OMNI GROUP. They are a well known software development and consulting company located in the state of Washington. The former OMNI GROUP/OHIO, now OMNI SEARCH is an Ohio search firm. We hope no confusion exists in the future. OMNI SEARCH/TOM GUGGER -- ehutch@norden1.com (419) 893-6367 [fax] Omni Search (419) 893-6334 [voice] 1310 Craig Maumee, Ohio 43537
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: VM limited by default to 4omb??? Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DIq56u.FHG@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:59:18 GMT References: <49d737$1fe@usc.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <49d737$1fe@usc.edu>, <reichman@scf.usc.edu> wrote: >Someone posted recently that there was an inherent limitation to a 40mb >swapdisk and that one had to make a correction in some configuration file to >allow for larger swapdisks. Is this true? It depends on what you mean by "inherent". This was discussed a while ago. From /etc/rc.swap: /usr/etc/mach_swapon -v -o prefer,lowat=16777216,hiwat=31457280 $NEWSWAPFILE So, by default the hiwat is set to 30Mb for the "swapdisk" automatic processing. There are two approaches to "fix" this: - Hack /etc/rc.swap to make a bigger hiwat - Don't use /etc/rc.swap. Call your disk something other than "swapdisk", and modify /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab to make things behave the way you'd like. Which you do depends on your needs. The big difference is that /etc/rc.swap also places /tmp on the swapdisk. This may be what you want (free up space otherwise used by /tmp on your main disk) but when /tmp fills up, swapping on the swap disk won't happen either. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 16:30:20 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII just wondering if anyone has, or know if one exists, an /etc/printcap. 'man lpr' states that it is used which Netinfo isn't running (ie single user mode) but I get the feeling that /etc/printcap for NeXTPrinter just does not exist. anyone know anything about this? just curious TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Running a PPP Server on NEXTSTEP Intel Date: 28 Nov 1995 03:35:21 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <49e01p$rmc@miwok.nbn.com> Hello: Does anyone out there have any experience running the public domain PPP software (Perkins, et al.) as a server on Intel hardware? I've tried, and finally got it to work, but it's disappointingly slow. The PPP server is running on 3.3, and the problem is that if the speed in gettytab is set any higher than 9600, the connect script fails on the client end. If I set the speed to even 19200 (let alone something decent like 38400), after the modems connect there's no login prompt. At first I thought it was a problem with addressing the serial ports too fast. Both machines have 16550 UARTs, and I've tried both the latest serial drivers from NeXT, and the MUX drivers. No difference. If I just dial out using cu, I'm able to remotely login to another machine while addressing the serial port at 38400. I can do dialup ppp to a service provider at 38400. I'm pretty certain the problem is on the server side. This is the entry I have in gettytab: D38400:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:sp#9600: Here's what I have in ttys: ttydfa "/usr/etc/getty D38400" dialup on This is maddening! What have I done wrong? Can anyone help me? I would be forever grateful, and will summarize. Best regards, John C. Fox john@gscorp.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: not in /adm/? Date: 28 Nov 1995 05:41:43 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-34.usc.edu Message-ID: <49e7en$dpd@usc.edu> References: <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> <49e0n1$n8l@master.ftn.net> stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) wrote: > In <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > > I boot up in verbose mode and am seeing a few strange messages during > > checkdisk which I would like to post here for translation. But I cannot > > find [snip] > Try looking at /usr/adm/messages > > This file should contain all messages presented to the screen during the > boot process. It doesn't have what I believe are the fsck messages about cleaning sectors and blocks or whatever stuff. Is there a place to look for that info? -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For my PGP key - send email subject "request_PGP"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpmeia@netcom.com Subject: gnu m4 v 1.4 Message-ID: <nntpuserDIpHv7.526@netcom.com> Keywords: gnu, m4 Sender: netnews@mork.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 14:35:31 GMT Hi. I downloaded the gnu m4 (v1.4) from prep.ai.mit.edu site. I followed the instructions in the INSTALL and readme files. Successfully unpacked it and was able to run a ./configure. The make started ok, but failed when it tried to access the "builtin.c" file in the source. I tried everything I could, but could not succesfully get builtin.c to work. I'm trying to get a current gnu m4 in order to install sendmail 8.7.2 Any ideas? Please respond to: jpmeia@netcom.com nextmail welcome Thanks, JP
From: tada@pentexts.itp.ucsb.edu (Tsukasa Tada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Japanese Postscript print out[Summary] Date: 28 Nov 1995 00:04:33 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Message-ID: <49djmh$26s@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> References: <48u3fc$qt4@yuggoth.ucsb.edu> Hello. I want to thank kind responses to my question on printing out Japanese character from usual PostScript printer. Here I summarize the solutions I've got. 1. Use filter package named kanjips, which convert PostScript file with "Kanji" to usual PostScript file with bitmaps for Kanji. Enables to print out Japanese text file also by using script "jenscript" which comes with the package Package can be found kanjips.NeXT.tar.Z at ftp://pinoko.berkeley.edu/pub/next/nihongo/ as well as Japanese bitmap fonts set jis??.Z. This solution is quite universal( and free of charge). It should also work for anybody running original NextStep. 2. Use eXTRAPRINT.app from GScorporation. This application rasterize whatever seen on screen of NeXT and send them to the printers(as well as other nice features which I am not interested in for now). Some restrictions apply. Since I am running NeXTStep 3.2J, which comes with some Japanese PostScript fonts, so it just works great. Some info can be found at http://www.gscorp.com/eXTRAPRINT.html 3. It is not the solution but some people suggested me that in "Print..." panel "Save..." with "Chosen Printer/ Include Fonts" or equivalently include _nxfinalform entry in the NetInfoManager. Unfortunately Japanese fonts are treated very differently since the number of the characters is a few thousands. So this simply doesn't work. Anyway thank you very much for all who tried to help me. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tsukasa Tada Internet: tada@itp.ucsb.edu Institute for Theoretical Physics Phone: (805) 893-2822 University of California FAX: (805) 893-2431 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: CryptorBundle.1.2 and NS3.3? Date: 28 Nov 1995 04:19:29 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <49e2kh$pdl@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <m0tJncv-000VfiC@expresso.mendota.com> In article <m0tJncv-000VfiC@expresso.mendota.com>, Louis R. Eagle <Louis_Eagle@mendota.com> wrote: > >Does CryptorBundle.1.2 work with the NS3.3 Mail.app? >If not, is there another solution for PGP with Mail.app? If you're looking for a more general PGP solution for NextStep, you could try NXPGP. It lets you select text or files and encrypt/decrypt them, and it uses Services so it's available in almost any program. You can get version 1.1.2 at Binary: ftp://ftp.csis.gvsu.edu/pub/next/NXPGP.1.1.2.NIHS.app.tar.gz Source: ftp://ftp.csis.gvsu.edu/pub/next/NXPGP.1.1.2.s.tar.gz -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: not in /adm/? Date: 28 Nov 1995 03:46:41 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <49e0n1$n8l@master.ftn.net> References: <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> In <492g3b$3pd@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > I boot up in verbose mode and am seeing a few strange messages during > checkdisk which I would like to post here for translation. But I cannot find > where there is a text record of the entire boot process. Where is it? > Try looking at /usr/adm/messages This file should contain all messages presented to the screen during the boot process. -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Script to manage accounting file? Date: 28 Nov 1995 04:27:49 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <49e345$pi2@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <49a2sr$bg@natasha.bankone.com> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951126135550.2006C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951126135550.2006C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: >On 26 Nov 1995 steved@bankone.com wrote: > >> My /usr/adm/acct file keeps growing and growing...can someone point me >> to some good scripts to manage/trim this beast periodically? I couldn't >> see anything in the normal admin scripts run by cron. > >well, check /private/adm/daily. I created ths based on what I saw there: [..] > >Add this to you /private/adm/daily and away you go I /usr/adm/weekly there's a generic "for" command that trims log files in /usr/adm. Just add your log file to the list, and it will be trimmed. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: VM limited by default to 4omb??? Date: 28 Nov 1995 04:27:52 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <49e348$5es@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <49d737$1fe@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > Someone posted recently that there was an inherent limitation to > a 40mb swapdisk and that one had to make a correction in some > configuration file to allow for larger swapdisks. Is this true? Close. The processing for a "swapdisk" (which is to say, a SCSI disk which has a label of "swapdisk"), is done in /etc/rc.swap. The logic in /etc/rc.swap was written with the assumption that the swapdisk was 40meg (which was an excellent assumption when it was written). The swapdisk was intended to hold both the swapfile and /tmp space. Since the logic expects the hard disk is 40meg, and since it wants to leave room for /tmp space, the swapfile that /etc/rc.swap creates and uses is started up with a *maximum* size of 30meg. Also note that logic predates the compressed swapfile. So these days that means 30meg of "swapfile.front", which probably won't take up 30meg on the hard disk you're actually using. Solutions: 1) change the "hiwat" value on the mach_swapon command in /etc/rc.swap. Offhand I'd suspect that people probably want to remove the entry in /etc/swaptab too (which will add a second swapfile, back on your root hard disk). 2) don't use the automatic swapdisk processing, and instead label your harddisk something other than 'swapdisk' and put the correct entries in /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab. My own preference is the second choice (for more reasons than I'll bore people with here). Others prefer the first choice. Either is fine, I guess. The main thing I harp about is that the logic in shipping version of /etc/rc.swap is utterly stupid for the hard drives that people are buying these days -- even though the logic was very wonderfully excellent at the time it was written. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Message-ID: <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 10:04:15 GMT In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > just wondering if anyone has, or know if one exists, an /etc/printcap. > 'man lpr' states that it is used which Netinfo isn't running (ie single > user mode) but I get the feeling that /etc/printcap for NeXTPrinter just > does not exist. Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode anyway, since it needs the windowserver to do its rendering. But apart from that, "nidump printcap /" should do the trick. Assuming you have previously installed a NeXTPrinter in PrintManager. -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "there is no difference between theory and practise, __/ _/_/ at least in theory..." -- Bruce Becker
From: droux@info.isbiel.ch (Nicolas Droux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Cyclic reference in NetInfo database Date: 28 Nov 1995 11:19:20 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <49er7o$o8c@vega.info.isbiel.ch> I found the cause of my netinfod lookup problem. I've added about 20 users using the Bulk create option of UserManager last Friday. Although the operation completed successfully, UserManager corrupted the database by inserting an entry with tag 0 in /users. When I browse through the database using NetInfoManager, I can see this entry (called dir: 0) in the users directory. It also appears when listing the content of /users: nectar.don[13] t9/bsetest6 > niutil -list / /users .. 185 grier 187 meist 0 191 vonnb1 193 bigga .. The entry corresponds to /, and it is of course not possible to remove it using NetInfo manager, or UserManager (since it does not correspond to a valid user). Is there a way to manually fix this problem ? Thanks, -- Nicolas Droux <n.droux@ieee.org> http://www.isbiel.ch/~don/ PGP fingerprint: 02 D2 E4 24 FA 0E 88 1E BA ED 38 56 C9 FE 22 56
From: leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au (Leigh Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Serial port DTR behaviour on NSI 3.3 with tuucp - Help! Date: 28 Nov 1995 11:22:12 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Distribution: world Message-ID: <49erd5$khd@styx.uwa.edu.au> Keywords: NeXTStep 3.3, Taylor UUCP 1.06, DTR Hi All, I've been running Taylor UUCP 1.04 since '93 and NS/Intel 3.1 with no problems polling my UUCP provider. Since upgrading from NS/I 3.2 to 3.3, the DTR line now remains asserted following uucico dialling out. This is a big problem as an incoming call causes the modem to spit RING messages to the serial port which seems to echo the received message back out to the modem in a feedback cycle (both transmit and receive LEDs on the modem flicker constantly) until the buffers overrun and the whole machine freezes requiring a cold boot! I don't have tuucp answer incoming calls and with the DTR line deasserted, the RING's didn't bother NeXTStep. Now the DTR didn't remain on with 3.2 so it's something with the serial ports (I'm using the 3.33 serial port & the 3.33 port-server drivers and a Bus Mouse). I upgraded tuucp to 1.06 and the rest of the package works fine as before but the DTR remains asserted like 1.04. I can force the DTR to deassert by running uucico -r1 -D which forces uucico to wait for the transfer to complete before returning to the command line. However uucico -D in the polling script still keeps the DTR asserted. Examining status scripts doesn't provide any clues....does anyone else have any? My gratitude will know no bounds Thanks -- Leigh Smith Computer Science, University of Western Australia +61-9-380-1945 leigh@cs.uwa.edu.au (NeXTMail/MIME) "In a world where success means gaining time, thinking has a single but irredeemable fault: it's a waste of time" - J-F. Lyotard
From: bmw@leia.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Q: Workspace won't detect CDROM on secondary IDE ...? Date: 28 Nov 1995 09:02:39 -0500 Organization: Visible Genetics Inc. Message-ID: <49f4pv$l5@leia.eric.on.ca> This is a variation on the "IDE-only Intel system and CD-ROMs" theme. I'm using an HP Vectra (VL/3) with an HP/Sony CDU76E-S [1.0c], and believe it or not, I was able to get NeXTSTEP installed just fine from the CD-ROM. I connected it as the slave to the harddisk on the primary controller and used the new and improved install disk (NeXTAnswers #1921 & #1984) with the Drivers disk (NA #1921 & #1923), although I modified the Drivers disk by adding the Beta EIDE driver to it. This worked just fine, and I didn't even have to install a SCSI driver to fool the install process; it just worked. OK, so NeXTSTEP comes up, I can login and other than an occaisional bogus message about "SCSI disk is not initialized: format or eject?" when I login with a CD in the drive, all's well. But the doc's suggest installing the CD-ROM as the master device on the secondary IDE controller, so I did that. Now, when I login, the CD-ROM is effectively ignored. That is, the Workspace never "sees" a CD in the device, so no icon appears in the FileViewer. The CD-ROM device is seen by the kernel as it boots, I get lines in /usr/adm/messages to that effect. And I can manually mount the CD with % mount /mnt /dev/sd0a and then it's browseable and all. But automagic recognition by the Workspace is gone. Any ideas anyone? Thanks! -- Bruce M. Walker | Visible Genetics Inc. | bmw@visgen.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Serial port DTR behaviour on NSI 3.3 with tuucp - Help! In-Reply-To: leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au's message of 28 Nov 1995 11:22:12 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov28194033@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <49erd5$khd@styx.uwa.edu.au> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:40:33 GMT Leigh, I have the same configuration as you and had similar problems. I have since resolved those problems and everything is working fine. When you upgraded to the new ISASerialPort and PortServer drivers, did you go into Configure.app, remove and then re-add the new drivers? If you didn't do this, your Instance0.table didn't get updated. More likely is that your Taylor UUCP isn't configured properly. Can you send me your config.h and policy.h to Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com (NEXTMAIL)? Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <49erd5$khd@styx.uwa.edu.au> leigh@antechinus.cs.uwa.oz.au (Leigh Smith) writes: Hi All, I've been running Taylor UUCP 1.04 since '93 and NS/Intel 3.1 with no problems polling my UUCP provider. Since upgrading from NS/I 3.2 to 3.3, the DTR line now remains asserted following uucico dialling out. This is a big problem as an incoming call causes the modem to spit RING messages to the serial port which seems to echo the received message back out to the modem in a feedback cycle (both transmit and receive LEDs on the modem flicker constantly) until the buffers overrun and the whole machine freezes requiring a cold boot! I don't have tuucp answer incoming calls and with the DTR line deasserted, the RING's didn't bother NeXTStep. Now the DTR didn't remain on with 3.2 so it's something with the serial ports (I'm using the 3.33 serial port & the 3.33 port-server drivers and a Bus Mouse). I upgraded tuucp to 1.06 and the rest of the package works fine as before but the DTR remains asserted like 1.04. I can force the DTR to deassert by running uucico -r1 -D which forces uucico to wait for the transfer to complete before returning to the command line. However uucico -D in the polling script still keeps the DTR asserted. Examining status scripts doesn't provide any clues....does anyone else have any? My gratitude will know no bounds Thanks -- Leigh Smith Computer Science, University of Western Australia +61-9-380-1945 leigh@cs.uwa.edu.au (NeXTMail/MIME) "In a world where success means gaining time, thinking has a single but irredeemable fault: it's a waste of time" - J-F. Lyotard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: aslater@jocko.bri.hp.com (Al Slater) Subject: motherboard power-up ? Summary: black mb wont power up Sender: news@bri.hp.com (News User) Message-ID: <DIspyA.9w0@bri.hp.com> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:22:58 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Keywords: motherboard powerup failure Hi folks, Got a motherboard to play with to see if it fixes a long standing scsi problem I've got with the mboard that the slab came with. It's a turbo mono flavour, the original powers up okay. The other mboard doesnt power up - ie hitting power on doesnt make it go. I've played about with pulling the relevant bits out of the board and it isn't the lithium battery... anyone any suggestions to make the sucker go before I start using it as a frisbee? cheers, al (this slab is turning out to be the worst investment I've made in a long while :-| ..)
From: brzez@d0tokensun.fnal.gov (Time will fly.. tonight...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: formatting 9gb drive for NEXTSTEP Date: 28 Nov 1995 18:18:56 GMT Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL Message-ID: <49fjqg$f0j@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951116191840.23503E-100000@avocado> How does one access non-next partitions on these big drives? For example, I have a 4 gig drive partitioned into 2 DOS, 1 NeXTStep, and one Linux. All are 1 gig each. I can access all my partitons from Linux but I can't seem to access any when I'm running from my Next partition. Are there any special disktab, fstab, etc configurations to do this? Thanks.. -- John Hussain Chinoy (hussain@artsci.wustl.edu) wrote: : Hi, all, : I thought I'd reask my question since I didn't get too many : responses last time... : Has anyone been able to format a 9gb drive to work with : NEXTSTEP? I know NS doesn't read it all, so I was hoping to format the : 9gb into multiple (5) 1.8mb partitions and then mount it, so it's : effectively 5 2gb disks. : Anyone have any experience, hints, or tips? : Will I need to partition the drive in DOS or something before hand? : Will the Workspace then recognize the drive? : Any help will be greatly appreciated. And, of course, I'll post : a summary. : My systems: : m68k NeXTs: 1 turbo running 3.2 : 1 turbo running 3.3 : i586 NeXTs: 1 p5/60 running 3.2 : 2 p5/133s running 3.3 : Thanks! : ___ __________________________________________________________ : /\__\ G. Hussain Chinoy : \/__/ 314/591-4955 vox : NEXTSTEP, 314/935-5799 fax : baby hussain@artsci.wustl.edu net : http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~hussain/ web
From: john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Running a PPP Server on NEXTSTEP Intel Date: 28 Nov 1995 18:31:21 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <49fkhp$20l@miwok.nbn.com> References: <49e01p$rmc@miwok.nbn.com> <49ff9e$gtc@galaxy.ucr.edu> In <49ff9e$gtc@galaxy.ucr.edu> Ron Wood wrote: > > D38400:ap:p8:im=\r\n\r\nNeXT (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\r\n\r:sp#9600: > > According to this line, your speed setting is still 9600bps, change the sp#9600 > to sp#38400 and see what happens. > > > Hi There: Thanks for the info, but I guess I wasn't clear. If I change the sp#9600 to anything higher, then I run into problems. Still hoping... John
From: colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Colin Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for new telnet for NeXTStep Date: 28 Nov 1995 18:34:42 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <49fko2$f7d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> I'm currently running NS 3.2 and I am frustrated by the fact that telnet will not read a .telnetrc file. Is there a newer or different telnet that will work on NS 3.2 that will read a .telnetrc file? -- "As Jun [Murai] explains it, `I can go to the bar and drink beer. I go to a phone and ping my routers, and if they are still working, I go back and drink more beer.'" Carl Malamud _Exploring_the_Internet_ Colin Johnson | colinj@umich.edu | http://www.itd.umich.edu/~colinj/
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 12:40:35 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Tom Hageman wrote: > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > > > just wondering if anyone has, or know if one exists, an /etc/printcap. > > 'man lpr' states that it is used which Netinfo isn't running (ie single > > user mode) but I get the feeling that /etc/printcap for NeXTPrinter just > > does not exist. > > Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode anyway, since it needs > the windowserver to do its rendering. Is this true even if it is just printing ASCII text? > > But apart from that, "nidump printcap /" should do the trick. Assuming > you have previously installed a NeXTPrinter in PrintManager. > myprompt> nidump printcap / Printer Tree_Killer can't be represented in printcap format. myprompt> It's there, but it can't seem to do it. TjL ps -- yes my printer is called 'Tree_Killer' is that a problem? -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Message-ID: <DIsxqG.Fu8@icgned.nl> Sender: news@icgned.nl Organization: IC Group References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 11:11:04 GMT In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Tom Hageman wrote: > > Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode anyway, since it needs > > the windowserver to do its rendering. > > Is this true even if it is just printing ASCII text? I think so. The NeXT printer is just a dumb laser engine that eats a bitmap. > myprompt> nidump printcap / > Printer Tree_Killer can't be represented in printcap format. > myprompt> > > It's there, but it can't seem to do it. Typical. Here's ours: tom@ganymedes 51) nidump printcap / Blanco_Papier: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Blanco_Papier:rm=teun:rp=BLANCO_PAPIER:lp=: \ :ty=NeXT 400 dpi Level II Printer:note=Wit Papier:lo=lock: -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "there is no difference between theory and practise, __/ _/_/ at least in theory..." -- Bruce Becker
From: <David W. Gotthold> blumoose@bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need scsi advice quickly!!!! Date: 29 Nov 1995 01:31:03 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Message-ID: <49gd4n$gnb@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> I need to buy a scsi controller by the end of the week. (My borrowed 2940 _has_ to go back.) Can the AHA-2940UW be used with the current beta (3.36) driver?? The notes say something about support in a future driver, but does this mean the card will not work, or just that it will run just like a regular 2940W. Alternately, does anyone know when a working driver will be released. I'm having trouble finding a normal 2940W, several places no longer carry it, and most of the rest are out of stock. Please help!!!! David -- David Gotthold University of Texas at Austin, Microelectronics Research Center blumoose@mail.utexas.edu .................office (512) 471-5383 http://bardosaur.mer.utexas.edu .............fax (512) 471-8575
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: 28 Nov 1995 22:55:16 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <49g40k$577@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Tom Hageman wrote: > > Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode > > anyway, since it needs the windowserver to do its rendering. > > Is this true even if it is just printing ASCII text? I'm pretty sure the answer Yes. It's just a "bitmap" printer. It expects the workstation (DPS) to do all the work of getting the desired output into a bitmap. It has no smarts of it's own. That's why it only works with NeXT hardware. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <@vm.cnuce.cnr.it,@ISS.IT:ZANITTI@ISS.IT> Message-ID: <199511290823.AAA06861@netcomsv.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 09:13:35 ISS From: ZANITTI@ISS.IT Subject: What UPS for NeXTSTEP What UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) is better for NeXTSTEP 3.3 on this system: AMD 486 DX2 66 16 MB RAM Controller SCSI Adaptec 1542 CF 1 HD Micropolis 2 GB SCSI 1 CD-ROM NEC 2.10 SCSI 1 HD HP 1 GB SCSI Monitor NEC 3V Floppy 3.5 Mouse Microsoft Keyboard Since I want extend it and I want an autonomy by 10-15 minute. I need informations on brands and especially on the features: ON-LINE, OFF-LINE, OFF-LINE INTERACTIVE, OFF-LINE STAND-BY, OFF-LINE NO BREAK SINUSOIDAL, SQUARE BY-PASS, BY-PASS STATIC, DOUBLE CONVERSION, TENSION PEAKS SUPPRESSION, HIGH FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY, CONTROL BY MICROPROCESSOR, INTERFACE Snmp, INPUT POWER FACTOR 1, GALVANIC ISOLATION, STATIC COMMUTATOR, SINGLE-PHASE, "REPHASETOR", HIGH COS"FI", FILTER Emi/Rfi, DIGITAL VOLT-AMPERE, WATT INTERVENTION TIME AND SO ON What is the meaning of the above features, what is the best feature? Thanks Sorry for my English LEO ZANITTI
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: CryptorBundle.1.2 and NS3.3? Date: 29 Nov 1995 00:23:51 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <49g96o$9f5@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <m0tJncv-000VfiC@expresso.mendota.com> "Louis R. Eagle" <lre@mendota.com> wrote: > > Does CryptorBundle.1.2 work with the NS3.3 Mail.app? Yes, it does. I did have some troubles upgrading it to use the latest version of PGP (2.6.2), which I haven't sat down to figure out. It works for incoming messages for me, but last I looked at it I wasn't sure that the encryption of outgoing messages was working right. I didn't spend much time on that though. (CryptorBundle as it comes works just fine with Mail.app from NS-3.3, though). > If not, is there another solution for PGP with Mail.app? I'd say that other solutions are better, because the Cryptor bundle only works for NeXTmail. Ie, if you encrypt a message, it is going to be sent as NeXTmail so the receiver must have NeXTmail too. And if someone sends you a PGP-encrypted or PGP-signed message which is *not* CryptorBundle/NeXTmail, you'd still need one of the other alternatives. Other alternatives: NXPGP or the PGP.ts file for TickleServices. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: 29 Nov 1995 03:12:48 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <49gj3g$tsa@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Timothy J. Luoma (luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu) wrote: : myprompt> nidump printcap / : Printer Tree_Killer can't be represented in printcap format. : myprompt> With versions of OS higher than 2.x help message from nidump lies. Try 'nidump -r printers /' instead. --mj
From: zie@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Thomas Ziegler) Newsgroups: de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: ROM-Monitor: How to calculate CHECKSUM? Date: 29 Nov 1995 13:02:16 GMT Organization: Technische Elektronik, University of Erlangen, Germany Message-ID: <49hlko$34i@rznews.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> NNTP-Posting-User: zie We have a cluster of serveral next stations (Black HW). Unfortunately I destroyed one of those EPROMs wich contains the boot-ROM. So I copied a ROM from one of the other stations. Unfortunately the hardware ethernet address is coded there. Due to possible network conflicts I had to change the ethernet address back to the original one. More unfortunataly there is also a 4 byte checksum which has to be changed too. Does anybody know how to calculate this checksum? Thanks in advance Thomas -- Thomas Ziegler, Lehrstuhl fuer Technische Elektronik (LTE), Uni Erlangen-Nuernberg, Cauerstr. 9, D-91580 Erlangen, Phone: +49 9131 85-7200, FAX +49 9131 302951
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for new telnet for NeXTStep Date: 29 Nov 1995 15:17:02 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <49hthe$cgp@news.its.com> References: <49fko2$f7d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Colin Eric Johnson) wrote: > I'm currently running NS 3.2 and I am frustrated by the fact > that telnet will not read a .telnetrc file. Is there a newer or > different telnet that will work on NS 3.2 that will read a .telnetrc > file? Did you do a "chmod 600 ~/.telnetrc"? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Re[2]: ** HELP: How to use a Laserwriter with NeXT? Date: 29 Nov 1995 15:36:46 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <49hume$cgp@news.its.com> References: <pompei-1311951502050001@galactic-overlord.acns.nwu.edu> <1995Nov17.163422.829@heinz.com> <1995Nov20.120229.45686@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> <ken-2311951009180001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> <ken-2311951022250001@ganymedeh7.netdepot.com> <pompei-2711951245570001@129.105.148.202> <pompei-2811951120100001@129.105.148.205> pompei@nwu.edu (Joe Pompei) wrote: > Well, it didn't... I made the cable, but something didn't work about > it... after consulting a lot of vendors and ignorant sales people, I > found out that perhaps one connection is wrong: > > 8-din 25-D > > 8 CTS 20 DTR <--- advice given from this newsgroup > 8 CTS 4 RTS <--- advice from the 'man zs' page > > the man page also shows other pin connections that weren't made: > > 1 DTR 8 DCD > 2 DCD 20 DTR > 6 RTS 5 CTS > > are these necessary? anyone have comments? The last three connections are for hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. They are a really good idea. The other issue is whether you want to make a "modem" cable (with the RTS, CTS, DTR, and DCD signal connected directly), or a "null modem"/"Terminal" cable (with RTS<-->CTS, CTS<-->RTS, DTR<-->DCD, and DCD<-->DTR connections). Read "man zs" again, and look over the laserprinter documentation for what kind of connection they expect. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: 29 Nov 1995 18:48:23 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <49i9tn$led@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Tom Hageman wrote: > > > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > > > > > just wondering if anyone has, or know if one exists, an /etc/printcap. > > > 'man lpr' states that it is used which Netinfo isn't running (ie single > > > user mode) but I get the feeling that /etc/printcap for NeXTPrinter just > > > does not exist. > > > > Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode anyway, since it needs > > the windowserver to do its rendering. > > Is this true even if it is just printing ASCII text? > > > > > But apart from that, "nidump printcap /" should do the trick. Assuming > > you have previously installed a NeXTPrinter in PrintManager. > > > > myprompt> nidump printcap / > Printer Tree_Killer can't be represented in printcap format. > myprompt> > > It's there, but it can't seem to do it. > This is because the "NeXT Printer" entry has "children" in NetInfo. I.e, there are subdirectories Admin and Device in /printers/{printer_name}/Admin and /printers/{printer_name}/Device. You can dump this entry with nidump -r printers . to get the "raw" dump of your printers in NetInfo. However, to save you some trouble, I made a copy of my "Local_Printer" which is a NeXT Printer and I removed the Admin and Device subdirs. Here is a printcap entry for the NeXT printer. Not sure if it will work though.. Copy_of_Local_Printer: \ :lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:sf=:sb=:lp=/dev/null:mx=0: \ :if=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/prserver: \ :cf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pscf: \ :df=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psdf: \ :gf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psgf: \ :nf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psnf: \ :rf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psrf: \ :tf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/pstf: \ :vf=/usr/lib/NextPrinter/Server/psvf: \ :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer:nxformat=3.0: \ :ty=NeXT 400 dpi Level II Printer:_writers=*:_ignore: > TjL > ps -- yes my printer is called 'Tree_Killer' is that a problem? > -- > Timothy J. Luoma > luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) > 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) > "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question." -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXTMail or MIME mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL: http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * System Administration "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:24:17 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951129082233.11845A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951128123827.10362A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <49gj3g$tsa@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <49gj3g$tsa@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> On 29 Nov 1995, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > Timothy J. Luoma (luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu) wrote: > > : myprompt> nidump printcap / > : Printer Tree_Killer can't be represented in printcap format. > : myprompt> > > With versions of OS higher than 2.x help message from nidump lies. > Try 'nidump -r printers /' instead. > that seems to have done it, although whether it will work under single-user mode seems to be a very hopeful suggestion. I'll try it NeXTTime it crashes. Thanks for the help! TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: Craig Benting <craig@fse-power.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Drivers for the new model Diamond Stealth VRAM card Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:27:20 -0800 Organization: ForeSight Electronics Message-ID: <30BC97F8.6827@fse-power.com> References: <KAY.95Nov24204000@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just bought my Diamond Stealth 64 3200 w/2mb VRAM about 1 or 2 months ago and I had the same problem you're having. The newest driver is at: http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/ByNumber/1939.compressed After I installed this driver, the card worked great! I only installed NeXT on my system a few days ago and for some reason I can't access the floppy drive (even though I can boot off of it and access it through DOS and Win 95). Do you know what I could do to figure out what the problem is?
From: degregor@badlands.nodak.edu (Brian J Degregorio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetBSD or Linux on a NeXT Workstation? Date: 29 Nov 1995 19:18:10 GMT Organization: North Dakota Higher Eduation Network Message-ID: <49ibli$f60@daily-planet.nodak.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Has anyone been able to install NetBSD, Linux, or FreeBSD on a NeXT Workstation? If so how did you do it? Any help would be greatly apreciated. Thanks in advance. *********************************************************************** ** Brian Degregorio ** ** 3504 11th ave N apt #16 ** ** Grand Forks, ND 58203 ** ** Email: degregor@aero.und.nodak.edu ** ** Web: http://www.cs.und.nodak.edu/~degregor ** ***********************************************************************
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: No Sendmail Queueing (Mail.app bug?) Date: 29 Nov 1995 19:22:50 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <49ibua$1jbi@news.doit.wisc.edu> I recently installed the 3.3 patch. Before the patch, when mail was sent while the computer (a portable) was disconnected from the network, the mail would get deferred to the queue with a message such as "Host name lookup failure". Now, after the patch, the mail is immediately returned with the error message "Host unknown". So, thinking I would outsmart the system, I went into the Sendmail.cf file (which is linked to Sendmail.mailhost.cf, also, the Netinfo locations points to this file), and I set the delivery mode to queuing using the line "Odq" in place of "Odbackground". It seems this should force all mail to be queued until the queue is run (which happens when the PPP link is brought up). It works fine if I use the command line mail (/usr/ucb/mail) - it queues up messages nicely. However, Mail.app seems to do something that completely ignores this queue setting. Instead, it still attempts immediate delivery (without queueing), and immediately bounces the message back. The only two fixes I have found (neither of which I like) are: - Downgrade to using the unix mail program (arg!) - Start lookupd in /etc/rc with the -R option, bringing back the old lookup behavior, which though somtimes painful, at least works when the computer is not connected to the network. Any other suggestions? Is this a bug in Mail.app? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: elitman@nxstep.com (Eric Litman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for new telnet for NeXTStep Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 29 Nov 1995 21:26:29 GMT Organization: Viaduct, Inc. Message-ID: <49ij65$qdq@news4.digex.net> References: <49fko2$f7d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Colin Eric Johnson (colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu) wrote: # I'm currently running NS 3.2 and I am frustrated by the fact # that telnet will not read a .telnetrc file. Is there a newer or # different telnet that will work on NS 3.2 that will read a .telnetrc # file? Yes. Get the version off of ftp.cray.com. Compiles without issue. </eal> -- Eric A. Litman Internet Technology vox: 301.493.0220 elitman@nxstep.com and Marketing Consulting pag: 800.570.4400
From: schaub@tamu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fix sendmail From: field Date: 29 Nov 1995 21:39:07 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <49ijtr$7uh@news.tamu.edu> I have a standalone Nextstation that I connect to the campus computer net via modem/ppp. My machine name is "alps". Every time I sent email, it says the email is from username@alps instead of my proper email address set in the From to: field. When I first set up the ppp connection, it didn't used to do this. Is there any way I can change the from: field? When responding, please keep in mind that I have had limited exposure to UNIX administration. Many thanks, HP -- Hanspeter Schaub Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~schaub schaub@tamu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! WE CAN LEARN TO FLY! -Jonathon Livingston Seagull
From: cdl@helium.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: anyone have an /etc/printcap for a NeXTPrinter? Date: 30 Nov 1995 00:52:57 GMT Organization: The University of California at San Diego Message-ID: <49iv99$1vc@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <DIqzz4.Crs@icgned.nl> tom@icgned.nl (Tom Hageman) wrote: |In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951127162817.2079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> |"Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: |> |> just wondering if anyone has, or know if one exists, an /etc/printcap. |> 'man lpr' states that it is used which Netinfo isn't running (ie single |> user mode) but I get the feeling that /etc/printcap for NeXTPrinter just |> does not exist. |Printing to a NeXTPrinter is not possible in single user mode anyway, since it needs |the windowserver to do its rendering. |But apart from that, "nidump printcap /" should do the trick. Assuming you have |previously installed a NeXTPrinter in PrintManager. I observe that with NS3.3: helium: tmp: 194> nidump printcap / Printer Local_Printer can't be represented in printcap format. Any printer that is set up using PrintManager.app gives this message. carl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: benst@stuyts.nl (Ben Stuyts) Subject: long sendmail delays after installing 3.3 patches Message-ID: <DIttL5.8E8@stuyts.nl> Organization: Stuyts Engineering Haarlem BV Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:39:04 GMT A week ago I installed the 3.3 patches on my cube. Since then I've seen several instances of extreme delays on processing mail. Mail comes in through a uucp link. In /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog, I find that most messages are routed through with only a minimal delay of a few seconds. Some of them take a lot longer though: in my current syslog is see a few messages taking between 11 minutes and 7.5 hours. All these messages are routed to the local machine or to other uucp connections. This machine is running standalone; no network connected. Furthermore I use nxfax 1.04.1 and Taylor uucp 1.04. For example: Nov 29 20:55:22 daneel sendmail[8816]: AA08816: message-id=<m0tKsaL-000SGoC@olivaw.olivetti.nl> Nov 29 20:55:22 daneel sendmail[8816]: AA08816: from=olivaw!paulz, size=9648, class=0, received from local Nov 29 21:06:26 daneel sendmail[8894]: AA08816: to="|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail #YOUR_LOGIN_NAME", delay=00:11:05, stat=Sent I can find these messages sitting in the mailq: [daneel Users/benst]1: mailq Mail Queue (1 request) --QID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------ AA08816* 9158 Wed Nov 29 20:55 olivaw!paulz (benst) "|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmai The funny thing is that sendmail is actually running (well, sleeping) to process these messages: root 141 0.0 0.5 1.70M 192K ? S 0:00 -accepting connections (sendmail) root 8823 0.0 1.5 1.70M 560K Db S 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -folivaw!paulz -i benst benst 8824 0.0 0.7 1.70M 264K Db S 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -folivaw!paulz -i benst I see that the controlling terminal is ttydb, the modem port. That's kind of funny as there was certainly nothing going on on this port at that moment. Any ideas? I'm thinking of switching over to sendmail 8, seeing all the CERT advisories anyway. Would that help? Many thanks, Ben
From: schurch@twg.com (Sean Church) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for info on wu-ftpd Date: 30 Nov 1995 01:38:48 GMT Organization: The Wollongong Group, Inc. Message-ID: <49j1v8$8os@enquirer.twg.com> Hi folks. I am looking for where the wu-ftpd archives have moved (the stuff as ftp.wustl.edu is way old...). Thought I'd ask here. Know of what the mailing list has changed to? Email me ... I don't read news much... Thanks! Sean Church schurch@twg.com
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Quad Fat developer how much disk space does it take? Date: 29 Nov 1995 16:51:56 -0800 Organization: me organized? That's a joke! Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <e91kyc4b6.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> What amount of diskspace to I need to be able to install NS User as one architecture and Developer for one architecture but quad for the libraries and have 100MEG left over. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: michael@mmgraph.com (Michael Rutchik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Wacom Driver and New Serial Port Driver (3.33) Date: 30 Nov 1995 06:38:31 GMT Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Distribution: world Message-ID: <49jjh7$8da@nntp.crl.com> I loaded the new Wacom Driver and got the latest serial drivers from the archives and am having trouble with the new configurations. I'm afraid I'm being forced to choose between the tablet and a reliable internet connection. I don't think I have the option to add a second serial card since I'm running a canon.objectstation 41. I'm using: ppp-2.2-0.4.5 NS 3.3 Sportster 28.8 Modem. My ppp/options are as follows: mtu 1500 debug crtscts kdebug 17 defaultroute modem -pap -chap \ connect '/usr/local/bin/chat -v ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" ABORT "ERROR" "" "AT&F1" "OK" ATZ "OK" ATDTxxxxxxx CONNECT "" ogin: xxxxx assword: xxxxx PPP session.' \ /dev/cufa 38400 Can anyone make sense of the following messages? /usr/admin/messages ************************************************************ With the Next Serial Port Driver 3.33 and the tty port server: Nov 27 22:32:53 mmgraph mach: ttynxps07a0: Hardware Overflow Nov 27 22:32:53 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x5258 Nov 27 22:33:03 mmgraph mach: ttynxps07a0: Hardware Overflow Nov 27 22:33:03 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x9555 Nov 27 22:36:00 mmgraph mach: ttynxps07a0: Hardware Overflow Nov 27 22:36:01 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0xbdbd Nov 27 22:36:01 mmgraph mach: ttynxps07a0: Hardware Overflow *The ppp link works but the whole system is slowed down. *Cycles app records periodic bursts of system activity even when I'm not using the Net. *The ppp connection is noticeably slower. ************************************************************ With the Mux Driver 1.7: Nov 29 00:39:03 mmgraph mach: Mux[7e0]: silo overflow Nov 29 00:39:03 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x6443 Nov 29 00:39:04 mmgraph mach: Mux[7e0]: silo overflow Nov 29 00:39:04 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0xcbd2 Nov 29 00:39:04 mmgraph mach: Mux[7e0]: silo overflow Nov 29 00:39:04 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0x27a4 *The ppp connection is very fast, but within 30 minutes I get a very nasty System Panic ************************************************************ With the NeXT on-board Serial Ports Driver 3.30: Nov 29 21:58:05 mmgraph last message repeated 6 times Nov 29 21:58:06 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0xd096 Nov 29 21:58:36 mmgraph mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-902) Nov 29 21:58:36 mmgraph last message repeated 6 times Nov 29 21:58:36 mmgraph mach: ppp0: bad fcs 0xd202 Nov 29 21:59:13 mmgraph mach: ttyscc0: receive error 2 (-902) *The ppp connection seems smooth, the system runs well, the link stays up for weeks at a time, but I won't be able to use my Wacom Tablet if I use this driver. ************************************************************ I'm hoping there is something I can add/change to my ppp/options that would help smooth the connection with the new NeXT Serial Driver 3.33. Thanks in advance. Michael Rutchik michael@mmgraph.com
From: doroin@cobber.cord.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anyone using tcpdump? Cannot find /dev/bpf0 Date: 30 Nov 1995 09:30:57 GMT Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Message-ID: <49jtkh$hpu@news.gate.net> References: <DIHKzB.MnI@inter.NL.net> In article <DIHKzB.MnI@inter.NL.net>, you wrote: >I downloaded tcpdump.3.0.s.tar.gz from peanuts.leo.org: >/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/communications > >I used the exitsting makefile, becouse configure on libpcap-0.0 >complained: > configure: cannot determine packet capture interface > >The program now complains: > tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: no such file or directory > >Am i missing something? >Must i create th special file /dev/bpf0, if so haw. Yes. A bpf driver came with PPP2.X. If you have PPP installed, you can find the bpf device major number from the console at boot time. Here is what it looks like when I boot my machine: -------------------begin----------------- Sep 29 03:27:03 wormhole mach: BPF version 1.1 NS 3.2 and 3.3 Sep 29 03:27:03 wormhole mach: LKS: $Revision: 4.2 $ ($Date: 1995/07/03 18:26:45 $) Sep 29 03:27:03 wormhole mach: Using Major device 32 Sep 29 03:27:03 wormhole mach: by Stephen Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu> Sep 29 03:27:04 wormhole mach: Sep 29 03:27:04 wormhole mach: PPP version 2.2b3 for NS 3.2 and 3.3 ------------------end--------------------- From above, my bpf device is using major number 32. So then I go to my /dev directory and as root run: wormhole> mknod bpf0 c 32 0 Then I can have tcpdump listen on ppp0 by running: wormhole> tcpdump -i ppp0 Hope this helps. Please reply to doroin@cobber.cord.edu for any more info. -jon
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fix sendmail From: field Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:07:12 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951130000516.13703B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <49ijtr$7uh@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <49ijtr$7uh@news.tamu.edu> Well, the best solution would be to get the newest sendmail package 8.7.2 from ftp.cs.orst. The worse solution would probably be some sort of hack where you edit the rulesets in /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: ian@pride.uk.stratus.com (Ian Farquharson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Geographically separated NetInfo domain. Gotchas? Date: 30 Nov 1995 10:46:49 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <49k22p$prr@transfer.stratus.com> A little advice from the community on this would be appreciated. I have at present, 3 domains in europe (though we might want to widen this to 5) They are:- 4 machines in the u.k. 6 in Holland, and 3 in Germany. The uk ones run as a domain, with all user registraions, and peripherals registered all at the group domain level, so we can use any machine pretty well. I've been asked to take on the dutch and german admin, as they are all standalone (though in the same room) systems, something about them not wanting others using their p.c. We need to set up a 3 tier system, europe uk nl de a b c d e f g h i The rationale behind this is to allow any of us to visit another office and be able to work pretty efficiently. Obviously all the applications need to be in the /LocalApps on each system. The real question is that if I pick say a d g as master and 2 clones of a Europe NetInfo domain, with a max of say 20 machines connected, am I asking for trouble? Each country is on a separate subnet of our Virtual Private lan, with worst case 128k line into germany I think. The actual Netinfo admin is o.k. we do have the skills to set it all up, I'm just looking for gotchas with physically remote systems. Thanks, Ian -- Ian Farquharson -- Stratus Computer Ltd, Central House, Lampton Road, Hounslow Middlesex.
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to Post newsgroup-email without news account? Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 15:07:51 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951130150751.246AACUU.malc@daneel> References: <DIFxxv.AK4@icgned.nl> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124012305.6094A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Ah, I was right after all! :-) Best wishes, mmalc. From: usenet@cs.utexas.edu Subject: mail-to-news error Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:57:21 -0600 (CST) To: M.Crawford There is no longer a mail-to-news gateway on cs.utexas.edu. It became a magnet for abuse, which we are no longer willing to endure. There are other such gateways described in ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ pub/usenet-by-group/alt.answers/internet-services/access-via-email but I have not verified any of them. Good luck. ------- original message appended ------- >From M.Crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk Thu Nov 30 08:57:17 1995 Received: from mail.cs.utexas.edu (root@mail.cs.utexas.edu [128.83.139.10]) by news.cs.utexas.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id IAA19640 for <comp.sys.next.sysadmin.USENET@mail.cs.utexas.edu>; Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:57:17 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 14:57:05 +0000 (GMT) From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Subject: Re: How to Post newsgroup-email without news account? Sender: m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk To: comp-sys-next-sysadmin@cs.utexas.edu I *think* the cs.utexas.edu gateway was closed down recently... Since this message has got through, however, I'm wrong, sorry! [actually, I was right! :-) ] Best wishes, mmalc.
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Quad Fat developer how much disk space does it take? Date: 30 Nov 1995 03:51:22 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <49j9nq$t5g@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <e91kyc4b6.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > What amount of diskspace to I need to be able to install NS User > as one architecture and Developer for one architecture but quad > for the libraries and have 100MEG left over. Depends on the "one archecture", of course. In the case of the base arch being NeXT hardware: df # Kbytes used ------ 293523 NeXTSTEP 3.3, Quad-fat developer libraries 311494 NeXTSTEP 3.3, Quad-fat dev-lib, plus EOF 350800 NeXTSTEP 3.3 patch 1, Quad-fat dev-lib, plus EOF That's how much is used up. Add on whatever extra you want. I believe the above numbers include about 1meg used up by the swapfile, and you'll probably want more than that... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: Scott A Douglass <sd3n+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: MouseX Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:35:53 -0500 Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Message-ID: <4kjQxNW00iWP82SvUd@andrew.cmu.edu> I have recently started using MouseX and seem to be encountering some problems. - I'm running MouseX on a 3.2 mono slab. - I installed the complete basic and developer archives. - I EXACTLY followed the installation instructions. - Xfe is currently using ALL default preference settings. - I am currently able to build/develop (I've built emacs, xfilemanager, ctwm, xpm, etc.). The problem that concerns me the most is that I can't use the Cmd+Cmd+Delete or Cmd+Cmd+* key combinations to return to NEXTSTEP. Every time I try this the Workspace Manager asks me to try to save files then reboots. Because I am uable to use Cmd+Cmd+Delete to return to NEXTSTEP, I have had to exit X in other ways. This requirement is the source of other problems. When I exit the last xterm, the screen goes black. Under these circumstances, all I can do is use Cmd+Cmd+Delete, quit the workspace, logout, and hope that I can see the loginwindow. Each time I quit X, I'm uncertain if my filespace is clean. Sometimes after an apparently regular shutdown and reboot, I'll have to run fsck from the monitor as root to complete the reboot! If this is the price of MouseX... If you've been using MouseX, could you answer these questions? (In your responses you can assume I use X11R5 on Sun5 and DECStations on a daily basis.) - What do I need to do to get Cmd+Cmd+Delete and/or Cmd+Cmd+* to work properly? - How do I avoid the black screen after quitting X? - Basically, what do I have to do to safely quit MouseX and return to NEXTSTEP? - Can I get "xterm -C" or "xconsole" working under MouseX? - What should my .xinitrc look like? All my .xinitrc files from SPARC and DEC machines either fail to start all the clients or cause bus errors (as seen by "cat /tmp/console.log"). - Would you be willing to send me a copy of your MouseX-friendly .xinitrc? - Have you been able to get either Tk or STk to work under MouseX (when I use either, button actions immediately kill all X related processes and return me to NEXTSTEP). Please let me know what I'm doing wrong. Scott Douglass _____________________________________________________________________ Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University Office: (412) 268-1414, E-mail: sd3n+@andrew.cmu.edu (NeXTMail OK) PGP Public Key: finger email address
From: Colin Eric Johnson <colinj@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for new telnet for NeXTStep Date: 30 Nov 1995 17:33:48 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <49kpts$em5@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <49fko2$f7d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> <49hthe$cgp@news.its.com> Originator: colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu In article <49hthe$cgp@news.its.com>, Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> wrote: >colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Colin Eric Johnson) wrote: >> I'm currently running NS 3.2 and I am frustrated by the fact >> that telnet will not read a .telnetrc file. Is there a newer or >> different telnet that will work on NS 3.2 that will read a .telnetrc >> file? > >Did you do a "chmod 600 ~/.telnetrc"? Sadly the telnet that ships with NS 3.2 has no ability to read a .telnetrc file at all. thus my frustration. They were kind enough to list it as a bug in the man page: BUGS There is no adequate way for dealing with flow control. On some remote systems, echo has to be turned off manually when in "line by line" mode. There is enough settable state to justify a .telnetrc file. No capability for a .telnetrc file is provided. -- "As Jun [Murai] explains it, `I can go to the bar and drink beer. I go to a phone and ping my routers, and if they are still working, I go back and drink more beer.'" Carl Malamud _Exploring_the_Internet_ Colin Johnson | colinj@umich.edu | http://www.itd.umich.edu/~colinj/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Win95-->(NS3.3+NeXTPrinter)??? Message-ID: <DIvCBD.98x@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 18:21:13 GMT In article <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> lakanen@otto.cmr.fsu.edu (Peter S. Lakanen) writes: > Have a brand new PC with a network card and a 10baseT cable. > > I want to network it to my NeXT with TCP/IP so I can test > www stuff and use my NeXT Laser printer. > > I've been told this is possible...can someone give me some > pointers? I'd like to have a little direction before I dive > into this. > > Thanx everybody! Install Samba on the NeXT, that makes the NeXT a "Lanmanager server" which means you can mount disks and use printers on Windows machines. Watch the thread on Samba for the solution of the fact that Windows doesn't produce conforming PostScript. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: velcro@pcix.com (David A. Sinclair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Replacement TONER Cartridge for NeXT Laser? Date: 30 Nov 1995 18:38:48 GMT Organization: misconfigured@pcix -- mail /dev/null for support Message-ID: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> hi all! my toner has definitely died :( i remember hearing (reading) that the NeXT LP could use a standard toner cartridge as a replacement, but i didn't write down which one! anybody out there know which toner carts work fine in the NeXT laser printer? thanks! -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David A. Sinclair velcro@pcix.com
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Will Windows NT run on Canon object.station 41? Date: 30 Nov 1995 19:27:04 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <49l0i8$mcp@emerald.oz.net> Looks like we have Windows NT in our future :-( We'd like not to have to purchase new hardware just to run NT on a couple of machines for OpenStep testing and we have several Canon object.station 41's. Will they run NT without any problems? -- Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Quad Fat developer how much disk space does it take? Date: 30 Nov 1995 19:50:36 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <49l1uc$meh@news.its.com> References: <e91kyc4b6.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > What amount of diskspace to I need to be able to install NS User as > one architecture and Developer for one architecture but quad for the > libraries and have 100MEG left over. A full install of NS User, Developer, and EOF quad-FAT, including all optional packages and the GNU sources, takes up ~470 MB. Go down to ~400 MB if you don't include EOF. Of course, you probably don't need to install *everything* if you're tight on space; you can cut down to 300 MB or so without losing anything very important. So don't get anything smaller than a 500 MB drive (you want to have some space to swap in and 100 MB for user stuff, right?), but I'd recommend a 1 GB, which'll run about $400 US dollars for a good drive today. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jcruz@bart.inescn.pt (Jose Manuel de Magalhaes Cruz) Subject: Power on automatically a Cube Message-ID: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> Sender: news@animal.inescn.pt (USENET News System) Organization: INESC-Porto, Portugal Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 19:23:49 GMT Hello, Can anyone tell me, please, how can I set up a Cube (or black hardware), so that it powers up automatically, after a temporary Power failure? I have searched in the faqs, and in the documentation, but was not successfull... Many thanks. Jose' ----- jmcruz@escher.inescn.pt --------
From: moellney@michi.bota.uni-bonn.de (Michael Moellney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Q: Workspace won't detect CDROM on secondary IDE ...? Date: 30 Nov 1995 21:53:05 GMT Organization: University of Bonn, Germany Message-ID: <49l942$nur@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <49f4pv$l5@leia.eric.on.ca> bmw@leia.eric.on.ca (Bruce Walker) wrote: > This is a variation on the "IDE-only Intel system and CD-ROMs" > theme. > > I'm using an HP Vectra (VL/3) with an HP/Sony CDU76E-S [1.0c], and > believe it or not, I was able to get NeXTSTEP installed just fine > from the CD-ROM. I connected it as the slave to the harddisk on > the primary controller and used the new and improved install disk > (NeXTAnswers #1921 & #1984) with the Drivers disk (NA #1921 & > #1923), although I modified the Drivers disk by adding the Beta > EIDE driver to it. > How many EIDE Driver did you install in Configure. It seems, you to have to install one driver for each Controller. So in most systems Primary EIde is on IRQ 14 and secondary is on IRQ 15. So Configure on EIDE on IQR14 and a second on IRQ15. (Kinda configuring the new SerialDriver, one for each port) This worked for me on an Intel Plato... > This worked just fine, and I didn't even have to install a SCSI > driver to fool the install process; it just worked. OK, so NeXTSTEP > comes up, I can login and other than an occaisional bogus message > about "SCSI disk is not initialized: format or eject?" when I login > with a CD in the drive, all's well. > > But the doc's suggest installing the CD-ROM as the master device > on the secondary IDE controller, so I did that. Now, when I login, > the CD-ROM is effectively ignored. That is, the Workspace never > "sees" a CD in the device, so no icon appears in the FileViewer. > The CD-ROM device is seen by the kernel as it boots, I get lines in > /usr/adm/messages to that effect. And I can manually mount the CD > with > > % mount /mnt /dev/sd0a > > and then it's browseable and all. Mmmmmmm? Funny... > > But automagic recognition by the Workspace is gone. Any ideas anyone? > > Thanks! > Hope it helps, Michael > -- > Bruce M. Walker | Visible Genetics Inc. | bmw@visgen.com
From: nwc@wsc.com (Nick Christopher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetBSD or Linux on a NeXT Workstation? Date: 30 Nov 1995 15:21:19 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <49ki5f$eun@cerberus.wsc.com> References: <49ibli$f60@daily-planet.nodak.edu> I think there was a Minix port.....*LOL*
From: pbrown@asparagus.berkeley.edu (Paul Robert Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Replacement TONER Cartridge for NeXT Laser? Date: 30 Nov 1995 22:36:54 GMT Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. Message-ID: <49lbm6$bvm@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> In article <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com>, David A. Sinclair <velcro@pcix.com> wrote: >my toner has definitely died :( i remember hearing (reading) that the >NeXT LP could use a standard toner cartridge as a replacement, but i >didn't write down which one! anybody out there know which toner carts >work fine in the NeXT laser printer? Grab anything that will work in a Laserwriter, follow the instructions. Go to OfficeDepot and they'll have it. Recycled catridges are the cheapest. Now, does anyone know where to send the used cartridge for recycling? Paul
From: hs283@bard.edu (Hans Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: any good NeXT admin books? Date: 1 Dec 1995 00:31:55 GMT Organization: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 Message-ID: <49lidr$qk7@core.bard.edu> I am going to be buidling a NS 3.3/Pentium system and I also work with a small balck hardware network. I was wondering whether anyone knows of a book or any kind of resource about Next admin. I know Next probably has a book. Is a soft copy included in NS3.3 (It does not seem to be on the NS3.0 systems)? What I had in mind was kind of tutorial based book. TIA...HC -- Hans-Christoph Steiner (that's me!) AKA HC, Hans, Chris, Hans-Chris YAGA!
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Replacement TONER Cartridge for NeXT Laser? Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:02:06 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951130165947.15575B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> Rudolf Blazek <blazek@stt.msu.edu> once posted this: "We are using HP LaserJet2 cartridges. I think that in addition they are the same as for HP LaserJet III - the Office Depot people should know. " But I haven't checked it out myself. please let me know whatever you find out. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No Sendmail Queueing (Mail.app bug?) Date: 1 Dec 1995 01:22:28 GMT Organization: My Bedroom, Ravenna, MI Message-ID: <49llck$8r8@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <49ibua$1jbi@news.doit.wisc.edu> In article <49ibua$1jbi@news.doit.wisc.edu>, Michael Giddings <giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu> wrote: > >Any other suggestions? Is this a bug in Mail.app? Put the name & IP of your mail-relay host in the /machine directory of NetInfo (or put it in /etc/hosts and do niload hosts . < /etc/hosts). That fixed the problem for me. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to Post newsgroup-email without news account? Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:21:44 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951130171808.15575E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <DIFxxv.AK4@icgned.nl> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951124012305.6094A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <951130150751.246AACUU.malc@daneel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <951130150751.246AACUU.malc@daneel> I'm sorry to hear that the mail-to-News is gone at UTexas... it was a good site. For the NeXT newsgroups you can still send email to name-of-the-group@antigone.com ie comp-sys-next-misc@antigone.com and you get a confirmation message that your message was(not) posted sucessfully. Stepwise (http://www.stepwise.com I believe) has an incredibly great html version of most of the NeXT newsgroups, but my guess is that if you don't have news then you probably don't have Web access either... but I might be wrong. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Message-ID: <RDL.95Nov28192824@world.std.com> From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: How to use both UUCP and SLIP for mail? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 23:28:24 +0000 References: <48b7p9$q5l@mozart.jlc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It would be easier to have UUCP process incoming mail and SLIP/PPP process outgoing mail. The problem with SLIP/PPP processing incoming mail is that you have to keep the SMTP connection up long enough to get your mail. UUCP, on the other hand, transfers mail in batches so it's easier. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <48b7p9$q5l@mozart.jlc.net> jmeacham@ants.jlc.net (James D. Meacham 3rd) writes: Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to use both UUCP *and* SLIP to forward mail. I'm only interested in having SLIP process incoming mail, where all outgoing mail, as well as mail from my UUCP feed, should go through UUCP. Is there a way of doing this, e.g. hacking my sendmail.cf file, that might work? Thanks in advance. Peace, James -- _____________________________________________________________________ | The Rev. James David Meacham | | e-mail:jmeacham@ants.ci.net | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Whirlpools whirl Dragnets drag Hell is not the fire Hell is your belief In yourself as the higher---Peter Murphy
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: petergun@coffeehaus.com (Stephane I. Matis) Subject: Re: Samba on WinNT (client) and NEXTSTEP (server)? Message-ID: <DIw6Cr.GA4@coffeehaus.com> Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: >> coffeehaus << " We percolate great ideas. " References: <DHuIrB.BB@RnA.NL> <DHwyAE.CMx@mim.com.au> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 05:10:02 GMT George Dau (gedau@mim.com.au) wrote: : Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: : Soss (Son of Steve's Server) doesn't have printer support, but lets : you mount NTFS file systems on unix. soss runs on the NT machine : and lets unix mount an NTFS file system using an NFS mount. I have : just been playing with this now. : Regards, George Dau : gedau@mim.com.au I myself use Soss for NT (v4) and SAMBA under Linux to solve a network protocol miss-match. With the tests I have made, SAMBA is plenty fast. Steph -- -------- petergun BattleTech -=- Jovian Chronicles -=- Heavy Gear
From: Gianfranco Pra Florian <gian@dedalus.ecs.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 29 Nov 1995 18:31:05 GMT Organization: Dedalus Dolomiti Message-ID: <49i8t9$23d@ecs.net> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: >mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': >mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) (munch) You need to #include <varargs.h>. Naah! I have the same problem on my cube (running version 3.0 of NeXTStep). I have tried all the things, including the "#include <varargs.h>, but with no results. This is the message I get: va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) expression statement has incomplete type Help!! thank you
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Replacement TONER Cartridge for NeXT Laser? Date: 1 Dec 1995 09:04:21 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <49mgel$ge0@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> <49lbm6$bvm@agate.berkeley.edu> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu Paul Robert Brown <pbrown@asparagus.berkeley.edu> wrote: >David A. Sinclair <velcro@pcix.com> wrote: >>my toner has definitely died :( i remember hearing (reading) that the >>NeXT LP could use a standard toner cartridge as a replacement, but i >>didn't write down which one! anybody out there know which toner carts >>work fine in the NeXT laser printer? >Grab anything that will work in a Laserwriter, follow the instructions. >Go to OfficeDepot and they'll have it. Recycled catridges are the >cheapest. Specifically, a LaserWriter II. Also some laserjets, maybe the lj3? >Now, does anyone know where to send the used cartridge for recycling? apple dealers accept toner carts for recycling, i think HP does too. Don't see why they wouldn't accept yours. -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 00:07:13 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951201000128.482F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Jose Manuel de Magalhaes Cruz wrote: > Can anyone tell me, please, how can I set up a Cube (or > black hardware), so that it powers up automatically, after a > temporary Power failure? > I have searched in the faqs, and in the documentation, but > was not successfull... This should be in the FAQ (I'm not saying it IS, just that it should be). We talked about this a little over a week ago on one of the csn* groups. There were some late model motherboards (why are they called motherboards? Isn't that sexist? shouldn't it be "parentboards"?) which could do this. To find out if you have one, go to the Preferences.app (as root) and check out the module with the "POWER" icon. Otherwise you have to fool it into thinking your power button is always pressed. -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu (UGH! DOS! Yuck.... Don't use this) "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: jq@papoose.quick.com (James E. Quick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 1 Dec 1995 08:01:35 -0500 Organization: PHCS Message-ID: <49mubf$a68@papoose.quick.com> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> <49i8t9$23d@ecs.net> In article <49i8t9$23d@ecs.net>, Gianfranco Pra Florian <gian@dedalus.ecs.net> wrote: >In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, >Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >>I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: > >mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': > >mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) > >You need to #include <varargs.h>. > >Naah! >I have the same problem on my cube (running version 3.0 of NeXTStep). >I have tried all the things, including the "#include <varargs.h>, but >with no results. Sorry for the mis-direction. I downloaded a copy of the code to look, and the problem is that the code is incorrectly ifdef'ed to support both the old and new style of variable arg lists. As a result it's mixing its metaphors in a non-portable fashion. In your case, you have ANSI_C defined at compile time, and the resulting code still (in error) refers to the va_alist argument which is defined in varargs.h. The cheapest fix is to include varargs.h, then subsequently do an '#undef ANSI_C'. This will let you compile that source file. -- ___ ___ | James E. Quick jq@phcs.com / / / | Private HealthCare Systems NeXTMail O.K. \_/ (_\/ | Systems Integration Group (617) 895-3343 ) | - My other car has a mouse.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <randyn@crt.com> Message-ID: <9512011426.AA02246@nx_chi> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 08:26:23 -0600 Subject: lynx2-4 and ncurses I compiled and installed ncurses on my NS 3.3/FIP machine. Then I compiled lynx-2.4. The problem is that when lynx runs it now has greater-than signs (>) down the left side of the terminal. I assume this is caused by something not supported by the terminal or termcap or something. Has anyone else experienced this, and how did you solve this? Thanks, Randy Nelson -- Randy Nelson Senior Software Engineer (NEXTSTEP Developer) NationsBanc--CRT (312) 234-3032 Fax: (312) 234-2186 randyn@crt.com (NeXT mail accepted)
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7.2 NS install/configure readme Date: 01 Dec 95 11:00:15 Organization: Wright Laboratory - Avionics Directorate WPAFB, OH USA Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec111015@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail NS configure readme Does anyone have a readme file describing a typical configuration of sendmail 8.7.2 for a NS mailserver? I've ftp'd the quad binary package from cs.orst but need a bit of help getting it configured properly. Thanks, Eric Baenen ebaenen@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail/mail problems Date: 01 Dec 95 11:06:28 Organization: Wright Laboratory - Avionics Directorate WPAFB, OH USA Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec111628@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail mail problem I have a definite Sendmail/Mail configuration problem -- mail delivery no longer functions. I get the following error when sending mail from a non-NeXT account to my NeXTmail account: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- While connected to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil: >>> HELO nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil <<< 553 nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil config error: mail loops back to myself 554 <ebaenen@nextclient3>... 554 Service unavailable Here are the results of some queries to netinfo: nextclient3:~> nifind -av /machines/mailhost / /: nextclient3 serves nextclient3/local - new child domain /machines/mailhost found in /, id = 2 /machines/mailhost not found in /nextclient3 nextclient3:~> nifind -av /machines/mailhost /nextclient3 /machines/mailhost not found in / nextclient3:~> nidump hosts / 134.131.208.19 nextclient3 mailhost nextclient3:~> nidump hosts /nextclient3 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost nextclient3:~> niutil -list / /aliases 31 Eric_Baenen eric eric_baenen nextclient3:~> niutil -list /nextclient3 /aliases 9 nobody 6 Eric_Baenen eric_baenen ebaenen 8 MAILER-AGENT mailer-agent 190 Postmaster postmaster 188 MAILER-DAEMON mailer-daemon I recently reconfigured my 'stand-alone' slab as a NetInfo server and used the SysAdmin manual procedure for setting it up also as a mail server using NetInfoManager and HostManager. Previously I worked from a non-NeXT mail server. Any comments or suggestions on what might be wrong and how to correct it would be sincerely appreciated. Thanks, Eric Baenen ebaenen@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: lacsap@sledge-hammer.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) Subject: Re: Running a PPP Server on NEXTSTEP Intel Message-ID: <1995Dec1.180950.16260@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory References: <49e01p$rmc@miwok.nbn.com> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:09:50 GMT The problem may simply be with your modem. They auto-speed based on the computer->modem connection, and then forget it. Since your PPP server is not spewing anything while waiting to answer the phone, it will be set to the default speed. So, what I did with the Motorola lifestyle 28,800 modem was connected to the modem on the server (from the server) using tip at the desired speed. I then saved the current profile to the modem's memory. This caused the modem to assume the speed would be 38,400. I then checked it by dialing into the modem from the outside (make sure the baud rate in gettytabe is set to 38400) pasc In article <49e01p$rmc@miwok.nbn.com> john@gscorp.com (John C. Fox) writes: > Hello: > > Does anyone out there have any experience running the public domain PPP > software (Perkins, et al.) as a server on Intel hardware? I've tried, and > finally got it to work, but it's disappointingly slow. The PPP server is > running on 3.3, and the problem is that if the speed in gettytab is set any > higher than 9600, the connect script fails on the client end. If I set the > speed to even 19200 (let alone something decent like 38400), after the > modems connect there's no login prompt.
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: any good NeXT admin books? Date: 1 Dec 1995 18:24:18 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <49nh8i$cca@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <49lidr$qk7@core.bard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >* SNIP * I was wondering whether anyone knows of a book or any kind of >resource about Next admin. I know Next probably has a book. Is a soft copy There was a user's guide and a sys admin manual which came with the original black hardware systems, but that was for NS 2.n. The sys admin manual did have a tutorial on using NetInfo, though, which could come in handy. I got my copies from a college which had a lab of NeXT computers; they had a few extras and gave me one of each. I no longer have contacts there, though, and couldn't get any more. NS hs an online library, which is a virtual copy (minus pictures) of the sys admin manual. The user's manual had some tutorial stuff included, but it was mainly on how to use text editing windows, setting up workspace preferences, etc. The online library and the man pages really contain everything you might need to know. However, the O'Reilly Press books make a great addition to a sys admin's library, and except for not containing stuff about NetInfo (which is pretty self explanatory and remarkably easy to use), have just about everything you might need. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: shon@novell.com (Shon Vella) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. Solution Date: 2 Dec 95 0:18:35 GMT Organization: Novell, Inc Message-ID: <49o625$7m1@grok.provo.novell.com> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48qc84$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Oops, posted too soon the last time. As I said once or twice before - > The problem is that the windows driver (in spite of all pretenses to the > contrary, do not generate conforming postscript comments. They put some > initialization and cleanup codes on the first and last pages that should > go in the document header and trailer sections. These work fine if you > print the pages in order, but the NeXT spooler wants to print in reverse > order. I solved this problem by adding a filter in my printer definition > on the NeXT side that strips out all the comments, which then forces > the NeXT spooler to print them in forward order. and here is how I did it. As root Place the attached printcap file in /etc(or append it to the one that is already there). You may wish to edit it to change the names of the printers. load it into netinfo with " niload printcap . </etc/printcap" place winspool and winview in /usr/local/bin (these probably need to be made executable with "chmod +x"). restart samba (rebooting is the easiest way if you don't already know how to do it) you should now be able to print more than one page from NT or Win95. You should also be able to print to the NeXT Preview app if you have public window server enabled. You will get a warning because the comments have been stripped, but it should work OK. -- Shon Vella Novell, Inc. (until they sell me) begin 644 printcap M<W8Z(%P*"3IS9#TO=7-R+W-P;V]L+TYE6%0O<W8Z;' ]+V1E=B]N=6QL.B!< M"@DZ:68]+W5S<B]L;V-A;"]B:6XO=VEN<W!O;VPZ;&8]+V1E=B]C;VYS;VQE M.B!<"@DZ='D]9'5M;7DZ(%P*"3IN;W1E/5-T<FEP<R!C;VUM96YT<R!A;F0@ M<W!O;VQS('1O($QO8V%L4')I;G1E<CIL;V-K.@H*<')E=FEE=SH@7 H).G-D M/2]U<W(O<W!O;VPO3F585"]P<F5V:65W.FQP/2]D978O;G5L;#H@7 H).FEF M/2]U<W(O;&]C86PO8FEN+W=I;G9I97<Z;&8]+V1E=B]C;VYS;VQE.B!<"@DZ M='D]9'5M;7DZ(%P*"3IN;W1E/5-T<FEP<R!C;VUM96YT<R!A;F0@<W!O;VQS 2('1O(%!R979I97<Z;&]C:SH* end begin 644 winspool M(R$O8FEN+V-S:" M9@IS970@9FEL93T*<V5T('1H:7,], IE8VAO("0J"F9O M<F5A8V@@9B H)"HI"B ):68@*"1T:&ES*2!T:&5N"@D)<V5T(&9I;&4@/2 D M9@H)"6)R96%K"@EE;'-E(&EF("@B)&8B(#T]("(M9B(I('1H96X@"@D)<V5T M('1H:7,@/2 Q"@EE;F1I9@D*96YD"B]U<W(O8FEN+V5G<F5P("UV(%XE)2 D M9FEL92 ^+W1M<"\D-0HO=7-R+W5C8B]L<'(@+7(@+5!,;V-A;%]0<FEN=&5R *("]T;7 O)#4*"CM7 end begin 644 winview M(R$O8FEN+V-S:" M9@IS970@9FEL93T*<V5T('1H:7,], IE8VAO("0J"F9O M<F5A8V@@9B H)"HI"B ):68@*"1T:&ES*2!T:&5N"@D)<V5T(&9I;&4@/2 D M9@H)"6)R96%K"@EE;'-E(&EF("@B)&8B(#T]("(M9B(I('1H96X@"@D)<V5T M('1H:7,@/2 Q"@EE;F1I9@D*96YD"@H*+W5S<B]B:6XO96=R97 @+78@7B4E M("1F:6QE(#XO=&UP+R0U+G!S"B]U<W(O8FEN+V]P96X@+W1M<"\D-2YP<PH* end
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: matthew@marble.com (Matthew Stecker) Subject: Re: Win95-->(NS3.3+NeXTPrinter)??? Message-ID: <DIy18M.IsB@marble.com> Sender: news@marble.com Organization: Marble Associates, Inc. References: <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 05:14:45 GMT Well, there are two aspects to this problem - one is the software needed to connect the two together. This could be - A TCPIP stack that supports LPR printing - Access to a NT server which can do LPR redirects. - Public Domain? The next question is: What software to drive the printer? Win95 no longer directly supports a "Generic Postscript" option. Which postscript driver is "best" for the NeXT Laser? Has anyone written one? In article <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> lakanen@otto.cmr.fsu.edu (Peter S. Lakanen) writes: > Have a brand new PC with a network card and a 10baseT cable. > > I want to network it to my NeXT with TCP/IP so I can test > www stuff and use my NeXT Laser printer. > > I've been told this is possible...can someone give me some > pointers? I'd like to have a little direction before I dive > into this. > > Thanx everybody! >
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hypothetical Dream Question Date: 2 Dec 1995 07:07:28 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-d-11.usc.edu Message-ID: <49otvg$lq2@usc.edu> If I had the dough and wanted to set up a private company network using HP products with a server and three high-end workstations (and of course my turbo slab) - what would be the ideal money-not-an-issue setup for a data and graphics and video stuff setup? And would NS run on everything or would the server be HP-AUX? AND would it be hard to set up (including a line out to the net). Finally, can one incorporate X-Terminals with NS? Now, I may be really ignorant about all of this (and I am), but I was wondering if I came into a lottery or something and wanted my office to have a couple of machines, my wife to have hers, and someone somewhere else to have theirs. Well, I would like to start thinking about that now. I think I'm looking for suggestions also of the most ideal way of balancing centralization and localization. Anyone care to philosophize about this stuff for me? My hours during traffic jams would be much more entertaining if I had some good pillowtalk to mull over. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: gardner@frigga.UU.NET (Jonathan Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DAT tape backup on Turbo Color Date: 2 Dec 1995 08:48:26 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Fairfax VA USA Message-ID: <49p3sr$oc0@gs2.UU.NET> Hello, I have been trying to configure a WangDat tape backup drive for use on my NeXTstation Turbo Color. It seems to be working however it has a problem. To backup I have been doing: apocalypse:/{1}> dump Xfs /dev/rst0 /dev/sd0a The dump completes without a problem, and says it was completed successfully, The problem comes in when I try to restore. I use the following command: apocalypse:/{2}> cd /mnt apocalypse:/{3}> restore vf /dev/rst0 It starts the tape drive moving, and then it says tape/drive I/O: error This repeats twice and then it fails. Anyone have any ideas? _____________________________ Jonathan Gardner gardner@uunet.uu.net (My opinions are my own not those of my employer)
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Preventing IDE mount Date: 2 Dec 1995 06:21:28 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <49pgc8$s0s@Venus.mcs.com> I have NS3.3 unpatched on an Intel box. NS is installed on SCSI sd0a, but IDE hd0a boots first, and passes control. Somehow, IDE hd0h and hd1h get mountded as DOS FAT, but attempts to access hd1h result in correct top-level dirs but no reliably readable data. hd1h has DOS FAT primary + small (not used) extended partition. Since hd1h isn't mounting in a useful way, and I don't need access to the IDE drives under NS anyway, can I do the alternate boot procedure without having the IDE.config driver loaded? It's only when that's loaded that the DOS drives/partitions automount. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Plug'n'play sendmail 8.7.2 ? Date: 2 Dec 1995 14:37:36 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <49pobg$3p3@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Forgive me if this is rubbish, I couldn't figure out the answer from browsing in the documentation: This new sendmail-8.7.2 package, can it be used as plug'n'play replacement for NeXT's old sendmail configuration ? I mean, we're quite glad with the sendmail configuration files as provided by NeXT, they just work for us. Nevertheless, I'd like to play with things like fuzzy name search, but starting from a configuration that can be expected to work as before. In other words, what do I have to do to get the same behavior from 8.7.2 as with NeXT's sendmail.mailhost.cf and sendmail.subsidiary.cf ? Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: knoop@admin.lsa.umich.edu (Peter Knoop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DAT tape backup on Turbo Color Date: 2 Dec 1995 15:43:58 GMT Organization: University of Michigan - College of Literature, Science, and The Arts Message-ID: <49ps7u$kt@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <49p3sr$oc0@gs2.UU.NET> Try explicitly setting the block size before issuing the dump command, e.g., stblocksize -v -s 512 /dev/nrst1 Other block sizes may work too, but I haven't gotten around to experimenting yet... _____________________________________________________________________________ Peter Knoop ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support (ffive) knoop@umich.edu System Administrator (313) 936-3090 Jonathan Gardner (gardner@frigga.UU.NET) wrote: : Hello, : I have been trying to configure a WangDat tape backup drive for : use on my NeXTstation Turbo Color. It seems to be working however it has : a problem. To backup I have been doing: : apocalypse:/{1}> dump Xfs /dev/rst0 /dev/sd0a : The dump completes without a problem, and says it was completed : successfully, The problem comes in when I try to restore. I use : the following command: : apocalypse:/{2}> cd /mnt : apocalypse:/{3}> restore vf /dev/rst0 : It starts the tape drive moving, and then it says tape/drive I/O: error : This repeats twice and then it fails. : Anyone have any ideas? : _____________________________ : Jonathan Gardner : gardner@uunet.uu.net : (My opinions are my own not those of my employer)
From: shon@novell.com (Shon Vella) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. Solution Date: 2 Dec 95 0: 9:30 GMT Organization: Novell, Inc Message-ID: <49o5gp$7in@grok.provo.novell.com> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48qc84$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII -- Shon Vella Novell, Inc. (until they sell me)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Message-ID: <49iipg$k41@yakko.cs.rose-hulman.edu> From: young@cs.rose-hulman.edu (Frank H. Young) Subject: Connecting fast modems to NeXT hardware Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:19:44 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When connecting dial-up modems to NeXT hardware the appropriate line in the /etc/ttys file needs to point to an entry that appears in the /etc/gettytab file. The distribution /etc/gettytab only has entries for dial-up modems that are 9600 baud (or less). Does anyone have experience with and/or hints about creating the appropriate /etc/gettytab entries for faster dial-in lines, e.g. 19200, 38400? Of course, I have a similar question about setting up dial-out lines, too. -- Frank H. Young, Head, Department of Computer Science Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803-3999 E-mail: frank.young@rose-hulman.edu Phone: (812) 877-8401 or young@cs.rose-hulman.edu FAX: (812) 877-3198
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DRAM hard drives? Date: 2 Dec 1995 17:17:03 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-69.usc.edu Message-ID: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> Has anyone had any experience with these new drives? Just think what they would do to swapfiles! -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: gian@dedalus.ecs.net (gian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 2 Dec 1995 11:17:31 GMT Organization: Your Organization Message-ID: <49pckb$omh@ecs.net> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> In article <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com>, jq@phcs.phcs.com (James E. Quick) says: > >In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, >Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >>I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: > >mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': > >mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) > >(munch) > >You need to #include <varargs.h>. Hello. this is Gian, I'm trying to install ELM on a black machine running NeXTStep 3.0. I already tried to include <varagrs.h>, but the problem remains. What to do ? It's seems like there are problems with ANSI C compatibility. The preprocessed code includes everything but the famous "va_alist" declaration. Any suggesstions ? please email also to gian@dedalus.ecs.net Thank you.
From: gian@dedalus.ecs.net (gian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Compiling elm2.4 on NeXTStep 3.3 problem Date: 2 Dec 1995 15:43:39 GMT Organization: Your Organization Message-ID: <49ps7b$ho@ecs.net> References: <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu> <4922ni$lt1@papoose.quick.com> <49i8t9$23d@ecs.net> <49mubf$a68@papoose.quick.com> In article <49mubf$a68@papoose.quick.com>, jq@papoose.quick.com (James E. Quick) says: > >In article <49i8t9$23d@ecs.net>, >Gianfranco Pra Florian <gian@dedalus.ecs.net> wrote: >>In article <48vd11$k8t@pearl.whoi.edu>, >>Peter Schmitt <pete@voyager.whoi.edu> wrote: >>>I get the following when attempting to compile elm on my cube: >> >mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': >> >mcprt.c:65: `va_alist' undeclared (first use this function) >> >>You need to #include <varargs.h>. >> >>Naah! >>I have the same problem on my cube (running version 3.0 of NeXTStep). >>I have tried all the things, including the "#include <varargs.h>, but >>with no results. > >Sorry for the mis-direction. I downloaded a copy of the code to >look, and the problem is that the code is incorrectly ifdef'ed >to support both the old and new style of variable arg lists. >As a result it's mixing its metaphors in a non-portable fashion. > >In your case, you have ANSI_C defined at compile time, and the >resulting code still (in error) refers to the va_alist argument >which is defined in varargs.h. > >The cheapest fix is to include varargs.h, then subsequently >do an '#undef ANSI_C'. This will let you compile that source >file. > OK. Tried but still not working! This is the error message i get now: mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': mcprt.c:60: number of arguments doesn't match prototype My mcprt.c looks like this: #include <stdio.h> #include <varargs.h> // this is the line added before #include "defs.h" #undef ANSI_C // this is the line I added now #include "mcprt.h" #include "mcprtlib.h" #ifdef ANSI_C int MCprintf(char *fmt, ...) #else int MCprintf(fmt, va_alist) char *fmt; va_dcl #endif (...) HELP!!!!!!! Thank you. gian@dedalus.ecs.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: sendmail 8.7.2b Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec2142518@world.std.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 19:25:18 GMT I am preparing a new installer package for sendmail 8.7.2 which includes smrsh (the sendmail restricted shell) I'd also like to include some standard NEXTSTEP configuration files (.mc) Please send samples of what you are using to Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com From your files, I'll try to create a general set for the new distribution. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
From: quinonez@ucla.edu (Gerardo Quinonez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: installing win 95 on HD running NSFIP3.3 and win3.11 Date: 2 Dec 1995 09:53:48 GMT Organization: UCLA Message-ID: <49p7nc$1ae1@tako.info.ucla.edu> Can anyone tell me if they had problems installing win 95 on a HD partition running NSFIP3.3 and win3.11? Will installing win 95 somehow mess up the next boot sector? Please reply to my email address directily. thank you Gerardo Quinonez quinonez@ucla.edu
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.2 NS install/configure readme Date: 3 Dec 1995 02:20:08 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <49r1go$c7a@paladin.american.edu> References: <ebaenen.95Dec111015@nextclient3> In article <ebaenen.95Dec111015@nextclient3> Eric Baenen writes: : :Does anyone have a readme file describing a typical configuration of sendmail 8.7.2 for a NS mailserver? I've ftp'd the quad binary package from cs.orst but need a bit of help getting it configured properly. : Are you running client machines also? If not then set up is pretty easy. Just make a suitable sendmail cf based on the features you want. If you have NeXT clients it gets a little more complicated based on your network. -- Torrey McMahon
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems creating bulk users in UserManager.app Date: 03 Dec 1995 07:01:51 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Dec3200151@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> The other day I wanted to create 60 users accounts and decided to use the Bulk Create feature in UserManager.app that comes with NS 3.3. I wanted to create the users in the root NetInfo domain so I wanted each user to have the home directory set to /Net/<hostname>/Users/<username>. The only problem is when I instructed UserManager.app to create the user it complains with the error that no directory has been specified on sever. Has anyone discovered this problem and if so how to get around it. I can only get Bulk Create to work when is don't specify a network path an instead use /Users. This this case the app warns me about not specifying a network path for network account. Would the fact I've applied the NS 3.3 Update effect things? Another problem I've also noticed with UserManager.app is that when creating new users individually the pop up menu listing the names of the directories where the new users home directory should be located has the same network path 3 times. eg. +-----------------+ |/Users ==| +-----------------+ |/Net/pixel/Users | +-----------------+ |/Net/pixel/Users | +-----------------+ |/Net/pixel/Users | +-----------------+ And it doesn't matter which machine I try and create the users on, the pop up menu is the same. Even though there are /User directories on my other two machine. Has my NetInfo database been corrupted somehow. If so what is the easiest way to fix it. Also when I open an existing network user UserManager.app says its unable to determine the user language (I only have English installed an all user when I created then had it set to English). - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: dubetz@wugate.wustl.edu (Martin Dubetz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to increase # of users Date: 3 Dec 1995 06:24:46 -0600 Organization: ONC - Washington University in St. Louis Message-ID: <49s4ue$bn8@wugate.wustl.edu> We are now using 133MHz Pentiums with 64M on several of our systems and would like to increase the user limits to 64. On Unix boxes we just set a variable or two in the config file and rebuild the kernal. Also need to add more virtual ttys (MAKEDEV). On Solaris we edit the /etc/system file so on boot it builds a kernal with extra users. How do we do this in a NeXTStep? Where might I start looking to set other system parameters like max # of open files? Martin Dubetz Washington University in St. Louis -- Martin Dubetz - Director, Academic Computing and Networking Campus Box 1048, Washington University One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130 (dubetz@wugate.wustl.edu)
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 3 Dec 1995 15:46:21 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> Well, here's the situation... I have NeXTSTEP Developer on my cube (3.3), and I'd like to also install gcc 2.7.2. Can I do this without trashing the Dev compiler and environment? Any gotchas? I have run up against a few compiler limitations on the dev install, as it is based on such an old revision of gcc. The code that I need to compile is non-NeXT specific as well. TIA, -peter
From: scott@ntplx.net (Scott Douglass) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: BuildDisk on NS for Intel 3.3 Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 08:09:53 -0500 Organization: NETPLEX Message-ID: <scott-0312950809540001@quadra.ntplx.net> Has anyone ever successfully used BuildDisk on an NS 3.3 for Intel system? I would like to use it to migrate my currently installed system to a different SCSI disk drive. The app seems to work, but the resulting disk is NOT bootable. Is there a trick to this, or is the app just broken? To get random signatures put text files into a folder called ³Random Signatures² into your Preferences folder.
From: scott@ntplx.net (Scott Douglass) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Where is the ditto command in NSI3.3? Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 10:40:13 -0500 Organization: NETPLEX Message-ID: <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net> Why is there no ditto command on my NS3.3 Developer Intel system? I have a man page, but no progam... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott W. Douglass __ _ _______ _______ _____ _______ _ _ scott@ntplx.net | \ | |______ | |_____] | |______ \___/ NeXTmail accepted | \_| |______ | | |_____ |______ _/ \_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finger for PGP Key * http://www.ntplx.net/ * http://www.ntplx.net/~scott/
From: anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Date: 03 Dec 1995 17:32:17 GMT Organization: Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University Message-ID: <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> References: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951201000128.482F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In-reply-to: "Timothy J. Luoma"'s message of Fri, 1 Dec 1995 00:07:13 -0500 >>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy J Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: Timothy> There were some late model motherboards (why are they called Timothy> motherboards? Isn't that sexist? shouldn't it be Timothy> "parentboards"?) which could do this. To find out if you Timothy> have one, go to the Preferences.app (as root) and check out Timothy> the module with the "POWER" icon. Is this capability by any chance a function of the ROM level (rather than some other design feature of the boards that changed in late production)? If so, it would provide an incentive to get a later ROM from Bell ATlantic (or wherever). On that general subject, does anyone know what modifications were made in the later versions of the ROM? My cube has version 2.1, and I'm sure 2.5 (the last one, I think) differs in SOME way apart from the "ROM Monitor Version:" message :-) --Steve Anderson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Format a DOS ZIP disk under NS? Message-ID: <DJ0rzu.Hsn@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 16:47:53 GMT Does anyone know how to format a DOS ZIP disk under NS? They keep getting mounted as "CDs", and no cajoling with "mount" seems to convince NS otherwise. I'm running NS 3.3 and my ZIP drive is connected on SCSI ID 5. Thanks Matt -- __ | Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) | /\_\ | "Believer in all things well-engineered" | BMW CCA #124947 \/_/ | hocker@waldo.com | AOPA #012475939 NeXTSTEP! | NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here | PP-ASEL Student!
From: pbrown@asparagus.berkeley.edu (Paul Robert Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 3 Dec 1995 23:23:08 GMT Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. Message-ID: <49tbgs$8o1@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> In article <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com>, Peter Greis <peter@mathworks.com> wrote: >Well, here's the situation... I have NeXTSTEP Developer >on my cube (3.3), and I'd like to also install gcc 2.7.2. >Can I do this without trashing the Dev compiler and >environment? Any gotchas? Sure. The only gotchas that I'm aware of are with the installation process. You'll need GNU make to make the installation (get it from ftp.cs.orst.edu, probably) and bison (get the source from gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/GNU (probably), and then you're set. GCC installs to /usr/local by default, and all of the native NeXT stuff is in (or linked to) /usr. Don't trust me, though; you should read it all over for yourself. Paul
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 3 Dec 1995 19:47:22 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <49susa$4um@news.its.com> References: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) wrote: > Well, here's the situation... I have NeXTSTEP Developer > on my cube (3.3), and I'd like to also install gcc 2.7.2. > Can I do this without trashing the Dev compiler and > environment? Any gotchas? You can install it just fine without affecting anything else; read the INSTALL document and follow the instructions. > I have run up against a few compiler limitations on the > dev install, as it is based on such an old revision of gcc. > The code that I need to compile is non-NeXT specific as well. 3.3 Developer uses gcc v2.5.8, which is fairly recent. What compiler limitations are you talking about? -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 4 Dec 1995 02:09:10 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <49tl86$cs9@turing.mathworks.com> References: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> <49susa$4um@news.its.com> Chuck Swiger (chuck@its.com) wrote: : peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) wrote: : > Well, here's the situation... I have NeXTSTEP Developer : > on my cube (3.3), and I'd like to also install gcc 2.7.2. : > Can I do this without trashing the Dev compiler and : > environment? Any gotchas? : : You can install it just fine without affecting anything else; read the : INSTALL document and follow the instructions. : : > I have run up against a few compiler limitations on the : > dev install, as it is based on such an old revision of gcc. : > The code that I need to compile is non-NeXT specific as well. : : 3.3 Developer uses gcc v2.5.8, which is fairly recent. : What compiler limitations are you talking about? : : -Chuck : -- : : Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. : --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- : CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator Although I forget the exact situation, it was something like int foo() { Code here . . . switch bar { case . . . case ... { int baz=0; long dec=1; .... } } } As long as I pulled out the variables and put them at the top of the function, everything was fine. The code did pass on 10 other platforms without any difficulty (code for matlab and simulink, our main products). I guess my main concern is messing up the existing header files... I am wondering if anybody has both 3.3 dev and some other flavor of gcc installed, and whether or not they did anything special. -p
From: jacob@dannug.dk (Jacob Nielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fix sendmail From: field Date: 03 Dec 1995 20:14:33 +0100 Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Sender: jacob@jnext Message-ID: <x7n39aez8m.fsf@jnext> References: <49ijtr$7uh@news.tamu.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951130000516.13703B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In-reply-to: "Timothy J. Luoma"'s message of Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:07:12 -0500 I believe you can set your desired 'From: ' line in Mail.app. I know you can do that in Eloquent. Regards, Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen Maintainer of NEXTSTEP Software Reviews http://www.dannug.dk/jacob & My own home page :-) http://www.dannug.dk/~jacob NeXTMail, MIMEMail and SUNMail jacob@dannug.dk
From: cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: alt.test Date: 4 Dec 1995 02:40:31 GMT Organization: WolfWare (http://www.wolfware.com/) Message-ID: <49tn2v$r0d@shellx.best.com> Testing.... -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Plug'n'play sendmail 8.7.2 ? In-Reply-To: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de's message of 2 Dec 1995 14:37:36 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec3220931@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <49pobg$3p3@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 03:09:31 GMT sendmail 8.x needs new configuration files. The subsidiary configuration is trivial. Look at the clientproto.mc file. The mailhost configuration needs to be tailored to your site but is relatively easy to set up. Remember that one of the more significant changes in 8.x is that you no longer need to hack .cf files. Instead, you work with a higher level .mc file which is a lot easier to set up. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <49pobg$3p3@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26883 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.urz.uni-heidelberg.de!flight From: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Gregor Hoffleit) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 2 Dec 1995 14:37:36 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: fenchurch.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Forgive me if this is rubbish, I couldn't figure out the answer from browsing in the documentation: This new sendmail-8.7.2 package, can it be used as plug'n'play replacement for NeXT's old sendmail configuration ? I mean, we're quite glad with the sendmail configuration files as provided by NeXT, they just work for us. Nevertheless, I'd like to play with things like fuzzy name search, but starting from a configuration that can be expected to work as before. In other words, what do I have to do to get the same behavior from 8.7.2 as with NeXT's sendmail.mailhost.cf and sendmail.subsidiary.cf ? Gregor -- | Gregor Hoffleit admin MATHInet / contact HeidelNeXT | | MAIL: Mathematisches Institut PHONE: (49)6221 56-5771 | | INF 288, 69120 Heidelberg / Germany FAX: 56-3812 | | EMAIL: flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (NeXTmail) |
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 4 Dec 1995 05:15:10 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <49u04u$i1l@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. 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From: cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Wireless Beeper System for Unix SysAdmins Date: 4 Dec 1995 06:00:11 GMT Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Message-ID: <49u2pb$8a3@life.ai.mit.edu> Keywords: beeper,unix,administration Cc: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISalert - self-diagnosing computers send alphanumeric beeps to MIS staff *** See our World Wide Web Page at http://www.interbahn.com/pub/cracraft *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much Unix system admin time is spent firefighting, after the fact. The purpose of MISalert is provide an early warning detection system that doesn't tie you down physically. Your "event horizon" is extended, more focused, and more accurate. You don't have to "get back to your desk" to know what computers or services are unavailable. Using MISalert, your MIS group receives alphanumeric diagnostics about critical areas of systems, networks, security, databases, and daemons. So you become like a doctor, only called when you have a sick patient. And when you are beeped, you know exactly what the problem is. CUSTOMERS Some very good names have purchased our product and services: Yahoo University of London, England University of Jerusalem, Israel Amoco Oil Canada Octel Communications Corp., Silicon Valley and many more. These corporate and educational institutions are now operating their Unix computer centers at peak efficiency thanks to MISalert. AGENTS MISalert activates a series of agents, each agent specialized to examine and check on a specific area of the system, network, databases, daemons, attached peripheral hardware, etc. Typically these areas are thought of to be critical for general good system health. The agents monitor the health of your system. Normally, an agent will detect no problem and it will give way to another agent. Eventually, an agent may be encountered which reports a problem, for example, runaway processes or filesystems nearing a certain high watermark in usage. At this point, the agent queues a message in an internal buffer. Ultimately, after all agents have had a chance to run, this internal buffer is scanned and compared to the last run. Any new problems are extracted and stored for the next phase. Certain queued agent-messages are high-frequency and are sent via electronic mail to individuals on MIS staff (or the entire staff via a system alias.) But most are not high-frequency and are then transmitted to alphanumeric pagers in the form of alert messages to MIS staff beepers. Current agents are: # High load averages When load average goes above a high-watermark. # Runaway processes Flags any user or system processes above a high watermark in terms of system utilization # Check disk. Ensure that disk filesystems don't go above a certain high watermark # Line printer daemon not running Standard Berkeley daemons # Tape devices no tape Complains if no tapes are loaded in tape units for day's backup # Tmp directory Checks permissions of tmp directory to ensure writeability # Systems down Reports if other systems are down. Cross-check by all hosts # Link to Internet down Checks if Internet link is down # Dead wordperfect or lotus 1-2-3 daemons When standard daemons, system or third-party, are down # Financials production Oracle (or other db) database financials production down # Production company database Oracle (or other db) production database down # specialized line printer daemons not running Various lp daemons # Fax server Check that fax services are up # XDM server Ensures X processes are up These are current, implemented agents. Write others or consult with the author or other MISalert users for more. WRITING AGENTS An "agent" is the name for a small piece of code which checks for the desired condition that normally an MIS staff person would have to be paid to check for. Instead, now they can be paid to fix more of these and do other higher-level things than scanning for errors. An agent is easy to write. Typically when a problem occurs during production, an irate user sends an electronic message to MIS. It is best to make a list of such possible messages (or dig through your email logs) and find out the types of problems that users report. After you've made a list, or found a problem that a user reports, it is simple to verify whether MISalert has an agent for this type of problem. If it doesn't, to write it typically takes 10-20 minutes, including debugging and installing it for the regular MISalert automatic run, using the other agents as standard examples or templates of how to write your new agent. From that point on, MISalert will monitor for this problem. If you have your wakeup interval for MISalert set reasonably, then a user need never again embarrass you or get angry about having seen this problem. You will find it first. Writing a typical agent takes 10 minutes, including testing. It is far, far easier, than coding an agent for SUN's SUNNET manager or other similar systems. Basically, anything you can do with standard existing Unix tools in terms of tracking system events can be tracked using MISalert agents, the difference being that MISalert runs everything and reports it elegantly to your pager with minimal effort on your part. Expansion to hundreds of agents and a shorter granularity is possible The system is efficient in that expensive statistics gathering is done once per pass, and, of course, because of Perl. Agents can be configured, based on type or class, for transmission to beeper or via E-mail. To keep beeper activity (and charges low), high volume alerts like cpu or disk conditions, are typically configured as E-mails, with everything else configured as beeps. INTENDED AUDIENCE MISalert can be especially effective for organizations with only a small staff and a large number of computers or services provided to the user base. Also, it would very likely be effective for large staff sites that must trade off responsibilities in terms of a daily "hot seat" or "system help desk" as the transport layer it uses permits call-schedule times for on-call people. LOGGING A master log with timestamp for each alert is maintained by MISalert The system can turn itself off and on at specific times depending upon MIS availability/commitments to your overall organization. MISCELLANEOUS The system consists of about 425 lines of Perl code and makes full use of IxoBeep/Tpage for the transport layer. Since it is written in Perl, it is extremely easy to add agents to. It is all currently running on SUN systems but other systems should be able to run it. It does not have any "hard-coding" dependency on the alphanumeric transport layer it uses. There is also an optional "cookie" feature to send out a motivational fortune cookie if no problems are found, to keep MIS staff motivated and interested (just kidding, we're all that way already, aren't we?) FUTURE DIRECTIONS MISalert's logical next evolutionary step is to not just self-diagnose but to also self-fix system problems. For example, if disk is found to be low on a particular filesystem, MISalert will go out and fix it. If MISalert finds that a daemon is down, it will restart it. Only problems that truly cannot be fixed will generate a beeper alert. The rest will just general email and logfile confirmations. 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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do I setup an external swap disk? Message-ID: <1995Dec4.015631.20783@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu (Richard Sanchez) Date: 4 Dec 95 01:56:30 -0500 For some time I having been having some system crashes when exceeding the hiwat mark for my swap space. My question is how do I setup an external swap disk. Please leave some detailed instructions. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: gewil@ue801be.ppp.lrz-muenchen.de (Gerald Wildgruber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: What is the "File exists" thing when removing EMPTY dirs ? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.mext.software Date: 04 Dec 1995 12:58:52 +0100 Organization: Apatheia Corp. Sender: gewil@ue801be.ue801be.ppp.lrz-muenchen.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <x7ivjx82gz.fsf@ue801be.ue801be.ppp.lrz-muenchen.de> Hello, I always have the following problem on my NeXTfIP 3.3: when I try to remove an empty directory from the shell: rmdir foo/ I always get the error message File exists, although there definitly is none in the directory. When I try rmdir foo without the end-backslash, this problem doesn't occur. It seems that this problem intervenes also during compilation when in the make install part intermediate dirs are created which often fails on my computer , with exactly the error message "File exists". Does anyone know what is going on here ? Thanks Gerald. ----------------------------------- Gerald Wildgruber No one can have an idea gewil@ue801be.ppp. once he starts really lrz-muenchen.de listening. - John Cage NeXTmail (and MIME) welcome -- ----------------------------------- Gerald Wildgruber No one can have an idea gewil@ue801be.ppp. once he starts really lrz-muenchen.de listening. - John Cage NeXTmail (and MIME) welcome
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Message-ID: <DJ2H7n.AtA@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:50:11 GMT In article <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > Has anyone had any experience with these new drives? Just think what they > would do to swapfiles! > -- > Be well, > > Matthew > > ================================================================== > Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k > reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome > USC-CNTV > > For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP" <naively>Wouldn't they be just as expensive as adding system ram?</naively> -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome, MIME Tolerated School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
From: shon@novell.com (Shon Vella) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. Solution Date: 4 Dec 95 14:59:30 GMT Organization: Novell, Inc Message-ID: <49v2df$sbc@grok.provo.novell.com> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48qc84$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> <49o625$7m1@grok.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII One step I left out - you have to create the spool directories /usr/spool/NeXT/sv and /usr/spool/NeXT/preview. -- Shon Vella Novell, Inc. (until they sell me)
From: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu (Eskandar Ensafi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo Wiped Out! NEED HELP!!! Date: 1 Dec 1995 22:13:30 GMT Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles, CA Distribution: world Message-ID: <49numa$ed@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> Hello, Before stating the problem, I would like to make it clear that all of this was due to a double dose of my own stupidity. However, what's done is done and now I need to fix it -- I need to fix it badly! 1. I networked a 68030 NeXTcube (NEXTSTEP 2.1) with a NEXTSTEP 3.3/Intel system. Everything seemed to work properly. These were the only two machines connected via ethernet. 2. I tried to change the NetBoot information for the NeXTcube (henceforth called "cube") so that it could boot NEXTSTEP 3.3 from the Intel system (henceforth called "tower") using the CD-ROM tower:/NEXTSTEP_3.3. I could not make any NetInfo changes -- I got an error message saying that the changes could not be made because the objects in the directory were read-only. The command-line niload utility did the same thing. 3. I no longer had my 2.1 optical disk, so I tried as hard as I could to solve the problem. I couldn't. This is where I made the fatal mistake of wiping out NetInfo: nidomain -d local nidomain -m local Yes, I suddenly had the bright idea to recreate NetInfo from scratch. Why? Because I lost my mind. OK, so now NetInfoManager shows only a /machines and /services directory. When I boot via the ROM monitor to see boot messages, there are errors about not knowing what services such as udp are. I can't modify NetInfo because some sort of communication failure occurs. 4. After doing nidomain -d local and nidomain -m local, is there any way to manually reconfigure NetInfo to a nearly clean or freshly installed state? Thanks! Please e-mail me directly. - Eskandar -- KiNDa LiKe a DoG WiTH SeVeN PuPiLS iN iTS eYe L E F T H A N D KiNDa LiKe a MaDNeSS THaT ReFuSeS To SuBSiDe B L A C K KiNDa LiKe eVeRYTHiNG You WaNT JuST WiTHiN YouR GRaSP - - - - - - - - KiNDa LiKe HoW a BaNSHee-WaiL DaNCeS oN a LiViNG HeaRT... D a n z i g
From: michael@mmgraph.com (Michael Rutchik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help - /usr/spool/mail/user owned by agent! Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 4 Dec 1995 16:30:43 GMT Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Distribution: world Message-ID: <49v7nj$if8@nntp.crl.com> Periodically the spool file on a friend's machine is taken over by agent. It first occured when a piece of mail that was sent from the machine bounced. We changed her permission back and mail worked again. However, 20 minutes later, PopOver choked again saying it couldn't write to the destination. Once again, her spool file was owned by "Agent." Once the spool file is owned by agent it becomes impossible to append any further mail to the file. I'm afraid Popover is deleting her mail from her service provider even though it has no place to write it on her machine. She only logs into her user account. What could be causing this? Any clues greatly appreciated. -michael
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Date: 4 Dec 1995 16:38:56 GMT Organization: A Big Black Cube Message-ID: <49v870$hpo@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951201000128.482F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) wrote: > > Is this capability by any chance a function of the ROM level (rather > than some other design feature of the boards that changed in late > production)? If so, it would provide an incentive to get a later ROM > from Bell ATlantic (or wherever). > > On that general subject, does anyone know what modifications were made > in the later versions of the ROM? My cube has version 2.1, and I'm > sure 2.5 (the last one, I think) differs in SOME way apart from the > "ROM Monitor Version:" message :-) I ordered the latest ROM from Bell Atlantic for my cube, wht it gave me was fewer complaints over the 4x9 SIMMS I have. It does not add any functionality to my cube. I believe it was the turbo models that had this power option. -- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Robert Worne rworne@primenet.com OS/2-NeXT -=Starving CS Undergrad=- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in // any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Robert Worne, 1995. // License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. // Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. // Please send notices of violation to rworne@primenet.com and // postmaster@microsoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Message-ID: <DJ2EqM.G0@euler.hnv.icem.de> Sender: js@euler.hnv.icem.de (Juergen Sell) Organization: Ink Unknown References: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 13:56:46 GMT In article <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu writes: > Has anyone had any experience with these new drives? Just think what they > would do to swapfiles! As long as you can increase main memory that should be even better. No extra swapping control needed, no scsi bus transfer needed, general usability of memory according to actual system's needs. RAM harddrives are an option when main memory expansion is impossible or your software demands working with file system's files directly (e.g. instead of using malloc and let the system decide on how to provide the space). Juergen --- Fon +49 511 4406-88 NeXTMail welcome No Mime Fax +49 511 4406-17 == What time do we live in when revolution reminds us of soap powder, == when spontaneity and freedom get associated with instant coffee, == when a politician's idea of social change is changing names == when changing title bars' colors to mainstream hype is considered progress?
From: rragner@panther.vm.iastate.edu (Rod Ragner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Where is the ditto command in NSI3.3? Date: 4 Dec 1995 17:43:46 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: <49vc0i$ra8@news.iastate.edu> References: <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net> In article <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net> scott@ntplx.net (Scott Douglass) writes: > Why is there no ditto command on my NS3.3 Developer Intel system? I have a > man page, but no progam... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Scott W. Douglass __ _ _______ _______ _____ _______ _ _ > scott@ntplx.net | \ | |______ | |_____] | |______ \___/ > NeXTmail accepted | \_| |______ | | |_____ |______ _/ \_ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Finger for PGP Key * http://www.ntplx.net/ * http://www.ntplx.net/~scott/ Ditto is there, but you either have to login as root or su to root to use it! -- Rod Ragner, UNIX Systems Administrator/NEXTSTEP Application Developer Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2630 Vet. Med. Bldg., Ames, Iowa 50011 Voice: (515) 294-4751, FAX: (515) 294-6961 or 3564, (NeXT Mail accepted) Email: rragner@stallion.vm.iastate.edu or stryder@iastate.edu
From: mwdaniel@uiuc.edu (Michael W. Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mixing NextStep versions? Date: 4 Dec 1995 18:24:14 GMT Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Message-ID: <49vatp$180_001@cso.uiuc.edu> I have a network with 18 Next computers and 2 Intel computers, all running 3.2. Will any difficulties arise if I upgrade just the Intel computers to 3.3? Mike Daniels
From: michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (Michal Jaegermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Subject: Re: Using Samba to print from NT on NeXT Printer. Solution Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.protocols.smb Date: 4 Dec 1995 19:07:10 GMT Organization: Disorganized Bits Message-ID: <49vgsu$8u2@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <DI57q3.3IM@RnA.NL> <DI5ppJ.5qC@RnA.NL> <48qc84$18dm@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> <49o625$7m1@grok.provo.novell.com> <49v2df$sbc@grok.provo.novell.com> Shon Vella (shon@novell.com) wrote: : One step I left out - you have to create the spool directories : /usr/spool/NeXT/sv and /usr/spool/NeXT/preview. This is fine and dandy if you have Public Window Server on NeXT (I wouldn't beyond very private and secure networks - this is a HUGE security hole) but if you are interested only in printing then a print command in smb.conf similar to print command = sed '/^%%/d' %s | lpr -P %p ; rm -f %s will work just as well and does not require mucking around with printcaps, spool directories, netinfo and all that jazz. Even if you want Preview screen to jump, from time to time, on somebody sitting by the NeXT console you still may do that by supplying a "[preview]" share with a different print command like print comand = open %s ; rm -f %s If comments still have to be filtered out than piping to 'open' works as well. Remember that 'print command' does not have to be global but may be defined on share by share basis. Besides writing shell scripts in csh is for masochists only. :-) Michal
From: paulus@nextdown.pe.utexas.edu (Paulus Adisoemarta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to enable pcnfsd ? Date: 4 Dec 1995 20:43:09 GMT Organization: Petroleum and Geosystem Engineering, U of Texas at Austin, Austin TX Distribution: world Message-ID: <49vmgt$9mc@brazos.pe.utexas.edu> I need information on how to enable pcnfsd on a NeXT, thanks Paulus -- Paulus Suryono Adisoemarta, N5SNN / YG1QN yono@parokinet.org n5snn@mail.utexas.edu paulus@nextdown.pe.utexas.edu
From: Dan Nichols <dan@kypris.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NFS to a Windows PC? Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 14:05:01 -0600 Organization: Bell Northern Research Message-ID: <30C3546D.17B5@kypris.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've recently installed Chameleon NFS on my PC (running Windows 3.1). I'm trying to setup NFS between the PC and my NeXT (black hardware, running 3.2). Can anyone help me with what I need to do on the NeXT as far as setup? Thanks, Dan -- Daniel A. Nichols Voice: (214) 790-7255 2905 Lawrence St. Fax: (214) 790-2950 Irving TX 75061-6645 Email: dan@kypris.com LP 40,45,64 NeXTMail welcome! Web:<http://rampages.onramp.net/~dan>
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Date: 4 Dec 1995 21:54:17 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-f-17.usc.edu Message-ID: <49vqm9$rt3@usc.edu> References: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> <DJ2H7n.AtA@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) wrote: > <naively>Wouldn't they be just as expensive as adding system > ram?</naively> Well the drives ARE expensive, but my turbo slab's ram can only go to 128mb and from what I saw the maximum so far on average other brand workstations is 512mb. So what about a 1gig dram swapfile and almost never rebooting, but with such speed! Think of only using DRAM harddrives and nothing but.... -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: Ron Wood <ron> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo Wiped Out! NEED HELP!!! Date: 4 Dec 1995 22:50:09 GMT Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <49vtv1$djq@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <49numa$ed@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do you have any NIS files, or such things as /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, or other files which might contain the necessary information? If so, using niload could go a long ways in getting NetInfo back up and running. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fujitsu hard drive? Date: 4 Dec 1995 23:31:21 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <4a00c9$pdm@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> I am trying to get a recently purchased Fujitsu 1.08G hard drive to play on a nextstation ver3.2 and get sense error messages when runing sdformat. Here is the result of the scsimodes command: localhost:3# scsimodes /dev/rsd1a SCSI information for /dev/rsd1a Drive type: FUJITSU 36138 bytes per sector 1280 sectors per track 0 tracks per cylinder 0 cylinder per volume (including spare cylinders) Host bad block handling 64372 alternate tracks per volume 0 usable sectors on volume as opposed to my current boot drive: localhost:2# scsimodes /dev/rsd0a SCSI information for /dev/rsd0a Drive type: MAXTOR XT-8760S 512 bytes per sector 54 sectors per track 15 tracks per cylinder 1632 cylinder per volume (including spare cylinders) 5 spare sectors per cylinder 45 alternate tracks per volume 1308929 usable sectors on volume I can't seem to find any more knobs to press. Is there anything I can do to make the fujitsu work? I'd be obliged for any help. Bernad Mueller bmuell@odel.sp.trw.com
From: ridgway@inls1.ucsd.edu (Doug Ridgway) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DOS Format ZIP disks under NS3.2 Date: 4 Dec 1995 23:37:04 GMT Organization: The University of California at San Diego Message-ID: <4a00n0$1cv@news2.ucsd.edu> May be a FAQ, if so, my apologies. We want to hook up an Iomega Zip drive to our Nexts. (Black hardware, NS3.2). We tried it, and it worked fine, but only seems to deal with Mac or Next filesystems. Is it possible to get it to do DOS, as it does with floppies? Thanks, doug. dridgway@ucsd.edu (Please email in addition to following up, our newsfeed is erratic.)
From: smurfett@mills.edu (Nancy Lin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Quotas Date: 5 Dec 1995 00:00:42 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: <4a023a$h72@agate.berkeley.edu> I just ftped this program called Quotas from ftp.cs.orst.edu. Does anyone have any experience using it? Is it good/bad/evil? I'm worried since it is unsupported and plays w/ netinfo stuff. any thoughts would be appreaciated
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fujitsu hard drive? Date: 4 Dec 1995 23:52:41 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <4a01k9$pdm@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> Followup to last post. I didn't mention some crucial info. The Fujitsu drive is internal and is a scsi 2 drive (not 'fast" or "wide"). I think I remember reading that notwithstanding the scsi2 connector, the port is scsi1. Is this the problem? Bernard Mueller
From: cdl@helium.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Date: 5 Dec 1995 00:44:55 GMT Organization: The University of California at San Diego Message-ID: <4a04m7$rt4@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) wrote: > >>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy J Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > > Timothy> There were some late model motherboards (why are they called > Timothy> motherboards? Isn't that sexist? shouldn't it be > Timothy> "parentboards"?) which could do this. To find out if you > Timothy> have one, go to the Preferences.app (as root) and check out > Timothy> the module with the "POWER" icon. For what it's worth, the current "PC" term is "system board". > Is this capability by any chance a function of the ROM level (rather > than some other design feature of the boards that changed in late > production)? If so, it would provide an incentive to get a later ROM > from Bell ATlantic (or wherever). It is a function of the time-of-year (TOY) clock chip installed on the system board. Turbo Cubes and Turbo Slabs and probably nothing earlier than that had a TOY clock with an alarm clock feature built in. This allows you to program the clock chip to turn the computer on at some specified time in the future. As a byproduct, you can also program the clock chip to turn the computer on whenever the AC power comes on. This is a real pain when you decide you really do want to shut the computer down. The circuitry does not recognize the difference between intentional and unintentional shutdowns, so it just turns on again a second or so after you turn it off. > On that general subject, does anyone know what modifications were made > in the later versions of the ROM? My cube has version 2.1, and I'm > sure 2.5 (the last one, I think) differs in SOME way apart from the > "ROM Monitor Version:" message :-) If you get a new enough ROM Monitor, you can boot from CDrom drives which are set to a SCSI address other than 0 without having to run a special boot program. carl
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fujitsu hard drive? Date: 5 Dec 1995 00:13:58 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <4a02s6$q26@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> In the last post I forgot to include essential info. The fujitsu drive is internal, set to scsi target #2, and is scsi-II (not "fast"). The termination resistor was left in. Here is the result of the sdformat inquiry: localhost:5# sdformat -V 03 00 00 00 40 00 12 00 00 00 05 00 12 00 00 00 40 00 _______ INQUIRY Peripheral Qualifier: 0 Peripheral Device Type: 0x0 (read/write disk) Removable Media: No Device-Type Modifier: 0x0 ISO Version: 0 ECMA Version: 0 ANSI-Approved Version: SCSI 2 Response Data Format: 0x2 Additional Length: 59 Relative Addressing: No 32-bit Wide Data Transfers: No 16-bit Wide Data Transfers: No Synchronous Data Transfers: Yes Linked Commands: Yes Tagged Command Queuing: Yes Soft Reset: No Vendor Identification: 'FUJITSU ' Product Identification: 'M1606S-512 ' Product Revision Level: '6234' Vendor Specific: '06090395\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000' Reserved: '\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000' Vendor-Specific Parameters: '' 1A 00 00 00 3C 00 sr_io_status = 0x3 "check status, sr_esense not valid" SCSI status = 02H "Check Condition" Error during Mode Sense The SCSI Device at target ID 2 did not respond to the Mode Sense command, and probably cannot be formatted with any block size other than it's default. 03 00 00 00 40 00 Sense key = 0x5, "Illegal Request" Additional = 0x24 --- sdformat Version 1.3 --- Bernard Mueller
From: mark_dadgar@NeXT.COM (Mark Dadgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to enable pcnfsd ? Date: 5 Dec 1995 00:48:20 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a04sk$3c8@news.next.com> References: <49vmgt$9mc@brazos.pe.utexas.edu> In article <49vmgt$9mc@brazos.pe.utexas.edu> paulus@nextdown.pe.utexas.edu (Paulus Adisoemarta) writes: > I need information on how to enable pcnfsd on a NeXT, > Easy. Create this directory: /usr/spool/lp Run this from /etc/rc.local: /usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd - Mark -- Mark Dadgar | "If English was good enough for Jesus Network/Systems Admin. | Christ, then it's good enough for me." NeXT Computer, Inc. | - Arkansas congressman to Joint Mark_Dadgar@NeXT.COM | National Committee on Language Here I am, NOT speaking for NeXT.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Matthew Hocker <hocker@samizdat> Subject: Re: Format a DOS ZIP disk under NS? In-Reply-To: <9512041801.AA08477@helium.UCSD.EDU> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951204163209.10203B-100000-100000@samizdat> Sender: news@waldo.com Organization: The WaldoNet Group Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 21:34:14 GMT On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > In article <DJ0rzu.Hsn@waldo.com> you write: > >Does anyone know how to format a DOS ZIP disk under NS? They keep > >getting mounted as "CDs", and no cajoling with "mount" seems to > >convince NS otherwise. > > > >I'm running NS 3.3 and my ZIP drive is connected on SCSI ID 5. > > > Beat it into submission: > > # sdform /dev/rsd1a > # newfs /dev/rsd1a > > Just be sure that you have the right device number. Also, do not > insert the disk into the drive until the program asks for it. I believe mine is /dev/rsd3h... I got this from # mount. Thanks for the help! Matt
From: trey@hsv.tybrin.com (Trey McClendon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need help with loginwindow error Date: 4 Dec 1995 07:48:54 -0600 Organization: TYBRIN Corporation Message-ID: <49uu86$q4j@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> I came in this morning after having upgraded the BIOS on an ASUS motherboard in an attempt to cure an intermittent keyboard problem. The first guy to login got a Workspace internal error 1000 (continue at your own risk). Clicking on LogOut or Continue hung the machine. Someone else tried with the same result. I rebooted the machine remotely and a subsequent login attempt was successful. On perusing /usr/adm/messages I found the following: Dec 4 07:26:41 ahi loginwindow[20880]: bootstrap_register failed - -102 This was repeated 4 or 5 times before the Workspace.app was called. After this I got: Dec 4 07:27:33 ahi WM[20885]: DPS client library error: PostScript program error, DPSContext cf150 Dec 4 07:27:33 ahi WM[20885]: %%[ Error: invalidid; OffendingCommand: currentwindowbounds ]%% Since the reboot cured the machine I'm happy, but if anyone knows what could have happened here, please let me know. I'm curious if this is just general Monday morning weirdness or a BIOS-related problem. BTW, the new BIOS revision is 112 on an ASUS P54TP4 motherboard. The old BIOS was version 103. Thanks for any clues, Trey -- Trey McClendon TYBRIN Corporation trey@hsv.tybrin.com Huntsville, AL NeXT / MIME Mail Accepted Fax: 205-837-3472
From: johnz@shellx.best.com (John Zollinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Quotas Date: 4 Dec 1995 17:51:46 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <4a08ji$6cv@shellx.best.com> References: <4a023a$h72@agate.berkeley.edu> Nancy Lin (smurfett@mills.edu) wrote: : I just ftped this program called Quotas from ftp.cs.orst.edu. : Does anyone have any experience using it? Is it good/bad/evil? : I'm worried since it is unsupported and plays w/ netinfo stuff. : any thoughts would be appreaciated If I remember correctly that is a pretty old program. You would be better off looking for a quota program based on Perl (there are a number of good ones out there). Course, they aren't NEXTSTEP specific. Good luck, John Zollinger ProActive Consulting, Inc. (proactiv@sunrem.com)
From: barclay@king.trs.ntc.nokia.com (Alan Barclay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Looking for new telnet for NeXTStep Date: 4 Dec 1995 11:38:05 GMT Organization: Nokia Group Message-ID: <49umit$nuc@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> References: <49fko2$f7d@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> <49hthe$cgp@news.its.com> I don't know. I had been thinking about this myself only a couple of weeks ago. It should be easy as NetBSD already works on m68k machines. However you need to know how to access the NeXT hardware: video, scsi, etc. As far as I know this info was never published and when I asked NeXT back in '93 for it - they said no. However AT&T run Plan9 on NeXT machines so they must have found out how to do it. After all that, it should be possible. Regards, Alan. -- Alan Barclay The Electric Scribe Co. Ltd. alan@escribe.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DJ3M8B.96F@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 05:36:11 GMT References: <DIvF7p.HxI@animal.inescn.pt> <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> <4a04m7$rt4@news1.ucsd.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo In article <4a04m7$rt4@news1.ucsd.edu>, Carl Lowenstein <cdl@helium.ucsd.edu> wrote: > >It is a function of the time-of-year (TOY) clock chip installed on the >system board. Turbo Cubes and Turbo Slabs and probably nothing earlier than >that had a TOY clock with an alarm clock feature built in. This allows you >to program the clock chip to turn the computer on at some specified time in >the future. As a byproduct, you can also program the clock chip to turn the >computer on whenever the AC power comes on. > Turbo and "Turbo-like non-Turbo" machines have it. By "Turbo-like non-Turbo" machines I mean those (slabs only, I believe) that have the fewer SIMM slots, improved SCSI subsystem, and what not, but are still 25MHz machines. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec5012809@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 06:28:09 GMT sendmail 8.7.3 with smrsh (sendmail restricted shell) is now available via: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz Release Notes: 8.7.3/8.7.3 95/12/xx Fix botch in name server timeout in RCPT code; this problem caused two responses in SMTP, which breaks things horribly. Fix from Gregory Neil Shapiro of WPI. Verify that L= value on M lines cannot be negative, which could cause negative array subscripting. Not a security problem since this has to be in the config file, but it could have caused core dumps. Pointed out by Bryan Costales. Fix -d21 debug output for long macro names. Pointed out by Bryan Costales. PORTABILITY FIXES: SCO doesn't have ftruncate. From Bill Aten of Computerizers. IBM's version of arpa/nameser.h defaults to the wrong byte order. Tweak it to work properly. Based on fixes from Fletcher Mattox of UTexas and Betty Lee of Stanford University. CONFIG: add confHOSTS_FILE m4 variable to set HostsFile option. Deficiency pointed out by Bryan Costales of ICSI. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
From: dchin@u.washington.edu (Davin Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: 5 Dec 1995 08:00:51 GMT Organization: University of Washington Message-ID: <4a0u7j$5d2@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-User: dchin I would like to give the ethernet interface on my 3.0 machine 2 ip addresses. Has anyone done this under nextstep? I've done it under solaris, which was a breeze but can't figure out how to get it done in nextstep. thanks Davin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Davin Chin dchin@u.washington.edu 206-784-4102 dchin@nwmicro.com signature under construction
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net (P.J.L. van Emmerik) Subject: can bpf/tcpdump work on en0/etherlink3 Message-ID: <DJ3t20.Bqx@inter.NL.net> Sender: news@inter.NL.net (News at news) Organization: Holec Projects Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:01:02 GMT I have installed PPP and the packet filter bpf that came with it. When using tcpdump i can specify ppp0 and ppp1 as devices but not en0. Can bpf be configured to act on en0. For en0 i have an 3COM Etherlink3 card installed using NS3.2. Please Email to: pemmerik@solair1.inter.NL.net
From: friedric@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de (Carsten Friedrich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 05 Dec 1995 11:51:41 GMT Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., University of Passau, Germany Message-ID: <FRIEDRIC.95Dec5125142@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de> References: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> <49susa$4um@news.its.com> In-reply-to: chuck@its.com's message of 3 Dec 1995 19:47:22 GMT >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> writes: In article <49susa$4um@news.its.com> chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) writes: Chuck> 3.3 Developer uses gcc v2.5.8, which is fairly recent. Chuck> What compiler limitations are you talking about? e.g. templates in g++ are much _MUCH_ better from 2.6.3 on. They are in fact not usable in 2.5.8 if you don't have tons of memory. Is it possible to compile parts of a programm (using templates) with 2.7.x and the rest with 2.5.8? carsten --
Carsten Friedrich friedric@fmi.uni-passau.de "I have the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin -- different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business." (B. Stonehouse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Re: DOS Format ZIP disks under NS3.2 Message-ID: <jpanicoDJ43Gu.Ms@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4a00n0$1cv@news2.ucsd.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:48:30 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom8.netcom.com Doug Ridgway (ridgway@inls1.ucsd.edu) wrote: : May be a FAQ, if so, my apologies. : We want to hook up an Iomega Zip drive to our Nexts. (Black hardware, NS3.2). : We tried it, and it worked fine, but only seems to deal with Mac or : Next filesystems. Is it possible to get it to do DOS, as it does with : floppies? There was some kind of bug in 3.2 (at least on Intel) that prevented it from seeing removable SCSI drives properly. There may be a NeXTAnswer on the subject. I solved my problem with a patch. : Thanks, : doug. : dridgway@ucsd.edu : (Please email in addition to following up, our newsfeed is erratic.) -- Joe Panico NeXTStep/OpenStep Developer BLaCKSMITH Inc. jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Date: 5 Dec 1995 15:52:20 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a1prk$1mh@emerald.oz.net> References: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> <DJ2H7n.AtA@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <49vqm9$rt3@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > Think of only using DRAM harddrives and nothing but.... Think of only a momentary power loss - oops, there goes everything :-) -- Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu (Eskandar Ensafi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetBooting -- Help Needed Date: 5 Dec 1995 17:32:37 GMT Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles, CA Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a1vnl$qdv@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> Hi, First of all, thank you for all your help regarding my other problems. Now that my NeXTcube is up and running again, it's time to NetBoot it... I've set up my new NEXTSTEP/Intel machine to serve as a NetBoot server for my old NeXTcube, still running 2.1. I wanted to upgrade it this way (has no floppy, obviously won't boot off an external CD-ROM, so NetBooting is my only option). It didn't boot... NOTE: I am so fed up that I will gladly do a remote upgrade, by copying my NEXTSTEP 3.3 CD to my hard disk, if necessary. If you think that I'm just waisting my time trying to NetBoot, can you please give me instructions on doing a remote INSTALLATION -- *not* a remote UPGRADE as if going from 3.2 to 3.3, but a complete REFORMATTING & REINSTALLATION on the remote hard disk. Otherwise, let's get back to NetBooting... On the Intel machine (satan), I created the appropriate NetInfo entries for the NeXTcube (necromancer); I updated the ethernet addressed (based on the boot monitor) not only in satan's root domain (/) for the hosts satan and necromancer, but I also updated the /satan and /necromancer domains such that each localhost and brodcasthost also had the proper ethernet addresses. In the root domain, I set up the NetBoot configuration for necromancer as follows: Kernel -> mach Root -> satan:/NEXTSTEP_3.3 Private -> satan:/clients/necromancer. I ran "newclient necromancer" to build satan:/clients/necromancerl; the only thing I did differently from the documentation is that /clients is not on a separate partition -- does it really need to be? if so, can I unpartition my drive after I no longer need the /clients partition? I also exported the NEXTSTEP CD-ROM (satan:/NEXTSTEP_3.3) to be necromancer's root directory. One note about "newclient": although /usr/standalone/boot exists on satan, I noticed the error message, "cp: /usr/standalone/boot: Not found," or something to that effect. Have you also had a similar experience? Basically, when I do "ben" on necromancer, it times out. Any idea what's going wrong? I'd really like to uprade my machine, but without a floppy, it seems to be a real pain. The 30-day installation technical support from NeXT was no help at all. Thank you very much. Please e-mail me directly... - Eskandar Eskandar Ensafi University of California, Los Angeles Department of Biomathematics esky@cs.ucla.edu NEXTSTEP Software Engineer http://www.cs.ucla.edu/csd-lanai/fweb/esky -- KiNDa LiKe a DoG WiTH SeVeN PuPiLS iN iTS eYe L E F T H A N D KiNDa LiKe a MaDNeSS THaT ReFuSeS To SuBSiDe B L A C K KiNDa LiKe eVeRYTHiNG You WaNT JuST WiTHiN YouR GRaSP - - - - - - - - KiNDa LiKe HoW a BaNSHee-WaiL DaNCeS oN a LiViNG HeaRT... D a n z i g
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Replacement TONER Cartridge for NeXT Laser? Date: 3 Dec 1995 01:28:43 GMT Organization: A Big Black Cube Message-ID: <49qugb$n6i@nnrp3.news.primenet.com> References: <49ktno$3ok@alpha.pcix.com> <49lbm6$bvm@agate.berkeley.edu> <49mgel$ge0@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> wrote: > apple dealers accept toner carts for recycling, i think HP does too. > Don't see why they wouldn't accept yours. > -- All Hp Cartridges I have bought over the last couple years have a prepaid return lable for UPS in the installation instructions. Pack the old cartridge in the box of the new one, slap on the label, and drop it off at your nearest UPS. I suppose you could hand it to the driver as well. -- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Robert Worne rworne@primenet.com OS/2-NeXT -=Starving CS Undergrad=- //--------------------------------------------------------------------- // Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in // any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Robert Worne, 1995. // License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. // Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. // Please send notices of violation to rworne@primenet.com and // postmaster@microsoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Rich Oesterling <ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov> Subject: HELP: I've inherited a NeXT Sender: usenet@pmafire.inel.gov (usenet guy) Message-ID: <1995Dec5.173931.13105@pmafire.inel.gov> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 17:39:31 GMT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: WINCO Hello, I'm completely new to the virtual reality of NeXT. I've inherited a NeXT cube with monitor and printer. No documentation, but there are a couple of optical disks. Unfortunately, the yoyo that had it last put a power-on password on the cube. Question 1: Is there any graceful way to get around the password? Question 2: Where would I find a set of manuals? Thanks in advance, Rich Oesterling ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov
From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Where is the ditto command in NSI3.3? Date: 5 Dec 1995 15:05:12 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a1n38$i0a@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> References: <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net> In article <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net> scott@ntplx.net (Scott Douglass) writes: > Why is there no ditto command on my NS3.3 Developer Intel system? I have a > man page, but no progam... It's in /usr/etc/ditto. To be run as 'root' only. Detlev -- Detlev Droege, Uni Koblenz, FB Informatik, Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany Tel:+49 261 9119-421,Fax:-497,NeXT/MIME/Email:droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.de C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good. --Bertrand Meyer
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: am (answering machine) and ZyXEL ELITE? (where's Jolly???) Date: 5 Dec 1995 18:19:52 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4a1uvo$etq@alf.uib.no> am v.1.16, Elite rom v.1.06. It manages to answer the phone but never gets any farther . I've emailed both Axel and Jolly - mail bounces. Who is maintaining this code these days? It's one of the programs I use most. Pleases email replies. Regards, --- -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo Wiped Out! NEED HELP!!! Date: 5 Dec 1995 19:13:12 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a25k8$aib@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> References: <49numa$ed@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> In article <49numa$ed@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu (Eskandar Ensafi) writes: > > Hello, > You can bsd -s from the monitor, then see if there are any /etc/netinfo.bak directories if so then cp -r /etc/netinfo.bak /etc/netinfo If not, then cp -r /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc then reboot Hope this helps. If you can locate a corrupted netinfo, save it before overwriting it. I wrote some perl scripts to recover some of the information from a corrupted netinfo database. (If the data is still there, just marked as deleted, then you could recover it with this. Try doing a od -x /etc/netinfo/local.nidb look to see if the names of things you deleted are still there. Also look in /etc/netinfo/local.nidb/Collection and Transaction) If you find them, save the files for later parsing with the perl files I can send you. Let me know if you need them. -- - - - - - - - - - J. W. Wooten
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Wanted: PPP performance tuning tips Date: 5 Dec 1995 19:31:31 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4a2363$i4g@alf.uib.no> I'm running Stephen Perkins excellent PPP on NeXTstep 3.3 Intel, ZyXEL ElITE ROMv1.06. I get 28.8 connections, have error correction and compression turned off, retraining disabled (always keeps 28.8 connection, signal/line quality is good so it doesn't ask often for retrain anyway...) and an MTU size of 1500. I still don't seem to get the 2x performance I had hoped possible from 14.4. Part of it is due to my Internet provider (slow links out) but I'd like to get as much as possible out of my setup. ftp gives ca. 2.0kb /sec transfer - I hear 3.5 is possible under good conditions. Web surfing isn't much improved from 14.4. speed wise, shouldn't pictures, text, etc transfer faster with 28.8? Any tips/tricks/advice welcome via EMAIL, thanks :-) Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: dmwood@geek.Mines.Colorado.EDU (David M. Wood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Recovering partially toasted internal drive Date: 5 Dec 1995 19:15:56 GMT Organization: Colorado School of Mines Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4a25pc$kq7@magma.Mines.EDU> Greetings all! Severe wind storms yesterday caused power outages which *appear* to have partially toasted an ancient 105MB internal disk drive in a NeXTStation (not the boot disk, luckily). If *possible*, we'd like to recover the contents of the disk (which is our network's /usr/local/src directory). The symptoms: When booting, we now get: sd1: Incomplete disk transfer; bytes moved = 0x0, resid = 0x800, retry 1 sd1: Incomplete disk transfer - FATAL (after 9 retries) No luck with fsck either: iola# /usr/etc/fsck /dev/sd1a Can't read label on /dev/rsd1a. The *good* news is that someone logging onto the console gets a pop-up panel asking whether or not to initialize the disk, suggesting that at least the disk is spinning and could possibly be initialized. *Tests* iola# scsimodes /dev/rsd1a SCSI information for /dev/rsd1a Drive type: QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 512 bytes per sector 49 sectors per track 4 tracks per cylinder 1219 cylinder per volume (including spare cylinders) 1 spare sectors per cylinder 0 alternate tracks per volume 205560 usable sectors on volume This looks OK to me--same as for other 105MB internal disk drives. The disk command returns the following info iola# disk -s /dev/rsd1a disk name: QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 disk type: fixed_rw_scsi stats: invalid request for type fixed_rw_scsi iola# disk -L InternalDisk /dev/rsd1a disk name: QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 disk type: fixed_rw_scsi no label on disk iola# disk /dev/rsd1a disk name: QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 disk type: fixed_rw_scsi Disk utility disk> label label information: print, write? print no label on disk disk> scan Backup superblocks at: Whoa! Any suggestions for fixing the disk and reading its contents? Many thanks! -- David M. Wood Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 Phone: (303) 273-3853; Fax: (303) 273-3840 e-mail: dmwood@physics.Mines.EDU ; NeXTMail welcome
From: gideon@csarc.otago.ac.nz (Gideon King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Two level netinfo domains Date: 5 Dec 1995 22:18:22 GMT Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ Message-ID: <4a2gfe$abm@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> I am planning to convert our single level domain to a two level domain shortly with a single master at the top level, and two netinfo servers at the next level down. Are there any caveats about the process, or should it all be pretty straightforward? --- Gideon King | Phone +64-3-479 8347 University of Otago | Fax +64-3-479 8529 Computer Science Applied | e-mail gideon@csarc.otago.ac.nz Research Centre | NeXT mail, MIME ok Department of Computer Science | P.O. Box 56 | Mental Floss prevents Moral Decay Dunedin | New Zealand | WWW access: http://www.csarc.otago.ac.nz:805/PersonalHomePages/Gideon.htmld/
From: rubsamen@pro-audio.freinet.de (Marcus Ruebsamen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: RE: Q: Where is the ditto command in NSI3.3? Date: 5 Dec 1995 21:24:46 GMT Organization: FreiNet (XLINK-PoP Freiburg) Message-ID: <4a2dav$itp@bock.freinet.de> In article <scott-0312951040130001@quadra.ntplx.net>, you wrote: >Why is there no ditto command on my NS3.3 Developer Intel system? I have a >man page, but no progam... You must be logged in as root - Marcus -- pro audio Vertriebsfirma Merzhauser Strasse 149 D-79100 Freiburg Tel: 49 761/45700 -10 Fax: 49 761/45700 -12 e_mail: rubsamen@pro-audio.freinet.de www: http://www.freinet.de/pro_audio
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Any NS "talk" pgms that work in WSM? Message-ID: <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 19:47:58 GMT I'm looking for a standard Unix "talk" app that can work in the NeXT Workspace Manager. Anyone know of anything? Thanks Matt -- __ | Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) | /\_\ | "Believer in all things well-engineered" | BMW CCA #124947 \/_/ | hocker@waldo.com | AOPA #012475939 NeXTSTEP! | NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here | PP-ASEL Student!
From: hs283@bard.edu (Hans Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: strange disk reading problems Date: 5 Dec 1995 23:31:40 GMT Organization: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 Message-ID: <4a2kos$1f21@core.bard.edu> I have been trying to install software onto a NextStation Turbo with NS3.0 and the files seemed to get corrupted. I ftp the stuff on an IBM PC running AIX, copy it to disk, and take it to my Next. The next recognizes everything fine, seems to copy them fine, but when I try to uncompress them, gzip says that the file is corrupted. I have successfully installed gzip, gcl, clm, and cm (common lisp music and common music, both from CCRMA at Stanford) using this method, not without problems though. I have also uncompressed a postScript file on an IBM, but the .ps file was then corrupted, causing the ps viewer to crash. When I tried to get gcl onto the Next, I had to go back and forth between the IBM's recoping it onto the disk and copying onto the next about 4-5 times before I got the whole .gz file uncorrupted. Anyone have any idea what's going on? It seems to me that maybe the disk drive is dying. Or hopefully some bug.... Thanks in advance... HC -- Hans-Christoph Steiner (that's me!) AKA HC, Hans, Chris, Hans-Chris YAGA!
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Any NS "talk" pgms that work in WSM? Date: 5 Dec 1995 23:57:47 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-16.usc.edu Message-ID: <4a2m9r$5j8@usc.edu> References: <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) wrote: > I'm looking for a standard Unix "talk" app that can work in the > NeXT Workspace Manager. Anyone know of anything? On all the ftp sites you'll find "ytalk" that can interface easily with "talk". It also has some neat features of its own when used with itself between other NS systems. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: Oliver Johns <ojohns@sfsu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HELP: I've inherited a NeXT Date: 6 Dec 1995 02:12:52 GMT Organization: Sirius Connections Message-ID: <4a2u74$e13@sun.sirius.com> References: <1995Dec5.173931.13105@pmafire.inel.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov If it's at all like a NeXTStation, there is a little battery somewhere on the motherboard. Remove the battery for a day; replace it. Now you have a machine with complete amnesia. Worked for me. O. Johns ojohns@sfsu.edu Rich Oesterling <ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov> wrote: >Hello, I'm completely new to the virtual reality of NeXT. > >I've inherited a NeXT cube with monitor and printer. No documentation, >but there are a couple of optical disks. Unfortunately, the yoyo that >had it last put a power-on password on the cube. > >Question 1: Is there any graceful way to get around the password? > >Question 2: Where would I find a set of manuals? > >Thanks in advance, > >Rich Oesterling >ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov > >
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: nxcube.augusta.de!olli (Oliver Nissen) Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Message-ID: <DJ4yBu.5Hx@nxcube.augusta.de> Sender: news@nxcube.augusta.de Organization: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen References: <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 22:55:06 GMT In article <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) writes: > Is this capability by any chance a function of the ROM level (rather > than some other design feature of the boards that changed in late > production)? No. I had a NeXTstation and now have a cube, both with the same ROM monitor version; the station could power on automatically, the cube can't. The difference on the boards is the clock-chip - you can test, if you have that specific chip installed by issuing the unix command /usr/lib/Preferences/clock_chip -i in a Terminal window. Because there have already been some people with the same problem: Here in Germany a computer magazine (called c't) had a little project that can power on a Macintosh computer, if a connected modem is being called. This little circuit uses the ring indicator (RI) on the RS-232 port to put a pulse to the power-on pin of the ADB. All further activities of the RI pin don't affect the power-on pin; this is essential for not powering off the computer on following rings. I modified the circuit for use with a NeXT computer ("modified" is pure exaggeration - in fact I found the power-on/off pin of the keyboard-connector on the rear panel of the NeXT monitor...). I use this circuit in conjunction with my ZyXEL modem and a programmable power switch (a combination of power plug and digital clock for about $15 or so; I don't know the English expression for it) for powering on my cube at a specified time. When the programmable power switch switches on the modem, the modem asserts and deasserts the RI during its self-test: this powers the cube on. If your modem doesn't play with the RI on power-on, you can probably customise the programmable power switch for your purposes(?). Because I don't own that issue of c't and I don't remember the circuit in detail (and I surely am no hardware developer), it will take some time until I get the layout of that little board. Send me an email, if you are interested. Oliver -- --- 8< -------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Nissen Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen olli@nxcube.augusta.de -> NeXT-Mail/MIME welcome i22boliv@rz.unibw-muenchen.de -> Plain text only! _____________________________________________________________________ >>> "...but, why is it black?" - "It should have been perfect..." <<<
From: scott@ntplx.net (Scott Douglass) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: video drivers gone bad... how to recover? Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 23:21:01 -0500 Organization: NETPLEX Message-ID: <scott-0512952321010001@quadra.ntplx.net> Hi folks, Somehow, my video driver no longer works (ATIMach64DisplayDriver). When my machine boots instead of my usual nice high res screen, I get a lot of noise, weird shifted pixel patterns, followed by the system crashing and bringing up the text window on the blue background. I can then only alt-numlock and r my way out. If I boot config=Default, the VGA driver doesn't seem to work. The screen turns black, I can see my cursor, but when I click the mouse, I see the text window (with nothing in it) then the screen goes back to black. Again I can only reboot out of this situation. I have booted up with -s and replaced the VGA.config directory and files with one from the NSI3.3 CD, but get the same problem. My card is an ATI Graphics Ultra Turbo Pro (ugh, what a dumb name) VLB w/ 4MB VRAM. It seems to work fine still under Windows 3.1 Anyone know how I could get back to some useable state with this thing? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott W. Douglass __ _ _______ _______ _____ _______ _ _ scott@ntplx.net | \ | |______ | |_____] | |______ \___/ NeXTmail accepted | \_| |______ | | |_____ |______ _/ \_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finger for PGP Key * http://www.ntplx.net/ * http://www.ntplx.net/~scott/
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From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7.x and Netinfo aliases -- Solved Date: 6 Dec 1995 07:43:21 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4a3hip$4lb@paladin.american.edu> Well I actually read the sendmail manual and found the "fix" for this one. In the cf file insert the following: OAnetinfo:/aliases OA/etc/sendmail/aliases That checks your netinfo aliases and the aliases file when building the alias database. Restart sendmail and make sure you rebuild the aliases with newaliases. -- Torrey McMahon
From: rainer@cip.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Rainer Frohnhöfer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I have Dev environment & gcc2.7.2? Date: 6 Dec 1995 08:12:08 GMT Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany Message-ID: <4a3j8o$14m@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <49sgod$hk7@turing.mathworks.com> <49susa$4um@news.its.com> <FRIEDRIC.95Dec5125142@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de> friedric@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de (Carsten Friedrich) wrote: > >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <chuck@its.com> writes: [snip] Is it possible to compile parts of a programm (using templates) with > 2.7.x and the rest with 2.5.8? > > carsten I remember in the good old days of NS3.0, I used gcc2.5.8 to compile all my projects. The switch -fnext-runtime did the trick for me. ... Wait .... no ....hold it ! I tried to do it while writing this posting and it didn't work (NS3.3, gcc 2.6.3). The Project builder got pretty far with -Wno-import -fnext-runtime, but it looks like some headers in the soundkit are broken. Bug in the NeXT Headers? Anyways, you won't be able to compile fat binaries .... -Rainer. -- ------------------------------------- "Um Energie zu sparen, wird das Licht am Ende des Tunnels vorlaeufig abgeschaltet." rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca (kwasi akore darko) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Message-ID: <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@utcc.utoronto.ca (News) Organization: UTCC Campus Access Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 11:07:21 GMT Installation instructions will be nice for us newbies. Thanks On 12/04/95, Robert La Ferla wrote: >sendmail 8.7.3 with smrsh (sendmail restricted shell) is now available via: >ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz > >Release Notes: > >8.7.3/8.7.3 95/12/xx > Fix botch in name server timeout in RCPT code; this problem caused > two responses in SMTP, which breaks things horribly. Fix > from Gregory Neil Shapiro of WPI. > Verify that L= value on M lines cannot be negative, which could cause > negative array subscripting. Not a security problem since > this has to be in the config file, but it could have caused > core dumps. Pointed out by Bryan Costales. > Fix -d21 debug output for long macro names. Pointed out by Bryan > Costales. > PORTABILITY FIXES: > SCO doesn't have ftruncate. From Bill Aten of Computerizers. > IBM's version of arpa/nameser.h defaults to the wrong byte > order. Tweak it to work properly. Based on fixes > from Fletcher Mattox of UTexas and Betty Lee of > Stanford University. > CONFIG: add confHOSTS_FILE m4 variable to set HostsFile option. > Deficiency pointed out by Bryan Costales of ICSI. > > >Robert La Ferla >Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant >Boston, MA >Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 >Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 >E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com >
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Message-ID: <1995Dec6.120148.45739@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 6 Dec 95 12:01:48 MET References: <49q1mf$51u@usc.edu> <DJ2H7n.AtA@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <4a1prk$1mh@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > > Think of only using DRAM harddrives and nothing but.... > > Think of only a momentary power loss - oops, there goes everything :-) > -- > Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com Not neccessarily, some of these beasts have a built in backup system which will (should) hold data for approximately one month. So it's not *that* bad, especially if it is used in a server machine which will usually run 24 hours a day. -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
From: gartius@access5.digex.net (Oblivion) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sun 600MP ? Date: 6 Dec 1995 16:41:30 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Message-ID: <4a4h3q$f68@news4.digex.net> Has anyone successfully installed NeXT on a Sun 600MP ? I have version 3.3 and would like to run it. I know it's not a supported configuration but, I'd like to see I just need a Video or processor upgrade to make it happen. Thanks, G.T.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jcruz@bart.inescn.pt (Jose Manuel de Magalhaes Cruz) Subject: Power on automatically a Cube w/ NS 3.0 [2] Message-ID: <DJ6Bv8.Hv4@animal.inescn.pt> Sender: news@animal.inescn.pt (USENET News System) Organization: INESC-Porto, Portugal Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 16:45:07 GMT Hello everyone, Following a request for help that I issued some days ago, I received a couple of answers that, unfortunately did not solve my problem. I am issuing, again, my original request, this time adding a piece of information that proved to be important: the version of NS that I am currently using. That is 3.0. Please, do not waste bandwidth telling me to upgrade the operating system. And, yes, I have, as thoroughly as possible, searched in the man, documentation, faqs and NeXTAnswers. I thank in advance to anyone that can give me an useful piece of advice. My original post: > Can anyone tell me, please, how can I set up a Cube (or > black hardware), so that it powers up automatically, after a > temporary Power failure? > I have searched in the faqs, and in the documentation, but > was not successfull... Jose' ------ jmcruz@fe.up.pt -------
From: mail06000@pop.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail with 3.3 patches Date: 6 Dec 1995 21:12:32 GMT Message-ID: <4a5100$969@alterdial.UU.NET> Now I have installed the 3.3 patches I have been completely unable to make sendmail queue mail from Mail.app when my dialup link is down. When the link is up everything works fine. I have tried all the obvious changes to sendmail.cf including the OI option. I'm not clear what the patches have done to destroy the previous correct behaviour when sendmail defferred all mail it could not deliver, and the release notes are tantalisingly incomplete. Could anyone expalin why the system has been broken and suggest a fix? Stephen Rhodes
From: mail06000@pop.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Format a DOS ZIP disk under NS? Date: 6 Dec 1995 21:02:15 GMT Message-ID: <4a50cn$969@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <DJ0rzu.Hsn@waldo.com> The easiest way is to reformat the disc as a mac disk first then reinitialise as a Next filesystem. The alternative is to use sdformat to reformat the disc and then use Workspace to initilise it. Stephen Rhodes
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Anyone have am working with ZyXEL Elite? Date: 6 Dec 1995 23:53:36 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4a56tg$fba@alf.uib.no> This is giving me a headache. Has _anyone_ gotten am to work with an Elite? I hadno idea it was so different from a U1496... It answers, it plays a message but neer gets to play the beep. It waits for a VCON response but the modem is sending OK. (p.s. can you tell I don't program...?) I've changed amlib.c from at+vbt to at+vtd and assume that since the Elites command set is changed that this is OK (+vbt does not exist anymore...) Please email replies... Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: lusty@aimnet.com (Diana) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Won't boot:netinfod aborting Date: 6 Dec 1995 16:26:09 -0800 Organization: AIMNet Corp. Message-ID: <4a5cb1$bfj@aimnet.aimnet.com> References: <30C5F375.167E@chaos.press.jhu.edu> In article <30C5F375.167E@chaos.press.jhu.edu>, Ken Overton <kov@chaos.press.jhu.edu> wrote: > >I can boot single-user but then I can't start up netinfod so that I can >alter anything. Is there any way to 'zap' the netinfod settings back to >a default state? Replace /etc/netinfo/local.nidb with /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/local.nidb >Does anyone know anything about these errors? All you really need to know is: always make sure you have a backup of your netinfo database. Lusty
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Filesystem performance Date: 6 Dec 1995 23:06:07 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <4a57kv$lh@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Hi everybody, I just went over a irritating problem with filesystem performance. I have two disks (a Seagate 2GB Barracuda and an 1GB Fujitsu) lowlevel formated to 1024 b/sector and initialised an black hardware. They both work with no problems. After moving the disks to my new P5/100 i was a little bit upset about the poor perfomance of the disks. Both got only around 1Mbyte/s (checked by "iozone 70 1024"). After another lowlevel format (again to 1024 b/sector) and new initialisation on the pentium both get around 2.2 and 2.5 Mbytes/s. I wonder why there is that big performance difference between disks formated on black hw vs that formatted on white? Is the lowlevel format or initialisation dependend on the controler/disk combination? As far as i know both black and white use big endian filesystems. Or do filesystems initialised on white become little endian filesystems? What do you think about that? Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------ Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.x and Netinfo aliases -- Solved In-Reply-To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu's message of 6 Dec 1995 07:43:21 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec6234612@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a3hip$4lb@paladin.american.edu> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 04:46:12 GMT Here's an even better way. Create a file called /etc/service.switch with the following contents: hosts netinfo files dns aliases netinfo files This allows you to specify a map and a search path to look for that information. e.g. When looking for an alias, look in NetInfo first and if you can't find it there, look in the flat files, etc... Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4a3hip$4lb@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: Well I actually read the sendmail manual and found the "fix" for this one. In the cf file insert the following: OAnetinfo:/aliases OA/etc/sendmail/aliases That checks your netinfo aliases and the aliases file when building the alias database. Restart sendmail and make sure you rebuild the aliases with newaliases. -- Torrey McMahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail with 3.3 patches In-Reply-To: mail06000@pop.net's message of 6 Dec 1995 21:12:32 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec6235453@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a5100$969@alterdial.UU.NET> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 04:54:53 GMT My suggested fix is to ftp the real sendmail from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4a5100$969@alterdial.UU.NET> mail06000@pop.net writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26967 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: mail06000@pop.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 6 Dec 1995 21:12:32 GMT Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: cust007.nb1p2.houston.tx.alterdial.alter.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Now I have installed the 3.3 patches I have been completely unable to make sendmail queue mail from Mail.app when my dialup link is down. When the link is up everything works fine. I have tried all the obvious changes to sendmail.cf including the OI option. I'm not clear what the patches have done to destroy the previous correct behaviour when sendmail defferred all mail it could not deliver, and the release notes are tantalisingly incomplete. Could anyone expalin why the system has been broken and suggest a fix? Stephen Rhodes
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Power on automatically a Cube [really: ROM versions] Date: 7 Dec 1995 02:05:15 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4a63nb$hlm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu> In article <ANDERSON.95Dec3123217@sapir.ling.yale.edu>, anderson@sapir.ling.yale.edu (Stephen Anderson) writes: >Is this capability by any chance a function of the ROM level (rather >than some other design feature of the boards that changed in late >production)? If so, it would provide an incentive to get a later ROM >from Bell ATlantic (or wherever). Nope. It's a function of a different real-time clock chip on the CPU board. Sorry. >On that general subject, does anyone know what modifications were made >in the later versions of the ROM? My cube has version 2.1, and I'm >sure 2.5 (the last one, I think) differs in SOME way apart from the >"ROM Monitor Version:" message :-) Later ROM versions support later revisions of the hardware. That's the only reason any of us (ancient part-time firmware hackers) would touch them. Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: Ken Overton <kov@chaos.press.jhu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Won't boot:netinfod aborting Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:48:05 -0500 Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Press Message-ID: <30C5F375.167E@chaos.press.jhu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My 040 Cube is not hooked up to a network. I was configuring a PPP to dial into campus and bind to 128.220.50.255, set that as my IP in the HostManager, I saved settings in HostManager. It said I had to reboot, with an optional button that would reboot automagically. I clicked on that and it hung; after 20 minutes I had to unplug the machine and power it back up. It ran fsck alright, everything looked ok, then, just when I thought it was going to come up, I saw this (in the ROM monitor): Starting RPC and Network services: portmap routed netinfo lookupd starting file services daemons: Nov 30 21:56:56 ephemera syslog: Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to send; errno=Network is down. Nov 30 21:56:56 ephemera syslog: cannot register udp service Nov 30 21:56:56 ephemera syslog: netinfod aborting I can boot single-user but then I can't start up netinfod so that I can alter anything. Is there any way to 'zap' the netinfod settings back to a default state? Does anyone know anything about these errors? thanks, kov -- Please, call me Gouty Kenny Dean Redeye Pete.
From: taubert@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (Derek Anthon Taubert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Win95-->(NS3.3+NeXTPrinter)??? Date: 7 Dec 1995 01:17:59 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4a5fc7$i41@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <49btkv$nml@news.fsu.edu> <DIy18M.IsB@marble.com> matthew@marble.com (Matthew Stecker) writes: >Well, there are two aspects to this problem - one is the >software needed to connect the two together. This could >be > - A TCPIP stack that supports LPR printing > - Access to a NT server which can do LPR redirects. > - Public Domain? >The next question is: What software to drive the printer? Win95 >no longer directly supports a "Generic Postscript" option. Which >postscript driver is "best" for the NeXT Laser? Has anyone written >one? I've been using the Apple LaserWriter driver distributed with Win95 to print on my NeXT 400dpi Laser Printer over samba without so much as a warning message about the postscript. It re-orders the pages correctly, even prints color on my NeXT Color Printer. I'm not sure about the other problems/fixes suggested, I don't seem to be having any symptoms whatsoever. I'm still running NS 3.0 if that makes a difference... Derek Taubert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How do I setup a swapdisk? Message-ID: <1995Dec7.001339.20914@indyvax.iupui.edu> From: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu (Richard Sanchez) Date: 7 Dec 95 00:13:38 -0500 I have been able to create a separate swap disk by renaming the label of the drive to swapdisk which is then setup up with the rc.swap script on bootup. The problem is that the system will only swap about 130MB before the system hangs, mouse can still be moved, but I am unable to shutdown with the mouse or the keyboard sequence <alt> <alt> <num lock>. The disk is a Seagate 1GB scsi drive so it should be able to swap more than 130MB of space. I tried removing the hiwat argument in the swaptab file and in the rc.swap files. At this point, I am stuck. Any help will be greatly appreciated. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Sanchez email: rsanchez@indyunix.iupui.edu Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana -----------------------------------------------------------------
From: dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de (David A. Coyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Any NS "talk" pgms that work in WSM? Date: 7 Dec 1995 12:05:00 GMT Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany Message-ID: <4a6l9c$pb6@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> In article <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) writes: > I'm looking for a standard Unix "talk" app that can work in the NeXT Workspace > Manager. Anyone know of anything? Well, there's NetTalk, a very nice, but wholly Nextstep, application. Nettalk uses DO, and has a incipient API for adding modules (games, graphics: imagine a NetDraw!). Plus it's great for file transfers between individuals ("Here, Bill, what do you think of this: <drag, drop>."). More info can be had at: http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~leuker/NetTalk/ Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu In-Reply-To: kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca's message of Wed, 6 Dec 1995 11:07:21 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec6235247@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 04:52:47 GMT Hmmm. You'll need to unpack that file using % gnutar xvzpf sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz That will create a README file and a sendmail.pkg file. You'll then need to log in as "root" and double-click on the package. i.e. install it like you would any other NS software using the Installer.app. Once installed, there is doc in /etc/sendmail/doc. You should also pick up a copy of the book "sendmail" published by O'Reilly and Associates. The authors are Bryan Costales, Neil Rickert and Eric Allman. That's the best doc there is. You'll need to create a .mc configuration file for your system. For this, you'll need to ftp the GNU m4 compiler from ftp.cs.orst.edu (it's in the proglang directory) Samples .mc files are in /etc/sendmail/cf. It's easier than it sounds. You can always ask here for help with the .mc file. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca (kwasi akore darko) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26961 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utinfo!news From: kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca (kwasi akore darko) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: flew.dialin.utoronto.ca Sender: news@utcc.utoronto.ca (News) Organization: UTCC Campus Access X-Newsreader: NewsFlash [$Revision: 1.334 $] NF-U-00052 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 11:07:21 GMT Lines: 40 Installation instructions will be nice for us newbies. Thanks On 12/04/95, Robert La Ferla wrote: >sendmail 8.7.3 with smrsh (sendmail restricted shell) is now available via: >ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz > >Release Notes: > >8.7.3/8.7.3 95/12/xx > Fix botch in name server timeout in RCPT code; this problem caused > two responses in SMTP, which breaks things horribly. Fix > from Gregory Neil Shapiro of WPI. > Verify that L= value on M lines cannot be negative, which could cause > negative array subscripting. Not a security problem since > this has to be in the config file, but it could have caused > core dumps. Pointed out by Bryan Costales. > Fix -d21 debug output for long macro names. Pointed out by Bryan > Costales. > PORTABILITY FIXES: > SCO doesn't have ftruncate. From Bill Aten of Computerizers. > IBM's version of arpa/nameser.h defaults to the wrong byte > order. Tweak it to work properly. Based on fixes > from Fletcher Mattox of UTexas and Betty Lee of > Stanford University. > CONFIG: add confHOSTS_FILE m4 variable to set HostsFile option. > Deficiency pointed out by Bryan Costales of ICSI. > > >Robert La Ferla >Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant >Boston, MA >Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 >Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 >E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com >
From: cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filesystem performance Date: 7 Dec 1995 06:28:21 GMT Organization: WolfWare (http://www.wolfware.com/) Message-ID: <4a61i5$1bn@shellx.best.com> On 12/06/95, Bastian Schlueter wrote: > >I wonder why there is that big performance difference between disks >formated on black hw vs that formatted on white? Is the lowlevel format >or initialisation dependend on the controler/disk combination? > I believe I remember hearing that newfs tweaks default performance parameters such as interleave and rotational speed differently on black and white hardware (although this may be an OS revision difference rather than a hardware platform dependent difference.) Another possibility is that the file system on the disks was fragmented and that the real reason performance improved was because reformatting and restoring your data eliminated this problem and was unrelated to the platform switch. -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
From: gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu (George B. Ross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: To partition or not? Date: 7 Dec 1995 14:44:12 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a6ujs$knk@news.nd.edu> I have a 500Mb drive that I want to use as a swapdisk, but I don't need a full 500Mb of swapspace, 200Mb would be sufficient. I would like to know if it would be best to partition the drive in order to only use a portion (~200Mb) of it for swapspace and use the remainder for backup or extra space when my /usr/local directory gets too full. Can I safely leave it as a single partition and put other directories on the disk even though it is labeled "swapdisk"? If I partition the drive, does each partition get a label so I can name the 200Mb partition "swapdisk". What changes would I need to make to /etc/fstab, /etc/swaptab and any other files? I'm running NS 3.2 on a 040/33MHz cube with Nextdimension board. thanks for any help, -george George B. Ross Aero/Mech Engr University of Notre Dame gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu http://stimpy.ame.nd.edu/gross/
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: swapdisks and NeXTAnswer 2039 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:10:33 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951207100546.3736E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NeXTAnswer 2039 says: "Following processing rc.net, /etc/rc invokes rc.swap. This anachronism is a throwback to the days when NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware supported a swapdisk--a small SCSI disk used for paging, typically when booting from an optical disk or from the network. Swapdisks are rarely used anymore, so we won't cover rc.swap in this article. " Ya know, I'm no expert, but from the amount of conversation that I've seen in the past few months on the issue of swapdisks, I'd have to say that this above statement, or at least the last line of this statement [QUOTED from OpenStep Journal, Summer 1995 (Volume 1, Issue 2)] is foolish if not downright wrong. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) mail sent to: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu is forwarded to above address. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: To partition or not? Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:15:43 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951207101101.3736F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4a6ujs$knk@news.nd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4a6ujs$knk@news.nd.edu> It is perfectly acceptable, in my experience, to use the other space on the swapdisk if you so desire. However, realize that your HIWAT setting needs to be large enough so that when you use the other space (say that 300 megabytes) you have enough room for swapping. A partition might help in terms of fragmentation, and so it might be desirable to partition the disk for that reason.... Answer, part a: is it required? no Answer, part b: is it preferable? depends on you... I'd probably partition the disk (it would also be a good time to do a nice cleansing low-level format and use sdformat to change the blocksize to 1024 rather than 512) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) mail sent to: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu is forwarded to above address. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.7.3 install for sendmail newbies (a start) Date: 07 Dec 95 13:48:27 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec7134827@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail install URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld Here is my beginners guide to installing and configuring sendmail 8.7.3. Please do not take this as gospel though -- I'm still having some residual problems, but this is at least a start. If someone knows of something I did wrong, or forgot to do, or knows how to do it better PLEASE post it so we neophytes can benefit from your painful experience. Many thanks to Torrey McMahon for even getting me this far. Sendmail neophyte installation and configuration proceedure: ftp sendmail-8.7.3 from cs.orst /software/NeXT/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.README /software/NeXT/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz or /software/NeXT/binaries/mail/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.README /software/NeXT/binaries/mail/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz ftp m4 from cs.orst /software/NeXT/binaries/proglang/GNU-m4-1.4-NIHS.gztar /software/NeXT/binaries/proglang/GNU-m4-1.4-NIHS.gztar.README unpack compressed files -- if you need gnutar compiled for NeXTSTEP I'm not sure where you get it. It doesn't seem to be on cs.orst anymore and I can't remember where I picked it up. install packages create an .mc file (say nextmailhost.mc) for your mailhost in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ a good place to start is (this is all I used at least): divert(-1) 'legal stuff omitted' VERSIONID(`@(#)yourfilename.mc 0.1 date') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(your_local_domain)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl create an .mc file (say nextmailclient.mc) for your clients in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ divert(-1) 'legal stuff omitted' VERSIONID(`@(#)yourfilename.mc 0.1 date') OSTYPE(nextstep) FEATURE(nullclient, yourmailhost.yourdomain) then while in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ type: /usr/local/bin/m4 ../m4/cf.m4 nextmailhost.mc > nextmailhost.cf /usr/local/bin/m4 ../m4/cf.m4 nextmailclient.mc > nextmailclient.cf cp ../../sendmail.cf ../../sendmail.cf.old cp nextmailhost.cf ../../sendmail.cf cp nextmailclient.cf ../../sendmail.nextmailclient.cf create the aliases database: cd /etc/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail -bi now run NetInfoManager and open the local domain (should open automatically) on the machine that is the mailhost - click on locations, then sendmail (might have to create this - see sysadmin manual if you need to do this -- lookup sendmail in Digital Librarian and select the SysAdmin manual page 06_Mail.rtfd). - change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain - change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.mailhost.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.cf - save - open the root domain - click on location, then sendmail - change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain - change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.nextmailclient.cf - save restart
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mail looping problem Date: 07 Dec 95 16:10:03 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec716103@nextclient3> References: <ebaenen.95Dec71415@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld More mail problems... I seem to have a looping problem between my old mail server (choroid - also the DNS server) and my current machine (nextclient3 - which is also my new mailserver). ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> via choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil, to <ebaenen@nextclient3> Return-Path: Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00440 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:59 -0500 (GMT-0500) Received: from nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil) by mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA26402; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:18 +0500 Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00435 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:56 -0500 (GMT-0500) Received: from nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil) by mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA26398; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:15 +0500 Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00412 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:18 -0500 (GMT-0500) .. rest clipped It appears as though somewhere in the netinfo database there is still a reference to my old mail server. Does anyone know how I can search the entire database for the old hostname and extract or remove the appropriate information from the netinfo database? I am running sendmail 8.7.3 under NS 3.3 on a color slab. Thanks, Eric Baenen
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mail looping problem Date: 07 Dec 95 14:01:05 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec71415@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: mail problem URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld More mail problems... I seem to have a looping problem between my old mail server (choroid - also the DNS server) and my current machine (nextclient3 - which is also my new mailserver). ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> via choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil, to <ebaenen@nextclient3> Return-Path: Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00440 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:59 -0500 (GMT-0500) Received: from nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil) by mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA26402; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:18 +0500 Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00435 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:56 -0500 (GMT-0500) Received: from nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil) by mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA26398; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:15 +0500 Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00412 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:43:18 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu (Sharad J Shanbhag) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: CDPlayer.app bombs out Date: 7 Dec 1995 10:52:55 -0600 Organization: University of Minnesota Sender: shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu Message-ID: <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> Keywords: audio CD-ROM I've suddenly had problems with playing audio CD's in my NEC MultiSpin 3X CD-ROM using CDPlayer.app. My configuration: NSFIP 3.2 486-66 system, 24MB RAM, 520MB Seagate ST5660N, 1.2GB Fujitsu M1606S NCR53C810 SCSI (onboard) NEC MultiSpin 3X CD-ROM IOMEGA ZIP drive PS/2Keyboard, Bus mouse Until 3 days ago, i had no problems with playing CD-audio. I put in an audio CD, CDPlayer.app launches, and away I went. Now, I either get nothing when I put in an audio CD or I get the following errors: cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 4 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 5 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 7 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied CDPlayer.app puts up an alert panel saying "Can't find CD-ROM." This happens when i launch CDPlayer.app with and without and audio CD in the drive. the trouble started one day when my system froze while playing a cd. I had to restart the computer and run fsck on both HDs. I've reinstalled CDPlayer.app from a backup (the CD-ROM sometimes recognizes a data CD though). Any hints? Thanks ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mailserver configuration/sendmail problem Date: 07 Dec 95 13:54:50 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec7135450@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail configuration problems URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld Does anyone have a suggestion of why I might be getting this error: ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- <ebaenen@nextclient3> (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 MX list for nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. points back to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ 554 <ebaenen@nextclient3>... Local configuration error Thanks, Eric Baenen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Chris Norton <Christopher_Norton-P27079@email.mot.com> Subject: Searching for tips on "tip"... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 14:18:16 -0700 Message-ID: <30C75A18.29CE@email.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) I am trying to do a remote login to a system, in this case an internet provider using tip. I have set up my remote file for a 38400 baud connection using flow control "cufb" to a remote system. I open a terminal window that is emulating a vt100 terminal and issue the tip command followed by the alias setup in /etc/remote. My modem dials the number I enter on the terminal, you know atdt ..., and connects with the remote system then I log in and get the terminal type prompt. I hit return assuming that we both are emulating a vt100 terminal but the curser does a carriage return and remains on the same line. When I hit ^J the screen will scroll with readable text but formatted awkardly and the system does not respond to any commands other than ^J. I have tried several different terminal types with the same response. Has anyone had and solved this problem? Help please, Chris
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: VM limited by default to 4omb??? Date: 8 Dec 1995 00:09:32 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4a7vns$sdk@news.its.com> References: <49d737$1fe@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > Someone posted recently that there was an inherent limitation to a 40mb > swapdisk and that one had to make a correction in some configuration file > to allow for larger swapdisks. Is this true? It's true. You need to modify /etc/rc.swap, specificly the hiwat setting to the mach_swapon command..... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 install for sendmail newbies (a start) In-Reply-To: Eric Baenen's message of 07 Dec 95 13:48:27 Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec7215812@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <ebaenen.95Dec7134827@nextclient3> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 02:58:12 GMT Thanks for creating and posting your sendmail 8.7x guide. I was hoping someone would take the initiative and you did. That's great. I will incorporate sections of your guide in the next release. Robert In article <ebaenen.95Dec7134827@nextclient3> Eric Baenen writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26983 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!blackbird.afit.af.mil!nextclient3!ebaenen From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 07 Dec 95 13:48:27 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Lines: 86 Reply-To: ebaenen@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail install URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld Here is my beginners guide to installing and configuring sendmail 8.7.3. Please do not take this as gospel though -- I'm still having some residual problems, but this is at least a start. If someone knows of something I did wrong, or forgot to do, or knows how to do it better PLEASE post it so we neophytes can benefit from your painful experience. Many thanks to Torrey McMahon for even getting me this far. Sendmail neophyte installation and configuration proceedure: ftp sendmail-8.7.3 from cs.orst /software/NeXT/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.README /software/NeXT/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz or /software/NeXT/binaries/mail/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.README /software/NeXT/binaries/mail/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz ftp m4 from cs.orst /software/NeXT/binaries/proglang/GNU-m4-1.4-NIHS.gztar /software/NeXT/binaries/proglang/GNU-m4-1.4-NIHS.gztar.README unpack compressed files -- if you need gnutar compiled for NeXTSTEP I'm not sure where you get it. It doesn't seem to be on cs.orst anymore and I can't remember where I picked it up. install packages create an .mc file (say nextmailhost.mc) for your mailhost in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ a good place to start is (this is all I used at least): divert(-1) 'legal stuff omitted' VERSIONID(`@(#)yourfilename.mc 0.1 date') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(your_local_domain)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl create an .mc file (say nextmailclient.mc) for your clients in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ divert(-1) 'legal stuff omitted' VERSIONID(`@(#)yourfilename.mc 0.1 date') OSTYPE(nextstep) FEATURE(nullclient, yourmailhost.yourdomain) then while in /etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ type: /usr/local/bin/m4 ../m4/cf.m4 nextmailhost.mc > nextmailhost.cf /usr/local/bin/m4 ../m4/cf.m4 nextmailclient.mc > nextmailclient.cf cp ../../sendmail.cf ../../sendmail.cf.old cp nextmailhost.cf ../../sendmail.cf cp nextmailclient.cf ../../sendmail.nextmailclient.cf create the aliases database: cd /etc/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail -bi now run NetInfoManager and open the local domain (should open automatically) on the machine that is the mailhost - click on locations, then sendmail (might have to create this - see sysadmin manual if you need to do this -- lookup sendmail in Digital Librarian and select the SysAdmin manual page 06_Mail.rtfd). - change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain - change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.mailhost.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.cf - save - open the root domain - click on location, then sendmail - change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain - change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.nextmailclient.cf - save restart
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Filesystem performance In-Reply-To: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE's message of 6 Dec 1995 23:06:07 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec7220127@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a57kv$lh@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 03:01:27 GMT Bastian, You never said what SCSI controller you were using on the Intel system. That will make a huge difference. To get optimal performance, you should use a PCI SCSI card (DPT, Adaptec, BusLogic) Also, if you have a DOS system, you can download aspi-wce.exe from ftp.seagate.com that will enable the write cache on your Barracuda drive. That will speed things up. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4a57kv$lh@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:23074 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26975 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de!root From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 6 Dec 1995 23:06:07 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.81) Hi everybody, I just went over a irritating problem with filesystem performance. I have two disks (a Seagate 2GB Barracuda and an 1GB Fujitsu) lowlevel formated to 1024 b/sector and initialised an black hardware. They both work with no problems. After moving the disks to my new P5/100 i was a little bit upset about the poor perfomance of the disks. Both got only around 1Mbyte/s (checked by "iozone 70 1024"). After another lowlevel format (again to 1024 b/sector) and new initialisation on the pentium both get around 2.2 and 2.5 Mbytes/s. I wonder why there is that big performance difference between disks formated on black hw vs that formatted on white? Is the lowlevel format or initialisation dependend on the controler/disk combination? As far as i know both black and white use big endian filesystems. Or do filesystems initialised on white become little endian filesystems? What do you think about that? Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====------------------------------------------ Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: Borek Lupomesky Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Wanted: PPP performance tuning tips Date: 6 Dec 1995 20:40:11 GMT Organization: Czech Technical University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a4v3b$912@ns.felk.cvut.cz> References: <4a2363$i4g@alf.uib.no> In <4a2363$i4g@alf.uib.no> Thor Legvold wrote: > and an MTU size of 1500. I still don't seem to get the 2x > performance I had hoped possible from 14.4. Part of it is > due to my Internet provider (slow links out) but I'd like to > get as much as possible out of my setup. ftp gives ca. > 2.0kb /sec transfer - I hear 3.5 is possible under good conditions. Forget it. You get about 3300-3400 cps with z-modem transfer. With TCP/IP overhead the throughput is actually bit lower. Get USRobotics V.34+ modem for 3700 cps raw speed (really, I did this speed on my NS/Intel). > Web surfing isn't much improved from 14.4. speed wise, > shouldn't pictures, text, etc transfer faster with 28.8? I think it should. But it also depends where you are surfing. Bye Borek -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BOREK LUPOMESKY, student University of J.E.Purkyne, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic lupomesk@sun.ujep.cz, http://www.ujep.cz/~lupomesk/ PGP and NeXT mail welcome, key available via finger =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: CDPlayer.app bombs out In-Reply-To: shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu's message of 7 Dec 1995 10:52:55 -0600 Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec7220527@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 03:05:27 GMT This is probably a SCSI problem. Check termination. You should have both ends of your SCSI chain terminated. If you have any external drives, you should disable termination in your SCSI controller BIOS, otherwise enable it. The CD-ROM drive should also be put on SCSI ID #2 or #3 - Intel systems are finicky. Lastly, NEC makes horrid SCSI CD-ROM drives. You may need a firmware upgrade. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu (Sharad J Shanbhag) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26988 Path: world!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!nic.smsu.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!umn.edu!newsstand.tc.umn.edu!not-for-mail From: shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu (Sharad J Shanbhag) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 7 Dec 1995 10:52:55 -0600 Organization: University of Minnesota Lines: 44 Sender: shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: gold.tc.umn.edu Keywords: audio CD-ROM I've suddenly had problems with playing audio CD's in my NEC MultiSpin 3X CD-ROM using CDPlayer.app. My configuration: NSFIP 3.2 486-66 system, 24MB RAM, 520MB Seagate ST5660N, 1.2GB Fujitsu M1606S NCR53C810 SCSI (onboard) NEC MultiSpin 3X CD-ROM IOMEGA ZIP drive PS/2Keyboard, Bus mouse Until 3 days ago, i had no problems with playing CD-audio. I put in an audio CD, CDPlayer.app launches, and away I went. Now, I either get nothing when I put in an audio CD or I get the following errors: cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 4 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 5 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 7 cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied CDPlayer.app puts up an alert panel saying "Can't find CD-ROM." This happens when i launch CDPlayer.app with and without and audio CD in the drive. the trouble started one day when my system froze while playing a cd. I had to restart the computer and run fsck on both HDs. I've reinstalled CDPlayer.app from a backup (the CD-ROM sometimes recognizes a data CD though). Any hints? Thanks ===================================================================== Sharad J. Shanbhag phone: (612) 626-9215 Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fax: (612) 626-9201 Department of Neurosurgery sharad@neuro-sun.neuro.umn.edu University of Minnesota (NeXTmail) sharad@next1.neuro.umn.edu =====================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: matthew@marble.com (Matthew Stecker) Subject: Final Samba Questions Message-ID: <DJ8DCD.HnE@marble.com> Sender: news@marble.com Organization: Marble Associates, Inc. Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 19:12:10 GMT Thanks to everyone who has posted on the Samba thread. It's pretty useful stuff. I have two outstanding questions: 1) Can someone post (or mail me) their working smb.conf file (rather than just NeXT-specific excerpts?) 2) When printing from Win95 to the NeXT Laser via Samba, what type of printer should you tell Win95 that it's talking to? It does not have a "Generic Postscript" driver (at least not one built-in) like WfWG or NT has. Telling Win95 that the NeXT printer is really a Apple Laser Writer NT has worked for me in the past, but not for very complex files. Thanks one and all, Matthew Stecker matthew@marble.com
From: emarshal@site.gmu.edu (Eric Marshall (Faculty)) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HP LaserJet 5MP PPD? Date: 8 Dec 1995 02:50:30 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4a895m$crm@portal.gmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know where I can find one? I couldn't find *any* reference to PPD on HP's web site!? Thanks in advance.
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filesystem performance Date: 7 Dec 1995 18:53:43 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <4a7d7n$39l@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4a61i5$1bn@shellx.best.com> cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) wrote: > On 12/06/95, Bastian Schlueter wrote: > > > >I wonder why there is that big performance difference between disks > >formated on black hw vs that formatted on white? Is the lowlevel format > >or initialisation dependend on the controler/disk combination? > > > > I believe I remember hearing that newfs tweaks default performance > parameters such as interleave and rotational speed differently on black and > white hardware (although this may be an OS revision difference rather than a > hardware platform dependent difference.) Ok that makes sense. But I forgot to mention that reading the disks with dd from the raw device gives rates simmiliar to my sweet old Quantum ProDrive 105MB which was formated earlier under NSfIP. So it seems to have something to do with the low-level format. Or maybe it's a combination of both ... Barracuda formated under m68k == Quantum 105 formated under NSfIP. What a joke :-) > Another possibility is that the file system on the disks was fragmented and > that the real reason performance improved was because reformatting and > restoring your data eliminated this problem and was unrelated to the > platform switch. > I don't think that. I have/had six partitions on the disks one of them was/is swap/tmp partition. Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====----------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: anstine@orion.sas.upenn.edu (David R. Anstine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems with dvips Date: 7 Dec 1995 22:14:30 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: <4a7p06$i7a@netnews.upenn.edu> Dvips is not working properly on our system. According to the man page: -P printername Sets up the output for the appropriate printer. This is implemented by reading in config.printername , which can then set the output pipe (as in, !lpr -Pprintername as well as the font paths and any other config.ps defaults for that printer only. Note that config.ps is read before config.printername In addition, another file called ~/.dvipsrc is searched for immediately after config.ps; this file is intended for user defaults. If no -P command is given, the environment variable PRINTER is checked. If that variable exists, and a corresponding configuration file exists, that configuration file is read in. We have a config.printername for each of our printers, with a corresponding 'o !lpr -Pprintername' entry. Yet specifying -P printername on the command line is ignored by dvips, and the output goes to the default printer. Setting the PRINTER variable is also ignored. Anybody have any clues? We are running NeXT's stock TeX distribution, and all of these config files are kept in the standard /usr/lib/tex/ps/. -dave
From: Max Hadersbeck <max@cis.uni-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: printing from NeXT on Ethernetprinter HP4MPlus ??? Date: 8 Dec 1995 09:09:58 GMT Organization: CIS Uni Muenchen Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a8vd6$j2f@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Are there any problems to print from the NeXT on a HP4Plus printer connected on our cheaper-net Network ? It should work Thanks for Information MAX -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Maximilian Hadersbeck Centrum fuer Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Wagmuellerstr. 23 80538 Muenchen (089) 2110672, FAX (089) 2110674 max@cis.uni-muenchen.de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEXTSTEP on SUN classic Message-ID: <1995Dec8.104927.45753@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Date: 8 Dec 95 10:49:26 MET Hello everybody, As I could aquire several SUN clasics (colour systems) for just about nothing, I would be interested in any reports about a successfull installation of NS3.3 on classics. I do know that this is not officially supported, but ... Thanks for your time, -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: CDPlayer.app bombs out Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: <DJ9A7z.Csy@novice.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 07:02:23 GMT References: <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo Keywords: audio CD-ROM In article <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu>, Sharad J Shanbhag <shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu> wrote: > >Until 3 days ago, i had no problems with playing CD-audio. I put in an audio >CD, CDPlayer.app launches, and away I went. Now, I either get nothing >when I put in an audio CD or I get the following errors: >cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 4 >cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied >cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 5 >cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied >cdutil: findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 7 >cdutil: findDrive: Permission denied > >CDPlayer.app puts up an alert panel saying "Can't find CD-ROM." > >This happens when i launch CDPlayer.app with and without and audio CD in >the drive. > >the trouble started one day when my system froze while playing a cd. I >had to restart the computer and run fsck on both HDs. I've reinstalled >CDPlayer.app from a backup (the CD-ROM sometimes recognizes >a data CD though). > >Any hints? > CDPlayer.app/CDPlayer needs to be SUID root. -- David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: sven.hennig@wiesbaden.netsurf.de (Sven Hennig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ---Please Read This--- Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 12:34:24 GMT Organization: Vistec GmbH Message-ID: <4a9blq$i6m@luna.vistec.com> Hi, I just wanted to give you the chance to earn some money in a very easy way.A friend of mine turned me on a company called Intercall Marketing, which offers a nice, uncomplicated way to get some more cash, just by callingthem and advertising a bit. The number of the company is 011-24-831-831 (if you're calling from the USA, in other countries it's (i think) ++248-313131). The call has a fee of $1.50, so I think (hope) this isn't to expensive for the possibility to get some more money. Now I'll try to explain how it works: After calling the number a recording gives you deatiled informationon what to to next. After a brief description you will be asked to enter a six digit account number of the person that gave you this number, and this should be my account number. It is -3 8 0 4 9 9- (this one is mine) and then you can start to earn big money for nearly doing nothing. To explain a little how it works, when you type in my account number, the computer will give you you're own account number and a personal PIN Number for your use only. Then it will record name and address for future accounting needs, i.e. payments. Here is where the money comes from: For every call made to this number, intercall receives $1.50. 50 Cents go to the account number you first typed in. But of course, now as you've got you're own account, you'll want people to call and type in your account number right away ! And I think, with the help of all the networking systems around, it won't be a problem to reach many people. Up to now its nothing special, BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER. You not only make 50 cents from the first people who call using your number but also when they get people to call using their number you get another 25 Cents from them, plus another 25 cents from the people they get to call. So that means you get paid 3 Levels deep, which could amount to some serious $$$. An example: If you get 100 people to call (by advertising in the net, or in the local news papers), then you get 50$. If these people, let's say get another 50 people to call, it's already $1,250. But the third Level is the most important one(so you should perhaps hurry a bit), because if these people get 25 people each, that means that you'll get exactly $31,250 (just imagine, if every Level would get 100 people, you would get $ 250.000). Some good cash for nearly doing nothing, isn't it ? If you're wondering why Intercall does this, realize that they get 50 Cents for every call. 1st Level=$0.50, 2nd Level=$0.25, 3rd Level=$0.25 => $1.00. Remember that they'll get $1.50 for each call, so that leaves 50 cents per call. I normally dont try this things out. But it's (IMHO) not possible to loose much money, and just paying $1.50 for calling, and then perhaps getting much more cash, it's not too bad ? But now I stop trying to convince you. You have to decide if this possibility of earning cash is worth $1.50. Thank you very much for reading, i hope it didn'T bother you. C ya Sven H. ----------------Sven Hennig---------------- ------------Zum Kohlwaldfeld 2a------------ -------------D-65817 Eppstein------------- ------------Tel. ++49-6198-9218------------ ------------Data ++49-6198-9208------------ -E-Mail: sven.hennig@wiesbaden.netsurf.de-
From: irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? Date: 8 Dec 1995 16:09:33 GMT Organization: WOLFE Internet, 4410 Pt Robinson, Vashon WA 98070 +1 206 463 9399 Message-ID: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address", I'd sure appreciate the help. Regards, - Irving -- Irving_Wolfe@WOLFE.net WOLFE Internet Access, L.L.C. +1 206 463 9399, ext.101 4410 SW Point Robinson Road fax: +1 206 443 9446 Vashon Island, WA 98070 USA T1 to ISDN to dialup, all at unsurpassed quality & price.
From: fergmill@serv2.fwi.com (Scott Fergusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hard drive replacement Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 20:01:29 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <4aa1ml$cf5@news.ios.com> I bought a 1.3 Gb from CSC the other day and I want to *completely* copy my 400 Mb drive's contents to it. (I want to take out the 400Mb and put in the 1.3 Gb) On my '040 Cube I ran build disk and transfered the system over, but that's it. Simply moving folders does *not* do it. ie: ppp2.2 copies the files but not my modified etc/resolv.conf, etc.... Does anyone know how to do this? Scott Scott Fergusson Partner, Fergusson Miller Asset Management Corporation Standard Federal Plaza, 6th Floor 200 East Main Street Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 (800)-956-4400 (219)-422-5856 FAX Official email address: ferg_mill@delphi.com Personal email address: fergmill@serv2.fwi.com
From: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (Francois Magnan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 10:59:54 -0500 Organization: University of Montreal Distribution: world Message-ID: <magnan-0812951059540001@10.0.2.15> References: <4a0u7j$5d2@nntp5.u.washington.edu> In article <4a0u7j$5d2@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, dchin@u.washington.edu (Davin Chin) wrote: > I would like to give the ethernet interface on my 3.0 > machine 2 ip addresses. Has anyone done this under > nextstep? I've done it under solaris, which was a breeze > but can't figure out how to get it done in nextstep. > > thanks > Davin > -- > _______________________________________________________________________ > Davin Chin dchin@u.washington.edu > 206-784-4102 dchin@nwmicro.com > signature under construction Look at "man arp". You will find it there. Francois Magnan -- Francois Magnan magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca
From: erich@photon (Eric Hermanson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Getting rid of "host_for_c" mount Date: 8 Dec 1995 19:33:17 GMT Organization: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Message-ID: <4aa3tt$jt7@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> I just installed DOS on my Intel box (which has NEXTSTEP on the second partition), and I ran DOUBLESPACE in DOS which does some wierd space saving stuff and ends up making another drive (h:) to store certain information. The problem is, when I boot up NEXTSTEP this drive gets automounted by Workspace upon login as "host_for_c". What is the best way to universally prevent this mount from occuring in NEXTSTEP? Thanks, Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Control: cancel <4a9blq$i6m@luna.vistec.com> From: sven.hennig@wiesbaden.netsurf.de (Sven Hennig) Subject: cancel: ---Please Read This--- Organization: Vistec GmbH Message-ID: <cancel.4a9blq$i6m@luna.vistec.com> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 19:31:40 GMT Cleaning up spam from luna.vistec.com.
From: Mehdi Bousaidi <meb> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo Wiped Out! NEED HELP!!! Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:29:42 GMT Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Message-ID: <4aae8m$jvg@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <49numa$ed@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu There must be a copy of the original netinfo database still in your system. Look into your on line Documentation: NextAdimnn bookshelf 03_SetUpNet.rtfd Last section:"Replacing a Corrupted NetINfo Databse" You'll find all you will need to start all over again. good luck -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mehdi Bousaidi email: mbousaidi@cen.com Century Computing web: http://www.cen.com 8101 Sandy Spring phone: (301) 953-3330 ext. 129 Laurel, MD 20707 Fax: (301) 953-2368 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Re: Any NS "talk" pgms that work in WSM? Message-ID: <DJ9v57.5zA@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group References: <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> <4a6l9c$pb6@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:34:19 GMT David A. Coyle (dcoyle@goanna.mpi-hd.mpg.de) wrote: : In article <DJ4pny.H4E@waldo.com> hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) : writes: : > I'm looking for a standard Unix "talk" app that can work in the NeXT : Workspace : > Manager. Anyone know of anything? : Well, there's NetTalk, a very nice, but wholly Nextstep, application. : Nettalk uses DO, and has a incipient API for adding modules (games, : graphics: imagine a NetDraw!). Plus it's great for file transfers between : individuals ("Here, Bill, what do you think of this: <drag, drop>."). Ok, but does it support regular Unix "talk" protocol? That's important, because I don't have any other NeXT machines to talk to... :( Matt -- __ | Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) | /\_\ | "Believer in all things well-engineered" | BMW CCA #124947 \/_/ | hocker@waldo.com | AOPA #012475939 NeXTSTEP! | NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here | PP-ASEL Student!
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 install for sendmail newbies (a start) Date: 8 Dec 1995 23:27:25 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4aahkt$jrn@paladin.american.edu> References: <ebaenen.95Dec7134827@nextclient3> In article <ebaenen.95Dec7134827@nextclient3> Eric Baenen writes: :-- if you need gnutar compiled for NeXTSTEP I'm not sure where you get it. :It doesn't seem to be on cs.orst anymore and I can't remember where I picked :it up. You can get Opener.app. It does all kinds of compression/uncompression. :install packages You might want to install sendmail into a temp directory first. Then go into that temp directory and create your cf. Cf's take a while to get working and you might not get it right the first time. This way you don't blow away you're current working sendmail giving you a downed mail system. Then re-install the package and move the cf you just created into /etc/sendmail. Then restart sendmail. I also suggest just moving your cf and not overwriting it for backups. :create an .mc file (say nextmailhost.mc) for your mailhost in :/etc/sendmail/cf/cf/ : :a good place to start is (this is all I used at least): : : divert(-1) : 'legal stuff omitted' : : VERSIONID(`@(#)yourfilename.mc 0.1 date') : OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl : MASQUERADE_AS(your_local_domain)dnl : MAILER(local)dnl : MAILER(smtp)dnl I have used the following. It seems to respond very well to any changes I may make on the system concerning aliases, redirection of past employees, security.... OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl FEATURE(nouucp)dnl FEATURE(smrsh)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file) MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl define(`confFORWARD_PATH', `$z/.forward.$w:$z/.forward')dnl define (`confSERVICE_SWITCH_FILE', /etc/sendmail/service.switch)dnl define (`confCW_FILE', /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cw) The defintions for those features and how they work are all in the README file included in the cf directory. I suggest it strongly along with the operations guide. :now run NetInfoManager and open the local domain (should open automatically) :on the machine that is the mailhost :- click on locations, then sendmail (might have to create this - see sysadmin manual if you need to do this -- lookup sendmail in Digital Librarian and select the SysAdmin manual page 06_Mail.rtfd). : :- change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain :- change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.mailhost.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.cf :- save : :- open the root domain :- click on location, then sendmail : :- change the value of mailhost to mailhost.yourdomain or yourmailhost.yourdomain :- change the value of sendmail.cf (from sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf if it's set to this) to sendmail.nextmailclient.cf :- save : :restart : I believe all you have to do is change the values on the root domain if you use only NetInfo. If you run a mixed network you probably should change both. Either way, it couldn't hurt. -- Torrey McMahon
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mail looping problem Date: 8 Dec 1995 23:33:55 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4aai13$k10@paladin.american.edu> References: <ebaenen.95Dec71415@nextclient3> In article <ebaenen.95Dec71415@nextclient3> Eric Baenen writes: : : :More mail problems... Nothing makes your day brighter! :I seem to have a looping problem between my old mail server (choroid - also the DNS server) and my current machine (nextclient3 - which is also my new mailserver). : : ----- Transcript of session follows ----- :554 Too many hops 26 (25 max): from <Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> via : choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil, to <ebaenen@nextclient3> : :Return-Path: Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil :Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) : by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00440 for : <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:59 -0500 (GMT-0500) You have to tell nextclient3 that is should except mail for qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil. Insert this into your cf on nextclient3 Cwqm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil That should do it. You can also make that change in your .mc as a straight definition or by defining the use_cw_feature. It tells the cf to look into a file for all hosts it accepts mail for. My previous post shows the actual definitions I use. -- Torrey McMahon
From: Uri Shkolnik <uri@harmonic.co.il> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't rsh from Next to sun Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:26:38 GMT Organization: Harmonic Lightwaves Message-ID: <4aae2u$j7o@news.netvision.net.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hello, I need help with rsh from Next to sun. I have 2 NextStep that I want to dump on a remote sun's tape. I have done the changes in the /.rhosts and /etc/hosts.resolv but the answer is alwase the same - 'premision denied'. Between the Nexts I done 'rsh' successfully. What did I done wrong? ------------------------------------------ Uri Shkolnik - System Administrator Harmonic Lightwaves (Israel) uri@harmonic.co.il & root@harmonic.co.il ------------------------------------------
From: magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca (Francois Magnan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: am (answering machine) and ZyXEL ELITE? (where's Jolly???) Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 11:03:28 -0500 Organization: University of Montreal Distribution: world Message-ID: <magnan-0812951103360001@10.0.2.15> References: <4a1uvo$etq@alf.uib.no> In article <4a1uvo$etq@alf.uib.no>, edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) wrote: > am v.1.16, Elite rom v.1.06. It manages to answer the phone but never gets > any farther . I've emailed both Axel and Jolly - mail bounces. > > Who is maintaining this code these days? It's one of the programs > I use most. > > Pleases email replies. > > Regards, > --- > -- > Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life > NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... > University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors > Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail) I am not maintaining the code but I did some changes to it so it would work with the Elite series. I can send you the source if you want. Francois Magnan -- Francois Magnan magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Getting rid of "host_for_c" mount Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:47:40 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <4ab4dc$o0a@Mars.mcs.com> References: <4aa3tt$jt7@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> erich@photon (Eric Hermanson) writes: >I just installed DOS on my Intel box (which has NEXTSTEP on the second >partition), and I ran DOUBLESPACE in DOS which does some wierd space >saving stuff and ends up making another drive (h:) to store certain >information. >The problem is, when I boot up NEXTSTEP this drive gets automounted by >Workspace upon login as "host_for_c". What is the best way to universally >prevent this mount from occuring in NEXTSTEP? I asked a similar question earlier in the week, with subject "Preventing IDE mount". I unfortunately received zero replies and zero followups. If you don't need to access DOS from NEXTSTEP, and the DOS drive in question is on IDE or EIDE interface, then you can remove the IDE or EIDE driver using Configure.app. However, if you are using the NeXTanswer 1487 (Booting From An Alternative Hard Disk Drive), you may find it difficult to change boot drivers (you will need to temporarily reinstall the IDE/EIDE driver, reboot, change configuration, copy it over to the primary boot partition, remove driver, reboot). Yes, at least for me (Adaptec 1542CF), I can boot off of the IDE drive and transfer control over to the SCSI drive I use for NEXTSTEP without needing the IDE drivers installed under NEXTSTEP. Convenient! Attempting to get -t dos mounts in /etc/fstab failed miserably for me. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Preventing IDE mount Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:55:11 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> References: <49pgc8$s0s@Venus.mcs.com> font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: >I have NS3.3 unpatched on an Intel box. NS is installed on SCSI sd0a, >but IDE hd0a boots first, and passes control. Somehow, IDE hd0h and >hd1h get mountded as DOS FAT, but attempts to access hd1h result in >correct top-level dirs but no reliably readable data. hd1h has DOS >FAT primary + small (not used) extended partition. >Since hd1h isn't mounting in a useful way, and I don't need access to >the IDE drives under NS anyway, can I do the alternate boot procedure >without having the IDE.config driver loaded? It's only when that's >loaded that the DOS drives/partitions automount. As I received no replies or followups to this, I thought I'd add some additional information for those who have been following this thread with interest. 1. It is possible to boot using an alternate IDE hard disk drive without having drivers for IDE installed under NEXTSTEP. This can be a pain when the boot drivers are changed, as one has to reinstall the IDE driver, boot (from floppy, for me it's "hd(2,a)mach_kernel rootdev=sd0a"), change config, copy drivers to IDE boot partition, then reboot normally. 2. My problems with reading from my second IDE DOS drive were solved by using the updated EIDE driver (v3.31) from NeXTanswers. 3. To my knowledge, there is no way to prevent DOS partitions from being detected and automounted by WM, except to not have the IDE driver installed. Putting entries in /etc/fstab for these partitions failed miserably; these entries were ignored. What I'd really like is to be able to mount DOS partitions read-only. Perhaps I could do this manually in rc.local, before WM gets to it? -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: dalpen@JSP.UMontreal.CA (DALPE Nathalie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Serial port : stop bits Date: 9 Dec 1995 01:14:09 GMT Organization: Universite de Montreal Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aant1$45v@epervier.CC.UMontreal.CA> Is there a way to tell my NeXTstation to use more than one stop bit when transmiting trough the serial ports ? I'm using a remote terminal hooked to serial A but it needs 1 1/2 stop bits at 9600 bds ... Thank you, Francois Lanciault
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Filesystem performance In-Reply-To: cwolf@wolfware.com's message of 7 Dec 1995 06:28:21 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec9021506@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a61i5$1bn@shellx.best.com> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 07:15:06 GMT There's also tunefs. Remember you can tunefs but you can't tune a fish. :-) Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4a61i5$1bn@shellx.best.com> cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:23076 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:26976 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!usenet From: cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 7 Dec 1995 06:28:21 GMT Organization: WolfWare (http://www.wolfware.com/) Lines: 24 Reply-To: cwolf@wolfware.com (Christopher Wolf) NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-1518.cit.cornell.edu X-Newsreader: NewsFlash [$Revision: 1.539 $] NF-U-00001 On 12/06/95, Bastian Schlueter wrote: > >I wonder why there is that big performance difference between disks >formated on black hw vs that formatted on white? Is the lowlevel format >or initialisation dependend on the controler/disk combination? > I believe I remember hearing that newfs tweaks default performance parameters such as interleave and rotational speed differently on black and white hardware (although this may be an OS revision difference rather than a hardware platform dependent difference.) Another possibility is that the file system on the disks was fragmented and that the real reason performance improved was because reformatting and restoring your data eliminated this problem and was unrelated to the platform switch. -- Christopher Wolf / WolfWare cwolf@wolfware.com (NeXTmail & MIME accepted) For information about the NewsFlash newsreader for NeXTSTEP check out WolfWare's home page: http://www.wolfware.com/
From: catspjs@crl.com (Mansoor Assadi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Booting alternate RC Date: 8 Dec 1995 23:23:06 -0800 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Message-ID: <4abdgq$ao0@crl10.crl.com>
From: jmbettems@ping.ch (Jean-Marie Bettems) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DPS errors - need help Date: 9 Dec 1995 10:57:33 GMT Organization: CyberLink, Switzerland Message-ID: <4abq2t$7ub@www.cyberlink.ch> Hello, Since I installed patch 1 to NS3.3 and the Pyro accelerator in my NeXTstation I am experiencing some problems. I would appreciate any help. System configuration: --------------------- - NeXTstation color with Pyro accelerator - NEXTSTEP 3.3 patch 1, User+Dev Problem description: -------------------- The following errors randomly (?) appear: - DPS errors, reported by different applications WM[309]: DPS client library error: PostScript program error, DPSContext b2b1c WM[309]: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: get ]%% or OmniWeb[386]: DPS client library error: PostScript program error, DPSContext 8d1ec OmniWeb[386]: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: NX_MediumGrayPatte? or ....... - WM internal error 1000 Once one of the error described above has occured, I must reboot the machine to again have a clean state (logout/login or logout/exit/login are not enough). _____________________________________________________________________ Jean-Marie Bettems Phone (prof.): +41 1 256 93 03 Obstgartenstrasse 7 Phone (priv.): +41 1 803 07 30 CH-8302 Kloten E-Mail jmbettems@ping.ch Switzerland _____________________________________________________________________
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Getting rid of "host_for_c" mount Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 10:40:13 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec9.104013.13750@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <4aa3tt$jt7@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> In article <4aa3tt$jt7@nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com> erich@photon (Eric Hermanson) writes: > I just installed DOS on my Intel box (which has NEXTSTEP on the second > partition), and I ran DOUBLESPACE in DOS which does some wierd space > saving stuff and ends up making another drive (h:) to store certain information. > > The problem is, when I boot up NEXTSTEP this drive gets automounted by > Workspace upon login as "host_for_c". What is the best way to universally > prevent this mount from occuring in NEXTSTEP? Can't you just use the ignore keyword in /etc/fstab? Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hard drive replacement Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 10:51:35 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec9.105135.13887@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <4aa1ml$cf5@news.ios.com> In article <4aa1ml$cf5@news.ios.com> fergmill@serv2.fwi.com (Scott Fergusson) writes: > On my '040 Cube I ran build disk and transfered the system over, but > that's it. Simply moving folders does *not* do it. ie: ppp2.2 copies > the files but not my modified etc/resolv.conf, etc.... I think you can use ditto to do this. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Preventing IDE mount Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 10:45:04 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec9.104504.13822@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> In article <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: > 1. It is possible to boot using an alternate IDE hard disk drive > without having drivers for IDE installed under NEXTSTEP. This can be > a pain when the boot drivers are changed, as one has to reinstall the > IDE driver, boot (from floppy, for me it's "hd(2,a)mach_kernel > rootdev=sd0a"), change config, copy drivers to IDE boot partition, > then reboot normally. I expect that I don't understand what you are trying to do, but you can have multiple <name>.table configurations inside your System.config, and boot using 'config=<name>'. This doesn't require you to delete and readd drivers, or edit the bootdrivers. You can also boot with the command 'config=hd()Default', which is subtly different from 'hd(),config=Default'. > 3. To my knowledge, there is no way to prevent DOS partitions from > being detected and automounted by WM, except to not have the IDE > driver installed. Putting entries in /etc/fstab for these partitions > failed miserably; these entries were ignored. What I'd really like is > to be able to mount DOS partitions read-only. Perhaps I could do this > manually in rc.local, before WM gets to it? Do you mean that you tried using the ignore keyword mentioned in the fstab man page, but that it didn't work? Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapdisks and NeXTAnswer 2039 Date: 9 Dec 1995 03:27:07 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <4aavmb$hc0@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951207100546.3736E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > NeXTAnswer 2039 says: "Following processing rc.net, /etc/rc > invokes rc.swap. This anachronism is a throwback to the days when > NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware supported a swapdisk--a small SCSI disk > used for paging, typically when booting from an optical disk or > from the network. Swapdisks are rarely used anymore, so we won't > cover rc.swap in this article. " > > Ya know, I'm no expert, but from the amount of conversation that > I've seen in the past few months on the issue of swapdisks, I'd > have to say that this above statement, or at least the last line > of this statement [QUOTED from OpenStep Journal, Summer 1995 > (Volume 1, Issue 2)] is foolish if not downright wrong. I'd argue just the opposite. All of the recent discussion, which shows that the logic in /etc/rc.swap requires *changes* for anyone to get desirable behavior out of it, agrees quite well with the last line. The swapdisk as originally envisioned by that code simply does not happen anymore. What the recent discussion proves is that /etc/rc.swap should be rewritten, so it'd be much more generally usable. The idea of a disk that you can just plug in for swap space (and, in some specific situations, tmp space) is a good one. The ancient logic that is currently used needs to be updated, by NeXT, if it's going to be touted as a general-purpose solution. It is my firm belief that most the people screwing around with swapdisks recently would have been much better served if they had just read up on /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab, instead of screwing around with the illusion of a "safe, easy, mindless" way to add a swapdisk. It's quite possible to have a safe, easy, mindless way to add swapdisks, but current version of /etc/swaptab is more accurately thought of as a template of a good idea. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.x and Netinfo aliases -- Solved Date: 8 Dec 1995 21:35:23 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4aab2r$gfb@paladin.american.edu> References: <RDL.95Dec6234612@world.std.com> In article <RDL.95Dec6234612@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: :Here's an even better way. Create a file called /etc/service.switch :with the following contents: : :hosts netinfo files dns :aliases netinfo files : : :This allows you to specify a map and a search path to look for that :information. e.g. When looking for an alias, look in NetInfo first :and if you can't find it there, look in the flat files, etc... : If you use the above then make sure you enable the option in your cf file, about half way down on mine, or put this in your .mc file confSERVICE_SWITCH_FILE /etc/sendmail/service.switch Then put the two lines from above in that file. You could use /etc/service.switch but I like having all of my sendmail files in one place. Pick your poison. -- Torrey McMahon
From: leb@doremi (Lee Busby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: C-compiler alternatives?? Date: 8 Dec 1995 22:35:09 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Message-ID: <4aaeit$j55@lll-winken.llnl.gov> For those of us with only the Nextstep 3.3 User Edition, are there any reasonable ways to get basic C-compiler functionality for Motorola Next hardware? I'm not interested in compiling to the NS Interface; rather, I just need to do things like recompile Perl, etc. It looks like gcc2.5.8 is available in binary at orst.edu. But how to get a basic set of header files? Thanks for your ideas.
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapdisks and NeXTAnswer 2039 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 13:26:16 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951209130420.2640A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951207100546.3736E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <4aavmb$hc0@usenet.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4aavmb$hc0@usenet.rpi.edu> On 9 Dec 1995, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > > > NeXTAnswer 2039 says: "Following processing rc.net, /etc/rc > > invokes rc.swap. This anachronism is a throwback to the days when > > NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware supported a swapdisk--a small SCSI disk > > used for paging, typically when booting from an optical disk or > > from the network. Swapdisks are rarely used anymore, so we won't > > cover rc.swap in this article. " > > > > Ya know, I'm no expert, but from the amount of conversation that > > I've seen in the past few months on the issue of swapdisks, I'd > > have to say that this above statement, or at least the last line > > of this statement [QUOTED from OpenStep Journal, Summer 1995 > > (Volume 1, Issue 2)] is foolish if not downright wrong. > > > I'd argue just the opposite. All of the recent discussion, which > shows that the logic in /etc/rc.swap requires *changes* for anyone > to get desirable behavior out of it, agrees quite well with the > last line. The swapdisk as originally envisioned by that code > simply does not happen anymore. From re-reading my post, I see that I didn't explain my objection very well. My problem was with the line "Swapdisks are rarely used anymore" because it is obvious to me through recent discussions that a lot of people are interested in swapdisks. However, I was thinking of 'swapdisk' in a more generic way, where it would be defined as any disk or partition set aside specifically for swapping. Perhaps my criticism was a little unfair, because the NeXTAnswer was talking specificallly about a 'swapdisk' narrowly defined. > > What the recent discussion proves is that /etc/rc.swap should be > rewritten, so it'd be much more generally usable. The idea of a > disk that you can just plug in for swap space (and, in some specific > situations, tmp space) is a good one. The ancient logic that is > currently used needs to be updated, by NeXT, if it's going to be > touted as a general-purpose solution. The problem is how do you write something that it generally usable? My guess would be you go for the specifications that everyone will be able to use (a very small swapspace). My guess would be that the best solution would be to have the user have to set what they have for swapspace available, and then decide whether or not they wanted the /tmp on their swapdisk or not. I'm saying that I don't know how one would go about writing something that was general enough for everyone, when some people are using swapdisks that are bigger than my Hard drive... > > It is my firm belief that most the people screwing around with > swapdisks recently would have been much better served if they had > just read up on /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab, instead of screwing > around with the illusion of a "safe, easy, mindless" way to add a > swapdisk. It's quite possible to have a safe, easy, mindless way > to add swapdisks, but current version of /etc/swaptab is more > accurately thought of as a template of a good idea. > (I'm guessing you meant to say the current version of rc.swap's use of 'swapdisk' is more accurately thought of as a template of a good idea). While I'd agree that reading up on fstab and swaptab would be a good way of doing this, I still think that the swapdisk idea is a good template -- that is, if you go through and set things as you need them, it will work for you. These are the things you need to know about the swapdisk 1) its lowat and hiwat are set in rc.swap, not /etc/swaptab 2) its hiwat is set for about 30 megs 3) it mounts on /private/swapdisk/vm/swapfile and when it hits the hiwat it switches over to /private/vm/swapfile 4) the /tmp will be moved to /private/swapdisk/tmp rather than /private/tmp If you understand those 4 points, and can read through rc.swap enough to change them to suit your needs, I think the swapdisk is a good idea, and a heck of a lot easier than trying to form correct /etc/fstab and /etc/swaptab entries. I've also started a Swapfile and Swapdisk FAQ (which is in orst's submissions folder and should move to /pub/next/documents/) to make it easier for the people who want the "safe, easy, mindless" way to learn from the many conversations we've already had so we don't have to charter comp.sys.next.swapdisks. I hope people who are interested and experienced with this issue will take a look at it and suggest ways to improve it. -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) mail sent to: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu is forwarded to above address. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (James P. Klett) Subject: Running an app as another user? Message-ID: <DJC5y8.725@news.cis.umn.edu> Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: UofM Alumni Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 20:23:25 GMT I know that OpenSesame can run an app as ROOT, but is there a way to run an app as another user?? JIM ___ ___....-----'---'-----....___ ========================================= ___'---..._______...---'___ (___) _|_|_|_ (___) \\____.-'_.---._'-.____// klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Running an app as another user? Date: 9 Dec 1995 22:23:14 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-07.usc.edu Message-ID: <4ad28i$p8t@usc.edu> References: <DJC5y8.725@news.cis.umn.edu> klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (James P. Klett) wrote: > I know that OpenSesame can run an app as ROOT, but is there a way > to run an app as another user?? OpenSesame seems to be able to let you do that too (using rsh). At least I've got it up in services to do that. Only I get an error message but that and help don't clarify the matter. From the man pages - rsh should do the trick for you. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Rich Oesterling <ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov> Subject: Re: HELP: I've inherited a NeXT Sender: usenet@pmafire.inel.gov (usenet guy) Message-ID: <1995Dec9.234109.22449@pmafire.inel.gov> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 23:41:09 GMT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <1995Dec5.173931.13105@pmafire.inel.gov> Organization: WINCO Many, many thanks to all of you who gave me advice on how to get around the passwords. This NeXT box is now running OK. Now, if I can only get time to learn the system.:-) BTW, my Unix boxes *do* have passwords for all the users. My reference to the "yoyo" was the fact that he/she left without letting anybody know the passwords. Thanks again, Rich Oesterling ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 5MP PPD? Date: 9 Dec 1995 23:55:33 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ad7ll$rgn@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <4a895m$crm@portal.gmu.edu> In <4a895m$crm@portal.gmu.edu> Eric Marshall (Faculty) wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find one? I couldn't find > *any* reference to PPD on HP's web site!? > > Thanks in advance. > The PPD file is in your diskette that comes with your printer. Also somebody uploaded one PPD file in ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions.
From: eric@whyanext.com (Eric Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Smail? Date: 10 Dec 1995 00:13:38 GMT Organization: Portal Communications (service) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ad8nj$j6f@news1.svc> Does anyone have Smail compiled for NeXTSTEP 3.0? Thanks! Eric
From: brendan@euronet.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: News Transport without permission to ihave's Date: 10 Dec 1995 00:58:10 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Message-ID: <4adbb2$qk@news.euro.net> I configured CNews and slurp, and I'm recieving news. All works fine. But my Internet privider does not let me transver news via nntpxmit, I'm not permitted to use to use the ihave commando. So nntpxfer doesn't work. Is there a way around this problem. Maybe if i whould be able to Post the news instead of transvering (ihave) it whould work, Ok i get my own articles two time's but that's ok by me. yours Brendan E-mail: brendan@euronet.nl
From: font@MCS.COM (Font) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Preventing IDE mount Date: 10 Dec 1995 02:52:07 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Services Message-ID: <4ae73n$ghb@Venus.mcs.com> References: <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> <1995Dec9.104504.13822@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> writes: >In article <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: >> 3. To my knowledge, there is no way to prevent DOS partitions from >> being detected and automounted by WM, except to not have the IDE >> driver installed. Putting entries in /etc/fstab for these partitions >> failed miserably; these entries were ignored. What I'd really like is >> to be able to mount DOS partitions read-only. Perhaps I could do this >> manually in rc.local, before WM gets to it? >Do you mean that you tried using the ignore keyword mentioned in the fstab >man page, but that it didn't work? I hadn't tried this, but I just did. The following entries in /etc/fstab were ignored: /dev/rhd0h /DOSBoot ignore rw,noquota 0 2 /dev/rhd1h /DOSData ignore rw,noquota 0 2 Thinking that it must be something wrong with me, I tried the following entries, which also were ignored: /dev/hd0h /DOSBoot ignore rw,noquota 0 2 /dev/hd1h /DOSData ignore rw,noquota 0 2 I'd also tried previously lines like: /dev/rhd0h /DOSBoot dos ro,noquota 0 2 /dev/rhd1h /DOSData dos ro,noquota 0 2 These also got ignored (to its credit, the mntent/fstab manpage indicates that mnt_opts for type dos are ignored - HOWEVER, manually using the mount command to mount a type dos filesystem ro works). WM mounted the partitions rw according to the DOS disk label, not according to the mount point in /etc/fstab. An interesting side effect of having a NEXTSTEP partition on /dev/hd0a is that /dev/rhd0h doesn't get automounted, but /dev/rhd1h still does. One other thing I'd tried was to manually mount the dos drives ro in /etc/rc.local, but again, this seemed to fail, and WM ended up mounting the DOS drives according to their drive labels. The goal was to either have type dos filesystems mounted ro, or to never mount them at all, while still being able to access the NEXTSTEP partition on the booting IDE drive which contains the bootup driver information (passed on to sd0a, the actual NEXTSTEP drive). Apparently this goal, while not seeming difficult or uncommon, is indeed either impossible, or more difficult than it should be, even after some effort has been applied. Ouch. dw, who incidentally was doing this all under 3.3p1/Intel. -- font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.
From: kehoe@fortuity.com (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail and Netinfo: where does sendmail get its domain name? Date: 10 Dec 1995 09:29:52 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Message-ID: <4ae9ag$g4g@miwok.nbn.com> I've just installed sendmail 8.7.2 and my machine is having identity problems. Its hostname is fortuity. Sendmail should see a FQDN of fortuity.com, but it gives me this: fortuity:1# /usr/lib/sendmail -d0.4 -bt < /dev/null Version 8.7.2 Compiled with: LOG MATCHGECOS MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINFO NETUNIX NEWDB NIS SCANF USERDB XDEBUG canonical name: fortuity UUCP nodename: fortuity ============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============ (short domain name) $w = fortuity (canonical domain name) $j = fortuity (subdomain name) $m = <null> (node name) $k = fortuity ======================================================== Sendmail should get this info from Netinfo. Clearly I don't have Netinfo set up properly. Where in Netinfo does sendmail get the domain name? My hostconfig file says "HOSTNAME=fortuity". My resolv.conf file says "domain fortuity.com". Should I set the NetInfo directory /locations/resolver instead? Or should I set a name in the NetInfo directory /machines? Daniel Kehoe kehoe@fortuity.com +1 415-488-9142
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Running an app as another user? Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 23:57:09 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951209235434.3219B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <DJC5y8.725@news.cis.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DJC5y8.725@news.cis.umn.edu> On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, James P. Klett wrote: > I know that OpenSesame can run an app as ROOT, but is there a way > to run an app as another user?? > sure, if you know their password. Say their login name is 'goofball', just use 'su' su goofball -c /NextApps/Edit.app/Edit will prompt you for the 'goofball' password, then run edit.ap as that user. (this is basically what OpenSesame does) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu (MIME fine! NeXTMail if necessary) mail sent to: 476tjl@ptsmail.ptsem.edu is forwarded to above address. "If I understood the man page, I wouldn't have asked the question."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <dan@kypris.com> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 23:21:50 -0600 From: dan@kypris.com (Daniel A. Nichols) Message-ID: <199512100521.AA00415@kypris.com> Subject: Can I read a DOS-formatted Zip disk? Hi. This relates to the previous question about a DOS-formatted ZIP disk, but I don't want to reformat it, I want to be able to read/write the DOS-formatted disk so that I can share disks between my PC and my NeXT Turbo Station, running NS3.2 As someone previously stated, I inserted a DOS-formatted disk on the NeXT and it said it was unitialized. Initialization only gives the option of NeXTSTEP and Mac formats. Is there any way around this, any patches, etc.? Dan --- Daniel A. Nichols Voice: (214) 790-7255 2905 Lawrence St. Fax: (214) 790-2950 Irving TX 75061-6645 E-Mail: dan_nichols@kypris.com LP 40,45,64 NeXTMail Welcome! <A HREF="http://rampages.onramp.net/~dan/">
From: kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Preventing IDE mount Date: 10 Dec 1995 13:33:38 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <4aenji$39r@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> <1995Dec9.104504.13822@seer.demon.co.uk> <4ae73n$ghb@Venus.mcs.com> Font (font@MCS.COM) wrote: : Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> writes: [...about trying to mount DOS-fs read only or getting the system to ignore DOS mounts...] Some time ago, I received this. Maybe it's helpful: This is from: "Robin D. Wilson"<robin@ccsi.canon.com> Subject: Re: ARGHH! @$#%! Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 10:27:37 -0700 kiwi@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) wrote: : The problem is that the dos filesystem ist not initialized : when you try to mount the partitions during bootup. I suppose : Workspace uses /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util to load and initialize : the dos filesystem. : I would try to figure out how Workspace calls this utility by : replacing it with a shellscript writing the command line words : to a file. This could be a starting point. Put this command : in you rc.fstab then. I received a private e-mail from Joe Keenan at NeXT (MANY THANKS)... He provided the following: You need to get the system to mount the partitions before you log in. In order to do that, it has to load the DOS file system, which is a loadable kernel server. This script should do what you want. Run it from rc.local or some such: #!/bin/sh # mount DOS filesystem if [ -f /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util ]; then (echo -n "DOS") >/dev/console BOOTDISK="`/etc/mount | grep \/dev\/..0a |\ awk 'substr($1,6,3)}'`" /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util -p $} fixed writable if [ $? -eq 255 ]; then # if probe successful MNTPNT="/`cat /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.label`" (cd /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs; ./DOS.util -m $}\ $} fixed writable) (echo -n " mounted as $}") >/dev/console # export filesystem as needed (nidump exports . | awk '$1}' |\ grep "^$}$") > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exportfs $} (echo -n " (and exported)") >/dev/console fi else (echo -n " not mounted.") >/dev/console fi (echo ".") >/dev/console fi I haven't had a chance to try this yet (I've been off-site for the last couple of days), but I will try it tomorrow. I'd bet money that it works... : : 2. Workspace manager _absolutely_ wants to format my 'linux' disk. Since it : Try to make an entry to /etc/fstab with ignore as the filesystem type : (as you did in the mount command). This worked for my linux partition. I did this... The fstab entry looks like this: /dev/sd1a /linuxswap ignore noauto 0 0 /dev/sd1b /linuxroot ignore noauto 0 0 I've also tried: /dev/rsd1a /linux ignore noauto 0 0 ^ (Note the "r" in the device name -- using the "raw" device...) And I've loaded _both_ setups into the "netinfo" DB (since '/etc/fstab' didn't seem to work...) Perhaps you could mail me your fstab entries for your linux disks? : : I realize these are tough problems -- but I am getting desparate and I just know : : someone out there has an idea that I haven't tried yet... : Hope that helps. Some... Mostly it's good to know that someone is willing to try (BTW, I've had pretty good responses so far -- only the one from Joe Keenan seems to cover the right bases though... Of course, he _is_ the guy who wrote the "Using mulitple OSes with NEXTSTEP" doc on NextAnswers...) : Send me mail if you had success. CCing you on this note... -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DECchip21040 ethernet driver Date: 10 Dec 1995 14:19:06 GMT Organization: Glock Telecommunications Distribution: world Message-ID: <MMEAD.95Dec10091906@Glock.COM> NNTP-Posting-User: mmead I've recently purchased an SMC EtherPower (8432) because there is a driver available for it in NeXTAnswers. Anyway, I used the Installer.app program in NeXTAdmin to install it, and then used Configure.app in NeXTAdmin to enable the driver. For some reason when I boot, however, the thing complains about unsupported PCI hardware, and yet again, I'm stuck without an ethernet driver to access the network. Any ideas on what I need to do to get this working? I'm starting to get frustrated with these driver problems... Thanks for any help in advance! -matt -- Matthew C. Mead mmead@Glock.COM | Network Administration and Software Development http://www.Glock.COM/~mmead/ | Consulting: BizNet Technologies -> mmead@bnt.com
From: buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE (Bastian Schlueter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filesystem performance Date: 9 Dec 1995 13:21:08 GMT Organization: Marvins home, a small place in Universe Message-ID: <4ac2g4$787@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <4a57kv$lh@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> <RDL.95Dec7220127@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) wrote: > Bastian, > > You never said what SCSI controller you were using on the Intel > system. That will make a huge difference. To get optimal > performance, you should use a PCI SCSI card (DPT, Adaptec, > BusLogic) Also, if you have a DOS system, you can download aspi-wce.exe > from ftp.seagate.com that will enable the write cache on your Barracuda drive. Hello Robert, I have a Adaptec 2940PCI. The write cache on the barracude and the Fujitsu is already on. I don't think it is importatnt in this case because the refornat on NSfIP results in the double throughput. I now get with iozone 80 1024: IOZONE performance measurements: 2354474 bytes/second for writing the file 2378509 bytes/second for reading the file I think this is normal throughput? Greetings Bastian -- Bastian Schlueter TEL.: +49 030 / 314 25 973 (uni) Fehrbellinerstr. 39 44 34 01 35 (priv) D-10119 Berlin e-mail: buzz@cs.TU-Berlin.DE Germany buzz@marvin.isdn.cs.TU-Berlin.DE RRR100R --------====### legal notice ###====-------------------------------------- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $499. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail and Netinfo: where does sendmail get its domain name? Date: 10 Dec 1995 19:10:52 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4afbbs$g1l@paladin.american.edu> References: <4ae9ag$g4g@miwok.nbn.com> In article <4ae9ag$g4g@miwok.nbn.com> kehoe@fortuity.com (Daniel Miles Kehoe) writes: :I've just installed sendmail 8.7.2 and my machine is having identity :problems. Its hostname is fortuity. Sendmail should see a FQDN of :fortuity.com, but it gives me this: : :Sendmail should get this info from Netinfo. Clearly I don't have :Netinfo set up properly. Where in Netinfo does sendmail get the :domain name? I don't think it gets the FQDN from netinfo. (Netinfo's problems with FQDNs has been argued already so I'll pass on it now.) I belive it gets the domain name from running your IP address and stripping off the first name. Is that set in your DNS or /etc/hosts or /etc/hostconfig? If I'm in err on that one don't be surprised :My resolv.conf file says "domain fortuity.com". All that does is give programs like nslookup and dig the domain name. That way you can telnet to a short name and have it the domain name appended. Example: telnet mailhost, would get you to mailhost.subdomain.domain depending on what you put in your resolv.conf. -- Torrey McMahon
From: karl@rivendell.osu.edu (Karl N. Matthias) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: Serial port baud rate problem Date: 10 Dec 1995 20:35:25 GMT Organization: InfiNet Message-ID: <4afgad$1sv@horus.infinet.com> Hi all, I had configured this once before a long time ago, but I upgraded from 3.0 to 3.3 and now it's been blown away and I can't remember how to do it. I am trying to get my serial port to run at higher than 9600 baud on a black NeXTstation. I am using a USRobotics Courier 14.4k Dual Standard. It used to work fine at 14,400 on this machine. I know I need to change something with /etc/ttys and possibly something else. Can anyone tell me what that "something else" might be, and what I need to do to /etc/ttys? Thanks for your time. Karl
From: karl@amaze.labyrinth.com (Karl F. Sierka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: How much CPU memory can I cram in my 25mhz NeXTDimension Cube? Date: 10 Dec 1995 13:40:32 -0700 Organization: Labyrinth Computer Services Message-ID: <x7lookbqkf.fsf@amaze.labyrinth.com> How much CPU memory can I cram in my 25mhz NeXTDimension Cube? And, where can I buy it? Starving for virtual desktop response in Boulder... Karl -- Karl F. Sierka -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzCG3GMAAAEEALReCWGl6YDTdT9wLScW2mG5VxIlFpaiM+NoQmEwrHGR/rmf HcR5cTjTg6MBHa7+YRK2RwvMi72IwbF0WD9uY48O7BSYAFXam0gq2WeCxSAamK5q wqYxAhP2VRwlamZsWTsrvYIlEpqWF9R+TohOMCgB7aZWEGiknxXKYTYSF4NdAAUT tDBLYXJsIEYuIFNpZXJrYSA8a2FybC5zaWVya2FAYW1hemUubGFieXJpbnRoLmNv bT4= =dQKo -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Pegasus Mail under SoftPC???? Message-ID: <DJE705.H9p@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:40:53 GMT I run SoftPC under NS 3.3. I have access to a NetWare network. Other machines on the network are PC's running Windows. The colleagues run Pegasus mail for internal and external mail. However, when I start Pegasus mail under SoftPC it seems to be unaware of NetWare. (Besides, when I try to use the WINSOCK.DLL from SoftPC, Pegasus mail crashes). Is there anybody who has gotten this to work (I hardly think so but you never know) or who knows what to look for? BTW, does Insignia have an email address nowadays? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Weirdo time problems on Intel hardware Date: 10 Dec 1995 22:59:41 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <4afoot$18us@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Hi, I've just recently started sys admining a network of Intel boxes running NS 3.3, and I've discovered a rather strange problem with the system time that nobody around here seems to be able to explain. Basically, what happens is that the time for some reason or another appears to change by apparently random amounts and at apparently random times. I'm not just talking about losing a few minutes over a period of time either. I've caught the clock as much as an hour behind, reset it, then sometime later, it'll be 20 or 30 minutes behind, or even ahead. Very strange. I"ve also seen it jump a bunch of minutes minutes ahead then jump back to the right time after a little bit. I don't think these problems are a result of booting back and forth between DOS and NS. Two of these machines are always running NEXTSTEP. For the time being, I've managed to alleviate the problem by borrowing a couple of slabs from another network I look after and using those as NetInfo time servers. I've also got a cron job that runs an ntp -s -f process every 10 minutes to resynch the time on one machine. So far it's working ok. The machines don't seem to time warp quite as often now, but I'd like to find out what's going on and if it's possible to fix it. These machines are used in health care, so the time stamps obtained from the system clock are rather important. Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? Many thanks, Eugene Mah -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Systems Administrator "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Trouble with the Harvest cache Date: 11 Dec 1995 03:19:43 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Dec11161943@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I seem to be having trouble getting the harvest web cache to work under NEXTSTEP 3.3 (Patch 1 installed) for Intel. The cache refuses to create its swap file when I run RunCache and keeps restarting its self claiming there is an error with the DNS lookup. There is the contents of /tmp/cache/cache.log [Monday, 11-Dec-95 02:46:53 GMT] main.c:362: Starting Harvest Cache (version 1.3 pl 2)... [Monday, 11-Dec-95 02:46:53 GMT] ipcache.c:1191: ipcache_init: DNS name lookup appears to be broken on this machine. And heres the contents of /tmp/cache/cached.out cached: WARNING: Cannot write to /tmp/cache/00 for storage swap area. Forcing a *full restart* (e.g., cached -z)... WARNING: No log file specified? messages will be sent to 'stderr'. ipcache_init: DNS name lookup appears to be broken on this machine. cached: WARNING: Cannot write to /tmp/cache/00 for storage swap area. Forcing a *full restart* (e.g., cached -z)... WARNING: No log file specified? messages will be sent to 'stderr'. ipcache_init: DNS name lookup appears to be broken on this machine. Does anyone have harvest running successfully and know how to fix my problem? Thanks. - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 11 Dec 1995 05:15:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ageot$9sd@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 200+ ISV company pages - 400+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. 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From: asr@dns.itsq8.com (Ahmad Alrasheedan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Newbee on NS 3.3..few questions. Date: 11 Dec 1995 08:53:33 GMT Organization: International Turnkey Systems Message-ID: <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> Hi, I read the FAQ from www.thoughtport.com:8080. I want to setup out going INTERNET mail. The doucument describing sendmail setup was straight forward. I am able to receive mail from my PPP server from the other end. Am able to send mail to my local users on the LAN. When I try sending a message to the INTERNET I get 'mailer ether not found'. I put DMether in my sendmail.mailhosts.cf according to the FAQ. Any help please? The other thing, OmniWeb does not show any images. I connected to zillions of sites without a single image being displayed. Do I need anything extra to see images. I have Auto detect images set on OmniWeb. Last thing, is it my imagiunation that OmniWeb does not support ISMAP? Thanx.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <diederic@emotive.login1.inter.nl.net> Message-ID: <9512081235.AA00451@emotive.login1.inter.nl.net> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: NextOneWorld <diederic@emotive.login1.inter.nl.net> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 13:35:30 +0100 Subject: Who can report on ISDN Experience (with ZyXel Elite 28641 modem) --- Hi, is there someone out there with positive experience on ZyXel Elite 28641 and ISDN connection with NEXTSTEP? Can this combination work in Europe/Netherlands? This modem seems to me as a good candidate for a community-standard NEXTSTEP ISDN device, am I wright? --- NextOneWorld | Screen: diederic.vlamings@inter.nl.net (MIME) Diederic Vlamings | Voice : +31(0)20-6869502 Fax: +31(0)20-6869502 g u i d e & s i g n | Snail : POBox 934 1000AX Amsterdam NETHERLANDS ...... . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.marketplace From: aslater@jocko.bri.hp.com (Al Slater) Subject: Black TurboMono Motherboard.. Summary: anyone got a motherboard going spare? (possible FS if not) Sender: news@bri.hp.com (News User) Message-ID: <DJF4zv.H6y@bri.hp.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:55:07 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Keywords: motherboard fried fritzed smoke wtd mb argh argh argh FS? slab Hi folks, I don't suppose anyone in the UK (and I mean UK, I don't fancy getting screwed by customs charges) happens to know of anyplace that has or would be willing to part with a NeXT Turbo Mono motherboard ...? (WORKING). I've got two of the damn things now, one fried but known to have a working processor (doesnt powerup) and the one it originally came with which has an intermittent scsi problem that renders it as near useless as you can imagine... Suggestions welcome, failing that I'd be willing to part with it and its printer for a sensible price to someone UK based... cheers, al (not speaking for HP...)
From: rainer@cip.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Rainer Frohnhöfer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: How prevent logout via power key? Date: 11 Dec 1995 12:38:16 GMT Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany Message-ID: <4ah8no$fj7@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Hi there, is there a way to prevent the fast-logout "feature" of NS3.3? If you disable the power-off key, it will do an immediate logout, no matter if a screensaver is running and the screen is locked. It happens quite often that you leave the machine working and when you get back, somebody else is sitting on your place. I tried to change the default keyboard layout, but it didn't work. Anybody knows a fix for this? Any help appreciated, Rainer. -- ------------------------------------- "Um Energie zu sparen, wird das Licht am Ende des Tunnels vorlaeufig abgeschaltet." rainer@picard.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: jpanico@netcom.com (Joe Panico) Subject: Re: Newbee on NS 3.3..few questions. Message-ID: <jpanicoDJFBCD.5G3@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:12:12 GMT Sender: jpanico@netcom8.netcom.com Ahmad Alrasheedan (asr@dns.itsq8.com) wrote: : Hi, : The other thing, OmniWeb does not show any images. I connected to zillions : of sites without a single image being displayed. Do I need anything extra to : see images. I have Auto detect images set on OmniWeb. OmniWeb does not have the image display engines integrated into the App. Instead it relies on services provide by other image display processes. ImageViewer is on all the archives and will do the trick. : Last thing, is it my imagiunation that OmniWeb does not support ISMAP? It does not. OmniWeb 2.0, which should be out soon, will supposedly support ISMAP and most of the latest Netscapisms. : Thanx. -- Joe Panico NeXTStep/OpenStep Developer BLaCKSMITH Inc. jpanico@netcom.com /* Please no NeXTMail, I can't read it at this address */
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ian.stephenson@insignia.co.uk Subject: Re: Pegasus Mail under SoftPC???? Message-ID: <DJFCnK.HAM@isltd.insignia.com> Sender: news@isltd.insignia.com Organization: Insignia Solutions plc References: <DJE705.H9p@RnA.NL> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:40:31 GMT In article <DJE705.H9p@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL writes: > I run SoftPC Which version? > However, when I start Pegasus mail under SoftPC it seems to be unaware of > NetWare. Is netware working OK otherwise? (use_ipx etc - from DOS, from Windows?) >(Besides, when I try to use the WINSOCK.DLL from SoftPC, Pegasus mail > crashes) >Is there anybody who has gotten this to work I haven't tried this - if its any consolation I tested Lotus Notes, and Eudora under SPC4.1 (which has a new version of Winsock). Is winsock working OK for other stuff? (the Intel dll must be the right one for the version of SoftPC that you're using, so if you've upgraded the SoftPC executable you need to upgrade your hdf) Older versions had a bug that broke explicit IP addresses (xx.xx.xx.xx type) when entered on intel side. >or who knows what to look for? I guess I should know... I'll look into it when I get some time. Ian
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mail looping problem Date: 11 Dec 95 09:18:48 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec1191848@nextclient3> References: <ebaenen.95Dec71415@nextclient3> <4aai13$k10@paladin.american.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld > > I seem to have a looping problem between my old mail server > > (choroid - also the DNS server) and my current machine > > (nextclient3 - which is also my new mailserver). > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 Too many hops 26 > > (25 max): from <Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> via > > choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil, to <ebaenen@nextclient3> > > > > Return-Path: Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Received: from > > mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil > > [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ > > (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id PAA00440 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; > > Wed, 6 Dec 1995 15:44:59 -0500 (GMT-0500) > > ... > You have to tell nextclient3 that is should except mail for > qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil. Insert this into your cf on nextclient3 > > Cwqm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil I don't think this would work. qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil is a Macintosh Quickmail server, not UNIX mail. I just sent the message originally from a Quickmail account to my NeXT to test sendmail. > That should do it. You can also make that change in your .mc as a straight > definition or by defining the use_cw_feature. It tells the cf to look into a > file for all hosts it accepts mail for. My previous post shows the actual > definitions I use. Could the problem be that in my resolv.conf file I state domain mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil When the NeXT tries to access mailhost will it try to access mailhost.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (which would be my old mailserver) or just mailhost? In NetInfoManager I have local 'locations/sendmail' key mailhost assigned a property of 'nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil' (my machine and real mailserver) so it should be trying to access the correct host. What if I removed the domain reference in resolv.conf? What would be the net effect on my system? Could a solution be to remove the domain reference in resolv.conf and then set local 'locations/sendmail' key mailhost to just 'mailhost' (no .mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil)? Is there a way to scan the netinfo database for residual references to my old mailserver (either choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil or mailhost.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil)? If so and I find some, how do I remove them from the database? Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Eric Baenen PS I am also still getting the error at boot time: Dec 8 12:03:12 nextclient3 sendmail[290]: MAA00284: SYSERR(root): MX list for nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. points back to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Dec 8 12:03:19 nextclient3 sendmail[297]: MAA00286: SYSERR(root): MX list for nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. points back to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Is this a result of having set local 'locations/sendmail' key mailhost to 'nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil' , my normal machine name instead of 'mailhost.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil' (would be the wrong mailhost) or just 'mailhost'?
From: vladimir@math.uic.edu (Vladimir V Egorin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: duplex printing on HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX Date: 11 Dec 1995 14:27:07 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Message-ID: <4ahf3r$30e8@tigger.cc.uic.edu> Hi, I would greatly appreciate any advice concerning setting up NS 3.3 to print duplex on HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX. When printing, duplex selection in the "Options" in the printing menu doesn't work: the output comes out single sided :-( Thank you very much for your time. -- Vladimir V Egorin Dept.Math, University of Illinois at Chicago vladimir@math.uic.edu
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Help: Any way to remove hardware password (black h/w)? Date: 11 Dec 1995 14:35:34 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> Hello, A friend has had a disk crash, and needs to reboot his lab's slab from CD-ROM. Unfortunately, someone in the past set the hardware password on the machine, and no one knows who set it or what it is. So, to compound his disk crash problems, he can't even boot the machine from another disk! Are there any ways of getting around the password? Will removing the battery for some period of time work? Any advice would be appreciated. Now, if he could only find the person who set that password . . . -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: rdieter@mathlab44.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Newbee on NS 3.3..few questions. Date: 11 Dec 1995 14:32:42 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <4ahfea$os2@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> In article <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> asr@dns.itsq8.com (Ahmad Alrasheedan) writes: > The other thing, OmniWeb does not show any images. I connected to zillions > of sites without a single image being displayed. Do I need anything extra to > see images. I have Auto detect images set on OmniWeb. You need OmniImage and OmniImageFilter too to see the images. > Last thing, is it my imagiunation that OmniWeb does not support ISMAP? Yes, it DOES support ISMAP. -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME) Computer System Manager Voice: (402)472-9747 Department of Mathematics and Statistics FAX: (402)472-8466 University of Nebraska - Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
From: tlt@meaddata.com (Troy Tanner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installing NS 3.3 w/Sony CSD-760E cdrom Date: 11 Dec 1995 15:48:52 GMT Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH Message-ID: <4ahjt4$jd5@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com> Has anyone successfully installed NextStep 3.3 using a Sony CSD-760E CDROM Drive? Thanks, Troy -- ----------- __ Troy Tanner __/\_\ tlt@lexis-nexis.com /\_\/_/ \/_/\_\ \/_/ Don't leave without Him.
From: kswanson@thompson.BLaCKSMITH.com (Kevin Swanson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: autonfsmount and users home directories Date: 7 Dec 1995 16:19:47 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <4a7473$sbs@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> I am trying to tailor autonfsmount so I can do the following: All users home directories will appear to be in one directory called /home (or /Users, or whatever) regardless of what disk their home directory resides on on the file server. Currently we have two disks mounted as /Users and /Users1 on our file server, so users' home directories in the passwd database have one of two forms: /Net/<servername>/Users/<username> /Net/<servername>/Users1/<username> I'd really like client machines to view their home directory as something simple like: /home/<username> and I'd like the passwd database to have this same form, so I'd be able to move users from one disk to another without them knowing for example. Has anyone set up something like this before? Any ideas? Thanks, Kevin Swanson Kevin_Swanson@blacksmith.com
From: cdodson@vortex.cac.stratus.com (R. Craig Dodson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: CD-ROM Writers for NS ? Date: 11 Dec 1995 16:43:09 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <4ahn2t$ljd@transfer.stratus.com> Hi, Has anyone gotten one of the new CD-ROM writers to work with NS ? Please send me any info on the hw/sw used if you've done this. Thanks, Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer) cdodson@cac.stratus.com
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Filesystem performance Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:54:46 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951211175252.8028B-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <4a57kv$lh@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> <RDL.95Dec7220127@world.std.com> <4ac2g4$787@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4ac2g4$787@marvin.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> On 9 Dec 1995, Bastian Schlueter wrote: > IOZONE performance measurements: > 2354474 bytes/second for writing the file > 2378509 bytes/second for reading the file > > I think this is normal throughput? > I get nearly the same result with NCR controller and IBM DPES. But I don't believe these numbers important. I think the most important thing ist the seek time of the drive. Do the two heads of the barracuda improve file transfer performance? Greetings, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: jray@bigmac.ag.ohio-state.edu (John Ray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstep 3.3 hangs at "Configuring Drivers" ??? Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:38:20 -0400 Organization: The Ohio State University Extension Message-ID: <jray-1112951238200001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> I'm trying to get NS 3.3 up and running on a 486. Everything works beautifully (software installs, machine reboots itself, Nextstep starts...) but it crashes when it gets to "configuring drivers" at reboot. This is the point in time that all the configuration screens should be coming up - but it just sits there. I did manage to bring up a window that was showing the drivers as they were being "configured", and it got to the IDE controller, worked for a bit, then stopped. This is a Gateway 2000 486-33... Any advice? Much obliged, John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> Subject: Re: Running an app as another user? In-Reply-To: klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu's message of Sat, 9 Dec 1995 20:23:25 GMT Message-ID: <7x3faso4ha.fsf@burrow.muc.de> To: klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (James P. Klett) Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Organization: hardly any... References: <DJC5y8.725@news.cis.umn.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 23:59:13 GMT >>>>> "JPK" == James P Klett <klett002@maroon.tc.umn.edu> writes: JPK> I know that OpenSesame can run an app as ROOT, but is there a JPK> way to run an app as another user?? get c. edman's 'asroot' to be found on most of the ftp servers. you can set it up to run stuff as any user you like. you have to be member of the group wheel, though. look under Unix/admin/ hth, markus g a/k/a the mole -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Help: Any way to remove hardware password (black h/w)? Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:45:42 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951211114436.17742A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> On 11 Dec 1995, Michael Giddings wrote: > Hello, > A friend has had a disk crash, and needs to reboot his lab's slab from > CD-ROM. Unfortunately, someone in the past set the hardware password on the > machine, and no one knows who set it or what it is. So, to compound his > disk crash problems, he can't even boot the machine from another disk! > > Are there any ways of getting around the password? Will removing the > battery for some period of time work? > > Any advice would be appreciated. Now, if he could only find the person who > set that password . . . > removing the battery for a time will remove all the ROM settings, including the hardware password. -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu PLEASE! NO NeXTMail except when needed for attachments. MIME preferred as I am using PINE to read my mail.
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: To all owners of black hardware Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:07:42 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951211114558.17742B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> There have been a number of people recently (or maybe I've just noticed it more recently) who have ROM passwords set and they do not know what they are! If this applies to you, I strongly encourage you to get the Hardware_Password app I recently put on peanuts ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/frontends/HardwarePassword.N.b.tar.gz when run as ROOT the program allows you to both see and set the Hardware password. There is also a file on ftp://sutro.sfsu.edu/pub/hwpwd.Z which is also available as 'ftp://sutro.sfsu.edu/pub/hwpwd.c' but you'll need the nvram.h file to compile it from the 2.x days (email me if you need it). NOTE: this program can only READ the hardware password, it cannot set it. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu PLEASE! NO NeXTMail except when needed for attachments. MIME preferred as I am using PINE to read my mail.
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 10 Dec 1995 22:55:02 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <en390hyyh.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> To: kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca (kwasi akore darko) <kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca> writes: >Installation instructions will be nice for us newbies. How about reading the documentation that comes with the package? Also try reading the posts on the subject in this group. I don't think Robert should feel obligated to hold everybody's hand. Sendmail is not something "newbies" should be ****ing with. >Thanks >On 12/04/95, Robert La Ferla wrote: >>sendmail 8.7.3 with smrsh (sendmail restricted shell) is now available via: >>ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.7.3.NIHS.tar.gz >> >>Release Notes: >> >>8.7.3/8.7.3 95/12/xx >>Fix botch in name server timeout in RCPT code; this problem caused >>two responses in SMTP, which breaks things horribly. Fix >>from Gregory Neil Shapiro of WPI. >>Verify that L= value on M lines cannot be negative, which could cause >>negative array subscripting. Not a security problem since >>this has to be in the config file, but it could have caused >>core dumps. Pointed out by Bryan Costales. >>Fix -d21 debug output for long macro names. Pointed out by Bryan >>Costales. >>PORTABILITY FIXES: >>SCO doesn't have ftruncate. From Bill Aten of Computerizers. >>IBM's version of arpa/nameser.h defaults to the wrong byte >>order. Tweak it to work properly. Based on fixes >>from Fletcher Mattox of UTexas and Betty Lee of >>Stanford University. >>CONFIG: add confHOSTS_FILE m4 variable to set HostsFile option. >>Deficiency pointed out by Bryan Costales of ICSI. >> >> >>Robert La Ferla >>Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant >>Boston, MA >>Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 >>Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 >>E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com >> -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Help: Any way to remove hardware password (black h/w)? Date: 11 Dec 1995 20:56:34 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <4ai5u2$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <4ahfjm$1lka@news.doit.wisc.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951211114436.17742A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Thanks to everyone who responded. It sounds like removing the battery will be the way to go. Also, I will check the HardwarePassword program that Timothy Luoma suggested as well. Once again, I appreciate the responses. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 11 Dec 1995 21:32:44 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-12.usc.edu Message-ID: <4ai81s$cbi@usc.edu> References: <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> <en390hyyh.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > <kwasi.darko@utoronto.ca> writes: > > >Installation instructions will be nice for us newbies. > > How about reading the documentation that comes with the package? Also > try reading the posts on the subject in this group. > > I don't think Robert should feel obligated to hold everybody's hand. > > Sendmail is not something "newbies" should be ****ing with. On the other hand, someone did post a sendmail FAQ (was that TJL?) onto the ftp sites. And Robert seemed very happy about it. Since there will always be newbies, if the sendmail.README pointed to that FAQ maybe there would be less of the same old same old questions popping up here. I agree that real newbies shouldn't mess with things that fall under the heading (know enough to screw everything up, but not enough to fix it). But they should have 8.7.* on their machines. And usenet is and should be a helpful place to turn. I am quite a newbie, and probably always will be, and I am completely indebted to the c.s.n.* groups for teaching me (along with a lot of personal sweating) a little about using unix and NeXTStep. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Preventing IDE mount Date: 11 Dec 1995 21:47:59 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Message-ID: <4ai8uf$ghs@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> In article <4ab4rf$oim@Mars.mcs.com> font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: > font@MCS.COM (Font) writes: > > 3. To my knowledge, there is no way to prevent DOS partitions from > being detected and automounted by WM, except to not have the IDE > driver installed. Putting entries in /etc/fstab for these partitions > failed miserably; these entries were ignored. What I'd really like is Did you remember to niload the fstab file? I thought that putting the entry into fstab would handle it. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: CDPlayer.app bombs out Date: 11 Dec 1995 18:24:21 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4aht0l$rm@radical1.radical.com> References: <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> <RDL.95Dec7220527@world.std.com> In article <4a7657$8fk@gold.tc.umn.edu> shan0029@gold.tc.umn.edu (Sharad J Shanbhag) wrote, in part: > Until 3 days ago, i had no problems with playing CD-audio. I put in an > audio CD, CDPlayer.app launches, and away I went. Now, I either get > nothing when I put in an audio CD or I get the following errors: cdutil: > findDrive: Ioctl SGIOCSTL failed: 4 ... > CDPlayer.app puts up an alert panel saying "Can't find CD-ROM." Sharad, It sounds like a file or two got blown away, or file permissions have changed. Check that your permissions are correct under /usr/filesystems/cdaudio.fs: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 40960 Oct 21 1994 cdaudio.util ^^^ ^^^^ Note that your filesize may vary, but note also that this file MUST be set to 4755 mode and owned by root. If there's anything wrong with this directory tree, restore it from the NEXTSTEP installation CD-ROM & reboot. It should work after that. Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> Subject: [Q] sendmail 8.7.3 and t-uucp Message-ID: <7xloojdv2t.fsf@burrow.muc.de> Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Organization: hardly any... Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:44:42 GMT in <RDL.95Dec6235247@world.std.com> "Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu" Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: > You can always ask here for help with the .mc file. well, i follow that invitation. yes, i read the rather interesting docs that came with the package. yet, i hope that somebody's more familiar with the subject and is able to save me worries, troubles and nights w/o sleep. yes, i'm scared i might break something. (ok. nothing that can't be fixed; but the last time when i updated my system to 3.3 while at the same time upgrading my hd, it took me three nights to get the old horse running again.) we all know how we hate lost mail. my system's specifics (most of it probably unnecessary): - NeGeN_Taylor-UUCP.1-05.1.3 (eg. uux is in /usr/local/bin) - /usr/spool/uucp as uucp spool file; regular mail spool. - NS 3.3 patched (on m68k) - stand-alone - fqd: burrow.muc.de (uuname -l: burrow) - mail server: colin(.muc.de) (uuname: colin) i may consider installing procmail at a later point in time, but merely as a filter. any help would be appreciated. tia, markus "the mole" gloede -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/
From: wmorse@erasure-sl.cc.emory.edu (William Morse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP: Network Buffers - Date: 12 Dec 1995 00:33:28 GMT Organization: Emory University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aiiko$aaa@moe.cc.emory.edu> Hopefully someone knows how to do this: I have an HP 712/60 which is a heavily used network machine. Periodically, it appears to over-run the buffers. The results are that the machine seems to just drop off the ethernet. It doesn't crash, but it can't be pinged, its NFS mounts drop and, effectively, it is just sitting there. Here are some of the errors it gets: --- Dec 9 23:26:06 serv3 mach: Trying to null out rbd's Dec 9 23:26:06 serv3 mach: Trying to null out rbd's Dec 9 23:26:09 serv3 mach: NFS server serv1 not responding still trying Dec 9 23:30:05 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection timeout: RPC: Timed out Dec 9 23:30:06 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection failed for server 170.140.50.195/local Dec 9 23:38:34 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connected to 170.140.50.195/local Dec 10 04:00:05 serv3 mach: NFS server www1 not responding still trying Dec 10 04:30:05 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection timeout: RPC: Timed out Dec 10 04:30:05 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection failed for server 170.140.50.195/local Dec 10 15:53:51 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connected to 170.140.50.195/local Dec 10 15:59:35 serv3 ntpd[113]: logical clock adjust timeout (86400 seconds) Dec 10 16:15:05 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection timeout: RPC: Timed out Dec 10 16:15:05 serv3 lookupd[107]: NetInfo connection failed for server 170.140.50.195/local --- Does anyone have a clue as to how to increase the network buffers? Any help would be *most* appreciated. --- William Morse ITS Emory Law School
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fujitsu hard drive? Date: 11 Dec 1995 19:11:38 -0700 Organization: A Big Black Cube Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4aiocq$o4c@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <4a02s6$q26@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) wrote: > In the last post I forgot to include essential info. The fujitsu drive is > internal, set to scsi target #2, and is scsi-II (not "fast"). The termination > resistor was left in. Here is the result of the sdformat inquiry: > Vendor Identification: 'FUJITSU ' > Product Identification: 'M1606S-512 ' > Product Revision Level: '6234' > Vendor Specific: '06090395\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000' > Reserved: '\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000 \000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\ 000\000' > Vendor-Specific Parameters: '' > 1A 00 00 00 3C 00 > sr_io_status = 0x3 "check status, sr_esense not valid" > SCSI status = 02H "Check Condition" > Error during Mode Sense > The SCSI Device at target ID 2 > did not respond to the Mode Sense command, > and probably cannot be formatted with any block size other than it's default. > 03 00 00 00 40 00 > Sense key = 0x5, "Illegal Request" > Additional = 0x24 > --- sdformat Version 1.3 --- Wierd, I ran sdformat and got mine to run at 1024 sized blocks, here's where mine differs from yours: Vendor Identification: 'FUJITSU ' Product Identification: 'M1606S-1024 ' Product Revision Level: '6234' Vendor Specific: '00056132\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000' Reserved: '\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000 \000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\ 000\000' Vendor-Specific Parameters: '' 1A 00 00 00 3C 00 __________ MODE SENSE Medium Type: 00h Write Protect: No Block Descriptor Length = 8 Density Code: Default (only one density supported) Number of Blocks = 1132626 Block Length = 1024 Obviously somethings wrong here, are you sure there are no SCSI ID conflicts? Is it the last item in the chain? E-mail me and I can probably help, I have one running as a boot drive. -- Robert Worne NeXT-OS/2-MacOS Starving CS Undergrad...Sorry, I don't *do* Windows! -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/P/S d-?>pu s+:+> a- C++$>++++ UX++++>$ P+>+++ L+ !E !W++ N+++ !o-- !K w--- O++$ M+ V PS>--- !PE+ Y+ !PGP- t@ 5++ X+++ R- tv b+>++ DI !D G e>+++ h--- r++ y+++** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
From: nb562@bard.edu (Noel Bush) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: can't Disable PowerOff Date: 12 Dec 1995 02:05:52 GMT Organization: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 Message-ID: <4aio20$pf3@core.bard.edu> I wish to configure several networked NeXTs (running NeXTSTEP 3.0) to prevent accidental power-offs by users. The man page for loginwindow tells me that by including the flag "-PowerOffDisabled true" with loginwindow in the /etc/ttys file I can ensure that no one will be able to power down by hitting the Power key. I have made this change, but the Power key still works as before. What gives?
From: root@next (Scott O. Fergusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hard drive replacement Date: 12 Dec 1995 03:53:17 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <4aiubd$rjq@news.ios.com> References: <4aa1ml$cf5@news.ios.com> <1995Dec9.105135.13887@seer.demon.co.uk> In <1995Dec9.105135.13887@seer.demon.co.uk> Paul Lynch wrote: > In article <4aa1ml$cf5@news.ios.com> fergmill@serv2.fwi.com (Scott > Fergusson) writes: > > On my '040 Cube I ran build disk and transfered the system over, but > > that's it. Simply moving folders does *not* do it. ie: ppp2.2 copies > > the files but not my modified etc/resolv.conf, etc.... > > I think you can use ditto to do this. > > Paul > As a follow-up, I used 'dump' and 'restore' to do the job.. Works great.
From: nb562@bard.edu (Noel Bush) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: console su Date: 12 Dec 1995 05:09:57 GMT Organization: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 Message-ID: <4aj2r5$16qm@core.bard.edu> In certain situations it would be very convenient for users of the system I'm maintaining to be able to switch who's logged in without logging out and starting from the loginwindow--i.e., to simply "become" another user by selecting the new username from a list, or entering it into a dialog box (with the option, preferably, of loading another dock or not). This would be something like a "console su", except that it would transfer ownership of all processes to the new user, so that open apps would stay open, etc. Is there anything like this around?
From: ridgway@inls1.ucsd.edu (Doug Ridgway) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can I read a DOS-formatted Zip disk? Date: 12 Dec 1995 02:32:07 GMT Organization: The University of California at San Diego Message-ID: <4aipj7$1k5@news2.ucsd.edu> References: <199512100521.AA00415@kypris.com> OK, I asked earlier about DOS filesystem Zip disks under 3.2. I had a couple of people tell me that 3.3 would fix my problems. We also got told about Nextanswers 1608, the DOS file system patch for 3.2 which claimes to allow DOS file systems on removable disks like Bernoulli and Syquest. This patch may or may not give the full functionality in this department of 3.3. We installed it, but the only change seems to be that when we allow it to consider formatting, it gives us a DOS option. Actually attempting a DOS format fails (``unsupported file system'' or somethign like that). It still fails to mount disks which should be validly formatted DOS filesystem disks. Any ideas? Thanks, doug. dridgway@ucsd.edu
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: can't Disable PowerOff Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:43:33 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951211223432.18919B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4aio20$pf3@core.bard.edu> On 12 Dec 1995, Noel Bush wrote: > I wish to configure several networked NeXTs (running NeXTSTEP > 3.0) to prevent accidental power-offs by users. The man > page for loginwindow tells me that by including the flag > "-PowerOffDisabled true" with loginwindow in the /etc/ttys > file I can ensure that no one will be able to power down > by hitting the Power key. I have made this change, but > the Power key still works as before. What gives? I couldn't get this to work either, and actually made my system so it wouldn't bring up the loginwindow by editing the /etc/ttys file incorrectly. At any rate, I think you can do the same thing by (as root) adding this dwrite: dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled true Please note this doesn't really disable the power key in t that it no longer responds when pressed. Instead, when the power key is pressed, the panel comes up you can still choose to "POWER OFF" but instead of powering off, it acts as a logout panel. This isn't what I consider "disabled" but I'm a little weird anyway.. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: sbr@chinook.halcyon.com (Stephen Rondeau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network install Date: 12 Dec 1995 06:56:22 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Message-ID: <4aj92m$od6@news1.halcyon.com> I am a new NeXT system administrator and I have a NeXTStation with a new internal hard drive that I would like to boot via the network of mostly NeXT machines. Is there anything special I have to do to the machine that will accept the boot request broadcast message, i.e., such as setting up a special partition for boot images? Thanks. Stephen Rondeau
From: john@gulfa.kuwait.net (John W. Temples) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Nextstep 3.3 hangs at "Configuring Drivers" ??? Date: 12 Dec 1995 11:13:47 +0300 Organization: Gulfnet Kuwait Message-ID: <4ajdjr$1ml@gulfa.kuwait.net> References: <jray-1112951238200001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> In article <jray-1112951238200001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu>, John Ray <jray@bigmac.ag.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > >I'm trying to get NS 3.3 up and running on a 486. Everything works >beautifully (software installs, machine reboots itself, Nextstep >starts...) but it crashes when it gets to "configuring drivers" >at reboot. I have the exact same problem. I called NextAnswers, and all they could suggest was that it was because I was using the floppy controller on the Adaptec 1542. I tried disabling that and using the floppy controller on a different card, and even tried replacing the 1542 with a 2842 VLB controller and got the same results. I also tried removing all "non-essential" hardware, but that didn't help either. When I boot with "-v", the last message I get is "Using default table for Adaptec 1542B". This is a 486/66 VLB with 20MB, Adaptec 1542CF, Seagate 1GB SCSI, NEC 3X SCSI CD-ROM, and Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM VLB. -- John W. Temples, III || Providing the first public access Internet Gulfnet Kuwait || site in the Arabian Gulf region
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: asroot compiled for m68k? Date: 12 Dec 1995 08:55:57 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-32.usc.edu Message-ID: <4ajg2t$bd0@usc.edu> If someone has it compiled for NS3.3. m68k and would be willing to nextmail it to me for Xmas (hint hint hint) I'd be grateful. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: console su Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:37:45 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951212022805.19353D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4aj2r5$16qm@core.bard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4aj2r5$16qm@core.bard.edu> On 12 Dec 1995, Noel Bush wrote: > In certain situations it would be very convenient for users of the > system I'm maintaining to be able to switch who's logged in > without logging out and starting from the loginwindow--i.e., to > simply "become" another user by selecting the new username from a list, > or entering it into a dialog box (with the option, preferably, of > loading another dock or not). This would be something like a > "console su", except that it would transfer ownership of all > processes to the new user, so that open apps would stay open, etc. > > Is there anything like this around? No, there isn't. It's a great idea, but I don't know if it could work. Loading another dock would require another WindowServer, and they don't like co-existing, as far as I know. If you don't mind risking a crash or two or more, you might try something like su USERNAME -c /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app/WM.app or su USERNAME -c /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app You might try setting up 'Fiend.app' docks for the other users, and then do su USERNAME -c /LocalApps/Fiend.app/Fiend I might be able to offer better help if I knew what you were trying to do. my guess is that you might be greatly served by RBrowser (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Network/apps/RBrowser.0.972.NIHS.b.tar.gz) which allows you to run a File Viewer as another user... This is quite handy but I've only used it for specific things (transferring this or that file from one account to another, never very intense or complicated, so I don't know how well it would stand up -- and again, I'm not 100% sure of what you need to be able to do.). Given that, I'd say that RBrowser is probably your best chance. Understand it is a beta app which is pretty stable, but will probably only get stable and fully function (proper saving of defaults, etc) when it is released commercially (whenever that is) good luck, let me know if I can be of any more help TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How prevent logout via power key? Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:41:20 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951212023811.19353E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4ah8no$fj7@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE In-Reply-To: <4ah8no$fj7@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> On 11 Dec 1995, Rainer Frohnh=F6fer wrote: > is there a way to prevent the fast-logout "feature" of NS3.3? If you dis= able=20 > the power-off key, it will do an immediate logout, no matter if a screens= aver=20 > is running and the screen is locked. It happens quite often that you leav= e=20 > the machine working and when you get back, somebody else is sitting on yo= ur=20 > place. I tried to change the default keyboard layout, but it didn't work. >=20 [ disliking cross-posts, I'm keeping my reply in sysadmin only ] I haven't heard of a way yet, and so far no one has come up with a=20 program which disables the power key completely when you are logged in. The keyboard.app should do it, but it doesn't (are you on black=20 hardware?) and no one seems to know if it ever will. if you find a way, please let us know... -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu=20 At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister=20 and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle=20 for the first time. 8^)
From: Xavier NICOLAY <nicolay@cli44qz.der.edf.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DAT tape backup on Turbo Color Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:21:48 +0100 Organization: Direction des Etudes et Recherches EDF Message-ID: <30CD65CC.13EB@cli44qz.der.edf.fr> References: <49p3sr$oc0@gs2.UU.NET> <49ps7u$kt@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the only solution i've found is to do: restore -i and after the I/O tape error, all seems ok. (restore -if /dev/nrst0 is ok) -- ---- Xavier NICOLAY ************************************** * DER - EDF * * Departement IMA/PAC * * cellule Methodes et Outils * * 1 Avenue General de Gaulle * * 92140 MEUDON * * Tel: (33-1) 47 65 89 33 * * e-mail: nicolay@cli44qz.der.edf.fr * **************************************
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: asroot compiled for m68k? Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:48:15 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951212104720.20142E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4ajg2t$bd0@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4ajg2t$bd0@usc.edu> On 12 Dec 1995 reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > If someone has it compiled for NS3.3. m68k and would be willing to nextmail > it to me for Xmas (hint hint hint) I'd be grateful. ftp://peanuts.leo.or//pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/admin/asroot.N.bs.tar.gz TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: mike@hobbs.chem.usu.edu (Michael Emmel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DRAM hard drives? Date: 12 Dec 1995 16:31:56 GMT Organization: SouthWind Internet Access, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <4akaps$kus@opal.southwind.net> References: <1995Dec6.120148.45739@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> In article <1995Dec6.120148.45739@yogi.urz.unibas.ch> writes: > art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) wrote: > > reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > > > Think of only using DRAM harddrives and nothing but.... > > > > Think of only a momentary power loss - oops, there goes > everything :-) > > -- > > Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: > art@cubicsol.com > > Not neccessarily, some of these beasts have a built in backup > system which will (should) hold data for approximately one month. > > So it's not *that* bad, especially if it is used in a server > machine which will usually run 24 hours a day. > > -Robert > -- I like them and/or disk cache because they provide a place to recycle old memory in a large company. The company can buy PC's with enough memory to run something besides MS/DOS even if its NT on there PC and as the PC's go out of date the memory can be transfered to the server as disk cach Dram disks etc. This makes a good agrument for equipping a PC with sufficinet memory. Considering the price of all other PC components memory is the major factor stopping wholesale adoption of "real" OS's and thus a powerful distributed computing NeXtwork : ) Mike
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Zilla ?? Date: 12 Dec 1995 18:08:26 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-g-34.usc.edu Message-ID: <4akgeq$bns@usc.edu> Has anyone been using Zilla? Stories? Would this be an approximate SMP? Would this speed up black hardware (say if I added a turbo mono to my turbo color?) -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: gkh@shore.net (Guy K. Hillyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: black turbo ethernet selection Date: 12 Dec 1995 18:14:05 GMT Organization: North Shore Access/Eco Software, Inc; (info@shore.net) Message-ID: <4akgpd$mfg@shore.shore.net> On a black turbo slab, how do you configure the ethernet device to select between the thinnet or 10BT connectors? I want to connect to thinnet, and I'm pretty sure the last time the machine was on a network it was 10BT. Thanks, and please reply to gkh@shore.net.
From: schaefer@syrtis.geology.yale.edu (Martha W. Schaefer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: scsi tape drive problems Date: 12 Dec 1995 18:54:06 GMT Organization: Yale University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4akj4e$f2e@news.ycc.yale.edu> I am trying to attach a 8-mm Exabyte-type tape drive to my HP running NEXTSTEP. I haven't had any luck just winging it, and I haven't been able to find much useful in the online documentation. I am confident that I have the drive itself configured properly, with a reasonable scsi ID number, etc, but I can't seem to configure the drive, or use it without configuration. If I do an 'mt' on the drive, I get the message 'unknown tape drive.' If I try to run the Configure.app program for scsi devices, it doesn't appear in the list of known scsi devices (nothing does, even though I have 2 scsi hard disks and a cd-rom), and I have no luck trying to install a driver (although I completely don't know what I am doing here, and can't find any instructions). Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? Could there be something wrong with the tape drive (it has never been connected to any other machine, so I can't verify that it works, only that it looks like it is working). And all thanks to Intel-owners, but this is NOT an Intel machine, so the SCSITape driver for Intel won't help me! TIA, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Martha W. Schaefer Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics P.O.Box 208109 New Haven, CT 06520-8109 schaefer@syrtis.geology.yale.edu (NeXTMail accepted)
From: ptanner@sw.stratus.com (Philip Tanner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: nfs/automounter problems Date: 12 Dec 1995 19:45:40 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Distribution: world Message-ID: <4akm54$g7j@transfer.stratus.com> I have a problem between our Nexts and Solaris 2.4 machines. The problem we're having results when a user on a Solaris 2.4 machine tries to cd into a Next machine. We get the prompt back quickly, but an ls sits and waits for about 5 minutes before we get anything. When I first looked into this, I was getting this error message on the Solaris machine: "No network locking on node." I fired up rpc.statd and rpc.lockd on the Next which eliminated the message, but the hang/delay is still there. Does anyone know what the problem may be? Have others had problems between their suns running Solaris 2 and their Next machines? Please forward replies to my email address. Thanks, Phil ptanner@sw.stratus.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXT<-->Mac free and easy? Date: 12 Dec 1995 20:47:27 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-24.usc.edu Message-ID: <4akpov$6pm@usc.edu> This has already been asked before but I have 'lost' all my FAQ files. I have a NS Turbo and a friend of mine who shares some files with me that we're working on together, frequently comes over with her PowerBook and we swap floppies endlessly. Is there another solution that would mainly allow me to ftp back and forth between the two machines connected by who-knows-what cable? It would be nice to just plug her into my machine but I don't want to spend much money on this and I would like a solution that I could reuse with anyone visiting with their macs. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: C-compiler alternatives?? Date: 12 Dec 1995 21:08:25 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4akr09$g3l@news.its.com> References: <4aaeit$j55@lll-winken.llnl.gov> leb@doremi (Lee Busby) wrote: > For those of us with only the Nextstep 3.3 User Edition, are there any > reasonable ways to get basic C-compiler functionality for Motorola > Next hardware? Without purchasing NS/Developer, you mean? No. Of course, many things can be found pre-compiled for you on the various NeXT FTP sites.... -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: nextjet@ids.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 21' megapixel with pci macs????? Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 16:05:17 +500 Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (800)IDS-1680 Message-ID: <4akqqp$bct@paperboy.ids.net> need web address for company that makes pci cards thta allow next monitors to work with powermacs thanks in advance. german gobel.
From: woo@polaris.scicntr.ortn.edu (J. W. Wooten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ntpd Date: 12 Dec 1995 21:26:23 GMT Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aks1v$psp@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> I'm looking at the console as I click on the Preferences panel time synchronize button. I get Dec 12 16:15:40 vega ntpd[7370]: bind() fails: Permission denied recvfrom: Connection refused I've got a machine designated as the master and another as a clone using the HostManager App. The master gets its time from a machine at our site that gets its time from a digital clock. What am I ommitting to set up to get this to work? reply to woo@ornl.gov or this group John W. Wooten
From: gwu@lgn (George Yen-Tse Wu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: 12 Dec 1995 21:38:15 GMT Organization: The Loop Distribution: world Message-ID: <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> References: <4a0u7j$5d2@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <magnan-0812951059540001@10.0.2.15> Francois Magnan (magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca) wrote: : In article <4a0u7j$5d2@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, dchin@u.washington.edu : (Davin Chin) wrote: : > I would like to give the ethernet interface on my 3.0 : > machine 2 ip addresses. Has anyone done this under : > nextstep? I've done it under solaris, which was a breeze : > but can't figure out how to get it done in nextstep. : > : > thanks : > Davin : > -- : > _______________________________________________________________________ : > Davin Chin dchin@u.washington.edu : > 206-784-4102 dchin@nwmicro.com : > signature under construction : Look at "man arp". : You will find it there. How does arp allow you to assign 2 IP (not Ethernet) addresses to the same interface ? I don't see it in the man page. : Francois Magnan : -- : Francois Magnan : magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca
From: chris@miles.opensource.com (Chris Miner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: 12 Dec 1995 22:42:16 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> References: <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> In article <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> gwu@lgn (George Yen-Tse Wu) writes: > Francois Magnan (magnan@mathcn.umontreal.ca) wrote: > > How does arp allow you to assign 2 IP (not Ethernet) addresses to > the same interface ? I don't see it in the man page. > arp lets you associate two mac (ethernet) addresses with one IP, although the value of this doesn't immediately hit me. If you are looking for ip aliasing(where one ethernet interface is used for multiple IP's) NS doesn't have it. If you are looking for a workaround, you might get more ethernet interfaces on your NS box either by adding real cards, or by using something like PPP to add pseudo interfaces. What is your application of such a feature? Chris
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) Subject: Redialing with UUCP and SLIP Message-ID: <DJHnCq.GF7@waldo.com> Organization: The WaldoNet Group Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 19:26:49 GMT I've been futzing with some scripts to redial my UUCP-based mail/news provider when I get a busy signal, but I'm not too happy with my solution so far. Since I'm not a very experienced script-writer, I'm wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. I'd rather not have to learn all the details of script-writing just to solve this one problem. While I'm at it, does anyone have a redial script for Louis Mamakos' SLIP program? It's even less graceful about a busy signal... Thanks for any help. If anyone is curious, I can post my rather weak attempt at a redial script, but I wouldn't recommend it. Matt -- __ | Matthew Hocker, B.Eng (McGill) | /\_\ | "Believer in all things well-engineered" | BMW CCA #124947 \/_/ | hocker@waldo.com | AOPA #012475939 NeXTSTEP! | NeXTmail and MIME welcomed here | PP-ASEL Student!
From: Denis Gesbert <dgesbert@cdphot.u-strasbg.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Using NeXTSTEP with OS/2 boot Manager Date: 12 Dec 1995 23:19:02 GMT Organization: ULP STRASBOURG FRANCE Distribution: world Message-ID: <4al2l6$qb5@apopi.u-strasbg.fr> A friend of mine have a computer with allready installed OS/2, Linux and windows NT and use OS/2 boot manager. He want to know if he can instal NeXTSTEP on an existing partition with keeping is actual boot manager (of OS/2)? Any help will be appreciate Denis
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? Date: 12 Dec 1995 23:40:47 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <4al3tv$e9g@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> In article <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) writes: > If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount > is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand > later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address", I'd sure appreciate > the help. I think adding your machine as a host using HostManager should get rid of it. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? Date: 12 Dec 1995 23:42:32 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <4al418$ea5@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> In article <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) writes: > If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount > is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand > later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address" I think adding your machine as a host using HostManager should get rid of it. Hope this helps. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: root@sandeep.vtls.com (Sandeep) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? Date: 12 Dec 1995 23:51:47 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <4al4ij$ed0@solaris.cc.vt.edu> In article <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) writes: > If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount > is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand > later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address", Adding your machine to the Hosts database using HostManager.app might help solve it. Sandeep Somaiya VTLS Inc.
From: jpcurry@unix.amherst.edu (JAMES PRESCOTT CURRY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: QUIX Mac OS port to Black Boxes: Info Please! Date: 13 Dec 1995 01:13:07 GMT Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA, USA Message-ID: <4al9b3$bot@amhux3.amherst.edu> Any info regarding QUIX Mac OS to black boxes would be greatly appreciated. Specifically, does QUIX support communications, so a web browser could run on it? thanks. Scott jpcurry@amherst.edu
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@plsys.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Redialing with UUCP and SLIP Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:26:32 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec13.012632.29181@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <DJHnCq.GF7@waldo.com> In article <DJHnCq.GF7@waldo.com> hocker@waldo.com (Matthew Hocker) writes: > While I'm at it, does anyone have a redial script for Louis Mamakos' SLIP > program? It's even less graceful about a busy signal... I use something like this with TransSys SLIP: until (/usr/dialupip/bin/duioctl slip0 GSOFTFLAGS | grep -s '*LACTIVE') do /usr/dialupip/bin/duioctl slip0 BRINGUP sleep 50 done Something similar can be done for PNI SLIP: until (/etc/pni/bin/pnistat | grep -s 'PNI*') do /etc/pni/pnirun pni0 & sleep 40 done Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: [Q] sendmail 8.7.3 and t-uucp In-Reply-To: markus g's message of Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:44:42 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec12213828@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <7xloojdv2t.fsf@burrow.muc.de> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 02:38:28 GMT Here's the .mc file. Put it in ....cf/cf/tayloruucp.mc include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`@(#)tayloruucp.mc 8.3 (Berkeley) 6/26/95') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(smrsh, /usr/local/bin/smrsh)dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl define(`SMART_HOST', uucp-dom:YOUR_UUCP_NEIGHBOR_HOST_GOES_HERE)dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_ARGS', `uux - -a$f -gC $h!rmail ($u)')dnl define(confUSERDB_SPEC, /etc/sendmail/userdb.db) FEATURE(notsticky)dnl LOCAL_NET_CONFIG R$* < @ $* .$m. > $* $#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3 MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(uucp)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE)dnl SITECONFIG(uucp.YOUR_HOSTNAME_GOES_HERE, YOUR_DOMAIN_GOES_HERE, U)dnl Put this in a file in path ....cf/siteconfig/uucp.YOUR_HOSTNAME_GOES_HERE.m4 SITE(YOUR_UUCP_NEIGHBOR_HOST_GOES_HERE) Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <7xloojdv2t.fsf@burrow.muc.de> markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27080 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.gtn.com!news2.gtn.com!news.hamburg.pop.de!nordwest.pop.de!uniol!uni-erlangen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!burrow.muc.de!tm From: markus g <tm@burrow.muc.de> X-Face: #*Up&X,BsJ:ni9R0,ap-{g?O^x=eC/)`,`5-D0WBv'L45p}h3WD~&0vi[3z*r%&]Rx6 X-Attribution: tm Lines: 37 Sender: tm@burrow.muc.de Organization: hardly any... X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.12 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:44:42 GMT in <RDL.95Dec6235247@world.std.com> "Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu" Robert La Ferla <rdl@world.std.com> wrote: > You can always ask here for help with the .mc file. well, i follow that invitation. yes, i read the rather interesting docs that came with the package. yet, i hope that somebody's more familiar with the subject and is able to save me worries, troubles and nights w/o sleep. yes, i'm scared i might break something. (ok. nothing that can't be fixed; but the last time when i updated my system to 3.3 while at the same time upgrading my hd, it took me three nights to get the old horse running again.) we all know how we hate lost mail. my system's specifics (most of it probably unnecessary): - NeGeN_Taylor-UUCP.1-05.1.3 (eg. uux is in /usr/local/bin) - /usr/spool/uucp as uucp spool file; regular mail spool. - NS 3.3 patched (on m68k) - stand-alone - fqd: burrow.muc.de (uuname -l: burrow) - mail server: colin(.muc.de) (uuname: colin) i may consider installing procmail at a later point in time, but merely as a filter. any help would be appreciated. tia, markus "the mole" gloede -- / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __ __/ __ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the mole / / / / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tm@burrow.muc.de __/ __/ __/ __/ . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.muc.de/~mgloede/
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: can't Disable PowerOff Date: 13 Dec 1995 06:14:59 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <4alr13$s6@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <4aio20$pf3@core.bard.edu> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu try, as root, dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled yes try variations, like "true" or "1" instead of yes. In article <4aio20$pf3@core.bard.edu>, Noel Bush <nb562@bard.edu> wrote: >I wish to configure several networked NeXTs (running NeXTSTEP >3.0) to prevent accidental power-offs by users. The man >page for loginwindow tells me that by including the flag >"-PowerOffDisabled true" with loginwindow in the /etc/ttys >file I can ensure that no one will be able to power down >by hitting the Power key. I have made this change, but >the Power key still works as before. What gives? -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
From: marlow@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Godwin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Patch 3.3p1 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:18:05 GMT Organization: Black Fish Soft Message-ID: <4am21t$q8g@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hello all , I finally have sometime to download the patch for NS 3.3... I wonder if the Patch is available via CDROM? and how much is it? I looked at the Developer patch size 26MBs!? Darn! Thanks Godwin #include <Standard_Disclamer_Blah_Blah_Blah.h> Godwin Membership Affairs Chair of Vancouver Regional Freenet. Chair, Sierra Club (BC) OnLine Services Commitee. It's funny how we feel so much.... cannot say a word... We are screaming inside and can't be heard. - Sarah McLachlan
From: kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Axel Habermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: nfs/automounter problems Date: 13 Dec 1995 08:24:10 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <4am2ja$7tu@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <4akm54$g7j@transfer.stratus.com> Philip Tanner (ptanner@sw.stratus.com) wrote: : I have a problem between our Nexts and Solaris 2.4 : machines. The problem we're having results when a user on : a Solaris 2.4 machine tries to cd into a Next machine. We : get the prompt back quickly, but an ls sits and waits for : about 5 minutes before we get anything. The problem is that Solaris 2.4 is not bug-compatible with older NFS implementations. Set rsize and wsize on the Sol 2.4 box to 1024 (for directories mounted from the NeXT) or use the other patch method described in the Solaris 2 FAQ. Good luck. Axel -- Axel Habermann \\|// "Wenn Du kiwi@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de )o o( nicht weisst Fon: +49 30 45478986 Fax:4542296 \ | / was Du tust, D2: +49 172 3900348 \~/ mach's mit Eleganz!"
From: leo@cs.tu-berlin.de (Matthias L. Jugel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PNI Slip Problem Date: 13 Dec 1995 09:36:03 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <4am6q3$cd5@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> Hi, I've got a problem with PNI Slip. It does not hangup, when I run the "pnirun -down pni0" command and comes back with the message that is cannot contact the daemon. Another problem is, that when I had an unsuccessful attempt logging in I will have to reboot the system or comment out the cmdregister lines in /etc/pni/support/init.tcl, because it says "cannot register with portmapper". Another problem I have is, that the script aborts when I try using my callback number after the modem hangs up to wait for the call. Do I have to set a special register to keep the system from aborting? Leo. -- Matthias L. Jugel -- GMD FIRST Berlin Adlershof Tel: +49 030 6392 1824 Email: leo@first.gmd.de Es gibt zwei Arten von Narren. Der eine sagt: "Dies ist alt und deshalb gut." Und der andere sagt: "Dies ist neu und deshalb besser."
From: e8473802@stud1.tuwien.ac.at (Dieter Fuerst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hardware Password Date: 13 Dec 1995 11:48:22 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> HI Can someone tell me how i can reset the hardware password (NeXT ROM Monitor 2.4 v65, NeXT MACH 3.0) tnx, Dieter
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Xmodem and Tip??? (upgrading to 1.09 Elite) Date: 13 Dec 1995 04:14:40 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <e20q9b1ov.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> First of all let me say that I'm using Chuck F's pre crippled 1988 sz code. I'd like to know exactly what I'm suppose to do. Is this correct? rz on the remote host (this isn't important as I'm trying to upgrade the firmware of my Elite) Now, then I do a ~$ in tip and type "sz -X -1 filename" ? Is that correct? Looks like I'm gonna have to resort to my trusty palmtop to upload the file to the modem. If that works I'm gonna be extremely impressed with the palmtop. -- "Mary ate a little lamb and punk rock isn't dead" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: empath@a.crl.com (Tim Triemstra) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot with "-v" under Intel 3.3? Date: 13 Dec 1995 17:58:45 GMT Organization: Alpha Star International Message-ID: <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII I have a problem with my install of NS 3.3 under a new Dell Intel Pentium box. I was only able to get the thing to install using updated Adaptec 2940, EIDE and Generic S3 drivers, but did eventually make it completely through the install process - only by hitting "-v" for verbose bootup at the "boot:" prompt. Without this (or some other command that shows verbosity) the boot would lock immediately after the boot: prompt. Unfortunately, even now that the entire thing is installed and working, I still have to boot this way. Is there a fix/reason for this? Is there a way to force the OS to bootup this way every time?
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black turbo ethernet selection Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:34:29 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30CF1CB5.2781E494@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4akgpd$mfg@shore.shore.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Guy K. Hillyer wrote: > > On a black turbo slab, how do you configure the ethernet device to select > between the thinnet or 10BT connectors? I want to connect to thinnet, and > I'm pretty sure the last time the machine was on a network it was 10BT. > > Thanks, and please reply to gkh@shore.net. The computer selects which port automagically. This is something which I've tested; I had my turbo slab on a 10BaseT network, then took it home and set it up on a 10Base2 (thin coax) net, and never had to change any configuration settings. Just had to change the IP's. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: can't Disable PowerOff Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:25:44 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951213121922.1193B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4aio20$pf3@core.bard.edu> <4alr13$s6@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4alr13$s6@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> On 13 Dec 1995, Dan Pritts wrote: > try, as root, > > dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled yes > > try variations, like "true" or "1" instead of yes. dwrite loginwindow PowerOffDisabled true is the dwrite, but, as I have said before, it doesn't disable it as much that it changes it to a pseudo-logout panel. (choosing "YES" to the power off confirmation panel will log you out, not power off the machine) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hardware Password Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:42:16 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951213122635.1193C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> On 13 Dec 1995, Dieter Fuerst wrote: > Can someone tell me how i can reset the hardware password > (NeXT ROM Monitor 2.4 v65, NeXT MACH 3.0) sure, it's only been a day or so since someone answered this... Pulling out the lithium battery for several hours will reset all the ROM settings, including the password. If you can login (as root) then the best way to check/change/set the Hardware password is to use the HardwarePassword.app which can be found at: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/frontends/HardwarePassword.N.b.tar.gz When run as root this app lets you see and change the Hardware password... obviously it won't work unless you can login though TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXT<-->Mac free and easy? Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:42:27 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30CF1E93.446B9B3D@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4akpov$6pm@usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: > > This has already been asked before but I have 'lost' all my FAQ files. > > I have a NS Turbo and a friend of mine who shares some files with me that > we're working on together, frequently comes over with her PowerBook and we > swap floppies endlessly. Is there another solution that would mainly allow me > to ftp back and forth between the two machines connected by who-knows-what > cable? It would be nice to just plug her into my machine but I don't want to > spend much money on this and I would like a solution that I could reuse with > anyone visiting with their macs. > > -- > Be well, > > Matthew I have a NeXT slab on an ethernet with a Mac Quadra. I use NCSA Telnet (FTP) to transfer files between them. I did have a demo license to a program called NFS Share, which ran on the Mac and allowed NFS mounting of drives from the NeXT. It worked great, but I couldn't afford a permanent license so I had to go back to FTP. A 10Base2 (thin coax) ethernet requires no hubs, but the PowerBook would require an AUI to ethernet transceiver (about $60 or so). You'd have to configure DNS on the NeXT, and MacTCP on the Mac. Both of which are fairly easy to do. Another method is to simply connect them via null modem cable, and use some sort of communications software on the Mac, and kermit (or cu) on the NeXT. This may require building your own null modem cable, as the NeXT may require enabling flow control, which Mac cables don't support. I know that to make my modems work on the NeXT, I had to make my own serial cables, but I've never tried a null modem cable. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hardware Password Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:45:18 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30CF1F3E.15FB7483@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dieter Fuerst wrote: > > HI > > Can someone tell me how i can reset the hardware password > (NeXT ROM Monitor 2.4 v65, NeXT MACH 3.0) > > tnx, Dieter I think you have to turn the computer off, then remove the battery from the motherboard and wait a while. Then when you put the battery back and restart the computer, you have a brand new machine in that you have to reconfigure it. I've never had to do that, but I've heard tales about it. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Subject: WWW serving & NeXTStep Date: 13 Dec 1995 20:46:47 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <4ane3n$sv8@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I'm looking for people who are admins for web-servers which are NeXTStep based, preferrably running NCSA 1.5.xx & NS 3.3. My goal is to share information in hopes to speedup performance - our server been getting slower and slower. (colorslab, 32megs ram, NS3.3, NCSA 1.5a, primarily httpd & ftp) I'm especially interested in finding out if anyone is operating a web &/or ftp server on more than one machine - in two weeks I'll have a slab available (ns3.3,32megs) which I would like to split either the www or ftp onto. Please post any replies. Thanks! -- http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/ NeXTMail: shane@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
From: xinwei@otter.Stanford.EDU (Sha Xin Wei) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Transarc AFS & NS 3.3? Date: 13 Dec 1995 21:54:37 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4ani2t$23e@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <49fnia$29o@delphi.cs.ucla.edu> We have some NeXTs (Intel) running as AFS clients, and Kerberos. We're now running a hacked version of loginwindow under NS 3.2 that gives us Kerberos access to AFS space. Does anyone know if AFS and Kerberos will work under NS 3.3 (Sparc)? Sha Xin Wei internet: xinwei@jessica.stanford.edu www url: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~xinwei
From: fergmill (Scott Fergusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Newbee on NS 3.3..few questions. Date: 14 Dec 1995 04:37:56 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <4ao9n4$3c6@news.ios.com> References: <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> In <4agrid$mbd@dns.itsq8.com> Ahmad Alrasheedan wrote: > The other thing, OmniWeb does not show any images. I connected to zillions > of sites without a single image being displayed. Do I need anything extra to > see images. I have Auto detect images set on OmniWeb. If you're running OW1.0, you'll need to dowload OmniImageFilter, from the ftp site at LightHouse Design.. This service allows OW1.0 to translate foreign images on the fly.. OW2.0-beta1 has a built in Imagefilter. No need to Install the filter service (unless you work with non NeXT images a lot)... You can also find the app at LightHouse.. Scott Fergusson --------------------------------------------- A sensible human once said¼`She's the sort of woman who lives for othersÐÐyou can tell the others by their hunted expression.' The Screwtape Letters (1942), XXVI---- C.S. Lewis
From: toddw@radium.ca (Todd White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: Trouble with the Harvest cache Date: 14 Dec 1995 07:37:12 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aok78$otl@master.ftn.net> References: <KAY.95Dec11161943@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> In <KAY.95Dec11161943@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> Cameron Kay wrote: > I seem to be having trouble getting the harvest web cache to work > under NEXTSTEP 3.3 (Patch 1 installed) for Intel. The cache refuses to > create its swap file when I run RunCache and keeps restarting its self > claiming there is an error with the DNS lookup. > > > Does anyone have harvest running successfully and know how to fix my > problem? > > Thanks. > > - Cameron > > Is this the RADium Technology Centre (Canada) port of Harvest 1.3? If so, just send E-mail to support@radium.ca and someone will help you. Cheers, -- ===================================== Todd White RADium Technology Centre (Canada) toddw@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted =====================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: edew@netcom.com (Eric Dew) Subject: How to best utilize a new hard drive Message-ID: <edewDJKGB9.M6v@netcom.com> Sender: edew@netcom13.netcom.com Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 07:47:33 GMT Ok, I have a black turbo hardware running 3.3. I have about 33 MB left on my internal hardrive (406MB size). I just bought a Conner SCSI-II 1.06GB hard drive and would like to really make the most of it. My problem is: should I make the Conner my root disk (set the SCSI ID to 0, etc.) and leave my internal as a back-up boot disk, or should I use the Conner to hold more space. Ideally, what I would like to do is partition the Conner into many partitions and move /NextApps, /NextDeveloper, /LocalApps, /LocalLibrary, and many other stuff over to the external. (Here, each directory listed above would be a separate partition.) However, I don't see how I can partition the disk into any more than 2 partitions using the BuildDisk.app app. Even if I make it into two partitions, one of them is going to be a boot partition, and that's not necessary (although not undesirable, as I could always use a back-up boot disk). I hate to assign, say, /NextLibrary to the free partition, since that leaves me with about 500+MB (depending on how I partition it) of free and un-used disk space. Here are some obstacles that I also have arrived at while trying various ideas: 1) /etc/fstab can't be edited by vi. Why not? I edited by using Edit.app, but when I had two partitions (/dev/sd1a and /dev/sd1b), only the first (/dev/sd1a) was identified when I rebooted. I had to manually mount /dev/sd1b after rebooting, and that's not fun or convenient. 2) I tried making the external be my root disk, so I initialized it and built it using buildDisk (with one partition). How can I move all my directories from / onto the external? Should I use ditto or dump. If so, would the command line read: # ditto / /External or # dump / /External ? It's not clear how I can easily move all my files and directories over to the external. 3) While I'm at it, I current have my home directory, /edew as a subdirectory of root. I would like to move it as a subdirectory of /Users which I created when I made a Guest account. Well, it's not so simple as to mv edew to /Users, as all my links to /LocalApps and such all get shot to hell. Any suggestions or help? The NeXTSTEP Network and System Administration book doesn't seem to say a lot about how to best utilize an extra hard-drive. My ideal situation (not to be confused with the above ideal situation) would be to have two partitions on the external; one being a back-up boot disk, and the other being free for me to store /NextApps, /LocalApps, _and_ all the other directories lying under root. This way, I can free up to about 150MB on my internal drive, which is more than I need. Thanks for any insights. EDEW
From: mpaque@aol.com (Mpaque) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: How much CPU memory can I cram in my 25mhz NeXTDimension Cube? Date: 14 Dec 1995 06:51:17 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ap33l$65i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <x7lookbqkf.fsf@amaze.labyrinth.com> In article <x7lookbqkf.fsf@amaze.labyrinth.com>, karl@amaze.labyrinth.com (Karl F. Sierka) writes: > How much CPU memory can I cram in my 25mhz NeXTDimension Cube? There are 16 slots for 30 pin SIMMs on this CPU board. If you were to load all of these with 4 Mb SIMMs (lucky you!) you'd have a 64 Mb system. Vendors? Look around for the best price. 100 ns or faster SIMMS should work (although personally I'd get 80 ns for a better timing margin on the fully loaded memory bus). Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: rcarpena@iac.es (Rafael Munoz Carpena) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Does not power off in black hw & NS3.0 Date: 13 Dec 1995 21:29:28 GMT Organization: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Message-ID: <4angjo$roc@sinfo.ll.iac.es> I have a NeXTStation Turbo (16MB/1GB HD), running NS3.0. When I power-off the system after logging out, the system seems to stop but it does not get turned off, unless you force it pressing the Power Off key once again. That would not be much of a problem except that when turned on again it goes through all the system checks as if it was recovering from a crash, and takes a few minutes to come back up. I had this problem for years and did not paid much attention to it, thinking it was something to do with my machine. We just bought a NeXTStation Color Turbo (32MB, .5GB HD) and the problem happens all over again. Does any body know if it is a bug of NS3.0 or otherwise a hardware "bug"?. Thank you for your response, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Ph.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OF THE CANARY ISLANDS (ICIA) Dept. Soils and Irrigation Fax: 34-22-476303 Apdo 60 - La Laguna Phone:34-22-476343 38200 Tenerife (Spain) e-mail: rcarpena@iac.es --------------------------------------------------------------------
From: gonzales@chemiris.chem.binghamton.edu (Bob Gonzales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot with "-v" under Intel 3.3? Date: 14 Dec 1995 13:52:02 GMT Organization: Binghamton University - Chemistry Message-ID: <4apa62$no2@bingnet1.cc.binghamton.edu> References: <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com> In article <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com>, empath@a.crl.com (Tim Triemstra) says: > >I have a problem with my install of NS 3.3 under a new Dell Intel Pentium box. >I was only able to get the thing to install using updated Adaptec 2940, EIDE >and Generic S3 drivers, but did eventually make it completely through the >install process - only by hitting "-v" for verbose bootup at the "boot:" >prompt. Without this (or some other command that shows verbosity) the boot >would lock immediately after the boot: prompt. > >Unfortunately, even now that the entire thing is installed and working, I >still have to boot this way. Is there a fix/reason for this? Is there a way >to force the OS to bootup this way every time? > The NeXTanswer 1470_Tech_Support_Frequently_Asked_Questions document says to disable boot graphics. You do this by bringing up the configuration app found in /NextAdmin and then click on "Expert" when in the "Summary of Devices" panel. You'll find a boot graphics option which you can change to no. You have to reboot to get it to take but you have to reboot to check it out anyway. This technique worked fine for me. Bob Gonzales
From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: swapdisks and NeXTAnswer 2039 Date: 14 Dec 1995 03:19:02 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ao536$mgi@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951209130420.2640A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > On 9 Dec 1995, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > All of the recent discussion, which shows that the logic in > > /etc/rc.swap requires *changes* for anyone to get desirable > > behavior out of it, agrees quite well with the last line. The > > swapdisk as originally envisioned by that code simply does not > > happen anymore. > > From re-reading my post, I see that I didn't explain my objection > very well. My problem was with the line "Swapdisks are rarely > used anymore" because it is obvious to me through recent discussions > that a lot of people are interested in swapdisks. The term 'swapdisk' has a specific meaning in all of NeXT's documentation. The NeXTanswer is just being consistent with the documentation (which may seem pedantic given that people use the same term to mean something else these days). It would be helpful if the NeXTanswer was written in a way that reflected that, but the answer itself is correct (even if not particularly helpful). > > What the recent discussion proves is that /etc/rc.swap should > > be rewritten, so it'd be much more generally usable. The idea > > of a disk that you can just plug in for swap space (and, in > > some specific situations, tmp space) is a good one. The ancient > > logic that is currently used needs to be updated, by NeXT, if > > it's going to be touted as a general-purpose solution. > > The problem is how do you write something that it generally > usable? My guess would be you go for the specifications that > everyone will be able to use (a very small swapspace). Go back to having config files, but very simple config files that are on the *swapdisk* itself (so this scheme works when booting of a cd-rom), and not in /etc on the root partition. Also make sure that any errors in those config files are not fatal. Ie, you may not get the behavior you expect, but you also won't find yourself futzing around in single-user mode to fix the problem. You'd probably also want some super-simple application with a nice GUI to setup those config files. The config files, which would be in the /private/vm directory on the swapdisk, would have ways to indicate the following: a) minsize for the swapfile b) maxsize for the swapfile c) whether the entry in /etc/swaptab should be ignored. This way people don't have to fiddle with that file just to *prevent* the OS from using a second swapfile back on the root partition. d) whether to have /tmp space on the swapdisk in normal operations. Note that in the case of booting from a CD-ROM, it'd obviously be nice to always put /tmp space on the swapdisk, though that might be a bit tricky. e) whether to totally ignore the fact that the swapdisk is there (so you could 'turn off' swapdisk processing, reboot, and then relabel or reformat the swapdisk without worrying about blowing away the swapfile the system is using). If I were to write this, I'm sure I'd end up adding a few more bells and whistles, but that's basically it. The idea is to give people the ability to just "plug in" a swapdisk and have the "right things" happen. The above means people have to do *some* configuration (instead of just labeling a disk with a name of 'swapdisk' and rebooting), but it wouldn't be the risky kind of futzing around that is currently needed with fstab or swaptab changes. Not all that hard, really, except that it's not all that valuable to do unless the changes are part of the distributed system. If I were to write this up, it's going to be just as unnerving for people to install my changes as it would be to just edit swaptab and fstab (which many people seem loathe to do). Actually I'd kinda like something more plug-and-play-ish for other fstab processing too. I wish I could have entries that said "If you find a scsi disk with a label of 'XXXX', then do the following permanent mounts at system bootup time'. This would be different from the current automounter processing, in that it would correctly keep track of file ownerships and permissions, it would handle multi-partition disks, and it would let you say *where* to mount whatever partitions you wanted to mount... --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Transarc AFS & NS 3.3? Date: 14 Dec 1995 03:23:15 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4ao5b3$mki@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <4ani2t$23e@nntp.Stanford.EDU> xinwei@otter.Stanford.EDU (Sha Xin Wei) writes: > We have some NeXTs (Intel) running as AFS clients, and Kerberos. > > We're now running a hacked version of loginwindow under NS 3.2 > that gives us Kerberos access to AFS space. > > Does anyone know if AFS and Kerberos will work under NS 3.3 (Sparc)? There has never been an official version of AFS for NS/Sparc, NS/Intel, or NS/HPPA. The only official one has been for NS/m68k. So, if you have an NS/intel one, you have something which isn't directly from Transarc. You might want to check whatever your source is, and see if they have something for NS/Sparc and NS-3.3 As far as I'm aware, no one has AFS running on NS-3.3 Also, Transarc does not plan to release any new version of AFS for any of the NeXTSTEP platforms. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: ptanner@sw.stratus.com (Philip Tanner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Changing exports Date: 14 Dec 1995 18:55:27 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Distribution: world Message-ID: <4apruv$k5n@transfer.stratus.com> I need to update the way our filesystems are exported. I noticed there's not /etc/exports file, and that the machines are running what I believe is referred to as netinfo, but I don't know how to perform the update. I was told I'd have to go onto each machine and run the interface to netinfo to update each systems exports (these machines don't have one master for netinfo). My question is: Can I run a command which will perform the update for me from the Unix prompt? If so, what's the command? I'd rather not have to go to each machine to perform this task. Thanks, Phil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: s2404675@techst02.technion.ac.il (Shkolnik Uri ) Subject: mail problem - open modem line Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:25:23 GMT Message-ID: <DJLCMB.LyG@discus.technion.ac.il> Sender: news@wang.com Hi all, I have strange problem, I have a sparc (SunOs 4.1.4) as mailhost + gateway, I added NextStep to the local network and define his sendmail to send the mail via the sun. But - when I ask the system to send some mail, it's starting to dial the modem! I didn't found any explanatin to this problem, would you? -- ****************************************************************** * Uri Shkolnik - System Administrator * * Harmonic Lightwaves (Israel) * * E-mail: uri@harmonic.co.il <or> s2404675@t2.technion.ac.il * ******************************************************************
From: colinj@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Colin Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.7.3 now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Date: 14 Dec 1995 19:46:28 GMT Organization: People for the Eating of Tasty Animals Message-ID: <4apuuk$4u2@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <DJ5w89.JxI@utcc.utoronto.ca> In article <4ai81s$cbi@usc.edu>, <reichman@scf.usc.edu> wrote: >On the other hand, someone did post a sendmail FAQ (was that TJL?) onto the >ftp sites. And Robert seemed very happy about it. Since there will always be >newbies, if the sendmail.README pointed to that FAQ maybe there would be less >of the same old same old questions popping up here. I've looked on ftp.cs.orst.edu for this FAQ and I can't find it. I've even grep'd the index file for sendmail, mail and FAQ with nothing even close popping up. Can someone post a pointer to the sendmail.FAQ that might be pertinent? After I grab what I can from the net wrt sendmail I'm off to the book store to buy the O'Reilly sendmail book (now that I have successfully broken sendmail on my machine ;-). Nevertheless the FAQ mentioned above would be much appreciated. -- "As Jun [Murai] explains it, `I can go to the bar and drink beer. I go to a phone and ping my routers, and if they are still working, I go back and drink more beer.'" Carl Malamud _Exploring_the_Internet_ Colin Johnson | colinj@unm.edu | http://www.unm.edu/~colinj/
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Subject: Re: WWW serving & NeXTStep Date: 14 Dec 1995 21:53:39 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4aq6d3$oip@news.its.com> References: <4ane3n$sv8@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) wrote: > My goal is to share information in hopes to speedup performance - > our server been getting slower and slower. (colorslab, 32megs ram, > NS3.3, NCSA 1.5a, primarily httpd & ftp) Make sure you have the 3.3 Patch from NeXT installed. Make sure that you don't have anyone logged in, and don't run the WindowServer (by typing "console" in the login panel). Changes you can make that cost money: 1) Add more RAM. 2) Get faster drives. 3) Upgrade to faster hardware; a 25 MHz 68040 is not a horribly fast CPU nowadays. -Chuck -- Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Denis Gesbert <dgesbert@cdphot.u-strasbg.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot with "-v" under Intel 3.3? Date: 14 Dec 1995 22:56:12 GMT Organization: ULP STRASBOURG FRANCE Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aqa2c$j6k@apopi.u-strasbg.fr> References: <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com> You may try to turn PCI Burst disabled in "Advanced Chipset Configuration" of BIOS setup (by pressing F1 key at the beginning of the Boot). That fixe that trouble for some Intel motherboards (like Triton Zappa or Aladin Endeavoour). Denis
From: benjamin grosser <grosser@uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (no subject) Date: 15 Dec 1995 00:10:42 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4aqee2$ljb@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need to setup a POP3 server on black hardware running 3.2. The version available at Qualcomm's ftp site doesn't appear to have a configuration for NS. Anybody familiar with setting up POP on NS, or know where to obtain a server with a NS config? Thanks, Ben Grosser grosser@uiuc.edu
From: patricia@cco.caltech.edu (Patricia M. Schwarz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Epson Stylus Color Pro and NS? Date: 15 Dec 1995 02:25:25 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4aqmal$8se@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Is there a way I can use this printer from NSI3.3? Thanx, -patricia -- there must be something i can dream tonight -patti smith
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [INN HELP] INN config.data file for NeXT 3.3 intel? Date: 15 Dec 1995 07:01:23 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <4ar6g3$4me@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Does anyone have the config.data file for INN 1.4 unofficial 3 release? It appears the the config.data for NeXT 3.2 does not work in 3.3. I have problem with CNews opening the nntp port, so I was recommended to goto INN as the support people at my providers are familiar with INN and not CNEWS. Unfortunately, they are not familiar with NeXT either. Help... I need config.data file for INN 1.4 unofficial 3 release anyone.... -ME PS Also, do I just put the config.data file into the config directory and BUILD?
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: (no subject) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 00:09:45 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951215000519.18800C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4aqee2$ljb@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4aqee2$ljb@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> On 15 Dec 1995, benjamin grosser wrote: > I need to setup a POP3 server on black hardware running 3.2. The version > available at Qualcomm's ftp site doesn't appear to have a configuration > for NS. Anybody familiar with setting up POP on NS, or know where to > obtain a server with a NS config? ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/binaries/mail/PopOver.v1.4.NIHS.bd.tar.gz _Please_ use subjects... the only thing I hate more than un-titled posts and email is people who accept software that crashes daily (ie our Novell network running Windows for Workgroups). TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: Why does NS 3.3/486 see only 24MB out of teh installed 32MB? Message-ID: <DJMLFH.AJ@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:33:17 GMT Our PC-maintainer just installed 2*8MB extra in the P90 machine that is running NS 3.3. At boot, the BIOS sees 32MB, but when NEXTSTEP boots, it only sees 24MB. What is a likely cause? Or do I have to Configure something? Thanks, --Gerben -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: byrnes@virginia.edu (Peter-john Byrnes) Subject: Re: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? Message-ID: <DJM9Dw.13y@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia References: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 07:13:08 GMT In article <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) writes: > If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount > is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand > later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address", I'd sure appreciate > the help. > Irving, I had the same problem with my NS/Intel here at UVa -- NEXTSTEP is a distinctly minor nation here, so there's no NetInfo network. I suspect this may be true on your network, as well. I was told by our local NeXT guru, Pete Yadlowsky, that the solution is to put a "sleep 30" command before the section in your /etc/rc file which reads # Start up the netinfo daemons. [etc.] Haven't had a problem since. Pete tells me that the problem is that NEXTSTEP has trouble negotiating its presence on a mixed net, and the sleep command gives it/the network that extra time to establish itself. That's probably a gross distortion, but I'm not a TCP/IP programmer, what do I know. -- Peter-john Byrnes Online Scholarship Initiative, University of Virginia URL: http://osi.lib.virginia.edu/ Email: byrnes@virginia.edu (NeXT/MIMEmail OK) Phone: 804/924-3169 FAX: 804/924-1431
From: colin@snaefell.tamu.edu (Colin Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Color Pro and NS? Date: 15 Dec 1995 14:47:25 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Message-ID: <4as1pt$3el@news.tamu.edu> References: <4aqmal$8se@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Patricia M. Schwarz <patricia@cco.caltech.edu> wrote: >Is there a way I can use this printer from NSI3.3? I'm using it with 3.2 and eXTRAPRINT from GS Corporation. 3.3 would work just as well I believe. -- Colin Allen colin.allen@tamu.edu -Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!-
From: mmalcolm crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Hardware Password Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 16:03:43 GMT Organization: Institute for Language Speech and Hearing, Sheffield University Sender: mmalcolm Crawford <m.crawford@dcs.shef.ac.uk> Message-ID: <951215160343.4624AACUV.malc@daneel> References: <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Can someone tell me how i can reset the hardware password (NeXT > ROM Monitor 2.4 v65, NeXT MACH 3.0) > Take out the lithium battery for 40 minutes or so, or short out the battery holder terminals. Best wishes, mmalc.
From: tholland@dreams.skidmore.edu (Anthony Holland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: remote printer trouble.....help please Date: 15 Dec 1995 17:17:56 GMT Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Message-ID: <4asak4$rd8@saims.skidmore.edu> Keywords: remote printing trouble We have our NeXT laser printer connected to one cube on our ethernet.... and had it arranged so that other NeXTs could print to it.....but each cube is independant on the ethernet (they don't share usernames, etc.)... for some reason....we find ourselves suddenly unable to print to the remote machine from the other NeXT cubes. We originally set things up a few years ago using Netinfo Manager, or some such thing.... any suggestions why remote printing would suddenly stop working ? We didn't do any upgrading or changes in NetInfo etc. Help much appreciate. Please respond to: tholland@pars.skidmore.edu Thanks !
From: e8473802@stud1.tuwien.ac.at (Dieter Fuerst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> Control: cancel <4amei6$t0a@news.tuwien.ac.at> Date: 15 Dec 1995 19:58:52 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <4ask1s$fp9@news.tuwien.ac.at> Article cancelled from within tin [v1.2 PL2]
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing files.. what do these look like on your machine? Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 14:42:22 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951215143546.20062B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII After my printer (Tree_Killer) was done printing, these two files remained: /usr/spool/NeXT/Tree_Killer/lock (contents "1134" which I'm guessing was the PID) /usr/spool/NeXT/Tree_Killer/status (contents "Printing") Now I'm not sure, but it seems strange that the 'status' would say 'printing' when in fact it is done printing. And why does the lock file remain after the print job is done? I'm using a program that turns off the printer after the last print job, and I'm wondering if the printer isn't having a chance to update these files or something.... Anyway, I'd be interested to know what others' "lock" and "status" files are like after they are done printing, so I'll know if this is a common thing or not. Please respond via email and I'll summarize, as I'm not sure anyone else would give a hoot about this problem. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: reed@ernie.eecs.uic.edu (Dale Reed) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to partition Win95 w/NeXTStep? Date: 15 Dec 1995 21:58:28 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Message-ID: <4asr25$5le@news.eecs.uic.edu> I've got a new Intel machine (133 Pentium) and want to have both Win95 and NeXTStep installed in separate partitions. I've heard rumors that I need to have Win95 installed first, and THEN I somehow install NeXTStep. Have you done this? What are the steps involved? I've got A 1G HD, so space should not be a problem. Please respond directly, I'll repost a summary. Regards, Dale Reed
From: John Hurst <jhurst@hooked.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mux V1.7 and 4-port Digi Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 15:51:15 -0800 Organization: Hooked Online Services Message-ID: <30D209F3.15F6@hooked.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have been trying for days now to get Mark Salyzin's Mux driver (version 1.7) to work with a 4-port Digiboard on my system. I have tried numerous changes to most of the settings in the Instance files, but nothing seems to work. If anybody out there has any tips on this, or has a previous version of the Mux driver (I can't find any down-rev's anywhere), I'd be eternally grateful. Help... John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Why does NS 3.3/486 see only 24MB out of teh installed 32MB? Message-ID: <DJnFxr.DpA@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <DJMLFH.AJ@AWT.NL> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 22:32:15 GMT In article <DJMLFH.AJ@AWT.NL> G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) writes: > Our PC-maintainer just installed 2*8MB extra in the P90 machine that is > running NS 3.3. At boot, the BIOS sees 32MB, but when NEXTSTEP boots, it > only sees 24MB. > > What is a likely cause? Or do I have to Configure something? Sorry about this one. It was just rotten memory, only the bios 'saw' it all. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: alberto@smartsoft.com (Alberto Ricart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NXFax on 3.3 HP/Intel Date: 16 Dec 1995 04:02:09 GMT Organization: Internet Connect, Inc. The Wisconsin ISP 414-476-4266 http://www.inc.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4atgc1$1bm@news.inc.net> Netland, Ever since we upgraded to 3.3 and the 3.3 patch1, we have been having trouble with our fax modem SupraFax288. We have moved the modem between our HP's and our Canon Objectstation but both platforms seem to be equally broken. It seems that incomming FAXES work fine, however, if we try to send an outgoing fax, the computer (HP;s or INTEL) freeze. Either of the machines worked great under 3.2. Are there any new serial drivers that fix these problems.............. -- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. alberto@SmartSoft.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: mail problem - open modem line In-Reply-To: s2404675@techst02.technion.ac.il's message of Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:25:23 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec15234334@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DJLCMB.LyG@discus.technion.ac.il> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 04:43:34 GMT It's probably configured to use UUCP instead of SMTP. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DJLCMB.LyG@discus.technion.ac.il> s2404675@techst02.technion.ac.il (Shkolnik Uri ) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27125 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!wang!news From: s2404675@techst02.technion.ac.il (Shkolnik Uri ) Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:25:23 GMT Sender: news@wang.com Lines: 13 Hi all, I have strange problem, I have a sparc (SunOs 4.1.4) as mailhost + gateway, I added NextStep to the local network and define his sendmail to send the mail via the sun. But - when I ask the system to send some mail, it's starting to dial the modem! I didn't found any explanatin to this problem, would you? -- ****************************************************************** * Uri Shkolnik - System Administrator * * Harmonic Lightwaves (Israel) * * E-mail: uri@harmonic.co.il <or> s2404675@t2.technion.ac.il * ******************************************************************
From: "Jim Bryan" <p00273@psilink.com> Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,biz.jobs.offered,nyc.jobs.offered,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: **US-NY-NYC-NEXT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95 13:57:35 -0500 Organization: Analytic Recruiting Inc. Message-ID: <3028139782.21.p00273@psilink.com> NYC based trading house seeks a NeXT systems administrator. Individual should be an expert in all facets of the technology from an architecture standpoint. Position interfaces with development research and trading. Salary - $Open When Replying, please include the following: 1. Present salary and bonus if any. 2. Eligibility to work (please specify). 3. Geographical preference and availability to interview at that location. Please follow up faxed or emailed resumes (ASCII format only) with a hardcopy via usmail. ALL CORRESPONDENCE MUST BE MARKED ATTN.: JIM BRYAN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CONTACT (executive search firm): Jim Bryan email: p00273@psilink.com usmail: Analytic Recruiting Inc. 21 East 40 St. Suite 500 New York, New York 10016 Tel#: (212) 545-8511 Fax#: (212) 545-8520
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] elm binary Date: 16 Dec 1995 09:26:58 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <4au3d2$7q4@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> The last I checked, elm and pine binary are either none existant or do not work (I did not try very hard), so I compiled both - for Intel and Motorola. As soon as I get my sleep this morning, I will place it in my HTTP archive of files (there is bug in Amiga UNIX ftpd so no anonymous ftp). -ME
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [ANNOUNCE] quota manager for NeXTStep Date: 16 Dec 1995 09:31:51 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <4au3m7$82a@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Effectively tomorrow, 17.Dec.1995, sources for a simple quota manager (pulled directly from System V Release 4.0) will be released by me from my HTTP site. This set of sources came from Purdue University Research Foundation and all its rules apply. Furthermore, this set of sources are know to compile properly in older version of NeXTStep (infact Purdue Univ. used it in their systems when I went there) for Motorola. I have decided to release this in hopes of finding someone kind enough to port this so it will compile and work in NeXTStep 3.3 for both Motorola and Intel. -ME ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mysolution.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: peter@mathworks.com (Peter Greis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to get mail to pick up .signature? Date: 16 Dec 1995 13:23:36 GMT Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760 Message-ID: <4auh8o$jog@turing.mathworks.com> I know it's a dumb question, but how does one get "Mail.app" to pick up the ".signature" file? There doesn't seem to be any reference to it in the on-line help. thanx, -peter
From: mark zajac <mzajac@zajac2.phys.nd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ???: NeXT printer access from Sun SPARCstations Date: 16 Dec 1995 14:57:01 GMT Organization: University of Notre Dame Message-ID: <4aumnt$2b9@news.nd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi First a confession: you are dealing with a rank amateur. My slab is the server for a NeXT printer that is networked to a bunch of Sun SPARCstations. Some of the SPARC machines have printer access but the guy who set it up has moved on and we don't know how to arange printing for some newly acquired machines. The new machines are running under SOLARIS. The sys-admin used the SOLARIS administrastive tool to set things up on the SPARC. He tells me that I must give this new machine permision to access my NeXT as a print server. How do I do this? I know how to mount remote file systems on my NeXT and remote printers too so you can expalin things in those terms if there are similarities. I also understand how to set up printcap files on the SPARC machines although I'm told that SOLARIS handles things differently. Is there some file that gives remote access to printers just as '/etc/exports' gives remote access to files? I don't read the group as often as I would like so e-mail will reach me sooner than a post and would be much apreciated. Keep a song in your heart [:-)] Mark
From: Shaun Foy (sfoy@zoology.ubc.ca) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Mac->NextPrinter Date: 16 Dec 1995 17:19:11 GMT Organization: The University of British Columbia Message-ID: <4auv2f$56e@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to print from a mac to a Nextprinter via a Nextslab? Someone suggested to me that this is possible. Currently, save all my Mac files to .ps then print them - this isn't supposed to be necessary. Anyone tried to do what I want to do - successfully? Thanks in advance, Shaun. -- \ o / o __| \ / |__ o \ o / | -/\ ___\o \ o | o / o/___ /\- | / \ | \ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ <A HREF="http://philos.resnet.ubc.ca/~sfoy">sfoy@bcu.ubc.ca</A>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp (FUKASE Mikio) Subject: Re: sendmail and Netinfo: where does sendmail get its domain name? In-Reply-To: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu's message of 11 Dec 1995 04:10:52 JST Message-ID: <FUKASE.95Dec15043143@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp> Sender: news@will.sp.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp Organization: College of Science and Technology, Nihon Univ., Japan References: <4ae9ag$g4g@miwok.nbn.com> <4afbbs$g1l@paladin.american.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:31:43 GMT In article <4afbbs$g1l@paladin.american.edu> tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) writes: > > In article <4ae9ag$g4g@miwok.nbn.com> kehoe@fortuity.com > (Daniel Miles Kehoe) writes: > :I've just installed sendmail 8.7.2 and my machine is having identity > :problems. Its hostname is fortuity. Sendmail should see a FQDN of > :fortuity.com, but it gives me this: > : > :Sendmail should get this info from Netinfo. Clearly I don't have > :Netinfo set up properly. Where in Netinfo does sendmail get the > :domain name? > > I don't think it gets the FQDN from netinfo. (Netinfo's > problems with FQDNs has been argued already so I'll pass > on it now.) The host name which uses in the Internet is the name of your machine's network interface corresponded with its IP address. This name is usually FQDN style name for uniqueness in the Internet. The host name data base (DNS, NetInfo, NIS...) has the names as canonical name of the hosts for mapping their IP addresses. Sendmail uses host name data base for resolved address if you haven't set the static routing in sendmail.cf for the address. The hosts information in the NetInfo data base is as follows; [Example] % nidump hosts . 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx your_hostname.your_domain_name your_hostname ... The other side.... The host name which uses on your machine is set up with hostname command using in /etc/rc.net at boot time. The data of HOSTNAME in /etc/hostconfig which was set up with HostManager.app or SimpleNetworkStarter.app is used at that time. > I belive it gets the domain name from running your IP > address and stripping off the first name. Is it the host's own name? I think so if it is. If you don't clearly write a macro for your domain name in your host's sendmail.cf it is automatically set up with your host's IP address and host name data base. You can check up on its result as follows; [Example] % /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0.4 Version 8.7.3 Compiled with: LOG MATCHGECOS MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND NDBM NETINET NETINFO NETUNIX NIS SCANF XDEBUG canonical name: your_hostname.your_domain_name UUCP nodename: your_hostname.your_domain_name a.k.a.: your_hostname a.k.a.: [IP address] ============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============ (short domain name) $w = your_hostname (canonical domain name) $j = $w.$m (subdomain name) $m = your_domain_name (node name) $k = your_hostname.your_domain_name ======================================================== ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > --- Dec.15,'95 FUKASE,Mikio fukase@cst.nihon-u.ac.jp(NeXTMail OK)
From: cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to get mail to pick up .signature? Date: 16 Dec 1995 16:36:29 GMT Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <4ausid$dge@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <4auh8o$jog@turing.mathworks.com> In article <4auh8o$jog@turing.mathworks.com>, Peter Greis <peter@mathworks.com> wrote: > I know it's a dumb question, but how does one get > "Mail.app" to pick up the ".signature" file? > There doesn't seem to be any reference to it in > the on-line help. One gets EnhanceMail from this URL: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/sources/mail/EnhanceMail1.0.s.NIHS.tar.gz After installing and restarting Mail.app, one has all kinds of signature support as well as a great deal more. See the online help for more details. Carl Edman
From: alberto@smartsoft.com (Alberto Ricart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Iomega Ditto Easy 3200 Travan tape drives under NSFIP - Do they work? Date: 16 Dec 1995 19:05:53 GMT Organization: Internet Connect, Inc. The Wisconsin ISP 414-476-4266 http://www.inc.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4av5ah$5rl@news.inc.net> I was wondering if anyone had successfully used the Iomega Ditto Easy 3200 Travan tape drives under NSFIP. They have a very attractive price ($400) for a 3GB tape drive. It is a parallel drive (too bad they don't have a scsi version), so I don't know if it will work with NEXTSTEP, if anyone has gotten this type of drive to work with dump/tar please let me know of your experiences. -- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. alberto@SmartSoft.COM -- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 vox: 414 3764590
From: zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 16 Dec 1995 15:47:22 -0600 Organization: Dept of CIS, Univ. of Al at Birmingham Message-ID: <4avepa$77e@dave.cis.uab.edu> Hi, I am wish to install WindowsNT on my computer which currently has NeXTStep and DOS installed. I have two EIDE disks upon which to use. If anyone has NT and NS installed, can they provide some tips and potential pitfalls? Thanks. -John -- John Zachary UAB GRAIL zachary@cis.uab.edu
From: alberto@smartsoft.com (Alberto Ricart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXFax on 3.3 HP/Intel Date: 16 Dec 1995 19:14:19 GMT Organization: Internet Connect, Inc. The Wisconsin ISP 414-476-4266 http://www.inc.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4av5qb$5sm@news.inc.net> References: <4atgc1$1bm@news.inc.net> I found the following drivers in NeXT Answers URL http://www.next.com that fixed the problem (release 3.33 which replace the standard 3.30 drivers shipped with NS3.3 - my only question is why in the world they didn't make this fix part of the patch they released a couple of months ago?)- this may be a FAQ. It looks like NeXT finally got it (right?) - The architecture is better, now you can define as many serial ports as you need, and the software automagically creates the /dev entries to access them. Anyhow, for other troubled souls, go to the next site and search for the following (there are other new drivers as well) ISASerialPort.pkg PortServer.pkg The ISASerialPort driver handles the IRQ mapping etc, the PortServer is provides the tty layer. - Both are needed. For an encore, it would be cool to see this fix for the HP's too. --- Alberto Ricart SmartSoft, Inc. N70 W6340 Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 vox: 414 3764590 fax: 414 3764591 email: alberto@SmartSoft.COM http://www.SmartSoft.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Message-ID: <9512162345.AA00345@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Aleksey Sudakov <zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 95 02:45:01 +0300 Subject: HELP! Need information on faxing and slip/ppp Hello netters, I want to hook ZyXeL to my NS/Intel to do some faxing. Also I would like to login to it via slip/ppp. Could you please provide me with information on how to do that. Thanks in advance, Aleksey _________________________________________________________________ Aleksey Sudakov 1A-1 Kerchenskaya Street Moscow 113303,Russia. ________________________________________________________________ Office: (095)408-6641 Home: (095)121-6100 + 3-45, (095)121-0561 + 3-45 EMail: zander@cnext.crec.mipt.ru (NeXTMail & MIME are OK) WWW: http://www.crec.mipt.ru/~zander/
From: skwong@mae.cuhk.hk (Wong Sai-kee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: 17 Dec 1995 03:50:35 GMT Organization: Engineering Faculty CUHK Message-ID: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> I am using tar to back up my home directory regularly. But, tar cannot handle > 100 char pathnames which is always the case in ~/Mailboxes/ . And cpio is < 128 char pathnames. I don't use dump/restore cause dump/restore can only back up entire file systems. Is there any alternative approach ? Or am I miss something ? Mr.Sai-Kee Wong
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: kermit 5A-190 (QUAD-FAT) is now on ftp.cs.orst.edu Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec17000356@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 05:03:56 GMT I created a quad-fat installer package for C-Kermit 5A-190. It's available from: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/kermit-5A-190.NIHS.tar.gz Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu (Matthew N. Reichman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: kermit 5A-190 (QUAD-FAT) is now on ftp.cs.orst.edu - THANKS Date: 17 Dec 1995 05:48:46 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-h-19.usc.edu Message-ID: <4b0avu$kqc@usc.edu> References: <RDL.95Dec17000356@world.std.com> In <RDL.95Dec17000356@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla wrote: > I created a quad-fat installer package for C-Kermit 5A-190. It's > available from: > > ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/kermit-5A-190.NIHS.tar.gz > > Robert La Ferla > Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant > Boston, MA > Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 > Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 > E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com > -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 20:14:34 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951216200938.22184I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4avepa$77e@dave.cis.uab.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4avepa$77e@dave.cis.uab.edu> On 16 Dec 1995, John Zachary wrote: > I am wish to install WindowsNT on my computer which currently has NeXTStep > and DOS installed. I have two EIDE disks upon which to use. If anyone > has NT and NS installed, can they provide some tips and potential > pitfalls? Thanks. All I know is that Messy-DOS tends to blow away other filesystems (is this an accident or on purpose? Well heck, I'm not one to speculate ;-) so there has to be something to protect NS. Someone really should out together an FAQ on this TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pat%cesar@cam.org (Patrique Lalonde) Subject: Networking Win95 & NeXT Questions, please read. Message-ID: <1995Dec16.233930.262@cesar.uucp> Sender: pat@cesar.uucp Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:39:30 GMT Hello all, I know this question has been asked many times. I am new to networking. Actually dont know a thing. I own a Win95 system and a NeXT Station MONO. What I would like to know is what is the best protocol I should use in order to share files between both over ethernet. And how should I set up my NeXT laser & Color printers in order to print from the Win95 system as well. I understand if people dont want to take the time to instruct me, but that is fine. Since I am a fast learner, I would really appreciate guidance to where I can find instructions, FAQs and books on doing this. BTW. Can this be done out of the box, or must I get certain software. And is it possible to attach a Mac as well. P.S. Please CC: to my e-mail address as weel, since my news system expires articles very quickly. Thank you for reading and hope to hear from you soon. Patrique --- Patrique Lalonde pat%cesar@cam.org / pat@sim.qc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rennhak!bkr (Bernd Karl Rennhak) Subject: Re: Nextstep 3.3 hangs at "Configuring Drivers" ??? Message-ID: <DJLyCL.H0@rennhak.hanse.de> Sender: bkr@rennhak.hanse.de (Bernd Karl Rennhak) Organization: Rennhak Software, ntm. References: <jray-1112951238200001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 03:14:45 GMT In article <jray-1112951238200001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> jray@bigmac.ag.ohio-state.edu (John Ray) writes: > > I'm trying to get NS 3.3 up and running on a 486. Everything works > beautifully (software installs, machine reboots itself, Nextstep > starts...) but it crashes when it gets to "configuring drivers" > at reboot. This is the point in time that all the configuration > screens should be coming up - but it just sits there. > > > Much obliged, > John I had similar problems related to Adaptec Drivers. The solution was simply to hit RETURN a couple of times. I felt like a fool after trying a lot of configurations. But of course your case may no be that easy to solve. Bernd -- ##### Bernd Karl Rennhak ##### ##### FuhlsbuettlerStr.555, D-22337 Hamburg ##### ##### mail bkr@rennhak.hanse.de phone +49-40-6305920 #####
From: friedric@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de (Carsten Friedrich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS + Adaptec 2940 + Connor 2GB Problem Date: 18 Dec 1995 10:12:25 GMT Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., University of Passau, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <FRIEDRIC.95Dec18111225@bartok.fmi.uni-passau.de> Hi, I have NS, an Adaptec 2940 SCSI contoller, a Connor 2 GB harddisc and face the following Problems: - BuildDisk ist not able to handle this disk and crashes. It also assumes the disk was sd3... instead of /dev/sd2... which all other programs tell me. (e.g. when formated under dos and mounted as dos, or if I access it with the NS disk command or sdformat.) - NS fdisk is not able to handle the disk and tells me about bios problems on my controller, although I set all paramters the way fdisk wants them. - NS ist not able to recognize partitions I created with dos fdisk - dos fdisk is not able to detect partitions I created with NS (disk -p). - The disc seems to work fine when partitioned with dos fdisk and used under dos. Btw: My other harddisc (Quantum 1 GB SCSI) works fine. hope you can help me. thanks in advance, carsten --
Carsten Friedrich friedric@fmi.uni-passau.de "I have the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin -- different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business." (B. Stonehouse)
From: tfs@vampire (Tim Scanlon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] quota manager for NeXTStep Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 18 Dec 1995 06:53:24 GMT Organization: Ono-Sendai GmBh. Sender: tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu Message-ID: <4b3354$3df@sparky.wrlc.org> References: <4au3m7$82a@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Summary: ok I'll bite I'll give it a shot... & post a MAB version if I get it to work ok... Tim -- ________________________________________________________________ tfs@vampire.science.gmu.edu (NeXTmail, MIME) Tim Scanlon George Mason University (PGP key avail.) Public Affairs I speak for myself, but often claim demonic possession
From: jeff@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu (Jeff Kidd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: <mach-task> help???? Date: 18 Dec 1995 02:31:51 -0500 Organization: GCEduNet Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4b35d7$gil@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu> I have a lot of the following in my process table, can some one tell what they are doing, and are they harmful (ie. will they fill up my process table, or other things?) -1 ? N 0:00 <mach-task> I didn't notice them in 2.1 on the Blackhardware, and now that I have upgraded to 3.0 they are everywhere..... Thanks Jeff -- ************************************************************************** Jeff Kidd * Team OS/2 Anti Innd Documentation Cpo Box 1992 * Pro Win-OS/2 Pro Linux Milledgeville, Ga 31061-1000 * jeff@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 11:03:27 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> On 17 Dec 1995, Wong Sai-kee wrote: > I am using tar to back up my home directory regularly. But, tar cannot > handle > 100 char pathnames which is always the case in ~/Mailboxes/ . > And cpio is < 128 char pathnames. Try gnutar rather than 'tar'... It has no silly pathname limitations. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: weber michael <mweber> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: FaxModem Driver for LASAT Safire 28800 Requested Date: 18 Dec 1995 13:52:11 GMT Organization: C.I.C.G. , Grenoble Message-ID: <4b3rmb$m8d@cicg-communication.grenet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: info@ams.de Hello NeXTWizards I just recently got a nice little modem from LASAT, the Safire 28800 which is supposed send data and fax. Using KERMIT, I managed to send data, but I coudn't get the thing to send a fax. When I try to send a fax the modem connects to the remote fax machine but never sends something and never stops negotiating. It looks like I need a special fax driver for my NeXTStation ( 68040, Black Hardware, NeXTStep 3.0 ) Can anyone make recommendation what to do or where to get a fax driver ? Please send ASCII e-mail to info@ams.de Thank you very much for your help Rainer *********************** rschmid E-MAIL: info@ams.de *********
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: NEXTSTEP Resources on the Internet Date: 18 Dec 1995 05:15:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4b2tcv$1i9@digifix.digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - 188+ ISV company pages - 433+ ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - NEXTSTEP User Group Directory - comp.sys.next archives - User Group information - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Additionally there is a Mail Server available. You can get information on using the mail server at ns-products@stepwise.com Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. 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At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep-d next-advocacy-d next-announce-d next-bugs-d next-hardware-d next-marketplace-d next-misc-d next-programmer-d next-software-d next-sysadmin-d (For a full description, send mail saying LISTS to <digestif@antigone.com>). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as LISTSERV's. To subscribe, send a message to <digestif@antigone.com> saying: SUB Listname YourName Example: SUB next-hardware-d John Doe The ftp sites ============= ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu: The main site for North American submissions ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. ftp://ftp.dn.net/pub/next Peanuts mirror in the US ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) and ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next/ eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. 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USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! Written by: Eric P. 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From: cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Wireless Beeper System for Unix SysAdmins Date: 18 Dec 1995 06:00:00 GMT Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Message-ID: <4b3010$k1u@life.ai.mit.edu> Keywords: beeper,unix,administration Cc: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISalert - self-diagnosing computers send alphanumeric beeps to MIS staff *** See our World Wide Web Page at http://www.publictel.com/~cracraft/index.html *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much Unix system admin time is spent firefighting, after the fact. The purpose of MISalert is provide an early warning detection system that doesn't tie you down physically. Your "event horizon" is extended, more focused, and more accurate. You don't have to "get back to your desk" to know what computers or services are unavailable. Using MISalert, your MIS group receives alphanumeric diagnostics about critical areas of systems, networks, security, databases, and daemons. So you become like a doctor, only called when you have a sick patient. And when you are beeped, you know exactly what the problem is. CUSTOMERS Some very good names have purchased our product and services: Yahoo University of London, England University of Jerusalem, Israel Amoco Oil Canada Octel Communications Corp., Silicon Valley and many more. These corporate and educational institutions are now operating their Unix computer centers at peak efficiency thanks to MISalert. AGENTS MISalert activates a series of agents, each agent specialized to examine and check on a specific area of the system, network, databases, daemons, attached peripheral hardware, etc. Typically these areas are thought of to be critical for general good system health. The agents monitor the health of your system. Normally, an agent will detect no problem and it will give way to another agent. Eventually, an agent may be encountered which reports a problem, for example, runaway processes or filesystems nearing a certain high watermark in usage. At this point, the agent queues a message in an internal buffer. Ultimately, after all agents have had a chance to run, this internal buffer is scanned and compared to the last run. Any new problems are extracted and stored for the next phase. Certain queued agent-messages are high-frequency and are sent via electronic mail to individuals on MIS staff (or the entire staff via a system alias.) But most are not high-frequency and are then transmitted to alphanumeric pagers in the form of alert messages to MIS staff beepers. Current agents are: # High load averages When load average goes above a high-watermark. # Runaway processes Flags any user or system processes above a high watermark in terms of system utilization # Check disk. Ensure that disk filesystems don't go above a certain high watermark # Line printer daemon not running Standard Berkeley daemons # Tape devices no tape Complains if no tapes are loaded in tape units for day's backup # Tmp directory Checks permissions of tmp directory to ensure writeability # Systems down Reports if other systems are down. Cross-check by all hosts # Link to Internet down Checks if Internet link is down # Dead wordperfect or lotus 1-2-3 daemons When standard daemons, system or third-party, are down # Financials production Oracle (or other db) database financials production down # Production company database Oracle (or other db) production database down # specialized line printer daemons not running Various lp daemons # Fax server Check that fax services are up # XDM server Ensures X processes are up These are current, implemented agents. Write others or consult with the author or other MISalert users for more. WRITING AGENTS An "agent" is the name for a small piece of code which checks for the desired condition that normally an MIS staff person would have to be paid to check for. Instead, now they can be paid to fix more of these and do other higher-level things than scanning for errors. An agent is easy to write. Typically when a problem occurs during production, an irate user sends an electronic message to MIS. It is best to make a list of such possible messages (or dig through your email logs) and find out the types of problems that users report. After you've made a list, or found a problem that a user reports, it is simple to verify whether MISalert has an agent for this type of problem. If it doesn't, to write it typically takes 10-20 minutes, including debugging and installing it for the regular MISalert automatic run, using the other agents as standard examples or templates of how to write your new agent. From that point on, MISalert will monitor for this problem. 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From: gkh@shore.net (Guy K. Hillyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: backup mac onto next turbo Date: 18 Dec 1995 06:25:45 GMT Organization: North Shore Access/Eco Software, Inc; (info@shore.net) Message-ID: <4b31ha$eh2@shore.shore.net> I'm looking for a way to backup up a Macintosh onto a NeXT box. Both machines are on an ethernet. I've tried to get CAP and UAR to work on the NeXT, but I fear I'm breaking new ground going that way. Does anyone have any ideas? Or, has anyone had success running CAP and UAR on a NeXT? Please reply to gkh@shore.net. Thanks.
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot procedure stops after 'reboot ok'?! Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:08:49 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170649.29428B-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I have a serious problem with an NeXTStation running NEXTSTEP 3.2 The system boots proberly and right before it should display the login panel -- after the 'reboot completed' message -- the system hangs. Why is this happening? Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:12:18 +0100 Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Distribution: world Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170946.29428C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Uncle Tim wrote: > On 17 Dec 1995, Wong Sai-kee wrote: > > > I am using tar to back up my home directory regularly. But, tar cannot > > handle > 100 char pathnames which is always the case in ~/Mailboxes/ . > > And cpio is < 128 char pathnames. > > Try gnutar rather than 'tar'... It has no silly pathname limitations. > Yes, but it has a (not serious) bug in leaving the leading slash '/' in front of these long pathnames, even when it should strip it! But gnutar is better than dump, also dump is faster, because you can verify your data, which dump/restore isn't capable to do. Important for some streamers which don't do automatic verify and error corrections. Best regards, Boerny. -- Bernhard Scholz (IRC: Boerny) scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ scholz@ve1.rm.op.dlr.de http://www.leo.org/~scholz/
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: [Q] regarding sendmail 8.7.3 config (masquerade) Date: 18 Dec 1995 18:47:09 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4b49et$24r@alf.uib.no> I (thought I had) made a sendmail.cf file that seems to workwell with most mail (I'm a standalone machine with a PPP link to a service provider), although to some sites I get the following message: WARNING: local host name (myhostname) is not qualified; fix $j in config file Is this something serious, and more important how do I fix it? (I know, $j, but I thought I _had_ fixed it...) Please e-mail replies, if you need more info tell me so. Regards, -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: grosser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Benjamin A. Grosser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 18 Dec 1995 20:14:38 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Message-ID: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). Can anybody confirm this? Thanks, Ben Grosser grosser@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software From: andrew@otter.cuug.ab.ca(Andrew Tyldesley) Subject: Are you missing bcp on your black Sybase server?? Sender: news@cuug.ab.ca Message-ID: <DJrDF0.9CB@cuug.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 01:28:12 GMT Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group Hi, Sorry for the cross post but I really need some help with this one. A few years ago I bought an unopened version of Sybase Server (rel. ver. 4.1) for NeXT hardware . I have only just installed it to do some work with EOF and have found that bcp and bcptrans are missing and are not part of the package reported by Install.app. Anyhow this is what is in my /usr/sybase/bin directory, anyone know what's missing?: buildmaster* console* dataserver* isql* probe* syman* upgrade4* Also, if you do have the missing programs I would really appreciate a copy of them. I don't think that would violate the copyright since I own a copy of the server software and I'm quite sure bcp etc. are supposed to part of it (according to NeXT answers). Thanks for any help you can give. Andrew
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 00:18:08 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Trey McClendon wrote: [ this part was written by luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ] > : All I know is that Messy-DOS tends to blow away other filesystems (is > : this an accident or on purpose? Well heck, I'm not one to speculate ;-) > : so there has to be something to protect NS. [ this part is the followup by trey@hsv.tybrin.com ] > I doesn't really blow them away, it just eradicates the nice NeXT boot > block. There is a bit on this on NeXTanswers. You just have to use fdisk > to make the NeXT partition the active one. Then it will boot into NS. > Then use the disk command to write a new boot block. You are set then. I have no personal experience with this, but I have heard at least 10 people post that installing DOS/Windows after NeXTStep erases the NeXTStep part of the disk. Some have even gone so far as to reformat their NeXTStep part with 1024 block size rather than 512, since DOS can't handle 1024... I don't know more specifics about this, but it was more than just getting rid of the bootmanager. Ask around and I'm sure you can find someone who has a horror story about this... as for me, everytime I use DOS/Windows is a horror story, but I doubt anyone reading this is interested... so.. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: <mach-task> help???? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 03:08:39 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218030406.25515D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b35d7$gil@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b35d7$gil@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu> On 18 Dec 1995, Jeff Kidd wrote: > I have a lot of the following in my process table, can some one tell > what they are doing, and are they harmful (ie. will they fill up my > process table, or other things?) > > -1 ? N 0:00 <mach-task> > > I didn't notice them in 2.1 on the Blackhardware, and now that I have > upgraded to 3.0 they are everywhere..... Nah I think they are harmless.... someone smarter than me can tell you what they are for, but they are common as dust behind the refrigerator... There are 16 right now on this NeXT, and no one is even logged on the console (just me on telnet) ... I never knew there were so many copies of 2.1 floating around there being used... I've seen at least 5-6 people mention them in the last few weeks... TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: xinwei@otter.Stanford.EDU (Sha Xin Wei) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS 3.3 sees only half of Sparc 2GB internal Date: 18 Dec 1995 21:33:18 GMT Organization: Stanford University Message-ID: <4b4mmu$as5@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <DJC9wJ.26o@sounds.wa.com> NS 3.3 installs onto Sparc20 with 2GB internal HD, but we see only a 1GB partition. How can we get NS to recognize 2GB of the disk? I've checked NeXTAnswers and read the FAQ about the NS 3.2 "2 gigabyte bug," but that doc claims this to be fixed in NS 3.3: NS 3.3 should automatically partition larger disks into 2GB chunks. --- Sha Xin Wei ASD Stanford University internet: xinwei@jessica.stanford.edu
From: jray@bigmac.ag.ohio-state.edu (John Ray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.3 hangs after installing - Blank screen, S3 card? [HELP] Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:19:36 -0400 Organization: The Ohio State University Extension Message-ID: <jray-1812951719360001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> Hello, I've got a Pentium, Symbios SCSI card, and generic S3 video card in a system which I'm trying to install Nextstep. The machine will install NS3.3 just fine, however, when I go to reboot, it will load for about 2 seconds, clear the screen, and hang. I can boot into single user mode just fine. I seem to remember some discussion of problems w/ S3 based video cards doing this sort of thing, but I can't find any postings or information about it. Can someone help me? I was so happy when we finally got Nextstep up and running on our test machine - I thought my learning experience was over... It looks like its just beginning :) Email appreciated! Thanks for your time, John
From: zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 18 Dec 1995 16:08:53 -0600 Organization: Dept of CIS, Univ. of Al at Birmingham Message-ID: <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> References: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: >On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Trey McClendon wrote: > > [ this part was written by luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ] >> : All I know is that Messy-DOS tends to blow away other filesystems (is >> : this an accident or on purpose? Well heck, I'm not one to speculate ;-) >> : so there has to be something to protect NS. > > [ this part is the followup by trey@hsv.tybrin.com ] >> I doesn't really blow them away, it just eradicates the nice NeXT boot >> block. There is a bit on this on NeXTanswers. You just have to use fdisk >> to make the NeXT partition the active one. Then it will boot into NS. >> Then use the disk command to write a new boot block. You are set then. > >I have no personal experience with this, but I have heard at least 10 >people post that installing DOS/Windows after NeXTStep erases the >NeXTStep part of the disk. Some have even gone so far as to reformat >their NeXTStep part with 1024 block size rather than 512, since DOS can't >handle 1024... > >I don't know more specifics about this, but it was more than just getting >rid of the bootmanager. Ask around and I'm sure you can find someone who Well, take it from me. If someone knows how to put the two on the same machine, they will probably want a hefty consulting fee. My first strategy was to install NT first and then NS (with a small DOS partition). I thought that NT would somehow use the DOS partition as the active one since it bothers to copy some shit to it (bootsect.dos, ntldr, etc). Then, NS would make itself and its partition active. Thus the bootup sequence would first be the NS boot manager. Choosing the DOS option, the NT boot manager would then kick in. Well, this didn't work as I had planned (twice), as the NS install kept munging up some NT files. So, onward to plan two. Well, don't try plan two - it totally fucks the NS partition (as 10 others have found out). Plan two is the install NS first, then NT. What is the next step (no pun intended, well, ok, it's intended)? Right now, I have NT running (and let me put in plug - 3.51 is *much* better than 3.5: the responsiveness is better. the only downside is the crappy interface) and NS on the shelf. If I can figure a way out, then I'll post it. Right now, I might have to wait for Openstep for NT (or buy another machine :-) Hope this little exposition helps in some way. -John -- John Zachary UAB GRAIL zachary@cis.uab.edu
From: patricia@cco.caltech.edu (Patricia M. Schwarz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Problem using JetPilot and Stylus ColorPro Date: 18 Dec 1995 23:17:57 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4b4sr5$jg6@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Keywords: frustration I get a perfect test page from the printer itself. But after I got the first test page from PrintManager, no more of my print jobs went into the print queue at all!!! I wonder-- could it have anything to do with fact that I have altered my own host setup on my standalone machine to use PPP? I had to rename my machine to have a hostname acceptable by the PPP service I dial into. Plus make it local etc. etc. JetPilotManager records all of my failed print requests with YES under error. They don't show up at all in the print queue. They just vanish into nowhere!!! I wanna use my new printer wahhh :-( Thanx for any help, -patricia patricia@theory.caltech.edu PS I am using NSI, a 133Mhz Pentium. -- there must be something i can dream tonight -patti smith
From: jth9904@chenext5.tamu.edu (Jeromy Hollenshead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: help making a file a directory Date: 19 Dec 1995 00:59:40 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Message-ID: <4b52ps$edm@news.tamu.edu> Due to a disk drive error, some of my directories are no longer marked as directories. They don't have the d as the first character in a ls -la drwx------ 17 jth9904 2048 Dec 15 14:21 Groups/ drwxr----- 13 jth9904 1024 Sep 19 16:25 Library/ -rwxr----- 7 jth9904 1024 Nov 3 11:08 Mailboxes/ drwxrwxr-- 4 jth9904 3072 Dec 15 14:18 Research/ Is there anyway to change this back? This has happened to several users. Please email me if possible jeromy jth9904@chenext1.tamu.edu thanks,
From: skwong@mae.cuhk.hk (Dr Ck R Chung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: 19 Dec 1995 01:59:24 GMT Organization: Engineering Faculty CUHK Message-ID: <4b569s$t4s@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> Thanks to those who had replied. I found the /usr/bin/guntar on my NS3.2 but without man pages. Guess I could ftp the documents from public sites. Thanks Mr.Sai-Kee Wong
From: edmtl@taxus.uib.no (Thor Legvold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: NSfIP 3.3 (w/patch) on Endeavor: WorkSpace Mangler dies. Date: 19 Dec 1995 00:37:11 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Message-ID: <4b4tv7$dka@taxus.uib.no> Some of you may remember my new pentium machine was panicing and crashing often. It was a modified (OEM) ndeaor (Intel Advanced/EV) card, which I replaced a few days ago with a standard Endeavor card. Nice to have sound (although it really doesn't work with much, does it - only the Workspace. No Calliope sounds, no BoinkOut sounds, no game sounds, etc oh well) except that the WS and machine _still_ crash. Perhaps my problem lies elsewhere. The one message I get (often) enough to remember is Workspace Manager Died! Error DPS, dps_write_err last message repeated (manymanymany) times... The loginpanel restarts, but the machine isn't really stable until rebooted. I haven't connected this to any program or type of activity - it happens when I least expect it. I'm not (I don't think) running any strange alpha orbeta code, have nothing unusual in my setup or configuration. It's 3.3 + developer, MiscKit, 3.3 patch, sendmail 8.7.3, netinfo for local info only, PPP (latest version). I use Frame, DataPhile, Terminal, Mail, Edit for general DTP and "productivity" work (whatever_that_ means) I'm really getting frustrated because I have _no_ idea what this is or where to even start looking - NS on a NeXT was a dream, this is a nightmare. -- Thor Legvold | This is the strangest life NorNeXT User Group leader | I've ever known... University of Bergen | - Jim Morrison, The Doors Norway | edmtl@edb.uib.no (NeXTmail)
From: jacob@dannug.dk (Jacob Nielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: 18 Dec 1995 22:24:20 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Message-ID: <4b4pmk$bt@jnext.dannug.dk> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> In <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> Wong Sai-kee wrote: > I am using tar to back up my home directory regularly. But, tar cannot > handle > 100 char pathnames which is always the case in ~/Mailboxes/ . > And cpio is < 128 char pathnames. > > I don't use dump/restore cause dump/restore can only back up entire file > systems. > > Is there any alternative approach ? Or am I miss something ? Use gnutar (it's included in 3.3, perhaps even 3.2 in /usr/bin) You could also use SafetyNet -- commercial and very good! Regards, Jacob -- Jacob Nielsen Maintainer of NEXTSTEP Software Reviews http://www.dannug.dk/jacob & My own home page :-) http://www.dannug.dk/~jacob NeXTMail, MIMEMail and SUNMail jacob@dannug.dk
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: 19 Dec 1995 02:47:30 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b5942$5r1@emerald.oz.net> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170946.29428C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Bernhard Scholz <scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Uncle Tim wrote: > > On 17 Dec 1995, Wong Sai-kee wrote: > > > I am using tar to back up my home directory regularly. But, tar cannot > > > handle > 100 char pathnames which is always the case in ~/Mailboxes/ . > > > And cpio is < 128 char pathnames. > > Try gnutar rather than 'tar'... It has no silly pathname limitations. > Yes, but it has a (not serious) bug in leaving the leading slash '/' in > front of these long pathnames, even when it should strip it! Ah, yes, I almost forgot (even though I reported this to the gnutar maintainer who added it to his bug fix list). To avoid getting bitten by this bug, specify the -P flag when creating a gnutar archive. -- Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: altenber@acpub.duke.edu (Lee Altenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Socket() problems in mixed net Date: 18 Dec 1995 22:48:25 -0500 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Message-ID: <4b5cm9$204@news.duke.edu> I am having problems sending data over a socket between a NS/Intel 3.3 machine and other Unix boxes (SGI Onyx and IBM AIX RS/6000). I am running a simple test program that is run on both machines connecting by the socket, which then pass blocks of data back and forth between them. When this program is run between two NS/Intel 3.3 machines, it works fine. When it runs on a NS/Intel 3.3 machine and either an AIX RS/6000 or an SGI Onyx, the data don't get sent (or received) properly. Furthermore, blocking doesn't seem to be working, as one machine will race ahead of the NS/Intel 3.3 machine. The program works fine when running between combinations of SGI and RS/6000 machines. (It's embarrassing trying to be a NS advocate to the systems people here when this kind of stuff happens). Has anyone heard of socket problems with NS/Intel 3.3? Some protocol flags needed perhaps? NeXTAnswers has nothing, nor does the "Known Bugs in NS" FAQ. Any clues would greatly be appreciated. Lee Altenberg altenber@mhpcc.edu altenber@acpub.duke.edu
From: stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot with "-v" under Intel 3.3? Date: 19 Dec 1995 04:40:06 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <4b5fn6$dc8@master.ftn.net> References: <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com> In <4an48l$e5s@nntp.crl.com> Tim Triemstra wrote: | I have a problem with my install of NS 3.3 under a new Dell Intel Pentium box. | I was only able to get the thing to install using updated Adaptec 2940, EIDE | and Generic S3 drivers, but did eventually make it completely through the | install process - only by hitting "-v" for verbose bootup at the "boot:" | prompt. Without this (or some other command that shows verbosity) the boot | would lock immediately after the boot: prompt. | | Unfortunately, even now that the entire thing is installed and working, I | still have to boot this way. Is there a fix/reason for this? Is there a way | to force the OS to bootup this way every time? If you go to the /usr/Devices folder, you will find a "file" wrapper called System.config. Open this "file" wrapper by highlighting it, and pressing cmd-O. This will open up the wrapper, and allow you access to the underlying files. Edit Instance0.table and Default.table, and insode of those you will find the line: Boot Graphics = "YES" Change this to: Boot Graphics = "NO" in both files, and NeXTSTEP should now boot in non-graphics mode. Hope this helps! Regards, -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Weirdo time problems on Intel hardware In-Reply-To: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca's message of 10 Dec 1995 22:59:41 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec18230551@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4afoot$18us@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 04:05:51 GMT I don't think you should be calling ntp in crontab. Rather, you should set TIME=-AUTOMATIC- in your /etc/hostconfig and let the network time protocol work on it's own in the background. HostManager.app let's you configure NTP. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4afoot$18us@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.hardware:23132 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27042 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Date: 10 Dec 1995 22:59:41 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 47 Reply-To: eugene@uah.ualberta.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: raddi.uah.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: RadicalNews (TM) v0.7 Beta Hi, I've just recently started sys admining a network of Intel boxes running NS 3.3, and I've discovered a rather strange problem with the system time that nobody around here seems to be able to explain. Basically, what happens is that the time for some reason or another appears to change by apparently random amounts and at apparently random times. I'm not just talking about losing a few minutes over a period of time either. I've caught the clock as much as an hour behind, reset it, then sometime later, it'll be 20 or 30 minutes behind, or even ahead. Very strange. I"ve also seen it jump a bunch of minutes minutes ahead then jump back to the right time after a little bit. I don't think these problems are a result of booting back and forth between DOS and NS. Two of these machines are always running NEXTSTEP. For the time being, I've managed to alleviate the problem by borrowing a couple of slabs from another network I look after and using those as NetInfo time servers. I've also got a cron job that runs an ntp -s -f process every 10 minutes to resynch the time on one machine. So far it's working ok. The machines don't seem to time warp quite as often now, but I'd like to find out what's going on and if it's possible to fix it. These machines are used in health care, so the time stamps obtained from the system clock are rather important. Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? Many thanks, Eugene Mah -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Systems Administrator "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: kehoe@fortuity.com (Daniel Miles Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: 19 Dec 1995 09:26:32 GMT Organization: North Bay Network, Inc. news server - not responsible for content Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b60g9$nme@miwok.nbn.com> References: <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> In <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> Chris Miner wrote: > > How does arp allow you to assign 2 IP (not Ethernet) addresses to > > the same interface ? I don't see it in the man page. > > What is your application of such a feature? > Chris I'm interested in having a NeXT cube respond as if it had multiple IP addresses. It's running a Web server (Spinner) that hosts multiple "virtual" Web servers and I'd like each of my clients to have a Web site within their own domain. SGI, Solaris, and BSDI hosts can do it. Can NEXTSTEP? Daniel Kehoe The Internet Book Fair http://www.bookfair.com/welcome/sig/ kehoe@fortuity.com
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? [ no ] Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:45:53 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218154231.27707C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> On 18 Dec 1995, Benjamin A. Grosser wrote: > I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm > that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). > Can anybody confirm this? > > Ben Grosser > grosser@uiuc.edu I can't confirm it, but I will deny it. I've got both my primary and swapdisk running with 512 blocks on my non-turbo NeXTStation... I've never heard that 1024 was required, although I have heard that it is preferable for speed reasons. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:48:53 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218154636.27707D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> The original message was about a cube, and I responded about a slab, I don't know if a cube has different requirements. I've never heard of such, but my ears are small.. FYI you can format for 1024 via sdformat which is at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/disk/ sdformat.1.3.NIHS.b.tar.gz -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot procedure stops after 'reboot ok'?! Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:51:47 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218154924.27707E-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170649.29428B-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170649.29428B-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Bernhard Scholz wrote: > I have a serious problem with an NeXTStation running NEXTSTEP 3.2 > The system boots proberly and right before it should display the login > panel -- after the 'reboot completed' message -- the system hangs. Why is > this happening? > scholz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de http://peanuts.leo.org/ When this happened to me it was an error in /etc/ttys. Copying /usr/template/client/etc/ttys (or something like that) to /etc/ttys solved the problem Either that or some problem executing loginwindow, check for differences between your loginwindow and the CD version TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:54:24 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218155243.27707F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170946.29428C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170946.29428C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Bernhard Scholz wrote: > > > > Try gnutar rather than 'tar'... It has no silly pathname limitations. > > > Yes, but it has a (not serious) bug in leaving the leading slash '/' in > front of these long pathnames, even when it should strip it! really? what version are you using? I've not had any such problems. I'm not at my NeXT now so I can't say what version I have... I think it is the standard version with 3.2. Isn't there a flag which lets you decide whether or not this is done? TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 21:41:58 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218213930.28489C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <4b569s$t4s@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b569s$t4s@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> On 19 Dec 1995, Dr Ck R Chung wrote: > Thanks to those who had replied. I found the /usr/bin/guntar on my NS3.2 > but without man pages. Guess I could ftp the documents from public sites. try: /usr/bin/guntar --help actually, that won't work because there is a typo, so try: /usr/bin/gnutar --help it is the "GNU" version of "tar" TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: Harvest anyone? Message-ID: <DJu4Dq.Goy@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 13:05:50 GMT Did anyone succesfully install Harvest as HTTP-cache under NEXTSTEP? I understand that it is a lot faster than Cern Proxy caching. Thanks, -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
From: nwc@wsc.com (Nick Christopher) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.smb,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Samba & NEXTSTEP Date: 19 Dec 1995 15:08:16 GMT Organization: WSC Investment Services, Inc. Message-ID: <4b6kh0$4m9@cerberus.wsc.com> I have an odd problem with smbd or possibly nmbd. If I run it may machine requires an fsck (on a large disk) then next time I reboot. The disk never has any problems just isn't marked clean so fsck runs. If I run them as a daemon it happens consistently, if I put them in services/inetd it happens only when they are used... I'm thinking it might have something to do with locking. Any ideas? \n
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: <mach-task> help???? Date: 19 Dec 1995 14:58:51 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4b6jvb$ngp@news.its.com> References: <4b35d7$gil@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218030406.25515D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> On 18 Dec 1995, Jeff Kidd wrote: > I have a lot of the following in my process table, can some one tell > what they are doing, and are they harmful (ie. will they fill up my > process table, or other things?) > > -1 ? N 0:00 <mach-task> > > I didn't notice them in 2.1 on the Blackhardware, and now that I have > upgraded to 3.0 they are everywhere..... These represent Mach threads internal to the kernel. Having some (4-5) around is normal, but there was a bug under NS 3.0 which would cause lots of them to appear. Yes, they will fill up your process table and thus are harmful. No, you can't do anything to get rid of them. They seem to be created by various events, such as performing large copies via the Workspace. Here's a reference in the release notes: --------------------- Reference 28909 Problem Mach threads are not recovered under certain circumstances. Description Mach threads are not recovered under certain circumstances (such as using telnet in a particular way). The threads appear as <mach-task>s in a ps listing apparently owned by root and have a process id of -1. Letting these task proliferate can eventually lock the Workspace. Killing these tasks can hang the machine. The bug appears to be induced by the use of select on asynchronous media. --------------------- -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Anyone ever BOOT from a ZIP drive? Date: 19 Dec 1995 02:20:07 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com> Has anyone ever successfully booted from an Iomega ZIP drive? Here's what I get when I try with my ZIP disk at SCSI id 3 (target 5), and the disk in it with NS built via builddisk: NeXT> b (3,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd3a no SCSI disk NeXT> The disk mounts & accesses fine, but I suspect that the ZIP drive doesn't support enough SCSI modes to boot from... Mark
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Serial drivers: how fast & will accelerated cards work? Date: 19 Dec 1995 18:02:26 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b6uni$1tq0@news.doit.wisc.edu> I am considering the purchase of a serial-port based ISDN adapter. However, I am unsure whether the serial drivers are fast enough. The ISDN adapter could theoretically get up to speeds of 128k or more (with compression). Has anyone had experience running the serial drivers at maximum UART speeds? How about at 64k baud? Will accelerated serial cards (e.g. Hayes' ESP or €Digi Accelport€ )work with NextStep and the standard serial drivers? Thanks for any info, Mike -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: 19 Dec 1995 17:55:44 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4b6ub0$r5a@news.its.com> References: <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> <4b60g9$nme@miwok.nbn.com> kehoe@fortuity.com (Daniel Miles Kehoe) wrote: > I'm interested in having a NeXT cube respond as if it had multiple IP > addresses. It's running a Web server (Spinner) that hosts multiple > "virtual" Web servers and I'd like each of my clients to have a Web site > within their own domain. SGI, Solaris, and BSDI hosts can do it. Can > NEXTSTEP? NEXTSTEP does not support virtual addresses, no. (Rumor has it that you can install PPP and use the additional ppp0: and ppp1: interfaces to host other addresses. This is a major unsupported hack, though, and I would not recommend doing so myself if you have the choice of running another operating system.) -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: mpaque@next.com (Mike Paquette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? (No!) Date: 19 Dec 1995 19:34:47 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <4b744n$e21@news.next.com> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218154231.27707C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> NeXT hardware will work with either 512 or 1024 byte/block formatted SCSI hard disks. The boot ROMs and kernel understand both sizes. Later model boot ROMs for the 68040 machines can also handle 2048 byte blocks, needed for booting from a CD-ROM. Mike Paquette -- I don't speak for NeXT, and NeXT doesn't speak for me. Fair deal...
From: gclem@dannug.dk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Avoiding compression of swap pages Date: 19 Dec 1995 21:26:05 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> Anyone that knows if it is possible to disable compression of swap pages before they go to disk? If yes, could you please enlighten us on how to do so? We would like to experiment to see if there could be any speed gains by swapping uncompressed pages. Geert
From: eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Weirdo time problems on Intel hardware Date: 19 Dec 1995 22:13:44 GMT Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Message-ID: <4b7deo$o0g@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <4afoot$18us@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> <RDL.95Dec18230551@world.std.com> In <RDL.95Dec18230551@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla wrote: > I don't think you should be calling ntp in crontab. Rather, you should > set TIME=-AUTOMATIC- in your /etc/hostconfig and let the network time > protocol work on it's own in the background. HostManager.app let's you > configure NTP. I've already got all these machines set up to use network time. However, there are still two machines on this network where the time changes at random, and I end up getting messages like ntpd[124]: Clock is too far off -1271.299278 sec even though I've started ntpd with /usr/etc/ntpd -a 5000 in /etc/rc. I realize running ntp in the crontab isn't the best solution (it doesn't really seem to be helping a great deal either, since after each time warp, cron seems to get messed up and nothing get executed). I just don't have any other solutions, nor do I know why these machines are having these silly time problems. One person (Mario Stargard, mario@quark.uwaterloo.ca) suggested slowing down the DMA clock in the BIOS, which I have yet to try out. Perhaps that is the solution. Now that I think about it, the only two machines that are exhibiting this problem are the two P90s on the network. > > In article <4afoot$18us@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (Eugene Mah) writes: > > Hi, > > I've just recently started sys admining a network of Intel > boxes running NS 3.3, and I've discovered a rather > strange problem with the system time that nobody > around here seems to be able to explain. > > Basically, what happens is that the time for some reason > or another appears to change by apparently random > amounts and at apparently random times. I'm not > just talking about losing a few minutes over a period > of time either. I've caught the clock as much as > an hour behind, reset it, then sometime later, it'll be > 20 or 30 minutes behind, or even ahead. Very strange. > I"ve also seen it jump a bunch of minutes minutes ahead > then jump back to the right time after a little bit. > > I don't think these problems are a result of booting > back and forth between DOS and NS. Two of these > machines are always running NEXTSTEP. > > For the time being, I've managed to alleviate the > problem by borrowing a couple of slabs > from another network I look after and using those > as NetInfo time servers. I've also got a cron job > that runs an ntp -s -f process every 10 minutes > to resynch the time on one machine. > So far it's working ok. The machines don't seem > to time warp quite as often now, but I'd like to find > out what's going on and if it's possible to fix it. > These machines are used in health care, so the > time stamps obtained from the system clock are > rather important. > > Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? Thanks for the suggestions everyone Eugene -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah eugene@raddi.uah.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail) Systems Administrator "For I am a Bear of Very Little Department of Radiology Brain, and long words Bother University of Alberta Hospitals me." Winnie the Pooh Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://raddi.uah.ualberta.ca/~eugene/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: <mach-task> help???? Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:06:29 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30D74575.41C67EA6@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4b35d7$gil@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218030406.25515D-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Uncle Tim wrote: > > On 18 Dec 1995, Jeff Kidd wrote: > > > I have a lot of the following in my process table, can some one tell > > what they are doing, and are they harmful (ie. will they fill up my > > process table, or other things?) > > > > -1 ? N 0:00 <mach-task> > > > > I didn't notice them in 2.1 on the Blackhardware, and now that I have > > upgraded to 3.0 they are everywhere..... > > Nah I think they are harmless.... someone smarter than me can tell you > what they are for, but they are common as dust behind the refrigerator... > There are 16 right now on this NeXT, and no one is even logged on the > console (just me on telnet) ... > > I never knew there were so many copies of 2.1 floating around there being > used... I've seen at least 5-6 people mention them in the last few weeks... > > TjL > -- > Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu > At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister > and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle > for the first time. 8^) My guess is that it is exactly what it says it is, a mach (kernel) process which exited and hasn't yet sent the kill notification to it's parent process. Since it's "parent" is the same as init, the PID has no meaning, likewise with the process name. As I speak, there are 2 of the processes listed right now. BTW I'm running NS 2.1 also; I have Cnews, nntp, both NCSA and apache web servers, SLIP, NIS/NFS, DNS, co-Xist, xntp and sendmail all running. I have both serial ports hooked to modems configured for dial-ins, and an ethernet running between it and my Mac; I also have a 56K Frame Relay circuit to the internet on it. It doesn't crash, having been up for nearly a year non-stop with up to 10 logged in users, and the user load up to 6.0 sometimes; although it generally is less than 0.1. In short, 2.1 works, so why change it? Of course, these days I have to go to great lengths to get stuff to compile on it, as nearly everything is optimized for 3.n... :-( -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:11:57 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30D746BD.167EB0E7@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Benjamin A. Grosser wrote: > > I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm > that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). > Can anybody confirm this? > > Thanks, > > Ben Grosser > grosser@uiuc.edu There's no requirement for either size. A larger block size optimizes for larger files, but wastes disk space if you have mostly smaller files. A smaller block size optimizes for smaller files. The general standard is 1024, as a system tends to have many more larger files than smaller files. BTW, the disk tool with NS does a great job of formatting disks; I have a one-gig and three, 600 meg drives on my system, in addition to the standard 100 meg, all of them formatted with the disk tool. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: Ron Wood <ron@cert.ucr.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Configuring two IP addresses for one interface Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:21:38 -0800 Organization: CE-CERT Message-ID: <30D74902.2781E494@cert.ucr.edu> References: <4akso7$a9l@dobie.loop.com> <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> <4b60g9$nme@miwok.nbn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Daniel Miles Kehoe wrote: > > In <4al0g8$c88@trane.opensource.com> Chris Miner wrote: > > > How does arp allow you to assign 2 IP (not Ethernet) addresses to > > > the same interface ? I don't see it in the man page. > > > > > What is your application of such a feature? > > > Chris > > I'm interested in having a NeXT cube respond as if it had multiple IP > addresses. It's running a Web server (Spinner) that hosts multiple "virtual" > Web servers and I'd like each of my clients to have a Web site within their > own domain. SGI, Solaris, and BSDI hosts can do it. Can NEXTSTEP? > > Daniel Kehoe > The Internet Book Fair > http://www.bookfair.com/welcome/sig/ > kehoe@fortuity.com Arp routing does add more IPs to a single ethernet address, but you have to have virtual interfaces set up, also. I use it for slip, so each slip client has it's own ethernet address. Since each slip client also has it's own associated virtual interface, it works. There's a program for Suns, which I think the source is available for, which creates a virtual ethernet interface, but I haven't tried it. Nor do I remember where it's at, either. If you find it, post the particulars here, as there have been several people asking about it. I'm at the point I might give it a try myself. -- Ron Wood, Systems Administrator CE-CERT, UCR Ink n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
From: tm8025a@newssrv.soc.american.edu (Torrey McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Harvest anyone? Date: 20 Dec 1995 00:17:55 GMT Organization: American University, Washington DC Message-ID: <4b7knj$n2@paladin.american.edu> References: <DJu4Dq.Goy@AWT.NL> In article <DJu4Dq.Goy@AWT.NL> G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) writes: :Did anyone succesfully install Harvest as HTTP-cache under NEXTSTEP? I :understand that it is a lot faster than Cern Proxy caching. : I have the latest beta 1.4.22 compiled but I can;t get it working correctly. Something about not being able to write to a tmp file. his may have happened because I had to do change the tempnam function they used to NeXT's tmpname. I have to check on it soon. I'll post if I can get the thing to work. -- Torrey McMahon
From: jbrathw@ibm.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 20 Dec 1995 00:27:46 GMT Message-ID: <4b7la2$2t66@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: >On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Trey McClendon wrote: > > [ this part was written by luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ] >> : All I know is that Messy-DOS tends to blow away other filesystems (is >> : this an accident or on purpose? Well heck, I'm not one to speculate ;-) >> : so there has to be something to protect NS. > > [ this part is the followup by trey@hsv.tybrin.com ] >> I doesn't really blow them away, it just eradicates the nice NeXT boot >> block. There is a bit on this on NeXTanswers. You just have to use fdisk >> to make the NeXT partition the active one. Then it will boot into NS. >> Then use the disk command to write a new boot block. You are set then. > >I have no personal experience with this, but I have heard at least 10 >people post that installing DOS/Windows after NeXTStep erases the >NeXTStep part of the disk. Some have even gone so far as to reformat >their NeXTStep part with 1024 block size rather than 512, since DOS can't >handle 1024... > >I don't know more specifics about this, but it was more than just getting >rid of the bootmanager. Ask around and I'm sure you can find someone who >has a horror story about this... as for me, everytime I use DOS/Windows >is a horror story, but I doubt anyone reading this is interested... so.. > >TjL > >-- >Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu >At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister >and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle >for the first time. 8^) > The answers to the and other questions on Multi booting NS and other systems can be found in "1951_MoreThanOneOS_1994SummerFall.rtfd" on NeXTanswers at http://www.next.com I have tried it all and it works. My system carries NS 3.3, Windows95, Dos, Windows NT and OS/2 Warp. They do coexist. Of course one has to be carefull setting this up. Jerome<jbrathw@ibm.net>
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netinfo problem Date: 20 Dec 1995 00:16:00 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <4b7kk0$f80@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> In configuring Netinfo/nfs link between a NeXT (os ver3.2) and a 486 PC with xfs, I obtain the following message on the consol: Configuring ethernet interface to 192.42.172.1 Using default broadcast address. en0: netmask set to 0.0.0.0 Configuring hostname to myhost . Dec 19 15:29:50 myhost netinfod[96]: netinfo server exiting Dec 19 15:29:57 myhost netinfod[95]: netinfo server exiting Dec 19 15:30:00 myhost lookupd[101]: restarting lookupd Problem obtaining NTP initialization data, aborting. Unable to set time Problem was: Communication failure ntpdfileserver daemons:Dec 19 15:30:04 myhost autonfsmount: WARNING: /Net not empty! Dec 19 15:30:04 myhost autonfsmount: Can't mount /Net: Device busy ***************************************************** I tried to reset back to the installation configuration with the /usr/template files, but was notified that remnants of a Netinfo link were present. I can set up nfs files so that the PC sees files on the NeXT, but the NeXT cannot see files on the PC, although ping works OK both ways. Any pointers would be appreciated. Bernie Mueller bmuell@odel.sp.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: bobcook@slac.stanford.edu (Bob Cook) Subject: Re: Avoiding compression of swap pages Message-ID: <DJv4CH.4n7@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:02:40 GMT gclem@dannug.dk writes >Anyone that knows if it is possible to disable compression of swap pages >before they go to disk? If yes, could you please enlighten us on how to do >so? Take a look at /etc/swaptab and "man swaptab". -- Bob Cook (415) 926-2769 bobcook@slac.stanford.edu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center NeXT mail okay PGP public key: ftp://ftp.slac.stanford.edu/users/bobcook/pgp.publickey
From: zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 19 Dec 1995 19:23:24 -0600 Organization: Dept of CIS, Univ. of Al at Birmingham Message-ID: <4b7oic$80m@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> References: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <4b7la2$2t66@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Well, it works. Actually, it isn't as much trouble as I had it made out to be. Thanks to all who submitted pointers and references - they really helped. I don't know what happened the first time, but installing NS then NT is the way to go. I was quite painless, except for having to reconfigure ribbon cables to make the CDROM a slave device to install NS (NT doesn't like this setup, BTW). I recall seeing a NeXTAnswer on setting up an EIDE CDROM drive without it being a slave drive, so that is the next project. Thanks again. If anyone ever needs help with this, I am happy to help. -John -- John Zachary UAB GRAIL zachary@cis.uab.edu
From: patricia@cco.caltech.edu (Patricia M. Schwarz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Problem solved but JetPilot hangs with PPP now Date: 20 Dec 1995 03:28:37 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4b7vt5$e17@gap.cco.caltech.edu> I followed the suggestion given to someone else about the power management setting in the BIOS and my problem went away. Just like magic. :-) But now if I try to print while I have a PPP connection up, the app I'm trying to print from just hangs. No Print panel or anything. It works fine when I take the PPP connection down again. Hmmmm. ;-\ -patricia -- there must be something i can dream tonight -patti smith
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Avoiding compression of swap pages In-Reply-To: gclem@dannug.dk's message of 19 Dec 1995 21:26:05 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec19233125@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 04:31:25 GMT Use the "nocompress" option in your /etc/swaptab. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> gclem@dannug.dk writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27203 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.uni-c.dk!iesd.auc.dk!dannug.dk!snaps.dannug.dk!news From: gclem@dannug.dk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 19 Dec 1995 21:26:05 GMT Organization: Danish NeXT User Group Lines: 8 Distribution: world Reply-To: gclem@dannug.dk NNTP-Posting-Host: snaps.dannug.dk Anyone that knows if it is possible to disable compression of swap pages before they go to disk? If yes, could you please enlighten us on how to do so? We would like to experiment to see if there could be any speed gains by swapping uncompressed pages. Geert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Are you missing bcp on your black Sybase server?? In-Reply-To: andrew@otter.cuug.ab.ca's message of Mon, 18 Dec 1995 01:28:12 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec19234317@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DJrDF0.9CB@cuug.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 04:43:17 GMT bcp is indeed missing. It shouldn't be hard to rewrite it. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DJrDF0.9CB@cuug.ab.ca> andrew@otter.cuug.ab.ca(Andrew Tyldesley) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.programmer:25976 comp.sys.next.software:24127 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27175 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!uunet.ca!news.uunet.ca!cuugnet!news From: andrew@otter.cuug.ab.ca(Andrew Tyldesley) Sender: news@cuug.ab.ca Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 01:28:12 GMT Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group X-Newsreader: RadicalNews (TM) v0.7 Beta Lines: 25 Hi, Sorry for the cross post but I really need some help with this one. A few years ago I bought an unopened version of Sybase Server (rel. ver. 4.1) for NeXT hardware . I have only just installed it to do some work with EOF and have found that bcp and bcptrans are missing and are not part of the package reported by Install.app. Anyhow this is what is in my /usr/sybase/bin directory, anyone know what's missing?: buildmaster* console* dataserver* isql* probe* syman* upgrade4* Also, if you do have the missing programs I would really appreciate a copy of them. I don't think that would violate the copyright since I own a copy of the server software and I'm quite sure bcp etc. are supposed to part of it (according to NeXT answers). Thanks for any help you can give. Andrew
From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 19 Dec 1995 19:31:19 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4b73u7$ld@radical1.radical.com> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> In <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Benjamin A. Grosser wrote, in part: > I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm > that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). 1024-byte blocks is an optimization. 512-byte blocks works as well. Mark
From: brendan@euronet.nl (Brendan Bank) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] named Panics my Sytem when I dail in (PPP) to the Internet Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 10:08:53 +0100 Organization: Euronet Internet Message-ID: <brendan-2012951008530001@p114.mas.euronet.nl> I'm trying to configure named so that my home network users (my whife and my kid) can send mail without having to bother about IP-adresses. 1. All work well execpt when i make a network connection with my internet provider. When sendmail or any other programme does a gethostbyname call or a gethostbyadress (this is at least what i think is happening) My Intel Next panics. 2. My local domain is fotof.textlitho.nl (it is a sub-domain) and it differs from my providers domain which is euronet.nl. I retrieve the mail via uucp from a different server at my work. 3. When i use nslookup to lookup the local hostname brendan it does something funny, if first queries brendan.fotof.textlihto.nl.textlitho.nl which is wrong and then after a fieuw timeouts get's it wright . After this my next becomes very slow. (an su takes a minute). I use the named (from NextStep 3.3 cd). [Q]Am i using the correct version of named (see 1.) (i compiled the named included with Gatekeeper and that nslookup seems to work fine) [Q] Am i allowd to configure named as a primary server if i'm not connected to the internet the hole day and not registerd an official domain name (see 2.) [Q]Does anyone have for me working configuration files for named since i think there is something wrong with my configuration (see 3.) yours Brendan -- ------------------ Brendan Bank The Netherlands Voice (H)..-31-(0)23-311065 (w) ..-31-(0)35-881131 E-mail: brendan@euronet.nl
From: yucheng@math.arizona.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Problem solved but JetPilot hangs with PPP now Date: 20 Dec 1995 10:26:39 GMT Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Message-ID: <4b8ocv$6ng@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> References: <4b7vt5$e17@gap.cco.caltech.edu> In <4b7vt5$e17@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Patricia M. Schwarz wrote: > > But now if I try to print while I have a PPP connection up, > the app I'm trying to print from just hangs. No Print panel or > anything. > > It works fine when I take the PPP connection down again. > > Hmmmm. ;-\ > > -patricia > > > Did you get the netinfo sleeping message in your console? If so, you need a route from your hostname to localhost. This problem and solution has been addressed in the FAQ. -- Best Regards Yuwen Cheng yucheng@math.arizona.edu
From: Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Avoiding compression of swap pages Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 21:31:42 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951219212522.1256A-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4b7ald$o8@snaps.dannug.dk> On 19 Dec 1995 gclem@dannug.dk wrote: > Anyone that knows if it is possible to disable compression of swap pages > before they go to disk? If yes, could you please enlighten us on how to do > so? > > We would like to experiment to see if there could be any speed gains by > swapping uncompressed pages. The general consensus is that compressing, paging and uncompressing is faster, but it never hurts to test it out. Check 'man swaptab' for more info. basically all you have to do is add 'nocompress' to the specifications in /etc/swaptab -- MAKE SURE there is no extra whitespace, separate by commas, ie: /private/vm/swapfile lowat=16777216,nocompress (remember that if you have a 'swapdisk' you need to set the swapfile specs in /etc/rc.swap, not /etc/swaptab) TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu At 6:06pm EST on Dec 11, 1995 Nicholas Anthony Aiello (son of my sister and brother-in-law) entered the world 8 pounds, 13oz, making me an uncle for the first time. 8^)
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: slow printing ? Date: 15 Dec 1995 22:03:09 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <4asrat$g82@neptune.ethz.ch> hello I succesfully installed djf_for_3.0 in order to print on my hp-deskjet. But it takes about one hour to printer one page. The same happens when using dots in demo mode. I have a HP DeskJet 510 connected via the parallel port. Any ideas what to do. The printer is just not usable like this. Help is greatly appreciated. putt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Puttkammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail: host name lookup failure ? Date: 15 Dec 1995 22:05:13 GMT Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Message-ID: <4asrep$g82@neptune.ethz.ch> hello I'm configured sendmail (8.7.1b)to work with SMTP and UUCP. But sendmail doesn't seem to know about the hosts connected via a local ethernet (host paustian) or via UUCP (host rifraf). Whenever I try to send emails to these hosts I get the message "Deferred: Name server: [hostname]: host name lookup failure" Has anyone ideas, why this happens. I have added the feature NODNS to the .mc file, as my machine is not directly connected to the Inet. Any help is greatly appreciated! putt -------------------------------------------------------------------- the results cubitus:21# /usr/lib/sendmail -v putt@paustian.ch . putt@paustian.ch... Deferred: Name server: paustian.ch.: host name lookup failure cubitus:22# /usr/lib/sendmail -v rifraf\!putt . rifraf!putt... Deferred: Name server: rifraf: host name lookup failure the M4 script file include(`../m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`sendmail conf, cubitus 28/11/95') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl FEATURE(nodns)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(ch)dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_PATH', /usr/local/bin/uux)dnl define(`SMART_RELAY', `rifraf')dnl define(`UUCP_RELAY', `rifraf')dnl define(`UUCPNODES', `|/usr/local/bin/uuname') MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(uucp)dnl netinfo entries for sendmail cubitus:14# nidump -r /locations/sendmail / name = sendmail; mailhost = cubitus.ch; sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf; netinfo hosts entries (as in /etc/hosts) cubitus:15# nidump hosts / 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 192.42.172.2 paustian.ch paustian pa 192.42.172.1 cubitus.ch cu cubitus 192.42.172.5 nasoft.ch nasoft na cubitus:16# /usr/local/bin/uuname rifraf -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Puttkammer, CS-Student @ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zuerich E-Mail: rputtkam@iiic.ethz.ch
From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-bat.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS3.3 hangs after installing - Blank screen, S3 card? [HELP] Date: 20 Dec 1995 16:47:53 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Message-ID: <4b9enp$66n@netty.york.ac.uk> References: <jray-1812951719360001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> jray@bigmac.ag.ohio-state.edu (John Ray) writes: > Hello, > > just fine, however, when I go to reboot, it will load for about 2 seconds, > clear the screen, and hang. I can boot into single user mode just fine. boot -v and see if that works - if so then turn off graphical booting. I've seen this on another system with a symbios SCSI card that we installed for the Home Office. -bat.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario Subject: Where's the dread database info kept? Message-ID: <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:10:57 GMT I set up an account using /etc/nu. The user logged in and things wouldn't work right. After a little fiddling, I found out that he couldn't do any dwrites. Where is that info kept? -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome, MIME Tolerated School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <randyn@crt.com> Message-ID: <9512201521.AA06005@nx_chi> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 09:21:05 -0600 Subject: 3.3 NS FIP Gateway and Sound Blaster Vibra <Sorry if this got posted before, but I never did see it show up.> Has anyone had problems with the Sound Blater Vibra 16 sound card and Gateway p100 under NS 3.3? I have not been able to get the sound card to work under NS (It works find under Win 95). I tried the driver in NeXTanswer #1855 but that did not work? I think it could be that this a a newer version of the card or something. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and did you find a solution? Thanks, Randy Nelson -- Randy Nelson Software Engineer (NEXTSTEP Developer) NationsBanc--CRT (312) 234-3032 Fax: (312) 234-2186 randyn@crt.com (NeXT mail accepted)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Antigone Press gateway, San Francisco Return-Path: <flexus!rfschtkt@maze.ruca.ua.ac.be> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 10:16:06 +0100 From: Raf Schietekat <flexus!rfschtkt@maze.ruca.ua.ac.be> Message-ID: <9512200916.AA18348@flexus> Subject: NetWare problems Hello, I am newly on a Novell NetWare network (DOS namespace), with a NeXTstation running NEXTSTEP_3.2. I am seeing some strange effects and have started to record them as a KBNS bug report. But I'm not sure of my diagnosis (actually, I am sure it is not correct, only that there is a problem), and I'd like your opinion. (I have checked /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/ReleaseNotes/Netware.rtf, but it does not mention any problem resembling what I am seeing.) Here is the raw sketch: >>>>> Caution: still only under investigation KBNS.33.2.013_o3.2o There should be a way to flush caches for net-mounted file systems (XXX research further and clean up, help asked on c.s.n.sysadmin on 1995-12-20) Description: I'm not sure (try it and tell me), but I believe if I select a particular NetWare-mounted folder, someone else puts a file in it on another machine, I select another folder and then the original one, the new file is still not visible, because of file system cacheing. But I want to look at the real state of the mounted file system, not of the cache! (this information was the original diagnosis, but this entry is classified under SavePanel because of what follows; todo recycle this original material, and test it) How to verify: Should be obvious. Try this, because I'm not certain of this. Urgency: Strong suggestion (design bug?). Confirmed: Raf_Schietekat (o3.2o, reported) Workaround: Wait a while (how long?)? Cure (for NeXT): Add a Refresh or Update Cache command? Always flush the cache if a folder is newly selected (I seem to remember that this is not always the case). Comment: Sorry, this is not very well researched (other things to do). Oh, and a question, what is that broken-cross close button? Is that related to cacheing? Comment: Hey, now I make a new folder from a File Viewer, and if I want to save a new file into it from Edit I don't see the new folder from the save panel! I reselect the parent directory in both File Viewer and save panel and the situation hasn't changed. In a shell I also see the new directory, as in a newly started Edit. In the original Edit I see the new directory if I delete the new file (which wasn't saved yet), create a new one in a directory unrelated to the newly created directory (do you still follow me?), and cd to the parent of the new directory. Maybe it's a SavePanel bug (too)? Probably. Further testing shows that the save panel now already knows the new directory, and the open panel not yet: some cacheing in the respective instances (or classes) is going on. If I then open the Open Panel, select /tmp, and walk back to the new directory, it now is there. This is a SavePanel bug (more likely than just OpenPanel, this situation is probably just coincidence). Of course, there may still be other problems at the file system level, or in File Viewers... (XXX) See also: See that thing in Cure. <<<<< Please respond by e-mail, as I have not subscribed to receive digests for this newsgroup. I will then summarise to the newsgroup. Thanks, Raf Schietekat, RfSchtkt@maze.ruca.ua.ac.be (NeXTmail), Flanders, Belgium If I don't answer: my mail relay can't handle !, % or .uucp, I think *** The year 2000 will be the last year of the 20th century. ***
From: mike@starburst.cbl.cees.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: /bin/login -and- new ISASerialPorts/PortServer Date: 20 Dec 1995 20:09:07 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Lab. Message-ID: <4b9qh3$af6@gamera.cbl.cees.edu> Summary: /bin/login via getty not passing term characteristics properly? Keywords: /bin/login,ISASerialPort,PortDriver I had 2 internal MODEMs (28.8 GATEWAY TELEPATH II's, simulated 16550 UARTs internal to each) on COM2 and COM3 on my P5-100 Intel TRITON motherboard running with the old NeXTstep 3.3 serial driver running getty's at 19200. I had it working okay despite some quirkyness here and there and except for occasional overrun messages in /usr/adm/messages. So I went poking around www.next.com and found the new ISASerialPort and PortServer drivers and installed them. The new drivers themselves seem to work great, no overruns, kermit can talk to the ports without a hitch now (had some problems before), etc. HOWEVER: getty'ing the ports for dialin has problems. I have "p8" set on the default option, and that prints the initial banner and login message okay, accepts the username, and then when that forks /bin/login everything breaks down, I get jibberish and it won't read anything. I am of course coming in at 8 bits no parity 1 stop (and need to run the port at 8 bit clean all the way through). I have tried all manner of gettytab parity settings and only "zp:ap" seems to at least accept a password from the keyboard despite the string "Password" and the /etc/motd file being echo'd in jibberish until it gets to the user's .login where "stty pass8" is executed then all is well again. This however is HIGHLY annoying and didn't screw up like this with the old serial port driver (despite its other problems). It appears as if /bin/login can't set its modes correctly to the new driver when forked by getty. Can f0, f1, or f2 in gettytab help? I have tried them somewhat with no success (no effect). ANY ideas appreciated here but I would rather not go back to the old (broken) serial port driver. Thanks! -Mike -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Mike F. Santangelo, Dept. Head-Computer & Network Systems, UMCEES/CBL Solomons
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mvlems@vbox.negen.nl (Mark F. Vlems) Subject: Re: Weirdo time problems on Intel hardware Message-ID: <1995Dec20.221422.11088@vbox.negen.nl> Sender: mvlems@vbox.negen.nl (Mark F. Vlems) References: <RDL.95Dec18230551@world.std.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 22:14:22 GMT The time problem described by Eugene Mah also showed up on my intel. It occurred often (a few times per hour) and usually when the system was very busy. The timewarps are always 21 minutes ahead, give or take a few seconds. It does not affect the hardware-clock, after rebooting the time is correct again, which is not much help for 24 hour/day up systems. At the beginning I ran NS 3.1. It was reasonable stable on my hardware, but the system occasionally hung after those time-jumps. Now, running 3.3 it almost never time-jumps, but sometimes does. In my early NS days (only 2 years ago) I have written a plain C-program. It is started when booting, and runs as long as the machine is up. It determines the time every second (maybe 1.x second when the system is very busy) and compares it with the previous sample. If the difference too much (in my case 60 seconds, but 20 minutes or 5 secs would also do well), the time is set back to the previous sample+1sec. It uses almost no cpu time. It made my NS 3.1 run without hanging, and took away the irritating need to correct the time again and again. It is not THE solution, but may help until you get the problem solved. If you are interested in the (small) source or executable, be free to mail me, but send to BOTH mvlems@vbox.negen.nl and mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl because I am changing to another provider during next week!). I hope this helps. -- Mark F. Vlems Poor is the man, MIME Mail OK Whose pleasures depend NeXTMail preferred! On the permission of another. Fax: (+31) 23 5622368 Madonna in "Justify my love", 1990
From: "William J. Peterson" <peterson@cybercom.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: getting intel on network Date: 20 Dec 1995 23:24:07 GMT Organization: CYBERCOM Internet Services (617) 396-0491 Message-ID: <4ba5un$7rt@orion.cybercom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need to get a single intel NeXT running machine on a good sized mac/pc/unix network. i have the ip address the netmask hostname, nameserver ip, domain name, what is the exact settings to make this work? I am using a 3comIII card thanks Bill Peterson peterson@cybercom.net
From: "William J. Peterson" <peterson@cybercom.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 21 Dec 1995 00:30:14 GMT Organization: CYBERCOM Internet Services (617) 396-0491 Message-ID: <4ba9qm$8pt@orion.cybercom.net> References: <4avepa$77e@dave.cis.uab.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you are planning to use separate drives you might consider trying a program called "system commander" is allows booting multiple operating systems on multiple drives (or single drives) such as NT & NeXTSTEP. I am currently dual booting NT/NeXTSTEP but on a single 2gig drive-no problems. Bill Peterson
From: stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mailing List Software Date: 21 Dec 1995 00:12:03 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <4ba8oj$q0b@master.ftn.net> Does anyone know of any mailing list software other than majordomo. I've already got Majordomo 1.93, and the documentation (such that it is) is rather cryptic!! I would appreciate any information about any other products that work with NeXTSTEP, and hopefully ones that have better documentation. Thanks in advance!! -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
From: ccwf@locke.klab.caltech.edu (Charles Fu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Weirdo time problems on Intel hardware (long) Date: 21 Dec 1995 02:03:18 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-ID: <4baf96$7cu@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <1995Dec20.221422.11088@vbox.negen.nl> In article <1995Dec20.221422.11088@vbox.negen.nl>, Mark F. Vlems <mvlems@vbox.negen.nl> wrote: > The time problem described by Eugene Mah also showed up on my intel. It > occurred often (a few times per hour) and usually when the system was very > busy. The timewarps are always 21 minutes ahead, give or take a few seconds. Hmm, this sounds similar to a problem I have seen on Suns, so it is _possible_ that the problem is with NTP (or, rather, implementations of it) rather than with it being an Intel problem. To solve the Sun problem, I introduced more redundancy--when the LAN's NTP server got its time from only one (supposedly stable) master site-wide time server, it would frequently have its clock jump by a second or two and more rarely by many minutes (once by a few hours, which caused havoc until it was fixed). Having the LAN's NTP server also get time from a second site-wide time server and from a third stratum 2 time server at a nearby site has made the problem disappear. (I'm omitting some unimportant details--the important thing is that the LAN server is now a stratum 3 server getting its time from three somewhat independent stratum 2 servers which in turn point to multiple stratum 1 servers). Presumably, when the apparent time for one stratum 2 server now goes haywire, the LAN's server is able to look at the other two times it is getting and throw out the bad one. You may also want to check out recommended NTP configurations in the NTP FAQ if you haven't already done so. Possibly related is one problem I have had with time jumps on a NEXTSTEP/Intel machine connected by a slow line (PPP over POTS) to the LAN. Sending a lot of traffic in one direction over the line (e.g., doing FTP) causes the times reported by NTP to become unreliable. When getting the time from a single host, this caused the clock to shift by as many as several seconds during a transfer. By, again, getting the time from many hosts on the LAN, the problem went away. Presumably, the daemon now gets multiple mutually contradictory haywire times and stops updating the time until the situation becomes normalized. OTOH, the problem could be specific to or worse on Intels. You will have noticed that an unregulated Intel clock under NEXTSTEP drifts by several seconds a day (as it also does under DOS). I regard this as a kernel bug because it can be fixed in software. At any rate, the amount of drift is supposedly close to the amount NTP is designed to be able to correct, which may exacerbate NTP problems. Old versions of SunOS had a similar problem (and of similar magnitude), which was worked around by fiddling with the tickadj kernel variable to get the time advancement rate approximately right and relying upon NTP to do fine adjustments. Unfortunately, so far as I have been able to determine, changing tickadj under NEXTSTEP/Intel has no effect. Finally, this problem is _not_ related to the bug with the time reported by gettimeofday() advancing a 1000 times too slowly between clock interrupts (only under NEXTSTEP/Intel, not present on non-Intel systems). (Although it may be worth noting that the same faulty logic used for gettimeofday() is used for generating the IP timestamps.) For better or worse, the default NTP implementation under NEXTSTEP/Intel masks off bits so that only time measured to about a hundredth of a second is used for NTP calculations. In conclusion :-), if you're having problems don't rely upon just one time server. Getting a more recent version of the NTP daemon is generally useful (NeXT's version is very old, now). If nothing else, the more recent versions allow you to perform many more diagnostics. Finding a way to patch the kernel so that an unregulated NEXTSTEP/Intel machine runs at approximately the right speed may well help, too. -ccwf
From: Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Where's the dread database info kept? Date: 21 Dec 1995 02:10:06 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Operations Management Message-ID: <4baflu$bfg@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> References: <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Originator: danno@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu In article <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca>, <mario> wrote: > I set up an account using /etc/nu. The user logged in and things >wouldn't work right. After a little fiddling, I found out that he >couldn't do any dwrites. > Where is that info kept? ~/.NeXT/.NeXTDefaults.D ~/.NeXT/.NeXTDefaults.L I think .D is the index file and .L is the data file. These files are binary, although you can look at .L, i wouldn't try editing it and be ready for a bunch of beeps if you look at it with more. danno -- dan pritts ITD/LSA Partnership Unix Support dan.pritts@umich.edu I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink a beer to celebrate something important, like the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Where's the dread database info kept? In-Reply-To: mario's message of Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:10:57 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec20203812@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 01:38:11 GMT It's kept in ~/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.[DL] Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> mario writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27224 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!blanket.mitre.org!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!news From: mario Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: galileo.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:10:57 GMT Lines: 11 I set up an account using /etc/nu. The user logged in and things wouldn't work right. After a little fiddling, I found out that he couldn't do any dwrites. Where is that info kept? -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome, MIME Tolerated School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
From: jweiss@MCS.COM (Jerry S. Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Anyone ever BOOT from a ZIP drive? Date: 20 Dec 1995 21:46:29 -0600 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Message-ID: <4balal$bka@Venus.mcs.com> References: <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com> In article <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com>, Mark Tarbell <Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com> wrote: >Has anyone ever successfully booted from an Iomega ZIP drive? > >Here's what I get when I try with my ZIP disk at SCSI id 3 (target 5), and >the disk in it with NS built via builddisk: > >NeXT> b (3,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd3a >no SCSI disk >NeXT> > >The disk mounts & accesses fine, but I suspect that the ZIP drive doesn't >support enough SCSI modes to boot from... > Well, I've booted Zips off of Intel scsi but its darn tricky.
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Where's the dread database info kept? Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:57:01 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951220155209.4418B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> On Wed, 20 Dec 1995 mario@.MISSING-HOST-NAME. wrote: > I set up an account using /etc/nu. The user logged in and things > wouldn't work right. After a little fiddling, I found out that he > couldn't do any dwrites. > Where is that info kept? > > -- > Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome, MIME Tolerated > School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario > University of Waterloo | > Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." > Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81 Hey Mario! Your 'From' line is messed up. ~/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.L is where the dwrites are kept. You can't edit that file (well, you can, but you really don't want to...), but you can make sure the file's permissions are not set to 'root' I'm guessing you want to check /usr/template/user/.NeXT/.NeXTdefaults.L TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> "I'm deperate, I've got a glass and I can't find a coaster... Then a thought comes to mind... I search frantically through the mail and there it is... another @$%#&! AOL disk.... Finally a place to put down my drink."
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: default user account Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:04:41 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951220155808.4418C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Ok, this probably has some horrendous side effects, so I'm asking. I've got my little NeXT setup with just a few little accounts on it. Anyway, the easiest way I've found to set up the defaults is to set up an account for 'defuser' and link it to /usr/template/user. I can login as 'defuser' and setup things for the rest of the users. It seems to work great. Any potential potholes I'm not seeing ? Thanks TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> "I'm deperate, I've got a glass and I can't find a coaster... Then a thought comes to mind... I search frantically through the mail and there it is... another @$%#&! AOL disk.... Finally a place to put down my drink."
From: J.M.Figueroa@QMW.ac.uk (Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help! fsck error -- can't reboot Date: 19 Dec 1995 21:02:53 GMT Organization: Theory Group, Physics, QMW College Distribution: world Message-ID: <J.M.FIGUEROA.95Dec19210253@strings7.ph.qmw.ac.uk> Hi, Something weird is happening with one of our machines. (It's a P-90 running NS 3.3) I shut down the machine after I made some changes to the directories imported and exported by NFS ... and it refuses to reboot. I've gone into single-user mode and it doesn't let me excute almost any command except for "ls". If I try, for example, to run "fsck" it claims /: bad dir ino 104454 at offset 0 : nonexixtent directory block ^ \ ----- yes, it's mispelled! Can anyone please tell me how can I recover??? Many thanks in advance, Jose -- +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Dr Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill | Vox: +44.171.975-5055 | | Department of Physics (Rm. 227) | Fax: +44.181.981-7465 | | Queen Mary and Westfield College | mailto:J.M.Figueroa@qmw.ac.uk | | Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK | | | and | | http://stringswww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~jmf/jmf.html | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
From: Matija Exel <exel@lag.ensieg.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: URGENT HELP: Configure.app-ed out of sight! Date: 21 Dec 1995 08:50:03 GMT Organization: E.N.S.I.E.G./Service Informatique et L.A.G. Message-ID: <4bb73r$eju@cicg-communication.grenet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hello, I succeeded in loosing touch with my screen! I was testing different screen resolutions on my Sony Multiscan CPD-1730 monitor (using Configure.app under NS v3.2, on a Intel GXPro platform) and got stuck with the following choice: 1280x1024 at 60Hz, BW:8 which put my monitor in a state where I can see nothing once the booting sequence is over! I tried another screen: ArtMedia TC1864 which supports this resolution, at least in color, but with not much better results: the login panel is flickering for a couple of secs and then the screen goes black. I tried to boot with config=Default, but got no better results. The screen is not damaged: I can boot with the DOS partition and launch Windows OK. I can of course still boot as single user, but then what can I do from the Unix prompt? Any way to restoring my original screen resolution (1120x832 at 60Hz) from this state? Any hints greatly appreciated!!! matija ----------------------------------------------------------------- Matija Exel, E.N.S.I.E.G., Service Informatique et L.A.G., Tel : 76 82 71 12 Fax: 76 82 63 88 e-mail : exel@lag.ensieg.fr (NO NextMail please) -----------------------------------------------------------------
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mailing List Software Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 07:20:02 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec21.072002.6264@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <4ba8oj$q0b@master.ftn.net> In article <4ba8oj$q0b@master.ftn.net> stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) writes: > Does anyone know of any mailing list software other than majordomo. I've > already got Majordomo 1.93, and the documentation (such that it is) is > rather cryptic!! Procmail has a mailing list package that you can get with it; I prefer this to majordomo, but more people seem to use majordomo. You should probably be using procmail for mail sorting anyway. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pdepuydt@uia.ac.be (Peter.Depuydt) Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Message-ID: <DJxuCE.HKJ@uia.ua.ac.be> Sender: news@uia.ua.ac.be (News database) Organization: U.I.A. References: <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:19:25 GMT well, I cant understand what all the fuss is about, on my NeXT-intel-box I am running NS3.3, DOS, WinNT, all on the same disk 1GB :-) And honestly, I dont have any complaints ... -------------------------------------------------------------- Peter DEPUYDT NeXT & E-mail : pdepuydt@uia.ua.ac.be Student (Computer Science) at University of Antwerp (UIA) Belgium / Europe --------------------------------------------------------------
From: chin@bznet.com (Bill Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 21 Dec 1995 14:58:35 GMT Organization: BIZNET Internet Services Message-ID: <4bbsmr$7q6@HAL.bznet.com> References: <9512180212.AA04962@tybrin4.hsv.tybrin.com> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) wrote: >My first strategy was to install NT first and then NS (with a small DOS >partition). [problems deleted] > >Well, don't try plan two - it totally fucks the NS partition (as 10 others >have found out). Plan two is the install NS first, then NT. > >What is the next step (no pun intended, well, ok, it's intended)? Right >now, I have NT running (and let me put in plug - 3.51 is *much* better than >3.5: the responsiveness is better. the only downside is the crappy interface) >and NS on the shelf. If I can figure a way out, then I'll post it. I've done this... I have a 2gb SCSI disk. I installed NEXTSTEP to take up 1.2gb and leave 250mb of space for DOS. I installed DOS, and re-installed the NEXTSTEP boot manager. I then installed NT 3.51 into the remaining 500mb. The only wierd part is that NT didn't bother actually creating a partition for itself... it just put itself at the end of the NS partition. Also, NT set the active partition to itself... I used the NT Disk Administrator to set it back to the NS partition. I then blew it away when I installed Linux. I created a 250mb extended DOS partition after the NS partition, then created a 250mb primary partition after that to put Linux into. I re-installed NT into that extended DOS partition. NT never did mess with any other partitions other than put some boot stuff into the DOS partition (the NTFS drive is D: in my system). Now, if I want to boot NT, I hit "d" at the NS boot manager prompt, and then I get a M$ menu for NT or DOS. I then choose NT. If I want to boot Linux, I type "4" at the boot manager prompt. All in all, it's wasn't bad. -- Bill Chin - chin@bznet.com - NeXTmail welcomed
From: tjallen@theory1.physics.wisc.edu (Theodore J. Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: default user account Date: 21 Dec 1995 14:45:54 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <4bbrv2$154o@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951220155808.4418C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > Ok, this probably has some horrendous side effects, so I'm asking. > > I've got my little NeXT setup with just a few little accounts on it. > Anyway, the easiest way I've found to set up the defaults is to set up an > account for 'defuser' and link it to /usr/template/user. I can login as > 'defuser' and setup things for the rest of the users. It seems to work > great. Any potential potholes I'm not seeing ? If you mess up the user template, you might have a tricky time getting back the default user environment. I've had the need to use the templates to boot messed up machines. I'd say DON'T mess with it. If you have to, copy the template to /usr/local/defuser/ or some such and THEN you can proceed. -- Ted Allen High Energy Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison tjallen@wishep.physics.wisc.edu
From: fergmill@serv2.fwi.com (Scott Fergusson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Zilla ?? Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:05:03 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Message-ID: <4bbsks$hsv@news.ios.com> References: <4akgeq$bns@usc.edu> reichman@scf.usc.edu wrote: >Has anyone been using Zilla? Stories? Would this be an approximate SMP? Would >this speed up black hardware (say if I added a turbo mono to my turbo color?) >-- I've heard it would. The only caveat I've been told about is that you need to modify the Cube backplane to accept another motherboard. You would also want to "turn off" the turbo mono's display (Zilla would then always use it) BTW, Jim Moosman is probably more familiar about this sort of thing than I am. Scott Scott Fergusson Partner, Fergusson Miller Asset Management Corporation "The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience: that is why there is no real teaching of such truths possible and every generation starts from scratch" -- C.S. Lewis
From: giddings@menominee.menominee.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Summary of ISDN and serial ports information gathered Date: 21 Dec 1995 15:39:41 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bbv3t$e82@news.doit.wisc.edu> Since my last query, I have recieved a number of email messages strongly recommending against using a serial port ISDN solution (such as Motorola's bitsurfer). The primary reason was the limited bandwidth that serial ports provide, thus removing some of the advantages that ISDN has in the first place. Also, a second reason was and that at higher speeds the serial ports will bog down the processor, further slowing response. The alternative suggested in every email I recieved was to go with an ISDN<->ethernet router/bridge, and several people mentioned the Ascend Pipeline 25. I checked into this box, and it looks nice. The only downside is that the price tag is about twice what the serial<->ISDN solutions cost. It has two POTS ports (i.e. Plain Old Telephone System jacks), and is capable of using both lines simultaneously (bonding) as well as compression (though this costs more), and for extra $$ it can act as a fully capable router. The list on this is around $800, though I have seen it as low as $649. So, in sum, I am convinced to go this route because in the long run it will probably be worth the extra cost. Thanks to those who responded! Mike -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Michael Giddings \ Tcl definitions that apply: UW Madison Dept. of Chemistry \ set job "Consultant and Graduate Student" Madison, Wisconsin \ set specialty "Scientific Computation" (608) 692-2851 \ set InRealLife "Whitewater kayaker and\ giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu or\ outdoor enthusiast" giddings@students.wisc.edu \ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mario@galileo.uwaterloo.ca (Mario Stargard) Subject: Re: Where's the dread database info kept? Message-ID: <DJy1H4.Gn7@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <4baflu$bfg@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 15:53:27 GMT In article <4baflu$bfg@controversy.admin.lsa.umich.edu> Dan Pritts <danno@us.itd.umich.edu> writes: > In article <DJwFy9.9Cz@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca>, <mario> wrote: > > I set up an account using /etc/nu. The user logged in and things > >wouldn't work right. After a little fiddling, I found out that he > >couldn't do any dwrites. > > Where is that info kept? > > ~/.NeXT/.NeXTDefaults.D > ~/.NeXT/.NeXTDefaults.L > A thanks to all who replied, and yes I've fixed my From: line. Happy Holidays! -- Mario Stargard | NeXTMail Welcome, MIME Tolerated School of Optometry | http://quark.uwaterloo.ca/~mario University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ontario | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Canada, N2L 3G1 | -- Bill Gates '81
From: art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Date: 21 Dec 1995 16:16:45 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bc19d$57m@emerald.oz.net> References: <4b042b$b6c@eng_ser1.erg.cuhk.hk> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951217110002.23344B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <Pine.HPP.3.91.951218170946.29428C-100000@hphalle7a.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218155243.27707F-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Bernhard Scholz wrote: > > > Try gnutar rather than 'tar'... It has no silly pathname limitations. > > Yes, but it has a (not serious) bug in leaving the leading slash '/' in > > front of these long pathnames, even when it should strip it! > > really? what version are you using? I've not had any such problems. I'm > not at my NeXT now so I can't say what version I have... I think it is > the standard version with 3.2. Doesn't seem to matter. It happens with the latest version of gnutar and the gnutar maintainer has confirmed that the bug still exists. It is on the gnutar bug list, but I'm not aware of any scheduled release date for a fixed version. To see the problem, create a gnutar archive that includes paths in the same directory tree both longer than and shorter than 100 characters: % gnutar -cf test.tar /Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTab leDetail.nib gnutar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive. % gnutar -tf test.tar Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTabl eDetail.nib/ /Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTab leDetail.nib/data.classes Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTabl eDetail.nib/data.nib Notice that the data.classes path doesn't have the leading '/' stripped. Now when you try to untar just part of the archive by specifying a common directory, Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTabl eDetail.nib, data.classes won't be unarchived resulting, in this case, in an unusable nib which is what happened to me :-( > Isn't there a flag which lets you decide whether or not this is done? -P will force all files to be stored as absolute paths with the '/' included. Then if you unarchive without the -P flag, relative paths are used, so this is a workaround. -- Art Isbell NeXT & MIME Mail: art@cubicsol.com NeXT Registered Consultant Voice/Fax: +1 408 335 2515 Trego Systems Voice Mail: +1 408 335 1154 CaseServ: NEXTSTEP managed care US Mail: Felton, CA 95018-9442 contract and case management solutions
From: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Ralf Specht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS3.3 hangs after installing - Blank screen, S3 card? [HELP] Date: 21 Dec 1995 16:42:46 GMT Organization: Daimler-Benz AG Message-ID: <4bc2q6$e5@news.sns-felb.debis.de> References: <jray-1812951719360001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> Hello, In <jray-1812951719360001@fries.ag.ohio-state.edu> John Ray wrote: > I've got a Pentium, Symbios SCSI card, and generic S3 video card in a > system which I'm trying to install Nextstep. The machine will install NS3.3 > just fine, however, when I go to reboot, it will load for about 2 seconds, > clear the screen, and hang. I can boot into single user mode just fine. We had the same problem, also with an S3 card. To solve it, you have to increase the Mapped Memory value in the display section of the Configure application. If you set it to 8XXX..., it should work fine. .Ralf -- Ralf Specht Daimler-Benz AG, Research Center Ulm Department of Text Understanding Systems P.O. Box 23 60 89013 Ulm, Germany e-mail: specht@dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM phone: +49 731 505-2356 fax: +49 731 505-4113
From: stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 21 Dec 1995 17:42:03 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <30D746BD.167EB0E7@cert.ucr.edu> In <30D746BD.167EB0E7@cert.ucr.edu> Ron Wood wrote: | Benjamin A. Grosser wrote: | > | > I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm | > that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). | > Can anybody confirm this? | > | > Thanks, | > | > Ben Grosser | > grosser@uiuc.edu | | There's no requirement for either size. A larger block size optimizes | for larger files, but wastes disk space if you have mostly smaller | files. A smaller block size optimizes for smaller files. The general | standard is 1024, as a system tends to have many more larger files than | smaller files. | | BTW, the disk tool with NS does a great job of formatting disks; I have | a one-gig and three, 600 meg drives on my system, in addition to the | standard 100 meg, all of them formatted with the disk tool. | However, the boot disk *MUST* be 512. Regards, -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
From: John Hurst <jhurst@hooked.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mux V1.7 and 4-port Digi Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:30:59 -0800 Organization: Hooked Online Services Message-ID: <30D9A7E3.67EB@hooked.net> References: <30D209F3.15F6@hooked.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Hurst wrote: > > I have been trying for days now to get Mark Salyzin's Mux driver (version 1.7) to work with a > 4-port Digiboard on my system. I have tried numerous changes to most of the settings in the > Instance files, but nothing seems to work. If anybody out there has any tips on this, or has a > previous version of the Mux driver (I can't find any down-rev's anywhere), I'd be eternally > grateful. > > Help... > > John Oops... Boy do I feel stupid. The Mux driver can not accomodate *intelligent* digiboard cards (which of course I was trying to use). When I switched to a non-intelligent (i.e. discrete UARTS) card, the driver worked admirably. Just thought I'd share. John
From: Eric Baenen Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: still having mail server problems - need help Date: 21 Dec 95 14:17:43 Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology Distribution: world Message-ID: <ebaenen.95Dec21141743@nextclient3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: sendmail mail problems URL: http://www.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil/~ebaenen/ebaenen.htmld PLEASE HELP!!! I am still having problems with sendmail and my mail server configuration. I have sendmail 8.7.3 installed on a Color NeXTstation running NS 3.3. I recently switched to having my previously standalone machine act as a NetInfo server and mailserver. Originally I had used a Sun Sparcstation as my mailhost. Does anyone know what the error: MX list for nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. points back to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ might mean? The guts of my .mc sendmail configuration file is: VERSIONID(`@(#)nextclient3.mc 0.3 (MBV Lab) 4 Dec 95') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil)dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl Please send any responses/suggestions to ebaenen@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Thanks, Eric Baenen PS. At the end of this message is a complete dump of the returned error message when I sent a test mail from a Mac Quickmail account to my NeXT mail account. qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (the Mac Quickmail server) choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (my old mailhost - Sun Sparc - mailhost for the rest of the Non-NeXT Unix systems) nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (my machine and new NetInfo server and mail server) ====================================================================== From: Mail Delivery Subsystem (20/12/95) To: Eric Baenen, postmaster@nextclient3.mbvlab.w, Mail*Link° SMTP Returned mail: Local config This is a MIME-encapsulated message --LAA05412.819478098/nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ The original message was received at Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:12 -0500 (GMT-0500) from choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4] ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- <ebaenen@nextclient3> (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 MX list for nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. points back to nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ 554 <ebaenen@nextclient3>... Local configuration error --LAA05412.819478098/nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Received-From-MTA: DNS; choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Arrival-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:12 -0500 (GMT-0500) Final-Recipient: RFC822; ebaenen@nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\. Action: failed Status: 5.5.0 Remote-MTA: DNS; nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:17 -0500 (GMT-0500) --LAA05412.819478098/nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil Received: from mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (choroid.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil [134.131.208.4]) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA05410 for <ebaenen@nextclient3>; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:12 -0500 (GMT-0500) Received: from qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil by mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA28355; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:46:43 +0500 Message-Id: <9512201646.AA28355@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> Date: 20 Dec 1995 11:55:17 U From: "Eric Baenen" <Eric_Baenen@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> Subject: test To: "Eric Baenen" <ebaenen@nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> Subject: Time: 11:48 AM test Date: 20/12/95 test message --LAA05412.819478098/nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\-- ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil with SMTP;20 Dec 1995 12:00:10 U Received: from localhost (localhost) by nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ (8.7.3/8.7.3) with internal id LAA05412; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:18 -0500 (GMT-0500) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:48:18 -0500 (GMT-0500) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> Subject: Returned mail: Local configuration error Message-Id: <199512201648.LAA05412@nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\> To: postmaster@nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\ To: <eric_baenen.aara@qm.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="LAA05412.819478098/nextclient3.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil\" Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) ======================================================================
From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Anyone ever BOOT from a ZIP drive? SOLVED Date: 21 Dec 1995 19:14:08 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4bcbm0$8ps@radical1.radical.com> References: <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com> <4balal$bka@Venus.mcs.com> In <4balal$bka@Venus.mcs.com> Jerry S. Weiss wrote, in part: > In article <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com>, > Mark Tarbell <Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com> wrote: > > Has anyone ever successfully booted from an Iomega ZIP drive? > > > > Here's what I get when I try with my ZIP disk at SCSI id 3 (target 5), > > and the disk in it with NS built via builddisk: > > > > NeXT> b (3,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd3a > > no SCSI disk > > NeXT> > > > Well, I've booted Zips off of Intel scsi but its darn tricky. Mark's Rule of Thumb for Black Hardware #17: "All CD-ROM drives must have a SCSI target id greater than that of the disk drive you're trying to boot from." I had my CD-ROM drive at sd2, my ZIP drive at sd3. Powering off the CD-ROM enabled me to successfully boot from my ZIP disk (now at sd2) with the following command: NeXT> bsd(2,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd2a rootrw=1 So, in black systems with a ZIP drive and CD-ROM drive, the only solution seems to be to set the CD-ROM drive to SCSI target id 6; the ZIP to SCSI target id 5. I would guess there might be something wrong with NeXT's SCSI sensing firmware. I've noticed the same behavior when using BuildDisk, too. Thanks to all who followed up & emailed. Mark
From: shepherd@suite.com (Scot Shepherd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Firewalls and sendmail relay Date: 21 Dec 1995 20:22:52 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <4bcfms$2se@news.onramp.net> Has anyone out there had to configure a firewall and route mail through it? I've demo'd a firewall that we are probably going to buy but had mucho trouble getting mail to relay from our Next mailhost to the firewall itself. The machine continually tried to do it's own DNS lookups and send direct rather than relaying through the firewall. Is the DR macro the only one that needs to be defined? Should there be a <tab> somewhere or some other such silliness that I wasn't getting right? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Scot Shepherd -- Suite Software | Nuke the un-born gay whales -- -- Email: shepherd@suite.com | for Jesus!!! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------
From: jmbettems@ping.ch (Jean-Marie Bettems) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Weird bug Date: 21 Dec 1995 20:41:34 GMT Organization: CyberLink, Switzerland Message-ID: <4bcgpu$dta@www.cyberlink.ch> Hello! Since a couple of weeks I experience some weird bugs. I do not know if it is a software problem or a hardware problem (memory). Any help is welcomed. My configuration: - NeXTstation color with 32MB RAM and a Pyro accelerator - NEXTSTEP 3.3 user + developer, patch 1 Bugs description: any of the following randomly occurs - DPS errors, e.g.: Fiend[198]: DPS client library error: PostScript program error, DPSContext b2b1c Fiend[198]: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: get ]%% - Workspace errors, e.g.: Workspace, internal error 1000 or Workspace[483]: *** Unreadable data for apps in search path: /LocalApps Remarks: once such an error has occurred, new errors will follow as long as I haven't made a power_down/power_on cycle. In particular rebooting does not help! --- _____________________________________________________________________ Jean-Marie Bettems Phone (prof.): +41 1 256 93 03 Obstgartenstrasse 7 Phone (priv.): +41 1 803 07 30 CH-8302 Kloten E-Mail jmbettems@ping.ch Switzerland _____________________________________________________________________
From: kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Cameron Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Pop mail servers and changing passwords Date: 21 Dec 1995 22:50:38 GMT Organization: Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Distribution: world Message-ID: <KAY.95Dec22115038@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> I'm running a pop server so staff can read mail on their Macs using Eudora. One feature Eudora has it the ability to let users change their passwords. Unfortunately my pop server is not configured to do this. How do I configure qpopper to allow users to change their passwords, or do I need to run another server to allow users to change their passwords. And if so where can I get it from? Thanks - Cameron -- Email Cameron.Kay@kauri.vuw.ac.nz Post Computer Science Department Phone + 64 4 472 1000 x7032 (Work) Victoria University + 64 4 237 5895 (Home) P.O.Box 600 Fax + 64 4 495 5232 Wellington, New Zealand
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: default user account Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:19:59 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951221131726.6226B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951220155808.4418C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> <4bbrv2$154o@news.doit.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4bbrv2$154o@news.doit.wisc.edu> On 21 Dec 1995, Theodore J. Allen wrote: > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > > > Ok, this probably has some horrendous side effects, so I'm asking. > > > > I've got my little NeXT setup with just a few little accounts on it. > > Anyway, the easiest way I've found to set up the defaults is to set up an > > account for 'defuser' and link it to /usr/template/user. I can login as > > 'defuser' and setup things for the rest of the users. It seems to work > > great. Any potential potholes I'm not seeing ? > > If you mess up the user template, you might have a > tricky time getting back the default user environment. > > I've had the need to use the templates to boot messed up > machines. I'd say DON'T mess with it. If you have to, > copy the template to /usr/local/defuser/ or some such > and THEN you can proceed. Well, I've had enough experience messing things up so I don't do anything without making at least one backup copy (and I've got the CD too) I thought this was supposed to be where you set things so that new accounts would be created a certain way (ie certain things on the dock, etc etc etc) and so I thought the easiest (not necessarily best) way was to set it up by having an actual account which I put together, and then had all the rest done based on that one. TjL -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> "I'm deperate, I've got a glass and I can't find a coaster... Then a thought comes to mind... I search frantically through the mail and there it is... another @$%#&! AOL disk.... Finally a place to put down my drink."
From: scotshep@onramp.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anyone ever seen this? @LongLink Date: 22 Dec 1995 01:16:28 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <4bd0tc$e6p@news.onramp.net> In the root directory of one of our black nexts running ns 3.2 we found this: ---------- 1 root 113 Dec 31 1969 @LongLink cat it and you get: /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/OperatingSystem/Part3_DriverKit/Reference/Protocols/IOScreenRegistration.rtf which when you look at it you find a real .rtf file. Whats going on here?
From: Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 22 Dec 1995 01:21:35 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4bd16v$a9a@radical1.radical.com> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <30D746BD.167EB0E7@cert.ucr.edu> <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> In <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> Stephen MacDougall wrote, in part: > However, the boot disk *MUST* be 512. This is incorrect. I'm running with 1024 byte sectors on my boot disk, and I think it's working. :) Mark
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu (Matthew N. Reichman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Naive %CPU question Date: 22 Dec 1995 05:19:32 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-b-49.usc.edu Message-ID: <4bdf54$lm1@usc.edu> This may be an ordinary situation but I don't understand it. All I'm doing is ftp'ing via Netsurfer (large 13mb file) but suddenly my machine slowed way down (after working just fine before) and ps -auxw showed: reichman 199 74.3 34.3 43.4M 11.0M ? R 526:11 - console (WindowServer) at one point it showed 91 I also noticed in the cnsole was the infamous Fiend DPS errors would someone translate this or am I not looking in the right place. -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: doyle@zeke.lanl.gov Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anyone ever seen this? @LongLink Date: 22 Dec 1995 05:47:35 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Message-ID: <4bdgpn$erm@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <4bd0tc$e6p@news.onramp.net> scotshep@onramp.net wrote: > In the root directory of one of our black nexts running ns 3.2 we found this: > ---------- 1 root 113 Dec 31 1969 @LongLink > > cat it and you get: > > /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/OperatingSystem/Part3_DriverKit/Reference/ Protocols/IOScreenRegistration.rtf > > which when you look at it you find a real .rtf file. Whats going on here? A leftover from gnutar believe (so that it can handle long filenames). Cheers, Mark
From: comm@sci.fi (Juha Tuominen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Network for Win95/NeXT Date: 22 Dec 1995 07:47:49 GMT Organization: Scifi Communications International Oy, http://www.sci.fi/, helpdesk@sci.fi, (931)3186277 Message-ID: <4bdnr5$7oo@tron.sci.fi> I have a PC running NS3.3 and NeXTcube runnin NS3.3 as well. They are connected together using twisted-pair ethernet. Cube is configured to be Netinfo server and NFS etc. works just fine. The problem is, that I have a NeXT's laser printer connected to cube and I'd like to use it to print documents from Windows 95, too. Is this possible? Is it possible to configure Cube to understand that the PC can run both Windows and NeXTSTEP (normal TCP/IP and Netinfo)? Any suggestions how to solve this problem? -Juha -- WARNING: ASSHOLES IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Firewalls and sendmail relay In-Reply-To: shepherd@suite.com's message of 21 Dec 1995 20:22:52 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec22031246@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4bcfms$2se@news.onramp.net> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 08:12:46 GMT Install sendmail 8.7.3 from ftp.cs.orst.edu. Set up your NS system as a null client. Use the clientproto.mc file to generate a sendmail.cf file. Specify nextstep as your OS and your firewall as your relay. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4bcfms$2se@news.onramp.net> shepherd@suite.com (Scot Shepherd) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27252 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!usenet From: shepherd@suite.com (Scot Shepherd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 21 Dec 1995 20:22:52 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: s175-16.suite.com X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.81) Has anyone out there had to configure a firewall and route mail through it? I've demo'd a firewall that we are probably going to buy but had mucho trouble getting mail to relay from our Next mailhost to the firewall itself. The machine continually tried to do it's own DNS lookups and send direct rather than relaying through the firewall. Is the DR macro the only one that needs to be defined? Should there be a <tab> somewhere or some other such silliness that I wasn't getting right? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Scot Shepherd -- Suite Software | Nuke the un-born gay whales -- -- Email: shepherd@suite.com | for Jesus!!! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: How a cabling problem hung my machine Message-ID: <DJzCs3.9v@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 08:55:15 GMT Well, sort of. I have configured NetWare to be used. At boot time, NetWare is started if some Netinfo property is set. But if the net is bad you have to Ctrl-C the NetWare startup. The result is that the loginwindow des not appear. Reason: npsd is not running or not working properly. I think it is a bug if NEXTSTEP doesn't start up properly if there is such a NetWare problem. Solution: I created a rc.noNetWare which contains the NetWare stuff commented out. That way, I can in a case like this boot single-user, replace rc with rc.noNetWare and boot normally. Yours, -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: default user account Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 08:32:11 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec22.083211.9057@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951221131726.6226B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951221131726.6226B-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> writes: > On 21 Dec 1995, Theodore J. Allen wrote: > > > "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > > > > > > Ok, this probably has some horrendous side effects, so I'm asking. > > > > > > I've got my little NeXT setup with just a few little accounts on it. > > > Anyway, the easiest way I've found to set up the defaults is to set up an > > > account for 'defuser' and link it to /usr/template/user. I can login as > > > 'defuser' and setup things for the rest of the users. It seems to work > > > great. Any potential potholes I'm not seeing ? > > > > If you mess up the user template, you might have a > > tricky time getting back the default user environment. > > I thought this was supposed to be where you set things so that new > accounts would be created a certain way (ie certain things on the dock, > etc etc etc) and so I thought the easiest (not necessarily best) way was > to set it up by having an actual account which I put together, and then > had all the rest done based on that one. If you are using 3.3, UserManager lets you create a template user, which is more or less taken from a real user account that you can log in to. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Message-ID: <DJzF8z.Et@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 09:48:35 GMT If you have a "refurbished monitor", please share your experiences with me. I have an older N4000 which I would like to give a new life if possible. Thanks, -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
From: biscm@info.isbiel.ch (Martin Bischoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Diamond Stealth not recognised Date: 22 Dec 1995 10:47:54 GMT Organization: Biel School of Engineering, Switzerland Distribution: world Message-ID: <4be2cq$hbk@vega.info.isbiel.ch> After I finally managed to install NS 3.3 on my PC, I still have one last problem: I have a Diamond Stealth 64 / 2MB graphics card. Unfortunately NS doesn't recognise it and alway starts up in a nasty 640*480 GrayScale graphics mode even if I define an other mode in the Configure.app. If I boot the system with -v option (which is btw. the only way to get it to boot), then NS tells me that it didn't find any DiamondStealth graphics card. In a NextAnswer was mentioned that one had to add some AutoDetect Id's for newer graphics cards, but this didn't help. Now, does anyone have an answer for this problem? thanks, Martin.
From: Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Pop mail servers and changing passwords Date: 22 Dec 1995 14:07:21 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bee2p$fpl@alfred.acs.uwlax.edu> References: <KAY.95Dec22115038@kauri.vuw.ac.nz> Keywords: POP Cameron Kay writes: > I'm running a pop server so staff can read mail on their Macs using > Eudora. One feature Eudora has it the ability to let users change > their passwords. Unfortunately my pop server is not configured to do > this. How do I configure qpopper to allow users to change their > passwords, or do I need to run another server to allow users to change their > passwords. And if so where can I get it from? > You need to get a separate password change server (daemon) to run on on your POP mail server. As I recall it was a real pain in the neck to get the code I found to compile correctly and then to function correctly. I'll look around and see what I can dredge up. (This was something I did over a year ago.) --Milo -- Milo Velimirovic <Milo.Velimirovic@uwlax.edu> Unix Computer Network Administrator (608) 785-8030 Information Technology, Operations and Networking University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 USA 43 48 05 N 91 14 22 W
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: getting intel on network Date: 22 Dec 1995 14:47:17 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4begdl$4r8@news.its.com> References: <4ba5un$7rt@orion.cybercom.net> "William J. Peterson" <peterson@cybercom.net> wrote: > I need to get a single intel NeXT running machine on a good > sized mac/pc/unix network. i have the ip address the netmask > hostname, nameserver ip, domain name, what is the exact > settings to make this work? I am using a 3comIII card Ask whoever administers the Unix machines on your network about that. They are probably the ones who will assign you an unused IP address, and are certainly the ones who would know about how to set up name service on your machine. Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu (Bill Bereza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anyone ever seen this? @LongLink Date: 22 Dec 1995 15:16:37 GMT Organization: Grand Valley State University Message-ID: <4bei4l$d8m@news.it.gvsu.edu> References: <4bdgpn$erm@newshost.lanl.gov> In article <4bdgpn$erm@newshost.lanl.gov> doyle@zeke.lanl.gov writes: > scotshep@onramp.net wrote: > > In the root directory of one of our black nexts running ns 3.2 we found > this: > > ---------- 1 root 113 Dec 31 1969 @LongLink > > A leftover from gnutar believe (so that it can handle long filenames). > Yes, but it only shows up if someone used plain tar on a gnutar'd file. So technically it's a leftover from whoever used the wrong program. -- Bill Bereza berezaw@river.it.gvsu.edu <NeXT/MIME> Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
From: shepherd@suite.com (Scot Shepherd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Date: 22 Dec 1995 17:06:01 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <4beohp$r8t@news.onramp.net> References: <DJzF8z.Et@AWT.NL> G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) wrote: >If you have a "refurbished monitor", please share your experiences with >me. I have replace several monitors on our net that had dimmed to the point of being unusable with refurbished monitors. The oldest one is maybe 2 years at this point and all are still running fine... > >I have an older N4000 which I would like to give a new life if possible. > >Thanks, > >-- >Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- >en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands >Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Scot Shepherd -- Suite Software | Nuke the un-born gay whales -- -- Email: shepherd@suite.com | for Jesus!!! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------
From: chris@miles.opensource.com (Chris Miner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to partition Win95 w/NeXTStep? Date: 22 Dec 1995 17:15:42 GMT Organization: OpenSource Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bep3u$s4t@trane.opensource.com> References: <4asr25$5le@news.eecs.uic.edu> In article <4asr25$5le@news.eecs.uic.edu> reed@ernie.eecs.uic.edu (Dale Reed) writes: > I've got a new Intel machine (133 Pentium) and want to have both Win95 > and NeXTStep installed in separate partitions. I've heard rumors that > I need to have Win95 installed first, and THEN I somehow install > NeXTStep. > > Have you done this? What are the steps involved? I've got A 1G HD, so > space should not be a problem. > NA 1951 covers restoring the NS partition booter. The MS product deletes this booter during install, so after installing NS, install the MS product and: - boot the MS product - start fdisk and set the NS partition active - reboot the machine - follow the instructions in NA 1951 to fix the damage done by the MS product. - Think bad thoughts about the MS product Chris
From: oori@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Oori Hasson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Linux <-> NeXt Date: 22 Dec 1995 17:11:58 GMT Organization: Gilo Internet Project Message-ID: <4beosu$77s@post.tau.ac.il> I'm a system admin at a high school involved a big testing period regarding internet connectivity. I have noticed that the UNIX system we use now is quite bad at managing large froups of users (I't Linux BTW), and we are looking for alternatives. We have also gotten into the database field, and we want to index many of our works in relational databases (SQL maybe). I wandered all over www.next.com but there isn't information that answers these questions there. If NeXT may be an aswer to these problems, we will reccomend it to the ministry of education (we are a testbed after all for the school system). I would prefer to use a unix system over NT, but Linux system administration of a large site is a bitch. Any comments would be greatly appreciated 10X in advance, Oori Hasson -- --- Oori Hasson | Check out: Psychology and Communications at HUJI | http://www.gilo.jlm.k12.il/~oori Linux Enthusiast at large | Webmaster. System. ---
From: edew@netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 22 Dec 1995 18:09:17 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <4bes8d$6oi@news.next.com> References: <4b7oic$80m@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> In article <4b7oic$80m@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) writes: = =Well, it works. Actually, it isn't as much trouble as I had it made =out to be. Thanks to all who submitted pointers and references - they =really helped. = =I don't know what happened the first time, but installing NS then NT is the You couldn't possibly mean you install NS first and then NT. If you do, the NT boot manager will overwrite the NS boot manager and you won't be able to boot NS. You should install NT first and then NS. EDEW =way to go. I was quite painless, except for having to reconfigure ribbon =cables to make the CDROM a slave device to install NS (NT doesn't like this =setup, BTW). I recall seeing a NeXTAnswer on setting up an EIDE CDROM drive =without it being a slave drive, so that is the next project. = =Thanks again. If anyone ever needs help with this, I am happy to help. = =-John = =-- =John Zachary =UAB GRAIL =zachary@cis.uab.edu
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 3.3 NS FIP Gateway and Sound Blaster Vibra Date: 22 Dec 1995 11:12:25 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <e3faclxpi.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <9512201521.AA06005@nx_chi> To: Randy Nelson <randyn@crt.com> <randyn@crt.com> writes: ><Sorry if this got posted before, but I never did see it show up.> >Has anyone had problems with the Sound Blater Vibra 16 sound card and Gateway >p100 under NS 3.3? Is the Sound Blaster Vibra 16 what's commonly known as "Sound Blaster 16?" -- "For I am Castanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: Frederic SAVOIR <fred@masterd.fdn.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Anyone compile UUCP 1.06 under NextStep v3.3 (Intel) ? Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 21:27:56 +0100 Organization: AMAZING STUDIO Message-ID: <30DB14CC.5467@masterd.fdn.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I'm looking for someone with the pright makefile and/or parameters to edit to let me compile it with out no problems ? By the way my config is: NS Dev 3.3p1 Thank you very much your help ! Fred Email: fred@masterd.fdn.fr
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 22 Dec 1995 21:09:56 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bf6r4$m3f@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> In article <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> zachary@willis.cis.uab.edu (John Zachary) writes: > In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951218001312.25158I-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu>, > Uncle Tim <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> wrote: > >On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Trey McClendon wrote: > > > > [ this part was written by luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu ] > >> : All I know is that Messy-DOS tends to blow away other filesystems (is > >> : this an accident or on purpose? Well heck, I'm not one to speculate ;-) > >> : so there has to be something to protect NS. > > > > [ this part is the followup by trey@hsv.tybrin.com ] > >> I doesn't really blow them away, it just eradicates the nice NeXT boot > >> block. There is a bit on this on NeXTanswers. You just have to use fdisk > >> to make the NeXT partition the active one. Then it will boot into NS. > >> Then use the disk command to write a new boot block. You are set then. > > > >I have no personal experience with this, but I have heard at least 10 > >people post that installing DOS/Windows after NeXTStep erases the > >NeXTStep part of the disk. Some have even gone so far as to reformat > >their NeXTStep part with 1024 block size rather than 512, since DOS can't > >handle 1024... > > > >I don't know more specifics about this, but it was more than just getting > >rid of the bootmanager. Ask around and I'm sure you can find someone who > Well, take it from me. If someone knows how to put the two on the same > machine, they will probably want a hefty consulting fee. > > My first strategy was to install NT first and then NS (with a small DOS > partition). I thought that NT would somehow use the DOS partition as the > active one since it bothers to copy some shit to it (bootsect.dos, ntldr, > etc). Then, NS would make itself and its partition active. Thus the > bootup sequence would first be the NS boot manager. Choosing the DOS > option, the NT boot manager would then kick in. Well, this didn't work > as I had planned (twice), as the NS install kept munging up some NT files. > So, onward to plan two. > > Well, don't try plan two - it totally fucks the NS partition (as 10 others > have found out). Plan two is the install NS first, then NT. > > What is the next step (no pun intended, well, ok, it's intended)? Right > now, I have NT running (and let me put in plug - 3.51 is *much* better than > 3.5: the responsiveness is better. the only downside is the crappy interface) > and NS on the shelf. If I can figure a way out, then I'll post it. Right > now, I might have to wait for Openstep for NT (or buy another machine :-) > > Hope this little exposition helps in some way. > Hmm.. I just finished updating a room of dual-boot systems - NT 3.51 and NEXTSTEP 3.2. On most, I installed NS first leaving 200M for the NT partition. On the NT install, I chose "Custom" setup and it has _never_ mangled/deleted/formatted my NS partitions. We have been doing this since NS 3.1 and NT 3.1. Never a problem. On some we did NT first and told it to leave 205M for NS (we have 405M disks). When we installed NS, NS did not screw with anything except for adding the Boot Manager.... Make sure you don't choose "Express" Setup via the NT install and you shouldn't have any problems at all... We haven't in more than 2 years... > -- > John Zachary > UAB GRAIL > zachary@cis.uab.edu -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXTMail or MIME mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL: http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * System Administration "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: sears@uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anyone ever BOOT from a ZIP drive? SOLVED Date: 22 Dec 1995 21:19:26 GMT Organization: University of Houston Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bf7cu$min@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <4bcbm0$8ps@radical1.radical.com> In article <4bcbm0$8ps@radical1.radical.com> Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com (Mark Tarbell) writes: > In <4balal$bka@Venus.mcs.com> Jerry S. Weiss wrote, in part: > > In article <4b57gn$8f@radical1.radical.com>, > > Mark Tarbell <Mark_Tarbell@Radical.Com> wrote: > > > Has anyone ever successfully booted from an Iomega ZIP drive? > > > > > > Here's what I get when I try with my ZIP disk at SCSI id 3 (target 5), > > > and the disk in it with NS built via builddisk: > > > > > > NeXT> b (3,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd3a > > > no SCSI disk > > > NeXT> > > > > > Well, I've booted Zips off of Intel scsi but its darn tricky. > > Mark's Rule of Thumb for Black Hardware #17: > > "All CD-ROM drives must have a SCSI target id greater > than that of the disk drive you're trying to boot from." > > I had my CD-ROM drive at sd2, my ZIP drive at sd3. Powering off the CD-ROM > enabled me to successfully boot from my ZIP disk (now at sd2) with the > following command: > > NeXT> bsd(2,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd2a rootrw=1 > > So, in black systems with a ZIP drive and CD-ROM drive, the only solution > seems to be to set the CD-ROM drive to SCSI target id 6; the ZIP to SCSI > target id 5. I would guess there might be something wrong with NeXT's SCSI > sensing firmware. I've noticed the same behavior when using BuildDisk, too. > > Thanks to all who followed up & emailed. > Mark NS will boot from the "lowest" SCSI device that it finds (we are only talking about disks and CD-Roms here, not tapes). When your CD-Rom is at a lower id (with 0 being the lowest) and your Zip a higher one, NS will always try to boot from the CD-Rom. The problem is not the way NS boots, but with that fact that Zip drives can only have SCSI ids of 5 or 6. -- Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXTMail or MIME mail OK) The University of Houston * <URL: http://www.egr.uh.edu/~sears/> Engineering Computing Center * System Administration "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime." ******* I do not represent the University of Houston *********
From: jbryans@csulb.edu (Jack Bryans) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: couple of NeXT vs xntp3 questions Date: 22 Dec 1995 21:32:45 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Distribution: inet Message-ID: <JBRYANS.95Dec22133245@wren.csulb.edu> 1. I could have sworn I'd read that multicast support was added to NeXTSTEP in 3.2, but trying a 3.3 built xntp3.4y as a multicast client on a 3.3 NeXT results in: xntpd[15874]: cannot add multicast address 224.0.1.1 as no MCAST support being sysloged. Has anyone found a way to make a multicast client xntpd on NeXTs? 2. Running xntp3.4y on white (Intel) 3.3 NeXTs, I get a negative delay reported by ntpq and xntpdc, indicating that responses were received before queries were sent. Our stratum 2 servers just aren't that fast, honest. Black NeXTs report normal delays. Yes, the white version was made on a white system, and black on black, so the endianity should be right. Here's ntpq data for a white machine: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp ============================================================================== +xxx.csulb.edu some.nearby.edu 3 u 808 1024 377 -0.96 -21.369 13.52 +yyy.csulb.edu norad.arc.nasa. 2 u 255 1024 377 -1.07 -28.631 21.97 *zzz.csulb.edu norad.arc.nasa. 2 u 770 1024 377 -0.49 -26.817 13.58 Black machine data for comparison: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp ============================================================================== +xxx.csulb.edu some.nearby.edu 3 u 26 1024 377 3.33 1.943 2.52 +yyy.csulb.edu norad.arc.nasa. 2 u 326 1024 377 4.14 -3.178 1.89 *zzz.csulb.edu norad.arc.nasa. 2 u 185 512 377 3.85 -5.152 2.73 How can I fix the negative delay time? Jack
From: jheidelo@alleg.edu (Jason Heideloff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: JOB: Systems Administrator Date: 22 Dec 1995 21:13:37 GMT Organization: Allegheny College Message-ID: <4bf721$cs0@speering.alleg.edu> Position Available Systems Administrator Allegheny College invites applications for the position of Systems Administrator. The systems administrator is responsible for maintaining and providing support for a mission critical, campus wide network that includes machines running NEXTSTEP, hp-ux, Ultrix and Digital UNIX. Qualifications The systems administrator must have a solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system and be familiar with fundamental networking concepts. In addition, he or she must have excellent writing and communication skills, computing and technical skills, and the ability to independently troubleshoot and solve problems. Experience with the NEXTSTEP object-oriented operating environment and NetInfo is preferred. A B.S. in Computer Science or a related field is desired. The systems administrator should have at least three years experience in a similar position. To apply, forward a letter of interest and resume with three references to: Jack Machesky, business manager, Allegheny College, Box 4, Meadville, PA 16335 no later than January 19, 1996. This is an exempt, 12-month position with a six-month probationary period. Allegheny College is an equal opportunity employer.
From: ken@mutt.com (Ken Craig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: perl 5.001n & MsqlPerl Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 16:31:17 -0500 Organization: Mutt Software Message-ID: <ken-2212951631180001@thebe09.netdepot.com> Help! I'm having no luck compiling perl5001n on my NeXTstation. I'm running NS 3.1 (the boss it too cheap to update it). I found the perl5001l binaries on ftp.cs.orst.edu and they're just fine, but I need some of the functions that came in the "m" release. Specifically I'm trying to get MsqlPerl 1.03 to compile and it's been suggested that I need the "m" release of perl5001 to do this (I'm missing the "misc" library????). It's suggested that this is a library that's part of the Msql (1.1.10) distribution, but I've successfully compiled and installed Msql and don't appear to have such a beast. If anyone could offer any assistance, or if someone could submit binaries for perl5001m or "n" and MsqlPerl 1.03 to one of the archives or email me for other methods to get it to me, I'd be eternally grateful. Anxiously awaiting some reply! Ken -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken and Rhea Craig ken@mutt.com http://www.netdepot.com/~ken/ "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Anyone compile UUCP 1.06 under NextStep v3.3 (Intel) ? In-Reply-To: Frederic SAVOIR's message of Fri, 22 Dec 1995 21:27:56 +0100 Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec22204752@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <30DB14CC.5467@masterd.fdn.fr> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:47:52 GMT I have 1.06.1 working flawlessly. BTW - There's a European user group that has the entire GNU Taylor UUCP package already compiled. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <30DB14CC.5467@masterd.fdn.fr> Frederic SAVOIR <fred@masterd.fdn.fr> writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27274 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!fdn.fr!usenet From: Frederic SAVOIR <fred@masterd.fdn.fr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 21:27:56 +0100 Organization: AMAZING STUDIO Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: masterd.fdn.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2 (Windows; I; 32bit) Hi, I'm looking for someone with the pright makefile and/or parameters to edit to let me compile it with out no problems ? By the way my config is: NS Dev 3.3p1 Thank you very much your help ! Fred Email: fred@masterd.fdn.fr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: Help! fsck error -- can't reboot In-Reply-To: J.M.Figueroa@QMW.ac.uk's message of 19 Dec 1995 21:02:53 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec22205016@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <J.M.FIGUEROA.95Dec19210253@strings7.ph.qmw.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:50:16 GMT You probably have a bad superblock. You can specify an alternate super block for fsck. See the man page for fsck. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <J.M.FIGUEROA.95Dec19210253@strings7.ph.qmw.ac.uk> J.M.Figueroa@QMW.ac.uk (Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27237 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!warwick!qmw!news.qmw.ac.uk!J.M.Figueroa From: J.M.Figueroa@QMW.ac.uk (Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 19 Dec 1995 21:02:53 GMT Organization: Theory Group, Physics, QMW College Lines: 34 Distribution: world NNTP-Posting-Host: strings7.ph.qmw.ac.uk Hi, Something weird is happening with one of our machines. (It's a P-90 running NS 3.3) I shut down the machine after I made some changes to the directories imported and exported by NFS ... and it refuses to reboot. I've gone into single-user mode and it doesn't let me excute almost any command except for "ls". If I try, for example, to run "fsck" it claims /: bad dir ino 104454 at offset 0 : nonexixtent directory block ^ \ ----- yes, it's mispelled! Can anyone please tell me how can I recover??? Many thanks in advance, Jose -- +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Dr Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill | Vox: +44.171.975-5055 | | Department of Physics (Rm. 227) | Fax: +44.181.981-7465 | | Queen Mary and Westfield College | mailto:J.M.Figueroa@qmw.ac.uk | | Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK | | | and | | http://stringswww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~jmf/jmf.html | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
From: a-prince@ix.netcom.com(Frank Bellino ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Looking for color monitor repair in Los Angeles Date: 23 Dec 1995 02:22:33 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <4bfp59$mrn@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> I have a 17" ND color display which now only dispays black. The Megapixel (monochrome) display is also dimming, seem like there's a message here somewhere... Has anyone any experience (good or bad) with service providers in Los Angeles, CA or anywhere in Souther California? Thanx for any help. Frank Bellino
From: chuck@its.com (Chuck Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 23 Dec 1995 08:04:28 GMT Organization: Information Technology Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <4bgd6c$hq@news.its.com> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> grosser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Benjamin A. Grosser) wrote: > I'm ordering a new hard drive for a 68040 cube, and wanted to confirm > that I need them to format it with 1024k blocks (as opposed to 512). > Can anybody confirm this? Actually, I can confirm that you cannot use 1024K sectors (1 GB is a large sector size! ;-). You can use either 1024 byte sectors or 512 byte sectors. However, there is both a performance improvement and an increase in available space if the drive does support 1024 byte sectors, so it is worth asking whether the drive can handle it. -Chuck Charles Swiger -- chuck@its.com | Information Technology Solutions, Inc. --------------------------------+--------------------------------------- CrashCatcher Development, Systems and Networking Administrator
From: jacques.garbi@colombus.ch (Jacques Garbi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Video Conference Date: 23 Dec 1995 11:37:57 GMT Organization: Petrel Communications - Geneva Switzerland Message-ID: <4bgpml$cv6@news.petrel.ch> Hi, Does anyone know of hardware/software that could allow me to have videoconference from NS 3.3 Intel ? And through the Internet ??? Thanks --- Jacques GARBI Colombus Inc. Av. de France 33 1004 Lausanne Switzerland Phone : 011 41 21 661 16 76 Fax : 011 41 21 661 16 73 NeXTMail or MIME : jacques.garbi@colombus.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Anyone compile UUCP 1.06 under NextStep v3.3 (Intel) ? Message-ID: <DK1FH1.DrM@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <RDL.95Dec22204752@world.std.com> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 11:48:37 GMT In article <RDL.95Dec22204752@world.std.com> rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) writes: > I have 1.06.1 working flawlessly. BTW - There's a European user group > that has the entire GNU Taylor UUCP package already compiled. ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/comp/next There you'll find ready and easy to install packages for Taylor UUCP (1.05) and CNews and a CNews configuration app. -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: NS/IP: Operating System not found! HELP! Date: Sat, 23 Dec 95 22:32:10 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <4bhefd$9sc@blackice.winternet.com> I have a EIDE drive with Nextstep installed, and a SCSI drive with Windows95. I've been dual booting by enabling/disabling the EIDE drive, and this has been working well for months. Yesterday, instead of getting a "boot:" prompt, it came up with "Operating System not found". I suspect my boot blocks were corrupted somehow. How can I recover from this? I don't have another bootable Nextstep drive. There's about 3 months of work on my EIDE drive that I can't get to if it won't boot. Please cc any replies to email. Thanks! Steve -- Steve Krans, Minneapolis MN skrans@winternet.com
From: thwang@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tommy kuei-che hwang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [ANNOUNCE] NeXT applications.. Date: 23 Dec 1995 19:50:45 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Message-ID: <4bhmil$p8q@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> User quota is now available in my http server. http://www.mysolution.com This is second posting, but first one did not seem to go beyond my local site for some odd reason.
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and NT on the same system? Date: 23 Dec 1995 11:13:07 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ehgyr8ugs.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <4b4opl$76k@mayfair.cis.uab.edu> <DJxuCE.HKJ@uia.ua.ac.be> To: pdepuydt@uia.ac.be Is there any way to share a filesystem b/w NS and NT? -- "For I am Castanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: peterson@cybercom.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Kermit wont work Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 02:17:52 GMT Organization: CYBERCOM Internet Services (617) 396-0491 Message-ID: <4bhrmq$r5p@orion.cybercom.net> I am trying to use kermit to dial my ISP for ppp. When I try to set line ex. cua, cufa, cub, cufb (set line /dev/cufb would be what I typed) it says no such device. I know serial port 2 (com 2) is good as I can connect to my ISP with Windows NT. Is there some special set up I must do to get the devices activated or something? William J. Peterson peterson@cybercom.net
From: bsantini@pb.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to Change name on My account? Date: 20 Dec 1995 20:42:54 GMT Organization: Long Island Internet HQ/Point Blank BBS LTD. Distribution: all Message-ID: <4b9sge$qsu@ns2.pb.net> I need to know what file I should change in order to change the default "My Account" name that appears on the fax cover page to my own name. Also, Within Mail app, I need to know what to modify so that the "From:" line in the mail header will change from "My Account me @ (my host name) to Barry Santini_bsantini@pb.net. Any help for this novice is appreciated. Thanks! bsantini@pb.net
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: NS/IP: Operating System not found! HELP! Date: Sun, 24 Dec 95 08:51:45 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <4biip5$45e@blackice.winternet.com> References: <4bhefd$9sc@blackice.winternet.com> In article <4bhefd$9sc@blackice.winternet.com>, skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) wrote: >I have a EIDE drive with Nextstep installed, and a SCSI drive with Windows95. > I've been dual booting by enabling/disabling the EIDE drive, and this has >been working well for months. > >Yesterday, instead of getting a "boot:" prompt, it came up with "Operating >System not found". I suspect my boot blocks were corrupted somehow. How can >I recover from this? I don't have another bootable Nextstep drive. There's >about 3 months of work on my EIDE drive that I can't get to if it won't >boot. > >Please cc any replies to email. > >Thanks! > >Steve > I was able to load the boot software from floppy, then issue a "hd(0)mach_kernel" to boot of my ide drive. I installed new boot software using "/usr/etc/disk -b /dev/rhd0h" (or is it rhd0a?), but am still getting the same "Operating system not found" message at boot time. Suggestions? Steve -- Steve Krans, Minneapolis MN skrans@winternet.com
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Date: 22 Dec 1995 19:15:08 -0700 Organization: A Big Black Cube Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4bfonc$5up@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <DJzF8z.Et@AWT.NL> G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) wrote: > If you have a "refurbished monitor", please share your experiences with > me. > > I have an older N4000 which I would like to give a new life if possible. > > Thanks, Bell Atlantic told me my monitor (N4000A) was a "retrofitted" model, that is, it had the pcboard in the back replaced after it was shipped to counteract the "dimming" that they were prone to. -- Robert Worne NeXT-OS/2-MacOS Starving CS Undergrad...Sorry, I don't *do* Windows! I'd rather starve... -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/P/S d-?>pu s+:+> a- C++$>++++ UX++++>$ P+>+++ L+ !E !W++ N+++ !o-- !K w--- O++$ M+ V PS>--- !PE+ Y+ !PGP- t@ 5++ X+++ R- tv b+>++ DI !D G e>+++ h--- r++ y+++** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
From: stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: 24 Dec 1995 04:52:55 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <4bimb7$f3l@master.ftn.net> References: <4b4i3e$425@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <30D746BD.167EB0E7@cert.ucr.edu> <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> <4bd16v$a9a@radical1.radical.com> In <4bd16v$a9a@radical1.radical.com> Mark Tarbell wrote: | In <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> Stephen MacDougall wrote, in part: | > However, the boot disk *MUST* be 512. | | This is incorrect. I'm running with 1024 byte sectors on my boot disk, | and I think it's working. :) | | Mark | | I was just going by what NeXT said in one of the NeXTAnswers. I have never actually tried to use 1024 byte blocks on my boot disk. I'm glad that it works well!! I always thought that such a restriction on the boot disk was silly. Regards, -- ==================================================== Stephen MacDougall RADium Technology Centre (Canada) stevem@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted ====================================================
From: Paul_Lynch@plsys.com (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black hardware needs format of 1024k block, yes? Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 09:51:52 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Sender: news@seer.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <1995Dec24.095152.15446@seer.demon.co.uk> References: <4bimb7$f3l@master.ftn.net> In article <4bimb7$f3l@master.ftn.net> stevem@RADium.ca (Stephen MacDougall) writes: > In <4bd16v$a9a@radical1.radical.com> Mark Tarbell wrote: > | In <4bc69b$980@master.ftn.net> Stephen MacDougall wrote, in part: > | > However, the boot disk *MUST* be 512. > | > | This is incorrect. I'm running with 1024 byte sectors on my boot disk, > | and I think it's working. :) > > I was just going by what NeXT said in one of the NeXTAnswers. I have never > actually tried to use 1024 byte blocks on my boot disk. I'm glad that it > works well!! I always thought that such a restriction on the boot disk was > silly. Intel hardware requires 512, NeXT can use either 512 or 1024. I don't know about Sun or HP. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul (under construction)
From: dnelson@core.symnet.net (Dru Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Are you missing bcp on your black Sybase server?? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software Date: 24 Dec 1995 10:33:57 GMT Organization: S y m N e t - North Florida Internet Access (info@symnet.net) Message-ID: <4bjaal$aq4@tempest.symnet.net> References: <DJrDF0.9CB@cuug.ab.ca> <RDL.95Dec19234317@world.std.com> Robert La Ferla (rdl@world.std.com) wrote: : bcp is indeed missing. It shouldn't be hard to rewrite it. Is this a joke? Dru SymNet
From: dave@turbocat.snafu.de (David Wetzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: /bin/login -and- new ISASerialPorts/PortServer Date: 22 Dec 1995 11:44:12 GMT Organization: Turbocat's Development, Germany Message-ID: <4be5mc$d8@turbocat.snafu.de> References: <4b9qh3$af6@gamera.cbl.cees.edu> mike@starburst.cbl.cees.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) wrote: (...) > HOWEVER: getty'ing the ports for dialin has problems. I have "p8" set > on the default option, and that prints the initial banner and login > message okay, accepts the username, and then when that forks > /bin/login everything breaks down, I get jibberish and it won't read (...) Use mgetty from ftp.leo.org. /etc/ttys: cufb "/usr/local/sbin/mgetty" unknown on Works better than the original one. _ _ _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, _/ \_ Phone +49 33056 82151, Fax +49 33056 82152 (______) dave@turbocat.snafu.de (NeXTMail)
From: fritz Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth not recognised Date: 23 Dec 1995 21:42:22 GMT Organization: Voyager Information Networks, Inc. Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bht3u$qd4@vixa.voyager.net> References: <4be2cq$hbk@vega.info.isbiel.ch> In <4be2cq$hbk@vega.info.isbiel.ch> Martin Bischoff wrote: > I have a Diamond Stealth 64 / 2MB graphics card. Unfortunately NS doesn't recognise it and alway starts up in a nasty 640*480 GrayScale graphics mode even if I define an other mode in the Configure.app. Is this a VL-Bus or a PCI card. Not too long ago I went through the same thing with the VL-Bus card. If you indeed have the VL-Bus card I have bad news for you. The drivers do not support the 968 VL-Bus chipset configuration. TJ
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Message-ID: <DK3K96.H5I@RnA.NL> Sender: gerben@RnA.NL (Gerben Wierda) Organization: G.R.O.S.S. References: <4bfonc$5up@nntp3.news.primenet.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 15:27:06 GMT In article <4bfonc$5up@nntp3.news.primenet.com> Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> writes: > G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) wrote: > > If you have a "refurbished monitor", please share your experiences with > > me. > > > > I have an older N4000 which I would like to give a new life if possible. > > > > Thanks, > > Bell Atlantic told me my monitor (N4000A) was a "retrofitted" model, that > is, it had the pcboard in the back replaced after it was shipped to > counteract the "dimming" that they were prone to. That's a funny story, as the "dimmimg" is supposed to mainly be the result of a leaky tube (and the type of kathode), implying that the CRT should be replaced. Did I miss something? Thanks, -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242 "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
From: scotshep@onramp.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Date: 24 Dec 1995 16:04:23 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Message-ID: <4bjtm7$8ev@news.onramp.net> References: <DJzF8z.Et@AWT.NL> <4beohp$r8t@news.onramp.net> It been brought to my attention that maybe people would like to know where they could get a 'refurbished' monitor if they wanted one. I exchange my monitors with Bell Atlantic via UPS. They send a working unit out and I use the same packing to return the defective unit. Works for us. Their number is: 1-800-345-7950, ask for NeXT repair deparment. Scot PS, I don't work for them (Bell Atlantic or NeXT) or have anything to gain from passing this information on...
From: skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: NS/IP: Operating System not found! HELP! Date: Sun, 24 Dec 95 22:01:36 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Message-ID: <4bk124$5ig@blackice.winternet.com> References: <4bhefd$9sc@blackice.winternet.com> <4biip5$45e@blackice.winternet.com> In article <4biip5$45e@blackice.winternet.com>, skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) wrote: >In article <4bhefd$9sc@blackice.winternet.com>, > skrans@winternet.com (Steve Krans) wrote: > >>I have a EIDE drive with Nextstep installed, and a SCSI drive with Windows95. >> I've been dual booting by enabling/disabling the EIDE drive, and this has >>been working well for months. >> >>Yesterday, instead of getting a "boot:" prompt, it came up with "Operating >>System not found". I suspect my boot blocks were corrupted somehow. How can >>I recover from this? I don't have another bootable Nextstep drive. There's >>about 3 months of work on my EIDE drive that I can't get to if it won't >>boot. >> >>Please cc any replies to email. >> >>Thanks! >> >>Steve >> > >I was able to load the boot software from floppy, then issue a >"hd(0)mach_kernel" to boot of my ide drive. I installed new boot software >using "/usr/etc/disk -b /dev/rhd0h" (or is it rhd0a?), but am still getting >the same "Operating system not found" message at boot time. Suggestions? > >Steve > Fixed it. There was a problem with my scsi card. -- Steve Krans, Minneapolis MN skrans@winternet.com
From: gcasa@wam.umd.edu (Gregory John Casamento) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Panic when trying to do BuildDisk Date: 24 Dec 1995 19:53:09 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <4bkb35$42h@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Hi, a friend and I were working on his Pentium which has NSFIP3.3 installed on it. We were building hd1 (his second IDE hard drive) and I hit the "STOP" button because I thought that there might be a faster way to partition the drive. Now, for some reason, every time we try to use BuildDisk on the drive it causes a system panic. We have also tried simply initializing the disk which also causes a system panic. I expected BuildDisk *NOT* to be destructive and to at least leave the device in a usable state. I suppose that this was not a wise assumption. If anyone has experience with this problem, then PLEASE, PLEASE tell me how you solved it. I am kind of at the end of my rope here. Please email any responses to myself and rdthomas@ravens-nest.com Thanks in advance for any help, -- Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu (c) G. Casamento -- Permission to distribute on MS network denied!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: 3.3 NS FIP Gateway and Sound Blaster Vibra In-Reply-To: robert@steffi.accessone.com's message of 22 Dec 1995 11:12:25 -0800 Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec24153747@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <9512201521.AA06005@nx_chi> <e3faclxpi.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 20:37:47 GMT No, the Vibra is not a card. It's a CODEC chip on the motherboard. It supposed to provide the best sound under NS. It is featured on the Intel Endeavour motherboard. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <e3faclxpi.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27273 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!steffi.accessone.com!usenet From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 22 Dec 1995 11:12:25 -0800 Organization: x Lines: 14 Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com References: <9512201521.AA06005@nx_chi> Reply-To: robert@steffi.accessone.com NNTP-Posting-Host: steffi.accessone.com X-Newsreader: September Gnus v0.12 <randyn@crt.com> writes: ><Sorry if this got posted before, but I never did see it show up.> >Has anyone had problems with the Sound Blater Vibra 16 sound card and Gateway >p100 under NS 3.3? Is the Sound Blaster Vibra 16 what's commonly known as "Sound Blaster 16?" -- "For I am Castanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: How to Change name on My account? In-Reply-To: bsantini@pb.net's message of 20 Dec 1995 20:42:54 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec24153543@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4b9sge$qsu@ns2.pb.net> Distribution: all Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 20:35:43 GMT You need to change it in the password entry in NetInfo. To do this, use UserManager.app or NetInfoManager.app. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4b9sge$qsu@ns2.pb.net> bsantini@pb.net writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27288 Path: world!zilker.net!news.intercon.com!netnews.com!udel!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!ns2.pb.net!news From: bsantini@pb.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 20 Dec 1995 20:42:54 GMT Organization: Long Island Internet HQ/Point Blank BBS LTD. Lines: 8 Distribution: all Reply-To: bsantini@pb.net NNTP-Posting-Host: quattro.pb.net X-Newsreader: RadicalNews (TM) v0.7 Beta I need to know what file I should change in order to change the default "My Account" name that appears on the fax cover page to my own name. Also, Within Mail app, I need to know what to modify so that the "From:" line in the mail header will change from "My Account me @ (my host name) to Barry Santini_bsantini@pb.net. Any help for this novice is appreciated. Thanks! bsantini@pb.net
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From: caradoc@neta.com (Santa ) Message-ID: <cancel.4bkklh$a18@news1.goodnet.com> Control: cancel <4bkklh$a18@news1.goodnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <4bkklh$a18@news1.goodnet.com> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 08:16:59 KST UDP SPAM cancelled by jem@xpat.postech.ac.kr.
From: dchin@u.washington.edu (Davin Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing on a headless cube Date: 25 Dec 1995 00:39:30 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Message-ID: <4bkrs2$26v@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-User: dchin Has anyone successfully set up a headless (no moniter attached) mono NeXT computer, either cube or station with a NeXT Laser? I have a cube with 2 motherboards, one which I use as the console, and the other as a network booting machine set up to have serial A be console. In order to get this to boot I had to midify /etc/ttys to comment out the WindowServer and invoke getty with a vt100 term on serial a. when lpd and ntp are started in the boot the printer powers up fine, but when I try to print I get a message in /private/adm/lpd-errs?? that says that Cannot connect to WindowServer. Sleeping. whenever I try to run /usr/lib/NextStep/WindowServer as a superuser, or from /etc/ttys and it tryes to contact /dev/vid0 the machine goes into a kernel panic and crashes. questions I have are: Can I get the machine to print without starting WindowServer? Can I start WindowServer with some flags so it Will only server printers, ie.. does not try to contact /dev/vid0 Is there any documentation on WindowServer? Thanks. Davin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Davin Chin dchin@u.washington.edu 206-784-4102 dchin@nwmicro.com I need something neat to put in my sig.
From: "bebeto.slip.wg.saar.de" <bebeto@wg.saar.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: RenderMan on black hardware Date: 26 Dec 1995 15:49:25 GMT Organization: Yoyodyne Posting Systems, INN Lab. Message-ID: <4bp5i5$tps@bellona.wg.saar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need help for running RenderMan on my black hardware. Is there someone who can describe me a procedure for programming graphics with RenderMan. I have read "The RenderMan Companion" but I don't know of which filetyp the sourcefile must be, and how I must compile and run it. Creating it as a ".c" file and compiling it with cc creates error in for example "_BeginWorld" not known, creting it as a ".rib" file and run it in a UNIX-shell with prman creates errors for not knowing the prefix "Ri" Can anybody help me. thanx Mathias
From: Yibing Wu <yibwu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: (no subject) Date: 26 Dec 1995 19:20:06 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <4bpht6$rjp@news.mcl.bdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have some problems installing NeXT on my Pentium box: the Ethernet card is 3Com Fastlink(100MB) instead of the popular 3Com Etherlink III(10MB). I've looked up in NeXT's web site, couldn't find a driver for it. Has anyone had the same problem before? Do they have a driver for that card? I also need driver for ENSONIQ Soundscape sound card. Any help would be appreciated. Yibing Wu ywu@lan.mcl.bdm.com or yibwu@plato.sky.bdm.com
From: Gregory John Casamento <gcasa@wam.umd.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Panic when trying to do BuildDisk Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:36:19 -0500 Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.951225014118.26354A-100000@rac5.wam.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <m0tTzMj-0005y8C@mars.mcs.com> Actually, I believe that BuildDisk does work on intel. I installed the base system software on his hd1 at one point with no problems. The problem here is that later he decided that he wanted to partition the drive into two 258MB partitions. I pressed the STOP button on BuildDIsk and after that it stopped working. Thanks, Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu (c) G. Casamento -- Permission to distribute on MS network denied!! On Sun, 24 Dec 1995, Font wrote: > In comp.sys.next.sysadmin you write: > > >Hi, a friend and I were working on his Pentium which has NSFIP3.3 > >installed on it. We were building hd1 (his second IDE hard drive) and > >I hit the "STOP" button because I thought that there might be a faster > >way to partition the drive. Now, for some reason, every time we try > >to use BuildDisk on the drive it causes a system panic. We have also > >tried simply initializing the disk which also causes a system panic. > > >I expected BuildDisk *NOT* to be destructive and to at least leave the > >device in a usable state. I suppose that this was not a wise > >assumption. If anyone has experience with this problem, then PLEASE, > >PLEASE tell me how you solved it. I am kind of at the end of my rope > >here. > > >Please email any responses to myself and rdthomas@ravens-nest.com > > >Thanks in advance for any help, > > >-- > >Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu > >(c) G. Casamento -- Permission to distribute on MS network denied!! > > I don't think BuildDisk works on Intel, according to 3.3 Release > Notes. You might try something like copying the boot disk instead, > after partitioning. I used something like > > dump 0sf 120000 - / | (cd /mymount;restore xf -) > > gnutar will also work if you exclude /private/vm contents. > -- > font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes. >
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Date: 26 Dec 1995 12:48:01 -0700 Organization: A Big Black Cube Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4bpjhh$278@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <4bfonc$5up@nntp3.news.primenet.com> <DK3K96.H5I@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL wrote: > > That's a funny story, as the "dimmimg" is supposed to mainly be the result of a > leaky tube (and the type of kathode), implying that the CRT should be replaced. > > Did I miss something? > I dunno, all I read (and heard from a few vendors) that some electronic components on the video backboard go bad, resulting in the dimming. One of next's warantee bulletins refers to an 'FRU replaceable audio board, I-board', and additionally, 'a 12v to 6.3v CRT conversion' There is a newer video driver board for 12v monitors, as well as a 12v to 6.3v monitor conversion, add that to the other conversations I had regarding dimming, fuzzying monitors, and you can see where I drew my conclusions from :) BTW: The source (printed) for the parts is:NeXT Service Update, Vol1, Issue2, Winter 1991. Page 2. -- Robert Worne NeXT-OS/2-MacOS Starving CS Undergrad...Sorry, I don't *do* Windows! I'd rather starve... -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/P/S d-?>pu s+:+> a- C++$>++++ UX++++>$ P+>+++ L+ !E !W++ N+++ !o-- !K w--- O++$ M+ V PS>--- !PE+ Y+ !PGP- t@ 5++ X+++ R- tv b+>++ DI !D G e>+++ h--- r++ y+++** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
From: aeg@dogbert (Anthony E. Glover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Separate Disks For Win 95 & NS Date: 26 Dec 1995 19:46:23 GMT Organization: HiWAAY Information Services Message-ID: <4bpjef$38k@parlor.hiwaay.net> I am about to attempt to install Windows 95 and NS on my Intel machine, and I would like to install them on different hard disks. I've got a 540MB SCSI disk I want to put Win 95 on and I've purchased a 1.08G SCSI disk to put NS on. I would still like to have a boot monitor ask me which OS to start and have both OSs be able to see each other's disk. Does anyone know to perform this feat? Please post a response or send me e-mail at aeg@hiwaay.net Thanks, Tony Glover aeg@hiwaay.net
From: È: †ˆ)$À Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NXFax on 3.3 Intel... Date: 26 Dec 1995 22:04:39 GMT Organization: Cleveland State University Message-ID: <4bprhn$24q@csu-b.csuohio.edu> Alberto Ricart wrote: >I found the following drivers in NeXT Answers URL http://www.next.com that >fixed the problem (release 3.33 which replace the standard 3.30 drivers >shipped with NS3.3 [snip] > >ISASerialPort.pkg >PortServer.pkg Does any of this accomplish something useful that the MuxV1.7 serial drivers don't (or do but shouldn't)? Regards, David bynum@lserver.math.csuohio.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: ftp.cs.orst.edu is down... Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec26185848@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 23:58:48 GMT Since ftp.cs.orst.edu has been down for several days, can someone suggest an alternate site? I sem to remember that the NeXT archives were going to be moved from ftp.cs.orst.edu to another site anyways. Did that happen and if so, where is it? Robert
From: Uri Shkolnik <uri@harmonic.co.il> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Tape defenition - Where & How Date: 24 Dec 1995 21:26:36 GMT Organization: Harmonic Lightwaves Message-ID: <4bkgic$77d@news.netvision.net.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Does anybody know how to define a 120 (8Mb) Tape on NextStep 3.3 (I have the full list of the parameters) Where the defenitions file location? There is anything else I should do to config the system to work with new backup tape? ------------------------------------------ Uri Shkolnik - System Administrator Harmonic Lightwaves (Israel) uri@harmonic.co.il & root@harmonic.co.il
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fabio@ts.go.dlr.de (Fabio Bertolotti) Subject: Cryptic error message Message-ID: <DK8oII.96B@news.dlr.de> Sender: news@news.dlr.de Organization: DLR, Abt. SM-SK Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 09:47:06 GMT I have the following error message at boot-up: exception #3 (0xC) at 0x100034c Sounds like a hardware problem. In /usr/include/mach/exception.h there is the entry, #define EXC_ARITHMETIC 3 /* Arithmetic exception */ /* Exact nature of exception is in code field */ My question is: How do I decypher the ``exact nature of exception'' from ``(0xC) at 0x100034c'' ? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! Fabio Bertolotti.
From: Dan McGuirk <mcguirk@indirect.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS 3.3 sees only half of Sparc 2GB internal Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 12:33:49 +0000 Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Message-ID: <30E13D2D.3F4D@indirect.com> References: <DJC9wJ.26o@sounds.wa.com> <4b4mmu$as5@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sha Xin Wei wrote: > > NS 3.3 installs onto Sparc20 with 2GB internal HD, > but we see only a 1GB partition. How can we get NS to > recognize 2GB of the disk? I've checked NeXTAnswers and > read the FAQ about the NS 3.2 "2 gigabyte bug," but that doc > claims this to be fixed in NS 3.3: NS 3.3 should automatically > partition larger disks into 2GB chunks. I have the same problem with a 2 gig Seagate Barracuda drive on Intel.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ernst@fritz.snafu.de (Ernst Kloecker) Subject: Samba causes fsck ? Message-ID: <DK995G.2rz@fritz.snafu.de> Organization: dasburo Berlin Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 17:12:51 GMT Is anybody else using Samba and has noticed that after restarting the system a filesystem check is performed ? That even happens if I kill nmbd manually before shutting down the system. smbd is not running any more anyway as it had been started by inetd and the connected PC was shut down before the NeXT was. This happens on black hardware, NS3.2 and Samba 1.9.15p6. Thanks for any info, Ernst.
From: edx@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS 3.3 sees only half of Sparc 2GB internal Message-ID: <1995Dec27.115256.70049@cc.usu.edu> Date: 27 Dec 95 11:52:55 MDT References: <DJC9wJ.26o@sounds.wa.com> <4b4mmu$as5@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <30E13D2D.3F4D@indirect.com> Organization: Utah State University In article <30E13D2D.3F4D@indirect.com>, Dan McGuirk <mcguirk@indirect.com> writes: > Sha Xin Wei wrote: >> > NS 3.3 installs onto Sparc20 with 2GB internal HD, >> but we see only a 1GB partition. How can we get NS to >> recognize 2GB of the disk? I've checked NeXTAnswers and >> read the FAQ about the NS 3.2 "2 gigabyte bug," but that doc >> claims this to be fixed in NS 3.3: NS 3.3 should automatically >> partition larger disks into 2GB chunks. > > I have the same problem with a 2 gig Seagate Barracuda drive on Intel. I just installed a 4 Gig Seagate Barracuda - no problems. *However* when the install is finished, only the first partition /dev/sd0a is automatically mounted. I had to manually edit the /etc/fstab file and put in entries for /dev/sd0b, /dev/sd0c, and /dev/sd0d before they showed up. I suspect this is the problem in both the cases cited above. - HRC - hcole@spanky.idec.sdl.usu.edu
From: nextjet@ids.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need NEXTSTEP DOCS 1.0 and up. Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 23:51:37 +500 Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (800)IDS-1680 Message-ID: <4bt7os$ns2@paperboy.ids.net> need nextstep docs 1.0 and up any condition let me make a bid.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ebaranz@muscat.pr.net.ch (E. Baranzini) Subject: Re: Q: Backup on NeXT Message-ID: <1995Dec27.082838.444@muscat.pr.net.ch> Sender: ebaranz@muscat.pr.net.ch References: <4bc19d$57m@emerald.oz.net> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 08:28:38 GMT In article <4bc19d$57m@emerald.oz.net> art@cubicsol.com (Art Isbell) writes: > [...] > Doesn't seem to matter. It happens with the latest version of gnutar and > the gnutar maintainer has confirmed that the bug still exists. It is on the > gnutar bug list, but I'm not aware of any scheduled release date for a fixed > version. > > To see the problem, create a gnutar archive that includes paths in the > same directory tree both longer than and shorter than 100 characters: > % gnutar -cf test.tar /Users/art/Trego/Production/CaseServ/CaseServ.app/English.lproj/CapitationTab leDetail.nib > [...] > > > Isn't there a flag which lets you decide whether or not this is done? > > -P will force all files to be stored as absolute paths with the '/' > included. Then if you unarchive without the -P flag, relative paths are > used, so this is a workaround. There are 2 further (and IMHO better) solutions. I was not aware of the bug, because I __never__ archive absolute paths, but only the relative ones. 1) cd to the base dir: in the case cited it is / and then archive without leading /. That is: cd /; gnutar -cf test.tar Users/art/Tre... 2) use the -C switch to let gnutar cd itself into the basedir[s]. This is the best solution, because you can have more than one basedir: gnutar -cf test.tar -C / Users/art/Tre... I can confirm that the bug is still in the latest version of gnutar, 1.11.8, June 1995. In this version you have again a more or less acuurate documentation (still not definitive). The maintainer Francois Pinard is making a very good job. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Erminio BARANZINI, Muehlemattstr. 53, CH-3007 Berne, Switzerland ebaranz@muscat.pr.net.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: espeyton@ix.netcom.com (Espeyton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mount LINUX partition from NEXTSTEP Date: 28 Dec 1995 16:23:58 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <4bugau$d3d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Hi All, I think this has been covered before, but how can I mount my Linux Partition from NEXTSTEP ??? Any software or procedures to follow?? Thanks in advance, Eric Peyton espeyton@ix.netcom.com
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: ftp.cs.orst.edu is down... Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:16:49 -0500 Organization: Princeton University Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.951228101207.14079C-100000@capitalist.princeton.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <RDL.95Dec26185848@world.std.com> On Tue, 26 Dec 1995, Robert La Ferla wrote: > Since ftp.cs.orst.edu has been down for several days, can someone suggest > an alternate site? I sem to remember that the NeXT archives were going > to be moved from ftp.cs.orst.edu to another site anyways. Did that happen > and if so, where is it? orst is back, I just logged in and the files were all there... The new site will eventually be: next-ftp.peak.org TjL, who is only cross-posting this because it has been asked in both newsgroups today -- Timothy J. Luoma <luomat@capitalist.princeton.edu> "I'm deperate, I've got a glass and I can't find a coaster... Then a thought comes to mind... I search frantically through the mail and there it is... another @$%#&! AOL disk.... Finally a place to put down my drink."
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP!! External disk stops mounting Date: 28 Dec 1995 17:29:12 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <4buk58$kjn@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> I've got an external Quantum drive on our server. Last night the system crashed. I came in this morning, and rebooted. Since then, the drive will *not* come up. During boot, it comes up as a generic scsi device, although the drive *is* being polled because the lights flickering. The cause was this: a link from /usr/spool/news that went to /P500/news (P500 being the name for the 500 meg quantum) vanished. (I haven't figured out why yet) /usr/adm messages had this in it: Dec 27 21:10:01 galadriel slurp[454]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 21:10:01 galadriel slurp[454]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 27 21:20:01 galadriel slurp[458]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 21:20:01 galadriel slurp[458]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 27 22:10:01 galadriel slurp[481]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 22:10:01 galadriel slurp[481]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 27 22:20:01 galadriel slurp[487]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 22:20:01 galadriel slurp[487]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 27 23:10:01 galadriel slurp[501]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 23:10:01 galadriel slurp[501]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 27 23:20:01 galadriel slurp[506]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 27 23:20:01 galadriel slurp[506]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 28 00:10:02 galadriel slurp[523]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 28 00:10:02 galadriel slurp[523]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 28 00:20:02 galadriel slurp[529]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 28 00:20:02 galadriel slurp[529]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 28 00:32:29 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:0 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 00:34:32 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:34:32 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:34:32 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:36:34 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:37:36 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:37:36 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:39:39 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:40:40 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:40:40 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:42:44 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:43:45 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:43:45 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:45:48 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:46:50 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:46:50 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:48:53 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:49:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:49:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:51:57 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:52:59 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:52:59 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:55:02 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:56:03 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:56:03 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:58:06 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 00:59:08 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 00:59:08 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:01:11 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:02:12 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:02:12 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:04:16 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:05:17 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:05:17 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:07:20 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:08:22 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:08:22 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:09:24 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:0 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 01:11:26 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:11:26 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:11:26 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:10:05 galadriel slurp[540]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 28 01:10:05 galadriel slurp[540]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 28 01:12:28 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:14:31 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:14:31 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:14:31 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:16:34 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:17:35 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:17:35 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:19:38 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:20:40 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:20:40 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:20:01 galadriel slurp[544]: space: no space on /usr/spool/news Dec 28 01:20:01 galadriel slurp[544]: new_batch: not enough space for incoming batch Dec 28 01:21:42 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:23:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:23:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:23:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:24:46 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:0 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 01:26:49 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:26:49 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:26:49 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:28:52 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:29:53 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:29:53 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:31:57 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:32:58 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:32:58 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:35:01 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:36:03 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:36:03 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:38:06 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:39:07 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:39:07 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:41:10 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:42:12 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:42:12 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:44:15 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:45:16 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:45:16 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:47:19 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:48:21 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:48:21 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:50:24 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:51:25 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:51:25 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:53:29 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:54:30 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:54:30 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:56:33 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 01:57:35 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:57:35 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 01:59:38 galadriel last message repeated 2 times Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd2 (4,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x28 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x6 Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd2 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:2 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: IO error on pagein (breadDirect) Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:04:44 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd2 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:2 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd2 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:2 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): ERROR op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:10:54 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:29:29 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:0 scsi status:0x0 Dec 28 02:29:29 galadriel mach: sd1 (2,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x0 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x1e Dec 28 02:29:29 galadriel mach: sd2 (4,0): ERROR op:0x28 sd_state:2 scsi status:0x0 I tried using Buildisk (NS3.3) to see if it'd even recognize the drive and I got the standard "There are no drives to work with" message. /etc/fstab: /dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 /dev/sd1a /P500 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 Anyone have any ideas what's going on? The drive's worked flawlessly until now (and yes, it is EXTERNALLY terminated, not internally, scsi id2). Any help would be *much* appreciated... -- http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/shane/ NeXTMail: shane@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
From: karl@amaze.labyrinth.com (Karl F. Sierka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What does 'crypt_decrypt_packet.km_get_dkey fails, host id =' mean? Date: 28 Dec 1995 10:12:31 -0700 Organization: Labyrinth Computer Services Message-ID: <x7g2e58640.fsf@amaze.labyrinth.com> I have been seeing this in my console log messages file recently, and don't know what it means. Could someone with the Sources please grep them to find out what might be causing this? Thanks! Dec 28 09:45:19 amaze netmsgserver[22]: crypt_decrypt_packet.km_get_dkey fails, host id = cc84fd02. Please email your replys. -- Karl F. Sierka Labyrinth Computer Services PO 4626 Boulder, Colorado 80306
From: e8473802@stud1.tuwien.ac.at (Dieter Fuerst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: adding a tape for backup Date: 28 Dec 1995 18:01:11 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <4bum17$gji@news.tuwien.ac.at> HI! What do I have to do, if I want to add a tape drive to my NeXT with NS 3.0 for back up the files? tnx, Dieter
From: Yibing Wu <yibwu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: how does logout hook work? Date: 28 Dec 1995 19:01:09 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <4buphl$396@news.mcl.bdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there: I logged in as root and set up "logout hook" in Preference/Login Window to a script(with right read/exec mode) that would clear ~/.NeXT/.NextTrash directory. However, this hook only works for root, not for ANYONE as said in their Sys Admin on-line doc. What did I do wrong? Thanks, Yibing Wu
From: Yibing Wu <yibwu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Has anyone ported tcsh/ksh to NeXT? Date: 28 Dec 1995 21:41:04 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <4bv2tg$8jc@news.mcl.bdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anyone ported tcsh to NeXT? What about Korn shell? Thanks, Yibing Wu
From: Yibing Wu <yibwu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Has anyone ported tcsh/ksh to NeXT? Date: 28 Dec 1995 21:41:11 GMT Organization: BDM International, Inc. Message-ID: <4bv2tn$8lj@news.mcl.bdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anyone ported tcsh to NeXT? What about Korn shell? Thanks, Yibing Wu
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3.3Mail.app adds 8 header lines where body of message should begin? Date: 28 Dec 1995 20:59:04 GMT Organization: Stanford University Distribution: world Message-ID: <4bv0eo$e08@nntp.Stanford.EDU> I just upgraded my Color Turbo to 3.3 and everything works great except that to every outgoing message, Mail.app adds 8 header lines at the point where the body of the message begins (i.e., after skipping a line from the usual 3 line header). Also, in the usual header "To" field, it puts "Apparently-To" instead. Has anyone seen this behavior? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am using the Robert La Ferla's sendmail8.7.1 pkg that I downloaded from orst. It has and still works fine: I tested out sendmail after the upgrade by using elm (which I have compiled and installed on my machine). Elm adds no extra header lines to outgoing messages. For maximum specificity, here is a copy of a test message I recently sent, as it showed up in the Active.mbox of another NeXT machine: > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:52:21 -0800 (PST) > From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) > Apparently-To: <textor@meinong.stanford.edu> > > >From zalta Thu Dec 28 12:52:21 1995 > Content-Type: text/plain > MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) > Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) > From: Ed Zalta <zalta> > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 12:52:21 -0800 > To: textor@meinong.stanford.edu > Subject: test message > > This is a test message. > Ed -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup Subject: BootManager that sees three OS's? Date: 28 Dec 1995 12:24:33 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ezqcd543i.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Hi, I've got the following in my configuration. 1 512M IDE drive 1 4 GIG SCSI 1 External 1 GIG SCSI I want to install all three OS's on this machine. But rather than do the following. Split the 4GIG into two partitions 1. NEXTSTEP 2. FAT (DOS/NT) and have the nextstep boot manager boot the NT bootmanager with "d" I'd like to keep each OS on a physically different disk. I know that I'm gonna have to partition the 4 GIG into 2 2 GIG partitions. So, ideally I'd like to do this. IDE drive has DOS and Windows. 4 GIG drive has 1 2 GIG partition of NeXTSTEP External 1 GIG SCSI has 1 GIG of NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So with that in mind I'd like to run a boot manager on the IDE drive that lets me select _all_ three OS's. Can boot managers span multiple drives? I figure they can't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- "For I am Costanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: joeaux@gate.net (Strafe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup Subject: Re: BootManager that sees three OS's? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup Date: 28 Dec 1995 20:10:21 -0500 Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Message-ID: <4bvf5t$1ghi@navajo.gate.net> References: <ezqcd543i.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Robert Nicholson (robert@steffi.accessone.com) wrote: : So with that in mind I'd like to run a boot manager on the IDE drive : that lets me select _all_ three OS's. Can boot managers span multiple : drives? I figure they can't. I'm doing that now. I've got OS/2 and Windoze95 on a 1.2G IDE. Linux (1.2.8 kernel) on a 320M IDE along with a small OS/2 partition. I use the standard 'ol OS/2 Boot Manager to boot whichever one of the OS's I feel like playing with at the time. It spans the different drives just fine! -Joe- ----------------------------------------------------------- -Joe Aycock (joeaux@gate.net) (www.gate.net/~joeaux) -Lover of all things Macintosh, OS/2 or Unix, and collector -of Transformers. -"Judges Disqualify 'Little Milton' In Last Minute Rumpus" -The St.Cleve Chronicle; Friday, January 7th 1972 -----------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: s2404675@techst02.technion.ac.il (Shkolnik Uri ) Subject: Scsi backup tape - how to install Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 01:19:21 GMT Message-ID: <DKBqC9.Mu1@discus.technion.ac.il> Sender: news@wang.com Hello, I have two Nextstep with 3.3 system on them. I want to backup their file systems but I don't know how to define my SCSI tape drive. I have all the requier parameters. Can anybody tell me how to define SCSI backup tape on Next? -- ****************************************************************** * Uri Shkolnik - System Administrator * * Harmonic Lightwaves (Israel) * * E-mail: uri@harmonic.co.il <or> s2404675@t2.technion.ac.il * ******************************************************************
From: bmuell@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Bernie Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Netinfo problem Date: 29 Dec 1995 05:44:24 GMT Organization: TRW, One Space Park MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278 (310) 813-0690 Message-ID: <4bvv7o$jb8@ns5.nba.TRW.COM> I am trying to set up a network between a next(v3.2) and PC via xfs. I can mount files from the PC to the next, but not vice-versa. The /usr/admin/messages file gives some indications as follows: Dec 28 20:34:22 myhost mach: dsp0 at 0x2108000 Dec 28 20:34:22 myhost mach: np0 at 0x200f000 Dec 28 20:34:22 myhost mach: sound0 at 0x200e000 Dec 28 20:34:22 myhost mach: root on sd0 Dec 28 20:34:22 myhost mach: Disk is Write Protected Dec 28 20:34:28 myhost autonfsmount: WARNING: /Net not empty! Dec 28 20:34:37 myhost reboot: Reboot complete A listout via ls -axl yields drwxr-xr-x 7 root 1024 Dec 23 07:01 LocalLibrary/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 root 512 Dec 31 1969 Net/ drwxr-xr-x 11 root 1024 Oct 21 1993 NextAdmin/ drwxr-xr-x 13 root 1024 Oct 21 1993 NextApps/ I don't know if this is related to my network problem, but would like some clues about what to do. (I am not allowed to chmod to more write permissions for /Net). Restless in Redondo ...Bernie Mueller . s -- bmuell@odel.sp.trw.com
From: espeyton@ix.netcom.com (Espeyton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mount LINUX partition from NEXTSTEP Date: 29 Dec 1995 06:25:58 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <4c01lm$npn@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4bugau$d3d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In article <4bugau$d3d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>, espeyton@ix.netcom.com says... > >Hi All, > >I think this has been covered before, but how can I mount my Linux >Partition from NEXTSTEP ??? Any software or procedures to follow?? > >Thanks in advance, > >Eric Peyton >espeyton@ix.netcom.com > I should have been clearer, the Linux Partition and the Nextstep partition are on the same machine, but different drives. Eric Peyton espeyton@ix.netcom.com
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup Subject: Re: BootManager that sees three OS's? Date: 29 Dec 1995 00:41:02 -0700 Organization: A Big Black Cube Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4c062e$o46@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <ezqcd543i.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > > So with that in mind I'd like to run a boot manager on the IDE drive > that lets me select _all_ three OS's. Can boot managers span multiple > drives? I figure they can't. > I attempted the same, but with OS/2 instead of NT, OS/2's boot manager would crash NS every time if it was not on the first physical drive OS/2 and Linux didn't care where they were located though. -- Robert Worne NeXT-OS/2-MacOS Starving CS Undergrad...Sorry, I don't *do* Windows! I'd rather starve... -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/P/S d-?>pu s+:+> a- C++$>++++ UX++++>$ P+>+++ L+ !E !W++ N+++ !o-- !K w--- O++$ M+ V PS>--- !PE+ Y+ !PGP- t@ 5++ X+++ R- tv b+>++ DI !D G e>+++ h--- r++ y+++** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
From: david@onestep.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NS 3.3 sees only half of Sparc 2GB internal Date: 29 Dec 1995 11:41:14 GMT Organization: EUnet-GB distributed news service, +44 227 266466 Message-ID: <4c0k4q$nvh@bsdi002.britain.eu.net> References: <30E13D2D.3F4D@indirect.com> In article <30E13D2D.3F4D@indirect.com> Dan McGuirk <mcguirk@indirect.com> writes: > Sha Xin Wei wrote: > > > NS 3.3 installs onto Sparc20 with 2GB internal HD, > > but we see only a 1GB partition. How can we get NS to > > recognize 2GB of the disk? I've checked NeXTAnswers and > > read the FAQ about the NS 3.2 "2 gigabyte bug," but that doc > > claims this to be fixed in NS 3.3: NS 3.3 should automatically > > partition larger disks into 2GB chunks. > > I have the same problem with a 2 gig Seagate Barracuda drive on Intel. Hi, What seems to happen is NS partitions the disk into equal chunks. Thus you should have (assuming the first disk) two logical devices /dev/sd0a as your root disk and if you type as root in a terminal window mount /dev/sd0b /Part2 a second partition of the same size. If you use the advanced options when installing NS from CD you can change the partition sizes, but not > than 2GB --- Regards David Knight OneStep Solutions plc | UK phone: 01702 551010 | Vendors of NS/OS 351-359 London Road | fax: 01702 551515 | MCCAs, Hardware Hadleigh | Int'l prefix: +44 1702 | Apps, Networks Essex | | ISDN, Training SS7 2BT | Email: david@onestep.co.uk | Maintenance England | (NeXTMail/MIME ok) | and Support
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OS/2 boot manager question. Date: 29 Dec 1995 05:41:38 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eraxof0ml.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> To: kris@xmission.xmission.com If I have the following will OS/2's boot manager let me boot b/w NeXTSTEP Win/NT DOS? Do I have to install OS/2 to use it's boot manager? I have the following in mind. I've got an ide drive which I'd like to run the OS/2 boot manager from. On it I can also put DOS and Windows and if necessary OS/2. Now I want this boot manager to be able to boot NEXTSTEP and NT partitions _that_ exist on entirely different discss. Both of them exist on a separate SCSI disk. Is it possible do to this? What was the name of that commercial boot manager product? Is OS/2's boot manager the only one capable of support cross disc paritions? -- "For I am Costanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc Subject: Anybody booting with System Commander? Date: 29 Dec 1995 05:53:45 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <eka3gf02d.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> System Commander seems to sound promising if you want to boot multiple OS's with different discs. Anybody have any experience? -- "For I am Costanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: gcasa@wam.umd.edu (Gregory John Casamento) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Problem w/ PPP2.2 Followup-To: poster Date: 29 Dec 1995 16:57:27 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Message-ID: <4c16ln$psv@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Keywords: PPP Hi, I am running on n older 68040 NeXT cube w/ NS3.2. I am trying to get PPP 2.2 by Steve Perkins running on my machine. Although I have followed the instructions to the letter it is still not working. I have tried all of the suggestions given in the trouble shooting section of the README file included with the program. The problem comes which I am trying to connect to my service provider. I can connect fine and the IP addresses are negotiated okay, but once that is done I cannot connect anywhere. Whenever I try to telnet anywher (whether I use an IP addr or a name) it gives me "host name lookup failure." I have all of my providers nameservers listed in the resolv.conf file, so that is not the problem. I do not get the "netinfo sleeping" message in the console window either. I really do not understand why it is not working. I really would *LOVE* to get it working. If anyone has had a similar problem, then plese email me. Any suggestions or help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- Gregory John Casamento -- gcasa@wam.umd.edu (c) G. Casamento -- Permission to distribute on MS network denied!!
From: blazek@entropy2.stt.msu.edu (Rudolf B. Blazek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: JAZ vs. ZIP drive Date: 29 Dec 1995 18:17:14 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <4c1bba$13vm@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Hello all, has anyone seen the new JAZ drive? Could anyone compare his/her experiences with JAZ and ZIP drives? Happy New Year. Rudy blazek@stt.msu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: sbh@indra.com (Steve Herndon) Subject: NextStation Turbo and color inkjet printers Message-ID: <DKDE6G.9Jy.0.server@indra.com> Sender: usenet@indra.com (System Operator) Organization: Indra's Net, Inc. -- Public Access Internet. Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 22:51:51 GMT I'm trying to find out if any of the new color inkjet printers (from Canon, HP, Epson, etc) will work with a NextStation Turbo without buying other hardware. I know about Dots and JetPilot. My question has more to do with hardware connectivity. Most of these printers have only a parallel port, so these are out. The two that I have found that have an RS-422 type port will only run at 57600 bps, which I believe is too fast for the serial ports on my Turbo (am I wrong on this?). These printers also have a Mini-Din 8 connector, and the only cables I can find that are MD-8 to MD-8 are Mac cables which all documentation tells me I should not use. So my questions are: 1) Which, if any, of the new color inkjet printers can be connected to a NextStation Turbo, and 2) How do I physically connect the two (i.e. what cable do I use to do this and where can I get one of these cables)? Thanks for your help. Steve Herndon sbh@indra.com P.S. The e-mail address in the from field is wrong, so don't try to reply to this post. Please either post a followup or use my real address (sbh@indra.com).
From: casey@en.com (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc Subject: Re: Anybody booting with System Commander? Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 00:36:25 GMT Organization: Exchange Network Services Message-ID: <30e4890e.5490816@news.en.com> References: <eka3gf02d.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> On 29 Dec 1995 05:53:45 -0800, robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: >System Commander seems to sound promising if you want to boot multiple >OS's with different discs. > >Anybody have any experience? I have been using it as have my friends. Works as advertised. It's very nice, and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to set it up. I'm using it w. OS/2 Warp, Win 95, NT Server 3.51, and DOS 6.22. Like Partition Magic, this utility is well worth its price. --- Sean Casey casey@en.com
From: Robert Worne <rworne@primenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OS/2 boot manager question. Date: 29 Dec 1995 20:50:01 -0700 Organization: A Big Black Cube Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4c2ct9$32s@nntp3.news.primenet.com> References: <eraxof0ml.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: > If I have the following will OS/2's boot manager let me boot b/w > > NeXTSTEP > Win/NT > DOS? > > Do I have to install OS/2 to use it's boot manager? No, once BM is installed, it should work fine. OS/2 or no OS/2 note however, you need to run OS/2's FDISK in order to change BM's settings (boot off OS/2 install floppies). > I have the following in mind. > > I've got an ide drive which I'd like to run the OS/2 boot manager > from. On it I can also put DOS and Windows and if necessary OS/2. Now > I want this boot manager to be able to boot NEXTSTEP and NT partitions > _that_ exist on entirely different discss. Both of them exist on a > separate SCSI disk. > > Is it possible do to this? I have had numerous headaches trying to get NS to boot off of a drive that does not have BM on it. It usually hangs after displaying the initial boot logo (Nextstep loader 4.4. whatever) > What was the name of that commercial boot manager product? System commander? it's on another thread > Is OS/2's boot manager the only one capable of support cross disc > paritions? This I don't know of. OS/2 will boot off of any drive you have with BM, DOS/WIN must be on the 1st primary partition, NT I don't deal with. -- Robert Worne NeXT-OS/2-MacOS Starving CS Undergrad...Sorry, I don't *do* Windows! I'd rather starve... -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/P/S d-?>pu s+:+> a- C++$>++++ UX++++>$ P+>+++ L+ !E !W++ N+++ !o-- !K w--- O++$ M+ V PS>--- !PE+ Y+ !PGP- t@ 5++ X+++ R- tv b+>++ DI !D G e>+++ h--- r++ y+++** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
From: tedman@sfu.ca (Tedman Leung) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OS/2 boot manager question. Followup-To: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 30 Dec 1995 04:10:14 GMT Organization: Simon Fraser University Message-ID: <4c2e36$314@morgoth.sfu.ca> References: <eraxof0ml.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Robert Nicholson (robert@steffi.accessone.com) wrote: > If I have the following will OS/2's boot manager let me boot b/w > NeXTSTEP > Win/NT > DOS? > Do I have to install OS/2 to use it's boot manager? no. > I have the following in mind. > I've got an ide drive which I'd like to run the OS/2 boot manager > from. On it I can also put DOS and Windows and if necessary OS/2. Now > I want this boot manager to be able to boot NEXTSTEP and NT partitions > _that_ exist on entirely different discss. Both of them exist on a > separate SCSI disk. > Is it possible do to this? if you're running NT on a 486 or lower (i'm not sure about the pentium) you'll send up with 2 layers of bootmanagers, and you'll need them both. you'll first boot to the os/2 one and from that you'll have to boot your "drive C" partition which will bring you to your NT boot manager - from there you can choose NT or what ever was on C. assuming you didn't have OS/2 on C. NT's pretty hoaky for this... I'd suggest NT on C or you'll have pains... -- -- Ted. -- It's not as prestigious to win a war than it is to avoid it.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: 3.3Mail.app adds 8 header lines where body of message should begin? In-Reply-To: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU's message of 28 Dec 1995 20:59:04 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec30005051@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4bv0eo$e08@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 05:50:51 GMT Ed, Try installing sendmail 8.7.3 and deleting your Mail defaults. The latter can be accomplished by: % dread -o Mail | dremove After you verify that this configuration works, you can set your preferences for Mail again. If it doesn't work, you should recreate your sendmail.cf file. In fact, I'd recommend doing that anyway after installing 8.7.3. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <4bv0eo$e08@nntp.Stanford.EDU> zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27328 Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!usenet From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 28 Dec 1995 20:59:04 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 36 Distribution: world NNTP-Posting-Host: mally.stanford.edu I just upgraded my Color Turbo to 3.3 and everything works great except that to every outgoing message, Mail.app adds 8 header lines at the point where the body of the message begins (i.e., after skipping a line from the usual 3 line header). Also, in the usual header "To" field, it puts "Apparently-To" instead. Has anyone seen this behavior? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am using the Robert La Ferla's sendmail8.7.1 pkg that I downloaded from orst. It has and still works fine: I tested out sendmail after the upgrade by using elm (which I have compiled and installed on my machine). Elm adds no extra header lines to outgoing messages. For maximum specificity, here is a copy of a test message I recently sent, as it showed up in the Active.mbox of another NeXT machine: > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:52:21 -0800 (PST) > From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Ed Zalta) > Apparently-To: <textor@meinong.stanford.edu> > > >From zalta Thu Dec 28 12:52:21 1995 > Content-Type: text/plain > MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) > Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) > From: Ed Zalta <zalta> > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 12:52:21 -0800 > To: textor@meinong.stanford.edu > Subject: test message > > This is a test message. > Ed -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Researcher Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Subject: Re: autonfsmount: Can't get my address -- What Causes This? In-Reply-To: byrnes@virginia.edu's message of Fri, 15 Dec 1995 07:13:08 GMT Message-ID: <RDL.95Dec30005753@world.std.com> Sender: rdl@world.std.com (Robert La Ferla) Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> <DJM9Dw.13y@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 05:57:53 GMT While I can't tell what the proper solution is here since I don't have all the necessary information, I can tell you that adding a sleep command is *NOT* a good solution. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Boston, MA Tel: + 1 (617) 252-0088 Fax: + 1 (617) 252-0004 E-mail: Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com In article <DJM9Dw.13y@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> byrnes@virginia.edu (Peter-john Byrnes) writes: Xref: world comp.sys.next.sysadmin:27134 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: world!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!usenet From: byrnes@virginia.edu (Peter-john Byrnes) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: slip-23-5.itc.virginia.edu Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Reply-To: byrnes@virginia.edu Organization: University of Virginia References: <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 07:13:08 GMT Lines: 32 In article <4a9nvt$93f@news1.wolfe.net> irving@WOLFENET.COM (Irving_Wolfe) writes: > If someone can explain the line (during bootup, when autonfsmount > is started from rc, and to /usr/adm/messages when tried by hand > later, "autonfsmount: Can't get my address", I'd sure appreciate > the help. > Irving, I had the same problem with my NS/Intel here at UVa -- NEXTSTEP is a distinctly minor nation here, so there's no NetInfo network. I suspect this may be true on your network, as well. I was told by our local NeXT guru, Pete Yadlowsky, that the solution is to put a "sleep 30" command before the section in your /etc/rc file which reads # Start up the netinfo daemons. [etc.] Haven't had a problem since. Pete tells me that the problem is that NEXTSTEP has trouble negotiating its presence on a mixed net, and the sleep command gives it/the network that extra time to establish itself. That's probably a gross distortion, but I'm not a TCP/IP programmer, what do I know. -- Peter-john Byrnes Online Scholarship Initiative, University of Virginia URL: http://osi.lib.virginia.edu/ Email: byrnes@virginia.edu (NeXT/MIMEmail OK) Phone: 804/924-3169 FAX: 804/924-1431
From: tuyo@afrinet.net (Mike Tuyo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,compe.sys.next.hardware Subject: PROBLEM: Maching Boots only in read-only mode Date: 30 Dec 1995 08:57:44 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Message-ID: <4c2uu9$ejp@sundog.tiac.net> I have a strange problem, I removed a scsi drive from my NeXTStation (which worked fine before) and installed it in my NeXT Turbo (which had no disk prior) . It seemed to boot the Turbo fine (only once), however it took about 15mins to boot. After the first time, this disk then boots only in single user mode and "read-only", and ALSO I'M UNABLE TO EXECUTE *ANY* BASIC COMMANDS, like 'mount', 'cat' and 'more'. But i can use things like 'ls' 'echo'. The constant, "cannot execute" come up each time I use a command. The same thing happens when I put the disk back into the NeXTStation. Please HELP!!!! Mike Tuyo (tuyo@o2is.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.NL (Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda) Subject: Re: Is a "refurbished" B&W monitor any good? Message-ID: <DKELp9.40w@AWT.NL> Sender: gerben@AWT.NL (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid References: <4bjtm7$8ev@news.onramp.net> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 14:31:57 GMT In article <4bjtm7$8ev@news.onramp.net> scotshep@onramp.net writes: > > It been brought to my attention that maybe people would like to know > where they could get a 'refurbished' monitor if they wanted one. I exchange > my monitors with Bell Atlantic via UPS. They send a working unit out and I use > the same packing to return the defective unit. Works for us. Their number is: > 1-800-345-7950, ask for NeXT repair deparment. (Probably) Add $250 for 2 times transport if you're outside of the US.... ($125 is one way shipping of a monitor by air). ;-( -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Javastraat 42, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992
From: "Brad H. Codd" <brad@codd.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc Subject: Re: Anybody booting with System Commander? Date: 30 Dec 1995 15:53:13 GMT Organization: Codd & Associates, Inc. Message-ID: <4c3n99$m2p@news2.deltanet.com> References: <eka3gf02d.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: robert@steffi.accessone.com robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) wrote: >System Commander seems to sound promising if you want to boot multiple >OS's with different discs. > >Anybody have any experience? > >-- > "For I am Costanza, lord of the Idiots" > (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key) Hi Robert: Go ahead. Buy it and use it. It works great. Works very well and is soo wasy to use. We use it to multi-boot: WfW 3.11 win32s, Win '95 and Win NT 3.51 SP 2 on no-name brand notebooks. Never had a problem. Regards, Brad
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: pdepuydt@uia.ua.ac.be. (Peter Depuydt) Subject: Fixed-reply address in mail ? How ?? Message-ID: <DKEq9E.80s@uia.ua.ac.be> Sender: news@uia.ua.ac.be (News database) Organization: U.I.A. University of Antwerp Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:10:26 GMT Hello, For some time now I am looking to find a way to attach to every outgoing mail a fixed reply address. Is there an other way than to select the compose options menu .... Thanks in advance ... :-)) Merry X-Mass and a Happy New-year Peter -------------------------------------------------------------- Peter DEPUYDT NeXT & E-mail : pdepuydt@uia.ua.ac.be Student (Computer Science) at University of Antwerp (UIA) Belgium / Europe --------------------------------------------------------------
From: reichman@scf.usc.edu (Matthew N. Reichman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Fixed-reply address in mail ? How ?? Date: 30 Dec 1995 17:05:05 GMT Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: reichman@comserv-i-23.usc.edu Message-ID: <4c3rg1$b5q@usc.edu> References: <DKEq9E.80s@uia.ua.ac.be> In <DKEq9E.80s@uia.ua.ac.be> Peter Depuydt wrote: > Hello, > > For some time now I am looking to find a way to attach to every outgoing > mail a fixed reply address. > > Is there an other way than to select the compose options menu .... If you are using sendmail 8.7.* then just use the MASQUERADE feature to say what your domain is. You can, in addition, rewrite your name using Rule 31. Otherwise, not really sure what you mean by a fixed-reply. Do you mean the "reply-to" field? -- Be well, Matthew ================================================================== Matthew Reichman | NeXTStep v.3.3 m68k reichman@scf.usc.edu | NeXTMAIL & MIME welcome USC-CNTV For PGP key, send email with subject "request_PGP"
From: toddw@radium.ca (Todd White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Harvest anyone? Date: 30 Dec 1995 19:20:58 GMT Organization: ftn Internet Message-ID: <4c43eq$cfg@master.ftn.net> References: <DJu4Dq.Goy@AWT.NL> In <DJu4Dq.Goy@AWT.NL> Drs. G. C. Th. Wierda wrote: > Did anyone succesfully install Harvest as HTTP-cache under NEXTSTEP? I > understand that it is a lot faster than Cern Proxy caching. > > Thanks, > > Harvest Cache 1.4pl0 for NeXTSTEP works wonderfully. We just finished the port a week or so ago. We will put the ported software and the configure files on our ftp site (ftp://ftp.radium.ca/). Cheers in the New Year !! -- ===================================== Todd White RADium Technology Centre (Canada) toddw@RADium.ca NeXT and MIME mail gladly accepted =====================================
From: frank@this.net (Frank M. Siegert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mount LINUX partition from NEXTSTEP Date: 30 Dec 1995 20:22:23 GMT Organization: my own Message-ID: <4c471v$brn@gate.seicom.net> References: <4bugau$d3d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4c01lm$npn@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> espeyton@ix.netcom.com (Espeyton) wrote: > In article <4bugau$d3d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>, espeyton@ix.netcom.com > says... > > > >Hi All, > > > >I think this has been covered before, but how can I mount my Linux > >Partition from NEXTSTEP ??? Any software or procedures to follow?? > I should have been clearer, the Linux Partition and the Nextstep partition > are on the same machine, but different drives. Nope, but you can mount the NeXT partitions from Linux... ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/comp/platform/next/Unix/disk/ufs-0.3.1* a part of the readme: ufs-0.3.1.1.s.tar.gz This is the source for the Unix File System (ufs) for Linux kernels 1.3.x. This version, 0.3.1.1, is able to mount NEXTSTEP filesystems READ_ONLY from Linux. WRITING is not possible. ufs-0.2 was developed by Yossi Gottlieb, 0.3nx by Bruno Haible added support for NEXTSTEP filesystems (floppy and hard disk). This version, 0.3.1.1, works for kernels >=1.3.x. This is without any warranty. It works fine for me (kernel version 1.3.23, at the moment) with NEXTSTEP 3.2 and 3.3 partitions on two SCSI disks. There seem to be problems with symbolic links on UFS filesystems. REQUIREMENTS: This patch should work with Linux kernel 1.3.x. For kernels 1.1 and 1.2, please use ufs-0.3-NeXT. --- Frank M. Siegert [frank@this.net] -- Home Page http://hades.tue.schwaben.de/~frank NeXTSTEP & PostScript Guy "In cantonese C++ is called C ga ga"
From: robert@steffi.accessone.com (Robert Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: OS/2 boot manager question. Date: 30 Dec 1995 10:14:01 -0800 Organization: x Sender: robert@steffi.accessone.com Message-ID: <ed996a07p.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> References: <eraxof0ml.fsf@steffi.accessone.com> <4c2e36$314@morgoth.sfu.ca> To: tedman@sfu.ca (Tedman Leung) I've decided to buy System Commander by V Communication... I'll let you know how it goes. -- "For I am Costanza, lord of the Idiots" (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)
From: pmarcos@next.com (Paul Marcos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Samba causes fsck ? Date: 30 Dec 1995 21:51:08 GMT Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <4c4c8c$rr4@news.next.com> References: <DK995G.2rz@fritz.snafu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII In article <DK995G.2rz@fritz.snafu.de>, ernst@fritz.snafu.de says... > >Is anybody else using Samba and has noticed that after >restarting the system a filesystem check is performed ? > >That even happens if I kill nmbd manually before >shutting down the system. > >smbd is not running any more anyway as it had been >started by inetd and the connected PC was shut down >before the NeXT was. > >This happens on black hardware, NS3.2 and Samba 1.9.15p6. > One definite cause of this is linking against the POSIX subsystem. Posix under NEXTSTEP doesn't work very well with Sockets and NFS activity. I've been able to build and run 1.9.15p6 using the NEXT3_0 configuration and not have the fsck happen. I added the following #defines in includes.h to clear up some warnings: #define GID_TYPE int #define gid_t int #define SIGNAL_CAST (void (*)(int)) #define WAIT3_CAST1 (union wait *) Whatever you do, make sure that you don't pass the -posix flag on the FLAGSM line. Paul
From: John Hills <jhills@unix.infoserve.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need NEXTSTEP DOCS 1.0 and up. Date: 30 Dec 1995 23:07:53 GMT Organization: J Hills Radiology Inc. Message-ID: <4c4go9$mi9@news.infoserve.net> References: <4bt7os$ns2@paperboy.ids.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: nextjet@ids.net If you get hold of the online files please let me know, 'cos I'd like them too. Thanks.
From: John Hills <jhills@unix.infoserve.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: verbose boot Date: 30 Dec 1995 23:11:37 GMT Organization: J Hills Radiology Inc. Message-ID: <4c4gv9$mi9@news.infoserve.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am running NS 3.0(J) on a 68040 cube. The system is set for verbose boot. Can I direct this to a file, i.e. log it?, because I am having problems networking and want to be able to show someone else the boot messages. Thanks.
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