On Friday, I wrote:> Our home file server (Sparc 1+, SunOS 4.1.3, 16MB, internal Quantom 105,> external Seagate ST42100 ) panicked last night:> > Dec 10 03:27:34 cns16 vmunix: Parity error reported at 0xffa37330, actual address is 0xffa37334.> Dec 10 03:27:34 cns16 vmunix: Parity ...

----------X-Sun-Data-Type: textX-Sun-Data-Description: textX-Sun-Data-Name: textX-Sun-Content-Lines: 29Thanx to the multitude of responders. As several pointed out, the answer can be found in passwd(5), but I must have just misread this in the past.Anyway, the best answer is to ...

I must apologize for taking SO LONG to send out a summary but it tookus some time to upgrade and then I wanted to be sure it solved theproblem.Anyhow, the original text of my first message is included below. Thequick summary is that we upgraded from 4.1.1 to 4.1.3 and the problemhas been ...

Sun Managers,On Friday, December 3, 1993, I wrote:> Seems like I've seen this problem posted to the list before, but I don't > recall seeing a summary.> > The following happens when I attempt to yppush the NIS map for /etc/aliases> on our 4/490 running 4.1.1: > >> 43 ...

Oooops ... I just see that I still have several unsummarized Requests.Here we go.> I had set up a cron Job for this Weekend to move all the /home/TI Stuff to> a bigger Partition. Basically, the Job did this:> - Mount big Part (sd5c) on /mnt> - tar | tar over all Data> - Umount ...

Hello Sun-gurus,Last week I posted a question concerning dial-back software for modems. Thesoftware should allow users to log in, identify themselves, get logged offagain and after a delay of at least a couple minutes get the modem to dial a valid phone number associated to the user's login.I ...

Original question:>> Can I run SunOS 4.1.3 on Sparc 10-52 or do I have to run SunOS 5.X> (Solaris 2.X)? I know that Sun marketing says no. I have heard others> say yes. What are the implications?# Yes responses: 25# No responses: 2Selected representive responses:> To get ...

Well, in Fact, it's probably just a *preliminary* Summary. I asked:> Folks, I'm pretty sure that someone already did this, but I can't find it ...> > My Users have asked me that I should inhibit fingerd giving out "sensible> Information". However, I'ld prefer not to ...

I'm a believer in the idea that summaries should summarize, not simplyrepackage.1) Disk Suite does indeed allow one to get past the 2G file system   limit in SunOS, and several respondents use it for that purpose.2) Backup is reported to work fine .. however3) One respondant ...

In article <1993Dec13.210201.2689@bme.ri.ccf.org> lapresto@bme.ri.ccf.org (Eric LaPresto) writes:>I have an application that prints out in PostScript format, but>it's first character is always a ^D. This invariably screws up my>Postscript printer, which proceeds to print out ...

Hi. This is the (ususal) summary to my "Statically linked route program"problem.This is what I posted:----- Begin Included Message ----->From caxwgk Tue Dec 7 10:30:48 1993Subject: looking for: Statically linked route programas I'm looking for such a thing for quite a while now ...

Hello again!                I asked if there is any autologouters and autoscrenlockers out there that could do what weneed, for details see my original post added ...

Cheers!        The net is fast, again. As I mentioned in another post,I really hope I can do something for you sometime!        I was asking if there is some kind of postscript debuggerthat I can use to decludge the ...

Thanks to Russ Poffenberger for his answer.My original posting was:>I create a shared library 'math.so' with> ...>and everything works fine. But now I need to link the C-math-library >(-lm) to 'math.so'. Unfortunately there's only a static version (libm.a) so>> ld -assert ...

 SUMMARY*********To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.eduSubject: FILE CORRUPTION...(?VIRUS?)..SUMMARYStatus: ROAppears that it was caused by nfs which hopefully has been patched withNFS.jumbo patch on servers and clients. I say hopefully because we havebeen running 4.1.X now for at least 2 years ...

I wrote:> > I am worried about the following messages that have been cropping up in> my messages file ever since this system was powered down and rebooted> around a planned power outage. I couldn't find anything in SunSolve (or> AnswerBook).> > System: SS2 64MB with ...

In article 5205@bme.ri.ccf.org, lapresto@bme.ri.ccf.org (Eric LaPresto) writes:>In article <1993Dec13.210201.2689@bme.ri.ccf.org> lapresto@bme.ri.ccf.org (Eric LaPresto) writes:>>I have an application that prints out in PostScript format, but>>it's first character is ...

Original Question----------------->I have a Sun 670MP running SunOS 4.1.3 with many common patches with two>ethernet interfaces. We are currently using 2 class c addresses and will be>upgrading to a single class b address (ie subnetted block). I would like>to put both ethernet ...

The original question:>Hello Sun managers,>>I've been banging my head against this problem for quite a while.>Every now and then I have a new idea, but when I try it it invariably>fails.>>We have a SparcServer 1000 and several Sparc LX's as clients. We are>running ...

Hello Sun-Managers,thanks to, who responded.My original question was:> Hi Sun-Managers,> > I have an IPX with SunOS 4.1.3. > > After booting the machine, the command arch returns 'unknown', arch -k> returns also 'unknown'. I think, I havn't changed anything.> > So, ...

My original query:/| I have an HP-9000 with a DAT drive, running HP-UX, and I would like to use| it to back up my Sun using rdump.| | As a first attempt, I tried:| | /usr/etc/rdump 9ctsf 18 8000 hp:/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rsd0a| | This came back with the following:| | DUMP: Date of this level 9 ...

I inquired of the list information relating to so-called "mandatory" patchesfor Solaris 2.3/SunOS 5.3.It appears that this information came from a document entitled "Solaris 2.3Patch Report Update" dated 02/Dec/93, which is distributed by "SunService,A Sun Microsystems, ...

Someone asked that I post a summary of the answers I got about where to get Motif. All the answers I got said basically the same thing.Here's the info:Call IXI at 408 427 7700.For Motif + Panorama ( a virtual desktop manager ) the prices are,Quantity Price1 $269.002 ...

I wrote: |> |> Hello you Sun gurus around this world,|> |> I'm looking for format.dat entries for the following disks :|> |> Seagate Elite 2 ST42400N (2.0 GB)|> Seagate Elite 3 ST43400N (2.7 GB)|> IBM 0663 series (type ?) (4 GB)|> |> Thank you in advance.|> ...

Thank you all who responded to my pitiful request for help. Theexplanation for the message  DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty failsis that dump was running under cron, and had no "controllingterminal to open in order to communicate with the operator."This is true...unfortunately, the ...

Original Posting----------------> Here's something I came across recently, wish may be of some use> to someone. I seem to remember someone asking for this - but have> forgotten who & when.> > Basically adding this to your .login file will set the DISPLAY> environment ...

Summary: dialin + dialout on same deviceI appreciate all the help given to me; I give acknowledgements at theend. In the process of getting dialin + dialout on my ttyb device, Idid get more familiar with several aspects of my Sun SPARC-2 system.The suggestions from most of these people was an ...

Our SPARCstation 10/41 is running fine for about one week by now.I'm not sure which of the following actions are responsible forthis, but it seems as if the tcp_wrapper triggered a bug in the kernel.>From the README of a new version (5.1):[option KILL_IP_OPTIONS]! All this cannot be used ...

Corrected Summary: dialin + dialout on same deviceSome typos don't bother me, but some of mine gave the wrong info.here's another try:I appreciate all the help given to me; I give acknowledgements at theend. In the process of getting dialin + dialout on my ttyb device, Idid get more familiar ...

Sun-Managers,your wisdom is ... <words are missing> !It took only 20 hours (10 of which I tried to sleep :) to get the answer..Our central sysadmins who manage /usr/local compiled GNU make and placedit into /usr/local/bin/make ... Of course, my (root's) path contains /usr/local/bin ...

>For Motif + Panorama ( a virtual desktop manager ) the prices are,>Quantity Price>1 $269.00>2 262.00>3-10 248.00>11-25 235.00Those numbers are about half what IXI told me a couple of months ago.-- ...

Enough already!I have had 47 requests so far for the "Solaris 2.3 Patch Report Update", andone request to post it to the whole list.the reason i did not do so originally was that all the information in it isavailable on SunSolve. The only unique part of this report was the list ...

I recieved several replies to this and have seen others like it since mine.We discovered a bad cron job that was supossed to remove cores and it wasremoving files at random or maybe not so random but by I-nodes. Nobody withroot access will attest to editing the cron entry which worked fine for ...

Original request:    I have several old VMS users who can not tolerate the 'vi' editor.    Does anyone know of a shareware version of the famous VMS 'edt' editor.    I tried archie by searching for 'edt' and 'sedt' but got ...

Recently, I asked if disks that hadn't been formatted since 4.1.1 wouldneed to be reformatted before going to Solaris 2.x, due to changes in the disk label.It was pointed out to me that I should have said "repartitioned" rather than "reformatted".Thankfully, the answer is ...

Thanks to the many who responded.> Two questions:> > 1. Are these competitive prices? ($635 to repair, $1500 trade-in for 8500c)Most seemed to think so, especially since I won't have to pay the repair price on the trade-in.One response was:>Here is a list of vendors doing repairs, ...

Wow! What a great bunch of responses! I've received 14 so far and theystill seem to be coming in. The original question can be found a thebottom.To summarize, there are two schools of thought in regard to aliasing a hostname. One route is to do it at the NIS level, modifying NIS tables ...

Sun Managers,I got more responses to my Summary than to my original problem posting, soI thought I'd pass those along. The consensus is that the version ofBerkeley sendmail I am running (5.65) does not include a `local order number'when it rebuilds the alias database during a ypmake for ...

        Hello Sun-managers,        A few days ago I posted the following request to the list:Original message================        Hello ...

Thanks to all those who responded and my appologies for any problemscaused by my screwed up mail address.The majority recommended ""Modules"" by John Furlani, I shall be tryingto get hold of a copy to evaluate as soon as possible. There was also a mixture of other home grown ...

Hy,I have asked to you :>Hello all,>>Yes, we have some old 3/50 and 3/60 whith 19" or 20" monochrome screens whoare>no longer used. We have also some Macintosh (SE/30, IIsi, LC III, etc ...)>whithout 19" or 20 " screen.>Can we connect this Sun screens to ...

Dear Sun Managers,thanks very much to all who responded. One week ago I've sended this question:> When trying to copy a file from my host to a remote one I get the following > message:> > rddelhi> rcp trial rddelhi@del01rd:/rd04a/rddelhi> Where are you?> > Please note ...

Around a month ago I posted that I had the following problem. > 1. When I "rsh -n $host ls"> I got " connection refused"> 2. If I rebooted the machine the problem seemed to go awayAfter hours of troubleshooting and working with sun, we have come to ...

Original posting:|I am just getting ready to install Solaris1.1.1 onto a SPARC10 model 51.| | My question is do you need to load the Sun4m Supplemental patch as was needed| in Solaris1.1 ver. A. There is no info in the release notes regarding this | matter...The overwhelming answer seems to be ...

Sorry for taking so long to summarize, just back from Christmas vacation.My original post to the list said:> Running SunOS 4.1.2 on a 670MP, NOT running C2 security, nothing> out of the ordinary.>> When we set up user accounts, we routinely execute a "passwd -x 180"> ...

Original problem:----- Begin Included Message -----configuration:        server:                Sun Sparc ...

I got a couple of responses. Both suggested that I use ghostscript. Apparently there is a Tek4696 driver included in ghostscript. I have an additional problem however because I am on a Solaris-2.3 machine. And I don't know of a site from which to get ghostscript, or if ghostscript is ...

        A package for converting Photo-CD images can be found atftp.uu.net in /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume39/hpcdtoppm thatwill as the name implies, convert the images to ppm. In theREADME.TOO file is another piece of information that was helpful.On ...

Hello,In a previous Mail I wrote :Hello all,Yes, we have some old 3/50 and 3/60 whith 19" or 20" monochrome screens who areno longer used. We have also some Macintosh (SE/30, IIsi, LC III, etc ...)whithout 19" or 20 " screen.Can we connect this Sun screens to our Macintosh ...

Hi,I'm wondering if anyone has put together a list of the differentversions of the SPARC architecture, along with which machines hadchips based on each architecture, and who was manufacturing thedifferent SPARC chips, etc. The things I'm specifically interested ...