sendmail for dialup links

1461 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
The question:"Where can I obtain secure fonts of sendmail. I need change it for a specific task: mail server for a dialup domain. When the domain contact the mail server the queued mail for that domain should be sent".Thanks a lot to whom responded the question:Joe ...

Spec_Badop crash

9128 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
     Dear Managers,          Thanks to all of the responses, One of the following two actions      solved my problem, both of which are vague, but may be able to point ...

recommended patches for SunOS4.1.3_U1 Version B

5991 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Hello, managers!I got 8 answers in 4 days:john@oncology.uthscsa.edu (John Justin Hough)rao@hobbes.crc.com (Randy Olsson)Leif Hedstrom <hedstrom@inf.ethz.ch>Mike Raffety <mike_raffety@il.us.swissbank.com>egapc@arcona.se (Erik Gyllenstierna)worsham@aer.com (Robert D. ...

"RPC: can't decode arguments" from nis passwd

1150 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
> We get this on occasion on a variety of hosts for short periods of> time just after the user attempts to change their nis password. I> speculated that this might be happening during the time the master> is in the middle of rebuilding the password map, but this is not> always ...

restore's problem

3056 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Greetings,My sincerely thanks to all who responded. My original problem is:> > Greetings,> > I am on a SunSparc1+ (4.1.3). The level 0 dump was> done by :> > #dump 0ubdsf 126 54000 6000 /dev/nrst0 /export/faculty> > When try to restore it with:> > #restore -ibf ...

Problems after upgrading to Solaris2.3

6347 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Dear sun managers,My original posting was:I recently upgraded our SPARC 10 server from solaris2.2. to solaris2.3. Ever since we have had several problems.1) rpc.nisd keeps dying. I also noticed that two rpc.nisd get started at startup. This prevents users from logging in and I have to restart ...

Limiting memory use for users

2972 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Hi!Sorry for taking so long to summarize the responses I got.Here's my original query followed by a summary of the responses:=================ORIGINAL QUESTION===========================> We have a sparc10 running solaris 2.3 with 128 Megs of Ram and 100 Megs> of swap.>> Every once ...

LX, Solaris and ethernet timeout

2092 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Original question:-------------------------We've installed our first Solaris 2 on an LX. All the others onour small ethernet are SunOS 4.1.3.Occasionally (that is too often....) we getle0: - no carrier, cable disconnected or hub link test disabled......and NFS on the SunOS 4.1.3 machine gets ...

max. length of /etc/group entries

414 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Hello,/etc/group is limited to 1024 characters per line, but you can easily workaround this by making multiple groups with different names, but the same GID./usr/etc/grpck has a hard-wired limit of 512.If you use NIS, which stores group entries in dbm format, the limit is a little less than ...

REthernet Adapters for PC-NFS (summary)

996 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Dear Sun-Managers,Thanks for all the responses.Most people recommended either SMC Elite or 3com509 cards.I have ordered one of each to test with PC-NFS. Let me knowif you want the test results.>I need your recommendations for types of Ethernet Adapter cards>that you are using with your ...

Using 2 451s + Sun-3 SCSI in 4/260 ?

5705 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
urf. Turns out that one of the two MultiBus to VME adapter DIP settingswas not set to be xyc1 on the 2nd controller, and it was halfway working(enough for the kernel to see it as xyc1, but data transfers on the buswere hosed.)I got sidetracked because the FE manuals describe configurations ...

How to set up Printer on Solaris2.3

1726 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Hello.Many thanks for your responses. The solution was to change theline:rp=lp:\ to:rp=hp:\because the printers name is hp and of course there was a bug in the second line ( :lp=.:\ ). It must be :lp=:\.Here is my original question:/---------- original ----------/Hello Managers.I hope this will ...

"What is 'bootdev' when booting a 4/330 from sd6?" problem solved

2700 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
I wrote:> We have a 4/330 which until today has booted from an SMD disk on> a Xylogics 7053 controller (booting from xy0). Today I moved the> root and /usr file system to a brand new DEC DSP5400 disk which> is at SCSI target 3....> My problem is: I cannot get it to boot from the ...

Should I use 100513-04 (the jumbo tty patch) with 4.1.3_U1?

458 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
As was kindly pointed out to me, the right thing to do is to getpatch 101621-01, which is the same patch, but for 4.1.3_U1 only.-- Chris Metcalf, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science metcalf@lcs.mit.edu // +1 (617) ...

ok sync always yields panic: zero

988 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Thanks to anyone who responded to my question, which was:Q>To be on the safe side I then issue a 'sync' before anythingQ>else, although I am not sure if this is the best thing to do atQ>that point.Q>Anyway, I have never seen a sync complete normally at that point,Q>I always ...

PCNFS vs. Solaris 2.3 DNS w/o NIS

2662 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Nickel summary of original post:I have a number of PC's running PCNFS (ranging from 3.0 to 5.0). Idon't run NIS on UNIX, and have no real burning desires to do so.Unfortunately, I don't see a way to configure PCNFS to query DNS(and this is from our networking experts?), it appears to want ...

How compatible is Solaris 2.x?

9751 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about compatibility betweenSolaris 2.x and Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.1.x). I here post a digest of responsesreceived.My question was:I am trying to decide between installing Solaris 2.3 or Solaris 1.1.1B on a newSun SS5. My question is, how compatible ...

Sun's Online:DiskSuite for News spool - configuration?

3950 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
About a week ago, I wrote asking about the above subject - since I thinkI got some good advice, and a couple of metoo's, here is a short summary.Basically, the issue was how to configure ODS to get the most performaceimprovement out of using two disks instead of one for spool.Everybody agreed ...

ethernet discovery

9519 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
==================== Original Post ================================A while back I came across something that would search the ethernet andpull back all the ethernet address that were on the wire. This infocould then be saved in the ethers file.Needless to say I cannot for the life of me ...

Mail Quotas

10944 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:47:00
Apologies for not summarizing this earlier, things got WAY too busy around here. First, the original question, as posted to sun managers. Abort now ifyou're not interested in a tirade about mail quotas, that runs from boththe technical and logistic aspects of controlling and limiting mail.> ...

2: HELP: resolver(3), DNS, NIS...

177 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Sorry for the wasted bandwidth, but a minor correction: the copy<p>of ypset I referenced in the SUMMARY as part of FreeBSD was actually<p>part of NetBSD. <:-)<p><p><p>Jim<p>

LAN analyzer (addendum)

2883 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
My previous mail has not included my sincere thanks to the following people:Dan Jiracek <djiracek@fnbc.com>dbp@inel.gov (David B Peterson)R.Staal@wbmt.tudelft.nl (Rob Staal Vakgroep P & E)Mike Raffety <mike_raffety@il.us.swissbank.com>allyn@bigbird.ca.boeing.com (Mark ...

Sun's Online:DiskSuite for News spool - configuration?

2139 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
In article <2sggms$1bp@euas20.eua.ericsson.se>,        per@erix.ericsson.se (Per Hedeland) writes:>About a week ago, I wrote asking about the above subject - since I think>I got some good advice, and a couple of metoo's, here is a short ...

TCP to X.25 conversion? - Addendum

995 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
I wrote:>Received a number of replies, some recommending the Sunlink X.25 >product. This is possibly an option, but is not a preferred one because>the only APIs are socket interface which won't be supported in the >future and a network level interface which doesn't look very ...

Sun 20 GB DAT Autoloader & Legato Networker

10969 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Summary: Sun 20 GB DAT Autoloader & Legato NetworkerI got many answers to my question. Thanks to all !I will make a short summery, if anybody needs more information, pleasecontact me directly.---------------------------------Question:Has anybody a working installation of the Sun 20 GB DAT ...

Problem to create a netgroup

4002 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Hello Sun Managers,First, happy new year and many thanks for all the answers.My original question was :> We have 3 Sparc Stations running SunOS 4.1.3 without NIS.> I created a file /etc/netgroup on HOST1 with this syntax :>> GROUP (HOST2,,) (HOST3,,)>> I want to have a ...

Alternatives to SunService

4125 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Hello from Allentown, PA.:This message is an attempt at a brief summary on the topic,"Alternatives to SunService" which was posted on Wednesday, December 21, 1994. In this posting, I asked the community about alternatives to SunService for SOFTWARE support on Sun platforms. The ...

SPRACprinter interface

2518 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Thanks for the info:>>From: Kenneth.Erickson@Eng.Sun.COM (Ken Erickson)>>From: sanford@lsil.com (Sanford Whitehouse)>>From: jeffw@jane.tiac.net (Jeff Wasilko)>>From: gcook@netcom.com (Gary W. Cook)>>From: Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)>>From: ...

UPDATE: mime mail

5153 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Managers,Here is an update to the mime mail summary I previously posted.It seems there is a PD GUI based mailtool for mime complient mail.exmh Is a tcl/tk based front-end that requires MH as a        a backend. This is definitely Mime complient. exmh ...

X-Windows Emulation for the Mac

636 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
My original question asked for recommendations about X-Windows emulation software for the MacIntosh since I was having a very hard time finding someone who had Mac-X to ship.I received about 30 similar responses. Most people felt that eXodus 5.1 from White Pine Software (603-886-9050) was ...

How do I get multiple IP addresses on one interface?

569 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
The question...I'd like to get a Solaris 2 machine to respond to multiple IP address onthe same physical interface.You could do this with multiple interfaces attached to the same ethernet,but that's not what I'm looking for. I want le0 to respond to 192.1.1.1 and192.2.1.1 and 192.3.1.1 as ...

Processor Upgrades

2259 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
> I had a vendor tell me that Sun is not supporting processor upgrades for a > Sparc Station 10. I was asking about installing either 2 or 4 processors in> a single CPU SS10 Model 40. Was the vendor correct? Can anyone other than> Sun help me out?> Also, I am about to ...

dumpiong core on all shared library-type commands

2355 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
The problem was a corrupt share library file, but it wasn't ld.so - itwas libc.so (at least sum said it was different from the file on the cdand copying it over fixed the problem.Thanks to:sun2 <moshe.meirzada@elex.co.il>weitzel@burke.com (David Weitzel>mal@adc.com (Michael A Leo)> ...

NIS+ and PC-NFS

4770 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Sun Managers,Thanks to all who responded. (Original query at end.)The combined opinion is 1). PC-NFS does NOT work with "NIS+" and does work with "NIS+ in NIS         compatability mode".2). To start NIS+ in NIS compatability ...

Terminal Console on SS20

3924 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Problem:         Getting only garbage when connecting terminal to serial A/B         port as console... seemed like baudrate mis-match.Solution:        Duh. A ...

Tektronics Graphics Terminal Emulator...

2085 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
I already got the answer I needed. The answer stemmed from something I hadalways wonder what it was for.My deapest thanks goes to Ted Nolan - you are truely a STAR in my book!My original question (summary to follow):        Does anyone know of a ...

rsh hanging SPARC10

3308 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
  Hi,  Original Posting:  -----------------  We have a SUNW,SPARCstation-10, running OS4.1.3, DBE1.3 and Online  Disksuite, which regularly hangs when servicing a rcmd(rsh) received from  another server. One is able to ping the machine ...

zs3 hangs system

10990 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Here's my original question:> We are running Solaris 2.3 on a Sparc 10/40. Every frequent once> in a while, we'd get a 'zs3: ring overflow'. This totally> hangs, then halts the system...preventing any access to the keyboard> and any other input devices. The man pages for ...

Problem with mail

2856 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Hi managers,two weeks ago I asked, > I have a little problem with our mail. When I try to send mail from a station > other than the mailhost outside our domain the From field will have > From: rashad@swiatowit.ii.uni.wroc.pl > instead of > From: rashad@ii.uni.wroc.pl > > ...

(Revised): console for VS3100

1761 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
My original query:> We have an old Vaxstation 3100 that we would like to use as a server. In> other words we'd like to take off the monitor, mouse, and keyboard, and use> the serial port as the console. Later processors like the MIPS and Alpha> have well-defined ways to do this. ...

Problem with gcc and math library

3910 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
My original question:> I have a problem when using gcc with programs that require the maths> library (-lm).> > I have installed gcc (version 2.6.0), and I'm using the Sun libraries> under SunOS 4.1.3_U1 (I've tried using the gnu libraries, but I> had so much grief trying to ...

Patch list for Solaris 1.1.2 (SunOS 4.1.4)

573 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
   So far the responses have been negative, ther is no "recommended" patchlist for 1.1.2 yet. (I wounder how long that will last). But there hasbeen a report of a patch for 1.1.2.102107-01 SunOS 4.1.4: sundiag dumps core on dual headed perigee systemGraydon Dodson ...

Need tape cracking help

4973 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
My original question had to do with reading source code files from an 8mm tapefor which I had no information regarding how it was written (I have appended thefull original problem description).I recieved many good suggestions. Here is the summary, with the solution thatworked first:The winners ...

Tektronics Graphics Terminal Emulator...

4898 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
I know that I already sent out a summary on this, but got many more repliessaying the same. I really like the help that I get here and wanted to havethese other acknowlegded for their support!THANKS TO:        Ted Nolan SRI Ft Gordon ...

pre sys mgmt pkgs (VERY LONG)

45146 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
        I am still in the process of evaluating these packages, but I received alot of "me too's" on this topic and even some second inquiries.It sounds like alot of you are currently deciding on this stuff also.So, I just pasted all the ...

PAGER Program

4227 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Hi all,On Dec 20, I sent out a request as quoted:"Has anyone written any code to send messages using IXO standards toPaging Companies for alpha-numeric pagers."I thank all for the responses offered! Sorry I did not summarize earlier but I was spreading some Christmas cheerwith ...

Sun OnLine DiskSuite 1.0

5560 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
ORIGINAL QUESTION:----------------->I just got a copy of Sun's Online DiskSuite 1.0 only to find that it>supports only SunOS 4.1.1 and 4.1.2. When I tried to install it a>message appeared saying that is was incompatible with my current OS>version. I'm at SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and plan to ...

ld error with Answerbook

1129 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Sun Managers,Here is the long overdue summary on the ld error with Answerbook.I include the original posting:>When I start Answerbook in Solaris 2.3 I'm getting the>following message:>>Starting AnswerBook Navigator...ld.so.1: >/usr/openwin/bin/navigator: fatal: ...

of responses - "Unrecognized vendor"

1090 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
For all those who responded, many thanks.Recap: Sun SPARC SLC, Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM drive, SunOS 4.1.3       Error message: "Unrecognized vendor `Toshiba' on boot, but drive         seemed to function ...

UDP and Solaris Problems

3499 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:48:00
Original Problem:> > I cannot read UDP packets as reliably under Solaris 2.3 (or 2.4) as I> could under Sunos 4.1.3.> > Info:> > 1. I have side by side sparc 10 model 41s, one running 4.1.3, the other> 2.4 all on the same subnet. An application designed to read UDP ...