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Author: Tony Lawrence <tony.com> (originally by Stephen Dunn)URL: http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/index.html
This FAQ generally deals with SCO Unix but not SCO Unixware. It covers Xenix, SCO Open Desk Top (ODT), Sco 3.2v4.x releases, and Open Server (OSR5). Of course SOME of this material is applicable to any Unix or Linux system.
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There are two major divisions:
- /SCOFAQ/scoadm.html Administrative FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec0.html Technical
FAQ (Index).
- /SCOFAQ/scotec1.html Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec2.html OSR5 FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec3.html Unix (3.2v4.2) and ODT FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec4.html TCP/IP and NFS FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec5.html Serial Communications and UUCP
- /SCOFAQ/scotec6.html More Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec7.html Printing FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec8.html X11 and GUI FAQ
- /SCOFAQ/scotec9.html Installation FAQ
All FAQS are available for ftp in ASCII form:
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scofaqtoc.txt Table of Contents (this page)
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scoadm.txt Administrative FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec0.txt Technical FAQ Table of Contents
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec1.txt Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec2.txt OSR5 FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec3.txt Unix (3.2v4.2) and ODT FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec4.txt TCP/IP and NFS FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec5.txt Serial Communications and UUCP
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec6.txt More Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec7.txt Printing FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec8.txt X11 and GUI FAQ
- ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec9.txt Installation FAQ
These FAQS were developed and maintained for years by steved.com (Stephen M. Dunn). Steve no longer has the time to maintain them, and has asked me to take them over. Please remember the debt all of us owe to Steve for his efforts- I myself spent many hours learning from these very documents, and I'm sure many of us can say similar things.
Other FAQS:
- The comp.unix.sco.programmer FAQ
- MMDF FAQ
- Sendmail FAQ
- Chip Rosenthal's Xenix FAQ
- Boyd Lynn Gerber's Unixware 7 FAQ
- Firewall FAQ
- Warren Young's Programming FAQ
- The UnixWare FAQ http://www.freebird.org/faq/
- Csh Programming Considered Harmful http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
- Raw IP Networking FAQ http://www.whitefang.com/rin/
- The UnixWare 1.x and 2.0 Programmer FAQ http://www.freebird.org/faq/developer.html
- Are there any screen savers?
- Is tar/cpio a good backup program?
- How do I compress my backups?
- What are some third-party backup/recovery products?
- I don't like being restricted to 14 character filenames
- How do I get a copy of adb?
- I can't find crypt
- What do I need to compile programs?
- What does the NCALL kernel parameter affect?
- How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 1)
- How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 2)
- How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 3)
- How do I crash out of the install script?
- Why can't fsck find my lost+found directory?
- I want more space in my lost+found directory
- How do I find out serial numbers of my various components?
- How do I solve an "arglist too long"?
- What versions/configurations am I using?
- I have a bad block on my hard drive
- My system is slow
- Why did my region table overflow?
- How do I solve "fork failed: no more processes"?
- How are minor device numbers assigned by mkdev hd?
- How do I install a BTLD on a running system?
- How do I add a Zip or Jaz drive?
- Where can I get older versions of SCO products?
- How do I capture program screens to a file or print them?
- How can I increase the number of characters that are significant in passwords?
- How do I mount a CDROM?
- How do I find out who or what halted my system?
- How can I regularly and reliably transfer data to a program running on another machine?
- I see an error message on the console that starts with %Stp-0 and seems to be referring to my tape drive.
- How can I prevent root logins over telnet?
- Why do I get "can't open /dev/tty" errors?
- How can I change uppercase file names to lower case?
- Why do I get "Alarm Call" messages at startup boot or shutdown?
- How can I mount a SCO file system in Linux or vice-versa?
- How can I increase the size of my root or other filesystem?
- How can I transfer SCO accounts (passwd information) to Linux?
- What does "Error 5" mean (or any "Error xx") ?
- What is a watchdog timer panic or error message?
- I've burned a CD but can't see long filenames when I mount it on SCO
- How do I format a floppy diskette?
- How can I make a shell script setuid so that ordinary users may use root privilege commands?
- How do I clear log files?
- Why didn't my machine change time for daylight savings time (or any time change)?
- How can I monitor cpu usage?
- I've forgotten or don't know the Internet Manager Password
- How can I rename multiple files using wildcards?
- How can I install a new disk controller that requires a different driver?
- How can I download a boot disk?
- Is rm final? Are the files gone forever?
- My tape drive doesn't work
- How can I test virus scanning software?
- Killall doesn't work!
- What are some terminal emulators I can use from windows?
- How can I reconnect to a disconnected session?
- Graphical characters don't work
- sar doesn't work
- My emergency floppies don't have enough inodes
- I'm having trouble with licensing and registration
- sysadmsh is missing
- Will Release 5 run my older binaries?
- I loaded a patch but it didn't take effect
- What patches should I use?
- What patches are on my system?
- What's this free copy of SCO Unix I keep hearing about?
- I'm having trouble using my ATAPI CD-ROM
- My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5
- My floppy drive doesn't work reliably
- People log out but still show up in who
- Can I perform an in-place upgrade?
- How do I access online docs from a browser?
- Can I use the scohelp server as a Web server?
- Is there a packet sniffer (tcpdump) available?
- What can I do about function keys not working?
- Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?
- Is there a DHCP client for OSR5?
- Can OSR5 do NAT or ip filtering (function as a firewall)?
- How can I find my Activation Key?
- Can OSR5 and Unixware run Linux binaries?
- Can Linux run OSR5 binaries?
- A Xenix or ODT application corrupts the screen
- How can I recreate my install floppy?
- I've added more ram, do I need to increase swap?
- Why do I get "dynamic linker" errors or load failures?
- Why do I get "cronsched: no response from server" messages ?
- How do I change the system's name or IP address?
- What does "ifor_pmd, failed to initialize policy manager" mean?
- What causes "No utmp entry, must login from lowest level shell"
- What is the procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?
- Does SCO OpenServer5 support the 'undelete' feature?
- Why do I have to relink after just changing an ip address?
- Why does the installation bomb out with a "Signal 8" error ?
- How Can I stop OpenServer 5.0.6 creating /usr/local as a sym-link?
- Is it possible to have more than one instance of custom running ?
- How can I access the documentation on the install CD if I don't yet have a SCO system installed?
- I need information from "last", but most of it is gone!
- How can I assign a user process to a specific pseudo tty?
- How can I get pci bus information?
- Why do I get "can't find user in protected password database" in syslog?
- Why doesn't "man" work?
- I upgraded Merge and now cannot access my floppy drive
- I need to make a copy of /stand/unix, but the file system is mounted read-only!
- Why can't I schedule a backup in Arcserve Open Light ( the buttons are greyed out ) ?
- I installed gcc from Skunkware, but it doesn't work.
- How can I mount Windows shares on the SCO server using Visionfs?
- Where can I get a Linux terminfo for "scoansi"?
- How can I make Windows machines use unencrypted (plain text) passwords?
- Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?
- Can Unixware 7 programs run on OSR5?
- Why do I have files with "#" as part of the name?
- How can I display PDF files from Netscape?
- Where can I get ssh?
- How can I add a formfeed or other control to jobs sent to a Visionfs printer?
- I am trying to configure
30 GB or larger Hard Disk. After boot, I get messages like
not a directory
boot not found
cannot open
Stage 1 boot failure: error loading hd(40)/boot. - How do I get rid of that "Unregistered Software" message?
- I am using the OSR5 ipnat, but ftp only works in passive mode.
- How can I send WinPopup messages to Windows machines?
- When a user tries to log in, they get "Account is disabled -- see Account Administrator"
- I can't read a cpio archive created on a Linux box- it fails with "premature end of file". I Used the "c" flag which should give me compatibility.
- How do I convert Visionfs to encrypted passwords?
- I have a system memory dump in my swap space; how do I delete it?
- How do I save kernel panic dumps to tape?
- At boot time, the "Enter the root password or ^D" message doesn't work!
- My pre-EAFS filesystem gives errors on filenames longer than 14 chars
- I just upgraded to 3.2v4 but I still can't use long filenames
- The permissions on /usr/adm/sa and its children are wrong
- I get an error "Cannot obtain database information on this terminal"
- I need help configuring MMDF
- What is the new "low" security level in 3.2v4?
- My AHA154x/174x isn't being detected
- How do I upgrade from an n-user licence?
- How do I get MMDF to send one copy of a message to many people?
- My system is slow or hangs when sizing memory
- My system doesn't recognize files starting with #!
- Where do I get POP binaries?
- How do I fix a kernel trap 0x00000006?
- How do I configure an EIDE drive to work on 3.2v4.x?
- How do I change my SCSI host adapter?
- My machine had a panic. How do I find out why?
- How do I find out the names of BTLDs on a BTLD diskette?
- My keyboard locks up
- My kernel locks up at boot time
- How can I use a PC Card (PCMCIA) with Unix?
- How much RAM can my system use?
- telnet doesn't work properly
- How do I know if I have enough streams buffers for TCP/IP and/or NFS?
- TCP/IP gives messages like "Notice: TCP SUM: SRC 89270107 SUM 0000D7AD"
- How do I get /etc/issue to print for telnet sessions?
- What does "WARNING: tcp_deqdata" mean?
- Ping is really slow (also how to setup resolv.conf for DNS configuration).
- Telnet/FTP is very slow to connect
- Dial in PPP disconnects immediately
- How do I add a default route?
- How do I test a popd connection?
- Why can't my other sub-net browse the Visionfs or Samba shares?
- How do I get the latest version of Visionfs for Unixware 7 and OSR5 5.0.4 or greater?
- Why do I get "portmapper is not responding" errors?
- What do "can't get passwd for local host" messages in syslog mean?
- How do I test a smtp connection?
- I've telnetted to a linux machine, and the automatic colors for commands like ls and vi have made it impossible to see what I type.
- Why do I have collisions in "netstat -i" ?
- How do I configure Windows Dial Up Networking (DUNS) to automatically connect to a SCO PPP session?
- Why doesn't ping stop?
- What can I check if ping doesn't work at all?
- How can I force the speed and duplex settings of my NIC (or check what it is now)?
- How can I tell what process has a network port in use?
- Why does this "224" route show up in netstat -r? What's this 127 address?
- I see in netstat that processes get stuck in TIME_WAIT for a long time. How can I change this behaviour?
- I don't understand all this half/full duplex negotiation stuff
- How do I test an imap server?
- How do I secure services on a SCO system?
- Why is my ftp transfer between two 100Mb machines so slow?
- What is "port knocking"?
- My serial connections are losing characters
- What do the terms UART, 8250, 16450 and 16550 mean?
- How do I adjust my 16550's trigger level?
- I can transfer small files via UUCP but large files won't go
- How do I get better UUCP throughput?
- How do I change uucico's window size?
- I increased my window size but nothing changed
- I increased my window size and UUCP broke!
- UUCP frequently has to resend packets
- How do I change uucico's packet timeout?
- What special considerations are there regarding my Telebit modem?
- What are all the V.something codes, MNP, HST, etc.?
- How do I maximize serial throughput?
- My data-compressing modem doesn't work much faster than my old modem
- A BSD-based machine can't connect to mine via UUCP
- Where can I get more information on UUCP protocols?
- I edited my gettydefs and things broke
- I can't get shared dial-in and dial-out working
- What are some common settings for my modem?
- Will a Winmodem work?
- Why can't I get my dialin modem to work above 9600 baud?
- I've set the modem for 38400 in inittab, but stty shows it at some other speed
- I need fax software. Who makes it?
- How much swap space do I need?
- Can I add more swap space?
- Do haltsys and reboot do a sync()?
- How can I get more than 64k inodes?
- Where do I get zmodem?
- Where do I get kermit?
- I get messages saying "stat() failed: /tmp/croutPPGa00288: no such file"
- Does SCO support my hardware?
- How do I get a file off my distribution diskettes?
- Will I have problems upgrading my hardware?
- I typed in the wrong serial number!
- Why does fsck want a scratch file?
- What books are there about SCO systems?
- How can I boot multiple operating systems?
- How do I set disk space quotas?
- How do I find out what IP address a user logged in from?
- My ANSI terminal emulator doesn't work correctly
- What is Skunkware?
- Can I replace csh with tcsh?
- Is my system Year 2000 compliant?
- How do I make environment variables global?
- How do I restrict logins?
- Why can't I unmount my CDROM?
- What do "hangup" messages mean during shutdown?
- What does "interupt is private" or "no rood hd controller" mean ?
- What are interrupts?
- How can I send attachments from the command line?
- Why doesn't the "mutt" I got from Skunkware work?
- What is an "xxevent" error?
- How do I configure a Travan Tape Drive?
- Why does my cron job fail while "at" works?
- Why does my screen get confused if I login in UPPER CASE?
- Why can't I kill a process with -9?
- How do I make the manual pages work for things installed from Skunkware?
- Where do I get a better vi?
- How can I have a 'command line history & editing' shell under SCO Unix/OS5?
- Is it possible to use the mouse in a character application?
- Are there any antivirus programs for Sco Unix/OpenServer?
- I need to remotely assist a customer; what can I do?
- Is it possibile to switch screen from an application?
- Are there any Winzip compatible tools?
- I can't access my Windows 9x FAT32 partition from the SCO's one!
- Are there any 'Office'-like packages for SCO?
- How can I back up to a tape drive on another machine?
- Can I change root's shell to something else?
- When should I use kill -9?
-
How can I find out what a user's password is?
- How can inactive users be automatically logged out?
- User login hangs for many seconds before password prompt comes up (SCO 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 )
- How can I control the sound of the console bell or turn on keyclicks?
- Why doesn't CTRL-C work to interrupt my programs?
- Why doesn't ping stop?
- How can I write an image diskette from a Windows OS?
- I licensed an additional CPU but the system doesn't see it or use it.
- Where can I get information about how to control the console?
- I've downloaded a driver.dd or driver.img file, what do I do with it?
- Why do I get mail saying my message had too many hops?
- When a new user tries to login, it says the account is disabled- but it is not.
- I get an error message "Can't access shared library"
- I have a modem directly connected to a WY-60 terminal, but I don't get any display of AT commands on the screen.
- How can I find tomorrow's or yesterday's date in a script?
- I have one application that doesn't work with "scoansi"; how can I fix that?
- Does Openserver support USB devices?
- How can I get the value of autotuned configuration variables?
- Why does my Compaq with an HP tape give "NOTICE: cha: SCSI bus has been reset ha=0 " messages?
- What consumes a user license? What uses do I need to buy more licenses for?
- I need to transfer a hard drive to another machine as a secondary, mount it and recover the data.
- What are the symptoms of a drive geometry problem?
- How do I repair a drive geometry problem?
- How do I learn the drive geometry of an old drive?
- Why do I see "ttloop: peer died" in syslog?
- When applying multiple SLS's, is it necessary to reboot between each patch application or could one apply all patches at once and then reboot?
- How can I tell if a user logged in locally, used rlogin, telnet or ssh?
- How can I automate an ftp transfer?
- How can I recursively grep through sub-directories?
- I ssh to a Linux box and am immediately disconnected
- I can't find certified hardware for version X
- What are printer interface scripts?
- Which Interface script do I use?
- How do I stop banners from printing?
- Print jobs fail, and I get mail complaining "tcgetattr failed: No such device" or "inappropriate I/O control operation"
- Why does printed output garble or stop after several pages?
- Why do I lose the last few lines of my print job?
- Large print jobs fail on remote printers
- What are the escape sequences to select the trays on my HP Laser printer?
- How can I print from Netscape without a Postscript printer?
- How can I make a device that will print to a network printer?
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- How do I stop extra form feeds that spit out blank pages?
- How do I make a printer send a form feed at the end of the job?
- How do I stop a print job and restart it from the beginning?
- How can I get the file from the print spooler before it prints?
- What is a virtual printer?
- How can different users have different default printers?
- How do I stop staircase output on the printer?
- My printer doesn't work at all!
- Can I use "Windows" printers?
- My printer faults and prints same document over and over
- Mixing Synchronics and Realworld or other mixed marriages
- How do I do Transparent or pass-through printing?
- How can I add, modify or remove printers from the command line?
- Some print jobs from my application fail mysteriously.
- How do I install a HP Network Printer or Print Server?
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- How do I use a printer that's shared on a Windows network?
- How do I use a printer that's attached to an NT server?
- How do I set up a network printer or print server?
- How do I print man pages from the command line?
- Where do I get "netcat" and how do I use it?
- Why does my HP printer start each new page further down?
- How can I send change defaults permanently; for example make a printer always print in Landscape mode?
- My X screen is completely unreadable and I cannot exit or switch to another virtual console screen.
- I can't finish my SCO install because the GUI doesn't work
- What graphics driver do I use for my video card?
- I can login with Scologin, but the GUI doesn't work after that
- I can't use the GUI because the mouse doesn't work!
- I'm stuck in the GUI! (Can't switch to alternate screens)
- Netscape doesn't work, parts of it are off the screen, I can't use it.
- I can't tell when Netscape is starting up!
- Why is Netscape so old?
- How do I prevent the Scologin screen from starting?
- What is the pmwm (panner) Window manager?
- I can't login in with Scologin; my shell is bash or tcsh
- How can I make Scologin start on something other that tty02?
- Can I perform an in-place upgrade?
- Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?
- How do I crash out of the install script?
- How much swap space do I need?
- I can't finish my SCO install because the GUI doesn't work
- What does "interupt is private" mean ?
- My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5
- How can I recreate my install floppy?
- What is the procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?
- How can I access the documentation on the install CD if I don't yet have a SCO system installed?
- Why does the installation bomb out with a "Signal 8" error ?
- Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?
- My AHA154x/174x isn't being detected
- How do I upgrade from an n-user licence?
- How do I configure an EIDE drive to work on 3.2v4.x?
- How do I find out the names of BTLDs on a BTLD diskette?
- Does SCO support my hardware?
- How can I boot multiple operating systems?
- How do I install a BTLD on a running system?
- What SCSI adaptors are supported?
- Why do I get "vhand spinning" ?
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