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Conference ozrock::x25_osf

Title:Proudly built by the engineers of NaC Australia
Moderator:DELNI::MUGGERIDGE
Created:Mon Oct 12 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:908
Total number of notes:3829

873.0. "FT WAN_X3.0-6 experiences" by VIRGIN::SUTTER (Who are you ??? - I'm BATMAN !!!) Tue Mar 18 1997 00:07

Hi, 

I'd like to start a topic that should contain the experiences made with 
the most recent WAN V3.0 FT that *I* copied from 
matfin::/public/product/x25_for_osf/v3.0/IFT-6/WAN_X3.0-6.tar

1) When connecting via x29login, the TERM variable is lost, i.e. I get
	
	Wide Area Networking Support X3.0-6 for Digital UNIX  is installed.
	alfons:~ >
	Warning: incomplete termcap entry.  Editing disabled.
	alfons:~ > echo $TERM
	unknown
	alfons:~ > set term=vt300
	alfons:~ >
	Editing enabled.

   It seems that the 'x29logind' does not set the 'term' variable right. 

2) Somewhere during the installation of XXAACC300 I saw an error regarding
   a directory var/adm/x25 not beeing existent. 

Regards, 

Arnold
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873.1OZROCK::MUGGERIDGEX.25 is 1-2-3Tue Mar 18 1997 00:159
Hi,

Regarding 1, are you saying that this behaviour is different between
V2.0a and X3.0?  I particularly want to know this.

Regarding 2, your message was chopped off, can you add it again?

Thamks,
Matt.
873.2OZROCK::MUGGERIDGEX.25 is 1-2-3Tue Mar 18 1997 00:197
Ooops, sorry.  It wasn't your note that was chopped off, it was my reader :-(

The /var/adm/x25 error message occurs when accounting is configured and this
directory does not exist.  I'll have a look at this to fix it.

Thansk,
Matt.
873.3VIRGIN::SUTTERWho are you ??? - I'm BATMAN !!!Tue Mar 18 1997 00:269
> Regarding 1, are you saying that this behaviour is different between
> V2.0a and X3.0?  I particularly want to know this.

Same behaviour in V2.0a. 


Regards, 

Arnold
873.4OZROCK::MUGGERIDGEX.25 is 1-2-3Tue Mar 18 1997 01:3528
Thanks for the reply.

I have addressed the glitch wthe x25accountingd program.

I'd appreciate it if you could try it out for me to confirm your
system no longer displays an error message about /var/adm/x25.

The patch file is located at:

	oils::/public/wan/x25accountingd

To install it:

	cd /usr/opt/XXA300/sbin
	mv x25accountingd x25accountingd.sav
	cp <path>/x25accountingd .

Now if you could reboot or restart x25, (whichever you did the first
time you noticed the error message), then let me know how it goes.

The X.29 behaviour is a little more tricky.  Knowing that V2.0a
responds the same way is quite a relief, since our customers won't be
introduced to any new behaviour.  (In fact, playing with TERM type is
probably too dangerous for existing customers who may rely upon the
current behaviour)

Thanks,
Matt.
873.5OZROCK::HARTWIGArthur Hartwig, TaN Engineering-AustraliaTue Mar 18 1997 06:334
    How should x29logind decide the correct value for the TERM environment
    variable? There is no x29 mechanism for passing such information from
    the calling system. In fact the calling system might be some OS which
    has nothing comparable to the TERM environment variable. (e.g. DOS?)
873.6I'm glad you mentioned DOS and not NT ... ;-)ZUR01::SUTTERWho are you ??? - I&#039;m BATMAN !!!Sat Mar 22 1997 08:3410
    It could request it from the calling 'x29login' command if that one has
    a TERM variable at all, much like telnet/telnetd does it. 
    
    I suppose that the vast majority of x29logins stem from a 'mature' 
    OS that most probably does have a mechanism to determine what type 
    of Terminal(-emulation) is on the other hand. 
    
    Regards, 
    
    Arnold