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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

925.0. "ULTRIX to VMS client/server" by BDWISR::HEAFEY (How's the guy in the audience?) Mon Jun 12 1989 15:46

	Apologies if this is the wrong place/been asked before. I would like
to start a DECwindows application (mail in my example) on an ULTRIX v3.1 node
and have the output displayed on my VMS workstation (currently running
t5.2-41s). On the ULTRIX node I enter the following commands:

setenv DISPLAY mystation
/usr/bin/dxmail &

	I then get the following error:

X Toolkit Error: Can't Open display

	
Any pointers/help greatly appreciated,
Dave H.

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925.1Do you set security?AVIATE::SHAHYanks in '89Mon Jun 12 1989 17:047
	Do you set security on your VMS machine?  This can be done 
	under the customize menu item in the Session Manager.


	-PS

925.2Security is setBDWISR::HEAFEYHow's the guy in the audience?Tue Jun 13 1989 08:357
>>	Do you set security on your VMS machine?  This can be done 
>>	under the customize menu item in the Session Manager.

Yes. Sorry for not mentioning that.

Dave H.

925.3Another possibilityAVIATE::SHAHYanks in '89Tue Jun 13 1989 08:446
	Is your VMS node set properly in the NCP database on your
	Ultrix machine?  

	-PS

925.4JAMMER::JACKMarty JackTue Jun 13 1989 09:183
    For an Ultrix to VMS connection, you need the UID in the username part
    of the VMS-side authorization.  It's often easiest to specify node::*.

925.5::0 was neededBDWISR::HEAFEYHow's the guy in the audience?Tue Jun 13 1989 11:3318
	Got it to work! Not sure if this is the supported way but, it worked
for me.

On the VMS node:

I put ultrixnode::* in my security database per .4.

On the ULTRIX node:

setenv DISPLAY mystation::0

/usr/bin/dxmail

The "::0" was the key.

Thanks for all your help,
Dave H.

925.6two security entries...uid and nameR2ME2::OBRYANWhen in doubt, let the user decide.Wed Jun 14 1989 22:337
>    For an Ultrix to VMS connection, you need the UID in the username part
>    of the VMS-side authorization.  It's often easiest to specify node::*.
I've found that SOME applications require both the user name AND uid need
to be defined in the security list (e.g. ultrix::user,   ultrix::321).
Some security-conscious types will find node::* to be a security hole.

925.7Related issue but only on VMS...TOOK::L_OUELLETTEFri Jun 16 1989 14:2519
I have a problem that is somewhat related and was hoping to find out if anyone
has any ideas... when I run some applications (e.g. DECW$CLOCK) with 
my security set to:  myworkstation-node::myaccountname (using myworkstation-node
and logged in as myaccountname) everything works fine - as to be expected.  

The problem is that if I, from a DECterm window, do a set host back to 
myworkstation-node and log in as SYSTEM, define my security as:
myworkstation-node::SYSTEM, I get:

XIO: non-translatable vms error code: 0x2DBA002, vms message:
%decw-e-cnxabort, connection aborted
%XLIB-F-IOERROR, xlib io error
%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows

Interestingly enough, if I setup my security as *::SYSTEM, everything works
just fine - and yes I do have decw$display defined as myworkstation-node::0.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!