| Title: | DIGITAL UNIX (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1) |
| Notice: | Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference |
| Moderator: | SMURF::DENHAM |
| Created: | Thu Mar 16 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 10068 |
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Is there better documentation for the dxdevices tool?
I'm trying to add an X display using dxdevices, and can't seem to figure out
the right syntax to use for the display name and devices.
What I've done is this:
1. I entered the workstation's IP address to the /etc/hosts file
10.1.1.10 curly
2. I ran dxdevices and entered the following for the device name:
curly:0
3. I clicked on the X display option.
4. It brought up the options screen, and I entered the same in the devices
box:
curly:0
5. I click on OK.
dxdevices core dumps.
I fiddled with several different syntax styles, and I either got a core dump,
or I got an error message saying there was an error writing to the ttys
database, check permissions, etc. I wound up having to use edauth to remove
the entry from devaccess.db, but nothing had been added to ttys.db
I read the notes that suggest using echo | edauth to add the entries. This
didn't work. It added the entry just fine to the devaccess, but gave me the
same permissions error when I tried to add the line to the ttys.db.
I did manage to get this to work by editing ttys and devaccess, entering the
lines, and running convauth -d tv . However, I am reluctant to tell the
customer that he can't use either of the two "official" methods...
Thanks for your help!
Mitch
[email protected]
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 9663.1 | NNTPD::"[email protected]" | Ann Majeske | Wed Apr 30 1997 12:53 | 35 | |
First, you didn't state what version of Digital UNIX you are using or
what version your customer is using. the dx* tools for Enhanced security
are different between versions.
Second, you didn't give the specific command(s) you used or the exact error
message you got when you tried to use edauth to edit the ttys file. (Of
course this does at least tell me that you are using a V4.0* variant, since
edauth is not available for v3.2* variants. But, it doesn't tell me what
version your customer is using).
Third, the method you used to make the changes to the ttys and devassign
databases (edit the text files and use convauth) is perfectly valid for
V4.0* releases of Digital UNIX. If you have your customer do a
"convauth -O -d tv" first he won't lose any other changes that he's made
to those databases in the mean time.
Fourth, I came across another workaround in my old mail that might help:
"There is something of a workaround, although it still won't allow
you to create X devices. However, you can do the following:
# /tcb/bin/edauth -dt -s <<\X
*\:*:\
:t_devname=*\:*:t_lock@:t_login_timeout#0:t_xdisplay:\
:chkent:
X
# /tcb/bin/edauth -dv -s <<\X
*\:*:\
:v_devs=*\:*:v_type=xdisplay:chkent:
X
This gives you wildcarded X displays, which (assuming some
discretion in what's allowed past XDMCP) should be what the
customer really wanted anyway."
Last, these are known problems and the fixes will be in a future
release.
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
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| 9663.2 | V4.0B, Known Problems? | sloppp1port2.slo.dec.com::Mitchell Brown | [email protected] | Wed Apr 30 1997 19:11 | 11 |
Sorry about not including enough information. The customer is using V4.0B. When you say "these are known problems", are you referring to using dxdevices to add X terminals? Thanks Mitch | |||||
| 9663.3 | Both | NNTPD::"[email protected]" | Ann Majeske | Thu May 01 1997 11:52 | 8 |
Both problems that you reported in your original note: 1) using dxdevices to add x terminals to the ttys database; and 2) using edauth to add x terminals to the ttys database; are known problems and will be fixed in a future release. The edauth workaround I included in .1 works because it is adding wildcarded x terminals instead of specific x terminals. [Posted by WWW Notes gateway] | |||||