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Archive-name: unix-faq/unixware/general Last-modified: Tue Mar 8 02:55:34 GMT 1994 Version: 1.0 This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.unixware and the Univel mailing list (univel-request@telly.on.ca). This FAQ is posted to comp.unix.unixware and related groups, including news.answers and comp.answers, roughly once a month. Readers of this FAQ with access to the Internet should be able to find this document archived in the news.answers archive at rtfm.mit.edu and available by anonymous ftp. The location of this FAQ is: rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/unixware/general I welcome comments and/or suggestions from interested readers. Particularly useful are suggestions for FAQs which are written up in Q/A form. Please send your comments and/or suggestions to uunet!molly!vlcek (uucp) molly!vlcek@uunet.uu.net (Internet) Please state in your email whether I may print your name and/or email address along with the FAQ information you have provided. Printing these may result in other Net or mailing list readers contacting you, thus I will not print them unless explicitly authorized. TABLE OF CONTENTS The FAQ is divided into four main categories: (G) General, for items of nonspecific interest (U) User, for items of interest to general users (S) SysAdmin, for items of interest to UnixWare system administrators (D) Developer, for items of interest to software developers/programmers Each question in the fact is preceded by the text string "Subject: " (to enable newsreaders to identify the individual FAQs) and a unique question number. A complete listing of these question numbers follows: G1) What is UnixWare? G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare? G3) How much does UnixWare cost? G4) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC? G5) Which system vendors will sell you a machine with UnixWare installed? G6) What is the UnixWare "Personal Edition"? G7) What is the UnixWare "Application Server"? G8) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare? G9) How about review articles on UnixWare? G10) Are there anonymous ftp / mail server sites with UnixWare archives? G11) Where can I get online information on UnixWare? G12) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare? G13) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]? G14) I have release 1.0; how do I get my release 1.1 upgrade? G15) What has been upgraded in release 1.1? U1) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare? U2) Can I run DOS/Windows programs under UnixWare? U3) Can DOS NetWare users log in to a UnixWare box via IPX? U4) Are there CD-ROM of freeware binaries precompiled for UnixWare? U5) Why can't I type in an "at sign" (@) at a command prompt? U6) How can I access the standard UNIX `man' pages from the command line? S1) What books on UnixWare system administration might I read/purchase? S2) How can I change my system's name? S3) What traditional Unix utilities have been left out of the UnixWare PE? S4) Does UnixWare come with TCP/IP and/or NFS? S5) Will UnixWare 1.1 have TCP/IP bundled with the Personal Edition? S6) Can I replace the stock UnixWare X server with something faster? S7) Why can't I access the CD-ROM drive after I've just installed from it? S8) Why does my data comm package lose characters constantly at high speeds? S9) How can I make or get an emergency boot floppy? S10) How do I set a dialup password on UnixWare for a specific port? S11) How do I configure electronic mail on UnixWare? S12) How many updates are there, what are they, and where do I get them? S13) How do I know which updates I've already got installed? S14) How can I make the `man' pages accessible from the command line? S15) Are there disk compression utilties for UnixWare? S16) How do I install a package downloaded from one of the ftp servers? S17) How can I speed up the loading of Windows programs from floppies? S18) Why has fingertip librarian suddenly stopped working? D1) What books on UnixWare programming might I read/purchase? D2) Are there alternatives for programmers to the UnixWare SDK? D3) I installed the Prime Time SDK, and now I can't log in?! D4) Will UnixWare version 1.1 bundle Motif? D5) How do I avoid problems programming with the UCB compatibility libraries? D6) Where can I get Emacs? D7) How can I compile X clients without a complete X11 source tree? D8) I've now got 1.1. Where's my SDK? D9) I've now got the 1.1 SDK. Where's xab? QUESTIONS GENERAL Subject: G1) What is UnixWare? UnixWare is Novell's Unix offering, combining Unix System V Release 4.2 for 80x86 processors with NetWare client connectivity, DOS Merge, Motif, support and documentation. It provides a graphical user interface based on the X11R5 windowing system, and is capable of running Unix, DOS, and/or Windows programs. UnixWare, first released in November 1992, was the product of a jointly-owned venture, named Univel, between Novell and Unix Systems Laboratories (USL, then a part of AT&T). In the spring of 1993, Novell completed its acquisition of USL and, by extension, Univel. USL and Univel have since been folded into the newly-formed Novell Unix Systems Group (USG, the namesake of an earlier group by the same name at AT&T). One still sees the Univel name frequently, but it is being gradually phased out over time. In this FAQ, I will use the phrase "Novell USG" to refer to the Unix Systems Group where once "Univel" would have been used. The current version of UnixWare is release 1.1. Users of release 1.0 may call Novell for a free upgrade to release 1.1, and are strongly encouraged to do so. The "UNIX" trademark, previously owned by AT&T and then deeded to USL, passed to Novell with the acquisition of USL. After a brief period of negotiations with rival Unix vendors Sun Microsystems, Santa Cruz Operation, International Business Machines, and Hewlett-Packard, Novell deeded the UNIX trademark to X/Open Co. Ltd., an Open Systems industry standards branding agent based in the United Kingdom. Henceforth, the granting of licenses for the trademark UNIX will be handled exclusively by X/Open; eventually, licenses will be granted only for products which exhibit conformance with the so-called Spec1170, a set of 1,000-odd applications programming interfaces (APIs) drawn from the following standards: IEEE Portable Operating System's Interface (POSIX) 1003.1 AT&T's System V Interface Definition SVIDIII X/Open's XPG-4 interface specification "Use-based" APIs drawn from an assortment of third-party vendors Strict conformance to Spec1170 has not yet been implemented by X/Open (to my knowledge, no current commercial UNIX offering is fully conformant with Spec1170) to allow grandfathering in of existing UNIX flavors. Strict conformance will likely be implemented by late 1994 or 1995. Subject: G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare? You can contact Novell USG for reseller information at 1-800-879-6168 between the hours: Monday through Friday 5AM-6PM Pacific Time Saturday 8AM-2PM Pacific Time Another vendor offering UnixWare, including mixes of options not available from Univel, is the Information Foundation. They can be reached at by phone at (303) 572-6486 or 1-800-GET-UNIX, or via email at "sales@if.com". Every mail-order software house I've contacted so far has carried UnixWare. This includes the following: Computer Discount Warehouse Programmer's Paradise 1-800-891-4CDW 1-800-445-7899 ASAP Software Express Inmac 1-800-248-ASAP 1-800-323-6905 UniPress Software Unidirect 1-800-222-0550 1-800-755-8649 Subject: G3) How much does UnixWare cost? UnixWare's list price (Personal Edition) is still being quoted at $249 in adverts, but you shouldn't pay more than $200 for it. Information Foundation used to advertise a $166 price, but has replaced this with a "Please Call" listing. Inmac presently advertises a $199 PE, and other mail-order houses are right in this range as well. With NT selling (or should I say NoT selling :-) at roughly $275 on retail shelves, you can combine the UnixWare PE with the Prime Time SDK (described later in the FAQ) at $60 for a full-fledged Unix development environment for less than the cost of vanilla NT (sans C compiler). Subject: G4) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC? Yes, UnixWare runs on PCs. The necessary hardware configuration for installing and running UnixWare is: * A personal computer running an Intel 80386 or higher processor with a minimum speed of 25MHz. The ISA, EISA, and MCA bus architectures are supported. * A minimum of 8MB RAM for the Personal Edition. * A minimum of 12 MB RAM for the Application Server. * A minimum 80MB hard disk for the Personal Edition. * A minimum 120 MB hard disk for the Application Server. * A minimum 40MB if you have a second hard disk (optional). * A 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch diskette drive for booting UnixWare. * A serial, bus, or PS/2-compatible mouse is recommended, but not required. Evan Leibovitch (evan@telly.on.ca) notes that, while UnixWare does not absolutely require a 3.5" diskette drive, it is a practical necessity in real world usage. Many useful/necessary packages only come on 3.5" media. Eric Raymond used to post in the Usenet group comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit a guide to hardware compatibility for Unix versions that run on Intel-based hardware. While not specifically devoted to UnixWare, it was handy for discussions of the difficulties that may be encountered in installing Unix on PC hardware. Unfortunately, nothing has been heard from Raymond in recent times and, while you can probably find a copy of the last version of the pc-clone hardware guide in the rtfm.mit.edu archives, the information therein is getting more dated by the minute. Subject: G5) Which system vendors will sell you a machine with UnixWare installed? I do not currently have an official list of vendors offering bundled UnixWare. Can anyone supply one? AST Research presumably offers UnixWare bundled on its machines, as the infamous October SunWorld article on Unix-on-Intel mentioned that they stripped the bundled UnixWare off their AST in order to experience the "joy" of reinstalling it. Call: AST Research 1-800-876-4AST Mobius Computer of Pleasanton CA will sell you an Intel box with UnixWare preinstalled, among other Unix offerings: Mobius Computer 5627 Stoneridge Drive, Building 312 Pleasanton, CA 94588-8503 (800) MOBIUS1 (510) 460-5252 FAX (510) 460-5249 Mobius does have email access, although they don't seem to attach the same importance to it that Usenet readers would. They don't list a general sales or info address; you might try sales@mobius.com or info@mobius.com. Sound Software Ltd. of Brampton Ontario resells UnixWare as software alone, or bundled with an Intel box: Sound Software Ltd. 20 Abelard Avenue, Brampton, Ontario Canada L6Y 2K8 (905) 452-0504 (905) 452-9754 FAX sound@telly.on.ca American Micro Group, Inc. of Fort Lee NJ sells "UnixWare-optimized" systems as well as x86 boxes "with almost all commercial PC Unixes installed": American Micro Group, Inc. 240 Riverdale Drive Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (201) 944-3293 (201) 944-3902 FAX sales@amg.com info@amg.com Information Foundation, which resells UnixWare software, now also offers a hardware platform as well: Information Foundation 1200 17th Stree Suite 1900 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 572-6486 (303) 573-6484 FAX sales@if.com Subject: G6) What is the UnixWare "Personal Edition"? The UnixWare "Personal Edition" is the desktop version of UnixWare. The following laundry list is lifted from Information Foundation's bounce-back email information server: UnixWare Personal Edition UNIX System V Release 4.2 Base System Printer Support Network Support Utilities Graphics Utilities Enhanced Application Compatibility Adobe Type Manager TypeScaler Fonts Networked Graphics X11 Windowing System Graphical Desktop Manager Windowing Korn Shell CD-ROM File System Support Ethernet Hardware Support Token Ring Hardware Support European Language Supplement DOS Merge for DOS/Windows Support Novell Network Services Subject: G7) What is the UnixWare "Application Server"? As the name implies, the Application Server is the server version of UnixWare. Originally, at least, the idea was that an enterprise network would be built up of DOS, Windows, and UnixWare clients, with a NetWare box providing file services and a UnixWare AS running applications which would display on the PE clients. I don't know if this is still the plan or not. The laundry list (again lifted from the IF literature) is: UnixWare Application Server Personal Edition (Unlimited User License) Personal Utilities TCP/IP & NFS where UnixWare Personal Utilities = Advanced UNIX Utilities BSD Compatibility Advanced Administration Utilities Subject: G8) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare? The manuals you get with UnixWare are pretty slim indeed, and you'll probably find yourself needing one or more of the UNIX Press books on Unix SVR4.2 to supplement the bundled documentation. The following is a complete list of the Unix SVR4.2 series: Title ISBN # - User's Series - Guide to the Unix Desktop 1-56205-114-8 User's Guide 0-13-017708-3 - Administration Series - Basic System Administration 0-13-042573-7 Advanced System Administration 0-13-042565-6 Network Administration 0-13-017633-8 PC-Interface Administration 0-13-066820-6 Audit Trail Administration 0-13-066887-7 - Programming Series - UNIX Software Development Tools 0-13-017690-7 Programming in Standard C 0-13-017666-4 Programming with UNIX System Calls 0-13-017674-5 Character User Interface Programming 0-13-042581-8 Graphical User Interface Programming 0-13-042698-9 Network Programming Interfaces 0-13-017641-9 Device Driver Programming 0-13-042623-7 STREAMS Modules and Drivers 0-13-066879-6 Portable Device Interface 0-13-066838-9 - Reference Series - Command Reference (a-l) 0-13-042699-0 Command Reference (m-z) 0-13-042607-5 Operating System API Reference 0-13-017658-3 Windowing System Reference 0-13-017716-4 System Files and Devices Reference 0-13-017682-6 Device Driver Reference 0-13-042631-8 To order single copies of this documentation, call (515) 284-6761. For bulk purchases (more than 30 copies), contact Corporate Sales Dept. PTR Prentice Hall 113 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (201) 592-2863 (201) 592-2249 Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca or sko@wimsey.bc.ca) maintains the "Concise Guide to UNIX Books", which is posted regularly to the Usenet newsgroups misc.books.technical, alt.books.technical, biz.books.technical, comp.unix.questions, comp.unix.wizards, comp.unix.admin, comp.answers, and news.answers. It can also be downloaded from the Internet via anonymous ftp at rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix. This list contains many titles of interest to UNIX users both new and old, and is well worth the trouble to acquire. Subject: G9) How about review articles on UnixWare? Open Systems Today, in its February 15 1993 issue, reviewed the initial release of UnixWare 1.0. The June 15, 1993 PC Magazine reviewed UnixWare favorably, rating it the Editor's Choice for "Intel Unix" above Consensys V4.2, Dell Unix (RIP), Interactive, SCO Open Desktop, NeXTStep on Intel and Solaris x86. (Note that the last two were reviewed prior to release.) The review concluded ``This just may be the Unix for the masses.'' UnixWorld magazine profiled UnixWare over a two-part series in the July and August 1993 issues. UnixWorld looked at UnixWare from the traditional Unix user's point of view, predicting that ``power Unix users will dismiss UnixWare out of hand,'' but also noting the advantages of the tight integration with NetWare. The UnixWorld reviews are probably much more useful to a system administrator than an ordinary user. Byte Magazine, after a September 1992 "Is Unix dead?" cover story that looks rather silly now in retrospect, gave UnixWare (then still in beta) a friendly reception in its January 1993 issue. ``On features alone, UnixWare is one hot number: networked file, mail, printer, and application sharing; NetWare client connectivity; DOS compatibility; high-performance multitasking and virtual memory; a network-capable windowing system with scalable Adobe Type Manager fonts; two levels of hypertext help -- and these are just the highest of the high points'' opined the Byte reviewer (Tom Yager [tyager@bytepb.byte.com], Byte's Multimedia Lab). Subject: G10) Are there anonymous ftp / mail server sites with UnixWare archives? Novell has an anonymous ftp service at ftp.novell.com (137.65.4.1). UnixWare files can be found under ~ftp/pub/unixware. UnixWare binaries of handy things like the GNU development tools, perl, Seyon and GhostScript are starting to show up there. The helpful bunch at Novell Germany have set up UnixWare archives at ftp.novell.de (193.97.1.1), or accessed as devnull.novell.de if coming from the United States (much faster). The US4BINR archive contains binaries for UNIX System V Release 4 for 386/486 PCs, including UnixWare. From the US4BINR mail server: US4BINR is now available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the /systems/svr4-pc directory. wuarchive.wustl.edu supports both anonymous FTP and NFS mount. wuarchive is the primary site for this project. The mail server is still available. For help, send mail to request@us4binr.login.qc.ca with the simple message (no special subject). begin reply your_email_adress help quit Another mailserver site for UnixWare binaries and sources is mail-server@uel.co.uk To obtain an index of the contents, send an email to that address with the following contents: begin mail <reply-address> send INDEX end Subject: G11) Where can I get online information on UnixWare? *** PHONE *** Quoting from UnixWare documentation: ``You can speak with a Univel representative regarding Univel product information and services Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. ``Univel's main telephone numbers are: ``* U.S. and Canada: 1-800-4-UNIVEL (1-800-486-4835) * International: 801-568-8548 * Germany (European Support Center): +49-211-5277-744 (support for Europe, Middle East, and Africa) * Australia: +61-2-925-3000 * Hong Kong: +852-827-2223 * Japan: +81-3-5481-1141'' *** FAX *** You can call the 1-800-4UNIVEL number outside of their normal business hours and reach the USG FAX hot line (option 1), which enables you to have UnixWare information FAXed back to you. The FAX hot line will ask you for the document number of the information packet you'd like. You will also be given an option to receive one of four catalogs: Catalog # Description 2 Product information and beta programs 3 Reseller information 4 Developer's programs and information 5 Univel education programs The most useful of these is catalog 2, which includes a listing of some important available documents. This is probably the best bet for a first-time user. Some useful document numbers for starters are: 2000 How to use the FaxBack service 2020 UnixWare product data sheets (4 pages) 2025 Personal Edition details (excerpted from Buyer's Guide, 8 pages) 2030 Application Server details (excerpted from Buyer's Guide, 9 pages) Comments and/or suggestions regarding UnixWare can be FAXed back to USG at 408-473-8774. *** COMPUSERVE *** Novell maintains a UnixWare forum on CompuServe. If you have a CompuServe ID and wish to access this form, type: GO UNIXWARE at any CompuServe prompt. There are message sections for General Information, Product Information, Developers, DOS Merge, Installation, X Windows, Networking, Device Drivers, Printing, Communications, Applications, Bug Watchers, and Updates. If you do not have a CompuServe ID, contact CompuServe Customer Service at 800-848-8990 or 614-457-8650 for information on setting up an account. *** USENET *** If you have access to Usenet, look into the newsgroup comp.unix.unixware. This forum entertains discussions of all issues related to UnixWare. Other newsgroups possibly of interest to UnixWare users are comp.unix.sys5.r4 (for discussions relating to the System V Release 4 version of Unix, which includes Novell's UnixWare) and comp.unix.misc (for miscellaneous discussions of Unix). If you do not have access to Usenet, you have a variety of options. If you have access to a Unix system, chances are good that it may already provide Usenet access - particularly if it is at an academic or research site. If you do not have access to a Unix system, your best bet is to get an account with one of the increasing number of public-access Unix systems being set up by entrepreneurial Unix sysadmins. You can find the contact phone numbers for such systems in any one of the many books on the Internet now beginning to flood the popular press. *** MAILING LIST *** The comp.unix.unixware newsgroup is gatewayed into a mailing list for the benefit of those users with email, but not Usenet, access. I quote from Evan Leibovitch's instructions for that list: TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE/GET HELP/ETC: Send an appropriate message to any *one* of the following addresses, each of which is addressed to the list server mechanism at this site (listed in order of my preference): listproc@telly.on.ca univel-request@telly.on.ca listserv@telly.on.ca The body of your message should contain one of the following lines *AS ITS ONLY CONTENT*: subscribe univel Your_Full_Name (Not your e-mail address, the system will pick that up from the headers.) unsubscribe univel recipients univel (gets a list of subscribers) help (duh.) *** EMAIL *** Novell USG has recently set up a email box for support queries: unixware@novell.com Email sent to this address will be automatically directed to the appropriate staff members at USG, so long as the message body of the letter is constructed from a form template currently being set up. Pointers to the form template will be posted in this FAQ as soon as it is available. In the meantime, Novell USG asks: ``we ask that you be specific in your questions and that you include all pertinent information (i.e. updates installed, controllers, peripherals, RAM, Video, SoftWare used, versions, detailed problem descriptions, etc. etc.).'' Similarly, queries regarding product information can be sent to: prodinfo@novell.com Before Novell USG announced its email address for UnixWare support, a helpful group of three members of European Univel Support set up an email address to which users could send questions about UnixWare. This email alias was: univel@novell.de and will still probably generate responses. *** FTP *** Novell maintains an official UnixWare FTP site at ftp.novell.com. To access this server, you will of course need Internet access. Type ftp ftp.novell.com At the login prompt, type anonymous When it asks for a password, enter your full email address. *** WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) *** Novell maintains a World Wide Web (WWW) server at: http://WWW.Novell.COM/ European sites may prefer to visit http://www.novell.de/ Via the WWW server at www.novell.com, you can submit product inquiries and technical support queries without having to use the email form templates. Plus, there's quite a bit of documentation there to be perused. For a UnixWare xmosaic binary to access the WWW server: ftp to ftp.novell.com and look in ~ftp/pub/xmosaic for xmosaic-unixware.tar.Z Sources are available from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in ~ftp/Web. Andrew Josey (andrew@uel.co.uk) advises of another location for xmosaic binaries: We have also added a pkgadd format package for mosaic including a class database and icon to allow graphical point and click startup. This is on our mail-server (mail-server@uel.co.uk). To receive it, send an email to that address with the following contents: begin mail <reply-address> send BINARIES/mosaic-2.0.tar end (There is also a mosaic-2.0.README that is obtained in the same fashion.) Send comments on the WWW services to `webmaster@novell.com' *** GOPHER *** A gopher server is expected soon at gopher.novell.com. Subject: G12) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare? Call 1-800-4-UNIVEL (1-800-486-4835; 801-568-8548 outside the US), select option 1, and you will be connected to the Univel FAX hotline. You can then follow the prompts to order a catalog of FAX titles, from which you can choose the particular item you need. Be aware that the complete UnixWare compatibility guide now exceeds 80 pages and is split into several sections. These are listed below, along with their FAX hotline document number (the size of the document in pages is printed in parentheses): Introduction 2041 Video Adapters (13) 2035 Computer Systems (14) 2042 Multivideo Adapters 2036 Host Adapters (7) 2043 Terminal Servers (1) 2037 Network Adapters (8) 2044 X Terminals (4) 2038 Tape Drives (5) 2045 Pointing Devices (2) 2039 Mass Storage Devices (8) 2046 Printing Solutions (2) 2040 Multiport Adapters (13) 2047 Hardware Vendors Contact List (4) As noted earlier, Eric Raymond periodically posts in the Usenet group comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit a guide to hardware compatibility for Unix versions that run on Intel-based hardware. While not specifically devoted to UnixWare, it is handy for discussions of the difficulties that may be encountered in installing Unix on PC hardware. Subject: G13) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]? Try ftp'ing to ftp.novell.de, and look in the /pub/unixware/X directory. Check the README file there for a listing of currently available drivers. Subject: G14) I have release 1.0; how do I get my release 1.1 upgrade? Novell is providing a free upgrade to release 1.1 to all owners of the release 1.0 product. The new release is expected to be available by the end of January 1994. To upgrade, UnixWare customers need to call one of the following phone numbers and be prepared to provide their rev. 1.0 product serial numbers or proof of purchase. Location Voice FAX ======================================================== Austria 0660-8443 0660-8125 Belgium 078-111062 078-111061 Canada 317-364-7276 317-364-0787 Denmark 800-10930 800-10545 France 05-905995 05-905995 Germany 0130-812444 0130-812443 Italy 1678-8388 1678-78398 Norway 050-11310 050-11309 Spain 900-993170 900-993169 Sweden 020-795736 020-795735 Switz. 155-1846 155-1847 UK 0800-960274 0800-960273 US 800-457-1767 317-364-0787 All Others +31-55-434472 +31-55-434435 Subject: G15) What has been upgraded in release 1.1? Evan Leibovitch (evan@telly.on.ca) quotes from the December 1993 Novell International Bulletin the following features and benefits of release 1.1: * Improved quality and performance across the entire family of UnixWare products; * Additional support for European languages. Along with existing support for English and Japanese, UnixWare 1.1 will be available in native versions of French, Italian, German and Spanish by the second quarter of fiscal year 1994. * Additional support for popular low-cost PC hardware. * Aggressively priced and feature-rich Software Development Kit (SDK). This new SDK will be very popular with ISVs and corporate developers. The new SDK offers the complete set of UnixWare development tools for a suggested retail price of US $99. The Software Development Kit now includes the following packages which used to be separate options: - Motif Development Tools - Driver Development Tools - Personal Utilities * Bundled TCP/IP in Personal Edition * Motif 1.2 and Motif wksh for greater COSE compilance * NetWare 4.X support for file and print services * Support for third-party compilers USER Subject: U1) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare? A good starting place is the UNIX Press UNIX SVR4.2 documentation set: - User's Series - Title ISBN # Guide to the Unix Desktop 1-56205-114-8 User's Guide 0-13-017708-3 Two books on Unix System V that have received good reviews are The Waite Group's UNIX System V Primer Mitchell Waite, Don Martin, and Stephen Prata Sams 1992 ISBN: 0-672-30194-6 Unix System V Release 4, An Introduction Kenneth Rosen, Richard Rosinski, and James Farber McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0-07-881552-5 For users new to Unix, "The Rookie's Guide to UnixWare" from Novell Press presents a simplified introduction to the operating system and its user interface. It covers that basics: logging in, opening, closing, creating and deleting files and folders, customizing the desktop etc. The book's baseball theme (UnixWare is presented as "A Major League Operating System") is clearly intended to make the treatment more palatable to computerphobes. Salty old Unix veterans, on the other hand, will likely find the book embarrassingly childish in tone. The Rookie's Guide to UnixWare Susan Adams, Colleene Isaacs, and Marcus Kaufman Novell Press, 1993 ISBN: 0-7821-1376-1 And, of course, for the true neophyte or general Uniphobe, there's: UNIX for the Impatient Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce A. Larson Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0-201-55703-7 UNIX for Dummies John R. Levine & Margaret Levine Young IDG Books, 1993 ISBN: 1-878058-58-4 Subject: U2) Can I run DOS/Windows programs under UnixWare? Yes. UnixWare comes with the capability to run DOS programs via Locus Merge and a limited version of Novell's DR-DOS 6.0 (provided). DOS version 5.0 may also be installed in place of DR-DOS 6.0, although users must provide their own copy. DOS version 6.x is currently not compatible with Merge; the next release of Merge is projected to support DOS 6.x. Purchasers of the Personal Edition are entitled to the Windows Merge software, but may need to request their copy from: By Phone: By FAX: By Mail: US: 800-892-4650 303-294-0939 Univel Fulfillment Center Int'l: 303-297-8372 (US & Int'l) P.O. Box 5205 Denver, CO 80217-9259 Microsoft Windows is _not_ included in any UnixWare Edition; you must supply your own. The current version of Merge does not support running Microsoft Windows in 386 enhanced mode. This includes, among others: - Borland's Quattro Pro - Microsoft Access - WordPerfect for Windows 6.0 Locus plans to support enhanced mode Windows in a future version; no release date is known at present. Subject: U3) Can DOS NetWare users log in to a UnixWare box via IPX? Yes. Dave W. of Novell explains the NetWare Virtual Terminal: [NVT] is a method for a DOS user to communicate via IPX to a UnixWare machine. You load a TSR on the dos box that redirects int14 or int6b (serial communications) over an NVT protocol to the UnixWare machine who establishes a login session. With the TSR loaded, you run a terminal emulator that uses the standard bios interrupts (rather than going straight to the hardware) and you've got a connection. There are some terminal packages that support NVT directly (without the TSR) For example: Rational Data Systems - PopTerm. Subject: U4) Are there CD-ROM of freeware binaries precompiled for UnixWare? Yes. Look into the LEMIS Free Software CD-ROM for Unix System V 4.2, which includes "utility and development software, graphics demonstrations and X-based games. All binaries are packaged in the standard pkgadd format..." LEMIS Lehey Microcomputer Systems Schellnhausen 2 36325 Feldatal Germany +49-6637-1488 +49-6637-1489 FAX Mail: lemis@lemis.de Greg (Lehey) notes: "Please don't send orders via email - we need paper." The Prime Time Freeware software development kit for UnixWare also includes some oft-used non-development utilities such as Emacs, TeX and GhostScript. Prime Time SDK for Intel SVR4.2, Issue 1-1 ISBN 1-88 1957-12-8 Steve Zwaska, Editor Prime Time Freeware 370 Altair Way, #150 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 433 9662 Voice +1 408 433 0727 FAX ptf@cfcl.com I have not yet seen a UnixWare CD-ROM from Ready-to-Run Software, a leading supplier of precompiled Unix freeware, but I suspect one is not long in coming. Contact them at: Ready-to-Run Software, Inc. Rustic Trail Groton, MA 01450 (508) 448-3959 (508) 448-2989 FAX info@rtr.com In Europe, Ready-to-Run products are available through: User Interface Technologies P.O. Box 145 Cambridge, CB4 1GQ England +44 223 302 041 +44 223 302 042 info@uit.co.uk Subject: U5) Why can't I type in an "at sign" (@) at a command prompt? This is because, incredible though it may seem, UnixWare ships with the same terminal configuration tailored twenty-odd years ago for ASR-33 teletypes. '@' is thus the line-kill character. Try putting the following line in your .profile (Bourne shell or Korn shell users) or .cshrc (C shell users) file in your home directory: stty erase '^H' kill '^U' intr '^C' (Type these in just as you seem them; there's no need to try and enter the actual control characters, and many reasons not to anyway.) If you remotely log in to your UnixWare box from another system that places a "Delete" key at the upper right corner of the main keypad, you will have to execute the command stty erase '^?' to inform the shell that your current keyboard is slightly different. Otherwise, you may end up seeing things like "la^Hs: Command not found". Subject: U6) How can I access the standard UNIX `man' pages from the command line? Include the following in your shell startup files: .profile (/usr/bin/sh or /usr/bin/ksh): MANPATH=/usr/flib/books/man export MANPATH PATH=$PATH:/usr/ucb .cshrc (/usr/bin/csh): setenv MANPATH /usr/flib/books/man set path=($path /usr/ucb) Alternately, talk to your SysAdmin about setting up the symbolic links for the man pages described in the next section. SYSADMIN Subject: S1) What books on UnixWare system administration might I read/purchase? Well, let's start with the UNIX Press books: - Administration Series - Title ISBN # Basic System Administration 0-13-042573-7 Advanced System Administration 0-13-042565-6 Network Administration 0-13-017633-8 PC-Interface Administration 0-13-066820-6 Audit Trail Administration 0-13-066887-7 Mick Galvin (mick@ddiq.com) adds: ``As I think one of the points of Unixware is the integration of Netware with Unix I would highly recommend "Novell's Guide to Integrating UNIX and NetWare Networks" by James E. Gaskin, published by Novell PRESS. This is a *very* current book (1993) and amongst other things offers thoughts on topics like why netware for unix is not available on UnixWare (even though the Univel fax back server suggests it is!) It is sprinkled with humour.'' Novell's Guide to Integrating UNIX and NetWare Networks James E. Gaskin, Novell Press, 1993 ISBN: 0-7821-1129-7 A must for Unix sysadmins is: UNIX Power Tools Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides O'Reilly and Associates/Bantam 1993 ISBN 0-553-35402-7 This book combines 1000+ pages of text-mode Unix advice with a CD-ROM of precompiled binaries for various popular UNIX platforms (including SCO, which should run on UnixWare) of a large variety of useful text-mode applications. Subject: S2) How can I change my system's name?