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Pass-Through Printing Many terminals, and just about all terminal emulators, have the ability to do "local" printing. It's sometimes called "transparent printing" or "pass-through", but the idea is that if the terminal sees a special key sequence, it will start sending the data out some other port (parallel or serial) until it sees some sequence that tells it to stop.
How can I assign a user process to a specific pseudo tty? The desire to assign logins to a specific pseudo tty DOES pop up now and then on the web, but so far I've seen no answer for Linux (other than portservers, see below).
Why is ftp transfer between two 100Mb machines so slow? Ftp does a lot of work; junk affects it more than simple http, telnet or ssh connections


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Title Date Comments
Why is ftp transfer between two 100Mb machines so slow?   2009 09 

Why can't my other sub-net browse the Visionfs or Samba shares?   2009 09  2009/09/15 13:38 BigDumbDinosaur

How can I assign a user process to a specific pseudo tty?   2009 09  2009/09/11 20:33 TonyLawrence

What is a watchdog timer panic or error message?   2009 09 

How do I capture program screens to a file or print them?   2009 09 

How can I make X start on a different tty?   2009 09 

How do I set up a network printer or print server?   2009 09  2009/09/08 21:52 TonyLawrence

FAQ - How can I make a printer that will print to a file?   2004 06  2008/07/10 20:50 anonymous

What is netcat and how do I use it?   2002 09  2009/04/19 18:05 TonyLawrence

Pass-Through Printing   1998 12 

Why do I get vhand spinning ?   1997-2003 

What SCSI adaptors are supported?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
How do I install a BTLD on a running system?   1997-2003 

How can I boot multiple operating systems?   1997-2003 

How do I find out the names of BTLDs on a BTLD diskette?   1997-2003 

How do I configure an EIDE drive to work on 3.2v4.x?   1997-2003 

How do I upgrade from an n-user licence?   1997-2003 

My AHA154x/174x isn't being detected   1997-2003 

Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?   1997-2003 

Why does the installation bomb out with a Signal 8 error ?   1997-2003 

How can I access the documentation on the install?   1997-2003 

What is the procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?   1997-2003 

How can I recreate my install floppy?   1997-2003 

My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5   1997-2003 

What does interupt is private mean ?   1997-2003 

I can't finish my SCO install because the GUI doesn't work   1997-2003 

How much swap space do I need?   1997-2003 

Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?   1997-2003 

Can I perform an in-place upgrade?   1997-2003 

Does SCO support my hardware?   1997-2003 

I can't login in with Scologin; my shell is bash or tcsh   1997-2003 

What is the pmwm (panner) Window manager?   1997-2003 

How do I prevent the Scologin screen from starting at boot ?   1997-2003 

Why is Netscape old?   1997-2003 

I can't tell when Netscape is starting up!   1997-2003 

Netscape doesn't work, parts of it are off the screen, I can't use it.   1997-2003 

I can login with Scologin, but the GUI doesn't work after that   1997-2003 

What graphics driver do I use for my video card?   1997-2003  2009/10/10 01:05 anonymous

I'm stuck in the GUI!   1997-2003 

I can't use the GUI because the mouse doesn't work!   1997-2003 

I can't finish my SCO install because the GUI doesn't work   1997-2003 

My X screen is completely unreadable and I cannot exit   1997-2003 

How can I send change defaults permanently?   1997-2003 

Why does my HP printer start each new page further down?   1997-2003  2009/09/08 20:24 TonyLawrence

How do I print man pages from the command line?   1997-2003  2009/09/15 21:38 anonymous

How do I use a printer that's attached to an NT server?   1997-2003 

How do I use a printer that's shared on a Windows network?   1997-2003 

How do I install a HP Network Printer or Print Server?   1997-2003  2008/02/21 12:06 TonyLawrence

Some print jobs from my application fail mysteriously.   1997-2003 

How can I add or remove printers from the command line?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
Mixing Synchronics and Realworld or other mixed marriages   1997-2003 

My printer faults and prints same document over and over   1997-2003 

Can I use Windows printers?   1997-2003 

My printer doesn't work at all!   1997-2003 

How do I stop staircase output on the printer?   1997-2003 

How can different users have different default printers?   1997-2003 

What is a virtual printer?   1997-2003 

How can I get the file from the print spooler before it prints?   1997-2003 

How do I stop a print job and restart it from the beginning?   1997-2003 

How do I make a printer send a form feed at the end of the job?   1997-2003 

How do I stop extra form feeds that spit out blank pages?   1997-2003 

How can I make a device that will print to a network printer or send email?   1997-2003 

How can I print from Netscape without a Postscript printer?   1997-2003 

What are the escape sequences to select the trays on my HP printer?   1997-2003  2008/06/25 14:45 BigDumbDInosaur

Large print jobs fail on remote printers   1997-2003 

Why do I lose the last few lines of my print job?   1997-2003 

Why does printed output garble or stop after several pages?   1997-2003 

Print jobs fail, and I get mail complaining tcgetattr failed: No such device   1997-2003 

How do I stop banners from printing?   1997-2003 

Which Interface script do I use?   1997-2003 

What are printer interface scripts?   1997-2003 

I've set the modem for 38400 in inittab, but stty shows it at some other speed   1997-2003 

Why can't I get my dialin modem to work above 9600 baud?   1997-2003 

Will a Winmodem work?   1997-2003 

What are some common settings for my modem?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
I can't get shared dial-in and dial-out working   1997-2003 

I edited my gettydefs and things broke   1997-2003 

Where can I get more information on UUCP protocols?   1997-2003 

A BSD-based machine can't connect to mine via UUCP   1997-2003 

My data-compressing modem doesn't work much faster than my old modem   1997-2003 

How do I maximize serial throughput?   1997-2003 

What are all the V.something codes, MNP, HST, etc.?   1997-2003 

What special considerations are there regarding my Telebit modem?   1997-2003 

How do I change uucico's packet timeout?   1997-2003 

UUCP frequently has to resend packets   1997-2003 

I increased my window size and UUCP broke!   1997-2003 

I increased my window size but nothing changed   1997-2003 

How do I change uucico's window size?   1997-2003 

How do I get better UUCP throughput?   1997-2003 

I can transfer small files via UUCP but large ones won't go   1997-2003 

How do I adjust my 16550's trigger level?   1997-2003 

What do the terms UART, 8250, 16450 and 16550 mean?   1997-2003 

My serial connections are losing characters   1997-2003 

Why does syslog fill up with #2 open of pid file failed: No such file or directory messages ?   1997-2003 

Why do I have a license for Morning Star PPP and how do I use it (OSR507)?   1997-2003 

How can I restrict who can login with ssh?   1997-2003  2009/07/07 10:24 TonyLawrence

What is port knocking?   1997-2003 

How do I secure services on a SCO system?   1997-2003 

I don't understand all this half/full duplex negotiation stuff   1997-2003  2009/03/07 01:35 TonyLawrence

I see in netstat that processes get stuck in TIME_WAIT   1997-2003  2005/09/04 01:50 BigDumbDinosaur

 
 
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Why does this 224 route show up in netstat -r? What's this 127 address?   1997-2003 

How can I tell what process has a network port in use?   1997-2003 

How can I force the speed and duplex settings of my NIC (or check what it is now)?   1997-2003 

What can I check if ping doesn't work at all?   1997-2003 

Why doesn't ping stop?   1997-2003 

How do I configure Windows Dial Up Networking (DUNS)?   1997-2003 

Why do I have collisions in netstat -i ?   1997-2003 

I've telnetted to a Linux machine from a SCO console   1997-2003 

What do can't get passwd for local host messages in syslog mean?   1997-2003 

Why do I get portmapper is not responding errors?   1997-2003 

How do I get the latest version of Visionfs for Unixware 7 and OSR5 5.0.4 or greater?   1997-2003 

How do I test a smtp mail connection?   1997-2003  2009/01/05 10:32 aravind

How do I test an imap server?   1997-2003  2009/04/02 11:44 TonyLawrence

How do I test a popd mail connection?   1997-2003 

How do I add a default route?   1997-2003 

Dial in PPP disconnects immediately   1997-2003 

Telnet/FTP is very slow to connect   1997-2003 

How to setup resolv.conf for DNS configuration   1997-2003 

What does "WARNING: tcp_deqdata" mean?   1997-2003 

How do I get /etc/issue to print for telnet sessions?   1997-2003 

TCP/IP gives messages like "Notice: TCP SUM: SRC 89270107 SUM 0000D7AD"   1997-2003 

How do I know if I have enough streams buffers for TCP/IP and/or NFS?   1997-2003 

telnet doesn't work properly   1997-2003  2006/12/12 14:53 BigDumbDinosaur

How much RAM can my system use?   1997-2003 

How can I use a PC Card (PCMCIA) with Unix?   1997-2003  2006/01/25 11:22 TonyLawrence

 
 
 
 
My machine locks up at boot time   1997-2003 

My keyboard locks up   1997-2003 

How do I install a BTLD on a running system?   1997-2003 

How do I find out the names of BTLDs on a BTLD diskette?   1997-2003 

My machine had a panic. How do I find out why?   1997-2003 

How do I change my SCSI host adapter?   1997-2003 

How do I configure an EIDE drive to work on 3.2v4.x?   1997-2003 

How do I fix a kernel panic trap 0x00000006?   1997-2003 

Where do I get POP binaries?   1997-2003 

My system doesn't recognize files starting with #!   1997-2003 

My system is slow or hangs when sizing memory   1997-2003 

How do I get MMDF to send one copy of a message to many people?   1997-2003 

How do I upgrade from an n-user licence?   1997-2003 

My AHA154x/174x isn't being detected   1997-2003 

What is the new "low" security level in 3.2v4?   1997-2003 

I need help configuring MMDF   1997-2003 

I get an error "Cannot obtain database information on this terminal"   1997-2003 

The permissions on /usr/adm/sa and its children are wrong   1997-2003 

My pre-EAFS filesystem gives errors on filenames greater than 14 chars   1997-2003 

At boot time, the "Enter the root password or ^D" message doesn't work!   1997-2003 

How do I save kernel panic dumps to tape?   1997-2003 

I have a system memory dump in my swap space; how do I delete it?   1997-2003 

How do I convert Visionfs to encrypted passwords?   1997-2003 

I can't read a cpio archive created on a Linux box- it fails with premature end of file   1997-2003 

When a user tries to log in, they get Account is disabled -- see Account Administrator   1997-2003  2008/05/27 15:07 TonyLawrence

 
 
 
 
How can I send WinPopup messages to Windows machines?   1997-2003 

I am using the OSR5 ipnat, but ftp only works in passive mode.   1997-2003 

How do I get rid of that Unregistered Software message?   1997-2003 

I am trying to configure 30 GB or larger Hard Disk.   1997-2003 

How can I add a formfeed or other control to jobs sent to a Visionfs printer?   1997-2003 

Where can I get ssh?   1997-2003 

How can I display PDF files from Netscape?   1997-2003 

Why do I have files with # as part of the name?   1997-2003 

Can Unixware 7 programs run on OSR5?   1997-2003 

Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?   1997-2003 

How can I make Windows machines use unencrypted (plain text) passwords?   1997-2003 

Where can I get a Linux terminfo for scoansi? or a SCO terminfo/termcap for Linux   1997-2003 

How can I mount Windows shares on the SCO server using Visionfs?   1997-2003 

I installed gcc from Skunkware, but it doesn't work.   1997-2003 

Why can't I schedule a backup in Arcserve Open Light ( the buttons are greyed out ) ?   1997-2003 

I need to make a copy of /stand/unix, but the file system is mounted read-only!   1997-2003 

I upgraded Merge and now cannot access my floppy drive   1997-2003 

Why doesn't man work?   1997-2003 

Why do I get can't find user in protected password database in syslog?   1997-2003  2006/12/28 20:49 TonyLawrence

How can I get pci bus information?   1997-2003 

Why does the installation bomb out with a Signal 8 error ?   1997-2003 

I need information from last, but most of it is gone!   1997-2003  2008/05/17 05:35 anonymous

How can I access the documentation on the install CD?   1997-2003 

Is it possible to have more than one instance of custom running ?   1997-2003 

How Can I stop OpenServer 5.0.6 creating /usr/local as a sym-link?   1997-2003 

 
 
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Why do I have to relink after just changing an ip address?   1997-2003 

What is the procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?   1997-2003 

Does SCO OpenServer5 support the 'undelete' feature? (file system versioning)   1997-2003 

What does ifor_pmd, failed to initialize policy manager mean?   1997-2003 

What causes No utmp entry, must login from lowest level shell?   1997-2003  2006/11/03 03:17 TonyLawrence

How do I change the system's name or IP address?   1997-2003 

Why do I get cronsched: no response from server messages ?   1997-2003 

Why do I get dynamic linker errors or load failures?   1997-2003 

I've added more RAM, do I need more swap?   1997-2003 

How can I recreate my install floppy?   1997-2003 

A Xenix or ODT legacy application corrupts the screen   1997-2003 

Can Linux run OSR5 binaries?   1997-2003 

Can OSR5 and Unixware run Linux binaries?   1997-2003 

How can I find my Activation Key? ( license data serial number activation key )   1997-2003 

Can OSR5 do NAT or IP filtering (function as a firewall)?   1997-2003 

Is a DHCP client available?   1997-2003 

Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?   1997-2003 

What can I do about function keys not working?   1997-2003 

Is there a packet sniffer (tcpdump) available?   1997-2003 

Can I use the scohelp server as a Web server?   1997-2003 

How do I access online documentation from a browser?   1997-2003 

Can I perform an in-place upgrade?   1997-2003 

People log out but still show up in who   1997-2003 

My floppy drive doesn't work reliably   1997-2003 

My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
I'm having trouble using my ATAPI CD-ROM   1997-2003 

What's this free copy of SCO Unix I keep hearing about?   1997-2003  2005/05/11 18:43 TonyLawrence

What patches are on my system?   1997-2003 

What patches should I use?   1997-2003 

I loaded a patch but it didn't take effect   1997-2003 

Will Release 5 run my older binaries?   1997-2003 

sysadmsh is missing   1997-2003 

I'm having trouble with licensing and registration   1997-2003 

My emergency floppies don't have enough inodes   1997-2003 

sar doesn't work   1997-2003 

Graphical characters don't work   1997-2003 

How can I prevent a certain tty from being used?   1997-2003 

How can I run different consoles in single-user mode so that Alt+Fx works?   1997-2003 

I can't find certified hardware for version X   1997-2003 

How can I reconnect to a disconnected session?   1997-2003 

What are some terminal emulators I can use from windows?   1997-2003  2008/09/15 13:48 anonymous

Killall doesn't work!   1997-2003 

My tape drive doesn't work   1997-2003 

Is rm final? Are the files gone forever?   1997-2003 

I ssh to a Linux box and am immediately disconnected   1997-2003 

When applying multiple SLS's   1997-2003 

How can I recursively grep through sub-directories?   1997-2003  2009/05/28 11:30 anonymous

How can I automate an ftp transfer?   1997-2003  2008/07/29 23:21 TonyLawrence

How can I tell if a user logged in locally, used rlogin, telnet or ssh?   1997-2003 

Why do I see ttloop : peer died in syslog?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
How do I learn the drive geometry of an old drive?   1997-2003 

How do I repair a drive geometry problem?   1997-2003 

What are the symptoms of a drive geometry problem?   1997-2003 

I need to transfer a hard drive to another machine as a secondary   1997-2003 

What consumes a user license? What uses do I need to buy more licenses for?   1997-2003 

Why does my Compaq with an HP tape give NOTICE: cha: SCSI bus has been reset ha=0 messages?   1997-2003 

How can I install a new disk controller that requires a different driver?   1997-2003 

How can I rename multiple files using wildcards?   1997-2003  2009/03/17 14:43 Todd

What causes a trap 0x00000008 ( double panic )?   1997-2003  2005/08/01 20:18 TonyLawrence

How can I get the value of autotuned configuration variables?   1997-2003 

Does Openserver support USB devices?   1997-2003 

I have one application that doesn't work with scoansi; how can I fix that?   1997-2003 

How can I find tomorrow's or yesterday's date in a script?   1997-2003  2009/05/01 16:37 TonyLawrence

I have a modem directly connected to a WY-60 terminal   1997-2003 

I get an error message Can't access shared library   1997-2003 

When a new user tries to login, it says the account is disabled- but it is not.   1997-2003 

Why do I get mail saying my message had too many hops?   1997-2003  2005/04/10 11:32 TonyLawrence

I've downloaded a driver.dd or driver.img file, what do I do with it?   1997-2003 

Where can I get information about how to control or program the scoansi console?   1997-2003 

I licensed an additional CPU but the system doesn't see it or use it.   1997-2003 

How can I write an image diskette from a Windows OS?   1997-2003 

Why doesn't CTRL-C work to interrupt my programs?   1997-2003 

How can I control the sound of the console bell or turn on keyclicks?   1997-2003 

User login hangs for many seconds before password prompt comes up   1997-2003  2006/12/19 16:49 anonymous

How can inactive users be automatically logged out?   1997-2003  2009/03/30 15:10 TonyLawrence

 
 
 
 
How can I find out what a user's password is   1997-2003 

When should I use kill -9?   1997-2003  2006/04/19 19:45 anonymous

I've forgotten or don't know the Internet Manager Password   1997-2003 

How can I monitor cpu usage?   1997-2003  2006/05/03 20:49 shoujie

Why didn't my machine change time for daylight savings time (or any time change)?   1997-2003 

How do I clear log files?   1997-2003 

How can I make a shell script setuid?   1997-2003  2006/07/17 17:08 anonymous

How do I format a floppy diskette?   1997-2003 

I've burned a CD but can't see long filenames when I mount it on SCO   1997-2003 

What does Error 5 mean (or any Error xx) ?   1997-2003 

How can I transfer SCO accounts (passwd information) to Linux?   1997-2003  2005/05/03 19:41 TonyLawrence

How can I increase the size of my root or other filesystem?   1997-2003 

How can I mount a SCO file system in Linux or vice-versa?   1997-2003 

Why do I get Alarm Call messages at startup boot or shutdown?   1997-2003 

How can I change uppercase file names to lower case?   1997-2003 

Why do I get can't open /dev/tty errors?   1997-2003 

I see an error message on the console that starts with %Stp-0.   1997-2003 

How can I regularly and reliably transfer data   1997-2003 

How do I find out who or what shutdown or halted my system?   1997-2003 

How do I mount a CDROM?   1997-2003 

How can I increase the number of characters that are significant in passwords?   1997-2003 

Where can I get older versions of SCO products?   1997-2003 

How do I add a Zip or Jaz drive?   1997-2003 

Can I change root's shell to something else?   1997-2003 

How can I back up to a tape drive on another machine?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
Are there any 'Office'-like packages for SCO?   1997-2003 

I can't access my Windows 9x FAT32 partition from the SCO's one!   1997-2003 

Are there any Winzip compatible tools?   1997-2003 

Is it possible to switch screen from an application?   1997-2003 

I need to remotely assist a customer; what can I do?   1997-2003 

How can I test virus scanning software?   1997-2003 

Are there any antivirus programs for Sco Unix/OpenServer?   1997-2003 

Is it possible to use the mouse in a character application?   1997-2003 

How can I have a 'command line history & editing' shell under SCO Unix/OS5?   1997-2003 

Where do I get a better vi?   1997-2003 

What is a zombie process?   1997-2003  2007/07/07 23:01 anonymous

Why does my screen get confused if I login in UPPER CASE?   1997-2003 

Why does my cron job fail while at works?   1997-2003 

How do I configure a Travan Tape Drive?   1997-2003 

What is an xxevent error?   1997-2003 

Why doesn't the mutt I got from Skunkware work?   1997-2003 

How can I send email attachments from the command line?   1997-2003  2009/07/17 11:45 anonymous

What are interrupts?   1997-2003 

What does interrupt is private or no root hd controller mean ?   1997-2003 

What do hangup messages mean during shutdown?   1997-2003 

Why can't I unmount my CDROM?   1997-2003 

How can I prevent root logins over telnet?   1997-2003 

How can I restrict logins?   1997-2003  2008/08/13 03:14 lelajels

How do I make environment variables global?   1997-2003  2007/05/20 01:52 BigDumbDinosaur

Is my system Year 2000 compliant?   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
How do I make the manual pages work for Skunkware?   1997-2003 

Can I replace csh with tcsh?   1997-2003 

What is Skunkware?   1997-2003 

My ANSI terminal emulator doesn't work properly   1997-2003 

How do I find out what IP address a user logged in from?   1997-2003  2005/03/28 11:27 anonymous

How do I set disk space quotas?   1997-2003 

How can I boot multiple operating systems?   1997-2003 

What books are there about SCO systems?   1997-2003 

Why does fsck want a scratch file?   1997-2003 

I typed in the wrong serial number!   1997-2003 

Will I have problems upgrading my hardware?   1997-2003 

How do I get a file off my distribution diskettes?   1997-2003 

Does SCO support my hardware?   1997-2003 

I get messages saying "stat() failed: /tmp/croutPPGa00288: no such file"   1997-2003 

Where do I get kermit?   1997-2003 

Where do I get zmodem?   1997-2003 

How can I get more than 64k inodes?   1997-2003 

Do haltsys and reboot do a sync()?   1997-2003 

Can I add more swap space?   1997-2003 

How much swap space do I need?   1997-2003 

I need fax software. Who makes it?   1997-2003 

How are minor device numbers assigned by mkdev hd?   1997-2003 

How do I solve "fork failed no more processes"?   1997-2003 

Why did my region table overflow?   1997-2003 

My system is slow   1997-2003 

 
 
 
 
I have a bad block on my hard drive   1997-2003 

What versions/configurations am I using?   1997-2003 

How do I solve an "arglist too long"?   1997-2003 

How do I find out serial numbers of my various components?   1997-2003  2006/08/24 07:20 anonymous

I want more space in my lost+found directory   1997-2003 

Why can't fsck find my lost+found directory?   1997-2003 

How can I download a boot disk?   1997-2003  2007/08/28 19:14 anonymous

How do I crash out of the install script ?   1997-2003 

How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 3)   1997-2003 

How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 2)   1997-2003  2008/12/10 18:09 TonyLawrence

How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 1)   1997-2003  2005/09/29 19:26 TonyLawrence

What does the NCALL kernel parameter affect?   1997-2003 

What do I need to compile programs?   1997-2003  2008/05/17 03:29 anonymous

I can't find crypt   1997-2003 

How do I get a copy of adb?   1997-2003 

I don't like being restricted to 14 character filenames   1997-2003 

What are some third-party backup/recovery products?   1997-2003 

How do I compress my backups?   1997-2003 

Is tar/cpio a good backup program?   1997-2003 

Are there any screen savers?   1997-2003 

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