comp.unix.sco Technical FAQ 2/9

Questions and Answers Specific to OpenServer Release 5

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• Graphical characters don't work
  
  
• sar doesn't work
  
  
• My emergency floppies don't have enough inodes
  
  
• I'm having trouble with licensing and registration
  
  
• sysadmsh is missing
  
  
• Will Release 5 run my older binaries?
  
  
• I loaded a patch but it didn't take effect
  
  
• What patches should I use?
  
  
• What patches are on my system?
  
  
• What's this free copy of SCO Unix I keep hearing about?
  
  
• I'm having trouble using my ATAPI CD-ROM
  
  
• My >2GB ATA hard drive doesn't work with OSR5
  
  
• My floppy drive doesn't work reliably
  
  
• People log out but still show up in who
  
  
• Can I perform an in-place upgrade?
  
  
• How do I access online documentation from a browser?
  
  
• Can I use the scohelp server as a Web server?
  
  
• Is there a packet sniffer (tcpdump) available?
  
  
• What can I do about function keys not working?
  
  
• Can I have both IDE and SCSI Drives?
  
  
• Is a DHCP client available?
  
  
• Can OSR5 do NAT or IP filtering (function as a firewall)?
  
  
• How can I find my Activation Key? ( license data serial number activation key )
  
  
• Can OSR5 and Unixware run Linux binaries?
  
  
• Can Linux run OSR5 binaries?
  
  
• A Xenix or ODT legacy application corrupts the screen
  
  
• How can I recreate my install floppy?
  
  
• I've added more RAM, do I need more swap?
  
  
• Why do I get "dynamic linker" errors or load failures?
  
  
• Why do I get "cronsched: no response from server" messages ?
  
  
• How do I change the system's name or IP address?
  
  
• What causes "No utmp entry, must login from lowest level shell?"
  
  
• What does "ifor_pmd, failed to initialize policy manager" mean?
  
  
• Does SCO OpenServer5 support the 'undelete' feature? (file system versioning)
  
  
• What is thecotec2procedure for performing replicated OS5 installs ?
  
  
• Why do I have to relink after just changing an ip address?
  
  
• How Can I stop OpenServer 5.0.6 creating /usr/local as a sym-link?
  
  
• Is it possible to have more than one instance of custom running ?
  
  
• How can I access the documentation on the install CD if I don't yet have a SCO system installed?
  
  
• I need information from "last", but most of it is gone!
  
  
• Why does the installation bomb out with a "Signal 8" error ?
  
  
• How can I assign a user process to a specific pseudo tty?
  
  
• How can I get pci bus information?
  
  
• Why do I get "can't find user in protected password database" in syslog?
  
  
• Why doesn't "man" work?
  
  
• I upgraded Merge and now cannot access my floppy drive
  
  
• I need to make a copy of /stand/unix, but the file system is mounted read-only!
  
  
• Why can't I schedule a backup in Arcserve Open Light ( the buttons are greyed out ) ?
  
  
• I installed gcc from Skunkware, but it doesn't work.
  
  
• How can I mount Windows shares on the SCO server using Visionfs?
  
  
• Where can I get a Linux terminfo for "scoansi"? or a SCO terminfo/termcap for Linux
  
  
• How can I make Windows machines use unencrypted (plain text) passwords?
  
  
• Do modern versions of SCO support IDE UDMA controllers?
  
  
• Can Unixware 7 programs run on OSR5?
  
  
• Why do I have files with "#" as part of the name?
  
  
• How can I display PDF files from Netscape?
  
  
• Where can I get ssh?
  
  
• How can I add a formfeed or other control to jobs sent to a Visionfs printer?
  
  
• I am trying to configure 30 GB or larger Hard Disk. After boot, I get messages like : not a directory ; boot not found ; cannot open ; Stage 1 boot failure: error loading hd(40)/boot.
  
  
• How do I get rid of that "Unregistered Software" message?
  
  
• I am using the OSR5 ipnat, but ftp only works in passive mode.
  
  
• How can I send WinPopup messages to Windows machines?
  
  
• When a user tries to log in, they get "Account is disabled -- see Account Administrator"
  
  
• I can't read a cpio archive created on a Linux box- it fails with "premature end of file"
  
  
• How do I convert Visionfs to encrypted passwords?
  
  

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