7/11    Does anyone know a way to find out all the environment variables for
        a running process aside from ps?  I'm doing this on AIX, and while
        ps eww <pid> gives some of the environment vars, it seems to stop at
        2000 characters or so.
        \_ have you tried ps ewww? That works in some flavors of Unix.
        \- agree with ps -e. otherwise, on AssOS, /proc/<pid>/environ ...
           which I believe is a NULL delimited list (so some unix tools/
           functions may have issue operating on it, unless you map the NULs
           to something else). Not portable. i dont know anything about AIX
           any more. --psb
           \_ Lucky. AIX is crap. -op.
                     \- that, i knew :-) [although GPFS is really neat].

8/4     To whomever was asking about file integrity checkers a while ago,
        I asked around a bit and heard quite a few good things about samhain.
        One colleague also successfully deployed AFICK on a bunch of AIX boxes.
        I can gladly get you in touch with people who've done this before if
        this is still of interest.  -John
        \_ It's clear that you're the ONLY person on motd with this type
           of expertise (and interest for that matter).

6/25    If you are running ISC Dhcpd 3.0.1rc{12,13} consider upgrading
        to rc14:
        http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-174A.html

11/19   Anybody write code (or know people who write code) that go into
        airplanes, guided missiles, or satellites, etc?  Code that just HAS
        to work 100% of the time?   I'm wondering about what kind of
        OS they use (if any) or how exactly they write such code.  Any
        documented procedure online?  Thanks.
        \_ APL and no stupid "we'll just patch it later" testing.
           \_ People actually use APL? I had no idea.
              \_ It was designed to government spec.  You never had Hilfinger?
                 \_ LIES LIES LIES: http://www.acm.org/sigapl/whyapl.htm
           \_ Don't you mean Ada?  --Jon
              \_ Probably.  I was half asleep.
        \_ LynxOS and VxWorks
        \_ Stop fucking deleting my response that we use VxWorks here. --dim
           \_ Stop advertising VxWorks.  It doesn't.
        \_ QNX
        \_ hand written assembly with multiple layers of inspection.
        \_ VxWorks here, too. --dim

12/19   On HPUX are the init scripts stored in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc.*?
        If not, where are they stored? tia.
        \_ /sbin/init.d if I remember properly. That was 10.10. --jsjacob
        \_ try /sbin/rc*.d and /sbin/init.d
           It also depends on which HP-UX you're running --dwc
           \_ I'm interested in 10.0 and newer, but this info helps
              a lot. thanks.

8/30    Are there any instructional machines still running HP-UX? Any machine
        names would be helpful. I need to test some code on HP-UX/PA-RISC.
        \_ I think the general-use cory lab might have it
           \_ They run compaq digital unix.
              \_ Really?
                 \_ Yup.
        \_ one hp-ux N class server for cad tools

8/30    Are there any instructional machines still running HP-UX?
        \_ I think the general-use cory lab might have it
           \_ They run compaq digital unix.
              \_ Really?
                 \_ Yup.

3/21    What's the proper way to say:
        HPUX 1) H-P You-EX or 2) H-Pux?
        \_ hp sucks.
        Linux 1) Linn-nex 2) Line-nex
        new Solaris 1) Solaris2.8 2) Solaris5.8 3) Solaris8?
        \_ Who cares?
        \_ Leee-nus Torvalds pronounces Leee-nux Leee-nux

3/21    What's the proper way to say:
        HPUX 1) H-P You-EX or 2) H-Pux?
        Linux 1) Linn-nex 2) Line-nex
        new Solaris 1) Solaris2.8 2) Solaris5.8 3) Solaris8?
        \_ Who cares?

3/13    Are VxWorks and PSOSystem related?  Or are they completely separate
        products?  Which one was the one used on the Mars Pathfinder?
        \_ VxWorks and PSOS were once separate OS and companies.  Now
           they are one.  I don't know how they are merging the two
           now...
        \_ BTW, is VxWorks hard real-time or soft real-time?  With all the
           general-purpose-OS-like functionality it provides, how does it
           gurarantee a bound time for every single function?
           \_ by analyzing their algorithms and choosing good data structures

3/11    What features does an OS need to qualify as a soft-realtime OS?  I
        only know that it needs to be pre-emptive.  Thanks.
        \_ Take a look at:
           http://www.faqs.org/faqs/realtime-computing/faq

4/18    Does anyone know how to configure vxWorks to boot using bootp
        instead of ftp or rsh? URL is fine. BTW, I'm using Sol2.6/2.7
        as my bootp server.
        \_ do you just want to configure or are you a code developer?
           How about using "vwman" or read the manual?  Perhaps change
           the boot parameters too?
        \_ Set the flags (f) option in the bootrom to 0x40.
           It is a bitfield, so if you have other options that you
           want to keep you have to OR them together. See section 2.5.4
           of Tornado User's Guide -- daveh (david.holloway@windriver.com)
        \_ Yes, someone knows.

5/6     Can I use gdb on one host to debug a process running on a remote
        host via the network (not serial line)?
        \_ telnet to the host and start gdb. no, of course not, what is
           the point? you do this over serial for kernel debugging
           because it's necessary. why do you want to do this? why can't
           you log into the host? how would this work? i mean something
           has to sit on the host and interpret your commands and apply
           them to the harnessed process -- why can't that be a shell and
           gdb? i'm completely boggled by your POV. --aaron
        \_.. yes. (Now we wait in suspense for you to ask how) --daveh
        \_ i still think this is a "let me give you some artificial constraints
           without telling you enough about the problem to make useful
           suggestions" type of post. maybe if you gave us more info. --aaron
           \_ Nobody said the remote host was running telnetd or even unix.
              Debugging via tcp/netbios/ipx is very useful.  To answer the
              original question, no.  Cygnus might have some custom shme
              but all the gdb tethering I've seen so far is serial. --pld
        \_ That is standard procedure in most Real Time OS like PSoS or
           VxWorks/Tornado.  You run the debugger on one host and connected
           it via network or serial line to a target processor.  What OS is
           running on the target?  And if this is work-related, shouldn't
           you be asking your project leader?
           \_ Fear.  Maybe he *is* the project leader?!
           \_ He did say "process", not "OS"...

3/5     Does anyone know if someone wants to talk to my soda account from a
        machine running HP-UX Release B.10.20 (or any HP-UX), should he use
        "talk" or "ntalk" or other variants of talk?  Thanks.  -- yuen
        \_ "ytalk" if you have it solves most of these problems.  It will
           do both at the same time and has some other nifty options.