>
> Hi!
>
> I am managing a set of workstations :
>
> - several DEC alpha AXP, with Digital Unix as Operating System, Version V4.0c
OSF1
>
> - a DEC 3100 workstation, with ULTRIX 4.2 0 RISC
>
> In order to get a homogeneous set of workstations to administrate, I would
> like to change the configuration of the DEC 3100 from ULTRIX to an X terminal
> able to have a connection on one of the DEC alpha stations.
>
>
> I am looking for informations about how to make a configuration of the kern of
> the ULTRIX machine, so as to stop the boot once all the part -access to the
local
> network- is completed. That way, I would like to have a station (X terminal)
with the
> ability to talk on my network and also to make an emulation of a XDM session
with a
> DEC alpha station.
>
> Is there any documentation describing how to proceed? Has one of you ever done
such a
> thing?
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Josiane Tack
> tack_at_dstu.univ-montp2.fr
Josiane,
that is how we drive most of our decstations since about 2 years.
(Diskless and Ultrix 4.3)
If i remember right, the only thing you need to do is to modify
/etc/rc.local a bit.
Following is the end of a rc.local of an ultrix-machine, which
comes up with the CDE-chooser after a reboot.
### Begin of extract ###
# starting the chooser from machine abc.full.qualified.hostname
echo 'Starting Xws with special CHOOSER' >/dev/console
/usr/bin/Xws bc -indirect abc.full.qualified.hostname \
> /var/adm/X0msgs 2>> /var/adm/X0msgs < /dev/null &
#
# to start xdm on this ultrix-machine,
# which seems to be necessary for CHOOSER
#
[ -f /usr/bin/X11/xdm ] && {
/usr/bin/X11/xdm & echo -n ' xdm started' > /dev/console
}
### End of extract ###
The only other thing is to have an appropriate xdm-setup
on machine abc.full.qualified.hostname.
In our case this a du-4.0a alphastation and the setup-file
should be /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess.
The easiest way is a "*" that any machine that requests
"chooser/indirect hosts" can be shown all machines that are
running xdm.
Hope this helps.
Bernt Christandl
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> It's a wonderful solution. Thank you very much for your quickly help
> I have tested that solution and it's ok now!!!
> Thanks very much
> Josiane
> tack_at_dstu.univ-montp2.fr
Received on Tue Jul 29 1997 - 19:03:51 NZST