Top Document: comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 3. GENERAL INFORMATION See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge 1. INTRODUCTION 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. GENERAL INFORMATION 3.1 What does HP-UX stand for? 3.2 Where can I find a good overview of HP-UX? 3.3 What is the release history of HP-UX? 3.4 Where can I find definitions of various HP-UX terms? 3.5 What is HP's address and phone number? 3.6 How does HP-UX rank among other enterprise Unixes? 3.7 How does the Compaq merger affect the HP-UX roadmap? 4. RESOURCES 4.1 FAQs 4.1.1 Where can I get a copy of this FAQ file? 4.1.2 What other HP-UX-related FAQs exist? 4.2 Web Sites 4.2.1 HP Sites 4.2.1.1 What is the URL of HP's main web site? 4.2.1.2 Where can I browse HP documentation on the Web? 4.2.1.3 Where can I get support from HP on the Web? 4.2.1.4 Other HP Sites 4.2.2 Non-HP Sites 4.2.2.1 EnterpriseUnix.org 4.2.2.2 EPFL Support HP / HPLine 4.3 Newsgroups 4.3.1 List of Usenet newsgroups 4.3.2 HP's newsgroup policy 4.3.3 The ITRC HP-UX Forum 4.4 Mailing Lists 4.4.1 HPUX-Admin Mailing List 4.4.2 HP 9000 series 500 Mailing List 4.4.3 HPMINI-L Mailing List 4.5 Periodicals 4.5.1 hp-ux/usr 4.5.2 The HP Chronicle 4.6 Books 4.6.1 HP-UX 11.x Books 4.6.2 HP-UX 10.x Books 4.6.3 HP-UX 10.x/11.x Books 4.6.4 CDE Books 4.6.5 Books from HP 4.6.6 HP Product Manuals 4.7 Local Files 4.7.1 The HP-UX Reference Manual 4.7.2 /usr/share/doc 4.8 Conferences and Workshops 4.8.1 HP World Conference & Expo 4.8.2 InterWorks Conference 4.8.3 HP/Works Technical Workshops 4.9 Courses and Certifications 4.9.1 Courses offered by HP 4.10 Organizations 4.10.1 Organizations within the U.S. 4.10.1.1 Interex, The International Association of Hewlett-Packard Computing Professionals 4.10.1.2 InterWorks 4.10.2 Organizations outside the U.S. 4.10.2.1 Interex Netherlands HP User Group (AKA DutchWorks) 4.10.2.2 HP/Works 4.10.2.3 Japanese HP Computer Users Association 4.11 Third-Party Vendors 4.11.1 Hewlett-Packard Vendor Listing 5. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 5.1 Auditing and Security 5.1.1 How do group privileges work? 5.1.2 Why are mail files in /var/mail owned by 'daemon' instead of the recipient? 5.1.3 How can I restrict regular users from logging in at the console? 5.1.4 How can I disable non-root logins? 5.1.5 Where can I find a list of all patches corresponding to security advisories? 5.1.6 How can I protect my systems against SATAN? 5.1.7 What are the major differences between trusted and non-trusted systems? 5.1.8 How can I configure things like minimum password length, password history, and maximum simultaneous logins? 5.1.9 What is the sticky bit's purpose? 5.1.10 Does HP-UX have a /dev/random, /dev/urandom, or similar device? 5.1.11 How can I protect my system from viruses? 5.1.12 What information is available on configuring HP-UX for maximum security? 5.1.13 Does HP-UX support /etc/shadow like Solaris and Linux? 5.2 Backup and Recovery 5.2.1 Can I put more than one backup on DDS with fbackup? 5.2.2 How can I use dump with a DDS tape? 5.2.3 Why do cpio/tar/dump/pax all backup to tape painfully slowly? 5.2.4 What CD burning software is available? 5.3 Disks and File Systems 5.3.1 How can I enable long file names? 5.3.2 Is it possible to create a RAM disk? 5.3.3 What happened to DUX and context dependent files (CDFs)? 5.3.4 Why can't I use all of my swap space? 5.3.5 How can I determine which disk is the boot disk? 5.3.6 Why does pfs_mount fail with the message 'Not Owner' when I try to use it? 5.3.7 What's new with remote mounts and the automounter? 5.3.8 Why are CDROM filenames all UPPERCASE with ;1 attached? 5.3.9 How can I start the PFS daemons automatically at system startup? 5.3.10 Where can I get updated disktab entries for third-party disks? 5.3.11 How can I determine whether a disk is bootable? 5.3.12 How do I defragment my filesystems? 5.4 Display 5.4.1 How do I define a new terminal type? 5.4.2 How can I change the video mode on my workstation? 5.5 Kernel Configuration 5.5.1 How can I tell if I have a 32-bit or 64-bit kernel? 5.5.2 How do I determine if a system supports a 32 and/or 64-bit kernel? 5.5.3 Where can I find detailed documentation of the various kernel parameters? 5.6 Monitors, Diagnostics, and Performance 5.6.1 How can I look at what my system is doing? 5.6.2 What happened to the sysdiag command? 5.6.3 How can I improve overall system performance? 5.7 Networking and Communications 5.7.1 How can I change the order of hostname resolution? 5.7.2 How can I track network packets? 5.7.3 How to get the MAC address for a particular network interface? 5.7.4 Is there a Transport Level Interface (TLI) interface to TCP on HP-UX? 5.7.5 How do I disable IP Forwarding? 5.7.6 Why is ifconfig giving me errors when I try to configure my LAN? 5.7.7 How do I change the hostname, IP address, DNS Server, etc? 5.7.8 How do I determine the speed and duplexity of my network interface? 5.7.9 How do I display all active Internet (TCP and UDP) connections? 5.7.10 Can multiple IP addresses be configured on one interface? 5.7.11 How can I enable the LAN interface on a 700? 5.7.12 Where can I get STREAMS for HP-UX? 5.7.13 What version of BIND (named) comes with HP-UX? 5.7.14 What version of sendmail comes with HP-UX? 5.7.15 What version of NFS comes with HPUX? 5.7.16 What is the difference between automount and AutoFS? 5.7.17 Can I configure multiple network interfaces on the same subnet? 5.7.18 Does HP-UX come with a DHCP server? 5.7.19 Is there a port management tool / firewall for HP-UX? 5.8 Peripheral Devices 5.8.1 How do I use the floppy drive on my HP-UX workstation? 5.8.2 How can I format a floppy under HP-UX? 5.8.3 How can I get an Exabyte to work on an HP? 5.8.4 How can I get a stuck DDS tape out of the drive? 5.8.5 Do I need to terminate the internal SCSI on a 700? 5.8.6 How can I play audio CDs on an HP workstation's CD-ROM drive? 5.8.7 How can I set up /dev/audio to point to the external jack on a 700? 5.8.8 How can I configure the parallel port handshake on a 700? 5.8.9 What are the specs of the audio hardware on the 700 series? 5.8.10 Is there a trackball for the 700? 5.8.11 What keyboards and mice are compatible with HP9000 workstations? 5.8.12 How do I change the keyboard type (e.g. from UK to German or vice versa) after HP-UX is already installed? 5.8.13 How do I ascertain which device file corresponds to my CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive? 5.9 Printers and Plotters 5.9.1 What happened to lpr? 5.9.2 Why does lpstat report the printer down, even though it's not? 5.9.3 How can I turn off the LP banner page? 5.9.4 How can I print man pages without losing the formatting? 5.9.5 How can I view and print Postscript (.ps) files? 5.10 Process Management 5.10.1 How much memory can a process use? 5.10.2 Why do my processes keep dying at 64 MB memory usage? 5.10.3 How do I set per-process limits? 5.10.4 How can I tell what files, ports, etc.. a process has open? 5.10.5 How can I get the ps command to display more than 64 characters of process command lines? 5.11 Routine Tasks 5.11.1 How can I track log files and core files? 5.11.2 What's a good strategy for clearing /tmp and /var/tmp? 5.12 Software Management 5.12.1 General Software Management 5.12.1.1 Where can I find out more about Software Distributor (SD-UX)? 5.12.1.2 How can I tell what products have been loaded on my system? 5.12.1.3 How do I safely remove software from my system? 5.12.1.4 How is the unique node ID used for licensing determined? 5.12.1.5 What is Ignite-UX? 5.12.2 Patch Management 5.12.2.1 Where do I get HP-UX patches? 5.12.2.2 How can I list all installed patches? 5.12.2.3 How can I tell what patches are in the kernel? 5.12.2.4 How do I get rid of these old 10.x patches since I upgraded to 11.x? 5.12.2.5 How can I install multiple patches, without having to reboot more than once? 5.12.2.6 How do I configure swlist to not display superseded patches? 5.12.2.7 What is the naming convention used for HP-UX patch names? 5.12.2.8 Where can I get OpenView patches? 5.13 Time 5.13.1 How can I change the timezone? 5.13.2 How can I print yesterday's or tomorrow's date? 5.13.3 How can I convert a timestamp (seconds since the Epoch) to a date/time string? 5.13.4 What is the purpose of the 'timezone' and 'dst' kernel parameters? 5.14 Users and Groups 5.14.1 How can I tell if I need more than a 2-user license? 5.14.2 How can I set up group-based FTP access? 5.14.3 Has /etc/logingroup functionality changed in 11.x? 5.15 X-Windows and CDE 5.15.1 X Window System (X11) 5.15.1.1 Where can I get X11R6? 5.15.1.2 Where can I get the missing X11 header files? 5.15.1.3 How can I set up an HP-UX workstation as an X terminal? 5.15.1.4 How do I get a scroll bar on hpterms? 5.15.1.5 How can I change the title in my hpterm titlebar? 5.15.1.6 Why do my terminal windows keep going away by themselves? 5.15.1.7 How can I get console messages to go to an hpterm? 5.15.1.8 What's a good termcap entry for hpterm? 5.15.1.9 My screen is wedged. What should I do? 5.15.1.10 How can I get an X app to come up in an alternate workspace? 5.15.2 Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 5.15.2.1 What happened to VUE? 5.15.2.2 How do I start/stop/reset CDE (dtlogin)? 5.15.2.3 How can I enable/disable CDE (dtlogin)? 5.15.2.4 Why does id/groups not show secondary groups in dtterm/CDE? 5.15.2.5 How can I improve CDE's performance? 5.15.2.6 Is there a CDE FAQ? 5.15.2.7 When I log on to CDE, I want certain applications to automatically start. How can this be done ? 5.15.2.8 How do I get cut-n-paste to work correctly with CDE? 5.15.2.9 Why do NCD X-terminals hang when trying to connect via XDMCP to an HP-UX 10.20 host running CDE? 6. DEVELOPMENT 6.1 General 6.1.1 What threads support is provided? 6.1.2 What's the deal with _INCLUDE_xxxx_SOURCE? 6.1.3 Where can I find a list of all available system calls? 6.1.4 How can I tell if something was built debuggable? 6.1.5 Why is syslog() call not doing what i want it to? 6.1.6 How can I get C programs to automatically generate stack dumps? 6.1.7 HP C++ email discussion lists 6.1.8 HP-UX development email discussion lists 6.2 Compiling and Linking 6.2.1 Why is the default C compiler brain-dead? 6.2.2 How do I make Perl on HP-UX? 6.2.3 How do I deal with "too many defines"? 6.2.4 Why do I get "_builtin_va_start" undefined when I build with gcc? 6.2.5 Is there some kind of problem with using FLT_MIN in ANSI mode? 6.2.6 Why do I get the error "*Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'" when I compile with gcc? 6.2.7 How can I detect the HP-UX version at compile time? 6.3 Porting 6.3.1 Porting from an Earlier Release of HP-UX 6.3.2 Porting from Other Platforms (Solaris, AIX, etc..) 6.3.3 How do I know if binaries built on a one release of HP-UX are compatible with a different release of HP-UX? 6.4 Tools 6.4.1 Where can I get Interviews for HP-UX? 6.4.2 Is there a disassembler included with HP-UX? 7. APPS AND UTILS 7.1 Freeware 7.1.1 HP Freeware 7.1.1.1 Patches 7.1.1.2 Drivers 7.1.1.3 I heard there is a new ftpd available. Where do I get it? 7.1.1.4 HPRC FTP Site 7.1.1.5 GNOME 7.1.2 Non-HP Freeware 7.1.2.1 The Software Porting And Archive Centre for HP-UX 7.1.2.2 InterWorks FTP site 7.1.2.3 Netperf 7.1.2.4 SLIP and CSLIP 7.1.2.5 PPP 7.1.2.6 SMTP 7.1.2.7 POP and IMAP 7.1.2.8 Sudo 7.1.2.9 Ntalk 7.1.2.10 TTCP 7.1.2.11 Free SCSI utilities for HP-UX workstations 7.1.2.12 PSCREEN/uX 7.1.2.13 GNU software 7.1.2.14 Web browsers 7.1.2.15 Miscellaneous freeware 7.1.2.16 RealAudio Player 7.1.2.17 CD Burning Software 7.2 Shareware 7.3 Commercial Software 7.3.1 HP Commercial Software 7.3.1.1 Where can I find release histories for various HP software products? 7.3.1.2 Where can I find a list of all applications that are available for HP-UX? 7.3.2 Non-HP Commercial Software 7.3.2.1 Interex FastStart Toolbox 7.3.2.2 Is there anything remotely like the Apollo DM editor available? 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 How can I find the HP-UX equivalent for a given Solaris/AIX/etc.. command? 8.2 What do I need to do to make my HP-UX system Year 2000 compliant? 8.3 How do I boot into single user mode? 8.4 How can I send mail to an MPE/iX HPDESK address? 8.5 How can I limit core files? 8.6 How do I disable the Caps Lock key? 8.7 Why does my Korn shell login hang? 8.8 How can I avoid those annoying copyright notices on login? 8.9 How can I turn off quota checking? 8.10 Why can't I start Aserver? 8.11 How can I get a daemon to successfully start from an rc script? 8.12 How do I convert the uname string to a model string? 8.13 Is Perl included with HP-UX? 8.14 Why can't I type an '@' character? 8.15 Why can't I get my machine into boot admin mode? 8.16 What happened to "less"? 8.17 What should go in my PATH and MANPATH environment variables? 8.18 Why does the 10.x/11.x cksum command produce a different checksum than the 9.x cksum command? 8.19 Can I run Linux on an HP9000 system? 8.20 Can I run *BSD on an HP9000 system? 8.21 What happened to /usr/local? What are these /usr/contrib and /opt directories? 8.22 Is it OK to change root's shell? 8.23 Why does HP-UX 10 generate copious "Sti_save" syslog messages? 8.24 How can I tell which kernel was booted? 8.25 What is the equivalent of ldd under HP-UX? 8.26 How do I configure a program to automatically start up or shutdown when the system starts up or shuts down? 8.27 How can I do regular expression matching? 8.28 How can I play MP3s? 8.29 How can I use audio on HP-UX 10.x/11.x without a network? 8.30 Is there a tool to trace system calls? 8.31 What OS capacity limits exist? 8.32 How can I determine how much RAM my system has? 8.33 What are the various revisions of PA-RISC? 8.34 How do I find the clock speed of my system's CPU(s)? 8.35 How can I view/print PDF files? 8.36 How do I read an SGI-written tar format DDS tape? 8.37 Is the Euro supported? 8.38 How can I view various Windows-format files (Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, etc..) on an HP-UX system? 8.39 How is the system load average, as reported by the uptime and top commands, calculated? 8.40 Where can I get HP9000 firmware updates? 8.41 Where can I look up HP part numbers? 8.42 How can I create a /dev/zero special file? 8.43 Why is tail's output truncated for large amounts of input? 8.44 What commands or scripts exist for gathering and summarizing system information? 8.45 How can I convert numbers from one base to another? 8.46 What are the machine ID and serial number used for? 8.47 How can I tell what commands SAM is executing under the hood? 8.48 How can I view a file in octal or hexadecimal? 8.49 How do I configure the kernel to write corefiles as core.<pid>? 8.50 How do I analyze a system crash dump? 8.51 Is HP-UX free for non-profit users (students, hobbyists, etc..)? 8.52 Where can I obtain a free HP-UX shell account? 8.53 How do I grep for an exact word as with "grep -w" in Linux? 9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9.1 Contributors 9.2 Trademarks User Contributions:Top Document: comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 3. GENERAL INFORMATION Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: hpux.faq@gmail.com
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