1 INFO-VAX	Wed, 23 Nov 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 654       Contents:! Re: $GETDVI suggestions requested ! Re: $GETDVI suggestions requested & Re: ??==MacOSX burned VMS CD <CR><LF>. A small matter of detail...   Re: Announcement: Joomla on VAMP! RE: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDES ! RE: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDES 1 Re: DECpark (Reading, UK) to close after 25 years 1 Re: DECpark (Reading, UK) to close after 25 years  KZPSA question Re: KZPSA question Re: No more SETI on VMS ? " PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization& Re: PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization& Re: PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization Re: Porting VMS back to VAX ? P Re: Stupid newbie's error: Howto reset system's password from user's account? us& Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD?& Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD?& Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD?& Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD?& Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD?  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2005 10:03:36 -0600. From: brooks@cuebid.zko.hp.nospam (Rob Brooks)* Subject: Re: $GETDVI suggestions requested, Message-ID: <5MnY$azi7RHh@cuebid.zko.hp.com>  4 David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes:  I > Well, if F$MULTIPATH() will help me get a list of paths to a device, is G > there a way to get the I/O counts per path so I can write some DCL to G > see how well the system is doing at balancing the I/O load across the " > available auto-switchable paths?  P Multipath does not automatically switch the paths in order to balance I/O load. M It *may* switch paths if there an I/O on the current path.  I won't go into a N long description here about the mechanics of how and why we select paths.  TheL "Guidelines to Cluster Configurations" manual has a decent explanation about$ multipath; it may be in chapter six.  N There are plans to look into "concurrent multipath", such that I/O can go downI more than one path at a time.  If that happens, it'll be post-V8.3 in any  event.  L To answer your question more fully, we don't keep track of I/O on a pathwideF basis across a system.  For any given device, one can use $GETDVI withI dvi$_opcnt and the various path names to get the operation count for each  path per device.  J > More along the lines of what you're asking, how 'bout a way to determineH > (from DCL) info about CD-R(W) drives, like info about the disc inside:F > Blank? Has content but still recordable (not closed)? "Next" session' > number (1 if blank)? Not even loaded?  > 9 > ...or would that maybe need an F$IO_DIAGNOSE() lexical?   J My interest is in $GETDVI as a whole; any work I do would be to the systemC service itself and the lexical variant would automatically benefit.   I That said, I believe that what you are asking for with respect to CD-R(W) L would require I/O to the target device to gather that info; $GETDVI does not do any I/O.   H > How 'bout a way to get data for an ethernet port? (Determine bit rate,G > duplex, auto-negotiate, link active, LANACP counters, etc. from DCL.)   N This may be doable, but I'll need to check with the resident LAN expert to seeK how feasible it is.  Again, I'm not particularly interested in DCL-specific : solutions; any work would be to the system service itself.  ) > There's gotta be lots more, I'm sure...   N Perhaps, but this was not a request for general-purpose enhancements; I'm only( concerned about updating SYS$GETDVI now.   Thanks for your suggestions!   --    L Rob Brooks    VMS Engineering -- I/O Exec Group     brooks!cuebid.zko.hp.com   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2005 11:31:51 -0600. From: brooks@cuebid.zko.hp.nospam (Rob Brooks)* Subject: Re: $GETDVI suggestions requested, Message-ID: <1EKKbUHGnLQe@cuebid.zko.hp.com>  4 David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes:  I > Well, if F$MULTIPATH() will help me get a list of paths to a device, is G > there a way to get the I/O counts per path so I can write some DCL to G > see how well the system is doing at balancing the I/O load across the " > available auto-switchable paths?  P Multipath does not automatically switch the paths in order to balance I/O load. L It *may* switch paths if there an I/O error on the current path.  I won't goI into a long description here about the mechanics of how and why we select F paths.  The "Guidelines to Cluster Configurations" manual has a decent7 explanation about multipath; it may be in chapter six.    N There are plans to look into "concurrent multipath", such that I/O can go downI more than one path at a time.  If that happens, it'll be post-V8.3 in any  event.  L To answer your question more fully, we don't keep track of I/O on a pathwideF basis across a system.  For any given device, one can use $GETDVI withI dvi$_opcnt and the various path names to get the operation count for each  path per device.  J > More along the lines of what you're asking, how 'bout a way to determineH > (from DCL) info about CD-R(W) drives, like info about the disc inside:F > Blank? Has content but still recordable (not closed)? "Next" session' > number (1 if blank)? Not even loaded?  > 9 > ...or would that maybe need an F$IO_DIAGNOSE() lexical?   J My interest is in $GETDVI as a whole; any work I do would be to the systemC service itself and the lexical variant would automatically benefit.   I That said, I believe that what you are asking for with respect to CD-R(W) L would require I/O to the target device to gather that info; $GETDVI does not do any I/O.   H > How 'bout a way to get data for an ethernet port? (Determine bit rate,G > duplex, auto-negotiate, link active, LANACP counters, etc. from DCL.)   N This may be doable, but I'll need to check with the resident LAN expert to seeK how feasible it is.  Again, I'm not particularly interested in DCL-specific : solutions; any work would be to the system service itself.  ) > There's gotta be lots more, I'm sure...   N Perhaps, but this was not a request for general-purpose enhancements; I'm only( concerned about updating SYS$GETDVI now.   Thanks for your suggestions!   --    L Rob Brooks    VMS Engineering -- I/O Exec Group     brooks!cuebid.zko.hp.com   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:03:45 +0100 ( From: JOUKJ <joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl>/ Subject: Re: ??==MacOSX burned VMS CD <CR><LF>. : Message-ID: <5c602$43844c94$82a13cad$877@news1.tudelft.nl>   Hans M. Aus wrote:K > How do I burn a VMS CD with text files so that the CR and LF are handled   > correctly? > I > I have tried to burn CDs with Disk Utility and Toast but the CR and LF  K > are subsequently not handled correctly in the VMS Editor. The text lines  J > contain <CR><LF> and the line runs off the screen. The remainder of the  > text seems to be fine. > D > How to I make an exact copy of the CD with OSX including the file 
 > attributes? G Making an exact copy of a CD to another is easy with Toast. It is able  E to copy ODS2/5 CD's. The only trick you need is to start Toast before / inserting the "source" CD. Ignore all warnings.   H If you want to create a ODS2 or ODS5 CD from files on A VMS system. Use 3 the LD program to use a file as logical file system  i.e.       LD create/siz=222222 cd.iso      LD connect cd.iso lda10      init lda10 label (      <...copy files to device lda10 ...>      LD disconnect lda10C      <copy the file cd.iso to OSX and use it there as an iso-image         	(ignore warnings))                   Jouk    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:47:34 +0800  From: prep@prep.synonet.com $ Subject: A small matter of detail...- Message-ID: <87u0e3v8d5.fsf@prep.synonet.com>   9 I just got a CD kit for Alphas, the DEC04 one and went to : have a look see. Well, knowing that CSWING and ISO CDs are> not on speaking terms, I copied the openvms directory from the@ system tools disk to a disk with about 1.7Gb free... And ran out of space!!    A And when I look at the wreckage, I find 9 or 10 copies of all the F files! It seems that the copy moved the entire subtree, then went back@ and did it all over again, and again... untill the disk filled.   + Is this a know problem that has been fixed?    --  < Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda. @                                              West Australia 6076* comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.F EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2005 09:47:14 -0800( From: "Rich Jordan" <jordan@ccs4vms.com>) Subject: Re: Announcement: Joomla on VAMP B Message-ID: <1132768034.616139.92400@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>  A FYI, from SANS  ( http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-11-20 ) % "Mambo Exploit confirmed in the wild"   C I have no info on the susceptibility of the newly released CSWS_PHP    >> Although we initially reported that some versions of PHP may not be vulnerable to this attack, the Mambo Development Team has revised their assessment to state that all versions of PHP are vulnerable. They also point out that the flaw "is not specific to Mambo and has not been totally blocked in Joomla, as can be verified in the Joomla forum." The fix listed on the Mambo forum "can be applied at the entry point to any PHP application that may be vulnerable, including Joomla." Joomla is another PHP-based ` content management system. This, along with other security issues, is addressed in Joomla 1.0.4.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:24:03 +1100 6 From: "O'Brien Paddy" <Paddy.O'Brien@transgrid.com.au>* Subject: RE: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDESX Message-ID: <0A7046B0A95F2B41B3712F0C5FD1CDC307E668@EX-TG2-PR.corporate.transgrid.local>   -----Original Message-----/ From: Steve Kulpa [mailto:stevekulpa@yahoo.com] ' Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:46  To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com * Subject: Re: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDES    E yeah, I thought that's what the /LIST qualifier was for, but tried it  anyway. A I'm using the old command-line debugger.  I've since given up and  merged them G back into the big file again.  sometime later I'll bust them out and do  it properly G with object libraries - just don't have the time to do it that way now.    thanks for the reply,  steve    ***********   L As above, Outlook is pathetic, so I'm doing my best on a PC, not through re=L ading Outlook Web Access (currently my only access to mail from VMS), which=4  I am told is HTML only.  This SHOULD be plain text.  L In order to split multiple source "modules"  (in quotes because I do not me=L an MODULE in the Fortran sense}, use fsplit -- $ fsplit :=3D=3D $SYS$SYSTEM= :FORT$FSPLIT -EXTEND_SOURCE.  L Secondly, my experience with include files in the debugger is that all the =L source is shown.  How the debugger steps through for included lines of sour=L ce code, I am unsure.  I use them only for parameters and /common/.  In man=L y ways this gets too heavy handed, if you are including some of the system =L parameter files as it makes it hard to get back to seeing the definition yo=L u want to check.  There are too many trillion lines of code.  This is why i=L n some routines that I use, e.g., QIOW, I just copy the few parameters that=L  I am using in-line from the $iodef file.  Probably not a recommended pract=L ice, but it does make debugging much simpler.  All the $xxxdef files carry = way too much overhead.  L Apologies for having gone OT in this last paragraph, but some parts are on = topic for the OP.    Regards, Paddy    G *********************************************************************** ; Please consider the environment before printing this email.   C "This electronic message and any attachments may contain privileged @ and confidential information intended only for the use of the=20D addressees named above.  If you are not the intended recipient of=20C this email, please delete the message and any attachment and advise D the sender.  You are hereby notified that any use, dissemination,=207 distribution, reproduction of this email is prohibited.   C If you have received the email in error, please notify TransGrid=20 C immediately.  Any views expressed in this email are those of the=20 ? individual sender except where the sender expressly and with=20 C authority states them to be the views of TransGrid.  TransGrid uses > virus-scanning software but excludes any liability for viruses contained in any attachment.  < Please note the email address for TransGrid personnel is now$ firstname.lastname@transgrid.com.au"  G ***********************************************************************    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:30:47 +1100 6 From: "O'Brien Paddy" <Paddy.O'Brien@transgrid.com.au>* Subject: RE: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDESX Message-ID: <0A7046B0A95F2B41B3712F0C5FD1CDC307E669@EX-TG2-PR.corporate.transgrid.local>  L I'm going to top-post here.  The message is short and Outlook is so bl**dy = stupid.   L I have a series of .com files that (before we went CMS/MMS), we used to mai=L ntain .TLB/.OLB files.  When I get time to tidy up the local dependencies I=L  shall be sending them to Hoff.  If you think they might be helpful, email =L me and I'll send you a copy, but they will have (a handful of) local depend= encies.    Regards, Paddy=20        -----Original Message-----/ From: Steve Kulpa [mailto:stevekulpa@yahoo.com] ' Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:46  To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com * Subject: Re: Debugger and FORTRAN INCLUDES    E yeah, I thought that's what the /LIST qualifier was for, but tried it  anyway. A I'm using the old command-line debugger.  I've since given up and  merged them G back into the big file again.  sometime later I'll bust them out and do  it properly G with object libraries - just don't have the time to do it that way now.    thanks for the reply,  steve       G *********************************************************************** ; Please consider the environment before printing this email.   C "This electronic message and any attachments may contain privileged @ and confidential information intended only for the use of the=20D addressees named above.  If you are not the intended recipient of=20C this email, please delete the message and any attachment and advise D the sender.  You are hereby notified that any use, dissemination,=207 distribution, reproduction of this email is prohibited.   C If you have received the email in error, please notify TransGrid=20 C immediately.  Any views expressed in this email are those of the=20 ? individual sender except where the sender expressly and with=20 C authority states them to be the views of TransGrid.  TransGrid uses > virus-scanning software but excludes any liability for viruses contained in any attachment.  < Please note the email address for TransGrid personnel is now$ firstname.lastname@transgrid.com.au"  G ***********************************************************************    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:02:08 -0800 # From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> : Subject: Re: DECpark (Reading, UK) to close after 25 years( Message-ID: <ops0o49udbzgicya@hyrrokkin>  I On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:31:11 +0100, H Vlems <nospam@what.ever.com> wrote:    > Roy, > K > in 1988 or 1989 I went to a traing called Advanced DECnet. The training    > was H > either not available in the Netherlands or sold out, but I ended up in= > Reading. Was DECpark the location for training courses too?   H They also had a compiler group that built CORAL 66 and Pearl for the VAXA attached to the PL/I backend, VCG, but that was in the early 80's  Tom  >  > Hans > 0 > "Roy Omond" <Roy@Omond.net> schreef in bericht0 > news:dlv5vi$c92$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...; >> I have just heard that it will soon be announced that HP ; >> is to close the DECpark (Worton Grange, Reading) site as * >> part of its headquarters consolidation. >> >> Sad.  >  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:36:57 -0800 # From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> : Subject: Re: DECpark (Reading, UK) to close after 25 years( Message-ID: <ops0pe7vxazgicya@hyrrokkin>  F On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:02:08 -0800, Tom Linden <tom@kednos.com> wrote:  K > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:31:11 +0100, H Vlems <nospam@what.ever.com> wrote:  >  >> Roy,  >>L >> in 1988 or 1989 I went to a traing called Advanced DECnet. The training   >> wasI >> either not available in the Netherlands or sold out, but I ended up in > >> Reading. Was DECpark the location for training courses too? > J > They also had a compiler group that built CORAL 66 and Pearl for the VAXC > attached to the PL/I backend, VCG, but that was in the early 80's   G I may have been mistaken about Coral 66, checking VCG documentation I    couldn'tJ find a reference to it.  But googling I was surprised to learn theat EDS   now H owns the compiler and still license it.  Pearl still seems to be around.. Ironically it initally ran on VAX, but not now* http://www.real-time.de/misc/compiler.html   > Tom  >> >> Hans  >>1 >> "Roy Omond" <Roy@Omond.net> schreef in bericht 1 >> news:dlv5vi$c92$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk... < >>> I have just heard that it will soon be announced that HP< >>> is to close the DECpark (Worton Grange, Reading) site as+ >>> part of its headquarters consolidation.  >>>  >>> Sad. >> >> >    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:28:55 +0800  From: prep@prep.synonet.com  Subject: KZPSA question - Message-ID: <87y83fv988.fsf@prep.synonet.com>   @ I have a pile of KZPSAs sitting next to me, and I keep wondering@ what they where planning when they designed them. Like who needs@ an i960 and a a 53c720 for a diff SCSI controller. Plus the rest# of the RAM and fruit on that card.    A So, what was the original plan? Re-microcode it to do DSSI or the  like?    --  < Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda. @                                              West Australia 6076* comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.F EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:00:32 GMT 5 From: rdeininger@mindspringdot.com (Robert Deininger)  Subject: Re: KZPSA question L Message-ID: <rdeininger-2311050800300001@user-uinj4ci.dialup.mindspring.com>  J In article <87y83fv988.fsf@prep.synonet.com>, prep@prep.synonet.com wrote:  A >I have a pile of KZPSAs sitting next to me, and I keep wondering A >what they where planning when they designed them. Like who needs A >an i960 and a a 53c720 for a diff SCSI controller. Plus the rest $ >of the RAM and fruit on that card.  > B >So, what was the original plan? Re-microcode it to do DSSI or the >like?  I AFAIK, it was just a really good SCSI controller.  The throughput is much F better than other SCSI controllers of its day.  I think it can do 5-10C times more IOs/second.  It also supports multi-initiator operation.   J Other SCSI controllers that used similar HW (and probably much of the same@ FW) include the KZTSA adapter (turbochannel) and some of the HSx controllers.     -- Robert    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:39:13 -0500 ( From: Wayne Sewell <wayne@tachysoft.com>" Subject: Re: No more SETI on VMS ?/ Message-ID: <00A4D391.D87350A4.3@tachysoft.com>   3 >From: "Jonathan Boswell" <jsb.NOSP@M.cdrh.fda.gov>  >X-Newsgroups: comp.os.vms# >Subject: Re: No more SETI on VMS ?        > 6 >"Wayne Sewell" <wayne@tachysoft.com> wrote in message* >news:00A4D0B5.248C7202.3@tachysoft.com...: >> >From: eplan@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)D >> >In article <dlmoem$cjr$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>, "R.A.Omond" ><Roy@Omond.net> writes:9 >> >>Just as I was about to break into the top 10,000 :-(  >> >I >> >I recently had my 10k Result. I wanted to break into the top 30k rank  >(where J >> >I already had been at the time I had an ES40 with 4x500Mhz running too >;-) >> >Currently I'm 30859th  >> >K >> I am #4154 with 40602 units.  I would hate for that to be the end of the  >line. > K >Pikers!  I'm #1873 (out of nearly 5.5 million SETI@home participants) with  >69049 results received.    L Perhaps, but how many people with numbers lower than mine did it ENTIRELY ON VMS?  I betting not many.   M I did process units on different architectures, but under different accounts.   0 >I hope I can make it to 75,000 before they shutI >down next month.  The bitter irony is that, with all that CPU time, they L >only have promising candidates (no definitive alien civilization), and noneL >of those were discovered by any of my CPUs.  Oops - correction.  I did find >one candidate: C >http://setiathome2.ssl.berkeley.edu/Candidates/reobs/SAHMb02+08b/.  > M >Another bitter irony is that I never would have gotten this far on SETI@home G >had not my entire department run off to Linux/X64 for their scientific  >computing needs.  >  >  >-- P >===============================================================================N >Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738  wayne@tachysoft.xxx; >http://www.tachysoft.xxx/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html   L >change .xxx to .com in addresses above, assuming you are not a spambot  :-)P >===============================================================================Q >Jake Blues:"You traded the Caddy for a microphone? ...... Okay, I can buy that."  --  O =============================================================================== M Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738  wayne@tachysoft.xxx : http://www.tachysoft.xxx/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html  K change .xxx to .com in addresses above, assuming you are not a spambot  :-) O =============================================================================== P Jake Blues:"You traded the Caddy for a microphone? ...... Okay, I can buy that."O =============================================================================== N Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738   wayne@tachysoft.com; http://www.tachysoft.com/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html    O =============================================================================== P Jake Blues:"You traded the Caddy for a microphone? ...... Okay, I can buy that."   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:39:20 +0100 ( From: JOUKJ <joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl>+ Subject: PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization < Message-ID: <42093$43842aba$82a13cad$21911@news1.tudelft.nl>   Hi all,   G I tries to get access to my MYSQL server through the PHP extenstions of C CSWS2.1 and CSWS_PHP3.1 But I failed to get a connection. With the  I "standard" plugin I cannot login. Probably because my MYSQL(4.1.14) uses  A a too new authorization protocol. So I downloaded the version of  F Jean-Francois (see http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/kits/axp/), C which I previously used sucessfully with WASD and CSWS_PHP1.2. But  $ CSWS2.1 refuses to load this module.  J How can I get it working using the combination of CSWS2.1 and CSWS_PHP3.1?                  Jouk    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:01:36 +0100 8 From: Martin Borgman <martin.borgman@oooovms.dyndns.org>/ Subject: Re: PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization 6 Message-ID: <4384a071$0$11075$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>   Jouk,   1 the problem you describe is a well known problem. F The first solution is to revert back to the old authentication method.  * You can do this by editing run_mysqld.com:  8 	Add the option "--old-passwords" to the mysqld command.  F The second option is to compile mysql 4.1.x client yourself using the  SWS_PHP 1.3 sources.  D The third option is to use the first option for now and to wait for ? Jean-Franois to build a new version of the mysql 4.1.x client.    Martin Borgman, ' OpenOffice.org On OpenVMS porting group  http://www.oooovms.dyndns.org    JOUKJ wrote:	 > Hi all,  > I > I tries to get access to my MYSQL server through the PHP extenstions of E > CSWS2.1 and CSWS_PHP3.1 But I failed to get a connection. With the  K > "standard" plugin I cannot login. Probably because my MYSQL(4.1.14) uses  C > a too new authorization protocol. So I downloaded the version of  H > Jean-Francois (see http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/kits/axp/), E > which I previously used sucessfully with WASD and CSWS_PHP1.2. But  & > CSWS2.1 refuses to load this module. > L > How can I get it working using the combination of CSWS2.1 and CSWS_PHP3.1? >  >               Jouk   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:22:14 +0000 # From: issinoho <issinoho@gmail.com> / Subject: Re: PHP_MYSQL/SWS2.1 and authorization 4 Message-ID: <dm2c12$p6f$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>   Martin Borgman wrote:  > Jouk,  > 3 > the problem you describe is a well known problem. H > The first solution is to revert back to the old authentication method. > , > You can do this by editing run_mysqld.com: > = >     Add the option "--old-passwords" to the mysqld command.  > H > The second option is to compile mysql 4.1.x client yourself using the  > SWS_PHP 1.3 sources. > F > The third option is to use the first option for now and to wait for A > Jean-Franois to build a new version of the mysql 4.1.x client.  >  > Martin Borgman, ) > OpenOffice.org On OpenVMS porting group  > http://www.oooovms.dyndns.org  >  > JOUKJ wrote:
 >> Hi all, >>J >> I tries to get access to my MYSQL server through the PHP extenstions ofF >> CSWS2.1 and CSWS_PHP3.1 But I failed to get a connection. With the G >> "standard" plugin I cannot login. Probably because my MYSQL(4.1.14)  I >> uses a too new authorization protocol. So I downloaded the version of  I >> Jean-Francois (see http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/kits/axp/),  F >> which I previously used sucessfully with WASD and CSWS_PHP1.2. But ' >> CSWS2.1 refuses to load this module.  >>A >> How can I get it working using the combination of CSWS2.1 and   >> CSWS_PHP3.1?  >> >>               Jouk   2 See the VAMP boards for a description of this FAQ.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:09:02 +0800  From: prep@prep.synonet.com & Subject: Re: Porting VMS back to VAX ?- Message-ID: <87r798zha9.fsf@prep.synonet.com>   ) Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> writes:   C > I remember reading a post from Paul in Australia that even the HP F > developers told their masters that they should change course.  Don't9 > know where he got his info, so I cannot comment on it's  > authenticity.   E That was in one of the hpux newsgroups just after the EV6 first ship, A I *think*. Memory isn't what it should be :( It was one of the hp & developers/engineers who mentioned it.  D > So what?  If we can continue to get itanics, at reasonable prices,B > and continue to run VMS, that's all that counts to me.  Alpha isC > truly dead, and x86 is just one of JF's dreams, at this time.  My 9 > only concern is being able to continue getting systems.   F Trouble is, the itanic still has the concetual flaws of day 0, and hasE shown it self to be a pig to design and debug to FCS as well. This is - not what you want if you want to go forward.       --  < Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda. @                                              West Australia 6076* comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.F EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:03:37 +0800  From: prep@prep.synonet.com Y Subject: Re: Stupid newbie's error: Howto reset system's password from user's account? us - Message-ID: <87mzjwzera.fsf@prep.synonet.com>   3 Tux Wonder-Dog <wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> writes:    > H Vlems wrote: > ( >> Alternatively, boot into SYSBOOT and: >>     SET UAFALTERNATE 1  >>     SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN" 6 >> and enter Continue in SYSBOOT to get the system up.J >> Note that this won't work if the previous owner did have an alternative  >> authorization file installed.I >> Most aren't that paranoid so thiw is very likely to work. Do note that % >> there are a few things to remember  >> with this method:K >> (1) you'll have to enter two passwords, not necessarily the same, to get E >> in (2) the SYSTEM account is not privileged by default (enable the  >> privileges that you need)) >> (3) you're not in SYSMGR but in SYSEXE L >> (4) def/sys/exec sysuaf sys$system:sysuaf.dat , beforem making changes to- >> the characteristics of the SYSTEM account.  >>   >> Hans  >>  I >> "Colin Butcher" <colin_DOT.butcher_AT@xdelta_DOT.co_DOT.uk> schreef in B >> bericht news:bu29f.140511$G8.6874@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...J >>> If it's an Alpha or Integrity then boot from the CD / DVD and get to aD >>> DCL prompt, mount the target disc, point logicals at the UAF andL >>> RIGHTSLIST, then use AUTHORIZE. I usually make a similar bootable CD for
 >>> VAXes. >>> ; >>> However, this seems to be an emulated (VAX) system, so:  >>> 7 >>> If you have the appropriate privileges then simply:  >>>  >>> $ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM:  >>> $ MCR AUTHORIZE H >>> UAF>MODIFY SYSTEM/PASS=<new_password>  with the optional /NOPWDL and >>> /NOPWDEXP qualifiers >>> UAF> <ctrl-Z>  >>> $  >>> M >>> If you don't have the appropriate privileges then you're going to have to  >> go M >>> though a 'conversational boot'. There are a variety of techniques. Search L >>> the web looking for "VMS CONVERSATIONAL BOOT" and you'll see quite a few >> of > >>> them. This is what I tend to do under these circumstances: >>>  >>> >>> B/R5:1 >>> SYSBOOT> SET /STARTUP OPA0:  >>> SYSBOOT> CONTINUE  >>> J >>> First thing is to protect against typos in the command line which will >> cause >>> you to have to start again.  >>>  >>> $ SET NOON   At this point, instead   $ SPAWN  $ @sys$system:startup   > This will log out when done, and drop you back to the originalC with VMS up and happy. Note that you still don't have a last chance D exception handeler, so ANY error is instant death. So spawning a new- process is worth it before running authorize.    --  < Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda. @                                              West Australia 6076* comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.F EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:25:00 -0500 . From: "mingtwu" <mingtwu@nospam.so-net.net.tw>/ Subject: Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD? O Message-ID: <4a5659eba72387d1350e46ae9ffdb42e@localhost.talkaboutcomputing.com>   J you should download the alpha firmware CD from HP  ( V6.8 or 6.9) and burn; the ISO file to a CD-R. then put it in the cd-rom of DS25.  D >>> boot dqa0: (as you states the drive name of cd-rom is dqa0:) theI system will go into the firmware update process. you can update the 5300A , to version 3.4 if you using the firmware 6.8 regards. M.T.   ------------------------------  + Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:38:13 +0000 (UTC) < From: gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann)/ Subject: Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD? ) Message-ID: <dm1da5$853$1@news.BelWue.DE>    In article <4a5659eba72387d1350e46ae9ffdb42e@localhost.talkaboutcomputing.com>, "mingtwu" <mingtwu@nospam.so-net.net.tw> writes:K >you should download the alpha firmware CD from HP  ( V6.8 or 6.9) and burn < >the ISO file to a CD-R. then put it in the cd-rom of DS25. E >>>> boot dqa0: (as you states the drive name of cd-rom is dqa0:) the J >system will go into the firmware update process. you can update the 5300A- >to version 3.4 if you using the firmware 6.8   N But I find only firmware 7.0 which doesn't contain the controller firmware ;-(O So the question remains: how do I update the controller from CD? How should the 
 CD look like?    Regards,    Christoph Gartmann    --  E  Max-Planck-Institut fuer      Phone   : +49-761-5108-464   Fax: -452   ImmunbiologieI  Postfach 1169                 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de   D-79011  Freiburg, Germany 9                http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:32:26 -0500 . From: "mingtwu" <mingtwu@nospam.so-net.net.tw>/ Subject: Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD? O Message-ID: <b721b69567b3c67047ef60611ec5987f@localhost.talkaboutcomputing.com>   G Sorry, I don't have firmware 7.0. I will download it and verify. In the F meantime, you should put v7.0 CD in the Windows's CD-ROM and check the0 DS25IO.txt. It's should be contain the kzpdc_fw." the DS25IO.txt locates at cd:\DS25I you should put it in the DS25's CD-rom drive and boot dqa0 if CD contains  DS25io.txt. B press LIST at "UPD>" prompt to verify the firmware CD contains theC controller firmware for 5300A. And update the firmware if you like.  regards. M.T.   ------------------------------  + Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:14:46 +0000 (UTC) < From: gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann)/ Subject: Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD? ) Message-ID: <dm1mfm$kfn$1@news.BelWue.DE>    In article <b721b69567b3c67047ef60611ec5987f@localhost.talkaboutcomputing.com>, "mingtwu" <mingtwu@nospam.so-net.net.tw> writes:H >Sorry, I don't have firmware 7.0. I will download it and verify. In theG >meantime, you should put v7.0 CD in the Windows's CD-ROM and check the 1 >DS25IO.txt. It's should be contain the kzpdc_fw. # >the DS25IO.txt locates at cd:\DS25 J >you should put it in the DS25's CD-rom drive and boot dqa0 if CD contains >DS25io.txt.C >press LIST at "UPD>" prompt to verify the firmware CD contains the D >controller firmware for 5300A. And update the firmware if you like.  K Now I succeeded with the controller upgrade. The firmware was on the 7.0 CD K as well. It is in the "options" subdirectory. From there I ftp'ed it to the J [.MOM$SYSTEM] directory on the cluster boot node. Then I was able to enter+ the following commands at the DS25 console: 
    >>> LFU1    UPD> update pya0 -path mopdl:kzpdc340.sys/eia0   D The strange thing is that KZPDC340.SYS is completely different from F KZPDC340.BIN that I downloaded from HP's raid controller website. Does$ anyone have an idea what this means?  M Out of curiosity the question remains, how would one modify the above command  to specify a path on the CD?   Regards,    Christoph Gartmann    --  E  Max-Planck-Institut fuer      Phone   : +49-761-5108-464   Fax: -452   ImmunbiologieI  Postfach 1169                 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de   D-79011  Freiburg, Germany 9                http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:04:28 -0500 . From: "mingtwu" <mingtwu@nospam.so-net.net.tw>/ Subject: Re: Upgrade a 5300A controller via CD? O Message-ID: <02b3420644a5c83813473c651eed77ef@localhost.talkaboutcomputing.com>   B >>So the question remains: how do I update the controller from CD?H Boot the system from CD and update the controller in the GW update menu.   >>Howshould the CD look like? J The CD used for update SRM, AlphaBIOS and I/O controllers. It's a ISO-9660& format and can boot from alpha system.   regards. M.T.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.654 ************************