GBOPOLY1@NUSVM.BITNET (fclim) (06/14/88)
Can any kind soul tell me how I can set my system such that
any user may select which environment he/she wants? My lab has
DN3000 w/s running SR9.7.
The setup I have in mind is available in SUN w/s. When a user go
in front of a terminal, he see a glass tty prompting him to log
in. After he logs in, he may still end up with a glass tty or
he may get a suntools environment; depending on his .cshrc.
His suntools environment in turn depends on his .suntools or
whatever.
The point is that he has all the flexibility that he needs
and that is , in my opinion, unavailable on Apollo Domain/IX cum
Aegis.
I know that I may set up a ~/user_data/startup.19l where I
delete the window created by `node_data/startup.19l. The default
window (set up be `node_data/startup.19l) has a /com/sh running on
it. Then in my ~/user_data/startup.19l, I creates a new window with
/bsd4.2/bin/csh or /sys5/bin/csh. The problem is knowing where the
default window is in order to kill it.
Another thing, in the manual on /etc/crpasswd, it says that
we must hand-edit the shell field in the /etc/passwd file. Well, I
did that editing my (non-root) account. I change the field to
/bsd4.2/bin/csh. But when I log in, I still get the default
window cum /com/sh. Why?!!
I don't like using ~/user_data/startup.19l to zap the default
window and creating a new one -- it's just ain't elegant; nobody
likes a kludge if there's a better way. Anyway, I don't know how
to overwrite DM with X. I do not wish to have X running on top of
the DM -- I believe it may not be as fast as X lying directly on top
of the physical hardware.
I cannot change `node_data/startup.19l and `node_data/start_login.
19l as the majority of our users use DM and com/sh. Myself, I use
4.2BSD extensively and I am currently considering migrating to X.
Some of my colleagues and students are doing as same.
Can anybody give me any pointers? Many thanks in advance.
fclim gbopoly1 % nusvm.bitnet @ cunyvm.cuny.edu
system analyst.
computer centre
singapore polytechnic
dover road
s'pore 0513.hysell@kodak.UUCP (john hysell) (06/14/88)
One way we want to try logging into remote systems (whether they are running X-windows or no) is to use SLIP (Serial Line IP). Does anyone know if there are device drivers for this protocol on Apollo. I have access to source code for SLIP on SUN... -Thanks - John Hysell