INFO-VAX Wed, 10 Sep 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 496 Contents: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Re: Intermittent RWSCS state Re: Loose Cannon-dian Re: Loose Cannon-dian Re: Multinet NTP Re: Multinet NTP OT: The end of the world in roughly 3 hours Re: Security alarm msg Re: Security alarm msg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:58:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Len Whitwer Subject: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: <3f0bcfb3-40e2-4a56-ae30-c81ae65fae9d@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console Any ideas????? Len Whitwer -Len Whitwer Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 Woodinville, WA 98072 e-mail mailto:len@psds.com Internet: http://www.psds.com Toll Free: (866)857-0710 Tel: (425) 488-0710 Fax: (425) 488-6414 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:06:23 -0400 From: "David" Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: Gotta go into the EFI and set the primary output mode if I remember correctly???!?!? Can anyone confirm that? -- David B Turner ============================================= Island Computers US Corp PO Box 86 Tybee GA 31328 Toll Free: 1-877 636 4332 x201, Mobile x251 Email: dturner@islandco.com International & Local: (001)- 404-806-7749 Fax: 912 786 8505 Web: www.islandco.com ============================================= "Len Whitwer" wrote in message news:3f0bcfb3-40e2-4a56-ae30-c81ae65fae9d@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD > > %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console > > > Any ideas????? > > Len Whitwer > > -Len Whitwer > Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. > 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 > Woodinville, WA 98072 > e-mail mailto:len@psds.com > Internet: http://www.psds.com > Toll Free: (866)857-0710 > Tel: (425) 488-0710 > Fax: (425) 488-6414 > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:38:41 -0400 From: "forrret.kenney@hp.com_nospam" Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: "Len Whitwer" wrote in message news:3f0bcfb3-40e2-4a56-ae30-c81ae65fae9d@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD > > %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console > > > Any ideas????? You have a Graphic console selected as your only console device. Due to restriction in the primary boot strap if you have a graphic console you must have a serial secondary console selected. Forrest Kenney ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:44:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Gezelter Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: <3e27a49b-cafe-40e0-99fb-80fec768212f@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> On Sep 9, 1:58 pm, Len Whitwer wrote: > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD > > %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console > > Any ideas????? > > Len Whitwer > > -Len Whitwer > Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. > 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 > Woodinville, WA 98072 > e-mail mailto:l...@psds.com > Internet:http://www.psds.com > Toll Free: (866)857-0710 > Tel: (425) 488-0710 > Fax: (425) 488-6414 [For Readers of this thread} In a sidebar, Len and I confirmed that the "8.1-1H1" is an unintended typo. The DVD is 8.3-1H1. Len, It is extraordinarily easy to miss or have a problem with one of the steps in the setup of an Integrity system. I always counsel clients to carefully follow the steps listed in the Installation Guide. In particular, there are several notes about firmware and console configuration for rx26xx systems in the 8.3-1H1 Installation Guide (see http://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/index.html ). - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:48:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Len Whitwer Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: On Sep 9, 1:44=A0pm, Bob Gezelter wrote: > On Sep 9, 1:58 pm, Len Whitwer wrote: > > > > > > > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console > > > Any ideas????? > > > Len Whitwer > > > -Len Whitwer > > Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. > > 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 > > Woodinville, WA =A098072 > > e-mail =A0 =A0mailto:l...@psds.com > > Internet:http://www.psds.com > > Toll Free: (866)857-0710 > > Tel: (425) 488-0710 > > Fax: (425) 488-6414 > > [For Readers of this thread} > > In a sidebar, Len and I confirmed that the "8.1-1H1" is an unintended > typo. The DVD is 8.3-1H1. > > Len, > > It is extraordinarily easy to miss or have a problem with one of the > steps in the setup of an Integrity system. I always counsel clients to > carefully follow the steps listed in the Installation Guide. In > particular, there are several notes about firmware and console > configuration for rx26xx systems in the 8.3-1H1 Installation Guide > (seehttp://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/index.html). > > - Bob Gezelter,http://www.rlgsc.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------- Thanks to Bob Gezelter (ABOVE) and Forrest Kenney I was able to resolve my problem. (Console Set-up Issue) -Len Whitwer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:01:53 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: <00A7F63F.5E6635A6@SendSpamHere.ORG> In article , Len Whitwer writes: >On Sep 9, 1:44=A0pm, Bob Gezelter wrote: >> On Sep 9, 1:58 pm, Len Whitwer wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD >> >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console >> >> > Any ideas????? >> >> > Len Whitwer >> >> > -Len Whitwer >> > Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. >> > 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 >> > Woodinville, WA =A098072 >> > e-mail =A0 =A0mailto:l...@psds.com >> > Internet:http://www.psds.com >> > Toll Free: (866)857-0710 >> > Tel: (425) 488-0710 >> > Fax: (425) 488-6414 >> >> [For Readers of this thread} >> >> In a sidebar, Len and I confirmed that the "8.1-1H1" is an unintended >> typo. The DVD is 8.3-1H1. >> >> Len, >> >> It is extraordinarily easy to miss or have a problem with one of the >> steps in the setup of an Integrity system. I always counsel clients to >> carefully follow the steps listed in the Installation Guide. In >> particular, there are several notes about firmware and console >> configuration for rx26xx systems in the 8.3-1H1 Installation Guide >> (seehttp://docs.hp.com/en/BA322-90077/index.html). >> >> - Bob Gezelter,http://www.rlgsc.com- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= >---------------------------------- >Thanks to Bob Gezelter (ABOVE) and Forrest Kenney I was able to >resolve >my problem. (Console Set-up Issue) Comp.os.vms triumphs again. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM ... pejorative statements of opinion are entitled to constitutional protection no matter how extreme, vituperous, or vigorously expressed they may be. (NJSC) Copr. 2008 Brian Schenkenberger. Publication of _this_ usenet article outside of usenet _must_ include its contents in its entirety including this copyright notice, disclaimer and quotations. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:44:04 -0700 From: "Tom Linden" Subject: Re: Error loading VMS on rx2660. Has anyone seen this one? Message-ID: On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:58:05 -0700, Len Whitwer wrote: > Am getting the following error while booting VMS ver 8.1-1H1 from DVD > > %-vmsloader-f-vga console requires a secondary console > > > Any ideas????? Len, any particular reason you need 8.1-1H1? > > Len Whitwer > > -Len Whitwer > Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. > 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 > Woodinville, WA 98072 > e-mail mailto:len@psds.com > Internet: http://www.psds.com > Toll Free: (866)857-0710 > Tel: (425) 488-0710 > Fax: (425) 488-6414 > -- PL/I for OpenVMS www.kednos.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:48:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Subject: Re: Intermittent RWSCS state Message-ID: On Sep 9, 9:57=A0am, norm.raph...@metso.com wrote: > Jim wrote on 09/09/2008 07:13:53 AM: > > > On Sep 9, 6:19 am, "Richard Brodie" wrote: > > > wrote in message > > news:OFDA6706DB.BD1EE946-ON852574BE.005D0F8B-852574BE.005D25CF@metso.com.= .. > > > > > > > How about more buffers for MSCP? > > > > Depends how easy a reboot is for you; a quick tune up with AUTOGEN an= d > > > a reboot might help a bit. Identifying the bottleneck is likely to > > be a much bigger > > > win, if you can do something about it, and it could be caused by > > something simple > > > like a duplex mismatch. > > > Or perhaps this is related to an increase in load? You might use "SHOW > > CLUS/CONT" and "ADD CR_WAITS". If you're seeing non-zero values here > > you might want considder increasing the number of buffers available > > for SCS via SYSGEN's CLUSTER_CREDITS (which is not dynamic). Also > > consider that you might have saturated your cluster interconnect. > > There is a lot of MGA tape activity and a lot of 100MB Ethernet activity, > but the SCS communication is on FDDI and nothing else is. =A0It's all on > one machine, so lock remastering should not be involved. =A0Disks are > MSCP served to a VAX, but there is virtually zero activity on said VAX. > MSCP Buffers are not stressed, to wit (from autogen) > > MSCP_BUFFER parameter information: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Feedback information. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Old value was 1024, New value is 1024 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0MSCP server I/O rate: 1 I/Os per 10 sec. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I/Os that waited for buffer space: 0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I/Os that fragmented into multiple transfers: 0 > > SCSCONNCNT parameter information: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Feedback information. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Old value was 18, New value is 18 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Peak number of nodes: 3 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Number of CDT allocation failures: 0 > > SCSRESPCNT parameter information: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Feedback information. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Old value was 300, New value is 300 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0RDT stall count: 0 > > SCSBUFFCNT parameter information: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Feedback information. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Old value was 512, New value is 512 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0CIBDT stall count: 0 > > [This may wrap ugly is some readers] > > View of Cluster from system ID 1029 =A0node: NODEA =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A09-S= EP-2008 > 09:50:30 > +------------------------------------------------------------------------= --=AD-------------------------+ > | SYSTEMS| CIRCUITS| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0COUNTERS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | > |--------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------= --=AD-------------------------| > | =A0NODE =A0| NUM_CON | MSGS_SENT | MSGS_RCVD | BLKS_S | BLKS_R | KB_S | > KB_RCVD | KB_MAPP | CR_WAITS | > |--------+---------+-----------+-----------+--------+--------+------+----= --=AD----+---------+----------| > | NODEA =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 0 | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0| =A0 > =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| > | NODEB =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 4 | =A0 =A0410394 | =A0 =A0773572 | =A0 =A0 =A00= | =A035669 | =A0 =A00 | > 30349 | =A0130759 | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 =A0249969 | =A0 =A0249969 | =A0 = =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A00 | =A0 0 > | =A0 =A0 =A0 0 | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 =A0249971 | =A0 =A0249937 | =A0 = =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A00 | =A0 0 > | =A0 =A0 =A0 0 | =A0 =A0 =A0 11 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | 303127951 | 135155195 | =A0 =A0473 |= 231660 | =A0296 | > 109387 | =A0129875 | =A0 =A0 2594 | > | VAX_C =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 3 | =A0 3238038 | =A0 3238038 | =A0 =A0 =A00 | = =A0 =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A00 | =A0 0 > | 3637418 | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0 =A0249956 | =A0 =A0249922 | =A0 = =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A0 =A00 | =A0 =A00 | =A0 0 > | =A0 =A0 =A0 0 | =A0 =A0 =A0 24 | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | 775863838 | 373422366 | =A0 =A0 =A01= | =A0 =A0 95 | =A0 =A01 | =A044 > | =A0 11453 | =A0 =A033599 | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------= --=AD-------------------------+ > > Can you explain what each of the connections is and what the CR_WAITS dat= a > points represent? VAX_C has logged quite a few CR_WAITS. While watching the SHOW CLUSTER display, is this field continuously incrementing or does it grow in bursts when things are busy? If it's continuous you'll definitely want to increase the CLSUTER_CREDIT (the number of buffers available for cluster communications) value in SYSGEN on VAX_C if it's not already maxed out. If this behavior is bursty then increasing the value might not eliminate any stalls (each time you experience a CR_WAIT the system is essentially stalled waiting for a bufer to become available). It could be that your VAX is just too slow to keep up with the other systems (faster Alphas I presume?). Perhaps you can correlate the increase in CR_WAITS with the observance of processes in RWSCS state? Ideally, CR_WAITS should be 0. ------------------------------ Date: 9 Sep 2008 13:20:09 -0500 From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) Subject: Re: Loose Cannon-dian Message-ID: In article <6ino0dFrikcdU2@mid.individual.net>, billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > > What have I removed that decreases safety when I use null terminated > strings? Let's make this a real comparison. Think of null terminated > strings as machines that came without the guards. It is the operators > responsibility to use them safely. Sure. So I should be able to sell cars without seat belts and blame the drivers when someone else hits them? Ford and GM would love to go back to that. It's not just rich tort lawyers who'll disagree with you on this one. Even my grandfather (a carpenter) knew you pick the right tool for the job, and a power saw without a guard is the wrong tool except in very rare situations. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:44:43 -0700 (PDT) From: johnwallace4@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: Loose Cannon-dian Message-ID: <167d92be-b090-4547-919d-9b5ddf981bd4@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com> On Sep 9, 6:29 pm, Michael Kraemer wrote: > johnwalla...@yahoo.co.uk schrieb: > > > Do you want to expand on that a little? Maybe you're not aware that > > null terminated strings aren't the only area where descriptors apply, > > but you surely must be aware that null terminated and corresponding > > buffer overflows and security vulnerabilities aren't exactly uncommon. > > A null-terminated string is usually nothing you would write into. > It's read-only. > And, BTW, my first contact with null-terminated strings wasn't > on generic Unix, but on RSX-11 (ASCIZ data type). > So RXS-11 should be viewed as crap too ? "A null-terminated string is nothing you would write into". Maybe sensible people wouldn't write a null-terminated string of unknown length into a fixed length buffer but enough daft ones are in the business of writing programs (and getting it wrong) that the sprintf_s (s = safe, except they're not) family now exist. "RSX-11 (ASCIZ data type)." Same here, .ASCIZ in Macro11. RSX just used it as an easy way to count string length, but QIOs etc couldn't use it directly. IIRC RT11 did have a terminal output directive which used .ASCIZ directly. Anyway, descriptors can be used for more than .ASCIZ, that's half the point. Re C2/B1 etc: "So where's the difference ? " As Bob already said very eloquently, "where C2 and B1 don't go". Including some of the things I already mentioned, like quotas for DoS prevention... taken seriously, security means more than just preventing unauthorised access to objects (and reliably logging security-related events), it means ensuring an important application/ service can't easily be stopped. What stops a malicious user monopolising (eg) pagefile on Windows or Linux, thereby rendering an application unavailable? Nothing stops them, that's what. On VMS, that's what quotas are for. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:11:18 -0600 From: Jeff Campbell Subject: Re: Multinet NTP Message-ID: <1221001469_1722@isp.n> Jim wrote: > On Sep 8, 9:25 pm, Jeff Campbell wrote: >> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >>> Jeff Campbell wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> I decided to switch to the Multinet TCPIP stack on my hobbyist system. >>>> Today when I looked at the log files, I found the NTP process >>>> complaining about a file (see below). Since this is a stock installation >>>> what do I need to do to fix the "can't open" problem? A directory >>>> listing shows the file exists. >>>> Jeff >>>>> Welcome to OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V8.3 on >>>>> node PWS600 >>>>> Last interactive login on Monday, 8-SEP-2008 15:37:01.49 >>>>> Last non-interactive login on Monday, 8-SEP-2008 11:29:44.18 >>>>> $ type multinet:ntpd.log >>>>> $ Set NoOn >>>>> $ VERIFY = F$VERIFY(F$TRNLNM("SYLOGIN_VERIFY")) >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:24.68 NTP release v4.2 (rev 1.0). >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:24.83 Sanity value (WAYTOOBIG/PANIC) defaulted to 4000 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.15 precision = 976.000 usec >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.35 Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.49 Listening on interface wildcard, ::#123 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.63 Listening on interface se0, 10.0.0.100#123 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.75 Listening on interface lo0, 127.0.0.1#123 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:14:25.91 Using NTP configuration file: MULTINET:ntp.conf. >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:17:43.60 synchronized to xxxxxxxxxxx, stratum 1 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:19:52.96 time reset +1.543251 s >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 12:24:06.36 synchronized to xxxxxxxxxxx, stratum 1 >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 13:14:32.91 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no >>>>> such file or directory >>>>> 5-SEP-2008 14:14:36.20 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no >>>>> such file or directory >>>>> [snipped] >>>>> 8-SEP-2008 13:18:29.12 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no >>>>> such file or directory >>>>> 8-SEP-2008 14:18:31.30 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no >>>>> such file or directory >>>>> 8-SEP-2008 15:18:32.82 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no >>>>> such file or directory >>>>> $ >>>>> $ dire multinet:ntp >>>>> Directory MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT:[MULTINET] >>>>> NTP.CONF;2 NTP.DRIFT-TEMP;1 >>>>> Total of 2 files. >>>>> $ >>> Try a DIR /PROT. The NTPD process needs to be able to have RWED access >>> to that file. >>> ALPHA5_$ dir/prot tcpip$ntp.drift >>> Directory SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$NTP] >>> TCPIP$NTP.DRIFT;18116 >>> (RWED,RWED,RE,) >>> Total of 1 file. >> Ok, here's the listing: >> >> $ dire/secu multinet:ntp* >> >> Directory MULTINET_ROOT:[MULTINET] >> >> NTPD.LOG;13 [SYSTEM] (RWED,RWED,RE,) >> NTPD.LOG;12 [SYSTEM] (RWED,RWED,RE,) >> NTPD.LOG;11 [SYSTEM] (RWED,RWED,RE,) >> NTPD.LOG;10 [SYSTEM] (RWED,RWED,RE,) >> NTPD.LOG;9 [SYSTEM] (RWED,RWED,RE,) >> >> Total of 5 files. >> > > Is the NTP_SERVER process running under the username SYSTEM? If not, > does that user have write access to create a MULTINET:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP? Yes and yes: > $ show proc /id=20200229 > > 9-SEP-2008 17:09:17.15 User: SYSTEM Process ID: 20200229 > Node: PWS600 Process name: "NTP_SERVER" > > Terminal: > User Identifier: [SYSTEM] > Base priority: 4 > Default file spec: Not available > Number of Kthreads: 1 > > Devices allocated: BG7: > BG15: > BG17: > BG21: > BG114: > > Soft CPU Affinity: off > $ Jeff ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:25:02 +0930 From: Jeremy Begg Subject: Re: Multinet NTP Message-ID: <48C75326.7000900@vsm.com.au> Hi Jeff, > 5-SEP-2008 13:14:32.91 can't open <>:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP: no > such file or directory Is that really what the message says, or is "<>" an obfuscation of something? If the message really says "<>" I think there is a problem with the NTP server code, as it should be trying to open MULTINET:NTP.DRIFT-TEMP or TCPWARE:NTP-DRIFT.TMP (depending on whether you're running MultiNet or TCPware -- they both run the same NTP server). You should try posting your question to the Info-MultiNet mailing list. Regards, Jeremy Begg jeremy at vsm com au ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:34:05 -0400 From: JF Mezei Subject: OT: The end of the world in roughly 3 hours Message-ID: <48c74eaa$0$12359$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> The Large Hadron Collider will first be activated this morning at 09:00 Central European Time (GMT + 2). It is expected that a new universe will be created inside the LHC (lasting an eternity for the people in it, but mere millionth of a second for us) and it is possible that it will also create a black hole that will suck up the earth (like the vaccuum cleaner that sucks the pink panther and then sucks itself out of existance) It is unclear what effect the LHC experiment may have on the connection between my universe and the one where most of comp.os.vms lives in. BBC said that they won't have it at full power today and it will take a year before they risk running at at full power. www.cern.ch is the official website. As in any modern event, they are to have a live webcast. It is not clear what's we'll see in it. It is not clear if we will actually hear a "big bang". Good luck to all those who worked on that project, and lets hope that they doN't rely on Windows to run it. And remember that, as in any science fiction movie, all the lights in the world will dim when they turn the power on to the collider :-) :-) :-) :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:13:46 -0700 From: Marty Kuhrt Subject: Re: Security alarm msg Message-ID: Tom Linden wrote: > I noted following on opcon. Why is the remote node id in decimal format? > This is on 8.3 Itanium. > > Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on REX > Security alarm (SECURITY) and security audit (SECURITY) on REX, system > id: 2060 > Auditable event: Network breakin detection > Event time: 6-SEP-2008 06:49:14.22 > PID: 20F0B1A8 > Process name: TCPIP$FTPC00079 > Username: newuser > Remote node id: 998090410 > Remote node fullname: 59-125-166-170.HINET-IP.hinet.net > Remote username: FTP_3B7DA6AA > Status: %LOGIN-F-NOSUCHUSER, no such user > The remote node id seems to be the decimal equivalent of the dotted decimal IP octet... X = 998090410 Hex = 3B7DA6AA Octal = 07337323252 %X3B = 59, %X7D = 125, %XA6 = 166, %XAA = 170 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:31:42 -0700 From: "Tom Linden" Subject: Re: Security alarm msg Message-ID: On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:13:46 -0700, Marty Kuhrt = wrote: > Tom Linden wrote: >> I noted following on opcon. Why is the remote node id in decimal = >> format? >> This is on 8.3 Itanium. >> Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on REX >> Security alarm (SECURITY) and security audit (SECURITY) on REX, syste= m = >> id: 2060 >> Auditable event: Network breakin detection >> Event time: 6-SEP-2008 06:49:14.22 >> PID: 20F0B1A8 >> Process name: TCPIP$FTPC00079 >> Username: newuser >> Remote node id: 998090410 >> Remote node fullname: 59-125-166-170.HINET-IP.hinet.net >> Remote username: FTP_3B7DA6AA >> Status: %LOGIN-F-NOSUCHUSER, no such user >> > > The remote node id seems to be the decimal equivalent of the dotted = > decimal IP octet... > > X =3D 998090410 Hex =3D 3B7DA6AA Octal =3D 07337323252 > > %X3B =3D 59, %X7D =3D 125, %XA6 =3D 166, %XAA =3D 170 Right, my question really was why it was expressed in that manner. -- = PL/I for OpenVMS www.kednos.com ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.496 ************************