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We no longer offer ftp downloads. If there is a file you need referenced here, please contact us.© May 2020 Anthony Lawrence This used to be a SCO Unix faq. I’ve updated a lot of it to include Linux and other info, but some of it may be strictly of interest to SCO users (or those migrating from it ). Personally, I don’t see SCO surviving much longer - aside from the extreme hatred from some open source folk, it’s obvious to most of us that Linux is simply a better choice today. That said, some folks are unfortunately stuck with applications that cann ot be ported to Linux.. so I keep this stuff here for them. Author : Tony Lawrence (originally by Stephen Dunn) URL : https://scofaq.aplawrence.com/index.html This FAQ generally deals with SCO Unix but not SCO Unixware. It covers Xenix, SCO Open Desk Top (ODT), Sco 3.2v4.x releases, and Open Server (OSR5). Of course SOME of this material is applicable to any Unix or Linux system. If you just want to learn everything you possibly can, reading the whole thing is a beginning. There are two major divisions: /SCOFAQ/scoadm.html Administrative FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec0.html Technical FAQ (Index) . /SCOFAQ/scotec1.html Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec2.html OSR5 FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec3.html Unix (3.2v4.2) and ODT FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec4.html TCP/IP and NFS FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec5.html Serial Communications and UUCP /SCOFAQ/scotec6.html More Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec7.html Printing FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec8.html X11 and GUI FAQ /SCOFAQ/scotec9.html Installation FAQ All FAQS are available for ftp in ASCII form: ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scofaqtoc.txt Table of Contents (this page) ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scoadm.txt Administrative FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec0.txt Technical FAQ Table of Contents ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec1.txt Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec2.txt OSR5 FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec3.txt Unix (3.2v4.2) and ODT FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec4.txt TCP/IP and NFS FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec5.txt Serial Communications and UUCP ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec6.txt More Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec7.txt Printing FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec8.txt X11 and GUI FAQ ftp://ftp.aplawrence.com/pub/scotec9.txt Installation FAQ These FAQS were developed and maintained for years by steved@ussinc.com (Stephen M. Dunn) . Steve no longer has the time to maintain them, and has asked me to take them over. Please remember the debt all of us owe to Steve for his efforts- I myself spent many hours learning from these very documents, and I’m sure many of us can say similar things. Other FAQS: The comp.unix.sco.programmer FAQ MMDF FAQ Sendmail FAQ Chip Rosenthal’s Xenix FAQ Boyd Lynn Gerber’s Unixware 7 FAQ Firewall FAQ Warren Young’s Programming FAQ The UnixWare FAQ https://www.freebird.org/faq/ Csh Programming Considered Harmful https://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ Raw IP Networking FAQ https://www.whitefang.com/rin/ The UnixWare 1.x and 2.0 Programmer FAQ https://www.freebird.org/faq/developer.html Are there any screen savers? Is tar/cpio a good backup program? How do I compress my backups? What are some third-party backup/recovery products? I don’t like being restricted to 14 character filenames How do I get a copy of adb? I can’t find crypt What do I need to compile programs? What does the NCALL kernel parameter affect? How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 1) How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 2) How do I reset the root password if I forget it? (part 3) How do I crash out of the install script (mount hard drive filesystem from boot diskettes)? How can I download a boot disk? Why can’t fsck find my lost+found directory? I want more space in my lost+found directory How do I find out serial numbers of my various components? How do I solve an "arglist too long"? What versions/configurations am I using? I have a bad block on my hard drive My system is slow Why did my region table overflow? How do I solve "fork failed: no more processes"? How are minor device numbers assigned by mkdev hd? I need fax software. Who makes it? How much swap space do I need? Can I add more swap space? Do haltsys and reboot do a sync()? How can I get more than 64k inodes? Where do I get zmodem? Where do I get kermit? I get messages saying "stat() failed: /tmp/croutPPGa00288: no such file" Does SCO support my hardware? How do I get a file off my distribution diskettes? Will I have problems upgrading my hardware? I typed in the wrong serial number! Why does fsck want a scratch file? What books are there about SCO systems? How can I boot multiple operating systems? How do I set disk space quotas? How do I find out what IP address a user logged in from? My ANSI terminal emulator doesn’t work properly What is Skunkware? Can I replace csh with tcsh? How do I make the manual pages work for things installed from Skunkware? Is my system Year 2000 compliant? How do I make environment variables global? How can I restrict logins? How can I prevent root logins over telnet? Why can’t I unmount my CDROM? What do "hangup" messages mean during shutdown? What does "interrupt is private" or "no root hd controller" mean ? What are interrupts? How can I send email attachments from the command line? Why doesn’t the "mutt" I got from Skunkware work? What is an "xxevent" error? How do I configure a Travan Tape Drive? Why does my cron job fail while "at" works? Why does my screen get confused if I login in UPPER CASE? Why can’t I kill a process with -9? What is a zombie process? Where do I get a better vi? How can I have a ’command line history & editing’ shell under SCO Unix/OS5? Is it possible to use the mouse in a character application? Are there any antivirus programs for Sco Unix/OpenServer? How can I test virus scanning software? I need to remotely assist a customer; what can I do? Is it possible to switch screen from an application? Are there any Winzip compatible tools? I can’t access my Windows 9x FAT32 partition from the SCO’s one! Are there any ’Office’-like packages for SCO? How can I back up to a tape drive on another machine? Can I change root’s shell to something else? How do I add a Zip or Jaz drive? Where can I get older versions of SCO products? How do I capture program screens to a file or print them? How can I increase the number of characters that are significant in passwords? How do I mount a CDROM? How do I find out who or what shutdown or halted my system? How can I regularly and reliably transfer data to a program running on another machine? I see an error message on the console that starts with %Stp-0 and seems to be referring to my tape drive. Why do I get "can’t open /dev/tty" errors? cpio How can I change uppercase file names to lower case? Why do I get "Alarm Call" messages at startup boot or shutdown? How can I mount a SCO file system in Linux or vice-versa? How can I increase the size of my root or other filesystem? How can I transfer SCO accounts (passwd information) to Linux? What does "Error 5" mean (or any "Error xx") ? What is a watchdog timer panic or error message? I’ve burned a CD but can’t see long filenames when I mount it on SCO How do I format a floppy diskette? How can I make a shell script setuid so that ordinary users may use root privilege commands? How do I clear log files? Why didn’t my machine change time for daylight savings time (or any time change)? How can I monitor cpu usage? I’ve forgotten or don’t know the Internet Manager Password When should I use kill -9? How can I find out what a user’s password is? How can inactive users be automatically logged out? User login hangs for many seconds before password prompt comes up (SCO 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 ) How can I control the sound of the console bell or turn on keyclicks? Why doesn’t CTRL-C work to interrupt my programs? How can I write an image diskette from a...