| Title and Copyright Pages |
| About This Manual |
| Audience |
| Organization |
| Related Documents |
| Reader's Comments |
| Conventions |
| 1 | New and Changed Features |
| 1.1 | New Processor Support |
| 1.2 | USB Driver Support |
| 1.3 | AdvFS Now Supports Atomic Write Data Logging |
| 1.4 | Preventing Partial AdvFS Data Writes |
| 1.5 | Euro-character Support |
| 1.6 | Arena Malloc |
| 1.7 | NetRAIN |
| 1.8 | Asynchronous Processing Support in the Extensible SNMP Agent API |
| 1.9 | NFS Over TCP |
| 1.10 | Intraserver ITPS Device Driver |
| 1.11 | Gigabit Ethernet |
| 1.12 | sys_check Tool |
| 1.13 | Sendmail Enhancement |
| 1.14 | New Prestoserve Subsystem Attribute |
| 1.15 | Enhanced Security for TruCluster Version 1.5 |
| 1.16 | Enhancement to disklabel Command |
| 1.17 | Support for ODBC and JDBC Data Access |
| 1.18 | Netscape Communicator Version 4.05 |
| 1.19 | Netscape FastTrack Server Version 3.01 |
| 1.20 | Ability for Users to Create a Customized Installation CD-ROM |
| 2 | Installation Notes |
| 2.1 | General Information About Installation |
| 2.1.1 | Verifying the Installation |
| 2.1.2 | Disk Space Requirements |
| 2.1.3 | New Recommended Disk Partition Table |
| 2.1.3.1 | New CDF Item Introduced |
| 2.1.4 | RIS boot -fl n Option |
| 2.1.5 | Worldwide Subsets |
| 2.1.6 | I/O Error Message |
| 2.1.7 | Broken Pipe Messages |
| 2.2 | Update Installation |
| 2.2.1 | Warning from Update of DDR Database |
| 2.2.2 | Preparing AdvFS File Domains Before Upgrading |
| 2.2.3 | Installation of AdvFS Advanced Utilities in the DMS Environment |
| 2.2.4 | Conflict with PATHWORKS in an Update Installation |
| 2.3 | Server Extensions |
| 2.3.1 | Error When Installing Chinese Subsets from RIS Server |
| 3 | Processor-Specific Notes |
| 3.1 | General Notes on Processors |
| 3.1.1 | Upgrading Your Hardware |
| 3.1.2 | PCI-Based Systems with ATI Mach64 Graphics Controllers |
| 3.1.3 | PCI Shared Interrupt Support |
| 3.1.4 | KZPSA Behind the PCI-to-PCI Bridge |
| 3.1.5 | Qlogic ISP1040B CAM Errors |
| 3.1.6 | Monitor Power Management |
| 3.1.7 | DJ-ML200-xx PCI Nvram Hardware Rev Must Be E01 |
| 3.2 | DIGITAL Personal Workstation 433au, 500au, and 600au Systems |
| 3.2.1 | EIDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM Support |
| 3.2.2 | 64-Bit PCI Option Cards |
| 3.2.3 | Incorrect Default Keyboard Mappings |
| 3.3 | DIGITAL AlphaServer 1000 and 1000A Systems |
| 3.3.1 | EISA Configuration Utility Diskette Version 1.10 |
| 3.3.2 | Graphics Resolution |
| 3.4 | DIGITAL Alpha VME 4/224, 4/288, and 5/nnn Single-Board Computers |
| 3.4.1 | Verify CPU Version |
| 3.4.2 | Firmware Requirements |
| 3.4.3 | Restrictions and Known Problems |
| 3.4.3.1 | EBVXG (TGA) Video Card Requires Disabling X Server DMA |
| 3.4.3.2 | Byte Addressability Not Supported by mmap (5/nnn only) |
| 3.4.3.3 | VME Autovectors |
| 3.4.3.4 | Network Port Termination |
| 3.4.4 | Writing VMEbus Device Drivers |
| 3.5 | DMCC EBM2n and EBM4n Class Single Board Computers |
| 3.5.1 | Verify CPU Version |
| 3.5.2 | Firmware Requirements |
| 3.5.3 | Restrictions and Known Problems |
| 3.5.3.1 | Option Card Restrictions |
| 3.5.3.2 | PBXGB-AA (TGA2 PowerStorm 3D30) Video Card Restrictions |
| 3.5.3.3 | General Restrictions |
| 3.6 | DIGITAL AXPvme Single Board Computers |
| 3.6.1 | Firmware Upgrade Required |
| 3.6.2 | Unpredictable Results When Performing Master Block Transfers |
| 3.7 | Compaq AlphaServer GS60 and GS140 Systems |
| 3.7.1 | CPU Boards Cannot Be Installed Until DIGITAL UNIX Is Installed |
| 3.7.2 | Futurebus Backplane is Not Supported |
| 4 | Base System Software Notes |
| 4.1 | Commands and Utilities |
| 4.1.1 | Escaped Comment Symbols in a Makefile |
| 4.1.2 | Security |
| 4.1.2.1 | Unexpected Command Behavior with ACLs |
| 4.1.2.2 | ACLs and Archive Tools |
| 4.1.3 | Emacs Can Lose ACL File Settings |
| 4.1.4 | Some Emacs Command Line Options Fail |
| 4.1.5 | Executing Program Images Cannot Be Overwritten |
| 4.1.6 | New Tunable Parameter for Running Oracle8 |
| 4.1.7 | disklabel Command Supports ISO 9660 CD-ROM Image File Operations |
| 4.1.8 | Change to format of ipcs command |
| 4.1.9 | New sendmail Version 8.8.8 |
| 4.1.10 | Sendmail Warning Message |
| 4.1.11 | Warning Message when sendmail Updates the alias Database |
| 4.1.12 | Status Message From ifconfig Command |
| 4.1.13 | tar Command Option Does Not Work As Documented |
| 4.1.14 | Netscape Communicator |
| 4.1.14.1 | Netscape Communicator Dumps Core Running in CDE |
| 4.1.14.2 | Netscape Communicator Hangs Starting Java on Some Processors |
| 4.1.14.3 | Netscape Communicator Does Not Include Localization |
| 4.2 | SysMan System Management Graphical User Interface |
| 4.2.1 | Account Manager |
| 4.2.1.1 | Copying Accounts and UID |
| 4.2.1.2 | Account Manager Restrictions |
| 4.2.1.3 | Account Manager Problems |
| 4.2.1.4 | Enhanced Security Account Manager Problems |
| 4.2.2 | Print Configuration Manager |
| 4.2.3 | BIND Configuration |
| 4.2.4 | The dxshutdown Application Does Not Prohibit Logins |
| 4.3 | System Administration |
| 4.3.1 | Change in mkpasswd Creates Potential Password Database Incompatibility |
| 4.3.2 | License Management Facility Allows Year 2000 Testing |
| 4.3.3 | Disabling Compressed Crash Dumps |
| 4.3.4 | Log Files in /var/adm/syslog.dated |
| 4.3.5 | Secure version of syslog |
| 4.3.6 | Fixing Truncated Log Messages in /var/adm/messages |
| 4.3.7 | EISA Configuration Utility Revision Requirements |
| 4.3.8 | Open3D Support |
| 4.3.9 | Bootable Tape |
| 4.3.9.1 | Disk Space Issues |
| 4.3.9.2 | Tape Drive Restriction |
| 4.3.9.3 | Bootable Tape Notes for 32 MB Systems |
| 4.3.9.4 | Bootable Tape Does Not Support Generic Kernels |
| 4.3.9.5 | Cross-Platform Bootable Tapes Are Not Supported |
| 4.3.9.6 | QIC Tape Drives |
| 4.3.9.7 | Multiple Tapes |
| 4.3.9.8 | Disk Overhead Requirements |
| 4.3.9.9 | Write Protection for Bootable Tape |
| 4.3.10 | Opening a Write-Protected Tape in Write Mode |
| 4.3.11 | Restrictions for a Dataless Environment |
| 4.3.12 | Enhanced Security |
| 4.3.12.1 | Distribution of Enhanced Security Profiles via NIS |
| 4.3.12.2 | Disaster Recovery |
| 4.3.12.3 | pw_id_map and gr_id_map Files Are Obsolete |
| 4.3.12.4 | Restriction to 4000 NIS Accounts Removed |
| 4.3.12.5 | Behavior of useradd, usermod, and userdel Commands |
| 4.3.13 | Enabling Extended UIDs in the Kernel |
| 4.4 | Network and Communications |
| 4.4.1 | Using netconfig |
| 4.4.2 | IP Switching over ATM |
| 4.4.3 | Orderly Release in XTI |
| 4.4.4 | Incorrect Error Message When Using netsetup and rcinet |
| 4.4.5 | Edit the /etc/hosts File After Running netsetup |
| 4.4.6 | CDE's Static Dependency on the Network |
| 4.4.7 | Autosense Removed from Tulip Ethernet Driver |
| 4.4.8 | Support for NetRAIN Network Interface |
| 4.4.8.1 | LAT and NetRAIN Cannot Run Together |
| 4.4.8.2 | NetRAIN and Layered Product Licensing |
| 4.4.9 | Sender Address Problem When Using DECnet Mail |
| 4.5 | Local Area Transport |
| 4.5.1 | Duplicate Minor Numbers and latsetup |
| 4.5.2 | CTRL/A Causes LAT tty to Change the Case of Characters |
| 4.5.3 | Simultaneous llogin Connections |
| 4.5.4 | LAT Kernel Module Is Dynamically Loadable |
| 4.6 | File Systems |
| 4.6.1 | UNIX File System Restriction |
| 4.6.2 | The newfs Command No Longer Searches disktab File |
| 4.6.3 | Using ACLs over NFS |
| 4.6.4 | ACL Size Limitations |
| 4.6.5 | Advanced File System (AdvFS) |
| 4.6.5.1 | AdvFS and fsync() |
| 4.6.5.2 | Reusing AdvFS Partitions |
| 4.6.5.3 | Disk Usage Information |
| 4.6.5.4 | AdvFS Split Mirror Dual Mount May Not Function Correctly |
| 4.6.5.5 | Disabling Flushing to Disk AdvFS File Read Access Times |
| 4.6.5.6 | Improving AdvFS Performance on Systems that Reuse Many Files |
| 4.6.5.7 | AdvFS Now Supports Atomic Write Data Logging |
| 4.6.5.8 | Preventing Partial AdvFS Data Writes |
| 4.6.5.9 | Memory Mapping Will Fail on AdvFS Files Using Data Logging |
| 4.6.5.10 | Cleanly Unmount File Systems Before Changing Operating System Versions |
| 4.6.5.11 | AdvFS Verify Reports an Error on Some Domains |
| 4.6.6 | Logical Storage Manager |
| 4.6.6.1 | LSM Sparse Plexes May Erroneously Mask an I/O Failure |
| 4.6.6.2 | Restrictions with LSM root and swap Volumes |
| 4.6.6.3 | Possible Problems Accessing Physical Block 0 with LSM |
| 4.6.6.4 | Using LSM with SWXCR-P(A/B) and SWXCR-E(A/B) RAID Controllers |
| 4.6.6.5 | Enabling LSM After Installation Requires Rebuilding the Kernel |
| 4.6.6.6 | The volrootmir Script Supports Only LUN 0 on HSZ |
| 4.6.6.7 | Using LSM rootvol Requires sysconfigtab Parameters |
| 4.6.7 | Mounting Associated Products CD-ROMS on DIGITAL UNIX Versions Other Than 4.0E |
| 4.6.8 | Modifying the Maximum Number of Open File Descriptors |
| 4.6.9 | New Prestoserve Subsystem Attribute |
| 5 | Development Environment Notes |
| 5.1 | Realtime Programming |
| 5.1.1 | SA_SIGINFO Not Visible Under Certain Namespace Conditions |
| 5.1.2 | POSIX 1003.1b Synchronized I/O and File Truncation |
| 5.1.3 | The fcntl() Function and F_GETFL with O_DSYNC File Status |
| 5.2 | DECthreads (pthreads) |
| 5.2.1 | Static Libraries |
| 5.2.2 | Forking |
| 5.2.3 | Signal Handling |
| 5.2.4 | Scheduling Behavior (Contention Scope) |
| 5.2.5 | Known DECthreads Problems |
| 5.2.5.1 | Freeing User-Allocated Stacks |
| 5.3 | Analysis Tool with Object Modification |
| 5.3.1 | Using pixie on Applications Built with -om |
| 5.3.2 | ATOM Routines Should Not Call Certain Libraries |
| 5.4 | Java Programming |
| 5.4.1 | Name Space Conflict Between Java and SVE |
| 6 | Window System Software Notes |
| 6.1 | Hardware Notes and Restrictions |
| 6.1.1 | Qvision Graphics Display Error |
| 6.1.2 | Graphic Adapter Changes Needed to Support EV6 Linear Space Addressing |
| 6.1.2.1 | Single and Two DDX Library Issues |
| 6.1.2.2 | Required Changes to Drivers |
| 6.1.2.3 | Required Changes to the DDX Library |
| 6.2 | X Servers |
| 6.2.1 | Limited Multiscreen Display Support with CDE |
| 6.2.2 | Do Not Modify the keymaps.dir File |
| 6.2.3 | CDE Does Not Work Properly With More than Seven Graphics Heads |
| 6.3 | X Clients |
| 6.3.1 | The dxmail and mh Applications Require New MailScanFormat File |
| 6.3.2 | X Window Colormap Resources |
| 6.3.3 | Old X Environment |
| 6.4 | CDE Clients |
| 6.4.1 | Inaccessible Dialog Buttons |
| 6.4.2 | Screen Savers Prevent Efficient Power Management |
| 6.4.3 | Remote Invocation of CDE File Manager dtfile |
| 6.4.4 | The dtmail Application |
| 6.4.4.1 | MAILLOCKING Environment Variable |
| 6.4.4.2 | Tooltalk Locking Disabled by Default |
| 6.4.4.3 | Row and Column Display |
| 6.4.4.4 | Attachments Are Not Included |
| 6.4.4.5 | dtmail Startup |
| 6.4.5 | CDE's Static Dependency on the Network |
| 6.4.6 | The xnlLanguage Resource Settings May Cause Problems with CDE |
| 6.4.7 | Possible Failure in the XOpenDisplay Call |
| 6.5 | Windows Programming |
| 6.5.1 | X11 Font Problem |
| 6.6 | Internationalization |
| 6.6.1 | Use of PC-style Keyboard with Asian Input Method |
| 6.6.2 | Japanese Keyboard Support |
| 6.6.3 | Default Keyboard Mapping |
| 6.6.4 | Lithuanian and Slovene Language Support |
| 6.6.4.1 | Mnemonics in Lithuanian and Slovene DX Applications |
| 6.6.4.2 | DX Applications Integrated to CDE Desktop (Application Manager) |
| 6.6.4.3 | DX Applications Not Integrated into the CDE Desktop (Application Manager) |
| 6.6.4.4 | Lithuanian Language Variant |
| 6.6.5 | Dxterm Does Not Support Latin-2, Latin-4 and Latin-Cyrillic Characters |
| 7 | Documentation Notes |
| 7.1 | Documentation Overview |
| 7.2 | Network Administration Guide |
| 7.2.1 | Section 4.2.2.2 (Verifying PPP Support in the Kernel) Is Obsolete |
| 7.2.2 | Sections 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.2, and 4.2.3.3 Are Obsolete |
| 7.2.2.1 | Establishing a PPP Dial-Out Connection |
| 7.2.2.2 | Establishing a PPP Dial-In Connection |
| 7.3 | System Administration Guide |
| 7.3.1 | Hard Limit for File System Quotas |
| 7.3.2 | Environmental Monitoring |
| 7.3.3 | User Definable Messages in Environmental Monitoring |
| 7.4 | Assembly Language Programmer's Guide |
| 7.5 | Programming with ONC RPC |
| 7.6 | Developing Applications for the Display PostScript System |
| 7.7 | Gate Daemon Configuration Guide |
| 7.8 | System Configuration and Tuning Guide |
| 7.9 | Online Help Volumes |
| 7.9.1 | General Problems |
| 7.9.2 | Integration |
| 7.9.3 | Update Path in Installation Online Help Is Incorrect |
| 7.9.4 | Help Volumes by Application |
| 8 | Features and Interfaces Scheduled for Retirement |
| 8.1 | DECwindows Applications |
| 8.2 | Adobe Display PostScript, Client Libraries, and X Server Extension |
| 8.3 | Nonconforming Curses Library |
| 8.4 | Previous C Compiler |
| 8.5 | The dbx Debugger |
| 8.6 | DEC C Compiler Default Change from -std0 to -std |
| 8.7 | Change in struct utmp, struct utmpx, and struct lastlog |
| 8.8 | C Language long double Type Changing to 128 bits |
| 8.9 | C Library Functions and POSIX P1003.1C |
| 8.10 | POSIX 1003.4a (draft 4) pthread Routines in DECthreads |
| 8.11 | DECthreads CMA Interface |
| 8.12 | Asynchronous I/O Binary Compatibility |
| 8.13 | Nemacs |
| 8.14 | Berkeley Software Distribution TTY-NAME |
| 8.15 | SCSI Device Names |
| 8.16 | The -x and -p Options in addvol and mkfdmn |
| 8.17 | LSM Block Change Logging (BCL) |
| 8.18 | LSM volassist Command Syntax |
| 8.19 | LSM volprint Command Format |
| 8.20 | LVM-to-LSM Migration Tools |
| 8.21 | OSF/Motif Version 1.1.3 |
| 8.22 | XIE Version 3.0 X Client Extension |
| 8.23 | Microsoft Sound Board Driver |
| 8.24 | Graph Utility |
| 8.25 | The atmsetup Script |
| 8.26 | Remote Prestoserve Support |
| 8.27 | Disk Size Requirement for Installation |
| 8.28 | Installupdate -i Option |
| 8.29 | Different awk Versions |
| 8.30 | secsetup Script |
| 8.31 | Open3D TURBOChannel and PVpci Device Support |
| 8.32 | System Management Utilities |
| 8.33 | Changed Protected Password Database Format |
| 8.34 | Audit_setup Script |
| 8.35 | VM Subsystem ubc_nfsloopback Variable Is Obsolete |
| 8.36 | libsecurity.a |
| A | Maximum System Limits |
| A.1 | System Limits |
| A.1.1 | Installation Requirements |
| A.1.2 | Memory Limits |
| A.1.3 | Process Limits |
| A.1.4 | Device Addressing Limits |
| A.1.5 | Device Limits |
| A.1.6 | Logical Storage Manager Limits |
| A.1.7 | File System Limits |
| A.1.8 | Networking Limits |
| A.1.9 | Limits for Backup Utilities |
| B | Software Subset Information |
| B.1 | Disk Space Required for Software Subsets |
| B.2 | Disk Space Required for Update Installations |
| B.3 | Disk Space Required for RIS Areas |
| B.4 | Disk Space Required for Documentation |
| C | Enabling and Disabling Extended UID/GID Support |
| C.1 | Enabling Extended UID and GID Support |
| C.2 | Disabling Extended UID and GID Support |
| C.3 | Checking for Extended UID and GID Support |
| C.4 | Applications Affected by Extended UIDs and GIDs |
| C.4.1 | Clusters |
| C.4.2 | Kerberos |
| C.4.3 | System V File System |
| C.4.4 | The ls Command |
| C.4.5 | The cp Command |
| C.4.6 | The vdump/vrestore Utilities and UFS File Systems |
| C.4.7 | The dxarchiver Utility |
| C.4.8 | The cpio Utility |
| C.4.9 | The pax Utility |
| C.4.10 | The tar Utility |
| C.4.11 | PATHWORKS |
| D | Netscape Communicator and Netscape FastTrack Server |
| D.1 | Netscape Communicator |
| D.2 | Netscape FastTrack Server |
| E | Maximum Number of Open File Descriptors |
| F | Advanced File System Issues |
| F.1 | Recovering from AdvFS Domain Panics |
| F.2 | Correcting Overlapping Frag Data Corruption |
| G | Enabling Enhanced Core File Naming |
| H | Early Child Process Exit Notification |
| I | Thread Local Storage |
| I.1 | Definition |
| I.2 | Background |
| I.3 | The __thread Attribute |
| I.4 | Guidelines and Restrictions |
| J | Creating a DIGITAL UNIX Consolidated CD-ROM |
| J.1 | Introduction |
| J.1.1 | Description |
| J.1.2 | Requirements |
| J.2 | Build Instructions |
| J.2.1 | Preparing for the Build |
| J.2.2 | Building the Consolidated CD-ROM |
| J.3 | Sample Build Session |
| J.3.1 | Sample Preparation |
| J.3.2 | Sample CD-ROM Build |
| Examples |
| 6-1 | Determining the Type of Space Addressing |
| 6-2 | Informing the DDX Layer of the Mapping Type |
| 6-3 | Mapping Memory |
| Tables |
| 2-1 | Recommended Partitions |
| 2-2 | Inst_disklabel Attributes |
| 3-1 | Supported Options Behind the Bridge |
| 8-1 | DECwindows Applications to be Retired |
| 8-2 | BCL Configuration Examples |
| B-1 | DIGITAL UNIX V4.0E Operating System, Volume 1 |
| B-2 | DIGITAL UNIX V4.0E Associated Products, Volume 1 |
| B-3 | DIGITAL UNIX V4.0E Associated Products, Volume 2 |
| B-4 | Disk Space Required for RIS Areas |
| Index |