Scot's Additional Unix/SysAdmin Notes

First, here is a Page of Useful Links that I built-up while here. It contains links to many sites which describe hardware and software we have here, plus hadware and software we considered getting here. There are also some links with manuals, software guides and other things.

While installing and fiddling with the Unix systems here, I wrote little files that detailed what I learned or what I changed. The files may not be complete, and they may have errors, but for the most part, I think they are accurate and useful. Without stopping to check them all 100%, I'll just provide links and short descriptions here.

Notes - a few words on the Accelerated X graphics Server we are using and its licenses and on IDL and its licenses.

Xauth.notes - a description of how to set up the secure Xauthority environment. This is needed for the PDPRP in order for it to use the Tcl/Tk send command for inter-process communication.

addsoft - my procedure for adding new software to the systems.

addusers - my procedure for adding new users to the Unix systems.

exports - a few words on how to make changes to the exports file active without having to reboot under Linux

kernel - how to recompile a Linux kernel.

newdisk - how I added a new disk (on a SCSI controller) to Begonias.

changes - changes I made to the standard Linux distribution on Begonias and the other Linux boxes. Refer to this when installing a new Redhat Linux machine.

needs - a few things I decided at some point that the Linux systems need.

undoc - a few programs that are installed in the Linux systems which don't have man pages.

xconfig.12may - the Begonias kernel configuration file (from make Xconfig) as built on 12 May 1997.

xconfig.22may - the Begonias kernel configuration file (from make Xconfig) as built on 22 May 1997 which includes support for the Cyclades serial port card we are using in Ingrid.