Recent content by QuietDean

I think i may have found the answer, my inetd.conf does not specify a timeout for /etc/popper eg -T 15 Will try that, thanks anyway. Dean Owen

Hello, Has anyone ever seen a problem where popper processes refuse to die on our openserver The mail client hangs with 'Authorising..' and eventually times out. We are then left with a popper process running under the pop3 userid. these seem to really suck up server resources until killed...

Yes, i've tried disconnecting everything and i've tried the ram thing, cheers for everyones suggestions, i think i'll have to take her in for a check up! Dean Owen

Sorted, thank you very much. Dean Owen

Hello, I am running SCO Openserver 5.0.5 . I have a Cobol process that needs to run of tcpip port 86 (mfcobol) However, the process cannot claim the port as it is already is use. My problem is narrowing down what process is grabbing it. it must be in rc2.d as the Cobol program starts up from...

I think 'r' does it - tar rv6 files* if its a tarfile you need - tar rnvf files* check out man tar for more info Dean Owen

Running sco openserver 5.0.6 in scoadmin, I change the geographical location, but the server refuses to leave EDT timezone. Any ideas? thanks people. Dean Owen

Hmm. The initscript & the profiles I havent looked at. Thanks Stan! I'll do it tommorow in work. Chris - Yep, its got the export, but thanks for the ideas. Tricky bugger, this one/ Dean Owen

Good answer, it tried in there, and thought it had cracked it. I changed the locale to europe and the timezone to GMT. I then logged out+in. Still EST! argh. Any ideas, anyone? Any other files I can look at? Dean Owen

Hi, Sco Unix 5.05, all patched up (I am told by our engineer). However, the timezone keeps resetting to EST. It should be GMT! I run through the tz script, and /etc/TIMEZONE gets updated with the correct details. However, it doesn't change the timezone visible in asktime, so I tried a reboot...

you can use .htaccess files to make a directory accessible frmm certain 'referrers'. For a great tutorial on .htaccess, check out http://www.webmonkey.com Dean Owen

I am pretty unsure of what you are geting at, but you might mean can the form open in a new browser window? If so, yes. <form action=&quot;myscript.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;> I may be wrong for what your after, though. Explain again if I am. Dean Owen

A lot of apps in windoze accept parameter variables in a query string, eg. myapp.exe?startup=yes&user=dean But whether yours does, and what the variables would be called, I cannot tell you. Might be worth a try. otherwise, batch file is not a bad way to get an app going. Dean Owen

Coolool email me @ dean@somepeople.co.uk Then Ill send you ta scxript I use. forgive the typing, my delete key suddenyl doesnt work. grr. Dean Owen

You can have whatever you want in your index page, mate. Are you having a more specific problem in achieving this? Dean Owen