Path: news1.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!sgi-faq From: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu (The SGI FAQ group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: SGI diffs Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.sys.sgi.misc Date: 20 Sep 1996 06:04:12 GMT Organization: Visualization Lab, Texas A&M University Lines: 255 Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Expires: 18 Oct 1996 06:02:59 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu (The SGI FAQ group) NNTP-Posting-Host: viz.tamu.edu Originator: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu Xref: news1.ucsd.edu comp.sys.sgi.misc:24407 comp.answers:16334 news.answers:65410 Archive-name: sgi/faq/diffs Last-modified: Fri Sep 20 1:00:14 CDT 1996 Posting-Frequency: Twice monthly URL: http://www-viz.tamu.edu/~sgi-faq/ SGI diffs Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) This is one of the Silicon Graphics FAQ series, which consists of: SGI admin FAQ - IRIX system administration SGI apps FAQ - Applications and miscellaneous programming SGI audio FAQ - Audio applications and programming SGI diffs FAQ - Changes to the other FAQs since the last posting SGI graphics FAQ - Graphics and user environment customization SGI hardware FAQ - Hardware SGI impressario FAQ - IRIS Impressario SGI inventor FAQ - IRIS Inventor SGI misc FAQ - Introduction & miscellaneous information SGI movie FAQ - Movies SGI performer FAQ - IRIS Performer SGI pointer FAQ - Pointer to the other FAQs SGI security FAQ - IRIX security Read the misc FAQ for information about the FAQs themselves. 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Topics covered in this FAQ: --------------------------- -1- Changes in the SGI admin FAQ since it was last posted -2- Changes in the SGI apps FAQ since it was last posted -3- Changes in the SGI audio FAQ since it was last posted -4- Changes in the SGI graphics FAQ since it was last posted -5- Changes in the SGI hardware FAQ since it was last posted -6- Changes in the SGI impressario FAQ since it was last posted -7- Changes in the SGI inventor FAQ since it was last posted -8- Changes in the SGI misc FAQ since it was last posted -9- Changes in the SGI movie FAQ since it was last posted -10- Changes in the SGI performer FAQ since it was last posted -11- Changes in the SGI pointer FAQ since it was last posted -12- Changes in the SGI security FAQ since it was last posted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: -1- Changes in the SGI admin FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT 669,670c669,670 < Subject: How do I add a static route? < Date: 06 Apr 1996 00:00:01 EST --- > Subject: ! How do I add a static route? > Date: 07 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST 680,681c680,681 < replacing ROUTER'S.IP.ADDRESS.HERE with the address of your < router. --- > replacing ROUTER'S.IP.ADDRESS.HERE with the address of your router. > Under IRIX 6.x, omit the "1" at the end of the same line. 1083,1084c1083,1084 < Subject: Why can't some NFS clients NFS-mount IRIX 5.2 filesystems? < Date: 11 Feb 1995 00:00:01 EST --- > Subject: ! Why can't some NFS clients NFS-mount IRIX 5.2 filesystems? > Date: 07 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST 1093a1094,1097 > Zsolt Bagoly reports that DEC OSF1 and Linux > clients can work around this problem with the option "port=2049", > e.g. 'mount -t nfs -o port=2049 server:/path /mount-point'. > 1299c1303 < Subject: + Why won't lpr(1) print very large files? --- > Subject: Why won't lpr(1) print very large files? 1315c1319 < Subject: ! Why isn't the objectserver working? --- > Subject: Why isn't the objectserver working? ------------------------------ Subject: -2- Changes in the SGI apps FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT 102c102 < Subject: ! What's a good graphical text editor for SGIs? --- > Subject: What's a good graphical text editor for SGIs? 728,729c728,729 < Subject: Netscape 1.1 emits "X Error"s. What should I do? < Date: 14 Oct 1995 00:00:01 EST --- > Subject: ! Netscape emits "X Error"s. What should I do? > Date: 07 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST 731c731 < It's a bug, fixed by patch 705. You may also be able to work around --- > It's a bug, fixed by patch 1095. You may also be able to work around 757a758,767 > Subject: + Why do unwanted programs (e.g. Netscape) start themselves > every time I log in? > Date: 07 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST > > It's a feature of the desktop startup script > (/var/X11/xdm/Xsession.dt) in IRIX 6.2. To stop it, do 'chkconfig > firsttimeprograms off'. > > ------------------------------ > 1262a1273,1279 > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: ! How can I get db-1.85 to work on IRIX 5.x? > Date: 07 Sep 1995 00:00:01 EST > > See ftp://viz.tamu.edu/pub/software/db-on-irix5.tar.gz. ------------------------------ Subject: -3- Changes in the SGI audio FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI audio FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -4- Changes in the SGI graphics FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI graphics FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -5- Changes in the SGI hardware FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI hardware FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -6- Changes in the SGI impressario FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI impressario FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -7- Changes in the SGI inventor FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI inventor FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -8- Changes in the SGI misc FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT 265c265 < Subject: ! What are some related mailing lists? --- > Subject: What are some related mailing lists? 492,493c492,493 < Subject: What are some related network-accessible documents? < Date: 12 May 1996 00:00:01 EST --- > Subject: ! What are some related network-accessible documents? > Date: 08 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST 536,537c536 < Contact Mason Woo < See also above under "WWW pages". --- > Contact Paul Ho ------------------------------ Subject: -9- Changes in the SGI movie FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI movie FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -10- Changes in the SGI performer FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI performer FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -11- Changes in the SGI pointer FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT The SGI pointer FAQ has not changed since it was last posted. ------------------------------ Subject: -12- Changes in the SGI security FAQ since it was last posted Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:00:14 CDT 372,373c372,373 < Subject: What security-related bugs does IRIX have? < Date: 17 Aug 1996 00:00:01 EST --- > Subject: ! What security-related bugs does IRIX have? > Date: 07 Sep 1996 00:00:01 EST 722a723,733 > > - ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/CA-96.19.expreserve describes > a bug in expreserve which allows any user to overwrite any file on > the system. ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/Security/19960802-01-I explains > that since SGI's expreserve is setgid sys rather than setuid root as > on some othere systems (yay SGI!), it can only overwrite files which > can be written by group sys. Since there are no important files > which can be written by group sys, no patch is planned. The bug will > be fixed in a future release. Make sure that there are, indeed, no > important files on your system which are writable by group sys. If > you don't need expreserve, 'chmod -s' it. ------------------------------ End of sgi/faq/diffs Digest ****************************** -- The SGI FAQ group http://www-viz.tamu.edu/~sgi-faq/ Finger us for info on the SGI FAQs, or look in ftp://viz.tamu.edu/pub/sgi/. .