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Changes to Chapter 2
The following sections are added in support of X servers.
Sun Workstation/X Workstation Support
Sun workstations or X workstations from a variety of vendors can be used as full-feature
workstations. Sun workstations must either use OpenWindows or an X server that is compatible
with X Version 11 Release 4 or later. X workstations from other vendors must use an X server that
is compatible with X Version 11 Release 4 or later.
The following sections describe how to configure Sun workstations running OpenWindows and
UNIX workstations running an X server based on MIT’s X Version11 Release 4 sample server. The
tools as described in the following paragraphs should be provided by your software or workstation
vendor. If they are not, the following section provides ideas on what to look for in vendor-specific
documentation.
Network Configuration
Any time a new workstation is added to the network, the workstation’s IP address and name must
be added to the /etc/hosts files on both the NMS host and UIP. Also, the IP address and name of
both the NMS host and UIP must be added to the workstation’s /etc/hosts file. The workstation
name and user IDs on the workstation must be added to the file /usr/ffw/.rhosts on both the NMS
host and UIP. This gives users on the workstation permission to remotely execute commands on
the NMS host and UIP, while using the ffw user ID. Refer to the hosts and rhosts man pages for
more information.
To verify the changes on the workstation, type the following commands:
rcmd -l ffw <NMS-host> echo hello
rcmd -l ffw <NMS-host> echo hello
Where:
<NMS-host>
is the NMS host name.
If the command
rcmd
does not exist, try
rsh
or
remsh
.
