Notes for ING users migrated from SunOS to Solaris

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Where are the files? All I see is a directory oldsunos
Why are they in a subdirectory?
Is there a way on the sunOS sparc to see all of the new account?
Which sparc should I use?
How should I reference files in scripts etc?
The transition period is over - what should I do?
Netscape
Mail

Where are the files? All I see is a directory oldsunos

You are looking at the home directory of the username account as viewed from a Solaris cluster sparc. The files for the sunOS account on lpss1 are all in the subdirectory oldsunos.

Why are they in a subdirectory?

The operating systems on the Solaris cluster and the sunOS cluster (lpss1, lpss2 etc) require different login scripts in the home directory. So, we can't have exactly the same home directory. The solution adopted is that the Solaris file server serves andromeda:/home/ username as the home directory for Solaris sparcs and andromeda:/home/ username /oldsunos as the home directory for the old SunOS sparcs (at least for the duration of the transition period).

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Can I move directories in oldsunos up to the home directory?

Yes. However, if you do so the moved directory will cease to be visible to the old sunos sparcs which only see the contents of the directory oldsunos and below.

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Is there a way on the sunOS sparc to see all of the new account?

No. You can only see the contents of the directory oldsunos and its sub-directories - which is after all what you had before migration.

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Which sparc should I use?

In the transition period both the sunos and Solaris sparcs can be used. However you should use a solaris cluster sparc (eg scorpio). Naturally you will want to use the best available compute server. As we buy new sparcs this might change. As a convenience the alias cs1 "Compute Server 1" (or compute1) is defined. If you specify cs1 you will automatically be connected to our best compute server.

Any problems should be reported to the Computing Faclities Group via an entry in the fault database .

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How should I reference files in scripts etc?

Files not in oldsunos should be referenced like this

/home/ username /afolder/example1.txt

You should use the transition period to remove any references to paths like "/home/ lpss1 / username " - lpss1 will cease to exist soon. Only ever use /home/ username - this works on both sunOS and Solaris sparcs.

If you have a file /home/ username /oldsunos/myfolder/example.txt which needs to be visible to the sunOS sparcs during the transition period you should refer to it in all scripts as without the oldsunos element of the path name.

/home/ username /myfolder/example.txt

This will work on both sunOS and Solaris sparcs if you and make a link

/home/ username /myfolder --> /home/ username /oldsunos/myfolder

Example

user@scorpio> cd ~
user@scorpio> ln -s oldsunos/myfolder .

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The transition period is over - what should I do?

After the last sunOS sparc has been switched off then there is no need for anything to be in the oldsunos directory. You can move the directories with useful contents up from oldsunos directory to the home directtory. If you made a link to get through the transition period you should remove the link before attempting to move the directory up.

Example

user@scorpio> cd ~
user@scorpio> rm myfolder
user@scorpio> mv oldsunos/myfolder .

Netscape

versions
There are two versions of the Netscape browser programs available.
- netscape
```
/usr/local/bin/netscape --> /opt/INGsparc/bin/netscape
```
- communicator
```
oops - seems to be lost just now :-)
```
bookmarks
The browser uses a directory called .netscape in your accounts home directory. When your account was moved a copy was made of your old SunOS .netscape directory and placed in /home/ username. This has allowed you to retain all your bookmarks. However, if you continue to use SunOS sparcs during the transition period then please do not add bookmarks - these additions will only appear in /home/ username /oldsunos/.netscape. Similarly additional bookmarks made using a solaris sparc will only appear when you use a solarsi sparc. This of course doesn't matter if you follow the CFG recommendation below ...
recommendation - use only Solaris sparc for browsing from now on.
Given the fact that the Solaris sparcs are much faster please use a solaris sparc when browsing. This will also allow you to continue to add bookmarks.
cache
The netscape program by default creates a cache in /home/ username /.netscape/cache On solaris systems this has been made a link to /scratch/netcache/ username /.netscape/cache. This has the advantage that you can set the cache limits to be large and not worry about netscape consuming your diskquota.

A system utility composed by the CFG runs as a cron job of root and monitors the netscape cache area and avoids it filling up. You can of course empty your own cache directory at any time. (Options -> Network Preferences -> cache -> "Clear Disk Cache Now")

The Recommended value under the Netscape menu " Network Preferences - Cache" is Disk Cache 50000 Kilobytes

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mail

Your mail is now delivered to andromeda. However you can read it on any Solaris sparc. For the duration of the transition period you can also use any SunOS sparc to process your mail. Your mail program needs to understand the IMAP (Internet Mail Access protocol) so it can connect to andromeda to get your mail. For pine you should check that your file /home/ username /.pinerc has the following values

inbox-path={andromeda.roque.ing.iac.es}inbox
folder-collections={andromeda.roque.ing.iac.es}mail/[]

To enable SunOS sparcs to read your mail you should also check the file /home/ username /oldsunos/.pinerc. This will normally have been done by CFG when your account was migrated.

If, when in pine, you are prompted for a password and you find this tedious then you can make an entry in the ~/.rhosts file to enable pine to get quick access to your mailbox files without needing to prompt for a password. You will need an entry in .rhosts similar to the example below

Example

andromeda.roque.ing.iac.es username

Be aware that having a .rhosts file enables access to your account which bypasses normal passwords. See the man pages on rhosts.

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