July 16, 2001 Dear search400 Member, This week's member update focuses on our Featured Topic, Linux, plus lots of great tech tips to maximize your skills: * Featured Topic: Linux * Book of the Week: Open Source Linux Web Programming * Discussion Forum: Client Access in Windows NT registry settings * How do I find out who did what in V4R4? * WebSphere Tip: Use the JNDI to keep track of distributed data * Admin Tip: Track jobs by queue * Recent member-submitted tech tips * Best Web Links on AS/400 Networking * Featured Destination: SearchMiddleware.com FEATURED TOPIC: Linux Linux, the open-source operating system, promises to pave the way for a new stream of e-business applications. We've gathered some resources to help you weigh the pros and cons of going with the open-source solution. Take a look at: http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci754687,00.html Related info includes: ** News: IBM should give away trial Linux capacity on an iSeries http://search400.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid3_gci555550,00.html ** Tip: Time to join the open-source revolution http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci333181,00.html ** Expert advice: Trouble calling/creating an SQL package on the AS/400 http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid394949_tax285221,00.html ** Best Web Links: Open Source Development http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax283197,00.html BOOK OF THE WEEK Open Source Linux Web Programming by Christopher A. Jones and Drew Batchelor This complete toolbox of techniques shows you how to harness the open-source power of Linux -- and create world-class Internet applications. Expert Web developers Christopher Jones and Drew Batchelor explain the complexities of 3-tier Web applications, distributed architecture, and object-oriented programming -- and demonstrate how to use open source tools such as Perl, XML, and Java to build scalability, flexibility, and performance into your Internet site. Purchase this book at the Learning Zone Bookstore at a great price: http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0764546198&ac_id=55 DISCUSSION FORUM: Client Access in Windows NT registry settings A search400 member says his company runs Client Access Express on Windows NT 4 service pack 6. For installing Client access they created a WIN INSTALL batch, but it seems that some updates are not taken into account during the WIN INSTALL. Think you might be able to help? Read this complete post in our OS/400 discussion forum. Post your own insight or share your similar challenges in this popular interactive forum! http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/205 HOW DO I FIND OUT WHO DID WHAT IN V4R4? A search400 member writes: "I know this is an easy question. In V4R2 you could put your cursor on a message (QSYSOPR or GHST) press F1 and then F9 and find the user name that answered the message. In V4R4 all that is ever seen for user is arb jobs and QUSER. How do I find out who did what?" Read what site expert Richard Belles had to say: http://www.search400.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid403822_tax285222,00.html WEBSPHERE TIP: Use the JNDI to keep track of distributed data In this tip AS/400 expert Bob Cancilla shows you how you can use the Java Naming and Directory Interface to find objects and information about them in distributed systems. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci753541,00.html ADMIN TIP: Track jobs by queue When you want to know what job queue originated a job, search400 member Larry Ketzes says this method is the only way to do it. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci752993,00.html RECENT MEMBER-SUBMITTED TIPS Search400 members submitted these tips recently. Check them out and rate them to let us know what you think about their helpfulness. You probably have a tip or two of your own similar to these. Why not send them in and enter to win a Secret Agent Seiko Watch! http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz751399_cts751376,00.html [1] Add LOTS of info to your sign-on screen Submitted by Thomas Liotta http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci754602,00.html [2] Applying group PTFs Submitted by Kim Kuras http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci754665,00.html [3] An easy way of saving the scheduler entries Submitted by Investiga Teknoda http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci754350,00.html [4] Copy from Client Access green screen without mouse Submitted by Raymond Johnson http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci754601,00.html [5] Explain it visually Submitted by Clint Davis http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci754516,00.html BEST WEB LINKS Networking your iSeries can bring with it some unique challenges and problems. We've found some articles and resources to help you out: * The facts about SNA over TCIP/IP networks * Focus on networking & connectivity * PowerLock network security * The iSeries 400 as a network server * SNMP driver a new option for printing in TCP/IP networks Go to http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax282057,00.html to read those articles, as well as the many others, in our Best Web Links on AS/400 Networking. FEATURED DESTINATION: SearchMiddleware.com The Middleware market is growing at an incredible rate with new products popping up all the time. How do you make sense of it all? Try searchMiddleware.com. Find the information it takes to purchase, implement and administer the right Middleware/B2Bi solution to maximize your investment in legacy systems and avoid costly mistakes. Update your member profile today to get the practical information needed to plan and implement the most effective middleware solution your for company - FREE! 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