Yes, Herve, that helps!
Thanks. That one's a keeper.
Can you answer my question about how to read the port.status section of
the smat -s output?
(That's what you get for being helpful.)
cds
> From: Herve Balestrieri
>
> When there is no UNIX session logged into UniVerse, you can
> setup an inode link with the "list_readu" executable to run
> "UNLOCK" commands from UNIX :
>
> # cd `cat /.uvhome`
> # ln bin/list_readu bin/unlock
> # bin/unlock LOGINLOCK SEMAPHORE
>
> From: Stevenson, Charles
>
> A more dangerous similar example is locking the login semaphore.
> Logins to UV shell are singlethreaded via this semaphore.
> uvlictool apparently sets the semaphore so it can do its
> thing in peace.
> If you run uvlictool and pipe the results to a typo ("gerp"
> instead of "grep" is one of my favorites), then uvlictool
> aborts without clearing the semaphore & no one can log in.
> At that point root needs to do UNLOCK LOGINLOCK SEMAPHORE.
> Provided root is already logged in!
> Don't know what happens if you don't have already have a
> superuser Universe session established. I generally keep one
> session like that in the computer room.
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