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Tomcat IIS Integration
CVS Server
Xterm on Windows
MSSQL Services Password

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Sun Solaris - Win CVS Server

  1. Obtain the CVS server application binary for Solaris on the ftp server
  2. Unzip using gzip -d
  3. Place the CVS Server application in the /usr/local/bin directory and make executable if necessary
  4. Initialise the respository location
    export CVSROOT=/home/cvs
    cvs init
  5. make and entry in /etc/inetd.conf for the remote cvs access
    cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs cvs -f --allow-root=/home/cvs pserver
  6. refresh or re-start the inetd process
  7. make an entry in etc/services to allow cvs to run
    cvspserver 2401/tcp cvs #CVS connection

If you managed to get this to work you should now be able to access the CVS Server

Xterm on Windows

One way to remotely manage Unix/Linix machines from a Windows desktop

  1. Obtain a windows X server like MI/x
  2. Install on your windows machine
  3. Telnet from windows command line to the Unix machine
  4. Set the DISPLAY variable for X to find your windows machine
    e.g. export DISPLAY=172.18.2.43:0.0
  5. Start the xterm session
    xterm -sb -sl 400 -T UnixMachineName &
    The options -
    sb - Gives a scroll bar
    sl 400 - Number of lines to scroll
    T UnixMachineName titles the X window
    & Runs the process in background so you can exit the command prompt in windows and still have the X-window

Once the window starts you can start other windows from this window using the same command above

MSSQL Services password change

If you have recently changed an account password and MSSQL stops working because of a login failure you will need to re-enter the new password into the MSSQL Server and SQLSERVER AGENT services from the services control panel.