Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1074
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:01:09 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Sunday 13 March 2005
 Number  1074
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  The Australian Business Registry : nickl at pacific dot net dot au
2  Re:  The Australian Business Registry : nickl at pacific dot net dot au
3   BOFH: Critical Mass of Geeks : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
4  Re:  The Australian Business Registry : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
5  Re:  BOFH: Critical Mass of Geeks : Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
6  Re:  The Australian Business Registry : Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au>
7   DMISL.EXE Woes : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
8   What is this? : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
9   Junk Mail : Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
10  Re:  The Australian Business Registry : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11  Re:  What is this? : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
12  Re:  What is this? : Paul Smedley <paul at smedley.info>
13  Re:  What is this? : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
14  Re:  What is this? : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
15   GenAlert/NetView/Tivoli : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
16  Re:  What is this? : Ian Manners" <deadmail>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:59:13 +0800
From:  nickl at pacific dot net dot au
Subject:  Re:  The Australian Business Registry

Hi Kev.

Are you still up?

In <4232CB74.7000302 at tpg dot com dot au>, on 03/12/2005 
   at 06:59 PM, Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au> said:

>I was just on this site ...

>         http://www.abr.gov.au/ABR_BC/

>... to apply for an ABN.  I can't do it because I don't use IE.  This is 
>what I just sent to them.

FWIW, I just *had* to have a go.

Got to the second page. Saw all of that **** there. Ignored it.

Was able to get into "Apply for an ABN...." My padlock is locked. Haven't
tried the other menu...it'd be a bit suspicious if I applied for an ABN.
haven't tried IBMWB or Opera yet. 

But I do agree with your sentiment. Just another bit of income that should
be snuffed out. I don't remember seeing any reference to M$ on my
how-to-vote card. Probably as well.

Regards to all

NICK

=========================
>Sir/Madam

>I have tried, unsuccessfully, to access your site to apply for an ABN. 
>I'm sure it must fall dangerously close to a "restrictive trade 
>practice" to REQUIRE all businesses in Australia to use substandard, 
>buggy, virus and hacker-prone, insecure proprietary software to be able 
>to apply on-line for an ABN.  I use both Linux and OS/2 and I use a 
>current Mozilla browser in both operating systems.  Even if I did use 
>the afforementioned spyware magnet, I'd use Mozilla!  When is this 
>extremely annoying bad programming practise planned to be rectified?

>Sincerely yours
>Kev Downes
=========================

>Perhaps others might join the bandwagon with me and aggitate for change.

>Cheers
>Kev

=========================
>Kev Downes
>kdownes at tpg dot com dot au  ph 0404 7 0808 2
>Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! I
>use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation.
=========================
>"Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything;
>He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and
>nothing of himself."             Blaise Pascal
=========================

> 

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nickl at pacific dot net dot au
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**= Email   2 ==========================**

Date:  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:35 +0800
From:  nickl at pacific dot net dot au
Subject:  Re:  The Australian Business Registry

Good News Kev

In <200503121507.j2CF78Mp005417 at mailproxy2.pacific dot net dot au>, on 03/12/2005 
   at 10:59 PM, nickl at pacific dot net dot au said:

>Hi Kev.

>Are you still up?

>In <4232CB74.7000302 at tpg dot com dot au>, on 03/12/2005 
>   at 06:59 PM, Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au> said:

>>I was just on this site ...

>>         http://www.abr.gov.au/ABR_BC/

>>... to apply for an ABN.  I can't do it because I don't use IE.  This is 
>>what I just sent to them.

>FWIW, I just *had* to have a go.

>Got to the second page. Saw all of that **** there. Ignored it.

>Was able to get into "Apply for an ABN...." My padlock is locked. Haven't
>tried the other menu...it'd be a bit suspicious if I applied for an ABN.
>haven't tried IBMWB or Opera yet.

Just had a look at their FAQ's? Seems good. Now tried IBMWB and
Opera....there seems to be no problemo. But maybe it's because I haven't
actually applied for anything. 

>But I do agree with your sentiment. Just another bit of income that
>should be snuffed out. I don't remember seeing any reference to M$ on my
>how-to-vote card. Probably as well.

I have no idea wheather I have JavaScript enabled....maybe I have. It just
sorta works. At least for the moment.

>Regards to all

Same.

>NICK

=========================
>>Sir/Madam

>>I have tried, unsuccessfully, to access your site to apply for an ABN. 
>>I'm sure it must fall dangerously close to a "restrictive trade 
>>practice" to REQUIRE all businesses in Australia to use substandard, 
>>buggy, virus and hacker-prone, insecure proprietary software to be able 
>>to apply on-line for an ABN.  I use both Linux and OS/2 and I use a 
>>current Mozilla browser in both operating systems.  Even if I did use 
>>the afforementioned spyware magnet, I'd use Mozilla!  When is this 
>>extremely annoying bad programming practise planned to be rectified?

>>Sincerely yours
>>Kev Downes
=========================

>>Perhaps others might join the bandwagon with me and aggitate for change.

>>Cheers
>>Kev

=========================
>>Kev Downes
>>kdownes at tpg dot com dot au  ph 0404 7 0808 2
>>Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! I
>>use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation.
=========================
>>"Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything;
>>He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and
>>nothing of himself."             Blaise Pascal
=========================

>> 

>-----------------------------------------------------------
>nickl at pacific dot net dot au
>-----------------------------------------------------------

> 

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nickl at pacific dot net dot au
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**= Email   3 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 02:47:54 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:   BOFH: Critical Mass of Geeks

Got to have a sense of humor ;-)

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/11/bofh_2005_episode_9/>

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

Windows98 Global Beta Test: Now in progress!!!
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**= Email   4 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:13:55 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  The Australian Business Registry

Kev wrote:

> I was just on this site ...
>
> http://www.abr.gov.au/ABR_BC/
>
> ... to apply for an ABN. I can't do it because I don't use IE. This is 
> what I just sent to them.
>
=========================
> Sir/Madam
>
> I have tried, unsuccessfully, to access your site to apply for an ABN. 
> I'm sure it must fall dangerously close to a "restrictive trade 
> practice" to REQUIRE all businesses in Australia to use substandard, 
> buggy, virus and hacker-prone, insecure proprietary software to be 
> able to apply on-line for an ABN. I use both Linux and OS/2 and I use 
> a current Mozilla browser in both operating systems. Even if I did use 
> the afforementioned spyware magnet, I'd use Mozilla! When is this 
> extremely annoying bad programming practise planned to be rectified?
>
> Sincerely yours
> Kev Downes
=========================
>
> Perhaps others might join the bandwagon with me and aggitate for change.
>
> Cheers
> Kev

Hi Kev,

I have a solution for you !!

Install Prefential.xpi and select IE 6 for WinXP and the site lets you 
in fine.

(I'll sent you the file direct in a separate e-mail - simply do a 
file/open in mozilla of this file (whether in OS/2 or Linux) and follow 
the install prompts and then shutdown and restart Mozilla and you have 
the option to change what the browser reports itself as to websites 
(such as this one) that asks.

If you want to on-principal grounds take your complaint further, contact 
the ACCC - they love these sorts of issues and DO usually try to force 
the problem to be fixed !

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:57:21 +1100
From:  Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  BOFH: Critical Mass of Geeks

Just last week I was tidying up my office and in doing so took my time 
to read "The Bastard Operator from Hell" episodes in the "OS/2 Zone" 
magazine.
Nice to see that the series has continued.
Now I'll have to go and read all the intervening episodes.

Regards

Dennis.

Ian Manners wrote:

>Got to have a sense of humor ;-)
>
><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/11/bofh_2005_episode_9/>
>
>
>Cheers
>Ian Manners
>http://www.os2site dot com/
>
>Windows98 Global Beta Test: Now in progress!!!

> 

>
>
>  
>
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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:32:20 +0800
From:  Kev <kdownes at tpg dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  The Australian Business Registry

Hi Ed

Ed Durrant wrote:

> Install Prefential.xpi and select IE 6 for WinXP and the site lets you 
> in fine.
> 
> (I'll sent you the file direct in a separate e-mail - simply do a 
> file/open in mozilla of this file (whether in OS/2 or Linux) and follow 
> the install prompts and then shutdown and restart Mozilla and you have 
> the option to change what the browser reports itself as to websites 
> (such as this one) that asks.

I've done that and it reported successful installation.  I shut down 
Mozilla (completely) and have restarted it.  Where do I get the option 
to change the relevant settings?
> 
> If you want to on-principal grounds take your complaint further, contact 
> the ACCC - they love these sorts of issues and DO usually try to force 
> the problem to be fixed !

I'll do that too.

Thanx
Kev
=========================
Kev Downes
kdownes at tpg dot com dot au  ph 0404 7 0808 2
Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO!
I use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation.
=========================
"Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything;
He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world
and nothing of himself."             Blaise Pascal
=========================
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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:37:12 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:   DMISL.EXE Woes

Hi All,
	I'm having problems with the DMI Service Layer application,
DMISL.EXE in \OS2.

	When the box starts it uses 100% of the CPU.

	When I kill the process, it doesn't die, but it does stop taking
100% of the CPU, but now the DMI browser does not work.

	This is because I've just installed the System View Agent, which
gives me the proper SNMP stuff that I want.

	Has anyone else noticed with and/or got a fix/workaround for it?

-Chris

WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice:  +61-3-9395-1504   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
FAX:    +61-3-9395-7633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA

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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:35:08 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:   What is this?

Looking through Google, I came across this site:

http://t124.ram.ru/go.php

What is running behind it?

go.exe from ????

-Chris

WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice:  +61-3-9395-1504   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
FAX:    +61-3-9395-7633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA

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**= Email   9 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:19:33 +1100
From:  Dennis Nolan <dennik at swiftdsl dot com dot au>
Subject:   Junk Mail

Just a quick question.
Having an ISP which allows for 5 email addresses I've created a 
tripe at swiftdsl dot com account which I use for newsgroup messages.
Obviously this account is getting filled up with spam.

What I would like to do is to somehow configure my true account to the 
tripe account and have any messages in both accounts discarded as spam.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

Regards

Dennis

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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:27:29 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  The Australian Business Registry

Kev wrote:

> Hi Ed
>
> Ed Durrant wrote:
>
>> Install Prefential.xpi and select IE 6 for WinXP and the site lets 
>> you in fine.
>>
>> (I'll sent you the file direct in a separate e-mail - simply do a 
>> file/open in mozilla of this file (whether in OS/2 or Linux) and 
>> follow the install prompts and then shutdown and restart Mozilla and 
>> you have the option to change what the browser reports itself as to 
>> websites (such as this one) that asks.
>
>
> I've done that and it reported successful installation. I shut down 
> Mozilla (completely) and have restarted it. Where do I get the option 
> to change the relevant settings?
>
>>
>> If you want to on-principal grounds take your complaint further, 
>> contact the ACCC - they love these sorts of issues and DO usually try 
>> to force the problem to be fixed !
>
>
> I'll do that too.
>
> Thanx
> Kev

Hmm, should be at the top of the browser - should be obvious, unless I 
sent you the wrong one, that only adds possibilities into the edit 
config menu - I wasn't sure which was the appropraite one - I'll send 
you the other one as well (they can both be installed concurrently - 
that's not a problem).

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   11 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:36:26 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  What is this?

http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/index.html

go.zip   Web interface src&utils, shows process's remotely running on your OS/2 server. From Dmitry Ban.

http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/go.txt

> http://t124.ram.ru/go.php
> What is running behind it?
> go.exe from ????

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're just a mirage.
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**= Email   12 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:08:27 +1030
From:  Paul Smedley <paul at smedley.info>
Subject:  Re:  What is this?

Hi All,
Somewhat related to this - any software that will let you kill errant 
tasks remotely via a web address?  Soemthing that doesn't require access 
to non-standard ports (which rules DTOC out).

Cheers,

Paul.

Ian Manners wrote:
> http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/index.html
> 
> go.zip   Web interface src&utils, shows process's remotely running on your OS/2 server. From Dmitry Ban.
> 
> http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/go.txt
> 
> 
>>http://t124.ram.ru/go.php
>>What is running behind it?
>>go.exe from ????
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.os2site dot com/
> 
> I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're just a mirage.

>  

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**= Email   13 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:41:48 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  What is this?

Paul Smedley wrote:

> Hi All,
> Somewhat related to this - any software that will let you kill errant 
> tasks remotely via a web address?  Soemthing that doesn't require 
> access to non-standard ports (which rules DTOC out).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
>
What about VNC ??

Bring up full remote control, PSTAT and KILL ??

Cheers/2

Ed.

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**= Email   14 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:44:33 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  What is this?

Correction on the actual exe :-

GO! v1.5 - (c) 1993-95 by Carsten Wimmer

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:36:26 +1100 (EDT), Ian Manners wrote:

> http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/index.html
> 
> go.zip   Web interface src&utils, shows process's remotely running on your OS/2 server. From Dmitry Ban.
> 
> http://www.os2site dot com/sw/internet/www/cgi/go.txt
> 
> > http://t124.ram.ru/go.php
> > What is running behind it?
> > go.exe from ????
> 
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.os2site dot com/
> 
> I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're just a mirage.

>  

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

He who laughs last thinks slowest.
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**= Email   15 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:02:17 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:   GenAlert/NetView/Tivoli

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:14:27 +1100, Chris_Graham at aami dot com dot au wrote:

>
>os2-isp-owner <os2-isp-owner at warpspeed dot com dot au> wrote on 22/02/2005 
>13:37:48:
>
>> 
>> Does anyone know anything about: 
>> 
>> - the GENALERT service that allows alerts to be routed to either the
>> IBM Lan Network Manager or NetView/6000. 

The bit that I don't get is that it appears to use SNA to route the alerts.
Why was/do we need SNA to do this? That means that I have to put comms mgr
in to get me SNA support.

If it is being routed using SNA to netview, which is IP based, do I also
need Comms Mgr on AIX to match the other end?

Or it can use 802.2, but that receives those packets?

Actually, the best I've seen in way of a description comes from the DB2
docs. Search for MIB in the DB2 search help and you'll be pointed to:

file:///D:/SQLLIB/DOC/HTML/db2p0/db2p046.htm

(map yours out as necessary)

which says this:

Troubleshooting Guide
Alerts

An alert is an error notification issued when a severe error occurs. It can
be sent to a central machine, for the attention of network administrators.

Alerts are written to both the DB2 diagnostic log (db2diag.log) and to the
alert log (db2alert.log). Like the db2diag.log file, the db2alert.log file
contains the following information:

    * The location of an alert error condition
    * A diagnostic message explaining the reason for any errors 

Unlike entries in the db2diag.log file, however, db2alert.log entries can
be viewed more readily by system administrators and others from system-wide
error logging facilities:

    * For AIX and other UNIX-based environments, the syslog file. See
"Using the System Error Log (syslog)".

    * For OS/2, FFST/2 and SNA alerts. See "Using the FFST for OS/2
Utility".

    * For Windows NT, the event log. See "Diagnostic Tools for Windows NT".

SNMP Alerts

If the DB2 SNMP subagent is activated, any DB2 alerts will produce a
corresponding SNMP trap. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a
widely available and well-accepted protocol for distributed management, and
is supported by DB2 for OS/2, DB2 for Windows NT, and DB2 for AIX.

DB2 supports SNMP with agents and subagents:

    * The SystemView product provides an SNMP agent for the MVS, OS/2,
Windows NT, and AIX operating systems. The SystemView SNMP agent provides a
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) service layer through which applications
such as TME or NetFinity can access information about a particular machine.
The SystemView Agent also provides DMI to Distributed Protocol Interface
(DPI) mapping so that:

          o Subagents at a workstation can use DMI, or DPI via SNMP, to
communicate information

          o Management applications can use DMI, or DPI via SNMP, to gather
information 

      The SystemView agent must be at the DPI Version 2 level. It is
shipped with TCP/IP Version 3, and with DB2 for Windows 95 and DB2 for
Windows NT.

    * The DB2 SNMP subagent is a resident DB2 program. When invoked, it
attempts to connect to the SNMP agent and to register the RDBMS MIB
sub-tree to that agent. If the SNMP agent is not present, the DB2 SNMP
subagent will periodically retry to connect and register to the SNMP agent.
Once invoked and connected, the DB2 SNMP subagent generates alerts to an
SNMP manager in the case of a severe DB2 error (for example, a condition
that requires operator intervention).

      The DB2 SNMP subagent complies with the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) standard (RFC 1697). It also supports the attributes of the
Internet Engineering Task Force Relational Database (RDBMS) Management
Information Base (MIB), also known as the IETF RDBMS MIB. The IETF RDBMS
MIB is an emerging industry standard for management of relational databases
(RFC 1697). 

Invocation

DB2 has a built-in SNMP subagent designed to work with any SystemView agent
installed on the same machine, using DPI via SNMP. To configure this
subagent, use the snmpcfg command. (Alternatively, click on the snmpcfg
icon in the IBM SystemView Agent folder that is available on Windows NT.)

On the window that appears, you can configure the SNMP subagent to apply to
a specific community name ("public" is the default), and to send trap
information from this community to particular IP addresses.

To start the SNMP agent and the DB2 SNMP subagent:

    * For Windows NT and OS/2:

         1. Start DB2.

         2. Start the SystemView agent SNMP daemon from the SNMPD icon in
the IBM SystemView Agent folder, or with the snmpd command.

         3. Start the DB2 SNMP subagent with the command db2snmpd.

         4. To stop the DB2 SNMP subagent, use the command db2snmpd -end. 

    * For AIX:

         1. Start DB2.

         2. Start the SNMP daemon agent with the snmpd command. You must
have root authority to issue this command.

         3. Start the DB2 SNMP subagent with the command db2snmpd.

         4. To stop the DB2 SNMP subagent, use the command db2snmpd -end. 

To turn on DPI internal debugging and tracing, use the -d parameter with
the db2snmpd command. DPI tracing will be turned on at level 2, enabling
the display of a hexadecimal dump of incoming and outgoing DPI packets

The bit that is of interest to us is the FFST for OS/2 Utilitity bit:

file:///D:/SQLLIB/DOC/HTML/db2p0/db2p057.htm#HDRFSTUTIL

which says:

Troubleshooting Guide
Using the FFST for OS/2 Utility

The First Failure Support Technology/2 (FFST for OS/2) program captures
error data at the point of occurrence, provides immediate problem
notification to predefined locations, and furnishes unique error code
identification. Because it remains passive until a software error is
detected, its impact on system performance is minimal.

FFST for OS/2 provides the following functions:

    * Error logging in a SYSLOG file called LOG00001.DAT (see "Using the
OS/2 Logging Facility" for information on how to view this file)

    * System Network Architecture (SNA) generic alerts 

Currently, FFST for OS/2 is accessed by LAN Adapter and Protocol Support
(to log messages only) and by DB2 (to log error data and generic alerts).

Adding the FFST for OS/2 Program Group to the Desktop Manager Window

The FFST for OS/2 program group must exist on your Desktop Manager window.
If it has not already been added, type the following command at the OS/2
command line:

EPWINST

This command presents you with a series of windows that allow you to
specify the FFST for OS/2 configuration parameters and enter the
workstation parameters. (To reset the parameters to the default values,
select Reset.) After specifying the appropriate parameters in each window,
select OK.

See "Configuring and Enabling the FFST for OS/2 Utility" for details on the
FFST for OS/2 configuration parameters.

Configuring and Enabling the FFST for OS/2 Utility

You can modify FFST for OS/2 operations and configuration with the epw
command. For example, you can:

    * Enable and disable FFST for OS/2

    * Enable and disable the FFST for OS/2 message display

    * Select the maximum number of dump data sets of a given type (either
system dumps or application dumps) that may exist at one time in the
current subdirectory for that type of dump

    * Select the subdirectory in which to place FFST for OS/2 dump data
files

    * Select the path and file name of the FFST for OS/2 message log 

FFST for OS/2 is enabled by the presence of the epw command in the
CONFIG.SYS file. All of the command parameters are optional and may be
specified in any combination or order.

This command operates in two modes:

    * Initialization mode: FFST for OS/2 has not yet been enabled.

    * Configuration mode: FFST for OS/2 is enabled (ON) and new values for
the parameters are being specified. 

The syntax of the FFST for OS/2 epw command follows:

        +---------------------------------------------------+
        V                                                   |
>>-epw----+------------------------------------------------++--><
          +-+-on--+----------------------------------------+
          | +-off-+                                        |
          +-msg--=--+-on--+--------------------------------+
          |         +-off-+                                |
          +-maxsysdump--=--nn------------------------------+
          +-maxapldump--=--nn------------------------------+
          +-sysdumppath--=--+--------+-+-------+-----------+
          |                 +-drive:-+ +-\path-+           |
          +-apldumppath--=--+--------+-+-------+-----------+
          |                 +-drive:-+ +-\path-+           |
          +-mlogname--=--+--------+-+-------+-+-----------++
                         +-drive:-+ +-\path-+ +-\filename-+

ON|OFF

    Specifies whether FFST for OS/2 will be enabled or disabled:

    ON
        Enables all of the data-capturing capabilities of the FFST for OS/2
program, which include customized dump, error logging, generic alerts and
message logging.

        (This parameter is the default when you type EPW without specifying
any parameters.)

    OFF
        Disables the FFST for OS/2 program's data-capturing capabilities. 

    Notes:

       1. In order for FFST for OS/2 to produce error logs, the operating
system LOG function must be enabled. See "Using OS/2 Logging Facility
Commands".

       2. The syslog command impacts operations. Enter syslog /s at the
OS/2 command prompt to suspend FFST for OS/2 error logging, and syslog /r
to resume it. 

MSG={ ON|OFF}

    Specifies whether FFST for OS/2 will display messages:

    ON
        Displays messages

    OFF
        Suppresses message display 

MAXSYSDUMP=nn

    Specifies the maximum number of system software dumps that may occur in
the current system dump directory. System software dump files are named
OS2SYSxx.DMP, where xx ranges from 01 to nn.

    Notes:

       1. When FFST for OS/2 is initialized, xx is initialized to the index
of the newest dump file in the current dump directory plus one. Whenever xx
exceeds nn, it is reset to 01. The value nn must be between 08 and 99. Its
predefined default value is 32.

       2. If the epw command is invoked in initialization mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the default value of 32 will be
used.

       3. If the epw command is invoked in configuration mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the current value remains
unchanged. 

MAXAPLDUMP=nn

    Specifies the maximum number of software dumps that may occur in the
current dump directory. System software dump files are named OS2APLxx.DMP,
where xx ranges from 01 to nn.

    Notes:

       1. When FFST for OS/2 is initialized, xx is initialized to the index
of the newest dump file in the current dump directory plus one. Whenever xx
exceeds nn, it is reset to 01. The value nn must be between 8 and 99. Its
predefined default value is 32.

       2. If the epw command is invoked in initialization mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the default value of 32 will be
used.

       3. If the epw command is invoked in configuration mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the current value remains
unchanged. 

SYSDUMPPATH=[drive:][\path]

    Specifies the drive and directory where a system software dump file
should be placed once it is generated.

    Notes:

       1. If a drive is not included in the path, the boot drive will be
used. The default value for the directory is OS2\SYSTEM. Dump file names
cannot be set using this command.

       2. If this command is invoked in initialization mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the default value will be used.

       3. If this command is invoked in configuration mode and this keyword
is not specified, or is invalid, the current value remains unchanged. 

APLDUMPPATH=[drive:][\path]

    Specifies the drive and directory where a software dump file will be
placed once it is generated.

    Notes:

       1. If a drive is not included in the path, the boot drive will be
used. The default value for the directory is OS2\SYSTEM. Dump file names
cannot be set using this command.

       2. If the epw command is invoked in initialization mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the default value will be used.

       3. If the epw command is invoked in configuration mode and this
keyword is not specified or is invalid, the current value remains
unchanged. 

MLOGNAME=[drive:][\path][\file_name]

    Specifies the fully qualified file name to be used for the message log
file. If a drive is not included in the file name, the default drive will
be used. (The default drive is the drive the system was booted from.)

    If a directory is not specified, the default directory will be used.
The default directory is OS2\SYSTEM.

    If a file name is not specified, the default file name OS2MLOG.DAT will
be used. 

The first invocation of the epw command defines the values that will be
used until the machine is rebooted or the values are reset.

For example, assume you enabled FFST for OS/2 by placing the following line
in the CONFIG.SYS file:

RUN=C:\OS2\EPW.EXE MAXAPLDUMP=75

If you later disable FFST for OS/2 by issuing EPW OFF, the value for
MAXAPLDUMP in a subsequent EPW ON command will be 75 rather than 32.

This applies to all of the epw keywords listed above.

Accessing FFST for OS/2 Error Records

Error records logged through FFST for OS/2 are recorded in the OS/2 System
Error Log (SYSLOG). This is the same log to which the OS/2 logging facility
writes error records. Refer to "Using the OS/2 Logging Facility" for
information about the syslog command. (You can also select System Error Log
in the FFST for OS/2 program group window to access this log.)

DB2 will always write a symptom record when using any of the FFST for OS/2
services. The symptom record includes:

    * Hardware and software information

    * A timestamp

    * Error code information

    * The name of the dump file, if one was produced

    * A problem identifier generated by FFST for OS/2

    * The message number and the first 32 characters of the message string
if message services was requested (DB2 does not use this service)

    * A symptom string, which uniquely identifies the error and is used by
DB2 Customer Service to determine exactly which portion of DB2 caused the
error to be logged.

      This string is generated in the following format: PIDS/ccccccccc
LVLS/lll RIDS/ssssssss PCSS/nnnn PRCS/pppppppp PRCS/scscscsc MS/mnmnmnmn

    * A message "ALERT: Y" if an alert was generated 

Routing Generic Alerts

In order to route generic alerts over an SNA session to a host (such as
SystemView) or to a LAN alert collection facility, you must enable the
Generic Alert Router function of the FFST for OS/2 program, and specify a
destination. To do this, use the epwrout command.

Its syntax is as follows:

epwrout [Destination] [Option]

The parameters of this command are optional and positional. If only one
parameter is specified, it is assumed to be the Destination parameter. This
parameter is a numeric value to specify an action, and supports the
following values:

-1
    The router is enabled, and alerts will be routed to a dump file called
EPWALERT.DMP. The path is set by the SYSDUMPPATH parameter of the epw
command.

0
    The router is terminated, if it is active.

1
    The router is enabled, and alerts will be routed to the default
destination. The alerts will be sent over an SNA session to the host using
the SNA component of Communications Server. (If no destination value is
specified, this value is the default.)

2
    The router is enabled, and alerts will be routed over a LAN 802.2
session to a LAN alert collection facility. If you use this value, you may
need to specify the Option parameter. 

The Option parameter is needed only if the destination value is "2". It
specifies the LAN adapter used to route alerts. If it is not specified, its
value is assumed to be "0", and adapter 0 will be used. Values 0 through n
are supported, where n is the number of LAN adapters available for your
system. (The first LAN adapter is identified as Adapter 0.)

Start the router by placing a RUN= statement in the CONFIG.SYS file, or
with the start or detach commands at the command line.

For example, to route the alerts to a dump file called EPWALERT.DMP, do one
of the following:

    * Include RUN=EPWROUT -1 in the CONFIG.SYS file

    * Use the command start epwrout -1

    * Run detach epwrout -1 at the command line 

Which is the first time that I've seen epwrout actually defined! :-)

-Chris

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Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:35:32 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  What is this?

Hi Paul

> Somewhat related to this - any software that will let you kill errant 
> tasks remotely via a web address?  Soemthing that doesn't require access 
> to non-standard ports (which rules DTOC out).

go.php has this as one of its settings :-
$allowed_to_kill = array('127.0.0.1', '192.168.16.240', '201.8.201.19');    // hosts that are allowed to kill processes

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

Finance majors do it with interest.
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