Re: [U2] [Redback/Unix/UniVerse] Security of redback login

2005-08-09 Thread Andy Pflueger
We secure our RedBack login with a little BASH scripted menu that I put together. When redback logs onto our system, the menu script is executed and there are the following options...startrgw, stoprgw, showrgw, perfrgw, run UDT, exit/logout. We've taken an extra step of locking down our RedBack

Re: [U2] [Redback/Unix/UniVerse] Security of redback login

2005-08-09 Thread Andy Pflueger
Moreover, for those that are interested, here's the script to which I'm referring. Keep in mind that pathing to the RGWHOME, RGWBIN, UDTHOME, and UDTBIN are important. You could always leave out the EXIT section and make it LOGOUT instead to force the connection to be broken...we trust our RedBack

[U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
I've posted the following to the OpenQM user's list, and thought I'd have a crack at U2-users as well. I've been playing with OpenQM at home for a couple of days now. Most of the questions I've had were quickly answered by consulting the manual. But because of the app I'm building at home, I

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread Richard Taylor
As a general statement, want you are doing is not something you want to experiment with unless you have a completely separate development machine to work with that you can refresh if you mess it up. You need to have a much better understanding of the file structure used by your application before

Re: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Christophe Marchal
I'va made something like this on U2 too. Juste make a derived field that use RND(@TIME) to generate a random number. (maybe in a subroutine) And use select like this : SELECT MYFILE BY RANDOM_FIELD SAMPLE 100 But, as ordering record is made before sampling, it could take a little time if you

Re: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Martin Phillips
Hi Dave, I've built a database of all my mp3s. Now I want to generate a random list of 100 songs. s there a way to do that with a SELECT statement, or must I muck around in basic to do so. This depends what you mean by random. If you are happy to agree that the hashing process is effectively

Re: [U2] [Redback/Unix/UniVerse] Security of redback login

2005-08-09 Thread John Godzina
Can you set the redback user's login shell to /bin/false, or lock the account via passwd (passwd -l option or some *nix systems, or manual editing with vipw or similar). I start redback via init scripts something like this: /bin/su - rbuser -c /u2/redback354/server/redback/rgw/bin/startrgw

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread Brutzman, Bill
Will's answer is quite excellent but... 1. The SandBox VOC needs to know about files. So, I did something similar like... SELECT MYPOINTER WITH F1 = F COPY FROM MYPOINTER TO VOC SELECT MYPOINTER WITH F1 = PA COPY FROM MYPOINTER TO VOC 2. The first program that I

Re: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Geoffrey Mitchell
This doesn't work (at least on UV). The sample happens before the sort, not after. Otherwise, however, it's an ingenious idea. Incidentally, you could do the same thing (at least in UV) without creating a new dictionary, by using EVAL. i.e., SELECT MYFILE BY EVAL RND(@TIME) That way you

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
Yes, I would like a DIFFERENT 100 every time, otherwise the FIRST would have worked. The first thing I thought of was your basic routine, but I just wondered if I'd overlooked a SELECT option that I wasn't familiar with. I'm wondering which would be more efficient; the basic subroutine or

Re: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread harjinder . dhothar
Note truly random but you could try SELECT SAMPLED x SAMPLE 100 where x is a number to specify how often to select a recod, you could change this number every time you did the select h [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/08/2005 15:04 Please respond to

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Mark Eastwood
Try creating an I Descriptor dictionary item that uses the RND() function. SSELECT xxx BY NEWDICT READNEXT first item, should be different each time? Mark. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread harjinder . dhothar
The problem here is that anything in the PRODUCTION voc that looks like 1F 2FILENAME 3D_FILENAME will need to be changed in the SANDBOX account to 1Q 2PRODUCTION 3FILENAME this is because these are actual files in the PRODUCTION account and they dont exist in the SANDBOX account, so you need

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread George Gallen
Bill, you copied the VOC to the account (and a new unix directory I'm assuming) but...the actual FILE and contents were not copied, only the VOC entry. 1. delete the VOC entry 2. CREATE-FILE FILENAME (1/19/30 - your choice) (in the sandbox) 3. LOGTO production 4. Create a Q pointer (QPFILE) in

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread George Gallen
I wouldn't change them to Q pointers. Otherwise the sandbox account will CHANGE the data in the PRODUCTION account, you need to copy them to the new account so you have your own files to muck with. George -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of

Re: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Martin Phillips
Dave, I'm wondering which would be more efficient; the basic subroutine or Christophe's suggestion of an I descriptor? Both solutions require that the entire file is read to construct the list. There probably isn't a lot in it either way. Martin Phillips Ladybridge Systems 17b Coldstream

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread George Gallen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George Gallen Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:43 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC Bill, you copied the VOC to the account (and a new unix directory I'm assuming)

RE: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread Anthony Dzikiewicz
Sometimes this can be dangerous. We had a routine to open files in a common area. We had a live account in one directory and a test in another. If you switched back and forth between live and test you were still pointing to the same files. We had to create a 'close files' routine when

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Allen E. Elwood
The I-desc is a nice idea, however you're going to get multiple hits on the same song, and don't we all hate that when we hear the same song? The basic idea is very similar to something that I did with the thought of the day. I used to select the entire file put it into an array, and then base

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Rex Gozar
To build on Christophe Marchal's idea, why not SELECT MYFILE BY EVAL RND(@TIME) SELECT MYFILE SAMPLE 100 --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
I use xmms for playing the music, but until now have used a mysql database to generate the playlists. What I'm actually trying to do is learn how to talk to OpenQM with qmclilib. I've managed to create a python wrapper for the library, and have now built the database using the same program I

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
I did not know about a SAMPLED clause. You learn something new every day (hopefully). Thanks, -- Dave Walker 8..7 4(()) -::- -::-8.74 .74(()) ((88.74 ..74 -::- ((88.74 * Peace -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Allen E. Elwood
Wow, and here I just program dull business programs, day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Have Fun -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:51 To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org'

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Norman Morgan
Please contact me off-list. I'm curious about the end use of your random selection of music files. A similar idea has been kicking around in my head for years. === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Gonzalez
Wow, imagine using my ipod with a MV database. At 11:27 AM 8/9/2005 -0700, you wrote: Wow, and here I just program dull business programs, day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Have Fun -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
The dull business programs is my day job. The fun stuff is at night. Just trying to keep my skillset current. Thanks, -- Dave Walker 8..7 4(()) -::- -::-8.74 .74(()) ((88.74 ..74 -::- ((88.74 * Peace -Original

RE: [U2] True random select lists?

2005-08-09 Thread George Gallen
know what you mean. I installed PE on a mini-PC running Fedora at home for those little projects. It's a cool little computer http://www.carcarealert.com/mini-pc.bmp With it's small footprint, it sits on top of our regular PC, I run it with no keyboard, mouse or display (telnet in from laptop).

[U2] Remote printing in UniVerse release 10.1.3

2005-08-09 Thread Paul Hamrick
I have defined a remote Windows TCP/IP printer; in Windows I can print a test print job fine. In UniVerse I executed the SPOOL -LIST and see my defined Windows printer. I execute SETPTR to defined printer and send a print job from TCL and the job leaves UniVerse goes to the Windows spooler where

[OT] Sig (WAS RE: [U2] True random select lists?)

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Walker
Well, back before I had to use outlook as my email client, it was some spiffy ascii art that looks like swirls of smoke and stars with 'Peace' at the end. Outlook mangles it so that it's unrecognisable before it sends it, though. -- Dave Walker 8..7 4(()) -::- -::-8.74

Re: [U2] Remote printing in UniVerse release 10.1.3

2005-08-09 Thread results
I suggest that you set up a generic Text-to-file 'printer' and route to it. If it doesn't get to the file, you know the printer itself isn't the problem. If the generic text file does generate, I'd look to see if so step is adding control chars which are affecting the printer. -- Charles

RE: [U2] Remote printing in UniVerse release 10.1.3 {Unclassified}

2005-08-09 Thread HENDERSON MIKE, MR
Paul, Generally speaking, you will need to set up the printer that UniVerse sees with a 'Generic / Text Only' driver. This will probably mean you need to set up two (or more) Windows printers, pointing to the same physical device. One is the 'real' printer definition that you will use to print

RE: [U2] Remote printing in UniVerse release 10.1.3

2005-08-09 Thread Paul Hamrick
Charles, thank you. I created the generic text-to-file printer and the print job went to the Windows spooler but never prompted for Output Name, for example d:\temp\prh, as did the Windows test print job which generated the job to file fine. So the job never made it out of the Windows spooler on

Re: [U2] Remote printing in UniVerse release 10.1.3

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Taylor
Paul, Have you installed your remote printer using an lpr port on your Universe server? You must install remote printers using an lpr port so that they appear on your Universe server to be installed on your Universe server, not simply as remote printers connected to another computer on the

[U2] Limiting MV's in a list statement

2005-08-09 Thread Bob Woodward
Hi folks. I'm trying to do a listing of a file that has a number of attributes that are MV'ed and are associated, at least logically, and I'm wanting to only display specific values. Here's the command and layout for a single item: LIST PM ITEM.ID STATUS.FLAG CUBES TOTE.ITEM UOM PM file

[U2] SSL, Datatel and UI question

2005-08-09 Thread Chladek, Dave
Is anyone using the Datatel UI product with ssh/ssl enabled? If so, could I ask you a few questions? Thanks, Dave Chladek Systems Administrator North Harris Montgomery Community College District http://www.nhmccd.edu http://www.nhmccd.edu/ --- u2-users mailing list

[U2][UV] Real-time credit card verification

2005-08-09 Thread John Hester
Anyone know of a UV-based real-time credit card verification application? TIA, John -- John Hester System Network Administrator Momentum Group Inc. (949) 833-8886 x623 http://memosamples.com --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit

RE: [U2][UV] Real-time credit card verification

2005-08-09 Thread Scott Ballinger
Try Fred Tuttle at Totalink. /Scott Ballinger Pareto Corporation Edmonds WA USA 206 713 6006 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hester Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:36 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: [U2][UV] Real-time

RE: [U2] Limiting MV's in a list statement

2005-08-09 Thread Allen E. Elwood
Hi Bob, You'd want to use the 'WHEN' clause. This is used on multivalued sets to limit stuff. LIST PM ITEM.ID STATUS.FLAG CUBES TOTE.ITEM UOM WHEN TOTE.ITEM EQ 'Y' hth!!! Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Woodward Sent: Tuesday,

RE: [U2][UV] Real-time credit card verification

2005-08-09 Thread Robin Stanley
With UV and AIX, we have been using SDC/protobase for many years - very successfully. www.protobase.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Hester Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:36 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: [U2][UV]

RE: [U2] Limiting MV's in a list statement

2005-08-09 Thread Bob Woodward
Thanks Richard. That's exactly what I needed. And by adding BREAK-ON @ID, it even gives me the grouping I need by PM ID. Bob W Harbor Wholesale Grocery -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rbl000 Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Re: [U2][UV] Real-time credit card verification

2005-08-09 Thread Dave Taylor
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RE: [U2][UV] Real-time credit card verification

2005-08-09 Thread Kevin Roderick
Actually Fred is with Total Computing Solutions (www.total-computing.com/) and the product is called TotaLink Fred's contact info is ... 801-796-7600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Scott Ballinger Sent: Tue

RE: [U2] Limiting MV's in a list statement

2005-08-09 Thread Stevenson, Charles
I'm surprised there are no answers yet. The WHEN keyword is what you're looking for. And you need to make sure the dictionary is set up right. If ITEM.ID, STATUS.FLAG, CUBES, TOTE.ITEM, UOM are all D- or I- items, then for each of them set 6 = M 7 = BOB.ASSOC The same for any other fields

Re: [U2] New UV Accout VOC

2005-08-09 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 8/9/2005 8:04:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ED VOC FILENAME 1: F 2: FILENAME 3: D_FILENAME 3. Thus, further commentary would be appreciated. --Bill Bill these sorts of F pointers where attribute 2 is some short thing