Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!zen!frank
From: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dnet and HP-UX?
Summary: Yep.
Message-ID: <1482@zen.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 89 15:32:13 GMT
References: <2807@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> <2242@uokmax.UUCP> <6426@emcard.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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In article <6426@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:
>In article <2242@uokmax.UUCP> ngorelic@uokmax.UUCP (Bamf) writes:
>}In article <2807@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM} dleigh@hplabsz.UUCP 
  (Darren Leigh) writes:
>}}How about getting it to work under HP-UX (which is Sys V with many
>}}BSDisms).  That sure would be handy.

>}	Can't be done without MAJOR code revisions.  Dnet uses sockets,
>}and there is no such thing on HP-UX.

>I believe that sockets and other BSD stuff (rlogin, rsh, etc) are included
>in an optional package of software from HP.

Indeed.  The "ARPA/Berkeley services" product is one of a number
of network-related products providing all this and more.
It makes sense to unbundle them, because not everyone needs this stuff.
--
Frank Wales, Systems Manager,        [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank]
Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217