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A closed source version of UNIX. Named after the company that originally created it, Santa Cruz Operation

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Data extraction of entire DB on SCO Openserver 6

Firstly apologies if this question seems like a wall of text, I can't think of a way to format it. I have a machine with valuable data on (circa 1995), the machine is running UNIX (SCO OpenServer 6) with an unknown database stored on it. The data is…
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How to Add rules to IP Filter (Firewall in SCO)

I need to add a rule (allow any to any port 22) to my firewall, so that I can ssh remotely into my machine. I have had a look in the SCO OSR600 Documentation and I cannot find anything in there. Update I have managed to enable ipfstat: #ipfstat…
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Install Compiler, GCC, in SCO

I am having difficulty trying to install the GCC compiler in SCO, but can't get it to work. I have used an FTP to transfer some files (.tar.gz) to /u/test/installgnu/ and I extracted the files, but that is really the furthest I got. I had a look at…
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Xenix / SCO V running in contemporary machines as VMs

I am trying to install Xenix 386 and/or SCO V Unix in a VM for historical/research/reviving old times/curiosity purposes. I have already tried to download a couple of media installation images from here. Tried to boot them several time to install…
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Two files in same folder with same name - need to delete one but not both

We appear to have two files in the /var/spool/lp/logs folder named "requests". One is owned by lp, the other by root. We need to remove the requests file owned by root - how do we reference it? Here's the output from ls -l command: -rw-r--r-- 1…
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Mounting HTFS Disk on Linux

I got my hand on a harddrive that contains a SCO Openserver 5 and I need to access the data inside. Is there any way I can just mount and start copy-pasting the files? I've googled around and mostly get some instruction from 2000s that don't work.…
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Which Unix is considered the vanilla Unix and which Unix's are just Unix rather than Unix-like?

Possible Duplicate: What exactly is POSIX? What is Unix now? Are they only the Unix’s developed by Bell Labs or do the SCO ones count too? Are there others?
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Ubuntu Linux and SCO UNIX OpenServer

Can Ubuntu Linux run SCO UNIX OpenServer 5.0.7 applications like filePro? Can I use CTAR to copy application directories from a CTAR backup tape to Linux Ubuntu?
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/usr/include/stdio.h:140: parse error before `__gnuc_va_list'

I keep getting this error, when trying to compile my C program in SCO (using gcc). I have had a look on Google, and found this other forum: Linux Questions, and that guy had the exact same issue as I am getting. So I tried his solution, which is…
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Backspace Acting like Enter in Bash

Whenever I type a mistake into my SCO machine, using bash, I press backspace and it is like pressing enter, but doesn't execute the command. e.g. bash-3.1$ ifcomfig "(backspace)" bask-3.1$ But if I pressed enter, then it would be like…
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Extracting / Installing a TAR file

When I extract a tar file using this command: tar xvzf gcc-4.7.1.tar.gz (This is the directory the tar file is in: cd /u/test/GCC-4.7.1/) The files were extracted but they are in /dev/... (see below for actual file paths and names) - How do I…
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Unable to find headers in GCC

I am trying to compile a program using GCC in SCO, and I am unable to find the ctype.h file. I have managed to find the other files that were missing when compiling, like string.h etc. I was getting this returned before I found where most of the…
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Change Owner of Folder in SCO

How can I change the Owner/group of a folder in SCO? I did: ls -l and got the following: ... drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 512 Jul 2 10:09 opt ... I have tried: chown /opt But that hasn't worked. The user I am wanting to use is: test I have asked…
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Gaining root privileges in SCO

I am learning Linux for work, so am still a bit rusty on the edges. I need to change the folder permission of the directory /opt, and I know in Linux, you do the following: chmod 775 /opt I get a message under that saying: chmod: WARNING: cannot…
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Enabling shared Folders in SCO 5.0.7 on vmplayer

I have installed SCO 5.0.7 on a VMware Player VM on the Fedora 9 host system. In VMWare Player, i found an option to share folders between Fedora9 an SCO in Virtual Machine Settings. I enabled this option, but I could not get it work. I check the…
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