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

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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 ...
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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) ...
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Installing SCO Openserver 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack

I have had so many issues on how to download, extract and install this software on SCO. And I'm sure there are loads of people having or had the same issue as I am having. So the question is, how do ...
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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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Which Unix is considered the vanilla Unix and which Unix's are just Unix rather than Unix-like? [duplicate]

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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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to Download from an FTP site

I am using: SCO_SV scosysv 3.2 5.0.7 i386, and I am trying to download ssh and install it. But the only way I can do it, is by using FTP. I have tried the following: # ftp ftp> ftp2.sco.com ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to Add rules to IP Filter (Firewall in SCO)

I now have a headache trying to figure and Google how to add rules to the firewall in SCO. I know I have done it before, but I forgot to document it. I have had a look in the SCO OSR600 Documentation ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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.profile in SCO

Where can I find the .profile in my user's logon in SCO? I am needing to edit it, so I can add a PATH to it, so that my PATH loads up in start up. I have to add: echo $PATH ... as I have already ...
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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 am needing to change the folder permission of the directory /opt, and I know in Linux, you do the following: chmod 775 /opt I ...
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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. ...
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display sco unix 5.0.6 samba usage

Is there a command on sco unix which will show which files are being accessed by the samba process ? Something like lsof in linux maybe, or similar.
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How to uninstall java from sco openserver 5.0.6?

I have installed Java (J2SE 1.3.1_21) by following this tutorial: http://www.anyang-window.com.cn/in-the-sco-openserver-506-installed-on-j2se-13106-development-environment/ Now, I want to uninstall ...