INFO-VAX Wed, 06 Aug 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 427 Contents: Apache 2.1-1 and PHP 1.3 - no "glob" function? Re: CD written on Alpha won't mount on Integrity DVD ROM Re: CD written on Alpha won't mount on Integrity DVD ROM DEFCON 16 and Hacking OpenVMS Re: HP buys EDS Re: Python for VMS Re: Python for VMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:47:42 -0400 From: none Subject: Apache 2.1-1 and PHP 1.3 - no "glob" function? Message-ID: Greetings all, I have been trying my hand at the PHP implementation of Apache on an Alpha with VMS 8.3. I find the documentation on getting things working very lacking. Currently I am having trouble determining what allows and disallows certain fuctions, with the latest sticking point being the "glob()" function. When I try to use "glob" in a php script, I get the "Fatal Error: Call to undefined function glob()" ... I've been searching all around with google and this is usually solved by going to PHP 4.3.0 - but the VMS implementation of PHP states that it is 4.3.10, so it would seem that it should support this function. In the end what I wanted to do was implement the free photo sharing software called "Gallery" which is based on mysql and PHP with Apache (at least, in my implementation). This function is the latest hurdle and I've reproduced the error with a simple call to: foreach (glob("*.txt") as $filename) ... Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. -- jls P.S. I have put a "php_flag safe_mode off" in my php.ini file, just fyi. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:36:02 -0700 (PDT) From: etmsreec@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: CD written on Alpha won't mount on Integrity DVD ROM Message-ID: On 5 Aug, 21:26, baldrick wrote: > R.A.Omond wrote: > > baldrick wrote: > >> [...snip...] > >> My INIT command for the container file is: > > >> =A0init lda1:/index=3Dend/nohigh/system/cluster=3D4/erase/max=3D'maxfi= l' 'label' > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Nic, I'm always suspicious of "stuff" at the end of a CD, given > > that some (all?) drives work with 2,048-byte blocks, and you're > > never quite sure *exactly* how much you can really get on the CD. > > > Just a hunch: =A0try sticking the index file at the beginning, > > and since you're such a newbie I'll give you the command: > > > $ init lda1:/index=3Dbeginning ... > > > ;-) > > Roy, thank you ! However, there is a cunning reason why the index is > positioned at the rear end, which is that sometimes I wish to use > MKISOFS for a dual standard windows/VMS cd, as per Brian's pagehttp://www= .tmesis.com/CDrom/ > > I don't have immediate access to another VMS integrity Box to try > another (SCSI) DVD drive, but my puzzle remains as I wish to be able to > create a CD that can be universally mounted on all platforms, but this > is the first time I tried one of my home cooked CDs on an Itanium. > Anyone done this and it works ? > > I am going to try using SIM and connect the image through virtual > connect and see what happens... That should eliminate the physical drive > as a cause. > > Nic > -- > nclews at csc dot com aka Mr. CP Charges > "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour > to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly > ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, > led them into it in the first place."- DNA- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thinking back to when I first tried cutting CDs for VMS, have you considered the drive and the level of "reflectivity" on the disk? On older Alphas I found that the CD-RW disks were useless as they couldn't be read. Is a similar thing happening here do you think? Steve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:16:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jose Baars Subject: Re: CD written on Alpha won't mount on Integrity DVD ROM Message-ID: <07084466-caaa-4f05-b493-90307020b850@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> We had to do the same : write CD's on Alpha and read them on Itanium ( rx2620 not sure about the exact DVD drive). If you are on 8.3 you can use copy/recordable_media lda1 dqa0: This has varying results as the Itanium DVD drives are apparently much pickier than any others, resulting sometimes in read errors on CD's that are perfectly readable on Alpha. If you use the wrong brand or lot you always get errors. I used a CD -RW and this worked fine, maybe because of a different kind of on-disk tracks or whatever. My guess is you ran in to similar problems, I would try a few other brands or types of media. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:40:56 +0930 From: Mark Daniel Subject: DEFCON 16 and Hacking OpenVMS Message-ID: <00a990b4$0$20308$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html#Oberg is due to be presented this Sunday, Aug 10th 2008 Does anyone know ... o whether there will be anyone from the VMS community at this event; o the content of this presentation; o whether the 'proceedings' will be published? The abstract is protraying the potential exploits as novel and so would make an interesting read. -- Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. [Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour; The Dark Side of the Moon] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:09:38 -0700 (PDT) From: AEF Subject: Re: HP buys EDS Message-ID: On Aug 5, 10:52 pm, Arne Vajh=F8j wrote: > Bob Koehler wrote: > > In article <126ff51f-253c-4c14-8767-bf203175d...@r66g2000hsg.googlegrou= ps.com>, AEF writes: > >> "To make as much money as we can without going to jail." > > > That's to much morality for some CEOs. > > That has been the case for some of them. > > But I believe that most of them are smart enough not > to cross that border. > > Arne Come to think of it, this is partly due to competition. If you want to stay competitive, you need to keep your prices comparable to or lower than others making similar products. So you cut corners. Hopefully there are some smartly written laws to provide a floor below which no one is allowed to go. Also as a P.S., the person who said the original statement here was said to be "half-joking". AEF ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:27:22 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Pi=E9ronne?= Subject: Re: Python for VMS Message-ID: <4899444d$0$4865$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Marty Kuhrt wrote: > Jean-François Piéronne wrote: >> As requested by someone Python can, now, be used with Apache (CSWS). >> One of my friend has successfully ported mod_python and mod_wsgi on >> OpenVMS IA64. Some simple scripts and a more large application like >> django run without any problem. >> If someone want to try it, let me know. >> >> JFP > > I'd be interested in an Alpha version. If you can get me the sources > and build procedure(s) used to make the IA64 version, I'd be happy to do > the Alpha version. I'd really like to try the Python stuff you've done, > but, alas, I only have an Alpha running Apache at the moment for a test > system. > I will try to package the sources and the building procedure next week. > Worst case, I could install WASD, but I'd rather do Apache because I > don't have to explain that web server on a resume. > WASD is still the preferred environment for Python because it's the has been successfully used for production by sites, and it has some unique features. > Thanks again for all the great work you have been doing with porting and > modifying open source stuff to VMS! > Thanks. > Regards, > Marty > (remove the obvious to email me) > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:30:00 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Pi=E9ronne?= Subject: Re: Python for VMS Message-ID: <489944eb$0$4865$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Graham Dumpleton wrote: (snip] > If code changes were required to mod_wsgi, if practical, it would be > nice if they were fed back to be included in original mod_wsgi > release. Create a ticket on mod_wsgi site issue tracker and attach > changes and descriptions etc there. > I don't think he has do any change in the code, only construct some build environment for VMS. I will check this. > Graham ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.427 ************************