uwin FAQ index

  • development

    1. Which language has been used for developing UWIN?
    2. What compiler comes with UWIN?
    3. Is gcc available for building UWIN executables?
    4. Can I compile and run C++ applications for UWIN?
    5. Can I develop native applications with UWIN development kit?
    6. How do I pass non-standard options to the underlying compiler?
    7. What C preprocessor does UWIN use?
    8. Which system calls are supported?
    9. Are there any UWIN specific APIs?
    10. Can I mix UWIN with native Win32 API's?
    11. Does UWIN support sockets?
    12. Can I run curses programs with UWIN?
    13. Is tcl/tk available for UWIN?
    14. How can I make my application obey the older BSD signal semantics?
    15. How can I build dynamically linked libraries for UWIN Applications?
    16. What debugger comes with UWIN?
    17. How can I trace an application using UWIN?
    18. How do I trace the UWIN daemons?
    19. Why is the setuid call failing on UWIN?

  • general

    1. What is UWIN?
    2. Why did we write UWIN?
    3. Which is the latest version of UWIN available?
    4. Who are the authors of UWIN?
    5. Are there separate versions of UWIN for different versions of Windows?
    6. What are the licensing terms for UWIN?
    7. Can closed source applications use UWIN?
    8. Why is UWIN split into packages?
    9. What is UWIN Base package?
    10. What is UWIN Development pagkage?
    11. What are some other add-on packages?
    12. Is UWIN supported?
    13. Where do I report bugs in UWIN?
    14. Is source code available?
    15. Does UWIN require the POSIX subsystem on Windows NT or XP?
    16. Does UWIN conform to the X/Open standards?
    17. Does UWIN handle UNIX permissions?
    18. Can UWIN handle upper and lower case distinction?
    19. Are UNIX ttys and links supported?
    20. Are tape devices supported?
    21. Are ptys supported?
    22. Does UWIN work with Samba?
    23. Is the /proc directory supported?
    24. Can I access "Windows Registry" using UWIN?
    25. Can I take a binary from UNIX to UWIN?
    26. Why is the UWIN icon not set for the UWIN login on Windows XP?

  • installation

    1. How much space will UWIN take up on my system?
    2. Does it matter whether I install on a FAT partition or an NTFS partition?
    3. Are the registry keys created for UWIN? If so, where?
    4. Does it matter what directory I install UWIN in?
    5. What is the UWIN Applet?
    6. What is the UMS services?
    7. What does /etc/rc do?
    8. What is the function of UCS in UWIN?
    9. How do I restart UWIN without booting the machine?
    10. Does UWIN log error messages and if so where?
    11. How can I generate the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files?
    12. How can I manipulate the maximum values for IPC (inter-process communication) configurations?
    13. How can I prevent anyone from telnet-ing into my machine?
    14. How do I Enable/Disable the services like ftp, telnet, rlogin and rsh?
    15. Why do I get telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused message when I try to telnet into a UWIN box?
    16. How do I start the ssh daemon?

  • usage

    1. How do I get a shell Window?
    2. How do I name files with UWIN?
    3. Can I specify environment variables containing path names to be converted to and from native format like PATH is?
    4. Can I access other shared directories from UWIN?
    5. What Shells are available?
    6. Can I access UWIN from a UNIX workstation?
    7. Are the /etc/passwd and /etc/group file available?
    8. Does UWIN support crontab entries?
    9. Does UWIN have a ps command?
    10. Can I kill a WIN32 application using "kill" command?
    11. Can I run a Win32 application from UWIN?
    12. How can I copy and paste on UWIN console windows?
    13. How do I access Windows Clipboard from UWIN?
    14. How do I change the title of the ksh window?
    15. How can I control the properties of the UWIN Console?
    16. How do I enable scrolling on a UWIN console window?
    17. How do I view man pages on UWIN?
    18. How can I convert a file in MS-DOS text format to UNIX format?.
    19. How do I run a command like dir which is built into the MS-DOS shell?
    20. How can I set the home directory for an user?
    21. How are pid's assigned to UWIN processes on NT|2000|XP?
    22. How are pid's assigned to UWIN processes on 9X|ME?
    23. How are user ids and group ids assigned in UWIN?

  • X11

    1. Is X11 supported?
    2. What version of X11 is provided?
    3. Does UWIN contain an X11-server?
    4. How do I start the X11 server?
    5. How do I start an xterm using UWIN?

UWIN users mailgroup
Information and Software Systems Research
AT&T Research
Florham Park NJ
February 01, 2005