The UNIX(R) CRONicle December 1996 Official Publication of the STL!/unix/usr/group (UNIX(R) is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd.) ==================================================================== *** NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at 6:30 pm Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester 6:30 PM . . Tutorial "Advanced Applied SQL" by Mike Kriz 7:00 PM . . Call For Help (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) 7:15 PM . . Social, off-line conversations, & book sales 7:30 PM . . Presentation "SCO Unix" by Tom Parsons ==================================================================== PRESENTATION: "SCO Unix" by Tom Parsons Tom Parsons will discuss recent developments by The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) to make UNIX available free for educational and non-commercial use. SCO purchased Novell, Inc.'s UNIX business in December 1995 in return for some 6 million shares of SCO common stock. Since that time, SCO has been working on a merger of its own SCO OpenServer operating system and Novell's former UnixWare product, and is working with Novell and Hewlett-Packard on a common 64-bit UNIX system. Tom is an active participant in the St. Louis UNIX Users Group. He has managed our booth at the annual ITEC Expo at the America's Center (Convention Center). Tom has worked with SCO products for many years and manages an SCO discussion forum on CompuServe. [I apologize for any inaccuracies. - Ed.] ==================================================================== TUTORIAL: "Advanced Applied SQL," by Mike Kriz So you've gotten basic SQL down and are comfortable with the employee - department - skills - supervisor example in the book. Now you get asked to do a real report - "they" want two different sets of data from 6 tables sorted 4 different ways. So, how do you do that????? Try advanced SQL. Topics to be covered include: - How to handle optional arguments - How to get data from multiple sources interspersed in the desired order - How to get data from different tables when the correct table is data dependent - How to handle nulls - tricks and gotchas - Stupid decode tricks - Stupid ROWID tricks ==================================================================== Meetings: ---------------------------------------------------------------- December 11, 6:30pm Main meeting Meeting location: Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester ---------------------------------------------------------------- December 17, 6:00pm Steering Committee Meeting location: Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO ---------------------------------------------------------------- Linux SIG December 19, 7:00pm: Linux X Window Managers by Brian Ricker, Technology Applications Meeting Location: Bridgeton Trails Public Library 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044 ---------------------------------------------------------------- CTI SIG December 4, 6:30pm: Demonstration of the Hammer Technology Testing Platform for CTI Meeting Location: Bridgeton Trails Public Library 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044 ==================================================================== The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester. DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN: 1) Take 40 West to the Hanley exit. 2) Turn left (south) onto Hanley. 3) Turn left (east) onto Manchester, then turn right ASAP into the Sunnen Products driveway. The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library. The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month, location to be announced. ==================================================================== St. Louis Unix Users Group - Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) PRESENTATION: Brian Ricker is a Software Engineer with Technology Applications in Chesterfield. He has been using Linux since the 0.99 kernel. Brian will present an overview of the X Window Managers available for Linux. Linux X Window Managers can be subdivided into three categories: Free Free (fvwm based) ---------------------------- ----------------------------- twm fvwm tvtwm fvwm-95 ctvwm AfterStep 9wm OpenWindows (olvwm and olwm) Commercial ---------------------------- mwm Brian will cover configuration, appearance, and performance issues amongst the different X Window Managers. LOCATION DIRECTIONS: Bridgeton Trails Public Library Room 3455 McKelvey Road >From 270: Exit St. Charles Rock Road east, make right onto McKelvey Road, Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey. >From Lindberg: Exit St. Charles Rock Road west, make left onto McKelvey Road, Library is on the right (west) hand side of McKelvey. For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://linux.feldt.com or contact Matthew Feldt at linux@www.feldt.com. ==================================================================== Computer Telephony Integration User's Group (SLUUG CiTI) The next Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) User's Group meeting is set for December 4 on the Hammer Technology Testing Platform for CTI. Topic: The program will involve a demonstration of the widely-acclaimed Hammer IT product by Paul Mitchell, Regional Sales Representative of Hammer Technology. This product is a telephony test system designed to meet the complete needs of testing computer telephony and enhanced services systems and applications according to Hammer Technologies. The December event is the rescheduled October event. Date/Time: Wednesday, December 4, 1996; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx) Location: Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) (see map at http://www.ctitek.com/ctiusers/library_map.html) Cost: None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge. Note: All 1997 meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of the month. *** No meeting scheduled for January 1 *** Next meeting is February 5, 1997 For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)537-3959. ==================================================================== SLUUG ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY The upcoming February elections are fast approaching and many changes will probably be taking place within the SLUUG organization as different leaders assume their duties. Please get involved -- this is your organization! Be thinking about your own participation in the group, what you can contribute, and who you would like to represent the group in the following positions: Two Directors News Editor President News Publisher Vice President Web Manager Secretary ITEC Booth Manager Treasurer ITEC Presentation Manager Presentation Manager BBS Manager Meeting Host(ess) Modem Manager Book Sales Manager Newbie Tutor Sponsorship Manager The directors officially govern the group, but appoint officers and managers to perform the day to day operations. We ask the general membership to vote on each position to guide the directors in their choices. Please notify the Nomination Committee of any candidates you would like to see nominated. Members of the Nomination Committee are: Robert Becnel Jim Ford Matthew Feldt Tom Parsons ==================================================================== SLUUG Becomes a Christmas Sponsor Adopting Families Through St. Patrick Center This year, SLUUG joins the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis and encourages each of it's members to participate in the Christmas "Adopt A Family" program. About St. Patrick Center Since 1983, St. Patrick Center has provided programs that assist poor, homeless, and homeless mentally-ill individuals in making permanent, positive changes in their lives. With the support of the community and many volunteers, the Center serves an average of 400 people per day through an array of 15 different programs which include direct assistance through food, clothing, counseling, and utility assistance, as well as opportunities for substance abuse rehabilitation, education, job training, employment, and housing. St. Patrick Center has developed a system of pairing needy families with families or individuals who wish to share their blessings in their "Adopt A Family" program. The SLUUG Plan Please join as SLUUG and SLUUG members participate in this worth-while cause - it promises to make YOUR holiday season more satisfying! The program works like this: (1) Decide what type of and size family you would like to "adopt" - single adult, adult with two children, etc. (2) Call Joan Hanheide or Susan Reese at the Center - (314)621-1283. (3) They will take your name and other vital information and assign a family to you. You will receive the first names of each family member and information about what their needs are for Christmas by fax or mail. Tags for the gift bag will be sent by US Mail. (4) The familty is then notified that they have been "adopted" and will be receiving gifts. (5) You provide at least two gifts for each person sponsored. Gifts should be in the $10 - $20 range. You might want to get together with other SLUUG members to jointly sponsor a family. (6) You wrap and tag the gifts and deliver them to St. Patrick's within specific hours on December 14, 16, or 17 in a large plastic bag. Alternately, you may bring the gift bags to the SLUUG Meeting on December 11 where Jim Ford has volunteered to collect them deliver them to the Center. ==================================================================== USENIX 1997 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE January 6-10, 1997 Anaheim, California, Marriott Hotel USELINUX Linux Applications Development & Deployment Conference Co-located with USENIX 1997 Technical Conference Co-sponsored by Linux International Attendees may pay one fee and attend both conferences. There are 20 day-long tutorials offered on January 6-7. Topics include: IPv6 Kerberos Approach to Network Security Secure Java Programming Introduction to Java Windows NT and Windows 95 UNIX Network Programming How Networks Work Topics in System Administration Web Security System and Network Performance Tuning Inside the Linux 2.0 Kernel Java Applets and the AWT UNIX Security Tools CGI and WWW Programming in Perl Administering a Web Server .Device Drivers under Linux Solaris System Administration .Beginning Perl Programming Writing Secure Code Creating Effective User Interfaces Java, the Web, Intranets, Security, Windows NT are among the topics of the Technical Program, January 8-10. It begins with a keynote address by James Gosling, a creator of Java. 23 refereed papers present up-to-the-minute research. A second track of invited talks cover cryptography, Inktomi and AltaVista Search Engines, IPv6, benchmarks, and a new networked operating system from Bell Labs. Linus Torvalds will speak on the future of Linux at the Linux Applications Development and Deployment Conference. USELINUX will offer tutorials and technical presentations for developers. Concurrently, those interested in the Linux marketplace may attend case studies and expert presentations on how to create a Linux-based business. An Exhibition on January 8-9 offers presentations by 55 vendors. ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE. If you cannot attend the conference but would like to visit the exhibition, contact Cynthia Deno at (408)335-9445 or cynthia@usenix.org. For more program and registration information, visit http://www.usenix.org or send email to info@usenix.org. Put "send usenix97 conference" in the body of your message. ==================================================================== Special Interest Groups As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group. ==================================================================== St. Louis UNIX Users Group Steering Committee The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours. ==================================================================== WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED * * WANTED SLUUGLS would like to set up a Linux Server to mirror Linux sites and provide Linux to the bulletin board users of SLUUG. In order to provide these services we are seeking a donation of a system with the following configuration: 4/586 Motherboard & CPU 16MB RAM 2+GB Hard Drive Ethernet Adaptor CDROM Drive Any donation, even parts will be appreciated. Thank you. Matthew Feldt E-mail: linux@www.feldt.com URL: http://www.feldt.com ASCII-armored Public PGP key is in .plan or web page. ==================================================================== SPONSORS..... Andersen Consulting Arbor Consulting Ask/Ingress Software AT&T Global Information Solutions Brown Group, Inc. The Charron Law Firm CIBER, Inc. Cyborg Consulting Enterprise Cypress Systems, Ltd. Daugherty Systems Gundaker Realtors Better Homes & Gardens Hewlett-Packard IBM Informix Corporation Lindenberg & Associates Maryville Data Systems, Inc. Mastercard International O'Reilly & Associates Pyramid Technology Corporation Rave Computer SEI Shamrock Computer Resources Ltd. Software Systems Specialists, Inc. Sun Microsystems Sunnen Products Sybase SyllogisTeks Unisys Venmar Systems, Inc. WTI Systems, Ltd. ==================================================================== New O'Reilly Linux Site and Related Books Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:27:24 -0500 From: John Dockery Please check out the new O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Linux Web Site at http://www.ora.com/info/linux/ It has: * Free excerpt from Linux Multimedia Guide * Interview with Olaf Kirch * Recommended links to the best Linux web sites. * Links to our Unix & Linux book pages We hope you find this site useful. O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the following three titles that may also be of interest to you. These three titles are forthcoming. Please contact your favorite bookstore if you'd like to place an advance order. Programming with GNU Software By Mike Loukides & Andy Oram 1st Edition, due mid-December 1996 (est.) 1-56592-112-7, 260 pages (est.) $39.95 (est.), Includes CD-ROM This book and CD combination is a complete package for programmers who are new to UNIX or who would like to make better use of the system. The tools come from Cygnus Support, Inc., and Cyclic Software, companies that provide support for free software. Contents include GNU Emacs, gcc, C and C++ libraries, gdb, RCS, and make. The book provides an introduction to all these tools for a C programmer. For more information visit: http://www.ora.com/catalog/prognu/ Linux in a Nutshell By Jessica P. Hekman and the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates 1st Edition due in mid-January 1997 (est.) 1-56592-167-4, 650 pages (est.), $19.95 (est.) The desktop reference for Linux, Linux in a Nutshell covers the core commands available on common Linux distributions. This isn't a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, but a complete reference containing all user, programming,administration, and networking commands. Also documents a wide range of GNU tools. For more information visit: http://www.ora.com/catalog/linuxnut/ Writing GNU Emacs Extensions: Editor Customizations and Creations with Lisp By Bob Glickstein, 1st Edition, due in February, 1997 (est.) 250 pages (est.), 1-56592-261-1, $29.95 (est.) This book introduces Emacs Lisp and tells you how to make the editor do whatever you want, whether it's altering the way text scrolls or inventing a whole new "major mode." Topics progress from simple to complex; from lists, symbols, and keyboard commands to syntax tables, macro templates, and error recovery. The web page for this book has not been put on-line yet. Check http://www.ora.com/catalog/new.html in December for more information. Please note that these are working titles and the publication dates and prices may change slightly. Other recent released O'Reilly books that may be of interest. Learning GNU Emacs, 2nd Edition, By Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt & Eric Raymond published September 1996, 1-56592-152, 560 pages, $29.95. More information can be found at http://www.ora.com/catalog/gnu2/ Running Linux, 2nd Edition, By Matt Welsh & Lar Kaufman, published August 1996 1-56592-151-8, 650 pages, $29.95 More information can be found at http://www.ora.com/catalog/runux2/ Linux Multimedia Guide, By Jeff Tranter,1st Edition published September 1996 1-56592-219-0, 386 pages, $32.95 More information can be found at http://www.ora.com/catalog/multilinux/ O'Reilly has discontinued the Running Linux Companion CD-ROM Please contact Red Hat at http://www.redhat.com/ for the most current Red Hat Linux release. We invite you to subscribe to the O'Reilly News Mailing List and the O'Reilly Events Mailing List. How to Subscribe Subscribe by sending mail to listproc@online.ora.com containing the line: subscribe ora-news "Your Name" of "Your Company" and / or subscribe ora-events YOUR FULL NAME ==================================================================== SLUUG on the World Wide Web (WWW) The St. Louis UNIX Users Group maintains a WWW page at http://www.sluug.org/. Visit us to learn more about who we are and what we do, visit other UNIX user groups' WWW pages, sign up for a SIG, or just to browse. Our web page has recently been redesigned and greatly improved. Much thanks to Matthew Feldt for all his efforts! Visit us and see what we have to offer. ==================================================================== /usr/groups/other We publish other user group meeting schedules on a reciprocal basis. If you are a member of another non-profit group, please inform them of our policy and invite them to exchange meeting information with editor@michelob.wustl.edu, or call any of the SLUUG officers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Louis Internet Users Group The St. Louis Internet Users Group is devoted to discussing issues dealing with the Internet. Each meeting includes a presentation, question and answer session, and a discussion of new resources available on the Internet. Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month, 6:30 PM, auditorium, lower level, One City Place on Olive Street Road in Creve Coeur. Contact: Jym Barnes at (314)926-8672 (jym@stl.net) or visit their Web home page, http://www.stl.net. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), St. Louis Chapter Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month, 5:30 PM, Grone Cafeteria, 4409 Woodson Road, 2 blocks south of Lambert airport. Dinner at Grone's before the meeting. Contact: Dayle Majors at (314)441-2895. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The St. Louis Object Oriented Special Interest Group (OO SIG) Meetings: The St. Louis OOSIG meets on the 3rd Thursday of alternating months from 4:30-6:30 pm. The location varies, usually alternating between the Creve Coeur Community Center and Southwestern Bell, downtown. Contact: Mike Taterka, (314)344-5007 or 102142.1453@compuserve.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gateway Area Macintosh User Group (GAMUG) Meetings: Second Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM, Parkway Instructional Services Building, 12657 Fee Fee Road, just west of Page and I-270. Contact: GAMUG Hotline, 664-6972 (voice) or 664-6975 (FAX). ==================================================================== CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST CONTACT LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Address Changes Klaus Mueller H: +1 (573) 334-6477 & Membership 331 S Spring Ave Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 EMAIL: mueller@michelob.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBS Questions Gary Meyer H: (314)781-8644 EMAIL: gary@michelob.wustl.edu EMAIL: meyer@decus.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate Sponsors Paul Backer W: (314)454-4002 FAX: (314)454-6158 EMAIL: pauldb1@slch.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter Editorial team: EMAIL:editor@michelob.wustl.edu Submissions Publisher: Sanjiv Bhatia H: (314)519-9272 W: (314)516-6520 FAX: (314)516-5400 EMAIL: sanjiv@aryabhat.cs.umsl.edu Editor: Steve Totten H: (618)931-0037 URL: http://www.sluug.org/~totten EMAIL: totten@michelob.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly Books Fred Govier W: (314)342-7846 EMAIL: govier@michelob.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presentations Rich Seibel H: (314)878-0394 W: (314)515-2725 EMAIL: rich@michelob.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee Dave Mills H: (314)452-3313 Information W: (314)230-5151 ext 103 FAX: (314)230-5494 EMAIL: mills@michelob.wustl.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Computer Telephone Integration (CTI): Tony Zafiropoulos URL: http://www.inlink.com/~itek EMAIL: tonyz@ctitek.com Linux: Matthew Feldt H: (314)429-5433 URL: http://www.feldt.com EMAIL: linux@www.feldt.com ==================================================================== SUBMISSIONS If you would like to submit an article to the CRONicle of general interest to the members of the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, email it to editor@michelob.wustl.edu ====================================================================