UNIX-Connect
User Guide

UNIX-Connect is the generic name for a family of products, which enable communication between UNIX systems supported by NEC Software Solutions, and the Reality, RealityX and SovereignX environments.

The following facilities are provided:

• Remote logon from a UNIX environment to a Reality, RealityX or SovereignX environment or another UNIX environment;

• Remote logon from a Reality, RealityX or SovereignX environment to a UNIX environment;

• Remote printing via a Reality or RealityX environment of print jobs prepared in a UNIX environment;

• Simple file transfer, that allows files to be transferred between two UNIX systems, and between the UNIX and Reality or RealityX environments. Support for Simple file transfer is platform dependent; refer to the Release Information for details.

• Remote UNIX shell (rush), used to execute commands on a remote UNIX system;

• Program to program communication between a DataBasic program running in a Reality or RealityX environment and a C program running in a UNIX environment;

• Interactive file access, that allows C programs in a UNIX environment to access Reality or RealityX files.

Overview

This section is intended for users wishing to use UNIX-Connect to:

• Perform remote logon;
• Send print jobs prepared in a UNIX environment to a Reality or RealityX form-queue;
• Transfer files between the local UNIX environment and a remote Reality/RealityX environment or between the local UNIX environment and a remote UNIX environment;
• Perform commands on a remote UNIX system.

Throughout the remainder of this section the term "Reality" is used to refer to both Reality and RealityX, and the term "UNIX system" is used to refer to any UNIX system supported by NEC.

Contents

This section introduces the UNIX-Connect group of products, lists the contents of this section and explains the conventions used throughout.

Network User-ids, explains the concept of network user-ids and describes the RUFMUP command on the UNIX system.

Remote Logon from UNIX, explains how to use UNIX-Connect to perform remote logon from the UNIX environment.

Remote Logon to UNIX Environment, explains how to use UNIX-Connect to perform remote logon to the UNIX environment.

Remote Printing, explains how to send print jobs prepared in a UNIX environment to a Reality form-queue.

File Transfer, describes the simple file transfer (SFT) utility which allows a user to transfer files between the local UNIX environment and a remote Reality environment or between the local UNIX environment and a remote UNIX environment.

Remote Shell Command, describes the use of rush to execute commands in a remote UNIX environment.

Control Sequences, lists the values generated by different control-key combinations.

References

Listed below is documentation that contains further information.

UNIX-Connect

UNIX-Connect System Administration.

Reality C API Reference Manual.

SeriesX Network Printing Utility Customer Release Notes.

Network File Transfer

Network File Transfer Programmer’s Manual.

Network File Transfer User’s Guide.

SovereignX

SovereignX User Utilities Manual.

SovereignX System Administration and Utilities.

Reality Networking

REALITY 7.x (Proprietary)

Guide To Networking for Reality Users.

Reality Reference Manual: Managing Accounts and Files.

RealityX and Reality 8.x or later

User’s Reference: Administration.

Reality C API Reference Manual.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this section:

Reality	Unless otherwise stated, unqualified references to Reality in this section refer to RealityX and Reality 8.x or later on UNIX.
Reality environment	Unless otherwise stated, references to the Reality environment in this section refer to REALITY 7.x on Series 19, RealityX on UNIX and Reality 8.x or later on UNIX and Windows.
Reality database	Unless otherwise stated, references to Reality databases in this section refer to RealityX on UNIX and Reality 8.x or later on UNIX and Windows.
REALITY system	Unless otherwise stated, references to REALITY systems in this section refer to REALITY 7.x on Series 19.

Other conventions used in this section are listed in the General Conventions section.