First, thanks to Richard Kefs (KEFS1), Apple Technical Partner Program Manager, for some of the answers that are included in this document. Here is the information you requested:
We should be fairly close to X/Open XPG3 compliance. The generic AT&T UNIX System V Inter-Process Communication facilities, which include Message Operations, Semaphores, and Shared Memory, are supported by A/UX.
1 - dbx is not supported. CDB, the popular, powerful, source level C
debugger from Third Eye Software, was available for A/UX from APDA.
It may no longer be available. We suggest contacting Third Eye
Software for more information.
2 - We have several X.25 solutions under A/UX (Symicron, Mark Powell, (44)
1-857-55-77), but I do not know what "XTI" is.
3 - The set UID and GID bits are supported under A/UX.
4 - It seems that the disk quota control for each individual user account
is not enforced in A/UX, but the BSD file system does maintain the
"low-water mark" of about 5% of free file system. In other words,
users may not allocate disk space if there is less than 5% of the BSD
file system space remaining.
5 - We are unsure what the GF_PATH, PF_PATH, and IN_PATH constants or
environment variables referred to.
6 - emacs is available in the public domain.
7 - Both the UNIX ("vi") and the Macintosh ("Cut-and-Paste") style of
editors are supported. The Macintosh cut-and-paste text editor is
called "TextEditor". A/UX supports TEXT cut-and-paste between
different environments (UNIX, X Window System, and Macintosh
applications), and GRAPHICS cut-and-paste between Macintosh
applications.
8 - Both System V and BSD UNIX printer spoolers are supported under A/UX
3.0.
9 - Regarding the secured A/UX system, AFSG (Apple Federal Systems Group)
had an unreleased version of A/UX that complied with Federal
Government requirements for a Class B1 level of trust on A/UX. This
version was available to government customers only. You will need to
contact a Federal Systems Group sales rep for further information.
According to NCSC (National Computer Security Center), the evaluation
criteria define seven levels of trust called"Classes". In increasing
order of trustedness, they are: D, C1, C2, B1, B2, B3, and A1. D
systems are not trusted. A1 systems are extremely resistant to
compromise. C1 has "Discretionary Access Control", such as AppleShare.
C2 adds Security Auditing and Control Object Reuse. B1 adds Security
Labels and Mandatory Access Control. B2 adds Trusted Path, Convert
Channel Control, and Modularity. B3 adds Trusted Recovery and Strict
Isolation of Domains.
10 - If you are really looking for PHIGS and/or PEX (3D PHIGS/PHIGS+
Extension for X) type of features, a third-party called Prior Data
Sciences in Canada may have the solution for A/UX.
Prior Data Sciences
240 Michael Cowpland Drive
Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1P6
613-591-7235
Telex: 053-3356
Fax: 613-591-0343
11 - There are currently no plans to support System V.4.
12 - ORACLE7 Server for A/UX is available for use with A/UX.
Article Change History:
20 Sep 12994 - Updated and reviewed. Reformatted questions and answers.
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