MKS Toolkit Knowledge Base Articles

• How do I change the foreground and background colors in an MKS Toolkit shell?
• How can I make it so that my PS1 prompt is not so long?
• Can I install MKS Toolkit in a clustered server environment?

• Do MKS Toolkit products contain any third party source code?

• Why won't the installer let me install Toolkit in the root directory of a drive?
• Why does the installer complain about insufficient disk space when I have plenty on the target drive?
• How do I install all the samples?
• Why doesn't my serial number work?
• When must I reboot?
• Is there a preferred method of uninstalling MKS Toolkit products?
• On a machine that is not part of a domain, the installation completes successfully, but MKS AlertCentre does not appear to be installed.
• After installing MKS Toolkit, the secure utilities (SSH) give a Product not licensed for this machine message.
• After installing an evaluation copy, I can't find a particular utility that is advertised as being part of the product.
• During installation, I get the message Lanman Service is not running or absent. What does this mean?
• Why wont the installation proceed on Windows NT unless service pack 6 is installed?
• Why do I see a Windows Installer progress meter or dialog box when installing MKS Toolkit or MKS AlertCentre?
• My installation fails with a license has expired message. What does this mean?
• Does the installer require administrator privileges to run?
• The installation is asking for a serial number but I don't have one.
• When installing the MKS Toolkit I get a Pending File Operation error. What is the problem?
• I am trying to install an MKS Toolkit patch on 64-bit Windows and am getting a 2324 error code. How can I install a patch on this system?
• I am trying to patch MKS Toolkit on Windows x64 Edition and it's failing with an error. How can I install an MKS Toolkit patch on this system?
• Can I install MKS Toolkit in a clustered server environment?

• Why do I get "Option -p is invalid" when trying to connect using rexec?
• I receive a Windows Security Alert when running rsh.exe or rexec.exe. Is it safe to unblock these programs?
• I have disabled the MKS RSHD and REXECD ports through the Firewall Config section of the MKS Toolkit Control Panel applet. However, these services are still accepting connections.
• Why does Windows x64 Edition appear to hang upon reboot after installing a patch for MKS Toolkit?
• Can I install MKS Toolkit in a clustered server environment?
• Why are two new line characters showing when using the Microsoft Telnet Client and the MKS Telnet Server?

• How do I refer to my tape devices using the MKS Toolkit tape utilities?
• How can I work with programs that require a backslash (\) in paths without leaving the MKS Toolkit shells?
• How do I run a shell script from the Toolkit Scheduler or a Shortcut?
• How do I enable path and filename completion in the MKS shell environments?
• How do I mail enable my application or script?
• How do I scroll through my command history?
• How can I display the output from running a script with a .ksh extension?
• How can I get the MKS Toolkit shells to interpret hashbang (#!) lines in scripts?
• $! does not return PID of background process?
• How do I switch a full screen MKS Toolkit shell back to a window?
• Why does holding down the RETURN key not auto-repeat under Windows 9x/ME?
• How do I copy and paste in the MKS Toolkit shells?
• Why doesn't the KornShell recognize the double parenthesis syntax: (( ))?
• How do I add a scroll bar to an MKS Toolkit shell window?
• How can I customize my MKS KornShell and get it to remember the changes?
• What platforms support having the toolbar in a MKS shell window?
• How do I make an MKS KornShell case statement case-sensitive?
• How can I make variables set in a script visible outside of that script?
• What is the null device in the MKS Toolkit?
• Why can't the MKS KornShell find my scripts unless I type the extension?
• Why do the MKS Toolkit shells not find my scripts in the current directory?
• How can I convert man pages to a printable or editable format?
• I get a "Too many arguments in command line" error when using man?
• Why do I get an error from su saying a privilege is missing?
• Why are arguments no longer being passed to my perl scripts now that I've upgraded to MKS Toolkit 6.1?
• How can I switch text files between UNIX and PC format?
• Does the MKS Toolkit Scheduler, tksched, run as a service?
• How do MKS Toolkit utilities support long file names or UNC names?
• How do I print to a local or network printer from within an MKS Toolkit shell?
• Why do console escape sequences appear when using ActiveState Perl in debug mode?
• Why are two new line characters showing when using the Microsoft Telnet Client and the MKS Telnet Server?

• What do I need to know when using Purify with MKS Toolkit ported applications?
• How do I convert path names in system() or exec()?
• How do I get rid of the console window on my X applications?
• How can I mix MFC and UNIX code in the same program?
• Why does my program run fine from the command line, but fail when run as a service?
• Why do I see a SIGSEGV from my ported UNIX application?
• Why does my MKS Toolkit ported application read my binary data files incorrectly?
• Why do text files have carriage returns in them?
• Why does the format of argv not get converted?
• Is there any way to convert a Windows socket into a NuTCRACKER Platform socket and vice versa?
• Why does an anonymous pipe hold only about 177 characters?
• Is there a way to get a Win32 window handle for an X client window?
• My program pipes to lpr for printing. What can I do?
• What is the cause of the error Failed to register with Service?
• What is the cause of _NutValidatePassword() failing, returning errno 13, permission denied?
• MKS make does not seem to work with my makefile. What can I do?
• Why does my application using the NuTCRACKER Platform on Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2000 SP4, when run as a non-administrator, exits immediately and leaves no messages in the event log?
• With MKS Toolkit 8.7, why does the lockf() API now fail with error 43? This did not happen with previous versions.

• Why do I have a separate key for the NuTCRACKER Workstation?
• What do I do with my NuTCRACKER Workstation key?
• Why won't the Deployment Wizard let me select a component?
• Why does nutinsInstallOe() fail?
• What are the arguments to nutinsInstallOe()?
• Why do system()/popen() in the NuTCRACKER Workstation behave differently than in the development environment?
• My application requires a shell at runtime. What are my options?
• How do I adjust configuration limits at runtime?
• Why are there no MKS Toolkit entries on the Start menu after I install my application?
• What privileges are needed to install an MKS Toolkit ported application?