for working in smitty with xterm use ctrl-lmb and select 'old function-keys'

if you are doing a fresh install, just use the partition defaults and resize later (see below)

resizing partitions:
  do this right away,  
  *** you can't shrink partitions, only grow them ***
  use chfs, or smit
  http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds1/chfs.htm
  also you can use M for megs or nothing for 512-byte blocks
  example:  chfs -a size=10G /
  older aix i dont think support the suffixes

  for smit do:
  System Storage Management -> file systems -> add/change/show/del

  heres what build14 and 31 look like (12-01-2005) in list all filesystems
  Name            Nodename   Mount Pt               VFS   Size    Options    Auto Accounting
  /dev/hd4        --         /                      jfs   10092544 --         yes  no
  /dev/hd1        --         /home                  jfs   16777216 --         yes  no
  /dev/hd2        --         /usr                   jfs   10092544 --         yes  no
  /dev/hd9var     --         /var                   jfs   8388608 --         yes  no
  /dev/hd3        --         /tmp                   jfs   2097152 --         yes  no
  /proc           --         /proc                  procfs --      --         yes  no
  /dev/hd10opt    --         /opt                   jfs   262144  --         yes  no
  /dev/lv00       --         /home/condor/execute   jfs   41943040 rw         yes  no
  /dev/lv01       --         /usr/sys/inst.images   jfs   4194304 rw         yes  no

  nmi-aix is a little different (/ is twice as big, the rest adjusted for compensation)
    (accident) 

  so... 
  chfs -a size=10092544 /
  chfs -a size=16777216 /home
  chfs -a size=10092544 /usr
  chfs -a size=8388608 /var
  chfs -a size=2097152 /tmp

  and then make /home/condor/execute (and the inst.images?)


a useful switch on gunzip is -c (to unzip to stdout, do what gzcat does)
gunzip -c blah.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 
 
aix toolbox for linux:
  a bunch of supported free software rpms
  try http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html
  or google installing openssh aix
  get wget right away, and bash if you like it
  also use wget --passive-ftp or your ftp downloads will fail
  for bash try alias wget="wget --passive-ftp"

ssh is NOT in there as of 12-1-2005
  try http://sourceforge.net/projects/openssh-aix
  see http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1pTechnote0707 (very good)
  note: groups/cryptographic for openssl, and you need an ibm id
  also there are separate release binaries for some things, make sure you get the right ones
  you need openssl 0.9.7 or greater
  also get the openssl-devel packages right away

  zcat blah.Z | tar xvf - 
  inutoc .
  smitty install
   

on compiling things:
  make sure you get gnu make as well as gcc etc for compiling things that need them
  use 'gmake' (gnu make) instead of 'make' (system make) where required

on ldap:
  for 5.2 and up:
    you need to install ldap.client from the cdroms
    mksecldap -c -h 192.168.0.1 -d dc=wisc,dc=edu -a "cn=Manager,dc=wisc,dc=edu" -p <our_ldap_pass>
    edit /etc/security/user:
      replace SYSTEM="compat" with SYSTEM="ldap or compat"
    
  
  for 5.1 and down:
    (from http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds3/mksecldap.htm)
    Attention: Systems running AIX 4.3 and AIX 5.1 which are configured as LDAP clients will
    only work with servers of AIX schema type. They will not talk to ldap servers of RFC2307 
    or RFC2307AIX types.

    so use nss_ldap on aix 5.1
    google nss_ldap aix
    for the client you can use openldap, configure without slapd/slurpd / try w/o bdb

    (from http://www.padl.com/Articles/nss_ldaponAIX.html)

    ./configure --with-ldap-dir=/usr/local \
                --with-ldap-lib=auto \
                --with-ldap-conf-file=/etc/nss_ldap.conf
    gmake
    gmake install
    edit /usr/lib/security/methods.cfg:
      LDAP:
          program = /usr/lib/security/NSS_LDAP

    then put basedn/server in /etc/nss_ldap.conf

    finally, 
      # chuser SYSTEM="compat or LDAP" default
    (this modifies /etc/security/user)

--

cfengine:
  some prereqs: openssl, flex, bison... you can just link /usr/bin/yacc to /opt/freeware/bin/yacc
  also make sure you install libm (math library) off of the aix cd (not installed by default!!!)
  you can also just put /opt/freeware/bin in your path
  note the /opt/freeware/bin/yacc is just a shellscript that runs bison -y
  if you get weird bison/yacc errors at compile time you will need to compile bison
  when compiling make sure /opt/freeware/bin precedes /usr/bin so you get the right 'm4' command
  you'll probably end up doing something like:

  export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/freeware/bin:$PATH
  cd /path/to/bison
  ./configure
  gmake
  gmake install
  cd /path/to/cfengine
  ./configure --with-openssl=/opt/freeware
  gmake
  gmake install


installing packages, compilers:
  if you need a newer base.rte base runtime or other requisite packages, you might try
  updating with an aix maintenance package from 
  
  http://techsupport.services.ibm.com

  if there is trouble applying the patch (accept license not available in update_all menus)
  try without allowing it to install requisite packages, and possibly manually install the 
  requisite packages before proceeding. only new packages need license agreements accepted.
  it appears this bug was fixed sometime between 5.1-4 and 5.1-9