hi vivek . FYI pcq linux by default doesnot support NTFS.u need 2 recomplie the kernel 2 recognise NTFS parts(i have tried it and it works fine).then to get lilo again, boot into ur linux box and run "lilo" u should get added dos * added linux depends on ur label. c u good day On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > Send linux-india-help mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-indi- > a-help > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > than "Re: Contents of linux-india-help digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: NIS doubts (Shanker Balan) > 2. Re: How install LiLO on NTFS? (Girish M G) > 3. Re: IPtables newbie (Shanker Balan) > 4. Re: Quake III (Shanker Balan) > 5. Star office 6.0 install (Rahul Kumar) > 6. Re: Samba Version (Shanker Balan) > 7. Active / Passive FTP was (Re: [LIH] Re: IPtables > newbie) (VaibhaV Sharma) > 8. Re: wvdial sends a funny symbol (mukund) > 9. RH7.2 (Adipoli A) > 10. Re: fsck error (Suresh Ramasubramanian) > 11. Re: Star office 6.0 install (Suresh > Ramasubramanian) > 12. Re: IPtables newbie (Shanker Balan) > 13. Re: IPtables newbie (Suresh Ramasubramanian) > Hello: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, > > I have a couple of interesting NIS questions which I > could not resolve > > through the HOWTO docs. > > > 1. Can a machine be client to multiple NIS domains? > > AFAIK, no! > > > 2. Can you imagine a situation when it would be > necessary? > > No. > > > 2. Is the behaviour of passwd command itself affected > - by the presence of > > a running NIS client [ypbind] - that it would ask > for verification > > through NIS database, if it is present? > > The password changing tool "passwd" does not detect the > presence of the > NIS environment, its PAM which does the magic using NIS > RPC for the > password changing. > > passwd -> PAM -> NIS > > See docs for the "pam_unix" PAM module. > > >How exactly is this affected? Is the change permanent? > [passwd seems to > >behave like yppasswd]. > > PAM makes the password changing transparent in an NIS > domain for > "passwd" (or any other app which goes thru PAM) > > Oh, I don't actively use NIS so I might be wrong here! > > -- Shanu > > BTW: In case you plan to deploy NIS in your network, i > strongly recommend > against NIS. Use LDAP for providing single point > authentication instead. > LDAP is secure, robust and highly scalable. > > -- > Han Solo: > I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big > dark blur I see a big light blur. > Luke Skywalker: > There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know. > Han Solo: > You're gonna die here you know. Convenient. > > u can instead use Ntldr that comes with win2k. It works > fine in my system. > > type in the following command as root > > dd if=/root/hdax of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 > > where x stands for partition where u have installed > linux. remember to type > bs=512, otherwise(i am not sure) the entire linux > partition will be copied > to bootsect.lnx.(u know this is one of the wayz > one can use to backup the data, and go ahead with > formatting.....and get > back the data) > > Now having got the bootsect.lnx, alter boot.ini to > obtain a menu @ the > bootup > > Regards > bye > girish m g > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vivek A. Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 8:14 PM > Subject: [LIH] How install LiLO on NTFS? > > > > Hi, > > I have installed PCQ Linux, on a partition with > custom intalling mode. I > had > > Windows2000 Professioal allready installed on NTFS > partition. > > LILO was working fine with showing options to boot in > Linux or Dos etc. > But, > > when I selected to boot to DOS, it displayed a mesg > "Loading DOS" and > > stopped. (I think it is not recognising NTFS > partition). So I logged into > > Linux, and uninstalled LILO using "lilo -u " command. > Now the system is > > booting directly to Windows 2000. If I want want to > use Linux, I have to > > use boot floppy. > > How can I reinstall LILO and How can I make it to > recognise NTFS? Please > let > > me know indetail how to modify lilo.conf if there is > a way. > > > > -Vivek. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-ind- > ia-help > > > ________________________________________________________- > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Hello: > > Sundari KuSumam wrote, > > What is the difference between passive and active > mode? > > Here is a cut and paste from the Netfilter mailing list: > > <snip> > Diff b/w Active and Passive FTP: > > The differences between active and passive FTP are as > follow : > > ACTIVE : Client connect to server form Unpriviledge > port ( 1024-65535 ) > to the ftp command port ( 21 ). Then when you type > "ls" or "get ..." > the server connect from ftp data port ( 20 ) to the > client on an > unpriviledge port. > > PASSIVE : Client connect to server form Unpriviledge > port ( 1024-65535) > to the ftp command port ( 21 ). Then when you type > "ls" or "get ..." > THE DIFFERENCE ==> the client connect from an > unprivilidege port to the > server on an unpriviledge port. > > So, in active mode, the server open the data socket, > and in passive mode > the client open the data socket. > > Second, Passive or active ftp is not a matter of rules > in your firewall, > but a matter of state in you ftp client. > </snip> > > > Also a related query I want to limit access to > certain services such > > as yahoo messenger to one or two machine What is he > best way? > > 1) Find out what ports are used by Yahoo messenger (TCP > port 5050 IIRC) > > 2) Make sure the conntrack kernel modules are loaded > > 3) Enable masquerade for the hosts that you want to > provide Yahoo > messenger access and _only_ for the Yahoo ports > > $IPT -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -s $MY_HOST --dport > 5050 -j MASQUERADE > > (you will need more rules if your default FORWARD and > PREROUTING policy > is to DROP) > > 4) Do the same for all other hosts that you want to > provide selective > access. > > OR > > Yahoo supports HTTP(S?). Configure your Yahoo client to > use your http > proxy (you have one right?) and use the HTTP transport > instead of tcp > port 5050. > > -- Shanu > > -- > Han Solo: > I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big > dark blur I see a big light blur. > Luke Skywalker: > There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know. > Han Solo: > You're gonna die here you know. Convenient. > > Hello: > > Kingsly John wrote, > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > > > > |idsoftware gives the quake 3 source for linux for > download on their > > |website. this is about 26 megs in size. is it > possible to compile > > |this source and play the game? > > > > I don't think so.. it might be only the game engine.. > can u post the > > URL ? > > So far, ID has only open-sourced the Quake engine. > > -- Shanu > > -- > Han Solo: > I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big > dark blur I see a big light blur. > Luke Skywalker: > There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know. > Han Solo: > You're gonna die here you know. Convenient. > > Hi > Anyone got Star Office 6.0 running ? I try installing > but the system > freezes after the first screen pops up. Have to pull > the plug! > I have RH7.1 - all system requirements are met amply. > > thx, rahul. > > Hello: > > i-engg3 wrote, > > I am running this version of smb as pdc for win2k pcs > also. There is > > no problem. if you wish you can go to smb2.2.2 > > WHATS NEW IN Samba 2.2.2: 13th October 2001 > > New daemon included - winbindd > New printing parameters > New LDAP parameters > New SSL parameters > Linux 2.4 quota problem fixed > > Consider moving to 2.2.2 if you use any of the above > features. > > -- Shanu > > -- > Han Solo: > I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big > dark blur I see a big light blur. > Luke Skywalker: > There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know. > Han Solo: > You're gonna die here you know. Convenient. > > Hello, > Searched www.whatis.com and got this > > Passive FTP : > > Passive FTP (sometimes referred to as PASV FTP because > it involves the FTP > PASV command) is a more secure form of data transfer in > which the flow of > data is set up and initiated by the File Transfer > Program (FTP) client > rather than by the FTP server program (as the case is > in the default > Active FTP connection process). > > Separate FTP client programs, such as WS_FTP Pro, > usually allow the user > to select passive FTP. Most Web browsers (which act as > FTP clients) use > passive FTP by default because corporations prefer it > as a safety measure. > As a general rule, any coprorate firewall server, which > exists in order to > protect an internal network from the outside world, > recognizes input from > the outside only in response to user requests that were > sent out > requesting the input. The use of passive FTP ensures > all data flow > initiation comes from inside the network rather than > from the outside. > > HTH. > > VaibhaV > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:15:59 +0200 > "Sundari KuSumam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello > > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 05:45:03PM +0800, Suresh > Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > > > > That's the standard ftp in Debian Potato - which > does support passive > > > ftp I believe. > > > > Thanks for the help. making it passive solved the > problem > > What is the difference between passive and active > mode? > > > > Also a related query > > I want to limit access to certain services > such as yahoo > > messenger to one or two machine What is he best way? > > > > TIA > > Su > > The number you are dialing is direct ppp connection, i, > e without user/passwd > and the string you are getting is ppp negotiation. > Normally these are the numbers used with internet > startup kit for > registration. > You can connect to net but you will be allowed to > browse only one site i,e > online registration. > Regards, > Mukund Deshmukh > Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. > Web site - http://betacomp.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:40 AM > Subject: [LIH] wvdial sends a funny symbol > > > >When I use wvdial , I get the following (yes , I get > > > >Connected and yes , I can get all the sites) , but > > > >Why is "~[7f]}#@!}!}&} }8}"}&} }*} } }#}$@#}%}&sbV}/} > '}"}(}" [18]~ " > > > >Seen at the bottom ? > > > > > > > > > > hello every one, > > I upgraded my box, which is a mail server, with > redhat 7.2. Now, I have problems with incoming mails > while outgoing mails are perfectly ok. No mails are > coming in and bouncing back saying connection > refused.. any suggestions??? > > bye > adipoli > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at > http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > +++ Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . [linux-india] > <19/12/01 10:08 +0530>: > > Error reading block 426356 (Attempt to read Block > from filesystem resulted in > > short read) while doing inode scan. > > I was then dropped into a shell where fsck /dev/hda1 > gave me the same error > > and asked if I wanted to ignore it. On saying yes, it > ran further and gave > > the fs a clean chit. I could then reboot w/o any > problems. > > Best do > > /sbin/fsck -y -A > > -y = say yes to all > -A = fsck all partitions listed in /etc/fstab > > > What does the error mean. I have an almost new (~ 3 > months) 40 GB hdd. > > Likely a stray bad block or two. Happens sometimes. > > Hope your hard disk is partitioned into multiple > partitions (/, /boot, /var, > /usr, /home etc) .. makes things much easier when you > have a large hard > drive. Makes reinstalls / upgrades easier as well :) > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #043 -**< Sub : Re-initialise /etc/inittab >**- > To re-initialise changes made to /etc/inittab without > the need > to reboot, do: '#init q' > Init is the last step of the kernel boot sequence. "q" > option > re-examines and re-initialises /etc/inittab. > > +++ Rahul Kumar [linux-india] <19/12/01 11:51 +0530>: > > Anyone got Star Office 6.0 running ? I try installing > but the system > > freezes after the first screen pops up. Have to pull > the plug! > > I have RH7.1 - all system requirements are met amply. > > What error is thrown, if any? Start staroffice from a > terminal using (say) > staroffice >& ~/staroffice.log& > > Do note that staroffice is a major memory hog ... so if > you have other memory > hogs running on that machine (kde, gnome, netscape etc) > stop them first. Try > running staroffice in (say) twm or fvwm and see if that > works. > > -srs > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #029 -**< Sub : Loss of root password >**- > Log in to Single user mode. At the LILO boot prompt > type in :- > 'linux 1 init=/bin/sh root=/dev/hdaN' mount rw (where N > is the > number of your root partition). Then change the > password for > root with the command: '#passwd' > > Hello: > > Shanker Balan wrote, > > > Also a related query I want to limit access to > certain services such > > > as yahoo messenger to one or two machine What is he > best way? > > <snip> > > > Yahoo supports HTTP(S?). Configure your Yahoo client > to use your http > > proxy (you have one right?) and use the HTTP > transport instead of tcp > > port 5050. > > Whoops, i misunderstood your Yahoo query. :) > > If your LAN users act smart (which they will) and use > the HTTP proxy > option in Yahoo Messenger, they will be able to by pass > your host/port > based MASQ rules! > > To prevent proxy abuse by YM users, put in ACLs for > limiting access to > *.msg.yahoo.com on a per IP basis. > > -- Shanu > > -- > Han Solo: > I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big > dark blur I see a big light blur. > Luke Skywalker: > There's nothing to see. I used to live here you know. > Han Solo: > You're gonna die here you know. Convenient. > > +++ Sundari KuSumam [linux-india] <19/12/01 12:15 > +0200>: > > Thanks for the help. making it passive solved the > problem > > What is the difference between passive and active > mode? > > As shanu explained the difference already, I'll just > add that RFC 959 > documents it, and the best explanation of this that > I've seen is at > <http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,, > sid7_gci512897,00.html> > > > Also a related query > > I want to limit access to certain services such as > yahoo > > messenger to one or two machine What is he best way? > > Speaking as a (former) corporate mail/sys admin ... > > Short term solution - use iptables filters as Shanu > suggested. Find out what > ports yahoo uses and firewall those for unauthorized > IPs. However, as Shanu > said, messenger uses HTTP-S as well, so just > configuring clients won't help. > Any user with half a brain can figure it out, and > firewalling https is not an > option. > > Users with half a brain - There are several with just > enough clue to be a > nuisance on your network, screwing up their settings by > installing software, > working around whatever blocks you set etc ... > especially in a corporate > environment. They might be brilliant in whatever field > of work they are in, > but will definitely verge from utterly clueless to > (that most dangerous > state) half clueful around computers. > > You can, in fact, safely proceed with the assumption > that your average user > is like a small child with firecrackers, and needs > someone to keep an eye on > him to prevent him from hurting himself on the 'net > (damage to his computer / > your network, basically). > > If you have something like NT Workstation or Win2K on > those client boxes, you > can set enough policies to ensure that the user can't > install software onto > the machine, only the administrator can. Either that, > or use thin clients :) > > Otherwise, you are much better off solving a social > problem (employees > goofing off on yahoo messenger / napster etc) socially > (yelling, whacking > them upside the head with the proverbial "clue bat", > etc). More seriously, > an "acceptable use policy" on the corporate network > should help. > > That, and keep a track of active connections at any > given time. If someone > looks to be bogging down the network, just put a deny > rule in for his IP ... > he can still get his mail from the LAN based mailserver, > but he won't be able > to surf / chat on messenger etc. > > Yes, I know this is intrusive, etc etc - but it is a > damn sight better than > firewalling everything in sight. It is also much more > convenient when > someone gets his box infected with Hybris / Nimda or > other > flavor-of-the-month windows virus, and is pumping out > 500 kb virus mails with > sensitive corporate documents (of course, in ms word > format) attached as the > virus payload. > > Phew, now I'm out of that environment, out of that > nightmare ... wish you > luck doing all this :) > > -srs > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #135 -**< Sub : man2txt >**- > To convert man pages to text format (which may be > necessary if > printouts are necessary, or you want to clip a large > section): > $man [progname] | col -b > progname.man.txt > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india- > -help >
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