Linux-Misc Digest #802, Volume #18 Thu, 28 Jan 99 22:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Recompiling Blues (Michael Powe)
Re: Long filename problem ("jdn")
IntelliMouse problem with XFree86 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fun, fun fun ("Dave Wallis")
Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code (Jim Frost)
Re: which distribution package do you recommend?
Re: rpm problem (Bob Tennent)
Re: AHA3940U and Linux 2.2.0 (Kai Poitschke)
Re: No control panel on Redhat 5.1 (Michel Catudal)
Re: enabling 'LF->CR/LF' (Michel Catudal)
Wave recorder for Linux? (was NTFS and RH LINUX 5.2) (Michel Catudal)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Alan Boyd)
pppd unable to load shared library (Tiejun Yang)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Darin Johnson)
Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry? (Gregory Propf)
Re: linux max RAM is 1GB? (Stephen E. Halpin)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (allacircle)
Bug or feature? (Van Snyder)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
a little problem with limits... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
encrypted file system (Tim Hanson)
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recompiling Blues
Date: 28 Jan 1999 12:21:09 -0800
[posted and mailed]
>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Fried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alan> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme) wrote:
>> First of all, if you have a modern RedHat system, there should
>> be absolutely no need to be mucking around with recompiling the
>> kernel. You should be able to do everything you need to by
>> inserting modules in to the kernel--RedHat has alreay compiled
>> the kernel and all the needed modules for you.
Alan> Unfortunately it does not support my initio 9100a SCSI card
Alan> so I had to recompile.
Second of all, ignore trolls who would discourage you from "mucking
around" with your system. It's your system and you should be
encouraged to "muck around" with it as much as possible. You're not
in Windows any more.
>> With a RedHat system, as long as it can see all the hardware
>> you have at install time, you will be able to see all of the
>> hardware when you boot RedHat. There is no need to learn about
>> kernel recompiles, inserting kernel modules, and so on.
My recollection of RH 5.1 is that it also comes equipped with a large
number of modules for which you will have no use.
>>> I am new at recompiling so I used Jeremy Nickolet's web page
>>> as a reference (members.home.com/nickoljt/kernel.html. For the
>>> most part it was a valuable asset but he suggested to
>>> recompile most of the stuff as modules. This turned out to be
>>> a mistake because afterwards, I was unable to mount my dos
>>> partition and cd-rom. In addition, I could not get online.
>> insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/fat.o insmod
>> /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/vfat.o
>> This will allow you to access files on a Win95 partition with
>> long file names, assuming that you correctly installed the
>> modules with 'make modules_install'
Alan> When do you give this command?
Usually, insmod can be given when you want to use a particular device.
The idea behind modules is to reduce memory consumption by the kernel
by not loading devices that are hardly ever used. However,
realistically, it might just be best to put almost everything except
the really arcane stuff into the kernel.
Unless you're really cramped for memory, there's no real sense in
making PPP a module if you're going to be using it every day to dial
in to your ISP. The only things I put in modules are file systems
like vfat, or devices like the floppy drive, that I almost never use;
and some kinds of interesting "features" like /dev/nvram that I may
someday get around to fooling with.
Alan> The steps I took were as follows:
Alan> make mrproper make xconfig make dep make clean make zImage
Alan> make modules (with the initio SCSI card I got error messages
Alan> during this process)
Make modules first. Here's my list: 1. make config 2. make dep
3. make modules 4. make modules_install 5. make zImage
I use a soft link for kernels so I can easily revert to the old one if
I need to:
mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.0
mv /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.0
ln -s System.map-2.2.0 System.map
ln -s vmlinuz-2.2.0 vmlinuz
run lilo while in /boot.
Now, If I have some unforeseen problem with the new kernel, I still
have the old one in place and it's easy to rename the links to point
to it.
>> With regards to your Kernel compile problems, it sounds like
>> you have a ggg/egcs incompatibility. With RedHat 5.2, they
>> have changed the main compiler that is used, causing code that
>> used to be able to compile to no longer be able to compile.
>> Please let us know which version of Linux you are using, and
>> the output of this command:
Alan> I have Red Hat version 5.1.
Yeah, well, you may still have problems compiling. But my
recollection is that the kernel was one of the few things I <could>
compile in RH 5.1.
mp
8<---------------how-easy-is-it-to-demunge-an-address?------------------->8
#! /usr/bin/perl # if you are [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Another Luser):
while ($line = <>){ if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/ ){ last; }
if ($line =~ m/^From: (\S+) \(([^()]*)\)/){ $from_address = $1; } }
if ($from_address =~ m/\S+NOSPAM\S+/){ $x = index($from_address, NOSPAM);
substr($from_address, $x, 6+1) = ""; printf("The real address is %s\n",
$from_address);}else { printf("No munge, just plain %s\n",$from_address);}
printf("\nBrought to you by the Truth In Mail Headers Foundation\n");
8<-----------------------here's-one-example------------------------------>8
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Michael Powe
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Portland, Oregon USA
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From: "jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long filename problem
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:06:37 -0600
Never mind. I fixed it.
jdn
jdn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:78qliv$smi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Sorry if this is yet another question that has a blindingly obvious answer,
>but I'm a little stumped.
>
>I was running RedHat 5.1 and had various Windows partitions mounted under
>it. I had no problem reading these Windows partitions with long filename
>support. This was good, because I keep most (if not all) of my downloaded
>Linux software under one of those partitions (I use Cygwin under Windows to
>support Unix style filenames).
>
>I wiped out my 5.1 installation and installed RedHat 5.2. I was annoyed to
>find that cabaret is no longer part of RedHat 5.2, since it was so easy to
>add mounts using that tool, but there you go. I remounted the Windows
>partitions using the X-tool linuxconf (or whatever the tool is called), and
>selected "VFAT" as the file type.
>
>However, no long filename support. All the filenames are truncated to 8.3
>format. What did I do wrong here? I can, of course, move the files to my
>Linux partition as needed and rename them, but that is rather annoying.
>
>What did I do wrong and how do I fix it?
>
>Any suggestions? TIA
>
>jdn
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: IntelliMouse problem with XFree86
Date: 28 Jan 99 10:22:24 +0100
Hi!
I have a problem with configuring my serial MS IntelliMouse with X under Linux.
I have Slackware 3.3 (2.0.30 kernel, XFree86 3.3). When configuring X (XF86Setup,
xf86config or directly editing XF86Config), I
tried each possible setup, but the mouse cursor didn't want to move anyway.
With XF86Setup (VGA16 server) I was able to use to mouse as IntelliMouse, but just
until I started the final X server.
It doesn't work neither with VGA16, SVGA nor S3 X servers.
Can anyone help me?
Should I download a newer XFree86?
Please send e-mail to:
Peter Csontos
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx a lot!
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From: "Dave Wallis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fun, fun fun
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:17:04 +1300
lamer
@maine.rr.com <@maine.rr.com> wrote in message ...
>hey guys there a box up at 204.210.86.79 i've setup a user test/test to
>assit your tasks... telnet in see what u can do .. root it whatever
>
>
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From: Jim Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:57:21 -0500
> > I thought IRIX did it, but it turns out that they specifically
> > downsize it. Oh well, maybe I just remembered the discussions.
> > Interestingly Java uses a 64-bit timestamp (though its resolution is
> > ms, not second).
>
> Linux/alpha seems to have 64-bit time_t already:
[...]
> Strangely enough, apparently Digital UNIX doesn't. Perhaps something to
> do with it's checkered history as a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit processor?
More likely they were worried about backward compatibility. On 32-bit
processors sizeof(int) usually == sizeof(long), so lots of morons did something
like:
int currentTime;
time(¤tTime);
which would work fine so long as time_t is a long and long is the same as int,
which was true on the vast majority of systems.
Now, I personally think this is stupid in this day and age of ANSI-C
prototypes, that would generate a compiler warning for a type mismatch, but I
suppose DEC is having enough problems selling Alphas without making the
software porting process harder.
jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: which distribution package do you recommend?
Date: 28 Jan 1999 09:38:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
M. Wimmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi!
: I collected some general information about linux on the internet, but I must
: admit, that I am a 100% newbie in this field. I would like to "learn by
: doing" about this powerful operating system.
: Can you recommend a distribution package?
: It should cost less than about 20 Euros.
: It should be run off my second, smaller SCSI - HD (Controller NCR C810 is
: supported).
: It must support my Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM graphics card and Panasonic CR
: 581-M CD-ROM drive.
: Maybe there is a package with a very comfortabel user interface?
: I am a medium experienced USER of Windows 95.
: Best regards and many thanks for your suggestions
Check out: http://www.linux-mandrake.com
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: rpm problem
Date: 29 Jan 1999 01:14:41 GMT
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:38:16 -0600, ty wrote:
>
>I use "rpm -Uvh ...." to upgrade a certain package, and got the
>following message, can someone kindly tell me what's the problem?
>
>cannot get exclusive lock on database
>error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
You may have forgotten to su to get root privileges. Only root
can change the database, as is necessary to upgrade/install packages.
Or perhaps another running process (glint?) already has exclusive access
to the database.
Bob T.
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From: Kai Poitschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: AHA3940U and Linux 2.2.0
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:38:53 +0100
Torsten Janke wrote:
>
> I have downloaded, compiled and installed the kernel version 2.2.0, but
> when booting the machine hangs when detecting the scsi devices.
>
> My machine configuration is a dual PentiumPro board with the Adaptec
> AHA-3940U/UW scis adaptor and the following devices:
> Channel A : Seagate ST43400N
> Channel A: Seagate ST410800N
> Channel B: HP354880A (DAT)
> Channel B: Pioneer DR-U10X (CDROM)
> Channel B: Iomega Jaz 1GB
>
> The kernel detects the 3940 scsi adaptor but then the following happens:
>
> scsi 2: 2 hosts
> Vendor: (first harddisk)
> Type: ....
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id1, lun 0
> Vendor: (second disk)
> Type: ...
> Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 9, scsi1, channel 0, id 0,
> lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
>
> Then tha machine hangs. Interestingly there is no device at id 0 on the
> scsi1.
> Under kernel 2.0.36 everything works fine.
> Maybe somebody can help?
>
> Torsten
Sorry,
I can't help you, but this is exactly what happened on my box.
I have a dual PII box with an AHA7890 controller onboard and a additional
AHA2940 PCI controller.
all works fine until the AHA2940 is initialized. I have only an SCSI Tape
on this controller, nothing else. All disks are connected to the 7890.
I'm running also an AHA2940U on a single processor box without a problem.
Also Kernel 2.0.36 works ok with this configuration.
Your not alone.
Kai
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No control panel on Redhat 5.1
Date: 28 Jan 1999 02:34:06 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've just installed Redhat 5.1, i start up Xwindows and I can't pull up the
> control panel. Thanks for any info/advice [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Go in a terminal shell and type control-panel
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: enabling 'LF->CR/LF'
Date: 28 Jan 1999 02:34:08 -0600
Marc Greene wrote:
>
> I just configured a DeskJet 400, and had the same problem, I think the
> option is now labeled 'fix stair-stepping text' or one of the other
> 'printing options' in the 'Select filters' dialog. Though you probably
> figured that out by now :-)
>
How do you fix the problem on the command line mode. This only applies
for the X mode.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wave recorder for Linux? (was NTFS and RH LINUX 5.2)
Date: 28 Jan 1999 02:34:05 -0600
Mark Swope wrote:
>
> Yes, I have. Actually, there's a patch to allow you to do it.
> Strickly speaking, I have a Slackware distro, but RH 5.2 should
> be patchable too. Now, the only thing that you need to know
> is that it's only mountable as read-only. Presumably, the
> author of the patch is working on this.
>
I've had NTFS support for a few weeks. As for the write mode. Before
I compiled the latest kernels I wasn't aware that the write mode was
buggy until I had to reeinstalled a hozed NT partition. Beware ...
I haven't had any problem with the read mode. It is usefull to do
my mp3 files. I use a NT program (cooledit) for the wav file and
use a Linux program to do the mp3 conversion. snd isn't worth shit
to do wav. It refuses to use a standard rate and the mp3 conversion
program refuses them. Anyone know of any good Linux program so I wouldn't
have to boot to NT more often than I'd care to? I record from the
line input (not the CD). I have lots of Dean Martin (55), Frank Sinatra (20)
and Doug Kershaw (12) LPs I want to put in mp3 format and eventually put on CDs.
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From: Alan Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:00:42 -0600
Matthias Warkus wrote:
>
> I suppose this wasn't any different even in pre-trauma Germany... At first I
> thought you were USAmerican, that's why I was so bewildered. You pledge
> allegiance to the flag at *school* in the USA AFAIK.
>
> And of course, the civil servants don't swear an oath on the Constitution,
> but on the flag, too (an American told me that, don't flame me for it if
> it's wrong).
Dunno about the civil servants, but the school pledge is (was?)
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all
I haven't recited it for 25 years or so, I'm guessing the kids still
stay it.
There's a short history here:
http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/pledge.htm
--
"I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a
program; you have to be *for* something, otherwise you
will never get anywhere." -- Harry S Truman
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From: Tiejun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pppd unable to load shared library
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:40:09 -0600
Hi,
I upgraded my ppp to 3.3.5 using rpm packages, and can't connect to
internet since. The error message is:
/usr/sbin/pppd: error in loading shared libraries
:undefined symbol: __bzero
Can anyone kindly help me out?
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
From: Darin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 Jan 1999 18:28:49 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Nope. We just never had to make silly pledges of allegiance.
> (The only time you EVER have to do that is if you join the armed services)
Actually, the US pledge of allegiance is an odd thing. It's not
official at all. There's no real reason for schools to have children
recite it, except tradition. One version I heard was that it was
invented by flag sellers to increase sales. (I think the founding
fathers would have had heart failure if they'd have heard of such
an allegiance)
--
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The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the
Frobozz Magic Hacking Company, or any other Frobozz affiliates.
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From: Gregory Propf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Whats Linux's equiv. of WIN98 Registry?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 02:37:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've been mucking around in the Win98 registry lately, and I wondered what is
> the Linux equivilant of the registry (or if there even is one)?
>
> I'm pre-newbie as I don't have a machine yet that I can install Linux on...
>
The thing that comes close is not a part of Linux proper. The popular
RedHat distribution comes with an excellent package management system
called rpm. It maintains a database of installed software. It does not
suffer the problems of corruption that plague the Windows registry since
the individual apps maintain their own configuration files. Corruption
in one does not spread to others.
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- Sadaam Hussein, in a letter to Santa Claus.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen E. Halpin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: linux max RAM is 1GB?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:53:24 GMT
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:59:28 -0800, Mark Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to bring Linux into our environment at work along side some
>Sun Ultra's and Enterprise systems but I became disappointed to hear
>that Linux only supports up to 1GB of RAM? That is unfortunate when
>Linux is trying to penetrate the enterprise server market and can't keep
>up with the big guys? I am not putting Linux down as I am a very big
>Linux advocate but if I am to compare linux head-to-head with other UNIX
>servers then what am I supposed to say? Even the Sun Ultra-2's support
>up to 2GB RAM and that is limited by hardware in the small footprint
>case. We have Enterprise 4000 systems that have 8GB of RAM. And I know
>that isn't the limit in Solaris. The systems we are ordering are dual
>Xeon 450's in an Intel MS440GX motherboard. I know the board can handle
>2GB too. Is there a reason why it can't > 1GB and does anyone know of
>future support?
Check the Linux sites for information about Alpha and UltraSPARC
solutions to see if its really 64-bit clean. As for Intel, the
Xeon line of processors can physically address 64GB of memory.
Given that Linux uses a flat address space model for processes,
you could in theory support a number of concurrent 4GB processes
in memory on a 64GB machine if the operating system were modified.
Given that there are very few Intel boxes that support more than
2GB of memory, and a questionable set of tasks that would require
a significant number of concurrent 4GB processes, its probably not
worth the effort, particularly if the 64-bit boxes could handle it
without extensive kernel changes.
As for trying to compare Linux to enterprise systems, its no where
near that league, and likely will not be for a long time to come.
Both Linux and FreeBSD have proven themselves in the low end
server market, and even enterprises use a lot of small servers.
If you need a system which is supports full hot swap, tens to
potentially hundred of gigabytes of RAM, 64 or more processors,
partitioning, process migration, online upgrades, checkpointing,
advanced scheduling, massive IO, or other features which were
once limited to the mainframe space, Linux is not for you at
this time.
>Thanks,
>
>Mark Ramos
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Steve
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From: allacircle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:41:22 -0500
> That want us to be i won't. They even have the words on the TV just in case you
> forget. I told my teacher that if they get a bouncing ball over the words take
> out the word god, and install linux on the network i'll say the stupid pledge.
Too much caffeine and i cant type damn jolt.
The first sentence should read "They want us to but i won't. "
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Van Snyder)
Subject: Bug or feature?
Date: 29 Jan 1999 02:41:49 GMT
I have a PC with RedHat Linux 5.2.
I have an Iomega Zip drive on my parallel port, in series with my printer.
If I load the module ppa.o, the zip drive works, but, even with the zip
drive powered off, the printer doesn't. If I unload ppa.o, even with the
zip drive powered on, the printer works.
Is this a bug or a feature of ppa.o, or is it something else entirely?
My news reader seems not to capture all the articles, so please send me
an e-mail copy of your response.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 25 Jan 1999 15:10:07 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Duncan Simpson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
: In <78fbcn$o8u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: [stuff snipped]
:>In order to understand B-trees, it'd help for you to first gain an
:>understanding of structs and linked lists.
:>A b-tree is a variation of a linked list, where each node has 2 children.
: No. This *COMPLETELY WRONG*. Nodes with exactly two children and
: binary trees, which are good but different. Every internal node in an
: order n B-tree and between n/2 and n children (n=3 gives you 2-3
: trees).
Ooops. My mistake.
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| Finalist in:- | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
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|GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ |
|PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e>e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: a little problem with limits...
Date: 25 Jan 1999 15:26:47 GMT
I've been trying house train my PC recently, but so far, I've been totally
unable to stop it from leaving core dumps everywhere. [I can't even get it
to use the litter tray] :)
First off.... I've used chsh to set my default shell to tcsh.
In /etc/profile, there's something close to the beginning with
ulimit -c 20000
I changed that to 0, with no luck....
So, I edited my .cshrc file, and inserted
limit coredumpsize 0
However, typing limit after bootup STILL says the coredump is unlimited.
typeing limit coredumpsize from the command line works however.
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Hanson)
Subject: encrypted file system
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:45:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The next step to getting this Linux system the way I want it is to look at
encryption.
In the Windows world I use software called the Safe House Utilities. This
consists of a large (several gb) file which mounts with password as a drive
letter, after which it acts as a directory tree transparently. There are
several utilities to mount, unmount, change passwords, defrag, etc. It
reminds me of Stacker without the compression.
Where can I find a Linux equivalent?
Tim Hanson
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