Linux-Misc Digest #421, Volume #19 Fri, 12 Mar 99 04:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix (Matthew Kirkcaldie)
Re: hacked login (telnet) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: hacked login ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: who problems (Paul Kimoto)
Netscape Collabra keeps losing my news server. (egray7)
RedHat 5.2 inews rpm source? (David Ashley)
Re: Ghostscript vs Canon BJ10e (Matthew Palmer)
Re: COBOL compiler for Linux? (Erhard Siegl)
Re: Iomega 2GB & Ftape (Greg White)
Re: Problems with maple after upgrade ("Miguel B. Martinez")
Newbie-Printing more than postscript files (Greg)
Re: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem ("LP")
Re: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem (Kevin Martin)
Re: Changing video mode (non-X) (Michael Powe)
Re: PPP connection ... Help (William Cornett)
Running pppd as non-root user (S Myles Prather)
Re: UNIX/Linux book request for SysAdms (Louise Adderholdt)
Re: KDE Password screwup (David Steuber)
Re: trn takes too long to get overview file (Villy Kruse)
Re: redhat rpm (Villy Kruse)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Kirkcaldie)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 02:45:59 GMT
D. Vrabel wrote:
>> [*] I'm referring to an American "billion" here. That's
>> a "milliard" to you out there 'cross the pond who
>> prefer to think of a "billion" as a "million million".
>You're a bit out of date. A billion in the UK is a thousand million.
Then you've adopted the US meaning, because it certainly was originally a
million million in UK parlance.
MK.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: hacked login (telnet)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 02:54:03 GMT
I want to allow telnet access to a Internet connected server;
but *only* form the local LAN connected machines.
Is this possible or not. I do not wish telnet access available
via the Net at all.
I have disabled most unnecessary services via the inetd.conf including
the telnet deamon. I would re-enable it if I could limit it's authority
via hosts.allow or hosts.deny - but how? Nothing I've tried does the trick.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: hacked login
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 02:54:02 GMT
I want to allow telnet access to a Internet connected server;
but *only* form the local LAN connected machines.
Is this possible or not. I do not wish telnet access available
via the Net at all.
I have disabled most unnecessary services via the inetd.conf including
the telnet deamon. I would re-enable it if I could limit it's authority
via hosts.allow or hosts.deny - but how? Nothing I've tried does the trick.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: who problems
Date: 12 Mar 1999 02:01:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[c.o.l.development.system removed; this is not a system problem]
In article <uwyJNl7a#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, asdf wrote:
> Hello there, I'm having problems with the "who" program, It works in very
> strange ways, such as:
> 1. only right after bootup, the first login.
> 2. after exiting from 1st login, "who" does nothing, "who
> /var/run/utmp" does nothing, "who /var/log/wtmp" does nothing.
> 3. once it told me that there was 3 root's logged in (no network or
> tty's open) even when there was only one.
>
> What can be the problem? I upgrading my system (Slackware 3.5) to a sort of
> Frankensteined system (Linux-2.2.3, glibc-2.1, and all newer packages). I
> upgraded the "who" that came with Slackware, to the one found at
> ftp.gnu.org.
Have you mixed libc5 and libc6 (== glibc) programs? The formats
of the utmp and wtmp files have changed (see FAQ #3.2 in the
glibc-2.0 source distribution).
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Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: egray7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape Collabra keeps losing my news server.
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:00:49 GMT
Well, that's basically it. Sometimes when I run
Netscape, and select Collabra, my news server isn't
there. Adding it is no difficulty, and the groups
to which I subscribed work fine(though the list as a
whole does go away), but it is rather annoying...anyone know why this
happens, or anything I can do to fix or
prevent it?
Version Information:
Caldera OL 1.3, 2.0.35 Kernel, Netscape 4.06, Latest
Xfree86..not sure what version of KDE I have, but the
same thing has happened when KDE wasn't running as well..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ashley)
Subject: RedHat 5.2 inews rpm source?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:17:31 -0800
Is it just me or is there no SRPM for the RH5.2 i386 package inews? If
Red Hat doesn't make the source available aren't they violating GPM?
-Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Subject: Re: Ghostscript vs Canon BJ10e
Date: 12 Mar 1999 03:18:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cc: mail and news]
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:24:57 +0000, Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a BJ-10sx working nicely in native mode with Ghostscript using
>the inbuilt BJ-10e driver. No magic on the command line, I'm afraid. Try
>looking at one of the "universal" lpd interfaces like magicprinter,
>perhaps...
Nyeh? I thought that lpr was the "universal" lpd interface? Are you
thinking of a magicfilter, which automatically detects the type input to lpd
and formats it accordingly? If so, I'm planning on putting one of those in,
but I need a working ghostscript first.
>Remember to set the resolution to 360. Have you tried printing a known
The resolution is probably the problem, then. It's currently set to 180 - I
didn't think it would cause huge problems, just make it come out larger or
something.
>good PS file, like <gs>/examples/tiger.ps?
I don't think I've tried tiger.ps, but I have tried printing a PS file which
worked with the epson driver and a different printer.
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From: Erhard Siegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: COBOL compiler for Linux?
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:49:17 +0100
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, "Eagle" wrote:
>Is there one?
Yes, for example:
http://www.acucobol.com/Products/
Greetings,
Erhard
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From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Iomega 2GB & Ftape
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:30:20 -0800
Chuck Lidderdale wrote:
>
> I've got just about every thing working - except - ftape
> I've downloaded the L&G ftape, compiled & installed.
> The best I can get is "device busy". (Iomega 2GB)
>
> Q: Does it make difference where the tape is on the ribbon?
> MB -> tape ~> floppy (the cable has the twist between the
> tape and floppy.
>
> Q: How do you detect/find the IRQ/ADD for the tape?
>
> Any other comments?
>
> Tks
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it's on your floppy controller, it uses the ADD/IRQ (address and IRQ,
right?) of your floppy controller. The IRQ is definitely six (6), but I
forget the address. Try 'cat /proc/ioports' and look for FDD or floppy
or whatever. (I have disabled my FDD controller, so I can't help there.)
Cabling sounds correct.
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From: "Miguel B. Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Problems with maple after upgrade
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 01:20:39 -0600
Bernhard Rau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just upgraded my computer from Linux RedHat 4.2 to RedHat 5.2.
> Ever since, my 'maple' (or, to be more
> specific, my 'xmaple') doesn't work properly. I can start it and do
> regular computations just fine. If I want to
> graph something (i.e. if I want 'xmaple' to open a new window for the
> graph), a core file is written and no window
> pops up. 'xmaple' keeps running and doesn't seem to be affected by this
> at all.
>
> I probably just forgot to install one or more rpm's, however, I have
> no idea which ones and how to find this one
> out. Any idea what to do? Is there an easy way to 'read' the core file
> and trace back the error? Well, any input
> is appreciated. Thanks,
> Bernhard
>
> --
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bernhard Rau |
> | Helsinki University of Technology tel. -358-9-4513203 |
> | Department of Engineering Physics fax. -358-9-4513195 |
> | and Mathematics |
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I seem to have the problem where the entire program core dumps and does not
keep running every time I try to save a file. I have already tried
installing libc5 on my system to correct the problem but it hasn't changed
a thing, so I don't think that is the problem.
If anyone has another suggestion, please let me know.
later
mig
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Newbie-Printing more than postscript files
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:18:46 -0800
I am running RED HAT 5.2 and I have a HP722C printer. I installed the
pbm2ppa file onto my system. I am able to print postscript files using
lpr.
Example: "lpr testpage.ps" or from the printool of RED HAT in X windows.
I also want to be able to print other files like: ascii, .txt, .bmp,
.jpg, etc...
I am using the RED HAT filter in the printcap file.
/etc/printcap reads:
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
I thought that the RED HAT filter was a magic filter allowing for
printing multiple file types. I've tried "lpr testpage.txt" or "lpr
testpage.ascii", but I don't get any results.
Can you please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Greg
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From: "LP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:30:27 GMT
Try running the /usr/X11R6/bin/vncserver script which comes with VNC. This
will start up the window manager, etc...
Another option is to set your X-Windows display correctly (Probably :1 for
vnc) and run the window manager / apps manually.
-LP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7c94fd$h4r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have the VNC server on Linux. The VNC viewer on NT.I can connect with the
>viewer, but all that I see is a grey screen with the X cursor (similar to
>that seen on Linux after 'startx' but before yourchosen window manager
kicks
>in). Although I can move thecursor, there is nothing there to select!!
>Anyone know what I'm not doing that I should be?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:03:17 GMT
In article <DeZF2.385$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says "LP"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Try running the /usr/X11R6/bin/vncserver script which comes with VNC. This
>will start up the window manager, etc...
I suspect that may be what he's looking at, if he's got a mouse cursor.
It's twm and there's not much TO look at unless you start an app.
SJM, take a look in your login directory for a hidden (it has a dot as its
first character) directory called ".vnc" --it should contain a file called
xstartup that will show you what it's running by default; mine starts twm
as window manager and an xterm. You can customize that. If it's not
starting at least an xterm by default, you should be able to start one up by
using the same trick you would under regular X.
>Another option is to set your X-Windows display correctly (Probably :1 for
>vnc) and run the window manager / apps manually.
E.G. telnet into the Linux box, enter the command "export DISPLAY='ntbox:1'"
and then run a detached xterm with "xterm &" The xterm window opens
inside the VNC screen, you can log off the telnet session without
killing the xterm (because the xterm is running detached) and start up
whatever else you need to run (such as kmahjongg :-) from the xterm.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7c94fd$h4r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I have the VNC server on Linux. The VNC viewer on NT.I can connect with the
>>viewer, but all that I see is a grey screen with the X cursor (similar to
>>that seen on Linux after 'startx' but before yourchosen window manager
>kicks
>>in). Although I can move thecursor, there is nothing there to select!!
>>Anyone know what I'm not doing that I should be?
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing video mode (non-X)
Date: 11 Mar 1999 19:30:48 -0800
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>>>>> "Joerg" == Joerg Sprankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joerg> how can I change the video mode (standard 80 cols x 25
Joerg> lines) on my RH5.2 system ? I want to use something like
Joerg> 132*40. I am currently not using X-Windows (on this
Joerg> system).
Check /usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt for information on this.
mp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Cornett)
Subject: Re: PPP connection ... Help
Date: 12 Mar 1999 03:55:10 GMT
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:21:57 +0000, David Kirkpatrick wrote:
: These need to be made execuitable. Execute chmod 755 on ppp-on
: and ppp-on-dialer
: -------------------------------------------------------------------
: Modify ppp-on by editing the following:
: TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD
Just want to point out that 'chmod 755 ppp-on' will give anyone who
connects to the machine with ftp or telnet -read rights- to the telephone
number, account and password to your ISP. Consider making that 'chmod
700' for root only, or 'chmod 711' to allow users execute rights but not
read rights to the file.
Could be that the directory you keep those files in is accessible only by
root (better check!).
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From: S Myles Prather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Running pppd as non-root user
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:00:47 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do you allow pppd to be run by a non-root user? The pppd man page
makes all sorts of allusions to non-root users running pppd but never
says how to allow it. Apparently this is a unix permissions issue. How
do I install pppd as setuid-root? This is really not a big deal. I
just don't like having to su just to run pppd.
Thanks,
myles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Louise Adderholdt)
Subject: Re: UNIX/Linux book request for SysAdms
Date: 12 Mar 1999 07:32:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 05:36:53 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you recommend that I purchase as an authorative, concise book about
> UNIX/Linux System Administration books? I have seen a lot, but does anyone
> out there who is a UNIX SysAdm have a book that they would recommend?
One good option that hasn't been mentioned yet is the set of manuals on
system administration put out by the LDP. They're at:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project
They're rather basic, but an excellent place to start.
Louise Adderholdt
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE Password screwup
Date: 10 Mar 1999 20:15:22 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> I was in user manager in KDE and reset the password to root. When I went to
-> File-Save, it said some file (can't remember) couldn't be updated. Exited
-> out, rebooted, and neither my old or new password works. My new password
-> was 8 characters. Can i continually hack away at it or does it suspend after
-> a while. Any suggestions before I blow out and reload?
Can you boot with a rescue disk and reset your password?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: trn takes too long to get overview file
Date: 12 Mar 1999 09:05:39 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Wlmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I am trying to use trn for linux, Slackware 3.5. After hitting the + it takes
>forever to get the overview file.
>
>Getting overview file.........................
>
>The dots take forever.
>
For how many articles? And how long is forever? It does need this
information before it can sort the articles into threads. Also, this
depends on how fast your link to the news server is and how fast the
server itself is.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: redhat rpm
Date: 12 Mar 1999 09:09:38 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone encountered this problem, with Redhat 5.1 rpm. I have to
>veiw the packages before I can install them. the progress bar proceeds
>nearly 3/4 of the way to complete then just stops. Since I can't view
>the packages I want to install, rpm won't let me install them, This
>happens on all the packages I've tried . Any help appreciated.
>
But you should be able to do 'rpm -qpi rpmfile' for general informations,
'rpm -qpl rpmfile' for a list of files, 'rpm -qpR rpmfile' for
prerequisites, and 'rpm2cpio rpmfile |( cd /tmp && cpio -idmvu )' to
actually extract the files into the /tmp directory.
Villy
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