Linux-Misc Digest #426, Volume #19 Fri, 12 Mar 99 11:13:07 EST
Contents:
Redhat Packages not found? (Christoph Haenle)
Re: VNC: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem (Yan Seiner)
Dumb GCC problem (Jim Henderson)
Re: StarOffice anyone?? (Jim Henderson)
Re: Running pppd as non-root user ("K.A. Steensma")
Re: /etc/rc.d/init.d problems (Scott Kester)
Re: Dumb GCC problem ("David Z. Maze")
Re: Dumb GCC problem (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: gcc: cannot specify -o with -c and multiple compilations (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: Making a bootdisk for rescue purposes (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: Linux setup (Drew Simonis - US Internet Support)
Re: Linux server for dos/windoze machines. . . (Alexey Kakhno)
Hotmetal Pro (jas shultz)
VNC xstartup (grey screen) - $DISPLAY problems? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: hacked login (telnet) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intellimouse wheel scolling under UNIX (Charles H. Chapman)
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From: Christoph Haenle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat Packages not found?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 99 14:39:16
Hi,
I've downloaded the redhat package for pgp and put the .rpm file in
/root. Then I set the package-directory in the package manager to
/root, but I get the error messy that no .rpm package was found in
directory /root. Any suggestions?
-Chris.
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: VNC: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:08:06 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Configure your .Xdefaults. It sounds like your X server (whatever
desktop you use) is not configured. The fact that you get the screen
with a moving cursor tells you VNC is doing its job.
RTFM on setting up VNC. There is a .vnc dir on the linux box that you
need to set up, as well as .Xdefaults.
Yan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > 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 your
> > > chosen window manager kicks
> > > in). Although I can move the
> > > cursor, there is nothing there to select!!
> > > Anyone know what I'm not doing that I should be?
> >
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dumb GCC problem
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:04:04 -0700
I'm probably just missing a library somewhere, but I can't seem to
figure out which one.
I'm attempting to compile sources for an older mud that I prefer over LP
or one of the others - the compile generally goes OK until link time,
and then I am told that crypt() is an unreferenced symbol.
gcc version is the one that comes on the SAMS "Unleashed" Redhat 5.2
CD. The crypt() function is defined in the headers, but I wonder if
there's a separate RPM that needs to be installed for the crypt
development libraries.
It's not a critical thing, but I'd like to get it running just so I
could say I did. :-)
Jim
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: StarOffice anyone??
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:46:20 -0700
Alexander Jo wrote:
>
> Can anybody help me to get a "personal key" for staroffice 5.0,
> This key is not a registration key, that we get from www.stardivition.com
> thanks,
> Alexander
Start the program and select "Register" from the help menu. Follow the
instructions.
Registration is free for personal use. It'll connect to the
StarDivision website and generate a customer ID and a personal key, both
of which you'll need to register the program. When running from within
SO50, it'll automatically register and you won't have to enter the
information.
Jim
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located here)
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products on a personal basis - if you need help with a Novell product,
please post a reply in the public newsgroup or visit the Novell support
forums at the URL above.
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From: "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running pppd as non-root user
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:08:16 GMT
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Type 'chmod +s pppd'
Received from Dean J. Cox
> You must also go to /usr/sbin, and type chmod +s pppd.
> That will allow non root users to use pppd.
>
S Myles Prather wrote:
> 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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Type 'chmod +s pppd'
<p>Received from Dean J. Cox
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>You must also go to /usr/sbin, and type chmod +s pppd.
That will allow non root users to use pppd.</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>S Myles Prather wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>How do you allow pppd to be run by a non-root user?
The pppd man page
<br>makes all sorts of allusions to non-root users running pppd but never
<br>says how to allow it. Apparently this is a unix permissions issue.
How
<br>do I install pppd as setuid-root? This is really not a big deal.
I
<br>just don't like having to su just to run pppd.
<p>Thanks,
<br>myles</blockquote>
</html>
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From: Scott Kester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d/init.d problems
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:03:56 -0500
Gregory G. Woodbury wrote:
>
> I just re-read the /etc/rc.d/rc script, which runs the items in the
> subdirectories in order. There are some complicated tests to try and
> ensure that the script exists and is qualified to be run.
>
> The only surprise to me was that it insists on seeing a lock file for
> the "subsystem" (i.e. system daemon) in the "run lock" directories
> (/var/lock/subsys/<subsysname>) before it will kill the subsystem.
> The <subsysname> is gotten by removing the "Knn" bit from the front of
> the scripts. In your case it wants to see a file named
> /var/lock/subsys/dbora
> existing before it will run the Kill script. The startup will work
> because the subsystem test is reversed so that it will only run if
> there isn't a lock. Since the rc.sysinit script removes the contents of
> the /var/lock/subsys directory while preparing to run the rc script,
> the startup scripts "can't" fail at boot time.
This makes fits what I have seen. When I pointed K15httpd to the dbora
script I 'borrowed' the lock file created by the httpd startup script,
and that is why the dbora script worked that time.
Thanks very much for your help, I was about to pull out the rest of my
hair on this one.
Scott
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumb GCC problem
Date: 12 Mar 1999 10:24:29 -0500
Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jim> I'm probably just missing a library somewhere, but I can't seem to
Jim> figure out which one.
Jim>
Jim> I'm attempting to compile sources for an older mud that I prefer over LP
Jim> or one of the others - the compile generally goes OK until link time,
Jim> and then I am told that crypt() is an unreferenced symbol.
Try -lcrypt.
(And please fix your From: line to be mailable.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject: Re: Dumb GCC problem
Date: 12 Mar 1999 15:04:29 GMT
Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>the compile generally goes OK until link time, and then I am told that
>crypt() is an unreferenced symbol.
Please consider using a Usenet search service like DejaNews
(http://www.dejanews.com), http://www.reference.com, or AltaVista
(http://www.altavista.digital.com) before posting to see if your question
has been answered already.
Quoting the glibc FAQ:
:2.5. When linking with the new libc I get unresolved symbols
: `crypt' and `setkey'. Why aren't these functions in the
: libc anymore?
:
:{UD} The US places restrictions on exporting cryptographic programs and
:source code. Until this law gets abolished we cannot ship the
:cryptographic functions together with glibc.
:
:The functions are available, as an add-on (see question 1.7). People in
:the US may get it from the same place they got GNU libc from. People
:outside the US should get the code from ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/gnu, or
:another archive site outside the USA. The README explains how to install
:the sources.
:
:If you already have the crypt code on your system the reason for the
:failure is probably that you did not link with -lcrypt. The crypto
:functions are in a separate library to make it possible to export GNU libc
:binaries from the US.
HTH,
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: gcc: cannot specify -o with -c and multiple compilations
Date: 12 Mar 1999 15:01:24 GMT
A.G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What do I do about this compilation error? I'm trying to compile proccps
>with gcc 2.8.1. and glibc2.07.pre6.
^^^^^^^^^
>gcc -O -O4 -Wall -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/include -Dl
>inux
>LinuxMachineDefines
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gcc 2.8.1's C preprocessor no longer predefines the 'i386' symbol which
xmkmf/imake use in the definition of LinuxMachineDefines, causing the
problem you're seeing.
In any case, I wouldn't recommend gcc 2.8.1.
On the C side, you're better of sticking with gcc 2.7.2.3, as there are
problems with gcc 2.8.1 compiled Linux 2.0 kernels. And for all languages
(in particular C++) EGCS is more recent, and decently maintained.
HTH,
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Subject: Re: Making a bootdisk for rescue purposes
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:30:57 GMT
>OK. Now: The kernel is 2.2.2. It has ramdisk and initrd support compiled
>in. (it is the same kernel that boots the machine from the disk). It
>boots, loads scsi module (initrd), continues, and then stops with the
>following message:
>"VFS: Insert the root floppy and press enter", or similar. I do that and
>see kernel panic, cannot mount root.
>
>What the kernel is trying to do, is mounting an ext2fs filesystem on the
>floppy. (If I give it an ext2fs floppy in place of ramdisk image, it is
>mounted and kernel continues). The kernel doesn�t even think of taking
>the compressed image from the floppy and loading it into the ramdisk. It
>just wants an ext2fs floppy to mount it as the root filesystem.
>
>What I expect is the message: "VFS: insert the floppy to be loaded into
>ramdisk and press enter", or similar, and when I do that, "Compressed
>image found on block 0", or similar. After all is over, there should be
>a ramdisk mounted as the root filesystem and the image from the floppy
>should be there.
>
>I suppose that there is some option that I missed when I compiled the
>kernel.
>
>What should be done in order to make it work as expected, or where
>should I look for documentation about this?
>
Have you read the Bootdisk-howto (I assume not, since it is pretty
comprehensive and you shouldn't have any problems following the
directions) and the .txt files in /usr/src/linux/Documentation (I
think that is the path, I'm not sure though) ?
There are some nasties in creating a ramdisk floppy. Have you set the
correct block address in the kernel so that it will know where the
ramdisk image is stored on the disk? Look at the Bootdisk-howto for
details. MSB
P.S.: I just want to add that tomsrtbt is really good. Someone else
already mentioned it in this thread.
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:30:55 -0500
From: Drew Simonis - US Internet Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: ibmnet.general,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux setup
This whole thread is wandering just a little bit off topic for this
group...
Also, it is becoming an excercise in "I know more than you do about
DNS", which
isn't even funny to read anymore. The best answer was one of the first:
> >There are places providing "Dynamic DNS" for dialup users. Try
> >http://www.dyndns.com/ for one or http://www.ddns.com/ for another.
Any other manipulation of files will be wastefull and become
increasingly
annoying.
-Drew
Michael Proto wrote:
>
> Georges Heinesch wrote:
> >
> > Some Linux networking question ;))
> >
> > When dialing into IBM, I get a dynamic IP. Hence my computer can be
> > addresses with (e.g.) "slip-111-111-111-111.lux.lu.ibm.net". Now, I
> > would like to call my computer "foobar", so that I can access it
> > without knowing the IP address. The call would be
> > "foobar.lux.lu.ibm.net".
> >
> > I was looking into many books, many man pages, many files
> > (/etc/resolv.conf, ...), but didn't get an answer.
> >
> > Is it possible to configure Linux that way?
> >
>
> You may want to do some research on mumble DNS.
>
> --
> -] Michael Proto [-
> -] MCP: Win95 [-
> -] Happy Linux user since 1997 [-
> ERROR: REALITY.SYS Corrupted! Reboot universe? (Y/n)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexey Kakhno)
Subject: Re: Linux server for dos/windoze machines. . .
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:27:03 GMT
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:35:38 -0600, Norvell Spearman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can someone point me to or give me information about setting up a Linux
>server to provide thin-client services to dos/windoze machines? I
there's PCTCP for dos and SAMBA for Win.
Alexey, Russia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: jas shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hotmetal Pro
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:19:41 -0700
I read in Redhat Unleashed that there's a ver. of Hotmetal Pro for
Linux, or atleast the X Windows system. Does anyone know anything about
this? I checked the Hotmetal information at http://www.sq.com and was
unable to find any mention of Linux of X Windows. Any assistance would
be appreciated.
Jas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux
Subject: VNC xstartup (grey screen) - $DISPLAY problems?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:23:31 GMT
Here's what I'm trying to achieve: vncserver on a Linux box, vncclient on
a
windows box. What I get is merley a "grey screen and cross cursor"
seen from
the clinet end - i.e: no applications running. This is dispite
the fact that
my xstartup file contains the line:
afterstep &
Now, here are some
observations. The line (I assume) is identical to:
afterstep -d $DISPLAY &
which (I assume) is identical (for me) to (e.g. in one particualr instance):
afterstep -d PC007248Linux:2
None of the above seem to work.
I have put
a line in the xstartup file, to the effect:
echo $DISPLAY > ~/diag.log
and it confirms that $DISPLAY is PC007248Linux:2
(or PC007248Linux:n more
generally).
Now, after having run vncserver, it responds with something
like:
New 'X' Desktop is PC007248Linux:2
(or New 'X' Desktop is
PC007248Linux:3 or whatever)
So I try typing at the shell prompt, the
following:
% afterstep -d PC007248Linux:2
But this does *NOT* work,
returning the following:
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno
= 101
AfterStep: can't open display PC007248Linux:3
HOWEVER, it *is*
successful to do:
% afterstep -d :2
which works, opening an aftertep
session on the vnc client.
HOWEVER, I want the whole thing to be automatic,
so that
in the xstartup file can refererence $DISPLAY, by default having...
afterstep &
will "select" the vnc display appropriately, whatever # that
might be.
Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance to anyone out there who knows
what
is happening here, and is willing to offer their advice..
Steve.
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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 14:20:36 GMT
The hosts_access man page makes no sense at all.
Thanks forever, (and to Colin) :)
Kosta.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory G. Woodbury) wrote:
> Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> shaped electrons to say:
> >
> >Contents of hosts.deny
> >ALL:ALL
> >
> >Contents of hosts.allow
> >in.telnetd: allowableip, allowableip, allowableip
> >
> >or you can just put your entire subnet in the allow file
> >instead of individual ip addresses.
>
> Also, be sure that the inetd.conf line looks like:
>
> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
>
> The "/usr/sbin/tcpd" is the most important, it lets the tcp-wrappers
> security tools read and honor the hosts.deny/hosts.allow files.
>
> The man page for the hosts.allow and deny files is hosts_access(5),
> which is read by the command "man 5 hosts_access"
>
> [Now really Colin, there is no need to say a "luser drooled".
> Its really disrespecful and insulting. LART yourself ]
> --
> Gregory G. "Wolfe" Woodbury `-_-' Owner/Admin: wolves.durham.nc.us
> ggw at wolves.durham.nc.us U Errant co-moderator of:
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> "The Line Eater is a boojum snark." Hug your wolf. (Thanks Peter.)
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles H. Chapman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Intellimouse wheel scolling under UNIX
Date: 12 Mar 1999 14:55:10 GMT
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:49:55 -0700, Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Now, I'm running Exceed as my X software at work using an NT box as a
>dumb terminal.
>
>Does anyone know now to get my Intellimouse wheel to scroll under SunOS
>UNIX using Exceed?
It's the -server- that handles mouse events, not the clients. It
doesn't matter if you're running your X clients under SunOS or any
other OS -- you have to have an Intellimouse-aware version of Exceed
(the server) to make the wheel work.
Chuck
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