Linux-Misc Digest #435, Volume #19 Sat, 13 Mar 99 05:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux LOCKUP!! (Seth Van Oort)
Re: Letter Header!!! (Seth Van Oort)
Re: large ide-hdd woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Failsafe servers... SGI and/or Linux (D. J. Birchall)
Re: ICQ for Java (Hans Wolters)
Re: Disk Boot Failure!! After Install ("Jim Kielman")
MAKE command (angel13)
Re: Database for Linux (David Steuber)
Re: hacked login (telnet) (David Steuber)
Re: Remote login for "root" - how??? (David Steuber)
Running fdisk under Linux after Partition Magic? (Bjorn T Johansen)
Re: binary Emacs 20.x for i386? (Arthur Chiu)
Re: acessing Linux Drive from NT (Tom Pfeifer)
Appletalk emulation (Daniel Wetzler)
Re: DVD drivers for Linux (David Steuber)
Re: Epson Stylus 640 : RH5.2 okay here (Ray)
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux LOCKUP!!
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 07:07:30 +0000
Maybe this is stupid but did you change networks and forget to update
all the information? I've heard that at least NT has a problem with
that. I admit it doesn't seem likely since both Linux and Windows are
affected.
Seth
"David J. Novak" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 on an AMD K6-233 (1.4 years old) dual booting
> with win95, and in the last week some strange things have been
> happening, so any help you can offer would be apprecatied. Anyway, when
> I boot into 95, I have no problems except when I shutdown. Normaly if I
> tell 95 to shut down, it ends up rebooting. I can deal with 95 being
> flakey, heck, I expect it. The big problem is when I run Linux, I can
> run (in and out of X) for anywhere between 30 seconds and 30 minutes
> before it locks up. By lock up, I mean, the caps lock key doesn't even
> turn the keyboard LED on! No mouse input, no hard drives seek, no
> keyboard input, the only useful buttons on the computer at that point
> are the reset button and the power switch.
> I've been talking with a friend here, and I'm going to try to
> under-clock the CPU, and maybe lower the core voltage (I have an ABIT
> motherboard that allows that through the bios). I've turn off all BOIS
> power managment settings. The weird thing is, prior to this the
> computer has been running perfectly. Then I moved, and now it's hosed.
> I've torn the case apart and reseated most connectors, reseated the RAM
> and even the CPU!! Prior to this, it's been running so well, I haven't
> recompiled the kernal in MONTHS!
> Any suggestions, please email me! Thanks!
>
> David
>
> --
> David J. Novak GSM Radio Firmware
> Cellular Infrastructure Group GPD/NSS
> Motorola Life v1.91
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous." -Voltaire
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Letter Header!!!
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 07:33:26 +0000
The smtp command is
FORGEFROMHOST <forged hostname>
the mail server will then send a challenge using KERBEROS to verify that
you are, indeed, forging your hostname. If you are not forging your
hostname, the server will close the connection. Most servers will log
this activity as a security hazard, so don't give it your real hostname.
This is only true for servers that don't have data striped disks. If
they do have data striped disks, then you must issue the command
FORGEFROMHOST <forged hostname> 0xdf
The server will then send a username from its /etc/passwd file along
with the unencrypted password. You must reencrypt this password for
extra security and reissue it back to the server. If the RST flag in the
tcp packet from the server is set, than this must be done quickly.
Seth
David wrote:
>
> I wonder if there is a way we can hide the original host from our
> letter header ...example mine is from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> in the header letter below.
> Thanks for any help.
> David.
> ---
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: large ide-hdd woes
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 07:33:21 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Jonathan Koren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got an 16gig IBM IDE HDD. It came as one big 16gig FAT32-LBA
> partition. I've been trying for over a week now to partition the thing
> so I can install Slackware. After much swearing, I managed to get the
> the thing to apparently partition correctly. (Both win98 and linux,
> both see the partitions, in the proper order, the proper sizes, and the
> proper logical cylinders.) However something is still wrong. When I go
> to format the win98 partition, `format` just blows right through the
> partitions like they weren't even there (it formats all 16gig). I
> really don't understand. I'm not a newbie, and I've installed linux
> lots of times, but I just don't understand this.
>From the fdisk man page:
DOS 6.x WARNING
The DOS 6.x FORMAT command looks for some information in the
first sector of the data area of the partition, and treats
this information as more reliable than the information in the
partition table. DOS FORMAT expects DOS FDISK to clear
the first 512 bytes of the data area of a partition whenever a
size change occurs. DOS FORMAT will look at this extra
information even if the /U flag is given -- we consider this a
bug in DOS FORMAT and DOS FDISK.
The bottom line is that if you use cfdisk or fdisk to change
the size of a DOS partition table entry, then you must
also use dd to zero the first 512 bytes of that partition
before using DOS FORMAT to format the partition. For exam-
ple, if you were using cfdisk to make a DOS partition table
entry for /dev/hda1, then (after exiting fdisk or cfdisk
and rebooting Linux so that the partition table
information is valid) you would use the command "dd if=/dev/zero
of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1" to zero the first 512 bytes of the
partition. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you use the dd com-
mand, since a small typo can make all of the data on your disk
useless.
--
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Westland, Michigan :: before you know it, you're talking real-time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D. J. Birchall)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.hardware
Subject: Failsafe servers... SGI and/or Linux
Date: 12 Mar 1999 16:20:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We've been using workstation-class SGI hardware (Indy) to host
websites for the past few years. (We manage to keep the load
average below 75 most of the time... ;) We also have various
and sundry Linux boxes (okay, my laptop isn't a "box" really)
being used for various services and development. I've kept an
eye on developments in the IRIX and Linux communities regarding
things that are failsafe, redundant, hot-swappable, load-balanced
and all those buzzwords. Recent events have led to my boss also
developing an interest in those things :) and I've been charged
with researching it. Woohoo!
I've looked at the Origin 200 family from SGI, and am fairly
impressed with its I/O and memory bandwidth, the dual-tower
interconnect and IRIS FailSafe. I've also checked out Xeon-based
servers running Linux from Penguin Computing and VA Research,
with the usual complement of redundant power supplies, RAID,
hot-swappable drives, yadda yadda. And I'm thinking of looking
at Compaq's Linux Alpha boxes, IBM's Linux Netfinity's, and
Dell's Linux servers.
It's kind of interesting to realize that there's significant
price overlap between high-end Linux servers and low-end Origin
servers. Of course, this overlap doesn't exactly make it any
easier to choose!
I'd be interested in feedback (especially from other folks
familiar with both operating systems in web service) about the
pros and cons of each option. Right now, my own list stacks
up something like this:
Entry price: Linux definitely wins this one, since you can
start out with bargain-basement hardware and upgrade it.
Final price: Harder to call. I can easily "option out" a Linux
server to cost about as much as a similar O200.
Service: The Linux box has more parts I can personally fix; SGI
has a larger support network.
Raw horsepower: Gosh, I dunno. 4xR1000-250 vs. 4xXeon-450? Of
course upgrading L2 cache helps on either system, but it also
drives the price through the roof real fast.
Prestige: SGI still wows our customers, and my boss still gets
a kick out of telling folks that it's the brand that was used
for Toy Story. If we had an Alpha box running Linux, he could
tell 'em it was the platform used for Titanic... ;)
Software: This is a sticky one. We've got Netscape Enterprise
Server on our current SGI; the O200 comes with it too. On Linux
I'd be looking at using Apache-SSLeay or Red Hat Secure Web
Server... Basically I'd just have to get used to it and migrate
some digital certificates.
Any thoughts or helpful ideas? :)
Oh, and no, I'm not considering NT systems, Macintosh systems,
AS/400's or flavors of UNIX other than IRIX or Linux right now,
thanks.
-Dan
--
Daniel Birchall, VP - Technology, Digital Facilities Management.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is no longer a real address for me,
since a bunch of illiterates spammed it! :) My username is djb.
http://www.scream.org/maisha/ is the Unofficial Maisha Fan Site.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Subject: Re: ICQ for Java
Date: 13 Mar 1999 07:34:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 13 Mar 1999 03:37:44 GMT, K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snap]
>Yeah, try one of those icp apps. I used to use the Java version, but I've
>switched to licq long ago and it's just as well. Besides, I noticed that
>the Java version is resource hungry-and this is coming from a person who
>has 128MB of RAM. Best,
>
>Steve
>---------------------------------------------------------
> void main(void) {if(windows=="stable") hell=frozen;}
>*********************************************************
Never used the Java version. As a Java engineer it's my humble opinion that
you shouldn't use Java when there's a native solution.
Chau, Hans
--
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Linux Links/CMI8330 Soundpro HOWTO
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: "Jim Kielman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Disk Boot Failure!! After Install
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:38:10 -0800
Use the dos version of fdisk to make the partion active
good luck
Jim
Clifford wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Me thinks you have a point there so off i rushed home to give this a
>whirl. However there was no option on fdisk (Linux - neither does disk
>druid by the way) to set the active partition (as opposed to MS-DOS
>which has the option) but i believe it has to be there but just not so
>obvious. So where do i set the active partition - DOS fdisk or
>GNU/Linux Fdisk (to be proper).
>
>Cliff
>On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 02:06:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Hall) wrote:
>>
>>Your boot partition is not set to be the active partition. Start up
>>Linux with your boot floppy, run fdisk, and make the boot partition
>>active.
>>
>>Doug
>>
>
>Which is more important :
>The Country or it's populace?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (angel13)
Subject: MAKE command
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 08:57:50 GMT
Hi
Sorry I am very new to Linux and I have a problem installing
software. I am using RedHat 5.2 and when I try to install software it
require the use of MAKE command. But when I try to execute MAKE it
give a invaild command. What should I do or is there another command I
can use? Please forgive me and refer me to the right newsgroup if I am
in the wrong one.
Thank
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Database for Linux
Date: 12 Mar 1999 06:05:31 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne) writes:
-> "the much vaunted 'performance' of mySQL over postgres is a figment of
-> someone's beta testing. In a real life environment, I cannot see that
-> mySQL is significantly faster."
I've been leaning towards Postgre. I guess this tips the balance.
PHP3 can talk to both natively. But who wants to learn a whole bunch
of data bases?
It is so cool that a Linux distribution comes with all the tools you
need to create simple database backed web applications. The stuff I
don't have, I can download for free.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: hacked login (telnet)
Date: 12 Mar 1999 05:03:33 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
-> 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.
man inetd(8)
I think you can control access to all services with /etc/inetd.conf.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Remote login for "root" - how???
Date: 12 Mar 1999 06:18:49 -0500
Craig Behnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> If you're _not_ on a closed network, you shouldn't be su'ing over an
-> open session, anyway. Not over telnet, not over rlogin, not over an
-> unencrypted xsession's xterm-- none of these are safe if you're going
-> over any network segments that you don't know exactly what device is
-> attached everywhere.
It is so easy to simply parrot security advice, and I went and did
it. My bad.
Definatly ssh should be the _only_ way to do an rlogin over an
unprotected network. Maybe rsh should be aliased to ssh.
I need to learn to be more paranoid. Thanks for the post, Craig.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
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Where was it you said you wanted to go today? Sorry, you can't get
there from here.
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From: Bjorn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Running fdisk under Linux after Partition Magic?
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:14:20 +0100
Hi.
I have a small "problem". I had to extend the size of my extended
partition on one of my disk and used Partition Magic 3 to do that. If I
now run fdisk (under Linux) and print the partitions, it tells me that
the fysical and logical endpoint is not the same one the extended
partition that I resized. Does anyone know why I get this message and if
I safely can ignore it? (Everything seems to be working fine without the
exception of that message)
Regards,
BTJ
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From: Arthur Chiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: binary Emacs 20.x for i386?
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:09:58 +0800
RH5.2 does have emacs. Install it from the CDROM or get it from ftp.redhat.com.
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: acessing Linux Drive from NT
Date: 13 Mar 1999 09:43:01 GMT
I haven't heard of any way to access the Linux ext2 file system from NT.
If there is a way, it certainly won't be available from Microsoft as
part of NT. NT can't even access Microsoft's own FAT32 file system yet
without a third party driver.
Tom
Vibor Paravic wrote:
>
> I have a dual boot machine Linux/NT 4.0
>
> Under linux I can see the nt partion however I cannot see the linux
> partion under NT
>
> If I go to the disk manager it knows that the other disk is there and it
> correctly guesses the size however it does not give me access to it!!!
>
> How can I see my Linux partition under NT ... clearly I also want to
> access the data stored there....
>
> Thanks in advance : Vibor Paravic
--
Try Debian GNU/Linux - it's free, it's open source, and it rocks
http://www.debian.org
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From: Daniel Wetzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,de.comp.os.linux.misc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,de.comp.os.linux.newusers,alt.linux
Subject: Appletalk emulation
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:46:10 +0100
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Hallo,
I`m actually trieing to use my linux mashine as Appletalk server.
My problem is, that I can`t start the atalkd daemon.
My kernel seems to be ready since I get a "Appletalk 0.17 for Linux
NET3.035"
after typing "dmesg | grep Apple"
If I try to start atalkd manually I get "AppleTalk not up! Child exited
with 1."
What`s wrong on my system ?
(using Suse 5.2)
Greetings,
Daniel
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD drivers for Linux
Date: 12 Mar 1999 04:59:24 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Millard) writes:
-> Is anyone working on DVD drivers for Linux. In particular I'm interested in drivers
-> for the Luxsonar 2x0 in the DELL Inspiron 7K laptop. I sent an inquiry to Luxsonar
-> for specs but got no response so I assume they are only interested in OEM's or
-> Windoze.
I have a DVD ROM on my laptop computer. It is ATAPI and can be used
as a boot device, so Linux works with it like any other ATAPI CD-ROM
drive. I can even look at the DVD files on a DVD disk. I just can't
do anything with them.
--
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http://www.david-steuber.com
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there from here.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 640 : RH5.2 okay here
Date: 13 Mar 1999 09:55:27 GMT
>>
>> It went in for repair once, for another problem. I complained about the
>> color problem at the time, and the colors looked a lot better when the
>> printer came back. Now, it's back to where it was. So, I think the problem
>> is with the nozzles becoming blocked or something. They probably did a
>> thorough cleaning at the factory. Epson says to be sure to turn the printer
The post I'm replying to appears to be long gone from the server but:
Have you tried going through the print head allignment process?
--
Ray
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