Linux-Misc Digest #457, Volume #19 Sun, 14 Mar 99 18:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: pppd as root only ! (Bill Unruh)
EBNF grammar tools? (John D. Hardin)
Re: linux for beginers ("Rob Fleming")
Re: The Almost Free Linux Project (Bill)
Navigator 4.08 (Len Cuff)
Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem? (Mircea)
Re: pppd as root only ! (Bill Unruh)
Re: Printer recommendations, please (Grant Taylor)
Determining who's holding onto a device (?) (Jay O'Connor)
Bash and setuid (Len Cuff)
Re: BRU Back Up Software (Shane Steven Sturrock)
Re: How to change localhost? (Michael McConnell)
Re: linux for beginers ("Rob Fleming")
Re: PPP Problems (Bill Unruh)
Re: nntp servers (John Hasler)
Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!! (Michael McConnell)
Re: Kernel Panic! (heLP! please URGENT!) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Statically-linked BASH binary (John Hasler)
Re: Network problems... (Michael McConnell)
Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!! (Michael McConnell)
Re: How to change localhost? (Michael McConnell)
Re: The Almost Free Linux Project (John Howard)
Re: Direct access via net to root shell (Jim Howes)
Re: linux for beginers ("Rob Fleming")
Re: pppd as root only ! (Len Cuff)
Re: critical hard disk error!? (Bob Martin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd as root only !
Date: 14 Mar 1999 21:52:14 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Len Cuff
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I have set up pppd and can connect to my ISP fine but only as root ! If
>I try as a 'normal' user then I get a permission denied on pppd. I've
>checked the settings and pppd is set as -rwsr-xr-- which looks correct.
No. Unless you make your user be a member of the group to which pppd
belongs (which is normally root on the distributions, but you could
create a new group and call it pppd, make pppd owned by pppd group and
place the users you want to use pppd in the pppd group)
Otherwise
chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
>If I set pppd to 777 just to try it, I still get an error saying that
>only root can use it with a NAME ?
Yes, name is a protected option. Use the "user" option instead.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John D. Hardin)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: EBNF grammar tools?
Date: 14 Mar 1999 21:40:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anybody know of any EBNF grammar validation tools or syntax checkers?
I'd like to be able to run an EBNF language definition through something to
check it for correctness, and then run a source file written in that
language through a syntax checker to find syntax errors.
I've seen mention of ETO in the various free compiler tools listings and it
looks like a good candidate for the syntax checker, but I cannot locate any
sources for it. The FTP site the tool indexes are all pointing at no longer
has an ETO subdirectory, and archie doesn't return any references.
Thanks for any pointers.
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From: "Rob Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: linux for beginers
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:34:04 -0800
>Redhat 5.2 comes with "Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" and 3 other Linux
>Books on an extra CD in pdf format.
Very true, you make a good point, and I have a copy. But for those who may
get cross-eyed staring at a CRT trying to concentrate on new and, to some,
complex material for long periods of time, there's nothing like having a
hardcopy in your hands with pages easily flipped through and scanned at
leisure away from a screen.
Although I have the CD to which you refer, I also purchased Ball's "Teach
Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" at a local bookstore for about $20 and it came
with a CD packed with Linux programs and RedHat Linux 5.0, although I
already had RH Linux 5.2.
It's good to have both, if you can afford it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: The Almost Free Linux Project
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 10:23:40 GMT
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:45:21 -0500, RoadRage wrote:
>
>Rev. Aaron Reichow wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I've got an idea, and I need some help.
>>
>>What I want to do is simple -- get as many distributions for as many
>>platforms of Linux and Net/Free/Open/BSD out to people to as many people
>>for as cheap as possible. Somewhere in the $3 range, including shipping
>>($2 for costs, $1 for shipping). No frills -- no tech support, just the
>>CD and a blessing.
>>
>>A problem: I have no CD-R. Nor do I have any Linux distrobutions other
>>than RedHat 5.2 on CD. But this project is far from impossible --
>>surely, a few people are willing to donate a copy of a distribution
>>(returned if needed). And there's go to be someone out there with a
>>CD-R and some time to burn, that can either go into together with me to
>>work on this, of if not that, allow me to send them a pack of blank
>>CD's,
>>with whatever distro's I need burned, and return postage.
>>
>>I'm looking for (a) dependable person(s) who live in the US (for the
>>sake of shipping).
>>
>>If there's already an operation similar to this, drop me an email
>>politely informing me that I'm a little slow. :)
>>
>>Aaron
>
>Couple distribution methods:
>
>One approach is send your mailing list to cheapbytes, and money to purchase
>that many units, and let them do the rest.
>
>Another approch is to ally with a magazine, say, Windows Tech Journal, and
>have
>them include a CD of your distro of chose, or multiples included with the
>magazine.
>
>Or even better, I just checked one of my AOL signup CD's. They use about
>12M
>of space on the one I looked at. You can fit a lot of LINUX on the rest.
And how might u go about doing that since u can only burn data onto a
cd once? If AOL used it then u can't do anything with it...its alrady
been finalized when AOL manufactured it so other data can be burnt
into it.
>
>Rufus
>
>
>
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From: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Navigator 4.08
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:35:52 +0000
Reply-To: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Has anyone had problems with this please ? I've downloaded and
installed fine but when I try to use it, it constantly comes up with a
DNS error and can't find anything. Going to an xterm and pinging
www.freeserve.net works fine and Communicator works as well. I want to
use Navigator as it's less hungry on memory than Communicator.
Cheers,
Len
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:31:01 -0500
Assuming he _has_ an ps/2 port.
MST
Christopher Joseph wrote:
>
> Easiest way out is to connect your mouse to a PS/2 port. Your modem will never
> touch IRQ 12. :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd as root only !
Date: 14 Mar 1999 22:00:20 GMT
In <7cgrj9$u12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>question is how can I give my user account access to the sound card, cd-rom,
>and zip drive?
The user option in /etc/fstab.
(man fstab)
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer recommendations, please
Date: 14 Mar 1999 17:00:54 -0500
Ed Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, I'm in the market for a printer that works with Linux. My need is
> mostly fast black and white (for printing source code). Color would be
> a nice bonus. I went to Staples tonight and liked the HP 722 color
> deskjet. Whaddyathink?
I've just added the feature you want to the Printing HOWTO's
compatibility database: there are now easy-to-get listings of all
working printers by type. You appear to want a color inkjet; that's
at http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?predef=CJ
The database also contains printers known not work work and known to
mostly or partly work, driver information, and notes.
Finally, if anyone has a printer not listed in the database, please
add it; anyone can do so...
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Jay O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Determining who's holding onto a device (?)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:29:37 +0000
All,
Help. I'm trying to figure out who's holding onto a device. I'n using
the OSS sound drivers and sometimes when I run a program I get messages
indicating that the device is busy, other programs say that they cannot
open /dev/audio. I'm curious if there is a way to find out who's
holding the device (so I can kill them)
Thank you
Take care,
--
Jay O'Connor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.roadrunner.com/~joconnor
http://www.ezboard.com
"God himself plays the bass strings first when He tunes the soul"
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From: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bash and setuid
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:33:22 +0000
Reply-To: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Does anyone know how to get this to work ? Even with the setuid bit on,
it still won't run as root. I know I had the same problem with
Solaris2.5.1 but there was a workaround with that, add -p (or -B) after
the #!/bin/sh and it worked fine but bash won't.
Cheers,
Len
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane Steven Sturrock)
Subject: Re: BRU Back Up Software
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 14:42:45 +0000
On 13 Mar 1999 16:34:55 GMT, Alan Fried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am using bru to back up my data on a Syjet
>Cartridge. Back up goes well and after I close
>and reopen the the software, everything that has
>been backed up appears.
>
>However when I shut down and reboot, I can no longer
>mount the cartridge.
>
>I am using Red Hat 5.1 with a 2.0.34 Kernel, the syjet
>is hooked up to an intio accelerator card.
>
>I use the xwindows version of Bru.
If you backup directly to the device rather than to a file on the device
then you will not be able to mount the cart after the backup because
the cart no longer holds a filesystem, just the raw archive. I was doing
similar with my Jaz drive and have decided that rather than backup up
to the raw device I will backup to files. This works well IMHO.
--
Dr. Shane Sturrock - http://nova.bru.ed.ac.uk/~sss
Linux, a better WinNT than WinNT
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to change localhost?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:52:50 +0000
On 14 Mar 1999, ChasonH wrote:
> I was trying to configure networking and I must have changed a file
> accidentally and now localhost is ocalhost when I log on. Please tell me
> where to reconfigure this.
On Red Hat and its derivatives, it's somewhere in /etc/sysconfig/network.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: "Rob Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: linux for beginers
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:40:30 -0800
>> > Redhat 5.2 comes with "Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" and 3 other
Linux
>> > Books on an extra CD in pdf format.
>> This may not be true. There are two RedHat 5.2 distributions available
>> in CompUSA - one from RedHat that does NOT have these, and one from
>> Macmillan (www.mcp.com) that does have these online references, but
>> seems to have less included software.
>Was not aware there were 2 distributions. Don't mean to sound like a
>commmercial, but the version wiht online references was on the shelf at
>staples for $39.99+tax
I think it may be the difference in promotion of one package to the next. I
have the $39.95 package from Fry's Electronics, but there were other,
earlier 5.1 versions, sitting on the shelf right next to the 5.2 version I
bought. You have to be careful.
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP Problems
Date: 14 Mar 1999 22:06:23 GMT
In <eKAG9Mlb#[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Executor Pico"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Hello, I just got Linux about a month ago, RedHat 5.2, and I was wondering
]something about PPP.
]Before I start, I have already read ISP-Hookup-HOWTO, PPP-HOWTO, and even
]NET-3-HOWTO. I have tried using the scripts under
]/usr/doc/ppp-2.3.5/scripts and nothing seems to work.
Try looking at
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
Almost all of the scripts and howtos were written when the dominant way
to log on to an ISP was by logging on. Now adays the PAP and CHAP
methods are becoming much much more common (Win95 suports them) which
the scripts do not handle well.
]I think one of the problems is I have no idea where my modem is hooked up
](ttyXX). It's a USRobotics 56k fax voice, etc, I'll spare the BS.
Unfortuately that BS may be cricial. You may have a winmodem, if your
modem is internal. That is very bad news.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nntp servers
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:57:45 GMT
Jeff writes:
> Where would I find cnews?
It's available as a Debian package, of course, and it no doubt is also on
sunsite. There probably is also an rpm somewhere.
--
John Hasler This posting is in the public domain.
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Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind.
Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!!
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:51:45 +0000
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Karl Bengtsson wrote:
> I'm having a lot of trouble with Linux (again...)
>
> The problem: last night I changed the filesystem on my Windows D: partition
> from FAT32 to FAT16 (using Partition It from Quarterdeck). The reason is
> that I want to access my personal files, like documents and mp3s that are
> stored on this partition, using Linux. It's about 600 megs. The C:
> partition that Windows is installed on is still FAT32, mainly because I
> have no info on this partition that I need to access from Linux, it's all
> just programs.
>
> Now when I start Linux it wont mount the file system. I get this message:
>
> Partition Check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5>
> <technical specs for my FAT16 partition>
> kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
>
> Before I changed the filesystem, it would report a linux partition on hda3
> and boot from it. I've tried to use the bootdisk used to install Redhat,
> and at the boot: prompt I typed:
> "vmlinuz root:/dev/hda3"
> but it doesn't work
Press TAB to see what your images are... usually it's 'linux', so...try:
linux root=/dev/hda3
(if of course you have it set to vmlinux, use vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3)
> I also think it's kinda odd that it reports five partitions , as I only
> have 4:
> Windows C: (FAT32)
> Windows D: (FAT16/VFAT)
> Linux Native
> Linux Swap
One of them, (probably hda4) is the 'extended partition' in which hda5 and
higher live in.
HTH.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic! (heLP! please URGENT!)
Date: 14 Mar 1999 17:08:41 GMT
In his obvious haste, Mike Noonan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: As far as why it won't boot, it sounds like the installation went wrong
: somewhere.
I got that after one attempt of compiling the 2.2.1 kernal.
Reason? Simple. In menuconfig, I hadn't checked the OLD IDE device driver
box. (And my Hard disk uses the Old IDE device driver... So, no driver, no
fs to mount....)
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Statically-linked BASH binary
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:48:57 GMT
Hwei Sheng TEOH writes:
> Is there an archive for this mailing list anywhere? I am reluctant to
> subscribe to it because I don't check mail that often and that list has a
> very high volume of messages (I subscribed to it before).
All the debian lists are archived at www.debian.org.
> But how would I manually re-install libc6? (since dpkg is basically
> non-functional at this point?) What do I do with the symlinks in /lib/,
> and so on. I think I can figure out what to do on my own, but I can't
> risk making a mistake now so I'm asking.
Do the ash linking bit I suggested and then try reinstalling libc6 with
dpkg. There is a good chance it will work. Get back to me if it doesn't.
I made a similar mess once by upgrading to a developmental libc6 that
turned out to be broken.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network problems...
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:56:00 +0000
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Janus N. T=F8ndering wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> After I installed the 2.2.2 kernel my network stopped functioning.
> I have to adapters, one ISA and one PCI. I HAVE to use my ISA card
> at home. Linux can locate and install the drivers without any problems.
> I assign it an IP address (eth0) and start it (ifconfig eth0 up).
>=20
> Now I can even ping myself....what is going on?
>=20
> I have M$ Win on another partition and here the network works out fine...=
=2E
Try 'route -n' ... check if a route for your ethernet card has been set up.
if not, use route to add it.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me, Linux is dying on me!!
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:51:45 +0000
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Karl Bengtsson wrote:
> I'm having a lot of trouble with Linux (again...)
>
> The problem: last night I changed the filesystem on my Windows D: partition
> from FAT32 to FAT16 (using Partition It from Quarterdeck). The reason is
> that I want to access my personal files, like documents and mp3s that are
> stored on this partition, using Linux. It's about 600 megs. The C:
> partition that Windows is installed on is still FAT32, mainly because I
> have no info on this partition that I need to access from Linux, it's all
> just programs.
>
> Now when I start Linux it wont mount the file system. I get this message:
>
> Partition Check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5>
> <technical specs for my FAT16 partition>
> kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
>
> Before I changed the filesystem, it would report a linux partition on hda3
> and boot from it. I've tried to use the bootdisk used to install Redhat,
> and at the boot: prompt I typed:
> "vmlinuz root:/dev/hda3"
> but it doesn't work
Press TAB to see what your images are... usually it's 'linux', so...try:
linux root=/dev/hda3
(if of course you have it set to vmlinux, use vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3)
> I also think it's kinda odd that it reports five partitions , as I only
> have 4:
> Windows C: (FAT32)
> Windows D: (FAT16/VFAT)
> Linux Native
> Linux Swap
One of them, (probably hda4) is the 'extended partition' in which hda5 and
higher live in.
HTH.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to change localhost?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:52:50 +0000
On 14 Mar 1999, ChasonH wrote:
> I was trying to configure networking and I must have changed a file
> accidentally and now localhost is ocalhost when I log on. Please tell me
> where to reconfigure this.
On Red Hat and its derivatives, it's somewhere in /etc/sysconfig/network.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: John Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: The Almost Free Linux Project
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:08:48 +0000
I write on aol cd's but with big pens to say ' chuck it in the bin '
No way would I have anything to do with aol Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Howes)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Direct access via net to root shell
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:18:30 GMT
Neil Youngman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Jim Howes wrote:
: >
: > I need to provide a means whereby a user can telnet from
: > a machine to a service on a linux box that drops them
: > straight into a root shell, probably bash.
: This is a specification for an enormous security hole.
I know.
: Anyone who does a
: port scan on your network will get total control of your system.
True, but unimportant. The box is booted from a flash memory disk
which DOES NOT HAVE ROOM for anything complicated security wise.
It is not a multi user system. It is only connected to a load of
data aquisition hardware, and networked to another box on it's
own swapped-over 10BaseT ethernet cable. It runs unattended for
months at a time in a secure area, in a highly secure establishment,
and is visited every week or so by an engineer who just turns up to
swap out the archive CD-R.
If someone was going to break into it, they would first have to
get past two layers of barbed wire fence, patrolled by dogs 24
hours a day, past security cameras monitored continuously,
through a busy turbine hall manned 24 hours a day, past two
security card controlled doors, into a locked room, and open
a locked cabinet. If they do succeed, all they'll get are
records of vibration data from a turbine. If they manage that
without being detected, hell, they can _have_ the system.
To sum up, security in this instance is about as important as
having a key lock function on a calculator.
Jim
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From: "Rob Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: linux for beginers
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:37:11 -0800
Dennis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
><Snip>
>>
>> Redhat 5.2 comes with "Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" and 3 other
Linux
>> Books on an extra CD in pdf format.
>>
>> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
>This may not be true. There are two RedHat 5.2 distributions available
>in CompUSA - one from RedHat that does NOT have these, and one from
>Macmillan (www.mcp.com) that does have these online references, but
>seems to have less included software.
Another good point. You have to check the package carefully for what's
included. I got "The Complete Red Hat Linux 5.2 Operating System Deluxe"
with - according to a sticker on the package - $150 value includes complete
electronic versions of 4 expert guides to Linux. This MacMillan package
cost $39.95.
Rob
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From: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd as root only !
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:11:57 +0000
Reply-To: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <7chb2e$mmv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Unruh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.co.uk> writes:
>
>>I have set up pppd and can connect to my ISP fine but only as root ! If
>>I try as a 'normal' user then I get a permission denied on pppd. I've
>>checked the settings and pppd is set as -rwsr-xr-- which looks correct.
>
>No. Unless you make your user be a member of the group to which pppd
>belongs (which is normally root on the distributions, but you could
>create a new group and call it pppd, make pppd owned by pppd group and
>place the users you want to use pppd in the pppd group)
>Otherwise
>chmod a+x /usr/sbin/pppd
>
>>If I set pppd to 777 just to try it, I still get an error saying that
>>only root can use it with a NAME ?
>
>Yes, name is a protected option. Use the "user" option instead.
>
Bill,
What a star ! I had already made myself a member of the
'diallout' group (Probably SuSE's default for pppd) but it was changing
name to user which solved it. Many thanks. Now to figure out why
Communicator works fine but Navigator 4.08 errors every time with a DNS
problem yet I can ping www.freeserve.net from an xterm window !!
Cheers,
Len
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:43:57 -0600
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: critical hard disk error!?
When you say "boot to DOS" which dos are you refering to, like 6.22 or the one
that comes with win98 ( I haven't installed 98, assume it comes with some dos
equivalent, NT does not ) 2GB was the file system limit for older versions. when
installing NT it boots from setup diskettes which load a minimal kernal and
searches for generic hardware ( cdrom for example ) then the installation
continues from cd. much of win95 was sold as an upgrade so you already had to
have an os installed ( like dos ) to install it but it also had the 2GB limit.
try making a < 2GB partition with fdisk and see if that works. Then you should
be able to partion/format when you install win98.
Craig wrote:
> Ok, I've really gotten myself into a mess this time... (And sorry for the
> long post, but I have to go back to work tomorrow with my laptop)
>
> I dual boot my laptop with Win98/RH Linux. Over the weekend I decided I
> would reformat and repartition my hard disk. During my initial installation
> of Linux I used Disk Druid (RH partition utility) and just created a /
> (800MB Linux Native) and Linux swap partition (50MB) which I quickly figured
> out was not enough after adding KDE and some other software.
>
> At this point I used PartitionMagic 3.0 to delete my Linux partitions within
> the extended partition they were in. That left me with a FAT32 partition
> (win98), and extended and another FAT32.
>
> I booted to DOS and did a "format c:" and then installed Win98 thinking that
> I should now have one big 4GB FAT32 partition. Wrong... After installing
> Win98 I installed PartitionMagic again and was going to use it to create my
> Linux partitions. When I opened it, it said "partition table error #113
> found". The detailed explaination says "the hard disk contains erroneous
> values". It doesn't allow me to do ANYTHING to the disk.
>
> In the 'resolving partition table errors' section of PM3.0 manual it says I
> need to delete the partitions using FDISK. When I boot to DOS and run fdisk
> however, it just seems to hang forever. It's like it's working, but never
> comes up (and I've waited for at least an hour).
>
> What can I do now? How do I delete my partition table and start fresh??
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
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