Linux-Misc Digest #403, Volume #18 Wed, 30 Dec 98 05:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: DirecPC (Chip Transisto)
Re: Deleting /var/log/messages... (Ed Young)
Re: How to use Find ("Dennis K. Grow")
Re: Reasons for me to toss Linux ("S. Hauge")
Re: New Kernel 2.2.0-pre1 (Michael Powe)
Re: FIX for problems connecting 95/98/NT to Samba servers (Andrew Williams)
Re: SMP Question (Michael Powe)
Re: Are there any Ljet non-gs drivers? (Tim Holmes)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Michael Powe)
Unable to Browse Internet with Netscape ("Patrick D Phillips")
Re: DirecPC (Kevin Martin)
Parallel ZIP and RH 5.1 ("Teo Chun Lip")
Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!! (jedi)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chip Transisto)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: DirecPC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:52:02 GMT
Reply-To: Chip Transisto
I've been trying to set up my new linux thru my win98 direcpc. No
luck. I can ping the win98 machine, connect with samba but can't get
out through the NAT I have set up in the win98. I think that it is a
configuration problem. Does anyone know how to set this up? What is
my domain? and things like that. Thanks.
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:54:39 -0700, Traci Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Unfortunately the Linux drivers cost almost $200. They are available from
>a 3rd party vendor which wrote them, Helios, and reportedly work very
>well. Due to the cost I never made use of them.
>
>Traci
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Anyone know a good source for setting up DirecPC satelite to work on a
>> Linux box running ip-masquerade ? The 95 software supplied by DirecPC
>> is shit, I'd like to setup a Linux box to share the dish access.
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deleting /var/log/messages...
Date: 30 Dec 1998 01:48:12 GMT
For /var/log/messages check out 'logrotate'. It comes in rpm format
for RedHat distributions.
For your second problem. Create a directory. Chmod it to the same
as /home/ftp/pub. Create a line in fstab defining the mount with the
appropriate pid,gid,etc. parameters. Then mount it. I haven't mounted
a CDROM for public access this way. But there is no reason I can think
of that it shouldn't work...
Charles Stack wrote:
>
> What is the proper method for deleting the /var/log/messages logfile? I
> know I read it somewhere and now can't find the reference.
>
> Finally, what is the best way to setup ftpd so that it can see my CD-ROM? I
> am assuming that I should place a link in /home/ftp/pub pointing to the
> mount point on the CD-ROM. Is this correct? Is so, how do I do this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Charles
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From: "Dennis K. Grow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use Find
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:17:27 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'-print ' is the default in Linux
dan pellerin wrote:
> According to my Linux in a Nutshell
> find / -name name.of.file -print
>
> dan
>
> Daniel Bredy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Subject says it all -- how do I use this damn command so that I can find
> >a file which a program I am trying to install seems to think doesn't
> >exist.
--
=====================================================================
Dennis Grow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.primenet.com/~dkgrow
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From: "S. Hauge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Reasons for me to toss Linux
Date: 30 Dec 1998 01:06:09 PST
oh, my god.........
steve mcadams wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:25:19 -0600, Jerry Lynn Kreps
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >True, and the second attribute of God (all powerful) requires that there
> >can only be one God.
>
> Whatever you think you know about the attributes of God is fine with
> me.
>
> I don't argue religion, just spelling and capitalization, occasionally
> punctuation, and always software.
>
> Besides, I'm considered totally unindoctrinatable by some of the best
> around, including all my previous managers.
>
> Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Season's Greatings, Party On Dude!
> -steve
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Tools for programmers: http://www.codetools.com/showcase
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Kernel 2.2.0-pre1
Date: 29 Dec 1998 23:31:05 -0800
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> I did a short test-drive of the new kernel this
Michael> afternoon. I have no sound and pppd dies as soon as it's
Michael> initiated. IOW, it dials and connects and then dies with
Michael> This latter may just mean that I need to upgrade my pppd
Michael> version (but what a bore).
I did this and now (as we see) it's working:
Linux trollope 2.2.0-pre1 #1 Tue Dec 29 22:46:51 PST 1998 i586 unknown
But ... I have another peculiarity to question:
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: local IP address 216.26.5.226
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: local IP address 216.26.5.226
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: remote IP address 216.26.1.17
Dec 29 23:08:38 trollope pppd[80]: remote IP address 216.26.1.17
Why am I suddenly getting two lines of everything here? This is new!
Michael> Anybody know if they've done something to change how
Michael> sound is handled since 2.0.34? I seem to recall that in
Michael> my last compilation I had to answer a bunch of questions
Michael> about my sound card's IRQs & DMA channels; questions that
Michael> didn't appear this time.
Fixed this, too. I didn't realize that the sound was now configured
under the OSS section.
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
- --
Michael Powe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
Portland, Oregon USA
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:08:13 +0100
From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.samba
Subject: Re: FIX for problems connecting 95/98/NT to Samba servers
It may seem like blasphemy but I actually consider encryption to be a 'good
thing' and have documented steps necessary to implement it under Samba on my
web-page.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello world, I have seen many posts here in the Linux networking newsgroups
> about problems connecting Windows 98/NT and some Win95OSR2 (Win95B) machines
> to boxes running Samba, and I have even made a few posts myself. The problems
> lie in a decision Megasoft made relating to security in 95OSR2, 98, and
> NT4SP3+. In these versions of the operating systems, passwords are encrypted
> before being sent across the network. Older versions of Samba apparently
> relied on plain-text passwords. This problem will result in constant password
> failures when trying to connect to Samba boxes from these operating systems
> even when everything else appears to be okay with the network. I have seen
> several work-arounds posted, some involving editing the system registry
> (which opens up security holes- this globally disables password encryption
> for most network apps that use Windows password resources- I have not seen a
> fix like this for 95 or 98 machines). However, probably the best thing to do
> is use the password encryption features of the newer Samba server releases.
> This will require some work for networks with lots of user accounts, but it
> will fix the problem. Edit the /etc/smb.conf file to set encrypt passwords =
> yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd Then, run "smbpasswd -a userid" to set
> up Samba passwords. Kill and then restart smbd, and you should be able to
> connect. You should make users aware that if they change their password on
> the server in the shell (using passwd or any front-end you may have
> installed) they will need to also change their Samba password using
> smbpasswd. A change with /etc/passwd does not affect /etc/smbpasswd, nor
> vice-versa. Please be sure you are running a version of Samba that supports
> password encryption. If you're running Red Hat Linux 5.2, you got it. Thank
> you Microsoft for all the trouble. Good luck everyone, Steve Crow Ashland,
> Virginia USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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--
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect, especially on my
http://www.germany.net/teilnehmer/101,69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP Question
Date: 29 Dec 1998 23:42:42 -0800
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[posted and mailed]
>>>>> "Bill" == Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill> My problem lies in SMP, you see, this server has two CPUs
Bill> and Linux will only "see" one of them.
Bill> It was pointed out in a SMP FAQ that you have to uncomment
Bill> the SMP=1 line of the /usr/src/linux/Makefile. That seemed
Bill> simple enough, except I don't have a /Makefile in that
Bill> directory. I haven't found Makefile anywhere yet.
A quick look shows that the newest kernel (2.2.0-pre1) has removed
this little nuisance. Now, if you configure for SMP, it's taken care
of automatically. In your case, you have to do `make config' in order
to create a Makefile in the top directory. After you do the
configuration, the Makefile will contain a section that looks like
this: this is from my old 2.0.24 Makefile:
# For SMP kernels, set this. We don't want to have this in the config
#file
# because it makes re-config very ugly and too many fundamental files
#depend on "CONFIG_SMP"
#
# NOTE! SMP is experimental. See the file Documentation/SMP.txt
#
# SMP = 1
#
# SMP profiling options
# SMP_PROF = 1
It looks like you may just want to step right up to the new kernel,
anyway; the "Danger, Will Robinson!" signs have been removed. ;-)
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");
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- --
Michael Powe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
Portland, Oregon USA
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From: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Are there any Ljet non-gs drivers?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 08:16:10 GMT
Frank Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 28 Dec 1998 17:33:26 GMT, Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Just wondering if anyone has written any real Laserjet drivers for
:>Linux. I mean ones that don't convert to Postscript first, but use
:>HP PCL directly to the printer.
:>
:>I have not seen anything but ghostscript converted drivers for any printer.
:>
: The above is what Ghostscript attempts to do. It attempts to convert
: the Postscript that is output by just about all Unix software to something
: your printer can understand. That may be PCL or it may be something else.
: If there is any Unix software that outputs something besides Postscript
: (besides plain text), it must be a very few applications.
So it's just a way to not have to worry about all printers if you are
writing an application. I've heard talk about a universal printer driver
from a number of printer vendors. This would be nice, as the gs conversion
sure seems to slow things down to my HP non-PS printer. It would be nice
to be able to print without the conversion.
Tim Holmes
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: 29 Dec 1998 23:22:40 -0800
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>>>>> "Evan" == Evan Carew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> If lightning struck my computer, I would need a new window, new
>> curtains, a new desk, and I would be picking solidfied metal
>> out of the carpet. The fact that it didn't boot, would be the
>> least of my troubles. ;-)
Evan> Actually, an office that I occasionally contract for
Evan> recently was missed (just barely) by lightning. Every PC in
Evan> the building was hosed. Why? It turns oyt that the long
Evan> ethernet cable in use at that time acted like a fairly
Evan> effecient antena that then generated a DC current in
Evan> response to the moving charges of the nearby lightning
Evan> strike. My gues is that a telephone line and a modem would
Evan> have the same vulnerability.
Well, I had a friend who had a similar experience. Lightning struck a
power pole about a block away from him. It hosed every electronic
appliance in his house -- computer, microwave, VCR -- the TV actually
blew up. Not very amusing from his point of view.
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");
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- --
Michael Powe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
Portland, Oregon USA
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From: "Patrick D Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unable to Browse Internet with Netscape
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:06:31 +1100
I am having some trouble trying to get my internet connection working. I
have been able to connect to my ISP O.K. and I get allocated a TCP address
but I am unable to use Netscape to do any browsing. I type in an URL and it
does nothing until timing out. I have looked in the message logs and I see a
regular message �No link beat on the MII interface, status then 7809 now
7809.� I am using Red Hat 5.2 and Netscape 4.07 and I have checked that the
DNS is correct. My ISP does not use a proxy and they are unable to support
Linux. As I am new to Linux any ideas would be appreciated.
Patrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Martin)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: DirecPC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:00:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it says Chip Transisto wrote:
>I've been trying to set up my new linux thru my win98 direcpc. No
>luck. I can ping the win98 machine, connect with samba but can't get
>out through the NAT I have set up in the win98.
I'm using Sygate on Win98, no problems to speak of. (The
alt.satellite.direcpc group is full of people who don't like what they
characterize as a bait-and-switch by Hughes, but that's another story.)
The whole point of NAT (as opposed to a proxy!) is that you should be able
to give the DPC box's ethernet card as your gateway address and it should
just WORK. In my case, the DPC box is using the local address 172.16.0.1,
so that's the address I give as "gateway" in my other computers. For linux,
that's "route add default gw 172.16.0.1" Literally nothing else to it.
>On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:54:39 -0700, Traci Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>Unfortunately the Linux drivers cost almost $200. They are available from
>>a 3rd party vendor which wrote them, Helios, and reportedly work very
>>well. Due to the cost I never made use of them.
That's Helius with a "u", and when I tried it, it didn't detect the Hughes
PCI card. Or maybe it was the incredibly overengineered license software
that refused to work? Impossible to debug and they didn't seem too
interested in earning my $200. Tried their NT software as well.
Anyway, much as I'd like to put Linux back on the machine with the DPC card,
I'm not holding my breath.
--
Kevin Martin No-spam zone.
<brasscannon No prisoners. No warning shots.
@usa.net>
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From: "Teo Chun Lip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parallel ZIP and RH 5.1
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:46:27 +0800
Anyone knows how to configurate and detect the Parallel Iomega ZIP
drive under Redhat 5.1
I have managed to mount a Win95 partition(hdc1)and able to read its text
file
but not Lotus Smartsuite files
My Iomega is attach to lp1(Printer port)
Any idea what sort of command to mount this ZIP
and how is it called?
What is ZIP file system called?
Please reply by e-mail
as I have too many bookmaark at newsgroup and tends to forget which
newsgroup I send query to
Thank You
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:41:51 -0800
On 28 Dec 1998 20:04:57 -0800, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> You could have bought an NT, and in 5 minutes had this done, (without
>> reading a single HOWTO) and spend the rest of your time actually using
>> the PC instead.
The $400 (net) cost of NTW will likely not be matched
in expenditure of time these days by the Linux neophyte
for those issues that are entirely out of the problem
domain of NT as well.
>
>If you use Redhat's netcfg for all your configuration you may have a
>similar experience to the NT experience, which though less featureful
>at least works.
--
Herding Humans ~ Herding Cats
Neither will do a thing unless they really want to, or |||
is coerced to the point where it will scratch your eyes out / | \
as soon as your grip slips.
In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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