Linux-Misc Digest #404, Volume #18 Wed, 30 Dec 98 06:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released? (Bill Pitz)
help: killed win95 partition with lilo (armin kratt)
Re: How to use USR modem connect to the internet? (Ed Young)
ipsec.h ("cet")
Re: Linux (Red Hat 5.1 and 5.2) Y2K compliance (Mark Bashaw)
New Kernel 2.2.0-pre1 (Michael Powe)
Re: Infringement of the GPL (Michael Powe)
Re: How to create a shell script? (Michael Powe)
Re: Margin When Printing Postscript?? (Michael Powe)
Re: SparcLinux (Levin Jungermann)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Jason Clifford)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (jedi)
Help, resolving IP address with a ppp conection ("Tom Kelly")
Re: SuSE or RedHat ? (Mark Brown)
SUID (Peter Wellens)
Re: Are there any Ljet non-gs drivers? (Frank Hahn)
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From: Bill Pitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:27:46 GMT
Agreed -- I wouldn't run them on a server.
I do have a machine at home that has been running the 2.1.131 kernel and has
been up solid for quite some time. I have never experienced any problems with
the development kernels, but just the word "development" would make me keep it
off any production machines.
Bill
Harry McGregor wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 14:41:37 -0800, Andrew Chen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Just run the development kernel. From the comments that I've heard, the
> >newest development kernel (newest 2.1.132-- I could be wrong, they seem to
> >change hourly) is stable enough that it could be released today.
> >
> >Andrew
>
> Last I heard it the 2.1.xx kernels were up the M$ quality (about
> 125), and are not quite up to linux quality. If you need things that
> are in the 2.1.xx kernels run them, or if it's your own workstation,
> give them a try, but for a server, I would stick away from them.
>
> Harry
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From: armin kratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help: killed win95 partition with lilo
Date: 30 Dec 1998 00:43:38 GMT
hi,
i hope someone can help me out of this ...
i tried to install linux on a friends machine, and killed his beloved win95
installation. and that was quite easy:
for some reason the first line of lilo.conf was
boot = /dev/hda1 instead of boot = /dev/hda
after running lilo all that appears at bootup is LI
hda1 was the only (primary) partition on hda and hda1 _WAS_ the win95
partition. i am able to start up linux (which is on the second disk) via rescue disk,
but fdisk shows not much usefull information for hda. dos fdisk crashes at
startup. obviously i've killed some important bytes.
is there anything i can do to restore the partition? or how can i at least
restore some data.
any help appreciated.
tia, armin
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use USR modem connect to the internet?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 02:56:12 GMT
I have a 56K US Robotic PNP modem. It's working fine with
Linux. Beware, USR sells a WinModem (that's pronounced LoseModem).
If it's a WinModem, it won't work -- period -- in Linux.
The secret for the PNP Modem is:
1) use isapnptools 'pnpdump' to make a /etc/isapnp.conf file
configuring your modem. You have to edit the dumped file.
2) Add the following lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
# Setting up USRobotics PNP Modem
setserial -b /dev/modem auto_irq skip_test autoconfig
There are many ways to set up your dialing environment: diald, ezppp,
ppp-on come to mind. You'll have to RTFM and decide which one meets
your particular needs...
Kangoroo wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I just install Linux RedHat 5.2. I have a 56K US Robotic modem which I
> connect to ISP Earthlink in Win98. In Linux, I try to set up PPP but it
> doesn't work. So how do I set up, dial phone, and connect to the
> internet in the Linux environment? Thank you in advance for any help.
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From: "cet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.kernel,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: ipsec.h
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:34:31 +0800
Help!!!
I'm trying to install ENskip in my RedHat 5.2 os....
Problem is I cannot find the ipsec.h file in my kernel....i need this file
for a patch from ENskip...
The ENskip patch file seems to say that the ipsec.h file should be in the
/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/include/linux/ dir.
Please anyone care to enlighten me?
Cheers!
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From: Mark Bashaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux (Red Hat 5.1 and 5.2) Y2K compliance
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:35:57 -0800
Matt,
If you check the RedHat website you'll find a Y2K statement basically
saying that the Linux (and it's derivatives) are not subject to Y2K
problems. Unix and unix-like systems use a different date system than DOS
and Windows based systems do.
The URL for the legal statement is :
http://www.redhat.com/legal_statement.phtml
The Y2K portion is about halfway down.
Mark Bashaw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt Harrell wrote:
> I'm responsible at my job for investigating the Y2K-compliance of all
> our systems. This includes two Red Hat Linux boxes (one is 5.1 and the
> other is 5.2). I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on Y2K-compliance
> of Linux. Neither box is using much significant 3rd party software, so
> it would mostly be a matter of the OS itself. The two boxes are used
> for gateway, DNS, e-mail, firewall and web servers. I've checked Red
> Hat's web site, and found nothing on Y2K. Anyone have any suggestions?
> I'm assuming that, like most other areas, Linux will be vastly superior
> to it's competition (even Windows 98 is not fully Y2K-compliant, and
> neither is the UnixWare 7.0.0u that I just installed on a Compaq
> Proliant 3000). Thanks.
>
> --
> Matt Harrell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://my.voyager.net/mharrell
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Kernel 2.2.0-pre1
Date: 29 Dec 1998 18:17:37 -0800
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I did a short test-drive of the new kernel this afternoon. I have no
sound and pppd dies as soon as it's initiated. IOW, it dials and
connects and then dies with
Dec 29 17:22:56 trollope pppd[730]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Dec 29 17:22:56 trollope pppd[730]: local IP address 216.26.5.166
Dec 29 17:22:56 trollope pppd[730]: remote IP address 216.26.1.16
Dec 29 17:22:57 trollope pppd[730]: LCP terminated at peer's request
Dec 29 17:23:00 trollope pppd[730]: Connection terminated.
This latter may just mean that I need to upgrade my pppd version (but
what a bore).
Anybody know if they've done something to change how sound is handled
since 2.0.34? I seem to recall that in my last compilation I had to
answer a bunch of questions about my sound card's IRQs & DMA channels;
questions that didn't appear this time.
Thanks.
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: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL
Date: 29 Dec 1998 18:03:47 -0800
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>>>>> "steve" == steve mcadams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
steve> On 29 Dec 1998 01:43:58 -0800, Michael Powe
steve> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I humbly suggest that the next time you're feeling lousy about
>> your job, you take a look around and see all the many people
>> who are worse off. At least you have within your power to give
>> back something to the software community that benefits you so
>> much. If only you would do so.
steve> I'd love to spend all my time writing free software. Are
steve> you offering to support me and my family while I do it,
steve> suggesting that I should live in a cardboard box, or
steve> suggesting that I should be content to spend just a few
steve> hours a week writing software that I care about while
steve> wasting the rest of my time making a living?
Well, I don't consider making a living `wasting time.' I do it
myself. I consider the more important matter to be one of attitude.
I've been studying programming, not because I expect to become "a
programmer," but because it's interesting. And I've realized that
once I've developed a certain level of knowledge, I will myself be
able to help the free software movement: even if it's only by writing
documentation or doing some grunt work. Most people of this world are
stuck `making a living' doing whatever comes to hand and they don't
have the luxury of pining for `job satisfaction' or even considering
`career options.' I consider myself lucky that I'm in a position to
do something interesting and exciting with my time off from work.
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: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to create a shell script?
Date: 29 Dec 1998 18:42:35 -0800
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[posted and mailed]
>>>>> "Rick" == Rick Glunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rick> I have attempted to create a shell script using vi but
Rick> cannot get it to execute. If I call the file test, after
Rick> typeing in test I get an error like "bash: test: command not
Rick> found". What can I do? I've done a chmod +x test and that
Rick> doesn't help.
First, Bash (and other shells) keeps track of executables in a cache.
After you add new exe's, you have to update the cache. Do `hash -r'
in bash and `rehash' in csh. Second, it's not a good idea to name
scripts `test' because there is a test command:
(Linux 2.0.34) [/home/michael]
17 --> which test
/usr/bin/test
If you use the name `test,' then you need to execute ./test, in order
to override the shell command. Best to use some different name,
however. I usually use test.sh -- indicates it's a shell script and
differentiates it from the command file. (Also, I have test.pl,
test.py, test.cc ... well, you get the picture. ;-)
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: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Margin When Printing Postscript??
Date: 29 Dec 1998 18:31:36 -0800
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[posted and mailed]
>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Nagler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jonathan> I used printtool to change the top/bottom margin on the
Jonathan> laserjet 4 driver. It had been 18 points. I changed it
Jonathan> to 36. This had NO IMPACT.
Jonathan> I'm using the driver that printtool set up - but I'm
Jonathan> suspicous as it seems to make no distinction between
Jonathan> postscript and non-postscript printers. Does anyone
Jonathan> know what controls the top margin? I'm running
Jonathan> ghostscript 4.03 (though I wouldn't think it should be
Jonathan> called as this is a poscript printer).
The commands for controlling your printer are in /etc/printcap.
Printtool is a handy prefab way of making changes to that file. You
may need to look at it to see exactly what is happening.
Have you tried sending postscript straight to the printer with just a
generic entry? Reset your printcap so that it's not using any filters
and see what your printer does with postscript.
This works for me:
lp|PostScript|DJet|HPDeskJet694C:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp1:\
Normally, you'd have an additional line that looks something like
this:
:if=/usr/local/bin/deskjet-filter:
But all the filters I tried here just caused my printer to hang. I
have to use other means to get printing other than ps, so I use a2ps.
A bit of a pain, but I myself do not do lots of printing.
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Levin Jungermann)
Subject: Re: SparcLinux
Date: 30 Dec 1998 09:05:43 GMT
Hi, I found at least one problem and solved it. In the cron.daily had been
updatedb and it used more than a day to run through. So I moved it to
cron.monthly and kill all the updatedbs and the find still running and the
load went down from 3.9 to 1.6. It's still way to high, but that reallly
seems to be the memory leakage problem.
bye
Levin
--
Levin Jungermann *** eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:17:22 +0000
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Martin Skj=F6ldebrand wrote:
> The operative word here is "usually". Some are only distributed as
> tarballs.
<snip>=20
> Of course I could use the command prompt instead. But what if I like
> GUIs and I don't like xrpm either =3D)?
> And why cant package managers handle tarballs as well as rpms? Eh?
Stop whining about it and write a package manager that will handle
tarballs and rpm and deb if it annoys you that much.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:25:05 -0800
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:06:27 -0500, Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Evans wrote:
>>
>> Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Why is it disgusting? This is, for my CS department, the method of
>> > choice for keeping everything orderly. You don't want to answer endless
>> > questions like "uhhh, duh, I can't run app blah-blah-blah" by telling
>> > them "prepend /export/share/blah/bin to your path". Much easier for all
>>
>> Maybe you should install some shells which have a global initilisation file :)
>
> Fine. Suppose we build a tcsh that uses a global init file from NFS;
>what happens if NFS server or the network are down, and the machine has
>to be brought up without /export tree?.. No shell, no login... ooops...
> There is a reason to only keep stuff that HAS to be shared, on the NFS
>volumes. The rest of little everyday doodads should remain local.
Hire better staff. A reliable distributed unix enviroment
is certainly quite feasable.
--
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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From: "Tom Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help, resolving IP address with a ppp conection
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:45:30 -0000
Hi can anyone help?
I have been trying to use my account on my ISP, Freeserve.co.uk from Linux
for the past two weeks. I have managed to get the PPP connection established
after some initial difficulties. I have read all the HOWTO's that I can get
my hands on but I am still unable to see beyond the initial connection. I
assume the problem is related to resolving the IP addresses but I'm not
sure.
After connecting using pppd & chat and issuing a ifconfig command, I
typically get this output:-
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:62.136.7.79 P-t-P:195.92.68.19 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
with the following debug info from /var/log/messages:-
Dec 30 03:32:23 localhost pppd[284]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: timeout set to 3 seconds
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: abort on (\nBUSY\r)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: send (rAT^M)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: expect (OK)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: rAT^M^M
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: OK -- got it
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: send (ATH0^M)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: timeout set to 30 seconds
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: expect (OK)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: ATH0^M^M
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: OK -- got it
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: send (ATDT08450796699^M)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: expect (CONNECT)
Dec 30 03:32:24 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: ATDT08450796699^M^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: CONNECT -- got it
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: send ( ^M)
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: expect (ogin:)
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: 38400^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: User Access Verification^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: login: -- got it
Dec 30 03:32:45 localhost chat[285]: send (*******.freeserve.co.uk^M)
******* Normal login name
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost chat[285]: expect (assword:)
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost chat[285]: ^M
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost chat[285]: login: ******.freeserve.co.uk^M
******* Normal login name
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost chat[285]: Password: -- got it
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost chat[285]: send (******^M) ******* PASSWORD
******
Dec 30 03:32:46 localhost pppd[284]: Serial connection established.
Dec 30 03:32:47 localhost pppd[284]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 30 03:32:47 localhost pppd[284]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Dec 30 03:32:51 localhost pppd[284]: local IP address 62.136.7.79
Dec 30 03:32:51 localhost pppd[284]: remote IP address 195.92.68.19
At this point I think the connection is health, If I then try to ping the
remote IP 195.92.68.19 I get this returned:-
PING 195.92.68.19 (195.92.68.19): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 195.92.68.19: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=199.3 ms
64 bytes from 195.92.68.19: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=250.0 ms
64 bytes from 195.92.68.19: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=190.0 ms
--- 195.92.68.19 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 180.0/211.0/250.0 ms
If I ping the local connection 127.0.0.0 I Get
PING 127.0.0.0 (127.0.0.0): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.0: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
--- 127.0.0.0 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.0 ms
However, I am unable to obtain a responces from any other name or IP
address. Each time I try ping, I waits for about 3 mins and then reports
host not found. copies of config files attached below. Can anyone help point
me in the right direction as until I can sort this problem out I must use
windows for all my internet activity!!!
content of /etc/hosts the ISP DNS numbers have been confirmed by a number of
checks I have made.
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
194.152.64.68 primary
194.152.64.35 secondary
==========================================
Content of /etc/hosts.allow
#
# hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# allow access to all services only to the local machine
ALL: 127.0.0.1
==========================================
Content of /etc/resolv.conf
domain freeserve.co.uk
search freeserve.co.uk
194.152.64.68
194.152.64.35
==========================================
I would be most grateful if any one can advise where I am going wrong. My
Kernel rev. is 2.0.36
Thanks in advance for any assistance
Tom
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE or RedHat ?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 03:02:59 +0000
Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > All Debian packages are free in that they all comply with the Debian Free
> > Software Guidelines (the basis of the Open Source Definition). The GPL is
> > only one of many DFSG compliant licenses.
> To the best of my knowledge, this is also the case with RedHat
> distribution -- the entire thing is copylefted.
Not quite. The vast majority of the software is Open Source-free
(including everything RedHat develop themselves), but there are
programs like xv and zip which are freely available but not freely
enough to be Open Source.
Debian also makes an effort to seperate out things which are covered
by patents and the like.
--
Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Wellens)
Subject: SUID
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:10:18 -0800
Hello,
I have a question about how SUID works. I THOUGHT that when you set the
user ID bit that the file would execute with the user ID set to the owner
of the file. I THOUGHT that if I created a shell script with the SUID bit
set that any command executed within that script would inherit the user
ID--this would allow me to write scripts for "normal" users that would
allow them to execute commands normally reserved for the superuser--INIT
for example. It's not working. I wrote a shell script which invokes INIT
and then did a CHMOD 6755 on it. When a SU'd to a "normal" user and called
the script. I got a message saying that INIT is reserved for the
superuser. Is what I'm trying to do even possible? I'd sure appreciate
some help on this one.
please email me at peterl.cet.com as well as posting any reply. Thanks.
-PETE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Are there any Ljet non-gs drivers?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 03:43:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.
--
Frank Hahn
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