Linux-Misc Digest #413, Volume #18 Wed, 30 Dec 98 21:13:10 EST
Contents:
Help with Netscape configuration wanted (Henry Meyerding)
Can grep work recursively? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page (Dan Mercer)
Re: 3 button Mouse not working under X (Zailong Bian)
Newbie Idiocy (Bill)
HELP @ http://myvillage.8m.com (}{ceman)
Re: fetchmail? (Tom Evans)
Database recommendation (Matthew Fleming)
Re: execute a script copied from dos filesystem? (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Can grep work recursively? (mlw)
Re: Why are mount/umount setuid root? (Peter S. Frouman)
Re: Can grep work recursively? (Ashok Aiyar)
Re: NSPR libraries (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Problem with Netscape (Max)
Re: Can grep work recursively? (Brett W. McCoy)
Re: Deleting /var/log/messages... (Dave Brown)
Re: fetchmail? (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Can grep work recursively? (Kevin Huber)
Complimenting WP8 for Linux ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: Can grep work recursively? (Tim Smith)
Filesystem Woes ("Roger A. Prata")
Re: Infringement of the GPL (Damien Kick)
Re: Why are mount/umount setuid root? (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Iomega ZIP & Red Hat 5.1 (Michael Fleming)
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From: Henry Meyerding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with Netscape configuration wanted
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:46:58 -0800
Hello,
I seek some assistance in configuring Netscape 4.05 for Linux 2.0
(Caldera). The documentation is confusing and unhelpful. Specifically,
whenever I encounter a page with sound, the browser shuts down just as
the page completes loading. Also, it would be nice to start real video
as a helper app instead of having to download the ram and start the app
manually.
Any help appreicated, please respond via email
Thanks,
Henry Meyerding
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Can grep work recursively?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:11:35 GMT
I was wondering if it was possible to make grep work recursively in folders.
Is this possible?
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Mercer)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: ln: Musty smell to its man page
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:09:30 GMT
In article <754des$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Mading) writes:
> Dan Mercer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>: You are possibly confusing hard linking directories which
>
> Yes, that is extremely likely - I tend to link directories
> a lot more often than individual files. Question: Why is
> it different for directories than for files? What's the security
> hole that they are obviously worried about?
There are real nasty directory traversal problems inherent in
hard linking directories. It's not really a security issue,
it's no more useful than symbolically linking, more dangerous.
Root has to be able to do it or mkdir would fail (linking .
and .. takes place in kernel space). Symbolic links don't
even require that the name the link points to even exist.
Dan Mercer
>
>: is restricted to root. I've never seen a good reason to
>: hard link a directory (beyond . and ..). Linking is not
>: a setprivgroup(1M) controlled capability.
>
Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: Zailong Bian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3 button Mouse not working under X
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:43:26 -0500
I am not a mouse expert but I would not waste time tweaking that. Just
get a new mouse that you know it will work. I have a Genius Netmouse Pro.
It works great, including the 3rd button, and the up/down buttons(like the
wheel on MS intelimouse).
Also, emulate 3 button is not hard for X either. You can also go this
way. I had the same problem like that with my old mouse. I managed to
get it work after reading the 3 button mouse howto. But it is not
convinient so I just got a new one instead. Genius Netmouse Pro costs
only 10$, instead of 70$ for a MS intelimouse.
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Fisch wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >It was the Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:13:54 -0800, Fisch...
> >..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> >It was the Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:52:50 -0800, Fisch...
> >> >..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> I can't get the middle button of my mouse to work under X.
> >> >> When I'm not in X, the middle button works (will past what has been
> >> highlited).
> >> >> But when I start X, the middle button does nothing.
>
> >> >I don't think the Microsoft mouse protocol supports three buttons. Switch
> >> >that mouse to PC mode and try it again, with a different protocol setting.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the help. It seems that switching to PC and trying the
> >> MouseSystems protocol solved my problem, even though pointer movement
> >> doesn't seem to be
> >> as fluid as it was. Having that middle button is more important.
>
> OK, I'm still having problems, but I'm starting to narrow it down.
> Once again...
> 3 button mouse
> switch on bottom goes between PC & MS.
>
> The mouse was working for a while with:
> Protocol "MouseSystems"
> Buttons 3
>
> in the XF86Config file.
>
> Then I started getting some really weird behavior. The X cursor wouldn't
> leave the lower left corner of the screen and attempting to move it caused
> menu's to pop up like the buttons were being pressed.
>
> I was forced to kill the X-Server from a telnet session in order to
> get out of it. rebooting didn't help. Mouse worked fine until I went
> into X, then wouldn't work.
>
> With the switch in the MS position, the mouse works fine, but the
> Middle button doesn't work.
> With the switch in the PC position it wouldn't work.
>
> The kludge that seems to be working now is...
> 1. The switch must be in the MS position when the computer is
> booted up.
> This lets all three buttons work in main console mode.
>
> 2. After a startx command, I must switch the mouse to PC mode.
> This lets all three buttons work under X.
>
> 3. If I leave the mouse in PC mode when I exit out of X, bumping
> the mouse does weird shit to the screen. I have to switch it
> back to MS.
>
> This doesn't seem right. Are there any mouse experts who know what's
> going on?
>
> I'm using a 486 PC, with a Trident TGUI9400 video card and the
> XF86_SVGA server on RedHat 5.2.
>
> Thanks,
> Fisch
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill)
Subject: Newbie Idiocy
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:32:49 GMT
Hey! I learned something today, never type in...
cat /dev/scd0
Wow, what a weird occurance :-)
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (}{ceman)
Subject: HELP @ http://myvillage.8m.com
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:00:59 GMT
Hi
http://myvillage.8m.com
includes a new Linux Help Forum for beginners and advanced users. This
forum is still new, so start posting. But the main feature of this
site is its software archive for Linux. It will soon be having a
search engine but it currently neatly categorized.
Check out this site now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Evans)
Subject: Re: fetchmail?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 19:53:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tanner McCarron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can't get mail. Here is what I see whaen I try to get mail with
> fetchmail.
>
> [tannerm@earthlink /]$ fetchmail -c -p POP3 mail.earthlink.net
> Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> fetchmail: 4 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [tannerm@earthlink /]$ fetchmail -p POP3 mail.earthlink.net
> Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> fetchmail: 4 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> reading message 1 of 4 (822 bytes) fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost
Sounds like you have a problem with sendmail. Fetchmail using sendmail
to put the mail where it belongs. Can you send mail locally from 1 user
to another?
Regards,
--
Tom Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All disclaimers apply...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming)
Subject: Database recommendation
Date: 30 Dec 1998 19:07:40 GMT
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: execute a script copied from dos filesystem?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:46:15 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if the current directory isn't in your path, you need to prepend a
'./' to the
command,
$ ./foo
you can also add the currnet directory to your path (put a '.' at the
the *end* of the path.
-ckm
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Can grep work recursively?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:50:51 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to make grep work recursively in folders.
> Is this possible?
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
This might be the long way:
find . -name *.cpp -exec grep expression {} \;
--
Mohawk Software
Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
Visit the Mohawk Software website: www.mohawksoft.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter S. Frouman)
Subject: Re: Why are mount/umount setuid root?
Date: 31 Dec 1998 00:49:11 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:39:17 GMT, Timothy J. Lee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On a Red Hat 5.1 Linux installation, why are /bin/mount and
>/bin/umount setuid root?
Probably so ordinary users can mount filesystems if the user option is
specified in /etc/fstab. They have the same permissions in Redhat 5.2 and
Debian 2.0. I doubt regular users could mount filesystems w/o the 'user'
option even if the setuid bit is set but I could be wrong. If you don't
want ordinary users mounting/unmounting filesystems you can probably
safely remove the setuid bit. On a related note, it seems that if the
'user' option is enabled, any user can unmount that fs regardless of
whether they are the user that mounted it (of course if the filesystem is
busy, the unmount will fail).
--
-Peter Frouman | finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key
Zippy says:
Catsup and Mustard all over the place! It's the Human Hamburger!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ashok Aiyar)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Can grep work recursively?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 21:11:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:50:51 +0000,
mlw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering if it was possible to make grep work recursively in folders.
>> Is this possible?
>
>This might be the long way:
>
>find . -name *.cpp -exec grep expression {} \;
It might be long, but it definitely works! Here are two alternatives
to grep that can grep recursively:
a) John Davis' rgrep is a recursive grep that is distributed along with
his JED editor. Available from: ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis
b) agrep, a recursive grep distributed along with the glimpse search
and indexing engine. Available from http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu
Later,
Ashok
--
Ashok Aiyar, Ph.D.
McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
http://ebv.oncology.wisc.edu/~aiyar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: NSPR libraries
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:48:50 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 30 Dec 1998 14:03:03 GMT...
..and J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I would like to build the latest tarball release of Mozilla, but there has
> >been a problem.
>
> news://news.mozilla.org is probably more appropriate for Mozilla questions.
>
> >It needs the following libraries:
> >libnspr21 libplc21 libplds21
>
> They are included in the tarball, in the "nsprpub" directory. AFAIK, they
> don't use autoconf, so you'll need to build them first, then run ./configure
> ..
I got NSPR compiled. The problem is that without the automagical
configuration, the linking and execution of the "checking for nspr21..."
test program in ./configure doesn't work.
I banged on ./configure, but I gave up when the test compilation reported
that lots and lots of macros that were needed were undefined when test
compiling (endianity and sizeof info).
mawa
--
Matthias Warkus | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dyson Spheres for sale!
My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
lowers your social status...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Max)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with Netscape
Date: 30 Dec 1998 20:04:01 -0500
Ruffian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >
: > ARGH! I corrected all other problems now...but
: > When I try to modify the preferences in Netscape
: > eg at POP server, say, I type mail.xxxx.yyy.gg
: > where xxxx yyy gg are my ISP required names.
: > Netscape pops up a window and says this server is UNKNOWN?
: > Anyone have an idea?
: >
: > regards
: >
: > beh
: If you're using 4.07 or later it'll do that if you
: try to set it up while offline. Try setting it up
: while you're online.
Maybe this is not relevant to Netscape 4.07, but once set up in Netscape
4.5, I can't open Netscape Messenger unless I'm dialed into my ISP. Is
there a way around this?
Thanks in advance and have a hippy New Year
: see you
: Jan
: --
: reality.sys corrupt; reboot universe [y/n]?
Max Pyziur
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W. McCoy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Can grep work recursively?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:18:37 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:11:35 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was wondering if it was possible to make grep work recursively in folders.
>Is this possible?
grep doesn't recurse directories, but you can hand it a file list that has
been recursed, such as you would get with find. Here's a simple example
to find the word 'the' in all files with a .txt extension. You can
overflow cat this way, though, so experiment around.
cat `find . -path './*.txt'`|grep the
--
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
=======================================================================
"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected."
-- The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972
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Subject: Re: Deleting /var/log/messages...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 31 Dec 98 01:04:32 GMT
In article <76dpb6$20d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>Pardon my ignorance, but why is it a bad idea to simply rm
>the file?
I think it comes from a history of various daemons misbehaving
and rather than keeping track of which ones do and which don't,
folks got into the habit of "truncating" rather than deleting.
Some daemons quit if they find a file missing that they expect,
some stop logging if the log file is missing.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:18:07 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
does earthlink use pop3? does other networking stuff work?
-ckm
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Can grep work recursively?
From: Kevin Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 Dec 1998 15:26:49 -0600
"steveeq1" == steveeq1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
steveeq1> I was wondering if it was possible to make grep work
steveeq1> recursively in folders. Is this possible?
find . -name 'filename*' | xargs grep 'some text'
or else look at the -exec parameter that find takes, or possibly the
utility called "rgrep" that is distributed with RedHat Linux. rgrep
claims to have better performance than the find/grep combo.
-Kevin
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Complimenting WP8 for Linux
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:21:58 +0000
Howdy all,
I just wanted to share with you all some of my observations about the
latest release of WP8 for Linux. I have been using S)4 and recently SO5
for Linux. It was free and was very powerful. However, I have noticed
that it lacks a bit in the way of speed particularly on my 100MHz
Pentium with 32 megs of RAM. But S)4 and SO5 work great they look good
and have a nice feel about them, even if it is VERY reminiscent of MS
Office.
But, lately I have been playing with WP8 for Linux and have been
extremely impressed by it's use. I have been a devout WP fan for quite
some time now, ever since WP 5.1 first came out. The latest version for
Linux keeps the same feel and features that WP8 offers for Windows.
Here are some of my observations when comparing the two:
1) Speed - WP8 boots up EXTREMELY quick, it also saves the docs in no
time at all
2) File size - I cut and pasted some files over from SO5 and saved them
in the exact same format. Without fail, the WP8 docs are a quarter the
size of the SO5 docs, even though they use the same formatting and have
the same tables and numbering, etc. This is especially good for users
with limited hard drive capacity and who have lots of files. A quarter
size can make all the difference when it comes to volume.
3) Opening files - here the WP8 and SO5 are about the same. For those
who are familiar with WP6.1 structure, WP is simpler and easier to
manage docs. It also has some added features that SO5 doesn't have.
4) Customizing keyboard shortcuts - here's where many SO5 users may
disagree. I use a lot of German characters since I got my Ph.D. in
German as well. I have always liked WP's options to customize key
strokes. WP8 for Linux makes keystrokes easy.
5) Importing docs - WP8 can import WP AND MSWord docs. SO5 can only
import MSWord and SO docs. Same goes for exporting.
There are several other features I am sure I am forgetting, but which
I'll remember after I post this.
I would like to know what other people feel about the two word
processing programs. Don't get me wrong, I still very much like SO5 and
will continue to use it's spreadsheet features and graphics, at least
until, WP Office Suite for Linux comes out. But it's a welcome change
to have some other alternatives.
What do you all think? Am I out in left field on this one, or are
others rejoicing like myself to finally be able to use WP again in a
Linux environment.
Thanks for letting me pontificate.
KJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Can grep work recursively?
Date: 30 Dec 1998 16:58:43 -0800
mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This might be the long way:
>
>find . -name *.cpp -exec grep expression {} \;
Using find is a good approach, but that particular command doesn't quite
solve the problem.
(1) The "*.cpp" needs to be quoted to prevent the shell from expanding
it, or you might miss some files.
(2) It invokes one grep per file. When there are less than two file
arguments to grep, grep doesn't print the name of the file. This will
make it hard to tell which files the matches come from.
(3) One grep per file is inefficient.
Try something like this:
find . -name '*.cpp' -print0 | xargs --null grep /dev/null
This is still not perfect. It might be a good idea to throw in a
"-type f" on the find, and there are probably many other little
tweeks one could do, but the idea is sound.
--Tim Smith
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From: "Roger A. Prata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Filesystem Woes
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:24:53 -0500
Hello all.. I wanted to thank everyone for the assistance with my networking
problem. I have (thanks to all your help) solved the problem and gotten my
TCP/IP network up. I do have one other problem, and one call for
comments... firstly, when I upgraded to a 2.0.34 kernel, I lost msdos and
ISO9660 (CD-ROM) filesystem support. I swear they are compiled in, but I
cannot mount either of them.
Secondly, is anyone out there using Prodigy Internet with Linux? If so, are
you using scripts, minicom, or how are you connecting? A typical ISP would
not be a problem for me, with minicom and pppd, but I cannot get Prodigy to
work... anyone out there using it? Thanks in advance for all the help..
-Roger
P.S. If possible, please CC any answers to my e-mail box [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
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From: Damien Kick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL
Date: 30 Dec 1998 14:44:31 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Malthouse) writes:
> On 24 Dec 1998 21:17:59 GMT K. Spoon wrote:
> } [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> } > Damien Kick writes:
> } > > I've been wondering lately if there have been any cases
> } > > brought before a judge regarding infringement of the GPL.
<snip>
> } Not brought before a judge.... open source developers don't
> } really have the money to afford the lawyers to go after people who
> } steal code from the rest of the world.
<snip>
<nod> Someone mentioned getting an attorney to do the work pro bono
but it is an unfortunate reality that money (or lack thereof) can win
a lawsuit in and of itself. How often do parties settle lawsuits out
of court without regard for actual guilt or innocence just to avoid
the cost of going to court?
<snip>
> } However, I remember a quote from someone (Paul Vixie, maybe?)
> } saying that he had been hired by a few companies to maintain their
> } proprietary products and found his own GPL'd code in them. He
> } said he never prosecuted.
> }
> } Personally, if I'd been in that situation, I would have locked on
> } to their throats like a pitbull....
<snip>
And this half remembered anecdote about someone finding his or her own
GPLed code in a proprietary product is exactly the kind of scenario
that got me started wondering if any case has ever made it to court
regarding infringement of the GPL. I wonder how often GPLed code has
been pulled into a proprietary product without anyone either hearing
about it or makeing a stink about it. I would imagine that it is far
too easy to pull it off since the only way to know for certain would
be to get a peak at the proprietary source but one can't get a "search
of code violating GPL warrant" for any old chunk of proprietary code
just to be certain it was playing by the rules.
<snip>
> I wonder if it might happen the other way around?
>
> Some company being stupid/greedy enough to use GPL code might attempt
> to seek damages for 'theft' of 'their' code, should they believe that
> subsequent work infringed their 'rights'.
>
> Defence spends a few days explaining GPL: stupid company with
> expensive egg all over its corporate face.
<snip>
One would hope. The situation that you spell out in the paragraphs
above would be the real test of the GPL. If SomeStupidGreedyCorp
Inc. silently uses GPLed code it doesn't really hurt the continued
development of the original source tree in the freeware community. As
long as everyone in the freeware community remains free to share code,
the original intent of the GPL has survived intact. It would be nice,
however, if there was a case that set a precedent for egging
SomeStupidGreedyCorp Inc. for playing fast and loose with GPled code.
I guess I don't much trust the U.S. legal system to do the right thing
and I suppose the waters would get even muddier if one were to start
to consider international law, i.e. how well the GPL would fare in a
country other than the U.S. in which it was originally written.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any information about such
a case. A lot of this thread has spun off into tangents debating
certain philosophical and/or ideological surronding the GPL. Closer
to what I was wondering in my original question, GMT K. Spoon shared
the anecdote of someone finding his or her own GPLed code in a
proprietary product who did not prosecute and someone else sent me an
e-mail suggesting that I look for readings on how the Objective-C
compiler got into gcc. However, nothing about an actual court case.
On the other hand, it is probably a good sign that nobody has pointed
to a court case in which the GPL has been defeated (or even
challenged); i.e., someone having modified GPLed source and then
having successfully restricted the freeware community from the entire
source tree because they had peed on it, making it "their own". I
guess we'll all have to wait and see what happens when it finally
happens.
--
Damien Kick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Why are mount/umount setuid root?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 01:56:20 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:39:17 GMT...
..and Timothy J. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On a Red Hat 5.1 Linux installation, why are /bin/mount and
> /bin/umount setuid root?
They need to. Otherwise regular users couldn't mount or umount file systems.
mawa
--
Matthias Warkus | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dyson Spheres for sale!
My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
lowers your social status...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Fleming)
Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP & Red Hat 5.1
Date: 30 Dec 1998 10:37:15 GMT
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:13:26 +0800, Teo Chun Lip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scribed into the Great Tome of Farnkarkling:
> I had a parallel port ZIP attach to lpt1 of the printer port.
>
> I do not know how to install or get Red Hat 5.1 to recognise it.
>
> Mounting /dev/lp1 is not possible as it said lp1 is not a block device.
As far as Linux is concerned, the Zip drive is a SCSI device, so it
uses /dev/sdaX (in my case /dev/sda4) It should pick this automatically.
check /var/log/dmesg for which one.
You'll also need to load the ppa3.o module if you haven't already.
>
> In Redhat 5.1 I access the installation floppy of Iomega
Lost me there... It doesn't use an "installation floppy" AFAICS..
> but the only file/dir is lost+found;
> What does it mean? lost+found
lost+found is where you'll find "lost" files after a system hiccup. It's
usually empty.
> Hope somebody can guide me to install this ZIP drive
> because I read some where that ZIP can be used in Linux
Also have a look for Zip-Drive under the mini-HOWTOs.
> What is it file system?
Depends on what format the media uses - could be vfat, ext2 or msdos..
> Thank you for any reply and suggestion.
> Will appreciate if you could e-mail me straight
HIH,
Michael Fleming
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