Linux-Misc Digest #434, Volume #18 Sat, 2 Jan 99 02:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: CGI & Perl Problem (Neil Cherry)
Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released? (erikc)
Difficulty in install to 8.4g drive and others ! (goolias)
Re: help me choose license ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Real Player/Netscape problem (Juhani Vanhala)
Whats the best *offline* usenet reader for Linux? (Eric Hardwick)
Re: Allman's Vacation program for Linux (Stuart R. Fuller)
suspected stupid question: How to chage owner (Mark Worsdall)
Re: suspected stupid question: How to chage owner (brian moore)
Re: How To Slow Down System Clock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't get mt to move tape past first filemark on RH 5.2 i (Chris Mauritz)
CD ripper for linux? (Chris Mauritz)
Re: X based news reader suggestions... (Brett W. McCoy)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Randal)
Minimal BOOT installation for ethernetcard. (Juergen Berger)
Re: Best Free Unix? (void)
Re: Minimal BOOT installation for ethernetcard. (Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk)
Re: DigiCHANNEL PC/8 (Daniel Taylor)
Re: Starting PPP without root access (Neil Durant)
Re: Starting PPP without root access (JD Weiner)
Re: Best Free Unix? (Frank Miles)
Re: NFSing a tape drive ? (Eric Jorgensen)
Re: Starting PPP without root access (Bill Unruh)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: CGI & Perl Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 05:16:26 GMT
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:30:22 +0000, Andy Birkett wrote:
>Hi
>
>I am running RH5.1 and Apache 1.2 and I am having problems with my CGI
>Perl scripts. I cannot get my scripts to read or create a file located
>on the web server, yet when I run the same scripts from a shell, the
>files are read/created fine.
>
>I haven't changed any settings in the Apache conf files, do I need to
>allow CGI scripts to access the files stored in the HTML directory of
>the web server. Or is it a file system problem? I have given write
>access to the directory I want to create my log files in, and Navigator
>can read the HTML OK, so why can't my CGI scripts?
>
>Hope you can help
Probably the directory doesn not have permission for the user nobody
to write there. I beleive that Apache runs as user nobody. Either
change permissions or groups (a group that include nobody in it) but
be wary of these changes as you may open your security on those
directories.
--
Neil Cherry (Text only) http://members.home.net/ncherry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Graphics) http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (erikc)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 05:17:23 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:59:52 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens) wrote:
-- origin: comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>|[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Hunt) wrote:
>|
>|>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "David Steuber" writes:
>|>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Filip M. Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
>|>> > (what scares the crap out of me is the Navy moving their fleet from
>|>> > [stable] unix systems to NT... [shivvvvvver])
>|>>
>|>> You can't expect a smart fleet without a digital nervous disorder...
>|>
>|>Perhaps someone will decide to put NT inside an aircraft control system.
>|>(I know, but if they can do it for ships, they can do it for planes).
>|>Imagine a Lockheed Galaxy flying over Seattle, the BSOD, and the plane
>|>crashing on the HQ of a well-known company...
>|
>|They might complain about overflights by aircraft with a dodgy OS. It
>|is a well known fact that that company in Seattle doesn't use NT for
>|it's mission critical systems.
>|
>|Norman
Oh, really? What *do* they use? Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)
Erikc (alt.atheist #002) | "An Fhirinne in aghaidh an tSaoil."
| "The Truth against the World."
ICQ 26776011 | -- Bardic Motto
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for
people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
---- Noam Chomsky
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Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:23:55 +0800
From: goolias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
jaring.pcbase,tmnet.support,tmnet.communities,comp.os.linux.x,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Difficulty in install to 8.4g drive and others !
I have a 8.4 g IBM Deskstar.
Which I done the following, by using PQ Partition Magic:
1) primary C: (2 G)
2.) primary H: (1G)
3.) Extend:
E;,F:,G: (1.6, 2.0, 1.4G )
All above in FAT.
And 1 2nd HDD 1.2 G Bigfoot.
Which has : Primary D:( 470M) (FAT32)
and Linux sawp 30M, and RH 5.1 for the rest.
I try to install RedHat to Primary H: , but Linux fdisk said it's not
recognise it,
and it said it couldn't install to the HDD which is larger that 2.0 g.
But, why ?I have partition it to smaller pics ?
So I installed it in 2nd HDD. It went without a flaw.
But then , when I try to access the file which I d/l to the C:, using
Ctrl panel RPM package manager, I get the progress bar running
half way then freeze, when it try to access to the path I gave to it.
/dos1/kdev10. I mount my C: as /dos1 in RH5.1, and H: as /doss
and D: as /dos3.
I noticed that I can only see my win95 file in /dos1 while not in
/dos3 which is in FAT32 file ssytem.
Anyone can help me on this ? I'm trying to installed KDEv1.0
into my RH5.1.
Idid it b4 when I made it using Bigfoot as my Win95/Linux box
and it's all that easy.
What's wrong with my setting ?
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help me choose license
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:01:00 GMT
steve mcadams writes:
> There is zero chance that I'll set up a news server on my system;
I can't imagine why you would want to. I suggested majordomo, which is a
*mailing list* server: essentially, a fancy remailer. If you can't host
the list yourself you can hire it done fairly inexpensively. Organizations
such as Debian will provide free services to worthy free software projects.
Since you intend to make money from this, however, you probably aren't
going to get such donations.
> I may be dumb enough to give it away, but there are definite limitations
> on how much I will pay people to take it off my hands.
The point of the mailing list etc is to make it easy for people to help
you. If you want no help don't bother.
> If it'll be ignored anyway, there's no point in making it free for
> non-commercial use.
By "non-commercial use" I assume that you mean something like "You may use
this for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may give away copies but
you may not sell them." This would mean that I could not, for example, use
a word processor based on your code to write a proposal, and that
CheapBytes couldn't put it on one of their $2.00 CD's. It would get used
by a few students, but hardly anyone would ever hear of it.
> ...the thing for me to do is stop wasting my time trying to figure out
> how to give it away without shooting myself in the foot,...
As long as you insist on thinking in terms of doing all the work yourself
and then giving it away, yes,
> This would be easier for me anyway, since I wouldn't need to write as
> many comments in the code.
This would be harder for you, since you would need to write and debug every
line of code yourself. And you will make it harder yet if you skimp on
comments.
> Even though the free software community's participation could help me,
> their disinterest...
Seems to me that the free software community has shown quite a bit of
interest, given that we have seen only the sketchiest of proposals. The
way to generate real interest is to show us some code. Free code. Grand
proposals are a dime a dozen.
> All they can do is fail to benefit from something they could have had...
If it could not have been released under a free license we could not have
benefitted from it anyway.
> ...perhaps that would be a good thing if we are talking about a bunch of
> rabid marxists...
I suppose there may be marxists in the free software community, but I don't
personally know any. I know of liberal Democrats, libertarians, and one
Platonic idealist, but no marxists. As a fairly radical libertarian, I see
myself as about as far from marxist as it is possible to get.
--
John Hasler This posting is in the public domain.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will.
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: Juhani Vanhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Real Player/Netscape problem
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 02:32:36 +0000
zentara wrote:
>
...stuff deleted ....
>
> Hi, there is also an entry for Netscape applications called
>
> MiMeType: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
>
> And that has to be setup, and the plugins and links has to
> be made in your $HOME/.netscape/plugins.
>
> It's detailed in the installation instructions for the Realplayer5.0,
> maybe they forgot to include those instructions in the beta.
> It's in a set of html docs.
Yep, RealPlayer5.0 instalation package seems solve the problem.
Thanks,
Juhani
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Hardwick)
Subject: Whats the best *offline* usenet reader for Linux?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 05:31:22 GMT
Greetings,
Having happily moved from Win95 to Debian Linux recently, I am
trying to find replacements for all the programs I typically ran under
Win95 (Which I am dual-booting when I need to use an app that I
haven't found for Linux). Under Win95 I use Forte Free Agent for
reading usenet news. It works great since I can read the articles
later, after I am offline.
Question is: Which newsreader for Linux (X or console) has these
features.
1. Allows offline reading.
2. Follows threads.
3. Must work with dialup PPP connection to NNTP server.
The ones I have looked at so far (but none in great detail) are Knews
and Emacs-Gnus. Knews didn't seem very robust and wasn't offline. I am
still looking at Gnus (which I like).
I have no problem with complicated interfaces but it needs to have the
features mentioned.
Please let me know what you are all using for usenet reading?
Thanks in advance.
Eric Hardwick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Allman's Vacation program for Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.comp.mail.sendmail
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 05:00:02 GMT
Damon K. Haley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I would like to put the vacation program on my Red Hat Linux box.
: I have searched for it at the usual linux places w/ no luck
: (I even tried the Lycos FTP finder site http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/).
:
: Does anyone know where I can download this program?
ftp://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/redhat-contrib/libc6/i386
Stu
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suspected stupid question: How to chage owner
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 05:36:45 +0000
Hi,
If I create as root a directory /usr/www/shadow
how can I make the user shadow have full access to this directory but no
other user (apart from root)
shadow has a home dir of /usr/home/shadow
--
Mark Worsdall - Oh no, I've run out of underpants :(
Home:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB site:- http://www.worsdall.demon.co.uk
Shadow:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB site:- http://www.shadow.org.uk
Work:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB site:- http://www.hinwick.demon.co.uk
TCP/IP gatewaying http://www.hinwick.demon.co.uk/computerDept/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: suspected stupid question: How to chage owner
Date: 2 Jan 1999 05:53:02 GMT
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999 05:36:45 +0000,
Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I create as root a directory /usr/www/shadow
>
> how can I make the user shadow have full access to this directory but no
> other user (apart from root)
chown shadow /usr/www/shadow
chmod 755 /usr/www/shadow
(Assuming it's for web pages, it'll need to be world readable. Adjust
the chmod as needed.)
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How To Slow Down System Clock
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 05:45:53 GMT
Since it's connected to acablemodem: Just add a 'rdate' cron job to set the
time periodically. This should take care of it.
4 secs a day is not bad for a PC.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that my date/time was slowly drifting.
>
> After running a few experiments I determined that my System clock is
> gaining about 40 seconds a day. My Hardware clock gains about 4
> seconds a day.
>
> Now I know (I think) how to compensate for the Hardware clock drift
> using CLOCK (or HWCLOCK). But doesn't that rely on a accurate System
> clock.
>
> How can I either find out why my System clock is gaining, or teach it
> to keep accurate time.
>
> The load on the machine is vey low. It's my cable modem masquerade box
> that also runs SAMBA to provide print and file sharing (again very low
> usage).
>
> -Cheers,
>
> Eddie
>
> Remove ONYERBIKE to e-mail me.
>
--
--- Cable Modem FAQ: http://www.cablemodemhelp.com ---
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't get mt to move tape past first filemark on RH 5.2 i
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 04:07:54 GMT
Dale Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1 Jan 1999 01:36:15 -0500, Gregory G. Woodbury
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>Dale Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Hi all, I'm trying to recover from a HD failure on my Linux RH Intel
> -----------------cut--------------------------------------
> I ended up trying everything I could think of and finally
> got:
> ftmt -f /dev/nftape asf (number)
> tar xvf /dev/nftape
> to work.
> I never did get the mt that came on my Linux RH 5.2 to work.
> Got the ftmt from the newest ftape-tools package.
I've had luck using plain ol' dump and restore with RH 5.2 and a
DDS-2 DAT drive.
Chris
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD ripper for linux?
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 03:59:27 GMT
My wife was kind enough to get me an MP3 player for my birthday. However,
the only tools I've found for creating mp3's from audio CD's run on
Win95/98. Are there any decent tools for doing this under linux that
I've missed?
Chris
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W. McCoy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: X based news reader suggestions...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 04:36:15 GMT
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:27:14 +0000, Jon D. Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone suggest a good x-based news reader?
I like slrn. It's not X based, but it's X aware, and can process MIME
types in a manner very similar to pine.
--
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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-- The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972
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From: Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NOSPAM in addresses..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:00:05 -0800
I have my news program set to both email and post to group. I figure that the
person may not check back to the group quickly and I assume that whn a question
is asked, the person asking wants an answer. Sometimes desparately.
I used to use nospam at the front of my return address, then just decided that
I know how to use a delete button. <grin>
Randy
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999, David Steuber wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>
>-> (edit)
>-> >
>-> > Don't email to people who munge addresses. (edit)
>->
>-> I endorse this sentiment. I frequently reply to questions by
>-> E-mail only to subsequently receive an " undeliverable " message,
>-> even though I try to decipher a "proper" E-mail address.
>
>My feeling is that when a question is asked in a news group, it should
>be answered in a news qroup. With DejaNews being available, it should
>not be an excuse, "I don't get to read this group often." Or
>whatever. Those people who do bother to follow the groups for
>answeres, or use DejaNews can then possible benifit from the answere
>without having to post the same or similar question again.
>
>So, what is the spam situation now? I have been fairly active in
>several news groups, and my trashcan is not receiving much spam. I
>don't think I've seen any for a few weeks. Could the ISPs be finaly
>cracking down?
>
>--
>David Steuber
>http://www.david-steuber.com
>s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
>
>"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate, private, and publicly owned
>computer systems, infecting them with viruses and stealing materials
>for their own ends. These people, they're, they're terrorists."
>
>-- Secret Service Agent Richard Gill
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From: Juergen Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Minimal BOOT installation for ethernetcard.
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:37:14 GMT
> Hello,
>
> I have put an ethernet-card (NE2000) in a PC. On this PC no OS is
> istalled. Now I want to create a BOOT-disk, that it is possible to
> boot
> from this
> disk (is not the problem) and than connecting the PC to the LAN and
> copy files from the server.
> Which files are needed on the BOOT disk ?
Juergen Berger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (void)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix?
Date: 2 Jan 1999 06:36:41 GMT
On 2 Jan 99 06:09:44 GMT, Dave Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Yeah, and SCO, too. Only problem is: you can't afford any Desktop
>applications software that runs on them.
Between FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and SCO, I'd have to recommend ...
FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris.
FreeBSD has a lot of good literature associated with it, and serious
server performance on the i386. Linux is an amazing bustle of open-source
energy. Solaris is popular in the commercial world, has interesting
kernel features, and comes from arguably the most credible major unix
vendor around.
What does SCO have to recommend it?
--
Ben
"You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Minimal BOOT installation for ethernetcard.
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:37:51 GMT
images/boot.img for booting and images/supp.img for installing over network
They're all on the cdrom or at
ftp://ftp.christianianett.no/pub/unix/linux/redhat-5.2/i386/
use dd if=file of=/dev/fd0 to make them in unics or RAWRITE.EXE (
http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/ ) in DOS/Windoze
Juergen Berger wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have put an ethernet-card (NE2000) in a PC. On this PC no OS is
> > istalled. Now I want to create a BOOT-disk, that it is possible to
> > boot
> > from this
> > disk (is not the problem) and than connecting the PC to the LAN and
> > copy files from the server.
> > Which files are needed on the BOOT disk ?
>
> Juergen Berger
--
Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MCSE, MCNE, CLS, ASE
http://home.christianianett.no/~roy/ (Norwegian)
Christianianett as - www.christianianett.no
Akersgt. 11, N-0158 OSLO, Norway
Phone: +47 2247 3100 - Cell phone: +47 9205 9296
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Taylor)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: DigiCHANNEL PC/8
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:39:39 GMT
Scofrejo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a Digichannel PC/8 multi rs232 card in my pc while I'm running
>linux and I'm not able to access the terminal at normal speed
>it is putting on one character per 30 sec.
>
>my linux is RedHad 5.1
>
>what I did
>made with MAKEDEV ttyS4 to ttyS10 and cua4 to cua10
>
>in the /etc/inittab I add for every terminalline a startcommand
>S4:345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS4 B19200 vt100
>etc..
>in the /etc/rc.d/rc.serial add for every terminalline a setserial
>command
>setserial /dev/cua4 irq 4 port 0x100 uart 8250
>etc......
>
>I know that the Status register on the card is ON and the address is set
>to
>0x140 how can I let linux know it is there
>
>Can someone help me
>
Perhaps:
==================
PC/X - Linux install FAQ
How to install a PC/X non-intelligent card under Linux:
Determine the IO ports to be used, the PC/16 has IO ports fixed by PAL chips.
The 4 and 8 port versions and the ClassicBoards are configurable.
Determine the IRQ for the board
For each port issue
"setserial /dev/ttyS[#] ^fourport port [IO] irq [IRQ] uart [UART]"
Issue
"setserial /dev/ttyS[first#] set_multiport port1 [IO] mask1 0xf match1 0xf"
for the control port on a four port board.
Use 0xff for 8 ports, or 0xffff for 16 ports.
Use port2, mask2, match2 for a second board.
Done!
[NOTE: the first Digi port should be ttyS4 or higher on most systems.]
=====================
The setserial commands are how you tell Linux that the ports are there,
the "set_multiport" option is used to activate the control/status register.
--
Daniel Taylor Digi International
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (612)912-3456
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From: Neil Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Starting PPP without root access
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:39:42 GMT
In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.981214105829.5550B-100000@jolt>, Iain Wade
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>yes, the way to do this is run
>
>/sbin/ifup ppp0
>
>to enable the link, and
>
>/sbin/ifdown ppp0
>
>to bring the link down.
>
>Iain Wade
>Optus Internet Technical Support
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Interesting - I've been looking for a way to do this. However,
on my system (Redhat 5.1) ifup ppp0 works great, but ifdown ppp0
appears to do nothing. My modem connection stays up, and it
appears to completely ignore me....
Neil
===================================================================
Neil Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tel/fax: (+44) 01293 454736 Mobile: (+44) 0956 351 019
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From: JD Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Starting PPP without root access
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:38:25 GMT
Neil Durant wrote:
> Interesting - I've been looking for a way to do this. However,
> on my system (Redhat 5.1) ifup ppp0 works great, but ifdown ppp0
> appears to do nothing. My modem connection stays up, and it
> appears to completely ignore me....
Well, you can always do
echo ATH0 > /dev/modem
as root to force the modem to hang up.
JD Weiner
Network Messaging
Motorola SSTG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix?
Date: 2 Jan 1999 06:30:17 GMT
In article <76jkqm$17o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul B. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I have played some with commercial Unixes like HP-UX, Sun, Solaris, but
>>now I am looking for a Unix machine running non-commericial Unix. I am
>>thinking about Linux or FreeBSD.
>>
>>I know this was discussed ad infinitum, but which OS is more popular
>>or better? Which one is most like HP-UX 10.20 in terms of filestructure?
>
>Probably Redhat 5.2 (Linux 2.0.35) is probably the closest fit. However,
>since both Linux and FreeBSD are dirt cheap, why not invest in both and
>make your own choice.
>
>Both Linux and FreeBSD are excellent choices. They are both stable and
>able to handle a great deal of stress. Which one is more popular?
>Probably Linux since it's it getting the lion's share of the media
>attention. The media boneheads really don't have a clue but at least they
>can make themselves useful by letting a wider audience know about free
>software solutions.
>
>>Which companies offer the entire pre-installed OS? I want to get one
>>without any Microsoft products at all, ready to go, and later install
>>a different OS if I need to.
>
>For FreeBSD 2.2.8 and the Slackware 3.6 version of Linux, go to:
>http://www.cdrom.com/
>
>For RedHat Linux 5.2, go to:
>http://www.redhat.com/
>
>For Caldera OpenLinux 1.3, go to:
>http://www.calderasystems.com/
Linux has definitely had more press attention, and at least in my
local book-stores has way-more book-shelf space. Whether it's better
depends on your needs and interests -- there is no simple answer to
this question.
Of the Linux distributions, I personnally favor the one truly free
one, not mentioned: Debian! Try http://www.debian.org. RedHat is
probably the most common one, though.
-frank
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From: Eric Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: NFSing a tape drive ?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:42:29 GMT
Alan Sparks wrote:
>
> NFS will not work for this. Granted, you can NFS mount the remote
> machine's /dev directory, but you're only getting copies of its special
> files... the references to the devices are interpreted by the local
> machine's kernel.
>
> You can check into autofs, which supposedly _will_ allow remote device
> access (although as yet I've simply read the man page, not actually set
> it up).
It might be nice if there was a tar filesystem driver - I mean, yes, it
would have to use the loopback device, but it would be handy for a
variety of tasks.
Although, I'm fairly certian it would be a painful thing to use with a
tape drive.
- Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Starting PPP without root access
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 06:43:23 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Michael J. Saletnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>No, I don't know where it's documented ... I happened by chance to see
>it in a newsgroup.
man usernet
man usernetctl
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