Linux-Misc Digest #98, Volume #19 Fri, 19 Feb 99 14:13:16 EST
Contents:
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (DrBoom)
Re: why can't I get BIG newsgroups easily? only want to pick over the new stuff
(joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
Re: Simple text processor (Tim Laursen)
Re: Using both outgoing pppd and mgetty on same system (Bill Unruh)
Re: Mail client for Linux (Marco Tephlant)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego (Dell OEM) with RedHat 5.2 (Robert Crosbee)
Re: Linux jingle (C. Costello)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Marco Anglesio)
Re: Sound help w/ ESS Technologies PnP sound card (Hans Wolters)
Re: SuSE 5.3 -> SuSE 6.0 broke IPForwarding or routing (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Re: Soundblaster doesn't work.. ("Tijs van Santen")
ESS1868 sound card problem (Ken Roberts)
Re: Linux jingle (Brodo)
Re: EQL functioning (Patrick Lanphier)
Re: one thing that sux about Linux.... (Rowan Volvo)
Small Biz Accounting Software (Sander Nyman)
Re: Always as root - is it dangerous? (Karel Jansens)
Calling smbmount from amd with fstype "program" (Jeff Adams)
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From: DrBoom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:08:15 GMT
"John S. Dyson" wrote:
[snip]
> Honest statement about my position:
>
> I understand that you wrote the code, and incorrectly and
> call your software free, and I'm still going to
> complain about the ersatz-free copyright -- only because
> it isn't free. I'll answer the question honestly when
> discussion comes up.
Actually, it seems to me that the term "free" is deprecated these days
in preference to "open source". To repeat a question posed further up
this thread: is this just about semantics? If so, I think we all
understand the implications of the GPL and don't need the English
lesson. If not, then Linus' interpretation of your preamble is accurate.
> You are totally incorrect if you somehow think that I hate
> GPL so badly that I won't use such software, or feel somehow
> tainted by using software properly under any license. Just
> reflect on that fact that Microsoft doesn't imply or suggest
> that their software is generally free... In that sense,
> I feel more comfortable with their license.
Here you seem to be saying that you are more comfortable with buggy,
expensive software from a company that won't give you the means to fix
it than you are with buggy open source software that you /can/ fix.
Hmmm...
> Let's see here: you can encumber your works when you link
> your code with commercial code -- you also can sigificantly
> encumber your works when you link your code with GPL
> code. The kind of encumberance with GPL is a set of hoops
> that you have to go through to distribute your own works that
> are somehow linked with GPLed code. (One of them is that
> you have to give away your source code.) That hoop is
> very very costly.
This is silly, IMO. Anything free is worth exactly what you paid for it.
Yes, the GPL carries a high cost -- as does any other worthwhile thing.
If you want to leverage your code on the hard work of others, that's the
price you pay. The simple solution is to write everything from scratch.
If you're sufficiently bright and industrious this shouldn't be a
problem.
> BSD hoop has to do with mention of the functions or features
> in advertisement. The trick is to avoid mentioning the stuff
> that triggers the advertisement clause -- and that is easy
> if the primary feature of your package isn't the BSD licensed
> code. Your source code is safe (when using BSD or other free
> software) from nasty redistribution encumberances.
This is what makes some people uncomfortable with the BSD license. The
GPL ensures that work contributed by and to the community remains there
permanently. If you don't like this collective way of thinking you are
free to do your own thing -- just don't do it with tools written by that
community.
> --
> John | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | it makes one look stupid
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | and it irritates the pig.
Keep on trying to teach; we will continue to grunt.
-john | Never argue with a fool, for
| those watching can't tell
| the difference.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: why can't I get BIG newsgroups easily? only want to pick over the new
stuff
Date: 18 Feb 1999 17:50:28 GMT
On 17 Feb 1999 01:18:58 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Greer) said:
>> As a registered Nettamer user, I understand your frustration. I too would
>> like Pine to work better with newsgroups, and some say the improvements
>> are coming.
yeah, all pine needs is the same kind of off-line processing logic as
'tamer And I'll really want to keep it...
>> Have you tried SLRN? (ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slrn) I've found it
>> to be the best overall newsreader - the great thing is that it can also
>> provide *offline* newsreading by using the slrn-pull binary. It's totally
>> character-based and I find that you can save your articles in a format
>> that Pine will read! This provides a somewhat Nettamer-like experience
>> for archived messages. <grin> Be sure to get the latest slang library
>> (also at the same ftp site, same directory when you get slrn).
Well actualy I tried to install slrn slang & slrnpull all from the same CD.
But they were rpms and I had to use rpm2targz and installpkg to put them in
I couldn't get the executable <according to ls -al> slrn to execute... kept
returning a no ssuch file or diecrtory error... I laced the time to spend
debugging that so I ran removepkg on them... BUT I'm not sure it went
cleanly... That was just about when I started having real trouble getting
into comp.os.linux.misc with pine... And also about the same time I started
haveing some E-mail problems. I got it working again but something happened
to the spooling of "expensive" <smtp> mail so that I now have to be online
when I do the send of each message... <sigh>
I also now get a message about not being able to find the slang library
"skipping" every time I boot linux now... And for some reason I can't seam
to remember what config file I need to edit to stop start up from even
looking for it... <care to give a clue>
By the way, does slrnpull itself need slang, or is that need confined to
slrn itself??? if it doesn't I may give that part another try... After
I study up on cron<g>
>> I was almost tempted to run dosemu and run Nettamer through that before I
>> settled down and found SLRN. I suppose that would be an interesting
>> option....
YES and just as soon as I get around to DOSEMU I will do that very thing
as a test of my DOSEMU ... And to have it handy from within linux the next
time I do something nasty to sendmail...
Well I gotta go...
-^- -^-
<?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
^
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From: Tim Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple text processor
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:01:15 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had the same request when I dumped windows a fast easy inteligent text
> editor. Emacs will prove to be fantastic when I learn it, LaTeX is what I
> will move towards but I need something to get my work done now.
>
> I found a wonderful little program "asWedit" available from AdvaSoft
> http://www.advasoft.com/
>
> It both produces pure txt files, and HTML files. It has a learning curve that
> is almost flat. If you have met any word processor, text editor, code writer
> this program is the easiest thing to hack through. It is small of footprint
> (after the last few years of windoze program bloat I have begun to appreciate
> programs that perform well and are written eloquently.) and fast to download,
> easy as unzipping to install, and three cheers it works.
>
> I have found this a more than competent alternative to TextPad and FlexEd in
> the windows world, and have ease of printing, file transfer and the bonus of
> a HTML 4.0 editor.
>
> For an office suite try StarOffice 5.0. everything of any other office package
> and more so, including a great fax ability.
I took a quick look at the asWedit site you referred to. Okay it does
HTML stuff and so on, and it might even be better than NEdit, which I
usually use. However the question was about a console based editor, and
for that I have never heard anyone recommend anything but vi or Emacs.
Just for the record: I do all my editing in X-windows, and I have never
bothered with learning Emacs. The day I need the features that Emacs
offers, I'll start learning it. That day just hasn't come yet.
--
(\ Best regards, /)
-||||8- Tim -8||||-
(/ 2B OR NOT 2B = FF \)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Using both outgoing pppd and mgetty on same system
Date: 19 Feb 1999 17:01:52 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder) writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) writes:
>>I would like to use one of my machines both to dial out to another isp
>>on and to be able to dial in to that machine from another one. (ie the
>>one machine is, at different times, a client and a server for ppp)
>>However if I run mgetty on my modem, (/dev/ttyS1) so it can answer the
>>phone when I call in, and then run pppd to dial out, pppd refuses to
>>connect to that modem port. (in fact gives that wonderfully unhelpful
>>"your kernel may not have ppp" ubiquitous error message.) I also tried
>>to have mgetty listen on /dev/cua1 and use pppd on /dev/ttyS1 and still
>>had trouble.
>Argh. Typical case of: Documentation_not_read_error .
Aargh. Even more typical case of posting not read error.
>All programs accessing the serial port have to be using ttyS* ,
>which means that not only mgetty and pppd but "chat" as well
>have to be configured to be listening to ttyS1 .
No they do not. It is recommended but not mandatory. the use of things
like /dev/cua* will probably be phased out in the future, but not now.
However this is totally irrelevant since I did try to have both mgetty
and ppp use /dev/ttyS1 (see the posting). It was only after that did not
work that I tried to sneak around the problem by having one use cua and
the other ttyS
The problem is that if mgetty is listening at the port, pppd returns
with the error (in /var/log/messages) that the tty port is busy, and
then that ppp support may not be in the kernel. (That is pppd's standard error
message when anything goes wrong).
So, has anyone managed to get mgetty to listen on a port for incoming
traffic, and at the same time used that same port as an outgoing pppd.
Thanks for your help.
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From: Marco Tephlant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Mail client for Linux
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:04:16 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barry O'Neill wrote:
> Marco Tephlant wrote:
> >
> > Barry O'Neill wrote:
> >
> > > Buck wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > He said multiple pop3 accounts. That leaves Netscape out. Besides, why
> > > > stick with Windows-like programs if you're going to run a Unix-like OS?
> > >
> > > Because it works?
>
> > Works?
> > Only if works means crashes, leaks memory, uses loads of resources, takes
> > ages to load and can't handle java reliably without crashing. (a known bug -
> > the "workaround" from Netscape is "switch java off"!)
>
> Hmm. As we both seem to be using it, it must have *something* going for
> it. Now, when is someone going to port Gravity to Linux, or do I have
> to do it myself...? :)
>
> regards,
>
> Barry
> --
> Linux Redhat 5.2. BeOS R4.
> Who needs Micro$lop?
Heh, nice point. I use netscape for it's newsreading as I like the layout and
have been using it for the past few years and am comfortable with it. I also
browse with it because I just feel wierd having IE open to browse AND netscape for
news.
--
Marco
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From: Robert Crosbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego (Dell OEM) with RedHat 5.2
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:23:19 -0500
jht wrote:
> has anyone been able to get the turtle beach montego pci soundcard to
> work under RH 5.2? i've found drivers for other turtle beach cards,
> but not this one. i really want to play my mp3's.
> thanks,
> jht
I have the same board and no, its not being supported yet, but hopefully
someone will soon write the code for it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. Costello)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux jingle
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:26:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brodo wrote:
> thanks bro, I already got it. x11amp also got a bit of a mention on
>deja, but requires some weird xthreads library to compile... Sorry for
>not checking the situation out more.
> BTW: Congrats to both the makers of the original and esp the techno
>remix. Good work! Unless someone comes up with something fast we may
>have a winner here!
>
Hmm. I almost got it to compile on FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE, try changing
-lthreads to -pthreads or something.
Good luck!
-Chris
--
Hartley's First Law:
You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float
on his back, you've got something.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Anglesio)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:28:34 GMT
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:26:51 -0500, St�phane Brunet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Darwinianism especially implies reproduction...
>and SUV drivers have WAY LESS SEX than sports car drivers - it's a fact.
>SUV's and MiniVans are a waste - they should be recycled.
Come on. If you're going to fork out for a minivan, chances are that
you've already had plenty of sex :).
That said, SUV's and muscle cars share the dubious distinction of being
surrogate penises, especially for men undergoing their midlife crisis.
(followups reset).
m.
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | educational system. It's not the genes <
> http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa | that cause violence in our society. <
> | --Paul Billings. <
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Sound help w/ ESS Technologies PnP sound card
Date: 19 Feb 1999 15:28:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Richard Latimer wrote:
:Post again with your distribution given. Do you have RedHat,
:SuSe, Caldera, etc.?
:
:richard
Or try the HOWTO in my signature (worked for me).
Hans
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http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/
Linux Links/CMI8330 Soundpro HOWTO
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SuSE 5.3 -> SuSE 6.0 broke IPForwarding or routing
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:39:18 GMT
Hi
On 15 Feb 1999 19:55:34 -0500, David Steuber
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got a problem with IPForwarding. I just upgraded a PPro 200 to
>SuSE 6.0 from SuSE 5.3. The box has two NICs so that I can use it as
>a gateway/router for my laptop (which I haven't upgraded yet) to get
>to the Internet via an ISDN router that is attached to one of the NICs
>on the PPro.
>
> PPro
>laptop <---------> eth0 <--------> eth1 <-------> ISDN
>
>The PPro can ping everything.
Good.
>The laptop can ping the PPro on both NICs. However, it can't ping the
>ISDN router.
Oh. :(
>The problem is either IPForwarding or routing. I've kind of assumed
>the problem was with IPFordwarding because the routing table hasn't
>changed.
Hmm, I don't know, I don't think you'd be able to ping eth1 if IP
forwarding wasn't working. The packets arrive on eth0 and need to be
forwarded by the kernel to eth1, too.
>This is my ifconfig:
[snip], looks good.
>/etc/rout.config
Strange name, on my SuSE 5.3 system the corresponding file is called
/etc/route.conf, but it seems to achieve good results, because..
>david@interloper:~ > /sbin/route -n
the routing table looks good, too.
>This all worked just fine until the upgrade. I compiled my new kernel
>(2.0.36) with the following config:
I'm snipping the irrelevant portions.
>#
># Loadable module support
>#
>CONFIG_MODULES=y
># CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
>CONFIG_KERNELD=y
>
>#
># General setup
>#
>CONFIG_NET=y
>
>#
># Networking options
>#
>CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
This could be the culprit. Have you defined ipfwadm rules?
>CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
>CONFIG_INET=y
>CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
You're enabling IP forwarding here. If you installed the kerne
correctly, it should be working.
>CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
>CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
># CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL is not set
This is odd. You've defined CONFIG_FIREWALL, but not
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL. From what I gather by reading menuconfig's help
you should either enable or disable both of them. I don't know why
they have two separate options, but it could be you're trying to do
something you've only partly configured your kernel for.
I suppose the rest is alright.
>If anyone can point out what I did wrong, I would appreciate it.
There are several possibilities I see.
1. SuSE 6.0 installed some ipfwadm rules that are keeping packets from
the laptop from being forwarded.
2. You forgot to masquerade the laptop's packets or didn't tell the
ISDN router that two 10.something subnets can be reached by its
ethernet interface and it should use the PPro as a router for one of
them.
3. You're trying to use ipfwadm to masquerade or something, but
haven't enabled IP firewalling in the kernel.
Hmm, that's it right now.. Do any of the above apply?
Tobias
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From: "Tijs van Santen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Soundblaster doesn't work..
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:31:46 +0100
Thanx a lot, I'm not at home right now, bit l will try this ASAP.
moon.
Vladymyr Iljyc Lenin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>for kernel 2.2.0 this works for my friend
>compile soundcard as module and combile as sb, also enable FM Synthesis
>too
>to modules conf or modify followind lines
>Options sound dmabuf=1
>Options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 dma16=3 mpu_io=0x330
>Options opl3 io=0x388
>
>you must also at startup init card with isapnptools and load module
>sound,sb,opl3
>--
>
> = lenin =
>proste lenin
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From: Ken Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ESS1868 sound card problem
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 12:35:50 -0600
Well, after reading the Sound-HOWTO and other stuff, I still get an
error message and no sound.
Basically, ISAPNP initializes the card, but the sound module returns
with an error about failing IRQ 5.
Anyone have any suggestions? The card works under Windows 95/98.
- Ken
**** Output of isapnp
Board 1 has Identity d7 ff ff ff ff 03 00 73 16: ESS0003 Serial No -1
[checksum d7]
ESS0003/-1[0]{ESS ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive}: Port 0x800; ---
Enabled OK
ESS0003/-1[1]{ESS ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive}: Ports 0x220 0x388
0x330; IRQ5 DMA1 DMA5 --- Enabled OK
ESS0003/-1[2]{ESS ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive}: Port 0x201; ---
Enabled OK
**** Output of cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Fri Feb 19 12:09:15 CST 1999 root,
Linux p350 2.0.35a #6 Fri Feb 19 09:50:42 CST 1999 i686 unknown)
Kernel: Linux p350 2.0.36 #1 Fri Feb 19 12:02:20 CST 1999 i686
Config options: a80012
Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 5: Roland MPU-401
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401
Card config:
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
Roland MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 7 drq 0
(SB MPU-401 at 0x310 irq 7 drq 0)
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0
Audio devices:
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1
Timers:
0: System clock
Mixers:
**** Output of dmesg
Sound initialization started
sb: Interrupt test on IRQ5 failed - device disabled
<MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1> at 0x330 irq 7 dma 0
<Yamaha OPL3 FM> at 0x388
Sound initialization complete
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From: Brodo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux jingle
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:55:52 +0000
Hey Cool. The original is neat, but how to play mp3's anyone???
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From: Patrick Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: EQL functioning
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:59:44 -0500
What should it be replaced with?
Patrick Lanphier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.networking Patrick Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > setserial /dev/cua1 spd_vhi
> > setserial /dev/cua2 spd_vhi
>
> note that /dev/cua's are a definite no-no with 2.2.x kernels.
>
> --
> Grobbebol's Home | Don't give in to spammers. -o)
> MCSE: Must Consult Someone Experienced | Use your real e-mail address /\
> Linux 2.2.1 on an i586/64 MB | on Usenet. _\_v
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rowan Volvo)
Subject: Re: one thing that sux about Linux....
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:10:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also notice when a question is answered, only sometimes is
>there a thankyou. I try to be polite but this does need to go in both
>direction.
>
bandwidth considerations confuse the issue. Perhaps thankyous should
be e-mailed instead of posted as a general netiquette rule. - but then
your spamgard would prevent that.
ehh... what's a boy to do?
--
Never fly in an airplane that was designed by an optimist
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sander Nyman)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:39:21 -0500
Subject: Small Biz Accounting Software
I am looking for a robust Accounting Software package for small business
(not a personal financial package) to run under Linux natively. I would
appreciate recommendations. I would especially like to hear from other
small business owners who are using an accounting software package under
Linux.
I have already visited http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/financelinux.html, but
everything seems to be a work in development. I need to know what
business people are using NOW in the Linux world, if anything.
I am also looking for information regarding the possibility of running
Peachtree Complete Accounting for DOS (version 11) under Linux. Can it be
done effectively? How bad is there a performance hit? Anyone out there
using it under Linux?
Thanks for any help.
Sander Nyman
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From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens)
Reply-To: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net
Subject: Re: Always as root - is it dangerous?
Date: 19 Feb 1999 18:50:31 GMT
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:37:50, Nils Westerlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I installed SuSE Linux 5.3 two days ago and I'm really impressed so far.
> After ten years in MSWindows-environment there are some things that are
> a bit confusing. Could it be "dangerous" to always log in as root? I
> don't want to re-login or su everytime I want to mount a zip or
> something like that, and therefore I always log in as root. How do you
> guys usually do?
>
I usually just open a new console when I need to do root stuff. It's as
simple as hitting <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> (assuming you're running an X-session
from the first TTY), doing your thing and going back to X.
That said, I have the annoying habit of spending WAY too much time as root.
But then again, there's nothing critical (yet) on my Linux box.
Karel Jansens
jansens_at_ibm_dot_net
=======================================================
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day,
but set fire to him and he's warm
for the rest of his life."
(Terry Pratchett - Jingo!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Adams)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Calling smbmount from amd with fstype "program"
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:52:04 GMT
We want to access filesystems on several NT boxes from
many different Linux hosts. Doing this via hard smbmounts
is not a viable option, there are hundreds of Linux hosts
that would have to be configured.
We are using the amd automounter from am-utils6.0 and can
easily automount any nfs type file system.
There is a filesystem type called "program" in the amd doc.
This supposedly allows you to call a script that will
do whatever(preferably mount a fs) you want.
I need to know how to use this filesystem type.
The section of the map that tries the mount looks like -
oddjob/test fs:=${autodir}${path};type:=program; \
mount:="/etc smbtestm"; \
umount:="/etc smbtestu"
The smbtestm script will properly smbmount the requested
NT box if executed manually.
The smbtestu script umounts the smbmount.
The mount script touches a file as a for of tracing to see
if the scripts ever executes. It never does when using
the automounter.
Has anyone done this?
If so, I need the proper map syntax, etc.
Thanks in advance.
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