Linux-Misc Digest #784, Volume #19 Thu, 8 Apr 99 10:13:28 EDT
Contents:
How to use justlinux's dynamic DNS client? (Amaury)
USB support (Ralph Blach)
Re: Replacing HDD and keeping linux installation (Oliver Cook)
Re: menuconfig is not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Stopping news? (Doug Lerner)
Re: ftp and telnet on redhat 5.2 (mist)
Re: strange gimp 1.[01].x script-fu(?) problem (Paul Lemmens)
Re: web server question and other ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Multiple Sound Cards under 2.2.x (Patrick Zwahlen)
Re: Running as root? (Houben S.H.M.J.)
Re: Backup NT server with BRU via samba ("Jan Johansson")
Audio player under Suse 6.0 (Rainer Frey)
Re: C/C++:IDE (Michael Powe)
Linux+samba as a trusted domain (Martin Svensson)
Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ? (Jim Henderson)
Re: Linux+samba as a trusted domain (mlw)
Easy Newbie Questions?? (Vance)
Re: Help.....please ! (Marco Giuliani)
Re: chinese on linux (Wei Zhong Gong)
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From: Amaury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to use justlinux's dynamic DNS client?
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 08:41:37 GMT
Hi,
I just tried justlinux's dynamic DNS client
(http://www.justlinux.com/dynamic_dns.html).
I downloaded jclient.pl, ran jlclient.pl -c, and
everything seemed to be OK. But NOW
I fail to update my IP adress.
When I try, I get either "you don't own <my hostname>"
or "can't connect to <don't remember host name> on
port <something like 2345>"
1. Where do I have to run jlclient? In rc.local? As a cron job?
(My DHCP client renews the IP every hour)
2. How do I have to run jlclient? ./jlclient ? (does not work)
Thank you for your help
Amaury
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From: Ralph Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB support
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 06:36:24 -0400
Is there any idea of when USB will be available for Linux?
Thanks
Chip
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Cook)
Subject: Re: Replacing HDD and keeping linux installation
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:38:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
any ideas anyone? Not sure if this got thru the first time.
Ollie
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:29:02 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Cook) wrote:
>I have installed Caldera OpenLinux Lite 1.2 successfully on a box with
>the following spec (Pentium 60Mhz, 24MB RAM, 400MB HDD). I have done
>serveral recompiles (5 hours each !) to get things like IP
>Masquerading to work, and am now satisfied with the results. I would,
>however, like to install a larger harddrive, as the current one only
>has 30mb free. I don't have another drive bay in the box, so would
>like to transfer the whole of the drive across onto the new one, and
>then just run it with the single, large drive.
>
>Is this easy to achieve?
>
>Finally, are there maximum sizes for partitions in linux? I was
>thinking of a 10 or 12gb drive, since they're really cheap these days.
>What would be an efficient way of partitioning it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ollie
--
Oliver Cook
[WORK] http://www.premiere.uk.com
[PLAY] http://www.premiere.uk.com/~ollie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: menuconfig is not working
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:30:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to configure my Kernel for linuxppc on a Mac G3, but "make
> menuconfig", "make xconfig" and "make config" are all not working...
> What can be the problem and how can I solve this?
What r the error messages?
> E.R. Odendaal.
>
>
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From: Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stopping news?
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 19:30:20 +0900
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It turns out there is a place in linuxconf (great utility!) that starts
and stops all the services.
Thanks for the various hints, Andreas!
Now - does *anybody* now about IP aliasing?! (^_^)
Doug Lerner, Tokyo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andreas Schyman wrote:
>
> Andreas Schyman wrote:
> > init-scripts in the /dev/rc.d folder and you could edit them by hand
>
> Ofcourse it should be /etc/rc.d. Sorry about that.
>
> Andreas.
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp and telnet on redhat 5.2
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:09:36 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
<snip>
>
>The ftp daemon is running because I can grab files via ftp from outside (I
>was wrong before, see below).
>I looked at inetd.conf and it seemed fine.
>Does host.allow or hosts.deny have something to do with it?
>
Yes. You'll need to ensure that /etc/hosts.deny and allow let the
computer you want to connect from in. A line like
ALL : ipofothercomputer
or to be more restrictive
in.ftpd : ipofothercomputer
in /etc/hosts.allow should help.
Another thing, though, is that the fact that you can use ftp (the
program) to connect to *another* computer is nothing to do with whether
the other computer will be able to connect to you via ftp (the daemon),
as they are separate entities.
And that's the first time I've used the word "entity" on usenet.
Having said that I see from your other post that your /etc/inetd.conf
seems ok. Though AIUI, wu-ftpd is more secure and has better logs.
Perhaps you have something in /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure
saying what might be wrong??
--
Mist.
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From: Paul Lemmens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.graphics.apps.gimp
Subject: Re: strange gimp 1.[01].x script-fu(?) problem
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:40:05 +0200
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Mike Henderson wrote:
When upgrading/reinstalling the gimp, you need to remove your ~/.gimp
directory. For proper function this is mandatory I've read somewhere.
>Greetings,
>
>Has anyone ever seen this problem before? I've tried gimp
>1.0[234]/1.1.4, and the same thing occurs each time.
>
>mikeh@goober:(/root)% gimp --verbose --console-messages --debug-handlers
>parsing "/root/.gimp/gtkrc"
>parsing "/usr/local/share/gimp/gimprc"
>parsing "/root/.gimp/gimprc"
>parsing "/root/.gimp/pluginrc"
>gimp_process: Invalid argument
>Starting extensions: extension_script_fu
>
>I'm speaking specifically of "gimp_process: Invalid argument". Once the
>gimp loads, everything but script-fu seems to work fine. I can bring up
>the script-fu console and or server, but no scripts are listed in any of
>the "Script-Fu" submenus, and they are most certainly installed.
>
>I've spent plenty of frustrating hours trying to figure this one out,
>and
>have come up blank, so here I am :)
>
>*Any* help/tips would be greatly appreciated. Here's some info that may
>or
>may not be relevant to the situation:
>
>----
>
>System: Linux 2.2.5-ac1 / i686
>
>Compilers: ( I tried recompiling with each of the listed compilers to no
>avail )
>
>gcc version pgcc-2.91.60 (egcs-1.1.1 release)
>gcc 2.7.2.3
>gcc 2.8.1
>
>Libc: redhat's mangled glibc-2.0.7
>
>GTK: 1.2.1
>
>----
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mike Henderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>http://prowler.dca.net
>
>
Paul Lemmens Use the Force [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mobile: 0650-244949 Read the Source www.student.kun.nl/paul.lemmens
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life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to
avoid meeting." (The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Marvin the
Paranoid Android)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: web server question and other
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:28:03 GMT
Hi Linda!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Linda Sue Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy all,
> I've successfully got Apache serving web pages from the specified root
> directory (/home/httpd/html). I've tried to set up "user" accounts
> underneath this level (such as /home/httpd/html/linda), and even given
> them read and execute access for all, to the directories and the files.
> I still get 403 forbidden errors when I try to view them. Any tips on
> what I've not done?
Did u give chmod a+r for the .html files, too? It is not enough to give
read perm to the directories.
If u write cgi scripts, dont forget to give execute perms for all to
the binaries (just a hint).
> Also, can anyone point me to a screen-shot capture program for Linux?
Use 'xv'. That is able to make screen-shots :)
> Thanks,
> Linda
Regards,
Hauke J. Zuehl
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From: Patrick Zwahlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Multiple Sound Cards under 2.2.x
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 11:21:37 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everybody,
I'd like to know if somebody has managed to setup multiple sound cards
under the new 2.2.x kernel using modular OSS drivers ? The only howto
I've found about that tells to make some changes to the autoconf.h file,
but is intended for kernel compiled driver...
We are planning to use two identical SoundBlaster compatible cards.
Thanks a lot, and best regards, - Patrick -
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Saumerstrasse 4 Fax: +41 (0)1-724-8953
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Houben S.H.M.J.)
Subject: Re: Running as root?
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 10:20:52 GMT
oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It think that might be a phobia passed on from users who were also
> systems admins and wanted a measure of safety from destroying any user
> files or messing up a system which many users depended on. It's a
> whole lot different if you're the only one on your machine. I ran
> msdos for quite some time so I wasn't afraid to run as root - even
> that was safer than msdos ;)
Not completely sure about that... unix shell syntax is much more
powerful than MS-DOSes command line; a mistake like:
rm -rf / some/directory/path
isn't as likely under MS-DOS.
(The quivalent "mistake" would be to do format c:, but you are less
liely to type that by accident.)
> The problems with not running as root get old after a while; ppp,
You can set up ppp so it can be started by any user!
If have it set up in that way.
> floppy and other devices,
Floppy's and CDs can be made to be mountable by "ordinary" users,
by setting suitable settings in /etc/fstab .
> installing software,
OK, you need root access for that one. But I'm not installing software
all the time...
> etc. I figure if I'm
> the only user I need access to everything anyway so why hassel it.
To protect yourself against mistakes/trojans?
> Say I use an account I made for myself, then I would want all my data
> under that account name anyway so I could still accidently destroy my
> own data which is what's most important.
Sure, but you'd have to restore only your own data, which is much less
work than doing a full reinstallation/reconfiguration.
> If I accidently mess up the
> system I just reinstall from the cd - I keep confuration files
> backed-up along with my data. I haven't had to do that yet but that's
> the worse case scenario - am I missing something?
Well, perhaps not, except that you should feel some guilt. ;-)
Seriously though, when the system is set up properly, things like
PPP and mounting/unmounting can be done from the user account.
I only use the root account for installing and configuring software.
That's quite seldom; weeks pass without me su-ing into the root account.
Greetings,
Stephan
--
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Backup NT server with BRU via samba
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:19:05 +0200
You can NOT backup the registry / sam / open files (in a good fashion) this
way.
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From: Rainer Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Audio player under Suse 6.0
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:19:15 +0200
I managed to make my AWE 32 PNP work under Suse Linux 6.0.
Now I would like to play Audio CD's with the CD players provided by KDE.
That works fine when I boot the system from scratch ( i.e. after power
on ) and the audio CD is already in my CDU55E.
If I eject the Audio-CD and mount a "normal" CD, from this moment on the
audio player does not recognize audio CD's anymore ( though I properly
unmounted the data CD-Rom before ). Instead the audio player always
indicates "CD ejected".
Any ideas ??
Thanks in advance.
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: C/C++:IDE
Date: 08 Apr 1999 00:50:00 -0700
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>>>>> "Niels" == Niels Gierse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Niels> Hello to all Linux users! I am a programmer who is not
Niels> very good in programming c/c++. While I am developing
Niels> applications I have many spell errors or leave out simple
Niels> things like the ';'. When I programm at a Windows OS that
Niels> is no problem, since there are many good developing areas
Niels> like MS Visual C++ or Borland C (IDE). Is there anything
Niels> familar running at Linux? I would apericate if you could
Niels> tell me where I can get it.
It seems like the best solution to the problem is to pay more
attention to what you're doing. ;-) There are some graphical IDEs for
linux. Xwpe, Code Crusader and RHIDE are ones I can think of
offhand. I can't imagine what you were doing in the Windows IDEs that
can't be done in a good editor. Any good editor will allow you to
jump to error lines in the code. But missing punctuation or brackets
will typically create bizarrely irrelevant messages, anyway.
At any rate, GNU emacs does this. You can compile within the editor
and the *compilation* buffer pops up, listing any errors. Then
C-x ` steps you through the error lines in the code.
mp
powered by GNU/linux since Sept 1997
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From: Martin Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Linux+samba as a trusted domain
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 14:43:34 +0200
Hi!
I've looked through the documentation for Samba 2.0.3 but haven't found
the following.
I want my Samba PDC to establish a trust relationship with another PDC
running NT Server 4.0 SP3. Is this possible?
What I want is that the NT Domain trust's the samba-domain, so that you
log on with your nt wks to samba as usual and can map network-drives on
another NT Domain.
Thanks .. and answer via email since I don't read these groups very
often.
--
Martin Svensson
Network Engineer
University Hospital of Malmoe
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux safe from viruses like Melissa ?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:03:21 -0600
We had a couple executives receive infected files.
I also heard that Xerox and Microsoft got hit with this one...
But it was amazing to see how 'blown out of proportion' the whole thing
got.
Jim
mist wrote:
>
> **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
> >In any case, Melissa actually did very little damage worldwide, except
> >to the reputation (such as it is) of computer "journalists" who hyped it
> >way beyond its importance. We have 1400 machines here with MS Office,
> >we get 10000 Internet E-mails a week, and so far we haven't seen a
> >single copy.
> >
>
> I wonder if anyone has actually *seen* a copy, rather than just hearing
> about it and panicing. More likely it was a big April fools joke. 8-)
>
> --
> Mist.
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located here)
Please note that as an NSC SysOp, I do not provide support for Novell
products on a personal basis - if you need help with a Novell product,
please post a reply in the public newsgroup or visit the Novell support
forums at the URL above.
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux+samba as a trusted domain
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:04:15 +0000
Martin Svensson wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I've looked through the documentation for Samba 2.0.3 but haven't found
> the following.
>
> I want my Samba PDC to establish a trust relationship with another PDC
> running NT Server 4.0 SP3. Is this possible?
> What I want is that the NT Domain trust's the samba-domain, so that you
> log on with your nt wks to samba as usual and can map network-drives on
> another NT Domain.
>
> Thanks .. and answer via email since I don't read these groups very
I'm not sure about the "trusted" domain. That would imply Samba's PDC
code was 100%. It ain't so. It is getting better, but, I have seen NT
clients crash while using Samba as a PDC. On the other hand, Samba as a
member of a domain and using an existing NT PDC works great, very
stable.
Why do you want it to be a PDC if you already have an NT box around?
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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 06:45:57 -0700
From: Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Easy Newbie Questions??
A few Newbie questions??
1) What does it mean when somebody says, "setuid to root" and "run as
SUID"?
2) What is the command for formatting a floppy disk to either MSDOS and
EXT2 filesystem?
3) What does the option '+s' do for the command chmod?
4) Is NIS better than NFS?
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
Vance
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From: Marco Giuliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help.....please !
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 13:07:45 +0100
Steve,
You need to create this file before the X server can pick it up. Usually there
is a tool that will guide you through the proccess, picking you video card etc.
I think in red hat it is Xconfigurator. you may have to run it a few times to
find a configuration that suits. You can also type setup at the prompt and set
it up that way, this is how you will set up a new sound card etc.
Steve Merry wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm (very)new to Linux, and have just 'installed' Red Hat 5.2 on my pc (dual
> boot with Win'98).
>
> when i try to login, all works well, until i type 'startx' !
>
> i get the following errors :
>
> Could not find config file!
> Tried:
> /root/XF86Config
> /etc/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/XH/XF86Config.localhost.localdomain
> /usr/X11R6/lib/XH/XF86Config
>
> (OTHER MESSAGES.....THEN>>>>>)
>
> Fatal Server error:
> No Config file found!
>
> (includes 'errno 111' and 'errno 3' )
>
> Can anyone please help me with this ?? it seems like i can get to a 'prompt'
> in 'root', but can't
> start the XWindows manager.
>
> If you can help, please email me at either :
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks for your time, and (hopefully) you're help.
>
> Steve
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From: Wei Zhong Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.chinese.computing,comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: chinese on linux
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 21:06:50 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My WZCE provides the best Chinese terminal emulator for PC/UNIX
(Linux/X86, SCO UNIX, OS5 and UnixWare).
Please access
http://members.tripod.com/~wzce
Baoqing SHAO wrote:
> hello,
> now that Linux becomes popular, does any one know of a chinese system
> for Linux ?
>
> --
>
> SHAO Baoqing
> _________________________
> email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone:(33) 01 43 08 40 36
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