Linux-Misc Digest #790, Volume #19 Fri, 9 Apr 99 03:13:38 EDT
Contents:
'as86' not found ("Douglas A. Haines")
Re: CRACKER on my box (#2) (insomniac)
Re: Easy Newbie Questions?? (David H. Brown)
Re: Which Flavour of Linux? _ No flamemongering intended (Matthias Warkus)
Mounting problems (Danny)
Re: Recreations of IBM Mainframe like env on linux ?? (William Burrow)
Re: Running as root? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 'as86' not found (Bob Tennent)
Re: Modem speed reeks - tweaks? (Ian Hay)
Re: Redhat 5.2 and KDE 1.1 ("Miguel A. Teixeira")
Re: Web server for user's account... ("Sccoaire")
programming blues (Princess Confusion)
Re: Replacing HDD and keeping linux installation (Herb Stein)
Dell Inspiron 7000 with Linux/xfree86 hangs on reboot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LOGIN.... HELP!!!! (Kevin Tham)
Re: Crypto filesystem? (Steffen Kluge)
Re: vmware problem with NT4 (William McKiernan)
gnome/enlightenment instability (Kenneth Harrington)
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From: "Douglas A. Haines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: 'as86' not found
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:07:08 +0000
I'm trying to gen a new kernal (2.0.34) and during the 'make boot' I
get the error:
as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
make[1]: as86: command not found
I pretty certain that as86 is an assembler, but I cannot find it on my
distribution CD as either a package or a binary. Can anyone tell
me where I can get this program? (either as a package or a binary).
Thanks.
Doug Haines
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From: insomniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CRACKER on my box (#2)
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 02:25:47 GMT
benjamin wrote:
>
> Hello ,
> so a cracker managed to log as root on my box. i now almost know how.
> The guy created two new users (how did he do that ?!?)
> 1) a user 'system' uid=0 ; gid=0 ; password=empty
> 2) a user 'startx' uid=500 ; gid=500 ; password=empty
> I did a telnet on myself, and managed to connect as 'startx' without any
> password !
> I saw there: Last login from my_cracker !!!!
> I know from my logs that he did a telnet, and probably a finger (not
> sure).
>
> How did he manage to do that ?!?
> What do i have to close so that it becomes impossible in the future ?
> How do i check the changes ?
I don't know the answer to your question, but someone just did that to
me with the users "moof" and "operator"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H. Brown)
Subject: Re: Easy Newbie Questions??
Date: 8 Apr 99 15:48:31 GMT
>Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>....
>> 4) Is NIS better than NFS?
>
>Don't know. I don't have much networking experience.
NIS is not an alternative to NFS, but an extension. It sorts out the
ownership of files when multiple client machines use the same NFS mount.
Since file ownership is based on the UID (number) of the process creating
the file, if there are multiple machines involved, the UIDs will not be
unique (UID 501 on one machine is not the same person as UID 501 on
another machine). Therefore, access protections are compromised.
There are 2 solutions when using NFS. One is to assign user id numbers
throughout the network of clients to assure uniqueness. The other is
to use NIS, which maps machine:uid's to unique file ownership ids.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
--
Dave Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Which Flavour of Linux? _ No flamemongering intended
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:38:02 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Wed, 07 Apr 1999 22:14:51 -0700...
..and Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> looks like win95
> and has some cute configuration things. So do some of the other window
> managers.
Small point: KDE is not a window manager; it contains one, but you can
us it with others, too.
> Only thing you can do is sample everything and then gobble your
> favorite!
Yup. Probably the best thing to do.
> Another thing you might do is decide which of your friends is most likely
> to be willing to help and use what HE uses.
Good thing to do, too.
mawa
--
"Friends don't let friends use MS-DOS"
-- Duane Fields
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From: Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting problems
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 02:18:18 +1000
Hello,
can someone show me how to give write permission to a directory where a
partition is mounted? At the moment, every time a partition is mounted
to a directory, only root has write permission to that directory. I've
tried chmod go+w dirname (using root) but the permission of the
directory remains unchanged??? Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Danny.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Recreations of IBM Mainframe like env on linux ??
Date: 9 Apr 1999 02:36:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8 Apr 1999 23:09:58 GMT,
John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm a sysprog on OS/390. I also use Linux at home. The only UNIX version
>of SPF that I have been able to find is call UniSPF. Unfortunately,
>it does not run on Linux. I've been looking for one for a time. However,
>there is a XEDIT-like editor called SEDIT which does run under Linux.
>You can get a "test drive" version from http://www.sedit.com. They
>also have a REXX interpreter called SREXX. I did email the company about
>a year ago. As I recall, each product costs about $199 <whew>. XEDIT
>is the editor of choice on VM. I've used it in a previous job and
>I actually like it MORE that the PDF editor!
There is a free clone of XEDIT, which supposedly can be configured to
be somewhat like SPF's editor, called THE (The Hessling Editor). The
programmer of this also has a free version of REXX. The site is:
http://lightlink.com/hessling/
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Running as root?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:11:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Houben S.H.M.J.) writes:
>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.)
Actually, as far as I can see, the equivalent would be
deltree /v c:\ this\stupid\program\that\failed\to\install
and I can't see how that mistake would be any harder to make. According
to "deltree /?" the above is a perfectly valid command and thus wouldn't
be caught by syntax checks. For obvious reasons, I don't really want to
try ;-)
The equivalent to "format c:" is "mke2fs /dev/hda1". Ain't gonna type that
by accident, either.
Bernie
--
============================================================================
"It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...
...let's go exploring"
Calvin's final words, on December 31st, 1995
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 'as86' not found
Date: 9 Apr 1999 03:55:10 GMT
On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:07:08 +0000, Douglas A. Haines wrote:
>I'm trying to gen a new kernal (2.0.34) and during the 'make boot' I
>get the error:
> as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: command not found
>
>I pretty certain that as86 is an assembler, but I cannot find it on my
>distribution CD as either a package or a binary. Can anyone tell
>me where I can get this program? (either as a package or a binary).
>
bin86
Bob T.
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From: Ian Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem speed reeks - tweaks?
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:37:59 GMT
Matthew Bafford wrote:
> Try:
>
> AT&F&D2S0=0E0L0&C1V1\V0\Q3S7=60L0M1\N3%C1\Q3B0N0X4
>
> You may need to back whack the back whacks.
You sir, are the King. I never would have thought to change the "\"'s
with "\\"s. Not only does the string above work (with the
double-backslashes), but my download speed has instantly increased from
2.1 K/s to 2.6 K/s. (Still pretty damn slow these days.)
I'll have to do some tweaking - I'll go back to the other init strings
that didn't work, and try backslashing the baskslashes on those too and
see if anything works better.
Thanks again.
--
========================================================
Ian R. Hay <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Toronto, Canada <http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.hay/>
Linuxing about since June 21, 1998 <Redhat 5.1 - 2.0.35>
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From: "Miguel A. Teixeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 and KDE 1.1
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:59:21 -0400
Make sure you download the RPMs instead. MUCH MUCH easier to install. I'm
running now. It's well worth the download.
P.S. I just formatted both my NT machine and 98 machine and am now running
RH52 on both. I also downloaded VMWare where I run 98 from. And believe it or
not, it's much more stable.
RJA wrote:
> I am trying to install KDE 1.1 on RedHat 5.2 (updated kernel 2.2.4). However
> I cannot install as it tells me I do not have Mandrake installed. How do I
> get around this?
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From: "Sccoaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Web server for user's account...
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 23:14:55 -0500
Thanks you all... I did all of what was suggested. But everytime i point a
browser to http://mydomain/~username , i get an error in the browser saying
that i'm not authorized to see the files (403). Do i need to restart the
server for such minor changes?
Sccoaire
Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Sccoaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > In my srm.conf file, i have this line:
> > UserDir public_html
> >
> > And in the description above it says that that directive will a make it
so
> > that users can have their web pages under http://domain/~user
> > It doesn't work for me.
>
> How so?
>
> > First of all, no public_html folder has been created
> > under the users,
>
> And you would not want it to be. Just because you've installed a Web
> server (or any other application) on a box you would not expect it to
> go mucking about in every users' home directory.
>
> > is that something that i have to do manually?
>
> No, the user can do it for themselves.
>
> > Even for new users?
>
> Depends on the tool you use to add users. Most such tools can be
> configured to automatically create ~/public_html for new users.
>
> For example with "useradd" you'd "mkdir /etc/skel/public_html"
>
> > I don't quite understand that, can you let me know?
>
> Could you be more precise about what you don't understand?
>
> --
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From: Princess Confusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: programming blues
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:32:33 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
okay, so part of the reason i installed linux is because i'm more
comfortable programming in a unix type environment and using g++ like
i've been doing on the mainframe at my school. previously when i was
using windows i was writing my code in a text editor, uploading to my
unix account on the mainframe at school, telnetting to the mainframe,
compiling, correcting errors, uploading, telnet, compile, etc. etc.
needless to say a rather tedious process.
so here's my problem. with every single program that i've written and
compiled on my linux machine i get a segmentation fault when i try to
execute it. the same program i can compile and run on my unix account
at school without a hitch. i am 99.9% sure that there is nothing wrong
with my code. i don't understand. this makes absolutely no sense to
me. anyone know what the problem could be?
thanks,
alicia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herb Stein)
Subject: Re: Replacing HDD and keeping linux installation
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:43:20 GMT
dd if=/<old drive> of=/<new drive>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>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
>
--
Herb Stein
The Herb Stein Group
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314 215-3584
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Dell Inspiron 7000 with Linux/xfree86 hangs on reboot
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 05:06:36 GMT
G'day all, I hope this post is on topic...
I installed Linux (Slackware 3.6) on my Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop.
But it hangs on reboot for certain Linux kernels:
For kernel 2.0.35 which came with Slackware 3.6, it's fine.
(And rebooting from win98 it's also fine).
But when I installed xfree86 following the recommended
procedure in http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/
(method 2, because it's a 14" screen, which includes
downloading a pre-complied kernel 2.2.3.ac1),
It now hangs when I try to reboot.
(i.e. totally hangs: only way to revive it is to take out
the battery and power down)
I've seen similar problems described before, but not
this exact one. Has anyone else seen it?
I know I can still use the old kernel but I want xfree86!
Thanks in advance,
Peter Ballard
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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From: Kevin Tham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: LOGIN.... HELP!!!!
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 16:06:30 +1000
put "root" and then use the password set in the installation program
Josh wrote:
>
> I completly instaled LINUX5.2 succesfully.....but when it asks for the
> LOCALHOST LOGIN: before the password, what do i put?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: Crypto filesystem?
Date: 9 Apr 1999 05:02:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>ISTR hearing about an encrypted filesystem for Linux. Anyone know what the
>software is called and where I can find it?
I played around with cfs a few years ago. Don't know whether it
is still developed/maintained. At that time it had a grave
weakness that it only provided cryptographic protection while it
was "unattached", i.e. not in use. As soon as the rightful owner
started using it the contents where only protected by normal
filesystem permissions and an obscured directory name. That
might have changed in the meantime. Go search for cfs...
Cheers
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: William McKiernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: vmware problem with NT4
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:33:06 +0200
Looks like your system is trying to write to hda or mbr on hda and when you
setup vmware, you probably gave it
readonly access. Give it write access.
/William
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> vmware failed to use my win98 rawdisk with a repeated core dump.
> I figured I might have better luck with NT4. So I tried NT4 SP3 rawdisk. It
> loads NT4 ok but a dialogue box keeps popping up saying:
> vmware question (nt4.cfg)
> Attempt to write # sector(s) starting at sector ######
> This is outside the allowed range for raw disk '/user/vmware/nt4/nt4.hda'
>
> How can I resolve this? Thanks.
>
> Jon
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From: Kenneth Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gnome/enlightenment instability
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 06:39:59 +0000
I recently downloaded gnome and enlightenment to install on my Redhat
5.1 system. Unlike others who have posted here, I read the installation
instructions, and got through all the library dependencies. I got
things installed, and sort of running. I have a number of problems, and
I don't know if they are all symptoms of the same cause or not.
When I try to start a terminal window from the toolbar, it sometimes
takes several MINUTES before it shows up. The system isn't slow for
applications that decide to work (for instance, only 10 sec or so to
start up netscape :) ).
Several of the gnome utilities do not run. For instance, f I try to
start gnome-linuxconf, it shows up on the process list, but "never"
displays a window of any kind.
It seems to try a little too hard to restore applications to the
desktop. When I stop and restart X, sometimes it tries to start two of
everything that was running before (two netscapes, two file managers,
etc).
The gnome file manager has its problems too. It will periodically
restart itself, losing the current directory, etc.
I don't really know where to look for solutions to these problems. I'm
not really a newbie to Linux, but am relatively new at configuring
different window managers, etc. I thought that there might be a problem
with library versions, but I don't know where to start to find out what
it might be. I don't know whether the problem is in the gnome tools, or
in enlightenment. I might mention also that I disabled a lot of
"extras" like sound, translucent window moves, etc.
To try to keep this from getting TOO long, I guess what I'm asking is if
anyone has any ideas to help me out. I don't have any problem with
digging into the guts of the system, I just don't know where to start
with this one.
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