Linux-Misc Digest #876, Volume #19 Sat, 17 Apr 99 09:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Does this card work in Linux? ("Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte")
Re: Linux doesn't mount CD-ROM (Reyn EagleStorm)
Does this card work in Linux? ("Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte")
Re: RPM - Cannot read database record error. ? (Michael W. Ryan)
Re: Mail server for Linux (Villy Kruse)
Linux VPN (open-source) ("Jack Levin")
boot freezes after lilo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux docs ("Julia Cristina Varela de Montoya")
Re: Running as root? ("Guus Z." <"(remove this but dont send me)
Re: linux docs (Bruce Richardson)
HELP installing an ISDN adapter (Sasa Ostrouska)
Re: Running X apps remotely (Daniel Bradley)
Re: Can't compile the kernel (David Taylor)
Re: What-ya-ma-callit (Bruce Richardson)
Re: HP CD-Writer on NT ("D. Vrabel")
NIC with Mandrake 5.3 ("BTRiggs")
Re: Hacker (Steve Zinck)
Re: gzip & bzip2 ("D. Vrabel")
Re: Mail server for Linux (Gavin McCord)
Re: Which moron thought up the /opt directory? (Frank Sweetser)
Can't compile the kernel ("Simon")
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From: "Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does this card work in Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:09:13 +0200
It's PCI
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Mvh.
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Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte wrote in message <7f9jss$2mv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>TeleS BRI/16.3 PNP ISDN-adapter?
>Please forward to mail adress.
>
>--
>Mvh.
>Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte
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From: Reyn EagleStorm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux doesn't mount CD-ROM
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:11:15 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Dear friends, I am new to the world of Linux. I have recently
> loaded Red Hat Linux 5.2 but my Linux does not mount CD ROM. I have got a 32X
> CREATIVE-INFRA CD ROM Drive connected as secendory slave ( IDE1 or hdd ).
it's connected to /dev/hdd, so guess what you should try mounting? :-)
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From: "Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does this card work in Linux?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 11:24:46 +0200
TeleS BRI/16.3 PNP ISDN-adapter?
Please forward to mail adress.
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Mvh.
Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Ryan)
Subject: Re: RPM - Cannot read database record error. ?
Date: 17 Apr 1999 10:57:29 GMT
On 17 Apr 1999 04:11:22 GMT, Jason Rotunno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I got this error when opening kpackage under KDE. Aside from the error
>message I don't seem to be running into any problems. I want to be on
>the safe side, though and find and correct the cause of the error message
>because it may cause problems in the future. It sounds as though an
>RPM database could be corrupt, but I'm pretty unfamiliar with RPM aside
>from using it to install programs. Anyone have any idea as to what could
>be causing this problem and how to resolve it? Thanks.
First off, if you're trying to install, do you have sufficient permissions
(i.e. root) to do the installation?
Second, you can always (as root), do an rpm --rebuilddb to rebuild the
database (it doesn't do any harm if it's not really needed).
Are you using an up-to-date version of RPM?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Mail server for Linux
Date: 17 Apr 1999 12:11:50 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>If you have a Pop3 server installed on your linux box. I *believe* it
>is part of the RedHat dist... (popping in CD...Nope not in the base
>dist...checking contrib...(http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html)
>yep:
>ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/RedHatContrib/libc6/i386/ids-pop3d-0.9.1-1.i386.rpm
>www.coyotedata.com% rpm -qpi ids-pop3d-0.9.1-1.i386.rpm
No need to :-)
Standard redhat includes the imap package which includes pop support.
Name : imap Distribution: Manhattan
Version : 4.1.final Vendor: Red Hat Software
Release : 1 Build Date: Tue Jul 14 11:06:31 1998
Install date: Mon Oct 19 14:10:46 1998 Build Host: porky.redhat.com
Group : Networking/Daemons Source RPM: imap-4.1.final-1.src.rpm
Size : 1427874
Packager : Red Hat Software <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : provides support for IMAP and POP network mail protocols
Description :
IMAP is a server for the POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP mail protocols.
The POP protocol allows a "post office" machine to collect mail for users
and have that mail downloaded to the user's local machine for reading. The
IMAP protocol provides the functionality of POP, and allows a user to
read mail on a remote machine without moving it to his local mailbox.
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From: "Jack Levin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux VPN (open-source)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:06:56 -0700
Hi all.
Most of us have dreamed of having a linux router a size of 3 1/2 floppy
drive.
(and it would not be a palm pilot).
Calibri-133, is a compact, diskless, programmable blackbox.
The linux OS stored on high performance flash chip (DiskonChip),
boots under 30 seconds.
Here are the specifications of the box:
CPU: Embedded AMD DX5-133 (5x86-133) processor
BIOS: AWARD 128 KB Flash Memory
System memory: One 72-pin socket (accepts 1 - 32 MB)
Enhanced IDE hard disk drive interface: Supports up to two IDE
hard disks.
Serial ports: 2 ports: one RS-232, one RS-232/422/485
Parallel port: One parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
Infrared port: Shared with COM2. Transfer rate up to 115 kbps
On Board mini-DIN PS/2 kerboard/mouse connector
Supports M-Systems' DiskOnChip 2000 Flash disk. (comes with 8
megs chip)
NE2000 compatible on-board ethernet interface. (10 MBits/s)
Upgradable with PC/104 module.
What can you do with it?
It is ideal for use at home as firewall/router/NAT; connect it to your
internet gateway and you can have a lan of computers that can browse
internet,
all in the same time.
Calibri-133, comes with an open-source VPN package. If you have a cable
modem,
DSL, or ISDN, you will be able to connect to your corporate LAN from your
home LAN and enjoy transparent and secure encrypted (by ssh) network access
to your company.
Why should you get your own Calibri-133? Well, you should not, unless
you enjoy open-source open-hardware accessability of the box.
Anything you can run on Linux, you can run on Calibri-133.
For more info,
visit http://www.calibri.net
Your comments are welcome.
Thanks,
-Jack
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: boot freezes after lilo
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:08:24 GMT
Having a real problem here
I shutdown my machine
and now when I try and boot, I get to
LILO:
Loading linux
and then it sits there forever
I'm not sure what is happening
any suggestions?
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From: "Julia Cristina Varela de Montoya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux docs
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:23:21 -0700
I have been trying to find some good (free) linux documentation on the web,
and have been unsuccessful. I found a .pdf which seemed promising, but the
print quality when I printed it made it hard to read. I couldn't find any
settings that would make it better. Does anyone knwo fo a site, hopefully
accessible by a Windows 98 machine,in which I could get a good doc?
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From: "Guus Z." <"(remove this but dont send me
Subject: Re: Running as root?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:38:05 +0100
oak wrote:
> Thanks for the tips! There's one thing that I somtimes have trouble
> coming to grips with, what exactly is the danger of running, say,
> netscape or some other java application as root? What sort of things
> can happen when doing this?
>
> In an x-windows environment could I run as a regular user:
> netscape, xterm, and mutt
> and as root:
> midnighcommander, xterm, and gvim
> all the same time? and how would I go about starting these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Tony
Tony,
Below you will find two little scripts. Both start with #!/bin/sh
The first one I call 'xuser' and I use it to start an xterm in another
account
like this:
% xuser root
The second one starts netscape news in a different account, named xnews.
Since netscape takes a while to start, the window in which the xserver
is
open may be too short. You may make the window bigger. Or, when you
are not on a network, simply open your xserver on startup with '% xhost
-'
Beware of the security implications.
You can cut and paste the scripts into your account, say in
$HOME/bin/xuser
then do a 'chmod 755 $HOME/bin/xuser' to make the script executable.
#!/bin/sh
NAME=$1
# the default shell
SHELL='bash'
if [ $NAME = root ]; then
# root likes zsh
SHELL='zsh -l'
fi
#
# Start a shell in an xterm as $NAME
# -- Security is real sloppy, here.
# -- We simply open the X-server for the duration and close it
afterwards.
# -- Regardless of previous settings. That is the reason this script
# -- runs with -x, to make sure I know what's going on
#
set -x
xhost +127.0.0.1
su - $NAME -c "spawn xterm -display :0.0 -T $NAME -n $NAME -e $SHELL" &&
sleep 1
xhost -127.0.0.1
# --- end of script xuser ---
#!/bin/sh
xhost +127.0.0.1
sleep 2
su - xnews -c "spawn /usr/local/netscape/netscape \
-no-about-splash -mail -display :0.0 \
-geometry 850x700 \
-xrm 'netscape*background:"$COLOR_XNEWS_BG"' \
-xrm 'netscape*foreground:"$COLOR_XNEWS_FG"' \
" && sleep 5
xhost -127.0.0.1
# --- end of script xnews
--
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the 'no spam' bit from my address.
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From: Bruce Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux docs
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:35:59 +0100
Julia Cristina Varela de Montoya wrote:
>
> I have been trying to find some good (free) linux documentation on the web,
> and have been unsuccessful. I found a .pdf which seemed promising, but the
> print quality when I printed it made it hard to read. I couldn't find any
> settings that would make it better. Does anyone knwo fo a site, hopefully
> accessible by a Windows 98 machine,in which I could get a good doc?
There's no real substitute for a dead tree, when it comes to
documentation. For on-line stuff, try www.linux-howto.com,
www.linux-center.org/en or one of the Linux Documentation Project
mirrors.
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From: Sasa Ostrouska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP installing an ISDN adapter
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:46:58 +0200
Hi to everybody !
I use Slack 4.0 and I want to install a TELES ISDN
internal card. When i make the command modprobe it give me
the following error:
darkstar:/usr/src/isdn4k-utils# modprobe hisax io=0x581 irq=10 type=14
protocol=2
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 1
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 2
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 3
HiSax: Card Teles 16.3c not installed !
/lib/modules/2.2.3/misc/hisax.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
isdn: Device or resource busy
darkstar:/usr/src/isdn4k-utils#
Any ideas ? Can anybody help me ?
Thank you in advance
Sasa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Bradley)
Subject: Re: Running X apps remotely
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 11:39:55 GMT
Hi,
"Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to be able to telnet in to my linux server at
>the office (from my linux box at home), and run X apps
>remotely with the screen output showing up here (after
>typing "export DISPLAY=<my ip address>:0.0"). This is how I
>do this on my NT box, which is running a freeware X server.
Create an /etc/X0.hosts file on your Linux Box at home (the one you
want to run the X-Server on. And add the address of the machine (maybe
IP) at
work.
I think you maybe able call it Xhosts but I forget. The 0 is for
display 0 I think. Have a look at the Xserver man page, I think this
is where I found the info.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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To email me, please remove "notinnedmeat" from address
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From: David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't compile the kernel
Date: 17 Apr 1999 11:14:24 GMT
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:39:04 +0200, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> decided to send
article <7f9o7f$3ct$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to say:
S> I can't compile a new kernel (2.0.35), I have the message :
S>
S> system is 532 Kb
S> system is too big
S> make [1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
S>
S> What can I do ?
Use modules, or make bzImage
S> Thanks
S>
S> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
S>
--
David Taylor
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 268004
[Remove .spam from e-mail to reply]
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From: Bruce Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What-ya-ma-callit
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:47:18 +0100
Windows 95 can't share modems. Linux can. You're doing it the wrong
way round.
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HP CD-Writer on NT
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:25:11 +0100
On 14 Apr 1999, brian moore wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:24:17 -0700,
> Manuel A. Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Another possibility is use 'mkisofs' under linux to create an ISO image
> > file then you can write that ISO image to the cd and it should keep the
> > long file names intact.
>
> Nope. Plain old 'ISO9660' format doesn't allow for long filenames.
> The Rockridge extensions do, though. But Microsoft was "too good" to
> use existing standards (Rockridge is, what, almost 15 years old?) and
> instead use their own, called 'Joliet'.
Joliet allows unicode (16bit char) filenames which AFAIK Rockridge does
not.
> But that's okay, modern Linux systems can read and write Joliet CD's as
> well. (See the '-J' option in mkisofs.)
>
> Note that since Joliet and Rockridge are just extensions of ISO9660, you
> can record with both, making the full filename available under both Unix
> and Windows.
David
--
David Vrabel
Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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From: "BTRiggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.hacker,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.act.net,linux.admin.isp,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: NIC with Mandrake 5.3
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 08:23:08 -0600
I did an upgrade from RH 5.2 to Mandrake 5.3 and when I did, it no longer
recognizes my NIC. I tried going back as far as RH 5.0 then upgraded to RH
5.2 and then to MD 5.3 and the same problem. I went in to the control panel
and switched it to active, still no luck. If anyone can help it is greatly
appreciated, I hate the net with Windoze.
--
Brian Riggs
mail to remove no spam: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Steve Zinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hacker
Date: 17 Apr 1999 12:30:05 GMT
Hi:
Ziya Arnavut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 5.1 on my system and this is the
> second time a hacker is breaking in using ftp deamon i believe
> Here are the traces left in /.bash_history file //////////////////////////
[script kiddie stuff sniped]
> What I don't understand is, what is he doing with "rpc.mountd" ?
> Also, how can I prevent people who are utilizing "ftp" deamon
> becoming root in our system.
It looks like this script kiddie is exploiting one of the rpc.mountd problems.
If you're not using rpc.mountd, shut it off. It should load on bootup from
/etc/rc.d/init.d. grep that directory for rpc and shut off all the rpc
daemons you're not using. Then edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment (#) out the
services you don't want to run and killall -HUP inetd. If you're using your
ftp daemon, go to http://www.freshmeat.net, search for proftpd, and get and
install the latest version.
I'd also look into tcp_wrappers and wrap the services you want to use for
legitimate reasons.
> Your help will be greatly appreciatted.
> Ziya.
> ///// Contents of /usr/src/linux/". " created by hacker looks like the
> following ///////////////////
[snip of usual lame script kiddie tools]
It looks like you've got linsniffer running on your machine (tcp.log). It'd
probably be a good idea to re-install this box. Hate to tell ya, but your
entire network could be sniffed and cracked. Go to
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP and check out the Security FAQ. It might be a good
idea to follow the BUGTRAQ mailing list too if this is a reoccuring problem.
--
Steve Zinck
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
remove the 'X' to reply via email
http://www.bofh.ns.ca
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gzip & bzip2
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:36:43 +0100
On 15 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In his obvious haste, Muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
> : bzip2 compresses about 30% more than gzip, resulting in smaller
> : archives. Apart from that, I don't know --
>
> bzip also requires about 9 Meg of memory to do maximum compression.
> (That's why the compression is better. It uses a massive amount of memory as
> a buffer and work area...)
It compresses better because it uses a different algorithm that just
happens to require more memory to make it efficient. More memory does not
imply better compression. Can't remember the actual algorithms put I think
gzip does Lempel-Ziv (?) and bzip2 a block sorting algorithm.
David
--
David Vrabel
Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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From: Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Mail server for Linux
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:10:05 +0100
Ben Short wrote:
<SNIP>
I had sendmail installed as default on my Slackware system, and it worked
fine if I just used my static IP address and domain. When I tried to find
out
about host masquerading, it was heavy weather trying to struggle through
the documentation, and I couldn't afford the book. So, I downloaded qmail.
It's easy enough to install - it may require more steps than sendmail, but
the
docs are less cryptic; and I solved my host masquerading problem.
--
"I'm Keyser Soze. No, I'm Keyser Soze. I'm Keyser Soze and so's
my wife..."
-Monty Python plays The Usual Suspects
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which moron thought up the /opt directory?
Date: 17 Apr 1999 08:37:39 -0400
Bruce Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Every other day on the Red Hat mailing list there's a message from a
> newbie who wonders why his root partition is full. It always turns out
> they've installed KDE or some other app that installs to /opt. Since
> they haven't created a partition called /opt (and why should they?)
> their root partition overflows.
the whole /opt bit is very common in the commercial unix world. me, i just
symlink /opt to /usr/local
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
Fascinating." --Spock (after staring at the posterior of a woman in a
short skirt walking by)
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From: "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't compile the kernel
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:39:04 +0200
I can't compile a new kernel (2.0.35), I have the message :
tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out > zImage
root device is (3,65)
boot sector 512 bytes
setup is 4412 bytes
system is 532 Kb
system is too big
make [1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
What can I do ?
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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