Linux-Misc Digest #50, Volume #20 Tue, 4 May 99 01:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really)^ (LEBLANC ERIC)
Re: Help! Null modem and pppd (digs)
Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really)^
Re: swapon, util-linux 2.9r (Allin Cottrell)
RealVideo 5.0 and kernel 2.2.x ?? ("Kertis A. Henderson")
Printing on an Epson Stylus 400 (Fred Kuipers)
Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX? (Peter Caffin)
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (Bill Unruh)
xterm problems RH6.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
run windows 95 apps on a linux client from a sco server with merge? ("Chriseli de
Rama")
Re: Help! Null modem and pppd (Przem Kowalczyk)
Re: hidden Users and stuff (Przem Kowalczyk)
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: Backup with dd ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) ("Joshua E.
Rodd")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LEBLANC ERIC)
Subject: Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really)^
Crossposted-To:
talk.politics.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.activism,alt.society.liberalism
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 04:15:10 GMT
Chris Costello ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:
: What real arguments are there against closed or proprietary
: software anyway? Real arguments that make sense and are not
: GPL/RMS-induced.
Security. IF you sell me an IRC server with your proprietary crypto
extension. Your experts said it's secure. If i can see your sources
my expert might find an hole overlooked by your experts.
Longivity. I've been using your payroll system foobar 95 for 10 years.
You died from a stroke, your decendant liquidated your computer stuff.
The local law decided to make major change in the way companies must
pay their employee. Instead of modifying your system. I have to buy
a new one and retrain all my employee at great cost.
Regards,
E/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (digs)
Subject: Re: Help! Null modem and pppd
Date: 3 May 1999 21:01:22 GMT
Reply-To: nts-online.net
Hi-
your setup /very/ much looks mine
i bet we can get you working just sit tight and we'll work thru
it.
you fail to mention any info about your null modem cable
is it a real /nul/modem or just a cable
do you have gettys to contend with?
are the com ports running at the same speed?
what did you use for a terminal program ie. minicom,kermit,etc..
>I have followed as best I understand the intructions in the PPP-HOW-TO and
>some advice picked up in the newsgroups on setting up a null modem connection
>between two Linux boxes but have no success.
>
>Would any one be able to step me through this simply, including verifying
>exactly what I need in my /etc/hosts file on both the client and the server
>machine, including where I am supposed to enter the specific name of each
>machine.
>
>At the moment I have the following:
>
>Server side:
> Machine name: depaul.mydomain.com.au
> /etc/hosts--reads as:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain local
> 192.168.1.1 depaul.mydomain.com.au depaul
> 192.168.1.2 presario.mydomain.com.au presario
>
>typed in at a terminal is:
> pppd -detach crtscts lock 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 /dev/ttyS1 38400 local &
>
>Client side:
> Machine name: presario.mydomain.com.au
> /etc/hosts--reads as:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.1.2 presario.mydomain.com.au presario
> 192.168.1.1 depaul.mydomain.com.au depaul
>
>typed in at the terminal is:
> pppd -detach crtscts lock /dev/ttyS0 38400 &
>
>The ps command shows pppd with the respective paremeters running on each
>machine. I try to: ping 192.168.1.1 but get no response from the box about
>1.5metres away :-(
>
>I'm using com1 on the client and com2 on the server (laptop to desktop)
>connected via a laplink serial cable.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>Regards
>Paul.
>
>
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later on,
digs
:wq
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To:
talk.politics.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.activism,alt.society.liberalism
Subject: Re: The GNU Fragrance of Sharing vs. the Stench of Greed (was: GNU reeks of
Communism (really)^
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 21:01:58 -0700
On Tue, 04 May 1999 02:40:17 GMT, Chris Costello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 May 1999 00:38:08 GMT, Chris Costello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 03 May 1999 22:44:03 GMT, Chris Costello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >In article <01be95af$00376b80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, FM wrote:
>> >> >> Bill Bonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Is it wrong to keep software proprietary?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If openness of software is one's object, yes.
>> >> >> GPL does protect what it's supposed to protect.
>> >> >
>> >> > But you people ('you' being those who insist everything be
>> >> >open) need to understand that Unix isn't only about free
>> >> >software, no matter how much you think it is. Linux probably is.
>> >> >but it's not the general goal of Linux.
>> >> >
>> >> > What real arguments are there against closed or proprietary
>> >> >software anyway? Real arguments that make sense and are not
>> >> >GPL/RMS-induced.
>> >>
>> >> proprietary -> Microsoft or IBM or Oracle
>> >
>> > Microsoft/IBM/Oracle aren't the only closed software companies.
>>
>> Got any good examples of power not corrupting absolutely?
>
> BSDI?
They're not in a position to dictate terms to their
users. They implement an open standard just as does
SGI, HP, IBM or Sun.
[deletia]
>> >> Unix is very much about being open and about
>> >> being fairly trivial to re-implement once a
>> >> cross-compiler is done.
>> >
>> > It wasn't originally about that.
>>
>> It's been a LONG time since it hasn't been.
>>
[deletia]
--
Microsoft subjected the world to DOS until 1995. |||
A little spite is more than justified. / | \
In search of sane PPP Docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: swapon, util-linux 2.9r
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:56:18 -0400
NF Stevens wrote:
> chmod 600 /dev/hda2
OK, silly me. Thanks also to the others who said the same.
Didn't realize you could do that for non-mounted devices.
Allin Cottrell.
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From: "Kertis A. Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RealVideo 5.0 and kernel 2.2.x ??
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:13:13 -0400
I can't get RV5 to work. I read somewhere that RV5 doesn't like 2.2.x,
and I'm running 2.2.6. Is this true? Thanks in advance for any
replies.
--
Kertis Henderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Fred Kuipers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Printing on an Epson Stylus 400
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 02:46:13 GMT
Greetings!
I have been using Linux for some time, but I have not yet set up
printing in under Linux. I have, as I mentioned, an Epson Stylus 400
color printer. Currently I am using RedHat 5.9 running kernel 2.2.3-5.
I can print ASCII text well, however, I cannot print any postscript at
all. Consider the following command and resulting output:
% gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360x360 stcolor.ps \
/usr/share/ghostscript-5.10/examples/tiger.ps
GNU Ghostscript 5.10 (1998-12-17)
Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights
reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details.
Unknown device: stcolor
If i use a similar command using the upp driver (stc.upp), the PC cranks
away at the HD for a moment and the returns. No messages... NO OUTPUT!
What's going wrong?? Interestingly enough, ghostscript doesn't
recognize the devices:
% gs -h
GNU Ghostscript 5.10 (1998-12-17)
Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights
reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer
messages
-g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch
resolution
-sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last
file
-sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for
pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11mono ap3250 imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq
la50
la70 la75 la75plus lbp8 deskjet djet500 djet500c dnj650c laserjet
ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj500
cdj550 paintjet pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800
epson
eps9mid eps9high epsonc ibmpro jetp3852 dfaxhigh dfaxlow faxg3
faxg32d
faxg4 cp50 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm
pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d
tiffg4
tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono psgray bit bitrgb bitcmyk
pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite
epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
Search path:
. : /usr/share/ghostscript/5.10 :
/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript :
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
For more information, see /usr/doc/ghostscript-5.10/use.txt.
Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; use the form in bug-form.txt.
Now, the stcolor and stc.upp files are in the search path!
/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stcolor.ps
/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc.upp
Why can't I print??
Here's the printcap file as generated by printtool:
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL stcolor 360x360 a4 {} EpsonStylusColor 4 {}
Epson:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpEpson:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lpEpson/filter:
What can I do to be able to print??
Secondly, I would like to eventually set up the printer in some way so I
can print to the printer from both the Linux machine and a Win 95
machine (networked). What way is it easiest to configure the printer
for both machines? Set it up on the Linux box with Samba?? or on Win
95?
Thanks for your patience! I appreciate the help.
FK
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:58:47 +0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know someone who would like to switch to LINUX. Because he can type
> 100 WPM and knows WordStar for DOS better than his phone number, he
> would like to know if a version of WordStar, with control diamond
> (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+D) functionality, exists for LINUX.
There's a text editor called Joe or Jove (one of the two) which uses
Wordstar editor commands. Unfortunately, it doesn't do bold, italics,
etc, as far as I know. Depending on what he's after, that might be enough,
though.
I imagine if he's still using Wordstar for DOS, having a graphical WYSIWYG
editor isn't as important as familiarity and efficiency. Come to think of
it, if he's a DOS guy, he might feel comfortable enough with a CLI to type
in his own printer control codes :).
There may well be something better than Joe and/or Jove anyhow. The
libncurses library makes CLI text editing apps pretty easy to write; there
may be a more fully featured clone that I haven't heard about. Try typing
`+wordstar +linux` into http://www.altavista.com and see what you come up
with.
Best of luck.
--: _ _ _ _
_oo__ |_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot au |
//`'\_ | (/_|(/_| |_(_|| | || | http://it.net.au/~pc |
/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 3 May 1999 20:45:48 GMT
In <7gkucr$80v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Komar) writes:
>None of these come with RedHat. Lizards comes with Slackware, but
>the SUID bit isn't set. I didn't see anything concerning the vga_
>games, and the only reference to bsd-games was with respect to a
>possible security bug with ncurses-4.1. So, I don't see the Linux
>distributers as being criminally careless about security with
>respect to this issue.
Sorry: Because thee are no security announcements they are OK? I remember
10 years ago when people would say that HP must be more secure than Suns
because they had fewer security announcements. I sent a note to CERT about
a way any user could get a root shell trivially on an HP-Apollo.
It was never announced by CERT apparently becasue HP refused to cooperate.
All your lack of reports may indicate is that no one has actually gone
through say vga_spider to check it. After all those are "just games" and
they couldn;t present a security threat could they?
Are they criminally careless? Probably not. Are they stupid? Yes.
If you are going to run those games, you might as well demand that the
user be root to run them, or if youwant, when you first run them as a
user, put up a message "You must be root or set this game suid root to
run it." That is responsible programming.
I would do the same for system files like dump, restore, traceroute,
Some system files HAVE to be suid root. That is fine. For the rest they
should not be set suid root by default.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: xterm problems RH6.0
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 15:27:48 -0400
hi, i just recently installed redhat 6.0. when i'm in xwindows and i try to
run an xterm, nothing happens. after i shut down xwindows, and you can
still see some of the configuration text on the console, i see the message:
xterm: no available ptys
i don't understand why it does this. there are plenty of /dev/pty*
can anyone tell me why this is happening, and more importantly, how can i
fix this?
thanks in advance,
yono
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From: "Chriseli de Rama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: run windows 95 apps on a linux client from a sco server with merge?
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 21:29:53 -0700
quickie question:
is it possible to run windows 95 applications sitting on a sco openserver
5.0.5 server with sco merge on a linux client?
if so, how is it done? what other softwares do i need? do you know of any
resources on which i could get more information on this?
thanks a bunch!
chriseli
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Przem Kowalczyk)
Subject: Re: Help! Null modem and pppd
Date: 3 May 1999 22:42:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.os.linux.misc wrote:
>I have followed as best I understand the intructions in the PPP-HOW-TO and
>some advice picked up in the newsgroups on setting up a null modem connection
>between two Linux boxes but have no success.
>
>Would any one be able to step me through this simply, including verifying
>exactly what I need in my /etc/hosts file on both the client and the server
>machine, including where I am supposed to enter the specific name of each
>machine.
>
>At the moment I have the following:
{cut}
>The ps command shows pppd with the respective paremeters running on each
>machine. I try to: ping 192.168.1.1 but get no response from the box about
>1.5metres away :-(
>
>I'm using com1 on the client and com2 on the server (laptop to desktop)
>connected via a laplink serial cable.
>
What is the output of ifconfig and route -n commands? Perhaps pppd didn't
really establised connection and it's just waiting for somethig.
Przem
--
I will try not to breathe.
I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees.
R.E.M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Przem Kowalczyk)
Subject: Re: hidden Users and stuff
Date: 3 May 1999 22:48:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rizwan Syed in comp.os.linux.misc wrote:
> Ok.. thanks to everyone who has answered my previous questions
> so far. Here's the final one, I think. Lets say I'm going
> to change both the user directory under /home/ as well as the
> mail directory under /var/spool/mail/ to a .(user) so that
> they would be semi-hidden. WHAT are the changes that I need
> to make so that
> 1. incoming mail automatically goes to /var/spool/mail/.user
> instead of /var/spool/mail/user
>
> 2. When that user runs a mailreader, it automatically looks
> for /var/spool/mail/.user instead of /var/spool/mail/user
>
> I think I should be able to quit buggin you guys after I get these
> questions answered. :)
>
Alternative solution:
I'm not quite sure, but qmail possibly can store users' mail directly into
user directory (file is called Mailbox or sth) most of popular mail clients
can be told to read it from there.
Przem
--
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.
R.E.M
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup with dd
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:10:24 +1000
Just an idea, although I'm not familar with the NTFS structure.
Did you fully defragment the drive before using dd, if not there may have
been data that was further into the drive than you actuallt copied.
Just my thoughts anyway,
Hope this helps.
Daniel Thomas
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From: "Joshua E. Rodd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522)
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:07:01 -0400
PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> I am desperately looking for an open source machine translation program and
> some open source vector fonts (TTF, Postscript). I find them extremely
> scarce and at the same time extremely valuable to society.
Some fonts have shown up on fonts.themes.org which appear to be freed.
I haven't been able to confirm this.
You can also load up Fontographer and play around; I found it easy to
make basic fonts, but very hard to make them look decent or to hint
them.
Cheers,
Joshua.
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