Linux-Misc Digest #111, Volume #20 Sat, 8 May 99 13:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: ipfwadm and RedHat 6.0 (root)
Re: Microsoft is the Communist!!! (David Kastrup)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Ed Avis)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Jim Richardson)
Re: epson drivers (Carl Fink)
Beeping (Matt Cobley)
Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (Jesus Monroy, Jr.)
URGENT. Dead or life. (Nuno Donato)
Re: mounting and unmounting cdrom (Damien Clark)
Re: soundblaster PCI128/64 (Mooniesdl2)
Re: How to get the target of the link? (Peter Granroth)
Re: java application for webservers, developed on linux (Fokke Nauta)
Re: First step using 'cron' (William Wueppelmann)
Re: Music CD writing (NDWalski)
Re: IPCHAINS and Web Server (brian moore)
Re: Hidden files - Linux setup (Gary)
Re: LaTeX on RedHat6 (Bob Tennent)
Re: Sound now broken in 2.2 ("Eric L. Rovner")
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ipfwadm and RedHat 6.0
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 15:07:17 +0000
I put some detector code in my firewall script and use a variable for either
IPFWADM or IPFWADM-WRAPPER.
My fragment looks like this:
if [ -e /proc/net/ipfw-chains ] # detect IPCHAINS in use
then
set IPFW = "/usr/sbin/ipfwadm-wrapper"
else
set IPFW = "/sbin/ipfwadm"
fi
Then you can use $IPFW in the rest of your firewall script.
root wrote:
> > >I have a network that allows my machines to communicate. I'm running
> > >RH5.1, kernel 2.0.35. The rest of the "network" is one Windows98 machine.
> > >I get a PPP connection from the linux gateway, and to the best of my
> > >knowledge all of the settings on the '98 machine are correct. I've been
> > >using the masquerading HOWTO as a guide. When the guide says to enter the
> > >commands:
> > >ipfwadm -F -p deny
> > >ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 0.0.0.0/0
> > >The first command gives no feedback. The second command gives me:
> > >ipfwadm: no ports allowed without specific protocol
> > >Try `ipfwadm -h' for more information.
> > >ipfwadm -h suppplies plenty of info, none of which I understand.
> > >Has anyone encoutnered this problem? The HOWTO and a couple of other
> > >resources I've consulted don't touch the subject, unless my sleepless eyes
> > >are blind....
>
> I just installed RedHat 6 which does not have ipfwadm anymore. Apparently
> there is ipfwadm-wrapper and ipchains modules to do the same thing. Has
> anyone managed to configure the new modules to do what many of us do with
> ipfwadm.
>
> Here is my internal ipfwadm configuration to share a single modem with my
> intranet..
>
> extract from my /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> ############################
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> /sbin/depmod -a
> /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp.o
> /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio.o
> # deny all ips except specified ones
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny
> # allow only these ips
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.10.2/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #bob
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.10.3/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #jane
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.10.4/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #mike
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.10.5/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #kym
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.10.6/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #paul
> # add the route
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.10.1
> /sbin/route add -net 192.168.10.0
> echo "IP forwading completed"
> ###############################
>
> My internal network is running on 192.168.10.x with this linux box/modem on
> 192.168.10.1.
>
> Any help appreciated.
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From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Microsoft is the Communist!!!
Date: 08 May 1999 13:02:52 +0200
Sid Boyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Peter Mutsaers wrote:
> >
> >
> > Microsoft on the other hand comes close to the communist states and
> > their enormous conglomerate industries, going for total control and
> > domination, having the idea that they know better than yourself what
> > is good for you.
> >
> Communism offered choice, you could choose any car you liked as long as
> it was a LADA,
You could not choose anything but a few cars, but you could not even
choose them in the way "choice" is usually understood. Even if you
had saved up for 10 years, you would typically have to wait another 10
years till the car would be ready for delivery, unless you had very
good connections.
--
David Kastrup Phone: +49-234-700-5570
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-234-709-4209
Institut f�r Neuroinformatik, Universit�tsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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From: Ed Avis <[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: Sat, 08 May 1999 15:55:03 +0100
"Joshua E. Rodd" wrote:
>>AFAIK all bitmap fonts are public domain in the US. So couldn't you
>>take a proprietary outline font, create an enormous set of bitmaps
>>(say 1000x1000 pixels for an uppercase M), and then use some kind of
>>outline tracing or bezier curve fitting program to create a new, free,
>>set of outlines?
>
>The font won't be hinted correctly. Hinting is the hardest part of
>creating an outline font, and is also the most important factor to
>good quality, esp. at low resolutions.
That's true. Although with 600dpi laser printers, hinting won't
affect the quality of hardcopy output, unless it uses extremely small
type. I would say that the same is beginning to be true of screen
displays, esp. if you use anti-aliased fonts.
I must confess that I've never really understood how hinting works,
and why 'hints' such as 'this bit and that bit should be the same
width' couldn't be generated automatically.
But for low resolutions, you could get round the hinting problem by
having a large set of prerendered bitmaps of the font at 10x10 pixels,
11x11 pixels, and so on. You could generate these straight from the
proprietary outlines (which include hinting), so they would look
good. And of course, they would be public domain. Then for small
font sizes, you could pick the nearest bitmap, and scale it up or down
a tiny amount. For larger sizes, where hinting isn't important, you
could render straight from outlines.
--
Ed Avis
Advertise here! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: 8 May 1999 06:11:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 07 May 1999 11:12:08 +0100,
Ed Avis, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>Jim Richardson wrote:
>
>>>If ESR shoots someone, that will be me, cos I'm an anarcho-communist,
>>>and a radical mystician on top of all.
>>
>>why would he shoot you? would you be physically attacking him?
>
>From <http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/personal.html>:
>
>>I am an armed man, prepared to use deadly force to defend my life
>and my freedom.
>
>So he might shoot you if you were trying to take away his 'freedom'.
>Given that different people have very different ideas on how to define
>'freedom' (see the arguments on this group only a few days ago for
>just one example), that's probably going to lead to a lot of needless
>shootings.
>
>--
This is a pretty weak argument...
so I'll ask again, why would he shoot _you_? would you be physically attacking
him? after all, you are no threat to his freedom, that is something
govts do. (threaten freedom)
sure makes me wonder if you are projecting a little.
--
Jim Richardson
www.eskimo.com/~warlock
All hail Eris
"Linux, where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: epson drivers
Date: 8 May 1999 23:08:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 8 May 1999 15:00:24 +1000 primus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi sorry if this in the wrong section.
Well, maybe ".setup" would have been better, but . . .
>I am thinking of switching to Linux and was wondering if I can still run a
>Epson stylus color 640. It says that it is a "Windows only" printer.
>Does this meant that it only comes with a Windows driver but a Linux driver
>is (or may be) available or can the printer physically only communicate with
>windows regardless of driver.
I'm not familiar with this particular printer, but if it's a
"WinPrinter" you're out of luck. They're designed to use the Windows
graphics driver as an integral part of their printing process, and
since they don't publish the interface it's impossible for programmers
to make them work with any other OS.
You might look at the Hardware-HOWTO at www.linux.org and
sunsite.unc.edu to see if your printer is usable with Linux.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: Matt Cobley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Beeping
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:40:37 +0100
Hi,
This may be a silly question, but how can I get my RedHat5.2 dist. to
beep when I get an email in Pine? It used to happen automatically with
my old Debian dist., but doesn't under RedHat. Also, when I hit Ctrl-g,
it doesn't beep either. Can anyone help?
--
ttfn
Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jesus Monroy, Jr.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 09:52:14 GMT
On Fri, 07 May 1999 05:17:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Jesus Monroy, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: On Thu, 06 May 1999 22:18:03 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>:>Jesus Monroy, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >snip<
>:> fubar::0:0:Joe Fool:/root:/usr/local/bin/zsh
>:>
>: I guess I'm not making my point clear enough. There would be NO login
>: need, period. The shell is just there.
>
> Then put /your/fav/shell in the config inplace of login.
>
No. There would be NO shell. That is the whole issue.
A shell as we traditionally think would not exist.
Sure you could use 'csh' or 'bash', but other services,
those associate with a 'multi-user' enviroment would be
gone. (non-existant, not available)
> >snip<
>:> And these two releases would be useful to who, exactly?
>:>
>: The average person, that knows nothing about 'how a computer runs,
>: nor cares'.
>
> In that case, why, pray tell, would you give them a Unix shell
> of any kind? Wouldn't you want to boot directly into a running
> KDE session under UID 0?
>
Let's skip the politics for a moment, if we can't.
Let's skip KDE and just say any GUI or command line type
interface for the moment. The let's consider that there is NO
UID.
> "Unix is built by good computer users for good computer users."
>
That's nice, but unrelated to this issue.
> If you can't program the clock on your microwave you shouldn't be
> touching a multipurpose computer.
>
Would you say the same for your VCR?
>:> Telnetd without at least ftpd? Another with all services except
>:> telnetd or even a getty on console? You're a bit late for April
>:> 1st.
>:>
>: I can make this clearer, if you like, but I am totally serious.
>
> Please do, because your requested configurations not only don't
> make sense, they have seemingly have nothing to do with your
> stated goals.
>
>
Okay.
A computer system with
---
the ability to run background tasks.
a TCP/IP stack and therefore can access the internet.
an open interface for third-party developers like /dev.
has a resonable interface that can support third-party extensions.
has some sort of compatibility,
so that older program can run (forever).
is configurable via simple, yet easy to use interface
that is well documented.
can accomplish tasks (from running my toaster to
nth degree matrix multiplication.
===
now for the security part:
machine #1 would be
---
secured for remote access from a single interface,
possibly telnet.
insecure from the console, therefore walking upto
it would allow you INSTANT access.
machine #2 would be
---
impossible to access remotely, and would require
installation of source code and/or new binaries.
insecure from the console, therefore walking upto
it would allow you INSTANT access.
Do you need more information?
--
If you have to read the docs, it's broken.
I hate making mistakes.
You can check my spelling at: http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster
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From: Nuno Donato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: URGENT. Dead or life.
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 12:30:27 +0100
This is a dead or life situation.
I am going to explain what happened to me, because I REALLY need help.
I have changed a file, that contains info about the window-managers.
Now, every time i run linux, XDM autostarts, i enter the username(root
is the only user), and the password. But there must be an error some
whera, because, no window manager run.
And I am taken again to enter the name and password.
How can I solve this. If i haven't XDM enabled, I could edit the file
again from the console.
My second question is, how can I turn off LILO?
Please I really need help.
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Subject: Re: mounting and unmounting cdrom
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damien Clark)
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 15:36:10 GMT
Yeah, tried that too. Tried the full mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
and
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -o remount
But to no avail.
Oh well, looks like a reboot is coming on.
Thanks for your input guys.
Damien.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>May I suggest that the command you should have
>issued was:-
>
>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
>--
>Peter Rodriguez
>136, Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland
>NEW ZEALAND
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mooniesdl2)
Subject: Re: soundblaster PCI128/64
Date: 8 May 1999 06:23:04 GMT
I had to upgrade to kernel 2.2.7 to get my SB PCI 128 working properly.
moonie ;)
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From: Peter Granroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get the target of the link?
Date: 08 May 1999 13:36:50 +0200
Sergei Gnezdov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> All I know is, that `ls -l` command will show me the target of the link.
>
> What ate the another ways to get it?
> If I want to get just name of the target, how can I do this?
>
you could use awk, e.g:
ls -l <filename> | awk '{print $11}'
HTH
--
==================================
+ Peter Granroth +
+ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +
+ http://soke.dhs.org +
==================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fokke Nauta)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.misc
Subject: Re: java application for webservers, developed on linux
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:18:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>--------------225285AA7D7118345D9B5B07
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>The documentation to the current version of my 'hitchecker' program
>is available here
>(it is not linux specific, (for what it's worth, it's running on
>a sparc)) (However, I have noticed very few linux users hitting any
>pages (particullarly the home page, shame shame, too many win95 users)
>--
>nethole#1 --- Resident Intelligent Donkey ---
>http://www.nethole.com
>WAH #1
>--------------225285AA7D7118345D9B5B07
>Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="index.shtml"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Content-Disposition: inline; filename="index.shtml"
>Content-Base: "http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/i
> ndex.shtml"
><BASE HREF="http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/index.shtml">
><!-- R G B -->
><!-- <body bgcolor="#BBCCDD"> -->
><BODY BACKGROUND="http:/background/black.gif" TEXT=#FFFFFF>
><TABLE width=100%>
><TR valign=top><TD align=left><h1>Nethole Creation</h1></TD>
><TD align=right>
><!-- <IMG SRC="/weekly.spt.gif" width=156 height=96 hspace=3 -->
><!-- ALT="Nethole weekly S clients"> -->
></TD></TR>
></TABLE>
><HR SIZE=4>
><CENTER>
><APPLET ALIGN=TOP CODEBASE="/jim/java" CODE="Flic_Player.class" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT
>=100>
><PARAM NAME=FILENAME VALUE="/render/send.fli">
><PARAM NAME=DELAY VALUE=40>
></APPLET>
></CENTER>
><em>Soon to include the source to the hitchecker.java code</em>
><p>
>and other little toys<p>
><a href="hitcheckergroup.shtml">Documentation to the hitchecker application</a>
>that provides the hit statistics for this web site
><center>
><p>Client not added to tally<p>
><APPLET CODE=SoundPiece.class WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>
><PARAM NAME=greeting Value="Oh I'm looking for my missing piece">
><PARAM NAME=memories Value="Learning to live">
>YOU HAVE NO JAVA
></APPLET>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>Hits</TH><TH>13</TH>
><TH>0</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TH>
>Software
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Mozilla/3.0Gold
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>7
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Mozilla/3.0
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>4
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Mozilla/3.01
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Mozilla/2.01
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>Operating System
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>X11; I; Linux 2.0.25 i486
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>7
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>X11; U; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/712
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>4
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Win95; I
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>2
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>Cache
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
> via proxy gateway CERN-HTTPD/3.0 libwww/2.17 via proxy gateway CERN-HTTPD/3.0
>libwww/2.17
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
> via proxy gateway CERN-HTTPD/3.0 libwww/2.17
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>Refer Host
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
><a href=
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/funold.shtml
>>
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/funold.shtml
></a>
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>7
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
><a href=
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/index.shtml
>>
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/index.shtml
></a>
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
><a href=
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/hitcheckergroup.shtml
>>
>http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/hitcheckergroup.shtml
></a>
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>1
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><CENTER><em>Particular Operating Systems</em></CENTER><p>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>Linux Versions
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>X11; I; Linux 2.0.25 i486
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>7
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>X11 clients
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>X11; I; Linux 2.0.25 i486
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>7
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>X11; U; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/712
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>4
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
><TABLE border width=100%>
><TH>
>Windows clients
></TH><TH>Total Hits</TH>
><TH>Last Week</TH>
><TR></TR>
><TR ALIGN=left><TD>
>Win95; I
></TD><TD><ALIGN=right>
>2
></TD><TD><ALIGNT=right>
>0
></TR>
></TABLE>
></center>
><center>
><img src="/separators/chainbar.gif">
></center>
><CENTER><table border=4 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
><TR align=center>
><FONT SIZE=1>
><TD> <A HREF="http:/funold.shtml">MainPage</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/dod.shtml">Motorcycles</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/cars.shtml">Cars</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/java/index.shtml">Java</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/jim/personal.shtml">Jim's Section (DWE)</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/jim/karen/ree.shtml">(DCA)</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/render/animations.shtml">Renderings</A></TD>
><TD><A HREF="http:/jim/tolive/tolive.shtml">Why</A></TD>
></TD>
></FONT>
></TABLE>
></CENTER>
><center>
><img src="/separators/chainbar.gif">
></center>
><h6>
>Do you have comments about this document? Send them to
><a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br>
><br>
>Revised: Friday, 13-Dec-96 23:45:33 PST
><p>
>URL: http://epsc-s2.saicspt.com:3949/java/index.shtml
></h6>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: First step using 'cron'
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:20:08 GMT
In our last episode (6 May 1999 14:17:01 GMT),
the artist formerly known as Surver Netzbetrieb said:
>Has somebody a dokumentation for cron for beginners ? I have studied man
>cron and man crontab but I can't start !
Well, here's the two minute basic intro:
To edit your own crontab (and you probably should practice on your local
crontab before trying to edit the root crontab), run
crontab -e
(make sure you've set your EDITOR environment variable to something
sensible--my distribution's crontab seems to default to ae as an editor
when EDITOR isn't specified. Ugh!). You then edit the file to set up your
event. For example:
30 6 1 may tue myscript
will cause myscript to run at 6:30 AM on Tuesday, May 1st (if such a time
ever rolls around). You can replace any fields with asterisks to mean that
any value will do, so to make myscript run every monday at 1AM, you would
enter
00 1 * * mon myscript
Then, just save the file, exit the editor and your crontab will be
installed. Each field is separated by one or more whitespace characters,
so "80 1 * * mone myscript" is equivalent to the above.
You will also want to (re-)read the man page for crontab(1) and crontab(5)
(the more important of the two) in addition to cron(8). The crontab docs
provide more information on actually setting up the events themselves, as
opposed to the daemon. There's more to it than this, but it's probably 90%
of what you need to know for 90% of all cases.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: NDWalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Music CD writing
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 18:18:38 +0200
Andy Jones wrote:
> I'm attempting to write music CDs using a Pinnacle Micros RCD1000 (works great
> for data CDs), Adaptec 2940UW, cdparanoia to rip the tracks of CD and
> cdrecord-1.8a18-1. The tracks are saved individually and fed to the CDR using
> "cdrecord -v -audio track1.cdr track2.cdr......."
> When attempting to play the resulting CD, track 1 plays OK, however it is
> impossible to skip or select tracks.
>
> Any hints as to what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Andy
Hi Andy, sorry that I can't help You with the cdrecord problem, but how about
trying cdrdao instead?
I used to rip audiotracks by
cdparanoia 1- data.wav
cdrdao read-toc --device /dev/sg1 cd.toc
and then,
cdrdao write --device /dev/sg1 cd.toc
You have the possibility to edit the tocfile before burning. See the manual (man
cdrdao) for further information about the devices, the drivers etc.
This only works if Your drive is able to write disk-at-once.
ND.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: IPCHAINS and Web Server
Date: 8 May 1999 16:31:37 GMT
On Sat, 08 May 1999 10:01:10 -0400,
Coolio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> brian moore wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 7 May 1999 13:59:59 -0700,
> > Chris Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If I run IPCHAINS to use a Linux box as a firewall, is it a security problem
> > > to also run a web server or other services on that same machine? For
> > > example, I would allow all traffic out from the internal network and only
> > > HTTP into the web server on the firewall.
> >
> > If someone compromises that server, they would be able to attack the
> > network it's supposed to be protecting, no?
>
> The entire internet is in trouble if there's a security hole in Apache! :>
> As long as you are running nothing but httpd and an ipchains firewall, it should
> be pretty secure.
That's not something I'd bet on. It's also not something to bet on in
the real world: you're trusting not only the Apache team with your
security, you're also trusting every CGI that's run on the system.
A firewall should run as few services as possible (mine run none: login
is through console only, for example).
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hidden files - Linux setup
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:32:37 GMT
Best bet is to use Partition Magic 4 - it will move the files when you
resize to drive.
On Thu, 06 May 1999 09:55:16 +0200, Alessandro Magni
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Been satisfied with Linux as my new OS, I decided to shrink even more
>the Win98 partition that remains
>on my disk (most for gaming purposes).
>Unfortunately I discovered that, defragmenting it, I cannot gain the
>space I hoped, because some hidden
>file in the tail of the disk has not been moved.
>
>Do you know of some program - under Win, Dos - able to display filename
>& position on disk,
>so that I can get rid of it?
>
>Thank for your help
>
>
> Alexxx
>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>\ Alessandro Magni
>/ IEN Galileo Ferraris
>\ c.M.d'Azeglio 42, 10125 Torino (ITALIA)
>/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>/ Tel (39)11-3919757
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>/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: LaTeX on RedHat6
Date: 4 May 1999 11:48:12 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On Tue, 04 May 1999 07:56:18 GMT, Thomas Fischer wrote:
>
>I desperately need help with my new RedHat6.
>By now I used SuSE and after installation LeTeX
>always was just...there.
>
>But now, when compiling texts on the new RedHat
>all I get is:
>
>! LaTeX Error: File 'scrreprt.cls' not found.
>
>...or equivalent with other document types.
>
>What do I have to do to make LaTeX work?
>
Do you perhaps have TEXMF pointing to a directory that is now incorrect?
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From: "Eric L. Rovner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound now broken in 2.2
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 07:59:29 -0400
Nope, that's not it. I didn't use the .config file from 2.0.36. I did check
the previous configuration of that kernel (the default RH 5.2 kernel
installation), and it had sound as a module, as well as all other drivers. I
tried to install it the same way. The values are right - I copied them out
from conf.modules and isapnp.conf from the old 2.0.36 configuration. I also
checked the dmesg to make sure I'm getting the same drivers being called,
which they are. However, sndconfig still gives me the error shown below.
Manual configuration does not succeed either. Here are the lines taken
directly from my old conf.modules:
alias sound cs4232
alias midi opl3
opl3 io 0x388
cs4232 io 0x534 irq=7 dma=3,0 mpu_base=0x330 mpu_irq=9
^^^^^^^
I remember this part as being split in 2.2.x, but subsequent
splitting attempts did not work either.
Anyone else have a suggestion? I guess I could config sound directly into the
kernel, but I'd like to try to get this to work.
Eric
**Nick Brown wrote:
> Go back to the .config file you were using for 2.0.36 and check that you
> have the same DMA, etc, values. Even if you copied your .config file
> from 2.0 to 2.2, it might not have got the right values across. The
> defaults (in make xconfig, anyway) for this sound modules often don't
> match the hardware requirements.
>
> "Eric L. Rovner" wrote:
> > Sound worked perfectly in 2.0.36 for me, but since I installed 2.2.7, I
> > get nothing at all.
> > sndconfig tells me that there is an error in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/cs4232.o, in that there are "too many values for
> > DMA (max 1)."
> --
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