Linux-Misc Digest #139, Volume #20 Mon, 10 May 99 13:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (was: Wanted: Database/Contact mgr with
backend on Linux/FreeBSD, web frontend) (Bill Gunshannon)
Re: ATI and X Server problem (TS Stahl)
Re: MODEM and IRQ: help a newbie (Stuart Miles)
Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? ("MeatHead")
Re: ftp across soft links (Duncan Simpson)
Cron problems (Joseph Pamula)
MONITOR Power Managment in Linux? (Denis Kholodar)
Card that can do Horiz: 15.75 khz Vert: 45-75 Hz? ("Marc E. Christensen")
Re: No more than four md devices? (Uwe Bonnes)
random number generator (mark)
Redhat 6.0 and Netscape 4.51 (Afrasiab Ahmad)
File system for NT and Linux (Wolfgang Ganzert)
syslogd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: File system for NT and Linux ("David Murray")
Re: REDHAT 6, cant get custom Kernel 2.2.6 to boot... (**Nick Brown)
Re: 191.1.1.5 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast (Bill Vermillion)
Re: changing permissions to a mount point (Eric Potter)
Re: limiting su via time?? (TriloBYTE Tech Support)
Re: File system for NT and Linux (**Nick Brown)
Re: I did something stupid and now I can't boot... (Vito DeFilippo)
Re: 3c905b-tx fast etherlink xl pci (diahedrial)
Re: Programming crashes my system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Gunshannon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system? (was: Wanted: Database/Contact
mgr with backend on Linux/FreeBSD, web frontend)
Date: 10 May 1999 15:12:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rolf Marvin B�e Lindgren"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> [ Bill Gunshannon
|>
|> | Actually, the term he is looking for is "non sequitor".
|>
|> "non sequitur", surely?
You are, of course, correct. You would think with all my years of using
Latin I could at least spell correctly. But then, I tend to make the
same kind of mistakes in english as well.
All the best.
bill
--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ATI and X Server problem
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:21:47 -0500
Sorry, Mladden, Redhat did not license the metroX server for 5.2. However,
JPC, all is not lost. Surf over to Redhat and grab the XFree86 3.3.3.1 RPM
upgrade. I don't know if the Rage II is specifically supported, but it
will drive your card.
HTH
Happy computing.
JPC wrote:
> I�m having a serious problem:
> I have a PC with an ATI RageII-chipset Mach64GT, 4Mb card and a 15"
> monitor.
> I�m using RH 5.2 Linux.
>
> Linux install OK.
>
> But when trying to launch XWindow problems come.
> When trying to autoprobe system crashed.
--
Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
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From: Stuart Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM and IRQ: help a newbie
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:28:45 +0100
You need to follow the instructions at the top of isapnp.conf, you haven't
uncommented the details for your modem therefore it isn't being initialised.
--
Stuart Miles Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alenia Marconi Systems Phone: +44 1276 63311
Views expressed are mine and not those of Alenia Marconi Systems
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From: "MeatHead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:00:01 -0500
<snip>
>But you keep sidestepping the issue that just as the Wondows box CAN
>be set up with a username (and password if desired) so to the UNIX box
>can be set up to deliver a GUI with no need to ask for or require a
>userid or a password. And if the default user is "root", then it has
>the exact same security model as Windows. (This is, of course, ignoring
>NT, which can not be set up to run without entering a userid of some
>sort.)
>
Yes you can setup NT to "autologon" any user you choose, even administrator.
The only critiria is that the user must have a password, no blank passwords.
It doesn't work very nice, but you can do it. I know because I have done
it on many NT boxes for customers that specifically asked for it.
<snip>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
Subject: Re: ftp across soft links
Date: 10 May 1999 14:08:16 GMT
In <7h60nb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vishwanath parakala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>I have an ftp server with soft links to the win95 partition
>But when I ftp to the server, I'm unable to cross th soft links
>How do I cross soft links?
Soft linux work fine and I have used them. Anoynmous and guest ftp
users are chroot()ed into a subtree to limit their activities. Any
soft linux can not climb of this root directory---if they could the
chroot() feature would lose rather a lot of the security value. I
presume this is your problem.
Their are two solutions I can think of off-hand:
Solution 1: Mount your win 95 partition within the reachable subtree and
use a symlink where you think it is.
Solution 2: Export your win 95 partitiion with NFS to the local box
only and mount it, with wahtever restrictions you told NFS to apply,
where ftpd can find it after chroot()ing itself.
Duncan (-:
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: Joseph Pamula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat
Subject: Cron problems
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:58:40 -0400
Hi!
Could someone please help me to correct the below problem. I receive
the following message:
"Subject: Cron <root@localhost> run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
su: cannot run /bin/sh: Permission denied "
I am using RedHat 5.1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Joseph
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From: Denis Kholodar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MONITOR Power Managment in Linux?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 11:56:26 -0400
In windows my monitor (after some time when I don't touch any
keys/mouse) turns on the screen saving and later it switches to
saving mode (lower-power standby it's called in Display Properties)
and uses its built-in power managment system (consumes less power,
power indicator changes color).
How can I do this in Linux, too?
Maybe anybody at least saw where to read about it on web, because i
can't find that info?
thanks.
Denis
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From: "Marc E. Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,utah.linux
Subject: Card that can do Horiz: 15.75 khz Vert: 45-75 Hz?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:28:31 -0600
I have a Panasonic PT-101Y projector that claims to be able to display
up to 900 scan lines through it's RGB inputs. However, I have been
unable to get this projector to display anything at all throug it's RGB
inputs from a computer. I have a vga -> RGB cable hooked up between the
progector and the computer.
I beleive the problem is it's refresh rates. Most modern monitors have
fairly decent scan rates. However, I looked at the manual I have and it
has these specs:
Horizontal: 15.75 +- .75 khz
Vertical: 45 - 75 Hz
I figure that it's my card that can't work in this range. XFree86's
setup program 'XF86Setup doesn't even display Horizontal refresh rates
below 20 or 30 as I remember. Does anyone know if there is a video card
that worked in this range and if XFree will have a problem doing this
resolution?. The projector is capable of 900+ scan lines so I figure if
I can get a card that can work in the proper range, I should be able to
get 1024x768 and 1152x900 etc...
How can I get this to work?
--
Marc C.
http://www.mecworks.com
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From: Uwe Bonnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No more than four md devices?
Date: 10 May 1999 13:04:33 GMT
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi out there!
: I finally got my raid0 system running on /home /usr /opt. Thinking ahead
: I first decided to use /dev/md5 for /home, so I can add the other five
: part.'s later. But mdcreate -c128k raid0 /dev/md5 /dev... /dev/...
: sait that all constituents /dev/.. be 'invalid arguments.' Replacing
: /dev/md5 with /dev/md3 works fine. And yes, I mknod'ed /dev/md{4,5} with
: major number 9 and minor numbers 4,5 prior to attemting to mdcreate.
4 is a compiled-in limit.
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Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt
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From: mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: random number generator
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 09:45:35 -0400
I am trying to use the random number generator random() with initstaet() =
and
setstate(). Why doesn't this code give any output at all?
#include <stdlib.h>=20
main()
{
double x;
initstate(6, "state", 8);
setstate("state");
x =3D random();
printf("%.15g/n", x);
}
Thanks for any help.
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From: Afrasiab Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.0 and Netscape 4.51
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 06:45:09 -0400
I have been running Redhat 6.0 and NS 4.51 for a while now...
Everytime I compose a message, the whole computer freezes on me and I
can't type anything. I have to cold reboot which always makes fsck go
crazy when linux reloads.
Also, I noticed that many pages which are javascript oriented, cause NS to
just exit on me. For example, http://www.ticketmaster.com .
I have even removed the rpms and installed the tar.gz file from their
site, and still no luck. Same problems.
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Afra
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:32:11 +0200
From: Wolfgang Ganzert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: File system for NT and Linux
Hello,
I want to use WinNT 4.0 and Linux to share the same data partition on a
disk. (size 9GB). The problem is that Linux does not support NTFS in the
"normal" distribution of the Kernel 2.036. On the other side WinNT does
not recognize ext2fs from Linux.
For FAT32 a special driver for WinNT is needed. Also the file attributes
rwx from Linux ar not supported on the FAT32. This is a problem when
running shell scripts from FAT32 on Linux.
What would be the best solution to share the large data?
Any suggestions?
Thank You!
Sincerely
Wolfgang
P.S.:Since sometimes I have problems accessing the news-server I would
be thankfull for a direct e-mail to me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: syslogd
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:27:19 GMT
I read the documentation for syslogd and syslogd.conf and still cannot
find out how to add a service to be logged. I would like to log the
messages from dhcpd to the file /var/log/dhcpd. How would this be done?
---
Dustin Puryear
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From: "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: File system for NT and Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:33:05 GMT
I hate to say it.. but maybe Fat16? I know it is old an inefficient, but I
don't know another way other than to use the new 2.2.6 kernel and try NTFS
on Linux.
>
> What would be the best solution to share the large data?
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: REDHAT 6, cant get custom Kernel 2.2.6 to boot...
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:49:38 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is becoming a FAQ. I bet you copied your .config file from a
previous kernel, and using "make xconfig" ?
> #
> # Console drivers
> #
> # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
There's your problem. Click "Console drivers" and enable the VGA
console.
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: 191.1.1.5 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:49:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Liebermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 10 May 1999 01:47:23 GMT, "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 191.1.1.5 is the SCO system.
>Ummmmm, gee thanks. Out of curiousity, duz your company own
>191.1.1.5 or is this borrowed from someone? Is this network
>connected to the interknot? Are the error messages continuous or
>only appear when connected to the interknot?
191.1.1.5 is from a reserved block according to IANA.
So while not the proper address at least it won't route anywhere.
--
Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Potter)
Subject: Re: changing permissions to a mount point
Date: 10 May 1999 16:41:28 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
Mladen Gavrilovic enlightened this group thus:
> Greetings all,
>
> I'm running a RedHat 5.0 system with windows 95 and dos also installed.
> The win95/dos partitions have mount points at /win95 and /dos
> respectively. Everything works fine, except I can't give normal users
> write access. I tried it with dos, and it didn't work (the command
> worked but ls -l showed users not being able to write to it). I thought
> that this may have been because it confused the directory /dos with the
> command dos (dos emulator) but even when I type chmod -v 777 /dos, it
> says /dos changed to rwxrwxrwx or whatever, but when I type ls -l it's
> still rwxr-xr-x. How can I do this so that it works?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mladen
You can't use chmod on a DOS partition because the FAT filesystem has no concept
of file permissions. You have to use an option to the mount command to set
the owner and/or group and/or file permissions for the FAT filesystem.
mount -t msdos -o umask=000 /dev/hda1 /dos
would mount your C:\ drive at the mount point /dos with read/write permission
for everyone. Read the man page for mount for more information.
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From: TriloBYTE Tech Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: limiting su via time??
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:39:53 -0600
Dieter Demerre wrote:
>
> I'd say:
> as root
> machine:~$ crontab -e
> 0 5 * * * /bin/mv /etc/sudoers.limited /etc/sudoers
> 3 55 * * * /bin/mv /etc/sudoers.unlimited /etc/sudoers
>
> Then of course you'd have to put thoes .limited and .unlimited files
> there.
actualy wouldn't it be better to use /bin/cp -f instead of /bin/mv?
That way you wouldn't have to recreate the .limited and .unlimited files
everyday. (the -f would do this without output to your e-mail by
forcing theoverwrite).
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(435)833-0955
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: File system for NT and Linux
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:38:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I notice that in the 2.2.7 kernel, NTFS read/write support appears to
have gone from "experimental, use at your own risk" to, well, it isn't
there any more. Draw your own conclusions.
David Murray wrote:
>
> I hate to say it.. but maybe Fat16? I know it is old an inefficient, but I
> don't know another way other than to use the new 2.2.6 kernel and try NTFS
> on Linux.
>
> >
> > What would be the best solution to share the large data?
--
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Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France (Nick(dot)Brown(at)coe(dot)int)
Protect yourself against Word 95/97 viruses, free - check out
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/Vineyard/1446/atlas-t.html
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From: Vito DeFilippo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I did something stupid and now I can't boot...
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:40:57 GMT
MOUNT(8) Linux Programmer's Manual MOUNT(8)
NAME
mount - mount a file system
SYNOPSIS
mount [-hV]
mount -a [-fFnrsvw] [-t vfstype]
mount [-fnrsvw] [-o options [,...]] device | dir
mount [-fnrsvw] [-t vfstype] [-o options] device dir
DESCRIPTION
All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one
big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files
can be spread out over several devices. The mount command
serves to attach the file system found on some device to
the big file tree. Conversely, the umount(8) command will
detach it again.
The standard form of the mount command, is
mount -t type device dir
The above is taken from man mount
Thus you would mount your partition as follows:
mount -t ext2 dev/hda4 dir
Where "dir" is the directory name you want to mount it on. Depending on
how you have your partitions set up, this will change. For example, if
dev/hda4 is a separate /usr partition, the command would be.
mount -t ext2 dev/hda4 /usr
If you just have one great big partition, it would be
mount -t ext2 dev/hda4 /
Hope this helps.
Mladen Gavrilovic wrote:
>
> In my epic battle to upgrade my glib to 2.1, in a moment of stupidity I
> renamed my /lib to /oldlib instead of copying it. Now nothing works. I
> can't rename it back because mv doesn't work. Basically only cd works.
> I am running RedHat 5.0. I can boot off the CD into a live system
> (rescue mode) but I have no idea how to mount my the linux partition
> (hda4) to rename the directory back to /lib. Can anyone help me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mladen
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From: diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905b-tx fast etherlink xl pci
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:53:21 -0700
I've been using it without problems with RedHat 5.2, 2.0.36 and
2.2.5 kernels...
-diahedrial.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> has anyone out there got this board to work with slackware 3.5?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux-redhat
Subject: Re: Programming crashes my system
Date: 10 May 1999 14:37:34 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Iczer One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eloquently scribe:
:> ============================================================================
:> from sys import*;from string import*;a=argv;[s,p,q]=filter(lambda x:x[:1]!=
:> '-',a);d='-d'in a;e,n=atol(p,16), atol(q,16);l=(len(q)+1)/2;o,inb=l-d,l-1+d
:> while s:s=stdin.read(inb);s and map(stdout.write,map(lambda i,b=pow(reduce(
:> lambda x,y:(x<<8L) +y, map(ord,s)),e,n): chr(b>>8*i&255),range(o-1,-1,-1)))
:> ============================================================================
:> The best way to accelerate a win95 system is at 9.81 m/s^2
: Normally I dont Question About Someone's Sig,but this is a differant case.
: Exactally what is the Above?
As it has a US export restriction, I imagine it's part of an encryption
program that goes beyond the legal 48bit limit. PGP perhaps?
: What Is Pylon Rsa?
PYTHON... It's a language.
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