Linux-Misc Digest #322, Volume #20 Sun, 23 May 99 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: is there any OpenSource video app projects ? (Zeljko Blace)
Re: What is possible using PPP? (brian moore)
Re: Mindcraft may be partly right about Apache (James Lee)
Re: Root Password lost... (NF Stevens)
Re: Changing from RH to SuSe (Stuart Krivis)
Netscape and java (Anup Rao)
make install
"can�t execute /bin/login" (Lutz Goldbecker)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Jef Poskanzer)
Re: RH6: GCC wont install properly (Thomas Freixanet)
Re: car mp3 player (New information!) (Byron A Jeff)
Cannot run Glint or xrpm under root (Faheem Mitha)
Re: Linux Textbook? (Bill Ripley)
Professional Home Pages v3.0.8 released... ("test")
/etc/issue (Grand Poobah of PRAM)
remote root telnet in RedHat 6.0 ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Linux kernel source code online in HTML format? ("Sidney Richards")
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From: Zeljko Blace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.apps
Subject: Re: is there any OpenSource video app projects ?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:47:22 +0200
No I was thinking of Adobe Premiere like video editor ...
Hans Lambermont wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Zeljko Blace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Is there any OpenSource video app projects ?
>
> If you mean video-telephony, then yes, but i know only one, it will be a
> part of the OpenH323 project. (which reached 'first noise', audio
> recently). See http://www.openh323.org/
>
> There must be other video application projects out there, but i don't
> know them.
>
> Hans Lambermont
> --
> http://hans.mypage.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: What is possible using PPP?
Date: 23 May 1999 22:02:45 GMT
On Sun, 23 May 1999 22:51:05 +0100,
Frank C Bogle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> I am involved in IS Security and I am wondering what is possible
> using PPP. I am running Redhat 5.2 and am connected to my ISP from home
> using PPP which is enabled from the netcfg facility. I would like to be
> able to monitor protocol access to and from the CyberGuard firewall I am
> responsibe for. At the moment using the sniffit protocol sniffer I can
> only see the results of my own IP address querying the firewall. Is
> there a way of monitoring other traffic (other than TCP back to myself,
> after say I hace executed a Telnet command from my own workstation)
> at the firewall? I guess what I am saying
> is, is there a way of remotely looking at other TCP handshaking SYN,
> ACK, SYN from other net users and the company firewall?
Only if they come down your PPP link, in which case you could expect to
get very little done until you fixed your network.
Ethernet is a broadcast medium: every packet is everywhere (unless you
switch :)). It would be really bad to do that to a dialup PPP line:
every packet on your ethernet would be crammed down your line at 28kbps
or so. You may be able to make your network do that by screwing with
whatever you're dialing into, but it would quickly make your connection
unusable.
--
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: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mindcraft may be partly right about Apache
Date: 23 May 1999 17:11:29 -0500
: ... there comes 2.2.10 8) ... off to take a look.
2.2.8 has spawned off the 2.3.x kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Root Password lost...
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:21:36 GMT
Mark Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>NF Stevens wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Veach) wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >Is it just me, or is it realy this easy to break into a linux machine
>> >and take over as root?
>>
>> It depends on how you have your machine set up. On mine using
>
>No it DOESN'T. If you have complete physical access to the machine
>security
>IS compromised. Excepting things like encrypted disks. I don't give a
>rats
>what sort of boot hinderances you provide. Give me a system and I'll
>read what's
>on the disks therein..!
I am not disputing that if you take the machine to pieces
you can gain access to its data. The question is whether
you can gain root access without taking the machine apart.
My contention is that it is possible to maintain security
in this situation.
Norman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Krivis)
Subject: Re: Changing from RH to SuSe
Date: 23 May 1999 22:37:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 23 May 1999 20:26:38 +1200, muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would say, don't try to upgrade. Instead, back up any important files (eg
>the /home directory), then wipe the hard disk and install from fresh., then
>restore the /home directory.
>I love SuSE!!
>
The advice about not "upgrading" is valid. Each distribution does things
differently enough that you are better off with a clean install.
Personally, I find debian to be much better than RH or SuSE or Caldera.
The latter three are all similar and very hard to maintain.
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From: Anup Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape and java
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 17:13:06 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anybody noticed how slow java is on Nestscape??
I have netscape 4.51 and animations are _extremely_ slow in java applets
as compared to when viewed in netscape on windows.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: make install
Date: 23 May 1999 13:22:21 GMT
Is there any standard way to make log file when I "make install"?
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lutz Goldbecker)
Subject: "can�t execute /bin/login"
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 00:49:16 +0200
Hallo!
Since my last Login on my SuSE Linux 6.1 the Line with Login: repeats after
typing Name+RETURN.
On ALT-F10 I get the Message "can�t execute /bin/login". While starting the
rescue system the login works and the File /bin/login can be executed.
Has anyone got an idea?
Thanks, Lutz
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From: Jef Poskanzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 23 May 1999 14:11:06 -0700
}On 22 May 1999 20:50:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
}(Christopher Browne) wrote:
}>Wouldn't you want it to cache static content too?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord):
}Why? Apache and Squid (sounds like a duo on a Saturday
}morning cartoon...) reside on the same machine. Are you
}telling me Squid can hoover a duplicate file up off the disk
}faster than Apache?
Yes, by a large factor. Apache is slow.
---
Jef
Jef Poskanzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.acme.com/jef/
"Academic freedom can get you killed." -- Spiro T. Agnew
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From: Thomas Freixanet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6: GCC wont install properly
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 00:49:18 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all.
> I have RedHat 6.0.
> I try to install GCC from the RedHat Contributed RPMs CD.
> When I try to compile a program GCC complains of missing stdio.h
> Sure enough, there is no header file in /usr/include.
> I then comment out the #include <stdio.h> in my program and rerun
> GCC. It then complains of missing crt1.o. Any clues?
>
Do you install the glibc-devel package ? It contains the headers files
necessary to compile any C program.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: car mp3 player (New information!)
Date: 23 May 1999 18:49:11 -0400
In article <7hmj1d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Byron A Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-In article <7hk41k$n9g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
-David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-> +-----On 15 May 1999 07:39:57 -0400, Byron A Jeff spoke unto us:----------
-> | So I'm looking at a standard MB/CPU combo with a standard HD. Plan to put
-> | it in a custom case with a DC/DC power supply and stick it in the trunk.
-> | The faceplate will be the display and keypad.
->
->Do you have any sources for the DC power supply?
-> That's currently what I'm
->stuck on, since I decided also to go for the standard MB/CPU/HDD.
-
-I'd found one at one point. Unfortunately I lost the URL in a disk crash.
-I was poking around with a search engine. A query like 'DC-DC converter
-PC interface' or somesuch.
-
-Wish I had it onhand. Also I wasn't able to get a price.
-
-In the meantime another simple alternative is simply to integrate a 120V
-inverter with a standard power supply. It's wasteful of both power and space
-but it does work.
A followup to this option. Tech America has a 140W continous inverter on sale
for $50. May be an option.
-
-I'm also going to look at laptop power supplies which are DC/DC converters.
-I'm just not sure if they supply the same voltages as PC power supplies.
On the PIC mailing list where I live, one of the members has a working Linux
based MP3 player. It includes a custom built DC/DC power supply for running
the MB/disk. Check it out.
http://www.bobblick.com/bob/projects/yamm/index.html
BAJ
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From: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Cannot run Glint or xrpm under root
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 18:12:05 -0400
Reply-To: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear Unix people,
I am using Redhat 5.1. When logged in as root, if I try
to run Glint I get the following messages
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Traceback (innermost last):
File "./glint.py", line 23, in ?
from rhtkinter import *
File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/rhtkinter.py", line 52, in ?
e = Entry()
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1288, in __init__
Widget.__init__(self, master, 'entry', cnf, kw)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1042, in __init__
BaseWidget._setup(self, master, cnf)
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1017, in _setup
_default_root = Tk()
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 844, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0.0"
I get a similar message when trying to run xrpm as root.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/lib/xrpm/xrpm.py", line 679, in ?
root = Tk(className='xrpm')
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 844, in __init__
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0.0"
There seems to be a general problem running X-apps as root, but the above
are the only ones I would typically need to run.
Can anyone tell me what I need to do? I see that it seems to involve
tcl-tk and python in some way but know nothing about either. A copy of any
response sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be much appreciated.
Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.
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From: Bill Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux Textbook?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 18:54:35 -0400
ZDU is using RH 5.2 for their Unix Sys Admin class. They are using a text called
Unix System Administration.
You can check it out at www.zdnet.com. You can also download a PDF of chapters 1 &
2.
Bill
Brandon wrote:
> J�rgen Exner wrote:
> >
> > Tom Eisenmenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:JkZ03.272$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > We've begun to cover Linux in the community college where I teach.
> > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a textbook I really like for my
> > > students. I'd like your recommendations, given the following criteria:
> > >
> > > (1) The textbook must have a variety of exercises at the end of each
> > > chapter, although an instructor's solution manual is not required. I'd
> > > prefer that the text not be a "self-help" guide where answers are readily
> > > available for the student.
> > >
> > > (2) The book should be written on a freshman level (i.e. for the casual
> > > user, not an administrator).
> >
> > What do you mean with "text book for Linux"?
> He wnats a school textbook for Linux for his students. I doubt there is
> an actual text book though. You might have to go with one of the books
> below, (ie. just a regular book someone would get at a locak bookstore
> and not something made for formal schooling). My knowledge in teh field
> of Linux schooling is about nil so maybe there is an actualy book for
> teaching Linux in schools but I really doubt it....try Amazon.com. My
> calculus book is sold by them, so maybe you can find a book for Linux
> albeit hard to tell if its a book used for formal teaching.
>
> > Are you looking for "Introduction to UNIX for beginners", or "Learning
> > RedHat administration in 20 days", or "What distinguishes Linux from other
> > UNIX-like systems", or "How to program an operating system for beginners"?
> >
> > Only the last two might be Linux specific, all others are either general
> > UNIX related or are even distribution specific.
> >
> > jue
> > --
> > J�rgen Exner
>
> Brandon
> --
>
>
> "Bill Gates?, I dont know any Bill Gates. Oh, you mean 'by putting
> every conceivable
> feature into an OPERATING SYSTEM, whether you want it or not, is
> innovation' Bill
> Gates? Yeah, I know the monopolizer"
>
> http://web.mountain.net/~brandon/main.htm
> For Beginners in Linux, Emulation, Midis, Playstation Info, and
> Virii.
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From: "test" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Professional Home Pages v3.0.8 released...
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:12:22 GMT
May 22 1999, Version 3.0.8
o OCI8 fix for RAW and LONG RAW (Binary data) - sorry currently limited to
64K (Thies C. Arntzen)
o Added support for pdf creation lib from FastIO, www.fastio.com This has
not been tested, yet (U. Steinmann)
o Rewrite socket buffering subsystem (Sascha)
o Fix semaphore support on glibc-2.1 systems (Sascha)
o Add headers_sent() function which returns true if the http headers have
been sent out already
o Ora_GetColumn and Ora_Fetch_Into can now return "LONG" and "LONG RAW"
columns > 64K (Thies C. Arntzen)
o Another str_replace() fix to check for a 0-length haystack (RL)
o Add range() and shuffle() functions (Jim)
o Fix glibc-2.1.x (RH6) related crashes (ssb)
o Fix md5 on 64-bit platforms (Sascha)
o Let exit/die set exit status in CGI version (Sascha)
o Make substr() binary-safe (RL)
o OCIError can now be called without any arguments to check the error of a
failed OCILogon. (Thies C. Arntzen)
o added XML_Parse_Into_Struct. Parse XML without using callbacks - This
makes life far easier when using the XML-Parser from classes etc. (Thies C.
Arntzen)
o Small fix in configure.in: doesn't try to add in Informix support anymore
if INFORMIXDIR is set but --with-informix not specified (Jouni Ahto)
o add mcrypt module (Sascha)
o added REFCURSOR (including nested table) handling for OCI8. (Thies C.
Arntzen)
o finalized new behaviour of hw_modifyobject() (U. Steinmann)
o added OCINLogon function (New-Logon) - if you need you "own-private"
transaction context. (Thies C. Arntzen)
o GetImageSize now also returns the bits/sample ("bits") and samples/pixel
("cannels") -> currently only works for JPEGs (Thies C. Arntzen)
o changed parameter evaluation of hw_modifyobject() (see docs) (U.
Steinmann)
o fixed a sporadic crash when shutting down a request that used the ora_**
calls. (Thies C. Arntzen)
o Add fgetcsv() function (RL from Nick Talbott)
o fixed mem-leak in ora_bind (Thies C. Arntzen)
o fixed length of bound variables returned from ora_bind. (Thies C.
Arntzen)
o Added V1 of DBA (Sascha)
o made strtr() binary safe and faster. (Thies C. Arntzen)
o added Oracle-OCI8 persistent connections (Thies C. Arntzen)
o fixed OCIDefineByName crash. (Thies C. Arntzen)
o fixed some NULL-column related problems in OCI8-module. (Thies C.
Arntzen)
o avoid stripping double slashes when fopen'ing files (Sascha)
o sql_regcase() change: only apply to alphabetic characters (Sascha)
o add snmprealwalk() (Sascha Schumann)
o fix serious bug in strftime() (Sascha Schumann)
o fix bug in ucwords() (Sascha Schumann)
o optimized fgets() and fread() (ssb)
o memory leak in operators.c fixed
o socket leak fixed (Sascha Schumann)
o Fixed the XML bug that caused garbage behind attributes
o Some Informix driver improvements.
o PUT method support (RL from [EMAIL PROTECTED])
o Add ldap_mod_add(), ldap_mod_del() and ldap_mod_replace() (Gerritt
Thomson)
o Fix parameter count problem in odbc_setoption()
o Replace broken str_replace(). The fix in 3.0.7 was bogus (Sascha
Schumann)
o Really fix implode() this time. The fix in 3.0.7 was bogus (RL)
o Added more option to the date() function: (Colin Viebrock) 'g' - hour,
12-hour format, no leading zeros 'G' - hour, 24-hour format, no leading
zeros 'n' - month, numeric, no leading zeros
o Make fgetss() slightly smarter (RL)
o Add strip_tags() which uses the fgetss state-machine but acts on a string
(RL)
o Add CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH constant (RL)
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Crossposted-To: uchi.comp.unix
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grand Poobah of PRAM)
Subject: /etc/issue
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:09:52 GMT
I've been runnin Redhat for a couple version (5.0 to 6.0), and I've
noticed somthign that vastly annoys me-if you alter /etc/issue, it
will change back to the default after rebooting. Does anyone know
what's doing this, and how to stop it? I'm guessing it's one of the
scripts in /etc/rc.*, and I'm thinking that changing the script will
do it, butI'm not sure...
--
"Somehow there's cosmic justice in the fact that movie makers can now spend
the gross national product of Romania on special effects and still wind
up with something that looks like a teenager's Web page."-Andrew O'Hehir
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Reply-To: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: remote root telnet in RedHat 6.0
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:57:59 GMT
I used to have RedHat 5.1...I modified /etc/securetty and
/etc/security/access.conf to allow all network ports and all users to login.
I just installed RedHat 6.0, modified the same files but I still cannot
telnet in as root (other users can telnet it).
Any Ideas?
--
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Jim, Monika and Sophia Orfanakos
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.orfanakos.com
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From: "Sidney Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux kernel source code online in HTML format?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 01:09:36 +0200
Bill Gates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
01bea520$78aad270$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I remember seeing a website that had this, anyone know the URL?
>
I think this is what you mean:
http://metalab.unc.edu/navigator-bin/navigator.cgi
Sidney Richards
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