Linux-Misc Digest #19, Volume #21 Tue, 13 Jul 99 05:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dev's won't work??? (Ron Gibson)
Re: My Linux box was hacked! (Chris Long)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (Erik Steffl)
Re: My Linux box was hacked! (Silviu Minut)
Re: CIA assassinations ("Noah Roberts (jik-)")
AMIGA? YESSS! (dongle dan)
Re: CIA assassinations (Generalissimo)
Re: My Linux box was hacked! (Mark Lambert)
Help - Deleted /var/log/* from RedHat 5.2 system! (Nico Zigouras)
Re: Limit Access By Time or Date (Mihaly Gyulai)
Re: Seti@home & SuSE Linux 6.1 ? (Mihaly Gyulai)
Re: Newbie : Question HELP!! (Anita Lewis)
Re: dfe-530tx ethernet card these work in linux?????? ("Eyem A. Coward")
Re: TIFF problem (Mihaly Gyulai)
Re: Help - Deleted /var/log/* from RedHat 5.2 system! (Michael Lee Yohe)
CrystalReport plattform & webserver independent ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mouse isn't working (Philippe Wautelet)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (Glenn Davies)
Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE (Gary Cable)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dev's won't work???
Date: 13 Jul 1999 04:16:23 GMT
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:34:56, "Thierry ANDRIAMIRADO"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >For instance invoking commands such as "ftape" or "fd0" I get a no such
> >device message. However when viewing the directory with MC the devices
> >and or links are there and they have been made.
> I'm having the same problem. I updated my RedHat 5.2 to RH6 so my printer
> doesn't work anymore!!
> I discovered that my /dev/lp symbolink link disapeared and I re-created it!
> But it doesn't work anymore! any idea?
You got me. I've never seen this one before. Whenever I've had a
device problem it's been because they weren't made. I made them and
everything was all right. I'm beginning to think that I made a mistake
in recompiling the kernel.
Did you use MAKEDEV? It is a little daunting unless you're pretty good
at perl but I managed to trudge my way through it. In my case I needed
to make up to hda16 and it would only go to hda8. I finally found an #
in the script after 8 and moved it to after 16 and all was well.
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Long)
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: My Linux box was hacked!
Date: 13 Jul 1999 01:05:18 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If I read this well, he's replaced just about every single vital program
>with a hacked version, right?
That's about the best summary. I'd like to thank everyone for their
useful responses. Since my Linux box is just for personal use (mostly
for writing mathematics papers and some related mathematical computations),
I was surprised that anyone would even bother. It's also not connected
to the internet very often (only via a university PPP account), and gets
an unlisted dynamically generated IP address. Thus I felt that I had
nothing to worry about (does the invisible man worry about getting
mugged?).
None of my important files were damaged, although I did find a secondary
bash_history of the hacker, which shows they attempted to format one of
my hard drives. He doesn't seem to understand unix very well (he even
tried to use the "format" command!). As that hard drive was mounted and
in use, his attempts turned out to be futile.
I did a completely fresh install with Red Hat Linux 6.0 (wonderful
distribution, GNOME/enlightenment is beautiful). It took me only a few
hours and was well worth the effort. I'm also taking the time to make
sure it's secure, now, of course!
--
Chris Long, Departments of Mathematics & Statistics, Rutgers University
Score: 0, Diff: 1, clong killed by a Harvard Math Team on 1
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From: Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:04:15 -0700
OK, so coul MS cheat or not?
erik
De Messemaeker Johan wrote:
>
> "Paul D. Smith" wrote:
>
> > Hmm. So you're saying that without any participation by any country on
> > one side of the world, it's still a _world_ war? Nice, very nice.
>
> That's not what i said. WOII was on three continents and there were a lot of
> country's involved ...
>
> > Or, put another way, would you call a war that didn't involve _any_
> > European countries a world war? Uh huh.
>
> Personally, i would if the area was big enough ...
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: My Linux box was hacked!
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:54:51 -0400
This makes me think twice. I'm using my computer exactly the same way. Through
ppp to school.
If they hack the computer at school then no matter what you do they can break
into your computer too.
Hey, did you save his rk.tgz?
:-)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
From: "Noah Roberts (jik-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Jul 1999 22:44:46 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz) writes:
> >been thuroly tested before it got busted by powermongers. Its been
> >that way from the beginning of time....I don't forsee a change any time soon.
>
> Capitalism, by definition, is about powermongers so to say that it has
> been ruined by powermongers is nonsensical. Note that capitalism and
> the free market are completely different things. The free market is
> about perpetual warfare, chaos and anarchy. Nobody seriously believes
> in the free market, least of all capitalists.
I was talking about democracy. I think its pretty much dieing in this
country...if not rigamortiszed already.
>
> Socialism only got busted due to repeated invasion by capitalist
> neighbours.
Well in regards to Russia and China...both of which have been called
"communist", the communist like government was more like a
dictatorship...either immediately or by the appointment of a
psychopathic monster as leader (Stalin was a creap).
>
> So you have to see the situation this way:
> nations become socialist through social pressure
> nations become capitalist through invasion
I think a part of human nature feeds greed. And capitalism could I
guess succeed if the main players were not hoarding. However I think
the socialist mechanics allow for a wider dispersment of the wealth,
and possibly faster progress of ideas....not all the good ideas were
brought about because someone wanted to get rich, some were but I
think as a rule it is curiosity more then anything wich makes us
pursue the truth...least it is that with me I think.
There are plenty of people out there that don't work...which would be
more then willing to given the chance....I think capitolism ends up
causing people to get laid off because of cut backs in some business
deal all too often.
Also the US seems to look upon any non-capitolistic country as an
enemy, so in a way your probably right. But I also think maybe a good
portion of the people would rather it this way...I don't.
> social pressure is ever increasing
> tolerance for war is ever decreasing
Give me a _BREAK_....if anything the tolerance for warfare has
INCREASED in the past 2 decades. Since the 80s we have had nothing
but small wars and that little Iran Contra affair which the public
just took as normal every day activity...even labeling North, a
traitor, as a hero of the people. This decade we have had what 5+
wars? Ooohhh wait....millitary operations...we don't declair war
anymore.
I think the government has more or less learned how to play the public
oppinion though, label something as communist or facist and everyone
is ready to nuke the whole godamn country...who cares if everyone gets
killed as long as that psycho dictator terrorist is dead dead dead.
Meanwhile people are starving and dieing on the street when the money
required to make _1_ bomb would feed a man for a decade or more. Its
pretty much all ass backwards as I see it.
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From: dongle dan
Subject: AMIGA? YESSS!
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 05:19:22 GMT
Can't help it, my Amiga 3000 made me a ton of money and years of
enjoyment. It was the best computer and best operating system in the
world.
The old AmigaDOS was the base of my book called "Copy Command - The
Movie" because we documented 25 ways to use the Copy command alone!
The old pipes and ARP extra's were phenominal, and now it is going
home to Linux. I can hardly wait. Is there an Amiga 7000 out there?!
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From: Generalissimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:13:24 -0700
Guys,
that is an interesting conversation, but why not move it to us.politics?
You're distubing the locals <g>.
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From: Mark Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: My Linux box was hacked!
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:38:43 +1000
Chris Long wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
<snip>
> None of my important files were damaged, although I did find a secondary
> bash_history of the hacker, which shows they attempted to format one of
> my hard drives. He doesn't seem to understand unix very well (he even
> tried to use the "format" command!). As that hard drive was mounted and
> in use, his attempts turned out to be futile.
<snip>
Chris,
Format is also part of Solaris, but its a very different tool. Its used for
disk partitioning and low level setup. Had he been able to use it he could
have trashed your disk very badly indeed. :(
Maybe he thought he was on a Sun box, but, well, he used a linux rootkit and
should have known better. Either way, a room temprature IQ.
--
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From: Nico Zigouras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Help - Deleted /var/log/* from RedHat 5.2 system!
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:19:23 -0400
Hi folks:
I deleted /var/log from my RedHat 5.2 system and all files in that
folder. Now all my web server access and error logs are gone and they
are not being regenerated. My /etc/httpd/logs folder was also deleted
of error_log and access_log. Any help? Thanks.
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From: Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Limit Access By Time or Date
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 06:51:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Todd Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It would be nice
> if I could set some permissions in Linux saying that they could only use
> the modem from 6:00-8:00pm, and all day on weekends, for example.
Recently I noticed such programs on Freshmeat...
(http://freshmeat.net/)
I didn't try them...
- ACUA (140 kB)
http://acua.gist.net.au/
- Clobberd (57 kB)
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin/idle/
I hope this helps to regulate the children... :)
--
Mihaly Gyulai
http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gyulai/
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From: Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seti@home & SuSE Linux 6.1 ?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 06:26:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> computer has nothing to do, it should do some work on the Seti@home-Project.
> But it doesn't work.
> I have downloaded every version of the 386-linux versions - but every
> version tells me that there is "no route to server". But all the ISDN- and
> internet stuff is set up and works fine.
Are you behind a firewall ? (Is your PC at the office ?)
Can you 'ping' any servers ? Do you use a web browser without problem ?
(From the error-message this can be a DNS problem...)
--
Mihaly Gyulai
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From: Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie : Question HELP!!
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:03:10 GMT
If you would run "startx -verbose -probeonly &> startxlog" and then
"less startxlog" after leaving X, you would get a look at what is
actually being put up there on your screen. It would be helpful to see
what the resolution is that is being accepted. If some modelines are
being rejected, you might be able to see why.
Anita
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From: "Eyem A. Coward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: dfe-530tx ethernet card these work in linux??????
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 03:10:00 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hi there
>
> i just got one, are they easy to setup?
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/index.html
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From: Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TIFF problem
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:04:01 GMT
In article <7m6fgk$slq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I create TIFF files using xv on Linux. When I open those TIFFs on
> a Windows system, the size information is corrupted. For example,
> one of my TIFFs is 98x302 pixels, or about 1.5x4.0 inches. When I
> view it with PaintShop/Win95, it says the image is 0.08x0.25 inches,
> at 1200 pixels per inch.
What is your problem with it ?
If you count : 1200 [pixel/inch] x 0.08 inch = 96 pixel,
1200 [pixel/inch] x 0.25 inch = 300 pixel,
so, the pixel numbers are very close to the 98x302 pixels !
(The difference can be from round-up values...)
--
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:52:41 -0500
From: Michael Lee Yohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help - Deleted /var/log/* from RedHat 5.2 system!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system
> I deleted /var/log from my RedHat 5.2 system and all files in that
> folder. Now all my web server access and error logs are gone and they
> are not being regenerated. My /etc/httpd/logs folder was also deleted
> of error_log and access_log. Any help? Thanks.
You can re-install the httpd package which will restore all the
directories and subsequent permissions. Here is a dump of my /var/log
tree structure (RH6 - but little has changed between the two).
Otherwise - the other files will be recreated next reboot.
/var/log
|-- boot.log
|-- cron
|-- dmesg
|-- htmlaccess.log
|-- httpd
| |-- access_log
| `-- error_log
|-- lastlog
|-- maillog
|-- messages
|-- netconf.log
|-- pacct
|-- samba
| |-- log.nmb
| `-- log.smb
|-- savacct
|-- secure
|-- sendmail.st
|-- spooler
|-- usracct
|-- uucp
| |-- Debug
| |-- Log
| `-- Stats
|-- wtmp
`-- xferlog
Michael Lee Yohe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
BRADS A3 Diagnostic Kernel Lead Engineer
PEI Electronics, Inc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CrystalReport plattform & webserver independent
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 06:51:32 GMT
Hi,
make your Crystal Reports also on the serverside plattform and web
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or
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or
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From: Philippe Wautelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse isn't working
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:07:41 +0200
> Can someone suggest a good approach to getting to a console to try running
> mouseconfig and XConfigurator,
Try Ctrl-Alt-F2
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glenn Davies)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:09:25 GMT
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 16:41:17 -0700, "Chad Mulligan"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Paul D. Smith wrote in message ...
>>%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord) writes:
>>
>> >> Hmm. So you're saying that without any participation by any
>> >> country on one side of the world, it's still a _world_ war? Nice,
>> >> very nice.
>>
>> ao> The Canadians were involved and sent soldiers. Perhaps
>> ao> you've heard of Canada?
>>
>>You're right; I should have stuck with my original comment and said
>>s'thing like "without _hardly_ any participation".
>>
>>Yes, Canada declared war when Britain did. But Canada had a standing
>>army of only about 4,000 troops, they were still smarting from WWI and
>>public opinion was still almost 3-1 against entering the war. By the
>>end of the war they had many more troops and made some important
>>contributions, of course, but early they were hardly a factor, besides
>>moral support (obviously I don't want to diminish any individual
>>sacrifices and I'm sure there were many--we're talking solely about
>>macro-level participation).
>
I missed the original post. I'm curious on where your 3-1 against
entering the war figure came from?
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From: Gary Cable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.2600,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 03:08:50 -0500
root wrote:
>
> Intro Technologies wrote:
>
> > I have installed Linux for the 1st time in my life, it boots into something
> > called KDE...after I login I see a nice pretty screen but the fonts are HUGE
> > and all the windows are HUGE not allowing me to do anything, can someone
> > please tell me how I could change the resolution easily, I have a Viper V550
> > 16MB AGP Card and Panasonic P110 (21inch) monitor. Again, when Linux boots
> > all I see is a login screen and after I login everything is HUGE.
> >
> > If you can please help me, E-Mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Thank You Very Much
> >
> > Matthew Ploszanski
> > Intro Technologies
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > PS. Will my D-Link 530TX PCI Ethernet card work with Linux, Will my cable
> > modem?
>
> run the program 'xf86config' again and choose something like "800x600" or
> so.
Depending on how 'xf86conig' is set up, you might try Ctrl>Alt> and the + or - key
to change resolution easily. If you select multiple resolutions during 'xconfigurator'
setup, you can switch to and from resolutions using Ctrl>Alt> then the + or - key.
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