Linux-Misc Digest #76, Volume #21 Sun, 18 Jul 99 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Help please - want to limit size of user's e-mail on sendmail. (Norman Levin)
Re: dds-1 tape drive question (Norman Levin)
Re: Marx vs. Nozick (Ashley Penney)
Re: URGENT HELP! My linux box has gone wild! (Adrian Hands)
Re: Unable to Change Monitor's Resolution (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Gadget)
Re: Plugin problems! ("Erik A. Mogensen")
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Steve Lamb)
Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx? (Gilles Pelletier)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Monte Phillips)
Re: Dead daemons? (Frank v Waveren)
Re: hee hee hee %-) (Farin Crowe)
Re: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Re=3A_Chmoding_directories_for_=ABO=BBthers=3A_x?=
=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?_or_rx=3F?= (Gilles Pelletier)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Squid + Junkbuster??? HELP!!! (Adrian Hands)
Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Need info on different distributions (Michael Lee Yohe)
Re: Best tape drive for Linux? (John Thompson)
fsck segfaults on my FSs (Bob Berman)
How to disable direct login in front of Monitor? ("Y.C.")
tulip.o ("Snowi3")
Debian /etc issues (Ashley W Campbell)
Re: kppp setup solution! (Christopher Chan)
Re: Printing/modem problem with Red Hat 6.0 (Farin Crowe)
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:29:35 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Help please - want to limit size of user's e-mail on sendmail.
How about usrquota on the var filesystem?
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 08:42:00 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: dds-1 tape drive question
I am not familiar with tape drives on the PC and Linux support, but on the
mainframe, you can definitely improve capacity and performance to the tape
drive
by blocking your data up. If, for some weird reason, the tape is defaulting
to
a 512 byte block, you will have the worst performance imaginable. See what
block
size you drive will support. Try it. I'd be very interested in hearing about
your results.
--
Norman Levin
vm/dynAmIX inc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ashley Penney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Marx vs. Nozick
Date: 19 Jul 1999 01:00:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:01:55 +0200, Matthias Warkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) gabbered:
:It was the 18 Jul 1999 13:39:35 GMT...
:..and Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> In article <7mse68$6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
:> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz) writes:
:>
:> > Socialism is based on cooperation and democracy while capitalism
:> > is based on competition (ie, War) and dictatorship. You can't run
:> > the world on destruction alone but you sure as bloody hell *can*
:> > run it on construction alone! The same applies to honesty vs. lies
:> > in moral philosophy. The situation is *not* symmetric.
:> >
:> > So while it's obvious that Libertarians are full of shit and idiots
:> > besides, the Marxists have hit upon a fundamental principle of nature.
:> Harumph. The natural world *does* run on competition, rather
:> than on cooperation: competition for food and living space,
:> both inter and intra species.
:> When left alone, nature weeds out the weaker, and the stronger
:> get to procreate.
:
:Men are not animals. Nature doing something in a certain way does not
:imply that mankind should do it the same way; often it implies that
:one should indeed do it the opposite way.
Maybe I've missed something in the conversation, but why should we attempt
to against what has been proven to work time after time? Indeed, the world
is going to get worse because of the genetically damaged humans who are
reproducing now.
I'm not saying that to be horrible, I'm trying to be as clinical as I can,
and it's a proven fact that illness/weaknesses can be passed down via the
genes. The more a genetically weak person reproduces, the worse the human
population becomes.
Hey, you can see it in action with redneck americans already! (JOKING!)
--
Ashley Penney - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The dinosaurs died because they didn't have a space program. -- Arthur C Clarke
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: URGENT HELP! My linux box has gone wild!
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:13:38 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frank Conte wrote:
>
> A few minutes ago, I ran a ping command to identify a pc on my little
> network. I'm running RedHat 4.2. All of a sudden the command line starts
> running off on its own. There's a process gone amuck and I don't know
> where I can identify it. Something's typing silly, senseless commands
> keep appearing at the prompt. Could it be that I improperly shut down
> the machine earlier?
>
> HELP Please!
take your elbow off the keyboard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Unable to Change Monitor's Resolution
Date: 18 Jul 1999 21:56:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rajesh Rajesh Radhakrishnan allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I bought a 17" Proview (EMC) SA-769 monitor that said it could run at
>1280x1024 resolution @60Hz. I have a Trident TGUI9660 video card with
>2048 Kbytes of video RAM.
Here, I think, is the problem...what color depth (bpp) are you trying to
run in? For 1280x1024 with only 2Mb of RAM, the best you'll be able to get
is 8 bit color, or 256 colors. If you go down to 1024x768, you can get 16bit
color, and so on and so on.
[SNIP]
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gadget)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:57:58 GMT
On 18 Jul 1999 23:36:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
made the world a better place by saying:
>On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:49:11 GMT, Terrapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>(Posted from Mandrake with wine running Forte Agent)
>
> I have to ask. *WHY!?!?!?* SLRN, man! Learn it. Love it. LIVE IT! :)
Ok, wh would I want to use SLRN over Agent? Can it do the same?
(Download headers first and then selected bodies for off-line
reading)?
--
"So... you've compiled your own Kernel... Your skills are now complete..."
=================
It's a bird
It's a plane
No it's... Gadget?
HaHa Magazine: http://www.haha.demon.nl
To send E-mail: remove SPAMBLOCK from adress.
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From: "Erik A. Mogensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Plugin problems!
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:04:13 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Gergo Barany wrote:
> >
> > In article <7lspda$in2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >Next I started netscape, and found that the plugin nppdf.so was being
> > >recognised by the browser. But clicking on a pdf icon on a randomly
> > >selected site results in a Bus error????
> >
> > My philosophy is, use the right tool for every job. Netscape wasn't made
> > to display pdf files, so don't use it for that purpose. Download the
> > file and view it with a pdf viewer.
> >
> > Gergo
> >
> > --
> > "He is now rising from affluence to poverty."
> > -- Mark Twain
> >
> > GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
> > PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
>
> Dear Gergo,
>
> Thanks for your advice! In fact that's exactly what Im doing right now!
>
> Regards
> Gerard
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
I had the same problem. Here is what I did, and it seems to work. As
root, go to /usr/lib and type the following:
ln -s libc.so.6 libc.so.5 <ENTER>.
Have not had any problems so far.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: 19 Jul 1999 00:06:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:57:58 GMT, Gadget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Ok, wh would I want to use SLRN over Agent? Can it do the same?
>(Download headers first and then selected bodies for off-line
>reading)?
In a strict sense... Yes. ;)
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gilles Pelletier)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 01:15:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters) �crivait/wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Gilles Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>It seems my question was too complicated. Take two.
>>
>>Is there any security advantage to chmoding a directory rx instead of
>>only x?
>
>It's very difficult to conceive of one. "rx" is a more liberal setting
>than just "x" so anything which can be done given "x" can also be
>done given "rx". Some things which can be done given "rx" cannot
>be done given just "x".
>
>I'd be very surprised if anyone can come up with a security advantage
>of "rx" over "x".
I personnaly can't see any, but I'm far from an expert. If you're
right, then, Unix for the impatient is wrong saying:
�Unix for the Impatient� (p. 45), on chmoding directories:
�Normallay r is granted whenever x is; you can get some strange
effects if a directory has x but not r. For instance, if a directory
has x turned on but not r, you can't list its contents, but if you
already know its contents, you can delete or copy its files.�
GP
--
Rencontrez N�fertiti, Einstein, Tocqueville, etc.
La Masse Critique -- http://pages.infinit.net/mcrit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:25:40 GMT
On 18 Jul 1999 17:32:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd
Davidson) wrote:
>>The UNIX world was never a player in desktop publishing, heavy
>>graphics etc. Consequently it developed NO suitable applications for
>>that, in fact generally the machines that Unix runs on are totally
>>unsuited to that.
>
>You realize that the original development of UNIX at AT&T was
>funded internally as a publishing system. That was the
>origination of all the text utilities, and the _original_
>desktop publishing system using troff. Of course it never was a
>toy system, but a full fledged professional document publishing
>system.
Floyd, when was UNIX ever a player on a PC (that is before linux) DEC
hardly. Read the message. Also I publish a small community
newspaper, tell me where I can get the equivalent of Pagemaker or even
Quark Express? How about Photoshop, and don't even try to same GIMP,
because that si what that program is gimpy. Fine for kiddies making
gifs, not nearly adequate for midrange publishing. Again TAKE NOTE
I am discussing desktop publishing, NOT tech manuals for geeks, nor
the High end 'slicks'.
Yes, I inadvertantly omitted BSD when I said Linux was the best PC
server OS. Unlike the rabid geeks I do not really differentiate
flavors amongst the *nix for PC OS's. They are all superior to MS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: Dead daemons?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 01:22:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> R. Christopher Harshman wrote:
>>
>> I've got a box that I administrate in California (this summer,
>> I'm in Missouri). It's running kernel 2.2.9 and Slackware 3.5
>> (heavily modified). I telnet in occasionally (once a day or
>> so) to make sure everything's more or less kosher, and logfiles
>> get rotated and emailed to me very night.
>
> Telent in? So you user id and paddword can be sniffed by anyone?
> Really, you shouldn't. You have SSH installed; use it.
>
>> A few days ago, the box wasn't responding to telnet or ftp
>> connections, but ping and apache were still working. I
>> figured inetd had somehow stopped responding, and remembered
>> that we had installed 'sshd' after the fact, and that it
>> was running from /etc/rc.d/rc.local, so I was able to get
>> in using secure shell. Sure enough, inetd was not listed
>> among the processes when I did a ps -aux. So, as root,
>> I fired it back up, and all was well.
>>
>> Now, yesterday, the messages file that arrived in my inbox
>> was completely blank (unheard of, even in the summer; there
>> are always people POP'ing in to check mail, etc), so
>> I telnetted in to find syslogd not running. No problem,
>> I su'd to root and fired it back up, and /var/log/messages
>> is growing accordingly.
>>
>> But now I'm troubled. What would cause two more or less
>> reliable pieces of an otherwise rock-solid system (54 days
>> of uptime since the last time a power outage extended
>> beyond our UPS capacity) to fail? The rest of the machine
>> is running normally, and no bizarre error messages have
>> appeared anywhere (debug, etc).
>
> My guess is that someone sniffed your telnet password and
> logged in. They shut down telnet to stop you getting back in
> and shutdown syslogd to cover their tracks.
>
> What you need to do from here, is get all the important data
> off the machine and do a complete reinstall.
Or, if you haven't got a t3 handy, and don't want to go up there and back
it all up: shut down all daemons you don't absolutely need, erase and
recompile all the others. Replace all suid executables... Possibly replace the
kernel. That should get you at least reasonably safe...
(Oh yes, one more thing: Change the passwords :-) )
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: Farin Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hee hee hee %-)
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 18:58:07 -0600
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, gmealer wrote:
>do y'all ever get the urge to read comp.os.windows.* ? hee hee... I do
>sometimes, when i want to feel dirty.... ;-}
>
>I get a right kick out of seeing every third message contain a reference to
>the magic R word, "restart".
Yeah I know about windoze. Unfortunately there are still a lot of windows progs
that are not yet duplicated on linux (xwindows). :(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gilles Pelletier)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Re=3A_Chmoding_directories_for_=ABO=BBthers=3A_x?=
=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?_or_rx=3F?=
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 01:15:04 GMT
Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> �crivait/wrote:
>On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Gilles Pelletier wrote:
>
>> Is there any security advantage to chmoding a directory rx instead of
>> only x?
>
>A directory mode `x' allows the relevant user/group to access it's
>contents but not to list that directory - they need to know what is in
>there in order to access it.
>
>A directory mode `rx' allows the relevant user/group to list and access
>the contents.
>
>`rx' is not a security enhancement. It is a slightly more relaxed setup.
That's also what I thought. So "Unix for the Impatient" is wrong
saying:
�Unix for the Impatient� (p. 45), on chmoding directories:
�Normallay r is granted whenever x is; you can get some strange
effects if a directory has x but not r. For instance, if a directory
has x turned on but not r, you can't list its contents, but if you
already know its contents, you can delete or copy its files.�
--
Rencontrez N�fertiti, Einstein, Tocqueville, etc.
La Masse Critique -- http://pages.infinit.net/mcrit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: 19 Jul 1999 00:31:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob Niederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>But when I want to do word processing, a WSIWYG that can import
>spreadsheets and graphics and all the other fancy stuff is what
>I want.
What's your point? Use one of the word processor for Linux.
>If we want to sell Linux to users, they have to be able to
>*use* it, and I can tell you from expereince that users
>*despise* vi, to use a classic example.
What's your point? There are more good non-vi editors available
for Linux and other unixen than for any on-unix OS in existance
times two.
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Squid + Junkbuster??? HELP!!!
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:19:25 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RaZoR wrote:
>
> Hey guys :-)
>
> I have RH 6 installed on my P2 266 64 RAM.
> I've been using Junkbuster for a while and it works great, but now i've
> decided to set up Squid too and enable them both, so they can work
> together.
> On the Junkbuster's page they tell you how to enable squid and
> junkbuster to work this way:
> Browser ---> Junkbuster ----> Squid ------> WWW
> But this way squid caches all ads anyway, and i lose bandwidth (the
will it ? I don't think so.
Here's how it works:
(1) Browser requests a page through Junkbuster proxy,
(2) Junkbuster passes request to server through squid,
(3) Resulting HTML is passed back to browser,
(4) Browser parses HTML, sees inline <IMG>s and requests them through
junkbuster proxy
(5) Junkbuster recognizes them as ADs and does NOT pass them to squid,
passes "not found" or dummy content back to the browser instead
Voila, no ads coming down the pipe !
No ?
-Adrian
Raleigh, NC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 01:26:45 GMT
[ e-mail CC'ed ]
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:24:45 GMT, David Eno wrote:
> Here's my system configuration:
> [ ... ]
And here's your problem:
> Cirrus Logic 5465 AGP Graphics card.
> [ ... ]
> My system hangs when running X.
> [ ... ]
It's a FAQ: http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#GD546xLockUps
HTH,
Thomas
--
=--- Thomas Zajic aka ZlatkO ThE GoDFatheR, Vienna/Austria ---=
=-- "It is not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw." M.C. --=
=-- Posted with Free Agent 1.11/32 running on Linux 2.0.37/Wine-990226 --=
=--- Spam-proof e-mail: thomas(DOT)zajic(AT)teleweb(DOT)at ---=
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:13:14 -0500
From: Michael Lee Yohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need info on different distributions
> distributions of linux. Redahat 6.0, Mandrake 6.0, and Suse 6.1.
> I have used redhat (both 5.2 and 6.0). Is there a major difference between
> these 3 distributions? And if so would it be worth my time to install all 3?
> If there is major points for each I don't mind spending the money to get them
> all but I prefer not too have to try to download all 3 just to compare them and
> find out they are all the same.
Mandrake 6.0 is like RH6 except with additional applications. Otherwise
- Mandrake includes the entire RH6 distribution.
Suse 6.1 is pretty different from RH6 in that it is BSD-style instead of
SYSV-style. This applies to process management and init startup.
Mandrake is extremely nice (so is RH6). My limited experience with Suse
tells me to go back to RH (the same reason I ventured from Slackware).
--
Michael Lee Yohe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
BRADS A3 Diagnostic Kernel Lead Engineer
PEI Electronics, Inc.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best tape drive for Linux?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:00:53 -0600
Dale Coleman wrote:
> Hi all, I was hoping somebody could help me select a good tape drive for use on
> Linux.
>
> Has anybody used the HP 5 or 8 GB internal (EIDE) or external (Parallel) drive?
I've been using an HP-Colorado 5GB internal IDE tape drive
on this machine since 1/99; the only "gotcha" was that I had
to update my kernel to the v2.2.x series to make it work.
But that's probably a Good Idea anyway...
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Bob Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: fsck segfaults on my FSs
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:58:58 -0500
I created my filesystems using mke2fs V1.06, installed Linux and all is well.
The fsck with that setup is V1.06 also and it seems to work OK. I also have
installed a commercial Linux distribution onto another partition (SuSe 6.1) and
the version of fsck there is 1.14. If I try to fsck my older Linux partitions
with the 1.14 fsck, I get a SEGFAULT. Why would this be? Aren't fsck and mke2fs
backwards compatible? How would I upgrade my old fsck & mke2fs without totally
rebuilding my partitions? Why can't I V1.14 fsck a FS created with V1.06 mke2fs?
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From: "Y.C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to disable direct login in front of Monitor?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:37:59 -0500
HI:
I have a linux box running kernel 2.2.10. This box ususally is
maintained by remote login.
Since it hardly login directly in front of Monitor and consider Monitor
as a security hole. I would like to disable login access in front of
Monitor, but keep remote login available. Is there anyone know how to do
that?
Thanks!
Y.C.
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From: "Snowi3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tulip.o
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 02:28:06 +0200
Hi
I have a cnet pro110b fast ethernet card, 10/100 mbit .... I found out
through cnet that it's based on the Asix 88140 chip. And through the net, I
found out that this chip is supported by the tulip.o driver .... I modprobed
with it, and it found a card ... I recompiled the kernel, and inserted
support for the tulip.o driver ..... And it finds a card on bootup,
modprobes it, and up's it and everything ... when I run ifconfig, I have an
eth0 with the ip 192.168.1.10 ... And no errors what sp ever when it boots
up the card, it even identifies the chip as AX88140 ..... But whenever I try
to ping another ip on my network, and on the same subnet, like 192.168.1.20,
I get a 100 % packet loss, and no replies. I works fine to ping my ip
internal though, like if I ping 192.168.1.10, I get full reply ..... And
then there is another strange thing .... When I ping another on my net, the
lamp on the hub that is lid for my nic blinks, so obviesly there is
something going on on the network ...... I know the card is ok, since it
works fine in windows ... Does anybody have an idea ??
/Snowi3
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From: Ashley W Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian /etc issues
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 21:00:57 -0400
In a feat of unmitigated stupidity, I overwrote my debian /etc directory
with a NetBSD /etc directory. As a result, my machine is most unusually
configured. It boots and networks (almost) properly, but it's very very
wrong.
Would someone please send me a listing of the contents of the debian /etc
directory? That would be very much appreciated. It would be even more
helpful if I could find a pointer to those files and their contents on the
internet. I haven't been able to find anything like that on
www.debian.org.
Again, thank you very much.
-Ashley Campbell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Christopher Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: kppp setup solution!
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:35:06 +0800
Bernie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I had kppp dial-up setup proplems with kde in the Mandrake 6
> distribution (which is based on RedHat 6).
>
> The problem was that whatever I tried, the error message was:
>
> the ppp daemon died unexpectedly
>
> The current official solution to this setup problem which appears to
> be caused by the distribution is:
>
> Change the modem speed under the modem tab of the kppp setup once.
>
> After the change, (I set it up from 57,000 to 115,000) you
> can change it back to what you like.
>
> Regards,
> Bernie
What kind of modem are you using?
I had the same problem with my US Robotics voice ext. My init string
was ATZ and my modem was no longer using the hardware flow control
default setting in the modem.
I changed it to AT&F1 which loaded the hardware flow control default
setting.
That enabled compression AND error-control both of which were previously
disabled. My previous connection message was CONNECT 50666/ARQ. Using
AT&F1, it became that plus compression and error-control.
Apparently, if error-control was not enabled, the Kppp program reads
garbage from the ISP so it can't connect with your username and password
but it starts the pppd daemon anyway which will eventually die due to
ppp not being enabled on the ISP for your connection.
I don't know what your modem is but I hope this will help you to
understand whats going on and help to set up your Kppp correctly. If
your serial port chip is a UART 16550 then you can use 57,600 or 115,200
baud. Remember to is hardware flow control (not Xon/Xoff).
Christopher
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From: Farin Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing/modem problem with Red Hat 6.0
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:35:46 -0600
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Pieter Wenk wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message d'origine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>Le 11/07/1999, � 17:22:22 h, Dukhong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vous a �crit
>sur le sujet suivant Printing/modem problem with Red Hat 6.0:
>
>
>> I am new to linux. I am trying to print from my HP laser jet6i after
>> installing RH 6.0 but there is no printout. The light in the printer
>is
>> blinking. Since I installed RH 6.0 in the machine which Window98 is
>> already installed this may cause a problem while sharing the printer.
>> I used "printtool" and checked the pre-configuration. It was
>following:
>
>> Edit Local Printer Entry
>
>> Names: lp
>> Spool Directory: /var/spool/lpd/lp
>> File Limit in kb : 0
>> Printer Device: /dev/lp0
>> Input Filter : select: *auto* HP LajerPrint
>
>
>
>> I don't know what is wrong. When I test with the test command there's
>no
>> printout.
>
>
>> My second question is about Modem. Since I bought HP pavillion 6460
>> there is a HCF modem which is not compatible with Linux ( I was my
>fault
>> for didn't check it out before) I can't connect to school network.
>> Yesterday I bought another modem which says it supports linux but it
>is
>> not working either. I am wondering whether this modem is not
>compatible
>> with this machine. Is it possible to happen this? If this is the
>case
>> how can I get a new modem and make it connected to network? I am
>> worrying about a possibility that even if I bought a modem which can
>be
>> supported by linux it may not work with my other hardware. I am trying
>> to order AOpen's FM56-ITU/2. I spent almost three days to figure out
>> but it seems that I am on the verge of giving up using linux and go
>back
>> to this darn window98.
>
>> I will appreciate any advice.
>
>
>And these are exactly the problems I have.
>
>Sorry, but with regards to set up printers/modems for
>sending/receiving fax and to get a ZIP drive on the paralell port to
>work, developers should realy come along with tools, allowing even new
>bees to get rid of this absolute pain in the neck, day's
>job's......Under Win95/98 all these jobs are really done with few
>mouse clicks......
>
>Regards
>Pieter Wenk
>CH-Vevey Riviera Vaudoise Switzerland
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I can't help much with the printer problem .
As for the modem I am running a Modem Blaster flash56 (external on serial port)
and it runs fine under both Win98 and Linux.
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