Linux-Misc Digest #166, Volume #21 Sun, 25 Jul 99 23:13:10 EDT
Contents:
3 redhat 6 annoyances (Chad Cunningham)
Re: AMD processor upgrade ("Nevyn")
Re: Numbering Xterms? (Patrick M. Geahan)
USR modem. Caldera 2.2. (Jim Bo)
Re: [newbie q] Online w/ root ("m.nine.six")
ThinkPad 390 (Alex Feinnerg)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (SgtRock98)
Re: 3 redhat 6 annoyances (John Doe)
Re: sendmail and autoreply. (Bill A Bonk)
Re: Staroffice destroys!!! ("FTO")
New Project: Linux Enterprise Managment... (Tim Neu)
Re: What's the best antivirus for Linux? ("m.nine.six")
Re: Which frigging version????? ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Re: Linux friendly ISPs (SgtRock98)
who is getting this message (B'ichela)
Re: What's the best antivirus for Linux? ("m.nine.six")
Re: Scared to try again (Byron A Jeff)
Re: Numbering Xterms? (Ashley W Campbell)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Wayne Syvinski)
Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? (Jeremy Crabtree)
Re: HP false advertising!!!! ("Burns MacDonald")
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From: Chad Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3 redhat 6 annoyances
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:40:02 -0400
I recently upgraded a staff memebers computer from redhat 5.0 to redhat
6.0 and a few things have been causing problems...
1) Can't start modem
This is the biggie. suexecing /usr/sbin/pppd and then trying it gives an
error that the user does not have permission to access /dev/ttyS2.
suexecing /dev/ttyS2 gives an error that the user doesn't have
permission to use /usr/sbin/pppd. A nice circle, and I can't figure out
how to break out of it...
2) Can't shutdown w/o password
I have been unable to find a way to let a user shutdown the machine
without entering their password. I've put the user in the root group,
the wheel group, the shutdown group, and I've enabled all the privilage
options in linuxconf, all to no avail.
3) rm no longer asks for confirmation
He wants this back, so when he deletes something, it will ask "Are you
sure you want to delete file" I have no idea how to change it...
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From: "Nevyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD processor upgrade
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:07:36 +0100
already asked about the graphics card in the 'x' group...but noone seems to
care...ohhh well.....anyone who wants to email about an ati rage 16 MB an a
nice x server for i...d:o)
an about the sick snse of humour......what is wrong with installing
windows.......its a nice way to spend a month or 2.........
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From: Patrick M. Geahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Numbering Xterms?
Date: 26 Jul 1999 01:27:04 GMT
Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Is there a way to have you xterm title show a different number for each
: new xterm? Like 'xterm[1], xterm[2]'. I have the string to put the
: hostname and current directory on the title but numbering them would
: work better for me.
Well, couldn't you hold an environment variable? Call it XTERM_Number or
something, put the number one or zero in it to start, then exec each xterm
from a shell script that increments the variable by one. Use said
environment variable in the title.
--
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USENET Quote of the Week: "I'm still pondering whether i should
pre-emptively register 'I can't believe it's not Jesus' as a name for a
low-calorie communion wafer" - Tanuki on alt.sysadmin.recovery
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From: Jim Bo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config
Subject: USR modem. Caldera 2.2.
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:31:15 GMT
My modem works well in Windoze98 on COM2,IRQ3,0x2F8.
Whats the trick to getting this thing working in Caldera Open Linux 2.2
I can open kppp but when I try to query my modem (using all the ttyS
entries{0-3) all I get are two different messages. One says "cannot open
the modem" and the other says " the modem is busy". I get the "...busy"
message on ttyS1 which I figure is where it should work.
When the kernal is booting I can see all four serial ports are loading
using default values for IRQ and I/O, etc.
I have run <ln -s ttyS1 /dev/modem> but no difference. I tried setting up
the rest of kppp with my names server ips, ISP phone number and all but
still no go.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA
Jim
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From: "m.nine.six" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [newbie q] Online w/ root
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:40:21 +0200
i'm posting u a message that i saw in this newsgroup i think that is the
best answer for your question.
Don't run anything as root. create a user and USE IT!
The worst that can happen is that you loose your local stuff but your
system
will still work. That's why you do backups though.
Running full time as root is the first and biggest newbie mistake.
coffee wrote:
>
> faysal wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Does anyone know why it is recommended not to connect to the net using root?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > F
>
> Because it gives hackers a way to walk into your system. ITs a big time
> security risk.
>
> --
> coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
> Kokomo, Indiana, USA
--
have a nice day,
alias m.nine.six....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Feinnerg)
Subject: ThinkPad 390
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 99 01:49:33 GMT
Hello,
I am planning to get myself a laptop. Many people recomended the Think
Pad 390. Has anyone had any experience using this model in Linux? Do
all the systems work (audio? video? cdrom?)? I'd like to get in contact
with a Think Pad 390 user who has sucessfully used this model in Linux.
Please follow up on this post or contact be through my private e-mail
address.
Thanks.
--
Alex Feinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://strlen.net
All spammers will be dealt with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SgtRock98)
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:42:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmmm... I'm currently in win98 and out of curiosity checked the
details on my connection to earthlink.net. It shows CHAP, but when I
set up SlackWare using pppsetup I used a simple script and it worked
just fine. Guess CHAP's not really an issue. (There was also an option
to set it up as CHAP)
On 22 Jul 1999 06:57:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
wrote:
>
>Jeffrey D. Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Since you're carrying on and on about "the REAL world"... step out into it
>>a bit. Call the following ISPs, and in the majority of their implementations
>>(including almost the ENTIRE west coast of the US) they use MS-CHAP -
>>rephrase, they REQUIRE it:
<<Snip>>
We are all the sum of our tears.
Too little, and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there.
Too much, the best of us is washed away.
-- G'Kar -- Babylon 5
visit http://home.earthlink.net/~aathom/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: 3 redhat 6 annoyances
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 25 Jul 1999 20:58:44 -0500
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:40:02 -0400, Chad Cunningham :
>I recently upgraded a staff memebers computer from redhat 5.0 to redhat
>6.0 and a few things have been causing problems...
>
>1) Can't start modem
>
>This is the biggie. suexecing /usr/sbin/pppd and then trying it gives an
>error that the user does not have permission to access /dev/ttyS2.
>suexecing /dev/ttyS2 gives an error that the user doesn't have
>permission to use /usr/sbin/pppd. A nice circle, and I can't figure out
>how to break out of it...
change permission on pppd and ttyS2
>
>2) Can't shutdown w/o password
>
>I have been unable to find a way to let a user shutdown the machine
>without entering their password. I've put the user in the root group,
>the wheel group, the shutdown group, and I've enabled all the privilage
>options in linuxconf, all to no avail.
Why don't you give everyone root password? That's an easy solution.
>3) rm no longer asks for confirmation
>
Type the following at the prompt
man rm
>He wants this back, so when he deletes something, it will ask "Are you
>sure you want to delete file" I have no idea how to change it...
>
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From: Bill A Bonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: sendmail and autoreply.
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:54:22 GMT
I think that there is a "vacation" program that you can use. I think
procmail can do the same thing. You should post in the
comp.mail.sendmail, try to avoid cross posting....
Leonid Fedotov wrote:
> Hi all,
> Could anybody point me the right direction?
>
> I need setup autoreply for some of our users.
> Something like old "vacation"
> How can I do this with current version?
> Redhat 5.2
>
> Thanks,
> Leonid
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From: "FTO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Staroffice destroys!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:09:09 +0400
I got a message saying that it would not continue installation because
certain libraries were missing and a library loader (don't know what it is)
Thanks
Vito DeFilippo wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I installed StarOffice on my RedHat 6.0 system without doing the forced
>install of the libraries and it works just fine. Try installing it without
the
>libraries. RedHat 6.0 has versions updated enough already, apparantly.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Neu)
Subject: New Project: Linux Enterprise Managment...
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:40:11 GMT
I'm looking at starting a project to build an enterprise managment solution
based on open source technologies...
See http://www.visi.com/~tneu/LEM.html
Any volunteers would be appreciated...
Also, suggestions for a new name would be good..
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From: "m.nine.six" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's the best antivirus for Linux?
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:46:05 +0200
a few minutes ago i found a page for u:
http://www.indy.net/~coffee/virus.html
Glenn Valenta wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello world!!!
> > I'm tryng to find a good antivirus for Linux. Can you suggest me the
> > one you think to be the best?
> > Thank you!!!!
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
> Don't run anything as root. create a user and USE IT!
>
> The worst that can happen is that you loose your local stuff but your system
> will still work. That's why you do backups though.
>
> Running full time as root is the first and biggest newbie mistake.
>
> --
> Glenn Valenta Engineering @ http://www.coloradostudios.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ouray.cudenver.edu/~gavalent/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal mail
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work mail
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have a nice day,
alias m.nine.six....
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which frigging version?????
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:07:33 GMT
Zach wrote:. If someone can steer me in
> the right direction here, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
Try CPUREVIEW (I believe the URL is www.cpureview.com). They had a running
series of reviews of the major distributions. I know they've reviewed RH 6,
SuSE 6.1 and Caldera OL 2.2.
Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SgtRock98)
Subject: Re: Linux friendly ISPs
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:42:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:45:09 -0500, Dhiraj Kacker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I was looking for comments on Linux friendly ISPs, i.e.
>ISPs that offer support and help with Linux setup OR
>"standard" ppp scripts without much tweaking can be used
>to connect. In particular, I'd like to know how good the
>following ISPs are :
>
>1. Earthlink
>2. Att World Net
>3. Compuserve
>
>(these are the ones that have local access numbers in my area).
>
>I presently use Prodigy, but their connection speeds are very slow.
>Comments about other ISPs are also welcome.
>
>(BTW, I was shocked to learn that MSN does not have a 800 number
> tech support. On second thoughts, I should have expected a
> 900 number !!!).
>
>Thanks in advance for your time.
>
>-dhiraj
I use EarthLink with SlackWare as well as WinDoze.. You can get
the dns numbers etc from their tech support and use that info for the
pppsetup script in slak, or with other distros I'd recommend searching
for EzPPP..
It's an X windows program and is really easy to use. Be sure to
read the docs though. You'll need to set a few permissions etc. Don't
remember the address offhand but there's a link on my home page.
http://home.earthlink.net/~aathom/
We are all the sum of our tears.
Too little, and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there.
Too much, the best of us is washed away.
-- G'Kar -- Babylon 5
visit http://home.earthlink.net/~aathom/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: who is getting this message
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:24:07 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been trying to send messages with Leafnode. but no one
seems to be replying to them. I am on a Domain name Service called
dhis.org. my news-server is on my ISP (actually they are outsourcing
it) my isp is ctol.net. I just set the hostname = ctol.net in my
/etc/leafnode/config I am running a beta of it called leafnode 1.10b2
which has been working here. I also need some one to reply to this so
I can see if my email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is working
also as my uplink had a crash about a week ago and I am not totally
sure all is quite right yet. emails from my [EMAIL PROTECTED] arive
here. and mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] do show up when getpop3 goes to
get them from ctol.net
I also have been awaiting a response to my questions in
alt.linux.slackware reguaring bash 2.03 which also have not even seen
a reply.
btw, if you are interested in dhis.org their website is
http://www.dhis.org The website for my isp is http://www.ctol.net One
of the few remaining ISP's that have shell accounts.
--
A pearl of wisdom from the y2K newsgroups:
=========================================================================
Y2K appears to be the Baby Boomers mid-life crisis, and it has the
potential to be a dandy.
-- Anonymnous --
==========================================================================
B'ichela
N O T E
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From: "m.nine.six" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's the best antivirus for Linux?
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:37:26 +0200
but a good advice is also usefull for a newbie. and using the box as
root is one of the most mistakes that the user makes.
ghordy wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 05:50:14 GMT, Glenn Valenta
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello world!!!
> >> I'm tryng to find a good antivirus for Linux. Can you suggest me the
> >> one you think to be the best?
> >> Thank you!!!!
> >>
> >> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
> >
> >Don't run anything as root. create a user and USE IT!
> >
> >The worst that can happen is that you loose your local stuff but your system
> >will still work. That's why you do backups though.
> >
> >Running full time as root is the first and biggest newbie mistake.
>
> Uh, I think the person was asking about good 'antivirus', not good
> advice. Check out this link:
> http://jefnet.linuxberg.com/conhtml/sys_scanners.html
>
> --
> ghordy
--
have a nice day,
alias m.nine.six....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: Scared to try again
Date: 25 Jul 1999 22:38:33 -0400
In article <7nfq1h$npm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-About 2 years ago I spent about 200 hours getting RH 4.0 to run on one of my
-computers. It was a fiasco. Now I'm thinking about trying it again. I've
-noticed that the NG's don't have the same kinds of problems I saw back then,
-so I'm hoping it can be installed easier.
-
-Anyone ever installed it on an Amptron PM-9100 motherboard? This has
-integrated video and sound. Other than that I don't have anything unusual.
Unfortunately you may problems with both the video (SiS 5587) and sound
(CMI 8330). You can get the both to work, but it won't be out the box.
It you really want no worries, then you should disable the integrated stuff
and buy some hardware that works out the box. I've had good luck with the
ATI Xpert98 that I just bought and I've used ProAudio Spectrums forever
though a SoundBlaster 16 should work with no problems.
-
-What are my chances of a clean install without any manual tinkering?
With your current setup, not very likely. It can be done, but it's going to
take a bit of work to do.
BAJ
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From: Ashley W Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Numbering Xterms?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:05:37 -0400
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Warren Bell wrote:
> Is there a way to have you xterm title show a different number for each
> new xterm? Like 'xterm[1], xterm[2]'. I have the string to put the
> hostname and current directory on the title but numbering them would
> work better for me.
You could write a quick-and-dirty shell script to `ps a | grep xterm |
wc -l` to get the number of xterms running, add one to it, and set the
title of the launced xterm to that. That is, of course, assuming that you
aren't sharing the machine with people running remote xterms. In that
case, you'd have to do a `ps au | grep yourrloginname etc...`.
-Ashley Campbell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I know KDE does this with it's terms, I just don't know the variable or
> whatever it is.
>
> Thanks,
> Warren Bell
>
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From: Wayne Syvinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:03:38 -0500
Brad Grimes wrote:
>
> If so, I'm writing a magazine article about operating systems and I'd like
> to hear from you. Drop me a line at:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks.
Actually, I haven't switched to Linux, but I *have* gone to a dual-boot
system (Win98 and Caldera 2.2). This is my first real encounter into
Linux. I am using it as a second desktop OS, but I am currently having
problems with it (#1: it won't recognize my HSP MicroModem 56K that
came with my new emachines PC; #2: I can't seem to find a driver for my
Canon BJC-4400 so I can print -- BTW, if anyone can help me with this,
please e-mail me!). If and when I can overcome these two problems,
Linux will very likely become my primary OS (I have to use Win98 at work
- I'm an IS Manager), and when Linux supports USB (if it does now, I'm
not aware of it), I will likely use Win98 very little.
Wayne M. Syvinski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux?
Date: 26 Jul 1999 02:25:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wayne Syvinski allegedly wrote:
[SNIP]
>Actually, I haven't switched to Linux, but I *have* gone to a dual-boot
>system (Win98 and Caldera 2.2). This is my first real encounter into
>Linux. I am using it as a second desktop OS, but I am currently having
>problems with it
>#1: it won't recognize my HSP MicroModem 56K that came with my new emachines
> PC;
In short, wasted money...that isn't a real modem, it's a phone-jack on a board,
all the real work is done by a Windows-only driver.
>#2: I can't seem to find a driver for my
>Canon BJC-4400 so I can print
Try checking the printer compatiblity list here:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
> -- BTW, if anyone can help me with this,
>please e-mail me!).
Ask here, read here.
> If and when I can overcome these two problems,
>Linux will very likely become my primary OS
The HSP (Host signal Processing) modem is a lost cause, but the printer may
be doable.
> (I have to use Win98 at work
>- I'm an IS Manager),
Poor you.
> and when Linux supports USB (if it does now, I'm
>not aware of it), I will likely use Win98 very little.
It supports USB, but not very well...it's getting better.
--
"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: "Burns MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: HP false advertising!!!!
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:25:25 GMT
David J. Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Indeed, but that doesn't make it right. They sold and charged me
for a 400mhz
> machine. I spent hours on the phone with their tech. support in
order to
> prevent something like this from happening. There were also several
HP press
> releases concerning the new 400mhz chip.
If you really feel that strongly about it, put your money where your
mouth is and sue them in small claims court. If nothing else, it will
get their attention. If they contest your suit, it will probably cost
them more than they made on your laptop in legal fees. If they don't -
you win.
In the meantime, try a more reasoned adult-like approach and don't
burden us with your juvenile hysterics. Besides, this is off-topic for
the comp.sys.intel newsgroup. Try not to x-post again.
>
> Lies are bad ... just like poorly written operating systems.
>
And jerks are just jerks, regardless of the operating system they use.
--
Burns
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