Linux-Misc Digest #238, Volume #21 Sat, 31 Jul 99 22:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: CIA assassinations (Phillip Lord)
Re: ONLY ADULTS 65986 (Snidley Whiplash)
Re: kppp setup solution! (Jim Quinones)
Re: CIA assassinations (Horst von Brand)
Shells ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IP:Always Defragment (required fro masquerading) (mrmanny)
Re: dselect/dpkg corrupting /var/lib/dp6kg/* (Justin B Willoughby)
??:Anyone Know Of A Cross Platform/OS Audio Chat/Talk Client/Server?? (Douglas E.
Mitton)
Re: CD-ROM not playing audio CDs (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Problem with dial-up networking on Linux ("Morris Maynard")
Re: CD-ROM not playing audio CDs (Matt Garman)
Re: sound card problem: device or resource busy msg ("gm")
Re: copying files over a network (Robert Heller)
Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0? (Bob Martin)
Re: CIA assassinations (Michel Catudal)
Re: Did SUSE 6.1 egcs lose C++??? (Michel Catudal)
Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: realaudio player w/source code (Michel Catudal)
Re: NFS problems (L J Bayuk)
Re: Unix2dos (Bob Martin)
Re: LOST ROOT PASSWORD (Leonard Evens)
Re: Linux reference OR bOOK (Jim McIntyre)
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From: Phillip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 01 Aug 1999 00:47:11 +0100
>>>>> "ATZ" == A T Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ATZ> Brace for impact. I think Richard K. is going to flame you for
ATZ> this. Building ships is a very professional job. I hope you
ATZ> didn't want to say it is not.
Well no its not.
Its a job which does require a highly skilled labour force,
but this is probably different from the way that professional is
normally defined. In my country we had several major centres of
shipbuilding, which dominated several areas of the country. They have
all gone now. Partly because ships require large amounts of steel, and
energy, and much of the coal, and iron ore in this country has gone,
but mostly because our govt decided that the free market was a good
way to go, when many of the other countries building ships were very
protectionist. The result? It was easier to build ships elsewhere, and
cheaper to sack workers in the UK because of the lack of social
legislation. This is still happening now. We are loosing the skilled
jobs and instead gaining crisp packet factories. This is the result of
a having a free market govt.
Of course the industrial areas of britian are all in the north
or even worse Northern ireland, wheras the areas with silly salaries
are in all the south. In otherwords the tax cuts all went to the
south, whilst large sections of the north were decimated. Of course
the govt at that time didnt give a time because no one in the north
voted for them anyway. The current govt has also gone for the centre
right ground because people to the left have no one else to vote for
so dont matter anyway. And still we have large scale deprevation. Our
child mortality rates are rising, and TB is on the increase. If you
know anything at all public health concerns you will know that both of
these conditions are diseases of poverty, and nothing else.
The decline of shipbuilding (like so many other industries)
has left a sad trail across my country. And the skills that were in
those industries have been lost, and in many cases the communities
that went with them. We've instead turned into a mobile work force,
being flexible. Only problem is now that there are all the jobs have
moved into the south of the country, where the houses are too
expensive to buy or even rent (I have a reasonable job with a salary a
little above the average, so quite a lot above the average for my age,
and over half of my pay check, before other bills, or food goes out on
rent, for which I get a shoebox in a inner city ghetto). Wheras in the
north of the country you can buy a house for 1 pound (about the cost
of two loaves of bread) but cant get a job.
Hmm. Sorry I didnt mean to wax lyrical. I get distressed and
demoralised at times by the insanity of it all. I should warn you that
if this goes on my longer I shall pick up my guitar and start to sing
folk songs badly.
Phil
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From: Snidley Whiplash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.lynx
Subject: Re: ONLY ADULTS 65986
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:04:43 GMT
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From: Jim Quinones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: kppp setup solution!
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:54:25 GMT
Thanks Guys,
All is well, I disabled my default gateway on ethernet and change from CHAP
to PAP.
Harri Porten wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Jim Quinones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> >
> > I have tried both of your suggestions. I am still unable to connect
> > using
>
> The posted solution was meant to solve timeout errors. Your problem is a
> different one.
>
> > Caldera 3.0 with KPPP. I have tried a couple of modems and I'm still
> > getting the "the ppp daemon died unexpectedly". The log says that
> > the CHAP authentication failed. I know that I am putting in the
> > correct ID and Password (I'm the Remote access administrator) .
> > Do you have any other suggestions?
>
> Read the CHAP documentation that comes with pppd. Especially Microsofts
> CHAP version might require special attention.
>
> Harri.
>
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From: Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 19 Jul 1999 11:55:05 -0400
Phillip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>>> "Stefaan" == Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stefaan> BTW, christianity also had/has enourmous appeal for
> Stefaan> millions of oppressed people. Does that mean it's also
> Stefaan> doing something right?
> Definately. To (approximately) quote Marx "religion is the
> hope of the hopeless, the heart in a heartless world, the opium of the
> masses". Sadly even an impulse like this can be corrupted, and in many
> cases the large organised religions have turned into their own forms
> of oppressive machinary. The catholic chuch for most of this millenium
> is the best example.
And Marxism turned into a religion of sorts too...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shells
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:55:01 GMT
Hi,
I know there are many different shells available for linux. What are
the most popular shells and what are the +'s and -'s for each shell.
Currently using bash. I would like to hear all of your opinions, so I
hope to hear many threads. TIA.
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From: mrmanny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP:Always Defragment (required fro masquerading)
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:45:58 GMT
When I was configuring my 2.2.10 kernel I came upon this option.
I sometimes use my machine as a ip masquerade proxy for my cable modem
and
sometimes use it as a normal host. While it says this is required for ip
masq
The help also says Never say Y for a normal host.
Do I need to say yes or no? I selected no but have not tried the masq
feature yet since
the kernel re-compile.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: dselect/dpkg corrupting /var/lib/dp6kg/*
Date: 31 Jul 1999 23:35:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Otavio Exel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Otavio Exel writes:
>
>> > ...90% of the errors were "J"s instead of "\n"s and "`" instead of "
>> > "s; anyone seen something like this? I'm now telnet'ing from home so
>> > I can't go into maintenance mode to do some e2fsck'ing but I don't
>> > think it has to do with disk errors: the pattern s/\n/J/ and s/ /`/
>> > leads me to think that probably dpkg and/or dselect are the ones to
>> > blame..
>
>> "\n" = 0000 1010, "J" = 0100 1010
>> " " = 0010 0000, "`" = 0110 0000
>> Do you see the pattern?
>
> sure! there was also a ":" changed to "z"; I wont waste my time but I'm
> sure it is the same bit..
>
>> IMHO you have a disk problem.
>
> I'm phisically near the box now; indeed the screen was full of ext2
> error messages; so I did 'e2fsck -fc /dev/hda*' and answered Y to a lot
> of messages; now I'm getting some segfaults :-(
This might not be the problem but you really should not run fsck on a live
filesystem. If possible boot off a floppy and check it.
> some of the errors were in /usr but none in /; so I gather the
> filesystem is ok now but some of my files in /usr are corrupted
> (needless to say I don't have backups);
>
> followups to: linux.debian.user
>
> is there a way to re-install all the packages without reinstalling the
> system itself?
I don't see why not, i don't use Debian, I use SlackWare :-\\
I would still try to run fsck this disk when its not in use.
- Justin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: ??:Anyone Know Of A Cross Platform/OS Audio Chat/Talk Client/Server??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:51:12 GMT
Hi All;
Thats a terrible looking subject line but I hope it gets my request
across.
I have looked several times in the past and I still can't seem to find
such a beast. Any one else have any success?
What I am looking for is a "program" that can be run on
Win3.1,95,98,NT, Mac, Linux, etc. that will allow an audio "chat" or
"talk" session to be initiated between internet connected computers.
I would prefer one which doesn't require a centralized service but
that can be initiated by any party ... much like the current UNIX
"talk" service.
I guess the key points are audio chat and cross platform.
Any one have any luck or experience? Thanks in advance.
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'City of the Thousand Islands'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM not playing audio CDs
Date: 1 Aug 1999 00:00:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Matt Garman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> On 31 Jul 1999 22:50:23 GMT, Justin B Willoughby
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Matt Garman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
>> > The CD-ROM in my computer recently refuses to play audio CDs through
>> > the soundcard. This CD-ROM reads data CDs correctly, i.e. it is
>> > completely fine with regards to data CDs. When I try to play an audio
>> > CD, though, it doesn't come through the soundcard. I can plug
>> > headphones into the CD-ROM itself and hear the audio CD being played.
>> > I have a cable that I bought a while back that connects the CD-ROM to
>> > the soundcard. Playing audio CDs through the CD-ROM used to work
>> > fine, but now just doesn't. It doesn't work under Windows, either, so
>> > I'm pretty sure it's not a software problem.
>> >
>>
>> Can you play other audio files through your sound card, like wav files for
>> example.
>> ...
>> It would help to know if you can play any sounds through your sound card.
>
> Sorry, forgot to include, that yes, my soundcard is otherwise
> functional and working. There are no problems playing wavs, mp3s,
> even doing full duplex operations with SLab.
>
You have not been replacing any hardware in the case where you might have
pulled the cable out that connects the cd-rom to the sound card have you?
There is a separate volume control for cd-rom input that is configurable.
I don't think I have ever seen it get stuck on off before but if you
happen to have windows running you might want to double click on the
little volume control in your task bar and see what the cd-rom volume
control is set to. Or under Linux use some type of audio mixer app to
check this, I don't remember which one I use as I am not at my Linux box
right now.
- Justin
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From: "Morris Maynard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with dial-up networking on Linux
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:47:47 -0400
I just got this working, and my ISP uses the same 3Com device. I don't
remember the exact config files (and I'm at work where I'm safe from Linux)
but I believe they are these in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/:
pap-secrets
chat-ppp0
ifcfg-ppp0
If you use netcfg from within X-windows, go to the Communications tab and
make sure there are NO Send or Expect strings. Then go to the PAP or CHAP or
CHAT tab (memory again) and enter your username and password there. For
PAP/CHAP authentication to work, the transaction goes on in binary, not as a
text exchange.
Mike Arias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7mu65s$lb6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have gone through all the HOW-TO's and I am still not able to establish
> a ppp connect with my ISP. Here's what the log file looks like:
>
> Serial connection established.
> Using interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500> <magic 0xdabccd7b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
> last message repeated 9 times
> LCP: timout sending Config-Requests
> Connection terminated.
> Exit.
>
> I've tried using +pap, +chap, ogin:. Nothing seems to work. I know for a
> fact that they (my ISP) have the 3Com Total Control boxes. I am able
> toconnect from within Win95, and NT.
>
> If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM not playing audio CDs
Date: 31 Jul 1999 23:41:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 Jul 1999 22:50:23 GMT, Justin B Willoughby
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Matt Garman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> > The CD-ROM in my computer recently refuses to play audio CDs through
> > the soundcard. This CD-ROM reads data CDs correctly, i.e. it is
> > completely fine with regards to data CDs. When I try to play an audio
> > CD, though, it doesn't come through the soundcard. I can plug
> > headphones into the CD-ROM itself and hear the audio CD being played.
> > I have a cable that I bought a while back that connects the CD-ROM to
> > the soundcard. Playing audio CDs through the CD-ROM used to work
> > fine, but now just doesn't. It doesn't work under Windows, either, so
> > I'm pretty sure it's not a software problem.
> >
>
> Can you play other audio files through your sound card, like wav files for
> example.
> ...
> It would help to know if you can play any sounds through your sound card.
Sorry, forgot to include, that yes, my soundcard is otherwise
functional and working. There are no problems playing wavs, mp3s,
even doing full duplex operations with SLab.
Thanks again!
MG
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Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning."
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: sound card problem: device or resource busy msg
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:45:48 GMT
<newsgroups trimmed> please post in the one newsgroup
that is best for the answer sought.
The A3D cards are not yet supported in linux, at least
as far as open source is concerned. The manufacturer
requires NDA agreements, and this is not compatible with
open source, so the manufacturer has not released the
specifications that would allow a driver to be written more
easily. More info on this is at www.alsa-project.org
http://www.opensound.com/osshw.html has some development
at the beta release stage for some A3D cards, but this
may be a commercial venture.
The short solution for sound in linux is to use a supported
sound card.
regards,
gm
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: copying files over a network
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:51:09 GMT
Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on 31 Jul 1999 11:37:57 -0400, wrote :
BK> Easy newbie question...
BK>
BK> I'd like to copy (recursively) files and directories from my laptop to my desktop
for backup purposes. It seems there should be an easier way to do it than to fire up
ftp, login to the desktop, and do a put.
Yes, several:
NFS (read the NFS-HOWTO)
rsh (ssh) + tar or rsync -- rsh & tar should already be there.
See http://rsync.samba.org/ for Rsync info. rsync is
real useful to 'sync' directory trees -- only needed files are copied.
Rsync can use rsh, ssh, or nfs or its own server protocol.
If one box is MS-Windows (or MacOS) only, consider Samba
(netatalk) on the Linux box.
BK>
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0?
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 01:17:52 +0000
Steven wrote:
>
> I was planning on downloading the latest version of Netscape Communicator
> for Red Hat Linux 6.0. The only Linux platforms listed are:
>
> Linux 2.0 (glibc) and Linux 2.0.
>
> Which platform do I download?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Steven
Get the glibc version that is the default libs for RH 6.0, however it
supports the older libs, libc5, as well so either one should work. some
may not have both sets of libaries installed, especially if you build
your own system.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:23:11 -0500
Anthony Ord wrote:
>
> On 27 Jul 1999 20:07:14 -0500, Michel Catudal
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >"A.T.Z." wrote:
> >>
> >> Within a year of 40/50 the US will be under EU supervision (like it was
> >> before), because EU market and the Euro is much bigger and stronger then
> >> the US market and the US $.
> >
> >A bit dreamer are you?
> >Nothing better than real money, the US dollar.
>
> Try the Japanese Yen. Hint: who finances your budget
> deficit?
>
The Asian economy has been going down the toilet lately while our
economy is strong.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Did SUSE 6.1 egcs lose C++???
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:32:01 -0500
Michael Hasenstein wrote:
>
> Michel Catudal wrote:
>
> First, would you please be so kind and NOT quote lots of lines of the
> previous posting(s) if you don�t really need to (because you�re reply is
> about them)???
>
It would not be appropriate for a lot of people because, answering
to a ghost post is stupid. Most of us only get a small portion
of the posts so answering to an empty letter is meaningless.
> > G++ is not ANSI compliant but that is not the reason that I say
> > it's buggy and personnally I would never install it on my system.
>
> /usr/bin/g++ in SuSE package �gpp� IS the egcs c++ compiler and not old
> gcc 2.7.2.3.
>
Agreed! but this is not what was discussed.
> > I ported a large library of my Visual Age for C++ to Linux because
> > my program needed the string classes that I used under OS/2.
> > What I found out was that g++ not only create crappy programs
>
> It is more complicated than that - their is no egcs vs. gcc, egcs IS gcc
> now (i.e. RSN)!
>
Now! but if you would have followed the thread you would have noticed
that people don't seem to know that egcs is replacing GCC.
Whenever people talk about GCC they are not talking about egcs as
they want to install the old buggy GCC on their system.
Soon we will have to get used to call egcs GCC but the old GCC is
still around.
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator - what platform for Red Hat 6.0?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:31:25 -0700
On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, R.K.Aa wrote:
> Steven wrote:
[...]
> > Linux 2.0 (glibc) and Linux 2.0.
> > Which platform do I download?
>
> Looks like an odd "alternative"..some typo. But if v. 4.61 is still the
> latest, why not install the rpm's? If you want to compile from source,
> src files are also available as rpm.
why odd or typo - it's simply glibc vs. libc5
didn't know that netscape 4 was available as
source - could you provide an URL
Gerald
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: realaudio player w/source code
Date: 31 Jul 1999 20:40:06 -0500
Gergo Barany wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:31:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Anyone know of a RealAudio player for Linux (or any other OS, if it
> >comes to that) that includes the source code?
>
> There is none. The Real format is proprietary and, according to rumors,
> new versions of the software will not be available to users of
> non-mainstream operating systems. Do not use that format and tell anyone
> who uses it that they should use one of the free and technically
> superior formats. There's nothing that RealAudio/Video can do that's not
> possible with other file formats.
>
> Gergo
>
It would be interesting to know who is the moron that started the
rumor. I have G2 on my system and it works. Get a life!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: NFS problems
Date: 1 Aug 1999 01:13:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I'm trying to share a cdrom between two RH5.2 boxes using NFS. I've set
>everything up right according to the NFS HOWTO, but when I try to mount
>the cdrom on the machine I'm sharing it with I get the message 'mount:
>RPC: program not registered'. I've exported the shares on the machine
>with the CD-ROM, so that's not it. There appears to be nothing wrong on
>the box with the cd-rom, so I think it is a problem with the other box.
>Anyone out there who knows what's going on?
"program not registered" probably means either mountd or nfsd isn't
running on the server-side. From the client, try: rpcinfo -p
and see if it shows nfs and mountd.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unix2dos
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 01:20:51 +0000
Scott Galloway wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there know of an easy way to convert
> linux text files to dos text files?...that is, replace the newlines
> with ctrl-M followed by newlines (I think that is the correct format).
> I've tried tr but that doesn't seem to work for unix2dos...it works
> fine for dos2unix. Much thanks in advance,
>
> Scott
You can use the mtools utility, copy the text file to a dos floppy and
the translation is automatic.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LOST ROOT PASSWORD
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:48:32 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I use RH.
> I tried the procedure in the LDP installation and getting started
> guide for a lost password as an exercise.
> i booted using the boot/rescue disk combination and mounted the /
> using mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt
> this enabled me to edit the /etc/passwd file using vi.
> the instructions said setting the password field to blank for root
> would result in a blank password.
> guess what - it didnt.
> now i am locked out of my system.
> i can easily trash it but i would like to know how to recover if it
> happened in the real world.
> A sedentary life, as I have already said elsewhere, is the real sin against the Holy
>Ghost.
> -Nietzsche
As several people have suggested, you may be using a shadow
passwords so the passwords are in /etc/shadow, in which case
you have to remove the password entry from it. But that file is
read-only and you have to change its permissions in order to
write to it. You can tell if you are using shadow passwords if
/etc/passwd has an 'x' in each password field.
In using the method you described, you have to be extremely
careful. Certainly before beginning you should make
copies of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, so if worse comes to
worst you can copy them back. You should still be able to fix things by
being very careful about your editing the passwd or shadow
file.
However, there is a good chance you can avoid all that
trouble and instead just boot as single user by doing
linux single
at the lilo prompt. On most systems, one has to make a special
effort to have the system prompt you for a password when booting
single user. If you can boot single user without a password,
then without having to fiddle with rescue disks,
you should be able to repair the password file and/or shadow file.
If you don't have a shadow file, you probably put some garbage
in passwd. If you do have a shadow file, you should put the
'x' back in root's password field, which you probably deleted.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux reference OR bOOK
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 02:12:47 +0000
Joe Murphy wrote:
> Can any one recommend a book or reference on Linux. Thanks in Advance.
>
> Joe
Hi Joe
Your best bet for a Linux reference book is the administration book from
O'Reilly. I'm using the "Using Linux" book from Que, and it's just too basic.
Even a newbie outgrows this book pretty quickly. I've never heard any
complaints about the O'Reilly series.
Regards
Jim McIntyre
Webmaster Program
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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