Linux-Misc Digest #392, Volume #21 Fri, 13 Aug 99 23:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: What kind of equipment should I get? (Hamish Moffatt)
Re: Help how can i quit emacs? (Gergo Barany)
Update a file, Ld.so (Robert J. Bencale)
Re: Linux as a file server ("William B. Cattell")
Q: inode and file limits ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pppd connection & modem modules query (Bamburger)
Re: linx vs hurd (Christopher Browne)
Re: brain teaser (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: kernel-2.2.11 (Julius Longauer)
Which soundcard is best for Linux? (Sean)
Re: Linux as a file server (Carl Fink)
Re: Internet connecting - DHCP instead of DNS (brian moore)
Re: guaranteed annual income ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What I think of linux. (brian moore)
"locate" doesn't work ("Russell S. DiPesa")
Re: Parition vs Logical Parition ("Duy D.")
Re: Ready to TRASH SuSE 6.1 (Ray)
Invalid PID file ("Robert S. Nasby")
sndconfig equivalent for openlinux? ("Duy D.")
Re: Netscape glitch (Leonard Evens)
Re: Quicken replacement (Leonard Evens)
Re: rename root account? (Dave Brown)
minimum linux for playing sound (Andre)
Re: Can't add partition to drive (Craig)
Re: pppd connection & modem modules query (Abdullah Ramazanoglu)
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From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.ham-radio,alt.ham-radio.packet,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What kind of equipment should I get?
Date: 14 Aug 1999 01:07:11 GMT
In alt.ham-radio.packet jemmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sure you could get going for tww hundred dollars. You'll need a
> tnc (terminal node controller and a 2-meter tranceiver( $50 and $100).
> The book goes into greater detail.
Linux has an excellent driver for using your sound card as the packet modem.
All TNC functions are done by the computer. Then you just need to make
up some cables and a small interface circuit to connect to the
transceiver.
Hamish
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Subject: Re: Help how can i quit emacs?
Date: 14 Aug 1999 00:35:00 GMT
Villa Monte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>can you say me how i can quit emacs (also save).
C-x C-s (read: Contol-x Control-s) saves the current buffer (or all
buffers? I don't know).
C-x C-c quits Emacs. This should also prompt you for all unsaved
buffers. By the way, Emacs comes with a nice tutorial, you should read
it (C-h t).
Gergo
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From: Robert J. Bencale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config
Subject: Update a file, Ld.so
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:30:46 GMT
ok. I am really new to Linux. I just installed Macmillan Mandrake Linux
6.0. I have a Riva TNT2 Ultra video card. When I get into X, the screen
is HUGE and I can't see whats on the bottom of windows when I open them.
When I ran the xconfigurator, TNT2 wasn't there. Someone told me to
upgrade to the ne xfree86. So I had no idea how to get those files from
the internet, so I burned them to a cd first. Ok, when I run the
preinst.sh for xfree86, it says I need a newer version of ld.so. So I go
on IRC and ask how to do this, I got no response for four days. So I
download ld.so and put it on a cd. I just copied it from the cd to the
usr/bin or usr/lib directory (cant remeber which). Then it asks me if I
want to overwrite it, so I say yes. I thought "hey that was easy". But
whe I rerun preinst.sh it still says I have the older version. Now I'm
stuck. I have had Linux for 5 days and I haven't even seen what X looks
like in a normal resolution. Can someone help me?? Sorry this was so
long.
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux as a file server
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:36:42 GMT
Steve Grant wrote:
>
> I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
> file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
> Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
> the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
> simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
> If you know of any freely available, I would like to get the URL so I
> could give them a try at home.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
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Right off the bat I'd say you'd be spinning your wheels
quite a bit. NetWare is good for basic file and print
sharing. Linux can do it but you'd have a ton of stuff to
do to get there. IMHO a switch like that would have a bad
ROI. If you needed to put a web server online, a database
server, etc. then Linux would definately give you a good
ROI. FWIW.
Bill
(14 yrs w/NetWare, 5 yrs w/Linux)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: inode and file limits
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:36:41 -0800
Can anyone guide me to the practical limits in linux
(ext2) regarding inodes/files.
How many files can I expect to have on a drive?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Bamburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: pppd connection & modem modules query
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:32:06 GMT
After many attempts I have finally got both my ISP connections up &
running thru netcfg. I use this program to activate either ppp1 or ppp0,
depending on which ISP I intend to use. However I can only do this while
logged in as root. Is there any easy way to do this while not logged in
as root - I have tried "ifup ppp0" but it reports that I dont have
permission even though everything has complete rx access. Is it the ppp
daemon itself that requires change?
Also the var/log/messages file reports an inability to load numerous
compress modules:
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
Presumably these are to do with software compression (?)
I have not been able to locate any files with similar names anywhere &
it may be that this accounts for the relative slowness of the
connections.
Any assistance would be welcomed.
Thanks in anticipation
Fred Burgar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: linx vs hurd
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:24:26 GMT
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:43:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From what I understand, the microkernel architecture scales better to
>multiprocessor systems.
>
>(From what I understand, most commercial unices are already microkernel
>based, which is probably one of the reasons why AIX, Solaris, et. al.
>scale so much better than Linux does to more processors, and can
>handle many more processors than Linux could even dream of handling at
>the moment.)
What is more correct is that microkernels are *claimed* to scale
better to MP systems.
Benchmarking is somewhat less clear.
>So, I could certainly see a future where people with
>highly-SMP boxen will be running something microkernel-based like Hurd
>while people who have more modest or machines will be running something
>monolithic like Linux.
I don't think anybody has run Hurd in an SMP mode yet.
At this point, the Hurd folk are reporting that Hurd is fairly slow.
There is a desire to move away from Mach, perhaps to something newer
like Fiasco or perhaps OSKit.
Consider that significant efforts are going into improving Linux's SMP
abilities, and that in many cases, facilities like filesystems need to
be "SMP-aware" in order to run efficiently, which will "bite"
microkernelled systems like Hurd just as much as it bites Linux.
Net result: it is not yet evident that Hurd will be "clearly" superior
for doing SMP next year or in the forseeable future.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: brain teaser
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:50:30 GMT
On 12 Aug 1999 14:19:54 GMT, benjamin j snyder wrote:
>>>What is the most commonly used MS-DOS command? Hint it's still used in
>>>Windows NT and does not work at the Netware server console. Hint 2: This
>>>command is also available in Linux, the command does a different
>>>function in NT as it does in DOS or Linux and this command can be
>>>disabled in Linux.
>
>At first this is what I thought, but in linux and dos it does the same thing,
To go through the posting one point at a time, if you'll let me;
>>What is the most commonly used MS-DOS command?
I'm not sure about this one. It might be a crack at stability?
>> Hint it's still used in Windows NT
Yep.
>>and does not work at the Netware server console.
Never used the keyboard at one, so I couldn't tell you. But it does sound
familiar.
>>Hint 2: This command is also available in Linux,
Yes, it is. By default - it runs "shutdown -r now" on my SuSE system.
>>the command does a different function in NT as it does in DOS or Linux
When you boot NT, you get a message stating "Press Ctrl-Alt-Del To Logon".
>>and this command can be disabled in Linux.
Yep. You can also make it play a sound, output a message on-screen, or
anything else you fancy at the time.
Ctrl-Alt-Del appears to fit all points. Now, if a Netware admin would confirm
the one Netware point we'll know for sure.
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From: Julius Longauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel-2.2.11
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:14:18 +0200
Robin Becker wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julius Longauer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >The option determines the maximal physical memory supported by the
> >kernel.
> >You need 2G only if you have > 1GB RAM and I don't think this is the
> >case ;-)
> >
> >Julius
> so it was unset and when i looked there were onlyt two values 2 & 4 I
> think. probably makes sense to make it unset?
> --
> Robin Becker
No, there are three available options: CONFIG_1GB, CONFIG_2GB and
CONFIG_3GB. One of them _must_ be set, otherwise PAGE_OFFSET_RAW
remains undeclared and compiling of the kernel fails. Obviously
there is no default value.
Julius
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Which soundcard is best for Linux?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:30:47 GMT
I got my modem up and running and only my soundcard and scsi don't work.
The guy who wrote the OSS drivers told me that I couldn't get my Audiotrix
3D-XG soundcard to work under Linux. So which low cost ISA soundcard is
the best? I don't want a really awfull one but I don't want a really
expensive one (50-60$ would be nice :) and I want it to work with Linux
very well. Could anyone help me with this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux as a file server
Date: 14 Aug 1999 00:49:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 13 Aug 1999 18:30:52 GMT Steve Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am fairly new to Linux and I would eventually like to replace our Novell
>file servers with Linux in a small office environment.
>Is there a Windows 9x client available for this purpose? Something like
>the Novell Client would be wonderful, or is it more complicated than a
>simple client to access files on a Linux server from a windows network?
Two people (as I write this) have suggested Samba, which is a valid
suggestion, but if you're already set up for Netware, it's possible
to have Linux emulate a Netware file server, so you wouldn't even
need to change client software.
I have not done this, but a good starting point would be the IPX
HOWTO, visible at the Linux Documentation Project, which is mirrored
at many places including <http://www.viemeister.com/LDP/>.
You will have to compile a custom Linux kernel for this, in all
likelihood. Luckily that's very easy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Internet connecting - DHCP instead of DNS
Date: 14 Aug 1999 01:39:45 GMT
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:12:35 GMT,
Philip Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Windows doesn't need DNS numbers to connect (it uses DHCP?). Why does
> Linux (and BeOS for that matter) need DNS numbers then?
Because Linux follows standards.
> (My ISP insists it's possible to set up under DHCP)
I doubt it. Windows doesn't use DHCP to get the DNS server (unless
you've installed it on an ethernet, but certainly not on a dialup).
See RFC 1877 for precisely what MS is doing, and the second sentence is
why it is not part of anything but Windows: "This memo does not specify
an Internet standard of any kind."
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Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: guaranteed annual income
Date: 13 Aug 1999 18:18:26 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, A.T.Z. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is a maximum number of goods most people will consume, there is a
> plateau to the total amount of goods consumed by society and this fact
> should be obvious; most people will be satisfied with adequate food,
> shelter, clothing for themselves and their family. But Consumerism is
> predicated on society wanting and consuming an infinite amount of goods.
>
> So the facts are that
> 1) the total amount of goods consumed by society is fixed,
> has plateaued (if you ignore developing nations).
This is directly contrary to the fact that per capita conumption has
continued to rise in "developed" nations long after most people were
able to obtain "adequate food, shelter, clothing for themselves and
their family". A lot of this increase has been in goods and services
that are not strictly necessary, such as families getting second and
third cars and bigger houses, or people spending more on arts and
entertainment, and exotic foods,
By your theory, the rich would live just like normal people
and just hoard all their extra money. This is obviouly not the case.
You seem to think work is some kind of universally loathsome
punishment and we'd all be better off if we could sit on our asses all
day and never progress. Many people actually derive satisfaction from
being productive and would be bored stupid if all they had to do was
sit on their ass all day watching TV.
- Maciej
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: 14 Aug 1999 01:44:28 GMT
On 13 Aug 1999 16:33:33 +0100,
Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I'm 33, my first computer was a ZX81 with the 16Mb RAM pack. I
> didn't have an assembler, I used to hand assemble the code and for
> some sad reason I can still remember so of the hex op codes.
>
> ld hl (400c) 3a 0c 40 ; get screen start addres
> ret c9 ; return
>
> Does anyone have a Z-80 op code manual available to confirm the above?
Somewhere, but who needs it? It's correct, of course. (I would have to
look to see whether jz was ca or c2 though...)
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Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
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From: "Russell S. DiPesa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "locate" doesn't work
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:05:30 -0700
Recently, I attempted to locate a file on my RH 5.2 box and received the
following message:
[root@mail cron.daily]# locate man
locate: /usr/local/var/locatedb: No such file or directory
I ran updatedb.cron and it completed successfully, but still I receive the
above message. Look familiar?
Russ
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Parition vs Logical Parition
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:49:29 -0500
Habibi4me wrote:
> Can anyone care to comment on the pro and cons about physical vs logical
> partition on a hard drive knowing that the a hard drive is only limited
> to four partitions.
>
Hard disk is limited to four primary partitions, but you can have 3 primary
partitions + a bunch of logical partitions. Pros and cons are depending on
your disk's setup.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS. Remove "4m" from e-mail address to enable reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Ready to TRASH SuSE 6.1
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:45:58 GMT
>"Gilbert Groehn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> After about ten days of trying to get SuSE 6.1 up and
>> running for some simple internet communications, I am
>> ready to junk this mish mash of bogus packages, lousy
>> support, and adfinitum.
I've been fooling around with Linux as a hobby for about 3 years now,
and I can tell you without a doubt, SuSE is an excellent distribution.
I've been using it for about a month, and it just blows Slackware and
RedHat out of the water. Five CD's (version 6.2 will have 6!) chock
full of software (no needing to download it off the Net); YaST, a
great little software install/uninstall and general configuration
manager (damn, it's easy to switch between a comsole and kdm/xdm login
process with SuSE!); SaX, a utility that makes setting up X a breeze;
auto-configuration of the menus in KDE, Afterstep, fvwm, fvwm2 with
the susewm; a *very* good manual (OK, they *do* need to brush up some
of the grammar in it)... for me, this is the best distribution I've
ever used and I have nothing but praise for those responsible for
putting it out. Job well done! (Of course, everyone has their own
favorite distribution for different reasons. SuSE works for me)
If you really want a super-easy-install version of Linux, try Caldera
Open Linux 2.2. HOWEVER.. don't assume this means you won't run into
many of the same hiccups you encounter with SuSE. As another pointed
out here, Linux requires that you thoughtfully and carefully read
documentation. Buy a book or two, read the HOWTO files (excellent,
excellent sources of help. Maybe not full of purty pictures, but they
outline how to do things and overcome hurdles quite nicely.), read the
man pages... read read read. If you're really desperate for support,
buy RedHat 6.0, but be prepared to pay through the nose for it ($80
for their software!, and it's only what... 2 or 3 CD's?).
Personally, I admire SuSE for providing support on a $30 package. Did
you try their e-mail support? Additionally, do have any Linux-savvy
friends or co-workers? Maybe they can give you a hand.
>> My problem;
>>
>> Got the entire package installed and configured to what I
>> thought was there. It turns out all of the Applix applications
>> were expired demo's that would not work and they also had
>> dependencys to other packages. When I removed the Applix
>> applications it totally screwed up Kppp.
First, shout at the Applixware people about their demo expiring. SuSE
just makes their software available on their CDs. I think it's the
height of idiocy to require a reg code for a demo of an application in
the first place. If it's any comfort, the Applixware demo that came
with RedHat 5.2 didn't work for shit, either (nor did the WordPerfect
7 they included on their "supplemental" CD). Second, *how* did you
remove it? With YaST, I dearly hope. I installed the Applixware
demo, too, and I was pissed that it didn't work, also. But, I removed
it with YaST and there was no harm done to the rest of my system.
(other than that it remained on the KDE menus...)
>> I got KDE up and properly configured and was able to log on
>> to my ISP through Kppp a couple of times. Next Kppp kept
>> returning a message that the pppd daemon had 'died unexpectedly'.
>> I reloaded the ppp.rpm several times to no avail.
I've encountered this myself several times, too. Usually, all I had
to do was re-start the kppp and it worked fine. You might try going
to KDE's web site to see if they have addressed this issue in one of
their FAQs, as they did with the sound issue. I see this as more a
kppp issue than anything else, since wvdial always worked flawlessly
for me.. but, I could be wrong.
>> When I finally got through to Suse's help line they said ...oh yes..
>> we know about this. You must get a patch on our www FTP site.
>> How in the hell do you get a patch if you can not log on.
How are you online now, to post this? Go to the site, download the
update file, put it on a floppy or a Zip disk, boot back into Linux,
and copy it to your home directory.. run the rpm. walla! This is
how I got the gimp update, and the YaST update. RPM's, for the most
part, tend to fit on a standard 3.5" floppy, in my experience. Esp.
for patches and smaller apps.
>> My intent is to learn LINUX and I now need to know if there is a
>> commercial package available that will minimize the installation
>> bugaboos so that I can start learning.
Again, SuSE is an excellent distribution, but if you're intent on
giving up on it....Caldera Open Linux 2.2. If you wanna seriously
learn, you gotta invest time in doing so. Get used to the idea that
you *will* have to read manuals, third-party books and/or online help
files no matter what distribution you use. Personally, I like some of
the monkey-wrenches that Linux throws at me now and again... I like
the challenge (even though I may cuss-out the OS as I'm trying to
figure things out!) and it forces me to really *learn* the system, to
get under the hood. It's not as brain-dead as Windoze, and I find it
infinitely more fascinating.
Ray
(SuSE Linux rocks! :-) )
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From: "Robert S. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Invalid PID file
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:42:04 -0500
I just finished installing RH 6.0 on my machine, and whenever I make changes
through linuxconf and save them, I get this error
Invalid PID file: /var/run/postmaster.pid
I am new to liux, and am not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions??
Robert S. Nasby
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sndconfig equivalent for openlinux?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:54:08 -0500
Is there a program equivalent to RH's sndconfig for openlinux 2.2?
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape glitch
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:34:08 -0500
Ronald Hands wrote:
>
> I've tried (about four times) to download and uncompress the Netscape
> 4.61 version for Linux 2.0. This is the one without strong encryption.
> Each time, using either gzip or tar xzvf in Red Hat 5.0, kernel 2.0.32,,
> I'm told there's an unexpected EOF and the process aborts.
> Has anyone else successfully downloaded and used this file?
>
> -- Ron
>
>
>
> --
There is an rpm package for netscape 4.61. I've downloaded
it and installed it without trouble. But I am running RH6.0.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quicken replacement
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:36:50 -0500
"Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
>
> In article <7ouq8m$9g9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a Quicken replacement for
> >Linux?
> >
> >Gilbert
>
> According to the database at www.winehq.com, some versions of Intuit
> Quicken run okay on Wine.
>
> Cameron
That depends on your definition of Okay, I guess. The latest version
Quicken 99, which I have, was rated at 1.
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Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: rename root account?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 Aug 99 21:42:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Maughan wrote:
>I was wondering: is there a way to create another user account with root
>priviladges but with a different name?
>
>I've tried creating another user (called "jim" for example) with user id set
>to 0 (like root), but when I access that account, a "whoami" reveales that I
>am root. This is not what i want - i want it to say i am "jim". Is ther any
>way to do this?
The kernel and processes only keep track of UID numbers, not names. When
names are needed (ls, ps, who, etc.), the /etc/passwd file is read (or
its equivalent in memory), and the first match is returned as the user name.
Hence, if you want to rename "root", do it in the first entry for the "0"
account in /etc/passwd. I've heard of some paranoids doing this to "further
protect" the root account from hackers... But for a normal user,
I think this would just be an opportunity for confusion.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: minimum linux for playing sound
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:30:46 GMT
My friends,
What should be the minimum setup for a standalone linux box to play sound
(mp3)?
Can I erase /usr/bin and alike?
Should I keep most daemons?
thanks for any help
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From: Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Can't add partition to drive
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:30:47 GMT
Duy d. wrote:
> Was the 300 MB of free space on your windows partition?
Yes. There is only one partition on the drive. It is FAT16.
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From: Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: pppd connection & modem modules query
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 05:31:23 +0300
Bamburger wrote:
> depending on which ISP I intend to use. However I can only do this while
> logged in as root. Is there any easy way to do this while not logged in
> as root - I have tried "ifup ppp0" but it reports that I dont have
> permission even though everything has complete rx access. Is it the ppp
> daemon itself that requires change?
Hi Fred,
1. Either pppd daemon must be suid-root (# chmod u+s `which pppd`) or,
2. The resources used by pppd should also be accessible by the user (or
group) that runs pppd.
Former one is more straightforward to achieve, but less secure.
Latter one is more complicated to set up, but more secure.
You can find detailed info about this in "kppp handbook". If you install
kppp, it is available under Help button of Main kppp menu.
I can't readily remember the full list of resources (they will remind
you of themselves anyway:) but here is a few: /dev/ttyS? (r/w) ,
/var/lock/ (r/w) , /etc/ppp/ (r) ...
If your machine is a single-user home workstation, then IMHO first
method will be adequate. (I do so at home)
>
> Also the var/log/messages file reports an inability to load numerous
> compress modules:
>
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
Append following 3 lines to /etc/conf.modules (also stolen from kppp
handbook) :
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
Hope this helps
--
Abdullah Ramazanoglu [ aramazanoglu AT demirbank DOT com DOT tr ]
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