Linux-Misc Digest #822, Volume #21 Wed, 15 Sep 99 15:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Crontab Problem/Question (Alan)
Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI? (Matthias Warkus)
HELP: please explain SU access ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! (Rev. Meowatilla Al' Rashad)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: programmer's tools needed for kernel recompile (Paul Kimoto)
Re: modem operates slow (Bob Hauck)
Fax Server ("Steve DenBleyker")
Re: HELP: please explain SU access (Arvind)
Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Villy Kruse)
Re: can't set up emacs (Darin Johnson)
Win install after Linux?? ("Marco S. Torini")
Re: Dial in PPP -- the next step ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems with Caldera 2.2 Install (Gerald Willmann)
Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name? ("Drydd")
Re: Test - Ignore (Brian Huffman)
Re: How to change /dev/cdrom definition? (Edwin Estrada)
LILO without linux! (Jayan M)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan)
Subject: Crontab Problem/Question
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:09:22 GMT
I'm using OpenLinux 1.3 and the default entries in /etc/crontab file
are:
# run-parts
03 3 1 * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ] && /usr/sbin/cronloop
Monthly
04 4 * * 6 root [ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ] && /usr/sbin/cronloop
Weekly
05 5 * * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ] && /usr/sbin/cronloop
Daily
25 * * * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ] && /usr/sbin/cronloop
Hourly
I'm getting mail to root saying
/bin/bash: root: command not found
However, I can run
[ -x /usr/sbin/cronloop ] && /usr/sbin/cronloop Daily
at the command prompt and it works just fine. So, I'm thinking that
the problem must be with "root".
Can someone explain the >exact< meaning of everything after the when
to run stuff? I'm sure this is a shell programming problem that I'm
not aware of.
My current understanding each "section" of the command line portion
is:
root - run under the root account???
[ -x filename ] - tests for execute perms on the filename
&& - logical and
/usr/sbin/cronloop Monthly - run cronloop w/ Monthly as param
How does the "root" portion figure into this?
cronloop appears to return 0 if it works properly and a 1 if not (I
think). So, if cronloop is successful, then the result would be:
root [ true ] && [ 0 ]
which is equivalent to
root false
Right? What does this mean?
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA, Alan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:04:31 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 15 Sep 1999 06:58:47 GMT...
..and Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : Enlightenment's user interface is infinitely configurable. It can look
> : like NeXT, but it can also look like Star Trek. Enlightenment's
> : default look is a bit like Windows 95's interface made of dull metal
> : and without the taskbar. Very pretty.
>
> That is only the default with the way RedHat ships enlightenment.
> That's not the default when you download it and install it yourself,
Of course it is.
> at least it wasn't the last time I tried that.
Hint: I'm using the *latest* release.
mawa
--
One should try not to speak more clearly than one thinks.
-- Alfred North Whitehead
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.2600,comp.security.unix,alt.os.linux
Subject: HELP: please explain SU access
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:06:13 GMT
Can you kindly share your experience with me?
When a superuser priviledge is given to an account,
is it just a matter of adding the userid to the
appropriate group names in /etc/groups?
For ex:
system sysadmin operator
After the /etc/groups file has been modified.
Is there any other command that needs to be run
in order for the user to be able to run the SU
command from their account?
Please advise. Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rev. Meowatilla Al' Rashad)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.questions,rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata,alt.horror.werewolves,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:44:52 -0500
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, well.. look who's talking!
IKYABWAI retort and failure to followup at the end of the previous post
earn you a another thwack across the head.
>
> LOL
>
> Jayan
>
> "Rev. Meowatilla Al' Rashad" wrote:
>
> > In comp.os.linux.questions, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Why?
> > >
> > > <sarcasm>doesn't windows have everything you need?
> > > and I've heard it's as stable as a rock!</sarcasm>
> > >
> > > And my $ .02 to you.. post to every news group that
> > > your server permits, you get better responses to your
> > > answers then, and the whole world gets to know you better too..
> > > ain't that great!
> > >
> > > Jayan
> >
> > You're an idiot, Jayan.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Rev. Meowatilla Al' Rashad
> > Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Non-Delusional People
> >
> > /\--/\ OFFICIAL ALT.HORROR.WEREWOLVES /\--/\
> > < ^..^ > BELLOWERS SOCIETY < ^..^ >
> > \~U/ MEMBER # 24 \~U/
>
--
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Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Non-Delusional People
/\--/\ OFFICIAL ALT.HORROR.WEREWOLVES /\--/\
< ^..^ > BELLOWERS SOCIETY < ^..^ >
\~U/ MEMBER # 24 \~U/
"Why yes I am a meow-whore"
-- Jim "Kamatu" Hershey in <7r96u4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Actually, my father passed me around after he was finished."
-- Jaue Lang in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 13:38:12 -0500
In article <7rnpbo$1cb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Given a tape of unknown heritage can the physical record blocking be
>>determined, and how?
>
>From reading that Linux has a mt setblk, I would guess that Linux does
>not implement blocking correctly.
>
>On a real UNIX system, you call tar with a big enough block size and then
>let tar find out which blocksize is on the tape by issuing the first read
>command.
"Real UNIX?"????
I thought this was a device-specific option where the default
is usually controlled by firmware or switches and could
be modified by standard scsi commands issued by the mt program.
If you are in variable length mode, it works as you say above
returning one tape block when you ask for something larger.
>Tar then will read the next blocks with this blocksize.
Once upon a time you had to use the -B option to tell it
to reblock short reads, but maybe that is standard now.
Regardless, it won't fix the situation where the tape
drive is not in variable size mode by default.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: programmer's tools needed for kernel recompile
Date: 15 Sep 1999 14:38:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lori Holder-Webb wrote:
> Oops. I want to recompile my kernel, but I didn't install most of the
> programming tools when I set up the system (I'm *not* a developer, *am*
> very new at all this, and didn't think I'd need them). Can anyone tell
> me exactly what tools I need to accomplish this and how I can get them?
> I'm using RH 6.0
Well, you need the kernel source code. Red Hat doesn't give you a list
of recommended packages associated with the kernel source?
Here is a (partial?) list:
* kernel source code (although you may prefer the newest version from
ftp.us.kernel.org)
* kernel headers (if they are packaged separately from the rest of the
source code)
* binutils
* C compiler (gcc|egcs)
* libc(6) _development_ files
* make
* bin86 (on Intel architecture)
Optional
- ncurses _and_ its development files [menuconfig]
- Tk, Tcl, _and_ development files [xconfig]
- pcmcia source [PCMCIA support]
- lilo [bootloader]
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Bob Hauck <b o b h @ w a s a t c h . c o m>
Subject: Re: modem operates slow
Date: 15 Sep 1999 12:38:04 -0600
rken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I bought a new 56K modem and it only operates at about 14,4k in my
> LINUX system.
With what program? How is the modem configured (port and IRQ)?
Slow modems usually are caused by either an incorrect speed setting
(14400 and 28800 are not valid...try 19200 or 38400 or 57600), or by an
interrupt conflict (two devices using the same IRQ).
What does "cat /proc/interrupts" say?
> I seems to me the trouble is that my LINUX thinks I have a 386 as my
> as my cpu.
That will make approximately 0% difference to modem speed.
> I tried to change my LINUX kernel , but the books say that I have to
> use either menuconfig or xconfig. my /usr/src/linus directory has
> neither of these.
They get built when you type "make". It's "make menuconfig". But this
isn't your problem.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Wasatch Communications Group
-| http://www.wasatch.com/~bobh
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From: "Steve DenBleyker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fax Server
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:48:50 -0400
Is there a way to configure a Fax Server on RH Linux 6.0? I don't really
want to buy a package.
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From: Arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.2600,comp.security.unix,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HELP: please explain SU access
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:43:08 GMT
su command can be run by any user. You just create the user and that's
it....anyuser can become a superuser..provided he has the password for
root.
Arvind
In article <7ron6b$pjf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can you kindly share your experience with me?
>
> When a superuser priviledge is given to an account,
> is it just a matter of adding the userid to the
> appropriate group names in /etc/groups?
>
> For ex:
> system sysadmin operator
>
> After the /etc/groups file has been modified.
> Is there any other command that needs to be run
> in order for the user to be able to run the SU
> command from their account?
>
> Please advise. Thank you.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
--
Microsoft doesn't WORKstation!
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 17:19:32 +0200
Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>.... unless the tape drive has been connected incorrectly as it hast been
>with the old NCR towers.....
>
.. which is one of the cases where the swap option to dd becomes useful.
--
Villy
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From: Darin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't set up emacs
Date: 15 Sep 1999 11:54:29 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Greer) writes:
> awful. I type 60wpm and really like using the keyboard as fast
> as I can. Hitting the [ESC] slows everything down. I guess I
> can change the keybindings to [CTRL] - <something> can't I?
Don't worry about the escape key if you don't like it. It was added
to Emacs for those terminals that didn't have a meta key. Thus,
pushing "escape" then "x" is a replacement for pushing "meta" and "x"
simultaneously. This is why the keybindings are given as M-x, as this
means meta+x. If you've got a meta key that's easy to press, it's a
boon to touch-typists.
A side note: you can toggle a feature in emacs and xemacs that does
similar things with the control key - ie, push control, let go, then
push a second key. Useful for those with disabilities, chubby
fingers, those who can't remap capslock and control, etc.
Another note, if you've got the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, there
are two keys that are easily pressed by the thumb that could be mapped
to Meta, for quick and easy Emacs use. I wish more keyboards would
have keys easily used by thumbs...
--
Darin Johnson
"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise"
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From: "Marco S. Torini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Win install after Linux??
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:52:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My new computer will have SuSe-Linux preinstalled as the only OS.
Since it's the most recent version (and I won't get the CDs), I'd quite
like to keep it, but for my work it's absolutely necessary to have Win
95/98 installed as well.
My question:
is it possible by any means to install Windows subsequently on a Linux
system?
I only know it the other way round.
I'd be very grateful for any hints, be it only the negative assertion
that this isn't possible at all.
Thanx 2 all who care 2 answer....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dial in PPP -- the next step
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:09:31 GMT
Got the hosts file working from Win95, thanks.
> Not entirely sure what you're asking for here... What *exactly* would
you
> be wanting to run and see, and on which computer?<<
Can I dial in and automatically get a browser launched on the Win95
machine, then display a web page from the Linux Apache server on it? All
this with no intervention on the client side?
>
> > * What client programs can I use to access the Linux box and the
> > attached LAN?
>
> telnet?
Say, something to browse files. Samba doesn't seem to work over the
dial-up PPP. Though it may now I am using a hosts file.
Thanks
Michael
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Caldera 2.2 Install
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:21:20 -0700
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have installed version 2.2 login works then when I reboot the machine the
> computer starts printing 01 01 01 01 01 01
> all the way down the screen. LILO is never started. I have installed it
> multiple times. Any suggestions????
use a floppy to boot (hope caldera allows you to make one) and/or never
shutdown/reboot your computer, simply leave it running.
Gerald
PS: perhaps your bios and Calderas CD allow you to boot from CD.
--
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From: "Drydd" <someone@special>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name?
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:41:27 -0400
The other problem is that the other end may have their SMTP
daemons/servers set to perform a reverse IP lookup. If your IP address
doesn't resolve out to the domain name in your e-mail headers (it won't in
your case from what I'm seeing) then the server will reject the message.
Jacek Sierpinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a computer with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, at home. I haven't a
> permanent Internet connection - I connect to Internet through normal
> phone line. My provider (Polish Telecommunication) doesn't give
> permanent IP and domain addresses, so I can have different addresses at
> different occasions (though from ppp.katowice.tpnet.pl subdomain only).
> Of course, I can't have a hostname identical with any of the possible
> addresses, so I have localhost.localdomain hostname. I don't use
> 'Auto-configure Hostname from this IP' option because it confuses
> X-server and I wouldn't have a possibility to open any KDE application
> during Internet connection.
> I want to use sendmail to sent my e-mails. In fact, I use Kmail
> configured to use sendmail. I have some e-mail addresses and accounts,
> all not related to tpnet.pl domain. In most cases, it works good but
> sometimes I receive errors, e.g:
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to frad.onet.pl.:
> >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2454 BODY=8BITMIME
> <<< 553 5.4.3 Policy analysis reports DNS error with your source domain.
>
> Of course, I sent it as [EMAIL PROTECTED] But, as I see, sendmail
> introduces my real hostname and my real local account name (in this case
> root) while talking to a remote mailserver.
> I get an advice to configure /etc/sendmail.cf file in order to
> masquerade real address. I created /etc/genericstable file:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> and then I created /etc/genericstable.db file by the following command:
>
> /usr/sbin/makemap hash /etc/genericstable < /etc/generictable
>
> Before that, I configured a Caldera generic
> /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/generic-col2.2.mc file - I added a line:
>
> FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/genericstable')
>
> and then I generated /etc/sendmail.cf file. Now, I have the following
> fragment in this file:
>
> # Generics table (mapping outgoing addresses)
> Kgeneric hash -o /etc/genericstable
>
> (I tried also:
> Kgeneric hash /etc/genericstable)
> but it still doesn't work... The error is still the same.
> How configure it?
>
> --
> Jacek Sierpinski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Huffman)
Subject: Re: Test - Ignore
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:26:30 GMT
Your Test Failed.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:17:42 +0000
From: Edwin Estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to change /dev/cdrom definition?
Edmond wrote:
> When I installed my Linux Mandrake 6.0, I only had an IDE CDROM. And the
> system configured the /dev/cdrom to my /dev/hdc. Now, I purchased an CD
> Writer and put it in /dev/hdc and moved the old CD ROM drive to /dev/hdd.
> After the ide-scsi module is loaded, the device /dev/hdc becomes /dev/rsd0
> and /dev/hdc is no longer accessible. The definition of /dev/cdrom is not
> correct in my system. How do I change it to /dev/rsd0 or /dev/hdd?
>
> Thanks,
> Edmond
check to see if /dev/cdrom is just a link to your /dev/hdc. if it is then
just re-link /dev/cdrom to your /dev/rsd0 or /dev/hdd by typing this command
#rm /dev/cdrom
#ln -s /dev/rsd0 /dev/cdrom
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From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO without linux!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:16:51 GMT
Is this possible..?
I started off using Linux as a secondary boot on my
Window~1 machine, but now I got "Tux" a new whole computer
for himself (or herself, have anyone thought about that?:-).
I now have Window~1 and OS/2 on the old computer and would
like to use LILO to dual boot them -I don't like the OS/2 boot
manager, it required a separate partition etc.. - well lilo
is not already there on the disk, since I reformatted it,
repartitioned it etc - I tried using tomsroot to setup a
sample lilo.conf without any linux "image" sections, but
only two "other" sections - one for window~1 and one for OS/2.
Lilo refuses to run saying there is no /boot/boot.b or so..
It's true, there wasn't any so I did a mkdir /boot and
dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.b bs=512 count=1.
Then it gives me some other error message about the bad boot.b
Just wondering is this all makes sense?
Thanks for all your help.
Jayan
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