Linux-Misc Digest #836, Volume #21 Thu, 16 Sep 99 16:13:19 EDT
Contents:
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? ("G.T.")
Re: LILO without linux! (Giacomo Amabile Catenazzi)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Joerg Schilling)
Re: Linux, Windows, and cars (Jayan M)
Re: fetchmail and postfix (Sparrow)
Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Paul Leon)
Re: Lesstif not up-to-snuff, need full Motif; Options, opinions? (A Guy Called
Tyketto)
Download Ia.n.i.!!! It's free! (madQ)
Exceed & Linux: Configuration Problem ("Chris")
Star Office and special caracters (Hans Marcus Kruger)
Re: Attacks bringing my system down! ("YouDontKnowWho")
Re: Q: Default directory for shell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Screen Resolution.... (Ilya)
Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor (William Burrow)
Download Ia.n.i.!!! It's free! (madQ)
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From: "G.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:16:04 -0700
David M. Cook wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:12:04 -0700, David Rabanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>>I wonder which window manager might be the fastest on a Compaq Laptop
>
>Try Window Maker. A version already comes with Redhat 6. To run it
instead
>of gnome create a file in your home directory called .Xclients
>
>#!/bin/sh
>exec wmaker
>
>Then make it executable with chmod +x .Xclients. Install the user specific
>Window Maker files with wmaker.inst. Then restart X.
>
>If you want even faster, try IceWM. It isn't as elegant as Window Maker,
>though.
I'd go with WindowMaker if it works ok for you. But if you want something
faster that looks better than the twm, icewm, etc, then try xfce. It's very
light and fast but I find that WindowMaker has a good combination of speed
and features.
Greg
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:50:46 +0200
From: Giacomo Amabile Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO without linux!
Jayan M wrote:
>
> Is this possible..?
Yes.
>
> 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?
The command:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.b bs=512 count=1
copies the boot loader in file boot.b .
But if you have completly reformated the hard-disk, this
boot loader is the standard DOS boot-loader and not
the lilo boot-loader.
You should use a true lilo 'boot.b'.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Jayan
Giacomo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 15 Sep 1999 17:07:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rob McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) writes:
>> Star is at:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/star/alpha
>
>Not to put you down Joerg. I use star for a few things, when I'm scripting,
>(now the source is around ... I wouldn't look at it before that) and am
>grateful for your contribution.
>
>*The* big problem with star as far as I'm concerned is its rather
>"interesting" slant on use of arguments. It's not even close to being a
>drop-in replacement for `tar', and every time I try to use it I have to work
>out just how. Normally I just don't bother. It's neither compatible with
>tar, nor POSIXy.
>
>cudcv (445) > star xvpf /dev/rmt/1
>star: Must specify -x -c -u -r -t -n -diff.
>cudcv (446) > star -xvpf /dev/rmt/1
>star: Bad Option: -xvpf.
>
>Oh, right, you need
>cudcv (447) > star -xvp f=/dev/rmt/1
It seems that it is a long time that you feched an actual star source.
There is a compatibility option for the non UNIX conforming
syntax of old tar programs.
It accepts all options that have been around ~1982 the time when different
OS vendors started to introduce incompatible options.
However, as the 'tar -cf file' syntax is dangerous, star will accept this
horrible syntax only in case it is considered to be safe.
>It's all very bizarre. Some things need a -, some things can't have one.
>Some options need `option=argument' like the equally perverse `dd'. Some
>options you can link together (-xvp), some you can't because they're expecting
>more (-time). It all just feels very un-unixy.
It is the most UNIX like option parsing that I know of.
- All boolean single char options may be combined.
- test=oo may be written:
test=oo test= oo -test=oo -test= oo and -test oo
- Options must either always have an argumnt or never.
There is no GNU maybe arg option which I consider to be a bad idea.
So what is your problem? It seems that you did use too many programs
that do option parsing with getopt() and thus do not implement the typical
UNIX program beavior.
>more (-time). It all just feels very un-unixy.
It's just the other way round: the historical tar is not unix like.
There are only two other programs (ar and BSD ps) which do ingore to conform
to the usual UNIX option syntax.
Star started with a consistent option parser in 1982!
The reason was that historical tar iplementations are very dangerous to use
and I found many source files that have been destroyed by accident
with a tar run.
I intended never to adopt to this cruical old syntax but then I heard that
*BSD likes to convert to star as the devault tar so I decided to support
the harmless cases to make shell scripts work.
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From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux, Windows, and cars
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:23:56 GMT
<<snip>>
> Say, for example, you decide you want to remodel your kitchen.
> If you have money, you pay someone to do it for you. No
> problem. It's a luxury you can afford, and no one expects you
> to understand everything the carpenter does just in order to
> store canned truffles in your new cupboards.
>
and your kitchen cabinets decide to crumble down every
now and then, and when you ask the pro carpenters, they ask you
to get out of the kitchen and get back in and look at it again.
and your stove just don't light up because the gas that you have
is not compatible etc..
The saga continues..
I use NT at office only because I get paid for doing it, and I
won't get paid if I don't.
I still have Win98 at home only because my video capture card is
not supported under linux yet.. I'm waiting.
I did not know carpentry before, but I build (or rather assemble)
most of my furniture now, and it seems to work!
LOL
Jayan
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From: Sparrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail and postfix
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:26:01 -0400
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Alex Flinsch wrote:
>This is most likely a configuration problem, I have tried to read all of
>the man pages faqs (could not find a postfix howto).
>
>I have a script that uses fetchmail to download all of my mail from
>assorted pop3 servers 'round the net and load them to my local machine.
>It seems to work, but the mail never seems to get delivered to the
>correct user's local mailbox. I have found it residing in postfix's
>deferred queues, but can't seem to get them out to the local mailboxes.
>
>Any ideas on what the problem might be.
>The system is Mandrake 6.0 complete install (all packages) updated with
>kernel 2.2.9
posting from home now, the messages in /var/log/maillog seem to mostly be like
this one:
Sep 16 13:06:06 localhost postfix/qmgr[1436]: AEF28495C:
to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=none, delay=55236,
status=deferred (Name service error for domain localdomain: Host not found,
try again)
I assume i need to setup localhost.localhost.localdomain somewhere, but the
question is where????
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From: Paul Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:55:07 -0700
Thanks Spike...
I found out that the path could also be specified in /etc/ld.so.conf (Global)
/opt/SYBSasa6/lib
How is:
set LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/SYBSasa6/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
different from:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/SYBSasa6/lib
in my .profile ?
Learning as I go...
"Spike!" wrote:
> And verily, didst Paul Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> > I have just installed Sybase Adaptive Server 6.x on RH6.
>
> > How do you add /opt/SYBSasa6/lib to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?
>
> In csh or tcsh, it's simply a matter of adding
>
> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/SYBSasa6/lib
>
> to your .cshrc file (in your home directory)
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A Guy Called Tyketto)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Lesstif not up-to-snuff, need full Motif; Options, opinions?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 13:06:02 -0500
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Mike Percy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> "David M. Cook" wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:13:13 -0400, Mike Percy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >We are trying to port some applications from Solaris to Linux (RH6, XF86), and
> > >the current lesstif is not up to the task.
> >
> > Which version? 0.89.1 came out on the 11th.
> >
> > Dave Cook
>
> Given that I downloaded and compiled on the 9th or 10th, I'd have to guess
> 89.0. Before that I was using an 88.something RPM. Not entirely sure (was
> working at home at the time).
Where did you grab 0.89.1 from? Most certainly not from
ftp.lesstif.org. From /pub/hungry/lesstif/srcdist:
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 1002 500 3595123 Sep 6 21:23 lesstif-0.89.0.tar.gz
That's the latest version out, also as announced in
comp.os.linux.announce. This version is the one most compatible with
Motif at the moment.
BL.
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Subject: Download Ia.n.i.!!! It's free!
Date: 16 Sep 1999 17:36:50 GMT
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Exceed & Linux: Configuration Problem
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:28:59 +0100
Hi All
I have been stuck on this problem for months!
I got two PCs one running linux, other win98.
On the win98 pc, I got exceed installed and I want to run e.g. xf86 or the
CDE from the win pc. I start exceed Xstart with command parameter:
xterm -display 192.168.0.1:0.0
I get the xterminal on the win machine with no problems. When I start
netscape/ghostview etc.. (any application the output is ok and it appears on
the win98 monitor).
when I type startx, it starts on the Linux PC.
Could someone PLEASE PLEASE help me out with this. I am not sure if the
problem is from exporting DISPLAY (shouldnt because it works ok with other
progs). I dont know if its an exceed configuration problem.
Thanks
Chris
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From: Hans Marcus Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Star Office and special caracters
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:20:59 GMT
Hello out there
I ma using SuSE 6.1 with Star Office 5.1 and KDE.
In (nearly) all other programs I can write special caracters without
problems, but in Star Office I am having problems with ~ (tilde). I
can nor compine it with for example ~+a nor can I use ALT+] + a.
The second problem is with cedilia (tyhat snake under the =A8c=A8). I
can't compose it using "'" + c.
What can I do? I really need these caracters a lot.
Thanks in Advandced
Hans M Kruger
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From: "YouDontKnowWho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Attacks bringing my system down!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:36:32 GMT
Sounds like you need a firewall REAL BAD. Also, have you looked into
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny? You can stop many of these
attacks at their very beginning by refusing connects from certain
hosts or domains. The traffic will remain, but you could minimize the
effect of the Telnet and FTP attempts.
You might want to start by completely closing up your Linux server(s)
and then start opening them up a little bit at a time (see the
"Principle of Minimum Access" below). Also, check out the following
two URLs:
1. Setting up a firewall: http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux/ . This
is a really good site. If you need help customizing the firewall
script, post a message here (under the same thread, please!) and I'll
try to help you out.
2. Securing Linux: http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/ . This is
pretty good guide on security for Linux systems. The author used to
have a PDF (Acrobat) version of the guide that you could download from
this site, but he appears to have given up on that (too much of a
hassle). I have a fairly recent copy, which should help you get
going.
Good luck!
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ANNOUNCER: And now we return to our regularly scheduled, uncommonly
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Justin Smith wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
I've posted to this group before about how my Redhat 6.0 system
goes down every few days with dire error messages (like "Aiee !
system panic...).
I ran diagnostics on my machine and it passed all tests. At the same
time,
our departmental Sun systems (Ultrasparc servers) slow down to a
crawl --- and it
turned out that some hackers are attacking our systems with pings and
telnets (a packet sniffer disclosed that our high-speed network is
completely saturated by pings, ftp's and telnets from a few sources.
The question is: how do I prevent these attacks from crashing my Linux
system?
(Disconnecting from the network is not an option...). They slow down
Solaris
systems (during the attack itself) but don't kill them off. Our system
adminstrator
said that the Linux kernel is full of race conditions that cause it to
crash under these circumstances...
Is there some way to reconfigure my system to make it less vulnerable?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Q: Default directory for shell
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:21:45 GMT
In article <7rqp6g$8hm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas M. Sasala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The other day my window manager decided to
>lock up and had to be killed. After restarting the
>session, all my shells opened to the /usr/bin directory.
>instead of $HOME.
>
> Does anyone know where bash stores its default
>directory and/or how to fix this problem? Many
>thanks!
>
> -Tom
>
>
Your default home dir I believe is stored in /etc/passwd. Check there.
However, if you startx while you are in /usr/bin, all your shells that you
open in X will start in there as well.
-Scott
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From: Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen Resolution....
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:59:46 GMT
Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For sure backup your XF86Config file. I'm assuming that you have
> several good modelines in there. You can check to make sure by doing
> startx -verbose &> startxlog. Look at startxlog and see what modelines
> did not get axed. Those are the good ones.
> Then you can go under the hood and edit XF86Config (after backing it up)
> and go way down to the screen section and where you see the part that
> lists the resolutions - like "1280x1024" "800x600" "600x480" well,
> switch them around so that the one you want is first on the list. I
> would also check the Virtual below that. If you like virtual then you
> might want to make it a bit bigger than your chosen. Or comment it out
> or whatever.
What's not clear to me is which resolution listed is being used.
> Then you go into X and see what you have. At that point, or at the
> beginning before you do any of this above, try Ctrl-Alt-+. That should
> toggle you through the resolutions you have.
And it doesn't on my machine. It changes nothing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,comp.os.linux.x,redhat.x.general
Subject: Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor
Date: 16 Sep 1999 18:52:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 16 Sep 1999 05:53:59 GMT,
Ted Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In other words, there is a race condition bug in Microsoft's OS,
>> and AMD's instruction pipelining is efficient enough to expose it.
>>
>
>What is a race condiditon?
Basically, two different things are trying to get done in order to complete
one operation. There are many race conditions in Unix software, most of
which never surface as a problem. An example of a common race condition
may be more clear:
You want to open a file in a public directory, eg. /tmp. You don't want
to open an already existing link or file of the same name already in
that directory, for security reasons. This requires two checks to do
one thing, open a file:
1) Check that there is not already a file of that name in the directory.
2) Create the file.
Here exists a race condition, because between step 1 and step 2, another
process might be able to create a link or file of its own design in the
directory. If that other process succeeds in doing this, it can breach
security.
In the case of the AMD CPU and Windows, some assumption about the order
that instructions will be completed is being broken.
--
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Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: madQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Download Ia.n.i.!!! It's free!
Date: 16 Sep 1999 18:20:34 GMT
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