Linux-Misc Digest #847, Volume #21 Fri, 17 Sep 99 07:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Domain name for private subnet (Richard Townsend)
Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux? (Michael McConnell)
Re: killall (Floyd Davidson)
Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ?? (Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve)
Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ?? (Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve)
Re: Requiring Custom kernel to install Debian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port! (Dustin Puryear)
Re: making linux go away (dancho)
Re: Netscape won't start (Anita Lewis)
Re: Kernel 2.2.5-15 ppa module (Zip Disk) data corruption? (Michael McConnell)
Re: PostScript to Word? (Robbie Pickering)
Re: Caldera 2.3 Install-- Smoooooooth (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Re: Kernel 2.2.5-15 ppa module (Zip Disk) data corruption? (Paul Jones)
Re: ppp problem (John Hasler)
Re: Absurd Linux mentality ! (Ian Barwick)
Re: Redhat Upgrade (5.1 -> 6.0) (Adrian Hands)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie (Donal K. Fellows)
smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL (Vitaly Lipovetsky)
Re: Search Path - how do I set? ("Quiney, Philip (EXCHANGE:HAL02:HM10)")
Storing a partition ("Thorsten G�llner")
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
From: Richard Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Domain name for private subnet
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:20:41 GMT
Hi!
I've recently installed Redhat 6.0 on my PC. However, I am experiencing a
couple of problems with networking - in particular, setting up the domain
name for my machine.
My machine is on a private ethernet network (currently consisting of only
two machines), with an address 192.168.0.1 and netmask 255.255.255.0. It
also has a ppp dial-up connection for accessing the internet proper. When
I installed RH6.0, I set up the domain name as empty, and the hostname as
*just* the host portion, rather than a proper full-qualified name (since I
was using an "empty" domain name).
My rationale behind this was that I didn't want to accidentally chose a
"ficticious" domain name which was the same as a registered name, since
this would cause me problems when doing DNS lookups down the ppp link.
However, this has created a problem whereby my machine stops for a minute
during boot-up (when the networking stuff is being started up). I traced
this to sendmail, which when examining the machine hostname had problems
trying to determine the (absent) domain name, and went to sleep for a
minute.
How should I get around the problem? I can see a couple of possible
solutions:
1) Don't run sendmail :)
2) Choose a ficticious domain name, hoping it won't ever be actually
registered
However, both of these are kinda poor options.
At a fundamental level, this whole problem is about having concurrent name
servers for a private network and the internet, without them clashing.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the best solution is?
Many thanks,
Rich Townsend
PS I know this is a bit of a "bad" request, but I would appreciate it if
any reply could be cc'd to my email address, since my news server tends to
drop messages at random, and in the past I've missed helpfull replies....
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:34:29 +0100
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Ray McLaughlin wrote:
> Executed at login? It seems to also execute every time I open a new
> Xterminal. I found this out when I added a line calling a script to set
> up my modem. During boot up the system identified my modem, /dev/ttyS1,
> as UART=16550A, but for some reason didn't set it so. The command, from
> a root shell, setserial /dev/ttyS1 gave out put that lacked the UART
> info. I couldn't use my modem until, as root, I had issued the command:
> setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A. To make life easier I created
> incorporated this line in a script, /bin/modem, and got in the habit of
> typing "modem" after booting up. This only works as root. as the
> setserial command is off limits to nonroot users. Reading this thread
> lead me to insert the line "modem" at the end of my /etc/profile. This
> works as long as I login as root first when I boot up, but now I get a
> harmless error message at the top of every Xterminal I open.
>
> Can anyone suggest a better place to put the modem command, or better
> yet, a setserial command so my modem is available from the get go?
For Red Hat (and variants) put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.amush.cx Fax: +44-8701-600807
Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Subject: Re: killall
Date: 17 Sep 1999 08:56:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>James Lee writes:
>> 2) I did a
>> killall -V
>> to display version information, but the whole X session got killed,
>> as well as the shell that I was using.
>> This was on a Debian machine running kernel 2.2.10
>> 3) Inside an X session, in an xterm, I issued
>> killall telnet
>> and my window manager (ctwm) got killed.
>
>> Any idea what is happening?
>
>Nope. killall works fine on my Debian system (mostly "unstable", with
>kernel 2.0.36). 'killall -V' says:
>
> killall from psmisc version 18
There is _no_ possibility that a problem with "killall -V"
causes some other process to be killed by mistake. With the -V
option killall prints its version message and exits. It does no
other processing. (The -V option must, however, be the only
command line argument or it will be ignored and the other
command line options will determine what action killall takes.)
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ??
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:02:38 +0200
Dave Brown ha escrito:
> It's not clear why you'd want to dump AIX in favor of Linux. Linux
> has been ported to PowerPC, and if your "aging RS6000s" are based on
> PowerPC, there's a possibility there.
First of all, they are not being used. Their tasks were given to NT
servers (not my decission), so they are unused. Then, the company
doesn't want to renew the lecenses for the AIX OS .And the current
version is not Y2K compilant (don't ask me how this is possible. This is
what the pointy haired boss has told me).
> However, you can get AIX versions of much of the software that runs
> on Linux at ftp://aixpdslibs.seas.ucla.edu, either source or binaries.
> So why would you want to give up SMIT and LVM?
Well, because we want to install a web server, the obious choice was
Linux + Apache. Instead of buying new machines, I thought those oldies
goldies could do the task, getting a "second youth".
> --
> Dave Brown Austin, TX
Thanks for the interest Dave,
Josep L. Guallar
Barcelona (Catalonia)
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From: Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ??
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:05:50 +0200
Alberto Varesio ha escrito:
> Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > We have some aeging IBM RS6000 and they had been running AIX. Now
> > they have their well deserved retirement but...
> > ...can I install Linux on those machines? They can be great for
> > developing and intranet-web servers.
> What models ?
They are models 6550.h and 6530.H at 56,0 and 37,1 MIPS
> There are some distributions supporting RS/6000, but only if they are
> PowerPC!
> If so, try http://www.linuxppc.com http://www.linuxppc.org
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com and look around.
I'll check them.
> Alberto Varesio - AIX Support Professional
Thank you Alberto,
Josep L. Guallar
Barcelona (Catalonia)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Requiring Custom kernel to install Debian
Date: 17 Sep 1999 09:26:27 GMT
Put lilo onto the floppy, put your kernel there and type at the prompt:
linux root=/dev/<your CD-Rom device>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:41:08 GMT
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:38:45 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dustin Puryear writes:
>> Okay, the million dollar question is.. how do I have AutoPPP use the
>> appropriate options file?
>
>Just create the appropriate options.ttySX files. Pppd knows what serial
>port it is connected to and will read the correct one.
That's it.
---
Dustin Puryear
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: dancho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:39:39 GMT
Uhhh, run Lisa? You could set up lilo using Lisa without knowing
anything.
In article <7qclhj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dario Andrade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Taking advantage of this conversation, how do I SETUP lilo on my MBR??
>
> I mean, the easiest way, without having to read tons of man pages to
do
> something really stupid (in my opinion)...
>
> --
> []s,
> Dario Andrade
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mohd H Misnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:41:28 +0800, Tristan Jones wrote:
> > >i found that the easiest way to get "linux to go away" is to dig up
a
> copy
> > >of red hat, start the install and use disk druid to delete
partitions.
> then
> > >use a dos boot disk (or a win95/98 one) and type:
> > >
> > >fdisk /mbr
> > >
> > >lilo will be removed and your disk(s) completely empty.
> >
> > If you've a bootable MS-DOS disk with fdisk, the above can be a very
> simple
> > thing to do. Run fdisk and delete all those non-DOS partitions,
change
> that to
> > Win95/98 partitions and run fdisk /mbr to clear up LILO code inside
your
> master
> > boot record.
> >
> > --
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> > |iMac/233RevB/MacOS 8.6 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |
> > |AMDK6-2/300/Linux2.2.12 |
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3319/
> |
> > -If only old age had a chance or youth any brains.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Netscape won't start
Date: 17 Sep 1999 09:54:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ping.at/theofilu/netscape.html This site helped me get
Netscape going when I had library problems. It might give you some
insights and help.
Anita
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 23:49:16 -0400, Lewis Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have installed Netscape Communicator 4.6.1 on Debian 2.1, Kernel
>2.0.36. When I start Netscape, I get messages about libraries not
>found. Some of these, such as libXpm.so.4, are on my system in
>/usr/X11R6/lib. Some, like libstcd++, are not on my system. I have
>libc6 and libc5 installed. How do I get Netscape to work? (Do I need
>YET ANOTHER version of libc? Or do I need another library? Or do I
>need to set some shell variable? Or...?)
>
> Lewis
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.5-15 ppa module (Zip Disk) data corruption?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:40:07 +0100
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Paul Jones wrote:
> I had the same problem zip files corrupt unzippable, exe not executable
> under windows whe taking stuff home from my works linux box, yes i know i
> should use linux at home too and will soon, but for now win98 has to do,
> my zips where mounted as either VFAT or Auto, both gave the same
> result.......
>
> if anyone has any clues ????
The only time I've seen this was with some EPP chipsets... changing this in
the BIOS to ECP (Zip uses the PS/2 subset) slowed it down a lot, but fixed
the corruption.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.amush.cx Fax: +44-8701-600807
Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robbie Pickering)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: PostScript to Word?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:13:58 +0200
Richard Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's quite easy, actually. Get a scanner
The year 1999 and this is how far we've come ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.3 Install-- Smoooooooth
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:31:23 -0600
In article <7rr02g$dtv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> I plunked down the thirty-five hard earned bucks and installed Caldera
> 2.3 on my AMD K6-2 450 system. I was pleasantly surprised that the
> installation was VERY smooth. Almost trouble-free. I bought a modem,
> sound card and video card that I KNEW were Linux compatible-- and
> everything worked as advertised. Setting it up was like falling out of
> bed, except for the "boot floppy" that reported that "Linux cannot be
> installed on this system." Yeah, right. I booted from the CD and THAT
> problem went away. It did bother me a little, though. That particular
> problem could really throw a newbie for a loop. Other than that,
> though, I was extremely impressed. It was kinda spooky, as the Caldera
> setup program actually detected and installed the drivers for my
> hardware. Is this plug and play or what? I have an Ensoniq 1371
> AudioPCI sound card and TNT2 video card. How did it detect them?
> Hmmmm....
>
> dancho
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
This is good to hear. I've been tempted to buy it and try it. I installed
RH 6.0 a few weeks ago and while the install went fine, it did not detect
my perpherials (modem, sound card, network card, scsi). I had to manually
install the network card drivers. It's really not that old of a system,
though it is an Acer....
Best Wishes,
KAC
--
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Custom Programming, Web Design, and Graphics
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From: Paul Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.5-15 ppa module (Zip Disk) data corruption?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:48:12 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I had the same problem zip files corrupt unzippable, exe not executable under
windows
whe taking stuff home from my works linux box, yes i know i should use linux at
home too
and will soon, but for now win98 has to do,
my zips where mounted as either VFAT or Auto, both gave the same result.......
if anyone has any clues ????
Taura wrote:
> Anita Lewis wrote:
>
> > >[root@localhost /tmp]# ls -al nebula
> > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3686418 Sep 15 23:50 nebula
> > Zip drives store in either DOS or FAT format. That means only one dot per
> > file name. What you probably had was nebula.tar.gz to start with. When
> > you stored it on zip it became just nebula.gz. Just move it back to a
> > Linux formatted area on your computer changing the name back to
> > nebula.tar.gz. mv /mnt/zip/nebula.gz /home/myname/nebula.tar.gz
> >
> > I think that will do it. I had that happen to me using a download into
> > windows. I had such trouble trying to use that little gzipped file after
> > that, but changing the name back fixed it for me. I hope it will for you
> > too.
> >
> > Anita
>
> No, please look at the first line, the fine name was just `nebula' there was
> no `.' in the name.
> I tried this on ten other files with different names and sizes, they all had
> some form of corruption.
>
> --
> Sincerely, ,"-_ \|/
> -Taura , O=__ --X--
> ..__ ,_JNMNNEO=_ /|\
> OMNOUMmnne. {OMMNNNEEEEOO=_
> UOOOBIOOOEOMMn. 'LONMMMMNNEEEOOO=.__..,,..
> UUOOEUUOOOOOOOObe '"=OMMMMWNEEEOOOOO,"=OEEEOO=,._
> OOUUUIEEIOONNOIUbe. "7OMMMMNNNNNWWEEEEOOOOOO" "'.
> EEBNNMMMNWNWWEEIMMNe. __ 7EMMMNNNNNWWWEEEEEEEOO. " .
> NNMMMMWWWMMMWEINMMMNn "=BBEEEEMMMMMMMMNNNWWWEEOOOOO=._ .
> http://furry.ao.net/~learfox/
--
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Technical Support Fax:0121-603-3777
Wave Rider Internet
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I had the same problem zip files corrupt unzippable, exe not executable
under windows
<br>whe taking stuff home from my works linux box, yes i know i should
use linux at home too
<br>and will soon, but for now win98 has to do,
<p>my zips where mounted as either VFAT or Auto, both gave the same
result.......
<br>if anyone has any clues ????
<br>
<p>Taura wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Anita Lewis wrote:
<p>> >[root@localhost /tmp]# ls -al nebula
<br>> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root
root
3686418 Sep 15 23:50 nebula
<br>> Zip drives store in either DOS or FAT format. That means only
one dot per
<br>> file name. What you probably had was nebula.tar.gz to start
with. When
<br>> you stored it on zip it became just nebula.gz. Just move it
back to a
<br>> Linux formatted area on your computer changing the name back
to
<br>> nebula.tar.gz. mv /mnt/zip/nebula.gz /home/myname/nebula.tar.gz
<br>>
<br>> I think that will do it. I had that happen to me using a download
into
<br>> windows. I had such trouble trying to use that little gzipped
file after
<br>> that, but changing the name back fixed it for me. I hope it
will for you
<br>> too.
<br>>
<br>> Anita
<p>No, please look at the first line, the fine name was just `nebula' there
was
<br>no `.' in the name.
<br>I tried this on ten other files with different names and sizes, they
all had
<br>some form of corruption.
<p>--
<br>Sincerely,
,"-_
\|/
<br>-Taura
,
O=__
--X--
<br>..__
,_JNMNNEO=_
/|\
<br>OMNOUMmnne.
{OMMNNNEEEEOO=_
<br>UOOOBIOOOEOMMn.
'LONMMMMNNEEEOOO=.__..,,..
<br>UUOOEUUOOOOOOOObe
'"=OMMMMWNEEEOOOOO,"=OEEEOO=,._
<br>OOUUUIEEIOONNOIUbe.
"7OMMMMNNNNNWWEEEEOOOOOO" "'.
<br>EEBNNMMMNWNWWEEIMMNe.
__ 7EMMMNNNNNWWWEEEEEEEOO. " .
<br>NNMMMMWWWMMMWEINMMMNn
"=BBEEEEMMMMMMMMNNNWWWEEOOOOO=._ .
<br>
<a href="http://furry.ao.net/~learfox/">http://furry.ao.net/~learfox/</a></blockquote>
<pre>--
Paul
Jones
Tel:0121-603-3999
Technical
Support
Fax:0121-603-3777
Wave Rider Internet</pre>
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp problem
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:52:18 GMT
Bill Unruh writes:
> ...set /usr/sbin/pppd to rx all and suid root...
Better to make it owned by root and in group dip, executable by user and
group, suid root, and put the users who are to be able bring up a ppp
connection in group dip. No need for it to be readable at all.
Like this:
-rwsr-x--- 1 root dip 130992 Aug 29 20:06 /usr/sbin/pppd
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From: Ian Barwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Absurd Linux mentality !
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:31:27 +0200
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Kim Carter wrote:
> At least the crypticity of unix commands is reasonably understandable
> 'once you know' - pip anyone (CPM)
<reminiscence> Peripheral Interchange Program...
sigh... those were the days </reminiscence>
I.B.
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat Upgrade (5.1 -> 6.0)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:44:40 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William Schwartz wrote:
>
> I'd like to upgrade my redhat 5.1 (with 5.2 kernal and libs) system to
> RedHat 6.0 but there's a lot of stuff on the disk so I'd rather not
> rebuild from scratch.
>
> Does the Upgrade option work at all? what problems might it give me.
>
> thanks,
> Bill
Worked fine for me.
It's been a while now, but the only problem I remember having was that I
use my linux box as the gateway between my LAN and the internet and I
had to change my ipfwadm commands to ipchains commands. It was
*supposed* to recognized the old commands, but it didn't. But the man
page had some nice examples, so that wasn't even a big deal.
After you upgrade, check the updates directory on their ftp site (or
mirror).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donal K. Fellows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Date: 17 Sep 1999 10:18:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
MK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've heard (don't know if correctly) that Beta had 60 minutes tapes,
> which forced recording a movie on two tapes, and it was freaking
> irritating to change (and sometimes rewind to beginning) tapes in
> the middle of the movie.
Apparently, this was only the case in very early verions.
Donal.
--
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-- The small advantage of not having California being part of my country would
be overweighed by having California as a heavily-armed rabid weasel on our
borders. -- David Parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s>
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From: Vitaly Lipovetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:54:00 +0300
Hi everybody !
When I mounted smbfs I received a lot of error messages like this.
smb_dont_catch_keepalive: server->data_ready == NULL
RH 6.0
kernel 2.2.5
Where is my mistake ?
--
My best regards,
Vitaly Lipovetsky.
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From: "Quiney, Philip (EXCHANGE:HAL02:HM10)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Search Path - how do I set?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:07:04 +0100
J Chamney wrote:
>
> I am running Redhat 6.0 and am wondering the following about the search
> path:
>
> I have just written my first Perl script and have created a new
> directory where I am storing my Perl programs.
>
> What is the recommended method for specifying a search path - I would
> like all users to have access to this new directory as I am writing
> utilities that the users need to run. This is a permanent change to the
> search path, but I am sure there is a "right" way and a "wrong" way to
> implement this.
Assuming you are using 'bash' as the shell the changes would go in
/etc/profile or as a new script in /etc/profile.d
/etc/profile looks for files like *.sh in /etc/profile.d and 'includes'
them. The idea is to prevent you from editing a standard file - you can
isolate your changes. Don't forget to 'export' changes to the PATH
variable otherwise it will only exist in the script defining it.
The changes should come into effect if you log out and back in again.
Remember to set the execute flag on your scripts such that any user can
run it - or restrict it to a group of users.
Regards
Phil Q
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From: "Thorsten G�llner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Storing a partition
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:30:54 +0200
Hi there,
I am sitting in front of my Win-Computer which is connected to a small
network with one Linux-Server. Is there any possibility to make a copy
(meaning backup) of the Linux-Partition on my Win-Computer (it has a
tape-drive). Perhaps with tar?
My aim is to get a backup so I can restore the Linux machine when crashed.
Thorsten
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