Linux-Misc Digest #711, Volume #23 Tue, 29 Feb 00 17:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Help, I need some linux advice! (Pablo Moisset)
Re: Any idea why Enlightenment crashes so often? (Kent Perrier)
Re: compile/link error gcc with c++ (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Oracle 8i (Mailer)
cpio command on Linux (Zheng Huang)
Re: How do I fax staroffice document?
"httpd" problem! (NTK)
Partial CD burning (Kerry Cox)
ANNOUNCE: KDE2 Prealpha binary's for 02282000 available ("Christopher Molnar")
Re: Databases for Linux? (Mailer)
PPP Help ("ivan")
Re: Linux Vs Win98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't use my floppy (Leonard Evens)
Re: Hard drive upgrading? (Leonard Evens)
Re: vfat filesystem for data exchange ? (Leonard Evens)
Re: SCSI over IDE/ATAPI (Leonard Evens)
Cnet PRO120 and linux {newbie} ("Melissa Nelson")
lyons book ("Faisal Memon")
Re: egcs C compiler problem (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Where's my book? (Alex Vrenios)
Re: TNT2 and OpenGL/MESA FAQ???? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Newuser defaults (Vlar Schreidlocke)
Re: linux without xwindows? (Jan Schaumann)
Re: Redhat 6.1? (Vlar Schreidlocke)
Re: Permissions on vfat mount (cgomulka)
Re: Newuser defaults (Kerry Cox)
Seeking remote control and tn3270 software ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
how do I install programs? ("Beny Spensieri Jr.")
Re: LS-120 ("Beny Spensieri Jr.")
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From: Pablo Moisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, I need some linux advice!
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:15:04 -0800
Tandem Guy wrote:
> Hello. I'm a C/C++ programmer who's decided it's time to learn UNIX.
> Unfortunately, I don't have access to UNIX at work. Someone suggested I
> give Linux a try at home. This seems reasonable, but I have a lot of
> questions. I'd like to by a PC on which I would run LINUX and LINUX
> only. What would be the minimum system requirements I'd need? I'm not
> looking to do much more than some basic C/C++ development. Also where
> can I get a copy of the OS and does it come with a C/C++ compiler. I
> know these are pretty basic questions and I apologize if there is a FAQ,
> but I didn't see one. Thanks in advance for any replies to this post.
Go to
www.linux.org
There is a lot of information there
Any "standard" PC will work (even 386s are good). Of course if you need
to run big and slow applications you will need a more powerful machine.
I recommend 32 MB for text only users and 64 MB at least if you are
planning to use a GUI with a heavy desktop enfironment such as
KDE or Gnome
Be aware of incompatible hardware, such as Winmodems and some
video cards
Good Luck
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Pablo Moisset de Espanes
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any idea why Enlightenment crashes so often?
Date: 29 Feb 2000 13:04:33 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've performed the standard "Gnome Workstation" install with two
> different copies of RH 6.1 and Enlightenment is always unstable.
Upgrade to the latest version.
Kent
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compile/link error gcc with c++
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:11:18 +0100
Martijn Brouwer wrote:
>
> When I try to compile a very simple test program written in c++ (Hello World!)
> gcc gives the following output:
^^^^^^^^
gcc is the C-compiler. So it doesn't link with libstdc++ as default .
For C++ code you want to run g++ .
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Markus Kossmann
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From: Mailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oracle 8i
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:08:40 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have encountered this problem. If you send me the actual error message I shall
be able to help. It is CreateOUIProcess() and something else. I need that
something else to help you thanks.
Robert Sell wrote:
> Hello everyone
> I am trying to install oracle 8i on redhat 6.1 it is a java installer and i
> have downloaded JRE 1.1.6 from blackdown.org. When i run the installer i get
> the following error
>
> Error in CreateOUIProcess(): -1
> :Argument list too long
>
> if anyone has seen this error please let me know how to fix it
>
> Rob
>
> machine is Digital Server 5000 dual pII 266, two 8.4 scsi hdd 192 ram 256
> swap
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From: Zheng Huang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cpio command on Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:15:39 GMT
Hi All,
I created a compressed cpio archive file (test.cpio.Z) on HP-UX using
the following commands.
find test -depth -print | cpio -ohumdBc (where test is a directory)
compress test.cpio
I used the following cpio command to extract files from the compressed
cpio archive file.
zcat test.cpio.Z | cpio -iumvdc
The command works on HP-UX and Solaris but not on Linux. I got the
following error.
cpio: premature end of file
If I change "cpio -iumvdc" to "cpio iumvd", It works. "-c" option of
cpio command on Linux seems to be the problem. Does anyone know why it
does not work on Linux?
TIA.
Zheng
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I fax staroffice document?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:30:40 GMT
Thanks all,
Sometimes you think too much ,but the solution is very simple.That is the
fun working with LINUX.You get to know many things while solving a problem.
Carl Fink wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:30:12 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >But what utility I use to convert it to postscript file?
>
> It's called "StarOffice". File, Print, select the "Generic Printer",
> and check the "Print to File" checkbox.
> --
> Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 will be Geoffrey
> A. Landis. See <http://www.iconsf.org> for I-Con information.
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From: NTK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "httpd" problem!
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:31:24 GMT
I can't get 'httpd' to run on my machine. The following is what I get:
===============================================================
[root@LINUX /etc]# httpd &
[1] 2876
[root@LINUX /etc]# httpd: cannot determine local host name.
Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
================================================================
I checked both 'hosts' and 'HOSTNAMES' files in which I specified the
server name as 'server', but somehow in prompt, it says LINUX?
Could this conflicting host name be the cause of the above error message
when starting httpd service?
Thanks
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partial CD burning
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:41:21 -0700
Howdy, I'm using mkisofs and cdrecord to generate an iso image and then
burn it onto a CD. Are there any utilities available for making a
partial burn and using maybe half the disk and then doing another burn
which will fill the rest of the CD later.
It would require leaving the disk open to create a later burn. This is
possible under EZ CD Creator for Windows, I am told.
Just wondering what the status is for such under Linux.
KJ
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From: "Christopher Molnar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: KDE2 Prealpha binary's for 02282000 available
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:50:30 GMT
A new version of the KDE ALPHA binaries are available
at nebsllc.com. Please read the README file in the
same directory.
These binaries are built from CVS as of 28 February
2000 at 8am Eastern Standard Time (-0500). Korganzier
has been merged with kdepim so korganizer package is no
longer present. Abbrowser did not compile so it is not
in the kdepim package.
There has been an update to the qt-copy and you will
need to get a new version. The experiment with the
small version of qt-copy did not work, so we are back
to one version.
These files are available via ftp from:
ftp://ftp.nebsllc.com/kde2/current
or via http at:
http://www.nebsllc.com (follow links for kde2 Alpha
binaries)
You will also be able to find these at:
http://www.htw-dresden.de/~s2697
The installs have been tested by me on a RedHat 6.1
machine. They have also been reported to work on all
other distributions.
If you are running prior Alpha's I highly recommend you
update. There are a lot of fixes and some structural
changes in the packages.
You will also find Source tar.gz's in the same
directory.
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Christopher Molnar
New England Business Services, LLC
Hartford, CT USA
(860)956-9408
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"It said uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux!"
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From: Mailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Databases for Linux?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:51:50 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I think mySQL is the best. You will have to verify that for your self. We
use it on our jobsite http://www.jobs-it.net . Prior to that we tried
ORACLE,SYBASE and SQL Server(On NT) and I can say none absolutely none
of these databases were able to
match the performance that mySQL is giving us now and it is FREE.
Two things, if you need things like stored procedures, transactions then
perhaps you
will say NO to mySQL, but thenn there are ways around those.
Scalability, contrary to popular believe that ORACLE etc.. is scalable it
didn't in our
case. ORACLE or for that matter any of the databases that we tested did
not just did not scale up. Amongst the lot in our test SQL Server came
second to mySQL.
mySQL can hold loads of data infact TCX the company that develops it
claims they
have it running with 40GB of data. We have tested it to 500MB and it is
rock solid.
I do not know about Postgres SQL but I read it is very good and has
things like transactions etc .. etc.. I will like to try it but as soon
as I realised mySQL was doing what we wanted I just did not bother.
Again with drivers, I have tested and use it with ODBC (myODBC is mySQL
speak)
and it is excellent.
Hope this helps and please not this is my observations.
"Michael P. McCutcheon" wrote:
> Can anyone give me a list of free or low cost databases that work on
> Linux?
>
> I have heard of MySQL and mSQL. Are there any others?
>
> I am interested in creating a server-side Java application, therefore
> databases that have JDBC drivers would be nice.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Michael P. McCutcheon
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From: "ivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP Help
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:06:40 -0500
Hi! i had just installed Mandrake in to my computer. everything works fine
except for the internet.
I am using a dial-up connection, but everything after i dial up, the
computer remains offline. What i mean is even the modem is connected to the
ppp server, i still cant log on to any server, cant use netscape, cant go
irc, no email.... Any one know how to fix this? probably change some
setting?
all hw in my computer is detected except for the Linksys 10/100 card. but
that is not a big deal since i am not using ethernet here, will that cause a
problem?
please help and thank you very much!
ivan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Vs Win98
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:15:11 GMT
In article <O$0mp0og$GA.274@cpmsnbbsa03>,
"OOrkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What are the advantages of having Linux as your OS rather then Windows
98 ?
> I hear people say that the first thing I should do is switch from Win
to
> Linux or Unix. Why ?
> Thanks !
>
>
You should really know what your getting into before you try such a
thing. Linux has many great features and offers high stability,
however, you may loose a lot of features that your used to using on your
Win 98 or 95 machine. Check out the FAQ posted weekly in this NG for
more info.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't use my floppy
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:51:01 -0600
Scott M wrote:
>
> I can't access my 3 1/2 floppy using GNOME for Red Hat Linux 6.1. I get
> the following error message, any suggestions?
>
> Message:
>
> mount: wrong fs type bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 or too many
> mounted file systems
>
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Perhaps you have an entry for /dev/fd0 to be mounted of
/mnt/floppy set as ext2. Since your floppies undoubtedly
are DOS formatted floppies, you should have either auto or
vfat there.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Hard drive upgrading?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:54:28 -0600
Michele Beltrame wrote:
>
> Kenny Leong wrote:
>
> > 1. How do I backup all the data in hdb or how to transfer to new hard
> > drive?
>
> Make a tarball and store it somewhere (another hard disk or backup
> device)...
>
> > 2. Does RH5.* support 8G disk space?�
>
> Sure.
>
> > 3. Does RH5.* will auto detect the new drive as hdb after replace the old
> > one?
>
> Yes, there should be no problem with that.
>
> > 4. What are the step that I need do in-order to keep all the setting
> > (esp. Samba) to the new hard drive(sharing)?
>
> You probably need to no nothing except unpacking the tarball on the new
> hard drive. Be sure to pass the appropriate parameters about file ownership
> to tar.
>
> Michele.
>
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One must be carefull with the root file system. Namely, one
doesn't want to try to tar /proc. In addition, one should use
the l option to make sure one doesn't tar other partitions
mounted under /. The best method is to tar the individual
directories in / as well as any files at the top level.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vfat filesystem for data exchange ?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:58:39 -0600
Roger Zimmermann wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> is the vfat filesystem suitable to share data between Windows(98) and
> Linux
> *and* preserve most of Unix filesystem information ? Or, in other words:
>
> Which part of the unix specific information of the filesystem do I loose
> if
> I use the vfat filesystem
>
> Is there an optimal filesystem to share data between Linux and Windows ?
>
> Roger
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vfat would be okay for most purposes, but don't take the
permissions seriously when looking at it from Linux. It
is a bit tricky to arrange it so users other than root can
write to or modify files in such a system, but it can be done
by suitable user options in /etc/fstab. The only remaining
problem is that under Linux, in a text file, the end of line
character is a single line feed character but under DOS/Windows
it is a pair of characters, a carriage return and a line feed.
But there are programs for converting from one to the other.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI over IDE/ATAPI
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:01:50 -0600
Henrik Becker wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> why spend more bucks on SCSI? Is it realy woth it? Just wondering ...
>
> Gruss / Regards,
>
> Henrik Becker
>
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>
> support FREE SOFTWARE www.KDE.org www.WINDOWMAKER.org www.LINUX.org
>
> dt. J-Pilot Handbuch fertig: http://www.henrikbecker.de/jpilot
SCSI drives have in the past been faster and had other advantages over
IDE drives, but the newer IDE drives do quite well, so this is no
longer a significant advantage. However, haveing a SCSI interface
does allow you to use a wider variety of peripherals. Perhaps when
USB support becomes available with the next generation of kernels,
this may no longer be so relevant.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Cnet PRO120 and linux {newbie}
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:32:41 GMT
Well i have A Cnet Pro120 NIC its a Fast ethernet adapter it works perfect
under win98 but when i put it under Linux RH6.1 i cant get it to work please
help
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From: "Faisal Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lyons book
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:05:03 -0000
Hi,
I hear that there is a book by John Lyons which is a source code
commentary on the original system V R4 unix.
Does anyone have any pointers where I can find the text or buy the
book?
Thanks,
faz.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: egcs C compiler problem
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:04:26 GMT
In article <89h4i5$8j7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tyrone Harvey wrote:
>Any ideas on how a Newbie can deal with this?
>
>Redhat 6.0, kernel 2.2.15
>Attempting to ./configure ALSA
>C compiler (egcs) working....no
>compiler cannot make executables
echo "main() {}" > foo.c
gcc -v -Wl,-v foo.c > ouch 2>&1
... see ouch for more to start with. If there are no errors see
config.log, although it might or might be not a wee bit longish.
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Vrenios)
Subject: Re: Where's my book?
Date: 29 Feb 2000 20:47:59 GMT
Try Maurice Bach's "Design of the Unix OS"
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Ph.D. Student
Computer Science Dept.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: TNT2 and OpenGL/MESA FAQ????
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:29:41 +0100
Hi,
I'm affraid it's *really* beta. I tried it with my TNT2 Ultra, but the
only 3D based game I could run was Quake3. Wonderful game, I ran it at
40 fps but it's not the speed I got under 'doze. And a lot of OpenGL
games would only run in software mod, I don't know why. And there is far
to few documentation provided with the drivers... I didn't try the last
ones, maybe they're better. Personnally, I'll wait for XFree 4.0.
crashed wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ok, been running Linux for awhile now and i have very few stumbling
> blocks to get over. What i am looking for is a comprehensive FAQ on how
> to setup MESA with a TNT2 based card. (Diamond Viper V770)
> I realize that the drivers on Nvidia's web site are beta but does anyone
> know of any success stories, my last link to Windows is gaming, please
> help me break free :-))
>
> thanks
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newuser defaults
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:19:43 -0600
What is the easiest way to have a bunch of preset defaults so that
when I add a new user I can have them already setup with defaults for
Netscape, X windows, sounds, etc.? Can I create a newuser and set all
these things up the way I want them to be for other new users and then
just copy the contents of the home directory?
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From: Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux without xwindows?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:27:34 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Where could I find out what you can do in Linux without x windows. What
> programs can you run, etc.
You can dop pretty much everything from the command-line. You need
x-windows only to make things look pretty, or if you something that
*absolutely* requires the mouse. Usually, x windows makes it easier for
you to do what you're used to, but you can actually do everything (more
or less) from the command-prompt.
-Jan
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:31:55 -0600
What's involved in upgrading? I run RH6.0 as a firewall box with
IPMASQ, etc. Can I just run the upgrade off of a CD and maintain my
current settings or will the upgrade break a bunch of things that I
will have to sort out for weeks?
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:30:08 GMT, Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Personally i would just wait until redhat 6.2 came out. Another month or
>two it should be out.
>Hal Burgiss wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:56:50 -0500, Jason Villemaire
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I'm currently running RH 6.0. Is is worth upgrading to 6.1? I've been
>> >advised for and against an upgrade. Let me know what you think!
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> --
>> Hal B
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: cgomulka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Permissions on vfat mount
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:23:16 GMT
erik, i tried your suggestion, unfortunately still not working. For
example, if I'm root and I go to a directory on the fat partition I can
write a file there. However, if I switch to my normal login, and say I
start Emacs, it say the directory is write protected and I cannot write
a file there. Any other thoughts of what could be going on? Thanks. -
Craig
In article <89e44f$sc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <89bpd6$g93$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> cgomulka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have mounted my fat32 partition on my RedHat 6.2 box using
> linuxconf.
> > I can write files to the drive when I'm logged in as root but not
when
> > logged in as another user. How do I set the permissions on the
mounted
> > drive so that users other than root can write to the drive. Thanks,
> > somewhat new to Linux here but learning...
> >
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> > http://www.gomulka.com
> >
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> > Before you buy.
> >
> You will have to change the options for that drive in your /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/hda1 /winC vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0
>
> The umask=000 will 'mask' the permissions, so everybody will be
allowed
> to read/write.
>
> gr,
>
> erik
>
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>
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newuser defaults
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:33:22 -0700
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Vlar,
Any programs or default setups should be set in the /etc/skel/
directory. Whatever is placed here will automatically be copied over to
the new user's directory when you create it. Hope that helps. If this
is not the answer you were looking for, sorry.
KJ
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Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
> What is the easiest way to have a bunch of preset defaults so that
> when I add a new user I can have them already setup with defaults for
> Netscape, X windows, sounds, etc.? Can I create a newuser and set all
> these things up the way I want them to be for other new users and then
> just copy the contents of the home directory?
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Vlar,
<br> Any programs or default setups should be set in
the /etc/skel/ directory. Whatever is placed here will automatically
be copied over to the new user's directory when you create it. Hope
that helps. If this is not the answer you were looking for, sorry.
<br>KJ
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<p>Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>What is the easiest way to have a bunch of preset
defaults so that
<br>when I add a new user I can have them already setup with defaults for
<br>Netscape, X windows, sounds, etc.? Can I create a newuser and set all
<br>these things up the way I want them to be for other new users and then
<br>just copy the contents of the home directory?</blockquote>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Seeking remote control and tn3270 software
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 03:49:06 GMT
Is there a remote control software solution for remote controlling Win
NT machines? I am hoping that there is something similar to
pcAnywhere. I would like to dial from a home machine with Linux and
connect to Win NT workstations and servers.
Also any reccomendations for tn3270 software?
Thanks
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From: "Beny Spensieri Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how do I install programs?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:39:50 -0500
I have tried to stick with RPMs for as long as possible. Unfortunately,
not everyone offers their programs in RPM format. That's ok, I'd like
to learn how to handle tarbals so I can install/uninstall all programs.
Where can I find documentation regarding doing a 'make'? I have never
done one so I need something that will practically take me by the hand.
Thanks
--
___________ Beny
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/ / \ | King of the cranium,
\___\ / / Great one of the grey matter,
/ / Magnificent one of the mind,
/ / Baron of brain,
|__| The one,
__ The only, The Riddler
/ \
\__/ http://on.to/riddlers-world
"I'm a humble person, really
I'm actually much greater than I think I am..."
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From: "Beny Spensieri Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LS-120
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:45:20 -0500
I had a problem getting my ls-120 drive recognized upon boot. The way I
finally got the problem solved is to go into my bios setup and make the
ls-120 the promary boot drive, not my floppy drive. You'll need a
fairly recent bios to do this.
Then I was able to mount it using the command that Dances With Cows
provided below.
Hope this helps.
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:27:23 +0000, Philip Graham Wilson
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >
> >i have been trying for weeks, but cannot get this to mount at all. I'm
> >currently on RedHat 6.0, but have the 6.2 version sitting beside my box,
> >which might help (kernel support?)
>
> Check /var/log/boot.msg and make sure the LS-120 is recognized upon boot.
> It should be hdX where X is a, b, c, or d. Once you know where it is, put
> a DOS/Win formatted disk into the drive and enter
>
> # mount -t vfat /dev/hdX /mnt
>
> The drive should make noises, and whatever's on the drive should be
> accessible under /mnt . If not, then you need to make sure that
> IDE-floppy support is compiled into the kernel or available as a module.
> If you get weird error messages, write them down and post them here.
--
___________ Beny
/ _______ \
/ / \ | King of the cranium,
\___\ / / Great one of the grey matter,
/ / Magnificent one of the mind,
/ / Baron of brain,
|__| The one,
__ The only, The Riddler
/ \
\__/ http://on.to/riddlers-world
"I'm a humble person, really
I'm actually much greater than I think I am..."
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