Linux-Misc Digest #777, Volume #23 Tue, 7 Mar 00 14:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: altgr special chars dont work all right. ideas? (Aron Felix Gurski)
Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail? (Alan Burns)
*.1.gz to ascii ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: floppy problem (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Creating A Boot Disk After System Installation (Dances With Crows)
front page extensions on Apache Web server (Kathy Myers)
Re: cursor control (Dances With Crows)
Re: floppy problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: Salary? (Michael C. Vergallen)
What to do if you forget the root password (Dances With Crows)
Re: multiple virtual x consoles (thomas park)
Re: Re-creating /dev/ttyS2 ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Clock drift problem (Geoff McCaughan)
Re: refresh the buffer memory of cdrecorder... (Dances With Crows)
Re: corel Linux does it have plug & play (brian moore)
Re: lilo failed? ("Neil Koozer")
Re: Linux mailservers (Stuart Rauh)
Re: Cool hack of the month (brian moore)
Re: Salary? ("Joseph T. Adams")
Where does Kpackage install program files
TN5250 Terminal emulator for X (Jim Moseby)
Re: Tar useless for backups? (John Peterson)
Re: Tar useless for backups? (Rob Komar)
remote syslog host ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Salary? (Matthias Warkus)
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: altgr special chars dont work all right. ideas?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:11:22 GMT
Alexander K wrote:
>
> hello!
>
> you know the character that is used to prefix a variabelname in a shell?
> the dollar sign. i can't get it typed out. it is supposed to be on
> AltGr+4. but that only gives me a 4:( my swedish characters (���) work
> though.
> but AltGr gives me troubble. i also can't find the counterpart to [. its
> supposed to be on altgr+9, but... that only gives me a 9. a few other
> keys give me the same troubble. but... a few altgr characters also work,
> like @, � and �(i dont even have this in windows).
> its the same in txtmode as in X.
>
> any idea on how to fix this?
Yes. Have a look at the first entry on
http://home.c2i.net/aron.felix.gurski/Linux.html
If I remember the layout of the Swedish PC keyboard correctly, it is the same as
for the Norwegian, but with � where we have �, and � where we have �. In that
case, you should be able to easily modify my mappings for the console and for X.
Lycka till!
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-- Aron
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From: Alan Burns <aburns@!SPAMTRAP.ebicom.net>
Subject: Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:06:16 -0600
In article <8a1778$bl3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I would like to install a simple e-mail client that allows me to
> download and send e-mail messages utilizing external pop3/smtp
>servers.
I personally like Balsa. The .60 version is quite stable and usable
on my RedHat/Mandrake boxes, unlike most of the previous versions.
I used PMMail back in my OS/2 days, and then later PMMail 98 under
Windows. (I still think it was [is] the best mail client available for *any*
platform. I wish SouthSoft would port it........hint, hint) When I switched to
Linux, I had a hard time finding a GUI mail client that I liked. I tried KMail,
GMail, and others, but they just didn't do it for me.
Balsa was the first one I really liked. Give it a whirl and see what you
think.. Source is at http://www.balsa.net and RPMs are at
ftp://cehf2.dow.cam.ac.uk/pub/RPMS/i386/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *.1.gz to ascii ?
Date: 7 Mar 2000 17:30:35 GMT
Hi,
the midnight commander's file-view function (F3) shows me the various
'man' files as plain ascii. { off course man <stuff> also shows text, but
doesn't allow 'string searching' }
I want to get the file as plain ascii, presumably by something like:
<command> <*.1.gz fileID> > <asciiFileID>
Email advice also to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please.
Thanks, Chris Glur.
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Subject: Re: floppy problem
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:33:53 GMT
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have umounted /floppy correctly, inserted a new disk into the drive
> and mounted /floppy again. Now it shows the content of the previous
> disk! It seems to be cached and it did not recognize the disk change...
It seems like a hardware issue. Check the connections. Once one of my
friends had the same problem, (he is a hardware guy), and after a long
experimenting, he tracked it down to a dust particle which prevented
one wire to connect properly.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Creating A Boot Disk After System Installation
Date: 07 Mar 2000 12:40:17 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:18:47 -0500, mike <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi,
> I would like to know the generic way to create a boot disk
>once a Linux system is installed. I have Redhat 6.1 and I believe
>there is a program called mkbootdisk. I want to know how
>to do it using basic Linux commands. I think not all versions
>and distributions have "mkbootdisk"
Er, you mean a disk that can boot an already-functioning Linux system, or
a disk that can be used as a rescue disk? The two are a bit different...
the second requires a bit more work. Making a boot disk can be really
simple:
dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0
Or slightly more complex:
mke2fs /dev/fd0 ; mount /mnt/floppy ; cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/floppy ; pico
/mnt/floppy/lilo.conf
# LILO.conf for floppy
boot=/dev/fd0
map=/mnt/floppy/map
compact
image=/mnt/floppy/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdXX # replace with root of installed system.
# end LILO.conf for floppy
lilo -C /mnt/floppy/lilo.conf ; umount /mnt/floppy
The second way lets you pass parameters to the kernel, the first way
doesn't. If you want a root/boot floppy, then you should take a look at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html
or get Tom's RootBoot Linux at http://www.toms.net/rb .
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: Kathy Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: front page extensions on Apache Web server
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:30:03 GMT
Running latest version of Apache on a Linux box. Have installed front page
and front page extensions 4.0. A far and as best as I can determine, it is
configured correctly. I have run into an apparent "known issue" (whether
running on Linux of NT) which presents as an inability to submit froms from
the web page created. Sendmail problem? CGI? In NT 4.0, I have reloaded
several times. Last load installed with NT 4.0 , all components for IIS,
Service pack 3 & 4, Option pack 4 & service pack 6, all loaded in that
order.
Appreciate any help for either, preferably, both OS's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: cursor control
Date: 07 Mar 2000 12:46:17 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 15:20:52 GMT, L <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Where would I get information on writing applications that could use
>cursor control to the Linux console logins (TERM=linux)?
man ncurses
I believe there's a dead-tree book called "Beginning Linux Programming"
that has an introduction to programming with curses. Might be worth
checking out.
>Does xterm have to be vt100? Is there a wyse 60 xterm?
No and probably. My /etc/termcap has an entry for Wyse 60, but the man
page for xterm says it does vt100, vt102, vt220, and Tektronix 4104
emulation. (xterm's man page looks a bit out of date... try "export
TERM=wyse60" and see if it works?)
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: floppy problem
Date: 07 Mar 2000 12:51:46 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 16:56:00 +0100, root <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I have umounted /floppy correctly, inserted a new disk into the drive
>and mounted /floppy again. Now it shows the content of the previous
>disk! It seems to be cached and it did not recognize the disk change...
>
>Is there a way to flush the diskcache for the floppy?
>The entry in my /etc/fstab :
>/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat noauto,user 0 0
Weird; very weird. When you umounted the floppy, did you wait for the
light to go off before ejecting it? Also, is this a Thinkpad? They
have... problems with floppies unless you pass the "floppy=thinkpad"
option to the kernel or the floppy module.
umounting a filesystem flushes the disk cache for that filesystem, or at
least it should.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael C. Vergallen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 7 Mar 2000 17:55:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric LEMAITRE wrote:
>When do you flee from Belgium for USA :-)) ?
I'm allready looking into this ... My estimated time is in 2 - 3 years.
I'm currently doing a degree, so as soon as I get this done I'll be
considering this as an option.
Michael
--
Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike,
Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: What to do if you forget the root password
Date: 07 Mar 2000 13:00:36 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 09:30:14 GMT, gabriel <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
> I'm a new user in redhat linux, ived forgot my superuser
>password, so if possible can you help me solve this problem.
Boot from a rescue disk--you do have one, right? If not, then *get* one.
Tom's RootBoot is a nice one-- http://www.toms.net/rb .
A rescue disk will allow you to log in as root without a password. Then
you can mount your root filesystem and edit /etc/shadow. The line that
has "root" in it will look kind of like this:
root:BlahBlah123:10994:0:10996::::
Delete all the text between the first 2 colons. Now when you boot from
the hard disk, root will have no password. So, log in as root and
immediately SET A PASSWORD THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: thomas park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multiple virtual x consoles
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 12:44:59 -0500
Depending on your window manager, you should be able to open up
different desktops in your x session (in WindowMaker, for example, use
the Workspaces->New option).
If you're using Ctrl+Alt+F? to "switch to a different virtual console",
then this is indeed putting you on the text console - for example,
Ctrl+Alt+F1 will give you tty1. To get back into X from this situation,
hit Ctrl+Alt+F7. Why the X session was bound to that particular tty, I
don't know.
HTH,
thomas
Greg Greenway wrote:
>
> Right now i have redhat 6.1 and i have it set up so that it goes straight into x
> on boot. This works fine. But when i switch to a different virtual console, it
> is always just a text shell, and i can't get into x from it. If i type startx
> it says x is already running (which it is). Is there any way to access x from
> these other virtual consoles? Thanks.
>
> GREG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Re-creating /dev/ttyS2 ?
Date: 07 Mar 2000 13:10:12 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:15:27 GMT, Aulne <<8a32tq$m0m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi all,
>
> Don't ask me why, but I managed to erase the /dev/ttyS2 file. I tried
>copying the /dev/ttyS3 to /dev/ttyS2 but it fails to create the correct file
>type. What is the procedure to re-create that file?
# mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66
# chown root.uucp /dev/ttyS2
> And while on the subject, these ttyS[x] files are empty when viewed in hex
>mode. Since they are empty, what is their role?
They are special "device files". If you write to /dev/ttyS2, what you
write is sent to serial port 3. If you write to /dev/hda, what you write
is sent directly to the master device on the primary IDE controller. If
you write to /dev/stdout, what you write is sent to the standard output.
This is one of the more powerful features of Unix: EVERYTHING is a file.
Technically, though, the device files are just hooks so that the kernel
drivers can pull in/spit out data from the hardware in a semi-rational
fashion, which is why the files are empty when you look at them with a hex
editor.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: Geoff McCaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clock drift problem
Date: 7 Mar 2000 18:06:33 GMT
thomas park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know what would be causing the drift, but if the computers are
> inter-networked (with each other), than you _could_ use NTP; just use
> the machine that seems to have the least drift as the server.
Yeah, still not practical I'm afraid. I'm planning to deploy more of these,
and some will be completely stand-alone. I'd really like to nail the cause
of the problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: refresh the buffer memory of cdrecorder...
Date: 07 Mar 2000 13:19:43 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 01:26:40 -0800, Thierry BUCCO
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>How can i refresh the buffer memory of my cdrecorder without opening the
>tray ?
That question didn't make any sense. I believe you meant this:
"When I write a CD using cdrecord, the CD is unreadable until I eject the
CD and slide it back in. How can I make the CD readable without ejecting
and re-inserting it?"
I do not know if this is possible, but you certainly don't have to be at
the CD-RW to eject and reinsert a CD. Try this sequence of commands:
cdrecord -eject ; cdrecord -load
At least on my machine, the CD is ejected, and then reloaded. There are
some CD-RW drives that *require* an eject after a write is finished, for
various reasons relating to the drive's autosensing of the media type (I
think.)
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: corel Linux does it have plug & play
Date: 7 Mar 2000 18:21:28 GMT
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 03:59:58 GMT,
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian Moore writes:
> > Basically, it's Debian slink with various updates (like a newer X
> > server), KDE, a file manager written by Corel,...
>
> And most of Debian missing. It's a small subset of Debian.
And the $2 cd's from cheapbytes are a subset as well. (Slink is too fat
for a single CD... Potato will be, what, 4 CD's for just the binaries?)
Debian is designed to be stripped down. (My personal image I use for
installs is all of 190M and includes everything I use.)
It's trivial to add packages from slink to corel.
> > ... and the simplest installer around.
>
> And most fragile. It either works perfectly or fails totally.
That's true.
> > Debian doesn't sell cd's,...
>
> But many vendors do sell Debian CD's.
Right, but Debian doesn't.
> > ...doesn't publish books...
>
> But a number of Debian books have been published, some authored by Debian
> maintainers.
Right, but, again, Debian doesn't.
> > ...and doesn't put it all in a box with a manual..)
>
> But a boxed Debian set with a book is available.
Sure, but only recently, and it is also a stripped down version of
slink.
> > In general, it's Debian for Newbies.
>
> Try Storm Linux. It is Debian based too, without the marketing hype.
Didn't Storm do naughty things with packages, including tossing their
own changed ones into the mix? Why not put them in a seperate tree (as
Corel did)? From what I've heard, that confuses intermixing with slink
proper, which is a Bad Thing.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: "Neil Koozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo failed?
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:15:03 -0800
[...]
>Has anthing significant about the 1024 cylinder limit of boot loaders
>using PC BIOS changed in the last few years?
[...]
There is another linux boot loader, which is called nuni.
The nuni loader does not use the concept of cylinders because it does not
use the bios. It can boot linux from any location up to 137gb on any IDE
drive (hda...hdh). It also boots from ATA66 cards.
Find it by going to freshmeat.net and put nuni into the little search box.
Neil.
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From: Stuart Rauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux mailservers
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 11:38:01 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using QMail. It's worked trouble free for over a year now. We have
around 75 accounts on it. I can't tell you how well it scales but it
claims to scale well.
Take a look at http://www.qmail.org
--
Stuart Rauh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.whotv.com
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Hello all,
> I'm looking into setting up a mailserver on a RedHat 6.1 box and there
> are numerous offerings. Has anyone any real-life experiences of any
> of these?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Cool hack of the month
Date: 7 Mar 2000 18:31:42 GMT
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:17:57 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I sent a mail to a collegue of mine with the following information:
>
> >Someone got Linux running inside IBM VM running on an s/390 mainframe.
> >Impressive huh? Details at:
> >http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/1532/1/
>
> My sometime arrogant collegue responded with:
>
> >Dude
> >
> >That is something very trivial. VM can run anything, including
> >Windows! Is just a matter of housing it and creating a CP shell ....
>
> I gotta believe there was more to it than that. Basically he was
> indicating that anyone could do this quickly. I can't believe this is
> true, and I think there was alot more to it that he says.
It's not true. You would need to build Windows for VM.... just ask
Microsoft for the source and have fun. (VM doesn't run x86 applications
natively, though probably could emulate them, but that's not the same as
native, nor would it be any different than running multiple instances of
vmware on your PC, just with better hardware behind it..)
> Am I correct?
Yes, it was a -native- S/390 port of Linux running on that machine.
The "you can run a zillion instances of it" isn't a special Linux trick,
but the nature of the system. That it could do so without grinding to a
halt is likewise a feature of the S/390 system. :)
But you still can't run Windows on that system.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: "Joseph T. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 7 Mar 2000 18:34:44 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: You exaggerate. I live in Jersey City, easy commuting distance from New York
: City. I have less than 7.5k rent, and the apartment has two bedrooms ( though
: admittedly, you don't save much or anything by losing a room ). You can
: get the same kind of rent in uptown Manhattan though you'll probably have
: barely enough room to breathe.
Is it reasonably safe?
: I'd agree that it won't help attack a mortgage though. You'll be struggling
: to service the interest on a housing loan, let alone the principal.
Houses are very unreasonably priced on both coasts of the U.S.
They're much more affordable in between ($100K gets you a decent 3
bedroom in the middle class suburbs of Cleveland; generally it would
be less in smaller metro areas or in the country, and more in the
larger ones, except for Detroit, which is still a very, very scary
place).
Joe
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where does Kpackage install program files
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 18:30:07 GMT
What's the default directory that kpackage installs application files in?
I installed a package and the RPM database says it's installed, but I
can't find it anywhere...
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From: Jim Moseby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TN5250 Terminal emulator for X
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 13:43:49 -0500
I'm looking for an X based telnet client that will emulate IBM/5250.
Anybody know if one exists?
Jim
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Subject: Re: Tar useless for backups?
From: John Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 13:26:01 -0500
In article <89uk61$g5k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Recently, I attempted to restore a specific file from a tar file backup
>>of my home directory. Tar informed me the file did not exist. Sure
>>enough, when I generated a list the file was not displayed. I noticed
>>other files were missing as well.
>>
>>I deleted the original tar file and recreated it with the verify switch
>>(-W). To my amazement, tar listed HUNDREDS of files as "does not
>>exist". Even more amazing, most of the files listed as missing DID IN
>>FACT EXIST in the tar file, though about a third were actually missing.
>>I did not receive any error messages.
>>
>>What the hell is going on here?
>
>Although the reasons are varied and complex, I agree with you that tar is
>not a good mechanism for backups. One problem that I have definitely
>experienced is tar failing to restore file permissions correctly.
>
>I have had much better luck with cpio and I use cpio for everything
Can I use cpio to transfer a file tree from one disk to another; for
example, from /dev/sdb5 to /dev/sda4 ? If the answer is yes, do you have
an example usage?
Thanks
--
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Remove 'nospam.' from my email address to reply by email.
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From: Rob Komar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tar useless for backups?
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:32:14 -0800
MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Using verbose simply displays directories/files as they are being
> processed. When I use the -W switch to verify, literally HUNDREDS of
> directories/files are listed as "does not exist". File types include:
> directories, .exe, .hlp, .cfg, .jpg, .bat, .mdb, .doc, .txt, etc. You
> get the idea.
> When I do a list (-t switch), MOST of the directories/files displayed as
> "does not exist" using the -W switch DO IN FACT EXIST--but NOT ALL. I
> estimate about 1 in 15 is ACTUALLY excluded from the tar file. Tar is
> executed as root. All files have appropriate permissions, e.g.
> -rw-r--r-- I'm running RH 6.0, nothing special. Sytem behaves normally
> in every other way.
The "does not exist" message is telling you that tar can't find the
matching file in your filesystem even though it's in the tar file.
So, it looks like some files don't make it into the tar file, and
of those that do, some can't be found in the filesystem when doing
the verification later. To me, this smells of hardware problems
or perhaps a corrupted filesystem. Have you unmounted the filesystems
and forced fsck to check them both? What if you `cp -a' your home
directory to your backup directory and then use `diff -r' to compare
the two trees? I'd look closely for other sources of your problems
besides tar since hardware/filesystem troubles are far more likely
than tar bugs (after all, it works flawlessly for everyone else).
Good luck,
Rob Komar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: remote syslog host
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 18:46:46 GMT
I am attempting to bring up a Red Hat Linux machine as a syslog host.
It does receive (already implemented the -r option) logging from the
other hosts. I would like to have it mimic a FreeBSD machine in that
it will redirect logging output to different directories based on the
hosts it is logging. FreeBSD could do it like this:
The format for accepting logging from other hosts and redirecting the
outputs is as such on FreeBSD.
!hew-gre
kern.*;*.alert;*.crit;*.emerg;*.err /var/log/hewlett/syslog/syslog.lo
g
auth.* /var/log/hewlett/auth/auth.log
daemon.* /var/log/hewlett/daemon/daemon.log
mail.* /var/log/hewlett/mail/mail.log
cron.* /var/log/hewlett/cron/cron.log
lpr.* /var/log/hewlett/lpr/lpr.log
local0.* /var/log/hewlett/local0/local0.log
local1.* /var/log/hewlett/local1/local1.log
local2.* /var/log/hewlett/local2/local2.log
local3.* /var/log/hewlett/local3/local3.log
local4.* /var/log/hewlett/local4/local4.log
local5.* /var/log/hewlett/local5/local5.log
local6.* /var/log/hewlett/local6/local6.log
local7.* /var/log/hewlett/local7/local7.log
# Next block for HP packard
!packard
kern.*;*.alert;*.crit;*.emerg;*.errq /var/log/packard/syslog/syslog.log
auth.* /var/log/packard/auth/auth.log
daemon.* /var/log/packard/daemon/daemon.log
Etc. The ! symbol in FreeBSD syslog seems to denote a block of entries
for each host. The ! does not seem to work in Linux. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ralph Hubbard
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:42:52 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 7 Mar 2000 15:15:25 GMT...
...and Michael C. Vergallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthias Warkus wrote:
>
> >Also take in account that we've got the state taking care of our
> >health, pension etc., that is we don't need to pay private health
> >insurances and such from our salary after taxes unless we want to.
> Now I don't really like the state making those desisions for me ... but here
> in europe we don't have a choice to opt
In Germany, you can opt out, you can choose a private health insurance
over the public health if you want.
> out of this so I'm forced to pay for
> a mediocre healt system and a pension that will be only 800 Euro / month if
> anything is payed at all. I rather make my own provisions on pensions and
> healt, also who cares about the working hours ... I would like to be able to
> make this out for my self instead of some fucked up government desiding how
> long I can work in a week.
1) The government is you. You've elected it.
2) Do you really want to have an American-style society with all its
disadvantages, too? Or are you just imagining some dreamland where
you get all the bonuses and haven't got to pay for them?
mawa
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