Linux-Misc Digest #779, Volume #23 Tue, 7 Mar 00 16:13:02 EST
Contents:
Samba on Linux - NT domain
Re: Date and Time of Linux Server ("Jason A. Marshall")
Re: big files (Jeremy Weinberger)
Large File Support (Jeremy Weinberger)
Re: Tar useless for backups? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Tar useless for backups? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Salary? (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: You have new mail (Bill Unruh)
Re: Changeing screen resolution/dimensions in Redhat Linux 6.1 (Dances With Crows)
Kickstart hardwired to custom cdrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Salary? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: Salary? (Desmond Coughlan)
Re: Linux mailservers (Jeremy Weinberger)
Re: closing browser window crashes netscape?!? (Juergen Seibel)
test ("carl")
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba on Linux - NT domain
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:30:12 GMT
I tried all the below said..
But still have the same message when I try to join my NT domain.
I appreciate any help
Thanks
-Ayesha
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? ? I have Samba set up on a RH 6.0 box, 3c509, in an NT domain.
? ?
? ? I have the security=domain, encrypted password, and worgroup=MYDOMAIN
? ? installed along with the password server = MY_PDC, yet I can't seem to
be
? ? able to join the domain.
? ? I initialized the machine name on the PDC like it says in the DOCS,
but
? ? when I type:
? ?
? ? ?smbpasswd -j MYDOMAIN -r MY_PDC? I get the following error:
? ?
? ? modify_trust_password: machine MY_PDC rejected the session setup.
Error
? ? was : code 131.
? ? 1999/09/08 22:35:14 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
? ? password for domain MYDOMAIN.
? ? Unable to join domain MYDOMAIN.
? ?
? ? If this helps, I can browse the shares on a Win95 box using any
password,
? ?
? ? session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
? ?
? ? When I try to browse the shares on a WinNT machine
? ? (server=BDC/other or workstation) It asks me for a password, and my
? ? password doesn't work (even though it's right) and prints:
? ?
? ?
? ? When I try to browse the shares on the Primary WinNT server (PDC), I
get
? ? the following error before the password prompt:
? ?
? ? session request to MY_PDC failed
? ? session request to *SMBSERVER failed
? ?
? ? I'm stuck. Please help. Thanks!
Everytime I have tried the ?security=domain? config, I have had the same
error messages. But it does work. The key to joining ro an
NT domain (at least this has worked for me) is to...
1) Shutdown Samba on the the Linux box. (temporaroly)
2) Remove/Delete the Workstation Account from PDC.
3) Wait 15-20 minutes for the Workstation account to dissappear from NT
server manager. You should get a message that states that
when you delete the account. 4) Make sure you do not have the following
files in /etc DOMAIN.HOSTNAME.mac, MACHINE.sid. Note
the DOMAIN will be replaced with the name of your NT Domain and the
HOSTNAME will be the hostname of your Linux PC. IF you were
never able to join to your NT domain then these files should not exist.
Once your sure that the server name no longer exists in server manager,
then re-create the server manager workstation account and
then follow the instructions in the docs directory. I have had to do the
above everytime I have tried to join to an NT domain. Again, I got
the same error messages. I think what is happening is Samba is registering
with the WINS server thus creating the ?temp?
workstation entry in server manager (which should disappear when you turn
off your linux PC). By shutting down Samba first
(unregistering) and then ensuring that your workstation account does not
exist in server manager, you should have success.
The ?security=domain? is the best option the developers ever put into
Samba. Works great! once you have successfully joined to your
NT domain ?groan?. Also, you should be able to look at your samba
workstation through NT's Server Manager. i.e. Display Users,
Shares, In-Use properites, etc.... The following is my smb.conf file for
reference. My PDC is called DEFIANT and is also the WINS
server at 192.168.9.2. My NT Domain is called COWLES.
Good luck
Steve Cowles
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = COWLES
server string = Linux Server
interfaces = 192.168.9.1/24
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = Yes
password server = defiant
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
os level = 33
local master = No
dns proxy = No
wins server = 192.168.9.2
remote announce = 192.168.9.255
hosts allow = 192.168.9.0/24
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From: "Jason A. Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Date and Time of Linux Server
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 12:21:40 -0800
If you are running RH and Xwindows .... open a term and type
timetool
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From: Jeremy Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: big files
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:18:02 -0600
Do you know where I can get info on the current state of filesystem
development? I would like more information about this.
I remember at one point there was a project to simulate a 64-bit
filesystem on a 32-bit machine, in order to get 64-bit fs limitations.
All the references to this I've found on the web are about 4 years old..
Did this project die? Is there any way to achieve files above 2.1GB
running any version of linux on my Pentium Pro?
Thank you,
jeremy
Paul Kimoto wrote:
> =
> In article <89itp7$bl0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jaime L=F3pez wrote:
> > Anybody knows how to write more than 2.1GB in ONE file in ext2fs ?
> > Is this a physical or logical limitation?
> =
> Currently Linux on 32-bit platforms can't do this.
> =
> > If so, is there any filesystem capable of doing so?
> =
> You can run Linux on a 64-bit platform, or use something like FreeBSD.
> =
> --
> Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Jeremy Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: nwu.comp.unix.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Large File Support
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:20:31 -0600
Is there any method currently available to support files about 2.1GB on
linux? This appears to be a 32-bit limitation in ext2. At one point,
there as a LFS project, but it does not appear to be active anymore. Is
there a development version of ext or other experimental fs that
supports very large files?
Thanks,
jeremy
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Jeremy Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://isp.nwu.edu/~jeremy
iCAIR 1890 Maple, Suite 150 Evanston, IL USA
Voice: 847-491-4054 Fax: 847-467-7885 Pager: 847-225-1227
"You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete
traditions! You're dangerous and depraved and you ought to
be taken outside and shot!"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tar useless for backups?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:29:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 20:41:48 +0000, MH 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?
>
> Who knows? But since tar has been used for doing backups for
> about 30 years, your Subject is highly misleading and I suspect
> you are a troll. If not, post the command you used to create the
> tar file.
>
> Bob T.
>
Bob,
I don't use tar *when I have a choice* for backups. I much prefer cpio.
Some clients want tar, so then I use tar. But, all told, I'd rather
not. In my hands, I get better backups with cpio: I know my
symbolic links are preserved and it's easy to back up whole
subdirectories from one disk to another.
David.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tar useless for backups?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:26:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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?
>
classic problem; it works like this:
assume /dev/sdb5 is mounted as <olddir>
assume /dev/sda4 is mounted as <targetdir>
cd <olddir>
find . -print | cpio -pdmuv <targetdir>
It copies symbolic links correctly; this is why I use this method.
depending on the flavor of unix, you might need a -depth flag. My
experience is that it doesn't help in Linux.
David.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 7 Mar 2000 20:40:09 GMT
On 7 Mar 2000 18:34:44 GMT, Joseph T. Adams wrote:
>Is it reasonably safe?
Jersey City is quite safe. Not sure about Manhattan, but my impression
is that it's OK ( though it's true that a lot of people get robbed there )
--
Donovan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: You have new mail
Date: 7 Mar 2000 20:45:29 GMT
In <8a33je$mf3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aulne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Hi all,
] All right, when I log on (as root) on my Linux box that is connected to our
]local network I immediately get the msg "You have new mail". If I switched
]to Windows and get out Outlook I notice I indeed got new mail from the Win NT
]server. How can I read this mail from the bash shell?
pine, elm, mail, ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Changeing screen resolution/dimensions in Redhat Linux 6.1
Date: 07 Mar 2000 15:45:55 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 19:30:04 GMT, Zachary Witte
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hello. I'm a very new user with linux and don't know muh about how it
>works. I am a very experienced user with Windows, however.
I don't know much about how an M1A1 tank works, but I'm very experienced
at driving a station wagon that keeps falling apart :-) There are many
manuals and HOWTOs available for your new M1A1--check the URLs below and
if you want a dead-tree manual, O'Reilly's _Running Linux_ is decent for
the beginner.
http://www.linuxdoc.org http://www.linuxnewbie.org
>things I noticed when I started up linux for the first time was the the
>screen resolution was very low (I later found out it was 640x480 but it
RedHat's automatic X-configuration process is f***ed in the head. Become
root and run Xconfigurator; this will give you a chance to write a better
XF86Config file and get a larger resolution and/or better bit depth. Once
you've configured higher resolutions, you can switch among them by
pressing Ctrl-Alt-(Keypad +) and Ctrl-Alt-(Keypad -). HTH.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kickstart hardwired to custom cdrom
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:44:53 GMT
I'm looking for a way to specify the location of a kickstart file on a
custom cdrom I have burnt for Redhat6.1. Is there a location to locate
the kickstart file that it would automatically read or somehow modify
the python scripts? I've looked around through the install scripts and
can't really find where I would add that. Thanks in advance.
Paul Van Lierop
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 12:35:26 -0800
"Matthias Warkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> So we Europeans can't afford 3 SUVs per household. I reckon that's an
> advantage.
If you happen to like that kind of thing, it's still much better to have the
option, don't you think? You don't have to spend it all. Instead, you can
save and invest it, and retire early, with more. Wouldn't it be great to be
able to say "take this job and shove it," and spend your time writing open
source software instead? ;-)
> Seriously: The standard of living here in Germany is rather higher
> than in the United States. As for salaries, they aren't necessarily
> lower, if they're lower, that's usually compensated by a much lower
> number of workhours per week and per lifetime.
My roommate is German, and this is what he thinks. He's appalled by the
cost of living here, and by how hard people work. (Notice my choice of
words.)
> 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.
That's pretty amazing, that the government gives you a choice. In England,
even the "free" state health care costs more than the most deluxe private
insurance over here, and most British people with money still feel the need
to have private insurance also. In the US, you get great value for your
money if you actually have money, but if you're poor, you're screwed.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Desmond Coughlan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 7 Mar 2000 14:13:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 13:57:12 +0100, Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem is that in Europe technical people are at the bottom of the
> > totem pole, no matter how good they are. The only place I know of where
> > that doesn't necessarily happen is the US. The result: the US produces
> > the best software in the world, and any good European software is developed
> > by universities, not by private companies.
> <sarcasm>
> I suppose that's why SAP is a university :)
> </sarcasm>
<joke>
He said 'good' [...] software, Matthias ...
</joke>
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From: Jeremy Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux mailservers
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:49:33 -0600
Second the recommendation for qmail over sendmail. sendmail is
monolithic; qmail runs as several distributed components, each under its
own userid, providing more flexibility and moderately better security.
qmail is very easily configurable by/for your users to support multiple
mailboxes per user, forwarding, vacation, etc. qmail does contain a pop3
server. If you follow the instructions explicitly, qmail is easy to
install. It's an entire system of programs that will require some study
to understand, but it's probably worth learning.
I am not certain what you mean by "supports web access". I do not know
of any pre-written system you can deploy for web mail access. I think I
have heard about some web email sites that will also let you check other
mail accounts with them. The web service is basically just providing a
front end for POP. Also, you should discourage the use of other people's
frontends to access your mail server, because this means that they are
giving their username/password to a third party before it gets to you.
Ff you want to run with 1000+ users, you'll need support from more than
just the MTA software.
You have to have some way of managing 1000+ user accounts, and
/etc/passwd isn't it. The prevalent way to handle a user base of this
size is to store account information in an ldap directory, and provide
authentication on your host via pam_ldap. This should scale to the size
you need.
There are also commercially available versions of ldap-based
authentication on linux, if you have a real budget to spend. A good
hacker should be able to handle it himself, though :)
jeremy
Andy wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> If anyone can recommend (or dissuade!) me from a particular product
> I'd be very grateful. The system needs to be able to handle 1,000+
> accounts and provide the usual stuff;
> - mailboxes (delivery addresses)
> - forwarding
> - vacation etc. notice
> - easy to maintain (and to install as well, ideally!)
> - support web and POP3 clients as a minimum
>
> I would prefer an Open Source solution but will certainly also
> consider commercial offerings. Scalability, ease of administration
> and robustness are my primary concerns.
>
> Apologies if this isn't the correct newsgroup - I couldn't find any
> generic linux-mail type groups :-)
>
> Any advice, comments, experiences and thoughts gratefully received!
>
> Cheers,
> Andy.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "You don't buy beer, you only rent it."
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Jeremy Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://isp.nwu.edu/~jeremy
iCAIR 1890 Maple, Suite 150 Evanston, IL USA
Voice: 847-491-4054 Fax: 847-467-7885 Pager: 847-225-1227
"You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete
traditions! You're dangerous and depraved and you ought to
be taken outside and shot!"
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From: Juergen Seibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: closing browser window crashes netscape?!?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:47:26 +0000
thomas park wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having this very strange problem with Netscape - closing a browser
> window will randomly cause Netscape to crash (exits all open Netscape
> windows, including browser, messenger, etc.) This doesn't happen
> consistently, perhaps about 30% of the time that I close a window.
>
> Does anybody know of a fix for this? I'm using Mandrake Linux 7.0, with
> XF86/Mach 64 3.3.6, WindowMaker 0.61.1 (from source), and Netscape 4.7.
> Thanks for your reply -
>
> thomas
I`ve got the same problem and I got Netscape 4.61
My system is SuSE Linux 6.2 kernel 2.2.10 i386 X11 Release6
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From: "carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: test
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 21:02:48 GMT
test
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