Linux-Misc Digest #751, Volume #23 Sun, 5 Mar 00 09:13:04 EST
Contents:
for help of ftp server configuration ("niu")
Re: desktop customisation (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Gnome vs KDE (cll)
Re: FS: Linux Journals, Issue 1 and others pre 10 (John Holbrey)
Re: for help of ftp server configuration (Patricia)
Re: Advice on PartitionMagic on all-Linux system? (Eric Wick)
Re: Epson printer pauses during printing
Re: Do you hate vi? ("Adam C. Emerson")
kernel boot (Tim De Vos)
Help w qmail MTA & Netscape IMAP folders? (Tom Heer)
Re: FS: Linux Journals, Issue 1 and others pre 10 (Alan Jarvis)
Re: configure pppd server on REDHAT 6.0 (Francesco Loiacono)
A Good Question (Roddy)
Re: Microsoft reinvents the wheel!!! (Steve Lamb)
Re: A Good Question (Killing Evil 0013)
Re: libpng error (Glenn Randers-Pehrson)
Re: A Good Question ("N. McNeill")
Re: Named Log Messages ("Steve Cowles")
multiple users using X on same computer at same time? (Rick)
Re: Weirdness in /var/log/messages (Harmon Seaver)
Re: lilo failed? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "niu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: for help of ftp server configuration
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 15:11:37 +0800
hello ,Who tell me how I can setup my ftpserver to allow the anonymous users
uploading files in the /incoming directory?
Thank u very much!
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: desktop customisation
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 07:36:06 GMT
Nicolas DE METZ-NOBLAT wrote:
>
> A very good example on how to open a security hole on your system:
>
> Netscape user may then just ask to goto: 'telnet://localhost' (or any
> other valid host)
> This opens an xterm with telnet - which can be escaped using 'Ctrl+]'
> And as answer to the prompt, user may answer just '!'
>
> Result: he gets a standard shell with normal privileges...
I just tried it, and (at least on my Slackware system) it doesn't
work.
I get the telnet, and can "Ctrl ]" to get to the telnet prompt, but
the telnet command prompt doesn't recognize ! as a valid command. See
below...
telnet> !
?Invalid command
telnet> ?
Commands may be abbreviated. Commands are:
close close current connection
logout forcibly logout remote user and close the connection
display display operating parameters
mode try to enter line or character mode ('mode ?' for
more)
open connect to a site
quit exit telnet
send transmit special characters ('send ?' for more)
set set operating parameters ('set ?' for more)
unset unset operating parameters ('unset ?' for more)
status print status information
toggle toggle operating parameters ('toggle ?' for more)
slc set treatment of special characters
z suspend telnet
environ change environment variables ('environ ?' for more)
telnet>
Perhaps there's a hidden 'escape to shell' or one of the above
commands can escape to shell, but the '!' _doesn't_ escape to shell
(at least in my system).
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: cll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome vs KDE
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:21:55 +1300
Which is better -- apples or bananas?
You try.
You choose!!
cll
Fairway Fatty wrote:
>
> What is the difference between Gnome and KDE........ Opinions - which
> is better?
>
> Thanks, Grand Fairway
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From: John Holbrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FS: Linux Journals, Issue 1 and others pre 10
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:54:09 +0000
Alan Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: Apologies for the advert but I have a number of LJs in my loft. I
: will shortly be moving and it has been deemed that I do not want to
: take them with me.
: I definately have some issue ones, still in sealed plastic wrappers.
: I'm pretty sure I have issues 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8(?), 9 and 11.
: If anybody is interested I will get them out and check for sure.
: I would be looking for ~20ukp for the issues 1 and ~15ukp for the
: others. I'm open to bulk and/or reasonable offers.
surely (original) cost price minus ageing would be more appropriate,
old Linux Journal's can't really be considered as an investment
opportunity can they? This information inside is a different matter!
: I'm in Portsmouth, UK, so if anybody is nearby they can drop in and
: get them, otherwise it will be registered post.
: Cheers,
: Alan.
--
____________________________________________________________________________
Dr John Holbrey
work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
seen a high cairn kissed by holy wind, seen a mirror pool cut by golden fins
Bruce Cockburn - Strange Waters
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: for help of ftp server configuration
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:22:43 +0100
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, niu wrote:
>hello ,Who tell me how I can setup my ftpserver to allow the anonymous users
>uploading files in the /incoming directory?
>Thank u very much!
Niu
edit /etc/ftpaccess
add the following lines
upload /home/ftp /pub/incoming yes root root 0600 dirs
upload /home/ftp /pub/incoming/* yes root root 0600 dirs
you must give /home/ftp/pub/incoming writeaccess (chmod 777)
--
HTH :)
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
10:27am up 2 days, 17:18, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 1.19, 1.16
Sun Mar 5 10:27:34 CET 2000
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From: Eric Wick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Advice on PartitionMagic on all-Linux system?
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 09:32:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve Snyder wrote:
> also says that the software is shipped on a "Win32 CD". How does one
> use PM on an all-Linux, no Win32 system? Do/can you run it from a
> DOS-formatted boot diskette?
Since Version 4 there is a script for linux that creates 2 Dos-based
Bootdisks. The Programm is rather useful.
--
Linux-Computing, SpeedDragon http://www.hanse-net.de/eric.wick
ByeBye
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Epson printer pauses during printing
Date: 5 Mar 2000 10:04:50 GMT
On 4 Mar 2000 08:49:05 -0600, Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
squawked:
>
> I have a Epson Stylus Color 600 printer, which have been working fine
>(in Win and Linux) for years. Recently I updated to Slackware 7.0, and now
>whenever I print something, the printer pauses about three times per page,
>from about 20 to 40 seconds each turn. The quality and everything else have
>not changed.
It may be ghostscript working away. I had similar pauses while
running from my 486, but not with my PII-450. Does it only happen
with particularly complicated documents, such as images?
Otherwise I have no idea.
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From: "Adam C. Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do you hate vi?
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 10:32:56 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8817fe$9j7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Lots of discussion here.
> It supports what I said in another thread:
> if you learned on vi, you love it.
> else, you hate it.
Not necessarily, I learned on EMACS, and was forced to switch to vi
after moving to a system that was EMACS-free, and I much prefer vi.
--
Adam C. Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The mark of a truly great mind isn't whether you're right or wrong.
It's how well you can weasel out of a jam." -- Cecil Adams
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From: Tim De Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel boot
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:24:13 +0100
Hello,
I just recompiled my kernel to integrate SCSI in the kernel (no
module anymore). Now when I boot I get the message AWAITING_MSG
from my Adaptec 2940 U2W. So I reinstalled my old kernel but
now I always get unresolved symbols while checking the
modules. Any idea how to solve this problems? Or what did
I wrong with my new kernel? B.T.W may I remove the initrd
from my /etc/lilo.conf?
Thanks in advance for replying
Tim De Vos
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From: Tom Heer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.admin.isp,linux.debian.consultants,linux.debian.user,linux.misc,netscape.public.admin,netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news,netscape.public.mozilla.unix
Subject: Help w qmail MTA & Netscape IMAP folders?
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 11:48:05 GMT
I have setup Corel Linux running qmail as an imap/smtp mail server. All
of my users use Netscape to do mail chores on both Windows & the Linux
machine.
When a user sets thier mail preferences in Netscape to "Move it to the
Trash Folder" for 'Deleted Items',
(Preferences->Mail & Newsgroups->Mail Servers->Edit->IMAP), then deletes
a message, the message dissappears briefly, then reappears in the Inbox.
Likewise, If a user creates any folders in thier IMAP Inbox, then tries
to move a message to it, the message dissapears briefly, then reappears
in the Inbox.
Anybody now how to make these two programs work properly together? Would
a POP3 email solution be a better one for a newbie, even though I am not
serving any dialup users? You input and any help is truly appreciated.
/tom
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From: Alan Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: FS: Linux Journals, Issue 1 and others pre 10
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 12:11:05 -0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Alan Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Hi,
>
> : Apologies for the advert but I have a number of LJs in my loft. I
> : will shortly be moving and it has been deemed that I do not want to
> : take them with me.
>
> : I definately have some issue ones, still in sealed plastic wrappers.
> : I'm pretty sure I have issues 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8(?), 9 and 11.
> : If anybody is interested I will get them out and check for sure.
>
> : I would be looking for ~20ukp for the issues 1 and ~15ukp for the
> : others. I'm open to bulk and/or reasonable offers.
>
> surely (original) cost price minus ageing would be more appropriate,
> old Linux Journal's can't really be considered as an investment
> opportunity can they? This information inside is a different matter!
>
Well I don't really know. To be honest I haven't really given it much
thought. I sold a few a couple of years ago for about $20 each and that
was considered fair. I know some people like to collect them, I was
one. The issue 1's are pretty rare as there wasn't that many produced
and you can longer get them from SSC, as well as the other issues I
have.
I'm also not particularly bothered about selling them, however my
"partner" does not want "a bunch of 5 year old magazines hanging
around". I love her but she can be a heathen.
Anyway I've gone through the motions and she is happy. If you're
interested then you can always haggle. Otherwise you must be right and
they're worth whatever people think they're worth. When you think that
I will have to send them registered post, possibly to the States, pay
exchange rates, etc... you can see that I'm not exactly going to get
rich out of this. Neither do I want it to cost me money.
BTW, SSC do not subtract any off whatever back issues they have left for
"ageing". What would you consider to be an appropriate rate ;-)
Cheers,
Alan.
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From: Francesco Loiacono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: configure pppd server on REDHAT 6.0
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:30:05 GMT
Robert Lynch wrote:
>
> Francesco Loiacono wrote:
> >
> > How to configure pppd server on REDHAT 6.0 ?
> > I use modems on ttys or on terminal server.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> There's a great tutorial on doing just this at:
>
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue36/ali.html
>
> HTH. Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Robert
Thank for your good piece of advice.
Loiacono Francesco
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 23:35:51 +1100
From: Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: A Good Question
Hey linux people,
this is, i think, a good question which may pose a challenge to some
non-guru's. If your running some tired i586 like me, you'd probably
rather use the standard midnight commander to browse your filesystem
than gmc. So therefore to begin mc automatically in an xterm at login
your .xinitrc may have parts to it that look like this;
########
xterm &
mc &
exec window manager
==============
However, having tried this myself it doesn't execute properly. Does
anyone know how this could be achieved?
Thankyou kindly
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==================================
Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (MCSE)
MCSE - My Computer Sends Email
==================================
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Subject: Re: Microsoft reinvents the wheel!!!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:46:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Hockin) wrote in
<89sl0a$jl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>: foo.conf and I copy it to foo.conf.bak - I assume the M$'s linking
>: system would delete my backup file, right?
>hardly ridiculous. It has the same semantics as a hardlink in UNIX, just
Uhm, yes, it is. Look again.
Who makes a backup by hardlinking?
Would you make a backup by hardlinking? You are aware of why that would
be a bad thing(tm) and why it would then be a ridiculous thing for M$ to do
automatically? :P
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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From: Killing Evil 0013 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A Good Question
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 13:50:27 +0100
Roddy wrote:
> Hey linux people,
>
> this is, i think, a good question which may pose a challenge to some
> non-guru's. If your running some tired i586 like me, you'd probably
> rather use the standard midnight commander to browse your filesystem
> than gmc. So therefore to begin mc automatically in an xterm at login
> your .xinitrc may have parts to it that look like this;
>
> ########
> xterm &
>
> mc &
>
> exec window manager
> --------------
> However, having tried this myself it doesn't execute properly. Does
> anyone know how this could be achieved?
>
How does it know that mc has to run in that xterm?
just replace the first two commands by:
xterm -e 'mc'
And, if you use an old slow computer, why do you use the big xterm? rxvt is
much smaller and has the same command-line-options......
grtz,
Bart
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From: Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libpng error
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:55:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I always have this one libpng error going on when i startx. It
starts and
> runs all apps except the gnome apps. I would like to be able to run
some
> of these like gnibbles(best game ever). I have tried basically every
combo
> of libpng.so.1's available.
As far as the PNG Development Group is concerned, there is only one
libpng.so.1, and that corresponds to our ancient version 0.89c.
What people do with the library after it leaves us is beyond our
control. Is version 0.89c what Gnome really wants? I thought it
was up to at least 1.0.2b. We are at 1.0.5 now and hopefully will
be releasing 1.0.6 (backward compatible with 1.0.0) fairly soon.
What is the nature of your "libpng error"?
--
Glenn Randers-Pehrson
PNG/MNG Development Group
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "N. McNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A Good Question
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 08:37:37 -0500
Roddy wrote:
>
> Hey linux people,
>
> this is, i think, a good question which may pose a challenge to some
> non-guru's. If your running some tired i586 like me, you'd probably
> rather use the standard midnight commander to browse your filesystem
> than gmc. So therefore to begin mc automatically in an xterm at login
> your .xinitrc may have parts to it that look like this;
>
> ########
> xterm &
>
> mc &
>
> exec window manager
> --------------
> However, having tried this myself it doesn't execute properly. Does
> anyone know how this could be achieved?
>
> Thankyou kindly
>
> --
> ____ ___ ___ ___ _ _
> | \ / \ | \ | \ \\_//
> | * / | * | | * | | * | \ /
> |_/\_\ \___/ |___/ |___/ |_|
> ----------------------------------
> Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (MCSE)
> MCSE - My Computer Sends Email
> ----------------------------------
Try
xterm -e mc &
look at man xterm
--
N. McNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://linuxexcite.com
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From: "Steve Cowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Named Log Messages
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 13:59:41 GMT
"Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
> I am running Redhat 6.1, and named puts a lot of log information into
> the messages files. I would like to find out how I can stop this.
> How do I tell syslog or named not to log everything, only errors?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> ---
> Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I think this is what your wanting. Add this (see below) to your named.conf
file.
Steve Cowles
---- > cut/paste from /etc/named.conf <------
logging {
category statistics { null; };
};
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: multiple users using X on same computer at same time?
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 09:01:50 -0500
I would like to have 2-3 accounts active on the same computer, running X
at the same time. I tried cntrl-alr-f2, but when I log in and start X, I
get an error saying display 0 is using X. I tried startx --:1, and xinit
--:1, but get the same error. Is it possble to do this.
any and all help appreciated.
--
Rick
To reply by email remove NOSPAM from my address.
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From: Harmon Seaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Weirdness in /var/log/messages
Date: 5 Mar 2000 14:01:44 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Villy Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>You probably have another auth or ident daemon running.
>>
>>Try "lsof -i :auth", this tells you the pid of the process listening on
>>that port. Then either disable the other identd, or comment it out in
>>/etc/inetd.conf
>>
> RH6.1 now alows you to start identd from a rc script, and if that is
> done and inetd still will listen on the auth port you get a conflict.
> So if you start identd from a rc script, then you need to disable it in
> inetd.conf, and vice versa.
Yup, that's it. Thanx. Seems like every upgrade these days some things are
getting changed like this, or put in some other place where I can't find them.
In trying to make things easier for the newbie, they seem to be making new
problems for others. I just installed Mandrake 7 on my desk machine -- and
sendmail wasn't running, nor could I get it to start. Lo and behold, it wants
to run postfix. Sigh! Not sure I want to run postfix on my mail server.
--
Harmon Seaver, MLIS Systems Librarian
Arrowhead Library System Virginia, MN
(218) 741-3840 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://harmon.arrowhead.lib.mn.us
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lilo failed?
Date: 05 Mar 2000 13:50:39 +0000
Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was trying to install Redhat 6.1's lilo to boot linux and win98.
> However, i couldn't make lilo work because it complained about the
> amount of cylinders on my HD (13GB) are too large. Therefore I can only
> boot linux through boot disk now. I used to install lilo on my another
> PC with 3GB HD without problem. Can anyone tell me how to solve this
> problem?
I've been out of the Linux newsgroups for several months. I got tired
of seeing the same questions over and over. I thought I'd drop in and
see how things are going. Nothing seems to have changed - same old
questions.
I think we in comp.os.linux.* could learn a lesson from the folks
over in comp.lang.perl.misc. Over there every time someone asks a FAQ
they get told to read the FAQ. They don't usually get the answer -
they are actually forced for their own good to read the FAQ.
Has anthing significant about the 1024 cylinder limit of boot loaders
using PC BIOS changed in the last few years?
Assuming it hasn't, I suggest Peter goes to a Usenet search engine
(e.g. Deja.com) where you can find answers (some from me) to this
question from previous years.
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