Linux-Misc Digest #829, Volume #23 Sun, 12 Mar 00 16:13:03 EST
Contents:
Travan-5 Internal IDE Tape Drive Problems. ("Keith M. Smith")
Re: how can my scripts know Linux has made a ppp connection? (Bob Hart)
Re: Suggestions on AMD box? (Antipop)
Re: help with TAR (Luke)
Re: A new version of my rc.firewall script. (Jean-Sebastien Morisset)
Re: Can't logout of Gnome (Jordan Hiller)
Re: Why not Netscape as Root? (Andreas Kahari)
packet disguise ("wokness")
rh6.1 needs to be optimized on amd K 7 (Slava ZIMINE)
Re: A new version of my rc.firewall script. ("ViperGts")
Re: Suggestions on AMD box? ("David ..")
Re: help partitioning 13.2 g with part magic ("David ..")
Re: XFree86 with Intel i810 chipset ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory (Curly++)
Need KPanel to go away; Kppp says PPP not supported by kernel (Bob Hart)
Joe on Bootfloppy (Was: Do you hate vi? vi or vim? Deathmatch!) (Harold Stevens **
PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Re: Winlinux and FAT32 (Monty)
Re: Need KPanel to go away; Kppp says PPP not supported by kernel (David Turley)
Re: Adding new HDD to existing partition (Dave Brown)
Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory (Curly++)
Re: mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3? (Alan Burns)
Re: Window manager hell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Keith M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Travan-5 Internal IDE Tape Drive Problems.
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:12:27 GMT
Hi :
I recently purchased a seagate TR-5 IDE tape drive and am completely
lost as to how to configure it. I can use mt
and tar, but something leads me to believe that the drive is not
configured optimally. When I perform multiple tar
operations, the File number below stays at zero, only the block number
changes. How do I interpret these block
numbers? Also, why the "unknown" tape drive message? If you have any
ideas, I would appreciate hearing them. Also, any sources of information
would be usefull too.
For example, when I do a: mt status, I get:
# mt -f /dev/ht0 status
Unknown tape drive type (type code 0)
File number=0, block number=0.
mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0
General status bits on (0):
Any thoughts on the best way to approach this?
Thanks
Keith
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From: Bob Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how can my scripts know Linux has made a ppp connection?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:14:08 -0500
netstat -nr | grep ppp0 >/tmp/network
if [ ! -s "/tmp/network" ]
then
echo "Modem is not connected."
else
echo "Modem is connected."
fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'd like to know if there is any possible way I can make scripts that
> can become aware that Linux has made a ppp connection. Could you give
> me a hint?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Antipop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Suggestions on AMD box?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:19:03 GMT
It would be a lot cheaper on you if you went to EBay and picked up a $500
500mhz AMD K6-2 system. The lower speeds (like 300mhz) are even cheaper.
-Antipop
DigitalRealmz wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Looking for suggestions on a good AMD based box to run Linux. What I
> want is a good, LOW-cost, do-it-yourself project. What motherboard?
> Sound card? Vid card? Modem (56K)? etc.??? I don't need the fastest set
> up, so suggestions on using an 800MHz proc aren't the kind of thing I'm
> looking for. If I can put together a 300MHz box for under $500 CDN,
> woo-hoo, that's perfect. But I'm just as happy with 166MHz.
>
> Thanks.
> V
> P.S. Sorry for the cross-posts. After posting to comp.os.linux, I
> noticed there was a larger reader base in alt.os.linux, and in
> comp.os.linux.misc.
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> www.bluebuttbunny.com
> Funny name. Cool site!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with TAR
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:19:49 GMT
Thanks. The others were on different partitions. I thought "l" meant not to
follow any nfs mounts...
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 05:28:52 GMT, Luke wrote:
> >I'm trying to make a backup of my entire filesystem... /bak is a
> >partition I made to hold backup files like this. This is the command I
> >am using:
> >
> >tar -clvzPf /bak/backup3-11-00.tar --exclude /bak /
> >This should create a new archive, stay on the local filesys, tell me
> >what's going on, compress it, keep the "/" at the beginning, send the
> >output to a file on the /bak partition, and exclude everything on /bak
> >and start at / (root).
> >
> >The command works, and the files go flying down the screen, but for some
> >reason the final archive is only 12 meg. I have over 400 meg of data
> >spread over /var,/usr,/home, and so forth... What is going on? I know
> >I'm not getting a 33:1 compression ratio! :) I'm running it as root,
> >and the system is being used, but I'm told that doesn't matter.
> >
>
> If your command stays on the local filesystem, /usr is probably not included.
> (try "mount" to see if /usr is on a different partition).
>
> Bastian.
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From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: A new version of my rc.firewall script.
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:21:40 -0500
Well, I haven't tried PMFirewall. I assume it's a front-end for building =
an
ipchains script. Personally, I think mine would probably be more complete=
=2E I
can control who my DHCP and NTP servers are, where I can FTP, and what
services I open and to who (ping, active FTP, passive FTP, SSH, telnet,
smtp, dns, finger, http, pop2, auth, nntp, imap2, https, etc.). In "stric=
t"
mode, my script also blocks several destination ports (port 0, systat,
netstat, chargen, tftp, finger, sunrpc, smb, imap2, xdmcp, ipsec vpn, exe=
c,
biff, login, who, shell, syslog, printer, talk, ntalk, route, mountd, soc=
ks,
sql, pptp, remote winsock, open windows, nfs, etc.). I also check for
illegal packets; broadcast source as dest. (and vice-versa), reserved and=
private subnets, etc.
I suggest you try both and monitor your syslog. Chances are, you'll find
more rejected packets using my script. <grin>
LateR!
js.
ViperGts wrote:
> =
> Crime man, vraiment cool ta page !!! Je n'ai pas encore essay=E9 ton
> rc.firewall ( ce n'est pas que je te trust pas... t'es pas mal plus qua=
lifi=E9
> que moi hehehehe.. ) Mais c'est que jai test=E9 PMFirewall ( depuis hie=
r ) et
> ca l'air pas si pire comme outils. Est-ce que tu me conseil de prendre =
plus
> Ton rc.firewall et l'ajust=E9 en consequence a mon system , ou de conse=
rv=E9 mon
> PMFirewall ???
> Si jamais tu veux me donner plus de renseignements ( car ici cest pluto=
t un
> NG anglais ) tu peux mecrire : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Merci et Cya ;)
> =
> Jean-Sebastien Morisset a =E9crit dans le message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I've released a new version of my rc.firewall script. As always, you c=
an
> get
> >it from <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/linux/rc.firewall>. This versi=
on
> >enables outgoing (active) FTP data transfers. I found this problem whe=
n
> >trying to FTP between two firewalls. :-)
> >
> >I've also put up a mailing list to discuss the script, and let everyon=
e
> know
> >when new versions are available. You can subscribe by sending an e-mai=
l to
> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with "subscribe firewall" as the BODY of=
your
> >message.
> >
> >LateR!
> >js.
> >--
> >Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>;
> >UNIX, the Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, and other Fun Stuff...
> >This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot=
!
--
Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>;
UNIX, the Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, and other Fun Stuff...
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
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From: Jordan Hiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't logout of Gnome
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:30:44 GMT
Someone suggested that updating the Gnome packages might help. If I
download the RPMs from http://www.rpmfind.net/, what do I need to get?
Do I need to be careful that I have the same version of all the gnome
packages? Do I need to update ALL the gnome packages or can I just
update gnome-libs and gnome-core?
Thanks,
Jordan
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why not Netscape as Root?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:29:18 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
HighwayWizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ???
>
> sorry, I'm so stupid!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Hello stupid! ;-)
You should try to avoid doing ANYTHING as 'root' (well, some things are
not possible to do as an ordinary user). If anything is going wrong as
'root' then it REALLY goes wrong.
A cracker that gets access to a user account may destroy that account,
but as 'root' you may repair the damage (using the backup -- you do make
backups, don't you?). A cracker that gets access to the 'root' account
may do whatever he/she likes with the whole computer!
/A
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From: "wokness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: packet disguise
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:40:09 GMT
I want to run a mail server on my @home account, but the problem is @home
doesnt allow servers. So my question is, is there a way to disguise my
outgoing packets so that it looks like i am sending out telnet traffic or
something while it is really my mail server?
Thanks,
Wokness
ps- please reply via e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Slava ZIMINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: cern.linux
Subject: rh6.1 needs to be optimized on amd K 7
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:22:12 +0100
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Hell0
I've installed the cern certified rh 6.1 distrib
on a a new box with an amd K7 Athlon 600 Mhz with 512 Kb cache.
128 Megs Ram
>cat /proc/cpuinfo # shows that the processor is well recognized
The problem is that this machine
feels and behaves like 2,3 times slower than it's neighbour Intel PII 450 Mhz,
512 Kb cache, 128 Meg Ram. (compiled kernel for the comparisons)
I have recompiled and installed the kernel for the processor type K6
i see no real improovements in speed.
Q. How to get the kernel optimized for the AMD processor?
( from what i've read on the net, they usually beat the Intel's Pentiums)
For the moment, the reality showed me the inversed situation.
Thanks if somebody else has played with AMD proc and is willing to share his
results.
Slava Zimine
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<pre>I've installed the cern certified rh 6.1 distrib</pre>
<pre>on a a new box with an amd K7 Athlon 600 Mhz with 512 Kb cache.</pre>
<pre> 128 Megs Ram</pre>
<pre>>cat /proc/cpuinfo # shows that the processor is well recognized</pre>
<pre>The problem is that this machine</pre>
<pre>feels and behaves like 2,3 times slower than it's neighbour Intel PII 450
Mhz,</pre>
<pre> 512 Kb cache, 128 Meg Ram. (compiled kernel for
the comparisons)</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>I have recompiled and installed the kernel for the processor type K6</pre>
<pre> i see no real improovements in speed.</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>Q. How to get the kernel optimized for the AMD processor?</pre>
<pre> ( from what i've read on the net, they usually beat the Intel's
Pentiums)</pre>
<pre> For the moment, the reality showed me the inversed situation.</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>Thanks if somebody else has played with AMD proc and is willing to share his</pre>
<pre> results.</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>Slava Zimine</pre>
<pre>--
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From: "ViperGts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: A new version of my rc.firewall script.
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:46:05 -0500
Ok dude, thanx for the hint. I'll try u're rc.firewall later.
Cya ;)
Jean-Sebastien Morisset a �crit dans le message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Well, I haven't tried PMFirewall. I assume it's a front-end for building an
ipchains script. Personally, I think mine would probably be more complete. I
can control who my DHCP and NTP servers are, where I can FTP, and what
services I open and to who (ping, active FTP, passive FTP, SSH, telnet,
smtp, dns, finger, http, pop2, auth, nntp, imap2, https, etc.). In "strict"
mode, my script also blocks several destination ports (port 0, systat,
netstat, chargen, tftp, finger, sunrpc, smb, imap2, xdmcp, ipsec vpn, exec,
biff, login, who, shell, syslog, printer, talk, ntalk, route, mountd, socks,
sql, pptp, remote winsock, open windows, nfs, etc.). I also check for
illegal packets; broadcast source as dest. (and vice-versa), reserved and
private subnets, etc.
I suggest you try both and monitor your syslog. Chances are, you'll find
more rejected packets using my script. <grin>
LateR!
js.
ViperGts wrote:
>
> Crime man, vraiment cool ta page !!! Je n'ai pas encore essay� ton
> rc.firewall ( ce n'est pas que je te trust pas... t'es pas mal plus
qualifi�
> que moi hehehehe.. ) Mais c'est que jai test� PMFirewall ( depuis hier )
et
> ca l'air pas si pire comme outils. Est-ce que tu me conseil de prendre
plus
> Ton rc.firewall et l'ajust� en consequence a mon system , ou de conserv�
mon
> PMFirewall ???
> Si jamais tu veux me donner plus de renseignements ( car ici cest plutot
un
> NG anglais ) tu peux mecrire : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Merci et Cya ;)
>
> Jean-Sebastien Morisset a �crit dans le message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I've released a new version of my rc.firewall script. As always, you can
> get
> >it from <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/linux/rc.firewall>. This version
> >enables outgoing (active) FTP data transfers. I found this problem when
> >trying to FTP between two firewalls. :-)
> >
> >I've also put up a mailing list to discuss the script, and let everyone
> know
> >when new versions are available. You can subscribe by sending an e-mail
to
> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with "subscribe firewall" as the BODY of
your
> >message.
> >
> >LateR!
> >js.
> >--
> >Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>;
> >UNIX, the Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, and other Fun Stuff...
> >This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
--
Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>;
UNIX, the Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, and other Fun Stuff...
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Suggestions on AMD box?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:44:00 -0600
Shop around on the web and be sure to checkout the prices at
www.pricewatch.com and www.pricescan.com. These two sights helped me
save a lot of cash when I built my dual-pentium system.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help partitioning 13.2 g with part magic
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:48:39 -0600
Make your windoz partition a little smaller than 8 GB.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: XFree86 with Intel i810 chipset
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:47:25 GMT
The intel driver does not support the audio.
Check the opensound website where you can find
the open sound system program which is said to
support i810 chips. In any case, you'll get to
know which driver really works since it is not
really clear if it is actually the i810 or
another controller that deals with the sound.
In article <895f9a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Mees Mehepoeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HELP
>
> I have RPMs for intel and graphic works fine
> but sound not. Sndconfig found card but not
> seting work. Some problem with modem.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curly++)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:20:18 -0500
In comp.os.linux.admin, Neil Fenemor proclaimed:
> H.T. Sun wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
(Neil, please quote correctly. Quotes on top, trimmed)
> > I am using wu-ftp in my linux box, I want to set up a ftp site so that
> > the ftp users would be restricted to a particular ftp directory say,
> The root ftpers directory is set by whatever the home directory is in
> /etc/passwd (well in slackware anyway)
No, it's not the root, it's just the initial default. Such a
user can `cd ..` from within the FTP shell. How do you
_restrict_ the user to this location as you would with a
restricted shell?
I also searched for this as I need to have an FTP account to
recieve private data, but the sender does not need to have full
access to the system. The best I found was to give them a
regular account so the data remains private, but to set their
shell to /bin/false.
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From: Bob Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need KPanel to go away; Kppp says PPP not supported by kernel
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:14:03 -0500
Hi-
I am running Red Hat Linux 6.1 using KDE.
I am trying to set up a machine for a business purpose
so a person who doesn't know much about computers can
only long in and run a shell script on a desktop icon.
The shell script makes use of some KDE components, so
I want to avoid using anything other than KDE.
I have the following two puzzles left to figure out:
a) Where can I find out how to make the K Panel go away for a
non-root user? The docs installed with it don't seem to tell me
how to do this. I've used kmenuedit to make all the menu choices
disappear,
but there are still some left. I would just as soon have the panel
disappear altogether. I'm about to start experiment with giving
the "kill" command suid access, but I'm hoping there's a better way.
If I can't make the KPanel go away, how can I make the
number of virtual desktops be 1? The slider bar in the configuration
menu has a minimum of 2. When I edit the file $HOME/.kde/config/kwmrc
and change the [NumberofDesktops] line to 1, it gets automatically
reset to 2 every time I log in.
b) The first time a non-root user starts up kppp, they get a message
saying the kernel doesn't support ppp. Everything works fine
after that, but the message is a little annoying. kppp is setup for
suid and the lock file is disabled. Any ideas how to make the
dialog box stop happening?
Any hints?
Thanks in advance.
-Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Subject: Joe on Bootfloppy (Was: Do you hate vi? vi or vim? Deathmatch!)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:31:44 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Halliwell:
[Snip...]
|> (Personally, I'd love a rescue disk that had Joe on it)
[Snip...]
It's in the CCLinux bootfloppy package at
http://www.CosmicChaos.com/CClinux/index.shtml
which is also linked with other's from Tom's page at
http://www.toms.net/rb/
I've used both Tom's and CCLinux and think very highly of them.
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From: Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winlinux and FAT32
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:30:16 GMT
Thanx dude.
HighwayWizard wrote:
>
> FAT32 support is included in Kernels from 2.0.36 you should really get
> one of these
>
> Gerhard
>
> Monty wrote:
> >
> > I am unable to run winlinux 2000. I have windows 98 and when i try to
> > start winlinux it stops at the line that says "warning: FAT32 support
is
> > still ALPHA." I would like to run this distribution if possible
because i
> > only have a 56k modem, and do not want to download another version.
What
> > should i do?
> >
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From: David Turley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need KPanel to go away; Kppp says PPP not supported by kernel
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:49:52 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:14:03 -0500, Bob Hart apparently wrote:
> b) The first time a non-root user starts up kppp, they get a message
> saying the kernel doesn't support ppp. Everything works fine
> after that, but the message is a little annoying. kppp is setup for
> suid and the lock file is disabled. Any ideas how to make the
> dialog box stop happening?
>
this question has been answered here so many times, my dead grandmother
knows the answer. I:-) t's a bug in kppp. The latest version claims to fix
it.
The message only comes up once per reboot. Why are you rebooting so
much that the message is annoying? Even my laptop only gets rebooted about
once every three weeks, I can click "okay" once every three weeks without
being annoyed. :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Adding new HDD to existing partition
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 Mar 2000 14:53:36 -0600
In article <8aglq5$ckj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony R. Bennett wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>I believe RAID-0 (linear append mode) can do this. At least, that was the
>>impression I got from glancing at the docs. RedHat may even have tools to
>>make it relatively simple, as it seems software RAID of some sort is built
>>right into the stock RH kernel. I could be wrong.
>>
>>--
>>Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
>
>I believe Matt is right... at least until we can integrate the Logical
>Volume Manager facility that IBM uses with AIX...
>Using that, a file system may span multiple drives and you can expand
>space on the fly... kool.
I noticed that SuSE 6.3 seems to claim "Logical Volume Manager". Having
enjoyed the luxury of LVM on AIX, I'd be interested to hear if SuSE has
actually pulled it off. (Curiously, they are not flaunting this, perhaps
because they think that the unwashed masses won't know what it is. It's
buried in fine print of "Software Highlights" on their web page.)
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curly++)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:07:51 -0500
In comp.os.linux.admin, H.T. Sun proclaimed:
> the ftp users would be restricted to a particular ftp directory say,
> /usr/local/ftp and can not escape from it.
>
> Could someone show me how this can be done ?
I found a good site for wu-ftp. (after I'd given up and moved
on to other things :-) I don't know it this is the official home
site, I just drilled down to the answer to our question, which is
at
http://www.landfield.com/wu-ftpd/guest-howto.html
strip off the "guest-howto.html" to get the whole site.
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From: Alan Burns <aburns@!SPAMTRAP.ebicom.net>
Subject: Re: mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3?
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:58:44 -0600
In article <WG_x4.889$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Rod Smith) wrote:
> I strongly recommend that a Linux
> newcomer invest in a book or two -- either something distribution-specific
> (which probably comes with a CD of the distribution in question) or a
> general-purpose book like _Running Linux_.
I would just add one little thing here. Speaking as someone who made a
reasonably hefty investment in Linux books not too long ago, I discovered
that a lot of those books become paperweights very quickly due to the
speed of Linux development. I can occasionally use them to look up some
obscure command line option or something like that, but I don't find them
particularly helpful with most of the day-to-day things I do as I try to learn
the ins and outs of Linux.
I have found online documentation like LDP, Usenet, and the HOWTOs
far more up-to-date and helpful than paper books. I guess what I'm
really getting at is just that a newcomer should be prepared for large
sections of a book to become irrelevant very quickly and spend accordingly.
And above all else, choose your book wisely. As I said, I do use them
occasionally, but I haven't found them to be worth anywhere near what
I paid for them.
Of course, that's just one man's opinion. :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Window manager hell
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 19:51:40 +0000
And verily, didst Pjtg0707 hastily scribble thusly:
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:11:42 GMT, Diego Berge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:54:33 -0600, Ben Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>wrote:
>>
> Motif! The only way to go. THE defacto standard in X managers; all the
> big boys use it. Even Sun uses it, after ousting its own baby-Openwindows.
If you're willing to pay the price for it...
I know I'm not. They can stick mwm up their **** as far as I'm concerned.
:)
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