Linux-Misc Digest #800, Volume #23 Thu, 9 Mar 00 20:13:05 EST
Contents:
Need help with setting up popserver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
umask question (bls)
non X/GUI screen resolution (MGatto)
Re: mounting a cdrw under Linux (Glitch)
Re: Truetype Chinese and Japanese Fonts (Koen Verbeke)
Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat (Glitch)
Re: Datek Online OK with RedHat v6.x Java? (Glitch)
Re: non X/GUI screen resolution (Hal Burgiss)
Automatic logout due to inactivity ("H.T. Sun")
Re: umask question (brian moore)
Re: Linux NICs (Glitch)
Re: PPP problems, please give me a hint (Glitch)
Re: crazy fdisk output (Nico Beuermann)
Re: mysql --rebuild rpm (Glitch)
mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3? (sun)
Re: Converting documents (Timothy J. Lee)
mandrake7.0 or openlinux2.3? (sun)
Re: Installed Glibc 2.1.3 Feb 26, problems NOW?! (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: IP traffic monitor (Steffen Kluge)
Re: Salary? (Steve Mading)
Re: Linux NICs (Andy9701)
Re: [SLRN] Slrn & slrnpull (Matthew Bafford)
Re: Making cdr-image in Linux and Burn in Windows (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help with setting up popserver
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:00:18 GMT
Hello,
I want to setup an pop3 server. Currently i'm running sendmail and my
smpt server works fine, only i have no pop3 server running to accept
mail. The only thing the server must do is accept mail for domain
daans.com and let people check mail using windows98.
Can somebody help me, or does someone have a script so i can easily
install a pop3 server ?? I'm tired of the despirate attemps to install
something like it.
(ps, my outgoing smtp server (sendmail) works fine !)
Thanks in advance,
Daans
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From: bls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: umask question
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:09:55 -0800
Scenario:
A group exists called "your"
A user exists called "mother"
A user exists called "sister"
"mother" is a member of the "your" group.
"sister" is a member of the "your" group.
When "mother" creates a file or directory in a directory owned by "your"
group, "mother's" permissions look like this:
-rw-rw-r-- mother mother fat.html
-rw-rw-r-- sister sister ugly.html
drwxrwxr-x mother mother test
Goal:
I've read about umask and understand I use it to build permissions
schemes but have been unable to solve my problem. My goal is for
"mother" to produce files that look something like this:
-rwxrwxr-x mother your fat.html
-rwxrwxr-x sister your ugly.html
drwxrwxr-x mother your test
Solution:
Can anyone help me formulate the umask syntax that would allow me to
modify a user profile to achieve my goal? Or is umask a red herring?
Anyone
written a handy HOWTO?
Thanks in advance
Berry Sizemore
(253) 503-2230 x5541
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course, our own belongs - an infinite number of slightly
different versions of reality in which one is likely to
come across a slighlty different version of oneself.
- Michael Moorcock
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From: MGatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: non X/GUI screen resolution
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:21:49 GMT
Can somebody tell me a procedure or hack for setting the linux command
line screen resolution? i have a linux testing partition which i
installed minimally; without X or any GUI/windowing environment, just
the plain-jane linux console.
I know that this can be done, because i remember testing that "tomsrtbt"
tiny linux on a floppy for emergency recovery. Upon boot up, it would
determine the available screen resolutions, give you a menu of choices
for different screen resolutions, and let you pick one, for
instance...1024x768 or 800x600 for the command line.
The fonts and screen resolution as they are now are too damn big. And
all linux screen resolution posts i find encompass X and the XF86Config.
The install was of mandrake 6.1/redhat type, if that matters.
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:40:10 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting a cdrw under Linux
Mary Eddy wrote:
>
> Has anyone successfully mounted a cdrw on a Linux platform? I can read my
> cd-roms as well as my cdr disks but not a finalized cdrw. My Linux version
> is COREL Linux.
>
> I'm a newbie to Corel but have figured out the basics of Linux.
>
> Thanks for advice.
> Mary
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well what errors are u getting when you try to mount a cdrw disk? is it
multisession disk or a single session disk?
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From: Koen Verbeke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Truetype Chinese and Japanese Fonts
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:38:39 +0100
Anthony, Donovan,
I use VMWare for just one thing, writing Chinese with Twinbridge. IMHO one
cannot print characters as beautifully under Linux with a non-postscript
printer as under windoze with its tuned drivers.
Zai jian <g>,
- Koen
On 9 Mar 2000, Anthony wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:31:41 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>Is it possible to use the truetype Chinese and Japanese fonts that
> >>Windows 98 have (MS Gothic, MS Song) with xfs? I am interested in
> >>getting it to work in Netscape.
> >
> >This should work just fine. Just install them the way you'd install
> >any true type font. See my font HOWTO
> >
> >http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/font_howto/
> >
> >for more information on how to do this.
> >
> >BTW, also check out cxterm if you want to be able to write Chinese in
> >an xterm ( I believe there's something for writing Japanese too ). I
> >have cxterm set up and you can write Chinese in pine ( and probably Japanese ).
> >
> >Also take a look at the Chinese HOWTO. It's out of date, but still useful.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >--
> >Donovan
>
> Aterm and Eterm can be compiled to include Big-5 support, it works
> great (unless you use the so-called vga font).
>
>
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:45:31 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat
Tim Hicks wrote:
>
> I guess that subject line says it all. I have never even seen a machine
> running linux,
then why are u choosing linux to use as a firewall/proxy????
> but I have an old 486dx2 66 / 24Mb ram / 424Mb HD. I also
> need to be able to run a proxy server so that I can share access to a cable
> modem connection on my lan.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) What is the most appropriate distribution for my needs? I have heard
> that Corel is designed with ease of use in mind. I know that RedHat seems
> to be the most widely recognised.
it wont matter, they all provide firewall/proxy software b/c underneath
the installation program all distros are still linux at heart. I like
SuSE more than RH b/c its cheaper and you get more for your money. If
you are new to linux get either suse, RH, or corel but I am still
wondering why you are choosing linux for a firewall when you haven't
even seen linux run yet..kind of ironic at the least.
>
> 2) With my non-existent experience of linux, will I be able to setup the
> services that I require on my own (or perhaps, if I'm lucky, with some help
> from you guys here!)?
depends on if u are willing to learn, able to learn, and have the time
to learn. Why dont u just use a Windows program since you have no
experience with Linux ?
>
> 3) Is my 486 up to the task of running this service for a lan that will
> normally have just 2 computers, but may need to take up to 4.
a 486 would be able to handle 20 computers so it wont have trouble
handling 2. All its doing is sitting there filtering packets and the
only 2 things really doing that are software and the NIC card itself.
>
> tia
>
> tim
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:51:27 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Datek Online OK with RedHat v6.x Java?
Steve Snyder wrote:
>
> I'm considering a subscription to the Datek Online brokerage firm. My
> reason for considering Datek over their competitors is that the their
> application is Java-based, which means it will work on the 3 operating
> systems I run.
>
> I am currently running RedHat v6.0 (all RH-released updates applied)
> but will update to v6.2 when it is released. I am also using Netscape
> Communicator v4.72.
>
> Can anyone tell me how the Datek application works in this
> environment?
>
they work in java like you said....what do u expect us to say? If its
java it doenst matter what setup you have, although netscape crashes a
lot with java running. why dont u sign up and see how it runs??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: non X/GUI screen resolution
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:50:48 GMT
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 23:21:49 GMT, MGatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can somebody tell me a procedure or hack for setting the linux command
>line screen resolution? i have a linux testing partition which i
>installed minimally; without X or any GUI/windowing environment, just
>the plain-jane linux console.
>
>I know that this can be done, because i remember testing that
>"tomsrtbt" tiny linux on a floppy for emergency recovery. Upon boot
>up, it would determine the available screen resolutions, give you a
>menu of choices for different screen resolutions, and let you pick one,
>for instance...1024x768 or 800x600 for the command line.
>
>The fonts and screen resolution as they are now are too damn big. And
>all linux screen resolution posts i find encompass X and the
>XF86Config.
>
>The install was of mandrake 6.1/redhat type, if that matters.
See if you have /usr/doc/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO, and search for the
section on 'vga='. This sounds like it is what you want, though there
probably is a slicker way. You might also check 'man consolechars'.
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From: "H.T. Sun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Automatic logout due to inactivity
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 23:46:39 GMT
Hi,
How do I setup my linux box so that it will
automatically log out those users who haven't
been doing anything for a certain period of
time ?
Thanks a lot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: umask question
Date: 10 Mar 2000 00:02:36 GMT
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:09:55 -0800,
bls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scenario:
> A group exists called "your"
> A user exists called "mother"
> A user exists called "sister"
> "mother" is a member of the "your" group.
> "sister" is a member of the "your" group.
>
> When "mother" creates a file or directory in a directory owned by "your"
> group, "mother's" permissions look like this:
>
> -rw-rw-r-- mother mother fat.html
> -rw-rw-r-- sister sister ugly.html
> drwxrwxr-x mother mother test
>
> Goal:
>
> I've read about umask and understand I use it to build permissions
> schemes but have been unable to solve my problem. My goal is for
> "mother" to produce files that look something like this:
>
> -rwxrwxr-x mother your fat.html
> -rwxrwxr-x sister your ugly.html
> drwxrwxr-x mother your test
>
> Solution:
>
> Can anyone help me formulate the umask syntax that would allow me to
> modify a user profile to achieve my goal? Or is umask a red herring?
> Anyone
> written a handy HOWTO?
Umask is a red herring. It sets permissions (or unsets them, to be more
precise). You want to change group ownership, which is beyond the
scope of umask.
The trick is the sgid bit on the directory:
[thorin:~/test] 119 % chown .adm .
[thorin:~/test] 120 % chmod 2775 .
[thorin:~/test] 121 % ls -ld .
drwxrwsr-x 2 bem adm 1024 Mar 9 15:58 .
[thorin:~/test] 122 % touch foo
[thorin:~/test] 123 % ls -l
total 0
-rw------- 1 bem adm 0 Mar 9 15:59 foo
(normally it would be group 'bem', too).
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:21:16 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux NICs
Andy9701 wrote:
>
> I'm in the market for a new NIC for my Linux box. The card I'm
> currently looking at is the Netgear FA310TX, and I'm wondering how well
> it works with Linux. After I setup my ip, gateway, etc., does it
> always work without a hitch? Or does it "work" with Linux, only after
> days of playing around with it?
if u have the right driver then it will work, period. Unless the card
is not supported it will work when it is suposed to, that is common
sense. Unless you incorrectly setup your network setup files it will
also work just like any other card.
bottom line, as long as u have the right driver and setup the network
settings correctly it works when it is supposed to.
>
> As a side note, if it does work well with Linux, which module does it
> use?
>
i dont know but if it is supported and the person who made the driver
did it correctly it will work, period. Whether it works well or not well
isnt a valid question b/c it just works.
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:24:05 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP problems, please give me a hint
Pal Dahle wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me with this,
>
> I'm using Redhat 6.1, kernel 2.2.12-20 as a server for a small LAN
> I have succeeded in establishing a ppp-connection to my ISP a couple of
> times. But most of the times I won't succeed.
>
> The funny thing is that it always work when I use a new tty (i.e. with
> ctrl-alt-F1 to F6) for the first time. According to the system log
> everything is fine.
>
> In my conf.modules host, I have two lines (according to the
> README.linux, for the current PPP-release, whatever its number is, I
> just downloaded the newest version a few days ago and used the Redhat
> Package Manager to install it):
>
> alias zzz-char-108 ppp_something
> alias blablabla ppp_generic
>
> (where zzz is something. Can't really remember the details, because I'm
> at work now and the machine is at home, but it's checked for spelling
> and everything).
>
> Then I disconnect and try to connect again. Looking at the system log,
> it says something like:
>
> : modprobe: can't locate module zzz-char-108
>
> Well that didn't occur the first time. Then the log says:
>
> : Serial connection established
>
> and nothing else happens. Eventually there is some time-out somewhere
> and I get disconnected.
>
> I use pppd with an options file and chat-script that has been provided
> by my ISP, and I think that they are correct.
>
> Am I doing something wrong here? One thing I wonder is if I do something
> wrong when I disconnect, so that something does not get restored in a
> correct manner. I have used a ppp-off script that (I think) is provided
> with the PPP-package.
>
> Please give me any hints.
> Pal Dahle
> Goteborg, Sweden
> please remove the dontspam. from my e-mail address to reply.
if your ISP provided a script that should imply they suport linux,
therefore why dont u ask them for some help also to see what they say?
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From: Nico Beuermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crazy fdisk output
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:17:45 +0100
Charles Sullivan wrote:
>
> The difference in reported HD geometry is no doubt due to
> your bios having LBA enabled. This is generally a good thing
> and you should go with it.
>
> (With LBA, the manufacturer's HD geometry is remapped so there
> are a greater number of logical heads and fewer logical cylinders -
> the objective being to keep as much of the HD space as possible
> below the 1024 cylinder boundary.)
>
> The version of fdisk you are using is normally able to comprehend
> this. Did you in any way attempt to force the system to use
> the manufacturer's HD geometry - this might confuse the issue.
>
The BIOS settings were changed not always consistently with the plugged HD.
Could this be the reason?
> I'm unfamiliar with the Suse distributions, but assume your kernel
> version is 2.2.0 or highter.
You�re right. Kernel 2.2.10, glibc2 and so on.
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:35:24 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mysql --rebuild rpm
Gazza wrote:
>
> I have tried to install mysql using the src download rpm and ran the
> rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm. The mysql download page suggests this
> method for my version of redhat (5.2)
> The rebuild went correctly with no apparent errors. What I dont know is
> whether this --rebuild command needs to be followed by a manual copying of
> the files to their correct location...or was that achieved during the
> rebuild.
>
> I cannot tell if this has happened because there was another copy of mysql
> already installed. (Same version but it was for RH6.1)
>
> I get an error message when I use mysql start "unable to connect to local
> mysql server through socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock"
>
> tia
> garry
why not read the man page for RPM to see what the rebuild switch does
and go from there? To me i would say it rebuilt the src and nothing else
but i never use rpm if i can help it and therefore dont know how it
works.
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From: sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:30:07 GMT
i think i posted my message on a wrong newsgroup last time, sorry.
anyway, here's my question
im a newbie to linux and never use it b4, should i choose mandrake 7.0 or
openlinux2.3 to start with? my situation is that:
1. i need a easy installation interface so i won't mess up win98
2. a distribution with a well detailed documentation (so that i can
minimize the spending on linux books)
3. coz im using a winmodem, i need a way download linux software with
win98 and install it in linux
so which distribution is better?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Converting documents
Date: 10 Mar 2000 00:40:21 GMT
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|
|Hopefully this is less clueless that is typical of the Linux newbie.
|
|I have a ton of word 6.0 and word 98 documents. I would like to
|convert them to plain ascii texts and then format them to have line
|breaks every 72 columns. Is it too much to ask that there be a program
|that will do this without having me open them all up in word and
|resave them?
mswordview
word2x
catdoc
strings
and then use fmt on the text files.
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From: sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mandrake7.0 or openlinux2.3?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:30:04 GMT
hi,
im a newbie to this linux thing and im seriously consider trying out
either mandrake or openlinux. which one is better for a beginner? my
situation is that
1. i need a easy installation interface
2. well documentation, so that i don't need to call their support line and
probably even save some $ on extra linux books
3. coz im using a winmodem, i need a way to download software from win98
and somehow transport them into linux.
which one should i pick?
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installed Glibc 2.1.3 Feb 26, problems NOW?!
Date: 10 Mar 2000 00:45:09 GMT
It's why I'm still using the glibc from RedHat 5.2, which is 2.0.7pre.
I have RedHat 5.1. I may try to install glibc 2.1.3 (or newer) before
formatting :P
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: IP traffic monitor
Date: 9 Mar 2000 23:31:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8a6lpp$2p9h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's a great utility for Windows called DU Meter that's a
>realtime monitor for network activity with different colors for uploads
>and downloads. Is there anything similar for Linux? I've tried xifmon,
>but I must be using it wrong because nothing shows up on the graphs when
>I monitor eth0.
Check out gkrellm. It's way cool, very lean on CPU time and has
plenty of skins to match your favourite gtk+ theme.
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 10 Mar 2000 00:49:05 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Education. If you want to learn, then there are wonderful opportunities
: in the US due to the fact that you can have access to the latest/greatest
: educational tools. But the average US person (I deliberately don't write
: American since it includes Canadians, Mexicans, and a lot of other nations)
True, but there exists no shorthand word for "US-ian", which is why
the word "American" often gets used. "American" is a lot faster
to say, and it can be argued that since "USA" does have the word
"America" in it, that it kind of fits, in a way.
Its sort of like the way "Asian" is the current politically correct
term for that race of people who live in "the orient". This term
is being misused since there are other people from the continent of
Asia that are not part of that race - people from Siberia, India,
and the middle-east are also Asian, technically.
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From: Andy9701 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux NICs
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:35:10 GMT
I guess my main reason for posting this question was to hear about
other people's experiences with the card. I've currently got a Linksys
Etherfast 10/100 card, which "works" with Linux, according to Linksys's
support pages - although I sure haven't been able to get it to work.
Sure, it's installed and loads ok at start up. But I sure can't give
it an IP address. It's a really wierd card.
So, does the Netgear card REALLY work with Linux most of the time, or
is it like my Linksys card, which is one of the hardest cards to make
work with Linux?
Thanks,
Andy
In article <8a8va1$rh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I first put them in I had to do some fiddling with tulip.o but
then
> that was a very old copy of rh that I was running, now both my linux
> boxes are running rh6.0ish, it recognises them immediately, no
fiddling.
> I should point out that I've never tested them at 100M though as my
hub
> is only a 10M hub.
>
> P.
> In article <8a6plb$e32$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Andy9701 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a new NIC for my Linux box. The card I'm
> > currently looking at is the Netgear FA310TX, and I'm wondering how
> well
> > it works with Linux. After I setup my ip, gateway, etc., does it
> > always work without a hitch? Or does it "work" with Linux, only
after
> > days of playing around with it?
> >
> > As a side note, if it does work well with Linux, which module does
it
> > use?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Andy
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: *@dragons.duesouth.net (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: [SLRN] Slrn & slrnpull
Reply-To: *@dragons.duesouth.net
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:00:04 GMT
On Thu, 09 Mar 19100 15:01:12 +0100, Stefano Rivoir
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> held some poor sysadmin at gunpoint, and typed
the following into comp.os.linux.misc:
: Is there a way to have slrnpull download *only* and *all* of the new
: messages from the newsgroup? In slrnpull.conf I have to specify a
: certain number of msg to download, but it gets them even though they
: have already been downloaded.
In the slrn distribution:
# This file is a sample configuration file for slrnpull. Such a file must
# exist in the slrnpull spool directory.
#
# The syntax of the file is very simple.
# Any line that is blank of begins with a '#' character will be ignored by
# slrnpull. The remaining lines consist of 1-3 fields separated by
# whitespace:
#
# NEWSGROUP_NAME MAX_ARTICLES_TO_RETRIEVE NUMBER_OF_DAYS_BEFORE_EXPIRE
#
# The first field must contain the name of a newsgroup.
#
#
# The second field denotes the number of articles to retrieve for the
# newsgroup; if its value is 0, all available articles will
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# be retrieved.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#
# The third field indicates the number of days after an article is retrieved
# before it will be eligible for deletion. If this value is 0, articles from
# this group will not expire.
#
#
# If a field is blank, or contains the single character '*', default values
# will apply to the field. Defaults may be set by a line whose newsgroup
# field is 'default'. Such a line will denote default values to be applied to
# the lines following it or until another default is established.
: TIA.
HTH,
--Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Making cdr-image in Linux and Burn in Windows
Date: 09 Mar 2000 20:02:13 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 21:32:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8a959c$5iv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>A would like to make backup of the root partition on my linux machine.
>The backup should be a full with the user premissions and groups.
>The problem is that I don't have any CD-writer on my machine.
>I have a large Harddisk and a 100Mbit network connecting the
>two machines togeather, (Linux / Windows)
>Can I make a virtual file system on a partition.
>Copy all files that I would like to burn on a CDR to that partition.
>making a image file that I will transfer to the windows machine.
>Windows machine:
You could, but why? Shoot, if it's the root partition and its files you
want, you could do this:
# tar -Plczf rootbackup.tgz /
That will put all the files in the root partition in rootbackup.tgz, and
the -l option will prevent it from going into other filesystems like /proc
or /home or /usr (if you have /home and /usr on different partitions.)
Take that rootbackup.tgz file, transfer it to the Win machine with the
CD-R, and then burn a CD with the rootbackup.tgz file on it.
I suppose you could do something similar with mkisofs, but some perverse
Windoze CD-writing software makes it difficult and counterintuitive to
burn an ISO image onto a CD. 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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