Linux-Misc Digest #801, Volume #23 Thu, 9 Mar 00 22:13:02 EST
Contents:
Mail automation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Salary? (Steve Mading)
Re: mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3? (Dances With Crows)
Re: mounting a cdrw under Linux (Dances With Crows)
Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat ("Tim Hicks")
Knowing about network (SUJEE)
Re: apache and case sensativity (L J Bayuk)
Re: Knowing about network (Hal Burgiss)
Newbie needs help ("Gary Giles")
out of virtual memory (Jaime Perez)
Re: non X/GUI screen resolution (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: Testing for Winmodems (Vladimir Florinski)
Telnet problems with Linux console ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: TN5250 Terminal emulator for X (Cokey de Percin)
Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat ("R. Sean Fulton")
Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express or Pegasus Mail?
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Re: Newbie needs help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Subject: Mail automation
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:06:00 GMT
This is the configuration of my e-mail server:
- RedHat Linux 6.0
- Sendmail 8.0
Two questions:
1. How to set system to forward the mails of certain user to the outside mail address
automatically?
2. How to set auto-reply for certain users.
Thanks & regards,
Vincent
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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 01:08:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Paul Jakma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: So he pulls up the behind the cop car, get's out and strolls up to cop
: car and just as he got to the drivers door, the cop slammed the door
: open and pointed a gun at my dad telling him to get down slowly, etc..
: So after being frisked against the side of the cop car my dad managed to
: explain that he was just a tourist who needed directions. The cop
: apologised but explained that he had been suspicious cause in the US
: people just don't stroll up to the cops like that!!
Depends on location, and style of police beat. In high-crime areas,
the police tend to get a bit touchy and jumpy, because the criminals
*do* shoot at the cops, and just might stroll up to the side of the
car and shoot. People get mad at the police over mistaken shootings,
but I just get mad at the situation. The police are stuck in a really
horrible situation, where they have to make character judgements about
people in a matter of less than a second. Innocent until proven guilty
is an excellent motto for the courtroom, but for the police, that
attitude would get themselves killed the first time they guessed wrong.
It's a really terrible situation to have to pick between:
a) harassing innocent people some of the time, and
b) getting yourself killed by being too trusting
But away from the high-crime areas in the poor core of cities, it's
quite different. People do wave at cops and talk to them.
It's a really terrible situation when the lives of the police
depend upon them having to be paranoid and suspect everyone.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mandrake 7.0 or openlinux2.3?
Date: 09 Mar 2000 20:15:18 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:30:07 GMT, sun <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>1. i need a easy installation interface so i won't mess up win98
You *need* to read up on the subject before you try installing Linux.
Almost any distro is easy to install if you want to use the whole drive
for Linux, and no matter how much the installer holds your hand, it can't
protect you from your own ignorance.
Caldera 2.3 comes with a limited version of Partition Magic; this might
help you if you're scared of messing things up. All distros come with
FIPS, which can shrink FAT32 partitions without destroying data. FIPS is
easy to use, but it will frighten you if you are not used to command-line
applications.
>2. a distribution with a well detailed documentation (so that i can
>minimize the spending on linux books)
There is no substitute for a good paper book. I've noticed that most
people who even bother to read docs at all can't be bothered to read them
on the computer screen, and reading from a paper book is often more
comfortable even for advanced users. _Running Linux_ or _Learning Red Hat
Linux_ from O'Reilly are pretty good. The Red Hat book would also be
applicable to Mandrake; the other book is pretty distro-independent.
>3. coz im using a winmodem, i need a way download linux software with
>win98 and install it in linux
Get a Real Modem! You'll be glad you did. Cheap external modems can be
had for $50 US.
Linux can read and write to FAT32 partitions without problems, so you can
download things in Lose98, save them to C:, boot to Linux, mount the FAT32
partition under /mnt/win/, and then install from the .rpm or .tgz file(s)
without a problem. This is true for all distros. HTH, bonne chance.
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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] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mounting a cdrw under Linux
Date: 09 Mar 2000 20:26:27 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 22:30:05 GMT, Mary Eddy
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>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
Since you can read CD-Rs and CD-ROMs, the problem lies in one of two
areas:
1-- The CD-RW was not written using the old standard iso9660 format, but
the newer UDF "Packet Writing" format. Some Windows programs write CD-RWs
in UDF format, and they always call it "Packet Writing". This makes a
CD-RW look (sort of) like a big floppy disk that you can drag and drop
files into from Windoze's point of view. You *can* read CD-RWs in UDF
format, but it requires patching the kernel with an experimental driver.
2-- Your CD-ROM drive is incapable of reading CD-RWs. Since a CD-RW has a
lower reflectivity than a CD-R or CD-ROM, the variations in laser light
that the photodiode picks up aren't strong enough for the drive to work.
Usually, older drives and cheaper drives suffer from this. I *thought*
every CD-ROM made after 1997 could read CD-RWs, but yesterday, a guy with
a 1998 laptop proved me wrong. If your CD-ROM has the "Multi-read" logo
anywhere on it, then this is not your problem.
The other poster was probably barking up the wrong tree; all but the very
oldest CD-ROM drives can read multi-session CD-ROMs, and even those should
be able to see the first session on the disc.
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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: "Tim Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:09:19 GMT
Preliminarily chose Linux as I was under the impression that it was the only
real choice if I am to use my 486 as a proxy server. I'm also kind of keen
to see what all the 'linux fuss' is.
tim
"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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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> 2.2.10
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From: SUJEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Knowing about network
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:30:06 GMT
Please Help me. I don't know anything about network system. Please teach
me. I'll be very thankful to you.
Bye.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: apache and case sensativity
Date: 10 Mar 2000 01:49:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Kimo R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Is apache case sensative? It seems like it is. Does any one know how to
>> make it ignore case in html files and file names. ie: img src="qwe" and
>> img src="QWE" would both call qwe
>
>It is not an Apache problem. It is a Windows one since that's
>filesystem is case insensitive. The Unix filesystems are case
>sensitive. I don't think there is much you can do about it but who knows.
Absolutely right, however the Apache people offer a possible
solution for the truly desperate: mod_speling (yes, that's
how it is spelled) which I'm told can fix case-incorrect URLs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Knowing about network
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:51:24 GMT
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:30:06 GMT, SUJEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Please Help me. I don't know anything about network system. Please
>teach me. I'll be very thankful to you.
See if you have these or similar HOWTOs. A bit much to answer in a usenet
post.
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Unix-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO
/usr/doc/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO
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From: "Gary Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie needs help
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:03:28 -0600
I recently installed Mandrake 6.5 on a clean harddrive (6.5gb). I had no
trouble setting up the partitions and loading Linux. My problem is, I'm so
new to it that I don't even know how to find information I need.
What I want to do is uninstall Linux, then install Windows 98 and Linux in
dual boot configurations. I can see the learning curve is going to take
some time and I need Windows in the weaning process.
How do I uninstall it? I need very exacting, step-by-step directions for
now.
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From: Jaime Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: out of virtual memory
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:35:36 -0800
Hello everyone.
I would like to know if any of you out there ever had problems with
virtual memory?
I have the following hardware and software:
Pentium 133 Mhz.
32 Mg Ram
OS:
Linux 4.1
Problem:
The machine takes for ever to do something and finally when it does it,
it comes back and says that there is a buffer overflow. I use this
machine
as my mail server and right now I can't do anything on it.
Can someone tell me how to reset the Virtual memory or reset the Swap
space?
Sincerely,
Jaime
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: non X/GUI screen resolution
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:15:29 -0700
MGatto 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.
>
You may want to compile vgacon and vesafb (or matroxfb if you have a Matrox
card) into the kernel and use 'video' parameter when you start your kernel. See
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb directory for details.
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Testing for Winmodems
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:39:02 -0700
Martijn Brouwer wrote:
>
> In article <8a5uch$oap$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andy9701 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Currently, I don't know if my modem is a Winmodem or not, or if it will
> >work for Linux. I'm guessing that it won't, but I'd like to be
> >certain. Is there any way to test if my modem is a Winmodem? If it
> >isn't, how would I go about setting it up? Is there a modemconfig or
> >something similar?
>
> Easy trick: check the system requirements:
> pentium -> winmodem
> 386 -> real modem
This doesn't work for PCI modems however. They require a Pentium by default -
after all, only Pentium (or higher) systems have a PCI bus.
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Vladimir
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Telnet problems with Linux console
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:32:06 GMT
I run RedHat 6.1 on a Pentium II with 64MB of memory. I access the net
through a dial-up ISP. My wife needs to telnet into her account at a
local university. We can telnet using an xterm easily enough, but when
we try it under the console, the server tells us that it doesn't
recognize the terminal type. Is there a way to fool the server into
thinking that it's dealing with a "standard" terminal? I tried using
emacs under the console for this purpose, and the server seemed to like
emacs' terminal emulation, but then it thought we were trying to telnet
in from an unrecognized domain (ie I think localhost.localdomain).
Thanks,
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TN5250 Terminal emulator for X
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:42:55 GMT
Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>
> there's a bunch of them that turn up in freshmeat.net, all u have to do
> is type 5250 in the 'find' box
> Cokey de Percin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Jim Moseby wrote:
> : >
> : > I'm looking for an X based telnet client that will emulate IBM/5250.
> : > Anybody know if one exists?
> : >
> : > Jim
>
> : Nope, I've never seen/heard of one. There is a text tn5250 package
> : that's supposed to work quite well and should run in an X window.
> : Note that there is an X3270 package and that you can run 3270 emulation
> : against an AS/400.
>
Nope, there isn't. Freshmeat only shows one 5250 package of any type and
that is tn5250. Note that 5250 emulation is for IBM AS/400s only (AFAIK).
Best
Cokey
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From: "R. Sean Fulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:44:40 GMT
> 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.
>
Any will do. Just don't install more (like X, Gnome, etc.) than you need.
>
> 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!)?
For a quick start use the firewall configuration tool available at
http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html . But don't stop
there. Read all the appropriate docs so you know what you're getting into.
>
> 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.
Absolutely. You could probably throw a light-traffic web server, e-mail server
and squid cache on there too.
-Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express or Pegasus Mail?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:38:31 GMT
In article <8a6ne5$v3l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : server and typing a few lines. Downloading pop3 messages should be
even
> : simpler than that, so why isn't there a simple client I can easily
> : install, simple to use, designed to do just that as easily as any
Win95
> : e-mail client does it?
>
> I don't understand. What's difficult about it?
>
> for i in $SERVERS; do popclient -p pass -u user $i; done
>
> or anything else you like to do.
>
> Peter
>
people, please be more specific in your replys
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:45:47 GMT
Take it from me -- someone who is not a techie, who has been running
Linux on his home pc for over a year and who is still a newbie -- you'll
be doing yourself a big favour by buying a good basic book like *Running
Linux*. There's a whole chapter discussing some of the issues that come
up when you're trying to do what you want to do. There are also HOWTOs
and basic user guides etc that can be downloaded for free from the linux
documentation project (there are a bunch of sites that mirror this set
of document -- go to www.google.com and search "linux documentation
project").
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Gary Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently installed Mandrake 6.5 on a clean harddrive (6.5gb). I had
no
> trouble setting up the partitions and loading Linux. My problem is,
I'm so
> new to it that I don't even know how to find information I need.
>
> What I want to do is uninstall Linux, then install Windows 98 and
Linux in
> dual boot configurations. I can see the learning curve is going to
take
> some time and I need Windows in the weaning process.
>
> How do I uninstall it? I need very exacting, step-by-step directions
for
> now.
>
>
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