Linux-Misc Digest #948, Volume #23 Sat, 25 Mar 00 03:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1] (Allin
Cottrell)
Re: Linuxconf Question (swooz)
Re: about Linux ("Fernando Delgado")
Re: Whats best way to set up dial-in to the linux box ppp? (Steve)
Re: Linuxconf Question (addaboy)
Re: Masquerading/Firewall/Gateway (Bob Hauck)
Re: keyboard capture: xkeys? (Bit Twister)
Re: Masquerading/Firewall/Gateway (Bit Twister)
Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1] (Gerald Kelly)
Re: how to config resolution ("A Favored Son")
Re: New to Linux: Help! ("A Favored Son")
console buffer (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: how do I find path for an rpm? (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: I Broke It - Update ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: I Broke It - Final Update ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: I Broke It - Update ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Linuxconf Question (Jeff Grossman)
Re: HELP! Problems with rebuilt kernel (Michael Clarke)
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:08:26 -0500
John Loukidelis wrote:
>
> I haven't tried xfinance; I'll check it out. But does it download
> transactions from Canadian banks, obtain quotes on Canadian equities
> and mutual funds, support tax cost tracking for registered retirement
> savings plans? Etc. etc.
No. I concede. There may be some things you need Windows for.
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: swooz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linuxconf Question
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 04:30:13 GMT
<snip>
> When I use Linuxconf either via the console or via telnet, how do I
> get the drop down lists to show? On some of the options, there is a
> small "v" over to the right hand side. I am assuming those are drop
> down lists, but can't seem to figure out how to get them to show.
<snip>
Jeff,
it shouldnt be too hard to navigate as far as i can recall...try to
use the [tab] key to navigate, and the [space] key to select...try
looking at the docs or the man...or just fiddle with it for long
enough. it will be worth learning because linuxconf is a "very capable
system configurator" good luck!
-swooz
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From: "Fernando Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: about Linux
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:58:52 GMT
Hi, "tocayo".
Yes, there is an Spanish distro, ESWARE.
Look in www.esware.com .
I hope this answer your question.
Si, hay una distro en espa�ol, ESWARE.
Mira en www.esware.com
Espero que esto conteste tu pregunta.
Fernando escribi� en mensaje ...
>Hi I write from Chile South America.
>Linux line is disponible in Spanish, if yes, where
>truly your�s,
>Fernando
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Whats best way to set up dial-in to the linux box ppp?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 25 Mar 2000 05:00:23 GMT
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 00:58:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>> Now at the end of this list add:
>>
>> 7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty modem
>I am using vgetty for answering machine purposes. Can it be a
>replacement for mgetty ie is vgetty is superset of mgetty or is it
>different for this purpose?
I don't know, give it a try, read the man page for vgetty and see what
it says.
$ man vgetty
I don't have vgetty installed on my own system so don't have to
opportunity to look into it.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
4:48am up 6 days, 1:22, 5 users, load average: 1.10, 1.05, 1.07
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Subject: Re: Linuxconf Question
From: addaboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:08:32 -0800
i usually hit the enter key to pull down the menus, i don't know
about Vs though, i usually see a + sign.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Masquerading/Firewall/Gateway
Date: 25 Mar 2000 05:19:35 GMT
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:30:13 GMT, Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>eth0=192.168.20.9 (This is connected to my ISDN router and the IP of the
>router is 192.168.20.2)
>eth1=192.168.4.7 (This is connected to a couple of computers in the office)
>eth2=192.168.5.1 (This is connected to a another part of the building)
>Every computer on eth1 (192.168.4.x) and eth2 (192.168.5.x) should have
>access to Internet by using the ISDN router
What is it about CNet Help that encourages people to post questions along
the lines of "please teach me all about XXX"? It is considered polite to
at least have tried to find relevant documentation before asking and then
post what you have tried so far.
Be that as it may, I'll try to answer since I'm in a routing kinda mood.
Please make sure your fellow CNet users do a quick search for this article
before posting similar questions since this mood will surely wear off by
tomorrow.
0. Read the IP-Masquerade HOWTO.
1. Use ipchains to masquerade the two office ethernets (the HOWTO will
tell how, just do it twice).
2. Put routes in the isdn router for 192.168.4.0/24 and 192.168.5.0/24
via 192.168.20.9. How you do this depends on the router.
>Every computer on eth1 (192.168.4.x) should have access to all the other
>computers on eth2 (192.168.5.x) but the computers on eth2 are not allowed
>to access eth1.
This part is trickier. I suggest that you read the Firewall-HOWTO and
IPCHAINS-HOWTO. All of these HOWTO's are probably on your system under
/usr/doc.
An important point is that what you want is only really possible for
TCP-based services (e.g. telnet) if we are restricted to using only packet
filtering based on IP headers. Which would cover all normal routers.
Routers don't look at the data in the packets and so can't do what you
want for UDP (connectionless) services. Some proxy firewalls can.
So to make a long story somewhat shorter, you need to define "access"
better before you can get good advice. Specifically, what services are
you interested in accessing from eth1? Be that as it may, a generic set
of rules to accept all tcp and deny all udp between eth1 and eth2 while
masquerading both to the Internet might end up looking like:
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -p tcp ! -y -s 192.168.5.0/24 -d 192.168.4.0/24 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.4.0/24 -d 192.168.5.0/24 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.4.0/24 -j MASQ
ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.5.0/24 -j MASQ
There are other ways to do this of course and I haven't bothered to
really set this up and test it either. It is strictly off the top of my
head. Contents may have settled, no liability, etc, etc.
So if you blindly apply this without reading the documentation, well, then
you have no way of knowing whether I've given good advice or designed a
secret code to erase all your disks at midnight.
>I also want to control witch ports that are allowed to use out to the
>Internet
I assume by this you mean that clients on your lan should only be able to
access particular services on the Internet. To do that you'll have to
filter packets based on their destination port number. The HOWTO's will
explain this too. Look out for FTP, it is tricky.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.bobh.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: keyboard capture: xkeys?
Reply-To: The news group
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 05:36:09 GMT
try locate key | grep bin
if locate complains run updatedb to update db.
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 01:18:12 +0100, Oliver Wahlen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On a security related webpage I read something about a program called
>xkeys that is able to capture or lets better say sniff the events of the
>keyboard and give them out in a certain form.
>
--
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If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: Masquerading/Firewall/Gateway
Reply-To: The news group
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 05:40:50 GMT
This built me a tight ipchain firewall rule set
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
I used DENY, hardcoded external addresses, logged everything.
As part of the instruction and if you read the script, it will
give several suggestions as to where you install the firewall.
as for routing example/Suggestion
Except for 192.168.x.x (Private network) numbers
these ip addresses are for this discussion.
.--------cablemodem--------ISPgateway-----Internet
| ^
| `----- 24.x.x.1
`----------eth0_fw_eth1-------hub--lanbox
^ ^ ^
| | |
24.x.x.xx 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.20
lan gateway
To set up routing info, run
netcfg
Names
Hostname: cxxx-b
Domain: grlnd1.tx.home.com
Search for hostnames empty
Nameservers: Primary ISP DNS ip address
Secondary ISP DNS ip address
Hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
192.168.1.10 fw.domain lanbox
192.168.1.1 fw.domain fw
24.x.x.xx cxxx-b.grlnd1.tx.home cxxx-b
Interfaces
lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active
eth0 24.x.x.xx dhcp yes active
eth1 192.168.1.1 none yes active
Routing
Uncheck Forwarding
Default Gateway: 24.x.x.1
Default Gateway Device: eth0
Check your DSN resolution order with a
cat /etc/host.conf
order hosts,bind
multi on
To reset routing and cards, the Redhat command is,
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
To test both ends of the firewall box:
ping -c 1 lanbox to test local network
ping -c 1 redhat.com to test cablemodem network
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:30:13 GMT, Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to set up an IP Masquerading/Firewall/Gateway with Slackware
>Linux.
>I would like to us ipchains with kernel 2.2.14
>
--
The warrenty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: Gerald Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:57:49 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should need a license to use PowerPoint. It's a dangerous
sedative. Nothing like getting a bunch of people together in a
darkened room with PowerPoint presentations--I guarantee that 3/4 of
the people in the room will be dozing off in 5 minutes.
I hate people whose idea of a presentation is to read the text on
their PowerPoint slides to the room.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH) wrote:
> PowerPoint is better tossed in the trash.
> (Yes I've seen 1 too many 'canned' powerpoint presentations.)
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From: "A Favored Son" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to config resolution
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:11:13 -0800
Jinning He wrote in message ...
>
>I just installed RH6.1 on my desktop (coexist with winNT).
>Now the problem is that every window and icon in my screen is so big. I
>believe it's because of the resolution. I would like to know how
>to configure my resolution to make those windows and icons look
>confortable. It's very easy in windoze but seems not that easy in linux.
>I couldn't find any graphical tool. I customized my monitor in the
>installation and choose 1024*768 @80 HZ. And now a single terminal almost
>occupies all the screen.
Sounds like you're in 640x480 mode.
If your configuration worked, then you should be able to change resolutions
on
the fly by typing
Ctrl Alt -
that's control+alt+minus
or trycontrol+alt+plus
If these don't work, run
Xconfigurator and try setting multiple resolutions.
You will have to exit and restart X for changes to take effect.
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From: "A Favored Son" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Linux: Help!
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:18:08 -0800
User wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I installed Linux (RH 6.1) for the first time ever yesterday. It works
>needs tweaking so any help with the following would be extremely welcome
>(especially if in simple English!):
>
>1: Everything on the desktop is far too big, so icons & windows are ugly
>and cumbersome, and in some cases I can't even get at certain bits of
>windows as they don't fit on the screen. I'm pretty confident that I had
>the monitor/card settings correct when I installed - it's a laptop with
>600x800 LCD panel and I never had this problem with Win95 so I'm
>guessing it can be fixed. (I'm currently using the Enlightenment/GNOME
>combination).
Type control+alt+minus or control+alt+plus to cycle through resolutions.
If this doesn't work, then run Xconfigurator and try multiple resolutions.
You can check them all and the ones that don't work won't work.
>2: How can I check the contents of my harddrive to see e.g. if any bits
>of my (well and truly corrupted) Win95 are still there taking up
>valuable space?
After you get your resolution straight, gnome desktop has a nice little
explorer like file manager that will let you see everything. fdisk will
let you see partition info.
>3: Must it be so slow? I have 32MB of RAM (and allocated at least that
>much swap space) which I know isn't massive, and a 200MHz Pentium. It
>ran Win95 at lightning speed and they told me Linux could be at least as
>fast. Is it possible to steamline things at all?
My p-200 runs linux much faster than it runs windows.
type dmesg and see what's screwed up in the boot process.
let us know what it tells you.
good luck.
A F S
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: console buffer
Date: 25 Mar 2000 06:46:20 GMT
Hello. I used to use shift+page up in XTerm/rxvt without any problems,
but noticed that when you try that in a console it only works if you
don't move to another tty and come back. Is there any way to come
back to a console and don't lose the buffer or should I start logging
all output in a file?
--
Fr�d�ric L. W. Meunier [Tel: +55-21-620-7173 - Niter�i-RJ Brasil]
fredlwm@{olympiquedemarseille.org,{marseille.}nitnet.com.br}
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how do I find path for an rpm?
Date: 25 Mar 2000 07:02:20 GMT
What? You downloaded an RPM and don't know where it's?
find / -name mod_perl
--
Fr�d�ric L. W. Meunier [Tel: +55-21-620-7173 - Niter�i-RJ Brasil]
fredlwm@{olympiquedemarseille.org,{marseille.}nitnet.com.br}
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I Broke It - Update
Date: 25 Mar 2000 07:02:18 GMT
Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Please, don't be so condescending to the next woman who posts here with a
I have no idea if you are a woman or not, and I certainly don't look at
the name while responding to a post. c
: problem. You may think we're stupid, but not all of us are. Neither are
: all men, despite the example of some.
??
: Thanks so much for your help, Mr. Peter T. Breuer.
Please just follow the logic below.
Peter
: Raquel
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : succeeded
:> : Mar 21 21:00:36 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
:> : parport_lowlevel
:> : Mar 21 21:00:38 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
:> : parport_lowlevel
:> : Mar 21 21:00:39 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup
:> : succeeded
:> : Mar 21 21:00:39 localhost kernel: lp: driver loaded but
:> : no devices found
:>
:> : My /etc/conf.modules does have the alias entry:
:> : alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
:>
:> Well, better install it then, hadn't you?
:>
:> : My *guess* (and it is very much a guess at this point, being
:> : so new to Linux) is that I need to rename the
:> : /etc/conf.modules and create an new one, just in case
:>
:> Eh? What are you on? Look: you told the system to plant daisies. The
:> system tells you it can't find any daisies to plant. Well, give it some
:> then!
:>
:> Install the parport_pc module. Or at least look for it.
:>
:> : there's an extra byte hidden in there somewhere that makes
:> : it unreadable, or that parport_pc has been trashed.
:>
:> Do you have it? The system thinks you don't!
:>
:> : Does anyone have any ideas from what you've seen here?
:>
:> Install the parport_pc.o module, and run depmod -ae.
:>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I Broke It - Final Update
Date: 25 Mar 2000 07:13:45 GMT
Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In lieu of any advice, I went ahead and pursued the easiest
: solution to my problem with the printer first. I renamed
: /etc/conf.modules and then created a new one. I rebooted
: and the printer started right up.
Eh? Why should it? What did you put in the new conf.modules
that was any different?
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I Broke It - Update
Date: 25 Mar 2000 07:12:22 GMT
Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Please, don't be so condescending to the next woman who posts here with a
: problem. You may think we're stupid, but not all of us are. Neither are
BTW, if you've been castigated at all, it's for not using your brain,
not for your gender. I assure you I had no idea you were a woman - I
don't look at names, and I wouldn't have altered my reply if I had known
you were a woman (if you are!) since that would have been sexist. I
recall revising it once to tone it down already before posting it. Are
you saying that even toned done you find it too hearty? In that case
your inferiority/superiority complex is maybe showing!
: all men, despite the example of some.
: Thanks so much for your help, Mr. Peter T. Breuer.
What's the problem with the help offered? I recall that in the unedited
version of my post I asked something like: "why can't you put two and
two together?" I'll ask that now, since I don't have to be polite.
Can you please explain to me, to satisfy curiousity, how you can
set the system to load item A, then see that it complains that it
can't find item A, then conclude anything else but "install item A",
or at least "find out where item A is and if it exists".
: Raquel
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : succeeded
:> : Mar 21 21:00:36 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
:> : parport_lowlevel
:> : Mar 21 21:00:38 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
:> : parport_lowlevel
:> : Mar 21 21:00:39 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup
:> : succeeded
:> : Mar 21 21:00:39 localhost kernel: lp: driver loaded but
:> : no devices found
:>
:> : My /etc/conf.modules does have the alias entry:
:> : alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
:>
:> Well, better install it then, hadn't you?
:>
:> : My *guess* (and it is very much a guess at this point, being
:> : so new to Linux) is that I need to rename the
:> : /etc/conf.modules and create an new one, just in case
:>
:> Eh? What are you on? Look: you told the system to plant daisies. The
:> system tells you it can't find any daisies to plant. Well, give it some
:> then!
:>
:> Install the parport_pc module. Or at least look for it.
:>
:> : there's an extra byte hidden in there somewhere that makes
:> : it unreadable, or that parport_pc has been trashed.
:>
:> Do you have it? The system thinks you don't!
:>
:> : Does anyone have any ideas from what you've seen here?
:>
:> Install the parport_pc.o module, and run depmod -ae.
:>
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From: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linuxconf Question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:02:46 -0800
addaboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i usually hit the enter key to pull down the menus, i don't know
>about Vs though, i usually see a + sign.
Yes, you are correct, there are "+"s when you are in the tree section.
But, I mean, in sections like, when you add a new user, under the
group or supplemental group (I don't remember which one) there is a
"v" over to the right side. It seems like it will bring up a list of
all available groups that you can select. I just can't figure out how
to bring that list up.
Thanks,
Jeff
---
Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:05:13 +0800
From: Michael Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP! Problems with rebuilt kernel
Ah. Ok. And if whoever looks after menuconfig is reading, this is
probably something to think about handling automatically...
Mik
Paul Kimoto wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Clarke wrote:
> > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c, errno=8
>
> binfmt-464c is ELF binary support; you need it compiled into the kernel.
> (The kernel wants to run some ELF binary, so it tries to load the
> ELF-binaries module. This will fail, because modprobe is an ELF binary.)
>
> --
> Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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