Linux-Misc Digest #55, Volume #24 Wed, 5 Apr 00 23:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: switching laptop to/from external monitor? (William Cherry)
Re: fatal signal 11 (Michael Powe)
Re: Cleaning up my ext2 partition (William Cherry)
pfat linux hangs during boot (Mel)
Re: Best pop server ("Faiz J")
lpr printing error. copy file too large (Robert Megee)
Installation Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (Leslie Mikesell)
Multibooting Linux with win98/nt/2000 (Mansoor Azam)
Re: where is install-menu (Patrick O'Neil)
Re: More samba printing woes (Patrick O'Neil)
Re: Linux under Windows NT (Old Hand)
Re: FSDEXT2 on Win98 (Dances With Crows)
Re: research (John Hasler)
Re: research (John Hasler)
Re: Need help root pass lost (Dances With Crows)
please help if you can!!!!!!! (jonathan neal)
lpr - jobs queue but do not print (Jay Hall)
Re: NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 4 April 2000 LXNY General Meeting: Copyright and the Right to
Choose Operating Systems (G. Asch)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (Leslie Mikesell)
How do I setup more than 1 guest FTP account? (Bert)
Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better (John Scudder)
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From: William Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: switching laptop to/from external monitor?
Date: 05 Apr 2000 20:21:47 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt) writes:
> If I try to start X with just the external monitor on, the external
> monitor goes out, and it looks like my laptop screen is on fire
> (apparently trying to use external monitor settings on laptop display).
> I can stop that by switching to a console (which appears back on the
> external monitor).
>
> So it appears that console output can go to the external monitor, but I
> have not found anything yet that tells how to do that in X.
How you do this probably depends on what X server you are using.
I don't use XFree86, so you'll have to wait for another response to
address how to do it with XFree86. But Xi Graphics makes a commercial
X-server called Accelerated-X, which comes in a Laptop version, and with
the laptop version you can switch between the external monitor and the
laptop screen (or use both at the same time). This is explained in the
documentation that comes with Accelerated-X.
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fatal signal 11
Date: 05 Apr 2000 17:31:13 -0700
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>>>>> "Vilmos" == Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Vilmos> Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> I suspect hardware because it happens at random and at
Andrew> different places in the 'make'. I also believe that it
Andrew> happened with SuSE 6.0 *and* SuSE 6.2., not sure though.
Andrew> SuSE 6.4 will confirm this when it comes out (which is
Andrew> soon). It happened today with kernels 2.2.10 and
Andrew> 2.2.14. (when I finally got the compile through).
>> I have always been able to get past sig 11 errors by simply
>> typing `make' again. I don't get these errors during kernel
>> compiles but I always get them compiling libraries (which take
>> much longer).
Vilmos> http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11
Been there, done that. Not a problem for me.
mp
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From: William Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cleaning up my ext2 partition
Date: 05 Apr 2000 20:28:30 -0500
Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I had an error installing the game Myth2 and I had to reboot, and I had
> to run e2fsck to fix things up so I could mount it properly and boot.
> Now I have the directory /usr/local/games/myth2 that I cannot delete,
> even in the shell I cannot delete this directory, the system just stalls
> and I have to close the window. How can I delete this offending
> directory? Do I have to use the e2fsck utility? What switches do I use
> and how can I log into the system without mounting my drive (/dev/sda5).
> My boot dir is on the /sda0 partition. Thanks
The inability of rm to delete a file can also indicate physical hard disk
damage, which can easily happen if you rebooted while the disk was being
written to.
Try unmounting /dev/sda5 (by doing umount /dev/sda5). Be sure no
processes are using files on that partition and that you are not
in a directory on that partition, or you will get a "resource busy" error
or something like that.
Then, try running e2fsck with the "-c" flag to look for bad blocks.
That is:
e2fsck -c /dev/sda5
That may help narrow down your problem. Even if you have a small amount of
physical damage to your disk, this may "fix" the problem for you because
there is a file that stores the locations of "bad blocks" and then the
kernel won't try to use them again.
Good luck!
--William Cherry
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From: Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pfat linux hangs during boot
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:30:04 GMT
pfat linux hangs during boot with following msg.
Kernal Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
Any ideas?
Thanks
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From: "Faiz J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best pop server
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:37:58 -0700
Hey There,
There are many different types you can use, what I would suggest is QPOP
or Cubic Circle...
You need to watvh for the versions, because there are versions that are
exploitable...
Faiz J
Linux.com
Security.linux.com
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8cfklq$vip$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What is the best pop server to install on a linux box?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Megee)
Subject: lpr printing error. copy file too large
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:34:17 GMT
I I try to print a file that is over 1meg I get an error
saying that the copy file is too large. I've set the
mx=#0 switch in my printcap file to no avail
(even remembered to stop and restart lpd!)
if you would, please copy me at this email
address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Robert Megee
Slackware Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.linux.misc,linux
Subject: Installation Problem
Date: 6 Apr 2000 01:40:23 GMT
I am trying to install Redhat linux 6.1 in my Pentium 150 PC. But
installation does not seem
to be that smooth as I
thought it would be. There are two hard drives attached to my IDE primary
port.
Capacity of one is (Primary) 10.2 GB and the other one is (slave) 1 GB.
Initially I tried to
install Linux in the slave hard drive, hdb that is. But while copying the
package I got the message
that I need 592 MB more space to install all the packages that I have
chosen.
So I decided to install Linux in my primary drive. Which is partitioned to
logical drives of capacity
(C:) 2GB and (E:) 7GB. Since I didnot want to dedicate the whole of 7GB to
linux, I decided to
partition the drive to two equal halves od 5125 GB each. I did that and
reinstalled windows 95
in c drive. Things are pretty fine for windows and it recognised all drives
properly.
But when I tried to install Linux again I got a message:
"An error occured reading the partition table for block device hda. The
error was no such file
or directory."
I have repeated the whole procedure couple of times but only to stuckup with
the same message.
Now the most amazing part, I partitioned the primary drive back to its
original configuration
of 2Gb and 7 GB and this time when tied to re install Linux the installation
software could
recognise the hda. I deleted the 7GB dos partition to make room for Linux.
But while
installing the packages I still got a messsage that 592MB more space needed
to complete the
instalation.
This makes me wondering if there is any configuration file which linux had
written during
first installation?
Besides when I tried to go to the expert installation mode the installation
software comes
up with a message:
" Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue"
Now which driver disk do I need?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Debangshu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
Date: 5 Apr 2000 20:40:39 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Drazen Kacar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <8cg650$16js$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
>writes:
>> |>
>> |> Does anyone happen to know why posix doesn't specify fork()?
>> |> And what other posix-compliant system besides NT doesn't
>> |> have fork() with its expected semantics? (In other words
>> |> was it left out as a special consideration for someone?)
>> |>
>>
>> VMS??
>
>Methinks fork() is POSIX. POSIX.1 (IEEE Std. 1003.1-1990), XPG4 and SVID3,
>to be more precise.
Oh... I thought NT didn't have it, but was able to claim posix
compliance. Must be some magic in their 'subsystem' scheme.
Les Mikesell
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From: Mansoor Azam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multibooting Linux with win98/nt/2000
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:50:58 GMT
I have partitioned my drive to c:, d:, and e: each of 2 GB. C is my
primary partition and d and e are logical drives on the extended
partition. All are FAT16. On C I installed win98 then win NT 4.0 and
then win2000. Now I want to add linux Red hat 6.1. So how do I go
about? Any site that tells a step by step procedure.
Mansoor
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where is install-menu
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 20:12:38 -0600
Steve wrote:
>
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:22:04 -0600, Patrick O'Neil wrote:
> >OK, I downloaded the RPM for XFree86-4.0 for my system but when
> >I try to install them, I get a failed dependency for
> >/usr/bin/install-menu. Doing an rpmfind for install-menu
[...]
> Do man rpm and it'll tell you what that means and some of
> the ways you can go about fixing it. I could tell you what
> to type but then you'd do that and still not understand
> what was happening.
I did a man rpm but really see nothing addressing install-menu.
I know I could do the --nodeps, but don't want to because of fear
that it will lead to a dicked up installation/setup without the
mysterious install-menu binary.
rpmfind --apropos install-menu turns up squat.
patrick
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More samba printing woes
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 20:15:56 -0600
Brian Keffer wrote:
>
> I saw this old post on dejanews, looked like the same problem. If this
> doesn't help I suggest looking for 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' in all posts on
> Deja.
>
> - Subject: Re: Printer problems
> - Date: 2/23/2000
> - Author: jmsalvo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -
>
> - I had the same problem, but I was able to solve it.
> -
> - Before, printing works fine, then I tried lprng. Did not work, so I
> removed - all the binaries of lprng ... or so I thought.
Unfortunately it didn't work...beside which, the problem first showed up
when I had just lpr installed. I then uninstalled it and installed
LPRng
hoping that would correct the problem. I have tried upgrading
samba...no
go. I have upgraded printtool, no go.
Could someone tell me, who has samba printing working, what are the
ownerships, and groups for each of the files in the samba printer's
/var/spool/lpd/lp* directory? I am wondering if there might be a
problem there.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Old Hand)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux under Windows NT
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 02:27:38 GMT
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 04:13:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod
Smith) wrote:
>In order to do what you want, I suggest you check out VMware
>(http://www.vmware.com). This is an emulator that lets you run one OS
>inside another. There's a version for Linux and another version for NT. If
>you want to run Linux from NT, you'd get the NT version, then install any
>version of Linux in the VMware virtual machine. The OS that runs in the
>emulator won't run as quickly as normal, though.
VMWare is pretty awesome, but if you want to run it, make sure you
have a lot of RAM. I have a Celeron 464mhz (ok, so it's an
overclocked 300A) with 196megs of PC-100 RAM. At different points in
time, I've run both Linux and Windows2000 as a base OS. With FreeBSD
running in a VM that had 48 megs of RAM allocated to it, Win2000 would
bog down and perform (even more) poorly. I'm guessing because Win2K
is such a resource hog anyway. I would further imagine that things
would be similar with NT4 as a base. However, when running Linux as a
base, specifically Slackware7 with a custom kernel that doesn't
initialize any Ramdisks, the VM OS ran right nicely. I would
speculate that's because Linux makes such nice use of system resources
to begin with. So, remember high memory is the key (or at least part
of it), especially with a Windows host. Later.
Old Hand
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: FSDEXT2 on Win98
Date: 05 Apr 2000 22:15:30 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 21:15:08 +0100, James Potter
<<1iNG4.6413$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Or does anyone know of anything else I could use to see my Linux partition
>in Win98
Try explore2fs. Worked for me, at least, though it doesn't quite do
everything the Windoze Exploder does.
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
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But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: research
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 01:03:29 GMT
And here is the promised yse.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: research
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 01:03:08 GMT
"Bill" writes:
> I'm doing a debate about whether online schools should have the
> certification to award students college degrees.
What certification are you talking about? Do you labor under the delusion
the US colleges are subject to some sort of licensing?
> I need 50 responses by MONDAY. A quick heat-felt yes or no is fine, I
> just want some answers.
Ok. Here's a no. A yes will follow immediately in a seprate post.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need help root pass lost
Date: 05 Apr 2000 22:27:29 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:50:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8cg5dk$jom$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am having a small problem. I recently took over administrative duties
>on a Linux Slackware server and the root password has been changed and I
>cannot access the machine as root. I have a Linux boot disk with a root
>disk so I can boot the machine that way. However, how do I access the
>the root partition so I can access the proper files to make the change.
[snip]
I assume you know a few basic things, like how to mount a filesystem and
use vi. Boot from the bootdisk and mount the root partition. It will
have a directory called /etc on it, and within /etc is a file called
"shadow" which will look familiar to you if you know anything about Unix.
Within shadow is a line like so:
root:a23CfdsewKLH:11040:0:99999:7:0::
Change that line to remove the jumble of alphanumerics, so it's:
root::11040:0:99999:7:0::
Voil�, you've made it so that root no longer has a password. Boot the
system to single-user mode from the hard disk, log in as root, and change
root's password to something that you'll remember. HTH... and if you're
serious about adminning the box, grab yourself a book like _Running
Linux_.
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: jonathan neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: please help if you can!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 02:30:04 GMT
I downloaded some songs and they are mp3 files is there any way to change
them to a wav file. please help me i have done everything i can think of.
thanks
jonathan neal
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From: Jay Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lpr - jobs queue but do not print
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 02:30:19 GMT
I have created a network printer to be used by the Macintosh users here at
work. I am able to queue jobs to the printer, but the jobs do not print.
When I check the queue, I see the following message:
Warning: unable to get official name for local machine XXXXXX.org waiting
for LaserJet to become ready (offline ?)
There is an entry in the hosts file for the printer and I am able to ping
the print server. Following is the printcap file I am using.
# REMOTE HP LaserJet Series II - IS Office -
LaserJet: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LaserJet: :mx#0: :rm=LaserJet:
:rp=raw:
I am able to print test pages directly from the print server without any
problem.
I have recompiled the kernel with Appletalk support and Netatalk is
installed and running.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Jay Hall
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 4 April 2000 LXNY General Meeting: Copyright and the
Right to Choose Operating Systems
Reply-To: G. Asch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: G. Asch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05 Apr 2000 14:10:51 -0400
Could you perhaps post these announcements with a wee bit more
than a 12 hours advance?
These last minute publishing of schedule really makes these private.
Thanks
secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
s> LXNY will have a general meeting Tuesday 4 April 2000. This
s> meeting is free and open to the public.
s> The meeting runs from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. After the meeting full
s> and precise instructions on how to get to our traditional place of
s> refreshment will be given in clear.
s> Thanks to support of the IBM Corporation, the meeting is at their
s> building at 590 Madison Avenue at East 57th Street on the Island of
s> Manhattan. Enter the building at the corner of Madison and 57th
s> and ask at the desk for the floor and room number.
s> This meeting will be a general discussion meeting.
s> A brief report will be made on Refund Day activities in New York
s> City.
s> Students and teachers and workers at institutions of learning, in
s> particular, students, faculty, and staff at Columbia University,
s> are invited to come to this meeting to discuss Columbia's proposed
s> new policy on copyright of software written by students, faculty,
s> and staff.
s> http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/ip/policy-comment.html
s> <blockquote from="Michael Smith, Acting Managing Director LXNY"
s> edit-level="light">
s> DOES THE UNIVERSITY OWN YOUR IDEAS?
s> Columbia University is presently considering a new ``Intellectual
s> Property'' Policy that will determine how much of the work you
s> create is controlled by you, and how much is controlled by the
s> University. If passed in its present form, its provisions will be
s> binding on all students, employees, and faculty of Columbia,
s> whether one has signed anything agreeing to its terms or not. A
s> Standing Committee appointed by the Provost will rule on all
s> disputes between the creator and the University: the creator may
s> appeal its decisions only to the President, and the President's
s> decision will be considered final.
s> The Draft Proposal has a clause about software (section
s> I.C.4. Software), stating that anyone associated with Columbia who
s> writes software that could conceivably have commercial potential
s> must disclose this software to the University.* As presently
s> written and presently interpreted by the Committee that drafted the
s> Proposal, this would apply even to software conceived and developed
s> on your own time with your own computer in your own home.
s> Apparently, the University has threatened to bypass the normal
s> legislative process and simply impose this new policy by
s> administrative fiat. Only a demonstration of widespread concern
s> will block such a course of action. If you have written software,
s> hope to write software, or just wish to preserve your right to keep
s> your own thoughts to yourself, your input to this process is needed
s> now!
s> The document in its entirety can be seen at
s> http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/ip/policy-comment.html or at
s> https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/provost/docs/copyright/cover.html
s> or at the University Senate page. You can make your views and
s> suggestions known 1)by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
s> 2)by using the links on the web pages containing this draft
s> document, or 3)by participating in the `town meeting' being held by
s> the University in 207 Low Library on Tuesday, April 4th at 2:00 pm.
s> *<ga>`Because the analysis underlying the University's decision as
s> to whether it will assert rights to any software may be more
s> complex than the analysis with respect to other works, software is
s> subject to special disclosure requirements. Specifically, if the
s> faculty member or other creator believes the software has
s> commercial potential or wishes to license or otherwise
s> commercialize the software developed, whether or not the creator
s> believes the University would assert rights to it, he or she must
s> disclose the software to the University pursuant to the disclosure
s> procedures described in Section II of this Policy. As set forth in
s> those disclosure procedures, any disputes between the creator and
s> the University with regard to the University's decision whether to
s> assert rights shall be resolved by the Copyright Policy Standing
s> Committee.'
s> -Michael E. Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
s> </blockquote>
s> Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Corresponding Secretary LXNY
s> LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
s> http://www.lxny.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
Date: 5 Apr 2000 21:44:37 -0500
In article <tUOG4.3655$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roger Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.unix.solaris Leslie Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I think it is downright peculiar that back in the days of
>>AT&T-owned unix there was quite an effort to enforce open
>>specifications and require competitive offers from different
>>vendors for software. What happened?
>
>Are you thinking of GOSIP? It was good in concept but the
>implementation was unworkable.
I thought the first cut was the SysVID which was written
by AT&T itself with the concept being that releasing
detailed interface specifications would theoretically
allow a competitor to write a compatible OS and remove
any question of monopoly. I don't think they really
expected anyone to do it, and in fact might have sued
anyone who tried - they were just as unrealistic as
Microsoft currently is about how compeititon is supposed
to work. Then POSIX repeated the effort as a real
third party work, but it was somewhat incomplete in
terms of covering everything needed to build an
application and also made some gratuituous changes instead
of describing anything that actually existed at the time.
>It wasn't until Regan/Bush appointed a critical mass of laissez-faire
>/ anti-consumer / excessively pro-business judges that companies
>like Microsoft began thinking they could get away with breaking
>anti-trust law. Ironic when you consider that were it not for
>these laws, and the DOJ, Microsoft would not even exist and IBM
>(with Sperry-Rand) would control 90% of the world's computing
>resources.
Yes, that's the funny part. The current monopoly was just
handed to them - not that the other players would have
been any better to deal with under different circumstances...
Les Mikesell
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From: Bert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I setup more than 1 guest FTP account?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:47:42 +0800
Hi,
I'm running RH6.1 & wu-ftpd.
I want to create guest FTP accounts such that in the directory, one
cannot see anything else but it. ie, it's like it's / .
I've managed to create one following instructions from a book by M.
Kabir as:
1. create user & group
2. append /./ to the user's home dir line in /etc/passwd
3. creating a false shell /bin/false in etc/shells
4. setting the user's shell to /bin/false in etc/passwd
5. installing anonftp to use it's bin, lib & etc stuff
6. cp bin, lib & etc to the /home/user dir
7. edit /home/user/etc/passwd by removing entry for ftp &
8. replace password entry with *
9. add user group entry found in /etc/group to /home/user/etc/group
10. remove ftp group from /home/ftp/etc/group
11. chown user.usergroup /home/user
12. chmod 750 /home/user
13. chown --R root.root /home/user/etc /home/user/bin /home/user/lib
14. cd /home/user
15. chmod --R 111 *
16. cd etc ; chmod 444 *
17. add guestgroup for user into /etc/ftpaccess
18. remove anonftp if I didnt want anonftp access
Creating one was ok, it works fine. but not the second, 3rd and so
on.....
Is it just so that only one guest ftp account will work?
Is there any way of creating more guest ftp accounts such that they can
only see their home directories?
Thanks
Bert
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From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse Linux 6.3 or RedHat 6.1 whats better
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:45:39 -0500
Rafael wrote:
> I heard that Suse is better is it true?
Yes!
I was using Red Hat 5.X for about a year with no problems (well no BIG
problems). Then I 'upgraded' to Red Hat 6.1 and was disappointed.
There were several problems and/or new querks that annoyed me. On top
of that, my printer wouldn't work properly.
In disgust, I dumped RedHat and bought Caldera Open Linux 2.3. The
installation process of Caldera is a wonder to behold, but now I had a
problem with my sound card. Plus Open Linux kept giving me compile
errors when I tried to add new software. Forget that stuff...
I dumped Caldera...sounds like I give up too easy?? Well I played
around with these other two distributions for about a month each...thats
enough horsing around. I went out and bought SuSE 6.3. That was about 2
months ago. I love it. Everything is working the way I like it.
This one is a keeper.
John
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