Linux-Misc Digest #311, Volume #24 Sat, 29 Apr 00 16:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: How can I add a remote terminal via a modem ? ("Gareth Da Man")
Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Storm Linux takes control? (Rod Smith)
(Newbie) What is - FDP, .bz2 (Myint)
ftp (Martin Lemenu)
Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory (Leonard Evens)
Why won't cron spawned telnet stay attached? (Paul Hustava)
Re: Netscape Crashing Problems (Thomas Neurauter)
Re: Those distributions are stupid ("Mark Graybill")
Re: Netscape Crashing Problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Extracting multiple tar files? (mh)
Re: IPX connectivity problem (BrentBoz)
upgrading PROM on Sun Ultra 1 (".Adam.")
sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem (Chetan Ahuja)
Re: Storm Linux takes control? (Bastian)
Re: (Newbie) What is - FDP, .bz2 (Dances With Crows)
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From: "Gareth Da Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I add a remote terminal via a modem ?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:39:20 +0100
You install a radius server, or is that just overkill?
Gareth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8eekn9$hck$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have just Install Linux redhat 6.0 on a computer at my office, and I
>need to use another computer at home to dial in this computer for doing
>some tasks, but I don't know how to set up that . ( I have already set
>up a modem for this computer and run minicom telecommunication program
>well)
>please help me with setting up the computer at my office, as much
>detail as possible ( such as checklist)
>Thanks in advance for any advice.
>Ha
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:10:05 -0500
T.E.Dickey wrote:
> Clifton T. Sharp Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Wife needs either VT102 or VT220 emulation for her real estate comms.
> > Seems like all the 'term' things (xterm, gnome-term, rxvt, etc.) sport at
> > least VT102, but:
>
> The XFree86 xterm supports ANSI color and VT220 emulation
> There's an faq at
> http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm/xterm.faq.html
> ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm
>
> > * only rxvt will print on the requested command (KP-period);
> ? (attached printer doesn't have much to do with the keypad)
The actual terminal will send stuff out the printer port on command; one
of the *term programs talks about it; and in fact one of the *term programs
I tried actually did so. The key I used to send the "print" command isn't
a magic button, it told an app on the other side to give my side a print
command. But only one of the *term programs responded to that other-side
print command by printing. What I see when doing it isn't sufficient to
determine whether all are sending the same escape sequence.
> > * only gnome-terminal gives a consistent PF4 for shift-F4 key
> that's incorrect anyway (assuming that you're talking vt102/vt220).
Yup. I expected PF4 to be the keypad '-' key. But Num Lock, '/', '*' and
'-' all seem to retain their normal PC uses and don't take on VT102/VT220
functions in any of the *terms I tried.
> > * NONE seems to have any documentation on keyboard mappings
> (it's a table in ctlseqs.ms in xterm)
I find I have tables all over the dang place now. :-)
Thanks for your answers. Now reading the FAQ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Storm Linux takes control?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:12:28 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
mh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently installed Storm Linux on my testbed system. I needed to
> install MSDOS on this system so I slipped a boot disk into A: then
> rebooted. To my total surprise the Storm Linux boot loader came up.
> How is this possible? My BIOS is set to boot sequence: A: CDROM C:
>
> The floppy drive is NOT faulty, and I CAN boot from CDROM, but the
> system simply will not boot from A:
AFAIK, it's impossible for an OS installed on the hard disk to take over a
BIOS function in this way -- at least, short of deliberately re-writing
the BIOS on a system with a flash BIOS. I suggest you check some items:
1) Double-, triple-, and quadruple-check that your BIOS really is set to
boot from the floppy first.
2) Check that the floppy is actually bootable (try booting it on another
system).
3) Try doing a whole-disk copy of the floppy and boot from the copy. Even
if a floppy is bootable on one system, there might be a subtle problem
with the boot sector that causes it to be read incorrectly on your
system.
4) Check that the floppy drive works. Boot into Linux (or any other OS)
and try to access a floppy from that drive.
Along more general lines, you may find some clues in your system's
performance when you try to boot. For instance, if the floppy drive light
comes on just before the system starts to boot Linux, then chances are the
BIOS TRIED to boot from the floppy, but failed (unbootable or bad floppy
disk). If the floppy light NEVER comes on, then the floppy drive may be
dead. If the floppy light comes on during the POST checks, but not just
before the OS boot, then my guess is your BIOS is set to boot from the
hard disk before the floppy.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Myint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (Newbie) What is - FDP, .bz2
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:30:06 GMT
Can some one direct me where to find to understand it or explain to me?
Lic.Agreement: instead of GPL it says, FDP.
Peanut uses .bz2 for it's distribution. When I downloaded successfully. It
is supposed to be 51 mg but it was only 21 to 27mg. I tried 3 times( 3.5
hrs/each) end up with different sizes.
Thanks,
Myint
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From: Martin Lemenu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: ftp
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:46:48 -0400
Hi there,
I'm trying to run a script that can ftp a file to a server. To automate
this, I use the .netrc file. However, I now have to ftp different files
to different accounts on this server and the .netrc is insufficient. I'd
like to make a macro file for each job I want to ftp to the server. I
see refrences in the man page for macros and macdef, but I haven't been
able to find any documentation on how to actualy use it. Essentially I'd
like somthing in the form of:
ftp macro1
ftp macro2
ftp macro3
...
Can anyone tell me a way to do this or a site that explains how to do
this?
Thanks!
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:31:51 -0500
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> I found out what it was that caused my problem. With RH 5.2, if you
> chose "server" in the install process, you got a server installed WITH
> fvm (or whatever the X interface was called).
>
> With RH 6.1, if you choose "server" as an install option, you get NO
> GUI! Only a TEXT-BASED server system!
>
> This is progress?
>
> Regards,
> Graham Daniell
> --------------------------
>
> Graham Daniell wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on a PC with a Pentium 100 processor,
> > 32 MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, a 4 MB video card and a 3GB HDD with 2GB free
> > space.
> >
> > Each time I install, it comes up with a message saying I don't have
> > enough memory, and drops from Graphical install mode to text install
> > mode. After the install, I find that startx and Xconfigurator are not
> > installed.
> >
> > It seems that RH 6.1 thinks I don't have enough memory for graphics, but
> > it is MORE THAN adequate for Windoze, so why not for Linux?
> >
> > Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening?
> >
> > Graham Daniell
> > Perth, Western Australia
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Graham Daniell
> Perth, Western Australia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I consider it progress. On a server one does not ordinarily
need a GUI interface for routine maintenance. So you don't
waste the disk space and you avoid any potential problems which
could arise from problems with the GUI.
But of course, there is absolutely nothing to prevent you
from installing a GUI interface after the basic installation.
Or you could do a custom install.
People running servers should be a bit more sophisticated
than the most naive users.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Hustava)
Subject: Why won't cron spawned telnet stay attached?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:56:33 GMT
I have a terminal server which encapsulates rs232 data and makes it available
to any client which telnets to this terminal server at the service port
defined in the terminal server's config. I have been regularly connecting to
this terminal server via telnet session from Linux Slackware (versions 4 and
7) and redirecting the output to a file.;
telnet 192.168.1.23 3001 >> /var/log/dumpfiles/drum_filler20000429.txt
This is a receive only session, everything is very simple. I kill the task
before leaving and restart it with tomorrows date, so the data can be captured
before I come in the next day.
It's all very primitive and simple, but I wanted to automate it a bit. I
though I could set up a crontab entry that would start the telnet session at
4:30AM as such;
30 4 * * * telnet 192.168.1.23 3001 >> /var/log/dumpfiles/drum_filler$(date
+%Y%m%d).txt
..well, 5 seconds after connecting, the connection is dropped and root gets
emailed the following from cron "connection dropped by remote host". This is
not because anything else is already attached -- read on.
I try this using a Lantronix terminal server at the office. I even played with
the cron entry at home a bit, using termnetd as a terminal server daemon. I
get the same failure on both setups, so it does not appear to be a malfunction
of the terminal server.
I'm now guessing the telnet connection must be spawned from a terminal device
in order to stay attached (/dev/ttyp4 or whatever) even though I am
redirecting the output to a file? ..Or is it a cron problem?
I tried to redirect output to > /dev/ttypa then to >> $outputfile , but then I
get a I/O error emailed to me and the output file is ever even created.
If it's the fact that telnet doesn't like to spawn from cron, how can I spawn
a telnet session from a terminal device (one that I am not curently logged n
from)
--
Paul Hustava - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP key found in the ususal places
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:11:31 +0200
From: Thomas Neurauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Netscape Crashing Problems
Timothy wrote:
> > I am having problems with netscape crashing. Several times when a java
> > based website is running and/or opened when another netscape window is
> > opened, netscape freezezs. I have waited for the page to load, but
> > after 5 minutes I am forced to kill the application.
I had the same problem. I found out that this had to do
with my XFree86-upgrade to version 3.3.5, and the libraries
included were to new for my formerly Netscape 4.7.
Since using Netscape 4.72 everything works fine.
Well... at least it doesn't crash for java...
:) tn
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Reply-To: "Mark Graybill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Mark Graybill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Those distributions are stupid
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:22:34 GMT
Suggestions:
1. Scream, punch a bag, make faces in a mirror, whatever; then research the
real cause of your problem before posting - post frustration remission.
2. Linux is for "us", not "them", so decide what group you are in; "us"
being the IT type, "them" the non-IT type (who like to blinding follow the
hype and propaganda Bill/Steve and cronies pumps into the media.)
3. No HTML on Usenet.
Linux is not for the timid, it's open source. IOW, we want to take part in
building advanced technology, not fall victim to MS tyranny and insults of
IT intelligence.
Relax, and enjoy the learning curve - it's worth it!
-Mark
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Netscape Crashing Problems
Date: 29 Apr 2000 18:19:32 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Thomas Neurauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I had the same problem. I found out that this had to do
: with my XFree86-upgrade to version 3.3.5, and the libraries
: included were to new for my formerly Netscape 4.7.
I am currently using XFree86 3.3.6 (compiled from source) with no ill
effects on either of my netscapes (3.0gold and 4.61). I'd upgrade
them if it were any fun ...
Peter
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:36:49 +0000
From: mh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Extracting multiple tar files?
Is there a way to extract multiple tar files at once? I tried the -M
option for "multiple volumes" but got an error message to the effect
that this was not possible with compressed files, which is what I'm
working with. I'm not sure this would be the correct option anyway.
I just downloaded complete sets of HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs. Each
collection consists of a single compressed tar file containing another
separate compressed tar file for EACH article. I can't imagine anyone
actually extracting these articles one at a time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BrentBoz)
Subject: Re: IPX connectivity problem
Date: 29 Apr 2000 18:44:39 GMT
>I just upgarded to RH6.2 and I can't get the ipx (802.2) connection to
>my Netware 5 server back. I have the ncpfs and ipxutils loaded and my
>net number in. When I do a ipx_configure I get "ipx_configure: socket:
>Invalid argument"? I can ping ip with IP.
>Any ideas?
>
> Thanks Ken
Ken,
try setting the network number to 0 (this will force IPX/SPX to auto-detect a
server). Do designate the internal network number, however.
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From: ".Adam." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: upgrading PROM on Sun Ultra 1
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:47:27 GMT
How would one go about upgrading the PROM on a Sun Ultra 1?
I have the image files, I can't seem to get Sun's BIOS or SILO to boot the
image. Can someone point me in the direction of a How-to.
-- Adam.
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From: Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem
Date: 29 Apr 2000 19:01:03 GMT
Hi,
Wierd ssh problem. Connecting to an sshd server running
inside an ipmasqed network.
I have the following setup:
in-host
running sshd----firewall running ipmasq ----- out-host
(kernel 2.0) (ssh-client)
First of all, I can run the ssh client on the in-host (to connect
to sshd on out-host) just fine. This is part of the problem statement.
I have a fulltime internet connection at home (DSL). I want
to be able to get inside my home network through ssh. I run sshd only
on one computer inside my subnet and want to "punch a hole" through
the firewall to allow that. I have succeeded partially. Using the
following scheme:
On the firewall, I use the following rule:
ipautofw -A -r tcp 16000 16000 -h 10.0.0.3
where 10.0.0.3 is the in-host, sshd runs on port
16000 ( via setting in sshd_config on in-host)
Also, I have setup RSA authentication stuff as explained in the
manual. I generate a public key on my out-host and place it in
authorised_keys file on the in-host etc etc.. ( if any more details
needed, plase ask.)
OK. Now I want to test the connection. I am sitting at home, so I
just ssh out to the outhost. Then try to ssh back to my in-host from
there. Works beautifully. No problem. Just to make things doubly
sure, I ssh out to some completely different host on the internet,
then telnet from there into out-host. And THEN ssh from out-host
into my home network. Works again. So far so good.
Here's the Wierd part. Now when I am physically out of the house,
Login to out-host from its own subnet. And now try to ssh into my
home network ( that was the whole point ) No go. The ssh client just
waits for something... never connects. No messages... I wait and
wait... then just ctrl-C it. I try it many different times, on
different days... just doesn't work. The home DSL connection is up
(I can ping the firewall.)
This is a quite baffling. Can anybody throw some light on what could
be going on... or at least where I can start some diagnosis
procedures... On solution might be to run sshd on the firewall itself
but that is a slow old diskless computer running off of a floppy and
it's not a very appealing solution for me. Besides, the mystery still
remains... What could be happening here??
Chetan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Re: Storm Linux takes control?
Date: 29 Apr 2000 19:15:55 GMT
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:26:08 +0000, mh wrote:
>I recently installed Storm Linux on my testbed system. I needed to
>install MSDOS on this system so I slipped a boot disk into A: then
>rebooted. To my total surprise the Storm Linux boot loader came up.
>How is this possible? My BIOS is set to boot sequence: A: CDROM C:
>
>The floppy drive is NOT faulty, and I CAN boot from CDROM, but the
>system simply will not boot from A:
Haven't there been non-bootable floppies around that didn't give an
error message if you left them in the drive and booted? AFIAK, some
DOS shareware program rewrote the boot sector of those floppies to
boot from the harddrive instead of the (non-boot) disk itself.
Can you boot from other floppy disks?
Bastian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: (Newbie) What is - FDP, .bz2
Date: 29 Apr 2000 15:54:55 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:30:06 GMT, Myint
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Can some one direct me where to find to understand it or explain to me?
>Lic.Agreement: instead of GPL it says, FDP.
Read the dstribution's manual or look in the LICENSE file that came with
the tarball; they should explain their license there. BTW, the kernel and
most of the utilities are GPLed no matter what they say. Pieces of the
distro may be under this other license.
>Peanut uses .bz2 for it's distribution. When I downloaded successfully. It
>is supposed to be 51 mg but it was only 21 to 27mg. I tried 3 times( 3.5
>hrs/each) end up with different sizes.
Flaky phone line? Read the man page for bzip2 to understand what a .bz2
file is and what to do with it. Also make sure that the connection is
BINARY if you're doing ftp here.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
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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