Linux-Misc Digest #491, Volume #24 Tue, 16 May 00 20:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: add a second root-account (Bob Hauck)
Re: add a second root-account ("David ..")
routing question.... ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Any way to fake/spoof MAC address? (Bob Hauck)
Re: Webmin (Don Heffernan)
Re: Finding the status of a process (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Re: Encounter problem with unix98 ptys (Rob Young)
AIG Selects LinuxForce for Service and Support (Chris Fearnley)
Separate HDD for swap? (Scott Thomas)
Export Filemaker DB to use in MySQL? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: newbie's questions ("David ..")
Re: Separate HDD for swap? (Bastian)
Re: add a second root-account (Alexander K)
NFS mount fails with "RPC: program not registered"; help! (Michael Tsurikov)
Re: newbie's questions (Oliver Walter)
Re: add a second root-account (Alexander K)
Re: add a second root-account (Alexander K)
Re: samba printer woes...now LPRng (sandrews)
Re: Separate HDD for swap? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: XMMS & Sound (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Beno=EEt?= Smith)
Re: Need input on developing a unified configuration program for linux (Victor
Wagner)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: add a second root-account
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:08:13 GMT
On Tue, 16 May 2000 20:56:17 GMT, Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>i need another root account. not a sudo-thing, but an account that has
>100% root privileges.
In general, this is a bad idea.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add a second root-account
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:59:59 -0500
Alexander K wrote:
>
> hello!
>
> (please comment, i want to know if this is a reasonable way to conduct
> this)
>
> i need another root account. not a sudo-thing, but an account that has
> 100% root privileges.
> so i figure the way to go about is to have another account with UID set
> to 0, correct?
>
> so i type: useradd root2
> then: passwd root2
>
> then i edit the /etc/passwd file and set root2's UID to 0.
> plus i set the homedir to /home/root2 and the shell to /bin/bash.
> i set /home/root2 to mode 700.
>
> (any point in setting the group to 0 also? i user slack7 so root2 is now
> in group 'users')
>
> i try to login as root2 at the txt-console, works fine.
> except the prompt shows [root /path]#
>
> the global ps1 is: PS1='\n[\u \w]\$ '
>
> i guess the \u matches roots entry first since it's on the first line in
> /etc/passwd. correct?
> so i tried: PS1='\n[$USER \w]\$ ' in the /home/root2/.profile
>
> which worked fine. now the prompt is [root2 /path]#
>
> was this the way to do it? or is there another 'special' way to add
> another root-account?
> or did i miss anything here? anything i should add/alter or think about?
>
> talk to me:)
>
> peace / alex
>
> ps. any point in not always using $USER instead of \u in PS1? it seems
> more reliable...
> --
> .
> .
> ... ak42 at kurir dot net ...
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I don't understand your thinking. Why 2 root accounts?
Now root or root2 can destroy the system.
Just the same as a user with su permissions so now you have at least 4
ways to gain root access. Providing you only have su permissions for the
root and root2 user accounts.
my 2 cents
--
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: routing question....
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:12:33 -0600
OK, I bound another IP to my ethernet card, and things work mostly fine.
The problem is that outgoing traffic (such as mail) goes on the new IP
address, not the one it should use. In my routing table, I see:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
209.90.117.140 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
209.90.117.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
Now, here's how I'd ideally like it to work:
If something comes in from the outside (mail, http, dns, etc.), I'd like
the messages returned to come from the same IP that was initially contacted.
For example, if machine Y connects to 209.90.117.130 for a DNS query, I'd
like it to be returned from .130. Likewise, if a DNS query goes to .140, it
should be returned from .140.
Things that are originating on the machine (say, outgoing SMTP) should go
from .130.
(1) If I simply set the metric of .140 to 1, will that accomplish those
two goals?
(2) I couldn't see anywhere in /etc/sysconfig/network or
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to set the metric. Where is the
appropriate place to configure it at boot?
steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Any way to fake/spoof MAC address?
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:09:22 GMT
On Tue, 16 May 2000 14:23:48 -0600, Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any way to fake/spoof MAC addresses?
Some cards let you set that.
>Is there any way to hide MAC addresses?
It would be sorta hard to communicate with anything if you could.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Heffernan)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Webmin
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:09:50 GMT
I use SSL Webmin for my home system. Works fine, but I am no
sysadmin. Frankly, at the time I set it up I didn't know how to
setup secure shell at home and work and Webmin was a simple option
that allowed me to use my browser from work.
Don
On Tue, 16 May 2000 21:08:54 GMT, Mongoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone used the system administration program Webmin?
>http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
>I got this and thought it was a pretty good project. This was along
>the lines of the same project I was going to start, but decided not to
>since this was pretty much the same program I was going to do. But the
>thing is, I havn't seen many people use this. I've asked around about
>these types of programs but no one has ever mentioned it. Does anyone
>have any opinions on it?
Don Heffernan
heffernan.cais.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Finding the status of a process
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 00:02:06 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Doug Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a program that forks a process. I would like the process that
> did the forking to be able to get the status of the forked process.
> The parent process has the process ID of the forked process. How do I
> find what the exit status of the forked process is (if it has exited),
> or some piece of information that would allow me to conclude that the
> process is still running? Any help is appreciated.
man waitpid
--
Stefaan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Young)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Encounter problem with unix98 ptys
Date: 16 May 2000 21:13:14 GMT
Hey there-
I had the same problem with an upgrade from 2.0 kernel to 2.2. The fix is
to download the source for your kernel (or just make sure it's installed), and
configure it with Unix98 ptys support. To do this, check out the file
Documentation/Changes after you unzip/untar the source. It only involves two
options in the configuration.
Hope this helps,
Rob Young
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Damon wrote:
>Hi, would appreciate if anyone has seen or got a solution to this
>problem. Thanks in advance.
>
>I encountered this problem when trying to open a terminal screen in
>GNOME as a user other than root. An error dialog opens and says,
>
> "There has been an error while trying to log in.
> If you are using Linux 2.2x with glibc 2.1.x, this is probably
> due to incorrectly setup Unix98 ptys.
>
> Please read linux/Documentation/Changes for how to set
> them up properly."
>
>
>I tried to look for this documentations, but without success. I'm using
>Gentus Linux distro, that is really very similar to RH6.1, on a ABIT BP6
>mobo.
>
>Thank you again
>
>Regards
>Damon
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Fearnley)
Crossposted-To: phl.announce
Subject: AIG Selects LinuxForce for Service and Support
Date: 16 May 2000 22:28:10 GMT
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From: Scott Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Separate HDD for swap?
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:28:22 GMT
Silly question - I'm assembling a few Linux boxen, and I have a
handful of small (~100MB) IDE drives lying around I've been unable to
find a use for or get rid of. How sensible/feasible would it be to use
one of them in each machine as swap space, instead of using a partition
on the main drive? If so, any suggestion as to where on the IDE
channel(s) it oughta be?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Export Filemaker DB to use in MySQL?
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:21:30 GMT
I have a client who has an existing Filemaker database and wants
to integrate it into a web site. I'm inclined to use MySQL
for the site, so I'd like to export the Filemaker database
in MySQL-usable form. Can I do that? How?
Thanks,
Joshua
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie's questions
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:18:14 -0500
John Cohen wrote:
>
> what's redhat and what's sparc?
> are they related at all?
> what should i put on my pc?
>
> any advice is appreciated as well as referrals.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
The sparc is a computer. If you have an Intel based system use the i386
files.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Re: Separate HDD for swap?
Date: 16 May 2000 22:52:45 GMT
On Tue, 16 May 2000 22:28:22 GMT, Scott Thomas wrote:
>
> Silly question - I'm assembling a few Linux boxen, and I have a
>handful of small (~100MB) IDE drives lying around I've been unable to
>find a use for or get rid of. How sensible/feasible would it be to use
>one of them in each machine as swap space, instead of using a partition
>on the main drive? If so, any suggestion as to where on the IDE
>channel(s) it oughta be?
The 100megs disks are most likely very slow, so I wouldn't suggest
using them. Perhaps they do a better job as small backup drives.
Bastian
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From: Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add a second root-account
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:54:21 GMT
one thing. i just noyiced that root2 can't login via a xterm.
howcome?
and bob and david. i see you weren't pertinent in your answers:)
but ok, i'll explain.
the second root account is not for another user. it's for me.
i experiment a lot. not much important on my puter, and it's hardly used
as a multiusersystem...
for example: if i somehow manage to disable my rootaccount (which i did
just recently, making me reinstall) i need another account (which i
never use except for these things) which gives me su powers, so that i
can unmake what i did. you see?
In article <8fscl8$20p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello!
>
> (please comment, i want to know if this is a reasonable way to conduct
> this)
>
> i need another root account. not a sudo-thing, but an account that has
> 100% root privileges.
> so i figure the way to go about is to have another account with UID
set
> to 0, correct?
>
> so i type: useradd root2
> then: passwd root2
>
> then i edit the /etc/passwd file and set root2's UID to 0.
> plus i set the homedir to /home/root2 and the shell to /bin/bash.
> i set /home/root2 to mode 700.
>
> (any point in setting the group to 0 also? i user slack7 so root2 is
now
> in group 'users')
>
> i try to login as root2 at the txt-console, works fine.
> except the prompt shows [root /path]#
>
> the global ps1 is: PS1='\n[\u \w]\$ '
>
> i guess the \u matches roots entry first since it's on the first line
in
> /etc/passwd. correct?
> so i tried: PS1='\n[$USER \w]\$ ' in the /home/root2/.profile
>
> which worked fine. now the prompt is [root2 /path]#
>
> was this the way to do it? or is there another 'special' way to add
> another root-account?
> or did i miss anything here? anything i should add/alter or think
about?
>
> talk to me:)
>
> peace / alex
>
> ps. any point in not always using $USER instead of \u in PS1? it seems
> more reliable...
> --
> .
> .
> ... ak42 at kurir dot net ...
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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.
.
... ak42 at kurir dot net ...
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Before you buy.
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From: Michael Tsurikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: NFS mount fails with "RPC: program not registered"; help!
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:57:15 -0500
Hello,
I have two Red Hat Linux systems. One (call it A) runs 5.2, and I
just upgraded the other one (call it B) from 4 to 6.2. Each of the two
systems exports a directory, via NFS, to the other. As soon as I upgraded
B to 6.2, A can no longer mount B's exported directory via NFS. When I
try "mount -t nfs ...", I get the error message "Mount: RPC: program not
registered". Computer B has no problem getting A's exported directory via
NFS, however.
I've looked through all the FAQs and articles I could find on
this, with not much luck. The best I could find is that it's something
with portmap and hosts.allow / deny, but I don't know just what to do with
them. If any of you can offer me any help, I would be most grateful.
Thanks!
--Michael Tsurikov
UT Austin Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Oliver Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie's questions
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 00:04:16 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Cohen wrote:
>
> what's redhat and what's sparc?
> are they related at all?
> what should i put on my pc?
SPARC is a processor architecture. It means Scalable Processor
ARChitecture. It's not an Intel architecture. I think it was
developed by Sun (supplier of workstations).
--
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Real email address: oliver (AT) tiara (DOT) demon (DOT) co (DOT) uk
(or remove every "z" from the apparent address in the header)
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From: Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add a second root-account
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 22:55:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
hauck[at]codem{dot}com wrote:
> On Tue, 16 May 2000 20:56:17 GMT, Alexander K
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >i need another root account. not a sudo-thing, but an account that
has
> >100% root privileges.
>
> In general, this is a bad idea.
yeah, in *general*...
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| Codem Systems, Inc.
> -| http://www.codem.com/
>
--
.
.
... ak42 at kurir dot net ...
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From: Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add a second root-account
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 23:01:54 GMT
well david,
for instance. if i smoke one of them, then i'll want the other to save
the first one.
and no, single-user mode won't do.
nor boot/root disks.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexander K wrote:
> >
> > hello!
> >
> > (please comment, i want to know if this is a reasonable way to
conduct
> > this)
> >
> > i need another root account. not a sudo-thing, but an account that
has
> > 100% root privileges.
> > so i figure the way to go about is to have another account with UID
set
> > to 0, correct?
> >
> > so i type: useradd root2
> > then: passwd root2
> >
> > then i edit the /etc/passwd file and set root2's UID to 0.
> > plus i set the homedir to /home/root2 and the shell to /bin/bash.
> > i set /home/root2 to mode 700.
> >
> > (any point in setting the group to 0 also? i user slack7 so root2 is
now
> > in group 'users')
> >
> > i try to login as root2 at the txt-console, works fine.
> > except the prompt shows [root /path]#
> >
> > the global ps1 is: PS1='\n[\u \w]\$ '
> >
> > i guess the \u matches roots entry first since it's on the first
line in
> > /etc/passwd. correct?
> > so i tried: PS1='\n[$USER \w]\$ ' in the /home/root2/.profile
> >
> > which worked fine. now the prompt is [root2 /path]#
> >
> > was this the way to do it? or is there another 'special' way to add
> > another root-account?
> > or did i miss anything here? anything i should add/alter or think
about?
> >
> > talk to me:)
> >
> > peace / alex
> >
> > ps. any point in not always using $USER instead of \u in PS1? it
seems
> > more reliable...
> > --
> > .
> > .
> > ... ak42 at kurir dot net ...
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> I don't understand your thinking. Why 2 root accounts?
> Now root or root2 can destroy the system.
> Just the same as a user with su permissions so now you have at least 4
> ways to gain root access. Providing you only have su permissions for
the
> root and root2 user accounts.
>
> my 2 cents
> --
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
>
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:13:37 -0400
From: sandrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba printer woes...now LPRng
Patrick O'Neil wrote:
>
> Bob Martin wrote:
> >
> > Patrick O'Neil wrote:
> > >
> > > "Sam E. Trenholme" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Error printing testpage to lp
> > > >
> > > > What does your /etc/printcap look like?
> > >
> > > Alright...here is the printcap file generated when I created my
> > > two samba share printers. The printers are both on a windows-based
> > > network and I am running Mandrake 7.0. Printer lp0 is a Phaser Tek
> > > 350 and lp is an HP laserwriter 16. Both are postscript-friendly
> > > printers:
> > >
> > > ##PRINTTOOL3## SMB POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default
> > > lp0:\
> > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
> > > :mx#0:\
> > > :sh:\
> > > :lp=/dev/null:\
> > > :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/acct\
> > > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
> > >
> > > ##PRINTTOOL3## SMB POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default
> > > lp:\
> > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > > :mx#0:\
> > > :sh:\
> > > :lp=/dev/null:\
> > > :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct\
> > > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> >
> > That looks to be ok, in the printer directory in /var/spool/lpd you
> > should have a .config file, check that to see if it has the correct
> > share, user and passowrd. On the windoze side of things you have to have
> > created a user with access to the shared printer.
>
> Well, I checked the .config file and it does contain the proper
> username,
> password, and workgroup (and server and share). Trying to run "lpr
> <filename>"
> again just produced:
>
> Status Information:
> sending job 'root@dummy227-139+336' to lp@localhost
> connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
> connected to 'localhost'
> requesting printer lp@localhost
> sending control file 'cfA336dummy227-139' to lp@localhost
> error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending file 'cfA336dummy227-139' to
> lp@localhost
> job 'root@dummy227-139+336' transfer to lp@localhost failed
>
> At this point I am ready to switch back to plain ole lpr, not that it
> matters
> since neither will print to the share printer.
>
> patrick
I saw this post late in the game and here`s my two cents
.01 - If you are connecting to a remote printer add:
:force_localhost@
to your printcap, without this line LPRng will
always send to localhost not to the remote printer.
.02 - this printcap entry is what I use to hook to a print server:
lp:rp=pr:rm=HPL4P.stablemates.org:force_localhost@
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Separate HDD for swap?
Date: 16 May 2000 19:08:19 -0400
Well, the old drives are SLOW compared to the newer ones, so keep that in
mind. IDE drives run as slow as the slowest drive in the chain. So to keep
the main drive fastest (I assume it's a newer drive) perhaps on the secondary
channel w/ the CD-ROM. Personally I think that you might see a loss in
performance, especially if you don't have >32mb of memory (or whatever you
think you'd fill up). If you have a linux box now, check out swap usage w/
top/gtop/ktop as you run what you think you'll be doing with the new machines.
You can get all kinds of info about the drives if you need it on the web w/ a
simple search on yahoo/whatever for the model number.
I've been using similiar drives to store rpm's and stuff I download,
perhaps copy a CD you often use on it (most of the time the 'real' stuff
doesn't take much space). In any case, unless you care about power
consumption, you can always find something to put there... ohhh How about
/tmp??? that might be better?
Or... you could stop using those annoying AOL CD's as coasters and really
make a big impression with your guests! ;)
-John
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-hulman.edu> writes:
>
> Silly question - I'm assembling a few Linux boxen, and I have a
>handful of small (~100MB) IDE drives lying around I've been unable to
>find a use for or get rid of. How sensible/feasible would it be to use
>one of them in each machine as swap space, instead of using a partition
>on the main drive? If so, any suggestion as to where on the IDE
>channel(s) it oughta be?
>
>--
>Scott Thomas: Wanna-be Engineer, Game Freak, Writer, and Geek-at-Large
>THE Unofficial Sharon Shinn Site - http://www.irtnog.org/~scott/shinn/
>http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~thomass/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Beno=EEt?= Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XMMS & Sound
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 01:18:30 +0200
Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Tue, 16 May 2000 02:24:14 +0200, Beno�t Smith
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >I recently installed XMMS, and I ran it using the Disk Writer Plugin as
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >my Output Plugin... Not only there is no sound, but MP3 files are played
> >3 times faster than their true length ! May I have forgotten something ?
>
> Take a look at the name of the plugin. Then take a look in your home
> directory. Notice anything?
>
>
> Now start xmms up again, and set the Output Plugin to "OSS". Much better.
>
Sorry, the Slackware distribution does not include OSS... And when I try to play
the mp3 with this plugin, I get an error message.
Isn't there a way to use XMMS with a single soundcard module without the heavy
OpenSound System ?
> --
>
> Beno�t Smith
> Just a Rhyme Without a Reason
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Wagner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need input on developing a unified configuration program for linux
Date: 16 May 2000 21:55:23 +0400
In comp.os.linux.misc AnonymousCoward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> HTML is absolutely the way to go.
:>
:> However ...
:> What happens if you want to change the IP number of your linux box?!!
:>
: Changing your box's IP is not a problem, because you would be using the
: loopback IP, not your box's internet IP. 127.0.0.1 will always get the
: current machine.
But other aspects of networking configuration are. In BSDI 3.1 we've a
trouble when we misconfigured resolv.conf and machine was unable to
resolve name localhost. And some links in configuration interface use
name localhost. (Most of links was, of course relative, becouse
Web-based administration system worth nothing if you cannot configure
remote machine)
BTW, I always wonder why people assume that Linux box always have
keyboard and monitor and able to start web browser locally.
--
The code also assumes that it's difficult to misspell "a" or "b". :-)
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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