Linux-Misc Digest #470, Volume #24 Sun, 14 May 00 22:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk (Darren Winsper)
Re: Accessing Stupid Windows (Robie Basak)
licq no longer working (Bernard Debreil)
Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk (Christopher Browne)
kudzu segmentation fault (Greg Greenway)
How add my domain to local nameserver? (Andre - Nospam Wanted!!!)
HELP! Mouse Double-Click Speed (Richard Vienneau)
Re: connection problem (Steve)
Re: Redhat6.2 Network bug ?? (Steve)
Re: name resolving (Steve)
Re: Having trouble installing 2 network cards (Steve)
Re: The core file keeps hanging around... ("User")
Upgrade RH5.1 to 6.2 kernel complile problem (Rick Lim)
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator (JEDIDIAH)
Re: Upgrade RH5.1 to 6.2 kernel complile problem (Mark Bratcher)
cron job output (Timothy Findlay)
Re: cron job output (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Tweaking NT: clear-text passwords (ljb)
Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD... (Mark E Adams)
bash upgrade ("Robert L.")
Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Need input on developing a unified configuration program for linux (Mongoose)
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator (elemental)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk
Date: 14 May 2000 22:20:56 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 00:28:04 +0200, Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> - People who want to leave the "church" are often put under severe
> pressure. There are cases of ex-members who have been terrorised for
> months and years after they left.
The "church" is perfectly willing to kill members who leave that have
information that could be harmful to them.
Scientology is evil, no two ways about it.
--
Darren Winsper (El Capitano) - ICQ #8899775
Stellar Legacy project member - http://www.stellarlegacy.tsx.org
DVD boycotts. Are you doing your bit?
This message was typed before a live studio audience.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Accessing Stupid Windows
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 14 May 2000 22:24:40 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 18:38:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>I have been trying to mount my Windows partition. Actually I have been
>successfull with one exception. I can't get the windows partition
>accessible to anyone else but teh root. I used linuxconf on Red Hat 6.1.
>I did everything as explained in the book, it is user mountable and the
>permissions are 755. Still it only gives them to root. What's more, when
>I try to use chmod on the windows partition it eliminates al
>permissions, I am still able to access it as root though. Any insights
>on that would be helpfull, I'd hate to have to go as root every time I
>want to get something from the stupid Windows, unfortunately, there is
>still a lot there that I need, music files, etc...
>Peter
Check out the uid and gid options to mount (see man mount for details).
I have a group called win which I belong to; and gid set to the gid
of win.
Thinking about it, maybe it should be called lose (a lot of money)...
Robie.
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From: Bernard Debreil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: licq no longer working
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:23:17 +0200
Would there be anyone having some experience in licq ? I have
installed this software on RedHat 6.0... It worked fine for 2 weeks or
so, but, now, I can no longer get chat with Mirabilis ICQ users. Has
anything changed in the network ? What could the explanation be ?
What to do to get it working again ?
Thanks for any hint,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 22:28:56 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Darren Winsper would say:
>On Sun, 14 May 2000 00:28:04 +0200, Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> - People who want to leave the "church" are often put under severe
>> pressure. There are cases of ex-members who have been terrorised for
>> months and years after they left.
>
>The "church" is perfectly willing to kill members who leave that have
>information that could be harmful to them.
>
>Scientology is evil, no two ways about it.
Now, now, don't say such things.
You probably don't actually have proof of this.
And if you _did_, saying such things in public certainly wouldn't reflect
well on "the church," and could thus get you, um, killed...
--
Rules of the Evil Overlord #42. "When I capture the hero, I will make
sure I also get his dog, monkey, ferret, or whatever sickeningly cute
little animal capable of untying ropes and filching keys happens to
follow him around." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Greg Greenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kudzu segmentation fault
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 15:12:52 -0700
Hi all,
I just upgraded kernels from 2.2.14 to 2.2.15, and now everytime i run
kudzu, the only thing it does is say "Segmentation fault" and then
exits. I only notice this because whenever i reboot, when it gets to
detecting new hardware, it always fails. Any ideas what is wrong? I
configured and recompiled the new kernel to almost the same as the old
one was. TIA.
GREG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove .gov to reply (Andre - Nospam Wanted!!!)
Subject: How add my domain to local nameserver?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 23:03:12 GMT
Ok, I've read the DNS HOW TO and must have missed this point:
Once I have a local nameserver running (my own nameserver on my own linux pc,
not the one my isp provided) how do i update it with my domain name that
exists on my linux pc? Or is this automatic once the nameserver is
functioning?
I don't know if I need to do something with bind or some other package. Can
direct me to the correct resource -- or even tell me exactly how to go about
this :)
Thanks!
Andre'
p.s. The reason I want to run my own nameserver is because i hate waiting
several days for the isp's nameserver to update its cache when I should be
able to do the same thing locally right away. Translation, I want to CONTROL
my own server. Another reason is because many isp's want to charge $100 per
month to add additional domain names to their nameservers even when you are
hosting everything on your own system. Not that I want to stiff anyone, I just
don't think $100 per month to have a domain added to a domain server is
reasonable when everything is running on my system. It's not a bandwidth
issue, it's just what they charge for the 'additional service'.
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From: Richard Vienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.x11,linux.redhat
Subject: HELP! Mouse Double-Click Speed
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 23:10:58 GMT
How can I change the double-click speed for X windows or the KDE desktop
environment? I have just installed Linux on a computer used by an
elderly person and they cannot click fast enough to produce consistent
double-clicks.
TIA!
Rich
--
Richard Vienneau
System Software Engineer
Dinamikos Technology Inc.
466 Speers Rd., 3rd Floor,
Oakville, Ontario L6K 3W9
Tel: (905) 337-9607
Fax: (905) 849-9947
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: connection problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2000 00:17:15 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 21:48:18 +0100, Anthony Pleace wrote:
>I am a newbie running RH6.2 on a a stand alone machine and would like
>some clarification about connecting to the internet.
>As root I can use linuxconf to create a ppp connection that uses pap and
>I can allow other users to connect.
>As a user there is a connection tool rp3 that will also make a
>connection and this tool allows the modem volume to be adjusted.
>Can I adjust the volume of the ppp0 connection?
>Is there any problem that I am not using pap with the users connection?
>I have read that sendmail is not very "secure" but I do not know what
>secure means. Can anyone clarify this?
I'd suggest using linuxconfig for setting up the ppp connection, it'll
do the job. Don't know what you mean about users not using pap.
Sendmail is secure, if you think there is a security issue with the
system, don't look at individual apps, install a firewall.
--
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
11:02pm up 18 days, 1:03, 3 users, load average: 1.43, 1.22, 1.08
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Redhat6.2 Network bug ??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2000 00:17:16 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 18:43:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>When server A ping itself, it works fine.
>
>It just cannot communicate with other servers anymore such serverB, C,
>D cannot commuicate to serverA.
>
>They all show Unreachable message.
>Telnet not work, FTP not work, Http not work..... except reboot serverA
>
>I cannot find any error message about eth0 in serverA, it seems the
>syslog does not know it has error at all.
>
>
Won't an inetd restart fix it. But I suppose you've tried all of that.
--
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
11:02pm up 18 days, 1:03, 3 users, load average: 1.43, 1.22, 1.08
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: name resolving
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2000 00:17:17 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 03:21:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have found 2 files /etc/hosts.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf
>in RedHat linux 6.1
>
>It seems that both specifies the order of name resolving
>but which file does Linux prefer to use?
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
This is from the file on my distro, but if they're not broken
don't go trying to fix them.
#
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be
# sorted with the most-used services at the beginning.
#
# The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an
# entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned
# up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason
# (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the
# next entry.
#
# Legal entries are:
#
# nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3)
# nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP
# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
# files Use the local files
# db Use the local database (.db) files
# compat Use NIS on compat mode
# [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far
#
# To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be
# looked up first in the databases
#
# Example:
#passwd: db files nisplus nis
#shadow: db files nisplus nis
#group: db files nisplus nis
--
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
11:02pm up 18 days, 1:03, 3 users, load average: 1.43, 1.22, 1.08
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Having trouble installing 2 network cards
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2000 00:17:18 GMT
It may be to do with allow and deny, see what it says in the files
in /etc hosts.allow and hosts.deny and maybe you need a host file
on each 95 box.
Have a dig around in the HOWTOs in /usr/doc/HOWTO they may be able
to give you some pointers, I don't think it's your IP settings so
much as the win-linux crossover obstacle.
HTH
--
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
11:02pm up 18 days, 1:03, 3 users, load average: 1.43, 1.22, 1.08
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From: "User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: The core file keeps hanging around...
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:01:30 -0500
The process that crashed dumps its entire memory status (registers, stack, allocated
structures in the heap etc.) so that someone who really knows that kind of stuff well
can analyze it to find out the cause of the crash (Does anyone really do that ?!). Even
to really talented people, a core file is just a meaningless disk-space hog that can be
deleted.
Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi everyone...
>
> Could someone please tell me what the "core" file is, and where it comes
> from....??? It always hangs it in the root or apache directory...
> Does it have anything to do with the phrase "Dumping core now", and if
> not, what does "Dumping the core" mean...???
>
> Thanks...
>
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From: Rick Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrade RH5.1 to 6.2 kernel complile problem
Date: 14 May 2000 23:48:54 GMT
I have upgraded a system from Redhat 5.1 to 6.2, when
I do a kernel complile .... make modules_install
the modules install into /lib/modules/2.0.3.7
not /lib/modules/2.2.14
anyone have an answer as how to get them to install properly?
TIA
--
The wealth of reality, cannot be seen from your locality.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG web page generator
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:22:54 GMT
On Sun, 14 May 2000 21:01:19 GMT, One of the mob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[deletia]
>I presently use Microsoft FrontPage 98 to build the basic site and scan it
>with a code corrector to make it HTML 3 compliant... I also use Front page
>to publish to a Linux server without FP extensions. So... all this talk
>about purist detail is a lot of gibberish... Why should not a good designer
>use whichever tools they get the best result from?
This is the point of view from which most of us justify our
dislike of visual HTML authoring tools actually.
[deletia]
--
In what language does 'open' mean 'execute the evil contents of' |||
a document? --Les Mikesell / | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade RH5.1 to 6.2 kernel complile problem
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 20:24:56 -0400
Rick Lim wrote:
>
> I have upgraded a system from Redhat 5.1 to 6.2, when
> I do a kernel complile .... make modules_install
> the modules install into /lib/modules/2.0.3.7
> not /lib/modules/2.2.14
>
Man, that sounds weird. Are you sure you have kernel 2.2.14 source?
Anyway, check for KERNELRELEASE variable in the config files, that's
what modules_install target uses for the directory name.
HTH
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Timothy Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cron job output
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:31:26 +1000
Hi,
I've got a little shell script which does a system backup, so I threw it
in /etc/cron.daily and thats fine, it runs it every day, the only bugger
is the E-Mail 'reports' always go back to root (the program output) is
there a way I can specify (environment var ??) where to E-Mail the
output ??
Regards,
Tim.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: cron job output
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:54:21 GMT
On Mon, 15 May 2000 10:31:26 +1000, Timothy Findlay
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got a little shell script which does a system backup, so I threw
>it
>in /etc/cron.daily and thats fine, it runs it every day, the only bugger
>is the E-Mail 'reports' always go back to root (the program output) is
>there a way I can specify (environment var ??) where to E-Mail the
>output ??
Look at /etc/crontab and put a mailto statement in there:
MAILTO=tfindaly
If you want all of root's mail, put the below in /etc/aliases and run
the 'newaliases' command. (Works for sendmail. May need to restart
sendamil too.)
# Person who should get root's mail
root: tfindlay
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: Tweaking NT: clear-text passwords
Date: 15 May 2000 00:56:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>In one of the samba help files that came with my distribution (WinNT.txt),
>they suggest the following in order to have NT support clear-text passwords:
>
>---------------Begin quote--------------------------
>Run regedt32.exe and locate the hive key entry:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters\
>
>Add the following value:
> EnablePlainTextPassword:REG_DWORD=1
>---------------End quote---------------------------
>
>My question is if you type in the ":REG_DWORD=1" also, or if you click on the
>menu option below. The menu option below doesn't include "DWORD=1" explicitly, so
>I'm just wanting to be careful before I commit either way.
>
>Any suggestions?
Go to that key entry and open it. Add a new value called
EnablePlainTextPassword of type DWORD and with the value 1.
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From: Mark E Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux,redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc,aus.computers.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 01:08:17 GMT
darner wrote:
>
> Tux wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Do I have to reinstall Linux if I forgot my root password, or is there
> > some way to get back into the system without doing this...???
> >
> > Thanks..
>
> If you start it with linux 1 at the LILO prompt there is a way to change
> the root password
after booting as single user type "passwd root" and follow the
directions.
--
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robert L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bash upgrade
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 01:46:34 GMT
I have try to upgrade bash, but i make a mistake.
I first make a bootdisk, copy bash to bash_bak ( in case something go
wrong ).
I unlink sh. I link it with csh. I close all bash console. I enter my root
acount.
and ... Can't login.
So, now i know i can't make it this way.
I put my boot disk on my floppy, type rescue at the prompt.
Can't open initial console?
I can't return on my hard disk. What can i do now. Do i need a special
floppy? Did my bootdisk is not corect, if so, what can i do with it now ( i
have another Linux box ).
Thanks a lot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: German Govt says Microsoft a security risk
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 01:52:36 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, now, don't say such things.
> You probably don't actually have proof of this.
> And if you _did_, saying such things in public certainly wouldn't reflect
> well on "the church," and could thus get you, um, killed...
Financially, maybe. The seem to be more lawsuit happy than the American
public.
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From: Mongoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Need input on developing a unified configuration program for linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 01:57:58 GMT
Hello,
I'm am currently developing a linux configuration program that
will be designed to run on all distros for a college research project.
It is to allow people to create modules for configuring different
aspects of a linux os. Now these modules can be written in any
language that can be executed on a system and use stdio. Now to use
these modules I was thinking of having the modules create cgi forms
using html. This would require the user to have a loopback connect and
a web browser on their system, two very common and simple items for
linux. The webrowser would load the html page, and send a cgi string
back to the module and the module would edit the system based on the
users input in the cgi string. Now I was wondering if most people
agree with the idea of using a web browser for the system
administration? I figure using html is a common way of implementing an
interface that most people know. They wouldn't have to learn anything
new in order to create a module for whatever they wish. Plus
webbrowsers are available in almost every platform possible so
transportability would be no issue. What does everyone else think of
this idea? Any suggestions?
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From: elemental <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG web page generator
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 19:05:03 -0700
So this I R A Darth Aggie character tells us...
#
# On Sun, 14 May 2000 21:01:19 GMT,
# One of the mob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in
# <zuET4.3207$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# + Why should not a good designer
# + use whichever tools they get the best result from?
#
# The results are seen on the client's screen, not your own.
Yes, and I'd assume anyone's definition of "best result" would be that it
looks good to the client as well.
I write and test most of my HTML in Windows because that's what the
majority of the clients are using. I use Homesite, which is non-WYSIWYG
but does have color coding for tags and a few shortcuts to cut down on
the tedious stuff. I feel I get the best results this way. I will
occasionally use Dreamweaver, which is WYSIWYG, for parts of a site if I
feel it will do the job better/easier than writing it by hand.
Regardless, I test on Windows, MacOS and Linux, with a variety of
browsers (and browser versions) before anything goes live. See? Using the
tools that do the job to my, my clients, and my viewers, satisfaction.
elemental
From the ashes of liars grow the flowers of hope...
<http://www.synaesthetic.net/~elemental/>
elemental(at)synaesthetic(dot)net
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