Linux-Misc Digest #769, Volume #24 Sat, 10 Jun 00 13:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: FAT and Linux? (Kai Plock)
Re: Cannot get going Mandrake 7.0 (Complete) ("Tom Brinkman")
Re: Cut and Paste in Linux/KDE.... (The Almighty One)
Re: Can I use my USB Microsoft optical Intellimouse in X-Windows? (Steffen Kluge)
Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x? (Zach Pardos)
Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry. (Raymond N Shwake)
Linux USB support ! (dondon dimaano)
Re: Can't start KDE as non-root (jesper)
Re: Default OS when LILO boots ("Larry")
Re: No answer from freewwweb (Was Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs?) (Andrew
Purugganan)
Re: Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Lotus Notes Client (Carl Fink)
Re: PGP client (Grant Edwards)
Can I make Zip Drive "automount" when media is inserted? ("Larry")
Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry. (Job Eisses)
Re: PGP client (Job Eisses)
Re: Only root can receive email (root)
.run-files ("p. eckel")
Re: Linux USB support ! (Christopher Browne)
Re: Linux USB support ! (Dances With Crows)
Re: democracy? (Robert J Carter)
Bash shell problem (Philip Ng)
Re: Linux uses lots of memory? (Peter)
mouse configuration + other questions ("Chew GH")
Re: Using Linux as a proxy server? (Uwe Borchert)
Several window manager questions ("Krithika Chidambaram")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai Plock)
Subject: Re: FAT and Linux?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:07:37 GMT
Or use mtools. A set of dos-like commands. (always beginning with "m"
: mdir , mcopy , mdel ,....
-> man mtools
Regards
Kai
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 00:30:06 GMT, Greg Chavez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Redhat should have no problem reading your disk, just insert and mount the
>drive. If Linux gives a read error...try the console and type
>"mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy"
>you then should be able to browse to the /mnt/floppy directory folder and
>view your files.
>
>Good luck!
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot get going Mandrake 7.0 (Complete)
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:34:39 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bolivar Huerta
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could someone help me on installin' Linux Mndrake 7.0----I'm
> running Windows 2000, is there a step by step installation or
> website.
>
> I tryed 2 times already an it locks the PC..........I also used
> Partition Magic 5.0 for a Linux partition, but I keep getting
> stock.
>
>
> Thanks
>
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/install/index.html
You should also check to see if you have supported hardware
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3
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. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: The Almighty One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Cut and Paste in Linux/KDE....
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:44:31 GMT
just seeing that now, as I am getting used to Linux ...
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> The Almighty One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : there are only 2 buttons - no center button ... for most users ... again - the
>
> Hit both buttons together.
>
> : ease of use of M$ global clipboarding ... would be a big thing if Linux GUI's
>
> You are confused. That ctrl or alt V/C/X thing is unweildy. It's
> far easier to swipe and click. It's the classical way. That MS fouled
> up by making up a different and more difficult way is their problem.
>
> Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: Can I use my USB Microsoft optical Intellimouse in X-Windows?
Date: 10 Jun 2000 12:44:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dr. Liew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a USB mouse that I would like to use in X-Windows.
I've got an "IntelliMouse(R) w/IntelliEye(TM) 1.0" :-)
and it's working just fine with XFree86 4.0. I haven't tried USB
yet, I'm still using the USB-PS/2 adapter that came with the
mouse.
This is what I have in my XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
In order to get it to scroll in Netscape its app defaults need
to be changed, something like:
! Mouse bindings in the HTML display area.
!
*drawingArea.translations: #replace \
<Btn1Down>: ArmLink() \n\
<Btn2Down>: ArmLink() \n\
<Btn4Down>: LineUp() \
LineUp() \
# etc, (depending on the number of lines you want it to scoll),
# or you could use PageUp()
LineUp() \n\
<Btn5Down>: LineDown() \
LineDown() \
...
LineDown() \n\
This has been covered in a recent thread, with more bindings to
play with.
Hope this helps
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: Zach Pardos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 06:55:56 -0600
I am running a dual boot Linux 2.2.14/Win98 computer with Linux as the
primary OS.
I will be adding a 70GIG HD soon for storage of various web log files.
Although I'll be using the drive under Linux for 80% of the time, I
still have to be able to read/write to the disk from Win98. Is there an
optimal FS for this situation? Performance is a priority over features
as the disk will be accessed by many users simultaneously under Linux.
Permissions, Owners, Special files and Links are not necessary. I would
only like to be able to link TO a file on the new drive from an existing
ext2fs if possible. All suggestions appreciated.
Zach Pardos
Solarweb Development
[ www.solarweb.com ] - Web Design[ TC00599 ]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raymond N Shwake)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.corel,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.suse,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.sys.ncr,corelsupport.linux.corellinux,core
Subject: Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry.
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:43:04 GMT
"MetL Hed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>The SCSI is an NCR 53C710, the model version is a 3430, serial number
>30117245. Is there Linux support for this model? Maybe Windows NT support?
>Either would be nice. Is there a way I could get a version of UNIX to run
>on this machine?
We still have a few 3430s running in our office. They're certified
for NCR's MP-RAS UNIX (SVr4) and Windows NT (3.51 or 4.0). I haven't tried
running Linux on them, in part because I've got surplus desktops on the
shelf that are more powerful than those hulking towers.
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From: dondon dimaano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux USB support !
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:30:05 GMT
What distribution(s) of Linux supports USB hardware (mouse/keyboard/etc.) ?
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From: jesper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't start KDE as non-root
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:30:06 GMT
Hi
chown of homedir did not help, the output of the commands were
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/X11/bin/XF86_SVGA (is the server I am using)
-rws--x--x 1 root root /usr/X11/bin/Xwrapper
What can you tell about that?
Thanks for your help
Regards
Jesper
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Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Default OS when LILO boots
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:28:39 -0500
> >
> >But it still boots Linux as the default. I also moved the w2k =
information in front of the Linux information in the /etc/lilo.conf file =
to no avail. Is LILO looking at another configuration file rather than =
this one?
>=20
> You need to rerun LILO to put the changes into effect (it writes
> itself into the master boot record or the boot bit of the relevant
> partition). Type:
> /sbin/lilo
>=20
That was it! I had not run /sbin/lilo after making changes to the =
lilo.conf file.=20
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: No answer from freewwweb (Was Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs?)
Date: 10 Jun 2000 13:21:38 GMT
alram83 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I connect to freewwweb using pppsetup. Simplifies building the
: actual scripts by prompting you for the info, and the generated
: scripts can be modified in any text editor. I inserted the DNS
: addresses manually in /etc/pap-secrets. My version came with
: Peanut Linux from metalab.unc.edu/peanut.
Does freewwweb use PAP CHAP or something? I normally use "EXPECT ogin:"
"SEND username" "EXPECT sword:" etc to login to other ISPs, but I saw
freewwweb send "System password:" when I was EXPECTing "ogin:"
How did you make it work?
--
jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x?
Date: 10 Jun 2000 10:35:40 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 06:55:56 -0600, Zach Pardos
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I will be adding a 70GIG HD soon for storage of various web log files.
^^^^^^^^
70?... ah. Make sure the BIOS on your machine can handle this, as Lose9x
uses the BIOS for disk access. Make sure you're using a Linux kernel
that's 2.2.14 or newer; older ones had trouble with drives > 32G.
>Although I'll be using the drive under Linux for 80% of the time, I
>still have to be able to read/write to the disk from Win98. Is there an
>optimal FS for this situation? Performance is a priority over features
>as the disk will be accessed by many users simultaneously under Linux.
>Permissions, Owners, Special files and Links are not necessary.
You can't have it both ways. For maximum performance under Linux, use
ext2, and access the disk from Lose9x using the "explore2fs.exe" that's
available on the Web at
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
Using FAT32 will let Lose9x and Linux read everything, but performance
will suffer under Linux, especially for read operations and if there are a
lot of people accessing the drive at the same time. This performance loss
isn't really noticable for a workstation, but I'll bet it would be for a
big server.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Lotus Notes Client
Date: 10 Jun 2000 14:13:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:53:55 -0400 Brian E. Seppanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a lotus notes client for linux? I think there is a lotus notes
>server, but I'd like to look at a lotus notes client for linux.
No. Lotus as of v5 only supports Win32 and PowerMac as a policy. If
you use any other OS, you're supposed to use a browser and enable web
access to every database.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: PGP client
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 14:42:25 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 22:43:58 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need a pgp enabled client for linux (IMAP), anyone know were I can get
>one, free or NOT?????
www.mutt.org
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm DESPONDENT... I
at hope there's something
visi.com DEEP-FRIED under this
miniature DOMED STADIUM...
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Can I make Zip Drive "automount" when media is inserted?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 09:57:37 -0500
Is there a way to make an IDE Zip drive "automount" and open a window in
Gnome when a disk is inserted. My CD drive is set this way but there
doesn't appear to be an automated way to do this with a Zip drive.
Thanks for any help.
Larry
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From: Job Eisses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry.
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:01:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MetL Hed wrote:
>
> The SCSI is an NCR 53C710, the model version is a 3430, serial number
> 30117245. Is there Linux support for this model? Maybe Windows NT support?
> Either would be nice. Is there a way I could get a version of UNIX to run
> on this machine?
The NCR 53C710 is mentioned in six driver source files in
/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi, so your chances look good -job
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From: Job Eisses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PGP client
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:04:38 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I need a pgp enabled client for linux (IMAP), anyone know were I can get
> one, free or NOT?????
>
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html lists several -job
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Only root can receive email
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:02:25 GMT
After all the hassle, I managed to pinpoint the problem. When I was
creating user accounts, I was
using a capital letter for the first letter of the user account. Example: I
was creating accounts in the
format of Eric@localhost instead of eric@localhost. I discovered this
after it was recommended
to me by a user to check the aliases file, which I did. I managed to have
all email to Eric@localhost
forwarded to root@localhost, indicating that email was indeed being sent
through to my computer
from the internet. Once I did this, I deleted the old username and account
Eric@localhost and added
the account eric@localhost. It does work both on my local network and
from the internet.
root wrote:
> I have finally managed to get online via my ethernet adapter. I know
> this is a very rudimentary question to
> some of you, and I haven't had the time to explore all system
> configurations on my end. My question is
> that root@mycomputer can receive and send email to/from the internet.
> All of the accounts
> that I created can email out to the internet, but upon receipt of a
> message addressed to any of those
> user accounts that I've created returns "User unknown." Telnetting to
> smtp port 25 of my computer and
> doing the vrfy username command also returns 'user unknown."
>
> I am currently running RedHat 6.2, and am using dhcp for host
> configuration. I have also tried to
> create a POP account for one of the users, but still no change. Do
> I need to configure
> routing to/from my computer? If so, why can root receive email from the
> internet but none of the others can?
> What do I need to be doing to get these other accounts to receive email?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Eric
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "p. eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .run-files
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:15:46 +0200
hello,
i�m a linux newbie. i�ve just downloaded a quake3 patch for linux. but
this file is a .run-file. i don�t know how to use this file. do i have
to extract it? if yes, how?
thank you,
philipp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Linux USB support !
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:27:23 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when dondon dimaano would say:
>What distribution(s) of Linux supports USB hardware
>(mouse/keyboard/etc.) ?
Won't be happening until Linux version 2.4 is released, as the USB
code is in the 2.3.x versions, and distributions normally use
stable (right now 2.4.x) versions.
Linus Torvalds is out on vacation for a couple weeks, so there won't
be a 2.4 release until late June, which pretty much means you won't
see it burned into CDROM distributions until late summer.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/>
"Never insult seven men, when all you're packin' is a six gun"
--- Zane Gray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux USB support !
Date: 10 Jun 2000 12:32:41 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 10 Jun 2000 15:48:41 GMT, Robie Basak
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:30:05 GMT, dondon dimaano said:
>>What distribution(s) of Linux supports USB hardware (mouse/keyboard/etc.) ?
The latest Mandrake is supposed to have backports for USB stuff inserted
into the kernel.
>The latest (unstable) kernel supports USB. You'll have to wait until
>it is stable before distributions will include it, generally.
>Otherwise, you can compile the kernel yourself.
>What's the point of having USB mice/keyboards anyway?
To make more money for the hardware manufacturers, naturally!
No, the idea is that it's confusing to have so many different kinds of
plugs on the back of a PC, so they all should be replaced with one kind of
plug, which every peripheral will use.[0] This will eliminate the silly
problems that occur when people plug the mouse into the keyboard port and
vice versa. Also, it'll free up more IRQs in the PC architecture, since
if the mouse and keyboard are USB, they'll use the USB controller's IRQ
and not have to suck up #1 and #12.[1] Not a bad idea in the abstract,
but the implementation leaves something to be desired.
[0] Unless you want to plug in a hard drive or video equipment, at which
point you really need IEEE 1394, which is definitely not a PC standard
yet.
[1] Thanks to bug-for-bug combatability, no piece of hardware will ever
actually be able to *use* IRQ 1, you understand.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert J Carter)
Subject: Re: democracy?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 16:22:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Smitty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mark Wilden wrote:
>
>> Salvador Peralta wrote:
>> >
>> > let's remember that the United States is not now, nor has it ever been a
>> > democracy.
>>
>> Yes it is. It's a representative democracy. The people do rule, through
>> their elected officials (in theory, at least).
>
> You are misinformed on that point, Mark. Please refer to the U.S.
> Constitution and the legal definitions of republic and democracy.
> Smitty
>
>
I think it it YOU who are being misinformed. Saying a republic is
cannot be a democracy is like saying an orange can't be a fruit. They
are not mutually exclusive.
--
Robert J Carter at Oghma dot on dot ca
Use My initials to reach me via e-mail
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From: Philip Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bash shell problem
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:38:21 +0800
Hi, all,
I am a newbie in Linux world. Whenever I try to execute script in
console, it returned the following error :
"Bash : Configure : Command not found"
I tried to run the Configure script. (It is executable) I also tried :
"/bin/bash < Configure"
In that case, some error messages showing that some commands in the
script are not found. Is it a correct method to use to "<" to direct
the script to the bash shell?
How can I run the script successfully? Any other shell that I can use?
Thanks a lot,
Philip
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux uses lots of memory?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:44:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Wilden wrote:
> Martin Herrman wrote:
> >
> > you start licq, licq is loaded from disk into memory. You shut down licq:
> > it is still available in memory. You start it again: doesn't even read from
> > disk! That was because it was still in memory.. Windows would remove it
> > from memory and reload it again.. How stupid isn't it?
>
> That's not true in my experience. After upgrading to 256Mb, I found that
> after I'd loaded the programs I generally used, the hard disk never got
> hit again, even when I reloaded them.
That's more likely to be caused by the increased disk-cache. Windows uses a
certain portion
of the memory as disk-cache. If your total Memory is 256Mb the disk-cache is big
enough to
keep most disk-resident images of programs in this cache. So Windows is still
stupid, as it
allocates some memory always as disk-cache. Unix uses per default all
unallocated (== not allocated by a user program)
memory as cache-space and manages it dynamically.
Peter
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From: "Chew GH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouse configuration + other questions
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:53:23 +0800
A couple of questions:
In which file/s can I configure mouse properties like the mouse pointer
speed and mouse acceleration?
Software for Linux often come in .tar.gz files. What is the usual practice -
ie into which directory are these compressed files stored?
I understand the security risks of logging in as root, but on my new system,
logging in as another newly added user has been rather restrictive. It does
not permit me to access some files and thus I am unable to launch some
applications. Other than manually changing the access permissions for the
individual files each application needs, what else could I do to lessen
restrictions on a certain user?
If I run fips on a dual boot system (Linux and Win98) to create another
MS-DOS partition, would my Linux partition be overwritten?
Does a disk defragmenter running in Windows touch another partition it is
not supposed to read, and vice versa for a defragmenter in Linux?
If I wiped out my Linux partition accidentally, does LILO still load with
the boot prompt? Or would it hang the system because its configuration file
in the Linux partition is wiped out? Will my other OS still load?
(kernel 2.0.xx)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Borchert)
Subject: Re: Using Linux as a proxy server?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Borchert)
Date: 10 Jun 2000 18:58:20 +0100
Hi,
..[replacing N(eandertaler) T(echnologie) with Linux]...
>
>qmail is a modern replacement for sendmail, written by Dan Bernstein,
>who also has a web page for qmail. qmail is a secure package. There was
>a $1,000.00 prize for anyone who can show otherwise, which went
>unclaimed.
>
>http://www.qmail.org/
>
Maybe you need a pop3d to. Look for the right packages. Take a look at:
Package: cyrus-pop3d
Package: qpopper
Package: cucipop
>For a proxy server there is Squid.
>
>Squid is... a full-featured Web proxy cache designed to run on Unix
>systems free, open-source software the result of many contributions by
>unpaid volunteers funded by the National Science Foundation
>
>Squid supports... proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URL's
>proxying for SSL cache hierarchies ICP, HTCP, CARP, Cache Digests
>transparent caching WCCP (Squid v2.3) extensive access controls HTTP
>server acceleration SNMP caching of DNS lookups
>
>http://www.squid-cache.org/
>
If you dont need a caching proxy you might try a simple sockd.
>For a firewall there is IPChains and T.Rex just to name a couple.
>
>http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
>
>http://www.opensourcefirewall.com/
>
Dont forget to kill all unwanted services, disable them in the inetd
configuration. At least you might only need:
* a proxy: squid and/or sockd
* a web-filter: internet junk buster (?)
* a chaching named: bind8x (?)
* a smtpd: sendmail 8.9x, smail or qmail
* a pop3d or a imapd
* a httpd: apache
* the sshd for remote login
disable the ftpd and the telnetd, you dont need them and they are
security holes.
MfG/IOU
Uwe Borchert
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From: "Krithika Chidambaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Several window manager questions
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:48:55 -0700
1) I have got Xfree86 3.3.5 working but only at 1280X1024 resolutions,
for lesser resolutions I get DISPLAY problems (screen is too large).
At 1280x1024 its hard read, is there a way to increase the font size?
or adjust the resolution without the DISPLAY problem. Any other suggestions
2) To enable X at boot time I have this entry id:5:initdefault
in /etc/inittab. It comes up using owm window manager, is there a
way to change the window manger at the boot time. I would like to
use fvwm window manager.
3) How to shutdown if X was started at the boot time of linux .
Ctrl Atl Del doesn't work when X is running at the login screen.
I am using owm.
4) I don't see logging out option in owm.
5) When I use fvwm as my window manager, I tought I had problem with
my display when I move the mouse to right or down it moves to the
appropriate virtual screen which must be a feature of fvwm. Is there
a way to disable this. So that it moves the appropriate virtual
desktop only when I click on its icon.
Thank You
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