Linux-Misc Digest #893, Volume #24 Thu, 22 Jun 00 18:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: New Question ("D F")
Re: New Question (thesystem)
v4l question (David Jobet)
Re: Fdisk and dos ("D F")
Losing time ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DVD RAM (Jason Bacon)
Re: Linux Faxserver - Windows NT Faxclient (Cord Walter)
Re: New Motherboard (Jason B)
Re: How to detect a program is being traced (John Hasler)
Re: New Question (Spike)
Re: New Motherboard (Jason B)
Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)!
Linux ISPs?! (Peter Bismuti)
Re: getenv(), LD_LIBRARY_PATH and setuid (U.V. Ravindra)
Re: NIC not activated (Dusty)
Re: PPProblem (Bill Unruh)
Re: Linux ISPs?! (Bill Unruh)
Re: getenv(), LD_LIBRARY_PATH and setuid (U.V. Ravindra)
Re: Gnome glib problem ("Pan")
Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)!
LS120 and SuSE 6.4 (RatFink)
Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments ("Josh H. Turiel")
Problem running files... :( (John Eriksson)
Re: How to detect a program is being traced (David Steuber)
network card and modem setup ("TAJ")
Re: A bash bug? ("David ..")
Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)! (Robie Basak)
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Question
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:16:08 -0400
Matt Barnett wrote in message ...
>I've been reading A LOT about Linux. I understand the
complicated process of
>installing this OS.
>
>My question is this:
>
>Which is the better of the distributions?
>
>Red Hat 6.2, SuSE, Mandrake, Turbo Linkux ...
You know, I can understand someone posting this question
but, really, if you were to think about it for just a
moment...
Let me try this experiment:
I've been reading A LOT about cars. I understand the
complicated process of driving.
My question is this:
Which is the better [sic] of the cars?
1997 Ford, General Motors, Dodge, Jeep...
Don't you see how this question is unlikely to produce a
useful response? As with many other things, selecting a
distribution depends on your abilities, skills and
expectations and with a healthy measure of personal
preference thrown in.
Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario Canada
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From: thesystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Question
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:16:04 GMT
all linux distro's are good, but the option is which do you prefer if new to
linux stick
with one that you can get plenty on info on. my personnel feelings on the ones
you have mentioned is that they are putting out there distro's a little to soon
with way to much errata(bug fixes) and security patches soon after release..
check out slackware, Debian and FreeBSD as other options.
Matt Barnett wrote:
> I've been reading A LOT about Linux. I understand the complicated process of
> installing this OS.
>
> My question is this:
>
> Which is the better of the distributions?
>
> Red Hat 6.2, SuSE, Mandrake, Turbo Linkux ...
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From: David Jobet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: v4l question
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:19:25 GMT
Hi,
I'm using a Miro PCTV on a 2.2.15 kernel with a Matrox Mystique.
I'm from France, so I use a SECAM tuner.
When watching TV on windoze (no flame please) then rebooting, I can see
the last channel I was looking at in windoze on linux. I have a good
image, and good sound.
BUT, when I try to switch channels, I can't have a *good* image : it
jumps, I have no sound, the image is poor.
It's like I was near the right frequency, but couldn't get it.
Does any one ever encountered the same problem ??
Can it be fixed ?
Where can I find a FAQ ??
Regards
David
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fdisk and dos
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:19:58 -0400
rez wrote in message <8itrl0$g5l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Very important. And so, winbug's scandisk-defrag-antivirus
don't
>attempt the Linux's partitions!!
Right!! *grin* Neat trick, eh?
Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Losing time
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:07:24 GMT
Greetings
I am running Red Hat 5.2 on a pentium machine, however in recent weeks I
have been getting a wierd problem. The machine loses time!
for example, this morning at 8am I reset the clock to the correct time,
an hour ago it read a 9:55 am, it in aproximately 12 hours the clock (as
reported by date) had only elapsed 2 hours.
I rebooted the machine and checked the date in the BIOS - this is
correct.
During this period it hasn't been connected to the net or anything else
to synchronise time to.
It's turned on 24x7, it runs Seti@Home (and has done for about a year)
and never used to lose time any suggestions?
Your help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Bacon)
Subject: DVD RAM
Date: 22 Jun 2000 20:20:39 GMT
I just installed a Creative Labs PC DVD-RAM under RedHat 6.2, and
I'm having problems when I try to run mkefs.
The command is
mke2fs -b 2048 /dev/sdc
It seems to go OK until it reaches the point of
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:
Then the busy light on the DVD RAM goes from steady to flashing, the
system hangs, and I get a "timeout - resetting SCSI bus" message
repeating on the console every few seconds. The only way out of this
seems to be the power button on the console.
The DVD RAM works fine as a CDROM drive. The host adapter is an
onboard Adaptec 7890. /var/log/dmesg shows the device as a removable
SCSI with hardware block size 2048.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
TIA,
-Jason
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From: Cord Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Faxserver - Windows NT Faxclient
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:12:00 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Heppner wrote:
> I want to send faxes from my Windows NT Client over a SuSe Linux
> Faxserver.
>
> SuSEFax installs without problems on WinNT - unfortunately printer
> drivers can not be installed. If i install a new port, it does not work
> with hylafax as faxserver and HP Laserjet 4 printer driver. Installing
> the Apple Postscript driver it produces just strang characters.
>
> Does anyone know a simple solution for the combination Linux Faxserver
> and Windows NT as Faxclient?
>
I used WHFC (for Windows HylaFax Client, I think) when I was still using
NT. Worked fine & it's free (as in free beer AFAIK).
Sorry, no URL :(
bye,
cord
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Cord Walter
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
While money can't buy happiness,
it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New Motherboard
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:40:35 GMT
Okay thanks all. I've recompiled my kernal since installing Linux. I don't know
what exactly I put about my motherboard though so I'll probably hacve to compile
it agian. That's okay I think I made this one too big anyways..
Akira Yamanita wrote:
> Mike Frisch wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:48:19 GMT, Akira Yamanita
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Does anyone know if I have to reinstall Linux after I relace my
> > >> motherboard? I'm running a dual- boot system right now (Win 95 &
> > >> RedHAt 6.1)
> > >
> > >You shouldn't need to unless you recompiled your kernel to leave
> > >out support for devices that are on your new motherboard.
> >
> > In which case, he'd have to rebuild a new kernel, not reinstall the entire
> > Linux installation.
>
> I realized that I didn't add that after I had posted it. Yeah,
> so I didn't go seek out my post either as I figured someone else
> would catch it. <G>
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to detect a program is being traced
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:17:20 GMT
wzis writes:
> For security, the UNIX/Linux OS should provide a way for a program to
> turn on and off the capability for other process to trace/debug it.
No it shouldn't. That's security through obscurity and it is a bad idea,
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Question
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:37:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been reading A LOT about Linux. I understand the complicated
process of
> installing this OS.
>
> My question is this:
>
> Which is the better of the distributions?
>
> Red Hat 6.2, SuSE, Mandrake, Turbo Linkux ...
>
>
You could get more than 4 different opinions about these, because
someone will not listen and tell you that still another distribution
is "best" I'm a big RedHat fan, but that doesn't make RedHat
the "best". Check out www.linux.org and review the different
distributions to find the one YOU like. BTW, RH and Mandrake are based
on the same basics.
--
Spike Parker
Eastex Crude Company
Newsome, Texas, USA
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New Motherboard
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:56:35 GMT
Tom Brinkman wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason B
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if I have to reinstall Linux after I relace my
> > motherboard? I'm running a dual- boot system right now (Win 95 &
> > RedHAt 6.1)
>
> I've done it twice (new motherboard and cpu) with W98 and Linux.
> All systems were overclocked.
I plan on upgrading from '95 to '98 because this machine runs Windows 98
too fucking slow so I'm going to do a format then reinstall I think. --
still haven't decided..
>
>
> Neither OS had problems, Linux didn't even blink, windoze wanted to
> re-install some hardware (video card, modem, etc)
>
> I have heard some say they had to re-install Winblows. I'd suggest
> that after you get windoze settled down, run 'scanreg /fix' followed
> by 'scanreg /opt' from a DOS (not DosMode) prompt. I use this as a
> regular method of maintaining the registry. I never have to re-install
> Windoze. I run Mandrake 7.1, it's excellent at detecting and setting
> up new hardware.
> --
Okay thanks Tom. I surely haven't heard of this 'scanreg' though. That must
be a Windoze '98 thing I take it?
>
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)!
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:57:21 GMT
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:37:18 +0200, Mats Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Is there any easy to use CD-record software for Linux?
You can pipe straight into cdrecord but this isn't
recommended practice.
[deletia]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: Linux ISPs?!
Date: 22 Jun 2000 20:58:26 GMT
I checked out Freeweb, but their registration link is broken.
Are there any other new ISPs for Linux?
What is kppp? I tried checking the man pages and came up empty.
Thanks!
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From: U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getenv(), LD_LIBRARY_PATH and setuid
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:07:42 GMT
Thank you, Brian!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:38:40 GMT,
> U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody know of a problem with getenv() running in the
> > context of a setuid program? The problem I'm having is
> > that the value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the parent shell
> > isn't being inherited by the following program if the
> > sticky bit is set.
> >
> > [Interestingly, with the sticky bit on, while LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> > loses definition, LD_RUN_PATH does not lose definition!]
>
> It's not the 'sticky bit', it's the suid bit. The sticky bit is
> something else entirely.
>
> From the man page for ld.so:
>
> o Using the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> (LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH for a.out programs). Except
> if the executable is a setuid/setgid binary, in
> which case it is ignored.
>
> This is NORMAL and expected behavior. It would be VERY much a
security
> hole to do anything else. ("Here, use my libc for this, you can trust
> me!")
>
> It's stripped completely for the same reason: if that suid program
> exec's another program, it would be foolish to accept any old library
> the user chooses.
>
> As for LD_RUN_PATH, that matters at compile time, not run time. You
can
> set it to whatever you want and compiled programs (well, all except ld
> :)) won't notice or care.
>
> It's not a problem with getenv(): it's a feature of ld.so.
>
> --
> Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
> Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be
waiting
> Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh
day.
> Netscum, Bane of Elves.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dusty)
Subject: Re: NIC not activated
Date: 22 Jun 2000 21:16:53 GMT
try putting a line in inittab that runs one of the commands once, upon entering
the default runlevel.
Good Luck,
Dusty
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPProblem
Date: 22 Jun 2000 21:23:58 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gareth) writes:
]Whilst pinging, the first DNS entry just hangs, whilst
Then get rid of it. It will simply hang the procedure until it times
out.
You are either having kppp assigning the addresses-- get rid of the
bad one in kppp-- or you are running the userpeerdns option to pppd,
and the far side is delivering a bad DNS.
Debug your pppd to find out which. For tips on how to do it see
For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
]the second (of 2) is reachable and my own local
](assigned) address returns with a 'No buffer space
]available' error (ret=-1).
????
]I also tried to surf my own site using just the static IP No.
]and it worked :-) but as soon as it needed to resolve the name
]nada-nothing:-( so now I know that my modem is pretty much OK
]and it's mostly a DNS problem.
Why should any DNS know your name? Your ISP assigns you a temporary IP
number but not any name, and the name you happen to have given your
machine is not known to anyone else.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Linux ISPs?!
Date: 22 Jun 2000 21:27:25 GMT
In <8ituli$37v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) writes:
>What is kppp? I tried checking the man pages and came up empty.
It is a program that is supposed tomake it easier to connect to your
isp via ppp. Sometimes it is easier. But often it just places its own
bugs and peculiarities between you and ppp.
For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
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From: U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getenv(), LD_LIBRARY_PATH and setuid
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:18:23 GMT
Thank you, Brian. I would like to know if there
is any way at all to write an suid program which
would retain the parent shell's LD_LIBRARY_PATH
definition in the suid-'d shell? I need this
not in order to achieve some evil, malicious
end, but for a utility that we need in our
company ... the sample code that I pasted
earlier works on all other Unixen.
-UVR.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:38:40 GMT,
> U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody know of a problem with getenv() running in the
> > context of a setuid program? The problem I'm having is
> > that the value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the parent shell
> > isn't being inherited by the following program if the
> > sticky bit is set.
> >
> > [Interestingly, with the sticky bit on, while LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> > loses definition, LD_RUN_PATH does not lose definition!]
>
> It's not the 'sticky bit', it's the suid bit. The sticky bit is
> something else entirely.
>
> From the man page for ld.so:
>
> o Using the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> (LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH for a.out programs). Except
> if the executable is a setuid/setgid binary, in
> which case it is ignored.
>
> This is NORMAL and expected behavior. It would be VERY much a
security
> hole to do anything else. ("Here, use my libc for this, you can trust
> me!")
>
> It's stripped completely for the same reason: if that suid program
> exec's another program, it would be foolish to accept any old library
> the user chooses.
>
> As for LD_RUN_PATH, that matters at compile time, not run time. You
can
> set it to whatever you want and compiled programs (well, all except ld
> :)) won't notice or care.
>
> It's not a problem with getenv(): it's a feature of ld.so.
>
> --
> Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
> Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be
waiting
> Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh
day.
> Netscum, Bane of Elves.
>
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From: "Pan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome glib problem
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:36:05 -0800
In article <8itf44$5ce$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kari Pahula
> You had 'command' instead, which is something quite different. Try:
> $ gcc base.c -o base `gtk-config --cflags --libs`
Thanks for the suggestion, Kari. Indeed, that syntax was wrong. However,
the change that you suggested (which I had tried originally) didn't solve
the problem, unfortunately, so I guess I'm off to delete and re-install those
packages and hope that I don't frag my desktop.
Cheers,
Salvador
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)!
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:39:17 GMT
On 22 Jun 2000 12:31:25 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Mats Pettersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Is there any easy to use CD-record software for Linux?
>>
>> I looked at cdrecord but it seems to need enogh HD drive space to contain a
>> image file of the data to be burned. Since the problem is that i don't have
>> much space left on my drive i would like to burn the data directly to the
>> CD.
>>
>> Is this possible (in a easy way)?
>>
>> Mats
>>
>>
>>
>search for gcombust on freshmeat.net or
>goto userlocal.com and under "Useful Apps"
>click on the "CD-Creation" link for the
>most userfriendly GUI cdr apps.
This is likely just a shell for mkisofs and cdrecord
and quite likely won't solve his problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RatFink)
Subject: LS120 and SuSE 6.4
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:45:06 GMT
Hi,
I'm having problems mounting LS120 disks on a SuSE 6.4 machine at
work. It does have an LS120 drive and it mounts normal floppies ok.
It's the default 6.4 kernel - although I compiled a new one (2.2.15)
to double-check that ide-floppy was compiled in.
99 times out of a 100 I get a "can't read superblock" error message.
Once I got it mounted - but when I wrote to it - I got errors and it
went read-only.
This would lead me to suspect hardware faults - I've tried different
disks - ones that work on other PCs.
It would - except I used to get very similar behaviour on my home PC.
That was on RH 5.2 (I think) - I am currently using Mandrake 7.0 and
I've had no problems with that.
My Mandrake 7.0 & SuSE 6.4 are both running 2.2.14 kernels. Besides
according to what I've read ide-floppy has been around for quite a
while - so should be stable.
Could it be due to versions of mount? - I haven't cross-checked that
yet.
So any ideas?
Thanks
R
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From: "Josh H. Turiel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ne.internet.services
Subject: Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:05:04 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Floyd Davidson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>What you are saying reminds me of people who buy the most
>expensive, highest quality stereo amp and tuner they can find,
>and then put in a $50 pair of speakers to listen to it with.
>That intelligent, clearly written document formatted with
>Word...
No - doing all your editing with vi and LateX because of some notion
that complexity = beauty is more like buying a kick-ass stereo system
with top-of-the-line speakers and all the trimmings, and then playing
Alvin and the Chipmunks to show off the dynamic range of the speakers.
Sure, the chipmunk voices are an impressive achievement - but the music
you're playing sucks.
--
-Josh Turiel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes
hurtling down the highway" -Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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From: John Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem running files... :(
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:57:39 +0300
Hey,
I've used Redhat 6.2 for about a week now so I'm very newbie yet,
but I have this problem which I can't seem to find the solution to
anywhere
and it's annoying me...
I downloaded Doom a few days ago, unpacked it, and tried to run the
executables
but I only get the error:
"bash: ./xdoom: cannot execute binary file"
I mean shouldn't I be able to run it as it is? In the Readme it says
nothing
about having to do womething else but run the file... :/
So if anyone could be of assistance it woulds be very apprechiated..
Thanks/stardust
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Subject: Re: How to detect a program is being traced
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:00:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
' Is there any way for a C program to detect whether it's being traced
' (by tools like strace and gdb) or not? For security, the UNIX/Linux OS
' should provide a way for a program to turn on and off the capability
' for other process to trace/debug it. If you know anything about it,
' please send a email to me, thanks a lot.
Can a fish tell that it is in a bowel and not a pond?
Actaully, to some extent, programs do know when they are being traced,
but they won't explain how they know or even let on that they know.
Why else would certain, hard to track down, bugs disappear when you
ran the program inside a debugger? The answer is that it knows it is
being debugged and deliberately thwarts your efforts to debug it.
It is all part of The Conspiracy.
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NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: "TAJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network card and modem setup
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:42:35 -0400
Hey guys. I just came over from the other side (MS-Windows world), and I've
been trying to figure out how to set up my modem and ethernet card under Red
Hat Linux 6.1. It doesn't seem to be any type of generic driver setup like
under Windows. If somebody could help me, or point me to a FAQ that can
help, I'd appreciate it.
TAJ
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A bash bug?
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:57:03 -0500
Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> When I use bash as my login shell, I cannot create/write/delete/move a
> file that exists under a directory that I don't own, but under which I
> have group write permissions. Using csh, I have no problem.
>
> I think this needs an example:
>
> Suppose I have the following directory:
>
> drwxrwxr-x 5 fred users 1024 May 30 10:28 ShareDir
>
> Suppose further that I am logged in as 'bill' who is also in the 'users'
> group. If the /etc/passwd file has /bin/bash as the login shell for
> 'bill', and I change directory to ShareDir, I do not have permission to
> create a file there. However, if I set the login shell for 'bill' in
> /etc/passwd to be /bin/csh, I _am_ able to create a file under ShareDir
> when logged in as 'bill'.
>
> Is this a bug somewhere with bash? BTW, I'm running RedHat 6.2, kernel
> 2.2.14-5
>
> Thanks.
> Mark
Read this then update your kernel to 2.2.16
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-06-21-026-04-SC-RH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: CD burning software (besides cdrecord)!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 22 Jun 2000 22:09:27 GMT
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:37:18 +0200, Mats Pettersson said:
>Hi!
>
>Is there any easy to use CD-record software for Linux?
>
>I looked at cdrecord but it seems to need enogh HD drive space to contain a
>image file of the data to be burned. Since the problem is that i don't have
>much space left on my drive i would like to burn the data directly to the
>CD.
No, it can accept data through a pipe - if you give the filename as
'-'.
There are many GUI frontends to it - search http://freshmeat.net
Robie.
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