Linux-Misc Digest #907, Volume #24 Fri, 23 Jun 00 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: info/texinfo to man pages (John Culleton)
Re: tool for joining various (text) files, editing and splitting them (Chris F.A.
Johnson)
telnet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
glib/gtk+ assist please... (John Todd)
Re: Can't mount cdrom (Duane)
Re: Linux Was Already On The Desktops In 10% Of Companies One Year Ago! ("S Car")
Re: CAUTION: I am under attack from an incompetent hacker probably in germany (Adam
Schuetze)
Re: setting time. (bobk)
Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long) (Rod Smith)
Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client ("Robert")
Re: Linux Was Already On The Desktops In 10% Of Companies One Year Ago!
Re: Good linux printer (Jason Bacon)
Re: setting time. ("Alex")
Re: telnet (Paul Kimoto)
Re: LILO command line length limit (John in SD)
Re: Change multiple filenames all at once? (Robert Wiegand)
Re: Windows Long file names under Linux (OSguy)
linux and c ("Peter Unertl")
Re: debugger for seperate files (Lee Doolan)
Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client ("John Lucas")
Re: Group membership - any limit ? ("Bertrand Renuart")
Re: traffic on server? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Setting up a shellaccount server (Jeroen)
Re: Internet backup services for Linux (Robie Basak)
Re: info/texinfo to man pages (Robie Basak)
Re: Telnet Linux (Robie Basak)
Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client (David Steuber)
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Subject: Re: info/texinfo to man pages
From: John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:56:02 -0700
I really am looking for a converter, and I am dealing with both
info and texinfo pages. The product you suggest just a reader,
and one dependent on the gui. It handles man pages (irrelevant, I
can read those already) and texinfo files. Unfortunately a lot of
information is in info, not texinfo format. So I am still looking
for a converter. I may have to write one in self-defense.
Thanks for replying.
John C.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris F.A. Johnson)
Subject: Re: tool for joining various (text) files, editing and splitting them
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:43:27 GMT
On 23 Jun 2000 12:47:35 +0000, Uwe Brauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I am looking for a simple tool to join various (text) files (which say
: have the same extension, but are located in various directories) to a
: single file, editing them and finally splitt them again.
: Does anybocy know about such a tool,
What is the point of making them into a single file before editing them?
Why not just:
for f in `find . -name '<PATTERN>'`; do $EDITOR "$f"; done
?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/c.f.a.johnson
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Everything in moderation - including moderation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: telnet
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:56:45 GMT
hi!
i can;t telnet into my linux box, it says connection refused by host.
form windows machine it says connection lost
I have checked the inetd.conf file, it is ok
what is the problem?
thanks in advance
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: John Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: glib/gtk+ assist please...
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:32:21 -0700
RedHat6.0, upgrading glib.
Where should I put the glib-1.2.6.tar.gz file to start? (/usr/local ?)
If I hide the 7 files in /usr/lib named libglib* , and rename gmodule and
gthread dirs, is that sufficient to "remove" glib-1.2.1-2 ?
On my distro, glib was not installed with rpm.
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|<de in RH6
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount cdrom
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:18:36 -0700
John wrote:
>
> Thank you for your reply
>
> I have just got done:
> make mrproper
> make depmod
> make modules
> make bzImage
> make modules_install
>
> (in that order)
> and now I have more unresolve symbols than when I started.
Maybe it is so obvious that you did not bother to mention it, but you
did install the newly compiled kernel?
--
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From: "S Car" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux Was Already On The Desktops In 10% Of Companies One Year Ago!
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:18:11 -0400
"Mark S. Bilk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8IMLU5$3JC$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
<deleted>
> 99Q2 - Percent of information technology managers using
> or planning to use Linux as a general purpose desktop
> or workstation operating system.
>
> Currently Use 10%
> Use Within 12 Months 20%
> No Plans 68%
> Don't Know 1%
<deleted>
You should modify the subject heading to "Linux Was Already On The Desktops
In 10% of ***IT MANAGERS*** One Year Ago!" That's should put the statistics
above in the proper perspective. To say that "Linux is on the desktop in 10%
of companies" is a dishonest spin of what the report actually says.
being an advocate does not require you to lie.
s car
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Schuetze)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: CAUTION: I am under attack from an incompetent hacker probably in germany
Reply-To: adam at adam-schuetze dot org
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:29:37 GMT
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> that may be if you have a strong passphrase..), and they dont need a
> password too, they wont even show up in the logs. at least this way
> you know you'll see the attack in the logs. good reassurance.
This is a really good point :)
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Subject: Re: setting time.
From: bobk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:27:43 -0700
one more thing, what would a string look like, I keep getting
"too many non option arguments" message.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:32:02 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I occasionally get odd messages from my ISP rejecting e-mail that I
> did not send! Well, I guess I did send it, I just didn't know I sent
> it. I'm thinking that I have a setting wrong in fetchmail, and it is
> trying to forward spam from my account. I would like to put an end to
> this. Can someone tell me how? Here is an example of such a message
> from my ISP:
It would help in interpreting your headers to know how your mail system
is set up -- for instance, what your domain and machine names are, what
sort of spam filters you have installed locally, etc. I'll take a jab at
it, though....
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 21 22:18:30 2000
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Received: from localhost (david@localhost [127.0.0.1])
> by solo.david-steuber.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA12782
> for <david@localhost>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:18:30 -0400
> Received: from email.steuber.com
> by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-4.7.8)
> for david@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:18:30 -0400 (EDT)
OK, obviously you're using Fetchmail to retrieve your e-mail, so this
bit is basically just saying that Fetchmail has sent you this message.
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Host unknown (Name server:
>localhost.localdomain: host not found)
Some system, somewhere along the line has tried to send e-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], which is invalid. From later entries, I
suspect this was a spam filter called in conjunction with Fetchmail, but
I'm not positive of this.
> Received: from solo.david-steuber.com (adsl-151-197-207-231.bellatlantic.net
>[151.197.207.231])
> by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA16581
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:21:57 -0400 (EDT)
It looks like your local system's Sendmail is configured to relay
through Bell Atlantic's e-mail system. This is perfectly legitimate and
has certain advantages, but it can also produce some pretty convoluted
chains of error messages, as you've displayed here.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: from localhost (david@localhost [127.0.0.1])
> by solo.david-steuber.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA12429
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:22:01 -0400
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:22:01 -0400
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] has tried to send e-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Clearly this is bogus.
> --om-mani-padme-hum-12407-12393-961629721
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> Our spam filter rejected this transaction.
>
>
> --om-mani-padme-hum-12407-12393-961629721
Here's the reason for [EMAIL PROTECTED] rejecting the
mail. (I think.) I'm a bit foggy on Fetchmail's interactions with spam
filters, so I don't know how you might have this configured. It's also
conceivable that some other system rejected the mail and it got bounced
back to Fetchmail.
> Received: from smtp05.primenet.com [206.165.6.135] by email.steuber.com with ESMTP
> (SMTPD32-6.00) id A612AE501DE; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:22:58 -0400
> Received: (from daemon@localhost)
> by smtp05.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA12126
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:23:10 -0700 (MST)
> Received: from ip-54-007.scf.primenet.com(206.132.54.7)
> via SMTP by smtp05.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAtbayLx; Wed Jun 21 12:23:00 2000
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:29:41 -0700 (MST)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This last line is presumably the cause of all the trouble. Something
(presumably the spam filter) picked up on the Sender address, which is
bogus, rather than the valid From address, and tried to bounce the mail
back to the sender. (Note that the From address could as easily be
bogus.) You may want to look into your spam filter's configuration and
options. Some spam filters do quite nicely when used in conjunction
with SMTP, but end up producing problems when used in conjunction with
POP and Fetchmail.
--
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http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:40:25 GMT
what is "hoploholic" ??????????????
"David Steuber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "John Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> ' These are the only improvements they mention over version 1.7, but they
may
> ' have done a lot more to the script/programs from the version you are
using.
>
> Yeah, I saw that on the web site. I'm wondering about improvements
> over 1.0. For example, will it make my PPPoE connection more robust?
> The MTU improvement is not a real issue for me.
>
> --
> David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
> NRA Member | a hoploholic.
>
> All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
> -- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux Was Already On The Desktops In 10% Of Companies One Year Ago!
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:47:35 GMT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:18:11 -0400, S Car <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>"Mark S. Bilk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:8IMLU5$3JC$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
><deleted>
>> 99Q2 - Percent of information technology managers using
>> or planning to use Linux as a general purpose desktop
>> or workstation operating system.
>>
>> Currently Use 10%
>> Use Within 12 Months 20%
>> No Plans 68%
>> Don't Know 1%
><deleted>
>
>You should modify the subject heading to "Linux Was Already On The Desktops
>In 10% of ***IT MANAGERS*** One Year Ago!" That's should put the statistics
>above in the proper perspective. To say that "Linux is on the desktop in 10%
>of companies" is a dishonest spin of what the report actually says.
>
>being an advocate does not require you to lie.
No, it doesn't put any spin on it really. It might be misleading
but that has to do more with the average person's lack of
aptitude for math than it does the content of the statement.
IOW: a company doesn't have to use a particular OS for all of it's
operations, or even all of it's operations of a particular category
in order for a company to be using it.
Believe it or not, some companies actually deploy more than one
OS on their workstations.
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/ | \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Bacon)
Subject: Re: Good linux printer
Date: 23 Jun 2000 20:55:43 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hi,
: Sorry if I this question has been asked...
: I have a dual boot box with Linux/W98. I am planning to buy a printer
: that works on linux. I know that there are some win printers that do
: not work on linux.
: I am looking at spending something around $100. Can someone that has
: gone through this phase, update his experiences here so that would
: benefit me and others too.
: Thanks in advance.
: Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
: Before you buy.
Try the Lexmark Optra Color 40. This is a postscript level 2 printer,
which means you won't need to configure ghostscript (a massive,
bug-laden postscript interpreter) to make it work.
I've also used an Epson Stylus 640, and it works OK for most things, but
the colors are a little off. ( Because of limitations in the ghostscript
driver. ) Having a postscript printer is a real luxury in the
Unix world.
I picked up an Optra 40 at buy.com a few weeks back for about $90, which
is several hundred less than the next cheapest postscript printer.
Good luck,
-Jason
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setting time.
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 21:00:32 GMT
date -s 12:00
"bobk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> one more thing, what would a string look like, I keep getting
> "too many non option arguments" message.
>
> Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com.
> Up to 100 minutes free!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: telnet
Date: 23 Jun 2000 17:01:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8j0fdi$hb4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i can;t telnet into my linux box, it says connection refused by host.
> form windows machine it says connection lost
> I have checked the inetd.conf file, it is ok
What about /etc/hosts.allow?
(And double-check to make sure that your telnet server is installed.)
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO command line length limit
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 21:01:53 GMT
This bug was introduced into LILO by the "LARGE_EBDA" patch applied to version
21. It has been fixed since release 21.4.3. The latest LILO release, 21.4.4,
is at:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
--John Coffman
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:09:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've looked into the source to confirm it, and I
>am of the belief that lilo truncates a command
>line to 78 characters. I would like someone to
>confirm this, as I have searched high and low
>through all the relevant documents for an
>indication that this is the case, and found no
>mention of it. Loadlin does not do this by the
>way, and personally, I can't understand why the
>limit is so small. Maybe there is a technical
>reason for this? Either way, I resign myself to a
>recompiler of a reconfigured lilo, unless someone
>can offer an alternative???
>
>Shaddy
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
LILO version 21.4.3 (06-May-2000) source at
ftp: sd.dynhost.com dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Change multiple filenames all at once?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:45:28 -0500
The Darkener wrote:
>
> I might be WAY off on this, because it seems so simple to me as opposed to
> all of the other posts in this thread... but wouldn't this work?
>
> $ mv * *.html
>
> if they're all in the same directory (and you're correct in saying that
> none of them have the .html ext., or an extention at all?)
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong...
I don't believe that this will work.
This could be sone with a short shell script program is you know
how to do that sort of thing.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: OSguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows Long file names under Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:49:04 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anybody know how to mount dos partitions under Linux
> (e.g. under /mnt/dos) and keep the Windows long file names unchanged
> (and/or still Capitalized)? Such as keeping X336contrib.tgz as is,
> rather than something like x336co~1.tgz (lowercase x, ~1, etc.).
mount -t vfat /dev/partition /mnt/dos where partition = device name for
your partition (ex: hda1)
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From: "Peter Unertl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux and c
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 23:06:15 +0200
hallo world
i want to write and compile for fun
little c programms under linux
has someone a hint tip or idea how
i can access the linux c tools and get started.
greetings
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From: Lee Doolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: debugger for seperate files
Date: 23 Jun 2000 14:26:29 -0700
>>>>> "green" == green bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
green> Hi, there, Is there any debugger in Linux for a source file
green> which calls other functions and these functions are in
green> other seperate files? It seems that gdb can only debug a
green> huge single source file.
it's hard to say exactly what your problem is, but you might want to start
by checking out the 'dir' command
green> Thanks.
green> Dvais
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From: "John Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:30:41 -0700
It takes one to know one...
Main Entry: hop�lite
Pronunciation: 'h�p-"lIt
Function: noun
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for, work at -- more at SEPULCHRE
Date: circa 1741
: a heavily armed infantry soldier of ancient Greece
"Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:ZWP45.2570$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
:
: what is "hoploholic" ??????????????
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From: "Bertrand Renuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Group membership - any limit ?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 23:43:14 +0200
> "R> Hi there,
> "R>
> "R> I was wondering if there is a limit to the number of groups a user
account
> "R> can belong to ?
>
> Not under Linux. SunOS whines if you are in more than 8 groups and
> Solaris bitches and moans if you are in more than 16.
>
Great...
So, according to you, what could be the cause of the problem I described
below ?
(Thx for your reply)
> "R> I currently have something like 40 differents groups and I want a
single
> "R> user be member of all these groups...
> "R> Here is what I did:
> "R>
> "R> # /etc/group
> "R>
> "R> group1:x:1001:general_user
> "R> group2:x:1002:general_user
> "R> group3:x:1003:general_user
> "R> group4:x:1004:general_user
> "R> ...
> "R> group31:x:1031:general_user
> "R> group32:x:1032:general_user
> "R> ...
> "R>
> "R> This was working as expected until I got more than 30 groups... In the
above
> "R> exemple, the system doesn't recognize the user 'general_user' has
being
> "R> member of groups 'group31' and 'group32'... Therefore, I wonder if
there is
> "R> a limit... and if yes, how can I remove it ?
> "R>
> "R> (I'm running RedHat 6.0)
> "R>
> "R> PS: could you please reply by email too ?
> "R>
> "R> Thx
> "R>
> "R> -Bertrand
> "R>
> "R>
> "R>
> "R>
> "R>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> \/
> Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: traffic on server?
Date: 23 Jun 2000 15:23:51 -0400
Marcos Lloret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi,
>
> i would like to know the traffic that gets a server (web,mail,...)
> in a lan. how can i do it? is it possible to limit the traffic
> (in/out)??
> and how about the traffic from ports (25,110,80,....)??
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> marcos
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
For apache look at httpd.conf (the dir it's in varies from
distro to distro). As for limiting traffic into the lan
from the internet you might want to grab gShield.I have
gShield at the site i maintain( http://userlocal.com ),
under "usefull Apps" click on "Security". gShield is an
awsome firewall script that does ipmasq and port forwarding
and is very easy to configure.
--
usrloco
http://userlocal.com
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From: Jeroen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up a shellaccount server
Date: 23 Jun 2000 19:54:05 GMT
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.questions
Philip wrote:
>use another distrubution so don't tell me that I should use another one,
OK, I won't.
>* I don't want the shellaccount users to be abel to see the other
>directory structure of the system. So when they do cd / they should cd
Why ? You'll need an enormous amount of HD space per user. You could
also make a minimal fs under e.g. /shellusers and have all your
shellusers chroot to that directory.
>* I want to know which redhat packages should be removed immediatly. I
>will probably reinstall most applications like apache using the source
>of their latest stable version and a new kernel (2.2.15)
In a chrooted environment you'll need to install copies of the needed
packages. I think you can set the rootdir when installing rpm's.
Get the latest kernel as 2.2.15 has a security hole.
>* I want to know about the huge security holes in Redhat :) I know that
Have a look at the errata's on www.redhat.com
>redhat provides a few tools that allow normal users to for example
>reboot the computer if these users are local users (behind the keyboard
>of the hardware). I dislike this so things like these will be
Well there not, are they ? shutdown, halt etc should not reside in their
chrooted environment.
>* All the things that I forgot :) .. if you have tips for me .. tell me.
man ulimit, man quota. And have a close look at all the tools a user has
at his disposal to start attacks *from* your box or take a lot of your
bandwith.
--
Jeroen.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Internet backup services for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jun 2000 21:45:07 GMT
On 23 Jun 2000 19:43:25 GMT, Mark Wang said:
>Hi all -- after suffering a pretty major disk crash with my personal Linux
>box, it's reminded me of the need to have backups of everything. =P I
>would like to go with a third-party Internet backup service, so I don't
>have to keep a regular schedule myself, and so I have the added security
>of an off-site copy of everything.
Hmm. Assuming you just bought yourself a new hard drive, it's got to
be at least > 10 Gb or so. In which case, what kind of internet speed
do you have? If you've only just started considering it, have you made
sure you've calculated the time it'll take to do a full backup/money
it will cost?
>Does anyone know of/can recommend any commercial Internet-based remote
>backup service compatible with Linux? All the ones I've seen are Windows
>only.
Sorry, I'm on a 56 kbps connection, so internet backuping is kinda out
of the question :-)
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: info/texinfo to man pages
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jun 2000 21:48:21 GMT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:34:19 -0700, John Culleton said:
>Much documentation from the gnu project is in the form of either
>info or texinfo files which I find difficult to use. I need a
>conversion program that would convert each such file to a regular
>man page. I am tired of reading man pages that say "this manpage
>is obsolete" and then trying to track down the info format file.
>Call it a personal quirk if you will.
>
>I need a program that takes any info formatted file and makes it
>into a man page. It would be nice if it broke the info file down
>into independent man pages following the internal menuing system
>of info but that is not essential. I am aware of info2html but
>that is not what I am looking for.
>
>For about 20 years now I have had the convenience of simply
>typing man (subject) and getting the information I want
>immediately and directly. I would like to have that convenience
>once again.
I wonder how many people prefer man to texinfo - I certainly do - and
I've seen a thread about this in the past. Votes everyone (then maybe
the GNU project guideline people will think otherwise)?
IMHO info is fine for complicated documents, except that reading it is
a pain because it jumps when paging and you lose the line (or else you
can't choose hotlinks straight). Maybe the GNU project should accept
man as a quick reference/explanation page and leave texinfo for the
detailed documentation?
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Telnet Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jun 2000 21:52:05 GMT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:11:55 +0100, ctrl_alt said:
>I think that noone undestood what i pretend :
>When i telnet to the linux box he ask me for a login:
>then a pass: and when i stike the enter key the linux cut the connetion i
>even have time to put the su password what i pretend is to be able to put it
>next i login and i dont know what i have to change to do this
Are you trying to log in as root? This is a _bad_ idea and the system
won't let you in for security reasons. Log in as a normal user, then
'su' to root if you need it.
There is a file in /etc/somewhere that can change this behaviour, but
I can't remember it offhand.
Robie.
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Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Roaring Penguin PPPoE Client
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:00:00 GMT
"Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' what is "hoploholic" ??????????????
The last time I answered that question was in comp.text.tex. It
prompted a brief, but very off topic set of posts. If you don't mind,
please do a Deja search, or ask me in private e-mail. In spite of the
obvious spam filter nature of my From: header, it is a reall address
and I will be able to read your message provided you use a valid From:
and, if applicable, valid Sender: headers.
I think I should include this information on my website when I have a
new design up. This has become a FAQ.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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