Linux-Misc Digest #106, Volume #25 Tue, 11 Jul 00 12:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Interesting behavior of LILO (Fabian Gebhardt)
Re: Tarball definition (Big Daddy)
how to redirect serial port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: the "i hate it when that happens" dept. (Rob Weiss)
Sawfish, and rows and columns in workspaces ("D. D. Brierton")
NFS problems (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: kernel modules not loaded RH6.2 (Eric)
Re: kernel modules not loaded RH6.2 (Stephen Cornell)
monitor screen blank after install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Choppy IDE performance with 2.4.test1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Really large hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sock ("Ricky Nelson")
Re: DNS (Rob Weiss)
Re: Application required - Word Processor (Carl Fink)
Re: ANSI Colors in a C program under Linux... ("Ricky Nelson")
Re: Can anyone help me out? (Dances With Crows)
Monitoring the server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
how to run tcpdump as non-root user? ("John Quigley")
Re: ATI Rage Mobility and RH6.1 (Shawn Smith)
Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors (Krzys Majewski)
Re: how to run tcpdump as non-root user? (Krzys Majewski)
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From: Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interesting behavior of LILO
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:19:32 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
>
You have installed Linux in an extended partition:
hda1: First HD, primary partition
hda2: First HD, extended partition
hda5: First HD, first logical partition in the extended p. (hda2)
hda6: First HD, second logical partition in the extended p. (hda2)
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CU, Fabian Gebhardt
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#: 77948091
Homepage: http://www.ki.tng.de/~gebhardt
Schul-Seite: http://www.ebg.org
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From: Big Daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tarball definition
Date: 11 Jul 2000 13:23:54 GMT
Scribbling furiously, Marcm managed to write....
: If a filename.tar.gz is commonly referred to as a Tarball, then is a
: filename.tar also commonly referred to as a Tarball?, (or is it just the gz
: compressed tar file that is the Tarball?).
TYPICALLY SPEAKING, .tar.gz file are referred to as tarballs; however,
as it is just simple convention, there is no real "right" or "wrong".
Additionally, it's relatively rare that a file that is tar'ed won't be
gzip'ed. That is not to say you won't come across that, but I'd say in
>95% of the time, a .tar file will also be gzip'ed if it is made
available on the web.
--
Big Daddy
Spotted on the back of a T-shirt worn by LAPD Bomb Squad: If you
see me running, try to keep up.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how to redirect serial port
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:16:01 GMT
Hi,
I have a stream of text alarm, with hex chars imbedded, data which is
sent, like or not, to the serial port.
I would like (very much) to capture this output and send it to a file.
So for testing i have this:
#!/usr/bin/ksh -x
while [ 1 ];
do
echo "fredXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXi\n" > /dev/ttyS0
sleep 1
done
This fredXX data is visible on the serial port..
cat /dev/ttyS0 > /tmp/alarm.log
But alarm.log stays firmly at zero length.
I was wondering why?
Any suggestions?
TIA
Tony
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From: Rob Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: the "i hate it when that happens" dept.
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:30:11 GMT
Anybody remember the days of....."WHAT run my mission critical software on
a PC.....you better write that in COBOL and put it on the mainframe! But
you can do the docs in WORD."
Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
>
> Maybe, but he's only right because the rebel before you said
> "Ah fuck it, he's right" and the one before that and the one before
that...
> chris
>
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From: "D. D. Brierton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sawfish, and rows and columns in workspaces
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:30:40 +0000
I am rather confused about the way Sawfish handles virtual workspaces.
In general, I use 4 virtual desktops. Now what is the difference between
specifying 4 as the minimum number of workspaces that may exist, and
setting the number of columns and rows of each virtual workspace to 1,
versus setting the minimum number of workspaces that may exist to 1 and
setting the number of columns and rows in each virtual workspace to 2?
Basically I don't understand what the difference is between having 4
virual workspaces with 1 row and column, and having 1 virtual workspace
with 2 rows and columns. Is there any difference in memory overhead, or
performace?
Thanks in advance,
Darren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: NFS problems
Date: 11 Jul 2000 13:33:45 GMT
Hi. I'm running a Linux nfs server, using
knfsd 1.2.2
kernel 2.2.5
The nfs server crashes randomly, and it seems that
it needs to be restarted when this happens ( probably because it's
not a userland program ... which would be OK if it wasn't such a POS )
Is there a maintained userland version available ? I'd rather not
pollute the kernel space with this kind of trash.
Any ideas about what I should do to get NFS working well enough that
I don't have to check up on it to see if it's still running every
few minutes ? ( OK, I'm exaggerating. It only crashes a few times
a week )
--
Donovan
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel modules not loaded RH6.2
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:00:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hans Groeneveld wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> The RH6.2 installation has been succesfull. Nevertheless, when I tried
> to make my Xircom PCMCIA card working by trying to load the appropriate
> modules I discovered that I have two entries /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0 and
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15.
>
> Trying 'uname -a' shows kernel version 2.2.5-15 while there aren't any
> directories under this kernel version! Instead, the 2.2.14-5 dir has all
> the appropriate directories including pcmcia. Is this correct or did
> something go wrong during the install?? The RH source CD has only the
> sources for kernel 2.2.14-5.0.
> I just want to load the modules with 'insmod' but that's unsuccesful and
> lsmod tells me that NOTHING is loaded by the kernel??
>
> Any hints??
> thanks,
> -hans
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Looks to me like you upgraded an old system? Are there any other entries
in the lilo.conf have you rerun lilo to make it aware of any changes?
What exactly fails when you try insmod?
The fact that lsmod reports nothing isn't uncommon. I hardly ever use
modules. I compile most stuff into the kernel.
Eric
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From: Stephen Cornell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel modules not loaded RH6.2
Date: 11 Jul 2000 14:37:29 +0100
Hans Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The RH6.2 installation has been succesfull. Nevertheless, when I tried
> to make my Xircom PCMCIA card working by trying to load the appropriate
> modules I discovered that I have two entries /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0 and
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15.
>
> Trying 'uname -a' shows kernel version 2.2.5-15 while there aren't any
> directories under this kernel version! Instead, the 2.2.14-5 dir has all
> the appropriate directories including pcmcia. Is this correct or did
> something go wrong during the install?? The RH source CD has only the
> sources for kernel 2.2.14-5.0.
> I just want to load the modules with 'insmod' but that's unsuccesful and
> lsmod tells me that NOTHING is loaded by the kernel??
>
For some reason, you appear to have the default Red Hat 6.0 kernel
installed as well as the Red Hat 6.2 one. Have you performed an
upgrade, rather than a fresh installation? If you do
`rpm -qa | grep kernel'
what output do you get?
The PCMCIA modules are in the kernel-pcmcia-cs package, and they will
only work with a kernel of the same version. If the 2.2.14-5 kernel
is installed, then check whether there is an entry for it in
/etc/lilo.conf (and chech that the kernel really is there in /boot ).
Run /sbin/lilo, and you should be able to boot from it form the LILO:
prompt by choosing the appropriate label (type TAB to get a list of
the options). You will now be able to use your PCMCIA modules.
If the kernel is not installed, or if you're concerned about security
(and you should be), you should upgrade to the latest kernel. Have a
look at the Red Hat support pages under security updates.
--
Stephen Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/fax +44-1223-336644
University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: monitor screen blank after install
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:27:50 GMT
Hello,
I just completed a Mandrake 7.0 installation. I tried rebooting the
computer. It loads Linux and then I get a screen that says login.
When I try to login, the screen goes blank. It never reappears. Any
reason why it would do this? Computer: dual boot (WIN98/Linux), amd k-
6 233 mhz, 160 mb of ram, 10gh hard drive
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Choppy IDE performance with 2.4.test1
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:30:10 GMT
I'm using the 2.4-test1 kernel and have noticed that my IDE performance
is pretty poor.
When I do an operation that reads and writes quite a bit to the disk
(l3dec), I'm seeing some lag. It's actually to the point where the
performance of the entire machine is getting affected. The mouse
doesn't respond like it should, and when I move in and out of windows
the slowness is quite noticable.
As l3dec is decoding a MP3, it pauses after every couple hundred
frames. The pause directly relates to when the rest of the system slows
considerably.
In 2.2.16, l3dec does not pause at all (on a 30,000+ frame song).
Are there any issues regarding the new 2.4 series of kernels with IDE
perforamnce?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Really large hard drive
Date: 11 Jul 2000 10:02:41 -0400
Todd Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using System Commander to repartition the drive. And to answer the
> second part of your question, the boot sequence doesn't see the hard drive
> at all. It complains that there's no valid drive on which to install the
> filesystem (or something like that).
What vintage motherboard? Does it support so large a hard drive? Have you
got it working in Windows? Did you have to load a BIOS extension file in
the MBR?
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From: "Ricky Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sock
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:22:57 -0400
If you could tell us what the error message is, we would be glad to point
you in the right direction.
wally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> how do i configure socks to work on my linux box? (redhat 6.1)
> I have downloaded a copy and saved it in my '/etc' directory
(socks-linux -
> src.tgz)
> I run the 'make'(without any arg)command ,I get an error message.
> Could someone pls tell what steps and commands i need to use to compile it
> ?.
>
> --
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From: Rob Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:31:38 GMT
Is bind running on the linux box? Are your dns servers on *all* machines
setup?
Andrew Purugganan wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [ I recently got a DSL connection to the Internet (woo hoo!!!) and
> [ immediately after the guy left after installing it on my Win98 box, I
> [ pulled it and put it on my Linux Box (was RedHat, now's Mandrake 7.1).
I
> [ got IP Masquerading up and running fine and I can do all the net stuff
> [ from any of the four machines connected to the Linux machine. The only
> [ problem I've run into is with DNS. I had DNS working fine before the
DSL
> [ stuff. I can ping the Linux machine via its IP address, but not via its
> [ name. Same with all the other machines on the network. This is keeping
> [ Samba from running correctly. My question is this. Is there a clear-cut
> [ guide to setting this up in plain elglish? The ADSL connection is on
> [ ETH0 and the internal connection is ETH1. Any help would be greatly
> [ appreciated.
>
> normally the file /etc/hosts should have the (internal) IP, the FQDN
> fully qualified domain name and the short name equivalent of each.
> --
> 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] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Application required - Word Processor
Date: 11 Jul 2000 14:18:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:23:25 -0600 Homer Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> . . . If you have linux, you have beaucoup choices. You could
>install pico, vi, emacs, vim, elvis, etc. There are so many. You can
>use tex for formatting output to the printer . . .
Wow, and not one of those are "word processors".
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: "Ricky Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: ANSI Colors in a C program under Linux...
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:05:12 -0400
Richard Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> FWIW, my computer (an MS-DOS box) will not display ANSI escapes as
> intended, even though I compile ANSI C all the time.
Not by default, but it will if you load the ansi.sys driver in your
config.sys.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Can anyone help me out?
Date: 11 Jul 2000 11:10:25 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:40:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8kf4jt$f9i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>When I try to log on via FTP, I get a "530 Login incorrect." error, and
>when I look into /var/log/messages I get to see the following:
>
>ftpd[4211]: cannot open access file /etc/ftpaccess: Permission denied
>The /etc/ftp* files are -rx------- and should be readable by root. But
>the silly thing is, after a failed login, the ps -aux |grep ftpd
>returns ftpd running under some username that has no root rights.
>So my question is... Why in earth is FTPD running as johndoes' process
>and not as root (or whoever should be the owner).
And why on earth should in.ftpd (or wu. or pro. for that matter) run as
root? It's relatively normal for them to run the normal user who called
them. That way user johndoe can't do nasty things like overwrite
/etc/shadow.
As root,
chmod 644 /etc/ftpaccess
to fix at least that problem.
--
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\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Monitoring the server
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:13:46 GMT
Do you need a tool that monitors your servers constantly and
reports any problems to you by mail.
Go to: systemguard.tripod.com/
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From: "John Quigley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to run tcpdump as non-root user?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:26:59 -0700
Hi,
I'm trying to set up tcpdump so that a non root user can run it. The man
page indicates that "Under Linux: You must be root or it must be installed
setuid to root." I've done the following to install it setuid:
su root
chown root:root /usr/sbin/tcpdump
chmod a+s /usr/sbin/tcpdump
So the file looks like this:
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 197232 Jul 6 14:28 tcpdump
However, when I try to run it as a non-root user, I get:
tcpdump: socket: Operation not permitted
Suggestions?
- jq
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From: Shawn Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc;
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Mobility and RH6.1
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:48:14 -0500
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>anyone have info re:RH 6.1 support for Dell Latitude CP series J video
>card(see subject)? i made it thru the install (i've installed over 10
>multi RH/MS98's/NT's)successfully :) however...
>i've tried every scenario using XF86Setup and xconf (SuperProbe yielded
>nothing i didn't already know). 'mobility' brand is not in the X list,
>but i've heard the Mach 64 chip/server should work. it did not.
>any ideas? i'm sure of the mouse, card memory, etc. i've been to Dell,
>xfree86.org, usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/ and read the documentation...even
>tried Standard VGA for chrissakes, to no avail...
>i am "Unable to Connect to X Server"...or blank screen.
>TIA
Try:
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator
BTW, my ATI Rage (don't know the diff btwn my Pro and your Mobility) does work
fine with Mach_64
[shawn@shawn shawn]$ ls -l /etc/X11/X
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jun 12 22:15 /etc/X11/X ->
../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64
>From my XF86Config:
# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64
# I128, and S3V)
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "ATI|3D Rage Pro 215GP"
Monitor "My Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768" "1152x864" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1152 1152 #864 1152
EndSubsection
EndSection
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors
Date: 11 Jul 2000 16:06:32 GMT
> What does fdisk -l report for the disk?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fdisk -l on /dev/sdc1
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1, driver =
27
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : sense not available.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: unable to read partition table
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fdisk -l on /dev/sdc2
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1, driver =
27
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : sense not available.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: unable to read partition table
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fdisk -l on /dev/sdc3
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1, driver =
27
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : sense not available.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: sdc:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
Jul 11 09:00:34 cr275960-a kernel: unable to read partition table
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fdisk -l on /dev/sdc4
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1, driver =
27
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : sense not available.
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: sdc:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
Jul 11 09:00:35 cr275960-a kernel: unable to read partition table
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fdisk -l on /dev/sdc
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return code =
27010000
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: ^ISense class 0, sense error 0, extended sense 0
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : READ CAPACITY failed.
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : status = 0, message = 00, host = 1, driver =
27
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : sense not available.
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: sdc : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size
1GB.
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: sdc:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:20, sector 0
Jul 11 09:01:27 cr275960-a kernel: unable to read partition table
> ZIP drives are usually not this difficult--how are you managing to run
> into so many problems?
Maybe some of these disks I have, have previously been formatted in some
perverse way that confuses imm or some other driver. They all work fine
under dos98, though.
> [0] Yes, I read your earlier messages about not partitioning your
> disks. Most systems *expect* ZIPs to be partitioned, so most people
> follow the standard as it makes things easier.
Well, to appease you and my computer, I'm going to try reformatting all
my disks under dos98 and see what happens ;)
Incidentally, you should have seen the problems I had a few months ago
when I tried to use a SCSI zip drive. Worked fine under windows, under
linux the filesystems on my hard disks (!!) started to become corrupted!
(They did share the same SCSI controller mind you, but still..)
thanks, and if you don't hear from me again, that means low-level reformatting
under dos98 did the trick...
chris
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to run tcpdump as non-root user?
Date: 11 Jul 2000 16:08:26 GMT
Not sure, but shouldn't that be 'chmod u+s /usr/sbin/tcpdump' ?
chris
John Quigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to set up tcpdump so that a non root user can run it. The man
> page indicates that "Under Linux: You must be root or it must be installed
> setuid to root." I've done the following to install it setuid:
> su root
> chown root:root /usr/sbin/tcpdump
> chmod a+s /usr/sbin/tcpdump
> So the file looks like this:
> -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 197232 Jul 6 14:28 tcpdump
> However, when I try to run it as a non-root user, I get:
> tcpdump: socket: Operation not permitted
> Suggestions?
> - jq
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