Linux-Misc Digest #426, Volume #25 Sat, 12 Aug 00 22:13:05 EDT
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Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Remote login problem. Please Help! ("psybertech")
Re: Remote login problem. Please Help! ("psybertech")
Re: Remote login problem. Please Help! (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: HOW DO I... (Derek Whitten)
Re: Problem with 'mount' in kernel 2.4.0-test5 (Robert Lynch)
Re: logging DNS/web access (Derek Whitten)
KPPP Question ("Lvis")
Re: creating users and groups (Bev)
Re: Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie) (E-blobb)
Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2 (Jon)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: Make Linux Vanish (-~=Darek M=~-)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:42:18 +0100
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Are you talking to me?
Yes. Who else?
> Did Mr. Hasler asked you to defend him?
No. I'm doing it out of the goodness of me 'art, plus a side order of
slightly entertaining troll baiting...
> I'm sure Mr. Hasler can handle the situation well without your "help."
He's handling you very well... But this is a public forum. If you wish it to
be more private, you know what to do. Until you do, it's open season on
Blowfish.
> Now, go back to your room and stay there and shut up. Or no dinner for you
> tonight.
Awwww. Do I have to... *pout*
--
| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
| |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
| in |good to you so far... |
| Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:39:26 +0100
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> But OTOH. You're too thin. ;-)
Tell me about it... No matter what I eat., I just CAN'T seem to put on
weight...
It's a curse, but live with it....
--
=============================================================================
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:43:16 +0100
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> The GNU-GPL is communism. Not the copyright law.
> The GNU-GPL wants to communalise everything.
> So, the GNU-GPL groupies are the commies. ;-)
Nothing wrong with Commies... Or are you still one of the brainwashed
MacKarthey-ites?
--
______________________________________________________________________________
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
| in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
| Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
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From: "psybertech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote login problem. Please Help!
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:53:51 GMT
No i did not try to log in as root as redhat does not allow you to do that.
As show in the text from the login screen show in my post, no username was
asked for. Thanks though.
Kipz.
Sandy Drobic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> When on 13.08.00 I read a letter from psybertech
> about: "Remote login problem. Please Help!",
> I decided to do war and invoked my tribal gods with:
>
> > When I triy to telnet to my linux server remotely I get the following:
> > #########################
> > Trying XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...
> > Connected to psybertech.dyns.cx.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > Password:
> > #########################
>
> I assume the prompt asks you for a username, before you enter a
> Passwort. Did you perhaps try to login as root? I know that the preset
> value in SuSE Linux is to not allow telnet as user root. Try to log in
> as another user to find out, if that is your problem.
>
> Sandy
>
> --
> heaven is where the police are British, the cooks french, the mechanics
> German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss.
> hell is where the cooks are british, the mechanics French, the lovers
> Swiss, the police German, and it's all organized by the Italian.
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From: "psybertech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote login problem. Please Help!
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:53:52 GMT
I am certainly telneting to the correct system as I have checked the ip
against my own. give it a go yourself.
Kipz. :\
Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> psybertech wrote:
> >
> > David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Did telnet *ever* work?
> > >
> > Yes telnetd works fine locally, only from outside world. And it did work
b4
> > I installed squid and started ipchaining.
> > Kipz
>
> Personally, if it works from the inside and looks different from
> the outside, I think you're telnetting to the wrong system. It
> looks like a router prompt.
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Subject: Re: Remote login problem. Please Help!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:55:11 GMT
Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> psybertech wrote:
> >
> > David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Did telnet *ever* work?
> > >
> > Yes telnetd works fine locally, only from outside world. And it did work b4
> > I installed squid and started ipchaining.
> > Kipz
>
> Personally, if it works from the inside and looks different from
> the outside, I think you're telnetting to the wrong system. It
> looks like a router prompt.
I'd say first thing to do is run 'tcpdump' on the server to see if
traffic is getting to it at all. Next thing is to temporarily
disabling ipchains to see if it blocks any needed traffic. If that is
not possible, then enable logging on ipchains temporarily. The only
way to troubleshoot these network problems is with copius amounts of
diagnostics to help you pinpoint it. I once spent a whole week
troubleshooting a NFS problem which came down to one extra space in a
config file!
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Derek Whitten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HOW DO I...
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:15:04 -0700
I think there is a thing on adobe's site that will let you convert files
into .pdf format. http://cpdf1.adobe.com/ is the address you need.
Derek
Darren Christie wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the help that people gave to my prevois posting on kudzu,
> pcmcia and sound.
>
> I have a website I maintain for my local church, for which I want to put
> a copy of the church magazine on. I wish to put the magazine up as a
> pdf, however the original documents are in Word97 format. How do I
> convert (using a script if possible to automate the task) into a pdf
> under Linux? The magazine is normally held as several Word docs by the
> people that produce the church magazine. They are non-techie users, so
> getting them to change is not really an option as it may confuse them.
>
> Thanks
>
> Darren
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Problem with 'mount' in kernel 2.4.0-test5
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:22:45 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
softrat` wrote:
>
> When kernel 2.4.0-test5 initializes, I get the message:
> "starting amd: nfs warning: mount version older than kernel"
> but everything seems to work okay.
>
> I downloaded the source for mount-2.20f-1 and installed the package (so
> I thought). Now I can't find the source code. An rpm query doesn't
> report the source package loaded either. But the package load went on
> without complaint.
>
> Please help.
> --
> the softrat
> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ---
> Uncertain fortune is thoroughly mastered by the equity of the
> calculation.
> - Blaise Pascal
Do you mean an src.rpm? Installing this places the sources in
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, and the spec file in
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS.
You would then build the binaries with "rpm -bb --clean
mount.spec"; when done these would be placed in
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (typically).
HTH. Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Derek Whitten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: logging DNS/web access
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:30:25 -0700
look for the htmlaccess file. should be in the httpd dir.
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> :> Shawn Button <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> : does anyone know how to log web page requests from internal clients?
> :> : Upper management wants a running log of what pages are requested from
> :> : our clinet machines. Redhat 6.1 is our gateway/NAT machine. Any advice
> :> Pass all requests through squid as a proxy and look at the graphs
> :> generated (if I understand you correctly ... it's not clear if you're
> :> asking about accesses to your server or to other servers).
> : I *don't* think you can get an accurate figure from Squids. Squids is a
> : caching proxy, therefore , pages are send out from cache, and not the
> : actual hit on the httpd.
>
> But what he wants is the number of requests, not the number of httpd
> hits. I'm still not sure whether he wants to log outsiders calling in,
> or insiders calling out, though.
>
> : You *can* actually shut down your back end server if you have a large
> : enough cache in Squids, and all of the pages have been requested before,
>
> Peter
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From: "Lvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPPP Question
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:13:06 -0500
I am new to Linux, I am trying the WinLinux 2000. The kppp seems to dial and
logon to my ISP OK, but from there the Netscape that was packaged with the
OS gives me error messages that it cannot find the server for the page I am
trying to load.
I have tried many attempts at configuring the dialer, but still Netscape
cannot find any servers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA, Mike.
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From: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: creating users and groups
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:29:11 -0700
David Rysdam wrote:
>
> David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > How do I create users and groups without using yast? What are the
> > canonical commands to do this?
>
> adduser/useradd groupadd
>
> > Also, do I have to set up a home directory for users? I want Apache,
> > PostgreSQL (which requires it) to have their own users and groups
> > without having an unnecessary /home directory or shell assigned to
> > them.
>
> According to the adduser man page, "The default is to not create the
> directory and to not copy any files." However, I wouldn't stake my
> life on this.
'useradd -m username' adds a user and copies in some files (SuSE 6.4).
Unfortunately, typing 'login' in an xterm makes the xterm go up in a puff
of smoke. What did I miss?
> > I am using SuSE 6.2. I am setting up Apache and PostgreSQL from
> > source, not from the distribution.
> >
> > While I'm here, how does a user normally change his password?
>
> passwd
>
> --
> My public encryption key is available from www.keyserver.net
--
Cheers,
Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Where's the ladies' sty? I desperately need to powder my snout."
-- Wally's Elbonian Mail-Order Bride
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From: E-blobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cant create a partition with disk druid?? (newbie)
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:29:49 GMT
>
> Hello Trent, Which Linux are you trying to install?
> Try CUSTOM INSTALLATION when installing.Then use disk druid to set up
partions.Make sure not to mark "fill to disk".
>
--
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http://www.help.com/
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Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:39:25 -0400
From: Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Upgrade RH 5.2 to 6.2
Looking for opinions and experiences on upgrading RedHat 5.2
to Redhat 6.2. Any major problems or has it gone smoothly ?
Jon
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:39:49 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > The GNU-GPL is communism. Not the copyright law.
>
> > The GNU-GPL wants to communalise everything.
>
> > So, the GNU-GPL groupies are the commies. ;-)
>
> Nothing wrong with Commies... Or are you still one of the brainwashed
> MacKarthey-ites?
>
No. I'm a registered Democrate. ;-)
spike1 (noun) : An 8 bit humanoid patch to an 4 bit shell, coded on a 2 bit
Prolog,
by a 1 bit programmer, that can't even do 0 bit of AI thinking.
Now go back to repair and have a romantic evening with with your *Rachel* HaHaHa!
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
> | in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
> | Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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Subject: Re: Make Linux Vanish
From: -~=Darek M=~- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:33:18 -0700
" Make Linux Vanish "
And the question is, what would Microshaft love to do next after
monopolizing the market with second rate software?
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:42:59 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Are you talking to me?
>
> Yes. Who else?
>
> > Did Mr. Hasler asked you to defend him?
>
> No. I'm doing it out of the goodness of me 'art, plus a side order of
> slightly entertaining troll baiting...
>
So. You're a troll? No?
> > I'm sure Mr. Hasler can handle the situation well without your "help."
>
> He's handling you very well... But this is a public forum. If you wish it to
> be more private, you know what to do. Until you do, it's open season on
> Blowfish.
Indeed. Mr. Hasler handles himself quite well. Unlike loser troll like you.
I'm the fish. Remember? ;-)
Now go back to drink with your "Rachel", before her air leaks out again.
>
> > Now, go back to your room and stay there and shut up. Or no dinner for you
> > tonight.
>
> Awwww. Do I have to... *pout*
>
> --
> | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
> | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
> | in |good to you so far... |
> | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:45:28 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > But OTOH. You're too thin. ;-)
>
> Tell me about it... No matter what I eat., I just CAN'T seem to put on
> weight...
>
Time to visit your doctor...
> It's a curse, but live with it....
>
No problem. You're the one who's to live with it. I don't. ;-)
spike1 (noun) : An 8 bit humanoid patch to an 4 bit shell, coded on a 2 bit
Prolog,
by a 1 bit programmer, that can't even do 0 bit of AI thinking.
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
> | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
> | in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
> | Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:48:29 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> >>
> >> Andrew Halliwell writes to the blowfish:
> >> > Are you thick, or what?
> >>
> >> You can only play a fish for so long before you have to either gaff it or
> >> release it. He's given some good sport, but he's getting tired now. Let's
> >> let him go.
>
> > I doubt it. The fish is just getting stronger.
>
> > Maybe turning into Moby Dick!?
>
> Some kind of Dick, anyway...
Dick? No. I'm a whimp.
No. You got it wrong. I'm talking about the Moby Dick from the classic novel "Old
Man and the Sea." ;-)
>
> --
> | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
> | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
> | in |good to you so far... |
> | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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