Linux-Misc Digest #599, Volume #25 Mon, 28 Aug 00 15:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: where can I find bdftopcf source code (Andreas Kahari)
Re: urgent problem of fetchmail from MS exchange server (Grant Edwards)
Re: dump win98 partition (Dances With Crows)
why I'm in a bad mood ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: visual impairment (Grant Edwards)
Re: Using gnomeicu (JCA)
Re: From RedHat to SuSE: A simple question (milanuk)
Re: Amateur Hacker Backdoors Thwarted By Upgrade? (I R A Darth Aggie)
Creative Labs CDRW 8432 supported? (E.B)
Finding files (Dux)
System crash trashed all open files (Dr Vincent C Jones)
QUERY: diald dials every 15 minutes (Tom Roberts)
help--- Terminal not fully functional message? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Subject: Re: where can I find bdftopcf source code
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 28 Aug 2000 19:10:38 +0100
In article <8oe4c0$h0n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
> I am looking for the source code of 'bdftopcf' program.
>Could someone point me out where to find it?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Best Regards
>Joshua Chen
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
In the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, the 'bdftopcf' program is
included in the package called 'xbase-clients'. That package may be
downloaded in source form from [1] ("xfree86-1_3.3.6.orig.tar.gz").
More info on Debian GNU/Linux is available from [2].
/A
[1] <URL:http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/x11/xbase-clients.html>
[2] <URL:http://www.debian.org/>
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All junk e-mail will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: urgent problem of fetchmail from MS exchange server
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:29:52 GMT
In article <8ocfk4$mfb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Song wrote:
>Hi, All,
>This is my first time to use the fetchmail to get the email from our
>exchange mail server. and it's failed. Could anyone give some help?
>Thank you very much.
>Alex
>
>the information is here: # fetchmail -vv Enter password for
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]: fetchmail: 5.5.1 querying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (protocol
>IMAP) at Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:31:29 -0800 (GMT+8) fetchmail: IMAP< * OK
>Microsoft Exchange IMAP4rev1 server version 5.5.2652.42 (NTEX) ready
>fetchmail: IMAP> A0001 CAPABILITY fetchmail: IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4
>IMAP4rev1 IDLE LITERAL+ LOGIN-REFERRALS MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE AUTH=NTLM
>fetchmail: IMAP< A0001 OK CAPABILITY completed. fetchmail: Protocol
>identified as IMAP4 rev 1 fetchmail: NTLM authentication is supported
>fetchmail: IMAP> A0002 AUTHENTICATE NTLM fetchmail: IMAP< + NTLM Request:
>Ident = NTLMSSP mType = 1 Flags = 0000b207 User = alexsong Domain =
>fetchmail: IMAP> TlRMTVNTUAABAAAAB7IAAAgACAAgAAAAAAAAAAgAAABhbGV4c29uZw==
>fetchmail: IMAP< +
>TlRMTVNTUAACAAAADAAMADAAAAAFggEAIj4jYmDZM+wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8AAAATABUAEUAVQBDA
>FMA NTLM Challenge: Ident = NTLMSSP mType = 2 Domain = XXXXXX Flags =
>00018205 Challenge = 22 3e 23 62 60 d9 33 ec NTLM Response: Ident = NTLMSSP
> mType = 3 LmResp = bd 0f 11 8e be e0 2f 22 f3 3f ad 11 ce 1e d4 22 84 04 98
>ec f2 f5 53 6e NTResp = 34 c2 ad f0 b5 d5 63 b9 fb ce 84 dc f6 a1 d1 17 b8
>a4 75 17 97 e0 7e ce Domain = XXXXXX User = alexsong Wks = alexsong sKey
>= Flags = 00018205 fetchmail: IMAP>
>TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAwADABwAAAAEAAQAHwAAAAQABAAjAAAAAAAAABcA
>AAABYIBAL0PEY6+4C8i8z+tEc4e1CKEBJjs8vVTbjTCrfC11WO5+86E3Pah0Re4pHUXl+B+zkwAVA
>BFAFUAQwBTAGEAbABlAHgAcwBvAG4AZwBhAGwAZQB4AHMAbwBuAGcA fetchmail: IMAP< A0002
>NO Logon failure fetchmail: Authorization failure on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>fetchmail: IMAP> A0003 LOGOUT fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE Microsoft Exchange
>IMAP4rev1 server version 5.5.2652.42 signing off fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 OK
>LOGOUT completed. fetchmail: authorization error while fetching from
>xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL) fetchmail: Deleting
>fetchids file. fetchmail: normal termination, status 3 fetchmail: Deleting
>fetchids file.
You might need to include your NT Domain as part of your
username. Try using a string of the form username@domainname
as the "username" that you give to fetchmail.
PS: re-formatting the fetchmail log like that makes it pretty
hard to figure out -- posting it with no changes is probably
better.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Look into my eyes and
at try to forget that you have
visi.com a Macy's charge card!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: dump win98 partition
Date: 28 Aug 2000 17:44:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:17:53 +0200, Volker Kalms wrote:
>since I have linux 6.2 and also win98 on my PC I would like to use
>linux to do a full backup of the win98 partition. How is it possible
>to do this and how can I restore the backup after win98 is totaly
>messed up and the computer cries for a new installation ???
>Since I am not working with linux for a long time it would be greate if
>anyone could give me a hint
The way that will work for sure is below. It assumes that your Lose9x
partition is on /dev/hda1:
dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=8192 | gzip -9 > lose98.gz
That will make a large file called "lose98.gz" on your hard drive. You
can put that somewhere and restore it with the following command:
gunzip -dc lose98.gz | dd of=/dev/hda1 bs=8192
This WILL NOT WORK if the compressed image is > 2G. If that's the case,
and you have a high-capacity tape drive, try:
tar czf /dev/st0 /dev/hda1
Restore with
tar xzf /dev/st0
You can also try the following more involved procedure, which might save
space and/or give you more options:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos
tar czf /dev/st0 /mnt/dos
To restore:
boot from a DOS boot disk with FORMAT.COM and SYS.COM on it,
FORMAT C:
SYS C:
(go back to Linux)
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos
cd /mnt/dos
(insert backup tape)
tar xzf /dev/st0
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Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
=============================/ ==Henry Spencer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: why I'm in a bad mood
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:52:52 -0500
I just got through overwriting a bunch of files that worked with an
"update" that doesn't. I'll eventually get it all fixed, but
meanwhile...to all the hotshot programmers out there...
1) will you please try out the makefiles you ship on some system other
than your own before you ship them? I'm really getting tired of getting
halfway through a make, only to find that some program is not available on
my system or some directory does not exist or your C code is non-standard.
2) if you're calling your program an "update", please make it backward
compatible with the previous version. If it's not backward compatible,
call it something else and, for crying out loud, don't overwrite the older
version.
Now I feel better.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: visual impairment
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:02:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John
Ravenscroft wrote:
>However, it is now time for me to look a linux for the visually impaired.
Sombody is working on a Linux distro for the visually impaired, but I've no
idea what state it is in:
http://ocularis.sourceforge.net/
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! FUN is never having
at to say you're SUSHI!!
visi.com
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From: JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using gnomeicu
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:01:54 -0700
Thanks for the info. Now how come you will never use it? Is
anything wrong with it? Do you know of any better ICQ programs
out there for Linux?
Andreas Kahari wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can anybody summarize how to use this baby? Also, what is gnomeicu
> >and gnomeicu-client? Does one need them both?
> >
> >
>
> The documentation is included in the distribution of GnomeICU.
>
> I have never used GnomeICU and I know that I never will, but I had no
> problems finding the documentation in the distribution tar-ball (it's
> HTML formatted for those who don't know how to read plain text files).
> Did you even try to *start* looking for the docs?
>
> Download it from Freshmeat:
> <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnomeicu/?highlight=gnomeicu>
>
> /A
>
> --
> Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
> All junk e-mail will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
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From: milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: From RedHat to SuSE: A simple question
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:01:33 GMT
In article <0%mq5.2975$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Sly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Totally subjective, absolutely non-scientific. It's my personal
experience.
> RH is extremely slow on my P133 with 80 Mb of RAM. It alweays been.
You
> click on a button to have the list of icons and you can drink a coffe
before
> the complete list appears. RedHat is the champ of segmentation
faults, which
> is certainly as annoying as the Blue Screen of Death. Again, my
personal
> experience of the distro. That is my definition of "stability". Not
> stability of the linux kernel, but the overall stability of a distro.
Gnome
> is known to run like sh*t under RH. When a lot of program crash under
a
> certain distro, I don't consider it stable.
>
> Mandrake is faster, yet you better be patient on an old pentium. The
more
> eye candy they provide (quite a lot in 7.1) the more demanding. Way
to much
> for an older computer. And I had new problems with every new Mandrake
dsitro
> (impossible to configure network with 7.0 - with two different
installation
> CDs! - and keymap problems even Mandrake support couldn't solve with
7.1).
>
> Of course, the various speeds don't show that much on my Pentium III
500 Mhz
> w/128 Mb of RAM. But my server is on the older one, so I need a
distro that
> concentrate on efficiency, not goodies. SuSE does that.
>
> And some tools are better than others: if you don't use pop server,
fine.
> But if you do, Suse's makes rings around the imap package of RH and
> Mandrake. And as far as printing is concerned, APSfilter is far
better than
> printtool. Again, from my personal experience and IMO.
>
> It's just a metter of personal choice.
>
Heh! What printer are you using? I've been about tearing my hair out
trying to use yast/yast2 to setup my printer (short version -- if you
use lprold (vanilla lpd for non-SuSE'rs), it works ok. Not great, but
ok. If you want to use lprng, forget it. And as far as setting up
those annoying HP Deskjet 720 ppa printers w/ any stock SuSE tool --
good luck! I need to just get my hands on a copy of 7.0, or else find
a decent review of it, to make me feel better about it, since I've
about had it w/ 6.4. Lots of nice packages, nice overall, but it just
makes the odd problem that much more aggravating ;) At least w/ RH
being kind of the 'vanilla' standard, you don't expect a lot. I've
been going back and forth btwn RH 6.2 and SuSE 6.4 since I wrote that
last message, and I'm probably going to wear out my hard drive here
soon reformatting and reinstalling ;)
As they say at SuSE,
Have a lot of fun!
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I R A Darth Aggie)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Amateur Hacker Backdoors Thwarted By Upgrade?
Date: 28 Aug 2000 18:13:04 GMT
Reply-To: no-courtesy-copies-please
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:52:19 -0400,
Wretch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+ However, in my post I was sort of groping, in an offhanded way,
+ for some insight as to exactly how one installs a "backdoor"
+ once they get into the system. Can this be done in an effectively
+ infinite number of ways, or are there typical tricks that I might
+ be able to look for?
Yes and yes. The former makes the later unreliable. Thus wipe-n-load is
the way to go. That and:
# cat /etc/hosts.allow
ALL: ALL
tcpwrappers are your friends.
James
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From: E.B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative Labs CDRW 8432 supported?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:32:21 GMT
Hi, recently my HP 7200i quit working (4 months after the warranty
expired) and I am looking into getting another CDRW drive, with my luck
with HP I decided to look into other brands. I was wondering if anyone
has had any luck with the CD-RW Blaster 8432 (internal) from Creative
Labs? Is this drive worth a look at? I really would like it to be
compatible with Linux as my HP 7200i was.
If anyone has any feedback regarding this drive please let me know what
you think.
Thanks,
Eric
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From: Dux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Finding files
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:50:08 +0100
What is the best way to locate files if you don't know their paths.
Ta.
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Subject: System crash trashed all open files
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr Vincent C Jones)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:45:23 -0400
Linux (Suse 6.3, kernel 2.2.16, IBM ThinkPad 600) crashed while executing
a suspend. Froze with the disk light on. Required a power cycle to
restart, at which point, the file system was hosed. It would appear that
every open file had its directory entry replaced with random noise. Many
inodes were corrupted beyond recovery.
Question 1: What could cause this obscene mode of behavior? This is a
laptop, so there was no power failure...it had to be either a HW failure
or a SW defect.
Question 2: How to delete the undeletable garbage left behind by this
failure, short of reformating the partition?
NetworkingUnlimited:/usr/bogus # ls -l
total 1301819983
b-wSrwsr-x 1 12946 55665 3, 32 Oct 27 1979 bash
NetworkingUnlimited:/usr/bogus # rm -f bash
rm: cannot unlink `bash': Operation not permitted
NetworkingUnlimited:/usr/bogus #
Note: the obviously wrong size in the total column, off the wall user &
group IDs, bogus dates, and that the file is now a block special file.
Any help would be appreciated...
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Computer Network Consultant for those who want to manage and
Networking Unlimited, Inc. control their networking destiny
14 Dogwood Lane, Tenafly, NJ 07670
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From: Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: QUERY: diald dials every 15 minutes
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:40:15 -0500
I have what I thought was a fairly common setup:
A home LAN with two WIN98(SE) boxes and one Linux box with a
modem. This is RedHat 6.2 running with IP masquerading via
ipchains, bind (named in caching mode), samba, and diald.
LAN addrs are 192.168.0.1 to 3.
The problem seems to be that the win98 boxes do some rather strange
and unexpected things (at least to me) [info obtained from tcpdump]:
1. One of them puts up a packet from 192.168.0.1:bootpc to
192.168.0.255:bootps, about once a minute. I have no idea why
it is trying to boostrap itself, because it is sitting at
a win98 login screen or a user is logged in to it.
The other win98 box doesn't do this, but seems to be configured
pretty much the same (e.g. both have user profiles and logins).
This does not seem to be my dialing problem, however.
2. Both win98 boxes put up packets from their netbios-dgm and
netbios-ns ports to 192.168.0.255:(same port). About every
15 minutes one of these (varies between netbios-ns and
netbios-dgm) seems to trigger a named query to the ISP
nameserver, and that wakes up diald.
The name being looked up is ROBERTS.Roberts. Now I told both
Win98 boxes their workgroup is "Roberts" (and Windows tends to
make workgroup be ALL CAPS), and on their TCP->ethernet DNS
configuration I said their domain is "Roberts" (and the only
DNS is 192.168.0.2, the Linux box). So this is not completely
crazy.... But WHY do they lookup this name? How can I stop
them?
I do not know whether it is Samba or named (or something else?)
which is listening to ports netbios-ns and netbios-dgm....
3. I have seen an outgoing DNS lookup of 0.168.192.???, where the
last entry was inet or something like that. The reversed-order
IP of my LAN is obvious, but why attempt to look it up??? This
may have gone away....
For now I have used ipchains to simply DENY on input any packets from
ports bootpc, netbios-ns, netbios-dgm, or netbios-ssn. This seems to
have stopped the incessant dialing; remarkably a real access to a web
page still dials out and the disk shares on the Linux box can still be
mounted on the Win98 boxes.
I have told diald to ignore packets from sport=domain to dport=domain,
and have told named to "always use 53 as source port for queries"
in named.conf (a comment in that file said something like that and
I enabled it).
BTW I never did understand that, either -- if sport=domain to
dport=domain packets are ignored by diald, how can a named
inquiry to my ISP's nameserver ever dial out? But it does
-- I guess named uses a different port for outgoing inquiries.
So what's that "always use port 53"???
[Yes, after editing /etc/named.conf I stopped and started
named; ditto for diald. I have not played with Samba config.]
Does anybody know what is going on here? Have I been hacked in some
obscure way which generates those packets? How might I get rid of them?
What side-effects are there to DENY-ing those bootp and netbios ports?
Linux will not be mainstream until stuff like this is as simple
to configure as is "Internet Connection Sharing" in Win98SE.
This is incredibly complicated, and it is hopeless to expect
a normal user to be able to use it as it is currently.... Note
that all the while Win98SE was sharing the modem it never dialed
out like this.
Tom Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help--- Terminal not fully functional message?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:52:54 GMT
Hello all,
We currently are using Linux as our primary webserver. Recently
something on the server changed and we don't know why, or how to fix
it. The server may have been hacked, I am not sure, but I don't think
so.
Symptom:
clear does not work in the terminal session.
vi does not correctly display properly
linuxconf does not correctly display properly
any time we do a man we get a message saying "Warning terminal not
fully functional"
===================
The only new thing we found was that the inetd.conf file had a new line
added to it, and a new file socks was added to the bin directory. Not
sure if these files were part of an install we may have did, or they
were maliciously put there.
===================
Any help getting the terminal to work properly again would be greatly
appreated.
PS this happens either on a telnet, or at the terminal on the machine.
Mike...
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