Linux-Misc Digest #622, Volume #25 Wed, 30 Aug 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: named,httpd,sshd Aren't Started During Boot ("ne...")
Re: setuid ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Netscape and video/x-ms-asf ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Zip 100 & RedHat 6.2 (NDQ)
Re: cracker's file (Thomas Corriher)
TZ setting (John Lodge)
Re: CD Burner woes (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Netscape Sucks, I need another option. (Jim Chisholm)
Re: setuid (Rasputin)
No kppp in Mandrake7.1?? (Andrew Purugganan)
Immediate*** ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Directx for linux (Ulrich Pfisterer)
Re: netscape problem ("nobody")
taper and cron ("T. GABSI")
Re: setuid (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: cracker's file (Andreas Kahari)
Re: system hangs ("Norman Zhang")
Re: system hangs ("Norman Zhang")
Linux HD issue ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Directx for linux (Andreas Kahari)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: named,httpd,sshd Aren't Started During Boot
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:44:09 GMT
On Aug 29, 2000 at 19:36, Scott B. Drummonds eloquently wrote:
>Greetings, all,
>
>I'm trying to figure out why named, httpd, and sshd daemons aren't starting
>automatically when I boot my (Linux) system. My impression, from
>convention, was that I need to create a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d and
>create a S[0-9][0-9] symbolic link to it in /etc/rc.d/rc.[0-6]. I have done
>exactly this for rc3.d/S72sshd, rc3.d/S85httpd, and rc3.d/S43named but none
>of these services seem to be started when I cycle the power. Am I missing
>something?
Yes. Look at /etc/inittab and find out what boot level
is the default. The line will look something like:
id:3:initdefault:
Then make sure that you have the symlinks set up in that
directory.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
ISO applications:
A solution in search of a problem!
8:40am up 51 days, 11:41, 8 users, load average: 0.24, 0.15, 0.10
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setuid
Date: 30 Aug 2000 12:39:02 GMT
Rasputin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Don't think that's right. Although suid scripts are supposedly a bad idea
: (as you can read the script to find badly constructed code that would
: allow you to run arbirary code), I don't think they're diallowed by the system.
Then you would be completely wrong. See the Linux FAQ.
(you can make a script work like a suid script "should" by using a
special shell to execute it with ... i.e. putting the right first line
in the script, and it isn't #!/bin/sh).
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape and video/x-ms-asf
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:44:39 GMT
> I've been looking for a Linux-based ASF player for some time now, and
as
> soon as I find one I assure you it'll have links to it plastered all
over
> my web page.
>
> --
> Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://tinys.cx/blackdeath
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
> Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.4.0-test6
>
A beta version of Microsoft Media Player for Linux
is available from Microsoft. I downloaded it and it
plays video and I get sound - seems to work fine.
My only problem is that I am not able to call it from
Netscape. Cliff
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip 100 & RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:45:50 +0200
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Peter Rodriguez wrote:
>
> I have got an Iomega Zip 100 (Parallel version) running perfectly under
> RedHat 6.0 with a line added to .bash_profile - " modprobe imm >&
> /dev/null " However on another machine running RedHat 6.2, this doesn't
> work. Any ideas, anybody?
Which error when you try :
$ modprobe imm
????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: cracker's file
Date: 30 Aug 2000 12:52:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1], support@[127.0.0.1]
On 30 Aug 2000 09:54:40 +0100, Andreas Kahari
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> what is the working principle of this program?!
> As a system administrator of The University of Hong Kong you
> should know this or at least how to find out what a DoS
> attack is without posting the tools for accomplish such
> an attack to the whole world.
>
> The original message has been forwarded to the appropriate
> place.
(warning: sarcasm around the next curve)
I feel much safer knowing that some people are fighting to
prevent others from posting questions about evil programs.
Maybe we could make the usenet (and the rest of the Internet)
safe for the children! If only we could close-up software,
and suppress programming knowledge: then the world would
finally be safe, and computer operating systems would be
secure! Dangerous knowledge such as the "ping" man page
could be eliminated (reference "-f" parameter). When will
this OPEN madness stop!?!
Oh no! I accidently posted dangerous DoS information
about the ping command. Oh gosh! Now I will probably
lose my account for spreading dangerous information about
the existance of manual pages! That Internet thingy
must be censured before it destroys us all.
It is a good thing that I did not mention that cracking
tools can be found with any search engine using the search
term "warez". DAMN! I did it again! I have to pull the
plug before I do any more damage.
(sarcasm over)
Hey genius... Did you notice that you are posting in
an OPEN SOURCE group?
fsck'ing idiot
--
From the desk of Thomas Corriher
The real email address is:
corriher at surfree.
com
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From: John Lodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TZ setting
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:09:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been using Linux and other unixes (unices) for more years than I
care to remember, but one thing has
me stumped on a m/c which dual boots windoze and Linux is getting the TZ
variable right so that windoze doesn't end up confusing it.
My understanding is that windoze actually adjusts the clock for a DST
transition, whereas Unix changes the rtc offset.
I am convinced that there ought to be a combination of settings of TZ
and windoze DST adjustments, to ensure, that the machine shows the
correct time in either environment.
I am in a GMT/BST timezone.
Can anybody help please?
J
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Burner woes
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:29:11 GMT
NOTE: This reply is only placed here to provide a marker, so that CNET.COM
will list this thread in my personal newsgroup messages list.
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From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Sucks, I need another option.
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:44:03 -0300
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Ben Ritchie wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > In article <8ohd1r$3qa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gabe wrote:
> > >Hi.
> > >
> > >I'm a new Linux user. The best thing about Windows is Internet Explorer,
> > >because frankly, Netscape sucks. It's slow, buggy, and doesn't display pages
> > >correctly.
> >
> > For what values of "correctly?"
> >
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/ for one - with Netscape 4.74 (and most, probably all
> previous 4.xx). They may well just be using some IE-specific garbage to display
> images, but Netscape doesn't manage to display everything correctly.
>
> >
> > >I need another option besides Lynx. Is there another browser I can use in X
> > >that comes highly recommended?
> >
> > lynx
> >
> > --
> > Grant Edwards grante Yow! My BIOLOGICAL ALARM
> > at CLOCK just went off... It
> > visi.com has noiseless DOZE FUNCTION
> > and full kitchen!!
Works fine for me.. netscape 4.74, RH 6.2 2.4.0-test6
--
=======================================================
Jim Chisholm
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Captain/Training Officer Bay Road Station 59
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Ben Ritchie wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Grant Edwards wrote:
<p>> In article <8ohd1r$3qa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gabe wrote:
<br>> >Hi.
<br>> >
<br>> >I'm a new Linux user. The best thing about Windows is Internet Explorer,
<br>> >because frankly, Netscape sucks. It's slow, buggy, and doesn't display
pages
<br>> >correctly.
<br>>
<br>> For what values of "correctly?"
<br>>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</a> for one
- with Netscape 4.74 (and most, probably all
<br>previous 4.xx). They may well just be using some IE-specific garbage
to display
<br>images, but Netscape doesn't manage to display everything correctly.
<p>>
<br>> >I need another option besides Lynx. Is there another browser I can
use in X
<br>> >that comes highly recommended?
<br>>
<br>> lynx
<br>>
<br>> --
<br>> Grant
Edwards
grante
Yow! My BIOLOGICAL ALARM
<br>>
at
CLOCK just went off... It
<br>>
visi.com
has noiseless DOZE FUNCTION
<br>>
and full kitchen!!</blockquote>
Works fine for me.. netscape 4.74, RH 6.2 2.4.0-test6
<pre>--
=======================================================
Jim
Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Captain/Training Officer Bay Road Station 59
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin)
Subject: Re: setuid
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:48:40 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Peter T. Breuer> wrote:
>Rasputin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: Don't think that's right. Although suid scripts are supposedly a bad idea
>: (as you can read the script to find badly constructed code that would
>: allow you to run arbirary code), I don't think they're diallowed by the system.
>
>Then you would be completely wrong. See the Linux FAQ.
Well you live and learn. How about a link to the FAQ?
--
Rasputin.
Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: No kppp in Mandrake7.1??
Date: 30 Aug 2000 14:10:29 GMT
I selected 'server' when installing Mandrake 7.1, and I wind up with a
stripped down version of the KDE desktop (Lord knows what else), and I
can't find kppp. What's worse, I can't find kppp's rpm in ANY of the CDs!
Can anybody help me out, did I miss something?
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Immediate***
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:18:51 GMT
I made an entry into /etc/rc.d/rc.local which makes the sytem hang in
between bootup. I want to delete the entry, but I cannot since I
cannot get into the system. I need immeediate help. This is a DHCP
server and DNS server. I went into "linux rescue" mode but I cannot
access the file there.
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Before you buy.
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:24:57 +0200
From: Ulrich Pfisterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Directx for linux
Why is there no effort been made to develop a games library similar to
directx, surely this will kill microsoft once and for all
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From: "nobody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape problem
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 05:47:59 -0500
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.linux
Do you have the Mozilla home environment variable set in your profile or other login
file?
In article <8ogvs5$sjt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have linux redhat 6.2 and kde when I start up netscape , either from
> command line or by icon , I find that a blank netscape window shows up
> and it is a long time before all the netscape features are visible . so
> I just have to sit for a long time. but suppose I remove the .netscape
> directory , the browser starts up relatively fast. now I have made sure
> that the cache is not affecting performance . Any suggestions thanks in
> advance sandy
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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From: "T. GABSI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: taper and cron
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:31:46 +0200
Hello every body,
Using taper backup software with linux RedHat 6.1, I have no problem to
backup my machine on real time or using 'at'.
When I use crontab, I get the message:
ERROR: No such file or directory while starting background backup
Unable to start backup child
Does any one knows what is wrong with taper environment?
Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: setuid
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:41:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin) writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Theresa> wrote:
>>My understanding is that setuid can only be used for binaries, not scripts.
>>
>>Thomas
>>
>Don't think that's right.
[...]
Partially. It's only allowed by the kernel for suid-aware shells.
Other UN*Xes do allow this for all kind of shell scripts, but
it is a very bad idea to begin with (for obvious security reasons).
Michael
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Subject: Re: cracker's file
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 30 Aug 2000 16:51:51 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Thomas Corriher <[EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1],
support@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>On 30 Aug 2000 09:54:40 +0100, Andreas Kahari
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> what is the working principle of this program?!
>
>> As a system administrator of The University of Hong Kong you
>> should know this or at least how to find out what a DoS
>> attack is without posting the tools for accomplish such
>> an attack to the whole world.
>>
>> The original message has been forwarded to the appropriate
>> place.
>
> (warning: sarcasm around the next curve)
[cut]
> (sarcasm over)
>
>Hey genius... Did you notice that you are posting in
>an OPEN SOURCE group?
>
> fsck'ing idiot
>
Yes, I noticed. What's your point?
Did you notice the little GNU sticker on the DoS attack code?
Neither did I. So it's not about open source...
Code posted to Usenet forums (or accessed in other manners using the
internet) are not open source nor public domain unless that is clearly
stated. Did you know that? Did you know that comp.os.linux.misc is no
warez forum?
Judging from the posts in this forum I find it hard to believe that
many people have ever read the ping(8) manual page. And judging from
your post, I find it hard to believe that you read enough of the
source of the packet storm program in the original post to see the
differences between it and and the ping command.
System administrators, which I consider anyone that says "my server"
to be, should know better.
Calling me an idiot was just plain stupid.
/A
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From: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: system hangs
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:03:13 -0700
Yes, the 23M means 23 megs. I originally had 16M but Red Hat gives it an
additional 7M when setting up the partitions. But I don't think this can be
the problem though.
"Theresa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Do you mean /boot is 23 megs?
>
> Thomas
>
> Norman Zhang wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install Red Hat 6.2 on my Intel system. The system has
two
> > SCSI hard drives. I setup the system in the following manner,
> >
> > /boot sda1 23M Linux native
> > <swap> sda8 517M Linux swap
> > <swap> sdb7 517M Linux swap
> > /root sdb9 23M Linux native
> > / md0 1506M RAID1[sda5,sdb1]
> > /home md1 800M RAID1[sda7,sdb6]
> > /var md2 902M RAID1[sda6,sdb5]
> > /tmp md3 502M RAID1[sdb8,sda9]
> >
> > The process went smoothly. At the very end the system hangs with the
> > following message, "Performing post install configuration..." Does
anyone
> > what gives? Your help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Norman
>
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From: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: system hangs
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:08:07 -0700
I setup the 517MB as equal to the size of the physical memory. This will be
server, with a lot of traffic. The other 517MB <swap> is setup for RAID
purpose. Do you why does the installation hangs at the end?
"Andreas Kahari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I was more astonished by the two (!) 517 Mb (!!) swap partitons...
>
> Usually it's enough with something between one and two times the
> physical memory. For home use, 64 Mb should be enough. I only use more
> when I crash an application (such as unstable Gimp), and that's only
> for a short period (long enough to fill the swap partition and to dump
> core).
>
> /A
>
> >Norman Zhang wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to install Red Hat 6.2 on my Intel system. The system has
two
> >> SCSI hard drives. I setup the system in the following manner,
> >>
> >> /boot sda1 23M Linux native
> >> <swap> sda8 517M Linux swap
> >> <swap> sdb7 517M Linux swap
> >> /root sdb9 23M Linux native
> >> / md0 1506M RAID1[sda5,sdb1]
> >> /home md1 800M RAID1[sda7,sdb6]
> >> /var md2 902M RAID1[sda6,sdb5]
> >> /tmp md3 502M RAID1[sdb8,sda9]
> >>
> >> The process went smoothly. At the very end the system hangs with the
> >> following message, "Performing post install configuration..." Does
anyone
> >> what gives? Your help is greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Norman
> >
>
>
> --
> Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
> All junk e-mail will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux HD issue
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:54:52 GMT
I have Red Hat 6.2 running on a dell box. I have
a 4GB drive that contains / and the swap
parition, and then I installed a 60GB drive to
store the proxy logs for my company. However,
whenever the drive reaches 75% capacity about
13GB free, it throws error messages all over the
screen saying that it can't determine free space
and it had an error with block_ext2_free 315. Any
ideas as to what would be causing this? Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Directx for linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 30 Aug 2000 17:03:54 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ulrich Pfisterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Why is there no effort been made to develop a games library similar to
>directx, surely this will kill microsoft once and for all
>
You don't develop a game API just to "kill Microsoft". You do it to
write games.
Go to <URL:http://freshmeat.net/> and search for "game API" and "game
SDK", then go to <URL:http://sourceforge.net/> and search for "game
API". You'll find lots,.
To "kill Microsoft", write stable, cheap and user friendly
GUI-application for everyday office stuff. Fun, eh?
To make an effort, make an effort.
/A
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