Linux-Misc Digest #807, Volume #25 Tue, 19 Sep 00 12:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger! ("D F")
why does "ps -ef" sometimes have [ ] brackets in the name? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger! (elemental)
Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work... (Grant Edwards)
Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger! (Mike Frisch)
Re: Basic networking question. (Rod Smith)
Re: bus error (Praedor Tempus)
Re: Basic networking question. ("Peter T. Breuer")
limiting users rights ("bart sikkes")
Re: Error with man command... ("Dextrose")
Re: how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ? (Robert Lynch)
Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss (Jon Hall)
Re: zip-drive problems (James Franklin)
Re: how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ? (Koos Pol)
Re: linux then windows (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (Leonard Evens)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Frank Miles)
Re: why does "ps -ef" sometimes have [ ] brackets in the name? (Andreas K�h�ri)
Re: virus found after a fresh installation ("Gareth Williams")
Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss (John Winters)
Re: virus found after a fresh installation (John Thompson)
New Linux Install ("James M. Luongo")
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger!
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:18:04 -0400
Jean-David Beyer-valinux wrote:
>I have used only Red Hat 5.0 and 6.0. I put Red Hat 5.0 on
my first computer
>after my knowledgeable nephew got tired of hearing my
complaints about
>Windows 95.
Fair enough. So, I presume, this was sometime after 1995?
>He did not say Red Hat was the best distribution, but he
did say
>that it was the easiest for a Linux newbie to install and
get running. (That
>was in early 1988.)
Hehehehehehehehehehe. Proof positive! Not only did you
invent the Linux kernel but you're in a time warp, too!
Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: why does "ps -ef" sometimes have [ ] brackets in the name?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:05:47 GMT
I run the ps command i sometimes have the process name bracketed "[ ]"?
Now when i run the ps -ef command, the same processes switch between
having bracket and not having brackets. This is a problem for me since
the name gets cut off when it has brackets.
Example:
root 23561 1 0 Sep18 ? 00:05:31 [AServerautoinde]
other times it is:
root 23561 1 0 Sep18 ? 00:05:31 AServerautoindexer
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Before you buy.
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From: elemental <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger!
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:30:56 -0700
So this Darren Keirle character tells us...
#
# Reading through this newgroup all i can see is people having problems with
# redhat!
# Could this be that the over commercialized Distro is only made to run on
# its developers pcs, and any other specced pc is not fit!
# I would seriously turn people away if they were thinking of getting
# redhat, as it is not too good at all! and Riddled with buggs!
And you say this why? Based solely on a few complaints you see here? Have
you actually used RedHat? Do you even know what you're talking about?
elemental, satisfied RedHat user.
From the ashes of liars grow the flowers of hope...
<http://www.synaesthetic.net/~elemental/>
elemental(at)synaesthetic(dot)net
ICQ # 2629119 goth.code available if you ask really nicely.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Newer versions of CDRECORD no longer work...
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:26:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
>If you can't figure out "see reply above", then I don't want your
>"help".
OK, fine by me.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... I want a COLOR
at T.V. and a VIBRATING BED!!!
visi.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: It would seem that Redhat is a bit of a bugger!
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:28:39 GMT
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:38:38 +0100, Darren Keirle
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Reading through this newgroup all i can see is people having problems with
>redhat!
Typically the most popular software will get the most mention...
> Could this be that the over commercialized Distro is only made to run on
>its developers pcs, and any other specced pc is not fit!
On what basis do you make this assessment?
> I would seriously turn people away if they were thinking of getting
>redhat, as it is not too good at all! and Riddled with buggs!
Have you ever used RedHat?
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Basic networking question.
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:30:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
>> Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : Sure did. But my crossover cable cost less than $5.00, where 100Megabit hubs are
>> : considerably more than that, say $250. If you will not add the third machine for a
>>
>> I just had occasion to check the prices over here. 100MB hubs are
>> running about $25 (3500 ptas) a port. 100BT switches are about $30
>> (4500 ptas) a port.
>
> I just looked in the BlackBox catalog, since it is the only one I have handy. I have
>no
> idea if they are the cheapest or not (probably not). But at $25/port, what is the
> fewest number of ports you can get? The first one I saw was US$289.00 for 8 ports,
>or
> $36.125/port. The cheapest one I saw was US$229.00 for 8 ports, or $28.62/port.
Online stores like buy.com are selling switches for $10-$20/port,
starting at 4 or 5 ports. For instance:
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10011611&loc=219
(Of course, these may be really cheesy products at that price point.
I've not studied their specs closely, nor do I have any personal
experience with these low-end switches.)
Given that cables cost ~$5, IMHO it does make sense to buy a switch now
rather than, say, 3 months from now, just to save the ~$5. OTOH, if you
don't need the hub or switch now or in the near future, it may make
more sense to wait and use a crossover cable to connect two computers,
since prices on hubs and switches may drop still lower, features may
improve, your needs may change (for instance, you may ultimately want a
combination router/switch to use multiple computers over a DSL or cable
modem), etc.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bus error
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:40:07 -0600
"Larry K. Brown" wrote:
>
> I got the bus Error every time Netscape crashed which was for a while
> everytime I choose a
> address and clicked on the To button. Problem went away until I reload RH6.2
> from scratch.
>
> Joachim Schneider wrote:
>
> > I had the same problem. Try changing the permissinons of
> > /tmp/ndebug to 666. It helped on my instalation.
> > Godd luk
I have repeatedly tried to upgrade my netscape to, first, 4.74,
then 4.75 from 4.73 when it came available. EACH and EVERY time
I would either try to access a web email account or enter my
password for a pop mail account (communicator) BAM! bus error.
Every time. I have, in each case, gone back to 4.73 where I rarely
have the problem at all. For a while, I also tried Mozilla M17,
but that was still a bit clunky, slower than normal netscape, and
wouldn't allow me to enter certain sites (https://). It had issues
with accessing secure websites which, for me, were show stoppers.
I am an Air Force Reservist and when I take my laptop to the base
and plugin, ALL the military sites I need to have access to are
https:// sites that Mozilla won't allow me to access. Netscape
never has a problem. Showstopper.
I took a quick look on my present system with Netscape Communicator
4.73 to find ndebug. It doesn't exist in /tmp, it doesn't exist
in any form in association with netscape, so I can't even try your
666 option.
praedor
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Basic networking question.
Date: 19 Sep 2000 14:44:36 GMT
Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : Sure did. But my crossover cable cost less than $5.00, where 100Megabit hubs are
:> : considerably more than that, say $250. If you will not add the third machine for a
:>
:> I just had occasion to check the prices over here. 100MB hubs are
:> running about $25 (3500 ptas) a port. 100BT switches are about $30
:> (4500 ptas) a port.
:>
:> 10BT hubs run about $10 (1500 ptas) a port.
: I just looked in the BlackBox catalog, since it is the only one I have handy. I have
:no
: idea if they are the cheapest or not (probably not). But at $25/port, what is the
: fewest number of ports you can get? The first one I saw was US$289.00 for 8 ports,
:or
About 4 ports. All my stuff is in boxes right now (I just moved offices) but
I think that was netgear or "3com officeconnect" stuff. The catalog I
was looking at was "misco" which is an expensive catalog. In fact all
catalogs here are expensive. One pays for them to keep stock that
corresponds to their catalog, instead of just buying whatever came in
on the last boat.
: $36.125/port. The cheapest one I saw was US$229.00 for 8 ports, or $28.62/port.
Ours are definitely less than that .. but I can't unearth the catalog
right now, sorry. Pay attention to the date on your catalog. Old =
expensive.
Peter
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From: "bart sikkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: limiting users rights
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:48:06 +0200
Hello,
Is it possible to let a user not be able to leave it's homedir (eg
/home/user) but still be able to run all the normal commands on a linux box?
thanks,
bart
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From: "Dextrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Error with man command...
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:52:27 -0700
Great. Thanks so much for the help!!
-= Dextrose =-
"Vinny LaPietra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8q5niq$2nu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had this same annoying problem. Update the initscripts package.
>
> I installed initscripts-4.97-35mdk.i586.rpm using MandrakeUpdate and it
> fixed the problem.
>
> Vinny
>
> Dextrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Man works fine when I'm logged on as root. But, if I try to log on as
> a
> > user other than root and use man...I get the following error message:
> >
> > Formatting page, please wait...
> > There is no -= option ("less --help" for help)
> > Error executing formatting or display command.
> > System command /usr/bin/bzip2 -c -d /var/catman/cat1/find.1.bz2 |
> > /usr/bin/less -is exited with status 1.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions as to how I might fix this? Or why it's
> > even happening to begin with? I'm rather new...so, I'm lost. Thanks
> in
> > advance for any help.
> >
> > -= Dextrose =-
> >
> > P.S. It's Mandrake 7.1
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:09:32 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
According to
/usr/docs/postgresql-7.0/postgres/sql-altertable.htm:
=====
SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for ALTER TABLE
statement which are not yet directly supported by Postgres:
...
ALTER TABLE table DROP [ COLUMN ] column { RESTRICT | CASCADE }
Removes a column from a table. Currently, to remove an existing
column the table must be recreated and
reloaded:
CREATE TABLE temp AS SELECT did, city FROM
distributors;
DROP TABLE distributors;
CREATE TABLE distributors (
did DECIMAL(3) DEFAULT 1,
name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
);
INSERT INTO distributors SELECT * FROM temp;
DROP TABLE temp;
The clauses to rename columns and tables are Postgres extensions
from SQL92.
==
HTH. Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:10:03 +0100
From: Jon Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss
John Winters wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Alisdair McDiarmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James
> > Campbell Andrew wrote:
> >> The question is, can I burn Macintosh native CD's (ie bootable
> >> System disks) or is this not possible at the moment?
> >
> >Yes, you can do it. I do one a week on my local net.
> >
> >Burning a CD is just the same as for an ISO, but you should note that
> >to mount a Mac native CD you will need to use the `hfs' type (and
> >therefore have support for it in your kernel). The mkhybrid utility
> >is useful for creating HFS/ISO hybrid CDs too.
>
> How do you burn an HFS CD? I've tried to burn MkLinux to CD with cdrecord
> but apparently it loses some of the critical HFS information.
I'm a bit confused here. When downloading MkLinux, do you download one
(or more) big CD image file(s) or an entire directory tree? If the
former, then cdrecord shouldn't have any problem with it as it doesn't
really care what's inside the image file (true for data, not audio, of
course). If you have to download the entire directory tree and then
master from that, then I can see where problems might seep in.
One is over how resource forks are represented in the Linux filesystem
(though mkhybrid can cope with most of the possible variations,
including netatalk's). Two, mkhybrid can't create proper Mac desktop
files on a CD (the netatalk representation isn't compatible), though
this is mostly cosmetic. Three, it is theoretically possible to make a
bootable CD with mkbyhrid, but it involves snarfing the boot sector from
an existing bootable CD and according to the docs that I read "has not
been tested".
Not that mkhybrid isn't a clever and useful piece of software; just that
it's not perfect in the Mac area.
--
Jon Hall | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(who used to be [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |
Southampton, UK |
NB: unsolicited commercial email is NOT welcome. You have been warned.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Franklin)
Subject: Re: zip-drive problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Sep 2000 10:13:03 -0600
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 23:42:21 +0200, Laptop connection wrote:
>Try to remove the 'sync' out of your fstab. don't know if it works but sure
>looks like it.
>Gr,
>Axel
>+--------------------+ Sent from Axel Scheepers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>+--------------------+
>"Christian Verbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>dear newsgroup,
>
>i do the following:
>
>verbeek@RISA:~ > mount /zip
>verbeek@RISA:~ > ls /zip
>d00000.rar
>verbeek@RISA:~ > umount /zip
>
>exchanging the zip-disk
>
>verbeek@RISA:~ > mount /zip
>verbeek@RISA:~ > ls /zip
>c00000.tar
>cIndex.txt
>d00000.r00
>d00000.rar
>dIndex.txt
>verbeek@RISA:~ >
>
>but there is no d00000.rar on this disk. if i unmount and mount the first
>disk, i will see these five files too. sync does not help. my /etc/fstab
>looks like:
>
>/dev/sdb4 /zip vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777
>
>
>help is very welcome. thanx in advance, c.
>
>
I did a man 8 mount and found that the mode=value option appear to and the
value with 0777. Are you sure you want value=0777. It has been so long since
I was in my logic class but what is the result of 0777 & 0777? 1111? Which as a
chmod mode value is not what you are looking for.
Have you tried rm d00000.rar on the disk it does not exist on? What was the
error message?
It definately appears to be a cache problem. Are you somehow cacheing the
information on that mount point, device, all filesystems, etc?
Sorry I may not have assisted. Good luck!
--
James
A Daily Quip, Quote, or Fortune:
We are anthill men upon an anthill world.
-- Ray Bradbury
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: how to delete a column in a table in Postgresql ?
Date: 19 Sep 2000 15:04:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:30:07 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Hello !
|
| Is there a way to delete a column from a table in Postgresql ?
| Or do I have to recreate a new table ?
I would be very surprised if you could not find this in the online docs at
/usr/doc/packages/...
Koos Pol
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux then windows
Date: 19 Sep 2000 15:18:45 GMT
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> massimiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:05:18 +0200, wrote :
> m> I have installed WIN-NT on a PC with Linux installed, but at the boot
> m> only linux starts and WIN has not yet finished its setup.
> m> How can In do if I don't want to uninstall LinuxOS ?
> You need to update /etc/lilo.conf and add a section like:
I've never had luck booting NT via LILO. There's a mini-HOWTO on metalab
(now ibiblio, or somesuch) about booting Linux via the NT boot loader.
The steps are:
1) Make sure you have a Linux boot disk (otherwise you won't be able to
get back into Linux once you...
2) Boot from a DOS disk and type 'fdisk /mbr'
3) Reboot, and NT Setup should continue. If not, do the first part of the
install over again, and then finish the graphical portion of Setup.
4) Once NT is installed, boot into Linux via your boot disk, and edit
/etc/lilo.conf. Make the root the same partition on which your root
partition resides (e.g. /dev/hda2).
5) Now, copy the bootsector onto a floppy disk:
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/floppy/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
(check that in the mini-HOWTO -- I'm going from memory here)
6) Reboot into NT, and copy the bootsector into c:\
7) Edit c:\boot.ini to add the Linux bootsector. First you'll have to make
the file writable:
attrib -s -r boot.ini
8) Reboot, and you should see Linux on the NT boot loader menu. Whee.
Of course, NT may have some limitations with regards to which partitions it
will boot from. If you've violated those with your Linux partitioning, err,
it's time for a do-over. Good luck, and get the mini-HOWTO...
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:17:02 -0500
-ljl- wrote:
>
> In article <8q5vc1$csb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Harshal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In article <8q5oqs$4fn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > You can try and load your adapter's module by hand using "insmod".
> > > Keep an eye out for error messages, check "dmesg | less" too.
> >
> > I can add both aic7xxx and st using insmod (dmesg confirms this) but I
> > still can't use the tape.
> >
> > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind gives:
> >
> > /dev/st0: No such device
> >
> > > You only have one module loaded?
> >
> > Yep. This is a very minimal web server. I want to back it up on a SCSI
> > DLT drive that works fine on a couple of other Red Hat 6.1 systems we
> > have.
> >
> > 2 things still puzzle me:
> > 1. I can't figure why a reboot is not loading the aic7xxx module
> > 2. And why can't I use the tape after manually loading the module.
> >
> > Thanks for all your help so far. I am pretty sure I am missing
> > something simple but I can't figure out what.
> >
> > Any HOW-TOs or FAQs I should look at?
>
> Here is an excerpt from "/usr/src/linux/Documentation/scsi.txt":
>
> The scsi-core contains the core of scsi support. Without it you
> can do nothing with any of the other scsi drivers. The scsi core
> support can be a module (scsi_mod.o), or it can be built into the
> kernel. If the core is a module, it must be the first scsi module
> loaded, and if you unload the modules, it will have to be the last
> one unloaded.
I've checked a couple of machines we have which use SCSI devices,
and none of them show scsi_mod as a loaded module. I think it
must be built into the generic kernel which we are using.
One of our machines is like the one described in the original
posting. It has an IDE hard drive and the card is used only
for a tape drive. We had to put an entry in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
in order to load the scsi module. It is done automatically for
the machines which have a SCSI disk.
I wonder if there is something wrong in this case with the tape
crive or the SCSI bus.
>
> Could this be the problem; my system has 'scsi_mod' built-in.
>
> --
> Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: 19 Sep 2000 15:00:26 GMT
In article <8q63l4$r6s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc Yannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>:> Sure...just put it in a shutdown script.
>:> But...with unix..the utility of shutting down machines is nil.
>
>: It is. It's called saving energy. Unless you have teams working 24h/24h
>: 7 days a week.
>
>That calculation is moot. You lose more energy in the lower lifetime of
>the disks (it takes a LOT of energy to make one hard disk). Disks fail
>when left nonspinning, and when spun up. (This is mostly true of
>IDE disks, which are not made to high standards in general, and which
>tend strongly to have bearing mechanisms which seize when they
>aren't used ...).
And the indisputably sound source of these statistics can be found....?
I've heard this tale repeated fairly often, but never substantiated
by anything but anecdote.
>Just keep the machine on ... it shouldn't use much energy when the
>monitor's off. Besides, my machine is always doing things when I'm
>not there ...
Actually, there are some wearout mechanisms with cathodes in CRTs and
in HV supplies for cycling power on these also. Unfortunately I don't
know of any statistics to resolve this question, either.
Anybody have a lead on real data regarding these?
-frank
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Subject: Re: why does "ps -ef" sometimes have [ ] brackets in the name?
From: Andreas K�h�ri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Sep 2000 17:28:03 +0100
In article <8q7rrb$hs4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I run the ps command i sometimes have the process name bracketed "[ ]"?
>
>Now when i run the ps -ef command, the same processes switch between
>having bracket and not having brackets. This is a problem for me since
>the name gets cut off when it has brackets.
>
>
>Example:
>
>root 23561 1 0 Sep18 ? 00:05:31 [AServerautoinde]
>
>
>other times it is:
>
>root 23561 1 0 Sep18 ? 00:05:31 AServerautoindexer
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
>From the manual page:
Programs swapped out to disk will be shown without command
line arguments, and unless the c option is given, in
brackets.
/A
--
Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>. Junk mail, no.
========================================================================
Put a part of GNU in every box: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/>
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From: "Gareth Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: virus found after a fresh installation
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:44:14 +0000
"Frank X.M. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto the multitude, saying:
> I did a fresh installatio of RH6.2.
"... fresh installatio", eh? Hmmm. That almost sucks.
--
All the best, GH Williams.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: CD Writers and Macs - discuss
Date: 19 Sep 2000 16:40:53 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>John Winters wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Alisdair McDiarmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James
>> > Campbell Andrew wrote:
>> >> The question is, can I burn Macintosh native CD's (ie bootable
>> >> System disks) or is this not possible at the moment?
>> >
>> >Yes, you can do it. I do one a week on my local net.
>> >
>> >Burning a CD is just the same as for an ISO, but you should note that
>> >to mount a Mac native CD you will need to use the `hfs' type (and
>> >therefore have support for it in your kernel). The mkhybrid utility
>> >is useful for creating HFS/ISO hybrid CDs too.
>>
>> How do you burn an HFS CD? I've tried to burn MkLinux to CD with cdrecord
>> but apparently it loses some of the critical HFS information.
>
>I'm a bit confused here. When downloading MkLinux, do you download one
>(or more) big CD image file(s) or an entire directory tree?
The former.
>If the
>former, then cdrecord shouldn't have any problem with it as it doesn't
>really care what's inside the image file (true for data, not audio, of
>course).
That was my belief until I tried it too. However the man page for
cdrecord specifies that the image you try to write with -data should
be in ISO-9660 or Rock Ridge format. It doesn't seem to have an option
for HFS format. I don't have a Mac yet (but I've ordered one!) so haven't
been able to try it but the people who have tried it report that the
Mac format files on the CD have lost one of their forks.
John
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John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England.
The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux CDs in the UK
See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: virus found after a fresh installation
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:17:10 -0500
"Frank X.M. Cheng" wrote:
> A really weild thing. I did a fresh installatio of RH6.2. New Computer box.
> New CD Media and Boot disk. When I finish installation and reboot the
> machine, it alert me that there is a virus found in boot sector. Gosh. Where
> does it come from?
>
> Could you give some suggestions on how to kill this virus in a Linux/Unix
> system?
Some BIOS's have a "feature" that tries to detect boot sector
viruses by intercepting anything that tries to write to the boot
record. Unfortunately, this is a pretty non-specific means of
dectecting virus activity as *anything* that tries to write to
the boot sector is flagged as a possible virus. Boot manager
programs (like lilo, IBM's Boot Manager, etc.) have to write to
the boot record on the fly in order to allow you to boot
different partitions or operating systems. The BIOS has no means
of distingushing this from virus activity; hence the alert.
The solution is to go into your BIOS setup and disable the "boot
sector virus protection" (or whatever it's called in your BIOS).
If you don't have Windows on the machine you don't have to worry
about boot sector viruses anyway. If you do have Windows, then
it would be prudent to install an anti-virus program to intercept
this type of thing before it activates.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "James M. Luongo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: New Linux Install
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:51:45 -0400
I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
true? Help!
--
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James M. Luongo x1427
Draper Laboratory Room 4207
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