Linux-Misc Digest #905, Volume #25 Sat, 30 Sep 00 21:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: fh_verify permission failure - huh? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Problem with rpm ("Peter T. Breuer")
ip masquerading problem ("LRD")
Re: Problem with rpm ("Jan Schaumann")
Re: Should I jump into Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A Question (Eric Laffoon)
Linux Counter: 157197 registered Linux users ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fh_verify permission failure - huh?
Date: 1 Oct 2000 00:01:13 GMT
Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi. On a RH 6.2 system which is an nfs server
: I am getting a lot of /var/log/messages like
: Sep 28 18:39:14 hercules kernel: fh_verify: joe/mail
: permission failure, acc=4,error=13
Without looking, this seems a dead cert for nfs code. "fh" is "file
handle".
: I can't tell what is doing it and can't find
: "fh_verify" in the source anywhere. Anybody
Either userspace or kernel, server or client nfs.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with rpm
Date: 1 Oct 2000 00:03:43 GMT
Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Don't all linux distributions recognize the same Linux rpm packages? Any
:> assistance will be appreciated.
: make sure you got the correct rpm for you architecture.
: There are rpm's for i386, for i686, for sparc, for alpha, for ppc...
And for redhat, for suse, ... and .deb's for debian and corel, and .tgz's for
slackware.
(hint, the package format has nothing to do with it. It's the content
and the meta info that count)
Peter
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From: "LRD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ip masquerading problem
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:24:25 GMT
I am running a linux box with a cable modem. I am using ip masquerading to
us this box as a gateway for the other computers on my home network. I
wanted to try some of these internet phone companies like visitalk.com.
What do I have to do (mapping, etc) to use these sites.
Also I am just wondering how I search old posts for this newsgroup?
Thanks.
Lawrence
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with rpm
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:28:53 -0400
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote::
> Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> Don't all linux distributions recognize the same Linux rpm packages?
> Any
> :> assistance will be appreciated.
>
> : make sure you got the correct rpm for you architecture.
> : There are rpm's for i386, for i686, for sparc, for alpha, for ppc...
>
> And for redhat, for suse, ... and .deb's for debian and corel, and
> .tgz's for slackware.
>
> (hint, the package format has nothing to do with it. It's the content
> and the meta info that count)
.deb and .tgz (or .tar.gz) are no rpm's, tho.
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
The more they over-think the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Should I jump into Linux?
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:23:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for any advice and wisdom people have about 'an average
Joe'
> installing Linux on a home machine. I'm an applied math graduate
student,
> and I use my computer quite a bit. Like most folks I use the web and
e-
> mail, but I also write papers using Word and use Telnet and FTP to
access
> and utilize Matlab from home. I don't do any programming, except
> mathematical programming using Matlab.
>
> -I've read and watched all the excitement about Linux, and I'm
wondering
> what advantages installing Linux would offer to someone like me?
> -I'm a TA, and I have to use a Unix spreadsheet program called Xess.
My
> Microsoft spreadsheet program doesn't seem to be compatible. Is there
a
> Linux equivalent that is freely availble that would be compatible to
Xess?
Our company, AIS, develops and supports the XESS spreadsheet products.
What version of XESS are you using and what kind of problem are
you having? We are currently upgrading our clients to version 5.0.
Have you reported your problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to local
support at your university?
Please contact our support group and we will be glad to help
with any problems.
P.S. Evaluation versions of XESS 5.0 are available for many
systems, including Linux, at http://www.ais.com but the Web
site itself will still reflect version 4.1 for a few more days.
Arthur Coston
Applied Information Systems
> -Is most Linux software free? More specifically, I have to write my
> thesis using LaTex. Is there a Linux version of Tex that is free?
>
> The bottom line, is that I'm not a Windows hater or Windows
lover.
> I use my computer as a tool to get information and get my work done.
> Would Linux be a good step for me to take?
>
> Thanks for any help you could give me....Andrew
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Eric Laffoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.net
Subject: Re: A Question
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 17:34:02 -0700
Anthony Chippendale wrote:
> A Question:
>
> Does Linux work with WinGate4 internet connection sharing program??? If
> yes, then what/how do I need to configure my Linux machine (Mandrake7.1)
> to use the WinGate connection cause I cant get it to work. Any help will
> be much appreciated.
>
> Anthony,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I have no idea! I have a 100% MS free zone here, but I know how to do it
with Linux piece of cake. Just use this script assuming your local net is
192.168.1.x and it would be a good idea to also load up some ipchains as a
firewall. Place the script in /usr/bin and call it from the bottom of
/etc/rc.r/rc.local and you will masquerade at boot every time
=======
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
# /sbin/ipchains -P forward deny
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ
echo "NAT Started" ;;
stop)
/sbin/ipchains -F
echo "NAT Stopped" ;;
*)
echo "Usage: ipmasq {start|stop}" ;;
esac
=======
--
Eric Laffoon
A member of the Quanta+ Web development team
http://quanta.sourceforge.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Counter: 157197 registered Linux users
Date: 1 Oct 2000 01:00:07 GMT
This is the monthly report from the Linux Usage Counter.
It is posted on the 1st of every month on the newsgroup
comp.os.linux.misc, and on the Linux Counter "announce" list.
Registration and information is available via the World
Wide Web; connect to URL http://counter.li.org/
This is the preferred interface to the counter.
NOTE: You can UPDATE your record in the counter if you have
your registration key, which was sent to you when you registered.
EMAIL:
To enter your registration into the statistics, send an E-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the SUBJECT line containing the word "Linux",
such as:
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
Any questions should be adressed to the maintainer of the counter,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good luck!
=================================================================
This is the Linux Counter summary as of Sun Oct 1 00:40:53 2000
There are 157197 persons registerd.
3023 users have been registered by friends.
There are 81821 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
3,143,940 and 78,598,500 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
======================================================================
1 IS Iceland 222 4 100 821.3 0.3
2 NO Norway 3334 49 1485 760.5 4.4
3 FI Finland 3485 55 1782 682.6 5.1
4 DK Denmark 3262 17 1252 621.4 5.2
5 SE Sweden 5042 60 2420 566.5 8.9
6 AQ Antarctica 2 0 0 486.0 0.0
7 NF Norfolk Island 1 0 0 452.7 0.0
8 FO Faroe Islands 18 0 2 410.4 0.0
9 EE Estonia 537 16 323 368.0 1.5
10 SI Slovenia 674 8 177 345.4 2.0
11 GI Gibraltar 8 1 11 278.1 0.0
12 NL Netherlands 4022 51 2043 258.3 15.6
13 MC Monaco 8 1 4 252.2 0.0
14 CA Canada 6434 83 3340 223.2 28.8
15 AT Austria 1766 31 1002 220.1 8.0
16 LU Luxembourg 88 0 47 211.6 0.4
17 IE Ireland 673 5 287 188.7 3.6
18 AU Australia 3434 50 1958 188.1 18.3
19 NZ New Zealand 644 3 389 181.5 3.5
20 CH Switzerland 1259 16 757 174.7 7.2
21 US USA 46439 832 23804 174.3 266.5
22 CY Cyprus 125 0 16 167.9 0.7
23 BE Belgium 1656 525 844 162.8 10.2
24 HU Hungary 1558 48 852 155.8 10.0
25 DE Germany 10953 187 5782 131.1 83.5
26 LI Liechtenstein 4 0 3 128.5 0.0
27 SG Singapore 421 7 161 123.9 3.4
28 PT Portugal 1181 9 358 119.7 9.9
29 FR France 6670 111 2618 114.4 58.3
30 AD Andorra 8 0 6 109.9 0.1
31 ES Spain 4281 32 1227 109.3 39.2
32 KR Korea (South) 4880 19 504 107.3 45.5
33 GB Great Britain 6161 109 3185 105.3 58.5
34 PL Poland 4003 55 1648 103.6 38.6
35 GL Greenland 6 0 1 103.1 0.1
36 IL Israel 528 13 255 97.4 5.4
37 KY Cayman Islands 3 0 3 86.6 0.0
38 VG Virgin Islands (British) 1 0 0 75.8 0.0
39 CZ Czech Republic 753 21 438 73.0 10.3
40 BG Bulgaria 600 6 226 69.7 8.6
41 LT Lithuania 238 3 112 65.3 3.6
42 CR Costa Rica 222 0 92 64.1 3.5
43 HR Croatia 302 6 83 60.4 5.0
44 PW Palau 1 0 0 59.0 0.0
45 UY Uruguay 190 0 47 58.7 3.2
46 GR Greece 614 13 238 58.3 10.5
47 IT Italy 3082 64 1270 53.6 57.5
48 NC New Caledonia 10 0 14 53.3 0.2
49 BM Bermuda 3 0 4 48.3 0.1
50 GU Guam 7 0 2 44.6 0.2
51 SV El Salvador 258 0 31 44.3 5.8
52 VE Venezuela 973 3 168 44.3 22.0
53 AW Aruba 3 0 0 44.3 0.1
54 BR Brazil 7121 59 1438 43.8 162.7
55 BN Brunei 13 0 7 43.3 0.3
56 BB Barbados 11 0 3 42.8 0.3
57 MV Maldives 11 0 1 40.6 0.3
58 MT Malta 15 0 9 39.9 0.4
59 RO Romania 853 36 414 39.4 21.7
60 SC Seychelles 3 0 0 38.7 0.1
61 SK Slovakia 207 1 131 38.5 5.4
62 AR Argentina 1233 6 332 35.6 34.7
63 VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3 0 1 30.9 0.1
64 CL Chile 419 6 153 29.2 14.3
65 PR Puerto Rico 111 0 22 29.1 3.8
66 TW Taiwan 619 5 204 28.8 21.5
67 LV Latvia 71 0 48 28.8 2.5
68 MX Mexico 2661 18 443 27.8 95.8
69 MY Malaysia 534 6 131 26.7 20.0
70 ZA South Africa 1109 10 469 26.6 41.7
71 RE Reunion 18 0 6 26.5 0.7
72 TT Trinidad and Tobago 31 1 5 24.4 1.3
73 FM Micronesia, Federated States 3 0 0 23.9 0.1
74 BS Bahamas 6 0 2 23.1 0.3
75 PF French Polynesia 5 0 4 22.2 0.2
76 AN Netherlands Antilles 4 0 1 19.1 0.2
77 MP Northern Mariana Islands 1 0 1 19.1 0.1
78 BH Bahrain 11 0 5 18.6 0.6
79 BZ Belize 4 0 7 18.2 0.2
80 PA Panama 48 0 21 18.1 2.7
81 AM Armenia 61 0 9 17.6 3.5
82 GP Guadeloupe 7 0 5 17.2 0.4
83 MH Marshall Islands 1 0 0 17.1 0.1
84 KW Kuwait 33 0 13 16.9 2.0
85 AS American Samoa 1 0 0 16.8 0.1
86 MO Macau 8 0 1 16.1 0.5
87 AG Antigua and Barbuda 1 0 2 15.2 0.1
88 CO Colombia 539 3 160 14.6 36.8
89 TR Turkey 914 9 191 14.6 62.5
90 RU Russia 2012 34 760 13.6 148.2
91 AE United Arab Emirates 40 1 15 13.1 3.1
92 YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte 140 6 79 13.0 10.8
93 MU Mauritius 14 0 4 12.3 1.1
94 DM Dominica 1 0 0 12.1 0.1
95 PY Paraguay 65 0 15 11.8 5.5
96 NA Namibia 19 0 11 11.3 1.7
97 TN Tunisia 102 0 16 11.3 9.0
98 VU Vanuatu 2 0 3 11.3 0.2
99 QA Qatar 6 1 3 11.0 0.5
100 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 0 4 10.9 2.7
101 UA Ukraine 510 10 217 10.0 50.9
102 MQ Martinique 4 0 2 10.0 0.4
103 CU Cuba 99 6 26 9.0 11.0
104 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenad 1 0 0 8.4 0.1
105 PE Peru 203 0 35 8.3 24.5
106 MK Macedonia 16 2 4 7.6 2.1
107 JP Japan 948 6 291 7.6 125.4
108 BO Bolivia 51 0 12 7.1 7.2
109 BY Belarus 73 5 29 7.0 10.4
110 ST Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 0 6.9 0.1
111 LC Saint Lucia 1 0 0 6.3 0.2
112 EC Ecuador 72 0 15 6.3 11.5
113 PH Philippines 457 4 91 6.1 74.5
114 MD Moldova 26 0 8 5.8 4.5
115 LB Lebanon 20 1 6 5.3 3.8
116 JM Jamaica 13 0 3 5.0 2.6
117 DO Dominican Republic 40 0 12 4.9 8.1
118 GT Guatemala 52 0 10 4.6 11.3
119 SR Suriname 2 0 4 4.6 0.4
120 CM Cameroon 64 0 8 4.5 14.3
121 TH Thailand 245 3 87 4.2 58.9
122 BW Botswana 6 0 3 4.1 1.5
123 HN Honduras 21 0 7 3.7 5.6
124 NI Nicaragua 14 0 4 3.3 4.3
125 GY Guyana 2 0 0 2.8 0.7
126 MN Mongolia 7 0 7 2.8 2.5
127 OM Oman 6 0 1 2.7 2.2
128 PS Palestine 7 0 0 2.7 2.6
129 KZ Kazakhstan 45 0 19 2.7 16.9
130 ID Indonesia 533 34 157 2.6 206.6
131 JO Jordan 9 0 3 2.1 4.2
132 GE Georgia 10 0 29 1.9 5.2
133 KG Kyrgyzstan 7 0 2 1.5 4.5
134 AL Albania 5 1 4 1.5 3.2
135 LK Sri Lanka 28 1 2 1.5 18.6
136 SA Saudi Arabia 29 0 10 1.5 19.4
137 AZ Azerbaijan 11 0 3 1.4 7.7
138 IN India 1250 16 320 1.3 952.1
139 ZM Zambia 12 0 4 1.3 9.2
140 ZW Zimbabwe 14 0 8 1.2 11.3
141 NP Nepal 27 0 0 1.2 22.1
142 PG Papua New Guinea 5 0 1 1.1 4.4
143 EG Egypt 72 1 11 1.1 63.6
144 CN China 1357 4 237 1.1 1210.0
145 MA Morocco 32 0 14 1.1 29.8
146 UZ Uzbekistan 25 0 8 1.1 23.4
147 DZ Algeria 27 0 10 0.9 29.2
148 GA Gabon 1 0 3 0.9 1.2
149 PK Pakistan 91 5 15 0.7 129.3
150 IR Iran 44 0 22 0.7 66.1
151 MG Madagascar 9 0 4 0.7 13.7
152 CI Cote d'Ivoire 9 0 5 0.6 14.8
153 LY Libya 3 0 1 0.6 5.4
154 NE Niger 5 0 0 0.5 9.1
155 KE Kenya 14 0 4 0.5 28.2
156 VN Vietnam 35 0 4 0.5 74.0
157 SN Senegal 4 0 0 0.4 9.1
158 MR Mauritania 1 0 0 0.4 2.3
159 MZ Mozambique 6 0 2 0.3 17.9
160 BD Bangladesh 40 0 8 0.3 123.1
161 CF Central African Republic 1 0 0 0.3 3.3
162 RW Rwanda 2 0 0 0.3 6.9
163 ER Eritrea 1 0 0 0.3 3.4
164 BF Burkina Faso 3 0 1 0.3 10.6
165 TM Turkmenistan 1 0 1 0.2 4.1
166 TG Togo 1 0 0 0.2 4.6
167 LA Laos 1 0 2 0.2 5.0
168 KH Cambodia 2 0 1 0.2 10.9
169 TZ Tanzania 5 0 0 0.2 29.1
170 TJ Tajikistan 1 0 1 0.2 5.9
171 HT Haiti 1 0 1 0.1 6.7
172 UG Uganda 2 0 0 0.1 20.2
173 AO Angola 1 0 0 0.1 10.3
174 YE Yemen 1 0 1 0.1 13.5
175 SY Syria 1 0 0 0.1 15.6
176 NG Nigeria 6 0 1 0.1 103.9
177 ET Ethiopia 3 0 0 0.1 57.2
178 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 272 207 1 0.0 5771.9
179 SD Sudan 1 0 0 0.0 31.5
180 CD Democratic Congo 1 0 0 0.0 46.5
181 WF Wallis and Futuna Islands 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
==============================
school 32251 20.81%
home 137675 88.83%
not used 21 0.01%
work 66248 42.74%
somewhere 2894 1.87%
==============================
TOTAL 154985 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 154985 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 239089
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