Linux-Misc Digest #22, Volume #26 Fri, 13 Oct 00 18:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: help audio on linux (Xingzhi Zhang)
Dual Booting Linux with NT ("Wyn Jones")
Re: help audio on linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RPM: --querytags (Robert Oaks)
Re: Problems with Netscape on Linux ("Ralf D. Kloth")
Re: Ipchains: MSN & AOL Messenger Port#s? (Anthony)
Re: Problems with Netscape on Linux ("Ralf D. Kloth")
Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT (Grant Edwards)
Re: help audio on linux (Xingzhi Zhang)
Re: Accessing certain sites fails SOLVED. (Clifford Kite)
Re: Accessing certain sites fails... (weird) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help audio on linux (Edward Lee)
Double click rate (Leonard Evens)
Re: RedHat 7.0 rpm's on RedHat 6.1? (Rafael)
wu_ftp (Rafael)
Slackware vs RedHat - Security (Rafael)
OpenBSD- Opinion (Rafael)
Re: RedHat 7.0 rpm's on RedHat 6.1? (Rafael - LumesITSupport)
Test (Steve)
Re: Favorite learning tool (Tony Lawrence)
Need an expert for info on troubleshooting Linux ("Seth S.")
Re: MP3 decoder-encoder (Jerry L Kreps)
Re: OpenBSD- Opinion (Dustin Puryear)
Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix? ("Amphone SOULIVONG")
Re: Unable to handle kernel paging request ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MP3 decoder-encoder (Paul Dean)
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From: Xingzhi Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: help audio on linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:11:25 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:53:57 GMT
> From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.questions
> Subject: Re: help audio on linux
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:39:58 -0400, Xingzhi Zhang
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Dear Linux Fellows:
> >
> >I know this kind of question muste be asked million times:
> >
> >I have due booting system for my PC.
> >
> >I can play music under Windows through CD.
> >
> >But If I use the CD player in Redhat 6.1 I can not hear the music, the
> >player shows every thing is fine, I also can hear it if I plug the speaker
> >directly to the CD player, But I can not hear through sound card.
> >
> >I checked the sound card, it is connect to CD player. and it works under
> >windows.
> >
> >Any idea ?
>
> What volume is the CD feed set to (what does Xmixer show)?
It is at maximum
>
>
> Lew Pitcher
> Information Technology Consultant
> Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
>
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
>
>
Xingzhi Zhang
=================================================
Mail: 538W, 120th Str. #100, NY, NY10027 !
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~xz50 !
Tel: (212)662-3389 !
=================================================
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From: "Wyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux
Subject: Dual Booting Linux with NT
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:07:18 +0100
I have recently installed NT Server on my system. NT is installed on the
first disk, while Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is on the second disk. LILO was
installed to the Linux partition. I was previously using Boot Magic to dual
boot between Windows 98 and Linux. Unfortunately Boot Magic does not work
under NT Server.
I need to boot Linux using the NT Boot Manager.
I have tried the following entry
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\="Linux"
This should be about right (from my somewhat limited knowledge of NT) but
does not seem to want to play ball.
Is there anyone out there who has done this? If so I would appreciate any
assistance.
Thanks
Wyn Jones
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: help audio on linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:09:01 GMT
In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10010131134260.10744-100000@cuphy5>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Linux Fellows: (sic)
>
> I know this kind of question muste be asked million times:
>
> I have due booting system for my PC.
>
> I can play music under Windows through CD.
>
> But If I use the CD player in Redhat 6.1 I can not hear the music...
> (snip...)
> Any idea ?
Is Linux talking to your sound card?
Can you play any other audio (wav, au, MP3, etc.) out your
sound card?
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Robert Oaks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM: --querytags
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 12:19:22 -0700
I have used this command to get a query of all software installed on my
system
through RPM:
rmp -qa --queryformat '%{FILESTATES} %{NAME} %{BUILDTIME:day} %{SUMMARY}
\n''
I quite do not understand what the meaning of the formatter FILESTATES.
It either has
a 0, 2 or (none) in this field. I have tried to find some documentation
on this formatter but
have not been successful. I believe that a 0 (zero) is installed, and
possible a 2 (two)
means that it is not installed, but I do not know what (none) means.
Also, is there
any other number that would be in this field? If there is then what is
their meaning?
I am using awk to format this farther, and wanting to test in the
package is install to
make my own custom report.
Thanks to who all read, and many thanks to those who reply!
Robert
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From: "Ralf D. Kloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Netscape on Linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:24:53 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm experiencing a couple of problems with Netscape and was wondering if
> anyone else has had similar problems, and most importantly, has been
> able to find a solution (other then the obvious one of simply not using
> it).
> The address book is very flaky and useless. I've imported a list of
> addresses from my UNIX box at work and ever since, any attempts to enter
> an addressees name alias fails. If I'm lucky, netscape will squawk about
> "multiple entries" or in most cases fails to find the entry altogether
> (while it is clearly in the address book and is not duplicated).
> To make matters worse, if I open the address book to manually select an
> entry by selecting a name and choosing the "to" button, Netscape simply
> blows up. Gone, kaput, bus error, say goodnight! I can't find any other
> form of diagnostic information to help narrow down the problem.
> The composer is another issue, but I'll save this one for another
> thread.
Hello,
regarding your "bus error":
I also had this strange error.
In the SuSE archive I found the solution: the NS needs a file
/tmp/ndebug
As it was not there, I created an empty file as root and did
a chmod 666. Voila, no more crashes.
--
Ralf D. Kloth
http://www.kloth.net
It's easy to make decisions if you ignore the facts.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Ipchains: MSN & AOL Messenger Port#s?
Date: 13 Oct 2000 14:38:09 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am wondering if anyone knows the ports that AOL and MSN instant
>> messengers use?
>
>I really don't know AOL and MSN instant messenger but to know the port
>used, I think you just need to use something like iptraf to read the port
>used by the packets.
Basically netstat -vatu also shows you the connection. With iptraf,
open it first, then start those clients (one at a time), watch really
closely and copy down all the port numbers including tcp and udp,
they can use a few of them.
Another way is to use the "socklist" script came with procinfo
package. Run socklist can you will see which program open which port.
Yet another way, undex X, open qps or ktop, click on the program
and have a look at the sockets tab.
Blocking by port number may leak because it is possible to configure
the AOL client to use another range of ports. You can try find out
the AOL messaging server address and block them, seems to be most
effective this way. Also, those server may do only one thing, email
and web to/from AOL will not be affected.
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From: "Ralf D. Kloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Netscape on Linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:48:23 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The address book is very flaky and useless. I've imported a list of
> addresses from my UNIX box at work and ever since, any attempts to enter
> an addressees name alias fails. If I'm lucky, netscape will squawk about
> "multiple entries" or in most cases fails to find the entry altogether
> (while it is clearly in the address book and is not duplicated).
> To make matters worse, if I open the address book to manually select an
> entry by selecting a name and choosing the "to" button, Netscape simply
> blows up. Gone, kaput, bus error, say goodnight! I can't find any other
> form of diagnostic information to help narrow down the problem.
I also had problems with the address book which made it completely
useless.
I searched the web and found the following solution which worked
for me:
http://www.ufaq.org/unix_address_crash.html
Why Does My Addressbook Crash Whenever I Try To Use It
Close Communicator and find a line that looks like this
in ~/.netscape/preferences.js:
user_pref("ldap_2.server.pab.locale", "xxx");
Change it to:
user_pref("ldap_2.server.pab.locale", "C");
Restart Communicator.
If it still crashes you may have a corrupt addressbook.
Delete ~/.netscape/pab.na2.
--
Ralf D. Kloth
http://www.kloth.net
It's easy to make decisions if you ignore the facts.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:06:56 GMT
In article <8s7mj4$mpi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wyn Jones wrote:
>I have recently installed NT Server on my system. NT is installed on the
>first disk, while Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is on the second disk. LILO was
>installed to the Linux partition. I was previously using Boot Magic to dual
>boot between Windows 98 and Linux. Unfortunately Boot Magic does not work
>under NT Server.
>
>I need to boot Linux using the NT Boot Manager.
I've always had pretty good luck using lilo to boot
Linux/NT/Win98. You configure lilo to boot an NT partition
just like a DOS one.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm wearing PAMPERS!!
at
visi.com
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From: Xingzhi Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: help audio on linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:33:49 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Is Linux talking to your sound card?
How can I know that?
>
> Can you play any other audio (wav, au, MP3, etc.) out your
> sound card?
NO
>
> Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
> Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
>
Xingzhi Zhang
=================================================
Mail: 538W, 120th Str. #100, NY, NY10027 !
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~xz50 !
Tel: (212)662-3389 !
=================================================
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From: Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Accessing certain sites fails SOLVED.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:53:43 -0500
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Got a message from Bill Staehle saying essentially the same thing. A
> couple of weeks back, my ISP was having fits, and the ppp documentation
> I found suggested reducing the MRU. I did so at about 12:30am one
> night, and it didn't help. The next day, everything worked appropriately
> (the problem was on their end) , except freshmeat.net, and I completely
> forgot that I'd reduced the MRU.
Bill and I are acquainted, but only by emails; it has always seemed to me
that he gives good answers.
> The odd thing is that immediately after getting Bill's message, I edited
> /etc/ppp/options to restore the MRU to its normal size, disconnected the
> modem, then reconnected, and the problem was still there. Repeating the
> disconnect/reconnect made everything work. Oh well, thanks!
That sounds like the modem was disconnected the first time while
there was a PPP connection and then on reconnecting the modem the PPP
connection simply resumed. The modem doesn't know about such things
as MTU/MRU, PPP link negotiations, and networking protocols. That
would seem to me to be an unusual occurrence but it's the only thing
that comes to mind.
The modem is a part of the physical layer for PPP and only knows
about modem protocols. The command "kill -HUP $(pidof pppd)" will
terminate pppd and pppd will shut everything down properly.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* When men do not regard govenmental measures as just and right
they will find a way around them. The effects extend beyond
the source, generate widespread disrespect for the law, and
promote corruption and violence. -Milton Friedman */
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Accessing certain sites fails... (weird)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: 13 Oct 2000 16:46:35 -0400
In comp.os.linux.misc Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This kind of problem is usually caused by mismatched MTUs Do not set
> the MTU or MRU for the PPP interface. If the ISP is stupid enough
> to request a MTU for itself that's smaller than the 1500 default then
> use the pppd default-mru.
Then again ... TurboLinux uses its own scripts for setting up modem
connections. It sets the MRU=MTU=296 (for ppp/modem connections)! 296 is
hard coded into its gnome-ppp programme (it is apparently the suggestion
usually made for a slow/bad connection).
High bandwidth can use 1500. Modem connections usually use 576 (the later
versions of MicroSoft's Windows dial up wizard set it to 576 for modems
rather than the default 1500 that used to be used and still is used for
ethernet - apparently many were reducing the default from 1500 to 576
to get better throughput in Windows with modems).
It caused no problems until the London Times set up a new web server which
would not send small packets. I use gnome, but no longer gnome-ppp and had
to find where TurboLinux hid the MRU/MTU settings (not in /etc/ppp, of
course) and changed to MRU=MTU=576 (572 was not large enough). All is now
working.
That was the first site to which I had any trouble connecting (would not
reduce its packet size to a legal size that the web server thought was too
small).
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: help audio on linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:56:10 -0700
What sound card/chip do you have?
Xingzhi Zhang wrote:
> >
> > Is Linux talking to your sound card?
> How can I know that?
> >
> > Can you play any other audio (wav, au, MP3, etc.) out your
> > sound card?
>
> NO
> >
> > Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
> > Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
> Xingzhi Zhang
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Mail: 538W, 120th Str. #100, NY, NY10027 !
> URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~xz50 !
> Tel: (212)662-3389 !
> -------------------------------------------------
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Double click rate
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:04:45 -0500
I am running the gnome desktop under RedHat 6.2. I feel stupid,
but I can't seem to find a way to change the click interval between
the clicks when one double clicks on a choice. It is a bit fast,
and has been that way for a while, and I would like to slow it
down. I've tried everything I could find in the Gnome tool box.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 rpm's on RedHat 6.1?
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:32:40 +0200
Cant you just have to version of glibc at the same time? Is it possible?
Rafael
Michael McConnell wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafael) wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >I have installed RedHAt 6.1 (gentus). I want install new packages from
> >RedHat 7.0. WIll it work, I can not do upgrade because RedHAt
> >installation do not recognize my third ide controler.
>
> The binary ones will more than likely not work (different glibc version).
> Your best bet is to get the source RPMs and recompile.
>
> -- Michael
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wu_ftp
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:57:37 +0200
Will wu_ftpd 2.6.1-6.i368 work on RedHat 6.1?
Rafael
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slackware vs RedHat - Security
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:03:18 +0200
Which distribution is better regardles security?
Rafael
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OpenBSD- Opinion
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:14:22 +0200
"OpenBSD has the best security reputation of any operating system"
Have any tried OpenBSD is it good?
Rafael
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From: Rafael - LumesITSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 rpm's on RedHat 6.1?
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:51:19 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thats true: I was trying and my rpm is to old
Rafael
Villy Kruse wrote:
> On 12 Oct 2000 09:39:01 GMT, Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafael) wrote in
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >>I have installed RedHAt 6.1 (gentus). I want install new packages from
> >>RedHat 7.0. WIll it work, I can not do upgrade because RedHAt
> >>installation do not recognize my third ide controler.
> >
> >The binary ones will more than likely not work (different glibc version).
> >Your best bet is to get the source RPMs and recompile.
> >
>
> Besides, you need the rpm ugrade for 6.1 (version 3.0.5) or you won't
> even be able to unpack them; not even the source rpm files.
>
> Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Test
Date: 13 Oct 2000 22:18:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:06pm up 2 days, 23:33, 2 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Favorite learning tool
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:24:31 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Here's my plight. I've been using linux for the past year or so. I've
> removed windows from all my computers and installed RedHat. I use tin
> to read the news and vi to write my perl scripts. I'm a full convert.
> And yet, I'm way behind in my basic knowledge of the OS. For instance,
> only recently did I learn about such basic commands at 'top', 'ps' and 'df'.
> I have a lot of scattered knowledge, but no strong basis on which to
> build.
.. eading books, but online sources are always better.
>
> I want as many opinions as I can get. Tell us how you came to know
> what you know now.
I don't know much about Linux yet- my background for the past 20
years has been other Unixes: SunOS, Solaris, SCO.
How I learned is by doing, and by being curious, and.. by writing
about it. Funny thing, but the minute you start trying to
explain something in writing, you often realize that you aren't
quite as knowledgeable as you thought you were, so you poke
around to get the answers, and you learn.
Part of the "writing" I do is tests:
http://pcunix.com/linuxtest.html is a fun (well, I hope it's
fun!) way to test your knowledge and to get you interested in
things that you might not already know about. The 560 odd
questions pretty well cover the gamut from newbie to fairly
experienced; I add more as I learn more :-)
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCO/Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
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From: "Seth S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need an expert for info on troubleshooting Linux
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:41:50 -0700
Hi,
I'm in desperate need of an expert or two to help me develop an article on
troubleshooting (or optimizing) RedHat Linux 7. If anyone thinks they can
help, or knows of someone who can, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
--
Seth Short
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jerry L Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: MP3 decoder-encoder
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:34:53 -0500
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Andrew Pritchard wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Ali wrote:
>> >
>> > I`m a looking for an MP3 decoder-encoder, can someone recommend
>one. I
>> > would like one with GUI and easy enough to configure. I`ve used
>audiograbber
>> > for use in windows so something along these lines would be great.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Ali
>>
>> search freshmeat.net for cd-rippers and mp3 encoders/decoders
>> I use bladeenc for mp3 encoding, xmms to playback, and cdparanoia for
>> getting tracks of the cd. But there are many other options.
>
>I used abcde (A Better Cd Encoder) which unfortunately is command line.
>It strings together a number of apps into a shell script (I think) which
>goes out to the Net to download the CDDB information using wget (an
>application I recommend you have anyway for it's general usefulness) and
>then CDparanoia to rip the WAV files off the CD and then LAME (I think)
>to encode them to MP3s. Takes about 3/4hour to an hour per CD on a P3
>600. I too use Xmms to playback the MP3s.
>
>
>Andrew
>--
I use Griper to rip'm. Griper has a setting to allow you to set the encoder.
I use 'notlame'. Works great. I use freeamp to play'm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: OpenBSD- Opinion
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:46:56 GMT
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:14:22 +0200, Rafael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"OpenBSD has the best security reputation of any operating system"
>Have any tried OpenBSD is it good?
Very nice system. Search BUGTRAQ and securityfocus.com for OpenBSD
issues.
--
Dustin Puryear <$email = "dpuryear"."@usa.net";>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: "Amphone SOULIVONG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix?
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:32:30 +0200
i think i was hacked too .
I could logon whith my uid but not root and do su - after my login session
I have change the permission /etc/securetty to 644 and the root uid can
login
What is rootkit please ?
"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to mnip ;
>
> > I logged in to my RH6.2 mail and web server for the first time in weeks
> > today, but the telnet login is now inoperable. I get the RH62 message,
but
> > no login prompt. I then went over to the physical machine, and a similar
> > thing, login: but any input just returns the login: prompt.
>
> > I checked webmin, and that still works, as do the web serrvices,
everything
> > seems to be in order except the login daemon, or the shell or something
I
> > don't quite know enough about linux yet to diagnose.
>
> > I figured what the heck, the machine hasn't been rebooted in months. I
> > issued the reboot signal, and the machine comes back with the same
malady.
>
> > What is going on, and how can I fix it? RH gives a linuxconf option (I
did
> > install the latest linuxconf rpms), but I don't forsee any magic daemon
> > fixes in that interface.
>
> > Please reply with any ideas ASAP. Fortunately, the intended functions
seem
> > to be uninterrupted, but I'm anxious to login all the same...
>
> You've been hacked. Thats the usual response when a 'rootkit' has been
> installed.
>
> Take it offline ASAP to prevent any further useage by the hacker. Then
> backup any data you need, and only what you need so as to not backup the
> hackers work, wipe the disk clean and reinstall.
>
> Then goto updates.redhat.com and grab and install *all* the fixes
> available for 6.2 there.
>
> Make sure tcpwrappers is running too.
>
> If this machine is a working machine, and not a development machine, get
> rid of the compiler because if they don't have a compiler, they can't
> compile the rootkit on your machine. You can always re-install it
> temorarily if you need it for some project or other. Get rid of the
> whole rsh package and all the utils in it, also telnet, use ssh instead.
>
> Then hook it up long enough to go get portsentry from www.psionic.com
> and install it. Once thats in and running, it might be safe to plug in
> the ethernet cable and leave it plugged in again.
>
> That may not be enough to stop a really determined cracker, but its
> managed to reject about 30 passes at hacking my office machine so far.
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unable to handle kernel paging request
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:52:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michal Szymanski) wrote:
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c8642170
> current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
[...]
> Is this a sign of hardware problems? Memory? CPU? Or rather I should
> upgrade the OS/kernel. For a year or so the machine was working fine,
Another poster suggested a newer kernel, that sounds like a good idea,
but since it worked well for so long, I'm not sure it will solve this
problem.
I had very similar errors about 8 to 9 months ago. I didn't save them,
so I'm not sure that they were exactly the same. Miscellaneous processes
would ie, and sometimes the system would lock up.
Replacing the memory solved the problem.
BTW, I've been using the "bad" memory in another system (a much slower
one, with a different make of MB, since then with no problems. I'm not
sure I'd try that with yours, my system was never stable until I
replaced the memory, it did not fail after a year's use.
--
Jim Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: MP3 decoder-encoder
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:11:24 +0100
Jerry L Kreps wrote:
> I use Griper to rip'm. Griper has a setting to allow you to set the encoder.
> I use 'notlame'. Works great. I use freeamp to play'm
Well, let me add my two penneth. I tried Grip, but on my (admittedly
less than powerful) system it was less than half the speed of cd2mp3.
I'd recommend cd2mp3 - simple command line utility which does a job and
does it well.
I used freeamp as well, until I discovered xmms. Never looked back.
--
Paul
"Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly
humbled and visibly reformed." - Thomas Watson.
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