Linux-Misc Digest #215, Volume #26 Thu, 2 Nov 00 22:13:02 EST
Contents:
Internet connection sharing (inon21)
Re: two peices of legislation i would like to see (Keri Carpenter)
Re: pdf reader question ("D. D. Brierton")
System will only boot from floppy (mike)
Re: Q: setting default file permission (Robert Lynch)
Re: Linux Routing ("David K. Means")
depmod: unresolved symbols in 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SSI Include security (Michel Beaucourt)
Re: two peices of legislation i would like to see (Smitty)
Re: Display in X (nugod)
Coldfusion install problem on redat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to detach a program from a terminal (Mark Post)
Re: Which LINUX (WebServer on MySQL) (Mark Post)
Re: Password authentications (Mark Post)
Re: localtime & zoneinfo (Mark Post)
Re: What info the kernel image has about my system. (Mark Post)
Re: strange problems with LILO (Leonard Evens)
Re: MORE LILO PROBLEMS (Leonard Evens)
Re: Q: setting default file permission (Mark Post)
Re: which distribution is best??? (Christopher Browne)
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From: inon21 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Internet connection sharing
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 23:56:33 GMT
Please help this newbie. I have a win98 box and from my WinNT box I can
share the internet connection (of course ICS installed on the win98).
Can I do the same from the Linux box i.e. can I share the internet
connection from the Linux box.
Oh well, I need to yet bring up the Ethernet card up and running and
then want to share the internet. Please share your expert comments and
thoughts about what is the possiblity of my plan working.
Thanks a bunch.
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From: Keri Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: two peices of legislation i would like to see
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:09:57 -0800
Besides the obvious philosophical agreement -- something radical like
this would be great for those of us working in the open source arena.
Its got my vote for sure!
+1
Keri Carpenter
Community Manager
CollabNet
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
guy-jin wrote:
>
> 'the reform in software purchasing act'
> 'the public software act'
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From: "D. D. Brierton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pdf reader question
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:19:14 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jon"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Newbie running RH7 Gnome Enlightenment wm PII 433
> 64MB DRAM
> 6 GB hd
> eOne system
>
> Is there a default pdf reader around my system that I haven't found?
>
> If not, where can I get one?
Well, your mileage may vary, but when I am running Windows (hardly ever
these days) I still find Adobe's Acobat Reader by far the best. But on
linux Adobe's official offering just doesn't seem to work properly for
me. xpdf (installed by default with lots of recent distributions) also
gives me strangely unreadable results (although that may be something
to do with my X configuration). So I use ggv when I am in GNOME,
kghostview when I am in KDE, and gv when I am not running either.
--
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D. D. Brierton Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~ddb
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: System will only boot from floppy
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 19:19:17 -0500
Hi,
I am running Redhat Linux 6.1 and have moved the
drive from a P166 to a 386 system. I have been able to create
a boot floppy from an i386kernel from the Linux CD.
I also installed the i386 kernel RPM in the system. I can
now boot the system from the floppy, but when I boot from
the hard drive using LILO, I get the following message:
request_module[ide-disk]: Root fs not mounted.
hdc: driver not present
VFS cannot open root device.
kernel panic.
I have also tried to use load the kernel with loadlin from DOS
and got the same message.
In the past when diddling the system, I had gotten the message
request_module[block-major-8]
root fs not mounted.
VFS: cannot open device 08:32
kernel panic:
What do these responses mean?
What is [ide-disk]?
What is [block-major-8]?
How to correct the problem and boot the system from the
hard drive?
Thanks
Mike
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: setting default file permission
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:23:35 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hwanjo Yu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How to set users' default file perssions ?
> For instance, when a user create a file on a SPECIFIC directory, I want its
> permission flags to be rwxrwxr--(775).
> How to do this ?
> Thanks.
Set your umask:
$ umask 003
$ mkdir beep
$ ls -ld beep
drwxrwxr-- 2 user user 4096 Nov 2 16:19 beep
(This is mode 774, which you say you want, NOT 775, which would
be drwxrwxr--x)
HTH. Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David K. Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux Routing
Date: 3 Nov 2000 00:27:36 GMT
On your Red Hat distribution, the network stuff is started
by a script: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network. This calls a bunch of
other scripts, loading configuration info and then eventually
getting around to bringing up all the interfaces, and inserting
the route information into the table. I failed to include a pointer
to the website where I have written a few pages about this stuff:
http://www.digitalelephant.org/computing/fire/firewall.html
In the section on testing the configuration, I have described all
this in some detail. HTH.
"Quad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8troae$ulb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> As far as what info I read, it was man route man arp man ifconfig etc.
>
> I can set the ips and such on the nics, but what is 100% new to me is
> routing.
>
> What all has to be setup on the router for it to work, what commands I
> put in so that all 3 networks can passs through the router etc.
>
> I started on the adv-routing howto, then i tried going back to the site
> where I had found it and it said the page was gone off the server. I
> am just not having much luck is all.
>
> I am sure that this setup couldnt be too hard to perform, its just I am
> sooo ignorant to these proceedures, that there must be a good online
> resource I could read and get caught up on just how routing works and
> how to implement it?
>
> Again thanks SO much for your reply and I will read the mans again.
>
> When I do figure out, just what route add commands have to be
> implemented. Will I just place them in a script and call from
> rc.local? Or is there a better way to do this when routing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Quad
>
>
> In article <8tpohs$qvq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "David K. Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is pretty straightforward (where did you say you had
> > looked? :-) )
> > Your eth0 interface should have an address on 192.168.0.x
> > where x is in [1:254]
> > Your eth1 interface should have an address on 24.231.45.y
> > where y is in [1:6]
> > Your eth2 interface should have an address on 67.45.221.z
> > where z is in [1:126]
> > Then your routing table should look like this:
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags ...
> Iface
> > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U eth0
> > 24.231.45.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U eth1
> > 67.45.221.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.128 U eth2
> > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
> U lo
> > 0.0.0.0 67.45.221.1 0.0.0.0 UG
> eth2
> > The only thing I am unsure of is the Gateway address in the last line.
> > It should be the address of the *other* end of your link to the
> > Internet, not the address of your machine on that link.
> > To find out how to create this routing table, read man route
> > To find out how to set the IP addresses of the interfaces, man
> ifconfig
> > To make it all automatic (on reboot) use linuxconf, or dig through
> the
> > scripts beginning at /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
> >
> > "Quad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:8tp9ek$td3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > >
> > > I want to route a local subnet 192.168.0.* 255.255.255.0 through 2
> > > different gateways. Can reach this from(eth0)
> > >
> > >
> > > 1 will be a direct line to another company and I want all traffic
> for
> > > that company to go there. 24.231.45.1 SM 255.255.255.248. can reach
> > > this from (eth1)
> > >
> > > 2 will be a route out to the internet so that users can check email
> > > etc. 67.45.221.1 sm 255.255.255.128. this can be reached from (eth2)
> > >
> > > I am sure linux can do this, I am wondering if someone will give me
> > > some tips/tricks on this. I have read the man pages, and have
> searched
> > > on the net but it seems there is not much info...at least where I
> was
> > > looking.
> > >
> > > Any help here would be GREATLY appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --
> > > Quad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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> >
> >
>
> --
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: depmod: unresolved symbols in 2.2.17
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:31:33 GMT
I've compiled my own 2.2.17 kernel under RH6.2,
i.e. got the source from kernel.org, then
make mrproper, make xconfig, make dep, make clean,
make bzImage, make modules, move old modules
out of the way, make modules_install, copy new
kernel to boot, run lilo etc.
When booting the new kernel, I get lots of
depmod: Unresolved dependencies messages.
depmod -a gives:
/sbin/depmod -a
Warning: modutils is reading from /etc/conf.modules because
/etc/modules.conf does not exist. The use of /etc/conf.modules
is
deprecated, please rename /etc/conf.modules to
/etc/modules.conf
as soon as possible. Command
mv /etc/conf.modules /etc/modules.conf
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/aten.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/bpck.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/comm.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/dstr.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/epat.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/epia.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/fit2.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/fit3.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/friq.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/frpw.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/kbic.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/ktti.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/on20.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/on26.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pcd.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pd.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pf.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pg.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/pt.o
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Tom
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Subject: SSI Include security
From: Michel Beaucourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:44:03 GMT
Hi all,
I have some questions about using SSI with Apache. Although SSI is a great
technology, it is known to have some weaknesses, like to possibility to
include /etc/passwd in a html document.
Now, I would still like to enable SSI on a server. But is there a way to
tell the parser it can only include files from a certain directory?
I have the same question for PHP: PHP can also include files into a PHP
document, but does PHP provide a way to block access to for instance
/etc/passwd?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Michael Beaucourt
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From: Smitty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: two peices of legislation i would like to see
Date: 2 Nov 2000 19:47:19 -0500
guy-jin wrote:
>
> well, its election time, and i was thinking about
> what kind of legislation i would like to see next
> session.
>
> i realise these wont come to be anytime soon,
> but just so its on the record:
>
> 'the reform in software purchasing act'
>
> "
> the congress of the united states, or any legislature
> among the several states, shall not pass legislation
> that will purchase, or otherwise subsidize, software
> which is not free. for the purpouses of this act,
> 'software which is not free' shall be defined as
> software copyrighted, trademarked, patented,
> proprietized, or otherwise owned, by one or many
> private companies or persons. systems already in use
> shall not be affected, but nonfree software
> replacements shall not be aquired or permitted.
> "
>
> summary: no government subsidization of M$,
> sun, et al. computers in existence keep their
> software, but upgrades to/of nonfree software
> arent allowed. this would include schools
> and the millitary.
>
> 'the public software act'
>
> "
> a sales tax of 1% shall be imposed on all software sold
> in the united states, wether that software is copyrighted
> by a private person or company, or 'free' software packaged
> in a 'distribution' under the influence of one of many free
> software licenses. monies gathered from this act shall be
> placed in an account which shall be called 'the corporation
> for public software' (hereafter reffered to as 'CPS'). this
> money shall be used to set up a web site, whose name shall be
> determined by administrators of the CPS,[download.gov?] that
> will disseminate any and all free software known to be
> availiable. the author(s) of the free software downloaded
> thereat shall receive a percentage of the funds under the
> administration of the CPS, the amount of which shall be
> determined by the administrators of the CPS. the CPS shall
> also have the power to refuse software given it, if it
> is beleived to be harmful to a users computer hardware or
> data. examples of rejectable software would include: software
> in the presence, or 'infected' with, 'viruses', 'trojan horse
> (s)', 'logic bombs', and any other software deemed to be
> damaging to the user's computer or the data contained therein.
> the CPS shall not reject software on the basis of its percived
> controversality. the CPS shall also engage in soliciting
> donations from users of software downloaded from the web site(s)
> of the CPS, and shall use those funds identically to, and
> together with, those funds gained from taxation. the CPS shall
> not subsidize free software downloaded from places other than
> the CPS, and shall not subsidize noncitizens of the united states.
> "
>
> summary: 1% sales tax [more? less?] on
> sold software. money goes to the corporation
> for public software, (cps) to create a
> website for free/open software, and to
> pay stipends to authors of free/open software
> downloaded from there. the stipend depends
> on how many copies are downloaded from
> the CPS, with the amount of payment left
> to the CPS. the cps can reject viral,
> trojaned, or bombed programs, but not
> controverssial or unpopular software.
> it cant base payments on previous downloads.
> it isnt allowed to pay forigners.
> (attract programmers to the US)
>
> your thoughts?
Let's keep the government out of our lives and let the free software
movement grow in a free market place. I reject your proposals.
Smitty
>
> --
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> my real email address is at usa dot net
> Choose Any System But the Pay$tation2!
> you cannot spell conservative without "CON"
>
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From: nugod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Display in X
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 20:14:09 -0500
press ctrl+alt+"-" or ctrl+alt+"+" (plus and minus) to change the
resolution
Rahul Asave wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
> I'm pretty new to linux, and I just installed RHAT 7.0 (the normal dload
> iso and burn them and install).
> However, when I start with GNOME (or KDE) the display is way too large
> (looks like 640x480 would in windows). How do I get it to look like
> 1024x768 format?
> Thanks a lot
> Rahul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Coldfusion install problem on redat 7.0
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 01:05:15 GMT
ok. so I have the coldfusion installer (cfinstall) on a freshly
installed version of redhat 7.0. apache is the version that came with
redhat, version 1.3.12 with apxs installed. so I ran the installer, it
took all my info (such as doc root, passwords etc) and started copying
files. then it asked where my apache binary was located with the
correct path listed, so I just hit enter:
Where is Apache server (httpd) [/usr/sbin/httpd]:
/usr/sbin/httpd is an unsupported version of Apache, exiting...
and thats it. what version of apache does it support? this is a
standard build so Im suprised it didnt install.
any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: How to detach a program from a terminal
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:08:31 GMT
On 2 Nov 2000 02:23:35 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>I need to know how to detach a running program from the terminal it was invoked
>>on. i sometimes telnet into my computer and want a program to run after i
>>logout.
>You can put it into the background with (in bash) ctrl-Z, then bg, but it
>will be killed when you log out because all your processes will get a
>hangup signal (SIGHUP) at that time. If you really want something to
>keep running after you log out, you generally have to set this up before
>you start it, like using "nohup" (see man nohup) or "at".
I am running Linux 2.2.13, with bash 2.03, and that is simply not true for
me. If I start a process, then background it, I can logout and the process
will run to completion. It has been like that for me the whole time I have
been running 2.2.x kernels with bash 2.x.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Which LINUX (WebServer on MySQL)
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:12:49 GMT
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:58:11 +0100, marvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would like to have Linux as an OS for Webserver.
>Packages on the systems will be:
>- Apache WebServer
>- PhP
>- Perl
>- MySQL Database
>Can you please tell me which Linux & Version should I get ?
>Currently I am pretty much between Slackware 7 and RedHat 6 (I have
>heard 7 is very bugy).
I am running Slackware 7.1, and I would _not_ call it buggy, let alone 'very
buggy.' If you only want to work from a GUI, and have the details of what
is going on your system hidden from you, use Redhat. If you like more
control over your system and learning more about Linux, use Slackware.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Password authentications
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:15:12 GMT
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:20:18 GMT, "Bradley J. Bartram"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am currently spearheading a program to roll out linux on our coporate
>desktops and am hung up on one detail. Where can I get information about
>centrally authenticating user passwords ala NT's PDC functions?
Check out Samba. It can act as a login controller for Win9x systems. If
you have WinNT/Win2k systems, Samba TNG will probably be required, and it is
not yet GA. http://www.samba.org
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: localtime & zoneinfo
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:21:32 GMT
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 12:33:15 -0800, "Micer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am just learning about localtime and how it links to a time zone to keep
>download files at the correct date/time stamp. But an associate tells me
>that Linux can't run properly without a localtime, ie: it will put in the
>wrong time for everything.
I do not understand what you are saying. What does "can't run properly
without a localtime" mean? Are you saying that you don't _wan't_ a symbolic
link from /etc/localtime to a time zone file to define what time zone your
system is in? I also don't understand why you or your associate thinks
/etc/localtime has anything to do with downloading files.
>Is this true? The Linux book I have says that if you are downloading files
>from elsewhere in the world then you don't even need to bother with
>localtime.
I don't understand what this has to do with anything either. Just pick a
timezone for your system (My is in the Eastern zone) and do this:
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime
and don't even worry about it.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: What info the kernel image has about my system.
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:24:23 GMT
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 20:37:59 GMT, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> I understand that the image root device, swap device, RAM disk
>size, and video modes are stored in certain standardized locations
>in the Linux kernel image. I was wondering if there is any
>other information that is "remembered" by the kernel image
>file on the hard drive relating to ones current operating system
>parameters, for example nework parameters like routing
>or network device configuration or anything else.
If you are _really_ asking about those particular parameters, then, no, it
doesn't. Neither is the swap device RAM disk size, and video mode, unless
you're referring to what **LILO** stores out there for you. The _kernel
image_ itself doesn't save _any_ of the things you mentioned saved within
it.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange problems with LILO
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 20:09:49 -0600
Jerry L Kreps wrote:
>
> Rune Elvemo wrote:
>
> > Yeah, this is really strange...
> >
> > I used to have my linux system on my /dev/hda disk, but then I bought a 30
> > MB disk and moved the system over to that one. However, the old disk is
> > still the /dev/hda one, which means that my system is now on /dev/hdb...
> >
> > Anyway... I made some changes to my lilo.conf and run "/sbin/lilo",
> > however, when rebooting, I get "LIL", and then the screen is cleared, with
> > a cursor at t he bottom of the screen (unable to type)...
> >
> > the strange part, is that if I boot using the old system.. (I haven't
> > removed the stuff from the old disk YET), and write back the old setting,
> > it works like it should... (yeah... the root disk is set to /dev/hdb1 in
> > both cases).
> >
> > on the new system *all* my partitions are ReiserFS ones, and I'm using
> > LILO version 21.6, which handles ReiserFS boot disks...
> >
> > here are two VERY important lines.... (I didn't include the rest of the
> > lilo)
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > root=/dev/hdb1
> >
> > anyway... with boot & root set to this in my old system, running lilo
> > installs a functional LILO, however doing the same on my new one, installs
> > a NON working LILO (as I told earlier)..
> >
> > anyway... the rest of the file is same (since I just moved the whole
> > system over to the new disk/partitions)..
> >
> > anyone who knows what might be wrong here??
> >
> > thank you *very* much!
> >
> I recently had this problem. I reinstalled LILO to the MBR of /boot and
> the problem was cured.
I assume you mean to the first sector of the /boot partition.
/boot doesn't have an MBR. But if /boot is on the second
disk, /dev/hdb, this won't work.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MORE LILO PROBLEMS
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 20:15:08 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a HP netserver E60 with and Adaptec aic-7895 controler conected
> to a HP 9.1 gig drive. I have tried to install RH 7.0. I get through
> the whole install. Everything looks good. When I reboot after the
> install, I get a list of L L L L L L L's going down my monitor. I know
> that this means that LILO did not run all the way through. My problem
> seems to be with RedHat 7.0, because if I install 6.2, it works
> fine..Any ideas? Also, If I boot from the floppy, I can access my
> server...
>
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> Before you buy.
RH7.0 uses the new lilo. I think the suggestion that something
went wrong with the lilo installation may be correct. Try
booting from a floppy, removing the lilo package and then
reinstalling it from the CD.
One of my colleagues had a lilo problem because during installation
he used both the linear and lba32 options. He didn't have
a 1024 cylinder problem, so the lba32 option wasn't necessary.
He removed one of them, I think it was the lba32 option, reran
lilo, and it worked fine.
If you can't resolve your problems, send us your current
/etc/lilo.conf file. If you are not putting lilo in the
MBR, send us the partition information by running fdisk.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Q: setting default file permission
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:29:20 GMT
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:23:35 -0800, Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hwanjo Yu wrote:
>> How to set users' default file perssions ?
>> For instance, when a user create a file on a SPECIFIC directory, I want its
>> permission flags to be rwxrwxr--(775).
>> How to do this ?
>> Thanks.
>Set your umask:
>$ umask 003
>$ mkdir beep
>$ ls -ld beep
>drwxrwxr-- 2 user user 4096 Nov 2 16:19 beep
>
>(This is mode 774, which you say you want, NOT 775, which would
>be drwxrwxr--x)
Except that will cause those file permissions to be created in _all_
directories, not just the 'specific' one mentioned in the original question.
Personally, I know of no way to do it for just specific directories, unless
you set up a crontab entry for root to do a 'chmod 774 /a/b/c/*' to run
every so often.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: which distribution is best???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:35:14 GMT
In our last episode (Thu, 02 Nov 2000 00:38:35 GMT),
the artist formerly known as Alan Shiers said:
>Thanks Rod. Your input has been most enlightening. I'll not let Corel Linux
>get me down. I'll learn what I can from it and then move on to a different
>distribution.
The "most nearly similar" systems to Corel Linux are:
a) Debian, and
b) Storm Linux.
They both use the same packaging system as Corel Linux, namely Debian's
"apt-get" and "dpkg." There is the substantial merit to this that
apt-get/dpkg provides an _excellent_ way of upgrading packages in a
manner that should keep the system functioning well.
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loyalty and see if he/she should be made a trusted lieutenant, I will
have a crack squad of marksmen standing by in case the answer is no."
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