Linux-Misc Digest #230, Volume #26 Sat, 4 Nov 00 21:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Video Driver ("donoli")
Re: KDE boycotting RedHat? (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: FTP problem (ipchains?) (Mark Post)
Re: localtime & zoneinfo (Juergen Heinzl)
Commands ("Eirik Br�then")
Re: Just getting into linux (Garry Knight)
Re: PAN Newsreader Questions/Discussion! (Garry Knight)
Re: free internet for linux in the US. (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (fciii)
usb printer ("Paulie")
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help (Hartmann Schaffer)
e-conf doesn't work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pcmcia: delay eth0 initialization (defkon)
Re: pcmcia: delay eth0 initialization (S Bond)
Netware-like file system rights on Linux (Zip)
Telnet/useradd question ("jdn")
Re: Just getting into linux (Christopher Browne)
Re: Commands (dan)
Glitch when reading man pages (Leonard Evens)
Re: Telnet/useradd question (dan)
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From: "donoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x.video
Subject: Re: Video Driver
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 23:50:36 GMT
K wrote in message ...
>Has anyone got a clue on how to make a generic AGP video card with an
>SIS6326 chip. It's not a new card. The closest I can get is getting
xwindows
>up to what is a blank screen, usually blue or green, and sometimes with a
>vertical line from top to bottom for the mouse.
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
##################
Are you using the correct server?
According to: http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
you need
SiS 6326 ......... XF86_SVGA
donoli.
##################
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Subject: Re: KDE boycotting RedHat?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:08:18 GMT
Kevin Mooneyham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Larry Autry wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Hurst) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > >Anybody know why the KDE packagers are boycotting RH 6.x users? It's the
> > >third day of KDE2 release now, and there are only a paltry few SRPMs on
> > >all ftp sites.
> > >
> > >Ed
> > >
> > This link for RH 6.2 was in the KDE2 announcement page:
> > http://master.kde.org/~bero/rc2/rh6.2/i386/
> >
> > If you missed the announcement page, here it is:
> > http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-2.0-RC2.html
> >
> > Larry Autry
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Isn't that a pre-release version?
The packaging of KDE for most Linux distributions are done by people
associated with that distribution. This includes Red Hat. The ones in
the 'bero' directory above are probably done by someone at Red Hat
(Bernhard Rosenkranzer) so it can't be that KDE is boycotting Red Hat.
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: FTP problem (ipchains?)
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:10:09 GMT
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 23:38:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin
Humphries) wrote:
>An acquaintance set up ipchains firewalling on our office server, and
>went much too fast for me to understand what he was doing.
Next time tell him to slow down, and make him explain what he's doing. Or
get someone to help you that will. With friends like that....
>Now, whenever I try to connect to an FTP server, I get a "PORT"
>command error, and my guess is that the server firewall is set to
>reject any FTP access. That's OK for external access (ie, outside
>users getting access to any of our files in house, or using security
>holes in FTP to crack into our system) but we need FTP access from
>inside the office (both up- and down-loading).
>Am I right in suspecting the ipchains setup?
You may not be right, but it is certainly a reasonable working theory :)
What shows up in your system logs around this time? Check
/var/log/messages.
>How do I edit this to allow FTP access (both in terms of what do I
>edit and how do I edit it, and what di I change and what do I change
>it to)?
We'll need more information before we can get too specific. We'll probably
need to see the script that gets run to establish the firewall rules. It's
possible that he set up IP Masquerading (also known as Network Address
Translation, or NAT) for you, in which case you may only need to load the
ip_masq_ftp module to get what you want. Knowing what is in your system
logs, and seeing the script will help us determine that.
>Am I going to create any security problems by making these changes? If
>so, how do I get both reasonable security (recognising there's no
>complete security except permmanent disconnection) AND FTP access?
You should be able to connect to someone else's FTP server with no real
security implications. Running your own server, is a different matter,
requiring considerably more care and maintenance to keep up with newly-found
vulnerabilities.
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] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: localtime & zoneinfo
Date: 5 Nov 2000 00:13:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Post wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:48:45 -0500, Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I was curious how the /etc/localtime file interacted with the TZ
>>environment variable. "man 5 localtime" and "man zoneinfo" didn't
>>work. Where is this stuff documented?
>
>Wayne,
>
>As far as I can tell, there is _no_ interaction. On my Slackware system TZ
>doesn't even get set.
[-]
Try setting it --
file /etc/localtime
/etc/localtime: symbolic link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET
export TZ=
Sun Nov 5 00:55:27 MET 2000
export TZ=GMT+0
Sat Nov 4 23:55:59 GMT 2000
Ta',
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: "Eirik Br�then" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Commands
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 01:12:05 +0100
Im new to Linux, and need to learn som basics. Does anyone know a *good* web
page with basic commands and a "intro" to how Linux works?
Eirik
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Just getting into linux
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:37:03 +0000
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi there,
>
> I am still new at linux. I am using outlook express for all my emails.
>I was wondering if there is any way to read them if I change to linux?
>Regular email clients are in *.mbx if I am not mistaken and outlook
>express has *.dbx
Regular e-mails in Linux/Unix are in MBOX format, not .mbx, and the names of
the files don't usually end in .mbx either.
Have a look on Freshmeat (http://freshmeat.org) for a program to convert OE
mail folders into MBOX format.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PAN Newsreader Questions/Discussion!
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:40:43 +0000
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, Jan Schaumann wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Now I click on the first article, read it then I press delete, the next
>> article header is selected BUT the message body doesn't appear until I
>> click on the subject.
>>
>> Is there a way around this, such that as soon as the message subject is
>> selected the body is displayed. And also, maybe associated with it,
>> when I Flag each individual header that it increments to the next
>> automatically.
>
>What version do you use? I'm not sure, but I *think* that 0.9.1 does have
>single-click-preview enabled - that is, when you select a message you
>autmoatically download the body. There is the shortcut "n" (which does
>this) and tehre is "shift+n", which only selects the next article-header
>without downloading the body.
>In previous versions this was the other way around, but people complained
>that they would primarily use the option that downloads the body as well,
>so it was swapped (got me?).
I'm using 0.9.1 and Shift+N goes to the next header and downloads the body (or
views the cached body if it was downloaded for offline reading). The N key on
its own just jumps to the next header. Also, the B key jumps to the next cached
body but doesn't display it. The V key displays the body of the article under
the cursor.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: free internet for linux in the US.
Date: 5 Nov 2000 00:48:06 GMT
Database ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ I was wondering if there were any providers for free internet for linux in
[ the US.
somebody gave me this url: freedomlist.com. It seems that for linux users
you're SOL if you're not in NY, Utah, Puerto Rico, Wisconsin, or the
Pacific Northwest.
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: fciii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 00:54:13 -0800
so give up
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Michael Westerman wrote:
> follow any one method.
>
> purists prob follow source rpms or in kernal
>
> me i install binarys. (pre compiled ready to run files.)
>
> go with install individual drivers.
>
> many drivers because...
>
> 1 for card
> 1 for what ever network type you want and so on.
>
> you think windows installs just one driver . no
>
> the model is layered osi or tcp.
>
> so many drivers.
>
> no driver does it all.
>
>
>
> Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:PO2K5.11479$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > LinkSys betrayed us!
> > I bought a LinkSys LNE100TX ethernet card because it had the box label
> > "Linux Tested".
> > It came with a driver floppy disk, but it had no driver for Linux. The
> > floppy disk had instructions for installing an old copy of tulip onto
> RedHat
> > 5.0, which used kernel 2.0; I have RedHat 7.0 w/ kernel 2.2.16. I have
> one
> > of the later versions of LinkSys LNE100TX, version 4.1, and this needs the
> > latest tulip driver.
> > LinkSys should have given us a working binary files with detailed
> > step-by-step installation instructions. LinkSys wants us to *download*
> the
> > necessary files/drivers, but without the drivers, I can't get on the
> > internet to download them. The old catch 22; without experience, can't
> get
> > a job, but without a job, can't get experience.
> >
> > I went to the tulip web site http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html ,
> but
> > the instructions there were so poor and ambiguous that an average user
> could
> > never follow. The web site leaves you wondering if there are multiple
> ways
> > of installing the driver, or one way, but different steps.
> > Do I do either "Using the Source RPM Package" or "Installing the
> Individual
> > Drivers", or do I do both? What does it mean to install "individual"
> > drivers? I have *one* card, which needs *one* driver! What do you mean
> by
> > individual?!
> > There's also the section, "Building updated drivers into the kernel". Do
> I
> > do this in addition to the above instrucitons, or is this something
> > separate?!
> > I went to the web site http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html , but this
> > web site also has poor instructions, and refers you to somewhere else to
> > learn how to install modules.
> >
> > Linux has a long way to go before it can become a common platform, if at
> > all. Linux is for hobbiest who have time to tinker with their computers.
> > There are no simple ways to click-and-drag to get things working.
> > Everything is a struggle; you have to learn something new for every petty
> > task. Imagine if you had to know how the car's engine transferred power
> via
> > the transmission system before you can drive your car,... Few of us know
> > how a calculator works, and we take it for granted and use it as a
> fuctional
> > tool. That's what a computer should be; a functional tool to increase
> > productivity. Too much time/effort is required to use Linux. However,
> > Win2K is just as stable, but easy and user-friendly. How much is my time
> > worth? How much is Win2K? Win2K starts to seem pretty attractive,...
> >
> > -----
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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From: "Paulie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: usb printer
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:03:17 -0500
How do I get my Deskjet 970cse to work using usb?
Thanks for the help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: 4 Nov 2000 14:09:20 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear sir
>
>I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
>know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
>lot
.deb files are simple archives, i.e. you can unpack them with 'ar x'
(best do it in an empty directory, so that you don't have to search
the pieces afterwards)
there also is an 'alien' utility that lets you convert between
different package formats.
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: e-conf doesn't work
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 03:02:53 +0200
Hi!
When i try to start e-conf, it doesn't start and the following error
occures:
Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
serial 96 error_code 3 request_code 2 minor_code 0
Has someone had this problem? What could be a solution to it?
Thanks!
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From: defkon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: pcmcia: delay eth0 initialization
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 01:31:23 GMT
Hi,
When I do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart on my laptop I get the
following message:
"Bringing up interface eth0: Delaying eth0 initialization. [FAILED]"
********************************************************************
This is an Ovislink 10/100 MBits Ethernet pcmcia card which is detected
and configured properly at boot time. System is a GNU/Linux Mandrake 7.1
on kernel 2.2.15.
Its socket driver is i82365.
When card is inserted, it is identified correctly and it beeps.
Dmesg command replies this:
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.14
kernel build: 2.2.15-4mdk #1 Wed May 10 15:31:30 CEST 2000
options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfe840
00:0a.0 -> irq 10
Intel PCIC probe:
O2Micro OZ6812 rev 05 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0a, mem 0x68000000
host opts [0]: [pci/way] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34]
ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,12 PCI status changes
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xcf8-0xcff
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address
Cat /proc/devices command replies this:
254 pcmcia
Cardctl config command says this:
Socket 0:
Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 0.0V Vpp2 0.0V
Cardctl ident says this:
Socket 0:
product info: "PCMCIA", "FastEthernet", "V", "1.0"
manfid: 0x021b, 0x0202
function: 6 (network)
Cardctl status command replies:
Socket 0:
5V 16-bit PC Card
function 0: [busy], [wp]
Lsmod replies:
Module Size Used by
pcnet_cs 9096 0 (unused)
8390 6204 0 [pcnet_cs]
usb-uhci 26660 0 (unused)
autofs 9604 1 (autoclean)
ds 6412 1 [pcnet_cs]
i82365 22808 1
pcmcia_core 45408 0 [pcnet_cs ds i82365]
maestro 30924 0
soundcore 3748 2 [maestro]
keybdev 1832 0 (unused)
usbkbd 2292 0 (unused)
input 2880 0 [keybdev usbkbd]
usb-storage 10120 0 (unused)
usbcore 27236 0 [usb-uhci usbkbd usb-storage]
supermount 15112 2 (autoclean)
My cat /proc/interrupts goes like this:
CPU0
0: 501592 XT-PIC timer
1: 10158 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
10: 8 XT-PIC ESS Maestro 2, i82365
11: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
12: 130468 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 12107 XT-PIC ide0
15: 3 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
Any hint at what may I be doing wrong? Thank you very much!
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From: S Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: pcmcia: delay eth0 initialization
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 17:39:19 -0800
Cross Posting to 5 newsgroups is bad form. I have no idea if anyone has
answered
your question in these other groups. I could go and read these other
groups, but why?
The general technique for pcmcia network cards to to set ONBOOT=no in
/etc/sysconfig/network or is it
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.
You want the networking to start when you start pcmcia, not just when
you boot the computer.
What happens when you do /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart ?
-S
defkon wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart on my laptop I get the
> following message:
>
> "Bringing up interface eth0: Delaying eth0 initialization. [FAILED]"
> ********************************************************************
>
> This is an Ovislink 10/100 MBits Ethernet pcmcia card which is detected
> and configured properly at boot time. System is a GNU/Linux Mandrake 7.1
> on kernel 2.2.15.
>
> Its socket driver is i82365.
>
> When card is inserted, it is identified correctly and it beeps.
>
> Dmesg command replies this:
>
> Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.14
> kernel build: 2.2.15-4mdk #1 Wed May 10 15:31:30 CEST 2000
> options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
> PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfe840
> 00:0a.0 -> irq 10
> Intel PCIC probe:
> O2Micro OZ6812 rev 05 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0a, mem 0x68000000
> host opts [0]: [pci/way] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34]
> ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,12 PCI status changes
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xcf8-0xcff
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
> pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address
>
> Cat /proc/devices command replies this:
> 254 pcmcia
>
> Cardctl config command says this:
> Socket 0:
> Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 0.0V Vpp2 0.0V
>
> Cardctl ident says this:
> Socket 0:
> product info: "PCMCIA", "FastEthernet", "V", "1.0"
> manfid: 0x021b, 0x0202
> function: 6 (network)
>
> Cardctl status command replies:
> Socket 0:
> 5V 16-bit PC Card
> function 0: [busy], [wp]
>
> Lsmod replies:
>
> Module Size Used by
> pcnet_cs 9096 0 (unused)
> 8390 6204 0 [pcnet_cs]
> usb-uhci 26660 0 (unused)
> autofs 9604 1 (autoclean)
> ds 6412 1 [pcnet_cs]
> i82365 22808 1
> pcmcia_core 45408 0 [pcnet_cs ds i82365]
> maestro 30924 0
> soundcore 3748 2 [maestro]
> keybdev 1832 0 (unused)
> usbkbd 2292 0 (unused)
> input 2880 0 [keybdev usbkbd]
> usb-storage 10120 0 (unused)
> usbcore 27236 0 [usb-uhci usbkbd usb-storage]
> supermount 15112 2 (autoclean)
>
> My cat /proc/interrupts goes like this:
> CPU0
> 0: 501592 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 10158 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
> 10: 8 XT-PIC ESS Maestro 2, i82365
> 11: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
> 12: 130468 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 12107 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 3 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
>
> Any hint at what may I be doing wrong? Thank you very much!
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From: Zip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netware-like file system rights on Linux
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 01:40:55 GMT
I come from the Netware camp and am interested in moving over to SAMBA on
Linux. In Netware, when rights are granted on a directory, those rights flow
down the file system until they are masked by a lower level directory, but
only the rights that are masked are restricted below that level, and any other
rights continue to flow down the file structure.
My question is, can this functionality be emulated in SAMBA? Currently we have
about 5 drive letters mapped when we log into Netware. Will we have to map
more drive letters with SAMBA, or can we convert to use \\system\share?
Zip
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From: "jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Telnet/useradd question
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 01:42:36 GMT
Trying to setup to be able to telnet into my RedHat 6.1.
I have two accounts that already exist, root and another. Authentication
fails if I try to telnet in as root (according to /var/log/messages), works
with other account.
>From CLI, I type:
'useradd test'
but cannot telnet in using that account, saying authentication fails, and
cannot log in using that account either.
How do I get root access to telnet, and how do I create an account using
useradd so that I can login and access telnet using that account?
Thanks.
jdn
kingcrim at earthlink dot net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Just getting into linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 01:43:41 GMT
In our last episode (Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:37:03 +0000),
the artist formerly known as Garry Knight said:
>On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Hi there,
>> I am still new at linux. I am using outlook express for all my emails.
>>I was wondering if there is any way to read them if I change to linux?
>>Regular email clients are in *.mbx if I am not mistaken and outlook
>>express has *.dbx
>
>Regular e-mails in Linux/Unix are in MBOX format, not .mbx, and the names of
>the files don't usually end in .mbx either.
Contrary to popular belief, the "mbox" format represents the convention
of using the behaviour of Sendmail, and does not represent a normative
standard in any way.
I've been using the MH "spool" format since before Linux was around; it
has at least as defensible position as being a "standard" as does "mbox."
[Throw in a couple of counter files and it looks like a news spool :-).]
Maildir is arguably the _best_ mail "folder" format, albeit being one
that is not _spectacularly_ widely supported.
At any rate, the most likely way to successfully move data out of the
_dramatically_ closed Microsoft formats is to forward the messages and
let Outlook Express "do the translation" by virtue of it submitting the
messages to an SMTP gateway that forwards it to the Linux box.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/mail.html>
Multics Emacs: a lifetime of convenience, a moment of regret.
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Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:55:38 -0500
From: dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Commands
Eirik,
Everyone was once a beginner in any Unix variance systems, from personal
experience, I suggest you buy a book on Linux. The reason being, is because
hard-copy is hell a lot more convient then browsing through the net, even if
you have high speed connection. Also, when you buy a book, try not to buy one
of those "for dummies," because you'll find yourself completing the book, and
not feel like you know the essentials. The most important thing about Linux
and any Unix variance is being able to manipulate yourself on the command
prompt with a shell of your choice (which is the "essential" of Linux), for
this reason I recommend you O'Reilly's, Linux In a Nutshell (3rd edition), this
is an superb book that explains and simplifies what you read on the 'man'
pages.
Once, you master your way around the command prompt, then you should try to
conquer X windows (the graphical user interface, that lets you browse the net,
do graphics, multimedia, etc). The O'Reilly book also has some pages on X, so
be sure to check it out.
Dan
"Eirik Br�then" wrote:
> Im new to Linux, and need to learn som basics. Does anyone know a *good* web
> page with basic commands and a "intro" to how Linux works?
>
> Eirik
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Glitch when reading man pages
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 19:45:34 -0600
When I use the man command after logging into a remote computer
with ssh, I find my man pages have <Ad> in reveerse video at
the ends of some lines. (Man is being run on the remote
computer/) A while back someone explained what caused this
and how to get rid of it. Can anyone remind me?
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 21:09:13 -0500
From: dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet/useradd question
JDN,
For most Linux distributions, you cannot telnet into a machine as root,
because of security issues, what you can do, is telnet in as another user and
'su'
as far as you not being able to telnet into your machine as other users, maybe
the user account is not setup properly, if your not too familiar with commands
on the terminal to add users, then try "linuxconf," which should be included
in redhat 6.1 (if not installed, install it using rpm)
Dan
jdn wrote:
> Trying to setup to be able to telnet into my RedHat 6.1.
>
> I have two accounts that already exist, root and another. Authentication
> fails if I try to telnet in as root (according to /var/log/messages), works
> with other account.
>
> From CLI, I type:
>
> 'useradd test'
>
> but cannot telnet in using that account, saying authentication fails, and
> cannot log in using that account either.
>
> How do I get root access to telnet, and how do I create an account using
> useradd so that I can login and access telnet using that account?
>
> Thanks.
>
> jdn
> kingcrim at earthlink dot net
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