Linux-Misc Digest #273, Volume #26 Thu, 9 Nov 00 13:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Using Samba, smbclient works, but can't mount share via smbmount ("Block Iron &
Supply Co - CIS")
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... (Michael Lauzon)
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... (Michael Lauzon)
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... (Michael Lauzon)
Re: running telnet automatically (Frank da Cruz)
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Best Distro For Newbie.... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Help on Samba --slow (chris)
Re: pump and AT&T Broadband (Leonard Evens)
installing custom kernel on redhat ("Tristan Wibberley")
Re: Questions about qmail ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LSF for Linux
Re: Quake on Linux (Daryl Fonseca-Holt)
Re: mmap() vs. lseek() on /dev/mem (Gary Parnes)
Re: Serial port interface for tty? (Joe Humrickhouse)
Re: eth0 not conn to external modem (Frank Samuelson)
Re: Was: Software RAID (Lee Allen)
emu10k1 working, but no sound (help!) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [finger] wont show .plan nor .project remotely -- why? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: OK, [CENSOR] MOUSE! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fetchmail/sendmail miscue-what? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The purpose of sync ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux/UNIX=Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux SendMail Problem - Internet Email Address Rejected ("JP")
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From: "Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Samba, smbclient works, but can't mount share via smbmount
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:25:07 -0600
Uuuhhhhhh "smbmount \\\\greentree\\c /mnt" is wrong syntax try "smbmount
//greentree/c /mnt" and do a "man smbmount" and "man mount"
"mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> when I try to mount a shared drive from my Win95 system by doing:
>
> smbmount \\\\greentree\\c /mnt
>
> the results are: mount error, no such device, please refer to
> smbmnt(8).
>
> I can use smbclient \\\\greentree\c and look at and copy
> files between system.
>
> I am using Redhat 6.1
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
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From: Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 15:30:05 -0000
Carl,
None of my friend's have Linux, they *all* use M$ Windoze (I do to, but
want to get into Linux).
Michael
XPL Group, Founder
http://www.xplatypus.com/
http://www.egroups.com/group/xpl/
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/xpl/
Carl Fink wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:30:02 -0000 Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >What is the best Linux distro for a newbie to learn on?
>
> The one your friend has.
>
> It sounds flip, but it's true: if you have an urgent question, you
> don't want your guru to give you the Slackware answer when you're
> using Mandrake.
> --
> Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
> <http://dm.net>
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From: Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 15:30:05 -0000
Rod,
I am the type of person who needs GUIs, you have to remember the easiest
way usually happens to be the best way for someone new at something...as
soon as that person gets good at it; that's when they can go the harder
way.
Michael
XPL Group, Founder
http://www.xplatypus.com/
http://www.egroups.com/group/xpl/
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/xpl/
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What is the best Linux distro for a newbie to learn on?
>
> That depends on your intent. If you want to learn Unix-isms without any
> GUI "crutches," Debian and Slackware should both do nicely. You CAN use
> other distributions without their GUIs, but the more GUI-centric the
> distribution is, the more it seems to rely on weird and
> poorly-documented configuration files for storing critical information
> that's normally presented in the GUI tools. This can make it difficult
> to do anything without the GUI.
>
> If you want to use Linux, and aren't particularly concerned with
> learning "the Unix way," there are lots of other options. I've got some
> reviews at http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 15:30:06 -0000
Peter,
I've read the posts from the people on Linux Newbie
(http://www.linuxnewbie.org/) about how they had problems with Slackware,
they all seem to recommend Mandrake to me...and again; I have read all the
problems people have had installing that distro.
Michael
XPL Group, Founder
http://www.xplatypus.com/
http://www.egroups.com/group/xpl/
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/xpl/
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>
>
> Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : What is the best Linux distro for a newbie to learn on?
>
> Slackware. (or possibly monkey linux ...)
>
> Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: running telnet automatically
Date: 9 Nov 2000 15:34:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Neil Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 02:59:30 GMT, Sean wrote:
: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >>
: >> I'm trying to develop a Perl script that connects on a remote host using
: >> telnet, logs in, runs some commands and logs out...
:
: >I have researched the same subject. You cannot directly access the
: >telnet application with a Perl script b/c telnet is a user 'interactive'
: >application. Strange thing is, ftp has built in support for seperate
: >scripts and it seems just as interactive as telnet.
:
: You can access telnet via Expect (Expect.pm, I think) and then log in
: but you would be better off with the telnet.pm listed below.
:
Or C-Kermit, which is a telnet client that:
. Has its own integrated communications-oriented script language.
. Gives you direct access to Telnet protocol controls and negotations.
. Supports secure authentication methods and encryption.
. Can convert character sets on the fly.
. Can transfer files over the Telnet connection.
. Is portable to hundreds of Unix and non-Unix platforms.
. Also can be used on serial connections in case the network is broken.
More info at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
Sample scripts:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html
- Frank
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: 9 Nov 2000 15:34:11 GMT
Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I've read the posts from the people on Linux Newbie=20
: (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/) about how they had problems with Slackware=
,=20
But that's what you want, isn't it? (and no, there are no problems with
slackware - they will be your problems, not the distributions).
:> Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : What is the best Linux distro for a newbie to learn on?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^=A6!!!!!^^
:> Slackware. (or possibly monkey linux ...)
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distro For Newbie....
Date: 9 Nov 2000 15:35:06 GMT
Michael Lauzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am the type of person who needs GUIs, you have to remember the easiest
: way usually happens to be the best way for someone new at something...as
Nope. Absolutely not. Did you never get told about "bad habits"?
: soon as that person gets good at it; that's when they can go the harder
There is no "harder" way. It's what you're used to.
Peter
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:57:02 -0500
From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Help on Samba --slow
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to fix this problem.
I have my samba server set with security = domain, so that our NT4
handles login authentication. My problem is this: Sometimes it takes
10-20 seconds (or more) to negotiate a session. The nics on both
machines ping well. I thought it might be a broadcast thing, so I set
up a WINS server, (same as PDC) and pointed my samba there with "name
resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast" (I also tried wins lmhosts bcast --
no significant dif).
Here is the rest of my smb.conf (minus a couple printers):
encrypt passwords = yes
workgroup = naicsys
wins server = 208.226.104.200
name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast
netbios name=BigRed
security = domain
password server = dell200
printcap name=/etc/printcap
printing = bsd
oplocks = no
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1,208.226.104.
guest account = guest
domain master = no
local master = no
preferred master = no
os level = 0
time server = yes
follow symlinks = no
map to guest = bad user
[accthp8000]
print ok = yes
guest ok = yes
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
printer = accthp8000
[homes]
path=%H/sam
valid users = +%U
force user = %U
force group = %G
write list = +%U
create mask = 770
directory mask = 770
browseable=no
read only = no
[home]
path=/home
browseable =no
admin users = chrisd,kurtk,administrator
write list = chrisd,kurtk,administrator,+home
[naic_tmp]
admin users = chrisd,kurtk,administrator
guest ok=yes
create mask = 777
directory mask = 777
path=/naic_tmp/sam
browseable=yes
read only = no
preexec =echo Connect :%T U.G=%U.%G u.g=%u.%g >> /logs/tmp.log
postexec=echo Disconnect:%T U.G=%U.%G u.g=%u.%g >> /logs/tmp.log
Thanks in advance!
Chris
RH 6.2, samba 2.0.7,ibm netfinity 4500r
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pump and AT&T Broadband
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:37:35 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I a running RH 7.0. I just installed it and was able to get connect
> to the internet, after some work. I then rebooted and now it won't
> connect. I have a 3Comm external modem with little indicators. For
> these indicators I can tell the computer is sending information a
> couple of times. I can see the NIC card go up and down (by the green
> light on the modem).
>
> I learned from a couple of HOWTOs about the -h foobar on the end of
> pump. I added it to the ifcfg-eth0. Any one have any ideas when I am
> doing wrong.
>
> TIA
>
> John Miller
I've had lots of experience with AT&T and a cable modem. What you
describe sounds like pump is having trouble getting an IP address from
the AT&T server. AT&T uses diffferent schemes. In my area they
have been switching from mediaone to @home. The latter
requires that you have a unique identifier for your computer.
Under Windows, this is set with the identification tab under
network. AT&T should have given you the identifier. Under
Linux, you have to set the variable DHCP_HOSTNAME=xxx where
xxx is the identifier. This is done in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.
I am presently under mediaone, and I am supposed to be switched
at some time to @home. I regularly had problems getting an
IP address. I wrote a shell script which stopped and started
the network until it got a connection but it sometimes could
take a while. I also had problems under Windows. But after
I put in the DHCP_HOSTNAME variable, I've not had any trouble.
Now my subnet is .home.com.
I am running RH6.2, but I have a friend who is running RH7.0 and
he has got his cable modem to work under Linux.
Of course there are the standard issues. You need to have
the right module for your nic. This is set by a statement
of the form
alias eth0 xxx
where xxx.o is the name of the appropriate module. You also have
to set up your network so it uses dhcp rather than a static
IP address.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Tristan Wibberley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing custom kernel on redhat
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:27:25 -0000
Hi all,
Debian has an easy way to build a deb of your custom kernel ready for
installation, does Redhat Linux have similar/what are the apropriate
commands for creating and rpm of a kernel on redhat?
Thx for any help
--
Tristan Wibberley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Questions about qmail
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 16:07:48 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My qmail (v 1.03) is installed on Slackware4.0, but is probably
applicable.
>
> Look in the ./qmail/man/cat5 or ./qmail/man/man5 directory for the man
page
> qmail-users. It tells you the structure for the 'assign' file which
you make
> with an ascii editor to put into the ./qmail/users directory.
>
> It also tells you that until you run ./qmail/bin/qmail-newu the users
you
> have put into the 'assign' file will not be active, so you run the
program
> and it will create ./qmail/users/cdb which qmail will use for
distributing
> the mail.
>
> Hope this helps a little. ...Edwin
>
> On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:03:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I don't understanding what to do for creating users using qmail (of
> >course after reading FAQ and Man pages).
> >My installation of qmail is based on RPMs on RH6.2.
> >It is mentionned in DOC that /var/qmail/users must contains several
> >files, but in my case there is no things, I dont have elsewhere
> >directory like rc as mentionned in DOC (however in the install I
making:
> >cd /var/qmail/defaultdelivery
> >cp -f mdir rc , no error was mentionned), this is the alone reference
to
> >rc. Note also that file ../users/assign does not exist, this is also
the
> >case for smtproutes file.
> >In /var/qmail/control I creating files: defaultdomain, defaulthost,
> >locals, me, rcphosts and configured them as mentionned in the DOC.
> >- Test delivring morks fine for external addresses, but not when I
send
> >to myself the same message (echo to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...).
> >In my /Maildir/new, I can read the error: Sorry can not find any host
> >named mydomaine.mydomaine.com. (#5.1.2).
> >- Test for receiving:
> >telnet 127.0.0.1 25
> >220 mymachine.mydomaine ESTMP
> >then I tape: HELLO myname and press Return, but I got the error
message:
> >502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)
> >
> >Who can helps me to fixe this?
> >Escuse me in advance this is my first exp�rience with mail servers!!
> >
> >Thanks
> >
Thanks for helps.
I want only to ask you:
- is assign is a simple file or directory?
- How I can use MUA as netscape to get and sent messages.
Thanks
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LSF for Linux
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 16:30:03 -0000
Hi,
LSF already works on Linux, see our Web site www.platform.com; more
specifically here's details on our Linux support from our Readme file:
****************
x86 systems running Linux Kernel 2.2.x and compiled with glibc
2.1.x
Tested on the following systems:
RedHat Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.4
OpenLinux 2.4
TurboLinux 6.0.4
Debian Linux 2.2
Compaq Alpha/AXP systems running RedHat Linux Release 6.1 Kernel
2.2.13- 0.9smp. Compiled with /lib/libc-2.1.2.so.
Sun SPARC systems running Linux Kernel 2.2.x and compiled with
glibc 2.1.x
x86 systems running Red Hat Linux release 6.0 Kernel 2.2.5 with
/lib/libc-2.1.1.so. Transarc AFS version 3.5
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Regards,
jrmn wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is anyone aware of software providing load share facilities (LSF) for
> Linux, and possibly HP-UX, etc.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daryl Fonseca-Holt)
Subject: Re: Quake on Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:28:05 -0600
See http://www.lokigames.com/products/quake3/, read the requirements, and
pick the Download Demo button.
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:03:51 GMT, inon21 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Please help!
>
>Where can I get Quake game for Linux? Thanks.
>
>
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From: Gary Parnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: mmap() vs. lseek() on /dev/mem
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:37:00 -0600
Spam Me Not wrote:
> It doesn't work because /dev/mem explicitly disallows it:
> from /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/mem.c:
>
> static ssize_t read_mem(struct file * file, char * buf,
> 99 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> 100 {
> 101 unsigned long p = *ppos;
> 102 unsigned long end_mem;
> 103 ssize_t read;
> 104
> 105 end_mem = __pa(high_memory);
> 106 if (p >= end_mem)
> 107 return 0;
> [snip]
> This means that you can't read any values with physical addresses higher
> than the largest physical
> regular RAM address in the system. Most if not all bus addresses usually
> are mapped above
> the end of physical RAM in the system in most bus architectures, including
> PCI.
>
> You could write your own "/dev/mem"-like device that doesn't have this line
> in it and it should probably
> work fine. You may have to be careful about issuing memory barriers for
> your device driver to work
> correctly, depending on your particular CPU, chipset, and, device
> characteristics.
Mmmmmm, when I remove the range check, copy_to_user() chokes, and I get an
EFAULT.
I guess there are subtleties of the Linux MMU that are going over my head. In
any case, thanks for the pointer. It was worth a shot...
--Gary Parnes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Humrickhouse)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Serial port interface for tty?
Date: 9 Nov 2000 17:00:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:17:36 GMT, Neil Cherry
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8 Nov 2000 23:56:27 GMT, Joe Humrickhouse wrote:
> >On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 23:14:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I need to connect to a "craft port", which is a com port used for
> >> console access to an embedded system. On windows, I would use something
> >> like HyperTerm, selecting com2 instead of a dialup. What is the unix
> >> equivalent? I am using Mandrake Linux 7.1.
> >
> >Sounds like you want to set up a way to login over a serial port.
> >Here is a a link to a page that tells you want you need to do:
> >http://www.computerbits.com/archive/20001000/linux0010.htm
>
> No, it sounds more like he is trying to get to a device connected to a
> serial port on Linux. For that he should try something like 'minicom'.
Yes, you are right. I did not read closely enough and now I remember
that HyperTerm was a program that I once used to connect to my BBSes.
Thank you for the correction.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.itlabs.umn.edu/~humr0002
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From: Frank Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth0 not conn to external modem
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:29:20 -0700
> with the IRQ. Now correct me if I am wrong but should not the light
> on the back of the card turn on when the card is brought up. If so,
> why is it not coming on. Even when it is connected to my external
> cable modem it doesn't turn on.
>
The little light on my network card is off only when it is not
plugged into my switch (or whatever other device I'm plugging it into)
It's even on when the computer
is "off." Are you sure you've got a good hardware connection?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Was: Software RAID
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:50:12 GMT
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:40:40 +0100, "U. Siegel"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Seems to be that there are several people having experience with
>software RAID.
>So, let's be a bit more detailed.
>Since one week i'm trying hard to get RAID5 to work.
>The System is a netfinity server with 2 Pentium III/933MHz, 2GB RAM and
>5 SCSI hd's. On 4 disk i created identicall partitions, each about 8GB.
>The first three shall be for working and the fourth as spare.
>Creating the array wasn't a problem, also the mke2fs completed w/o
>errors. But when i try to copy some data to the array the system
>crashes. All i get are EXT2fs errors in block allocation. This happens
>under kernel 2.2.17, 2.2.17, 2.3.40, 2.4.0-test9 and 2.4.0-test10.
>Always the same errors.
>Is there a trick about ext2fs?? I upgraded to the newest ext2fs-tools,
>but no change :..-((
>Can anybody help me?
>
How about posting your /etc/raidtab and /proc/mdstat files,
ideally after mkraid.
-Lee Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,creative.products.sound_blaster.live,creative.linux
Subject: emu10k1 working, but no sound (help!)
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:52:10 GMT
Hi,
I'm running Redhat7.0, and I'm trying to get Creative Sound Blaster
Live! to work. Using manual kernel module manipulations (lsmod, rmmod,
depmod -a, modprobe) I can get the drivers to load and "work" fine
except for one "little" thing: the actual sound isn't coming out of the
speakers. For the record: it works under Windows. Under linux, the
system beep works too.
When I had Redhat6.2 on this machine, I tried getting the latest emu10k1
driver, even recompiling the kernel as advised - to the same effect.
Is it possible that the driver sends the sound to the wrong device / IRQ
or something? It doesn't give any error messages.
Thanks in advance!
Wroot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [finger] wont show .plan nor .project remotely -- why?
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:53:21 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] did eloquently scribble:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Bacalle) writes:
>> This is weird, I notice that when I perform a finger locally I get a
>> different result then when I do it from a remote machine. Locally I can
>> see my .plan and .project files, from outside these are not shown, no
>> matter what options I use.
>>
>> I was going to include my GnuPG key via .plan, but as things are no one
>> will see it on the Net. *harrumph!*
> ..
>> So, why do they show up locally, but, not remotely?
> You may remember a bit of ancient history surrounding the "Morris
> Internet Worm" back in the 1980s.
> That "worm" was propagated by a common security hole in finger [one of
> the classic "buffer overflow" issues] that allowed pushing code onto
> the server.
> At the time, many, many Unix hosts decided to stop accepting "finger"
> requests from outside their subnet. This has since loosely codified
> itself into the "Unix Services You Should Secure Against Outside
> Access."
But besides that, I think I know the reason why .plan and .project aren't
showing up while the finger request is being processed...
1> Check the permissions on your .plan and .project files. Are they world
readable? (chmod 644 .plan to make it so)
2> If that doesn't work, your home directory also needs to be world readable
for finger to work with .plan files. (You can create a mure secure directory
within it for things you don't want other users to read).
try
cd;chmod 755 .
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OK, [CENSOR] MOUSE!
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:48:47 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] did eloquently scribble:
> Shan J. Gill wrote:
>>
>>
>> For background:
>> How is your mouse cursor config'd in the XF86Config file - hardware or
>> software?
>>
> uh.huh?
> what or where is xfe8config? sorry, i m alittle new to linux, A TOTAL
> DUMBASS! (no flaming please, my first post in a linux group anyway)
/etc/XF86Config
(Note: This *IS* case dependent)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fetchmail/sendmail miscue-what?
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:58:34 +0000
nuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> This is usually what happens when I don't have sendmail running. If it isn't
> running, obviously fetchmail can't connect to it to deliver the messages. If
> you are running RH, try /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stat, and if it isn't
> running, use the same command, but used start instead of stat. I'd recommend
> getting install-sendmail, a perl script which sets up fetchmail and sendmail
> pretty painlessly.
Another thing I found recently that caused that problem is sendmail refusing
connection because the /var partition is full.
Sendmail even changes its name in ps to reflect this.
type
ps ax | grep sendmail
It comes up with "sendmail refusing connections. No space left on device."
Or something similar.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The purpose of sync
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:04:25 +0000
mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Hi,
> What does it mean to sync a filesystem? What is the purpose of
> sync?
Linux buffers file access to RAM. sync forces all these buffers to be
flushed back to disk.
This is done when the system is shutdown to prevent filesystem corruption,
and should ALWAYS be done before an emergency shutdown using the magic sysrq
key.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux/UNIX=Windows
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:17:02 +0000
Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> I dunno, Netscape for linux can bring the machine to a halt that can only
> be solved by the power switch. I'm not bashing Linux, just being realistic.
Nope... All that does is freeze X, not the linux kernel.
The magic sysreq key or telnetting in from another machine and killing
netscape will deal with that problem.
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From: "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,aus.computers.linux,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux SendMail Problem - Internet Email Address Rejected
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:08:20 -0500
We are running Linux Slackware with SendMail installed. Both internal and
external email has been running well.
Lately, we have another site connected to us and share our mail server.
They can send and receive internal email without problem. But for Internet
mail, they can only receive. Whatever messages they send to the Internet,
they will get the following error message:
The message could not be sent because one of
the recepients is rejected by the server. The
rejected email address was [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone shed some lights on it please?
Thanks.
Joe
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