Linux-Misc Digest #113, Volume #27 Wed, 14 Feb 01 21:13:02 EST
Contents:
Uvfat2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
identd stopped working (Morris Jones)
login not responding ("Mark MacGregor")
Re: DPT SmartRAID VI on BIG server (Marcelo Rodrigues)
Stack size for automatic variables in RedHat Linux (Alan Siggia)
Re: Intruder ("rc")
Newbie question: Printing to Red Hat Server (Edwin Humphries)
Re: Swap Partition Error (JosvK.)
Won't recognize modem (kerridv)
Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter (Chris Webster)
Re: Won't recognize modem (Chris Webster)
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner ("Anthony Purcell")
Making new module-disks for SuSE 7.0 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Paulsberg)
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner ("Jeremia d.")
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (John Hasler)
Re: Simple Question on File Extension (Drew Roedersheimer)
Questions about file suffixes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intruder (Drew Roedersheimer)
Re: netcrap locks me up (Drew Roedersheimer)
NFS drags out ("Rodney D. Myers")
Re: freshmeat's appindex (Marc D. Williams)
Re: mpg123 in Lynx ? (Dave Phillips)
Re: How to get Users to create files with another group as owner?? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Mail Server Newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Uvfat2
Date: 14 Feb 2001 22:24:22 GMT
Uvfat would be very useful to Window 9x users who want to dual boot
Linux & Win9x without reparitioning, Since the orginal uvfat is dead,
and the source is offically gone, uvfat2 would be harder to implement.
However (keeping in mind that I've never seen uvfat's orginal code nor do
I know of how it came to be), I believe (keeping in mind that I'm a newbie
C programmer) that one could modify the umsdos source code to provide the
missing functionality of uvfat. (Uvfat2 WILL NOT be intergrated w/ umsdos,
mereky based heavily apon it.) For version 0.0, replace all the msdos
filesystem calls with the vfat ones. Uvfat2 v0.0 will act just like umsdos.
Uvfat2 0.1 will have enhaced filename handling code. Here's the trick I bet
(keeping in mind that I've never seen uvfat's orginal code) uvfat's orginal
creators never thought of: keep the file names stored in those ---linux--.---
files. Basicly, you just keep the filename in the ---linux--.--- file,
and write the filename with vfat's driver. This brings the problem that
the original creators had: what to do with same case names? Uvfat2 v0.1
will be worse off, but v0.2 will be partly fixed. You see, since names are
still stored in those ---linux--.--- files, you simply test to see if a
filenameon a uvfat2 fs has a filename that differs only by case. If so,
then you just turn it into a umsdos filename, and store that file name in the
--linux--.--- file. Like this:
A okay name:
AB = AB
Bad name: (case diffrence)
ab = ab.}01 (or whatever)
Clever, huh? v0.2 will only partly impement this, ie. ab = ab.}01 not stored.
In other words, v0.2 will have exactly the same problems as the orginal
uvfat/.
Uvfat v0.3 will have this, however, so you can finally get a perfect uvfat
system. There is one more step, however. Vfat can't handle certain characters
that Unix fs's can. Therefore, Uvfat2 v0.4 will have translation from a
filename with bad chars to a umsdos file name. However, like v0.2, it isn't
stored yet in the main file. v0.5 will do this. after that, and lots of
testing, uvfat2 will be ready to become version 1.0, hopefully soon.
Also, as this method can be applied to any umsdos code, 2.0, 2.2, and 2.4
can have this support. (Even though 2.0 has old uvfat, since it can't store
filenames file uvfat2 v0.3 can, uvfat2 will still replace it anyways.) With
my method, I believe Uvfat will live again! I hope that someone decides to
try to start uvfat2 for me, as I lack the techincal skill to do so as of yet.
(But I am learning :) Thank you for your time.
P.S. I know my versioning scheme is dumb. v0.0, v0.1, and v0.2 can be
combined
into one version, then lots more for testing, then v0.4 & v0.5 can be one, and
then more versions due to more testing again. And I know that I skip from v0.5
to v1.0, but since my scheme doesn't need more (improvements upon diffrent
revisions, such as bug crunching for v0.3, will have diffrent increments, ie.
first v0.3 is v0.3.0, next is v0.3.1, and so on. That said, I would also like
to point out that my scheme can be ajusted to fit to your needs. So if you
don't like something that I mentioned here, you don't have to impelement that.
I really don't care about that, since getting a working Uvfat2 is the most
important thing.
P.P.S. I call it Uvfat2 since Uvfat was a failure (lower & upper case didn't
work out), and the code is gone, so Uvfat2 will be remade from scratch. (I
know
I said it would be based on Umsdos, but it's based on scratch since it has
none
of uvfat's orginal code in it.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Morris Jones)
Subject: identd stopped working
Date: 14 Feb 2001 13:56:54 -0800
Has anyone else had the experience of identd stopping to work for
no apparent reason?
It answers the port, but never responds, just hangs until the client
times out.
(Sure identd is silly, but I use a service that likes to see it.)
Mojo
--
Morris Jones <*>
San Rafael, CA
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From: "Mark MacGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: login not responding
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:37:16 -0600
I cannot get into my system. When I try to login at the console, I type my
user name and press enter and the cursor moves to the next line but nothing
happens. When I try to connect via telnet I get the system id, but no
prompt for user name. When I type my user name and press enter, the cursor
moves to the next line but nothing happens.
Has this happened to anybody out there? Essentially, I am locked out of my
system. Is there another way in by doing interactive startup or something
like that? What should I try next to resolve this problem? Thanks in
advance for any help. Could you copy response to my e-mail address?
Thanks.
Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 on an i586
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: DPT SmartRAID VI on BIG server
Date: 14 Feb 2001 22:53:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
In <96e1nn$hfm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Doug Forbush" wrote:
> I put together a linux box at work here, it has the DPT smartRaid VI.. It
> also has 2G of RAM on it.. The install was great, simple kernel patch,
> compile and install.. The RAID works great IF I tell linux that there is
> only 900M RAM.. I'm not sure exactly how high I can go, but at 960M, the
> RAID initialization fails and /dev/sdc is not there..
>
> Any ideas on why this happens and how to get back over a gig of RAM?
>
> doug
>
That is very strange. At what point does initialization fail, as you put it ?
Do you
actually see 'DPT RAIDx' ( where x is the raid number ) on the DPT
banner ( in place of the brand name and model number of the
your SCSI drives ) when you boot the machine ? How did you build the array ?
--
"NeXTMail" OK at this address only.
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From: Alan Siggia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Stack size for automatic variables in RedHat Linux
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:56:46 -0500
The following program gets a Memory Fault (Core Dumped) when it is
run under Redhat 6.2 (and probably other versions too). I assume
that the local variable is simply too large to fit on the stack.
Does anyone know how the maximum stack size is controlled under Linux?
int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
char large[4][1024][2048] ;
large[0][0][0] = 0 ;
}
Thanks
-alan
--
Alan Siggia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SIGMET Incorporated
Tel: (978) 692-9293 x16 2 Park Drive, Unit #1
FAX: (978) 692-9575 Westford, Massachusetts 01886
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From: "rc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intruder
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:59:02 GMT
Linux 6.2
--
Roberto Cerini
CCS, Inc.
"Silviu Minut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What distribution were you running?
>
> rc wrote:
>
> > I had someone FTP intp the system with a userid Jim and then the
messages
> > log file said he su'd to ro0t, not root. How could he do that and what
is
> > ro0t?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Roberto
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Humphries)
Subject: Newbie question: Printing to Red Hat Server
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:26:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a Mandrake 7.2 workstation (experimental at this stage: one
more challenge to meet!)
It's on a network with 2 NT workstations and a Red Hat server, which
is the main print server, running SAMBA (and successfully, for the NT
boxes).
However, whilst I can run Kups and configure the network printer
(using SAMBA or direct) and even print test pages, I can't see it from
within applications. StarOffice cn see it's there, but cn't seem to
print to it - when i try, I get a message in the printer status that
says "ERRDOS - ERRfilexists opening remote file (stdin)"
Can anyone shed a light on this? Have I made a rash assumption that,
like other GUIs, once you configure a printer, the applications should
be able to see it?
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From: JosvK. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Swap Partition Error
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:55:58 +0100
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi
>
> recently, i've been receiving the following error report in
> /var/log/message:
>
> Feb 14 05:10:21 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of
> device]
> Feb 14 05:10:21 kernel: 03:03: rw=0, want=754065968,
> limit=2827440t [IPCP 14 05:10id=0x3 <addr 1kernel: dev 03:03
> blksize=4096 blocknr=-1958967157 sector=1508131928 size=4096 count=1
>
> i'm guessing device 03:03 is /dev/hda3. that's my swap partition (it's
> approx 90MB). when i receive this error, my filesystem usually sustains
> some damage. The last time this happened, linux reported that i had a
> file that was several terabytes long (which is wrong since i've only got
> an 8GB hdd :))), libraries were deleted when i ran fsck and it caused me
> a lot of headaches overall.
>
> I know that my harddrive isn't damaged. i've run badblocks on it several
> times. i've been running linux on this HDD for a while now...and it's
> only recently that these problems have been cropping up. what exactly is
> the problem and how can i fix it???
>
> thanks
> ali
>
--
Check if maybe some forgotten log file is filling up your sestem resources
e.g. ls -lR | sort +4n
(might take some time)
met vriendelijke groet,
Jos K.
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From: kerridv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Won't recognize modem
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:30:06 -0000
Hi
Is there a problem with eMachines and modem set-up in Linux? I just
installed Mandrake Linux on an etower500is, I have a Conexant 56K PCI
modem, but when I try set up the kppp mail it won't recognize any of the
modem choices.
Anyone have an answer? thanks!
kerridv
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.advocacy,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:43:39 -0700
> >Hmmm, still waiting for Win98 to support my USB Jumpshot card reader.
.....
> BTW what does that thing do anyway?
Reads compact flash cards (for digital camera in my case). Mounts just
like a disk, then you can copy files on or off.
--Chris
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From: Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Won't recognize modem
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:44:40 -0700
kerridv wrote:
>
> Hi
> Is there a problem with eMachines and modem set-up in Linux? I just
> installed Mandrake Linux on an etower500is, I have a Conexant 56K PCI
> modem, but when I try set up the kppp mail it won't recognize any of the
> modem choices.
>
> Anyone have an answer? thanks!
Is it a Winmodem? If so, the driver is new, and prbably not in your
distribution.
--Chris
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From: "Anthony Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:56:32 GMT
You can download and install at the same time! Download the net bootdisk and
when it prompts for installation method choose ftp and point it to sunsite
or freesoftware.com. I use this method all the time why waste cds and or
disk space downloading iso's when you can just do it from the net. Im
assuming you have broadband connectivity if you are downloading iso images
:o)
Anthony
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"Richard Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I try to download and install Linux on my computer, but I haven't got a
CD
> > burner.
> > The only download methods I can find on the net is iso-images or all the
> > individual files from FTP, which would take me days to download.
> > So I'm wondering if there's any way to unpack or convert the ISO-images
to
> > individual files without having to burn a CD.
> > Or if anyone know of a site to download SuSE Linux 7 as a ZIP or similar
> > archive file.
> > All help appreciated, and please no answers like "buy a CD burner".
> >
> > Audun
>
> try www.cheapbytes.com and order a cd shipped to you. ONly a few
> dollars plus shipping.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Paulsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Making new module-disks for SuSE 7.0
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:10:19 +0100
Does anyone know what is required to make a modules disk for SuSE,
so I can get the rigth modules for eth0 and/or drives in use under
installation.
I've made my own net-mod.gz images that contain the modules I want for
network,
but they don't show up on the list when I choose LOAD MODULES.
I can trick SuSE to load the modules if I overwrite or use another
modules (file)name,
the module will work but ofcourse the identification will be all wrong.
I think that somewhere a list of the modules must be stored on the
bootdisk,
but I have not located it or found what identifies the list with the
files on the gzip image.
Any help is appriciated :-)
Regards Andr� Paulsberg
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From: "Jeremia d." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:35:14 GMT
He could just download the iso image and mount it like a regular cd.
Anthony Purcell wrote:
> You can download and install at the same time! Download the net bootdisk and
> when it prompts for installation method choose ftp and point it to sunsite
> or freesoftware.com. I use this method all the time why waste cds and or
> disk space downloading iso's when you can just do it from the net. Im
> assuming you have broadband connectivity if you are downloading iso images
> :o)
>
> Anthony
>
> --
> "Richard Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > I try to download and install Linux on my computer, but I haven't got a
> CD
> > > burner.
> > > The only download methods I can find on the net is iso-images or all the
> > > individual files from FTP, which would take me days to download.
> > > So I'm wondering if there's any way to unpack or convert the ISO-images
> to
> > > individual files without having to burn a CD.
> > > Or if anyone know of a site to download SuSE Linux 7 as a ZIP or similar
> > > archive file.
> > > All help appreciated, and please no answers like "buy a CD burner".
> > >
> > > Audun
> >
> > try www.cheapbytes.com and order a cd shipped to you. ONly a few
> > dollars plus shipping.
--
A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:55:16 GMT
Robert Surenko writes:
> It also takes faith to believe the Universe is as appears to the 5
> senses.
I don't.
> Because of this it also takes great faith to not believe ( or believe
> not) in God.
Nonsense.
> Science and logic are a religion.
More nonsense.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: Simple Question on File Extension
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:06:28 GMT
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:14:20 +0100, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My linux is a little rusty. I've come across a linux/unix type file
>> with a .sh extension. That is, the file is called "somefile.sh"
>> Can anyone please tell me what kind of file this is? Is it a script
>> file, a log file, ???
>
>You can tell that yourself by looking inside it!
>
>
>Peter
You can certainly look at the file with your favorite editor/pager.
Another option is to use the 'file' utility. `file <path to file>`
will usually tell you what type of file it is... (assuming the correct
she-bang header for interpreted files). It even recognizes some other
files like Word documents, picture formats, etc...
HTH
-DR
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Questions about file suffixes
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:13:24 GMT
George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> O.K. Thanks. It was a file in a cgi-bin directory.
> If I may ask, what is the usual file extension for an executable
> file? I thought later maybe it was some kind of executable file.
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a "file extension" on
Unix and its derivatives.
The "extension" on other operating systems (MVS, VMS, GCOS, CP/M, and
such all leaping to mind as ancestors from which Microsoft ultimately
copied the concept) is a separate component of the file "name."
And if you look carefully, you will find that there is only a
"filename" component on the children of Unix.
Being pedantic, it would be more correct to call it a "suffix." And
the operating system does between zero and nothing to enforce any
conventions surrounding suffixes.
Certain _applications_ may look at the suffix, and do something based
on the suffix. Make would be a good example of that.
But the part of the kernel that decides how to exec() a program does
precisely _nothing_ about the suffix; it looks at the executable bits
on the file as well, quite possibly, at the "magic number" that it
gets by looking at the first few bytes of the file.
But it is pretty critical to understand that the file suffix has
_nothing_ to do with the way the kernel executes programs.
Applications, on the other hand, can do whatever they want, and often
do. Apache is likely to assume that an ".html" or ".htm" suffix
indicates, well, guess :-). And a suffix of ".shtm" or ".shtml" may
also get interpreted somehow. And a suffix of .pl may be interpreted
one way or another. Or .py, or .pyc, ...
But as soon as you start heading down such roads, you're not asking a
"Linux" question, but are asking about the behaviour of a specific
program, and so need to name the program so that people can respond
usefully.
--
(reverse (concatenate 'string "gro.mca@" "enworbbc"))
http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/rdbms.html
Rules of the Evil Overlord #101. "I will not order my trusted
lieutenant to kill the infant who is destined to overthrow me -- I'll
do it myself." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: Intruder
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:18:42 GMT
Not to be too picky here, but Linux is your operating system. Your
Linux distribution will be something like Debian, RedHat (what I'd assume
you are running), Mandrake, Slackware, and a whole host of others...
And although it's none of my business, I'd assume that you probably
should learn a bit more about Linux before trying to run an FTP
server. Not that this is necessarily the reason that you've been
cracked, but this is the type of thing that gets alot of Linux
newbies in trouble - and many times turns them off to Linux.
-DR
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:59:02 GMT, rc wrote:
>Linux 6.2
>
>--
>Roberto Cerini
>CCS, Inc.
>"Silviu Minut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> What distribution were you running?
>>
>> rc wrote:
>>
>> > I had someone FTP intp the system with a userid Jim and then the
>messages
>> > log file said he su'd to ro0t, not root. How could he do that and what
>is
>> > ro0t?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Roberto
>>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: netcrap locks me up
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:20:46 GMT
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:06:16 -0700, Chris Webster wrote:
>Mladen Gavrilovic wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I have to stick this in every time I see netscape getting
>> bashed...
>>
>> I've had no problems with netscape on a variety of systems (Red Hat 5,
>> 6, 7) and a variety of netscape versions. There is the occasional
>> crash, but certainly nothing more than once every 2 months or so...
>
>Wow, I dream of that few crashes. I have definatly tied it to specific
>sites. There is one I visit that constantly crashes, I have to make
>sure not to move the mouse too fast over the screen on that site, and
>make sure it's completely loaded before moving the mouse at all.
>
>--Chris
I too, dream of that type of stability...and I'll back Chris up on
certain sites crashing the steaming pile. sony.com tanks me every
time...
-DR
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From: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS drags out
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:26:52 -0800
I have a small network, and I have one machine that is exporting it's
home directory..
When I attempt to move/copy/etc files from one machine to another,
they tend to 'stop' until I get on the other machine, and make it look
around, any kind of disk activity.
Any solutions, tips, etc?
Thanks
--
Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Member of Digital Freedom Alliance
Amateur: KG6ANX GMRS: WPOM592
ICQ# : 18002350
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: freshmeat's appindex
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:31:01 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 11 Feb 2001 00:23:05 -0400, * Tong * wrote:
>
> Well, how can I use it?
>
> I tried appindex the window just flashed then appindex was
> finished. Isn't it supposed to show something?
>
> Then I managed to
>
> - download the db to /var/lib/appindex/appindex.db.bz2
> - create a link in my ~/.appindex.db.bz2
> - rebuild from source
>
> But nothing can bring out the browse window... Please help. thanks!
I haven't fetched my news yet but I saw this via Deja/Google
and copied/pasted.
The day after telling you about appindex I hit a major problem.
What's the size of your appindex.db file? Mine is now 14 bytes and useless.
When I ran fetchappindex to get a new database it only took a second
which I knew was wrong. So I went straight to the ftp site and
see that the appindex.db is wrong.
ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/appindex/db/:
Feb 14 06:13 bzip2 LSM.current.bz2 347Kb
Feb 14 06:13 gunzip LSM.current.gz 443Kb
Feb 14 06:13 bzip2 appindex.db.bz2 14 bytes
Feb 14 06:13 gunzip appindex.db.gz 20 bytes
The dates are being updated daily but something isn't working.
I sent email to the author/maintainer but no reply yet.
This really made me upset as now I can no longer use appindex without
a database. I have an older database on another machine but that's
rather outdated in this fast-moving world.
Some other discoveries. I've only used the LSM database once a long
time ago. This time I tried and it failed. The scripts use lynx
to get the files and I wind up with a 1.5MB file with gz extension
that isn't gzipped.
If I change the scripts to use .bz2 then it works correctly.
Why use lynx though so I changed the script files to use wget instead.
Since appindex.db is broken you can at least see how it works with
the LSM database.
Simple fetchlsm script change for wget.
===================
#!/bin/sh
# $Id: fetchlsm,v 0.6 2000/02/26 15:46:57 mhi Exp root $
# This script downloads the LSM.current database from ftp.penguin.cz
# Change this:
BKUP="/var/lib/appindex/old"
URL="ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/appindex/db/LSM.current.gz"
GET="wget -q"
APPDB="-P /var/lib/appindex"
TXT="/var/lib/appindex/LSM.current.gz"
#TMP="/var/lib/appindex/LSM.current.tmp"
if [ ! -d $BKUP ]; then
mkdir -p $BKUP # backup location
fi
if [ -f $TXT ]; then
mv $TXT $BKUP # move orig so wget doesn't create a LSM.current.gz.1, etc.
fi
# stop!
$GET $URL $APPDB
===================
Should've thought of this or backed up my original database before. :-/
Marc
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From: Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mpg123 in Lynx ?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:56:12 -0500
problem resolved by latest mpg123 CVS ...
Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> A simple question:
>
> Has anyone successfully configured the Lynx text-mode Web browser
> with mpg123 in order to hear m3u (Icecast) and pls (Shoutcast) MP3
> playlists ? I'm fine with standalone MP3s, but I get this error with the
> streaming playlist stuff:
>
> High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
> Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
> Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
> THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
> /home/dlphilp/[playlist]: No such file or directory
>
> That's from trying to run a Shoutcast link. Here's what I get from a
> playlist link on mp3.com :
>
> High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
> Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
> Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
> THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
>
>/home/dlphilp/http://downloads.mp3.com/AAIBQujbEQBBMRBtKwGAwARub3JtUCAAAABSDgAAAFE2AAAAUxoAAABUAQAAAEOLrYo6TwUQ3B7MDXE7bBlTYltgeg--/asking_your_forgiveness.mp3:
> No such file or directory
>
> I don't know how, when, or why my $HOME gets prepended to the URL.
> Any suggestions out there ??
>
> Best regards,
>
> == Dave Phillips
>
> The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
> The Linux Soundapps Site at http://sound.condorow.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: How to get Users to create files with another group as owner??
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:33:01 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Smith wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I need to make it so that when a user (member of group A) creates a
>file, the ownership is: user.groupB. I need to make the group owner NOT
>their group, but another one (so a group of semi-admins can access their
>stuff)..
>
>How do I do this???
>
>Thanks!
>
>(I would prefer an email to ds37577!@!appstate!.!edu <remove ! chars>)
Dan,
There is one way that I'm familiar with (not that other ways don't exist)...
If the files under a particular directory are to be of the same group,
you can cause those files to always take on the group of the parent directory
by setting the SUID group bit in the directory. In other words,
chmod g+s directory_name
This might be too narrow a scope to solve your problem...
--
Mark Bratcher
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mail Server Newbie
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:41:43 GMT
Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not a big sendmail fan myself, but it does have one big advantage
> for most Linux users: It comes with most Linux distributions. (A couple
For those running Mandrake:
The postfix rpm that comes with Mandrake 7.0 works fine with Redhat
6.2, I suspect that any Mandrake/Redhat releases of similar vintage
allow this. The compatibility goes both ways.
--
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