Linux-Misc Digest #803, Volume #27 Mon, 7 May 01 16:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Shutdown has hung (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: BIND 8.2.2-P5 DoS - Update to 9.1.2 or 8.2.3 ? ("TRY")
Re: simple ownership and permission question ("TRY")
Re: Virtual FTP ("TRY")
Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories?
Problem: KDE Panel Un-Autohide Unresponsiveness ("Christopher R. Carlen")
Re: Can you run 2 different Os systems on one computer (Grant Edwards)
Make prompt blink in KDE (Chad Lemmen)
Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories? ("Garry Knight")
Re: non-color xterm ("Garry Knight")
Re: serial port init(simple) ("Garry Knight")
lilo version 21.7.5 update (John in SD)
database (Ying Hu)
Re: database (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: recycling XF86Config (Antony Uspensky)
Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories? (Floyd Davidson)
Re: news/mail clients (andi)
Re: news/mail clients (andi)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Shutdown has hung
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 17:14:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>While performing a shutdown, the system has hung.
>message reads -
>
>Unmounting NFS file systems smb_trans2_request: result -32, setting invalid
>cannot MOUNTPROG RPC: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: timed out
>mount2: device or driver busy
>[FAILED]
>smb_retry: new PID=6612, generation=3
>nfs: server 192.168.1.254 not responding, still trying.
>
>The server it refers to is no longer connected, so this is obviously
>causing the timeout. What do I do from here? I don't really want to pull
>the plug. Any help greatly appreciated - thanks in advance.
[-]
See whether your umount versions supports the -f(orce) option.
Ta',
Juergen
--
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From: "TRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIND 8.2.2-P5 DoS - Update to 9.1.2 or 8.2.3 ?
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 19:19:57 +0200
Jonathan Kemp wrote ...
>Hi,
>
>We're running BIND 8.2.2-P5 on a RedHat 6.2 PC and since last friday,
>we are getting regular denial-of-service attacks. I've seen on
><http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html> that updating
>could maybe help us.
>
>Now, the question is, should I update to BIND 9.1.2 or BIND 8.2.3 ? I
>know that 9.1.2 has some major changes, so we would need to review our
>config files. Is it worth the effort ? Maybe 8.2.3 would be just OK
>to stop the DoS attacks ?
>
>Thanks for your advices people !
>
>Regards,
>
>Jonathan Kemp
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Depending on how you're going to get the files, you might get into trouble
with the 9.1.2 installation, as the RPM for this version is in the RPM 4
format and RH 6.2 uses the previous format -- and it is not that simple to
upgrade RPM from previous versions to version 4 as the latter is distributed
in (guess what) version 4 format.
I've tried both and 9.1.2 does provide better protection and, unless you've
got a major installation, it is not that difficult to adapt the
configuration files.
But if the main purpose of the upgrade is protection from the BIND worm
(and, to my knowledge, any known attacks on BIND), just stick to version
8.2.3 -- it works well and is a plug in replacement for any previous version
8.x (at least).
In short form, I would advise you to get version 8.2.3 unless you need the
new features of version 9.
/TRY
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From: "TRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: simple ownership and permission question
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 19:32:59 +0200
Kirk R. Wythers wrote ...
>I'm trying to set the permissions in a mounted dos directory (/dose). It
>is owner and group root. I want to allow users to save downloads to a
>subdirectory /dose/tmp.
>
>I tried to chmod (as root). It doesnt have any affect. I also tried
>chown, and chgrp, they both report "Operation not permitted" .
>
>What am I missing here?
>
>thanks,
>
>Kirk
As DOS (i.e. FAT/VFAT) partitions do not hold any user information, they are
collectively set for all files by the mount command. If you do not specify
any options, the owner/group for all files are taken from the process (i.e.
user) that runs the mount command.
The default behaviour can be changed with the following options: uid=UserID
and gid=GroupID, like "mount -t vfat -o uid=100,gid=500 /dev/fd
/mnt/floppy". Observe that uid= and gid= does not take user or group names
(you cannot say uid=root). If you mount through fstab (like "mount
/mnt/floppy"), you can specify the options in the fourth field of
"/etc/fstab".
/TRY
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From: "TRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Virtual FTP
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 19:41:44 +0200
Matt Morton-Allen wrote ...
>Hi,
>I was just wondering if it is possible to setup a virtual FTP server for a
>ANAME. That is I have a ANAME for a machine and want to create an
>independant FTP service for it. Any tips on where to look?
>
>Matt.
Don't flame me, if I'm stupid, but I've never heard of an ANAME, sure you're
not thinking of a DNS alias, a CNAME?
I'll answer from the assumption that you're talking about an alias, so be
warned :-)
The answer is no, you cannot have your FTP server make distinctions based on
the DNS *name* only on the IP-address. The reason for this is that FTP does
not send any information about the *name* it tries to connect to, in
contrast to HTTP. An HTTP request contains the name of the server the
request is for, which makes it possible for the web-server to direct the
request to the right virtual path -- not so for FTP, alas.
I hope this is what you asked about and that the information is enough for
you.
/TRY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 17:50:38 GMT
Jason Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>$ rm -rf foobar
>$ cp -a foo foobar
>$ cp -a bar/* foobar/
>
>But it misses the hidden file. Also, I think the 2nd copy won't preserve
>hardlinks (could be wrong though - don't have immediate access to a 'nix
>box to test this right now).
>
>I think a regular exp is needed to match the contents of the 2nd
>directory without matching . and .., but how?
>
If I understand right, you could do it like this:
mkdir foobar
for i in foo bar; do cd $i; cp -pr . ../foobar; cd ..; done
Or...you could do, based on your attempt above:
rm -rf foobar
cp -a foo foobar
cp -a bar/. foobar
Note I'm not using a wildcard - instead I use '.' to say the directory.
Chris...
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Chris Johnson \ "If not for me then, do it for yourself. If not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ for then do it for the world." -- Stevie Nicks
www.nccnet.co.uk/~sixie/ ~---------------------------------------+
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem: KDE Panel Un-Autohide Unresponsiveness
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 09:52:39 -0700
Hi:
I have KDE 2.0.1 on Suse 7.1. I set the panel to autohide. However,
frequently (about 10% of the time) when I move the mouse pointer to the
bottom edge of the screen, the panel doesn't un-hide.
Any ideas about this or how to fix?
Thanks.
--
_______________________
Christopher R. Carlen
Sr. Laser/Optical Tech.
Sandia National Labs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Can you run 2 different Os systems on one computer
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:05:44 GMT
In article <3af6d4e2$0$41623$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, LP wrote:
>http://askearth.com/go/view_request?request=214&r=7
Yes, you can run two different OSes on one computer.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm definitely not
at in Omaha!
visi.com
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From: Chad Lemmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Make prompt blink in KDE
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:04:12 -0000
I'm using Caldera 2.4 with KDE 2.1.1. When I bring up a terminal window
in KDE the cursor does not blink. It there a way to have it blink like
it does at the console? Also how can I make it an underline instead of a
block.
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories?
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 02:50:47 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "3FE"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:19:52 +0200, Erik Veenstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> insisted:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> > I want--in a single command--to copy a directory ***and all files and
>> > subdirectories within that directory*** to another location.
>>
>> cp -a
>
> cp -R
-a could be better since it includes the -d (don't dereference links) and
-p (preserve permissions) as well as -R (recurse into subdirectories).
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: non-color xterm
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 02:48:48 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Charles Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Every xterm I open (wherther regular xterm, gnome terminal, color xterm)
> in RH 7.0 KDE, displays different colors for different types of files.
> How can I disable this feature, ie, I want only one color for all files.
It's a feature of the ls command, not of the xterm. 'man ls' shows that
you can use 'ls --color=never'. This is best set up as an alias in your
~/.bashrc:
alias ls='ls --color=never'
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial port init(simple)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 02:46:37 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "zaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I use mandrake 8.0 and an external modem. My modem is in irq 4 but it is
> detected in irq 3 by default. So each time i reboot i have to use
> 'setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 4' before i can use my modem. How can i make
> this change permanent so i dont have to re-type it after i reboot?
Put it at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lilo version 21.7.5 update
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:33:49 GMT
LILO release 21.7.5 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21.
Version 21.7.5 is a bugfix release.
Version 21.7 adds support for higher serial line rates.
Version 21.6 is an upgrade for users of the Reiser File System, and adds
new diagnostic capabilities. Internal changes allow booting kernels with
larger real-mode setup codes (2.4.0 and later).
Source code is available for download from:
ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site)
Or from the main distribution site:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo (please use)
See the distribution file 'CHANGES' for details of the differences between
21.7.5 and prior releases.
--John Coffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
LILO version 21.7 (24-Feb-2001) source at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
patches to -2 at ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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From: Ying Hu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: database
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 14:50:44 -0400
Hi,
I need one database for our bioinformatics server on linux. Which free
one is the best?
Thanks for your any suggestions
Ying
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: database
Date: 07 May 2001 21:10:25 +0200
Ying Hu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I need one database for our bioinformatics server on linux. Which free
> one is the best?
> Thanks for your any suggestions
Warning: I have very limited db experience.
Fastest: mysql.
More features: postgresql.
On www.mysql.org they have some comparison among databases if I
rememeber well...
--
Stefano - Hodie Nonis Maiis MMI est
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From: Antony Uspensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: recycling XF86Config
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 23:22:38 +0400
wroot wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if I could just reuse the XF86Config file from RH6.2 on
> FreeBSD, Debian and RH7.1 on the same hardware.
>
Of course, you can (I usually do), but read `man 5 XF86Config` first - a
format of the file is changed somewhere.
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quick question: how to copy files *and* directories?
Date: 07 May 2001 10:31:35 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>
>If I understand right, you could do it like this:
> mkdir foobar
> for i in foo bar; do cd $i; cp -pr . ../foobar; cd ..; done
>
>Or...you could do, based on your attempt above:
> rm -rf foobar
> cp -a foo foobar
> cp -a bar/. foobar
>
>Note I'm not using a wildcard - instead I use '.' to say the directory.
>
>Chris...
Thanks for posting that!
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andi)
Subject: Re: news/mail clients
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 19:46:55 GMT
Well, I spent the afternoon having 'fun' with Pan LOL
The usual business of not having the right version of rpm , and then
going for the source and then being told that I don't have the gnome
libraries installed (which I do but somehow the file isn't where the
configure script wants it.....
Right now the idea of a console based newsreader is looking better and
better!
Thanks for all your help though
andy
On Sun, 06 May 2001 23:54:16 GMT, "kos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "andi"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Mandrake8 installs a proggie named PAN. It's just about the closest one
>I've seen to agent. I can do just about everything that I used to do in
>agent. Give it a try. Downloading binaries is a breeze.
>
>kos
>
>> I'm in the process of a slow migration to linux - but I need
>> recommendations regarding mail and news clients.
>>
>> Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.15-4 KDE desktop
>>
>> On my windows box I am using, and am totally satisfied with Forte Free
>> Agent for news, which newsclient would people suggest for my linux
>> machine. The features of the Forte package I particularly like are the
>> ease of navigation, the automatic expansion of threads, and the fact
>> that I can mark threads for automatic download of message bodies when
>> only downloading headers. Had a go with KNews but having trouble getting
>> it to play as I want :-)
>>
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> "A Single Open Mind,
>> can open any door"
>>
>> Sonia Rutstein
____________________________________
"A Single Open Mind,
can open any door"
Sonia Rutstein
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andi)
Subject: Re: news/mail clients
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 19:47:33 GMT
what is your favourtie console reader?
:-(
On Mon, 7 May 2001 01:53:26 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ivorybones):
>>| Take a look at Pan as a newsreader.
>>|
>>| Find it at http://pan.rebelbase.com.
>>|
>>| As for a mail clint, let me know when
>>| you find a good one. I am using Pronto, which really works quite well,
>>| but does not have much support for html mail.
>
>Slypheed seems to get rave reviews from those that like gui e-mail
>clients.
>
>I agree with Pan as a good gui newsreader. Played a bit with it myself
>b4 I went back to my favourite console reader. <g>
>
>--
>Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764
>Powered by GNU/Linux
>
____________________________________
"A Single Open Mind,
can open any door"
Sonia Rutstein
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