Linux-Misc Digest #816, Volume #27 Wed, 9 May 01 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: copy&paste and pine (Eduardo Chappa)
Is it this simple? ("Peet Grobler")
Re: landscape printing (Anthony Campbell)
KDE tutorial for newbies (Matthew Gardiner)
Shared memory with 2.4.4 ("carlos")
Re: Running from a RAM Disk (Ray)
Re: GRUB: How to install to hard disk (without installing Linux) ? (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Do I need /usr/local, /opt, /tmp and /var partitions? (Martin Gregorie)
Re: Is it this simple? (Ron Nicholls)
Redhat 7 Qmail and Vmailmgr account problems ("Linux news")
Re: Cross-platform development tool? (Jari Huovila)
Archiving a NG (wroot)
Re: Is it this simple? ("Peet Grobler")
Multi-session ISO9660 ("Peet Grobler")
Re: Is it this simple? ("Daniel Kenzelmann")
Re: cdrecord doesn't like oggvorbis > WAV ("Daniel Kenzelmann")
Re: Multi-session ISO9660 (Bora Ugurlu)
Leafnode error (Bora Ugurlu)
Thai fonts and Thai keyboard layout under linux/kde2 (Marco Schulze)
VIM: syntax highlighting on Debian 2.2r3 (wroot)
Re: Archiving a NG (Glyndwr)
Re: cdrecord doesn't like oggvorbis > WAV (Dances With Crows)
Shutdown for non root users ("Harald Schneider")
Re: How come... (Jerry Kreps)
Re: Running from a RAM Disk ("Mondrain")
Re: Help required with LILO+LINUX+NT mess (Ping Crosby)
Re: Shutdown for non root users ("Wayne Osborn")
Re: Do I need /usr/local, /opt, /tmp and /var partitions?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SOLVED: Shutdown for non root users ("Harald Schneider")
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From: Eduardo Chappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: copy&paste and pine
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:47:38 -0700
*** Bill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote in comp.os.linux.misc on May 5, 2001:
:) I cannot copy/cut paste in Pine when in rxvt. How do you manage to do
:) this locally ?
Have you tried pressing the shift key at the same time that you try to cut
and paste?
--
Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is it this simple?
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:13:20 +0200
When I need to duplicate a CD.
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/cdrw
Will this work? If not, why not?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Campbell)
Subject: Re: landscape printing
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 07:22:24 GMT
On Tue, 8 May 2001 16:56:33 -0600, Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In HP/UX, I can print a text document landscape with the following
> command:
>>
>> lp -olandscape -dprintername filetoprint
>>
>> Is there an equivalent command in the Linux lpr world?
>
> Since I generally use landscape in conjunction with other fancy
> options, I use mpage to format my output.
>
> steve
In Latex, you can use \usepackage\graphicx and then the environment
\begin{landscape} ... \end{landscape}
Or you can do "dvips -t landscape dvifile.dvi"
If not using Latex, you can use enscript -r
--
Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian (Windows-free zone)
For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical
essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/
"Orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man's doxy."
[William Warburton]
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From: Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: KDE tutorial for newbies
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 19:37:00 +1200
http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/linux-onlinecourse-bytitle/B390A002F1F75BD186256A29005F94ED?Open&l=kde3,t=gr,p=KDE-Tutorial
Covers all the "in's" and "out's" of kde.
Who said Linux was too hard?
Matthew Gardiner
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From: "carlos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shared memory with 2.4.4
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:08:30 +0200
Hey!!!
I�ve RH6.2 with kernel 2.2.16; two day ago, I download last stable kernel,
2.4.4, and I compiled and instaled it, I didn�t have any problem with it,
but I saw that don�t use shared memory. When I did a top, or in
/proc/meminfo the memory shared used was 0, and in that machine I use Sybase
in test status, and Sybase use a lot of shared memory and it seem run ok, I
don�t underdand it, . Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Carlos Garcia.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Running from a RAM Disk
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 08:41:32 -0000
On Tue, 08 May 2001 15:01:36 -0500, Mondrain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for your suggestion - I had not seen them. They don't directly
>address what I am trying to do (I have no server to run bootp from, for
>example). But there is some overlapping where I can get some info in
>Diskless-Root-NFS-HOWTO.
You might also want to something called the Linux Bootable Business Card.
It's a CD based distro created by Linuxcare. I don't have the exact link
handy but I'll bet Google does.
--
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: GRUB: How to install to hard disk (without installing Linux) ?
Date: 9 May 2001 03:51:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>> And, to get to the real point, can I create a small ext2fs partition on the
>> disk, and put the stuff from the floppy there (doing all this from a Linux
>> boot/rescue floppy) - without installing Linux on the machine - and have
>> GRUB find the stuff there and work (w/o the floppy being present) ?
>you can have grub on a fat disk, in \boot\grub
>From memory you point to it using
>root (hd0,0)
>setup (hd0)
Glad to hear it. I'll give it a shot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Gregorie)
Subject: Re: Do I need /usr/local, /opt, /tmp and /var partitions?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 09:00:29 GMT
On Tue, 08 May 2001 21:28:53 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
wrote:
>You might be less happy if you make the wrong determination on the size
>these partitions need to be and have to try to make one larger. The only
>partition that I think it makes sense to have separate is /home. The reason
>for that is so that if you have to do a reinstall, you have all your files
>in a separate partition and won't overwrite them. It is hard to figure out
>how big to make these partitions, because you don't know what will be going
>on them. I say make swap, /home and the rest goes on a big /.
>
I agree with that approach.
I accepted the RH 6.2 default partition assignments (easy Linux newbie
decision) except that I made /usr/local a link to /home/local (not a
user, just a directory) so that, if I just back up /home I *know* that
I have got all locally developed stuff.
The rest of the system only needs backing up after a configuration
change or an upgrade.
--
gregorie | Martin Gregorie
@logica | Logica Ltd
com | +44 020 76379111
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Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 19:05:27 +1000
From: Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it this simple?
Peet Grobler wrote:
>
> When I need to duplicate a CD.
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/cdrw
>
> Will this work? If not, why not?
Forfeit a disk and try it and then tell
us - I'd be curious to know.
--
-
-
- Regards RonN
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From: "Linux news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7 Qmail and Vmailmgr account problems
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:09:39 +0100
Reply-To: "Linux news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have installed Redhat 7 and been advised to use Qmail instead of Sendmail.
Qmail itself appears to be working OK but I have (following a number of
HOW-TO's) also installed vmailmgr. I can setup base users to send and
receive for multiple domains, but when using vadduser and vaddalias the
accounts appear to be created and their maildir directories appear beneath
the base users home directory but when attempting to send email to these
accounts the following message is received:
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at testmail.akhter.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
I am also unable to login using the accounts credentials.
Any ideas.
Thankyou
Darren Addicott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jari Huovila)
Subject: Re: Cross-platform development tool?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 09:52:43 GMT
Hi Lewis!
Thanks, I didn't know Kylix is a cross-platform thing. Too bad the
price is a bit high for a home-user. Hopefully there's going to be a
trial version available soon.
Thanks again!
Yours,
Jari
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:11:06 -0500, "Lewis M. Dreblow"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jari,
>
>Have you seen KYLIX from Borland. It will do all you ask except for the
>MacOS,
>however, as soon as MacOS goes to X (i.e. unix core) you may also get
>that
>capability.
>
>Lewis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Jari Huovila wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> There wouldn't happen to be any software development IDE (C++ / Java)
>> that would be able to produce binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows
>> from the same source code?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - Jari
>>
>> P.S. Has anyone got experience of CodeWarrior? Is it worth nothing?
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: Archiving a NG
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 05:52:40 -0400
Hi,
I want to archive a certain newsgroup (all articles matching certain
criteria). What is the easiest way of doing it? BTW, I really don't want to
bother with running a local news server.
Wroot
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it this simple?
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:38:37 +0200
I will as soon as I move my CDRW to my Linux box. I just though about it
right now, and that'd be great, don't you think? Unfortunately I'm at work
now. So you'll have to wait 'till tomorrow for me to post the outcome...
Ron Nicholls wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Peet Grobler wrote:
>>
>> When I need to duplicate a CD.
>>
>> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/cdrw
>>
>> Will this work? If not, why not?
>
>Forfeit a disk and try it and then tell
>us - I'd be curious to know.
>
>--
>
>-
>-
>- Regards RonN
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multi-session ISO9660
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:39:40 +0200
Does Linux support multi-session cd writing?
If so, how'd I go about to do it? Say, e.g., I create a 50MB file every day
wich I want backed up to another session on the disk.
Any response will be appreciated.
Peet
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From: "Daniel Kenzelmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it this simple?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 12:52:45 +0200
In article <3af8edd1$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peet Grobler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I need to duplicate a CD.
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/cdrw
>
> Will this work? If not, why not?
>
It won't work
first: the /dev/cdrw is probably your /dev/scdx and therefore you can't
write to it. writing uses the scsi-generic-device (/dev/sgx)
second: how do you think the cdrw will know when to write
and in which mode (DAO, TAO)?
you have to send the right commands to achieve this ..
use cdrdao:
cdrdao copy --source-device=/dev/cdrom --device=/dev/sg0 (e.g.)
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From: "Daniel Kenzelmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord doesn't like oggvorbis > WAV
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 12:59:06 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "MH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I recently used oggvorbis to convert a file from OGG to WAV, so that I
> could distribute it to some friends who use Windows. When I tried to
> burn the WAV to CD using cdrecord I got the following error:
>
> "Inappropriate audio coding in rms_speech.wav"
>
> I can play the WAV file with XMMS. Any ideas on what the problem might
> be, or more importantly, how I can get this file on CD?
First: is the file about 10megs/min ?
if not, then the file is still compressed (OGG) and you either have to
decompress it (e.g. use xmms with disk writing output)
or install the appropriate codec (ogg) for windows
the easiest way to get this on CD ,... use XMMS to make a real wave file
and then use cdrdao (and maybe gtoaster as a graphical frontend)
to get the tracks on CD.
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From: Bora Ugurlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multi-session ISO9660
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:00:13 +0200
Peet Grobler wrote:
> Does Linux support multi-session cd writing?
>
> If so, how'd I go about to do it? Say, e.g., I create a 50MB file every
> day wich I want backed up to another session on the disk.
>
> Any response will be appreciated.
> Peet
>
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?q=cdrecord
man mkisofs
--
Bora Ugurlu
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bora Ugurlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Leafnode error
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:08:47 +0200
Hi, I installed leafnode, and edited the config file appropiately to my
needs..
When I run fetchnews as root or as user 'news', I get the following message:
1.9.18: verbosity level is 3
Trying to connect to news.cis.dfn.de ... connected.
Disconnected from news.cis.dfn.de.
Trying to connect to news.opera.no ... connected.
Getting new newsgroups from news.opera.no
Read server info from /var/spool/news/leaf.node/news.opera.no
Disconnected from news.opera.no.
The whole thing takes less then 3 seconds.(I have a modem connection, so it
is a short time.)
When I check /var/log/news/news.err, I see the following:
"..NNTP server went away."
And it is for news.cis.dfn.de, I am almost sure..
What is happening?
I tried it with the option nodesc=1 in the /etc/leafnode/config, but it
doesn't work.
I checked the news.cis.dfn.de site to see any specialty for leafnode, but
there isn't any.
What am I doing wrong, if it is me..?
--
Bora Ugurlu
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Marco Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Thai fonts and Thai keyboard layout under linux/kde2
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 13:30:12 +0100
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Hello,
I'm using a SuSE 7.0 Linux-distribution (German) with KDE2 and I would like to
have the possibility to use Thai fonts and a Thai keyboard layout. Of course,
not permanently. Maybe you know this little switch-program which exists under
windows and shows up in the system tray. It allows at any time to switch the
keyboard layout between several languages - e.g. Thai and English or Russian and
German etc.. It switches the layout immediately and you can switch at any time.
I need sth. like this with Linux, and I'm sure such a little program and the
necessary features in the keyboard driver exist (after all, Linux is better than
windows, thus I think so). Of course, I don't need it under the console, but
with X (KDE2), to write Thai eMails etc.. And of course, I need Thai fonts, too.
Especially under Netscape.
Could someone please help me?!
Thousand thanks in advance.
Best regards, Marco ;-)
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From: wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.editors,linux.debian.user
Subject: VIM: syntax highlighting on Debian 2.2r3
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:42:04 -0400
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to get my VIM5.6 to highlight syntax. I
installed both vim and vim-rc packages, so I have
/usr/share/vim/vim56/syntax/cpp.vim file and many others, however,
vim something.cpp still doesn't highlight the text.
Help!
Wroot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Glyndwr)
Subject: Re: Archiving a NG
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:53:48 GMT
On Wed, 9 May 2001 05:52:40 -0400, wroot scribbled:
>I want to archive a certain newsgroup (all articles matching certain
>criteria). What is the easiest way of doing it? BTW, I really don't want to
>bother with running a local news server.
I'd run leafnode, which although it is a local server is an absolute
snap to set up. In fact, archiving a group is exactly what I use it for.
www.leafnode.org, and there's a package in apt-get.
--
-=G=-
Web: http://www.fscked.co.uk ICQ: 66545073
Beware the JabberBuckley, my son! The words that snipe, the lawyers that sue!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: cdrecord doesn't like oggvorbis > WAV
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 09 May 2001 11:59:25 GMT
On Tue, 8 May 2001 19:09:56 -0700, MH staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
>I recently used oggvorbis to convert a file from OGG to WAV, so that I
>could distribute it to some friends who use Windows. When I tried to
>burn the WAV to CD using cdrecord I got the following error:
>
>"Inappropriate audio coding in rms_speech.wav"
The problem here is that .WAV is a Microsoft-invented format, and so
attempting to introduce any content derived from RMS to it is likely to
result in a matter-antimatter reaction... :-)
>I can play the WAV file with XMMS. Any ideas on what the problem might
>be, or more importantly, how I can get this file on CD?
CDDA must be stereo data, sampled at 44100 Hz. If the WAV was sampled
at a different rate, then it will not work. The following command
should work:
sox thingy.wav -r 44100 thingy2.wav
HTH, bonne chance....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Harald Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Shutdown for non root users
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:12:13 +0200
HI,
how can I allow shutdown for non root users via remote (telnet) access?
I know, this is VERY insecure, but in my special case (not connected to
internet, admin user
must not know the root pwd) I need this feature.
All the best,
Harald
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How come...
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:35:40 -0500
John Thompson wrote:
> kalasend at YAHOO dot COM wrote:
>
> > How come until today, Linux (or in general Unix) still does not have the
> > "undelete" feature?
>
> That's what backups are for. In a multi-user system any
> filesystem-level undelete function becomes even less reliable.
>
But, some distros, like SuSE, have a 'trash can'. If you activate it and
then delete a file it is really just moved to the trash can until you
empty the trash or restore. You can do the same thing yourself without
a 'trash can'. Just move a file to /tmp, or make your own directory
called /trash. When you are satisfied that you really meant to delete
a file you can empty your /tmp or /trash dir.
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From: "Mondrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running from a RAM Disk
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 08:42:57 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A little tight? Goodness, you can put the enire LRP (Linux Router
> Project) on a single floppy disk!
Is there any study that discussed the ideal ammount of RAM for some
applications? Some people say "the more, the better", some say "8MB is
plenty". I want to do more than just routing: i.e. web, dns, mail, irc,
and shell account. I doubt that a floppy is enough. But what is enough?
> Now that I've thought it over, my offiical suggestion is: Just use a
> disk. Yes, disks can eventually go bad - but for goodness sake, you're
> using DSL. The disk is the least of your worries.
This is not an issue of reliability. It's one of noise. I do not want to
have to hear the spindle of that damned HDD whirring 24hrs. under my bed.
The best I came up with so far, is not to have an HDD.
,,
mondrain
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From: Ping Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Help required with LILO+LINUX+NT mess
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 13:37:12 +0100
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From: "Wayne Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shutdown for non root users
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 20:52:57 +0800
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
In article <9dbc12$mqf$03$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Harald Schneider"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI,
>
> how can I allow shutdown for non root users via remote (telnet) access?
>
> I know, this is VERY insecure, but in my special case (not connected to
> internet, admin user
> must not know the root pwd) I need this feature.
>
> All the best,
> Harald
>
>
man halt
man reboot
man poweroff
man shutdown
--
Wayne A. Osborn, SCADA Engineer.[dnar AT iinet DOT net DOT au]
Registered Linux User #212818. [2.2.16-22-Win4Lin-686] [i686]
8:50pm up 2 days, 22:41, 1 user, load average: 1.12, 1.08, 1.08
...1: No code table for op: ++post
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Do I need /usr/local, /opt, /tmp and /var partitions?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 12:57:56 GMT
On Tue, 8 May 2001 11:13:14 -0400, wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are there any reasons to have /boot on a separate partition?
There used to be. When BIOSs had problems reaching past cylinder 1024
to find a kernel when booting, you could put your kernel in a small
"boot" partition that was close to the beginning of the disk. A
common arrangement would have been a small boot partition at the
beginning, then Windoze (or some other OS taking up more than 1024
cylinders), then your minimal swap and linux partitions.
These days, about the only reason to have boot on a separate partition
is so that you can have /boot unmounted most of the time, and possibly
a little safer with respect to corrupting your kernel images by some
kind of filesystem problem.
Gord
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From: "Harald Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SOLVED: Shutdown for non root users
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:05:45 +0200
man sudo
man sudoer
solved my problem. Thanks anyway.
bye,
Harald
"Wayne Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <9dbc12$mqf$03$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Harald Schneider"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > HI,
> >
> > how can I allow shutdown for non root users via remote (telnet) access?
> >
> > I know, this is VERY insecure, but in my special case (not connected to
> > internet, admin user
> > must not know the root pwd) I need this feature.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Harald
> >
> >
>
> man halt
> man reboot
> man poweroff
> man shutdown
>
> --
> Wayne A. Osborn, SCADA Engineer.[dnar AT iinet DOT net DOT au]
> Registered Linux User #212818. [2.2.16-22-Win4Lin-686] [i686]
> 8:50pm up 2 days, 22:41, 1 user, load average: 1.12, 1.08, 1.08
> ...1: No code table for op: ++post
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