Linux-Misc Digest #53, Volume #28 Thu, 7 Jun 01 15:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: WYSIWYG HTML Editor for linux (Warren Jones)
Re: rc.local file. (Lew Pitcher)
Internet probs (Pete Clements)
Re: fetchmail config problem (Floyd Davidson)
Virtual hosts not working with apacheconf (RH7.1)? ("luther")
Re: The bare minumum. (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: I need a really small distro for an old puter (Chris Baird)
Re: Hangs on "sendmail" before loading (Jacob Kristensen)
Re: The bare minumum. (Stephen Hui)
Re: Proftpd on RH7.1 (hong seung wan)
Re: rc.local file. (Markku Kolkka)
Re: linux box cannot be seen in networkneighbourhood of win2000. ("Liverpool_fc")
Re: phone support for rh linux. ("Liverpool_fc")
Re: IDE cdrw ("joseph")
Re: rc.local file. (Lew Pitcher)
Re: rc.local file. ("Liverpool_fc")
Printing margins/alignment (Gavin McCord)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Jones)
Subject: Re: WYSIWYG HTML Editor for linux
Date: 7 Jun 2001 10:04:34 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Jones)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Saqib Ali) writes:
> Is there a good WYSIWYG HTML editor for linux????
Take a look at Bluefish:
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/
It's not WYSIWYG, but it's a very nice HTML editor
all the same. As other posters have pointed out,
a true WYSIWYG editor for HTML is neither possible
nor desirable. One good feature of Bluefish is
its use of Weblint to check your HTML. Whatever
editor you finally decide to use, consider using
Weblint along with it:
http://www.weblint.org/
====================================================================
Warren Jones | To keep every cog and wheel is the first
Fluke Corporation | precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Everett, Washington, USA | -- Aldo Leopold
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:21:58 GMT
On 07 Jun 2001 19:48:46 +0300, Markku Kolkka
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher) writes:
>> >Services are started at boot by scripts in the /etc/rc.d/init.d
>> >directory and symlinks to those scripts in /etc/rc.d/rc[0-6].d
>>
>> Not on all systems. This is a SysV'ism that only _some_ Linux distros
>> have adopted.
>
>The question was specifically about Red Hat 7.0, and the answers apply
>to that distribution.
The message that I was replying to did *not* identify the
distribution, and was posted to one of the generic (not distro
specific) newsgroups. I stand by my statements.
Since the post I replied to did not identify the distro, it _could_ be
(and _was_) taken as applying to _any_ linux distro, and was incorrect
(or at least incomplete) in that state. Had the post identified the
distro under question as RedHat, I would not have replied, knowing
that RedHat is one of those distros that _do_ use SysV-style
initscripts.
Let's remember that there's a wide variety of Linux systems out there,
from embedded systems to full-scale commercial servers. If questions
and answers do not identify _which_ linux implementation is under
discussion, it is assumed that the question (and answer) can apply to
_any_ linux implementation.
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Clements)
Subject: Internet probs
Date: 7 Jun 2001 10:44:50 -0700
Okay, i have set the internet up. I use kppp to dial up. It dials and
connects to my ISP all ok. But i cannot ping/browse ot telnet
anything. It does not send or recieve data at all. Is this permissions
or config or what? Not even root can browse or anything. I have added
myself to a few groups that i thought may make a difference but
nothing!
Many thanks for any help.
Pete
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail config problem
Date: 07 Jun 2001 08:53:50 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank) wrote:
>Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Is there a way to configure fetchmail to get messages from a qmail server
>> >> containing a specific string in the subject line? What I am doing is sending
>> >> out a message to thousands of users, and fetching all the bouncebacks to my
>> >> local machine. This works fine, but I want to leave valid responses on the
>> >> server.
>> >
>> > Nope. That's not fetchmail's job. It just talks to a POP or IMAP
>> >server, neither of which cares what the content of the messages is. You'd
>> >be better off preprocessing it on the server, perhaps with procmail.
>> >Alternately, perhaps you could send out the messages such that bounces go
>> >into a different mailbox than (presumably human-generated) responses.
>> >
>> >JDW
>>
>> Hopefully he would first learn that spamming the net is not
>> appropriate.
>>
>> And you probably don't really want to assist spammers!
>
>hey, just doing my job. If you have another position available
>for me let me know. Thanks for the info though...
Being paid to do it does NOT make it any more appropriate.
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Virtual hosts not working with apacheconf (RH7.1)?
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:55:25 -0700
I am trying to get apache working correctly with several virtual hosts. I am
not sure which version of Apache it is, but it installed with RedHat 7.1
I am using Apache Configuration.
On the Main tab I have "All available addresses on port 80" - this is fine -
I want to access the default server if I use 127.0.0.1 etc. etc.
I have one static IP address available to me so I am using Name-Based
Virtual hosting.
On the Virtual Hosts tab I have:
"Default Virtual Host" - root is /var/www/html/ - Default Virtual Host -
"Handle all remaining unhandled requests"
"Domain1" - root is /var/www-domain1/html/ - Named based virtual host
IP Address: *
Host Name: domain1.com
Aliases: www.domain1.com
"Domain2" - root is /var/www-domain2/html/ - Named based virtual host
IP Address: *
Host Name: domain2.com
Aliases: www.domain2.com
etc.
DNS points domain1, domain2, etc., all to the same IP address, which maps to
this Linux machine.
If I open a browser on "http://domain2.com"; then I get the correct web page;
/var/www-domain2/html/index.html
If I open a browser on "http://domain1.com"; then I get the correct web page;
/var/www-domain1/html/index.html
However...
if I open a browser on ANY OTHER PAGE, such as:
http://127.0.0.1/
http://192.168.2.15/ (LAN ip)
http://www.domain2.com
etc.,
then I always get /var/www-domain1/html/index.html, although I expect
/var/www/html/index.html for the first two and
/var/www-domain2/html/index.html for the third one.
So I have two problems.
1) The ServerAlias directives are NOT showing up in the apache configuration
file (I checked /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and didn't see them there,
although that is where the virtual hosts are defined. The file has a warning
to modify it as apacheconf will overwrite it, but apacheconf ain't doin' its
job!) This appear to be a BUG, to me.
2) The defaults are not working the way I expected. It seems that everything
falls to DOMAIN1 when it should fall to the DEFAULT. Is that a problem with
the options I chose, or a problem with apacheconf?
How can I resolve these two issues? Thanks in advance..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: The bare minumum.
Date: 7 Jun 2001 17:57:21 GMT
Joel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Actually, I was thinking of building my own linux distro for the computer
[ that has redhat on it right now. I, personaly, don't like the way redhat
[ sets up the computer. The machine is a bit on the slow side, and I don't
[ want all the stuff it puts on there. I did look through the list of
[ packages, and took out anything that I didn't want, still put 800+ MBs of
[ stuff (what's taking up all that space?).
[ Where do you suggest I start in building my own distro? Thanks.
[ > If you're really really ambitious, you could build your own
[ > micro-distro. :oP
i believe there is a BYOD app in freshmeat.net (build your own distro)
that you can use/run off your RH 'puter to roll your own. Am not sure what
the final product is, whether it's floppy-sized or CD or what.
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Chris Baird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: I need a really small distro for an old puter
Date: 07 Jun 2001 06:25:44 +1000
> I've a friend who has a 486/DX at 33Mhz, with 2Mb RAM, 512Kb Video
> and 110Mb Harddisk and just a floppy drive - currently running
> Windows 3.1, but could it run Linux?
> I imagine it damm well could, but which distro?
I have a Compaq laptop with much the same specs, and it's running an
almost virgin Debian/slink quite well.
Installation was a custom hands-on experience, kaing/using a
bootfloppy to partition, mkswap, fsck, lilo, and copying enough
essential files (libraries, executables, kernel, /dev entries) over to
make the system self-hosting. The boot scripts were severely munged,
including changing to /bin/ash instead of /bin/bash, and removing just
about every system daemon.
It also helps to have a heavily customised kernel with a reduced
memory footprint-- http://users.northnet.com.au/~cjb/ has a link to
what I've done and used.
For graphics (the all-important pr0n :), there's zgv and other svgalib
applications. Emacs-18.59 works quite well in what's available, and
the system can even compile its own kernel sources with gcc-2.7.2
(although taking 7 times longer than optimal; but when you're stuck
out in the forgotten areas of desert Queensland, where a 386sx16 is
high tech, you learn to adapt. :)
--
Chris,,
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From: Jacob Kristensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hangs on "sendmail" before loading
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:11:37 +0200
Bruce Barbour wrote:
>
> I have RedHat 7.1 installed and it works perfectly, except that when
> rebooting, it loads until "sendmail" and then hangs for nearly five
> minutes before the "OK" and finishing loading and presenting the login.
> Any suggestions?
Chances are that u don't need sendmail. Most home users send mail tru an
smtpserver provided by their isp. Unless u know how to set up it up,
sendmail can be a security-risk. U can turn sendmail off by using the
"chkconfig" command; or in X:open control-panel->runleveleditor.
Jacob
--
There he goes... One of Gods own prototypes.
A high-powered mutant of some kind,
never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The bare minumum.
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:01:44 GMT
Joel wrote:
>
[snip!]
> Where do you suggest I start in building my own distro? Thanks.
Honestly, I have no clue. I've just heard of people doing it. I
suppose you would start with a kernel, a boot loader and some software
packages....
Good luck! Do let us know how it goes. :o)
Stephen.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (hong seung wan)
Subject: Re: Proftpd on RH7.1
Date: 7 Jun 2001 11:30:05 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (rennix) wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hmmm, after my 7.0 box crashed I've decided to install 7.1. Worked
> fine.
> I was curious about the kernel packet filtering and enabled the
> firewall
> while installing - leaving only http, ftp, ssh and smtp open.
>
> Seemed ok. But after installing my proftpd (I don't like wu-ftpd for
After installing your proftpd, reconfig a following part !!!
#cat /etc/xinetd.d/proftp
service proftp
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/proftpd
log_on_success += DURATION USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
nice = 10
}
Then, execute /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd reload
Now, you can find the opening proftpd...
Good luck to you.
> some good reason) I was unable to ftp my box. Neither out or in....
>
> So I disabled EVERYTHING (ipchains, iptables even the infamous
> "disable fireall" option in linuxconf)
>
> But still no connect....
>
> The proftp demon works fine. I can ssh in and out and the Apache runs
> just perfect.
>
> So what am I doing wrong?
>
> Is there a way to disable the kernel packet filter? Or do I have to
> reinstall
> everything?
>
> Thanx
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Date: 07 Jun 2001 21:09:10 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher) writes:
> The message that I was replying to did *not* identify the
> distribution,
Read the thread from start before replying, don't start from the
middle. If you don't have the full background information, don't
reply at all.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Liverpool_fc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: linux box cannot be seen in networkneighbourhood of win2000.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:51:58 -0400
thank you guys for all the responses.
Liverpool_FC.
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From: "Liverpool_fc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: phone support for rh linux.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:52:45 -0400
hey,
thank you all for the responses.
Liverpool_FC.
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From: "joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE cdrw
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:50:54 -0400
Linux can do "scsi-emulation" i.e., it makes an ide device ( your cdrw for
exampe ) look and behave like a scsi device. ( well, sort of .).
That's why you see tons of software to use scsi burners. You will most
robably have to recompile your kernel, and enable the scsi-emulation before
compiling.
It would be best if you read the kernel howto on compiling your own kernel,
got a little used to lilo ( and it's conf file ) , and also become familiar
with the file that lists the modules to be loaded ( conf.modules or
modules.conf is that file) Read it.
The cd writing howto will detail some entries you will have to put there.
Later.
"Pete Clements" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey guys,
>
> There seem to be a load of programs out there for writing to SCSI cdrw
> drives, but i cant seem to figure out any for my IDE drive!
> Maybe im thick, but if anyone has any experience they would like to
> share it would be fantastic.
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Pete.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:53:41 GMT
On 07 Jun 2001 21:09:10 +0300, Markku Kolkka
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher) writes:
>> The message that I was replying to did *not* identify the
>> distribution,
>
>Read the thread from start before replying, don't start from the
>middle.
Some news servers don't carry the full thread. This is a property of
usenet, and can be expected at any time
>If you don't have the full background information, don't
>reply at all.
Wrong. It is the custom of posts to usenet to include the relevant
bits of the thread, precisely because newsservers don't reliably carry
the full thread, and a reply poster _might_ just have something
relevant to say. It is up to each poster to copy the relevant portions
of the thread message they are replying to in their reply, just to
address this situation.
Section 3.1.1 of RFC1855 ("Netiquette Guidelines") instructs usenet
users to...
"If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
summarize the original at the top of the message, or include
just enough text of the original to give a context.
This will make sure readers understand when they start to read
your response. Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by
distributing the postings from one host to another, it is
possible to see a response to a message before seeing the
original. Giving context helps everyone. But do not include
the entire original!"
Apparently, you violated this guideline by not summarizing the
original, and not including enough of the original text to give a
context. Shame on you <g>.
Now, don't take this as a flame; I'm not in an arguing mood today (the
birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and I'm happily coding). But,
also don't take offense or chastize posters that have valid points or
observations, even if they don't jibe with your point-of-view.
>--
> Markku Kolkka
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Liverpool_fc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:05:08 -0400
hey,
thank you all for the info. and suggestions.
i did not infer that dos was older than unix. i am a sco- unix guy myself.
this is only my second year working with sco,redhat and ibm-as400.
i have got a long ways more to go. but we are getting up to speed. we bought
a couple of books, bookmark a few websites. but these newsgroups have
provided so much more guidance since you guys are actually working with this
stuff daily.
Liverpool_FC.
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From: Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing margins/alignment
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:04:16 +0100
The page size on my Epson Stylus 500 seems to be off. I'm not entirely
sure whether it's just the page offset, the margins, or the scale of the
page.
I'm using the STP driver with apsfilter and a2ps. I've tried
the apsfilter test page and it overlaps slightly, printing onto
two pages. I've calculated offsets using the instructions
provided and have added them to the /etc/apsfilter/apsfilterrc
file, though they don't seem to be making a difference.
I've also tried the Ghostscript align.ps file, but that only prints
out as a text file. (Other PS files, I've created with LaTeX print
out fine, except for the margins being off, the problem I'm
trying to fix.)
So, is there anything else I can use to try and fix my page margins/
alignment, whatever?
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