Linux-Misc Digest #74, Volume #28 Sun, 10 Jun 01 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: linux (Robert Heller)
Re: linux+windows2000+solaris (Ian Northeast)
Re: /bin/login cannot be removed (Michael Heiming)
Linux Email Server ("Mike")
Re: kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ucc-bin... (Nicklas Larsson)
Re: ARP proxy - help needed ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Linux Email Server (Vilmos Soti)
simple sendmail query (Andy Rounds)
Re: /bin/login cannot be removed ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: unable to find a file ! (Steve Martin)
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux
Date: 10 Jun 2001 19:31:26 GMT
william <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:30:12 -0000, wrote :
w> I have installed Redhat 5.2 successfully, sort of, on my old Ibm 500
w> laptop. MY problem is my datapoint on the laptop dosen't work, so I use
w> a :ogitech serial mouse which worked fine with win95, but when linux probed
w> my system on installing,it found ps/2 on my laptop. When I got thru
w> installing linux,it asked me to configure my mouse. So I put in Logitech
w> now when I run xwindows, the mouse doesn't work, when I move my mouse
w> all the menus open up all over the window, 1st one and then another, all
w> of them try to get in act.
w> It seems like linux is fighting between the ps/2 of my laptop and logitech
w> serial mouse.
w> Any body have any suggestions of how to disable my ps/2 on my laptop. In
w> other words, how do I get Linux to only recognize the logitech serial
w> mouse. I tried a ps/2 serial mouse and that doesn't work any better.
w> A serial mouse is all I can plug into my laptop.
I use a serial mouse on my AST 900N laptop -- it too has a 'pointer
stick' thing, which I don't use. Some things to consider:
If I power up my laptop with the mouse disconnected, it won't see it if
I plug it in later.
Secondly, there are *old* Logitech mice and new Logitech mice. *Old*
Logitech mice used a Logitech-specific protocol. New ones use the
'standard' Microsoft protocol. How *old* is this mouse? Did you select
Logitech or Microsoft mouse protocols? Unless the mouse is truly
stone-age, it is almost certainly a Microsoft protocol mouse, even
though it says 'Logitech' on it.
Your description of the behavour suggests that you specified the Logitech
protocol, but the mouse is really speaking the Microsoft protocol.
w> Thanks
w>
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w>
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From: Ian Northeast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux+windows2000+solaris
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:19:56 +0100
mark wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have redhat 7.1 and windows 2000 in one machine, and use windows2000 boot
> loader for both of them. now i want to add solaris to the mix, how can i go
> about booting the three of them, preferably using the existing boot loader
> i.e. windows2000.
>
> note: sorry if this is not the right list for this question.
It's not. The question is about Windows and Solaris. Try
alt.solaris.x86. Windows NGs aren't likely to be a lot of use here.
I'd use Lilo for this job, in which case Solaris is just an "other=".
The partition should be active (Linux fdisk can make multiple partitions
active). I would also ensure I had Linux and Windows boot disks before I
started. Solaris may tread on the MBR - I'm not too sure about this. On
my multi boot system with Solaris I installed Solaris first (it used to
be Solaris/Linux/OS/2 and is now Solaris/FreeBSD. It's always used Lilo
to boot). So I don't actually know if it will destroy an existing MBR,
but it's safest to assume that it will and prepare for that eventuality.
Regards, Ian
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:24:46 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: /bin/login cannot be removed
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.setup Stephen Rank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowson Tong) writes:
>
> > [ ... ]
> >> I suspect that my system was hacked with a bad /bin/login.
> >> Anyway, how can I removed this file under ext2? I really
> >> don't want to reformat my drive if possible...
>
> > If you have been cracked, then you've got no choice but to reinstall.
>
> Sure he does. Just check the md5sums. (boot from a rescue diskette or
> cd to be doubly sure .. but I'm not sure I'd bother after restoring
> login, ps, ls and a few more).
I have absolutely no doubt someone with an UNIX/Linux experience like
you Peter,
could easily check his system.
But assuming from the fact, that the OP
doesn't really know what's going on, it would be better to reinstall
from
scratch, case he really got hacked, applying the latest patches to
his distro, checking /etc/hosts.deny, shutting down all unnecessary
services and finally setting up a firewall, before he connects the box
to the internet again.
Michael Heiming
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Linux Email Server
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:32:24 -0700
Looking for a good Linux Email server applicatoin. Anybody got a good
suggestion?
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicklas Larsson)
Subject: Re: kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ucc-bin...
Date: 10 Jun 2001 19:25:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:32:01 GMT, Tauno Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>do_try_to_free_pages() is the internal function in kernel memory management
>code responsible to get a page (4 kbyte chunk) of memory to a process
>needing more memory.
>
>The message is caused by:
> 1. you're trying to run the system on desperately small RAM, or
> 2. your swap file is full.
>
>Tauno Voipio
>tauno voipio @ iki fi
>
ok, this makes it clearer :)
thanks.. (the box needs more memory, that i know..)
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ARP proxy - help needed
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:21:18 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to add a proxy ARP entry for 1 IP address on Red Hat 6.2.
>>
>> > What I am doing is working, but the problem is, once I reboot the box
>> > all the static entries from ARP cache disappear. I'm guessing I need to
>> > add the arp commands to a script, but which one should I use? This is
>>
>> Any one you like. Write one and stick it in the startup sequence.
>>
> Thanx Peter. I didn't know what to do and I'm very clear now. Just stick it
> in the startup sequence, eh?
Yep. That's it.
>> > probably a dumb question, but I'm relatively new to linux and have not
>>
>> It is a dumb question. Now take it from there ...
> I appreciate you pointing it out. Again, thanx for an informative and
> thoughtful response.
It is a thoughtful and informative response. Do I have to spell it out
for you? You are faced with a large number of doors, all of which lead
to where you want to go, and you ask "which one should I walk through"?
The question only indicates that you probably do not realize that you have
power over your own destiny, and there is no "ordained way" for you to
follow. You can do just as you wish, and godbless.
Now, "take it from there".
If I were you, I would add an extra script, like the ones you see,
and stick it in the init sequence, just in the manner of the ones
you see. If I were someone else, I would find a script that seemed to
be run at about the right time, and add a couple of lines to it. If
I were someone else again, I would read the man page for init. If
I were yet another person I would read the distros manual and
find out whoch script they had pre-reserved for user-additions
(it might be rc.local, it might be rc.boot, it might be something in
rc.S/ called "boot" -- it doesn't matter).
NOW is it clear to you?
Peter
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux Email Server
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:03:10 GMT
"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Looking for a good Linux Email server applicatoin. Anybody got a good
> suggestion?
What are your expectations?
The four best known are sendmail, exim, postfix, and qmail. The sites for
them are www.name_of_server.org
Vilmos
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From: Andy Rounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: simple sendmail query
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:13:06 -0400
I want my local mail server to distribute mail in the following manner
(after fetchmail has pulled the mail in from the internet)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] goes to fred
[EMAIL PROTECTED] goes to wilma
and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] goes to both fred and wilma
I know that there is a simple command to put in one of sendmails config
files to do the "family" bit, but I can't find it and was hoping that some
sendmail guru could enlighten me.
Thanks
Andy
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: /bin/login cannot be removed
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:12:22 +0200
In comp.os.linux.misc Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But assuming from the fact, that the OP
> doesn't really know what's going on, it would be better to reinstall
> from
> scratch, case he really got hacked, applying the latest patches to
His distro surely provides him with tools (tripwire? rpm? - does nayone
kow what the debian equivalent is, if there is one?) that will
check his installation for him.
> his distro, checking /etc/hosts.deny, shutting down all unnecessary
Well, I grant you the point about hosts.deny (and inetd.conf :-).
Inetd.conf is usually backdoored.
> services and finally setting up a firewall, before he connects the box
> to the internet again.
I think this person just had a +a'd or +i'd /bin/login.
Peter
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 16:41:45 -0400
Vilmos Soti wrote:
>
> Didier Baertschiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have an executable file (maple) in a directory which is totally
> > impossible to start ! All the accesses are ok (chmod +x ...).
>
> You already got some good advice, but here is one more.
> Make sure that the partition on which your maple resides is not
> mounted with the noexec flag.
Also make sure it's a type of executable that your kernel
supports. I had an executable I downloaded and tried to run,
turned out it was built as an a.out and my kernel only had
support for ELF executables. The error messages I got were
similar to what you reported.
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