Linux-Misc Digest #85, Volume #28 Mon, 11 Jun 01 16:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: sendmail POP3 question ("Herb Stein")
Re: cronjob unreliable ? (Michael Lee Yohe)
Re: backup/restore VFAT partition via Linux (Sylvan Butler)
KSH conditional statements (William Campbell)
Re: unable to find a file ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What is SNMP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: seeking Windows & Linux compatible email client (Tim Frank)
Slow Initial SMTP Connection (Nigel)
Linux / Networkdriver newbie ("Rutger Luitzen van Dijk")
Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection (Grant Edwards)
Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection (Nigel)
Re: I don't find generic.h file in linux (Meinolf Sander)
Re: KDE over Gnome ("NG_lurker " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Re: 2GB File size limitation (Kevin)
Re: What is SNMP? (Michael Lee Yohe)
Re: hardware autodetection (Robert Vazan)
Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection (Grant Edwards)
Re: cronjob unreliable ? (Jan Schaumann)
Re: KSH conditional statements (Tom Romeo)
installing RH 7.1 over FTP ("yu")
xawtv problems............:-( ("Rony Yeo")
Re: Mandrake 8.0 hangs during install - scsi probing? (Dave Marotti)
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From: "Herb Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail POP3 question
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:06:27 -0500
"David Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Laurent-jan wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > In comp.os.linux.misc Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Anyone know how I now turn my Linux box into a POP3 server?
> > >
> > > Simply install a Pop3 Server on your machine. There are a number
> > > of server available (I use the QMail's one)
> > >
> > > Davide
> >
> > There were some issues about POP3 and shaddow-password files. It was
> > one of the reason I started using IMAP in stead of POP3. I kinda
> > lost track of it. Do POP3-servers work with shaddow passwd now?
> > What about LDAP?
cucipop works fine with shadow passwords
> > --
> > (c) ljm @ xs4all . nl. No part of this copyright message may be
> > reproduced, read or seen, dead or alive or by any means, including
> > but not limited to telepathy without the benevolence of the author.
>
> My works fine with shadow passwords.
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Herb Stein
The Herb Stein Group
www.herbstein.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Lee Yohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cronjob unreliable ?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:11:08 -0500
> i edited my /etc/crontab to have a program
> running automatically every 10 minutes, but
> obviously it is not working for me. the
> entries look like this :
>
> 00 * * * * /sbin/jobrunner --option commandlinearg
> 10 * * * * /sbin/jobrunner --option commandlinearg
> 20 * * * * /sbin/jobrunner --option commandlinearg
If you are running a modern (not ancient) version of cron, then you
should be able to specify the clean way of saying "every" 10 minutes -
*/10 * * * * /sbin/jobrunner <etc>...
Also, are you receiving any status messages via mail? Since you do not
pipe the output from 1> or 2> to /dev/null - cron will write you an
email message of all program output for your programs. If you are not
receiving any such emails, cron may not know the existence of your crontab.
Are you editing your crontab via the "crontab -e" command? If not, your
crontab will not get recognized by cron and your changes could be lost
if cron dumps its own copy of your crontab over your manually edited one.
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Crossposted-To: hp.os.linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sylvan Butler)
Subject: Re: backup/restore VFAT partition via Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Jun 2001 10:04:17 -0700
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:27:20 +0200, Gratien D'haese (Hewlett-Packard)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I assume what I tried was over-simplified, and it is much more tricky
> than I thought, or it is just not possible with tar at all.
Two problems. The most immediate, being bootable, was addressed by
another. You need to set up the partition and make it bootable via
dos, using the "sys" command. This transfers the system files and
also changes pointers in the boot sector to load the system.
The second problem is that the file attributes (hidden, system,
read-only) are sometimes important, and standard tar does not save
or restore those properly (in my experience). Perhaps they have
improved the vfat filesystem or tar itself to fix that. If not you
will have some subtle and annoying problems with win9x.
sdb
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin, 1759
"Don't Tread On Me!"
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From: William Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KSH conditional statements
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:30:07 -0000
I am trying to make an if/else statement that will switch based on an
integer value that is read from a file. It never returns true . . .
integer INT1=`tail -n1 file1.txt`
integer INT2=`tail -n1 file2.txt`
if (INT1 > INT2) then
PATH=/home/path1
else
PATH=/home/path2
fi
The error that I get when I run this is:
path_decision_mgr[##]: INT1: not found
Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this statement? Why does it always
choose the else and never take the if path. Note that the integer is of the
form 20010611 (INT1) and 20010607 (INT2).
Thanks,
God bless,
William Campbell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:33:26 +0200
Baertschiger Thierry wrote:
>
> Frank Ranner wrote:
>
> > Didier Baertschiger wrote:
> > >
> > > run it, impossible ! the bash says that there is no file or
> > > repertory
> > > of this type.
> > >
> > What is happening is that the loader is trying to load the file,
> > notices that
> > some libraries are needed, but cannot find the libraries. To find
> > out
> > what libraries
> > try 'ldd ./maple' in the directory containing the executable.
> >
> > Frank
>
> yes but in that case, the loader would give the name of the library
> that it cannot find, not the name of the program !!
Nope! At least not necessarily. Maybe there is a way to make the loader
tell you the library in this case, but I have had this problem more than
once. The problem always was a missing library, but the message only
sayd: "command not found"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: What is SNMP?
Date: 11 Jun 2001 09:40:55 PDT
What is SNMP and how do ISP's and hosting companies use it?
What software do they typically use?
I am curious about this. Thanks.
--
Manatee
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From: Tim Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seeking Windows & Linux compatible email client
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:03:51 -0500
What I did, a little more complex, but it works ... =]
I have a server that routes my cable modem to my LAN. On that box, I
put up an IMAP server, and then had that box bring down my mail from the
ISP to my server. I then can use any client that supports an IMAP server,
either within the network, or anywhere on the internet and see all of my mail
Tim
Doctor X wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I enjoy a triple-boot environment on my laptop: Linux, Win2K, and
> Win98. I would like to have access to my offline email no matter which
> environment I boot to. I thought that Netscape 4.77 would be the
> answer, I thought I could just point each O/S's Netscape to the same set
> of mail files, and it works fine between the two versions of Windows,
> but apparently the Linux version stores mail differently because they
> mail folders do not show up properly and I can not access the emails
> inside them.
>
> Can anyone recommend an email client which I can use across these 3
> platforms on the SAME set of offline (downloaded) email folders?
>
> Thanks, and please note that my return address must be modified to work.
>
> JJ
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From: Nigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Slow Initial SMTP Connection
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:26:39 -0400
OK I know this os probably stupid but...
I have a linux box (Red Hat 7.1).
When I connect to the SMTP server (Sendmail 8.11.4) using Outlook
Express it is slow to connect (about 15 - 30 seconds). When I telnet to
the machine it is quick to connect and after that
outlook is also quick to conect (about 1 Second).
However if I go away for two hours and come back Outlook Express is slow
to connect again.
I Can tell you all the following:
1 - It isn't sendmail. I set the Ident timeout to 0s in the config file
and compiled sendmail with the DNS disabled. So It isn't doing a reverse
DNS Lookup.
2 - The linux box has a static IP Address. The machine I am connecting
to it obtains it's IP address from a DHCP server (which isn't the Linux
box).
3 - All the addresses in the DHCP servers address block (192.156.2.0 -
192.156.2.255) are listed in the hosts file with names ranging from
office0 - office255. My machine is called doggy. Ichanged the host file
to set the current IP address of my machine to doggy but problem
persists.
4 - I set nsswitch.conf to use files then dns to resolve hostnames.
5 - The DNS Server is on another machine separate from the Linux box.
5 - The ipchains service is disabled.
I think it may be some sort of caching problem but don't know where to
start looking.
Any help greatly aprecited.
Nigel.
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From: "Rutger Luitzen van Dijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux / Networkdriver newbie
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:30:32 +0200
Hi there,
I'm quite a newbie to linux and its drivers, so i have a question. I'm
trying
to setup SuSe 7.1 from the Internet. When starting the setup i have to add
an
networkmodule for my network card. I've downloaded the source code for my
nic
(a Davicom 9102). But what's next ? I do have a disk with the modules2 file
from SuSe but how do put my driver on it. How do i compile it and is this
done
in Windows or in Linux.... (ok i have a lot of questions....)
Any suggestions ?
Greetings,
Rutger van Dijk
The Netherlands
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:51:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nigel wrote:
>When I connect to the SMTP server (Sendmail 8.11.4) using Outlook
>Express it is slow to connect (about 15 - 30 seconds). When I telnet to
>the machine it is quick to connect and after that
>outlook is also quick to conect (about 1 Second).
>
>However if I go away for two hours and come back Outlook Express is slow
>to connect again.
>
>I Can tell you all the following:
>
>1 - It isn't sendmail. I set the Ident timeout to 0s in the config file
>and compiled sendmail with the DNS disabled. So It isn't doing a reverse
>DNS Lookup.
Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a
reverse DNS lookup?
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want to TAKE IT
at HOME and DRESS IT UP in
visi.com HOT PANTS!!
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From: Nigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:56:03 -0400
>Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a reverse DNS
lookup?
Not that I know of. POP is fine, FTP is fine, Telnet is fine. It is just SMTP
that is the problem. Once it connects everything is OK it's just the inital
connection that takes the time (I looked in outlooks smtp logs). SMTP is not
connected to xinetd in anyway. Is it connected to tcpwrapper though? I don't
know.
Grant Edwards wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nigel wrote:
>
> >When I connect to the SMTP server (Sendmail 8.11.4) using Outlook
> >Express it is slow to connect (about 15 - 30 seconds). When I telnet to
> >the machine it is quick to connect and after that
> >outlook is also quick to conect (about 1 Second).
> >
> >However if I go away for two hours and come back Outlook Express is slow
> >to connect again.
> >
> >I Can tell you all the following:
> >
> >1 - It isn't sendmail. I set the Ident timeout to 0s in the config file
> >and compiled sendmail with the DNS disabled. So It isn't doing a reverse
> >DNS Lookup.
>
> Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a
> reverse DNS lookup?
>
> --
> Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want to TAKE IT
> at HOME and DRESS IT UP in
> visi.com HOT PANTS!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meinolf Sander)
Subject: Re: I don't find generic.h file in linux
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:23:04 +0200
jose luis fernandez diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have linux RedHat 6.1 on i386. I looked for the file 'generic.h' in
> directory '/usr/include' but I didn't find it.
>
> Do anybody know where can I find it ?
Try "locate generic.h".
Bye,
Meinolf
--
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
-- Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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From: "NG_lurker <remove AT from return address when replying by email>"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE over Gnome
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:30:12 +0300
"bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:5cZU6.82$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> put
>
> startkde
>
> in your .xinitrc
>
>
many thnks bowman. will try this.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Subject: Re: 2GB File size limitation
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:41:59 GMT
I run into the limit in electronic engineering doing circuit
simulations. Many of my colleges do too.
Cheers....
--
Unless otherwise noted, the statements herein reflect my personal
opinions and not those of any organization with which I may be affiliated.
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From: Michael Lee Yohe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is SNMP?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:00:45 -0500
> What is SNMP and how do ISP's and hosting companies use it?
>
> What software do they typically use?
>
> I am curious about this. Thanks.
"Simple Network Management Protocol" - an excellent document describing
the characteristics of SNMP (versions 1 and 2) including its
capabilities can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/snmp.htm
It's used to standardize a set of tools in order to manage/query/setup
machines that support SNMP. The software used to implement SNMP are
SNMP clients (freely available, commerically available). There are also
modules that you can download (free) which allow you to develop your own
programs to manage/query/setpu machines that support SNMP.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Vazan)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: hardware autodetection
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:56:27 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do as you would with any company that acts like that .. turn up
>at the shop you bought from, and tell them you'll avoid
>that companies products, and would they please get their pcmcia cards
>from reputable manufacturers who write drivers for their hardware that
>enable you to use it!
They will smile at you nicely and charge you 5-times higher
price "for extra linux compatibility".
/Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slow Initial SMTP Connection
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:18:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nigel wrote:
>>Is something else (e.g. tcpwrappers or xinetd) trying to do a
>>reverse DNS lookup?
>
>Not that I know of. POP is fine, FTP is fine, Telnet is fine.
>It is just SMTP that is the problem. Once it connects
>everything is OK it's just the inital connection that takes the
>time (I looked in outlooks smtp logs). SMTP is not connected to
>xinetd in anyway. Is it connected to tcpwrapper though?
Probably not -- IIRC RH7.1 doesn't install tcpwrapper by
default. There are enough extra features in xinitd that
running tcpwrapper is sort of redundant.
Right about now is when I usually give up and install qmail.
I've not run into your exact problem before, but I've lost
enough battles with sendmail to know when to surrender. :)
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Why are these
at athletic shoe salesmen
visi.com following me??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Subject: Re: cronjob unreliable ?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:34:46 -0000
* Michael Lee Yohe wrote:
> > i edited my /etc/crontab to have a program
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[snip]
> Are you editing your crontab via the "crontab -e" command? If not, your
> crontab will not get recognized by cron and your changes could be lost
> if cron dumps its own copy of your crontab over your manually edited one.
This is not true - whileit certainly holds for every user's crontab,
/etc/crontab does not need to be edited through "crontab -e".
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal capable of conversing with
inanimate objects.
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From: Tom Romeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KSH conditional statements
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:21:49 GMT
This works....
#!/bin/ksh
typeset -i INT1
typeset -i INT2
INT1=3D$(tail -n1 /tmp/x1)
INT2=3D$(tail -n1 /tmp/x2)
if (( ${INT1} > ${INT2} ))
then
PATH=3D/home/path1
else
PATH=3D/home/path2
fi
echo "(${INT1}) (${INT2}) ${PATH}"
Output with file /tmp/x1 has 3 and /tmp/x2 has 21
# ./tst
(3) (21) /home/path2
#
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 6/11/01, 12:30:07 PM, William Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote =
regarding KSH conditional statements:
> I am trying to make an if/else statement that will switch based on an=
> integer value that is read from a file. It never returns true . . .
> integer INT1=3D`tail -n1 file1.txt`
> integer INT2=3D`tail -n1 file2.txt`
> if (INT1 > INT2) then
> PATH=3D/home/path1
> else
> PATH=3D/home/path2
> fi
> The error that I get when I run this is:
> path_decision_mgr[##]: INT1: not found
> Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this statement? Why does it alwa=
ys
> choose the else and never take the if path. Note that the integer is o=
f=20
the
> form 20010611 (INT1) and 20010607 (INT2).
> Thanks,
> God bless,
> William Campbell
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: "yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: installing RH 7.1 over FTP
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:53:10 -0800
Is the bootnet.img disk all that is required to do this?
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From: "Rony Yeo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xawtv problems............:-(
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:01:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi folks,
i have a bit problem with xawtv program.
I have installed it properly but i don't get any station and the pictures
is just terrible (like rain). can someone help me please
my computer is
Cel = 533 Mhz
MEM = 128
TV-Card : BT878
Kernel :2.4.2 SMP --> Redhat 7.1 ftp download
software : xawtv 3.51
bttv : 0.7.5.7
XFree : > 4
Someone has told me that i should configure my bttv properly but i do not
how ? can someone help me with this problem. Thank you verymuch
from ,
rony
ps. please reply to my email
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Marotti)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 hangs during install - scsi probing?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:05:06 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know what would specifically cause your system to hang, but I have
totally ditched Mandrake now. I'm sick of it crapping out on my, I'm sick of
packages not updating properly etc...
I tried to update to Mandrake 8.0 from 7.2 (which was ...ok, but still had
package issues for me) - and it hung on me during the install which corrupted
my system (lucky I backed up).
Then I tried a fresh install of 8.0 - which hung at the end but did not corrupt
my system (it turned out that it installed just fine, but it hung).
I got fed up and ditched it in favor of a Redhat 7.1 install which has been
running for a long time now without any hitches.
-dave
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:17:41 -0500, Triboelectric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hullo,
>
>Hardware:
> Supermicro 370DE6, 1x 1GHz PIIIs
> Adaptec 2490U2W
> Tekram DC-390U3D
>
>Mandrake 8.0 has been hanging on me just after "Select Installation Type",
>which is where it attempts to find your scsi cards, I believe. It hangs for
>both the above cards at the same place. Doing a text install shows
>(checking virt term 3) that it is hanging at or immediately after an insmod
>of parport_pc.o
>
>I have flashed the BIOS on the MB and both SCSI cards: no difference.
>
>I have also used expert mode and selected the proper drivers, it still hangs
>at the same spot. Is there some way to disable the scsi probing?
>
>Tried alternate boot disks (kernel 2.2.14 and 2.2.19): no difference.
>
>By the way, here is the puncher: This install USED to work, with the same
>hardware. I was attempting a fresh installation after having installed 8.0
>for test purposes. On the second time around, all the above garbage sets
>in.
>
>Sound familiar to anyone?
>
>
>
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