Linux-Networking Digest #869, Volume #9 Wed, 13 Jan 99 15:13:39 EST
Contents:
Network Card ("Daniel Goh")
Re: specify Reply-To with Mail (Brian McCauley)
Re: Linux 5.2 SMTP (Alexandre Dulaunoy)
performance comparison of samba, NT server, and netware (Max Jerome)
ISC's DHCP client ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help with PPP (Invalid protocol error) (Clifford Kite)
Re: How to set up a DNS ?? (Dale Pontius)
Re: Installing 3C509B NIC (Athan)
Re: why doesn't my network card work? (Athan)
More-Almost PPP w/Redhat 5.2 (George Lampke)
Re: Pentium with CD -> 486 without ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Where did the redhat PAM page go ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Daniel Goh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network Card
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:57:58 +0800
Hi,
I have a Linksys EtherFast Lan Card. I have downloaded the drivers from
www.linksys.com, but I have no idea at all on how to install the card. Can
someone give me specific detials?
Thanks.
PS. Please reply to email.
Regards,
Daniel
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From: Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: specify Reply-To with Mail
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:46:31 +0000
Virginie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes something not related to
Linux.
Please post obviously Unix questions to Unix groups - but not until
you've consulted the Unix FAQ.
This is covered by FAQ entry:
5.2 What's the best way to send mail from a program?
> I would like to specify on command line the Reply-To: field.
>
> Exactly like to specify the Subject: field we use the command line :
>
> mail -s the_subject the_mail_address < the_message_file
>
> Question : what is the command line to do this?
My answer is do not use Mail.
When sending mail from programs it is almost always best to use
"sendmail -t -oi".
(
echo To: the_mail_address
echo Reply-to: the_reply_address
echo Subject: the_subject
echo
cat the_message_file
) | sendmail -t -oi
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From: Alexandre Dulaunoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.2 SMTP
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:01:55 +0100
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are you sure of your resolv.conf & your nameserver entry ?
alx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I put a Linux 5.1 box in at work for a temporary e-mail server. No one could
> attach to the box (telnet, ftp, http, nothing worked) until I added their IP
> number into the 'hosts' file, then everything worked fine. Was there a better
> answer?
>
> Also, a friend asked me for some help with his Linux 5.2 system. His problem
> isn't quite the same as mine. Everyone can log in with telnet, ftp, http,
> pop3, etc., however his SMTP runs terribly slow. All other network
> functionality seems okay. What can I tell him to improve his SMTP response
> time?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ken Wilson
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Max Jerome )
Subject: performance comparison of samba, NT server, and netware
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:05:33 GMT
Hi all
I was wondering if anybody had done any testing between samba, NT
server and netware. Is the performance of samba comparable? I was
interested in using it for a server for a medium sized database app
for about 30 people and was wondering if it is viable, we are using
intranetware now, but I would like to have some of the features on
linux and dont want two boxes.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ISC's DHCP client
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:07:24 GMT
Has anyone been able to successfully compile ISC's DHCP client for the 2.1.x
kernels? I'm getting a lot of errors indicating that symbols (BPF_LD, BPF_H,
etc.) are undefined. I've tried adding a #include for filter.h from the
kernel sources (which seems to be where the appropriate symbols are defined)
- no luck so far.
Unfortunately, dhcpcd won't work for us for various reasons (even under 2.0.x
kernels), so that isn't really a viable alternative.
I'd appreciate being directly Cc'd on any responses, as it's difficult to
check the newsgroups from work (though I'll certainly try to follow it here).
Thanx!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: Need help with PPP (Invalid protocol error)
Date: 13 Jan 1999 08:54:46 -0600
Roteus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've got pppd setup using chat and the chap-secrets is setup that gets
: authenticated but then it gives me an invalid protocol 8702.. the
: syslog entries follow.
It's
8207 Cisco Discovery Protocol Control
but that's all I know. You can find out more from the RFC, try
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/
: Jan 12 22:18:46 famvid pppd[504]: Unsupported protocol (0x8207)
: received
: Jan 12 22:18:46 famvid pppd[504]: Peer is not authorized to use remote
: address xxx.xx.xx.xxx
: Jan 12 22:18:46 famvid pppd[504]: Connection terminated.
: Jan 12 22:18:47 famvid pppd[504]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
: Jan 12 22:18:47 famvid pppd[504]: Exit.
--
Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale Pontius)
Subject: Re: How to set up a DNS ??
Date: 13 Jan 1999 16:51:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (No Spam) writes:
>
> Have you had a look at the DNS HOW-TO? It's all I used to initially
> configure my caching name server and it was spot on. It also goes
> into primary and secondary setups as well.
>
Yes, after reading a bit further, it doesn't seem worthwhile for
me to do. One of these days I'm thinking of setting up an old
computer 24x7 for IP-masq, etc. Then it will make sense. The QandA
in the back settle the points about going offline and cache being
in memory.
I've seen cautions about setting up DNS if you don't really know
what you're doing. I admit I don't, but the caching thing sounds
neat. I'm just trying to find out about the pitfalls.
Dale Pontius
(NOT speaking for IBM)
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From: Athan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing 3C509B NIC
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:42:07 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go to the contib place of a redhat mirror and download the
3c5x9 * rpm file it might help you..
Athan
Tim Taylor wrote:
> I've been trying unsuccessfully for the better part of a month to get
> this working. Hopefully someone here can help.
>
> I have an old 486 machine and I installed RedHat Linux 5.2 (kernel
> 2.0.36) on it. I have 1 3-com 3C509B-TP card installed in the machine.
> I'm trying to connect it to my other computer which is a Win95 machine.
> They are connected via a hub.
>
> What I'm seeing is that on the Linux machine, the 3c509b is detected at
> boot time. Running ifconfig reports the proper settings for the card.
> From the Linux machine, I can ping 127.0.0.1, it's own IP (192.168.2.1)
> and the IP address of the win95 machine (192.168.2.3). These all work
> great. However, if I try to ping the Linux machine from the win95
> machine, there is no response.
>
> On the Linux machine, I see the following during boot:
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00:60:97:b0:28:0e, IRQ
> 10
> 3c509.c:1.16 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
>
> ifconfig reports the following:
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr:00:60:97:B0:28:0E
> inet addr:192.168.2.1 bcast:192.168.2.255 mask:255.255.255.0
> interrupt:10 base address:0x300
>
> route reports the following:
> dest gateway genmask flags metric ref
> use iface
> 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
> 4 eth0
>
> I have disabled PNP on the card, and I know the card is good as I have
> booted the machine using a dos floppy and run the full set of
> diagnostics using 3c5x9cfg.exe including the echo test with the Linux
> machine as both the echo server and echo client.
>
> looking at the output of 'cat /proc/ioports' doesn't show any I/O port
> conflicts and 'cat /proc/interrupts' doesn't show any IRQ conflicts.
>
> I'm so close to having this working, but just haven't been able to
> figure out why I can ping the other machines on my local network, but
> they can't ping the Linux machine. If anyone can provide any ideas as
> to what I need to do to make this work I would be very grateful.
>
> TIA,
> - Tim Taylor
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From: Athan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: why doesn't my network card work?
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:44:21 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go to the contib place of a redhat mirror and download the
3c5x9 * rpm file it might help you..
Athan
Bill Dossett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm really really really stumped.
>
> I have a Linux system that routes between two
> networks. One network is a small thin ethernet
> segment with 5 machines, the other is a large
> 10baseT. I don't like the thin ethernet and
> I'm trying to get rid of it.
>
> I'm using Etherlink III, 3c509 ethernet cards.
> One card is a combo, the other is AUI/BNC only.
>
> I have 4 more combo cards (3c509). I have tried all of
> them to replace the AUI/BNC card (3c509 as well) and it just
> will not work. I have used 3c5x9cfg to set the
> IRQ and IO to the exact same as the original AUI/BNC.
> I have set the new cards to BNC and used the same
> cable. I have also set them to auto and to RJ45.
> All four cards work in other machines. I have set
> the I/O and the IRQ in the lilo.conf and I have
> tried autoprobing which works with the original
> AUI/BNC card fine.
>
> Now the weird part is that I don't get any errors
> on boot up, it finds the cards at their respective
> IRQ and I/O and reports the net addresses. It configures the cards.
> ifconfig
> reports the cards configured exactly as they should
> be.... I can ping each card... but nothing will go
> any further than the card. I can't ping anthing on either network
> and I can't ping it on either network.
>
> When I put the original AUI/BNC only card in, it
> starts working again.
>
> I know this sounds pretty bizarre, I've worked with
> h/w a long long time and I haven't seen anything quite
> as obstinate as this. If anyone has any tricks or
> any possible far fetched ideas, whatever I would appreciate
> if they'd bounce them off me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
> When Linux boots,
> --
> "Tonight we're going to party like it's 1999." :-)
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From: George Lampke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More-Almost PPP w/Redhat 5.2
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:54:42 -0700
PPP connection Terminates with "Serial line is looped back"!
I have included Debug report, ppp-on, and ppp-on-dialer listings:
Running Redhat 5.2 and using "ppp-on" and "ppp-on-dialer" to make PPP
connection to my ISP. THe modem dials, connects, and receives my login
and password. It establishes a connection but shuts down almost
immediately.
The last lines in /var/log/messages are:
========================================
Jan 11 14:31:52 localhost pppd[835]: Serial connection established.
Jan 11 14:31:53 localhost pppd[835]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 11 14:31:53 localhost pppd[835]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua2
Jan 11 14:31:56 localhost pppd[835]: Serial line is looped back.
Jan 11 14:31:56 localhost pppd[835]: Connection terminated.
Jan 11 14:31:57 localhost pppd[835]: Exit.
Jan 11 14:33:29 localhost kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully
unregistered
Output of /var/log/debug file
=============================
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x8 <magic
0xa1b75c12>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x9 <mru 552>
<asyncmap 0x20a0000> <magic 0xe019697f> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x9 <mru 552>
<asyncmap 0x20a0000> <magic 0xe019697f> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x9 <magic
0x52c43f4>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x9 <magic
0x52c43f4>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0xa <mru 552>
<asyncmap 0x20a0000> <magic 0x1f9ca49b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xa <mru 552>
<asyncmap 0x20a0000> <magic 0x1f9ca49b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0xa <magic
0x87eebc94>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0xa <magic
0x87eebc94>]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback
detected"]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback
detected"]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
Jan 12 14:25:15 localhost pppd[312]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
Listing of ppp-on
==================
#!/bin/sh
#
# Script to initiate a ppp connection. This is the first part of the
# pair of scripts. This is not a secure pair of scripts as the codes
# are visible with the 'ps' command. However, it is simple.
#
# These are the parameters. Change as needed.
TELEPHONE=416-0801 # The telephone number for the connection
ACCOUNT=glampke # The account name for logon
PASSWORD=****** # The password for this account
LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0
REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed
HOST=ppp # Enter the type of protocol
#
# Export them so that they will be available at 'ppp-on-dialer' time.
export TELEPHONE ACCOUNT PASSWORD HOST
#
# This is the location of the script which dials the phone and logs
# in. Please use the absolute file name as the $PATH variable is not
# used on the connect option. (To do so on a 'root' account would be
# a security hole so don't ask.)
#
DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
#
# Initiate the connection
#
# I put most of the common options on this command. Please, don't
# forget the 'lock' option or some programs such as mgetty will not
# work. The asyncmap and escape will permit the PPP link to work with
# a telnet or rlogin connection. You are welcome to make any changes
# as desired. Don't use the 'defaultroute' option if you currently
# have a default route to an ethernet gateway.
#
exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/cua2 38400 \
asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
LIsting of ppp-on-dialer
=========================
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is part 2 of the ppp-on script. It will perform the connection
# protocol for the desired connection.
#
exec chat -v \
TIMEOUT 3 \
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \
'' \rAT \
'OK-+++\c-OK' ATH0 \
TIMEOUT 30 \
OK ATDT$TELEPHONE \
CONNECT '' \
TIMEOUT 30 \
host: $HOST \
TIMEOUT 5 \
ogin: $ACCOUNT \
TIMEOUT 5 \
assword: $PASSWORD
Thanks, George
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pentium with CD -> 486 without
Date: 13 Jan 99 11:49:45 MDT
Sorry about not getting back yesterday as promised.
Here's how I did my install. First I have network cards in both machines.
Then I built a Linux install on the pentium using my Jaz drive. I made the
partitions thus; / = 150Meg, /usr = 700Meg growable, /home = 10Meg (no plans
of using this install for users), and swap = 64Meg. I then installed
everything (I want to experiment with different software with this install
later). I named the pentium bunion.landover.net and gave it IP number
192.168.1.2 with the primary nameserver being 192.168.1.1. I then edited
/etc/exports and put "/mnt/cdrom 192.168.1.1" into it. With this done I
started the 486 install.
For the 486 I named the box questor.landover.net and gave it IP number
192.168.1.1 with primary nameserver of 192.168.1.1 and secondary nameserver of
192.168.1.2. I then used the IP number to refeer to the pentium box rather
than the name. The install went great.
I hope this can help you. It sounds from further posts that you are not useing
any network cards for the install. I have not done any parrellel port or
serial port networking.
Eric Winsor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mikhail
Bovineck) writes:
> Great! I seem to have the two talking via a parallel cable, but the
> RedHat installation stops cold on the last step (name your server and
> your directory). I have put the appropriate IP address in the
> /etc/exports file...
>
> /mnt/cdrom 192.168.1.2
>
> ...but it says "can't mount from this server" or something like that.
> I'm a bit stuck now!
>
> Cheers :)
>
> On 11 Jan 99 09:53:43 MDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>I am currently doing this my self. I have tried SMB installs, FTP installs,
>>and am now doing an NFS install. I am using RedHat 5.1, but I am keeping W95
>>on the pentium for the family. So, as a result I have installed Linux onto a
>>Jaz disk on the Pentium. From here I am doing the NFS install to the 486. I'd
>>have this done now, but I didn't size all the partitions right on the Jaz
>>install and thus can't edit any files to facilitate the NFS install as the
>>partition containing /etc is full. I plan to redo everything tonight, so I
>>will report agian tomarrow.
>>
>>Eric Winsor
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Barry O'Neill
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Mikhail Bovineck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi - I have Linux installed on a hardrive on a pentium box which
>>>> originated on a CD ( RedHat Distribution). I also have a 486
>>>> with no CD which I would like to make a Linux box as well. In other
>>>> words, I would like to access the pentium box's CDrom from the 486.
>>>
>>> I've recently done this. To my shame, I opted to physically mode the
>>> CDROM to the 486 for the installation rather than learn something by
>>> using the existing network connection.
>>>
>>> That said, the installation (RedHat) worked without incident and the
>>> CDROM is now back in the Pentium, while the 486 is now web serving, news
>>> hosting and mail handling.
>>>
>>> You would be better off (IMHO) with a couple of cheap network cards to
>>> link your two boxes, rather than having to go down the PLIP/Serial
>>> connection route.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Barry
>>> --
>>> Linux Redhat 5.2. BeOS R4.
>>> Who needs Micro$lop?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Where did the redhat PAM page go
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:00:13 GMT
Redhat used to have a really neat page on PAM with resource links to
everything you would want when dealing with this. I have not been able to
access this for over a month and am wondering what happened to it.
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