Linux-Networking Digest #925, Volume #9 Mon, 18 Jan 99 16:13:50 EST
Contents:
Call for Articles - Crossroads Magazine (Kim Moorman)
Re: Very nasty networking problem! (Scott W. Petesen)
Re: module net-pf-4 errors (John Strange)
Re: Hacking Win95 for CHAP secret (Chris Rankin)
Re: Machine denys telnet and FTP (Scallica)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND (Bill Anderson)
Re: Machine denys telnet and FTP (Scallica)
Re: Security hole with WU-FTPD (Jacques Distler)
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(Allan Olesen)
Re: how to set dialup ("aallen")
Re: Routing problems in PPP - Partially solved ("Tim Underwood")
Re: What is pppd doing to my poor modem? (Clifford Kite)
isdn for linux drivers (Aegnor)
Re: leased line pppd problem (Rob van der Putten)
Re: Help: I am not a new user but when I connect to my ISP insted of login prompt I
get all sorts of stupid symbols.... (faheem fredericks)
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK (Qkev)
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From: Kim Moorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Call for Articles - Crossroads Magazine
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:45:53 -0500
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott W. Petesen)
Subject: Re: Very nasty networking problem!
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:15:25 GMT
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:47:34 +0000, Brian McCauley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott W. Petesen) writes:
>
>> When I first boot the system (slackware 3.5, 2.0.34 kernel) everything
>> is fine until I connect to my ISP. After a couple minutes to a couple
>> days my linux server can not connect to ANYTHING anymore (telnet,
>> fetchmail, sendmail, ftp). I cannot even telnet to the localhost!
>
>Please define "cannot". What happens when you try? What mesages does
>it give and how long does it pause between them?
Good point! After telnet localhost I receive:
Trying 127.0.0.1...
3-4 minutes go past
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
In the /var/log/messages I have this:
Jan 18 10:05:56 linux in.telnetd[385]: connect from unknown
Jan 18 10:06:10 linux in.telnetd[386]: connect from unknown
Jan 18 10:09:19 linux in.telnetd[387]: connect from unknown
It's like it can't resolve the address.
>
>Rule of thumb: Never post to Usenet saying "I can't do foo", you will
>immediately be asked "what happens when you try?". It would simplify
>matters if you were to answer this question without it needing to be
>asked.
>
>Shot-in-the-dark: Are you running a caching nameserver? Have you
>tried killing and restarting that? If the "named" process had somehow
>stalled/broken this could probably explain the symptoms.
>
>> I inow this maybe a tough one since I have heard of only ONE other
>> person with this problem.
>
>Yes, if BIND turns out to be the culprit then this is true. BIND is
>very rarely the culprit.
I am not using named at all.
Here are the output files requested by another user before and after
the problem happens:
BEFORE /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:31:75:CC
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1562 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:107
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x7c80
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:207.241.61.226 P-t-P:207.241.61.254
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:488 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:467 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:0
AFTER /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:31:75:CC
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3906 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:332
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x7c80
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:207.241.61.226 P-t-P:207.241.61.254
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:948 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
coll:0
BEFORE /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
207.241.61.254 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
4 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
9 lo
0.0.0.0 207.241.61.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
17 ppp0
AFTER /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
207.241.61.254 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
4 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
11 lo
0.0.0.0 207.241.61.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
33 ppp0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: module net-pf-4 errors
Date: 18 Jan 1999 18:42:49 GMT
Well, try
man modprobe
and verify that modprobe -c
will dump the name of the modules; (I am unsure of the -c)
It will give the module names for the net-pf-*.
So if net-pf-4 IPX was displayed it would indicate
IPX was not compiled as a module.
If you installed the kernel source, you could try
cd /usr/src/linux
make xconfig
click on network and see what was selected.
Luca Colombi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I receive the following error messages during boot up.
: modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
: modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
: Does anybody know what that means ?
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From: Chris Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hacking Win95 for CHAP secret
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:10:15 -0500
Reinder wrote:
> To connect your linux machine to your ISP using CHAP do this :
> first edit the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.
> it reads something like this:
> # client server secret ........................
>
> here you fill in your username and password, thus
> username * password
Almost right, but you need to add a FOURTH field to the chap-secrets
file (for modern versions of ppp, anyway). This fourth field is a filter
for acceptable IP addresses. I can't quite remember the definition of
"acceptable" here, but it's documented in the pppd man page. Since you
don't want to be fussy, your chap script shoud look like:
username * password *
Chris.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scallica)
Subject: Re: Machine denys telnet and FTP
Date: 18 Jan 1999 16:40:29 GMT
>Is there an entry for telnet in /etc/inetd.conf?
>telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>--
>Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Yup, that entry along with ftp is there by default. I am not sure what else I
am doing wrong. $telnet localhost doesn't seem to work either. It sez
"Connection closed by foriegn host". Any other suggestions? Thanx.
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:38:39 -0700
George Marengo wrote:
>
> On 16 Jan 1999 16:01:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory
> Loren Hansen) wrote:
>
> >In article <36a10353.9119122@News>, George Marengo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:49:30 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 16 Jan 1999 01:01:57 GMT, Gregory Loren Hansen
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>In article <77ofit$h87$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>So true - what you use is what you like. A foreign graduate student here
> >>>>>was all frustrated with windows because he was used to UNIX and coudn't
> >>>>>figure out how to grep in windows.
> >>>>
> >>>>Can you?
> >>>
> >>> Is there anything outside of a ported unix tool
> >>> that does regular expressions in Windows?
> >>
> >>Is there some reason why it would matter if it was ported or not?
> >>If the tool is available, what difference does it make?
> >
> >If it's not on the Windows installation disk, a foreign graduate student
> >isn't likely to find it on the computer in the school's computer lab. And
> >possibly won't be allowed to put it there if he does find it.
>
> Whether it's on the install disk is a different issue from whether
> it's ported or not, and why that would make a difference to anyone.
Unless you already know of the ported grep,and are wondering if there is
something *else*.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scallica)
Subject: Re: Machine denys telnet and FTP
Date: 18 Jan 1999 16:44:16 GMT
>It might be helpful to know:
>
>1). What is the message you get when you try to ftp/telnet ?
>2). Is inetd running ?
>3). Check your /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny
>
>--Ariel
When I try to telnet from a Win95 machine, the telnet program makes the
connection, but then the window closes. Inetd is running, and the correct
entries are made in /etc/inetd.conf.
Also, when I try to $telnet localhost on the console, it says "Connection
closed by foriegn host". Apache web server seems to work just fine from other
computers. I also checked hosts.allow. That says ALL : ALL. Also, hosts.deny is
empty. Any other suggestions? Thanx. :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacques Distler)
Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix,redhat.networking.general,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Security hole with WU-FTPD
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:15:34 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mumford) wrote:
>>His comment is that while login does not allow a remote root login
>>with no password, ftp does allow a root login with no password. This
>>is what he is calling the bug in ftpd. It certainly is an
>>inconsistancy between the two.
>>
>>It is also true that this bug is minor compared to the bug which allowed
>>a root user to be entered into passwd without a password.
>
>In a way it is an inconsistancy, but in another way it isn't. The linux
>login program has been hacked (if you will) to pay attention to a file
>called /etc/securetty (may vary from dstrib to distrib). Wu-ftpd could
>not care less about this file, since ftp doesn't open a tty.
Color me stupid, but why does he allow root ftp logins, *period*.
Shouldn't root be in his ftpusers file?
JD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allan Olesen)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:35:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gert Wollny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Say the script to mount the cdrom is called m and goes like this:
>>>start
>#!/bin/sh
># assuming the fstab entry to mount /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom
>mount /mnt/cdrom
>cd /mnt/cdrom
><<end
>then you need two keystrokes <m>+<ENTER> to get to the root directory of
>the CDRom.
>In DOS you need three:
><d>+<:>+<ENTER> #assuming d as the letter for your CDROM
>And the winner by one keystroke is linuuuux!
So what? I can also make a batch file under dos which does the same.
And I will use a lot less typing to create that file than you did
creating your file.
>
>And for the unmounting:
>
>script u:
>>>start
>#!/bin/sh
>cd
>umount /mnt/cdrom
>eject
><<end
>makes two keystrokes, which is comparable to pressing the eject button
>of the
>cd-drive.
Well, dos don't have an eject function. You win that one. But on the
other hand, you don't need to unmount in dos. And that counts if you
don't use scripts - which leads me to:
I think it is a PITA that you have to write your own scripts for linux
to make simple functions operate as easy as in dos.
--
Allan Olesen
"Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue."
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From: "aallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to set dialup
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:25:31 GMT
Best recommendation is to find the Linux Documentation Project and look it
up in the How To manual.
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/
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From: "Tim Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Routing problems in PPP - Partially solved
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:53:48 GMT
Ok, I got connected with ppp using pppsetup (quick!!!). I was not able to
ping anything outside of my nameserver addresses, and my dynamically
assigned IP address, and my termserver(?) IP address.
ping would resolve the name but nothing ever responded. I thought it was
broke, and didn't have routing set up right. However, I loaded up lynx, and
it works! I load up ftp, and connect to any server that I care to. ping
still won't respond. I've used it with/without the -r option (the only
reason I even tried to use -r was due to several ppp faqs and mini how-to's
stating to test your connection in this fashion).
I haven't tried mail yet, but see not reason why it won't work. Why does
everything else seem to function, and ping doesn't?
Is this similar to the tracert/traceroute problem with multiple interfaces?
I can't seem to find any info on this.
I am using a virgin 'official blue box' RH 5.2 workstation install, and the
only thing installed was a different XF86Config file, and pppsetup.
Tim Underwood wrote in message ...
>I have finally been able to connect to my ISP with PPP. However, I have
>routing problems. I connect and get my assigned IP.
>
>My assigned IP is 166.55.46.179 with a mask of 255.255.0.0
>
>My nameserver is 204.70.128.1 / 204.70.127.127
>
>I can connect and ping both my nameserver(s) by IP address.
>
>I do get name resolution. If I ping www.redhat.com, I get their address
>back as 199.183.24.253.
>
>However, whenever I ping anything but my nameservers by address, I get
>"unreachable network" using either:
>ping -r <name>
> or
>ping -r x.x.x.x
>
>ifconfig output looks like the following:
>------------- start of ifconfig output -------------
>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
> RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
>
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:83:71:97
> inet addr:192.168.0.30 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:264 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:1
> Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
>
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:166.55.46.179 P-t-P:166.55.32.175 Mask:255.255.0.0
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:16 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> Memory:11ce038-11cec04
>------------ end of ifconfig output ----------------
>
>route output looks like the following:
>------------ start of route output ------------------
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>Iface
>usr47.mix1.Will * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
>192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 5
eth0
>127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 2 lo
>default usr47.mix1.Will 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1
ppp0
>------------ end of route output -------------------
>
>my /etc/hosts file looks like the following:
>------------ start of hosts file -----------------
>127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>172.16.1.100 acer acer.localdomain
>------------ end of hosts file ------------------
>
>my /etc/resolv.conf looks like the following:
>------------ start of resolv.conf ---------------
>nameserver 204.70.128.1
>nameserver 204.70.127.127
>------------ end of resolv.conf ----------------
>
>Any ideas? I setup ppp using pppsetup. It wrote out the /etc/resolv.conf
>file.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: What is pppd doing to my poor modem?
Date: 18 Jan 1999 13:50:04 -0600
Stu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: >Did you just plug the new modem and and things worked without any Linux
: >configuration changes? If so then check such things as
: Yea, My modem init string is AT&F1 I like to keep it simple. I'm sure
: there's an AT command for it, and I was hoping if I knew what Linux was
: doing at time of error, I could figure out what the appropriate AT command
: string would be. Is it flow control? is it timing? I have no idea.
Try adding &K3 to the modem initialization string unless you are sure that
it's in the factory profile for the modem with fcs errors. This enables
RTS/CTS flow control. AT&V in minicom will show the profiles.
: >Modem AT command set profile not configured for hardware flow control
: >
: >Mismatched UART for modem speed capability
: How do I check this/ what does that mean?
It means that the UART your modem uses needs to be at capabable of keeping
up with the modem speed. For a 28.8+ modem you need a 16550A UART and
an older 16450 with just a 1 byte internal buffer likely won't cut it.
In turn the 16550A is really not fast enough for a 128k ISDN connection.
: >Bad cable/connector/connection
: That I had checked.
: Thanks for your information and ideas, I'll keep looking, but if you have
: any more tips, I'd appreciate.
The other things I know about that might contribute to fcs error are the
absence of the pppd crtscts option, the absence of the asycnmap option
in certain cases, and (maybe) the presence of the "escape xx" option
in others. These don't seem to fit your circumstances, where a plug-in
replacement modem cures the problem.
--
Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not a guru. (tm)
/* Speak softly and carry a +6 two-handed sword. */
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From: Aegnor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: isdn for linux drivers
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:18:27 GMT
lo all, i have two questions, if someone can help....
1.Can we expect a Hisax driver for the SAGEM cybermod Isdn pci cards?
2. Is there a trick for forwarding udp packets ? the point is that where
i work ( a multiplayer games shop), a lan is connected to a linux
gateway system and i've got some problems with some games which needs
the udp protocol...
Aeg
ps: sorry for my lacks in english....
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From: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: leased line pppd problem
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:18:26 GMT
Hi there
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, axw wrote:
> I am wondering why pppd run with 'defaultroute' option doesn't make any
> changes to routing table nor to ifconfig.
AFAIK this should work.
However you could try to set it up diffently.
Have a look at the leased line mini howto for more info.
Regards,
Rob
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From: faheem fredericks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: I am not a new user but when I connect to my ISP insted of login
prompt I get all sorts of stupid symbols....
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:18:28 GMT
I suspect that the garbage is nuthing more than plain PPP traffic :)
you probably use PAP authentication; which does not give you a login=20
prompt.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 1/7/99, 11:45:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote=20
regarding Help: I am not a new user but when I connect to my ISP=20
insted of login prompt I get all sorts of stupid symbols....:
> Reply me only at: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> --- When I try to connect to my ISP via dial up connection It dosent=20
connect
> and I tried minicom to see what did I get. I got connected but after =
that I
> get some trash and studpid symbols instead of login prompt.... I have =
got
> SLIP compiled in also... It is not a PPP problem because I am unable=20
to get
> even login prompt when I dial up.
> So my ppp-on scripts were not working so I used minicom to see , but=20
insted of
> prompt I got trash on screen....
> I have just compiled and installed kernel-2.2.0 pre4 release=20
version.....and
> It is running fine...
> Please email your suggestions to my email given at top.
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From: Qkev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:42:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now I'm no fan of MicroSquissy, but I've never had a supported product be
> this difficult to
> get to work under WINDOWS. In fact I do tech support for a huge UNIX shop,
> and I've never seen this
> much grief.
> "Does LINUX SUCK ?"
Well, if Hardware Companies would work with Linux Developers, there
wouldn't be any major Hardware problems. The only reason most things
work with Microsoft Windows is because they are the leading OS and
get whatever support they want... Once Linux is better accepted and
supported from the Commercial end, problems like yours should
disappear. Oui, non.. anyway my opinion...
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