Linux-Networking Digest #991, Volume #9 Mon, 25 Jan 99 07:14:21 EST
Contents:
Linux/Win - DNS problem (Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rnbak?= Jensen)
newbie email-Q, please help: Linux,POP3,fetchmail,sendmail,hostname,FQDN?????
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Re: Linux as Terminal-Server (Radovan Brako)
Re: 3c509 irq & inn News Server ("David R. Bergstein")
Linux as Terminal-Server ("Karsten Wehner")
Re: Does TIP dialer still exist anywhere? (Villy Kruse)
Re: Iinux manual ("Darryl Burling")
NFS between Linux RedHat 5.2 (Marcos Tang)
Re: Win98 + Linux (samba) (David Ison)
Re: Win98 + Linux (samba) ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: Linux server on small network (Steve Lamb)
Linux and the Kingston KNE110TX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PPP internet connection problem ("tf49665")
Linux and Netware and PCI (Derek Schaible)
Re: Why Does Linux Networking Suck So Badly ? (Derek Schaible)
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:06:15 +0100
From: Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rnbak?= Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux/Win - DNS problem
Hey!
With help from the DNS-howto I have configured a Linux box for running
DNS...
On the localhost all dns queries works fine but when I try to use DNS
from a Win machine I get Bad IP number... I don't know if it is the Win
machine or Linux machine been responsible.. It is my only Linux box..
HELP!!
--
Greetings!
Christian B. Jensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chief Developer
The Factory
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ISP, Web and Video-development
The Danish RealNetworks expert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: newbie email-Q, please help: Linux,POP3,fetchmail,sendmail,hostname,FQDN?????
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:49:12 GMT
Hi linux-users!
I'm quite new to Linux and certainly no expert of TCP/IP and so on.
I've learned a lot the past couple of days, but now I'm really stuck.
So, probably I'm about to ask a FAQ, but I can't find the information
I need on dejanews, nor in the Linux faq, HOWTO's etcetera.
Here it goes:
a- I like to send and receive email on my linux box.
b- I have Red Hat 5.1; sendmail, procmail, fetchmail installed.
c- I have an ISP with a pop3 server, ppp connection working.
So far I can contact the pop3 server of my ISP (using fetchmail), but cannot
establish a SMTP connection between the pop3 server of the ISP and my linux
box, to transfer the mail to my computer.
The questions that arise:
1) I get a dynamic IP number: what should I choose as a hostname?
(If I choose 'somename' as hostname, and do a "nslookup
somename.my.isp.domain" from another host (with fixed internet connection)
it cannot find it. Does this mean that the hostname I chose doesn't
have any meaning whatsoever?). If I do 'nslookup <my-dynamic-ip-nr>'
I get some cryptic name, not related to the hostname I chose.
2) How should I 'activate' port 25 on my linux box for accepting mail by SMTP?
(Should I do that in the first place?) (for instance my /etc/host.deny
says "ALL: ALL", does that mean that I do not accept 'connections' on
port 25?)
3) Should I run sendmail as a daemon to accept incoming SMTP traffic at
port 25? How to do that on a RedHat installation?
4) How do I tell (through fetchmail) that the pop3 server should
send my mail to my humble linux box. Probably something different
than my chosen hostname as mentioned in point 1 above.....? If I use
the name found by 'nslookup <my-dynamic-internet-ip-nr>' it does not
work either. Should that normally work?
5) If I specify the ISP's domain name (e.g. by RedHat's netcfg-tool) it
shows up in /etc/resolv.conf (in the line "search my.isp.name").
However, if I send mail to a non-local email adress in the 'From'
field only 'user@somename' shows up, so not a FQDN.
Making a /etc/mailname file with the ISP domain name (as sugessted
in the ISP-hookup-HOWTO) didn't change this.
6) How can I (using sendmail) have my email adress at my ISP in the
'From' and 'Reply-to' fields of my sent emails, so that recipients
can easily reply. (instead of the 'user@somename' as mentioned under
number 5).
Thanks in advance for any help! Please send copy of the usenet replies to:
"joost . willemen @ rt . bosch . de" (please remove the whitespaces
inbetween). (I don't have a usenet client installed yet..... Probably next
questions).
Best regards,
Joost
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Radovan Brako)
Subject: Re: Linux as Terminal-Server
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:52:29 +0100
In <78hcs1$9pm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Karsten Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I want to use a Linuxbox as a Terminal-Server for a serial port to connect a
>machine with a serial port to the network.
>
>Then I would like to access the serial port with something like a "telnet
>linuxbox" probably with a special port number and to get the same output as
>connecting to the serial port locally.
>
>I do not want to log in to the Linuxbox running an (a)getty.
>
>How can I do this? What programs or tools do I need?
If I understand you correctly, you have two machines, number 1
on an Ethernet LAN and number 2 you want to connect to 1 through
a serial link. That's not called Terminal-Server, rather a point-
to-point link.
Very briefly, you need a (crossover) serial cable, you must assign
an IP from your LAN subnet to the machine 2 and advertise it by
Proxy ARP on the Ethernet interface, you must run the pppd on the
serial interfaces on both machines (note that the serial interface
on 1 can have the same IP as the Ethernet interface, on Linux at
least), appropriately configured, of course (see pppd(8)), and
set up the routes -- that's very simple on machine 2, just set
the default route to the ppp interface.
RB
>Thank you.
>Yours
> Karsten
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From: "David R. Bergstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509 irq & inn News Server
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:24:26 -0500
Kyle Bowerman wrote:
>
> It is not true that you cant use this card as a module many of us on this
> group including myself will contest to that. I am having trouple finding my
> second 3c509 on one linux box and have tried everything. Many people are
> having the sam problem that you are because a sound card is taking irq 10.
> I have come to the conclusion that you have to boot your machine is dos and
> then use the 3com utilty to turn off the plug and play option built into the
> card. This utlity actuly flashes the eprom and disable the pnp feature.
> But see if you can get it to work before resorting to this.
>
> Kyle
I had to go through s similar process to get my NE2000 card to work in
the same box as a 3c509 card (the 3c509 was always mapped to the same
IRQ by default). Once I ran the DOS setup on the NE2000, it was good to
go. I suspect disabling the PnP feature is a minor loss if it makes the
card work properly (at least on a Linux-only machine).
--
David R. Bergstein
Systems Engineer and Blues Musician - http://www.erols.com/dbergst
Heart of Blue - http://heartofblue.com
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From: "Karsten Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux as Terminal-Server
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:17:53 +0100
Hi,
I want to use a Linuxbox as a Terminal-Server for a serial port to connect a
machine with a serial port to the network.
Then I would like to access the serial port with something like a "telnet
linuxbox" probably with a special port number and to get the same output as
connecting to the serial port locally.
I do not want to log in to the Linuxbox running an (a)getty.
How can I do this? What programs or tools do I need?
Thank you.
Yours
Karsten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Does TIP dialer still exist anywhere?
Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:20:32 +0100
In article <78gntb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
dps2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, Does anyone know where I might find the "tip" modem dialer for Linux?
>I have the freebsd source version, and there is minicom, but I only need to
>dial a number and send a short character string.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Peter Steele
>
>
You migth try to look at the SysV equivalent 'cu' which is distributed
as part of the uucp package. Alternatively, try minicom included with
many linux systems.
Villy
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From: "Darryl Burling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iinux manual
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:08:49 +1300
If you want a paper product try Linux in a Nutshell from O'Reilly &
Associates... good book for what you want.
Arnoud Stassen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>After a succesful Linux installation, I am looking for a acrobat
>reader doc or something similar that explanes Linux commands in detail
>WITHOUT any interface like X-Windows/KDE etc.
>
>How-to
>
>Dir
>Shutdown
>Etc
>
>Can anybody help me ?
>
>
>
>Arnoud Stassen
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:21:10 -0800
From: Marcos Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS between Linux RedHat 5.2
Hi,
I get two Linux servers which are installed with RedHat 5.2.
I share one partition of the server to another one throught NFS.
Below is my configuration:
On the NFS server machine (192.168.168.1):
I have /etc/expors
and the config is
/directory 192.168.168.254(rw,no_root_squash)
on the NFS client machine (192.168.168.254):
I have /etc/fstab
and the config is
192.168.168.1:/directory /directory nfs noauto 0 0
Every time I reboot the NFS client, I login as root and run :
mount /directory
Everything works fine. I can view the server's directory with df -k.
However, the console will prompt
NFS server 192.168.168.1 not responding, still trying.
NFS server 192.168.168.1 OK.
NFS server 192.168.168.1 not responding, still trying.
NFS server 192.168.168.1 OK.
......
..(repeatedly)
I have changed the nic and this problem still exists. Is it my
setting wrong? I am using (rw,no_root_squash) in the /etc/exports file,
should I need change it?
Thanks a lot!!!!
Regards,
Marcos
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:13:41 -0500
From: David Ison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Win98 + Linux (samba)
There should be a file /etc/smb.conf
That's where you set up samba.
Patrick Batemen wrote:
> Someone, please tell me how to connect my win98 box and redhat box
> together, they were both running win98 and I had no problem, but I switched
> to linux on one computer. They both have Dlink DE220 network cards, are
> connected with coax, My win98 box:
>
> IP:192.168.0.1
> subnet: 255.255.255.0
> name is: switch
>
--
David Ison
Sysadmin, PCCI
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 + Linux (samba)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:11:54 -0600
Patrick Batemen wrote:
>
> Someone, please tell me how to connect my win98 box and redhat box
> together, they were both running win98 and I had no problem, but I switched
> to linux on one computer. They both have Dlink DE220 network cards, are
> connected with coax, My win98 box:
>
> IP:192.168.0.1
> subnet: 255.255.255.0
> name is: switch
>
> Please help. Tell me how to use this samba thing! it is version 1.9.15P8-2
> and appears to only run in console, please tell me how to use this, exactly
> what to do. I am driving myself nuts over this!!
>
> Thankyou,
>
> Trevor
First, be sure that you have TCP/IP working between the two boxes.
Second, be sure that the Windows boxes have file and print sharing bound
to TCP/IP (not bound to NetBEUI).
Third, read the samba HOW-TO.
Fourth, read the file ENCRYPTION.txt found in the
/usr/doc/samba-1.9.15p8-2/docs directory. (Well, it's in my
/usr/doc/samba-1.9.18p10/docs directory.)
The last one is critical. New for Win98/NT (and I think later fix levels
for Win95) is the use of encrypted passwords. The whole thing falls
apart if you don't get this right and, since it is relatively new, lots
of documentation never mentions it.
--
Robert Paulsen http://paulsen.home.texas.net
If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux server on small network
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Jan 1999 05:32:40 +0800
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:05:56 +0000, Phil Edwards
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It's shareware, well worth the registration fee, and does pretty much
>everything as well as being simplicity itself to set up. We have a site
>licence here, and currently have about 60 PC's using it to access our
>Unix machines.
I could never reconocile "shareware" with telnet when telnet, the REAL
telnet on the 'nixes these days, are free. Esp. when one could make a
barebones, decent telnet client in Active State Perl for free as a study
into perl programming.
--
Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my
http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus | employer's. They hired me for my
ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not my opinions!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and the Kingston KNE110TX
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 04:45:14 GMT
I'm pretty sure that I have my Kingston card installed properly, but I'm new
at linux and can't be postive. I've tried to ping several other IP's on my
network and linux freezes up. Is there a way to tell if my card is working?
Thanks, Troy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "tf49665" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP internet connection problem
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:01:54 -0000
Help! I got my modem to dial my ISP but that's about it. I can't seem to
connect to their DNS, let alone accessing via a web browser.
my /etc/resolv.conf is as follows:
search .
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (I obtain the nameserver from my ISP)
my ppp script is as follows:
exec /usr/sbin/pppd connect \
'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \
-detach crtscts modem defaultroute \
user XXXXX \
/dev/modem 38400
my chatscript is as follows:
TIMEOUT 5
"" ATZ
OK ATDT####### (my ISP number)
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT WAITING
TIMEOUT 45
CONNECT ""
TIMEOUT 5
"Login:" ###### (my username)
"Password:" ###### (my password)
my /var/adm/messages when pppstart was executed:
...
...
Connect:ppp0<--->/dev/modem
local IP address ###.###.###.###
Remote IP address ###.###.###.###
Everything seemed good. Once connected, I tried to ping the DNS (specified
in /etc/resolv.conf) both by IP and my host. Neither one worked. It just
hung. Do I need to set my default route in my routing
table? Did I enter the nameserver incorrectly or did I enter it in the
wrong file? Please email and thanks in advance.
Tom
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From: Derek Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Netware and PCI
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 06:52:49 -0500
I Installed a RH 5.1 box with a pci net card (3c905) pci sound(sb64) and
pci vid(voodoo banshee). I realize this is not a standard Network
Machine but its at home and my goal is to learn how to replace a few
win95 desktops at the office. Anyway, I have several isa machines
running linux (from Caldera to Slackware) loggin into a netware box no
problem. I am trying to upgrade my kernel to 2.1.82 for the pci utils
to work so I can have my pci cards live in harmony.
Long story short, after booting with the 2.1.82 kernel I get this error
when I mount a novell server:
ipx_interface add -p eth0 EtherII 0xnetaddress (works fine)
ncpmount -Snw411 -Uadmin /netware
password prompt
mount failed
Now, even when I reoot with the 2.0.32 kernel I get the same message.
What do I need to recompile and where do I get it? I can still mount
vfat drives. Any other things going to bite me after this kernel
upgrade? Hmmm.... nothing in the release notes.........
thanx for your time reading this long post!
- Derek
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From: Derek Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Does Linux Networking Suck So Badly ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:00:17 -0500
Maybe Linux networking sux if you are a newbie MCSE who has no idea what
is going on in the network and physical layers. Any real network
Engineer worth his/her paycheck knows the benifits of linux and Unix in
general and dosen't waste his/her time whining about what what they dont
understand. Instead, they RTFM and LEARN!!
-Derek (MCSE, CNE, soon to be CCIE)
B. vonEschen wrote:
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (j)
> >>> The sheer number of messages posted here - usually half going
> >>> unanswered - tells the tale ... Linux networking sucks.
>
> <Lots of longwinded stuff snipped>
>
> >>> As much as I dislike Winders, it's a positive relief to boot
> >>> back into it after fooling around for hours in vain with Linux.
>
> Is that boot or re-boot, & re-boot, & re-boot, & re-boot.....
>
> Sorry - I'm very new to Linux and once was new to "Winders", however
> I'm tired as hell of all the bs that comes with running ANYTHING MS
> sells, or gives away for that matter. Sure you can plug two or three
> "Winders" boxes together and call it a network, and that's great,
> however what good is easy networking on an overbloated, unstable, file
> spewing, piece of $#!^ OS???
>
> I have had daily dialogs of error messages spat at me from "Winders"
> since the first day I used 95 or 98, one of my personal favorites is
> having Internet Explorer crash as I'm reading a web page, not even
> touching the keyboard or mouse!?!?!
>
> >>> Preferring Winders to ANYTHING ... IMHO that's a pretty severe
> >>> indictment. Linux has been badly over-sold. If it weren't so
> >>> cheap it would be a rip-off ... a hobby OS masquerading as
> >>> the "real deal".
>
> I pity people with this kind of outlook towards Linux. I'll keep
> pluggin' away at learning Linux and enjoy the knowledge I'm gaining &
> I'll continue to enjoy using an OS that millions of people want to
> work... vs using crap that M$ wants everyone to use, the way *they*
> think you should use it, active desktop, view as a webpage, what the
> hell is that crap all about?
>
> ...thats my $0.02 on this matter.
>
> Burke vonEschen
> Canada
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