Linux-Networking Digest #7, Volume #10 Tue, 26 Jan 99 13:13:47 EST
Contents:
Re: PPP Setup for Uswest.net Dial in (Werner)
win95 <----> Linux woes (Paul Nolan)
kde to start via xdm ("Robertson, Rocke")
Re: 3c509 problem (Jay Copeland)
How do I get my IP addresses in multiple NIC conf. (Vladimir Peric)
Re: Looking for HOWTO for Win95/Linux network with crossover cable (Scott)
Pb with SIGIO signal and sockets ("Ronan BARZIC")
Re: SIOCADDRT: Invalid arguement? How to Fix (Robert Alexander)
Re: HELP: pppd drops after exactly 1 hour - (long) (Clifford Kite)
authenticating http proxy server? (Jason Brake)
Re: 2 Linux machines 2 nics and a hub and something is wrong? (Nick Rout)
Upgrade RH5.1 >> RH5.2 ("Ron")
Re: Terminators and thinnet (Stephen Carville)
X2/V90 PPP Modem Settings ("David Travers")
Uucp (smart)hosting? Web interface to users' mailboxes? ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: FTP problem - RedHat 5.2 (Xavier Boschian)
Please, help me to delegate a domain (FRAB) ("Fer Bor")
Help: Socket limits in Linux, Blackdown JDK 1.1.x ("Al Nios")
Implementing Raw IPX (FtnPatrick)
Nt & linux ("FireDragon")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Werner)
Crossposted-To: mn.online-service
Subject: Re: PPP Setup for Uswest.net Dial in
Date: 26 Jan 1999 14:38:57 GMT
Clayton Haapala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's the "blow-off" email I got from uswest when I asked about
> connecting linux. I have followed up with them to ask specifically
> about "Tell me what I am dialing -- I'll take care of the rest, but
> haven't gotten that answer yet.
Why on earth would you pick an ISP run by people thousands of miles away whos
tech support people have expert training on reading flow charts?
I'm sure there are many local ISPs whos tech support people actually use Linux
and could help you off the top of their heads.
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From: Paul Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: win95 <----> Linux woes
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:13:33 +0000
Windows95, RedHat 5.0.
Hello,
I have setup at home my windows and Linux boxen as a small mini-network.
The communication is
handled by ppp over a null modem connection on the serial port. I have
problems however :
I have added a new modem to the windows95 machine, which just goes
directly to the null modem cable on com2. Neither machine knows
about the other, i.e. I have not added any IP addresses to any
hosts files on either machine. Do I have to ?
What happens is on windows I run "telnet hostname" where hostname is the
Linux box, (windows knows nothing about this "hostname". The dial up
networking dialog pops up for number and passwd and username etc..(the
number is ignored for this null modem). I then enter in the root login
and passwd for the Linux machine and click on connect. Now on the Linux
box, I see pppd, using top, being started. I get a blank post-dial
terminal on windows, I press continue. Then I get "veryfing username and
password" from windows and then I am disconnected from the Linux
machine. So my question is, what do I have to do on the Linux box to get
this to work ? I have setup a login and secret using the network
configuration tool and then tried this login and password to no avail. I
have also turned off hardware compression and tried a few other things,
but no luck.
I'm sure it has something to do with ip addresses or I have to say which
users are allowed connect or something but I'm not sure.
Also, do I allow Linux to dynamically assign an ip address to the
windows machine or do I assign one to the machine (as it is now) and
leave it at that ?
As you can see, I havent a breeze as to where to go next, any general or
specific help is appreciated, thanks a lot.
- Paul Nolan,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robertson, Rocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kde to start via xdm
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:45:20 -0500
Hi. How do I get kde to startup via xdm on Caldera 2.3? Right now, it
automaticaly
starts fvwm which is fine, but I would like kde.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
--
Rocke Robertson
PWGSC/GTIS
(613)991-2604
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jay Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509 problem
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:18:39 -0500
Lun wrote:
>
> So, how to fix it????
> Regards,
> Lun
>
try this. boot in dos. run the setup app on the 3com disk. i think it's
in the utility directory. change it to a non pnp card then set your
address and irq.
hth
jay
--
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Don't fear the Penguin.
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From: Vladimir Peric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.c
Subject: How do I get my IP addresses in multiple NIC conf.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:18:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
is there any machine and OS independent way to get IP addresses in
multiple NIC configuration without using host names ?
Looking at source of ifconfig.c utility, I saw that ifconfig is OS
dependent (ioctl is using).
Thanks.
--
Vladimir Peric, B.Sc.E.E mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resume: http://pentix.imp.bg.ac.yu/vperic/rezime.html
Institute "Mihajlo Pupin" - Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Address: Volgina 15, 11050 Belgrade
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott)
Subject: Re: Looking for HOWTO for Win95/Linux network with crossover cable
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:03:46 GMT
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:35:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to set up a Linux/Win95 'network' using a crossover cable and 2
>NICs.
>Can someone point me to a HOWTO to configure the card in Linux?
>
>I've searched around a lot and can't find any documents. Any help would be
>appreciated.
>
You haven't really given much to work with. First you have to ensure
that Linux can see the network card--What type is it? Have you
compiled your kernel to have support for this card, or are you using
the installed kernel (basic options, not specific to your hardware) in
the hopes that they have compiled support for your card there? If you
type dmesg what do you see? Do you see the kernel addressing the
network card? What distribution are you using? You can find most of
your HOWTO's here:
http://www.linuxhq.com/info-index.html
>Thanks,
>--dave
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "Ronan BARZIC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Pb with SIGIO signal and sockets
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:26:05 +0100
Hello,
I have problems using sockets and signals on my RH5.1 Linux box (Kernel
2.0.34)
I want to have a SIGIO or SIGURG signal each time data is available on a
socket
I found a short example in <<An Advanced Socket Communication Tutorial
>>
(http://viks.mvrop.org/networking/sock_advanced_tut.html)
but it don't work (data are exchanged correctly but no signals are sent
to my process)
Does somebody have any other example of such use of socket and
signal (or more documentation) ?
(a complete program will be great - perhaps I've missed something )
Thanks
Ronan BARZIC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is the (simplified) code i used :
int on = 1;
signal(SIGIO,SignalHandler);
signal(SIGURG,SignalHandler2);
socketfd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
my_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
my_addr.sin_port = htons(DEST_PORT);
my_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(DEST_IP);
bzero(&(my_addr.sin_zero),8);
result =
bind(socketfd,(struct sockaddr*)&my_addr,sizeof(struct
sockaddr));
listen(socketfd,BACKLOG);
sin_size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
newfd = accept(socketfd,&their_addr,&sin_size);
/* Taken from Advanced Socket Com... */
/* Set the process receiving SIGIO/SIGURG signals to us */
pgrp=getpid();
if (ioctl(newfd, SIOCSPGRP, &pgrp) < 0) {
perror("ioctl F_SETOWN");
exit(1);
}
/* Allow receipt of asynchronous I/O signals */
if (ioctl(newfd, FIOASYNC, &on) < 0)
perror("ioctl F_SETFL, FASYNC");
exit(1);
}
/* The following line works but signal is not sent to the process */
/* pause(); /* don't work... */ */
bytes_received = recv(newfd,MessageBuffer,256,0);
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From: Robert Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: SIOCADDRT: Invalid arguement? How to Fix
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:42:04 +0100
Decklin Foster wrote:
>
> Aubrey Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I get this error message when my RH 5.2 system boots up. I have tried
> > to find out how to fix this is in the PPP Howto, NET3 Howto, etc. but can't
> > find the answer. I may be looking in the wrong place or overlooking an
> > obvious answer. I'm a newbie to Linux Networking and that is the biggest
> > problem. If someone can point me to where to find the info to fix this or
> > share the answer with me it will surely be appreciated.
>
> I don't have the answer, but in case it would help someone who knows, I
> started getting the same error after I started running the 2.2.0pre
> kernels. On my Debian system, it happens right after the cdrom is mounted
> at bootup (i'm not sure if it's connected.) I decided to bite the bullet
> and upgrade to slink, which brought some other minor things back
> up-to-date with the kernel, but I still get this message. what is it?
>
> --
> Please read: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/>
> The Web is to graphic design as the fax machine is to literature.
These errors cpme from ifconfig statements on a device which has not
been defined.
Most likely by installing the new kernel you have broken your net card
recognition for example by not specifiying the relevant parameters in
the kernel compilation.
Look into /etc/init.d/network and you will see some lines like :
ifconfig eth0 �lsk�lsk�lks�ldks�lk�sk�skd
eth0 would be the culprit ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: HELP: pppd drops after exactly 1 hour - (long)
Date: 25 Jan 1999 22:24:30 -0600
Paul Hanson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have a static IP using and am using ppp to connect to my ISP. Connects
: great, and have the option to redial on disconnect and dial on boot
: configured... but... Every hour exactly (determined from /var/log/messages)
: ppp goes down, and the connection redials and connects. Not only a bit
: Excerpt from /var/log/messages:
: Jan 25 04:00:25 sparky innd[430]: s
: Jan 25 04:00:56 sparky pppd[5558]: LCP terminated by peer
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It looks to me like the ISP kicks you off after an hour.
--
Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not a guru. (tm)
/* Microsoft is a great marketing organization.
* It _has_ to be */
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Brake)
Subject: authenticating http proxy server?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:10:44 GMT
Hello--
I need a proxy server that will do authentification for http
proxying. The reason is that we are using a the proxy server
backwards, that is, allowing anyone from the internet to use our proxy
server to get an on-campus ip to use to get to some services that we
are offering. We need to make sure that only authorized people are
using the proxy server.
In the past someone had hacked apache 1.2.6, but I am not sure if
that version is the best way to still go about it, or if maybe there
are plans to add that to apache in the future?
Thanks!
Jason
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From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 Linux machines 2 nics and a hub and something is wrong?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:08:56 +1300
Sorry but I think you are wrong here. I successfully network two computers
thru cat 5 without a hub, you just need a crossover cable. I wouldn't touch
coax/terminators etc with a bargepole after my experience.
In relation to the original question, are you pinging the name or the address
ie "ping linux2" or "ping 192.168.9.2" ?? If you have been trying the name,
try the address. If it works with the address but not the name try adding
entries to the /etc/hosts file. This can be acheived by editing it or by going
into X and using the network config application from the control panel . While
you are there check all the tabs and make sure the interface (probably eth0)
is active.
Charles Stack wrote:
> >Try not using the hub and just plugging one computer straight into the
> >other. Do this with both cords, one at a time and see if you have any
> >success. If this works, then the cable that it works with is of the
> >wrong kind. But it'll work if you just leave it plugged directly into
> >the computers.
>
> You can't/shouldn't do this with Cat5 cable since it doesn't terminate the
> lines properly. Odds are, the network won't work at all.
>
> You 'll need a length of coax, two T's and a two terminators to make this
> work properly. With CAT5 cable, the hub handles the line termination.
>
> But, you are correct about the cross-over /straight thru cable issue.
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From: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrade RH5.1 >> RH5.2
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:45:56 +0100
Reply-To: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi!
I upgraded RH5.1 >> RH5.2 and now only root can login. this goes for local
and telnet-sessions. Am I missing something?
Please, help me out!
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From: Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terminators and thinnet
Date: 24 Jan 1999 21:10:01 GMT
Boris Statnikov wrote:
>
> I have an RG58 A/U Coaxial and attempted to use 75ohm (as opposed to 50)
> terminators. Now I can't guarantee that I've set up my ethernet cards
> correctly to work with base2 instead of baseT, but everything worked as
> baseT before and I did change the cards' bios settings. I suspect
> terminators, but can 25 ohm difference really do it?
Yes. Seventy five Ohms is 150% of what the system is designed for. Get 50
ohm terminators and remember to ground one end of the networks
--
Stephen Carville
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
====================================================
Management: The art of hiring intelligent, skilled individuals and then
ignoring their advice.
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From: "David Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X2/V90 PPP Modem Settings
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:14:08 -0000
I have a PPP connection setup on an X2/V90 modem but have so far been only
able to get 33.6 connection.
Is there anyway to enable a USR Sportster Voice X2/V90 modem in Linux to use
the full speed connection.
I am using kernel 2.0.34 with recompiled kernel to implement PPP, IP
Firewall and IP Masquerading.
Any tips or advice would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance
David Travers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Uucp (smart)hosting? Web interface to users' mailboxes?
Date: 24 Jan 1999 21:13:10 GMT
I'm running Qmail, and my friend has a (hobby bbs) UUCP host with several
accounts.
I'd like to be smarthost for the UUCP host to call. The uucp host will not have
IP connectivity so installing Qmail (or other SMTP server) there is not
really an option.
We found Mark Delany's rmail at the Qmail site, so sending is covered.
But what do I do with mail received by Qmail to get it to the UUCP host?
(FWIW we're using mbox format. Tried mdir but couldn't get any of the
patched UMAs to work. That's too bad becaues mdir is clearly an improvement.)
Also, some of my users would prefer a Web interface to their email,
instead of using the POP3 or IMAP server.
(They travel and rely on public Web browsers an/or friends' Internet access.)
What's the right way to do that?
I've got Apache and cgiwrap. No problems making them work.
Excellent software, and well documented!
Once we get this working, we'll post a summary of how to do it.
But need pointers to existing documentation for now.
Search engines return hundreds of non-useful mail archive hits.
TIA
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Xavier Boschian)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: FTP problem - RedHat 5.2
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:10:27 GMT
Did you try to remove the user root in your /etc/ftpaccess
and loggin diretly with root user.
This file is for disabled loggin true ftp for each user.
You could try with another user !
Good Luck
Xavier
>>
>> I've managed to setup a FTP daemon on the two Linux boxes I've connected via a
>> private network. However I'm having this problem accessing the other Linux box
>> via FTP. The problem is as follows:
>>
>> ftp fairlane
>> Connected to fairlane
>> 220 fairlane.fords.com.au FTP Server ..............
>> Name (fairlane:root): ftp
>> 530 User ftp access denied
>> Login failed
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From: "Fer Bor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please, help me to delegate a domain (FRAB)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:07:24 -0300
Please I have the domain mine.com and i need create the subdomains
one.mine.com and two.mine.com (one and two are in anothers remote DNS�s
servers. What files (in unix) i have to change and how to? , please be
patients with me and my problem.
Thanks
Fernando Bordignon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry by my english.-
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From: "Al Nios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.api,comp.lang.java.help,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Help: Socket limits in Linux, Blackdown JDK 1.1.x
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:19:42 -0500
I know this this has been discussed over and over but there seem to be no
real solution for this problem. Here's the problem:
I am developing a client/server chat application that requires at least 2048
simultaneous socket connections. The server portion is running on Linux
2.3.4 using blackdown's JDK 1.1.7. Somehow after reaching about 500
connections, the whole application fails.
I have attempted recompiling the kernel and updating OPEN_MAX, FD_SETSIZE
and NR_OPEN to 2048 - this causes a core dump when a 600 sockets connections
are established.
I've inserted the following in the rc.sysinit file and that did absolutely
nothing:
echo 16384 >/proc/sys/kernel/file-max
echo 32768 >/proc/sys/kernel/inode-max
What is the solution to this problem if any? Who do I need to contact to
resolve this issue? Is there a tested solution that someone can recommend.
Al Nios
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FtnPatrick)
Subject: Implementing Raw IPX
Date: 26 Jan 1999 17:37:15 GMT
For a specific application, I need to implement RAW IPX. I have no need for
sockets or Netware or routers.
I will use whatever kernel it takes to implement, although a more stable
version would be preferred.
All I need are functions to send pre-formed packets and to receive pre-formed
packets. If I need to modify the kernel or write a whole new module, then so
be it. But I would appreciate a place to start and would hate to re-invent the
wheel, especially if it is not necessary.
Patrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (yes, AOL sucks, but it is the company account)
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From: "FireDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Nt & linux
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:37:01 +0200
I have a question...
We run a little NT LAN at home, and have recently aquired another machine,
which is running Linux, which we would love to have on the LAN, but somehow,
it just doesn't want to co-operate. I can telnet into the Linux machine from
one of the NT machines, but that is about it. Is it possible for us to get
the Linux machine to actively participate in the rest of our domain, or will
it remain an outcast for ever?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
FireDragon
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