Linux-Networking Digest #32, Volume #10 Thu, 28 Jan 99 11:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM ("Charles Stack")
Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM ("Justin Ryan [PHT]")
Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10 (James Carlson)
Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: SAMBA SHARING (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK (Scott Lanning)
Re: No FTP, No Telnet, No Samba (David Efflandt)
Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere (Clifford Kite)
Re: 3c905tx 10/100 Redhat 5.2 ("Jeff Lapsley")
Winchat protocol for linux... ("Torsten Kurbad")
programming with libpcap ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH5.2, am-utils, how to automount cdrom, pcfs floppy, samba smb volume ("Alain
Coetmeur")
Re: Nis & automount ("Alain Coetmeur")
How to handle POP3 mail host/relay ("Tim Underwood")
ISA RealTek 8019 ("sdsf")
Re: masquerading: what's left for me to do? (Brad Cuppy)
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From: "Charles Stack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:12:15 -0500
>It's not that hard to compile a kernel. There is no advantage with
>having someone else compile your kernel, because you won't gain any
>advantages.
The advantage you gain is an easy install process without 15 other steps.
For a newbie or for multiple installations, this has its obvious time saving
advantages.
But, the downside to any RPM is the fact that it is a precompiled binary.
Like Forest Gump said (paraphrased and adapted), "RPMs are like a box of
chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get...". Given that tainted
source for common utilities has made its way on the net recently, I'd be
very leary of any RPMs I download from even "respected" sites.
Now, if you compile the kernel and build your own RPMs from known untainted
source..that's a different story. That's why RPMs are signed by trusted
entities. This is similar to M$'s Autosign technology. Basically, you have
a digitally signature of the RPMs contents that can be easily verified. Of
course, you must trust the person that signed it...Alas...paranoria!
Charles
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From: "Justin Ryan [PHT]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 18:44:27 -0600
I think I can simplify the process and add a little ;p
1: switch to the dir where the kernel .tar.gz you downloaded from
ftp.kernel.org is
2: cp kernel-2.2.0-final.tar.gz /usr/src
3: cd /usr/src
4. ls (see if there is a 'linux' directory, then if it's a symlink, delete
it, if not, rename it, usually to the version of your old kernel)
5. tar zxvf kernel-2.2.0-final.tar.gz
6. cd linux
7. make mrproper
8. make <config>.. replace <config> with one of the following:
config : prompts you (console) for each option in the kernel, once, can't go
back and change em w/out running it again..
menuconfig : gives you a console menu-based configuration, nice...
xconfig ; similar to menuconfig but in X.. nice..
9. I usually use the option to save a copy of the settings somewhere, so
that i can load up the same configuration if I want to compile 2.2.0 with
the same options again
10. make dep; make clean; make zImage; make modules; make modules_install
I do this all on one line because it allows me to start the compile and then
walk away.. the modules and modules_install you only need if you used
modules, I usually also run it in an xterm so that, if I need to, I can do
other stuff easily and keep an eye on the compile
11. cp /arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/linux-2.2.0
12. pico /etc/lilo.conf
13. make a copy of the existing linux entry but change the image to
/boot/linux-2.2.0 and the label to linux22 (you can use any name you like, I
use l for linux and w for windows, makes it easier)
14. lilo (this updates your lilo config)
15. reboot, choose the new option in lilo, if it doesn't work, go back to
your old config and try to get help on what's wrong.. there are some
configuration options that need to be changed but I won't go into them here,
you can read the information at kernel.org and linuxhq.com if you want
details, or post again here..
-Justin
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Brian Gilman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You should really learn how to compile a kernel so, here are the VERY
simple
> steps:
>
> 1) download kernel sources ie. ftp.us.kernel.org
> 2) gunzip *.gz and then tar xvf *.tar (where * is the current kernel
#)
> 3) put sources in their rightful place mv linux /usr/src/
> 4) cd linux
> 5) make mrproper
> 6) make config (choose a flavor...I prefer menuconfig but, if your
running
> X type: make xconfig)
> 7) choose what you like!
> 8) save and exit or save to file and then exit
> 9) make dep ; make clean (you should type these on the command line as
> they appear here)
> 10) make zImage or bzImage (depending on the size of the kernel...I use
> bzImage because I usually add a whole bunch of stuff into the kernel
making it
> larger)
> 11) If you've chosen modules type..... make modules
> 12 After modules are made type: make modules_install
> 13 go to the directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot and look for
either
> bzImage or zImage; Then type mv zImage linux-2.2.0 (could be bzImage if
you
> chose that option; this renames the image file so that you know what
kernel
> you've just compiled)
> 14) type mv linux-2.2.0 /boot (this puts the new kernel in the boot
> directory)
>
> DO NOT FORGET THIS PART OF THE PROCESS!!!!!!!!!! BELOW O.K.! I CAN'T
STRESS
> THIS ENOUGH
>
> 13) type pico /etc/lilo.conf (or your favorite text editor, instead of
> pico...I like pico cuz it's quick) by adding the entry as shown below DO
NOT
> DELETE ANY OTHER ENTRIES! :
>
> image=/boot/linux-2.2.0
> label=linux-2.2.0
> root=/dev/my_root_device (you'll see the root
> device in other entries)
> read-only
>
>
> ********14) VERY IMPORTANT! after you've pico'd (or whatever) your
> lilo.conf file YOU MUST TYPE THE WORD lilo ON THE COMMAND LINE!!!!!!!!!!
> This re-compiles and inserts lilo into the master boot record (ie. the
place
> that points to all the bootable kernel's)
>
>
> O.K. so, now you're done enjoy linux 2.2.0!!!!
>
> If you have any problems please e-mail me and I'll try to elaborate more
on
> the process but, I think I've pretty much, covered everything......If
anyone
> else wants to comment giver it a go.....
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Gilman
> John K wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can somebody compile the new kernel in a RPM package for "newbies",
please.
> >
> > I have RedHat 5.2 and I look forward for something easy to upgrade
without
> > making it a pain, or making a mistake as a result to have to re-install
> > again Linux for the 400th time.
> >
> > Please make a RPM package of the new kernel.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
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From: James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.protocols.ppp,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10
Date: 28 Jan 1999 09:13:57 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson) writes:
> Apparently all livingston portmasters have been wiped off the face of
> the earth from this statements about most ISPs. Muy ISP uses
> livingston portmasters and the appropiate chat-up line is
Even Portmonsters can be configured to autodetect PPP, and most are
configured that way because of the Windoze stupidity. (At the time
that Win95 came out, there was a huge push to add and enable
autodetect everywhere, because ISPs who didn't would not be listed in
MS's book of "compatible" ISPs. At least that's what the Bay
marketing folks told us ...)
You're right, though, that all ISPs are subtly different. Your
mileage will vary. Not chatting, though, is a good rule of thumb
these days.
--
James Carlson, Consulting S/W Engineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IronBridge Networks / 55 Hayden Avenue 71.246W Vox: +1 781 372 8132
Lexington MA 02421-7996 / USA 42.423N Fax: +1 781 372 8090
"PPP Design and Debugging" --- http://people.ne.mediaone.net/carlson/ppp
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:41:49 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verify:
1 ping 127.0.0.1
2 ping 10.220.10.118
3 ping boston.com
If you can't ping 1 then tcp broke. Unlikely
Cant do #2 - submit route, ifconfig
Do 1 2 not 3. Resolve.conf not setup correctly to ISP
nameservers.
You mention subnet - do you have more than one machine and where
are
you pinging from?
Does the last line in route have default with gateway your isp
and
iface ppp0? If not then your default is configured. Nuke it in
Crontrol pannel, network configuration, Route. Erase the default
routes.
Jim Orfanakos wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup PPP on my RedHat 5.1 system. The system dials,
> connects, and stays connected. IFCONFIG PPP0 shows my ip address from my
> ISP.
>
> I have configured my /etc/reslove.conf and ROUTE shows my routes that I hard
> coded with my subnet and gateway....but still no luck. I cannot ping, surf,
> etc.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Orfanakos
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/djo3
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SAMBA SHARING
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:45:07 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AND: edit /etc/smb.conf. Use the smb-HOWTO for guidance. Not
mentioned
much is setting up passwords but 1 minute or reading will help in
man smbpasswd. Watch for setting in /etc/smb.conf of
encryption. Both
systems have to be in sync. NT defaults to encryption.
Hoser wrote:
>
> I have A 3 computer network running off of a redhat 5.1 host. Everything
> is running fine in all my machines, but I need to share My linux box. All
> my machines show up in Network Neighborhood of my NT machine, except for my
> linux box. any suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: 28 Jan 1999 14:27:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:"Keith Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >The fourteen-year-old "hey, I'm using linux, so I'm cool" advocates
: >would
:
: A generally valid and well made point, but why did you have to spoil it
: with the agist rhetoric that is also unfortunately so typical of this
: newsgroup. Most people would understandably be unhappy if I posted
: something like: `The black guy "hey, I'm using linux, I'm so cool"
: advocates', so why is replacing an attitude that discriminates on the
: basis of race with one that discriminates on the basis of age acceptable?
:
: Maybe it's time some people realised that there are smart 14 year olds,
: and there are also smart 80 year olds. There are also dumb people in both
: group. No one age has a monopoly on intelligence, common sense, or any
: other mental attribute. Don't tar all people of a certain age with the
: same brush.
I don't think he was, only the "i'm using linux, so i'm cool" ones.
Anyways, except for those lame-o 13-year olds (don't *even* get me started
on those pre-teens...), we've all been 14 at one point, whereas we haven't
all been black, female, eskimo, whathaveyou..
And why aren't 14-year-olds allowed to be President or drive a car or
buy cigarettes or alcohol? Because they're so fried on hormones, they don't
know what they're doing...
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From: David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No FTP, No Telnet, No Samba
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:55:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/27/99, 10:50:48 AM, "David Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding No FTP, No Telnet, No Samba:
> Hello...
> I've just setup a small home LAN with private IP addresses.
> RH5.2 =3D 192.168.0.1
> Win98 =3D 192.168.0.2
> I *can* ping from each box to each box. I *can* get RH5.2 HTTP=20
services from
> Win 98 using http://192.168.0.1
> My problem is, I can't telnet or FTP... in both operations it seems to=
=20
find
> the machine, but no login prompts are ever issued.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance...David
Linux tries all sources to try to resolve a name for any remote=20
connection. So you might just be giving up before DNS times out. Try=20
adding a name for each IP in /etc/hosts and likewise in \windows\hosts=20
so you can access the Linux box by name and connections will come up=20
quicker.
Also certain commands, like 'who' will be much more responsive if you=20
do NOT list any nameservers in resolv.conf that are not currently=20
connected. I have resolv.isp and resolv.local that I cp into=20
resolv.conf from ip-up.local and ip-down.local.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere
Date: 27 Jan 1999 17:49:46 -0600
Jim Orfanakos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I am trying to setup PPP on my RedHat 5.1 system. The system dials,
: connects, and stays connected. IFCONFIG PPP0 shows my ip address from my
: ISP.
: I have configured my /etc/reslove.conf and ROUTE shows my routes that I hard
: coded with my subnet and gateway....but still no luck. I cannot ping, surf,
: etc. ^^^^^^^
In order to get past the ISP server pppd must be able to configure a
default route through the server IP. If you already have a default
route configured, then pppd won't replace it with one for ppp0 even
with the pppd option defaultroute. You don't need a default route to
a local network unless you need to connect through the LAN to another LAN
using a host running gated or routed. A network route will do routing to
the LAN, the form is
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} eth0
: Any ideas?
Remove the default route to the LAN and configure a network route.
--
Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: "Jeff Lapsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905tx 10/100 Redhat 5.2
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:43:47 -0600
Are you using DHCP on it? I have a 3C905B and I noticed something odd with
my setup. With the dhcpcd included with Redhat 5.2, the link light on my
hub would switch from 100 to 10 at the time of DHCP during boot. Very odd.
I upgraded to the latest dhcpcd and the problem has not ocurred again. I
can't say this was the fix, as I just got the auto-sensing hub at the same
time I was migrating to 2.2.0, so I can't say for how long the behavior was
going on for.
Jeff
Allen Ahoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:36afc4bb.0@oracle...
>
>
>I loaded a Redhat 5.2 machine and it found a 3c59x Vortex card, (its a
>3c905 PCI 10/100TX card.
>I have same cards in another machine working on 100MBps hub.
>
>I don't get connected using the 100MBPS hub under rh5.2 install.
>
>Do I need to go use the Windows disk to set something here, or is there
>something else I need to do.
>
>I have cold booted this, so its not a warm boot issue.
>Thanks.
>You can send me email at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "Torsten Kurbad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Winchat protocol for linux...
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:45:16 +0100
Hi Folks!
Is there anyone willing and able to program some stuff to communicate with
the winchat program of MS Windows 95/98/NT through linux???
Tnx!
Torsten :o)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: programming with libpcap
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:21:41 GMT
I would like to find documentation and other help to program many little
application as snif and other , with the libpcap.
thank you
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From: "Alain Coetmeur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.2, am-utils, how to automount cdrom, pcfs floppy, samba smb volume
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:59:38 +0100
I'm trying to configure amd (am-utils-6.0a16-4.rpm)
automount daemon in order to automount
CD-Rom
PC floppy
SAMBA SMB volumes (from my NT servers)
for Cd and Fd i've found the pcfs and cdfs filesystem types
and modified the main map
but this doesnot work well
I've also trie to add a new independent
map on on new mount, but it stay busy
and cannot automount.
one time, I've nearly succeded to mount fd
as pcfs, but since my floppy was readonly it
refused to mount telling it was readonly...
I thing I've forgotten something...
I've trie to install am-utils-6.0a16-5.rpm
but amd cannot run because
it says the __bzero symbol is missing...
I suppose it is a problem with libc.so.6
but I'm not sure...
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From: "Alain Coetmeur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nis & automount
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:28:57 +0100
Franck JEDRZEJEWSKI a �crit dans le message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would like to know how to configure the automount with NIS (YP) ?
>
>I have a NIS SUN server, and I have installed PCs under Linux Redhat.
>I want to log on with my PC via the NIS server, with a home directory
>automatically mount from the NIS server.
>Apparently, the NIS work. I can ypcat, etc.
>The autofs daemon is on. I can read the "autofs status" which list the
>reference mount point,
>but when i try to log on an account which is referenced on the NIS
>server,
I'm using am-utils, the amd automount daemon...
it works well for the /net automount...
documentation show how to configure automount
for home.
the idea is to define a map that is of the "/etc/passwd" type
and this should work...
anyway is someone have more information
> I have a loggin but i have
>no automount of the home directory.
>How does it work ? Which files must be configured ? How automount starts
>from autofs ??
with amd all is explained in the documentation.
they say that the automount directory
is in fact a NFS volume that amd serve.
you can define different maps that are
associated with a mount point
(/net is a mount point, /home may be one you add).
/etc/passwd is a magic map that is build
not only with /etc/passwd content but with
yellow pages also if configured.
in each map you can define key-value association
that associate a subdirectory of the base mount point
with a mount typ, that can be nfs, local, cd, fd,
and even strange things like the list of NFS moint point
(host), union of volume, sub automount directory, ...
anyway I'm not an experst at all, and
I'm stuck in problems...
i cannot automount cdrom of readonly floppy
for reason than seems strange.
moreover the last "rawhide" version of amd
refuse to run because of a stupid librery
problem with __bzero...
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From: "Tim Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to handle POP3 mail host/relay
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:27:54 GMT
I need to know what to use, and the best way to setup mail on an RH5.2 box
with the following characteristics:
1. Dial on demand (already have)
2. Queued receipt/delivery
3. Delivery via SMTP relay
4. All receipts will be via POP3 client (multiple external POP3 mailboxes
to retrieve)
5. Local delivery will be via POP3 (need POP3 host)
6. Return address replacement (since mail will be delivered to several
users on local net, and domain name is fake, need to replace the return
address before sending via SMTP. Return address replacement needs to be by
user, as each user has a different name/address).
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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From: "sdsf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISA RealTek 8019
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:26:34 -0500
I have here on my computer slackware 3.5, and i want to set up my ethernet
card on it. I have a Realtek 8019, and it seems not to initialize it
properly when it boots. The boot message satates that either my kernel is
not configured for it or i dont have it. But i do have it, and is there
something else i can do instead of compiling a new kernel?
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From: Brad Cuppy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: masquerading: what's left for me to do?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:21:26 -0700
Here is what I did:
This is under slakware. In /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I put in
these lines:
echo "Setting up IP Masquerading..."
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -p masquerade
In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, I have these lines :
/sbin/modprobe ip_alias
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
#/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_vdolive
>From inside my private network, I can access the "Internet"
but from the "Internet", you can only see the machine that
does the forwarding but not private network unless you
log into the forwarding machine.
Try the modprobe commands and if the modprobe works,
you don't have to worry about re-compiling the kernel.
Under Win 95/98, you have to go into network configuration
and setup a gateway with the IP address of the forwarding
machine (Private addr).
Brad
mike schmelzer wrote:
>
> I've got a MediaOne express hookup, and
> I'm trying to masq a win98 box behind it.
>
> I've gotten two 3c509 cards to coexist in
> the linux box, which is running
> Linux version 2.0.34 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Fri May 8
>16:05:57 EDT 1998
> by the way.
>
> [ SNIP - Win 98 doesn't work.... ]
>
> I issued
> ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24
> (and variants thereof),
> so that an ipfwadm -f -l yielded, IIRC:
> acc/m 192.168.1.0 anywhere n/a
>
> And after all this (which was nowhere as easy
> as I'm making it sound) my win98 machine
> still can't reach the outside world.
>
>
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