Linux-Networking Digest #104, Volume #10 Wed, 3 Feb 99 23:13:37 EST
Contents:
Re: Slow minicom and seyon? (Richard Huxton)
NFS woes (Jay Thorne)
Re: FTP .... H O W !!!! (Peter Greenwood)
Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG (Bob)
SMTP error: 553 user address required (Scott W. Petesen)
HELP - Installing Network Card ("Michel A. Lim")
Re: JavaNet connection ("Andrew Cowper")
Re: changing file ownership (Chip Christian)
Re: Help with simple manual network configuration (Ray Willis)
Re: rpm question (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Strange dhcpcd with Linux 2.2.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NT Server v's Linux (Thomas Zajic)
Re: ipfwadm questions ("Nick Short")
Re: Linuxconf is Broken, no Joke (David Heinzinger)
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From: Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow minicom and seyon?
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:36:43 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>"Mungert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I have a Tashika 56K IDE Voice/Fax/Data Modem. Kernel 2.0.36.
>> When I use minicom or seyon to make a connection to my
>> ISP. The login prompt is very slow; it takes about 5-10 seconds for
>> the text I type to appear on the terminal prompt. The result is a timeout
>> and thus no login.
>
>You have the wrong IRQ set. man setserial.
>
I had the same problem with my IRQs. I'm running Redhat 5.2 and Win95 on
the same box. Win95 was reporting my internal modem as using IRQ 9, but
Linux wasn't letting me use that.
I checked the jumpers on the card and found they were set to IRQ 2
(don't ask me why I thought that was a good idea when I installed it).
Looked like Windows was reprogramming my modem during startup. I
switched the jumpers to use IRQ 4 and everything went swimmingly.
- Richard Huxton
...sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it
.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.sock.it.to.me.soc
k.it.to.me...
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From: Jay Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS woes
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:24:44 GMT
>From - Wed Feb 3 13:55:59 1999
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From: Jay Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: KE Software
I'm trying to mount an nfs export from one machine to another.
When I call rpcinfo -p servermachine from the root account of
clientmachine, it never returns. Strangely enough, it does work perfectly
if you call it from a user account
information:
client machine:
Kernel 2.0.36
libc5.4.46
mount from util-linux 2.7e
rpcinfo from slack 3.2 dist
Server machine
kernel 2.0.36
RH 5.0 w/all current patches
w/ portmap updates
nfs updates
glibc updates
etc.
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Jay Thorne [EMAIL PROTECTED] KE Software
http://www.kesoftware.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Greenwood)
Subject: Re: FTP .... H O W !!!!
Date: 4 Feb 1999 02:38:21 GMT
In article <79a9sj$950$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Morten Andersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need to disable my FTP server witch is build in Redhat 5.1....
Find the line in /etc/inetd.conf beginning "ftp", and comment it out.
Cause inetd to reread it with the command "killall inetd".
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:35:20 -0500
Luca Filipozzi wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > Bob> having windows. I have heard in newsgroups that GTE has
> > Bob> terminated ADSL service when they found out somebody was
> > Bob> running linux.
> >
> Does the contract actually say the Windows is required? Or simply that it
> is the only O/S supported?
>
> My ADSL provider says I can use *nix but that they only support Windows
> and Mac O/S. In other words, my problems are my own to fix.
>
> Luca
You and I know it's reasonable to say they don't hold hands or answer
questions or support whatever OS. Far beyond that, one individual on
the phone slandered and defamed linux by saying linux can't do dhcp.
He went into an endless loop on windows can and linux can't, terminating
the conversation with prejudice. In these newsgroups I've found out
everything
I need to know from people who run linux on GTE ADSL all the time, but
nobody
dares to say so when they're talking to the evil empire.
Actually if someone gets GTE ADSL, but an independent ISP, they don't hear
that
defamation of linux. For a mere 100% extra per month, I don't have to hear
it!
I don't want to go on tape and say I'm running windows. That jeopardizes
my linux windows-non-use refund, and it's insulting and demeaning, and
I don't appreciate the defamation of linux. Also consider the statistics,
"All of our users are running windows", bah, untrue.
-Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott W. Petesen)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: SMTP error: 553 user address required
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 03:17:06 GMT
I get this error using when fetchmail and I happen to have a bounced
back message from MAILERDAMON at my ISP.
Any ideas?
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Scott W. Petersen - N9SLA
Web Page: www.wwa.com/~scooter
Elgin, IL - USA
ICQ 8287204
Packet E-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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PLEASE note e-mail address is scooter @ wwa.com
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From: "Michel A. Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: HELP - Installing Network Card
Date: 3 Feb 1999 22:10:13 GMT
Reply-To: "Michel A. Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
i am a linux newbie, with some computer experience, trying to install my
intel etherexpress pro/10+ isa card on my now linux box (Macmillan RH 5.2,
kernel 2.0.36-0.7). i have read several other postings regarding this
network card, but i could really use a step-by-step guide.
the card did work when the OS was win98. linux is now the only OS on this
computer. the linux install was successful except that it did not recognize
my network card. i disabled the plug and play function of the card using
the intel configuration software (softset2), and then tried re-installing
linux and passing the IRQ and I/O settings (7 and 320-32Fh respectively) but
that also did not work. i then tried to add the following lines to
/etc/conf.modules:
alias eth0 eepro
options eth0 io=320-32Fh irq=7
this was also unsucessful. furthermore, pnpdump returns "board not found,"
and even AFTER reading the HOWTO for isapnptools, i have no idea what to add
to add to my isapnp.conf file.
any help would be very appreciated, just please be detailed as i am not a
guru by any stretch of the imagination. remember to remove NOSPAM from the
reply address if you wish to email me directly.
thank you.
michel a. lim
associate
wong hobach lau
consulting engineers
structural/civil/construction management
www.whl-international.com
more info...
Intel Softset2 device settings
Node Address: 00 A0 C9 16 83 F7
I/O Address: 320-32Fh
Interrupt: IRQ7
Board Connector Type: Auto-Detect
Force 8-bit operation: No
Flash Chip Address: Disabled
Remote Boot Program: None
Concurrent Processing: Enabled
Duplex Mode: Half Duplex
Power Management: Disabled
Plug and Play: Disabled
Plug and Play Environment: PnP BIOS only
Adapter Type: Intel PRO/10+
Controller Version: 82595FX
Bus Type detected: ISA-PCI
computer hardware:
Pentium 166
16MB RAM
1.3GB Maxtor IDE HD
Everex EV-623 video card with 1MB DRAM
SONY 4X IDE CD-ROM
no sound card
no modem
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From: "Andrew Cowper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: JavaNet connection
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:22:30 -0500
Well , I'll answer my own question - just for posterity. to trigger PPP in
JavaNet's servers you need to login as UserName.ppp, instead of just
UserName. Thanks to my local LUG.
Cheerio
Andrew
Andrew Cowper wrote in message <798ls8$m8q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone out there use Linux with the New England ISP JavaNet? Their
>helpdesk appears to be fairly clueless on Linux issues. I'm trying to find
a
>chat script that will trigger PPP at their end. So far I can login ok, but
>it would appear that their ppp is not starting and my pppd is trying to
talk
>to a shell account...
>
>If anyone has a chat script that works with JavaNet I'd be forever in your
>debt.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Andrew
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: changing file ownership
From: Chip Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:40:39 GMT
Chris Mattern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In comp.security.unix lipsin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi,
> > i have a linux box. in it i have users with username containing
> > dot, ie foo.john or foo.doe . the root will backup their files every
> > now and then. so that, if they accidentally deleted something, the
> > admin will be able to retrive it from the back. my problem is that the
> > backup file is own by root. and when i move them back to the original
> > users directory, i can't chanown back to the orriginal users. and this
> > problem only effect users who has dot in their username. the error i
> > get is
>
> > # chown foo.john filename
> > chown: foo.john: invalid user
>
> > thanks for the help.
>
> As has been pointed out by others, chown is doing this because it has
> a "user.group" mode. The answer is to look up the uid of the user in
> question and use that. The *best* answer is to find a way to have
> usernames without periods in them.
That certainly is the best method. One other option (since you have the source)
is to add an option to chown for this purpose...
-Chip
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From: Ray Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Help with simple manual network configuration
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 21:27:12 -0600
ok I know this sounds stupid but It will work trust me, remove and reinstall
linuxconf
I have had these same problems and I found out that linuxconf has a way of messing up
some stuff somthing serious. I did a fresh install ran linuxconf rebooted everything
was wonderfull then ran linuxconf and adjusted some of the networking info then
rebooted then bam my network settings were screwed. does the words "delying ethx
initialization" sound familiar?
Robert Montgomery wrote:
> First off, I'm running RH5.2, and using the linuxconf tool to make the
> changes. I know that my ethernet card works fine because I've been
> able to connect to the internet using DHCP to set up my network info,
> but for reasons too long to explain here, I NEED to do a manual
> setup, and not rely on the DHCP, but I am new to networking issues,
> and am frankly stumped. Two things that I notice in nestscape (while
> using my attempt at a manual configuration):
>
> 1. Netscape fully loads a local html file upon start-up, yet netscape
>
> continues to suck nearly 100% CPU until I kill it. Why??
>
> 2. While it is in the above state, mysteriously at nearly 100% CPU,
> I click to an external webpage. The status bar at the bottom
> just
> reads something like "contacting proxy..." and kinda flickering,
>
> like it cant resolve the proxy address or something....
>
> Now obviously I've screwed something up, but I'm not sure what it
> is... I will post all of my current configuration info below. Please
> let me know if you see anything stupid or wrong... I've tried every
> combination of things I could think of but yet to no avail...
>
> Thanks for your help... It is MUCH appreciated!
> Rob
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> This is the info from my provider:
> -------------------------------------------------
> IP address: 24.65.228.72
> subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> Gateway/Router: 24.65.228.1
> Host: CS123456-A
> NameServer1: 24.64.2.33
> NameServer2: 24:64.2.34
> Domain: cghh1.ab.wave.home.com
>
> The following is a listing of my network configuration as shown
> in the RH5.2 "linuxconf" tool:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Config -> Networking -> Client Tasks -> Basic Host Information
> Hostname: localhost.localdomain
> Adapter1 (enabled/Manual)
> Primary name + domain: CS123456-A.cghh1.ab.wave.home.com
> Aliases: CS123456-A
> IP Address: 24.65.228.72
> Netmask: 255.255.255.0
> Net device: eth0
> Kernel module: 3c59x
>
> Config -> Networking -> Client Tasks -> Name Server Specification
> DNS Usage: required
> default domain: cghh1.ab.wave.home.com
> nameserver 1: 24.64.2.33
> nameserver 2: 24.64.2.34
> Search domain 1: cghh1.ab.wave.home.com
>
> Config -> Networking -> Client Tasks -> Routing & Gateways --> Defaults
> Default Gateway: 24.65.228.1 (enabled)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Also, the RH5.2 "netcfg" tool shows the following settings:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> NAMES
> Hostname: localhost.localdomain
> Domain: cghh1.ab.wave.home.com
> Nameservers: 24.64.2.33
> 24.64.2.34
>
> HOSTS
> 24.65.228.72 CS373959-A.cghh1.ab.wave.home.com CS373959-A
>
> INTERFACES:
> lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active
> eth0 24.65.228.72 none yes active
>
> ROUTING
> NETWORK PACKET FORWARDING (IPv4) is CHECKED
> Default Gateway: 24.65.228.1
> Default Gateway device: eth0
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> And finally, when I do an "ifconfig" I get this:
>
> 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:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:29:60:F8
> inet addr:24.65.228.72 Bcast:24.65.228.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:85 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xef00
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: rpm question
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 23:24:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [ ... ]
> I guess it's a simple thing. Did you d/l the package with "this other
> os" and then copied it to a linux partition?
> In this case the dots between the name-parts are converted by Windows
> because Windows cannot work with filenames with several dots. Just
> rename:
> [ ... ]
Don�t want to defend "that other OS" here, but it _does_ actually
work with filenames with several dots. That annoying conversion to
underscores seems to be a Netscape "feature". When I download
some Linux package in "that other OS", I usually just overwrite
the underscores with dots in the "Filename" box before clicking
"OK". Works fine, try it ...
Can anybody confirm/deny whether this is actually a Netscape or
"that other OS" feature?
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Strange dhcpcd with Linux 2.2.0
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:20:30 -0600
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Bob wrote:
> #! /bin/sh
> PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
> # for some cable modems--
> #OPT_USER_ID="-h recbo"
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
> if dhcpcd $OPT_USER_ID -d eth0 ; then
>
> # then some other stuff I need, so hostname -i will work:
Well, your little script wasn't really what I needed, but it did give me a
little more energy to try stuff out. I was playing around with stuff,
running the new dhcpcd a few times, looking at the tcpdump output, to see
if I could figure anything out. It was giving me the same time-out type
thing the first time, but the second time I actually got an IP address.
Turns out it had nothing to do with running the old version. It seems to
have more to do with timing. Maybe it's just my ethernet card or it could
be a slow dhcp server, or something, but I wrote a little script to keep
re-running dhcpcd until it exited successfully. I've set it up in the
startup scripts to run in the background on bootup, so I can actually
login while it's trying to get an IP address.
So, I did get it to work without your help, but thanks anyways for a quick
reply.
Now I'm just wondering why it takes it so long to get the IP address.
--
Dale Osowski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www3.winona.msus.edu/dosowski0474
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT Server v's Linux
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 03:41:52 GMT
softalk wrote:
> I have the job of setting up a web and mail server for a local company via a
> 64k leased line. My question is - Which os should I use Win or Linux ??. The
> server will also provide web access to a local network of windows users.
> I am open to suggestions
For an objective in-depth comparison, have a look at
http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/
Thomas
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From: "Nick Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipfwadm questions
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 02:10:33 GMT
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From: David Heinzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linuxconf is Broken, no Joke
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 03:51:54 +0000
I've noticed that it puts funny little characters into your scripts.
Use netconfg - it works better.
--
Dave.
Newsflash from Microsoft. Windows NT 5.0 was delayed and renamed Windows
2000. Windows 2000 will now be delayed until spring of 1901.
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