Linux-Networking Digest #109, Volume #10 Thu, 4 Feb 99 13:13:53 EST
Contents:
Re: External ISDN modem ("[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin )")
Re: Modems and stuff... (Brad Mettee)
Re: NFS woes (Remco Wouts)
php & gnome ("Rich Mycroft")
Re: Problem with modem and ethernet cards on Gateway Solo 9100
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DHCP client (dhcpcd) for Caldera 1.3? ("Wadels")
Linux and ADSL (Koen Verbruggen)
Re: Hostname changes after PPP connection (Yaye)
pop3 die (Isaac)
Re: SYN Flooding (Johann Kappacher)
Modems and stuff... ("David L. Rice")
Re: Linux and ADSL (Doug Nordwall)
OSR2 Networking ("Bill Weedon")
Firewall and COM/IP ("Jim Spencer")
Squid proxy + verisign = :-( ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dial-Up Server with VNC into WinNT (Stephan February)
Re: Tape file marks (Jim Chisholm)
Re: Connecting Linux to USWest.net (Doug McIntyre)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin )" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:14:03 -0000
Subject: Re: External ISDN modem
In article <797c4t$ots$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Albert Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Read the ISDN4Linux FAQ. It says there that you can connect with an
>external
>>ISDN modem as you would with an analog modem. I don't have an external ISDN
>>modem so I can't verify that.
>
>
>It works with my Elsa MicroLink ISDN/TLv.34, no problems whatsoever.
>
Should work fine though you typically will have to put some extra setup
strings into your connect script - ISDN modems have rather more complex config
options than analog...
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Mettee)
Subject: Re: Modems and stuff...
Date: 4 Feb 1999 14:49:53 GMT
In article <79btqt$p6s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>At any rate, does anyone wish to recommend their favorite modem for
>Linux/Win use. I say Win [98] because there are still a couple of
>development tools I use which do not yet have a Linux port or counterpart
>available. Since I make my living as a web developer, these tools are
>necessary. With Linux's rise to prominence, I look for a port of these tools
>(or a Linux tool coming out with comparable features and functionality) to
>be available quite soon.
I'd go with a 3COM USR Sportser. I personally use the USR Courier
V.Everything, but the Sportster is a less expensive alternative.
If your son does any online gaming, the winmodem will be a detriment to his
response times.
--
Brad Mettee
PC HotShots, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
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Subject: Re: NFS woes
From: Remco Wouts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 04 Feb 1999 11:20:27 +0100
Jay Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to mound 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. Worse, every once in a while it will
> work.
Maybe you have to add something like this in /etc/hosts.allow
on the server.
rpc.mountd,portmap: <IP ADDRESS of the client>
--
remco
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From: "Rich Mycroft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: php & gnome
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:08:02 -0500
OK, getting past the initial issues in dealing with linux, now getting down
to adding the things we want to make our system viable for real work. As
part of this I'd like to get php up and running. We're using Redhat 5.2 and
I have installed every package I can find that seems to even passingly
relate to php. I've cruised the HOWTO's and the mod_php html pages and done
most of what I can see in there. Used comanche to add the php module to the
list of modules known by apache - and still when I hit a php page
communicator comes back essentially asking me what to do with the php file
(save it... whatever). Cruised the php pages on the net - which also don't
seem to be shedding light. So, anyone want to walk me through the steps to
get this working?
Similar situation with gnome. Oh, tried getting kde from a public download
site and rpm complains about some libraries not being present. Probably the
Troll stuff (I'm guessing here) Any help with the gnome enigma?
One little comment here - I'm finding it to be a bit of a pain that I get an
rpm and it does not include EVERYTHING needed to make the given app work.
Instead there seem to be lots of dependencies. And yeah I guess I can spend
the time to find the things that are missing and put them in, but this is a
serious wate of time. I'm not out to become a ftp download site expert.
Another thing with rpm - is there a way from the gui part of this thing to
do a search and find out where in the hierarchy a thing resides. Getting a
little tired of cruising through the 'directory' like structure trying to
find some package I want to install. Again it's an issue of lost time. I
really want to get to the point where I can get Oracle up and running and
start to build our applications rather than fiddle with the os.
One last question and then I'll bug out - any linux experienced folks
willing to talk a newbie through issues in the Atlanta, GA area? There's a
linux users group that meets once a month down at tech, but I'd like to get
a person to talk me through the stupid mistakes I'm making. The sooner I
get linux doing what we need the sooner we can dump NT!
rich mycroft
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with modem and ethernet cards on Gateway Solo 9100
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:11:43 -0500
Tapas Guha wrote:
> I am having pretty much same kind of problem. I have a 3c574 ethernet card &
> Megahertz Modem. (I don't remember the Model on top of my head).When both the
> cards present, modem doesn't work. But when I take out the network card. Modem
> works fine. I haven't got any chance to test the network card though. I posted a
> message for help in this newsgroup.
>
> Sergey Gribov wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the following problem with my Gateway 9100 running linux:
> > I have 3Com 3c589D ethernet card and 3Com Megahertz 56K cellular modem
> > card (3CXM556).
> > If I get out this modem card, ethernet working fine, but if I have both
> > cards in, linux doesn't see any ethernet cards at all and says something
> > like:
> > "Or you don't have the right driver, or you don't have any card
> > installed..."
> >
> > Any ideas?
Hey, I have both the megahz modem card & 3com 3c589 ethernet card working fine
together, If you want to, send me your startup messages (/var/log/messages &
/var/log/dmesg files) after booting up, and I'll try to help.
(using a Gateway 9100xl 266mmx, 128mb RedHat 5.1)
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From: "Wadels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: DHCP client (dhcpcd) for Caldera 1.3?
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:05:53 GMT
Thanks, all of you, for your helpful answers! Looking back on my 1st post, I
came across harder on Caldera than I wanted to. I am very impressed with
Caldera's Openlinux, and if it weren't for all the glibc related problems
I've had with it, it would definately be my favorite. I'd like to compliment
Caldera more than complain.
Bob, I've been getting different stories from the @Home support (at
different times) about how static their IPs are. It seems that they not only
have configured client's machines rather differently here in my city for
their service, but they say they've changed how static their IPs are from
time to time. Over the past week for me, some versions of Linux during setup
have been able only sometimes to get a hostname (etc) from them. The other
distributions did not work with static IP during setup, but the same
sometimes worked after setup. E.g., Caldera's. For those times Linux did get
all the info "querying the DNS server," the hostname came in a different
form from what Win9x gets. The last time I spoke with their tech support, I
was told that for a while the IPs were very static, and soon they probably
willl be again. This is frustrating.
At any rate, many people report success with DHCP on Linux with @Home when
the -h parameter is used. People are saying that it was the pre-0.70 DHCP
clients that were troublesome. Have I got it wrong?
At the moment, static IPs are in fact working for me, but with @Home's way
of changing things around all the time, it would be nice to have DHCPcd
working to be prepared for "whatever."
Ronny, I look forward to your version of DHCPcd.
Lastly, I'm not sure what your point is (Bob) about my "posting with
Wintel." (Actually, it's WinAMD. It will be much more LinAMD once Linux
supports DHCPcd, greater Office suites, an even better GIMP, Enlightenment
15 final, and a game just like SingleTrac's Outwars. :)
Thank you all again.
Best wishes,
Luke
Bob Nixon wrote in message <36be1445.519051354@news>...
>On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 15:13:44 GMT, "Wadels"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Help?
>>
>>DHCP is a common reality, but Caldera doesn't seem to support its client
or
>>be interested. "Our OpenLinux distribution currently does not include a
DHCP
>>client. So it isn't something that we are familure with to even give you
>>some pointers." (End of knowledge base entry)
>
>Are you really dynamic with shaw.wave.ca or did they just tell you
>that. @Home, your sister company allows static but you could do static
>on your linux but inside a NAT (I see you posted with wintel) and run
>the 9x or NT with DHCP. DHCP with cable modems has been nothing but
>trouble with linux.
>
>
>
> Bob Nixon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://members.home.net/bigrex/
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From: Koen Verbruggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and ADSL
Date: 4 Feb 1999 13:34:22 GMT
I just switched to adsl, but I have problems with connecting to internet with adsl.
My provider only gives support for windows :(
Here is my situation:
Connection to internet is made with a Virtual Private Network and PPTP to connect.
(In windows one just have to use the Micosoft VPN - drivers.)
Any suggestions are welcome,
Thanks,
KV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yaye)
Subject: Re: Hostname changes after PPP connection
Date: 04 Feb 1999 13:12:09 GMT
Hi,
I had the same problem. I'm not sure if it is because I upgraded ppp, the
kernel or both. To solve it, start the Linux Control Panel, click on Network
Configuration, click on Names. In Host Name, type whatever name you want to
give to the computer ( one word ). Save the changes then quit. If you change
the name back to localhost.localdomain, the problem will recur the next time
you connect to your ISP.
If you are running Apache, PostgreSQL or some other server, they may complain
about being unable to find the host. Since my machine is not on a network and
only connects to the Internet via a modem, I removed the services that were
complaining using the Run Level Editor in the Control Panel. Good Luck.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Isaac)
Subject: pop3 die
Date: 4 Feb 1999 16:05:09 GMT
In the past, I have set up a linux as the e-mail server in my company.
But the pop3 server does not work recently. It can not receive any
e-mail. What is the problem? Can anyone help me fix it?
Regards,
Isaac
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From: Johann Kappacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SYN Flooding
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:40:34 GMT
Tobin Fricke wrote:
>
> How does one protect a Linux machine from being SYN Flooded, or, in
> general, from other common denial of service attacks?
Compile the kernel with option TCP_SYN_(COOKIES?)
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From: "David L. Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modems and stuff...
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:40:24 -0600
I just found out my new Viking modem is one of the WinModem models. I wish
these vendors would own up to this stuff on the box's "required system"
section so we could avoid buying something that only works in Windoze--yet
another reason I want to move away from Win related technology! I simply
abhor having my choices made for me. I will put the Viking in my son's
computer, upgrading him from 33.6 to 56K--he'll love it--and I will still
not lose the money invested in the junkie modem. Ah, that's not true (I'm
just angry at myself for not knowing more about h/w than I do), it's a great
modem, but only for Windoze.
At any rate, does anyone wish to recommend their favorite modem for
Linux/Win use. I say Win [98] because there are still a couple of
development tools I use which do not yet have a Linux port or counterpart
available. Since I make my living as a web developer, these tools are
necessary. With Linux's rise to prominence, I look for a port of these tools
(or a Linux tool coming out with comparable features and functionality) to
be available quite soon.
Any recommendations appreciated.
Cheers,
--
David L. Rice
a.k.a. Dali Llama
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From: Doug Nordwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and ADSL
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:43:00 -0700
Koen Verbruggen wrote:
> I just switched to adsl, but I have problems with connecting to internet with adsl.
> My provider only gives support for windows :(
> Here is my situation:
> Connection to internet is made with a Virtual Private Network and PPTP to connect.
> (In windows one just have to use the Micosoft VPN - drivers.)
>
> Any suggestions are welcome,
> Thanks,
> KV
Check out www.linux.org...they have howto's on adsl...
--
Doug Nordwall "Who's the bigger fool?
New Mexico Highlands University The fool or the fool who follows him?"
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From: "Bill Weedon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OSR2 Networking
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:23:47 GMT
Does anyone know how to remote mount a Win95 OSR2
disk from Linux? I think it was a big mistake converting my
Win95 disks to OSR2. I used to be able to do backups from
Linux, and look at my Win95 files from the road.
Thanks,
Mystery Man
(Hold the SPAM, please)
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From: "Jim Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Firewall and COM/IP
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:38:40 -0500
I have a Linux 2.0.29 (Intel) serving as a firewall to the internet. I have
two NIC cards w/ two IP's. My network is a collection of NT and 95
machines. The Linux box serves as a gateway to thet net. I have the
following line in my rc.inet1 file:
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.2.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
Most internet services are accessible through my workstations (http, telnet,
etc). FTP works using the "passive" mode from WS_FTP pro.
My trouble is with a 95 application called COM/IP. This creates a virtual
serial port and virtual modem that allows me to emulate serial connections
over IP. It uses port 26500.
I am able to successfully dial (connect) to a host, but then communications
stalls. It appears that information is not being routed back to my client.
I have tested this configuration fully on a network with no firewall and all
seems to work well.
I don't know if it's a question of masquerading or ip forwarding or what.
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Jim Spencer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Squid proxy + verisign = :-(
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:26:53 GMT
Hello all.
I have been running Squid proxy 2.0 on Linux 2.0.35 behind a packet-filtering
firewall for some time now, and everything has been just fine.
However, I have a user who just visited a site that had a Verisign
certificate, and their Internet Exploder 3.02 browser on Win95 gives the
following message:
"The internet site you are viewing uses a security certificate that was
signed by an unknown authority. The page cannot be viewed."
When I view that site directly, through NAT (network address translation).
It works just fine. Is this a Squid problem or a site problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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From: Stephan February <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dial-Up Server with VNC into WinNT
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 23:51:11 +0800
Hi there
Before attempting the following, I would like to know if it is possible.
I do not have a lot of time for experimenting, about four days on the
outside, so please bear with what would normally be a redundant post.
I would like to setup a dialup Linux server with dynamic/static
ip-addressing for a Class B TCP/IP network, which would act as a gateway
into a WinNT LAN. I then intend running VNC servers on the Win95
workstations. As you can see, I am trying to emulate a Citrix/Metaframe
setup(without the money :-). I have had innumerable problems with NT RAS
in the past. Apart from the fact that it is slow, it just totally bombs
out half the time.
This way also looks like the obvious scalable solution. Today a dial-up
server, tomorrow a dedicated Web-Server providing my clients with the
ultimate in global roaming, Linux Style.
Regards
Stephan February
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From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Tape file marks
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 13:44:00 -0400
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Ken wrote:
> I do two consecutive dumps to dump my root and /usr partitions, using
> the non-rewinding device. I follow this with a rewind and two
> consecutive verifies (ie. "restore Cf /dev/nst0". The second verify
> fails with error "tape read error: Success". If I do a 3rd verify, it
> finds the dump for /usr and completes the verify. What's going wrong?
> What do I need to do to get the second restore/verify to start in the
> right place? I tried "mt fsf" thinking I needed to skip over the EOF of
> the first dump, but that nets the same error when I issue the
> restore/verify.
>
> Here's my backup script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # backup system using dump
> # dump just / and /usr
> mt -f /dev/tape rewind
> dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /
> dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /usr
> mt -f /dev/tape rewind
> # verify the root dump
> restore Cf /dev/tape
> # next restore fails with "Success"!
> restore Cf /dev/tape
> # next restore finds the /usr dump
> restore Cf /dev/tape
>
> /dev/tape is a symbolic link to /dev/nst0, my HP 12/24gb SCSI DAT.
>
> --
> Ken
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.well.com/user/shiva/
> http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi (Death to Spam!)
Hi Ken..
Just a thought.. I don't know what distribution you're using but the mt-st
tools in a stock RH5.2 distribution are (verifiably) whacked..
I rpm -e'd them and built and installed mt-st-0.4-5.src.rpm and
everything is working fine (Adaptec2940, HP SureStor).
The stock 5.2 mt-st (mt-st-0.5-1) bombs on fsf commands and possibly
others.
Cheers
Jim
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Ken wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I do two consecutive dumps to dump my root and /usr
partitions, using
<br>the non-rewinding device. I follow this with a rewind and two
<br>consecutive verifies (ie. "restore Cf /dev/nst0". The second verify
<br>fails with error "tape read error: Success". If I do a 3rd verify,
it
<br>finds the dump for /usr and completes the verify. What's going wrong?
<br>What do I need to do to get the second restore/verify to start in the
<br>right place? I tried "mt fsf" thinking I needed to skip over the EOF
of
<br>the first dump, but that nets the same error when I issue the
<br>restore/verify.
<p>Here's my backup script:
<p>#!/bin/sh
<br># backup system using dump
<br># dump just / and /usr
<br>mt -f /dev/tape rewind
<br>dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /
<br>dump 0ufB /dev/tape 12000000 /usr
<br>mt -f /dev/tape rewind
<br># verify the root dump
<br>restore Cf /dev/tape
<br># next restore fails with "Success"!
<br>restore Cf /dev/tape
<br># next restore finds the /usr dump
<br>restore Cf /dev/tape
<p>/dev/tape is a symbolic link to /dev/nst0, my HP 12/24gb SCSI DAT.
<p>--
<br>Ken
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Hi Ken..
<br>Just a thought.. I don't know what distribution you're using but the
mt-st tools in a stock RH5.2 distribution are (verifiably) whacked..
<br>I rpm -e'd them and built and installed mt-st-0.4-5.src.rpm and
everything is working fine (Adaptec2940, HP SureStor).
<br>The stock 5.2 mt-st (mt-st-0.5-1) bombs on fsf commands and possibly
others.
<p>Cheers
<p>Jim
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Crossposted-To: mn.online-service
Subject: Re: Connecting Linux to USWest.net
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug McIntyre)
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:41:32 GMT
Eugene Strulyov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Look at that! They use FreeBSD on their servers but don't support anything but
>windoze. What a pile of crap!
They hire out their first two tech-support tiers to some company that
just functions as a tech-support calldesk (for many companies). What
would you expect?
Sounds like Clay finally got to somebody in the 3rd tier local/uswest
support people that actually knows something other than `double click'.
>Clayton Haapala wrote:
>> To be fair to USWest, I did another Email asking more specifically,
>> "Just tell me what I am connecting to, and I'll do the rest", as
>> opposed to a more generic question about Linux, and got this nice
>> reply:
>>
>> USWEST.net Technical Support can give you the specific information
>> you are looking for. If you are asking 'How do I connect my Linux
>> box to USWEST.net', our Technicians are not going to be able to
>> assist you as they are not trained in configuring any Linux dialup.
>> I thank you for asking for specific information, as that information,
>> I can give you.
>> All dialup access is through Cisco or Ascend routers to a FreeBSD
>> Unix box. Authentication should be PAP, not CHAP. If you use CHAP,
>> the connection will fail. As far as scripts, USWEST.net doesn't use
>> scripts for connections on any other platform, so I would guess there
>> is no script need on Linux either (I could be mistaken, as this is an
>> assumption made by me). You may wish to check out the Internet for
>> configurations for a dialup using the Linux OS, and what is needed.
>>
>> Thank you for contacting USWEST.net
>>
>> Technical Support
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> I am now successfully connecting my Linux box to uswest.net.
>> --
>> Clay Haapala "Woe to he who fears change more than disaster! For
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] how can he then avoid disaster?" -- from "the Firebugs"
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Doug McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network Engineer/Tech Support/Jack of All Trades of Vector Internet
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and captain of your soul.
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