Linux-Networking Digest #386, Volume #10 Fri, 5 Mar 99 06:13:32 EST
Contents:
host lookup fails (Jan van der Lee)
NIS managing and lock file ? ("MAUGER.Francois")
Newby site ("Phil Massyn")
Re: Browser doesn't see my local Apache server (Rick Onanian)
Re: Problems with Chat Script/pppd/diald on RedHat 5.1 ... (David M. Cook)
Re: dns and sendmail experts! Please help! (Andrzej Filip)
Re: Samba and NT4 ("Paul Perkins")
Automatic dialling ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: tcp server with timeout ("John Garner")
Update: 3c590 problem... (shaefer)
modem suggestions? (Ted)
Re: YATT: IRC, identd, and firewalls ("Leopold Toetsch")
'Static Hostnames' while having a dynamic IP address (Eric Brockman - Tech Support)
Re: host lookup fails ("Bill W")
Re: Problem with stalling during ftp transfers ("Richard Latimer")
Re: Scripting ftp (Bob)
Login via NIS clients does not inititialize .bashrc or /etc/bashrc (Christian Folke)
Problems mounting a SunSolaris filesystem through NFS (name Jordi Castro Perez)
Re: Auomatic E-Mail Generation ("Alex Monaghan")
3Com 905 ("Heiko Seeberger")
Re: IP Masq+Cablemodem, need 2 nics? (Rick Onanian)
Re: Linux VERY slow to boot (Chris Smith)
Re: QMail questions (Bob)
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From: Jan van der Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: host lookup fails
Date: 04 Mar 1999 14:18:15 +0100
I recently installed linux (RH 5.2) and the KDE and I'm quite
impressed by it. One problem is annoying, however: an error is thrown
when I type a hostname to connect the PC via ftp or telnet:
ftp machine.foo.fr
host lookup failed (or something like that, I'm not on Linux right now).
There's no problem when I specify the IP address...
I've a stand-alone PC and a ppp link to the net. I probably did
something silly when installing the kernel or packages.
Is some package missing?
-Jan.
--
J. van der Lee
reply to vanderlee at cig dot ensmp dot fr
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From: "MAUGER.Francois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIS managing and lock file ?
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 09:47:01 +0100
Hello, world !
I use NIS for 10 Linux boxes running RH5.1 (kernel 2.0.34).
It works fine (thank you Thorsten Kukuk et al. !).
I wrote some scripts and C programs ( my NIS-utils !)
for managing passwd and group files (the only maps I need):
the filenames I use are:
/var/yp/ypfiles/nis-passwd.
/var/yp/ypfiles/nis-group.
Suppose I'm running my `nis-add-user' script, modifying the
`/var/yp/ypfiles/nis-passwd' file and simultanously, a NIS-user
logged on a client box is running `yppasswd' to change his/her password:
so in some case, it could be a problem !
Is there a way to disallow access to these files and maps from the
`yppasswdd' daemon ?
Could it be a good idea to have on a NIS server a lock file
(say `/var/lock/subsys/.nis-admin-is-working') sharable with
`yppasswdd' and any NIS-managing program used
by the NIS-administrator ?
Then `yppasswdd' could answer the `yppasswd' client something like:
`yppasswd: warning : NIS is locked ! The NIS administrator
is doing some stuff with NIS files and maps. Try again later !'
May be someone has a better solution, I mean a solution other than the
suite:
# yppasswdd stop
# ...
# doing some stuff with `/var/yp/ypfiles/nis-passwd' and/or \
`/var/yp/ypfiles/nis-group' then NIS maps
# ...
# yppasswdd start
???
Thank you for your help ! Enjoy Linux !
---
Francois Mauger - Section de Physique de l'Universite de Caen - France
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(do NOT use this address for business, that makes me angry !)
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From: "Phil Massyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newby site
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 10:48:12 +0200
Hi guys & gals!
I'm trying to find the time to update the website, but what is in there at
the moment, is quite helpful.
Have a look at http://www.useless.co.za and look at the Linux Quick And
Dirty site.
Any comments are welcome.
Phillip Massyn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
All round Penguin lover...
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From: Rick Onanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Browser doesn't see my local Apache server
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:59:04 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've tried localhost and 127.0.0.1 and with :80, but nothing works. The
> Netscape 'keyword' thing can be disabled, but I get 'network unavailable'
> instead.
>
> BTW Ping 127.0.0.1 gives the same thing.
>
> Any ideas?
At a prompt, type ifconfig and see what comes up. You should have an
interface name 'lo' first, with ip 127.0.0.1, then any ethernet cards
you have will be listed after that. If you don't have lo, than you need
to put up your loopback interface...I think it's in the kernel (or in a
module if you've got them). You may have to recompile.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with Chat Script/pppd/diald on RedHat 5.1 ...
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 08:56:28 GMT
On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 17:06:57 -0500, Eli White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I've been having a problem with my chat script I am trying to use to
>automate connecting to the net through diald.
Make sure you have an /etc/ppp/options file. It doesn't need to have
anything in it, it just needs to be there.
Also make sure you have the defaultroute option set.
Dave Cook
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From: Andrzej Filip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dns and sendmail experts! Please help!
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 13:58:20 +0100
Many linux distributions does not support dbm database formats
(in out of the box state).
1) compile virtusertable as "hash"
cd /etc
makemap -v hash virtusertable < virtusertable
2) change type of the virtusertable in your /etc/sendmail.cf
and make it compulsory (no -o)
OLD:
Kvirtuser -o dbm /etc/virtusertable
NEW:
Kvirtuser hash /etc/virtusertable
--
"Andrzej (Andrew) A. Filip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (backup)
"Joakim Langlet (admin)" wrote:
> I probably need something that I think was called something like "sendmail
> virtual hosting".
> To be able to do this, I will have to build some files
> :/etc/virtualusertable.db/.pag
>
> To do this I will have to use the tool: makemap
>
> The makemap that I have on my system complains about not supporting
> the table type: dbm
>
> Where would I find a newer/better version of makemap. My current
> distribution is Debian
> 2.0 (/hamm)?
>
> regards
> Joakim Langlet
>
> Joakim Langlet (admin) skrev i meddelandet <7bca05$12i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I use fetchmail-4.6.0 to fetch mail from my ISP to allow local distrubution
> >from a...........
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From: "Paul Perkins" <paul@REMOVEobjektiv-demon-co-uk>
Subject: Re: Samba and NT4
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:57:56 -0000
David Kingston wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Greetings,
>
>I and having trouble with Samba and NT4.
>
>I am using RH5.2, and I am able to Telnet, FTP and Ping into the Linux
>box, but for some reason, I cannot see the Linux box on my network.
>
>I have checked all of the "obvious" (to me at least) information in
>smb.conf, but to no avail.....
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>David Kingston
I had exactly the same problem, and only got it to work by luck....and a
minimal smb.conf.
You've probably already read the docs, but don't forget the Registry hack to
make NT use plain text passwords.
HTH
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Automatic dialling
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 08:56:31 GMT
Hello,
I wish that my linux box (RH 5.2) acts like a router.
It is has to say that it establishes ppp connection automatically
when a station on the local network want access to Internet.
What do I have to install, to configure ?...
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From: "John Garner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: tcp server with timeout
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 14:43:01 -0000
Dennis Schulze wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>I am looking for a way to let a tcp server listen to a port for a
>specified amount of time and then exiting if no client has connected to
>it. So far, the accept() is rather running infinitive and I don't know
>how I can exit that function after some time. Does anybody has a C code
>sample for solving that problem or can give me some hints?
>
>Regards,
>
>Dennis
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Basically, read the help for select() and you might need to play with
nonblock/blocking modes for the file descriptor. You can select a socket for
the purposes of doing an accept() somehow - can't remember exactly. You can
set a timeout so if it returns that nothing has changed after the timeout,
you can stop. If I had more spare time I would write a vague example but I
don't.
Don't call the accept() if you're in blocked mode till you know it's ready
to accept - oh yeah, the group FAQ has info on this too... Plenty of
articles have links to it I'm sure.
John G, Web Developer @ CommerceNTI
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From: shaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Update: 3c590 problem...
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 10:11:13 -0500
Firstly, I would like to thanks you all for your suggestions. They were,
and are, very helpful.
Secondly, as of right now, I have a partial solution to my problem. I
followed Cameron's suggestion and visited the 3Com web site looking for the
Microsoft diagnostic program. I found the new drivers, but I could not find
the configuration program, 3c59xcfg.exe.
So I then took Cameron's second suggestion and visited Donald Becker's
site. Here I found the new Linux driver plus a wealth of information. In
particular, there was a table listing the options for the driver; I needed
options=0 to switch from 10Base-2 to 10Base-T. I thus "rmmod" my 3c59x
module and attempted an "insmod 3c59x.o options=0", but this failed with
the error that it couldn't open 3c59x.o. I then checked that 3c59x.o
existed and was in the proper /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net directory, it
was. I then tried "insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net/3c59x.o" and this
still complained about not being able to open 3c59x.o. So I decided to try
the "modprobe" way of loading this module: "modprobe 3c59x.o options=0" and
this worked fine. So I now have a working ethernet card, the machine is
connected to the Internet, and I can download the new drivers directly -
yeh!
Of course, whenever I power down the machine, upon power up the card
reverts to the EEPROM settings of 10Base-2. So I either still need the
3c59xcfg.exe configuration program in order to change the default
interface, or I'll need to add the options line to my lilo configuration,
or perhaps add a modprobe line to one of the boot scripts.
Thank you for your time and help, they are much appreciated.
Regards,
Nick Bourbaki
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the "nospamplease." to e-mail me)
P.S. I searched the net looking for the 3c59xcfg.exe program, and I found
several articles and documentation on its usage, but I couldn't find the
program itself to download. Does anyone know a site from where this can be
downloaded? Thanks.
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From: Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem suggestions?
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:26:23 -0600
I am most likely going to be purchasing a new modem, because I currently
have a winmodem. Does anybody have any suggestions of modems that are good
and easy to install on linux. (cheap too). I am running redhat 5.2
I've read that I should go with an external... any thoughts?
If you could, please reply to my e-mail address, as well as the newsgroup.
Thanks,
Ted
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Leopold Toetsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: YATT: IRC, identd, and firewalls
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:40:02 +0100
Rick Onanian wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>I can't seem to get IRC working behind my IP Masquerading firewall.
Did you insmod ip_masq_irc?
leo
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:56:38 -0800
From: Eric Brockman - Tech Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 'Static Hostnames' while having a dynamic IP address
How is everyone?
I was wondering, if there was such a technique to like say assign a static
hostname while i'm using a dynamic address. Like for example,
eric.ispprovider.com instead of having dial***.ispprovider.com everytime
being different.
I was talking with the ISP sysop and he was like he has sceen it before
but doesn't know how to do it or who to talk to. If y'all could help I
would be grateful.
Eric J. Brockman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://welcome.to/ericshome
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"What's popular isn't always right. You say polls are against this.
Polls measure changing feelings, not steadfast principle. Polls
would have rejected the Ten Commandments. Polls would have embraced
slavery and ridiculed women's rights. You say we must draw this to a
close.... The point is not whether the President can prevail, but
whether truth can prevail."
--Rep. J.C. Watts [R-OK], House Impeachment Debate, 12/19/98
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From: "Bill W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: host lookup fails
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 04:43:53 -0600
I, and other newbies, had this same problem. You need to get the ip address
of your ISP's DNS server. Edit etc/resolv.conf to add:
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where the x's are the address of the DNS server.
Jan van der Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>I recently installed linux (RH 5.2) and the KDE and I'm quite
>impressed by it. One problem is annoying, however: an error is thrown
>when I type a hostname to connect the PC via ftp or telnet:
>
> ftp machine.foo.fr
> host lookup failed (or something like that, I'm not on Linux right now).
>
>There's no problem when I specify the IP address...
>
>I've a stand-alone PC and a ppp link to the net. I probably did
>something silly when installing the kernel or packages.
>Is some package missing?
>-Jan.
>
>--
>J. van der Lee
>reply to vanderlee at cig dot ensmp dot fr
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From: "Richard Latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with stalling during ftp transfers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 02:36:52 -0800
I had the same problem and believe I have fixed it by specifying
asyncmap 0x00000000 in every ppp configuration file I could
find.
I also said no to predictor1 at the same time, but I don't think
that really has anything to do with it. Does anyone know if
predictor1 is in use by ISPs?
richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7bksbs$b82$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I'm experiencing a rather unusual problem with ftp downloads.
>
> the transfer stalls
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scripting ftp
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:49:02 +0800
I have this little gem that I gleamed from somewhere a few years ago,and
it works for me but YMMV
start script----
#! /bin/sh
# obtained from newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking and modified to suit my
# needs
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13th May 1997
host="foo.org"
user="fred"
password="secret"
file1="file.name"
file2="another.file"
echo "open $host
user $user $password
bin
put $file1
put $file2
quit" | ftp -n -i -v -d
=====end script======
A simple script that works for me.
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Greg McPherson wrote:
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:06:10 +1100
> From: Greg McPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking
> Subject: Scripting ftp
>
> A newbie question. More to do with scripting than networks, perhaps.
> I want to write a simple shell script that will log onto a ftp site,
> upload a file, then log off.
> It seems to be not possible in the bash shell, and ftp macros dont seem
> to be the answer either.
>
> The solution has to be very general. It has to work on Sun UNIX boxes too.
>
> Any pointers in the right direction are welcome.
> thanks
> greg
>
>
bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ISP to the nor'west of Western Australia
| http://www.norcom.net.au
Yes, I am on the interthingy | If it aint broke, fix it, then it will be
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From: Christian Folke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Login via NIS clients does not inititialize .bashrc or /etc/bashrc
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 09:17:24 +0100
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Hello Folks,
we set up a NIS server with RedHat-5.2 on an Alpha.
The PC Linux clients connect properly but arther .bashrc nor /etc/bashrc
is called when we login although the passwd lines on the server seem to
be
correct.
Any hints ????
Thanx in advance
Christian
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From: name Jordi Castro Perez <"mailbox jcastrop"@eio.upc.es>
Subject: Problems mounting a SunSolaris filesystem through NFS
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 11:15:22 +0100
Hello,
Recently I installed a Suse6.0 distribution on my PC. With the
permission of
the system manager of my Department I mounted through NFS a filesystem
on a
Sun Ultra2 Sparc machine, running Solaris 2.6 (this is the machine where
my
user's disk space is located). Twice the filesystem was succesfully
mounted,
but, after working a little bit (e.g, running Netscape 4.5 from my Linux
box
on my user in the nfs filesystem) the NFS server of the SunSolaris
machine
crashed (RPC stopped).
(In the Solaris machine I run Netscape 3.01, and both (Netscape 3.01 in
the
Sun machine and Netscape 4.5 in the Linx box) share the same .netscape
directory; I don't know if this can cause troubles).
The system manager of my Dept. is not giving me more permission for
mounting this filesystem until I can tell him how do it without
causing difficulties to the rest of users.
The current line of the /etc/fstab file in my Linux box is:
xampany:/users/onl3 /users/onl3 nfs bg,soft
1 2
(anyway, when trying from bash:
# mount -t nfs xampany:/users/onl3 /users/onl3
we got the same bad results
).
I must say that the Solaris machine has been running as a nfs
client and server for more than two years without problems, in a network
of other Sun and Dec-Alpha Stations.
Do you have some idea about how to "cleanly" mount this filesystem from
Linux?
Thanks a lot.
(I would appreciate receiving any answer to my e-mail address, as well
as
to the news groups, just to be sure I won't loss any important
information
you could provide me).
=========================================================================
Jordi Castro
Statistics and Operations Research Dept. Phone:
+34-93-4015867
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Fax: +34-93-4015855
Pau Gargallo 5 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
08071 Barcelona (Spain)
http://www-eio.upc.es/~jcastro
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From: "Alex Monaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Auomatic E-Mail Generation
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:23:40 -0000
David Travers wrote in message ...
>Is is possible to setup a condition in the e-mail server in Linux (sendmail
>etc) so that when you send an e-mail such as
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>it runs a script/program and returns the generated output from the program
>to the reply address of the client sending the e-mail. The user program, is
a dummy
>alias, which runs an external script.
>
>Why do I ask this.
>
>Well I am trying to create a routine on my e-mail server whereby a user can
>request a file to be downloaded from the Internet by passing in the address
>of the file. Hopefully the script will pick up the address of the file and
>use ftp to download the file to a local directory. It will then e-mail the
>resulting file to the local mailbox of the user in question.
>
>The format of the e-mail would be something like
>
>File: ftp://ftp.test.com/users/test1.zip
>Login: homer
>Password: simpson
>
>All other details such as reply-to-address would be picked up from the
>message header.
>
>This routine would allow the user to disconnect whilst a large file is
>downloaded to our local server thus saving dial-up time which the company
>pay's for. The user could then dial-in later and download the local file at
>full speed of their modem, rather than the slower connection which they
will
>get by directly downloading it over the net.
I do this on my server with a mail alias. This syntax may not be 100% as I'm
doing it from memory.
add the following to /etc/aliases
mailalias: " | /usr/local/script.sh "
check that permissions are set correctly so that sendmail / smail etc... can
execute the script.
Your mail message will then be piped into your script for your custom
processing.
I have several mail notifications configured each with their own mail alias
and I use this method to generate scripts to collect files via FTP or LYNX
and download to a local mirror area to view off line.
Make sure you run 'newaliases' to get the new alias processed.
Alex Monaghan
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From: "Heiko Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com 905
Date: 5 Mar 1999 10:53:58 GMT
Hi,
I have got problems with my 3Com 905b-tx. When configuring the network with
DLDADMIN (DLD 6.0) the automatic scan yields a 3Com 509. The rest of the
configuration runs O.K.
It is not possible to ping any host in the local network (but the ping to
the network card itself is O.K.).
What can I do???
Heiko
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From: Rick Onanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP Masq+Cablemodem, need 2 nics?
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 09:03:19 -0500
In addition to that, with one ethernet card, the cable company can
easily detect that you're masquerading a bunch of machines. Although
this doesn't seem to be a worry, yet, sooner or later they're going to
want to crack down on it...
Kuo Sung Swei wrote:
>
> Plus you will have a security hole. One card for the cable modem and one
> for your internal network. You can have to different IP address and have
> the linux also act as a firewall. I don't think this feature is available
> if you have the cable modem hooked up to the hub.
>
> Nate Case wrote:
>
> > Hi. I'm using MediaOne for my cablemodem service and I'm trying to
> > setup IP Masqerading to allow my other computer to share the
> > connection. I understand IP Masqerading fairly well, but what I'm
> > trying to figure out is if I need to get a 2nd ethernet card for my
> > linux box in order for it to function correctly. Most people do use 2
> > ethernet cards, but I think it's possible for me to not have to use one,
> > and here's why:
> >
> > The cablemodem is a surfboard 1200 (sb1200), eth0 is permanantly
> > assigned with 192.168.100.2, even while connected (which poses problems
> > with some apps, but i've learned to deal with it). Currently, I have
> > the cable modem plugged directly into the hub, along with my other
> > computers. Right now, I can access the Internet, as well as services on
> > my LAN with my Linux box. So, I don't think I need a second ethernet
> > card, but maybe i'm missing something.
> >
> > The reason I ask is because I've tried to get it to work this way
> > already, but was unable to. Either I was doing something wrong while
> > setting up IP Masqerading, or I indeed need another ethernet card.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
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===============
My opinions don't exist, and as such, are not anyone elses. I do not
represent anyone, not even myself, and especially not my employer.
---
Looking for a 1968 Camaro SS convertible, black interior,
beat-up rustbucket that is in need lots of restoration and TLC.
---
Reply to me at either thc <at sign here> psynet <dot> net or
rick <at sign> mail <dot> artmold <dot> com
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From: Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux VERY slow to boot
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 04:37:10 -0600
[Followups set]
Craig wrote:
> I've just started having a problem getting Linux to boot on my laptop.
> During the boot, it keeps hanging on 'starting sendmail'...then on 'starting
> httpd'....then on 'starting ABD (I think that's right?). I've had to wait
> up to 20 minutes to get to my logon screen!
This sounds like a DNS problem...
> Here's the only thing I've changed... I just recently managed to get on my
> LAN and connected to the internet (via the LAN) using one of the two IP's I
> use as I travel between two locations. It was working fine at location "x"
> (which is the IP I used when originally configuring), but when I went to
> location "y" (where I use a different IP) it started this VERY slow boot
> problem.
My guess about the hangs is that from location "y", you can't get to the
system that you set up as your name server at location "x". So you have
to
wait for the DNS stuff to time out when each network service starts.
The
most likely reason for that (in turn) is that you didn't change your
gateway
when you changed IP address.
Exactly how to make this change is dependent on your system
configuration.
On my Debian 2.0 system, I would edit /etc/init.d/network and specify
the new
gateway there along with my new IP. I'm sure there's some control panel
thing to do this on RedHat... whatever. Just look around close to where
you
specified the new IP address and look for a gateway option, and make
sure it
gets set to the right value for your network.
HINT: If you don't want to wait another 20 minutes to get into Linux to
make
this change, hit your SHIFT key when the LILO message appears and type
"linux single" (or something else if your LILO label isn't "linux"...
just
add single on the end). This will give you a root shell before starting
any
daemons, so you can fix the problem and then change to a multi-user
runlevel.
That help?
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Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: QMail questions
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:37:44 +0800
Try looking at "man dot-qmail"
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 01:48:53 GMT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking
> Subject: QMail questions
>
> Somehow or another I'm still nominally responsible
> for operating this Linux box. This in spite of my
> continued status as "bumbling newbie." =) Anyway...
>
> We swapped Sendmail for qmail a while back. Something
> to do with hackers, spammers, and etc. And I never
> could get the alias bit of sendmail working properly
> with the newer config files. (I initially followed
> the instructions on the now defunct and non-maintained
> "virtual-web" mini-HOWTO, with domainalias files and
> Cw records and etc.)
>
> So we tossed in qmail, which proved to be secure
> and usable. However, we've never gotten .forward
> files to work (even while using the proc+df rc file).
> I noticed that dot-foward appears to be an executable
> of some sort; where would I find it?
>
> Also, for some reason 'root' has never gotten mail since
> qmail was installed. I'm assuming there's probably some
> alias lurking somewhere; any thoughts as to where I should
> look? Many thanks in advance... I'm clueless on a command
> line! (I'm a Mac user who's only CL experience was using
> ProDOS on an Apple IIgs...)
> -------------------------------------------------
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bob
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