Linux-Networking Digest #761, Volume #9 Sun, 3 Jan 99 01:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: Why Linux is better than Windows ("mct1")
Almost there with mail ("Mitchell Maltenfort")
AF_UNIX (Moshe Peleg)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Dale Pontius)
Re: connection to NETZERO fails!! (Dale Miracle)
Anyone doing Dial-On-Demand? (Jim Kempe)
Re: Linux-IrDA-Irlan and higher speeds? (Konstantinos Agouros)
Re: need help with shell script ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to start a small ISP? (Doug Ferrell)
Re: two ether cards (Doug Ferrell)
connection to NETZERO fails!! (Eddie)
Need help to dial in on my own network ("Dennis Ponne")
NE200T PCMCIA (John Pezdek)
Re: Using Linux as Backup Mail/Proxy for NT?? ("Tim Gibson")
HELP!!! Linux Questions! ("Steve K.")
browsing a samba share in security=user ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PLIP between two LINUX computers (SuSE) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Samba Password (Jim Finney)
why I like Linux ("Lucas Williams")
Re: ppp headache (Ed Cogburn)
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From: "mct1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why Linux is better than Windows
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:55:17 -0800
Microsoft NT also thinks it's a robust OS.
Should be more like 'mobust'ed, like the three-legged horse that no
one would bet on.
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From: "Mitchell Maltenfort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Almost there with mail
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:27:39 -0700
I can send out via my ISP when using pine or elm on my Linux box.
However, not everybody can reply to me.
There's a problem with the MDA fetchmail forwards looking for
'mitchm@locahost' wherever that is.
Can someone give me an idea what this would refer to? Where should I change
something?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Moshe Peleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AF_UNIX
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 02:44:07 +0200
Hi,
Does anyone know how can I grant my users a permission to use socket
with AF_UNIX on Linux 2.0.35 ?
Thanks,
Moshe Peleg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale Pontius)
Subject: Re: NOSPAM in addresses..
Date: 3 Jan 1999 02:51:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Don't email to people who munge addresses. It's that simple. Munged
> addresses are a violation of usenet standards. To me, it just
> indicates people who prefer not to take care of their spam problem
> themselves -- they push the problem off on someone else. It's
> particularly pathetic in linux newsgroups, since everyone running
> linux has the ability to filter spam with procmail.
>
> Munging addresses does nothing to reduce the actual volume of spam on
> the net. It just makes inconvenience for other users.
>
By the time I can do things with procmail, or whatever, to send spam
to the circular file, it has already used up online time, bandwidth,
and telephone time. I know munging addresses is bad, but it's the
lesser of two evils.
My address is munged, now, and it's not by adding 'NOSPAM'. I don't
expect email responses to any of my posts, either. Each and every
time I fail to munge my address when I post, it seems that I get
several weeks of spam, several pieces per day. I have some filtering,
but am not truly up on it, so some gets through, as well as a fairly
high 'false reject rate', so I end up scanning my 'spam' folder
before deleting the whole lot.
Dale Pontius
(NOT speaking for IBM)
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From: Dale Miracle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: connection to NETZERO fails!!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 22:01:30 -0500
Eddie wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am using a free ISP on win machine. I would like to be able to connect
> using Linux.
> This ISP, NetZero, on the win machine, uses a java app to connect to its
> site. I tried to connect through Minicom, but I don't get a string like
> 'user' or similar.
>
> Has anyone tried to connect to this ISP? Any luck?
> Any info. greatly appreciated!
>
> Thx
> - Eddie
A friend of mine uses it and he said that if 'anything' happens to that
the connection is dropped. Another thing he told me about it is it does
a check every so often where you have to click a dialog box to stay
online. He said it can't be an activity check because it happens when
he is downloading something. He tried not using the java app and the
connections stays up for about a min and then drops.
As a side note, they are using chap/pap logins...you are never going to
get a Login prompt because the connection speaks LCP (ppp negotiated)
and the user/password is sent via the LCP handshaking.
--
Dale Miracle "No matter where you go, there you are",
System Administrator Oliver's Law of Location
The Edge of Insanity "Real funny Scotty, now beam down my
[EMAIL PROTECTED] clothes"
"I've gone to look for my self, if I return before I get
back keep me here."
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From: Jim Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone doing Dial-On-Demand?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:53:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using Redhat 5.0, with a modem connection to my ISP. I manually
start the ppp connection (/etc/ppp/ppp-on) and the masquerading works
like a charm (from win98/win95 boxes on the ethernet). This is a home
setup. 10BaseT network for 3 machines to the linux box.
I'd really like to get the modem connection to start up on demand,
rather than teach the family to telnet to the linux box to start it up.
Anyone doing this? My copy of the Dial-On-Demand howto refers to the
ability of kerneld to run scripts, referring to the kernel howto. But
that document (at least my copy) doesn't seem to discuss it.
Replies to the newsgroup or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, and Happy New Year
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantinos Agouros)
Subject: Re: Linux-IrDA-Irlan and higher speeds?
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 22:30:33 GMT
Eric Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just today finally got to beam some tcp/ip Packets from one laptop to another.
>> However the logfile showed, that it set up the IrDA-Interface with a speed
>> of 9600 baud although I set the speed of the interface to spd_vhi using set-
>> serial. How does one get this faster?
> I didn't think IRDA was designed to go any faster than 9600bps?
> Regardless, if you're running a script to set it up, read that first.
Well normal IRDA (not networking that's my question) should go up to
115200 bps, newer ones even 4mbit/s or 16mbit/s (not yet supported by linux)
> - Eric
--
Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Otkerstr. 28, 81547 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185
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"Captain, this ship will not sustain the forming of the cosmos." B'Elana Torres
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: need help with shell script
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 02:59:42 GMT
how about a cron entry that does a who every 5 minutes, as for who logged out
and logged in, use the last command.
joe
In article <76kmhn$9br$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am a sysadmin of a small local bbs. I am running RH linux release 5.0, with
> the C shell.
>
> I desperately need to have a script that will do the following:
>
> -Watch all people logging in and out and report as people come and go ( like a
> sort of incremental who).
> -Every 5 minutes or so display te number of people logged in and logged out.
>
> I have been trying to write a script for this, but not yet succeeded as i dont
> know much about unix internals.
>
> Can someone help out / give me some ideas / point me to a place where i can
> download a similar script?
> I would be very grateful.
> Please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
> Cheers!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Ferrell)
Subject: Re: how to start a small ISP?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 03:38:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Funny, I once sat down and calculated out the wholesale costs of setting
>up a simple ISP -- server with software, phone lines, T1 or better, modem
>pool, etc. My break-even point for a 50 line ISP was somewhere around $22
>per month for unlimited access, before I even made a penny of profit. And
>that was based on a 20:1 user:modem ratio, and also assumed that I could
>get all 1000 users in the first month of operations. Deviations from that
>started a steamroller effect of losses.
Virtual hosting... low cost.... good profit!
...DOUG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Ferrell)
Subject: Re: two ether cards
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 03:40:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:54:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>What is the earliest kernel version that supports two or more nic cards?
DUno but we are using 2.0.34 running 2 nics as cable routers.... we
use KDT cards (jumpers or PnP) and they work well out of the box...
...DOUG
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From: Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: connection to NETZERO fails!!
Date: 3 Jan 1999 01:58:17 GMT
Hello All,
I am using a free ISP on win machine. I would like to be able to connect
using Linux.
This ISP, NetZero, on the win machine, uses a java app to connect to its
site. I tried to connect through Minicom, but I don't get a string like
'user' or similar.
Has anyone tried to connect to this ISP? Any luck?
Any info. greatly appreciated!
Thx
- Eddie
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From: "Dennis Ponne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help to dial in on my own network
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:38:16 +0100
I want to dial in on my own network at home... I've got 2 windows 98 pc's
and 1 linux gateway for the internet. I've got multiple ip adresses. Can I
make a pppserver of my linux pc, so i could dial in on my own network to
access the internet...
How must i do that.
Thanks,
Dennis Ponne
http://www.tune-in.nl
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From: John Pezdek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NE200T PCMCIA
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 22:04:15 -0600
I'm attempting to use a Novell/Eagle NE200T PCMCIA ethernet card in my
Thinkpad 755C. I'm using 2.0.35 kernel with 3.0.6 pcmcia.
It seems that the card is not properly identified and I get the
'Anonymous Memory' message in dmesg. If looked at the PCMCIA-HOWTO, but
haven't found a solution. I've tried the various memory exclusions
mentioned in section 3.5. If I use 'cardctl ident' it displays >>
FMI/APD PCMCIA Ethernet Card" << (only one quote). The NE200 is listed
in the /etc/pcmcia/config file.
Any ideas?
Thanks
John
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From: "Tim Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux as Backup Mail/Proxy for NT??
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:30:00 -0800
Sendmail and the Squid Proxy server are both included in most distributions,
including RedHat. Get a book that covers these two and you should be set.
Squid is easy to setup out of the box but sendmail will require a bit of
expertise to get running as desired.
Eddie wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I would like to slowly introduce Linux into my site, hopefully with
>little attention until all is setup correctly.
>I would like to setup a backup mail server and a Proxy server on a linux
>box. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>Thx
>- eddie
>
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From: "Steve K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.dev.scsi,linux.dev.net
Subject: HELP!!! Linux Questions!
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:34:08 -0600
Help!
I have some questions on linux
first, can you network linux & 95/98 systems?
second, why does linux come up with errors using my AHA-1542B SCSI card?
third, How do you tell the free space left on the drive?
any help is greatly appreciated
Steve Krippner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: browsing a samba share in security=user
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 04:47:21 GMT
When attempting to browse a samba share in security=user, I get
"This user is not authorized to logon from this station."
Anyone have any ideas why? Browsing works perfectly in security=share.
I have a legitimate guest account.
Herry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PLIP between two LINUX computers (SuSE)
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 04:52:31 GMT
Did you get any response? I've got exactly the same problem and am trying to
find an answer.
Let me know if you find out anything that can help.
Rgds,
David Grant
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Giovanni Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> i think to have configured everything as described in SuSE maual / HOWTO
> pages. howeer i do not get any reply using ping / traceroute
>
> i have two computers 192.168.0.1 und 192.168.0.2
> network 192.168.0.0
>
> data 192.168.0.1
> route shows: (not full version)
>
> 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 UH dummy0
> 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.255 UH plip1
> 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 U plip1
> loopback ....
>
> ifconfig shows (not full version)
>
> plip1 192.168.0.1 p-t-p 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
>
> data 192.168.0.2
> route shows: (not full version)
>
> 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.255 UH dummy0
> 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 UH plip1
> 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 U plip1
> loopback ....
>
> ifconfig shows (not full version)
>
> plip1 192.168.0.2 p-t-p 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
>
> on both computres plip is loaded as module (lsmod shows). the interface
> settings are standard (and checked to be right with Bill gates MSD). No
> error message appears on booting.
> What could be wrong?
> What do i have to check?
>
> please answer as well to my privat e-mail
>
> thanx and merry x-mas
>
> giovanni
>
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> <HTML>
> i think to have configured everything as described in SuSE maual / HOWTO
> pages. howeer i do not get any reply using ping / traceroute
>
> <P>i have two computers 192.168.0.1 und 192.168.0.2
> <BR>network 192.168.0.0
>
> <P><U>data 192.168.0.1</U>
> <BR>route shows: (not full version)
>
> <P>192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255
> UH dummy0
> <BR>192.168.0.2
255.255.255.255
> UH plip1
> <BR>192.168.0.0
255.255.255.0
> U plip1
> <BR>loopback ....
>
> <P>ifconfig shows (not full version)
>
> <P>plip1 192.168.0.1 p-t-p 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
>
> <P><U>data 192.168.0.2</U>
> <BR>route shows: (not full version)
>
> <P>192.168.0.2 255.255.255.255
> UH dummy0
> <BR>192.168.0.1
255.255.255.255
> UH plip1
> <BR>192.168.0.0
255.255.255.0
> U plip1
> <BR>loopback ....
>
> <P>ifconfig shows (not full version)
>
> <P>plip1 192.168.0.2 p-t-p 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
>
> <P>on both computres plip is loaded as module (lsmod shows). the interface
> settings are standard (and checked to be right with Bill gates MSD). No
> error message appears on booting.
> <BR>What could be wrong?
> <BR>What do i have to check?
>
> <P>please answer as well to my privat e-mail
>
> <P>thanx and merry x-mas
>
> <P>giovanni</HTML>
>
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From: Jim Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba Password
Date: 3 Jan 1999 05:25:03 GMT
Hello,
I have samba running on two redhat5.1 PCs. My Win98 PC sees the Linux
boxes OK but when I attempt to login to either of them from the Win98
box, they both ask for a password. Where do I set the password on the
Linux boxes? smb.conf? /etc/passwd??
Thanks for any info.
Jim...
--
Jim Finney
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From: "Lucas Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: why I like Linux
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 22:54:09 -0600
I was using NT Server 4.0, but it just didn't work as well as Linux. Here is
what I was doing on NT.
I first had it as my main server for The Internet. It worked alright, and
was very easy to setup, but it was lagging and I had to make it start up
manually all the time, a real pain in the ass.
Next I had it setup to do Virtual Hosting, again fairly easy to setup, but
very slow.
Next it was a print server, but it was a little tricker to setup, and worked
very slow.
Then I had it also as a file server, and that is what it did best.
I switched to Linux for cost reasons, and it seemed more robust, and it is.
I installed it, and set everything that NT could do and then some in just
one day, compared to the weeks it took for me to do it with NT.
Another thing was the support I got for the questions I had. I sent in a
question to this newsgroup, and I had an answer 2 hours later, free. Unlike
Microsoft, you have to spend money to get help with NT, and then it isn't
that good.
If I were given a choice when setting up a network with NT or Linux (or even
Novell for that matter) I would put Linux over anything. It is fairly easy
to setup, it is much more reliable than the others, and much faster.
Well, that's my two cents on why I like Linux.
Lucas Williams
System Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp headache
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 01:01:25 -0500
Randy Hao wrote:
>
> I doubt WinModem will work under Linux.
>
> lf11 wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Huang Jingming wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm new to linux and just installed a Red Hat 5.1 on my PC.
> >> My PC has a LT win modem (k56 FleX) attached to COM 3, which
> >> works fine under Window 95. But the modem has no response when
> >> I tried to test it with minicom.
> >>
I'm afraid you've been screwed. Winmodems won't work under Linux
because they've had their brains lobotomized. In Windows the modem
drivers have the code that used to be in the modem. The manufacturer's
save a few pennies per modem and MS's monopoly is reinforced. Even
Intel likes Winmodems because the processing that was done on the card
is now done by the main CPU. This forces you to stick to the regimented
upgrade cycle because of the need of more CPU power to run the latest
bloatware from MS, and stupid pieces of garbage otherwise referred to as
Winmodems.
These drivers are inherently difficult to re-engineer even if the
hardware specs were available, which they aren't. It is easier for most
folks to get a real modem, then spend a few man-years of work trying to
make a driver for these worthless POS. So don't hold your breath for a
driver; just get a real modem.
--
Ed C.
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