Linux-Networking Digest #507, Volume #10 Mon, 15 Mar 99 18:13:50 EST
Contents:
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? ("Andrew Hargreave")
Re: smbmount and fstab ? (Brian Milla)
Re: smbmount and fstab ? (Brian Milla)
Re: Linux Serial Comm Prob (Scott Lanning)
FTP uploaded file user permissions (Bob McLaren)
Re: Modem sharing on Linux? (Chuck Lidderdale)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Aurelien Jarno)
Re: VNC: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem ("Donald E. Stidwell")
PPP Redhat doesn't work and Caldera does ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with routing dial-up w/ masq'ing. ("J. S. Jensen")
remote printing (suck)
Re: identd: NO-USER; What does it mean? (TS Stahl)
windows 98 client is slllooowwwww retrieving from linux server (czar!)
Linux Serial Comm Prob (Eric Minor)
Re: MARS_NWE - Configuration Problems (george m hoffman md)
Re: ipfwadm ("John Hardin")
VNC (Shu Chen Liu)
Problems with PPP, connection 'dying' away ... (Rouven Schurch)
CFV: comp.os.linux.security (Jeremy Billones)
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From: "Andrew Hargreave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
vmsnet.networks.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.os2.networking.server,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:26:20 GMT
We use Cartoon/Comic book characters.... <g>
Andrew G. Hargreave, III
Dir, Technical Infrastructure
Geneer
1400 East Touhy Ave.
Des Plaines, IL. 60018
voice 847-294-0300 fax 847-294-0358
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.geneer.com
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From: Brian Milla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smbmount and fstab ?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:56:56 -0600
You need to install mount.smb. It can be found in the
samba-2.0.x/examples/autofs directory. Read the file called
mount-smb.doc. It explains how to set up mount.smb (not difficult at
all). What this allows you to do is to use the mount command to mount smb
volumes. For instance, your example below would now become:
mount -t smb //XXXserver/home /mnt/XXXserver.home
However, there is a catch: authentication. The smbmount program will
always ask for a password to connect to a smb volume. mount.smb is only a
shell script that intercepts the mount call and passes the values to
smbmount. The only way to not have it ask you for a password is to
specify it on the command line (in plaintext) or in a file (also in
plaintext). Both of these are inherently insecure for obvious reasons.
IF ANYONE HAS FOUND A BETTER SOLUTION, PLEASE REPLY. But if you are not
concerned with security, then you can hardcode your password into the
mount.smb script, which will then always use your name and password when
you call mount. Thus, you can use either fstab file entry (I haven't
tried but I assume it works) or automounter (I have tried and it does
work). Hope this helps,
Brian
Bruce Edge wrote:
> I can get to my NT server using the command:
> smbmount //XXXserver/home -U YYY -n YYY -c 'mount /mnt/XXXserver.home'
>
> Can I put this into /etc/fstab?
> If so, what's the format?
> If not, where's the best place to automount the server shares on
> startup?
>
> TIA, Bruce.
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From: Brian Milla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smbmount and fstab ?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:57:42 -0600
You need to install mount.smb. It can be found in the
samba-2.0.x/examples/autofs directory. Read the file called
mount-smb.doc. It explains how to set up mount.smb (not difficult at
all). What this allows you to do is to use the mount command to mount smb
volumes. For instance, your example below would now become:
mount -t smb //XXXserver/home /mnt/XXXserver.home
However, there is a catch: authentication. The smbmount program will
always ask for a password to connect to a smb volume. mount.smb is only a
shell script that intercepts the mount call and passes the values to
smbmount. The only way to not have it ask you for a password is to
specify it on the command line (in plaintext) or in a file (also in
plaintext). Both of these are inherently insecure for obvious reasons.
IF ANYONE HAS FOUND A BETTER SOLUTION, PLEASE REPLY. But if you are not
concerned with security, then you can hardcode your password into the
mount.smb script, which will then always use your name and password when
you call mount. Thus, you can use either fstab file entry (I haven't
tried but I assume it works) or automounter (I have tried and it does
work). Hope this helps,
Brian
Bruce Edge wrote:
> I can get to my NT server using the command:
> smbmount //XXXserver/home -U YYY -n YYY -c 'mount /mnt/XXXserver.home'
>
> Can I put this into /etc/fstab?
> If so, what's the format?
> If not, where's the best place to automount the server shares on
> startup?
>
> TIA, Bruce.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux Serial Comm Prob
Date: 15 Mar 1999 19:55:22 GMT
Eric Minor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: This setup works just fine, with one exception. It
: will not work immediately after I reboot the box. I
: have to unplug my loopback connector, then plug it
: back in, in order to be able to read data off the
: port. After I do that I can run the program over and
: over and it will behave as expected. I confirmed with
: an oscilloscope that the write call is working and is
: sending out a byte, and hence that byte is arriving on
: pin #3. So it is the read that is unable to
: recognize the arriving data (in the real program I
: first use 'ioctl' to see if any data is ready).
Did you also try opening with O_NONBLOCK? Then read will
return -1 if no data is ready, and you could while(read < 0)
till it drops through, then if you have to, make read blocking.
I'm just guessing, mind you. I seem to recall something about
if the DCD is asserted the port won't open, but maybe it was
that read will block till the DCD is reset...?
: Any ideas what is causing this problem? Is there some
: function I can call to 'reset' the serial port. Can I
: manually take control of the individual pins and cycle
: pin #8. Thanks.
Yes, assuming the process has root privileges (I think it must
anyway to open ttyS0), you can first use ioperm() to allow you
to twiddle a specific io port (linux is at home, or I'd tell you
which address), then use outb() to write a zero or one to that
address. However, I don't know what is causing the problem, so
maybe it's not the correct solution. --Scott
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From: Bob McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FTP uploaded file user permissions
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:18:38 GMT
When a user with a valid system account uploads files they have
rw-r--r-- permissions. How can I change the default so that they are
rwx------ ? I tried adding the following entry in the /etc/ftpaccess
file to specify it as an upload directory and force the permissions but
it had no effect.
(upload /home/ftp/archive * yes the_user
the_user_group 0700 dirs)
What do I do?
--
Bob McLaren
Network Administration
Financial Statement Services, Inc.
HTTP://WWW.FSSI-CA.COM
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From: Chuck Lidderdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem sharing on Linux?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:58:20 GMT
That's what I do - we have 3 cpus - w95, w98 and linux - networked together.
I also have an Xwindows server on the 2 micro-suck boxes so when someone
wants to surf - click on an icon that connects to the linux box, checks to
see
if the modem is connected - if not run "pppd..." and connect else/then bring
up Netscape. Be careful - linux won't work with Winmodems. Get an
external
modem then there's no question. I've got a USRoboics and have clocked data
at 78k - ya it was compressible text - but then so is most html.
"Gary S. Mackay" wrote:
> I was just at Best Buy and looking at the surprisingly large selection
> of Linux related stuff on the shelf. One box interested me. It was the
> PowerTools for RedHat and it mentioned something about modem pool admin
> or some such thing. Is there some sort of modem sharing software for
> Linux out there? Something that would allow me to put a GOOD modem in
> the linux server and not have to put modems in each workstation would be
> great! I'm already using diald/ipmasq/etc., I'm talking about actual
> modem shareing where a software package on a workstation can use the
> modem on the linux server as if it was it's own. (Like Netware connect
> from Novell)
>
> --
> Edison Information Technologies
> P.O. Box 554
> Milan, OH 44846-0554
> 419.499.7040
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aurelien Jarno)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: 15 Mar 1999 16:56:41 GMT
Have anyone tried the GPL version of SuSE 6.0 or RedHat 5.2 ?
Are they different from official versions ?
Aurelien
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: VNC: server on LInux, viewer on NT - GREY screen problem
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:25:03 GMT
This seems to be an NT specific problem. I had the exact same symptoms
when I tried to view my Linux box from NT. Viewing the same box from
Win95/98 worked perfectly. I had setup my .vnc to display my KDE
desktop and under 95/98 everything came up fivers. Under NT, grey
screen and cursor and nothing more.
I never did figure it out and gave up on using NT to view my Linux box.
Don
Yan Seiner wrote:
>
> Configure your .Xdefaults. It sounds like your X server (whatever
> desktop you use) is not configured. The fact that you get the screen
> with a moving cursor tells you VNC is doing its job.
>
> RTFM on setting up VNC. There is a .vnc dir on the linux box that you
> need to set up, as well as .Xdefaults.
>
> Yan
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have the VNC server on Linux. The VNC viewer on NT.
> > > > I can connect with the
> > > > viewer, but all that I see is a grey screen with the X
> > > > cursor (similar to
> > > > that seen on Linux after 'startx' but before your
> > > > chosen window manager kicks
> > > > in). Although I can move the
> > > > cursor, there is nothing there to select!!
> > > > Anyone know what I'm not doing that I should be?
> > >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP Redhat doesn't work and Caldera does
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:26:20 GMT
Anyone have this problem? I have RH 5.2 on a P-133, SCSI, 56K Hayes
modem but can't for the life of me have it connect. Yet when I use
Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 (using the same connect scripts) I have no
problems. I would like to use RH since I bought it and would like to
make it work...
Thanks in advance,
Steve Morris
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with routing dial-up w/ masq'ing.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:23:50 -0700
I have a box that I want to do all routing for an internal network. The
internal network 172.17.?.?/16 is masqueraded through a point-to-point
connection. This works fine as routing is relatively easy.
Now we are adding several dial-in lines to the same box, and those PPP
connections are generally IP numbered in the 192.168.1.?/32 range.
However, those PPP `clients' connecting into the box can only see the IP
addresses local to that box! Though the routing tables that exist seem
to be appropriate, is the masquerading entry:
IP firewall forward rules, default policy: deny
type prot source destination ports
acc/m all 172.17.0.0/16 0.0.0.0/0 n/a
causing all incoming packets destined to the PPP `clients' to masq to
default destination 0.0.0.0 ? The routing table is:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Iface
xxx.xxx.xxx.11 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH ppp0
192.168.1.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH ppp1
172.17.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U lo
0.0.0.0 xxx.xxx.xxx.11 0.0.0.0 UG ppp0
Such that when it sees a packet for 192.168.1.2 it /should/ go through
ppp1, vs. the default gateway. But are the masquerading rules applied
first, such that the source is obviously 172.17.0.0 but the destination
matches the 0.0.0.0/0 in the masq'ing entries.
How do I solve this?
--
J. S. Jensen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Paramin.COM
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From: suck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: remote printing
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:54:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Slackware 3.6 set up on two networked machines. Computer one has
a HPIIIp laserjet printer attached to its parallel port. Local print
jobs
work well on that machine. I have attempted to configure computer two
to print on computer one's printer. I have read the man pages for all
printer related tools. I have read the printing how to and did as
suggested but I can't seem to get remote printing to work.
The printcap of computer one is as follows (set up by apsfilter):
ascii|lp1|ljet3-letter-ascii-mono|ljet3 ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono/acct:\
:if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-ascii-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp2|ljet3-letter-auto-mono|ljet3 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp3|ljet3-letter-raw|ljet3 auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw/acct:\
:if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-raw:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
Computer two's printcap file is as follows:
lp|lj|laserjet:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:rm=192.168.122.20:\
:rp=lp:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sh:
/etc/hosts.lpd on computer one has the ip address of computer two
listed. When I try to print on computer two nothing happens. lpc
status on computer two tells me queuing is enabled, printing is enabled,
there is an entry in the spool area and waiting for queue to be enabled
on computer one. lpc status on computer one advises that queuing is
enabled, printing is enabled, no entries and no daemon present.
Noprinting occurs. When I lprm - on computer two to remove the job I
get a message advising your host does not have line printer acces. What
else must I do?
Later,
TPF
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: identd: NO-USER; What does it mean?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:57:18 -0600
You just reinstalled? You did not wipe the partitions, and start from
scratch, I take it.
A note to be aware of: if you blow away and then redefine the partitions
with the exact geometry as your previous install, your original contents
'come back'. Of course, they never left because the partition table is
just a list of pointers to places on the disk. Destroying partitions does
not destroy data (which a lot of white collar criminals/gamblers have found
out to late).
Please, do us all a favor and report the hack. Don't stop there, follow up
with the offending ISP. You seem to have plenty of information for them to
nail the account of the culprit. Also, given the new air of paranoia in
computer security, notify the authorities in Boston as well (I know, that
suggestion is a stretch).
Identd is generally a good thing. Here is quote from O'Reilly's Linux in
a Nutshell: "TCP/IP command. Provide the name of the user whose process
is running a specified TCP/IP connection. You may specify the kernel and
its memory space."
Andrei Lenkei wrote:
> I've been hacked ; my firewall of all things :( and while trying to
> determine
> what happend I noticed the following in my /var/log/messages:
>
> Mar 14 02:30:05 cerberos identd[1136]: from: 206.196.128.4 (
> dnvrpop2.dnvr.uswes
> t.net ) for: 61262, 110
> Mar 14 02:30:05 cerberos identd[1136]: Returned: 61262 , 110 : NO-USER
>
> I was hacked from msnex.tiac.net an ISP in the Boston area. They
> installed
> Eggdrop (an IRC client) but didn't do much other damage except to cover
> tracks (not a very good job) and prevent others from getting in.
> BTW what is Eggdrop?
>
> There are A LOT of these messages in the log . I still get them after
> having
> re-installed everything.
> Does this mean that someone is doing a brute-force attack on me?
> Do I even need identd?
> What is it good for?
> Can I deny requests to it from certain hosts?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Andrei
--
Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
401 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 900
Chicago, IL 60611
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (czar!)
Subject: windows 98 client is slllooowwwww retrieving from linux server
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:40:55 GMT
I have a windows 98 machine connected to my linux computer. Placing a
2 meg file onto the linux computer goes very quickly. Retrieving a
similar sized file takes forever, and sometimes windows will even
report that connection has been lost. Although it hasn't really lost
the connection. This same pattern continues if I use FTP. I replaced
Samba with the latest version. I am using redhat 5.2. This behaviour
is not apparent if both computers are running windows 98. I believe it
may have something to do with windows but I haven't the foggiest. Its
a standard windows setup with two network cards. one set up to a
cable modem and the other one is setup for my LAN. TCP/IP seems to be
working fine in all other respects. Has anyone got any ideas? I have
altered the smb.conf to increase the read size and cache etc but it
hasn't helped.
R
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From: Eric Minor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux Serial Comm Prob
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:01:17 -0800
I am using Linux to do some serial IO on COM1
and am running into a bit of trouble. I have the
port configured in loopback mode as follows:
pin2 -> pin3 (TD to RD)
pin4 -> pin5 (RTS to CTS)
pin6 -> pin8 -> pin20 (DSR to DCD to DTR)
I use a very basic piece of code to write out one
byte and then read it in, as follows:
/* Open COM1, configure it, write 1 byte, read 1 byte */
int iComFd = open("/dev/ttyS0", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
termios oTs;
tcgetattr(iComFd, &oTs);
oTs.c_iflag = 0;
oTs.c_oflag = 0;
oTs.c_cflag = B9600 | CS8 | PARENB | PARODD | CREAD;
// have also tried using CLOCAL and HUPCL to no avail
oTs.c_lflag = 0;
oTs.c_cc[VMIN] = 0;
oTs.c_cc[VTIME] = 10;
tcsetattr(iComFd, TCSANOW, &oTs);
unsigned char szMsg[1] = "";
szMsg[0] = 0xFF; // Just a random byte
int iBytesSent = write(iComFd, szMsg, 1);
sleep(1);
unsigned char szBlah[1] = "";
int iBytesRead = read(iComFd, szBlah, iBytesSent);
close(iComFd);
/* end of code */
This setup works just fine, with one exception. It
will not work immediately after I reboot the box. I
have to unplug my loopback connector, then plug it
back in, in order to be able to read data off the
port. After I do that I can run the program over and
over and it will behave as expected. I confirmed with
an oscilloscope that the write call is working and is
sending out a byte, and hence that byte is arriving on
pin #3. So it is the read that is unable to
recognize the arriving data (in the real program I
first use 'ioctl' to see if any data is ready).
In the production program, it will of course not be
practical to have the user constantly unplugging the
device attached to the COM port. I was also able to
determine that it is pin #8, data carrier detect, which
is the key pin that is needing to be disconnected. All
the others can stay connected and it will work just fine.
Any ideas what is causing this problem? Is there some
function I can call to 'reset' the serial port. Can I
manually take control of the individual pins and cycle
pin #8. Thanks.
-Eric
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From: george m hoffman md <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MARS_NWE - Configuration Problems
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:02:13 -0600
it sounds like you haven't configured IPX networking. read IPX_HOWTO
for a start. type 'ifconfig' - does it show any IPX interfaces running?
if not, run 'ipx_interface -add eth0 frame_type'
where frame_type is 802.2, 802.3, ethernet_ii etc...
or, in your configuration, set IPX_AUTO = on (this may cause other
problems in mixed networks)
once you get IPX network running, you should be able to 'slist' to see
other netware servers as a test. if this works, run mars again.
also refer to the website http://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/index.html
--
George M Hoffman MD
Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
414-266-3388 (voice)
414-266-3563 (fax)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "John Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipfwadm
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:48:35 -0800
James Yates wrote in message <7ch4sl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I want to be able to pass any traffic coming to port 80 on a dirty
interface
>on my linux box to a machine on my network that is behind IP Masq. This
>should be fairly simple does any body know how?
>
>Thanks:-)
>
>James
Look for a program called "ipportfw".
--
John Hardin KA7OHZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pgpk -a finger://gonzo.wolfenet.com/jhardin PGP key ID: 0x41EA94F5
PGP key fingerprint: A3 0C 5B C2 EF 0D 2C E5 E9 BF C8 33 A7 A9 CE 76
=======================================================================
If you spend any time administering Windows NT, you're far too
familiar with the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) ...
- "MSDN Flash" email newsletter, 2/9/1999
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From: Shu Chen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: VNC
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:09:58 -0500
Hi Everyone,
I'm not sure where to ask this question so I posted it to a few groups.
I just installed VNC on a couple of Unix machines and one Windows NT
station. They can all act as both server and client. I noticed that
when I use the Unix station as the client and the NT station as the
server, I see the exact desktop that is active in Windows. In other
words, if I move the mouse around and start applications, I would see
the same thing happen on the screen of the NT station.
However, this is not true in reverse. With the any of the unix stations
(Linux or Solaris), I get a totally new desktop. The active desktop at
the unix station is left alone. I would like to be able to access the
active desktop of the unix station as well. The reason is that it seems
like it might have some value as a client support tool. You know, a
user on the phone says "I'm doing exactly what you tell me to do but it
still doesn't work." So you pull up his desktop and tell him "I said
the left button not the right button!!" Thanks for your help. : )
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From: Rouven Schurch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with PPP, connection 'dying' away ...
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:32:29 +0100
I'm trying to connect to my ISP (using a dynamic IP) under KDE,
everything works fine, I connect with kppp, log in, start the PPP
session, then I can even request one (but one) page in a browser and
then the connection 'dies' away until I get the 'daemon died
unexpectedly' message ... I really dont know what could be wrong in my
configuration (perhaps the DNS-configuration?). Strange is that when I
do not try to send or reveice data, the connection stays, only to be
taken down by the ppp-daemon when I request information.
Rouven
(working on this problem for hours now ;)
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From: Jeremy Billones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.security.unix
Subject: CFV: comp.os.linux.security
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:37:48 GMT
FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group comp.os.linux.security
[The earlier version had incorrect voting addresses.]
Newsgroups line:
comp.os.linux.security Security and the GNU/Linux Operating System.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 5 Apr 1999.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Votetaker: Jeremy Billones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RATIONALE: comp.os.linux.security
The number of users of the Linux Operating System has grown
significantly over the last few years. A large number of these new
users are connecting their machines to the internet via modems with
little or no thought about the security of their machines. In
addition, the standard installation procedure of most Linux
distributions results in a machine with maximal capabilities but also
with a number of possible security holes. A search of a usenet
archiving site such as dejanews would quickly find a large number of
linux security discussion threads scattered across numerous existing
newsgroups.
The existing newsgroup comp.security.unix is useful but its
discussion content is aimed more at the unix administrator level.
Therefore a newsgroup specifically aimed at the home/small business
Linux user would complement rather than replace discussion on
comp.unix.security.
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