Linux-Networking Digest #663, Volume #10 Sun, 28 Mar 99 21:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? ("James Thompson")
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... ("Ovidiu Popa")
Re: Linux firewall and Netmeeting ("Robert A. Ober")
Re: need a hub to connect 2 machines w/ ethernet? (Jon-o Addleman)
Think Pad 760ED ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Setting Up Pipeline 25 ("Robert A. Ober")
eepro100 help! retry (Robert Means)
Re: How to pinpoint a DNS server on your network ??? (Juergen Heinzl)
modprobe not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Slow PPP Connection But Minicom Connection Fine (chris turner)
Sendmail and Virtual domains (Benjohn007)
Re: Nebie need to get on network/Internet (Rick Runowski)
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Paul Anderson)
Setting up a WAN via ISDN (Andrej)
pppd again ("PaLLi")
Re: Very slow connection (Braxton Burrsaddle)
Re: Linux into 98 ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Re: Ip Alliasing (Alex Lang)
Re: pppd again (Bill Unruh)
Re: Nebie need to get on network/Internet (Jack Beatty)
/etc/hosts.deny syntax differs from man pages ? (Pierre Bodart)
Re: 3Com 3C905B and 2.2.2 (Alex Lang)
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Michael Meissner)
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From: "James Thompson" <[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: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:19:50 +0100
I tend to use endangered or extinct animals:
e.g: uakari, indris, dingo, etc.
No particular green message to this, but they are a bit different. My old
university used to use Scottish islands - also quite good - there are loads
of them. (As there are endangered species...)
J.T.
Ramsay D. Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Daniel Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> - ->
> - ->I generally use the names of players in Man United for my local
network and
> - ->thier corresponding Shirt no's for ips..vis
> - ->[ snip snip ]
>
> - ->
> - ->> We use (at work) countries. Additionally, we name disks (actually
mount
> - ->> points) after cities in that country. This helps admin since we can
> - ->> always figure out what machine a disk is on.
> - ->>
> - ->> This is coming from a GIS company, so go figure.
>
> For a few years I've been accumulating machines and have been
> thinking how to go about setting up an internal network. I've
> seen naming conventions that always were pretty much topical.
>
> One network I know of uses a sea related theme with almost
> every name starting with an 's', starfish, sooshi, seaweed,
> shrimp, sucker, etc.
>
> But I like that GIS company's solution of using a country
> name and then naming mount points for citys within the
> country! Talk about tracking down a problems being a cinch!
>
> Maybe I'll name my machines after Baseball teams and the
> mount point names can be well known players from those teams.
> Now, I wonder if I can rename 'root' to manager names from
> those teams?
>
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From: "Ovidiu Popa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:01:22 -0600
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,micorosft.public.outlook
Johan, allow me to share a recent experience. I met some times ago a
couple of genial (and I mean it) Linux programmers. Ones of the very
few having "access" to Linus, having major contributions to Slack
kernel, etc...
Can you figure out what pissed me off about these guys? They turned
out to be extremely appreciated programmers, one working (say 9 to 6)
for a major software company, the other one being self-employed, both
raising big bucks, as Windows C/S programmers. And they spend
afternoons and nights aggressively bitching and hating NT in the
usenet world, (and also on their web sites). Now, they do this on
their time and dime, but don't ask me to appreciate their moral
profiles. I might look old fashioned, but I can't spit the place which
provides my beers, bread and butter.
I asked them why are they not starting to write a decent GUI, some
more friendly administration tools, reliable GUI development tools,
able to allow the entry on the desktop and SOHO markets (I am not
going to deny the Linux excellent performances, as server). Guess what
answer I got... "Yuk man, it's no fun doing that".
My personal opinion: soon, they will built a better Linux TCP/IP stack
:-) Unfortunately, these genial programmers (and unfortunately Linux)
will stay away from the desktop and SOHO markets, until some major
company will get involved. BUT can a major software company afford to
stay in the open source initiative mainstream, as far as they are
supposed to make profits? Only time will tell...
Ovidiu Popa
MS-MVP (DTS)
Johan Kullstam wrote in message ...
>"Alexander I. Butenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> ANyway I greatly doubt that Linux will be easier to use than NT
>> Server. I'm sure that NT Server will be a ideal use for a small
home
>> network, becaus eit's very easy to configure comparable to Linux
and
>> supports most network clients better.
>
>since we're talking a server OS, don't we want to support network
>*servers* better and not clients? who cares if netscape looks better
>on NT than linux. what we really want to know is who can dole out
>webpages better, both faster and more reliably.
>
>and once we are talking service, NT is going to lose hard.
>
>apache runs better on linux than NT. apache blows MS's offering
>(what's it called, IIS?) away in speed, price and marketshare. samba
>runs better on linux than NT can do it's own filesharing protocol.
>NFS is better in linux than on NT. ftp servers (ftpd) are easier and
>work better in linux than NT. MTAs like qmail blow the crap out of
>exchange. the list just goes on and on.
>
>a final note, what about uptimes? linux is *much* more robust than
NT
>(unless you consider BSOD to be a debug mode and not downtime).
>
>--
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: "Robert A. Ober" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux firewall and Netmeeting
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:34:28 -0600
Dave T wrote:
> I have linux up and running as a firewall, but can I get netmeeting
> to work through this firewall? I cannot! I suspect it has something to
> do with the ports used, and the fact that the firewall is blocking
> these ports. The ports used are :
>
> TCP: 389,522,1503,1720,1731 and 1024:65535(dynamic)
> UDP 1024:65535(dynamic)
>
> Does anyone have Netmeeting working through a linux firewall? If they
> do, could I get a sneak peak at your firewall script? (I know this is
> asking a lot, forgive me) Or even just some pointers. I've read all of
> the FAQ, HOWTO's etc, and I've bought a couple of Linux books, but I
> still dont get it. I guess I'm just plain thick!
>
> Many thanks for any assistance rendered..
>
> Dave Taylor
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Doesn't work. Did not work even on MS proxy (it may now, I don't use it)
. Cisco NAT did not support it untill the end of last year.
Anybody try it on updated Cisco IOS?
Robert A. Ober
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon-o Addleman)
Subject: Re: need a hub to connect 2 machines w/ ethernet?
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:46:51 GMT
Once upon a Sun, 28 Mar 1999 05:40:49 -0700, "Paul Bary"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How about a REALLY non technical explaination...A twisted pair LAN cable is
>composed of 6 (or 8..I forget) wires...some are designated for inbound
>signals and some for outbound signals.
There are 8 wires (I've spent many hours in past few days rewiring
cables to make an extention cord... ugh..)
there are 4 ethernet wires (transmit+ transmit-,receive+, receive-)
and 4 others that get used for phone lines. These phone wires are
useless if you're just using a LAN - they're there so that a house can
have one set of wiring for both the phone system and the LAN cables.
--
Jon-o Addleman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Think Pad 760ED
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:51:38 GMT
I am runware Slackware 3.6 (kernel 2.0.35) on a ThinkPad 760 ED with a
DELL PCMCIA card. All seems well ( I can telnet, ping etc), but if I
try an FTP, or log into another Linux box on the network and try to
run , for example Midnight Commander, it seems I get thefirst 1024
bytes of data, then the transfer hangs.
Any thoughts ?
Barryl
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From: "Robert A. Ober" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting Up Pipeline 25
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 18:00:35 -0600
Neil Chambers wrote:
> Hey guys...
>
> I need to get into my pipe25 via my LInux Box. Can I use seyon to do
> this......if so, how?
P25 has no telnet so you will have to connect a serial cable to it and
then to a com port on your computer. Use minicom to access the com port
at 9600 baud.
Robert A. Ober
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: eepro100 help! retry
Date: 28 Mar 1999 23:59:40 GMT
Howdy,
I gave this a try before here it goes again. I have an old version
of eepro100, 0.99 beta. I need to update it (I think) because my card
keeps timing out with a status 0090 or 0050. So, I ftp'd the new eepro100
from cesdis and tried to compile it out of emacs with the suggested
compile line. I end up getting a list of unrecognized symbols (I recognize
them but gcc doesn't). Anyway, I am running RH5.1 (Mannhattan) and other
than this problem I'm very happy with it. Can someone give me a clue how
to compile this or a pointer to a precompiled version?
TIA,
Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: How to pinpoint a DNS server on your network ???
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:51:31 GMT
In article <7dft4p$ji8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Graeme Wood wrote:
> Hi list,
> hope this isn't a dumb question !!
> How would you find a DNS server on your network ??? I mean pinpoint it from a
>terminal ????
> I'm saying this because I want to find out what my ISP's DNS server is
>without having to ask them !!! They send an IP address out when their ppp
> software wakes up ...
Easy, use some other name server, only once of course, and look it up.
You can use ...
DNS1.microsoft.com (131.107.1.240)
... for instance to see who is responsible for the zone ac.uk and so on.
You see, even M$ is good for something. Keep in mind though that using
other servers is something that ought to be the exception from the rule.
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: modprobe not working
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:36:19 GMT
Hi,
Hope someone could give me some answers, I've been looking for the
last 4 day's for the answer. I'm using Redhat 5.2 as my server and
gateway to access the internet through @home. I re-compiled my kernel
(2.0.36) and after I compiled it, and rebooted it now gives me the
following errors messages on boot up.
/lib/modules/2.0.36/fs/binfmt_aout.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/ipx.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/appletalk.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/net/eql.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/net/bsd_comp.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_quake.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_vdolive.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_cuseeme.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_raudio.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_irc.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/lib/modules/2.0.36/ipv4/ip_masq_ftp.o: unresolved symbol(s)
Also now the ipfwadm does not work on startup. I have to do it
manually. The following is inserted into my "rc.local" file which is
located in /etc/rc.d/.
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is not my real setting, it has a valid Class IP.
Hope soomeone can help?
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From: chris turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slow PPP Connection But Minicom Connection Fine
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:15:02 -0500
I have a USR/3Com 56K Faxmodem (ISA PnP). I have set up the correct
IRQs, ports, etc. and verified that they are working fine. When I dial
out with Minicom, I get a good connection, usually at around 50K. But
when I dial the same number with a chatscript running under pppd I only
get a 9.6K connection. I can get a 50K connection from the chatscript if
I run it AFTER I have dialed the same number from Minicom and then
exited. The modem init strings for both Minicom and chat are the same
(AT&F1), and I have all the settings in pppd as recommended (pppd
connect 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript -detach crtscts modem
defaultroute /dev/modem 115200 user'myusername'). Any ideas on what is
causing this and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance
Chris Turner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benjohn007)
Subject: Sendmail and Virtual domains
Date: 28 Mar 1999 23:55:33 GMT
Can someone please tell me how to setup virtual domains on sendmail ?
i read the virtual domain page on sendmail.org, couldnt figure it out from
that, read many documentations, cant get it !
is someone willing to let me see their configuration files and whatever that
needs to be changed ? PLEASE ):
spend many hours trying to work it, couldnt ):
so if ur kind enough, give me some good instructions.
now when i try to start sendmail, it says "root... Recipient names must be
specified"
any help is appreciated.
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From: Rick Runowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nebie need to get on network/Internet
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 18:04:07 -0600
I had this same problem, have you tried to call up your ISP and ask them
for thier gateway address and DNS server address and put both of those
into the setup of your ppp account? That is what worked for me.
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, John J. Burke wrote:
> I hope that I can get some good help..
> I just installed Linux Red Hat 5.2 and Wow, I just love it.. Sure I have a
> lot to learn, but I did get the program to dial my modem, I got it to detect
> sound card, and I dont hear any sound from the program because there probly
> aint any. I can play a music CD great
>
> I need help in getting on the internrt.
>
> I setup ppp0 to dial the internet, and it calls and I get connected (I
> think talking,..
>
> I go to Netscape and try to go somewhere and it sits, and dont go anywhere
>
> HOW DO I DEFINE THE Internet to get it to talk to the connection
>
> I am on worldaccessnet.com if you want to know my
>
> Please send me any help to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Appreciate any help so I can explore more and I would love to get mail on
> the linux system
>
> Is there a easy word processor beside VI ????
>
>
> john
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Anderson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: 28 Mar 1999 18:54:54 -0500
"Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Here is my dream machine:
>Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
>
Yikes! You can't overclock it that far! What are you, nuts?!
>Abit BH6 mobo
>
It's either a motherboard, or an mb, NEVER a mobo.
>--
>"Ein Folk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
>
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" -- "One people, one government, one leader."
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From: Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up a WAN via ISDN
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 02:01:12 +0200
I�m trying to set up a WAN between two Linux Servers (both SUSE) via
ISDN. I am able to dial out, but when I reach the other server it
answers with "Incompatible destination (Private network serving remote
user)".
Does anyone know what is wrong ? Is there instruction available for
setting up an ISDN-Connection like this ?
Andrej
--
Andrej W�hrmann
Eifelwall 34
50674 K�ln
Tel: 0221 449974
Mobil: 0172 4137407
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "PaLLi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pppd again
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:53:24 +0100
ok...whats wrong here...i can't ping nuthing but my nameserver and my ip
address....i have to use localip:remoteip thingie in my options to get
connected...
tellme wahts wrong =)
thank you ;D
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Braxton Burrsaddle)
Subject: Re: Very slow connection
Date: 29 Mar 1999 00:59:10 GMT
Warning - Linux newby sends!
I had a problem like this. It turns out that under Linux the modem
will actually dial and connect even if you have the wrong IRQ set. In
my case my modem is /dev/ttys2 (com3) and I set it up as irq 5 in
os/2. Linux defaults to irq 4.
In os/2 when you set the modem to the wrong IRQ the system pitches a
fit and won't even dial. For some reason Linux is more tolerant: you
may be able to dial and make connections. I was. Anyway, this
behavior was surprising.
You should try pinging your ISP's nameserver under both win95 and
Linux. If you get long erratic ping delays under Linux that don't
match the delays in win95 you may be having the same problem I was.
Unfortunately, I don't know much about win95 so I cannot help you
resolve IRQ problems.
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:08:24, "Ahmed Hasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
say:
> Hello there,
> I connect to the Internet through Linux but the connection is "very very
> slow". It is much slower than the connection throw Windows95. Can you tell
> me what is the problem? Can you help me make it faster?
HTH -
Greg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] : reply-to bogus, remove z's to construct email
address.
For your comfort and convenience, this .sig line has been removed.
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux into 98
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:15:42 -0500
Or you can get it at www.wingate.com
Works great with Win98 machines, but still haven't figured out how to get my
linux box to use it except as a DHCP server. There are 3 versions, and I
have the Home version (cheapest at $39.95 for 3 users). Not clear if the
Home version can do Linux - if it can, I haven't figured it out yet.
Don
David Nillesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Matt Anderson wrote:
>
> > Ok, I guess I will have to tone down my earlier enthusiasm a little bit.
> > After playing around a little bit, I discovered that windows will not
accept
> > a connection from linux, even though I can ping it just fine. I know
this
> > should be simple, but again I need just a little bit of assistance, even
> > point me to a HOWTO or a man page. Thanks a lot
> >
> > Matt Anderson
> > BTW--I want to ultimately winproxy my internet connection into linux
(i'm a
> > poor college student and for some GOD-AWFUL reason I'm stuck with a
> > winmodem) .
>
> Do a search for a program called "wingate". i think www.tucows.comm may
have a
> copy of it.
> Its bastardized ip masquerading for windows.
>
>
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From: Alex Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ip Alliasing
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 01:26:13 GMT
What do you want to know? I thought the "man" pages plus the ip-alias
mini-HOWTO were quite complete.
Cyberwing wrote:
> Hi
>
> Does anyone know more about Ip Aliasing or any Infopages in the WWW
>
> Thank�s
>
> cyberwing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd again
Date: 29 Mar 1999 01:09:21 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "PaLLi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>ok...whats wrong here...i can't ping nuthing but my nameserver and my ip
>address....i have to use localip:remoteip thingie in my options to get
>connected...
Not exactly coherent are we? So, you can get through to your ISP. Check
route -n
(or /sbin/route -n )
Is there a line ending in ppp0 and starting with 0.0.0.0
If not there is your problem.
Give your pppd the defaultroute option.
Is there some other line that starts with 0.0.0.0? It should not be
there. find our what is setting it and stop it
Run
route del default
route add default -gw <yourISP-IPnumber> ppp0
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From: Jack Beatty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nebie need to get on network/Internet
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:36:36 -0500
John J. Burke wrote:
> I hope that I can get some good help..
> I just installed Linux Red Hat 5.2 and Wow, I just love it.. Sure I have a
> lot to learn, but I did get the program to dial my modem, I got it to detect
> sound card, and I dont hear any sound from the program because there probly
> aint any. I can play a music CD great
>
> I need help in getting on the internrt.
>
> I setup ppp0 to dial the internet, and it calls and I get connected (I
> think talking,..
>
> I go to Netscape and try to go somewhere and it sits, and dont go anywhere
>
> HOW DO I DEFINE THE Internet to get it to talk to the connection
>
> I am on worldaccessnet.com if you want to know my
>
> Please send me any help to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Appreciate any help so I can explore more and I would love to get mail on
> the linux system
>
> Is there a easy word processor beside VI ????
>
> john
Have you set up your /etc/resolv.conf file? This tells Netscape how to
translate www.neatsite.com into ip addresses. Your ISP should be able to
supply these, they are the addresses for their DNS servers. Should look
something like:
search host isp.com
nameserver www.xxx.yyy.zzz
nameserver www.xxx.yyy.zzz
nameserver www.xxx.yyy.zzz
Put host first inthe search if you have a private network at home.
As far as an editor, I like nedit. You can get it from Fermi labs and they
have a intel binary Linux verion so you don't even have to compile anything.
Good Luck,
Jack
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From: Pierre Bodart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: /etc/hosts.deny syntax differs from man pages ?
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 03:32:42 +0200
Hi,
I'm using RH 5.2 kernel 2.0.34. I'm protecting a little bit also my box
by running tcpd from inetd for most of the services (Telnet, FTP, ...).
With tcpd you can allow/deny access to services with the configuration
files hosts.allow and hosts.deny.
According the man pages, you can also ask tcpd to run a command when a
rule is valid. E.g. in hosts.deny you can have an entry like :
in.telnetd: ALL: (/usr/bin/finger -l @%h | /bin/mail -s %d-%h
[EMAIL PROTECTED])&
which will for each telnet attempt (who will be refused by this rule)
run the finger command against the calling host and mail the result to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] The command is launched in the background to not hung
the service.
By the way, when attempting to telnet to my box, I'm well 'denied', but
the log file show me the following error and I'm getting of course no
mail under root :
in.telnetd: connect from xx.xx.xx.xx
in.telnetd: error: /etc/hosts.deny, line 9: bad option name:
"(/usr/bin/finger"
in.telnetd: refused connect from xx.xx.xx.xx
I've tried several other syntax or commands, no way.
It seems that the command is passed to telnet as an argument, which is
of course a bad option .... but it's not what is expected or explained
in the man page.
Does anyone have an idea ?
Cheers,
Pierre
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From: Alex Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com 3C905B and 2.2.2
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 01:10:26 GMT
I have seen the same exact thing. My system is RH 5.2 plus latest net-utils running
kernel 2.2.4 and using a 3C905B-TX. I am connect via ADSL to my ISP. I see this
behavior whenever the system is started from powerup. However, after the system
boots up, if I issue "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network reload", the DHCP address comes back
immediately and my eth0 device is up and running.
I have thought about just sticking the "reload" command in my rc.local file, which
gets executed last in the boot sequence.
Anyone know how to make the original DCHP request timeout faster? My guess is that
it is about 90 sec or so right now.
chad maine wrote:
> I have a similar problem with DSL/DHCP and the 3C905 problem. I notice that it
> seems to happen only after I have recently booted Windows 95. After another
> reboot, it works fine. Strange. I am still looking into it. I would appreciate
> any other help.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 Mar 1999 20:39:54 -0500
"Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here is my dream machine:
>
> Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
> Abit BH6 mobo
> 128 Mb SDRAM (PC-100) (one piece)
> Nvidia TNT2 (when it comes out - should be soon!)
> Optiquest V95 (19")
> 12+ gig HD
> etc...
>
> anyone else thinks this is a nice system?
>From what I've read, it is problematical to overclock Celerons past 450 (ie,
taking the 300A and changing the memory from 66Mhz to 100Mhz will give you a
450Mhz machine, but doing the same for a 333A or 366 machine often times is not
successful). This is because they use the Pentium-II 450 Mhz core internally.
Also with new video cards, there is often times a wait of a couple of months
until an X server appears that supports it (usually it is the commercial X
servers first, then XFree86).
> --
> "Ein Folk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
> "One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft's slogan
>
>
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I've gotten the go-ahead from my better half (read: my wife) to spend
> > around 2K on a new system. I'd like to hear _specific_ success and/or
> > horror stories on systems and peripherals that have worked and not
> > worked with Linux. My prequisites:
> >
> > 400mhz CPU
> > 96mb RAM
> > 8mb video card
> > 19" monitor
> > sound card, speakers
> > 4GB hard drive
> > CD-ROM
With respect to the original request, you might want to check out vendors who
supply Linux pre-installed. It minimizes the chance that something doesn't
work. For a list, look at:
http://www.cygnus.com/~meissner/linux.html#Hardware
For example, from ASLabs, you could get a a 400 Mhz Celeron with 128 meg of
memory, 10 gig disk, CDROM, ethernet for $1,125, which would be plenty left
over for a decent 19" monitor. I use a Nokia 446Xpro myself, which is a damn
fine monitor (I run it at 1600x1200 32-bit pixels at 83Hz refresh rate), though
it is not cheap (on the other hand, you only have one set of eyes, and poor
monitors can give you headaches and such).
> > Bonuses:
> > DVD
I think right now Linux doesn't support DVDs, except as CDroms.
> > Color printer
> > Tape backup
> > Dual CPUs
For $2k, you probably won't get dual CPUs without cutting elsewhere.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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