Linux-Networking Digest #791, Volume #10 Thu, 8 Apr 99 17:13:47 EDT
Contents:
Re: smbmount replaced by smbsh in Samba 2.0.3 - who knows details ? (Richard Torkar)
Re: Ifconfig and strange results (Heath Harry)
Jargon File (Mohan DeSouza)
Re: Ethernet cards (Michael J Surette)
Re: Small network ("Eugene")
Re: windows & linux (Nicholas Ault)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (Jon-o Addleman)
Re: Jargon File (Luca Filipozzi)
Re: which patch for : Solaris 2.5.1 NFS Server crashed by Linux 2.0.36 (Francis
Sung)
Re: firewalls (ie: fwtk) vs. Ip Masquerading... ("Eric")
Re: Downloads hanging - please help! ("Peter MacKay")
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (Jon-o Addleman)
Re: Samba newbie ("The Lone Scribe")
Re: printer minor major HELP ? ("Eugene")
Re: IPMasq problems with Win98 ("Jamie Hushower")
dialback PPP (root)
Re: Downloads hanging - please help! (Scott E. Regener)
Re: Downloads hanging - please help! (Edward Lee)
Re: SAMBA HOWTO ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Reflector (Giuseppe D'Antini)
APACHE and hidden files... (uKon)
Re: Strange login problem (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Jargon File (Clifford Kite)
ISDN/Red Hat 5.2 (Bill Pitz)
Re: Autoresponders (Mike)
Q: ip load balancing with ipmasqadm ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
proxy configuration problems (yugg0th)
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From: Richard Torkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smbmount replaced by smbsh in Samba 2.0.3 - who knows details ?
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 19:04:49 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> After I installed Samba 2.0.3, the smbmount program was not working anymore. In
> the source tree of samba I found the file README-smbmount, where it is stated
> that smbmount is not supported by Samba 2.0.x. Instead, a "smbsh" utility shall
> be used. I managed to install smbsh (by make smbwrapper) but now I don't know
> how to use it. The docs didn't tell me very much. Who knows what's all about ?
>
> Regards, Eggert
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Answers please in this newsgroup!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
Hi Eggert.
Try compiling your own smbmount.
It says exactly how you do this in the tar.gz package.
I have myself done a rpm package with smbmount as well.
Keep in touch if you want me to put it on my ftp site :)
/Richard
--
I _like_ using goto's every once in a while:
it can often mess up the gcc optimizer just enough
to get better code out of it.
(Linus Torvalds)
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From: Heath Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ifconfig and strange results
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:17:24 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Roch Alexandre wrote:
> linuxtst1:~# ifconfig
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:1400 dropped:20 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> tr0 Link encap:16/4 Mbps TR HWaddr 08:00:5A:4F:D8:30
> inet addr:10.6.0.248 Bcast:10.6.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:2000 Metric:1
> RX packets:902 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:61172 dropped:299 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:7 Base address:0xa20 Memory:d0000-d3fff
> linuxtst1:~# cat /proc/net/dev
> Inter-| Receive | Transmit
> face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes
> packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
> lo: 1400 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1400
> 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
> tr0: 239488 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 65758
> 338 0 0 0 0 0 0
> linuxtst1:~#
>
> Is it normal ??
what is not normal in this config is the ip broadcast address for the loopback
interface for starters, should have an ip broadcast address of 127.255.255.255,
not 0.0.0.0
Heath.
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From: Mohan DeSouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Jargon File
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 12:07:19 -0700
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Hi
I wanted to know if anyone has heard of the term "Jargon File" and, if
so, what does the term "breath-of-life packet" mean in it's context?
Regards
Mohan DeSouza
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From: Michael J Surette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet cards
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 11:46:54 -0400
The standard ne2000 driver works for me... autodetects the address and
irq and just runs from there.
Alan509 wrote:
> Hi i have a
> D-Link ISA DE-220p
>
> And i cnat get it to function with linux
> IM sure its possible somehow to get it to go can anyone help me?
>
> Iv tried all the different drivers and none of the work
>
> Thank in advance for anyone that can help
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small network
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:25:44 GMT
go to www.linux.org/help and read IP masquerading howto
--
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
"One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft's slogan
Chris Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
I currently have Red Hat Linux 5.2 operating on a Pentium 350. I am
connected to the internet via an @Home cable modem attached to my ethernet
card. I have a 486 and a Pentium 133 laptop I would like to run as a local
network, and be able to access my internet connection from any of the
computers. I'm fairly new at using Linux, and I've never set up a network
before. I understand that I can purchase additional DNS numbers from @Home,
and connect the three computers to the cable modem via an Ethernet hub. Is
this the best setup? Is this a bad idea, considering the security issues
with cable modems? How would I go about configuring Linux to be able to do
this? Any help anyone could provide me on this would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Chris.
--
Chris Walsh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.home.com/cfwalsh/home.html
ICQ: 8519570
"It's tough to make predictions - especially about the future."
- Yogi Berra
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Subject: Re: windows & linux
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.protocols.smb
From: Nicholas Ault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:23:46 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Langdon) wrote:
>It's 06 Apr 99 14:43,
>We'll return to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and All's
>discussion of windows & linux
>
> mi> Anybody who want to use windows & linux together this product creat=
es
> mi> a virtual computer, so you can boot 95/98/NT inside a linux Xwindow=
=2E I
> mi> am still working on getting win95 to boot up. Dowload linux version
> mi> here: http://www.vmware.com/
>
>I have installed the Linux beta of this product, and quite amazing and
>despite being a beta, very stable. So far, I've installed Win 95 and
>migrated an existing Win NT partition to work under vmware with few
>problems. Win 98 went smoothly, NT worked, once the "hardware" changes
>were accommodated. In short, I was impressed no end. :-)
>
>Pros:
>
>Stable (I haven't managed to crash or corrupt the vmware environment in
>any way).
>
>Full network support - you can allocate the VM a separate IP address and
>network it quite happily.
>
>Flexible - virtual drives (in a file), existing partitions, CDs and
>floppies can be accommodated.
>
>Partial sound support (digital audio supported).
>
>Cons:
>
>Expensive - $299 US for the final version when it ships.
>
>Slow - Much faster than Bochs, but still requires a P266 or better for
>acceptable Win 95 performance, faster for NT.
>
>For those of us who need multiple OS's, well worth a look.
>
>
>Test machines:
>
>6x86 M2 266 (slightly overclocked), running Red Hat 4.2. This had Win
>95 installed under vmware on a virtual drive. Performance was generally
>good, except for the response time for clicking on dialog boxes, which
>was very slow for some strange reason. Windows happily networked with
>the local domain controllers, WINS and DHCP, as though it was running on
>a separate machine. Overall speed was similar to a low end Pentium
>(except for that dialog box problem). Because RH 4.2 does not have
>glibc, I had to make use of the glibc2.07 which I had installed with
>Star Office. In addition, I needed some extra X libraries which I
>pinched from a Red Hat 5.2 box. :-)
>
>6x86 MX 233. I installed vmware under Red Hat 5.2 with no problems.
>After figuring out how to access a real partition and set the access
>permissions (being careful not to allow both Linux and NT access the
>same partitions), NT fired up fine. Speed was quite slow, with NT
>taking about 15 minutes to boot (instead of the normal 4-5 mins), and
>quite slow response times to mouse actions. Overall speed would be like
>the minimum 486 NT can run on.
>
>The poor documentation of the partition access was due to the fact it
>was apparently a new feature in recent betas.
>
>Anyway, that's the low down from a first hand perspective. :-)
>
>.. "All we are saying," "Is give pizza chants."
>---
>|Fidonet: Tony Langdon 3:633/284.18
>|Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>|
>| Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
I've also tried it, and though impressed with the looks and
functionality(also stability)....the speed was not good...on a PII 400 wi=
th
128M gave the VM a 500MB virtual disk with 64MB allocated for it, and tr=
ied
installing win98, it installed, and ran great albeit VERY slow. didn't t=
ry
win95, but as far as my uses of windows programs, wine will do just fine =
and
much faster....(and doesn't cost me 300$ !! :-)
--nicholas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon-o Addleman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:34:21 GMT
Once upon a Tue, 06 Apr 1999 13:23:48 -0700, "D. C. Sessions"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If you don't know which magical registry bit to set, you can:
>
>1) Look in the documentation that came with the system
>2) Go to the Windows Documentation Project for the HOWTOs
>3) Call up Microsoft Support
>4) Haul out the source code and figure it out
>5) Spend a few hundred $$ on Windows sysadmin books
>6) Try things at random until something works
>7) Take and MSIE course on the chance they'll know
>8) Post a question on comp.os.windows.networking
>
>I don't know what you're complaining about.
Ah. Of course you're right. I was silly to complain! ;)
--
Jon-o Addleman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: Jargon File
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:27:01 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
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> Hi
> I wanted to know if anyone has heard of the term "Jargon File" and, if
> so, what does the term "breath-of-life packet" mean in it's context?
> Regards
> Mohan DeSouza
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Check out http://www.tuxedo.org/jargon for the Jargon File.
A "breath-of-life packet" is just a BOOTP reply to a diskless
workstation.
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Francis Sung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: which patch for : Solaris 2.5.1 NFS Server crashed by Linux 2.0.36
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:24:10 -0400
Alain Coetmeur wrote:
>
> On our network, our new Linux 2.0 (suse 6 & Redhat 5.2)
> have trigered a well known bug about the Solaris 2.5.1 NFS Server.
> the problem happens when a program make an unlink()
>
> I've heard that some Solaris patch, and some "cluster of patches"
> do correct this problem.
> I'm sure my administrator would prefer this to upgrading to solaris 2.6&+
> does anybody have some reference to these patches, clusters, or even to
> bug reports, in order to transmit it to my administrator.
>
> are there any patches for linux 2.0, so I can avoid using 2.2 kernel.
>
> I've heard about reducing the read and write size for NFS access,
> but is this usefull for my problem.
>
> who have already solved this problem
I've see similar problems on Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 sparc machines
too.
Switching linux to 2.2 kernel did not fix it. Are there any patches?
--
========================================================================
Francis Sung [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOME imaging systems, inc. Voice: (781) 895-1183 x147
400 Fifth Ave., Waltham, MA 02451 Fax: (781) 895-1133
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: firewalls (ie: fwtk) vs. Ip Masquerading...
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 19:20:31 GMT
Sorry 'bout the addendum, but I guess my question boils down to:
why would I choose something like FWTK or as SOCKS proxy server over IP
Masquerading?
Thanks!
Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter MacKay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downloads hanging - please help!
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:01:47 -0700
Are you able to download anything larger than 100 Meg from anywhere else?
Also what app are you using to download?
Are you behind a firewall ?
>I appreciate the thought, but it seems odd that the internet becomes busy
at
>the exact same point in the download from each and every mirror I download
the
>file from, whether it is day or night, weekday or weekend, even if the file
is
>big or small.
>
>>Just for fun though go to a command line and run df -h to make sure you
>>arn't full any where.
>
>Just the CDROM drive. :-)
>
>Anymore ideas?
>
>Scott E. Regener
>DSS Since 7/95
>DVD Since 6/98
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon-o Addleman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:36:29 GMT
Once upon a Tue, 06 Apr 1999 20:25:12 -0600, John Thompson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Really? Why would they want it to be impossible to save your password
>> unless a particular protocol was in place? It makes llittle sense to
>> me... the dial up networking has nothing to do with the network
>> protocol that it uses. Please explain this to me!
>
>Perhaps to encourage you to use their proprietary protocol
>instead of other, more open protocols?
That makes no sense, even for microsoft... the client for ms networks
means nothing to anyone running a tcp/ip netowrk (i.e. almost
everyone). Requiring it to be installed is like requiring drivers for
an ms mouse loaded even if you're using a different mouse that has its
own drivers! (Which, come to think of it, windows probably does... )
--
Jon-o Addleman
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From: "The Lone Scribe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba newbie
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:28:43 -0700
If you're sure your Samba config file is ok, then this is probably a Windows
setup problem. On all the Windows machines that you want to be able to use
the Samba server, you must install 'Client for Microsoft Networks' and 'File
and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks'. Go to the Control Panel and
double click on 'Network'. Then click on 'Add' and make the proper
selections, and make sure you have your Windows CD or diskettes handy. After
installation is complete, Reboot and check Network Neighborhood.
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: printer minor major HELP ?
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:23:36 GMT
major 6
minor 0, 1, 2, 3 for lp0, lp1, ...
--
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
"One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft's slogan
fadel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I deleted the /dev/lp0 lp1 and lp2 on RH5.2.
> How do I know the major and minor numbers, so I can "mknod" them ?
>
> thanks.
>
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From: "Jamie Hushower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IPMasq problems with Win98
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:34:46 -0800
I would check the IPMasq setup to insure you are allowing all types of
traffic to Masq. There are modules (correct term?) for each protocol you
want to allow. The HOWTO details them.
-Jam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7e6mtd$ohc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have the problem with my internal network that I just cannot figure out
what
>is wrong with it...
>
>I have a cable modem and a Redhat 5.2 linux with IP Masquerading running.
The
>problem is that this computer used to run on another similar network setup
and
>it worked...
>
>Now the network setup is correct... the server can connect to the
internet..
>but here's the strange part.. the internal win98 machines cannot view any
web
>pages through the browser... BUT it can ping external machines...
traceroute
>will work... I can even telnet www.yahoo.com 80 and get a response... but
the
>web browser will not work... it just waits for a response...
>
>I am now reverting back to the box running win98 with sygate to do the NAT
and
>that works just fine... can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?
>
>Thanks!
>Keat
>
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dialback PPP
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:45:36 +0000
Hello out there.
I've got the option of dialback of my ISP ;].
But I can't get it done. When CHAT answers the dialback question from
the host
with a phone#, the line is ofcourse disconnected. This also means that
the ppp=on script is
terminated.... I get called back by my ISP but .. no one to answer the
phone !!!
Please help
Marcp
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From: Scott E. Regener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downloads hanging - please help!
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:44:37 -0400
On Thu, 08 Apr 1999, Peter MacKay wrote:
>I don't think you are having a problem it is just that the internet is busy.
>I have had the same thing happen many times. Just right click and reload.
I appreciate the thought, but it seems odd that the internet becomes busy at
the exact same point in the download from each and every mirror I download the
file from, whether it is day or night, weekday or weekend, even if the file is
big or small.
>Just for fun though go to a command line and run df -h to make sure you
>arn't full any where.
Just the CDROM drive. :-)
Anymore ideas?
Scott E. Regener
DSS Since 7/95
DVD Since 6/98
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downloads hanging - please help!
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 12:27:42 -0700
I am also having problem downloading a 60 M file.
I got 27M, 53M and 58M (really close) before ftp quit.
Ftp was designed decades ago when people only download small files.
What we need is an incremental ftp protocol where both the server and client
do checksum on the files and only send the mismatched blocks. The problem
is getting everybody to support this protocol.
Peter MacKay wrote:
> Are you able to download anything larger than 100 Meg from anywhere else?
> Also what app are you using to download?
>
> Are you behind a firewall ?
>
> >I appreciate the thought, but it seems odd that the internet becomes busy
> at
> >the exact same point in the download from each and every mirror I download
> the
> >file from, whether it is day or night, weekday or weekend, even if the file
> is
> >big or small.
> >
> >>Just for fun though go to a command line and run df -h to make sure you
> >>arn't full any where.
> >
> >Just the CDROM drive. :-)
> >
> >Anymore ideas?
> >
> >Scott E. Regener
> >DSS Since 7/95
> >DVD Since 6/98
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SAMBA HOWTO
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 19:37:31 GMT
In article <7ef4k9$6hf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel Goh T.K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to setup SAMBA for a long time, but to no avil. I have read
> the samba howtos, but they are quite complicated. Does anyone have any good
> documentation for newbies like me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Daniel
>
If you are trying to setup your Linux box to be a file server for Win95/98
machines, you need to consider the following:
Original Win95 does not use encrypted passwords and it is relatively easy to
setup a Samba server for this version.
Win95 OSR 1 and 2 and WinNT use encrypted password and are significantly more
complicated. You can convince a Win95/98 machine to use non-encrypted
passwords by using the tip at
http://homepages.infoseek.com/~ko4bb/linuxlt-2.html in the Samba section,
paragraph 6.6.5. If your is a private network not permanently connected to
the Net, non-encrypted passwords are OK and will be a lot easier to setup and
maintain.
Here is a short guide to setup Samba at
http://homepages.go.com/~ko4bb/samba-setup.html
Let me know if it helps
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Giuseppe D'Antini)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Reflector
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:28:09 GMT
We are starting a training project needing videoconferencing between
teacher and pupils at their home via Internet. We have choosen
CU-SeeMe solution based on Reflector server, but there are some
problems. It seems that multicast messages can't go through the
routers, so users cannot cooperate. Can you help us about the
Reflector configuration?
May be that problem is in the router configuration?
Sorry for my poor english. Bye.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: uKon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APACHE and hidden files...
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:11:22 -0400
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Hi,
<p>how can i setup apache so that when it gives me a dir listing it shows
all files, even the hidden ones?
<p>thanx in advance,
<p>uKon</html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Floyd Davidson)
Subject: Re: Strange login problem
Date: 8 Apr 1999 18:27:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Will Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>Found the problem - didn't have tcpd - but don't know why it wasn't
>installed....
>Still can't ftp in, though.
>
>Will
So much for my previous email... :-)
Apply the same suggestions to ftp though... ;-)
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UPDATED Mar 20, North Slope images: <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: Jargon File
Date: 8 Apr 1999 14:37:13 -0500
Mohan DeSouza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I wanted to know if anyone has heard of the term "Jargon File" and, if
: so, what does the term "breath-of-life packet" mean in it's context?
The Jargon File has a definition for "breath-of-life packet":
:breath-of-life packet: /n./ [XEROX PARC] An Ethernet packet
that contains bootstrap (see {boot}) code, periodically sent out
from a working computer to infuse the `breath of life' into any
computer on the network that has happened to crash. Machines
depending on such packets have sufficient hardware or firmware code
to wait for (or request) such a packet during the reboot process.
See also {dickless workstation}.
The Jargon File itself *might* be found in these environs:
http://www.ccil.org/~esr/
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* The signal-to-noise ratio is too low in many [news] groups to make
* them good candidates for archiving.
* --- Mike Moraes, Answers to FAQs about Usenet */
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From: Bill Pitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN/Red Hat 5.2
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:23:36 GMT
I am trying to setup a machine to route an ISDN PPP connection.
It's purpose is to replace another machine, which has been doing
the same task for over a year - without a hitch. I've got the
interface setup. The terminal adapter will connect to the remote
equipment, and I can see the connection as being logged in on the
portmaster on the other side. The routes are setup correctly on
the local machine (and look exactly the same as they did on the
previous machine). I can try and ping the other end of the PPP
link. The tcpdump shows that ICMP echo requests are going from
the PPP interface to the other end of the connection, but there
is never an echo reply sent back. The TX/RX lights on the modem
also flash in sync. with the ping packets.
I wasn't sure what the problem was at first, and spent all day
yesterday trying to figure it out. This morning I finally connected
an analog modem to it, used *exactly* the same settings. Basically,
I disconnected the ISDN connection, connected an analog modem to the
same serial cable, and dialed up. It worked beautifully. It seemed
like it could be a serial port problem, but both of the serial ports
in the machine are 16550A's. I also tried bumping the interface speed
on the ISDN connection from 115200 down to 57600 and also 38400. That
didn't make any difference. The analog modem is connecting with the
interface speed set to 115200, but I don't think it matters in that
case since it's only connecting at 33.6. Please reply via e-mail...
Thanks in advance,
Bill Pitz
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Autoresponders
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 16:14:42 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have set up my server to handle POP3 and SMTP. I use ipop3d/sendmail. Is
> there a server way of autoresponding to messages (i.e. so that a message is
> replied to automatically with a preset message)?
This is an easy one. Procmail. That's what I use, and it works
great. There's lots of web pages out there on using it too.
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Mike Stella Software / Systems Engineer
http://www.sector13.org/kazin Thirteen Technologies, LLC
kazin at sector13 dot org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Q: ip load balancing with ipmasqadm
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:08:13 GMT
JuanjoX & other network gurus...
I am trying to distribute ip (web, java rmi, etc) requests among multiple
identical servers. I am attempting this with ipmasqadm and have not had
little luck. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
CLIENT=10.0.0.1 (solaris 5.6)
BALANCER=10.0.0.2 (linux 2.2.3)
SERVER1=10.0.0.3 (linux 2.2.1)
SERVER2=10.0.0.4 (win nt 4)
...
BALANCER> ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $BALANCER 80 -R $SERVER1 80
BALANCER> ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $BALANCER 80 -R $SERVER2 80
...
CLIENT> telnet $BALANCER 80
...hangs...
BALANCER> tcpdump
13:22:21.116834 $CLIENT.60466 > $BALANCER.http: S 3313040384:3313040384(0) win
8760 <mss 1460> (DF)
13:22:21.117017 $BALANCER > $CLIENT: icmp: redirect $SERVER1 to host $SERVER1
[tos 0xc0]
13:22:21.117070 $CLIENT.60466 > $SERVER1.http: S 3313040384:3313040384(0) win
8760 <mss 1460> (DF)
...and so on...
SERVER1> tcpdump 13:22:21.564165 $CLIENT.60466 > $SERVER1.http: S
3313040384:3313040384(0) win 8760 <mss 1460> (DF) 13:22:21.564229
$SERVER1.http > $CLIENT.60466: S 3067871672:3067871672(0) ack 3569093378 win
32120 <mss 1460> (DF) 13:22:21.564450 $CLIENT.60466 > $SERVER1.http: R
3313040385:3313040385(0) win 0 (DF) ...and so on...
So it appears that it is forwarding to the server (subsequent calls do round
robin with $SERVER2) and the server is responding, but the client doesn't see
(or acknowledge) the server responses.
Thanks for your time and any help you can offer.
Jason
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From: yugg0th <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: proxy configuration problems
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:24:25 GMT
I've just set up a Linux box running RedHat 5.1 in the basement of where i
work. we have a T-1 running down there and, in order to access that, i have
to go through a proxy. i have all my IP info entered correctly but whenever
i try to enter the proxy info i get an error saying that the proxy
configuration is unknown. and that's just when i'm trying to save the
information. this leads me to beleive that i have to ackowlege the proxy
somewhere else...but i don't know where. if this is correct can some one
point me in the right direction...if it's wrong can some one help me out?
thanks
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