Linux-Networking Digest #918, Volume #10 Tue, 20 Apr 99 00:13:42 EDT
Contents:
Debian Linux 2.0.36 & USR Courier-I Modem (Alexis M)
Re: Telnet & Ftp One Way Newbie Help (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
Remote booting Diskless Linux Machines ("Andreas Moroder")
Re: Login as root ("Andreas Moroder")
Re: IBM Global Network Services and Linux - HELP! ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? (Alex Brown)
Re: IBM Global Network Services and Linux - HELP! (John Thompson)
Re: Linux - My honest opinion (Paolo Ciccone)
Re: RH 5.2 vs DNS ???? ("David K. Means")
Re: Find IP after pppd ("Michael Faurot")
____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~< ("Big")
Re: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~< ("Big")
Mail Server Setup ("Gregory Kreymer")
Re: VERY URGENT !!! : Samba networking (Kuo Sung *Eric* Swei)
Re: DCHP and Cable Modem ("Eystein Grusd")
Re: Very basic questions (Ron Watkins)
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From: Alexis M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian Linux 2.0.36 & USR Courier-I Modem
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:42:22 +0100
I have a USR Courier-I modem and I am trying to set it up under Linux
(kernel 2.0.36).
>From what I understand, it is not exactly an ISDN adaptor, as it acts
like a normal modem, but connects at ISDN speeds (at least that's how I
had it set up under NT/98).
Well, I managed to get connected, using the PPP-Howtos and FAQ etc etc,
but I have a couple of problems:
I can only connect manually (I run minicom, connect, quit the
program, then run pppd). When I run it using chat and a script, it wont
connect. And the script is exactly as it should be, cos my normal modem
connects (and my ISP uses the same login procedure for modems and ISDN).
When I do connect... it's ridiculously slow. I get transfer rates of
600b/sec in netscape, whereas it should be 3-7 kb/sec (although in
minicom, I get a CONNECT 64000, as usual).
Can anybody give me some pointers?
Thanks
Alexis M
<remove "nospam." to email me directly>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Telnet & Ftp One Way Newbie Help
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:03:26 GMT
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:40:47 -0500, Bill V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have Rh5.2 recently installed on a box and SCO Unix networked to it with
>10Base2 BNC direct thinnet. I have not changed the original network
>configuration from the Rh5.2 installed defaults.
>
>I can ping between both machines successfully, and I can telnet and ftp to
>the Unix box from Linux. When I try to telnet from Unix to Linux, I get a
>message that I am connected, but no login. Similarly, if I ftp from a Win95
>box (also in the LAN) or Unix, I do not make a connection.
>
>I checked hosts.allow and hosts.deny, both were blank. I added the line ALL
>: 132.147.160.1 (my Unix IP) to hosts allow and added the line ALL :
>PARANOID : rfc931 to hosts deny, then rebooted. This did not change my
>results.
>
>Is there a configuration file somewhere that allows Linux to accept telnet
>and ftp requests?
Did you actually install the tcp_wrappers package, which are expected for the
standard Linux inetd.conf to support these services? And you should
definitely consider dumping telnet in favor of SSH, available as source at
http://www.ssh.fi and as RPM's at ftp://ftp.replay.com/ in the older
version 1.2.26, which works just fine.
--
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From: "Andreas Moroder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Remote booting Diskless Linux Machines
Date: 19 Apr 1999 10:04:19 GMT
Hi,
in our public hospital we want to use our old diskless Compaq 386 as linux
printservers. Because they are really diskless ( no HD on FD ) we would
like to boot them from the net. Are there NICs around that permit you to
boot linux this way ? Is it possible to setup a Linux machine to act as
boot server ?
Today the machines has SK Flash NICS inthere an they boot from a Novell
3.11 ( really nice NOS ).
Thank you
Andreas Moroder
amoroder@se-nord[no+spam].provinz.bz.it
Please sen me the answer via e-mail ( leave awy the [no+spam] )
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From: "Andreas Moroder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Login as root
Date: 19 Apr 1999 10:08:20 GMT
If you have Suse Linux you can enable it in YAST
Francisco Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Beitrag
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Is there a way to login as root remotely from telnet?
>
>
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Global Network Services and Linux - HELP!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 06:00:41 +0200
Les Hazelton wrote:
> Lee, I am currently dialed into IGN using Linux. Call me on Monday. We
> will talk through some things and I can send you my scripts.
Hey, he posted his question in a newsgroup. We all want to hear the
solution.
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
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From: Alex Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.os.os2.networking.server
Subject: Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:35:25 +0100
"N. Perrotta" wrote:
> --
>
> A friend of mine mentioned that his company names their servers after
> Shakespearean characters. Maybe I'm superstitious, but that seems like asking
> for trouble, considering how many of Shakespeare's characters come to tragic
> ends. I like the idea of using the names of constellations, myself.
hamlet
romeojuliet
thescottishplay
:)
Shurely they wouldn't call it macbeth?
A.
--
Alex Brown
Webmaster, Cable Internet
"Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"
-- Groucho Marx
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Global Network Services and Linux - HELP!
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:28:25 -0600
Lee wrote:
>
> I am having problems connecting to my ISP (IBM Global Network) under RedHat
> Linux 5.1. I have gathered a small amount of information from IBM's
> knowledge base on the subject and am still coming up short. I can get my
> modem to dial in but get disconnected shortly thereafter (within a minute or
> two). I don't think my username and/or password are getting passed on
> correctly if at all. I am close but could use a little help. Has anyone
> out there successfully connected to IBM Global Network under Linux and if so
> could you spare a couple nuggets of info? Thanks in advance. -Lee
Yes. I do this although it did take a while to make it
work. What specific problems are you having?
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Paolo Ciccone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux - My honest opinion
Date: 19 Apr 1999 18:23:13 -0700
>>>>> "AF" == A Feiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AF> This post does not intend to flame in anyway. It's just an
AF> honest opinion, so do not reply unless it's to the matter. No
AF> Gates sucks or Novell is dead please.
Well, despite what you said this is a flame bait or you shouldn't have
posted without doing your home work.
AF> 1st point: 1. Linux has no place in the business world unless
AF> steadily supported by these giants.
Not true, Linux had a lot of "silent" endorsment long before the
giants started supporting it.
AF> 2. Companies like I work for cannot rely on one sharp admin,
AF> today here, tomorrow there.
Good sysadmins are quite widely available and the popularity of Linux
is making their number increse quickly. Also, the fact that Linux is
so inexpensive means that a lot more people can become experts without
the cost associated with traditional Unix systems like HPUX or
Solaris. And good administrators for NT pose the same problem, your
comment is nothing but an excuse.
AF> So if I have the budget, I prefer a recognized,
AF> well-documented OS, with a solid backbone (Microsoft, Novell,
AF> HP-UX etc.).
Well documented doesn't apply to Windows.
AF> 3. Since we are in the business for living, our management was
AF> very interested to know whom we call when disaster strikes. We
AF> conducted a small
AF> "failure" test and called Redhat. Pleaseeee. These guys are
AF> way over our head, and do not really seem to be interested in
AF> helping.
Have you contacted them and asked for Enterprise support ? Have you
tried Linuxcare ? They are available and more than willing to support
for money. Heck, support is the main revenue channel for OSS (usually).
AF> Tech support should always consider the fact that new users
AF> are calling. So you really should look into support more
AF> seriously.
Excuse me but it's you that should have looked more seriously at the
support options. If you simply call them as user XY and ask for
support they have no way of knowing that you have a large structure
behind that can afford expensive support. For $49 what do you expect ?
AF> We were impressed with the speed of file printing and
AF> sharing, plus WEB services. That's it. There is no serious
AF> collaboration system available, not even serious database.
CVS is a wonderful VCS and works much better than some commercial
"industry standard" systems that I used in the past. For Databases you
just have to chose: Interbase, Oracle, Informix and DB2. Are they
serious enough ?
AF> If I am a small company (and I am) there is no appeal to my
AF> sense to integrate a very limited system. End user: this is
AF> where Linux sucks big time, and the people who work on it need
AF> to
AF> look at what Microsoft had done to the desktop. They turn it
AF> into a very accessible thing. Although MS OS' are mediocre to
AF> badly limited to exclude NT (and do not go there unless you
AF> really know to work with NT), they are accessible. When you
AF> fire up 95/98 9crap, you can navigate within seconds. If you
AF> want to win the market, you have to win the desktop, if you
AF> want to win the desktop it has to be user friendly.
I just installed Linux with GNOME on a PC of a manager in the company
where I work and the immediate reaction was "Oh my God !" :) Soone we
had a small crowd in the office looking at it, how sleak and elegant
and simple to use it is. The desktop will be definetely conquered (on
the technical ground) in other 6 months.
Take care,
Paolo "ZioPino" Ciccone
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From: "David K. Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 vs DNS ????
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:00:40 -0700
Arron Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7fgj3m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a problem,
> I want to make a mail server on a LAN, only in LAN, but Can I setup a
> virtual DOMAIN NAME and let the WINDOW 98 client can got the domain name ?
> how can i do ?
> I can do it use the ip address
> 192.168.0.2 (for mail server)
> so now if i want to send a mail to mary I use the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I understand the problem right, you want to let W98 exchange mail with
other
machines on an isolated private network. This is best done, imho, by
declaring the
name-address mapping in /etc/hosts, and then pointing each W98 machine at
your
(presumably) Linux box that is serving as a mail exchanger. To keep the
mail delivery
system happy, you will probably need to give the Linux box a domain as well
as a
hostname (bogus.net would be a good choice). If you need more detail than
this,
feel free to email me.
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Find IP after pppd
Date: 19 Apr 1999 23:16:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: After I connect I would like to find out my IP address. Is there a global
: variable or file that it is stored in?
See the man page for pppd(8) and look at the info pertaining to
setting up an "ip-up" script. In particular you'll be able to get the
IP address from the 4th parameter passed to ip-up.
--
==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | In order to dial out, it is necessary to broaden
Faurot | phzzzt.atww.org | one's dimension.
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From: "Big" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~<
Crossposted-To:
alt.music.mp3,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:52:51 GMT
Anyone know how to fix the following? My NT Workstation crashed while I was logged
into
my Linux server via SecureCRT (SSH), and now I reconnect and try restarting the
SHOUTcast
server and it doesn't work. How do I start the SHOUTcast server and make it stay
running
as a background process when I exit the telnet or ssh session?
===============
shoutcast-linux-glibc]# ./sc
*******************************************************************************
** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
** Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
*******************************************************************************
Event log:
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/posix v1.01 (Jan 15 1999) starting up...
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] loaded config from sc_serv.conf
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] initializing (usermax:32 portbase:8000)...
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] source thread starting
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] opening dest socket
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] creating incoming socket
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] error creating socket! FATAL ERROR!
<04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] error opening dest socket! FATAL ERROR!
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From: "Big" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ____***BUGGY***____ SHOUTcast server on Linux! :~<
Crossposted-To:
alt.music.mp3,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:54:16 GMT
I forgot to mention I'm running kernel 2.2.5 on Redhat 5.9.7 (April release
of Starbuck)...
> Anyone know how to fix the following? My NT Workstation crashed while I
was logged into
> my Linux server via SecureCRT (SSH), and now I reconnect and try
restarting the SHOUTcast
> server and it doesn't work. How do I start the SHOUTcast server and make
it stay running
> as a background process when I exit the telnet or ssh session?
>
> ===============
>
> shoutcast-linux-glibc]# ./sc
>
****************************************************************************
***
> ** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
> ** Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> ** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
>
****************************************************************************
***
>
> Event log:
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/posix v1.01 (Jan 15 1999) starting
up...
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] loaded config from sc_serv.conf
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] initializing (usermax:32 portbase:8000)...
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] source thread starting
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] opening dest socket
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] creating incoming socket
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [source] error creating socket! FATAL ERROR!
> <04/19/99@02:44:01> [main] error opening dest socket! FATAL ERROR!
>
>
>
>
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From: "Gregory Kreymer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mail Server Setup
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:11:48 -0400
I was wondering if there is a way for Linux to download mail from an ISP and
put them locally into users mail directories. I have several users on my
linux box that would like to use pine to view their mail. Any help is
appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg K.
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From: Kuo Sung *Eric* Swei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VERY URGENT !!! : Samba networking
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:49:57 -0500
Copy from Man pages:
NAME MANGLING
Samba supports "name mangling" so that DOS and Windows clients can use
files that don't conform to the 8.3 format. It can also be set to adjust
the
case of 8.3 format filenames.
There are several options that control the way mangling is performed, and
they are grouped here rather than listed separately. For the defaults look
at
the output of the testparm program.
All of these options can be set separately for each service (or globally,
of course).
The options are:
"mangle case = yes/no" controls if names that have characters that aren't
of the "default" case are mangled. For example, if this is yes then a name
like "Mail" would be mangled. Default no.
"case sensitive = yes/no" controls whether filenames are case sensitive.
If they aren't then Samba must do a filename search and match on passed
names. Default no.
"default case = upper/lower" controls what the default case is for new
filenames. Default lower.
"preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files are created with the case
that the client passes, or if they are forced to be the "default" case.
Default Yes.
"short preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files which conform to 8.3
syntax, that is all in upper case and of suitable length, are created
upper
case, or if they are forced to be the "default" case. This option can be
use with "preserve case = yes" to permit long filenames to retain their
case,
while short names are lowered. Default Yes.
By default, Samba 2.0 has the same semantics as a Windows NT server, in
that it is case insensitive but case preserving.
Stephane POMATTO wrote:
> Hi all
>
> A Big problem for which I would like a quick answer.....
>
> I'm running Rh 5.2 with 2.0.36 Kernel. Samba is installed and works
> correctly (I can see shares with an NT client)
>
> When I use SMBMOUNT to map an NT disk on my Linux box, it works
> correctly except ONE thing : every files I transfer are in Upper Case.
>
> I would like to know how to have files copied in Lower case. I have to
> make softwar updates by FTP and updates cannot be made because don't
> find files on FTP server. If I rename all files in lower case, updates
> work perfectly
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Steph
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From: "Eystein Grusd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: DCHP and Cable Modem
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:56:52 +0200
Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> However, DHCP through the cable modem constantly fails. Is there a
> config setting I didn't select in the kernal config? Any ideas?
If you take out one card, and set the other one DHCP you should see it's
working. If you read multiple-ethernet HOWTO you can see that when you are
ethernetbridging you need to tell parameters and IP of both eth0 and eth1 at
boot time.
I've never comed around this problem. i only boot eth0 (DHCP), and manually
eth1 after. Someone out there who has another solutions?
eystein
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From: Ron Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Very basic questions
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:23:43 -0700
> Ethernet Howto: Section 2.3. "Even though having the ethercard on a fast bus
> won't necessarily mean faster transfers, it will usually mean reduced CPU
> overhead..."
What they're telling you here is that PCI cards are better than ISA cards.
They don't cost as much CPU to use.
> >
> > > 0b. What are "back-to-back" packets?
> > Don't know. Which howto was this in? I need more of a context.
> >
>
> Ethernet Howto: Section 2.6: "If you can already send and receive
> back-to-back packets, you just can't put more bits over the wire."
In other words, if your computer is fast enough to flood the wire, it won't
go any faster no matter what you throw at it.... unless you switch to a faster
wire.
Generally, recent machines will easily flood a 10Mb wire, particularly
running Linux. If you are expescting very heavy net traffic you might want to
go 100Mbit. If I recall correctly, you're setting it up so that your Linux
box masquerades for your cable modem. That modem will be the choke point...
unless it's faster than 10Mb, and I haven't seen any that are yet.
> BTW, what are stackable hubs and what does daisy-chaining mean?
Stackable/daisy chainable hubs allow you to group hubs into a collision
domain, so that they're all on the same wire and manageable by the same
(relatively expensive) accessory hardware. Generally, you don't want to do
that anyway. If you can afford stackable hubs, you can probably afford a
decent switch anyway, which is almost always better :-)
> What a dual-speed autosensing hub be a universal solution? Also, a guy told
> me a store that a 100Mbs card can be used in a 10Mbs LAN and vice versa. Is
> that true?
If your hub is a PER PORT autoswitch (not all are!) then you can run
different cards at different speeds, plugged into the same hub. 100Mb cards
are (always?) backward-compatible with 10Mb networks. However, 10Mb cards
won't work on a 100Mb hub unless that hub is specifically backward compatible
and does autoswitching. If it's not per-port, the hub will probably switch
your whole network to 10Mb as soon as you plug in a 10Mb device. It would
work, but that's probably not what you would want. :-)
<<RON>>
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