Linux-Networking Digest #936, Volume #10 Wed, 21 Apr 99 23:13:41 EDT
Contents:
Re: Printing with IP in Linux ("Jeremy L. Buchmann")
Squid (Tony Ekron)
Re: FDDI kills kernel boot (Chris Larsson)
Re: rsh, rcp, what is going on? (Dustin Puryear)
Re: TCP MAPING and PORT Redirection for Linux (Terry Moore - Systems)
Re: Partition/allocation strategy for optimal disk performance. (Westley)
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? (William Groh)
Thing about Linux you do not know... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Apache-SSL, mod_ssl, and RedHat Secure Web Server ("Jordan Krushen")
Re: sendfaxfailure (Greg Smith)
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From: "Jeremy L. Buchmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.amin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Printing with IP in Linux
Date: 21 Apr 1999 18:20:11 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Douglas A. Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Hi Folks,
:>I have my Linux box networking with TCP/IP pretty good at this point,
:>but I cannot figure out how to get a printer configured through the
:>spooler that prints to an IP address. I have a LinkSys Pocket print
:>server that has an IP address and I can print to this through WinDoze
:>via TCP/IP. I recently purchased a book on Linux Secrets and it does
:>not give me the secret on setting up TCP/IP printers (I guess doing this
:>is a secret in itself). I'm running RedHat 5.1 with a 2.0.34 kernel.
:>Any information is helpful. Thanks.
:>
:>Doug Haines
: I set up TCP/IP printing using Red Hat 4.2 to an HP JetDirect that was
: configured for TCP/IP printing and it went pretty easily.
: If you have X set up and working, login as root, start x and use the
: control panel thing, that is how I did it and I had it working in 10
: minutes with no prior experience on this sort of thing...
: --
: Wolf
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...and if that doesn't work, don't worry. It's actually so simple you will
slap yourself silly when you find out how easy it is. It amounts to a 5 line
entry in /etc/printcap and 1 line entry in /etc/hosts.
The /etc/printcap entry needs a hostanme, but most printers don't have
hostnames...just IP addresses. So, in /etc/hosts, make up a name for your
printer (we'll say "foo"), and put in a line like:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx foo.bar.com foo
Then, in your printcap entry, put something like:
...
rm=foo
...
I don't remember then entire syntax for the printcap entry, but if you look
at the Printing-HOWTO, they have an example which you can copy almost line
for line (substituting in all your info, of course).
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Jeremy Buchmann "Those who trade freedom for safety deserve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] neither freedom nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
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From: Tony Ekron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Squid
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:57:05 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HI all
I am probably going to get slapped across the knuckles for
asking more question here about
squid, but here goes
Ok I am running Suse 5.1 with squid (unknown version)
1. how do I set it up for transparent use
ie anything is allowed to come in and out
2. Better yet how do I get ICQ on my 95 box to connect through
squid
I have got web access no prob but I need to offer ICQ and a few
other custom made progs direct
access to the net
Or am I just wasting my time with squid should I rather use IP
masquerading
Thanx alot
Tony
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:27:53 -0400
From: Chris Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FDDI kills kernel boot
Sorry I phrased this incorrectly. The kernel compilies fine in both
cases. The problem occurs when the machine is booted with a kernel that
has fddi support. The kernel version does not seem to matter. I have
duplicated the problem with 2.2.6 and 2.0.36. Again, the problem is that
the machine gets about halfway through the bootup and then the display cuts
off and all control to the machine is lost. No network or keyboard
control. Basically the machine's power needs to be cycled.
TIA
Chris
Chris Larsson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I made an attempt to install a DEC FDDI card (yes supported) in a
> Dell 6300 with 4 procs and a whole mess of disk and memory (80 GB and 4
> GB). Anyway here's the situation I encountered. When compiling the
> kernel with fddi support the kernel gets about halfway through the boot
> sequence before the screen goes dead and all control of the machine is
> lost. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work and the console is dead. The only
> recourse is to cycle the power. If the kernel is compiled without FDDI
> support, the kernel/system works fine. The ethernet connection works
> fine with the non-fddi kernel.
>
> Has anyone had a similiar situation or know of a workaround to this
> situation? We want to this machine online in our fddi backbone.
>
> TIA,
>
> Chris Larsson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: rsh, rcp, what is going on?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 23:34:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 21 Apr 1999 00:28:38 GMT, brian moore wrote:
>No, it has to do with shell expansion. Your second problem is because
>you're pounding the server. Inetd probably killed rcp until it cooled
>down. See your logs.
I have a similar problem with ftp. If I mget a directory with more than 200
or so files it tells me the argument list is too large. Is this a limitation
with ftp? Also, about "pounding" the server with rcp. How would you solve
the problem?
--
Dustin Puryear
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Terry Moore - Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TCP MAPING and PORT Redirection for Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:30:09 -0500
May I suggest the ipchains
or configure as a router..
the route command has lots of utility
experiment with it and you will find your anwser.
I have packets from known attackers weeded out with it..
Regards
Terry
Chris Markovic wrote:
>
> Basically I am after a simple feature that is available in the Windows
> program: Wingate.
>
> I need to be able to redirect and map incoming TCP communications based
> on their incomming port to another tcp address on a different/same port
> and have the reserse also possible...
>
> Can anyone help??? I would be most appreciative as I cannot find
> anything, and Ip Masqurading does not perform the function and
> IPPORTFW/IPAUTOFW Dont appear to function properly.
>
> Thankyou
>
> Chris Markovic
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From: Westley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partition/allocation strategy for optimal disk performance.
Date: 22 Apr 1999 01:49:22 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
:> 2. Which is a better approach to partitioning?
:>
:> a. Keep all the user data in one large partition (eg /home of size 12
:> b. Split it into smaller partitions? (eg /home/foo of 6GB, /home/bar of
:> c. Any of the above
: This one I'm not so sure about. So far as I know, there is no good reason to
: partition a single drive (despite the fact that almost everyone does this),
: unless required by your configuration (a dual-boot machine, for example).
Damage. More partitions mean you can lose one to the gremlins and have
other data untouched.
--
MichaelRogerBilligBrauwerman 617.493.3029 www.fas.harvard.edu/~brauwerm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Groh)
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
Subject: Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 02:32:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What do we do when we get to 1000 servers, there were not 1000
romulans or simpsons and I cant remember my thousand favorite bands
off the top of my head.
I live cute names for small companies that will never get very big,
but for the enterprise. try this
Always use 8 chars or less, these days it's a lot less of a problem,
but scripting and parsing and stuff just seems to go better when the
names are all the same length.
Try something like this
SFCMKT01
S = Server (Role)
F= File (Box's function A = App F = File P = Print etc)
C = Compaq (Vendor)
MFG = Three digit division or dept. code
01 = Unigue identifier for large depts, seems limited to 100 boxes,
but when I run out, I get alphanumeric on it.
or the new idea, I think we came up with this because we thought the
first was too scalable and not descriptive enough.
CFTWNT01
CF = Division or Business unit (Campbells Foods)
TW = Locale (Taiwan)
NT = OS (NT, HP, DU, LX)
01 = Unique ID, I think this ones going to run up a lot quicker.
for printers we are using a scheme like
PQHRIT01
PQ = Print Queue
H = Vendor (HP)
IT = Dept or Div
01 = Unique
No one can uderstand this though, because we have a bunch of...
So we are currently migrating to a little easier style
PRINT001
PRINT002
PRINT003
PRINT004
and if we ever need to, we'll go alphanumeric until a new soltution
can be developed.
I know this sounds real Borg ish, so it really is only good once you
get really big, implementing it on a small network might not be cost
effective in terms of headaches. But for a larg network its better
than the because...
Star trek gets out of hand quick
Kirk
oldkirk
newkirk
spock
spock2
spock3
There are a few band that look worse than above when permuted
eagles
beatles
abba
abbab
abba1
William Groh, MCSE
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 06:15:24 -0700, John Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Deftly put, Andrew.... :)
>
>Andrew Crane wrote:
>
>> We started off using name of planets. When we ran out of names we switched to
>> the planets' moons. When we ran out of moons we switched to constellations then
>> individual stars.
>>
>> Since the universe is pretty big we don't anticipate exhausting the supply of
>> names until the Devil has to pee through the ice in his toilet every morning.
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:13:10 +1000, Dave Venman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >All :
>> >
>> > We had this discussion a while ago in our office.
>> >
>> > As we had two machines each which needed naming, we tried to choose logical
>> >pairs wherever possible. TellieTubbies, children's programs characters, all the
>> >rest.
>> >
>> > Someone suggested famous dictators - we didn't go there.
>> >
>> > I did hear that the Met Office in Bracknell, UK, has a pair of Cray
>> >supercomputers called Ronnie and Reggie.
>> >
>> >John Jones wrote:
>> >
>> >> We use rivers... I use whatever at home. Right now my machine is
>> >> Succubus, and my wife's (once I build it ) may just be Incubus. Then again,
>> >> who knows, we may change it...
>> >>
>> >> Andrew Paryzek wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > How about naming after alcoholic beverages ... beer, vodka, rum, gin,
>> >> > sambuca.
>> >> >
>> >> > Or sci-fi characters: chewbacca, scotty, bones, mulder.
>> >> >
>> >> > Or spices: cinnimon, ginger, parsley, scary, baby ...
>> >> >
>> >> > >>Which was great until I ran out of dwarves...
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>*scanning this thread for new ideas*
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Read J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Hobbit" for a fresh supply of dwarf names. :-)
>> >> > >As I recall, there's an even dozen of them right off the bat. When
>> >> > >you've used them up, you can sift through the rest of "The Lord of
>> >> > >the Rings" for more.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Crane CNE, MCSE.
>> Interleave Group, Inc.
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From: "Jordan Krushen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Apache-SSL, mod_ssl, and RedHat Secure Web Server
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:20:54 GMT
http://www.engelschall.com/sw/mod_ssl/docs/2.2/ssl_faq.html
Check out the "On which Apache-SSL version is mod_ssl actually based?" and
"Why is mod_ssl's version starting with 2.0.0?" sections.
J.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7fioa2$d2u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Okay, I've been pushing the claim that they're different names for the
same
> thing, which is apparently wrong.
>
> Just what the hell *is* ApacheSSL if it's not Apache with mod_ssl enabled?
> I've never heard that name used in any other context.
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From: Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: sendfaxfailure
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:27:53 GMT
Haaino Beljaars wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I try to send a fax I get this message:
>
> :>#fax send 0,xxxxxxxx brief.ps.001
>
> /usr/bin/efax: Tue Apr 20 19:33:34 1999 efax v 0.8a Copyright 1996 Ed
> Casas efax: 33:34 Error: can't open pre-lock file /var/lock/TMP..01769:
This is an attempt to create a lock file for a process id of 01769.
I attempted this as a non root user and got the same results, however it
passed as root. I then chmod 777 /dev/modem and /var/lock. These files are
owned by uucp on my system, if this is a single user system i.e. not a
server that others you don't want having access to your modem pool these
changes might help. Also take a look at /usr/bin/fax it is a shell script
or try ksh -x fax send 0------ this will give a sort of diagnostic output
of the command in progress (prints the commands and args to stdout)
>
> Permission denied
> efax: 33:34 failed -> brief.ps.001
> efax: 33:34 done, returning 2
> There were errors (see 0420193334.log).
>
> As you can see efax tries to move a file, but this file doesn't exist.
> What goes wrong here? Anybody any cluess?
>
> Greetings from Haaino Beljaars
>
> Home Page: HTTP://www.phys.uu.nl/~beljaars/
>
> I am pro Open Source Software
>
> When all else fails, read the manual.
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