Linux-Networking Digest #372, Volume #11 Wed, 2 Jun 99 05:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: NIC Install Problems (Nicholas E Couchman)
Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please) ("Hugh Saunders")
Re: Multiple Domain Names - One Box (Nicholas E Couchman)
NIC Install Problems
Firewall and ftp (Steve Farris)
Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please) (Dave Mundt)
PCMCIA Card (Anonymous)
Re: Reading mail on Linux using Netscape ("Ian")
Access ZIP drive attached to Linux PC from windows? ("Erik Cuynen")
Re: PCI Modem - lost cause? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: autodial for IP masq (Frank Hahn)
Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please) ("Ian")
SAMBA ("Jay Hall")
Re: Server sleeps with RH6.0 ? ("Hervey Wilson")
Re: Problem writing to NFS volume ("Christopher R. Thompson")
Re: DHCP/DNS/Behind FW => slow internet ("Christopher R. Thompson")
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From: Nicholas E Couchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NIC Install Problems
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 05:23:25 GMT
I wish I could tell you I am a Linux guru, but I'm not. I know very little
about compiling kernels. If your ethernet card is relatively new, you should
be able to get a dos bootdisk and a dos Pn'P utility and get/change the
settings for the card. If your Linux isn't recognizing it, type the options
you found in dos into the command line when your computer boots LILO. I don't
remember at the moment how to specify options, but there are many FAQS out
there on it (www.linux.org/help).
--Nick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have recently installed a new NIC card as well as obtaining and compiling
> the driver, however I cannot get the machine to recognize the interface and
> I am not sure if the driver object module is installed correctly.
>
> I am using red hat 6 kernel 2.2.5.
>
> Once I compiled the driver I:
>
> copied it to /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net/
> ran depmod -a
> verified that conf..modules contained the line alias eth0 modulename
>
> When the machine starts it fails when attempting to initialize eth0.
>
> I tried using linuxconf but the module name does not appear in the list of
> available modules, I am not sure why not?
>
> I also tried to insmod -o eth0 modulename, but the machine responds with an
> error.
>
> I would appreciate some expert advice.
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From: "Hugh Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:32:11 +0100
As long as you can live with the big security hole, here is your answer:
Delete (or rename) /etc/securetty
Works for me (I'm on Redhat 6.0 too).
Alternatively, you could telnet onto the box as a normal user and 'su' to
root.
Hugh Saunders.
Brian Vicente wrote in message <7j1j1p$9q4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a Redhat 6.0 box and I NEED to telnet as root.
>I've edited the /etc/securetty to no avail.
>I can logon ansmyself and I can 'su'.
>What do I change to allow ROOT tellnet access?
>Thanks
>
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From: Nicholas E Couchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple Domain Names - One Box
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 05:25:43 GMT
I'm not a guru, and this may be of no help whatsoever, but try masqurading.
I have never done it before, but I've heard it is one way to achieve your
goal.
--Nick
Flare wrote:
> This is my second question for this newsgroup, hopefully it'll be as
> easy as the first one.
>
> I have a Linux box (v2.0.36 - Slackware v3.6) it has one Internet IP
> address (lets say 216.26.16.1 for an example). Is it possible to use
> two domain names on the same IP and have my Linux box service requests
> to them both (WWW, NNTP, FTP, EMail, etc). For example, lets say my two
> domain names are mydomain.teleport.com and mydomain.teleport2.com.
> Requests to the second domain name should be handled exactly the same as
> requests to the first domain name (obviously except for the domain
> name). How could I go about doing this? Thanks in advance for any
> help!
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: NIC Install Problems
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:17:19 GMT
I have recently installed a new NIC card as well as obtaining and compiling
the driver, however I cannot get the machine to recognize the interface and
I am not sure if the driver object module is installed correctly.
I am using red hat 6 kernel 2.2.5.
Once I compiled the driver I:
copied it to /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net/
ran depmod -a
verified that conf..modules contained the line alias eth0 modulename
When the machine starts it fails when attempting to initialize eth0.
I tried using linuxconf but the module name does not appear in the list of
available modules, I am not sure why not?
I also tried to insmod -o eth0 modulename, but the machine responds with an
error.
I would appreciate some expert advice.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Farris)
Subject: Firewall and ftp
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:51:10 GMT
I finally got diald working, so now I am trying to tune my firewall. I am
using a simple script that was from one of the how-to docs (I think from
the firewall how to?). It simply tries to avoid spoofing with my internal
addresses. I have tried toying with the more extensive sample on the Linux
LAN & Internet Firewall FAQ site, but haven't successfully got it to work.
I am running Coldera 1.2 which doesn't include DHCPD, so I either have to
get that and configure it or figure out other ways to use the variables it
needs.
Anyway, uysing the simpler firewall, web browsing works fine (including
secure connections). Usenet works fine. Email works fine. But ftp
doesn't work. I can connect to a site, but it can't send anything back (ie
I can't get a directory listing). I have also been unable to get
battle.net to work.
Any ideas or pointer for further reading?
Thanks!
==========
Steve Farris, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Computers are really reliable things that do everything you want
them to do and nothing else." --Linus Torvalds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Mundt)
Subject: Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:52:18 GMT
Greetings and Salutations from the Dweller In the Citystate of the
Vincible Overlord...
What would be the problem with telnetting in then su up to root
status?
regards
Dave mundt
Nicholas E Couchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From what I understand, for security purposes, telnet access for the
>root user is not, under any circumstances, allowed. On my RH 6.0 box,
>any userid equal to or under 10 cannot remotely access the machine.
>Sometimes it works for FTP or Samba, but never telnet.
>--Nick
>
>Brian Vicente wrote:
>
>> I have a Redhat 6.0 box and I NEED to telnet as root.
>> I've edited the /etc/securetty to no avail.
>> I can logon ansmyself and I can 'su'.
>> What do I change to allow ROOT tellnet access?
>> Thanks
>
Remove the mapson. from the email address to get to me...
I hate Cullers who gather from newsgroups
Visit my home page at http://www.esper.com/xvart/index.html
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Subject: PCMCIA Card
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:01:02 -0700
From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What is a good combo card (10/100 + Modem) for Linux?
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reading mail on Linux using Netscape
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:11:09 +1200
You need to set up the following:-
sendmail - to send mail out to your ISP
fetchmail - to receive mail from your ISP
ipop3d - if you want to use pop clients from other machines (it's in the
imap package)
Ian
Herminio Alvarez, Jr. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Okay. What I want to do is set up my linux box as a mailhost. How do I
>do that? Again, a manpage would do, a url, or the name of an
>application. I use RH 5.2.
>
>**** Herminio Alvarez, Jr.
>
>"Herminio Alvarez, Jr." wrote:
>
>> How do I configure my Linux box so I could read mail on it using
>> Netscape? I can currently use PINE, but I'd rather use Netscape. If
>> you could even refer me to some man(uals) or applications, I'd really
>> appreciate it. It appears that Netscape support IMAP, and POP.
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
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From: "Erik Cuynen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Access ZIP drive attached to Linux PC from windows?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 08:09:06 +0200
Hi,
at our office, we recently have installed a linux PC, being part of a large
ethernet network.
The other 4 PCs are running win98 and are connected to the network as well.
what must be done in order to allow all 4 PCs to read and write files from a
ZIP
drive attached to the linux PC???
Please provide sufficient information, I am a Linux newbie ; - )
Thank you in advance!
erik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
system: SuSE 6.1
Pentium II
ZIP 100 MB
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI Modem - lost cause?
Date: 20 May 1999 11:05:09 -0400
"John Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David A. Rogers wrote in message ...
> >On Wed, 19 May 1999 09:50:51 -0700, Roberto Leibman
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> speaketh saying:
> >>
> >>I have to disagree with this, as the constraint in computing power moves
> >>around, from i/o bound to processor bound to memory bound to disk bound
> to
> >>bandwith bound, the "right" partitioning philosophy changes as well. I
> think
> >>we are at a time where we most people have a lot of extra capacity in
> their
> >>CPU's (most of the time anyway), it makes engineering sense to download
> some
> >>of the processing chore to the less stressed CPU, particularly if this
> can
> >>bring the price of the peripherals down.
> >
> >I don't buy it. I've got a 133 and I want all of those cycles
> >being used for their intended purpose. Even if I had a 450, I don't want
> some
> >rube-goldberg peripheral slowing it down.
>
>
> Agreed, particularly with a timing-sensitive peripheral such as a modem. If
> the CPU is busy doing something else when the WinModem needs attention,
> data will be lost - so the WinModem driver runs at a high priority,
> impacting *all* other services.
>
> No, thanks.
on the other hand, a pci (or other) device which could itself do ppp
would be a cool thing. once you write a frame, the modem wouldn't
wait and time-out looking for more data. you could move the packets
back and forth using dma. uarts with their constant flood of nickel
and dime interrupts make a lousy interface. make an modem with
ethernet card interface!
unfortunately, modem vendors are avoiding a smart card and building
idiot cards with as little as possible on them. oh well.
--
johan kullstam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: autodial for IP masq
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:37:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:45:35 -0400, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This question is for Norm,
>Norm is there a way or have you figured out a way to set the idle timer
>for diald i.e when the connection is idle it disconnects here in about
>8 minutes, idle 0 does not work in the options and idle 0 in the diald
>script is un-recognized. I really haven't found anything in the docs to
>cover this other wise diald does a great job..
>
Just to let you know, I'm not Norm, but I think I can answer your
question. ;)
As part of diald, there is a file called standard.filter. This file
is located in the /usr/lib/diald directory on my system. This file
is where times are specified to keep the link up for various things.
Take a look into this file.
--
Frank Hahn
"The porcupine with the sharpest quills gets stuck on a tree more
often."
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet ( no ssh answers please)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:15:17 +1200
Stefan Karlsson wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
<snip>
>Sorry Brian but I have never seen a UNIX system that allowed root to log
>in with Telnet. Since UNIX is this open system that should be able to
>configure like you want it there maybe is a way but I would not bet any
>large amount of money that it will work
>
>//Stefan
Not seen many Unixes then?
I have only recently started striking Unixes that have had it disabled, but
all of them allow you to config it.
Ian
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From: "Jay Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SAMBA
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 17:08:46 -0500
Hello!
I am running RedHat 5.2 with SAMBA. I am able to see the Linux box from
Windows 98, but not from either computer. In either case, I am not able to
browse the network.
The Linux box is functioning as the domain master, is configured to provide
the browse list on request, and setup to authenticate domain logins.
Ocassionally, the log.smb file will contain the message "unable to bind to
port 139 on 0.0.0.0. The address is in use."
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Jay Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Hervey Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Server sleeps with RH6.0 ?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 00:21:25 -0700
Gary Helbig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> More than likely, it's your telco. ADSL is new to them, and they
> may have monitoring taps or what-not on your line.
Thanks for replying Gary, but I don't think its the telco :(
I've had ADSL running fine since December using GTE (who have plenty of
experience in my area as they ran a trial for my employer for over a year).
On RH5.x everything was great - its the switch to RH6.0 that's killing me.
Further investigation now seems to show that eth1 seems to go into a bad
state after a short period of inactivity. My little hub starts flashing away
like crazy although none of the traffic is passing out onto the internet -
looks like the device driver might be getting itself into a bit of a mess
although I have absolutely no idea why. ifconfig output is as expected
although tcpdump -i eth1 shows no traffic even though the hub is flashing
away...
I know that for ISA cards its necessary to add some special "commands" to
conf.modules when you are using two NIC that use the same driver but I
thought that this was unnecessary for PCI based cards (I have two DEC
DE500's installed). I've just tried switching the driver to the de4x5 one
instead of the generic Tulip driver and have now succeeded in hanging the
system on startup. Damn.
I hate to even contemplate switching back to RH5.x but that looks like my
only solution at this point in time and I _really_ need this machine to be
reliable.
Again, thanks for replying.
Hervey.
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem writing to NFS volume
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:51:09 -0700
Malcolm Locke wrote:
>
> I have two machines, RH6 nfs server and suse 6.0 client. The related files are
> as follows:
>
> Server:
> [/etc/exports]
> /home/mp3 twoboots (rw,no_root_squash,map_static=/etc/nfs.id.map)
>
> [/etc/nfs.id.map]
> # remote local
> uid 1000 500 #me
> gid 100 500 #users
>
> Client:
> [/etc/fstab]
> gigabeat:/home/mp3 /gigabeat nfs rw,noauto,user,hard,intr 0 0
>
> I have no problem mounting the server from the client but when I try to write
>
> to it, even as root, I get
>
>
> # mount /gigabeat
> # touch /gigabeat/test
> touch: /gigabeat/test: Read-only file system
>
> I have tried fiddling with everything, including removing the reference to
> map_static and have had no joy. I've read all the
> relevent man pages and the
> nfs howto, but still no dice. What am I missing?
>
> Mal
on the server chmod 777 /home/mp3
and see what happens.
Then check the user ID of the file you touch. They probably don't match.
vdir /home/mp3/test
Is it the UID you were expecting to see?
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP/DNS/Behind FW => slow internet
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:54:10 -0700
Christer Olsson wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a networking problem with my Linux (SuSE 6.1)
> installation.
>
> At my company we reach the internet through a proxy
> server and I've got my IP address through a DHCP server.
So the proxy server should be your gateway to the INTERNET.
> We also use aDNS.
>
> I can use all services inside our domain. Ftp, rlogin,
> telnet, e-mail and reach our intranet through Netscape 4.51
> (or some other browser like Arena). That is, I can reach
> everything that is not using the proxy.
>
> But as soon as I try to access some address outside our
> domain from a WWW browser everything gets *very* slow.
What is the line speed of your service, and how many other people are
trying to use it, and what it their response like? Is it any faster at
say midnight?
> When hit 'go' the proxy is contacted and the first
> info from the page pops up quite fast but then it all hangs.
> Sometimes forever and sometimes after a *long* wait the
> rest is displayed (it is a bit different depending on the address,
> some pages are totally stone dead).
>
> I have dual-boot on my PC, Linux/NT, and on Windows NT with
> exactly the same hardware, Netscape settings and DHCP server
> everything works fine. I also have a Sun Solaris 2.6 machine which
> also works perfect with the same Netscape settings.
>
> I can do 'nslookup' on our proxy and I have tried with a fixed
> IP address instead of DHCP but the same problem is still there.
>
> As far as I can understand my '/etc/resolv.conf', '/etc/rc.config'
> and '/etc/route.conf' looks fine. But of course I'am not an
> networking expert. Any hints that could lead me forward would
> by very much appreciated. Below I have attached some data and
> I can mentioned that I have used the SuSE configuration tool
> 'yast' to configure my network settings.
>
> thanks
> / Christer
>
> My machine name:
> ----------------
> mypc218 (mypc218.ks.andersson.se)
>
> Dynamically allocated IP address (DHCP)
> --------------------------------------
> 151.133.44.43
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
> ----------------
> search ks.andersson.se
> nameserver 151.133.40.28
> nameserver 151.133.40.14
Are these not internal nameservers for ks.andersson.se? Where is your
WWW nameserver. Shouldn't the proxy server also be in this list if it is
running named and has access to the www nameservers.
>
> /etc/route.conf
> ---------------
> 151.133.44.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 eth0
> default 151.133.46.1
seems to me that this ^^^^^^^^ could be 151.88.253.11
>
> 'netstat -rnv' gives:
> ---------------------
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
> 151.133.44.43 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 dummy0
>
> 151.133.44.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 0.0.0.0 151.133.44.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> 'route' gives:
> --------------
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> mypc218.ks.ande * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0
> dummy0
> ksnet44.ks.ander * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0
> 0 0 lo
> default ksrsk6da.ks.and 0.0.0.0 UG 0
> 0 0 eth0
>
> 'cat /etc/hosts' gives:
> -----------------------
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 151.133.40.14 solstam.ks.andersson.se solstam
> 151.133.40.28 ms.ks.andersson.se ms
> 151.133.44.43 mypc218.ks.andersson.se
mypc218
^^^^ Is this a gateway to another network?
Do you need a special gateway/route to get here?
> 151.88.253.11 www-proxy.andersson.se www-proxy
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