Linux-Networking Digest #551, Volume #11 Wed, 16 Jun 99 05:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to make lookups start with /etc/hosts? ("George Georgakis")
Re: SV: SAMBA newbie (Monte Phillips)
Re: Network adapter works only using Windows, not Linux (Monte Phillips)
Re: Help with Win95 net printer via SMB (Monte Phillips)
Re: Netscape / proxy q ("Carl R. Stevenson")
Re: Diald keeps dialing... ("Bob Glover")
Red Hat 6.0 Woes (Dan Alderman)
Re: DNS/MX Question (Some Guy)
Re: WIERD NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROBLEM.... (Aris Cruz)
Re: network interfaces won't activate (Aris Cruz)
Secure ipfwadm rules? (Ken Williams)
Re: Terminal Program (Stefan Traber)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: Linux Win98 Networking Problems!! ("Velid Arnautovic")
Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i PRO Pci modem (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: DHCPD and DNS ("Carl D. Blake")
Re: whois <name> Question (Matt)
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From: "George Georgakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to make lookups start with /etc/hosts?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:19:09 GMT
The distro has nothing to do with it either - it's ALWAYS /etc/hosts.conf
:)
George (also using Slackware 3.4 - AND 3.6, AND 4.0...)
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and b) it stops other NG users from reading the solutions to problems
If necessary, however, I can be contacted thru geegs (a) linuxstart DOT com
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Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<376696ba.19659073@news>...
> On 15 Jun 1999 18:50:22 +0200, Villy Kruse wrote:
>
> > In article <376672bf.10448523@news>,
> > Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:06:43 GMT, YouDontKnowWho wrote:
> > >
> > >> I didn't quite understand your post, so maybe this will be wrong.
> > >> I think that the "order hosts,bind" line belongs in
/etc/resolv.conf,
> > >> not /etc/hosts.
> > >
> > >Close. ;-) The correct file is /etc/host.conf.
> >
> > Which is used on systems running libc5.
> > [ ... ]
>
> Oooops, my mistake. Didn't pay attention to the distro ...
> I apologize.
>
> Thomas (Slackware 3.4++ :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Subject: Re: SV: SAMBA newbie
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:56:53 GMT
First it sounds as if maybe the ownership and permissions are not set
to the workgroup/user on that share dir
Well on my home system I disabled encrytion on the win machine (that
is samba default. So you have a choice put
password encryption = yes in the smb.conf {global] section and set up
smbpasswd or disable it on the win machine.
That can be done in the registry (look for docs on this or maybe
someone here will repost) or on 95/98 CD their is a file in the tools
dir that is called (I think) plntext.inf) just highlight right mouse
it and install. that turns of the encryption.
hope this helps.
>> This site has a step by step howto for complete setup of samba. steps
>> for both linux and the win machine. (and they really work <G>)
>> http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/index.html
>>
>> g'Luk
>Thanks, that helped me a lot. Now the Samba is running and I can see the
>Linux box from my Win95 client but i can't open the shared folder. I must
>have something wrong when it comes to the user and password stuff. Do I need
>to have specified passwords for Samba or can it use the same from Linux?
>
>/thomas
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Subject: Re: Network adapter works only using Windows, not Linux
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:59:44 GMT
Betcha a donut that the card was returned to PnP mode.
run the setup for it again and turn that off.
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 01:09:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R. Denoire)
wrote:
>I have been using a noname network adaper under Windows 98 an Linux
>(SuSE 5.3, Kernel 2.0.35) for a long time, and as I took it out and
>changed settings in another machine using Windows 98, it worked well
>too. But after putting it back to the original machine, which is now
>using SuSE Linux 6.0, Kernel 2.0.36, the network adapter is causing
>some problems (settings were corrected back to IRQ 15, I/O 0x280 using
>DOS software).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Subject: Re: Help with Win95 net printer via SMB
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:50:49 GMT
One inelegant solution is to send those files to /var/spool/samba
when you are ready to print enter smbclient in that dir and do a print
<file> (presumes that you mounted Win printer already)
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:04:58 -0400, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I set up a raw printer and am sharing it out with samba. I can see the
>printer in net neighborhood but when I try to print it says that the
>printer path is invalid. What is going on?
>
>-Peter
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From: "Carl R. Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Netscape / proxy q
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:34 -0400
Reply-To: "Carl R. Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Stefo D. Stojanovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Carl R. Stevenson" wrote:
>
> > Could one of you please tell me where the hell one sets proxy settings
> > in Netscape (or for Linux in general) when the Linux box is behind
> > a proxy/firewall/gateway?????
> >
>
> Carl,
> To configure Proxy settings for Netscape, just look in the Preferences
under the
> EDIT menu. Then there should be an ADVANCED, Proxy settings. You can
configure
> Netscape to use the proxy server from there.
>
> steve
>
No joy ... I can't find squat about proxy settings under
Edit/Preferences/Advanced
Any other ideas?
BTW, the packages seem to verify ... FWIW.
Carl
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From: "Bob Glover" <app1rtg_at_air.ups.com>
Subject: Re: Diald keeps dialing...
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:16:37 +0100
It has to be NETBIOS packets. I use a firewall rule to block them from
being forwarded to the PPP interface. As an alternative, does diald have an
activity filter? That would work too.
Tim Kelley wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>
>Gilford Wimbley wrote:
>
>> The problem is not with diald per se, but with windows95. My
>> windows95 machine, even when it is sitting there doing nothing, sends
>> out packets every fifteen minutes on the nose. I believe that they
>> are DNS packets, and I never found a way to ignore them using diald.
>> Now I have a full-time connection and I don't care about the packets.
>
>fwiw, tcpdump will let you know exactly what is going on ...
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From: Dan Alderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Red Hat 6.0 Woes
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:04:29 +0000
Hi,
I wonder if you could help.... :)
I've recently started using RH6.0 from 5.2 and seem to encounter the
following problems.
1. I still like to use sendmail from 5.2 as I spent a lot of time om
the original config file and there are major changes in the new one, but
every time I reboot the machine linuxconf like to generrate a new one
for me :( - can I swithc this off?
2. Upon shutdown I get a number fo problems.
- My home is a NIS/NFS login/mount. If I don't have no_root_squash on
the server, enlightenment barfs complaining that it can't write to my
home drive, if I allow network root to access my home, it's then fine??
Can I stop this because it meens that root on other clients can then
raid my home :(
- The kernel and system loggers seem to take *AGES* to shutdown,
evrthing else whizzes through?
Any ideas? Has anyone else had this problem and solved it?
Thanks for you help.
Dan.
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From: Some Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS/MX Question
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:48:38 -0700
Clif - stick a "." (dot) after your entry 'domain.com' as follows:
domain.com. IN MX 0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
^
DNS will append the domain name after any entry that does not have a dot
trailing it. Note that this applies to any entries in your named db files
- you normally only enter a hostname for your A, CNAME, etc records
because your domain name automatically gets appended, so you end up with
host.domain.com
i.e.)
host IN A 192.168.1.1 will
show up as 'host.domain.com'
host.domain.com IN A 192.168.1.2 will show up as
'host.domain.com.domain.com'
host.domain.com. IN A 192.168.1.3 will show up as
'host.domain.com'
Regards,
Bruce
CJS wrote:
> Is it ok to use just the IP address for a MX record? For example:
>
> domain.com IN MX 0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> When I use the above, and then do a nslookup for MX records I get the
> IP address and domain combined (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.domain.com). Do you
> have to use an actual "hostname" for the MX record?
>
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From: Aris Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WIERD NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROBLEM....
Date: 15 Jun 1999 20:30:47 GMT
did you setup the /etc/smbpasswd file?
for your masq, read
http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade.html
David B. Hostetler wrote:
> Okay here is the setup.
> "Bob" is computer A. WinNT server with service pack 5. He is the domain
> master.
> "Leonard" is computer B. A RedHat 6.0 Workstation class install with
> Samba added. We also want to use leonard as an IP firewall.
> "Stanley" is computer C. A RedHat 6.0 Workstation.
> "Chuck" is computer D. A Windoze 95B Workstation.
> "Oscar" is computer E. A Windoze 98 upgrade Workstation.
>
> Right now they are all configured for DHCP. The internet connection
> is an ADSL router. Leonard does not currently have IP masquerade set up.
> The problem is that Bob and Oscar cannot log onto Leonard, He shows up
> in network neighborhood but gives an incorrect password error to the
> user.
> Is there something wierd about NT and 98 as far as passwords go?
> What do I need to edit and on what machines?
> Also I have never configured IP masquerade, Any advice would be
> helpful.
>
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From: Aris Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: network interfaces won't activate
Date: 15 Jun 1999 20:30:46 GMT
I don't know if it will be diff in RedHat, but my SuSE system has the
config of the dev @ /etc/rc.config. But then the rc.config in the suse
system is just there to set variables, it is finally executed in
the /etc/rc.d/network script. Check your /etc/rc.d. Sorry I couldn't be
too specific, but I dropped redhat years ago.
Aris
YouDontKnowWho wrote:
> Which one is the file that contains the actual hardware settings for
> the card? I checked in conf.modules but that one doesn't have
> anything related to networking.
>
> --
> And now we return to our regularly scheduled,
> uncommonly entertaining thread...
>
> Aris Cruz wrote in message <7k4run$bqf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >some things you might want to do is first do a dmesg to see if you
> system
> >sees interface eth0. If not, edit the file /etc/conf.modules to
> reflect
> >the correct module for your card.
> >for example ne2000 compatible card
> >
> >alias eth0 ne
> >options ne io=0x300 irq=5
> >
> >now after a reboot, you should see eth0 when you do a dmesg |more.
> >
> >From there you can go back to your netconf, or you can do a:
> >ifconfig eth0 (ipaddress) (mask)
> >
> >Hope this helps
> >Luke Cyca wrote:
> >>
> >> I have been having a lot of trouble getting my ethernet card to
> work. It
> >> seems to be configured right. It seems fine in the startup log.
> but
> >> everytime I look in netcfg, both it (eth0) and the lookback
> interface are
> >> inactive. I click activate for both of them and then they say they
> are
> >> active. I save, quit, open netcfg again, and they are both
> inactive
> >> again. Please help.
> >>
> >> Please reply by email.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> -Luke
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Subject: Secure ipfwadm rules?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 05:38:13 GMT
I need some very secure examples of ipfwadm, that only lets web and ftp
packets through for a network 192.168.0.* and 192.168.1.*
Most importantly, now to sucessfully block all netbios traffic, such as
traffic on port 137, 139, etc.
maybee letting real audio through is a good idea though.
Any good (restrictive) examples?
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From: Stefan Traber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terminal Program
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:57:55 +0200
Hi,
thanks for the answers. I�ve downloaded C-Kermit and played around with
it a little. I think this is just what i was looking for.
Thanks again,
Stefan Traber.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft
Retest News
Date: 16 Jun 1999 07:16:11 GMT
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:45:57 -0700, Chad Mulligan wrote:
>
>>With 1 caveot: Linux applications *are* Solaris applications.
>>
>
>Are they now.. Hmm does IE for Solaris run on RH6.0? How about Oracle 8.0?
>Sun Net Manager? WABI?
WABI and Oracle run on linux ( though if you're buying oracle licenses, the
cost of the solaris license is peanuts anyway ) IE ? who cares. THe Solaris
version is a POS.
>>Scalability concerns stem from the fear of not being able to give your
>>applications enough horsepower. If you develop open Linux solutions,
>>you can always scale on up to any "big iron" UNIX you wish to.
[snip]
> Big Iron's days >are numbered.
[snip]
>26 as I recall, in eight redundant clusters, supported by redundant fast
[snip]
>And the best part, as far as joe public is concerned, it's a single entity.
In otherwords, the scalability of the individual servers is not terribly
important, as it's fairly easy to split a website between multiple machines
in a way that is transparent to the visitors.
It's kind of funny that I didn't see you saying anything like this in the
Mindcraft threads (-;
cheers,
--
Donovan
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From: "Velid Arnautovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Win98 Networking Problems!!
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:22:41 GMT
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a similiar problem :
>
> I have 486 machine and pentium machine connected on LAN with hub.
> When I use both machine as Win95 machines - no problem I have network.
> When I use both machines as Linux boxes - I can ping to each other.
>
> But problems come when I have 486 as Linux machine and Pentium as Win95
> machine.
> I can't ping to each other ( I can ping to itself on each of machines)
>
> On Linux 486 machine in file /etc/hosts I have these 2 lines :
>
> 192.168.1.4 sarsoft.arnautovic.com sarsoft
> 192.168.1.6 sarsoft1.arnautovic.com sarsoft1
>
> In file /etc/resolv.conf I have :
>
> domain arnautovic.com
> search arnautovic.com
>
> In file /etc/rc/rc.inet1 I have :
>
> IPADDR="192.168.1.4"
> NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
> NETWORK="192.168.1.0"
> BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"
>
> GATEWAY="192.168.1.4"
>
>
> On win95 machine I have :
>
> NetworkNeigboorhood / TCP/IP->network card
>
> for : IP address : 192.168.1.6
>
> Host : sarsoft1 Domain : arnautovic.com
>
> DNS Server Search : 192.168.1.6
> 192.168.1.4
>
> Problem is Win95 setup but I don't where.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Nicholas E Couchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > It sounds to me like your Win98 end is failing (after all, unless it's
a
> driver,
> > there isn't much that can go wrong in Linux, and SMC works in Linux, I
> have
> > one). I would check settings, etc., on the Win9x end.
> > --Nick
> >
> > Rafo wrote:
> >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the input. Lights at both NIC cards are on (green).
> However,
> > > during the ping attempts I do not observe any TX/RX light activity on
> either
> > > card. The cards are Linux = EtherEZ (SMC), Win98 = AT-2000 PnP
Series.
> > > (10BaseT).
> > >
> > > Thanks for the rescue attempt!
> > > RA
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hmm, definately check your NICs, one thing to check is to see if
you
> > > > are getting link lights. If you are, try updating either the 98
> driver
> > > > for the NIC. I had problems with my 3com EtherIII and their driver
> > > > with IP.
> > > >
> > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > > Rafo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Hello:
> > > > > I am attempting to network a win98 box with a linux system. All
I
> am
> > > > > trying to do, is to run Apache HTTPD on the Linux box and access
it
> > > > from
> > > > > the win98 system so I can test CGI scripts.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am attempting to connect them using ethernet cards. I have
> assigned
> > > > > the following IP addresses:
> > > > > WIN98 IP:192.168.1.110 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > > > > Linux: IP:192.168.1.100 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > > > >
> > > > > The linux system boots up with out a problem, it detected the
> ethernet
> > > > > hardware ok. I have the hosts file properly structured, netestat
> > > > looks
> > > > > ok. At the linux box, when I ping for localhost and for
> 192.168.1.100
> > > > > there are no problems, all packet sent are received. However,
when
> I
> > > > > ping for the win98 system (192.168.1.110) I get no reply. At the
> win
> > > > 98
> > > > > system I can ping both localhost and 192.168.1.110 but I can't
ping
> > > > the
> > > > > linux box. In other words, the systems are not able to talk at
> all.
> > > > I
> > > > > have connected them using a crossover (NULL) cable as suggested
in
> the
> > > > > Ethernet-HOWTO.
> > > > >
> > > > > This has to be a simple problem to fix. Please, someone come to
> the
> > > > > rescue!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > RA
Rafo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hello:
> I am attempting to network a win98 box with a linux system. All I am
> trying to do, is to run Apache HTTPD on the Linux box and access it from
> the win98 system so I can test CGI scripts.
>
> I am attempting to connect them using ethernet cards. I have assigned
> the following IP addresses:
> WIN98 IP:192.168.1.110 Mask:255.255.255.0
> Linux: IP:192.168.1.100 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> The linux system boots up with out a problem, it detected the ethernet
> hardware ok. I have the hosts file properly structured, netestat looks
> ok. At the linux box, when I ping for localhost and for 192.168.1.100
> there are no problems, all packet sent are received. However, when I
> ping for the win98 system (192.168.1.110) I get no reply. At the win 98
> system I can ping both localhost and 192.168.1.110 but I can't ping the
> linux box. In other words, the systems are not able to talk at all. I
> have connected them using a crossover (NULL) cable as suggested in the
> Ethernet-HOWTO.
>
> This has to be a simple problem to fix. Please, someone come to the
> rescue!!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> RA
>
>
>
>
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i PRO Pci modem
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 06:50:39 GMT
Frederick Haab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>In article <7jqlcl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Rui Soutelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Did anyone successively install a Diamond Supra Express 56i PRO Pci
>modem?
>I have a Diamond SupraExpress 56i (not "PRO").
[...]
Irrelevant, unfortunately. The PCI version is a winmodem.
Michael
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From: "Carl D. Blake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCPD and DNS
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:11:18 GMT
Hartmann Schaffer wrote in message
<4ja93.29540$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Check out the dhcpd related man pages (I looked at them a while ago for
>a similar problem): you can configure dhcpd to assign IP addresses based
>on a couple of criteria. Afair, the etbernet address of the requestor
>was one possible criterion.
>
I've looked at the man pages. You can statically assign IP addresses using
the ethernet address of the requestor. But, I want to continue to do it
dynamically. I just want to be able to access each of the machines via
their hostname. I can tell from the dhcpd.leases file that the dhcpd server
has assigned an IP address to a host and that its hostname is (e.g.) EREBOR.
But I can't ping EREBOR from the linux machine using the name EREBOR or
EREBOR.my.domain. I can successfully ping EREBOR using the IP address that
it has been assigned. I would like to be able to ping using the name EREBOR
without having to enter the IP address in the /etc/hosts file (especially
since the IP address could change the next time I reboot EREBOR).
>Hartmann Schaffer
>
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: whois <name> Question
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:15:07 +0100
Stephan,
Right now how do I do that, is there an easy way for making a nslookup ?
Could you give me an example or a idea of the files I need to edit please
?
Would the nslookup give the IP address for that domain when 'whois'
command is used ?
Many thanks
Matt
"Stephan M. Ott // OKDesign oHG" wrote:
> Matt schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is it possible to extract an IP address from a domain found using
> >the 'whois' command ?
> >
> >whois produces a listing of internet username directory
> >but is there away of finding an IP address from the
> >directory addresses it finds ?
>
> Hi Matt,
> one solution that comes to my mind is:
> when you get the listing of a domain, you also get the nameservers
> responsible for this domain.
> so how about making an nslookup for these domains using the mentioned
> nameservers ?
>
> --- Stephan
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