Linux-Networking Digest #889, Volume #11 Wed, 14 Jul 99 00:13:48 EDT
Contents:
Re: NFS & WinLose98 (mike)
DSL and Linux (Albert Goins)
Help Newbie ("Adam Haile")
Re: NFS & WinLose98 (mike)
Re: NFS mount with DHCP client (mike)
Re: Linux dial-in from NEC computer (Clifford Kite)
Re: Slow Dialup Connection HELP (War)
Re: Connection Linux-NT( No Inernet). What protocol to use? (Mark Post)
rlogin/rsh (James Sasitorn)
IP subnet calculations tutorial (Josh Gentry)
Re: no ptys available (Thorsten Kukuk)
Samba and Win NT 4.0 ("Dirk Freese")
Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver? ("Cowles, Steve")
Re: What can I do after firing up ppp? (Davis Eric)
Linux Peer-to-Peer problems. HELP PLEASE!! (Rogue Eagle)
compaq lte 5300 linux ethernet (Jeremy Barrett)
Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver? ("Cowles, Steve")
Re: Per user: Restricting Telnet but allowing FTP (randy)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: Re: NFS & WinLose98
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:53:02 GMT
In article <KHvi3.610$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Drew Northup"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Any body know of a good (and possibly free) NFS client the runs on the
>windows platforms?
>(I know this is heresy, but I thought I'd ask anyway.)
>Thanks in advance,
>Drew Northup, N1XIM
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
You might wnt to try Hummingbird's NFS maestro Client/Solo, Its a one shot
install, follow the screen. Very easy to understand, And the setup is very
user friendly. You can find it at http://www.hummingbird.com
Mike
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From: Albert Goins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL and Linux
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:29:56 -0500
I am having DSL put in my place and have three computers to hook up. I
was wondering if anyone can tell me what kind of hub and ethernet cards
to buy to hook them all up. I am looking for affordability, and
compatability with both Win98 and Linux. If you could tell me where to
purchase them that would be great too. Thanks!
-Al
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From: "Adam Haile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help Newbie
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:40:36 -0700
what is the difference that Linux can do that Win NT or Win 98 and a proxy
server like SyGate? I have a Win 98 2 computer network and want to dial both
of them to my internet provider. I have read that I can do that with a Proxy
Server like SyGate or use Linux or Win NT to do it. I can't afford Win NT
but want a system that will help me out in my future job prospects. (I'm
going to school at them moment) Any Advice is appreciated Thanks Adam
I think that I'm going to Use Linux but I don't know how to install it If I
want to use a box or just partition part of my HD Any Advice or Suggestions
Pro's Con's?? Any Help is greatly appreciated
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: Re: NFS & WinLose98
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:55:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:25:14 GMT, Drew Northup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Any body know of a good (and possibly free) NFS client the runs on the
>>windows platforms?
>
>Good there must be, free I don't know. Meanwhile, it may be
>easier to install Samba on the (presumably Unix) server you want
>and have Windows share those directories in the normal WIndows-ish
>way.
You can also run NFS Maestro Server in this case and export filesystems up to
the UNIX box and give the UNIX users this transparent feeling of filesystem
access. You can also share the NT directory SMB while its being exported to
the UNIX world. The address again: http://www.hummingbird.com
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike)
Subject: Re: NFS mount with DHCP client
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:57:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christoph Passon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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>In addition to my question:
>
>In the /var/log/messages file on the server the mountd complains
>
> mountd[452]: mount request from unknown host 1.2.3.4 (replaced
>real address with 1.2.3.4 here :)
>
>So to be more specific, how can mountd be told to give permission to
>unknown hosts?
>
>
>Bye,
>
>Chris
>
Are you talking about PC-UNIX, or UNIX-UNIX?
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,ahn.tech.linux
Subject: Re: Linux dial-in from NEC computer
Date: 13 Jul 1999 21:01:30 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I tried to follow the directions in my "Using Linux" book. It referred
: me to a program called "dip" to do dial-in, but I don't have that
: program installed.
: How can I get myself up and running on the Net?
Here's a link that may help:
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
There's also the PPP-HOWTO.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* Microsoft is a great marketing organization.
* It _has_ to be */
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From: War <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow Dialup Connection HELP
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 02:54:32 GMT
Greetings Paul,
I work tech-support for a local ISP and trust me, a lot of people
cant get above 28.8 on their 56k modems. Part of this is due to the
quakity of the phone lines. If you live out away from civilization
<like I do> you may be on a slow digital loop. Not because Digital
lines are slow, but because of the distance it has to travel. If this
isnt the case then it could be some line noise or a bad switch somehwere
between you and the ISP. In either case the best way to get a better
connection is to experement with some modem init strings to see if any
of them help you connect better. I assume that because you are useing
this modem under linux that is is probably not a WInModem (if it was I
would tell you to get rid of it now!) so firmware updates and such are
probably out of the question. Anyway, V.90 is alittle touchy. If you
have a V.90 modem you might want to try disableing it. This helps
connections quite a bit beleave it or not. Give these suggestions a
shot and see what happens.
War
Paul wrote:
> The ISP I use supports V.90 and X2 at 56k
> However I can only get a 28.8 connection from
> RH6.0 using a Cardnal Internal 56K X2 modem.
>
> I determined the rate of 28.8 by using minicom.
> The Win32 Machine does connect at 56K to the same ISP.
>
> The usuall way I make a connection is using the following
> pppd script
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /root
> pppd connect 'chat -f /root/erols.chat' /dev/modem 56800 0.0.0.0:
> asyncmap 0 crtscts defaultroute
> echo Dialing...
>
> How can I tell without using minicom what rate I actually connect at?
> Is there a parm I can set to max the connection rate??
>
> Thanks,
> Paul-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Connection Linux-NT( No Inernet). What protocol to use?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 03:01:10 GMT
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:28:40 -0400, "Gary Bonner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>I have Linus and NT systems connected through Hub.(NO Internet connection).
>What is the best networking protocol in my case?
TCP/IP is the only one you'll need.
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: James Sasitorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rlogin/rsh
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:38:42 GMT
I have a clean installation of Mandrake/Redhat Linux 6.0. Im having
troubles getting rlogin to work properly. all I get is the ": Connection
refused" The hosts.allow and hosts.deny are currently empty. I setup a
host.equiv... tried a ~/.rhosts both with a one liner with my hostname..
and ideas?
thanks,
james
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From: Josh Gentry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP subnet calculations tutorial
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:05:36 -0800
Folks,
For anyone dealing with subnet adressing for the first time,
I have written a tutorial on IP subnet addressing. I do a
pretty good job of writing this kind of documentation (see
Linux Dialin Server Setup Guide,
http://www.swcp.com/~jgentry/pers.html).
Hope this helps someone.
Josh
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From: Thorsten Kukuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no ptys available
Date: 13 Jul 1999 19:48:47 GMT
Hugh McCurdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> VBF-Ratingen GmbH wrote:
>>
>> Svend E.T Eriksen schrieb:
>> >
>> > This is the message I get on my brand new RH6.0 installation when
>> > I try to open a xterm or do a rlogin. How do I find out what is taking
>> > all my ptys?
>> >
>> > Svend!
>>
>> I don't know how to do this, but a simple workaround: simply increase
>> the number of ptys (by compiling a new kernel)... somewhere in make
>> xconfig or whatever it can be changed... :-)
>>
>> Hope this helps :)
> And make sure you have Unix98 pty support in the kernel.
If he doesn't had Unix98 pty support in the kernel, he wouldn't
get the error message. Because then glibc will use /dev/ttyp*.
Thorsten
--
Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SuSE GmbH Deutschherrenstr. 15-19 90429 Nuernberg
Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse,
cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background.
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From: "Dirk Freese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba and Win NT 4.0
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 04:36:39 +0200
Hi there,
I'm using SuSE Linux 5.3 with Samba installed as NT-domain-controller. All
NT-users login to the samba domain.
But when a regular NT user (not admin) changes any setting (e.g. desktop
background) the settings will be "forgotten" after a reboot.
Every user has its home-dir on a samba share, the profiles directory is also
on the Linux box, a NTUSER.DAT file exists, too.
Does anyone know why the settings are discarded and not saved?
Thanks,
Dirk
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From: "Cowles, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:53:49 -0500
I also use rdate to set my Linux box time using cron. On my Windows machines
I use the following command to set their time against the Linux box. The
"net" command comes with every version of Windows I'm aware of.
net time \\linuxbox /s /y
Steve Cowles
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> /usr/bin/rdate -s wrzx03.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de
>
> I'm using RedHat 5.1 on a server right now, and wonder how, if I run
> this 'rdate' command when the server dials into its ISP to grab mail,
> can I get the Windoze boxes on the network to set their time from the
> Linux server?
>
> In the past, I've used a Windoze utility called D4 but it's overkill
> for what I need (I think).
>
> Can I get Linux to broadcast the time on an SNTP port or something?
>
> Thanks,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What can I do after firing up ppp?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 02:50:06 GMT
Hi, Steve,
Come on, I just want to tell my friend my dynamic IP for him to telnet
my little RHL box to enjoy my better resources than his. I don't want to
poke any hole on the wall of Linux.
Davis
In article <nHNi3.7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do we know you're not going to configure your friends computer to
e-mail
> you *his* dynamic IP thus creating a small security risk?
> Davis Eric wrote in message <7mec4v$7av$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi, there,
> >
> >I am using RHL 6.0 at home. I use ppp to dial up to Internet. It
works
> >well.
> >
> >My question is how to automatically send email to my friend each time
> >after I fire up ppp to tell him my dynamic IP address?
> >
> >Thank you for your advice.
> >
> >Davis
> >
> >--
> >I do not feel shameful if I was and am an idiot; I
> >will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
> > --Myself
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>
--
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will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:15:37 +0000
From: Rogue Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Peer-to-Peer problems. HELP PLEASE!!
Hello,
I'm trying to setup up a peer to peer network between 2 computers
using linux. Here are the configurations:
Computer A:
266 Mhz P2
128 MB RAM
Etherlink III (3c509B) ISA
Redhat 5.1 (Kernel 2.0.36-3)
I've loaded the 3c509 module using the following:
modprobe 3c509
I believe it finds the ethernet card ok because here is the results of
(after using ifconfig)
cat /proc/interrupts
0: 8823787 timer
1: 12799 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
4: 570707 + serial
8: 1 + rtc
9: 0 3c509
10: 7 + ide2
12: 346714 PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 math error
14: 54715 + ide0
15: 31 +
here is what cat /proc/ioports shows (a portion)
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0300-030f : 3c509
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f0-03f5 : floppy
I then enter the following to bring up the network interface:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
then
route add -host 192.168.0.2 eth0
(i've also tried route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
without any luck)
here is the output of route after doing the first one:
nebco_firewall * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 3
eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 4
eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 14
lo
the output of ifconfig after doing so is:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:72:59:A4
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x300
here is the /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain loopback
192.168.0.2 Babylon_5
192.168.0.1 nebco_firewall
here is /etc/conf.modules:
(this should matter since I specify the exact module with modprobe
right?)
alias snd-minor-oss-1 snd-pcm1-oss
alias char-major-107 3dfx
alias eth0 3c509
Computer B:
90 Mhz Pentium
40 MB RAM
Etherlink III (3c509B) ISA and
Etherlink III (3c509TB) ISA
Redhat 6.0 (Default everything)
I've loaded the 3c509 module using the following:
modprobe 3c509
the following readings are after using ifconfig
cat /proc/interrupts (a portion)
9: 17 XT-PIC eth0
10: 395 XT-PIC eth1
no other devices are using these interrupts
here is what cat /proc/ioports shows (a portion)
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0300-030f : 3c509
0340-034f : 3c509
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
I then enter the following to bring up the network interface:
ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
(I'm only using eth1 to start with, but I have tried it with the other
ethernet card eth0).
then
route add -host 192.168.0.1 eth1
(i've also tried route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1
without any luck)
here is the output of route after doing the first one:
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 3
eth1
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 4
eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 14
lo
the output of ifconfig after doing so is:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:8C:EB:49:B5
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x340
here is the /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain loopback
192.168.0.1 nebco_firewall
192.168.0.2 Babylon_5
here is /etc/conf.modules:
(this should matter since I specify the exact module with modprobe
right?)
alias eth0 3c509
alias eth1 3c509
here is what I've tried with no success to try and communicate between
the 2 machines:
from machine A:
telnet nebco_firewall
Trying 192.168.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host
ftp nebco_firewall
ftp: connect: No route to host
ftp>
ping nebco_firewall
PING nebco_firewall (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
(ping never returns)
The reults are the same for machine B except I used Babylon_5 instead of
nebco_firewall the IP address returned in the messages was 192.168.0.2.
I am using a cross-connect ethernet cable. I used a mult-meter to make
sure that the cross connections work. Also, according to the 3com web
sight, if the cross connection works, then the green lights on the
ethernet cards will be lit up and they are.
I hope this is enough information.
Any and All help will be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve
P.S. Yes, I'm going to try to set up a firewall, but I first need to
get the network connections working first ;-)
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From: Jeremy Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: compaq lte 5300 linux ethernet
Date: 14 Jul 1999 03:11:12 GMT
hello all. i am sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but i sorted through
everything that i could find regarding tha lte 5300, and there was nothing about
netwerking or tha docking station.
i am not certain that tha dock that i have for this computer is officiall supposed to
be used with this loptop, but tha model number of tha laptop is 2880f, and tha dock
(part number 213700-001 is for use with all 2880x models. so it should be ok.
anyway, tha machine is talking to tha dock no problem. it can read from a cddrive in
tha dock and draws power from tha dock. tha laptop unit itself has a pcmcia tokenring
adapter in it. but i am using ethernet for my netwerk, so i would really love to use
tha handy ethernet port on tha dock.
i am running slack 4.0 kernel 2.2.6
i can ifconfig tha eth0 device, and it will accept commands, etc. but when i print tha
ifconfig table's info, it shows no mac address. i setup tha routing table too. this is
where things get weird. tha routing table prints fine when no nameserver is assigned.
it returns tha ip address for tha router. but when i try to telnet to a localnet ip,
it trys and nothing happens. if i ping, it core dumps until tha interrupt is released.
similarly, if i print tha routing table *with* a name server defined, it dumps
core.
if you have any suggestions or need any info, please follow up
thank you
jeremy barrett
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From: "Cowles, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:12:59 -0500
This is a followup to my previous reply.
NOTE: "rdate" does not set the Hardware Clock (bios clock), it sets the
system time only. I use the command "hwclock" in conjunction with "rdate"
when my cron job kicks off. That way, if I have to reboot, (very very rare!)
I can be sure that my time is close to accurate. I.E. +/- a few seconds. My
cron job kicks off once a day.
Steve Cowles
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> /usr/bin/rdate -s wrzx03.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de
>
> I'm using RedHat 5.1 on a server right now, and wonder how, if I run
> this 'rdate' command when the server dials into its ISP to grab mail,
> can I get the Windoze boxes on the network to set their time from the
> Linux server?
>
> In the past, I've used a Windoze utility called D4 but it's overkill
> for what I need (I think).
>
> Can I get Linux to broadcast the time on an SNTP port or something?
>
> Thanks,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:20:11 -0500
From: randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Per user: Restricting Telnet but allowing FTP
make an entry in /etc/passwd for that user after the last colon ':'
something like '/bin/false'
then in /etc/shells add the line '/bin/false'
Brian Kuschak wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to be able to allow certain users or groups to have access to
> FTP, but not allow them to login via telnet.
>
> I've tried disallowing access in /etc/security/access.conf like this
> -:username:ALL (It is the first in the list)
>
> But this seems to have no effect. Why?
>
> Would a restricted shell be the way to go, just restrict everything?
> Or is there another file that I should use, something like /etc/ftpusers
> but for telnet.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Brian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> PS using RH 5.2
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