Linux-Networking Digest #894, Volume #11 Wed, 14 Jul 99 14:13:49 EDT
Contents:
Re: Slow Dialup Connection HELP (Phil DeBecker)
Re: Samba PC doesn't show up on Win-Box (Phil DeBecker)
Re: Mac and Linux on TCP/IP (David)
ADSL and dhcpcd (3) (Mugur)
Re: REMOTEHOST variable ("William R. Mattil")
Re: ip aliasing on linux (Phil DeBecker)
Re: dlink + redhat (David Kennedy)
Re: anyone using a dsl nic (Oliver Neukum)
Re: rsh - permission denied (BM Lam)
Can't seem to fetchmail right ("Dr. Dam")
NT Authentication for Linux/Apache (Joseph Kacmarcik)
Samba (nmbd) eats my RAM! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Incredible performance with NetScape ("Tom")
Why are there so many slow modem issues? (Jason Koloseike)
Re: Telnet/ftp not working after RH 6.0 install (Ketil Froyn)
EzPPP (Mahesh)
pppd don't delete interfaces ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Solution for Content Filtering (Chetan Ahuja)
Re: Postfix (Yiorgos Adamopoulos)
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:19:58 -0400
From: Phil DeBecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow Dialup Connection HELP
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-
pppd connect 'chat -f /root/erols.chat' /dev/modem 56800
You're giving pppd a strange baud rate (56800). When connecting at 56K,
you should specify 115200, or better yet do the following:
setserial /dev/modem spd_vhi
pppd connect `chat -f /root/erols.chat' /dev/modem 38400 asyncmap 0
crtscts defaultroute
The reason for setting 38400 is that the spd_vhi flag will cause the
serial driver to set the true speed to 115200 when you ask for 38400.
Note that the speeds we're talking about here (38400, 115200, ...)
aren't the modem CONNECT speed, they're the serial port speed from the
computer to the modem (yes, this applies even if the modem is an
internal one).
To see what speed you connect at, open an xterm or a console window and
do "tail -f /var/log/messages" before invoking the ppp script. You'll
see a log of what pppd is doing, including the "CONNECT 49333/ARQ/V90
..." message, which will tell you the modem connect speed.
HTH,
Phil D.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:12:12 -0400
From: Phil DeBecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba PC doesn't show up on Win-Box
VBF-Ratingen GmbH wrote:
> HI there!!!
>
> I have a Win9x-net (TCP/IP) with one linux box. I can access the Win9x
> using Samba, but the linux box doesn't show up in the Network
> Neighbourhood on the Win9x-PCs :-(.... I can ping the linux-PC from the
> Win9x-PCs, so the network is working properly.... Any ideas????
There are a couple of possibilities here. One is that the linux box's
Samba workgroup isn't the same as the Win box's, which would cause that
problem. Another is that the Win box, even though it has TCP/IP
installed, doesn't have Windows File and Print Sharing bound to the
TCP/IP protocol. You can check this by looking at the properties of the
TCP/IP protocol in the Networking control panel -- File and Print sharing
must appear under Bindings.
HTH,
Phil D.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Mac and Linux on TCP/IP
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:06:47 +0200
This is what I get when I type "netstat -ta" in shell while, on the Mac,
Netscape is calling the URL 127.0.0.0. The status bar says "Connecting
to the host" but nothing never appears not even an error message.
If someone understands how to interpret the last 2 lines, please tell
me.
Thanks,
David
PS: the Mac IP adress is 10.0.0.1
# netstat -ta
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address
State
tcp 0 0 *:echo *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:discard *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:daytime *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:chargen *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:gopher *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:shell *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:login *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:exec *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:pop2 *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:imap2 *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:uucp *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:finger *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:auth *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:617 *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:www *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:6000 *:*
LISTEN
tcp 0 1 127.0.0.0:www 10.0.0.1:1786
SYN_RECV
tcp 0 1 127.0.0.0:www 10.0.0.1:1787
SYN_RECV
> David
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From: Mugur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ADSL and dhcpcd (3)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:15:22 -0400
Anyone got Caldera 2.2 (kernel 2.2.5) working with ADSL?
It seems that the dhcp client (ver 1.3.17) is unable to get the IP
address (I have though both Rx and Tx packets!). Moreover, it's shutting
down the eth0 card (3Com509, correctly installed).
>From what I read in other NGs, it seems that I'm missing some files (I
wander why they were not created when I first choose the option DHCP?!).
I need to find out what files are needed/involved in the dhcp process.
!!! New: using tcpdump I found that actually I DO get an IP address, but
I guess dhcpcd fails to write in a file (file missing?)
I also updated to 1.3.17pl9-same thing.
I also created /etc/dhcpcd-eth0.lease (and .cache), made copies in
/etc/dhcpc and /var/db, - no progress.
Pls help, someone!
Mugur
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From: "William R. Mattil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REMOTEHOST variable
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:07:44 -0500
James,
Assuming that your login id was "foo" you could try something along the
lines of:
who | grep foo | grep 0.0 | cut -b 33-53
if this gives you the correct hostname then
export REMOTEHOST=`who | grep foo | grep 0.0 | cut -b 33-53`
man who, man grep, man cut should provide you with all the gory details
.......
Regards
Bill
James Knott wrote:
> In article <7m7pnj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clifford Kite) wrote:
> >James Knott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> >: Slackware v2.0.35 has an environment variable called REMOTEHOST, which
> >: does not seem to be in Redhat. It contains the host name or IP
> >: address of the remote system that has opened a telnet session. Does
> >: anyone know how/where this variable is created?
> >
> >/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:HOSTNAME=`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`
>
> That will give me the host name of whichever computer I enter the
> command on. What I need is something that's returned as a varialbe,
> so that when starting X, I can automatically set the DISPLAY variable
> to the correct remote system. I.e export DISPLAY=$REMOTEHOST:0.0.
> This will work on a Slackware host, but not Redhad / Mandrake
>
> --
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> _________________________________________________________________________
> The above opinions are my own and not those of ISM Corp., a subsidiary of
> IBM Canada Ltd.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:26:45 -0400
From: Phil DeBecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ip aliasing on linux
Ling Cherd Ho wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to assigned an additional ip to the only network card
> on my linux machine.
>
> I tried the following:
>
> ifconfig eth0:1 192.11.196.252 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.11.255.255
>
> and my current ip is 56.0.0.72 .
>
> ip-alias is installed:
>
> the /proc/modules shows:
> ip_alias 1 3 (autoclean)
>
> ifconfig shows:
> eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:04:06:F6
> inet addr:56.0.0.72 Bcast:56.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:113977661 errors:33 dropped:33 overruns:0
> TX packets:103169825 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xff80
>
> eth0:1 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:04:06:F6
> inet addr:192.11.196.252 Bcast:192.11.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>
> but when I tried to ping it, there is no respond.
>
> I have also tried to add an ip in the same network (56.0.0.73) and
> get no reply from ping either.
>
> What am I doing wrong here?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> ...
> ling
You need to add a route for the address, e.g.
route add -net 192.11.0.0 dev eth0:1
HTH,
Phil D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kennedy)
Subject: Re: dlink + redhat
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:27:05 GMT
I have a dlink dfe-500, the dlink web site says I can use the
via-rhine, but I have never gotten it to work.
I have, however, successfully used the dec dulip driver (tulip.o)
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:17:45 -0400, "Eyem A. Coward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>does anyone know how to put the via-rhine.o network interface driver
>module into redhat so that it automatically starts the network at boot
>up?
>the module compiles and runs fine. I ran insmod via-rhine.o just fine
>after bootup
>
>here's how I get my network to start up
>I wait for boot up.
>then I type "insmod ~/via-rhine.o"
>then I start X
>netcfg and activate eth0 <ipaddress>
>and finally I can telnet, ftp, etc...
>
>anyone know how to get it to start the network at boot?
>
>I already done the setup to start network, printers, samba, etc...
>this alone will not work, because my d-link def-530tx is not supported
>by the kernel.
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From: Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anyone using a dsl nic
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:27:17 +0200
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Colin Macfarlane wrote:
> > has anyone had any success using a native dsl nic under linux?
> .
> What do you mean by native? I have a 3com 900B (Boomerang) PCI NIC supplied
> by the ADSL ISP. Nothing special about it - it is connected to a Cisco
> modem.
>
I was refering to a card that combines the modem and the nic.
A card that makes the dsl modem unnecessary.
Oliver
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From: BM Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rsh - permission denied
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:22:23 +0200
Madeleine Robert schrieb:
>
> From a root node I want to "cat /proc/modules" on a diskless client. I
> run:
>
> rsh child0 "cat /proc/modules"
>
> I get:
>
> rcmd: socket: Permission denied
>
> Any clues? Thanks...
Dont know what "socket" there means. Did you try:
rsh child0 hostname
And got the remote host name as reply? If yes, it proves the rsh for
your account works ok. Then it is best to log on the the remote machine
and try "cat /proc/modules" there. If this does not work there neither,
it isnot a rsh problem.
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From: "Dr. Dam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't seem to fetchmail right
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:27:00 +0200
Hi
I got a problem with my fetchmail.
I log in as Root and run fetchmail from here. This all works well, but
all mail goes to root's
mailbox? I've add'ed the user who shall have the mail, but still nothing
happens.
It's like fetchmail won't distribute.
Appropos fetchmail, how do I set fetchmail up to be run daily at a
specific time?
With Cron? and how do I configure this?
hehe, lot's of questions, but I'd be very happy if I could get this to
work soon!
Much appriciated
Kelvin Dam
Denmark
N.B. As I seldom search the Newsgroups, I would be thx'full if you would
mail your answer directly to me! :)
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From: Joseph Kacmarcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NT Authentication for Linux/Apache
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:41:20 -0700
hi all users of good os'es,
my company finally agreed to let me build our corporate web server
in-house but stuck me in a poor environment. we currently have @1300
users on an nt server with iis for per-user information via web
interface and i would like to use linux/apache as our corporate web
server for a plethora of obvious resons. the problem is that we require
the same user/pass for certain areas of the new website and they / i
don't want to have to manage two identical userbases. SO, my question
is: can i use nt authentication on a linux/apache web server?? (or
vice-versa)
they've only given me a week to recommend a solution so any quick help
is greatly appreciated...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Samba (nmbd) eats my RAM!
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:03:52 GMT
I have set up a linux/Samba file server for some windows 98 clients.
When I boot up the linux server, everything is fine, until a client
connects to the server. Then, they get access to whatever shares they
are allowed to access, but the nmbd starts at the same time to go into
a steep rise in the amount of RAM it takes up. From top, it shows nmbd
going up to 130-200 MB RAM and chugging processor power (although I
assume that this is due to the overhead for the swapfile). This seems
crazy to me, especially since as much as i try, i can't get the smbd
process to break a sweat. The computer has 128 MB RAM (yes, lilo has
the appropriate append="mem=128M") and a 128 MB swap file. In general,
nmbd continues to do this as long as any client is connected, and even
continues after all clients disconnect. Yesterday it eventually
returned nmbd to somewhat more normal levels of RAM use, when no
clients connected for a several hours. I am using Red Hat 5.0 with
Samba version 1.9.17p4, could the fsync Win98 bug be causing this? I
know that this version of Samba doesn't include a work around for this,
but I wasn't expecting such drastic results. That's why I'm wondering
if there is some other answer. The machine is an AMD K-6-2, and
besides nmbd it runs great.
Thanks for any help,
Stephen Muench
p.s. I'm going to try and get a more recent samba version, but i don't
like fixing a program by blindly upgrading. How does one know that it
is really fixed?
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Incredible performance with NetScape
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:52:28 +0200
Hi all,
I have installed a SuSE Linux 6.1 on a 486DX/4. I have set up the ISDN
network and the automatic connect to the internet works well.
But surfing with NetScape causes the transmission rates pushed down to 0-100
bytes/sec (not KByte or MByte no, only bytes). Surfing with NetScape works
well immediately after rebooting the system, but with every klick on a link
it is getting slower immediately.
Squid isn't running, but NetScape is configured to use the providers proxy
at port 8080.
What can I do?
Thanks,
Tom
(Germany)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Koloseike)
Subject: Why are there so many slow modem issues?
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:06:03 GMT
While migrating from Mandrake 5.3 to Mandrake 6.0
I encountered several problems that I was able to overcome,
except for one.
While I was able to connect to Script and a CHAP based sites
using kppp, the connection was a 1/3 of the normal speed.
A lot of posts refer to possible IRQ conflicts, but I could
find any in my case. I tried moving the modem from
COM2 (ttyS1, IRQ 3) to COM1 (ttyS0, IRQ 4), but this
had no effect.
I looked in the /etc/isapnp.conf file to see if my sound card
had settings that conflicted with my modem, but I found
no conflicts.
Why should I suddenly develop IRQ conflicts from one
release to another? Is there a way to find out what IRQ's
linux is assigning/using?
No bugs have been announced that relates to this issue, so
while I'm tempted to try out Mandrake 6.1 (cooker), I have
zero confidence that this issue has been resolved.
Jason Koloseike
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ketil Froyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: udel.linux
Subject: Re: Telnet/ftp not working after RH 6.0 install
Date: 14 Jul 1999 18:06:12 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward S Meadows) writes:
>
> I've recently installed RH 6.0 on my home intranet. I'm now
> able to ping between my two machines and mount NFS volumes,
> but I don't have telnet or ftp service between the two
> machines. ftp or telnet attempts hang and eventually time
> out.
>
> Running "ps aux" reveals that the expected daemons are
> running. I've configured hosts.deny and hosts.allow as I
> had them before, without success.
>
> Any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Your linux box is probably unable to resolve the machines attempting
to connect. Add the IPs of the connecting machines in /etc/hosts or in
a nameserver, and it will probably work.
Ketil Froyn
--
The angle of the dangle is proportional to the heat of the meat.
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~ketilf/
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From: Mahesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EzPPP
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:06:15 -0400
Hi,
I'm trying to set up EzPPP connection for a laptop since 3 days and
haven't been able to do it. It does dial up and seems to talk to the
modem on the other side. But it dosen't actually connect to the modem. I
used it with and without the scripts. All the modem commands seem to be
fine. the PCMCIA card is 3-COM LAN + 56 K Modem. The dialog that remains
on the ezppp window is "EXPECTING: CONNECT", but nothing happens. And
also the ezppp won't connect to modem the second time. It stops with
"EXPECTING: OK" dialog on the ezppp window. I have to restart the
cardmgr to make it work. I'm running RH 6.0 with 2.2.5 kernel. I also
tried KPPP which comes with RH, even this is giving the same problem.
But kermit seems to be working. It was able to establish a connection.
Any ideas what could be the problem with ezppp and kppp.
Any help is appreciated.
-Mahesh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: pppd don't delete interfaces
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:55:49 GMT
I have a dial-up server under Slackware, kernel
2.0.36, pppd 2.3.8 and 26 serial lines with
modems.
After some days working, i have interfaces
ppp0,ppp1,.....,ppp579,ppp580,... etc and routing
table has routes for all these interfaces.
Is this the bug or feature? ;-)
How to fix this problem?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chetan Ahuja)
Subject: Re: Solution for Content Filtering
Date: 14 Jul 1999 17:13:51 GMT
FlashGun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm looking for a solution to filter some of the website (like sex) through
: the Linux server. Anyone has idea how to do it?
: Thank You
If you plan to generate your own list of sites/domains to block, Junkbuster
will work fine. It's a http proxy server which runs on all unices including
linux.It was designed to block online ads ( and so comes with a list of ad servers
to block but you can add any servers/domains etc you wnat) Search for it at
freshmeat.net.
Chetan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yiorgos Adamopoulos)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Postfix
Date: 14 Jul 1999 17:15:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Czech wrote:
>I've realised this with postfix. local all happens fine. I can send and
^^^^^^^
http://www.postfix.org/
You may want to ask at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Postfix is nice, but this is not a Postfix group.
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