Linux-Networking Digest #954, Volume #11 Tue, 20 Jul 99 18:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Re: DNS server problems! ("Andrey Smirnov")
Re: turn a computer into a network hub? (Luca Filipozzi)
DNS Aliasing (Jeremy Pollack)
turn a computer into a network hub? (Gaiko Kyofusho)
root password lost!!! (Ziad)
How to install network adaptor? ("Spiritus Kevin")
Re: Allow FTP access but disable interactive logins ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: root password lost!!! ("Gregory D. Horne")
named problem an MX record (Matthias Blohm)
Re: Help.... Wanna replace NT with Linux. (Peter Buelow)
Re: Detecting my SOHOware NIC (Farhad Farzaneh)
Re: win95 + linux on LAN - http won't work!! (Monte Phillips)
Re: turn a computer into a network hub? (dkwok)
Bandwidth Billing? ("Joe Boston")
Re: DHCP & Mediaone's cable modem. (Peter Buelow)
wireless (Peter Buelow)
Re: HELP!!! FTP from Win95 PC to LINUX PC ("David Yuan")
Re: root password lost!!! ("Andrey Smirnov")
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS server problems!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:40:11 -0700
In your zone file for domain you will need to create another CNAME record
for www, ftp or mail:
www CNAME webdsp.net.
ftp CNAME webdsp.net.
mail CNAME webdsp.net.
Then after you restart your named daemon (try ndc restart), you should be
able to access those services.
Good luck!
Rob Calfee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Okay,
>We got the nameserver up. Changing the name.conf file corrected the
>problem, thanks. The other problem we have is that the actual web
>address (www.medsort.com) is not finding our name server. What files
>do we have to configure to get the server to recognize the domain name
>from internic when the above website is hit? Thanks.
>
>Rob Calfee
>
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:30:56 -0700, "Andrey Smirnov"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm not sure what version of named you are running, but you may need to
edit
>>/etc/named.conf file. Read man named.
>>
>>Good luck
>>
>>PS. One more thing, in your zone file you have a record for your domain
>>@ IN A 207.199.219.3
>>
>>and also you have another A record pointed to the same address
>>
>>ns IN A 207.199.219.3
>>
>>If you want to use the same machine as your ns1 host, the above record
needs
>>to be changed to:
>>
>>ns CNAME webdsp.net.
>>
>>
>>You can only have one A record for IP address, and you need to use aliases
>>in order to refer to your machine using number of names (www, ftp, news,
>>etc.)
>>
>>
>>Rob Calfee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>My friend is having problems setting up his DNS name server. Below
>>>are all the files. The first is the actual error from nslookup.
>>>Could someone with more knowlegde of the subject look at these files
>>>and try find any errors that may be present. He is trying to setup a
>>>prmary nameserver for the Internet. I know he'd appreciate, him being
>>>my boss and all. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Rob Calfee
>>>Oracle DBA
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (or the at the sig below)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>IP of Server - 207.199.219.3
>>>name of server - ns1.webdsp.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Error being given by nslookup
>>>[root@NS1 named]# nslookup
>>>*** Can't find server name for address 207.199.219.3: Server failed
>>>*** Default servers are not available
>>>
>>>_____________________________________________________________________
>>>;NAMED.BOOT
>>>;
>>>; a caching only nameserver config
>>>;
>>>directory /var/named
>>>cache . named.ca
>>>primary webdsp.com named.hosts
>>>primary 219.199.207.in-addr.arpa named.rev
>>>______________________________________________________
>>>;NAMED.HOSTS
>>>;named.hosts file for webdsp.com
>>>;
>>>@ IN SOA ns1.webdsp.net. jhonken.webdsp.net. (
>>>99071901 ; serial number
>>>86400 ;refresh 24 hrs
>>>300 ; retry 5 minutes
>>>2592000 ; expire 30 days
>>>86400 ; minium 24 hrs
>>>)
>>>IN NS ns1.webdsp.net.
>>>;
>>>; The domain itself
>>>;
>>>@ IN A 207.199.219.3
>>>IN MX 100 mailhost.webdsp.net
>>>IN HINFO PC-586 Linux
>>>;
>>>; The primary Nameserver
>>>;
>>>ns IN A 207.199.219.3
>>>nameserver IN CNAME ns1.webdsp.net.
>>>;
>>>; Other Hosts
>>>;
>>>localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
>>>
>>>_________________________________________________________
>>>NAMED.LOCAl
>>>@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
>>> 1997022700 ; Serial
>>> 28800 ; Refresh
>>> 14400 ; Retry
>>> 3600000 ; Expire
>>> 86400 ) ; Minimum
>>> IN NS localhost.
>>>
>>>1 IN PTR localhost.
>>>
>>>__________________________________________________________
>>>;NAMED.REV
>>>;named.rev file for webdsp.com
>>>;
>>>@ IN SOA ns1.webdsp.net. jhonken.webdsp.net. (
>>>99071902 ; serial number
>>>86400 ; refresh 24 hrs
>>>300 ; retry 5 minutes
>>>2592000 ; expire 30 days
>>>86400 ; minium 24 hrs
>>>)
>>>IN NS ns1.webdsp.net.
>>>;
>>>; Reverse map the IP addresses
>>>;
>>>3 IN PTR ns1.webdsp.net.
>>>___________________________________________________________
>>>;NAMED.CA
>>>; This file holds the information on root name servers needed to
>>>; initialize cache of Internet domain name servers
>>>; (e.g. reference this file in the "cache . <file>"
>>>; configuration file of BIND domain name servers).
>>>;
>>>; This file is made available by InterNIC registration services
>>>; under anonymous FTP as
>>>; file /domain/named.root
>>>; on server FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET
>>>; -OR- under Gopher at RS.INTERNIC.NET
>>>; under menu InterNIC Registration Services (NSI)
>>>; submenu InterNIC Registration Archives
>>>; file named.root
>>>;
>>>; last update: Aug 22, 1997
>>>; related version of root zone: 1997082200
>>>;
>>>;
>>>; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.4
>>>;
>>>; formerly NS1.ISI.EDU
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.9.0.107
>>>;
>>>; formerly C.PSI.NET
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
>>>;
>>>; formerly TERP.UMD.EDU
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.8.10.90
>>>;
>>>; formerly NS.NASA.GOV
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.203.230.10
>>>;
>>>; formerly NS.ISC.ORG
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.5.5.241
>>>;
>>>; formerly NS.NIC.DDN.MIL
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.112.36.4
>>>;
>>>; formerly AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.63.2.53
>>>;
>>>; formerly NIC.NORDU.NET
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.36.148.17
>>>;
>>>; temporarily housed at NSI (InterNIC)
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.10
>>>;
>>>; housed in LINX, operated by RIPE NCC
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 193.0.14.129
>>>;
>>>; temporarily housed at ISI (IANA)
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.32.64.12
>>>;
>>>; housed in Japan, operated by WIDE
>>>;
>>>. 3600000 NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>>>M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 202.12.27.33
>>>; End of File
>>>
>>>Rob Calfee
>>>DBA
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Rob Calfee
>>>DBA
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>
>Rob Calfee
>DBA
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: turn a computer into a network hub?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:36:02 -0700
In article <7n2kdj$6mf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Hi, I was told that computers (with enough network cards) can be made to
> act like network hubs in linux but I have not been able to find any
> information on how to do this <assuming it really is possible>. If
> anyone could point me to some information about this I would really
> appreciate it!
You have two choices:
1) buy "hub" cards, which are real hubs and only use an ISA slot for
power - five ports in one isa slot; nothing to do with Linux
2) install "ethernet" cards and use bridging to make your Linux box into
a switch (not a hub)
read the bridge + firewall howto for information about bridging
Luca
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Jeremy Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS Aliasing
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:45:47 GMT
Can anyone here give me a hand? I'm sure this is pretty easy, but I
haven't seemed to have stumbled upon the correct config yet.
In short, I want AND address to come back as my web server IP (this is
for an auto-registration system). I have successfully set up my DNS
server (Red Hat 6.0) from scratch (blew up old server and started anew)
and it works when I type in my server address or IP, but nothing else
works yet. I do not want there to be any access to the outside (there
isn't now -- you just get a DNS error if you type in anything but the
website address). So anyone have a hint or answer how I should set up
my .hosts file to alias everything to one site?
Thank in advance for any help. :)
Sincerely,
Jeremy Pollack
Assistant Network Administrator, UConn RESNET Project
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From: Gaiko Kyofusho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: turn a computer into a network hub?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:58:52 GMT
Hi, I was told that computers (with enough network cards) can be made to
act like network hubs in linux but I have not been able to find any
information on how to do this <assuming it really is possible>. If
anyone could point me to some information about this I would really
appreciate it!
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
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From: Ziad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: root password lost!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:39:28 -0600
Hi,
I built a system with redhat 6.
During the setup, I was prompted for the root password and I entered and
confirmed the same password that's on my other 5 systems.
Now, I can't login. I have tried all combinations of the root passwords
we use in the lab and none of them work.
Do I have to rebuild this system?
Thanks
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From: "Spiritus Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install network adaptor?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 22:48:17 +0200
Hey, I'm pretty new to Linux.
I don't get my network adaptor installed. My provider (Cable!) uses a
non-static IP number. My adaptor is a 3Com Etherlink III Isa (3C509b-TPO) in
PnP-mode.
Who can help me?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Allow FTP access but disable interactive logins
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:08:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marius van Wyk (remove NOSPAM.)) wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:25:19 GMT, in comp.os.linux.networking
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am running Red Hat 6.0 and I was wondering if anyone knows how
to
> > configure Red Hat so that it allows a real user (ie. not an
anonymous
> > user) to login through FTP but does not allow that same user to
login
> > interactively, ie. using telnet, etc. In an attempt to achieve this
I
> > created a test account which has the following line in the passwd
file:
> >
> > test:x:522:522:Test Account:/home/test:/dev/null
>
> You must add /dev/null as a valid shell in /etc/shells. There is an
option someplace in
> ftp to disable this security option, but I can't remember for the life
of me where.
>
> Another option to disallow people would be to edit /etc/securetty and
only have local ttys
> in there.
>
> There is however the problem that people will still (depending on the
setup) be able to
> rlogin and rsh to the machine, but most versions of these programs use
the same version of
> auth as login. You just ay need to test it to make sure.
>
> Better yet, remove rsh and rlogin from your services file.
>
> There is another handy tip, changing:
> > test:x:522:522:Test Account:/home/test:/dev/null
> to:
> > test:x:522:522:Test Account:/home/test/./:/dev/null
>
> Will do a chroot (For ultimate security) on /home/test/ (See your
ftpd.conf man pages for
> this)
>
> PS: Use /dev/false instead of /dev/null, it's an executable as well as
being more apltly
> named.
>
> Anyway, hope this helped.
> M.
>
Everything you described is working fine except I can't get the chroot
to work properly. This is what I have for an entry in my passwd
newuser1:x:105:105:Upload Account:/home/upload/./:/bin/false
With this entry, when the user newuser1 logs in to the system their
initial directory is /home/upload, which is perfect, but the user can
'cd ..' up to /home or just /, so for some reason it is not limiting
their directory access......I am not sure why. I consulted the man
page, in RH 6.0 the ftpaccess page describes the same as you had said,
the first dir before the dot in the passwd file is what is chroot to and
the second dir after the . is what is chdir to relative to the first
chroot.
Any idea on what I am doing wrong?
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From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: root password lost!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:59:28 -0400
FYI, passwords in UNIX (Linux) are case-sensitive.
Ziad wrote:
> Hi,
> I built a system with redhat 6.
> During the setup, I was prompted for the root password and I entered and
> confirmed the same password that's on my other 5 systems.
> Now, I can't login. I have tried all combinations of the root passwords
> we use in the lab and none of them work.
> Do I have to rebuild this system?
>
> Thanks
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From: Matthias Blohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: named problem an MX record
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 22:53:33 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
how is it to configure to have one Domain and nothing else.
I do not have any other Nameserver except my own.
Is there anybody how knows if this is right.
But dont reply to my EMail, it doesnt work. Thanks in Advance. Matthias
I cant use nslookup also :
mail /var/named> nslookup
*** Can't find server name for address 10.10.10.1: Non-existent
host/domain
*** Default servers are not available
mail /var/named>
=========
but i have the 10.10.10.1 in the hosts and the hostname ist pinging also
as FQDN
Also the resolv.conf, may there is the Problem:
===========
#
# /etc/resolv.conf
#
domain boerm.de
search boerm.de
nameserver 10.10.10.1
zone.file
==========
;
; boerm.de.
;
$ORIGIN DE.
boerm IN SOA mail.boerm.de. root.boerm.de. (
9907202 ; Serial Number (YYMMDDN)
36000 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN TXT "LINUX BOERM.DE"
IN NS mail.boerm.de.
IN MX 0 mail.boerm.de.
$ORIGIN boerm.de.
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
mail IN A 10.10.10.1
IN HINFO "AMDK2-350" "SUSE6.0"
news IN CNAME mail.boerm.de.
www IN CNAME mail.boerm.de.
ns IN CNAME mail.boerm.de.
ftp IN CNAME www.boerm.de.
minky IN CNAME mail.boerm.de.
oskar IN A 10.10.10.1
Reverse-zone-file
---
;
; boerm.de.
;
;$ORIGIN 10.10.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
@ IN SOA mail.boerm.de. root.boerm.de. (
9907200 ; Serial Number (YYMMDDN)
36000 ; Refresh
3000 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
864000 ) ; Minimum
IN NS mail.boerm.de.
;
; Define PTR records that map IP addresses to names.
;
;$ORIGIN 10.10.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
1 IN PTR mail.boerm.de.
100 IN PTR oskar.boerm.de.
101 IN PTR nanny.boerm.de.
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From: Peter Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help.... Wanna replace NT with Linux.
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:39:32 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frederik Meerwaldt wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've got an existing Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Server which is running
> the following Services: ,,Normal'' NFS File Sharings, DNS, PDC for a Domain,
> POP3 and SMTP.
> Now I've got the following questions:
> - Which steps do I have to take to handle the Linux box as an Windows
> PDC??
> - How to create file sharings with Samba
> - How to configure DNS Server
> - Well, I've successfully configured POP3 and SMTP.
>
> Regards,
> Freddy
>
> =====================================================================
> $ ON F$ERROR("LANGUAGE","ENGLISH","IN_MESSAGE").GT.F$ERROR("NORMAL") -
> THEN EXCUSE/OBJECT=ME
> =====================================================================
I'll try and lend a hand here. For DNS, I assume you are using BIND, and
the best place to go for that is www.isc.org. Lots of resources there
for setting up and maintaining.
Samba isn't tough, just takes a little managing. man smb.conf and then
hack away at the /etc/smb.conf file. There are various ways to setup
what you want, but without knowing how you want it setup or the
particular's, I can't offer much more than there are a lot of good sites
out there and the man pages are pretty good. Also, KDE offers a program
called KSamba which manages smb.conf files. Seems a little buggy, but
could be worth a try. Also, remember that the program testparam will
parse the smb.conf file and show you any errors that you might have.
Kinda like lint. If you wanna be a PDC, use Samba (I am assuming you
mean Primary Domain Controller). Solves two of your issues. If you are
migrating away from NT servers alltogether, then this is the way to go.
If not, you may consider simply sticking with NT for PDC services. Samba
shouldn't mind. There is a wealth of info out there that will cover much
more than anyone can give you here. Good luck
--
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From: Farhad Farzaneh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Detecting my SOHOware NIC
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:31:40 -0700
I don't have the 10/100 but rather the garden variety 10Mbs PCI card
called the ND4300-E. This is the second card in my machine (the other
uses tulip). I have tried the tulip as well as the 3c59x drivers in
linuxconf but neither seems to work.
Do I need to reconfigure the kernel to get this to work? How do I find
out if it's a tulip or otherwise?
Thanks
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <7mubmd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "UCI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I was wondering how to get my network card supported by LINUX....It is a
> > SOHOWARE FAST ETHERNET 10/100 card manufactured by NDC. It says it supports
> > SCO UNIX....so does that mean it can be adapted to support LINUX...or do i
> > have to find a NIC that says it supports LINUX?
>
> I've got one of these and it works fine in Linux, with one caveat that's
> common to Tulip clone NICs: You may need to update to the latest version
> of the tulip.c driver file (and compile it into your kernel or as a
> module). Check http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip-devel.html
> for this driver file.
>
> --
> Rod Smith
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
> NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
> Author of _Special Edition Using WordPerfect for Linux_, from Que
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Subject: Re: win95 + linux on LAN - http won't work!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:28:37 GMT
To easy really, IN Internet Explorer go to View/Internet
Options/connections and set it to connect on local lan. (Don't
worry, it does not interfere with you using the winmodem on your
winbox) then you should be able to do the following:
http://<whatever.name.you.gave.linuxbox
or
http://<IP address of the linuxbox>
at that point you should see the Apache logo screen.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've succesfully set up a LAN with a Windows 95 box and a Linux box
>running Apache. Basic networking (telnet and ping) works fine as well
>as Samba. I have added proper bindings to the c:\windows\hosts file.
>
>The trouble is that I cannot seem to get http to work. I simply get no
>response on my win95 box when attempting to open the site in either IE
>or Netscape. Apache is configured succesfully because I can browse on
>the sites from the Linux box itself.
>
>The win95 box runs modem dial-up to the Internet with dynamic IP
>address. This is not a problem for telnet and ping.
>
>Oh, and I have Personal Web Server running succesfully on Win95 also,
>with no problems of browsing on the domain names set up in hosts on the
>windows machine.
>
>Can anyone help out? I need the ability to test my work on a Windows
>machine running Internet Explorer.
>
>
>Regards,
>Mikkel
>
>
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From: dkwok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: turn a computer into a network hub?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:45:32 +1000
These days hubs are so cheap I won't be bother.
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
> Hi, I was told that computers (with enough network cards) can be made to
> act like network hubs in linux but I have not been able to find any
> information on how to do this <assuming it really is possible>. If
> anyone could point me to some information about this I would really
> appreciate it!
>
> -Gaiko
>
> Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>
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From: "Joe Boston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bandwidth Billing?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:44:37 -0400
Hello, we are running a hosting company and currently have several clients
who are using more than the alloted amounts of bandwidth, I am looking for
some means to track how much bandwidth each of our clients is using.
Perferably it would be web accessable so that our billing department would
be able to handle the operation.
Really Im just wondering what other isp's are using for their billing
systems.
Joe Boston
System Admininstrator
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From: Peter Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP & Mediaone's cable modem.
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:47:06 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Doug O'Leary wrote:
>
> Hi;
>
> I just loaded RedHat 6.0 and tried out my new cable modem with the same
> results as the previous versions of Linux. The dhcp client is 1.3 (which,
> according to the documentaiton is supposed to fix some these problems). I
> keep getting a time out waiting for valid DHCP reply message in my logs.
>
> Mediaone doesn't provide any help for this; they say they only support MS
> viruses - operating systems.
>
> Does anyone have a cable modem working with MediaOne? Any tips on what I
> might try now?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Doug O'Leary
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yes, I have a mediaone connection. Lots of issues with them and
getting a connection at all, much less an IP. Took a while, but I didn't
have any problems with RH5.2 and the client it came with. I suggest you
try the ISC (www.isc.org) dhclient (comes with the dhcp daemon from
their site) instead. This may help. I assume you still have access
somewhere and that you can download this and cart it home (I believe
that it is less than a floppy big). The latest dhclient is as advanced
as dhcpcd. On the other hand, there are newer versions of dhcpcd that
can be downloaded and compiled (RH6 I believe uses a slightly older
build of the latest release). I had to do this with my older Slack
distro (3.6) to get that to work. But don't assume that it is your
computer and software. We had the flakiest connections for months. Only
in the last week or two has our connection been reliable.
--
Peter Buelow - Software Engineer
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From: Peter Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wireless
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:00:17 -0500
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Anyone have any good experience with wireless or telephone or
electrical wire networking? What I want to do is either add one of these
systems to my linux box (masquerading for the home ethernet network) or
if there is a system that would simply plug into an ethernet hub and
then do hub to hub wireless (or phone etc...) networking. I can't put
wires in the house (renting) and want to add connectivity upstairs
outside of my office. Hub to Hub would be the optimal solution. Thanks
to anyone that can offer a suggestion or advice.
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Peter Buelow - Software Engineer
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"Finger to spiritual emptiness underlying everything." -- How a C manual
referred to a "pointer to void."
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From: "David Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!! FTP from Win95 PC to LINUX PC
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:25:33 GMT
i used to have such problem. i think what i did is installing the newest
wu.ftp rpm (fogot the exact version #).
david
Wayne Larimore wrote in message
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>I just installed Redhat Linux 6. I chose their workstation class
>installation. Everything is running smoothly. I temporarily used a cd rom
>drive from another PC to install. I took it out afterwards thinking I
>could ftp files directly from the Win9x cdrom drive (These are two seperate
>PC's on a LAN). When I try to execute
>ftp from the run window in win95 it states that it is connecting but I get
>no request for a login or password and after a few seconds it gives a quick
>message like 'server refused connection'. Doesn't Redhat install a FTP
>Server by default? I tried creating the same username/password on the
>win95 box and testing it but got the same message.
>
>Any help would be appreciated,
>Wayne Larimore
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: root password lost!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:24:15 -0700
Hello,
Reboot your system (press CTRL+ALT+DEL), at the "boot:" prompt type 'linux
single' (without quotes!), this will take you to the single user mode. You
should not be prompted for a password, and you should be able to change your
password using 'passwd' command.
Good luck!
Ziad wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>I built a system with redhat 6.
>During the setup, I was prompted for the root password and I entered and
>confirmed the same password that's on my other 5 systems.
>Now, I can't login. I have tried all combinations of the root passwords
>we use in the lab and none of them work.
>Do I have to rebuild this system?
>
>Thanks
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