Linux-Networking Digest #38, Volume #12 Wed, 28 Jul 99 19:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: Amd broken under RH6.0 (Rick Walker)
3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B (William Calnan)
Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable (Andrew Westhead)
Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver? (Andrew J Robb)
POP Mail (Patrick Hulst)
DHCP questions (cable modem) (Patrick Hulst)
Re: Linux friendly ISPs - DSL providers? (Vincent)
Re: PPP to Shiva LanRover from Linux (han)
IMAP configuration (George Genovezos)
SuSE 6.0 Networking DNS Problem (Henry Meyerding)
Re: Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable (Steve)
Re: (3c509) Selecting 10baseT or 10base2 ? ("Gert Jensen")
Re: root login problem with RH6.0 ("Gert Jensen")
Samba configuring on a w95 ptp network. Help ("Vitas")
Re: Is 3Com's 3c905B NIC compatible with Linux? (Christian Reuss)
Replicating and serving a subset of newsgroups locally (Lawrence Joseph Wobker)
Re: MS Access and Linux ("YouDontKnowWho")
NIS domain not bound (mango)
VPN using Linux (Jon Finnecy)
DSL in RedHat 6.0 ("Mr Dynamite")
NIS Help Please ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Walker)
Subject: Re: Amd broken under RH6.0
Date: 28 Jul 1999 21:00:56 GMT
Rick Walker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Under RH6.0, I see a problem when automounting a large directory on
: an HPUX machine. The first access "ls /net/jr" gives a full directory
: listing. The second access shows a null directory and there is the
: following error in /var/log/messages:
: jr:/ mounted fstype host on /.automount/jr/root
: NFS: server jr, readdir reply truncated
: NFS: nr=46, slots=0, len=4
: Does anyone know where there is some info on amd? Is there a maintainer,
: a web page, or a FAQ? Is this a known problem?
OK. I've found that the automount daemon is part of the am-utils
package and have read the files under /usr/doc/am-utils*. This is still
a puzzle, but I now have narrowed the problem down. Only HP-UX 9.01
systems have this "readdir reply truncated" error. HP-UX 10.20 systems
work correctly. There appears to be some compatibility between these
particular OS versions. Directory size is irrelevant.
Best regards,
--
Rick Walker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Calnan)
Subject: 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:18:48 GMT
Hi,
does anybody have experience with the 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B
56k modem 10/100 nic? I found it on the supported pcmcia cards list as:
[3c574_cs driver: has performance problems]
3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B
but I also saw in the 3.0.12 and 3.0.13 driver release notes:
"I think I've fixed all remaining problems with the 3c589 and 3c574
transceiver monitoring code"
the supported cards list is older than the driver release notes, but I would
like to hear from someone who has one or has tried one.
TIA for any replys
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From: Andrew Westhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:07:57 +0000
Hi, anyone describe, simply, how to connect 2 linux boxes using a
ethernet cross-over cable. I need to use one of the machines to act as
an tftp server to the other.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Sincerely
Andrew Westhead
Caltech AMa
Pasadena
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From: Andrew J Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Synchronizing cmos clock with timeserver?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:08:02 +0100
http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Hulst)
Subject: POP Mail
Date: 28 Jul 1999 20:25:02 GMT
Good day all!
I've run into this situation: one of my friends wants to use some sort of
proxy/ip masq solution for his company to share one internet account. They are
currently using WinProxy (www.winproxy.com), but would like to switch to
something a little more robust.
I use Linux as an ip masq solution at home. I'd like to do that for him, but
i've got some questions. He has ONE pop account and his ISP forwards all mail
to his domain to that account. (Example: if his domain is xyz.com, mail sent
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will go to that one pop account.) Is it possible to split
up that one pop email account into several different ones upon reciept of the
email, or is he SOL and will have to get more accounts.
Secondly, I've read the howto's on setting up a Linux box as a proxy. Any
caveats I should look out for? Minimum system requirements? (I know enough
not to use a winmodem!) Provided the machine has the NIC and modem that are on
the "supported" list, what else should I be looking for?
Thanks in advance...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Hulst)
Subject: DHCP questions (cable modem)
Date: 28 Jul 1999 20:17:48 GMT
Good day all!
I'm using the @Home network. For whatever reason, my provider gives me a new
IP address every day (or every other day or whatever). My Linux box (RH 6.0,
2 NICs, 64mb ram, AMD K6-2 350) is acting as a IP Masq/forwarding box for my
house and when they change the IP it no longer forwards any traffic. I can
ping the new address from another PC on the network, but I can't get past it.
Is there anything I should be doing? Is there another way to refresh my route
tables automatically? (All the other computers inside my network use the
internal NIC as their gateway).
Anyone with ideas?
Thanks in advance.....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux friendly ISPs - DSL providers?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:20:54 -0400
Good question. I've used ISP erols with linux, and it went pretty well.
They don't support linux, but by following the newsgroups, etc. was able
to do it myself. A couple of linux devotees in linux support there
helped a little, but you gotta stumble upon them.
How about ADSL providers? I'm looking at BellAtlantic and Flashcom in
Morristown, New Jersey area. Any experieces/comments to share. Thanks.
Vincent
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was looking for comments on Linux friendly ISPs, i.e.
> ISPs that offer support and help with Linux setup OR
> "standard" ppp scripts without much tweaking can be used
> to connect. In particular, I'd like to know how good the
> following ISPs are :
>
> 1. Earthlink
> 2. Att World Net
> 3. Compuserve
>
> (these are the ones that have local access numbers in my area).
>
> I presently use Prodigy, but their connection speeds are very slow.
> Comments about other ISPs are also welcome.
>
> (BTW, I was shocked to learn that MSN does not have a 800 number
> tech support. On second thoughts, I should have expected a
> 900 number !!!).
>
> Thanks in advance for your time.
>
> -dhiraj
>
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From: han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP to Shiva LanRover from Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:31:18 GMT
Steve Masticola wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Has anyone ever established a PPP connection to a Shiva box from
> Linux? A scan of DejaNews says probably not.
hi steve
I have no problem -anymore- with connecting from linux to a shiva
lanroverbox, using a time-generated-key [6 digits] that I put in
pap-secrets just before dialing the lanrover.
[using pppd-2.3.8]
its not very difficult to use a perlscript and a browser to make the
process of changing the password [key] in pap-secrets, so you can
connect from a lan to the shiva.
I do have problems to get the shiva to callback,
with pap it only sais: "dialin disabled" and thats all, even the modem
connect stays up, so I have to kill pppd by hand.
in win95 I dont need any -shiva- software to connect and to be called back,
works smoothly, aaawh...
>
> 2. If so, is there a way to make a dial-up connection using a non-static
> password? My employer requires the use of a SecurID card, and therefore
> that the static passwords in the pap-secrets and chap-secrets files are
> apparently not going to work.
I have seen 2 types of secure-id cards:
1) challenge-response key, get a 4 digit challenge from the server and use
that key to generate a 6-digit response as password,
in windows you need shiva software for this.
in linux you could use "expect" but its no fun.
2) time-generated 6-digit key usable as password, see above
>
> Given that Shiva is probably under contractural obligation to M$ never
> to support Linux, I am not hopeful that the answer to either of these
> questions is positive. But if I'm wrong, it should probably be in the
> PPP-Howto.
I agree this should be in the howto.
han [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Thanks,
> - Steve.
> masticol scr siemens com
> @ . .
> Reply address spamproofed.
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:48:06 -0400
From: George Genovezos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IMAP configuration
Hello.
First I would like to thank everyone that has helped me in the past
couple of weeks.
Now I am trying to setup a mail server with pop & imap. I am using
redhat 5.2
and the IMAP I am using is imap-4.4-2.i386.rpm. Now how do I configure
the
server to poll for mail messages? Can I configure it to poll for other
server names
as well? ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) on the same server.
Thanks again!
George
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From: Henry Meyerding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 6.0 Networking DNS Problem
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:53:24 GMT
I am currently running two Linux boxes on a hub. One acts as the server
and has a dialup to my ISP. The other is the client. I can telnet
between these two boxes, ftp, nfs, etc.,... but I have not DNS on the
client. When I pick a URL in a browser, I get the message "cannot
resolve remote host."
Is there anyone out there who would be willing to:
1) tell me which files would need to be reviewed
2) review them and tell me where I am messed up
I've tried all kinds of things, but nothing to date has been effective.
Thanks
Henry Meyerding
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:28:39 -0400
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
I did it following the example in the Ethernet HOW-TO: cross wires
1 and 2, and 3 and 6, on one end of the cable.
<p>Andrew Westhead wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi, anyone describe, simply, how to connect 2 linux
boxes using a
<br>ethernet cross-over cable. I need to use one of the machines to act
as
<br>an tftp server to the other.
<br>Thanks in advance for any advice.
<br>Sincerely
<p>Andrew Westhead
<br>Caltech AMa
<br>Pasadena</blockquote>
</html>
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From: "Gert Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (3c509) Selecting 10baseT or 10base2 ?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:06:49 +0200
Or you can download the 3c5x9cfg utility boot from a dos disk
and set the interface....
Gert
Casey Spangler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If you are adventurous, go get Donald Becker's setup program at:
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/setup/3c5x9setup.html
> download the code, and follow the make instructions in the source
> file. This worked great for me once I realized I needed to use the -f
> flag to force the change to the firmware. You also need to know what
> I/O port to use to find the card (default is 0x300, I think). The
> command I used (I was going the other way, thinnet to UTP) was:
> ./3c5x9 -p 0x340 -F 10baseT -f -w
> Worked like a champ, and I didn't have to futz with DOS.
>
> On 27 Jul 1999 06:08:40 GMT, William Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >My 3Com509B ethernet card uses 10BaseT (twisted pair) port by default.
> >How do I enable 10Base2 (coaxial) port instead?
> >
> > Yours truly,
> > William Park
>
> --
> Remove all numerals and doubled letters (e.g. ww)
> from my address to reply via e-mail.
> Note: Other Probitans don't necessarily agree with me.
>
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From: "Gert Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: root login problem with RH6.0
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:00:58 +0200
I have the same problem but I was written that it was a security feature in
Linux, what I do is to login as a normal use then su... I works!!
Hope it helps
Gert
Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.SOL.3.96.990728211011.768B-100000@sun-cc203...
> Hello,
>
> I haven't tried it with RH6, but have you tried removing the
> /etc/securetty file? Just move it to securetty.old or something and then
> try the telnet again. As for security...
>
> Regards,
> Matthew
>
>
> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, CNelson wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Any body know how to enable root login from a telnet session in RH6.0?
> >
> >Yes, I knew you can add /dev/ttyp? or something similiar to
> >/etc/securetty. It works for most case, likes RH5.2 or other
> >distribution but just not work for RH6.0.
> >
> >Does anybody using RH6.0 and know how to get it?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Nelson
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Vitas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba configuring on a w95 ptp network. Help
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:19:24 +0300
HI, All
I try to start samba (on a Linux box) file server on a w95 peer to peer
network.
I'm in panic - I can't do this.
Who can explain me (step by step) - how can I start samba and managing small
w95 network?
PLS PLS PLS
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From: Christian Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is 3Com's 3c905B NIC compatible with Linux?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:04:49 +0200
Doug wrote:
>
> I use 905Bs with no problem (10 servers, two in each one for redundancy).
> Make sure you compile the 590/905 Vortex stuff into the kernel. It seems
> more stable in the actual kernel than as a module, by the way. Don't have
> any empirical evidence, just a gut feeling.
>
> Actually, you probably want to check out Donald Becker's driver site (can't
> remember the URL)
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lawrence Joseph Wobker)
Subject: Replicating and serving a subset of newsgroups locally
Date: 28 Jul 1999 21:56:56 GMT
We have one large, corporate news server that is extremely slow. I
would like to set up a linux box to mirror certain groups locally and
then have clients connect to that box to read news. I've heard about
"suck" and "innd", but can't find the docs that really explain how to
get started. I'm willing to read, but can someone point me to an
example, or (better yet) a HOWTO? TIA...
--lj
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From: "YouDontKnowWho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Access and Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:47:01 GMT
I don't know that the Access Workgroup Admin tool suggested in a
previous post let's you determine how MANY people can connect
concurrently...
This is probably an issue of locking mechanisms. You might want to
look into file locking. While writing this, I checked out the Samba
options via the web interface, Swat, and there are several that look
like they might affect how locking works. In fact, there's a section
labeled "Locking Options". You probably should check this out.
Using a web browser, check out the URL http://linuxhost:901 , where
linuxhost is the host that you are trying to get to work. Login as
root.
Good luck!
--
Principle of Minimum Access: "That which is not explicitly permitted
is denied."
ANNOUNCER: And now we return to our regularly scheduled, uncommonly
entertaining thread...
Steve Porter wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>HELP! I have a client who has a small (10 user) peer-to-peer MS Win98
network,
>with each node having MS Access97 installed. They keep a database on
one of the
>Win98 w/s, and multiple people can access the db file at the same
time. So here
>I come along and sell them a Linux server. I set up Samba, set up
user names,
>logons, p/w, permissions, etc. I created a Public deirectory on the
Linux
>(Mandrake 6.0) server and copied the Access database file over to the
Linux
>Public folder. Tested each users connectivity to the server and
specifically to
>the Access db file. But here's the catch...only one user can access
the file at
>a time. When a second user tries to access the file, that user gets a
message
>similar to "the number of allowable users has been exceeded...".
Again this did
>not happen when the same file was residing on a directory on the
Win98 station.
>I'm clueless.....any ideas?
>
>Steve
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:26:22 -0400
From: mango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIS domain not bound
every time I try to login to my linux box I get this error message:
YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: DOMAIN NOT BOUND
how do I fix this?
is there a way to boot up without NIS?
please help
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From: Jon Finnecy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VPN using Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:26:40 -0700
I am researching using Linux firewalls to set up a VPN between two
remote LANs over the Ineternet. I would also like to use this same
setup to establish VPNs with remote Win95 clients (like laptops, etc).
These clients would connect to their ISP through a local dial-up PPP,
then establish their VPN link to the corporate LAN. I am currently
using ipfwadm (kernel 2.0) for my firewalls, and would like to avoid
having to upgrade to IPChains (kernel 2.2) if possible, but if necessary
I can do this. My LAN-ISP links will be 1.1M DSL connections (1.1M
upstream and downstream for both LANs). I don't think this is anything
new, I just need some direction to get started.
1) What would be the best way to go, IPSec or PPTP, in terms of
interoperability?
2) What are the tradeoffs between the two in terms of a) ease of use;
b) ease of configuration; c) reliability; d) performance?
3) Does anyone know where I can get free/cheap Win95 client software
that will enable my Win95 clients to connect to the "VPN Server"? My
understanding is that Win98 comes with built-in PPTP support, but what
about Win95? Is there a patch or something that I need to support this
functionality? What about Win95 and IPSec?
4) Are there any performance issues with trying to run a VPN over DSL
that anyone is aware of (other than traditional Internet-related
performance issues)? I have seen some complaints in the newsgroups
about performance with DSL/VPN, but I would like to hear more details.
I have read quite a bit about this in the last few days, but I would
love to hear specifics from anyone who has actually done it (VPN). I am
leaning towards IPSec, but I am not sure if my Windoze clients will
support such a setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Jon
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From: "Mr Dynamite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL in RedHat 6.0
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:08:42 -0700
Greetings,
So far, setting up linux hasn't been THAT big of a task. First off, I
managed to get through my instalation fairly successfuly, and then realized
xfree86 doesn't like to start with an ATI rage 128 card... anyway, I setup
the trial of accelerated x, and everything worked wonderfully. SO.. next
order of business was to setup the network.. I'm using a Cisco 675 in PPP
mode... Well, I was able to find somebody to help in #linux_help on efnet,
and was told that to setup my cisco as he default gateway, to use the
command:
"route add default gw 10.0.0.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev eth0 metric 1"
however upon executing that command, I was told "network unreachable"..
icky... Well I was hoping somebody could help me out a lil bit... I read a
thread before that a FAQ was being assembled, and was wondering if anybody
had seen it? The only bit of evidence I have as to my progress in getting
it to work is that when I click ACTIVATE under network control panel on the
ethernet device I see some local network traffic on the router... any help
would be appreciated..
Brandon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NIS Help Please
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:04:27 GMT
I'm having the hardest time with NIS, specifically ypbind. I've setup
the client machine to the proper NIS network, modified the yp.conf file
to the IP-address of my server, and have checked that both portmapper
and ypbind daemons are running. But whenever I attempt to access the
server, I get this message:
can't ypbind: Reason: Domain not bound
Anybody run into this, or know how to fix it? I've consulted the man
pages and about 3 different Linux books and none of them were of any
help.
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