Linux-Networking Digest #78, Volume #12 Sun, 1 Aug 99 16:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Re: Web Based Linux Management (Abdullah Ramazanoglu)
Re: GNOME PPP Applet -- Unsolved Mystery? (Abdullah Ramazanoglu)
Re: Caldera 2.2 passwd segment fault (Josh I.)
Newbie, autofs, NIS question (Jack Snodgrass)
Re: Sendmail Delivery Options (stefan the exiled)
Re: Graphical remote machine status? (Josh I.)
cisco and linux (Josh I.)
Re: Can't telnet myself ("�mer Uyar")
Re: Network unreachable (George Laverick)
Re: cisco and linux (Pascal Fleer)
Masq works. VPN Doesn't. HELP! (Jeff Kenward)
smclient setup not working. ("David B. Hostetler")
Wireless network between Linux and Win95? (Neo)
PCMCIA ethernet timeouts? (Ken Williams)
Re: GNOME PPP Applet -- Unsolved Mystery? (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: Modem doesn't do anything (James Niemasik)
Re: POP Mail? (retlaW)
DHCP problems with REDHAT ("Andrew H. George")
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From: Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Web Based Linux Management
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 20:15:47 +0300
Menno Bakker wrote:
>
> Karl McMurdo wrote:
> >
> > Is there such an animal ?
> >
> I know of two such beasts: linuxconf and webmin. You'll find them via
> freshmeat.net.
>
(Replied to coln thread and dropped aolc, colds, cols)
Can someone compare one over the other? I have used linuxconf web
interface to some degree (some functions was not working as in X), but
never used webmin and I don't know whether it is advisable to try. I'm
also anxious that it could mess up with linuxconf if I use it in a
non-fresh installation.
Thanks.
--
Abdullah Ramazanoglu [ aramazanoglu AT demirbank DOT com DOT tr ]
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From: Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: GNOME PPP Applet -- Unsolved Mystery?
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 19:28:01 +0300
Mladen Gavrilovic wrote:
>
> The ppp applet doesn't have a "properties" selection. When I
> right-click on it, all I get is "remove from panel", "move applet", and
> "about".
I use "Modem Lights" applet instead of "PPP Dialer". It is better
(includes rcv and xmt lights, and a short-term traffic history) and it
is highly configurable. Here is how I configured it (properties):
General / Updates per second: 5
General / Connect command: kppp
General / Disconnect command: kill `/sbin/pidof pppd`
General / Confirm connection: [X]
Advanced / Modem lock file: /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2
Advanced / Device: ppp0
Advanced / Use ISDN: [ ]
--
Abdullah Ramazanoglu [ aramazanoglu AT demirbank DOT com DOT tr ]
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From: Josh I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.2 passwd segment fault
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:19:23 -0400
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>New install. Segmentation fault whem issueing passwd command. strace
>provides no usable info that I can see. Replaced packaes that even
>remotely touch passwd, pam and shadow... Still no luck. Any clues?
>
>Please cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I had this happen on my box after setting up quotta
I have no idea exactly what causes it.... but quotta seems to mess up a lot of
stuff...
but, I stop quotta, and I can use passwd again, and everything else.
Then, I just restart quotta. It's a pain, and shouldn't be neccessary, but
that's the solution I'm using on my system.
you may want to try a
ps a | grep quotta
turn it off it is running (on my RH6 box, it's /sbin/quottaoff)
maybe this will help ya out?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack Snodgrass)
Subject: Newbie, autofs, NIS question
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 12:24:23 -0500
I've got NIS set up as a Master on one linux box. I've got NIS set
up as a client on a second linux box. This stuff seems to be working.
I've also go autofs set up to mount directories.
I want to set up autofs so that it can mount the home directories
for NIS users.
Right now, every time I add a new user I have to do the following
1). add the new user
2). run a script to add the new users's home directory to my
/etc/auto.home file
3). do a make in the /var/yp directory to load the auto.home
file into my map stuff.
4). go to the second linux box and do a ypcat -k auto.home and
write the results to my /etc directory.
5). stop autofs
6). start autfs
Is it possible to set up NIS and autofs to mount the home
directories and have it automatically see new home directories?
thanks.
--
jack - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.cybermail.net
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From: stefan the exiled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,demon.ip.support.unix,demon.tech.unix
Subject: Re: Sendmail Delivery Options
Date: 01 Aug 1999 18:17:51 +0100
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andrew> I have a 99% working sendmail config on a Mandrake 6
Andrew> box. What makes Sendmail queue it's external mail until my
Andrew> ppp connection is up but deliver internal mail imediatley?
The default setup AFAIK. If the ppp connection isn't up sendmail
should simply queue external mail anyway because it can't look them up
in DNS or connect to the host.
The only thing you might want to do is ensure sendmail isn't running
the queue every 15 minutes, or whatever, by making sure it starts as
just `sendmail -bd' rather than `sendmail -bd -q15', and then just run
the queue when you connect with `sendmail -q' in /etc/ppp/ip-up.
Stefan
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From: Josh I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Graphical remote machine status?
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:36:38 -0400
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Lee Sharp wrote:
>Walter Francis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>|I am looking for a X GUI application that displays the up/down status of
>|remote networked machines, such as autostatus does in html.
>
>|It would be worth the time to learn Wish (maybe Tcl?) to do this, but I
>|am sure that it's already been done before, I apparently just don't know
>|what to look for.
>
>|I don't need a hundred stati (?) or anything, probably less than 20
>|machines.. Just a small name and a status-colored dot would do the
>|trick.
There's a window maker doc app that has, if I remember correcly, 64 square
"leds" on it, each can be configured to monitor a certain computer... giving
you a quick visual status on 64 machines per instance of the program in a
64x64pixel area (the default size of a window maker doc app).
kinda neat.... not sure whether or not it'd suit your needs though.
--
Josh I.
>
> Scotty, Big Brother, and MRTG leap to mind. The price is right too. :-)
>It depends on what you want to watch and how.
>
> Lee
>
>--
>SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
>necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. * Black
>holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual, not
>as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
>solely responsible for my words.
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From: Josh I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cisco and linux
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 14:14:42 -0400
Hi,
pretty simple question....
I'd like to know how to connect a linux box to the consol port of a cisco
router (1600 series, 2500 series, etc...)
I know how to technically plug it in, and in windows, you just open up
hyperterminal and have it watch the serial port you connected to.
What how-to/man/info page should I be looking at, or can someone just tell me
what I'd enter on the command line?
thanks in advance,
Josh I.
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From: "�mer Uyar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't telnet myself
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:56:38 +0300
Check that you have the 127.0.0.1 localhost record in your /etc/hosts.deny
or /etc/hosts.allow files.
Florian Lorenzen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>I tried had to telnet myself but the telnet client message is
>"connection refused". I've checked all entries in hosts.allow and
>hosts.deny, enabled the inetd-service for /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd and
>couldn't find the problem. I've as well restarted the servers few times
>that changes could take effect.
>Does anyone know, which configuration-file might be the problem?
>
>Florian
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From: George Laverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.networking.general
Subject: Re: Network unreachable
Date: 1 Aug 1999 18:30:32 GMT
George Laverick wrote:
> I have just added aLinux box to an existing NT network. It is a Dell
> Poweredge 6300 with the RAID controller removed. I have loaded RH 5.1
and
> everything seems to work except networking. I installed TCP/IP with an
IP
> address of 192.1.1.94, subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, network of 192.1.0.0
> and broadcast of 192.1.255.255. The computer came with an Intel
> Etherexpress Pro 10/100. When that didn't work, I reinstalled with a
3Com
> 3C905, same result. I have tried another 3C905 and two 3C590's, all
with
> the same result. I know the 3Com cards are good because I took them out
> of working systems.
>
> Is there something unique about the Dell?
>
> I have run Netconf and Linuxconf and everything looks right to me. Any
> ideas?
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
Further observations:
The system has 3 SCSI controllers on the motherboard, two AIC-7890's and
one AIC-7860.
Toward the end of the boot sequence, I see a message "Delaying ETH0
Initialization". Why is it being delayed?
Also, when I try to mount the CD-ROM drive, I get a message that ISO9660
file system is not supported by the kernel.
I have tried loading other versions and distributions of Linux, but they
will not load at all. Some end the loading process with a "Kernel Panic"
message that they are unable to mount VFS on device '....' (the device
varies with the distribution. Other distributions go to never-never-land
(the screen goes blank and the only way to get control of the machine is
to disconnect the 3 power cords).
This is all very frustrating as we are trying to set the machine up as a
web server, and my boss has said that if I can't get Linux going very
soon, we will use Windows NT and IIS (Yecch!)
================== Posted via SearchLinux ==================
http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Pascal Fleer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cisco and linux
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 20:57:54 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use minicom
first minicom in supervisor mode ( "-s" option), save the profile as cisco (for
example)
later call minicom cisco and you can instantly work the console.
Pascal
"Josh I." wrote:
> Hi,
>
> pretty simple question....
> I'd like to know how to connect a linux box to the consol port of a cisco
> router (1600 series, 2500 series, etc...)
>
> I know how to technically plug it in, and in windows, you just open up
> hyperterminal and have it watch the serial port you connected to.
>
> What how-to/man/info page should I be looking at, or can someone just tell me
> what I'd enter on the command line?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Josh I.
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From: Jeff Kenward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Masq works. VPN Doesn't. HELP!
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 18:33:52 GMT
I'm using the 2.2.5 kernel.
I have patched it with the 2.2 patch found on the VPN howto.
I'm masquerading correctly but I'm still not getting vpn traffic through
my linux box.
192.168...
NT Box --> linux box --> internet --> vpn
I'm using the following ipchains:
ipchains -P foward deny
ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ
Do I need more ipchain commands? Another patch? I'm stuck.
Thanks for any help.
-Jeff
p.s. Take the 'nospam' off my e-mail to respond.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David B. Hostetler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: smclient setup not working.
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 12:15:50 -0500
I have Window$ looking at linux fine. How do I get Linux to look at
Window$?
I am running Red Hat 6.0 and M$ Win95B.
My smb.conf is as follows.
;*******************section global*****************
[global]
domain logons = yes
preferred master = yes
domain master = yes
browse list = yes
os level = 34
workgroup = HOME
server string = Samba Server
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = True
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = USER
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
dns proxy = no
;*******************section homes*****************
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = True
writable = yes
;*******************section printers*****************
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = noprintable = yes
What did I goof on?
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From: Neo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wireless network between Linux and Win95?
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 18:05:46 GMT
Hi,
I'm a complete noobie to networking and I'm not sure this is possible
so I thought I'd ask...
I have a Windoze 95 computer in one room. The way that this room is
situated on the house, a phone, cable, or ethernet line cannot be
dropped. The other computer is a Linux box that I play around with
since Linux is superior to Winblows. What I would like to do is, get a
cable internet connection hooked up on the Linux box, and then network
it to my Windoze computer so that it can share the high speed
connection (and so I don't have to run a 75 foot phone line halfway
accross the *#@!*&^ house). Since I can't run an ethernet line to the
Windoze box, I was thinking about using a wireless networking kit such
as Diamond MultiMedia's Homefree Kit. My question is, has anyone used a
wireless kit? How is their performance? Can someone recommend one that
will work between a Windoze and Linux box that will also allow
file/device/modem sharing? Is what I want even possible!? =)
Thanks a ton,
Neo
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Subject: PCMCIA ethernet timeouts?
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 18:35:27 GMT
With the latest pcmcia-cs I can get the modem and ethernet to initialize
and work together, but under heavy use, I eventually get:
thinkpad kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 7311 vs. 7296.
thinkpad kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status e0670045, CSR12 000000c2,
resetting...
thinkpad kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status e0678147, CSR12 000000c2,
resetting...
I don't know what to try now. I have a thinkpad570 with a TI 1450
cardbus controller. Its a Xircom realport cardbus 10/100/56K combo card.
Anyone have any idea how to fix this?
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: GNOME PPP Applet -- Unsolved Mystery?
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 15:57:27 -0400
Todd Knarr wrote:
I was able to solve this by making the ppp-on and ppp-off scripts.
Thanks to everyone who answered!
Regards,
Mladen
> In comp.os.linux.networking Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The ppp applet doesn't have a "properties" selection. When I
> > right-click on it, all I get is "remove from panel", "move applet", and
> > "about".
>
> Reading the source, the GNOME ppp applet simply runs the scripts
> /etc/ppp/ppp-on and /etc/ppp/ppp-off to start and stop the PPP
> connection. I simply put these two scripts into place:
>
> /etc/ppp/ppp-on:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ifup ppp0
> exit 0
>
> /etc/ppp/ppp-off:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ifdown ppp0
> exit 0
>
> Set the ppp0 interface up for user control and everything works
> fine. You can make them more complex, eg. check for the lockfiles,
> if you feel so inclined.
>
> --
> It may be great to soar with the eagles, but weasels don't get sucked into
> jets.
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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 12:00:29 -0700
From: James Niemasik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem doesn't do anything
I tried setting my modem's jumpers to com3 irq5, and then typed setserial -v
/dev/ttyS2 irq 5 in the console. It still didn't work. How do I "issue the
command from rc.local"?
Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
> James Niemasik wrote:
> >
> > I set up ppp0 in RH6, but when I hit Activate or Connect, nothing
> > happens at all. I don't hear my modem either, which I do in Windows.
> > It's set for ttyS2, because my modem's on COM3 in win98. I don't think
> > the modem is picking up the line, because I tried plugging my phone into
> > the modem's line port, and I can still get a dialtone. Any suggestions?
> > Thanks.
>
> If you are not sure the modem is recognized by Linux in the first place,
> please see http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> If you are sure that yours is not a winmodem :
>
> COM1 thru COM4 (that is ttyS0 thru ttyS3) only defines which I/O address
> to use. As for *default* interrupts, COM1 and COM3 use irq-4 while COM2
> and COM4 use irq-3. This means that you cannot use concurrently COM1 &
> COM3 (and COM2 & COM4) with default irq values. I'm excluding IRQ
> sharing, because it is not possible (AFAIK) for serial ports found on
> usual mainboards and modems.
>
> By default, kernel assigns irq-4 to ttyS2 (COM3). You must either
> disable COM1 on your mainboard and set the modem for COM3 / irq-4, or
> you must set the modem for COM3 / irq-5 (any free IRQ supported by
> modem) in which case you don't need to disable COM1 on mother board. For
> the latter case you should issue this command from the rc scripts
> (rc.local) :
>
> setserial -v /dev/ttyS2 irq 5
>
> See 'man setserial' for fancy features.
> HTH
> --
> Abdullah Ramazanoglu [ aramazanoglu AT demirbank DOT com DOT tr ]
--
* James Niemasik
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* ICQ: 7490296 AIM: njamie
* http://welcome.to/jamesbeam
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From: retlaW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: POP Mail?
Date: 1 Aug 1999 19:33:07 GMT
Lindoze 2000 wrote:
>
> anyone know how to tell if POP mail is running ?
>
> then how can I setup some pop client like netscape to read it.
> I have only IP addys, no Public Domain names (no company.com)
> How do you send someone email useing IP addresses?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not work.
>
> --
person@[111.222.333.444] should work!
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From: "Andrew H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: DHCP problems with REDHAT
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 19:20:00 GMT
hi, i was totally unable to get dhcpcd to work with a previous
installation.
so, i did a clean install of Red Hat 6.0
when i try to run dhcpcd, it pauses for a while and times out
the actually error message in /var/log/dhcpcd.log:
Aug 1 11:04:18 localhost dhcpcd[577]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP
server response
the connections works perfectly in win95, so i know it's "alive".
alarmingly, i can't get an IP even when i boot off of the boot/rook
disks and try to do a Red Hat ftp/install. it says that it can't get a
valid response.
when i try to run "ifup eth0" it says that it is detering the IP
address and then outputs
"Operation Failed". i can't seem to get this working.. the ethernet
card works fine, i used to have it on an ethernet network -- which is
why i did a total clean install. i thought that previous ethernet
configurations maybe interfering, but that's not the case.
i'm using RoadRunner in Fairfax, VA --- many other people have been able
to get it working, especially "out of the box". do you have any
suggestions?
Thank you.
Andrew George
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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