Linux-Networking Digest #88, Volume #12 Mon, 2 Aug 99 20:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Need some help networking with RH 6.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: root login problem with RH6.0 (Dan Knight)
Re: Wireless network between Linux and Win95? ("Mike Redrobe")
kppp, Netscape and reboot required ("P.Bonfils")
Re: POP Mail? (Joe Cotellese)
PCMCIA & ethernet & Toshiba Tecra (jzenzes)
Red Hat 6.0 vs. 5.2 for UDB ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Login trouble (and me also) ("P.Bonfils")
Re: Can't ping another computer in the lan (Erlend Leidulf Kvalvaag)
Re: PPP-alarm-Can't connect (dkwok)
web server problem -- url is unreachable ("Json")
Re: SB1000 Cable modem & Redhat 6.0? (Tony Enriquez)
Re: pop3 as root ("Andrew Taylor")
Re: NFS Problem ("YouDontKnowWho")
ping : send to : No buffer space available ("rich deboe")
Re: Can anybody tell me what this message means? (ICMP) (Greg Leblanc)
Help: Setting Up Local DNS Server (DBILKA)
Re: Web Based Linux Management (Gary Lawrence Murphy)
Re: Newbie, autofs, NIS question (L J Bayuk)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need some help networking with RH 6.0
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:08:45 GMT
Hi I have a couple of questions. I'm looking to build a little home
network between my laptop and my desktop. Both are in different rooms
in the house. I had them both networked together with the Netgear
starter kit, but disconnected it when I got Media One that I use on my
laptop. I'm looking for a computer that is powerful enough to be a
little server between my two computers. I want to set Linux up on it(
and maybe Win98 so I can back up my laptop onto it) , have Media One
come into one of the network cards, have the other network card go to
the hub where the other two will be connected. How easy would this be
to do? What kind of performance would i need in the server? I'm looking
just to buy a 133 or 166 mhz for cheap money and wonder if it would
work ok, I'm going to mainly use it for the internet connection and for
a backup up system on the hard-drive for my laptop. I have a bit of
experience in installing Linux and doing double OS setups on one
computer. Thanks for any help! - Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Knight)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: root login problem with RH6.0
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:39:05 GMT
>From the
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/FAQ2.htm#forgot_root_passwd site:
"Boot your computer from the Linux boot diskette, find your Linux root
partition on the hard drive, and edit the file /etc/passwd. In this
file, erase the encrypted password for root, so it is empty. For
example, the /etc/passwd entry for root may look like this:
root:abcdefghijklm:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
The "abcdefghijklm" is a 13 character encrypted password (actually, it
is a 2 character "salt" used for encryption and a 11-character
encrypted password). I would change this line to:
root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
Now, the root account has no password, so I can reboot the computer
and, at login prompt, type "root" and for password just press ENTER
(empty, no password). After a successful login, I immediately set the
password for root. "
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:29:18 -0400, Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I had the same problem. removing the /etc/securetty file does work.
>now how do you get rid of the root passwd? that is how do I login as
>root
>and no passwd?
>I'm running linux on my own home network so there is no need for any
>level of
>security.
>
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From: "Mike Redrobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wireless network between Linux and Win95?
Date: 02 Aug 99 21:50:42 +0000
I don't think any of the wireless cards have linux drivers yet, but for
a bit more outlay, ethernet-wireless bridges are available:
basically you use normal network cards (and hence drivers), and the box
does the rest.
Stuff needed:
standard network card for linux 15 UKP
standard hub 60 UKP
...
Wireless ethernet bridge 250UKP
wireless card for the windows machine 150UKP
A lot of money to avoid a couple of wires...
If you haven't alredy, I'd advise setting it up normally with wires, then
converting after...
--
Mike
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From: "P.Bonfils" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kppp, Netscape and reboot required
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:12:42 +0200
When I log in to my ISP, th'e first time it's OK : kppp starts Netscape
normally and that all.
The second try is a failure (pppd doesn't seems to start) and kppp dies.
I have to reboot my Linux box and then it's OK again.
I have tried to find a lock file but the one which is automatically
created in my .netscape directory is normally removed when I leave
Netscape.
So, any advice ?
Thanks in advance, Pascal
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From: Joe Cotellese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: POP Mail?
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:06:49 -0400
Do a search on RFC822 (I'm 99% positive that is the POP3 specification).
Joe Cotellese
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Lindoze 2000 wrote:
>cool!
>although I dont see text that I type, I can see the response.
>do you know what commands nutscrape sends to the pop3 server?
>
>Britt wrote:
>>
>> In comp.os.linux.networking Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : anyone know how to tell if POP mail is running ?
>>
>> 'telnet machine.in.question 110'
>>
>> if you get a greeting from the server then it is running.
>>
>> B
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Britt Bolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] britt.bolen.com
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:53:39 +0200
From: jzenzes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA & ethernet & Toshiba Tecra
... hope somebody can help ...
I installed SUSE 6.0 on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 with PCMCIA ethernet card
... all runs smoothly .. but
I can ping into the external world ( the packages arrive as checked by
tcpdump )
but the tecra does not "answer" to the replies ...
btw ... the cardmanager .. found by probe .. is not "i8236" but "ToPIC"
Any help possible ?
Thanks
Jochen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Red Hat 6.0 vs. 5.2 for UDB
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:59:50 GMT
I want to install Linux on my laptop that already has Win98.
This is done for educational purposes, as well as a platform for UDB
(Universal DataBase).
Can somebody recommend which version of RH is better.
Thanks,
Vlad.
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From: "P.Bonfils" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Login trouble (and me also)
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:06:16 +0200
I have set un mini installation of Linux (2.2.5) in order to fit in less
than 6MO (a flash disk is used in place of the conventionnal hard disk).
The purpose of this is to have a diskless, stand alone box used as an
automation device. It includes a network layer.
Every thing is nice, the system boots but I'm unable to login (localy or
remotely). I'm even able to start the control software via the
boot.local script but login is impossible.
Locally I get : invalid password for 'UNKNOWN' user on tty1
and when I want to quit with the Ctrl+Alt+Del : You don't exist. Go Away
Remotely I get : Unable to connect to remote host. Connexion denied
However, I have check the libraries (with ldd) and everything is OK
The files passwd, passwd-, group, shadow, shadow-, gshadow are also
installed
I'm really in trouble and your help will be greatly appreciated.
Pascal / Paris - France
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From: Erlend Leidulf Kvalvaag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't ping another computer in the lan
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:35:50 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm trying to create ethernet between linux and
> win98 machines, i installed ethernet cards on
> both machines, configured the IPs, netmask, etc,
> But i can't ping neither one of the computers :(
>
> I did almost all that is described in NET-3-HOWTO,
> but i still can't ping.
>
> If you WANT to help me with that, please e-mail me.
> Thanks in advance, Richard K.
>
Hard to say since 'can't ping' is a rather unprecise term.
1. What respons do you get ?
2. try more /proc/interrupts on your linux box. Your NIC (ethx) should
appear here.
3. Be sure that both NICs are configured to use the right flavour of
Ethernet i.e
Thin Ethernet (the BNC connector if any) or the RJ45 TP connector. Of
course, both
machines must use the same.
4. If Thin Ethernet, remember you MUST use T-connectors and terminators.
5. Have a look in the /var/loog/messages
I think you better let us know the respons you get in your ping.......
Erlend
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From: dkwok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP-alarm-Can't connect
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 07:29:09 +1000
Have you pointed to ttyS1 when setup your pppd script?
Bill Smith wrote:
> I am trying to connect to my ISP from Linux on my dual-boot system (Win98 is
> the other OS). However, I cannot figure out how to set things up. I
> prepare my modem for use by issuing "setserial /dev/ttyS2 UART 16550A irq
> 3." This allows me to dial out from minicom. However when I try to start
> pppd (v2.3.3), I cannot connect. /var/log/messages reports:
>
> Jul 31 09:44:24 localhost chat[345]: send (ATZ^M)
> Jul 31 09:44:24 localhost chat[345]: expect (OK)
> Jul 31 09:45:09 localhost chat[345]: alarm
> Jul 31 09:45:09 localhost pppd[343]: Connect script failed
> Jul 31 09:45:09 localhost chat[345]: Failed
> Jul 31 09:45:10 localhost pppd[343]: Exit.
>
> Why is there such a long delay between "expect (OK)" and "alarm"? What does
> "alarm" mean, and does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it. Any
> help will be greatly appreciated, and rewarded monetarily, as soon as I win
> the lottery.
>
> Bill
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From: "Json" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,it.comp.linux.setup,jaring.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: web server problem -- url is unreachable
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 04:09:03 +0800
i have install redhat 6.0 on an ethernet, and it connect to teh network and
Internet succesfully. i can telnet, ftp and access the web page using its ip
address(let's say
202.187.174.26) the domain is 202.187.0.0(let say inte.edu.my) and
subnetmask is 255.255.255.0 my hostname is redhat. the browser reply that
web url not found when i type in www.redhat.inte.edu.my
using a pc outside the network.
however can i make the host url visible? i think that it doesnt need to
register again since teh domain network already has been assign the valid
domain name.
anyone please show me how to make my web site accesible using url instead of
ip address!
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 17:40:48 -0400
From: Tony Enriquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB1000 Cable modem & Redhat 6.0?
Jim Orfanakos wrote:
> Does anyone have a SB1000 cable modem working with Linux? If so what
> version?
>
> The SB1000 is a hybrid system that requires a phoneline for the upstream,
> and uses the TV cable for the downstream.
>
> I have SB1000 and I am trying to get it to work under Redhat 6 (2.2.5-15
> Kernel). I downloaded the SB1000-1.1.2 drivers but I cannot install them.
> When I do a 'make' I get the following error:
>
> "macro `dev_kfree_skb' used with too many (2) args"
>
> I looked inside the SB1000.c file and `dev_kfree_skb' is always passed two
> arguments...either (skb, FREE_READ) or (skb, FREE_WRITE). Now what? I
> tried removing either the skb or the FREE_READ/FREE_WRITE...but that just
> makes things worse.
>
> The readme states that this was tested with Linux 2.0.33. I suspect that
> the problem is that the drivers don't work with the new kernel.
>
> My ISP is Adelphia Cable. I have downloaded and read the following files
> but still no luck:
>
> /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Cable-Modem (the section on my ISP is basically blank)
> adelphia_powerlink_linux_mini_HOWTO.txt
> adelphia_powerlink_linux_mini_quickstart1.txt
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Jim, Monika and Sophia Orfanakos
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.orfanakos.com
> ------------------------------------------------------
I have a SB1000 as well! Where did you get the drivers?
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From: "Andrew Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pop3 as root
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 20:50:59 +0100
Just create a file called '.forward' the full stop is very important. In the
file just put your user name@your server name eg andrew@localserver
Regards
Andy
PS You can also set up aliases but that's just as easy.
Stefan Frings wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Hello,
I like to read my root emails on my windows workstation but the pop3
server does not allow this for root. How can I change this?
Bye
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From: "YouDontKnowWho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS Problem
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:16:49 GMT
How about adding the client machine as an entry to the /etc/hosts of
the exporting machine.
--
Principle of Minimum Access: "That which is not explicitly permitted
is denied."
ANNOUNCER: And now we return to our regularly scheduled, uncommonly
entertaining thread...
Peter Slade wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>My hosts.deny and hosts.allow files are empty.
>I can telnet into the exporting machine from the 'mount' machine with
no
>problems.
>
>The machine that I am attempting 'mount' from does not have a DNS
entry.
>I tried adding its IP address into the exports file to see if that
made
>any difference but it still did not work.
>
>Pete.
>
>YouDontKnowWho wrote:
>
>> How are your hosts.deny and hosts.allow files setup? Also, the
>> machine you are trying to mount from (i.e., the machine that wants
to
>> use the other machine's exported resource), does it have a DNS
entry
>> somewhere?
>>
>> --
>> Principle of Minimum Access: "That which is not explicitly
permitted
>> is denied."
>>
>> ANNOUNCER: And now we return to our regularly scheduled, uncommonly
>> entertaining thread...
>>
>> Peter Slade wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I am running Red Hat Linux 6.0 and trying to share a directory on
one
>> of
>> >
>> >our computers.
>> >
>> >In trying to set it up (I am attempting to provide access to all
>> >machines
>> >until I can get it working correctly and will then restrict it to
>> >certain hosts) I configured the exports file to look like:
>> >
>> ># Exports file
>> >/users (rw)
>> >
>> >I then ran exportfs.
>> >
>> >When I go onto another machine (log in as root) and type
showmount -e
>> ><othermachine> I see the response
>> >Export list for 192.168.0.53:
>> >/users (everyone)
>> >
>> >I then attempt (on the same machine (as root))
>> >mount 192.168.0.53:/users /users
>> >
>> >which responds with:
>> >mount 192.168.0.53:/users failed, reason given by server:
Permission
>> >denied.
>> >
>> >Has anyone come across this problem before? - I have read in
various
>> >places
>> >that the permission denied problem is related to the exports file.
>> But I
>> >
>> >have tried many combinations of settings and would not expect to
get
>> the
>> >
>> >response I am getting from showmount if there was a problem.
>> >
>> >Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> >Pete.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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From: "rich deboe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ping : send to : No buffer space available
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 13:42:32 -0700
Just updated from Suse 5.1 to 6.1 (kernel updated too) and although the PCI
"eth0" card (RealTech 8139 based) was found and the driver invoked, when
pinging the card:
"ping : send to : No buffer space available " was the response string.
Can't seem to track down where this buffer is and how to make it happy. Any
leads on this?
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Can anybody tell me what this message means? (ICMP)
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:04:23 GMT
Sounds like somebody is sending an invalid ping or traceroute packet.
Not sure what you can do about it though...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry Palmer) wrote:
>
> "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast"
>
> This bombards my console constantly. What is it and what can I do
> about it? I can't seem to get any info on the originating IP address.
>
> I'd be grateful for any advice here.
>
> Harry
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DBILKA)
Subject: Help: Setting Up Local DNS Server
Date: 02 Aug 1999 22:04:37 GMT
Are there any FAQ's about setting up a local intranet (not internet) DNS
server? I'd like to set up a twenty-five node network without having to create
and maintain twenty-five hosts files. Having the twenty-five Win95/NT clients
pointing to a Linux DNS server is the route I'd like to take.
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From: Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Web Based Linux Management
Date: 02 Aug 1999 19:46:08 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
there are also several X servers for Win/NT. A search should suss
them out.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: Newbie, autofs, NIS question
Date: 3 Aug 1999 00:00:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>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?
(Don't take me too literally here, because I'm basically making
this up...)
If your auto.home map is truely an NIS map, you don't need
to copy it around. That's what NIS is for. All you should have to do
is your 1-2-3 above. You shouldn't need (4) because the autofs there
will get the updated map from your NIS server. Nor do you need (5)
or (6), I think; autofs consults the map each time it needs to satisfy
a request so it sees the updates right away.
>From re-reading above, I suspect that while your auto.home is
an NIS map, you have't told the autofs to use the map, but
instead have it using the file directly. How you change it depends
on how you are starting autofs, but eventually you should get
something like: /usr/sbin/automount /homes yp auto.home
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