Linux-Networking Digest #448, Volume #12 Thu, 2 Sep 99 08:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Why does DNS ignore my hosts file? ("David Henry")
winpopup
W98 can see samba share, but cannot see files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes (Eitzenberger Thomas)
Re: Linux friendly ISPs ("David D. Shochat")
Re: routing and gateway problems (Thomas Kaemer)
Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading? (Peeter Russak)
Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file? (David Crooke)
Re: Samba smb.conf print spooling commands (Andrew Williams)
Re: VPN Setup - Have ??'s (Tom Eastep)
Samba, Win9x and application starting ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Time Server ? ("Doug R.")
Re: samba problem (Andrew Williams)
Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file? ("M.C. van den Bovenkamp")
More help setting up Samba ("Justin Colson")
Re: insmod problems ("Jennifer Frederick")
Wierd characters ("Romiko")
Re: Routing in Ring (Cluster) (Geoff Short)
Re: Time Server ? (Tony Green)
Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file? (Gerhard Fuernkranz)
Re: IPChains and FTP ("Cedric Blancher")
Help with Netatalk ("..Luca T..")
Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading? (Wim Mommaerts)
Re: Wierd characters (Tony Green)
Conditional routing ("Zarko Mocnik")
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From: "David Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file?
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:54:23 +0200
I just configured DNS using the Linux HOWTO as a guide.
What I cannot understand is why DNS only manages to return an IP address if
that host is described in a zone file via an A record. The contents of my
/etc/hosts file seem to be ignored.
My system contains both nsswitch.conf & host.conf and both are set up to
read /etc/hosts first.
OK, the system works but I'm still unhappy because I don't know WHY it
works.
David Henry
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.networking.general,redhat.servers.general
Subject: winpopup
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:31:04 GMT
how to set up "message command" in smb.conf if i want to use linpopup to
communicate with winpopup?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: W98 can see samba share, but cannot see files
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:35:28 GMT
Hi,
I have a small network at home. I share out some
disk space via samba to linux/NT/W98 clients.
The NT machines can see the shares fine, and read
the files.
On 98, everything looks fine, but if I try to open
a directory or file, I get an error saying the
directory or file doesn't exist.
Any ideas?
--
hjw
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From: Eitzenberger Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,netscape.public.mozilla.java
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA -> freezes
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:45:38 +0200
Nils Bluethgen wrote:
> Hello out there,
>
> I have a question about NETSCAPE 4.6 / 4.61 and JAVA. On some (not on
> all!) of our computers (we run linux-RH6.0) Netscape freezes when I open
> the URL
>
> http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query;ORT=b;LL=13.420389x52.54105
>
> with JAVA enabled. Without JAVA there's no problem,
>
> I read about the wrong fontpath-settings, but this does
> not seem to be the problem, since chkfontpath --list prints:
>
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
> 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
> 8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
> 9: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mytype1
> 10: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttfonts
> 11: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
>
> I also upgraded to Netscape 4.61, which gave the same result. Has someone
> an idea?
>
> Nils
Hi !
It might have something to do with a bug in 4.61 concerning JavaScript Java
LiveConnect.
Check out if it works with NS 4.5
mfg ET
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From: "David D. Shochat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux friendly ISPs
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 06:00:34 -0400
"Todd K. Tuttle" wrote:
>
> I have been trying to get a Linux PPP connection to go for 3 days straight
> now. Probably well over 30 hours of fruitless trial and error. It seems like
> it should be simple connect, but trying every combination, trick and stupid
> trick, it just sits there. Of course I can configure a connection with a
> Windows or Mac in under a minute. Probably most ISPs can connect up a Linux
> PPP, except it soooooooooooooo @#$%@#^&^ ridiculously hard that it's not
> worth the effort.
>
> The connection behaves exactly this way with minicom or a terminal program
> (without the quotes and commas of course):
>
> I Dial in,
> Get "Connect 2X000/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS",
> I hit <Enter>,
> I get "Username:",
> I enter my username and hit <enter>,
> I get "Password:",
> I enter my password and hit <enter>,
> I get a ">" prompt,
> I enter the command "ppp",
> I get PPP characters,
>
> Now this doesn't seem complicated. But whatever I try to put in, it hangs at
> the "Connect" part and just sits. And I just sits...I've tried going through
> every chat options, from the chat man page. All the suggestions in the How
> To PPP guide. The how to hook up PPP by W.G Unruh. Absolutely nothing works.
>
> So I'm asking, begging actually, if you where using a Linux PPP connection
> using pppd to connect to the above connection, what would your script look
> like?
>
I have 3 (alternate) suggestions:
1. It may be that if you *didn't* hit Enter after the Connect, but went
right into the LCP part of PPP your ISP would auto-detect that and go
into PPP. That is true of mine and unfortunately it is impossible to
test with minicom. If this is the case, the chat script would end:
CONNECT '\d\c'
the \d is a delay and the \c says DO NOT send a carriage return. I only
thought of trying this when I saw a Usenet posting on the subject from
James Carlson (author of "PPP Design and Debugging").
2. I following chat script should also work based on what you have
above. It worked for me with an almost identical situation (I'll just
put in the CONNECT part -- I assume you have the modem initialization
and dialing part ok):
CONNECT ''
ername: username (replace)
ssword: secret (replace)
'>' ppp
This assumes you put the chat script in its own file and invoke it with
the -f option to chat.
3. There is a piece of software called wvdial which totally circumvents
chat (i.e. works without using chat at all so no chat scripts). It
functions like Windows Dial-Up Networking or the Mac PPP Control Panel
in that it is intelligent and figures out what to do on the fly (and
ends by invoking pppd). It is described at the end of my mini-FAQ:
http://www.chelmsford.com/home/shochat/linux/ppp/faq.html
4. As is discussed in the above page, it is important for you to
generate a log to see what is actually going wrong. Without that it's
trial and error. You will see for example in the log if your ISP wants
to use PAP or CHAP and if so, there are other things to do.
Good luck.
-- David
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From: Thomas Kaemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: routing and gateway problems
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:24:50 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> I am trying to setup a linux firewall machine to filter packets coming
> into a network. The setup is this: a cisco router connects the network
> to a t1, one ethernet card in the linux firewall connects to the router
> and the other network card connects to the rest of the network. IP
> forwarding is enabled. I have tried many different routes and configs
> for the network cards. The router sends a .64-.127 subnet to the
> network. The ethernet interface on the router uses .65, I want the
> ethernet card from the firewall connecting to the router to use .66 and
> the ethernet card connecting to the network to use .67.
>
You have to tell your cisco that the ip's .67-.127 are only reachable by
the gateway .66 .
CU Thomas
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From: Peeter Russak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading?
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:53:14 +0300
Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Um, you may be interested to know that port numbers only go up to
: 65535. They're 16-bit numbers.
from <net/ip_masq.h>
#define PORT_MASQ_BEGIN 61000
so if there's many connectist from machine's port>61000 it's very ovious
it's a masquerader.
--
Peeter([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:14:55 GMT
David Henry wrote:
>
> I just configured DNS using the Linux HOWTO as a guide.
>
> What I cannot understand is why DNS only manages to return an IP address if
> that host is described in a zone file via an A record. The contents of my
> /etc/hosts file seem to be ignored.
/etc/hosts is for local, file-based name resolution. DNS is a different
name resolution service (there are more). They are separate. A DNS
server uses zone files and other DNS servers to obtain answers to
queries.
Translating into the non-tech world - "I can't understand why the
nationwide Greyhound bus timetable does not show the local bus times - I
have a valid local bus timetable on this piece of paper, but they have
not appeared in my copy of the Greyhound timetable".
>
> My system contains both nsswitch.conf & host.conf and both are set up to
> read /etc/hosts first.
Good.
nsswitch.conf controls what services are used by your own machine for
name resolution - typically, the correct setup is "hosts: files dns"
>
> OK, the system works but I'm still unhappy because I don't know WHY it
> works.
"Why" is a tad metaphysical :) How is easy: it tries each name service
in turn until one of them finds a match. If none find a match, it
generates an error.
>
> David Henry
--
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"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba smb.conf print spooling commands
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:22:41 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a bug, either in Samba or the Samba/Linux interface. The current
version of Samba does not have this bug.
Pat Cassidy wrote:
> I'm trying to get printing set up on a Samba server for the 1st time and
> have a question about the smb.conf for printers.
>
> I can print test pages to lp,lp1,lp2 (LPT1, 2 and 3) from Linux printer
> configuration utility, and I can see and attach to each the shares from a
> Win9x box, but Winx print jobs seem to go into the bit bucket.
>
> I was trying to figure this out and ran testparm against my smb.conf
> file. I was surprised to see the the printing related stuff was like
> this:
>
> printing = sysv
> print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s
> lpq command = lpstat -o%p
> lprm command = cancel %p-%j
> lppause command = lp -i %p-%j -H hold
> lpresume command = lp -i %p-%j -H resume
> queuepause command = lpc stop %p
> queueresume command = lpc start %p
>
> I looked on the system and couldn't even find a program called lp or
> lpstat or cancel. This apparently is the "default" printing configuration
> from 2.03 that came with RedHat 6.0 (and also Caldera 2.2)
>
> Is there something wrong with this configuration? It seems to be the
> default for both RH 6 and Caldera 2.2.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look at this,
> Pat Cassidy
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From: Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VPN Setup - Have ??'s
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:27:20 +0000
"Tony D." wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> New to this group. This may have been hashed around already, so please
> excuse the question if that's the case.
>
> I need to set up a VPN connection to my hardware vendor. What I have is a
> Win98 workstation (frown) that connects to the internet through a linux box
> acting as an IP Masquerade through a cable modem. My ?, or ??'s i guess
> are, 1) do I set up a separate box from my IP Masq box, and 2) if so, do I
> place it between me and the IP Masq box or between the IP Masq box and the
> internet?
>
> I've scanned the HOW-TO's and books that I have, but no clear discussion on
> this point.
>
> Any help on this would be most appreciated. Thanks
>
> Tony
Visit John Hardin's VPN Masquerade Site --
http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ip_masq_vpn.html.
-Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Samba, Win9x and application starting
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:16:07 GMT
Hi,
I have a big problem with Win9x clients and samba. Samba shares work
fine under WinNT and Win9x (browsing, file accesses, etc.). But when I
try to start an application from a mapped network drive, I get various
error boxes. Sometimes it complains about a required DLL which is not
found (it doesn't need any DLL), sometimes the application is in a
wrong file-format and sometimes the application simply crashes and I
get an exception. If I copy the application (what is just possible, if
it's a simgle file or a small application without monster installation
procedures) to a local drive and execute it, it works fine. When I
start it again from the mapped network drive it works fine too. After
restarting the Win9x machine and starting the application (from network
drive) again I get the beloved error boxes. WindowsNT has no problems
neither with local drives nor with mapped network drives.
Does anybody have a clue?
Any help appreciated!
Regards,
Stephan
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Reply-To: "Doug R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Doug R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Time Server ?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:28:06 GMT
How can I configure a RedHat 6 machine to be a time server, so Win95
stations on a local network can get the server's time (and adjust their
clocks, presumably using one of the Win95 utils available to do this via
TCPIP).
This is a local network for http and file-serving with Samba. It has
dial-up Internet access, so I *could* sync Win95 machines with an
Internet time-server, but all I want to do is adjust their clocks to the
local network Linux server.
Been through quite a few HOWTOs but can find any mention of this -- or
I'm looking in the wrong places.
Oh, the RH machine does not have X-windows installed.
Thanks,
--
Doug Robbins
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From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba problem
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:30:59 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did not see the original posting, but try
chmod 1777
on your printer spool directory.
There is also a bug with your Samba version where 'printing' does not default to
'bsd' under some circumstances. This has been fixed in the current level.
John Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you managed to resolve this?
>
> I've had the same problem since I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.9 on my RedHat
> 5.2 box. (I also upgraded Samba to 2.0.3 as recommended). I had no trouble
> getting it working before and I've trawled through all the documentation I
> can find.
>
> Could you (or anyone else) tell me what to do?
>
> Thanks
>
> John Simpson
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with the configuration of the smb suite.
> > I am trying to configure a linux server with some windows 95/98
> > concurrent workstations.
> > In the linux box I want a shared disk for exchange data between users
> > and system printers (3).
> > From the windows workstation I can correctly work on the shared disk
> > but not the printers, the same printers that work perfectly
> > using the command lpr from the linux box.
> > In the "network resource" windows of the Win98 workstations I can see
> > the three printers but when I try to print a box opens with the
> > following error:
> > "Problem in printing due to a unknown error"
> >
> > My smb.conf and printcap files are the following.
> >
> > ************************************** smb.conf
> > ***********************************************************
> > [global]
> > workgroup = stc
> > server string = Samba Server
> > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
> > printcap name = /etc/printcap
> > load printers = yes
> > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> > max log size = 50
> > socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> > dns proxy = no
> > lock directory = /var/lock/samba
> > share modes = yes
> >
> > [homes]
> > security = user
> > comment = Home Directories
> > browseable = no
> > read only = no
> > create mode = 0750
> > writable = yes
> >
> > [Stampante1]
> > path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt1
> > printer name = lpt1
> > browsable = yes
> > writable = yes
> > public = yes
> > printable = yes
> > guest ok = yes
> > create mode = 0622
> > print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
> >
> > [Stampante2]
> > path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt2
> > printer name = lpt2
> > browsable = yes
> > writable = yes
> > public = yes
> > printable = yes
> > guest ok = yes
> > create mode = 0622
> > print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
> >
> > [Stampante3]
> > path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt3
> > printer name = lpt3
> > browsable = yes
> > writable = yes
> > public = yes
> > printable = yes
> > guest ok = yes
> > create mode = 0622
> > print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
> >
> > [tmp]
> > comment = Temporary file space
> > path = /tmp
> > read only = no
> > public = yes
> >
> > [public]
> > comment = Public Stuff
> > path = /home/public
> > public = yes
> > writable = yes
> > printable = no
> > write list = @staff
> >
> > ************************************** printcap
> > ***********************************************************
> > #
> > # This printcap is being created with printtool v.3.27
> > # Any changes made here manually will be lost if printtool
> > # is run later on.
> > # The presence of this header means that no printcap
> > # existed when printtool was run.
> > #
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
> > lpt1:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt1:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt1/filter:
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
> > lpt2:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt2:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt2/filter:
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
> > lpt3:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt3:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp2:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt3/filter:
> > ************************************************************************
> > ***********************************
> >
> > Many thanks to anybody who would be so kind to help me.
> >
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From: "M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:29:46 +0200
David Henry wrote:
> What I cannot understand is why DNS only manages to return an IP address if
> that host is described in a zone file via an A record. The contents of my
> /etc/hosts file seem to be ignored.
Because that's how it's supposed to work maybe? :-) If you ask BIND a
question, it has no knowledge about anything besides its own database.
How your *resolver* is configured is another matter, they aren't
related. So it's quite possible to have your resolver look both at
/etc/hosts and DNS, even on a machine that is a DNS server. So 'telnet
<host>' will work, where 'nslookup <same host>' will fail, because
'host' is in /etc/hosts but not in your DNS zone file.
Basically it's simple: BIND doesn't look at /etc/resolv.conf, isn't
supposed to and can't be made to.
Regards,
--
Marco van den Bovenkamp.
CIO EMEA Network Design Engineer,
Lucent Technologies Nederland.
Room: HVS BGK 25
Tel.: (+31-35-687)2724
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From: "Justin Colson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More help setting up Samba
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:42:59 +0100
I've got a bit further setting up Samba, I've got SWAT running and my
smb.conf file is almost identical to the one in the howto(But with my
workgroup and IP addresses). When I type
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
The stop command reports both SMB and NMBD failed and the start command
reports SMD OK but NMBD failed, what could be causing this?
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From: "Jennifer Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: insmod problems
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:50:27 +0100
I have same problem and same error when I try insmod ppa (zip drive)
but I've just found that "modprobe ppa" works
Odd-Fish
John S. Gorman III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7qka25$v39$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Howdy all,
>
> I recently compiled kernel version 2.2.12 on my PII box. Everything seems
> to be working fine. However, when I run 'insmod <module>' I get:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.12/ipv4/<module>.o: unresolved symbol <symbol name>
>
> After the new kernel was compiled, I noticed that the System.map symlink
was
> not updated in the /boot directory, nor was the module-info symlink.
> Although in the rc.sysinit there appears to be code for performing those
two
> functions. I moved the System.map from /usr/src/linux/ to
> /boot/System.map-2.2.12 and created a symlink, but I don't know how to
> remedy the module-info problem. I am not sure if this would affect the
> 'insmod' or not, but just a little info.
>
> Please let me know if anyone has any insight on this issue. There are a
> couple of modules I would like to insert, but am not currently capable. I
> am running Redhat 6.0, and insmod version 2.1.121.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "Romiko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wierd characters
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:39:14 +0200
Hi, I am using Samba, when I use Network Neighbourhood to copy files windows
has wierd output for text files using notepad and if I copy a test file from
Windows to Linux I get M^ in the records, How can I stop this?
FTP does not do this but I want to drag and drop
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short)
Subject: Re: Routing in Ring (Cluster)
Date: 2 Sep 1999 10:51:46 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:
: >: I have a cluster with 32 computers in a ring.
<snip different network topology>
: Now no machine is more than one logical hop, or four physical hops,
: from any other machine; you have three free ports for additional
: computers and three more for additional concentrators. In addition,
: your network performance is improved
You don't know that the network performance will be improved unless you
know what the network traffic is. If the traffic is mainly between
adjacent machines then the ring setup is faster and simpler - two cards
are faster than one, and a piece of wire is usually faster than a hub.
: and you have an easier time
: sorting out addresses and configuring the machines.
Definitely!
Geoff
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From: Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Time Server ?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:58:36 +0100
You could try either ntpd or nist. Try looking on freshmeat.net and doing a
search on ntp.
Tony
"Doug R." wrote:
> How can I configure a RedHat 6 machine to be a time server, so Win95
> stations on a local network can get the server's time (and adjust their
> clocks, presumably using one of the Win95 utils available to do this via
> TCPIP).
>
> This is a local network for http and file-serving with Samba. It has
> dial-up Internet access, so I *could* sync Win95 machines with an
> Internet time-server, but all I want to do is adjust their clocks to the
> local network Linux server.
>
> Been through quite a few HOWTOs but can find any mention of this -- or
> I'm looking in the wrong places.
>
> Oh, the RH machine does not have X-windows installed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Doug Robbins
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From: Gerhard Fuernkranz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does DNS ignore my hosts file?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 13:04:21 +0200
David Henry wrote:
A DNS server always returns entries from the DNS database
and does not return anything from /etc/hosts.
gethostbyname() can be configured (-> /etc/host.conf) to query
/etc/hosts and/or NIS and/or a DNS server (in a cofigurable order).
Gerhard
> What I cannot understand is why DNS only manages to return an IP address if
> that host is described in a zone file via an A record. The contents of my
> /etc/hosts file seem to be ignored.
>
> My system contains both nsswitch.conf & host.conf and both are set up to
> read /etc/hosts first.
>
> OK, the system works but I'm still unhappy because I don't know WHY it
> works.
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From: "Cedric Blancher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IPChains and FTP
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:56:11 +0200
Rick Orwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ipchains -P input ACCEPT
> ipchains -P output ACCEPT
> ipchains -P forward ACCEPT
That's a silly set if rules for a firewall... Default policy _must_ be
DENY for forward !
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From: "..Luca T.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with Netatalk
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:59:36 +0200
Hi,
I have to connect 3 MAC boxes to my linux server and i know i have to do it
with Netatalk connection, but I have no idea how to configure it.
I downloaded the rpm file, but now i don't know what to do.
I've already configured the linux box like SAMBA server for 10 windows boxes
and i would like to connect also the MACs possibly able to communicate with
windows boxes (if it's possible).
Is there anybody (...out there) who can help me??
Thanx.
LUCA.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wim Mommaerts)
Subject: Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:05:20 GMT
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:53:14 +0300, Peeter Russak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>: Um, you may be interested to know that port numbers only go up to
>: 65535. They're 16-bit numbers.
>
>from <net/ip_masq.h>
>
>#define PORT_MASQ_BEGIN 61000
>
>so if there's many connectist from machine's port>61000 it's very ovious
>it's a masquerader.
And can we change this without drawbacks?
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From: Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wierd characters
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:08:31 +0100
Welcome to the differences between unix and dos.
Dos uses a ^M as a line end character - which Unix does not.
You can get rid of it with a simple command like 'dos2unix' (should be available
on most distributions).
I don't know if there is a way you can get Samba to automatically do this for
you - Samba is not my specialty.
TG
Romiko wrote:
> Hi, I am using Samba, when I use Network Neighbourhood to copy files windows
> has wierd output for text files using notepad and if I copy a test file from
> Windows to Linux I get M^ in the records, How can I stop this?
>
> FTP does not do this but I want to drag and drop
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From: "Zarko Mocnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conditional routing
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:07:49 +0200
I have a network setup with two default gateways. (Two ISPs). Is it possible
to route for example all outgoing telnet and smtp packets through teh first
gateway and all other packets through the second?
_
Zarko
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