Linux-Networking Digest #635, Volume #12 Sun, 19 Sep 99 07:13:23 EDT
Contents:
Qmail/Fetchmail problems (Aaron Ginn)
DSL can't ping past gateway ("cauz mcray")
Share a Windows Printer with Linux (Dinos Wong)
Re: Compiling SAINT 1.4 on Redhat Linux 6.0 (Walter Francis)
Re: NFS error: unknown function nfssvc ("Lyle Wincentsen")
Re: DSL can't ping past gateway (Dan)
Re: hybernation!! (Dan)
Re: ypserv: still weird? (Jeff Beaman)
Re: Machine crashes with heavy network traffic (Dan)
Autentication - Linux, Novell, Microshop (Jean-Francois Bach)
Re: ypserv: still weird? (Jeff Beaman)
Dialmon Difficulties ("Ben Gonzales")
workstation ("Steven Win")
Re: Beginner Question (Accessing remote linux directories) (DanH)
Re: Slow internet, IRQ problem (DanH)
Re: how to set up a bridge between 2 networks? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Qmail/Fetchmail problems
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:06:00 -0700
I'm hoping someone out there can help me with a problem I'm having with
fetchmail. I'm setting up qmail to deliver mail, and it seems to be set
up correctly. I have tested out all the different combinations from the
TEST.deliver example file and they all work as they should. I can send
mail out from mutt without problems. The problem is that I can't get
fetchmail to work properly. It sees the messages on my POP3 account and
deletes them from the server, but they never show up in my mailbox.
Here's the output from fetchmail -v
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++fetchmail:
5.0.3 querying mail.mindspring.com (protocol POP3) at Sat, 18 Sep 1999
23:59:11 -0700 (MST)
fetchmail: POP3< +OK [EMAIL PROTECTED] ready.
fetchmail: POP3> USER linuxdevil
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK linuxdevil has 1 messages (864 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 864
1 message for linuxdevil at mail.mindspring.com (864 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages (864 octets)
fetchmail: POP3< 1 864
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 864 octets
reading message 1 of 1 (864 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-localhost.localdomain
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BODY=7BIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<ginn@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 go ahead
#**fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 ok 937724358 qp 14815
flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 localhost.localdomain
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Here's my .fetchmailrc file
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++poll
mail.mindspring.com proto pop3
user linuxdevil, with password <mypassword>, is ginn here
fetchall forcecr
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Fetchmail looks like it's working OK, but I have no idea what's
happening to my mail. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Aaron
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From: "cauz mcray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL can't ping past gateway
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:40:14 -0700
I am running SUSE 6.1 and have a 3com 905b that is recognized at
boot and ifconfig looks good. I can ping myself and several machines
on the local net using there IP addresses (guessing to find them). I also
can and telnet the gateway (pacbell.net), but I am unable to ping
anything past the gateway. The nameservers are outside the gateway so I
have big problems. I can hook the same DSL connection to a windows box and
ping the nameservers no problem. Everything works fine with windows.
Since the linux machine can reach several machines on the network as well as
the gateway, the only thing I can think of is some kind of non linux
friendly filter at the gateway that is dropping all my packets.
Is this possible? (It seems a little far fetched)
Any input would be apreciated.
Thanks in advance,
John Nolan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dinos Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Share a Windows Printer with Linux
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:28:56 +0800
My company has a Lexmark 3200 printer and I know it don't work under
linux. And we consider to setup a linux printer server for our SMB
network. And can we use this print from our WIN9X client to our Linux
printer Server by samba? And tell us the difference progress to make it
work since we cannot.
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From: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling SAINT 1.4 on Redhat Linux 6.0
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 04:11:48 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vilmos Soti wrote:
> > In addition, the reconfigure script gives me:
> >
> > [root@panther saint-1.4]# ./reconfig
> > /bin/sh: -S: bad option
Same thing happened to me, and if I remember what the problem was, is
the first
line was referring to a non-existant path to perl. Check that first.
Also, it
looks like I commented out the first four lines, starting with 'true'
and ending with if.
>
> The reconfig script is actually a perl script. Run it by typing
>
> perl reconfig
Didn't seem to work.. Possibly the version of Perl that ships with
RedHat 6.0 doesn't know the -S option, although IIRC it IS listed as an
option.. But I got it working (and I'm an idiot) so it's possible.. :)
--
Walter Francis
http://wally.hplx.net Powered by RedHat 6.0
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From: "Lyle Wincentsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS error: unknown function nfssvc
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:49:36 -0700
No, I just upgraded to 2.2.12 and I'm getting the same error message. I
compiled the NFS support right into the kernel, not as a module. In
/var/log/messages, I get the message "rpc.nfsd: nfssvc: Function not
implemented" and "nfs: rpc.nfsd startup failed". I also find that I get a
core file in my startup directory after the computer finishes coming up, and
I don't know if that's what's causing it, but it's the only thing I can
think of since I'm not getting any other obvious errors.
I'm not sure what to make of it, because despite the messages my NFS seems
to be working fine. I can ping the other machine on my system and mount
filesystems with no apparent problems. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks.
Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Frank Loewenthal wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks
> >
> > I try to install NFS on a Redhat 6.0 with Kernel 2.2.12. I can not start
the
> > nfs - daemon. I got allways the error message:
> > nfssvc: Function not implemented
>
> Hi,
>
> I could solve the folloving problem by compiling the nfs part right into
> the kernel and not as a module.
>
> Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan)
Subject: Re: DSL can't ping past gateway
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 08:49:02 GMT
This may be a really dumb question, but have you checked your linux
box recognises that the gateway is in fact a gateway? In your case it
sounds as if probably it is wanting to be a default gateway.
As far as I understand the ping packets sent from a Linux machine
should be exactly (no - possibly differing in default packet size) the
same as those from a Windoze box, and a gateway should not be able to
differentiate.
Hope this helps :O) I know the simplest things are often the last you
notice...
>I am running SUSE 6.1 and have a 3com 905b that is recognized at
>boot and ifconfig looks good. I can ping myself and several machines
>on the local net using there IP addresses (guessing to find them). I also
>can and telnet the gateway (pacbell.net), but I am unable to ping
>anything past the gateway. The nameservers are outside the gateway so I
>have big problems. I can hook the same DSL connection to a windows box and
>ping the nameservers no problem. Everything works fine with windows.
>
>Since the linux machine can reach several machines on the network as well as
>the gateway, the only thing I can think of is some kind of non linux
>friendly filter at the gateway that is dropping all my packets.
>Is this possible? (It seems a little far fetched)
>Any input would be apreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>John Nolan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan
Facts, my opinions, and sometimes bull***t, are all that I express.
reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
remove the NOSPAM-....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan)
Subject: Re: hybernation!!
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 08:58:59 GMT
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 01:05:52 +0000, Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
punched in something like:
>Sudip Sarbajna wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> I am experiencing something awkward! Sometime after booting - the
>> networking apps like xterm,telnet,ping seem to freeze ( from the client pc
>> running win98) ! But the moment I do some activity( pressing <CR>) in the
>> console of the linux box they all come alive !!
>> As if it goes into some hybernation till any activity is registered in the
>> console. Has it something to do with the power managent stuff? To make sure
>> my linux box runs those network apps continuously I recompiled the kernel
>> and carefully answered 'no' to any kind of 'power management' related
>> configuration question during 'make config'. Still it is behaving the same!!
>> I disabled the pwer management options in the cmos set up also.
>> Can anybody throw some pointer?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Sudip
>
>You should also disable power management in your BIOS...
Errrr read the post
">> I disabled the pwer management options in the cmos set up also."
CMOS setup = BIOS settings...
But when you disable this, make sure it is *totally* disabled, and not
monitoring any part of the machine. Don't disable just sub-options,
there should be an option for 'Power Management (APM)' turn this off
and all the other options should gray out/disappear depending on the
BIOS in question. I will point out that activity related to the
network will usually also keep the machine alive under power
management, if the bios is correctly setup to monitor the IRQ that
your NIC is attached to.
Dan
Mushroom Technologies
Facts, things I believe to be facts, my opinions, and the occasional joke, are all
that I express.
email: danielc at ihug dot co dot nz
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From: Jeff Beaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ypserv: still weird?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 02:01:08 -0700
Thanks L J Bayuk.
I've gotten it to at least get as so far that I can now successfuly
ypcat passwd from a remote machine. Now when I ypinit it looks like
this
[root@xfiles yp]# ./ypinit -m
We need some minutes to build the databases...
Building /var/yp/xxxx/ypservers...
Running /var/yp/Makefile...
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/var/yp/xxxx'
Updating passwd.byname...
Updating passwd.byuid...
Updating group.byname...
Updating group.bygid...
Updating hosts.byname...
Updating hosts.byaddr...
Updating rpc.byname...
Updating rpc.bynumber...
Updating services.byname...
Updating netid.byname...
Updating protocols.bynumber...
Updating protocols.byname...
Updating mail.aliases...
Updating shadow.byname...
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/yp/xxxx'
[root@xfiles yp]#
It this normal for it just to end by leaving the directory? It used to
have that message telling me it was made a master server.
And what else do I have configure to allow a client system to allow NIS
users to logon? Currently any user created on the ypserver goes
unnoticed by the other computers.
Thanks,
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan)
Subject: Re: Machine crashes with heavy network traffic
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 09:11:30 GMT
>Hello,
>
>
>
>When a lot of network traffic passes through my Linux machine (used as
>transparent proxy, ipchains, IP masquerading) sometimes the machine just
>crashes. The screens goes black with a few strange colored lines on it, and
>that's it. Rebooting gives me a second chance.
>
>This Linux machine is connected to a cable modem using a network card.
>
>I know nobody can solve this problem with this information, but I was
>wondering whether someone had/has this problem too.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Thomer
>
>
In my (perhaps somewhat limited!) experience, Linux boxes setup
correctly only crash if they run out of useable memory... this may
happen under network loads, especially with the proxy having several
objects cached in memory at once
I have a firewalling packet forwarder on a 33.6 modem, this is only a
386sx20 with 6Mb RAM and about 32Mb swap, and it only swaps about 3Mb
tops, it has been up for.. (checks..) 11 days, 23h and 45 minutes, not
a hitch. Only went down b/c the modem (internal) crashed and refused
to hang up. It is not however proxying which would greatly increase
it's load! I have severely load tested it several times with the four
computers I have attached to it's internal net and it doesn't miss a
beat....
Increasing the amount of RAM or possibly swap (eeewww) space may or
may not solve the problem :OP Good luck!
Dan
Mushroom Technologies
Facts, things I believe to be facts, my opinions, and the occasional joke, are all
that I express.
email: danielc at ihug dot co dot nz
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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 10:38:56 +0000
From: Jean-Francois Bach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Autentication - Linux, Novell, Microshop
We have just replaced in our school our NT proxy server by Squid under
Suse Linux 6.0 (much faster than NT by the way).
Our network is composed of a Novell printer and file server, and a NT4
as DNS server that update all workstartions antivirus database.
Internet is accesible from all workstations.
However, we wish to filter packets from Squid in order to avoid ftp and
irc sessions for specific group or users. Today we only limited the
access according IP addresses with its corresponding limitations.
How started sessions from win95 can be autenticated by Squid ? We wish
this autentication process to be as simple as possible for users
(limiting the number of autentication screens).
Users and passwords are identical in both Novell and NT4 servers so both
sessions are run simultanously.
Any help will be appreciated.
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From: Jeff Beaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ypserv: still weird?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 02:11:29 -0700
Well actually I sat here and pondered and found that the UIDs matched on
both systems! thus my source of error =|
Sorry for taking a piece of your bandwidth.
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff Beaman wrote:
>
> Thanks L J Bayuk.
>
> I've gotten it to at least get as so far that I can now successfuly
> ypcat passwd from a remote machine. Now when I ypinit it looks like
> this
>
> [root@xfiles yp]# ./ypinit -m
> We need some minutes to build the databases...
> Building /var/yp/xxxx/ypservers...
> Running /var/yp/Makefile...
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/var/yp/xxxx'
> Updating passwd.byname...
> Updating passwd.byuid...
> Updating group.byname...
> Updating group.bygid...
> Updating hosts.byname...
> Updating hosts.byaddr...
> Updating rpc.byname...
> Updating rpc.bynumber...
> Updating services.byname...
> Updating netid.byname...
> Updating protocols.bynumber...
> Updating protocols.byname...
> Updating mail.aliases...
> Updating shadow.byname...
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/yp/xxxx'
> [root@xfiles yp]#
>
> It this normal for it just to end by leaving the directory? It used to
> have that message telling me it was made a master server.
>
> And what else do I have configure to allow a client system to allow NIS
> users to logon? Currently any user created on the ypserver goes
> unnoticed by the other computers.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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From: "Ben Gonzales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Dialmon Difficulties
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:27:20 +1000
Hi all.
I have (or did have) diald running with RH 5.1 on a small network. Then I
discovered dialmon (0.8). It looks great, but I can't seem to get it to work
in daemon mode.
I've read the docs that came with it, installed the new diald script,
configured the dialmon.config, loaded the win95 programs, but when I try to
run it, the daemon seems to start, but I can't get diald to dial.
I also set up a link from /etc/diald.conf to /etc/diald/diald.conf because
diald looks for its configuration file in /etc.
The commands are getting thru to the linux box, because they appear in the
syslog. Any ideas?
--
Remove the z's from the front of my e-mail address if replying.
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From: "Steven Win" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: workstation
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 06:47:49 -0400
I want to setup a system that will boot with a floppy and access the
ressources of my server. (intelligent terminal)
I have linux redhat 6.0
Is it possible ?
How ?
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beginner Question (Accessing remote linux directories)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 07:03:14 -0400
Suddn wrote:
>
> How do I access Linux directories on my Linux server from my Linux
> workstation?
Mount it via NFS and it'll show up as a local subdirectory. That's a
basic task and well documented.
Dan
--
UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slow internet, IRQ problem
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 07:06:11 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am running RH6.0 with an ISA PnP SupraExpress 33.6 modem and a
> Logitech serial mouse. My internet connection works fine under Win95,
> but crawls at the speed of an injured slug under Linux. The speed does
> improve when I wiggle the mouse very quickly, but not to its full
> potential.
>
> I posted this problem here and got the response that I have an IRQ
> problem - the mouse on COM1 and the modem on COM3 (thankyou for the
> tips, by the way).
Look at your modem's book and see what you have to do to change it to
ttyS1 (com2). Then change the /etc/conf.modules and what /dev/modem is
linked to. You're sharing an interrupt and that's bad.
Dan
--
UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to set up a bridge between 2 networks?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:03:14 GMT
Dan,
The difference is that the bridge is transparent. This is what I need.
To make this DLS mess work (because of issues with my ISP's DSLAM my
bridge needs to be transparent. Then... hopefully I need to do packet
filtering on the LAN side NIC, with an IP address assigned. Do you know
why CONFIG_BRIDGE is labeled experimental? Is it unstable? Am I wasting
my time. BTW the arrogance comment was not aimed at you...
Bill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Dan:
> >
> > It is also called a bridge! There is a big difference! go to:
> > http://metalab.unc.edu/linux/HOWTO/mini/Bridge+Firewall.html
> > He said 2 networks not 2 subnets.
> >
> > I am in the process of trying to bridge my subnet to my ISP so we
can
> > use DSL and I need a bridge that I can firewall. Does anyone know
where
> > I can find the default RedHat kernel config file? All I need to add
is
> > CONFIG_BRIDGE. The kernels I have been compiling are way too big. I
> > guess I can turn off (answer NO) to everything extraneous, but it
would
> > be nice to have the default RedHat config as a starting point.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > Arrogance has it?s place. That place is Redmond, Washington.
>
> I 'twerent try for arrogance. I have put Linux up as a router for
> multiple subnets and as a firewall for home and as just about
everything
> else a server can do but I have never heard of any of them called a
> bridge.
>
> I still fail to see a difference between a router/firewall and what
the
> page is explaining. Hmmm, more reading for me to do.
>
> Dan
> --
> UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
> Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
>
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