Linux-Setup Digest #455, Volume #19 Wed, 23 Aug 00 04:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: SuSE v's RedHat (John Hovell)
Re: Firewall for Linux (Zebee Johnstone)
How to install StarOffice 5.2 in RH 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Firewall for Linux (John Hovell)
2nd NIC failure ("Darren and Marla Welson")
Re: Help - Windoz clobbered Lilo ("Adam H.")
Re: Can I use a 486/50 for linux? ("James Zuelow")
Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!! ("jade")
ABit motherboard hangs (timo raty)
Re: 2nd NIC failure (User Name)
RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system ("William E. Sadler")
Re: Mounting CDROMs (exact error messages) (Davide Bianchi)
Re: Installing Mandrake, Stuck on Configure X (Eric)
Re: 2nd NIC failure ("Darren and Marla Welson")
veritas backup ("Daniel Pfuhl")
Master Boot Record (Michael Eager)
ftp daemon on RH6.1 (David Punsalan)
Re: Master Boot Record (Davide Bianchi)
Re: Master Boot Record (Kjell magne Fagerbakke)
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From: John Hovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: SuSE v's RedHat
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 05:15:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.security Stewart Honsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Since this person is obviously switching from RedHat, why not let him
> > know the proper place of these files? Take a look at your /etc directory
> > at the listing of "rc.d";
>
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jun 3 06:07 rc.d -> ../sbin/init.d
>
> > The proper (standard) place for these files is actually /sbin/init.d in
> > which you can find the rc#.d directories for all the runlevels.
>
> This is neither proper, nor standard. The applicable passage in fhs
> 2.1 is under /etc:
>
> The setup of command scripts invoked at boot time may resemble
> System V or BSD models. Further specification in this area may be
> added to a future version of this standard.
>
> So it's definately non-standard. It's also not proper, since /sbin
> should be shareable, and boot scripts are not guarenteed to be.
And /sbin is also for *binaries*... thats what bin means :-)
-- John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zebee Johnstone)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: 23 Aug 2000 04:29:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In comp.os.linux.setup on Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:26:31 +0800
Jason Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
>suggestions?
>I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
>
>
Like almost everything.. "it depends"
What do you want it for?
Do you want to control access in or out, if so what kind of control
and what kind of access?
Are you running software that uses special TCP ports, and do the ports
change? Some proprietary software is very bad mannered about ports.
Do you need logging, if so what do you want to log?
Do you want it free, or are you willing to pay?
There are lots of ways of firewalling, and they all have advantages
and disadvantages. So you need to think about what one is, why you
want it, and what things you want to do. That way you can decide what
it must have, what it mustn't have, and what you don't care about.
Then you can decide which one is good.
So your first job is to decide why you want one. List the reasons in
order.
Next, list the connections that will be made into and out of your
machine. What software, what ports.
Then decide what logging you want, incoming? outgoing? just the fact
of a connection? What the connection was? Who made it? URLs? FTP
sites?
Zebee
--
SAGE-AU: The System Administrator's Guild. www.sage-au.org.au
To advance the profession of System Administration by raising
awareness of the need for System Administrators, and educating
System Administrators in technical as well as professional issues.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to install StarOffice 5.2 in RH 6.2
Date: 23 Aug 2000 14:11:02 -0800
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I have the .bin files of StarOffice 5.2. How can i install it in RH 6.2?
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have the .bin files of StarOffice 5.2. How
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From: John Hovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 05:44:12 GMT
Jason --
Whats the application? Is the Linux box an internet gateway or just a
standalone "personal" machine?
Corporate? Home?
Anything based on the ipchains package is a stateless filter which is behind
the times, but it is what Linux has.
Beyond this, you could try
www.snort.org -- very powerful... but maybe difficult to configure.
Other IPchains front-ends:
If you are new and want a GUI to play with, maybe gfcc (works with Gnome).
I think firestarter is popular with beginners.
As another poster said SeaWALL is supposedly really good... never tried it
myself.
With linux 2.4 coming up, ipchains will go away and become iptables
(stateful).
There are really dozens more to try. Tell me what you are trying to
accomplish, and I can recommend one that is for what you are trying to do.
Cheers,
John
Jason Ng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
>
> Regards,
> Jason
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From: "Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: 2nd NIC failure
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 05:56:09 GMT
I have added a second NIC to my PC, but I cannot get RH 6.1 Linux to start
it. I can manually start the device by adding the module and the 'ifup' the
device, but I want it to be loaded every time I boot up. I have even added
a line to my lilo.conf and 'append' for both eths, but still this second NIC
fails. I have checked /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports and have not
conflicts that I am aware of. What am I doing wrong?
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help - Windoz clobbered Lilo
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:53:55 +1000
whoops <blush>
Thanks for your help...
Adam
"E J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Put in your Redhat 6.2
> Don't do an Install of any kind.
> Do an upgrade, and pick a small file to upgrade.
> When it comes to the lilo installation,
> MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FLOPPY AVAILABLE TO CREATE YOUR LINUX FLOPPY DISK
> FOR THE NEXT TIME YOUR MBR GETS KILLED.
>
>
> "Adam H." wrote:
>
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > Thanks for your tip, however - I've got a *slight* problem...
> > I don't have a Linux boot disk. :-(
> >
> > I've tried booting up off the Redhat 6.2 CD into recovery mode, but
> > the bash prompt doesn't understand lilo...
> >
> > Have you got any other suggestions.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > > Boot via your Linux Boot Disk and then run the command "lilo" as root.
> > This
> > > will restore your mbr to the way it was. (By the way, I have done
this
> > twice
> > > in the past I believe :)
>
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From: "James Zuelow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I use a 486/50 for linux?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:04:02 -0800
Reply-To: "James Zuelow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8nva75$in$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm using my 486/50 with RH6.2 as a Samaba server and it works fine. I
> have 24MB of RAM with an 850MB hard drive though.
Hmmm... Here I am just in the process of setting up a home network (brand
new to Linux), and I have an unused Sharp PC8700 - 486/50 with 20MB Ram,
~240MB disk. No CD, and I don't particularly want to buy a backpack CD.
I've kind of looked around for a small distro for it, but it seems like they
are all test distros or meant to run off of a floppy (mu linux, small linux,
etc.).
Is there a decent "firewall" distro that intstalls from floppy images, uses
Samba, and enables a dial on demand access to a modem?
I realize that I can cobble that together on my own if I have to (I'm lazy
though, and want someone else to have already done it for me) - so the
important question:
Which PCMCIA modem and ethernet cards can work simultaneously in two typeII
PCMCIA slots? I see a lot of cards that advertise "dongle free" - but they
have massive faceplates that would prevent another similar card from being
used in the next PCMCIA slot.
Any recommendations for a 56k modem and 10 or 100 ethernet PCMCIA card that
can sit next to each other at the same time? Dongles are cool with me, this
laptop won't be going anywhere.
Do any of the combo cards have the ability to dial up and run an ethernet
connection at the same time?
advTHANKSance
James
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From: "jade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!!
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:04:23 GMT
I have tried using XF86 4.0 and 4.0.1 and they all recognize the card as
being there but am never able to get it configure correctly. Is their any
certain distro of linux besides redhat that readily supports this card?
brad
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:04:47 -0600, Ben Goble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I am another that is having a problem with the
> >ATI Rage Fury Pro 32 Mb which has the Rage 128 chip set.
> <snip>
> >>
> >> I have the same problem with my ATI Rage Fury 32Mb.
> <snip>
> >> > Ati Rage Fury Pro (32mb)
> <snip>
>
> All three of these cards are supported under XFree86 4.0 or later.
>
>
> -----
>
> After many hours of trying and praying (I converted to 7 different
religions over the course of an hour. None of them had Linux tech support)
>
> --Dru Lee Parsec from a post made on linuxnewbie.org message boards
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From: timo raty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ABit motherboard hangs
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:09:28 GMT
Has anyone experienced mysterious hangups with ABit BE6 440BX
motherboards and RedHat 6.1/6.2? This particular machine seems to have
quite a lot of file system related problems with its UDMA66 disk.
The UDMA66 disk is connected with an ordinary IDE cable so it should
work as any IDE disk - right? Besides standard installation is there
anything else? BIOS upgrade? Sorry, I don't have the BIOS date available
right now.
any hints?
regards,
timo
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From: User Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 2nd NIC failure
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:06:40 GMT
In article <ZHJo5.104195$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Darren
and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have added a second NIC to my PC, but I cannot get RH 6.1 Linux to
> start
> it. I can manually start the device by adding the module and the 'ifup'
> the
> device, but I want it to be loaded every time I boot up. I have even
> added
> a line to my lilo.conf and 'append' for both eths, but still this second
> NIC
> fails. I have checked /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports and have not
> conflicts that I am aware of. What am I doing wrong?
Does it give an error (e.g. FAILED) at boot, or does it not even try to
bring up the card?
Did you add an entry for the second card in linuxconf? If not, type
linuxconf at the command prompt and go to Basic Host Information to add
an entry for the second card. Be sure that the X next to the "Enabled"
field is present. If it's not, tab to that field and hit the spacebar to
enable it.
By the way I notice you posted to 8 groups. I'm replying to all of them
because I want to make sure you see this and I have no idea which (if
any) you'll be reading. But for future reference, it's generally a bad
idea to post to so many groups at once. If you can't solve your problem
post back to comp.os.linux.networking only and give some more info :)
Good luck,
Shaun
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From: "William E. Sadler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:16:25 -0400
Greetings!
I am having a problem after installation with a ASUS A7V motherboard that
has a 1GZ AMD Thunderbird processor in it. System has 512MB PC133 memory,
Adaptec 29160 U2 SCSI, w/ Segate 9.1GB Cheetah drive. Matrox G400 32MB
single head.
The problem comes after the installation runs. Everything looks like it
completes ok, after the system boots from lilo it always halts at the point
where Linux is attempting to turn off the CPU serial number.
I thought this was just an intel thing - is this a problem w/ Intel specific
kernel on an AMD chip?
Help will be appreciated! either e-mail or newsgroup, thanks!
-WES
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: Mounting CDROMs (exact error messages)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:27:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:55:52 GMT, Andrew Overholt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Had to reboot to get the exact errors:
>
>#mount /dev/hdd /cdrom
>
>/dev/hdd: Input/output error
>mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
>/dev/hdd: Input/output error
>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
The correct mount command is:
mount -t<filesystemtype> -o ro /dev/hdd /cdrom
Where filesystemtype for CDROM is iso9660, so the entire command is:
mount -tiso9660 -o ro /dev/hdd /cdrom
This will avoid any complain about the mount.
Of course, you can use /dev/xxxxx whatever is the cdrom.
Davide
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Mandrake, Stuck on Configure X
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:38:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If all else fails (be sure to try xf86config too, it's a bit harder that
sax/XF86Setup etc., but always works for me) you can manually alter the
XF86Config file (usually located in /etc or /etc/X11) try pinching the
values for HorizSync and VertRefresh until you find a working config.
Back-up that file, and now you can always continue searching for a more
suitable setup if you're not yet satisfied.
Eric
Gregory wrote:
>
> In message <8nuqro$i60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kjell
> magne Fagerbakke) writes:
> :>
> :>I don't know if this helps, but I had troubles with my RedHat instalation.
> :>There, if I remember right, I choosed the default for both monitor and video
> :>card (hope your system detects both), but any resolution higher than 460/640
> :>was not possible to get. Than it crashed and I had to do it once more.
> :>
> :>km
> :>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> :>>First post here, so forgive any missteps please.
> :>>
> :>>I'm trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0 for the first time, using the
> :>>graphical install interface, and I'm having trouble at the "Configure
> :>>X" step. I think I am having a problem with either the monitor (I have
> :>>several, none of which are on the list of monitors to choose from) or
> :>>the video card (again, not on the list). It is a Jaton, but which one
> :>>I am not sure, and none of those listed on the choice list seem to
> :>>work. I try to run the test, and it just says "an error occurred, try
> :>>changing some parameters".
> :>>
> :>>I'm at wit's end with this, I'd REALLY like to get this going, having
> :>>already failed many attempted installs of FreeBSD (I guess I'm just
> :>>too ill-informed to do that one, I don't know). I'd heard Mandrake was
> :>>a very easy Unix derivative to install, and it has been, up until this
> :>>point.
> :>>
> :>>Any pointers, tips, questions to help pinpoint the problem are
> :>>welcome.
> :>>
> :>>Thank you.
>
> I'm having the same problem with v. 7.1 but my hardware is supposed to be
> supported....it's viewsonic p815 and matrox millennium g400. any suggestions
> will be appreciated.
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From: "Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 2nd NIC failure
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:52:19 GMT
Yeah, it says "FAILED". I do have it set in LINUXCONF the same as the first
NIC, and I also have a line added in the LILO.CONF too.
"User Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:QRJo5.2284$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <ZHJo5.104195$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Darren
> and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have added a second NIC to my PC, but I cannot get RH 6.1 Linux to
> > start
> > it. I can manually start the device by adding the module and the 'ifup'
> > the
> > device, but I want it to be loaded every time I boot up. I have even
> > added
> > a line to my lilo.conf and 'append' for both eths, but still this second
> > NIC
> > fails. I have checked /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports and have not
> > conflicts that I am aware of. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Does it give an error (e.g. FAILED) at boot, or does it not even try to
> bring up the card?
>
> Did you add an entry for the second card in linuxconf? If not, type
> linuxconf at the command prompt and go to Basic Host Information to add
> an entry for the second card. Be sure that the X next to the "Enabled"
> field is present. If it's not, tab to that field and hit the spacebar to
> enable it.
>
> By the way I notice you posted to 8 groups. I'm replying to all of them
> because I want to make sure you see this and I have no idea which (if
> any) you'll be reading. But for future reference, it's generally a bad
> idea to post to so many groups at once. If you can't solve your problem
> post back to comp.os.linux.networking only and give some more info :)
>
> Good luck,
>
> Shaun
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From: "Daniel Pfuhl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: veritas backup
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:56:18 +0200
Hi
is there a softwareproduct from veritas to backup
Files from SuSE 6.3 to a NT-Server.
thanxs daniel
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From: Michael Eager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Master Boot Record
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:18:11 -0700
I have an old system which had Linux installed sometime in the past.
It had LILO installed. I want to install DOS on it now (don't ask
why). I re-partitioned the disk and installed DOS, but it will not
boot. Apparently, LILO is looking somewhere other than where it
should.
I tried to remove LILO by running Fdisk with /MBR. Well, LILO is
gone, but whatever is in its place doesn't do anything useful -- I get
garbage printed on the screen.
Anyone have a suggestion about how to either (a) reinstall the DOS
boot loader correctly, or (b) reinstall LILO so it knows where the DOS
system is located, or (c) whatever else will make this work
reasonably.
Thanks
-- Mike Eager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eager Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eagercon.com
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From: David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp daemon on RH6.1
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:38:03 -0500
Hi,
I neglected to install an ftp daemon when I installed RH6.1 on my computer
at work
Now I want to install it. I download the wu-ftpd-2.6.1.rpm from the net,
try to install it, then I get an error saying that my version of rpm only
installs rpm's with a version number => 3. I looked for a more recent
version - but I couldn't find any.
I tried --nodeps and --force. - to no avail - still got the same error.
How can I install it?
Thanks,
- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Re: Master Boot Record
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:46:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:18:11 -0700, Michael Eager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have an old system which had Linux installed sometime in the past.
>It had LILO installed. I want to install DOS on it now (don't ask
>why).
<ZAP>
>
>Anyone have a suggestion about how to either (a) reinstall the DOS
>boot loader correctly, or (b) reinstall LILO so it knows where the DOS
>system is located, or (c) whatever else will make this work
>reasonably.
Put the DOS boot disk into the floppy and run sys C: from it, this
should
do the trick and restore the normal boot.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kjell magne Fagerbakke)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Re: Master Boot Record
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:49:14 GMT
Will this section help you?
http://judi.greens.org/lilo/LILO-html/LILO-2.html#ss2.3
km
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Eager
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an old system which had Linux installed sometime in the past.
>It had LILO installed. I want to install DOS on it now (don't ask
>why). I re-partitioned the disk and installed DOS, but it will not
>boot. Apparently, LILO is looking somewhere other than where it
>should.
>
>I tried to remove LILO by running Fdisk with /MBR. Well, LILO is
>gone, but whatever is in its place doesn't do anything useful -- I get
>garbage printed on the screen.
>
>Anyone have a suggestion about how to either (a) reinstall the DOS
>boot loader correctly, or (b) reinstall LILO so it knows where the DOS
>system is located, or (c) whatever else will make this work
>reasonably.
>
>Thanks
>
>-- Mike Eager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Eager Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eagercon.com
>
>
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