Linux-Setup Digest #662, Volume #19 Thu, 21 Sep 00 02:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie: what to do with server now? ("St�phane Raymond")
Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - Is There a Fix? (Felix Miata)
Can't login! Was I cracked? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: shockwave problem (E J)
help - default host ("moz")
Re: socks/ipcahins files for borrow ("Tony Nalagan")
Linux won't boot ("Gary H.")
Re: SuSE6.2 installation questions ("Dave Stanton")
Installation boot diskette RH 6.1 ("H.AJ. van Niekerk")
Telnet login delayed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Telnet login delayed (Vilmos Soti)
Old hard drive not being recognized ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: Floppy trouble (Carl)
Re: Telnet login delayed (Stefan Pommerening)
Re: Installation boot diskette RH 6.1 ("JT Is Me")
LINUX HELP PLEASE ("Diego")
REDHAT 6.2 ("Diego")
Wheelmouse (wils)
where's the FAQ? + Parport problem, networking , VMware (JON)
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From: "St�phane Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: what to do with server now?
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:20:42 GMT
I think you'll be verry decived to ear read read read
I did too ! and the ask questions
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
8p3f08$6ub$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have a brand new care bones computer setup with latest Redhat. I want
> to eventually use it as a server for my 2 PCs running Windows 98 and
> Windows 2k. I want the server to act as a file server, firewall, ftp
> sever, web server etc. I also want to us IP masquerading.
>
> I did a barebones install with basically no software installed because I
> heard that the best way to setup a server is to only install stuff as
> needed. Also, I have no GUI as I didn't see a need for it.
>
> so right now I'm sitting here with a barebones computer with no idea what
> to do now and in what order to do it in. Any tips/advice/help/guidance
> would be appreciated.
>
> I have some experience using Linux as a user, but not an administrator. I
> have beginner-to-intermediate level of experience.
>
> --
>
> -T.
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From: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - Is There a Fix?
Reply-To: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:27:51 -0400
Bruce LaZerte wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:07:00, Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Another observed:
> > illegal division by zero
> The Mandrake web site has a patch for V7.1 install failures.
> Maybe it will help...
No help. "Basic package missing" seems to be the most commonly repeated
message.
--
A man of knowledge uses words with restraint . . . . Proverbs 17:27
NKJV
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Can't login! Was I cracked?
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:40:33 GMT
Ok, I've had my RH6.2 box running for awhile. Last night I was playing
with linuxconf. I'm running Gnome/Helix, and regularly running
"helix-update".
So, today I'm telnetted in from work, all is fine. I go in and out
several times during the course of the day, no problem. Then, somewhere
about midday, I can't telnet in anymore. I don't even get a "Login:"
prompt, just an immediate "Connection closed". I try this from
addresses internal to my work as well as an external machine to verify
that it's not my connection. I can still ftp to my machine. I can't
rsh or rlogin, either.
I get home. Gnome is still running, and I can login. However, I telnet
out of my machine and then can't telnet back, so the problem still
exists. I reboot.
Now, I can't even login! I get the standard login screen, but no matter
what I enter at that point, it just resets the screen. Doesn't even ask
me for a password (so I doubt it's crackers at work). Regardless of
whether the username is good or not.
I've used a linux rescue disk to poke around, but I really have no idea
where to start! Help? I'd be more willing to associate the problem
with my own random hacking on my box if it hadn't just spontaneously
happened in the middle of the day.
While I was telnetted in to my box, I had an emacs session opened. That
window then locked up on me, which I think is an artifact of my
company's firewall or something timing out, because it happens all the
time. So I opened another telnet. This is when I first discovered the
problem -- but a few hours ago, telnet had worked fine.
Poking around, all I can see is a few things :
my /var/log/messages file and bootlog appear to have some unaccounted
for time. I'm hoping it's not this easy, and that I'm just reading
those files wrong.
a bunch of my files were reporting touch dates of Sep 21 2000, even
though this is all happening over Sep 20. But that date is attached to
many files, including mail that I touched, etc, so I don't really know
what that is.
/var/log/messages is reporting that inetd is having trouble with
"finger/tcp : unknown service" and "auth/tcp: bind: address already in
use". I thought these were associated with the login, but apparently
not -- just the boot sequence. I even turned them off temporarily so
those messages didn't occur, but I still can't login.
Can somebody tell me where to look? I've taken my machine off the net
until I figure out what the problem is, but I hate having to do that!
Also, if somebody has any suggestions about the probability of it being
crackers rather than my own stupidity (yes, I was messing with
linuxconf) I'd appreciate it! Is it possible that I was cracked and
somebody has messed with inetd or something? Or is that a red herring?
What exactly is the software that is running when I see that "Login:"
prompt, and how can I debug what's going on?
Thanks!
Duane
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shockwave problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:41:45 -0700
E J wrote:
> The shockwave plug in came from when you installed flash but there is no shockwave
>available for linux yet.
>
> root wrote:
>
> > I have installed shockwave 4.o as per the instructions. looking in about:plugins
>reports that the shockwave plugin is there.
> >
> > but I get the "Shockwave not installed" error when loading a shockwave page.
> >
> > Any hintas from any one?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > Linux Newbie since 1995
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From: "moz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help - default host
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 05:10:07 +0100
Hi,
I successfuly connected and pinged my remote host after reading an excellent
read me on dial-up PPP (mail me and I will send it you).
However, I have come stuck. I cannot see further , or am not allowed past
the remote host. The readme says it's a problem with my 'defaultroute' but
as it does not go ito great length about this, I am at loss what to do next.
My ISP uses PAP - seems to work with the standard type and I am dialing in
through Xterm with all deamon and PPP activity logged in realtime.
My log seems to be without error (except a few 'Rej') and gets to displaying
local and remote IP's. In the PPP-options file I added the line:
'defaultroute' as it was not there and the readme said it needed to be.
Could anyone point me in the right direction to which files I should be
looking at and errors/log to watch for.
Cheers,
moz
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From: "Tony Nalagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: socks/ipcahins files for borrow
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:09:01 GMT
I have the same setup. I configured my Linux box as follows where abc is
the external interface.
/etc/libsocks5.conf
auth - - -
interface 192.168.0. - 192.168.0.1
interface - - aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
permit - - 192.168.0. - - -
/etc/socks5.conf
auth - - -
interface 192.168.0. - 192.168.0.1
interface - - aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
permit - - 192.168.0. - - -
As for how to configure ipchains just follow this link. Very well
documented script. It works plus you will learn a lot.
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS/TGZ/TrinityOS-all.tgz
With this setup, I can connect to the Internet from all the computers on the
internal network. Some applications need to make inbound connections in
order to work, such as internet telephony apps (MediaRing Talk). If the
application is socks5 compatible, then no problem, the above configuration
will allow it to work. If the application need to make inbound connections
to a specific port, then open the port in the firewall script and use
ipmasqadm to forward the connection to an internal computer (eliminates both
parties are firewalled error in napster, allows use of dialpad.com,
gnutella).
The above still will not allow the H.323 applications.
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From: "Gary H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux won't boot
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:19:49 +1100
Reply-To: "Gary H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I have just installed a RH6.2 on a Duron 700 with Epox 8KTA motherboard 64Mb
RAM and a 15.3 Gb IBM harddrive. Put LILO on the linux partition and I am
using bootmagic as the loader (Win 98
also installed). Linux appeared to install OK, but on boot gives the
following "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task. In swapper task -
not syncing." Booting from a floppy gives the same error message.
I have tried searching RedHat's site and all I found was that there could be
incompatibility problems with the new Socket A motherboards. Anybody had
this problem? Is there a work around?
This is my first attempt at Linux so please target answers accordingly.
Thanks,
Hicko
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE6.2 installation questions
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 05:29:55 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8qbk0i$22b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I've installed SuSE6.2 on my pc and I'd like to
> know if MySQL is installed. Is there a way to
> verify this and install it if it's not already
> on the system?
>
> Also the sound does not seem to be working. I have
> a standard Soundblaster AWE64 card and I thought
> I don't need any special installation steps.
>
> I'd appreciate any help with these problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Raja
SuSe 6.1, when you bought the boxed set, came with OSS which was an easy way
to set up sound. Did you get OSS with 6.2 ?.
Cheers
Dave
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From: "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Installation boot diskette RH 6.1
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 06:34:59 +0200
Hi,
I want to upgrade an older system from RH.5.2 to 6.1. Problem: the
system doesn't have CDROM-boot-option and the (copied) CD with RH 6.1 is
without diskette. Can anyone tell me how to create the
installation-bootdiskette from the CD or in which HOWTO or FAQ I can
find the description to how to do it?
Thanks,
Huub
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Telnet login delayed
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:26:33 GMT
Hi everyone
I installed Redhat Linux 6.2 and i enable telnet also
when i try to telnet to this server from my windows client (95 and 98)
it takes long time (almost 55 second) to show the login prompt. all PcS
ARE ON LOCAL NETWORK.
I want to reduce the Login-prompt time. How can this be achived. All
users who are using Linux server are Trusted user.
Thanks in advance
ssp99
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Telnet login delayed
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:59:50 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I installed Redhat Linux 6.2 and i enable telnet also
> when i try to telnet to this server from my windows client (95 and 98)
> it takes long time (almost 55 second) to show the login prompt. all PcS
dns. Either configure a dns for your local network, or put
the ip addresses/names in /etc/hosts file.
Vilmos
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Old hard drive not being recognized
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 05:22:58 GMT
I just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.14-05 to 2.2.17 (actually, to 2.4 but
had too many troubles, so I went to 2.2.17 - the problem below applies
also to the 2.4 kernel), so that the kernel could recognize my machine's
(AMD K6-2/500 on an AMD P5a-b board) IDE controller (Ali15x3). I also
used the patch ide.2.2.17.all.20000904.patch to recognize the Ali15x3
chipset. My last harddrive, /dev/hdd, is no longer recognized. This is
an old Western Digital 202 Mb drive which I use as a monthly backup
storage device. Currently, my dmesg reads
[snip]
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb000-0xb007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb008-0xb00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: IBM-DJNA-351520, ATA DISK drive
hdb: M1606TA, ATA DISK drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
hdc: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdd: WDC AC2200F, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: IBM-DJNA-351520, 14664MB w/430kB Cache, CHS=29795/16/63,
UDMA(33)
hdb: M1606TA, 1039MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=2111/16/63, DMA
> hdd: WDC AC2200F, 202MB w/64kB Cache, CHS=989/12/35
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, (U)DMA
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
[snip]
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1
hdd:hdd: lost interrupt
unknown partition table
[snip]
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0)
[snip]
I used to be able to mount /dev/hdd1 with "mount /dev/hdd1 /backups" but
now mount returns with "mount: /dev/hdd1 is not a valid block device".
However, if I boot up with 2.2.14, I can still access this drive.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Andrew
PS: hdparm /dev/hdd produces:
/dev/hdd:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 989/12/35, sectors = 415380, start = 0
if this helps any.....
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:31:26 -0700
From: Carl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Floppy trouble
b k g wrote:
> I used chmod to ... chmod go+x mount -also- chmod go+x umount
>
> I also used chmod to ... chmod go+rw fd0
>
> So, why can't I access my floppy unless I am logged as root ???? This is
> real frustrating.
> Maybe I am missing something real simple? Does anyone know what is going
> on?
>
> As root I can mount -a /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> I can so this for ext2 and msdos floppy. However if not loggd as root then
> I get an
> error saying specify filesystem, or bad block device. If I try the mount
> command I get
> a message saying that only root can mount.
>
> So what now?
you need to edit your fstab file to allow users to mount your floppy
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From: Stefan Pommerening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Telnet login delayed
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 07:41:45 +0200
Seems to be a typical DNS problem. Check the following:
When logged in the linux box, check your source IP by
questioning 'w' command. If you get a numerical IP address
that's the problem...
Linux tries to resolve your numerical source IP and does
not succeed - therefore you get the 1 minute timeout (about).
Solution:
- Configure reverse DNS for the source IP address by
setting it up in your /var/named configuration or simply
adding this ip to your /etc/hosts file.
Stefan.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> Hi everyone
>
> I installed Redhat Linux 6.2 and i enable telnet also
> when i try to telnet to this server from my windows client (95 and 98)
> it takes long time (almost 55 second) to show the login prompt. all PcS
>
> ARE ON LOCAL NETWORK.
>
> I want to reduce the Login-prompt time. How can this be achived. All
>
> users who are using Linux server are Trusted user.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ssp99
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "JT Is Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Installation boot diskette RH 6.1
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:51:48 -0700
Check this link out at Red Hats site.
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.1-Manual/install-guide/
It will explain how to create the disk and it will work for you.
Good Luck
John
"H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I want to upgrade an older system from RH.5.2 to 6.1. Problem: the
> system doesn't have CDROM-boot-option and the (copied) CD with RH 6.1 is
> without diskette. Can anyone tell me how to create the
> installation-bootdiskette from the CD or in which HOWTO or FAQ I can
> find the description to how to do it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Huub
>
>
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From: "Diego" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LINUX HELP PLEASE
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:56:34 +1000
hi i wanted to know what type and version of linux would i need when i've
got a 32mb riva tnt 2 video card
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From: "Diego" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REDHAT 6.2
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:58:02 +1000
i have a 17 gig HD and verytime i go to install linux and i give it the
right size of native drive but it says the allcation of the partion is to
big. i went from givin it 3 gigs to 200 mb and it still didnt work. can
anyone help me!!
thanx
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:25:37 +0200
From: wils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wheelmouse
Hi there, I have a problem with my Logitech Mouseman+ ps/2, I set it up
using xmseconfig and
it works fine, but whenever I start a new session I must do the whole
xmseconfig stuff again!
Which is not so bad, but annoying. How can I setup my mouse so that it
stays setup?
Thanks for any help.
Wils
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From: JON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where's the FAQ? + Parport problem, networking , VMware
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:58:42 +0200
1
Where is this NG's FAQ
2) how can I tell if the parport is working, my win98 on Vmware cant see
it. support is compiled as a module and the module is loaded(lsmod tells
me it is)
3) where are the network details kept for the host ( linux) system
4) how can I tell if the local network is working on my stand alone
machine( it has a real eth0 ) the win98 VM has host only networking
installed but all I see in network neighbourhood is the win
machine(itself)
5 these might seem trivial but most of the doco's i have read might as
well be in dutch or swahili.
thanks for any insites
jon
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