Linux-Setup Digest #671, Volume #19 Fri, 22 Sep 00 01:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: modconf fails in Corel Linux Second Ed. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PS/2 and modem conflict? ("David E. Young")
Re: Can't login! Yes, I was cracked. ("Jake")
Re: Can't login! Yes, I was cracked. ("Gene Heskett")
How to adjust kde display (Michael Iwaki)
Re: FTP login problems ("Robert")
Re: Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question) (Michael Iwaki)
Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - There Is a Fix! (Bruce LaZerte)
Re: Adobe acrobat reader problems
Re: Rockwell Modem
Re: Two network interface = 200 Mbps throughput?
Couldn't start X windows on ATI Rage 128 Pro 4XL card ("ky_chiang")
Upgrade RH 5.2 -> RH 6.1 ("H.AJ. van Niekerk")
Re: Help needed with mount puzzle (Scott Rockstad)
Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions (David. E. Goble)
svc: unknown version (3) messages on console ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: modconf fails in Corel Linux Second Ed.
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 02:02:02 GMT
I ran into the exact same situation last week. Sorry that I cannot
offer any solution. I came to the newsgroup hoping for one and found
that you already described my exact problem. I was installing 2nd
edition on bare drive and could not get NIC to work--mine is also the
3com 509. Modconf behaves the same way as you describe and my download
size matches yours exactly. Misery loves company..... Think I'll try
Caldera.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm running into a problem intalling the 3com 509 driver under Corel
> Linux Second Edition (download version). When I select the line for
> this card (or any other for that matter) instead of the confirmation
> to install I get flipped out to the top level modconf screen. Corel
> Linux original edition works just fine on this system, so I'm thinking
> something's screwy in the new package. I downloaded the compressed
> version of the ISO. Just for comparison, my file is 364,080,949 bytes
> downloaded with getright. Did anyone else get the same file size?
>
> Thanks,
> Joseph
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "David E. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: PS/2 and modem conflict?
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:16:06 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings. I've just installed RedHat 6.2 and am having trouble getting
my Logitech Trackman Marble to play nicely with my modem. Here's the
hardware setup to start:
AMD K6/2 500, Epox EP-MVP3C2 mainboard, 128MB ram, USR 56k faxmodem
jumpered to COM2 (irq 3), LogiTech Trackman Marble PS/2, Xi Graphics
Accelerated-X server, /dev/mouse->/dev/psaux
And, here are the symptoms. Until I attempt to access the modem the
mouse works fine (although I've noticed that manipulating the wheel
within an xterm activates the bash history mechanism). However, modem
access is unsuccessful; I get "can't initialize modem" and (I think I've
seen) "modem busy" messages. If I disconnect my ps/2 mouse and attach a
LogiTech serial mouse, all is well.
I'm a long-time Linux user and pretty good with hardware (I built this
machine from scratch), so I think I've set things up correctly. However,
I've been wrong (many times) before.
I've spent a fair amount of time searching the various Linux sites but
have found nothing precisely indicative of my trouble. I'd sure
appreciate any help/advice. Thanks much.
--
=================================================================
David E. Young
Fujitsu Network Communications "The fact that ... we still
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) live well cannot ease the pain of
feeling that we no longer live nobly."
-- John Updike
"Programming should be fun,
programs should be beautiful"
-- P. Graham
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From: "Jake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Can't login! Yes, I was cracked.
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 02:19:04 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8qe8u3$6mn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok, got myself logged in single user and quickly discovered that
> /bin/login had changed during the day! I guess that tells me something.
> Also ps, sc, and wuftpd. .bash_history had been redirected to
> /dev/null, and /var/log/messages was missing most of the day.
The version of WU-FTPD that is on the RH6.2 CD has a known
buffer overflow exploit that will allow remote user to gain root access.
There are also exploits for rpc.statd (NFS/portmap) and BIND (name server)
that allow remote users to gain root access without local accounts on
your host.
See http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-10.html for
general info.
See http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh62-errata-security.html
for RedHat security updates and patches.
In particular
rpc.statd
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043-03.html
wu-ftpd
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039-02.html
Securing a RedHat Linux 6.2 machine (Basics)
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/host_security_article-1585.html
> My next question is, is there someplace I can do to either read about
> this or report it? I'd like to discover exactly what happened to me
> (i.e. was somebody using a known rootkit?)
>and how to protect against it.
After you reinstall your OS from scratch, make sure you have
any and all updates/patches for any/all services you are running.
This will protect you from most h4ck3rz. Why? h4ck3rz read
the secuirty advisories too and then download someones source
code that exploits a service and then scan subnet after subnet
looking for computer running that service. Those who fall behind on
the security patches are more likely to get r00ted as time passes.
As others have suggested, stop using generic telnet and use
secure shell or a version on telnet that uses encryption. Telnet
sends login and password information in clear-text over TCP.
This is a bad feature.
Other than that, read up on security stuff then keep reading
more.
Jake
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Date: 21 Sep 2000 22:24:32 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't login! Yes, I was cracked.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to ddmorin ;
> Ok, got myself logged in single user and quickly discovered that
> /bin/login had changed during the day! I guess that tells me something.
> Also ps, sc, and wuftpd. .bash_history had been redirected to
> /dev/null, and /var/log/messages was missing most of the day.
> My next question is, is there someplace I can do to either read about
> this or report it? I'd like to discover exactly what happened to me
> (i.e. was somebody using a known rootkit?) and how to protect against
> it.
First, get it off the network. Then wipe and re-install after making
backup copies of the unwanted stuff. Since this is a felony here, this
is evidence. Take note of any addresses found in any of the logs that
he may have missed and report them both to the originating class C admin
and save it for any law enforcement you bring in.
If it was a RH6.2 install, after re-installing it, goto
ftp.redhat.com/pub/support/6.2/errrata, grab the whole directory,
sticking it in a seperate directory and do an 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' while
cd'd to that directory. Restart syslogd, network, and inetd with
linuxconf, services menu.
Make sure you have tcpwrappers installed, and get portsentry from
www.psyonic.com and install it. Then you can feel a bit more
comfortable when the hackers are walking about.
A good ipchains setup is probably even better, but this has stopped them
on my office machine about 15 times so far.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 400mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
# <http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto> #
ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
#Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my killfile
never to be seen again. Message will be summarily deleted without dl.
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material, is
� 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
--
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From: Michael Iwaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to adjust kde display
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:04:14 GMT
My kde display is a little off-center. Needs adjustment. I have a
Viewsonics PT770 and Matrox Millenium 4Mb card with 2064W chipset. On
my monitor, I can push a panel button and get an on-screen display of
various adjustments to the monitor. It also says the Horizontal freq.
43.88Khz, vertical freq. 89Hz and says "Non-registered". I looked up
the frequency settings for the 1024 x 768 resolution in the monitor
manual: H=68.68 Khz, V=85Hz.
This is what I think I want to set up in Linux (I use redhat 6.2). How
do I set it? Someone told me to use xvidtune or xconfigurator. What's
the step-by-step procedure to use it? Is there any danger of damaging
the monitor or video card?
Thanks for any help
Michael Iwaki
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From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: FTP login problems
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:29:32 GMT
proftpd is nice like that. try a -HUP or restart the prog.
"Mufasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:VQwy5.9951$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had ProFTPd working for a while for myself. When I added a user so my
> friend could join, it kept kicking him into the anonymous directory. I
> started messing with stuff to figure out why, because I could log in with
my
> account just fine, but I messed something up. Now everytime anyone, user
or
> anonymous, go to login they get refused and the logs say the user was not
> found. I think it has something to do with the auhtentication in Linux but
> don't know what. Any help?
>
> I'm using ProFTP. Here's my pam.d/ftp:
>
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny
> file$
> auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
> auth required /lib/security/pam_shells.so
> account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
> session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
>
> My ftpusers only has "root" in it. I checked the file permissions and
> they're fine too. Any help? Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Mufasa
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Michael Iwaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:53:27 GMT
Allan Young wrote:
> Regarding Red Hat 6.2...
>
> The docs say that the Server installation option will destroy everything
> in ALL partitions. The Workstation option only destroys Linux partition
> contents.
>
> My question is this: will the Custom install option (install Everything)
> wipe out whatever is in my Win98 partition, as the Server installation
> would do?
No. You have the option of targeting the Custom installation in whatever
partition(s) you have available. In my case, I created a 2Gb root
partition, / , and a 160Mb swap partition(more that double the amount or
RAM). You can create the target partition(s) using disk druid(which is
suppose to be easier but some people say it's flaky) or fdisk (not so user
friendly but gets the job done-command line oriented). After you create and
format the partition(s), the next step asks you which partition do you want
to use as root (/) and which is swap.
You have to format the linux root partition in type 83, linux swap partition
in type 82 (using fdisk or diskdruid).
Another issue is wheather or not to use Lilo (linux loader) and if you do,
wheather to put it in the MBR(master boot record) or in the beginning of the
root partition. In my case, I put Lilo in the root partition because I
used Boot Manager to boot into other operating systems.
An important point to note is that the partition where the system boots into
Linux, in my case the root partition, must be entirely within the 1024
cylinder limit (this is about 8.4Gb).
I installed Redhat linux 6.2 on my slave drive using Custom-class install,
installing "everything"(takes about 1.6Gb). If you have any questions that
I might be able to answer, feel free to email me. I am also new to linux,
but my install seemed to go OK.
Michael Iwaki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce LaZerte)
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - There Is a Fix!
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:47:46 GMT
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:03:48, Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> A thread in aolm pointed me to the SCSI system. The fix came in the form
> of replacing my Sony CDU55S 2.4X, which *never* gave me any trouble
> previously, under not less than 5 other operating systems and four
> different HBAs, with an often troublesome Sanyo CRD-254S 4X drive. Go
> figure!
Well, I too am having problems. Apparently because of the linux "monolithic
kernel" I need to patch the source and recompile the kernel to get the
latest version of the smbfs file system to properly read files on our OS/2
server.
Not just a matter of updating a pre-compiled driver file.
Have fun, Bruce.
======================
Bruce LaZerte
Muskoka,Ontario,Canada
mail at fwr dot on dot ca
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adobe acrobat reader problems
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:44:32 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/21/00, 3:06:07 PM, "The Unforgiven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding Adobe acrobat reader problems:
> I installed the adobe acrobat reader version 4.05 on my RH 6.2. The=20
problem
> with it is that everytime I run the application colors on the desktop =
get
> inverted or whatever that happens makes it wierd. If acroread window=20
has the
> focus everything else is unreadable and if the focus is out of the=20
acroread
> window, it becomes unreadable. Anybody know if this problem is=20
solvable?
> Thanks,
> Vinay
> --
> "Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium."
> -Anon.
I'ts not a bug - it's a feature. You are running your video card in=20
8bpp (256
colour) mode. This permits the use of a maximum of 256 colours, chosen=20
from a
palette of colours. Acrobat is picking a different palette! To remedy=20
this,
use 16bpp (32,000 or 64,000 colour) mode, or higher (24 or 32bpp).
Have fun!
Ratboy
This is my opinion. I am quite sure that my employer really doesn't=20
care.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rockwell Modem
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:52:25 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/21/00, 12:55:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Rockwell=20
Modem:
> Environment: IBM Aptiva 245E
> Memory: 64MB
> OS: Linux Redhat 6.2/Win 98
> Modem: Rockwell built-in the mother board
> Problem:
> NOTE: My Rockwell modem does connect to my ISP on my Win 98 partition.=
> I have correctly configured my modem on Linux using linuxconf and
> ppp0 w/ the correct string. I copied everything from my Win 98=20
configuration.
> However, when using Linux Redhat 6.2 OS, my modem cannot connect to my=
> ISP. My userid and password are correct. The modem keeps dialing,=20
but
> never can make a connection. What am I missing? Please feel free to =
request
> more details. Currently, I'm not at my home pc, which has the RH 6.2.=
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Remove the spam.
Um... These are usually "Winmodems". If you are very lucky it isn't. I=20
must
ask... how do you know its dialing? Is it that a status dialog is=20
telling
you that it is retrying? Have you tried something like minicom to see=20
if you
can talk to the modem (try ATZ, get OK response - I am sure you=20
understand).
Ratboy
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Two network interface = 200 Mbps throughput?
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:59:33 GMT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/21/00, 12:24:02 PM, Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding=20
Two network interface =3D 200 Mbps throughput?:
> Hi all,
> I want to run a server program that use more than 100Mbps but don't
> want to buy a gigabit ethernet. I am considering use two NICs using
> the same IP (or different IP) to fully utilize the CPU power.
> Is there any exist program or method that can bridging between the
> server program and the NICs ?
> I know Windows 2000 have such function. Any expert can help ??
> Thanks very much !!
> Dicky
Hey, Dicky, you're so fine, you're so fine, DICKY!
Ok - you WILL need to patch your kernel to support two NICs at the=20
same time.
Or - I guess that 2.4.??? will have it. Linux got its ass slaughtered=20
the
last time out on this point.
Ratboy
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From: "ky_chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Couldn't start X windows on ATI Rage 128 Pro 4XL card
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:51:25 +0800
Dear all :
I have ATI Rage 128 Pro 4XL VGA card and my OS is RedHat 6.2. or
FreeBSD 4.0 ( or 4.1 )
I couldn't start X windows at this environment. ( my X windows version is
3.3.6 )
Who can help me solve it ( ex. how to setup the configuration, etc) or tell
me where i can get the information in advance.
Best regards.
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From: "H.AJ. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: Upgrade RH 5.2 -> RH 6.1
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:51:06 +0200
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade an older system (no bootable CDROM, hda=240 MB
IDE) from RH 5.2 to RH 6.1. I've created an installation diskette which
works OK, but when I boot from it I get the massage:
CRC errorVFS: Cannot open root device 08:32
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:32
Can somebody give an explanation?
Thanks,
Huub
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From: Scott Rockstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed with mount puzzle
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 04:55:50 GMT
Richard Kimber wrote:
>
> I have a mount puzzle.
> On my Mandrake 7.0 system I have
> a Panasonic PD drive on /dev/sr0 that can read CDs. I also have
> an HP CD-Writer on /dev/sr1 that can successfully write CDs. It can
> also read tar files that have been written to CD on it.
>
> My fstab file contains the following:-
> /dev/sr0 /mnt/pdcd iso9660 noauto,user,ro,unhide,exec,dev,suid 0 0
> /dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro,unhide,exec,dev,suid 0 0
>
> I can happily mount and unmount the PD drive and read CDs whether I am me or root.
>
> However, neither I nor root can mount the CD-writer for reading a CD.
> This is irritating because it is *much* faster than the PD drive.
>
> If I try:-
> mount /dev/sr1
> I get
> mount: only root can do that
> -- even though I have "user" set
> If root tries the same it gets
> mount: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel
> -- which cannot be true
> Root also gets the same message after issuing
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrom
>
> I'm presumably doing something stupid. Can anyone please tell me what?
>
> - Richard.
> --
> Richard Kimber
> ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
> Political Science Resources
> http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
Hi Richard,
Not sure if this will make any difference, but on my system the
filesystem argument looks like this:
fs=iso9660
The entire line looks like:
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
BTW, I'm running Mandrake 7.1.
Regards,
Scott
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 04:57:54 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:50:35 +0100, Blane Bramble
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Try ctrl-alt-(keypad +)
>and ctrl-alt-(keypad -)
>
Hi Blane;
That it, thanks...:>
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: svc: unknown version (3) messages on console
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:06:56 -0500
I'm getting *constant* messages like this on my console:
svc: unknown version (3)
What does this mean? It's repeated every few seconds. Any ideas?
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