Linux-Setup Digest #697, Volume #19 Mon, 25 Sep 00 19:13:07 EDT
Contents:
VPN client software (Scott Twitchell - EWB Support)
Re: linux received signal 11....... (Vilmos Soti)
Re: NTFS partitions (Himanshu)
Re: Installation prob with Win2000 & Corel Linux ver 1 ("Ergophobe")
Re: [OT] Re: Implications ("D F")
Re: VPN client software ("Cowles, Steve")
Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability? (Hubert Chan)
Re: Problem in installing redhat 6.0 linux ("mrauscher")
Re: Where can I buy cheap RH7.0 CD($1 or $2)? Thnx!! (No content) ("Jim Harback")
Re: Boot time parameters (RH 6.2 on AMD T-bird on Abit KA-7 board) ("Block Iron &
Supply Co - CIS")
Re: Peer is not authorised to use remote address 165.21.207.5 (Bill Unruh)
Shared memory (shmget) problem on v2.3.51 (Tariq Hussain)
Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability? (Scott Nolde)
Re: Extracting a rpm file. (Scott Nolde)
compilation of kernel and as86 (Olaf Seidel)
HELP: Need working XF86Config file for an HP Pavilion N3250 Laptop... (Brando)
error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object ("Randell
D.")
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:14:39 -0400
From: Scott Twitchell - EWB Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: VPN client software
Does anyone know of any VPN client software for linux (I'm running Red Hat
6.1). I access my work network through VPN in windows but want to try it
through linux.
Thanks,
Scott
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Subject: Re: linux received signal 11.......
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:26:48 GMT
m.k.bux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> dear sir.
> we have purchased the above software and when we are
> trying to intall this programm we are unable to
> install it we are getting the message 'install exited
> abnormally received signal 11.......whenever we are
> trying to install after some installation the above
> message comes.
Check out http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11
Most likely you have a hardware related problem. Processor, bus,
memory, or cache.
Vilmos
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From: Himanshu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,cisco.linux-users
Subject: Re: NTFS partitions
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:31:06 -0700
Reply-To: @cisco.com
Try Partition Magic. The executabl is pqmagic.
I dont have the disks now.
-Himanshu
rak wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if there is any freeware available to resize NTFS
> partions (for Windows NT ) ? I want to install Linux on my NT machine
> and all the freewares available seem to handle only FAT16 or FAT32
> partitions. TIA, -rakendu
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From: "Ergophobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation prob with Win2000 & Corel Linux ver 1
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:19:38 -0700
>
> My question is, how do I get Win2000 to continue installation and allow
> me to have Linux & Win2000 both on hdb.
>
Oy! I don't really know, since I have Win2K and Linux both on hda. My
method, which I think is pretty standard, though I think you could come up
with something better, is to create a small boot partition (say 10MB) on
hda1 (C: in Winspeak) and then install Win2K to E: in winspeak since D: is
your CD. Win2K will automatically put NTLDR and BOOT.INI in your boot
partition and everything else on E:
Now you install Linux to any other partition - I'm way beyond 1024 - and do
a
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
if = input file and should be wherever linux is installed.
of=output file
bs=bytes
count=# of blocks
Basically this strips out the necessary boot stuff and makes it available to
NTLDR once you copy bootsect.lnx to your C:
The total contents of my C: drive are about 800K, so 10 megs is plenty for
that drive.
Now to your boot.ini file under Win2K, you have to append at the end of the
file a line like:
C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux" (or in my case "Caldera Open Linux 2.4" so that I
have the flexibility for other distros).
This works great on a single drive. I know that's not what you want to do,
but I don't see why it would work with Linux on your second drive. I think
Win2K might not like being on a slave drive however, since it loves to be
master of everything.
Tom
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Implications
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:45:55 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<8qo791$69i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[snip with apologies]
>Consider the asexual approach to configuring computer
systems.
>This would work if we had one definition, provided from one
source.
>That definition would provide for all the possibilities one
might
>encounter in building computer systems.
Not necessarily _all_. See below.
>To allow scaling from embedded systems to servers, this
definition
>would provide predefined configurations for each type of
system.
Obviously. If it's a definition, it presupposes that it
needs to be predefined.
>You know, this sounds quite a bit like Microsoft�s .Net
idea. Except
>that changes and distributions of features can�t be
avoided, unless all
>these distributions happen to be perfect. What are the
odds of that?
Well, this is a darn good analogy, even if it is slightly
overstated. Let's carry it a bit further, though. There is a
definite "cost" to sexual reproduction. It takes energy and
time to locate a mate and to exchange genetic material.
There are hosts of organisms, who live in relatively stable
environments, that are entirely incapable of sexual
reproduction. Many of them have existed for billions of
years so they must be doing something right!
Some organisms adopt a sort of dual strategy (eg
Athropoda:Cladocera _Daphnia_ sp.) When times are good and
relatively stable, they roll out one, fixed set of code (one
configuration) for all systems, to use your words. During
times of stress, however, be that low temperature or low
oxygen tension or whatever, they begin to reproduce
sexually, swapping code with others, in order to enhance
variability in the resultant individuals, presumably to
enhance the probability that those individuals will survive
uncertain times ahead.
So, if we're going to roll out "one definition," that fixed
solution doesn't have to be perfect, as you imply in the
last sentence. It needs only be sufficiently good that the
cost of rolling out a more diverse "definition" is
prohibitive given the expected conditions.
>Sex isn�t a dirty word, it is the basis for configuration
management
>of living organisms.
Of _some_ living organisms...
>Genetic diversity refers to a rich set of features within a
set of
>organisms which can be used to support those organisms
though
>a range of conditions through time. The better the feature
set, the
>more successful the organisms.
Well, again, this is an overstatement. The best level of
diversity is that which is appropriate, and not much more,
for the conditions likely to be met. It makes little sense
to carry around a whole bunch of code you're likely never to
require unless the cost of carrying around that information
is small.
>Open software (like Linux) is about building up the genetic
diversity
>in computer systems.
I don't see how this follows, and I'm certainly not trying
to be recalcitrant, refractory nor obtuse. I think it's more
like the two vying participants in the Human Genome project.
One group is motivated to do it because it could have
enormous repercussions for humanity and because, well,
frankly, because it's an exciting challenge. The other...
>This is as opposed to Microsoft, which is about owning the
genetic
>diversity that we all depend upon.
Well, this is the other, who figures if humanity is gonna
benefit from something then, by golly, I'm gonna make a
fistful of bucks from it. I'm afraid if you want to argue
that Open Source is better at producing diversity (which I'm
not necessarily denying,) you're going to have to back it up
with some arguments.
>Do we really have nothing to learn here?
I'll leave this as an exercise for the reader. ;-)
>Paul Snow
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario Canada
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From: "Cowles, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: VPN client software
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:54:18 GMT
try: http://cag.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian/Projects/PPTP/
Steve Cowles
"Scott Twitchell - EWB Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anyone know of any VPN client software for linux (I'm running Red Hat
> 6.1). I access my work network through VPN in windows but want to try it
> through linux.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>
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From: Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability?
Date: 25 Sep 2000 15:11:29 -0600
"Ethan Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Is there any easy way to setup SSH (and eliminate unencrypted telnet
> logins
> > completely) in Red Hat 6.2? I was hoping for a "point and click" (so to
> > speak) solution...
Download the OpenSSH rpms (www.openssh.com, then click on the Linux link at the
left) and the OpenSSL rpms (I think they are available from openssh.com too).
Then install them (of course).
I don't know how to get rid of telnet from RedHat 6.2 (in 6.1 and before you
would just edit /etc/inetd.conf which I heard isn't there any more?), but
someone here should know.
BTW, RedHat 7.0 was released today. IIRC it contains ssh (someone want to
confirm this?)
> > Was RH 6.2 a bad choice? If it is, I'd like to know now, rather then 6
> > months down the line when everyone is setup and configured... I know alot
> of
> > people have balked when I say that I'm using Red Hat and toss out
> > suggestions like FreeBSD and other distros of linux like Mandrake,
> Caldera,
> > Suse, etc...
I have nothing against RedHat (unlike some other people in this news group),
but I prefer Debian, if only for the reason that it's so much easier to keep up
to date. I just do "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade", and all available
security patches (as well as some updated software) gets installed. It's so
much easier than logging into an ftp site, looking through the list of rpms,
figuring out which ones changed, downloading them, then installing them.
The main problem with RedHat seems to be that it is the most popular distro,
and so more clueless people are running it, and there are more scripts
available for breaking it. But you should look at Bastille Linux
(bastille-linux.sourceforge.net), which is a hardening script for
RedHat. I'm not sure if it supports 6.2, though.
OpenBSD is reputed to be the most secure in the default installation, so if you
are really serious/paranoid about security, you may want to look at that. It
also runs Linux binaries (though I've never tried, so I can't say whether it
works or not).
Hubert
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From: "mrauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem in installing redhat 6.0 linux
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:32:02 -0700
Use Disk Druid or fdisk (the options appear early in the
install process if my memory serves me correctly) to first
delete the partitions you created with win98, and then to
re-create your partitions. Linux doesn't always respond well
to partitions created by Windoze -- or so I've heard.
mrauscher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8qo9lr$9bm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I try to install a redhat 6.0 linux on 3 Gig hard drive,
when I
> came up to the choice in ( workstation,server, custom),
I choose the
> workstation, it responds not enough space, or in custom, I
got
> unallocated Parititions. I am a really beginer of linux,
so, could
> any one help me? I used the win98 startdisk to fdisk in
two parts, c:
> 30 Meg, and D: 3000 Meg, any help would be appreciated.
>
> Damon
>
>
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> Before you buy.
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From: "Jim Harback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I buy cheap RH7.0 CD($1 or $2)? Thnx!! (No content)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:49:01 +0200
www.cheapbytes.com
In article <8qo66p$4sg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> as Title
>
>
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From: "Block Iron & Supply Co - CIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Boot time parameters (RH 6.2 on AMD T-bird on Abit KA-7 board)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:54:12 -0500
goto
http://www.epox.com/html/english/support/motherboard/Get.asp?Article=1271 .
This tells you how to disable the CPUID disabling.
"Ken Corbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Michael Hohensee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm having problems properly compiling a kernel + modules for my RH 6.2
> > system, running on an AMD T-bird with an Abit KA-7 motherboard. Before
> > booting up for the first time, I had to recompile the kernel to prevent
> > it from attempting to turn off the nonexistant PIII identifier number
> > (which always resulted in a kernel panic). The only thing I changed in
> > the default kernel configuration was the Processor Type & Features menu
> > via 'make xconfig'. The machine now boots successfully, but is unable
> > to insmod any of the modules in /lib/modules. It first runs into a huge
> > sequence of depmod errors:
>
> I hit the same problem, and I'm working toward recompiling the kernel to
> get around it, but I'm looking for other solutions because recompiling
> kernel's makes me nervous, and if I do have to do it I would much rather
> be able to use the 750 mhz T-bird rather than a backup 133 mhz pentium.
>
> I've dug around in the kernel code and found the code that aborting. It
> looks like I should be able to disable the logic that is attempting to
> disable to CPUID number by setting a runtime parameter
> disable_x86_serial_nr to zero. Specifying "linux
disable_x86_serial_nr=0"
> on the lilo boot line doesn't work, nor does adding the parameter to the
> lilo configuration file. I've never tried to set boot time parameters
> before and am wondering if there is something really obvious that I am
> missing.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Peer is not authorised to use remote address 165.21.207.5
Date: 25 Sep 2000 22:00:37 GMT
In <8qo0om$bo8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Place
route del default into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
place
noauth
into /etc/ppp/options.
]Hi. When I try to use Kppp to log on to the internet, I got the above
]complain.
]However, I am able to log on to he internet using netcfig > interface >
]activate.
]Is there something needs to be done?Please advise.
]Thanks.
]Roger
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From: Tariq Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shared memory (shmget) problem on v2.3.51
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:11:19 +0000
Hi Guys,
I've been trying to use kernel v2.3.51, it recompiles fine. The previous
version was v2.2.13. I've got all the correct version of additional
packages. My problem is I get the following error when I do dmesg:
shmget: shm filesystem not mounted
I know this is to do with SysV ipc/shared memory. I would like to run
video4linux bttv programs to grab TV and Sony Camcorder recordings, but
these programs (xawtv , kwintv) crash after about 2-3 mins with
segmentation faults, and just prior to that I get "shmget" faults. I
suspect they'll work longer if I fix this.
In the "Changes" file on /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ it mentioned that
shm needs to be mounted on mount point /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath, I've
seen references to this during "make xconfig" in one of the menu's, but
I can't remember which menu. I can't seem find any more information
regarding this (shm) in the source tree.
I mounted the filesystem as follows in /etc/fstab:
none /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath shm defaults 0 0
I'm using Slackware 7.0.
I'd be grateful for any help you guys can provide or if anyone can
remember which menu during "make xconfig" gives a more accurate
description.
Tariq Hussain
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2 security and stability?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:14:45 GMT
Hubert Chan wrote:
>
> "Ethan Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > Is there any easy way to setup SSH (and eliminate unencrypted telnet
> > logins
> > > completely) in Red Hat 6.2? I was hoping for a "point and click" (so to
> > > speak) solution...
>
> Download the OpenSSH rpms (www.openssh.com, then click on the Linux link at the
> left) and the OpenSSL rpms (I think they are available from openssh.com too).
> Then install them (of course).
It'll only take a few minutes, but well worth the time.
>
> I don't know how to get rid of telnet from RedHat 6.2 (in 6.1 and before you
> would just edit /etc/inetd.conf which I heard isn't there any more?), but
> someone here should know.
RH62 has a telnet-server package I think, so you can also delete it by
rpm -e telnet-server. You'll still have the client. Editing
/etc/inetd.conf and commenting out telnet and ftp would be a wise move.
"rpm -qa|grep telnet" will tell you what packages you have.
>
> BTW, RedHat 7.0 was released today. IIRC it contains ssh (someone want to
> confirm this?)
>
> > > Was RH 6.2 a bad choice? If it is, I'd like to know now, rather then 6
> > > months down the line when everyone is setup and configured... I know alot
> > of
> > > people have balked when I say that I'm using Red Hat and toss out
> > > suggestions like FreeBSD and other distros of linux like Mandrake,
> > Caldera,
> > > Suse, etc...
>
> I have nothing against RedHat (unlike some other people in this news group),
> but I prefer Debian, if only for the reason that it's so much easier to keep up
> to date. I just do "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade", and all available
> security patches (as well as some updated software) gets installed. It's so
> much easier than logging into an ftp site, looking through the list of rpms,
> figuring out which ones changed, downloading them, then installing them.
>
> The main problem with RedHat seems to be that it is the most popular distro,
> and so more clueless people are running it, and there are more scripts
> available for breaking it. But you should look at Bastille Linux
> (bastille-linux.sourceforge.net), which is a hardening script for
> RedHat. I'm not sure if it supports 6.2, though.
>
> OpenBSD is reputed to be the most secure in the default installation, so if you
> are really serious/paranoid about security, you may want to look at that. It
> also runs Linux binaries (though I've never tried, so I can't say whether it
> works or not).
>
> Hubert
--
Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
6:05pm up 1:38, 4 users, load average: 1.16, 1.07, 1.03
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Extracting a rpm file.
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:30:32 GMT
"John D. Cassidy" wrote:
>
> How do I extract an RPM file. I have Mandrake, and I am trying to do it
> through KDE
Open a terminal window and rpm -Uvh the file if you can't wait too much
longer.
- Scott
--
Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
6:25pm up 1:58, 4 users, load average: 1.15, 1.12, 1.12
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Olaf Seidel)
Crossposted-To: muc.lists.linux-kernel
Subject: compilation of kernel and as86
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:58:41 GMT
Hi,
when I compile my kernel (2.2.12), it stops with the message "as86:
command not found". What do I have to install to prevent the message?
Thanks
Olaf
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From: Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: HELP: Need working XF86Config file for an HP Pavilion N3250 Laptop...
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:01:08 GMT
I have an HP Pavilion N3250 Laptop and I'm trying to setup X Windows
but I have been unsuccessful in doing so. I found an XF86Config file
for an N3270 but haven't been able to get it to work for me.
If anyone has successfully setup ther N3250 laptop, please help.
Thanx
Brandon
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From: "Randell D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:03:00 +0100
Gentle People,
My installation of 6.4 was running fine until I went to try and install Real
Player. Real Player failed to install (with an error 38) however that is
not the question.
Netscape doesn't start when called as an ordinary user. It does start when
called from root. This error only started after I installed (and I have
since removed) Real Player. I have also tried uninstalling Netscape, and
then re-installing it again. The error I get is
"error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory."
I have found libXmu.so.6 living in /usr/X11R6/lib and edited /etc/profile
value of PATH to include this, but this has not fixed the situation.
I have attempted also to run "xhost +" as an ordinary user and this fails
with a similar error.
I have some unix knowledge (specifically around HP-UX) so any pointers you
can give me to resolve this would be much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Randell D.
(please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or via my post at comp.os.linux.setup)
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