Linux-Setup Digest #837, Volume #19 Mon, 16 Oct 00 08:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Netscape crashes when fetching from address book (Loren Brookes)
Re: X-Windows Display Looks like Shit (David)
Telnet and Root ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 7.0, Linuxconf and Samba ("Dong Dong")
Beginners guide to qmail. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Minimal embedded linux? (jason andrade)
Re: System Commander and lilo (Eric)
Re: Linux + StarOffice 5.2 + TrueType (CDM)
Loading Linux with NT-Loader (Lars Nowak)
large files on i386 Linux (Robert Herzog)
Re: AMD Athlon Thunderbird and Asus A7V Mobo running Linux???????? (kept)
Re: Installing RedHat 6.2 on an ASUS A7V (kept)
RAMDISK ("Daniel Lin")
Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: change IP address with ifconfig (Villy Kruse)
Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader (Eric)
landscape printing problem ("mailgate")
Re: large files on i386 Linux (Eric)
Re: Telnet and Root ("NuroteK")
Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader (Lars Nowak)
Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader (Lars Nowak)
Re: Telnet and Root (Roger Leigh)
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From: Loren Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape crashes when fetching from address book
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:25:13 +1300
"Ed Bacon Jr." wrote:
> I am running RH6.2 w/ Netscape 4.72. If I create a new e-mail message
> and select a recipient from the address book, Netscape closes down.
> Have any of you seen this? If so, do you know how to fix it?
Welcome to netscape :) My advice is download 4.75 or later if there is
one by now. Netscape is buggy as hell, and the probability of fixing 4.72
is very small.
Loren
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Ed Bacon, Orchard Lake, Michigan, USA
> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> hamto: KC8KLB
> howto: man <arg>
--
Loren
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X-Windows Display Looks like Shit
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 02:10:59 -0500
Nate K wrote:
>
> Being that I'm fairly new to the X-Windows thing, I need some help :)
> Is there any tricks to making the display in X-Windows look better,
> especially when using Netscape etc. The webpages just dont seem to fit
> together right because the fonts are just crappy looking, any advice would
> be greatly appreciated. I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.1
http://people.redhat.com/~scoile/fonts/fixing-1.html
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Telnet and Root
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 07:29:00 GMT
hi everyone
Is it possible to logon to Redhat 6.2 Linux server via telent or remote
login (rlogin) ?
If so How?
I tried as a root , but i denied the access.
thanks in advance
newlinx
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From: "Dong Dong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0, Linuxconf and Samba
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:49:00 +0800
You can do that by turning on the "Samba" modules by following the menus
below in "Linuxconf":
Control
Control files and systems
Configure Linuxconf modules
Adam H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Just installed RH7, and noticed that their is no longer any options to
> modify the Samba settings in LinuxConf. Anyone know where this has gone?
>
> TIA
>
> Adam
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Beginners guide to qmail.
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 07:39:29 GMT
Hi,
Is their a place where I can get a beginners guide to qmail, which will
take me through step by step on how to install, configure and run qmail
on linux. (RH 7.0)
I've never dealt with qmail before, nor do I know which packages are
required to run.
TIA
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jason andrade)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: 16 Oct 00 07:58:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zebee Johnstone) writes:
>In aus.computers.linux on Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:10:51 +1000
>Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I want to run linux on an embedded 386 or 486 board
>>with solid-state hard-disk, one floppy drive, and a
>>vga screen.
>>
>>Is there a good book or something that describes
>>what minimum linux components are needed and how
>>to set it up?
>There are distributions and things for that kind of work.
>feeding "embedded linux" into www.google.com will get you
>heaps of places to look.
there's even a redhat embedded developers kit - mirrored at
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linux/redhat/edk/
cheers,
-jason
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System Commander and lilo
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:26:16 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thaddeus L Olczyk wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get linux to boot to runlevel 3.
> I am using System Commander and seem to be having troubles.
> The main problem I am having is the minute I pick linux from System
> Commander it boots with out giving me the "boot:" prompt.
> No matter what I do with lilo I can seem to get the "boot:" prompt.
> In fact I've even tried overwriting the MBR with lilo, and can't seem
> to do it.
> Can anyone help?
have you tried hitting Caps Lock before choosing linux. I recall that I
had to do this on old setups, to make lilo pause. Not sure if that was a
default behaviour or if it was a manually altered setup(I didn't setup
those systems then)
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CDM)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux + StarOffice 5.2 + TrueType
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:03:30 +0200
StarOffice is now GPL and v6 preview released.... why not try that one
at http://www.openoffice.org
"Jack Orenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> How can I get TrueType fonts to show up in StarOffice 5.2?
>
> I have these fonts installed and they are being served up properly (e.g.
they show up in Netscape), but StarOffice 5.2 doesn't seem to know about
them. The various online resources worked for 5.1. There appears to be
something different about 5.2.
>
> Jack Orenstein
>
> -- This is not a disclaimer --
>
Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Loading Linux with NT-Loader
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:04:04 +0200
Hi,
I like to boot my Linux from the NT-Bootloader.
I've the following configuration (on my Laptop).
* One primary partition
* One extended partition
On the primary partition, I've installed Win98 (drive C:)
On the extended partition, I've installed Windows NT with FP5 (drive D:)
and a Linux partition. I've LILO installed on the
root-partition of Linux (/dev/hda7).
I'm able to boot Win98 and WinNT from the WinNT-Bootloader.
I created an image-file bootsek.lin
(dd if=/dev/hda7 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsek.lin)
and copied the file into the C:\ directory of Win98
and added the line c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
into the file boot.ini
But if I select "Linux", nothing happends (blank screen).
If I change the line to d:\bootsek.lin="Linux" and copy
the file to D:\, WinNT tries to load WinNT and fails.
If I boot from a Linux-Boot-Disk and select /dev/hda7
as partition to load, it works.
Any help?
Thanks,
Lars
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: large files on i386 Linux
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:49:18 +0200
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Hello,
I am looking for a recommendation about how to best obtain "large" file
support today, using SuSE 7. I really need stability before all.
I know about various options available : LFS, ReiserFS, XFS.
What I need today is at least 4gigabyte files, with good performance. My
hardware is RAID5 (I could go to RAID0 if performance can be
significantly bettered).
In a SuSE 7 I recently installed, I could create and read a large tar
file (3.2 gigabyte), but many usual tools seem to be still limited to
smaller files.
Are these limitations absent from other files systems ?
Thanks for any advice.
Robert
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From: kept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Thunderbird and Asus A7V Mobo running Linux????????
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:10:08 -0000
i was able to install suse 6.4 just fine once i turned plug&play off in
the bios...but i was always able to boot....i don't know what to tell you,
but you should provide more info on your setup (ie, where things are
located in your system) so that people might see the problem there
for the record i've got an a7v&900mhz t-bird
RB wrote:
>
> Can anyone please tell me if they have information relating to the
> Asus A7V Motherboard & AMD's Athlon Thunderbird 800Mhz processor used
> together to run Linux?
>
> My install of Linux Mandrake 6.0 and 7.0 failed numerous times. It
> seems to want to start but just as it starts printing out the load
> sequence/procedure onto the screen at the LILO initial bootup it
> freezes after about 20 lines. One line I will always remember mentions
> this persons name.. "...Richard Gooch".
>
> I've installed Linux several times before and didn't think I'd still
> be at trying to install the OS. I figured I'd be onto learning Gnome
> by now but this is really hanging me out to dry. Can anyone please
> help me understand if I'm doing anything wrong here?
>
> Much thanks in advance for sure if anyone could help me.
> Rbh
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From: kept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing RedHat 6.2 on an ASUS A7V
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:10:10 -0000
it sounds like as with windows you need to install the promise drivers
before having a drive connected to those ide connectors.
Ruediger Arp wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I'm using Suse7, but I thought that what I found on their support site=20
> might be of interest to you anyway:
>
> Symptom:
> You unsuccesfully try to install Linux on an A7V where your drives are=20
> connected to the Promise FastTrak100-Controller.
>
> Cause:
> The Promise FastTrak100 is supported by Suse7, EXCLUDING "certain"
A7V=20
> BIOS revisions.
>
> Solution:
> Connect the HDD to the Onboard-IDE-Controller. Alternatively, you may=20
> want to upgrade your BIOS.
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ursprngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Am 01.10.00, 06:49:47, schrieb P. U. Psilanimous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
zum=20
> Thema Installing RedHat 6.2 on an ASUS A7V:
>
>
> > I have the following system setup:
>
> > ASUS A7V motherboard with Athlon 950 (Thunderbird)
> > 30GB ATA-100 HDD on Promise IDE controller (Windoze boot drive)
> > 8.4GB ATA-33 HDD on primary IDE controller
> > 256MB RAM, Voodoo video, Realtek ethernet, CD-ROM, CD-RW, etc.
>
> > When I tried to install RedHat 6.2 on the 8.4GB disk, I discovered
> > that Linux could not "see" the ATA-100 drive. I went ahead with the
> > installation and found that the option of installing LILO was not
> > presented (I assume because Linux thought it was the only OS).
> > Anyway, I continued, assuming I would resort to a floppy boot until I
> > could solve this problem. Of course, the system locked up while
> > detecting hardware upon first boot (it is RedHat, after all).
> > I have since decided to use the 8.4GB HDD as a backup drive and am
> > planning to buy another ATA-100 drive for Linux.
>
> > My problem is:
> > Since the ASUS considers the Promise IDE controller as a secondary
> > device, how do I get Linux to recognize that these disks are present?
> > I have already disabled the 8.4GB disk in the BIOS boot section so
> > that the boot sequence is:
>
> > Floppy --> CD-ROM --> It then goes to the Promise controller and
> > boots from this drive.
>
> > Any help is appreciated.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Darrell
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From: "Daniel Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAMDISK
Date: 16 Oct 2000 09:21:32 GMT
Dear All,
I've a 486. 32M RAM machine.
I build it for web server.
But, it seems slow.
I've a idea, I want to creat a 8MB ramdisk.
Let all my *.html, *.gif on the ramdisk.
I guess it will increase my web's performance?
How do you think about my idea?
Is there any method to setup a ramdisk?
-- Daniel Lin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:30:56 GMT
Hello,
You can try to use the tool bootpart :
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
Marc
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I like to boot my Linux from the NT-Bootloader.
> I've the following configuration (on my Laptop).
> * One primary partition
> * One extended partition
> On the primary partition, I've installed Win98 (drive C:)
> On the extended partition, I've installed Windows NT with FP5 (drive
D:)
> and a Linux partition. I've LILO installed on the
> root-partition of Linux (/dev/hda7).
> I'm able to boot Win98 and WinNT from the WinNT-Bootloader.
> I created an image-file bootsek.lin
> (dd if=/dev/hda7 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsek.lin)
> and copied the file into the C:\ directory of Win98
> and added the line c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
> into the file boot.ini
> But if I select "Linux", nothing happends (blank screen).
> If I change the line to d:\bootsek.lin="Linux" and copy
> the file to D:\, WinNT tries to load WinNT and fails.
> If I boot from a Linux-Boot-Disk and select /dev/hda7
> as partition to load, it works.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks,
> Lars
>
> --
>
> Lars Nowak
> IBM Deutschland GmbH
> Local Service Center Nord / e-business
> e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mobil.: 0170 / 5631238
>
> Zur Zeit: TeamConnection bei der TUI InfoTec GmbH & Co KG
> Tel. : 0511 / 567 5313 <<<<<<< NEUE TELEFON-NUMMER >>>>
> e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: change IP address with ifconfig
Date: 16 Oct 2000 10:52:09 GMT
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 22:07:51 +0200, Bastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>While I nodded nearly napping... Zhihui Zhang woke me up:
>>
>>It seems to me that the following command
>>
>># ifconfig eth0 address x.x.x.x
>>
>>does not change the address of my machine on RedHat 6.2. What is the
>>problem? Later I manually modified file
>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and reboot. It works. But there
>>should be easy way and ifconfig should work.
>>
>
>Did you enter the line exactly like the one above? The leading #
>tells the bash that a comment follows, so the command doesn't
>work (you can also enter #asshole and the bash won't complain).
>
Then again, it is quite common to put a '#' character like that to
indicate that the command is entered at the superuser prompt.
Villy
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:18:28 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
> You can try to use the tool bootpart :
> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
> Marc
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I like to boot my Linux from the NT-Bootloader.
> > I've the following configuration (on my Laptop).
> > * One primary partition
> > * One extended partition
> > On the primary partition, I've installed Win98 (drive C:)
> > On the extended partition, I've installed Windows NT with FP5 (drive
> D:)
> > and a Linux partition. I've LILO installed on the
> > root-partition of Linux (/dev/hda7).
> > I'm able to boot Win98 and WinNT from the WinNT-Bootloader.
> > I created an image-file bootsek.lin
> > (dd if=/dev/hda7 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsek.lin)
> > and copied the file into the C:\ directory of Win98
> > and added the line c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
> > into the file boot.ini
> > But if I select "Linux", nothing happends (blank screen).
> > If I change the line to d:\bootsek.lin="Linux" and copy
> > the file to D:\, WinNT tries to load WinNT and fails.
> > If I boot from a Linux-Boot-Disk and select /dev/hda7
> > as partition to load, it works.
> >
> > Any help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lars
> >
> > --
> >
> > Lars Nowak
> > IBM Deutschland GmbH
> > Local Service Center Nord / e-business
> > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Mobil.: 0170 / 5631238
> >
> > Zur Zeit: TeamConnection bei der TUI InfoTec GmbH & Co KG
> > Tel. : 0511 / 567 5313 <<<<<<< NEUE TELEFON-NUMMER >>>>
> > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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> Before you buy.
I doubt you got the right code in bootsek.lin
Where did lilo write the bootcode? (see you lilo.conf) (I suspect
/dev/hda2)
(look at the code with a hex viewer (mc eg.) at position 06h you should
be able to read LILO in ascii)
Eric
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From: "mailgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: landscape printing problem
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:20:56 GMT
Hi all,
I have an Epson Color Stylus 800 printer connected to my linux box (SuSE
6.4). This printer is presented on an AppleTalk network using netatalk. If I
print something from the Mac it always comes out in portrait even if in the
page setup I choose landscape. I opened the postscript file that is
generated with ghostview (version 5.50) and it displays correctly (in
landscape). The file even contains a header line like "%%orientation
landscape".
Any suggestions are welcome.
Greetings,
Patrick
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: large files on i386 Linux
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:24:06 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Herzog wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am looking for a recommendation about how to best obtain "large" file
> support today, using SuSE 7. I really need stability before all.
> I know about various options available : LFS, ReiserFS, XFS.
> What I need today is at least 4gigabyte files, with good performance. My
> hardware is RAID5 (I could go to RAID0 if performance can be
> significantly bettered).
> In a SuSE 7 I recently installed, I could create and read a large tar
> file (3.2 gigabyte), but many usual tools seem to be still limited to
> smaller files.
> Are these limitations absent from other files systems ?
> Thanks for any advice.
> Robert
>
No, it's NOT a FS limitation.
If these apps aren't compiled with your glibc (and the 64 bit
extensions) They cannot make use of the larger files. The limitation is
a hardware limit of your processor (32 bits). If you would use a 64 bits
processor you would not have this limit. The LFS extensions are a
(trick) way around this limitation.
Eric
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From: "NuroteK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Telnet and Root
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:40:07 GMT
Although it is possible if you change some settings, you cannot and should
not ever open a unix shell (telnet, ssh, etc) as root. This is a security
risk, not to mention very bad form. You should create a user, telnet into
your box as that user, then su to root. The root account should not be used
as your everyday account, but rather to perform tasks which an ordinary user
cannot perform (ie. adding users, mounting removable media, etc)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8seanp$sj9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi everyone
> Is it possible to logon to Redhat 6.2 Linux server via telent or remote
> login (rlogin) ?
> If so How?
> I tried as a root , but i denied the access.
> thanks in advance
> newlinx
>
>
>
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From: Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:11:12 +0200
Hi,
thanks, I will try this tool.
But it looks like, it will do the
same things as I did :-)
Regards,
Lars
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
> You can try to use the tool bootpart :
> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
> Marc
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I like to boot my Linux from the NT-Bootloader.
> > I've the following configuration (on my Laptop).
> > * One primary partition
> > * One extended partition
> > On the primary partition, I've installed Win98 (drive C:)
> > On the extended partition, I've installed Windows NT with FP5 (drive
> D:)
> > and a Linux partition. I've LILO installed on the
> > root-partition of Linux (/dev/hda7).
> > I'm able to boot Win98 and WinNT from the WinNT-Bootloader.
> > I created an image-file bootsek.lin
> > (dd if=/dev/hda7 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsek.lin)
> > and copied the file into the C:\ directory of Win98
> > and added the line c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
> > into the file boot.ini
> > But if I select "Linux", nothing happends (blank screen).
> > If I change the line to d:\bootsek.lin="Linux" and copy
> > the file to D:\, WinNT tries to load WinNT and fails.
> > If I boot from a Linux-Boot-Disk and select /dev/hda7
> > as partition to load, it works.
> >
> > Any help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lars
> >
> > --
> >
> > Lars Nowak
> > IBM Deutschland GmbH
> > Local Service Center Nord / e-business
> > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Mobil.: 0170 / 5631238
> >
> > Zur Zeit: TeamConnection bei der TUI InfoTec GmbH & Co KG
> > Tel. : 0511 / 567 5313 <<<<<<< NEUE TELEFON-NUMMER >>>>
> > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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From: Lars Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Loading Linux with NT-Loader
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:33:21 +0200
Hi,
Eric wrote:
> I doubt you got the right code in bootsek.lin
> Where did lilo write the bootcode? (see you lilo.conf) (I suspect
> /dev/hda2)
No, in lilo.conf is written /dev/hda7
> (look at the code with a hex viewer (mc eg.) at position 06h you should
> be able to read LILO in ascii)
>
Good idea! I will try this. Maybe LILO was not
written....
Regards,
Lars
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Local Service Center Nord / e-business
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Leigh)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Telnet and Root
Date: 16 Oct 2000 12:04:05 GMT
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:40:07 GMT, NuroteK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Although it is possible if you change some settings, you cannot and should
>not ever open a unix shell (telnet, ssh, etc) as root. This is a security
>risk, not to mention very bad form. You should create a user, telnet into
>your box as that user, then su to root. The root account should not be used
>as your everyday account, but rather to perform tasks which an ordinary user
>cannot perform (ie. adding users, mounting removable media, etc)
To add to that, you can even allow users to mount specific filesystems
(floppies, cdroms, zips, etc.) by specifying it in /etc/fstab. By setting
up a group e.g. cdrom and making the device only readablem and writable by
that group, only users inn that group can access the device. Your
distribution should probably provide some way of doing this. See fstab(5)
for more details.
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