Linux-Setup Digest #646, Volume #20 Fri, 16 Feb 01 18:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: pseudocolor (Dan Mercer)
Re: Mail Server (POP3) setup ? (marmolejo)
Printer won't respond to 'cat testfile > /dev/lp0' (Tom Law)
wish ? ("Michel DOMINIQUE")
Re: wish ? (Paul Kimoto)
crypt ? ("Michel DOMINIQUE")
bind 9.1.0 on Linux 7 as secondary server ("York Pang")
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Pete Goodwin)
What's a good website to find out?? (fimafeng)
Re: HP Laserjet 1100 ("Marc Ulrich")
FIXED! Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Marc Ulrich")
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner ("Jeremia d.")
Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine ("Sanjay Agrawal")
Re: Allowing access to certain IP's. (H.Bruijn)
Re: Printer won't respond to 'cat testfile > /dev/lp0' ("Cameron Kerr")
Re: Invisible ".filename" files in user ftp directories (Dan Poynor)
Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc... ("Cameron Kerr")
syslogd or rpc.statd errors? (Dan Poynor)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Mercer)
Subject: Re: pseudocolor
Date: 16 Feb 2001 19:02:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hajoma) writes:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:01:05 -0800, Duane Healing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Pseudocolor is an X visual class. Practically this means having to run
>> 8bpp. In your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or wherever Red Hat hides that file)
>> you'll probably have a line that reads DefaultColorDepth <some number>
>> change that to DefaultColorDepth 8.
>
> Or you could start the X server thus (if not using xdm) to avoid changing your
> config:
>
> startx -- -bpp 8
>
That won't set the visual class - X needs to be started with the
"-cc 3" option. I just went through this starting Xvnc on a Linux
box. The colors coming back were skewed (some of them pretty hideously).
Starting Xvnc with -cc 3 fixed the problem.
--
Dan Mercer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (marmolejo)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mail Server (POP3) setup ?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:06:48 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Con fecha Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:39:53 +0800, Eric Chow escribi�:
>Hello,
>
>Is it possible to setup a Mail Server(POP3, SMTP) through a dynamic IP ?
Yes it is
>I registered a free domain in dns2go.com(mydomain.dns2go.com). So it can
>locate my server machine with this domain evrytime when I dialup.
Better then :)
>How can I use this domain to setup my own email server in Linux ?
Install QPOPPER , for example, is quiet simply
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From: Tom Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Printer won't respond to 'cat testfile > /dev/lp0'
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:04:25 -0600
I can't get my printer to print to my Canon BJC-2010 from either of my
new RH6.2 installations: my router or my (dual-booting) laptop. The
laptop WILL print to it when booted into Win98, and the router WILL
print to it when I boot it from a Win98 hard drive. In both Win98s, the
IRQ is automatically set to "7".
The following info is also true for both machines:
==================
- after booting up, there is nothing about parport or IRQ7 showing in
the /proc directory.
Is that normal?
===================
- But after I try a 'cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0' (which produces NO
response from the printer), I _do_ find a /proc/parport directory, with
an '0' directory, containing 4 entries. The 'hardware' entry shows
base: 0x378
irq: 7
dma: none
modes: SPP,PS2
When I run 'dmesg', I see
parport 0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2]
parport 0: Printer, Canon BJC-2000, and
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven)
Does all that look reasonable? Or should there be a setting for the
dma?
====================
My /etc/conf.modules file contains the lines
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc and
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7,auto
What should I now try? I've run out of ideas.
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From: "Michel DOMINIQUE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wish ?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:09:02 GMT
Hello !
I'm using slackware 7.0.0 (2.2.13 kernel) and I'd want to use make xconfig
to build a new kernel. but the script ends with an error message telling
that wish program doesn't exists; I have the problem with my notebook and
2.0.0 kernel.
Where can I find this wish program. Into what package ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: wish ?
Date: 16 Feb 2001 15:24:24 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <yNfj6.390$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michel DOMINIQUE wrote:
> I'm using slackware 7.0.0 (2.2.13 kernel) and I'd want to use make xconfig
> to build a new kernel. but the script ends with an error message telling
> that wish program doesn't exists; I have the problem with my notebook and
> 2.0.0 kernel.
>
> Where can I find this wish program. Into what package ?
You need to install packages supporting Tk and Tcl.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: "Michel DOMINIQUE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: crypt ?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:29:49 GMT
Hello.
I've a strange behaviour on my slackware 7.0.0 system (2.2.13 kernel-based);
Whenever I try to login with a wrong password, I get the following error
message:
crypt : operation not supported
I there is no password, all is working fine.
i tried to change the password but no result.
Where does that come from ???
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From: "York Pang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bind 9.1.0 on Linux 7 as secondary server
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:47:46 -0500
I am configuring a Linux 7 box to run BIND 9.1.0 as secodary DNS server. I
did a normal compiling (without any options) on a fresh box. When I start
the named, the sever always start without pulling data files from the
primary server. In the log file, I get error for all zones that supposed to
transfer to local.
"Feb 16 14:36:24 ns /usr/local/sbin/named[22624]: transfer of
'k2ecommunications.
net' from 100.100.100.6#53: receiving responses: permission denied
Feb 16 14:36:24 ns /usr/local/sbin/named[22624]: transfer of
'k2ecommunications.
net' from 100.100.100.6#53: end of transfer"
I am sure on the primary server, I have gave zone transfer permission to
this secondary server. I doubt this has some to do with the Linux "security
feature" (drop root privileges when start), but I have no idea to how to fix
it.
Can anyone give me some suggestion?
Thanks in advance!
York
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
From: imekon@$$$REMOVE$$$.freeuk.com (Pete Goodwin)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:17:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>This is what some of us have been complaining about for weeks with
>>respect to Mandrake 7.2.
>really ?
You weren't paying attention?
>>The install process has a mind of it's own and subsequent installs on
>>fresh hard disks produce different results.
>I reinstalled a few times for fun and had no such 'alleged' behaviour.
>Neverless we have come to expect nothing but FUD from this Wintroll.
I installed it a few times and found varying results. See some of my posts.
>>You are fortunate in that you have the experience to know how to
>>repair the install.
>Mandrake 7.2 is childs play to install, Flathead has no clue as usual.
It makes it look easy, until you actually try to use it.
>>I am not and I doubt a newbie would spend that much time trying to
>>make it work properly.
>A linux newbie would spend the time, thats the difference Flathinker.
Some of us want to get on and do things, not tinker around with a system's
configuration. Ah! Windows! A delightfully refreshing ch<BSOD> - oh damn!
--
Pete Goodwin
---
On that unstable much loved system known as Windows 98 SE.
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From: fimafeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: What's a good website to find out??
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:46:02 GMT
I'm tring to use a G400 MAX on Red Hat 7.0 Linux machine. Where can I
find out about how-to upgrade the X server used by default in RH 7.0?
Any advice is appreciate and thanks!!
PS (I've tried using Xfree86.org as a site..but can't find the relevant
material there!!)
Chris
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From: "Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet 1100
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:23:41 -0500
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I tried this but it made no difference.
Can I edit the printcap somehow to put appropriate margins? It would be =
very handy. Currently the only way for me to successfully print text is =
to use the mpage program which allows for margin setting. I cannot print =
from gedit or nedit (and probably others that I haven't tried) which is =
rather inhibiting.
Thanks,
Marc
"Todd Sargent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
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I'm not sure if it's available in v6.0 or not, but if it is, it has some =
features that seem to work better.=20
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From: "Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: FIXED! Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:27:52 -0500
This is posted in the hardware newsgroup as well. The fix was to simply
update the bios (from my current version of 225 to version 245) for the
Intel OR840 motherboard that I have.
Marc
"David Cecere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had a similar problem installing RH7 on my Micron TREK 2 notebook. I
> solved it by telling the Phoenix BIOS that my installed OS was "Other"
> instead of "Windows" or "DOS".
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:32:22 -0500, Marc Ulrich
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Nope, it isn't the PCI hardware causing the trouble. I've removed all
> >PCI cards, and put the HDD on the Motherboard's IDE controller. The only
> >expansion card in the system is a Matrox G400 AGP video card.
> >
> >Does anyone know what causes this?
> >Marc
> >
> >Marc Ulrich wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a new computer that will not install linux RedHat 7.0. Here's
the
> >> deal:
> >>
> >> When the boot (from CDRom) reaches the spot: "PCI: probing PCI
> >> hardware", the system freezes. Not even Crtl-Alt-Del to shutdown &
> >> reboot will work. I tried using the expert mode because it said that
> >> will bypass the PCI autoprobing. It does exactly the same thing.
> >>
> >> Here's what I think the problem is: The harddrive is using a Promise
> >> Ultra100 harddrive controller (so that the HDD can use ATA100 instead
of
> >> ATA66 which is the max available via the motherboard). I would try just
> >> attaching the harddrive to the motherboard controller, install linux &
> >> then put it back on the Promise controller except that the PCI probing
> >> is done everytime linux boots.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me out?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marc
>
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From: "Jeremia d." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:56:49 GMT
sandy wrote:
>
> You should at least give full directions before suggesting this.
> Mount how? How do you run the install to point to the
> partition? Is this distro specific?
>
> "Jeremia d." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > He could just download the iso image and mount it like a regular cd.
> > Anthony Purcell wrote:
> >
> > > You can download and install at the same time! Download the net bootdisk
> and
> > > when it prompts for installation method choose ftp and point it to
> sunsite
> > > or freesoftware.com. I use this method all the time why waste cds and or
> > > disk space downloading iso's when you can just do it from the net. Im
> > > assuming you have broadband connectivity if you are downloading iso
> images
> > > :o)
> > >
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Richard Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I try to download and install Linux on my computer, but I haven't
> got a
> > > CD
> > > > > burner.
> > > > > The only download methods I can find on the net is iso-images or all
> the
> > > > > individual files from FTP, which would take me days to download.
> > > > > So I'm wondering if there's any way to unpack or convert the
> ISO-images
> > > to
> > > > > individual files without having to burn a CD.
> > > > > Or if anyone know of a site to download SuSE Linux 7 as a ZIP or
> similar
> > > > > archive file.
> > > > > All help appreciated, and please no answers like "buy a CD burner".
> > > > >
> > > > > Audun
> > > >
> > > > try www.cheapbytes.com and order a cd shipped to you. ONly a few
> > > > dollars plus shipping.
> >
> > --
> > A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
> >
> >
> >
Look at the post, is that not clear enough? 'You just mount like a
regular cd'
--
A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.
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From: "Sanjay Agrawal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:01:16 -0500
what error message do you get?
sanjay
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Allowing access to certain IP's.
Date: 16 Feb 2001 22:22:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:44:08 -0500, Rob Burghdoff allegedly wrote:
>How would it be possible to setup http so that only 3 or 4 ips would get one
>page and everyone else would get another? I looked through the access.conf
>but get sort of lost. Any suggestions?
Have you tried htacces, to restrict acces to part of the site to only
those ip-numbers, and then a simple redirecting script to that part
on the main page, something like
if ipnumber=a.b.c.d then insert "meta refresh=URL" else display page.
But if it concerns only those 4 ip's why don't you ask them to simply go
to that somewhere else, instead of forcing them?
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: "Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer won't respond to 'cat testfile > /dev/lp0'
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:24:47 +1300
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tom Law"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't get my printer to print to my Canon BJC-2010 from either of my
> new RH6.2 installations: my router or my (dual-booting) laptop. The
> laptop WILL print to it when booted into Win98, and the router WILL
> print to it when I boot it from a Win98 hard drive. In both Win98s, the
>
> IRQ is automatically set to "7". The following info is also true for
> both machines:
> ------------------
> - after booting up, there is nothing about parport or IRQ7 showing in
> the /proc directory. Is that normal?
Yes, because you're running the lp driver as a module, so you won't see
anything in /proc relating to it until the modules is loaded by the
kermel (in this case it is autoloaded), and can register itself in /proc
> -------------------
> - But after I try a 'cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0' (which produces NO
> response from the printer), I _do_ find a /proc/parport directory, with
> an
> '0' directory, containing 4 entries. The 'hardware' entry shows
> base: 0x378 irq: 7 dma: none modes: SPP,PS2
Printing plain text this way can be dodgy on Postscript printers. So I
imagine that InkJet printers are no different in this respect. Mostlikely
you have the printcap entries set wrongly. The Win98 boxen are set to
print to this type of printer, so they send output suitable for it. The
linux boxen probably are not, and just send raw input.
Send us the /etc/printcap of the print server, and a client. Aditionally,
Redhat has a tool call printtool (GUI) that does a fairly good job of
setting up a printer. You might like to upgrade from lpd to CUPS, which
is probably a better choice for inkjets, since drivers are constantly
being made.
> When I run 'dmesg', I see
> parport 0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2] parport 0: Printer,
> Canon BJC-2000, and lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven)
> Does all that look reasonable? Or should there be a setting for the
> dma?
Looks fine. DMA should not be neccesary.
> --------------------
> My /etc/conf.modules file contains the lines
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc and options parport_pc io=0x378
> irq=7,auto
>
> What should I now try? I've run out of ideas.
How about
send the file to the printer
echo -e "\f" > /dev/lp0
This will send a form feed (eject) to the printer, which should make it
print the page.
HIH -- Cameron Kerr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Poynor)
Subject: Re: Invisible ".filename" files in user ftp directories
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:42:18 -0800
"So far, you have not even said if 'ls -a' in a text client works."
Isn't telnet considered a text client? I did mention I can telnet in and do
"ls -la" in a directory and the .filename files are definitely there. And
I'm not understanding what you're leading to, if I need to check one area
if A or another area if B.
DAN
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 13:40:02 -0800, Dan Poynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >This problem occurs on multiple platforms using multiple ftp clients so I
> >know that it's not specific one ftp clients preference settings. It's
> >definitely something I remember doing on the server for when users log in.
>
> If you do not find anything in 'man ftpd' or 'man ftpaccess' then you are
> probably mistaken about where you changed this setting.
>
> >I'm not manually entering any commands in GUI ftp clients like 'ls -a' or
> other.
>
> Of course not, they usually have a checkbox for that. For example gftp
> has a checkbox "show hidden files". The question is, does 'ls -a' work in
> a text ftp client? And does enabling "show hidden files" in a gui client
> work? So far, you have not even said if 'ls -a' in a text client works.
>
>
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 19:41:23 -0800, Dan Poynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> > I can't remember how I made .filename files invisible to users when they
> >> >login via ftp. Somehow I thought I was being security conscious and
> >> >avoiding questions from users who didn't really need to know they even
> >> >existed. But now I need to see the .qmail files in my personal user
> >> >directory at least when I ftp into the my server.
> >> >
> >> >After going over ftpaccess and other man pages I don't think I did
this via
> >> >a flag in the /etc/inetd.conf ftpd line or anything too obvious. If I
> >> >telnet in and do "ls -la" in a directory the .filename files are
definitely
> >> >there.
> >> >
> >> >Now how'd I do that? (Using RH6.2 and wu-ftpd)
> >>
> >> Are you saying that when you do 'ls -a' or 'ls -al' in your ftp client,
> >> the dot files do NOT show up (sometimes 'dir' is an alias for that too)?
> >>
> >> For GUI ftp clients it depends upon settings in the client program.
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> >> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> >> http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
>
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc...
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:45:44 +1300
In article <o5Yi6.12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "SFShadow"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good afternoon. I'm a unix solaris sys admin and i'm looking to install
> linux on my home i386 pc along with win98 so I can start to get a feel
> for the linux os. I would like to get some advice on which distro to go
> with. I'm currently contemplating freebsd, netbsd, or debian. I want to
> learn linux config, setup, etc.. so that's why i'm looking at these
> versions although i haven't made a decision yet.
I would strongly urge you to try Slackware for a few reasons:
1) You're experienced in *nix admin, and will already have the knowledge
to know how to configure a box without much need to fancy gui tools (some
things remain the same, like resolv.conf hosts (I've never used a Solaris
box, Sun are so not into letting people download the intel version :( ).
All the other stuff you can find with grep.
2) Slackware prides itself on being the most Unix like distribution of
Linux. The most noticeable part of this being the slightly BSDish init
scripts (I've recently had a go with NetBSD, there are quite a few
differences)
3) Slackware is often recognised as a great system for really learning a
system. If you get into trouble, there is a truely wonderful newsgroup
alt.os.linux.slackware that can help you out. We are really friendly
there (this would appear to be a luxury outside of many Linux circles)
4) Slackware is one of (the?) most stable, mature and secure versions of
Linux available. To find out more about the Slackware Linux Project and
its goals etc, please visit http://www.slackware.com
Have fun with Linux -- Cameron Kerr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Poynor)
Subject: syslogd or rpc.statd errors?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:02:08 -0800
Recently I'm getting errors in my logs which look suspicious and I can't
identify what is causing them. Daily I find entries like the one copied
below. Recently I have been updating several RedHat 6.2 packages,
reconfiguring my ftpd conf files and I've been tightening my security
screws in different ways. Perhaps I caught myself.
If anyone is familiar with this kind of error I'd could use some tips to
resolve.
Feb 15 08:27:16 server syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Feb 15 08:27:16 server syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Feb 15 08:27:16 server syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Feb 15 13:35:05 server rpc.statd[343]: gethostbyname error for
^X���^X���^Y���^Y���^Z���^Z���^[���^[���%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%236x%n%1
37x%n%10x%n%192x%n\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
Feb 15 13:35:06 server rpc.statd[343]: ....
The same rpc.statd statement is then repeated four more times. Maybe that's
somekind of buffer overload attempt or something?
Thanks,
DAN
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