Linux-Setup Digest #889, Volume #20 Thu, 22 Mar 01 18:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: Limiting concurrent users (Michael Heiming)
Re: 01010101 on bootup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to optimize linux (Rudi)
Re: GUI Xconfigurator? ("Taavi Hein")
Sharing Drives (Graeme Rae)
Re: Sharing Drives ("Davide Bianchi")
how to disable the rlogin auto-logout feature? ("Richard R. Drake")
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sharing Drives (Graeme Rae)
Re: 2.4.2 missing mod; mkinitrd error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> (olgnuby)
Re: Print to remote printer on Win using Samba ("Stefan Kiczerjak")
tar questions ("Gregg Black")
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> (Laura Goodwin)
Re: rtin question (Thomas Krull)
Re: Best E-mail Client? (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> (Laura Goodwin)
Help: Map private IP to public IP ("Charlie Huang")
Re: halt in /sbin/init (Tai-Lin)
Re: Limiting concurrent users (Marc)
Re: dhcpd and linux 2.2 ("latompa")
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> (Carlos D. Garza)
Re: Telnet and vi (Carlos D. Garza)
Re: rtin question (Carlos D. Garza)
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:16:26 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Limiting concurrent users
Marc wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
> Another issue I can't seem to find an answer for:
Where did you look?
> Is there a way to limit concurrent users to a directory (in this case a
> mounted CDROM). The issue
> is that we have a license for only one concurrent user at a time to read
> the CD, so I would like to limit it.
> In NT you can limit concurrent connections to a share. Is there a way
> to do this in Linux? We are using
> Samba to make the CD available to windows work stations.
Type:
man smb.conf
And check
max connections (S)
Set it in your smb.conf, for your cd-rom share and reload samba...done
Michael Heiming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 01010101 on bootup
Date: 22 Mar 2001 18:20:51 GMT
I had the same problem until I discovered that the jumpers on my hard
drive were not set correctly. I made the hard drive the master drive and
that solved the problem.
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From: Rudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to optimize linux
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:28:42 +0200
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:25:38 -0500, abhijit mhatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>just wondering how would I go about optimizing the system , as I find it
>pretty slow performance wise
Most obviously: add more RAM !!
Linuxwise, recompile kernel to include only what you need,
and remember to optimize for your processor.
Apart from that, everything else depends on your needs
and wishes for your machine so definite hints can't be given.
Cheers !!
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From: "Taavi Hein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GUI Xconfigurator?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:41:44 +0200
: I am not sure you can run it from X- it configure your
: video conf which could be a disaster while the gui is running.
No, it's not a disaster... Linux keeps everything in conf. files, remember,
so the changes don't take place until Xserver is restarted, ie. in the next
X session.
--
Taavi Hein
Registered Linux user #209546
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Graeme Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sharing Drives
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:51:56 -0800
On my old Solaris system this was pretty simple - you'd add a line to the
dfstab file on the sharing machine and a line to vfstab to the borrowing
machine and you'd be all set.
Now I'm on linux:
Drive to share : /ocean on orac
Drive to mount to : /ocean on hal
Using linuxconf on both machines I get to this point:
ORAC setup:
%more /etc/exports
/ocean/ hal(rw) # Orac Shared Drive
HAL setup:
%tail -1 /etc/fstab
orac:/ocean /ocean nfs exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
Command issued on HAL (either using linuxconf or manually):
%mount orac:/ocean
mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
What am I missing here - do I need to add another RPC service?
Graeme
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From: "Davide Bianchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sharing Drives
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:53:35 -0800
"Graeme Rae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> %mount orac:/ocean
> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
Check the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, I think you have to
add the permission for portmap.
See also the NFS-HOWTO.
Davide
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From: "Richard R. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to disable the rlogin auto-logout feature?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:57:47 -0700
I'm running red hat linux 7 and keep getting auto logged out when i'm
away from my desk for a certain period of time. anybody know how to
disable the timeout?
-rich
--
Richard Drake (505)844-2537
Computational Physics R&D [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sandia National Laboratories Dept. 9231
PO Box 5800, MS 0819
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0819
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: 22 Mar 2001 20:11:14 GMT
Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> > Find a driver (i.e. X server) with support and drop it in. Shrug.
>
> You make it sound so easy. This is one reason why some people say Linux
> sucks, Peter: because they have been led to believe that they will be
> able to used the OS if they simply install it and start using it, and
> it's not really that easy, Peter.
Did you try the lowest resolution choice during video
configuration, usually 640x480? That will work with almost any
video card/monitor combination ever made- 'Vga passthru mode'.
This mode is eminently usable for the days or weeks necessary to
get everything else cooking along. And you *will* be able to see
and read every default font imaginable, and there are some really
tiny default fonts offered in Mandrake 7.1 such that 1060x800 is
hardly usable with KDE.
--
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From: Graeme Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sharing Drives
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:13:00 -0800
in article 99dla5$quim$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Davide Bianchi at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 3/22/01 2:53 PM:
> "Graeme Rae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> %mount orac:/ocean
>> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
>
> Check the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, I think you have to
> add the permission for portmap.
> See also the NFS-HOWTO.
>
> Davide
>
>
>
Wow - THANKS! that was fast! I checked those hosts files (both OK) and also
ran through the NFS-HOWTO -which revealed my problem - the nfs service was
not running. A quick addition of a checkmark in linuxconf and we're off to
the races...
Thanks!
Graeme
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: 2.4.2 missing mod; mkinitrd error
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:06:59 +0100
Craig Kelley wrote:
> Darren and Marla Welson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have compiled 2.2.18 and 2.4.2 kernels with no problem, but when I
> > went to mkinitrd, I was told I was missing the module for my SCSI device
> > aic7xxx.o . I added this into the kernel, so I did not forget it. I
> > ended up copying the module from my 2.2.14 /lib/modules directory and
> > all is ok for 2.2.18. I did the same for 2.4.2, but when I mkinitrd I
> > now get the error of 'all loopback devices are in use' and it stops
> > there.
> >
> > Does anyonw know what may be happening? Any fix?
>
> Just compile your SCSI driver into the kernel and forget about the
> initrd image. The initrd is handy for a distribution that wants one
> kernel to do everything -- it isn't a handy for a single user that
> knows what he/she wants.
>
> As for the loopback problem: you probably forgot to compile in
> loopback support, or you are using many loopback devices already (df
> should show them for you).
>
Sorry, but there must be a problem with 'mount -o loop'. I experienced the
same as I tried to make a initrd under 2.4.2. Of course I have compiled
loop.o and I got the latest modutils, as mentioned in
linux-2.4.2/Documentation/Changes.
mount just hangs, and any subsequent mount or umount fails (gosh, lucky as I
am, I got a journaling FS on most of my partitions, phew). Funny, that
losetup says, the device is bound correctly.
Oh, and mount is from util-linux-2.10o, as recommended.
Maybe they fix the problem in 2.4.3
>
> --
> It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
Ciuess
T1M
--
Coding is easy; All you do is sit staring at a terminal until the drops
of blood form on your forehead.
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:37:43 -0600
Laura Goodwin wrote:
> Thumper wrote:
>> go back what they know. To those of us that have done it, a kernel recompile
>> is no big deal.
> There is also nothing wrong with being a newbie and asking for help.
> Maybe some people would rather do everything without humbling themselves
> to their fellow man and asking for assistance, but the average person
> with a normal, healthy ego has no problem with such things. Asking for
> help is not the same as donning a sign that says "kick me!",
> If you don't have the patience for newbies, don't parlay with them,
> fellas. That's good advice from me to you.
>
>
> Laura Goodwin
What'cha mean no big deal. ;-)
My first re-compile was on a RH 5.0 install on a 386/25 w/24 meg ram
which I finally attempted after humpteen thousand failures at installing
and trying to get the damn thing working okay enough to try it. Too
proud to ask for help and back in those days, there was some really mean
grumpy old bastards on UseNet and I was scared I'd ask the wrong
question and get flamed of the group. Not just today's wimps that needed
someplace to bolster an already over exaggerated sense of self
importance through sarcasm, ridicule and contempt and can't find a pup
small enough on their block to kick, so consequently spend their days
hiding behind the anonymity of a crt, picking on newcomers.
I mean really MEAN mean. ;-)
Welcome to the world of Linux Laura. UseNet also if you're a newcomer to it.
Charlie
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From: "Stefan Kiczerjak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Print to remote printer on Win using Samba
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:41:40 +0100
Have you tried to install any PS-printer-driver on your win-sytem, which is
compatible to your installed printer. To find a compatible one, just consult
your printer's handbook.
regards
Stefan
--
***We are here to go!***
"Carlos Novo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> My problem is:
>
> I need to print to a printer on Win machine. I've uses Printtool for
> configuring spool and it prints ASCII text quite well, but I can't print
> Postcript ... it just print all "postcript" code as is ...
>
> I'm using Debian Potato 2.2.
>
> Is there any one who knows what can I do ?
>
> Thanx.
>
> --
> Carlos Novo
> Dpto. Inform�tica
> I.C. & Asociados
> Tfno.: 954 404323
>
> There is no way to Linux. Linux is the way !!
>
>
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From: "Gregg Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: tar questions
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:15:01 -0800
Right now I'm experimenting with tar within my mandrake 7.2. These are the
steps I've used to try and successfully tar onto my floppy. I'm reading off
of O'Reilly's Running Linux book. I've fdformat'ed the floppy I have, used
mkfs -t ext2 on it, then mounted it (not sure if this is neccessary before
using tar), and then tar cvf my /home onto it. I just used that directory
to make sure it wasn't bigger than the floppy. Anyhow, it seems to go
alright, but why is it that I can't ls the /mnt/floppy directory? It gives
me a can't find ext2 filesystem error when trying to remount the floppy that
was written on by tar. I'm a newbie, so I would appreciate some pointers
here. Thanks!
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From: Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:19:57 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Did you try the lowest resolution choice during video
> configuration, usually 640x480?
I installed Mandrake 7.2 and can see what I'm doing now, thanks. :)
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From: Thomas Krull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rtin question
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:02:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carlos D. Garza wrote:
> I am useing my ISPs NNTP server from a 56K modem dialup. Probmel is
> that
> rtin has a bad habit of squeezeing the several megabyte active file from
> the
> remote NNTP server down the 56K straw. I only read a few news groups so
> how do I get tin to ignore the bulbous remote active file and only look at
> the newsgroups I specify?
> Every now and then I don't mind downloading the activefile and
> searching
> for new newsgroups that may have recently poped up but this half hour wait
> every time I start tin is getting annoying.
Set up your own, local newsserver on your machine i.e leafnode...
cheers, Thomas
--
Thomas Krull [DF1HX] PGP: 0xC9E74329 (2.6.3.i)
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x01EC2546 (GnuPrivacyGuard)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Best E-mail Client?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:06:15 GMT
[Please note FollowUp-To: header]
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, M. Buchenrieder
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
[...]
>>Since you'll - for the forseeable future, at least - never know
>>what transport and bandwidth the recipient of your message will
>>have available at a given time, nor what system he'll be using to
>>receive and read your mail, that's simply not going to happen.
>Wrong again !!!!
Depends.
>I generally know what kit my clients have installed, and they generally
>know what I have.
[...]
Yeah, that's the one and only exemption. But think about it:
Can you _really_ always be sure where your clients will be
reading their mail at any given time? You're sure that they
don't use (or have to use) some sort of mail forwarding
service, while being abroad etc.? *I* do that, and I have then to
download mail via some 9600 kBit/s mobile phone data link.
At est. USD 2.50 per minute. Urgh.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:24:29 -0500
olgnuby wrote:
> Welcome to the world of Linux Laura. UseNet also if you're a newcomer to it.
I'm a newbie to Linux but not to life. ;)
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From: "Charlie Huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Map private IP to public IP
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:00:59 -0800
Can any one tell me how can I map a private IP to a public IP, so I can
connect to a PCANYWHERE host machine by using a DSL connection with TCP/IP
protocol. My PCanywhere is installing on a Window 2000 machine which is
behind a RadHat 7.0 gateway machine.
Thank you very much for any help
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From: Tai-Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: halt in /sbin/init
Date: 22 Mar 2001 22:27:02 GMT
I copied everything in /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d directory including
the symbolic links. Besides these stuff, is there any other file that
I should copy to my system? I just need the machine to be booted up, so
I didn't put whole the linux system in the flash disk.
In comp.os.linux.setup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> sorry for the incomplete followup ..
> systems init by following certain lines in /etc/inittab depending on the runlevel
> is everything that is in /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d on your system ?
> you mentioned flash disk .. I'm just wondering if there was enough
> space for everything needed to be installed.
> In alt.os.linux Tai-Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I installed linux to a 486PC with a flash disk manually.
>> When I booted up this computer, the booting process halted after mounted
>> the root file system. I traced into the kernel source code, and I am
>> pretty sure that the kernel launched /sbin/init correctly.
>> However, the /sbin/init stuck halfway and didn't put any message
>> on my screen.
>> Does anyone know what sequence the /sbin/init would execute after the
>> kernel is loaded and how could I trace the init to find where the process
>> stuck?
>> I copied /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d from other computer. Is there any
>> thing that I should modify? What else should I copy to boot up my system?
> --
> The ideas and text of my post belong solely to me and are copyright of for and by me
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> $a="\<b isfg\=\"nbjmup";
> $b="\:\/\/udq\@cmvfnppo";
> $c="\.nzjq\.psh\"\>tfoe\<\/b\>";
> $d="$a"."$b"."$c";
> $d =~ y/b-z/a-z/;
> print "$d\n";
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Limiting concurrent users
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:41:37 GMT
Duh,
Thanks - I was looking in Linux docs. Never even thought about doing it in
Samba - it's that anti-Windows
streak in me.
Marc
Michael Heiming wrote:
> Marc wrote:
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > Another issue I can't seem to find an answer for:
>
> Where did you look?
>
> > Is there a way to limit concurrent users to a directory (in this case a
> > mounted CDROM). The issue
> > is that we have a license for only one concurrent user at a time to read
> > the CD, so I would like to limit it.
> > In NT you can limit concurrent connections to a share. Is there a way
> > to do this in Linux? We are using
> > Samba to make the CD available to windows work stations.
>
> Type:
>
> man smb.conf
>
> And check
>
> max connections (S)
>
> Set it in your smb.conf, for your cd-rom share and reload samba...done
>
> Michael Heiming
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From: "latompa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dhcpd and linux 2.2
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:52:41 -0800
> I'm trying to make dhcpd work for linux 2.2.12.
>
> I run isc's dhcpd, version 2
> I've read the gotchas on
> http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/mini-HOWTO/DHCP/x369.php3
OK, I learned one thing:
when MS DHCP clients do a ipconfig /renew, it contacts
the old DHCP server (if any).
To make it forget the old settings, do a
ipconfig /release <if name>
ipconfig /renew <if name>
Now it works.
Regards,
latompa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos D. Garza)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: 22 Mar 2001 22:53:46 GMT
Yea tell me about it. IRC is also horrable place to take refuge if your
looking for help in linux. Those people flat out tell you
"We don't want linux to expand so that lamers can use it we just want to"
"be left the hell alone, yet the name of the channel is #linuxhelp"
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, olgnuby wrote:
>Laura Goodwin wrote:
>
>> Thumper wrote:
>
>>> go back what they know. To those of us that have done it, a kernel recompile
>>> is no big deal.
>
>> There is also nothing wrong with being a newbie and asking for help.
>> Maybe some people would rather do everything without humbling themselves
>> to their fellow man and asking for assistance, but the average person
>> with a normal, healthy ego has no problem with such things. Asking for
>> help is not the same as donning a sign that says "kick me!",
>> If you don't have the patience for newbies, don't parlay with them,
>> fellas. That's good advice from me to you.
>>
>>
>> Laura Goodwin
>What'cha mean no big deal. ;-)
>
>My first re-compile was on a RH 5.0 install on a 386/25 w/24 meg ram
>which I finally attempted after humpteen thousand failures at installing
>and trying to get the damn thing working okay enough to try it. Too
>proud to ask for help and back in those days, there was some really mean
>grumpy old bastards on UseNet and I was scared I'd ask the wrong
>question and get flamed of the group. Not just today's wimps that needed
>someplace to bolster an already over exaggerated sense of self
>importance through sarcasm, ridicule and contempt and can't find a pup
>small enough on their block to kick, so consequently spend their days
>hiding behind the anonymity of a crt, picking on newcomers.
>
>I mean really MEAN mean. ;-)
>
>Welcome to the world of Linux Laura. UseNet also if you're a newcomer to it.
>
>Charlie
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos D. Garza)
Subject: Re: Telnet and vi
Date: 22 Mar 2001 22:59:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc wrote:
>Thank you. I am using Tera Term Pro and ttsh. It's free and seems to work
>very well. The issue does seem to be the
>terminal type.
>
>Marc
>
>David Efflandt wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:20:04 -0500, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >How can I get a terminal session (e.g. telnet) to my linux box and have
>> >utilities such as vi work well ? Currently, I can
>> >telnet, but cannot remotely use vi or other text utilities. Any
>> >help/suggestions are appreciated. Also, if I want to use ssh
>> >from a windows machine to my Linux box, what is recommended.
try typeing
set term=vt100
stty erase ^h
when you first login from telnet. This always works for me.
>>
>> Besides the other suggestions about checking TERM after you login, note
>> that it is case sensitive. So 'vt100' may work, but 'VT100' would not be
>> recognized (a common problem with Windows clients). Also Win clients
>> often have settings about whether you want certain keys to be Windows
>> keys, or terminal keys.
>>
>> I have had good results with Putty for ssh to Linux and Solaris, but I had
>> to use the related utility to create an RSA key for Putty, since with no
>> docs I did not know how to use my Linux generated key. My desktop just
>> has ssh1, but SuSE 7.1 on my laptop came with OpenSSH.
>>
>> --
>> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos D. Garza)
Subject: Re: rtin question
Date: 22 Mar 2001 23:02:18 GMT
Yeah thats what I've been trying to do but tin is dead set on downloading
the active file every time. I'm all confused and stuff. Write now I'm useing
this ackward "slrn" newsreader that doesn't stall for half an hour every time,
but it's interface is really screwy.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Donald wrote:
>Carlos D. Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>: I am useing my ISPs NNTP server from a 56K modem dialup. Probmel is that
>: rtin has a bad habit of squeezeing the several megabyte active file from the
>: remote NNTP server down the 56K straw. I only read a few news groups so how
>: do I get tin to ignore the bulbous remote active file and only look at the
>: newsgroups I specify?
>
>: Every now and then I don't mind downloading the activefile and searching
>: for new newsgroups that may have recently poped up but this half hour wait
>: every time I start tin is getting annoying.
>
>I don't know if this will help or not but I seem to remember doing
>something similar awhile back. I went ahead and let it download
>the whole thing once. I then copied my .newsrc to .newsrc_all (so
>that I could later search it for the names of news groups I was interested
>in) Then I created a .newsrc file with only the newsgroups that I was
>interested in. Then when I used my newsreader it would only try
>to retrieve information on those groups. (I'm not sure if that will
>work for rtin or not but I remember this working for me at one time)
>
>I hope that helps.
>
>-Donald
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