Linux-Setup Digest #925, Volume #20 Tue, 27 Mar 01 12:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Why is "S" respawing? (Rick Griffiths)
Re: Why is "S" respawing? (Rick Griffiths)
Problem installing RedHat 7.0 on AMD 400Mhz Machine. (James)
Weird entries in /tmp ? ("jf")
Mount 6 slots IDE CDROM drive ? ("david")
Re: Weird entries in /tmp ? (H.Bruijn)
Re: Copying /etc/passwd from one machine to another
Re: cdrecord problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NIS Home Areas (Edward Coates)
Re: Authenticate in ONE machine for some 30+ workstations? (Craig Kelley)
Re: RedHat 6.2 or 7.0 (Craig Kelley)
Re: Unhappy with FTP (Craig Kelley)
RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip (Robert Singleton)
Re: NIS Problems (Craig Kelley)
Re: How do I add more packages after first install? (Craig Kelley)
Re: Cannot change passwords after upgrade to 7.0 (Craig Kelley)
Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip ("Davide Bianchi")
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:07:22 -0500
In article <985685847.815939@sj-nntpcache-5>, Jan Just Keijser
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
}9 out of 10 times this is a serial port getty that is not hooked up to a
}proper serial port; scan your /etc/inittab file and look for something similar
}to
}
}S:12345:respawn:/bin/getty ttyS<n>
}
}comment out this line (prepent a '#') and reboot - the message should now be
}gone.
I tried this on my own before I saw your advice and I swear
*something* put the line back in. Unless I forgot to save the changes.
My head was swimming at that point from trying to read all the relevant
man pages. But thanks.
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:07:22 -0500
In article <985685847.815939@sj-nntpcache-5>, Jan Just Keijser
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
}9 out of 10 times this is a serial port getty that is not hooked up to a
}proper serial port; scan your /etc/inittab file and look for something similar
}to
}
}S:12345:respawn:/bin/getty ttyS<n>
}
}comment out this line (prepent a '#') and reboot - the message should now be
}gone.
I tried this on my own before I saw your advice and I swear
*something* put the line back in. Unless I forgot to save the changes.
My head was swimming at that point from trying to read all the relevant
man pages. But thanks.
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Use reply-to address.
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem installing RedHat 7.0 on AMD 400Mhz Machine.
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:24:40 +0800
Hi,
I am looking for a solution to the above. I had faced some problem
installing
RedHat 7.0 on my AMD K6 III 400 Mhz Machine. I am using a Gigabyte
GA-5AA
Socket 7 Motherboard using a 10GB Hard-disk, with a 4M Trident video
card.
There was a error message, a signal 11 was received after select the
drive which
linux is installing from. It always hangs at the spot where the OS is
unmounting the filesystem at the message /dev/pts without any further
response.
Initially I had a similar problem, at the message /proc/bus/usb, which
was
resolved when I disabled the USB feature. At this point, I do not know
of any
resolution to the above problem, but to ask for help, does anyone have a
similar
installation problem like me or is there a tweak I need to perform prior
to
installation. Another questions, anyone tried installing Oracle 8i
Enterprise Edition
for Linux on RedHat 7.0, any luck ? any advice is appreciate and thank
you...
regards
James
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From: "jf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weird entries in /tmp ?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:47:14 -0600
Hello!
Anyone know what all of these strange entries in my /tmp directory are? Can
I delete these?
-rwx------ 1 root root 31 Mar 21 16:02 mcextzlxPWc
-rwx------ 1 root root 24 Mar 20 14:35 mcextzmbRRe
-rwx------ 1 root root 31 Mar 21 16:07 mcextzqosPi
They all refer to 'gedit' and then a file I edited at some point in time.
Thanks,
-jf-
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From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Mount 6 slots IDE CDROM drive ?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:47:19 +0800
My IDE CDROM have 6 slots which can placed max 6 CDROM into the drive.
Under Linux 2.2.16, I can only mount the first slot. How can I mount other 5
slots ? Is Linux supports this CDROM drive ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Weird entries in /tmp ?
Date: 27 Mar 2001 16:01:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:47:14 -0600, jf allegedly wrote:
>Hello!
>
>Anyone know what all of these strange entries in my /tmp directory are? Can
>I delete these?
>
>-rwx------ 1 root root 31 Mar 21 16:02 mcextzlxPWc
>-rwx------ 1 root root 24 Mar 20 14:35 mcextzmbRRe
>-rwx------ 1 root root 31 Mar 21 16:07 mcextzqosPi
>
>They all refer to 'gedit' and then a file I edited at some point in time.
Quite a lot of editors use temporary files. Sometimes when the program
crashes, or is killed rather then closed, those files aren't removed.
Other programs create lock files, also in /tmp/
And yes you delete them.
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========================================================================
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The Netherlands
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Copying /etc/passwd from one machine to another
Date: 27 Mar 2001 11:01:16 -0500
mitchell> Copy only user entries from old /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and
mitchell> /etc/shadow files and add them to the corresponding files on the
mitchell> new machine. Copy old /home directory to the new machine
When copying information from passwd, group, and shadow files, make
sure that you don't have any UID/GID clashes with the new files.
Unless you have two different passwd hashing schemes (MD5 vs 3DES for
example), you should be able to copy over the user's shadow entry as
well.
mitchel> On a sidenote, how do you find out whether the encrypted
mitchel> passwords will work on different versions of the same OS and on
mitchel> different flavours of UNIX? That is, if I copy the user accounts
mitchel> from Solaris 7 to a Redhat Linux 7 box, will that work?
It depends on the hash algorigthm your machines support. If you're
using 3DES on both then, yes, it will work. If you're using 3DES on
the solaris machine and MD5 on the linux machine, but the linux
passwd/shadow files support 3DES too, then yes it will work. If you
try to go from MD5 to a machine that only supports 3DES (or visa
versa), no, it won't work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: cdrecord problem
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:02:50 GMT
I think I found a bug in slackware 7.2 --- So that is why it's
considered beta! : )
I just installed redhat 7, set it up the same way
and just finished burning FreeBDS-4.2
Thank You all for your help it was a good learning experience...
Bill
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:17:00 GMT, Tony Hammitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Try saying:
>
>cdrecord -v dev=3D1,0,0 fs=3D3m speed=3D<<your max speed>> progeny-rc1-i3=
>86-1.iso
>
>That's what I always use, I don't have any problems. The 'fs=3D3m' limit=
>s
>the size of the shared memory segment to 3 MB, which is more than plenty
>and complies with the old kernel shared memory maximums. This is still
>an issue on Alpha Linux kv 2.2.
>
>Check the output of 'cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax' to see if the standard
>4MB buffer is a limitation. You can always push a bigger value into the
>kernel with something like 'echo 8000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax' if
>needed.
>
>HTH,
>
> Tony Hammitt
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> =
>
>> Krzysztof Godlewski wrote:
>> =
>
>> > Ponurego dnia Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:55:19 GMT William Jerrell spod swyc=
>h
>> > paluch=F3w wypu=B6ci=B3 te oto s=B3owa:
>> > >I down loaded the iso off of thier site.
>> > >I was able mount the file with the loopback filesystem. (I did this =
>to
>> > >test the file before I tried to burn it)
>> > >This was the first file I tried to burn with cdrecord, but I'm getti=
>ng the
>> > >same error with all other files as well.
>> >
>> > Does /dev/zero exist ? If not, create it:
>> >
>> > mknod /dev/zero c 1 5
>> >
>> > --
>> > Krzysztof Godlewski Ale pod RedHatem wszystko robi sie=
> SAMO!!!
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Pioter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> na p.c.o=
>=2El
>> =
>
>> /dev/zero does exist...
>> =
>
>> Thanks anyway....
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From: Edward Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIS Home Areas
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:51:20 -0600
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You might try using the autmounter to mount the homedirectories of your
users. Thay way, you don't have to put there home directories on each
machine.
Ed
Gerschwin wrote:
> Hi I've installed a NIS server(Caldera 2.4 - both server and client) wh=
ich
> seems to be running ok and supplying a client with users and passwords =
BUT
> when I login it appears to accept the login and password and the screen=
> clears as if to boot into KDE but it then returns to the login. A faile=
d
> login never gets by the box so I assume it recognises the user/passwd o=
k.
> Oh and Root login is ok on the local box but other users aren't.
>
> Any ideas what the problem might be?
>
> --
> :=AC) Gerschwin
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Authenticate in ONE machine for some 30+ workstations?
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:30:55 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony) writes:
> We have 30+ linux networked workstations and would like a way around having to
> create individual accounts in each of those workstations, and having
> to do the same whenever a user switched to another workstation.
>
> Is to a way for the system to authenticate from a server, then let
> the user proceed to have control of his individual work station?
>
> Is there any sense in doing that? I mean if an account has to be
> created at each individual workstation so that the proper /home/user
> directories are created then I guess there wouldn't be much of an
> advantage.
> The idea is to be able to control all the accounts from a server but
> give users the freedom to roam about the lab and use different
> workstations without having an administrator create a separate account
> at every workstation the user goes to.
Use NIS on one machine and have all the others join that domain, or
setup PAM to authenticate against some other server mechanism (like
Windows SMB, for example).
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 or 7.0
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:31:37 -0700
"Buzz Lightyear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We are in the final stage of a 2 months testing period. without
> going into too many details, we are debating between RHat 6.2 and
> 7.0. The server will be strictly for Samba. We feel the 6.2 is more
> stable and everything is in the "right place " while some changes in
> 7.0 seem to cause the system some instability (Compaq ProLiant 3000,
> dual PII 400).
>
> Any input is appreciated.
Go with 6.2 for a server.
I'd reccomend 7 for a workstation, though.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unhappy with FTP
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:33:43 -0700
"Woon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Greetings,
>
> I've been experiencing a really annoying problem eversince I decided to
> toughen up the security of my ftp site. It used to work perfectly, then I
> decided to install the latest wu-ftpd package (wu-ftpd2.6.1). I changed the
> default directory from /var/ftp to /home/ftp and created the ftpadmin user
> as well. At the moment, any attempts to connect to the ftp server would
> return something like this:
>
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
> Login failed.
> No control connection for command: No such file or directory.
>
> This pops out as soon as I entered the user name.
>
> Checking /var/log/messages:
> Mar 21 12:15:22 xxxx ftpd[2115]: exitting on signal 11: Segmentation fault.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That means the server unexpectedly crashed; something it should never
do. You have a bug somewhere; either the package you installed is
buggy or you downloaded the wrong version for your system. It
probably (shouldn't) has nothing to do with your configuration files.
[snip configuration files]
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From: Robert Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:30:55 -0700
I have not been able to locate an FAQ and could not find this
question in the HowTo's, so I apologize if this has already
been addressed.
I'm running RedHat7.0 (on two identical DELL 620 workstations),
and have installed internal 250 ATAPI zip drives from Iomega.
The problem I'm having is the following: after formatting a
disk on ONE of the machines (with the ext2 file system), I am
unable to mount it on the OTHER machine (although it will mount
on the first machine). I've tried installing the ide-scsi driver
into the kernel, but this doesn't help; nor do the Iomega provided
utilities. BTW, the zip is the master on the primary IDE channel
(in fact, it's the only device on the primary channel, and I
have two CDROMs on the secondary channel). Playing around with
BIOS options also hasn't worked.
After bugging the Iomega support line for over a week, they
finally revealed to me that there are "known incompatibles
between the Iomega zip drive and RedHat7.0". (It turns out
that this is Iomega-speak for "we don't support RedHat7.0".)
My questions are:
a) Is there a known workaround? Another driver perhaps?
b) If there is no workaround, then what (hopefully internal)
zip drive should I buy instead?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: NIS Problems
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:37:45 -0700
"Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Looking at the logs I see that it has trouble mapping home areas!
> How do I get around this as the home areas don't exist on the client, and I
> would prefer them not to!
> Maybe a default for them all?
on the clients:
cd /home
rm -rf *
mount -t nfs your_server:/home /home
(edit /etc/fstab so that it does this on bootup)
Then, all the user's home accounts will live on the server and will be
served to the clients as needed. Users will be able to login to any
machine and have their own desktop and files.
Root is a special case, which is why it works for you (the root home
is usually /root, and that's a good thing -- root shouldn't login over
NIS)
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I add more packages after first install?
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:39:08 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ivory Bones) writes:
> I installed RedHat 7.0 on an older machine with less than 1Gb of disk
> space. I had to settle on one GUI (Gnome) and omit many of the packages.
> Now I find I have about 200 Mb of free space after the install. How do I go
> back and install more packages?
You can do it manually:
rpm -i /path/to/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/package_name.i386.rpm
You can use a menu:
gnorpm
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot change passwords after upgrade to 7.0
Date: 27 Mar 2001 09:40:20 -0700
"Greg Merideth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I upgraded my linux 5.02 configuration to the new linux 7 config
> straight from the cdrom doing a typical workstation installation and now
> I have this "slight" little problem.
>
> I cannot change any passwords.
>
> This is what I get when I try to change my password.
>
> --------------
>
> [root@trigger /root]# passwd
> New UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
>
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
>
> [root@trigger /root]#
>
> Any idea what this means?
That's definately a bug.
Try running 'pwconv' as the root user and try changing the password
again.
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From: "Davide Bianchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:41:23 -0800
"Robert Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm running RedHat7.0 (on two identical DELL 620 workstations),
> and have installed internal 250 ATAPI zip drives from Iomega.
I use an external (USB) 250 Zip drive with RH 6.2 (updated
kernel), and I have absolutely no problem at all with it. So I think
that the problem can reside only in the configuration of your
machine.
What is the error reported when you try to mount the Zip drive?
Davide
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