Linux-Setup Digest #962, Volume #20 Sun, 1 Apr 01 12:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Novice admin trying to secure a server ("David White")
How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm? ("Jeffrey Yu")
Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux ("Michael O")
Re: help with .profile ("Tim Cuthbertson")
Re: NT machine ping-able by name but not same machine under linux :( (Ian Northeast)
Please, help me, I'm going nuts (Henrik Farre)
Re: LPD not working... Help ("Robert B. Gamble")
Re: ISO image install problem... ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm? ("The Spook")
Re: Define the X Desktop for "StartX" command (Edwin Johnson)
RH7 and VMWare Express ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux (Jan Eric Andersson)
iFeel Mouse ("sw")
Re: Please, help me, I'm going nuts (Jason LaPenta)
Quota Support and Mandrake 8.0 release 2 (Jason LaPenta)
Re: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm? ("Mikael Chambon")
SuSe 7.0 - can't mount remote filesystems (Brian O'Halloran)
Xwindows ("Riyaz Mansoor")
How can I install RebHat to a PC with WinME? ("�w����")
Re: Bellsouth ADSL (Rod Smith)
My 'kpackage' won't work.. Need Help.. (Douglas M. Pervine)
Re: Installing linux WITHOUT a distribution. (Knut S. Aabjorsbraaten)
aha1542 - getting module to work (jason)
Re: Novice admin trying to secure a server (A. Tsakiris)
Kernel Panic: In swapper task - not syncing (RH7 & SuSE 7.1) (Sam Piper)
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From: "David White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Novice admin trying to secure a server
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:43:08 -0500
Hi, all. Our church has its own RH 6.2 Linux box which serves as a mail
server, web server, and internet gateway for a handful of Windows 95
machines.
This being a church and all, we don't have a paid sysadmin, so that job has
fallen to me. I have several years of general Unix and Linux experience
(from a user standpoint), but not a whole lot of practice being an admin.
Some of it I'll pick up as we go along, but at the outset, I want to at
LEAST make sure I have a secure box that can withstand whatever attacks may
come, while I try to get up to speed on all the rest.
So I guess the questions are:
1) What are the absolute *critical* things that an admin (particually an
admin of a RH Linux 6.2) box should know about? For instance, what kind of
things should I be monitoring on a day-to-day basis? What's the usual
process for keeping up with newly discovered software flaws or backdoors,
and keeping a system up-to-date?
2) What's the easiest way for someone with a limited amount of time to get
up to speed on sysadmin'ing? Again, I know that it's a big job, so for now
I'm wanting to get the most critical tools in my toolchest first, and worry
about optimizing, running backups, etc. after that. Are there any good
books/websites that can take me from "newbie admin" to at least "moderately
skilled admin" ?
3) Is it possible to go straight from one version of RH (6.2) to another
(7.0) without simply erasing the hard drive and reinstalling a fresh copy of
7.0 ?
Thanks to all who can help me get started.
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From: "Jeffrey Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install
Subject: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:40:58 GMT
I got RH7.0 installed and access it from my NT box using Exceed.
When I do "ls -l", directories, flat files, scripts, etc, are shown in their
own
color. When I had this problem in RH6.1, I edited the .Xdefaults and got
the color scheme removed.
In RH7.0, the setting must be saved in elsewhere as altering .Xdefaults
would make any difference. Please help!
Thanks,
Jeffrey
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From: "Michael O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:01:18 GMT
I've swapped cards in 7.2 and Linux finds them on boot. I didn't have to do
anything except feed it the CD.
"Hartmann Schaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <9a5uiv$v4u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeremy Paiz wrote:
> >"Patrick F. Clarin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:9a5t8t$2f6r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> How do you change to init 3?
> >>
> >
> >in the file /etc/inittab change
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> >to
> >
> > id:3:initdefault:
>
> i guess that works too, but if you want to do it only occasionally, it's
> easier to bring up the boot prompt (see lilo configuration) and type
>
> linux 3
>
> (or whatever your imagename for linux is)
>
> hs
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From: "Tim Cuthbertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with .profile
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:10:52 -0500
That is a very good question. I have the same problem with my ksh on one Sun
Solaris 2.6 host. I hope we will get a good answer.
Tim
"Bob Comire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Jnxx6.76773$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I am running RedHat 7. When I try to override the emacs line editor
with
> set -o vi it will not work when I login. If I type it on the command line
it
> will work just fine. If I place it into the .profile then type . .profile
it
> will work just fine. But if I leave it in the .profile and logout then
login
> it will not work. How is this set for login?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> PS - also tried /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc,
> ~/.bash_profile
>
>
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From: Ian Northeast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT machine ping-able by name but not same machine under linux :(
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 14:14:59 +0100
Tony wrote:
>
> >> Perhaps linux is not identifying itself to be the same machine as the
> >> NT machine even though they run the same hardware, but how to get it
> >> to do that?
> >
> >Under TCP/IP, a machine doesn't "identify itself" on a network other
> >than responding to it's IP address. You indicated that the Linux
> >system responds to a numerical ping, so that's already working.
> >It's up to the other machine to come up with the target machine's
> >IP address.
>
> Right, so I'm wondering if it can resolve the IP address for the target
> machine running NT why can't it resolve it for that same machine
> running linux.
Some Windows machines can resolve names using NetBios for purposes other
than file sharing e.g. ping. Windows NT is probably registering itself
to WINS servers and Linux isn't.
The best solution is to get the machine registered in the local DNS.
However, if this isn't possible/practical, it should be possible to set
up Samba and have nmbd register the machine to WINS.
Regards, Ian
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From: Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Please, help me, I'm going nuts
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:20:49 +0200
Yello
Why is the RH 7.0 removed? If I try to use the /rawhide/i386/ files, the
installation crashes when it is trying to configure X, it also happens
if I press "cancel" to manual configure it later.
I have had RH 7.0 installed before, just on a trail basis, so I wanted
to make a clean install, but I can't install it.
I don't want to go back to windows........ please help me.
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
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From: "Robert B. Gamble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LPD not working... Help
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:20:44 GMT
I am having a similar problem to the one listed bellow:
I receive the following when I try to start lpd
Starting lpd: /usr/sbin/checkpc: error while loading shared libraries:
/usr/sbin/checkpc: undefined symbol: stat
/usr/sbin/lpd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/sbin/lpd:
undefined symbol: stat
[FAILED]
Please give detailed directions because when I tried the ones listed
below I receive the following:
When I try to run - ldd `which lpr` - I get:
ldd ./which lpr: No such file or directory
I am using Redhat Linux 7.0 and I installed Linux Kernel 2.4.0 this
problem happened after installing the RedHat updates from the RHN Update
Agent (Note: installing a kernel upgrade does not make me a smart Linux
user) please give detailed directions when explaining how I should fix
my lpd problem.
Thank you,
--
Robert B. Gamble
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Craig Kelley wrote:
>
> Tim Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm having trouble with LPD and LPR. It's not starting/working. I was playing
>around with the qt libraries,
> > adding and removing, so on and so forth. The end result is LPD/LPR no longer
>works. Here's
> > the error message I get when trying to print
> >
> > lpr: error while loading shared libraries: lpr: undefined symbol: stat
>
> Do a ldd to find out what libraries it uses:
>
> ldd `which lpr`
>
> Then run ldconfig to see if the library is installed:
>
> ldconfig -v | less
>
> Install any missing libraries
>
> --
> 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
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: ISO image install problem...
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:34:56 GMT
"Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a599n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I downloaded Red Hat 7 as an ISO image and burned it onto CDs. Each CD
has
> just one big file on it. How do I "open" them so I can install the
> software? Thanks
>
Sorry to say - your CD burning needs to be re-done. The ISO image is an
image of the whole CD, including the file system control data. If you burned
it as a normal file, you have now two file systems inside each other.
You should have the ISO image back on the hard disk of the burner machine
and make a new CD with 'Make CD from image' option in the burner program.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: "The Spook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:59:45 +0200
Jeffrey Yu wrote ...
>I got RH7.0 installed and access it from my NT box using Exceed.
>When I do "ls -l", directories, flat files, scripts, etc, are shown in
their
>own color.
-- Cut --
I would suspect that an alias in one of the bash startup-files were to
blame. Try the command "alias" and see if it does not give you something
like "alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto'" in one of the returned lines. If this
is the case, find the proper initialisation file and remove or correct the
alias (it's is probably in either "~/.bashrc", "/etc/bashrc", or
"/etc/profile" -- but could reside somewhere else too).
/TRY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Define the X Desktop for "StartX" command
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1 Apr 2001 14:06:43 GMT
Look at .initrc and a man startx will tell you more. (I am using Slackware
and looking at my system.)
...Edwin
On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 08:56:59 +0000, Bubux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.2.
>I have installed all the XDesktop environnements (KDE2,KDE1, GNOME,
>WINDOWS MANAGER.../...).
>When i type "StartX", it runs Gnome !
>I would want to start with KDE for this user.
>I know that it exists "Destop Swiching". But with this version of Gnome
>i didn't find.
>Can you give me the name of the program for destop switching ? The
>informations about sessions and XWindows desktop are stocked in which
>file (.xsession ?).
>Thank you !
>Bubux
--
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~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~
~ ~
~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~
~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~
~ for there you have been, there you long ~
~ to return." -- da Vinci ~
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH7 and VMWare Express
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 10:16:17 -0400
I just received a new computer system with RH7 and VMWare Express
pre-installed. As a Linux newbie I'm trying to figure out how to set
aside more of the HD for the WIN apps that I still unfortunately need.
The manual and the config manager only seem to let me set up two virtual
HDs of at most 2 GB each. I'd like to be able to set aside something
more like 20-25 GB.
Is this possible or do I have to set up a number of separate 2 drive
virtual machines with 2GB/drive, each with a copy of WIn installed?
Thanks for any help that you can provide.
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From: Jan Eric Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:23:43 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I currently have a ATI video card in my machine and am wanting to
> install a different video card. How do you tell the OS that a new card
> is installed before it tries to initialize it with the wrong drivers?
> Can someone give me information or point me to a source explaining how
> this is done? I am running Mandrake 7.2 with the ManFreq Update.
> Thank you for any assistance.
Hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to get a console shell, login as root, and use XFdrake to
reconfigure your graphics.
Jan Eric
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From: "sw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iFeel Mouse
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:34:00 +0800
I am using a Logitech iFeel Mouse (USB - optical) and can't get it to work.
I have tried all of the mouse options that come with the RH7.0 disk but to
no avail. Do I need to install a special driver for this particular mouse
that I am using?
Thanks
Sam
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From: Jason LaPenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Please, help me, I'm going nuts
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:36:43 -0400
I suggest you try mandrake 8.0, it's really quite nice. I've had a bit
of problems myself with RH.
Henrik Farre wrote:
>
> Yello
>
> Why is the RH 7.0 removed? If I try to use the /rawhide/i386/ files, the
> installation crashes when it is trying to configure X, it also happens
> if I press "cancel" to manual configure it later.
>
> I have had RH 7.0 installed before, just on a trail basis, so I wanted
> to make a clean install, but I can't install it.
>
> I don't want to go back to windows........ please help me.
>
> --
> Mvh. / Kind regards
> Henrik Farre
>
> Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
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From: Jason LaPenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quota Support and Mandrake 8.0 release 2
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:38:37 -0400
Hello,
I'm playing aroud with the new Mandrake release.. and I can't seem to
get quota working. I've first tried using linuxconf.. but no luck. I
checked the /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab and created quota.user and
quota.group for the / and /home partitions... but still no luck. I check
the kernel configuration in /usr/src/linux and it appears that quota was
enabled. Any ideas as to why quota isn't working?
Thanks
Jason
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From: "Mikael Chambon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: How to remove the colors of dir/files in RH7.0 when in xterm?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:54:50 +0200
go in /etc/profile.d and delete color.sh, it should works...
Hope it helps ,
--
Mikael Chambon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ 10249913 || http://www.cronos.org
"Jeffrey Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:ulFx6.86324$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I got RH7.0 installed and access it from my NT box using Exceed.
> When I do "ls -l", directories, flat files, scripts, etc, are shown in
their
> own
> color. When I had this problem in RH6.1, I edited the .Xdefaults and got
> the color scheme removed.
>
> In RH7.0, the setting must be saved in elsewhere as altering .Xdefaults
> would make any difference. Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Jeffrey
>
>
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From: Brian O'Halloran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSe 7.0 - can't mount remote filesystems
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:52:25 +0100
Hi there,
I've installed SuSe 7.0, and wish to mount filesystems on other
computers in the local network. Having edited /etc/exports on each of
the required machines, along with the /etc/fstab file on the new
computer, when the computer tries to mount the remote filesystems, all I
get is 'Permission denied'. The other machines are using Debian 2.0 or
2.2 - any advice???
All the best.
Brian O'Halloran
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From: "Riyaz Mansoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Xwindows
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 01:07:01 +1000
i've installed redhat 6.2 + xfree4.0.3 and after some fidling have got the
gui system going. however, i can't get anything more than 8bit color. even
for a lower resolution it will not load.
i have the [notorious] SiS6326 video chipset and a hyundai svga monitor.
initially i only got a 640x480 Xwin but after i put in the monitor refresh
rates i can get a higher resolution. any help on this would be very
appreciated.
riyaz
my config file:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" # "PS/2" [will not work for PS/2]
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Hyundai DeluxScan 15G+"
VendorName "Hyundai"
ModelName "HL 5854B"
HorizSync 30-55
VertRefresh 60-90
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
Option "SWcursor" # cursor won't work without
#Option "HWcursor"
#Option "PciRetry"
#Option "rgbbits"
Option "NoAccel" # refreshing problems without
#Option "TurboQueue"
#Option "SetMClk"
#Option "FastVram"
#Option "ForceCRT2Type"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "sis"
VendorName "SiS"
BoardName "6326"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Hyundai DeluxScan 15G+"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
# Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
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From: "�w����" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I install RebHat to a PC with WinME?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:32:04 +0800
Dear all,
I'm new to Linux. Could you please tell me how to install Linux(RedHat) to
my PC. Details listed below:
1.Dual Boot with 2 partitions within 1 harddisk (using PowerQuest Boot
Magic)
2.Another harddisk with 2 partitions also.
Does they(WinME and Linux) alive at the same time?? Please help!
Rgds,
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To:
poster,ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,bellsouth.net.support.adsl,bellsouth.net.support.linux
Subject: Re: Bellsouth ADSL
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:18:43 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <%Yvx6.5360$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"News Mail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We have The 3Com - 3CP3617
I don't see a 3CP3617 on 3Com's Web site, but I do see a 3CP3617B.
That's an internal PCI modem. As I wrote in my previous post, I know of
Linux drivers for only one internal PCI DSL modem, and that's not it.
There's no mention on 3Com's Web site (that I found) of Linux drivers
for the modem. In other words, it makes a pretty conversation piece.
Return it to your ISP and get an external Ethernet-based modem in
return, unless of course you know of drivers for the device. If there
are no drivers and your ISP won't take a return, you have three
choices:
1) Don't use DSL from Linux.
2) Buy your own *EXTERNAL ETHERNET-INTERFACED* DSL modem. (You can
probably sell the 3CP3617B paper weight on eBay or the like, so
it'll probably cost you $50-$150, depending on what you get.)
3) Stick the internal modem and an Ethernet card into a cheap Windows
box (even a 486 will do) and use it as a router.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Douglas M. Pervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My 'kpackage' won't work.. Need Help..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:23:05 GMT
Hi..
I'm running RH6.2 with kernel 2.2.17-14. I was brave the other day and decided to
use 'up2date'
to update a few packages. During the dependency check.. It told me that I needed to
update my RPM
packages to the 4.x. I decided to allow that update also.. Now my kpackage won't
work.. I get
the following error when I try to run it:
kpackage: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/librpmbuild.so.0: undefined
symbol:
rpmGlobalMacroContext
Any ideas on how I can fix my kpackage?? Any comment or suggestions would be
greatly
appreciated!
V/R
Doug
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Knut S. Aabjorsbraaten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing linux WITHOUT a distribution.
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:30:10 -0000
www.linuxfromscratch.org
The one an only (=
Suggestion: Do it on a ReiserFS partition while you're at it. I did,
worked fine. I did however return to Debian after a while.
Have fun!
Netfuge Info wrote:
>
>
> Hi All-
> I am wanting to intall Linux from scratch (meaning from the point of
having
> a clean hard drive no OS installed). But here is the kicker, I am tired
of
> distributions. I want to do this the hard way. If anyone has
information
> (sites that offer documentation is the best) on how I can learn to
install
> linux this way or a book to recommend I would be most appreciative.
> As I said, I am able to successfully install linux from distribution CDs
and
> can compile new kernals, but what I want to do is recreate what an
> installation CD would do (tweaking it of course HEHEHE).
>
> -Alyssa
>
>
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jason)
Subject: aha1542 - getting module to work
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:35:29 GMT
A little while ago, I upgraded to a new box, and in the process upgraded from
RedHat 5.2 to 6.1. Couldn't get my SCSI Jaz drive working at the time, and am
now coming back around to it.
It worked fine on my old system, and works fine when I boot to Windoze on my new
system. However, when I try and load the aha1542 module, I get:
---
aha1542.c: Unable to abort command for target 0
aha1542.c: Trying device reset for target 0
aha1542.c: Unable to abort command for target 0
Sent BUS RESET to scsi host 0
aha1542.c: Unable to abort command for target 0
aha1542.c: Unable to abort command for target 0
aha1542.c: Trying device reset for target 0
aha1542.c: Unable to abort command for target 0
Sent BUS RESET to scsi host 0
---
Also get this when I recompile the kernel. My base system has a kernel
v2.2.12-20. I thought maybe it was fixed in a patch, so I downloaded 2.2.19,
compiled, and got the same problem. Also tried downloading 2.4.3, recompiling,
and still have the same problem. So at this point, it feels like a
configuration issue.
I've also tried changing the SCSI ID, DMA channel, IRQ, and every other h/w
option I could think of - the same problem keeps occuring.
I've searched Deja, and only found posts requesting help on this problem, but
no answers - I'm hoping somebody out there has seen this and knows of a
solution.
Many thanx in advance
Cheers
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Jason Steffler
% Unix is user friendly; it's just selective about who its friends are
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Novice admin trying to secure a server
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. Tsakiris)
Date: 01 Apr 2001 10:41:43 -0500
I am trying to learn the same things. I've been reading several
general books on Linux and the Security-HOWTO. These are helpful, but
I still find I need to do a lot of digging elsewhere to find out
exactly how to implement their suggestions. Recently, I found (at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html) the following guide which seems
more tailored to my (and your) specific situation.
Securing and Optimizing Linux Red Hat Edition - A Hands on Guide
version: 1.3
author(s): Gerhard Mourani, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
last update: August, 2000
ISBN: 0-9700330-0-1
available formats:
1.HTML (read online)
2.HTML (tarred and gzipped package, 1.5MB)
3.PDF (5MB)
4.other : plain text, PDF, and XML (DocBook) source.
5.Example server configuration files (tar file; described in book as
"floppy.tgz").
"David White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So I guess the questions are:
>
> 1) What are the absolute *critical* things that an admin (particually an
> admin of a RH Linux 6.2) box should know about? For instance, what kind of
> things should I be monitoring on a day-to-day basis? What's the usual
> process for keeping up with newly discovered software flaws or backdoors,
> and keeping a system up-to-date?
>
> 2) What's the easiest way for someone with a limited amount of time to get
> up to speed on sysadmin'ing? Again, I know that it's a big job, so for now
> I'm wanting to get the most critical tools in my toolchest first, and worry
> about optimizing, running backups, etc. after that. Are there any good
> books/websites that can take me from "newbie admin" to at least "moderately
> skilled admin" ?
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Anthony Tsakiris
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From: Sam Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic: In swapper task - not syncing (RH7 & SuSE 7.1)
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:50:17 -0400
Hi All -
I have installed SuSE 7.1 (pro) on a Tyan TomCat s1563 MBd (P-II
200Mhz ISA/PCI, w/128MB Ram).
The problem is that the Kernel thinks there should be two (or more)
processors and there is only one. I get a kernel panic error and the
system locks. This happens on both the RedHat 7 and the SuSE 7.1 pro
distributions.
The install process did not give me any errors. This MBd is (was)
able to support an optional second processor - which is not installed
(and there are some other controller devices not installed as well).
The main board jumpers are set to reflect the one processor
configuration. BIOS is configured normally.
FWIW - I am attempting to replace RedHat v5.2 with this install which
did not have any problems with the hardware. Also, you can get the
RH7 version to boot using "boot-up" but it's not stable (insert long
story about RH tech support here :-(.
This is all I know -
There is a routine - setup_APIC_timer - called during boot.
The output of that routine looks like this:
..... 1982902 CPU clocks in one timer chip tick /*true*/
..... 0 APIC clocks in one timer chip tick /* no clue about this */
..... CPU clock speed is 198.2902 MHz /* also true */
..... system bus clock speed is 0.0000 MHz /* this seems odd*/
Next, then the boot process kick-outs the following lines
CPU map: 8003
CPU #1 not responding. Removing from cpu_online_map
CPU #15 not responding. Removing from cpu_online_map
Before bogomips
Error: Only one processor found
Boot done.
enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done.
ENABLING APIC IRQs
...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2
Kernel Panic: could not set ID
In swapper task - not syncing
And that's all there is. From here you have two options, power off or
the reset button. Neither of which helps (although the power off is a
little less frustrating :-). I have installed both Kernels (2.1 &
2.4) - both provide the same result described above. I have also
tried a reinstall passing a maxcpus=1 parameter to lilo I think. I
configured it during setup and don't see it on the command line during
boot.
What's next??
Thanks for your help.
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