Linux-Setup Digest #978, Volume #20 Tue, 3 Apr 01 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH ("Mike Ruskai")
Re: How to fetch the dynamic IP address? (Erik Leunissen)
need help setting up bttv and xawtv ("Andrew Diaczyk")
Re: How to fetch the dynamic IP address? (Erik Leunissen)
Re: mem and swap problem ("Taavi Hein")
HP NetRAID 2M (Ulrich Roth)
G4 TI ("Bill Bailey")
Linux only boots with a floppy (dual boot with win98) (Dave Berntson)
How to install extra man-pages? (Jimbo)
Unkown users made by RedHat (Jimbo)
Logrotate...or not? (ImaLuzer)
Multiproxy on linux? ("Luca Nobile")
Re: Unkown users made by RedHat (H.Bruijn)
Re: Logrotate...or not? (H.Bruijn)
Re: java (Craig Kelley)
CDR to Scsi (Stuart)
Re: Which RedHat to use: 6.2 or 7.0 ? (Andrew LeDoux)
How do I install the Suse 7.1 live_eval.iso over a network? ("Jake Burns")
Re: Which RedHat to use: 6.2 or 7.0 ? ("Rex Dieter")
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 17:32:35 GMT
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 23:25:40 +0800, Ray wrote:
>
>Did you install the libcrypt?
>
>By default it is not there with slakware.
>
>install the descrypt package from the des1 directory in the slakware
>directory of disk 1
>
>once this is done, re-compile the openssh and try again.
I selected it as an install option, so it should be there (Linux box
inaccessible at the moment).
I would think that if it weren't, there would be linker errors. The
Makefile explicitly refers to it.
--
- Mike
Remove 'spambegone.net' and reverse to send e-mail.
------------------------------
From: Erik Leunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to fetch the dynamic IP address?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 19:34:35 +0200
Thanks you all for your replies,
I've got it working now,
Erik Leunissen.
------------------------------
From: "Andrew Diaczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need help setting up bttv and xawtv
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 17:38:53 GMT
I just got a pinacle bt878 card. I need help setting up the card and xawtv.
Red hat finds the card and sets up bttv how do I check to see if the cards
is setup right and setup the tuner. I also need help seting up xawtv I
downloaded it and extracted but don't know where to go from there If you can
help reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Erik Leunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to fetch the dynamic IP address?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 19:39:46 +0200
Yeah right!
I jus overlooked the fact that /sbin is not in my path.
Greetings,
Erik Leunissen
------------------------------
From: "Taavi Hein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.misc,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,linux.support.commercial,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: mem and swap problem
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:46:30 +0300
"Gabor Takacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: The exact value is 127+change and it does work. It was provided as a
solution to
: this problem. If need the exact value try the external linux.redhat.misc
: newsgroup, that is where I got my info. This solution was applied
successfully
: to v6.x of RedHat and Mandrake.
the exact value of RAM? my machine counts about 130000k+ at boot-time, then
maybe I should specify that number (linux mem=130...k)? Or is it the exact
value someone thinks some other person should specify?
--
Taavi Hein - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user #209546
Registered Linux machine #97395
------------------------------
From: Ulrich Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP NetRAID 2M
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 20:12:33 +0200
Hallo alle,
hat irgendjemand schon positive oder negative
Erfahrungen mit dem RAID-Controller NetRAID
2M unter SuSE-Linux gemacht?
Vielen Dank fuer alle Antworten
Uli
------------------------------
From: "Bill Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: G4 TI
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:05:15 -0400
Well I did it. Today leapt into "MAC" land. My background is IBM AIX on PPC
an Windows for a long time. I have Linux running in dual boot SuSe and 2k on
a Compaq laptop but have always wanted my Linux on the PPC chip ( I would
love to install AIX in my Powebook) What I would like to know is if anyone
can point me to a sites that talk about what distro work best on the G4
Powerbook, also I have a Lucent Wireless Gateway in the house running with 4
Linux/windows connections. I ordered a AIRPORT card with the hope that it
would connect to my existing network. ( I hope this is true). ANY help would
be greatly appreciated.
THNXS
BTW has anyone gotten StarOFFICE on PPC ?
------------------------------
From: Dave Berntson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux only boots with a floppy (dual boot with win98)
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 13:41:43 -0500
I loaded linux rh 7.0 a couple of weeks ago. I used fips to put win98 on
the first partition (2.3 gbytes), and Disk Druid to delete the second
partition (1.7Gb). Then I added a boot, swap, and root partition, (and
formatted them), and loaded linux on the root partition. I made the linux
boot floppy during the install. Now, linux will only boot if I use that
floppy. What I would like is to always have a choice (during boot from hard
drive), to load one, or the other.
Here is my lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda2
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
If anyone can help, please include some details (step-by-step). I couldn't
even copy the lilo.config to a floppy, so I had to mail it to myself from
Linux (I'm in the habit of dragging files from C: and dropping them on A:).
Now I can't even figure out if the floppy has to be formatted to linux
before I can copy to it from Linux, and will windows be able to read it. I
can't see windows from Linux yet, either, although I followed the
instructions.
Dave
------------------------------
From: Jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install extra man-pages?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 00:28:08 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I've just downloaded the extra man-pages for djbdns.
It tells me to install them into the path that's mentioned in
$MANPATH. But when I do echo $MANPATH it's empty!
I've tried to copy them to /usr/local/man/man8 but it doesn't work.
There's for example a file : svc.8.gz
When I copy this to /usr/local/man/man8 and then try man svc I get "no
manual entry for svc".
Any help please?
Jim
------------------------------
From: Jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unkown users made by RedHat
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:16:43 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
In my "lastlog" a see a list of users that have been made by the setup
of RedHat (both 6.2 and 7.0).
Some of them I already deleted but about others I'm not quite sure
what kind of result it will have when I delete them.
Does anyone got a clue?
daemon **Never logged in**
adm **Never logged in**
sync **Never logged in**
shutdown **Never logged in**
halt **Never logged in**
mail **Never logged in**
uucp **Never logged in**
operator **Never logged in**
xfs **Never logged in**
named **Never logged in**
piranha **Never logged in**
rpcuser **Never logged in**
rpc **Never logged in**
mailnull **Never logged in**
Which of these am I allowed to just issue "userdel xx" and "groupdel
xx"?
Regards,
Jim
------------------------------
From: ImaLuzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logrotate...or not?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 16:21:26 -0400
Okay, I've got my crontab setup to run logrotatate once a month.
Problems is, I can't get logrotate to execute. I'd like to make sure that
it's working, so from the commandline I enter the following:
[root@localhost /]# /usr/sbin/logrotate -f
The -f switch is supposed to force the logrotation but all I get is:
logrotate 3.3 - Copyright (C) 1995 - Red Hat Software
This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public License
Usage: usr/sbin/logrotate [-dfv?] [-m command] [-s statefile] [--usage]
[OPTION...] <configfile>
Trying this with the -v (verbose) switch - or any other for that matter -
results in the same output.
I feel like I'm making an elementary mistake here but I don't know what it
is. I've read the man for logrotate and it doesn't describe this.
------------------------------
From: "Luca Nobile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiproxy on linux?
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:28:31 +0200
Hi, i'm using a multiproxy software to increase speed on internet
www.multiproxy.org but i can't find a similar software for linux, can you
help me?
Thank you
--
Sms e moto su www.sv650s.com
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Unkown users made by RedHat
Date: 3 Apr 2001 20:32:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:16:43 +0200, Jimbo allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In my "lastlog" a see a list of users that have been made by the setup
>of RedHat (both 6.2 and 7.0).
>
>Some of them I already deleted but about others I'm not quite sure
>what kind of result it will have when I delete them.
>Does anyone got a clue?
>
>daemon **Never logged in**
>adm **Never logged in**
>sync **Never logged in**
>mail **Never logged in**
>named **Never logged in**
> [ snip: more ]
>
>Which of these am I allowed to just issue "userdel xx" and "groupdel
>xx"?
These are "system users" added to the system by certain pieces of
software. They have no active password, ie the password field in
etc/shadow only contains a * . You can't use them to log in.
The reason they exist that for some software it is advisabe
that it doesn't run as root, but as an user with limited permissions.
That way when an unknow exploit is used and somebody uses that service
to gain access they won't get root, but only the limited access that is
granted to the user ID running that service.
For instance if you are running a DNS server, for which the whole point
is that it can be accessed from all over the world, so you can't protect
it with firewall rules. For security you'd run it under the UID named,
and when a new exploit allows someone to gain acccess using that service;
they only get access as "named". Now that isn't good, but it also means
they can't modify anything on the system, as the UID named is only a
system user. There is no home directory ~/named, there are no files owned
by named (save the log files of the DNS server) etc. Now if root would
have been running that service, the whole system would have been
compromised.
The same holds for a lot of other daemons that are connected to the net
or run on your system. To force some restrictions on them they run under
a different UID then root, as far as is possible. So if possible the
mailserver runs as, let's be creative, user "mail", the webserver runs
as "httpd" , other daemons run as "daemon" etc.
All in all those users and groups are there for a reason, you do not
need to remove them, they do not pose a threat. If you want you can
remove them, as long as you won't run the services that require them.
The second are some groups which exist on a system. They are used,
obviously, to give some groups of users some extra permissions and such.
For instance on my system, there are some people who need to examine the
system log files, to generate reports on system usage, number of hits on
the webserver, most popular search strings in the database, etc. Now I
don't want all users to be able to to read the log files (fi in the mail
log you can see exactly who mails whom at what time, interesting thesis
topic for a social scientist trying to look at the propagation speed of
rumours?) So each log is only readable by the owner and the group, and
then selectively other users are made member to that group, on a need to
know basis.
that also allows the administyartors to watch those logs, without having
to log in as root.
You can see which groups you are a member of by issueing the "id"
command.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn website: http://hermanbruijn.com
The Netherlands
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Logrotate...or not?
Date: 3 Apr 2001 20:47:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 16:21:26 -0400, ImaLuzer allegedly wrote:
>Okay, I've got my crontab setup to run logrotatate once a month.
>
>Problems is, I can't get logrotate to execute. I'd like to make sure that
>it's working, so from the commandline I enter the following:
>
>[root@localhost /]# /usr/sbin/logrotate -f
>
>The -f switch is supposed to force the logrotation but all I get is:
>
>logrotate 3.3 - Copyright (C) 1995 - Red Hat Software
>This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public License
>Usage: usr/sbin/logrotate [-dfv?] [-m command] [-s statefile] [--usage]
>[OPTION...] <configfile>
>
>I feel like I'm making an elementary mistake here but I don't know what it
>is. I've read the man for logrotate and it doesn't describe this.
Read the error message.
Usage: usr/sbin/logrotate <configfile>
you don't add a config file which isn't an option, but a requirement.
In manpages and instructions options are generally between [],
requirements have no brackets, and only email addresses are between <>
so your confusion is understandable.
So specify the location of the config file(s) and you'll be fine. For
info on the syntax read the manual page, "man logrotate" it has an
extensive example.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn website: http://hermanbruijn.com
The Netherlands
------------------------------
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: java
Date: 03 Apr 2001 15:14:12 -0600
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have jdk 1.1 and whenever I tried to run java or javac I always get an
> error message: Cannot open /proc/XXXXX for GC. I have kernel 2.4.3. The
> thing sound strange because I once succeded in both compiling and running
> java progs without making any config cahnges. What happens?
You many need to update your java (?) it's not clear what is causing
this problem. I doubt that javac or java check the /proc filesystem,
but stranger things have happend.
Regardless, you can compile in backward-compatibility with a 2.4
kernel if you must.
--
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
------------------------------
From: Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: CDR to Scsi
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:36:07 -0400
hey I have the kernel 2.4.3 install on a redhat 7 system
AMD tbird 750
352 MB of RAM
500 MB of swap
I have scsi-ide as a module along with some other scsi and usb storage
options.
I cant make my cdr drive /dev/hdd be /dev/scd0
Please help!
Stuart
------------------------------
Subject: Re: Which RedHat to use: 6.2 or 7.0 ?
From: Andrew LeDoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:30:14 GMT
Redhat 7.0 has some really nasty features that make the system hard to use.
For instance: Redhat 7.0 ships with gcc 2.96, which is a developmental
release, and fails to compile programs with pointer arithmetic. I can't even
compile a new kernel on the thing. I suggest that if you want to go with
Redhat, either stay with 6.2 or wait til 7.1 comes out.
Andy LeDoux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
>
>> A while back, everyone was advising me to stick with Red Hat Linux 6.2
>> and kernel 2.2.x. There was a lot of bashing of RH 7.0.
>>
>> I am currently in need of upgrading my kernel from 2.2.14. I can just
>> upgrade to 2.2.17 and the problem I am seeing will disappear (don't
>> ask, it is not really relevant to my question.) However, I am curious
>> about the current consensus on the 2.4.2 kernel and Red Hat 7.0 with
>> the latest fixes and RPMs. Is it time to get more current than RH 6.2
>> with 2.2.17 kernel?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>
> For a server I'd go with 6.2, but 7.0 is a much better workstation.
>
> I'm even using 7.0 on one of my servers right now and I haven't had a
> single problem -- but still; 6.2 is very well tested.
------------------------------
From: "Jake Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I install the Suse 7.1 live_eval.iso over a network?
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:01:58 -0600
I have a Linux box with the liveeval_en.iso file from Suse 7.1. I'd like to
install Suse 7.1 over my other box which has RHat 6.2 on it. How should I
go about this. I don't have a cdburner, I was also curious if this would be
the full version with the Xfree 4.x server, glibc 2.2, and the 2.4 kernel.
Thanks for any help,
Jake
------------------------------
From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which RedHat to use: 6.2 or 7.0 ?
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:06:11 -0500
"Andrew LeDoux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Redhat 7.0 has some really nasty features that make the system hard to
use.
It depends on your point of view. I consider the "nasty" features you
mention to be pretty nice.
> For instance: Redhat 7.0 ships with gcc 2.96, which is a developmental
> release, and fails to compile programs with pointer arithmetic.
It's a better compiler than any previous release. For some nice commentary,
check out:
http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html
If you find bugs, please report them to redhat.
>I can't even
> compile a new kernel on the thing.
FAQ: http://www.redhat.com/support/alex/162.html
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
> Andy LeDoux
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
> >
> >> A while back, everyone was advising me to stick with Red Hat Linux 6.2
> >> and kernel 2.2.x. There was a lot of bashing of RH 7.0.
> >>
> >> I am currently in need of upgrading my kernel from 2.2.14. I can just
> >> upgrade to 2.2.17 and the problem I am seeing will disappear (don't
> >> ask, it is not really relevant to my question.) However, I am curious
> >> about the current consensus on the 2.4.2 kernel and Red Hat 7.0 with
> >> the latest fixes and RPMs. Is it time to get more current than RH 6.2
> >> with 2.2.17 kernel?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > For a server I'd go with 6.2, but 7.0 is a much better workstation.
> >
> > I'm even using 7.0 on one of my servers right now and I haven't had a
> > single problem -- but still; 6.2 is very well tested.
>
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list by posting to comp.os.linux.setup.
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Setup Digest
******************************
