Linux-Setup Digest #191, Volume #21 Tue, 8 May 01 23:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Netfilter, IPtables... what the heck is going on? (michael james obrien)
Re: tulip driver for RedHat 7.1 (jtnews)
aha1542, module vs kernel, kernel doesn't work, need kernel ("Gene Heskett")
Problems with iODBC and MySQL ("Kelly Shutt")
Re: vga = ask (Norman Levin)
Re: Newbie problems partitioning (Stuart Williams)
GRUB: How to install to hard disk (without installing Linux) ? (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Forgot root Password, HelP (Dean Thompson)
Re: understanding how a kernel was built (extracting its config). (Norman Levin)
Re: Partitioning Software (Dave Uhring)
did any body notice? , samba-latest is not generating smbmount,smbumount,smbmnt....
("v.naga srinivas")
Re: Mandrake 8 freezes during install (NEWBIE) (Orest Zarowsky)
Re: Best Distributions? (Orest Zarowsky)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (michael james obrien)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Netfilter, IPtables... what the heck is going on?
Date: 9 May 2001 01:03:41 GMT
Have you looked at firestarter (firestarter.sourceforge.net)? It is a
highly regarded gui with iptables support. It also has little wizards to
help set up the basic FW structure.
grooveman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi.
: I have been struggling with this for several days now.
: I installed RH 7.1 to act as my gateway/router using IP masq for my
: internal machines.
: Low and behold, what do I find -- RH 7.1 kernel 2.4.x does not like to
: support ipchains! Now, I know, I know... It has legacy support for
: this, however, I could not get ip_always_defrag and ip_masq_ftp going on
: it. I have tried the stock kernel, and even recompiled my own -- and I
: configured just about every networking option as a module, and these did
: not show up anywhere on my system.
: Ipchains is not much use to me if I can't use ftp! I looked around on
: the web and lurked in groups and found people with the same problem --
: but no real solutions were offered.
: So I made it my mission to learn iptables --which IS natively supported
: by 2.4.x. After going nuts looking for ipnatctl (which is referenced in
: the iptables-howto), I finally found out that it has been incorporated
: into iptables (only lost a day or two there!) So, how do I masq with
: iptables? I looked around some more and found that the homesite of
: NETFILTER doesn't appear to be functioning (at least in the last few
: days) http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org .
: So -- My question is this: How the heck are we supposed to know what to
: do with iptables? The man page is almost useless here... it is simply
: too complex to contain in one man.
: Also: Can anyone tell me how to get my machine to masq without having a
: forward policy of ACCEPT?
: Also: What is the equivalent in IPTABLES of ipchains with a -y flag?
: IS THERE ANYWHERE A PERSON CAN GO TO ON THE WEB, OR IN THE BOOKSTORE TO
: LEARN HOW TO USE THIS TOOL?
: I know that I cannot be the only one frustrated with this.
: Thank you all! (I feel a litte better now :0) )
: Chris
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From: jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: tulip driver for RedHat 7.1
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 01:20:32 GMT
What version of the Linksys LNE100TX are
you using?
I'm using version 4.1 and it works fine
with the tulip driver that ships with
RH7.1. I'm even getting 5MB/sec
throughput on my filesystem dumps
over NFS now!
Gary Whitten wrote:
>
> I have just upgraded from RH7.0 to RH7.1, which broke my tulip driver.
> The one that comes with RH7.1
> does not work and I can't compile the tulip source for the same reasons
> so commonly discussed about
> RH7.0. BUT, the RH7.0 solution does NOT seem to apply since I can't find
> the appropriate include files -
> they are not where they are in the RH7.0 distro. and I can not seem to
> find ones that work anywhere in the
> RH7.1 distro.
>
> So....., does anyone
> 1) know where I can find the proper include files in RH7.1
> 2) know how to get the tulip driver source to compile in RH7.1?
> 3) know where I can get a tulip.o file that works with RH7.1?
> 4) know why RedHat hasn't fixed this very irritating problem in 7.1?
>
> Once I get past this one, I have to repeat the process for the fa311
> driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Whitten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 8 May 2001 21:22:25 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: aha1542, module vs kernel, kernel doesn't work, need kernel
The reason I need it as kernel code is so that I can put /usr on a
seperate 8.2g drive.
When aha1542 is built as a module, it pops up immediately before the
login screen, and everything works as planned.
Remaking the kernel with it set to be kernel code, it starts the bus
scan during the boot, not too long after the ide devices are found, but
then goes into a double loop of resetting the device 2-4 times, then the
whole bus, then repeats the device, all the while saying it can't abort
the call, but evertually it will find the drive at address 0 on the bus
and go on, at which point it repeats this procedure for address one,
each pass thru the loop taking about 5 minutes, finding the quatum 8.2g
at each addreess in turn until it gets to address 4, at which point the
discovery phase eventually finds a Colorado T4000s at address 4, which
is its correct address, then also at 5 & 6.
Then it apparently repeats the loop, asking each device for its capacity
details, and going through this same error recovery time killer, except
that this time it only gets partial answers only, and only at the
correct address for the device.
I let it go through all that, and finally got a login screen and did so,
but was unable to open either device, not even with fdisk /dev/sda.
I've used several of these cards in years past, and have always had to
edit the source to lower the address of its port by 0x100, to the 0x230
area, and to reset the irq from 11 to 10. Without those changes the
module doesn't init itself, ever, and it has required those changes to
the code in order to function on 3 different motherboards I've run it
on.
But here, I need the direct in the kernel version so I can put /usr on
it. Put it in the kernel, and it fails miserably, both for 2.2.18,
2.2.19, and 2.4.2. The 2.4.2 failure surprised me as that code has a
diff that looks to be in excess of 10k from the older code.
So why can't I put aha1542.o into the (apparently any) kernel?
Inquiring minds want to know. (-;
Cheers, Gene
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From: "Kelly Shutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with iODBC and MySQL
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:42:54 -0500
I'm having problems getting iODBC and MySQL to work correctly. what I'm
intending to do in the end is have database capability with my frontpage
extentions, but there not really any docs anywhere on how to do this, so I'm
learning by doing.
I'm running a Slackware 7.1 with the latest Apache, and FrontPage
extentions. MySQL is functioning properly, but I can't figure out how to get
iODBC functioning. when i run odbctest it doesn't have any driver errors or
anything, but i get a few lines that keep looping infinitly... and i have to
ctrl-C to get out of it.
SQLAllocEnv ( ... )
SQL_SUCCESS
SQLAllocConnect ( ... )
SQL_SUCCESS
SQLDriverConnect ( ... )
I'm not sure if this will give some kind of clue, but when i try to connect
through IE on the SQL port it says "( 3.23.376B,UE:58,�Bad
handshake". I'm assuming that it's supposed to ask me for a login and pass
so i can administer my databases... is this a wrong assumption?
Also, I tested my setup by trying to connect with microsoft access... It
connects ok, but when i try to save it gives me:
ODBC--call failed.
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager (#0)
Comments and Suggestions are welcome... as I said the docs on setting this
up are few and far between.
Here is what my current /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini looks like:
[test]
Driver = /usr/local/lib/libiodbc.so.2.0.50
Host = localhost
ServerType = MySQL
FetchBufferSize = 99
Trace = On
TraceFile = stdout
[UDBC]
DebugFile = /usr/local/etc/debug.txt
[Default]
Driver = /usr/local/lib/libiodbc.so
Thanks,
Kelly
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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 12:52:58 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: vga = ask
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This works fine when I'm prompted to scan and then pick a number, but
> I'm damned if I can reinstall lilo with that number in lilo.conf and
> get the thing to work! All I get is a message saying I used an
> unrecognised mode, or some such. The mode I'm after has value 0122 and
> equates to a 100x30 screen. Can anybody advise where I'm going wrong?
>
> Thanks
vga is inconsistent in what it takes from the terminal vs what is in
lilo.conf. Maybe it wants hex? For example, I have:
vga=0x303 # =771 if I want framebuffer support
in my lilo.conf file.
--
Norman Levin
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From: Stuart Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie problems partitioning
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 21:45:16 -0400
I havent used mandrake before, but if you could find I updated bios and then
flash it; it might fix it. I thinking that you have an old 486? The hard
limitation was like 524 MB, 2 GB, and 8 GB. Also it might not be the bios at
all since the FAT is limited to 2GB per partition, FAT32 isnt. This is why
you have to enable large disk support with the newest version of windows
fdisk(uses FAT32).
Partition Magic might could make the drive ext2 from windows machine(this
drive as slave), but this might not work.
email me more hardware details
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Good Luck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: GRUB: How to install to hard disk (without installing Linux) ?
Date: 8 May 2001 21:23:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is kind of O/T, but there has been discussion of GRUB here.
I have a machine with two versions of DOS (aka, Windows 98) installed (on
two separate partitions). I have downloaded the GRUB floppy image (from
alpha.gnu.org) and it works flawlessly. Using a Linux system, I have
mounted the floppy and edited menu.txt - so that I can now boot the floppy
and pick either (hd0,0) or (hd0,2).
So, then, naturally, I decided to try installing GRUB into the MBR of the
hard disk. After booting the floppy, I hit c for a command line and tried:
setup (hd0)
This seemed to work OK, but when I then boot the hard disk, it fails unless
the floppy is present - because GRUB is looking for /boot on the floppy.
Now, from what I can tell, GRUB, unlike LILO, doesn't fit entirely in the
MBR, and it looks for its stuff in a partition on the hard disk. Which begs
the questions, "Which one?" and "How does it know where to look?"
And, to get to the real point, can I create a small ext2fs partition on the
disk, and put the stuff from the floppy there (doing all this from a Linux
boot/rescue floppy) - without installing Linux on the machine - and have
GRUB find the stuff there and work (w/o the floppy being present) ?
Will this all work?
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,linux.dev.net,redhat.config,redhat.general,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Forgot root Password, HelP
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 12:24:39 +1000
Hi Frank,
> This happened to me a few weeks back. Someone hacked into my server, so I
> had to reinstall everything. Can you tell me where I can find references
> on how to prevent this. What kind of security holes are there and how did
> he get into my machine? Thank you.
You should take a look at ipchains-howto located at the
http://www.linuxdoc.org. If you want a fully automated firewall, you might
like to try pmfirewall which can be found at http://www.pmfirewall.com. Make
sure that you have updated all of your packages however from the updates
directory for your Linux installation.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 21:31:51 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: understanding how a kernel was built (extracting its config).
Check comp.os.linux.announce. I remember in the last year, somebody had
a package that could do what you wanted.
John Winters wrote:
>
> In article <02OJ6.1229$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Massimo Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Messages from a previous thread lead me to formulate a new question, hence a
> >new thread.
> >
> >I have tried to compile the source code for kernel 2.4.2. I did it
> >many times, as everytime I had finished a compilation and tested the kernel,
> >I discovered that I had forgotten to include
> >support for something. This happened even if I had gone read the
> >documentation that comes with the drivers as one does "make xconfig".
> >
> >My old kernel 2.2.16, that came pre-built from RH7.0, included support for
> >sound and PPP that I did not manage to include in 2.4.2, despite the efforts
> >to include them at "config" time for 2.4.2.
> >
> >The question then is: given a built kernel, for example one that comes from
> >a give distribution, is there a way to extract from it the config file that
> >was used to build it? What is available as a module, and what is pre-built
> >in the kernel, for example.
>
> AFAIK there's no way of extracting the information from the kernel
> executable but Red Hat do supply a directory which contains the
> configurations they used to build their kernels. Install Red Hat's
> kernel source and then look in /usr/src/linux/configs
>
> HTH
> John
> --
> John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England.
>
> The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux CDs in the UK
> See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning Software
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:35:38 -0500
Dono wrote:
> Can someone recommend a single program that can partition linux, fat and
> ntfs partitions. I have a 30 gig hard drive and wish to put RedHat 7.1,
> Win 2k Pro
> Server, and Win 98 on it. Any advice is appreciated.
> Also any recomendations as to what partitions I should make for Linux.
> /
> /boot
> /home
> /usr
> /swap
>
> etc............
>
> TIA
>
What is wrong with Linux fdisk which is used by the installer on your CD?
I have Red Hat 7.1 installed here on part of a 45GB drive with this
partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 5606 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 700 5622718+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 701 1400 5622750 a5 BSD/386
/dev/hda3 * 1401 4210 22571325 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 4211 5606 11213370 85 Linux extended
/dev/hda5 4211 4212 16033+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 4213 4288 610438+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 4289 4353 522081 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 4354 4386 265041 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 4387 4718 2666758+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 4719 4919 1614501 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 4920 5049 1044193+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 5050 5303 2040223+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 5304 5404 811251 83 Linux
/dev/hda14 5405 5505 811251 83 Linux
/dev/hda15 5506 5606 811251 83 Linux
No NT here and as soon as I can run OpenBSD on this motherboard the
/dev/hda1 partition will have Id=a6 instead of b. The Linux swap on
/dev/hda2 is Solaris 8.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("v.naga srinivas")
Subject: did any body notice? , samba-latest is not generating
smbmount,smbumount,smbmnt....
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 02:41:33 +0000 (UTC)
Hi,
Did any body notice this, samba-latest is not generating
smbmount,smbumount,smbmnt binaries.........
After building and installing the tar.gz while trying to mount a share in NT
machine indicated me smbmount: command not there.
I added some lines to the Makefile to get the binaries............
they are............
PROGS3 = bin/smbmnt bin/smbmount bin/smbumount <-- in the distribution this
was not specified
PROGS = $(PROGS1) $(PROGS2) $(PROGS3) $(MPROGS) bin/nmblookup bin/make_printerdef
instead of the following line..
---
> PROGS = $(PROGS1) $(PROGS2) $(MPROGS) bin/nmblookup bin/make_printerdef
cheers,
srinivas
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INDIA.
Phone : 091-040-3110200 ( off)
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Madhapur,Hi-Tec City,
Hyderabad-500033
Andhra Pradesh State,
INDIA.
Phone : 091-040-3110200 ( off)
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From: Orest Zarowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8 freezes during install (NEWBIE)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 02:41:45 GMT
Linux does not presently support DVD drives. Unfortunately. This will change
in the near future, but for now you will have to replace the DVD drive with a
CD-ROM.
Cold Fusion wrote:
> Trying to install Mandrake 8 on a separate, clean drive. The install always
> locks up at the 30% mark, regardless of which package. Tried graph, low-res
> graph, AND text install, same thing. HELP!
>
> PII 233
> 64MB RAM
> 2 x 6GB Quantum Bigfoot hard drives
> Hitachi GVD-2000 2x DVD drive
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From: Orest Zarowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Distributions?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 02:50:18 GMT
You should take a careful look at the Slackware distribution. It will
still! run on a 386 but you want a more powerful system to use as a
server. Slackware is one of the most stable and reliable distributions
out there, and one of the longest running. You may also wish to take into
account the fact that Slackware has one of the lowest levels of released
patches for security holes. Also, that it conforms very closely to the
ext2 file system layout in terms of where files are put. This can make it
easier to find things.
Orest
Errol Dunlap wrote:
> I'm thinking about starting a linux server, which is the better of the
> distributions? I want to setup a network of about 3-4 machines.
>
> i like Suse, but want to be sure before i go and buy the software.
>
> thanks.
> ed
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