Linux-Setup Digest #242, Volume #21 Wed, 16 May 01 17:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: LILO on MBR fine. LILO on partition no good. (Kenny McCormack)
Looking for painless way to install tetex in RH 7.1 (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Default mail box location (0502)
("David E. Smith")
Search Engine -- Get Answers Quicker Usenet from Previous Posts ("David D. Huff Jr.")
Re: Looking for painless way to install tetex in RH 7.1
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
NS Mail Notifier Continually Asks for Password... (Paul Malinowski)
Re: Strange X-crash (Angry Bob)
Re: Vi on the command prompt in SuSe (Angry Bob)
Just thick ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Just thick (H.Bruijn)
libc upgrade. (Brian Crouch)
Re: libc upgrade. (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: no gcc in Redhat 7.1? (Dave Uhring)
Re: Crashed X server won't start again ! (Dave Uhring)
shadow pass/nis`yp ("igor' spivak")
Re: A CPU cooler for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: shadow pass/nis`yp (H.Bruijn)
RE: RedHat 7.1 Locks up after screen goes dark ("Johnny Chen")
Re: file permissions - still struggling ("rloc")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Re: LILO on MBR fine. LILO on partition no good.
Date: 16 May 2001 14:26:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
pd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is the linux boot partition within the first 1024 cylinders?
>
>I find LILO works fint as a boot selector so I did not install
>BootMagic. Is there some advantage to BM? (The RH docs seem to think
>LILO can't boot other OS's, but the LILO docs say otherwise and it works
>find for me, booting W2K from an NTFS partition.)
Or you could use GRUB, which works very well, and doesn't depend on LILO -
or hard blocks/sectors - at all.
GRUB looks like the choice of the GNU generation...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Looking for painless way to install tetex in RH 7.1
Date: 16 May 2001 14:35:35 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed RH 7.1, told it to install just about everything except things
like DNS server and news server, and was surprised when it was done that it
didn't have Tek. I thought that was pretty much a standard thing that every
Unix system should have.
Anyway, looked on the CD and found a bunch of RPMs with names starting with
"tetex" - but don't know in which order to install them. I thought there
was some option to RPM where you could give it a bunch of things to install
and it would figure out the dependencies and "do the right thing". Is there?
Also, when I tried to install the main package (tetex-1.7.something...), it
said that it depended on something called "dialog" (no version # or anything)
I have no idea what that is. Anyone?
As per the subject, I am hoping that there is a simpler way to get this done
than to have to install 20 some separate packages.
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From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.linux.isp,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Default mail box location (0502)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:29:46 +0000
In our last shocking episode of comp.os.linux.admin,
Mladen Gogala revealed a dark secret:
>> What can I do so that all incoming mail can be saved to another
>> directory or file, but still accessable or readable by POP3 clients
>> (such as Outlook Express).
> Outlook express???? Did you say "Outlook"? On Linux? Outlook works on
> Linux!??? Can you give mi some more info, please, please, please!
Uh, no.
Outlook still only runs on Windows and its brethren; it's a POP client,
which talks to a Linux-based POP *server*.
...dave
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From: "David D. Huff Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Search Engine -- Get Answers Quicker Usenet from Previous Posts
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:00:52 GMT
Search more than 10 news groups at one time:
http://www.computer-critters.com/myphpusenet/
Just enter a single key word and submit for maximum results.
While I am not the author of this excellent application I modified it to
work with PHP4 and increased it's search capability, am hosting it on
one of my corporate servers.
I have set it up to benefit Linux users.
History:
I've much enjoyed working and learning Linux specifically Mandrake. I
wanted to give something back to the GPL, GNU, OpenSource community.
April 13, 2001 I setup this application on my dev1 machine after a week
I moved it to my production machine. A month later I started capturing
news posts for many more news groups effectively doubling the size of
the database.
Yesterday, May 15, 2001 I opened the system up to allow searching on a
dozen news groups.
Comment:
There is an email address on the site to make requests or notify me of
problems.
I am always looking for LAMP work so if you know of anyone requiring
MySQL and PHP skills, and or hosting please reply to this email address.
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for painless way to install tetex in RH 7.1
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:00:41 +0200
On 16 May 2001, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> I installed RH 7.1, told it to install just about everything except things
> like DNS server and news server, and was surprised when it was done that it
> didn't have Tek. I thought that was pretty much a standard thing that every
> Unix system should have.
I think too - but many normal desktop users (like the ones migrating
from M$-based products) don't. You have to choose the typesetting
package (or whatever it is called) to get it.
> Anyway, looked on the CD and found a bunch of RPMs with names starting with
> "tetex" - but don't know in which order to install them. I thought there
> was some option to RPM where you could give it a bunch of things to install
> and it would figure out the dependencies and "do the right thing". Is there?
You mean automatically install requirements? Eh, I don't really know,
but I do not think so (I could read the manual, but I'm too hungry for
that :)
> Also, when I tried to install the main package (tetex-1.7.something...), it
> said that it depended on something called "dialog" (no version # or anything)
> I have no idea what that is. Anyone?
>
> As per the subject, I am hoping that there is a simpler way to get this done
> than to have to install 20 some separate packages.
You have to install a lot of packages, but you can do it in one
command-line:
rpm -Uvh tetex<version>.rpm tetex-latex<version>.rpm [...] req1.rpm req2.rpm [...]
Rasmus
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From: Paul Malinowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,netscape.public.admin,netscape.public.general
Subject: NS Mail Notifier Continually Asks for Password...
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:04:57 -0700
Howdy,
I'm currently set up a new RedHat 7.1 server with sendmail, smtp,
(s)pop3, (s)imap, etc. to replace an older system running
Mandrake. Everything seems to work just fine using Netscape
Messenger on Windows 98 client. However, I'm having trouble with
the NS Mail Notifier continually asking for my password, even
though NS Messanger is set to remember password. NS Notifier
works just fine with POP on same 7.1 server. I've determined
that the the notifier under IMAP is getting authenticated
properly, via server maillog/tcpdump/etc..., but as soon as you
enter the password it imediately comes right back and asks for it
again. I'm wondering anyone knows of an incomatability between
imap-2000-9 running on Linux and the NS Mail Notifier installed
with NS Communicator 4.77? If so is there a work around other
than using a third party mail notifier?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange X-crash
Date: 16 May 2001 20:05:53 GMT
Well, I'm sure that my response isn't going to be too awful helpful. I
didn't notice any glaring errors, my biggest thought is that perhaps APM
is the culprit. I could probably do better if I were sitting in front
of the machine, but it's tough from here. <sigh> good luck, I wish I
could be more helpful.
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Nils Holland scroll! it says:
> Ok, although it's long, here it comes:
> 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP
> (rev 5c)
My experiences with the AGP rage card have been good.... we have quite a
few of em here at work. I don't know much about the PCI rage cards
though.
<snip>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
> CONFIG_KMOD=y
Bah! who needs modules? <grin> It's basically personal preference,
but I always compile a nice big monolithic kernel.
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
> # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK6 is not set
> CONFIG_MK7=y
> # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
> # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
> CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> # CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
> CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
> CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
> CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
> # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
> CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> CONFIG_MTRR=y
I'm pretty sure that this is only valid for pentium calss processors....
since you seem to have an athalon, you probably don't need this.
> # CONFIG_SMP is not set
> CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> # CONFIG_VISWS is not set
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
> # CONFIG_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_APM=y
I've had some problems with APM in the past.... I've heard of X problems
with it. you might try compiling without it.
> # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
> CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y
> CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y
> # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
> # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
<snip>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK=y
> # CONFIG_RTNETLINK is not set
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
> # CONFIG_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
> # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
I usually enable ECN and SYN_COOKIES, though I don't see that as being
one of your problems.
<snip>
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM is not set
you might try setting DRM to y, and try out the ati rage driver....
though yours seems to be a pro, not a 128, it might be worth a shot.
see if it works.
<snip>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
unless this is some type of important server, I usually set this one.
it can be useful from time to time.
> Note that I find it highly strange that after X has crahed, I cannot
> restart it, but do instead get the error message mentioned in my original
> message. All of this didn't happen too often, but still I know that it
> doesn't happen at all on another machine, so something must be wrong.
> Additionally, I cannot reproduce this problem "on-demand". It happens when
> it wants to, but it doesn't neccessarily happen when I try to make it
> happen by putting my system under stress.
hrm.... wierd.... you might try looking in your /var/log/messages to see
if there is anything there that might imply some problems. Also, you
might try looking to see if there are any open bugs in X that could give
you some clue. If you're not running the latest kernel, you should try
that too.
--
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I want to know God's thoughts.... the rest are details.
-Albert Einstein
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vi on the command prompt in SuSe
Date: 16 May 2001 20:07:32 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a H.Bruijn scroll! it says:
> In the zsh it's done with the line "bindkey -A viins main" in your
> In bash that is done with "set keymap vi-insert" in the your bash config
ksh also uses vi commands by default.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Just thick
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:11:33 GMT
What is the command for copying a file to a floppy disc (mounted). I am
opening the file in VI and writing to floppy from there at the moment but
that seems a very long way round. Can't find the command in either of my
two Linux books oddly enough. Thanks. Harry.
Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Registered
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Just thick
Date: 16 May 2001 20:19:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 16 May 2001 20:11:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] allegedly wrote:
> What is the command for copying a file to a floppy disc (mounted). I am
> opening the file in VI and writing to floppy from there at the moment but
> that seems a very long way round. Can't find the command in either of my
> two Linux books oddly enough. Thanks. Harry.
>
cp file /mnt/floppy
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From: Brian Crouch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: libc upgrade.
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:03:17 GMT
I posted this earlier..
<snip>
glibc upgrade
I want to upgrade glibc from 2.1.94-3
I have a RH 7 machine.
I want to glibc 2.3 compile from source.
What is the correct way to do it.
(I am not talking about ./conifugre, make, make install)
I want to know how to do it with out screwing anything up. How do I end up
with a working glibc and have that glibc in the right spot?
</snip>
I know now that after 'make'-ing the end result is a libc.so and libc.so.6
file.
I dont want to do a make install with out knowing what path should be used
in the ./configure --path="..."
the default is /usr/local but where should it be on a Red Hat 7.0 machine?
Thanks.
Bri
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libc upgrade.
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:28:43 +0200
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Brian Crouch wrote:
> I want to upgrade glibc from 2.1.94-3
>
> I have a RH 7 machine.
>
> I want to glibc 2.3 compile from source.
>
> What is the correct way to do it.
> (I am not talking about ./conifugre, make, make install)
>
> I want to know how to do it with out screwing anything up. How do I end up
> with a working glibc and have that glibc in the right spot?
>
> </snip>
>
> I know now that after 'make'-ing the end result is a libc.so and libc.so.6
> file.
>
> I dont want to do a make install with out knowing what path should be used
> in the ./configure --path="..."
>
> the default is /usr/local but where should it be on a Red Hat 7.0 machine?
The redhat binaries were compiled with:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-add-ons=yes --without-cvs --enable-kernel=2.4.0
The last one of course only if you run kernel 2.4. Also add some nice
optimizations...
Rasmus
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no gcc in Redhat 7.1?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:41:27 -0500
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On 16 May 2001, Mike Flys wrote:
>
>> i installed rh 7.1 from the cd images at their ftp site with all the
>> development options and all. After i started up the system and tried to
>> compile a kernel but i get command not found for gcc. Is it not included
>> with rh 7.1 or
>> am i just making a stupid mistake? :-)
>
> It is on the redhat cd's (cd1). You can install them with rpm.
>
> Rasmus
>
And its name starts with compat-egcs.......
On install, it will be /usr/bin/kgcc
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Crashed X server won't start again !
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:42:38 -0500
Bernard DEBREIL wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Last time I launched my fvwm2 X Window system - which had been working
> fine for several months - I noticed something bizarre : on a particular
> application, the 'backspace' key had become inoperative. I, then, quit
> X, and tried to start it again : but it wouldn't run anymore :
>
> 'Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.xkm
>
> Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect : Can't connect, errno=111
>
> Failed to set default font path : 'Unix/:-1'
>
> Fatal Server Error
>
> Could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> I tried to check for the file 'server-0.xkm' in /var/tmp,
> fut that directory appeared to be empty.
>
> My trials to re-install X server using Xconfigurator failed. System
> tells me that X has been successfully installed, but it goes back on the
> console, and any attempt to launch 'startx' leads to the same errors as
> before.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help so that I can restore my X server asap.
>
>
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
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From: "igor' spivak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: shadow pass/nis`yp
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:43:28 -0700
would anyone know how can i use shadow passwds with nis/yp setup? where i
can't use adduser (useradd or whatever comes with shadow). is there a way to
manually populate the shadow file (script, or based on the passwd file)?
all help is much apreciated
igor'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A CPU cooler for Linux?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:48:56 GMT
Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
> this is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] scroll! it says:
>> I noticed that my Windows with Waterfall Pro (CPU cooler software) keeps
>> the CPU temperature low. In Linux, it is higher even when idled. I
>> thought Linux had a CPU cooler code.
>> Did I miss something? I am a Linux newbie, so hopefully I don't have to
>> recompile Kernel. I am using RedHat Linux v7.1. I look forward to
>> receiving replies soon. Thanks! :)
> go download theyself the latest kernel source and compile APM into it.
> <smile>
I believe I already have APM. Is it the apmd one? How do I check to be
sure? Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: shadow pass/nis`yp
Date: 16 May 2001 20:54:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 16 May 2001 13:43:28 -0700, igor' spivak allegedly wrote:
> would anyone know how can i use shadow passwds with nis/yp setup? where i
> can't use adduser (useradd or whatever comes with shadow). is there a way to
> manually populate the shadow file (script, or based on the passwd file)?
>
> all help is much apreciated
pwconv
pwconv creates shadow from passwd and an optionally existing shadow.
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From: "Johnny Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: RedHat 7.1 Locks up after screen goes dark
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:53:16 GMT
I am setting up for the third times already. (reformat & reinstall)
Is this a BUG ? Anyone with this type of problem ?
TIA
JC
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From: "rloc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file permissions - still struggling
Date: 16 May 2001 21:12:55 +0200
Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> rloc wrote:
> >
> > I am running up a small office network - Mandrake 7.0 as the server and
e
> > few Win9X boxes as clients. My requirement is that all users have file
> > creation, deletion, and modification rights to files within
> > /home/public/"project_name"/"various_subdirectories" but can not modify
or
> > delete the actual "directories". Any file created by a user should be
> > automatically accessible to all users in that group but should preserve
the
> > creator's/modifier's user name.
> > This rule should aply to non public directories as well. I have tried
> > "force create mode = 0770" and force directory mode = 0765 in the
[shares]
> > section of smb.conf but I am missing the magic combination somehow.
> >
> > I still have not found a simple description of the suid, guid and
"sticky
> > bit" functions and when to use them. Is there a howto or something
similar
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rob
>
> # chmod 1770 /home/public/...........
>
> or
>
> "force create mode = 1770" will set the sticky bit and do what you
> asked without
> the problems associated with setuid and setgid.
>
Dave
Thanks for the reply.
I will try your idea ASAP and let you know.
At present all files created form a Win box on the Linux server are created
750 with the gid bit set.
All files created in the same way are created 700 with the gid bit set.
Why don't my "force create mode =0770" and "force directory mode = 0765" in
smb.conf work?
What am I missing?
Can you suggest a book / website / howto etc which goes into the question
of permissions in detail?
regards
Rob
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