Linux-Setup Digest #378, Volume #21 Tue, 5 Jun 01 18:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Different network profiles on the same notebook ("T. J. Domsalla")
Lotus Domino at startup and on different console ("Martin Adler")
Re: Lotus Domino at startup and on different console (Grant Edwards)
Re: booting Linux on hdb ("Peter T. Breuer")
Newbie question (Hans Ankarlid)
Re: Different network profiles on the same notebook ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: RH6.2 crashes, then /var/log directory lost, then .... ("Jay")
Re: Red Hat Newbie -- Can I do this? (Michael Ballai)
@Home cable with SB3100 -- confirm settings (Jon Reuler)
Re: RedHat Certification: Worth it? (Norman Levin)
Re: Netscape - How Can I Install/Run? (Matthew Lybanon)
Port forwarding ("P. Daalmans")
Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!! (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!! (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
rc.local file. ("Liverpool_fc")
Re: linux box cannot be seen in networkneighbourhood of win2000. ("Liverpool_fc")
Re: i386,i486,i586 ... (Bill Unruh)
Weird lilo problem, never seen before ("David Anderson")
named - fails to recognize service is already running?? (inetquestion)
console based rpm manager, are there any free utils??? (inetquestion)
Re: Newbie question (Nils Holland)
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From: "T. J. Domsalla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Different network profiles on the same notebook
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:27:46 +0200
Hello,
is there a simple (!) (or maybe not so simple) way to switch between two
different network configurations on the same machine?
Background: At home, I have my own network which differs completely from the
one in my company. When I dial into my company I have to use the company
configuration, otherwise the home settings. The same problem when I use it
at different locations.
Thorsten J. Domsalla
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From: "Martin Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Lotus Domino at startup and on different console
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:24:10 +0200
Hi there,
How do I setup a Lotus Domino server to start at bootup and have it's
console on a different Linux Console (example Alt+F6)?
Please help.... thanx in advance,
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Lotus Domino at startup and on different console
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 19:33:21 GMT
In article <9fjbh7$24s$07$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Adler wrote:
>How do I setup a Lotus Domino server to start at bootup and have it's
>console on a different Linux Console (example Alt+F6)?
One idea: You could put a line in one of your startup scripts
(e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local) that uses the "openvt" command from
the consol-tools package to start a program on a particular
console. Or you could setup an init script and associated
symlinks (in accordance with whatever init system you use) that
does much the same thing.
=================================================================
OPENVT(1) Linux User's Manual OPENVT(1)
NAME
openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
openvt [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command com�
mand_options
DESCRIPTION
openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the
given command with the given command options, standard
input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The
current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested
command. If no command is specified then the environment
variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c vtnumber
Use the given VT number and not the first avail�
able. Note you must have write access to the sup�
plied VT for this to work.
-s Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The
VT of the new command will be made the new current
VT.
[...]
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I just had a NOSE
at JOB!!
visi.com
Console tools 19 Jul 1996 2
>
>Please help.... thanx in advance,
>
>
>Martin
>
>
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I just heard the
at SEVENTIES were over!! And
visi.com I was just getting in touch
with my LEISURE SUIT!!
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: booting Linux on hdb
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:19:02 +0200
KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to boot a linux system on hdb (a slave disk).
If your bios supports booting from the slave, you can, if it can't, you
can't, and you'll have to put the kernel image and maps elsewhere.
> The following is the first part of the partion table for that drive.
> hdb1 Primary DOS
> hdb2 Primary Linux /boot
in lilo ...
boot = /dev/hda
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdb5
label = linux
supposing that you want lilo on the mbr of the first disk, that is.
> hdb3 Primary Linux swap
> hdb4 Extended
> hdb5 Logical Linux /
> I have done all the reading I know and it didn't help a bit.
What was the difficulty?
Peter
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From: Hans Ankarlid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie question
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:54:41 +0200
Hello
I'm an old windows user who just recently installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 on
my machine and I must say ; I love it. I'm dual-booting with win98 due
to games I like to play.
Now to my question (s?)
I've got plenty of harddrive space. I've allocated 5 gb to Linux. Not so
much regarding I've got 37gb to play around with. I like to reach my
windows partitions via Linux. I've read the man mount, hmm and it didn't
make me any wiser.
I've grasped that I must log in as root and edit the /etc/fstab file.
My both harddisks are like this:
HD1 Primary partition: C: Win98 Fat 32 ca 2GB
Extended and Logical: E:\ Games Fat 32 ca 14GB
HD2 Primary partition: Linux Native 4,8GB
Primary partition: Linux Swap 200MB
Primary Partition D:\ Mp3 15GB
Can someone show me how my fstab file should look like to be able to
reach and both read and write to the
Windows partition D:\?
And by the way it would be nice to have it on my KDE destop. How do I do
this?
My fstab file look like this, as of now:
LABEL=/ / ext2
defaults 1 1
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,
owner 0 0
none /proc devpts gid=5,
mode=620 0 0
/dev/hdb5 swap swap
defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto, owner, kudzu, ro
0 0
/dev/cdrom1 mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto, owner, kudzu, ro
0 0
I be back with other questions soon, can get my printer and scanner
working, but first things first!
With sunny greetings from Stockholm, Sweden and our king Carl-Gustav the
XVI, cause it's our national day
tomorrow.
Thanks in advance
from
Hans
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Different network profiles on the same notebook
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:35:05 +0200
In comp.os.linux.setup T. J. Domsalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there a simple (!) (or maybe not so simple) way to switch between two
> different network configurations on the same machine?
This is what pcmcia schemes are FOR. Look at the pcmcia network
scripts.
Peter
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From: "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RH6.2 crashes, then /var/log directory lost, then ....
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 20:09:43 GMT
"the_ginzter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I would like some advice from others who may know more about
> linux (specifically RH6.2) internals.
>
> After nearly 6 problem-free months with my RH6.2, it all of a sudden
> started to behave weirdly.
>
> - First, it wouldn't allow me to "su" to root. (If I logged out, and
> logged in as root, no problem. Login as myself, and su to root, I
> keep getting an "incorrect password".)
>
> - Second, when I ran xlock to temporarily lock my display, I
> got the same treatment, forcing me to do a hard shutdown and
> reboot.
>
> - On reboot, I noticed that:
> 1. I can't su to to any user.
> 2. I can only mount floppies, and cdroms if I logged in as root.
> Before, regular users were able to mount filesystems
> tagged with the "users" option in /etc/fstab.
> 3. /var/log dir tree is missing
> 4. After creating (via mkdir) /var/log, /var/log/httpd, etc,
> there's are persistent error logs that show up (repeatedly)
> in /var/log/messages:
>
> > localhost init: cannot execute "/sbin/mingetty"
> > ...
> > localhost init: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > localhost init: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > localhost init: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > localhost init: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > localhost init: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> > ...
> > localhost rpc.statd[1998]: gethostbyname error for ^X���^X���^Y���^
[junk deleted]
>
>
> QUESTIONS:
>
> 1. Any ideas on what caused this?
Odd dunno. Had a problem once with Cyrix cpu and Mandrake distro. Cyrix cpu
died.
Could it be heat related? Insufficient free space df/du ? What had you
changed prior?
Any other hints from /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure ?
>
> 2. I'm ready to re-install RH6.2 (or install RH7.x on top). Can I do so
> without having to kill my current Linux partitions?
Yes I think you can do a reinstall without destroying existing partitions
from the main menu.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Ballai)
Subject: Re: Red Hat Newbie -- Can I do this?
Date: 5 Jun 2001 13:12:16 -0700
> How big is your hard drive and how much of it is taken up with win98?
> db
Without looking, I think it's 5.5-6 gigs and probably less than about 2 gigs are used
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Reuler)
Subject: @Home cable with SB3100 -- confirm settings
Date: 5 Jun 2001 20:15:57 GMT
Hello all,
I'd like some clarification from Cox@Home users for the configuration -
helping a friend who's got cable on Windoze, wants to use a Linux
firewall/router. Got conflicting info from @Home tech support.
I've read the Cable-Modem- & DHCP- HOWTOs, as well as searched Deja News
listings (lots of broken links to @Home specific URLs).
======== Current setup:
[inet]--<SB3100 modem>--<NT-server>--[hub]--<internal LAN>
nic on NT-server: Intel EtherExpress Pro 100
--- NT-server ipconfig:
IP = a.b.c.4 [ISP-assigned, seen by world]
netmask = 255.255.255.d
default gw = a.b.c.1
========= Desired setup:
[inet]--<SB3100>--<RH-based-distro>--[hub]--<internal LAN>
eth0: dhcp-assigned (external interface, nic taken from NT-server)
eth1: 192.168.c.d (internal LAN, standard Class-C subnet mask)
===========================================
1) Confirm that the SB3100 modem goes by the hw address of the current
nic on the Windoze box. (Got 2 diff answers from tech support).
2) Correct /etc/sysconfig/network ?
...
HOSTNAME="<ISP-assigned-hostname>.ISP.com"
GATEWAY=a.b.c.1 (same as NT-server default gw)
GATEWAYDEV=eth0
3) Whether using dhcpcd or pump, -h <hostname> should be
<ISP-assigned-hostname> (not incl "ISP.com", in "network" file above)
4) Any entries need to add to /etc/dhclient.conf besides
"send host-name <ISP-assigned-hostname> ?
5) /etc/resolv.conf:
search ISP.com
nameserver <ISP-DNS-1>
nameserver <ISP-DNS-2>
6) /etc/hosts - anything else absolutely required besides loopback?
7) /etc/sysconfig/.../ifcfg-eth0
...
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
MACADDR="hw-address-of-nic-from-NT-server"
DHCP_HOSTNAME="<ISP-assigned-hostname>"
8) /etc/host.conf:
order hosts, bind
multi on
9) Should I add a route for the ISP's network &/or
the ISP-default gw? ie:
route add -net <ISP-net> netmask <ISP-netmask> dev eth0
route add default gw <ISP-gw> netmask <ISP-netmask> dev eth0
10) Will try both "dhcpcd-1.3.x" & "pump-0.8.3". (Using kernel 2.2.17).
Anything else I might've missed?
TIA,
Jon
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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:22:14 +0200
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat Certification: Worth it?
Mark Johnson wrote:
>
> I was thinking about getting my redhat certification in effect to get some
> so-called "real" hands on training by some "real" linux admins. Perhaps,
> I'm a bit naive.
>
> I looked up certification on redhat site and for close to $2000 this is
> what is considered Basic Training:
>
> * Issue essential Linux commands from the bash shell command line
> * Launch applications from the command line and GNOME interface
> * Use and customize the X Window System and GNOME desktop environment
> * Perform common tasks using GNOME GUI applications
> * Understand the Linux file system
> * Perform common file maintenance tasks
> * Understand and maintain file access permissions
> * Copy files to and from a floppy diskette
> * Open, edit and save text documents using the vi editor
> * Use regular expressin pattern matching
> * Filter and process text
> * Use printing commands and utilities
> * Understand and use email and related applications
> * Connect processes and files using standard I/O and Pipes
> * Control system processes
> * Query packages on your system
> * Use network applications and utilites
> * Communicate and transfer files securely
> * System tools for the user
> * Perform basic bash shell scripting, sed, awk and perl
> * Install Red Hat Linux
> * Miscellaneous topics
>
> All of which, I can pretty much handle and have learned on my own. If were
> to do a trainig class I might charge about $150/person possibly even less.
>
> There are 2 other tracks (which I'm mainly interested in) both about $2000
> and last for 4 days. I am suspicious because if they want to change $2000
> for a basic class that I would value at about $150 - I have to wonder about
> the other to training classes.
** good training classes start at $375/day. For 4 days - you can do the
math. If you want to do them for $150/day - less power to you.
>
> Should I save my money? What I find invaluable about good training classes
> is personal stories and real-life experices told by the instructors (which
> is exceedingly rare) -- this is what I'd be hoping for from doing formal
> training.
** Any company that has training for certification has goals/objectives
which are usually measurable by tests. Instructor 'war stories'
are not measurable.
Nice, fascinating even, but they are the sauce on the steak. RH does have
a 5 day course which is a prep/cram course that prepares you for the 5 day
of tests. I have not taken this cram course, but I would
hate to have the instructor reminisce about fascinating things - I'll save
that for the user groups.
>
> Any suggestions?
--
Norman Levin
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From: Matthew Lybanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Netscape - How Can I Install/Run?
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:42:47 -0500
A suggestion: Try posting your question to netscape.communicator.unix
(that's on the secnews.netscape.com news server). Some of the regulars
there may be able to give you some help.
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Reply-To: "P. Daalmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "P. Daalmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Port forwarding
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 01:00:18 +0200
Hi there,
Okay I am a newbee in Linux :-)
The following test-network is working at my home:
Win2000 Netware 5.1 (Bordermanager 3.6) Redhat 7.1 (kernel
2.4)
WS Webserver / Cache Linux
Router/Firewall
========= =========
---------
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| |
========= ========
---------
|---------------------| |---------------------|
|------- Internet
192.168.1.10 192.168.1.1 | 172.16.1.1 |
172.16.1.2
213.1.1.1
I can surf from my workstation on the internet.
Now I want to access my webserver from the internet, but its not working.
I use IPCHAINS & IPMASQADM but I don't get it to work :-(
I also tested iptables and portfw but nothing seem to work.
Can anyone help me further with
1. The sollution :-)
2. Urls from the right software and versions
3. Config files
Thanx,
With regard,
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!!
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:22:30 GMT
"Somphong K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I mentioned I could not boot from Wind98 recover diskette,
>I meant the PC read the floppy for a few seconds, then turn to
>read the C drive (/dev/hda) over and over. I could see the disk
>access indicator lit on and off. The only way to get out was to
>do ctrl-alt-del :-) It happened the same way with Win98 CD.
>
>I reshuffled boot device sequence a few times (floppy/HD/CDROM)
>but to no avail.
>
>Please find herewith the fdisk diskplay of both drives. I would
>really appreciate some advice how to fix the problem.
>
>Rgds somphong
>Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2100 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hdb1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb2 4 2100 16844152+ 5 Extended
>/dev/hdb5 4 1023 8193118+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb6 1024 1661 5124703+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb7 1662 1820 1277136 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb8 1821 1886 530113+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb9 1887 1952 530113+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb10 1953 2018 530113+ 82 Linux swap
>/dev/hdb11 2019 2084 530113+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hdb12 2085 2100 128488+ 83 Linux
You have cyclic partition tables (as I told you one week ago).
Change the ID of the extended partition on disk 2 (hdb2) from 05 to 85
using Linux fdisk.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!!
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:28:30 GMT
"Somphong K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3736 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 2040 16386268+ b Win95 FAT32
Reply no. 2.
Well, there is one error more. The ID of the FAT32 partition on disk 1
(hda) must be 0C, not 0B, since the partition ends later than 1 based
cylinder 1024. If you leave it as 0B data loss will occur.
If more than about 8 GB of data has been written to the partition
damage may already have occurred.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: "Liverpool_fc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: rc.local file.
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:26:05 -0400
hello,
it appears that in rh7.0 the rc.local file is the new autoexec.bat (dos)
equivalent.
however this file looks like a script. and i need to add a few services/
modules that start on boot.
example virtport (command) (options).
from my experience if you fiddle with a script your syntax needs to be
correct.
adding a command line like the example above will cause the script to give
errors.
any suggestions?
thank you.
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From: "Liverpool_fc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: linux box cannot be seen in networkneighbourhood of win2000.
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:31:49 -0400
thank you.
all the pc's and server are in the same subnet.
192.168.27.1 - 192.168.27.100
there are no wins, dhcp or dns servers.
simple lan with one rh6.2 box, 5 win98/95 boxes and one win2000 workstation.
only the win2000 cannot see the rh6.2 server in network neighbourhood.
thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: i386,i486,i586 ...
Date: 5 Jun 2001 21:33:16 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hajo Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I was wondering about the meaning of these
]numbers when I install for example Redhat 7.1.
]Ok, I know these are the generation of the processors.
]But, all RPMS are in a directory i386 - for Redhat,
]does it mean that these are compiled for a i386 ???
] why do they do so ???
So that the system can be installed on any computer from 386 on up.
]For Madrake I find a i586 directory, so is it more efficient
Actually I have read an argument that the 586 "optimisation" is the
worst of the whole lot, that it is slower than even 386. Have no idea if
that argument is valid or not.
]for Pentiums, and K6 and so on????
]I would appreciate if someone coud clarify this question
]or give me some reference
If you want you can recompile everything ( using the --rebuild command
to rpm) for whatever processor you want. This may give a small advantage
in some cases.
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From: "David Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weird lilo problem, never seen before
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 23:41:56 +0200
Reply-To: "David Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I have recently installed RedHat 6.0 on an old Compaq server, equiped with
three 2Gb SCSI HDDs and an scsi cdrom drive.
My problem is with lilo: After installing it with the lilo.conf file
following, upon reboot the machine has a most bizarre attitude. If I wait
the 15 seconds I have set for timeout for linux to boot, it boots fine and
dandy. But if I dare type 'linux' myself or so much as press enter to speed
things up, the kernel crashes out after detecting the scsi drives:
Error: unable to access /dev/sda 00:80
Kernel Panic: unable to mount /dev/sda1 on 00:80
Or something like that... How can I fix this annoying bug?
< Beginning of lilo.conf file >
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
prompt
timeout=150
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
label=linux
root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.5-15.img
read-only
restricted
password=********
< End of lilo.conf file >
I tried installing GRUB instead of lilo, but it can't load linux at all,
boasting the same error...
Thanks in advance
David Anderson
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From: inetquestion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: named - fails to recognize service is already running??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:43:05 -0400
I'm running redhat 7.1 x86 and am having problems with linuxconf and
startup scripts. Under Control service activity I enabled named and iptables to
startup
automatically. Now even after reboot everytime I enter linuxconf I give me the
following message:
*************************************************************************
*************************************************************************
The state of the system is not in sync with the current/updated
configurations. You are allowed to make it current, or continue with
the current configurations.
Here are the commands to execute
The following command told me something had to be done
/etc/rc3.d/S58named probe
Executing: /etc/rc3.d/S55named start
*************************************************************************
*************************************************************************
If I allow it to start named I end up with a ton of named processes running. If I
choose do
nothing, and exit the system works as normal. However I always get the same message
the next time
I run linuxconf. I looked in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and found two files that began with
S55* which were
S55named and S55sshd. I renamed S55named to S58named and restarted the system. Upon
entering
linuxconf I got the same message on exit except this time it was S58named instead of
S55named.
I'm not an expert on the System V startup process, but originall thouht this was
caused by two links
begging with the same number "S55", but I noticed that this is not the only occurance
of this, and
the other two services seem to have no problem.
also after bootup when I do "ps -ef | grep named"
I see at lease 4 instances of named running.
If anyone has any info as to why linuxconf never recognizes this as a running process
it would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: inetquestion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: console based rpm manager, are there any free utils???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:47:53 -0400
I remember using a gui based gnome rpm update utility to keep my system updated. Now
I want to do the same thing to other machines remotely. Redhat has the up2date tool,
but
that is a pay service. Is there a console based rpm utility that can be used to keep
a system
updated which is free?
Thanks,
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Nils Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 23:21:16 +0200
Hans Ankarlid wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm an old windows user who just recently installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 on
> my machine and I must say ; I love it. I'm dual-booting with win98 due
> to games I like to play.
>
> Now to my question (s?)
>
> I've got plenty of harddrive space. I've allocated 5 gb to Linux. Not so
> much regarding I've got 37gb to play around with. I like to reach my
> windows partitions via Linux. I've read the man mount, hmm and it didn't
> make me any wiser.
>
> I've grasped that I must log in as root and edit the /etc/fstab file.
>
> My both harddisks are like this:
>
> HD1 Primary partition: C: Win98 Fat 32 ca 2GB
> Extended and Logical: E:\ Games Fat 32 ca 14GB
>
> HD2 Primary partition: Linux Native 4,8GB
> Primary partition: Linux Swap 200MB
> Primary Partition D:\ Mp3 15GB
>
> Can someone show me how my fstab file should look like to be able to
> reach and both read and write to the
> Windows partition D:\?
Well, no way that I'd use Windows, but I've set up the /etc/fstab file on
the machine of someone who uses Windows like that:
/dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrecorder /cdrecorder auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda4 swap swap defaults 0 2
/dev/hda1 /windows/system msdos umask=000
/dev/hda5 /windows/daten msdos umask=000
Most of the entries are not of much relevance. Note that /dev/hda3 is the
main Linux partition, and so we mount it at /. /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda5 are
both Windows partitions, which we mount in /windows/system and
/windows/daten, respectively.
Just put lines like the ones for /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda5 above in your
/etc/fstab. Of course, you must modify the above lines to reflect the
partition(s) on which your Windows is stored (/dev/hd<whatever>).
Additionally, you must set the directory to which the partition(s) will be
mounted to something valid on your system (in other words: The directories
/windows/system and /windows/daten in the above example must be created
with mkdir before anything can be mounted there).
Greetings
Nils
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