Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Erich Titl
Hi At 16:54 21.05.2002 -0700, you wrote: I'm gonna try commenting out the *.emerg line. Thanks again man. I'll definitely keep you posted. I would not just comment it out but save the data in a file. See syslog.conf(5) for an explanation of the syslog configuration file format. Erich

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and I still get those NET messages. Any suggestions? ps aux | grep sys Do you have any running process like syslog? If yes, then you can kill it. If not, as I mentioned, these messages are generated by the

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
- Original Message - From: Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question Omar D. Samuels wrote: Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and I still get those

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
- Original Message - From: Erich Titl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question Hi At 16:54 21.05.2002 -0700, you wrote: I'm gonna try commenting out the *.emerg line. Thanks again man. I'll definitely keep

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Omar, Please post the diagnostic information requested by Michael. We should be able to determine the problem for you. Unfortunately, the information you've provided up to now is insufficient to troubleshoot the problem. I also seem to get a lot of martian source messages, I shud prolly read

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: I'm sorry, I just realised that my msgs weren't going thru because I had these msgs as attachments, which I imagine needs to be moderator approved. Omar, I'm the list admin. Attachments are rejected due to the amount of viruses circulating.

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: I'm sorry, I just realised that my msgs weren't going thru because I had these msgs as attachments, which I imagine needs to be moderator approved. Omar, I'm the list admin. Attachments are rejected due to the amount of viruses

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 09:13, Omar D. Samuels wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: Hope this is what you were talking about: May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: NET: 4 messages suppressed. May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to D08A1401

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Omar, The whole unmodified contents would be useful. Long messages on a technical support list like this are acceptable. More information is better than less. Thanks. :-) Ok, here goes: ### # Brief instructions

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
Before we keep asking for more and more info, perhaps we should look a bit at what we do know and interpret the actual report. As Michael correctly pointed out yesterday, the important log line is the one that preceded the NET line, and we're finally seeing it. It reads: May 22 02:53:54

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:18, Ray Olszewski wrote: Before we keep asking for more and more info, perhaps we should look a bit at what we do know and interpret the actual report. As Michael correctly pointed out yesterday, the important log line is the one that preceded the NET line, and

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:39, Mike Noyes wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:18, Ray Olszewski wrote: May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to D08A1401 ignored.Path = D08A1469 - 42DA4753, tos 00 Unpacked, this says that the kernel is reporting that it received and

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 01:14 PM 5/22/02 -0500, Omar D. Samuels wrote: [...] There's just one question I have for MacGyver... May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to D08A1401 ignored.Path = D08A1469 - 42DA4753, tos 00 Unpacked, this says that the kernel is reporting that it

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
How does one go about unpacking that cryptic message from what looks like Hex to get IP addresses? It is hex (that's why I prepended the 0x), and if you know enough to recognize it, the rest is easy to explain. Separated into bytes, the address 42DA4753 becomes 42 DA 47 53 Now change

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 11:16, Ray Olszewski wrote: At 10:39 AM 5/22/02 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote: [...] I think you can stop logging of TOS redirects in network.config by changing the option below to yes. This may open up a possible security hole. ALLIF_ACCEPT_REDIRECTS=NO If this changes

[leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Could someone pleeez help me. I would really love some help with two things: Is there any way to suppress the NET: # messages suppressed messages that come on my LRP box? I am trying just about everything I can find in documentation to allow my LRP (on a single floppy) to allow me to console

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Noyes
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 06:55, Omar D. Samuels wrote: I am trying just about everything I can find in documentation to allow my LRP (on a single floppy) to allow me to console into it through a serial cable. It is not working for me echo hello /dev/ttyS0 sends nothing to my Hyperterminal.

RE: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Joey Officer
some more specific questions, please ask them... Joey Advocate in Training... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Omar D. Samuels Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [leaf-user] A NET question Could someone

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Ray Olszewski
The documents that Mike referred you to do discuss cable issues, though perhaps briefly enough that you missed it when you read them. To connect 2 computers, you need either a null-modem cable or a regular cable with a null-modem adapter ... this is not a LEAF or even a Linux issue, but a

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Ray Olszewski
I added the LEAF list back in. At 11:26 AM 5/21/02 -0500, Omar D. Samuels wrote: I'm pretty sure that I have the right cable but it just isn't working out, so I dunno if it is the machine's fault... even though the serial port initialized okay. Basically everything seems to be in order but I

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question I added the LEAF list back in. At 11:26 AM 5/21/02 -0500, Omar D. Samuels wrote: I'm pretty sure that I have the right cable but it just isn't working out, so I dunno

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Noyes
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 10:05, Omar D. Samuels wrote: Hey, guess what? I'm new to this whole LRP thing, I've been really trying to follow protocol in seeking help with these hiccups. My apologies if my descriptions are not a distinct and exact as you would like them to be. I am really just

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. I a using Eigerstein2... does anyone know if there is any way to suppress the NET messages? They look like this: NET: # messages suppressed I

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Omar D. Samuels wrote: Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. I a using Eigerstein2... does anyone know if there is any way to suppress the NET messages? They look like this:

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Omar D. Samuels wrote: - Original Message - From: Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] Omar D. Samuels wrote: Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. I a

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
[ snip ] Bottomline, if you identify the root cause of this message flooding, and correct it, then you will no longer witness these 'NET ... suppressed' messages. Please, reconsider what I am saying in the statement above. IMHO, that is really what you want to do . . . Hey,

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Omar D. Samuels wrote: [ snip ] I think you are THE MAN! I really appreciate this man. I'm gonna give it a try. I don't want to really shut off syslog. The thing is I gotta get rid of those messages. The box needs to, when it is installed, just sit there, running maybe something

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Omar D. Samuels wrote: Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and I still get those NET messages. Any suggestions? ps aux | grep sys Do you have any running process like syslog? If yes, then you can kill it. If not, as I mentioned, these messages