Figuring out free IRQs.

Hi, This may sound stupid, but I have no idea on how to do this. I just bought additional parallel card ( ISA, not p-n-p ), and I have to set jumpers for IRQ. I cat'ed /proc/devices, to see if the first number represent IRQ, however, I saw

Program to execute from ip-up, depending on...

Hi, I have setup my system to connect to the internet, and download e-mail ( from cron ), however, I also connect manually at random, and I'd like to be able to specify the commands which ip-up executes. Currently, I have fetchpop run from

Filtering metamail thru procmail

Hi, I'd like to strip all of e-mail that comes meta-encoded, because sometimes lynx gets started, just for two lines of a message... I don't dare write the script myself, because I have no idea what to look for / where to start striping.

Getting DES for Linux. Where?

Hi, I was considering using DES ( triple DES ) to encrypt my backup tapes. Is there a source code, or binary available somewhere for Linux of the program? Thanks, Nikita. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST

What are popd/pushd for?

Hi, I'm trying to figure out what popd and pushd functions are for. Since they are build into practically every shell, I figured, its something I will have to face someday. Is there any online explanations of these features, or would

Passing a variable without changing the script.

Hi, I remember a long time ago, I saw somebody pass an argument to a script from prompt. As far as I remember, the person was dialing different locations, and didn't want to edit the script's variable by editing the file every time he

I don't want root to login, only su.

Hi, I want to setup linux, so that root login will not be allowed from "login:" prompt, but only thru su ( or sudo ). Is this possible? Nikita. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

Re: I don't want root to login, only su.

Root not being able to login from "login:" will stop random attacks -- cracker will have to know username, password for username, and then password for root. ( su ) Doesn't help in an insider attempt. Nikita. According to Dave Wreski: I want to setup linux, so that root login

Pushd, Popd, Where to be used?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I didn't post a "why, what for" question for awhile... Anyway, could somebody explain what pushd and popd functions, I didn't really understand what stack ( tcsh man page ). I also saw these

Advanced books

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Could somebody recommend some advanced books on Linux/Unix ? I already have Unix Power Tools, and it is just on my level ( on some points though, I'm a newbie... ) What is a good book, that will cover

Re: Annoying Contents

According to Dave Ihnat: But the keynote is that you can't do anything about this--unless you can have the sender change their configuration. I'm sure one could scan text of each incoming message for string "begin filename" or whatever, and using sed, cutout the lines in range ( from "begin"

Stripping mime.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm using elm, and for every HTML-encoded mail to wait for the lynx to load, to wait for the lynx to read the mail, and etc. Is there any way to strip HTML and mime encodings from the mail before

Compiling kernel from .config

Hi, I have to reconfigure kernel on several machines, and I was wondering... There is a file in the directory named .config. It seems as tho it has all of the previous' compile options. Can I just edit the file, comment/uncomment some

While in shell script.

Hi, I have trouble solving a little problem that I have. I want to write a script ( doesn't really matter which shell ), which will do some action until a key is pressed ( or some command entered like 'abort' ). At first, seemed like a

Re: Can I delete /initrd ?

Well, I'm running Debian 1.3. What does Redhat uses /boot/initrd, some start-up scripts? Thanks for the reply, Nikita. According to Keith Schoenefeld: What version are you using? In RedHat 5.0 /boot/initrd is required, but I've not seen a /initrd directory or file. -- Keith

Re: Exiting Xwindows gracefully

According to Peter L. Arnoldy: I ran xwindows by typing "xdm". It runs, unfortunately, I do not know how to get out. If I do start/exit fvwm/yes, really exit, it exits to the login screen, but not back to prompt. How to I get to prompt, so that I can safely shut off my machine? Thanks

Re: Exiting Xwindows gracefully

According to Peter L. Arnoldy: I tried ctlaltbckspace, which just got me back to the login screen (don't want that, want just non-xwindows, linux prompt) So, then I logged in as root and from a shell, did /sbin/shutdown, which shutdown (actually, froze the xwindows display, so I did

Mwm's focus

Hi, I have a version of Motif, that doesn't support Alt+Tab. In KeyBindings, I defined Alt+Tab to circle_up. But the problem is, that eventhough the window does recieve the focus, it doesn't become active. Is there any way to correct this? Thanks, Nikita.

Re: Sorting files

According to Phil Risby: I don't have an actual answer, just an idea -- you might want to check for the creation/modification time as well. Many of the resources files ( the ones that matter ) can become drastically different in a short period of time. Also, it might be

Slow tcsh.

Hi, I have switched to tcsh, and have been using it for a while now. But, the problem, or rather annoyance, is that tcsh take about 8-13 seconds to load, while bash loaded immediately. I have heard, that this slowdown may be due to a big/complex resource file. Mine has all the

Article List

Hi, I don't want to sound like I don't enjoy it, but there should be a separate list, something like 'articles', where everybody will write about some article, mentioning Linux. This will help to specialize the traffic on the redhat-list, and people interested in articles (

No samba password

Hi, Is there a way to login to samba automatically, without password prompts, from Windows 95? All the user has to do is print. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists

Encrypting backups

Hi, I have a root account's password guarded, and fixed the security of the systems generally. Now, how do I encrypt my backup tapes? Thanks, Nikita. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

Appending to BRU

Hi, I'd like to know how to append to a BRU archive. I tried using -c, but my tape was overwritten, and that's not what I want. Thanks, Nikita -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips

Using DirectPC

Hi, I was pondering the idea of buying a DirecPC dish. It uses my current ISP, no problem there, and is supposed to upload min. at 200K ( upload is like a normal modem ), but then I noticed that there is a special PCI card that comes with it. Does Linux support DirecPC? If

Netmasks on the ethernet

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Howdy! I was just wondering... can the netmasks of two different computer be the same network? Thanks, Nikita -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv