[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2002 : Issue 19 > > Today's Topics: > Re: network - notwork! unable to acc [ Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > =?GB2312?B?ZGViaWFuLXVzZXLE+rrDo6E=? [ =?GB2312?B?0Oy8zsHZ?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: OpenSSL suggested version [ Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Netscape 7.0 [ lameth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: strange apt-get upgrade issue [ Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonlin ] > Re: network - notwork! unable to acc [ Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > unsubscribe [ Christopher Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Manually changing IRQ/reconfigur [ Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Gnome session errors [ Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: configuring ADSL at Debian?? [ Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonlin ] > Re: deb command - which package? [ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Netscape 7.0 [ ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Khelpcenter glossary problem [ Dirk Kostrewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > RE: Netscape 7.0 [ David Pastern <david@scsenterprises ] > free software version of MATLAB [ "Musang S.X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > =?GB2312?B?ZGViaWFuLXVzZXLE+rrDo6E=? [ =?GB2312?B?0Oy8zsHZ?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: free software version of MATLAB [ Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Netscape 7.0 [ ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Locale and date/time settings [ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Samba 'security=server' Debian/Windo [ Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: network - notwork! unable to access lan and net > Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:09:46 -0500 > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > sandip wrote: > > >> Sandip> status: i am unable to ping my machine's ip address, > >> > >> > >thanx for the help. it was an oversight on my part. my apologies to the > >group. i had entered ip addresses incorrectly. > > > >subsequently, i have edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand and set the > >things right - by hand! i used vi for the first time and was amazed at the > >facilities it provides. all *i mean it* win editors look pale compared to vi! > > > > > vi ?!! You were amazed by vi?! > > >and all seems well now. however, i wanted to know if there is a tool/ utility > >to do what i did by hand. > > > > > The installer routine normally handles network setup, but after initial > installation, I'm not aware of any tools for editing network setup in > Debian. > > >further i wanted to know if there are any other places where i need to change > >ip address my machine and gateway other than what i have already done. > > > > > Other possibly relevant files are /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname, > /etc/resolv.conf, and the /etc/network/ directory, but what you've done > should probably take care of your immediate needs. > > >i also will like to know what does entry 'network' in /etc/network/interfaces > >mean > > > > > From "man interfaces": > The static Method > This method may be used to define ethernet interfaces with > statically > allocated IPv4 addresses. > > Options > > address address > Address (dotted quad) required > > netmask netmask > Netmask (dotted quad) required > > broadcast broadcast_address > Broadcast address (dotted quad) > > network network_address > Network address (dotted quad) required for 2.0.x > kernels > > gateway address > Default gateway (dotted quad) > > >and where does one change dns server entries? > > > > /etc/resolv.conf > > >last but not the least - how do i access my lan resources? files on other pcs > >and printers connected to them? in windows i can do it! > > > > > > Depends on what the other machines and printers are, and the protocols > they speak. Windows computers usually speak SMB, and in order to access > Windows shares (file sharing and printer sharing), you'll need to > install and configure samba on your Linux box. Do a google for "samba > howto" and you'll find way more info that you ever wanted. > > If you're printing to networked printers (not Windows-shared printers), > you're probably interested in lpd and/or cups information. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: debian-user您好！ > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:12:47 폍 > From: 徐嘉临 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ӡˢ˾ > > >˾ʮ꣬ʿĺ"ԳΪ""Žƴ""Ƽ""Ͻȡ"ҵʮǿӡˢҵ > > >˾ȫձСɭɫӵȽ½ڵңɫӡȽŰϵͳΪͻṩơӡˢװһʷã۸ţ죬ѣͻŵķּӮùͻ > >˾ҵΧҳ鿯Ʒ˵顢ֽơƱꡢɽżŷ⡢ݡ̨װʺеȡ > >˾TCLơͨѶΪšïҵٻѧԺάšйšĦǹȿͻõĺϵϻӭ硢Ǣ̸ҵ > > ַڸ·404¥ > 绰0755-83251768 26233544 > ֻ13622338858 > 棺0755-83361395 > E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ϵˣ٣ҵܾ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: OpenSSL suggested version > Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:21:46 -0400 > From: Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On the Apache web site, it recommends at least version 0.9.6e of OpenSSL > > and Apache-SSL HTTP Server version 1.3.27 or later. > > > > But Debian only has Apache-SSSL 1.3.26 and OpenSSL 0.9.6c in stable, and > > OpenSSL 0.9.6g in testing. > > > > Debian backports security patches to the stable versions. Both > apache-ssl 1.3.26.1+1.48-0woody2 and openssl 0.9.6c-2.woody.1 in > woody/updates have no known security problems and are fine to use. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Netscape 7.0 > Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:31:46 -0400 > From: lameth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 to install yet? When I tried I received > the error message; > ./netscape-installer error while loading shared libraries: > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 > > I know I have libc6 installed and I just installed libstdc++2.2 other > than that I do believe woody meets the requirements. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: strange apt-get upgrade issue > Date: 07 Oct 2002 13:33:27 폍 > From: Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Chris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 12:57, Chris McCormick wrote: > > At 12:41 7/10/2002 +0800, you wrote: > > >On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 12:34, Chris McCormick wrote: > > > > >You could try comparing straces of the dpkg command when it works and > > > > >when it doesn't work > > > > > > > > > >strace -fF dpkg -X packagename.deb /path/to/testdir 2>strace.output > > > > > > > > Excellent suggestion - at the moment I can't get it to run correctly ever > > > > though. :( > > > > > > > > running: > > > > strace -fF dpkg --unpack libc6_2.1.3-24_i386.deb > > > > doesn't tell me anything i can understand. if someone more knowledgable > > > > wants to look at the copy of the output i can send it to them. > > > > > >Can you dump it on a webpage and post the URL to the list? > > > > Sure, > > http://203.59.70.242/strace_dpkg_output.txt > > [pid 4582] ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 4580, 0, 0) = -1 EPERM (Operation not > permitted) > [pid 4582] ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 4577, 0, 0) = -1 EPERM (Operation not > permitted) > > this is something tar is trying to do and failing, thus breaking the > pipe... > > The same happens on the gzip call... > > from man ptrace > > ERRORS > EPERM The specified process cannot be traced. This could > be because the parent has insufficient privileges; > non-root processes cannot trace processes that they > cannot send signals to or those running setuid/set > gid programs, for obvious reasons. Alternatively, > the process may already be being traced, or be init > (pid 1). > > Not that that helps much. > > If you go > > dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile packagename.deb > packagename.tar > > and then > > /bin/tar xvf packagename.tar > > Does it untar ok? > > Is it a broken package that is cached? try... > > rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb > rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/*.deb > > Does dselect fix the problems. Try running dselect, choose update, the > select. Add no new packages, just press return, then select install. > > All just vague stabs in the dark really... > > Crispin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: signature.asc > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: network - notwork! unable to access lan and net > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:04:34 폝 > From: Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 0, sandip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > subsequently, i have edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand and set the > > things right - by hand! i used vi for the first time and was amazed at the > > facilities it provides. all *i mean it* win editors look pale compared to vi! > > Come now, emacs runs on windoze... > > [snip] > > further i wanted to know if there are any other places where i need to change > > ip address my machine and gateway other than what i have already done. > > I don't think so, but you can always 'grep -r /etc/* <your_old_ip>' to > see what has your old IP address in its config files. > > [snip] > > last but not the least - how do i access my lan resources? files on other pcs > > and printers connected to them? in windows i can do it! > > apt-get install samba > apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd > > The samba package contains the smbfs thingy that lets you > mount/unmount samba (ie windoze) shares on your linux box, as well as > stuff for printing to printers shared using samba. CUPS gives you a > nice way of setting up printers and printing to them (I even figured > out how to get it to print to netware printers). > > Tom > -- > Tom Cook > Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide > > "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." > - Robert Waldner > > Get my GPG public key: >https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.7.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: unsubscribe > Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:06:54 -0500 (CDT) > From: Christopher Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Manually changing IRQ/reconfiguring network? > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 02:21:12 -0400 > From: Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:11:46PM -0400, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: > > I have Debian 3.0 installed on an HP Pavillion N5425 laptop, and after > > considerable modifications it is (mostly) working. > > > > > 1) Reconfiguring network: I have somehow managed to break the network > > configuration, so that I no longer seem to be able to get an IP address. The > > card is there, the card is up, but dhclient eth0 doesn't get me any error > > messages. I am not sure how to troubleshoot this problem, and also not sure > > what caused it. I expect it was something to do with my recompiling the > > kernel; however, when I booted the previous kernel (where the networking > > used to work fine), the same symptoms persist. > > Can you ping localhost or 127.0.0.1? > > What does /etc/network/interfaces say? > > -Andy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Gnome session errors > Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:22:29 -0700 > From: Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021006 12:27]: > > Similar here, but looking for a more drastic solution: I want to > > re-install gnome for a specific user in a box (several users have > > access to same box) due to several reasons, without affecting the > > settings for any other user. What should I do? > > Just remove (or, safer, rename) that user's .gnome directory. > > good times, > Vineet > -- > http://www.doorstop.net/ > -- > A: No. > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.10.1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: configuring ADSL at Debian?? > Date: 07 Oct 2002 14:34:52 폍 > From: Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 11:43, Albert Tuulas wrote: > > Hello. > > After > > setup my parameters pppoeconf tries to make a connection and I am > > getting error: > > > > > > ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found! > > > > > > Runing plog after that prints out: > > > > > > Oct 7 05:21:12 localhost pppd[180]: Connection terminated. > > Oct 7 05:21:24 localhost pppd[332]: Serial connection established. > > Oct 7 05:21:24 localhost pppd[332]: Using interface ppp0 > > Oct 7 05:21:24 localhost pppd[332]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 > > Oct 7 05:21:25 localhost pppd[332]: LCP terminated by peer > > Oct 7 05:21:25 localhost pppd[332]: Modem hangup > > Oct 7 05:21:25 localhost pppd[332]: Connection terminated. > > > > Try turning on debug. edit the file /etc/ppp/options. Find the line that > says > > #debug > > remove the # > save the file and restart the ppp connection > > poff > pon dsl-provider > > or whatever you named it in pppoeconf. > > Now look in the logfiles. > > Kind Regards > Crispin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: signature.asc > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: deb command - which package? > Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:34:58 -0700 > From: Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lars Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Debian Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:04:25PM -0700, Lars Jensen wrote: > > Which .deb package do I need to install to get the deb command? > > Try doing followings, you can find a package containing the > command name with "deb" > > # apt-get install auto-apt # on-demand package installation tool > # auto-apt update # create db file for auto-apt > $ auto-apt search deb > # search for "deb" in all packages, installed or not > > This is in my Debian Reference, 6.3 Debian nirvana commands. > > See more on below URL. > > HTH > -- > ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ > Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 > .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers > : :' : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ also http://qref.sf.net > `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0 > Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:51:57 -0700 > From: ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:31 pm, lameth wrote: > > Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 to install yet? When I tried I received > > the error message; > > ./netscape-installer error while loading shared libraries: > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 > > > > I know I have libc6 installed and I just installed libstdc++2.2 other > > than that I do believe woody meets the requirements. > > netscape, in any recent iteration, isn't free software. you might want to > investigate mozilla, or galeon, or dillo. if you can load and run the latest > mozilla, you'll have everything in place to run the latest linux-compatible > version of netscape, which will, nonetheless, be unfree software. as in, > ain't no debs for netscape. > > ben > > p.s. maybe "ain't no debs for...." should be the standard for distinguishing > between free and unfree. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Khelpcenter glossary problem > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:52:00 퍭 > From: Dirk Kostrewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dear Debian users, > > > > I've installed Debian 3.0r0 with KDE 2 on my PC. When I call the > > Khelpcenter, all the manuals in "Contents" are there but the > > "Glossary" is empty (except for the two sub-section headers > > "Alphabetically" and "By topic"). Has anybody else encountered this problem > > and found a solution for it? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Dirk. > > I've found myself a solution for this by installing all KDE packages > recommended in /usr/share/doc/kde/README.debian and the package htdig. > > Best regards, > > Dirk. > > -- > > *************************************************************** > Dirk Kostrewa > Paul Scherrer Institut E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Life Sciences, OSRA/007 Phone: +41-56-310-4722 > CH-5232 Villigen PSI Fax: +41-56-310-4556 > Switzerland Internet: http://www.sb.psi.ch > *************************************************************** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Netscape 7.0 > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:52:29 흍 > From: David Pastern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'ben' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > umm not really no....i don't see any debs for kvirc...and that's open > source, gpl based...mmmm i'm sure I could think of other applications out > there that invalidate your suggestion :-) > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2002 4:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern > Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0 > > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:31 pm, lameth wrote: > > Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 to install yet? When I tried I received > > the error message; > > ./netscape-installer error while loading shared libraries: > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 > > > > I know I have libc6 installed and I just installed libstdc++2.2 other > > than that I do believe woody meets the requirements. > > netscape, in any recent iteration, isn't free software. you might want to > investigate mozilla, or galeon, or dillo. if you can load and run the latest > > mozilla, you'll have everything in place to run the latest linux-compatible > version of netscape, which will, nonetheless, be unfree software. as in, > ain't no debs for netscape. > > ben > > p.s. maybe "ain't no debs for...." should be the standard for > distinguishing > between free and unfree. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: free software version of MATLAB > Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:54:35 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Musang S.X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi! I notice many students are using MATLAB at my > school/campus, and I suspect most are pirated > versions... > > Is there any free software version of MATLAB that I > can use/suggest as an alternative? > > Thanks! > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: debian-user您好！ > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:54:55 폍 > From: 徐嘉临 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ӡˢ˾ > > >˾ʮ꣬ʿĺ"ԳΪ""Žƴ""Ƽ""Ͻȡ"ҵʮǿӡˢҵ > > >˾ȫձСɭɫӵȽ½ڵңɫӡȽŰϵͳΪͻṩơӡˢװһʷã۸ţ죬ѣͻŵķּӮùͻ > >˾ҵΧҳ鿯Ʒ˵顢ֽơƱꡢɽżŷ⡢ݡ̨װʺеȡ > >˾TCLơͨѶΪšïҵٻѧԺάšйšĦǹȿͻõĺϵϻӭ硢Ǣ̸ҵ > > ַڸ·404¥ > 绰0755-83251768 26233544 > ֻ13622338858 > 棺0755-83361395 > E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ϵˣ٣ҵܾ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: free software version of MATLAB > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 03:09:57 -0400 > From: Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Musang S.X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Monday 07 October 2002 02:54 am, Musang S.X. wrote: > > Hi! I notice many students are using MATLAB at my > > school/campus, and I suspect most are pirated > > versions... > > > > Is there any free software version of MATLAB that I > > can use/suggest as an alternative? > > > > Thanks! > > Octave and SciLab. They don't really measure up to MATLAB with its really > extensive toolboxes, but they are OK for basic linear algebra. > > HTH > Oleg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0 > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:16:50 -0700 > From: ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 11:52 pm, David Pastern wrote: > > umm not really no....i don't see any debs for kvirc...and that's open > > source, gpl based...mmmm i'm sure I could think of other applications out > > there that invalidate your suggestion :-) > > > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2002 4:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern > > Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0 > > > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:31 pm, lameth wrote: > > > Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 to install yet? When I tried I received > > > the error message; > > > ./netscape-installer error while loading shared libraries: > > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 > > > > > > I know I have libc6 installed and I just installed libstdc++2.2 other > > > than that I do believe woody meets the requirements. > > > > netscape, in any recent iteration, isn't free software. you might want to > > investigate mozilla, or galeon, or dillo. if you can load and run the > > latest > > > > mozilla, you'll have everything in place to run the latest linux-compatible > > version of netscape, which will, nonetheless, be unfree software. as in, > > ain't no debs for netscape. > > > > ben > > > > p.s. maybe "ain't no debs for...." should be the standard for > > distinguishing > > between free and unfree. > > yo top poster, try an apt-cache show kvirc. > > ben > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Locale and date/time settings > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:29:06 -0700 > From: Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:33:27PM -0400, David P James wrote: > > Does anyone happen to know which locale to set for date/time to get a > > date in the following format? > > yyyy/mm/dd or yyyy-mm-dd > > > > Or, if no such locale exists, then is it possible to generate one? > > $ LC_TIME=ja_JP ls -l > drwxr-xr-x 4 nospam nospam 4096 2002-08-29 10:28 zlib-1.1.4 > ... > > You need to generate ja_JP locale, though. > -- > ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ > Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 > .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers > : :' : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ also http://qref.sf.net > `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Samba 'security=server' Debian/Windows passwd consistency [was Re: Samba >'security=domain' help] > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 03:32:25 -0400 > From: Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:38:36PM -0700, nate wrote: > > > > if your wanting to authenticate from the domain the easiest way > > is to do security=SERVER and set the password server to the > > PDC of the NT domain. You don't have to do security=domain. > > If you really do want to do security=domain(can you say why? > > I cannot see any advantage to using it). I believe you have to > > join the samba server to the domain(search google on this, its > > not a very straight forward process IMO). > > > > I have used security=SERVER to authenticate off NT4 PDCs for > > several years and its always worked flawlessly for me. > > > > nate > > > > At work I have setup a Debian machine which I use for console access and > also as a file server for a few other people. I am in a Windows > environment so I set up Samba to enable shares. Pursuing a more > practical solution, I changed the "security=user" default to the > following global options: > > security=server > password server= servername > > and then, as a test, changed my Windows network password. I was able to > access my shares on the Debian machine after that using the new > password. That makes me think that my Samba setup is successful in > passing on the authentication to the domain PDC. > > However, I would like to also access my user account on the Debian > machine which has the same login ID as the one I use for the Windows > network. Is it possible to set this up so that the password either gets > updated automatically from the PDC, or, in the very least, it can be > authenticated against the PDC? > > I know that when the "security=user" option is used, one can set the > "unix password sync" option. Is there an equivalent for > "security=server"? > > -Andy
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