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> redhat-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 415
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> Today's Topics:
> IP_FW_MAX_PORTS
> Re: Partitioning large hard drives
> motif
> RE: hmm
> RE: Usernet question/problem
> RE: Partitioning large hard drives
> Re: RedHat5.1 security flaws.
> Re:
> Re: idiot needs help
> Re: Fetching StarOffice 4.0 problems
> PermediaII cards
> Re: PermediaII cards
> Re: ncpmount doesn't work from stock RH5.0 install.
> Re: [Fwd: Problem with BRU] <revisited>
> Re: ORACLE on Linux
> error in second stage ....
> Re: error in second stage ....
> MiroVideo12 PD
> RE: auto-mounting DOS partitions
> Linux/NT dual boot question
> Brain fart, sorry
> RE: Autotshutdown...?
> Re: [linux-security] Re: RedHat5.1 security flaws.
> Re: Adaptec adapters
> Re: Linux/NT dual boot question
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> Subject: IP_FW_MAX_PORTS
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:19:39 -0700
> From: "Slyglif Cain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hello. I'm not sure if this is the correct list to ask in, but I didn't see
> a group which seemed more appropriate. From reading the man pages, it looks
> as though ipfwadm has a limit of 10 ports which can be blocked based on
> src/dest addresses. What kind of adverse consequences would I see if I
> increased IP_FW_MAX_PORTS to 12 instead of 10? Thanks for your time.
>
> =======================================================================
> // Chris Giard (a.k.a. Slyglif Cain) | I find my life is a lot
> // EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | easier the lower I keep
> // URL: http://www.primenet.com/~slyglif | everyone's expectations.
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> Subject: Re: Partitioning large hard drives
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:49:26 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Ian Burrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >
> >
> > Sorry, forgot to mention that. Basically two jobs, POP3 mail and FTP
> > server (very small).
> >
>
> Then it is very good idea to separate the system software, the mail
> spool, and FTP area. Also, you probably want to have a separate
> partition for user home directories even if the only user will be for
> the ftp server (/home/ftp).
>
> A good plan to make a root partition of 300-500MB (small enough to fit
> under 1024 cylinders for booting); a user partition (/home) of however
> space you think you will need (500MB-1GB); and the mail spool
> (/var/spool/mail) for the rest of the drive.
>
> - Ian
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~iburrell/
> If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
>
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>
> Subject: motif
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:10:15 +0300
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "RedHat Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I own Motif 2.0 for RH 4.2
> Now I upgraded to RH 5.0 and I cannot start Motif any more.
> It just dumps core.
> Is there any upgrade or do I have to buy a newer version ?
>
> bcd
>
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>
> Subject: RE: hmm
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:36:15 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >Well I am a new linux user. I was wondering what you guys think is the best
> window manager?? I would need >one that doesnt use up much ram also.
>
> someone recently mentioned that they still use twm. I used it about six
> years ago. In a nutshell, you drive it by clicking on the desktop and
> bringing up a pop-up menu to choose what you want to run. The contents are
> easily customisable via a resource file, whose syntax combines simplicity
> and clarity.
>
> If low RAM consumption is a significant requirement, twm should be high on
> your list for consideration (it is supplied by default in RedHat -- look at
> xstart: it's at the end),
>
> It lacks many bells and flashy gew-gaws... all you get is a lean, mean,
> tasking machine.
>
> DL
> --
> Well, I would -- if they realized that we -- again if -- if we led them back
> to that stalemate only because our retaliatory power, our seconds, or strike
> at them after our first strike, would be so destructive they they couldn't
> afford it, that would hold them off.
> -- Ronald Reagan, on the MX missile
>
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>
> Subject: RE: Usernet question/problem
> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 16:24:48 +0800 (SGT)
> From: Hoe-Teck Wee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Patrick O'Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi Patrick.
>
> Just an observation .. it's quite difficult to read your post 'coz it's
> punctuated with '>'s .. Anyway, are u using the usernet provided by redhat per
> se? 'coz there's an updated package from the redhat site usernet-1.0.6-1. Hope
> that helps.
>
> -- hoeteck
>
> On 01-Jun-98 Patrick O'Neil wrote:
> >> So...basically, it looks as if whenever my modem connection to my
> >> university ISP goes down the turlit, Usernet gets screwed.
>
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>
> Subject: RE: Partitioning large hard drives
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 01:27:34 -0700
> From: "Mike A. Lewis, CNE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Thanks Ian, that's exactly the type of information I was looking for.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Burrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 11:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Partitioning large hard drives
>
> >
> >
> > Sorry, forgot to mention that. Basically two jobs, POP3 mail and FTP
> > server (very small).
> >
>
> Then it is very good idea to separate the system software, the mail
> spool, and FTP area. Also, you probably want to have a separate
> partition for user home directories even if the only user will be for
> the ftp server (/home/ftp).
>
> A good plan to make a root partition of 300-500MB (small enough to fit
> under 1024 cylinders for booting); a user partition (/home) of however
> space you think you will need (500MB-1GB); and the mail spool
> (/var/spool/mail) for the rest of the drive.
>
> - Ian
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~iburrell/
> If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
>
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> Subject: Re: RedHat5.1 security flaws.
> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 09:56:56 +0200
> From: Chris Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Joe Klemmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: Chris Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 23:42:09 EDT, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> >On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Chris Evans wrote:
> >
> >> Sadly the number of unaddressed security issues in RedHat Linux
> systems
> >> is creeping up.
> >>
> >> It is becoming difficult for me to keep track of them all. Since I
> am keen
> >> they all get fixed ASAP, I've put up a text file of these issues
> on the
> >> web.
> >>
> >> http://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~chris/rhbugs.txt
> >>
> >> I hope this is of use both to people wanting to secure their
> systems, and
> >> to RedHat themselves.
> >
> > Of course, if you're subscribed to the redhat-announce list you'll
> >get the list of fixes with upgrade info right away.
>
> Of course, this is not much help for Chris Evans, as he is one of the
> people to whom we should all be grateful for the painstaking work he
> does behind the scenes that leads to those fixes and upgrades you
> mention!
>
> You will probably find that security problems are described on his
> site sometime before they are acknowledged on any redhat list, during
> which time your redhat system(s) may be vulnerable.
>
> If you are responsible for administering redhat boxes in a multi-user
> environment, or that connect to a network (including the internet),
> then it may be in your interests to check his rhbugs page regulary,
> and not just rely on the redhat mailing lists.
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Dr. Chris Fox, Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences, Goldsmiths
> College, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> URL: http://www.gold.ac.uk/~mas01cjf, Tel/Fax: +44(0)171 919 7856/7853
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>
> Subject: Re:
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:34:03 +0000
> From: "Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >What happens when you try telnet what happens?
> > In fact i get the
> >
> > Red Hat Linux release 5.0 (Hurricane)
> > Kernel 2.0.31 on an i586
> >
> > but not the login prompt
>
> Check the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files, you might find
> that the hosts.deny file has something like
>
> ALL: ALL in it.
>
> When I configured mine like that my telnets weren't allowed either.
>
> Pete
>
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>
> Subject: Re: idiot needs help
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:34:03 +0000
> From: "Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > bd> why am i an idiot?...
> > [...]
> > bd> necessary. ok... i bought a copy of linux for dummies and red
> > bd> hat linux unleashed on the confident assumption I could "work it
> > bd> out" *hangs head in shame*....oh dear.
> >
> > Huh. You think *youre* an idiot. I accidentally unplugged our
> > department's main server last night.
>
> I hope the UPS was working.. :)
>
> Pete
>
>
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>
> Subject: Re: Fetching StarOffice 4.0 problems
> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 09:42:56 +0200
> From: LEBLIN JY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> A 13:46 29/05/98 -0500, vous avez écrit :
> >Is anyone else having problems getting the StarOffice 4.0 download to work?
> >
> >The following web page has a link to it:
> >
> > http://www.stardivision.com:/download/so40linux.html
> >
> >The link is as follows:
> >
> > http://support.stardiv.de/service/Download/SO40_Final/Linux01/so40linux.asp
> >
> I got one version that works ok at :
> ftp.uni-paderborn.de
> not sure for the path : /ftp/disk4/StarDivision/linux/Office40/01
>
> Hope this helps.
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> Subject: PermediaII cards
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:51:49 +0200 (METDST)
> From: Clemens Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi Folks,
Eze wrote:
>
> Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> > I went to EST's web site and found the following in their online doc:
> >
> > >[E134] internal error errcode - failed self consistency and portability >checks
> > > This indicates that the BRU executable file has been damaged or >the BRU
>version is not the correct one for your system.
> >
> > I removed and reinstalled the BRU rpm and got the same result. What's
> > up? TIA.
>
> Go back to their site and read the info at
> <http://www.estinc.com/FAQ-2.html>. The first question is the one you
> want.
>
> --
> Eze Ogwuma
>
Crimeny! I *hate* it when I miss stuff like that! Thanks, Eze. Works
great.
Mike
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