SMTP connect to localhost failed??

I've been using 'fetchmail' to dl my mail to my rh6.1 system. I've never had any problem until a few days ago, and then from time-to-time I started getting the following, and slowly more and more often even though alternately fetchmail would work. Now, it's all errors, and fetchmail can't get dl

ifup ppp0 and ppp-watch

Heya all, I am having some major problems with the ppp-watch re-dial "daemon". I use my RH6.2 box as a ip masq gateway to the net through a 56k dialup connection. I have used netconf to setup my ppp0. I have also read a previous post by Bret Hughes who was having the similar problem. To dial the

Help..!

Hai! Is any one could tell , is there any option for dual network card support for fault tolerence. I have tried with INTEL Pro 100 plus, but it seems it only support for NT . Any information regarding this is highly appreciated. thanking you, gigme p c. __

Re: FW: samba?????

Hi Steven, Linda, Zoki, Uncle Meat and others, > I have tried to mount the drive. so that it looks like a drive on my windoze box. > To have no luck. What am I missing?? > > Steven It seems as if things are a little mixed up in the questions and answers, although everybody

Re: Installing cable, need to know about where to put the modem.

Hi Zoki, > What I would like to know is if I can plug the Motorola modem directly > into my hub and setup ipchains to filter eth0 <-> [external address]. If I understand correctly, this Motorola modem is your cable modem? If so, no you can't plug it straight into a hub, since y

Re: ipmasqadm

Hi Todd, > I have ipmasqadm set up to (theoretically) forward an arbitrary port to > another machine inside my firewall. The web works fine, but the ssh > forward does not. Anyone have any suggestions? I have no experience with ssh, but could it be it uses the source and/or des

Re: Is it possible to set up a RH6.2 box that is read-only?

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, George Lenzer wrote: > I need to set up a Linux box for an application where power is unstable and may go >out for long periods of time with no warning. The information on the filesystem will >not need write access at all. Is it possible to set up a machine with read-only

Re: I'm a big dumb newbie and

At 04:36 PM 7/17/00 , you wrote: >I think I broke my 6.2 install! I was trying to get Samba working and now >when I try to run linuxconf I get a segmentation fault. Any advice? I >guess I could just go ahead and reinstall, I could use the practice anyway, >but I figure I would learn more by try

Re: I'm a big dumb newbie and

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Jeremy Bradley wrote: > I think I broke my 6.2 install! I was trying to get Samba working and now > when I try to run linuxconf I get a segmentation fault. Any advice? I > guess I could just go ahead and reinstall, I could use the practice anyway, > but I figure I would le

I'm a big dumb newbie and

I think I broke my 6.2 install! I was trying to get Samba working and now when I try to run linuxconf I get a segmentation fault. Any advice? I guess I could just go ahead and reinstall, I could use the practice anyway, but I figure I would learn more by trying to fix it. The only conf file th

Re: MAC address

Hi Robert, Do a /sbin/ifconfig to find the MAC address of your NIC or you can do a arp to find the MAC address. But before executing arp just do a ping to the system so that you NIC learns the MAC address of the system. Please get back to me if you are not clear Happy

Re(2): PCI Modem

As Lee Howard indicated, USR model 5610 works great under Linux with the modifications he suggested. You might want to check the following link to see whether your USR modem is a Winmodem or not? http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/2708a.html If it is, then I'd recommend an exchange for USR 5610 (it

Re: PCI Modem

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Kevin Wood wrote: > Has anyone tried setting up the USR 56K PCI Modem under Linux. If so, > does anyone have any directions or any information on how to do such a > thing? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks > As Lee Howard has already indicated, there's a good chance th

Re: Making gdm login widget bigger

Bob Taylor wrote: > > Assuming I can, how can I make the gdm widget larger? I'm running at > 1280x1024 and it is *small*. Look for the "GtkRC" line in the "[gui]" section of /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf You can either point GDM at an existing theme, which has bigger fonts, etc, or you can copy the Defa

Re: PCI Modem

3Com-USR has a number of different PCI modem models. Most of them are Winmodems (software modems) that won't work in linux unless you feel like reverse-engineering their drivers. I believe that this includes all of the OEM models. However, 3Com-USR also manufactures a PCI model 3CP5610 which is

Re: ip-up?

Here's my ip-up.local script which e-mails me the new IP each time it connects. It's associated with a bigger set of scripts I call inetfeeler, so that's what inetfeeler means. #!/bin/sh [EMAIL PROTECTED] # administrator e-mail address SYSTID=Providence # system ID for mail subject

PCI Modem

Has anyone tried setting up the USR 56K PCI Modem under Linux. If so, does anyone have any directions or any information on how to do such a thing? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Kevin -- Kevin Wood Atipa Linux Solutions/DCG Computers, Inc. 850 East Industrial Park Drive Suite 8 Manche

ip-up?

Hello everybody! I have a linux server that connects over ppp link, as you know, every time it connects, it has a different ip. I want to know if there is already any solution so it could notice another server (linux) when the link comes up and what the ip is. Could I c

Multiple NICs and Dell poweredge 2450

Is there ANYONE out there whose been successful with running RH6.2 (out of the box w/percraid patch)on a Dell PowerEdge 2450? What I'm working with: Dell PowerEdge 2450/733 (single processor) 256MB memory 1 Embedded Intel Ethernet Expess Ethernet Adapter (eepro100) 3 - 3Com 3c509 single port ethe

OT: Netscape MIME Types

I want to have Netscape launch StarOffice for a specific MIME type. I can't figure out what command line to put in Preferences. -- Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of a

Ipchains Question

I want squid to perform an ident lookup on Win9x clients. This is no problem if the client browsers are configured to use the proxy, i.e. Port 3128 and are running a identd.exe. However, when using squid transparently, no lookups take place. I think this is an Ipchains issue since the only re

Is it possible to set up a RH6.2 box that is read-only?

I need to set up a Linux box for an application where power is unstable and may go out for long periods of time with no warning. The information on the filesystem will not need write access at all. Is it possible to set up a machine with read-only filesystems and no fsck after a reboot? Is t

Re: Cable router vs. IPMASQ

> From: Alan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A friend is getting a cable modem and I started to tell him how we need to > set up a $40 486-based IP_Masq gateway using the LRP distribution. But he > thought that sounded too complicated. So I showed him Linksys' $190 > cable-router/switch which h

Re: Off Topic - HTML help needed

>Hi, Knowing this is not a proper site for HTML help I will ask anyway. I >am building a frame oriented web site - hand coded [no comments >necessary]. >Bob Hartung BTW, I hand code all of my pages on a Linux computer using asWedit. It is a GUI edit with HTML syntax checker. You have to use a br

Cable router vs. IPMASQ

A friend is getting a cable modem and I started to tell him how we need to set up a $40 486-based IP_Masq gateway using the LRP distribution. But he thought that sounded too complicated. So I showed him Linksys' $190 cable-router/switch which he thought would be a better solution. Has anyon

Re: Off Topic - HTML help needed

>Hi, Knowing this is not a proper site for HTML help I will ask anyway. I >am building a frame oriented web site - hand coded [no comments >necessary]. I want to set a link to a non-frame oriented site. >However, this other linked site keeps coming up in what I called >"main_frame" of my site.

Off Topic - HTML help needed

Hi, Knowing this is not a proper site for HTML help I will ask anyway. I am building a frame oriented web site - hand coded [no comments necessary]. I want to set a link to a non-frame oriented site. However, this other linked site keeps coming up in what I called "main_frame" of my site. How d

Re: FW: samba?????

At 03:44 PM 7/16/00 , you wrote: >Tom, > >Thank you. I did run the command, and got the latter. I have the samba >rpm file. I need to >learn how to install it. I am trying to install apache now, but it is >giving me grief. >The files are coming up as 125.games as the owner. Should that not

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

actually there are ways to get linux to use win modems but i know zoom is not a win well not this particular one. - Original Message - From: kdeepak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: Re: ZOOM mod

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

Hi, Yeah winmodem is a software modem. and so far as i know linux doesn't properly support winmodem. Regards K.Deepak --- K.DEEPAK AdventNet Development Centre (India) Pvt Ltd Phone : +91-44-2432414,2432748,243274

RE: ZOOM modem problem????????

Michael: It's nothing wrong whith your modem. Since ppp 2.3.10, pppd needs to be able to open /dev/ppp character device 108,0 ), if it doesn't exist pppd will create, if it doesn't, you must create it : # mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 Then, if you have ppp load as a module ( sure you do ), you will

firestarter

When I run firestarter firewall I get the following message every 2 secs or so. It is really annoying. portip of senderservice time 68 24.222.0.33 Bootpc jul 17 12:00 68 24.222.0.33 Bootpc jul 17 12:00 And this just repeats con

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

Michael: I can't remember the answer to your PPP problem as I have not run into that for quite awhile but I do remember a lot of posts and replies in the past year about the "can't locate module char-major-108" noted in your log file. Check the www.moongroup.com and run a search on the archives.

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > its not a winmodem > I can get it to dial out and connect but it gets the erros i mentioned > before > Hmm...I dunno, then. Have you tried using 'setserial' to set the port speed, etc? John -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

its not a winmodem I can get it to dial out and connect but it gets the erros i mentioned before - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: Re: ZOOM modem problem > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Michae

Re: telnet doesn't work

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Steven Pierce wrote: > I did check into the Apache doc's. It tells me to run the INSTALL program. But >when I do it will not allow me. It tells me > that I do not have the access to run it. I am even ROOT. ON the FTP, where can I >get the WU_FTP software? > Is that some

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > I am working on my friends box and I thought I have ppp all set up but when > I run the script I get: > Whoops. Just noticed you said it was a Zoom modem. Is this a 56k zoom? Is it also PCI? If so, chances are it's a "softmodem." John

Re: ZOOM modem problem????????

On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > I am working on my friends box and I thought I have ppp all set up but when > I run the script I get: > You don't tell us the brand and model of the modem. It MAY be a "software" (aka "WinModem") modem. If so, it's likely NOT to work at all. -

Kernel make configuration file

Hi, Question about the configuratin file used by make when re-compiling a kernel. Using xconfig there is the option of saving your configuratin file by any name that you wish. If I do this and do not use the "config" file name the file name I save used for the make process or is the standard "

Re: backup software

www.netmax.com It provides a web based interface with cgi you should checkit out At 07:40 AM 7/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >I am currently using backuponcd to backup our server to cdr. From a >fundamental code error in the original code, to the program locking up >during the backup process about ev

backup software

I am currently using backuponcd to backup our server to cdr. From a fundamental code error in the original code, to the program locking up during the backup process about every other time, I have anything but stellar results with this software. I have looked around on freshmeat and a few other si

Karchie dumps core under redhat 6.2

Hello, I installed redhat 6.2 on my home PC at the weekend and told it to install the KDE desktop. No problems at all. However, trying to use karchie (version 1.1.2) - either from the command line or the desktop icon - it dumps core :-) It works fine on my rh6.1 work PC though. I haven't taken a

Re: Making gdm login widget bigger

Bob Taylor wrote: > > Assuming I can, how can I make the gdm widget larger? I'm running at > 1280x1024 and it is *small*. There may be a real config option for this, but you can do this by increasing the size of the logo image or the amount of text. These settings are in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf.

Re: Linux and Networked printers

Gregory Hosler wrote: > > Has anyone udes Linux with a "networked printer" (i.e. a printer with an > embedded lan card). > > if yes, which printers, and was there any difficulties in setting up your > Linux clients to talk to the printer ? I have an HP Laserjet 5MP that was easy to setup using

Re: apache

kapil sharma wrote: > I want to execute a script whenever a client goes to a specific directory. For > example if a user goes to > "http://foo.com/homepage/$user" then the apache should execute a cgi script. Just put the script in /home/username/public_html/index.cgi and make sure you enbale CGI

Re: Linux spreadsheets.

www.tucows.com now has BSD and Linux So you should checkout www.tucows.com and do a seach on a text based spreadsheet. At 01:07 PM 7/16/00 -0500, you wrote: >Dear friends: > >Is there any spreadsheet that does not run under X (text mode)? > >TIA > >-Manuel. > > > >-- >To unsubscribe: mail [EMA