Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread Jack Byers
> from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:26:38 GMT > >>I am not sure how these 3 identical lines >>for intel nic got put in nor the 3 tcp/ip binding line >>Possibly caused by me in my inexpert following o

Re: How to treat multiple domains on one server

2000-09-24 Thread Rob Tanner
--On 09/24/00 08:04:16 PM -0500 Jonathan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, what am I doing wrong. My boss thinks that maybe procmail isn't > working. Procmail has nothing to do with the problem below. > I don't know anything about setting up mail in Linux - hope > someone who does can he

Re: "intresting" log entry

2000-09-24 Thread Dan Horth
hmm.. I thought that the whole point of the update was to patch this security hole... isn't the text you quoted referring to the vulnerability that the update fixed? At 10:28 PM -0500 24/9/00, Jonathan Wilson wrote: >I _just_ saw the red hat security update for sysklogd and guess >what? part o

Re: ssl virtual servers

2000-09-24 Thread Alan Mead
Eric, I didn't see any replies to this and I don't know what your error message means. But I have some ideas. Are you using name- or IP-based hosts? Name-based will not work (per se) with SSL because the name is transmitted by the browser and it is not decrypted until after the server has sort

Re: "intresting" log entry

2000-09-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I _just_ saw the red hat security update for sysklogd and guess what? part of it reads thusly: "klogd contains instances of the: syslog( LOG_INFO, buffer ); vulnerability that has been recently been discussed on Bugtraq and similar mailing lists; by supplying some string

What is the different between pam and kerkeros ?

2000-09-24 Thread Andrew So Hing-pong
All, As I know, now most of linux is using pam. At all, what is the difference between both ? and what is the disadvatages on kerkeros? # # Andrew H.P. So, Software Developer# # First Ecommerce Li

Re: "intresting" log entry

2000-09-24 Thread Tom Minchin
You must be mad to run rpc.statd on a box on the internet. I'd ipchains it or remove it if you don't use it. Once they get in via rpc.statd, they then remove the offending entries from the log files. So either they didn't get in, or their log cleaner didn't clean up properly. Tom On Sun, Sep

Re: Conflict between to ethernet cards using realtek driver

2000-09-24 Thread Bret Hughes
Lyndon Sundmark wrote: > Hi , > > Has anyone else seen this behaviour ? > > I have 2 ethernet cards which I use on a dual boot machine (Linux and > Windows 2000). > > Windows 2000 recognizes both PCI ethernet cards and their Realtek driver, > and assigns them different interrupts etc. > > When I

"intresting" log entry

2000-09-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
Howdy, I was just checking my logs, and as it so happens log rotate had just rotated them so I looked back at the last one (/var/log/messages)and noticed something interesting(note this is a _very_ low traffic server, and no one should be on it at 12:00 saturday night/sunday morning): Sep 24

Re: Cable Modem DHCP & RH 6.1 Problems

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > I just don't know... Mine is running great (RoadRunner on MediaOne > errr... AT&T Global) with either plain old pump or dhcpcd. It came up, > first shot, in the blink of an eye. Installer is trying to tell me that > they don't support L

Re: tar & gzip

2000-09-24 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
Bryan Liles wrote: > > Thats fine I guess. Linux jorunal has a review of backup software >this month. Also If you go to the August Linux Journal and goto the Linux Apprentice section. Dr. Chirakkal Easwaran has a good article (Page 69). One of them is how to backup Windows files on a Linux bo

Re: Conflict between to ethernet cards using realtek driver

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Lyndon Sundmark wrote: > Hi , > > Has anyone else seen this behaviour ? > > I have 2 ethernet cards which I use on a dual boot machine (Linux and > Windows 2000). > > Windows 2000 recognizes both PCI ethernet cards and their Realtek driver, > and assigns them different int

Re: Cable Modem DHCP & RH 6.1 Problems

2000-09-24 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 03:44:40PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Steven W. Orr wrote: > > If you have a cable modem, do *not* use pump. Use dhcpcd or > > dhcp-client. Pump is the wrong thing to use. When a lease expires, pump > > just aborts. It will not renegotiate a new lease

Conflict between to ethernet cards using realtek driver

2000-09-24 Thread Lyndon Sundmark
Hi , Has anyone else seen this behaviour ? I have 2 ethernet cards which I use on a dual boot machine (Linux and Windows 2000). Windows 2000 recognizes both PCI ethernet cards and their Realtek driver, and assigns them different interrupts etc. When I boot into linux, both (in linuxconf) go a

Re: How to treat multiple domains on one server

2000-09-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
Ok, what am I doing wrong. My boss thinks that maybe procmail isn't working. I don't know anything about setting up mail in Linux - hope someone who does can help out here. On this box is a shell account with the username admin. so I should be able to send mail to admin@[this box's hostname] ri

Re: OT: Another Linux - but the price stinks!

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > AlphaByte wrote: > > > Ahemm, I think you ought to read it again ;0) > > > > Alan > > > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Julian Thomas wrote regarding "OT: > > Another Linux - but the price stinks!": > > > http://www.mslinux.org > > > how illegal is that anyway?

Re: How to treat multiple domains on one server

2000-09-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
Ooops I said that wrong. I havn't edited /etc/sendmail.cf at all - only /etc/sendmail.cw At 07:36 PM 9/24/2000 -0500, you wrote: >At 10:17 PM 9/23/2000 -0700, you wrote: >> That's all controlled by macros, so look at the *mc file your using to build >sendmail.cf. > >Um sure hate to sound st

Re: How to treat multiple domains on one server

2000-09-24 Thread Jonathan Wilson
At 10:17 PM 9/23/2000 -0700, you wrote: > That's all controlled by macros, so look at the *mc file your using to build >sendmail.cf. Um sure hate to sound stupid, but what "*mc" file? I was editing /etc/sendmail.cf by hand - is that a bad thing to do? >-- Rob > > >--On 09/23/00 11:14:59

Re: How do I mount/use a SCSI tape drive?

2000-09-24 Thread Bret Hughes
Todd Black wrote: > Hello > > I am currently running RH6.1 and have just been given a tape backup unit > to use with it. It is a digital TLZ09-DB DDS drive unit hooked up through > an adaptec SCSI card. The card was correctly detcted and installed at > startup. > > What commands/software do I use

Re: OT: Another Linux - but the price stinks!

2000-09-24 Thread Bret Hughes
AlphaByte wrote: > Ahemm, I think you ought to read it again ;0) > > Alan > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Julian Thomas wrote regarding "OT: > Another Linux - but the price stinks!": > > http://www.mslinux.org > how illegal is that anyway? Damn sure funny. Bret

How do I mount/use a SCSI tape drive?

2000-09-24 Thread Todd Black
Hello I am currently running RH6.1 and have just been given a tape backup unit to use with it. It is a digital TLZ09-DB DDS drive unit hooked up through an adaptec SCSI card. The card was correctly detcted and installed at startup. What commands/software do I use with a tape unit? I have looked

Re: printing

2000-09-24 Thread Danny
you can use Liunux redhat as the print server for your windows machines. In that case all you need is to setup : - Samba apsfilter Checkout www.rpmfind.net for the rpm/s for the above product. Looking forwrd to your feedabcj. dannyh [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Eileen Orbell wrot

Re: Modem Install:Kernel recompile gives version error

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Starn and Judy Johansen wrote: > Tobias, > Thanks for that and it worked. It appears that the problem > was no compiler all along. I got the modem working > temporarily with minicom before destroying the /dev > directory. I will fix that an try the modem again. There > seems t

Re: 2 questions

2000-09-24 Thread Tobias Roppelt
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Justin Zygmont wrote: # I have a script that creates new users, however I want to create their # default home directories to 711 permissions. Simply including umask 066 # at the beginning of the script doesn't do it. 'chmod' after adding new user; could be the last stage of

Re: Modem Install:Kernel recompile gives version error

2000-09-24 Thread Starn and Judy Johansen
Tobias, Thanks for that and it worked. It appears that the problem was no compiler all along. I got the modem working temporarily with minicom before destroying the /dev directory. I will fix that an try the modem again. There seems to be a problem with the symlink...try to work through that one.

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Jack Byers wrote: > > maybe i will have to seek local expert, but it looks configured to me: > from cpanel --system-- devmgr-- network adapter > Intel(R) 100+ Management Adapter > > properties > devicestatus: > Device is working properly > > device usage: >

Re: Don't use Microsoft Outlook Express in html mode

2000-09-24 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
kf wrote: > > People, > > Please don't use Microsoft Outlook Express in html mode for sending email. > It may work fine for others using the same or similar email editors, but > for some of us using plain ASCII editors, it is a real pain. I have > found, in fact, that it can cause significant p

Re: Can Linux access net thru win95 box with dial up modem?

2000-09-24 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
Huttinger wrote: > > Hi, > I have two win95 boxes networked together with two ethernet cards and > software called Ishare. The win95 box I use has Linux Redhat 6.2 on it as a > dual boot LILO system. Is it possible to use Linux to access the net > through the ethernet card using the win95 box

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread Jack Byers
>From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Looks like you don't have your ethernet adapter configured. >Right-click on "my computer" and select "properties." Then >click on "device manager" at the top. Go down to "network >adapters" and see if the ethernet adapter is there. If not, >close that m

Re: Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread Lee Howard
At 04:16 PM 9/24/00 -0300, alistair gale wrote: >Are there any PCI internal modems supported in RH 6.2? >Which chipsets should I be looking for? The 3Com-USR PCI Faxmodem model 3CP5610A works in linux. It's a hardware modem. You have to use the setserial command to allocate the /dev/ttySx port

Re: Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread Uncle Meat
On 24-Sep-2000 David Brett spoke something to the effect: > external modem > can reset without affecting the computer > easier to see actual status of the modem > takes up more desk space and requires extra cable > costs more > less difficult to set-up (this subjective) > all are not win-modem

Re: Can anyone help to get me off this list

2000-09-24 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:04:22AM +1200, AlphaByte wrote: > Yeah this whole system is pretty screwed. Is this RedHats > answer to getting a captive audience? Looks like a gigantic improvement to me. .02 -- Hal B [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___

Re: FOR ALPHABYTE ---> was: Re: Can anyone help to get me off this list

2000-09-24 Thread AlphaByte
Thanks mate. Alan On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Chuck Mead wrote regarding "FOR ALPHABYTE ---> was: Re: Can anyone help to get me off this list": > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, AlphaByte spewed into the bitstream: > > A>Heres the deal, I have tried to unsubscribe using the normal > A>methods via email. But I ge

Re: Can anyone help to get me off this list

2000-09-24 Thread AlphaByte
Yeah this whole system is pretty screwed. Is this RedHats answer to getting a captive audience? Before anyone suggests filtering my mail, why should I have to? You would think that one of the largest Linux distributors could get something like a mail list going -- but then again you would also th

Re: Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread David Brett
The only thing you have watch out for is win-modems. These modems have been designed to work with windows only. What they do is use some of the computer resources for their operation. As to what is better, internal or external modem this is personal choice. On my desktop I prefer an external mo

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Jack Byers wrote: > > that above prescription is what I did, ( i think) > > but was/still am confused because > I see 3 (4?) identical lines for the Intel nic > and 3 tcp/ip binding lines > Ahh...you should see about removing all three/four intel nic entries from Windows a

Re: Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, alistair gale wrote: > Are there any PCI internal modems supported in RH 6.2? > Which chipsets should I be looking for? > > I have a Dell Dimension which only has PCI slots, so If I'm to use an > internal modem it has to be PCI. Or would it be better to > get an external

Re: OT: Another Linux - but the price stinks!

2000-09-24 Thread AlphaByte
Ahemm, I think you ought to read it again ;0) Alan On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Julian Thomas wrote regarding "OT: Another Linux - but the price stinks!": > http://www.mslinux.org > -- AlphaByte: PO Box 1941, Auckland, New Zealand Specialising in:Graphic Design, Education and Training, Technical Doc

Re: Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread Dave Reed
> From: alistair gale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Are there any PCI internal modems supported in RH 6.2? > Which chipsets should I be looking for? > > I have a Dell Dimension which only has PCI slots, so If I'm to use an > internal modem it has to be PCI. Or would it be better to > get an extern

2 questions

2000-09-24 Thread Justin Zygmont
I have a few questions that are bugging me:) I have a script that creates new users, however I want to create their default home directories to 711 permissions. Simply including umask 066 at the beginning of the script doesn't do it. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Also i've setup ftp

Re: printing

2000-09-24 Thread linda hanigan
Hi, Have you considered connecting the printer to the linux box. I have a HP 560 which I share with two windows computers via samba. It was simple to set up. You can than shut down the windows computers before the job is done printing. Linda Hanigan _

Linux PCI Modem support

2000-09-24 Thread alistair gale
Are there any PCI internal modems supported in RH 6.2? Which chipsets should I be looking for? I have a Dell Dimension which only has PCI slots, so If I'm to use an internal modem it has to be PCI. Or would it be better to get an external modem? -- alistair _

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread Jack Byers
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luke C Gavel) >To: Jack Byers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >If the 'corni' machine sees the internet fine when it is booted >into Linux, then all you have to do is alter some setting in >Win98 to make it see the Internet too. > >Start Menu-->Settings-->C

Re: Can Linux access net thru win95 box with dial up modem?

2000-09-24 Thread linda hanigan
- Original Message - From: "M. Neidorff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 5:57 PM Subject: Re: Can Linux access net thru win95 box with dial up modem? > MS designed Internet Connection Sharing into Win98SE (or some version like > that) becau

Re: Cable Modem DHCP & RH 6.1 Problems

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Steven W. Orr wrote: > If you have a cable modem, do *not* use pump. Use dhcpcd or > dhcp-client. Pump is the wrong thing to use. When a lease expires, pump > just aborts. It will not renegotiate a new lease for you. The result is > that your ip address will change every few d

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread Jack Byers
>From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: Jack Byers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going jack byers wrote: > > 192.168.2.1 lanside of my main linux box byers > > 192.168.2.7 ip of the other linux box, uses 192.168.2.1 as gw > > >

ftp recursively upload / delete

2000-09-24 Thread Adam Sleight
I've tried under linux: ncftp, gftp, IglooFTP under windoze: leechftp, ws_ftp lite & pro, and cuteftp. I'm using the #1 web hosting isp (this week) according to http://webservices.cnet.com/html/aisles/Most_Popular.asp All ftp clients can batch uploading and batch delete. But only cuteftp can RE

Re: Cable Modem DHCP & RH 6.1 Problems

2000-09-24 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 02:06:51PM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > If you have a cable modem, do *not* use pump. Use dhcpcd or > dhcp-client. Pump is the wrong thing to use. When a lease expires, pump > just aborts. It will not renegotiate a new lease for you. The result is > that your ip address wi

Re: printing

2000-09-24 Thread Frederic Herman
Is your hub a switching hub? Could be a protocol problem getting across the hub if you are relying on NetBios to connect to the Winbox. Is the printer password protected. If so, it could be an encryption issue since Win2000 uses encrypted passwords. Could you be a bit more specific about any i

Re: Cable Modem DHCP & RH 6.1 Problems

2000-09-24 Thread Steven W. Orr
If you have a cable modem, do *not* use pump. Use dhcpcd or dhcp-client. Pump is the wrong thing to use. When a lease expires, pump just aborts. It will not renegotiate a new lease for you. The result is that your ip address will change every few days when you have to erstart pump. -- -Time flie

printing

2000-09-24 Thread Eileen Orbell
Has anyone had any luck or know how I can print to my HP 720c Printer. It is connected to my Win 2000 box. Both boxes (Red-Hat 6.2 and Win 200) are connected via a Hub and use cable modem for the Internet which of course all works fine. But I have never been able to print from my linux box.

Re: How to do tar.gz install

2000-09-24 Thread Peter Blomgren
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 10:33:39PM +0530, Vikas wrote: > I want to compile the kernel and all the dependicies in "doc/Changes" > point to tar.gz files. > There are many and one of them in libcX, atumount, psmisc etc. How to > install these tarGZ files. If they were RPM files I could do " -ivh" but

Re: How to do tar.gz install

2000-09-24 Thread Vikas
I want to compile the kernel and all the dependicies in "doc/Changes" point to tar.gz files. There are many and one of them in libcX, atumount, psmisc etc. How to install these tarGZ files. If they were RPM files I could do " -ivh" but what about these tar.gz files? Thanks for help Vikas Kirk wr

tcpdump and SUID

2000-09-24 Thread James Ervin
I have a script that needs to work with tcpdump. This worked prior to upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2. Now, even if I set the suid bit on /usr/sbin/tcpdump, is still fails to allow a user to run the script. Take a look: [root@kites /]# ls -al /usr/sbin/tcpdump -rwxr-xr-x1 root root

Re: linux guy cant get w98 networking going

2000-09-24 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Jack Byers wrote: > > Now, my wife needs, wants, whatever windows apps > I had her trying linux on corni and this working out as far as it > goes (using applix word processing) > but she wants some other windows apps., dont ask. > > I got the linux networking going in

Re: How to do tar.gz install

2000-09-24 Thread Kirk
most tar.gz files are source packages to be compiled. you can do on most of them: ./configure make make install but i dont think you want libc5 since your system is libc6 (glibc). Kirk >On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Vikas wrote: > I am running Redhat(Zoot) and know how to extract tar.gz file. The > pr

How to do tar.gz install

2000-09-24 Thread Vikas
I am running Redhat(Zoot) and know how to extract tar.gz file. The problem is that how to install .tar.gz files like the RPM file does. Many linux packages come in tar.gz format like the latest libc5 and I do not know which file to be copied where in the directory after extracting. Please help.

taper

2000-09-24 Thread Egon Barfuss jun
I have a rellay big and urgent problem. I can't restore my files! A few days ago I made a fullbackup of my harddisk and since two days I try to restore them. I have a HP SureStore T20i SCSI -streamer with 10GB native space (20GB with compression ;) ). When I insert the tape and select "restore mod