RE: Best Ftp Program

2000-11-02 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> Best I've found was ncftpd - http://www.ncftp.com very easy to configure %-> for virtual domains and nice and secure. Tons of options. One catch, its %-> NOT free. $50.00 for a 50 user licence. I like it alot, works %-> perfect and %-> its fast. Dont use wu-ftpd, its too buggy. I'll second th

Re: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Ronald W. Heiby
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday, November 02, 2000, 2:21:36 PM, Jamin wrote: > As for your performance, you might want to check your HD settings with > "/sbin/hdparm". Unless you are using SCSI drives, you most likely don't > have the drives running with DMA enabled. This

Re: Boot Linux from NT

2000-11-02 Thread Statux
RTFM:) try /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader it's all right there. On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Anthony Capone wrote: > Does anyone know where I could find docs on how to boot Linux from and NT boot menu? > > Thanks, > > Anthony > -- -Statux ___ Redh

RE: Boot Linux from NT

2000-11-02 Thread Anthony Abby
It's actually extremely simple... even I could do it :) There are a couple HOW-TOs at the Linux Documentation Project website, but to be honest, the best (and only) document you need is chapter 4 of Linux in a Nutshell by O'Reilly. It walks you through step by step how to set it up. Quick, easy,

Boot Linux from NT

2000-11-02 Thread Anthony Capone
Does anyone know where I could find docs on how to boot Linux from and NT boot menu?   Thanks,   Anthony

Re: new mail

2000-11-02 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >the mail command, perhaps.. or else one could always check /var/spool/mail >for his mail file :) Pine and rclock both use the last-modified time on the box. You can see this yourself if you do 'touch /var/spool/mail/username'. I don't know how other clients

Re: new mail?

2000-11-02 Thread Statux
the mail command, perhaps.. or else one could always check /var/spool/mail for his mail file :) On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Uday Pai wrote: > Hi list, > How does pine or any mail-client recognises that a user has a new mail? > > Thanks > > -uday > > > > > _

Re: Figuring out what modules are being loaded

2000-11-02 Thread Statux
They're in /lib/modules/[kernel version] if you're using a redhat kernel, say.. 2.2.14-15 or whatever they have out, then they'd be in /lib/modules/2.2.14-15 or if you your kernel is version 2.2.17 (and you compiled it yourself, for example), they'd be in /lib/modules/2.2.17 -Statux

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > > Well after going through all that and rereading your post John it is apparent > that there are some changes to hwclock between the RH6.0 and the RH6.2 machines > I have. For instance, the hwclock manpage I quoted was from the RH6.0 and > I noticed tha

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > > Huh, that is not how I interpreted it: Fom the manpage on a 6.0 box > > --utc Indicates that the Hardware Clock is kept in Coor- > dinated Universal Time. It is your choice whether > to keep your clock in UTC or local

new mail?

2000-11-02 Thread Uday Pai
Hi list, How does pine or any mail-client recognises that a user has a new mail? Thanks -uday ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Figuring out what modules are being loaded

2000-11-02 Thread Ben Logan
Hi, Where are modules loaded from? I.e., how does the kernel know which modules to load. I know that /etc/modules.conf stores configuration info for the modules, but it must not be where they are loaded from. I keep getting error messages on boot/shutdown about not being able to find modules 's

NTP problem

2000-11-02 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Can anyone shed light on this? This is a freshly compiled version of NTP from ntp.org. The "bind()" error is the one of interest; I get the same thing with the stock Red Hat xntpd. Netstat confirms that port 123 is clear, so that's not the problem. Is there

mysqlgui problems

2000-11-02 Thread Larry Mintz
I got this weird problem here. When I connect to xmysqladmin everything works fine, but when I connect to mysqlgui I get the following message can't connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock (111) I can get in MySQL in root and user mode. I did the following type of things

Re: Logout shortcut

2000-11-02 Thread Statux
log out as in runlevel 5? or logout as in back to the console? ctrl+alt+backspace is nice to killing the X server :P On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Eric Brown wrote: > Hello, > How do you log out of X Windows with keyboard commands? > (like Alt+F4 or something like that) I haven't been > able to find this

Re: Best Ftp Program

2000-11-02 Thread Kirk
Best I've found was ncftpd - http://www.ncftp.com very easy to configure for virtual domains and nice and secure. Tons of options. One catch, its NOT free. $50.00 for a 50 user licence. I like it alot, works perfect and its fast. Dont use wu-ftpd, its too buggy. Kirk >On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Kevin

RE: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Juha Saarinen
Ed, %-> Good point Marco. I'm not trying to say one operating system is better %-> than the other. I should have worded my subject better. I was working %-> from the assumption that Linux outperforms Windows and I'm %-> trying to find %-> out what I don't have configured properly. %-> %-> Do I

Software raid & drive recovery question

2000-11-02 Thread Cokey de Percin
I've been playing with the software raid tools; testing speed and durability. It all works very well. The one thing I haven't been able to do is recover a drive. I set up a 3 drive raid 5 system and pulled the plug on one drive while the system was running. No problem; the system kept on runni

Re: Best Ftp Program

2000-11-02 Thread Kevin Diffily
>Does anyone have any opinion on a good ftp program besides the default >wu-ftpd and pro for ease of use with setting up virtual hosts and multiple >users? Without a doubt for security and configurability Proftp. I believe http://www.proftpd.org > > >-- dave > > > >___

Re: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Rick Warner
The differences in CPU and memory should not make any difference for single ftp connections. Much more important is the I/O paths. He does have the most recent and best driver for the 3C905C, which is good. He says he is using quality fast SCSI drives (but did not specify HA or drivers). The

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Bret Hughes
John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > if the hwclock is utc I believe you need to use th -u switch to hwclock. I > > have started using setclock with great results. Seems like I found it from > > reading the init scripts but I forget. > > > Hmm...interesting I've n

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Bret Hughes
John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > if the hwclock is utc I believe you need to use th -u switch to hwclock. I > > have started using setclock with great results. Seems like I found it from > > reading the init scripts but I forget. > > > Hmm...interesting I've n

Re: Logout shortcut

2000-11-02 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
ctrl+alt+backspace - Original Message - From: "Eric Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: Logout shortcut > Hello, > How do you log out of X Windows with keyboard commands? > (like Alt+F4 or something like that) I haven't b

Re: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV? [was :(no subject)]

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Ah, thanks. Functionally the same thing but it's nice to have the details straight. -m Jim Cunning wrote: > Not correct. FTP data transfers always use a second connection--the ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.co

Logout shortcut

2000-11-02 Thread Eric Brown
Hello, How do you log out of X Windows with keyboard commands? (like Alt+F4 or something like that) I haven't been able to find this out. I know this is silly Thanks, Eric Brown ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redha

Re: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Scott Sharkey
Are you kidding? It appears that you have a) 2-3 times as much memory in W2K machines, b) Much faster CPU's in W2K machines, and c) much more recent software in W2K machine. So, yes, I would expect different performance among the machines 40Mbps may in fact be the maximum output for that mach

Re: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV? [was :(no subject)]

2000-11-02 Thread Jim Cunning
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Michael R. Jinks wrote: > I think this is normal... normally ftp involves two connections, one > from the client to the server and one back from the server to the > client. That doesn't work with IP masqing (we don't allow incoming > connections generally). > > "Passive" ftp

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > > if the hwclock is utc I believe you need to use th -u switch to hwclock. I > have started using setclock with great results. Seems like I found it from > reading the init scripts but I forget. > Hmm...interesting I've never had to use the "-u" switch.

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Bret Hughes
John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > > > > Also, set your clock in the BIOS setup, too...unlike DOS/Windows, I've > > found that programs that update Linux' clock don't actually set the CMOS > > clock for you, so that rebooting usually requires resetting the clock. > >

Re: (no subject)

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Jinks
I think this is normal... normally ftp involves two connections, one from the client to the server and one back from the server to the client. That doesn't work with IP masqing (we don't allow incoming connections generally). "Passive" ftp is just ftp over a single connection; the client tells t

RE: Network connection problems [Solved]

2000-11-02 Thread Rudy Gireyev
You were absolutely right Michael. The problem was outside the box. It was just moved to a different network segment and all is well. Whew, thank goodness. Rudy -Original Message- From: Michael R. Jinks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROT

(no subject)

2000-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
One of my workstations is generating this message in the firewall: Jun 19 20:10:12 audi kernel: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV The firewall's pretty simple... running ip masquerading and I have the various modules loaded. Should I ignore the error message or is it reporting a problem I should fix?

Re: Sendmail config on RH?

2000-11-02 Thread Matthew Saltzman
To my request for information on configuring sendmail, Mike Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >First, set up an additional A record, pointing list.my-org.org at the >same IP address as www.my-org.org...or set up a CNAME record, pointing >list at www. I thought that each IP should have exactly

Re: KDE 2.0 and RedHat 7.0

2000-11-02 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem I'm having is my kde menus are pretty trashed. There's 4 > copies of "Task scheduler" in my "Systems" menu, tons of missing icons, > programs that don't exist etc. By any chance, did you install both the 2.0pre-RPMs that came with 7.0 an

Re: Serial connection to another box

2000-11-02 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:42:56 -0600 (CST) > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > > > I need to use a null-modem cable to connect my Linux box as a terminal to > > a Solaris box. In the Windows world, I'd use Hyperterminal o

Re: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
At 03:59 PM 11/1/2000 -0400, you wrote: >1) You've patched W2K to the latest SP1, but have not done the same with >RH? 2.2.16 has been out for some time, and 2.2.17 rpms are starting to >appear. >2) I consider this a 'blessing', but you have 2x, even 3x more RAM for W2K. >3) Your testing is

Re: Networking problem

2000-11-02 Thread Jeff Hogg
-Original Message- From: Shepard,Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Warren Melnick' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: RE: Networking problem >Already tried modifying the

Re: Network connection problems

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Rudy Gireyev wrote: > > Hello from a couple of Linux Newbies! Welcome! > The problems are most likely related, but then again who knows. > The first problem is connecting. Connecting with what? telnet? ssh? something else? > Most of the time we will get > "Unexpected Network error 10053" o

ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV?

2000-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
One of my workstations is generating this message in the firewall: Jun 19 20:10:12 audi kernel: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV The firewall's pretty simple... running ip masquerading and I have the various modules loaded. Should I ignore the error message or is it reporting a problem I should fix?

RE: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
At 02:21 PM 11/2/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Might want to watch posting in HTML format. Some of the list (justifiably) >get a little cranky about it. Sorry. When I signed up, it prompted me for whether I want to receive my messages in plain text or html. I figured people who don't want html woul

Re: Searching Archives

2000-11-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > Is there any other place I can find the archives for this mailing > list, besides redhat.com? www.moongroup.com > The archive search on redhat.com site does not work. :-( And it hasn't for a long time. Since the IPO, they haven't cared. *shrug* -- To

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > I have a basic question. How do I setup the tftpboot directory, so > that when a file is created in tftpboot it picks up all the rights of > the Directory? Setting the sticky bit: chmod 1xxx directory_foo will keep group permissions. I don't k

Re: Windoze FTP to Linux is S L O W!!

2000-11-02 Thread Dave Reed
> Content-return: allowed > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:24:30 -0500 > From: "Northrup, Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Most likely.Often, linux ftp servers are configured to do reverse > lookups on inbound hosts - for logging and other verification purposes. > Eventually, you'll get a time out

KDE 2.0 and RedHat 7.0

2000-11-02 Thread stevenma
I've installed KDE 2.0 on my RedHat 7.0 system. This machine has been upgraded since around RH 4.2 so various versions of kde and kde applications have been installed/uninstalled over the years. The problem I'm having is my kde menus are pretty trashed. There's 4 copies of "Task scheduler" in m

RE: DNS / Routing question

2000-11-02 Thread Jamin Collins
Is your DNS server a forwarding only server? If so, you will need to set up proper zone information for your network. If you need more information on this, I can help. However, there is a clearly documented DNS HOWTO that covers this. Jamin W. Collins -Original Message- From: Enrico P

Network connection problems

2000-11-02 Thread Rudy Gireyev
Hello from a couple of Linux Newbies! We are trying to setup our first RH 6.2 server here at work and are running into some networking problems. The problems are most likely related, but then again who knows. The first problem is connecting. Most of the time we will get "Unexpected Network error

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Galpin
close - it's /etc/redhat-release On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:40:13AM -0600, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > > machine? > > There is a file in /etc: > > cat /etc/rh-release > (no guarant

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
Wasn't aware of hwclock. Thanks. On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > > > > Also, set your clock in the BIOS setup, too...unlike DOS/Windows, I've > > found that programs that update Linux' clock don't actually set the CMOS > > clock for you, so

RE: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Jamin Collins
Might want to watch posting in HTML format. Some of the list (justifiably) get a little cranky about it. As for your performance, you might want to check your HD settings with "/sbin/hdparm". Unless you are using SCSI drives, you most likely don't have the drives running with DMA enabled. This

Re: Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread David Brett
Unfortunately it is out of stock in the city. david On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Get the O'Reilly book on Bind 8 (DNS and Bind edition 3) > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/m

Re: Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Marco Shaw
1)  You've patched W2K to the latest SP1, but have not done the same with RH?  2.2.16 has been out for some time, and 2.2.17 rpms are starting to appear.  2)  I consider this a 'blessing', but you have 2x, even 3x more RAM for W2K. 3)  Your testing is already blurred because of the differen

Re: Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread Tony Inskeep
David Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have been spending a couple of days trying to understand how to setup > DNS. I am beginning to understand how to do it, but don't have enough > information (understanding) to actually set-up a DNS server. > > The server needs to reply for internal addre

Re: Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread Eddie Strohmier
David: This should get you started. http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/dns/bind-1.html I have attached some examples of named.conf and zone files that I used when I was running my ISP this past summer. The ISP name was bonwell.com and the zone files you will see are some examples of a few

RE: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Paul Garcia
in my installation of 6.2, there is a file /usr/doc/HTML/index.html that is the first page i see when i run Netscape. this shows the version number for 6.2 anyway. -Original Message- From: Michael S. Dunsavage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:59 AM To: [EMAI

RE: which cd to download?

2000-11-02 Thread John MacLean
No, the SRPMS are on a seperate disc. The question of which disc(s) were required came up a couple of times when RHL 7 first came out and it seems only disc 1 is needed to do any of the default installations. However, if you do a custom install you most likely will need the second disc. John >

Re: Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread tcurl
Get the O'Reilly book on Bind 8 (DNS and Bind edition 3) ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Linux Network Performance Slower Than NT, please help

2000-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
Hi =)  I setup a small network and did some testing to discover I'm not achieving maximum network performance.  The bottleneck appears in ftp'ing files with the RedHat server.  Any ideas on how to improve performance? To test the computers involved, I've tried different configurations and approac

Re: which cd to download?

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Galpin
no, 7.0 has 2 install CDs, in addition to a source CD, *as well* as a seperate 4th documentation CD. Of course the powertools CD is still available too :) On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > I was under the impression that disc 2 was the source RPMs. > > > > > > What is the diffrence betwe

RE: Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread Jamin Collins
I had thought the HOWTO was rather clear on how to do just this. Is there a particular part that is unclear? If so, I would be more than happy to help. Jamin W. Collisn -Original Message- From: David Brett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: Searching Archives

2000-11-02 Thread Rudy Gireyev
Thank you Charles! They should remove that option from their website because it looks _very_ unprofessional. Just my opinion. Rudy -Original Message- From: Charles Galpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:25 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Searchin

Re: which cd to download?

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > I was under the impression that disc 2 was the source RPMs. > I'm not positive, but I think it also contains some other stuff that you might want -- non-critical stuff, but I think stuff you'd need if you're going to run a GUI. John ___

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote: > > Also, set your clock in the BIOS setup, too...unlike DOS/Windows, I've > found that programs that update Linux' clock don't actually set the CMOS > clock for you, so that rebooting usually requires resetting the clock. > Actually, as root, run "hwclo

Re: Need help with virtual pop3 users on my virtual domains, please!

2000-11-02 Thread Jonathan Wilson
vmail sounds like exactly what I'm interested in. However "locate vmail", "ls /etc/v*" and "rpm -qa |grep vmail" do not turn up anything so I'm wondering, is vmail a standard RH thing, or did you add it yourself? Also, if you did add it yourself: did you have to use a different pop3d then the o

RE: Linux training

2000-11-02 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
Learning Tree is offerring LINUX training now, too... They are well known, _and_ international. Check out http://www.learningtree.com/ > -Original Message- > From: Paul H. Bern [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
When you log in usually the version comes up. - Original Message - From: "Scott Skrogstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: Stupid question > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is act

Understanding DNS to set it up

2000-11-02 Thread David Brett
I have been spending a couple of days trying to understand how to setup DNS. I am beginning to understand how to do it, but don't have enough information (understanding) to actually set-up a DNS server. The server needs to reply for internal addreses and forward to unknown requests to the DNS se

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
If you haven't changed your /etc/issue file, the information is usually present on the console screen (text console) prior to login, and if you haven't changed your /etc/issue.net file, it'll be presented prior to login when you telnet to the box. On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote: >

RE: Networking problem

2000-11-02 Thread Shepard,Brian
Already tried modifying the routing table. The problem is that every time I do a: route del 90.0.0.0 Linux replies with SIOCDELRT: No such process route del -net 90.0.0.0 Linux replies with SIOCDELRT: Invalid argument This has me puzzled because I can do a "route del" on anythi

RE: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
uname -a? > -Original Message- > From: Scott Skrogstad [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:40 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing list > Subject: Stupid question > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? > > Scott Skrogsta

AW: failed dependencies

2000-11-02 Thread Baumgartner Michael AII/Wien
The package you need is DBD-Oracle-1.03-2.src.rpm. A good place to search for packages is rpmfind.net. I found this package there Greetings, Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Ahbaid Gaffoor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 02. November 2000 13:17 An: redhat list B

Re: Iso image file,

2000-11-02 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:28:12PM -0500, Ali wrote: > Hello every one, > What is the diffrence between 7.0-respin-disc1.iso and > 7.0-respin-disc2.iso and which one am I supposed to download for a > fresh install of Redhat 7.0 Disc1 is the install/boot disk. Disc2, I believe is a cont

Re: stupid perl programming problem

2000-11-02 Thread Rick Forrister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > sub init_words { open(WORDLIST,"wordlist") || die "can't open > wordlist"; > while($name = ) > { > chomp($name); > $word=; > chomp($word); > $words{$name}=$word; > } > close(WORDLIST); > } > > It ask you for your name then your password. If

NIS: maintaining shadow file?

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Hi, all. Right now our NIS setup uses the host server's own local config files for the map sources -- /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and so forth. I'm trying to migrate that so that the sources live in /var/yp/src, but I've run up against one problem. How to maintain the shadow files? "pwconv" is h

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:40:13AM -0600, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? There is a file in /etc: cat /etc/rh-release (no guarantee with regard to correct spelling...) HTH, Thomas -- "Look, Ma, no obsolete q

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Steve Dixon
Look at the file /etc/issue. Scott Skrogstad wrote: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? > > Scott Skrogstad > Computer Integration Inc, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 800-522-3475 Phone > > ___ > Redhat-list mail

tar dumps links?!

2000-11-02 Thread Ning Zhu
Hello, Does any one know how to do "tar" without dumping existing symbolic links ? I am trying to install an application over the top of another application. The two share some common direcories and there is a symbolic link (e.g., fileA->/usr/dirB). When I install application #1, it created /us

Re: DNS / Routing question

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
IN your /etc/resolv.conf file, do you have the IP address of your Linux box as a valid server? If your server knows to look to itself as a DNS server, and is authoritative for its own domain, your systems, looking to that machine as their name server, should be able to resolve the local domain

RE: Networking problem

2000-11-02 Thread Warren Melnick
How are you creating your routing? My 6.2 boxes show no routing for the local address (in your case 9.0.0.41) and a gateway of *, not 0.0.0.0 for the local subnet. Try manually doing the following (from the console): /sbin/route del 9.0.0.41 /sbin/route del 9.0.0.0 /sbin/route del default /sbin

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? cat /etc/redhat-release rpm -ql redhat-release LLaP bero ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.re

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:56:50AM -0500, Mike Burger wrote: [...] > Also, set your clock in the BIOS setup, too...unlike DOS/Windows, I've > found that programs that update Linux' clock don't actually set the CMOS > clock for you, so that rebooting usually requires resetting the clock. [...] N

Re: Are there many rpm ??

2000-11-02 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 02:10:01PM +, Ragnar Wiencke wrote: [...] > [root@lilli mysqll]# rpm -ihv mysql-server-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM > error: mysql-server-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm cannot be installed [...] Those packages were

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Rick Forrister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > machine? "cat /etc/redhat-release" best rickf -- Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Definition: Honest Politician: Once bought, stays bought."

Re: Are there many rpm ??

2000-11-02 Thread Michael R. Jinks
Your problem is that you're trying to install an RPM package with a 4.x format using a 3.x version of RPM. As I see it, you have two options. You can either install an older version of mysql, one that was packaged with rpm 3.x, or you can upgrade your version of rpm. Upgrading rpm is a pain, th

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Scott Skrogstad
Thanxs Rick I knew it was easy. But that is really easy... Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Rick Forrister wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > How the heck to I find out what version of RED HAT is actually on a > > machine?

Re: Stupid question

2000-11-02 Thread Larry Grover
cat /etc/issue or cat /etc/redhat-release for example: # cat /etc/issue Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot) Kernel 2.2.16-3 on an i586 /etc/issue gets written by rc.local every time the system boots. __ Larry Grover, PhD Assoc Prof of Physiology Marshall Univ Sch of Med On Thu, 02 Nov 2000

What is 7.0-i386-upgrade.iso

2000-11-02 Thread Bret Hughes
I am downloading the respin isos ro 7.0 and see there is an upgrade iso. What is this? will it bring an orig. install of 7.0 up to respin or is it totally unrelated. Do I need it if I have the respins? Bret ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROT

Re: TFTP not responding

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
The x isn't just "execute"...my understanding is that it's also akin to "file access" On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, David Brett wrote: > Hi SoloCDM > > I though 'w' gave acces to writing files. Why would 'x' access be > required to write a file via tftp? > > > david > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, SoloCDM

Re: which cd to download?

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
I was under the impression that disc 2 was the source RPMs. On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: > Hi Ali > > I'm not sure what the "respin" portion of these isos mean, but to install > 7.0, you will need at the minimum disc1. Then depending on what packages > you choose, you may very like

Re: identd with masquerading

2000-11-02 Thread Matt Housh
> What clone of identd works with kernel 2.4.0 test 10 final? > > I tried masqidentd-1.2.1, but the author stated isn't compatible > with kernel 2.4 due to some fluke with ip_conntrack etc.. Try oidentd or midentd, both available from freshmeat. Matt _

Re: kernel: VM: terminating process X

2000-11-02 Thread Bret Hughes
Charles Galpin wrote: > mmh. your explanation make sense, but this box is a simple workstation > with 256MB of real RAM and 256MB of swap. It could conceivable be netscape > - I guess I'll keep an eye on memory usage.. > > thanks > I would be willing to bet that netscape is the culprit. I find t

Re: Iso image file,

2000-11-02 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, Ali wrote: > Hello every one, > > What is the diffrence between 7.0-respin-disc1.iso and > 7.0-respin-disc2.iso and which one am I supposed to download for a > fresh install of Redhat 7.0 > I think you need disk1 at a minimum. RedHat comes on 2 disks now. John __

AW: Newbie Question, Apache/FTP/HTTP upload question

2000-11-02 Thread Baumgartner Michael AII/Wien
Hi Dave, the Directory your Sites are in is ok. You can set permissions in the file httpd.conf with this commands: Order deny,allow deny from all allow from 65.43.123 (just an example) This permissions only work for http-access. For ftp you have to set the permissions in the hosts.allow and hos

Linux training

2000-11-02 Thread Paul H. Bern
Hi, Can anyone reccommend a Linux training facility/company in the Princeton, NJ (or thereabouts) area? Has anyone had experience with TechData classes (tdeducation.com)? Thanks! Paul * Paul H. BernThe o

Re: Need help with virtual pop3 users on my virtual domains, please!

2000-11-02 Thread Scott Skrogstad
JW I do everything in the /etc/mail/virtusertable, you run into the problem having multiple users with the same name. I have gotten around that by pointing the mail to a diffrent username. Example in the virtusertable I have [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster2 [E

Re: Need help with virtual pop3 users on my virtual domains, please!

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
In your virtusertable, set up entries that look like: virtuser@virtdomain user@localdomain so that the mail goes to a local user. You can assign them any "login" name you like...and their mail client can be configured to show whatever email address they like. So, to wrap up: In your virtuse

Re: GMT gets reapplied after "sleep"

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Burger
First thing I'd try is to go into the BIOS, and turn off all the power saving settings...by doing that, you don't have to worry about the PC ignoring the OS APM settings, or lack thereof. Also, set your clock in the BIOS setup, too...unlike DOS/Windows, I've found that programs that update Lin

Re: Searching Archives

2000-11-02 Thread Chris Harvey
Try www.deja.com The lists are archived on there.. - Original Message - From: "Rudy Gireyev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:45 PM Subject: Searching Archives Hi! Is there any other place I can find the archives for this mailing list,

Re: HI !

2000-11-02 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Selim Jahangir wrote: > Dear All > How can I work with two net cards? I have installed two NIC. One can ping to > another. IPV4_FORWARD=yes should have in both ifcfg-eth0 , eth1 ? > > Answer please. > > Thanks > selim > No, you don't put it in ifcfg-eth0, etc. Depending o

Are there many rpm ??

2000-11-02 Thread Ragnar Wiencke
Hi there. I am running RH 6.1 and downloaded the files mysql-server-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm and mysql-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm and tried to install them. Then I got these messages: [root@lilli mysqll]# rpm -ihv mysql-server-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this ver

Re: Need help with virtual pop3 users on my virtual domains, please!

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Galpin
yes, the virtual user table provides this functionality in your sendmail.mc FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable') in /etc/mail/virtusertable.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] alice # the following comes after all other aliases for a particular d

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