Asking for the second time (LIILO) - Sorry :(

Hello all... This coming weekend I am going to help assimilat... err.. help some friends set up a dual boot system. They are using a large HD (About 45 Gigs). They want to use 20 for Windows 98, 20 for a fat32 data drive, and 14 for RedHat Linux 6.2. I've done dual boot installs before and ha

Very Basic shell logic question

I am trying to make a backup of an entire drive to a compressed file. Here is what I have tried, but it fails: dd if=/dev/hda | gzip test.gz Now, I know I am missing something here. Someone on this list gave me the exact way to do this a few years ago, but I lost the documentation. BTW... ar

One NIC - Two IPs (Possible?)

associates wants to convert this machine from a Linux box running Apache to a Win98 machine running Xitami. He said he can configure NICs in Win98 to have two IPs simulataneously. Can Linux do this as well? George Lenzer -- *** George H. Lenzer Owner - D.L. Media

Shell Scripting HOWTO?

I've been using Linux for about three years now and haven't really explored much beyond the usual bash commands: mv, ls, mkdir, export, gzip, dd, cat, etc... I really want to gain more knowledge on shell scripting. (I used to be pretty good at DOS batch files in my "bad old days" :) ) Does an

Port forwarding is cool, but...

I finally got port forwarding working with my IP Masq setup a few weeks ago. But... I have a few problems. Here is my situation: 1. My static IP is associated with my domain in the following ways. Example (These aren't the real addresses): Internet Address: 205.50.50.1 resolves to www.snoopy.

Re: [RHL] Ethernet woes

>From the info in yout original post, I would hacve to say it could be one of three >things: 1. The RJ45 connector on the NIC is damaged or bad. (Is the link light on the card on? If there is an activity light, does it blink when you ping in Windows?) 2. The cable is bad or or miswired (Have

Certain to be an FAQ, but..."Partition too big"

I was trying to welcome some friends into the Linux fold tonight, but ran into a snag. I have done dual boot installations before with Windows NT and Win98. They have always been successful for me. Until tonight... Here is the situation: -One IDE hard drive (approx. 9 Gigs) -Windows 98 SE is i

Re: ipchains question

See comments inline: -- Original Message -- From: Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:55:19 -0500 (CDT) >On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, M. Neidorff wrote: > > ...These are home PC's, nothing of a real sensitive

RE: free x client for windows

Personally, I prefer Vnc from AT&T. It's free (free beer). I've just started using it with XFree86 4.01 and Enlightenment. You have to set up a vncserver on your Linux box and use the client on your Windows box. You can also hit it with a browser via the Java client it serves out. If you w

Re: Problems with dial on demand

Do you have your Linux box set up to do IP Masq? If not, put this at the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY /sbin/ipchains -A forward -s / -j MASQ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_chains I have the following in for my network (192.168.1.0): /sbin/ipchains -P fo

IP Masq/Port Forwarding security

A question for all you security folks... If I set up a RedHat 6.2 box as an IP Masq and Port Forwarding box with my web server and mail server being behind the firewall, is that more secure than just running those services on the firewall? I would imagine it is because any exploits that would

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

Web scripts that work with RedHat 6.2 for bringing up ppp0?

ally liked. However, when I tried to use it, /var/log/httpd/error_log reported that regular users can't control ppp0. I tried changing perms on /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown to 4755, but that still didn't work. What am I missing? Thanks, George Lenzer --

RE: [OT] Hard Drives (Maxtor in particular, but others too).

It's been my experience that Maxtor is THE best IDE drive manufacturer out there. The drives are inexpensive, performa well and durable. The WORST (IMNSHO) is Western Digital. I have had to return every WD drive I have ever owned. And, one time when I got a replacement drive, I had to send

Have I been hacked (again)?

urity list that may keep me abreast of the latest exploits and provide more security info than this list can? Thanks, George Lenzer __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Portsentry and 'ssh' problems in RH 6.0

that one more try? And, where has Redhat buried the list of security patches for 6.0/6.1? Thanks, George Lenzer __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

'top' running on X desktop? How?

I was perusing a few screenshots at Themes.org and noticed that some people have various shell apps running on their root window. How is this done? For example, I noticed one guy had 'top' diplaying on his desktop over the wallpaper. Do some of these apps have a -root option to do this in X,

Second try - Allow relaying to specific users with SMTP

I want to allow a few friends to use my mail server to send and recieve mail. They already have accounts elsewhere, but would like accounts within my domain on my Linux box. I have created user accounts for them on this machine so they can SSH in. But, they would like to be able to use thei

Re: samba on 6.1

Are you using encrypted passwords? In order to get a Linux box talking to Win98 or NT you need to used encrypted samba passwords. If you need more info on how to do this just ask. Remember to use the 'mksmbpasswd' and 'smbpasswd' commands... >I just recently installed 6.1 on my computer. I

Mail Server Newbie (and a Portsentry question)

I just finished setting up a mail server for the first time. I am using POP3 and have disabled IMAP since I won't be using that. I have a domain name that is in the DNS system on the Internet. I have entered one of my hosts into the sendmail.cw file to allow it to relay for that host. So fa

Re: Second try - Allow relaying to specific users with SMTP

Thanks for the suggestions. I know that I just must not have explained my situation clearly. Apologies for that... Here is my situation: The people who I want to allow access to my mail server are not in my domain. They do have shell accounts in my domain, but they do not dial in. My one f

MIDI interface drivers

I have a MIDI/Audio workstation currently running Win95. I would like to try out a few of the Linux MIDI and Audio apps, but I wanted to know if there are drivers (preferably free) for the hardware I have: MIDI interface: MusicQuest 8Port SE (Parallel MIDI interface) Audio Card: Zefiro Acousti

Mail servers??

Hello, Does anyone know if there is a way to use a Linux machine connected to the net via PPP with a dynamic IP address as a Mail server? I know I can use sendmail to send messages out, but I would like to be able to receive messages without using a real domain. For instance, would it be pos

Unknown interface??? "Dial on demand" and SAMBA

Unknown interface: At boot up time, my Linux box at home displays a few errors. The one that has me stumped is this: unknown interface: down. When I first installed Linux, everything was fine. I noticed this error message after the first week or so. (I've been using Linux for three-four w

Fonts for Linux???

Are there more fonts available for Linux than what the system comes with? I've done a few searches on the net and haven't found anything yet. Are there converters for TrueType fonts? *** George H. Lenzer Technology Speciali

Voicemail for Linux?

Does anyone know if there are any voice mail programs for Linux that will work with a Rockwell Voice Modem chip? I have a Zoom Comstar 2800 PnP modem that has voice modem capabilities and is based on a Rockwell chip. I would like to use it as my family's voice mail machine. Thanks *

IP masquerading

I am using Red Hat 5.0 on a AMD K6 with 32 Megs of RAM. I was interested in working with IP masquerading to provide my home network with shared net access through my Linux box. I have read the Mini-HOWTO on IP Masquerading. I did the following: 1. downloaded/uncompressed/installed Kernel 2.

RE: Copying...RH CD on MSWIn9x

I was able to make a successful copy by creating an iso9660 image of the disc first. The program that you use should be able to create an iso9660 image. This is important because it will copy the bootable CD data as well as the rest of the data. What program will be used to make the copy? I

Compiling, Make, Makefiles... HELP!!! (Long and possibly Off-topic)

Egads! Any gurus willing to intervene here please feel free. After some success with compiling a VERY small executable (xmodemlights) I decide to try something more complex. I went to www.afterstep.org and downloaded AfterStep version 1.4.5.0 to my /downloads directory. It was a .tgz file.

RE: Changing window managers?

Vince, >George, >Do you have the info on the dual NT/Linux boot? >Vince >[EMAIL PROTECTED] I read all of the responses I got and found the best way to set up the dual boot based on what different people said. My situation was as follows: Windows NT workstation with one 6.4 Gig IDE hard drive

Changing window managers?

First of all, a big thanks to everyone who explained setting up a dual boot NT/Linux system. I got it working flawlessly. (...and I didn't need to re-install NT!) Now, I have a question relating to window managers. I prefer AfterStep as my window manager, which is what I have chosen from th

Linux/NT dual boot question

Is it possible to set up a Linux/NT dual boot IF NTFS is the only filesystem used by NT? My inclination is to say no. considering that LILO has to be able to point to the NTLDR. If the NTLDR is on an NTFS partition, would LILO be able to point to it? The reason I ask, is that I have an NT sy

ELF, HD space and dynamic IP address...

I was looking around for plug-ins for the Communicator browser and wondered about RealAudio. When I went to the Realaudio site and found the downloads for Linux, I was given the choice to get a.out or ELF binaries??? What is a.out and what is ELF? Do I need to compile these or are they pre-c

sndconfig Part II

The situation as it stands: 1. I have a genuine Creative Labs Soundblaster 16. It's not PnP, I had to set everything up with jumpers. It has a proprietary CD-ROM controller on it which is not being used. 2. I have the card set to use the "standard" set of resources: IRQ:5 Au

Backspace vs. Delete keys?

I am sure there is a simple answer to this question... I just haven't found it yet. When I run Netscape or when I am at the shell (bash), I have found that Backspace and Delete work in different ways. For instance, if I want to correct a typo in a URL under Netscape, I have to use the mouse o

Defragment utilities??? (and other questions)

Thanks to the help from this list, I am beginning to get the hang of things under Linux. Still... I have more questions; 1. Does Linux have/need a defragmenting program? I looked around on the net and found some indications that as long as 10% of the file system is free, ext2 doesn't need de

Netscape Communicator installation

Hello, I downloaded Netscape Communicator as a tar.gz file. I gunzipped it and un-tarred it. Then I ran './ns-install' and installed Communicator into it's default location /usr/local/netscape. However, to run Netscape, I need to cd to the correct directory and type './netscape' at the prom

.so (soname??)

I was poking around on the net and found an RPM repository. Since I was after Enlightenment, I noticed they had an RPM of it along with a list of other needed RPMs. A lot of the required libs had names like 'glibc.so.0" etc... But, when I went to get the RPM, the filename didn't contain the

Failed depndencies using RPM

Hello Everyone, Thanks for all of the suggestions. I believe the resolution problem I am having with X windows is due to my video card's limitations. It only has 1 Meg and I guess that isn't enough to do 640x480x32bits. :( Now for the real question: I downloaded a bunch of RPMS for Enlight

(Off topic) An incredibly new Linux novice

Hello everyone, I am have joined this group hoping to gain a better understanding of Linux. My experience with Linux is very limited and I have "learned" everything I know mostly on my own. Here at work, everything is Windows NT, but I am hoping to put a few Linux boxes on the network in the