Re: Squid question

7;t use it in conjunction with apache, rather the user runs squid and configures it as a proxy for netscape. at least this is how I use it. -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7353 Computing and Information Science

Re: single user mode

arguments at the LILO: prompt. Remember to do # chmod 0600 /etc/lilo.conf if you put a lilo password in there :-) -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7353 Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas Stat

Re: "owner" option for mount command

rpjday wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Steve Feehan wrote: > > > rpjday wrote: > > > > > > the man page for the "mount" command says nothing about > > > the "owner" option, which shows up in /etc/fstab for, in > > >

Re: changing user-name from passwd

ser1 in > /etc/gshadow file but in vain. > I think you should have edited /etc/shadow instead. /etc/gshadow is the group shadow password file. -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7353 Computing and Informati

Re: "owner" option for mount command

that mount would be effectively owned by > the person who did the mount, but this is clearly not true. > > what does it mean, and why is it kept such a secret? > > rday > I believe it is similar to the 'user' option except that the user mu

Re: su and root not the same??

gt; --To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > --as the Subject. > -- > -- > > Jake McHenry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- Steve Feeh

Re: PCMCIA Help

n nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy search foo.com bar.edu And possibly add a few lines to /etc/hosts I may be forgetting something, but hopefully that will get you on the right track. -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator

Re: command to keep job running after logout?

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Barton Hodges wrote: > I seem to have forgotten what the command > was to keep a job running even after I log > out of the console... can anyone help? > > Thanks. > See the info page for nohup or at. I generally use at. -- Steve Feehan

Re: Post-Kernel-Recompile cleanup..

working with X in 8 colors, but the > video has 2 to 8 Mb, so I'd like to try to get it working with at > least 16.. any ideas? (its a semi-obscure laptop-like device, a > Netpliance "i-opener") > Sorry I can't help with the display problem. Steve -- Steve Feehan

Re: swap

aller ones. Good luck, You do get better performance with multiple smaller swap files if they are on separte disks (particularly scsi disks). Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Info

Re: Unidentified subject!

I remove any of them? > > Thanks Each numbered directory represents a process id. See: $ man proc Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751

Re: Print Queue stuck

e and am having > trouble ferreting out the proper command. Can't seem to find > the correct lpr, lpq, or lpd command. Some ideas please. I > presume I am looking in "all the wrong places". > Look at the lprm man page. -- Steve Feehan Ph

Re: Shorten Bash Script

> Signed, > SoloCDM > if [ $MANS = 'y' -o $MANS = 'Y' ] It's a bit shorter. I'm assuming that $MANS is a variable and if so you don't want the qoutes around it. Although ${MANS} would be correct. Steve -- Steve Feehan

Re: runlevel curiosity

when a box enters a given run level. This line: x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon is the one you are interested in. It says when the box goes to runlevel 5, start /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon and restart it if it dies (respawn). Hope this helps. Steve -- Steve Feehan

Re: Hard Disk diagnostics

ck can only be run on an unmounted filesystem or a filesystem that is mounted ro. Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University

Re: rpm -V

G Group M Mode (includes permissions and file type) So the '?' is in the Symlink field. You can also do: $ rpm -ql --dump to get a list of the files and some information about them. Hope this helps a bit. Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532

Re: Redhat Linux 6.1, not recognizing other swap parititions.

rvices > You might try: $ cat /proc/swaps and see what it shows. Not that this will help you much, but maybe top only lists the first swap partition even though they are all being used? Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator

Re: Cdwriter and Redhat 6.2

c/lilo.conf file: append="hdd=ide-scsi" Hope this helps. Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University http://www.cis.

Re: Increasing number of resources..

You can increase this by editing /usr/src/linux/include/linux/tasks.h Look for the line that begins with: #define NR_TASKS2560 Increase this value up to a maximum of 4092 and then recompile the kernel. Hope this helps. Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-63

Re: dns question

I may be way off :-) Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~steve/ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROT

Re: Help with X

almost as easy to install as the rpms... actually easier if you ask me... just have to read a really short README file. Hope that helps. Steve -- Steve Feehan Phone: 785-532-6350x44 System Administrator Fax: 785-532-7533 Computing and Informati

Re: What's using port 1026 ? NEVER MIND - GOT IT

using this port? > > lsof should be able to tell you that. > or if lsof isn't installed you can do: $ netstat -anp | grep LISTEN and that will show you list of all ports in the LISTEN state along with the process associated with the port. -- Steve Feehan

Re: Remote Backup's of partitions

vers to dump to its drive? > > Thanks for anything, getting there slowly and surely. > You might try something like: # ssh mycroft dump -b 64 -d 141000 -s 11500 - /etc \ | dd of=/dev/nst0 bs=32k That may not be exactly right, but you get the picture. I've done somethi

Re: PPP not working

eserver(s) in /etc/resolve.conf the form of this file is: domain your.domain.com nameserver ###.###.###.### Hope this helps. -- Steve Feehan System Administrator Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~st

Re: X server

e "startx -- -display :1" > Actually, I believe it is "startx -- :1" -- Steve Feehan System Administrator Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~steve/ -- To unsubscribe: m

Re: Mounting windows hd partiontion?

artition is on /dev/hda1 : # mkdir /mnt/win98 # mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 You may also want to add a line to your /etc/fstab to this effect: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfatnoauto,user 0 0 You can then mount the partition by typing: $ mount /mnt/win98 Hope this

Re: pppd daemon died unexpectedly

> Thanks in advance and I'll summarize, > > Kees > There is an updated ppp rpm available. That fixed the problem for me. http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA1999051-01.html Hope that helps. -- Steve Feehan System Administrator Computing and Info

Re: ssh fails twice before working

his may help narrow down the problem: $ ssh -v host That will give some debugging information. I would post the output on the list and see if someone can help. -- Steve Feehan System Administrator Computing and Information ScienceICQ: 9751775 Kansas State University http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~steve/ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Correct time format - Cronjob

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Stephen M Lavelle wrote: > What is the correct format for specifying 8:00hrs (8 am) in a cronjob? > Is it: > 0 8 > or 00 08 > I know that 17:30 is specified as 30 17 I know that the first one 0 8 * * * /usr/bin/... is correct. I've never tried lead

Re: in.identd where

ut which one? (It's not > installed and therefore not found in the rpm database.) > > Any help much appreciated. > Gustav On Redhat 6.1: [steve@goodland steve]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/in.identd pidentd-3.0.7-5 [steve@goodland steve]$ -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: sparc linux

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Isaiah Weiner wrote: > > What kind of SPARC is it? > This particular box is a SPARCstation 2, but I will also be installing on several SPARCstation LX's. -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

sparc linux

I downloaded it again (this time from ftp.redhat.com) but I still have the same problem. Can anyone offer some advice? Is there a problem with the ISO? Is there a problem with NFS installs? My boss is going to order the CD, but I am in a hurry :-) -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail

unmounting an exported filesystem

And what impact does stopping and restarting nfs have on other users who are accessing files on other filesystems that are exported? Thanks. -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

syslogd to xterm

somewhat off topic :-) -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

lpr changes between 6 - 6.1

ow to deal with this problem? I don't particularly like to use older versions of software if it can be avoided. Thanks. -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: lpr and LPRng 3.4.2

y be more widespread than you think! > Well, I certainly know that is widespread in my department... I can't find a single linux box out of several dozen that is able to print. > Alan > > On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, Steve Feehan wrote: > > Is there a known problem between the versi

lpr and LPRng 3.4.2

6.1 to the version that shipped with Redhat 6 then the problem goes away. I would like to avoid running older versions of lpr on the linux boxes, however. Any ideas will be appreciated. -- Steve Feehan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.