printf ?

printf is a command as well as printf is a function. ok so how does one see the help or man page for the function printf (as in scanf). because man printf gives the man pages for the command printf. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of

socket programming

let me know some programming examples with sockets, working examples for redhat linux platform. i have some examples for steven's unix book but compiling and linking the examples are consuming lots of mine time. hence i want to get some basic socket progamming working examples that one can compi

compiling ?

what exactly is compiling. i have read the doc for compiling and at first it seems intimidating. i think compiling here is not the real compiling ie the one we do with a compiler to compile programs into executales. like we have a thread for ipchains and compiling presently going on. i just nee

difference between ipchain ipfilter iptable

i know i need to find it myself with all the info available on the internet. but i did a initial reading (though just cursory) and find all these utilities (or programs) that do packet filtering. and ip filter is basically for bsd OS,though a port has been written to linux as well and solaris as

Re: Reposting please help : how to from booting from floppy

here is my situation i have a dual boot NT and linux. MBR controlled by NT To boot to linux i use a floppy Problem is that i have damaged my floppy. Now how do i boot to Linux ? I hope it is clear now --- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Ap

how to boot to linux (floppy damaged)

i have a dual boot box with NT and linux fine. MBR is controlled by NT. TO boot to linux i boot from floppy. however i have damaged my floppy. is there a way i can boot into linux ?? (other than from reinstall Linux again) __ Do You Yahoo!? Get emai

Reposting please help : how to from booting from floppy

> I presently boot my linux from my boot disk that i > have. is it possible to boot without the floopy that > is how to now put the MBR for Linux into hard disk. > > I am sure there should be a way of doing this by > ammending the lilo > if it possible then please let me know > thanks

how to from booting from floppy to putting MBR on hard disk

I presently boot my linux from my boot disk that i have. is it possible to boot without the floopy that is how to now put the MBR for Linux into hard disk. I am sure there should be a way of doing this by ammending the lilo if it possible then please let me know thanks _

Re: changing permissions for DIrectory

ble to the whole /home > directory. I would just do the certain /home/user > directories for the ones > that need it instead. > > Mike > > - Original Message - > From: "Tally Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

changing permissions for DIrectory

the man for chmod clearly says it is for changing permissions to files. WHAT ABOUT DIRECTORY ?? i have been trying to change for /home directory and it just does not work. the /home directory presently has permissions read and execute for all. i want to give it write as well. chmod is just not wo

Re: permissions for directory

give it write as well --- Vineeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Firstly,try man chmod. > > What command options did you use with chmod? > Make it 755 which is all permissions to owner,read & > execute to group > and same as group to others. > > Vineeta > >

mailist list for programming under linux

please let me know of a good list for programming under linux. mainly using gcc. if you would know of any sych list for c programming also that would be fine. thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal

permissions for directory

i created a user with adduser and made a directory for him under /home. but only the root has write permissions to his directory. HOW can i change his directory permissions. i have tried with chmod but it just won;t chamge its permissions. probably i am missing something here thanks ___

lynx help

i am only able to run lynx as root. how do i run lynx as an ordinary user. error when running lynx as user other than root : Can't write to temporary file. The directory has write permissions. BTW which temp file is it referring to ? thanks (i am resending this again as my earlier post did not g

Lynx not able to run ? (help)

i can run lynx ok as root (su) but i cannot run lynx as another user. error: Lynx: can't open temporary file what's causing the problem. I need to run lynx as normal user. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://

rpm itself not ok..... (help)

it was all fine, but after i installed a package the rpm seems to have messed up. I mean if do a rpm -q -a ie I queried the rpm for all installed packages it only shows me the package that i just recently installed. ie only one package. uptill now i could see all the packages installed. is the

kernel version 2.2.14-5.0 (what is 5.0 here)

The kernel version like 2.0.34 (came from redhat 5.1) kernel version (2.2.14-5.0) that comes with redhat 6.2, what is 5.0 here ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _

inetd.conf file missing ?

i just installed a brand new install for redhat linux 6.2. every thing looks fine, i can ping others and browse etc. but actually i searched the /etc directory and found that the file inetd.conf is missing. is it possible ? do you know if anything has really gone wrong here ? i copied inetd.con

what is recompiling kernel ?

hi all, i have read the docs for recompiling kernel. first why does one need to do. say i just installed linux on my desktop, why would one recompile kernel. one reason that comes to my mind is that if a newer kernel has been made available and i would my box to have that kernel. right ? second

basic config questions (help please)

which is the config file that specifies the "default gateway" for the box file for dns resolution etc/resolv.conf ? right ?? thanks and please email asap __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.