Linux-Misc Digest #745, Volume #19 Mon, 5 Apr 99 00:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: LILO and IDE drive > 1024 cyls ("Daniel J. Wright")
Strange RealAudio problem with IP masquerading (Rohan Oberoi)
Re: /tmp screws up printing if moved? (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Re: PowerQuest BootMagic: Linux + Win98? ("Michael W. Ryder")
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the (Jim McCusker)
Re: diald loses control ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help - letting users set their original password via web. (Nico Zigouras)
Re: VMWARE BEWARE (Richard Steiner)
Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion? (Richard Steiner)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... ("Stuart Fox")
2.2.5 w/ 2 Buslogic SCSI adapters won't boot (Charles Roten)
Re: New Microsoft News (ken brakey)
gcc problem (Lari Baruh)
X Windows (Duncan Clark)
Re: hackers (Ewan Dunbar)
Re: emacs launches internet connection (Eric Bohn)
Re: Newbie FTP Problem ("Edward Lee Ah Yen (AKA SMASH)")
Re: New Microsoft News ("Stuart Fox")
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From: "Daniel J. Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO and IDE drive > 1024 cyls
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:23:38 +0000
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Alan Baker wrote:
>
> I've installed Linux on an IBM ValuePoint 486-100 which has a 540MB
> IDE drive. It boots fine from diskette, but when I boot from the
> hard drive LILO just reports "LI", indicating a geometry problem
> (more than 1024 cylinders).
>
> Fdisk reports that my /dev/hda has 16 heads, 63 sectors, and 1049
> cylinders. I partitioned it so the /dev/hda1 Linux native partition
> is the first 930 cylinders and the /dev/hda2 swap partition is the
> remaining 119 cylinders.
>
> What changes are needed to the lilo.conf (and fstab?) files created
> by my Red Hat 5.2 installation?
>
> Alan in San Jose
I use a Maxtor DiamondMax IDE 10GB hard drive with 22,332 cylinders, 16
heads, and 63 sectors. I installed it after I already had linux on my
machine. Didn't have any problems or need to do any configurations
other than fdisk with it. Using Red Hat 5.1
Don't know if it would really help you, but if you want to see a copy of
my lilo.conf, email me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rohan Oberoi)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Strange RealAudio problem with IP masquerading
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 01:58:34 GMT
Would appreciate any suggestions...
I have an RH5.2 (2.0.36) system running very nicely on a Compaq
Prolinea 486. It's set up to do IP masquerading to allow three other
machines to connect to the internet via a cable modem.
The problem is with RealAudio. ".ram" files that contain references
to pnm:// URLs -- I haven't found one that works yet, and I've found
many that don't (all the audio files on news.bbc.co.uk, for example).
They all give "Connection to server has timed out".
All other RealAudio files, including the channels on the main
RealAudio screen, seem to work just fine from the three client
machines (Win boxes) on the local class C network. (I've noticed
.ram files beginning with ftsp:// that work fine, for example.)
Here's the setup I have:
# 1. Kernel networking options:
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# 2. /etc/rc.d/rc.local startup script:
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
/sbin/ipautofw -F
/sbin/ipautofw -A -r udp 6970 7170 -c tcp 7070
# (I guess the ipautofw is not really necessary -- but I'm trying
# everything ... and yes, /sbin/ipautofw does exist...)
I'm not seeing anything in /var/log/messages that would indicate a
problem, and lsmod gives:
DEFAULT:[~] lsmod
Module Pages Used by
ip_masq_raudio 1 1
ip_masq_ftp 1 0
I don't know enough about what distinguishes pnm:// .ram files from
other kinds of RealAudio content to figure out why they're failing...
if anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.
If you're replying by email, please remove the obvious from my
address.
Regards,
Rohan
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /tmp screws up printing if moved?
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:08:45 +1000
oak wrote:
>
> Without /tmp I can't print. What's more without the original /tmp I
> can't print. If I
>
> mv /tmp /tmp-hold
> mkdir /tmp
>
> I still can't print, but wait - there's more - even if I copy all the
> files in /tmp-hold to the newly created /tmp I still can't print.
> The only way I can print again is to
>
> rmdir /tmp
> mv /tmp-hold /tmp
>
> in other words to have the original directory back. Otherwise when I
> attempt to print I just get a blank page.
You've just answered your own question. If you do A and B stops working
and then undo A and B starts working again then don't do A. Simple!
>
> I have to remove the original /tmp because I need to make /tmp a
> ram drive, but this thing has got me confused. I can't see what
> /tmp has to do with printing, much less the original /tmp.
I'd really have to ask why you would want to do this. I know you're
going to say "but the RAM disk will be so much faster than the drive".
Obviously you've fogotten about virtual memory and disk caching under
Linux. Basically what happens is that any RAM which is not being used
for the kernel, applications and data is used as disk cache. Under this
situation it is possible to create a file, write to it and then delete
it without that file EVER being written to disk. So why do you need
use a RAM disk for /tmp???
Erik
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From: "Michael W. Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PowerQuest BootMagic: Linux + Win98?
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:27:12 GMT
I am using Boot Magic with Windows NT/98 (dual boot) and Linux with no
problems. I know it took me awhile to get it working (I kept erasing
and reinstalling the Linux option) but part of that was another problem
with Lilo and not with Boot Magic. I placed my Lilo on the Linux
partition and Boot Magic had no problems finding it and starting it.
Michael W. Ryder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christopher Kolar wrote:
>
> I am wondering if anyone is successfully running PowerQuest's Boot
> Magic boot manager program with Linux and Windows 98. When I install
> the program (patched to 1.01) I get the following:
> ..|........
> Loading BootMagic ....
> and then it just hangs.
>
> Pertinent information:
> ++ The first primary partition is a 1.5GB FAT32 where Win98 resides.
> This is the default boot partition.
> ++ The second primary partition is a 1 GB ext2 partition with Linux
> (RH 5.2). I am able to successfully run Linux if I boot from the boot
> floppy.
> ++ I did not have Linux write to the MBR, the boot record is on the
> partition.
> ++ After it hangs I can boot from the BM floppy disk and disable the
> manager program. Note: after I disable it I get
> ..|........
> Loading BootMagic ....
> and then it boots successfully into either Win98 or Linux, depending
> on what was set as the default OS when I disabled the control panel.
>
> So, BM can successfully identify and actually boot either of the OSs,
> but it hangs every single time when I try to run it with the
> select-your-os menu enabled.
>
> I have been trying to work with PQ's tech support, but they officially
> gave up on me yesterday and told me that I could mail it in for a
> refund. I would like to give it one more shot as it would be a useful
> alternative to having to keep the boot disk handy.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> --chris
>
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:25:14 -0400
Harry wrote:
>
> > C++, Java
>
> Have you ever tried an IDE?
>
> > HTML
>
> Homesite? Hotmetal?
Nothing really beats a good text editor for hacking HTML. :-)
Jim
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Spencer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: diald loses control
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 22:21:15 -0400
Stephen Thomas wrote:
>
> I am having problems with diald (I think). I have it setup to do my
>
snip
> 1. When I'm not connected to the net, diald dials up my provider about every
> 20 minutes.
And your running Samba. ... named ???? Sound like the normal samba
not setup right or netbios not diabled in diald.conf
Make sure groupname and domain controler are set properley in smb.conf
Add this to diald.conf
# Do the same for netbios-ns broadcasts
# NOTE: your /etc/services file may not define the netbios services
# in which case you should comment out the next lines.
ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-ns,tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-ns
ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-dgm,tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-dgm
ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-ssn,tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-ssn
# Do the same for netbios-ns broadcasts
# NOTE: your /etc/services file may not define the netbios services
# in which case you should comment out the next lines.
#accept udp 30 udp.dest=udp.netbios-ns
#accept udp 30 udp.source=udp.netbios-ns
ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-ns,udp.dest=udp.netbios-ns
ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-dgm,udp.dest=udp.netbios-dgm
ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-ssn,udp.dest=udp.netbios-ssn
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From: Nico Zigouras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help - letting users set their original password via web.
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:36:26 -0400
Hi:
I am wondering if someone can help me with this. I want to set up a
script that lets users set their password over the web. Before you
start worrying about secuirty, I have locked out all FTP access and
telnet access to all except admin. Basically I want users to
automatically set up POP accounts for themselves.
I am able to change adduser to suid root so it can get called from a web
script, but passwd does not want to budge and insists that I am logged
on as root to change each password.
Thanks in advance for your help..
Sincerely,
Nico Zigouras.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: VMWARE BEWARE
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 19:09:42 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
spake unto us, saying:
>When I saw somebody post on one of the newsgroups concerning
>this new application which is a Windows95 emulator. I got
>very excited.
It's a Linux application which creates virtual machines in which you
can install Windows flavors and a few other supported OSes.
>I got too excited and did not read the directions carefully.
>I believe this application is really for users of WindowsNT.
There are two versions. The one currently in beta is a Linux binary,
and it's my understanding that it will run Windows 95 as well as NT.
>Anyway does anyone have more positive experiences with vmware?
Check out vmware's news server: news.vmware.com. There are a number of
newsgroups there you can get information from.
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OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: VMWARE -- why isn't it the rage topic of discussion?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 19:12:25 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spake unto us, saying:
>I'm quite surprised that VMWARE (www.vmware.com) isn't
>being discussed much. I've been waiting years for just
>such a thing. I can now run windows98 under linux, and
>run quicken, office97, solitaire :-), or anything else
>I want (except directx games...yet), without rebooting.
It isn't that useful for me until it lets me run OS/2 in a vm, and that
is something they're apparently not up to doing yet.
It's a neat concept, but I weaned myself from Windows long ago.
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OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
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From: "Stuart Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:28:12 +1200
>And you would be absolutely wrong.
>
>It took me about three hours of reading, and four kernel compiles to
>put together a complete Linux server with IP forwarding and everything
>else needed to connect my home network to Roadrunner. It has been up
>without any problems for four months. I can't even keep the NT
>workstation at the office up for a week at a time. The IT group has
>been fighting with their four NT servers for most of a year, and can't
>get any of them to run more than a few days at a time, as opposed to
>the 14 Netware servers that have been running reliably for years. NT
>is basically a pile of bug ridden garbage that isn't worth the time
>nor effort to install it.
>
So your problem is with a) your IT department, and b) with your lack of
experience with NT. And asking a home user to recompile their kernel is
really going to help matters????
Stu
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From: Charles Roten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: 2.2.5 w/ 2 Buslogic SCSI adapters won't boot
Date: 04 Apr 1999 20:09:35 -0700
The OS bundle is RedHat 5.2, with all the OS updates from redhat.com.
The hardware is twin PPros on a Tyan S1668 motherboard, and two BusLogic
SCSI controllers (BT-946C and BT958) which share the same interrupt.
>From 'more proc/pci" ...
> Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
> SCSI storage controller: BusLogic MultiMaster (rev 0).
> Fast devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=240.
> I/O at 0x9800.
> Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
> SCSI storage controller: BusLogic MultiMaster (rev 8).
> Fast devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
> I/O at 0x9400.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2000000.
The BusLogic support is _not_ modular, but is a kernel builtin, since
I have no wish to risk the system being unable to read it's boot drive.
FlashPoint support is disabled, since I own no such cards.
2.2.5 builds fine, both with and without Plug and Play support enabled.
The reboot proceeds up to the initialization of the second SCSI
controller, the 946c, which runs the tape drives. Then the system locks
into a reset-fail-reset cycle with the second controller, and it's
time for <ctl><alt><del>.
This _never_ happened with 2.0.x. And the behavior persists, whether
Plug and Play support is set up in the kernel or not. Upgrading to
RedHat's 2.2-kernel-support RPMs does not affect matters in the
slightest.
How do I fix this or work around it ?
[Oh, BTW .. does anyone out there know how to un-fsck the bloody IRQ
allocation in the Tyan S1668 ? The "reset the CMOS, then install the
boards" " trick I used to use on the old Intel Venus motherboards
does not work on the Tyan.]
Thanks in advance,
Charles Roten
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From: ken brakey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: New Microsoft News
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 03:12:30 GMT
AMEN!
Mykool wrote:
> Someone finally needs to say this. This is not an anti-microsoft
> newsgroup. This is a linux group!!! I could care less about the new
> things microsoft does to "screw up the computer industry." I have no
> real problem with microsoft or microsoft products. I dual boot RH and
> NT. If I want to hear bitching about how microsoft is a bad company and
> how much their products suck, I would read
> comp.os.microsoft.bitching.from.linux.users.who.have.nothing.better.to.do.
> Personally I think microsoft was good for the computer industry. If
> there were no microsoft, there would be no real standard in computer
> software and in some ways hardware. Stuff would cost more because the
> manufacturers would have to make versions of the product for god knows
> how many different platforms. True, the identifier stuff they are using
> now isn't a good thing, but it also isn't a totally bad thing. I'm all
> for anonimity and everything, but I also don't do anything that would
> matter if it could be traced back to me. Hell, I read how they've
> traced to origin of the Melissa virus because of this ID stuff. And
> when some asshole posts some stupid "Linux Sux" stuff, be a damn adult
> and ignore it. I hate seeing threads that are 100+ posts just to say
> "linux is good and microsoft sux." I use Linux on a daily basis, but I
> still use NT for certain things that. I like microsoft and linux. To
> sum up my rant here, keep the microsoft bullshit out of these groups.
> These are forums for linux!!!
>
> --
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> http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte294f
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From: Lari Baruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gcc problem
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:15:22 +0000
can anyone help me out with the c++ compiler. When i try to compile
programs using c++ i get the following error.
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
cannot create executables.
i reinstalled all the gcc RPM's for redhat including the gcc++ package
along with the g++ and stdc++ libraries. when this didnt work, i
installed gcc from the source tar.gz. This didn't work either.
anyone know how to fix this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Clark)
Subject: X Windows
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 19:12:15 -0800
I am having trouble with X Windows I can not get the cursor to allign with
what it selects.
Any Suggesions?
E-Mail Me
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From: Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hackers
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 21:54:59 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm not much of a hacker but I do use Linux. I'm running
> RedHat5.2 and I'm on a LAN connected though cablemodem by
> an old 486 with Slackware96. I'm up late working and I
> notice things are getting slow. I run top and I see that
> user:nobody is running find with PRI 20!!! All of a
> sudden there's another process running "make whatis". I
> killed that and some other processes including an instance
> of gawk, I then literrally pulled the plug on my
> cablemodem. I looked in /var/log but I can't find
> anything. What, if anything,can I do to trace this
> hacker?
What have hackers got to do with this, aside from the fact that if someone
were trying to crack your system's security, one might help you out?
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Ewan Dunbar
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From: Eric Bohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: emacs launches internet connection
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 03:24:39 GMT
Thanks for all the replies. Strange that Emacs should want to know your
domain name though.
- Eric
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From: "Edward Lee Ah Yen (AKA SMASH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Newbie FTP Problem
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 03:27:34 GMT
You can use /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp as well.
You should create a separate file called rc.firewall in the /etc/rc.d
directory.
Set its ownership to: chown root.root /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall.
Set its permissions to: chmod 0754 /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall.
The file should look something like this:
==============================================================================
echo "Enabling IP MASQ, MASQ timeouts, MASQ modules and advanced
firewalling"
#Load the MASQ modules
#
echo Loading MASQ modules
#/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
#/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake
#/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_vdolive
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
# Finished with MASQ modules
echo "Enabling IP Masqurading.."
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -p reject
/sbin/ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 -W eth0
echo "rc.firewall done."
===============================================================================
Try these sites for some help.
http://www.tor.shaw.wave.ca/~ambrose/
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS.wri
http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux/faq/index.html
The first one will get you started.
The second one is a wealth of information and good sense.
The third one will build you one very secure firewall automatically if
you fill in the blanks :)
You should use the Linux Netscape to build, save and download the
firewall script, as I have found that saving the file in windows and
then moving it over to Linux trashes the file in some way as to make it
non functional :(
The last section of the firewall script includes stuff for DHCP and
caching DNS as well so you will have to edit the file.
Good luck!
Hannu wrote:
>
> On Sat, 03 Apr 1999 07:18:36 GMT, Fenton Travers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> Yes, that was it. In the same place you also find the modules ro
> ReadAudio etc. I got both FTP and RealAudio going!
> Thanks!
> Hannu
>
> >I have similar set up except with RH 5.1 and I needed to load the ip_masq_ftp
> >module. I think the module loader is called insmod and is found in /sbin so I
> >executed the following:
> >/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.35-1/ipv4/ip_masq_ftp.o
> >
> >you may need some variation on this tho. I 'm not sure if this is the source of
> >your problem
> >
> >
> >Keith Keller wrote:
> >
> >> Stressed wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I have the typical Linux machine using IP masQ to connect my Windoze LAN to
> >> > the net via cable modem. By typical I mean I used the typical addressing
> >> > scheme (192.168.1.x) for the LAN and I use DHCP to get settings for my
> >> > gateway interface.
> >> >
> >> > I have RHL 5.2 and it runs wu FTP (wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-18-VR13]).
> >> >
> >> > Whenever I try to connect to a remote (Internet) FTP site from a Windoze
> >> > machine, (going through the Linux masQ machine), I get the connection, but I
> >> > get the following error and I'm unable to see, send or recieve data:
> >> >
> >> > 230 User mojo7 logged in.
> >> > PWD
> >> > 257 "/home/@c/h/c/mojo7" is current directory.
> >> > SYST
> >> > 215 UNIX Type: L8
> >> > Host type (2): UNIX (standard)
> >> > PORT 192,168,1,2,4,47
> >> > 500 Illegal PORT Command
> >> > ! port cmd failed.
> >> > ! DoDirList failed 0
> >> >
> >> > Is this due to my masQing or to my FTP setup or both or what?
> >>
> >> Yes. :-) You need to also use the ip_masq_ftp
> >> option in the kernel to allow machines behind the
> >> masquerade ''gateway'' to FTP to the other side
> >> of the masquerade properly. I load it as a module
> >> in my startup files, though I suppose you could
> >> also compile the option directly into the kernel.
> >>
> >> -- Keith
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: "Stuart Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: New Microsoft News
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:07:59 +1200
>> Stuff would cost more because the
>> manufacturers would have to make versions of the product for god knows
>> how many different platforms.
>
>No, stuff would cost alot less because of *competition*. Look at what linux
>costs: next to nothing. That is the true market value of on OS, because
>software is so easy to reproduce.
Bullshit. Figure out how much FREE development time has gone into Linux,
then work out the market cost for that - that's the real cost of Linux.
Here in the real world, people develop software/OSes to make money. Linux
is somewhat of a aberration (that's a good thing) but cannot be used as an
example of the market value of an OS. Linux is free only because of many
peoples good will and free effort. The instant you start charging for
software, you necessarily have to recover all your develpment costs - and I
would guess that these would be quite high for Linux.
BTW, there is competition. No competition would imply only one OS - there
are many available, people don't HAVE to use MS (or Sun or BeOS or whatever)
Stu
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