Linux-Misc Digest #682, Volume #20 Fri, 18 Jun 99 08:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: updatedb problem in Redhat6.0 with 10Gb Harddisk ("Jong")
newbie question: howto see diskspace (Lucas)
Re: lpr:connection refused (Monika Sellin)
Re: newbie question: howto see diskspace (Jeremiah)
Re: updatedb problem in Redhat6.0 with 10Gb Harddisk (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: Block error question ("Shaun Beech")
Re: INFORMIX ODBC CLIENT FOR LINUX ? ("Shaun Beech")
Getting current user name (Frank Bade)
Re: Still need to know (James Pearson)
acroread on new monitor "smeared";XF86Setup? ("Robert J. Gooding")
Re: Linux systems- Poor security (Glen Turner)
Re: view or delete file using inode? (John Thompson)
Re: BIOS problems! (Villy Kruse)
Re: GNU g77 & LINUX glibc (Helmut Kindl)
Re: Block error question (Luke & Niki Vogel)
Re: ftape fails on SuSE 6.1 (2.2.7 kernel) (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: The best IRC and ICQ applications for Linux? (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be? (Lawrence DčOliveiro)
Re: Shutting down as a normal user.. (Keith Phillips)
Re: Getting current user name (Lew Pitcher)
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From: "Jong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: updatedb problem in Redhat6.0 with 10Gb Harddisk
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:54:14 +0800
Could u tell me why is there such a problem and How can I fix the problem?
Thanx
John
Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7kd133$tvh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What is wrong? Can somebody tell me? Thank you
> ---
> Well, this error message when you run locate is because locate can't find
the database. RedHat 6.0 ships with slocate (Secure Locate) and the database
is in /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db. If updatedb fails during the process, no
database is created.
>
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From: Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie question: howto see diskspace
Date: 18 Jun 1999 09:30:49 GMT
Hello all,
I would like to find out how i can see howmuch diskspace is available on
my linux partition. But i haven't found any command to get this
information. It must be something simple but.... i can't find it.
TIA,
Lucas
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From: Monika Sellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr:connection refused
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:44:26 +0200
L J Bayuk wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> The Problem is, that the file /dev/printer go lost. If I want print or
> >> restart the printer with lpc I become
> >> the error: connect: Connection refused
> >>
> >> The files /dev/lp[0...2] exist.
> >>
> >
> >Shouldn't /dev/printer be a symlink to the actual /dev/lp? device that has the
> >printer attached ?
>
> No, neither a symlink nor a pipe (mknod p).
> On my system (which is older, so it might be different), /dev/printer is
> a Unix Domain Socket (UDS) file. You cannot create this with mknod.
> The lpd has to create it itself, and then it listens here for connections
> from the local host.
>
> Regarding the original post: Make sure lpd is running (as root),
> and netstat -an shows a LISTENING "Unix domain socket" at /dev/printer.
hallo,
I have make a netstat -an and no LISTENING "Unix domain socket" at /dev/printer
war found.
After Update from RH5.2 to RH6.0 printing has work. But after a reboot the
/dev/printer goes lost.
The maschine ware reboot aigain, the lpd ware stop and start, but it doesn't want
to work?
What can I do?
Monika
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremiah)
Subject: Re: newbie question: howto see diskspace
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:39:39 GMT
In article <7kd3k9$14o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> I would like to find out how i can see howmuch diskspace is available on
> my linux partition. But i haven't found any command to get this
> information. It must be something simple but.... i can't find it.
The command is 'df'. It'll show you how much space is available
on all mounted partitions.
Brian
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: updatedb problem in Redhat6.0 with 10Gb Harddisk
Date: 18 Jun 1999 08:47:31 GMT
What is wrong? Can somebody tell me? Thank you
---
Well, this error message when you run locate is because locate can't find the
database. RedHat 6.0 ships with slocate (Secure Locate) and the database is in
/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db. If updatedb fails during the process, no database is
created.
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From: "Shaun Beech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Block error question
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:05:02 +0200
run fsck with th -y option and it should do all the necessary for you
have fun
Walter L. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Gteetings all
>
> I am running SuSE Linux, kernel ver. 2.0.36 . My system got shut off
> accidentaly. I am now having a problem with block errors during boot up
> on hda1, which is my root partition.
>
> It will state during boot up that I have a bad block and that I should
> run "fsck" manually. Which I do. It says that block 40893 has an error
> but wants to know if it should ignore it. If I tell it no it will quit
> and do nothing further. If I tell it yes, it will skip that problem and
> go to other
> items if they exist. This happens about every other boot up.
>
> Can any one point me to where I can find a HOWTO or other instructions
> that will tell me how to fix this? (Mabey someone can tell me how to fix
> this.)
>
> The only thing that I can think of to do is to try and reload my root
> partition only. I run a 500 MB root"/"(hda1), a large /usr partition
> (hda2), a large /home partition (sda1).
>
> I would be greatful for any replies
>
> Walt
>
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From: "Shaun Beech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: INFORMIX ODBC CLIENT FOR LINUX ?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:58:14 +0200
yep they do all you have to do is make sure you have installed it . ..
have fun
YouDontKnowWho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:yU8a3.19948$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does Informix offer its database for Linux?
>
> --
> And now we return to our regularly scheduled,
> uncommonly entertaining thread...
>
> Art S. Kagel wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >
> >
> >dja7 wrote:
> >>
> >> Has anyone found an INFORMIX ODBC client for linux ?
> >>
> >> I am using slackware 3.4
> >>
> >> I want to do ODBC calls from my linux machine to an INFORMIX
> database
> >> over a WAN. this way I can format the data into reports using
> perl and
> >> put it on my web server in html format for endusers to view and
> print.
> >>
> >> any help will ensure my eternal gratitude
> >
> >You can order the Informix connect product for Linux which is free
> and
> >includes the Informix/Interbase ODBC driver from the Informix WEB
> Site through
> >Intraware, Informix's eBus partner. All of the ODBC
> >driver vendors have Linux drivers available and most are free for
> >non-commercial use.
> >
> >Art S. Kagel
>
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From: Frank Bade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.setup95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
Subject: Getting current user name
Date: 18 Jun 1999 11:03:47 +0200
Hi !
I am currently realizing a network with a few PCs and a linux server for an
elementary school.
The user logs on into windows 95 by entering his domain password and local
win95 password. Afterwards, the desktop appears.
Question:
Does anybody knows, how I can read the name of the current user in a batch file ?
There is no '%user' variable like in NT or so. I need this information to be
able to connect the users home directory to a network drive.
Regards
Frank
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From: James Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Still need to know
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:22:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> jik- wrote:
> >
> > I want to make a bootable CDROM. The CD-Writing HOWTO mentions this
as
> > posible and tacks a name to it but never explains how to go about
it. I
> > also read a very short file somewere that went into more depth by
saying
> > you have to use LILO.....and the mkisofs man page has the command
> > switches but I don't know what I am supposed to feed it.
> >
> > Could anyone explain the steps required to make a bootable CD, and
is it
> > possible to make a bootable ext2fs CD?
>
> Can't anyone take a little time to at least site some places to look
for
> the answer? I have looked around...as I stated...and can't get
enough.
> I answer your questions when I can, and will continue to do so....I do
> it every day for many hours in various capacities and here I ask
> something I am SURE someone knows well enough to respond and
> nadda...zip...
>
What's wrong with the README.eltorito file that comes with mkisofs?
It's not that hard to find ...
James Pearson
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "Robert J. Gooding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: acroread on new monitor "smeared";XF86Setup?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:46:27 -0400
redhat5.2 on a P II 400 with a Panasonic SL90 monitor.
upon running acroread (3.0 or 4.0) on remote terminals/monitors,
I find that acroread works fine. when I run it on the console
monitor, the colours in the image are "smeared" (like
the coloured ink had not dried, and then someone spread it
over the black text, sort of).
since the application works fine remotely, I believe that
the software is fine, but I have a problem with my X11
setup on my console. any ideas of where to begin to look
for the problem would be appreciated.
Robert J. Gooding
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:45:41 +0000
From: Glen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux systems- Poor security
Klaas Barends wrote:
>
> There is nothing a cracker would enjoy more then a canned setup. Then he
> knows exactly where the holes are.
> A canned security setup is just as bad as no security setup.
What crap. A machine by definition has a level of security,
even if it is a poor level of security.
Asking for an increased level of default security is a win
in two respects:
1) it gives added protection to naive users. You can't expect
all Linux users to be good system administrators. Hopefully
some people are actually using Linux to get useful work done,
and thus don't have much time for sysadm tasks.
2) it reduces the time taken for sysadms to move from the default
level of security to a level of security they are happy with.
For an exmaple, just setting the default TCP Wrappers to limit
access to IP addresses from within the domain would defeat the
network scanning script kiddies.
--
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Tel: (08) 8303 3936 Information Technology Services
Fax: (08) 8303 4400 The University of Adelaide 5005
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Australia
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: view or delete file using inode?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:40:54 -0600
Gerald Willmann wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, John Thompson wrote:
>
> > Is there some way to view or delete a file using the inode
> > number? I have a peculiarly-named file in /usr that I can't
> > seem to access in any way to see the contents or remove:
> >
> > 110773 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66560 Jan 10
> > 12:30 s????qq???
> >
> > Wild-cards don't touch this thing.
>
> have you tried using /usr/s????qq?? ???
Yes:
[root@starfleet /root]# rm /usr/s????qq???
rm: /usr/s????qq???: No such file or directory
> the absolute path name should work
You'd think so. Any other ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: BIOS problems!
Date: 18 Jun 1999 09:33:44 +0200
In article <7kc648$3q0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mike,
>If you deleted the setup partition on the hard drive you're going to
>have to download the setup stuff from Compaq. If not, just hit delete
>or is it f10? (it IS one of 'em) as the machine boots. You may get a
>blinking block in the upper right hand corner that lets you know when to
>do it.
>
For these system you never install lilo in the MBR but the first linux
partition and make this the active partition. Otherwise you loose the
setup program (again).
Villy
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From: Helmut Kindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: GNU g77 & LINUX glibc
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:46:56 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Helmut Kindl wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with the "trapfpe", that is a small c-routine which
> handels the Floating-point Exception.
> The routine run quite well up to the point I upgarded my RedHat-LINUX
> and my glibc from 2.0.7-29 to
> 2.1.1-6!
> Has anybody an idea who to solve the problem.
>
> Thanx
>
> Helmut
>
> ps: Please send answer to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for all the discussion, but could you be a little bit more
concret?
I'm still searching a solution for the described problem!
Helmut
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From: Luke & Niki Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Block error question
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:09:28 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try using command:
e2fsck /hda1
worked for me!
regards
Luke
Walter L. Williams wrote:
> Gteetings all
>
> I am running SuSE Linux, kernel ver. 2.0.36 . My system got shut off
> accidentaly. I am now having a problem with block errors during boot up
> on hda1, which is my root partition.
>
> It will state during boot up that I have a bad block and that I should
> run "fsck" manually. Which I do. It says that block 40893 has an error
> but wants to know if it should ignore it. If I tell it no it will quit
> and do nothing further. If I tell it yes, it will skip that problem and
> go to other
> items if they exist. This happens about every other boot up.
>
> Can any one point me to where I can find a HOWTO or other instructions
> that will tell me how to fix this? (Mabey someone can tell me how to fix
> this.)
>
> The only thing that I can think of to do is to try and reload my root
> partition only. I run a 500 MB root"/"(hda1), a large /usr partition
> (hda2), a large /home partition (sda1).
>
> I would be greatful for any replies
>
> Walt
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftape fails on SuSE 6.1 (2.2.7 kernel)
Date: 18 Jun 1999 08:35:45 GMT
a
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The best IRC and ICQ applications for Linux?
Date: 18 Jun 1999 08:39:41 GMT
Hi I'm wondering what's the best IRC / ICQ applications for Linux (w/o KDE
GNOME). Please let me know. Thanks.
---
IRC Client? Epic ICQ? I don't use but try Micq for the console and Licq for X.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lawrence DčOliveiro)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.be.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:19:07 +1200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bill Bumgarner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...unix scares people (it shouldn't)...
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. It does scare people, it has always scared
people, it will continue to scare people for evermore. In the old days
before PCs, people talked of a "computer priesthood", of the technical
folks who worked with big mainframe computers, who understood things that
no ordinary mortal could comprehend, and who got paid lots of money for
their understanding as a result. Well, that priesthood is alive and well
today, and flourishing more than ever, only now it's called UNIX.
While in article <7kctl8$b5k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Operating Systems serve one purpose: to manage the resources of a
>computing system.
Actually, four purposes spring to mind:
* To abstract away from hardware specifics, allowing the same upper-layer
code to run on a wide variety of hardware configurations.
* To arbitrate access to shared resources (memory, disk space, network
bandwidth, comm ports, screen real estate, whatever).
* To define common communication mechanisms (data interchange formats for
text, graphics and the like).
* To minimize reinvention of code for common application tasks.
The third one is particularly characteristic of the difference between
single-user and multi-user operating systems. Multi-user systems tend to
be designed on the assumption that multiple processes are sharing the
system on sufferance; each process would much rather have the whole system
to itself, so it must be restrained from having its wish. Thus, processes
are typically walled-off from each other.
In a single-user system, on the other hand, the assumption is that all the
processes currently running are serving the needs of a single user. Thus,
you need mechanisms to allow them to cooperate, rather than compete.
Sophisticated data sharing is a crucial component of this. That's why
MacOS has AppleEvents and AppleScript, and a common QuickDraw picture
format, and Internet Config as a repository for translating things to and
from the outside world, and UNIX-type systems typically have nothing like
any of these.
>The BeOS developers have done something remarkable:
>not only have they included a top-notch suite of media handling APIs,
>they included in their design one resource that NO other commercial OS
>handles properly: time.
>
>Indeed, BeOS has meticulous attention to the ability to handle
>operations in a timely manner, from meeting real-time constraints to
>graphics, filesystem, and other I/O latency minimization and bandwidth
>guarantees.
Funny, Apple already had this on at least two levels:
* QuickTime: a complete extensible architecture for dealing with
time-based data, which first shipped in December 1991 and has been
radically improving ever since.
* At a much lower level, the Apple Real-Time Architecture (ARTA), which
was introduced with the AV Macs in mid-1993, and was a dedicated OS for
running on DSP chips, with full support for bandwidth reservation and
deterministic latency guarantees.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Phillips)
Subject: Re: Shutting down as a normal user..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Jun 1999 11:12:55 GMT
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:26:16 -0700, Gerald Willmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke unto us, saying:
>> Anthony DeLuca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > How come I can't shutdown or reboot as a normal user. [...]
>
>how come ??? Unix/linux is multiuser and it is most definitely not a good
>idea to allow any normal user to shut down the system - I at least
>wouldn't want my wife to be able to shut down our linux box at home while
>I'm using it remotely from where I work.
> Gerald
>
>PS: why would you want to shut down at all, btw?
If he wants to use it as a workstation but not connect to it
remotely, then it would be simpler if he could shut it down
as himself and not just as root. I'm the only person in my
home who uses my SuSE box, so I'd like to be able to shutdown
without always going "su" first.
===============================================================
| Keith Phillips User: "Um, I can't find my files..." |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin: "Files? What files?" |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.setup95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
Subject: Re: Getting current user name
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:59:29 GMT
On 18 Jun 1999 11:03:47 +0200, Frank Bade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi !
>
>I am currently realizing a network with a few PCs and a linux server for an
>elementary school.
>
>The user logs on into windows 95 by entering his domain password and local
>win95 password. Afterwards, the desktop appears.
>
>Question:
>Does anybody knows, how I can read the name of the current user in a batch file ?
>There is no '%user' variable like in NT or so. I need this information to be
>able to connect the users home directory to a network drive.
If, by "batch file", you mean a shell script, then you want the
whoami
command
I.e.
USER=`whoami`
export USER
echo $USER is logged on
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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