Linux-Misc Digest #286, Volume #24 Wed, 26 Apr 00 20:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: trouble with Storm Linux 2000 install (PaulTB)
Re: Script Telnet Sessions (Hal Burgiss)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
Masquerade Question
Re: Counting hard disks (Robert Heller)
Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem (Shivraj Persaud)
Re: Suse 6.4? (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: Masquerade Question (peter pilsl)
Re: How Big Will X Grow Today? (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: Suse 6.4, personal experience. (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: security (Stewart Honsberger)
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Subject: Re: trouble with Storm Linux 2000 install
From: PaulTB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:12:18 -0700
I've successfully installed Storm 2000 (rain release) on a
Pentium box. It does require several passes at install with fdisk
/MBR in between. It seems to be some quirk, but does install. The
last time I did it it left out the "wallpapers". So went to the
CD and ran "dpkg -i reallyreallylongfilename.d??" and it
extracted those "wallpapers".
I am running here at work and at home too. I've also connected to
a LS-120 drive successfully. Just made a copy of the link and
renamed it to LS-120. Went to /etc/fstab and added it in. Changed
it's icons and away it went.
Paul T. Barton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Script Telnet Sessions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:16:23 GMT
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:05:22 GMT, Peter Alliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am wondering if there is a way to script the following or if someone
>has a better idea for automating this process.
>
>Essentially I telnet into 5 LINUX boxes, RH 6.1 to check the disk space
>on the drives.
>
>I am wondering how I can automate the process into 1 script file to
>telnet to the server specifing a username and password then issue the
>command df -k and redirect it to a file then close the connection and
>continue on to the next server and do the same thing and append the
>results of df -k.
Why not have a cron job mail you with this? I use this in cron.hourly to
watch for FS >= 90% full.
if [ -n "`df | grep 9[0-9]%`" ]; then
df | mail -s "Warning: FS Full" hal@feenix
fi
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Hal B
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:13:08 -0700
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.lang.java.advocacy
No application should be changing system files. Period. That's been one of
the biggest sources of the problems. IF an application has to use some
particular version of a DLL, then the app needs to make use of side-by-side
implementations where the particular version is installed into the
application's directory and when it launches, explicitly states the version
it needs.
--ET--
"Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8e7sn1$349$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
> | Ermine Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | >snip<
> | : Second, trying to replace a system file on Win2k and ME is an
> | : operation that won't succeed unless you have the package from MS
> | : - you may think you've succeeded, but quietly in the background,
> | : the OS repairs your mistake.
> |
> | Oh, great....silent magic "repairs"... Thanks, really... :-(
>
> So some applications will only work after installing but before
> you reboot again. Now the solution is to "reboot, then install
> again". Sounds familiar.
>
> Jam (address rot13 encoded)
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Masquerade Question
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:30:09 GMT
Anybody knows why masquerade is not working?
>ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:C1:97:9F
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6749151 errors:9 dropped:7 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.10.40.106 P-t-P:10.10.40.97 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.1.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
10.10.40.97 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 10.10.40.97 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
> ipchains -L
Chain input (policy ACCEPT):
target prot opt source destination ports
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
netbios-ssn
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
netbios-ssn
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
1433
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
1433
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
postgres
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
postgres
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
2049
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
2049
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
5999:6003
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
5999:6003
DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
7100
DENY udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
7100
DENY tcp ----l- anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
31337
DENY udp ----l- anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
31337
DENY tcp ----l- anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
12345:12346
DENY udp ----l- anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
12345:12346
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
1023:65535
ACCEPT udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
1023:65535
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
ftp-data
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
ftp
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
telnet
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
smtp
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
domain
ACCEPT udp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
domain
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
www
ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
https
ACCEPT icmp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
any
ACCEPT icmp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
any
DENY all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
Chain forward (policy DENY):
target prot opt source destination ports
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 10.10.40.106 anywhere n/a
MASQ all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 10.10.40.106 anywhere n/a
MASQ all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
Chain output (policy ACCEPT):
target prot opt source destination ports
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
- tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any ->
www
- tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any ->
telnet
- tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any ->
ftp
- tcp ------ anywhere anywhere any ->
ftp-data
ACCEPT icmp ------ 10.10.40.106 anywhere any ->
any
ACCEPT icmp ------ 10.10.40.106 anywhere any ->
any
ACCEPT icmp ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere any ->
any
ACCEPT icmp ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere any ->
any
ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
>tcpdump
17:24:31.596564 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:32.596460 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:33.596357 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:34.596255 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:35.596154 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:36.596053 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:37.595951 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:38.595849 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:39.595749 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:40.595646 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:41.595545 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:42.595438 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:43.595341 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:44.595238 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:45.595135 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:46.595031 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:47.594934 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:48.594827 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:49.594730 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:50.594627 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:51.594525 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:52.594422 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
17:24:53.594323 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:54.594218 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:55.594118 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:56.594015 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:57.593918 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:58.593814 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:24:59.593712 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: RP [CWR] 0:30(30)
win 8197 urg 0
17:25:00.593613 eth0 B 192.168.1.100.0 > 10.90.1.100.0: R 0:30(30) win 8197
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Counting hard disks
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:49:41 GMT
"Nathan DeGruchy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:55:35 -0400, wrote :
"D> Since Linux considers all removable media that's mounted as a hard drive
"D> (just with different locations), then this could be hard. Maybe you should
"D> just count em all up and minus 2 or 3 for the CD burner, floppy and what
"D> ever other stuff you have
The IDE disks are hard to tell apart (CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW vs. hard disks).
SCSI is not a problem -- /dev/sd* is NEVER going to be anything but a
hard disk -- Zip and Jaz drives are considered removable hard disks, but
CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW are never bound to a /dev/sd* device. In the case of
SCSI, the best way to go is make sure the 'Generic' SCSI driver is
installed and use /dev/sg[abcdefghijklmnop] and use the INQ command.
This is what xcdroast does.
"D>
"D> --Nathan
"D>
"D> "Chris West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
"D> news:8e6avt$t4p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
"D> > I need a way of counting the number of hard disks installed on a machine.
"D> > I am currently attempting to open each of /dev/hd* and /dev/sd* in
"D> > read/write mode and counting the number of successful opens but I believe
"D> > this will also include CD writers.
"D> > How can I just count the number of hard disks?
"D> >
"D> >
"D>
"D>
"D>
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From: Shivraj Persaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:57:02 -0400
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Parminder Lehal wrote:
>I am unable to configure X for my voodoo 2000 video card.
>Documentation says that SVGA server runs fine for this card
>but in my case it only works in 320X240 pixel mode. I am
>using REDHAT6.0 and XFree86-3.3.3
>
>
>Can any body help ? Please................
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Parminder Lehal
use a newer version of XFree86... Slackware has 3.3.5 in version 7.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Suse 6.4?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:57:35 GMT
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:47:01 -0400, Boris Epstein wrote:
For some reason I didn't get the original message, so this is a follow-up
to him, not you Boris. :>
>NTK wrote:
>> Has anyone got Suse6.4 and how does it look?
I've got it. Looks pretty good. A few problems I've encountered thus far;
o My mouse, being a PS/2 connected via a PS/2-serial adapter, wouldn't
work for the GUI install so I had to revert to straight YaST to install.
My friend's mouse, being straight serial, worked for the install however.
o There doesn't appear to be any way to select packages in YaST2 (the
GUI YaST) with the keyboard. The instructions tell you to double-click a
package to select it.
o Nearing the end of the installation for my friend, the GUI locked (about at
step 6, I believe, where it was going to configure X).
o Neither he or I can make our mouse work with a kernel.org 2.2.14 kernel,
compiled from scratch according to the README file, however the 2.2.14-SuSE
kernel supports the mouse just fine.
o When installing XFree86 v4.0 over the included XFree86 v3.3.6 (I believe),
I encountered a problem where /sbin/SuSEconfig would change the symbolic link
'X' to point to the outdated X server rather than the new XFree86 binary, which
I would have to change back manually. I've since un-installed the XFree86 that
came bundled with SuSE and re-installed XFree86 v4.0, and all seems to be well.
o The versions of ld.so, glib, and gtk+ appear to be quite old, and had to
be manually upgraded.
That's it so far. It's nice and quick, I haven't found any other severe
problems, yet have noticed a few handy features. If you can make the GUI
install work properly, it will not only tell you that you have two conflicting
packages installed, it will also pop up a list asking you which one you want
to install! For example, if you tried to install both the Linux includes and
the kernel sources, it would ask you for one or the other - but not both.
>> I am running Mandrake7, but I would like to try Suse6.4 out.
Mandrake looks pretty good, but I don't like the installer (choices are
too limited - I prefer the ability to select individual packages, not use
the MS-esque category install).
>> Where can I download ISO image of Suse6.4?
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/, or
ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/mounts/u1/mirrors/suse/suse/
I downloaded mine at the latter, as their transfer rates were much faster.
The ISO for 6.4 is the biggest ISO I've seen yet of SuSE, coming in at 675M.
Fits quite nicely on a CDR, without much room to spare. ;> They've really got
it packed with packages, so I'd say it's well worth the download.
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From: peter pilsl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Masquerade Question
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:56:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Anybody knows why masquerade is not working?
>
> >ifconfig -a
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:C1:97:9F
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:6749151 errors:9 dropped:7 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:10.10.40.106 P-t-P:10.10.40.97 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
> >route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.1.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
> eth0
> 10.10.40.97 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
> ppp0
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> default 10.10.40.97 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> ppp0
>
> > ipchains -L
> Chain input (policy ACCEPT):
> target prot opt source destination ports
> ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
> ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
> ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
> ACCEPT all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a
> ACCEPT all ------ 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
> DENY tcp ------ anywhere 10.10.40.106 any ->
> netbios-ssn
cat /proc/sys/net/ipc4/ip_forward
if 0 set to 1
peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: How Big Will X Grow Today?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:02:24 GMT
On 26 Apr 2000 00:26:45 -0400, Jeff Workman wrote:
>
> PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
> 838 root 8 0 284M 284M 844 R 0 3.7 56.3 247:59 X
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
32186 root 1 0 17244 14M 3672 S 0 3.5 23.0 1:19 X
I know how you feel. :<
>$ uptime
> 12:23am up 1 day, 9:43, 5 users, load average: 0.46, 0.47, 0.38
blackdeath@blackdeath:~ > uptime
7:59pm up 4 days, 23:17, 1 user, load average: 1.97, 1.62, 1.46
I've 'only' got a 233, and I'm running Seti@Home in the background, with X,
LICQ, XMMS, and a couple of RXVT's open. My load average will never hit
zero. {smile}
>RedHat 6.2., XF86_Mach64.
SuSE 6.4, XF86_S3V. (XFree86 v4.0, BTW)
>When are the XF86 people going to start fixing memory leaks? Between X and
> Netscape, having 512MB in my workstation is almost a *requirement*.
I, too, notice a lot of swap usage nowadays. Especially with Communicator
running. I grabbed Navigator to help reduce overhead, but that doesn't seem
to help much.
I've only got 64M in my machine right now, and wish I had atleast 128M.
blackdeath@blackdeath:~ > free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 63192 61332 1860 19616 1008 23028
-/+ buffers/cache: 37296 25896
Swap: 133016 21732 111284
As you can see, RAM doesn't go very far anymore. :<
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Suse 6.4, personal experience.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:05:17 GMT
On 26 Apr 2000 00:34:24 EDT, Dances With Crows wrote:
>Updating an existing SuSE 6.1 system with the 6.4 eval image was a piece
>of cake, though, and nothing br0ke. *SHRUG*
6.1, eh? Damn. That doesn't help me any. I've got 6.0 and 6.2, but only have
6.2 running anymore. My home machine is 6.4 now, so that's a non-issue.
I'm interested to know if anybody's updated a SuSE 6.2 system to 6.4, and if
so, what problems did they have?
BTW - when you upgraded, did you upgrade your GlibC to 2.1? If so, how did
that go?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: security
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:07:20 GMT
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:07:18 +0100, ed johnson wrote:
>I have a problem with someone downloading my passwd file from a linux server
>on the net and using some utility to crack the root password. I need anon
>ftp access to the server but how can I stop this please...???
As a previous poster stated, proper configuration of your FTP server is key.
First thing you should look into is chroot'ing the anon. FTP root.
man ftpd should help you with that process. It worked for me.
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