NFS input/output error

2003-07-10 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Dear all can some one help me to solve this. we have a nfs share from server mounted to desktops. if users try to cp a large file (e.g 30MB) on the nfs share, it says input/output error most of the times, not always though. if the user do the same thing on local dir or logon to the server and d

how does POP3 SERVER finds the mailbox for each user

2003-07-09 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Dear all I would grateful if some one can tell me how to config POP3 SERVER (or is it possible?) so that it will not go to /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME to retrieve mails. I have configured procmail to deliver mails to $HOME/mbox on the mail server. however, if i use POP3 to access the server and r

RE: backup script

2003-04-03 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
what text editor did you use to write the script? -Original Message- From: Burke, Thomas G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2003 14:22 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: backup script -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 if I put in the #!/bin/sh, I just get the fol

RE: Problem with Sound

2003-04-02 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
I have similar problems, the sound card can be probed and configured correctly. BUT the sound "is not coming". In my case, it is the default sound volume too weak and you have to make the room quiet or listen carefully. Then you realise that the thing is working. I, however, did not spend tim

RE: Mailing list manager for Red Hat 8

2003-04-01 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
mailman -Original Message- From: Michael Mansour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 April 2003 13:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mailing list manager for Red Hat 8 Hi, I'm wondering what a good mailing list manager is for Linux. I know of majordomo, but a google search of the thing

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-31 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Linux automatically - possible? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi Cheng Wang > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? > &g

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-31 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Hi, CC Thank you for the excellent message. we have a windows centric system and that cannot be changed, for historical, political and management reasons. As linux in this org started from a few isolated desktops, when more and more people use it, we set up a centralized server for auth and nfs

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-31 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:26:55PM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: > Hi, Christopher > Thank you for your very helpful suggestions. For the time being, I will > write a script to prompt for password when peop

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-28 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Hi, winglion your contribution is highly appreciated. But, I think smbfs implies remote file system. forgive the simple minded man. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2003 14:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux aut

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-28 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Hi, Christopher we are using windows 2000 servers. we configured samba to use win server to authenticate users when they access Linux file from windows environment. perhaps if we some how to make use of ldap for authentication, then we would configure samba to use a Linux server to do the authe

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-28 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
f Zhi Cheng Wang Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? thanks for the suggestion, but I am talking about remote files, I am not that new. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-28 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
thanks for the suggestion, but I am talking about remote files, I am not that new. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2003 12:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? It is very easy

mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

2003-03-28 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Hi, Gurus Is it possible to define something in the /etc/fstab file so that a windows share can be mounted to Linux box automatically when sys reboot? (or something in /etc/rc.local without plain text passwd?) the scenario: we have two (ha, more than two) systems in our institute, a few MS file

redhat-release and version

2003-03-25 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
hi "rpm -q redhat-release" and "cat /proc/version" usually give different version numbers, what does each mean? cheng This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the person(s) ('the intended recipient') to whom it w

postgres versions

2003-03-17 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
dear gurus I have a few versions of RH (7.2, 7.3 and 8.0) servers and they need postgres DB. can i install the same version of postgresql on all the servers? thanks This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the per

RE: ls --full-time

2003-03-13 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
+, Zhi Cheng Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >now i want to backup files by renaming them with their time stamp added >the end of file name. by using "ls --full-time", however, different >version of RH gives different format, which make my scripts not >universall

ls --full-time

2003-03-13 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Dear gurus thanks for your helpful information on my previous questions, which make the sys admin job more enjoyable   now i want to backup files by renaming them with their time stamp added the end of file name. by using "ls --full-time", however, different version of RH gives different fo

RE: unable to mount the first file system on start up

2003-03-10 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: >I have a nfsd running to export more than one file systems. Many desktops and >servers mount them to their local disk. But one dell PE2650 cannot mount the first >nfs file system and the error message is "RPC port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to >

RE: test empty dir

2003-03-07 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
this seems a very good test, but the system says "[: too may arguments" -Original Message- From: Anand Buddhdev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 March 2003 09:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: test empty dir On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrot

test empty dir

2003-03-07 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
dear gurus how can i test if a directory is empty? at the moment i use the following method: ls -l /dirname | grep "total 0" if [ $? ] then but I think it is ugly, any pretty way? ... Cheng This email is confidential and intend

unable to mount the first file system on start up

2003-03-06 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
I have a nfsd running to export more than one file systems. Many desktops and servers mount them to their local disk. But one dell PE2650 cannot mount the first nfs file system and the error message is "RPC port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive" and the following nfs file systems are mou

RE: how to load both nic on start up?

2003-03-03 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
"more servers and desktops under the same subnet will also need to access these two servers." We are talking about one server here right? Larry S. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi

RE: how to load both nic on start up?

2003-03-03 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi Cheng Wang Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to load both nic on start up? there two ether cards, one with UTP CAT 5 cable

how to load both nic on start up?

2003-03-03 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
there two ether cards, one with UTP CAT 5 cable connected to eth1 (bcm5700) and one fibre cable connected eth0 (e1000). they have different IP on the same network, e.g. 130.88.231.86 and 130.88.231.85 but only the eth1 revealed by netstat. Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway

ping will kill the network connection

2003-03-03 Thread Zhi Cheng Wang
dear all on my newly installed RH7.2 on Compaq Proliant DL580, with one UTP CAT 5 cable and one fibre cable connected, if I ping something, the network connection will die. the server itself can not even be ping'd any suggestions? many thanks cheng Bioinformatics Paterson Institute for Cancer