Can it be that mail that is saved in my home dir is world readable ?
I am using exmh as my MUA. Can it be that my saved mail is world readable, or did I managed to change the permissions without being aware of that ? Can an exmh user send me the correct permissions ? [14:20:13 shaul]$ ls -l ~shaul/Mail/hardware/1 -rw-r--r-- 1 shaulshaul3321 Dec 9 01:03 /home/shaul/Mail/hardware/1 [14:20:32 shaul]$
Re: Can it be that mail that is saved in my home dir is world readable ?
shaul wrote: I am using exmh as my MUA. Can it be that my saved mail is world readable, or did I managed to change t he permissions without being aware of that ? Can an exmh user send me the correct permissions ? [14:20:13 shaul]$ ls -l ~shaul/Mail/hardware/1 -rw-r--r-- 1 shaulshaul3321 Dec 9 01:03 /home/shaul/Mail/hardware/1 I think mh uses your umask to determine permissions. However, you can block all access, regardless, by removing permissions from your top-level Mail directory: $ ls -ld Mail drwx-- 40 olly olly 2048 Dec 18 07:08 Mail The permissions below this can be as free as you like; no-one except myself can descend the tree to access the files. [09:32:35 shaul]$ ls -ld Mail drwx--x--x 13 shaulmail 1024 Dec 18 09:36 Mail [13:51:40 shaul]$ If I'll change the permissions, will it not be a source of problems ? Can someone else that use exmh send me the permissions of his Mail directory ? Should I file a bug against exmh because of those permissions ?
New IBM sendmail replacement will be free and open source
The following appeared on my local LUG group. --- Forwarded Message On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote: http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/hotstories/deals/wires/9812/14/ibm_wg/ that is none other than Vmailer from Wietse Venema, which other than having a truely scary name fit for a vampire, has something personal against Dan Bernstein and Qmail. He's very active on BugTraq, and seems to know what he's doing most of the time, but his attitude and few errors I have seen him get caught in, pushed me away from trying Vmailer. He renamed it Postfix lately, btw, and now it's just titled Secure Mailer on alphaworks. http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/formula/securemailer - -- Ira Abramov ; whois:IA58 ; www.scso.com ; all around Linux enthusiast `When you say I wrote a program that crashed Windows, people just stare at you blankly and say Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*.' (Linus Torvalds) --- End of Forwarded Message
Re: ftping StarOffice in small doses
Hi all, I want to download StarOffice but with it being 70Mb I don't fancy having an open line for seven hours plus. Does anyone know of an ftp program that can download in chunks at a time and doesn't mind frequent interruptions. I think in the past someone mentioned 'cftp' but I can't find any information on that. I think that wget might help.
Presort my email messages when exmh is the MUA.
I am using exmh to handle my email (MUA ?). The MTA is smail (is it also the MDA ? What are the differences between MDA and MTA ?). I want to presort my email messages. Can you recommend a way to do it (procmail ? exmh capabilities for this task, if it got any ? other ?). Is the proposed way a popular one ? Is there a HOWTO, or similar staff, that explain how to do it ? Thank you.
Re: vgetty info.
1) Check out /usr/doc/mgetty-*, assuming you installed some mgetty-* packages. 2) Try asking on mgetty mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Great mailing list. but remember that they want you to read the documentation first. 3) Please report back to this list. Thank you. I'm looking for information about vgetty. Does anyone know if there is a homepage for it? Also what modems does it support? Anyone have real world experiance with it?
Re: Why sudo does it ?
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, shaul wrote: [01:53:38 shaul]$ sudo -l You may run the following commands on this host: (root) /sbin/halt (root) /sbin/shutdown -r now (root) /sbin/shutdown -h now [01:55:14 shaul]$ sudo reboot Sorry, user shaul is not allowed to execute /sbin/reboot as root on rakefet. I'm guessing that reboot != shutdown -r now. Try running: sudo shutdown -r now It didn't work. Apparently my problem was the line Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown -r now which I assumed that will let me do what I want. After reading your response, I changed my sudoers file. Currently, it is: [16:57:12 shaul]# cat /etc/sudoers # sudoers file (/etc/sudoers). # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification ## # Cmnd alias specification ## Cmnd_Alias HALT=/sbin/halt ## # User privilege specification ## # root can run anything on any machine as any user rootALL=(ALL) ALL # shaul may run these commands: shaul ALL=HALT, /sbin/shutdown -[hr] now [16:59:15 shaul]# exit [17:00:53 shaul]$ sudo -l We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these two things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. Password: You may run the following commands on this host: (root) /sbin/halt (root) /sbin/shutdown -[hr] now [17:01:56 shaul]$
Why sudo does it ?
[01:50:34 shaul]# cat /etc/sudoers # sudoers file (/etc/sudoers). # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification ## # Cmnd alias specification ## Cmnd_Alias HALT=/sbin/halt Cmnd_Alias REBOOT=/sbin/shutdown -r now Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown -h now ## # User privilege specification ## # root can run anything on any machine as any user rootALL=(ALL) ALL # shaul may run these commands: shaul ALL=HALT,REBOOT,SHUTDOWN [01:51:33 shaul]# exit [01:53:38 shaul]$ sudo -l You may run the following commands on this host: (root) /sbin/halt (root) /sbin/shutdown -r now (root) /sbin/shutdown -h now [01:55:05 shaul]$ sudo rebbot sudo: rebbot: command not found [01:55:14 shaul]$ sudo reboot Sorry, user shaul is not allowed to execute /sbin/reboot as root on rakefet. [01:55:21 shaul]$ BTW: My sudo group is empty, if that matter.
Re: terminal window
1) I never used pppconfig but I think it strange that username/password is all it can handle. 2) Perhaps configure the chatscript by hand ? 3) xisp has the ability to open a terminal. But then again, I never needed this terminal. hello I need to open a terminal window for my dial-up ppp connection. I have to pass more than just the username/password. I used pppconfig, but it wasn't enough for the extras. How do I open a terminal window for dial-up connections? thanks
Re: Compress
Anyone know where I can get 'compress' program? Can't answer your question, but: 1) Take a look at the ncompress package (from non-free). 2) Try an Internet search engine. Hope this help.
Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: It seems to me that you are wrong, since when new packages are installed, update-menus considers the users who run update-menus as well. I am saying that on the basis of the following lines (from /usr/doc/menu/html/ch5.html): [snip] Am I right ? One of us should just try it and see. I am wrong. I just tried it (unless there is some cron script, or something else, that I couldn't find although I looked for). The users customizations do not get updated even when the sytem menu does. But the reason I don't think it will update individual users' menus is that when I run it, all the menus get put in ~/.fvwm2/whatever. When root runs it, the menus go into /etc/X11/fvwm2/whatever. If something changes because a new package is installed, the files in /etc/X11/fvwm2/ will be changed, but the old files in ~/.fvwm2/ will still contain the old data, and will override the new data, until that user runs update-menus again. Should this behavior of the update-menus be changed ? Perhaps update-menus should keep a list of the users that run it on their home dir ? As a first step, perhaps users (at least those with a menu customizations) should be email-ed to let them know that the system menu has been changed ? BTW: 1) Is it my bad English, or does /usr/doc/menu/html/ch5.html indeed imply that users customizations are getting updated in these circumstances ? 2) Maybe dpkg should automatically email-ed all the users about software changes ? (which will be added to the long list of dpkg wishes)
Re: Contents file?
I think that you are right. The Contents file should be included. Is the Contents file going to make a re-appearance in the next Debian release? If not, I would like to request that that be reconsidered. I am seeing more and more posts asking where some utility is located, but this could be easily answered if Debian had the Contents file to quickly look it up. (Why was it removed in the 2.0 release anyways?) --
Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: Thank you. How a user can set it for himself ? (It seems to me that menu offers a way to do it, only I couldn't understand how) He can put it in ~/.menu/lyx and run update-menus himself, which will create all the files for just that account. However, I don't think anything will get changed automatically for that user when new packages are installled. It seems to me that you are wrong, since when new packages are installed, update-menus considers the users who run update-menus as well. I am saying that on the basis of the following lines (from /usr/doc/menu/html/ch5.html): Start quoting Debian Menu System - chapter 5 The internals of the menu package 5.1 The update-menus program On startup, update-menus checks the file /var/run/update-menus.pid and the pid in it. If there's an update-menus process with that pid it kills it. If /var/lib/dpkg/lock exists, it forks to background and returns control to dpkg. The background process checks the /var/lib/dpkg/lock file approx. every second until the file's gone. After that, the following steps are performed: 1.sets a variable $dirs to dirs=/etc/menu /usr/lib/menu /usr/lib/menu/default (and if a user runs prgn/update-menus/, it will add ~/.menu to the front of that list) 2.it reads the list of installed packages 3. for d in $dirs; do End quoting. Am I right ?
Re: PPP problems
I don't know what is wrong, but I suspect that the chat script is the source of your troubles. To check it, try connecting your ISP with minicon. Also, send the list the chat file and ppp's log for more help. Hi all After running pppconfig and running pppd provider (where provider is the name of the file created by pppconfig), I get the following results (from tail -f /var/log/messages): CONNECT stuff and so . expect (ogin: login_name) 19200^M ^M NO CARRIER --failed Failed (NO CARRIER) Exit. PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered What am I doing wrong?
Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: My /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook has the following entry for lyx: [23:36:37 shaul]$ grep lyx /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook + lyx Exec/usr/X11R6/bin/lyx [23:38:51 shaul] I want to change it to + lyx Exec /usr/X11R6/bin/lyx -width 631 -height 461 To change it for all users: $ su Password: # cp /usr/lib/menu/lyx /etc/menu/ # edit /etc/menu/lyx [ Make the change. ] # update-menus # ^D $ Thank you. How a user can set it for himself ? (It seems to me that menu offers a way to do it, only I couldn't understand how)
Re: how can i install internet via a modem under linux?
how can i install internet via a modem under linux? please help me thanks for the answer Take a look at the pppconfig package.
How to customize fvwm entries ?
My /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook has the following entry for lyx: [23:36:37 shaul]$ grep lyx /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook + lyx Exec/usr/X11R6/bin/lyx [23:38:51 shaul] I want to change it to + lyx Exec /usr/X11R6/bin/lyx -width 631 -height 461 I tried to create a ~fvwm2/post.hook with that line. Which works. But now my menu has to entries for lyx. The first one is the old entry, the one without the -width customization. And the second one is what I added. How to get rid of / modify the original entry ? Thank you.
Re: which fax?
Can't answer your question, but want to point out that the mgetty-docs package is a good source for find out about mgetty abilities (although it is not completely up to date as far as I can tell). Hello, Which fax sending/receiving package should I get, please? efax, mgetty or ? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to one or the other? I have a generic faxmodem. If I'd be able to serve it as a PostScript (or other) printer to a Windows box, that'd be nice (I have samba working OK), but I can configure that easily even if the package doesn't support it. I run hamm. And, lastly, is there a better way to find out than asking on here? The descriptions in the packages aren't particularly enlightening as far as comparison of packages is concerned... Thank you
Re: Smail configurationg (wrong from)
I am using exmh, and for this reason I can't help you with mutt (I didn't even tried to use mutt). Sorry. I think I had the same problem that you have with exmh as well, but someone on debian-user showed me how to bypass it and that is what I am doing. If you like I can send you his letter. His bypass is not a complete solution since it does produce some errors, but it seems that these errors are not preventing me from sending and receiving email. Hi Sahul, I tried your sugestion but it fails to send any e-mail. Anyway, I perceived that the problem is with mutt because when I send an e-mail with elm there is no problem. Do you use mutt? Can you help me? Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 10:46:14PM +0200, shaul wrote: There are instructions for configuring smail to rewrite your From field, in the Debian FAQOMATIC (Courtesy of Daniel Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] ): http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html Hi Debian users, I'm using smail as my MTA and I have a problem: when sending a mail the from is jaca.cos.ufrj.br and not cos.ufrj.br as desired. I used smailconfig, selected the third option and put the server machine name (rio.cos.ufrj.br) and the from as desired cos.ufrj.br. Then I tried other mail and the problem persist. Have I to restart some service? Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Smail configurationg (wrong from)
There are instructions for configuring smail to rewrite your From field, in the Debian FAQOMATIC (Courtesy of Daniel Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] ): http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html Hi Debian users, I'm using smail as my MTA and I have a problem: when sending a mail the from is jaca.cos.ufrj.br and not cos.ufrj.br as desired. I used smailconfig, selected the third option and put the server machine name (rio.cos.ufrj.br) and the from as desired cos.ufrj.br. Then I tried other mail and the problem persist. Have I to restart some service? Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique
Re: mgetty prevents calls
I believe that your problem is that your ppp configuration uses /dev/modem, and mgetty uses /dev/ttyS0. My suggestion for you is to get rid of the /dev/modem stuff, as it is causing problems with locking the devie (the modem). See mgetty's documentation for more details. Simply using /dev/ttyS0 (assuming this is where your modem is), instead of /dev/modem, might solved your problem. This is the first time I have used the list so I hope I don't make a major faux paux. I have mgetty 1.1.14-2 on a 2.0 box and am having a strange problem. With the mgetty statement commented out in the inittab, ppp will dail out and connect just fine. With the mgetty statement not commented out ppp fails as per the script below: Oct 22 16:08:27 fashion pppd[18300]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: abort on (BUSY) Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: abort on (VOICE) Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: send (ATDT2523698^M) Oct 22 16:08:28 fashion chat[18301]: expect (ogin) Oct 22 16:08:47 fashion chat[18301]: ATDT2523698^M^M Oct 22 16:08:47 fashion chat[18301]: CONNECT 38400^M Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: ^M Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: ^M Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: login Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: -- got it Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: send (Pxxx^M) Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: expect (word) Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: : Pxxx^M Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: Password Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: -- got it Oct 22 16:08:49 fashion chat[18301]: send (??) Oct 22 16:08:50 fashion pppd[18300]: Serial connection established. Oct 22 16:08:51 fashion pppd[18300]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 22 16:08:51 fashion pppd[18300]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/modem Oct 22 16:08:54 fashion pppd[18300]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP Oct 22 16:08:54 fashion pppd[18300]: local IP address 207.170.232.137 Oct 22 16:08:54 fashion pppd[18300]: remote IP address 207.170.232.4 Oct 22 16:12:50 fashion pppd[18300]: Terminating on signal 15. Oct 22 16:12:50 fashion pppd[18300]: Connection terminated. Oct 22 16:12:50 fashion pppd[18300]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Oct 22 16:12:50 fashion pppd[18300]: Exit. The lines in the inittab I have used are: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0 and S0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0 and some varitations of the above. Can anyone help me figure out what is going on? I'm assuming I have a mgetty problem and not a ppp problem, but I've been wrong before. Thanks in advance. Dennis Runolfson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: debian list archives under netscape
Happend to me too with communicator-pro-v406-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0-glibc2 .tar.gz. I think it was when I had 2 netscape windows opened and netscape had the wrong impression that I am trying to copy something from one of them. BTW: A search mechanism on the subject field would help us not to need to see the whole list before finding some relevant data. Hi, I have experienced problems with netscape freezing up when accessing debian's mailing list archives (debian-user, debian-development). This has happened intermittently with every netscape version I have used as far back as I can remember. I have never known where the problem really is (my setup, netscape, debian web server). I just installed 4.5b2 from slink and finally decided to see if anyone else has the same problem. What happens is that sometimes, clicking on the month tag (say Oct) starts to download and it gets only part way. Netscape then displays that little clock like it is downloading but it never finishes. It also never lets me do anything else. Completely frozen. I have to kill it and then remove the lock file by hand. This occurs on multiple computers all running debian. Anyone know why? Also, if I get the listings downloaded and read a particular entry, when I click on back it always reloads the whole list. I have not disabled caching so I assume it has something to do with the way the list is setup on the server. Is this normal? The page for a whole month gets large quickly so it would be really nice to cache it during any given session. I would file a bug report if I could figure out that a bug exists and in which package. It may well be my fault somehow. thanks, Stuart -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: mgetty-fax and printing faxes
Maybe mgetty mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) can help you ? (They want you to make sure that the docs doesn't answer your problem before you post). Hope this help.
Re: GDB and ADA.
What is the best way to have hamm system support debugging of ADA programs in gdb ? Install the slink version of gdb, try if it works; if it doesn't, submit a useful bug report. dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/gdb_4.17-4.m68k.objc.threads.hwwp.fpu.gn at.deb Note the gnat in there. [23:02:45 shaul]$ zcat /usr/doc/gdb/changelog.Debian.gz | head -n 16 | tail * re-integrated gnat support. (Was repported as a bug against 4.16, patch had been integrated then, but dropped while switching to version 4.17). (NB: Not being an ADA expert, I'd appreciate if s/o could confirm it now works properly, thanx) -- Vincent Renardias [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:46:28 +0200 [23:03:05 shaul]$ I am only at the beginning of my ADA course, and my gdb knowledge is limited to the basic operations. But it seems to me that gdb support for ADA is working (at least the basic functionality). Please note that I didn't thoroughly test it, though. I'll submit a bug report if I'll encounter one. -- System Information Package: gdb Version: 4.17-4.m68k.objc.threads.hwwp.fpu.gnat Debian Release: 2.0 Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i586 unknown Versions of the packages gdb depends on: ii libc6 2.0.7t-1 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files) ii libreadlineg2 2.1-10.1 GNU readline and history libraries, run-time ii ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-8.8 Video terminal manipulation - shared librari
Re: ppp vs windows dialup networking
when I connect to my isp in windows I get a dialog box showing the progress of the connection. It finally reports the connection speed that the modem achieved. Is there any way to get this information when connecting via ppp? Try xisp (you'll need X for it).
Re: GDB and ADA.
I tried to look for slink's gdb. All I could find is some m68k staff. (I did find some relevant lines in Contents-i386.gz) What did I miss ? What is the best way to have hamm system support debugging of ADA programs in gdb ? Install the slink version of gdb, try if it works; if it doesn't, submit a useful bug report.
Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.
If anyone is taking a survery... My machine also has 64M or ram, and I am using 128M of swap space (I figured with a 5.4GB drive I'd max out the swap partition.) I am curious if that size of swap is realy needed: could you email the results of a free command ? Thank you.
Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:34:16PM +0300, shaul wrote: (1) Linux accept up to 128MB for a single swap partition (2) There is (was) a rule of thumb to have a swap size as twice as the RAM the machine has (3) Having more RAM reduces the needs for swap. ya konw, i'm a little confused. people say more RAM reduce the needs for swap while swap is recommended for double size of RAM ? yeah, newbia i am :-P [01:30:15 shaul]$ grep -A18 Your swap partition /cdrom/install.txt Your swap partition will be used to provide virtual memory for the system and should be between 16 and 128 megabytes in size, depending on how much disk space you have and how many large programs you want to run. The old rule of thumb is that swap should be twice as big as the amount of physical memory you have available. Once you get past the 32MB of RAM mark, you shouldn't make your swap partition more than 1.5 bigger than the amount of RAM. Linux will not use more than 128 megabytes of swap on a single swap partition, so there's no reason to make your swap partition larger than that. However, you can make multiple swap partitions by hand and edit /etc/fstab af- ter you've installed to get more than 128 megabytes of swap. A swap partition is strongly recommended, but you can do with- out one if you insist, and if your system has more than 16 megabytes of RAM. If you wish to do this, please select the Do Without a Swap Partition item from the menu. [01:30:27 shaul]$ Does all this make sense ? Perhaps Debian should make a small survey among its users about the size of the swap size they are using ? i'm currently use 12M swap with 64M RAM, is it too few ? Well, IMHO it is too small. I wonder, could you send what free reports when your machine runs your usual apps? i feel ugly when open *guash*, and xemacs and netscape opened very slowly. i only have 2G hd, and 750M among it is spared for win98 'cause i need its support for chinese stuff. Will it get quicker if you'll create a swap file ? --zhaoway the exactly 9th registerd linux user in counter.li.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: LaTeX book
Not a book but might be helpful: http://bluesky.ecas.ou.edu/~bfiedler/tips/latex.html ftp://granroth.ml.org/pub/Latex/short_intro.ps Also, take a look at lyx. Dear all, Can anyone recommend a good one of these, please? Mainly for scientific writing...
Why having the . at the end of someone's PATH is a security ?
There shouldn't be a . in your PATH; even at the end, it's a security risk. Why ? How it can be exploited ?
GDB and ADA.
It seems to me that hamm's version of gdb doesn't support debugging of ADA programs. Will that be changed in slink? cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/gdb has gdb-4.16.gnat.1.12.diff.gz and gdb-4.16.gnat.1.13.diff.gz. Are they usable for hamm's gdb (4.17) ? Since the latest gnat version is 3.10, what does the 1.1? on the above files' name stand for ? What is the best way to have hamm system support debugging of ADA programs in gdb ? Did bo's gdb supported debugging of ADA programs ?
Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.
Debian's recommends (in its FAQ and the installation guide) to have about 50MB of swap file. I am using 50MB only as a representative number. I know it is also saying that (1) Linux accept up to 128MB for a single swap partition (2) There is (was) a rule of thumb to have a swap size as twice as the RAM the machine has (3) Having more RAM reduces the needs for swap. I think that this recommendation should be raise to the full 128MB that Linux accept for a single swap size, together with the saying that it can work with much less swap, that it is hard to determine a single number when almost each installation is different on its use and future needs, etc. My reasons are: 1) Application are getting bigger in their memory needs (netscape, xemacs, image proccessing, and more). And the rate that the applications are getting bigger seems to exceed the rate the memory chips are getting larger and cheaper. 2) Disk sizes are getting larger, so sparing as much as 128MB for swap size today is much less painfull and much more cheaper then sparing 50MB couple of years ago. 3) Resizing disks partitions when someone needs more swap is a problmatic process, and using swap files are not recommended. 4) Restaring an application seems to require more and more time. While saying all that, I am taking my machine a an example: [07:04:06 shaul]$ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 38344 37732612 17868208 8984 -/+ buffers/cache: 28540 9804 Swap:48380 43608 4772 [20:15:17 shaul]$ My machine is used as a desktop computer for a single user. It has only modem connection to the internet. Still, it uses a considerable amount of its memory resources. Then what am I doing with all that memory resources ? The answer is that I am using a 3x3 pages on my display, and tend to keep the programs open on one page while I am switching to another. I find it more comfortable to switch to a different display page then to use one page and open and close the programs that I want. Therefor, I am using simultansiouly a total of about 6 xterms (about one for each display page), one copy of netscape, one xemacs window, one DDD window, and 3 TkMan windows. A little experiment that I did show (?) that iconifying most of these windows has little effect on the memory usage. Does all this make sense ? Perhaps Debian should make a small survey among its users about the size of the swap size they are using ?
exmh : audio/basic for all kinds of files ?
Whenever I am trying to attach a file to a message using exmh, it says that its default type is audio/basic. When I used to do the same thing under bo, it used to show the correct type of the file. does anybody else exprienced it ? Is it a matter of some settings that has to be changed ? I tried to delete all the entries that mention audio from my /etc/mailcap (by editing the file), but it didn't help. I think it is worth mentioning that I don't have a sound card. Thank you. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: moving / sda4 -- sdb1
Perhaps the /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.gz could help ? greetings, I need to move debian from drive 1 to drive 2 ( just deep sixed NT ;0) ), what are the steps necessary. Thus far i have done a copy using mc ( skipping proc of course ), modified lilo, fstab. boots ok gets to checking the new sdb1 then it proceeds to run from the old partition sda4, i guess i missed some essentials steps somewhere. So thats on hold for now :(, will continue RTFM's etc, any help appreciated. The upside is i have worked out how to give doom its virtual graphics capable console so now for some stress relief :). Thanx
exmh and the From field.
From time to time I am still trying to convince exmh to use the login and address of my ISP's account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Couple of days ago I run into something relevant from exmh help. It is written in /usr/lib/exmh/html/ppp.howto.html Start quoting: ABOUT SETTING UP MAIL ON PPP-CONNECTED DIALUP MACHINES. === # This howto is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,# # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # This howto is for you if you have a Linux machine that does not have a permanent internet connection but rather uses dialup PPP to connect to your internet service provider. A common problem is how to masquerade as your ISP's mailhost to get From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another problem is how to send and receive mail. 0.) Fixing MH = You just need to add two lines to your MH mail transport configuration file. For original MH this file is called mtstailor (typically installed in /usr/local/lib/mh). For nmh it is mts.conf (typically installed in /usr/local/nmh/etc). In either case you put in two entries: localname defines the machine name used in From: lines, clientname the machine name used in the SMTP HELO header. (If you don't put a clientname entry then localname gets used, which may make your SMTP server unhappy if it tries to verify HELO.) For example, I have: localname: sss.pgh.pa.us clientname: sss.sss.pgh.pa.us End quoting. Trying to follow what it says, I added the following 2 lines to /etc/mh/mtstailor: localname: rakefet clientname: mail.inter.net.il But it didn't give me the correct From field. Some lines from smail's log are: 10/02/1998 23:17:25: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'mail.inter.net.il': fro m [EMAIL PROTECTED](rakefet) source [127.0.0.1]: Host name does not match remote address. 10/02/1998 23:17:25: [m0zPBdl-0002ARC] Received FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HOST:mail.int er.net.il(rakefet)[127.0.0.1] PROTOCOL:esmtp PROGRAM:in.smtpd SIZE:1567 IDENT:sh aul ID-METHOD:rfc1413 10/02/1998 23:17:29: [m0zPBdl-0002ARC] Delivered VIA:mail.inter.net.il TO:linux- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORIG-TO:linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il ROUTER:smart_host TRANSPORT:sm tp 10/02/1998 23:17:29: [m0zPBdl-0002ARC] Delivered VIA:mail.inter.net.il TO:alex_d [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORIG-TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ROUTER:smart _host TRANSPORT:smtp 10/02/1998 23:17:29: [m0zPBdl-0002ARC] Completed. 10/02/1998 23:17:31: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'rakefet': from [EMAIL PROTECTED] kefet(rakefet) source [127.0.0.1]: hostname must contain a '.'. 10/02/1998 23:17:31: [m0zPBdr-0002ARC] Received FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] r g HOST:rakefet[127.0.0.1] PROTOCOL:esmtp PROGRAM:in.smtpd ORIG-ID:DX6_RD.A.XYB .3R-E2@murphy SIZE:1914 IDENT:shaul ID-METHOD:rfc1413 10/02/1998 23:17:32: [m0zPBdr-0002ASC] Received FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] o rg HOST:rakefet[127.0.0.1] PROTOCOL:esmtp PROGRAM:in.smtpd ORIG-ID:NCTSo.A.b-B .jd-E2@murphy SIZE:2730 IDENT:shaul ID-METHOD:rfc1413 As an alternative, the above help says that: Continue quoting: If you do step 0 then you probably do not have to setup sendmail masquerading. 1.) Setting up sendmail for masquerading If you don't use sendmail, you're on your own. If you're using sendmail, all you need to do is to replace your /etc/sendmail.cf with a new sendmail.cf that you generate using the m4 files that come with any (newer) sendmail source distribution. In that distribution you'll find directories ./cf/cf, ./cf/domain, ../cf/feature, ... You first have to create an m4 config file for your host. The file ./cf/README explains how to do that. If you don't want to read it, here is a quick start with an m4 config file (myhost.mc) that should be appropriate in most cases (if you don't use procmail, delete the lines regarding procmail; BTW, redhat 4.2 uses procmail): # myhost.mc VERSIONID(`Put here some free text describing the version of this config file') OSTYPE(linux) DOMAIN(generic) define(`SMART_HOST', `myispmailhost.com')dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope) MASQUERADE_AS(myispdomain) define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl define(`confCOPY_ERRORS_TO',`mylocalloginname')dnl FEATURE(nouucp) FEATURE(local_procmail) MAILER(local) MAILER(smtp) MAILER(procmail) In many cases, myispmailhost.com and myispdomain are the same: Myispmailhost is the host that accepts SMTP connections on tcp port 25 and acts as a mail relay to the outer world (smart host). Very often the name of a PPP connected machine does not have a valid entry in DNS (domain name service), i.e. other machines that try to determine your IP address using your hostname will get an error. Some domains (notably AOL) won't accept mail from your host if they get such an error. Therefore, you need to use a mail
Re: Tin hangs on Debian 2.0
I am using tin_980226-3.deb on Debian 2.0. I can read news, but I can't post because of some 7/8 bit matter which I didn't look into. Few days ago there was someone asking on this list about this 7/8 bit matter. I think he is using it under Hamm too. I installed a fresh Debian 2.0 system via FTP. The tin newsreader shows the groups available, but when I press Enter to see the headers, the program hangs. I found this problem on two different systems. I fixed the problem by purging tin_980226-3.deb and installing the old version from a Debian 1.3.1 CD-ROM. The old package is tin_97.03.21-1.deb which required the old lib ncurses3.0. I noticed that tin has moved from the main directory to the non-free, does this mean something? Is there anybody using the new tin on a new 2.0 Debian?
I Don't recieve the Prospective needed and work ... ?
It's been a long time since I recieved the Prospective needed and work ... email. Is it steel being automatically mailed from time to time ?
Re: unable to connect to ttyS1
Perhaps your modem is a PLUG and PLAY modem or a winmodem of some thought ? Hi. I'm currently running a Debian 1.3 system, and I'm working on putting together a Hamm system to replace it. I'm trying to get a ppp connection running on an external modem plugged into COM2 of the Hamm system and I'm having no luck. First, I defined the connection and then 'pon' to start the connection. No dice. /var/log/ppp.log contained the following lines: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 tcgetattr: input/output error (5) Exit. Ok, I went back a few steps. I pulled down the PPP-HowTo and slog through the advice it has (which isn't 100% the same as the default Hamm setup). I discovered that using Minicom, I didn't get any response to AT commands sent to /dev/ttyS1. I rebooted the system and use Lilo to boot MS-Dog. Kermit saw a modem on COM2 and I was even able to use it to dial my ISP and transfer some more stuff to my new system. So the modem/serial port/phone line *do* work. Back to Linux (stopping by the BIOS setup on the way to note COM2's I/O address and IRQ: 2f8, IRQ 3). I did a 'setserial /dev/ttyS1': /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3 I searched the mailing lists, and everybody else who was having similar problems was using Plug-n-Pray internal modems. No responses seemed to apply to a built-in serial port. So I'm stumped. I'm guessing it's a conflict of some kind, but it's a little too subtle for my experience level. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
_POSTSCRIPT_ versions of the GNAT documantaion
From where can I download _POSTSCRIPT_ versions of the GNAT documantaion (such as the GNAT User's Guide, GNAT Reference Manual) ? Thank you. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tin charset problem
Has anyone ever seem this error from tin? Error: Bad charset for non-7bit encoding (must not be us-ascii) I consistently get this error and it won't let me post because of it. I am getting it, and I still hadn't look into it. I am not sure but I think that in the last few weeks this problem has been raised, and probably discussed, on this list more then once.
Re: PPP problem.
No /etc/resolv.conf is necessary if you have BIND installed (and no network is permanently connected to the machine ?) SYZ == Shao Ying Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SYZ The system dialed out fine. And ping was working fine. SYZ But telnet, ftp lynx does not work. My /etc/resolve.conf does SYZ not contain anything, and it is empty in redhat anway... But it should. /etc/resolv.conf nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # IP of ISP's first DNS nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy # IP of ISP's second DNS /etc/host.conf order hosts, bind multi on
Re: chown for the floppy group
You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may mount a floppy. - Can you be more specific ? That is, what line can be added to /etc/fstab to achieve it ?
/usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an exact copy of each other. I could not find any link between them. Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ? And if not, why ? What are the possible explanations that I have 2 copies of the same directory ? Are there any other files or directories that are duplicated somewhere else on my system ?
Re: How to get rid of the motd
You have to touch .hushlogin. [04:43:35 shaul]$ man login LOGIN(1) LOGIN(1) NAME login - Begin session on the system SYNOPSIS login [username [environmental-variables]] DESCRIPTION login is used to establish a new session with the system. . . . for more information. After a successful login, you will be informed of any sys tem messages and the presence of mail. You may turn off the printing of the system message file, /etc/motd, by creating a zero-length file .hushlogin in your login directory. The mail message will be one of You have new This certainly isn't a serious problem, but I've been a little perplexed at not being able to get rid of the little blurb about Debian/GNU software not being responsible for your machine blowing up, blah, blah, blah that appears directly after login. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Rescue Disk
I think that in most cases simply dd the approptaite file will do. dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync Can anyone tell me the correct procedure for creating a rescue disk after installation. I had a problem with my floppy during the install and it could not create one, now the floppy is fixed and I would like to make one. Thanks in advance.
Re: How to start PPP?
Okay; I give up on the documentation. Maybe someone on the list can help. I think you are too hasty about it. In general, documantation is not easy to read and understand, but it is a great source for help. As for your problem: 1) Check Debian's FAQ-O-MATIC. I don't know what it has but I think there is relevant info. 2) Try to test the connection as root. Permitions problems are quite common and testing the connection as root helps to examine them. 3) Try to cahnge the references from /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS1 (if your modem on COM2, /dev/ttyS2 if it is on COM3, etc). 4) Have a look at the relevant log lines abd see if that help you focous on the problem. 5) Install minicom and see if you can call your ISP with it, and what is their response. 6) Mail the list if you need further help. Attaching the relevant log file lines is desirable. I've got a minimal Debian 2.0 system up and running (base install from the floppies and that's it). I've run pppconfig and told it to create a connection named bub. I haven't found any documentation that tells me how to use this connection. I've found several references to running pon, or pppd, and references to chatscript and provider and etc etc etc. I've figured out that if I just type pon the system tries to use the provider connection (which doesn't work, presumably because the provider files aren't properly configured - it gives an error message about /dev/modem being an unrecognized option). But if I type pon bub (which is what I would have thought would've used the bub connection), all that happens is the system thinks for a couple of seconds and then returns me to a prompt. There's no modem activity or messages or anything. Any suggestions as to what I can do different? Thanks! === Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005| E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham:KC5ENO, General | === -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: unmounting bad floppy
is there a way to force an unmount of a bad floppy? It failed to mount, and has gotten the idea that something is open. Is there anythign short of rebooting, or can i even try to reboot? Can it be that a bad cdrom has the same problem ? I have encountered situations when, after I had problems with a CD, I couldn't mount another one. The error was something like : cdrom is busy or mounted. Although the previous CD was unmounted.
Re: printing takes hours in HAMM
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed
that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be
recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ?
Ah, that sounds like a very good idea! I will experiment with the
lp settings in the BIOS tonight and see whether that makes a difference.
How did you find out about that difference?
How did I find out about that difference?
Some time ago, while I was still running bo, I experimented with my BIOS
settings and noticed that the printer behavior is different when the BIOS
enables the parallel port extensions. The only thing I remember is that
either
the printer didn't work at all, or that it was very slow or that it began
the
printing and then stoped. It didn't took me much time to reset the BIOS to
the
simple parallel port definition.
Oops, sorry, I meant to ask:
How did you find out that 2.0.34 knows about the advanced extensions of the
parallel port? I didn't see anything in the changelog.
My log says:
...
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: Version 1.42
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: Probing port 03bc
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: Probing port 0378
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: SPP port present
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: PS/2 bidirectional port present
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: ppa: Probing port 0278
Sep 13 09:30:29 rakefet kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
...
And I don't recall the same stuff on my previous (2.0.29) kernel. Or am I
wrong ?
Also, I believe that SPP, EPP and friends are the names of the parallel port
advanced extensions. And if there is an SPP detection then I think it is
reasonable to expect that other extensions might be detected and handled as
well. However, it is all based on the above lines. I didn't read it anywhere
and, coming to think about it, I might be completely wrong. Am I ?
Well, I solved my problem in the meantime. I rebooted with my old 2.0.34
kernel and found that everything works alright. Then I looked at the
source diffs of patch 2.0.35 and saw that there are the following
changes in the file drivers/char/lp.c:
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.34/linux/drivers/char/lp.c
linux/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -89,7 +89,14 @@
while(wait != LP_WAIT(minor)) wait++;
/* control port takes strobe high */
outb_p(( LP_PSELECP | LP_PINITP | LP_PSTROBE ), ( LP_C( minor )));
- while(wait) wait--;
+ /* Wait until NBUSY line goes high */
+ count = 0;
+ do {
+ status = LP_S(minor);
+ count++;
+ if (need_resched)
+ schedule();
+ } while (LP_READY(minor, status) (countLP_CHAR(minor)));
/* take strobe low */
outb_p(( LP_PSELECP | LP_PINITP ), ( LP_C( minor )));
/* update waittime statistics */
I undid the patch, recompiled the module lp.o and voila! it works again.
This is not a satisfying solution, but I don't understand enough about
kernel programming to find the bug(?) myself.
Maybe this NBUSY line rarely goes high?
Anybody have an idea what to do?
My understanding + knowledge is much less then yours :(.
Re: Getting Lyx up and running with Hamm
Lyx for Hamm needs libforms0.88 Package: lyx Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: contrib/text Installed-Size: 4576 Maintainer: Stuart Lamble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 0.12.0.final-0.1 Depends: libc6, libforms0.88, libg++272 (= 2.7.2.8), xlib6g (= 3.3-5), xpm4g ( Recommends: latex, dvips, tetex-base | ltxgraph Conffiles: Hi! After upgrading to Hamm, Lyx doesn't work any more, complaining that it can't load library 'libforms.so.0.81' . This is reported as bug #18477. Is there any work-around for this?
Re: into the breach^h^h^h^h^h ppp once more
Adding \q before the password like (\qpassword) in /etc/chatscripts/provider will stopped the password being displayed in the log even if the debug is set. Or did I missed something ? Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: The loginid and password are correct; they're the same ones it uses to login. what can possibly be going wrong here? and why is the password nakedly displayed like that in the log? rick I found (after several phone calls) that turning off the debug option in /etc/ppp/peers/provider , I think) stopped the password being displayed in the log. All I get now are the remote messages such a s the IP address.
Re: Getting on the internet LCP timeout sending confige request.
1) I think that I had once a problem like the one you describe because the configuration of the mtu/mru numbers didn't fit to the ones that were recieved/transmitted. But I might confusing different issues. 2) I think that sending the relevant lines of the log may help solving any kind of PPP problems. After getting my earlier problems fixed or so it seems with routing, gateways, domains, and DNS when trying to connect to the internet I get disconnected and in my log I get LCP: timeout sending confige request This message may not be exact but it is real close. I went to ppp options and tried to disable lcp icp negoations but I just got more error messages about something being disabled and my script still failed. I also tried through the options file extending how many LCP confige request my machine could send. I even set it to 100 and still ended up timing out. So it seems my machine cannot finish getting connected to my isp because of confige timeout request. Any comments about how to fix this would be appreciated.
Re: Installation Help
Where can I find help on installing Debian? I thought this was the list but no one has replied. When installing Debian I get this error part way though the instation: No ... msdos ... partitions that had not already been mounted were detected. What could cause this error? I am wanting to install from my hardrive. There should be an installation text on each debian binary CDROM. I beleive the same text can be found on debian home page. As for the error you mention: I didn't had such an error. My first guess is that you didn't partition your HD, yet you are trying to install debian on it. I suggest that you read the instlation help text I mentioned above. You can also send more details to this list. Hope this helps.
Re: printing takes hours in HAMM
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ? Ah, that sounds like a very good idea! I will experiment with the lp settings in the BIOS tonight and see whether that makes a difference. How did you find out about that difference? How did I find out about that difference? Some time ago, while I was still running bo, I experimented with my BIOS settings and noticed that the printer behavior is different when the BIOS enables the parallel port extensions. The only thing I remember is that either the printer didn't work at all, or that it was very slow or that it began the printing and then stoped. It didn't took me much time to reset the BIOS to the simple parallel port definition. That is the only thing I can say about it because I didn't look at it any further.
Re: I can,t seem to get out to the internet.
Can you ping to an IP address (as opposed to a URL address) ? Yes, I an new to Linux 2.0 something. I have had it installed for a few months now. I have read the help files and ppp-howto stuff and even bought a book. I have my connect script working. I connect to my isp using pppd call provider after it gets logged in I type pppd in a seperate x window and get the trash. I can ping my providers address I can ping my assigned address I have my DNS numbers in the correct file as nameserver 123.45.56.89 nameserver 234.43.23.32 Those are just examples. I cannot get my arena browser and lynx browser to goto websights. also, I cannot ping any other websights. Any hints as to what I might be doing wrong. Anything at all will be greatly appreciated.
Re: printing takes hours in HAMM
After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ? Hi! After my upgrade to HAMM every kind of printing takes forever. No matter whether I print via magicfilter or cat a file to /dev/lp1 my printer prints a line, waits something like 5 seconds, then prints the next line. Anyone out there who has an idea what happened? Do I have to set some baud rates for the device or something?
Re: Debian manual -- printed.
There is a link from debian home page to a free book like the one you are looking for (and other documentation). Since, I decided to use debian instead of Slackware or Red Hat. I have noticed something. I can't find a book devoted to it. I can find the other and I even am considering switching to another dist, just be cause I like to have a printed text near by. You to read on the bus or when you turn on your machine and it makes that uhh no sound stop crash ! So can someone recommend one to me that has stuff in it specific to Debian? Where can I get it? (I even have Linux Journal - and I can't find anything in there!) Ok, if it will help I'll trade all my old Windblows 95/3.1 tech manuals and like or how about my Netware CNE/CNA study guide ; )
Re: BASIC HELP
Once you get the $ prompt you can do whatever you need to do. So, what you want to do ? You mentioned trying to send email. I think that the basic text command to send email is mail. Therefor, if you want to email yourself, you can try: $ mail -s $(date) - trying to email myself $USER /dev/null And then you can type mail to activate the basic text mail reader (in it, ? will show you some help) Hopefully, smail is configured well enough to do it. You can test it by issuing (from the $ prompt) /usr/sbin/smailtest --localonly. that is: $ /usr/sbin/smailtest --localonly and answer y to the question it will ask. It seems to me that are missing Win 98 graphical enviorment. Linux has something like it (The X window system). But, I suggest that before you install it, you will learn more from the Linux books you have. Also, learn a bit about dselect' so that you'll be able to install some games and other applications that I believe you are curious about. Some of these doesn't necceseraly needs the graphical X enviorment, but you'll need to know more about dselect to be able to decide if this is the case for a particular program you are interested in. I am a NEW. I have successfully installed Debian 2.0 from CD on my computer with Win 98. I have a 1,900 Mb Linux Native and 190 Mb Linux Swap. I am the only user on it; there is no connected network. I log on and get the '$' prompt and except for a few things like vi and emacs I can do nothing. For example, I answered the queries for smail yet from root or /usr/bin/ I get the error message saying bad command when I enter 'smail' I even can list smail, see it listed and get the same error message when enter smail. I list RXW permission I ls -l I have 4 Linux books and none of them say what I should do once I get the $ prompt! Mounting a filesystem didn't seem to help but I may not have done that right. There is something VERY basic I am missing, the books don't mention it. Please tell me what to do, or where to go to find basic tutorial help.
Re: running root X programs
I know this has been addressed before, I've tried searching the archives for it, but without success. How do you run an X program as root whilst still in a user X session? # Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:19:01 -0500 # From: Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Organization: Business Data Services, Inc. # MIME-Version: 1.0 # To: Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], # Debian Users debian-user@lists.debian.org # Subject: export XAUTHORITY=$(echo /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/*) # Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org # - # Will Lowe wrote: # # On Tue, 7 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # # Unless explicitly told to do so using xhost, X does not allow anybody # other than the person who started it to open windows on its desktop, # not even root. I could never figure out the proper syntax for xhost, # however, so I usually end up just using 'xhost +' which disables all # access control and then 'xhost -' when I'm done. # # That's pretty insecure. I've seen instances where people on our campus # (admittedly, a large one with relatively insecure systems anyway) have # had other people connect to their X displays because they'd done the # xhost + bit. Generally more a nuisance than a real security concern, # but still... xhost + locahost is only marginally more secure ... with # that one, just anyone on the x machine can connect ... so on a system # which distributes campus email, that's a few thousand people here... # # Go for sudo. # # Actually, it's potentially much more than a nuisance. An X client can capture # all your keystrokes. You do the math. # # To just allow root to run an X app when you logged in as someone other than # root do: # # chilin$ su # Password: # chilin# export XAUTHORITY=$(echo /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/*) # # This way you can log access the server using the xauth data which only you and # root have access to. Neato. # Try it! # # - -- # Jens B. Jorgensen # [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slang vs. ncurses.
At first glance both Slang and ncurses seems to me comparable: They both intend to help the programmer accomodate the terminal. 1) Is it correct ? 2) can someone give a short comparison of these 2 libraries ? Thank you.
Re: ppp connection with Demon
Perhaps I can help you a bit: 1) PPP HOWTO and /usr/doc/ppp/* help a lot. 2) You might did it already, but one thing to do when trying to test the connection is to log in as root. This way you can eliminate problems that can rise because of unsatisfactory permitions untill after you know you can establish the connection. I have never used linux before, so I'm groping around a bit. I am trying to connect to Demon Internet using a chatscript. The server = is able to use either PAP or text-based login, but I got furthest with = text-based. I set ppp up with pppconfig and I have checked the = /etc/ppp/peers/Demon it created and the chatscript it refers to. I have a static IP address but when pon gets to the IP entry in = peers/Demon it says my IP address command not recognised or = something like that. I have tried making the connection with minicom, which happens really = slowly (I don't know how fast it should go). I got the connection speed = back (56K) and the server's address then: login: password: protocol: (I entered ppp) host: (my username) IP: (my IP, which is static) ppp begun at (something) mail maintenance completed. routing problems = with (something or other) fixed. finger (an address) for info. L and it stops there. If ppp was being set up, I would have seen some = garbage wouldn't I? Since it tells me my address anyway, I removed the IP address from = peers/Demon and tried pon again. This time it got through the login = sequence, including the protocol bit, then (plog) said serial connection = established. ifconfig only showed loopback. After a while plog said that = LCP timeout sending config requests. At no point could I use anything = that needed a ppp connection. 3) It seems to me that you can't establish a ppp connection because /etc/ppp/options or /etc/ppp/peers/Demon does not contain the correct switches. Perhaps you can try to read pppd man page and /etc/options to learn what flags are needed for your connection. I'm confused and I'd be very grateful for any help. 4) Try to enable debugging info and learn from that what is wrong. Maybe debugging info + trying different pppd switches can help you solve your problem. 5) Sending debugging info to the list can help others to isolate the problem.
Re: X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3
1) I can't help you with the X problem. 2) About the ppp problem: To begin with, read the help available in /usr/doc/ppp and try the pon command as root. Report the result to the list (unless you can solve the problem yourself from there). Hope this help. -- Forwarded message -- Date: 30 Aug 98 20:15:20 EDT From: Scorpion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Debian Hello, I just switched from Slackware to Debian. Before that I switched from Redhat to Slackware. Redhat is still my favorite, but my RH CD is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am using Debian 1.3. X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server errors. PPP won't work. I am using the same PPP scripts that worked with both Re dHat and Slackware. With Debian, they start and wait a couple seconds, then t hey quit. They never do any dialing. I have the correct location of chat an d pppd (/usr/sbin/). Later Scorpion http://schoolblows.ml.org ICQ: 4762079 AIM: MeT SCorP IRCNet and DALNet: [Stoner] «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» «» | I got this real moron thing I do, it's called | | thinking. And I'm not a very good American | | because I like to form my own opinions. I don't | | just roll over when I'm told to. And my first| | rule is I don't believe anything the government | | tells me. -George Carlin| «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Where is ./configure that is referred by man mdir ?
$ man mdir mdir(1) mdir(1) Name mdir - display an MSDOS directory Note This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is . . . * To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands: ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi ? Where is the ./configure it is referring to ?
Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]
I noticed that same problem. The CD has a readme on it (somewhere, don't have it with me right now) that says something to the effect of it appears that any CD with all the pacakges on it can be called 'official', as there is not standard directory layout or something to that effect. I guess I just took their word for it, but it certainly doesn't cast the Debian project in a good light that the cd_autoup.sh script won't work without manually (and without instruction) making lots of silly symlinks in a temporary directory and running it from there. Perhaps it is silly, but I can't understand why the official CD isn't simply a mirror of the relevant files and directories of Debian's official ftp site. I think that this way the problems like the one of cd_autoup.sh would be much less distrurbing. Making the official CD a mirror of Debian's official ftp site would also help (a little) in the release of new versions. And it would also help (a little) new users to get used to the directory structure of the ftp sites.
xisp_2.5p2-2.deb doesn't run pppd. pon does.
I can't get xisp_2.5p2-2.deb to work. And this is contrary to the fact that pon/poff work almost without intervention (I had only to add noauth to get it to work). I believe that he problem with xisp is something to do with getting pppd to work. I tried to change various flags in /etc/ppp/option.xisp, but it didn't help. Here are some typical log: A typical log for pon is: = Aug 30 09:33:39 rakefet pppd[11043]: pppd 2.3.5 started by shaul, uid 1000 Aug 30 09:33:41 rakefet chat[11044]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 30 09:33:41 rakefet chat[11044]: abort on (NO CARRIER) . . . Aug 30 09:33:58 rakefet pppd[11043]: Serial connection established. Aug 30 09:33:59 rakefet pppd[11043]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 30 09:33:59 rakefet pppd[11043]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Aug 30 09:34:02 rakefet pppd[11043]: local IP address 192.117.188.85 Aug 30 09:34:02 rakefet pppd[11043]: remote IP address 192.117.188.7 A typical log for xisp: === Aug 30 09:53:41 rakefet pppd[11100]: pppd 2.3.5 started by shaul, uid 1000 Aug 30 09:54:05 rakefet pppd[11100]: Serial connection established. Aug 30 09:54:06 rakefet pppd[11100]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 30 09:54:06 rakefet pppd[11100]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Aug 30 09:54:38 rakefet pppd[11100]: Terminating on signal 2. I tried to uncomment the debug option in /etc/ppp/options.xisp, but it didn't revealed much. And I couldn't figure out how to get more detailed debug info.
Re: /etc/ppp/options
I would say that pppd looks at /etc/ppp/options and at /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_name. Since you can connect to the ISP as root, I guess that your problem is pppd permitions. does ls show the existance of /etc/ppp/options when you are looking as root ? Does pppd is suid ? Related to my previous post about learning to use Xisp, I'm trying to get PPP to work from a user account, my own, and so far haven't had any success. Whether I use Xisp or just pon ISP_Name I get the following in /var/log/ppp.log: pppd[2513]: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/options: No such file or directory I was under the assumption that pppd was supposed to use the file /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_Name for the options file? I can't figure out why it's not doing that. The same operations work fine for root, e.g., pon ISP_Name fires up PPPD without a hitch. I don't see a problem with permissions. pppd is setuid root and /etc/chatscript, and all the files therein, are owned by root.dip. I'm also a member of the dip group in /etc/group. I even tried newgrp dip, which succeeded, but I still get the message about /etc/ppp/options not being there? Why is it trying to read that file instead of /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_Name? HELP! Gary -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: HELP: Problems with G++ : Try ./hello and not hello
Try ./hello instead of hello (at the bash promt) I am having difficulties getting g++ to compile properly. I am just testing it with a simple hello program. When I type ... g++ -g -Wall -ohello hello.cc The file - hello - is created. When I type, hello to execute the program. The bash shell tells me there is no such command. What am I doing wrong? I need to get this working for my class on Monday. Thanks, Denis
Re: Minicom question
I'm new to debian and maybe I' overlooking something simple, but have not been able to send a text file with Minicom. Can it be configured to do so? Thanks for any assistance. Kim Breedlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] I haven't did it myself, but I am 100% sure that minicom can do it. I consider this elementary. Are you sure the modem - minicom connection is OK ? Have you checked the man ? What response are you getting when you try to send the file ? What communication program the other side has ? In short, more details (perhaps cut and paste from the minicom terminal) would help to answer.
Re: Installion: Uncorrectable Error
Doesn't it simplly says that the HD has bad sectors ?
I am trying to install debian onto a partition on my second hard drive,
I get finished installing, and making my boot floppy, by i get a lot of
error messages,when I reboot to continue installion. There are so many
messages after a while the computer just sits there, and doesnt do
anything. I tried reinstalling probably 20+ times, and it is still
doing this, I got further than that once, but there was another problem
later on, in hardware, so was going to reinstall, and it is screwed up
again, the error message that I get is:
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 {UnCorrectable Error}, CHS=40/3/25
sector=34548
end_request: I/O Error, dev 03:42, sector 34548
Any info on this message would really help, I get so many of them, they
just fill up the whole screen. Even the time I got past them, I still
had them, just not as many. If it matters, I have a Pentium 100mhz 24
RAM Linux Partition=225 megs and I am installing from a CD, which I
purchased at linuxcentral.com
Kenneth L. Smart
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning, booting from harddisk, etc.
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were encountered: 1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM: Primary IDE Master:4.3G (hda), LBA MODE Primary IDE Slave: NONE Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611) Secondary IDE Slave: 2.1G (hdd), LBA MODE I installed Windows95 osr2 on hda first and then installed Debian on hdd from drive c. The installation of Debian seemed to be successful(except before LILO was installed, it's said that Debian would try to boot from my secondary harddisk but perhaps my CMOS doesn't support it), but after reboot Debian failed to boot from hdd. And I noticed that the size of my secondary harddisk(2.1G) in CMOS Setup Menu had been set to 528MB. How to explain this? 1) One possible explenation is that your CMOS doesn't support booting from the secondary IDE interface (secondary harddisk) and how can Debian boot from my secondary harddisk? In view of 1), it might be that Debian can not boot from your secondary harddisk. You might want to put the 2.1G HD on your primary IDE as the slave. Another thing that might help is the /usr/doc/lilo documantation (like Manual.txt.gz) Should I set the harddisk mode from LBA to NORMAL before installing Debian? 2) IMHO, no. I think that your 4.3G HD is not shown in your CMOS for its correct size as well, because that is how your CMOS is desgined. The fact that both HD are recognized as LBA implies that everything is OK. 2. What's the difference between primary partition and logical partition in Linux? Which should I select when I partition my harddisk for Debian? Since there is a limit of 4 to the number of primary partitions (On a regular PC), an extended partition was invented to be able to hold as many logical partiotions as desired. So, basicaly, one can have its disk has as many partitions as he wants. I don't know what other implications this situation have from the sys designer and sys admin point of view. For how to partition your HD I suggest that you will take a look at the Debian FAQ.
Is it possible to have a prompt with a dynamic clock ?
I understand that setting PS1=[\t]$ (in bash) will show me the time that the prompt appeared. Is it possible to have it advance the time as a regular clock would ?
setlogmask
I am trying to run the example programs that accompany the book Beginning
Linux Programming.
I don't undestand what is wrong with this one (it produces
Aug 10 02:42:38 rakefet logmask[13691]: debug message, should not appear
, although it is not execpected to):
bash-2.00$ cat logmask.c
#include syslog.h
#include stdio.h
#include unistd.h
int main()
{
int logmask;
openlog(logmask, LOG_PID|LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
syslog(LOG_INFO,informative message, pid = %d, getpid());
syslog(LOG_DEBUG,debug message, should appear);
logmask = setlogmask(LOG_MASK(LOG_DEBUG));
syslog(LOG_DEBUG,debug message, should not appear);
return(0);
}
bash-2.00$ cc -o logmask logmask.c
bash-2.00$ ./logmask
rakefet# tail -n2 /var/log/debug
Aug 10 02:42:38 rakefet logmask[13691]: debug message, should appear
Aug 10 02:42:38 rakefet logmask[13691]: debug message, should not appear
How it (should ?) works:
The program initializes the logging dacility with its name , logmask and
requests that log messages contain the process identifier. The informative
message is logged to /var/log/messages and the debug message to
/var/log/debug. The second debug message doesn't appear because we call
setlogmask to ignore all messages with a priority below LOG_NOTICE.
A question about an include file.
Could someone explain what the following line, which is taken from /usr/include/errno.h, means : extern void perror __P ((__const char* __s)); As I understand it, it means that perror is defined in an external file and returns a void type. But what are the __P, and __const ? And why there are 2 sets of brackets, and not only 1 ? Where does these constructs being documented ? Thank you. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Trouble With Simple Thing.
Hello, I'm sorta new to Debian.. and I was wondering if anyone could help me with limiting users to their own directory. I've read docs about it, but still can't get it working. Anyone help? Thanks. I am not sure but I think giving them rbash will keep them in their own directory. It might also have some undesirable effects in your case. Please tell me (and the list) about your findings. Thank you. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
dosemu and win95 startup (logo) screen.
I am trying to set up dosemu. I don't understand much about what I am doing. I am simply reading the docs and do what I see fit. What I wanted to report is that when I am starting dos (that is dosemu) from the console, I am getting win95 startup screen (its logo) and after that I see the hdimage prompt (C:\). It is probably of very little significant bacause the logo is shown on win95 bootstarp process so it is probably execute dos (that is non ring0) code, and simply take full advantage of an svga capabilities (much like today good looking and nicely sounding games that run in dos mode). -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Can less read its input from the stderr ? How ?
Supose I have a program that output long text to stderr. Can I use the less command to page in it ? How ? Can I switch the stdout with the stderr ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
sys c: doesn't work for me. Why ? What to do ?
As is stated in the quickstart instructions, I tried to run 'dos -A', dir c: and sys c:. Everything seems to be O.K until the sys c:, when I got: ERROR: write protect! ERROR: write protect! What is wrong and how to fix it ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
exmh configuration.
I changed my smail configuration so that it will change the From: field on an outgoing mail to be my account on my ISP machine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This setting is working when I use the mail command. For example, $ echo `date` | mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] results in From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:27:02 +0300 (IDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test Fri Jul 17 02:27:02 IDT 1998 However, when I am using exmh I get From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test. Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:28:30 +0300 Fri Jul 17 02:28:01 IDT 1998 (Note the From: field) Question: How to change exmh configuration so that it will let smail do what I want ? That is, how to prevent exmh from disturbing smail to set the From: header the way I want it to be ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Cd vendors in Europe ?
... and at least one of the vendors in Europe is strictly a reseller of CDs. Perhaps you have his email or www address ? Does anyone knows other CD vendors in Europe ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Smail help please
Hi. I really need some help here. I have fetchmail working fine. It pops my mail off my ISP's server just fine. I can't figure out how to make smail send mail through my account on my ISP to the internet when I am logged in. If I use netscapes mail it works fine. I have looked through man smail, man smailconfig and /etc/smail/* files. Does smail need a password somewhere to 'pop' mail on to my ISP's mail server for delivery or does it even have to deal with my ISP's mail server when sending? Please help. Assuming that smail is configured correctly, you only need to runq whenever you are connected to your ISP and want the accumulated mail to get sent. you can take a look at the log file (/var/log/smail/logfile) while you are doing that to see what happens. BTW, with my system and ISP, getting the accumulated mail pass to my ISP may take some time. To verify that all the mail has been sent, you can use mailq on my system, when all its mail has been deleivered, it looks like bash-2.00$ mailq bash-2.00$ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: setting the sender field (was Re: Smail Configuration)
I did a similar thing to get my smail working. I use exmh/mh for email. My problem is that the sender field is set to [EMAIL PROTECTED](FQDN). The user is jmb (or whoever I'm logged in as) and the hostname is achimota. The network I'm on (from my dial-up ISP) is ziplink.net. My FQDN ends up as achimota.ziplink.net, which does not resolve when a DNS lookup is done on it. As a result of this mail to some domains gets rejected. If the FQDN does not resolve it is rejected because maybe they think it is spam or something. Am I making any sense? I hope I have explained the problem clearly. For example this is being sent from user jmb on host nsx.rd.usr.com so the sender field in this message is going to read as [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is ok because nsx.rd.usr.com is a real host. From what I've been reading, the sender field is set by smail. Is there a part in the smail config files where I can set the sender field to a real value - one with a hostname that will resolve. Thanks for any help I Am not sure I understand your problem correctly, but if I do then the following, especialy /etc/smail/transport and /etc/smail/maps/frommap, might help: bin0mkODm9P3T.bin Description: smail.tgz
Re: power-save mode in screen mode ?
On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:51:13AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: is ther any way to force monitor come to power saving mode when i'm in full-screen mode ? setterm -powersave on? How can I tell and change the parameters that controls the saving power mode ? I tried to find the answer to my question by looking at the man page but didn't get anything. Where is it documanted ? BTW: Can anyone give a short and simple explenation about those 3 parameters standby, suspend, offtime ? What are exactly the differences between them ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: MUA configuration for correct From address.
1) I tried to change my configuration files according to your suggestions
(qouted at the end of this letter), but although it gave me no erors, it kept
using the wrong from header. Can you send me all your configuration files
(the whole /etc/smail directory), both its contents and the files' permissions
? I hope it is simply a matter of adding or omiting some characters.
2) I thought that as an intermediate step I can try the following in my
transport file (/etc/smail/transport):
-
smtp: driver=tcpsmtp,
max_addrs=100, # limit on number of addresses
-max_chars,
inet, # use route-addr addresses for routing
remove_header=From, # Rewrite From
insert_header=From: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
use_bind, # resolve MX and multiple A records
defer_no_connect, # try again if the nameserver is down
-local_mx_okay, # fail an MX to the local host
defnames# use standard domain searching
-
That is, as an intermediate step I wanted smail to change the From header for
all outgoing mail in a simple way. But this time I got
$ echo `date` | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s test
$ send-mail: /etc/smail/transports: defnames: unknown attribute
send-mail: mail moved to /var/spool/smail/error/0yvp7A-000jLUC
3) Is there a beginners' explenation about smail configuration ? I tried the
man and the documantation on my system but I didn't get much from it.
Does anybody remember the address of Daniel Martin's page ? Is that page still
there ?
4) What is the defualt MTA in Hamm ?
Thank you.
On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Shaul wrote:
I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a
Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the
Internet.
Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP
login name
is beitamos and my ISP's mail server is mail.inter.net.il
Hope it will help.
Since you have got your MUA to add the reply-to, why not configure
it to send your correct From address instead? I cannot imagine why anyone
would go around with a broken from address.
1) I am adding a Reply-To by hand to every letter I am writing. I couldn't
figured out how to do it automaticaly.
2) Can someone direct me on how to change the From field from my MUA ? That
too I couldn't figured out myself. Furthermore: Isn't such a thing causes
dificullties to smail ?
I am using exmh 1.6 on a bo system.
3) I wouldn't go with a broken From address if I knew how it could be
solved.
As was pointed out many times in the past on this list, it is a bit of a
problem - at least on bo systems.
If using smail, have a look at Daniel Martin's page (sorry, dont have the
URL... Daniel???)
Here is the relevant info:
in your /etc/smail/transports file, change the smtp section to this:
(you might want to save the old section in case of problems... just
comment it out with #'s)
-
smtp: driver=tcpsmtp,
max_addrs=100, # limit on number of addresses
-max_chars,
inet, # use route-addr addresses for routing
remove_header=From, # Rewrite From, ID and Sender headers
insert_header=From: ${lookup:from:lsearch{maps/frommap}{$value}
{[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS] ($from:$fullname)}},
remove_header=Message-ID,
insert_header=Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
remove_header=Sender,
insert_header=Sender: ${lookup:from:lsearch{maps/frommap}{$value}
{[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS] ($from:$fullname)}};
use_bind, # resolve MX and multiple A records
defer_no_connect, # try again if the nameserver is down
-local_mx_okay, # fail an MX to the local host
defnames# use standard domain searching
-
(the lines with [YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS] are extensions of the previous
insert_header definitions, and of course, put in your email address :) )
make a file /etc/smail/maps/frommap and put in the following template,
and edit it to suit your situation (change all [...] sections):
-
root [EMAIL PROTECTED] (root)
[user][email address] ([name])
-
thats it :) it worked for me :)
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PGP Key available, reply with pgpkey as subject.
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Bother, said Pooh, as the rip cord came away in his hand
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Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out
Re: unsubscribe helper line
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Jeff Schreiber wrote: I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . . Personally I think it's cool. i agree. just cut and paste the line into an xterm window or console. what could be simpler? i think that it would be better like this, though: echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's simpler and easier to read (pipes don't confuse newbies anywhere near as much as redirection of stdin). also serves as an example to teach newbies something about pipes and the Unix Way Of Doing Things. :-) As was mentioned here before, I think that there is still a problem with the Reply-To field. That is, some systems (like mine) has to had a Reply-To field because otherwise their name can not be recognized, and their unsubscribe request can't be processed. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: MUA configuration for correct From address.
I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the Internet. Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login name is beitamos and my ISP's mail server is mail.inter.net.il Hope it will help. Since you have got your MUA to add the reply-to, why not configure it to send your correct From address instead? I cannot imagine why anyone would go around with a broken from address. 1) I am adding a Reply-To by hand to every letter I am writing. I couldn't figured out how to do it automaticaly. 2) Can someone direct me on how to change the From field from my MUA ? That too I couldn't figured out myself. Furthermore: Isn't such a thing causes dificullties to smail ? I am using exmh 1.6 on a bo system. 3) I wouldn't go with a broken From address if I knew how it could be solved. As was pointed out many times in the past on this list, it is a bit of a problem - at least on bo systems. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
The link to debian-i18n from the Debian home page ?
There used to be a link to an introductory page of debian-i18n on Debian home page. Where is it ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: File managers ??............
Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? No one mentioned offix-files. Why ? (I don't use it myself. I am just cuorious.) offix-files - Drag Drop based filemanager This is as file manager based on xfm. It provides virtually all of the features that you would expect in a file manager -- move around your directory tree in multiple windows, move, copy or delete files, and launch programs with simple mouse operations. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Smail Configuration
Hi , I have a mail account at my ISP which is SMTP. Can somebody please explain to me how to set up smail so that I can send and receive mails from my machine...Right now, I am using netscape mail, but not very comfy with that. (I did look at the HOWTO, but can not make head or tail out of it) I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the Internet. Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login name is beitamos and my ISP's mail server is mail.inter.net.il Hope it will help. 1) A script of /usr/sbin/smailconfig for my system is: Script started on Fri Jun 5 03:04:54 1998 rakefet# /usr/sbin/smailconfig Your mail system (Smail) is already configured; I'll leave the existing configuration untouched. Use --force to ignore it. rakefet# /usr/sbin/smailconfig --force Ignoring existing Smail configuration. I can do certain kinds of automatic configuration of your mail system, by asking you a number of questions. Later you may to confirm and/or correct your answers. In any case, comprehensive information on configuring Smail is in smail(5) and in /usr/doc/smail/examples and /usr/doc/smail/guide. You must choose one of the options below: (1) Internet site: you send and receive Internet mail on this machine, using SMTP over TCP/IP. (2) UUCP to smarthost (upstream site): You send and receive mail via UUCP; outbound mail is sent to your smarthost (probably your service provider) for routing and delivery. (3) Satellite system: No mail is to be delivered or routed here. Any mail generated on this system is sent to a central mail switch using SMTP. (4) Local delivery only: You are not on a network. Mail for local users is delivered. (5) No configuration: No configuration will be done now; your mail system will be broken and should not be used. You must then do the configuration yourself later or run this script, /usr/sbin/smailconfig, as root. Select a number from 1 to 5, from the list above. Enter value (default=`1', `x' to restart): 1 What is the `visible' mail name of your system ? This will appear on From: lines of outgoing messages. Enter value (default=`rakefet', `x' to restart): rakefet Does this system have any other names which may appear on incoming mail messages, apart from the visible name above (rakefet) and the system's hostname (rakefet) ? If so enter them here, separated with spaces or commas. If there are none, say `none'. Enter value (default=`none', `x' to restart): none Do you have a smarthost available (and accessible via SMTP) ? A smarthost is a system to which you forward mail you don't want to deliver yourself; it presumably has better connectivity or routing information than you do. Commercial providers usually provide a smarthost for their customers, and large organisations will often have a site mail switch which can be used. Use of a smarthost is strongly recommended (you'll be able to specify exactly when to use it soon). If a smarthost is available please enter its name (otherwise, `none'). Enter value (`x' to restart): mail.inter.net.il Do you wish to use the smarthost for: (1) All outbound mail. This is good if your system is poorly connected, eg via dialup SLIP, as you don't have to talk to distant machines yourself, and it allows you to send out just one copy of a message for all its the remote recipients. (2) Mail that you have failed to find a way to route. This means that mail for any unknown hosts or domains will be sent to the smarthost in the hope that it will know better; if it doesn't the smarthost should bounce it back to you. This is recommended for most situations, and usually results in faster end-to-end delivery than always using the smarthost. (3) Only mail to the `awkward' UUCP and BITNET domains. These domains don't appear in the Internet routing tables, and how to reach them varies depending on your location. Use this if your smarthost's admin has asked you to avoid using the smarthost unnecessarily, or if it is unreliable or very slow. Select a number from 1 to 3, from the list above. Enter value (default=`2', `x' to restart): 1 Mail for the `postmaster' and `root' accounts is usually redirected to one or more user accounts, of the actual system administrators. By default, I'll set things up so that mail for `postmaster' and for various system accounts is redirected to `root', and mail for `root' is redirected to a real user. This can be changed by editing /etc/aliases. Note that postmaster-mail should usually be read on the system it is directed to, rather than being forwarded elsewhere, so (at least one of) the users you choose should not redirect their mail off this machine. Which user account(s) should system administrator mail go to ? Enter one or more usernames separated by spaces or commas . Enter `none' if you
Re: A question for a programmer
I am going through a book on Linux programming. One of the examples does not work. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the script and see why it doesn't work. The program is exactly like the example from the book, in fact I downloaded it from www.wrox.com the publisher of the book Beginning Linux Programming. The part that doesn't work is the list_tracks section. I don't know the answer to your question. However, they have a page that reports errors and corrections for this book. If it isn't there, you might want to report it as an error. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Diary + telephone list ?
Is there a package that contains a diary and a telephone list ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Driver bug? 56k USR doesn't transmit properly?
Isn't a Baud_base of 115200 too small for a 56k speed ? Shouldn't it be 23something (231400 ?) for that speed ? don't they say that the modem-computer rate should be at least 4 times then line speed ? The changes made no difference. Thanks for the suggestions, though. Last thing I can think of is whether the serial driver is setting up the cua1/ttyS1 file correctly. Following is output from setserial (I'd already reset the speed to vhi from normal): /dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte Flags: spd_vhi skip_test session_lockout Can anyone tell whether there's anything odd about this w.r.t. a 56k modem connected as follows: CONNECT 41333/ARQ/x2/LAPM/V42BIS ??? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: modem works now - but modem-computer comunication really slow
If i understand correctly, one of your problems is that it is very slow. 1) Is it a plug-and-play modem ? 2) what does setserial (setserial /dev/ttyS3 -a) reports ? 3) Perhaps you should consider giving a more specific modem initialization string, rather then ATZ ? 4) I think you should read the PPP HOWTO. It is a bit different from the way Debian handels the connection but, never the less, I find it an invaluable source to start things going (and also get a little insight). I also saw on this list that there are instructions on the automatic FAQ (FAQ'O'MATIC ?), although I did not used it. I am trying to connect a zoltrix 33600 modem to a hamm machine. The modem is an internal modem running on ttyS3 I managed to get the modem dialing, only the comunication is really slow. It takes 20-30 seconds to get the OK answear from the init string (ATZ). Then the modem dials (minicom also takes the dial command real slow). It then connects to the provider (used minicom and also checkes with plog using pon). The inoput comes at about 30 seconds for half a line to load. I get the login and password promts (only using minicom - pon hangs up before they apear) and after connecting the modem hangs up in the middle of the coming from the provider to start ppp connection. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: adding, changing, using true type fonts under X11
1) Adding fonts to X11 (in existing directories): If I wanted to add the file courR14h.pcf.gz to the (existing) directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, I would: chmod 444 *.pcf.gz mv courR14h.pcf.gz /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi mkfontdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi xset fp rehash anyone knows how to add new fonts to X11 (in existing directories) How to change fonts and default fonts and how to use true type fonts / xfstt? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Stopping and restarting mgetty.
I have the following line in /etc/inittab: S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 How can I stop it whenever I need to, do something (like changing some parameter) and restart it again ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: using mail on a debian system (betwin users)
$ mail -s test rami /dev/null Null message body; hope that's ok would sent the user rami a mail with the subject test and with null message body. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?
I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity to study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported, though the files should not have been saved with the Fast Save option. I have received a number of files which I suspect are WinWord 97 for which I got the message no filter available. Also, WordPerfect files are not recognized. In summary, Star Office 4.0 looks like a nice office package, but its interoperability isn't super. As was disscussed not long ago on this list, you can try to verify if it is indeed a WinWord 97 documents by using the strings command. For a word 6 Document I got $ strings /MS/winword/Document/openu/20417_15.doc | grep Word Microsoft Word 6.0 Document MSWordDoc Word.Document.6 Microsoft Word 6.0 Microsoft Word 6.0 Microsoft Word 6.0 $ The Web site lists Star Office 5.0 features which include filters for Word 97, AmiPro, WordPro, WordPerfect, PowerPoint97, Excel 97, etc., etc. Looks like a nice product but I couldn't tell if it is available yet and how much it costs. By the way, does someone knows if, and to waht level, does Star Office supports multiple languages ? I am particulary interested in Hebrew, which ofcourse needs its special fonts, but even more problematic then that is the fact that it is written from right to left. (I think that Arabic is also written from right to left.) What other languages, if any, are written this way ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: The Driver Install Disk...
sector 19 ? Doesn't a normal MS-DOS floppy contains only 18 sectors ? Are you using some special floppy and / or a special drive ? Perhaps you should try other floppies and and / or format one before you use it ? ok here's the message that I get every time I stick a drivers floppy into my floppy drive during the install: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 19 end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 19 This isn't the driver's floppy. Please place the drivers floppy in the /dev/fd0 floppy drive and try again. It doesn't matter if I try and make a new floppy. I have done that about five times now and I always get the same error message. To top it off I accidentally tried to boot my system with the drivers floppy and what does it tell me... THAT IT'S THE DRIVERS FLOPPY!!! What's the deal, I am getting really frustrated. If someone can help me I would be very happy. Thanks, Menwe. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: changing/adding/using fonts and ttfonts
Not directly answer your questions, but might be helpful. 1) There is a (quite old) Hebrew HOWTO 2) I am sending you, (on a private mail) a compressed tared 24k file. In there you'll find, among other things, a makefile and a readme. I hope that they will assists you in some way. BTW: If you'll find an answer to some of your questions not through the list, please send me those answers (and perhaps to the list too ?) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Intent to take over the xisp package
I am using xisp. I think that Debian should have an updated AND bugfree version of it. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Where is Netscape?
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaul wrote: If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer. Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are only keeping the one for Hamm ? Supposedly this also works for bo. At least the package that I found can't work on bo since it depends on libc6 (and maybee for other reasons). $ dpkg -I packages/netscape/netscape4_4.0-12.deb | grep Depends Depends: motifnls, ldso (= 1.9.7-0), libc5 (= 5.4.0-0), libc6, libg++27 (= 2.7.2.1-1), xlib6 (= 3.3-0), xpm4.7 (= 3.4j-0) Or maybee there is a package for bo somewhere ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Where is Netscape?
If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer. Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are only keeping the one for Hamm ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
