Re: RH to Debian conversion help
Excellent. Thanks again VERY much to all of you for the very good info and time to help. Sincerely appreciated. Cheers, Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RH to Debian conversion help
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> Scott wrote:
> | 1. authconfig - used to turn on/off MD5 passwords
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure -plow passwd
>
> will prompt you (again) for whether or not to enable md5 passwords.
> I /think/ answer to that question affects how /etc/login.defs and/or
> /etc/pam.d/{login,passwd} are created/modified.
It affects /etc/pam.d/* for anything that uses the 'password' service
from PAM. So the list of files is indefinite. so using
dpkg-reconfigure is certainly a good recommendation.
Related to this is the shadow password configuration. There is a
standalone utility to deal with that and the dpkg-reconfigure above
calls it as needed. 'shadowconfig on' and 'shadowconfig off'
> | 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place
>
> I don't think there is an equivalent. What functionality do you need
> out of this? The 'lspci' command will list the PCI devices. Other
> hardware info, as seen by the kernel, can be found in /proc. There
> are probably other sources of information, depending on what you are
> looking for.
Note that lspci as a non-root only shows you some things. To get all
of the information which is more equivalent to hwconf you need to run
as root and supply -v.
sudo lspci -v
> | 4. syslog - syslog configuration including syslogd options
>
> /etc/syslog.conf
RH /etc/sysconfig/syslog file sets options. Things like this.
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0"
This is more similar to /etc/default/* on Debian. Normally you would
look there. But for syslogd itself there is not any equivalent
/etc/default/syslog file. Probably there should be. Bug 98631
documents this at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98631
So for syslog you will need to edit the /etc/init.d/sysklogd startup
script and change the 'SYSLOGD=""' options at the top of that file.
Bob
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Re: RH to Debian conversion help
Paul Mackinney lied: > Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu Well that was a rather sloppy reply, wasn't it? Steeped in humiliation, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RH to Debian conversion help
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 23:28, Paul Mackinney wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson declaimed: > > | 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place > > > > I don't think there is an equivalent. What functionality do you need > > out of this? The 'lspci' command will list the PCI devices. Other > > hardware info, as seen by the kernel, can be found in /proc. There > > are probably other sources of information, depending on what you are > > looking for. > > > > Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu (one of the more > impressive featres of RH, IMO). The 'modconf' command run as root allows > you to dynamically enable/disable kernel modules, and 'dmesg' will print > all the startup messages, which typically show lots of device info. Try this on for size: duke:~# apt-cache search kudzu kudzu-vesa - Hardware detecting library hwdata - hardware identification / configuration data kudzu - The Red Hat Linux hardware probing tool. kudzu-dev - Hardware detecting library Also: duke:~# apt-cache search discover | grep discover discover - hardware identification system discover-data - hardware lists for libdiscover1 libdiscover-dev - hardware identification library development files libdiscover1 - hardware identification library libdiscover1-pic - hardware identification library - static PIC version read-edid - hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors So, where are we now? -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry You mutter such objects of equine delight, while in a basket of hounds and toes, that the mind's ability to sew together slices of mordant ivory becomes tamed with visions of Tamils in Constantinople. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: RH to Debian conversion help
Paul Mackinney wrote: Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu (one of the more impressive featres of RH, IMO). The 'modconf' command run as root allows you to dynamically enable/disable kernel modules, and 'dmesg' will print all the startup messages, which typically show lots of device info. It certainly does: $ apt-cache search kudzu hwdata - hardware identification / configuration data kudzu - The Red Hat Linux hardware probing tool. kudzu-dev - Hardware detecting library -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: RH to Debian conversion help
Derrick 'dman' Hudson declaimed: > | 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place > > I don't think there is an equivalent. What functionality do you need > out of this? The 'lspci' command will list the PCI devices. Other > hardware info, as seen by the kernel, can be found in /proc. There > are probably other sources of information, depending on what you are > looking for. > Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu (one of the more impressive featres of RH, IMO). The 'modconf' command run as root allows you to dynamically enable/disable kernel modules, and 'dmesg' will print all the startup messages, which typically show lots of device info. -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RH to Debian conversion help
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:53:56PM -0500, Scott wrote:
| Greetings:
|
| Can someone familiar with debian and Redhat help me wth these
| configuration questions?:
|
| As one familiar with RH knows, Redhat has may of it's configuration
| files located in /etc/sysconfig. That favor is gone with debian,
| which is fine, I just need to figure out where everything went.
| Before I spend hours tracking these down, I hoped someone already knew
| and could tell me where the configs are for these items normally used
| in RH's /etc/sysconfig/xxx?:
|
| 1. authconfig - used to turn on/off MD5 passwords
# dpkg-reconfigure -plow passwd
will prompt you (again) for whether or not to enable md5 passwords.
I /think/ answer to that question affects how /etc/login.defs and/or
/etc/pam.d/{login,passwd} are created/modified.
| 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place
I don't think there is an equivalent. What functionality do you need
out of this? The 'lspci' command will list the PCI devices. Other
hardware info, as seen by the kernel, can be found in /proc. There
are probably other sources of information, depending on what you are
looking for.
| 3. init - toggle boot/shotdown text style (color or not)
Debian's init scripts have no color. If that's all this file does
then there is no equivalent.
| 4. syslog - syslog configuration including syslogd options
/etc/syslog.conf
| I think I found the rest I need.
That's good.
| Thanks as always very much for the time to help.
HTH,
-D
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through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.
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Re: RH to Debian conversion help
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:53:56 -0500, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > Greetings: > > Can someone familiar with debian and Redhat help me wth these > configuration questions?: > > As one familiar with RH knows, Redhat has may of it's configuration > files located in /etc/sysconfig. That favor is gone with debian, > which is fine, I just need to figure out where everything went. > Before I spend hours tracking these down, I hoped someone already knew > and could tell me where the configs are for these items normally used > in RH's /etc/sysconfig/xxx?: > > 1. authconfig - used to turn on/off MD5 passwords > > 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place > > 3. init - toggle boot/shotdown text style (color or not) > > 4. syslog - syslog configuration including syslogd options > > I think I found the rest I need. > > Thanks as always very much for the time to help. > > Cheers, > Scott > A quick check in /etc shows me syslog.conf ... is that the one you're looking for? Not sure about the rest off the top of my head. -- monique Please respond to the group OR to my email, but not both. (Group preferred.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
