Re: [expert] dual drives and processor
Linux is a bit different when it comes to recognizing partitions. It does not assign a drive letter automatically (As you already know). You must know what partitons are what, and then you can mount them yourself in linux anywhere you want. First grab a copy of Partition Magic or something and write down what the individual partitions are, then you can decide where you want to mount them. The next part is the actual mounting of the partitions. On my system I have a fairly clean setup with LM on the second partitons on my scsi drive (/dev/sda2), a 128mb swap partition on /dev/sda3, and fat32 partitions on /dev/sda1, and /dev/hda1. Now you will probably want to set up the drives to mount at boot, you can do this with /etc/fstab. Just open it with any old editorI like pico, but that's my opinion. I'll paste my /etc/fstab below with comments. *** /dev/sda2 / ext2defaults1 1 <- This is my root partition, LM set this up my itself /dev/sda3 swapswapdefaults0 0 <- Same with my swap partition /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy autosync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide0 0 < This is the floppy drive /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvdautouser,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro0 0 < ***See #1 Below*** /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom autouser,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro0 0 < This is a 32x SCSI CD-ROM /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrautouser,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro0 0 < This is a SCSI CD-R /dev/sda1 /dos_c vfatdefaults0 0 < ***See #2 Below*** /dev/hda1 /dos_d vfatdefaults0 0 < Nothing special here, just an IDE FAT partition /dev/sdb4 /mnt/zipvfatdefaults0 0 < This is an Iomega SCSI Zip none/proc procdefaults0 0 < Not sure what this is, never messed with it ;) none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 < Same as above. *** Due to word wrapping, it will probably look a bit messed up, please deal with it. #1 - This is my IDE DVD-ROM, it's on the secondary master IDE port (/dev/hdc) and was hardlinked to /dev/cdrom by LM #2 - Ok, This is what you want. This is a standard line to mount a FAT partition with LFN support (if you compiled the kernel with the proper options) Ok, now that that is overwith, here is another problem I came across whereas when I booted up into linux all I got across the top of the screen was "LI" and nothing else. It was NOT just lilo freezing up, but rather an error message from the computer about how the drives were reported. Linux is real picky when it comes to this. You would come across this problem when you have a mixed IDE and SCSI setup like I have. The BIOS was set to boot from the SCSI drive but linux thought the IDE drive was the boot drive, hence the problem. The fix is a simple addition to /etc/lilo.conf. I'll paste an example below with comments. *** boot = /dev/sda2 compact prompt append="mem=128M nopnp" < The "mem=128M" is required to recognize more than 64MB ram disk=/dev/sda < These two lines tell lilo that the first scsi device is the boot drive or drive C in dos bios=0x80 disk=/dev/hda < These two lines tell lilo that the IDE Drive on the primary master is drive D in dos bios=0x81 default = linux timeout=100 root = /dev/sda2 read-only map=/boot/System.map image = /vmlinuz label = linux *** Another example of that wonderfull thing called word wrapping =\ As you can see, this one is only slightly modified from the original. The only things I changed have comments. Anyway, I hope that this answered your question, and made it a little easier to understand. For those who already knew everything here, thanks for putting up with the LONG message, it was necessary. Peace 8^) Jack Hain ibi wrote: > > I have a thorny newbie question about CPU's and multiple drives. > > 1- Is Mandrake6.0 okay with AMD K6-3 CPU? The hardware list has K, K6-2 > and Athalon but no mention of the K6-3, which is an upgraded K6-2. > > My friend and I are learning Linux together. We both have multiple > drives and Windows loaded, but different configurations and this is > where the thorny part begins. We both want to access Windows files, but > can't seem to find the /mnt point. > > John has 3-drives. W95 is on the main drive; LINUX on the 3rd drive, a > secondary master. /mnt/Hdc1 doesn't work. The file size is read but he > gets the same error message I do that asks, "Aren't you trying to mount > a ? partion instead of a ? inside?" > > My system is a little more complicated. My master drive has multiple W98 > paritions plus L-M at the end of this drive
Re: [expert] dual drives and processor
ibi wrote: > 1- Is Mandrake6.0 okay with AMD K6-3 CPU? The hardware list has K, K6-2 > and Athalon but no mention of the K6-3, which is an upgraded K6-2. No problem at all, I have one and it works well. It might not be recognized as a "K6 3D+" in the standard LM 6.0, but it will work anyway (with the latest stable kernel, 2.2.14, it is properly recognized). > John has 3-drives. W95 is on the main drive; LINUX on the 3rd drive, a > secondary master. /mnt/Hdc1 doesn't work. The file size is read but he > gets the same error message I do that asks, "Aren't you trying to mount > a ? partion instead of a ? inside?" Well if W95 is on the "main" drive (do you mean the first IDE drive ???) and Linux on hdc, you should go in your /etc/fstab file, you should find an entry like this (otherwise add it): /dev/hda1 /mnt/w95 vfat defaults 0 0 the device should be /dev/hda1 as shown. the mount point can be anything you want (I specified /mnt/w95 above as an example) but it _must_ exist so if it doesn't, create it with mkdir > My system is a little more complicated. My master drive has multiple W98 > paritions plus L-M at the end of this drive which is recognized as hda9 > and hda11. The second drive is a slave. The MO backup is the Secondary > Master and is NOT recognized by L-M. > > When I watch L-M set up I see the following lines: > 1)hda 1,2 <5,6,7,8,9,19,11> > 2)hdb 1<5,6> (backup files) > 3)hdc Unknown > > I think 1) is the A:, C: plus the . No. hda contains only _hard disk_ partitions, so A: id not there (the device is /dev/fd0). > I think line 2) is the secondary drive with it's two partitions > And, I hope 3) is the MO drive. Should be correct. > What is the correct mount for the two machines? I have FAT 16 and FAT32 > files in W98. Will vfat allow me to access both files type? Yes, vfat will allow access to both FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. As to the correct mount, the C: should be device /dev/hda1 and for the other partitions you have to know the exact geometry of your partitions, because linux will number the partitions in order of ascending cylinder position in the "extended partition" which is nothing but a container. (this "extended partition" is /dev/hda2 but you should not access it directly, you should use one of the "logical" partitions inside that are listed between < > above). So the D: is _probably_ /dev/hda5 but possibly not, it all depends on the actual geometry. As to where to mount it, you just decide yourself, with the provision that the mount point must pre-exist as a directory at mount time. Try linux fdisk (without write) to know more. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] SMB Help Please.
Try to sync the NT @ smb passwd! Fred Frigerio wrote: > > Wrong domain name? > > > -Original Message- > > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT > > computer on the NT > > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this > > computer. But > > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me > > in. So I > > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to > > use the smbmount > > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the > > correct NT box > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct > > password for my > > username I got the following response back: > > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > > smbmount: login failed > > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > > smbmount: exit > > > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share > > directory from > > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my > > acces problems due > > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. > > Any Ideas? > > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never > > able to get an > > answer from them. > > Thanx, > > SA > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >
Re: [expert] dual drives and processor
ibi wrote: > I have a thorny newbie question about CPU's and multiple drives. > > 1- Is Mandrake6.0 okay with AMD K6-3 CPU? The hardware list has K, K6-2 > and Athalon but no mention of the K6-3, which is an upgraded K6-2. > > My friend and I are learning Linux together. We both have multiple > drives and Windows loaded, but different configurations and this is > where the thorny part begins. We both want to access Windows files, but > can't seem to find the /mnt point. > > John has 3-drives. W95 is on the main drive; LINUX on the 3rd drive, a > secondary master. /mnt/Hdc1 doesn't work. The file size is read but he > gets the same error message I do that asks, "Aren't you trying to mount > a ? partion instead of a ? inside?" > > My system is a little more complicated. My master drive has multiple W98 > paritions plus L-M at the end of this drive which is recognized as hda9 > and hda11. The second drive is a slave. The MO backup is the Secondary > Master and is NOT recognized by L-M. > > When I watch L-M set up I see the following lines: > 1)hda 1,2 <5,6,7,8,9,19,11> /dev/hda1 is windows primary, 2 is the extended partition containing the others > > 2)hdb 1<5,6> (backup files) > 3)hdc Unknown > > I think 1) is the A:, C: plus the . > Just the drive containing C: and the extended partition with its logical > drives > > I think line 2) is the secondary drive with it's two partitions > Right > And, I hope 3) is the MO drive. > RIght again > > What is the correct mount for the two machines? I have FAT 16 and FAT32 > files in W98. Will vfat allow me to access both files type? > Best case would be likely this (as entries in /etc/fstab): /dev/hda1/home/username/Desktop/windozeC vfat noexec,user,rw 0 0 /dev/hda5/home/username/Desktop/windozeD vfat noexec,user,rw 0 0 ... /dev/hdb5/home/username/Desktop/mybackup1 vfat noexec,user,rw 0 0 ... and so on. RESIST the temptation to put a "conv=" in the options. They seem to be bad news, and if you do, then expect to spend a lot of time deleting .directory files from windows partitions and dealing with frozen kfm windows. If I understood your question correctly, and if you create these desktop folders in the user space, then the user has rw access to windows files as you intended and there is no need to traverse the directory tree seeking the mount points since they are on the user desktop. When playing root, you know they are at /home/username/Desktop/... Civileme > > Thanks for the help and I apologize for the lengthy message. > > Pj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter has determined that the probability a random toss will land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] M13
The profiles feature is useless on any OS with user accounts. That's one of the reasons why I don't use Netscape on NT. Andrew Post Ramon Gandia wrote: > > Is it me, or is it M13? I downloaded it, and it worksbut. > It sure is quirky. Loading pages, it jerks around. It does > not seem to allocate space for images, and then jerks the page > around to accomodate them. Like IE in Windows does. It is > also very slow on my Pentium II-300 running MDK 6.1. This thing > is nowhere near release as far as I can tell. > > My other impression is that the Mozilla crew has made a bad > mistake by following the Communicator idea. Netscape 3.0 > would have been a better role model, specially for Linux. > We do not need "Profiles" in Linux, that is what user accounts > are for in Linux. I suppose there is some use for it, but > nothing like in Windows. The email in Communicator/M13 is > dreadfully slow, not like in Netscape 3.x. Try it with > 1000 emails in a folder and it just bogs down. 3.x never > did that even with over 8000 in a folder. > > I hope Opera and/or KFM does well, because I think we have a > disaster coming with the Mozilla-for-Linux thing as being the > browser of choice for Linux. > > I'd use 3.x if it wasn't the browser crashes often on Java. > Its beautiful, simple and fast. > > -- > Ramon Gandia = Sysadmin == Nook Net > http://www.nook.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 285 West First Avenue tel. 907-443-7575 > P.O. Box 970 fax. 907-443-2487 > Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525
Re: [expert] M13
Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear Ramon and friends: > > My thanks to Ramon and other gurus for your evaluation of Mozilla 13. As > a non-techie, it is all too easy for me to be won over by the lovely > design and shiny chrome. It's good to know that what's under the hood > still needs a lot of work. I am, of course, disappointed to know that > Mozilla 13 is not yet ready for prime time, but truth, in the long run, > never hurt anybody. Let's hope the Mozilla folks continue to improve > their new Communicator. That is the whole problem, Ben. Communicator was never a good product, for either Windows or Linux. The code on Communicator has been in the 13MB to 20 MB depending on version. Mozilla right now has a fairly light footprint, about 4 MB, but that is not the Netscape 5.0 they talk about. Netscape 5.0 will use Mozilla as the BASIS. then they will add all of the Shopping stuff to it and get it up to 15MB just watch. A much better approach would have been to base Mozilla on the old Netscape Navigator 3.x. Just change the Java engine on it and aways to go. Unfortunately, bloatware and commercialism killed that idea. Netscape Corporation directed the Mozilla project and told it what the end result needed to be. This looks to me like a project that is not going to be very good. Specially for Linux. Does anyone know if the Mozilla source code database contain the Netscape 3.x source code? I haven't found it, and I doubt it is there. -- Ramon Gandia ---Sysadmin --- http://www.nook.net 285 West 1st Avenue ISP for Western Alaska P.O. Box 970 tel. 907-443-7575 Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487 ===
[expert] 128 mb mem
I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.0
Ronreally!? Where did you see this? I just checked out their web page and there's no announcement posted anywhere prominently there. Alan Ron Stodden wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Harvey B. Herman wrote: > > > I was very happy with the earlier version of Mandrake (6.5). As a > > server, it performed flawlessly for months at a time. I decided to > > upgrade to Mandrake 7.0; don't ask me why. Now, when I try to logon and > > start ppp, it says it can't authenticate the remote machine. I worked > > around by logging into root and using a noauth parm in pppd. > > This is not pleasing to me esthetically, so is there an easy fix? > > MandrakeSoft has announced that Mandrake 7.0 will not proceed to commercial > release. Quality was the given reason. > > -- > > Regards, > > Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
Re: [expert] dual drives and processor
k63's are just a k62 with a 256k onboard cache. so yes it will work just fine in fact the only thing faster is the athlon. ibi wrote: > > I have a thorny newbie question about CPU's and multiple drives. > > 1- Is Mandrake6.0 okay with AMD K6-3 CPU? The hardware list has K, K6-2 > and Athalon but no mention of the K6-3, which is an upgraded K6-2. > > My friend and I are learning Linux together. We both have multiple > drives and Windows loaded, but different configurations and this is > where the thorny part begins. We both want to access Windows files, but > can't seem to find the /mnt point. > > John has 3-drives. W95 is on the main drive; LINUX on the 3rd drive, a > secondary master. /mnt/Hdc1 doesn't work. The file size is read but he > gets the same error message I do that asks, "Aren't you trying to mount > a ? partion instead of a ? inside?" > > My system is a little more complicated. My master drive has multiple W98 > paritions plus L-M at the end of this drive which is recognized as hda9 > and hda11. The second drive is a slave. The MO backup is the Secondary > Master and is NOT recognized by L-M. > > When I watch L-M set up I see the following lines: > 1)hda 1,2 <5,6,7,8,9,19,11> > 2)hdb 1<5,6> (backup files) > 3)hdc Unknown > > I think 1) is the A:, C: plus the . > I think line 2) is the secondary drive with it's two partitions > And, I hope 3) is the MO drive. > > What is the correct mount for the two machines? I have FAT 16 and FAT32 > files in W98. Will vfat allow me to access both files type? > > Thanks for the help and I apologize for the lengthy message. > > Pj > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:53:36PM +0200, Lasse Kristian Gustafsson wrote: > I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? Mandrake (here: kernel) need that line, if you have old (or very old) motherboard, which can't correctly report memory size. New machines don't need this line. -- --w
[expert] Sendmail ---> Postfix
G'day, I've always used Sendmail, but now Postfix is installed as the default in V7.0, what I need to know is wher do I define my Mail Hostnames, that used to go in sendmail.cw??? ie localhost and landofau.tzo.org. -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~mtd
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Timothy Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 10:33 PM > Subject: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486 > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've seen mention of a version of 7.0 compiled for the 486. Is such a > > beast available anywhere? > > > > 1. Of course, I'll still respect you in the morning. > > 2. I'm from the government and am here to help. > > 3. There will be a non-Pentium version of Mandrake. > > Any questions? > > Hoyt > > > Note to the clueless: read the above with tongue inserted fully in cheek. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
I tried changing the password encryption option in SAMBA first and that still didn't work. Then I resorted to the registry edits. Lyle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 8:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. either that or u enable encryption in ur samba setup... its quite simple 'cept u have to read the docs in the samba directory for directions. Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02-02-2000 10:26:24 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Hamka B Hj Suleiman/SKO/PCSB/Petronas) Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm used to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this problem should go away. See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, but that's another subject) -Original Message- From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the smbmount command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT box and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for my username I got the following response back: session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) smbmount: login failed Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy smbmount: exit Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems due to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get an answer from them. Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] dual drives and processor
webmedic wrote: > > k63's are just a k62 with a 256k onboard cache. so yes it will work just > fine in fact the only thing faster is the athlon. It also has MTRR's that were not there on the K6-2 (or maybe now it has them too, but there were none on the first K6-2 versions). This is usable since kernel 2.2.11 (I think) via the /proc interface. GREAT for boosting video performance in X !!! -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, you wrote: > I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? Me too, I have 96MB on my computer and don't have 'append="mem=XX"' in my lilo.conf. As far as I know in some cases the kernel itself can detect the correct amount of memory installed and in others you have to tell it explicitly. - -- ___ Join the Penguin Family! (o_ (o_ (o_ //\ (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ Free your mind, use LINUX The Penguin Family -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.2 iQA/AwUBOJgqlQaGw+q4v9WsEQJDbwCgrzYtjt22L0PJiU27xIGsWkyc68MAoMPG zkcSmgSrUcoW0W7o6qtr6gaS =WHa3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] 6.1 New Kernel problems
You did not mention that you ran lilo. Did you? If not do so. On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Adrian Saidac wrote: > Greetings Experts, > > If there is anybody out there experiencing this problem I would like to > know if it can be resolved! > > Here are the facts: > > I've compiled the new 6.1 Mandrake kernel with the updates. > I've created the bzImage and compiled the modules. I have the new > directory created by the "make modules_install" > I've moved the "bzImage" into the /boot dir and I've renamed the file, > being careful to change the /etc/lilo.conf as well. > Everything looks new, but after reboot the "uname -a" shows the old > kernel info (the original); > > what else am I missing in order to get the new one showing? > > I am positive that I am running the new one because I've removed ALL the > old builds! > > Thank you for your time, > Adrian Saidac >
RE: [expert] 128 mb mem
> I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? I haven't got this line either and I have 196Mb RAM. Seems to work ok here! My guess is you can ignore it. Better still, add the line and try it, then let us know what happened :) Steve Wright BMS
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm used > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > problem should go away. This is misinformation. First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the computer industry. Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, but > that's another subject) Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain text passwords. > -Original Message- > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the smbmount > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT box > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for my > > username I got the following response back: > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > smbmount: login failed > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > smbmount: exit > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems due > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get an > answer from them. > Thanx, > SA > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
Re: [expert] mysql in Mandrake 7.0
There is no default password. Just log on as root with no password... Then change it mysql -u root mysql Bob >On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 10:50:16AM -0600, Timothy Litwiller wrote: > > > since mysql is already installed in mandrake 7, I guess I should ask > > here first. > > > > What is the default password after install? I have tried deleteing and > > remaking the database but I just get > > > > # mysqladmin -u root -p > > mysqladmin: connect to server at '' failed; error: 'Access denied for > > user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' > > > > # mysql -u root -p > > Enter password: > > ERROR: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) > > > > so apparantly I am not allowed because I do not know the password - > > which I didn't setup. > > > > > >Try use mysql as user name :-) > >-- > >--w
RE: [expert] 128 mb mem
>> I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" >> in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. >> I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf >> but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? > >I haven't got this line either and I have 196Mb RAM. Seems to work ok >here! My guess is you can ignore it. Better still, add the line and >try >it, then let us know what happened :) I always thought this was a workaround for certain BIOS/Mainboard combos. Some BIOSes have an option that says Memory Hole At 64 meg, and if disabling this option didn't work, you used this append statement in lilo. If your computer reports all the memory you have, then don't fix what ain't broke. :) Wayne
[expert] Installing Mandrake 7.0
Hi all! I have a small problem I someone is able to solve for me... When trying to install Mandrake 7.0, I get (after a short while) these lines: in second stage install _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Wed Feb 2 15:55:01 2000 Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at /usr/bin/per l-install/my_gtk.pm line 139. Install exited abnormally What I understand, one reason might be that the X-server doesn't like my gfx-card, BUT I have tried a few other ones too and without success.. I've tried using the CD-boot and booting from a separate floppy. If it's for any help, my machine is a FIC PT-2006 mbd, w/iP166/MMX CPU, 32MB RAM. Connected is a 16b ISA soundcard, 3COM EL 905TX NIC, MGA Myst4 PCI GFX. Nothing special really. Slack is runnning just fine on the box (which really is a box.. a cardboard box. *grin*) Anyway.. Anyone got some possible solution for my small problem, I'd be really happy to know about it. (__) With best regards (oo) /---\/ Mooie / | || * |||| ^^^^ -- _.-=[ http://www.mooie.nu ]=-._ --
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
sometimes you have to use append "mem=127M" because 1 meg disappears into the video shadow. We had this problem until we dropped it to 127 meg. then it recognized the memory On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Lasse Kristian Gustafsson wrote: > I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
Re: [expert] M13
Ramon Gandia wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > > Dear Ramon and friends: > > > > My thanks to Ramon and other gurus for your evaluation of Mozilla 13. As > > a non-techie, it is all too easy for me to be won over by the lovely > > design and shiny chrome. It's good to know that what's under the hood > > still needs a lot of work. I am, of course, disappointed to know that > > Mozilla 13 is not yet ready for prime time, but truth, in the long run, > > never hurt anybody. Let's hope the Mozilla folks continue to improve > > their new Communicator. > > That is the whole problem, Ben. Communicator was never a good > product, for either Windows or Linux. The code on Communicator > has been in the 13MB to 20 MB depending on version. > > Mozilla right now has a fairly light footprint, about 4 MB, but > that is not the Netscape 5.0 they talk about. Netscape 5.0 > will use Mozilla as the BASIS. then they will add all of the > Shopping stuff to it and get it up to 15MB just watch. > > A much better approach would have been to base Mozilla on the > old Netscape Navigator 3.x. Just change the Java engine on it > and aways to go. Unfortunately, bloatware and commercialism > killed that idea. Netscape Corporation directed the Mozilla > project and told it what the end result needed to be. > > This looks to me like a project that is not going to be very > good. Specially for Linux. Does anyone know if the Mozilla > source code database contain the Netscape 3.x source code? I > haven't found it, and I doubt it is there. > > -- > Ramon Gandia ---Sysadmin --- http://www.nook.net > 285 West 1st Avenue ISP for Western Alaska > P.O. Box 970 tel. 907-443-7575 > Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487 > === Well, actually, they started using a new model at Mozilla and set up a classic source tree. In that classic source tree is something that goes by various names called Qt-zilla which should be of interest. Unfortunately the directions of the "legitimate" spammers, AOL and company, have ruined a potentially good product. So what options do we have? OperaIf it ever gets out of the gate Konqueror Likely to be limited to KDE and Gnome at first GrailCould be reactivated. It was sort-of slow on Pentium 75s, but Python code seems to run fast enough on modern processors. There are dozens of dead or dying projects out there which have a lot of merit. Perhaps it is time for a team of users/coders to look at them and pick one. After looking at the directions of M13, Bleah, I am striking Mozilla from my list of possible uses. Let's get real for a moment. I have 15 users recently moved from windows. First I gave them Netscape for their email. They do not like and manage to keep forgetting to click on the paper clip for attachments so they can save them, then they forget that clicking on their house in KDE is where the saved attachments are located. I have arranged applnks and mimelnks so the attachments open their own applications. But there is unrest among the commoners. The cry of, "too many steps, bring back Microsoft," is oft muttered. OK, now I am converting them to kmail. Not ideal by any means, but you click the attachment and XPDF or StarOffice or AcrobatReader or archiver rises to the bait and opens it. WordPerfect files without extensions which seem to be popular attachments from the EPA still have to be saved, then opened from the WordPerfect application. I will be very pleased when I can finally dump Netscape. Right now, I see it as the biggest obstacle to general use of linux on the desktop. Civileme
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
Lasse Kristian Gustafsson wrote: > I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is dependent on the BIOS and its settings. If, for example, the memory hole at 15M to 16M is activated, then you DO need it. If your BIOS is set for OS/2, then you will need it. Civileme
RE: [expert] M13
> From: Ramon Gandia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > still needs a lot of work. I am, of course, disappointed to
> know that
> > Mozilla 13 is not yet ready for prime time, but truth, in
> the long run,
> > never hurt anybody. Let's hope the Mozilla folks continue to improve
> > their new Communicator.
>
> That is the whole problem, Ben. Communicator was never a good
> product, for either Windows or Linux. The code on Communicator
> has been in the 13MB to 20 MB depending on version.
The last version of Netscape I used at any length was NS3.0. I switch to
Internet Explorer and haven't looked back. Considering how much M$ usually
ignores standards and blazes their own trail, IE4 and IE5 are VERY compliant
and up-to-date with Web Consortium standards.
This became very apparent when I tried to design some web pages. IE would
function according to the spec while Netscape merrily went its own way and
either ignored the tag or, worse, misinterpreted the tag. Netscape 4.x, for
example, is frickin' clueless about cascading style sheets. HELLO??!!! How
many years has CSS been in the spec? 3? 4?
I could go on, but I think I made my point: Whatever M$ faults are, they
have the most compliant browser on the market. Period. I think the web
browser open source community should wake up and smell the coffee. You guys
are NOT outperforming the "evil empire" with regard to browsers. Just a
fact of life.
To be fair, I did try M13 yesterday on my LM6.1 system. The fonts were so
small I couldn't read it, and no matter what options I tried, I couldn't
increase the fonts onscreen. That, along with 10 crashes, both exceptions
and outright fatal errors, tells me that the Mozilla project still seems to
be stumbling along. I blame Netscape and AOL more than the programmers. It
isn't fully open source like Linux so why would the many Linux gurus want to
develop it.
Matt Zaleski
P.S. Contrary to the stance some might think I have, I have no love for
Microsoft and I want Linux and open source to kick their butts. But if
we're not honest about the capabilities on the Open Source side, we're no
better than the PR ("marketing" to those outside the U.S.) machine in
Redmond.
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
Todd & all; I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. Lyle -Original Message- From: Todd Pfaff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:55 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: Lyle Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm used > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > problem should go away. This is misinformation. First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the computer industry. Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, but > that's another subject) Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain text passwords. > -Original Message- > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the smbmount > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT box > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for my > > username I got the following response back: > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > smbmount: login failed > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > smbmount: exit > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems due > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get an > answer from them. > Thanx, > SA > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
what "security=" setting do you have in your smb.conf file? do you have an smbpasswd file? have you set the smbpasswd for each user? these are general samba questions which would be better directed to the samba mailing list since they are not specific to mandrake. i run samba-2.0.6 on several mandrake systems (6.1 and 7.0) but i built my samba installation from source rather than using the supplied rpm. On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > Todd & all; > > I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled > plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I > tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain > did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password > encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has > been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > > If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. > > Lyle > > -Original Message- > From: Todd Pfaff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:55 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Lyle > Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > > > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are > > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm > used > > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You > > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > > problem should go away. > > This is misinformation. > > First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? > SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the > computer industry. > > Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any > service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > > > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, > but > > that's another subject) > > Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the > samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain text > passwords. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT > > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But > > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the > smbmount > > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT > box > > > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for > my > > > > username I got the following response back: > > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > > smbmount: login failed > > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > > smbmount: exit > > > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from > > > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems > due > > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? > > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get > an > > answer from them. > > Thanx, > > SA > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > -- > Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 > ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 > McMaster University \ > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \ > -- Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
Re: [expert] ISDN adapter questions
On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: > The reason that I don't want an external TA is because of to little space in my > apartement and I don't want to buy a new serial card (if neccesary). This will > increase my cost of getting up&running with ISDN too much. The external TA's > that I've found cost twice as much as an internal. I know that the external one > is an active TA that lets me do a lot of fun things like receiving faxes/voice > and many also give me 2 analog lines. I believe that the same is possible on > the passive cards, but require software instead. Anyhow, I don't quite need > those features yet. I'm mostly in a trial period for the moment. I'm not sure > that I will find ISDN useful. > > The word router, makes me think of a stand alone unit that is connected to the > local network. In this case, in my experience I can't tell the router not to > open a connection on certain packet types and port numbers. I live in Sweden > with high minute rates for the use of a phone line :-( > Yes. That's what it is. I understand about the phone charges but it DOES have some sort of "accounting" features to it Not sure how it works... you may be able to tell it to only connect manually For the most part it has been MY experience that it only connects when there's an INTERNET utility trying to find something/someone external to the computer As for analog phones, the Netgear router DOES provide two analog phone jacks. And, yes, the cost for the Netgear IS about US $200 or so, but it's pretty much "bulletproof" here. Most of our customers who use a Netgear can pretty much set it up and forget it exists. Now, just to give you an idea, I do a LOT of stuff on-line at home via my ISDN line... and I only used 14 hours in December, and about 25 or 26 hours in January... John
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
Dear Jean-Louis, I'm not familiar with Windows NT's boot.ini file. this is what is looks like so far: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos Given that windows is on the Master HDD in the primary IDE, and Linux is on the Master HDD on the secondary IDE, do you know what the entry should look like to include Linux? Just to be clear with what you are saying: do you then suggest that LILO should not be controlling the boot for the machine, and only the boot for Linux, so that I let windows NT handle the choice of OS at boot time? Thanks. Jaime - Original Message - From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LILO > > Jaime Batiz wrote: > > >You should install LILO in the first sector of the root partition > > of Linux. > > > > So I specified hdc, for the bootloader. > > No, the root partition is hdc1, not hdc ... > > You must also alter your NT boot manager and add an entry for Linux, > pointing to the 1st partition on the "hdc" disk ... but I assume > that you already did this ... > You should NOT change anything in your BIOS ... > > -- > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 74 Annemasse France > old Linux fan >
Re: [expert] M13
I've been a fan of Netscape since my Mosaic2.0 days. The code may be available at the UI in Illinois. I think that is where it orginally came from. If so, maybe Linux community can build a browser that will work for all of us? But then again, it may be just my private pipe dream. Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nothing in Linux is impossible. Only thinking makes it so.
Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.0
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote: > Ronreally!? Where did you see this? I just checked out > their web page and there's no announcement posted anywhere > prominently there. > I just heard about a new ISO image -- 7.02. Perhaps that's why the announcements in the ftp sites disappeared John
Re: [expert] Sendmail ---> Postfix
I have found Postfix much easier to work with. The transition from SendMail was made much easier as well with expert help from this site and group, In fact one of the regular contributors comes from your side of the Globe :o) I made so many mistakes trying to configure both types of Mailers that I will not begin to give advice myself!!! http://www.moongroup.com/archives.phtml
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
the encrypted password stuff involves one more step. you have to set the samba password with the smbpasswd (?) utility to get it to work. It is difficult to get to work the first time, but a careful reading of the /usr/doc/samba* (or is it /usr/doc/smb*) will tell you. Another good resource for documentation is http://www.samba.org wade On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > Todd & all; > > I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled > plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I > tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain > did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password > encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has > been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > > If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. > > Lyle > > -Original Message- > From: Todd Pfaff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:55 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Lyle > Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > > > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are > > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm > used > > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You > > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > > problem should go away. > > This is misinformation. > > First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? > SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the > computer industry. > > Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any > service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > > > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, > but > > that's another subject) > > Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the > samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain text > passwords. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT > > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But > > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the > smbmount > > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT > box > > > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for > my > > > > username I got the following response back: > > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > > smbmount: login failed > > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > > smbmount: exit > > > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from > > > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems > due > > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? > > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get > an > > answer from them. > > Thanx, > > SA > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > -- > Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 > ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 > McMaster University \ > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \ >
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
There is a howto in the /usr/doc directory, buried in the "mini" section, I believe, that tells you how to use the NT boot loader. I'll give you instructions from memory, which are a bit vague, but the outline is correct. 1. install lilo on the first sector of your root partition (ie:/dev/hda2) 2. use dd to copy the lilo boot sector to a file. I _think_ it is something like this (don't quote me): dd if=/dev/hda2 of=linuxboot.sec bs=1 count=512 3. Get the file to your NT partition primary drive (c:) root partition. 4. add an entry to the boot.ini file that looks like this (again, I think) linux=linuxboot.sec When you boot under NT, you should have a linux choice. that choice loads the LILO program which will then boot you into linux. wade On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Jaime Batiz wrote: > Dear Jean-Louis, > > I'm not familiar with Windows NT's boot.ini file. this is what is looks like > so far: > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version > 4.00" > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version > 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos > > Given that windows is on the Master HDD in the primary IDE, and Linux is on > the Master HDD on the secondary IDE, do you know what the entry should look > like to include Linux? > > Just to be clear with what you are saying: do you then suggest that LILO > should not be controlling the boot for the machine, and only the boot for > Linux, so that I let windows NT handle the choice of OS at boot time? > > Thanks. > > Jaime > > - Original Message - > From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LILO > > > > > Jaime Batiz wrote: > > > >You should install LILO in the first sector of the root partition > > > of Linux. > > > > > > So I specified hdc, for the bootloader. > > > > No, the root partition is hdc1, not hdc ... > > > > You must also alter your NT boot manager and add an entry for Linux, > > pointing to the 1st partition on the "hdc" disk ... but I assume > > that you already did this ... > > You should NOT change anything in your BIOS ... > > > > -- > > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 74 Annemasse France > > old Linux fan > > >
[expert] problems sending mail to list??
could someone please advise if there is a certain way to post to the list? Thanks - Original Message - From: Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Todd Pfaff' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. > Todd & all; > > I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled > plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I > tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain > did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password > encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has > been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > > If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. > > Lyle > > -Original Message- > From: Todd Pfaff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:55 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Lyle > Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > > > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there are > > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the algorithm > used > > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. You > > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > > problem should go away. > > This is misinformation. > > First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? > SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the > computer industry. > > Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any > service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > > > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain text, > but > > that's another subject) > > Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the > samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain text > passwords. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the NT > > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. But > > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the > smbmount > > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct NT > box > > > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password for > my > > > > username I got the following response back: > > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > > smbmount: login failed > > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > > smbmount: exit > > > > Now /mnt/share is the directory I set up to mount the share directory from > > > the NT box. I'm guessing because of the previous errors the smbumount > > command could not dismount this drive right away. Are my acces problems > due > > to my SAMBA or to the NT network I'm connected to? > > I'm running Mandrake 6.1 on a 133 Mhz pentium DELL computer. Any Ideas? > > Please don't say contact the SAMBA people because I am never able to get > an > > answer from them. > > Thanx, > > SA > > > > __ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > -- > Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 > ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 > McMaster University \ > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \ >
Re: [expert] M13
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 09:41:47AM -0500, Andrew Post wrote: > The profiles feature is useless on any OS with user accounts. That's one > of the reasons why I don't use Netscape on NT. What about Office/Home/Travel profiles on a laptop with Linux or NT ? -- Sylvain GIL - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Dis donc, Cortex, tu veux faire quoi cette nuit ? - La même chose que chaque nuit, Minus: tenter de conquerir le monde! (choeurs) C'est Minus et Cortex, Cortex, Cortex.
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > I just finished installing Mandrake 7.0 and LILO won't work. Here is the description >of the environment: > > there are two HDD: the first one already had Windows NT working, so I added a second >HDD for Linux exclusively. The second HDD is the master device in the secondary IDE > When the Installation asked me about LILO and where to put it, I consulted the HOWTO >document on installation and found that they recommend: > >Windows NT is present on my computer > > IIRC, NT bootloader won't work (without some tweaking) with LILO. Go take a look at www.mandrakeuser.org. I seem to recall hearing that there was information there on how to "hack" the NT boot loader to let you use LILO. John
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
At 11:50 AM 02/02/2000 -0600, Lyle wrote: >Todd & all; > >I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled >plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I >tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain >did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password >encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has >been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > >If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. I don't know what came with 6.0. Go to samba.org and get a 2.0.5 (or thereabouts) derivative and see what happens...
Re: [expert] Sendmail ---> Postfix
At 09:51 AM 02/02/2000 -0900, WH Bouterse wrote: >I have found Postfix much easier to work with. >The transition from SendMail was made much >easier as well with expert help from this site and >group, In fact one of the regular contributors >comes from your side of the Globe :o) I am using postfix as well. Much nicer. Check www.postfix.org, there are lots of tips there.
[expert] Linux MDK ISO 70-2
Has anyone noticed the new ISO version. Wonder what's new about it. Anybody got a clue?
Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.0
Johnthat sure brings up a question. I wonder how it impacts the commercial distributors and those folks who have already bought from them. What are the differences, especially since there have been no updates issued (I just checked) so far. Alan John Aldrich wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > Ronreally!? Where did you see this? I just checked out > > their web page and there's no announcement posted anywhere > > prominently there. > > > I just heard about a new ISO image -- 7.02. Perhaps that's > why the announcements in the ftp sites disappeared > John
[expert] Lilo Question?
I have seen a graphical or at least a lilo that you can use arrow keys for your selections before. Anybody know were I can get that, or am I dreaming?
Re: [expert] ntfs & LM-7.0
> > > > Linux does support FAT32 but NT4.0 does not. NT supports NTFS and FAT16. > > Typical M$ being incompatible with itself. If I'm not mistaken, NT2000 does > > not support FAT32 but does offer a new type of NTFS that is not backward > > compatible. > > > > Matt > > Windows2000 does support FAT32 which is why I dumped NT4 for a RC3 copy. I have > it installed on a FAT32 partition. > I would like to thank averyone, I found a better solution, re-installed just the windows part, Now I have win98and win2k 'dual boot on one hdd, Linux on the main hdd... using lilo to boot. Micro$oft is on hdb and Linux on hda, boot and select in Lilo windows, so drops me on a second menu selection, Microsoft windows or Windows 2000 Professional... so I can have everything ;-) BTW I made all the windows partitions FAT32 (Vfat) so I can read and write from linux to win and veceversa... and yes... Linux can read write fat32. Thanks guys, your comments made me wonder if all this could the achieved and yes.. it is posible. Sergio Korlowsky -- M A N D R A K E "The friendliest LINUX Distro" Time is in Our Side --- Any Resistence is futile - You are being Asimilated
Re: [expert] ntfs & LM-7.0
Sergio Korlowsky wrote: ... > and yes... Linux can read write fat32. What do you need to do to let NON-root users write to a FAT32 partition? - Theo
Re: [expert] 6.1 New Kernel problems
Sadly to say I've completed this step as well Same results "Ivan J. Wagner" wrote: > > You did not mention that you ran lilo. Did you? If not do so. > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Adrian Saidac wrote: > > > Greetings Experts, > > > > If there is anybody out there experiencing this problem I would like to > > know if it can be resolved! > > > > Here are the facts: > > > > I've compiled the new 6.1 Mandrake kernel with the updates. > > I've created the bzImage and compiled the modules. I have the new > > directory created by the "make modules_install" > > I've moved the "bzImage" into the /boot dir and I've renamed the file, > > being careful to change the /etc/lilo.conf as well. > > Everything looks new, but after reboot the "uname -a" shows the old > > kernel info (the original); > > > > what else am I missing in order to get the new one showing? > > > > I am positive that I am running the new one because I've removed ALL the > > old builds! > > > > Thank you for your time, > > Adrian Saidac > >
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
If does not need it why can see no more than 64M UNIX originally was designed to take advantege of RAM memory (HDs were too expensive back then) The more RAM the better the performance - there is something really wrong with Linux if you can not use more than 64M Wojtek Piecek wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:53:36PM +0200, Lasse Kristian Gustafsson wrote: > > > I heard that mandrake needs line: append="mem=128M" > > in to /etc/lilo.conf if computer haves more than 64mb. > > I have 128mb mem and i dont have that line in my conf > > but still "top" shows that i have 128mb of mem + swap ? > > Mandrake (here: kernel) need that line, if you have old (or very old) > motherboard, which can't correctly report memory size. > > New machines don't need this line. > > -- > > --w
[expert] Postfix Question
I haved used sendmail for sometime now and have decided to try Postfix.
I see in mail headers localhost.localdomain. I did not see this behavior
with sendmail and I am a bit confused as to what I need to change in
Main.cf to remedy this.
I have a 44.66.0.50 ip address that is assigned to my Linux box. My
FQDN for this address is slip.n3meq.ampr.org
I have a ppp connection to my ISP (Magpage.com) that assigns a
dynamic ip when I connect to the internet. I need to masquerade mail
comming from slip.n3meq.ampr.org as to show a From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
so mailing list are ok with my subscribe address of [EMAIL PROTECTED],
however I also recieve mail to my Linux box addressed To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would appreciate any and all help I can get
to configure Postfix for my system. I really must be missing something really
simple here and feel pretty dumb, but localhost.localdomain bothers me.
Thank You,
Dave
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REAL PORTION of Microsoft Windows code:
while (memory_available){
eat_major_portion_of_memory (no_real_reason);
if (feel_like_it)
make_user_THINK (this_is_an_OS);
gates_bank_balance++;
}
My Current Dynamic IP Address Is http://216.155.32.232
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RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > I don't know what came with 6.0. Go to samba.org and get a 2.0.5 (or > thereabouts) derivative and see what happens... use 2.0.6 from the samba site now, or wait a couple weeks for 2.0.7. 2.0.7pre1 is in beta test right now. but, honestly, i think your only problem with what you have is that you have not created smb passwords. -- Todd Pfaff \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
At 02:43 PM 02/02/2000 -0500, John Aldrich wrote: >On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > > > I just finished installing Mandrake 7.0 and LILO won't work. Here is > the description of the environment: > > > > there are two HDD: the first one already had Windows NT working, so I > added a second HDD for Linux exclusively. The second HDD is the master > device in the secondary IDE > > When the Installation asked me about LILO and where to put it, I > consulted the HOWTO document on installation and found that they recommend: > > >Windows NT is present on my computer > > > >IIRC, NT bootloader won't work (without some tweaking) with >LILO. Go take a look at www.mandrakeuser.org. I seem to >recall hearing that there was information there on how to >"hack" the NT boot loader to let you use LILO. Maybe I'm missing something. Just install lilo in the MBR (overwrite the MS bootloader). In /etc/lilo.conf, put an entry to let you boot NT. Is this not good for you?
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
The we did it was to have NTloader the default, then add a line to the os tag pointing to linux.bin ( this is a dump of the first 512 bytes where lilo is installed) for example c:\linux.bin double chedck the howto's , I believe they are pretty straight forward. If you need more info post and i'll write something up;) ZeroRage On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Jaime Batiz wrote: > Dear Jean-Louis, > > I'm not familiar with Windows NT's boot.ini file. this is what is looks like > so far: > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version > 4.00" > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version > 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos > > Given that windows is on the Master HDD in the primary IDE, and Linux is on > the Master HDD on the secondary IDE, do you know what the entry should look > like to include Linux? > > Just to be clear with what you are saying: do you then suggest that LILO > should not be controlling the boot for the machine, and only the boot for > Linux, so that I let windows NT handle the choice of OS at boot time? > > Thanks. > > Jaime > > - Original Message - > From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with LILO > > > > > Jaime Batiz wrote: > > > >You should install LILO in the first sector of the root partition > > > of Linux. > > > > > > So I specified hdc, for the bootloader. > > > > No, the root partition is hdc1, not hdc ... > > > > You must also alter your NT boot manager and add an entry for Linux, > > pointing to the 1st partition on the "hdc" disk ... but I assume > > that you already did this ... > > You should NOT change anything in your BIOS ... > > > > -- > > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 74 Annemasse France > > old Linux fan > > > >
RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.
Try and get an answer from SAMBA. Good luck. I've tried that already and got ZERO response. The reason why I posted it here was because this was a problem with the smb bundled with LM 6.1. Since I couldn't find help from SAMBA I decided to ask this group of Knowledgable folks. Plus, the purpose of this group is not only for Mandrake problems, which there are quite a few with the new 7.0 release, but it is also to help expand the general knowledge of linux, since Mandrake is nothing more than a distribution of linux and really doesn't have much in the way of proprietary software. Anyways, I digress, I think I might have discovered the problem I'm having with SAMBA and wanted to run this by everyone. Since I'm talking to a NT box on an NT network with a Linux box and SAMBA use tcp/ip to do this, I realized that my NT username and logon password only worked on the main NT domain, and the Box I'm trying to talk to is on a seperate IP block. Since my Linux box and this NT box are on the same IP block and the NT network is on a different IP block, the box is not recognizing my NT username and password. I realized this when I tried to logonto this NT box through the box itself on the Box's domain instead of the NT domain. So how do I create a seperate local network between My Linux box and this NT box? As you can tell my NT knowledge is very low. Any help with this problem would be gretly appreciated. Thanx, SA >From: Todd Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 13:01:35 -0500 (EST) > >what "security=" setting do you have in your smb.conf file? >do you have an smbpasswd file? >have you set the smbpasswd for each user? > >these are general samba questions which would be better directed to the >samba mailing list since they are not specific to mandrake. > >i run samba-2.0.6 on several mandrake systems (6.1 and 7.0) but i built my >samba installation from source rather than using the supplied rpm. > >On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > > > Todd & all; > > > > I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled > > plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I > > tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just >plain > > did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password > > encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has > > been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > > > > If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. > > > > Lyle > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Todd Pfaff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:55 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Cc: Lyle > > Subject: RE: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Lyle wrote: > > > > > I have been playing with SAMBA here with Linux and found that there >are > > > known problems with it. Recently Microsoft changed the >algorithm > > used > > > to encrypt passwords(WinNT SP3) and SAMBA hasn't caught up with that. >You > > > need to enable plain text passwords on your Windows machines and this > > > problem should go away. > > > > This is misinformation. > > > > First of all, you used "recently" and to refer to "WinNT SP3". Huh? > > SP3 is several years old now. That's not recently, especially in the > > computer industry. > > > > Secondly, samba does work with encrypted passwords and WinNT and any > > service pack (up to and including SP6 in my personal experience). > > > > > See Microsoft technical articles #Q187228 and Q166730 for the registry > > > entries to enable plain text passwords.(which are not really plain >text, > > but > > > that's another subject) > > > > Don't enable plain text passwords unless you really need to. Read the > > samba documentation to learn when it may be necessary to enable plain >text > > passwords. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Sean Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:26 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [expert] SMB Help Please. > > > > > > > > > Here's the deal, I'm able to use gnomba to see the NT computer on the >NT > > > network that I want to mount. I've got user access to this computer. >But > > > when I give it my username and password, it refuses to let me in. So I > > > thought this might be a problem with gnomba and decided to use the > > smbmount > > > command. It gave back a positive name query response from the correct >NT > > box > > > > > > and then asked for a password. When I entered in the correct password >for > > my > > > > > > username I got the following response back: > > > session setup failed : ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (ACCESS denied.) > > > smbmount: login failed > > > Could not umount /mnt/share: Device or resource busy > > > smbmount: exit > > > > > >
Re: [expert] Sendmail ---> Postfix
Michael, If a standalone single user config file would help I will mail you mine, for anything more serious than that The mailhelp list is the way to go. On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Michael Doyle wrote: > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:43:43 +1030 > From: Michael Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Sendmail ---> Postfix > > G'day, > > I've always used Sendmail, but now Postfix is installed as the default in V7.0, > what I need to know is wher do I define my Mail Hostnames, that used to go in > sendmail.cw??? ie localhost and landofau.tzo.org. > > -- > > Michael Doyle > Adelaide, South Australia > ICQ #2635762 > http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~mtd > russ
Re: [expert] ntfs & LM-7.0
Theo Brinkman wrote: > Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > ... > > and yes... Linux can read write fat32. > > What do you need to do to let NON-root users write to a FAT32 partition? > > - Theo It is not wise to allow users to write to any partition on your system but if you want to write to a vfat as user, in your own system just use File Manager (Super User Mode) and you can do it. Second choice... log into a terminal 'su' and actually 'mv' (move) the files to any directory or partition you want. Is this what you were asking? maybe I mis_undestood? Sergio Korlowsky -- M A N D R A K E "The friendliest LINUX Distro" Time is in Our Side --- Any Resistence is futile - You are being Asimilated
Re: [expert] Lilo Question?
Allen Denton wrote: > I have seen a graphical or at least a lilo that you can use arrow keys > for your selections before. Anybody know were I can get that, or am I > dreaming? Are you talking of Klilo maybe? find it at any mandrake mirror, in the RPMS dir Enjoy! -- M A N D R A K E "The friendliest LINUX Distro" Time is in Our Side --- Any Resistence is futile - You are being Asimilated
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
Adrian Saidac wrote: > > If does not need it why can see no more than 64M Did you read the message you are replying to? It never said Linux can't see no more than 64. It said, if you have an old BIOS (mobo) which cannot tell more than 64 to the OS, then _you_ have to tell the OS. > The more RAM the better the performance - there is something really > wrong with Linux if you can not use more than 64M Huh? Who said Linux can't use more than 64? wobo (running Linux with 256 M) -- GPG Fingerprint 519E 2627 FE60 91F5 32AA 6862 CE9D 800A 3876 EF13 -- Linux Mandrake's Home: http://www.linux-mandrake.com ## LLaP (Linux Lovers are Perfect!) #
[expert] connecting mdk 6.1 to ms outlook server
I posted this a while back and sort of got off track. I have a linux box at work and I'm trying to get it to ftp thru the MS proxy machine.. Had no luck. 2 days ago, an internet company brought another linux box in for real time video streaming output to the net. They ( who are better at linux than I am ) had the same EXACT problems. They could not break out of the firewall. The consensus is that since the linux box's are not "logging" into the NT server, it doesn't see them.. Can anyone tell me if samba will accomplish this, or do I need something else?? I'm sure someone can log onto an NT server using Linux.. ( gotta be! ) Thanks Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
Re: [expert] 6.1 New Kernel problems
Adrian Saidac wrote: > Sadly to say I've completed this step as well > Same results > > "Ivan J. Wagner" wrote: > > > > You did not mention that you ran lilo. Did you? If not do so. > > > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Adrian Saidac wrote: > > > > > Greetings Experts, > > > > > > If there is anybody out there experiencing this problem I would like to > > > know if it can be resolved! > > > > > > Here are the facts: > > > > > > I've compiled the new 6.1 Mandrake kernel with the updates. > > > I've created the bzImage and compiled the modules. I have the new > > > directory created by the "make modules_install" > > > I've moved the "bzImage" into the /boot dir and I've renamed the file, > > > being careful to change the /etc/lilo.conf as well. > > > Everything looks new, but after reboot the "uname -a" shows the old > > > kernel info (the original); > > > > > > what else am I missing in order to get the new one showing? > > > > > > I am positive that I am running the new one because I've removed ALL the > > > old builds! > > > > > > Thank you for your time, > > > Adrian Saidac > > > Try running /sbin/lilo to activate your changes to lilo.conf Civileme -- experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter has determined that the probability a random toss will land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] SMB Help Please.
Probably the most common problem is to allow guest users on samba. It can be set up but the easiest way is to just turn it off. Next make sure that for every user that you want to have access to samba shares is also on your linux box as a user or else have them log on as an existing user on your linux box. Lyle wrote: > > Todd & all; > > I was NOT able to get SAMBA to work with WinNT or Win98 until I enabled > plain text passwords. This was with the Samba included with LM 6.0. I > tried encrypted passwords yes and no in the SAMBA config and it just plain > did not work. WinNT SP3 was when Microsoft changed their password > encryption and that's why I mentioned SP3. This new password scheme has > been included in Win95 patches and is now in Win98. > > If I am doing something wrong, please give me some constructive answers. > > Lyle >
Re: [expert] Problems with LILO
Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something. Just install lilo in the MBR (overwrite the > MS bootloader). In /etc/lilo.conf, put an entry to let you boot NT. Is > this not good for you? Won't work. You will be able to boot linux, but not NT. To boot NT you _have to_ use the NT boot manager (I believe it's the same for OS/2). What you describe works for MS/DOS, Win3.x and Win9x, but not NT. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] 128 mb mem
Adrian Saidac wrote: > If does not need it why can see no more than 64M > UNIX originally was designed to take advantege of RAM memory (HDs were > too expensive back then) > The more RAM the better the performance - there is something really > wrong with Linux if you can not use more than 64M It has _nothing_ to do with linux itself: linux has no _safe_ way to know the memory size, except to ask the BIOS (when I say _safe_ I mean, not likely to hang the machine). So, if you have an older BIOS that doesn't know how to report more than 64Mb, then you have to use the "mem=" command line parameter. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
[expert] Cert Alert!
Well folks it was bound to happen. CERT just released an advisory about malicious scripting attacks and poisoned cookies contained in HTML pages and advises Systems Administrators of the appropriate action. This affects all servers including intranet. Appropriate action for Apache, MS and Java Web Servers is listed. The document can be found at: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Fetchmail/Postfix/Sendmail - take your pick!
Greetings! Currently using Mandrake 6.1 (which is wonderful!), though 7 is on the way! I need a text-based mailer so have been trying to set up fetchmail with postfix. Fetchmail works and downloads the mail, but into /var/spool/postfix/deferred/ rather than /var/spool/mail/Glyn which the delectable mutt recognises as my mailbox. I've adjusted postfix's main.cf file to that end but no joy, and trawled the FAQ and postfix site but can't crack it. Is this a postfix or a fetchmail problem? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Glyn M. -- ~ "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts" D Hoftstatder. ~
