Re: [expert] Good-bye.

[Russ Johnson]

Yup, seems to me there was a reason I was required to read EVERY message in the
forums I did support in

Also seems to me that mandrake isn't doing this, but should be.

Russ

Charles Curley wrote:

> On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 12:11:21AM -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
> ->
> -> I don't know what the deal is, but I'm getting inudated with messges
> -> from *all* the Mandrake lists (devel, newbie, cookier, expert) even
> -> though I'm only subscribed to a couple.
> ->
> -> This situation is intolerable, so I'm off of the list.
> ->
> -> If Mandrake gets the lists problems fixed, maybe some individual can
> -> contact me and let me know, but I can't deal with things as they stand.
> ->
> -> I never *did* manage to get any cooker packages out there, but I suppose
> -> it can wait . . .
>
> I agree, this situation is absurd.
>
> It is not hard for the sendmail illiterate to manage lists using sendmail;
> I know, I've done it before and I do it now.
>
> If I were Mandrake management, I would find this situation an
> embarrassment: you people don't seem able to use the tools you ship with
> your products. At least the people at Microsoft know how to use Exchange
> and Outlook.
>
> The whole point of the customer lists is to allow people knowledgeable on
> one subject to help out folk who are less knowledgeable. That suggests
> having knowledgeable people like Brian and me around. that in turn suggests
> you NOT bombard them with irrelevancies like spam or other lists.
>
> Clean up your act, Mandrake management, or I too am out of here.
>
> --
>
> -- C^2
>
> No windows were crashed in the making of this email.
>
> Looking for fine software and/or web pages?
> http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley

Re: [expert] vga=????? LILO options

[Russ Johnson]

Put

vga=6

on a line in the global section to always run in 80x50 mode.

Run lilo after the changes and reboot.

Russ

Daniel Woods wrote:

> When you bootup, you can enter 'linux vga=ask', selecting scan,
> and then you get the following type of information.
>
> modevga=cols x rows
>  0  0F00  80 x 25
>  1  0F01  80 x 50
>  2  0F02  80 x 43
>  3  0F03  80 x 28
>  4  0F05  80 x 30
>  5  0F06  80 x 34
>  6  0F07  80 x 60
>  7  0123 132 x 25
>  8  0133 132 x 44
>  9  0122 100 x 30
>  a  0121 100 x 25
>  b  0158  80 x 33
>
> But what can you actually put on the "vga=" line *inside* lilo.conf ?
> I can't seem to find this info.
>
> 'man lilo.conf' says NORMAL is 80x25, EXT is 80x50, and ASK returns
> list of text modes. It states that the 'mode' number can also be
> used. Is there another way to find out the available modes without
> rebooting with vga=ask and scanning ?
>
> I just wanted to find some online doc showing these settings.
>
> Thanks... Dan.

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

[Russ Johnson]

Ron, as I said before, I don't think it's the "binary" telnetd, as Linux
doesn't use that. It's probably the "directory" telnetd, which will contain the
binary "login", which you need whether you do inbound telnet or not.

Russ

"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote:

> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > > Of course the client and server are separate packages.  However,
> > > telnetd is the telnet Daemon, and is therefore part of the SERVER.  You
> > > don't need a daemon for a client.
> > >
> > Ok. But if the guy doesn't have telnet-server installed,
> > how the heck did he get the telnetd installed? :-)
> > John
>
> I already asked.  He won't answer that...
>
> Ron
> --
> +--+
> | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   |
> | Jefferson, LA  USA  WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> |  |
> | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com|
> | Most underused word: think   |
> +--+

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

[Russ Johnson]

I suspect it's just the directory telnetd, which contains the binary "login".
He'll need that.

Russ

John Aldrich wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Of course the client and server are separate packages.  However,
> > telnetd is the telnet Daemon, and is therefore part of the SERVER.  You
> > don't need a daemon for a client.
> >
> Ok. But if the guy doesn't have telnet-server installed,
> how the heck did he get the telnetd installed? :-)
> John

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

[Russ Johnson]

My point exactly... Or didn't you see the  at the end of that sentence

Gary Bunker wrote:

> You only need the telnet Daemon running if you intend to telnet into
> your machine.  The Client can run without a local daemon, it just needs
> a daemon on the server it wishes to communicate with.  Therefore, there
> is no need to install the TelnetD package unless you plan to host
> telnet services.
>
> Unless I'm completely insane and mistaken about all the Unix and VMS
> stuff I've been using for the past 10 years, this is a normal way of
> doing client/server stuff.
>
> On 30 Apr, Russ Johnson wrote:
> > Um, yes you do. A client without a daemon is like a key without a lock. 
> >
> > Either way. Linux does not use "telnetd", it uses the superserver "inetd"
> > and then that calls "in.telnetd" to start the inbound login session. That
> > is what is installed by the telnet-server rpm.
> >
> > On my systems, the "telnetd" is a subdirectory in /usr/lib, that contains
> > the binary "login", which will be needed no matter whether you allow
> > inbound telnet or not.
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > Gary Bunker wrote:
> >
> >> Of course the client and server are separate packages.  However,
> >> telnetd is the telnet Daemon, and is therefore part of the SERVER.  You
> >> don't need a daemon for a client.
> >>
> >> On 30 Apr, John Aldrich wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> But then how come I have telnetd but don't have telnet-server?
> >> >>
> >> > Listen closely as I repeat myself: THE TELNET SERVER IS A
> >> > SEPARATE PACKAGE Just because you have "telnetd" does
> >> > NOT mean you have telnet-server installed! That is a
> >> > SEPARATE PACKAGE FROM TELNET!!!  Apparently, Mandrake, in
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Nil Carborundum Illegitimi
> >> http://andysocial.com
>
> --
>
> ---
> Nil Carborundum Illegitimi
> http://andysocial.com

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

[Russ Johnson]

Um, yes you do. A client without a daemon is like a key without a lock. 

Either way. Linux does not use "telnetd", it uses the superserver "inetd"
and then that calls "in.telnetd" to start the inbound login session. That
is what is installed by the telnet-server rpm.

On my systems, the "telnetd" is a subdirectory in /usr/lib, that contains
the binary "login", which will be needed no matter whether you allow
inbound telnet or not.

Russ

Gary Bunker wrote:

> Of course the client and server are separate packages.  However,
> telnetd is the telnet Daemon, and is therefore part of the SERVER.  You
> don't need a daemon for a client.
>
> On 30 Apr, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> >>
> >> But then how come I have telnetd but don't have telnet-server?
> >>
> > Listen closely as I repeat myself: THE TELNET SERVER IS A
> > SEPARATE PACKAGE Just because you have "telnetd" does
> > NOT mean you have telnet-server installed! That is a
> > SEPARATE PACKAGE FROM TELNET!!!  Apparently, Mandrake, in
>
> --
>
> ---
> Nil Carborundum Illegitimi
> http://andysocial.com

Re: [expert] Problem with Boot Loaders...

[Russ Johnson]

Um, Steve,

Somewhere along the way, your message got dated January 29th, 2000. You might want to
check your system date/time.

Russ

Steve Olson wrote:

> All:
>
> I'm admittedly a Linux Newbie, but nowhere near a newbie when it comes to
> machines and software OS'es...  I date back to MS-DOS 3.3 Days.
>
> I thought I'd prevail upon the experts in the list.  I''m trying to get Lilo or
> Powerquest's Bootmagic to work as a bootloader.  Only problem is:  Lilo won't
> load and BM won't properly boot the Linux Partition.
>
> I have a 20 gig Hard drive, with 6 for Linux and Swap partitions.  LILO says
> can't be installed on a  partitoin that goes beyond cylinder 1024... thats a laugh...
> 99% of the drives sold in the last five years have cylinders many times 1024...
>
> Boot Magic can't properly Identify the Mandrake OS partition, and won't Boot
> into it properly.
>
> Question: Is there a LILO alternative besides a boot disk or Loadlin, or is there
> some way to force bootmagic to ID the partiton right.
>
> Please respond to my email address as well as the List.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve Olson
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] I've been hacked!

[Russ Johnson]

Well, take a good look too, as I was wrong about the three files I specifically
mentioned.

I'd still recommend tripwire (free version available at www.tripwire.com) to check for
changes on important files.

Russ

Andrew Vogel wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 08:08:42 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Ron, re-read the message. It specifically says that file the shouldn't be suid
> >have been changed to suid since the last scan.
> >
> >For instance, mount, su, and umount should never be suid. They aren't installed
> >that way, so "something" had to change them.
> >
> >Even if it wasn't a hack job, there are many security holes here. I wouldn't want
> >to have that system anywhere near a public network until it's fixed.
> >
> Imagine how I'm feeling!
>
> I'm going to do a complete reinstall of the system when I get a bit of free
> time...
>
> The folks in this group have been TREMENDOUSLY valuable through this
> process; thanks!
>
> ---
> ===
> Andrew Vogel: Program Manager at the University of Cincinnati College of
> Pharmacy.   http://pharmacy.uc.edu/default.html  (513)-558-3784
> ===

Re: [expert] I've been hacked!

[Russ Johnson]

Ron, re-read the message. It specifically says that file the shouldn't be suid
have been changed to suid since the last scan.

For instance, mount, su, and umount should never be suid. They aren't installed
that way, so "something" had to change them.

Even if it wasn't a hack job, there are many security holes here. I wouldn't want
to have that system anywhere near a public network until it's fixed.

Russ

Ron Stodden wrote:

> Andrew Vogel wrote:
> >
> > I woke up this morning to find this email in my system:
>
> ...
>
> > I've been hacked! The questions, now, are: 1. How do I fix this? and 2. How
> to I prevent it from happening again?
>
> No you haven't!   This is just the periodic report done on your
> system security by your own msec (man msec).I have not seen it as
> an email before, only as /var/log/messages messages, so msec must
> consider the situation serious.
>
> It is telling you what needs to be done to bring your security up to
> snuff so that you can't be hacked.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.

Re: [expert] I've been hacked!

[Russ Johnson]

If you don't know what the files were before, and you don't have a backup, the best
fix will be a clean reinstall.

To prevent it, set up a good firewall.

As extra protection, use something like tripwire to ensure that your files don't
change. The advantage to tripwire is that it can tell you what the files were before
the intrusion.

Russ

Andrew Vogel wrote:

> I woke up this morning to find this email in my system:
>
> Subject: *** Diff Check, Thu Apr 20 00:02:50 EDT 2000 ***
> Security Warning: Change in Suid Root files found :
> - Added suid root files : /bin/mount
> - Added suid root files : /bin/ping
> - Added suid root files : /bin/su
> - Added suid root files : /bin/umount
> - Added suid root files : /sbin/dump
> - Added suid root files : /sbin/pwdb_chkpwd
> - Added suid root files : /sbin/restore
> - Added suid root files : /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/at
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/chage
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/chfn
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/chsh
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/crontab
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/dos
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/gpasswd
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/lpq
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/lpr
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/lprm
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/newgrp
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/passwd
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/procmail
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/rcp
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/rlogin
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/rsh
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/sperl5.6.0
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/suidperl
> - Added suid root files : /usr/bin/urpmi
> - Added suid root files : /usr/lib/telnetd/login
> - Added suid root files : /usr/libexec/pt_chown
> - Added suid root files : /usr/sbin/sendmail
> - Added suid root files : /usr/sbin/traceroute
> - Added suid root files : /usr/sbin/userhelper
> - Added suid root files : /usr/sbin/usernetctl
>
> Security Warning: Changes in Suid Group files found :
> - Added suid group files : /usr/sbin/sendmail
>
> Security Warning: Change in World Writeable Files found :
> - Removed writables files : /tmp/fileUcAjVM
>
> Security Warning: the md5 checksum for one of your SUID files has changed,
> maybe an intruder modified one of these suid binary in order to put in a
> backdoor...
> - Checksum changed files : /usr/bin/suidperl
>
> Security Warning: There is modifications for port listening on your machine :
> -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:6000  *:*
> LISTEN  658/X
> -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:1024  *:*
> LISTEN  651/kdm
> -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:1 *:*
> LISTEN  586/perl
> -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:www   *:*
> LISTEN  520/httpd
> -  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:xdmcp *:*
> 651/kdm
> -  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:1 *:*
> 586/perl
> - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:www   *:*
> LISTEN  3244/httpd
> - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:1 *:*
> LISTEN  1996/perl
> - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:6000  *:*
> LISTEN  660/X
> - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:1024  *:*
> LISTEN  653/kdm
> - Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:1 *:*
> 1996/perl
> - Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:xdmcp *:*
> 653/kdm
>
> ...I've been hacked! The questions, now, are: 1. How do I fix this? and 2. How
> to I prevent it from happening again?
>
> ===
> Andrew Vogel: Program Manager at the University of Cincinnati College of
> Pharmacy. Actor, director, dog (JRT) lover, Miata owner, & much, much more!
> My homepage: "http://www.drewvogel.com". Play I-War, FF7PC, & BC3K!
> Offical BC3K Tester.  Linux! "The only way OUT is THROUGH."
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> dug: you da man! you da man!"Drew Vogel is its own reward."
> ric: isn't "the m

Re: [expert] ntp

[Russ Johnson]

How far off is your clock?

If it's more than what ntp considers drift, it won't reset your time.

I use rdate at boot to set the time from a known good source, then let ntp
take care of the rest. This way, it doesn't matter what my bios clock says,
my time gets set right, and stays that way.

Russ

ken crist wrote:

> Is anyone out there using ntp on a Linux Mandrake Pentium computer?
>
> I installed ntp, added servers to the ntp.conf file and started the
> daemon. However, it doesn't appear to be adjusting the computer's
> clock.  When I use the ntptimeset tool, it tells me how far off the
> clock is but does not reset it.  Any insight to properly configuring ntp
> would be appreciated.
>
> Perhaps someone knows of a tool other than ntp for setting the clock
> similar to those that are available for windows.  I wanted to be able to
> do the same thing in Linux.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken

Re: [expert] Norton Antivirus and Bloodhound

[Russ Johnson]

It's not that NAV (Bloodhound is a component of NAV) can't understand the boot
sector. It's that NAV is seeing that the boot sector has changed, and is
telling the user. Changing the boot sector is EXACTLY what many viruses do, so
this is EXACTLY what you want NAV to do, in most cases. You can turn this
functionality off.

The reason McAfee doesn't do the same thing is that it doesn't scan the boot
sector like NAV. In other words, it doesn't do as good a job.

Russ

Mike Corbeil wrote:

> Civileme wrote:
>
> > The "local" Alaska Linux Users Group reports that Norton Antivirus and
> > Bloodhound, Norton's newer "heuristic" virus hunter, is claiming LILO is
> > a boot sector virus in newly installed dual-boot systems.
>
> I think NAV has been doing this for several years.  I don't think that NAV
> actually thinks LILO is a virus, but instead merely sees the mbr is not as
> it would be on a system with only MS OSs installed, that is, NAV is merely
> warning the user of something it doesn't understand and therefore can't
> properly interpret for the user.
>
> With the increasing popularity and use of Linux on dual-boot systems,
> though, NAV or BH should definitely allow for other boot managers being
> installed in the mbr.
>
> It's good to know that someone's on the ball though - McAfee.
>
> mike
>
> >
> >
> > So, for their next installfest, they will be recommending the McAfee
> > virus scanner for linux that is there to protect windows.
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> > --
> > Beta-Testing Netscape 6 Mailer

RE: [expert] REMOVE ME Please!

[Russ Johnson]

This was in the very first email you got from the list:

Welcome to the expert mailing list!

Please save this message for future reference.  Thank you.

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian Saidac
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 8:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] REMOVE ME Please!


Howard,
If you find out can you tell me as well?
I amtrying for 2 weeks now!
Adrian

Howard Lee wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How do I stop receiving e-mails from the list? Thank you very much.

RE: [expert] REMOVE ME Please!

[Russ Johnson]

This was in the very first email you got from the list:

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Please save this message for future reference.  Thank you.

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Howard Lee
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 7:35 AM
To: Expert Linux
Subject: [expert] REMOVE ME Please!


Hi,

How do I stop receiving e-mails from the list? Thank you very much.

RE: [expert] setting eth1 to 10mb

[Russ Johnson]

If you have a 10 mbit only hub, and the 10/100 card connects to it, then
it's set to 10 mbit. If it was set to 100, then it wouldn't connect at all.

The collisions are NOT due to the line speed on the card.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J. Yacketta
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 12:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] setting eth1 to 10mb


True,
but I am getting a but load of collisions on my hub between my win2k and
linux box
for some reason it appears not to be autodetecting.

the network/broadcast addys are the same and they are in the same class
(10.100.100.???)

ron
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] setting eth1 to 10mb


> Most NIC's are autodetecting and will adjust automagically.
>
> Ty C. Mixon
> F.T.C. Enterprises
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ 26147713
>
>
>

RE: [expert] IP Masq problems (Resolved somewhat)

[Russ Johnson]

I'd start with a very simple ruleset for ipchains, and then work my way to
secure.

For instance, start with this:

#!/bin/sh
#
/sbin/depmod -a

/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake ports=26000,27000,27910,27960
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_portfw.o

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

/sbin/ipchains -F

/sbin/ipchains -M -S 7200 10 160

/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ

--8<--cut here

After that runs, make sure everything works.

Once that works, you can tighten up the firewall, and make it secure.

I highly recommand the "Linux Firewall and Security Site" at
http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/.

He's got a firewall script builder that kicks butt.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Klar Brian D Contr
MSG/SWS
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 5:19 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [expert] IP Masq problems (Resolved somewhat)


Well last night I double checked everything on the Win box. DNS, Gateway,
IP. Everything is setup as before. This machine is my gf's. ftp to outside,
great. Telnet to Linux machine, fine, print fine. Checked route on Linux,
fine. Kept starting and closing IE. Nothing, the restarted IE and just went
to some site like redhat.com, and it made it there.
However now that it can surf, I cant telnet into my Linux machine from here
at the office. Any Ideas why I gain one and lose another??

-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] IP Masq problems


Brianhave you checked your settings in Win98 networking?
Like the gateway ip address, is it still there?  When a change
in the network environment occurs Windows is famous for losing
settings and losing links to drivers.  A good idea might be to
remove the tcp/ip bindings to your network card and then
reinstalling them (you'll need your windows installation cd for
that).

Alan


Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote:
>
> I have my Mandrake 6.1 set up to IP Masq. My Win 98 box sees the linux box
fine, samba is great by IE will not surf. I have used this same
configuration for a while now, but recently had to reinstall Linux.
Networking is on, IP forwarding is on. Win has Linux ip as gateway. They
ping from one to another no problem. What happened that it has stopped
working ??
>
> Brian D. Klar - CVE
> OTS
> WPAFB
> (937)257-5773
> 937-973-3125 (Pager)

RE: [expert] Dial on demand

[Russ Johnson]

You're probably thinking of diald. However, diald is no longer needed. Put
"ondemand" in your ppp "options" file, and ppp will dial on demand.

Read the pppd man page for specifics. You may also want to look at persist
and I think it's "idle".

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Bonebrake
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Dial on demand


It seems to me that I read something the other day about a module or
something to setup dial on demand for a ppp firewall/router. Is there
such a thing or am I just dreaming?

RE: [expert] Wine Is Not an Emulator

[Russ Johnson]

Play on words or not, that's what the Wine team says it stands for.

To emulate, aren't you faking it? If they don't fake it, but actually have
the APIs, then it's not emulation, it's real. Hence, not emulation.

If it was hardware, then I'd say it had to be emulation. Since we're talking
software, the line is blurred. For a program designed to run on a Z80
processor to run on a 6802 requires an emulator. For a program that requires
Windows on a x86 processor to run on Linux on an x86, requires APIs. If
those APIs exist in Linux, then you aren't emulating, you are simply
providing what the program requires, under a different OS. The underlying
architecture is still the same.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Holt
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 9:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux


AARGH!  That's simply a play on words  You stated the fact yourself
- the program that's NORMALLY executed on a WINDOWS platform is allowed
now to run on a LINUX platform.  You EMULATE the Windows enviroment so
that you can run that program in a Linux enviroment.

~Mike~

RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Russ Johnson]

Of course, this all begs the question...

Why spends days debugging this when a simple reinstall (an hour) would most
likely fix it?

That's one of the reasons I always design my systems so that I can reinstall
the OS without destroying any of my data. One of the powers of Linux. I'm
able to backup a few scripts, re-install the OS, and then restore those
scripts. Less that 2 hours later, my entire system is back up and running.

Of course, there's probably a simple explanation as to *WHY* this is
happening, and it would be shorter to fix that... Once we know what's
happening.

Russ

RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Russ Johnson]

"Normally", the init level is set by the first non-comment line in
/etc/inittab. Mine says:

id:3:initdefault:

and my system does properly boot to runlevel 3.

/etc/inittab is the file that controls how init works. You can override
inittab by specifying a parameter at the lilo prompt. So, that being the
case, let's see what's in the /etc/lilo.conf file. All of it.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian T.
Schellenberger
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 8:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart



Yes, but what rc.5 has is irrelavent; the question is: "why are we
using rc.5 in the *first* place? -- what's putting us into run-level 5?"

Do you have an init in the rc.local at all?  (Possibly linked in for
run-level 3.)  I suspect not, and that 'init' is some "special" magical
string that will require a more expert expert than me to decipher, but
I figured we could eliminate the obvious first.

RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Russ Johnson]

That means something else is broken. By commenting out that line, you
effectively broke your system.

Yes, it's now doing what you want, but in the wrong manner. There's probably
other things going on that you don't need, or things that you want that
aren't running.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lane Lester
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart


Russ Johnson said:

> Read up on how init reads that file. The answer will become clear.
>
>  I suspect you could put that line back (and make no other changes to your
>  system) and it wouldn't run X on startup... As long as it's truly
starting
>  in runlevel 3. This is controlled by the first line in inittab.

Perhaps you haven't been following the whole thread. I've had:
id:3:initdefault:
for a long time without effect. It was not until I commented out:
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
that I finally was able boot without X automatically starting.
--
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Russ Johnson]

Read up on how init reads that file. The answer will become clear.

I suspect you could put that line back (and make no other changes to your
system) and it wouldn't run X on startup... As long as it's truly starting
in runlevel 3. This is controlled by the first line in inittab.

If it does, you have much bigger problems than just X starting at bootup.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian T.
Schellenberger
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 1:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart



If that's the case, then why does deleting that line solve the problem?

On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| For what it's worth, you'll need the line in inittab for X to start in
| runlevel 5. If you start in runlevel 3, that line is never run, so it's
not
| part of the problem.
|
| Russ
|
| -Original Message-
| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lane Lester
| Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 4:03 AM
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: Re: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart
|
|
| Brian T. Schellenberger said:
| >  I believe that the reason you get a totally blank screen when you just
| >  do a startx is because you have an empty .xinitrc.
| >
| >  Since you have a .xinitrc the system one dosn't run 'cause it thinks
| >  you want to replace it with your own, but yours doesn't do anything.
| >
| >  Thus a plain gray screen.
| >
| >  Try deleting it and then do a startx.
|
| Many, many thanks to you and Civileme and others for sticking with this
| investigation. It looks like the above finally did the trick. Deleting
| (well, actually renaming) the .xinitrc and taking out
| "x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon" from the bottom of inittab
| allowed the boot to stop at the console screen and for "startx" to
| operate without crashing back to the console.
|
| Interestingly, now that I've done a startx, the window manager that is
| running is KDE, not my preferred and previous IceWM. I think I can find
| where that is going on and make the change.
| --
| Lane
| 
| Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
| Using Linux to get where I want to go...
--
"Brian, the man from babbleon-on"   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.

RE: [expert] Missing RAM - an old chestnut

[Russ Johnson]

Is it possible you have one of those systems that "shares" the ram with the
video? In that case, you're motherboard is using 8 megs of ram for video,
leaving you 23 megs for the system.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Glyn Millington
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 1:49 AM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: [expert] Missing RAM - an old chestnut


This is an old question but for me its a new machine.

It's an AMd K6 450 with 32 mb RAM (soon to be increased!)

On firing up Mandrake 7 (with kernel 2.2.15-0.18mdk), it tells me
I have 23MB ram.  I've added
append =  "mem=32m"
to lilo.conf with no effect.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here?
Is Linux not detecting the RAM?
Is it discounting space used by the kernel?

I've trawled the docs but couldn't find any clues.

TIA

Glyn M.
--
   **
   * "The soul is greater than the hum of it's parts. " *
   * Douglas Hoftstatder*
   **

RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Russ Johnson]

For what it's worth, you'll need the line in inittab for X to start in
runlevel 5. If you start in runlevel 3, that line is never run, so it's not
part of the problem.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lane Lester
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 4:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart


Brian T. Schellenberger said:
>  I believe that the reason you get a totally blank screen when you just
>  do a startx is because you have an empty .xinitrc.
>
>  Since you have a .xinitrc the system one dosn't run 'cause it thinks
>  you want to replace it with your own, but yours doesn't do anything.
>
>  Thus a plain gray screen.
>
>  Try deleting it and then do a startx.

Many, many thanks to you and Civileme and others for sticking with this
investigation. It looks like the above finally did the trick. Deleting
(well, actually renaming) the .xinitrc and taking out
"x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon" from the bottom of inittab
allowed the boot to stop at the console screen and for "startx" to
operate without crashing back to the console.

Interestingly, now that I've done a startx, the window manager that is
running is KDE, not my preferred and previous IceWM. I think I can find
where that is going on and make the change.
--
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

RE: [expert] time/date

[Russ Johnson]

In addition, to make sure the clock is right upon bootup, I put the command
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bug Hunter
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:01 AM
To: John Kofinas
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] time/date



  just put it in a cron job.

man 5 crontab


On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, John Kofinas wrote:

> I use rdate once in a while to set my computers clock, but that is a
manual
> approach. Is there any automated approach to this?
>
> Thanks
> John
>

RE: [expert] find a file

[Russ Johnson]

The reason locate is so fast is that it has a database. Unfortunately, I
don't believe that database (by default anyway) includes the whole hard
drive. That's why I use find. Locate seemed to miss files that I know were
on the hard drive.

Also, find will use the name only, with the options I gave earlier. So the
command "find / -name core -print" will only list core files to the screen.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lane Lester
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 4:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] find a file


Russ Johnson said:

> find [root of search] [option] regex [option]
>
>  So, to find the file "httpd" do the following:
>
>  First, if you like, try "which httpd". It might be in your path. If that
>  doesn't do anything, then try "find / -name httpd -print". That find
command
>  will search the whole file system for that file.

I like to use "locate" because it's so fast. I wrote a small script that
just
does the following with "lm":
locate $1 | more
because I use that so often. But is there a way to restrict the search for a
precise set of characters (I didn't find it in the man page... at least not
so
I could understand it).

For example, I was looking for "core" files to delete, and locate gave me a
flock of "corel" entries.
--
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

RE: [expert] find a file

[Russ Johnson]

find 
[root of search] [option] regex [option]
 
So, to 
find the file "httpd" do the following:
 
First, 
if you like, try "which httpd". It might be in your path. If that doesn't do 
anything, then try "find / -name httpd -print". That find command will search 
the whole file system for that file.
 
Russ

  -Original Message-From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On 
  Behalf Of patkochSent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 1:36 
  PMTo: aide de linux5(anglais)Subject: [expert] find a 
  file
  Hi,
  I  want to know how to find a file 
  on one disk knowing the file name or a part of file name.I didn't install 
  Xwindows.Thank you for your help

RE: [expert] {EXPERT} Kppp/dial on demand

[Russ Johnson]

No you don't.

Read the PPP how-to for ppp 2.2 and 2.3.

I have the following options in my ppp configuration: demand idle 300

This causes ppp to auto-dial when needed and disconnect on idle time of 5
minutes.

Diald has not been needed for many months.

You'll still need to "start" pppd when your system starts, but it will
actually only dial the phone when a connection to the net is needed.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 8:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] {EXPERT} Kppp/dial on demand


On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> is there a way to turn on dial on demand with kppp? i am trying to get my
> system so it will dial if needed and disconnect after 5 min idle time...
>
> any suggestions???
>
No. You need diald, I think to auto-run PPP.
John

[expert] Return Receipt Requested - NOT!

[Russ Johnson]

Please STOP requesting a return receipt for messages sent to this mailing
list.

It's annoying. It means that every time I go through these messages (4 or 5
times a day) I have to tell my mail reader to NOT send a return receipt.

Sorry for the broadcast, but it's more than one person doing this.

Thank you.

Russ

RE: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0

[Russ Johnson]

Heh, maybe when I'm not working 10 to 14 hour days 

I hate crunch mode.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Berkley
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 10:14 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0

Russ

Drakconf is a front end for linuxconf as well as other system admin
tools. Try it out. It works and has some stuff thats unique, so far, to
Mandrake.

Tom

RE: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0

[Russ Johnson]

>Thanks, Russ!

No problem.

>Russ Johnson said:
>>  innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network
news
>>  (newsgroups).

>I presume this is =not= used by Netscape, Pam, and other news readers.

Not if you are connecting to your ISPs news server. It's only used if you
want to have your own news spool.

>>  ldap - "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol" a protocol for accessing
>>  online directory services.

>Am I correct that this is not used by a standalone machine with only dialup
>access to the Internet?

It could be. But it's not usually done.

>  network - Huh? what are you referring to?

Beats me, but it's right there in DrakConf's list, between netfs and
numlock.

Hmm, I don't use drakconf. I use Linuxconf.

Russ

RE: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0

[Russ Johnson]

dhcpd - "Dynamic Host Control Protocol Daemon" Used to assign ip addresses
and other networking information (e.g. Host name, domain name server (dns),
domain name) to hosts upon bootup.

innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network news
(newsgroups).

kudzu - Program developed to allow linux to auto-detect and install new
hardware during the boot process.

ldap - "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol" a protocol for accessing
online directory services.

network - Huh? what are you referring to?

postfix - A replacement for sendmail.

usb - "Universal Serial Bus" Must be running for linux to use devices
attached to your USB port.

xntpd - "Network Time Protocol Daemon" Used to connect to time servers,
adjusting your systems time. It also provides the capability for you to run
a time server. So other computers can synchronize with yours.

Hope that helps.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lane Lester
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 9:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0


> > A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an
explanation
> > somewhere of what they do... omigosh, are you going to say, "man
[name]"?
> > 
>
>
> Go here: http://www.linuxforum.com/99/07/0726199.html
>
> Hoyt

That was very helpful, but it still leaves dhcpd, innd, kudzu, ldap,
network, postfix, usb, and xntpd unexplained!
--
Lane

Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

Re: [expert] Apache Virtual Web Servers

[Russ Johnson]

Thanks,  I got it figured out.  I was putting the public address instead of
the private address in the virtual server settings.



- Original Message -
From: "Axalon Bloodstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Apache Virtual Web Servers


> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Russ Johnson wrote:
>
> > I'm using a Man 7.0 firewall with multiple IP's redirecting port 80 to
an internal machine running Apache 1.3.11.  I'm trying to set up multiple
webs on this machine.  When I browse from the Internet to these domain web
servers I'm only pulling up the main domain web page.  Even when I browse
with the IP address I get the same results.
> >
> > Do I need to listen on diferent ports on the internal machine?
> >
> > Any ideas??
>
> You might be able to get away with useing the NameVirtualServer, best bet
> is to just forward to different ports to ensure they get the page they
> wanted.
>
> --
> MandrakeSoft  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon

[expert] Apache Virtual Web Servers

[Russ Johnson]

I'm using a Man 7.0 firewall with multiple IP's 
redirecting port 80 to an internal machine running Apache 1.3.11.  I'm 
trying to set up multiple webs on this machine.  When I browse from the 
Internet to these domain web servers I'm only pulling up the main domain web 
page.  Even when I browse with the IP address I get the same 
results.
 
Do I need to listen on diferent ports on the 
internal machine?
 
Any ideas??

RE: [expert] 2 IP address - 1 nic

[Russ Johnson]

What doesn't work? I've got aliasing working here, without problems, on two
boxes.

I see lots of  and very little .

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick Putteman
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 1:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] 2 IP address - 1 nic


I'd rather see Mandrakesoft fix the IP Aliasing problem that exists with
Mandrake 6.x and probably 7 (haven't tried that yet)  than give
unconstructive comments.

If Mr. Litwiller wants to put 2 ip's, one private and one public, on the
same nic, that's his choice and should normally work. I can even see some
particular setups where this would be a logical choice.

The thing is, IP Aliasing has been broken since Mandrake 6, and although
there have been several questions asked in the expert and newbie mailing
list, I haven't seen one sollution from Mandrake that actually makes it work
for me!

I've too far integrated my Mandrake 6.1 server into our company network
(bind and dhcp server and monitoring tools as Netsaint and MRTG) to switch
to another distro. If I knew what I know now I wouldn't choose Mandrake
anymore. But, I need IP Aliasing!!

The thing is, although I'm still excited about what Mandrake represents and
all the good intentions I don't think Mandrake will ever become THE linux
distro because of basic problems and the lack of sollutions.

You'll never hear me say that Linux has to be simple, has to be installed
with a graphical interface, has to be drag and drop, plug and play,  I
knew that when I chose to integrate Linux in our company network, I'd have
to actually work on it to get it going (once it's running, it's a pleasure
to keep it that way though), but I'm not a programmer, I'm a system engineer
and don't think that I'm supposed to fix some source code because someone
forgot to replace a comma by a dot in a makefile just before uploading his
tarball

Patrick
- Original Message -
From: "Axalon Bloodstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] 2 IP address - 1 nic


> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Timothy Litwiller wrote:
>
> > how do I put two ip addresses to the same network card -
> >
> > specifically I would like to use my public IP address 203.53.###.53 and
> > a private ip address 192.168.2.53 on the same card.
>
> You must be jokeing
>
> > also if this works then what do I need to do to make samba function only
> > on the private ip#
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> MandrakeSoft  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon
>

[expert] Tighten security on firewall

[Russ Johnson]

I want to tighten security on our 
firewall.
 
 
I'm using Ipchains with ipmasqadm for port 
redirection.  When I run a port scan I get alot of unfiltered ports. 

 
Does anyone know of a product to control filtering 
on these ports??

[expert] postfix mail server.

[Russ Johnson]

I'm not able to telnet to port 25 running postfix.

I can telnet to 110 ok.

Postfix is running, port 25 is active.

Any ideas??

RE: [expert] ATI Rage 128 X Setup

[Russ Johnson]

I'd love to see your setup file.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of S. Newhouse
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 6:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] ATI Rage 128 X Setup


I have one that only works in 640x480 and 800x600 mode.  This is with
a Trinitron 17 inch monitor (Gateway 1776)

Let me know if you want it.

-sen

Russ Johnson writes:
 > Has anyone successfully gotten X to work with an ATI Rage Fury with the
Rage
 > 128 chipset?
 >
 > I've re-read the readme, the other documentation, but the best I can do
is
 > get a screen with horribly flickering display.
 >
 > Now, it could be my monitor. However, if I used the FB server (prior to
 > 3.3.6 coming out) it worked fine.
 >
 > If anyone has an XF86Config that works with this card, I'd like to see
it.
 >
 > Russ
 >

[expert] ATI Rage 128 X Setup

[Russ Johnson]

Has anyone successfully gotten X to work with an ATI Rage Fury with the Rage
128 chipset?

I've re-read the readme, the other documentation, but the best I can do is
get a screen with horribly flickering display.

Now, it could be my monitor. However, if I used the FB server (prior to
3.3.6 coming out) it worked fine.

If anyone has an XF86Config that works with this card, I'd like to see it.

Russ

RE: [expert] Samba 2.0.6

[Russ Johnson]

Is smbd and nmbd running?

Type 'ps ax | grep [sn]mbd'.

If you don't get back either of them, try this:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start

(smb might be 'samba')

You should see smb and nmb start. Once they do, try connecting with the
Windows machine again.

As long as that works, you'll need to set it up to start automatically. Do
this in Linuxconf.

Russ

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Hahn
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Samba 2.0.6


Hello,

I've recently upgraded my to Mandrake 7.0. The problem is that now my
windows machines cannot connect to the samba shares.  The share shows
up in the network neighborhood but will not connect.  The message I get
is "\\linux1 is not accessible"  I've opened up the share for guest
accounts,
browseable to the world, everything I could think of.  The printers
don't
even show up.  About the only thing I can think of is that their may be
a service that's not active or something on that order.   Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance

M. Hahn

[expert] X Server for Rage 128 cards

[Russ Johnson]

It appears there may be a problem with the install when dealing with the ATI
Rage 128 based cards.

I have an ATI Rage Fury AGP. I chose that option during install. Check the
video, get a horrible flickering screen that rasters over itself.

I tried each ATI Rage 128 option in the install, and then checked what the
settings were. It said it was using the SVGA server. I then checked the
contents of the RPMS directory and see that there is a server for the Rage
128 cards.

The SVGA server does not work with the Rage 128 chipset, so the x server
won't run...

Russ

Re: [expert] Front Page extensions for Apache

[Russ Johnson]

We use FP 2000 and post to our Linux box that has the FP extensions.


- Original Message - 
From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Front Page extensions for Apache


> Speaking of Front Page, is there ANY chance that Front Page 2k will
> EVER be supported under Linux?
> John

Re: [expert] Front Page extensions for Apache

[Russ Johnson]

To be more specific --
FP extensions is installed on my box and for the main server it works great.

However, when I try to add a virtual server I get an error on the *.cnf
file,  "no port or server root specified". I've tried every *.cnf file on
the server with no luck.  Do I need to compile a cnf file myself?


- Original Message -
From: "Jean-Michel Dault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Front Page extensions for Apache


> Russ,
>
> Have a look at my frontpage rpm at:
> http://coruscant.netrevolution.com/pub/AES/frontpage/
>
> You simply install it, then run /etc/pkgconf/frontpage, and everything you
> need is working.
>
> Full documentation will be in http://localhost/manual/mod/other/frontpage.
> You'll have two directories, serk, which is the whole documentation
> package, and admin, which is the web administration forms.
>
> Jean-Michel Dault
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Russ Johnson wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:53:18 -0700
> > From: Russ Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] Front Page extensions for Apache
> >
> > I'm running into some issues with adding FP Extensions to Virtual
servers.
> >
> > Anyone out there have experience with this??
> >

[expert] Front Page extensions for Apache

[Russ Johnson]

I'm running into some issues with adding FP Extensions to Virtual servers.

Anyone out there have experience with this??

Re: [expert] PPPD dying, return of the Jedi

[Russ Johnson]

I spent hours trying to fix this - I've reached the point that I think
there's a bug in ppp-x.x.x-10.  My fix was uninstalling x.x.x-10 and going
back to x.x.x-8 from my  6.1 CD. All the problems disapeared and it works
great.

- Original Message -
From: "Audrey Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] PPPD dying, return of the Jedi


> I belive it has to do with PAP or CHAP.  How to fix it, I don't know.
> There have been discussions on it the newbie and expert lists.  I think
> it's also discussed in the PPP HOW-TO and on the mandrakeusers.org site
> and linuxnewbie.org site.  Try those to see if they will help.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello all, I posted a message a week ago, regarding PPPD dying, the
message
> > I got was: "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I
> > couldn't find any secret (password) which would let it use an IP
address."
> > This was with Mandrake 7v1.
> > I added the noauth to the options, and although I could logon to the
> > network, I could not browse. I have now installed LM7v2, and had exactly
the
> > same result.
> > Any suggestions to solve this problem very welcome
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Fred de Klein
> >
> > tel: 01908 656106 (w)
> >   0780 8254445(mob)
> > http://www.bigfoot.com/~klein_it 
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Klaus Peter Elsner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 09 February 2000 16:57
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Anybody had trouble with KISDN on Mandrake 7.0
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 21:27:36 +0100, Oeystein Hermansen wrote:
> > ->Just installed KISDN (ISDN package for KDE which work just like
Dial-up on
> > ->  Win98).
> > ->Strange thing:  I had used it on Mandrake v6.0 and 6.1 without any
> > ->problems.  Installled 7.0 and it still worked.  But after upgrading
fraom
> > ->7.0 to 7.0-2 (second ISO image), it won't work.
> > ->
> > ->The error message is "dialing to dev ippp0 failed".
> > ->Any suggestions ...
> >
> > Shure... it's my problem too :-) as far as I'm coming inside the problem
I
> > knew that there is no ioption.ippp0
> > at your system ( which is needed to do the call ).
> >
> > I'm running MD 6.1 with the latest updates.
> > Now I give it a try by installing isdn step by step without kisdn to see
> > what has to be where.
> >
> > let's be in contact to solve OUR problem :-)
> >
> > Bye Peter
> >
> > Tel: +49 (30) 742 61 10
> > Fax:+49 (30) 743 750 02
> > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ICQ #: 55400701

Re: [expert] PPPD dying

[Russ Johnson]

I removed PPP X.X.X-10 and installed ppp X.X.X-8 from my Mandake 6.1 disk.


- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 3:41 AM
Subject: [expert] PPPD dying


Hello all, I posted a message a week ago, regarding PPPD dying, the message
I got was: "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I
couldn't find any secret (password) which would let it use an IP address."
This was with Mandrake 7v1.
I added the noauth to the options, and although I could logon to the
network, I could not browse. I have now installed LM7v2, and had exactly the
same result.
Any suggestions to solve this problem very welcome

Regards

Fred de Klein

tel: 01908 656106 (w)
0780 8254445(mob)
http://www.bigfoot.com/~klein_it 


-Original Message-
From: Klaus Peter Elsner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 09 February 2000 16:57
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Anybody had trouble with KISDN on Mandrake 7.0


On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 21:27:36 +0100, Oeystein Hermansen wrote:
->Just installed KISDN (ISDN package for KDE which work just like Dial-up on
->  Win98).
->Strange thing:  I had used it on Mandrake v6.0 and 6.1 without any
->problems.  Installled 7.0 and it still worked.  But after upgrading fraom
->7.0 to 7.0-2 (second ISO image), it won't work.
->
->The error message is "dialing to dev ippp0 failed".
->Any suggestions ...

Shure... it's my problem too :-) as far as I'm coming inside the problem I
knew that there is no ioption.ippp0
at your system ( which is needed to do the call ).

I'm running MD 6.1 with the latest updates.
Now I give it a try by installing isdn step by step without kisdn to see
what has to be where.

let's be in contact to solve OUR problem :-)



Bye Peter

Tel: +49 (30) 742 61 10
Fax:+49 (30) 743 750 02
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ #: 55400701