Re: [newbie] Hosed my system
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(9)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(8)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(6)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(7)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(9)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(10)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect C:\="DOS" As you can see you can have up to 10 entries in this list. You can make this disk on another NT system. It will work everywhere I hope this helps. NT is not one of the more difficult' Windows. Just like with linux, it's all stuff you need to know... Greetings Jo -- Jo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/03/2000
Re: [newbie] Hosed my system
> >linux should be on a computer by itself without be on the same drive >or computer for that matter.the bios has to see which OS >it is going to boot. Nothing but trouble is going to happen.. >jack. I have 3 OS's on my portable and they boot without interfering with each other. Nothing bad has happened so far and it won't. Jo -- Jo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/3/2000
[newbie] problemas com minha placa de video
olá pessoal Estou tendo um problema seríssimo com minha placa de video q comprei há uma semana.. Me parece que o mandrake não reconhece a placa. Minha placa de video eh Viper II Z 200 com chip set S3 savage 2000.. Gostaria muito de saber a configuração da placa.. pois já estou cheio de ver tela azul do Ruindows Me entende? Obrigado pela atenção Jo O YAHOO! GEOCITIES CHEGOU AO BRASIL! Crie sua home page com tudo em português - http://br.geocities.com
Re: [newbie] Wiping Out NT Partitions
Don't you just remove those NTFS partitions in FDISK and create new ext2fs partitions? Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am wiping out NT Server 4.0 and installing Linux in its place. My question > is > Will Mandrake overwrite both the FAT root and the NTFS extended partition? I > have installed over win95 many times with no problem. Installing over NT is new > to me, and I was hoping to get a heads-up on what I could expect. > > Thanks, > Bryan Moorehead
Re: [newbie] Firewall
Maybe this isn't the right place to ask this question. Try expert or comp.os.linux.security Jo Agi Subagio wrote: > > How to make a Sophisticated Firewall using Mandrake 5.2 or 6.0? > I mean a firewall with this features : > 1. Intrusion Detection > 2. User Authentication > 3. Access Control > 4. Mail Gateway > 5. Address Restriction > > Regards.
Re: [newbie] how to connect thru proxy
did you set your default gateway to point to the internal network interface of the proxy? Jo Dave Reinhardt wrote: > > I would like to connect my Linux server thru an existing proxy Server > on my intranet. > BUT I can not even ping the location. > I have been having problems finding instructions for setting up Linux as > a server. Most instructors are for a client and dial-up access. > Please point me in the right direction.. > > Dave Reinhardt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.WoodsideDelSer.com
[newbie] Re:
If you boot to DOS, by means of a disk, or the DOS modus of Windows, you can give the following command: fdisk /mbr This will overwrite the master boot record with the 'normal' code. Now LILO has placed some code there. Next time you can choose to have LILO installed in the boot record of the partition where you installed linux. Jo Paul Hendrick wrote: > > Hi, > After installing Mandrake the screen res was set at 300x200. > I've been told that I should wipe my hard disk reinstall windows, and > then install Linux. > But after deleting the Linux partitions on my disk and installing MS > DOS, my system stalls when booting. It says nothing except "LI". > How do I stop this from happening? > > Also, how do I edit files from the prompt when logged in as root? > > Best regards, > Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] MS Browser For Linux?
Why does 'everyone' want to use a M$ browser on Linux? What's wrong with Netscape? You should realize that when M$ will release their browser for Linux, they won't do so for free or free in any other sense. Jo Art Rowe wrote: > > The Microsoft Internet Explorer for Unix seems to be only for two non Linux > systems, according to the MS download pages. > > Has anyone tried to use this program with Linux? > > Art
[newbie] Re:
You did not get ripped. Installing the graphical part of Linux (X) is the most tricky part. You need to know quite a lot about your hardware. Especially about the graphics card. Please be more specific if you report a problem. What kind of graphics card do you have? Which is the chipset? What kind of monitor do you have? I don't say I'll be able to help you, as I'm a newbie just like yourself. But with that info other people stand a better chance at helping you, Jo Joel Doucet wrote: > > hello, > I keep trying to contact someone from linuxmandrake but nobody wants to > responce to my e-mails, i hope a human can read this message and tell me > what to do. I just purshased "The Complete Linux operating system" > and i am having trouble with it. When i configure X windows,i have to > select my monitor, and since my monitor isn`t in the list i chose custom, > and with redhat 5.1, everything worked fine but when it says it will run > the x server, it doesn`t work, i don`t know if its my monitor of my video > card but it says there is a problem with the configuration and it gives me > the option of quiting of changing my configuration, did i just get ripped > of or can i do something about it?
Re: [newbie] Lynx: Follow Up
Well, it is fixed in the next version of Mandrake. (This version is to find the errors in it though, not supposed to be used for daily use!) Jo John May wrote: > > On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > > I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: > > > > > > >$ lynx > > > >metamail: can't open temporary file! > > > >$ > > > > > > That's all it says then I goes back to the prompt. Anybody have any ideas? > > > > Type > > > > md ~/tmp > > > > at the command prompt. > > > > Hey, it worked. So you have to have a ~/tmp directory in your home directory. > Why couldn't this have been compiled to use the /tmp directory? Oh well.. > > Thanks to everybody.
Re: [newbie] scripting problems
Great! That is just what I needed. Thanks, Jo Steve Philp wrote: > > Jo wrote: > > > > the thing is, I had tried that. I have a fair luggage of DOS knowledge > > and the variable was always empty. So I went out today and bought a book > > about programming: Linux programmer's reference. > > The mistake I made was to run my program and then ask for the contents > > of the variable. If I write the echo command into the script everything > > is fine. > > I guess I need some other command to make the changes permanent or at > > least last after my script terminated. > > If you're trying to get the value of the variable OUTSIDE of the script, > put export in front of the variable name when you set it's value in the > script... That will turn it into an environment-wide variable. > > So, export IPADDR=... should work and allow you to retrieve the > value later. > > > Patrick Putteman wrote: > > > > > > try : > > > > > > echo $IPADDR > > > > > > and verify if the address is what you expect it to be > > > > > > Patrick Putteman > > > Internet Support Manager > > > Net 7 > > > www.net7.be > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 10:16 AM > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] scripting problems > > > > > > > OK, PATH=$PATH:. worked. > > > > > > > > I set a variable in that script: > > > > > > > > IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth1 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 > > > > -d" "` > > > > > > > > How can I check if this variable got assigned the proper value? > > > > > > > > Many tanks for your help, > > > > > > > > Jo > > > > > > > > > > > > Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Jo wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > [root@host jd]# ls -al rc_fi > > > > > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root30090 Aug 7 02:47 rc_fi > > > > > > [root@host jd]# rc_fi > > > > > > bash: rc_fi: command not found > > > > > > > > > > The current directory is by default not in the PATH. > > > > > Either do ./rc_fi, or do export PATH=$PATH:. before running rc_fi. > > > > > > > > > > LLaP > > > > > bero > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? > > > > > STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ > > > >
Re: [newbie] scripting problems
the thing is, I had tried that. I have a fair luggage of DOS knowledge and the variable was always empty. So I went out today and bought a book about programming: Linux programmer's reference. The mistake I made was to run my program and then ask for the contents of the variable. If I write the echo command into the script everything is fine. I guess I need some other command to make the changes permanent or at least last after my script terminated. Many thanks, Jo Patrick Putteman wrote: > > try : > > echo $IPADDR > > and verify if the address is what you expect it to be > > Patrick Putteman > Internet Support Manager > Net 7 > www.net7.be > - Original Message - > From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] scripting problems > > > OK, PATH=$PATH:. worked. > > > > I set a variable in that script: > > > > IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth1 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 > > -d" "` > > > > How can I check if this variable got assigned the proper value? > > > > Many tanks for your help, > > > > Jo > > > > > > Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Jo wrote: > > > > > > > [root@host jd]# ls -al rc_fi > > > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root30090 Aug 7 02:47 rc_fi > > > > [root@host jd]# rc_fi > > > > bash: rc_fi: command not found > > > > > > The current directory is by default not in the PATH. > > > Either do ./rc_fi, or do export PATH=$PATH:. before running rc_fi. > > > > > > LLaP > > > bero > > > > > > -- > > > Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? > > > STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ > >
Re: [newbie] Lynx
thanks, will do... Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, John May wrote: > > > I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: > > > > >$ lynx > > >metamail: can't open temporary file! > > Please read the FAQ - mkdir ~/tmp > > LLaP > bero > > -- > Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? > STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
Re: [newbie] Lynx
I don't have a clue, but I get the same message... Jo John May wrote: > > I am getting an error message when I try to run Lynx, it says: > > >$ lynx > >metamail: can't open temporary file! > >$ > > That's all it says then I goes back to the prompt. Anybody have any ideas? > > Thanks
Re: [newbie] scripting problems
OK, PATH=$PATH:. worked. I set a variable in that script: IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth1 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 -d" "` How can I check if this variable got assigned the proper value? Many tanks for your help, Jo Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Jo wrote: > > > [root@host jd]# ls -al rc_fi > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root30090 Aug 7 02:47 rc_fi > > [root@host jd]# rc_fi > > bash: rc_fi: command not found > > The current directory is by default not in the PATH. > Either do ./rc_fi, or do export PATH=$PATH:. before running rc_fi. > > LLaP > bero > > -- > Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? > STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/
[newbie] scripting problems
Hi, Can somebody tell me why this doesn't work? [root@host jd]# pwd /home/jd [root@host jd]# ls -al rc_fi -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root30090 Aug 7 02:47 rc_fi [root@host jd]# rc_fi bash: rc_fi: command not found [root@host jd]# /home/jd/rc_fi bash: /home/jd/rc_fi: No such file or directory I hope it is enough information. If not please tell me what more you need to know. Thanks, Jo
Re: [newbie] shell scripts example how to find out dynamically assigned IP address?
Great! Many thanks, For anything shorter, I will need a lot more practice first... Jo Steve Philp wrote: > > Jo wrote: > > > > Well, I'm trying to find out my dynamically assigned IP address. I got > > this far: > > > > ifconfig > ifc > > grep --context=1 eth1 ifc > ifc1 > > grep "inet addr:" ifc1 > ifc2 > > > > Now I have to get the IP address from that line I isolated into a > > variable. > > > > Axalon wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Yants wrote: > > > > > > > how do i write shell scripts..? > > > > can someone please show me an example... > > > > > > > > > > -=-=- useless bash script v1.0 > > > #!/bin/bash > > > sleep 10 > > > -=-=- > > How 'bout this one-liner: > > IFADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth1 | grep "inet addr:" | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 > -d" "` > > IFADDR gets the output of the command pipeline inside the `s. Get the > output of /sbin/ifconfig for the specific interface, grab just the > address line, grab from the colon to the next colon, then trim off the > end of the IP address. > > Anyone got anything shorter?? > -- > Steve Philp > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] shell scripts example how to find out dynamically assigned IP address?
Well, I'm trying to find out my dynamically assigned IP address. I got this far: ifconfig > ifc grep --context=1 eth1 ifc > ifc1 grep "inet addr:" ifc1 > ifc2 Now I have to get the IP address from that line I isolated into a variable. Anybody? Many thanks, Jo Axalon wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Yants wrote: > > > how do i write shell scripts..? > > can someone please show me an example... > > > > -=-=- useless bash script v1.0 > #!/bin/bash > sleep 10 > -=-=-
[newbie] Linuxconf 1.15 and firewalling
Please help me before I go mad! I'm trying to set up a firewall using Mandrake 6.0 (Venus). I can reach the internet when I'm working on the firewall. The IP has been obtained through DHCP. I started linuxconf and enabled Linuxconf network access for a machine with IP 10.0.0.2. The internal card of the firewall has address 10.0.0.1. This works fine and gives me the advantage I don't have to run from one computer to the other for testing. Then I went into Control files and systems, Configure Linuxconf modules and added firewall rules configuration. default init runlevel configuration and motd - Message Of The Day configuration are the only other checked items. Through the Control panel I restarted linuxconf. Then I started configuring Routing and gateways. Under Set Defaults I enabled Routing. I don't know what to fill in for the default gateway though. On the client machine I would enter 10.0.0.1, but this is the firewall. I tried with my external IP-address to no avail. I also changed the last byte to 0 and to 255. Then I tried with 127.0.0.1 and with leaving the field empty. Always activating the configuration and seeing if I could ping out. This was after I enabled forwarding rules in Firewalling defaults (packet filtering). The rule I set was: Forward firewalling This rule is active: checked Rule's policy: Accept Do masquerading: checked Protocol: all >From Host or Network: 10.0.0.0 Net mask: 255.255.255.0 Port range: empty Other ports: empty Interface: Any To Host or Network: 0.0.0.0 Net mask: again I don't know what to fill in here, so I tried with nothing, class A, class B and Class C net masks Port range: empty Other ports: empty Interface: any The only firewall rules that are active are the forwarding rules. >From the internal workstation I can ping myself: 10.0.0.2, the firewall 10.0.0.1 and the outside card on the address administered by the DHCP server. I can't ping the name servers nor any other host on the subnet. Does anybody have a clue why I can't seem to get this to work. Many thanks in advance, Jo
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote: > > > >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > >> Winmodems are popular. > > > > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... > > > > Jo > > The problem is, for the most part, it's not us buying them in the first place, > it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy winmodems to make their computers > cheaper while still making more money, and most of the end users don't even > realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, or they don't care, because > they can't imagine using anything other than Windows anyway, until a year later > when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the fun of it but then WHOOPS > the modem doesn't work.) > > My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which seems to be widely > considered to be the top computer maker now), and we discovered that ALL of > the modem options they offer for their Dimension computers are winmodems. > Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top of the line manufacturer, > and you can't even get them to preinstall a real modem. > > -Tom > > (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, that they would put the > cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so she could then buy a real > modem from somewhere else and install it herself. Now there's great customer > service.) Yes, they CAN be so nice if they, really, really want it... I hope she told them to put the modem where the sun doesn't shine? I thought Dell was one of the first computer manufacturers to support linux? Jo
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > Winmodems are popular. They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... Jo
Re: [newbie] Trouble with d-link
just try NE2000, works for me, Jo Mike Ortiz wrote: > > Hi, > I don't know, All the info I got off of the Win98 networking is "D-Link DE > ISA PnP LAN adapter" There was no further info on the driver, nothin... > > Is there a way I can tell by opening it up? Thanks for you response! :-) > > -m > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Mike Ortiz wrote: > > > > > I am having trouble with ym d-link DE ISA PnP nic card. I can not find a > > > kernel module that makes it work. The system does not even know it's > > > there. I have disabled the PnP bios option and it still makes no > > > difference. I perfer 3com, but my company already has the d-link in > > > there. Any suggestions? > > > > Do you know what chipset it is based on? > > > > LLaP > > bero > > > > > > --- > Mike Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Interrim Systems Administrator > La Plaza Telecommunity > 224 Cruz Alta Rd. Suite F > Taos, NM 87571 > > (505)758-1836 > ---
Re: [newbie] Fonts
Many thanks, I'm going to try it all out! Jo Civileme wrote: > > Well, I think the PowerPack offers additional TT fonts on one of the > CDs. I don't remember which I installed it from, either install or > Contributed > > Netscrape Has an obvious course to change fonts for fixed and variable > width and also has an arcane "Codings" setting which I use to set up > custom Cyrillic fonts for the Russian penpals I have. A little > tinkering is in order. Edit menu, Preferences Selection, then > Appearance and fonts choices. Of Course, it would be wise to DL the > extra TT fonst first. > > I was annoyed by the same things you mention, with a 1024x768x32 > screen on a 15" monitor. I just fixed it. I chose KDE Control > Center and clicked on Desktop and then Fonts. It seems you have > several categories of text you can change and you can set the size as > large as 16 point for any of them. Blue Highway and BookMan, Baltar > and Hydrogen Whiskey, and a nice 14-point iso-8859-1 fixed width font > now grace my desktop. Much more reradable > > Then I read your next message and LO-- on the KDE Control Center is a > setting for KEYs which allows you to define which keystrokes do > what. I'm going to use that one too > > Civileme > > Jo wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > One reason why I keep booting back to Windows, despite all Linux' > > virtues, is > > because I can't seem to find a way to make the fonts under Linux a > > pleasure > > to read. I don't say it's impossible to read them, but it is > > tiresome. > > Especially in Netscape, an application I'm using a lot lately and > > which > > allows me to compare the interfaces of NT and Linux Mandrake. > > I'm running KDE on a 17" screen. The resolution is set to 1024x768 > > and my > > eyesight is above average. Still the fonts are too small. But even > > when > > I change the resolution they are still ugly compared to the Windows > > fonts. > > > > I already tried to change the fonts and their size under Netscape, > > but this > > doesn't change anything. > > > > So, is it possible to change the fonts and their size systemwide? > > > > Jo > > -- > Civileme Say: > > "Man who read the fine material available make wiser decisions, much wiser > after some tinkering and experience." > >
[newbie] Backspace
Another annoying thing is that the backspace. home and end keys don't work. At least they don't like I'm used to. Backspace works like delete, but that's not what it's supposed to do. I'm touch-typing with 10 fingers, but an error is easily made and normally swiftly corrected. Now I have to lift my hand and go use the arrow keys. Is there a way to resolve this? Jo PS: I should have lwrtiitten this message without using the backspace key, then you would see hw cumbersome this probleme really is.
[newbie] Fonts
Hi, One reason why I keep booting back to Windows, despite all Linux' virtues, is because I can't seem to find a way to make the fonts under Linux a pleasure to read. I don't say it's impossible to read them, but it is tiresome. Especially in Netscape, an application I'm using a lot lately and which allows me to compare the interfaces of NT and Linux Mandrake. I'm running KDE on a 17" screen. The resolution is set to 1024x768 and my eyesight is above average. Still the fonts are too small. But even when I change the resolution they are still ugly compared to the Windows fonts. I already tried to change the fonts and their size under Netscape, but this doesn't change anything. So, is it possible to change the fonts and their size systemwide? Jo
Re: [newbie] command prompt
Hi Civileme, You are right of course and I wasn't considering to start doing this. But I was curious just about how far Linux would be configurable. Pretty far apparently. Thanks for the insight. Greetings, Jo Civileme wrote: > > YEs, it would be possible to set that to any of those numbers. IMHO, > 2 and 1 are self-defeating, and nearly as bad as 0 or 6. Logins and > passwords and privileged and non-privileged users are important. Has > no friend ever harmed your computer by accident? Wouldn't a computer > with unknown passwords make a nice boat anchor for a burgular? More > to the point, do you wonder why there is so little anti-virus software > for Linux, and why most of it running under Linux is set to check for > viruses that might affect other types of systems in the same network? > > All part of some careful and thoughtful planning going back to or > before Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. The security features are > there for you, and do have a minor cost, in terms of logins and > privileges. > > Today, I had difficulty downloading a driver file from a site. It > insisted I register first, which I did repeatedly, but it kept > looping. I noticed the pages were labeled with .asp extensions, so I > decided to try a new toy I borrowed from the good folks at eEye > Digital Security Team. Result: I downloaded the driver, cleaned up > the logs and got out without leaving behind any destruction or in fact > any evidence I was there. > > www.eeye.org and www.insecure.org have the relevant links. Linux > running Apache doesn't have these sorts of problems, unless there are > some of the older unprotected front-page extensions running on > Apache. Even if exploits are found, they are patched within a matter > of hours in most cases. > > I use Linux for two reasons. One is that, except in a MAJOR release, > software does what it claims, and will do what it claims pretty soon > even after a major revision, and the other is that I don't care to > have others who have access to my computer messing up my > configuration. An init default runlevel of 2 or 1 would defeat that. > > Michael Moore > > > Jo wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he >> wouldn't need >> to give a password... Or am I totally missing something? >> >> Jo >> >> Ken Wilson wrote: >> >> > Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII >> graphic of Tux? >> > If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security >> features >> > of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. >> > >> > If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just >> edit the >> > 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 >> instead of 5. >> > >> > > -Original Message- >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert >> Bullough >> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM >> > > To: Mandrake >> > > Subject: [newbie] command prompt >> > > >> > > >> > > Hello. >> > > >> > > By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the >> cute little >> > > logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go >> straight >> > > to a command prompt? >> > > >> > > > > -- > Civileme Say: > > "Man who read the fine material available make wiser decisions, much wiser > after some tinkering and experience." > >
Re: [newbie] command prompt
4 was a spare one, for future use Axalon wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Jo wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need > > to give a password... Or am I totally missing something? > > > > Jo > > The difference between 3 and 2, 3 has nfs 2 does not. Yes you could set > the default runlevel to 1 this however isn't general usefull, only get one > login, two if you background startx or something. If your looking for a > runlevel to customize my choice would be 2 or 4 > > 0 = halt > 1 = single > 2 = no nfs > 3 = nfs > 4 = umm you know i forgot, does this one even have a real purpose? > 5 = XDM > 6 = reboot > > > Ken Wilson wrote: > > > > > Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux? > > > If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features > > > of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. > > > > > > If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the > > > 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5. > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough > > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM > > > > To: Mandrake > > > > Subject: [newbie] command prompt > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little > > > > logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight > > > > to a command prompt? > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] icq
Manny Styles wrote: > - Original Message - > From: J Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:35 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] icq > > > > > Yants wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to run ICQ on Linux using WINE? If so, how..? > > > > There are plenty of ICQ clients for Linux. Surf on over to > > www.freshmeat.net and search for ICQ. > > > > -- > > Jeremy Mann > > http://manndesigns.dynip.com > > icq://21081443 > > email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > If you want to hang with the original, there is ICQJava from Mirabilis. It > doesn't offer all of the options you get with ICQ99 in windows, but neither > do the linux ICQ clones. You can register for a new UIN with ICQJava though > if you don't have one. One important note, with windows, you need to create > a 'conf' folder in your ICQJava directory to store your UIN and contacts; I > believe you need to do the same in linux (haven't tried it yet). > > Manny Styles > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain > silent? They should, but what will they do with a deaf? > > > > NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? > Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] command prompt
Hi, Wouldn't it be possible to change that 3 to a 2 or a 1? Then, he wouldn't need to give a password... Or am I totally missing something? Jo Ken Wilson wrote: > Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux? > If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features > of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated. > > If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the > 'inittab' file line that reads "id:5:initdefault" to read 3 instead of 5. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bert Bullough > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:33 AM > > To: Mandrake > > Subject: [newbie] command prompt > > > > > > Hello. > > > > By default when I start Mandrake 6.0 it goes straight to the cute little > > logon manager. Is there a way to change this so that it will go straight > > to a command prompt? > > > >
Re: [newbie] one more time!
the command is startx. Don't worry you'll get there Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > when i type in "runx" at the promt, a messages says no command found or > something to that nature. what gives? man i realy suck at this linux bit. > > j
Re: [newbie] now what- super newbie question....
If you give a command with a & after it. It is started in the background, meaning that you get your command prompt back. So if you do CTRL-ALT-F1 you will see a prompt and not a bunch of messages of the X-server. Jo Kuraiken wrote: > Ken Wilson wrote: > > > > for Xwindows type 'startx &' > > > > Excuse me but... > (showing glaringly my newbie status :-)) > What's the ampersand for? I normally just type "startx" and hey presto! It > starts. > > -- > - > Kuraiken - Python fanatic. > - > Python. Try it. It'll swallow you whole! > -
Re: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time
GMT would be 5-7 hours ahead of US times. Sorry don't know the answer either. "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: > Looks like you have your clock set to GMT. I know there is a way to tell it > weather you want local time or GMT when installing, but I don't know how to > change it later. > > Sorry! > > Ty C. Mixon > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Podein > Sent: July 12, 1999 6:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Clock wont show correct time > > I am having a problem . The clock on my panel displays the > time incorrectly . It is 6 hours behind . I have looked > through the entire K menu , help files , etc . I cannot find > out where , or how to change the time Can someone please help > me .
Re: [newbie]were do i get my money back
It never said you weren't going to have to read the instructions. All you need to do is explained very well in the documentation. Jo douglas wrote: > Florin Grad wrote: > > > douglas w buns wrote: > > > > > > i am trying to install (the complete linux operating system 6.0) on > > an > > > acer aspire w/pentium 100 when the program get to the ( runing > > > install... ) line it stops, nothing happens after this point .i > > fromated > > > the hard drive an there is nothing on it. i've tried starting in dos > > and > > > from the doot disk > > > > > > thank you for any help douglas > > hello there, > > > > have you tried to boot from the linux boot disk ? > > sincerely, > > -- > > F. Grad (Technical Support Team) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > if you are not going to read the e-mail an try to give us any help don't > print (30 days free support ) on the box.
Re: [newbie] swap space
great, thanks! Axalon wrote: > Yes, there are even howtos to share it with NT > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jo wrote: > > > and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation? > > > > "James J. Capone" wrote: > > > > > In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too > > > much. If you think you are going to run into memory problems because of it then > > > I would go for the larger size swap, If not leave it like it is, > > > > > > That is my 2 cents. > > > > > > James J. Capone > > > === > > > Webmaster http://linuxuser.8m.com > > > Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com > > > Co-Author - Linux Book For Newbies. > > > "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment > > > Next To Yours!" > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:07 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject:[newbie] swap space > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm considering to install Cooker. I was thinking to reserve another > > > gigabyte of hard disk space for it. Now my question is: is it allowed to > > > 'reuse' or use again the swap partition? It will never be used by both > > > installations at the same time. > > > > > > Furthermore I'm considering to make it bigger. Right now it is 64 MB. > > > I'm running on a PII, 350 MHz with 128 MB of memory. Would it be better > > > to have more swap space? Like 96 or 128 MB? > > > > > > Many thanks for your comments, > > > > > > Jo > >
Re: [newbie] swap space
and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation? "James J. Capone" wrote: > In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too > much. If you think you are going to run into memory problems because of it then > I would go for the larger size swap, If not leave it like it is, > > That is my 2 cents. > > James J. Capone > === > Webmaster http://linuxuser.8m.com > Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com > Co-Author - Linux Book For Newbies. > "The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Apartment > Next To Yours!" > > -Original Message- > From: Jo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:[newbie] swap space > > Hi, > > I'm considering to install Cooker. I was thinking to reserve another > gigabyte of hard disk space for it. Now my question is: is it allowed to > 'reuse' or use again the swap partition? It will never be used by both > installations at the same time. > > Furthermore I'm considering to make it bigger. Right now it is 64 MB. > I'm running on a PII, 350 MHz with 128 MB of memory. Would it be better > to have more swap space? Like 96 or 128 MB? > > Many thanks for your comments, > > Jo
Re: [newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > u should be able to open a terminal window and type "deskswitch" > then just select the desktop you want : ) Thanks 4 trying to help, but it doesn't recognize deskswitch as a command. Not even as root. Any other suggestions? Jo
[newbie] Get out of AfterStep, back to KDE
Hi, Can somebody tell me how I can once again use KDE when in AfterStep. I managed to change the interface X uses, but now I'm stuck and I don't seem to be able to find a way back to KDE. I want to go back as I already got used to the interface of KDE and it has a few programs like kvirc and kpackagemanager I like better. The packagemanager under AfterStep bluntly tells me it cannot edit the rpm database, instead of prompting for the root password. Many thanks, Jo
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
The whole reason for me to look into Linux is because I would love to make a firewall with it. I still have a lot to learn about it first though. I'm starting by getting aquainted with UNIX as opposed to DOS. Of course the fact that it's open also appeals to me. I like the idea that one day (in a further future) I will be able to understand it fully. Jo Irv Mullins wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, you wrote: > > > > Is the system safe from the network side? I didn't install any servers. Should I be > > afraid of Trojan horses? I ask this because my I have a constant connection to the > > internet via cablemodem. > > > > Jo > > There was a thread on the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > recently about this. Apparently someone had just hooked a Linux box > up to the cable, and was surprised to see how many of his neighbors' > Windows PC's were available for browsing. > > I would think a constant connection would be more at risk than a dialup. > Probably you will want a book or two on Linux security issues. > > Regards, > Irv
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
point taken. I'll look into it further when I'm past the 'newbie' status... When you're talking about Windows, I'm getting the impression you talk about Win95, which seems insecure to me, by the mere fact it is possible to bypass the login prompt. You are right of course in that it is hard to have both a secure and a handy system. Jo darkknight wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, Jo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Recently my system failed to boot (I had added something to rc.local, that didn't >belong there). On irc I was told that I could still boot if I gave linux single at >the LILO boot. This worked, but to my surprise I never had to enter a login or a >password. Even then, I was allowed to change rc.local back to what it was. > > > > Is this normal? I thought Linux was supposed to be so secure. > > > > Jo > > It is secure, but in varying degrees. In server mode or even in workstation > mode it is quite secure but in single user mode in is not. Single user mode to > my limited knowledge is not ment for use on the internet, not in terms of > security anyway. In workstation or server mode when you are NOT logged on as > root it is quite secure. It is all a matter of how you use it as to how secure > it is. Just as many Windows users defeat what security it does have by > bypassing the Windows user logon which can be used to set it up with varying > degrees of security. Yet most users just hit enter on a blank question block > asking for default user info when Windows starts the first time. In this way it > is never secure unless the user goes back later and sets up security messures > for different users. Anyway, Linux can be secure, or not depending on how you > use it, like with alot of things. > > John Love > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
I'm sorry for not being as clear as I could have been about this. I wrote a more extensive message a few minutes ago, Jo Axalon wrote: > Ah, i know what your missing. The modification to rc.local wasn't the > cause, just the reason it was noticed. The cause was "linux single" > > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote: > > > I can understand that part. I am baffled at what he changed in the rc.local.. > > > > The only other thing I could think of would be to change the /etc/inittab file > > to run login shells instead of login managers. There is nothing I can think of > > to run in rc.local that can bypass the login security. > > > > You can run an expect script to address one of the login managers and log in > > automatically, but that's not a simple change. You could start up an X session > > as a user, I suppose, but the original poster never mentioned what the change > > to the file was or how he did it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > James J. Capone > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jose Alberto Abreu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:32 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single > > > > > > I think he meant that theres a security hole since he wasnt asked for a > > login&passwd > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
Please see my other message. I think it's necessary to be in front of the machine. "James J. Capone" wrote: > Still would like to know what they told you. I have my Box running at home and > Remotely run it and want to test this theory. As I know about the Linux single > from Lilo.. I still don't understand how to do that via rc.local/// > > Thanks. > > James J. Capone > > -Original Message- > From: James J. Capone [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 7:32 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject:RE: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single > > I would still like to know what you did to allow it to do that. I looked in my > rc.local file and saw nothing that had to do with the login prompt.. > > Let me know.. > > Thanks, > > James
Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
All I added to rc.local was: imwheel cd /home/jo/.../setiathome /home/jo/...setiathome This caused the boot process to hang. At least that's what it seemed like. It just said starting local, but it never said [OK] or [FAILED]. I understand now that it was due to the setiathome program which interacts with the desktop. Thus the rc.local file never ended its processing. I didn't know at the time I could stop it with CTRL-C. I also didn't realize what was going on. So I rebooted into windows and went to #linux on irc and presented my problem. They told me I could boot 'Linux single' which should have the effect of not executing the scripts. So I did. And I was working as root, able to vi rc.local, without ever telling the system who I was nor giving a password. As you may have noticed this has nothing to do with my changes to rc.local. The script never ran. In fact you can try it yourself: Type 'Linux single' at the LILO prompt and enjoy the liberty to change all system parameters. Jo "James J. Capone" wrote: > I would still like to know what you did to allow it to do that. I looked in my > rc.local file and saw nothing that had to do with the login prompt.. > > Let me know.. > > Thanks, > > James
[newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
Hi, Recently my system failed to boot (I had added something to rc.local, that didn't belong there). On irc I was told that I could still boot if I gave linux single at the LILO boot. This worked, but to my surprise I never had to enter a login or a password. Even then, I was allowed to change rc.local back to what it was. Is this normal? I thought Linux was supposed to be so secure. Jo
