RE: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine.
look for the telnet-server rpm on the cdrom, it is there ;) =-Original Message- =From: Michael, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:29 AM =To: Mandrake Linux News group (E-mail) =Subject: [newbie] enable telnet from a remote machine. = = =I have installed Mandrake 7.2 in all three modes, and since I =will be doing =some Java development, I ended up using the Developer =install. I love the =install and almost everything works great, however, I cannot =Telnet in to =the box from another machine. I did start the service, =however it didn't =seem to help. If I re-install the OS as a server everything =works fine, but =it doesn't seem like I should have to do that. = =Thanks in advance. = =Steve Michael =[EMAIL PROTECTED] = =
RE: [newbie] No user pwd needed on startup
/etc/inittab look for id:#:initdefault: were # would be something like 3 for non gui and 5 for gui Ron =-Original Message- =From: Liaw, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:46 PM =To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' =Subject: RE: [newbie] No user pwd needed on startup = = =Just my guess: You might have set runlevel to something like =2 or 3. I =don't remember exactly which file in /etc you need to look. =My guess is =/etc/init.rc. It should be set to 4 (multi-user) or 5 =(multi-user with =graphical login screen). = =Hope this helps. =Andy = = -- = From: Joan Tur[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] = Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:40 AM = To: Newbie = Subject:[newbie] No user pwd needed on startup = = Hallo!! = = I've installed 7.2 on my laptop and i've changed =something... don't know = where!! It's booting directly to my user account without =asking me for = the password! = = Where are those settings?? Thanks!! ;-) = = -- = Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 = Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.pagina.de = Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 = = = = = = = =
RE: [newbie] Samba
www.samba.org =-Original Message- =From: rharvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:17 AM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba = = =Do you have the url =will you please post it. = =thanks =- Original Message - =From: "James Schofield" [EMAIL PROTECTED] =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:10 AM =Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba = = = At 03:11 PM 11/1/00 -0600, you wrote: = Ok, I have been through two different configure setups, one from = Linuxnewbie and = = the other from a book called "Mastering Linux". Neither of which =reflects = the current = = Samba 2.0.7 that I am using and I have also looked at the =mandrake site. = Anyone know of = = a good source to guide me through setting up Samba? I'm =close but can't = quite get = = there with the available info. Swat won't make the changes =for me. I get =a = error = = message that says My computer is not authorized access. =Should I have =been = in root and = = not gone to a browser as a plain ole user? Advise is, as =usual, always = welcome. = = -- = Dennis M. a registered Linux user #180842 = = = Yes if you have not figured that out you have to be root to write to =things = in the /etc dir. So you would have to run swat as root. = = As for another good source for info. Have you hit the =ORiely book website = yet. Their using Samba book is also available for download =in HTML or PDF = format. = = Good luck.. I have done the same. = = = James Schofield = Linux user and loving it! Mandrake 7.1/Storm(Hail)/SusE 7.0 = "Trouble is where you find it, sooo stop looking for me!" = = = =
RE: [newbie] uninstalling packages
=-Original Message- =From: jesse martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:16 AM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: [newbie] uninstalling packages = = =How do I uninstall a package?? rpm -e packagae name =How do I know which packages are installed in a system?? rpm -qa =Did anyone know of any How-To uninstall packages document?? = =OK, thats it for today!!! :) = =Thanks in advance... =Jesse = =__ =Do You Yahoo!? =Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. =http://im.yahoo.com/ =
RE: [newbie] Help!!!! How do you give a user rights to make them stay in his own home dir? How do you turn off services to just one user?!
=-Original Message- =From: rharvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:10 AM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: [newbie] Help How do you give a user rights to make them =stay in his own home dir? How do you turn off services to just one =user?! = = =How do you give a user rights to make them stay in his own =home dir? this could possible be accmplished with chroot create a simple script hat executes upon login to chroot the person to there home dir (have never tried this, but in theroy it should work) How do =you turn off services to just one user? which services? = = =
RE: [newbie] C++ program?
Joe, LM has a c/c++ compiler that you can install during the installation process (or after if you choose) check under the development information during install =-Original Message- =From: Joe Brault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:40 PM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: [newbie] C++ program? = = =Hello all, I have aninteresting question for everyone. I am =in the process =of totally converting my systems over to Linux because i'm tired of =winbloze. However, In order for me to do this, I need to find an =ansi-standard compliant C++ compiler that runs in Mandrake. =Does such a =program exist? Free is even better! :) Any help is greatly =appreciated! = = - Joe :) =- Original Message - =From: "Joe Brault" [EMAIL PROTECTED] =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:44 AM =Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? = = = Charles, = = Thanks for the instructions! They were very easy to =follow and helped =a = lot! Although for some reason it kept failing on the =simulation of the =burn = process... any thoughts? = = - Joe :) = - Original Message - = From: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:03 AM = Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? = = = = - Original Message - = From: "Joe Brault" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 10:46 PM = Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install CD?? = = = Charles, = = I downloaded the image, and will be using NERO =Burning Rom to burn = my = CD. This program came with my CDRW drive (Creative Labs). = = [snip] =Did you download the ISO image? =What program will you be using to burn the cd? = = Charles = = = Since the install ISO is 649MB you should not try to =burn it on a =650MB = blank. Pony and several others make 700MB CD-Rs but be =sure you do not = pick = up an audio only CD-R. = NERO trys to make it hard to record from an ISO. There =is no info in = the = manual or on their web site. Here is what you need to do: = 1) Find the folder to which you downloaded the ISOs, =right click on each = and = choose rename; = mandrake 71-ext.iso change to mandrake 71-ext.nrg = mandrake 71-inst.iso change to mandrake 71-inst.nrg = 2) Launch NERO = 3) Close the New Compilation window so that you have only the main =window = open. = 4) From the toolbar along the top of the window select CD =Recorder/ =Choose = Recorder and be sure your CD-RW is picked = as the recording device. = 5) From the File menu select Burn image. In the pop-up =window navigate =to = the folder with the .nrg file and click on one and click OK = 6) A Foreign Image File box will open. Click OK. = 7)A Foreign Image Setting box will open. Change it were =necessary to =show = the following values: Data mode 1; Block Size 2048: and =the Swapped =option = should be checked.Click OK. = 8) A Write CD window will open. If you have not done much =burning and =are = not familiar with your CD-RWs abilities check all 4 =boxes, test speed, = simulate, burn, and finalize. By doing this NERO will =auto select the =burn = speed.Finally in the top right of the window click the =Write button and = the = process of burning the CD will begin. = When the 1st CD is finished follow steps 5-8 to create the 2nd. = Hope I have not made it seem too complicated. If you have any =problems = or = other questions you can reply to the list or, contact me =direct if you = choose. = = Charles = = = = = = = =
RE: [newbie] ipchains
would not a virtual nic work here? eth0:1, eth0:2 etc..?? =-Original Message- =From: Adrian Wildey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 4:01 PM =To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =Subject: [newbie] ipchains = = =Hi, = =I am currently seting up ipchains with masquerading server to replace =our existing Novell BorderManager firewall. I have got the filters and =masquerading working but there is one issue I can't find any =info on :-( = =BorderManager allows multiple IP address to be assigned to the public =NIC eg 123.1.1.1, 123.1.1.2, 123.1.2.3 etc. =A static translation can be set up so that 123.1.1.2 points to private =address 192.4.5.6 (email server) and 123 1.1.3 points to =192.4.5.9 (web =server) whilst masquerading is done on 123.1.1.1. This allows the =public servers to be kept on the private LAN and not in a DMZ. =My question is can IPCHAINS do the same = =Regards =Adrian Wildey =
RE: [newbie] Secure FTP?
my bust! here is the link http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fcrypto.php3 -Original Message- From: Damien Mc Kenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:52 PM To: Mandrake Newbies List Subject: [newbie] Secure FTP? I've heard of sftp being a secure form of FTP, but what packages do I need for it? Is it automatically included in my OpenSSH installation or do I need something else? Thanks for the help. -- Damien Mc Kenna, Paraprofessional The Computer Institute, 100 Waldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 407-328-4722 x3397
[expert] sendmail
Hello all!! we (my company) has acquired another company, we are looking at point all of there MIX records to our companies DNS , but would like to have a message auto generated when we receive email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to tell the sender that the users email address has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this possible? if so how? what software? regards, -Ron == __ /_/\ Ronald J. Yacketta / \\ \ Solaris Systems Administrator /_\ \\ /World Kitchen /_/ \/ / / One Pyrex Place /_/ / \//\ Elmira, NY 14902 \_\//\ / / \_/ / /\ / Desk : 607-377-8328 \_/ \\ \Cell : 607-368-0208 \_\ \\ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \_\/ url : www.worldkitchen.com
RE: [newbie] NT4 domain joining
www.samba.org -Original Message- From: J Michael Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] NT4 domain joining Anyone know of an app or the procedure to get a linux (mandrake 7.0) box to join and login to an NT4 domain? Thanks sh0gun
RE: [newbie] How to TAR directory
tar cvf /tmp/etc.tar /etc also could zip it up at the same time tar zcvf /tmp/etc.tgz /etc Ron -Original Message- From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:57 PM To: Mandrake Linux Subject: [newbie] How to TAR directory How would I use the command TAR... to compress the /etc/ directory... so I can back it up...on another drive? -- Registered Linux User:73821 ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) ===KompuKit===
RE: [newbie] Modem locks
check under /var/lock maybe kpp has a .lock file out there somewhere??? -Original Message- From: John Rye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Modem locks Hi folks - I had a power outage a short time ago and assume it's the reason for my problem. If I attempt to dial out kppp returns a message that the modem is locked I need to release that lock but have been unable to find any info locally.. Help!! Cheers John
RE: [newbie] DHCP
install the dhcp-client rpm -Original Message- From: Dallas Haggar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 7:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] DHCP Hi, I have installed Mandrake 7.02 (i486) on my old 486 DX2/66. I have an SMC8000 series ethernet card set to software config. Using linuxconf the pc comes upon my network OK with a static IP address, but if I set it to DHCP the ethernet card fails to start and my DHCP server doesn't get a request for an IP address. Any suggestions? Thanks Dallas - Send Amazing Cards FREE by e-mail with FREE e-Gift and FREE decoration: www.mini-card.com/index.asp?referer=fm1 - Get your own free email account at http://www.freemail.com.au/ now part of the Webuser.com.au independent portal. Visit at... http://www.webuser.com.au -
RE: [newbie] DHCP
its on the mandrake cdrom Mandrake/RPMS -Original Message- From: Martin Solms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 9:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DHCP "Yacketta,Ronald J" wrote: install the dhcp-client rpm Where do I find the rpm? Thanks Martin
RE: [newbie] sound card config
I have the same problem at work on my gateway e-1440 (everything is on the board with the 810 chipset) -Original Message- From: Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] sound card config On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, you wrote: gerald green wrote: help, i have a soundblaster pci 128 that will not work for me, my install of mandrake 7.0 was not as bad as i thought it was going to be. Have you tried sndconfig? Lothar does not do a very good job with that card; in fact, I've gone through 3 installs and still haven't gotten midi to work. Carl Kehley I tried sndconfig and it says that my sound card is not suported in linux but it does find it
RE: [newbie] Network settings
linuxconf -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Network settings Howdy, just got 7.0 totally up and running however my network settings didn't take. Does anybody know how I can go back edit network settings w/o having to re-install? thanks, bg
[newbie] yet more problems with 7-02 iso install on a compaq E1400
Okay, I finaly got 7-02 installed, got my nic/vid working and noticed linux only sees 10mb of my 127mb ram!! well heck I thought, added mem=128M to the append line of lilo.con ran lilo rebooted and now get a GPF this is the before crash (from dmes for the mem detection) 14364K/16384k after the mem=128M 127908k/131072k after it detects te memory it gives the following (not the full messages)
[newbie] memory problems with lm 7-02 on a compaq E-1400
after I installed Lm and got the nic/vid working I noticed that linux was only seeing 10M of my 127M of ram I added the mem=128M to lilo.con ran lilo and rebooted after the reboot I get a GPF (general protection fault) right after the detection of memory it reads: CPU:0 EIP:0010:[c0123783] EEFLAGS:00010286 eax:009febx:c7fff0d8ecx:c021fe40 edx:c021fe40 esi:0028edi:ebp:c7e0 esp:c0239ec8 ds: 0018es: 0018ss: 0018 Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=c0239000) more info on Stack, Call trace and Code then it says Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! In swapper task - not syncing what the heck is all this? why did linux barf on my mem=128M??? I do have 128M, I see 128M in winblows 95/98/NT4/win2k any help would be greatly appreciated Regards, Ron
[newbie] Intel 82801AA 810 chipset AC'97
trying to configure thos crappy company compaq E-1400 so far got the nic/vid to work been tyring to get the sound card to work running sndconfig finds the card but then says its not supported does anyone know of a drive/kernel that supports the 82801AA 810 chipset AC'97?? Regards, Ron
RE: [newbie] yet more problems with 7-02 iso install on a compaq E1400
ACK! Please ignore these posts! I thought I canceled them and did not send I fixed my problem with the mem=17M vice mem=128M Sorry for the BS post! Ron -Original Message- From: Yacketta,Ronald J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:14 AM To: Newbie (E-mail) Subject: [newbie] yet more problems with 7-02 iso install on a compaq E1400 Okay, I finaly got 7-02 installed, got my nic/vid working and noticed linux only sees 10mb of my 127mb ram!! well heck I thought, added mem=128M to the append line of lilo.con ran lilo rebooted and now get a GPF this is the before crash (from dmes for the mem detection) 14364K/16384k after the mem=128M 127908k/131072k after it detects te memory it gives the following (not the full messages)
RE: [newbie] Apologies not necessary here......
I agree tho my appologie wa not due to me being a newbie but rather my ignorance and of not properly canceling an email that was not intended to be sent. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 4:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Apologies not necessary here.. I do not speak for all on this list, but; all of these "sorry" and "apologies" are not necessary. We are all new and need to read as much as possible and learn more than we ever new we did not know. I for one like to read these postings to learn as much as I can for now and future use. For those of you making your first post, go for it and give as much info as you can, type of system (name if it has one that can be used in mixed company), type and speed of CPU, MOBO type and name, amount of memory size of HD and any other attached, or going to be, hardware so your questions can be answered keyed to your system if at all possible. Excuse me for interjecting this, just feel some of the newerby's may need a little leg up to start off to gain what ever info can be provided. I am more of a lurker than a jumper in'er on these thingys. Not smart enough to ask the correct questions to learn what I want, so I use others questions to adapt to my needs. Keep the questions rolling!!! don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
RE: [newbie] booting / installing from 7-02 iso
-Original Message- From: Yacketta,Ronald J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 6:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] booting / installing from 7-02 iso whats tomsrtbt ? never heard of that one -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] booting / installing from 7-02 iso Ronif I were having that problem I'd boot up on tomsrtbt and run the linux fdisk program: fdisk /dev/hda and do a p command to see the partitions. Alan "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: Hello all!! I have built numerous linux boxes from slackware to mandrake and have yet to run into the following problem I am haveing with my recent go at burning the LM 7-02 iso and installing from it. I have a win95 box i want to dual boot I used fips and reduced my C drive down to 3g and freed up 3g to install LM onto I boot the cd and go through the initial phase (type of install (custome, serve,devel etc..)) and then it dies saying something along the lines that it can not find a free partition I boot of a floppy, run fdisk and lone and behold I am only using 50% of my drive allowing another os to use the other 50% what gives? why does LM 7-02 burnt iso not smart enough to see I have 3g available to install in? what do I need todo to get LM to wake up and smell the roses??? Ron
