Re: [newbie] File size limit exceeded
Dr Joe Brand wrote: > Hi, > > I mucked something up when trying to setup Bastille firewall. I used > InteractiveBastille, there were a lot of questions. I answered all > the best I could. > > Here's whats happening: Now when I try to su - and enter the passwd, > I get the File size limit exceeded. How can I fix this? > > Joe > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Boot and escape the regular LILO/GRUB menu and linux single That will get you up without the firewall and logged in as root in a console. Now go to /etv/security/limits.conf and see the file size limit line and change it to 400 or something even more obscene. There is a spurious /tmp file geerated in going to root via su in the earlier kernels which is very large but does not actually exist. Anyway, the file size limit catches it and gigs you. Oh yes, you will need to use a text-based editor, emacs or vi, or jed, joe, pico or nano if you have them installed. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File size limit exceeded
Hi, I mucked something up when trying to setup Bastille firewall. I used InteractiveBastille, there were a lot of questions. I answered all the best I could. Here's whats happening: Now when I try to su - and enter the passwd, I get the File size limit exceeded. How can I fix this? Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File Size Limit Exceeded? Samba install/configure
Well, I have installed Samba but there are a few problems. First, after installing Samba, which appeared to go fine, I could not run SWAT by entering localhost:901 into Konqourer. Localhost was not found. So I tried logging out and back in. Still no luck. Next, I started Terminal and su to root and edited the smb.config file. I closed the terminal for some reason, and when I came back to it I tried to again start a terminal session. When I su - root and entered my root password, I now get the error message "File size limit exceeded" and it won't let me become root. So I logged out of Linux, and logged back in as root. I opened a terminal, and proceeded to start Samba which looked like it worked. But when I entered smbclient -L localhost to see the available shares on my system ( instructions from http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#ss ) it said connection refused. A couple of nights ago, I installed Bastille. I thought maybe the firewall was misconfigured and causing a problem. Since I am behind a (comparatively wimpy) hardware firewall in the form of a NetGear RT314 router anyway, I decided to just uninstall Bastille. Went to software manager, uninstalled Bastille, and all seemed to go well. But it did not help the above problems. I can not su to root and get the "file size limit exceeded" error when I try, and Samba can not connect to the localhost. Got to get to bed now, but any suggestions for tomorrow night would be much appreciated :) Thanks, Ron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File size limit exceeded fixed, now I can't change permissions
Hello: Thank you all. I went ahead and changed the setting in interactivebastille. Not sure what had to be done next, but I ended up having to reboot in order get the change to kick in. Is it suppose to work this way? In any case, the issue is not an issue any longer. But something else has come up, which I think is also due to the firewall. Before installing the firewall I was able to access the hard drive on my winbox (I have a two pc lan. One pc is a dedicated winbox, the other is a dual boot winbox/linux. I am referring to the dedicated winbox). After the installation I cannot access it as a standard user. I can reach it as root, but more interestingly(troublesome), even as root I can't change the permissions for it. Any suggestions??? Thanks again... Dexter On Tuesday 02 October 2001 16:38, Peter Watson wrote: > On Tuesday 02 October 2001 20:25 pm, Admin wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Yesterday, I installed Bastille and as far as I could tell everything was > > configured properly. I installed the program while in a user's directory > > (not root) but as root in a terminal (hope it makes sense). Well, in any > > case, I typed exit at the terminal to get back into user, but when I > > tried to regain roots I got this error message: File Size Limit > > Exceeded. Any ideas what the problem might be and/or possibly the fix? > > I checked the partitions by typing "df" and as far as I can tell, I have > > plenty of room left (I have pasted a copy of the output below): > > > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda5 2.3G 1.2G 938M 58% / > > /dev/hda7 1.5G 31M 1.4G 2% /home > > /dev/hda1 33G 3.4G 29G 10% /mnt/windows > > > > I can still log out and log in as root, but I rather not have to do it. > > I normally will type "su" at the terminal when I need to perform root > > functions. Thanks > > > > Regards, > > > > Dexter > > Paul Rodriguez recently said in response to a similer query:-- > > The file size limit you are experiencing is a result of an option you > set "Would you like to put limits on system resource usage?" In the > past I have had to choose "no" in order to avoid the issue you are > experiencing. > > Perhaps you should rerun interactive bastille and change this option Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File size limit exceeded
I've seen this a few times, and I can't remember what caused it. I'll check through my notes when I get home. Do you get the same information if you type: su - You really should use that instead of just su. With the "-" in there, it loads that users environment. If you just do a su, it still uses your environment. (i.e. ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.aliases, etc;) Try that, and I'll get back with you when I find out what causes it. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 17021091 - "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: 3:46PM up 8 days, 2:48, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 | Hello: | | Yesterday, I installed Bastille and as far as I could tell everything was | configured properly. I installed the program while in a user's directory | (not root) but as root in a terminal (hope it makes sense). Well, in any | case, I typed exit at the terminal to get back into user, but when I tried to | regain roots I got this error message: File Size Limit Exceeded. Any ideas | what the problem might be and/or possibly the fix? I checked the partitions | by typing "df" and as far as I can tell, I have plenty of room left (I have | pasted a copy of the output below): | | FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda5 2.3G 1.2G 938M 58% / | /dev/hda7 1.5G 31M 1.4G 2% /home | /dev/hda1 33G 3.4G 29G 10% /mnt/windows | | I can still log out and log in as root, but I rather not have to do it. I | normally will type "su" at the terminal when I need to perform root | functions. Thanks | | Regards, | | Dexter | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
