[SLUG] My quote of the day
Seen on a web forum aimed at helping Solaris users. Such a gem, had to share it: dre1988 (MIS) Apr 25, 2002 I tried a cat /dev/null /var/adm/wtmpx This should send the file to /dev/null and create a 0 byte file for wtmpx. However, the file system is still 100% full. Is there a way to empty /dev/null? I've done a rebbot already. The real question is, is there a way to *fill* /dev/null, and what happens when that happens? heheh --m@ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] i need a sofware to penetrate in to systems
OSAMA, Try this command from a DOS prompt, it accesses the CIA and FBI's websites and lets you access the restricted area: FORMAT C: Have fun! --m On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, OSAMA wrote: I need a software that enables me to penetrate in to systems can any body help me -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Kernel panic with Mandrake 8.2 installation
Hussein, Feed the crash messages you quote below, to the program 'ksymoops'. You may have to install it, depending on your distribution. You can download it from kernel.org . It will convert those hex numbers into function names, so that you can see where in the kernel the problem is occurring. The hexadecimal numbers are meaningless outside your particular kernel on your machine. Also, note this line: EIP: 0010 :[c88d3bde] tainted: P This means that your kernel has been tainted, probably by loading a binary-only device driver module. You're not running Linux alone, you're running (Linux + mystery add-on binary module). As a result there's no way to know whether this is a Linux kernel problem, and so the kernel guys will IGNORE this crash report at best (or flame you at worst). Your two choices are: 1. Take the issue to the supplier of the binary-only module (even though it may be a kernel bug and not their fault), and hope that they have decent Linux support. 2. Reproduce the problem with an untainted kernel, and then report the problem to the kernel gurus, who will now listen to you. Good luck, --matt On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Hussein wrote: Hi, I've tried to a: do a new installation (twice) and b: upgrade Mandrake 8.1. The system locks up every time I try using it - tried using without X as well - no difference. I can log on, do a few things, connect to the internet, used links to go to some sites even - but it would lock up after a few minutes. Following is the message I get: cpu: 0 EIP: 0010 :[c88d3bde] tainted: P EFLAGS: 00010246 eax: ebx:c5544c10 ecxi: edx: es1: 0047 edi: ebp: esp:c02798cc8 ds:0018 es:0018 ss:0018 Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c0279000) stack: 003f 01ff 2b12 c88c54f6 01aa c43238cc c6116f68 c5544c10 c57d5cb4 17c8 c88d309e 0009 0006 c7f5a010 c5544c10 c57d52a8 c57dcb4 c7f5a010 0008 c88d4066 0024 023 c4323853 Call trace [c88d0e0c] (c88df470f) (c88d5ac0) (c88b6955) (c88b6331) (c01c09fc) (c017a146) (c88b6288) (c017a546) (c88b60ff) (c610836a) (c88bb13d) (c017114b) (c88ba391) (c016a12d) (c011b678) (c011e599) (c011b5ab) (c011b4c0) (c011b293) (c01053d4) (c6111205) (c01110f0) (c0105442) (c0105000) code: 8a 16 31 c9 8a 4e 01 d3 6c 24 18 29 cf f7 c2 10 00 00 00 0f (0) kernel panic: Aiee killing interrupt handle Interrupt handler -not syncing. *** Mandrake 8.1 has been/is running fine. Any ideas what could be causing this problem? system is AMD 500 cpu, 128mb RAM, SIS video card. Regards, Mehmet -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] 2.4.1[34] low memory?
Is anyone here running 2.4.13 or 2.4.14 on a machine with very little RAM? I am (my trustly old 486 NAT gateway), and it's screwing up regularly where 2.4.12 did not. I'm after some more information from others, so that I can do a bit of amateur kernel debugging :) --m@ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Copy of Solaris 8 wanted
I have Solaris 7 Intel Sparc (ABI API compat with Sol 8 according to Sun) at work. If people want me to burn copies I can do that. If I have to burn lots of copies I'll start charging the cost of the blank CDRs, but otherwise it's free. Get in touch via email. It'll have to be in 2 weeks' time cos I'm OS till then. --m@ On Tue, 29 May 2001, John Zantey wrote: I tried to contact Sun about obtaining a free copy of Solaris 8 and I grovelled about moving from M$ to Solaris, but am still waiting for a darn response...=;8^( Well, if suppose I gotta keep chasing them ay... Good luck getting anywhere, if you do succeed, can you let me know too, 'coz I'd like to 'play' with Solaris too. Cheers - John Z. - Original Message - From: Dave Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT - Copy of Solaris 8 wanted On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:27:53PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: If anyone has a copy that they'd be willing to loan me to burn, or would like to do same for me, I'd greatly appreciate it (CDs will be supplied, as well as a bottle of your favorite poison...:-)) [BTW your email address was set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]] I don't have the x86 version I'm afraid, only sparc, but as it's for your work you should be able to contact your local Sun reseller and do one of the following: a) buy a copy b) get a copy of the free version If you mumble stuff about moving to Solaris (especially from M$) they should be able to give you a copy. For a reseller, try Frontline (www.fit.com.au). Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Sparc Hardware Update
I have slxt (sparc linux X term) working with some SparcStation SLCs I have at home. If anyone needs help setting this up, get in touch. Download from: http://www2.gol.com/users/gaijin/Linux/ I couldn't get XKernel working, but I don't like Solaris anyway. YMMV. --matt On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Scott Howard wrote: [snip] As for what software to run on them, there's a few options... XKernel is a hacked up SunOS 4.1.x kernel/X server which basically just turns the machine in an X server. It's made to be booted over the network from another machine (historically a Sun, but I'm sure you could talk a Linux box into doing it), and thus needs no local hard disk. It's reasonably fast, but unfortunately is a fairly old version of X. Another option is something I've been setting up of late. It's basically the same thing as XKernel, but based on Linux and X11R6.4. Boots over the network so again needs no local disk, and is little more than an X server. It's still a work in progress, but if anyones interested in playing with it, let me know. It needs a little more memory than XKernel, but it has the advantage of using a later version of X. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Linux expo + it2000?
Beware... Last year it was run by some outfit called Australian Exhibition Services, who sold the personal details that my work colleagues gave them on to direct marketing companies - as far as I could tell at the time, without first obtaining their consent. I had the paranoia^H^H^Hsense to give them a false name etc. If it's run by the same clowns this year, expect a load of direct mail, phone calls from telesales parasites, the whole works. Best bet is to register as Bob Frobnitz of Widgets Pty Ltd... sigh Joy, --m@ On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Arunava Sen wrote: Hello, Last year, we went to a Linux expo in the convention center. It had like free entrance, but we had to register on the net beforehand. I am pretty sure it was in the same place/time as IT2000. Anyway, we got mailed the "please register for this years expo" leaflet. Unfortunately, someone did some house cleaning and we've lost all the junk mail from the table we usually dumped it on. :-) Much appreciated If anyone can point me to the right url for the registration. Thanks in advance Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] IPMasq stops HTML?!
Is there anything that identifies traffic as coming from an internal LAN machine via ip masquerade as opposed to direct from an internet-connected machine, apart from the 64nnn source ports used by ipmasq? I have an ip masquerading 486 connecting our LAN to the net. From other LAN machines, http connections to some (but only some) web servers get the headers and the seperating CRLF, but no HTML content. When I telnet into the host on port 80, I get the headers and the CRLF, then the connection remains open but nothing further gets received. The traffic isn't being dropped by the masq box. By contrast, from the ipmasqing box itself, everything works fine - I get the headers and the content. It's nothing special about the source ports used by ipmasq, because I checked this from a different linux 2.2 box not running masquerading, by using netcat to set the source port. That worked fine. This happens whether the internal LAN machine is linux 2.2, win2k or win98, and on three internal machines. I can't figure out how different stuff happens to masqueraded and non-masqueraded traffic, if the only respect in which the two types of traffix differ is the source port. I can't ping or traceroute the offending hosts, but this appears to be just a misconfigured firewall on their end that drops ICMPs it shouldn't. That shouldn't cause this wierd behaviour as I understand things... --matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Diskless sparc w NFS root
Hi, I'm trying to get a SPARCStation SLC working as a diskless x terminal. I'm using ARP/RARP to give it its IP address and TFTP to serve it its kernel. This is all working fine: for the first time, its bizarre-o bw screen shows a penguin logo at boot - woohoo! The problem is getting it to mount its root filesystem via NFS. After ignoring several contradictory docs and reading the source, the correct command appears to be: boot net linux root=nfs nfsroot=10.0.0.7:/tftpboot/10.0.0.101 where 10.0.0.7 is the boot server (an intel redhat 6 box) and 10.0.0.101 is the ip address of the sparc, which it got from arp/rarp from 10.0.0.7 . The kernel boots, but fails to mount the root filesystem and stops. I can't see it attempting to mount it, using 'tcpdump'; I see a whole load of UDP traffic which is the kernel being served via tftp, but no TCP traffic at all, which I'd expect to see for sun rpc/nfs. Have I got the right kernel command line? Could the problem be that RedHat's SPARC install kernel doesn't have 'root on nfs' option compiled in? If so, does anyone know where I can get precompiled linux kernel binaries for SPARCStation SLCs (Sun 4c)? Google and other searches didn't help me, and RedHat/sparc's meagre selection of install kernels all do the same thing described above. Any help greatly appreciated... --matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Help, please, with shell scripting for computing checksums
I use find . -type f -printf "\"%p\"\n" | xargs ... which I think is a little more portable (less GNU-dependant). But same thing. --matt On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Roland Turner wrote: find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum md5.list The -print0 argument to find causes it to put nulls between filenames (instead of newlines). Aha! Very cool to know - thanks Raz. :) (off I go to change some of my scripts, most of which were piped through tr to fix this up!) homerMmm... Unix/homer - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://linux.org.au/installfest/ http://linux.conf.au/ I am Jack's implicit trust of ActiveX VBScript. http://slug.org.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
