netfilter outbound nat log

Hello, I am using netfilter as firewall and nat. But I'd like to log outbound connexions with their nated public addresses and original private addresses. The only way I have found to get public addresses is to log mangle table when packets go back. (prerouting of mangle table) In fact, I d

Re : nfs problem

Stephane Durieux wrote: > I have messages like this in logs: > lockd cannot monitor ip_address > and also messages about statd The lockd: cannot monitor messages are due to the kernel being unable to communicate with the rpc.statd process.  That usually indicates that the rpc.statd is no

autofs interest ?

Hello, A simple question: from a server point of view does autofs costs less (cpu, io, memory) than "traditionnal" nfs ? From a client point of view I think the fact to unmount directories frees ressources? But does a moint point consumes so much (memory ?) And concerning the network Thank

nfs problem

Hello, I am encountering a problem with nfs on debian squeeze. I have messages like this in logs: lockd cannot monitor ip_address and also messages about statd But client ip are present in /etc/hosts. On the client the mount process works. The only problem is locking (application like fi

nfs kernel bug ?

Hello, I have installed nfs kernel server (and samba) on a dell poweredge 2950. Don t know if it matters but we also use lvm. The kernel used is 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP packaged with lenny. Sometimes we re encoutering some problems I have tried to make an update but nothing more. The problem i

dns restrict access

Hello Not a question concerning debian by itself (sorry for the post) but can you tell me how to restrict access to a dns (bind) server. I mean to authorize request from its domain (and only) or concerning its domain Thanks for reply A newbie _

debian courierpassd package: change passwd with squirrelmail

Hello , I am trying to use courierpassd package with courier-imap (to enable squirrelmail changepass plugin) I am also using courier-authdaemon with pam (local user in my mail server) Here is my configuration of xinetd to use courierpassd service courierpassd { port = 106 socket_

save mail

Hello, Newbie question: What would you recommend to save mails. (I don t think it matters but I use postfix, courier-imap) I ve heard of mail sync for email but don t wanna used this solution to begin. A backup to a disk would be good for me. The question I wonder is : What happen when a cron t

maildrop on etch : overquota doesn t bounce incoming mail

Hello, I have installed maildrop (not from courier) and I have a problem: it doesn t bounce incoming mail when the recipient is over quota to inform the sender. I have read (and also verified) on the web, that maildrop should bounce it . It is the case in the source code except that there is a

Nis problem :

Hello I am encountering a problem with a nis server. Local root on client can do su user without giving the password of the user. root squashing is enabled. What can I do Thanks for reply __ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le spam? Yahoo!

clamsmtp : unix socket problem

Hello, I am encontering a problem with clamsmtp or more exactly with clamav-daemon. When I start it, the unix socket used to communicate with clamsmtp isn t created. So once lauched in debug mode, clamsmtpd inform me of that problem ! Though, I tried the same configuration on a test server 2 mon

how to resize lvm root partition

Hello, I would like to resize a lvm root partition but I don t know how I must umount that partition so as to resize and fsck it I could try with a live cd but how to mount that partition Thanks for help _ N

postfix mail server

hello, Building a mail server for 200/300 users (able to grow till a thousand) and as a newbie I need an advice My choice a turned to postfix with virtual mailboxes, courrier-imaps, squirrel mail (https), postgrey and dspam spam, amavis and clamav against virus, iptables for undesired packets. T

cups : restrict printer access

Hello I would like to know how to restrict access to a printer queue by ip address . Is it in cupsd.conf Thanks for reply _ Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail http://ma

Postfix: local aliases vs virtual mailboxes

Hello, As a newbie I need advices concerning Postfix accounts method. I am dithering between aliases to local system accounts and virtual mailboxes. I have only a domain to manage (so virtual mailboxes are not mandatory, only an option) But I need a good level of security So : - alias to loc

IMPORTANT: intel Q965 problem still remain

Hello I am encountering a problem with the i810 driver on etch to manage ich8 q965 intel driver. When I switch from consol to X display the display become unsyncronised After trying a 2.6.22 image via backport, the problem still remains. Even the 915resolution package doesnt work. Does someone

URGENT: Intel Corporation Q963/Q965 : xorg problem

(0x01-0x58) scancode equals keycode KDGETKEYCODE: Aucun périphérique de ce type failed to get keycode for scancode 0x5a 0x58: 88 89 But, when I replace i810 by vga driver the problem disappears ... can someone help me ... Stephane Durieux

dell keyboard problem

Hi I encounter a problem with my dell keyboard. When I try getkeycodes I obtain : 0 is an error; for 1-88 (0x01-0x58) scancode equals keycode KDGETKEYCODE: aucun peripherique de ce type failed to get keycode for scancode 0x5a 0x58: 88 89 Thus when I try to switch to console screen and return to

setkeycode problem at boot

Hello I encounter a problem with the installation of the current version of etch on an dell optiplex 745. At boot I obtain a message with setkeycode (the map between scancode and keycode is not set for some code) I have tried at getkeycodes which has returned : getkeycodes Plain scancodes xx (h

Re: nfs problem while internet access broken

--- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Stephane Durieux wrote: > > client <-> server <-X-> internet > > > > That is exactly my issue . Excuse me for not being > > clear ! Anyway, has somebody a solution . > > I have read that c

Re: nfs problem while internet access broken

--- Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:00:19AM -0600, Bob Proulx > wrote: > > Stephane Durieux wrote: > > > Of course the network connexion is good ! > > > I can ping the server > > > > But you

Re: nfs problem while internet access broken

--- Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 05:51:40PM +0200, Stephane > Durieux wrote: > > Hello > > > > I encounter a problem whith my nfs stations. > > If the server has not access to internet, they > cannot >

nfs problem while internet access broken

Hello I encounter a problem whith my nfs stations. If the server has not access to internet, they cannot mount their directories ! I have checked /etc/fstab nfs server is referenced by is ip /etc/nsswitch.conf files hosts dns nis /etc/host.conf order hosts, bind, nis (I would like to know th

RE : Re: how to unmount usbkey

> Can you try putting the mount options on /etc/fstab > /dev/ > defaults,user 0 0 > > Whatever you put, the option "user" is important > which will allow you to > unmount and mount volumes as user. > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 14:44 +0200, Stephane D

how to unmount usbkey

Hello I use usbmount. But I encounter a problem. As a simple user via gnome I can t unmount an usbkey. The pop up message appears: "... not in /etc/fstab and you re not root" I ve tried to use the users mount options in usbmount.conf but udev doesn t seems to take it into account. Can someone he

bonding mode 0

sur le meme switch cela cree une duplication de paquets Je ne comprends pas pourquoi (est ce parce que les adresses mac des interfaces concernees sont les memes sous linux) Merci de votre reponse Stephane Durieux

question about bonding mode 0

mac address under linux ? Under debian it seems to work fine if someone can help me thanks Stephane Durieux _ Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail -- To UNSUBS

bonding hardly compiled in the kernel

Hello I would like to know how to configure options of bonding if it is hardly compiled in the kernel. via grub for instance Thanks for reply ___ Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos qu

how to backup a netware server with linux

Hi everything is in the title. I ve found that rsync was available under netware. But I would like to know if bacula, amanda or rdiff-backup are able to do it. Could I have precision about it Thanks for reply

kde problem

Hello I encounter some problems with kde. I have several users and a few of them cannot loggin . Homes are mounted by nfs. But when I clear all hidden files in their home (especially those concerning x session) everything is fine. I know I should probably more precise in my question, but can it

RE : precision: how to assemble two 1,44M floppies into one 2.88M bootable

--- Stephane Durieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hello, > > I would like to know how to create a vfat bootable > 2.88 M floppy image file. > I need it so as to merge two bootable floppy (one > bootable plus the other). > > That image would be a ghost (so

precision: how to assemble two 1,44M floppies into one 2.88M bootable

Hello, I would like to know how to create a vfat bootable 2.88 M floppy image file. I need it so as to merge two bootable floppy (one bootable plus the other). That image would be a ghost (sorry) image. I have two 1,44M floppies (one bootable with net drivers + the ghost one) and I need to assemb

how to create a bootable 2.88M floppy boot image file

Hello, I would like to know how to create a vfat bootable 2.88 M floppy image file. I need it so as to merge two bootable floppy (one bootable plus the other) Thanks ___ Découvrez une

ftp server

Hi, My question concerns ftpd and wu-ftpd installation under debian etch. It seems that creating /bin/ls (and librairies) for example is needed as the code corresponding to it is not embedded in those ftp servers. Thus every users is chroot ed even if not present in ftpchroot file (don t know why

firefox icon has disappeared

Hello Under debian etch, I encounter a little problem firefox icon has disappeared from environment (KDE and Gnome). How can I solve this without modifying every users desktop. Thanks for help

firefox icon has disappeared

Hello Under debian etch, I encounter a little problem firefox icon has disappeared from environment (KDE and Gnome) probably due to an update How can I solve this without modifying every users desktop. Thanks for help ___

boot + lvm ?

Hello, I encounter a problem using lvm and lilo. On standart install, everythings works despite the boot partition is on a logical volum. But when I try to make a custom kernel and then run a lilo, I get the following message: device-mapper: table ioctl failed: No such device or address Fatal:

postfix on 64 bit servers

Hello I am trying to install a mail server on a 64 bit architecture. I have few questions about it First, the interest of doing it (if the memory doesn t exceed 4 Go) Secondly, how can I install a 64 bit version of postfix ? from sources or is it automatic on a 64 bit kernel (I really don t s

dell power edge

Hello, simple question for a newbie like me (euh for me hard question in fact), I would like to install debian etch ia64 on a dell poweredge 2900, but it cannot work ! I obtain a freeze during the boot process Instead the use of i386 image works perfectly. nevertheless, dell poweredge 2900 ha

kernel module static compilation: how to pass options

Hello, First, sorry for bad English !! I would like to know how to pass options to some modules compilled statically in the kernel . I know I have to append options to the kernel line in my boot loader configuration file but ... 1 - In the case of two ethernet cards : how to distinguish one fr

expect : passwd problem

HelloI am trying to use expect to generate users ' password#!/usr/bin/expect -dset password [lindex $argv 1]spawn passwd [lindex $argv 0]expect -re ".*password:"send "$password\r"expect -re ".*password:"send "$password\r"expect eofUnfortunately, sometimes  (in fact  very often)  it  doesn 't work A

RE : Re: [newbie]: own boot/root cd with grub : ide problem

Andreas Rippl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:12:33PM +0200, Stephane Durieux wrote:>Hello,> >As a newbie (not really a developper) I want to make my own boot/root CD.>So I have made a custom kernel, an initrd to be loaded by the boot loa

RE : [newbie]: own boot/root cd with grub : ide problem

Hello,As a newbie (not really a developper) I want to make my own boot/root CD.So I have made a custom kernel, an initrd to be loaded by the boot loader and a root  tree.The ramdisk contains device /dev/hdc (my cdrom), unfortunately when  I  boot  pivot_root fails  telling pivot_root: noc such fil

RE : [newbie]: own boot/root cd with grub : ide problem

Hello,As a newbie (not really a developper) I want to make my own boot/root CD.So I have made a custom kernel, an initrd to be loaded by the boot loader and a root  tree.The ramdisk contains device /dev/hdc (my cdrom), unfortunately when  I  boot  pivot_root fails  telling pivot_root: noc such fil

[newbie]: own boot/root cd with grub : ide problem

Hello,As a newbie (not really a developper) I want to make my own boot/root CD.So I have made a custom kernel, an initrd to be loaded by the boot loader and a root  tree.The ramdisk contains device /dev/hdc (my cdrom), unfortunately when  I  boot  pivot_root fails  telling pivot_root: noc such fil

mkisofs : boot image size question

Hello I would like to know if it s possible to make a boot cd with a boot image bigger than 1,44Mo or 2.88 Mo with no-emul-boot option of mkisofs for instance ?Cause I have two big initrd and bzImage in the boot imageCan someone precise me the following options:-no-emul-boot : not necessary to use

root cd : init not found

Hello I am trying to make my own root cd for learning purpose.I have made a floppy with a kernel 2.6.15 and I try to boot the cd but it fails ... However I have tried to make a root floppy and it succeded (butnot enough tools where available due to size).the message following the root filesystem mo

firefox problem

Hello, I am encountering a serious problem with firefox under debian etch. The text doesn t appear as it should be in my navigator. Links are underlined, and a lot of words are hidden until I move the cursor on it. I have heard it is due to the libcairo2 anti-aliasing librairy in the debian French

RE : tty pb

well don t pay attention to my silly last question !The real question is why tty can t be created at boot time ?Stephane Durieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : Hello I am encoutering a problem with ttys.I have installed a custom kernel but at boot time, the system doesn t achieve to create /d

tty pb

Hello I am encoutering a problem with ttys.I have installed a custom kernel but at boot time, the system doesn t achieve to create /dev/tty node.It doesn t work with a generic 2.6.8-2-386 kernel anymore.I have also tried to install udev,  without  much successSo, inittab file seems to be correct.Th

EMERGENCY : NFS mount problem

_ The worst thing is that it used to work before a kernel compilation (that I don't use) and some modification in /etc/pam.d concerning common-auth and a CRUCIAL reboot !! Does somebody has an idea ? Thanks Stephane  Durieux Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Mess

urgent newbie question : ssh : problem with variable inside ssh session

Hello I have a problem in a ssh script: ssh host << EOF for o in /directory/*     cp -pr /directory/* /other_location the problem is that variable o isn t created in fact. It seems that the it is created  on the remote machine (normal) but cannot be printable on the local. what is the reason   

help about fonts

Hi As a newbie I would like to have information about fonts, charset, codepage, keymap ...cause I don t make any difference between them for me: keymap is an association between keys and a code the codepage and charset are the same association between the last code produced by the keyboard an

RE: root floppy image ... shared libraries problem

For those, who like me were rookies and who wonder about shared library path a good how to http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/libraries/unix-c-libraries.html --- Stephane Durieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > hello > > I am trying to make my own floppy roo

root floppy image ... shared libraries problem

hello I am trying to make my own floppy root image But I don t know how to do I should probably make an ext2 floppy and include major binaries such as - bash - login - mount but I have also to include shared libraries .so and I think I can't only copy them from hdd to the floppy I have also

script with passwd

Hello a newbie question : even if it is not secure I would like to know how to write a script with the passwd command without having to enter the passwd. more generally, how to answer question to a script with always the same response I ve tried echo passord |passwd user but the passwd need

urgent : ssh without password prompt and password client auth

Hello Well everything is in the title. I would like to use ssh in scripts so without entering the password. The problem is that such commands don t work: echo passwd | ssh host (ssh doesn t read std input) I don t want to use private keys (so not ssh-agent). Does anyone has an idea (via environm

mozilla iconify problem

Hi, I have a problem with mozilla when I iconify it disappear s and the process is killed. My distro is sarge and mozilla is 1.7.3-5 version Does anybody have an idea ? Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 250 Mo d'espace de stockage pour vos mails ! Créez vo

su : must be run from a terminal

Hi, I have made a short script with the su command within I have tried : echo -ne "password\n"|su - root But it gives me the following message. su : must be run from a terminal Have you any idea Thanks Stephane Durieux Vous manque

oracle 10g install problem: CSS daemon doesn t start

Hi, I have a problem with Oracle 10 g install on linux sarge, in the root.sh script at the end of the install. I have the following message: Checking the status of Oracle init process... Expecting the CRS daemons to be up within 600 seconds. Giving up: Oracle CSS stack appears NOT to be running.