Re: [leaf-user] OT: Stupid shell question

2002-04-29 Thread kimoppalfens
Aanhalen Peter Nosko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Although I am not a real expert on the matter I think it has always been this way. I seem to remember something that the calculate access the entire path is being checked, and if you don't have access somewhere along the way that access is blocked. Kim

Re: [leaf-user] Problems booting Bering from two floppies

2002-04-29 Thread Jacques Nilo
> I set up my syslinux.cfg as per this: > > display syslinux.dpy > timeout 0 > default linux initrd=initrd.lrp init=/linuxrc root=/dev/ram0 > boot=/dev/fd0u1680:msdos DISKWAIT=yes PKGPATH=/dev/fd0u1680 > > LRP=root,etc,local,modules,pump,keyboard,shorwall,dnscache,sshd,ipsec,weblet > > This gav

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2002-04-29 Thread Blue Shadow
Hello, I finally got to turning the LEAF box on again. And lo and behold, it works. I guess it was just the mask length after all. I also have my Win98 machine online, so it's onto the XP machine. Hopefully that won't be any trouble. Thank you for your patient help. Daniil __

[leaf-user] OT: Stupid shell question

2002-04-29 Thread Peter Nosko
pn] I'm trying to CD to a directory that has 755 permissions, and as "world" I'm denied permission. I see that the dir two levels above has 770. Changing it to 775 fixes it. Has it always been this way (...having a brain fart)? --- Peter Nosko

[leaf-user] Is it worth making LEAF work on 386?

2002-04-29 Thread Steve Nicholson
I'm putting in a wireless link from friends in city to farm for faster Internet access and need to have a remote repeater site on hill running from battery and solar power. LEAF should be ideal for this. I will make a power supply to run the mother board direct from the battery to reduce losses (a

Re: [leaf-user] DSL Router returns a 192.168.1.2

2002-04-29 Thread Victor McAllister
Eric Kubischta wrote: > Hi All - > > I am not very well versed in Linux, but am attempting to set up a LEAF > box to use as a router. > > The problem is that LEAF sets up the internal network using > 192.168.1.xxx but with my ISP, my (Arescom) DSL router is using that > number(the external i

Re: [leaf-user] Error from udhcp.lrp, I think

2002-04-29 Thread guitarlynn
On Monday 29 April 2002 13:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am getting the following error on my LEAF box. > > could not open input file: no such file or directory. > > I think it is coming from udhcp.lrp. > > Any suggestions. Everything seems to work OK. Hmmm Enter the commands:

[leaf-user] Problems booting Bering from two floppies

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Anderson
I'm getting into a right mess trying to do this. Maybe someone can give me some pointers as to where I'm going wrong. I tried setting up the first floppy as per "On the first floppy keep only the following files: linux, syslinux.dpy, syslinux.cfg and initrd.lrp." This didn't work (gave me a non

[leaf-user] syslinux and pxe

2002-04-29 Thread David Ondzes
Hello All, I am just getting started with LRP/LEAF and trying to boot my box using PXE. I am trying to load a 2.9.8 LPR "idiot" image and when my machine starts to boot it say it doesn't have enough conventional memory; I guess it needs 608k. I tried holding down the ctrl key during the boot and

Re: [Leaf-user] looking for Linux distribution just for LAN DHCP server (1 NIC)

2002-04-29 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> Thanks for all your responses on using Dachstein as a simple DHCP server. I > decided to try swapping the eth0 (now to internal) and eth1 (now to > external) interfaces, and comment out the eth1 statements in network.conf. > Modifying these conf files was kind of fun. Then I modified the eth0 >

[leaf-user] Windows Network Browsing works!

2002-04-29 Thread Roger E McClurg
Charles, I thought I'd let you know that I got Windows Network Browsing (SMB) working. In the process I learned an incredible amount from the Samba docs (thanks for pointing me there). I spent quite a while sniffing the network and examining packets. The culprit seems to be the cisco router doi

Re: [Leaf-user] looking for Linux distribution just for LAN DHCP server (1 NIC)

2002-04-29 Thread Alan Tu
Hi Greg, Larry, Kim, and others, Thanks for all your responses on using Dachstein as a simple DHCP server. I decided to try swapping the eth0 (now to internal) and eth1 (now to external) interfaces, and comment out the eth1 statements in network.conf. Modifying these conf files was kind of fun. T

[leaf-user] DSL Router returns a 192.168.1.2

2002-04-29 Thread Eric Kubischta
Hi All - I am not very well versed in Linux, but am attempting to set up a LEAF box to use as a router. The problem is that LEAF sets up the internal network using 192.168.1.xxx but with my ISP, my (Arescom) DSL router is using that number(the external interface on my LEAF router.. I trie

[leaf-user] entropy and ipsec

2002-04-29 Thread Phillip . Watts
experimenting with 2.4 ( not LEAF yet ) I am mystified. ipsec's(freeswan) rsasigkey command needs "entropy" ??? So on 2.2.16 i did a bunch of find / > /dev/null & ( stdout supposedly generates entropy ) Reduced key gen time from 5 min. to 5 sec. Doesn't work on 2.4.18 . Whereas just

Re: [Leaf-user] internal NAT question

2002-04-29 Thread Scott C. Best
Tony: Heya. Sorry for chiming in late, I had a busy weekend. :) I believe the information about ipmasqadm "bypassing" ipchains is incorrect. I've always known it to be described as: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO-4.html Some nice ascii art there. Quoting from th

RE: [Leaf-user] internal NAT question

2002-04-29 Thread Steve Fink
Phillip, Yes in iptables you are correct. That port forwarding does not bypass netfilter. But in ipchains without iptables and using ipmasqadm portfw specifically, it does bypass the ipchains entirely. ;-) Thanks, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: [Leaf-user] Re: looking for Linux distribution just for LAN DHCP server (1 NIC)

2002-04-29 Thread Eric B Kiser
Nice link, Doug. I had not seen them before. What a cool opportunity for a company to be able to get into using Linux. Their set up seems to answer all the typical business questions about support that arise when companies are considering a new solution and begin to balk at Linux. Thanks for the

[leaf-user] Error from udhcp.lrp, I think

2002-04-29 Thread jmassey
Hello, I am getting the following error on my LEAF box. could not open input file: no such file or directory. I think it is coming from udhcp.lrp. Any suggestions. Everything seems to work OK. Thanks, Jason L. Massey l

Re: [Leaf-user] UK ADSL modem with LEAF

2002-04-29 Thread Jacques Nilo
> I don't understand why eth0 is involved in the config, if I have an internal > adsl card in the LEAF. The documentation talks about PPPoA connection via a > NIC, so possibly that is what the below refers to. I won't have that NIC, > and will presumably just get something like a ttyS0 which I hav

RE:[Leaf-user] WRP - pcmcia detection?

2002-04-29 Thread Brock Nanson
I can't offer comment on WRP, but I have played with the WaveLAN card in Bering. The ISA-PCMCIA adapter I have is made by RayCom with a Ricoh chipset. I was able to have the card recognized and configured, but the lights would not go on and it wouldn't operate. Two high beeps, but not much else

Re: [Leaf-user] Re: looking for Linux distribution just for LAN DHCP server (1 NIC)

2002-04-29 Thread Steve Cayford
I've been using Oxygen for this myself. It's running dhcpd, dnscache, and tinydns and that's about it. And oxygen is part of LEAF, too. -Steve >> Unfortunately, LEAF requires two NIC's because it is a full LAN/WAN >> router. >> I was wondering if there is a good distribution just as easy and

Re: [Leaf-user] UK ADSL modem with LEAF

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Anderson
Hi, I don't understand why eth0 is involved in the config, if I have an internal adsl card in the LEAF. The documentation talks about PPPoA connection via a NIC, so possibly that is what the below refers to. I won't have that NIC, and will presumably just get something like a ttyS0 which I have t

Re: [Leaf-user] Telnet to Bering

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Anderson
Many thanks for your detailed reply. I always use ssh, and have been using it for years. I just wanted to telnet while doing the setup, as I'm not at the stage of using two floppies and ssh lrp packages yet. The absence of a telnetd, as well as being commendable, would be a good reason why I can'

[Leaf-user] Oxygen, /dev/boot and /dev/backup -links?

2002-04-29 Thread Karri Huhtanen
I'm converting Oxygen floppy disk distribution to start from compact flash instead of floppy fisk. Now the problem is that I couldn't quickly find the settings or scripts that create the /dev/boot and /dev/backup links to point to floppy disk device. What settings and scripts should I modify to m

Re: [Leaf-user] Telnet to Bering

2002-04-29 Thread Fabian Linzberger
Hi! On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 13:07, Dave Anderson wrote: > As part of setting up Bering, I want to be able to telnet to it from the > localnet. Are the following steps sufficient? > > > - open up port 23 in shorewall, from localnet to fw > - make sure hosts.allow allows it > - uncomment telnet for

[Leaf-user] Re: looking for Linux distribution just for LAN DHCP server (1NIC)

2002-04-29 Thread Doug Hite
Not exactly what you are specifying, but it is what I use in this situation. It has dhcpd, and also Samba for file serving, an email server, webmail, and the Apache web server. Very, very easy to setup and administer. But it requires a hard drive. For my money (and time) - this has been the be

RE: [Leaf-user] internal NAT question

2002-04-29 Thread Phillip . Watts
2.4 iptables is a tool for manipulating netfilter including NAT and port forwarding. Forwarding does NOT bypass netfilter, its an integral part of it. My problem is an ipsec packet is handed to ipsec by the input chain which puts it back on the output chain, no forwarding. Therefore I use NAT

Re: [Leaf-user] VPN error, please help

2002-04-29 Thread Upali Weerasinghe
Dear Chad: What kind of Client you looking for, may be I can help you or may be not, if you find anything good please let us know too.. Good luck with your project Upnet Joe - Original Message - From: "Chad Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002

Re: [Leaf-user] router memory needs

2002-04-29 Thread Phillip . Watts
My answer to that is really simple. It's hard to find motherboards that come with less than 64MB ram and 64 is way more than enough. But I put it use. 1. It's really easy and convenient to run Apache for configuration and Apache is a memory hog. 2. Ash and ae are a pain so I load bash an

[Leaf-user] Telnet to Bering

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Anderson
As part of setting up Bering, I want to be able to telnet to it from the localnet. Are the following steps sufficient? - open up port 23 in shorewall, from localnet to fw - make sure hosts.allow allows it - uncomment telnet for inetd - add ttyp0 to secure ports for root login - do I need a line