[leaf-user] backup problem

2002-09-24 Thread Dave Yonovitz
Using the LEAF Bering distribution with a rather large root.lrp (I updated he lib). when I back up root or initrd, the .lrp file has an extra / in front of all file entries - making reboot a problem! Other lrp backups are fine. Any one seen this problem? thanks, dave ---

[leaf-user] start app

2002-09-24 Thread Dave Yonovitz
I'm having trouble figuring out how to add a script (which starts my own app) upon boot after the system and packages are in place. In a standard LINUX dist, I would probably put the script in a rc.local directory. What do I do on LEAF? I noticed that the rcx.d links are done dynamically on LEAF.

Re: [leaf-user] FTP and IP-NAT

2002-09-24 Thread Matthew Schalit
Well I guess I got it mostly wrong, as you said they're running their ftpd on 864, which as you found, makes it nearly certain that everyone with a firewall will fail to be able to reach them. What it has to do with NAT is this, and I'll try to keep it simple: - The ip_nat_ftp module on Beri

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Arif Mamdani
On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 18:08, Warren Post wrote: > Thanks everyone for your quick replies. The BIOS on our box has no such > settings, so I've learned a new lesson today: check the BIOS before > setting up a LEAF box. > -- > Warren Post, Voluntario Naciones Unidas > Departamento de Informática

RE: [leaf-user] DnsCache

2002-09-24 Thread Sean
I'm using Dachstein. TinyDNS is on the CD. Guess I'll try to set it up. Thanks for the pointers! Another question: Is this a GOOD IDEA? It can be done, but should it be done? Thanks, Sean -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of H. D. Lee S

Re: [leaf-user] DnsCache

2002-09-24 Thread H. D. Lee
On 2002.09.24_19:27:55_+, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any way to pre-load the dnscache with some > entries? Like telling it that *.doubleclick.* and > *.x10.* are 127.0.0.1? > As Charles and Britz suggested, use tinydns and dnscache to achieve that. Please also note that to run ti

Re: [leaf-user] Disallowing ssh from outside (was: Can't ssh from local network)

2002-09-24 Thread Brad Fritz
Warren, Disclaimer: I'm a bit rusty with Dachstein. I may have missed something in my description below. Hopefully someone will correct me if I get too far offtrack. Remainder inline... On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:56:39 CST Warren Post wrote: > Brad Fritz wrote: > > > I would strongly suggest

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Stephen Lee
On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 16:08, Warren Post wrote: > >>I suspect that the problem is hardwired and the only solution is to > >>change the motherboard. (I see no BIOS settings that should affect the > >>keyboard.) But somebody prove me wrong, please. One solution would be to get one of those keyboard

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Warren Post
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >>I suspect that the problem is hardwired and the only solution is to >>change the motherboard. (I see no BIOS settings that should affect the >>keyboard.) But somebody prove me wrong, please. >> > > If present, the BIOS setting that controls this is typically called

[leaf-user] Disallowing ssh from outside (was: Can't ssh from local network)

2002-09-24 Thread Warren Post
Brad Fritz wrote: > I would strongly suggest, if you haven't already, that you set > your firewall rules to only allow ssh connections from trusted > hosts or networks. (Doing so is a good idea anyway.) Good idea. I've taken a look at /etc/ipfilter.conf, which is where I assume this setting

Re: [leaf-user] Bering without shorewall?

2002-09-24 Thread Brad Fritz
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:11:25 MST Clint wrote: > Seems to be working just fine. > > One oddity, any symbolic links I create /etc/rcS.d do not get > backed up with the etc package, or any other package for that > matter. To get this to work, I had to modify a script in > /etc/init.d that already

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 02:04 PM 9/24/02 -0600, Warren Post wrote: >This is a hardware problem, not a LEAF problem. But perhaps someone has >faced this issue before. > >Now that I have sshd working on our Dachstein box I want to >run it headless. Only now do I discover that it won't boot unless I plug a >keyboard bac

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Ewald Wasscher
On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 22:04, Warren Post wrote: > This is a hardware problem, not a LEAF problem. But perhaps someone has > faced this issue before. > > Now that I have sshd working on our Dachstein box I want to > run it headless. Only now do I discover that it won't boot unless I plug > a keyb

Re: [leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I suspect that the problem is hardwired and the only solution is to > change the motherboard. (I see no BIOS settings that should affect the > keyboard.) But somebody prove me wrong, please. If present, the BIOS setting that controls this is typically called "halt on errors" or similar, and is

Re: [leaf-user] DnsCache

2002-09-24 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> Is there any way to pre-load the dnscache with some > entries? Like telling it that *.doubleclick.* and > *.x10.* are 127.0.0.1? Not exactly...you can, however, setup a DNS server for those domains (see, for instance, tinydns), and configure dnscache to query the local name-server for those do

Re: [leaf-user] DnsCache

2002-09-24 Thread Brad Fritz
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:27:55 GMT Sean wrote: > Is there any way to pre-load the dnscache with some > entries? Like telling it that *.doubleclick.* and > *.x10.* are 127.0.0.1? Yes, it's called tinydns. ;) In a nutshell, the setup for that you describe on Bering rc3 is: 1.) Install tinydns.

[leaf-user] OT: Won't boot if headless

2002-09-24 Thread Warren Post
This is a hardware problem, not a LEAF problem. But perhaps someone has faced this issue before. Now that I have sshd working on our Dachstein box I want to run it headless. Only now do I discover that it won't boot unless I plug a keyboard back in. As a workaround I've got an old keyboard that

[leaf-user] Re: Bering -Sending mails to MAIL_ADMIN -SOLVED

2002-09-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 24 Sep 2002 5:00 pm, you wrote: > I have been having lots of fun with LEAF-Bering (thanks guys), but there > still remains one small issue I have not been able to resolve. > > I have configured the system to send emails on ping failure and space check > but they do not seem to be sent.

[leaf-user] DnsCache

2002-09-24 Thread seanecovel
Is there any way to pre-load the dnscache with some entries? Like telling it that *.doubleclick.* and *.x10.* are 127.0.0.1? TIA Sean --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf -

RE: [leaf-user] FTP and IP-NAT

2002-09-24 Thread Joris Kempen
Hi people, I got it working. Just opened port 864 by using IP_MASK_FTP port=21,864 his FTP is just running at this port. still don't know what it has to do with IP-NAT but thanks for all suggestions Met vriendelijke groet, Joris Kempen St. Ursulahof 47 5995 CB Kessel email: [EMAIL PROT

RE: [leaf-user] Bering without shorewall?

2002-09-24 Thread Clint Olson
Seems to be working just fine. One oddity, any symbolic links I create /etc/rcS.d do not get backed up with the etc package, or any other package for that matter. To get this to work, I had to modify a script in /etc/init.d that already had a symbolic link from /etc/rcS.d to call my scripts. I

[leaf-user] Running WISP-Dist from CD

2002-09-24 Thread Derek Jennings
I am interested in evaluating WISP-Dist, but do not at present have a computer with a Flash Card reader. I have tried (unsuccessfully) to load it from CD by adapting the instructions for Bering. Has anyone managed to get it booting from CD or multiple floppies? Thanks derek ---

Re: [leaf-user] Bering -Sending mails to MAIL_ADMIN

2002-09-24 Thread Brad Fritz
Derek, On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:00:46 +0100 derek wrote: > I have been having lots of fun with LEAF-Bering (thanks guys), but > there still remains one small issue I have not been able to resolve. > > I have configured the system to send emails on ping failure and > space check but they do not s

[leaf-user] Bering -Sending mails to MAIL_ADMIN

2002-09-24 Thread Derek Jennings
I have been having lots of fun with LEAF-Bering (thanks guys), but there still remains one small issue I have not been able to resolve. I have configured the system to send emails on ping failure and space check but they do not seem to be sent. If I run the 'mail' command manually with mail -