[Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: modules are unavailable

2002-01-01 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
complete LRP newbie here. i'm trying to set up dachstein cd 1.0.2. reading the comments in /etc/modules, it looks like cdrom:/lib/modules is supposed to be mounted on /lib/modules in the ramdisk. that's not happening. as a result, none of the modules i specify in /etc/modules are loading. ca

Re: [Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: modules are unavailable

2002-01-01 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi victor and greg, begin Greg Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > reading the comments in /etc/modules, it looks like cdrom:/lib/modules > > is supposed to be mounted on /lib/modules in the ramdisk. > > >

[Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: keyboard and cdrom errors

2002-01-01 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
during kernel bootup, i get the following error: AT keyboard timed out Is keyboard present? the connection is good, the keyboard works when i go into bios, and it also works with a configured eigerstein LRP floppy that i have. the machine in question is a very old pentium 66. a few days ag

Re: [Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: keyboard and cdrom errors

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin David B. Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Even if the keyboard is not your specific problem, eliminate it. Your > firewall is a server that is available by SSH so there is no need for > keyboards cluttering up you area. unfortunately, i'm configuring the firewall right now (as in setting up th

Re: [Leaf-user] How to save changes from floppy to CD???

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi craig, i'm the last person who should be responding to your email, but i think that i'm comfortable with this aspect. the cd puts the root fs -- config files, executables and all -- into memory. of course, the config files will be all wrong. but that's ok for now. configure the system usin

Re: [Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: modules are unavailable

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi charles, i was under the (wrong) impression that cd:/lib/modules should aleady be mounted when the system boots. i didn't realize that all this is taken care of during the booting process. victor and greg pointed this out to me. the *other* problem was that /etc/modules didn't get backed up

Re: [Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: modules are unavailable

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
is there a mirror of this? it appears to be dead right now. what's the title of the document? maybe i can google for copy somewhere... pete begin Greg Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One more idea is to use some of the other documentation. Take a look at > http://nw-hoosier.dyndns.org/rlohman/

Re: [Leaf-user] How do you use the bootdisk.bin file???

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin Craig Caughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi folks, > I'm trying to understand how to create my own bootable CD and some of you have been >kind enough to respond. Charles relied to me by saying: > > Create a new CD image using appropriate software...make sure you use the >bootdisk.bin disk im

[Leaf-user] need help with port forwarding

2002-01-02 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i'm using dachstein 1.0.2 on a home network firewall. everything seems hunky dory: network cards are both recognized and configured correctly masquerading works on the internal machines everyone can ping everyone, both inside and out. the last hurdle is port forwarding -

Re: [Leaf-user] need help with port forwarding

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
efault > (changed 192.168.1 to 192.168.0) you should have a stroll back thru your > configs, to make sure you have changed every instance of 192.168.1. > > Dan > > Quoting Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > i'm using dachstein 1

[Leaf-user] a thought about modified file backups

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
a late night thought: why not intercept the write() system call? if the write is to a file on the filesystem, keep track of its path in some kernel data structure. better yet, generate a /proc file with the pathnames of all filesystem files that were modified by write(). the backup program woul

Re: [Leaf-user] a thought about modified file backups

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
27;d at least identify if the package is truly different from the last > time & thus needs to be backed up. might be doable. and easy to implement. the only downside i can see is that it might take awhile for those of us running firewalls/routers on rather old machines. other than that,

Re: [Leaf-user] dachstein cd 1.0.2: keyboard and cdrom errors

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin Matthew Schalit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > unfortunately, i'm configuring the firewall right now (as in setting up > > the networking parameters) so ssh doesn't work quite yet. a keyboard > > would be useful. :-) > > Dachstein 1.0.2 is called Dachstein Firewall for > the good reason th

[Leaf-user] 2 minor corrections to the LRP boot disk howto

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
to whomever is maintaining the LRP bootdisk howto: 1. under "rolling your own", # syslinux -s /dev/fd1680 should be # syslinux -s /dev/fd0u1680 2. the maintainer's email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] is no longer valid. pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA

Re: [Leaf-user] Newbie: Help choosing correct package

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i've used eigerstein (which i am completely happy with) and dachstein cd (which i'm even more happy with). the docs for dachstein cd say that it's not for LRP newbies, but honestly, i didn't see much that was more complicated than eigerstein. the worst i can say about dachstein cd is that the net

Re: [Leaf-user] Bash on LEAF

2002-01-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
yes, and it's *really* nice to have. pete begin Sean E. Covel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is there a Bash shell for LEAF? Could there be? > > Thanks, > > Sean -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

[Leaf-user] difference between EXTERN_TCP_PORTS and EXTERN_TCP_PORT[0-9]{1,}

2002-01-04 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
is the difference between EXTERN_TCP_PORTS and EXTERN_TCP_PORT[0-9]{1,} that it's more pleasing to the eye to look at EXTERN_TCP_PORT0="0/0 ssh" EXTERN_TCP_PORT1="0/0 www" EXTERN_TCP_PORT2="0/0 smtp" EXTERN_TCP_PORT3="0/0 6346" than EXTERN_TCP_PORTS="0/0_

Re: [Leaf-user] Help needed with portfw - Dachstein release

2002-01-05 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi shane, begin Shane Veness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am very new to LRP and have downloaded the latest Dachstein floppy > release. I am trying to get to > my internal web server from outside the network using port forwarding but am > having no success. I have > read through some of the mailing l

Re: [Leaf-user] 2 minor corrections to the LRP boot disk howto

2002-01-05 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
other is a broken email address). perhaps it should be assimilated into the LEAF docs? pete begin Matt Schalit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > to whomever is maintaining the LRP bootdisk howto: > > > > 1. under "rolling your own",

Re: [Leaf-user] Newbie: Help choosing correct package

2002-01-05 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
the linux kernel is written in C, but is programmed somewhat object orientedly. there have been discussions to switch to C++, but nobody was too serious. there are some good reasons not to switch. not the least of which is ALOT would have to change. support scripts are generally written in she

Re: [Leaf-user] Help needed with portfw - Dachstein release

2002-01-06 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
t; > Thanks > Shane > > -Original Message- > From: Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Shane Veness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:11:55 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Help needed with portfw - Dachstein release > > > h

Re: [Leaf-user] Help needed with portfw - Dachstein release

2002-01-06 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Not quite true. Depending on which firewall you use, the various chains may > have default DENY policies. Clearing the specific rulesets doesn't also set > the defaults to ACCEPT. oh, i didn't know this. thanks for saying something. > And I believe

Re: [Leaf-user] ctrl+s doesn't work when trying to edit /etc/modules

2002-01-06 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
try control-q then y for save or n to not save. pete begin Amar S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I crearted a disk using the executeable image >(diskimages/dachstein/dachstein-v1.0.2-1680.exe) > No changes have been made to the image > Running on pentium 75mhz with 32 mb RAM > Pcnet32 and Rtl8139