Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 11:16, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 10:39 AM 5/22/02 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote: > >[...] > >I think you can stop logging of TOS redirects in network.config by > >changing the option below to yes. This may open up a possible security > >hole. > > > >ALLIF_ACCEPT_REDIRECTS=NO > > I

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> >How does one go about unpacking that cryptic message from what looks like > >Hex to get IP addresses? > > It is hex (that's why I prepended the 0x), and if you know enough to > recognize it, the rest is easy to explain. > > >Separated into bytes, the address 42DA4753 becomes 42 DA 47 53 > > > N

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 01:14 PM 5/22/02 -0500, Omar D. Samuels wrote: [...] >There's just one question I have for MacGyver... > > > > > > May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to >D08A1401 > > > > > ignored.Path = D08A1469 -> 42DA4753, tos 00 > > > > > > Unpacked, this says that the kernel is

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 10:39 AM 5/22/02 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote: [...] >Ray, >Thanks for jumping in. :-) > >Would this account for the Martin messages he is receiving also? Probably not. The only info I could find in his postings about Martians is this: >martian source bd69fea9 for fea9, dev eth1 >ll header: f

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:39, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:18, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > > May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to D08A1401 > > > > ignored.Path = D08A1469 -> 42DA4753, tos 00 > > > > Unpacked, this says that the kernel is reporting that it

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> Ray, > Thanks for jumping in. :-) > > Would this account for the Martin messages he is receiving also? > > > If my guess is correct, -AND- if my assumption is correct that there is no > > actual service failure associated with these messages, then there are two > > courses of action: > > > >

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:18, Ray Olszewski wrote: > Before we keep asking for more and more info, perhaps we should look a bit > at what we do know and interpret the actual report. As Michael correctly > pointed out yesterday, the important log line is the one that preceded the > "NET" line, an

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Ray Olszewski
Before we keep asking for more and more info, perhaps we should look a bit at what we do know and interpret the actual report. As Michael correctly pointed out yesterday, the important log line is the one that preceded the "NET" line, and we're finally seeing it. It reads: > > May 22 02:53:5

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> Omar, > The whole unmodified contents would be useful. Long messages on a > technical support list like this are acceptable. More information is > better than less. Thanks. :-) > Ok, here goes: ### # Brief instruction

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 09:13, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > > > Hope this is what you were talking about: > > > > > > May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: NET: 4 messages suppressed. > > > May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D08A145C/eth0 to D

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > > I'm sorry, I just realised that my msgs weren't going thru because I had > > these msgs as attachments, which I imagine needs to be moderator approved. > > Omar, > I'm the list admin. Attachments are rejected due to the amount of > viruses

Re: Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:42, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > I'm sorry, I just realised that my msgs weren't going thru because I had > these msgs as attachments, which I imagine needs to be moderator approved. Omar, I'm the list admin. Attachments are rejected due to the amount of viruses circulating.

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> Omar, > Please post the diagnostic information requested by Michael. We should > be able to determine the problem for you. Unfortunately, the information > you've provided up to now is insufficient to troubleshoot the problem. > I also seem to get a lot of martian source messages, I shud prolly

Fw: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
I'm sorry, I just realised that my msgs weren't going thru because I had these msgs as attachments, which I imagine needs to be moderator approved. Hope this is what you were talking about: May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: NET: 4 messages suppressed. May 22 02:53:54 NRP-413 kernel: Redirect from D

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:07, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > > Either way, as I have been insisting, you need to correct the root cause > > of these symptomatic messages. What is the underlying cause? > > > To tell the truth, I'm not sure exactly what is the underlying cause. Omar, Please post the diag

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
- Original Message - From: "Erich Titl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question Hi At 16:54 21.05.2002 -0700, you wrote: >I'm gonna try commenting out the *.emerg l

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
- Original Message - From: "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question > > "Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > > > Hey I stopped the sysklogd as w

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> > > > Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and > > I still get those NET messages. > > Any suggestions? > > ps aux | grep sys > > Do you have any running process like syslog? If yes, then you can kill > it. > > If not, as I mentioned, these messages are genera

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-22 Thread Erich Titl
Hi At 16:54 21.05.2002 -0700, you wrote: >I'm gonna try commenting out the *.emerg line. Thanks again man. >I'll definitely keep you posted. I would not just comment it out but save the data in a file. See syslog.conf(5) for an explanation of the syslog configuration file format. Erich THI

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Noyes
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 16:10, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > > > > [ snip ] > > > > > > Bottomline, if you identify the root cause of this message flooding, > > > > and correct it, then you will no longer witness these 'NET ... > > > > suppressed' messages. > > > > Please, reconsider what I am saying in

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and > I still get those NET messages. > Any suggestions? ps aux | grep sys Do you have any running process like syslog? If yes, then you can kill it. If not, as I mentioned, these mes

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > [ snip ] > I think you are THE MAN! I really appreciate this man. I'm gonna give it a > try. I don't want to really shut off syslog. The thing is I gotta get rid > of those messages. The box needs to, when it is installed, just sit there, > running maybe somethi

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Hey I stopped the sysklogd as well as commented out the *.emerg * line and I still get those NET messages. Any suggestions? - Original Message - From: "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:51 PM Subject:

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
> > [ snip ] > > > > Bottomline, if you identify the root cause of this message flooding, and > > > correct it, then you will no longer witness these 'NET ... suppressed' > > > messages. > > Please, reconsider what I am saying in the statement above. IMHO, that > is really what you want to do . .

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > "Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > > > > > Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this > mialing > > > list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another iss

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
- Original Message - From: "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question > > "Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > > > Now that I'm over tha

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing > list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. > > I a using Eigerstein2... does anyone know if there is any way to suppress > the NET messages? They look like

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. I a using Eigerstein2... does anyone know if there is any way to suppress the NET messages? They look like this: "NET: # messages suppressed" I

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Noyes
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 10:05, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > Hey, guess what? I'm new to this whole LRP thing, I've been really trying > to follow protocol in seeking help with these hiccups. My apologies if my > descriptions are not a "distinct" and "exact" as you would like them to be. > I am really

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
om: "Ray Olszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Omar D. Samuels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question > I added the LEAF list back in. > > At 11:26 AM 5/21/02 -0500, O

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Ray Olszewski
I added the LEAF list back in. At 11:26 AM 5/21/02 -0500, Omar D. Samuels wrote: >I'm pretty sure that I have the right cable but it just isn't working out, >so I dunno if it is the machine's fault... even though the serial port >initialized okay. Basically everything seems to be in order but

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Ray Olszewski
The documents that Mike referred you to do discuss cable issues, though perhaps briefly enough that you missed it when you read them. To connect 2 computers, you need either a null-modem cable or a regular cable with a null-modem adapter ... this is not a LEAF or even a Linux issue, but a stan

RE: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Joey Officer
have some more specific questions, please ask them... Joey Advocate in Training... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Omar D. Samuels Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [leaf-user] A NET question Could so

Re: [leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Noyes
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 06:55, Omar D. Samuels wrote: > I am trying just about everything I can find in documentation to allow my > LRP (on a single floppy) to allow me to console into it through a serial > cable. It is not working for me "echo "hello" > /dev/ttyS0" sends nothing > to my Hypertermi

[leaf-user] A NET question

2002-05-21 Thread Omar D. Samuels
Could someone pleeez help me. I would really love some help with two things: Is there any way to suppress the "NET: # messages suppressed" messages that come on my LRP box? I am trying just about everything I can find in documentation to allow my LRP (on a single floppy) to allow me to console