Re: Changing from Upper case to Lower case -

2001-03-09 Thread Mike
Sajith Menon wrote: > > Hi > > I have to install a application in RedHat Linux 6.2. THe setup files are > in a CD (burnt copy). All the files in the CD are in FULL CAPS, due to > which setup fails. Is there any scripts or any way to change all those > files from FULL CAPS to small. > > Can anyb

Changing from Upper case to Lower case -

2001-03-09 Thread Sajith Menon
Hi I have to install a application in RedHat Linux 6.2. THe setup files are in a CD (burnt copy). All the files in the CD are in FULL CAPS, due to which setup fails. Is there any scripts or any way to change all those files from FULL CAPS to small. Can anybody provide me a fast solution, as I h

Simple FHS question (repost)

2001-03-09 Thread Razvan Sandu
Hello! Many thanks to the people that answered my previous questions - they were very helpful! Anyway, one more to complete the installation of some new workstations & server: Where is the correct place - according to FHS - where the users on a system should keep their *common* files? I mean a d

Dial up account

2001-03-09 Thread Shane McKeown
Hi all I have just got my modem working under Linux-Mandrake 2.2.19, and have verified this under the minicom program. When I dial out from Minicom, it seems to connect to the ISP ok, but I get a Unix like login prompt. I enter my account details, but then nothing but garbage appears on the ter

Re: user launching as root

2001-03-09 Thread Brian Bilbrey
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 07:43:56AM -0800, Ray Olszewski wrote: > The usual way to do something like this is to invoke the suid bit, which [...snipped...] > At 09:17 AM 3/9/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have a little puzzle. > > > >User would like to start some backup software that mu

Re: hdd: driver not present error

2001-03-09 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 08:01 PM 3/9/01 +0530, Sajith Menon wrote: > >Hi, > >I have a linux 6.2 redhat box. If I try to mount a cd using 'mount >/mnt/cdrom', i get an error saying > hdd: driver not present > /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > >Any idea what will be the error due to and how to solve

Re: user launching as root

2001-03-09 Thread Ray Olszewski
The usual way to do something like this is to invoke the suid bit, which allows aprogram to run under the uid of its owner rather then the uid of the users who starts it. If the program can itself be set this way (not all can; Perl, for instance, won't accept the suid bit), the command "chmod +s p

Re: user launching as root

2001-03-09 Thread Joe_Pfaltzgraff
Joe Pfaltzgraff@PATAPSCO 03/09/2001 09:51 AM You can set the suid bit on the file. If the program is owned by root, then set the permissions like: 'chmod 4777 ' This would allow everyone to tun it, and when they execute the program, it would assume the userid of the owner of the file.

hdd: driver not present error

2001-03-09 Thread Sajith Menon
Hi, I have a linux 6.2 redhat box. If I try to mount a cd using 'mount /mnt/cdrom', i get an error saying hdd: driver not present /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device Any idea what will be the error due to and how to solve it. Regards, Sajith **

Re: What is MS-TNEF (Microsoft Mail)??

2001-03-09 Thread Marc Mutz
search google with "mime MS-TNEF". Marc -- Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://EncryptionHOWTO.sourceforge.net/ University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe l

user launching as root

2001-03-09 Thread brownh
I have a little puzzle. User would like to start some backup software that must be run by root. This happens often enough so that it would be convenient to put a launcher in Gnome Panel's menu. I assume the answer is to create a string that will su itself to root by issuing the password, and the

What is MS-TNEF (Microsoft Mail)??

2001-03-09 Thread Hal MacArgle
Greetings: We run Unix/Linux only for email and have been getting more and more correspondents sending mail with plain text first in the message followed by an attachment that is larger and mostly binary.. I thought it might be html but it can't be read with Lynx.. I see reports on the header lik

Cant create own kernel image - Help needed

2001-03-09 Thread Sajith Menon
Hi, Iam having a 6.2 RedHat linux box. I want to install Oracle for which I have to recompile my kernel. After loading the configuration file from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/config.in into the kernel, I saved it and tried 'make dep' and make clean' which sucessfully run. Then I gave 'nohup make bz