Re: Telnet

2002-05-24 Thread Tom Beer
> > I'll bear in mind that it's insecure. > Just use ssh, same feeling, same style and a little more secure. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: nomore newbies??

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Beer
3.2. Message Rejection and Bouncing MTAs and MSAs MAY implement message rejection rules that rely in part on whether the message is a submission or a relay. For example, some sites might configure their MTA to reject all RCPT TOs for messages that do not reference local users, and c

Re: searching a mail solution

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, > So, this ISP doesn't allow to run any server services. then, I would change my ISP, if I'm not allowed to run my on mail services, or whatever service. Greets Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: process priority at 25

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, > > Is there perhaps something wrong? > > First thing i would do is try a "proven" kernel, 2.5.x i belive is development > but there again considering the 2.5 kernel series of development is at kernel > 2.5.11 i presume you mean 2.4.16.? > Kernel 2.4.18 won't run on my off-the-shelf athlon-a

Re: Make a phone call (repeat)

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, > It's likely that the modem uses some non-standard AT command to turn the > mike on and off (in contrast to the speaker, which turns on and off with a > long-established, standard AT command). isn't it too much data on a maximum of 33.6kbit/s for h.323 data transfer? Greets Tom - To unsu

lost in wonder-land

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, > In general I like the kiss protocol.. But it appears I have to attack from two avenues > > when I go to security=user on the NT authentication side I get: > > [Alan@Webby Alan]$ smbclient //webby/WinShare -U Alan > added interface ip=192.168.0.5 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > Pa

Re: Kernel 2.4.6 compile input/output errors

2001-07-20 Thread Tom Beer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, www.kerneli.org says: Download the original Linux source code named linux-a.b.c.tar.gz, and the corresponding International Kernel Patch named patch-int-a.b.c.d.gz so you may use the corresponding patch, but I'm not sure. Tom - - Origin

No such file or directory

2001-07-11 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, what can be wrong? ls -la /etc/ssh total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 16 2000 . drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Jul 12 08:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 958 Mar 11 2000 ssh_config -rw--- 1 root root 526 Jul 16 2000 ssh_host_ke

linuxconf hangs

2001-06-10 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, I'm running linuxconf on a redhat 7 (2.4.4 kernel) and every time a apply changes in linuxconf and would like to activate these, linuxconf hangs. The clock icon, instead of the "normal" mousepointer appeares indefinitely, nothing happens, and after killing the application and restarting it, n

Re: compiling 2.4.4

2001-06-05 Thread Tom Beer
Hi Edgar, maybe ;-) If some application uses your old modutils version, when you running 2.2.18 than it could be that you're runing in troubles. But there should be a rpm option to install both versions concurrently. "Dr. Edgar Alwers" schrieb: > > Hello, > I am working on an upgrade from Lin

Re: chat installation

2001-06-04 Thread Tom Beer
Greg Partin schrieb: The server is running on port > by default. How can I see that this server is actually running on this > port? Is there a command to show what processes are running on what port? What about a port scan? http://www.insecure.org/nmap Tom - To unsubscribe from this

ip netlink - kernel error

2001-06-04 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, just playing with ip command, the following error occurs: Cannot open netlink socket So I have to compile netlink into the kernel, as far as I have seen in the net, but where's the option to compile netlink into the kernel? I'm using 2.4.4 Thanks Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send th

two ethernet cards

2001-05-31 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, I just plugged a second ethernet card in my box. The first (NE Clone Realtek 8029) is compiled in the kernel and works fine. The second (Realtek 8139) should be loaded as a module. I'm running an 2.4.4 Kernel. The appropriate module is, as far as the Ethernet howto states, 8139too. /etc/modu

Re: permissions

2001-05-28 Thread Tom Beer
file-system. > > In addition, see the 'mount' command to mount a > file-system as read-only(ro). > > HTH. > > Sanchet > > ~~ -Original Message- > ~~ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > ~~ Sanchet Surendra > ~~ Dig

Re: Linux 2.4

2001-05-28 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, take a look at the Kernel Howto. Avaible at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html or linuxldp.org Tom > > > > > Hello > > I had installed Linux 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22. > Then i had done the following to upgrade the kernel to 2.4 > > >cd /usr/src > >tar -zxvf linux-2.4.0-test11.

permissions

2001-05-28 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, does anybody know a guiding line how to set relative strict or even paranoid permissions, so that a "normal" user has limited access on the file system, or a document covering this topic? Thanks Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a m

Re: SCSI Tape drive....

2001-05-17 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, what about a /tape directory? mkdir /tape or /mnt/tape or /whatever/tape mount /tape or ... Tom - Original Message - From: "Mike Dresser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Jim Hatridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:01 PM Subject: Re: SCSI Ta

Re: SCSI Tape drive....

2001-05-16 Thread Tom Beer
do you have mounted the tape? - Original Message - From: "James Jim Hatridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: SCSI Tape drive > > Hi all.. > > I've got an old SCSI tape drive that I just put in my system. Linux sees the > SC

Re: XFree86 4.0.1a

2001-05-16 Thread Tom Beer
if you have a laptop running, you may see linuxonlaptops http://www.linux-laptop.net/ - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:49 PM Subject: RE: XFree86 4.0.1a > | From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 15 11:38

Re: unintended dial-up connections

2001-05-12 Thread Tom Beer
> > Try to switch off that m$ client and check again: > Netbios port 137 138 139 and DNS port 53 are the most common > tcp queries going out from m$ clients and this could trigger your ISDN. > the m$'s are working pretty well (in this respect). the linux box builds up unintended connections

Re: unintended dial-up connections

2001-05-11 Thread Tom Beer
Marco Calistri wrote: > It could be a problem of your pppd config. or even,and more probably, > a router filter config. where the DNS or NetBios queries are not > blocked,so box 2 ask for DNS and router trigger the call to ISP. I'm not using hardware routers. The only thing, that runs is IP_MASQ

unintended dial-up connections

2001-05-11 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, one of my linux boxes builds up unintended dial ups via my second box. A tcpdump shows that the last visited http pages (but not only these) will be called again. this is independent from the linux kernel (2.2.16 as 2.4.3 as 2.4.4) and from the netscape version (4.75 and 6.01). Presumably the

Re: compilation error.

2001-05-07 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, you don't provide information for the compiler how and what to compile. In other words you need a make file... see no rule to make target... Tom - Original Message - From: "nomit kalidhar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1

make bzdisk 2.4.4

2001-05-02 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, after I've installed the newest versions of all libraries et al. needed, running make menuconfig and make dep clean, I get error messages running make bzdisk or bzimage. I assume that the problem is compiling the kernel on an athlon with gcc v 2.96. I need gcc 2.91-66 But I cant find it on th

Re: make menuconfig

2001-04-28 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, thanks for the tips you provided, I was _so_ stupid. I hope it'll working now. Tom - Original Message - From: "Richard Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 11:03 AM Subject: Re: make menuconfig > On Fri, 27 Apr

Re: make menuconfig

2001-04-26 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, > Firstly this problem need not stop you from proceeding, use the other option. > > make config I've tried, but it didn't work out. I can make the config, after that entering make dep causes an error 127 /scripts/makdep > > As to your problem, are you sure ncurses was installed correctly.? >

make menuconfig

2001-04-26 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, I'm running 2.2.16-22 (Redhat Guiness) on a PC and wanna upgrade to 2.4.3. Unfourtunately I get Unable to open Ncurses libraries Error 1 if I make make menuconfig. I read around the web and found that I've to install the devel pack of ncurses too. No results, even if I do a make clean all in

Re: compiling kernel

2001-04-24 Thread Tom Beer
Hi Karl, you may read the Kernel-Howto. The baseline is to download a new kernel, copy it to /usr/src/linux-new-kernel-version make a cd to it and an make menuconfig or xconfig. Than you can change the modules et al. After this just modify your linux boot and the kernel will be loaded (_see_ Kern

Re: permissions

2001-04-24 Thread Tom Beer
Hi, I don't think that there is a "standard" directory mask. Decide what you want. who should have access to the files in the home directories? everyon to all? 777 you? 700 you and all in the group? 770 and so on.. \tom > Hi All, > > My laptop (pI, 133) has mandrake 7 installed on it. During fi