I am attempting to setup a firewall to protest a box connected to the
Internet by a modem. I am going to/maybe already have used/try using
ip_chains and pmfirewall-1.1.4.
Question. How can I tell if the firewall works?
--
David Boles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When you see an install file with the '.sh' on the end, do 'sh
install.sh' from the command line instead of './install.sh' Does that
make sense?
Mike
Paul wrote:
>
> It was Oct 10, 2000, 20:40, when Dennis Myers keyboarded:
>
> >> Boot into Linux, log in as Root.
> >> Go to /boot/grub, and ru
It was Oct 10, 2000, 20:40, when Dennis Myers keyboarded:
>> Boot into Linux, log in as Root.
>> Go to /boot/grub, and run ./install.sh
>> That gets your Grub back.
>
>What do you do if after typing in ./install.sh the command line returns
>permission denied? Why would one not have permission as
It was Oct 10, 2000, 16:41, when Larry Marshall keyboarded:
>> I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well
>> on any other OS... :)
>
>Shame on you Paul. You must be doing actual work on your computer
>:-) Like you, I'm pretty happy with 7.1 myself. My principal i
what I receive is it says in the last
sentence
this- ( kernel Panic : VFS: unable to mount root FS
on 07:07)
please help me get to the linux desktop, Iam using win 98 and
I loaded linux using
the easy load linux4win CD'S I just Loaded the first Two
CD'S untill the operading System told me
Marcia L Waller wrote:
>
> Dear Anyone, Because of all of the problems I am having I am considering
> installing the Linux Mandrake 7 again. I have my display working just
> fine now but I want to find out how it is setup exactly so that I can set
> it up correctly during my next install. What fi
> Besides the ipchains, there is a dnscache, dhcp, ssh, dhclient and
portsentry (for
> grins).
Aw, c'mon... you can fit an Apache Web Server, MySQL Database, and a hefty
load of php scripts in there too!!! :-)
> I opted for the easy way out and used the Linux Router Project, notably
Charles Ste
Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > What do you do if after typing in ./install.sh the command line returns
> > permission denied? Why would one not have permission as root? Excuse me
> > for jumping in here, but I had the same problem, and the sys won't let
> > me change back. Dennis
>
> Dennis, you're
I should have read your reply before sending mine off to Bascule. That was
better than my point-point reply.
The firewall as I have it set up does most all you mentioned. I opted for
the
easy way out and used the Linux Router Project, notably Charles Steinkulers
diskimages.
As for the bad form o
- Original Message -
From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing
> could i jump in and ask a couple of questions that might help me
> understand your diagram? i can't help you i'm afraid
> What do you do if after typing in ./install.sh the command line returns
> permission denied? Why would one not have permission as root? Excuse me
> for jumping in here, but I had the same problem, and the sys won't let
> me change back. Dennis
Dennis, you're trying to execute a text file that
> Here's a thought: I found an old (1998) copy of my Netscape bookmarks on
> my windows d: drive that I'd forgotten about. I made a bookmark to that
Carol, why do you do that rather than just importing them into
Netscape? An interesting workaround in any case.
Cheers --- Larry
> I´d like to know how to change the conf. of Lilo. I mean how I
> could do to set Windows 98 as the preferable O.S. if it could be
Load lilo.conf into your favorite editor and change the line that says
default=linux to use the label (probably windows) used for your windows
boot. You can ch
Does anyone know if a Microsoft IntelliMouse Trackball's
wheel switch acts as a middle button?
Thx,
MB
Paul wrote:
>
> It was Oct 10, 2000, 21:18, when Gavin keyboarded:
>
> >Ladies and Gents,
> >
> >Need some help, I was praticing loading linux from a floppy and now I have LILO
> >loading my system, the problem is I want GRUB back. how do I do this without
> >re-loading Linux and losing all my s
Dear Anyone, I have been doing alot with trying to get my ethernet SMC EZ
card ISA 1660T to work. A very helpful person has been helping me along,
however I think I made a goof somewhere. I edited the /etc/conf.module
files to work with my nic card and I think I goofed in there. After that
my zip
Dear Anyone, Because of all of the problems I am having I am considering
installing the Linux Mandrake 7 again. I have my display working just
fine now but I want to find out how it is setup exactly so that I can set
it up correctly during my next install. What file would I check to find
out exact
Gary,
It didn't seem to matter if I tried a text based install or not, and by
doing an expert install and not allowing the PCI to be probed mandrake will
install. As you know it often asks to probe or not, at any of these times it
will lock up if allowed to probe.
I tried another s3 card which
Devon:
My suspect would be the Promise card. My memory ain't all that it could
be, but I have a recollection that they require special measures. You
might want to explore the hardware compatibility stuff at Mandrake and
Redhat. While you're at it, you might want to verify that the 3com modem
isn't
Alan:
Here's a thought: I found an old (1998) copy of my Netscape bookmarks on
my windows d: drive that I'd forgotten about. I made a bookmark to that
file from Linux' Netscape, and I'm able to use them just like I did back
then. If Netscape will read Opera bookmarks, that might work for you.
Or,
no confusion, all was well put
thanks
bascule
Greg Stewart wrote:
>
> Bascule,
>
> In his diagram, Dennis indicates that the two workstations are DHCP clients.
> Since he is on a private network, behind a firewall, and does not include a
> separate server for the DHCP provider service, the fi
Bascule,
In his diagram, Dennis indicates that the two workstations are DHCP clients.
Since he is on a private network, behind a firewall, and does not include a
separate server for the DHCP provider service, the firewall itself could
very well be the DHCP server--although he may have another ser
Chris,
Sometimes there is a problem with older versions installing on dma66
drives (I recall reading about Promise controller card issues). 7.1
installed and runs on my WesternDigital dma66 drive just fine. WD drives
have the ability to switch to dma33 if one should run into problems; I
You do not need a modem. Since I have yet to configure my own, I'll let
others tell you about which delay it is that you need to increase. -Gary-
In a message dated 10/10/2000 2:07:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have a modem which although it is a internal and no
Rod,
A couple of thoughts. First, do I assume correctly that PnP aware O/S is
disabled in CMOS?
About the time I joined newbie (about 6 months ago) there was a
discussion of Linux incompatible VIA motherboard chipsets causing problems.
I have VIA, but these incompatibilities didn't
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> It was Oct 10, 2000, 08:30, when Jeff Malka keyboarded:
>
> >> Why don't we just wait for a few more days and .
> >
> >What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it?
>
> I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the
> next gener
Does LILO recognise your Windows 98 installation at all? If so, you can edit
the following file: /etc/lilo.conf
It may look something similar to:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear
default=linux
vga=ask
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-3
label=linux
Greetings:
I can't seem to get a sound card recognized in Mandrake; it's not showing up at
all. The hardware support list says it should be supported, so there
must be something conflicting, I guess.
Anyone set up a card with a Crystal chipset before in Mandrake? It's a 423x
model.
Thanks,
Ri
Hello Newbies,
Is there any comand in linux like undelete? How can we recover
stufff that was accidently deleted? Thank you.
--
Best regards,
Vinay mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are pleanty of winmodems that now have drivers for linux. search
google for
winmodems in linux
stephen wrote:
>
> you have a winmodem no good i'm sorry for linux
> and you will need to fdisk /mbr for linux to reinstall other windows
> opersting system ok
> stephen
>
> - Original
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Dear Ronald,
>
> ¡Yeah! I can watch tv now with kwintv, xawtv and, of course, cabletv.
> The problems was as easy as to change the card option in the bttv; it
> was not the card=6 but card=13; unfortunately the good running of
> cabletv confused me, but reading, foll
you have a winmodem no good i'm sorry for linux
and you will need to fdisk /mbr for linux to reinstall other windows
opersting system ok
stephen
- Original Message -
From: "Francisco Javier Rivas Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 7:21 A
could i jump in and ask a couple of questions that might help me
understand your diagram? i can't help you i'm afraid but i think i might
learn something from any future answers to your query, does dhcp mean
that the box is being given it's ip address by a dhcp server? (or is
being a server - only
Hi, there!
I´d like to know how to change the conf. of Lilo. I mean how I
could do to set Windows 98 as the preferable O.S. if it could be
done.
Now, I can´t use Linux because it doesn´t seem to like my modem
I can´t surf internet, I have a 3com U.S. Robotics 56k Faxmodem,
maybe is
to let anyone know that might come across this dialogue in the archives,
i have discovered (through trial and error) that i had to set the
permissions for /dev/sgc in order to get grip to work as well as the
permisions for /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 (scsi cdrom drives), however
after a reboot i found
Does anyone know if there is an application that acts as a news client
proxy. At work we don't have access to a news server (free ones generally
suck), but I depend of having access to post development questions. Since I
can get to my linux box at home from work I wanted to setup a proxy client,
> I'm running 7.0, and would be grateful for better USB support, so I for one
> am really looking forward to upgrading.
Wasn't 7.1 supposed to provide better USB support than 7.0?
Cheers --- Larry
> I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well
> on any other OS... :)
Shame on you Paul. You must be doing actual work on your computer
:-) Like you, I'm pretty happy with 7.1 myself. My principal interest in
7.2 is to see KDE2.0 but I'll put it on a non-work mac
> As a newbie to Linux and a happy user of Mandrake 7.1 I too am waiting
> eagerly for the new Mandrake. However as a newbie am already concerned
> about what I would need to do to upgrade to it.
Why are you in such a hurry? Just something to think about. Most
seasoned Unix users tend to mo
Hello Newbies,
I was wondering if there is a command in linux to see the mail
usage of the users mail box (i.e no of messages and size of mail
box) or if there is a script which I can put in my cron job to
run at regular intervals. I am using Mandrake 7.1. Thank you.
V
> There are some nice screen shots on http://www.opera.com
Thanks. I'm probably bad at interpreting such thing but I don't find
screen shots of software interfaces to reveal much about the
program. When I see how quickly and well Opera is capable of viewing
websites, how it handles bookmarks
It was Oct 10, 2000, 17:52, when Sharma, Anoop keyboarded:
Perhaps by reading the mailing list info...
or write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put
u n s ubscr i b (e) (as one proper word) in the body text...
Paul
--
You have triggered an idiot-alarm.
Please step away from the computer.
http://nlpag
Paul wrote:
>
> It was Oct 10, 2000, 08:30, when Jeff Malka keyboarded:
>
> >> Why don't we just wait for a few more days and .
> >
> >What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it?
>
I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so
well
> on any other OS... :)
>
>
>I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the
>next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatisfied with the
>current version?
>I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well
>on any other OS... :)
>
>Paul
Well, I have to say that t
I'm happy too. I am just looking for an easy way to get KDE 2 and both the
new browser and the new suite of apps. I want to be "happier still". :-))
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-Original Message-
From: Paul R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 2:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] (translation) problemas com minha placa de video
Translation (from Portuguese):
Hello, everybody.
I am having a very serious problem with my v
I installed X 4.0.1 on Toshiba M500 (PIII500, 64 megs) w/ a Nvidia "Riva
Vanta" video card.
Everything works, but it's default resolution is so big it doesn't
fit everything (KDE) on the screen.
Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus or Minus does not work for changing
resolutions.
The KDE control panel defines th
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> It was Oct 10, 2000, 07:26, when Larry Marshall keyboarded:
>
> >> Does anybody know how I convert the Opera3.add win bookmark file into
> >> Netscape 4.73 linux mandrake 7.1 I've had no success but then I hardly
> >> know what I am doing in Linux.
> >
> >I don't
Hello Newbies,
I was wondering if there is any commercial software for Linux
which support auhthentication, file sharing, LDAP, mail, web etc. I
know that we can get most of the above services using different free
software. I have in fact done that. But when it comes to client
authentication
[snip]
> I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the
> next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatisfied with the
> current version?
> I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well
> on any other OS... :)
[snip]
PaulI don't
> >> Why don't we just wait for a few more days and .
> >
> >What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it?
>
> I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the
> next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatisfied with the
> current version?
> I'm happily
The 1st time I installed 7.1 I didn't get DrakConfig and some other programs so I
thought I'd reinstall. This time after the install it reboots to a Grub prompt? It
didn't do this the 1st time? What did I do wrong?
Thanks,
Jon
PS. I'm installing on a PII 400, 128MB, 10.8GB, 2 nics.
It was Oct 10, 2000, 08:30, when Jeff Malka keyboarded:
>> Why don't we just wait for a few more days and .
>
>What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it?
I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the
next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatis
It was Oct 10, 2000, 21:15, when Rod Baxter keyboarded:
I'm a Cobol programmer too. Started out with Ansi74 cobol :)
Paul
>A cobol programmer! I worked with mainframes for er...many years.
>Wonderful things and a lot more consisent (and reliable) than
>PC's
>
>Regards,Rod
>
It was Oct 10, 2000, 07:26, when Larry Marshall keyboarded:
>> Does anybody know how I convert the Opera3.add win bookmark file into
>> Netscape 4.73 linux mandrake 7.1 I've had no success but then I hardly
>> know what I am doing in Linux.
>
>I don't know anything about the format of Opera files
It was Oct 10, 2000, 21:18, when Gavin keyboarded:
>Ladies and Gents,
>
>Need some help, I was praticing loading linux from a floppy and now I have LILO
>loading my system, the problem is I want GRUB back. how do I do this without
>re-loading Linux and losing all my setting and mail?
Boot into L
Hello there,
I am a newbie as well and I have a problem:
I want to connect to the internet
I have an ISP (tel number, login and password)
I have kppp and some other programs (gnome-ppp) as well as netconfig from
drakeconfig
I have a modem which although it is a internal and not being recognised
Should read : S3 savage 2000 chip set
Paul R wrote:
>
> Translation (from Portuguese):
>
> Hello, everybody.
> I am having a very serious problem with my video card I bought last
> week. It seems that Mandrake does not recognize the card. I have a
> Viper II Z 200 with an S# savage 2000 chip
Try this site.
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
As a newbie to Linux and a happy user o
Translation (from Portuguese):
Hello, everybody.
I am having a very serious problem with my video card I bought last
week. It seems that Mandrake does not recognize the card. I have a
Viper II Z 200 with an S# savage 2000 chip set. I would very much like
to know how to configure the card. I'm
That's what I was thinking, Rod. But I was hoping to not have to do that.
But, such is life.
As far as the settings go, all is the same and the motherboard is new. The
I/O address did change(I think). The only thing i noticed is that in the
boot sequence, Linux was looking for hde and it used to
Ok...
the paths for MySQL go like this:
/usr/bin/mysql
/usr/lib/mysql
/usr/include/mysql
/usr/share/mysql
/usr/man/man1/mysql.1.bz2
The actual database(s) are located here:
/var/lib/mysql
--
Mark
/* I never worry about the to-jams.
* Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth
*
I just tried another trio card (I have three..) same problem. But the matrox
works OK. My motherboard is an Aopen ax63pro. Uses the Apollo 133 chipset.
I also asked Mandrake. It will be interesting to see what they say.
Regads,Rod
- Original Message -
From: "stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECT
Come to think of it...I've never seen Opera for Linux. What's it like?
--
Mark
/* I never worry about the to-jams.
* Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth
* it's already too late...just make sure
* you chew them thoroughly before swallowing!
*/
Registered Linu
Thanks for the links Mark. The one place I did manage to find that I could
buy a subscription from the price was inflated 3 times what it costs in
the UK. If it costs the equivilant of $23 in the UK, the same subscription
costs $75 here. I guess that's not too bad really cuz they've got to
import
it works on a western digital 8.4 giga byte in udma 66 on a celeron 300
machine ok
stephen galowski
- Original Message -
From: "Kelly, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Newbie'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: [newbie] IDE drives
> I thought tha
>
> In windows I used the Opera3 browser. All my url's are stored there.
>
> Does anybody know how I convert the Opera3.add win bookmark file into
> Netscape 4.73 linux mandrake 7.1 I've had no success but then I hardly
> know what I am doing in Linux.
I don't know anything about the format of
yes i have a agp port as well on the mother board
stephen
- Original Message -
From: "Rod Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] video card problem
> Only problem with that theory is that RedHat and Caldera work
I thought that I posted this last night, but I never saw it come up on the
list...
Does anyone know if Linux MDK 7.1 supports Ultra DMA\66 IDE drives? I just
got a new motherboard and I can't get my HDD with Linux on it to boot. Do I
need to reinstall? Help!
Thanks,
Chris Kelly
Registered Linux
A cobol programmer! I worked with mainframes for er...many years.
Wonderful things and a lot more consisent (and reliable) than
PC's
Regards,Rod
- Original Message -
From: "A V Flinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 8:01
Only problem with that theory is that RedHat and Caldera work OK, and I
tried the card in three different slots as well. Does your motherboard have
an AGP slot as well?
The video card could have a problem I guess, but its all pretty strange!
Regards,Rod
- Original Message -
From: ste
I have the same type of attack on a different ip
here are the details
IP: 209.86.142.68
DNS: user-38ld3i4.dialup.mindspring.com
Node: BOXOFWIRES
Group: STUDENTS
MAC: 44455354
back orifice ping
- Original Message -
From: "A V Flinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent
It seems that my system doesn't have the gtk libraries installed because when i
try to install new software it tells me that libraries are not found, does
anyone know how i can install them from mdk 7.1 cd rom or how do i find out if
i really have them installed?
Thanks in advance!!
Julio Gutierr
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> I went to http://boxnetwork.net on mistake--there was a black page with a
> hand with an eye on it, and no links. Do you happen to know what that
> page is?
[alex@homer alex]$ ping boxnetwork.net
PING boxnetwork.net (194.1.129.227): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Here is a weird one.
>
> I have LM 7.1. Today I went to check my e-mail, and turned on
> the monitor. Unfortunatly, the screen was blank. No kdm. Very
> strange. So I hit alt-f2 and no virtual terminal. No virtual
> terminals when I hit alt-f1, or alt-f3-f6
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Is a version of the java virtual machine included in the Mandrake 7.1
> Complete package? I chose the developers option during install, so I would
> assume that it would be installed for me if it's there...I tried to install
> StarOffice, but it could not find
i have no problems with my pci s3 tro v64 video
card
may be you pci slot on the mother board is damaged
as mine works fine ok
stephen galowski
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Gary,
Solved the problem.
I changed the video card to a matrox g200, which is on the supported list
and it works OK. The card Iwas using was a trio v64 (S3) and is also on the
supported list. I wonder if its the fact that I was not using the AGP slot
but a PCI card and having an empty AGP slot??
Hi There
In windows I used the Opera3 browser. All my url's are stored there.
Does anybody know how I convert the Opera3.add win bookmark file into
Netscape 4.73 linux mandrake 7.1 I've had no success but then I hardly
know what I am doing in Linux.
Thanks for your help.
Alan Smith
South Afric
That is a bit sad really, imature. I was just relpying to what I though
was a wrong statment. If you want to kill me because of that, then
you are welcome to try.
Mark
You could try their web site and click on the subscribtions bit.
www.linuxformat.co.uk
www.pcplus.co.uk
Mark Hillary
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 5:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux For
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