FTP-user

2001-03-25 Thread Karel . Bos
Hi, A strange problem is annoying me. When I log in on my linux box whit the user FTP I can't see anything in the homedir of this user. Where should I look? Greetings Karel ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com

Re: loading usb mouse drivers as modules at startup

2001-03-25 Thread Randy Perkins
thanks for the reply i just somehow assumed that modules.conf should take care of this from my past experience, whenever i add something to rc.local, i end up finding the "correct" way to configure it later. i see you have this script run at the very beginning. that way it is before gpm. i imag

Re: loading usb mouse drivers as modules at startup

2001-03-25 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Randy Perkins wrote: >i can get the usb mouse to work if I: > >insmod input >insmod mousedev >insmod hid >i want the mouse to come up automatically when i boot up. >i know this has something to do with /etc/modules.conf >here is my modules.conf > >alias eth0 n

loading usb mouse drivers as modules at startup

2001-03-25 Thread Randy Perkins
hello i am using redhat 7.0 and have upgraded the kernel to 2.41 i am trying to get a usb mouse to work. i have attempted to followed the instructions at http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html i can get the usb mouse to work if I: insmod input insmod mousedev insmod hid i want the mouse t

Re: how to assign permission right to user?

2001-03-25 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- garyumc wrote: >so, I followed yrs steps to change it as >gary:x:0:0:Gary Tay:/home/gary:/bin/bash > >once I change it, I can't telnet in with this account, even I did update >the account password, but still login failed then changed the >following in /etc/

Re: how to assign permission right to user?

2001-03-25 Thread Vidiot
[...] >but still the same??? anything else that I need to change in order to >give the root permission to user without doing "su -" and how can I give >certain root's permission to user? like user1 can do normal admin work >but can't reboot /shutdown server... so called admin work distribution

Re: Lexmark printer setup

2001-03-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Drew Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just got a lexmark Optra E+ that I'd like to set up with my Linux system. > I downloaded the driver .rpm's from Lexmark's' support site and installed > them. However, after setting up the software, I cannot get it to run > because it says it has a fail

Re: how to assign permission right to user?

2001-03-25 Thread garyumc
hi Mikkel, Thanks... even, I changed the following line in /etc/passwd file, gary:x:500:0:Gary Tay:/home/gary:/bin/bash but I still can't run some program that root can run, for eg. linuxconf or tail /var/log/maillog it will prompt me as permission denied... so, I followed yrs steps to cha

Re: Lexmark printer setup

2001-03-25 Thread Matthew Saltzman
I'm not sure what the Lexmark enhanced drivers do exactly, but I have an Optra Ep and it works just fine as a generic PostScript printer. If you don't have PostScript on the E+, then it should work as an HP LaserJet 4. Choose the appropriate filter in the printtool and you should be good to go.

RE: [RHSA-2001:008-02] Updated vim packages available

2001-03-25 Thread Thornton Prime
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Liguo Song wrote: > It is not the right version. The one updated is vim-5.7-8.src.rpm, > and others. The one at valinux site is vim-5.7-0.6x.src.rpm > > I am just wondering whether is violates the GPL is Red Hat fails to > provide the SRPM for that package. It would, but vi

need graphing help

2001-03-25 Thread Michael Jinks
I have a graphical representation problem to solve, and my graphics literacy is nearly nothing, so I'm hoping somebody here can tell me what tool I want for this. Imagine an X-Y graph, where the two vertices of the graph may be of varying length. We want to be able to plug in a set of numbers

Re: How do you acess the news.redhat.com news server?

2001-03-25 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 25/03/2001 at 3:52 PM Bill Colston [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The server sent the following response: >480 Authentication required for command It used to be open with no authentication. Regards Greg Wright -- IT Consultant Sydney Australia PH 041

kernel panic

2001-03-25 Thread Jibril Aziz GUEYE
hi, Have anyone recompile the kernel 2.4.2 on a RH (7.0.91) Wolverine with kernel 2.4.1-0.1.9? I'm having trouble when i reboot. the pc says: " EXT-fs: unable to read superblock isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:06, iso_blknum=16, block=32 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

Re: Becoming my own CA Root

2001-03-25 Thread Liguo Song
Try to look at Openssl's documentation. It should be pretty easy to get started. Also, check out the openssl mail list. Good luck! Liguo (Leo) On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Pieter De Wit wrote: > Hello Guys and Gals, > > How do I become my own CA root ? I would like to send out my own > certificates

RE: [RHSA-2001:008-02] Updated vim packages available

2001-03-25 Thread Liguo Song
It is not the right version. The one updated is vim-5.7-8.src.rpm, and others. The one at valinux site is vim-5.7-0.6x.src.rpm I am just wondering whether is violates the GPL is Red Hat fails to provide the SRPM for that package. Thanks anyway. Liguo (Leo) _

Re: netscape with Wolverine etc..

2001-03-25 Thread Elton Woo
Ted Gervais wrote: > I ran across a problem. This has come up after a few upgradings with > Wolverine. > > For example, when I click on a url such as: > > http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/projects/cs319-a/g319-a07/World/home.html This one works. The URL below *doesn't*. I just tried i

Planned Restructuring of the FTP site [2001/03/28]

2001-03-25 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
Hi, after many months of planning, and getting input from various mirror administrators.. I am ready to make the changes. Thanks for all the help from everyone. If this is cancelled for some reason we will send out another email O U T A G E R E Q U E S T F O R M

transfer image in xml document

2001-03-25 Thread Aradhana Liyanage
I have to transfer text data and an image and at a later stage i have to insert them in to a database. As far as I read from the net it is possible to give a href and a Url to refer an image. Other than using this method can i transfer an image thanks Get 250 color business cards for FREE! at

Re: How to create IDE RAID-1?

2001-03-25 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:05:19AM -0500, Bernie a ecrit: > > I'll be installing RH 7.0 on my PC at work, on two new 47GB IDE drives. > I'd like to mirror the drives in a RAID-1 configuration. I'd also like > to mirror the root drive, but from what I gather, only RAID-0 and > RAID-5 support mirro

Re: RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Aage J. Skjolingstad wrote: > >It is the logrotate procedures every Sunday morning at 04:00 hours that >have me messed up, and due to my limited knowledge (original using only >MS NT etc.) I appreciate all help I can receive. I'm afraid I'm not going to be muc

Re: Chown Question

2001-03-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:31:28AM -0800, Thornton Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Marcus Ouimet wrote: | > Is it possible to specify multiple owners (not groups, but actual users) to | > a file or directory using chown? Ahy help appreciated. It is not in the | > manual

Re: RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread Aage J. Skjolingstad
David Talkington wrote: > >New Error log (beginning) - after start by myself interfering > >[Sun Mar 25 03:42:29 2001] [notice] Apache/1.3.14 (Unix) > >(Red-Hat/Linux) mod_ssl/2.7.1 OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.24 (Using > >iHTML/2.19.141) configured -- resuming normal operations > > *shrug* Crea

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Michael McLeod wrote: > Ran Memtest 86 and it did find 5 errors at 147 and 150 Meg. The BadRam kernel patch > looks promising but the authors website is down and I can't get the one for > 2.2.16-22 only 2.4. Anyway I have new ram coming so it may be moot anyway. > Michael >

Re: RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Aage J. Skjolingstad wrote: > >Error log (1-end of) >[Sun Mar 25 03:32:02 2001] [notice] Apache/1.3.14 (Unix) >(Red-Hat/Linux) mod_ssl/2.7.1 OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.24 (Using >iHTML/2.19.141) configured -- resuming normal operations >[Sun Mar 25 03:37:05 2001

Re: Lexmark printer setup

2001-03-25 Thread Statux
heh.. sorta sucks considering it would only need ncurses for a setup/diagnostic proggy.. not the driver itself. I don't suppose they wrote that under GPL.. if you can.. try to get the source and compile the package yourself. On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Drew Hunt wrote: > I just got a lexmark Optra E+ t

firewire support?

2001-03-25 Thread Chad W. Skinner
Does anyone know if firewire devices are supported in linux and if so how well? I would like to get a Firewire CD-RW drive that I can cheaply and easily move between 5 machines. Has anyone done this and where can I find information about what interfaces linux supports are being developed for the

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Michael McLeod
Ran Memtest 86 and it did find 5 errors at 147 and 150 Meg. The BadRam kernel patch looks promising but the authors website is down and I can't get the one for 2.2.16-22 only 2.4. Anyway I have new ram coming so it may be moot anyway. Michael "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001,

Re: RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread Aage J. Skjolingstad
David Talkington wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Aage J. Skjolingstad wrote: > > >My RH (7.0) Apache Apache/1.3.14 (Red-Hat/rpm) mod_ssl/2.7.1 > >OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.24 dies during weekly log recycling. > > What do we have in /var/log/messages and the Apache er

How do you acess the news.redhat.com news server?

2001-03-25 Thread Bill Colston
This is a great mailing list but sometimes I would like to check out some specific subjects or areas relating to redhat linux to keep up on what is happening. The newsgroups apparently cover quite a wide area of information and topics. However, when ever I try to access the news.redhat.com server

Re: pwconv

2001-03-25 Thread Al Sparks
I thought I’d share with the list how I solved the problem. It turns out I had a duplicate keyed entry (i.e. 2 entries with the same login name). I found this out by running pwck, a utility mentioned in the pwconf man pages. So this is another cautionary tale about RTFM. Thanks for the help.

Lexmark printer setup

2001-03-25 Thread Drew Hunt
I just got a lexmark Optra E+ that I'd like to set up with my Linux system. I downloaded the driver .rpm's from Lexmark's' support site and installed them. However, after setting up the software, I cannot get it to run because it says it has a failed dependency for libncurses.so.4. I currently r

Re: RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Aage J. Skjolingstad wrote: >My RH (7.0) Apache Apache/1.3.14 (Red-Hat/rpm) mod_ssl/2.7.1 >OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.24 dies during weekly log recycling. What do we have in /var/log/messages and the Apache error.log around the time of the failures? - -d

Re: connecting to vpn from redhat client

2001-03-25 Thread John D. Hardin
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Steve Cohen wrote: > I wish to connect to a Virtual Private Network at work and I wish to > connect from a RedHat linux client. I can't find any documentation that > tells how to do this. I find plenty about setting up a VPN and getting > through firewalls, but all I wan

RH Apache 1.3.14 dies during weekly log recycling

2001-03-25 Thread Aage J. Skjolingstad
Not being strong in Linux at all - I'm asking for some help. My RH (7.0) Apache Apache/1.3.14 (Red-Hat/rpm) mod_ssl/2.7.1 OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.24 dies during weekly log recycling. It was working well for a few weeks and without any changes from my side (that I can recall) it does not

Re: pwconv

2001-03-25 Thread Werner Puschitz
In such cases I usually use gdb to get a better understanding where the problem lies - in which function it hangs or if the program is running in an endless loop. It might not help a lot in your case but it's worth a try. gdb /usr/sbin/pwconv ctr-C Then type in 'where' to see the function tree

Re: RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Anthony Abby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't think so, it runs just fine from the GUI. Is there a way I can check > this though? What releases of Red Hat Linux, rpm, up2date and rpm-python are you running? Have you installed something like Nautilus, Ximian Gnome etc. yourself? They tend

RE: RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Anthony Abby
Don't think so, it runs just fine from the GUI. Is there a way I can check this though? Anthony > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Trond Eivind Glomsrød > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RHN

Re: pwconv

2001-03-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Al Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I’m running pwconv on a passwd file of 307 records. My machine is > running Redhat 6.2, kernel version 2.2.18 (i686 unknown). > > So far this thing has been running for over 14 hours. The machine is > not yet production, so it has most of the CPU (usuall

Re: RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Anthony Abby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's what I thought but I get the following instead: > > [root@listserv listar]# up2date -l > Traceback (innermost last): > File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 9, in ? > import rpm > ImportError: undefined symbol: rpmSetVerbosity Did you just part

pwconv

2001-03-25 Thread Al Sparks
I’m running pwconv on a passwd file of 307 records. My machine is running Redhat 6.2, kernel version 2.2.18 (i686 unknown). So far this thing has been running for over 14 hours. The machine is not yet production, so it has most of the CPU (usually 98%+). What is taking so long? How do I check

Re: xbill ?

2001-03-25 Thread Billy R Nordyke
Hi Leonard, No no error message and all sorts of harddrive space. I am dual booted to win98 and rh7.0 and had reformatted the harddrive, I think a 15 gig one, i2 for each and subdivided the win98 to a c and a D drive so I could back up the win98 on c to d. Seems to work fairlywell for my purpos

RE: RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Anthony Abby
That's what I thought but I get the following instead: [root@listserv listar]# up2date -l Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 9, in ? import rpm ImportError: undefined symbol: rpmSetVerbosity Anthony > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:

Re: a simple one!

2001-03-25 Thread Werner Puschitz
use nohup On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Chandra K Nathani wrote: > Hey.. > When I start a program from the gnome-terminal and put that in background by using >&. .. and now if I close the terminal the previously spawned program > is also dying.. how do i stop this behavior of the child getting termin

Re: RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Anthony Abby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to run/use the RHN from command line (over telnet) instead of > from the GUI? Yes - you can run up2date in text mode. >I want to update my systems remotely instead of having to > travel up to the NOC every time... You can administer

Re: How to start LyX

2001-03-25 Thread Nitebirdz
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Stephen Liu wrote: > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:55:30 +0800 > From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to start LyX > > Hi all people, > > Has LyX already been pre-installed ? If Yes how to evoke it, from KDE o

Re: Question on printer sharing

2001-03-25 Thread Anthony E . Greene
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:22:43 Brian Wright wrote: >Hello! > >I have the following printing situation that needs to be resolved: > >My client has a Red Hat 7 Linux server in his office that has two network >cards. One is in the demilitarized zone, the other goes into a Netgear >firewall. All the W

a simple one!

2001-03-25 Thread Chandra K Nathani
Hey.. When I start a program from the gnome-terminal and put that in background by using &. .. and now if I close the terminal the previously spawned program is also dying.. how do i stop this behavior of the child getting terminated when i terminate the parent? TIA Chandu __

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Michael McLeod wrote: > Dear Mikkel, > Thanks for the information. I only ran RH6 briefly and the only > problem was one I have had before on another computer with > ICEAuthority and slow Gnome. Is "memtest 86" a Linux program? It > will not be possible to try to run 7 wit

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Michael McLeod
Dear Mikkel, Thanks for the information. I only ran RH6 briefly and the only problem was one I have had before on another computer with ICEAuthority and slow Gnome. Is "memtest 86" a Linux program? It will not be possible to try to run 7 without the SIMM as it won't run with that alone. But I

Re: connecting to vpn from redhat client

2001-03-25 Thread Bret Hughes
Steve Cohen wrote: > Thanks for replying. I will tell you what I know. I can probably find > out more about the internal implementation of the VPN if necessary, but > I was hoping I would not have to. This VPN is NOT set up as some I've > seen are, to allow browsing of the internal LAN using

RHN_Check from command line

2001-03-25 Thread Anthony Abby
Is it possible to run/use the RHN from command line (over telnet) instead of from the GUI? I want to update my systems remotely instead of having to travel up to the NOC every time... Thanks for any help Anthony ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL P

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Michael McLeod wrote: > I have been thinking about this problem and am wondering, HOW & WHY this > happens. What is the relationship of RH7 to RAM, how does it use it which can > stop it from booting and why did RH6 and Windows 98 1st continue to work? I'm > wondering if th

Re: RH 7 won't boot Resolved!

2001-03-25 Thread Michael McLeod
I have been thinking about this problem and am wondering, HOW & WHY this happens. What is the relationship of RH7 to RAM, how does it use it which can stop it from booting and why did RH6 and Windows 98 1st continue to work? I'm wondering if there is anybody on this list who can answer these que

Re: Need firewall for my linux server.

2001-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David Talkington wrote: > Hector M Banda wrote: > > >Or better, is any way I can restrict the telnet or the > >ftp to my server to specific domains or addresses? > > Simplest way to accomplish that is to use /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny, if that's really all you nee

Re: connecting to vpn from redhat client

2001-03-25 Thread Steve Cohen
Thanks for replying. I will tell you what I know. I can probably find out more about the internal implementation of the VPN if necessary, but I was hoping I would not have to. This VPN is NOT set up as some I've seen are, to allow browsing of the internal LAN using Windows Explorer. Rathe

Re: X11 on redhat - laptop

2001-03-25 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Tim, > Has anyone gotten the changing resolution via ctrl - alt - +/- to work on > a laptop? This depends on your hardware, but yes, this is possible, although not using the default resolution on an LCD/TFT display usually results in a distorted picture. You need multiple m

RAID question

2001-03-25 Thread Bernie
I should have mentioned in my previous post that I was referring to software RAID. Thanks -Bernie ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

How to create IDE RAID-1?

2001-03-25 Thread Bernie
I'll be installing RH 7.0 on my PC at work, on two new 47GB IDE drives. I'd like to mirror the drives in a RAID-1 configuration. I'd also like to mirror the root drive, but from what I gather, only RAID-0 and RAID-5 support mirroring the root drive. Is this correct? I've begun reading the instr

RE: smc-ultra

2001-03-25 Thread mjs
I upgraded to modutils version 2.4.2 before compiling the new kern(2.4.2) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ted Gervais Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: smc-ultra On Saturday 24 March 2001 16:30, yo

How to start LyX

2001-03-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi all people, Has LyX already been pre-installed ? If Yes how to evoke it, from KDE or Gnome ? Kindly help. Thanks in advance. Stephen ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

SGML documentation

2001-03-25 Thread Silviu Cojocaru
Does anyone know where I can find some documentation regarding SGML ? The one that comes with the package is good but I need more then that, I need to know how to make tables and stuff. The links mentioned in the docs on my HDD seem to be all kinda dead. -- If Bill Gates had a dime for eve