NFS input/output error

Dear all can some one help me to solve this. we have a nfs share from server mounted to desktops. if users try to cp a large file (e.g 30MB) on the nfs share, it says input/output error most of the times, not always though. if the user do the same thing on local dir or logon to the server and

how does POP3 SERVER finds the mailbox for each user

Dear all I would grateful if some one can tell me how to config POP3 SERVER (or is it possible?) so that it will not go to /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME to retrieve mails. I have configured procmail to deliver mails to $HOME/mbox on the mail server. however, if i use POP3 to access the server and

RE: backup script

what text editor did you use to write the script? -Original Message- From: Burke, Thomas G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2003 14:22 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: backup script -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 if I put in the #!/bin/sh, I just get the

RE: Problem with Sound

I have similar problems, the sound card can be probed and configured correctly. BUT the sound is not coming. In my case, it is the default sound volume too weak and you have to make the room quiet or listen carefully. Then you realise that the thing is working. I, however, did not spend time

RE: Mailing list manager for Red Hat 8

mailman -Original Message- From: Michael Mansour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 April 2003 13:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mailing list manager for Red Hat 8 Hi, I'm wondering what a good mailing list manager is for Linux. I know of majordomo, but a google search of the

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:26:55PM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: Hi, Christopher Thank you for your very helpful suggestions. For the time being, I will write a script to prompt for password when people try

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

Hi, CC Thank you for the excellent message. we have a windows centric system and that cannot be changed, for historical, political and management reasons. As linux in this org started from a few isolated desktops, when more and more people use it, we set up a centralized server for auth and

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

to Linux automatically - possible? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi Cheng Wang Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? Hi, CC Thank you

mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

Hi, Gurus Is it possible to define something in the /etc/fstab file so that a windows share can be mounted to Linux box automatically when sys reboot? (or something in /etc/rc.local without plain text passwd?) the scenario: we have two (ha, more than two) systems in our institute, a few MS

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

thanks for the suggestion, but I am talking about remote files, I am not that new. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2003 12:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? It is very easy

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

Cheng Wang Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible? thanks for the suggestion, but I am talking about remote files, I am not that new. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

Hi, Christopher we are using windows 2000 servers. we configured samba to use win server to authenticate users when they access Linux file from windows environment. perhaps if we some how to make use of ldap for authentication, then we would configure samba to use a Linux server to do the

RE: mount win shares to Linux automatically - possible?

Hi, winglion your contribution is highly appreciated. But, I think smbfs implies remote file system. forgive the simple minded man. cheng -Original Message- From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2003 14:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mount win shares to Linux

redhat-release and version

hi rpm -q redhat-release and cat /proc/version usually give different version numbers, what does each mean? cheng This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the person(s) ('the intended recipient') to whom it was

postgres versions

dear gurus I have a few versions of RH (7.2, 7.3 and 8.0) servers and they need postgres DB. can i install the same version of postgresql on all the servers? thanks This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the

ls --full-time

Dear gurus thanks for your helpful information on my previous questions, which make the sys admin job more enjoyable now i want to backup files by renaming them with their time stamp added the end of file name. by using "ls --full-time", however, different version of RH gives different

RE: ls --full-time

+, Zhi Cheng Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now i want to backup files by renaming them with their time stamp added the end of file name. by using ls --full-time, however, different version of RH gives different format, which make my scripts not universally applicable. is there a better way to get

RE: unable to mount the first file system on start up

Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: I have a nfsd running to export more than one file systems. Many desktops and servers mount them to their local disk. But one dell PE2650 cannot mount the first nfs file system and the error message is RPC port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive and the following

test empty dir

dear gurus how can i test if a directory is empty? at the moment i use the following method: ls -l /dirname | grep total 0 if [ $? ] then but I think it is ugly, any pretty way? ... Cheng This email is confidential and

RE: test empty dir

this seems a very good test, but the system says [: too may arguments -Original Message- From: Anand Buddhdev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 March 2003 09:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: test empty dir On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: dear

unable to mount the first file system on start up

I have a nfsd running to export more than one file systems. Many desktops and servers mount them to their local disk. But one dell PE2650 cannot mount the first nfs file system and the error message is RPC port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive and the following nfs file systems are

ping will kill the network connection

dear all on my newly installed RH7.2 on Compaq Proliant DL580, with one UTP CAT 5 cable and one fibre cable connected, if I ping something, the network connection will die. the server itself can not even be ping'd any suggestions? many thanks cheng Bioinformatics Paterson Institute for

how to load both nic on start up?

there two ether cards, one with UTP CAT 5 cable connected to eth1 (bcm5700) and one fibre cable connected eth0 (e1000). they have different IP on the same network, e.g. 130.88.231.86 and 130.88.231.85 but only the eth1 revealed by netstat. Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway

RE: how to load both nic on start up?

. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi Cheng Wang Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to load both nic on start up? there two ether cards, one with UTP CAT 5 cable

RE: how to load both nic on start up?

servers and desktops under the same subnet will also need to access these two servers. We are talking about one server here right? Larry S. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zhi Cheng Wang Sent