Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #158
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 17:16:04 EDT

Linux-Admin Digest #158, Volume #2                Fri, 7 Oct 94 17:16:04 EDT

Contents:
  Internet setup (Bret A. Johnson)
  Is anyone running websterd on linux? (Thaddeus H. Wood)
  Re: Modem Question .. (Mitchum DSouza)
  Re: Need some information about web release history (Gerry O'Brien)
  GNU Finger 1.37 (John Fleming)
  Re: inetd seems to lock-up (Ms. Stephanie Gilgut)
  Please help: Routing problem (Keith Kee)
  Re: <Q> Can Linux Mount a Mac Floppy (Anthony J. Stuckey)
  Re: Linux NOT logging people out on hangup (John Spade)
  Compiling bootpd (ATF_INUSE) (Timothy E. Onders)
  X stuff shows up but isn't active (Mike Niestroy)
  MuPAD: where ?? (Andreas Sorgatz)
  Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! (Peter H. Lemieux)
  Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee! (Bill McCarthy)
  Dial-in and Dial-out on one modem? (Steve Miller)
  Re: help with kernel patch 1.1.44 > 1.1.45 (Mr D R Barlow)
  Xfree 3.1 and SPEA MirageP64 (Linux) (Christoph Martin)
  Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! (Ralph Sims)

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Reply-To: [email-masked] (Bret A. Johnson)
From: [email-masked] (Bret A. Johnson)
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 23:18:58 GMT
Subject: Internet setup

Hello all,

I am  new to Linux and Know only a little about Unix.
We would like to use a Linux box as are connection to the Internet.
We will be runninf Lan Work Place on a Novell 4.02 network..

I am looking for any and all info. on how to set Linux up as a safe
sucure Internet connection..

Thanks...

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From: [email-masked] (Thaddeus H. Wood)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Is anyone running websterd on linux?
Date: 7 Oct 1994 01:43:57 GMT

Greets all.

I'm attempting to run the websterd server on linux.

I've gotten the client & server sources that David Curry
wrote at Purdue.

I've managed to get it compiled, but there seems to be
some sort of problem using libdbm.a.  

It compiles and links fine, but for some reason, calls to
dbm_open or dbm_fetch seem to fail.

Does anyone have any sort of inkling of what I speak?

Is dbm the problem here?

Do I need some sort of external dbm software?

I'm running a full Slackware 2.0.1 installation.

Thanks.

-- 
Thaddeus H. Wood                                   [email-masked]
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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From: [email-masked] (Mitchum DSouza)
Subject: Re: Modem Question ..
Date: 7 Oct 1994 14:01:37 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Tony_Teague) writes:
|> hi, 
|>   I want to set up my modem than is connected to my linux box to receive 
|> incoming calls .. Can anyone tell me how to set it up or where I can get the
|> information from .. 

For what type of incoming calls ? Data, fax or Voice ??

Mitch

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From: [email-masked] (Gerry O'Brien)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Need some information about web release history
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 01:51:01 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Sean T. Lamont) writes:
>From: [email-masked] (Sean T. Lamont)
>Subject: Need some information about web release history
>Date: 5 Oct 1994 02:50:41 -0700

>Need some specific information about the following:

>#1: Was the pre-mosaic work by CERN based on HTML 1, or some precursor
>    that didn't include images, etc? It doesn't make too much sense that
>    the HTML specifcation would include features that wouldn't be implemented
>    for another year?

>#2: Was the Html 2 (Forms, etc.) concurrent with the original NCSA Mosaic
>    release, or was there a later release of mosaic which supported forms?

>Thanks. Respond via email if your news software ignores the followup-to.

Don't want to waste a lot of bandwidth with the articles but the October 1994 
issue of Internet World has a great write up on Mosaic and the Web including 
some history.

TTUL Gerry O.
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (John Fleming)
Subject: GNU Finger 1.37
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 02:59:13 GMT

I am interested in installing GNU Finger 1.37 on my Linux system.  However,
when I try to compile it, I am missing some header .h files, including
acct.h.  Where do I obtain these?  Or how do I modify the code so I don't
need them?

John.

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From: [email-masked] (Ms. Stephanie Gilgut)
Subject: Re: inetd seems to lock-up
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:16:02 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Matt Midboe <[email-masked]> wrote:
>In article <[email-masked]>,
>Steve Kneizys <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>olav woelfelschneider ([email-masked]) wrote:
>[stuff about inetd not running processes anymore, but net connects on
>non-inetd ports still work]
>
>We have the exact same problem here. A 1.1.51 kernel (but it did it
>with earlier kernels). The sum on my inetd is 63545    18. Is that
>same as everyone elses? Two IDE hard drives, 500M and 330M, with a

Same sum here on a 1.1.33 kernel, and same problem on two machines running it.
Since I know it's there, killing/restarting inetd is a bit of a pain only,
due to frequency. I also think after time passes it will come alive again, 
based on logfile data. Would be nice to be fixed tho...

                                Steph

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From: [email-masked] (Keith Kee)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Please help: Routing problem
Date: 6 Oct 1994 23:52:55 -0400

I have been trying to finger this routing problem for weeks but could
figure what is wrong with configuration. Please put your 2 cents.

We are assigned a full class B network of 152.52.0.0.
And the netmask for this network is the regular 255.255.0.0. Now, I
want to create a separate ethernet with one linux box with subnet 152.52.9.0. 

This client will have the router (the sun) to talk to machines outside this
subnet and on separate networks. What I don't understand is: the router
is siting on the 152.52.0.0 (le0)  physical network with the rest of machines 
on the same network and also 152.52.9.0 physical network (le1).

The router can talk to 152.52.9.2 (the linux client) and all the machines on
152.52.0.0 network. But, the linux client cannot talk to the machines on 
the 152.52.0.0 network. 

This is the route table on the router (sun box):
      Routing Table:
    Destination           Gateway           Flags  Ref   Use   Interface
  -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
  127.0.0.1            127.0.0.1             UH       0      2  lo0
  144.228.0.0          152.52.2.1            UG       0      0  
  152.52.9.0           152.52.9.1            U        2    174  le1
  152.52.0.0           152.52.2.241          U        3    378  le0
  224.0.0.0            152.52.2.241          U        3      0  le0
  default              152.52.2.1            UG       0    589  
  
  ifconfig -a gives me:
        lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 8232
          inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
  le0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 1500
          inet 152.52.2.241 netmask ffff0000 broadcast 152.52.255.255
          ether 8:0:20:1d:f:22 
  le1: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 1500
          inet 152.52.9.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 152.52.9.255
          ether 8:0:20:1d:f:22 
 
  On the client side (linux box in the subnet 152.52.9.0):
  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use    Iface
  152.52.9.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0    19483 eth0
  127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0       36 lo
  0.0.0.0         152.52.9.1      0.0.0.0         UG    0      0     2761 eth0
 
What can be wrong with this configuration?

keith

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From: [email-masked] (Anthony J. Stuckey)
Subject: Re: <Q> Can Linux Mount a Mac Floppy
Date: 7 Oct 1994 16:58:46 GMT

[email-masked] (jason a duerstock) writes:
>Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer) ([email-masked]) wrote:
>: Got some ASCII text files on my Powerbook... Would like to write them
>: to the PB floppy and then mount the floppy on my linux box and
>: read the ascii text (and do some other stuff).  I haven't seen this
>: in any FAQ or the The Linux Bible.   Any clues for the clueless ;-)

>Write it to a DOS floppy with Apple File Exchange + then mount it as an
>MSDOS disk on the Linux system.  If there are plans to support the Mac
>HFS, I don't know about them.

        Then Learn.

Path: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!nic.umass.edu!twain.ucs.umass.edu!apj
From: [email-masked] (ADAM P JENKINS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Write Mac disk in linux??
Date: 15 May 1994 03:30:17 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Azlan Ali ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I am wondering if I can write some Mac binaries from linux to disk. Is it 
: possible to just dd <something> directly to the Mac disk. Any info can really
: help me.

: Azlan Ali
: Kanazawa University

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        Try this file.
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/xhfs0_3.tgz

It's at least supposed to let you read Mac disks, I'm not sure if you
can write with it too.  Hope this helps.

--Adam
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From: [email-masked] (John Spade)
Subject: Re: Linux NOT logging people out on hangup
Date: 4 Oct 1994 03:49:57 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Joe Beiter <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>Since each has 8 modems on them we are finding this problem to be both
>valid and *very* annoying. Our latest suspect is bash but we're pretty
>baffled.

        happens with ksh on our system as well as bash...

>
>We've even written a program designed to detect and inform us when someone
>has dropped carrier and has a run-away process so we can go kill them
>off manually.
>
        Post this?  Thanks
--
[email-masked]    "Quality, Service, Price...
[email-masked]                 Pick any two..."

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From: [email-masked] (Timothy E. Onders)
Subject: Compiling bootpd (ATF_INUSE)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 17:39:21 GMT

Anyone got bootpd to compile?  The source from sunacm gives a
"undefined: ATF_INUSE" error on bootpd.c.  I tried ifdefing it
out, and it seems to work, but anyone else have any ideas?

                                        Tim Onders
                                        [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Mike Niestroy)
Subject: X stuff shows up but isn't active
Date: 6 Oct 1994 01:07:58 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

I just upgraded from SLS 1.01 to SLACKWARE 2.0.0 with a 1.0.9 kernel
and XFree86-2.1.1.  I have a Tangent 486-50 with a Diamond Stealth
VRAM (:-<) and a 14" Sampo monitor.  X used to work with SLS.  Now when
I type openwin I get the xview screen with the mouse pointer a 1/2"x1/2"
white square with several black vertical lines in it.  The square moves
properly then the mouse is moved and the screen properly changes when I
switch between 1024x768 and 640x480 modes.  And no errors show up on the
console when openwin starts or ends (except for a broken pipe when it's
killed).  

However, the xview logo does not disappear as it should and the window
manager does not show up on the screen.  A ps -axu shows openwin, startx,
X, olvwm and olwmslave.  I can type xterm at the console and switch
back to vt 7 and see the xterm but it doesn't respond.  Other X apps
do the same - show up but don't do anything.

Any suggestions as how to fix the problem or at least what it is?

Mike Niestroy

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From: [email-masked] (Andreas Sorgatz)
Subject: MuPAD: where ??
Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:02:17 GMT

There's also a MuPAD gopher- and a WWW-server:

WWW:     http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~cube/
GOPHER:  gopher://math-gopher.uni-paderborn.de/1/MuPAD/
FTP:     ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/local/MuPAD/

Informations about the licence can be found on these servers. 
The WWW-server contains an easy to use fill-in form. If you 
have a Mosaic WWW-client and an email-address, then you can 
use it to register. MuPAD is free of charge for all non-profit
organizations and private users.

-andi

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 Andreas Sorgatz                         E-mail: [email-masked]
 GHS/UNI Paderborn                       FAX   : +49/+5251/60-3836
 Germany                                 Phone : +49/+5251/60-3898
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From: [email-masked] (Peter H. Lemieux)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze!
Date: 7 Oct 1994 04:26:30 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Ralph Sims) says:
>
>Other things that run are Sendmail+IDA as a daemon, xntpd, and
>CERN's web server.  The ftp session definitely takes over the system.
>

Remember that FTP is running two simultaneous sessions with the other host, 
a data channel and a control channel.  With only a standard two-wire modem,
the line must be repeatedly turned around from TX to RX and back again.
(Four wire, dedicated-line modems are pricey.)  Services like news and
the web have little upstream traffic, mostly downstream, since they
have no control channel.

Peter

Dr. Peter H. Lemieux
cyways, inc                                  Voice:  +1 (617) 924-7991
203 Arlington Street                           Fax:  +1 (617) 926-8440
Watertown, MA 02172-2036 USA              Internet:     [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Bill McCarthy)
Subject: Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee!
Date: 5 Oct 1994 19:59:22 -0400

Hiya:

Could someone explain about the fvwm window sound manager. This is the
first I've seen it mentioned. Ihanks.

Bill McCarthy
[email-masked]

"Isn't it pretty to think so."
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT\__Jake Barnes___________________________
LinuX + i486dx2/66 
usual disclaimer 

   

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From: [email-masked] (Steve Miller)
Subject: Dial-in and Dial-out on one modem?
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 00:49:31 GMT

Can I dial in and out over the same modem? I do this on SCO Unix machines 
all the time with no problems. The dialer changes the modem settings
to turn echo on to dial out (to detect "CONNECT" messages) and turns
echo off when done. If I leave echo on, the port sees the login
message echoed back and thinks someone is trying to login. This 
causes TD and RD lights to be on all the time. If I run ps it tells
me someone is logging in as "login: Welcome to ........." (whatever
displays from the /etc/issue file and the login prompt). If I turn
echo off (Q1E0) then cu never sees the "CONNECT" message. How can
Linux change these settings each time I dial out, and change them
back when I am done like SCO does?

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From: [email-masked] (Mr D R Barlow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: help with kernel patch 1.1.44 > 1.1.45
Date: 7 Oct 1994 18:03:55 +0100

In article <[email-masked]>,
        "Scott P. Daffron" <[email-masked]> writes:
>Help.  I follow all of the normal steps, but when I "make proper", it 
>exits on an error.  I am stuck at this point.  No problems in previous 
>patches.  Help!

You haven't given any details of what the error was, but I guess it's
because you haven't read the readme in the kernel source directory
that warns about the new directory structure.  For example, there is
no longer a 'asm' directory, it's a link and if you install by
patching you should clean up very carefully.  It's best just to get
the complete tar file and wipe /usr/src/linux clean before untarring.

By the way, you posted to the wrong group with this question (should
have been .help).  Consult Ian Jackson's frequent postings to c.o.l.*
about appropriate places to post.

Daniel
[followups to .help]

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From: [email-masked] (Christoph Martin)
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Xfree 3.1 and SPEA MirageP64 (Linux)
Date: 06 Oct 1994 16:11:53 GMT

README.S3 (in XF86-3.1-doc.tar.gz) says:

>1 - Supported hardware
>----------------------
>
>  ...
>
>S3 864, 20C498 RAMDAC, ICS2595 Clockchip
>                SPEA MirageP64 2MB DRAM
>
>                        8 and 15/16 bpp
>
>                        ClockChip "ICS2595"

I tried this in my XF86Config file. The card is probed correctly as
S3 864 with 20C486 RAMDAC. But the server can't set the clockchip.

What is the problem? Is it the right ClockChip statement? Has anyone
this card running with XFree 3.1?

Christoph

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Internet-Mail:  [email-masked]
   Paper-Mail:  C. Martin, Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung,
                Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Internet-Mail:  [email-masked]
   Paper-Mail:  C. Martin, Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung,
                Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
      Telefon:  +49 6131 396316

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From: [email-masked] (Ralph Sims)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze!
Date: 7 Oct 1994 14:06:44 GMT

[email-masked] (Peter H. Lemieux) writes:

>>CERN's web server.  The ftp session definitely takes over the system.

>Remember that FTP is running two simultaneous sessions with the other host, 
>a data channel and a control channel.  With only a standard two-wire modem,

Right, but introducing a 3000ms latency in the PPP session is not
really acceptable.

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