Linuxers August 2001

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use of profanity on the list
by Kishor Bhagwat 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

To all,(and in particular to Mayuresh Kathe) DO_NOT use this list to exhibit your obscene vocabulary. The list is by and large unmoderated.Do not construe this to mean that anything goes. This warning maybe late in coming, but do remember it. Everyone gets one warning, and at the next violation, he/she will be taken off the list(however much we'd hate to take this extreme step). mayuresh, this is your first. regards, kishor _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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lost the root password
by Nikhil Joshi 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

hi ! recently installed linux on my friend's comp. Now somehow he has forgotten the root password. Is it possible to recover the lost password? The password file is shadowed. I feel that reinstalling linux is not a good and intelligent solution. Please help _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] lost the root password
by shailesh bhate 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote: >> recently installed linux on my friend's comp. Now somehow he has >> forgotten the root password. Is it possible to recover the lost >> password? The password file is shadowed. > Boot from a boot floppy or a rescue disk. Mount the root file system. > Edit the shadow file. Delete the encrypted password. Restart the > machine, and reset your password. > Philip Alternatively, you can boot in God mode / maintenance mode (i.e., Runlevel 1) and directly run the passwd command. It doesn't ask for the old password, directly prompts for a new one. Regards, Shailesh.

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xcdroast issue
by Anand 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Hello, I had a machine with one CD drive. Then I got a CDwriter on trial "Creative 4224". When I connected the CD drive, xcdroast would not work. It would give me message like "...........scsi emulation not turned on .....". Kernel compilation failed. So I loaded Linux on a spare partition and xcdroast could now see the CDWriter. I returned the CDwriter to my friend and then purchased Samsung 208 CDwriter. This CDwriter was sensed by the kernel directly. But xcdroast gave me the same message and the CDwriter was not seen on xcdroast. I could however see the CD's as /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/cdrom1 I then copied the useful files from the old partition and again loaded Linux. Now CDwriter is seen with one issue (cd reader is not seen inxcdroast but that is a seperate issue). Now, i believe that I have taken a longer route in installing the first CDwriter and then another longer route in getting the next cdwriter working. Can someone give a better way of tackling this issue of chang of cdwriters. Anand

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tcpd thread
by Philip S Tellis 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Is anyone going to continue with the tcpd thread or is it over? I think that there is a lot more to be covered. -- What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. -- Bengamin Disraeli Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] lost the root password
by shahazad＠linuxplanet.nu 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

hi nikhil, well if u dont have a boot disk or resucue disk ... type this on the lilo prompt --> linux single & then u will get a root shell ... wherein u can change ur passwd by --> passwd or by editing the /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow files & removing the passwd part from the line for root. cheers~ </shahazad> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > recently installed linux on my friend's comp. Now somehow he has > forgotten the root password. Is it possible to recover the lost > password? The password file is shadowed. Boot from a boot floppy or a rescue disk. Mount the root file system. Edit the shadow file. Delete the encrypted password. Restart the machine, and reset your password. Philip -- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power) Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis _______________________________________________ Next Online LUG Meet on 31st Aug @ 4:30pm Linuxers mailing list Linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- Get your firstname@lastname email for FREE at http://Nameplanet.com/?su

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lost the root password
by shahazad＠linuxplanet.nu 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

if u dont have a boot disk or resucue disk .. type this on ur lilo --> linux single then u will get the root shell & then try to change the password by --> passwd or else edit /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow & remove the passwd entries for root... cheers~ </shahazad> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > recently installed linux on my friend's comp. Now somehow he has > forgotten the root password. Is it possible to recover the lost > password? The password file is shadowed. Boot from a boot floppy or a rescue disk. Mount the root file system. Edit the shadow file. Delete the encrypted password. Restart the machine, and reset your password. Philip -- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power) Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis _______________________________________________ Next Online LUG Meet on 31st Aug @ 4:30pm Linuxers mailing list Linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- Get your firstname@lastname email for FREE at http://Nameplanet.com/?su

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] mail problem
by Philip S Tellis 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, ketan shah wrote: Please reply only to the mailing list. > what i have done i have dowloaded files there in window nt than i > have copied into unix. i can connect there using hyperterminal You use hyperterminal to dial in to a unix machine, correct? Then use sz filename after logging in, and start file download from hyperterminal. Philip -- I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini. -- Alexander Woolcott Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] mail problem
by noel seq 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

>From: ketan shah <coolketone(a)yahoo.com> >>i have joined a course which allows me to connect to >their institution from home.they have unix >server.where i have stored exec. and pdf files which >is of 7 mb.now i want to store this above files into >my computer.how can i get this files in my computer. If the ftp server is installed on the unix host then use ftp. If a mail server is installed then mail it locally from one user to another on the unix host and download it on your machine using fetchmail. HTH Noel. Gnu/Linux registered user #226476 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Want source code to some installed programs
by Manish Jethani 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Linuxers, What is an SRPM? I have a CD that says "Red Hat 6.2 Source" and it contains all SRPMs. I just want to install the source code to some of the programs I already have (mainly the basic util commands like cd, mkdir, cat, grep, etc.). I don't have the sources yet, so I want to know what is the best way to obtain them. Am I supposed to install the SRPMs from CD-2 of RH? Thanks. Manish J.

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