Linuxers September 2001

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Help! Fire! SOS!
by Q u a s i 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

Folks, (Yeah, I know I should have used a more "meaningful subject" '-) My 2 HDD's have got some strange ailment (power surge?) and are in their death throes. Soon I may be left up the room without the paddle... err the PC. What I want to know is, is it possible to have a bootable CD with linux which I can use when them spinners die on me. I have already begged and borrowed these two from my friends, I have no hope for other. All I need is a minimal system which runs CMUCL + Emacs (+ ilisp). If I can have X running with a browser it will be truly wonderful. But how does one deal with all the files which get written automatically? the error records, the /var files, etc? RAMDisk? Can any (good Samaritan) with a CD-Writer, do me a huge favour and create this CD for me? And if the good Samaritan with the CD-Writer does not know how to do it, can other good Samaritans without CD-Writers help him (and me) out? The other option would be a bootable floppy. What OS would it be? and how much stuff of the above be accommodated on it? quasi -- postscript -- Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek __________________________________________________ \?/ .Quasi. (0-0) ( | ) <quasiabhi(a)yahoo.com> ( v ) yahoo messenger : quasiabhi __| |__ / \ Protect OUR Earth. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Encryption program
by Fart Crimson 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

Hey all, Can anybody recommend me a good encrytion program - console based of course. I don't want any thing that uses a Public-Private key algorithm. I want something that doesn't use paranoid number crunching mechanisms to hide data. I am looking for something akin to the UNIX `crypt' of yesteryears! I just need to encrypt some dirty stuff on my machine ;-)) Oh yes, I have a steganography program. All replies are appreciated :-) Fart

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Wireless network
by Devdas Bhagat 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

How about a wireless network for our LUG? I would say we use ipv6 addresses. From preliminary enquiries I have made, we should be able to setup a 802.11b MAN without much interference, with pretty nominal license fees of Rs 3000/yr/machine. There will be a slightly higher initial cost of 802.11b wireless modems, but I think that we can build our own for a much lower cost (Someone please check this by actually going to Lamington Road, my estimate is around 5K Rs). If Dr. Nagurjana will permit us, we can hook this network to the internet through the TIFR leased line. The VSNL 2M port costs ~ Rs.6 lakh/yr. And maybe we can get in a couple of other companies to allow us to share their leased lines so the LUG is multihomed. If there are a hundred interested people, then the running cost is very low (~ Rs. 1000/mth for a wireless network hooked up at 11mbps). Anyone interested? Also, could someone contact the local dept to Telecom and ask them for the exact rules. This should be a fun project. Devdas Bhagat -- "Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained." -- The Tao of Programming

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i810 (4.0.3) and kernel 2.4.9 - the full story
by Philip S Tellis 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

Okay, here's the full story. Ximian requires X4.0.x, and won't work with X4.1.x. kernels 2.4.8 and up don't support X4.0.x, only X4.1.x. To get support for X4.0.x in your new kernel, download drm-4.0.x.tar.bz2 and use it instead of the drm directory under your source tree. Also, ftpfs will not work with these kernels because of changes in the superblock structure and VFS. To make it work (but I don't guarantee all situations, open fs/ftpfs/dir.c, and comment out the following: if(!info->mnt.mount_point[0]){ struct vfsmount *m; m = list_entry(sb->s_mounts.next, struct vfsmount, mnt_instances); ftp_get_name(m->mnt_mountpoint, info->mnt.mount_point); DEBUG("Mount point: %s\n", info->mnt.mount_point); } In ftp_readdir() Philip -- Well, it just seemed wrong to cheat on an ethics test. -- Calvin 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 AIM philiptellis ICQ 129711328

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i810 and kernel 2.4.9
by Philip S Tellis 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

I've figured out the problem of why X 4.0.3 doesn't work with 2.4.9. In kernel 2.4.8pre6 and 7, support for X4.0 was dropped. It now only supports X4.1 Waaaa! Philip -- Mulder: (smiling) The ENIGMATIC Dr. Scully! "The X-Files: Fallen Angel" 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 AIM philiptellis ICQ 129711328

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Firewall & VPN
by girish h 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

To Linuxusers, Can any body suggest me site on linux based vpn & firewall. The firewall should be on iptables on kernel 2.4 on redhat linux & vpn should be on ipsec. I heard that some German based company has developed VPN & FIREWALL on linux with following things. But I dont know the site. If any body knows the site kindly mail me. Rgds Girish

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MySQL connectivity?
by rdkoli＠excite.com 09 Sep '01

09 Sep '01

hi! I m a newbie to MySQl Database. Though i know SQL programming. I wish connect MySQL Linux Server from my Windows 98 Clients. I have downloaded MySQL ODBC for windows. But for some reason, m not able to configure it right. Can some1 pls assist me? Ratnakar _______________________________________________________ http://inbox.excite.com

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masquerading
by girish h 09 Sep '01

09 Sep '01

I am developing firewall on iptables on kernal 2.4. I am reffering following site for doing masquerading in iptables. http://muse.linuxmafia.org/netfilter Rgds Girish

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Proxy restrictions
by shahazad＠linuxplanet.nu 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

Devdas Bhagat wrote: If I was your admin, I would be taking up this matter with senior management and taking steps to get you fired. --> dude i asked u the solution & not a lecture on the company policy ...guess ur less of a lilo fan than a minister .. If you cannot work wthout YM or other facilities, take the matter up with management and get the policy changed. ---> that u dont worry about .. coz thatz non of ur buziness i have nothing else to say for u than this --> The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing. huh </shahazad> >"LInux LOver" <liloindia(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: >In Yahoo Messenger Select - Login ->Preferences ->Connections->Select use >proxy and fill in ur proxy details. >---> oh bouy i have tried all that .. thats the usual way we connect to the >proxy but even that aint working .. So ask yourself why you are not allowed to do this? BTW, if you try to break company policy, you are likely to get terminated from your job. If I was your admin, I would be taking up this matter with senior management and taking steps to get you fired. If you cannot work wthout YM or other facilities, take the matter up with management and get the policy changed. >& every time i start my browser & give a URL ..squid asks me for a login & >passwd which is similar to the official mail id i have as squid & the mail >server r running on the same server.. is there any way i could bypass that >authorization or save the passwd .. coz in win2000 the "remember passwd" >& "save passwd" really doesnt save it for the next use.. No, you do not have that choice. That is asked by squid, which will force authentication. Devdas Bhagat -- In person, in the flesh and LARTing you -- Get your firstname@lastname email for FREE at http://Nameplanet.com/?su

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good site
by praveen shinde 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

Hello friends, www.mojolin.com is a good site for people looking for linux development/related work. Praveen.

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Linuxers September 2001