Linuxers September 2002

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IPSEC
by Girish Hanchate 23 Sep '02

23 Sep '02

Hi Same setup I have implemented in my 4 offices with linux using IPSEC . If you want more help u can contact me on 5295402 ext 416 rgds girish hi all i want to use two machines as gateways as > vpn > > for connecting two corporates > > also i want to use IPsec as firewall what can i do > > now??? > [snip] > readup freeswan.org. Thatz all u'll ever need. > > There r also numerous commercial implementations > of > FreeSwan available. C wat u find suitable. By far the best commercial product available is snapgear. Try www.snapgear.com. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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COMMENT: Ten ways to promote communication within a LUG...
by Frederick Noronha 23 Sep '02

23 Sep '02

Ten ways to promote communication within a LUG: *********************************************************************** * Build a list of LUG speakers, and the topics they specialise on. * List readily available GNU/Linux software, where available, and under what terms it can be borrowed. * Set up your own website. * Mailing-lists play an important role for communicating between meetings. * List LUG members and contact details. * Try to get new LUG members to introduce themselves on the mailing list. * Expanding numbers is important * Report regularly on LUG meetings. This build bridges to those not present. * Plan for LUG meetings well in advance. Meetings with fixed agendas generally attract more people than vague, no-agenda meetings. * If nothing else works, trying to build more mini-LUGs in your area. You never know how many LUGs need to be set up to uncover hidden resources. [Compiled from various inputs by FN]

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anti simputer article
by Harsh R Busa 23 Sep '02

23 Sep '02

forwarded by a friend. have a look and give it a thought ----- Original Message ----- To: Harsh R Busa Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: check out site -- chk out this article --- first time i saw anyone being ANTI simputer [ and being so akalmand about it] http://www.worldtechtribune.com/worldtechtribune/asparticles/buzz/bz0919200…

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Clueless
by Anil Mare 23 Sep '02

23 Sep '02

Hi All, Normal installation of RHL 7.2. Everything working fine. POP access from outlook fine. Browsing fine. SMTP access...krrrrrr...here is the porblem. when i send a small sized mail using the Linux SMTP, it goes. but the mails larger than 40-50 KB refuse.(i have allowed 5MB in sendmail!!).Amazingly i sent a mail sized 700 KB thru the same SMTP via internet. But y can't i send it in LAN. Any clues? Anil ----- Logix Consultancy Group Pvt. Ltd. Dadar, Mumbai. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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SOund Server Installation
by Bhargav Bhatt 22 Sep '02

22 Sep '02

Hi Luggerz! I installed Slackware 8.1 on my machine today and its unable to detect my sound card on system startup. I have a suspicion that the kernel on my pc was not the the one compiled with sound card support. However, i am not quite sure. My sound server is arts(under KDE) and as soon as i start KDE i get an error saying /dev/dsp could not be detected. Any solutions? -- Bhargav Bhatt.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is superblock?
by q u a s i 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

As an aside, I dont think you require the boot partition with the newer versions of Lilo do you? If you dont then you could just use the /boot partition for DOS. !

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lilo tragedy
by upendra gandhi 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

hi all I regret after installing lilo on /dev/hda1 where my win 98 was installed from /dev/hda2 which is root partition for RH linux bcoz i configured lilo.conf to install lilo boot loader on /dev/hda1 insted of /dev/hda and that caussedd win98 FAT16 partition's file allocation table get damaged now though the data is there around 1 gb (on 2047 MB partition c:) i am not able to read that drive......Well i have tried scandisk and accessing that drive from another partition like linux and other win 98 (/dev/hda4) but nothing works!!!!!!!!1 Well how can i get bak my important data?????????? thnkx in advance bye upendra gandhi CIW ASSOCIATE (Server Admin.Internetworking Professional, Security Professional) http://home.graffiti.net/upengan78 upengan78(a)hotmail.com pengan78(a)linuxfreemail.com upengan78(a)epatra.com upengan78(a)graffiti.net upengan1978(a)netscape.net upengan78(a)hotpop.com "THE LIVING GOD IS WITHIN YOU" Dearest 'swami vivekananda' --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!

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BBCTV focuses on GNU/Linux ...
by Frederick Noronha 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

Red Flag Linux... national pride... more reliable... cheaper... these are some of the keywords emerging from BBC TV ClickOnline's current program which focuses on GNU/Linux in China, apart from other issues. It was telecast on Saturday 21 Sept at 1200 IST (and next coming up on Sunday 22 Sept at 1600 IST and Tues 24 Sept at 1300 IST). An interesting programme, though as is typical of television, it only skims the surface of the issue. (You've guessed my biases when it comes to reading, radio and TV) "If you haven't heard of Linux, it does the same things as Windows. But unlike Windows (its code is freely available)." That's approximately how BBC introduces GNU/Linux. Many Free/Libre and Open Source Software enthusiasts might cringe to hear their favourite OS being compared to Windoze. But the programme makes the point that there are many reasons for a growing number (even if still a small segment of total computer users) opting for GNU/Linux in China. It's cheaper, more reliable, there are questions of national pride (building software indigenously), China's strategy of adopting and adapting, security flaws, and even suspicion of secret backdoors in closed-source proprietory software.... Perhaps the progamme could have mentioned that the international journal of the Free Software Foundation is today published from China... If interested, contact hongfeng(a)gnu.org This programme also has an interesting debate on the usual question: can China compete with Indian software... Do we have to see everything in terms of competition? Louisa Liu agrees that this needn't be so. On an offtopic subject, one learnt of a very interesting plan to teach Internet and computing to the elderly -- the oldest student being 85. Maybe we too could think of similar approaches. Why not? A good way of fighting both the digital and age-bias all in one. --FN PS: If you'd like to suggest future topics for programs to BBC, write in to clickonline(a)bbc.co.uk -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email fred(a)bytesforall.org * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Resizing /
by q u a s i 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

At 07:25 morn 9/20/02 +0530, NJ wrote: >i wud like to resize / to make room for Dos. >is this possible? > >theres a tool called resize2fs , but havent used it i guess u gotta b >really careful with tools like this ... > >Can ny1 guide pls? ummm... till date I have only used fdisk which does anything. But you seem not to have any free space. So the only way to create a new partition is to divide an existing one. i.e. delete and then create 2 in place of the deleted one. Now the following method I propose is fraught with danger :D, but I have split a FAT partition with it once. Hopefully it will work on a ext[2/3] partition. But you simply *MUST* backup important files. It is really simple actually. #1. Make sure you have the latest stable release of fdisk. #2. Defrag the HDD (I used the norton scandisk as the partition I split was a dos one) #3. Delete the BIG partition #4. First recreate the partition you deleted - but without the bottom few cylinders required for the Dos partition. #5. Then create the Dos partition. Also, you can do ASM/DOS with a ~5-10Mb partition. So you may consider splitting your /boot or swap partitions if they have the space to spare. hth, quasi

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Agenda 4 upcoming workshop @ Sangli
by Trevor Warren 20 Sep '02

20 Sep '02

>Tahir says...... *************************** ********************* *************************** > Hi Trevor! > > Here's a compilation of the topics that can be taken > up in the > workshop: > > CORE DEVELOPMENT: > > - Introduction to C, C++ > - Linux Programming Environment > (coding, compilation, debugging and documentation) > - "Make"ing and Auto-tools > - Debugging (GDB, DDD, Strace, ElectricFence etc.) > - Static and Dynamic Libraries > - Curses > - Linux System Calls for I/O, Processes, IPC and > Networking > - Java Programming > > GUI PROGRAMMING and RAD TOOLS: > > - GTK > - QT > - Tcl/Tk > - Kylix > - KDevelop > > SCRIPTING: > > - Bash > - PHP > - Perl > - Python > > WEB DEVELOPMENT: > > - PHP > - Perl and CGI > - Zope > - MySQL > > This seems to be a handful but it feels quite > 'complete'. All the > best! > > -- > Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) > http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir > tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in > > We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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