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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Telling rpm what is installed
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 22 Sep '01

22 Sep '01

Philip wrote: >I'm still stuck with the loads and loads of apps that I've already >installed from rpm. How do I handle those? Here's a rather painful hack ... Assuming you still have the build trees with you, create a list of files installed using "make -n install". Use this list to create a spec file. Write the file so that rpm does nothing during the configure and build stages. The only important part is the files section, and somehow it must be able to figure out where the build tree is! Create rpm from the spec file and then do an "rpm -ivh --force" Anybody got better ideas? Maybe it is possible to use the rpm development library to write an app that can directly modify the rpm database? It could take a spec file as input and use the info to update the database ... maybe the library has a perl module as well ... Thank gawd I never install a tarball without creating an rpm first! ;-) SameerDS. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Servers behind a NAT
by Satya 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Should I do anything special to servers behind a NAT? For example, connections to $IP on port 81 are redirected to $INTERNAL_IP on 80, and it gives back data that indicates the real IP instead of 81... -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> As long as I can remember, I've had amnesia.

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FAQ
by Philip S Tellis 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

How's the FAQ preparation coming along? Kinjal, any progress on this? Philip -- E = MC ** 2 +- 3db 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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Re: [ILUG-BOM] VPN help
by Darshan.Wakchaure＠lntinfotech.com 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Hi, I had configured it long time back. I dont remember , but i think there is a login /registered user to be created on the server, and given adequate permissions. Darshan "Mahesh Gharat" <mahesh_gharat(a)rediffmail.com> Sent by: linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in 09/21/2001 04:56 PM Please respond to linuxers To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in cc: Subject: [ILUG-BOM] VPN help Hello everybody, I'm trying to install and configure the VPN network on my LAN. My VPN server is on Linux machine(kernel 2.4.2). I am using pptpd (http://poptop.lineo.com/) for this. I want to configure the n/w as Linux/Win<-->Linux VPN<->Internet<->Linux VPN<--Linux/Win Client Server Server Client but just for the begining I installed only one server(kernel 2.4.2 with pptpd) and on Win98 client trying to connect it. Linux VPN Server<----->Win98 client 192.168.0.32 192.168.0.0.112 But I'm not able connect.Both the machines are on the same LAN(using simple hubs not switches).The error I'm getting as below. /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.) Please help me.I'm stuck on this for a whole week. Thanks in advance. Mahesh Gharat mahesh_gharat(a)rediffmail.com MSN id : mahesh_gharat(a)hotmail.com If anybody want's to guide me online.Please.) _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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VPN help
by Mahesh Gharat 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Hello everybody, I'm trying to install and configure the VPN network on my LAN. My VPN server is on Linux machine(kernel 2.4.2). I am using pptpd (http://poptop.lineo.com/) for this. I want to configure the n/w as Linux/Win<-->Linux VPN<->Internet<->Linux VPN<--Linux/Win Client Server Server Client but just for the begining I installed only one server(kernel 2.4.2 with pptpd) and on Win98 client trying to connect it. Linux VPN Server<----->Win98 client 192.168.0.32 192.168.0.0.112 But I'm not able connect.Both the machines are on the same LAN(using simple hubs not switches).The error I'm getting as below. /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.) Please help me.I'm stuck on this for a whole week. Thanks in advance. Mahesh Gharat mahesh_gharat(a)rediffmail.com MSN id : mahesh_gharat(a)hotmail.com If anybody want's to guide me online.Please.)

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Reminder: ACM Seminar on Firewalls/IPfileter, Fri 21/9
by Durgesh D Rao 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Dear Colleague, This is to remind you about the following event. Regards, - Durgesh, for ACM Mumbai ACM Seminar Friday, September 21, 2001 - 6:30 p.m. Title: Firewalls, simple & easy: IPFilter Speaker: Vivek Nallur (NCST) Venue: Lecture Theatre, NCST, Juhu Abstract: "The internet was created as an experiment. The experiment has failed" - Tsutomu Shimomura The Internet is currently a system administrator's nightmare, what with snoopy folks perennially sniffing around the place looking for systems to break into and steal the 'family silver'. What began as a dream for scientists, researchers and artists, has become a nightmare for the knights in geek's clothing. One of the more potent weapons at the disposal of these knights is the firewall. Its etymological roots unknown, the current usage stems from Steve Bellovin's email to Phil Karn regarding some security device. The first recorded usage in print is in Stafford and Garfinkel's book on Practical UNIX Security, published in 1990. Simply put, a firewall is a system that enforces an access control policy between two networks. This seminar explores the installation and usage of a commonly used firewall, IPFilter. About the Speaker: Vivek Nallur passes under the guise of a scientist in the KBCS division at NCST. He pretends to be pre-occupied with issues in Data Mining, Chaos Theory and Genetic Algorithms, whilst ogling at his beloved computer all day. He's passionate about girls, patterns and reading (in no particular order). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Durgesh D Rao (DDR) | Email: durgesh(a)ncst.ernet.in Research Scientist, KBCS Division | Ph: 6201606x372(w), 7563437(r) National Centre for Software Technology | Fax: +91-22-6210139 Gulmohar Rd 9, Juhu, Mumbai 400049, INDIA.| Web: www.ncst.ernet.in/~durgesh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Telling rpm what is installed
by Philip S Tellis 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

How do I tell rpm that I have installed some packages from tgz? It refuses to install software that requires these files. With rpm, I can use nodeps, but with redcarpet, I cannot. RedCarpet requires all dependencies to be met. Philip -- You have mail. 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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.raw files
by Q u a s i 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

It seems that the .raw files are plain iso image files. And that we are supposed to directly burn them. Now how does one do it i) under Linux ii) under Win98? quasi _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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An excellent article on Linux apps in Hollywood
by S. Krishnan 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Got it off linuxtoday.com. Read it at http://cgw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=Articles&Subsec… He not only covers Linux in Hollywood, but also talks about the emerging movement for applying Linux for CAD/ CAM work, and lists several commercial and opensource alternatives. Regards, Krishnan __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

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W32.Nimda
by Philip S Tellis 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

If anyone's interested, check http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/nimda.infected to see a list of infected hosts that have tried to hit ncst's servers. If your host is in the list, then you know what to do. Philip -- People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't. 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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Linux in the enterprise
by Philip S Tellis 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Read http://www.robval.com/linux/desktop/index.asp for insights on how linux can be used in the enterprise, and what needs to be done. I could argue with some of the things that this guy has said, but never mind. Philip -- It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being. -- Thomas Carlyle 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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libz.so.1
by kapil karekar 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

hi luggers, can any of you please tell me which rpm in RHL 7.1 installs the file : libz.so.1 Phillips, if you remember, I had some mouse problem some time back. It dissapeared once i got a new mouse. I tried to investigate but couldn't find why the old mouse had become eccentric. Don't forget about libz.so.1 bye Kapil karekar GNU/Linux registered user #226893 __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

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URGENT!! READ THIS FIRST!!!
by kishor bhagwat 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

hello, just now i've discovered that my windows system has been infected with the Nimda worm.It seems that this is a mass mailing worm , and spreads via email. If you have received any email form me with an attachment, please DO NOT open it. if you use Outlook Express, then dont even preview the email. I have no idea if the worm has indeed sent an email form my system, but better to warn you folks The worm has been discovered just yesterday.For more information see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

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Automation link on smbd.org
by Anand 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

Hello Automation fans, The link on browser SCADA did not work on Netscape 4.77 and requires IE5.5 or Netscape 6. There was some problem with IE as nested ID's were probably not supported. This has been Corrected using a different logic, which has also speded up operations. However older browsers may not be suporting 'getElementById' command. Anand

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Re: GIMP tutes
by Anand 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

> > > > >Message: 3 >Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:56:40 +0530 (IST) >From: Satya <satyap(a)satya.virtualave.net> >To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] GIMP tutes >Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > >On Sep 16, 2001 at 03:43, Anand wrote: > >>Best viewed with netscape 6.1, had some problems related to PNG support >>on IE5.5 and Netscape 4.77. >> > > > ># FRAME: [1]top ># FRAME: [2]bottom ># ># Your Browser does not support frames.. > >Yes it does. > ># The Tutorials used here require a modern browser capable of >#supporting ># Frames and PNG technology. ># I have found Netscape 6.1 very good with the tutorials used here. ># The Link below takes you to the Netscape Site for Downloads. > >Lynx 2.8.x is modern. The site is broken. > >What's with the nested framesets? > >>Help on putting counter on site required. >> > >Why do you need a counter? > Hello Satya, I have 2.8.4(dev16) version of Lynx. The Browser does not support Frames in the conventional way as supported by netscape 4.77 or IE5.5 or Mozilla 0.7 and higher versions of these browsers. Since the tutorials use a lot of images, using a Frame reduces Programming time. Secondly on downloads of a page, only a part of the actual page is downloaded from the internet, thereby saving on bandwidth. On trying with the above version of Lynx which is text based, I found that I could navigate further by selecting bottom frame but was stuck ahead as the <a href="#" onClick="top.location='karnalawebsite/index.html'"> command was not supported. The display of the message indicates that the browser does not support frames in the conventional way. try using Netscape 4.77 which is given free with most Distro's But Mozilla 0.7 or Netscape 6 are recommended as they give the best results. Please note that after the discussion at the Online meet in August, I saved a lot of images in PNG format, and neither Netscape 4.77, nor IE5.5 provide proper support for PNG format. In IE5.5 and Netscape 4.77, the transparencies on the images appear as grey or white patches. This is a totally graphic intensive site which requires a browser capable of displaying graphics. Javascript has also been liberally used, so support for that is also required. Counter is required to find out number of hits. Thanks for viewing the site and replying. Anand

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GIMP tutes
by Anand 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

Gimp tutorials first set of ten tutes for absolute beginers called JR. KG GIMP And the first three of the next set for creating web themes and tools using GIMP are now available on the site www.smbd.org <http://www.smbd.org> under GIMP section. More tutes, planning to at least put two per week starting from tomorrow. Best viewed with netscape 6.1, had some problems related to PNG support on IE5.5 and Netscape 4.77. Any Errata-corrections are most welcome. Anand Help on putting counter on site required.

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{OT} Regarding Recent USA under Attack
by Parag Mehta 17 Sep '01

17 Sep '01

In the City of God there will be a great thunder, two brothers torn apart by chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb.", "The third big war will begin when the big city is burning." "on the 11th day of the 9 month that...two metal birds would crash into two tall statues...in the new city... and the world will end soon after" - Nostradamus 1654 Best Regards, pm

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svgalib: mmap error in paged screen memory.
by Satya 17 Sep '01

17 Sep '01

[satyap]~$ zgv svgalib: mmap error in paged screen memory. [satyap]~$ Why? Kernel 2.4.8. That's the only change. -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> To this day she declares that I told her one moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of night, and how I fired a double-barrelled tiger cub at it. --Watson, in "The Sign of the Four"

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Wireless network
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 16 Sep '01

16 Sep '01

jtd spewed into the ether: <snip> >> You are speaking of 802.11b LAN cards. We provide Essar with 512 >> mbps in the same frequency band, and they are 16 km away. > >How come. If ur using 802.11b the spec standards specify power limits I am not referring to 802.11b, except for the frequency range. We use the same frequencies (and we can ask for a wide enough range), but not the tech. Sorry about any confusion there. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi would like to ask for your help in donations to the RED CROSS today! http://www.nyredcross.org/donate/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Wireless network
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 16 Sep '01

16 Sep '01

jtd spewed into the ether: <snip> >AFAIK the range is limited to 100 mtrs. If you use an ISHM frequency You are speaking of 802.11b LAN cards. We provide Essar with 512 mbps in the same frequency band, and they are 16 km away. >(and rig up your own radio modem) your throughput will drop to >1200bps. Other frequencies require licenses from the police and DOT >used to cost Rs.25000 per alloted frequency/p.a. and requires you to >use only DOT approved equipment. Still cheap. Any telecom people on this list who can help out with the info/tech? Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi would like to ask for your help in donations to the RED CROSS today! http://www.nyredcross.org/donate/

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Kernel panic: attempted to kill idle task
by Satya 16 Sep '01

16 Sep '01

So I got this message about my computer back home. Any ideas? No kernel changes. again stuck up, says FPU using exception 16 error reporting. checking " hlt" instruction....<1> unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffc0000 many zeroes ..... ... ......... ... kernel panic: attempted to kill the idle task IN swapper task- not syncing -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice.

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Fetchmail again
by Goldwyn Rodrigues 16 Sep '01

16 Sep '01

Sorry my earlier prob was not defined properly So I am sending the error again. I guess my dial up connection died down when i tried previously. the actual problem sounds like this.................. 2 messages for goldwyn_r at pop.softhome.net (8132 octets). reading message 1 of 2 (3711 octets) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed fetchmail: can't raise the listener; falling back to $procmail -d %T..sh: -d: command not found fetchmail: MDA exited abnormally or returned nonzero status not flushed reading message 2 of 2 (4421 octets) ....sh: -d: command not found Please note that it works perfectly fine with a MUA(Mail User Agent) like KMail. howeevr I am not keen on doin gthis as there are quite a few people worin gon this system and i want mail of eveyone to be downloaded in one connection and distributed accordingly. Procmail is also installed. Another question. I am in bash shell why is it showing sh for errors?? Sorry for the trouble, and thanx again for the help. Goldwyn :o)

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using Two gateways
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 15 Sep '01

15 Sep '01

Noel Sequeira spewed into the ether: > Ifconfig gives the entire details. There was a thread sometime back > to mail the ip address received from the modem, but i could not > locate it from the archives. If someone is using it please post it > on the list. Philip had written a script to this effect. Try this one liner: /sbin/ifconfig|grep P-t-P|tr -s ' '|cut -f 4 -d ' '|tr -d adr: This is mostly from memory, so the paramter to cut may be wrong. To explain: /sbin/ifconfig -- get all network details grep P-t-P -- get the line containing the external ppp ip address tr -s ' ' -- convert all multiple space fields to a single space. cut -f 4 -d ' ' -- cut the fourth field using a delimiter of a space. (There is a space at the beginning, which you have to consider) tr -d adr: delete the addr: part of this field. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi would like to ask for your help in donations to the RED CROSS today! http://www.nyredcross.org/donate/

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Fetchmail
by Goldwyn Rodrigues 15 Sep '01

15 Sep '01

I have a dial up connection and whenever I run fetchmail (after connection) it gives me the following error. fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server pop.softhome.net. fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) client/server synchronization error while fetching from pop.softhome.net Anu idea what cud be the reason?? I have sendmail runnoing properly and mail thru MUA works fine but however i wanted to configure fetchmail so that mails of all users can come and go together. Goldwyn :o) -------------------------------------------------------

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Fetchmail
by noel seq 15 Sep '01

15 Sep '01

>From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <goldwyn_r(a)yahoo.co.uk> > > >I have a dial up connection and whenever I run fetchmail (after connection) >it gives me the following error. > >fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server pop.softhome.net. >fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) >client/server synchronization error while fetching from pop.softhome.net That is because it is taking too much time for your host to connect to your mail server. Either your link is slow or your mail server is down. I use poll mail.server with protocol pop3 timeout 1200 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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all mail clients hang when hit compose
by parvez＠softhome.net 14 Sep '01

14 Sep '01

hi linuxers,dai'm having this strange problem. all my mail clients hang, wheneverda i hit compose, reply, forward. this list includes mutt, pine, netscape.dai'm using the PCQ(based on redhat 7.1 distro ). i have recently reinstalleddathis distro and had copied my mail folders from backup to home directory (though i think.dathat should not be a problem).daanyone knows whats happ ???dadaparvez

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Using Two gateways
by noel seq 14 Sep '01

14 Sep '01

Hi luggers, Is it possible to use two gateways, one from a fixed ip provider (hathway) on my eth1 and the other from dial-up (vsnl) on my ppp0 (modem) Using hathway, i can browse better, but download of mails is painfully slow. Using vsnl dial-up, i am able download mails, but browsing is very slow. Moreover if i use vsnl for browsing, it slows my mail download. Right now i have to manually change the gateway (using linuxconf), and then connect to vsnl. After downloading the mails, i disconnect and switch to hathway. I tried man route to change the routing rules manually, but it does not work. route add gw 202.88.136.1 Nm 0.0.0.0 dev eth1 Suggestions please Noel. Gnu/Linux registered user #226476 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Using Two gateways
by noel seq 14 Sep '01

14 Sep '01

>From: Philip S Tellis <philip.tellis(a)iname.com> > >On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, noel seq wrote: > > > Is it possible to use two gateways, one from a fixed ip provider >(hathway) > > on my eth1 and the other from dial-up (vsnl) on my ppp0 (modem) > >Use special domain routing. > >For your mail server, add vsnl as a gateway, for everything else, set >hathway as a gateway. > >route add -host ip_of_your_mail_server gw vsnl_gateway dev ppp0 >Put this in your dial-up scrips to replace the global routing command in >there. Thanx, works beautifully. I could not locate the routing instructions made by ppp when the modem got connected. So i thought of writing one myself. How do i get the gateway from my ppp0. Ifconfig gives the entire details. There was a thread sometime back to mail the ip address received from the modem, but i could not locate it from the archives. If someone is using it please post it on the list. Philip had written a script to this effect. By the way, when is the next meet. Thanx Noel. Gnu/Linux registered user #226476 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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mouse problems
by kapil karekar 14 Sep '01

14 Sep '01

hi luggers I have got a trivial yet frustrating problem at hand. Whenever I use the mouse the mouse pointer automatically goes to the left hand top corner of the screen and refuses to budge from there. I have tried all sorts of things to rectify it however I couldn't find a remedy. Can anybody who has had a similar problem please help me out? Thanking you in anticipation ------------ Kapil Karekar tuxkapil(a)yahoo.com GNU/Linux registered user #226893 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com

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mount an iso ?
by Parag Mehta 13 Sep '01

13 Sep '01

Hi, can anyone help me mount an iso in rw mode rather than ro mode. i need to update some files in the existing iso. mount -t iso9660 -o rw,loop=/dev/loop0 myimage.iso /mnt the above command doesn't mount it in rw mode but mounts it in ro mode. Best Regards, pm

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Re: Realplayer
by Raju Bathija 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Hi, I checked the process list. esd daemon is not running. Bye. > Sometime on Sep 10, Raju Bathija assembled some asciibets to say: > > > In RH 7.0, when I use reaplayer 8.0, the following error message comes: > > > > "cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it" > > You probably have the Enlightenment Sound Daemon running (esd). Check > your process list. You've got to tell RealPlayer to play sound through > ESD instead of directly. Alternately, don't use ESD. I forget how to > set this, but it is in your Gnome Control Panel somewhere. > > Philip -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raju Bathija | bathija(a)tifr.res.in | http://theory.tifr.res.in/~bathija -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux, the choice | QOTD: The forest may be quiet, but that of a GNU generation -o) | doesn't mean the snakes have gone away. Kernel 2.2.14-5. /\ | on a i686 _\_v | |

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Red Hat India office
by Parul Mathur 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

K M <kamathnish(a)yahoo.com> wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 06:16:11 -0700 (PDT): >Red Hat has also setup its operations in India but I >haven't been able to find out their contact and >service details. Please mail me information regarding >linux services and Red Hat's India operations. >Thank you, >Kamat Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. 133 Mittal Towers 13th Floor B Wing Nariman Point Mumbai 400 021 Tel: 91-22-2853452, 2856182 Fax: 91-22-2845343 www.in.redhat.com

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Logging Start-up and Log-out commands for all users
by Kinjal Sonpal 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Hi Luggers ! Is there any way to find out which files (scripts) and commands are executed after the user enters her password and before a user is presented with a Shell prompt? I also want to monitor similar things while the user logs out, i.e. , after the user enters exit and before another a login prompt appears. TIA, Warm Regards, $ sonpal -kj

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smb problem
by shailesh bhate 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Hi All, I am configuring samba server on linux PCQuest 7.1 based on redhat. My smb.conf goes like this ---- [global] ...... ....... guest ok = yes [data] guest ok = yes .......some more lines............ I think by configuring like this anybody should be able to see the linux server on windows domain and see the contents without asking for login and password. I am able to see the server in network neighbourhood but am not able to see "data" in it. It is asking for login and password. Please let me know if I might be neglecting any configuration elsewhere..... Regards Shailesh

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converting rm files to mp3
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Hi, I need some utility to convert rm files into mp3's ... i tried ffmpeg, but it does not do this! SameerDS. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com

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Realplayer problem
by Raju Bathija 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Hi, In RH 7.0, when I use reaplayer 8.0, the following error message comes: "cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it" Audio CDs are playing fine. The sound card is Intel, built on the motherboard. Any solutions? Bye. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raju Bathija | bathija(a)tifr.res.in | http://theory.tifr.res.in/~bathija -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux, the choice | "Buy land. They've stopped making it." -- of a GNU generation -o) | Mark Twain Kernel 2.2.14-5. /\ | on a i686 _\_v | |

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problem with xwindows
by Rama Prasad 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Hi, One of our PC with 8GB HD, 64MB RAM, 52X CD-ROM Drive, is having two partitions of 4GB each. One partitions has Windows 2000, & the other Linux 6.1. When I type startx at the command prompt, it will take too much time to start the xwindows & once it starts, it will take too much time to execute even simple commands. Is it a problem with the software or any hardware component is missing. Please help me out. Thanks in advance. PRASAD. ===== Bye,With best regards,-Ramaprasad.M.K.My other e-mail addresses according to the order of preference.mkr_prasad@yahoo.co.in,prasad74@rediffmail.com

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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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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Threads on Linux
by aditya newalkar 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

Hi, Threads on Linux are a lot different from other OSes. 1) Linux threads are NOT kernel level threads but user level threads. That means while the thread is running in a multithreaded program, the kernel DOES NOT know whether a process is running or a thread is running. 2) Though linux supports a lot of mechanisms absolutely essential for multithreaded mechanisms like mutexes, spin locks; it still has a lot of problems as far as porting of multithreaded applications to Linux is concerned. 3) While other TRUE UNIXes like SUN SOLARIS, DEC UNIX, HPUX have support for recognizing mutexes across the process boundries, becoz of the abv mentioned limitations, Linux cannot recognize them. So multithreaded multiprocessing application written for Solaris might not compile on Linux. 4) SOme pointers on Linux threads: go to redhat.com and give query "PORTING SOLARIS THREADS". There are some nice white papers published which describe the limitations of Linux threads. --- Manish Jethani <cruisecoder(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > What's the bad thing about threads on Linux? How is > multi-threading on Linux different from other OSes? > > Tnx. > > Manish > > -- > A billion here, a billion there -- pretty soon it > adds > up to real money. > -- Sen. Everett Dirksen, on the U.S. defense budget > > > _______________________________________________ > Next Online IRC LUG Meet on 31st Aug @ 4:30pm > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > ===== rgds, Aditya N. ---------------------- Junior Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai, 400076. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com

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Debian CDs
by Ashish Kulkarni 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

Hi, Does anyone have Debian CDs? I am unable to obtain the CDs from anyone I know, hence the request. Thanks Ashish

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] locale settings
by Fart Crimson 08 Sep '01

08 Sep '01

Sameer asked : > Well, such directory does not exist in Debian. I had to specify the > settings in /etc/environment, then logout and login again. That put the > correct locale settings. Is there any way of doing this without logging > out of the current session? just do "source .bashrc" or ". .bashrc" ^ notice the dot! Fart

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