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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: Mailman woes (Frank Jahn)
> 2. Re: Mailman woes (Frank Jahn)
> 3. Solution to yahoo messenger installation (Prof Goofy)
> 4. password confirmation (j.travis)
> 5. RE: any way to copy a hd to another drive? (Ian Lipsky)
> 6. Re: application/x-mplayer2 (gipsi)
> 7. RE: password confirmation (Rigler, Steve)
> 8. Speeding up gs printing (Edwin Humphries)
> 9. Connecting to a remote Oracle database (Richard S. Crawford)
> 10. Re: password confirmation (Ian Mortimer)
> 11. Re: password confirmation (j.travis)
> 12. RE: Connecting to a remote Oracle database (Ravi Verma)
> 13. Re: password confirmation (j.travis)
> 14. Re: password confirmation (Ian Mortimer)
> 15. Re: Cron (Pete Nesbitt)
> 16. Re: Connecting to a remote Oracle database (fred smith)
> 17. Re: permissions on sound devices (Pete Nesbitt)
> 18. Re: man path problem (Cameron Simpson)
> 19. best wireless lan card to use RH 9.0? (Jeff Lacki)
> 20. Re: best wireless lan card to use RH 9.0? (Matthew Galgoci)
> 21. Bandwith management (edy)
> 22. mrouted setup :: problem (Umesh Balani)
> 23. RE: VPN from a redhat 9 using free s/wan problem (Samuel L. Schooler)
> 24. Re: permissions on sound devices (Ken Gillett)
> 25. Network profiler (Gary Stainburn)
> 26. RE: Network profiler (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Nystr=F6m?=)
> 27. Re: Network profiler (Jason Dixon)
> 28. Re: What's wrong with this eMail? (Timothy Stone)
> 29. Re: Network profiler (Gary Stainburn)
> 30. Re: What's wrong with this eMail? (Jason Dixon)
> 31. RE: password confirmation (Rigler, Steve)
> 32. X Server Crashed. (mykhan@ibnsina.sabic.com)
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Frank Jahn <frank.jahn@robbe.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Mailman woes
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:17:55 +0100
>
> Hello,
>
> take a look at your mailman installation, is mailman installed in
> /var/mailman?
> Is the path for the ScriptAlias set correctly in
> /etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf to your mailman directory?
>
> greetings
>
>
> Frank Jahn
> (Netzwerkadministrator, RHCE, LPIC-1)
>
> robbe Modellsport GmbH & Co. KG
> Metzloser Straße 36
> 36352 Grebenhain
>
> Tel.: 0049 (0) 6644 87242
> Fax : 0049 (0) 6644 7412
> E-Mail: mailto:frank.jahn@robbe.com
> Homepage: http://www.robbe.com
>
> > Ok I did that, but whenever I try to make changes through the web
> > interface, I get loads of Object Not Found errors because somewhere an
> > extra "mailman/" is getting inserted into the URL so that
> > "http://www.espersunited.com/mailman/admin/test" becomes
> > "http://www.espersunited.com/mailmain/mailman/admin/test". I can't make
> > any changes - I can't even subscribe to my own list because every time I
> > try I get the Object Not Found and when I correct the URL on the address
> > line it gives me an Invalid email address error. Please help!!!
> >
> > -Michael Sullivan-
> >
> >
> >
> >> Message: 31
> >> From: "Frank Jahn" <frank.jahn@robbe.com>
> >> To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Mailman woes
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:41:33 +0100
> >> Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> >>
> >> Hello Michael,
> >>
> >> to get Mailman work wiht RH9 install the latest mailman package from
> >> Errata.
> >> After installation configure Mailman from the command line.
> >> (to create new lists with web interface doesn't work correctly)
> >>
> >> - Create a site password:
> >>
> >> /var/mailman/bin/mmsitepass
> >>
> >> - Run the newlist command and create a new list called "mailman":
> >>
> >> /var/mailman/bin/newlist
> >>
> >> - Enter the aliases for the "mailman" list to your /etc/aliases file and
> >> execute the newaliases command
> >>
> >> - Start the mailman service
> >>
> >> - Run the newlist command again and create your own list, enter the
> >> aliases
> >> for your list to the /etc/aliases and run newaliases again.
> >>
> >> Now you can easy configure your list via the web interface and modify
> >> some
> >> options you want:
> >> http://yourserver/mailman/admin/yourlist
> >>
> >> After that Mailman will send mails to all your listmembers.
> >>
> >>
> >> greetings
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Jahn
> >> (Netzwerkadministrator, RHCE, LPIC-1)
> >>
> >> robbe Modellsport GmbH & Co. KG
> >> Metzloser Strae 36
> >> 36352 Grebenhain
> >>
> >> Tel.: 0049 (0) 6644 87242
> >> Fax : 0049 (0) 6644 7412
> >> E-Mail: mailto:frank.jahn@robbe.com
> >> Homepage: http://www.robbe.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Frank Jahn <frank.jahn@robbe.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Mailman woes
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:45:54 +0100
>
> Hello Michael,
>
> I have forgotten a little part in the last email.
> Look at your /var/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py file, are the following
> variables set correctly to your Hostname?
>
> DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'yourhostname'
> DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'yourhostname'
>
> greetings
>
>
> Frank Jahn
> (Netzwerkadministrator, RHCE, LPIC-1)
>
> robbe Modellsport GmbH & Co. KG
> Metzloser Straße 36
> 36352 Grebenhain
>
> Tel.: 0049 (0) 6644 87242
> Fax : 0049 (0) 6644 7412
> E-Mail: mailto:frank.jahn@robbe.com
> Homepage: http://www.robbe.com
>
> > Ok I did that, but whenever I try to make changes through the web
> > interface, I get loads of Object Not Found errors because somewhere an
> > extra "mailman/" is getting inserted into the URL so that
> > "http://www.espersunited.com/mailman/admin/test" becomes
> > "http://www.espersunited.com/mailmain/mailman/admin/test". I can't make
> > any changes - I can't even subscribe to my own list because every time I
> > try I get the Object Not Found and when I correct the URL on the address
> > line it gives me an Invalid email address error. Please help!!!
> >
> > -Michael Sullivan-
> >
> >
> >
> >> Message: 31
> >> From: "Frank Jahn" <frank.jahn@robbe.com>
> >> To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Mailman woes
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:41:33 +0100
> >> Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> >>
> >> Hello Michael,
> >>
> >> to get Mailman work wiht RH9 install the latest mailman package from
> >> Errata.
> >> After installation configure Mailman from the command line.
> >> (to create new lists with web interface doesn't work correctly)
> >>
> >> - Create a site password:
> >>
> >> /var/mailman/bin/mmsitepass
> >>
> >> - Run the newlist command and create a new list called "mailman":
> >>
> >> /var/mailman/bin/newlist
> >>
> >> - Enter the aliases for the "mailman" list to your /etc/aliases file and
> >> execute the newaliases command
> >>
> >> - Start the mailman service
> >>
> >> - Run the newlist command again and create your own list, enter the
> >> aliases
> >> for your list to the /etc/aliases and run newaliases again.
> >>
> >> Now you can easy configure your list via the web interface and modify
> >> some
> >> options you want:
> >> http://yourserver/mailman/admin/yourlist
> >>
> >> After that Mailman will send mails to all your listmembers.
> >>
> >>
> >> greetings
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Jahn
> >> (Netzwerkadministrator, RHCE, LPIC-1)
> >>
> >> robbe Modellsport GmbH & Co. KG
> >> Metzloser Strae 36
> >> 36352 Grebenhain
> >>
> >> Tel.: 0049 (0) 6644 87242
> >> Fax : 0049 (0) 6644 7412
> >> E-Mail: mailto:frank.jahn@robbe.com
> >> Homepage: http://www.robbe.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Prof Goofy <prof_goofy@rediffmail.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Solution to yahoo messenger installation
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:10:31 +0000
>
> Dear all,
> If u r having a prob with installing yahoo messenger, due to it giving a seg fault error message, this might be a possible solution. apparently, this is a wide spread prob. in "/root", there will a directory "~/.ymessenger" left from the previous installation. in it there will a file called "preferences". delete the file, then reload. it should install without any problems.
> Prof. Goofy
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: j.travis <skynet@psinode.com>
> To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: password confirmation
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 10:44:49 -0800
>
> Is there a way to confirm a users password without actually logging in as
> the user? So that if I think that the password is 'pass-wd-x' for user
> 'xyz' I can confirm it from the command line.
>
> 'man passwd' and 'man pam' didn't turn up anything like this.
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ian Lipsky <redhat@merk.caltech.edu>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: any way to copy a hd to another drive?
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 11:57:25 -0800
>
> unfortunately the 'identical' drives i bought are not so identical. The 2 new drives are about 300k
> smaller in size then the original drive. ;( otherwise i would have just used the raid card to
> mirror the drives and never would of needed to ask how to copy a drive.
>
> ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raghuraj, Ajay
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Sent: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:13:37 +0530
> Subject: RE: any way to copy a hd to another drive?
>
> dd would work fine if the destination drive is equal to or greater than in
> size. It worked fine for me.
>
> Ajay Raghuraj
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Wilson [mailto:wtw@fuse.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:10 AM
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: any way to copy a hd to another drive?
>
>
> On Monday 15 December 2003 07:03 pm, Ian L's voice rose above the ones
> in my head and stated:
> > Is there any utility out there to do an exact copy from one drive to
> > another? the source is about 200k bigger in size then the destination
> > drive, with plenty of free space on it.
> >
> > They are both 'identical' drives, wd1200jb but apparently the newer
> > one is slightly different, as it shows up as about 200k smaller. I
> > need a way to copy the source drive onto the smaller one so that i
> > can set up a raid mirror. i have another wd drive thats the same size
> > as the smaller of the two.
> >
> > Ian
>
> Wouldn't 'dd' work for this? dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
>
> --
> Tom Wilson
> Reg. Linux user# 199331
>
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> From: gipsi <gipsi@uol.com.br>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: application/x-mplayer2
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:22:01 -0200
>
> Yes, it does appear just like I said.
>
> gipsi wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have installed two plugins in my Mozilla 1.2.1, which are:
> -MPlayer Plug-in supports QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 and Windows Media
> Player Plugin (mplayerplug-in.so)
> -gxine starter plugin (gxineplugin.so)
> My RedHat 9 system include Xine, Gxine and Mplayer. Both plugins
> support application/x-mplayer2 (WMV) and are enabled and listed in
> Mozilla's plugins list.
> But the audio/video file I was trying to listen still not working.
> So I made a quick test: tried to open a WMV file in MPlayer, but it
> didn't work. I can listen sounds perfectly in RH.
>
> Thanks
>
> crucificator wrote:
>
> type at address in mozilla about:plugins and check if the plugins are
> really installed.
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: "Rigler, Steve" <SRigler@MarathonOil.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: password confirmation
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 15:10:56 -0600
>
> One way, that I can think of, is to use "su" (obviously it
> you'd have to run it as a user other than root).
>
> Like:
>
> su <someuser> -c "echo good pass"
>
> -Steve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of j.travis
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:45 PM
> > To: Red Hat Mailing List
> > Subject: password confirmation
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to confirm a users password without actually
> > logging in as
> > the user? So that if I think that the password is
> > 'pass-wd-x' for user
> > 'xyz' I can confirm it from the command line.
> >
> > 'man passwd' and 'man pam' didn't turn up anything like this.
> >
> >
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> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Edwin Humphries <edwin@ironstone.com.au>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Speeding up gs printing
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 08:41:44 +1100
>
> We're printing a postscript file to a shared windows printer; it takes ghostscript a
> very long time (around 3 minutes) to prepare the file for printing (533Mhz Via Eden
> system). During the printing process, gs seems to take up full processor capacity,
> but we've seenm this perform better on slower processors. We've tried the file with
> or without graphics; the time quoted is for the no graphics version, but there
> doesn't appear to be much difference.
>
> Can anyone explain this, or suggest ways of speeding it up?
>
> Edwin Humphries,
> Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
> edwin@ironstone.com.au
> www.ironstone.com.au
> Phone: 02 4233 2285
> Fax: 02 4233 2299
> Mobile: 0419 233 051
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Richard S. Crawford <rscrawford@mossroot.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Connecting to a remote Oracle database
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 16:09:21 -0800
>
> I need to be able to connect to the Oracle 9i database at work from my
> Linux desktop at home. Is this possible to do without installing the
> entire Oracle database software on my home computer? I'm running RH 8
> at home, and the remote database is Oracle 9i on Solaris 9.
>
> --
> Slainte,
> Richard S. Crawford
> AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404
> Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com
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>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ian Mortimer <ian@physics.uq.edu.au>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: password confirmation
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 10:30:48 +1000
>
> > Is there a way to confirm a users password without actually logging in as
> > the user? So that if I think that the password is 'pass-wd-x' for user
> > 'xyz' I can confirm it from the command line.
>
> The perl script below will do this if you have access to the shadow password
> file. Run the script, enter the salt (from /etc/shadow) and the suspected
> password. If the encrypted password returns the same string as in /etc/shadow
> the passwords are the same.
>
> For crypt encrypted passwords the salt is the first two characters.
> For md5 encrypted passwords the salt is the first 11 characters (up
> to and including the 3rd $).
>
>
> ---
> Ian
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #
> # Generate a crypt encrypted password from password and salt.
> #
> print STDERR "salt:";
> $salt= <STDIN>;
> print STDERR "\npassword:";
> system ("stty -echo");
> $text= <STDIN>;
> system ("stty echo");
> print STDERR "\n";
> chop ($text);
> $encrypted=crypt($text,$salt);
> print "$encrypted\n";
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: j.travis <skynet@psinode.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: password confirmation
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 16:39:53 -0800
>
> Interesting. I will experiment with that. One thing is that most of my
> users have a shell of '/bin/false' so I don't know if I can "su" in that
> scenario...
>
> I also downloaded a program called 'checkpassword' which looks promising;
> but maybe more utility than I have use for.
> http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/interface.html
>
>
> > One way, that I can think of, is to use "su" (obviously it
> > you'd have to run it as a user other than root).
> > su <someuser> -c "echo good pass"
>
> > > Is there a way to confirm a users password without actually
> > > logging in as
> > > the user? So that if I think that the password is
> > > 'pass-wd-x' for user
> > > 'xyz' I can confirm it from the command line.
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ravi Verma <ravi.verma@telecommand.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Connecting to a remote Oracle database
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 17:05:32 -0800
>
> You need Oracle Client on your machine not the whole database software.
> Unfortunately that too happens to be mammoth.
>
> Regards.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-admin@redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Richard S. Crawford
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:09 PM
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Connecting to a remote Oracle database
>
>
> I need to be able to connect to the Oracle 9i database at work from my
> Linux desktop at home. Is this possible to do without installing the
> entire Oracle database software on my home computer? I'm running RH 8
> at home, and the remote database is Oracle 9i on Solaris 9.
>
> --
> Slainte,
> Richard S. Crawford
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> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: j.travis <skynet@psinode.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: password confirmation
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 17:34:24 -0800
>
> Thats a spiffy little program!
>
> My salt in this case seems to be: $1$HsKZkjLV$
> So I have tried:
>
> - the first 11 characters (no ending $)
> - first 12 (with ending $)
> - and even tried skipping the first $.
>
> But can't get a match yet (password was pre-confirmed so that's not the
> issue). I'm pretty sure that I am using the md5 encryption (at least as I
> recall from the installation) but how can I check this?
>
>
> > The perl script below will do this if you have access to the shadow
> password
> > file.
> > For crypt encrypted passwords the salt is the first two characters.
> > For md5 encrypted passwords the salt is the first 11 characters (up
> > to and including the 3rd $).
> >
>
>
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > #
> > # Generate a crypt encrypted password from password and salt.
> > #
> > print STDERR "salt:";
> > $salt= <STDIN>;
> > print STDERR "\npassword:";
> > system ("stty -echo");
> > $text= <STDIN>;
> > system ("stty echo");
> > print STDERR "\n";
> > chop ($text);
> > $encrypted=crypt($text,$salt);
> > print "$encrypted\n";
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ian Mortimer <ian@physics.uq.edu.au>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: password confirmation
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 11:55:25 +1000
>
>
> > My salt in this case seems to be: $1$HsKZkjLV$
>
> Which means you're using md5 encryption.
>
> > So I have tried:
> >
> > - the first 11 characters (no ending $)
> > - first 12 (with ending $)
>
> Either of these should work and produce the same result.
>
> > - and even tried skipping the first $.
>
> That won't work. $1$ is the magic string for md5 encryption.
> If the salt doesn't start with that you'll get crypt encryption
> using the first two characters of the salt.
>
> > But can't get a match yet (password was pre-confirmed so that's not the
> > issue). I'm pretty sure that I am using the md5 encryption (at least as I
> > recall from the installation) but how can I check this?
>
> If you're encrypted passwords start with $1$ you're using md5 encryption.
>
> The script works fine for me on RH9 and RH7.3.
>
> --
> Ian
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Pete Nesbitt <pete@linux1.ca>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Cron
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 18:19:52 -0800
>
> On December 16, 2003 08:47 am, Mike Koponick wrote:
> > Here is an output of my /etc/cron.daily directory. As you can see, the
> > permissions are all correct. The problem file is the 000backup.sh
> > script.
> >
> > The scripts that are named 000report_gen and 00log_archiver work
> > flawlessly. These are two scripts that were made about the same time at
> > 000backup.sh.
> >
> > 000backup.sh works fine if you were to execute it locally.
> >
> > [root@console cron.daily]# ls -l
> > total 52
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 65 Dec 12 09:15
> > 0000postfix-restart
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 205 Dec 13 09:27 000backup.sh
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 158 Oct 21 07:40 000report_gen
>
> > Here is the script "000backup.sh"
> >
> > cd /var/programs/backup_program
> > ./backup_script.sh
> > ls -R /var/tftp/Backup/ > /tmp/backup_report.txt
> > mail -s "Weekly Backup Report" mike@redhawk.info <
> > /tmp/backup_report.txt
>
>
>
> Mike,
> everything there looks fine. What is in
> /var/programs/backup_program/backup_script.sh ?
>
> Just to clearify, executing "/etc/cron.daily/000backup.sh" as root, runs
> properly?
>
> You shouldn't need it, but you may also want to put a path for the mail
> command (just a good security practice) and add #!/bin/bash (presuming your
> sh is sym'd to bash)
> --
> Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: fred smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Connecting to a remote Oracle database
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 21:26:54 -0500
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:09:21PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > I need to be able to connect to the Oracle 9i database at work from my
> > Linux desktop at home. Is this possible to do without installing the
> > entire Oracle database software on my home computer? I'm running RH 8
> > at home, and the remote database is Oracle 9i on Solaris 9.
>
> You'll need to install the oracle client software at home. I refer you
> to www.puschitz.com for a ton of info on doing such installations.
>
> >
> > --
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> > Richard S. Crawford
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> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Pete Nesbitt <pete@linux1.ca>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: permissions on sound devices
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 20:49:46 -0800
>
> On December 11, 2003 03:24 pm, jurvis lasalle wrote:
> > I have a problem that systematically occurs, but I cannot reliably
> > reproduce. Upon console login, ownership of sound devices is given to
> > the user. Upon logout, it reverts to root. Sometimes however, the
> > former user retains ownership and the next user cannot direct output to
> > the sound devices. I can't recreate what causes the break down but
> > across the lab can see that it generally happens after 2 weeks of
> > uptime. My research turns up the solution of chmod 660 the sound
> > devices and chgrp them to audio after adding all my users to that
> > group. OK- that will work and not necessarily be too large a pain in
> > my ass, but that doesn't satisfy my desire to know what's breaking
> > down. Does anyone here have suggestions for diagnosing this problem?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Jurvis LaSalle
>
> Hi Jurvis,
> The initial user to log onto the console is given hightened privilages
> regarding accessing devices and halting or rebooting the system.
> To see what is effected, the users privs, and the user/privs afterwards, have
> a look at the file:
> /etc/security/console.perms
> --
> Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: man path problem
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 15:52:55 +1100
>
> On 20:48 15 Dec 2003, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@tulsacoxmail.com> wrote:
> | I've got a question about the man pages. On my cron problem a lot of
> | you told me to check the man pages. I couldn't find any man pages for
> | cron. I couldn't find any man pages for anything, so I think there's a
> | shell variable somewhere that needs to be set. I checked the $MANPATH
> | variable, but the only location in it was the one that the Qt
> | documentation told me to set. I have included the code that Qt told me
> | to insert into /etc/profile:
> |
> | if [$MANPATH]
> | then
> | MANPATH=$QTDIR/man:$MANPATH
> | else
> | MANPATH=$QTDIR/man
> | fi
>
> Your test command is busted. You want this:
> if [ -n "$MANPATH" ]
> or
> if [ "$MANPATH" ]
> if you're overly trusting.
>
> Note the spaces.
>
> Bust generally you should have a MANPATH anyway, so you can just go:
>
> MANPATH=$MANPATH:$QTDIR/man
> export MANPATH
>
> and not bother with the "if" statement at all.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> DoD#743
> http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
>
> ...the greatest part of our romances in the English language... stop just at
> the marriage, and give no view of the disgust, repentance, and unhappiness
> that ensues. - Hugh Henry Brackenridge
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Jeff Lacki <jeep@rahul.net>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: best wireless lan card to use RH 9.0?
> Date: 16 Dec 2003 22:14:47 -0800
>
>
> After trying to get my Linksys WMP11 card to work with
> RH 9.0 and 2.4.23 I gave up.
>
> Anyone have a recommendation of a card that they know
> works already with the 2.4.23 kernel under RH 9.0?
>
> I appreciate the advice :)
> Jeff
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci@redhat.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: best wireless lan card to use RH 9.0?
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 01:39:06 -0500
>
> > After trying to get my Linksys WMP11 card to work with
> > RH 9.0 and 2.4.23 I gave up.
> >
> > Anyone have a recommendation of a card that they know
> > works already with the 2.4.23 kernel under RH 9.0?
>
> I'm partial to the cisco aironet 352 pcmcia cards.
>
> --
> Matthew Galgoci
> System Administrator
> Red Hat, Inc
> 919.754.3700 x44155
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: edy <edy_apku@pikhospital.com>
> To: Redhat <Redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Bandwith management
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 14:01:09 +0700
>
> Hi,
> please suggest some application for bandwith management
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Edy
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Umesh Balani <UmeshB@NIIT.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: mrouted setup :: problem
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 12:59:29 +0530
>
> Hellow ppl,
>
> Desperately looking for someone who has got their hads dirty with mrouted
> 3.9 beta on RH 9 ?
>
> I have set up mrouted on two subnets
> Overview of my network.
>
> Hardware Layer 3 Switch with IP Forwarding enabled
> (but no MCAST forwarding enabled)
> 172.17.24.1 172.17.26.1
>
>
> Red had 9 Linux Box(with mrouted 1st end point) Red had 9 Linux
> Box(with mrouted 2nd end point)
> 172.17.24.47 <------------------------>
> 172.17.26.123
> Def Gateway 172.17.24.1 Def Gateway 172.17.26.1
>
>
> Having done this.
> Boxes on the 172.17.26.0 network that send mcasts on 239.10.15.165, the
> boxes on 172.17.24.0 can recv them.
>
> But it is not the other way round.
>
> Can someone please help.
>
>
> __________________________
> Regards
> Umesh Balani
>
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>
> From: Samuel L. Schooler <samschooler@comcast.net>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Cc: administrator@integrated-group.com
> Subject: RE: VPN from a redhat 9 using free s/wan problem
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 00:00:47 -0800
>
> Hello,
> Sorry I didn't get back to this sooner, but I got very busy. Have
> you solved this issue yet? If not, here are a few suggestions to try:
>
> In your /etc/ipsec.conf -
>
> Change your config setup to
> interfaces="ipsec0=eth0"
>
> Change the following items in your config cisco to
> left=213.131.75.130
> leftsubnet=10.0.0.0/24
> leftnexthop=213.131.75.129
> right=213.131.60.250
> rightsubnet=0.0.0.0/0 # Any subnet connecting to your
> Cisco 2600 - you can narrow it down if desired
> rightsubnet=(IP address of WAN side of your Cisco 805 -
> should be something like 213.131.60.???)
>
> Note that in the config file you included in your previous posts, by
> specifying your left side as 10.0.0.16, you are outside the endpoints of
> your tunnel (i.e. your tunnel should be left side ( eth0 (213.131.75.130) to
> LAN side of your Cisco 805 (213.131.75.129) ) to right side (WAN side of
> your Cisco 805 (213.131.60.???) to Cisco 2600 (312.131.60.250) ). Hope this
> helps.
>
> For more info (a little old, but still good info) see
> http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=753
>
>
> Sam
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Ken Gillett <ken@ukgb.net>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: permissions on sound devices
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 09:07:57 +0000
>
> I also have puzzled over ownership of sound devices and this thread is
> obviously pointing in the right direction, but I still cannot get the
> solution.
>
> I run xmms from another machine (as an X session) and unless I force a
> change of ownership on the sound files (i.e. change to 666) xmms cannot
> play. I can fix this in rc.local, but I'd rather get this right the
> 'pam' way.
>
> What do I need to do in order to get the sound files read and writeable
> by xmms when run from X on my other machine?
>
> I've added:
>
> <xconsole> 0666 <sound> 0600 root
>
> to console.perms and added xmms into console.apps (did I need to do
> this?), but the perms steadfastly remain 0600 when I start xmms. What
> else do I need to do? Is a re-start required or have I missed some
> other configuration?
>
>
> On 17 Dec 2003, at 04:49, Pete Nesbitt wrote:
>
> > On December 11, 2003 03:24 pm, jurvis lasalle wrote:
> >> I have a problem that systematically occurs, but I cannot reliably
> >> reproduce. Upon console login, ownership of sound devices is given to
> >> the user. Upon logout, it reverts to root. Sometimes however, the
> >> former user retains ownership and the next user cannot direct output
> >> to
> >> the sound devices. I can't recreate what causes the break down but
> >> across the lab can see that it generally happens after 2 weeks of
> >> uptime. My research turns up the solution of chmod 660 the sound
> >> devices and chgrp them to audio after adding all my users to that
> >> group. OK- that will work and not necessarily be too large a pain in
> >> my ass, but that doesn't satisfy my desire to know what's breaking
> >> down. Does anyone here have suggestions for diagnosing this problem?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Jurvis LaSalle
> >
> > Hi Jurvis,
> > The initial user to log onto the console is given hightened privilages
> > regarding accessing devices and halting or rebooting the system.
> > To see what is effected, the users privs, and the user/privs
> > afterwards, have
> > a look at the file:
> > /etc/security/console.perms
> > --
> > Pete Nesbitt, rhce
> >
> >
> > --
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> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
>
>
>
> Ken G i l l e t t
>
> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Network profiler
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 11:24:42 +0000
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got two networks, both with onward connections, which are joined together
> by a leased-line.
>
> This line should now be only be approx 25% utilised, but performance accross
> the link has dropped significantly lately.
>
> Bearing in mind that I have very little network analysis experience, could
> people suggest apps that will help me find the problem.
>
> I have a laptop running RH7.3+errata which I can plug into hubs connected to
> each of the routers.
> --
> Gary Stainburn
>
> This email does not contain private or confidential material as it
> may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown
> and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Daniel Nyström <dny@pcm.se>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Cc: gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk
> Subject: RE: Network profiler
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 13:12:07 +0100
>
> Hi!
>
> These tools has been useful for me in similar situations:
>
> * iptraf
> * ethereal and tcpdump
>
> Hope that helps :)
>
>
> //Daniel
>
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Gary Stainburn [mailto:gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk]
> Skickat: den 17 december 2003 12:25
> Till: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Ämne: Network profiler
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got two networks, both with onward connections, which are joined together
> by a leased-line.
>
> This line should now be only be approx 25% utilised, but performance accross
> the link has dropped significantly lately.
>
> Bearing in mind that I have very little network analysis experience, could
> people suggest apps that will help me find the problem.
>
> I have a laptop running RH7.3+errata which I can plug into hubs connected to
> each of the routers.
> --
> Gary Stainburn
>
> This email does not contain private or confidential material as it
> may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown
> and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
>
>
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>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net>
> To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Network profiler
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 07:40:15 -0500
>
> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 06:24, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've got two networks, both with onward connections, which are joined together
> > by a leased-line.
> >
> > This line should now be only be approx 25% utilised, but performance accross
> > the link has dropped significantly lately.
>
> Are you suggesting that this leased-line carries only traffic between
> your networks? Is this a dedicated loop strung from one office to
> another? If not, then you're subject to the same bottlenecks and
> network failures that we all are. Even if you're getting ~100% of your
> utilization from network "A" to a server out on the Internet, you might
> still only see a ~25% utilization between those networks, since it takes
> a different path.
>
> Granted, there might still be things you can do to optimize your
> connection, but you need to be aware of the limitations on today's
> networks.
>
> --
> Jason Dixon, RHCE
> DixonGroup Consulting
> http://www.dixongroup.net
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Timothy Stone <citylists@petmystone.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: What's wrong with this eMail?
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 07:53:55 -0500
>
> Timothy Stone wrote:
> > List,
> >
> > I thought I would post a copy of this email for critical review.
> >
> > Names and places omitted for anonymity:
> >
> > *************
> >
> > "I will be updating the [censored] servers for Microsoft Security
> > Vulnerability [date censored].
> >
> > "I have coordinated this time with [censored], who will post an
> > announcement on the [censored] website. This update had previously been
> > performed to the rest of the servers on our network.
> >
> > "All of our servers will have been upgraded to Windows 2000 Service Pack
> > 3, and IE 6 with service pack 1. The patches are part of Microsoft’s
> > November Security vulnerabilities. They are located on the network in:
> > [censored] directory.
> >
> > "I create a batch file to mitigate the number of reboots required. There
> > are two reboots required this month."
> >
> > **********
> >
>
> List,
>
> I thought some obvious security issues would have been noted.
>
> The reason I posted this email was to point out that security can be
> compromised in the most seemingly benign ways. I believe there are at
> least three points of negligence to be cited:
>
> 1. It states in a very specific sense the exact state of the
> vulnerability of certain servers.
>
> 2. It tells an interested person how long the computers will be vulnerable.
>
> 3. It specifies exactly which patches will be applied and where on the
> network they are located.
>
> Given a cracker monitoring and attempting access to a network, or having
> inside information, said cracker could target specific Micros~1
> vulnerabilities on specific servers. Given the exact window, stepped up,
> targeted attempts at "rootkit" installation could be made. And the
> seriously crafty could compromise the patches on the network prior to
> application.
>
> Am I being to dramatic? Does anybody agree? Disagree?
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com, Daniel Nyström <dny@pcm.se>
> Subject: Re: Network profiler
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 13:02:14 +0000
>
> On Wednesday 17 December 2003 12:12 pm, Daniel Nyström wrote:
> > Hi!
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> >
> > These tools has been useful for me in similar situations:
> >
> > * iptraf
> > * ethereal and tcpdump
>
> (As an answer to Jason, yes it is a private link directly between my two
> sites.)
>
> I've used ethereal before, so I'll give that another go. The problem I see is
> setting the capture and display criteria correctly to provide me with the
> information I need.
>
> iptraf I've not looked at but will give it a go if ethereal doesn't do what I
> want.
>
> Has anyone had any experience analysing the output from tcpdump directly, e.g.
> piping to a perl script to generate stats? If so, can anyone suggest
> pointers for me? (such as how to put the i/f into promiscusous mode directly,
> which I believe ethereal does on startup).
>
>
>
> >
> > Hope that helps :)
> >
> >
> > //Daniel
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: Gary Stainburn [mailto:gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk]
> > Skickat: den 17 december 2003 12:25
> > Till: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Ämne: Network profiler
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've got two networks, both with onward connections, which are joined
> > together by a leased-line.
> >
> > This line should now be only be approx 25% utilised, but performance
> > accross the link has dropped significantly lately.
> >
> > Bearing in mind that I have very little network analysis experience, could
> > people suggest apps that will help me find the problem.
> >
> > I have a laptop running RH7.3+errata which I can plug into hubs connected
> > to each of the routers.
>
> --
> Gary Stainburn
>
> This email does not contain private or confidential material as it
> may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown
> and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net>
> To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: What's wrong with this eMail?
> Date: 17 Dec 2003 08:02:32 -0500
>
> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 07:53, Timothy Stone wrote:
>
> > Am I being to dramatic? Does anybody agree? Disagree?
>
> There's a reason you're being ignored. Your posting has *nothing* to do
> with this list. I suspect you've gotten your mailing lists mixed up.
>

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