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Re: [Alug] ipchains replacement
by Richard Kettlewell 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Laurie Brown <laurie(a)brownowl.com> writes: > Ian Douglas wrote: >> Thanks for the advice and offer of help. Unfortunately, as I >> mentioned, I am a bit of a newbie and have not fully found my way >> around the ALUG website, nor its terminology, yet. What exactly is >> the "ALUG lists passim" you refer to? > > Hi, Ian: my pleasure. "Passim" is old-fashioned shorthand (Latin, > actually) for "in the past" or "previous/ly". It means: look in the > archives! It means "here and there" or "throughout", nothing to do with the past. -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/

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Mounting Devices as user in Slackware 8
by John Seago 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Yesterday I wrote this into my /etc/fsatb file: /dev/cdrom /home/john/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0 It worked nicely, emboldened by this success, and with my over confidence fueled by prescription pain-killers, I extrapolated this from the above: /dev/fd0 /home/john/fd0 ext2 noauto,user,ro 1 1 (this latter 1 1 as access was denied otherwise), this succeeded in damaging the filesystem beyond what I could do to repair it. Is there an /etc/fstab entry which will enable me to access both the cd and the floppy as a user? Is this a question I need to ask on a specialist Slackware list? Many thanks for any advice you may wish to give. -- John Seago `change and progress are not necessarily the same things'

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Re: [Alug] redirecting into a command...
by MJ Ray 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Simon: > rsh -l<login-name> <router-ip> sh ver "rsh -l login ip" on its own should get you a login shell. rcp is the usual way to copy files across, but "cat srcfile | rsh -l login ip 'sh cat >destfile'" should work if you have to. Hope that helps. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Netscape 4.77 cache question
by Edenyard 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Many thanks to Ricardo and Ian for suggesting to set "Compare pages = NEVER". This seems to improve the situation but not cure it in all cases. It still seems as though it doesn't know where to look when it finds the modem not connected. A rare case of one up to the DOS browser, I suppose! Gerald.

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Burning CDs
by Edenyard 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Having now managed to install my CD-RW drive and load up cdrecord 1.10 in Slackware, I've started to fiddle with actually making CDs. I downloaded Xcdroast and managed to get it to run, but I can't find any buttons at all that erase a previously recorded CD-RW disk and it seems that Xcdroast won't just simply write the new files to a previously recorded CD-RW disk. Am I missing something obvious? Is Xcdroast the best front-end for the CD-writing process? I picked it because I could get a .TGZ file already to install in Slackware. (Alright - call me chicken!) As always, all advice very gratefully received! Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] ipchains replacement
by Laurie Brown 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas wrote: >>Laurie Brown wrote: >>I've done a fair bit of work on firewalls, and ALUG lists passim >>have a few examples. Shout if you need help. >> > > Hi Laurie, > > Thanks for the advice and offer of help. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, I > am a bit of a newbie and have not fully found my way around the ALUG > website, nor its terminology, yet. What exactly is the "ALUG lists passim" > you refer to? Hi, Ian: my pleasure. "Passim" is old-fashioned shorthand (Latin, actually) for "in the past" or "previous/ly". It means: look in the archives! Actually, the 'Net is the resource you need. I'll expand when I answer your other post. Cheers, Laurie. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie(a)brownowl.com PGP key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Alug] ipchains replacement
by MJ Ray 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas: > The kernel I am using is 2.4.10 and I am wondering if this error message is > hinting that ipchains has now been superseded. Is there a modern > replacement for ipchains? If so then what is it and where could I find some > info on setting it up to protect my PC? Yes, there's iptables for 2.4.x (sure you can't upgrade from .10 yet?) and there should be guides to using it in pretty much the same places that tell you how to use ipchains for 2.2.x, I think. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Laptop error message
by MJ Ray 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Ian Douglas: > means so I can learn how to interpret it myself rather than bother you guys > again? Oh yeah -- the other way to find out what it means is to figure out what is happening to trigger it... eg, in this case, it says apm, so does it coincide with the system suspend or something? -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] box crash question
by David Fairey 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

> Two questions: > 1. why would this happen? (answer 42 or fish?) > > 2. I have to re-enter all the network card stuff manually > insmod rtl8139 > route add network stuff > restart samba daemons > etc etc > each time the box restarts...a).why doesn't the rtl8139 module get > discovered automatically (it is in etc/modutils) and b)can I add all this > stuff to a startup script in debian? If you add "rtl8139" to the end of the "/etc/modules" file it should load the module everytime the machine boots. Then rest of the boot scripts will startup ifconfig and route before samba does. (Assuming you have all the correct entries in /etc/network/interfaces file for eth0). D.

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box crash question
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 14 Dec '01

14 Dec '01

Hi all, When I came in yesterday morning my box had done some form of crash. Couldn't telnet in, keyboard wouldn't respond, nothing. After nasty reboot and messy things I checked all the log files but could find nothing unusual, last /var/log/messages showed a check at 8.15 am then nothing. The box has a ups connected to give it back-up power so can't have been due to a power blip. Two questions: 1. why would this happen? (answer 42 or fish?) 2. I have to re-enter all the network card stuff manually insmod rtl8139 route add network stuff restart samba daemons etc etc each time the box restarts...a).why doesn't the rtl8139 module get discovered automatically (it is in etc/modutils) and b)can I add all this stuff to a startup script in debian? (Three questions cleverly disguised as two) Thanks, Jenny.

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