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tar: memory exhausted - help needed !!!

Posted: 15 Feb 2004 11:35 AM PST

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:00:25 GMT, it.uc3m.es (P.T. Breuer)
wrote:
 

Oh right. I followed an example from a Linux system admin book. This
said use -X to exclude a file.

The example given was -X /proc/*, which basically excluded the /proc
directory.

It said nothing about producing a list of files for exclusion.

I presumed the same would work with a single file.

I just wanted to exclude the swap file.

first-time linux server setup: general questions

Posted: 15 Feb 2004 06:20 AM PST

Flavio Kaufmann wrote:

[excessive crossposting trimmed, answers go to alt.linux] 
What do you want to achieve? For 5 clients, NT4 should do rather fine except
the box starts to fall into pieces.
.... 
As long as you use these printers from clients only, no trouble. Don't think
you want to access them from the server.
 

Taper or similar software will do the trick at no cost. Or just write a
script using cpio or tar to do the actual tape job, and cron it.
 
Samba does really well as a NT style PDC. You will want to save the "my
documents" folder or the whole profile on the server, which makes the
nightly backup a breeze. Samba can run logon scripts when configured as a
PDC.
 
At my former workplace I had a script which connected to the administrative
shares of windows pcs after they logged on (using a root preexec calling a
delay and shellscript) which pushed several things to the clients, in
particular virus scanner updates for their local scanners. One brand of
virus scanner was able to use its database from the server directly, after
doing a little registry tweaking.
For scanning on the server, you will want amavis (mailscanner) and
postfix/imapd/pop3d together with spamassassin. No direct outbound mail
access on your clients, everything has to pass the server and the virus
scanner.
 
openvpn. No, I have no experience with it yet.
 

You will also want a good firewall which iptables can do for you on linux,
with a NAT setup you need only one IP address from your ISP and the pcs
behind are basically protected as long as the gateway server is secure.
If you have sensitive data however, and considering you are a linux
beginner, I would put the server behind a hardware NAT router (assuming you
want have internet access from the workstations).
For further service, become a member of a local linux user group :).
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CRON problem

Posted: 14 Feb 2004 05:10 PM PST

Andreas Janssen wrote: 
It did works after I add the first line in my script.
But I still did not know the reason why.

Thanks a lot.

bash script goes too fast

Posted: 14 Feb 2004 09:44 AM PST

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 21:13:10 +0000, charly wrote:
 

I do not know tar that well, but guessing you are trying to backup
/home, I thought it would be

tar -cz $BACKUP_DIR/home_$DATE.tgz /home

No loop required but a status test would be in order.

if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
mail -s "tar /home failed" fr < /dev/null
exit 1
fi

Changes to Suse XF86Config to get 1920x1200 resolution?

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 08:52 PM PST

No i done this with a Philips 170W4 wide screen monitor
but heres my config file

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 30-61
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "170W4 (17INCH MONITOR)"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "PHILIPS"
VertRefresh 56-71
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1280x768" 97.12 1280 1296 1552 1864 768 768 776 802
Modeline "640x480" 26.36 640 656 720 864 480 480 484 501
Modeline "640x480" 30.35 640 656 720 864 480 480 485 501
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce4 Ti 4200"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
Option "Rotate" "off"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Multi boot 98 Linux XP - need help

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 04:09 PM PST


"Michael C." <com> wrote in message
news:softshoppe.com... 
partition, 

I'd recommend this. It's conceivably possible to run Win9x (includeing
Win95, Win98, and WinME, all of which are really DOS with a graphical
interface) and WinNT (which includes NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP,
all of which are really VMS source code with Microsoft wrapping their tools
around it) on the same partition, but siince WinNT supports an NTFS file
system and there are a bunch of benefits to that, it's usually worth
installing them separately.

Note also: Linux can safely read NTFS partitions with the most recent kernel
modules, but it doesn't safely *write* to NTFS, and perhaps never will
because Microsoft is once again planning to change it behind people's backs.
(Look at the newly announced XML-based filesystem meta-data craziness
they're planning!) If you need to be able to safely write *from* Linux to
the Windows file-systems, use FAT32. You can force NT installations to be
done on FAT32, although it takes some extra selections and isn't recommended
for security reasons.

But sheesh, if you're running Windows, don't expect that level of security
anyway. They automatically share the root file system as \\hostname\c$
without telling you, and Windows mis-handles network passwords so badly that
local file-system ownership is like nailing down the barn door while you
forgot to put up the back wall.....
 

??? I've done this quite successfully. FAT32 on Win9x on the first primary
partition, NTFS for Win2K on the second, and Linux on the rest. But I always
did it with the Win9x install *first*.
 

This happens when you install XP, it doesn't happen everytime you boot with
it, just to be clear.

Help compiling modules... Fedora

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 02:49 PM PST

mot.com schreef:
 

I'm running Fedora (albeit patched with numerous kernel
recompilations) and AFAIK the standard installed kernel package
(kernel-2.4.22-2115.ntpl.i586.rpm) contains the very modules you need.
I'll go check...

yep.. you've got /lib/modules/2.4.22-2115/kernel/fs/msdos/msdos.o and
..../fs/fat/fat.o, just modprobe these and said support should appear
(check /proc/filesystems).

NTFS.. hmm... dunno why they leave it out of the stock rpm, I did
compile the ntfs module in isolation when I needed it, it 'Worked For
Me' but YMMV. Anyhow, if you install the kernel-source rpm and load
the stock Fedora config (load alternative config file in make xconfig)
just add NTFS support as a module in Filesystems.. and go compile.
Sheesh!

But if you want to try and cheat.. install the kernel .rpm, go to
/usr/src/linux-2.4/fs/ntfs, sort out the Makefile and compile ntfs.o -
if that's beyond you, I suggest doing a proper kernel compile :^).
Also the kernel config scripty thingy says NTFS write support is
DANGEROUS - well, I never had any problems with it on a 4gb NTFS
volume.

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Samba / Windows XP - Is there a plain password patch for XP

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 11:28 AM PST

deletethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) wrote in message news:<blueyonder.co.uk>... 

doubt a plain password "patch" is needed. check the latest Samba
version.
 

ie., you want to pass plain text passwords on the wire? 

Linux distro/version? Samba version? Which Win patch? Which
registry key?

Don't know of a "solution" off the top of my head, but doubt you need
a patch. Just correct configuration.

Google Groups search with:
Windows XP smb password linux
turns up > 1500 hits
while using:
Windows XP smb plain password linux
turns up 203 hits
while using:
Windows XP samba plain password linux
turns up 216 hits
and doing web search with:
Windows XP samba plain password linux
turns up 3,810 hits

Don't cross post so much in hopes of finding a quicker answer -- it
clogs up all the NGs with dropped threads when someone (like me)
prunes the cross posting. If you're unsure where to post, pick best
guess and ask advice where to post.

You'll get an answer/solution faster by posting _complete_and_
accurate_ infor re: your setup and the things you've already tried.
State your problem/desire -- not what you _think_ is a solution (or
you wouldn't be seeking help).

And remember, Google is your friend -- especially re: widely used
components like Samba.

hth,
prg
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Where can I *DOWNLOAD* Linux Docs and Howtos??

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 02:21 AM PST

David wrote: 

I feel stupid. Who knew there would be a howto on howtos...DUH :-)
mike

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Xconfigurator

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 12:43 AM PST


"GVK" <iiit.net> wrote in message
news:c0o5jm$vb8$wplus.net... 

Absolutely true. However, RedHat dumped it in RedHat 9 and it's no longer
well supported there. They're using "redhat-config-xfree86", which seems to
be a better tool and supports dual-headed configurations vastly better.

grub grub grub (repeating): what is wrong? (frustration!)

Posted: 10 Feb 2004 12:45 AM PST

Good ideas, but didn't work.

Eventually I realized that it's easy to use a floppy disk and to
specify

root (hd0,0)
kernel /bzImage
boot

Everything went fine. Sometimes the low-tech solution works just
fine.It's not as if I reboot this machine very often. rj

Knoppix_V3.3-2004-02-09 a dud?

Posted: 09 Feb 2004 11:23 PM PST

Have discovered that the problem reported below was caused by the ISO
burning software I used, EasyISO 123 which apparently doesn't work
properly with my new LG4040B multi-format burner (but reports the ISO
as successfully burned).

Today I burned the ISO again, with the program EasyBurning 1.62 (which
also failed to burn the ISO on the LG4040B, but reported the failure
and turned out a pure coaster), but using an older Plextor Plexwriter
8/20 burner, and this time the disk booted ok and all but two of the
52 files passed the md5sum test.


On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:23:55 GMT, nettax (Achim Nolcken
Lohse) wrote:
 



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