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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 94 23:13:17 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #709
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Linux-Misc Digest #709, Volume #2 Sun, 4 Sep 94 23:13:17 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Nachos anyone? (Jason Wong)
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[q] Talk problem! (Frank J. Potolo)
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Re: **BRAND NEW**Texel CD-ROM Drives ***DIRT CHEAP***!!! (Ken Mcdonald)
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Re: Linux Journal (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
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NFS and the portmapper... (Stephen Louis Ulmer)
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New DIP-3.3.7-uri released (Uri Blumenthal)
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Re: NFS and the portmapper... (Stephen Vance)
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Send me your xFree86 benchmarks (Derrik Walker II)
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Re: 486dx4 vs Pentium 60 (bryan@brunswk.wanganui.gen.nz)
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Linux Seminar (Randy Hootman)
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Assembler working with GCC?? (Bernd Lehahn)
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Re: Assembler working with GCC?? (Bernd Lehahn)
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1542 (Dominic Fraser)
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Re: 486dx4 vs Pentium 60 (Peter Hahn)
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Re: Whats the best _CHEAP_ ISA video card for Linux/Xfree? (Bram Smits)
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Re: Does Linux honor the setuid bit on shell scripts? (Matthew Dillon)
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Re: If Linux passes X/Open's Spec 1170, will it become a true Unix? (Chris Bitmead)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: hywong@cs.cuhk.hk (Jason Wong)
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Subject: Re: Nachos anyone?
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 16:12:00 GMT
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Robert Wesley Bingler (rwb3y@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
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> Hey,
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> Has anyone ported/compiled nachos operating system code to Linux?
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> It is said to compile under FreeBSD etc. I am working with version 3.2.
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> Thanks,
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> Rob
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Hi, I also want to know the answer. Do I need to install BSDs in order to compile it?
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--
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----------------------------------------------------
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| WONG HO YEUNG JASON | ~{;F:FQs~} |
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| Department of Computer Science | ~{5gWS<FKcQ'O5~} |
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| Chinese University of Hong Kong | ~{Oc8[VPND4sQ'~} |
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| email:hywong@cs.cuhk.hk | |
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----------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: av643@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Frank J. Potolo)
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Subject: [q] Talk problem!
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Reply-To: av643@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Frank J. Potolo)
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 20:18:40 GMT
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Hello Linuxers,
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I just can't get "talk" working right! Everytime I invoke talk,
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even with a different account on the same machine, it says:
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[Couldn't bind to control socket : Cannot assign requested address (99)]
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My inetd.conf and my etc/services files look fine [to me.] I would
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appreciate if someone can shed a light on how to go about solving this
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problem. FYI, I am running Linux 1.0.9.
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- Frank
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------------------------------
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From: mcdonald@cs.sfu.ca (Ken Mcdonald)
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Subject: Re: **BRAND NEW**Texel CD-ROM Drives ***DIRT CHEAP***!!!
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 20:42:49 GMT
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Yes, this Jaskolski person has been offering a lot of very dubious "bargains"
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over the net. I personally don't want net bandwidth wasted with this kind
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of crud. Could I suggest that further postings from Jaskolski offering
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obsolete equipment at inflated prices should be met with the appropriate
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flamage in his mailbox?
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`
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Just a thought . . .
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Ken McDonald
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mcdonald@cs.sfu.ca
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"We don't need the net equivalent of used-car salesmen." -- me
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------------------------------
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From: bass@cais2.cais.com (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
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Subject: Re: Linux Journal
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Date: 4 Sep 1994 21:47:25 GMT
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Linux Journal is the ONLY mail that arrives in my smail box that is
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exciting and interesting. Nothing takes the place of lying back on
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the couch and reading sometimes - without looking at a screen!
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Linux Journal is great. and is money well spent. In the future, the
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freatures are bound to get better as the linux movement gains momentum.
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Support linux, XFree86, and Linux Journal !
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David Reid (dreid@hookup.net) wrote:
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: I am thinking of subscribing to the Linux Journal. Can anyone who is a
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: present subscriber or has seen the magazine, comment on whether it will be
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: money well spent. I don't really have easy access to any old copies so I am a
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: little wary about spending the money without knowing what I am buying. Any
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: comments would be appreciated. Thanks
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: David Reid - Stratford, Ontario, Canada
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: Email - dreid@hookup.net
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------------------------------
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From: ulmer@cutter.cis.ufl.edu (Stephen Louis Ulmer)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: NFS and the portmapper...
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Date: 4 Sep 1994 22:00:17 GMT
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Greetings,
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I've been using Linux on my home machines for some time now, and
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would like to add NFS capability. I get the following message
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whenever I try to mount an NFS volume - be it in fstab or from a prompt:
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mount clntudp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive
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I can't even mount a volume that exists on the same physical
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machine via NFS. I DO NOT have this problem with my Linux box at
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work, it is happily talking to a slew of OS/2 boxen with no problems.
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I've been using all of the other netty stuff without a hitch (SLIP,
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telnet, ftp, rlogin, et cetera). My basic configuration is:
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Machine #1:
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Homebrew Pentium
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Mylex MPE-60 PCI/EISA motherboard
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40MB RAM
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1.0 GB Fujitsu hard drive
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Orchis Prodesigner IIs SVGA card
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SMC Ultra Combo ethernet NIC
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STB 4COM I/O board (four NS16550A's) sharing IRQ12
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running Slackware Linux 2.0 with the 1.1.19-ncr kernel
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Machine #2:
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Homebrew 386-40
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8MB RAM
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125MB and 212MB IDE hard drives - both Maxtor
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same NIC
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some generic SVGA card
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running Slackware Linux 2.0 with the 1.0.9 kernel
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The machine at work is a _very_ old Compaq 386-20 Desqpro, this
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machine was installed with the same disks as machine #2 above, and the
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configurations are very similar. Yes, I have looked in the man pages,
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and FAQs, and Yes the kernels are compiled to support NFS.
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I'd really appreciate any help!
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Thanks,
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Stephen
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------------------------------
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From: uri@valhalla.watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal)
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Subject: New DIP-3.3.7-uri released
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Date: 1 Sep 1994 21:22:23 GMT
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Reply-To: uri@watson.ibm.com
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I'm happy to announce new release of well-known DIP...
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It's "dip337g-uri.tgz" on "sunsite.unc.edu", either
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in "pub/Linux/Incoming", or "pub/Linux/system/Network/Serial".
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Lots of upgrades, lots of patches... Thanks to Paul Cadach,
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Pauline Middelink, Bill Reynolds, who kindly sent their
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patches and mods to me.
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In short:
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- it supports proxy arp now (much easier routing);
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- allows SLIP users not to be present in /etc/passwd (of
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course you don't HAVE to use this feature - I was begged
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to include it in the package, so I did :-);
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- powerful "config" command (again, it can be security hole
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of considerable size, but it's blocked by default - to use
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it you'd have to recompile "command.c";
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- DIP script language now supports variables.
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Several other changes, fixes, streamlining, screwing up and such...
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Please test it, especially dial-in part - I wasn't able to ensure
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it handles line drops smoothly [in this release].
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As always, thanks, bug reports (with fixes :-) and compliments are
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welcome (:-).
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--
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Regards,
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Uri. uri@watson.ibm.com N2RIU
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============
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<Disclaimer>
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------------------------------
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From: srvance@unix.secs.oakland.edu (Stephen Vance)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: NFS and the portmapper...
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Date: 4 Sep 1994 22:23:59 GMT
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In article <34dg1h$2pm@sand.cis.ufl.edu> ulmer@cutter.cis.ufl.edu (Stephen Louis Ulmer) writes:
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>
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>Greetings,
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> I've been using Linux on my home machines for some time now, and
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>would like to add NFS capability. I get the following message
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>whenever I try to mount an NFS volume - be it in fstab or from a prompt:
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>
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> mount clntudp_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Unable to receive
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>
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I had this same message when all of the correct daemons weren't running on
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the intended NFS server. I couldn't tell you which one as they were all
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down :-)
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Steve
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------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
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From: dwalker@omega.csuohio.edu (Derrik Walker II)
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Subject: Send me your xFree86 benchmarks
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 22:32:20 GMT
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Since I could not Find a master list of video cards/chip sets, I would
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like everyone who has done so to send me the following infromation:
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1. the make of your video card
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2. the model of your video card
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3. the chip set of your video card.
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4. the Bus type of the card.
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5. your CPU type and speed (ie 384dx-40, or 486dlc-33)
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6. and obviously the xfree86 bench mark.
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After I have completed the list I will post it here and send a copy to
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the FAQ.
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Thanks
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-Derrik
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==============================================================================
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Derrik Walker II Student of Computer Sciences
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Cleveland State University Automation Assistant, Law Library
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d.k.walker85@csuohio.edu dwalker@omega.csuohio.edu
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===============================================================================
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http://pclab19.law.csuohio.edu:8099/html/dwalker/home.html
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------------------------------
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From: bryan@brunswk.wanganui.gen.nz
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Subject: Re: 486dx4 vs Pentium 60
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 10:27:39 GMT
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Zach (zkessin@world.std.com) wrote:
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: Hi i'm looking to get a system to run Linux but was wondering if
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: someone could advise me on weather [unlikely, given the distance ;-) ]
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: I should get a 486dx4/100 or a
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: Pentium 60. The 2 systems I am looking at cost almost exactly the same
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: but the 486 has a 520 mb SCSI hd while the pentium has a 420 ide.
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Disregarding the chipsets, since others will be far better informed than
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myself, two things jump to mind.
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1) 100 extra Mb
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2) SCSI will relieve you of grungy floppy tape drives and enable a more
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flexible upgrade path
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: Any thoughts? [ not too often :-) ]
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---
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bryan@brunswk.wanganui.gen.nz
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------------------------------
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From: rph@netcom.com (Randy Hootman)
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Subject: Linux Seminar
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 23:52:47 GMT
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[ Article crossposted from comp.os.linux.help ]
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[ Author was Randy Hootman ]
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[ Posted on Sun, 4 Sep 1994 18:54:31 GMT ]
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For all you people in the Bay Area. There will be (and has been) a Linux
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seminar each Wednesday from 6 to 10 P.M. at 1330 S. Bascom Ave. Suite F,
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in San Jose, CA. The topics to be covered are (time permitting):
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Introduction to Linux
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General Info
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Linux Resources
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Installation
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Setting Up XWindows
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Obtaining programs and compiling
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Simple systems administration
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Frequently Asked Questions and Problems
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Call (408) 369-9818 for more information.
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BTW, I am the lecturer.
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d8-)
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Randy
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--
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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,
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we pay ourselves the highest tribute." - Thurgood Marshall
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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Randy Hootman Randysoft Software (408) 229-0119
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--
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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,
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we pay ourselves the highest tribute." - Thurgood Marshall
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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Randy Hootman Randysoft Software (408) 229-0119
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------------------------------
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From: bernd@bjshome.oche.de (Bernd Lehahn)
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Subject: Assembler working with GCC??
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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 17:31:22 +0100
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Reply-To: bernd@ego.oche.de
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Hi,
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is there a way to use DOS (i.e TASM/MASM) style assembler, or even WatcomC
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inlines (pragmas), together with GCC for LINUX ?
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Either a tool to convert object code formats, or an assembler for LINUX able to
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generate GCC object codes from MASM style assembler would be af help.
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Something else I'm constantly seeking, is an editor for LINUX (shell or X),
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which comes close to one of the good amiga editors (Cygnus ED). It should be
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able to work on normal, and vertical blocks, have an unlimited undo buffer,
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as well as the ability to record macros fast and efficient. It also should
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allow multiple files in one window, and most importantly it has to be _fast_.
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Thanks for any tips, or pointers !
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=========== Bernd Lehahn, Ebertstr.30, 52134 Herzogenrath, Germany =============
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- Tel:49-2407-59473, Fax:49-2407-8226, ADSP:bernd@egosoft.adsp.sub.org -
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- use/internet: bernd@ego.oche.de (...speaking just for myself) -
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- Wer selbst nichts erreicht hat, verweist oft auf die Erfolge seines "Volkes" -
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------------------------------
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From: bernd@bjshome.oche.de (Bernd Lehahn)
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Subject: Re: Assembler working with GCC??
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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 17:42:20 +0100
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Reply-To: bernd@ego.oche.de
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In article <aWPmv*GAe@bjshome.oche.de>, Bernd Lehahn writes:
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> Something else I'm constantly seeking, is an editor for LINUX (shell or X),
|
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Before someone starts to explain how Emacs could fulfill all those needs, I
|
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should add that I already looked at him, but I would prefer an editor rather
|
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than a lisp interpreter. :)
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- Bernd
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------------------------------
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From: dominic@pepper.cuug.ab.ca (Dominic Fraser)
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Subject: 1542
|
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 23:33:26 GMT
|
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Looking for info on the compatibility of Adaptec 1542c scsi interface cards.
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I understand that the 1542b, which is obsolete, was more forgiving than
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the newer 1542c. Is this a problem with the linux drivers?
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Thanks for any help.
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--
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dominic@pepper.cuug.ab.ca o | bibo, ergo sum
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Dominic Fraser @ 1:134/25 _ <\_ 1(403)286-0216 | -+-
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The Hideaway BBS, and pepper (+)>(+) Calgary CANADA | carpe viam
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~~~~~~~~~
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------------------------------
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From: Peter@tequila.oche.de (Peter Hahn)
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Subject: Re: 486dx4 vs Pentium 60
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 08:03:46 GMT
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zkessin@world.std.com (Zach) writes:
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>Hi i'm looking to get a system to run Linux but was wondering if
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>someone could advise me on weather I should get a 486dx4/100 or a
|
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>Pentium 60. The 2 systems I am looking at cost almost exactly the same
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>but the 486 has a 520 mb SCSI hd while the pentium has a 420 ide.
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>Any thoughts?
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Two arguments apperare in mind: First, a Pentium-60 benchmarks at 61 SpecInt,
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a dx4-100 at 52 -- can't remember floating point exactly, but the difference
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is tendencially even bigger. Second the memory interface of the Pentium is
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much better than the 486 one. It is 64 Bit wide and knows of write back
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cache.
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There are even more reasons, but this two would be sufficient for me.
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The only reason to buy a dx4-100 is IMHO to preserve your board with a
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486-socket with 25, 33 or 50 MHz external clock.
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Peter
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--
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Peter Hahn Peterstr. 26
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52062 Aachen Germany
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Peter@tequila.oche.de pch@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
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Voice: +49 241 37151
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------------------------------
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From: bram@fangorn.hacktic.nl (Bram Smits)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
|
||||
Subject: Re: Whats the best _CHEAP_ ISA video card for Linux/Xfree?
|
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Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1994 23:40:00 GMT
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Reply-To: bram@fangorn.xs4all.nl
|
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mah@ka4ybr.com (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR) writes:
|
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|
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>: monitor so I am looking for an accelerated card that gives me 800x600 and
|
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>: 1024x768 (but not more, no 2 MB cards needed) and that will be faster than
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>: the 512 kB Oak Oti67 it will replace (this one sucks: TOTAL 3012.000000
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>: xStones reported by xbench).
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>
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>It's not an accelerated card, but the little beastie is FAST! - the Trident
|
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>8900CL with 1MB... you can get them for about $60.00 and I've seen them
|
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>run rings around some so-called accelerated cards! I dunno how they do it,
|
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>but they do!
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WD 90C31 based cards are also pretty cheap, and I've seen it run rings
|
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even around some VLB cards.
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v__
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<"___\____ Bram 'mouser' Smits.
|
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|
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Namechange: fangorn.hacktic.nl will become fangorn.xs4all.nl soon. Please use
|
||||
this new address when replying, it is already operational.
|
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|
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* All views expressed herein are my own, etc, etc. | Fangorn Systems *
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* All disclaimers apply. | Heerlen, The Netherlands *
|
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* Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of reality, *
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* O Smaug the Greatest and Chiefest of Calamities - JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit *
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From: dillon@apollo.west.oic.com (Matthew Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Does Linux honor the setuid bit on shell scripts?
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Date: 2 Sep 1994 00:18:41 -0700
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:In article <9408282358.46@rmkhome.com> rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) writes:
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:>Jeff Tranter (tranter@Software.Mitel.COM) wrote:
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:>: In article <1994Aug20.201135.6845@wicat.com> kyle@wicat.com (Kyle Bateman) writes:
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:>: >I'm a UNIX newbie (sorry) and I'm trying to get the "set uid on execution"
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:>: >bit to work on a shell script. The FAQs I've read seem to indicate
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:>: >that it should work but when I try it, the script still fails with
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:>: >a permission error.
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:>
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:>: From the Linux FAQ:
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:>
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:>: Question 6.4. Setuid scripts don't seem to work.
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:>:
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:>: That's right. This feature has been specifically disabled in the Linux
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:>: kernel because setuid scripts are almost always a security hole. If you
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:>: want to know why read the FAQ for comp.unix.questions.
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:>
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:>Obviously, making a script setuid root is extremely stupid.
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:>
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:>In my approximately 14 years of dealing with UNIX I have seen various
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:>instances where a shell script was setuid to some non-root user for
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:>purposes of software installation, netnews, etc.
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:>
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:>It seems to me that this makes Linux less of an "open" system than other
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:>UNIX systems. Traditionally, UNIX has never had barriers that kept people
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:>from being stupid.
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:>
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:>--
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:>
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:>Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com
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Shell scripts are not just used for tcsh, csh, and bash stuff... Frankly,
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there are plenty of interpreted languages out there that benefit greatly
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from a suid capability that I cannot run under linux without creating
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a C wrapper.
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perl comes to mind.
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-Matt
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--
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Matthew Dillon dillon@apollo.west.oic.com
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1005 Apollo Way ham: KC6LVW (no mail drop)
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Incline Village, NV. 89451 Obvious Implementations Corporation
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From: chrisb@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead)
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Subject: Re: If Linux passes X/Open's Spec 1170, will it become a true Unix?
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Date: 5 Sep 94 11:39:10
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|
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In article <CvHyw2.27p@info.swan.ac.uk> iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
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>>In UniForum's UniNews July 20,1994 issue there's and article on X/Open's
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>>UNIX branding. This got me thinking--if Linux would pass this branding,
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>>would it become a full-fledged _official_ Unix, on par with SunOS or
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>>HP/UX or whatever?
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>
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>Correct as I understand it unless there is some requirement for the code
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>to be derived from the AT&T code...
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>
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>>So the question is--how close is Linux to conformance to Spec 1170? Would
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||||
>>it be a Good Thing(tm) for Linux to become a "true" Unix? Would it cost
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>>major money to be branded, and if yes, is it worth raising that kind of
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>>money somehow?
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>
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>It would cost a lot and include royalties according to the X/open blurb I
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>saw.
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Brilliant! Now we have the opportunity to pay royalties to X/open instead
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of USL. :)
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It wouldn't be a bad idea though if someone got hold of the spec and made
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Linux compliant, even if official status can't be obtained.
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