From: Digestifier To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Tue, 6 Sep 94 08:13:22 EDT Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #713 Linux-Misc Digest #713, Volume #2 Tue, 6 Sep 94 08:13:22 EDT Contents: Kerberos System for Linux? (Christopher Joslyn) Re: Mosaic on Linux ("Jae W. Chang") Terminal Servers (michael) Re: Nachos anyone? ("Jae W. Chang") Re: Boca 8 Port Board - Great For Linux (Markus_Becker) Re: PC as X-terminal (was:Smallest linux box (with an NFS mount)) (Chuck Slivkoff) Re: How to use 14400bps with modem? (Steven M. Gallo) Re: Whats the best _CHEAP_ ISA video card for Linux/Xfree? (Ziniu "Michael" Wei) Re: LJ#4? (Ahmed Naas) Re: Nachos anyone? (Ahmed Naas) [CDROM] Mounting PhotoCDs - possible ? (Ronald van Loon) Re: any Linuxers out there using Demon Internet? (Stephen Parkinson) Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ... (Dexter Mobley) Problems with Adaptec AHA-2740 ("Igor U. Lobanov") Re: 16550AFN serial card (Jim Graham) Re: survey on S3 videocards with programmable clocks, especially (Frederic POTTER) Re: [INFO WANTED] C/SLIP vs. PPP (Frederic POTTER) Re: Linux Journal (Steven Buytaert) Re: WARNING about shadow-mk package (Joe Zbiciak) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: joslyn@benji.Colorado.EDU (Christopher Joslyn) Subject: Kerberos System for Linux? Date: 6 Sep 1994 01:17:13 GMT Has the Kerberos system been ported to Linux? If so, where could I get a copy? Thanks. - Chris -- ===== Purgamentum Init, Exit Purgamentum ==================================== Christopher M. Joslyn | joslyn@cs.Colorado.EDU University of Colorado - Boulder | Opinions - "I think, therefore Voice - (303) 492-4932 | I disclaim." ------------------------------ From: "Jae W. Chang" Subject: Re: Mosaic on Linux Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 23:09:43 -0400 stevev@efn.org (Steve VanDevender) writes: > X applications don't read .Xdefaults every time they start up. > When X is started, xrdb is used to load .Xdefaults into the X > server's resource database. You might note that editing > .Xdefaults won't affect application behavior until you restart > the server. Or until you xrdb -merge Jae ========================== jae+@cmu.edu ------------------------------ From: michael@APlatform.aplatform.com (michael) Subject: Terminal Servers Date: 5 Sep 1994 20:17:56 -0700 I am in the process of researching terminal servers and would be interested in hearing any feedback. Thank you... ------------------------------ From: "Jae W. Chang" Subject: Re: Nachos anyone? Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 23:18:57 -0400 s0017210@cc.ysu.edu (Steve DuChene) writes: > OK, I'l bite, what is Nachos? Ugh, I forgot what nachos stood for. Not Another Completely? Heuristic? Operating System? Doesn't make sense, but that's what first came to my mind. Anyway, it's basically a software emulation of a mips processor w/ an operating system built on top of it used as a learning tool for operating systems. Jae ========================== jae+@cmu.edu ------------------------------ From: markus@gummibaer.rhein-main.de (Markus_Becker) Subject: Re: Boca 8 Port Board - Great For Linux Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 10:29:21 GMT hm@ix.de (Harald Milz) writes: > > There is none up to now. A driver for the Specialix SI is in progress. > Pls check the Projects Map. > Silly question: Where can I get this map ?? comp.os.linux.* ? Ftp ? CU Markus *** Oo Baila para obtener nuevos amigos !! *** *** \V> Acepta otras culturas !! *** *** /#\ Haz paz por todo el mundo !! *** *** #\ markus@gummibaer.rhein-main.de *** ------------------------------ From: s0087452@cc.ysu.edu (Chuck Slivkoff) Subject: Re: PC as X-terminal (was:Smallest linux box (with an NFS mount)) Date: 6 Sep 1994 03:47:11 GMT S.G. de Bruijn (debruijn@cs.utwente.nl) wrote: ) The Linux diskless X-terminal files can be found at: ) ftp://ftp.bme.hu/pub/unix/Linux/network/netboot Is this site correct? I keep getting unknown host errors. I tried e-mail to the author, but that bounced. What gives? -- Chuck Slivkoff s0087452@cc.ysu.edu Computer Science Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH: All the drugs, crime & violence of New York at half the cost! ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin From: smgallo@cs.buffalo.edu (Steven M. Gallo) Subject: Re: How to use 14400bps with modem? Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 21:35:27 GMT In article <33tcak$hmp@due.uninett.no>, Kristian Mowinckel wrote: >Today my USRobotics Sportster 14400 FAX MODEM arrived. > >Now I use it at 9600 bps since 14400 is not an option offrered. >(I use Seyon by the way.) >How can I use 14400 bps? > >Do I have to recompile the kernel? > >2400 4800 9600 19200 etc are supported, but not 14400. > >I know it must have something to do with setserial, but how? > > > >Regards, > >Kristian August Mowinckel > Hi! From what I recall, the numbers you listed are the speeds of the serial port itself. The seed of the modem is set using the initialization string that you send to it and don't have to be the same. Use the 19200 baud speed for your serial port. That way the serial port sends to the modem at 19200 baud, the modem then compresses and sends the data over the phone lines at 14400. Steve ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin From: ziniuwei@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Ziniu "Michael" Wei) Subject: Re: Whats the best _CHEAP_ ISA video card for Linux/Xfree? Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 12:36:18 GMT Larry Doolittle (doolitt@recycle.cebaf.gov) wrote: > Dirk Eddelbuettel (eddelbud@qed.uucp) wrote: > : Very well that the ATI Mach32/Ultra/Ultra Pro are advocated for, but could > : someone give me hints for the best performance/price ratios ? > * STB PowerGraph X-24 > works well (I have the VLB version, a VL-24) > some recent boards appear to have problems with > the on-board frequency synthesizer when you > change modes. When it works, it's nice not > to worry about what dot-clocks you have available, > since the card can synthesize any with about > 0.1 MHz resolution. Agree. I have a STB Powergraph X-24 ISA. It's a very nice card. Very fast for this price ($125 at Treasure Chest). BTW, I do have some funny problems on the clock-synthesizer. It takes about 5 second to set the clock, no matter when I start the X, or when I switch the mode. It works fine, just takes some time. Someone suggests that it might be my monitor problem, 'cause I have a cheap no-name monitor (Korean made SVGA NI). Is it the problem you're talking about on the synthesizer of recent boards? Thanks. ------------------------------ From: ahmed@oea.xs4all.nl (Ahmed Naas) Subject: Re: LJ#4? Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:11:49 GMT Derek Fawcus (df@eyrie.demon.co.uk) wrote: : In article <33vk3n$mq8@bigboote.WPI.EDU> joev@garden.WPI.EDU (Joseph W. Vigneau) writes: : >Has the Linux Journal #4 been distributed yet? I just received LJ#3 : >yesterday... : Lucky fellow, I still haven't received LJ#3 Have you contacted them? I recieved LJ#3 twice already. The first time it was damaged with moisture. I asked for a replacement copy and I got it in the mail with #5. -- The above is a result of random neuron activity in the writer's brain. Ahmed M. Naas ahmed@oea.xs4all.nl ====================================================================== ------------------------------ From: ahmed@oea.xs4all.nl (Ahmed Naas) Subject: Re: Nachos anyone? Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:14:25 GMT Robert Wesley Bingler (rwb3y@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU) wrote: : Hey, : Has anyone ported/compiled nachos operating system code to Linux? : It is said to compile under FreeBSD etc. I am working with version 3.2. What the heck is nachos? Where is it available from? -- The above is a result of random neuron activity in the writer's brain. Ahmed M. Naas ahmed@oea.xs4all.nl ====================================================================== ------------------------------ From: rvloon@motif.hacktic.nl (Ronald van Loon) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help Subject: [CDROM] Mounting PhotoCDs - possible ? Date: 5 Sep 1994 23:02:34 +0200 I just got myself an external SCSI Toshiba CD-ROM drive - 3401TA (at least that's what gets reported at boot time). The good news: It works fine with my Adaptec 1542C (at least under Linux, under Dos I had some troubles setting it up. If you have done so successfully, let me know. I'd also be interested in getting PhotoCDs to work under DOS; the drive didn't come with any drivers for DOS). The bad news: Fine in the previous sentence means: `audio' and `data' work fine. I can't mount PhotoCDs. Is PhotoCD (which I believe is CD-ROM XA) supported by linux/isofs ? Do I need special software in order to use PhotoCDs ? Can anyone shed a light on this peculiar problem? -- Ronald van Loon \ S-Mail: St. Janskerkhof 18 | Note: My e-mail - Motif++ Maintainer \ 3811 HW Amersfoort | address will change - Columnist C++ Report \ The Netherlands / on September 1, 1994 to (rvloon@motif.hacktic.n ------------------------------ From: Stephen@zmemw16.demon.co.uk (Stephen Parkinson) Subject: Re: any Linuxers out there using Demon Internet? Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 21:14:08 +0000 In article <613308495wnr@gemma.demon.co.uk> dave@gemma.demon.co.uk writes: > In article: alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk (Anthony > Lovell) writes: > > : Any further queries, please feel free to mail me. (just remember the > > : Scotland bit :))) ) > > > > What about Wales, we're not in England. :) > > > > -- > My apologies. > > -- > Dave MacRae |The views expressed here are mine and > Edinburgh |mine alone and do not reflect the views > Scotland |of my employers in any way. > > Please take followups to demon.local Stephen Very Tongue in Cheek Parkinson ------------------------------ From: dmobley@escape.com (Dexter Mobley) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin Subject: Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ... Date: 5 Sep 1994 19:24:00 GMT i too, would like to have a copy of this config for my ss24x. it may be crap, but it the only piece of crap i got. dmobley@escape.com ------------------------------ From: "Igor U. Lobanov" Subject: Problems with Adaptec AHA-2740 Date: Tue, 06 Sep 94 10:47:55 +0400 Reply-To: igor@geo.ch.free.net Has anyone install Linux on PC with Adaptec AHA-2740 EISA SCSI Host Adapters ? Please help. PC: 486DX2/66, EISA, RAM 32MB, 2 HD 1008GB ==================================================================== Igor U. Lobanov, Software Engineer | Tel: +(7-3512)-667-033 Geodesy and Cadastr Town Center, | Fax: +(7-3512)-667-022 454004, RUSSIA, Chelaybinsk, | Vorovskogo st., 2 | E-mail: igor@geo.ch.free.net ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help From: jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham) Subject: Re: 16550AFN serial card Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 02:15:15 GMT In article <34798u$4kh@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> fs1@aixterm1.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Andre Fachat) writes: >Another silly question It's not a silly question at all. It is, however, misplaced. Note the new followup-to header. :-) >Can I just remove the 8250 from an (very) old Serial Card and replace >it with a 16550 Yes, you can, assuming your serial board has a real 8250, and not just a multi-function chip that emulates an 8250. If this board is as old as you say, there's a good chance of that. The 8250, 16450, and 16550 UART families are all pin-compatible, so you can replace one with another at will. Of course, you'd be crazy to replace a 16550A (or better) UART with an 8250 or 16450, and you'd lose the extended FIFO and interrupt handling...but you could. :-) You may run into trouble if your UART isn't in a socket (i.e., if it's soldered in). If this is the case, your best bet is to take a small pair of wire-cutters and cut the old UART off the board. Then, using a low-power soldering iron (absolutely no more than 25W, preferably something between 15W and 20W), remove what's left of the pins from the chip. Be *VERY* careful not to overheat the copper traces on the board, or they'll detach themselves, and you'll have yet another headache on your hands. After you're done with that, insert a 40-pin DIP socket, carefully solder it in place, and when it's cooled down for a bit, insert the new UART. Once you've replaced the UART, you're good to go (assuming you didn't burn anything up by overheating it with your soldering iron). >to improve serial throughput? Whether or not it will improve your throughput depends on a lot more than what's installed right now, and what, if any, problems you're having. I'll be glad to answer more questions on that, but not tonight...we spent all day today out on the boat, and my brain still seems to think it's out on the open water (i.e., there seem to be waves rocking this apartment, and the nearest water from where I live on the island is across the street). Of course, this happens every week, but..... :-) Later, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) < Running Linux 1.0.9 > jim@n5ial.mythical.com ICBM: 30.23N 86.32W || j.graham@ieee.org Packet: N5IAL@W4ZBB (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) E-mail me for information about KAMterm (host mode for Kantronics TNCs). ------------------------------ From: frederic@swing.ibp.fr (Frederic POTTER) Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: survey on S3 videocards with programmable clocks, especially Date: 6 Sep 1994 07:00:59 GMT Using MIRO 10SD on a "el cheapo" PCI 486DX66 motherboard. with a TOPPLY 21" interlaced monitor. I'm using the clock defined in the default Xconfig.S3 that I found on the disk after the installation of the slackware 1.2.0. It switchs instantly from any modes to others. But forget about my monitor, I bought it in an airport wairhouse because its case has been smashed during the flight. I've never seen anything like this one, but the price was quite interesting.... ------------------------------ From: frederic@swing.ibp.fr (Frederic POTTER) Subject: Re: [INFO WANTED] C/SLIP vs. PPP Date: 6 Sep 1994 07:04:47 GMT In fact, it depends on the quality of you telephone line. 1) Your line is a good one, so they are not numerous errors, SLIP is faster because it doesn't contain any errors correction protocols as PPP does. 2) Your line is poor and you are using SLIP, so the packet correction is made via TCP/IP standards procedure, which is much slower than serial line dedicated PPP error correction procedures ------------------------------ From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert) Subject: Re: Linux Journal Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 06:46:36 GMT Phil Hughes (fyl@eskimo.com) wrote: [...] : If you have comments, by all means send them to us (linux@ssc.com is the : easiest address. SSC publishes Linux Journal and we just converted the : office over to a Linux network.) Phil, That is IMHO a very nice topic to spend a few articles on. - from what network system did you change over ? - what decisions did you made for that - what software are you using/ hardware ... - ... Something for th future LJ ? Maybe other people are interested also... Stef -- Steven Buytaert WORK buytaert@imec.be HOME buytaert@innet.be 'Imagination is more important than knowledge.' (A. Einstein) ------------------------------ From: im14u2c@cegt201.bradley.edu (Joe Zbiciak) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: WARNING about shadow-mk package Date: 6 Sep 1994 02:10:30 -0500 =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== This post is in regards to the login.secure program included in the shadow-mk package authored by Mohan Kokal. I, Joseph R.M. Zbiciak, am the sole author of this program, and would like to dispell any rumors labeling it as the tool of a "cracker." Included in this post is the source code for my /bin/login replacement. The binary included in the shadow-mk package distributed by Mohan Kokal was apparently compiled under GCC 2.4.5, using libc 4.4.4. I base this statement on the fact that the binary was indeed compiled by me on my personal Linux box, "asylum," prior to June 9th. On June 9th, I upgraded to GCC 2.5.8, and libc 4.5.26. Inspection of the login.secure binary will reveal that it was indeed linked with libc 4.4.4. Therefore, I seek corroboration of the following, since I cannot do this myself (my system has no room to dl libc 4.4.4 and gcc 2.4.5 to try this): The login.secure binary was most probably compiled as follows: gcc -o login.secure -s -N -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -m386 login1.c (as I said, under GCC 2.4.5, and libc 4.4.4) Using GCC 2.5.8 and libc 4.5.26 yeilds an executable of 1328 bytes with these options. Let me remind you that the /bin/login on my system has been and continues to be the login.secure binary that was included in shadow-mk. (Size: 1124 bytes. CRC: a4abbb26) I have PGP-signed this post to ensure its authenticity. My public key is available via finger. Please finger im14u2c@cegt201.bradley.edu. Pipe the output to a file and run pgp -ka on the file to add the key to your keyring. This key is primarily for private messages. I do not yet have a well established key for business use. One will be forthcoming. Please: I urge *ANYONE* that has any questions, problems, etc. relating this program to CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY. My email address is, once again, im14u2c@cegt201.bradley.edu. Should that address fail, there's also im14u2c@camelot.bradley.edu. Should both of those addresses fail for one reason or another, email Mohan Kokal at magnus@cegt201.bradley.edu, with instructions to forward the mail to me. And again: I do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone. The shadow-mk package is not insecure. The login.secure is indeed what it was titled. I do hope that this post lays to rest any suspicion about the shadow-mk package, its contents, and its author. I also apologize to Mohan Kokal for not realizing that such a small piece of code would cause such a large number of people to label him as a cheap-and-dirty cracker. Here's the source code: ==FILE: login1.c== /* Preprocessor for /bin/login */ /* Corrects /bin/login security hole regarding -f */ /* Also disables -h for non-root users. */ /* (c) 1994, Joseph R. M. Zbiciak */ #include #include #include main (int argc, char * argv[], char * envp[]) { char **av=argv; int ac=argc; if (argc>1) { while(--ac>0) { if (**(++av)=='-' && strlen(*av)>1) { *((*av)+2)=0; if (*((*av)+1)=='h' && getuid()>100) { fprintf(stderr,"You cannot specify a new host.\n"); exit (1); } } } } execve("/bin/_login",argv,envp); return 0; } ==END OF FILE== - --Joseph R.M. Zbiciak Systems Administrator & Programmer Texas Networking Systems, Inc. DISCLAIMER: Neither this post, nor any other post made by me, reflects the opinions of my various employers, unless EXPLICITLY stated. All opinions stated herein are mine unless otherwise noted. := Joe Zbiciak == im14u2c@ =: :- - cegt201.bradley.edu - -: If it works, Don't fix it. : - camelot.bradley.edu - : :-Finger for PGP Public Key-: :===========================: =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLmwUH/1glWhKqKRRAQHCAgP6AqTd3G9kzRm12GqiE29aL1VHjkYxb/hU FW4F0+TEIM7RbUcbfFPilwtnb2n08btgcLW+92YZRGf4FmzteVLEMhecz/+wB9Wd /Dr8rH5rUrJw2Lclx7ZmiLDLfBVHLahcRNQ/oH/itLg9UJXLzLKq8igEniIpyxgW LevHNAnbWgM= =VIIl =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is: Internet: Linux-Misc-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.misc) via: Internet: Linux-Misc@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites: nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux End of Linux-Misc Digest ******************************