Linuxers March 2003

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LINK: Linux-Magazine March 2003
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Linux Magazine (Munich) www.linux-magazine.com ... which calls itself 'the magazine for advanced Linux know-how' o Security links of various major distros http://www.debian.org/security/ http://www.mandrakesecure.net http://www.redhat.com/errata/ http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/ http://www.sco.com/support/security/ http://www.slackware.com/lists/ http://www.suse.de/uk/private/support/security/ o NETWORKING MADE EASY: In today's high tech world, we all have to deal with computers. Whether it is part of a multinational's work group or just a small office/home office, the chances are we need at some point to interconnect to a network. Here GNU/Linux rules above all others, writes John Southern. Also - Linux in LANS - Network configuration under Red Hat 8.0 - The SuSE Distribution Network configuration (YaST) - Using Windows shares - Samba share configuration - Integrating NT4 domains with Samba - User management and authentication for Samba WORTH NOTING: Microsoft will soon be withdrawing its support for Windows NT4, but Samba for Linux offers a free alternative that provides both users and administrators with a familiar environment. o CHECK POINT SecurePlatform with firewall: CheckPoint's SecurePLatform provides a hardened Red Hat Linux with Check Point's own Firewall-1NG and allows you to install a firewall yourself within a few minutes -- without any assistance from systems integrators or consultants. o MS OFFICE UNDER LINUX: Codeweavers, the makers of Crossover Office -- with more than a little help from Wine -- promise to get the Microsoft Office Suite and a few other Windows programs running on Linux without any hassle. www.codeweavers.com Single license price approx US$ 55. o SOFT HARDWARE, THE BOCHS PC EMULATOR: Though the FLOSS community has developed free alternatives to complex Office suites, PC emulators have proven challenging so far. Despite poor performance, the Bochs ('box') project is at least interesting for test purposes. http://bochs.sourceforge.net o TIDYING UP DOCUMENTS: Part 2 of the LaTeX series looks at putting some structure into your documents. Divide documents into sections and chapters, creating tables of contents, using various list formats and tables, and working with cross-references and footnotes. o BLOCKS AND MESSAGES: The SMB (Server Message Block) protocol specifies how Windows computers communicate on a network. SMB provides access to files, printers, serial lines, and communication channels, such as named pipes and mailshots. Samba is a free SMB implementation. Just what is SMB -- an intro www.samba.org/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html o MySQL BACKUP: Admins often tend to use mysqldump, a component from the MySQL package, when they need to backup MySQL data. But a more convenient method is MySQL backup. o PARANOIA FOR BEGINNERS: Info security on GNU/Linux. http://www.kerneli.org/ http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ http://gsu.linux.org.tr/wipe/ http://freshmeat.net/projects/securedelete/ http://wipe.sourceforge.net/ http://www.outguess.org/ http://wwwrn.inf.tu-dresden.de/~westfeld/f5.html http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/stego.html http://www.erikyyy.de/tempest/ http://tinfoihat.shmoo.com http://www.zapatopi.net/afdb.html o KEEPING IN SYNC: rsync program allows you to synchronise local or remote files and directories using the "rsync remote-update protocol" that first checks for differences between source and target before data transfer commences, thus minimizing transfer volume. o Stadrin is an effective enterprise tool for raising security levels, esp where the static passwords authentication systems are no longer sufficient. o INTERACTIVE 3D worlds with Coin and Qt. o LinuxBIOS Project: Putting GNU/Linux on your motherboard. o KNewsticker DELIVERS THE latest news hot off the press. o Icewm, YOU CAN use an oldermachine as a graphical desktop with light-weight alternative window managers (blackbox, fluxbox, aewm, pwm, larswm) and panels (fbpanel, hpanel, fspanel). o COLOUR CODES: syntax highlighting can improve read- ability when integrating your source code into a website or document. o CREATING CD images with mkisofs & dd o EVER SINCE WOODY, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 hit the scene, users have started turning to the flagship amongst free distributions. Some help to counter initial obstacles from Dr Linux. o BraveGNUWorld by Georg C F Greve looks at Ninvaders (clone of the console classic Space Invaders), GNOME-Annotate (make notes while working with a web browser), RULE (helping GNU/Linux work on earlier generation hardware) - http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders/ - http://home.swipnet.se/darshiva/software.html - http://www.rule-project.org - http://brave-gnu-world.org o ON THE CD: Kolab server (Germany's IT security federal agency has contracted three firms to provide a Free Software groupware solution accessible with Windows running Outlook and GNU/Linux running KDE clients), Amaya (browsing/authoring tool to publish docs on the Web... WYSIWYG style of interface), RH8 updates, games (3D Open GL Action RPG Space Simulator...) o Next month: - Groupware - Mail User Agents - Multi distributions - Lindows - Bootable CDs o SEND LETTERS and feedback to letters(a)linux-magazine.com -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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DCOP Server Ka Funda
by Ottavio Profeta 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, casually I got your mail, I hope to be useful for you. Just now I got the same problem and perhaps I have the solution (pheraps), try it ! IT SEEMS A PERMISSION PROBLEM YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS FOR THE DIRECTORY /tmp/.ICE-unix chmod 777 /tmp/.ICE-unix What does appens ? When You login into the KDE as a normal user, the dcopserver create a file into your home directory called lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 46 mar 25 17:09 .DCOPserver_sun03 -> /usr/johndoe/.DCOPserver_sun03_192.168.88.88:0 -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe user 52 mar 25 17:24 .DCOPserver_sun03_192.168.88.88:0 this file contains a reference to the directory in a form like this: local/sun03:/tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop1348-1048616687 1348 OK, now seems that your process can't write to /tmp/.ICE-unix so dcopserver appears don't start. Sincerely, Ottavio Profeta. P.S. If you succeed make me know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhushan Tiwari linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Tue Jan 22 12:34:04 2002 a.. Previous message: [ILUG-BOM] DCOP Server Ka Funda b.. Next message: [ILUG-BOM] Free Software / Open Source evangelists...xpress ur opinion if u want to c.. Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Could anyone please explain me the Funda behind DCOP Server? > What kind of server is it? I just discovered.... DCOP is KDE's Desktop Communications Protocol. It is a lightweight IPC/RPC mechanism built on top of the X Consortium's Inter Client Exchange protocol. It enables desktop applications to communicate reliably with low overhead. > sometimes when I start KDE it gives me an error, saying ... > "Error setting up inter-process communication for KDE. Message is: Could > not read network connection list /root/.DCOPserver_<hostname>_:0 please > check that dcopserver is running!" > How should I rectify that? But again, How should I rectify it ? ßhushån Tïwårï --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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How to run a script as Service
by !＠#$%^&*() 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hey ALL, I have a C executable, which I want to run as a Service just like "httpd" or "mysqld", I guess its called "DAEMON mode", how should I do this. I do not want to run it via CRON. Any pointers, leads are greatly appreciated. Thanking in anticipation. SP __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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tty lock
by Shahed Moolji 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, I Sco unix, there was a nice command line utility to lock a console / terminal session. It would display an (optional) banner, and unlock only on supplying a password. Is there any such command in linux ? Thanks Shahed.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
by Kanwar Plaha 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

I think in all fairness, LFY is a much bolder step than PCQ giving away linux CD's as an apology! If PCQ was any bolder, they should've started such a separate mag at least a couple of years ago. In fact they did run a poll whether readers were ready for such a mag and despite gettin overwhelming response in the affirmative (by their own admission) they decided not to go down that path. Another thing, LFY is talking of real applications on Linux, real news about companies moving over to Linux...All other mags (PCQ) have done is tell you how to configure samba or squid ... as if that's what linux is meant for...mags like those have done more harm to the image of Linux as an alternative that anything else. Take for example the case of CRM packages: There are scores of open-source STABLE CRM packages available under linux...or the case of network scanners and firewall packages (there are at least 3 good stable gui based ones) but all they write about is how to get and install such stuff on Windows... I support LFY's initiative (despite what RMS rants about) since they are trying to walk a path no one has walked...and is not GNU/Linux all about doing that? Lastly, here's something everyone should know: When i first went over to LFY's site, it supported only IE. I wrote back to them and complained about it... guess what? In less than 15 days, they got it running perfectly with Mozilla, Konqueror...essentially browser independent. I did not subscribe to the magazine till it was supported on Mozilla or Konqueror. Now that's the kind of response we should expect from people who claim to take up a cause. Kanwar Plaha __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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[OT] Distributed file system.
by Nikhil Karkera 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

Hi, We need to create a distributed file system as part of an academic project. We'll be making the system an abstraction over the GNU/Linux FS. The user needs to start up a shell that we provide, and then he is on the DFS. The DFS is spread across about 8 machines in a LAN. Since this is an abstraction over an existing FS, implementation details a not relevant. However, we were wondering over what would be a sound policy of data distribution across the machines? If a user creates a new file, how does the system decide on which machine to actually store it? Storing on the m/c that has maximum free space seems logical, but at the same time a lame policy (or is it the best way?). Currently we are not considering fault tolerance, i.e. each file is stored at a single place (no duplicates). However, if anyone could, please do shed some light on that as well. Warm Regards, Nikhil. PS: We are using PVM and pthreads for programming. _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
by Gurpreet Singh 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

hi FN i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n every stand in the city, good going! the quality of the magazines content was pretty ok kind, not very impressive! there is still a lot more room for improvement. ->>the RMS interview was BAD. it shud have been certaily much more informative but it wasnt. ->> the articles on suse n openoffice n wine didnt have the spark either BUT i have some praise too ->> the CD was an EXCELLENT compilation! things to watch in the cd... - anjuta - QUAKE 3 for linux suggestions, ->> i think we shud push the magazine to be renamed to GNU/Linux for you. FN can u plz start an e poll for that too. ->> the articles shud be a lil more informative, they shud be aimed at informing the reader abt the topic and also *imparting enuff knowledge to the user to start some action on the topic* ->> can wee have a few more games in the next cd and also indlinux version 0.37 (released at gnunify pune)can be incorporated. judt my humble opinion , nothing to get disheartned,this ofcourse is an amazing start... gurpreet On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : >JUST AN UPDATE of what's in issue # 2 of what claims to be Asia's >first >[GNU]Linux magazine, covering the technology for beginners, power >users, >IT implementers, developers and the industry. > > CONNECTING [GNU]LINUX & WINDOWS > Tools explained: Explore2fs and WinaXe > CYGWIN A friendly application > VMWare Go the emulation way > GRUB The dual boot metho > WINE Windows on [GNU]Linux > SAMBA Network [GNU]Linux across platforms > >o QUOTE: > LFY: How do you like the magazine? > RMS: I have to say this. I am very, very unhappy with the > magazine. You really should not be doing this. The > magazine should not be named LINUX For You. It should be > GNU/Linux For You. You've got to change this. > (Richard M Stallman, quoted in an interview) > > > o Editor Rahul Chopra says of the last issue: "Day three > of our all-India launch and we had sellouts from > top three cities!" > >o SUBSCRIBE TO LFY for Rs 370 per year, instead of Rs 600. > Valid uptil 31 March 2003. > > o OpenOffice.ORG is sure to give other > proprietory office suites a run for > their money, writes Sharminder Singh. > >o SuSE LINUX 8.1 is easy to install and fun to operate. > It can be used on your home and office desktop, > comes with fundoo games and educational software. > For the server administrator, there are several > useful tools available, says Vijaya Kittu. > > o COOL HANGOUTS FOR DEVELOPERS > www.sourceforge.com > www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/ > www.freshmeat.net > www.python.org > www.kernel.org > www.sun.com/developers/ > www.perl.com > >o IF YOU HAVE had that (anti-'piracy') knock on > your door, and are considering the move to GNU/ > Linux or have migrated since then, write to > freedomyug(a)linuxforu.com with your story. > > o INDIA NEWS > - Red Hat India to expand > - Interview: V Khanna, CEO, Ampersand, Delhi > - LinuxInIndia: extracts from a report by > Nasscom (some on the GNU/Linux found it > ironical that one of India's pro-Microsoft, > and pro-proprietorial code > bodies is tom-tomming GNU/Linux) > - C-DAC taking the open source route. > - Open Source: a disruptive technology? > - Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, 180 > beds with advanced diagnostics, has > opted for GNU/Linux. > - Symantec AntiVirus, Mumbai > - Rainmail Intranet from Carizen Software Chennai > - GroupX2, groupware soln from Blore > - Elx, much undernoticed, from Hyderabad > - Legato's NetWorker from Delhi > - eSpark's Realtime, Bangalore > - Atlantic's sales force automation, Delhi > - Arava's Arcon -- mail, Internet, intranet server > >o ENTERPRISE MESSAGING... Firms that use GNU/Linux > for e-mails find it feature-rich, stable and > easy to upgrade. News from Sahara India (1500 > offices... using Qmail), Bharati-Teletech, > Bry-Air (RedHat for e-mail and proxy servers > since 1999), Arcus Ltd. > > o Q-MAIL SERVER IN THE ENTERPRISE. Use > the step-by-step instructions given here > to implement a Q-Mail server in your > organisation. It will take only a few > hours to do so. > >o MITHI cOnnect server: Offers a corporate > email solution with the "performance of > [GNU]Linux and the ease of Windows'" > > o WHAT's NUMA got to do with clusters? > >o INTRODUCING PERL.. Perl is a script language > that can help you carry out a variety of > tasks. Learn aboutPerl data types and variables. > Perl expressions, loops in Perl and more. > > o LINUX databases. MySQL, POSTGRESQL. > InterBase. Non-relational databases. > Four page article. > >o THE SHELL CORNER, beginning with interactive scripts > > o CVS for developers: This software helps > developers living across the world to > pool data in a central location, access > it, make changes to the content, and > save it. (Pages 80-81). > >o [GNU]LINUX IN EDUCATION: An article that doesn't do > justice to its subject. Lot more depth is required > to tackle this. GLUE by Ajith in Delhi is not > mentioned. LIFE of Prof Nagarajuna doesn't get > noticed. RedHat is wrongly credited for "working > closely" to deploy GNU/Linux in 42 schools (if > this is in Goa, the company did only very little) > and BytesForAll.org (something which I'm directly > involved -FN) doesn't focus on these kind of projects > and has never claimed to have worked on it ;-) > > o Design of a diskless client terminal > >o Report on GNUnify in Pune ('RMS was there') > > o Linux World Expo 2003, a report > >o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 edition is > available from sales(a)seascope.co.in > > o LISTING OF Asia's and India's LUGs and > GLUGs... pretty useful. Accuracy and > depth of info could improve. > >o ROBERT J CHASSELL on why software freedom empowers > the developer, enables the user, and offers > students something they love. (ENDS) > > LOOKING AHEAD: What's your opinion on > a suitable distro to be included in a > future edition of LFY? My suggestion? FreEduc. >-- >Frederick Noronha : http://www.bytesforall.org : When we speak >of free >Freelance Journalist : Goa India 403511 : software we >refer to >Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not >price. > >-- > > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&… Gurpreet Singh Student Final Yr Computer Sc. & Engg. --------------------------------------------------------------------- M A K E Y O U R O W N R O A D --------------------------------------------------------------------

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GNU licence issues
by Amish Munshi 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, Can I take a GPL software, modify it and give it the name I wish to? I do not mind keeping the credits of the people who have already done the project, but can I become the copyright owner of the new software? I wish to release the modified software also under GPL. Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust. Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+e8UFbCDhioPGUZ4RAromAKCNy2FVlGrwwXjid6+b4CA61+xLhgCeJd4z SOHoC/HZ6ebXeCzz5e9UuJo= =v9Cq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

Hi Gurpreet, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gurpreet Singh" <tonysingh(a)rediffmail.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows | > hi FN > i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n Just a suggestion, I think only a couple of relevant lines of the original message need be included in the reply rather than the whole original mail. I think this is also mentioned in the mail-list homepage guidelines section :) Thanks, --Royce.

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] how to configure external modem on linux - 2
by Kiran Ghag 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

>> You shud look for the FCC number of your modem, search for the drivers for that chipset and install them, and then u shud be all set. i guess this suggestion applies to internal modem...most of the external modem nowdays can be driven by generic drivers. Kiran Ghag Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India Work Phone: +91 (22) 2829 1454 Extension 5236 Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. -- Roger Price -----Original Message----- From: linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-admin@mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Suryaprakash Kompalli Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:00 PM To: ilug Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] how to configure external modem on linux Hello, I guess what you mean here is that you have not been able to configure your modem. If you dont hear the dial tone, most probably you configured

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Linuxers March 2003