December 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] VPN Masquerading
by frn＠a-w.de 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Hi Ron, > I need to access > Microsft VPNs through this configuration. > Windoze <---> Linux Firewall <---> Internet <---> VPN system > I thought that the 2.2.13 kernel was supposed to have IPSec and PPTP Have a look at: http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ip_masq_vpn.html Greetings, Frank -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Old Timers! Was: Choosing a programming language
by mmnelson＠hewitt.com 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

I've got a question for all the "old timers" here. I've been interested in programming for a while, and have read a couple of books but I'm missing something I think. Is there any good literature on the theories behind programming in general? While all the syntax in the world may be available, not knowing the processes used to solve problems is a hinderance. I haven't picked it up yet, but the O'Reilly book "Practical C Programming" (or something along those lines) seems to at least touch a bit on the theory in the beginning. Is this a good book for this purpose? I've been told that an introductory programming class would be the best for me, but finding the time and money is a little tough. Does anyone have any suggestions on this? From: "Patrick K Moorman" <khadji(a)pld.com> on 12/23/99 11:18 PM To: "James (Jim) Hatridge" <hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de> cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Client: Subject: Re: [SLE] Old Timers! Was: Choosing a programming language At www.python.org there is a good collection of docs, I have also purchased a copy of Programing Python pub. by O'Reilly. It is a little over my head (assumes some knowledge of programing that I don't have) but seems to be pretty through. ----- Original Message ----- From: James (Jim) Hatridge <hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de> To: <avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com> Cc: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 1:09 PM Subject: [SLE] Old Timers! Was: Choosing a programming language > > Hi all! > > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com wrote: > > > Good to see another old timer... > > I've got you all beat! My first computer was a NCR Cenutry 100 with 4k > (that't K not mb) of main memory. We programed it with RPG II on punch > cards. The NCR was built in 1964 and was upgraded in 1970 from 1k to 4k > memory. It had two HDs each about foot across. Each would hold about 1 mb. > One was for the OS and the other had data on it. > > My first computer job in Dallas was running IBM 370s and PDP 11/70s for > Tymeshare. > > Anyway,,, does anyone know of a good book online about Python > that I can d/l? I've been thinking about learning it. > > > > I started with PL/I and assembler with punch cards on an IBM 360, then > > moved to Fortran on CDC machines (anyone remembers Control Data?), from > > there to Fortran and C on VAX VMS, Fortran, C and assembler on IBM PCs > > and now Java, C++, etc. on PCs. Did you notice how the size of the > > machines is shrinking in my resume? ;-) > > > > Avi > > > > Jim Bruer wrote: > > > > > > >From the viewpoint of an "old" hobbyist: > > > In ancient of days I learned Fortran with punch cards! > > > Moved up to Basic with teletype machine > > > Took C at Haavard 8 years ago. > > > Tried C++ 2yrs ago. Started class 4 wks late and never "got it". > > > > > -- > > Avi Schwartz Get a Life > > avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux > > > Jim Hatridge > hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de > Proud Linux User #88484 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jim's Beowulf Project > Looking for giveaway computers and parts > I need it all! > Email Jim for details on > how you can help build a poor man's super computer. > > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] where to find more info
by activex1＠one.net 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

I have my firewall up and running at this point, I would now like to customize it. The first thing I would like to do is redirect all packets heading for a web server to my ISP's proxy server, trasparent to the web user. Can anyone point me to people that can help me out? Sam -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Star Office spreadsheet & HylaFax
by genz1968＠mtu-net.ru 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Hello, I would like to shoot out my resume to multiple hiring agencies. Is is possible for HylaFax to grab phone numbers and names off of a Star Office spreadsheet shoot them out. SuSEFax seems a bit clumsy for a lot of data input. I have SuSE 6.2 (Linux) installed. Thanks George -- My personal website http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.htm -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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RE: [SLE] Masquerading Difficulties
by rcordell＠ThoughtMill.com 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Thanks for the reply, Darren. I used Yast to re-install the earlier version of the firewals package, and everything started working again. To get the IP Masq'ing up and running, I just entered: ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.1.0/24 Now I can at least get back onto the 'net without having to dial up. I really want to find out what is going on with the scripts and where things are getting clobbered, because I suspect that you are correct when you say that is what is happening. I want to eventually get VPN masq'ing working, but that may take a while. Thanks, Ron Cordell -----Original Message----- From: Darren R. Weber [mailto:weberdr@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:56 PM To: Ron Cordell Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Masquerading Difficulties On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, you wrote: > I installed 6.3 and had some troubles getting the IP Masq' stuff to work. > After perusing through the list archives, I found that I needed to install > the latest firewals package from the update site. I did this, and while I > noticed that some scripts were now running, my second ethernet card, eth1, > was no longer recognized by the firewall scripts or dhcpd. > > I can't seem to make things work at all with the second card, although it is > initializing properly. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Ron Cordell I don't know how you got it to work before but what I did, and have recomended to everyone else with a 2 net card setup is to download dhcpcd instead of the SuSE client. The SuSE client has a bad habit of wiping out all network card configurations when it takes over for eth0. You can find dhcpcd on freshmeat.net and download it from there. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw(a)linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Masquerading Difficulties
by rcordell＠ThoughtMill.com 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

I installed 6.3 and had some troubles getting the IP Masq' stuff to work. After perusing through the list archives, I found that I needed to install the latest firewals package from the update site. I did this, and while I noticed that some scripts were now running, my second ethernet card, eth1, was no longer recognized by the firewall scripts or dhcpd. I can't seem to make things work at all with the second card, although it is initializing properly. Any ideas? Thanks, Ron Cordell -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Diskcopy question
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

Lenz Grimmer <grimmer(a)suse.de> writes: > Three steps: > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/imagefile bs=8k > dd if=/tmp/imagefile of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k > rm /tmp/imagefile I wonder if `dd' is not a mere archaism for such operations, nowadays. Why not more simply: cp /dev/fd0 /tmp/imagefile cp /tmp/imagefile /dev/fd0 rm /tmp/imagefile This always worked nicely for me, and for years. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] "Please imagine to load the agpgart kernel module first"
by billmadsen＠aya.yale.edu 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

This is the instruction that appears on the screen when you download the xi810 package using yast: "Please imagine to load the agpgart kernel module first. This module is needed to cause the X_server working." I guess it's clear enough what one is supposed to do, but this is _not_ English. My son-in-law, who is a professional translator from the Russian, tells me that the cardinal rule of translation is this: professional translation should be done by native speakers of the language being translated into. It is only too obvious that the English versions of SuSE documentation (the manual, etc.) are being prepared by native speakers of German who are less than thoroughly conversant with English idioms. I complained about this over a year ago and was assured that the problem was being taken care of. Apparently not, since German locutions and word orders and even literal German words are liberally sprinkled throughout the manual. Bill Madsen in St. Louis -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Re: Wvdial, SuSE 6.3 and dial on demand.
by k01164＠ko.sdu.dk 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

> Any idea as to why it won't work under 6.2? Probably because that option was not added to wvdial yet when 6.2 came out. Regards Ole -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Re: Diskcopy question
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 29 Dec '99

29 Dec '99

"Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams(a)mbs.valinet.com> écrit: > Shows that there's more than one way to skin a cat <groan>. I've read the following, somewhere. An old Unixer was chatting with an adolescent about their working habits. The youth was explaining how it could not imagine working without the mouse, and qualified himself as a mouse-type. The Unixer replied that himself was more of a cat-type! :-) > - cp copies a set of files from one place to another but does not in > any way modify them in transit. For the record, GNU `cp' did not always copy a file without modification. There was a time it was automatically sparsifying files (that is, replacing long sequences of zeroes by "holes"). According to current documentation, it does not do that anymore, unless the original file is already sparse, or `--sparse=always' is used. I would guess that sparsification is never done when the output is a device. (Jim, if easy, would you confirm?) -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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