January 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

/etc/rc.d vs. /sbin/init.d
by MaD dUCK 09 Jan '01

09 Jan '01

hi all, the /etc/rc.d hierarchy is system V as far as i know (or BSD? - i always mix them up). suse, however, doesn't use it and decides to employ /sbin/init.d. is this FHS? why was this choice made? what are the advantages? sure, they are "programs" to be executed at boot, and as such, /sbin is right and /etc was never the right place, but why not have /etc/rc.d/rc?.d with symlinks to /sbin/init.d - because the rc stuff in /sbin/init.d as well as boot, boot.local, halt, halt.local are really /etc candidates whereas the scripts for various programs like qmail/postfix, bind, dhcpd, ntpd etc. are /sbin candidates. what are your thoughts? does anyone know suse's rationale? martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net -- "the human brain is like an enormous fish -- it is flat and slimy and has gills through which it can see." -- monty python

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wvdial and interactive login
by Terry Eck 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Hello, I have just converted from kppp to wvdial. Although wvdail is a great way of connecting to my normal ISP I do have a problem connecting to one. Is there a way of having wvdial prompt me for a password after it sends the login userid. The reason I need this is I have to use a different password each time I login. I have a small device which looks like a calculator where I enter the same 4 diget pin-code and the device displays an 8 diget password which I then type as the login password. I'm using wvdial which came with SuSE 6.3 Regards, Terry -- Terry Eck <eck(a)raytheon.com> Office: 972-575-6196_____Beeper: 972-297-5350_____Fax: 972-575-0556

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SuSE on Pda's
by Delbaere, Tim 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Anybody else have any more information about SuSE wanting to be 'THE' leader in linux on PDA's. There is an article on www.pdabuzz.com about it today. Tim Delbaere Architectural Cad Department Phone (020) 7692 8608 Yac (07092) 202677 9-18 Maple Place, Bay 2.2

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Re: [SLE] (off topic) HD size wrong in W98
by Cliff Sarginson 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

You are right it is off-topic. This is for Linux questions, and is busy enough as it is. Cliff > Apologies for a slightly off-topic subject, but I guess it's something that > people on this list might have dealt with in the past. > > I'm building a new system. Sadly, step number one is to install Windows 98! > It has a 20Gb UDMA drive which I used fdisk to split into two (SuSE will > go on another disk later - not yet installed). > > Whilst I have two 10Gb partitions (one in an extended partition), W98 > reports the size of the C: drive as 20Gb! Clearly something is not quite > right and I guess W98 may well get into trouble later. (D: is reported > correctly as 10Gb.) > > Is there something I've missed, or some way to convince W98 that I have two > 10Gb partitions? > > Cheers, > Marc. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > -- > 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/faq >

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(off topic) HD size wrong in W98
by Marc Bouron 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Apologies for a slightly off-topic subject, but I guess it's something that people on this list might have dealt with in the past. I'm building a new system. Sadly, step number one is to install Windows 98! It has a 20Gb UDMA drive which I used fdisk to split into two (SuSE will go on another disk later - not yet installed). Whilst I have two 10Gb partitions (one in an extended partition), W98 reports the size of the C: drive as 20Gb! Clearly something is not quite right and I guess W98 may well get into trouble later. (D: is reported correctly as 10Gb.) Is there something I've missed, or some way to convince W98 that I have two 10Gb partitions? Cheers, Marc. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [SLE] goodbye YaST?
by Cliff Sarginson 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

> Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > they are going in, and their complete lack of interest in their > > small-time users is starting to grate on me. They never listen or respond to > > suggestions or criticism. They are just trying to out-redhat redhat now. > Hey that sounds like Microsoft! > > > Shame really, it is a pretty neat distribution. > I think so too. It is too bad that commercial pressures make this > go the same way as many others have in the past > > Damon Register If anyone needs convincing of this, look at the recent amazing speed at which support for Pentium 4 came out. This is despite the fact that very few people can afford it, and more importantly Pentium 4's are slower than Pentium 3's and fast Athlon's until software gets re-written to take advantage of the new Pentium 4 architecture. And so many other things need attention ! I have email'ed to info(a)suse.com on this and several other issues. All I got was one reply saying what a good press they have in Germany. And are they listening to the growing concerns of several people on this list.. No they ain;t. etc. etc... Cliff

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need help with nfs
by amircea＠libertysurf.fr 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

I can't use nfs in my internal LAN. I use the SuSE kernel 2.2.16, configured for (normal, not kernel) nfs. While the files /etc/exports and /etc/hosts.allow are configured according to the man pages, and rpc.mountd and rpc.nfsd are started at boot time, nevertheless the mountd server refuses the access to the directory listed in /etc/exports. In the past, with older versions of the system, I had no problems running nfs so I suppose it may be a matter of new security features, not mentioned in the man pages. The rpcinfo -p command gives: program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 545580417 1 udp 703 bwnfsd 545580417 1 tcp 705 bwnfsd 100005 1 udp 740 mountd 100005 2 udp 740 mountd 100005 1 tcp 743 mountd 100005 2 tcp 743 mountd 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs Please help !

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Clustering
by keng heng 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

hi all, I have get through a lot of clustering articles, most are from beowulf.org, I realized that Suse has included a set of packages under category "be", but not much documentation on it. Is there any documentation from Suse site that can make as a refer to use those "be" packages and howto beoWulf! ckh :)

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Re: [SLE] need help with nfs
by Cliff Sarginson 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Have you tried "kexportfs -a" (needed if you use the kernel nfs) Cliff > I can't use nfs in my internal LAN. I use the SuSE kernel 2.2.16, > configured for (normal, not kernel) nfs. While the files /etc/exports and > /etc/hosts.allow are configured according to the man pages, and rpc.mountd > and rpc.nfsd are started at boot time, nevertheless the mountd server > refuses the access to the directory listed in /etc/exports. In the past, > with older versions of the system, I had no problems running nfs so I > suppose it may be a matter of new security features, not mentioned in the > man pages. > The rpcinfo -p command gives: > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 545580417 1 udp 703 bwnfsd > 545580417 1 tcp 705 bwnfsd > 100005 1 udp 740 mountd > 100005 2 udp 740 mountd > 100005 1 tcp 743 mountd > 100005 2 tcp 743 mountd > 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs > 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs > > Please help ! > > -- > 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/faq >

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SuSE Sparc mailing archives
by Guy Van Sanden 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Hello Does anyone know where I can find the suse-sparc mailing archives? The link on the suse site leads me to suse-linux-e on geocrawler... Thanks Guy

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