September 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ok to remove nullOK?
by Susan Buczak 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Probably it is ok to remove nullOK? Is it just the thing that allows users to register without a password? what is > use_authto > k in your file Kastus? a typo or error mine doesn't have that... actually on the redhat i used bastille which made these changes don't think I have that option here so was trying to do more or less the same thing manually... Susan > #%PAM-1.0 > auth requisite pam_unix.so nullok #set_secrpc > auth required pam_securetty.so > auth required pam_nologin.so > #auth required pam_homecheck.so > auth required pam_env.so > auth required pam_mail.so > account required pam_unix.so > password required pam_pwcheck.so nullok > password required pam_unix.so nullok use_first_pass > use_authto > k > session required pam_unix.so none # debug or trace > session required pam_limits.so > > That might explain why your changes are ignored. > > Regards, -Kastus

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Re: [SLE] file modifications on 8.0
by Susan Buczak 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Just out of curiousity, maybe you guys know, but on my redhat system the current /etc/pam.d/login looks like this: #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so account required /lib/security/pam_access.so So obviously I am missing access.conf here which should be easy enough to throw in, but any ideas about the differences between using mxauth and not using it, as suse appears to be doing, what's suse's equivalent of the auth file? and nullOk is that safe or does it just apply to mail and stuff? > If I understand it correctly, /etc/security/access.conf is used by > /lib/security/pam_access.so module which is not present in default > /etc/pam.d/login configuration in SuSE 8.0: > > #%PAM-1.0 > auth requisite pam_unix.so nullok #set_secrpc > auth required pam_securetty.so > auth required pam_nologin.so > #auth required pam_homecheck.so > auth required pam_env.so > auth required pam_mail.so > account required pam_unix.so > password required pam_pwcheck.so nullok > password required pam_unix.so nullok use_first_pass > use_authto > k > session required pam_unix.so none # debug or trace > session required pam_limits.so > > That might explain why your changes are ignored. > > Regards, -Kastus > On 2002.09.29 15:22 Carlos E. R. wrote: > > I have version 7.3. It seems that the access.conf file is part of "pam", > and that's a subject I don't fully understand yet. But if it desn't work, > it is not because of suse "peculiarities", but because of pam > "peculiarities" - this time at least. > > That file will be the configuration file for one of the pam modules, and > that module most be activated in /etc/pam.d/somewhere, I believe in > "access" module. The documentation en doc/packages/pam is incomplete, but > have a look at chapter 6.1, specially this: > > For /etc/pam.d style configurations where your modules live in > /lib/security, start by adding > the following line to /etc/pam.d/login, /etc/pam.d/rlogin, > /etc/pam.d/rsh and /etc/pam.d/ftp: > > account required /lib/security/pam_access.so > > Note that use of this module is not effective unless your > system ignores .rhosts files. See > the the pam_rhosts_auth documentation. > > A sample access.conf configuration file is included with the > distribution. > > > That line does not exist in suse 7.3, so any change in the access.conf > will be ignored - as you report. > > By the way, yast autoconfiguration can be completely disabled, if you > want. > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos Robinson >

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Unable to Download Patches
by doc 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Anyone aware of a problem across all of the SuSE sites? Every one of them responds with "Unable to download patches". Thanks! doc -- "And God said, let there be light ... " "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, UNDER GOD indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. "

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Re: [SLE] YOU -- Can't get patches from server.
by Ben Rosenberg 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

* Michael D. Schleif (mds(a)helices.org) [020929 18:28]: ::Ben => :: ::Thank you, for your participation. No, my associate has very little ::idea what he is doing. :: ::# find / | grep lib | grep -i openssl ::/usr/share/doc/packages/openssl-doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod ::/var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/7.2/patches/openssl-5395.20020929.installed ::/var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/7.2/sec1/openssl-0.9.6a-69.i386.rpm ::/var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/7.2/d2/openssl-devel-0.9.6a-69.i386.rpm ::/var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/7.2/doc3/openssl-doc-0.9.6a-69.i386.rpm :: :: ::# sshd -v ::sshd: illegal option -- v ::sshd version OpenSSH_2.9.9p2 :: :: ::Please, straighten me out . . . If he's updated to the latest pkgs from SuSE's FTP site then you should be good. As I was saying earlier. SuSE patches existing versions of the software as not to break deps by other software on the system. The updated version of SSH for the SLES would be 2.9.9p2 but a patched version..since SLES is based on SuSE 7.0 and that's the same version of OpenSSH. I know it's confusing and I'm not sure I like it, but it's how SuSE does it. It's been a major topic on the SuSE Security list for the -ast few months. ::think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . As you can see by the date below. These packages were posted on Aug. 13th which is a month after the major OpenSSL bug that people are still talking about. No matter how many versions of Slapper or what new tools come to exploit the SSL problem. SuSE's patched it...or at least they've patched to the current known bug set. So trust it as much as you trust anything else created by humans to be perfect. :) ftp://ftp.gwdg.de:0/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.2/sec1/ ---- wrw-r--r-- 1 emoenke ftp 1729599 Aug 13 04:12 openssh-2.9.9p2-126.i386.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 emoenke ftp 965831 Aug 13 03:59 openssl-0.9.6a-69.i386.rpm ---- If your associate isn't UNIX/LINUX savvy then I would suggest restricting his access until he learns more if this is a production machine that houses important data. If you can't do that. Then I'm not sure what to say. But as long as he keeps the current patches installed at least by date then you should be better off then not. I would suggest having him subscribe to the security list and if he is even the slightest bit worried that he doesn't know what he's doing. He should post. They are really good people on that list and as long as the question is security related. They'll help him. As far as information on YaST2..on that version of SuSE I never went near it. It was to new for my tastes and often didn't work as well as I would have liked. I stuck with yast1 in this case. You should have information on that version in the system. YaST2 will effect you more if you go to SLES 8.0 which is a huge improvement over 7.0 :) Cheers! -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I tell you what you should see.

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tomcat 4 strangeness....?
by kathee 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hi, I have two servers -- one running tomcat 4.1.10 with SuSE 8 and the other running tomcat 4.0.3 on RH 7.3. I am seeing a strange thing with my java apps being served up on SuSE and I really want to make SuSE the production platform, so I am hoping I can get some help. Does anyone know of issues in 4.1 of tomcat vs 4.0? Is there an issue with SuSE? Is anything fixed in 8.1 of SuSE? The problem is fairly simple -- on a secure link of tomcat, certain web pages get served up with part of previous pages. In other words, as you cycle through (and this is all java, no apache, just tomcat serving java and xml) pages, some of the pages bring up old pieces of previous pages. If I restart tomcat, it fixes itself for a while. The strange part is, on the lower version of RH and Tomcat, it does not occur. I just don't want to start down grading haphazardly until I get a better handle on it. And no, there is nothing in any of the jakarta logs to indicate an error. thanks Kat

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Disk Shifted To New IDE Controller
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hi, I have just plugged my Linux boot disk into a different controller (on board raid) but it doesn't boot ... I figure this is just a matter of editing some files ... but which ones? James James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com

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Re: [suse-kde] VMware Crashing with Suse8
by Brian Marr 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Suse 8.0 Vmware 3.1 is working ok here Brian Marr On Monday 30 September 2002 10:23, Carl wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Install and config of VMware 3.2 is proving to be a nightmare. > > I found this on Google: > >VMware has a problem with Suse 8.0. > > > >Suse decided to include a memory management patch from the 2.5.x > >kernel tree in their 2.4.x kernels. Applications that are not > >specifically modified for this patch can be severely broken by it. > > > >VMware was not written to take this patch into account because VMware > >only supports 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels on the host and this patch is > >*NOT* part of the 2.2.x or 2.4.x kernels. > > > >Suse should not be claiming that the kernel shipped with Suse 8.0 is a > >2.4.18 kernel. It is not. It is a heavily modified kernel that was > >originally based on 2.4.18. VMware is compatible with 2.4.18 > >kernels. It is not 100% compatible with the custom kernel installed > >by default in Suse 8.0 (please note that Suse 8.0 is not a supported > >host OS) > > > >Replacing your patched Suse kernel with a stock 2.4.18 kernel will > >resolve the problem completely. > > > >>a fast an simple solution is to limit RAM to 850 MB at bootime, works > >>but if you need the RAM.... > > > >Whether you need the RAM or not, the better solution is to remove that > >patch. Apparently even the author of the patch has said that the only > >people who should see any benefit from it right now are people with > >more than 1GB of RAM, but less than 2GB of RAM who are also running > >Oracle on the machine. So removing it should not hurt anything. > > So is the only fix to use kernel.org kernels? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAj2XoIIACgkQnQ18+PFcZJtREQCfXcbD8Bfueuky9/0dAe6vH8NX > 55cAniZA0uVO5sDKf0La3twX02wKv+Q+ > =aqb7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Having another Linux installation on another disk
by David List 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

I have just installed another disk, sdc, on my SuSE Linux 7.3 system. I have installed Red Hat 7.3 on it, since I need to test some software I am writing. I need to be *absolutely* sure it works with the libs that come with RH7.3. After the RH7.3 installation, I restored my lilo, so that the system booted as before, and the RH7.3 installation was just lying there on sdc. So, how do I make lilo understand the new situation? The new disk has been partitioned as follows: sdc1 /boot sdc2 swap sdc3 / I intend not to let the two installations "see" each other, but I temporarily mounted /dev/sdc1 on /newdisk and ran /sbin/lilo with the /etc/lilo.conf below. This didn't work. I can boot to SuSE 7.3, but when I try booting to RH7.3, I just see: Booting Red Hat 7.3......... and nothing more happens. Something must be wrong with my /etc/lilo.conf entry for the new installation, but what? Is it that just temporarily mounting the /dev/sdc1 and running /sbin/lilo won't work? My /etc/lilo.conf looks like this, now: ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// append="hdc=ide-scsi noapic" boot=/dev/hda disk = /dev/hda bios = 0x80 disk = /dev/sr0 bios = 0x81 disk = /dev/sdc bios = 0x82 disk = /dev/sda bios = 0x83 disk = /dev/sdb bios = 0x84 vga = normal read-only menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg lba32 prompt timeout = 50 message = /boot/message image = /boot/vmlinuz label = SuSE7.3 root = /dev/sda3 initrd = /boot/initrd optional image = /newdisk/vmlinuz label = RedHat7.3 root = /dev/sdc3 initrd = /newdisk/initrd-2.4.18-3.img optional other = /dev/hda1 label = Win2k image = /boot/memtest.bin label = memtest86 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Best regards, David List

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After update Glibc rpm problem...
by berto van Oorspronk 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hello, I have updated the glibc (glibc version 2.2.4-75) library's on my SUSE 7.3 system in single user mode. After the update I even run the command /sbin/ldconfig ls -l glibc* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7626435 Aug 11 12:14 glibc-2.2.4-75.i386.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10943302 Aug 11 12:14 glibc-devel-2.2.4-75.i386.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9245569 Aug 11 12:15 glibc-profile-2.2.4-75.i386.rpm At the moment everything works file, but only the rpm program won't work anymore. It gives the following message: bash-2.05# rpm rpm: loadlocale.c:221: _nl_load_locale: Assertion `idx % __alignof__ (u_int32_t) == 0' failed. Aborted bash-2.05# Can anyone tell me what is (and what did I am) wrong? Berto bash-2.05# uname -a Linux pa3hfn 2.4.19 #1 Thu Sep 26 14:15:00 CEST 2002 i586 unknown

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GRIP and CD Ripping
by robert73 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Good Morning all I trying to make MP3s from CDROMs. IM not sure what program to use (which is the most popular)... IVe found GRIP online and included on the install cds. My problem is GRIP reports "no disk detected" There wasnt much in the grip docs except "the user needs access to the device" Ive changed perms in the propertices but still dosnt see the CDROM. ANy ideas ? What is the most popular program and any other feedback people may have Thanks rob -- Sex is the mathematics urge sublimated. -- M. C. Reed.

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Linux CD-RW Driver?
by Thomas Jones 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Has anyone seen any drivers for the Creative CD-RW RW4224E? My SuSE 8.0 system is recognizing it as a SCSI device....which obviously is incorrect given its a IDE device. I not only cannot burn disks with it....but it won't even read a ISO9660 filesystem. <relevant boot.msg snip> <6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices <4> Vendor: CREATIVE Model: CD-RW RW4224E Rev: 1.36 <4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 <4>Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 <4>sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray </end fo snip> Thanks. Thomas Jones

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Re: [SLE] Problem getting started with Apache
by Susan Buczak 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

go into Yast and there is a run level editor, if httpd (apache) is installed you'll see it there, be sure it goes on for run levels 3, 4 and 5. If it ain't in there try #which httpd. If you have to install it new be sure to use updated openssh if you use ssl. there's a write up about why at openssh.org. On 2002.09.29 18:16 Warren Light wrote: > I am trying to access apache on my SuSE 8.0 Por system, but having > difficulties and am a little confused. I am not even sure if apache is > INSTALLED. I don't know how to tell for sure. > > When I try to access http://localhost with any browser, I get this: The > connection was refused when attempting to contact loalhost. > > Does this imply that apache IS up but some problem such as permissions is > > blocking me? I have searched the Internet and no one else has this > problem, > so it is probably my own dumb ignorance. My installation is pretty > vanilla-flavored except for adding Codeweaver's Crossover plugin (not > root), > mozilla 1.1, and OpenOffice. > > Why I think that apache is installed and I'm just too dumb to see it: > + Apache is listed on the box that SuSE 8.0 Pro came in. > (There were no SuSE install errors.) > + Apache was loaded (and worked) on the 7.3 version. Why not 8.0? > + The manuals imply that it is there. > + I cannot find anyone else on the Internet that has this problem. > > Why I think that apache is NOT installed: > - It doesn't work. > - Directories mentioned in various documentation are not found on my > system. > - I don't see apache mentioned on the LILO startup screen. > - I can't find it on the dvd - at least not by the name "apache". > - It's not in the runtime editor list. > - The SuSE Install software packages progam does not list apache. > > SuSE documentation on this is poor. Page 272 is abomitally inadiquate! > > If I have to attempt to install apache from elsewhere, will it work on > SuSE > 8.0? Or will there be failures due to incompatibilities? > > Thanks, > Warren Light >

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yast2 installer - ftp dosent wotk
by bobo 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hello I just finish dowing a ftp install and forgot to install the gcc compiler... So as root i tried to install it using the same ftp (internal) and i always get: "Error pakage ftp:192.168.0.1/suse/8.0/suse/d2/gcc-2.95.3-219.i386.rpm returns a errorFile not found...." So i tried to connect using Konqueror and i could and the file is infac there any one know what could be whrong? Im using SuSE 8.0. Thanks Christiasn

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Re: [suse-security] iptables --status
by Susan Buczak 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Hey Dirk, run a man personal-firewall query and see what you find on Suse 8.0. zilch. matter of fact search every help doc suse.com has on the web and see what you find too. zilch or next to it. personal-firewall blocks all incoming connections... and that is about it. likewise run your normal iptables commands on see what you find on suse 8.0. zilch. no normally I don't run Suse Dirk hope that is OK with you. On 2002.09.29 17:58 Dirk Janßen wrote: > Hello Susan Buczak <sbuczak2(a)comcast.net>, > > on Sun, 29 Sep 2002 13:41:10 -0400 you wrote in > <3D973B36.1030609(a)comcast.net>: > > >anybody know the proper command for iptables --list or --status on > suse8.0? > > I read your former questions to the mailinglist, now this and i only have > one question to you: Did you ever learn how to read a man? And how did > you > ever manage to get you computer installed, anyway Windows oder Linux?!? > > Your question for SuSE personal-firewall have been such basics, and this > question on iptables is even more basically. You only have to use the > help > or the man-command. Please try this in future before using the simple way > (for you) to ask any mailinglist... > > Sincerely, > Dirk > > -- > Dirk Janssen | Fon: +49 (0)641 9502070 | PGP-Key available > Giessen, Germany | Fax: +49 (0)641 9502071 | at pgp(a)dja-it.de >

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Re: [SLE] Corel Photo Paint
by H du Plooy 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Unfortunately Photopaint seems to require more. I've got WP8.1 up and running, installed all the stuff needed for that. But Photopaint won't install. The installer runs, installs but exits prematurely, giving some error that I didn't understand and can't remember now. It seems no one has managed to install this in SuSE - I've been turning the 'web upside down for two months now... :( Hans On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:03:25 -0400 Patrick <penguin0601(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Hans, > I am wondering if this has the same needs that > WordPerfect 8 has in > Linux and that is the older shlibs installed? Is the > Photopaint a > Linux program or windows running under Wine? If it is a > Linux install, > then check to see if you have the shlibs5 installed. You > can do a > search with Yast2. Let the list know if that manages to > make it work. > > Patrick > -- > --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- > Registered Linux User #225206 == Book all your travel arrangements online from a selection of partners on Ananzi Travel. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?Travel

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Yast online update
by Baris Erbas 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Hi People, I am new to this very impressive and helpful list. I have a Yast related problem. I own Suse 8.0 and last night I was using online update but lost internet connection. But the update module didnt stop, even though I clicked "back" and "abort" keys, so I killed it(probabaly a few times). Now it doesnt start. I reinstalled this module from CD but nothing. It initiliazez and then disappears. There seems to be something wrong with the "/etc/suservers" file but I couldnt spot it... any ideas? cheers -- Baris Erbas

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Corel Photo Paint
by H du Plooy 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Since I got SuSE 8.0 (about two months ago), I've been battling to get Corel Photopaint up and running. I have both the deb and rpm versions, neither work. I've done all the stuff suggested on Corel's website (although I suspect that's way out of date), to no avail. I even tried jumping through all the hoops that makes it work on RedHat 7.x - no go Has anybody gotten this to work in SuSE 8.0? Any ideas? Much appreciated Thanks Hans == Book all your travel arrangements online from a selection of partners on Ananzi Travel. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?Travel

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Player for video CD
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

I know that I have worked with video cd's but after some reorganising and reinstalling my computer I do not remeber which program worked. I seem to have a memory problem ;-). Could somebody help me with the names of programs that work? -- NTReader v0.36w(P)/Beta (Registered) in conjunction with Net-Tamer.

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Sax2 is bad + nVidia
by H du Plooy 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Forgive me for this wild accusation. Ever since I first started using SuSE 8.0 Pro, I've been trapped in a horribly flickering 60hz display. Sax2/Yast2 detects my monitor correctly my name and model ("LG Studioworks 55V"), but the refresh/scan rates are detected incorrectly, and never twice the same. So I fix that by hand, but I'm still only getting 60hz refreshrate, even in 640x480. Even specifying a different monitor - a 19" just for kicks - didn't get any better results. Eventually I gave up and ran good old xf86config, copied the font and anti-aliasing lines from the old XF86Config file, and now everything is fine. Just thought I'd share this because I see a lot of posts about Sax2, most of them along with nVidia. Maybe Sax2 just isn't very good at configuring displays that are connected to nVidia cards? I must be very lucky, becuase I've never had any trouble with either of the four nVidia cards I have (two AGP TNT2s, one PCI TNT2, one AGP GeForce2. No problem installing and getting the drivers to work, no problem with the performance. In fact, in games like Quake3 and Wolfenstein these cards consistently perform better in linux than in windows in the same game. In Wolfenstein it's the difference between not being able to play the game and being able (celeron 500...). So maybe nVidia isn't all that bad. Yes, I agree it would be nice if they provided opensource drivers, but at least all their cards are support almost as soon as they hit the market. Oh, and by the way, I've been drooling over the ATI Radeon cards for a long time now, I'm really a fan. But when I buy that ATI card it's going to be whatever is at the top of their line. And if ATI hasn't sorted out this driver business before then, I'm going to have to use that other OS a hell of a lot more than I'd like to... My 2 cents Hans == Book all your travel arrangements online from a selection of partners on Ananzi Travel. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?Travel

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Re: [SLE] file modifications on 8.0
by Susan Buczak 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Well as a for instance, I generally use access.conf (/etc/security/access.conf) to define who can and cannot login to the system either locally or remote... I can edit the file but the system ignores it.. doesn't work on suse8.0 and it's a big problem... the machine cannot go online unless certain criteria, even in hosts.allow are defined for my users. We've been hacked too many times previous, I make certain changes to my redhat /etc files for security, mostly learned 'em from bastille and the like, and they work. Except on Suse8.0. any suggestions? This system is only half secured without these files being tailored to my specifications exactly. What about hosts.allow and dey? if changes to access.conf are ignored how do I know for sure that the rest aren't going to be equally ignored? SuSEconfig only works with certain files, how do you get it to update the rest for it's memory? truthfully, i like the idea of Yast, it can disable unwanted changes real nice, but actually configuring the machine with out any specific instructions as to how to control yast is a real headache. you look in the book and it talks plenty about kmail... like that is such a mystery... I guess that's the question. right now yast is controlling the system. I need to move it out of the way, configure the system properly, then get it back in place and working according to my rules, not it's own. We'll be hacked within 2 days if I put that thing online as is.. On 2002.09.29 11:37 Mads Martin Joergensen wrote: > * Susan Buczak <sbuczak2(a)comcast.net> [Sep 29. 2002 17:28]: > > Nice idea but access.conf is not accessible through /etc/sysconfig. > > > > niether are lots of other important files. Am I suppose to put them in > > there or something? how? > > No, not if there's no config entry there, they should stay in /etc. But > then i really don't get why the system does not notice you changed them. > Could you give an example of such a change? > > -- > Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk > "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic > and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" > -- A. P. J.

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mailstats command
by PUTH CHAN CHOTH 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Dear Sir, When I pass the command mailstats, I see like the following: # mailstats Statistics from Fri Sep 27 10:58:54 2002 M msgsfr bytes_from msgsto bytes_to msgsrej msgsdis Mailer 4 6 31K 0 0K 0 0 smtp 5 0 0K 4 15K 0 0 esmtp ============================================================= T 6 31K 4 15K 0 0 C 6 4 0 msgsfr is the message received field, bytes_from is the size received field, msgsto is the message sent field, bytes_to is the sent size field. But what about M, msgsrej, msgsdis, T and C and what are they meant? Thank you so much for your answer. Regards, Choth

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aspell
by R. R. 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

can someone tell me where in suse is this packg aspell

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screwed up sizing of filesystem...
by robert73 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Hello All Ive been away from Linux for about a year but I made it back and purchaced and installed SUSE 80 professional. Its a very very nice looking system. My problem is that I seemed to have screwed up the sizing of partitions. I have lots of free space but somehow managed to make / too small (go figgure) ;-) I dont know what I was thinking... is there anyway I can fix this (reclaim space from another partition)?? I have nothing on /work If I have to re install I will but would rather not the /oracle_store is on another drive and I have no data on it... Ideas Thanks rob Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb5 1028060 920624 107436 90% / /dev/hdb6 514028 36672 477356 8% /boot /dev/hdb11 10241084 33008 10208076 1% /home /dev/hdb12 5124536 32840 5091696 1% /local /dev/hdb9 5124536 471364 4653172 10% /opt /dev/hda2 9486084 72432 9413652 1% /oracle_store /dev/hdb7 5124536 888752 4235784 18% /usr /dev/hdb8 5124536 107432 5017104 3% /var /dev/hdb13 6891636 32840 6858796 1% /work -- Cleanliness is next to impossible.

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Re: [SLE] file modifications on 8.0
by Susan Buczak 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

When I first loaded the system it wouldn't find the usb mouse... so I added modprobe <usb-ohci> to rc.local or wherever, it went in ok because that file is controlled by yast and Suseconfig can pick it up, but as for the rest of the /etc config files, yast seems to be overlooking them, and actually hate to say it, but ignoring them completely.

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Re: [SLE] file modifications on 8.0
by Susan Buczak 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

No not trying to change root files as user. Trying to change root files as superuser root. System doesn't want a superuser is my impression... yast wants to be superuser. who am I I have been wondering for about 5 days as i tinker with this thing... and get absolutely nothing done... imagine I got a worm in there... and yast complied... what a disaster... * Mads Martin Joergensen <mmj(a)suse.de> [09-29-02 10:40]: > * Susan Buczak <sbuczak2(a)comcast.net> [Sep 29. 2002 17:28]: > > Nice idea but access.conf is not accessible through /etc/sysconfig. > > > > niether are lots of other important files. Am I suppose to put them in > > there or something? how? > > No, not if there's no config entry there, they should stay in /etc. But > then i really don't get why the system does not notice you changed them. > Could you give an example of such a change? ?? Trying to change root files as user ?? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org

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