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Suse 8.1 ftp install
by Rich3800＠aol.com 31 May '03

31 May '03

I'm attempting to install SuSE 8.1 through ftp on a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop with a PCMCIA ethernet card. The ftp server IP address is 217.9.113.66 and the path is /pub/suse/i386/8.1/. After a while, the install fails with a red box saying "There has been an installation error". I had a hunch that the bios settings might have interfered with the download, especially the APM settings so I went in and disabled those I thought would have, but I still get the installation error message. Any ideas?

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[Fwd: [ma-linux] SCO vs Linux]
by David Johanson 31 May '03

31 May '03

Just had to share. dave -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ma-linux] SCO vs Linux Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:48:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Maxwell Spangler <maxwax(a)speakeasy.net> To: <ma-linux(a)tux.org> Get caught up on the news. http://www.arie.org/doh/ -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe

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Re: [SLE] major Samsung frequency problems
by Basil Fowler 30 May '03

30 May '03

I got round the problem rather by accident. I installed SuSE 8.0 which installs vga mode 791 by default. At the time I was using a 15" Belinea CRT monitor, so I did not have trouble. I changed to vga normal _before_ I bought my LCD monitor. As your X display is working OK, may I suggest you open a terminal window, su to root and edit the grub configuration file as suggested, or as the documentaton recommends. If lilo is any guide, you should then reload grub onto the mba and your problems should be solved with the next reboot. Although the workaround for the X display is not relevant to your problem, I mentioned it for the benefit of others that might have encountered similar problems. Hope this helps On Friday 30 May 2003 16:26, Michael George wrote: > > I have X11 working okay. It's the text-mode stuff that's all fouled up. And > this happens with the boot of the install disk, so my biggest hurdle is how do > I do my final installation (right now I'm running on a test partition)?? > > Thanks! > >

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RE: [SLE] Is it possible for root to know user's password ???
by Quinlan, Grant 30 May '03

30 May '03

With root privileges it is easy to try to guess a user's password, and with tools easily available to automate the process, you can get weak passwords pretty quickly. As the root user you can always "su" to any user without a password. The root user can also set a new password for any user. By making a copy of the shadow file before changing a user's password and then copying back the original after you are done pretending to be that user, you can obscure your actions in the log files. Of course with root access you can also delete or edit the logs to hide your actions. Really the point is that you need to protect the root account. Be very careful with suid bits, sudo access, wheel groups, and any thing else that might allow a user to run something with root privileges or to trick a root process into running a user's application. When reviewing log files, look for more than just the obvious attacks. Watch for missing log files, missing blocks of entries, inconsistent time sequences, or changes to the format of common entries, as these can indicate log tampering. Grant Q -----Original Message----- From: Thompson, James M. [mailto:JTHOMPSON4@mail.northgrum.com] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:37 PM To: 'magre'; 'suse-linux-e(a)suse.com' Subject: RE: [SLE] Is it possible for root to know user's password ???

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kreatecd - qt 2.2.2
by H du Plooy 30 May '03

30 May '03

I'd like to compile KreateCD, but the configure script complains it can't find qt-2.2.2 or newer. I have the dev pacagegs installed for qt3, but as far as I can see, qt2 compat packages don't ship with SuSE 8.2. How should I do this? Thanks H

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Is it possible for root to know user's password ???
by magre 30 May '03

30 May '03

I would like to know - is it possible to know user's password when you are root ??? Thanks for any answers :)) -- Jedis are alive --

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RE: [SLE] Is it possible for root to know user's password ???
by Thompson, James M. 30 May '03

30 May '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: magre [mailto:magre@hot.ee] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 11:55 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Is it possible for root to know user's password ??? > > > I would like to know - is it possible to know user's password > when you are > root ??? > As root, it can be whatever you want it to be, so I guess the answer is "yes".

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Boot inittab problem - Please Help!
by Ahbaid Gaffoor 30 May '03

30 May '03

My SuSE 8.1 box suffered a power outage, I am now facing the following at the prompt as it tries to boot: -------------------------------------------- INIT: version 2.0 booting INIT: /etc/inittab[1]: id field too long (max 4 characters) INIT: /etc/inittab[2]: id field too long (max 4 characters) INIT: /etc/inittab[3]: id field too long (max 4 characters) Enter runlevel: -------------------------------------------- I have tried to enter 1 and 3 for the run level, and all I get is the following: -------------------------------------------- Enter runlevel: 3 INIT: Entering runlevel: 3 INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel -------------------------------------------- How do I get past this problem? I was thinking of popping in a knoppix cd and mounting my root partitiom /dev/hda3 read write to see if something is wrong in my /etc/inittab is there an easier way I can get around this problem? -- thanks, Ahbaid

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re[2]: [SLE] compiling samba 2.2.9pre1 with ACL support on SuSE 8.1
by Greg Freemyer 30 May '03

30 May '03

>> Or from my local mirror: >> ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/suse/projects/samba/i386/8.1/ I meant to say the local mirror I use. Not that I run.

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Kazaa Lite and crossover wine
by Marcia 30 May '03

30 May '03

Dear All, I have installed Kazaa Lite onto the crossover wine on my Suse 8 system. The problem is that when it comes up it just sits there trying to connect forever and never connects. I have tried many solutions that I found on the net to no avail. I did not install IE onto my crossover wine. Did I need to do that for it to work? Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Marcia

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