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Fwd: [opensuse] Sharing folders with Samba
by Bogdan Cristea 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bogdan Cristea <cristeab(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Sharing folders with Samba To: Jerry Houston <jerry(a)effjayare.net> Both directories can be read by others. However, after double checking the configurations of both directories in samba server, now both directories are not accessible from Windows. I am not sure, but I think that this issue is related to Samba server configuration. I have already deleted in samba configuration any other folders shared by default by samba. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Jerry Houston <jerry(a)effjayare.net> wrote: > > Bogdan Cristea wrote: > > I have setup on my openSuSE 10.3 box a Samba server. Two folders from > > my home folder are shared, but only one folder is accessible from a > > WinXP box. The other folder is visible, but I cannot enter in. The > > error message is: > > > > \\bogdan\fax is not accessible. You might not have permission to use > > this network resource. > > > > > > However, both folders were shared using the same options. Do you have > > some suggestions how to solve this issue? > > > > How about permissions on the directory on the Linux machine? Will they > allow access to a Windows user? > > -- Bogdan Cristea -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 half way installed, crashed. How can I continue the install?
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Listmates, I have 10.3 partially installed (nfs install) and the install died. All of the software is installed, but it stopped before the part where you "enter root password". I can use the live cd to boot the installed system, but at the login: prompt, I can't login (as root or anyone else). The login: prompt just continually says login not allowed. The system boots fine with only 4-5 module errors due to the fact that the install never got to the point where you configure the network card, video, etc.. I have experienced this once before and was able to continue the install, but for the life of me, I cannot recall how. I would rather not go through the install again as this is a slow machine being set up as a fax server and the software install takes a "not insignificant" amount of time. Can anyone offer up the forgotten bits of wisdom or kick me so that I remember. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] suggestion for *mail* backup
by jdd 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I open this thread because it's near the nearly same subject thread about backup, but I never found a good answer. It's easy to backup the hole .mozilla (for example), but restoring it is not (merge problem). what I need is more like mail archive, an html accessible mail storage. I use seamonkey, but kmail or thunderbird may have similar context. Last time I tied to do this (several years ago) I use a html archive progam, but this one didn't know howto archive more than one account at a time. I had to copy all my mails (spread in a handfull of different accounts) in the same box and start from this, the system was far from pleasant and the result not so good. Do you know an archive progam that could scan a mozilla account, read all the (nested) mail folders and build an html tree? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://clairedodin.voices.com/ http://www.clairedodin.com/ http://claire.dodin.net/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SuSE 11 alpha 3
by Donn Washburn 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Hey Group; Again I see a problem with SuSE 11 Yast2 and cups. I call up Yast2 Hardware Printer and go all the way trough the setup for my HP 4L printer and all I find is one filter driver. OK one driver would be fine but the printer will not even print or wake up. It did work in 10.3GM just fine. I am also seeing when calling up Yast2 again the Filter is not set to "Letter" like when I originally set it up. Al that shows up is "....." Anyone one have a idea on this subject. I might try the cups setup GUI version (but I don't remember it binary name). -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb(a)windstream.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Suggestions for backup software?
by Stan Goodman 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I would be grateful for advice about backup software appropriate for my situation, and for remarks people using such utilities, including what to avoid. I can see that there are several packages available through YaST, but it would be helpful to know what others think about them and about relative advantages. I have only one Linux system here, so network capability is not important. I do not have a tape drive, but would be read carefully any remarks about whether I need one. If not, then it would have to be something capable of bridging DVDs for a total backup, and probably CDs for incremental backup. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Dead motherboard? Disk ok?
by Carlos E. R. 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2008-03-31 a las 18:12 -0400, j.e.perry(a)cox.net escribió: You will get more help if you post to the list instead of answering in private. >> The Saturday 2008-03-29 at 22:17 -0400, j.e.perry(a)cox.net wrote: >> >>> I have a desktop with an Asus K8V-X SE motherboard. It recently stopped >>> booting, saying the hard drive failed smart tests. >>> >>> But when I try to go into the rescue system to save my data, the >>> installer goes through the warning to save my data and replace the >>> drive, >> >> The installer tells you what?? I don't understand how it can tell you >> that. > > Am I being too sloppy with my terms? Kind of :-) First, you must not assume that everybody here has English as the first language. Second, you know your problem and what you saw, but we do not. If something is missing in your explanations, your mind can fill the gaps, but ours can't, because we don't know what you saw or thought: we are not there. We can guess but not know. So yes, at least I needed a better explanation. Others might not, and others might simply skip your message. Your current email is much better, thanks. :-) > The system was running fine for several years under 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, > 10.2, and 10.3 x86-64. > > A couple of months ago, it stopped running. When I tried to reboot the > running system, I got the smart message, with a warning to save > everything on my hard disk and replace it immediately. Then it hung. > > Thinking the hard drive was so bad it couldn't even boot the system, I > pulled out my bootable 10.3 install dvd and tried to boot from it. > > It started loading the installer kernel (I assume), gave the smart > warning, and tried to continue. Part of booting is a message that says > if it has a problem with some module, try booting again with > "brokenmodules=...". > > It loaded a bunch of modules, then printed "loading via82cxxx" on the > screen and hung for several minutes. I repeated this a couple of times. Do you remember if you had to do all that when you installed the system? > I restarted the machine, gave it the brokenmodules command, and where it > had hung, it loaded two more modules that it hadn't before, and finally > hung on "loading pata". I repeated this a couple of times. > > Then I went to work, started up webmail, and started this series of > messages. > >> >>> then hangs when it tries to load via82cxxx, even when I give the >>> kernel parameter "brokenmodules=via82cxxx", as the installer advises >>> during boot. >> >> Are you trying to install or boot a rescue system? >> > > Answered above, right? Now, yes. Somehow I think that the warning about smart during boot doesn't come from Linux or the rescue/install DVD: it comes directly from your bios. I'm not absolutely sure, but it is my educated guess. If you can copy the exact error message it gives then I could search the boot scripts to find it, but I don't think it is there. As somebody else said, you could check the bios setup, and disable smart checking: then the boot process would not be halted. >> The procedure would depend on the exact type of problem smart have >> detected; but typically it would be to boot any rescue CD in text mode, >> and use dd_rescue to copy all that HD into images on another HD. Once the >> images were copied and safe, it would be the time to run tests on the >> possibly broken HD, not before. > > As I said, I never got a successful boot. Everything I'm giving you is > from the startup screen. > >>> So, is it safe to say my motherboard is broken, and the hard drive >>> probably ok? Or are the problems independent, implying that both broke >>> at about the same time? >> >> Probably independent, unless the IDE chipset is involved. Perhaps the DVD >> is bad. > > Is this still your opinion? Could be. Everything is very strange. You could try removing the HD and see if the rescue disk boots. Perhaps better if you try another DVD, as the 10.3 one you have is suspect. >> There was a problem with the 10.3 DVD rescue system, some bad bug. I don't >> know which bug exactly. >> > > OK. I guess this could be the source of my inability to boot a rescue > system. Yes, could be, but as I say, I don't know what the exact problem was. Most likely it was the automated rescue program which was broken. > But it seems very unlikely to me that two hardware devices on > different ATA buses would die simultaneously. Two buses, yes, but it could be the same chip, or something in common to both on the motherboard. > And there is clearly no > way bad dvd software on the shelf could break a hard drive in the > system. That's why I'm thinking in terms of a higher level fault on the > motherboard. It is possible. As to the HD, the maker probably has a program to test the device, which you can download from their web page. Seagate has a good one: time ago it was a downloadable floppy, now I think it is a small CD. If you can download it, try: it is a bootable mini dos or linux system dedicated to test the HD. Each maker should have their own program to test their disks. - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH8XPdtTMYHG2NR9URAm5GAJ93W1wInXO2rDZtAODoKVCgI245XQCfb0/l JVZMDgTLVQAYGa0ZYzejygg= =Vu8G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [opensuse] Unstable system - culprit identified
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Tuesday 2008-04-01 06:33, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> I have moved /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia and blacklisted nvidia and it >> completed the refresh without issue. The nvidia module may be the >> culprit. >> >> While I have nvidia unloaded, what is a good torture test I can try? >> Kick off a kernel recompile? (If so, how would I do it so it doesn't >> mess with my working kernel?) Or do you have another suggestion for >> torture testing? > > zypper refresh, running mprime, SETI; kernel compiles also fit the > bill. Just do whatever you did before. > Jan, You did it again! You solved the unsolvable. zypper refresh ran and mprime ran overnight along with vbox while XP did more updates and installs with "zero" errors or warnings and "zero" additional mcelog errors: 02:26 nirvana~/tmp> sudo tail /var/log/mcelog ^^^^^ HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 1 instruction cache TSC 6ed6056dfe ADDR 2ad2c6d787a0 bit62 = error overflow (multiple errors) memory/cache error 'instruction fetch mem transaction, instruction transaction, level 1' STATUS d400000000000151 MCGSTATUS 0 # #### nvidia driver blacklisted again # (no more errors) 08:44 nirvana~/tmp> sudo tail /var/log/mcelog ^^^^^ HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 1 instruction cache TSC 6ed6056dfe ADDR 2ad2c6d787a0 bit62 = error overflow (multiple errors) memory/cache error 'instruction fetch mem transaction, instruction transaction, level 1' STATUS d400000000000151 MCGSTATUS 0 # #### nvidia driver blacklisted again # (still no more errors) Wohoo, no new errors, no lockups, no reboots! The box was just happily crunching along on mprime. Now, where do I go from here? I still don't fully understand where or with whom the error lies. Sure removing the nvidia driver in combination with passing the acpi_use_timer_override kernel parameter seems so have fixed it, but who do we address the problems to so it can be fixed? It looks like an nvidia issue, but with the driver being proprietary does it fall on deaf ears? Does it look like an address space problem where the nvidia module is competing with some other process for address space based on the chipset/architecture that would make it a kernel issue? Should I address it through bugzilla.novell and have them get the nvidia guys on board? What is you thought Jan? list? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Quick Howto: Using dovecot on 10.3 with squirrelmail, spamassassin and fetchmail
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

zwollo(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi David: > > I was wondering if you were able to sort out the issue you mentioned with your post: "Bug: Replies from subfolders not placed in sent mail on 1.5.2 or 1.4.14 with UW imap". > > I am having the exact same problem. > > Cheers, > > > Antonio > Yes Antonio I did. The solution was to quit using UW and switch to dovecot. The switch is simple: (1) install dovecot (2) edit /etc/dovecot.conf, set # Disable SSL/TLS support. ssl_disable = no #mail_location = mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u (if your mailboxes are in ~/Mail and inbox in /var/spool/mail/user - the default on openSuSE 10.3) (3) install the dovecot.pem ssl cert: cd /usr/share/doc/packages/dovecot vi dovecot.crt (change as you need) sh makecrt.sh Done! If you use fetchmail for spamassassin, etc... then just get your ssl fingerprint with: 09:11 nirvana~/tmp> openssl x509 -in /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem -noout -fingerprint?SHA1 Fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99 Set up your fetchmail statement: poll *your.mailserver.com* protocol IMAP : user *yourusername* with password *yourpassword* sslfingerprint "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99" That's it for the basic operation -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: envvar DISPLAY not set on bash invocation fr/sshd
by Joachim Schrod 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Sam Clemens wrote: > Joachim Schrod wrote: >> >> Btw, it is definitively not necessary to set $DISPLAY on the local >> host before calling ssh, as recommended by Sam. ":0" is a perfectly >> good value for a local session. Your ssh client can connect to :0 fine >> (this is done via Unix domain sockets), > > > But she's not talking about ssh-ing back to the local machine.. > she's using ssh to go to another host. Yes, and she wants to use X clients on the other hosts via ssh X11 forwarding and *not* via remote X. Maybe you mix up these two situations. ssh X11 forwarding works as follows: -- On the remote host, sshd listens on localhost:6010 (or following, each sshd session takes the next port). For X clients on this host, this translates to $DISPLAY values of localhost:10 and following (on the remote host, not on the local host). -- Any traffic to this port is sent to the local system via ssh tunneling, i.e., not by remote X. The remote client thinks it's sending its requests to an X server on the remote client, sshd takes transparently care of forwarding that back to the local system. -- On the local system, ssh client receives this X traffic and forwards them to the local X server, as designated by $DISPLAY at the time of call. In typical workstation sessions, this is ":0". Since the ssh client runs locally, it has no problem at all to connect to the X server at :0 and send them all the traffic. -- When the X server answers, the responses are sent back via ssh tunnelling to the remote host, where the remote client receives it. As an illustration: X server | :0 (local) <-> ssh-client <=tunneling=> sshd <-> localhost:10 | X client (remote) If you change $DISPLAY on your local host to $HOSTNAME:0, you only change that your local ssh client now talks to your local X server over TCP instead of using the direct :0 connection. For the remote X client, nothing changes at all. The ssh client also does not suddenly get an additional capability to tunnel the X traffic just because it has to talk to the local X server via TCP instead of using a Unix socket; ssh tunneling is *independent* from the server connection type. There are three common problems in that scenario. First, some people set $DISPLAY in their profile or bashrc. Bad idea, for obvious reasons. Second, on the local host, the ssh client config option ForwardX11Trusted might not be set to "yes". Since Linda said that she uses the same configuration, that doesn't seem to be the case. Third, the X client doesn't succeed to authenticate against the X server, because xauth fails. Troubleshooting that problem means to check first that ssh really establishes X11 forwarding, and that is done by ssh -v. HTH for a better understanding, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sharing folders with Samba
by Bogdan Cristea 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I have setup on my openSuSE 10.3 box a Samba server. Two folders from my home folder are shared, but only one folder is accessible from a WinXP box. The other folder is visible, but I cannot enter in. The error message is: \\bogdan\fax is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. However, both folders were shared using the same options. Do you have some suggestions how to solve this issue? -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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