From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 12:14:02 EDT Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #93 Linux-Admin Digest #93, Volume #1 Thu, 7 Oct 93 12:14:02 EDT Contents: MSDOS partition mount problems (James E Jurach Jr) 0.99.12 why network unreachable? (Dan Resler) Automatic backup to tape (Daniel T. Schwager) Re: 3.5 boot floppies. Not really Re: [Not] enough SLS bashing anymore (Matt McLeod) Re: route = SIOADDRT: Network is unreachable with linux99p13 (Joachim Schnitter) [Q] mounting a NFS-service from LinuX failed (Doerrsam) Re: Automatic backup to tape (Mark A. Horton) linux to linux SLIP (Alan Buckwalter - x5586) How can I print a postcript file? (guerther hirn) Re: Automatic backup to tape ("Brian E. Gallew") Re: 0.99.12 why network unreachable? (Felix Huber) Solution: Linux 0.99.13 unknown blk device (Gratien D'haese SE121) Re: CFC/CFI: XSysadmin (Michael Will) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: muaddib@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James E Jurach Jr ) Subject: MSDOS partition mount problems Date: 6 Oct 1993 18:33:57 -0500 Hullo everyone... I need the ability to copy MSDOS binary executables to and from my Linux partitions. At our lab, we use a shared PC-NFS mounted directory, and time and time again, I have to exit Linux to transfer the MSDOS executables from my MSDOS partitions to the nfs partition. The effect I see is that only a few bytes are transferred. I have looked at the fstab manual page, and have found no list of options available for each of the mounts. If anyone has any ideas, please tell me. I sometimes get real busy and fall behind on keeping up with c.o.l.* so could you respond to my e-mail address: muaddib@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Thanks a million.. James ------------------------------ From: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu (Dan Resler) Subject: 0.99.12 why network unreachable? Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 19:16:02 GMT Using kernel 0.99.12, autoprobe finds the correct ethernet board (NE2000 clone-I/O 300-IRQ 15). However, after doing an `ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR netmask $NETMASK', *every* attempt to use route to update gives me "SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable". I know my ethernet board plus addresses are correct because I can use Novell's (ver 4) telnet (tnvt220) with no problems from MSDOS. Can anyone suggest what's wrong here? Thanks. dan -- Dan Resler Dept. of Mathematical Sciences email: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, USA 23284-2014 ------------------------------ From: danny@dragon.stgt.sub.org (Daniel T. Schwager) Subject: Automatic backup to tape Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 17:47:49 GMT Hi all, i'm looking for some procedure to backup the harddisks automatically to my DAT streamer. The following should be done for me: a) make a whole backup from all harddisks weekly b) make a difference Backup daily ('difference' means to backup only the new or changed files related to the last WEEKLY backup, no incremetal backup) c) email me a status of the backup d) every backup should be create a directory-file of this backup. The points above are only the things i like to do, but if you have got other mechanisms, please feel free to post or email me you solutions. Maybe there are some administrational backup-controlling tools ?? All solutions are welcome !! regards from the rainy Stuttgart - Germany Danny -- ,,, (^ ^) +------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------------+ | ... Real programmers use cat >a.out ... Danny | ------------------------------ From: matt@krikkit1.apana.org.au (Matt McLeod) Subject: Re: 3.5 boot floppies. Not really Re: [Not] enough SLS bashing anymore Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 12:31:24 GMT Alex Freed (freed@europa.orion.adobe.com) wrote: : Bill C. Riemers writes: : 3. Standard 5.25HD/DS disks will normally still have a few bad sectors : when formated this way. (The boot disk can't have any errors!) : Again, I didn't test ALL 5.25" drives, but I never had bad sector this way. Hm. I'm quite sure that if I can format 360k disks to 800k without any problems, then 1.2M disks should be able to cope with being formatted to 1.44... -- Matt McLeod (matt@krikkit1.apana.org.au) Sysop, Krikkit One Public Access Unix, +61 49 423565 (11pm-7am AEST) "Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" ------------------------------ From: josch@pc.chemie.th-darmstadt.de (Joachim Schnitter) Subject: Re: route = SIOADDRT: Network is unreachable with linux99p13 Date: 7 Oct 1993 11:04:26 GMT Mark Swanson (ag010@Freenet.carleton.ca) wrote: : /etc/route add loopback works fine with lin99p11, but gives the error in the subject with lin99p13. : I re-compiled net-010, and routed with lin99p13 includes, but still won't work. : What else do I have to do?? Is there newer versions of net-010? mine is Sept.93 : Also, my nntpd won't work. Anyone have any config files I could look at? : BTW, the error is read_groups: malloc 0 bytes: No such file or dir. Though, I know all the config files are there. Am I dreaming??? Help! :-) : -- : Mark Swanson. ag010@freenet.carleton.ca Something I has gone wrong with the pl13 kernel. In /etc/networks the loopback net has to have the full address of the loopback interface, not just its network part. So replace your entry loopback 127 or loopback 127.0.0.0 by loopback 127.0.0.1 like I did: default 0.0.0.0 loopback 127.0.0.1 loopback-net th-darmstadt.de 130.83.0.0 thd chemie.th-darmstadt.de 130.83.29.0 chemie Hope this helps, -Joachim -- ______________________________________________________________________ Joachim Schnitter Tel.: +49 (61 51) 16-53 97 Technische Hochschule Darmstadt Fax : +49 (61 51) 16-42 98 Physikalische Chemie I Petersenstr. 20 64287 Darmstadt Germany E-Mail: josch@pc.chemie.th-darmstadt.de ------------------------------ From: hb15@uw70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Doerrsam) Subject: [Q] mounting a NFS-service from LinuX failed Date: 7 Oct 1993 11:19:04 GMT Reply-To: hb15@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Hello I installed a NFS-Service on a DEC-station an had no problems to mount it ifrom my PC under Linux. But after a crash on the client side (Linux) I'm not longer be able to mount the service from my PC! I get the message mount: mount(ifk40:/ifknfs,/ifknfs) failed: Device or resource busy This fails as well when I try to mount another directory I never used before, but is enabled from the server. Any clue? Volker =============================================================================== | Volker Doerrsam | Institut fuer Foerdertechnik | Abt. Materialfluss | Tel.: +49 721/608-4428 | Fax : +49 721/758378 =============================================================================== E-mail: hb15@uw70.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de =============================================================================== ------------------------------ From: mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton) Subject: Re: Automatic backup to tape Date: 7 Oct 1993 05:34:17 -0700 Daniel T. Schwager (danny@dragon.stgt.sub.org) wrote: : Hi all, : i'm looking for some procedure to backup the harddisks : automatically to my DAT streamer. The following should be : done for me: : a) make a whole backup from all harddisks weekly : b) make a difference Backup daily ('difference' means : to backup only the new or changed files related to the last : WEEKLY backup, no incremetal backup) : c) email me a status of the backup : d) every backup should be create a directory-file of this backup. : The points above are only the things i like to do, but if you have got : other mechanisms, please feel free to post or email me you solutions. : Maybe there are some administrational backup-controlling tools ?? : All solutions are welcome !! : regards from the rainy Stuttgart - Germany : Danny : : -- : ,,, : (^ ^) : +------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------------+ : | ... Real programmers use cat >a.out ... Danny | This sounds like an excellent opportunity to learn to use PERL that comes with Linux! Either that or you could simply read up on the options (many, I know) to the find command and the doc on GNU tar and use its options to do exactly what you are asking for.... no huhu! -- Mark A. Horton mah@ka4ybr.com (or here) P.O.Box 747 Decatur GA US 30031-0747 ICBM: 33 45 N / 084 16 W +1.404.371.0291 Cruise: 33 45 30 N / 084 16 50 W "We may note that, for the purposes of these experiments, the symbol "=" has the meaning "may be confused with." ------------------------------ From: alan@qsss01.gs.com (Alan Buckwalter - x5586) Subject: linux to linux SLIP Reply-To: alan@qsss01.gs.com Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 12:38:18 GMT I am wondering if ANYone has gotten SLIP to work between two Linux boxes with a direct connect RS232-NULL modem cable ? I have two 386 boxes, running Slackware 1.03. I am trying to go between COM1 on my notebook to COM 2 on my desktop. I read the NET-2-FAQ and configured the devices as such: ifconfig sl0 138.8.207.93 pointopoint 138.8.207.94 ifconfig sl1 138.8.207.94 pointopoint 138.8.207.93 in addition to a variety of netmask, broadcast and route combinations. At best I got network unreachable when I tried to ping the other host, and at worst, I got a kernel message about a bad page reference. ifconfig shows the interfaces up and running and netstat -r shows correct entries between the two hosts, but no data seems to fly. ANY and ALL suggestions/input would be appreciated. -Alan --- _/ Alan M Buckwalter _/ _/ _/ +1 212 902 5586 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ alan@qsss01.eq.gs.com _/ _/ _/ ------------------------------ From: hirn@icp.imag.fr (guerther hirn) Subject: How can I print a postcript file? Date: 7 Oct 1993 13:05:10 GMT Hi everybody, I have a Inkjet printer Stylus 800 star and I need to print postscript files. Does anybody know where can I find a driver for this printer on Linux? I'll really appreciate your help. Guenther Hirn hirn@icp.grenet.fr ------------------------------ From: "Brian E. Gallew" Subject: Re: Automatic backup to tape Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 10:05:46 -0400 Here is a long /bin/sh script that I use for doing backups on my production machines (DG/UX, DYNIX/ptx). Yes, there is a *lot* of missing detail here (like the contents of $CONFIG), but if you can't divine the info yourself, send me e-mail, and I'll let you in on the skinny. ======================= CUT HERE ======================= #!/bin/sh # $Header: /ua/sso/psu_admin/General/Backup/RCS/Start_Backup,v 1.33 93/10/07 09:01:00 sso Exp $ # . /usr/local/include/psu_admin.h LOCKFILE="/tmp/`basename $0`.lock" local_exit () { unlockfile $LOCKFILE test -n "$1" && exit $1 exit 0 } # First things first: lock this script so no-one else can use it lockfile $LOCKFILE $0 trap "log 'Escape attempt in $0';local_exit 1" 1 2 15 # a list of variables to export. Add more here. export ADMINISTRATORS DEBUG DEBUG_FILE DEVICE DEV_PREFIX DTG TAR_FLAGS export F1 FS IGNORE INTERACTIVE LDATE LEVEL LOG_DIR EXPECTED export LOG_DIR MT_CMD NDEVICE S1 TARGET_HOST # The host where the tapes are being written TARGET_HOST=`cat $CONFIG/backup_host` TAPE_DIR="$CONFIG/${TARGET_HOST}_tapes" # Mail list for administrators ADMINISTRATORS=`cat $CONFIG/mail_people` INTERACTIVE=1 IGNORE=0 DEVICE=`cat $TAPE_DIR/default_tape` DEV_PREFIX=`dirname $DEVICE` FS=`cat $CONFIG/backup_partitions` DTG=`date "+%y%m%d:%H:%M"` debug "dtg is $DTG" day=`date "+%a"` # the next command sets a variable called INC. We are doing it this way so # that all backup scripts will not have to be modified when the formula is # changed. . $CONFIG/formula debug "INC is $INC" LEVEL=`cat $CONFIG/backup_level/$day` debug "level is $LEVEL" EXPECTED=`cat $CONFIG/expected_tape_count` LOG_DIR=$BACKUPS/inc$INC mkdirhier "$LOG_DIR" # if TTY is "not a tty" then this must be a cron job! TTY=`tty` debug "tty is $TTY" if [ "$TTY" = "not a tty" ] ; then INTERACTIVE=0 fi if [ $INTERACTIVE -eq 1 ] ; then # Pick host to dump to confirm y "Dump to $TARGET_HOST" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then list="" for d in $CONFIG/*_tapes ; do list="$list`basename $d | awk -F"_" '{print $1}'`\n" done debug list is $list TARGET_HOST="" while ( test -z "$TARGET_HOST" ) ; do echo "Choose a host to dump to" display_menu "$list" get_choice "Which host" 1 $? count=$? debug count is $count TARGET_HOST=`echo "$list" | head -$count | tail -1` debug chose host $TARGET_HOST done TAPE_DIR="$CONFIG/${TARGET_HOST}_tapes" DEVICE=`cat $TAPE_DIR/default_tape` DEV_PREFIX=`dirname $DEVICE` fi # Pick dump device confirm y "Use $DEVICE for dump device" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then list=`$LS $TAPE_DIR | grep -v default` dev="" echo for d in $TAPE_DIR/* ; do debug testing $d test -f $d/description || continue echo "${DEV_PREFIX}/`basename $d` \c" cat $d/description done echo while ( test -z "$dev" ) ; do echo "Choose a device to dump to" display_menu "$list" get_choice "Which device" 1 $? count=$? debug count is $count dev=`echo "$list" | head -$count | tail -1` debug chose device $dev done DEVICE=${DEV_PREFIX}/$dev fi # Pick filesystems to dump confirm y "The current filesystem list is:\n$FS\nDump these filesystems" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then prompt "Enter new filesystem list" test $? -eq 0 || FS="$INFO" fi debug "dumping $FS" # Pick dump level confirm y "Dump level $LEVEL" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then get_choice "Enter new dump level" 0 9 $LEVEL LEVEL=$? fi # Decide where to put logfiles confirm y "Put logfiles in usual place" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then prompt "Enter COMPLETE path for log files" test $? -eq 0 || LOG_DIR=$INFO else confirm y "Use Inc dir $INC" if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then get_choice "Enter INC number" 1 $MAXINC $INC INC=$? fi LOG_DIR=$BACKUPS/inc$INC fi debug "logdir is $LOG_DIR" # Decide whether to enforce date checking confirm n "Ignore date on tape" test $? -eq 1 && IGNORE=0 confirm y "Continue and do backup" test $? -eq 0 && local_exit 1 fi debug "\"$TARGET_HOST\"" if [ "$TARGET_HOST" != "$HOST" ] ; then STATUS="rsh $TARGET_HOST -n /usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE}n status" REWIND="rsh $TARGET_HOST -n /usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE} rewind" MT_CMD="rsh $TARGET_HOST -n /usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE}" DEVICE="$TARGET_HOST:${DEVICE}" else STATUS="/usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE}n status" REWIND="/usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE} rewind" MT_CMD="/usr/bin/mt -f ${DEVICE}" fi NDEVICE=${DEVICE}n ( tape_wait() { while ($STATUS RES=$? debug result was $RES test $RES -ne 0 -a $RES -ne 85 -a $RES -ne 10) ; do debug waiting for tape drive sleep 5 done } mkdirhier $LOG_DIR cd $LOG_DIR \rm -f $LOG_DIR/* 2> /dev/null if [ $LEVEL -gt 0 ] ; then l1=`expr $LEVEL - 1` cp $BACKUPS/level$l1/* . fi LDATE=`date` DEBUG=3 DEBUG_FILE="$LOG_DIR/messages" debug "`date`" # Make sure we start at the beginning of the tape. $REWIND debug "Checking tape date..." debug "Today's Julian date is $JULIAN_DAY" t1=`$TAR -t -f $DEVICE 2>/dev/null | head -1` debug "t1 is $t1" td=`echo $t1 | awk -F"_" '{print $1}'` debug "Tape last used on julian date $td" test "$td" -eq 0 && td=`expr $JULIAN_DAY \+ 1` test "$JULIAN_DAY" -lt "$td" && td=`expr "$td" \- 366` td=`expr $JULIAN_DAY \- "$td"` ed=`expr $MAXINC \- 1` if [ "$ed" -gt "$td" ] ; then debug "Only $td days separate these tapes!" if [ $IGNORE -eq 0 ] ; then debug "Aborting backup" $REWIND elm -s"Tried to overwrite recent tape" $ADMINISTRATORS << _NEW_ $0 just tried to overwrite a tape with the Julian date of $td. Today's Julian date is $JULIAN_DAY. Naturally, $0 quit and wants you to fix the problem. Have a nice day! :-) _NEW_ local_exit 1 fi fi TAR_FLAGS="-c -f $NDEVICE -M -l -p -S -v -F $CONFIG/eject --volno-file=$LOG_DIR/volno -b 32" tape_wait $REWIND for SOURCE in $FS; do SNAME=`basename $SOURCE` test "$SNAME" = "/" && SNAME=root \rm -f $SOURCE/8mm_* 2> /dev/null touch "$SOURCE/8mm_${DTG}_${LEVEL}_${SNAME}" 2> /dev/null label="--label=${JULIAN_DAY}_Level${LEVEL}_dump_of_${SNAME}_at_${DTG}" dumpdates=$LOG_DIR/d_$SNAME TARCMD="$TAR $TAR_FLAGS $label -g $dumpdates -C $SOURCE ." debug "$TARCMD" $TARCMD 2>&1 > $LOG_DIR/r_$SNAME return_val=$? if [ $return_val -ne 0 ];then case $return_val in 1) ERR="tar says: Invalid Arguments" ;; 2) ERR="tar says: Invalid Filename" ;; 3) ERR="tar says: Bad Archive" ;; 4) ERR="tar says: Unexpected system error" ;; esac export ERR ( echo "$HOST: `date`" echo;echo "$TAR error: returned $return_val" echo;echo "while doing $SNAME" echo;echo $ERR ) > /tmp/backup.mail mailx $ADMINISTRATORS < /tmp/backup.mail rm -rf /tmp/backup.mail debug "Backup error on $SOURCE with errno $return_val" fi done eject_tape v=`cat $LOG_DIR/volno` test "$v" -gt "$EXPECTED" && elm -s"Too many tapes" $ADMINISTRATORS << _EOF_ The backup used more tapes (total $v) than expected ($EXPECTED). Please do whatever is necessary to make sure that there are enough tapes to take care of future backups. _EOF_ while (test $LEVEL -lt 9) ; do cp $LOG_DIR/d_* $BACKUPS/level$LEVEL LEVEL=`expr $LEVEL \+ 1` done debug "`date`" unlockfile $LOCKFILE test -f core && \rm core && debug "deleted a corefile" ) & ======================= CUT HERE ======================= -Brian ========================================================================= | "Are they dead?" | | "Does it matter?" | | - Pugsley and Wednesday in "The Addams Family." | ========================================================================= ------------------------------ From: huber@felicitas.irs.uni-stuttgart.de (Felix Huber) Subject: Re: 0.99.12 why network unreachable? Date: 7 Oct 1993 14:47:33 GMT In article <1993Oct6.191602.14436@cabell.vcu.edu> dresler@cabell.vcu.edu (Dan Resler) writes: > >Using kernel 0.99.12, autoprobe finds the correct ethernet board >(NE2000 clone-I/O 300-IRQ 15). However, after doing an >`ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR netmask $NETMASK', *every* attempt to use >route to update gives me "SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable". > >I know my ethernet board plus addresses are correct because I can >use Novell's (ver 4) telnet (tnvt220) with no problems from MSDOS. >Can anyone suggest what's wrong here? Thanks. > >dan >-- >Dan Resler >Dept. of Mathematical Sciences email: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu >Virginia Commonwealth University >Richmond, Virginia, USA 23284-2014 I had this problem too. This is an extract from my /dev/rc.net: if [ "$IPADDR" != "" ]; then if [ "" != "$ROUTER" ]; then ROUTERPARM="gw $ROUTER"; fi ifconfig $IPDEV $IPADDR broadcast 129.69.52.255 up netmask 255.255.255.0 route add $NET $IPDEV route add default $ROUTERPARM fi The netmask and broadcast has to be adjusted for your needs, of course. ------------------------------ From: gdha@se.alcbel.be (Gratien D'haese SE121) Subject: Solution: Linux 0.99.13 unknown blk device Date: 7 Oct 93 14:31:08 GMT Reply-To: gdha@se.alcbel.be In article <2047@se.alcbel.be>, gdha@se.alcbel.be (Gratien D'haese SE121) writes: ||> I'm trying to rebuild my new kernel Linux 0.99.13 for support of the |>3C509 ethernet card. But I keep stumpling over an "unknown blk devive" error. |>make depend returns with the following: |> Not really, but at least I've had the same problem (among others) and solved it by 'rm -rf /usr/src/linux'. Reinstalling the kernel files from the linux-0.99.13.tar.gz creates a complete clean linux tree. Thanks to everybody who helped me (I've got quiet a few [same] replies). Gratien -- ______ Gratien D'haese Switching Systems Division se121 \ / Alcatel F. Wellesplein 1, B-2018 Antwerpen \ / Bell Internet: gdha@se.alcbel.be Phone: (32) 3 240 94 51 \/ Telephone Alcanet: btmx.dhaeseg Fax: (32) 3 240 99 50 ------------------------------ From: will@linus (Michael Will) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: CFC/CFI: XSysadmin Date: 7 Oct 1993 15:30:04 GMT Reply-To: will@peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de Michael A. Irons (mirons@icarus.ci.net) wrote: : I have been thinking about just this thing. I would use OB/OI : as it seems fairly easy to use and it would be good to show some : support for the product. Exactly my intent - besides creating a nice tool and lerning a lot about ObjectorientedProgramming(tm). : Each of the sections could be written and then merged into a : main utility. If it's designed carfully, if should be extendable as : well. As for the compile time stuff. Once the gui is set, it could be : compiled into a *.o files and then linked with the code for : maintaining the files. Yes, but there is still one major problem. We have to separate the functionality from the user-interface, because we cannot use X alone. To many users do not use X because of lack of memory - these are most likely to be happy to use such a tool like we want to write. I think we have to provide a curses-interface as well - how this can be done we should discuss. My thinking is like: use virtual-functions (late binding) to have the objects communicate with the user with the apropriate methods for the selected user-interface. ParcPlace have done this with Motif/Openlook - why should we not add a curses-layer? But we have to avoid blowing up our task to unsolvable complexity, this is what makes me uneasy :) : I think it would be good to have it very flexable. For : example, with UUCP automatically figuring out which type of config : files you are using and offering a conversion option to one of the : others. That way the user is offered a list of systems, they pick a : system (or add a new one) and get options to either clear/delete it, : or edit it's 'capabilities'. Yes, this is what I wanted to do with the usermaintanement-stuff which should use shadow-passwd-files and add the gui-fields if shadow is detected - but as well work without and not bother about shadow-features. Maybe we should create a mail-channel for this topic? If enough users and developers are interested... Please let me know... 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