"The Linux Gazette...making Linux just a little more fun!"
By James T. Dennis,
Starshine Technical Services, http://www.starshine.org/
Contents:
Greetings From Jim Dennis
- Routing and Subnetting 101
- No STREAMS Error while Installing Netware for Linux
- More than 8 loopfs Mounts?
- eql dual line ppp --or--
- EQL Serial Line "Load Balancing"
- who to report gcc bug to? --or--
- Where to Report Bugs and Send Patches
- RedHat Linux (5.1) and Brand X --or--
- How to "get into" an Linux system from a Microsoft client
- Linux File System recommendations --or--
- Where to Put New and Supplemental Packages
- Your book --or--
- Book: Linux Systems Administration
- FTP Site... --or--
- 'ls' Doesn't work for FTP Site
- very general process question --or--
- An Anthropologist Asks About the Linux "Process"
- Locating AV Research --or--
- Looking for a Hardware Vendor: In all the Wrong Places
- question for answerguy --or--
- Letting Those Transfers Run Unattended
- where can i find information about LOFS, TFS --or--
- Translucent, Overlay, Loop, and Union Filesystems
- Modem dial out
- PAM & chroot (fwd) --or--
- 'chroot()' Jails or Cardboard Boxes
- The Linux Swap File --or--
- Swap file on a RAM Disk
- RedHat Linux (5.1) and Brand X --or--
- How to "get into" an Linux system from a Microsoft client
- Dynamic IP Address Publishing Hack
- Why 40-second delay in sending mail to SMTP server?
- how to install two ethernet cards for proxy server for red hat linux --or--
- Linux as Router and Proxy Server: HOWTO?
- ey answer guy! answer this! --or--
- PostScript to GIF
- troubleshooting
- More on: "Remote Login as root"
- Thank You --or--
- Kudos
- Question --or--
- Linux Support for Intel Pentium II Xeon CPU's and Chipsets
- isp --or--
- Linux Friendly ISP's: SF Bay Area
- Hello I need some help --or--
- Eight Character login Name Limit
- Locked Out of His Mailserver
- Changing the color depth for your x-server? --or--
- Changing the X Server's Default Color Depth
- Num Lock and X apps --or--
- NumLock and X Problems
- NE2000 "clones" --- not "cloney" enough! --or--
- Expansion on NE-2000 Cards: Some PCI models "okay"
- MySql --or--
- Finding info on MySqL?
- read please very important --or--
- Spying: (AOL Instant Messenger or ICQ): No Joy!
- Tuning monitors for use with X --or--
- Fraser Valley LUG's Monitor DB
- chattr =u and then what? --or--
- ext2fs "Undeletable" Attribute
- How to Install Linux on an RS6000?
- Real PS Printing --or--
- Advanced Printer Support: 800x600 dpi + 11x17" Paper
- TAG suggestions
- password change --or--
- CGI Driven Password Changes
- ifconfig reports TX errors on v2.1.x kernels
- Trident 9685 tv --or--
- Support for Trident Video/Television Adapter
- Looking for info on BIOS setup --or--
- Plug and Pray Problems
- Mount linux drives from win9x/nt? password encryption seems to be a problem... --or--
- Sharing/Exporting Linux Directories to Windows '9x/NT
- Mail processing
- Printing question --or--
- Extra Formfeed from Windows '95
- Root password --or--
- Can't Login in as Root
- Alternate root-password recovery option --or--
- Alternative Method for Recovering from Root Password Loss
- Journal File Support and Tarantella? --or--
- SCOldies Bragging Rights
- Remote tape access, using local CPU --or--
- Application Direct Access to Remote Tape Drive
- Mounting CD Drives from SoundCard --or--
- Mounting multiple CD's
- Re: leafnode-1.7 -- news server for small sites --or--
- More on Multi-Feed Netnews (leafnode)
- rsh config --or--
- Getting 'rsh' to work
- update on your answer - netware clients --or--
- Linux as a Netware Client
- LILO Default
- uninstall help --or--
- Uninstalling Linux
- Compiling kernel --or--
- Making a Kernel Requires 'make'
- memory usage --or--
- Using only 64Mb out of 128Mb Available
- Manipulating Clusters on a Floppy ...
- Setting up ircd
- Sendmail on private net with UUCP link to Internet
- Linux in general --or--
- Complaint Department:
- A Dual Modem configuration... how do I get it to work? --or--
- eql Not Working
- routing without of any outer routers knowing me as I am a router.. --or--
- Proxyarp
- HELP: fetchmail dies after RH 5.2 upgrade --or--
- Upgrade Kills Name Server
- Question (what else?) --or--
- MS Applications Support For Linux
- Linux as a Home Internet Gateway and Server
- lilo --or--
- Persistent Boot Sector
- preference=20 --or--
- Secondary MX Records: How and Why
- LPD forks and hangs/Linux --or--
- 'lpd' Bug: "restricted service" option; Hangs Printer Daemon
- Dual booting NT or Win9x with Linux (Red Hat 5.2) --or--
- Dual Boot Configurations
- Can you give me a Suggestion?/ --or--
- Microtek Scanner Support: Alejandro's Tale
- Offer to make available Winmodem interface spec --or--
- Modem HOWTO Author Gets Offer RE: WinModems
- I do know i am boring (ma windows fa veramente cagare) --or--
- Condolences to Another Victim of the "LoseModem" Conspiracy
- Kai Makisara: Re: audio-DAT on SCSI streamer? --or--
- More on: Reading Audio Tapes using HP-DAT Drive
- Just a sugestion... --or--
- Best of Answer Guy: A Volunteer?
- more on keybindings --or--
- termcap/terminfo Oddities to Remotely Run SCO App
- Arabic? --or--
- Arabic BiDi Support for Linux
- Updates: Risks and rewards --or--
- Automated Updates
- Liam Greenwood: Your XDM question
- rsh on 2.0.34 --or--
- 'rsh' as 'root' Denied
Greetings from Jim Dennis
Happy New Year everybody. I would say more, but I think I've said enough for this month...
Previous "Answer Guy" Columns
Answer Guy #1, January 1997
Answer Guy #2, February 1997
Answer Guy #3, March 1997
Answer Guy #4, April 1997
Answer Guy #5, May 1997
Answer Guy #6, June 1997
Answer Guy #7, July 1997
Answer Guy #8, August 1997
Answer Guy #9, September 1997
Answer Guy #10, October 1997
Answer Guy #11, December 1997
Answer Guy #12, January 1998
Answer Guy #13, February 1998
Answer Guy #14, March 1998
Answer Guy #15, April 1998
Answer Guy #16, May 1998
Answer Guy #17, June 1998
Answer Guy #18, July 1998
Answer Guy #19, August 1998
Answer Guy #20, September 1998
Answer Guy #21, October 1998
Answer Guy #22, November 1998
Answer Guy #23, December 1998
Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 36 January 1999