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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: 800×600 dpi + 11×17″ 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…

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Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 36 January 1999