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I  have a System76 Pangolin Performance (Panp8), and I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, 64-bit.

My computer has apparently been the target of incoming TCP-FIN scans, and also did at least one outbound scan. My network administrator banned my computer from the wifi network because of it. He says my computer's the only one on the network exhibiting the behavior. I really want to figure out the cause, but I have a huge amount of homework right now, and at this very moment the most important thing is for me to just PREVENT it from happening because I need the internet to do my homework. I have Uncomplicated Firewall, but I don't really know how it works; is there a way that I can use it to block or prevent such scans? Is there something I can do with my system or network settings to make it stop? I will be extremely grateful for any help!

Now, if you know a way I can just make the scans stop regardless of their cause, then please feel free to answer without BOTHERING to read the rest of this post. But maybe more details are necessary, so here is the firewall log report the admin sent me:

10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.114.28.200, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 59562 (from WAN Inbound)   Meebo
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 207.200.81.7, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 40283 (from WAN Inbound)   Netscape Communications Corp
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.125.225.69, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 51341 (from WAN Inbound)   Google
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 174.132.95.10, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 46657 (from WAN Inbound)   Theplanet.com internet services
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 64.236.85.82, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 41429 (from WAN Inbound)   AOL transit data network
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 23.21.54.230, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 40730 (from WAN Inbound)   Amazon
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 67.132.183.64, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 57262 (from WAN Inbound)   Akamai technologies
10/25/2012 10:41:11  **TCP FIN Scan** 199.117.103.72, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 39606 (from WAN Inbound)   Akamai technologies
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 208.81.191.110, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 54965 (from WAN Inbound)   Meebo
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.125.225.176, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 35835 (from WAN Inbound)   Google
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.125.225.89, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 41008 (from WAN Inbound)   Google
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 54.243.110.233, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 39518 (from WAN Inbound)   Amazon.com
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 199.38.164.155, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 34961 (from WAN Inbound)   X Plus One
10/25/2012 10:36:21  **TCP FIN Scan** 208.81.191.113, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 51972 (from WAN Inbound)   Meebo
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 208.81.191.110, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 54295 (from WAN Inbound)   Meebo
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 69.171.234.21, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 44825 (from WAN Inbound)   Facebook (I don't even have a Facebook account)
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 67.132.183.9, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 35936 (from WAN Inbound)   Akamai Technologies
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 167.8.226.13, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 38467 (from WAN Inbound)   Gannett Co Inc
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 168.143.84.74, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 44154 (from WAN Inbound)   NTT America Inc
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 64.236.85.88, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 48464 (from WAN Inbound)   AOL Transit Data Network
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 75.98.35.20, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 44010 (from WAN Inbound)   Legolas Media
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 174.132.95.10, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 45758 (from WAN Inbound)   Theplanet.com
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 54.243.166.54, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 59490 (from WAN Inbound)   Amazon.com
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 69.172.216.55, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 45381 (from WAN Inbound)   Saferoute Incorporated
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.125.225.89, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 40278 (from WAN Inbound)   Google
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 64.94.107.18, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 40790 (from WAN Inbound)   Intermap Network Services Corporation
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 50.16.195.154, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 36605 (from WAN Inbound)   Amazon
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 74.125.225.90, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 47767 (from WAN Inbound)   Google
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 67.132.183.42, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 58683 (from WAN Inbound)   Akamai Technologies
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 205.217.176.11, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 57381 (from WAN Inbound)   Savvis
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 208.71.123.131, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 57039 (from WAN Inbound)   24/7 REAL Media
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 67.132.183.65, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 50760 (from WAN Inbound)   Akamai Technologies
10/25/2012 10:21:41  **TCP FIN Scan** 67.132.30.137, 80->> 192.168.2.37, 46285 (from WAN Inbound)   Qwest Communications
10/25/2012 10:09:12  **TCP FIN Scan** 192.168.2.37, 52621->> 107.22.232.230, 80 (from WAN Outbound)Amazon

The right-hand column (Google, Meebo, etc) was added by me after I did a bunch of lookups on whois.domaintools.com. I am so confused. Why in the world am I being TCP FIN scanned from IPs owned by Google and Amazon and Meebo and various media companies? At the time it happened, I do actually think I was on a website where I was logged into Meebo and the chat bar was open; could these actually be "legitimate" harmless scans performed as part of Meebo's chat service? Another thing I noticed was that all of the scans came from a port 80, and when my computer did an outbound scan, the scan was sent to a port 80. This makes me wonder if it's just being done by one person who is spoofing various IPs, because what are the chances all those different computers would be using the same port to scan me/get scanned by me? Or, could someone be spoofing my IP and MAC addresses on the network, and if so how could I find out?

Also, I would like to know, is there a log on my computer that I can check which will tell of any such scans that have recently occurred?

I ran chkrootkit and rkhunter, and neither detected any rootkits, but chkrootkit said:
The following suspicious files and directories were found: 
/usr/lib/jvm/.java-1.6.0-openjdk.jinfo /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/.path /usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/[email protected]/chrome/.mkdir.done

And rkhunter gave "warnings" for the following:
/usr/bin/mail
/usr/bin/bsd-mailx

Rkhunter also said that "Checking if syslog remote logging is allowed" was "Not Allowed". I have no idea whether any of this is relevant to my problem. Yes, go ahead and laugh at my ignorance.

I had a similar problem with TCP FIN scans back in May, and I started a thread about it back then. I never FIGURED out what was causing it, but it eventually got resolved in that it stopped happening after my computer got messed up and I had to install a new copy of Ubuntu (and chose to "downgrade" to 11.04). However, I figured this warranted a new thread because the problem went away for so long, I'm using an entirely different version and copy of the operating system, and now I'm getting incoming scans whereas before my computer was just doing outbound ones.You asked a very similar question to this on the Ubuntu forums on 5 May 2012.

Do you use a Cloud service (data backups? cloud music player for android or the computer)? Maybe you've got a KINDLE that you've synced on this computer? Are you using Windows apps under Wine and/or a VM?






Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 26, 2012, 01:02:06 PM

You asked a very similar question to this on the Ubuntu forums on 5 May 2012.

Do you use a Cloud service (data backups? cloud music player for android or the computer)? Maybe you've got a kindle that you've synced on this computer? Are you using Windows apps under Wine and/or a VM?

I am trying to give new life to laptops and Puppy 5.2 seems to work just great with the Latitude D600's I have. I am still testing using the live CD, but I can not get the system to connect to the wireless network in the school. The wireless card is there and visible, I put in the school's ssid and wep code, the interface shows as active, but there is no data sent or received and browsers will not connect to any sites.

Should I just bite the BULLET and install?

Also, is there an easy way to connect to the Windows domain for printing and documents?

Thanks,I'd install if the hard drive doesn't have important info on it. Otherwise with a Live install you always have to reconfigure as for settings are WIPED out after shutdown. Depending on the wireless card you are using some are OK with Linux and others has issues.

What NIC are you using for Wireless? And is it connected thru PCMCIA slot or USB 1.1 port?


Well, these are old and have not been used in about a year or so. Installing may just do the trick. The wireless card is installed, not usb or pcmcia. It shows up as b43legacy. If built in cards don't work for this sort of thing, then these are headed for the recyclers as there is no budget to purchase wireless cards for them.

Thanks for the answer,
wifi cards are cheap these days. Even with no budget you can have wifi for about $20 probably with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1GK0D21487

Support Operating System Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Linux, MACGuess you have not worked at a NYC public school. Last year we had to have the principal order paper on her personal credit card because of the budget cuts. Also, having a card sticking out of the side of the laptop is just begging kids to pull it out. I typed in, lspci -nn | grep -i 14e4, that I got from another site and it comes up as a Broadcom Corp bcm4306 802.11b/g wireless lan controller. I am trying System>Administration>additional drivers and it looks like something is downloading, but the download window has not moved in about 10 minutes.

I will let you know how it goes, going to let it run and come back later.

Thanks,No love for the puppy.

The download timed out and failed, and I think that I will be trying another version, this just seems to be too much of a headache.

Thanks for the replies,
Fedora for me has been really good with wifi success. I have a Thumb drive with it as a bootable device and its worked on about 14 different laptops ranging in age from 2005 MODEL to modern with different chipsets for wifi.Thanks for the heads-up, I will check that out when I get back on Monday.

Hi,

I've just got a free IPv6 tunnel from Hurricane Electric and a Mikrotik RB to do all the firewall and tunnelling for my network, and I've been going round my systems converting them to IPv6. Finding out that Solaris containers need their own link local devices to be ABLE to use neighbour discovery was interesting. Configuring hairpin NAT on the router was another interesting one. Adding IPv6 support to sendmail was easy enough. Now I'm stuck on imaps and pops ...

I editted /etc/services to include imaps and pops ages ago when I setup IPv4, so this time all I did was change tcp to tcp6 in the inetd.conf and ran
Code: [Select]# inetconv -fthis built a whole load of new FMRI services for IPv6 as follows
Code: [Select]online         22:05:23 svc:/network/imap/tcp6:default
online         22:05:39 svc:/network/pop3/tcp6:default
online         22:05:50 svc:/network/pop3s/tcp6:default
online         22:05:59 svc:/network/imaps/tcp6:default
When I telnet to the ports 110,143,993 and 995 I find that using the IPv4 address you get the expected pop and imap prompts and 993 995 dont give any prompt as you'd expect from an encryted port.

However, when I telnet to the same ports using the IPv6 address I get unencrypted pop and imap prompts on all 4 ports. Has anyone any clue what to do from here?

BTW, as a wild stab in the dark I also tried adding lines with tcp6 in /etc/services but that makes no difference.

Finally, for detail I'm using
Solaris 10 HW 3/05 for SPARC on an Ultra-5 and the pop and imap service is provided by the CSWimap package, and its all running in a Solaris zone (aka container)
Code: [Select]# pkginfo -l CSWimap
   PKGINST:  CSWimap
      NAME:  imap - mail server daemon (UW)
  CATEGORY:  system
      ARCH:  sparc
   VERSION:  2002,REV=2003.08.3_rev=d
    VENDOR:  http://www.washington.edu/imap/  packaged for CSW by Sascha Ferley
    PSTAMP:  apollo20030803013117
  INSTDATE:  Mar 29 2006 01:48
   HOTLINE:  http://www.blastwave.org/bugtrack/
     EMAIL:  [email protected]
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:       51 installed pathnames
                   7 shared pathnames
                   8 directories
                  14 executables
               19565 blocks used (approx)

# CAT /etc/release
                         Solaris 10 3/05 s10_74L2a SPARC
           Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                            Assembled 22 January 2005
Thx,
Banjo.
I eventually found some information on the University of Washington's website (the author of CSWimap) that said you need to RECOMPILE with:
# make IP=6

So I downloaded and compiled that.

For some reason its not linking with /usr/local/ssl/lib so I symbollically LINKED libssl and libcrypto to /usr/lib and finally I just needed to copy the ssl keys from /opt/csw to /usr/local/ssl

Now everything works fine with IPv6

Hey

I really need your help. I have to make a list of all home folders, which SHOWS the REAL SIZE of each home folder, the user and the group. Then I have to SORT the list. It should look like that:

                           
group 1{
group 2{

i`m using windows 7. While i`s downloading and installing linux i fell asleep and on the next morning my hard drive names and icons were changed. i tried to correct it by many ways of changing icons but neither the name nor the icons have switched back. i`m attaching how the 'my computer' window looks like!
local disk (C:) has become linux live KEY (C:) similarly D and E drive, only F drive is ok. i`m clueless.
PLEASE HELP

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Please do not post the same question more than once. I deleted the other topic.If you installed Linux why is the image from Windows?i`m sorry i couldn`t make it clear but i SAID i tried to install linux but it didn`t get installed.. somehow in the process the INSTALLATION  wasn`t successful.
but the problem is i`m using Windows 7 and the icons still look like linux type...

I have a Ubuntu 12.04 machine, and for some reason, doing Code: [SELECT]ping google.com returns Code: [Select]ping: unknwn host "google.com"
But if i use any IP, such as google's, it works.

I think this WOULD be a problem with the "HOSTS" file or something like that.

Anyway, if you have any ideas, that would be great. Thanks. Clearly your machine's DNS is not set up correctly.  What's in the file /etc/resolv.conf?That file was empty. I found the solution to place "nameserver 192.168.1.1" in that file. This has worked so far. It sounds like you aren't getting your DNS server when you get your IP adress, is your network adapter set to receive addresses from a DHCP server? You can check by looking at /etc/network/interfacesDo one thing ,, JUst add nameserver 8.8.8.8 in your (VI /etc/resolv.conf  )

Looking for a Linux Distro suggestion for Pentium 4 2.0Ghz with 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD, Integrated Intel 845 Graphics.

*Features needed = GUI and still supported for security updates.

*** Also this (manufactured in 2002) system is so old that its bios does not support bootable USB devices and it only has a CD-ROM installed so the Distro has to fit ONTO a CD-R 700MB disc.

I was going to put Linux Mint 14 on this system, but they no longer have ISO's for CD's available for download, only DVD ISO's.

I then looked AROUND and found Fedora 17 available as a modern OS that would "FIT" burn to a CD-R and booted off of that before i went to work today and it showed a quick flash of Linux bootloader etc, and then the screen went black and it then came back with green text crushed/distorted on black background. I could barely make out something about Kernel and 86. I then rebooted it and selected an option to boot Fedora 17 Live Distro with minimal system requirements and still got this error screen.

*This system by the way is a healthy system on Windows XP. I added a removable drive bay to it so I can have Linux on 1 drive and the original Windows XP Pro on the other drive to make this tower multipurpose for projects etc.

Also ran Memtest 86 version 4 off the Fedora 17 Live CD and it ran with 7 passes without issues. Just ran this even though nothing suggesting it had to be run since the system runs without issues otherwise.

The Live Distro of Fedora 17 claims to be x86 so I wasnt using a x64 (64-bit) Distro on a 32-bit CPU

*Maybe I need to invest in an IDE DVD-Rom drive. Was thinking maybe of installing an earlier version of Mint such as Mint 9 and then upgrade it once I have internet support to download the recent version, but as my college professor said long ago, its best to install Linux clean than to upgrade its version on the fly. If I performed a Linux Mint 9 to version 14 upgrade, it will be the first OS other than from Microsoft that I upgraded on the fly from prior to newer version as well as the first version upgrade that wasnt via CD or DVD.

Thanks for looking this info over and offering suggestion(s)***UPDATE*** --- I located an IDE DVD/CD-RW drive that I can install into this system. Going to burn the Mint 14 ISO to DVD-R and see if it installs without issues like Fedora 17 Desktop x86/64 Live CD had.Installed Mint 14 x86 without any problems. Was surprised Mint 14 was released about a month ago and already 322 updates to default install.

Was concerned that this 11 year old computer might show signs of not being able to keep up with demands of a newer Mint 14 installation as for the last version of Mint I ran on it was Mint 11 which had lesser system requirements.

Was also concerned about the limited driver support for the Intel 845 GL GPU, which has been an issue with other operating systems, but it was automatically detected and full performance at 1024x768. *Ran into issues with Intel no longer supporting this chipset for modern OS like Windows 7 32-bit. For Windows 7 32-bit I had to install the Windows XP drivers under XP compatability mode checked and run as administrator checked to get anything better than 640x480.

But with Mint 14, this system runs at a good pace. Added some screenlets to monitor the CPU and Memory and add the clock in upper right corner to make it just like my Windows 7 desktop appearance. Pentium 4 2.0Ghz socket 478 CPU idles at around 15% and 400MB of 1GB 266Mhz DDR RAM. Further testing reveiled that this system also can play youtube videos without being choppy. I was thinking that this legacy Intel 845 GL GPU with shared memory would choke on playing videos, but it played them without any issues in windowed playback. The real test will be full screen playback.

Lastly I found it interesting that during the installation process after entering user name and password, the Mint 14 distro named my system "Dave-Imperial" .... I was impressed that it was able to read from system hardware information that this was a Trigem Imperial GL-VE motherboard to lift the "Imperial" name from which originally came out of a dead & dropkicked tower eMachine Celeron 2Ghz that I got for free and stuffed a P4 2Ghz into it from a dead HP and upgraded from 256MB Ram to 1GB from other dead systems that had 512MB sticks in them. ( * A local computer shop use to let me pick through their computer junk before it would go to recycle and take what I WANTED since it would cost them to dispose of the junk. Their policy was I could take anything and as much as I wanted, BUT hard drives had to be wiped clean for OBVIOUS reasons if I were to take to use any.)Though it may be a little late now but Lubuntu is probably worth TAKING a look at. Maybe its too late...but i think you must consider zorin os 6 lite edition...


Never too late to check out Linux Distros! I have a removable hard drive in this system and will try those out on the 3rd drive I have.

Okay, I'm running an e-machine T3092 with 1GB RAM and a geforce 6200 video card.  I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on it with FF 18.0.1 and Chrome 24.0.1312.57.

Now with Chrome it's easy, anything with FLASH and a bar pops up saying Could Not LOAD Shockwave Flash.  It's been enabled in the plugins.

With FF I get nothing, not even a placeholder TELLING me to get Flash. 

I've reinstalled Flash, gnash, Lightspark and Flashaid, all to no avail.  For Java I've installed Iced Tea, and no joy with it either.This is just an update.

I have Iced Tea working and now have Java in FF and Chrome.  I've still not been able to get anywhere with Flash.Update 2.

I have Flash working now, and Java.  It sure took a while.  There is still one site that I have difficulties with though.

http://www.battlecam.com

It shows me the Flash placeholder and just tells me that I need to INSTALL Flash.  Which of course is already installed.  I'm wondering if the site uses HTML 5 at all in it's streaming content.

In Chrome it still tells me that it can't load the plugin - I'm not too WORRIED about that though, I really don't like Chrome.

I want to make a thumbdrive that boots to Mint 13, but doesnt act like a LIVE read-only distro. I want the thumb drive to act like a normal Linux build where I can add software etc and save changes. Found a reference to someone doing this with Fedora 15, but lots of info missing.

Mint 13 installer has a "Something Else" option as attached in pic, for custom installations, since the other choices never look at USB drives and only normal hard drives. So I have to use this option to install from 1 stick to another stick and the problem i ran into is not knowing what partitions are required and what size to make them? The USB thumbdrive is 8GB and Mint CLAIMS to require 5.3GB is available for install.

I havent had to manually set up Linux partitions for an install since RedHat 6.0  MANY years ago, so i figured I'd check here on what sizes to make the partitions. Also, does it make sense to have a swap partition on a thumbdrive? You can install and run without them. I was just thinking that since the system has 4GB Ram and you should make swap space = 1.5x RAM and i have 8GB thumbdrive it wouldnt work out too well eating up 6GB of my 8GB. Also I would think that performance would be degraded if the USB thumbdrive was being used as extra memory as well with a swap space which is intended for real hard drives to handle.

Also if there is an easier method than installing from a 1GB thumb drive to another 8GB to make a USB bootable read/write version of Mint 13 thumbdrive, I would be interested in going that route if there is a automatic method that works.

Thanks



[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]In many Ubuntu/Linux Mint(which is based on Ubuntu and have a lot of similarities, e.g. PPA compatibility)installers there is an official option to provide persistent software and documents:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/live-usb-install-puts-linux-thumb-drive-ease/
But this still treats the drive as a Live CD as opposed to a native install, and many have reported problems once the number of installed packages increases.
The only con I can think of to putting swap on the USB drive is the possibility of wearing out the flash memory more quickly (though your hard drive probably will suffer mechanical damage far before that happens) and the extremely limited transfer SPEED if you're using USB 2.0 as opposed to 3.0.
Not too sure about your recommendation for having 1.5x times the capacity of the physical RAM allocated to swap. (I have a VPS running Ubuntu 11.10 on the OpenVZ virtualization platform with 128M RAM, 128M swap and there aren't any stability issues with apache2, php5, fastcgi, and a couple other programs like OpenVPN and an IRC gateway, and haven't had to reboot in over a month.) I am installing Mint 14 XFCE Nadia on a netbook now, and I had to create a swap partition before it let me proceed :S
Give your idea a go! By all means. Format your USB drive and create the partitions first. Ext2 is SUPPOSED to be less weary in TERMS of read/write cycles, so try using that, and 2 GB swap space should be sufficient. Don't forget to specify the location of the GRUB bootloader- DON'T OVERWRITE YOUR HARD DRIVE'S BOOTLOADER! Make sure you're writing to the Ext2 partition you created. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing . http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Quote

features include; Persistence (if available) – note that casper persistence will only work with fat16 or fat32 formatted drives.

Persistent Installation
You can, if you want, create a “persistent” installation of Ubuntu and other Debian-based distributions. What does this mean? Software you install and documents you create after booting this thumb drive will stay on your thumb drive. It’s a virtual computer on a drive!

Hello, I am a new Linux mint 13 user and having problems with an old floppy drive. When i double click on the icon a pop up comes up saying no media found. I tried the mount and unmount, not sure if i typed it correct. I STILL can not get it to WORKARE you sure this drive is a good working 3.5" floppy drive? I used Mint 13 Cinnamon with a USB external 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive and it mounted just fine to test to see if it had any issues with Floppy Drive support since just about no one uses floppy drives anymore. The 20 year old floppy in the drive with Wolfenstein 3D was able to be read without any problems. I DIDNT have to do anything special to mount this drive. So either the drive might be bad or the disk in the drive might be junk? Quote from: smitty56 on January 16, 2013, 09:15:36 AM

I am [...] having problems with an old floppy drive.

Ok, so here's the PROBLEM. We trash-picked a (relatively nice) computer which has:

Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-28-generic
Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-28-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-27-generic
Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-27-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-22-generic
Ubuntu, with linuz 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
Windows 7 (loader)  (on /dev/sda1)

So I want to remove the Ubuntu options and automatically boot windows 7 when the computer is turned on.  The problem is that none of the Ubuntu options work, and the only way that I have found that will allow me to edit GRUB, is through Ubuntu command line.  Is there any way to either edit GRUB from windows 7, or to SWAP over to the windows loader? (we do not have the disk to windows 7, as it wasn't with the computer when we found it)

Thanks for the help!I don't believe you have the LEGAL right to run Windows 7 if you "trash-picked" that machine.
What does  "trash-picked" mean?

If time is money, then the OP could do this:
1. Replace the hard drive.
2. Install a recent Linux  Mint  download:  http://www.linuxmint.com/
3. Sell it to somebody that LIKES it.

Otherwise, I have no idea why the OP wants o spend any time on  this if he does not want to sell it.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on December 28, 2012, 01:29:41 PM

What does  "trash-picked" mean?

Otherwise, I have no idea why the OP wants o spend any time on  this if he does not want to sell it.

2. Install a recent Linux  Mint  download:  http://www.linuxmint.com/

I don't believe you have the legal right to run Windows 7 if you "trash-picked" that machine.

    I don't believe you have the legal right to run Windows 7 if you "trash-picked" that machine.
Why would it not be legal?

Hello to all.

I currently RUN about 19 rackmount MACHINES on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. Right now, I have several servers that I WOULD like to share the same NAS location, to keep all the files on a nice, large storage server set up in RAID 5 across 6 hard drives.

On the server, I have Samba installed, and working just fine, it seems. I followed this tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Z_-3EBIHE I managed to install WebMin, and used that to configure Samba. Right now, the shares are all accessable on windows clients with each share completely public (the guest user being nobody:nogroup with read and write permissions)

What I need to do is mount the share //192.168.1.150/severs into a location in the home directory, where my particular daemon stores it's files at /home/service/daemon/ and I need the directory /home/service/daemon/servers/ directory mounted to //192.168.1.150/servers.

I have been using the command "smbmount //192.168.1.150/servers /home/service/daemon/servers" and I have been getting "mount error (13) permission denied" when mounting as a non-root user, and when I mount the location as root, the user "service", which the daemon runs as, does not have access to the mounted directory.

My samba server has the user service in the valid users, possible users and read-write users.

What here am I missing? from any Windows computer, I can go to the network tab, go into the share, and red, and write files, directories, and the such, and from Ubuntu, as long as I am root, I can go read, write and make directories.

I have not tested from Ubuntu Desktop, as I currently only have the servers running ubuntu (I am not fond of giving up dreamweaver)

Any help is appreciated. These servers, I am hoping to roll out into production soon. Thank you.


UPDATE: As a note, I LOADED Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop on a Live CD and was able to mount just fine to the Samba volume and write/read files.

am using following code for FTP in SHELL SCRIPT file and it is working.I want to MIGRATE from FTP to SFTP.What code changes/steps will I have to do for SFTP ?

FIN

ftp -in <open $SAP_UP_SERVER
user $SAP_UP_USER $SAP_UP_PASSWORD
asc

put $PM00_OUTPUTS_DIRECTORY/$SAP_UP_FILE_CSV /$SAP_UP_FILE_CSV
prompt ... End File ftp DATES transaction

quit
FIN

how to do password less login with SFTP ? what will be detailed steps that I need to follow ?

After a HDD failure on a laptop i have been recomended/suggested Ubuntu as an alternative to windows 7. I have downloaded it from the live CD LIST site, made a bootable CD and tried the OS on a Packard Bell Desktop (run from CD not HDD). I have to SAY i was greatly impressed with the OS and am considering instaling it properly on a machine (probably in tandem with win 7 in case of problems. I have since discovered just how many Linux type OSs there are out there and was wondering if Ubuntu was the right one for a 'newbie' fresh from win7 like me?

If i go for Ubuntu, or any other variant, i would like to know how easy it is to install and configure and how compatible it is with widely available software more commonly used with windows. Any tips or tricks that might be usefull?

ThanksFor Windows software compatibility you should check Wine, it's independent of Linux distro.

I'd recommend going with Mint or Ubuntu, though I prefer Mint - it's more user-friendly.

For me, it is easy, however you do have to have knowledge if you want to go into the more advanced areas, in any Linux distro, but judging from your message, I assume that you won't need that. So in short - configuration and installation of Mint would be extremely easy, I bet even someone who's never used a PC before could do it.Good morning richardf77

Like a lot of folks here and around the world have used and do like Linux, my self I have used red hat and Ubuntu versions.

From my experiences I would say any debian based linux vairant like Ubuntu you should start with. I too was very impressed with Ubuntu OS it was very user friendly. Nice packet manager very easy to get started with and learn etc.

But for windows with out a question in my opinion Windows 7 is by far the best OS MS has made to date. Don't get me wrong I still have 2 XP boxes (1 for re-imaging HD's and older diagnostic software) and (1 for reg desktop) and I still do like XP but W7 can do a just about everything that XP could.

In my house I have a Windows 2003 SERVER, 2 windows 7 laptops, 2 Windows 7 desktops (1 media center box and my in-house work box) and like i stated above I have 2 XP boxes now when I have time I will set up another Ubuntu system I am still very impressed with it to this day.

Well this is my 2 cents I hope what little bit in this post will help you, but just remember if you still have a W7 disk / KEY and try Ubuntu and decide you don't like linux you can always format and start over and go back to windows        Hi, I maybe too LATE, but I just want to suggest using zorin os. It is based on ubuntu 12.04 and basically it is designed for windows user that decides they want to try linux. I personnally tried this OS and after a couple of days I decide to use it as my primary OS. You will be surprise on how it works out of the box and how user friendly it is. If you are not a gamer, maybe you won't need your windows program anymore after trying this OS.

where do you go to GET the Linux live cd trying to recover a vista problem .was suggested to use Linux live. There are MANY links that show but I do not want to download and have it make me change to that toolbar and change my home page for that advertisement.Here is a are list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs
"List of live CDs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of live CDs. A live CD or live DVD is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk DRIVE."

Note that a "Live CD" has limited ability to repair a Vista OS. The "Live CD"  can be used to export your DATA to an EXTERNAL hard drive.

I have been working on my FreeBSD computer for LIKE 3 days now. Shared libraries keeps being missing. I'm out of idea. I'd tell you that I have FreeBSD 7.4, generic kernel.Sorry, I can not help. As for me, I would just START over again

Here is some materiel for reference.
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
Top Ten Distributions
An overview of today's top distributions (UNIX like)
You might consider another variant of BSD. Or even Linux. The above link mentions five BSD distros.

Of course you know that BSD is not Linux. The link below is for others reading this thread.
The FreeBSD Project

I chose BSD because it is FLEXIBLE. Sorry, but I need it.Understood. The version of FreeBSD you have was done in 2011.
There is now a  a RELEASE of version 9.1 that was supposed to be OK.
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/announce.html
Quote

FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE Announcement

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the stable/9 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 9.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:

    New Intel GPU driver with GEM/KMS support
    netmap(4) fast userspace packet I/O framework
    ZFS improvements from illumos project
    CAM Target Layer, a disk and processor device emulation subsystem
    Optional new C++11 stack including LLVM libc++ and libcxxrt
...

how do i GET the SOUND to work, i just INSTALLED ubuntu on my HP paviion a6700fDid you install any DRIVERS?

Hi.. I have a problem on filtering the data in unix

The files is
         abc.done
         gba.done  
         a.txt
         c.txt
         b.sh
        

How can is select all the files without selcting the file that have extension of .done .
How can is USE 'll or ls' command to unselect .done data.

$ll -lrt

Please help me as i'm new in UNIX envoirement.
Thank YOuIf your ls version have a --hide option,
Code: [Select]ls -LTR --hide=*.done

or you can use combination of ls and grep
Code: [Select]ls -ltr |grep -v ".done"

or you can use find command
Code: [Select]find . -maxdepth 1 -not -name "*.done" #find only current directory

Thanks. Really appreciated. I've settled my problem BASED on ur guide
...and no doubt got full marks on your class ASSIGNMENT...   Quote

...and no doubt got full marks on your class assignment...  

I've problem for counting rows of multiple text(.txt) file. How can i use command to get the row count.  
The test files is like this.
      
   txt file1           txt file2
        a,1111          z,999
        b,2222          y,888
        c,3333          x,777
 
I've TRIED cmd wc -l FILENAME | awk '{print $1}' and the output is  
 
       3  
       3  
       6
 
if cmd like this wc -l filename (without awk), the output,
 
       3 file1
       3 file2
       6 total
 
How can i get only the total value (in above case '6')

Please help meYou're nearly there with wc and awk. Just throw tail into the mix and its done.
Code: [Select]wc -l *.txt | awk '{print $1}' | tail -1thanks..

but how about this ONE above...

$cat file.txt ... then the output

Name : razi
Acc   : 1111
Name : ana
Acc   : 2222
Name : John
Acc   : 3333

How can i select only the NAME ROW.

The output that i desire is

Name : Razi
Name : Ana
Name : John

Do assist me..thanks



There are 2 ways to SOLVE this.

Throw in another command
Code: [Select]grep '^Name :' *.txt | wc -l| awk '{print $1}'
Or do the whole thing in awk
Code: [Select]awk 'BEGIN {total = 0}($1 == "Name"){total++} END {print total}' *.txt

I downloaded the Slax and Ubuntu LiveCDs yesterday and tried them both out today
I can boot from them fine, but then with Ubuntu I get some music and then a black screen.  Eventually the CD drive spins down, but nothing happens even if I leave it for half an hour.  No sound, no display, no response, whatever I press.  I had to shut it down by holding down the power button.
With Slax, it boots fine, but then whatever option I choose for the display mode it doesn't work.  I get a lot of errors about failing to LOAD things and that "x may have crashed". They scrolled by quite fast, so I don't actually know the exact messages I got.
So in short, NEITHER CD works. With one I get a black screen, and with the other I get a lot of error messages until I shut down.
Can anyone help me out here?  Could it be a problem with hardware incompatability?Tell us about your hardware.

Also when you boot Slax (let's focus on that) your login in root, the password is toor. On screen you will see the command to configure your video adapter> I don't remember what it is, but you will see that. Type it and press enter and it will set up the X Configuration for the best results for the video card it configures. You will be returned to the prompt where you type in startx and press enter. What happens then?The command, GX1, is "xconf" I believe (for FUTURE reference).That sounds correct. Thanks.

I use so many Linux flavors it is hard to keep them all straight.It is xconf, that was the first thing I did after logging in as root with password toor
I then used startx, whuch is when all the errors came up
There was no GUI or ANYTHING, just the black screen with white letters reporting errors, problems and so on
Hardware - AMD Turion 64 MT-37 2GHz, ATi Mobility X1600 256Mb, 1Gb RAM, 15.4" widescreen 1280x800, 100Gb 7200rpm HDD, DVD-RW drive (Sony DW-Q520A)
Thanks for the repliesI downloaded Ubuntu and Slax again, plus the 64 bit version of Ubuntu
Same problems with all 3 distros - Slax gives me errors, and both of the Ubuntu versions just sit there with a black screen, looking at me dumbly
I'm at a complete loss now, I've no idea why these aren't working unless it's a hardware incompatibilityWhat happens if you press Ctrl+Alt+F1?On which distro?
And when?Any distro, at the black screen.OK I'll try it when I get some time, thanksI trid Ctrl + Alt + F1 at the black screen on Ubuntu.
I got a command prompt, but had no idea where to go from there.
I typed help and got a list of commands, but they scrolled past too fast to read.
I shut it down then because I had no idea what to do.
I also downloaded a Linspire LiveCD, but that hangs halfway through loading - the progress BAR stays halfway along and the CD drive spins down, not doing anything.  It doesn't do anything if I leave it for half an hour either.Experience has shown me that a slow burn (4x or less) is desirable, assuming the download was not corrupted. You may want to burn another.After Ubuntu and Slax didn't work the first time, I searched the forum for a while and found your advice about slow burns.
I burned all 4 of these at 4x speed, with nothing else running in the background.
It could be a corrupted download, but I doubt all 4 CDs would be corrupted.
Plus, I used the CD validation tool on Ubuntu, and it checked out OK.
The others don't have that option, but still . . . all of them corrupted?Don't worry - I just wanted to establish that your distro had installed.  It has.  Ctrl+Alt+F7 will take you back to the black screen.  From there, Ctrl+Alt++ should cycle between different resolutions.  See what happens when you try that.OK, I'll try that in a bit.
Thanks very much for all your suggestions, everyone.

Can I connect 2 servers to a Sun Storage? Do I need any license? I wish to connect a Sun SERVER with Solaris 10 and a HP server with Linux AS 3 to the Sun Storage USING Fibre Channel. I've installed HBA card into both servers respectively.You might TRY emailing Sun or your supplier.  I for one have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, I'm afraid.It would be helpful if you said which Sun Storage array you are using, but in any case none of them require a license to attach extra hosts.

Some arrays such as the SE9900 SERIES Hitachi Lightning arrays require licenses per TB of storage, and extra features such of Shadow Image. But if you have enough HBAs on the array and the servers, then you don't need a licnese to connect the host.

If you're talking Veritas Volume Manager which is host based RAID SOFTWARE, then you need licenses to run that on each host (except if your storage is SSA, A5000, A5100 or A5200 of course)

Please supply more details? ....

Does anyone know how to remove duplicate lines from a file?

I USE a script to transfer a number of files created from some automated copy/pastes to our Unix server, then I use cat to merge them into one file to be PROCESSED by another script.  Unfortunately the next script runs a program against our revenues database and this doesn't accept duplicate lines, sometimes the users have accidentally requested the same TRANSACTION more than once and are not aware they've DONE this, so the files can contain duplicates...

There doesn't seem to be a way of removing these when using cat, but I WONDERED if there's something else I could run against the file to remove these?you can use the uniq command
eg
Code: [Select]sun:/home# more file
line 1
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 5
line 6
line 7
sun:/home# uniq file
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7

Hi,
Thanks, that's great!
I don't suppose you know how to remove blank lines from a file though?
My file has a blank line between each of the lines of data - this blank line appears to be coming from the shareware I'm using to do the automated copy/paste so unfortunately I have no control over it...
Once again, thanks for the help!Ooh, ignore me, I've just found I can remove the blank lines with sed...

sed -e '/^$/d' < myfile

I am getting the error:
<0&GT; Kernal Panic - Not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt.
Whenever I begin to load the following Linux operating systems:
Feathers Linux (Live CD), Slax Linux (Live CD), Vector Linux (HD install, Lilo partition on MBR, thanks Rob_Pomeroy, it does work excellent)

Well, anyways, I get this error when booting the OS. It comes before the desktop, and I think its  before EVERYTHING loads. There is QUITE a lot of information before this error, but it sweeps by so fast!

My computer is a 128MB RAM, 733MHz processor, 7GB HD.

I am planning on switching to Ubuntu, and getting WineHQ so I can run some Windows applications.

Please help, since I cant get it to work, I have stuck myself with DOS and Windows 3.0!

What causes this problem, and how can it be fixed?My guess would be either a bug in the kernel/a kernel module, or a hardware problem (possibly motherboard).  Try a distribution that comes with a different version of the Linux kernel.  Do you know for a fact that your hardware is supported?Well, the CD's all work on other computers, just not this one.
One another one of my OS CD's, it ALSO SAYS that its not syncing

In my .profile script on my Sun Solaris machines I use the FOLLOWING command to retrieve the host name into an environment variable:

HOST=`uname -n`

This WORKS fine on Sun, but on my Linux machines I get the following message when the .profile runs and the variable is EMPTY:

ksh: ./.profile[10]: uname: not found

What syntax changes do I need to make to get the same funcationality to work on Linux that works on Sun?

Linux Version:  2.4.21-47.ELsmp
Sun version: SunOS 5.8

Thanks!Try specifying the full path to uname (usually /bin/uname).  Or you can use /bin/hostname in place of "uname -n".Fantastic, that worked.  Thank you.  It's always the little things.  I guess I was attempting to CALL those commands before the path had been established.
No problem.

Does anyone know how to pass a "subject" through sendmail?

Thanks,
Michelle.
How do you mean?  Are you trying to pipe a message through the sendmail command?  Why not try "mail" instead.  It has a much easier command line switches:

Code: [Select]MAIL(1)                  BSD General Commands Manual                  MAIL(1)

NAME
     mail - send and receive mail

SYNOPSIS
     mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-B bcc-addr] to-addr...
     mail [-iInNv] -f [name]
     mail [-iInNv] [-u user]

INTRODUCTION
     Mail is an intelligent mail processing system, which has a command syn-
     tax reminiscent of ed(1) with lines replaced by MESSAGES.

     -v    Verbose mode.  The details of delivery are displayed on the userâs
           terminal.

     -i    Ignore tty interrupt signals.  This is particularly useful when
           using mail on noisy phone lines.

     -I    Forces mail to run in interactive mode even when input isnât a
           terminal.  In particular, the â~â special character when SENDING
           mail is only active in interactive mode.

     -n    Inhibits reading /etc/mail.rc upon startup.

     -N    Inhibits the initial display of message headers when reading mail
           or editing a mail folder.

     -s    Specify subject on command line (only the first argument after the
           -s flag is used as a subject; be careful to quote subjects con-
           taining spaces.)

     -c    Send carbon copies to list of users.

     -b    Send blind carbon copies to list.  List should be a comma-sepa-
           rated list of names.

     -f    Read in the contents of your mbox (or the SPECIFIED file) for pro-
           cessing; when you quit, mail writes undeleted messages back to
           this file.

     -u    Is equivalent to:

                 mail -f /var/spool/mail/user

Etc.Hi,
Thanks for that, but I was using sendmail as I run it within a shell script to send a file through our MS Exchange server to Outlook users as a scheduled job.  Unfortunately our so called "Intelligent Message Filter" on the Exchange server was treating the unix MAILS as spam, but if I specify a subject I can use a custom weighting xml file to change the weighting of the unix emails based on the specified subject.

We found that you can create a header file containing the fields -

To:
Date:
From: and
Subject:

within unix, so I've created one containing the addresses of my recipients and the subject containing a word that's allowed through my content filter list, and I basically cat this header file onto the start of the file I'm sending the users each time, and run it using /usr/lib/sendmail -t < joinedfile

Thanks for looking into if for me though,
Michelle.No problem - that was going to be my next suggestion if you felt you had to use sendmail.

Hi,

Can anyone suggest me any tool to monitor the LINUX desktops on the monitor.


LIKE from NAGIOS we monitor SERVERS, something like this i need to configure for desktop level also.

any IDEA??

thanks,
To what extent do you need monitoring? What key features do you need to monitor?

Very basic..

uptime, ping status, last logged in.... If the OP wants FREE tools, he would Google:
Free Network Audit tools
or
Free Network inventory software

Some results could be:
http://www.spiceworks.com/free-pc-network-inventory-software/
http://www.open-audit.org/
These are network tools and can audit whatever is on he network. The run on Linux  host machines and in some cases have Windows versions.

Hi. I have an ultrabook Dell XPS 13 with pre-installed Windows 8. One day, I accidentally overwrote win 8 on my laptop (which normally has backup) and I installed Ubuntu 14 straight away as I was in the middle of finishing my assignments. After that, when I tried to install a Win 7 from usb, I failed as I can't access to the BIOS of my computer to change the BOOT preference. Maybe there's another WAY to boot as this laptop is equipped with UEFI, I don't know.

Do you by chance know how to troubleshoot this problem?

Thanks in advance Quote

Do you by chance know how to troubleshoot this problem?

I have a 250 GB Hard Drive that has Vista on it and I reduced the partition to 160 GB. I tried to load Linux Mint on the remaining 70 GB of space, it was formatted. I got as far as where I had to chose between MANUAL or auto. I tried auto first and it wonted to install on the partition that has vista. There was no choice to choose the other partition (the I drive). I went back and tried manual. It asked for a partition to put the OS on and one for the swap file I make them both 2 GB. I was told that I needed 2 GB for Mint and that I need the swap file to be as big as the amount of memory that you have on the machine. That is 2 GB. After all that it told me that it wasn't activated. I am at a loss as what to do now. I need all the HELP I can get. What do I do now. Oh, I tried the Linux site and didn't get any help. By that I mean that what they proposed didn't help. THANK you much for your time.If you have a hard time with the Linux Boot loader, try something else.
There is a way in Vista to set up a boot manager that will LET you boot another Operating system. If that is too hard, you MIGHT want to try a third party boot manager. Problem is, Vista has changed things that used to work good the way they were. It is said to be better, but not easy to understand.

But you take a look at this.
Please tell me if you think it is easy.

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htmThat worked fine. It was easy. The only problem I had was I couldn't get the modem to work. When I deleted Linux Mint, Vista wouldn't work. Thank you for your time.

$cat  saywhat.bat

Code: [Select]cat unix.txt

wc -c  unix.txt

type  unix.txt
mwc.bat

cat unix.txt

wc -c  unix.txt

$ saywhat.bat$cat unix.txt
666666
$wc -c  unix.txt
       6   unix.txt

$type  unix.txt
666666
$mwc.bat

$cat unix.txt
666666
$wc -c  unix.txt
       6   unix.txt
$Maybe it's counting carriage return, line feed and end of file "characters"?  You're showing this at a Windows style C: prompt - what version of wc is this? Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on June 12, 2009, 02:58:51 AM

Maybe it's counting carriage return, line feed and end of file "characters"?  You're showing this at a Windows style C: prompt - what version of wc is this?

author=Rob Pomeroy link=topic=85331.msg570124#msg570124 date=1244805024]
I'm kind of confused that this is in the Linux forum...

Er, yes, I know what wc is...  I was just a bit thrown by the C: prompt.  Presumably this is running under GnuWin32 or something like that.  Of course as the recursive acronym goes, "Gnu's Not Unix". 

and several for batch file expertise.  (I leave out many names, and I apologize.) 

I have CREATED a splashimage which I want to use on my old PC which uses GRUB as it's bootloader.

I know there is nothing wrong with the image as I have applied it to GRUB (Ubuntu) inside a virtual machine, and it works flawlessly.

But on my old PC, it just doesn't show.

I have the image, breeze.xpm.gz, in the /boot/grub/ folder.
I have the /boot on a separate partition to Ubuntu partition.
I assumed the /boot partition was (hd0,2) because when I boot Ubuntu it says "Boot from (hd0,2) ext3" (My Ubuntu partition is ext4 formatted).

Here's my menu.lst, it's been customized:
Code: [Select]# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-FLOPPY(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 1

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific KERNELS use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=a5655211-67a0-40b6-83d0-1d5fe4c4102c ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=1558fe7d-cfe9-4ea4-8e6b-ca4fd08cfc3c

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot OPTION, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/breeze.xpm.gz

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title -= OPERATING SYSTEMS =-
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

title Ubuntu 9.04
uuid 1558fe7d-cfe9-4ea4-8e6b-ca4fd08cfc3c
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a5655211-67a0-40b6-83d0-1d5fe4c4102c ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title .
root

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title -= UBUNTU ADVANCED OPTIONS =-
root

title Ubuntu 9.04 (Verbose Boot)
uuid 1558fe7d-cfe9-4ea4-8e6b-ca4fd08cfc3c
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a5655211-67a0-40b6-83d0-1d5fe4c4102c ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04 (Recovery Mode)
uuid 1558fe7d-cfe9-4ea4-8e6b-ca4fd08cfc3c
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a5655211-67a0-40b6-83d0-1d5fe4c4102c ro  single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title .
root

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title -= SYSTEM OPTIONS =-
root

title Memory Diagnostic (memtest86+)
uuid 1558fe7d-cfe9-4ea4-8e6b-ca4fd08cfc3c
kernel /memtest86+.bin
quiet

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Boot from Floppy Disk
pause           Insert Floppy and press any key to boot.
chainloader (fd0)+1

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Boot from CD
pause           Insert disk, remove any floppies, and press any key.
reboot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Reboot system
reboot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Shutdown system
halt

Any ideas on what's wrong?Solved it.

Because my /boot/ was on it's own partition, I don't add /boot/ in the directory.

So it's (hd0,2)/grub/breeze.xpm.gz and not (hd0,2)/boot/grub/etc etc etc

i am a newbie to unix, i use unix in company. but i want to practice more, how can i install a unix on my personal computer and if i can't, can i install linux instead? are their commands same?

thank youLinux and Unix are very similar.  Solaris is Unix-based, so that's a good option for the greatest similarity.  OpenSolaris is free and can be DOWNLOADED and run on PC hardware.  Head over to DistroWatch for the LOW down on all the Linux distributions, including some that can co-exist with Windows (but I don't recommend that in your case - I think it might confuse the learning process).Rob is, as always, correct.  I'm not aware of any "free" versions of UNIX besides the OpenSolaris.  Learning Linux is a MUCH less expensive alternative, and you will see many similarities which will help you become familiar with UNIX.I'm thinking ALSO that some of the BSDs may be worth a look.  It's been a while SINCE I tried one but FreeBSD is very Unix-like too.

im using ubunto 9.04,  in the right click menu on flash, for the stickam and other websites the SETTINGS OPTIONS are not usable,i need HELP activating my webcam.

- im ALSO using the most CURRENT 'flash'..

Hi

A friend of mine has just bought space on a dedicated server (linux) and asked me to help put his website up.

I was going swimmingly until I reached the point where I was asked for a path to a Mysql database that I was installing... And I had no idea but what made me really cross is the Fasthosts TECH support don't offer linux support and just told me to go to the internet and search... :-(

Anyway in the absolute hope that anyone could possibly point me in the right direction plleeeaassee could someone tell me how to find the correct pathway?

The instruction on the mysql install panel says:
    * The default location where your digital files will be placed e.g. /server1/root/files/
You MUST enter a valid folder.

the old pathway was: e:\domains\p\88.208.217.126\user\htdocs\ipnmonitor\files\

Any ideas what the new pathway could possibly be?

Thanks so much in advance

JenMaybe this is of no help.
Or maybe this is what you need.
Rather than spend more time digging SQL and  PHP I take the easy way out.
May cheap web space places offer a GUI CALLED 'cpanel' and a feature bundle called "Fantastico".
Last count I have about three test sites. After I build them I run out of ideas. Poor motivation.I read a book on WordPress. The gist of it is that you don't want to do the programming, you just want to start up a Blog or a Chat or a Forum. Whatever. With Word Press, or one of the other ready made Blog in a Box things, you just install it the way it wants and POW you got a web site!
I could not get the WordPress to install by HAND. So I used the Fantastico tool and presto. It worked right the first time!
Or, if you like the CH site, just install SMF. It's very easy!
To see this. just Google 'cpanel demo' and look it over. It uses mySQL.
Your MySQL "path" may be of the format, 'mysql://username:[email protected]/DATABASENAME' - but that really depends on your application.  What is the application that you're trying to configure to work with MySQL?

Greetings,

NOTE:  Sorry about getting this question in the wrong forum (ie: Windows)....This is only my second post.....
_______________________________________ _________________

I was given a "no install" LINUX disk which runs from the CD.  The CD says says "Powered by Knoppix Linux 3.7".

I have always been curious about using Linux  and would like to experiment with it. (some people I have even heard say that once they learned Linux they preferred it over Windows)

Question: Is it safe to try this in my computer or am I risking problems by letting it boot up the computer from the disc drive?  ( I am running XP Home) Any comments would be appreciated because, as I mentioned before, deliberately inducing nasty problems into my computer results in HAIR tearing and I need all I got already.

Thanks,
SampThis is what's called a "Live" CD...it will run from the CD itself and not install anything on your machine...
Ubuntu is another one you may want to TAKE a gander at...
Good Luck.This is a very good way to learn about Linux. Suse Live is another one. The advantage of booting from a CD is that nothing is altered on the hard drive. One disadvantage is that Live Linux CDs tend to be rather slow to boot up and also can be slow to START applications, but even so they are great fun to USE.

dear friend,
i am install the linux. PC Configration core duo+2 gb ram ddr2+160 gb hdd.At 1st i boot it from cd rom the pc should boot on linux red hat, in the dos mode it shown  P
PCI : 00:04:1 PCI CHACHE SIZE SET INCORRECT (0 BYTE) BY BIOS/FW
PCI : 00:04:1 PCI CHACHE LINE SIZE CORRECTED TO 16

IT SHOWN AND HANG THE PC
 PLS HELP .
THANKING YOUI suspect there's an issue with your BIOS that Red Hat is not liking.  What version of Red Hat is it?  Have you tried any live Linux CDs like Knoppix, Kanotix, Ubuntu Live, etc?no not kike that !If i start to install in another pc its ALSO same .
pls help
Again, what version of Red Hat are you trying to install?

Rob has suggested several versions of Live! CD which you can download and run from a CD, once you transfer the ISO image from the download file to a CD.  The advantage is, you don't have to ACTUALLY install anything on the computer for the purposes of testing the Linux version.  Then you can see if that PARTICULAR version of Linux will run on your system.  (It will run a little slower, since all functions are running from the CD.)

The version of Red Hat which you have may have an older kernel which may not support newer hardware.

I think I "said" most of that right, Rob.   Sounds fine to me Aegis, although you may say anything you like as far as I am concerned. 

To vinfo12: let us know if you need assistance with the VARIOUS steps involved in what we're suggesting - locating an ISO, burning it, etc.What I meant was, I've only used a few Live CD's, and wanted to make sure my advice was correct.

I've tried Linspire, Freespire, and Ubuntu.  I recommend Ubuntu, based on my limited experience, but also know that Knoppix and Mandriva are excellent choices to consider.

i downloaded MEPISLite to burn it on a cd.

but it seems like the md5 sum on the website and the one defined by HashTab don't match up :s though i have no clue why it WOULD have been downloaded incorrectly. the file has the correct size.

so what should i do? :pMake sure you are using the correct checksum command. I know of cksum /usr/ucb/sum /usr/bin/sum and md5sum to start with.

You said the web site uses md5sum so make sure you use md5sum on your linux box when comparing.

If it doesn't match download it again, if it still doesn't match after a few retries then download it from another source. Quote from: banjo67xxx on May 29, 2009, 05:34:11 PM

Make sure you are using the correct checksum command. I know of cksum /usr/ucb/sum /usr/bin/sum and md5sum to start with.

You said the web site uses md5sum so make sure you use md5sum on your linux box when comparing.

If it doesn't match download it again, if it still doesn't match after a few retries then download it from another source.

Hello,

I need to write a simple cron job that deletes things older than thirty days.

I have created a file del_list.csh and placed it in the cron folder.  The entire file is this:
_______
#!/bin/csh
#
#set echo

find /toplist –name "*.html" –mtime +30 –exec rm –rf {} \;
-------

If I type the single LINE of code into the command line it works.  If I try to run the file by typing "tcsh del_list.csh" nothing happens.  Nothing is deleted and there is no error msg.

del_list.csh is owned by user 'ma' and the permissions are set at 777.  The files I'm trying to delete are also owned by user 'ma'.

Why does nothing happen and I get no error msg?

thanks,

RexJ What happens if you "./del_list.csh" instead of "tcsh del_list.csh"?./del_list.csh gives the same thing.  No results and no error msg.

RexJ

(and I have always been WARY of disembodied heads, but thanks for the warning)Do you have a BLANK line at the end of your script?  I only ask because in testing, this script fails for me unless there's a terminating NEWLINE.  I suspect it's something to do with the way the lines are parsed by csh.You, sir, are the MAN.  A single blank line at the end fixed everything and even added body and shine to my hair.

thanks,

RexJExcellent.  I hope your shoes are vibrating with delight also.

title says it all. when i try to navigate my tab away from the runescape game, all tabs and the whole of firefox close.
i can restart it and work with it again afterwards, though, but i don't know how to enter safe mode or debug mode on openSuse 11.0
and if it IS the command "firefox -safe-mode" then that didnt help.

any suggestions on how to fix this problem? (i've only seen 1 other PERSON getting this error. he said it's the same for all other browsers like opera etc.)
I PERSONALLY don't have much (meaning any) experience with OpenSUSE, but I would suggest that you make sure you have the most recent version of Java available installed, as well as check to see that Firefox is appropriately updated. Also I would suggest you disabling all other add ons in order to see if a specific add on is at fault. You may have to do this manually in Firefox, if this doesn't work to launch it in safe mode.Despite what the other person said, have you TRIED any other browser - like Konqeuror (in KDE), for example?

I want to ACCESS my Linux server from Win xp client but i dont know how to do it?Without installing anything you can just use telnet from a DOS window, however if you want the flexibility to use ssh then instal putty on the XP system.

and if you need to display GUIS from your linux machine back to your XP system, then install Xming on the XP system.Might be helpful to point out that telnet is disabled on most modern Linux distributions, for security reasons.  Telnet SENDS all information in the clear, including passwords.  Any DISTRO worth its salt has openssh active on installation (UNLESS it's a locked-down distro).

I suspect that the OP wants to be able to access files from the XP workstation?  If so, Google "Samba".  Your Linux distro probably has lots of relevant documentation too.

hi,

when i am running find command some of the files are not readble(dont have access) those type of files are display on the same screen.But i want to create NEW FILE for these fileinformation.

Please ADVISE any command ....

thanks
mudd....direct these errors to new file
CODE: [SELECT]find ..... 2> newfile

I'm at a friends house, so sorry if I get a little hazy on my specs
I'm currently running Windows Vista 32 BIT: specs are as follows
130 gig Hard drive
Can't REMEMBER the Processor, but it's a good one I think(sorry for lack of info)
2 gigs of RAM
Nvidia 9800GT
umm... lets just SAY it's a gaming computer and save time

So I want to install Ubuntu on my computer as well, and I have a few questions
1. Is it possible to have two OS on one computer? And can I choose which one I want to use on startup?

2. Do I have to format my computer to do so?

3. I don't plan on installing lots of files on it, so how much space do you recommend I save for it?

Thanks for an help. I decided that if I want a future in computers, it's best that I learn multiple OS as well You need to make a partition on your hard drive try this

1. YES and Yes

2. See above

3.Not surethanks for the reply!
Now my only question left is on how much hard drive space is good for Ubuntu...
would it be good if I partitioned the space so that Vista gets 90 gigs, and Ubuntu gets 40?
As i understand it, Ubuntu takes up about 2.5GB, so its up to you. You say your not gonna use alot of files and that Vista will be your main OS, so maybe around 20GB for Ubuntu.sounds good, thanks

i can do it with who and last command but i get the details of pseudoterminals  which i have opned not the  details of my login .
                                       i NEED to know the details of my PREVIOUS login's you can  run a script that runs each time a user login, grab his name to a file.u can run the script in a PROFILE of users,so when theire PROFILES run, the scrpt also runs,and grab the username,the time and other info of ur interest to a central of NETWORK file,so users who login from any machine can be tracked....

hi EVERY BODY i'm doing a nvq level 1 ict practioner, and i'm wandering if any1 has some screen shots i can borrow and use besauce i have broke my keybord printcreen BUTTON and dont have a SPARE bord How do you even type? 
My Linux skills are poor. But here is a trick I found recently. Wink. Check it out.
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php
It is a cool screen shot thing. MAKE a tutorial. Teach me how to use Linux.

squall.comprehension--? If you DONT KNOW

okay since I dont have time at the moment but will before too long to look for answers to such questions.  How do you install linux apps?  Also, how do you update the kernal?  Is that like updateing linux its self and is it like the bios if something goes wrong you have to do a reinstall of it.hello??? Quote from: squall_01 on May 07, 2009, 05:15:51 PM

hello???

You're not paying us for a support contract. We volunteer our help for free, so its counterproductive to get impatient.

well i forgot about that an dont wanna ruin my system is that so bad?

its not bumping

hello???

I'm not asking that just a little bit of aid since I dont now how, I know there is stuff out there but in my current situation I dont have the time.

well i forgot about that an dont wanna ruin my system is that so bad?

What version do you want to install?

Some linux distributions include a firewall which is on by default. Have you checked to see if the linux firewall is enabled? and if port 953/53 is open?

With regards to the daemon dying, why not run named in debug mode. On my linux (SuSE 9.3) you can run named -d 9 -g which means run in foreground with all logging to the screen at debug level 9. Check out man named to see what the equivalent options are on Redhat.

Hi...

I have this ESM violation in UNIX

Anonymous access is enabled

The named NFS exported directory allows anonymous access. If the anon option is not present or if it is set to a value other than -1, anonymous access is allowed. You should set the value of the anon option to -1 to disable anonymous access.

How to solve this ... Im just a beginner and just less knowledge in UNIX

Thanks in advance First off: are you sure you need to use NFS?  If not, just disable the service. Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on May 26, 2009, 04:43:11 AM

First off: are you sure you need to use NFS?  If not, just disable the service.

I need to recover files from tape cartridges that were written with a Windows SYSTEM. The drive is a SCSI tape drive (Branded DELL but made by ARCHIVE) .  I am able to use the lunux 'mt' commmand to rewind the tape an can get status information from the drive.  I also was able to use some tape recovery software on a windows partition to read the files on the tape, but could not save the files without buying the software an I don't have the $$.  - the point is that the drive is functional and the TAPES are readable.

I am looking for a method to read and save the files from the tape save  USING linix (I use UBUNTU 8.04 )

any help would be appreciated.
How were the files copied to the tape?  At a guess, I'd say:

Quote

tar XF /dev/nst1 .

Rob, is there a tar for Windows?

I am currently using Windows Vista, and I am thinking about getting Ubuntu. So which would do you think is better?Why do you want to give up Vista?

I am a big fan of Ubuntu, so don't get me wrong, but you give up a lot of computability with the rest of the world when you switch to Linux. 

What activities do you like to do on the computer?I mainly just browse the internet, would like to learn some coding, and other computer stuff.*Rob hides from impending religious war*here in the toaster.  I cant say that linux is user friendly for those who had no experince with it or that it is any better then windows or anything like that.I agree.  The larger versions of Linux are pretty user friendly once you get them going (I speak of my limited experience using Suse and Ubuntu).  Once I got Ubuntu "tweaked" it was very easy to USE, but it took trusting the input of folks on the Ubuntu forum who instucted what files to access, and lines of code to edit into the files.  (This was for a particular laptop I once had which needed some driver help, etc.)Is there a way that I can INSTALL it and can switch back to Vista whenever I want with all my apps still there?Depending on the space available on your drive, you can install a dual-boot configuration, which allows you to CHOOSE the operating system to which you want the computer to boot.Is there a tutorial for that on here?Just to clarify, you want a dual boot between Vista, which is already on the system, and Ubuntu Linux?all he has to do is then install linux I think or linux then vistaYes Aegis.OK, hang with me, and we'll see what we can find.

How much space do you have on the hard drive?

HERE is a nice guide for installing Ubuntu 9.04 onto a system which already has Vista.  It will dual boot with GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader.  I think Ubuntu will be in control, with the ability to boot to Vista.  If you want Vista to "lead," there are tweaks you can follow.

See what you think.  Let us know if you have questions.

Ok, I am going to try this now.I've got a laptop on which I might try to dual boot XP and Ubuntu, just to see what it is like. 

Let us know how it GOES for you!I hope that isnt your MAIN one but whatever works.  I just would put it on a secondary one in case something went wrong.

I am using Ubuntu Jaunty JACKALOPE, and I have a problem with screenlets. I downloaded some screenlets from gnomelook.org    The screenlet-manager says it installed the new screenlets to Quote

~/daniel/screenlets

/usr/share/screenlets

~/daniel/screenlets

~/daniel/screenlets/*