The Linux Gazette Answer Gang Knowledge Base

Updated Mar 23 2002
Maintained by Ben Okopnik and Chris Gianakopoulous
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As you might imagine, we often get asked the same questions, over and over. The perennial favorite of "It doesn't work!" is always good for a laugh; "NEWBIE NEEDS HELP!!!!!" is another. (If you want avoid being grouped with those who don't know enough to pick up the ringing Clue Phone, do yourself - and us - a favor and read our Ask The Gang HOWTO.) However, we also get asked lots of useful, interesting questions by people who have taken the time to think out what they want to say, and many of these are not only worth answering - they're worth preserving as reference material for others who might encounter the same problem.

NOTE: The information in the Knowledge Base loses its relevance as time goes on: syntax and usage become deprecated, tools get replaced by newer (and presumably better) tools, and writers look back at the code that they published years before and shrink in horror (this couldn't possibly be personal experience speaking, never!) Because of this effect, it is worth your while to read several articles on a given topic that you're researching, with preference generally given to the later ones in case of conflict (each category is more-or-less arranged by issue number in reverse order - from most recent to oldest.)

Good luck with your search!

Backup and Recovery
Before You Install Linux
Boot Loaders and Booting the OS
C, C++ and Java Programming
CD-ROM, Tape, Floppy and Other Storage Devices
CPUs and Motherboards
Compiling Programs, Using C Libraries
Configuring Mail
Databases
GUI, X-Windows and Window Managers
Games
HTTP/FTP/SSH/etc.
Hard Drives
Installing Linux
Installing and Using Applications
Interoperability with other OSs
Linux Distributions
Linux Tech Support Questions
Miscellaneous
Modems and Dial-Up Networking
Network Adapters (Ethernet, etc.)
Network Configuration
Off-Topic (non-Linux)
Other Peripherals
Partitions and Filesystems
Perl Programming
Printing
Programming in Other Languages
Python Programming
Scientific Computing
Security
Shell Scripting
Sound
Switching from Other Operating Systems
System Administration
System Configuration
System Startup: From Boot to Prompt
The Answer Guy's Most Memorable Rants
The Kernel
UNIX Commands
Uninstalling Linux
Video Cards

Backup and Recovery

Corrupt Tar Archive
Data Recovery Vendor Seeks Linux Basics
Why is diff so crazy?
Seagate SCSI tape problem --or-- Tape Drive Errors
Duping a Drive Under Linux
Dell EIDE TR5 Tape Drive
Automated Recovery from System Failures
Remote Backups (Yet Again) --or-- Backups: GNU 'tar' through 'rsh'
Remote Tape Backups

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Before You Install Linux

What is Linux?
Need Help!!! --or-- Removing an OS

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Boot Loaders and Booting the OS

Help on LILO stopping at LI
Two OS --or-- Dual-booting
LILO hangs
LILO Windows boot --or-- Keeping Both Hard Drives Connected
LILO Stopping at LI --or-- LBA and "linear"
Loadlin trouble
Windoze on 2nd Hard Drive --or-- A Usable Example of lilo.conf for 2 Drive Dual Booting
Multi- Boot LINUX, NT and WIN98
Lilo --or-- Boot Stops at LI
Multiple "append=" directives in /etc/lilo.conf
How do I do it? --or-- Installing to a 2nd HD
LILO Lockup --or-- LILO Stops at LI
Using LILO to boot directly to DOS --or-- Setting the LILO Default
LILO, SYSLINUX, and more Boot Loaders
Linux 5.2 Loadlin.exe, where do I get it? --or-- Finding LOADLIN.EXE ... and Linux Loader for Win '9x
I want my 10 GIGS!!! --or-- Ultra-DMA and the 8.4Gb IDE Disk Limit
How Many Ways Can I Boot Thee: Let Me Count Them
Lilo won't boot --or-- Installed on a Secondary SCSI HD: Lilo Stops at LI
Kernel crashes

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C, C++ and Java Programming

Is This a Good Book for Linux Programming?
about the adaptation
Help with C/C++ Environment Program --or-- Integrated Programming Environments for Linux

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CD-ROM, Tape, Floppy and Other Storage Devices

Getting volume label for CD
Getting volume label for CD (followup)
The Best of: Burning .iso files under Windows
When you burn an ISO image to a CD... --or-- What to do with .ISO files
Making CDs
CDR used in scsi emulation --or-- Mounting CDs on IDE CDRW Drives
CD-ROM, Tapes, and more Removable Media
Floppy/mount Problems: Disk Spins, Lights are on, No one's Home
CDRDAO 1.0 - Disc-at-once writing of audio CD-Rs
DAO software for linux?

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CPUs and Motherboards

233mhz to 450mhz --or-- Overclocking a Motherboard

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Compiling Programs, Using C Libraries

Limiting exported symbols --or-- More on Exporting Symbols from Shared Libraries
glibc --or-- Multiple Concurrently Installed Version of glibc
Test Suites for GNU and other Open Source (TM) Software --or-- Is there a testsuite for glibc?
The last Linux C library version 5 (5.4.46) is released --or-- The End of libc5: A Mini-Interview with H.J Lu
gzip from C program --or-- Compression Libraries to Link into a C Program

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Configuring Mail

Domain Renaming and E-mail Routing and Re-writing
MAPS, Razor, Procmail, Junkfilter, IMAP, and DNS
Procmail and regular expressions (Snow White)
Setup of Microsoft Outlook Express 5 for Sending of Clear Text
masquerade in sendmail is broken
Linux Newbie Frustration --or-- So many users, So few POP accounts
Aliasing in Sendmail Linux Gazette
IMAP/POP daemon on RH 6.0 and 6.1 --or-- Installing a POP Daemon on Red Hat Linux
MX Records and Precedence Values
Procmail Arguments
Mail Servers and Clients
procmail and saved variables. --or-- MATCH and Replaceable Parameters in procmail
"Integrating" Linux/sendmail with MS Exchange
procmail --or-- getting the mail via POP3
Supressing cc: lines in Emacs' Mail replies
Quotas for Outgoing e-mail
sendmail requires DNS... won't use /etc/hosts
auto response for email ?
Question on sendmail... --or-- sendmail "FEATURE" creatures for virtual domain and generic rewrite tables
Mail on a LAN Linux to NT --or-- Basic e-mail Setup for Linux?
sendmail Log Jams and Capacity Problems running extra sendmail -q processes
Automated Handling for MAILER-DAEMON Messages: Read The Sources, Luke
E-mail adjustment needed
Mail and Sendmail
POP3 E-Mail
Netscape Mail Block

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MySQL tips and tricks
Porting to Access
DOSemu and virtual terminals? --or-- Clipper/xBase Capacity Problems
FoxPlus for Linux? --or-- Dreaming about xBase tools for Linux

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GUI, X-Windows and Window Managers

Control-Left = go left one word doesn't work in X
Xwindows
GPM is interfering with X...
IP Masq and X
extra keyboard keys under X
XDM wont start a session --or-- XFree 4.0 and ":0.0 refused by server" Errors
Four Questions
run any remote X server at host box --or- Remotely Executing Graphic Apps
Redhat display --or-- Simple: Change X Resolutions on the Fly
Icewm and open xterm with root rights --or-- ICEWM Key Bindings (Macros) and X in "Toaster" Mode
Telnet goes X? --or-- Exporting a DISPLAY
fvwm2 and blank screens --or-- That Blankety Blanker!
rsh works but not -display... --or-- Permission Denied on -display
Dual (or more) Monitor support
Running XDM Without a console GUI
X respawning question and answer --or-- Another Solution, or a Different Problem
X Window Networking --or-- The X Graphical Environment
Fvwm95-Wharf --or-- fvwm95-Wharf: xterm comes out black?
eterm quickie + general commment (linux SUPERGRAN)
X terminals via serial links? --or-- X Windows Over a Serial Line (Null Modem)
Better resolution (laptop LCD) --or-- Higher Resolution X on a Laptop
Remote X using xdm
Some Magic Keys for the Linux Console --or-- X and virtual terms
XFree86 Installation in DOSLinux
Tuning X to work with your Monitor
X Window with two monitors...
Getting Rid of Virtual Screens
Problems with Keyboard Mapping

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HTTP/FTP/SSH/etc.

Bulk File Transfers from Windows to ???
Internet server specifications --or-- Web server/firewall hardware specifications, Apache and Zope
LinuxRedHat Errno 404
Some basic ftp questions --or-- FTP Daemon: Special Requirements
Setting up a Loopback Mount --or-- Loopback (localhost) NFS Mounting for FTP
TCP Sockets --or-- SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK: TCP Handshaking
FTP Only Access: Trickier than it Seems
A Reader Answers: What is the TCP/IP SACK feature?
win95->wingate ; linux->? --or-- Drop-in Replacement for "WinGate"
xntpd --or-- How 'ntpdate' finds IP addresses?
Telnetd and pausing
Getting my new linux box to run the ftp server
System clock is too fast... --or-- Ahh ... The Toils of Time
TCP patch for SACK? (RFC 2018) --or-- TCP/IP SACK Support: When? Now!
FTP Login as 'root' --- Don't!
MS FrontPage for Linux/Apache
wu-ftpd guest account on a Linux Box --or-- WU-FTP guestgroup problems
Connecting Linux to Win '95 via Null Modem
WWW Server

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Hard Drives

SCSI
Classified Disk - Low-level Format
cloning with dd
Here's a good question for you... --or-- CRC Error - System Halted
Hard drive --or-- Adding a Disk
Coping with Bad Sectors
Hard Disk Drives, Filesystems and Partitioning
One Bad Sector that's getting on my nerves! --or-- One Bad Sector Doesn't Ruin the Whole Disk
Question from an old friend
Removing Bad Sectors
Partition your HD before you try to use it
Bad Cluster
Lilo not working on SCSI when IDE drives installed

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Installing Linux

Just wondering
RE: Download Linux
Kernel upgrade
Unable to Install Linux
Installing Linux without cdrom
Por favor Ayuda!
Linux Installation question
LINUX for SGI Visual Workstation
New to Linux
Please help I am at wits end
newbie installation question
Now what? --or-- Using a Downloaded .iso Image for System Upgrade
pcmcia install on debian
Upgrade Breaks Several Programs, "/proc" Problems --or-- A visit to "Library Hell"
Plee for help
help with partitions --or-- Installing on a Big Drive: more about the 1023 Cylinder Limit
Is it possible to run Debian on 4 MB? --or-- Low Memory Installation
Custom Install --or-- Unable to Open Console after "Custom" Install
Updates: Risks and Rewards --or-- Upgrading With Caution

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Installing and Using Applications

Dependency Hell
question about fingerd
3d linux
linux anti virus?
calculate cpu load --or- Use the Sources, Dude!
Jim Dennis: Re: Gimp on RH5.1
copy of Microsoft Office --or-- Free Copy of MS Office for Linux? It isn't April Yet!
AutoCAD for Linux? Not Yet. Sorry.
How to read DVI files?
"/usr/bin/open": command not found
What is an RPM?

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Interoperability with other OSs

Re: Linux solution to syncing with Exchange Address books
libguile --or-- A Be-GUILE-ing Question
source code of fsck --or-- Getting to the Source(s) of fsck
Uninstalling a tar.gz (tarball) installation
Find the source for specific program
Idled Daemon on Linux --or-- idled RPM for Red Hat
Telnet not working on recent RedHat/Mandrake --or-- Incoming Telnet for Mandrake Users
Which RPM Provides A Given Set of Files?
"Network Neighborhood" --or-- Heterogenous File Sharing
DOS --or-- Mounting a DOS partition
Linux as a File/Print Server for Window and DOS boxes: Of course!
Needs to Login to Netware --or-- Question about networking with NetWare
Linux NDS --or-- Linux as a Netware Directory Services Printer Client?
NT Domain and Linux --or-- Linux as a "Domain Controller" for a WinNT Domain? Not Yet!
help on unix --or-- Running Unix/Linux Under Win '9x
Linux as a PDT

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Linux Distributions

SuSE 7.1 installation CD not recognized
Here is a very stupid question... --or-- How do I choose?
Distros
Best Linux Distro For A Newbie...?
Question from a quasi Novice... --or-- Linux is {Now|Not} UNIX
RedHat 6.0 - various problems --or-- Laundry List of RH 6.0 Problems
hal91 --or-- Floppy Based Linux Distributions
Best Place to "Download Linux"
How to Create a New Linux Distribution: Why?
More on Distribution Preferences
Yggdrasil: A Breath of Life for the Root of the Linux Distributions? ...and what about OpenLinux Base?

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Linux Tech Support Questions

How can I get help on Linux? --or-- How do I find the help files?
Can I run Windows applications under Linux?
Do you answer Windows questions too?
So I'm having trouble with this internal modem...

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Miscellaneous

random crashes - how to prepare bug report?
clock setting
clock problem
HOWTO find a good laptop
question about fingerd
How can you do a recursive search to find broken symbolic links?
Re: Is Solaris UNIX?
a question --or-- Linux, UNIX, what's the difference?
e-mails not getting through
background processes in Linux
Win4Lin and NT = nil --or- Win4Lin's Limitations: VMWare's Strength?
rcp question --or-- UNIX User Tries Linux 'rsh'
problem with bash/vi editing mode --or- ksh Keybindings (vi Keys)
How do you pronounce Linux?
linux mail server to an MS Exchange? --or-- Linux vs. MS Exchange for Mail Server
Redirecting stdin on telnet --or-- Redirecting stdin into telnet
Daemons
virus protection --or- Virus Protection for Linux: A Non-Issue
Other Servers
Etiquette and More Social Questions
If that could possibly have missed it... --or-- Everything Else
ping at a different port --or-- Ping a Port: NOT
Linux and Y2K
Linux Diagnostic Tool --or-- Hardware Info Under Linux: MSD.EXE Clone?
ps to gif --or-- more about automated PostScript to GIF Conversion
Online Status Detector --or-- Failover and High Availability for Web Servers: Conditional Execution Based on Host Availability
Stupid question --or-- AnswerGUY? Who is Heather?
PC lockups --or-- Hardware Lockups due to Graphics Load
Hello --or-- Connecting a Dumb Terminal to your Linux System

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Modems and Dial-Up Networking

pppd problem
getting 2 dynamic ip addresses
What ISPs Do We Use for Linux
Multiplexing ppp connections
Dial-on-demand users should know:
The New Network On The Block
getting 2 dynamic ip addresses
What IS "The Internet" anyway?
State of the Art in softmodems
Issues with a modem
Kermit protocol --or-- G-Kermit: The GPL Kermit Transfer Package
Kermit --or-- A bit more about C-Kermit
Free Linux ISPs in France
windows telnet/linux --or- automating windows telnet to linux
Automated Login Around a Challenge Card
Monthly Win (Lose) Modem Question
Modem Noises --or-- Quiet, Modem!
Winmodems
Ordinary Modems and other Useful Serial Devices
New Kernel Loses Ether Driver; Dial on Demand and Masquerading
Multilink PPP using Linux --or-- Modem Multi-link PPP: EQL
diald dials every hour... --or-- overactive diald
[Q]: Winmodem under Linux
Sportys --or-- Sportster modems
Curious modem hangup... --or-- PPP Disconnects
modem problems under linux --or-- X Prevents/Kills Modem Connection
O.K. It's not a Winmodem --or-- connect script failed
RE how to find out the serial connect speed of a modem
Finding BBS Software for Linux
Permission to Set up a Linux Server
ANOTHER MODEM PROB Plus, More on Grammar
115K Baud from a Modem: In your dreams!
Winmodems --or-- More on 'WinModems': How to "lose" Gracefully - Just say No!
PPP connection and diald --or-- >Co-ordinating diald and Manual PPP
getting ppp-2.3.3 to work
Faxing and Dialing-Out on the Same Line

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Network Adapters (Ethernet, etc.)

Installing tulip.o in 6.2
Renaming Ethernet Devices
linux ether16 support --or-- isapnptools
Can't See Ethernet Card --or-- More on Linksys Ether16 Cards
NE2000 "clones" --- not "cloney" enough!

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Network Configuration

Hi Gazzete (Squid)
SQL on the internet
How to let the world find your Linux Server when using DHCP
Timely Samba Release?
inetd and figlet
DNS and telnet
Piercing the Veil (ssh NAT/Firewall Piercing Trick)
IP Forwarding
File Tranfers with AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
For Jim Dennis...Hello from South Texas --or-- Firewall for a SOHO
DNS and telnet
multiple subnets, one DNS
Networking
DSL on Linux Information
Suse Linux telnet problem --or-- Can't telnet to Linux server
Question --or-- Shutting Down the "ping Daemon"
Shutting Down the "ping Daemon" --or-- Shutting Down the Ping Daemon: Revised
Linux as a Win NT server --or-- Singing the Song for Samba
Routing a Linux Subnet --or-- Subnetting
soho linux network --or-- Two Node Network: How
question about ProxyArp --or-- ProxyARP
Telnet to linux box from NT workstation in NT LAN --or-- Connection Refused
connecting red hat workstation to nt server --or-- Linux in a Windows NT Domain (under a PDC)
linux using nt server data --or-- Accessing an NT Fileserver
More on TCP Wrappers and telnet Connection Delays
Disabling Anonymous FTP
Getting Addresses Routed: Use IP Masquerading or Application Proxies
Linux as a firewall/router --or-- FTP Through a "Firewall"
DNS ports... --or-- DNS Ports: A bit about Name Resolution Protocols
routing -masquerading --or-- Hello Routing, Goodbye Masquerading
Double Reverse DNS Strikes Again
Windows 95 Connectivity --or-- Needs Samba Configuration Advice
Red Hat --or-- Telnet gives: "Connection closed by foreign host..."
Linux Workstations Behind a Proxy/Firewall
rsh --or-- Really Wants 'rsh' to Work. Really
"telnetd connected:" But No "login" Prompt
Routing, Firewalls, and other "raw" Networking
Advanced ipfwadm question. icmp forwarding. --or-- ICMP Masquerading
Personal LAN setup... --or-- Setting up a Personal/Home LAN
proxy & router combination --or-- Proxying over PPP
setting up an ISP to serve email --or--Setting up ISP Mail Services
[Fwd: rsh on 2.0.34] --or-- More on: 'rsh' as 'root' Denied
Re: Routing and Subnetting for Classes
"Virtual Hosting" inetd based services using TCP Wrappers --or-- root, twist, and other rescue-boot fun
Linux/Samba as a Primary Domain Controller
IP and Sendmail Masquerading over a Cablemodem
Conditional Execution Based on Host Availability
Routing and Subnetting 101
Linux as Router and Proxy Server: HOWTO?
Linux as a Home Internet Gateway and Server
IP Masquerading/Proxy?
The "Difficulty" is in Disabling the Services
Web Server Clustering Project
Network Cards
IP Masquerading/Proxy?
Linux and OSPF

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Off-Topic (non-Linux)

BIOS passwords - Bane of my existance
Recover password for SUN sparcstation --or- Root Password Recovery on non-Linux UNIX Systems
Lost CMOS Password
Comcast and IPmasq --or-- Short names for Long Domains?
Non-Linux OS Questions
Linux and SCO Keymap --or-- SCO Compatible Console Keymaps?

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Other Peripherals

How can I view ascii data coming across my serial port? --or-- Serial Capture
Questions about Linux --or- Setting COM port speeds
serial port snooping --or-- Snooping on a Serial Port
Hubs --or-- Ethernet Switches vs. Hubs
Using a 286 as a Serial Terminal
High Speed Serial (RS422) under Linux

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Partitions and Filesystems

LFS: Large File Summit/Support
Please need help !!! ext2 problem !!!
I can't seem to write to my vfat (Windoze) file system with any user other than root
Sizing the Home Directories: Quotas and Partitioning
accessing windows files --or-- Accessing Local DOS/Windows9x Drives from Linux
Which filesystem? --or-- Determining the Type of Each Filesystem
Partitioning Linux
booting larger than 8.4gb --or-- FIPS
LI boot problems --or-- Removing Linux Partitions
Binfmt/Exec Format Errors in /linuxrc on initrd
Linux DEVFS --or-- Linux devfs (Device Filesystem)
help... need to delete a linux partition
UVFAT --or-- Getting UVFAT
Disk Druid UI Failure? USE fdisk!
Need Advice --or-- Partitioning Advice
Resizing partitions --or-- Filesystem Management
Question about 2 GB max? --or-- Maximum Filesize vs. Maximum Filesystem Size
help with partitions --or-- Partitioning Mini-HOWTO
Partitioning my new Linux box... --or-- Disk Partitioning: Review
Suggestions for Linux Users with Ultra Large Disks
Bad Super-block on Filesystem
Swap partition and Modems
Moving /usr subdirectory to another drive..

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Perl Programming

"crypt" function in Linux
2c Tip: Show TCP/UDP port usage --or-- Cross Comment: 2cent Tips

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Re: Printing to specific forms
Checks vs. Plain Paper
Winprinters
About Epson Stylus Color 670 --or-- Setting up print filters
Printing Trouble in Linux
Advanced Printer Support: 800x600 dpi + 11x17" Paper --or-- Real PS Printing
Remote lpd Solaris to Linux

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Programming in Other Languages

Fortran Compiler
Shuffling Lines in a File

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Python Programming

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Scientific Computing

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"crypt" function in Linux
linux question
Piercing the Veil (ssh NAT/Firewall Piercing Trick)
Closing Ports
Confused About Internet Access to My Home Computer --or-- Does Internet access require an ISP?
ACLs on Linux
Login as root problem --or-- Remote Login as 'root': Don't do it! (Except using SSH or ...)
"harden" Linux DNS server --or-- "Hardening" a Red Hat (into a Helmet?)
Open ports --or-- Closing Ports, Disabling Unwanted Services
RedHat Login Problems --or-- login, su, and passwd dies: Everybody dies!
PAM applications running as root (Was Re: WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server)
Limiting Internet Access through Cable Modems
CVS tree for pam --or-- PAM chroot (wherein Jim rants about PAM)
login source code --or-- Seeing Stars During Login
Simplified Security? --or-- Simple Security Tips
Securing a modem dial-out line
security issue, /etc/passwd --or-- Secure Shutdown from the Console
Crypto Support for Linux --or-- FS Security using Linux
'chroot()' Jails or Cardboard Boxes --or-- PAM & chroot
linux kernel security --or-- breaking out of the "chroot()" jail
TACACS+ client for Linux --or- TACACS and RADIUS Authentication Models for Linux and/or PAM

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Shell Scripting

printing the timestamp of a given file
fine-grained delay in shell scripts
Bash
Search and Replace Without Breaking Permissions
Tips: Yet another way to find
script --or-- parsing files with Bash
netscape bash function script
login script --or-- "Unary Command Expected" in Shell Script
Embedding Newlines in Shell and Environment Values
Readline Features in the Bash 'read' built-in
Extracting a block of text from a file
shell cannot see an existing file --or-- ./script: No such file or directory
co-processes --or-- zsh Co-processes
More on: Shell Variable Scoping
Linux read --or-- a problem with pipes in ksh
Simple shell and cron question shell script
Comparing files locally to those on an FTP server
Random Numbers --or-- Getting Random Values in sh
Scripting and Programming (including Startup Scripts)
Here's a shell scripting question for you. --or-- How to Make a Shell Script "Unbreakable"
Win 95 computer/NT server environment --or-- Shell Scripting: Getting Host and User Names

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More help with Linux Multimedia
Sweet Music?
OPL-3 Sound Drivers

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Switching from Other Operating Systems

linux book
Virtual System Emulator for Linux and Why NOT to Use Them

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System Administration

pseudo-chroot
Password aging
setting root password
Scheduling 3rd party services --or-- Cron
Is there any.. --or- Syslog Events from a Particular Host to a Particular File
Simple Shell and Cron Question
Linux password lost --or-- Lost Password
multiple root accounts --or-- Multiple Root Accounts: Delegation
Server shutdown/restart: 2-key keyboard --or-- Server Shutdown Button
Another "No Login" Problem: A little tip
Great Job !!! --or-- Linux as a Loghost (Syslog Server)
Automated Recovery from System Failures
Remote Login as 'root' - DON'T!
More on: "Remote Login as root"
SysAdmin: User Administration: Disabling Accounts
Assigning UID/GID --or-- UID/GID Synchronization and Management
Help Wanted --or-- User Shell on Virtual Console 1
"adduser"

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System Configuration

Shut down when turning computer off
serial consoles, install, boot, etc --or-- Serial Consoles
Linux, Laptops, and Cooling Fans --or-- Making the Laptop's Fan Run
International Keyboard Mappings for (Linux)
Hey answer guy!!! --or-- Linux as a Job! Hobbies become fun and profit
RAM --or-- how much memory do I have?
Pseudo-tty Becomes Unusable

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System Startup: After the Boot up to the Login Prompt

virtual console login --or-- Console Logins Fail; KDM Okay?
The Linux Startup Script?
Maximal mount reached; check forced --or-- Maximal Mount Count Reached
sites for general disk info? --or-- General HD Info and Boot Code

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The Answer Guy's Most Memorable Rants

question on trees --or-- Another Homework Assignment from Hotmail
unable to open a initial console --or-- A Short Guide on How to do Backups and Recovery
you are the man --or-- The Complaint Department: Typos and Grammatical Errors
"Good Times" Are Here Again? NOT!
Why Linux?

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Linux Kernel Crashdumps: HOW?
Modules cannot load with kernel recompile
Comments to "A rather unique query (I hope)" --or-- symlink considered harmful
Segmentation Faults --or-- segfault
Linux memory management --or-- Homework Assignment: Write about Linux Memory Management
Unix Internal --or-- Inodes Numbering: An Academic Question
"core" files appearing here and there --or-- Dealing with "core" files
Error starting recompiling process?
No rule to make target "config" --or-- Recompiling Kernel to Support CD-ROM
nr_files and nr_inodes --or-- Max Open Files and Inodes: Use The Entries under "/proc"
Linux System Administration. --or-- Where to put "insmod" and "modprobe" Commands for Start-up
The BIOS Clock, Y2K, Linux and Everything
Kernel Overview needed...
Question on Memory Leak --or-- Memory Leaks and the OS that Allows Them

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UNIX Commands

Q: avoid getting answers from apropos in the man sections 3 and 3x
about Unix command rm
Dash it All! Coping with ---Unruly--- Filenames
question on rm command --or-- Homework Answer: All about 'rm'
reverse dns
a quick question --or-- DIR /S
Why is diff so crazy?
unix system admin --or-- Getting Familiar with a UNIX System
about Unix command rm
control another VT? --or-- Temporarily Controlling a VT
Xterm and "Log to file" --or-- Flexible Logging of Terminal Output to Files: Use 'screen'
How Can I Delete? --or-- Deleting Files and UNIX Permissions
Listing "Just the Links": It's the only way, Luke
Detaching and Re-attaching to Interactive Background Processes
VC Madness
An Interesting De-Referencing Problem
Compression Program
chattr +i
chown Question
File Referencing

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Uninstalling Linux

Removing Linux: Sacrilege!
Another uninstall: Getting to a Root Prompt to Blow it All Away
Uninstall Linux --or-- Uninstalling Linux
Left in the Lurch or: Uninstalling Linux the Hard Way
Removing Lilo from a multi-boot machine

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Video Cards

Installing RedHat 7.0 and a driver for the Chipset Cirrus CL-GD5436
Linux, X, Dell Video Card
Trident Providia 9685
graphic chipset Linux/CA-810 --or-- Linux on an Intel "Camino" CA810 Motherboard
Intel's integrated Chipset --or-- Identifying the Integrated Video Chipset
driver d'installazione --or- SIS 6236
X Server --or-- Jaton 107 Blade 3D and XFree86
Driver for Savage 4 pro --or-- Savage 4 Pro

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