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Hi, You just create a regular linux account and then use smbpasswd to set the samba password. Something like : # /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/bash -d /home/user1 -m user1 # passwd user1 # smbpasswd user1 Hope this helps

Hi, On redhat, the hostname is set in the file /etc/sysconfig/network as the parameter 'HOSTNAME=' . To display that file use the cat command : $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network Similarly, the IP address details for the first ethernet card are stored in the file...

Hi, A 504 normally occurs when there is a proxy server involved and indicates that the proxy server experienced a timout contacting the actual site. Assuming there is no problem with the proxy (could be your ISP's proxy servers) then it normally means the site is down (or unreachable due to...

Hi, bionic6 - this is almost certainly because the public IP address is on the linksys router and that bit of kit has a web interface for admin purposes running on port 80. However, these kind of routers invariably have config options to 'passthrough' certain traffic (e.g. http) to an internal...

Hi, Are you using Oracle ? Oracle App server uses port 3339 by default and maybe there is some problem is that appears in a url. You can check whats listening on a port as root with : # /usr/sbin/lsof -i TCP:3339 Hope this helps

Hi, Sounds like either the nvram has invalid data that makes no sense to the bios or the bios itself is missing or corrupt. Taking out the battery for a few minutes should clear the settings in nvram but if it still doesn't respond after that and you can't get any joy flashing the bios then...

Hi, If you want automounting you first need to install the 'autofs' rpm . That includes a sysv init script for the automount daemon that by default will automatically run at levels 3,4,5 . To activate it manually after install without changing runlevel / rebooting you can do as root : #...

Hi, You would also need the following rpms : pygtk pygnome pygtk-libglade In fact, for simplicity, its probably easiest to install all the rpms beginning with py as none of them are very big. However, if the import fails for 2.2 but works for 1.5 that would indicate that the libraries are in...

Hi, The answer is undoubtedly IP masquerading. With linux, the IP masquerading is done with the firewalling code - i.e. using ipchains or possibly the newer iptables w.e.f. kernel 2.4.0 . IP masquerading is just a form of source nat (network address translation) where the linux box dynamically...

Hi, On redhat, they ship one rpm called 'imap' that has both imap and pop3 daemons and also the ssl versions thereof . When you install the rpm the services are all configured to run under xinted and the corresponding control files are all set as disabled. So, to activate them you just do the...

Hi, They are pointed to via /etc/named.conf in exactly the same way as forward zone files. For example : zone "1.0.10.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "domain.com.rr.zone"; allow-update { none; }; }; (That would be a reverse dns for the 10.0.1.0 subnet . ) So...

Hi, Your rules are a little confused - what you do is first choose the default you prefer, i.e. do you allow everything by default or deny everything ? The '-P' flag indicates these default policies - e.g. : /sbin/ipchains -P input DENY /sbin/ipchains -P output DENY /sbin/ipchains -P forward...

Hi, If its redhat, the cron mechanics are very easy. For a daily run you only need to put your script in the /etc/cron.daily directory. The main crontab calls every script in that directory using the 'run-parts' routine. The script itself would be indentical to one run directly from the command...

Hi, If you really want open house for some crazy reason it is possible to use the promiscuous_relay feature in your /etc/sendmail.mc - i.e. : FEATURE(`promiscuous_relay')dnl Then do the usual to update the .cf file.... # m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf Regards

Hi, As far as I know, Redhat decided they would not ship any netscape 6.x rpms - only mozilla itself, i.e. the codebase used by netscape 6.x without all the commercial irritations. They still include Netscape 4.78 in RH 7.2 complete with desktop link, however. If you really want netscape 6.x...