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<H4>By James T. Dennis,
<a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</a><BR>
Starshine Technical Services,
<A HREF="http://www.starshine.org/">http://www.starshine.org/</A>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
<p><a href="#tag/greeting"
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align="middle"><strong>Greetings From Jim Dennis</strong></A></p>
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<dt><A HREF="tag/1.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>hmm. --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/1.html"
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FTP Only Access: Trickier than it Seems
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<dt><A HREF="tag/2.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>Why can I only login as root? --or--
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Another "No Login" Problem
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<dt><A HREF="tag/3.html"
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A Reader Answers: What is the TCP/IP SACK feature?
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<dt><A HREF="tag/4.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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Unable to Open Console: After "Custom" Install
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<dt><A HREF="tag/5.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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&quot;Integrating&quot; Linux/sendmail with MS Exchange
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<dt><A HREF="tag/6.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>Win 95 computer/NT server environment --or--
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Shell Scripting: Getting Host and User Names
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<dt><A HREF="tag/7.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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More on: Bad Sectors
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<dt><A HREF="tag/8.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
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<dd><A HREF="tag/8.html"
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The Presumption!
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<dt><A HREF="tag/9.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>linux --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/9.html"
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Mysterious Message: Subject: Linux
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<dt><A HREF="tag/10.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>Diamond Multimedia Modems --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/10.html"
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Reader Comments: Diamond WinModems:
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<dt><A HREF="tag/11.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>About a OPL-3 ( Yamaha driver for sound) (sorry for bad english...) --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/11.html"
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OPL-3 Sound Drivers
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<dt><A HREF="tag/12.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
><strong>Question from an old friend.</strong></a>
<dt><A HREF="tag/14.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
><strong>[Q]: Winmodem under Linux</strong></a>
<dt><A HREF="tag/16.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>how to fix a bad cluster on hd --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/16.html"
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More Bad Clusters
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<dt><A HREF="tag/17.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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Proxying over PPP
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<dt><A HREF="tag/18.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>help with partitions --or--
<dd><A HREF="tag/18.html"
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Installing on a Big Drive: More on the 1023 Cylinder Limit
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<dt><A HREF="tag/19.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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Finding LOADLIN.EXE ... and Linux Loader for Win '9x
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<dt><A HREF="tag/21.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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Partitioning Mini-HOWTO
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<dt><A HREF="tag/22.html"
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alt="(!)" border="0"
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<dt><A HREF="tag/23.html"
><img src="./../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>Is it possible to run Debian on 4 MB? --or--
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Low Memory Installation
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<dt><A HREF="tag/24.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
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Drop-in Replacement for "WinGate"
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<dt><A HREF="tag/26.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
><strong>Jim Dennis: Re: Gimp on RH5.1</strong></a>
<dt><A HREF="tag/28.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>xntpd --or--
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How 'ntpdate' finds IP addresses?
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<dt><A HREF="tag/29.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
><strong>Sportys</strong></a><dt><A HREF="tag/30.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
><strong>souncards</strong></a><dt><A HREF="tag/31.html"
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alt="(?)" border="0"
></a>Great Job !!! --or--
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Linux as a Loghost (Syslog Server)
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<dt><A HREF="tag/32.html"
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I have some exciting news.
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I'm now working for Linuxcare (<a href="http://www.linuxcare.com"
>http://www.linuxcare.com</a>) --- the Linux support company.
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What does this mean for Linux Gazette readers of &quot;The
Answer Guy?&quot; I think it means some very good things.
</p><p>
Of course you might be concerned. Does this mean that
I'll be more "corporate?" Will Linuxcare come to
own &quot;The Answer Guy&quot; column? Will I answer all the
good questions with: "Hey, pay for that answer from
..."
</p><p>
I don't think so! I've been running a quiet little
sole proprietorship consulting service for the entire
time that I've been writing for LG. My consulting
service specialized in support and training of Linux
sysadmins. I've generally avoided "selling" my services
through this column --- and I won't start now.
</p><p>
Linuxcare has no intention of exerting any editorial
control over, and has no connection to the Linux Gazette
&quot;Answer Guy.&quot; I might put in a disclaimer to that effect
in future issues.
</p><p>
However, the "good things" in this are:
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I can focus on technical issues rather than
worrying about billing and sales of my consulting
services. (Avoiding those is what kept
Starshine Technical Services "small" and "quiet").
</blockquote><blockquote>
Fellow techs at Linuxcare and the systems lab that
we'll be setting up will allow me to learn all the
latest and coolest stuff. My home network is
pretty big, for a *home* network (four servers
five desktop systems, and four laptops --- all on
two or three ethernet segments (depending one
what I'm doing at any given time). However,
Linuxcare will be able to do *much* more.
</blockquote><blockquote>
In the past I've "shooed off" some classes of
questions --- particularly regarding X Windows
configuration and similar items. I'm a self-admitted
"curses curmudgeon" and prefer to stay out of X when
I can. Surrounded by younger techs, many of whom are
more enamored of the modern GUIs --- I'll soak up
quite a bit of knowlege on these topics by osmosis.
</blockquote><p>
For those times when I'm actually on the phones --- I'll
probably get quite a lot of LG done. I spent years in
technical support at places like Quarterdeck and Symantec's
Peter Norton Group. I can do phone support while reading
netnews, and writing e-mail.
</p><p>
So, for my loyal fans (I know there are a few of you --
I met one on the Caltrain the other day; "Hi, John"),
Don't worry. Be happy. Another Linux hobbyist can do what
he loves and support himself doing it.
</p><p>
(BTW: Linuxcare is hiring. If you are in the SF Bay Area
and have a couple years of extensive and technical Linux
expertise --- check out their web site).
</p><p>
What does this mean for my other projects?
</p><p>
I'll be giving my tutorial on "Linux Security for
System Administrators" at LinuxWorld Expo by the time you
read this (9:00am Monday, March 1st). If that is successful
I may be giving similar (and updated) talks at future Linux
events. (LinuxWorld has already inquired about my availability
for their next show). For any of you that are going to
LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose, CA --- drop by Linuxcare's
booth and meet me.
</p><p>
I'm still working on my book (&quot;Linux Systems Administration&quot;
--- though the work is going a bit slower than I, my publishers
and my co-author would like. The goods news there is that my
co-author, M, is really taking charge of the scheduling
and development of the manuscript. Also the couple of hours
a day that I spend on the train with my laptop (from Campbell
up into SF city and back) will help keep me focused on this
and stop me from drifting e-mail, netnews, and slashdot as
I'm wont to do from home.
</p><p>
I'm still teaching one class (weekly on Saturdays)
at Mission College (Unix Shell Programming). I hope to
continue doing that for the foreseeable future as well.
My students were worried for the first couple of classes
(as I was adjusting the level of discussion to their
background). However, they seem to be catching on at this
point and we have several more weeks to show them all the
really cool things you can do with a Unix/Linux shell.
(Yes, we've told them all about getting copies of Linux and/or
FreeBSD to play with at home and at their offices. The
school lab current runs on Sun Solaris systems --- though
Linux is being installed in some of the college's new labs.
</p><p>
I'm really surprised at how busy I've gotten this year. I
was supposed to just work on the book and let Heather support
me (mostly). (Incidentally, Heather has resigned from her
full-time position and may be interested in quality, Bay Area
offers in the near future).
</p><p>
So, enough of all this "chaos manor" stuff. Let's go
on to this month's selection of technical questions...
</p>
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<center><H4>Previous "Answer Guy" Columns</H4></center>
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<A HREF="../issue13/answer.html">Answer Guy #1, January 1997</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue14/answer.html">Answer Guy #2, February 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue15/answer.html">Answer Guy #3, March 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue16/answer.html">Answer Guy #4, April 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue17/answer.html">Answer Guy #5, May 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue18/lg_answer18.html">Answer Guy #6, June 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue19/lg_answer19.html">Answer Guy #7, July 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue20/lg_answer20.html">Answer Guy #8, August 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue21/lg_answer21.html">Answer Guy #9, September 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue22/lg_answer22.html">Answer Guy #10, October 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue23/lg_answer23.html">Answer Guy #11, December 1997</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue24/lg_answer24.html">Answer Guy #12, January 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue25/lg_answer25.html">Answer Guy #13, February 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue26/lg_answer26.html">Answer Guy #14, March 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue27/lg_answer27.html">Answer Guy #15, April 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue28/lg_answer28.html">Answer Guy #16, May 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue29/lg_answer29.html">Answer Guy #17, June 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue30/lg_answer30.html">Answer Guy #18, July 1998</A><br>
<A HREF="../issue31/lg_answer31.html">Answer Guy #19, August 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue32/lg_answer32.html">Answer Guy #20, September 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue33/lg_answer33.html">Answer Guy #21, October 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue34/lg_answer34.html">Answer Guy #22, November 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue35/lg_answer35.html">Answer Guy #23, December 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue36/lg_answer36.html">Answer Guy #24, January 1998</A><BR>
<A HREF="../issue37/lg_answer37.html">Answer Guy #25, February 1998</A><BR>
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<H5 align="center"><a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html"
>Copyright &copy;</a> 1999, James T. Dennis
<BR>Published in <I>The Linux Gazette</I> Issue 38 March 1999</H5>
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