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Linux-Announce Digest #855
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Linux-Announce Digest #855, Volume #3 Thu, 21 Sep 00 16:13:07 EDT
Contents:
rp-pppoe 2.3 -- Robust PPPoE client for Linux, NetBSD and Solaris ("David F. Skoll")
LOCAL: Installfest on 30 September in Houston, TX (Algis Rudys)
lftp-2.3.0 - reliable command line driven ftp client ("Alexander V. Lukyanov")
Linux Security Quick Reference Guide (Dave Wreski)
sysstat-3.3.1 - System performance tools for Linux (Sebastien Godard)
CORRECTION: RIP announce correction! (Kent Robotti)
LOCAL/WANTED: User group for Central Vermont (D Scott)
autoproject 0.9 ("James R. Van Zandt")
Inferno virtual OS for Linux - Free download (John Bates)
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From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
Subject: rp-pppoe 2.3 -- Robust PPPoE client for Linux, NetBSD and Solaris
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:01:50 GMT
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Version 2.3 of rp-pppoe has been released.
rp-pppoe is a user-mode client and server for the Point-to-Point
Protocol over Ethernet, a protocol used by many ADSL service providers.
It runs on standard Linux kernels (2.0 or 2.2; no kernel modification
required), NetBSD and Solaris. rp-pppoe is released under the GNU
General Public License, and can be obtained from:
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
Changes from version 2.2:
Fixed the Red Hat init script to create/remove /var/lock/subsys/adsl
(patch courtesy of Charley Carter.)
Added support (under Linux) for N_HDLC line discipline which should
greatly reduce CPU usage. My tests show it cuts CPU usage in half. My
486 DX2/66 gets 800 kb/s at 22% CPU usage.
adsl-connect uses "setsid" (if available) so that adsl-stop doesn't kill
its caller. There is (IMO) a bug in pppd which kills all processes in
its process group if the "pty" option is used. The setsid program gets
around this bug, on Linux at least.
Port to Solaris, courtesy of David Holland.
Renamed spec file from "spec" to "rp-pppoe.spec" and made some
cleanups. NOTE: Red Hat, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make the
new RPM compress man pages automatically. You may have problems
building RPM's from source unless you get the latest rpm package and
make sure it compresses man pages.
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David F. Skoll
Roaring Penguin Software Inc. | http://www.roaringpenguin.com
GPG fingerprint: 50B4 FA66 CE95 E456 CD8F 96C9 E64D 185C 6646 68E0
GPG public key: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/dskoll-key.txt
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From: Algis Rudys <arudys@rice.edu>
Subject: LOCAL: Installfest on 30 September in Houston, TX
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:03:20 GMT
Reply-To: rlug@rice.edu
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Greetings --
The Rice Linux Users Group is holding an Installfest on Saturday,
September 30, 2000 from 10:00 to 15:00. The location will be Duncan Hall
room 3092, on the Rice University campus (directions are available off
the web site). For more information, contact us or visit our Installfest
Web page at:
http://linux.rice.edu/installfest/
Thanks,
Algis Rudys
Rice Linux Users Group
http://linux.rice.edu/
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Algis Rudys Rice University
arudys@rice.edu Will Rice College, Class of 2000
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From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav@swing.yars.free.net>
Subject: lftp-2.3.0 - reliable command line driven ftp client
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:58:30 GMT
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This is announcement of a new major version of LFTP.
News since last version (2.2.6):
* https and ftps protocols support (openssl library is needed for that).
* completion now appends a slash to remote directories (finally!).
* new mirror option --parallel=[N] to download several files in parallel.
* ask for password for ftp:proxy if not supplied.
* now if you set ftp:proxy to http://proxy.host:port, hftp will be used
automatically instead of ftp, but pwd will still show ftp://.
* large file (>2G) support added.
* full http keep-alive support.
* new settings http:put-method (PUT or POST), http:put-content-type,
http:post-content-type.
* new setting xfer:max-redirections for http redirections following.
* automatic cookie accepting (off by default). New setting http:set-cookies.
* two http specific quote commands: `quote set-cookie' and `quote post'.
(e.g. `quote set-cookie var=value' or `quote post /cgi-bin/script.cgi
var=value > output'.
* send encoded path in http protocol as it was entered by user in URL.
(e.g. `get http://www.server.net/abc.cgi?arg=cba -o cba')
* new settings http:accept, http:accept-charset, http:accept-language.
* new setting cmd:move-background to disable automatic moving to background;
`exit bg' forces moving to background.
* `wait all' waits for termination of all jobs.
* show QUIT reply in debug output.
* new setting ftp:use-quit.
* new setting net:persist-retries (ignore this number of hard errors).
* new setting ftp:auto-sync-mode (extended regex) to match first server reply.
* try to connect to original IP when PASV returns address from private
network and original IP is not in private network.
* mirror can return error code now.
* add workarounds for hftp over apache proxy.
* use getipnodebyname or getaddrinfo when gethostbyname2 is unavailable.
* invalidate dir listing cache on chmod.
* fixed pget's eta (sometimes it was not shown).
* fixed max-retries and reconnect delay handling when uploading.
* fixed `open -u ... -p ... bookmark_name'.
LSM entry:
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Title: LFTP command line file transfer program
Version: 2.3.0
Entered-date: 2000-09-18
Description: LFTP is a shell-like command line ftp client. It is
reliable: can retry operations and does reget automatically.
It can do several transfers simultaneously in background.
You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing
the ftp site or another one. This all is done in one process.
Background jobs will be completed in nohup mode if you exit
or close modem connection. Lftp has reput, mirror, reverse
mirror among its features. Since version 2.0 it also supports
http protocol. Other features include: ipv6 support, context
sensitive completion, output redirection to files or to pipe,
SOCKS support (configure option), ftp and http proxy support,
transfer rate throttling for each connection and for all
connections in sum, job queueing, job execution at specified
time, opie/skey support in ftp protocol, ssl for http and ftp.
Keywords: ftp client, readline, reliable, background, parallel, http
Author: lav@yars.free.net (Alexander V. Lukyanov)
Maintained-by: lav@yars.free.net (Alexander V. Lukyanov)
Primary-site: ftp.yars.free.net /pub/software/unix/net/ftp/client/lftp
1057 kB lftp-2.3.0.tar.gz
Alternate-site: metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/network/file-transfer
Platforms: Unix, G++
Copying-policy: GNU GPL
End
LFTP includes the following features (some may be missed in this list):
* FTP and HTTP protocols support.
* FTP (e.g. TIS FWTK) proxy support.
* HTTP proxy support.
* FTP over HTTP proxy support (hftp).
* HTTPS and FTPS protocols support using OpenSSL library.
* Automatic OPIE/SKEY support in FTP protocol.
* FXP transfers support (between two FTP servers, bypassing client machine).
* FTP listings support: unix-style, NT, EPLF.
* Automatic reconnect and retry of an operation on retriable errors or timeout.
* IPv6 support in both FTP and HTTP.
* Experimental support for SRV DNS records.
* SOCKS support (configure option).
* Modification time preservation (if server can report it).
* `reget' and `reput' support.
* Built-in mirror and reverse mirror (mirror -R).
* Transfer rate throttling for each connection and for all connections in sum.
* Limit for number of connections to the same site. Interruption of background
transfer to do foreground operation when the limit is reached.
* Socket options tuning: buffer size and maximum segment size.
* Job queueing.
* Job execution at specified time.
* Comprehensive scripting support.
* URL recognition in most operations.
* Readline library is used for input.
* Context sensitive completion.
* Bash-like prompt extensions.
* Launching of local shell commands.
* Suspend support.
* Bookmarks.
* Aliases.
* Saving of last directory on each site. `cd -' to go there.
* Copying of files between two servers, e.g. between FTP and HTTP.
* Numerous settings which can be associated with a specific server or a group.
* Paging of remote files using external program.
* `zcat' and `zmore' support.
* Help for commands.
* Transfer status includes rate and ETA.
* Background jobs (bash-like).
* Job output redirection to a file or to a program via pipe.
* Conditional commands depending on exit status of previous one.
* Loading of binary modules at run time (configure option).
* `pget' to download a file using several connections.
* `mirror' can download several files in parallel (--parallel option).
LFTP has a web page at http://lftp.yar.ru/.
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Alexander.
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From: dave@nic.com (Dave Wreski)
Subject: Linux Security Quick Reference Guide
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:37:02 GMT
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The Linux Security Quick Reference Guide is formatted as a two-page,
8.5x11" card and is intended to provide a starting point for improving the
security of your system. Contained within include references to:
- - Security resources around the net
- - Tips on securing your Linux box
- - General security information
- - BIND, kernel, Apache, and intrusion detection security
- - Installing and configuring OpenSSH
- - Getting started with Tripwire
Now also available in multiple formats, including Letter, A4, PostScript
and PDF. This QuickRef Card is now part of the Linux Documentation
Project.
http://www.LinuxSecurity.com/docs
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From: Sebastien Godard <sebastien.godard@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: sysstat-3.3.1 - System performance tools for Linux
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:38:57 GMT
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Hi everybody,
Sysstat release 3.3.1 is available now on sunsite/metalab server:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/
72kB sysstat-3.3.1.tar.gz
74kB sysstat-3.3.1-1.src.rpm
57kB sysstat-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
The sysstat utilities are a collection of performance monitoring tools
for Linux. These include sar, iostat, sa tools and, for the first time
with sysstat 3.3.1, mpstat.
Version 3.3.1 is a development release, with new things being added and
tested that will eventually lead to sysstat 3.4 (the future stable
version).
Please also note that the kernel disk accounting patch that was supplied
with sysstat no longer exists, since I no longer have the time to
maintain it.
To learn some more about sysstat, check out
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
The latest stable sysstat version is still available on this web site.
Changes vs 3.2.4 are:
2000/09/17: Version 3.3.1
* mpstat command added.
* Manual page added for mpstat.
* Option -h added, enabling sar to display data from a daily data file
in a format that can easily be handled with pattern processing commands
like awk.
* Manual page updated for sar.
* iostat now writes KB (for kilobytes) instead of Kb, which could have
been interpreted as kilobits...
* Disk accounting patch for iostat removed.
* NLS updated.
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Sébastien Godard <sebastien.godard@wanadoo.fr>
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
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From: Kent Robotti <robotti@metconnect.com>
Subject: CORRECTION: RIP announce correction!
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:38:00 GMT
Reply-To: robotti@metconnect.com
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Title: RIP "Recovery Is Possible!"
Version: 2.4
Entered-date: 18SEP2000
Description: Small linux system for the purpose of system booting
or repairing, a boot/rescue system.
You can put this system on a 1.44mb formatted floppy or
cdrom disk, it will probably also boot from a LS-120
drive with a 1.44mb floppy.
It's more or less designed for non-networked stand-alone
home pc hard drive boot/rescue/backup!
It has large file summit support, you can use the programs
dd, mke2fs, mkdosfs, mkreiserfs, split, mount, tar, gzip,
and bzip2 with files larger than 2GB.
It includes the partition resizing program parted and
the mc file manager!
It has support for these filesystems.
ext2 <Linux filesystem, read-write>
iso9660 <Cdrom filesystem + joliet extensions, read-only>
msdos <Dos filesystem, read-write>
ntfs <Windows NT filesystem, read-only>
reiserfs <Linux filesystem, read-write>
ufs <FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, & Sun/Solaris filesystems,
read-write>
umsdos <Umsdos filesystem, read-write>
vfat <Win9x filesystem fat16 and 32, read-write>
The kernel is version 2.2.17, it just has support
for IDE hard drives.
You need at least 8mb of ram and a 486dx cpu to boot it.
It's a zip archive you can extract it like this.
C:\ pkunzip -d rip-24.zip
# unzip rip-24.zip
Keywords: Single Floppy Boot/Rescue/Backup System!
Author: robotti@metconnect.com (Kent Robotti)
Maintained-by:
Primary-site: http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip
rip-24.zip 1478kb
Alternate-site: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/looplinux/rip
Platforms: Linux or dos/win system with floppy drive.
Copying-policy: GPL
End
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From: D Scott <gccnurd@together.net>
Subject: LOCAL/WANTED: User group for Central Vermont
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:30:14 GMT
Reply-To: grpnurd@linuxfreemail.com
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Would like to start a user group for Central Vermont. Anyone interesed
please email me.
Thank,
Darlene
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From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
Subject: autoproject 0.9
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:39:50 GMT
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I'm releasing a new version of autoproject.
Here are the recent entries in the changelog:
2000-09-20 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.9
* lib/cli/all/none/program.texinfo, lib/cli/all/none/program.1:
the long option --version corresponds to short option -V rather
than -v, and long option --verbose corresponds to short option -v
(thanks to Ulrik Haugen <qha@lysator.liu.se>)
* lib/cli/c/none/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): `#NAME' should be
`#NAME#' (thanks to Ulrik Haugen <qha@lysator.liu.se>)
2000-07-27 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* autoproject.in (STDPARSERS): -L requires an argument when using
getopts.
2000-07-25 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* autoproject.1: document use of GNU getopt.
* autoproject.in: help text is now a here document instead of a
collection of echo statements.
If GNU getopt is not detected, use getopts instead.
2000-07-08 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.8.2
* lib/cli/c/none/program.c (usage): For all strings that wrap to a
new line, end in "\n\" to satisfy xgettext (as reported by Rubens
Ramos <rubens_ramos@yahoo.com>)
autoproject may be downloaded from here:
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/vanzandt/
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel
from README:
autoproject - create a skeleton source package for a new program
autoproject interviews the user, then creates a source package for a
new program which follows the GNU programming standards. The new
package uses autoconf to configure itself, and automake to create the
Makefile. `make distcheck' succeeds.
The idea is that you execute autoproject just once when you start a
new project. It will ask a few questions, then create a new directory
and populate it with standard files, customized for the new project.
The version number for the new program is initialized as 0.1.0, and is
set in configure.in. It is available in C programs as the macro
VERSION, and in the Makefile as $(VERSION).
Optionally, the new package will use a command line parser generator.
Currently, autoproject supports two parser generators:
clig by Harald Kirsch <kir@iitb.fhg.de>
(see http://wsd.iitb.fhg.de/~kir/clighome/)
autogen by Bruce Korb <korbb@datadesign.com>
(see ftp://autogen.linuxbox.com/pub/)
- Jim Van Zandt
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From: John Bates <john@vitanuova.com>
Subject: Inferno virtual OS for Linux - Free download
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:40:34 GMT
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A free Inferno Binary & Limited Source download for Linux
is now available from the Vita Nuova web site:
http://www.vitanuova.com
The result of more than 20 years of research in operating
systems and programming languages by Rob Pike, Dennis Ritchie,
Ken Thompson and others at the Bell Labs Computing Sciences
Research Center, Inferno is a cultural descendant of Unix.
Inferno is an operating system for creating and supporting
distributed services that can run both natively and hosted
on a range of platforms offering identical interfaces on all.
In particular, Inferno runs as a virtual operating system
on top of the Linux operating system. An overview of the
system can be found at:
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/bltj.html
Inferno applications are written in a new language called Limbo
which was designed specifically for the Inferno environment.
Its syntax is influenced by C and Pascal, and it supports the
standard data types common to them, together with several
higher-level data types such as lists, tuples, strings,
dynamic arrays, and simple abstract data types. In addition,
Limbo supplies several advanced constructs carefully integrated
into the Inferno virtual machine. In particular, a communication
mechanism called a channel is used to connect different Limbo
tasks on the same machine or across the network.
Brian Kernighan has written an introduction to Limbo and
Dennis Ritchie has written the Limbo Programming Language
Reference Manual. These can be found at:
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/descent.html
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/limbo.html
The package comprises:
- - The Inferno operating system running in hosted mode for
Linux which includes the Dis virtual machine, integral
support for the Styx network protocol, and an
implementation of the Tk user interface toolkit.
- - Linux and Inferno versions of the Limbo compiler for use
inside and outside of Inferno and with which all of the
applications and library modules can be compiled.
- - Source for most of the Limbo applications, including:
* the web browser Charon and its ECMAScript/Javascript
implementation,
* the Acme integrating development environment,
* the Yacc compiler-compiler,
* the Inferno `sh' programmable shell,
* plumbing support - similar to Plan 9's plumber,
* several Unix-like tools: cat, cd, chmod, cmp, cp, date,
dd, diff, du, echo, env, grep, gzip, kill, lc, lookman,
ls, man, mkdir, mv, ps, pwd, rm, sleep, sort, sum, tail,
tee, telnet, test, time, touch, tr, wc, xd, yacc, ...
- - The contents of Volume 1 of the Inferno Programmer's Manual in
Unix style man format.
- - The Inferno suite of C cross-compilers for a variety
of CPU architectures.
Inferno: a small efficient virtual operating system for
distributed computing and embedded devices.
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