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Contents:
Greetings From Jim Dennis
Routing and Subnetting 101
No STREAMS Error while Installing Netware
                for Linux
More than 8 loopfs Mounts?
eql dual line ppp --or--
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EQL Serial Line "Load Balancing"
 
who to report gcc bug to? --or--
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Where to Report Bugs and Send Patches
 
RedHat Linux (5.1) and Brand X --or--
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How to "get into" an Linux system from a Microsoft client
 
Linux File System recommendations --or--
- 
Where to Put New and Supplemental Packages
 
Your book --or--
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Book: Linux Systems Administration
 
FTP Site... --or--
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'ls' Doesn't work for FTP Site
 
very general process question --or--
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An Anthropologist Asks About the Linux "Process"
 
Locating AV Research --or--
- 
Looking for a Hardware Vendor: In all the Wrong Places
 
question for answerguy --or--
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Letting Those Transfers Run Unattended
 
where can i find information about LOFS, TFS --or--
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Translucent, Overlay, Loop, and Union Filesystems
 
Modem dial out
PAM & chroot (fwd) --or--
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'chroot()' Jails or Cardboard Boxes
 
The Linux Swap File --or--
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Swap file on a RAM Disk
 
RedHat Linux (5.1) and Brand X --or--
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How to "get into" an Linux system from a Microsoft client
 
Dynamic IP Address Publishing Hack
Why 40-second delay in sending mail to 
		SMTP server?
how to install two ethernet cards for proxy server for red hat linux --or--
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Linux as Router and Proxy Server: HOWTO?
 
ey answer guy! answer this! --or--
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PostScript to GIF
 
troubleshooting
More on: "Remote Login as root"
Thank You --or--
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Kudos
 
Question --or--
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Linux Support for Intel Pentium II Xeon CPU's and Chipsets
 
isp --or--
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Linux Friendly ISP's: SF Bay Area
 
Hello I need some help --or--
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Eight Character login Name Limit
 
Locked Out of His Mailserver
Changing the color depth for your x-server? --or--
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Changing the X Server's Default Color Depth
 
Num Lock and X apps --or--
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NumLock and X Problems
 
NE2000 "clones" --- not "cloney" enough! --or--
- 
Expansion on NE-2000 Cards: Some PCI models "okay"
 
MySql --or--
- 
Finding info on MySqL?
 
read please very important --or--
- 
Spying: (AOL Instant Messenger or ICQ): No Joy!
 
Tuning monitors for use with X --or--
- 
Fraser Valley LUG's Monitor DB
 
chattr =u and then what? --or--
- 
ext2fs "Undeletable" Attribute
 
How to Install Linux on an RS6000?
Real PS Printing --or--
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Advanced Printer Support: 800x600 dpi + 11x17" Paper
 
TAG suggestions
password change --or--
- 
CGI Driven Password Changes
 
ifconfig reports TX errors on v2.1.x kernels
Trident 9685 tv --or--
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Support for Trident Video/Television Adapter
 
Looking for info on BIOS setup --or--
- 
Plug and Pray Problems
 
Mount linux drives from win9x/nt? password encryption seems to be a problem... --or--
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Sharing/Exporting Linux Directories to Windows '9x/NT
 
Mail processing
Printing question --or--
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Extra Formfeed from Windows '95
 
Root password --or--
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Can't Login in as Root
 
Alternate root-password recovery option --or--
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Alternative Method for Recovering from Root Password Loss
 
Journal File Support and Tarantella? --or--
- 
SCOldies Bragging Rights
 
Remote tape access, using local CPU --or--
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Application Direct Access to Remote Tape Drive
 
Mounting CD Drives from SoundCard --or--
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Mounting multiple CD's
 
Re: leafnode-1.7 -- news server for small sites --or--
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More on Multi-Feed Netnews (leafnode)
 
rsh config --or--
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Getting 'rsh' to work
 
update on your answer - netware clients --or--
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Linux as a Netware Client
 
LILO Default
uninstall help --or--
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Uninstalling Linux
 
Compiling kernel --or--
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Making a Kernel Requires 'make'
 
memory usage --or--
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Using only 64Mb out of 128Mb Available
 
Manipulating Clusters on a Floppy ...
Setting up ircd
Sendmail on private net with UUCP link to Internet
Linux in general --or--
- 
Complaint Department:
 
A Dual Modem configuration... how do I get it to work? --or--
- 
eql Not Working
 
routing without of any outer routers knowing me as I am a router.. --or--
- Proxyarp
 
HELP: fetchmail dies after RH 5.2 upgrade --or--
- 
 Upgrade Kills Name Server
 
Question (what else?) --or--
- MS Applications Support For Linux
 
Linux as a Home Internet Gateway and Server
lilo --or--
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Persistent Boot Sector
 
preference=20 --or--
- 
Secondary MX Records: How and Why
 
LPD forks and hangs/Linux --or--
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'lpd' Bug: "restricted service" option; Hangs Printer Daemon
 
Dual booting NT or Win9x with Linux (Red Hat 5.2) --or--
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Dual Boot Configurations
 
Can you give me a Suggestion?/ --or--
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Microtek Scanner Support:  Alejandro's Tale
 
Offer to make available Winmodem interface spec --or--
- 
Modem HOWTO Author Gets Offer RE: WinModems
 
I do know i am boring (ma windows fa veramente cagare) --or--
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Condolences to Another Victim of the "LoseModem" Conspiracy
 
Kai Makisara: Re: audio-DAT on SCSI streamer? --or--
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More on: Reading Audio Tapes using HP-DAT Drive
 
Just a sugestion... --or--
- 
Best of Answer Guy:  A Volunteer?
 
more on keybindings --or--
- 
termcap/terminfo Oddities to Remotely Run SCO App
 
Arabic? --or--
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Arabic BiDi Support for Linux
 
Updates: Risks and rewards --or--
- 
Automated Updates
 
Liam Greenwood: Your XDM question
rsh on 2.0.34 --or--
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'rsh' as 'root' Denied
 
Greetings from Jim Dennis
Happy New Year everybody.  I would say more, but I think I've said
   enough for this month...
 
 
Previous "Answer Guy" Columns
Answer Guy #1, January 1997
Answer Guy #2, February 1997
Answer Guy #3, March 1997
Answer Guy #4, April 1997
Answer Guy #5, May 1997
Answer Guy #6, June 1997
Answer Guy #7, July 1997
Answer Guy #8, August 1997
Answer Guy #9, September 1997
Answer Guy #10, October 1997
Answer Guy #11, December 1997
Answer Guy #12, January 1998
Answer Guy #13, February 1998
Answer Guy #14, March 1998
Answer Guy #15, April 1998
Answer Guy #16, May 1998
Answer Guy #17, June 1998
Answer Guy #18, July 1998
Answer Guy #19, August 1998
 
Answer Guy #20, September 1998
 
Answer Guy #21, October 1998
 
Answer Guy #22, November 1998
 
Answer Guy #23, December 1998
 
 
 
Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis 
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 36 January 1999