Linux Networking

How to create /etc/passwd file?
Hi there, I am going to create 9000 users. I have all the user names in a txt file userlist.txt like this: user_1 user_2 : user_9000 I want the passwd file to be created like this: user_1:x:1001:1000::/home/user_1:/bin/bash user_2:x:1002:1000::/home/user_2:/bin/bash : user_1000:x:1001::/home/user_2000:/bin... 27 Jun 2006 13:23

dhcpd.conf setup
Hi, I am trying to setup 2 NFS servers on a network. I am trying to write dhcpd.conf file that all servers in subnet to have 1 global nfs server name and some servers in that subnet to have different nfs server I have something like subnet subnet-number netmask netmask { option nfs_server x.x.x.x pool { ... 12 Apr 2006 19:25

SME Server - Teamspeak
I have recently installed SME server on an older pc to play with. I installed Teamspeak server on it and it works fine on my internal network. I allowed udp port 8767 passthrough to this server on my router, however the teamspeak server will only allow connections from pc's on my internal network. Is this maybe a l... 31 Mar 2006 11:51

Airnet AWN154
Has anyone here had any luck installing and using the Airnet AWN154 pcmcia cardbus on *nix? I'm still very new to this, so there's not much I can try to do to get it to work. I'm running on VectorLinux 5.1 with kernel version 2.4.29. What I've gotten: ndiswrapper -i mrv8000c.inf: Installing mrv8000c Forci... 5 Mar 2006 11:37

Programatically change IP Address
How can i programatically change the IP Address, DNS, gateway, Enable/disable DHCP, in Linux Using C or C++. Is there also an API to get this properties? Thanks Irfan. ... 18 Jan 2006 16:34

Failing NFS, Internet, and more
Hi, Here's a tip: - NFS problems: tcpdump reports lots of "reply ERR 1448" - Failing HTTP - POP3 gets up to login, and not much more - Ping to outside websites works, traceroute often fails to complete Ik had all these problems. It turned out my switch was hung. After powering it down, and then up aga... 5 Jan 2006 16:10

nfs monitoring
Hi folks, I have a NFS-server providing shares for about 150 clients. How can I find out which client does the most NFS-I/O-utilization at the server? kernel-nfs-server / nfsv3 so far ciao rix ... 4 Jan 2006 08:18

linksys wmp54g
Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian? Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake? ... 26 Aug 2005 23:20

Weird kernel Redirect & Advised path message
I suddenly get quite a few of the following kernel messages. I've never seen them before. Anyone figures what's happening? Jun 22 09:28:42 localhost kernel: Redirect from 86.112.49.113 on eth0 about 86.112.49.177 ignored. Jun 22 09:28:42 localhost kernel: Advised path = 83.160.202.49 -> 86.112.49.177, tos 0... 22 Jun 2005 06:39

Can't get KPPP to work for dial-up Internet connection...
Hello! I am trying to get my dial-up Internet connection working since I currently do not have broadband service (used to). I am using KDE v3.3.1's KPPP to set up my dial-up Internet connection with EarthLink (ELN) in Debian v3.1 (sort of outdated by a few weeks). I am a newbie to Linux, so I might be missing... 14 Feb 2005 20:29