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How can I change the ``user's name'' in my finger information
to a different name? For instance, how could I change my name from
``Dave'' to ``David''? What commands would I need
to use?
--
David Innes
You can change that information (and more) using chfn (for change finger name). To just change the user's full name, use:
chfn -f "Full Name" usernameFor instance, to change the full name of the user ``random'', you might enter:
chfn -f "J. Random Hacker" randomchanging the full name of the user ``random'' to ``J. Random Hacker''.
If you run chfn as a regular user, you can leave out your own username since chfn defaults to changing your own information. (Only root can change another user's information.)
If you run chfn without the -f argument, it will prompt you for all
the fields it can change.
--
Steven Pritchard
President
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
steve@silug.org
My distribution kernel is of version 2.0.27-5. What does the last number
``5'' mean? Some patch sublevel? Can I patch this kernel with patch-2.0.28
and patch-2.0.29 that are generally distributed at Linux web sites? Is this kernel
somewhat modified and incompatible with these patches?
--
Oleg Zhirov
Red Hat 4.1
The ``-5'' is a Red Hat-specific release number, For your particular version, it is the fifth time we've had to build the package for one reason or another. It has nothing to do with the kernel version or kernel patches.
This kernel should be patchable using the standard patches. However,
I usually still suggest grabbing the entire tarball of the new version
that you want, since there have been problems in the past with applying
patches rather than using the full source.
--
Donnie Barnes
Red Hat Software
redhat@redhat.com
How can a non-root user leave a process running while not logged in?
I have seen this done by detaching screens under
various Unix flavors, yet I haven't found a similar program for Linux.
--
R. J. Rodd
Slackware
Most of the Linux distributions come with the program screen
which allows you to do just what you describe. If you don't have it, you can
get the source for screen from:
FTP://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/screen-3.7.2.tar.gz
It compiles on Linux easily.<\n>
--
Steven Pritchard
President
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
steve@silug.org
If you want to keep processes running in the background after you log out, you can employ the nohup command. Check the man page for details, but briefly, just insert nohup at the beginning of the command line you want to live on after you've logged out; e.g., if you've got a book you need to typset with LaTeX:
nohup latex book.tex &Be sure to include the ampersand at the end to indicate to the system the process is to be run in the background.
I would like to place a Linux system on a network populated with
IPX/SPX Netware file servers. I am hoping there is a way to give
the Linux system a ``Netware/IPX/SPX'' personality, thus allowing access to it
from existing Netware clients. Where can I get help?
--
Todd Morris
Slackware 2.0.x
Take a look at the IPX HOWTO. Everything about IPX-based problems and
solutions is explained in this document.
--
Pierre Ficheux
Lectra Systemes
How do I make AfterStep the default window manager for X instead
of fvwm2?
--
Mohammed Rizal Othman
SuSE 4.4
For system-wide changes, edit the global xinitrc (usually in
/usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/). To change your personal setup, edit the
file .xinitrc (in your home directory) or, if you don't have an .xinitrc file,
just copy the global xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc and edit that.
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Steven Pritchard
President
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
steve@silug.org
I have been trying to create an entry in /etc/printcap for an HP
Laser printer that is connected to the network using an HP Jetdirect card.
I can get it to print, but I cannot get it to use the magic filter that comes
with Red Hat to enable printing of PostScript files. Any help would be
appreciated.
--
Pat Rooney
Red Hat 4.1
Unfortunately, the normal lpd that we ship cannot handle using filters on remote printers. Only local printers may be filtered.
If you require this functionality, you can remove the
lpd package and install LPRng or one of
the other print servers available from the Internet.
Red Hat is investigating the use of other print servers in future versions.
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Donnie Barnes
Red Hat Software
redhat@redhat.com
We observed a strange difference between version 1.2.1 and
version 2.0.2 in mounting file systems via NFS. In the earlier version,
(v 1.2.1) mounting a file system via NFS is easy and works perfectly,
and in the later, we have big trouble.
--
Gerard Rozsavolgy
Slackware 2.02
Basically, NFS used to be broken on Linux, but it is no
longer. The latest kernel versions and NFS daemons should all work well together. You
should seriously consider upgrading all the machines in question. In addition
to the major bug fixes, NFS is a lot faster now.
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Steven Pritchard
President
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
steve@silug.org
I have heard that IMAP supports on-line mail processing.
Is there an IMAP for Red Hat? Where can I get it?
--
Nga Nguyen
Red Hat has shipped the IMAP package for quite some time.
It should be in the imap RPM on the CD or FTP site from which
you installed Red Hat. You can use rpm or glint to
install the package, and it should work out of the box.
--
Donnie Barnes
Red Hat Software
redhat@redhat.com
I'm interested in writing drivers for a device not yet
supported under Linux. Where can I find books or documentation
on Linux device driver development?
--
Sury
Slackware 1.3.20
Your best sources for information are probably the Linux
kernel source and the linux-kernel mailing list (to which you
can subscribe by sending e-mail to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu with ``subscribe linux-kernel'' in
the message body, or by reading the
--
Steven Pritchard
President
Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
steve@silug.org