%% -------------------- Linux News # 13 TeX version -------------- %% % % Hunter Goatley's fine NEWSLETTER_FORMAT.TEX macros were used to % % do the fancy stuff in this newsletter... % % ---------------------------------------------------------------- %% \ifx\undefined\eoa\input newsletr \fi \font\titlefont=cmr17 scaled\magstep 5 \font\mottofont=cmr12 \font\littlefont=cmbx5 \pageheaderlinefalse \pagefooterlinetrue % I want a header line but % not on the title page \evenpageheader{}{}{} \oddpageheader{}{}{} \evenpagefooter{Page \folio}{Linux News No.13}{February 16, 1993} \oddpagefooter{Page \folio}{Linux News No.13}{Vol.\ 2\ \ No.\ 4} % Linux script thingey made from the Latex script thingey % Couldn't resist this, I'm sure Haley would really like it \def\LiNuX{{\rm L\kern-.15em\raise.8ex\hbox{i}\kern-.11em N\kern-.1667em\lower.5ex\hbox{U}\kern-.125emX}} %% ----------------headline for non-titlepage--------------------- %% \def\P{\par \noindent} \def\linheading{% \vbox {\hrule% \line {\strut \vrule \quad {Linux News \farright February 16, 1993} \hfil \quad \vrule}% \hrule}% } \newif \iftitlepage \titlepagetrue \headline= {\iftitlepage \hfil \global\titlepagefalse \else \linheading \fi} \titlepagetrue %% -------------------- headline for titlepage ------------------ %% \newspage % setup macro for the page \vskip 3pt \noindent {\titlefont L i n u x \hskip .2 in N e w s} \vskip 3pt \hrule width 7 in height 1 pt \smallskip \hrule width 7 in \vskip 4 pt \centerline{\mottofont Ons devies: ``hacken en dienen''} % \vskip 4 pt \hrule width 7 in \vskip 2 pt \noindent Linux News Number 13 \farright {February 16y, 1993} \vskip 2 pt \hrule width 7 in \vskip 7pt %% ---------------------------------------------------------------- %% \begindoublequotes % Handle double quotes \ignoreunderfill % Ignore undervfill errors \parskip=0pt % Don't skip between paragraphs \parindent=18pt % Indent paragraphs 18pt \rm % Use tenpoint roman \begincolumns{2} % macro for double columns \definefigs{6} % Reserve boxes for up to 6 pages of figures. \handlefigures %% ------------------------ first article ------------------------- %% \centerline{\bf My Two Cents} \vskip 4 pt \noindent Hi Activists! Now that {\it everyone\/} in LinuxLand has \TeX installed and is happily and productively auc-tex'ing, dvips'ing, and xdvi'ing away, it's time for another Linux News (overdue actually). A lot has happened with Linux software: new libs, new kernel, new utilities and ports. And the anxiusly awaited XFree86-1.2 is here and ready for the i386 unices. But the Doc Project has claimed another hard working and capable coordinator, Lars Wirzenius. The importance of the Doc Project became very clear to me recently when the physics department of my school hired me to set up a *nix based dialin system which will eventually connect to the campus--wide network (and of course, Internet). Linux was the only choice of course, in part because of the small drive space -- 105 megs. It seems that there are two problems: many physics students are fond of using Mathematica and are reluctant to try and learn another complicated math package, espacially when it runs under an OS that they are unfamiliar with; secondly: no organized docs. Is Linux just for hackers? \articlesep %% --------------------- announcement stuff ----------------------- %% \coltitle{\centerline{--- Announcements ---}\break \centerline{The week in c.o.l. and c.o.l.a}} % Use dotitem macros to format Announcements \bgroup % Start a new group to keep local \listindent{2pt}\beginlist \dotitem January 24 Werner Almsberger ``A new test version 0.9 of the MS-DOS FS is on tsx-11.mit.edu and on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/ Linux/Incoming named dosfs.9.tar.Z It can be used with the 0.99pl4 kernel and possibly also with later versions. Because there are many changes, this will be a test release that isn't part of the official kernel for a while. The usual warnings about ALPHA test software and especially file systems apply.'' \par \noindent FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/ \par \farright dosfs.9.tar.Z \dotitem January 24 Robert Sanders has made his new version of the dos emulator based on dosemu0.4 from Matthias Lautner. ``dosemu47.tar.Z is a collection of my enhanced sources to the MS-DOS emulator originally written by Matthias Lautner. Note that the term MS-DOS emulator is a misnomer, as you must have a copy of MS-DOS to boot it. I doubt this is a problem for anybody.'' \par \noindent FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA \par \noindent \farright dosemu/dosemu47.tar.Z \dotitem January 14 Hansruedi Heeb has announced power management utility for laptops with the WD7600 ( only ) chipset. ``Currently all 'pwrm' does is to set the time-outs for theLCD and the backlighting. And it does an installation checkfor the WD7600 chipset and returns its status. Time-out settings include permanently on and permanently off. This was tested on SLS 0.98 pl 1 (Nov 12). But it should be pretty independent of the kernel version. \par \noindent FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming \par \noindent \farright tsx-11.mit.edu:/incoming \dotitem January 29 Ted Ts'o has new patches for the serial drivers ( against 0.99pl4 kernel). FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/serial/ \par \noindent \farright serpatches \dotitem January 29 Rik Faith ``ANNOUNCE: BINARIES UPLOADED'' Gnu utilities, fileutils,m4, less177, Gnu indent etc. \par \noindent FTP:ftp.cs.unc.edu:/pub/faith/linux/utils \par \noindent tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/binaries/FSF \par \noindent sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/LInux/utils \par \noindent \dotitem January 29 Dave Safford has compiled a pre-packaged release of Linux. ``ANNOUNCING TAMU (Texas A\&M University) Linux.99p4 package TAMU.99p4 is a linux package originally based on SLS.99, but with some additions, fixes, and a highly automated installation procedure. TAMU.99p4 is available from sc.tamu.edu in pub/free\_unix/TAMU.99p4 The installation procedure is the main difference from SLS. A single boot diskette is used, and it boots directly into an automated installation program which installs a full system from a supplied backup set. This installation program asks a few questions about the desired configuration, and then installs and configures it to a fully bootable state, including: \par - LILO and BOOTACTV configuration/installation \par - configuration of fstab, and rc.local \par - a *greatly* simplified X configuration \par (this alone is worth the price of admission!) \par The boot diskette can be used to restore your own full backup set, if you need or want to do a reinstallation in the future. In addition, it can be used for linux maintenance, as you can exit the install program and use tools such as efsck directly. Additions include: \par - xview package (root is configured for twm, and user1 \par for olvwm, so you can compare environments) \par - calentool (a really nice X based calendar/scheduler) \par - a2ps (super ascii to postscript formatter) \par - xpaint \par - new/improved mr and mw (read/write multiple diskettes) (mw now automatically formats diskettes if necessary, which makes backups much easier)'' \par FTP:sc.tamu.edu:/pub/free\_unix/TAMU.99p4 \dotitem January 29 David Meggins announces a new .dvi driver based on the Beebe drivers for the Deskjet. \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/ \par \farright /usr.bin/dvidjp.tar.Z \par \dotitem January 29 Scott Laird ``I have just uploaded an enhanced version of Kevin Martin's 8514/a X server. I've re-compiled the server with some of the patches from Xfree86 1.1. In specific, it includes support for compressed bitmap fonts, Type 1 and Speedo scalable fonts, and TCP/IP. This server supports the ATI Grahics Ultra series of graphics accelerators, including the Graphics Vantage, the Graphics Ultra, the Graphics Ultra+, and the Graphics Ultra Pro. It should work on other video cards that are register compatible with IBM's 8514 standard. This server supports 1024x768x256 colors. It should also support 640x480x256, but I have not tested this. It requires at least 1 Mb of video memory to run. Users with 512k need to upgrade for this to work. \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/ \par \farright /X11/X8514 \par sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/X11/ \par \farright X-servers/X8514 \par \dotitem January 29 Corey Minyard ``I have fixed some major problems with the Sony CDU-31A CDROM driver. I have put sonycd-0.2.tar.Z and sonycd-0.2.patch1.Z on sunsite.unc.edu in the incoming directory to fix them. With the patches, the driver will now work with workman.'' \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming \par \farright sonycd-0.2.tar.Z sonycd-0.2.patch1.tar.Z \par \dotitem January 30 Kevin Sanders has made sources for chainsaw 2.2 ( an Empire game) available. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/empire \par \dotitem January 31 Muhammad Saggaf has released another upgrade to Seyon, the X11 based communications program. Seyon 1.9 has many new fetures and some bug fixes. \par FTP:sipb.mit.edu, export.lcs.mit.edu, tsx--1.mit.edu \par sunsit.unc.edu \par \dotitem January 31 F.F. Yap ``I have uploaded the binary for octave-0.66 at sunsite.unc.edu in/pub/Linux/Incoming . Octave is a freely distributable matlab clone, which is a high level language for doing numerical computations. The full source code for octave can be obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.che.utexas.edu . This is still an ALPHA release but is already quite useable. Try it out !'' \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/ \par \farright octave-0.66 \par \dotitem January 31 Rick Sladkey has uploaded a new version of the RPC support files for Linux. RPC provides a complete ANSI-C and C++ compatible Remote Procedure Call prgramming environement. \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux.BETA \par \farright /NFS/rpc-0.9.tar.Z \par \dotitem January 31 Mika Liljeberg has uploaded a new updated version of tcsh 6.03, the enhanced ``C'' type shell. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu and tsx-11.mit.edu \par source from tesla.ee.cornell.edu:/pub/tcsh \par \farright tcsh-6.03.tar.Z \par \dotitem January 31 Jonathan Majid announces news from sunsite: \par 1) To be more friendly to the intercontinental links of our southern neighbors, sunsite is now mirroring Oreilly's term distribution from tartarus in australia. For those who don't know, term is a serial multiplexor that allows the redirection of tcp ports. very nifty. the mirror can be found in /pub/Linux/apps/comm/term. \par 2) For those with email and fast uucp links, but no ip access (for FTP) sunsite offers ftpmail, which will retrieve files from sunsite (or other sites), uuencode them, and split them into bite sized chunks before delivering them to your very door. Send mail to ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu for more info. {Perhaps this should be added to the FAQ as a good way of getting Linux?} \par \dotitem February 1 Mike Jagdis has uploaded source for xdm which has support for shadow passwd. Also included are source for ftpd. \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu,sunsite.unc.edu,nic.funet.fi \par \farright xdm.taz and ftpd.c.Z \par \dotitem February 2 Krishna Balasubramanian has provided patches for a new version of SYSV ipc (interprocess communication) for the 0.99pl4 kernel. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/kernel/misc-patches \par and tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/patches \par \farright ipcbeta+.tar.Z \par \dotitem January 28 Zeyd M. Ben-Halim has released a new version of his port of ncurses. This version should be usable by the general public as it is more stable. ncurses is a SYSV-compatible curses (screen management) package. It supports keypad() allowing access to function and arrow keys. It supports and uses Terminfo instead of termcap for terminal description. It has support for PC graphic characters (used in drawing boxes). It has color support similar to that in SYSV curses. It has support for LINES and COLUMNS environment variables. It has support for SIGWINCH. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming, tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub \par \farright /linux/sources/libs/ \par \dotitem February 3 MIchael Will ``There is a new linux-system online in Germany again, it is on 040-702-7454 and called TOD (Temple Of Data) (tod=german word for death). It has not to many things to download yet, but it will grow, and it's major aim is to show a linux-system online, with information for the newbee, and it will try to let people share their experiences...'' \par \dotitem February 3 Peter MacDonald has a new c1 disk on tsx--11 for gcc, gxx233.taz which fixes a regex problem. \par \dotitem Hannu Savolainen ``Tracker 3.9 is available for Linux (and several other plattforms) atnic.funet.fi. The file is tracker-3.9.tar.Z. This is a direct successor of the str15/32 -program, which is included in the sound driver kit.'' \par FTP:nic.funet.fi:/tracker-3.9.tar.Z \par \dotitem February 3 Gregg Weber has uploaded configuration software for WD and SMC ethernet cards. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:pub/Linux/Incoming \par \farright wdsetup-0.2.tar.Z \par \dotitem February 5 Zeyd M. Ben-Halim has a new version of ncurses available: ``Changes from ncurses0.3 to ncurses0.4 include: Addition of more KEY\_* definitions. Addition of function prototypes. Addition of several missing functions. No more crashes if screen size is undefined (use SIGWINCH handler). added a handler to cleanup after SIGSEGV (hopefully never needed). changed SRCDIR from /etc/term to /usr/lib/terminfo. renamed compile/dump to tic/untic. New scrolling code. fixed bug that reversed the sense of nl() and nonl(). a few other fixes here and there.'' \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/libs \par \dotitem February 5 Muhammad Saggaf `` I've put the binary distribution of Seyon 1.9 (rev. 3) on sipb.mit.edu:/pub/seyon/bin-linux as well as nic.funet.fi and sunsite.unc.edu. As before, you need libc4.2 (4.1 probably will do, but I'm not sure) and X libs 2.1. You can get those from most linux ftp sites. As usual, the binary distribution is not compiled with the USE\_NONSTD\_BAUD flag, so it does not directly support speeds above 38400 bps. Get the source and compile with that flag defined if you wan Seyon to directly support speeds up to 115200 bps (you'll have to install it suid root in this case, of course). If you're using and older version, I recommend that you get this one. Besides tty speed enahncement, this version shows the modem status lines and has a clock to show on-line time -- plus many other new features such as a versatile 'when' script command similar to those of Procomm and Qmodem.'' \par FTP:sipb.mit.edu:/pub/seyon/bin-linux \par \dotitem February 8 Erik Troan ``This is a list (and short description) of all of the stuff that's been moved out of pub/Linux/Incoming on sunsite.unc.edu in the past 10 days. If the description is wrong, please let me (ewt@sunsite.unc.edu) know asap as this is the same description that goes in the INDEX file. I'm going to try to get these things out weekly to semi-weekly, but sunsite is a mess, so it may take me a while to get on a regular schedule. /pub/linux/apps/m4-103A.taz General purpose macro language/preprocessor /pub/linux/kernel/misc-patches/snd-driv-0.5.tar.Z Sound card driver /pub/linux/utils/shell/tput10A.taz Allows shell scripts to use the tty /pub/linux/X11/xapps/Seyon-1.8-linux-bin-tar.Z X-Based comm program (binaries) /pub/linux/X11/xapps/Seyon-1.91-tar.Z X-Based comm program (source) /pub/linux/development/mk363A.taz GNU's make binaries (jt 4.2) /pub/linux/development/mk363B.taz GNU's make binaries (jt 4.2) [I don't know the diff between A and B] /pub/linux/utils/file/futl34B.taz GNU File utils (2.3.3 \& jt 4.2) w/ mans /pub/linux/X11/xapps/Seyon-1.9-linux-bin-tar.Z Binary version of Seyon 1.9 /pub/linux/X11/window-managers/gwmbin.taz New binaries of the generiw wm /pub/linux/utils/administration/utilb10.taz Misc utils (hostname, kill, more, ...) /pub/linux/utils/shell/shutl18B.taz Misc utils for shell scripts (jt 4.2) /pub/linux/X11/devel/tk3.0+tcl6.5.update.tar.Z Update for tk3.0 /pub/linux/apps/tex/hp2xx.taz Converts HPGL to a TeX useable format /pub/linux/utils/administration/fsutil-1.0.tar.Z fs independent frontend for mkfs and fsck /pub/linux/apps/math/octave-0.66.tar.Z MATLAB-like free math program \dotitem February 9 Andrew Brown has uploaded Zsh 2.3.1 adapted to compile cleanly with Linux \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu and sunsite.unc.edu \par \dotitem February 9 Charles Stephens has uploaded an X capable version of Nethack. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming \par \farright nethack31-linux2.zip \par \definefig{3}{2}{bottom}{\Quote{% ``He's done it again -- doesn't he ever rest''?}{Anonymous linux kernel hacker}} \dotitem February 9 Linus sez: \par ``Only complete newbies don't know what this is all about, but I'd better tell you anyway: patchlevel 5 of the 0.99 kernel is now available on nic.funet.fi (pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus) as both context diffs against pl4 and complete source code. I'm not even going to speculate on 1.0 right now. The pl5 diffs are about 90kB compressed: the major changes are to the tcp/ip code and the serial driver, while there are various minor fixes strewn around the system: - serial lines/tty changes (tytso \& Fred v Kempen) - NFS bugfixes (Rick Sladkey) - tcp/ip (Ross Biro) - coprocessor handling changes (me) - harddisk driver error handling (Mika Liljeberg) - various minor patches (me and others) Serial lines now implement non-blocking opens correctly and support dial-out lines (same minor, major .eq 5). I changed the default startup mode to be CLOCAL so that people won't get confused by the modem line code when not using dial-in. Another interesting change is the 387 error-coupling tests at bootup: the code to check if the intel-recommended exception 16 error reporting is present is non-obvious. If you have had problems with coprocessor error handling, or have a non-intel coprocessor, I'd suggest you test this out: I'd like to hear about problems/successes. \par PS. If you tested out the latest ALPHA-diffs (the ones that already changed the kernel version to pl5), the changes to the final pl5 were only cosmetic. \par \dotitem February 10 Jim Winstead: \par ``I have uploaded a new bootimage to tsx-11.mit.edu as: /@tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/images/boot-0.99p4.Z This is the 0.99p4 kernel, compiled with the SCSI drivers, no IRQ detection, no networking code, the MSDOS, ext, proc, and minix filesystems, and otherwise all the 'normal' options - no support for funky serial cards or other non-standard things. Oh yeah, it's compiled with the US keyboard and the Alt-key setting the high-bit. Note that there is no corresponding root-0.99.Z or somesuch. You still need to use root-0.98.Z to install Linux using the boot/root combo. (Yes, some people do still do it that way.) I also put three DOS utilities in pub/linux/INSTALL/dos\_utils: /@tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/INSTALL/dos\_utils/ \par \farright /beav133.zip \par /@tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/INSTALL/dos\_utils/ \par \farright /comp430d.zip \par /@tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/INSTALL/dos\_utils/ \par \farright /zipzp715.zip \par comp430d.zip is a DOS program that is compatible with the standard Unix compress utility. It's useful for uncompressing the boot and root images. beav133.zip and zipzp715.zip are DOS-based binary file editors that are useful for editing the boot image to use something besides the floppy drive as root. Finally, I'm slowly planning and working on a new boot/root release that will use a combined boot/root image and a supplemental disk - this will basically be a minimal Linux installation and could serve as the basis for a larger release, but I'm still pondering that one. I don't have {\bf that} much free time. $<$\TeX{} smile$>$ \par \dotitem Greg Naber ``New channel announcement: \par FIDO (gated to fidonet) This channel is for discussion of fidonet compatible mail processors, connection programs (front-doors), mail readers and necessary utilities to be able to interface with fidonet systems and exchange what is commonly called echomail and netmail. This Channel is available via fidonet from 1:343/34 in the form of a fidonet echoid called LNXFIDO. There are a number of programs that are available to the *nix platforms that allow communications to fidonet compatible mailers. This area will allow those that may be interested, to have a place to congregate and discuss the various aspects of porting fidonet compatible programs to the Linux platform. \dotitem February 10 Tommy Frandson has sent a new version od VGAlib to sunsite. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/ \par \dotitem February 10 Nathan Laredo has placed a new sendmail package on sunsite and tsx--11. \par FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming \par \farright sendmail565.tar.Z \par \dotitem February 11 Greg Naber ``After making Linux available to fidonet for close to a year now, and patiently waiting for some ports of fidonet compatible related programs to Linux, I have decided to take the 'bull by the horns' and co-ordinate the gating. What I need are some kind souls who are familiar with any of the following: 1) GCC;) \par 2) Fidonet message struture \par 3) usenet message structure \par 4) Linux;) \par $<$ large part of message deleted$>$ \par If you would like to partake in this endevor, please free free to join me in what I think is a worthwhile project that could benefit many Linux users. S'Qually Holler's BBS Renton, Wa. \par 1-206-235-0270 USR DS V32b V42b14.4 \par 1:343/34@fidonet.org \par greg.naber.@f34.n343.z1.fidonet.org \par greg@squally.halcyon.com \par greg@halcyon.com \par \dotitem February 11 Todd Klaus reports that Linux recieved some major press in the March edition of {\it Unix World\/} \dots \par \dotitem February 12 Qi Xia has released xiafs ver. 0.7 for Linux. For you reference, xiafs (pronounced as sheaves) is a file system designed and implemented to retain most of minix fs' stability and eliminate minix fs' constrains. It provides following functionality against minix fs: \par large file system (2GB, potentially 4TG) \par long file name (248 chars) \par three seperate time stamps (ctime, mtime, atime) \par better new block allocating algorithm. \par (speed up in fragmented file system, no defragment tools needed) \par FTP:(???) \dotitem February 14 Zeyd M. Ben--Halim has released another upgrade to ncurses \dots now up to version 0.5 \par FTP:netcom.com:/pub/znbenhal/ncurses05.tar.Z \par (and probably in the appropriate dirs at sunsite and tsx--11) \par \dotitem February 14 Peter Eriksson has released version 0.1 of his ``rwhod'' daemon. \par FTP:ftp.lysator.liu.se:/pub/linux/ \par \farright rwhod-0.1.tar.Z \par EMAIL:ftpmail@lysator.liu.se \par UUSEND pub/linux/rwhod-0.1.tar.Z \par QUIT \par \dotitem Febrary 14 XFree86 1.2 is here. (Well I guess I'm finally going to have to upgrade and re--install my system {\it now\/}. ``Binaries are available via anonymous FTP from: \par ftp.physics.su.oz.au - SVR4 binaries \par under /XFree86/SVR4 \par ftp.win.tue.nl - SVR4 binaries \par under /pub/XFree86/SVR4 \par ferkel.ucsb.edu - SVR4 binaries \par under /pub/SVR4/XFree86 \par stasi.bradley.edu - SVR4 binaries \par under /pub/XFree86/SVR4 \par blancmange.ma.utexas.edu - SVR3 (ISC) binaries \par under /pub/ISC \par ftp.prz.tu-berlin.de - SVR3 (ISC) binaries \par under /pub/pc/isc/XFree86 \par tsx-11.mit.edu - Linux binaries \par under /pub/linux/packages/X11 \par agate.berkeley.edu - 386BSD binaries \par under /pub/386BSD/0.1-ports/XFree86 \par nova.cc.purdue.edu - 386BSD binaries \par under /pub/386bsd/submissions/XFree86 \par ftp.cs.uwm.edu - Mach386 binaries \par under /i386 \par Ensure that you are getting XFree86 1.2 - some of these sites may archive older releases as well. Each binary distribution will contain a README file that describes what files you need to take from the archive, and which compile-time option selections were made when building the distribution. David Wexelblat $<$dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com$>$ (908) 957-5871 AT\&T Bell Laboratories, 200 Laurel Ave - 3F-428, Middletown, NJ 07748'' \dotitem February 15 Nigel Gamble has released an upgrade to his interrupt driven printer driver.\par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:pub/linux/BETA/ \par \farright /lp/lpirq.3.tar.Z \par \dotitem February 15 Matt ``hard work'' Welsh announces that he will be assuming leadership of the Linux Documentation Project. Write him at mdw@tc.cornell.edu if you are able to provide any help. \dotitem Joe Fritz announces doas for Linux: ``Doas is a utility which allows one user to permit another user to run specific commands under the first's user ID. This can be used to permit (limited) root access to other users, to provide access to accounts without signon (eg bin, daemon, etc) without giving root access to those who need to manage these accounts. It is also useful as a controlled front end for setuid shell scripts. For every command, an access control list is specified indicating which users or groups are or are not allowed to use the command.'' FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:pub/linux/sources/ \par \farright /usr.bin/doas0.0A1.tar.Z \par \dotitem Febrary 15 Ted T'so announced that the permissions on the X11 dir at tsx--11 would now be fixed for snarfing XFree86-1.2. \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/X11/ \par \farright XFree86-1.2 \par \dotitem February 15 THomas Uhl has sent binaries of ftptool and xvmont to sunsite.These are OpenLook interface tools for FTP and mounting floppy drives. FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:pub/Linux/Incoming/ \par \farright ftptool.tar.Z, xvmount.tar.Z \par \dotitem February 15 Christoph Niemann announces his INMOS-B004 device driver for Linux (wow!). Write him for source at: \par niemann@rubdv15.etdv.ruhr-uni-bochum.de \par \dotitem February 15 Ian Jackson announces his updated secure boot patch for Linux. FTP:sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/ \par \farright secureboot99.5 \dotitem February 16 H.J. Lu announces new library. ``This is the official release of the Linux C library 4.3. You have to install the source code of 0.99 pl5 to use it since there are some changes in kernel. You have to use 0.99 pl 5 kernel to call bsd flock (). You also need gcc 2.3.3 or above to use it. \par In this release, dynamic linking is introduced. Eric Youngdale (eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil) is maintaining the new shared library. >From now on, we won't make the classic shared library any more. We have put the basic iostream into the jump table version of shared library. If you need more than that, you have to use gcc -static. gcc -nojump will not work any more. Please test jump tablized iostream. \par The linker, crt0.o and gcrt0.o compatible with dynamic linking are included in this package. \par The latest binutils.tar.z also has the new linker. \par I will try to make libc.a and others as well as libc.so.4.3 for 486. I won't promise anything. Your best bet is get the source code and ask Eric how to do it yourself.'' \par FTP:tsx--11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/GCC/ \par image-4.3.tar.Z, extra-4.3.tar.Z, inc-4.3.tar.Z, libc-4.3.tar.Z and libc-4.2-4.3.tar.Z \par \endlist \egroup % --------------------- end Announcement stuff ----------------------- % \noindent \endcolumns \articlesep \centerline{As usual suggestions etc. to:} \par \centerline{Denise Tree} \par \centerline{tree@cs.jhu.edu} \par \centerline{tree@midget.towson.edu} \articlesep \vbox{\centerline{\shadowbox{% \hsize=4in \vsize=.5in \vbox to\vsize{\vfill \centerline{\titlefont Happy Hacking} \vfill}}}} %\smallskip %\hrule width 7 in \vskip 8 pt \centerline{\mottofont to everyone!} % \bye