From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Ferrell Subject: Re: Package for reading hardware information such as BIOS Version etc .. Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:39:58 -0800 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E79461E.4080701@baywinds.org> References: <2DE78F33FFE0D3118C0200508B94F9CA19420E5B@uswaumsx08medge.med.ge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: "Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS)" Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org I just ran across something called lshw. I think I found it on freshmeat. Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) wrote: > Hi Friends... > Thank you all for all your responses for my previous mails..!! > > I am running RedHat Linux 8.0 on my Dell Latitude C610 Laptop. I am > using the i8k package > which reports the information such as BIOS Version, Serial Number, fan > status, CPU temperature...etc. > > I believe it is SMM BIOS for Dell Latitude Laptops. I don't even what > this SMM BIOS means? > > But when I am running the same i8k module on my Dell GX260 which runs > same RedHat Linux 8.0, > it reports an error message that > "unsupported model Dell Optiplex GX260 > unable to get SMM Dell Signature > unable to get SMM BIOS Version" > > What is the BIOS that comes with Dell Optiplex GX260? Is there any other > package to read the serial number > from BIOS, as we do with i8k module on Dell Laptops? Please tell me if I > am not clear > with what I am saying. > > If anybody has got an idea on this, please share with me. > Thank you all in advance... > > Thanks and Regards, > Pradeep > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Furness [mailto:paul.furness@vil.ite.mee.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:10 AM > To: Yu Chen > Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Rather odd NIS problem > > > Thanks, that fixed it. I know it sounds stupid, but it didn't occur to > me that yppasswdd had a configuration file. Man, I must be asleep. :) > > Paul. > > > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:54, Yu Chen wrote: > >>Looks like the same problem I had once. On NIS server do a ps -ef|grep > > yp, > >>see how yppasswdd is run, in your case, it should be something like >>rpc.yppasswdd -D /var/yp >>if not, you should tell yppasswdd where is your files, edit >>/etc/sysconfig/yppasswdd >> >>Hope this will help! >> >>=========================================== >>Yu Chen >>Howard Hughes Medical Institute >>University of Maryland at Baltimore County >>1000 Hilltop Circle >>Baltimore, MD 21250 >> >>phone: (410)455-6347 >> (410)455-2718 >>fax: (410)455-1174 >>email: chen@hhmi.umbc.edu >>=========================================== >> >>On 19 Mar 2003, Paul Furness wrote: >> >> >>>Hello. >>> >>>I have a reccuring problem with NIS. My main production NIS server >> > won't > >>>let me change any passwords. The system is a completely new system >> > which > >>>I have built from the ground up to replace the old, failing one. It >> > is > >>>based around RedHat 7.3 with updates; the kernel version is >>>2.4.18-24.7.x, ypserv is version 2.5-2.7x, ypbind is 1.10-7, and >>>yp-tools is 2.6-4. >>> >>>Although the setup (in terms of the files which are shared) is the >> > same > >>>as the original system (which did work ok), the config files are the >> > new > >>>default ones, edited by me. Also, I have needed to edit the Makefile >> > in > >>>/var/yp so as to share the correct things as the correct names. The >>>changes I made were based on comparing the old files with the new >> > ones, > >>>so I didn't simply copy all the old stuff into the new places. >>> >>>Anyhow, ypserv, ypbind and yppasswdd all start fine, and the domain >> > is > >>>shared correctly and works. I have moved everything over to using >> > this > >>>domain, and removed the old NIS server. Everything else works fine, >> > but > >>>when I try and change a user's password, this happens: >>> >>># yppasswd furnesp >>>Changing NIS account information for furnesp on >> > antonia.vil.ite.mee.com. > >>>Please enter root password: >>>Changing NIS password for furnesp on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com. >>>Please enter new password: >>>Please retype new password: >>>Error while changing the NIS password. >>>The NIS password has not been changed on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com. >>># >>> >>>(obviosly, I enter the appropriate passwords when prompted!) >>> >>>If I try to "su - user" first, I still get the same output (asking >> > for > >>>user's old password instead of root password). >>> >>>Incidentally, I did wonder if the password I was using was too >> > simple, > >>>but the problem happens with very strong passwords as well. >>> >>>It may or may not affect it, but I am not using passwd or group file >> > in > >>>/etc; all the files are in /var/yp/ypfiles. I have edited the >>>configuration in the Makefile to take account of this, and it works >>>fine. If I manually enter a new user into /var/yp/ypfiles/passwd, >> > and > >>>copy/paste a password from an existing account into the password >> > field, > >>>then do a make, the new user account appears correctly in the NIS, >> > and > >>>the password works. Oh, and I am not using a shadow file at all. >>> >>> >>>For brevity, I haven't copied the Makefile to this email, but below >> > is > >>>/etc/ypserv.conf and yp.conf. If anyone wants to look at the >> > Makefile, > >>>I'll send it to you off list. >>> >>>Has anyone seen this problem before? >>> >>>Tks. >>> >>>Paul. >>> >>>----------- >>> >>>yp.conf: >>> >>> >>>domain vilnis broadcast >>> >>> >>> >>>ypserv.conf: >>> >>> >>>dns: no >>> >>>files: 30 >>> >>>xfr_check_port: yes >>> >>># Host : Domain : Map : Security >>> >>>* : * : * : none >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>--------------- >>> >>>-- >>>Paul Furness >>> >>>Systems Manager >>>Visual Information Lab >>>Mitsubsihi Electric ITE BV >>>Guildford, UK >>> __________________________________________________________ >>>| Fight Spam! 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