On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:02:38 -0500, Mike Acklin wrote:
>Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-4
>Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-3
>Sep 24 16:49:02 debian modprobe: can't locate module pf-5
Those are harmless warning caused by the kerneld(?) trying to load "<p>rotocol
<f>amily 3, 4, or 5." It's about support for AppleTalk networks and such.
Following a quote from usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt:
>You could add these lines as well, but they are only "cosmetic":
>
> alias net-pf-3 off # no ax25 module available (yet)
> alias net-pf-4 off # if you don't use the ipx module
> alias net-pf-5 off # if you don't use the appletalk module
> Does this have something to do with the serial port being
>passed to the ppp0 port?
No (the question doesn't make much sense, either ;-)
>Sep 24 05:25:34 debian inetd[959]: getpwnam: nobody: No such user
Probably inetd tries to look up the user "nobody," which is missing in your
/etc/passwd. You probably should create an entry like the following:
nobody:*:65535:100:nobody:/dev/null:
I'm not sure about the user-id. Either it's 65535 ("-1") or 65534 ("-2"), I
don't know. The incorrect choice can be a security risk (concerning NFS(?)) but
I don't remember the details.)
Be VERY cautious when editing your /etc/passwd. You can easily f*ck things up
so that you can't log in anymore.
Ralf
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