Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two Unconfirmed Errata

Errata

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question

Version	Location	Description	Submitted By
Printed	Page 4 last line	There's no `-l' option in ldappasswd (2.3.30).	Anonymous
Printed	Page 7 middle	No additional `nologin.txt' file is needed. The content of /etc/nologin is displayed.	Anonymous
Printed	Page 168-169 In text source and txt2man output for cleangroup script	The SYNOPSIS, LOGNAME, and AUTHOR sections differ between the original text input on page 168 and the txt2man output on page 169. The SYNOPSIS on page 168 reads: /usr/local/adm/bin/cleangroup groupfile The SYNOPSIS on page 169 reads: /var/local/adm/bin/beta/cleangroup groupfile The LOGNAME section (under ENVIRONMENT) on page 168 reads: You need to be root on the YP master to run this script successfully. The LOGNAME section on page 169 reads: You need to be root on nexus to run this script successfully. The AUTHOR section on page 168 reads: Brian Jones jonesy@linuxlaboratory.org The AUTHOR section on page 169 reads: Brian Jones jonesy@cs.princeton.edu	Anonymous
Printed	Page 351 2nd Paragraph	I believe that the item in parenthesis in the first sentence (you can check the sysctl -a output to determine an attributes ID). Should read (You can the check the smartctl -a output to determine an attributes ID).	Anonymous
Printed	Page 374 1st paragraph	"We'd then change the port to 22 since we're interested in FTP traffic" should be "...change the port to 21..."	Anonymous
Printed	Page 404 1st tip	Tip says to execute "cut lproc /partitions command". Perhaps it should say "cat /proc/partitions", since "partitions" is under "/proc" not "/", and "lproc" does not constitute a set of valid flags for "cut".	Anonymous