Subject: Re: Some MOL network & time annoyances
From: Derrik Pates (dpates@andromeda.dsdk12.net)
Date: Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:27:07 MST
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Tom Greene wrote:
> 1. I can't get MOL to work quite right when I start it as a non-root
> user. I've tried it 2 ways: a) loading the sheep_net and mol modules
> then running startmol; b) turning on the suid bit on /usr/bin/startmol
> and then running it. Both ways result in the same problem: the MacOS
> (sys 8.6) boots fine and all is hunly dory, except the networking
> doesn't work. I can't ping my Linux host via the ethertap device I set
> up, much less get out to the net via IP masquerading. All of that works
> fine if I startmol as root. The MOL console output is identical if I
> start as root or a non-root user.
I had the same problem initially. Make sure that the /dev/sheep_net
devnode exists. (Major 10, minor 198, owner root, group root, mode 644)
Also, make sure that you specify the -sheep switch on your 'netdev:' line
in /etc/molrc (after the network device name).
> 3. The MacOS clock in MOL is always 1 hour faster than the Linux clock;
> syncing with a time server works only until the next boot. What should
> I do to fix this?
Check your time zones. Make sure the time zone that you have set on the
Linux side and the time zone you have set on the MacOS side are both the
same.
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