How do I diagnose this?

mark prgrmr at gmail.com
Fri Oct 3 13:34:56 EDT 2008


Do the Linux boxes in question have access to the Internet?  Depending on
how your network is setup, they may need either NAT'd addresses, to belong
to the Windows Domain, or both. And/or it may be a firewall issue (with the
network, not the Linux systems).

mark

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:22 PM, <bruce.labitt at autoliv.com> wrote:

>
> Recently I changed employment.  (Our group was bought.)  It appears that
> the new network is configured quite differently than at my previous
> employer.  Naturally, stuff has broken.   Right now I am trying to figure
> out why yum and wget (http and ftp) fail.  I think it may be because the
> programs would need to login to the network before being allowed access.
>
> From my observations, this past week, I believe this is a windows centric
> organization.  I have an active directory login.  When I first used my
> browser in linux, it challenged me.  I provided the correct credentials and
> was able to access the net.
>
> What should I do to try to figure this out?  Do I need to use ntlmaps,
> which is a python program?
>
> My local IT person linux experience is not recent, however, he seems to be
> quite willing to learn.  I would like to know what to ask for, or at the
> very least how to write up a help ticket.  It would be fun to figure this
> out with the list's collective help, however, which is why I am asking...
>
> -Bruce
>
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