Re: [OT] Learning PERL
How bout " Elements of Programming with Perl" by Manning. "Andrew L. Johnson" I am half way through it and I also have that Progamming Perl Camel book that was way too hard to start on, but this other book is very easy to understand. I haven't yet looked at the Learning Perl book. -DU Thorsten Haude wrote: Moin, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-31 15:17]: I know this is slightly off-topic but it's definitely related to virtually all Un*xen I've ever come across. I have a colleague who has never used a *real* OS but now as part of his job he has to. A few times I've come across him doing things like find/replace over and over in nedit to change every occurrence of fred for wilma for example. NEdit is perfectly able to do things like this using regexes, in the whole file or in multiple files. See help node 3. If it gets a bit more complicated, he could use NEdit's macro language, see help node 22. Learning Perl is a good idea though. I'm afraid I didn't learn it from a book, so all I can say is that the combination of the Camel book and Ram book is great for daily work. Thorsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8
Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top of the Debian Perl package 5.6.1 Perl seems to work, but I tried to install the DBD::mysql bundle and am running into errors telling me mysql_config cannot be found. So I figured something was wrong with Mysql and I upgraded the Debian Mysql package to the newest version but it fails with the following error. ### debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate Debconf/Log.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (eval 1) line 4. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 4. And , ### Preparing to replace mysql-server 3.23.49-8 (using .../mysql-server_3.23.49-8.2_i386.deb) ... Can't locate Debconf/Db.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... Can't locate Debconf/Db.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. ### I'm not too sure what to do now, did I mess up in trying to install a Non Debian package on top of the system? Should I just restore from backup and go back to 5.6.1? Or should I just attempt the Mysql install from Source? Thank you guys. -DU -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8
Joey, thanks for the input, I went ahead and restored from backup and everything is back to normal. I guess I jumped the gun installing that, oh well that's what we have backups for :). I guess I need to learn more about how to install Perl 5.8 in it's own directories, but at this point I am still really new to how Perl works on the system. I will take your advice and wait for the stable package. With all the Deb packages that depend on Perl, I am not too sure about putting a unstable package on the system at this point, since I would have to upgrade half the system to unstable to get just the perl unstable in there. Well, it works and I see no need for 5.8 other than my Perl Programmer friends tell me you got to have it. Thanks -DU Joey Hess wrote: Debian User wrote: Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top of the Debian Perl package 5.6.1 Perl seems to work, but I tried to install the DBD::mysql bundle and am running into errors telling me mysql_config cannot be found. It's really not a good idea to try to build your own perl if you're going to put it in PATH like this. If you do it, you have to be very careful to match the @INC of debian's perl, which is different from default. Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT Built under linux Compiled at Feb 17 2003 12:38:57 @INC: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0 /usr/share/perl/5.8.0 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . If your @INC doesn't match, you're SOL. In particular, debian packages will often install files into /usr/share/perl5, which is a debian-specific directory. If you don't know how to build a perl with a proper @INC, you should use the precompiled packages (which are available in unstable for perl 5.8.0). Even if you get your @INC right, you will run into all kind of trouble with a locally built perl since binary perl modules shipped in packages will not work on it, and you have essentially bypassed the whole dependency system there. I'm not too sure what to do now, did I mess up in trying to install a Non Debian package on top of the system? You should have at least told it to install in /usr/local/bin.. Should I just restore from backup and go back to 5.6.1? Or should I just attempt the Mysql install from Source? Your easiest fix may be to rename your local perl build to /usr/local/bin/ perl-5.8 and use that in whatever programs you want to use it, leaving /usr/bin/perl for the debian perl. Which I think you will have to tell apt to reinstall to get back. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Logging
I want to track down what is causing a problem for me, but I need more info. What I'm asking about is, what can I do to enable more logging of the kernel and possibly other applications and driver modules? A month ago I upgraded my box, and since then I am experiencing stability problems under 3.0. The box locks up. I have to hit reset. Its dead, no responce via network, etc. My box is a BP6 dual celeron. Previously it was completely rock solid. I've read all kinds of stuff about how BP6's suck, but running under 2.2 for over 2 years (same install) I can count the linux crashes on 1 maybe 2 fingers. And this box runs 24x7. I did make some minor changes to the hardware, so there are lots of things that could be the source of the problem, not just upgrading to 3.0. I changed from a regular lvd scsi cable to a rounded one. I did the same for the ide CDROM and my IDE diskdrive and my floppy. I also upgraded to a bigger, electric blue colored power supply (call me a trendy bastard I dont care). What I want is to be able to catch some indication of what is happening when these lockups occur. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logging
> > and if possible, revert as much hardware to it's previous > state to eliminate chances that it would be the cause of > failure. Also if you can revert kernels that would be > good too. Other then X, the kernel is the only thing I can > think of that could possibly be involved in a system > lockup. > If you can reproduce the lockup w/o X, then that is even > better. I hate troubleshooting this kinda stuff, takes > forever! > I don't want to revert hardware just yet, I hope to figure out what actually is the problem first. The one thing I have been able to determine is that the lockups only seem to happen when X is being displayed. I can be logged in, being done with my work, CNTL-ALT-F1 to vt1 and walk away, and it runs for days (I still boot into windows for games quite often). But I've sat in front of it working for 10-12 hours and have no problems. Mostly it locks up when I go away, once I'd been working for 2 hours, and answered the door, and it was dead when I got back. When it locks up there is no warning, it just freezes. I've disabled screen savers, but that didn't help. But then several times it has lockedup while I was actively working on it. I usually have a couple of setiathomes running, but running them or not doesn't seem to influence when it happens. Right now I am testing a boot option I found on the web, setting it to noapic, as I could occasionally see APIC errors in the logs, but they didn't really coorelate, I might get some 4 hours before a crash or 48 hours. What writes to the /var/log/debug? Is there anyway to set logging to a higher level on it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logging
>> >> and if possible, revert as much hardware to it's previous >> state to eliminate chances that it would be the cause of >> failure. Also if you can revert kernels that would be >> good too. Other then X, the kernel is the only thing I can >> think of that could possibly be involved in a system >> lockup. >> If you can reproduce the lockup w/o X, then that is even >> better. I hate troubleshooting this kinda stuff, takes >> forever! >> > > I don't want to revert hardware just yet, I hope to figure > out > what actually is the problem first. The one thing I have > been > able to determine is that the lockups only seem to happen > when > X is being displayed. I can be logged in, being done with > my > work, CNTL-ALT-F1 to vt1 and walk away, and it runs for > days > (I still boot into windows for games quite often). But I've > sat in front of it working for 10-12 hours and have no > problems. Mostly it locks up when I go away, once I'd been > working for 2 hours, and answered the door, and it was dead > when I got back. When it locks up there is no warning, it > just > freezes. I've disabled screen savers, but that didn't help. > But then several times it has lockedup while I was actively > working on it. I usually have a couple of setiathomes > running, > but running them or not doesn't seem to influence when it > happens. > Right now I am testing a boot option I found on the web, > setting it to noapic, as I could occasionally see APIC > errors > in the logs, but they didn't really coorelate, I might get > some 4 hours before a crash or 48 hours. > What writes to the /var/log/debug? Is there anyway to set > logging to a higher level on it? > > No APIC errors but I've had my first crash since setting noapic. I left the machine logged in, it happened about six hours after I went to bed. Oh well And not a clue as to what happened in the logs. I start throwing hardware at problems like this at work, but then again I use windows at work (and I don't have parts department at home). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpkg-reconfigure: command not found
Hi, I just installed the vanilla install of Debian. I'd like to reconfigure several things, but when I do dpkg-reconfigure, I get "dpkg-reconfigure: command not found". Is this still how I'm supposed to reconfigure packages? (I don't see a --reconfigure option for dpkg.) thanks Melissa __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kde under sid
I just upgraded from woody to sid. Gnome will start up fine, but kde crashes instantly when started from the gdm login. I can use apt-get to install kde components(i.e. konsole, kpackage) just fine. Is this a known issue? Thanks, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kde under sid
I removed gdm, invoked startx, and it launched gnome. I tried to install kde again, and I receive the following: The following packages have unmet dependencies: kde: Depends: kde-core but it is not going to be installed Depends: kde-amusements but it is not going to be installed Depends: kdemultimedia but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:15, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 11:57, Debian User wrote: > > I just upgraded from woody to sid. Gnome will start up fine, but kde > > crashes instantly when started from the gdm login. I can use apt-get to > > install kde components(i.e. konsole, kpackage) just fine. Is this a > > known issue? > > What happens if you remove gdm and start X from the console using > startx? > > -- > - > Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jefferson, LA USA > > The difference between Rock&Roll and Country Music? > Old Rockers still on tour are pathetic, but old Country singers > are still great. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question on Winbind
Hi, I have been pulling out hair on this one. I am trying to get a debian box to share files to an NT 4 network. I installed Samba, works great. I also installed Winbind and that also works, but I have a problem when trying to set file permissions. When I do a - getent group or a - getent passwd the mappings show from the NT PDC but the uid and gid are identical on some users. Like say User1 has a uid of 10004, but looking at getent group shows that 10004 is the GID for Domain Users on the NT box. So, basically the UID and GID are the same for some users and groups. This is causing a serious problem when trying to set permissions on certain folders for users. All the instructions I have see say to set the lines -- winbind uid = 1-2 and winbind gid = 1-2 in the smb.conf. So I figured Linux would give the id numbers a first come first basis, but it abviously dosent. I have completely uninstalled, purged and reinstalled both Samba and Winbind, and still the same mappings. I have also changed the smb.conf file to give completely different mappings of --winbind uid = 15000-2 - winbind gid = 20001-25000 , but when I do a getent group or getent passwd it still shows mappings starting at 1. I have restarted all the related services and rebooted the machine, still no luck. It is authenticating properly to the domain when browsing, but I really need to get proper permissions set. I searched the web for 2 hours and didn't find a bit of info on this problem. I'm stuck. It's as if there is a database file somewhere in the system that has kept this information from my orgional install and won't give it up. Thanks for any help -Debuser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diald and error exit status 127
Trying to install diald from unstable? Cannot get past this error: snip--- Setting up diald (0.99.4-5) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.config: line 1: t: command not found dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: diald E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am just trying to get the demand dialing options. If I use demand dial option inside of pppconfig it willnot dial out. pppd will start and that is all. Thank you to all that reply. -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question on Winbind
Mark Roach wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 20:35, Debian User wrote: Hi, I have been pulling out hair on this one. I am trying to get a debian box to share files to an NT 4 network. I installed Samba, works great. I also installed Winbind and that also works, but I have a problem when trying to set file permissions. When I do a - getent group or a - getent passwd the mappings show from the NT PDC but the uid and gid are identical on some users. Like say User1 has a uid of 10004, but looking at getent group shows that 10004 is the GID for Domain Users on the NT box. So, basically the UID and GID are the same for some users and groups. This is causing a serious problem when trying to set permissions on certain folders for users. Having identical numbers for groups and users is not a conflict, it is numbering different things. You can be user #123 in group #123 or you can be user #456 in group #789, they do not conflict with each other. Thanks a bunch Mark, now that I think about it, I guess your correct about the group UID numbers, I guess I was use to seeing on my local box totally different numbers in the /etc/group file so I assumed they had to be different and I kinda changed my direction at that point to solve the number conflict, when it was actually ok. I also saw other post that said they had to be different. All the instructions I have see say to set the lines -- winbind uid = 1-2 and winbind gid = 1-2 in the smb.conf. So I figured Linux would give the id numbers a first come first basis, but it abviously dosent. I have completely uninstalled, purged and reinstalled both Samba and Winbind, and still the same mappings. I have also changed the smb.conf file to give completely different mappings of --winbind uid = 15000-2 - winbind gid = 20001-25000 , but when I do a getent group or getent passwd it still shows mappings starting at 1. I have restarted all the related services and rebooted the machine, still no luck. It is authenticating properly to the domain when browsing, but I really need to get proper permissions set. I searched the web for 2 hours and didn't find a bit of info on this problem. I'm stuck. It's as if there is a database file somewhere in the system that has kept this information from my orgional install and won't give it up. try /var/lib/samba/winbindd_idmap.tdb and /var/cache/samba/winbindd_cache.tdb for reference you can look at man winbindd for these filenames Not sure, but my man winbindd file shows locked files for the database, here is the sniplet, WINBINDD(8) WINBINDD(8) $LOCKDIR/winbindd_idmap.tdb Storage for the Windows NT rid to UNIX user/group id mapping. The lock directory is specified when Samba is initially compiled using the --with-lockdir option. This directory is by default /usr/local/samba/var/locks . $LOCKDIR/winbindd_cache.tdb Storage for cached user and group information. - Note, this is from the debian package of winbindd. I did find the .tdb files where you said they would be though, but the man showed different. Thanks again. -debuser I think you should post what your permissions problem is, not the uid/gid stuff. i.e., you are trying to use acl's and it is not working, can't create files when viewing the share from windows... you should have much better luck solving your issue that way. -Debuser. what an amazingly coincidental name ;-) Yes, isn't it a great name? :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: diald and error exit status 127(fixed)
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.postinst: line 43: /etc/diald/cvtaddrs: No such ^->removed this file here and reran now it works. dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: diald E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > -- Now route out is gone :( Manually added w/route add default gw works but where could it be lost? Suggestions->rtfm's thanks again. -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PPP: VJ decompression error
What is causing this error in log's. Relevant modules for ppp are: ppp_deflate39008 0 ppp_generic18120 3 [ppp_async bsd_comp ppp_deflate] slhc4352 1 [slip ppp_generic] kernel is: 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 unknown and this is in logs: PPP: VJ decompression error PPP: VJ decompression error PPP: VJ decompression error PPP: VJ decompression error PPP: VJ decompression error over and over? pppd version is: pppd version 2.4.1 Thanks to all that reply -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian + RAID hardware
A little background: A few months back I put together a box to do some work at the office, nothing earth shattering. the only thing we had handy at the time was a PC workstation. At somepoint the Boss was supposed to get me server to replace it. But he never quite got around to it, just recently the harddrive has gone kaputt. Luckily I make backups, so all my scripts and (damn near all) data are safe. Now (after the crash) they are finally willing to get me a proper box. I could use some suggestions on what to get. I don't need more than 1 processor, 1G of RAM is almost a waste, but what I need are nice, fast, and REDUNDANT disk drives, preferably hot-swappable. So anyone who knows of a 2 or 3 U rackmount with a RAID5 controller with hotswap SCSI that will take debian stable, please let me know. Or even if you have had good experience with a RAID controller, I could build it myself, the main thing I am concerned with is that it does RAID5 and is supported by stable. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian + RAID hardware
A little background: A few months back I put together a box to do some work at the office, nothing earth shattering. the only thing we had handy at the time was a PC workstation. At somepoint the Boss was supposed to get me server to replace it. But he never quite got around to it, just recently the harddrive has gone kaputt. Luckily I make backups, so all my scripts and (damn near all) data are safe. Now (after the crash) they are finally willing to get me a proper box. I could use some suggestions on what to get. I don't need more than 1 processor, 1G of RAM is almost a waste, but what I need are nice, fast, and REDUNDANT disk drives, preferably hot-swappable. So anyone who knows of a 2 or 3 U rackmount with a RAID5 controller with hotswap SCSI that will take debian stable, please let me know. Or even if you have had good experience with a RAID controller, I could build it myself, the main thing I am concerned with is that it does RAID5 and is supported by stable. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using VIA C3 and Woody?
I have a 733 Mhz C3 at home. The motherboard is a soyo 7VEM. It is a fairly small board. It has sound and video built in. I use it as a fileserver, so I never bothered to install X or sound, so I can't help on those to points. Otherwise a C3 based system is like any other i386 install. I compiled my own kernel for it afterwards, but I didn't have too, the stock ones worked just fine. The performance is a bit disappointing. As a home fileserver it fits the bill, but I tested it with setiathome and found it did no better than your average K6-2 or K6-3 500~ mhz. >> Bill Moseley wrote: >> >I want to build a very quiet and stable machine. Anyone >> >using a VIA C3 based system with Woody? If so, what >> >motherboard are you using? Any hardware issues? > > I'm using Shuttle FV25 Spacewalker boards w/o problems. > I've never really gotten into the Microsoft world so I > have been slow to get into newer interfaces. > > Status: > > All the old AT era stuff works: parallel, serial, thru > video. > > Sound, ethernet, USB work. > > TV-encoder and firewire are untried. > > Incidently: Shuttle seems to have fixed the noisy > powersupply fan problems they had early last year. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: squirrelmail, uw-imapd (and ssl)
Squirrelmail shouldn't do ssl. Squirrelmail will connect to uw-imapd via the localhost, so you can install uw-imapd (and block imap port for remote connections). When you config squirrelmail with the perl script, config it to use https, then the connection/authentication to squirrelmail is ssl protected. Also, you don't need to tls nor any special config to exim/postfix/etc since again squirrelmail connects via localhost to send email. Exim's default config will relay localhost. its a really great solution as squirrelmail is very very convient since the only client you need is a browser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
abiword
Hi, Why I don't can install abiword in sid ? When I try by the synaptic nothing happen. My repositories are http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free thanks to all ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bouncing emails via procmail
I do what you are trying to do w/ Exim and the .forward file. The problem is that a lot of the spam originates from bogus email addresses .. lots of email becomes undeliverable and frozen. At Wednesday, 10 September 2003, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul M Foster writes: >> But I'm wondering if it would be possible to get procmail to actually >> "bounce" email back to senders when it's designated as spam. > >Please _do_ _not_ _do_ _this_. Almost all spam contains forged headers >with valid domains: your "bounces" will go to some hapless victim such as >myself. I get several hundred bogus bounces every day. >-- >John Hasler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Dancing Horse Hill >Elmwood, Wisconsin > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What happened to linuxconf
hi, sorry for me beeing called "Debian user" on my system, but i was just a little inattentive in the base-install and i am just new to linux - after heavy virus - attacks decided to switch over. Now i don't know how to change my real name in order to appear correct in Mails send out by mutt again. I thought of linuxconf, because it runs well with command-line and lynx isn't so well with webmin, and adduser manpage is just to complicated. I just want to change the behavior of "Debian User" to "Attila Konietzka", Would be nice if anyone could tell me how. I did an apt-cache search linuxconf and it dind perfectly on stable but on testing the Message: "e: Couldn't find Package Linuxconf" appeared. Surely i could edit my /etc/apt/sources.list, change testing to stable do an apt-get update and get my linuxconf and do it all the other way round, but for a so tightly system-integrated tool like linuxconf it all doesn't make sense and looks primarily like a brillinat idea but infact after looking closer like a pseudo-solution, because i don't know of any incompatibilities between stable and testing and the interferences that linuxconf might cause on a mixed-up-system. So if anyone also could be so kind and tell me what has happened to linuxconf i'd be very glad. Please include me in your cc, becuase i'm not subscribed to this list. thanks and Regards, Attila. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Backup Script
Would anyone happen to know of a ready made backup (tar) script for a debian box, something that I could tell to backup to another drive, and make full copies with incremental updates throughout the week. Would be nice to have it report to a file too. I have messed around with using tar, but don't know enough to make a nice backup script yet, maybe someone already has one made up they could hand out. Don't want an excessive script, just something that gets to the point. Thanks a bunch du -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web site users, and ftp
So, I have a few users I want to add to my web server, but I have a question or two. So with apache installed, I am not sure where I should store all the web data, previously I was storing in /var/www. I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle. Problem 1. When a user connects thorough ftp, presently they have to change to the /var/www/users folder to upload data. This is a problem because not only will they have trouble changing directorys, a smart user can browse my entire server from ftp. Problem 2. When a user uploads a file, they have to change permissions on that file, problem is that a lot of users, will be using Dreamweaver, and Dreamweaver requires a Permissions extension to allow changing a permission, I don't want to have to explain to them how to use this. I came from a Micro$oft enviroment where all this mentioned above was done automaticly, is there any way to make this an automatic process to eliminate the users calling me all the time? Maybe I should be putting all the web site files in the users home directory, that would make the directory change easier, but I don't think it will solve the permissions problem. maybe there is a way to make the permissions in the users directory to default to 755 or something. I have been having trouble finding these answers, if there is a page I can read, then I will I just need to know where to look. Thanks for any info. Debuser Debian Woody 3.0 Proftpd Apache -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web site users, and ftp
Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some windows util that none of my clients will have. I am at a loss, isn't FTP what everyone uses, they sure did on the window servers I use to administrate. You have to figure that I am a newbie and I don't know all the different ways of doing things, but I was hoping that there was a way that the Average administrator would set up things. I looked into this UserDir module, but I am failing to see how that is going to help me, for all it seems to do is map a web site to a users directory. I failed to find a page that explained just what it does, I only found reference in experienced terms. What I need to know is what FTP program would be best to use so that I don't have to instruct users on this. Also need to know where I should store my HTML files. (/var/www) or (/home/*user/www) ? I don't know how to use Umask yet, can this set permissions in a Certain directory so that all new files created in that directory are a certian permission? I see much more documentation needed in the Linux world if this is going to be easyier on newbies, there is plenty of reference, but the system lacks Layman terms, or terms that explain how something works as a whole, or how something should be setup for a certain situation. Maybe I am just looking in the wrong spot, but the apache web site dosen't seem to help much with how things should be done, they only seem to give reference for experiance users and I am far from a experienced user. Sorry if I sound upset, I am just frustrated spending all day on something that takes 5 mintues on a windows server. -Debuser Brooks R. Robinson wrote: | So, I have a few users I want to add to my web server, but I have a | question or two. | | So with apache installed, I am not sure where I should store all the web | data, previously I was storing in /var/www. | | I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle. | | Problem 1. When a user connects thorough ftp, presently they have to | change to the /var/www/users folder to upload data. This is a problem | because not only will they have trouble changing directorys, a smart | user can browse my entire server from ftp. | | Problem 2. When a user uploads a file, they have to change permissions | on that file, problem is that a lot of users, will be using Dreamweaver, | and Dreamweaver requires a Permissions extension to allow changing a | permission, I don't want to have to explain to them how to use this. | | I came from a Micro$oft enviroment where all this mentioned above was | done automaticly, is there any way to make this an automatic process to | eliminate the users calling me all the time? | | Maybe I should be putting all the web site files in the users home | directory, that would make the directory change easier, but I don't | think it will solve the permissions problem. maybe there is a way to | make the permissions in the users directory to default to 755 or | something. I have been having trouble finding these answers, if there | is a page I can read, then I will I just need to know where to look. Greetings, Let the users manage it themselves. Typically, (to avoid this very problem), users put their content into a public_html directory, such as /home/robinson/public_html. From there they can change the permissions themselves or you can give then a umask. The files are available from the web server at http://servername/~robinson. I have also done a symlink in /usr/lib/cgi-bin to a /home/robinson/cgi-bin directory to let them do cgi-bin work. Most of these setting are in the plain vanilla settings for apache. HTH, Brooks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web site users, and ftp
Thanks for the help Mark. Ok, what I would like to is web/email hosting for friends and a few clients. (so far email works fine with postfix) So, they need to have their own private domain name/web site/email per user. This means they need to have their own container. (presently I store all these folders in /var/www) The users need to be able to upload files into their container without the help of me. (one user per account).(with ftp they login to their user directory, they won't know where /var/www is. Should I add a symlink to /var/www/user_html in their home directory to solve this). Samba works great on the network here, but that won't work accross the Internet for file transfer will it?) Presently I only use (1) ip address, so far so good. My Debian box is pretty plain, everything is apt-get installed, nothing compiled yet. Ok, so FTP is bad to use, so what do all these web hosting companies tell their users to use to upload files? from what I am finding out, they all use different procedures with different file transfer clients? It just seems like I setup this stuff like the majority of other new Debian users, and it would seem that I am not pioneering anything here, so why all the diffferent ways of doing things with such a simple setup. By the way, I have been using Debian for over two years off and on, I read page after page of documentation, I own about 15 different books on linux stuff, but I still consider myself a total newb because there is like 500 different ways to do the same thing. Note-- I don't get paid to learn any of this, I do all this on my own time. -Debuser Mark Ferlatte wrote: begin Debian User quote on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:52:29AM -0800: Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Well, there isn't really a standard procedure... Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some windows util that none of my clients will have. I am at a loss, isn't FTP what everyone uses, they sure did on the window servers I use to administrate. I wouldn't use FTP: it's generally more trouble than it's worth. If you've got mostly Windows clients, maybe you could use samba to make your webserver look like a Windows File Share so that people could just upload files to publish them. You have to figure that I am a newbie and I don't know all the different ways of doing things, but I was hoping that there was a way that the Average administrator would set up things. Not really. You're going to have a learn stuff as you go. I looked into this UserDir module, but I am failing to see how that is going to help me, for all it seems to do is map a web site to a users directory. I failed to find a page that explained just what it does, I only found reference in experienced terms. mod_userdir is what lets you have http://example.com/~username work. You probably don't need it unless you have people in your org who "know" Unix-isms. What I need to know is what FTP program would be best to use so that I don't have to instruct users on this. Don't use them. Also need to know where I should store my HTML files. (/var/www) or (/home/*user/www) ? It depends on what you are trying to do. Do you need one site per user? Do you just want an internal webserver for people to publish? I don't know how to use Umask yet, can this set permissions in a Certain directory so that all new files created in that directory are a certian permission? Sort of. umask only works for processes. So, the trick is to set the umask for whatever fileserver you end up using to give the permissions that you want. samba can do this, I'm sure that ftp servers can, too. I see much more documentation needed in the Linux world if this is going to be easyier on newbies, there is plenty of reference, but the system lacks Layman terms, or terms that explain how something works as a whole, or how something should be setup for a certain situation. Maybe Have you looked through the HOWTO documentation? It sounds like what you want might be in there. http://www.tldp.org I am just looking in the wrong spot, but the apache web site dosen't seem to help much with how things should be done, they only seem to give reference for experiance users and I am far from a experienced user. Well, it sounds like you should start by reading through the documentation that you have available to you, and then work from there. Sorry if I sound upset, I am just frustrated spending all day on something that takes 5 mintues on a windows server. Well, yeah. You know how Windows works already. I don't think that you can expect to pick up a totally different way of doing things in a day and expect to be just as fast... M
Re: Web site users, and ftp
Ok, I think I might have been beating myself up. I only have (1) ip address but so far I have got about 5 different pages up, plus 5 different virtual mail domains up, so no problem there. I changed apache so that it would look at the /home/user*/web_data directory. I moved all web data to the appropriate user accounts. The web pages still work fine now. I attempted to ftp into one of the user accounts, and I noticed that the files created from ftping into a users directory default to 755 permissions. When they were uploaded to /var/www/web_data, they had 644 permission level which as you know wont present a web page. so wow, this will work great, now the user dosen't have to change permissions on every file they upload. Now, I am still confused on what is the best way to go about setting default permissions on new files created in directories other than the users home directory. Is this what umask can do? Say I take the example that "Mailing List" wrote, he puts everything into /home/sites/*domainname/ , I see how this works fine if the ftp is chrooted to the approprate domain name directory, but I don't see how he gets around the permissions problem on newly created file when his users upload their web data. I'm not sure what he means by, - Set the /etc/passwd file to reflect that as user Joes home dir as: /home/sites/www.domain.com - and I still have never used chroot, but I think I understand that it just changes the users home directory to another directory, but wouldn't this mess with the mail settings for postfix, procmail, and squirrelmail if you change your home directory, or does this only take place when you ftp into the server? hmm debuser Mailing List wrote: On 11/6/02 1:52 PM, "Debian User" wrote: Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. I see much more documentation needed in the Linux world if this is going to be easyier on newbies, there is plenty of reference, but the system lacks Layman terms, or terms that explain how something works as a whole, or how something should be setup for a certain situation. Maybe I am just looking in the wrong spot, but the apache web site dosen't seem to help much with how things should be done, they only seem to give reference for experiance users and I am far from a experienced user. Sorry if I sound upset, I am just frustrated spending all day on something that takes 5 mintues on a windows server. We do it our way, which is similar to Cobalt, Place all sites under home i.e. /home/sites/www.domain.com/web /home/sites/www.domain.com/cgi-bin Set the /etc/passwd file to reflect that as user Joes home dir as: /home/sites/www.domain.com We use ProFTPD and chroot the user to their /home/sites/www.domain.com In apache just set the scriptalias, documentroot and you should be fine. I know many are extremely security minded and you can offer to the clients the option of using ssh to tunnel in or set up SFTP. But for basic, come as you are hosting whatever directory path is your choice. Pretty simple once you do a few. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mkboot w/ bzImage?
I just recompiled my kernel under debian woody. I would like to make boot floppy for it. So.. I typed 'mkboot /usr/src/.../arch/i386/boot/bzImage'. It made the floppy, but when I reboot with floppy - it doesn't work. The kernel appears to load, but then the screen blanks out and the power cycles. What gives? Should I be working with a 'vmlinuz' file instead of 'bzImage'. Could it be that the kernel I made is crap? I don't want run lilo of hard drive. Just off boot floppy. TIA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: execute command from HTML page
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:44:33PM +1030, Barney Wrightson wrote: > Actually you wouldn't even need the HTML at all, you could simply > enter > the address of the cgi script into your browser and load it to cause > it > to execute. Provided that apache and user permissions were set up > correctly. will try that, am unsure of how to give a lowly user [such as www-data] enough rights to access wvdial[complains that it cannot acess device /dev/ttyS1 which is the modem]. -this is a router box and currently only has two users: root and hugh, root is root and hugh is used for my email, i cannot start wvdial from hugh account. How would i give hugh [or www-data] the privaleges to start wvdial > > The other option of course is to work out the issues with diald - but > obviously you are sick of trying that :) Or maybe setup dial-on-demand > in ppp-config instead of using diald/wvdial? I seem to remember > someone > recently having diald problems use this method to good effect. will try this also, have looked at ppp-config but it thought it was for configuring diald not for setting up independant dial on demand, will look again, thanks, hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Samba] bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:54:20PM -0800, Debian User wrote: > Could this problem be related to password encryption? > My WinMe client cannot browse samba server. okay - got it working. But I must admit my problem solving was rather non-linear... by that I mean that I just experimented and entered \\192.169.0.1 on the winMe client's browser - and sure enough - everything came up. So.. I edited the c:\windows\lmhost file to include the server's IP address and name and now everything is back to "normal". I noticed that my logfiles still give the same 'bind' error problem as well as: [2002/11/16 15:53:16, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. despite these error messages - things seem to be working okay... but just for how long - I don't know. ... Afterall - everything was working well (without the edited LMhost file) previously then - poof - my samba connectivity turned to crap. So now things are working - but I can't help but feel like I'm walking on eggshells since I've been burned once already... anyone else have this problem with Debian-Samba box? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Proposal - non-free software removal
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:27:04PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > provide specs to Bertrik Sikken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) who's trying to > > write the SANE backend for it. THe last time I tried using the drivers for the hp PSC 750 scanner - it was broken - anyone get scanning to work on the PSC 750 on linux? > But, y'know, it just means you need to be careful to talk to someone on > the 'good' side of HP. *very* true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mail reader for news and mail
Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive... want to get away from the huge ness of emacs... perhaps will get used to having two terminals open all the time - one for mutt and one for slrn... I used to use pine in college, but I remember it not having thread capability for newsgroups. Is that still true? Any other suggestions? Oh - preferrably terminal based -fellow deb user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 'irradicating' a package?
Its failing because you need somekind of MTA. You could install say sendmail or postfix, that will remove the "exim" package you have installed because they confict, then you reinstall the official exim package. >>dpkg --purge package >> >>If this is failing, give us more info. > > argus:/etc/exim# dpkg --purge exim > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of exim: > at depends on mail-transport-agent; however: > Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. > Package exim which provides mail-transport-agent is to be > removed. > mailx depends on mail-transport-agent; however: > Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. > Package exim which provides mail-transport-agent is to be > removed. > dpkg: error processing exim (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > exim > argus:/etc/exim# > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help from Network Guru's
If I'm understanding the situation right, then the problem looks to be the router rather than the pix. If you're meant to access the network, there might already be a route there for you, but not one for everyone else. A bit of a longshot would be to check /etc/hosts.deny and your DNS setup on Zeus. Make sure it can do DNS revlookups on IP's out in the internet. Make sure there is no paranoid line hosts deny. > I am setting up a Debian Box at school for my students to > use > and my network admins are unable to get the firewall > configured to allow incoming ssh packets. > > Below is their repsonse to me regarding the setup of the > network. > > Here is our setup. > > > 'Net --> router --> hub ---> Cisco PIX ---> Zeus >---> Novell BorderManager ---> lab >computers > > > The outside interface of the PIX box has IP address > 151.198.194.251, and has a gateway address to our router > 151.198.194.249. (This is in the DMZ, not passing through > Novell Bordermanager at all.) > > The PIX inside interface has IP address 192.168.1.1, and is > connected to Zeus/192.168.1.4 (the debian box) > > There is a PIX Static NAT rule which translates > 151.198.194.251 to 192.168.1.4 (and vice-versa). There is > no port redirection on that rule. > > We know this configuration works 'cause you(I) can connect > from your home. The question is, why can't anyone else, > unless they are on a lab computer, which passes through > Novell BorderManager, NATTing those packets to a source > address of 151.198.194.252. > > Acoording to them, they have a firewall rule that > allows packets from my static IP address in.(So far > only I can ssh into the box) > I can not send any packets out from zeus either. > > PIX INSIDE INTERFACE ACCESS RULES: > 1. Allow ICMP traffic from Zeus/192.168.1.4 to any > destination > (this does not work ) > > 2. Allow ssh/tcp traffic from Zeus/etc. to any destination > > (This does not work) > > 3. Allow all tcp traffic from Zeus/etc. to > BFurry/207.99.6.85 > (this does not work) > > > PIX OUTSIDE INTERFACE ACCESS RULES: > 1. Allow ICMP traffic from any source to Zeus/etc. > > (does not work ) > > 2. Allow ssh/tcp traffic from any source to any > destination > > > 3. Allow tcp traffic from BFurry/etc. to Zeus/etc. > > (does not work) > > Thanks for any help. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: esd and 2 concurrent users on machine?
On Saturday 14 June 2003 14:38, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 13:09, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have gdm configured to have 2 login windows on F7 and F8. 2 users are > > logged in concurrently, both using gnome. User 1, who was the first to > > log in, has sound via esd - no problem. However, User 2, logging in > > second, has no access to esd. User 1 must make his instance of esd > > accessible by a 'esdctl unlock', then User 2's apps can play sounds. > > I'm pretty sure that can't be right. However, I can't find anything I > > could, e.g., put into /etc/esound/esd.conf. > > > > Thanks, M > > Well, this is certainly a dirty hack, but you could always just put > "esdctl unlock" into your default session. Can someone elaborate on this? Would this be added into one of the configuration files of the second user, if so, which? A "hidden" file in the user's home directory? Thanks.Newbie here looking to learn... Bing. -- All spam received is reported to SpamCop. http://spamcop.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Root Softraid
Hi there ! I am working on the implementation of an soft-root-raid. I want to have the root file system von a die Software raid. Anyway my only problem is to write lilo. Steps taken so far: - Running system on third disk - Created /dev/md0 - Mouted /dev/md0 /mnt/newroot - copied system to /mnt/newroot Created lilo.conf for md0 device. My question is now: - do i need a seperate /dev/mdx for the /boot partition ? - if s, why ? - how can i write an mbr an both disks ? Thankx __ Nik Engel NETWAYS GmbH Senior Systems Engineer Deutschherrnstr. 47a Fon.0911/92885-13 D-90429 Nürnberg Fax.0911/92885-33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netways.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iptables+dialup
Can someone point me to some docs for where to put the iptables firewall scripts for a dialup accnt. I am running testing/unstable w/2.4.18-686. This has to be activated(iptables) with each new dialup? Or does iptables refresh the ip? Sorry for all the ?'s but am new to iptables. Thank-you -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iptables+dialup
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 02:46:17PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > On January 11, 2003 12:29 pm, the fabulous Debian User wrote: > > > Can someone point me to some docs for where to put the iptables firewall > > scripts for a dialup accnt. I am running testing/unstable w/2.4.18-686. > > This has to be activated(iptables) with each new dialup? Or does > > iptables refresh the ip? Sorry for all the ?'s but am new to iptables. > > I believe that the simplest way is to just put a script in the > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ directory. Here's a script that I've used in a few places: > > #!/bin/sh > iptables -P INPUT DROP > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 12 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 11 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 4 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 3 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -j LOG > > This is designed for a client that is directly connected to the Internet but > is not doing any masquerading for other clients, simply a standalone machine. > It allows incoming ssh so that I can do remote admin. I'd appreciate > comments on the above ruleset since I'm deploying it on all my family members > as I convert them to Linux ;-) > > Fraser > I thought that it might go in there but I wanted to make sure that was the correct way. Plus I am doing ipmasq for internal network. I have a script that I am using. It works for me so far. Thanks for yours though. I plan on putting the firewall on a p133 that is goin to be gateway+firewall+dailout. Just haven't had the time yet. Would I need something like diald on the p133 to accept dailout or is there another way? Thanks again -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
modules gone after kernel upgrade
I just upgraded from potato 2.2.19 to woody and kernel 2.4.18-386. Now my modules are gone in modconf? Where to put module path so it will show in modconf? I can still insmod but was wondering why the path didnt upgrade 2? Also insmod ppp ->no module by that name? ppp_generic is there but not just ppp. Sorry for my duh?s. Thanks for your help. -- From the Desktop of a Debianized Mutt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dumb Terminals
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I > was wondering if someone could point me to a good howto or faq on how to > set this up or perhaps give me some tips and or help. Among a zillion other things this is covered in the Serial-HOWTO, which you probably have on your system as /usr/doc/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.gz. You need a terminal program on the computer you want to use as a terminal. Connection by a null-modem cable. Actual configuration on the Linux host side is trivial. You need to tell init(8) to spawn a getty on that particular serial port. Enter an appropriate entry in /etc/inittab. There's an example there. E.g., I use: T6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -hL ttyS6 38400 vt320 -L tells getty that this is a local line, i.e. not connected to a modem, -h tells it to use RTS/CTS flow control (not required but recommended). Then there's the serial port, which is probably ttyS0 or ttyS1 unless you have a multi-port card, the speed and terminal type. For the latter two, use what your dumb terminal (or emulation thereof) supports. After editing /etc/inittab you need to tell init(8) to re-read its configuration file. The "telinit q" command will do this. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] See another pointless homepage at http://home.pages.de/~naddy/>. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: telnet/terminal key codes
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to customize SecureCRT 2.2 so that the keys will be similar to > those of a VC. Is there a reference page or somewhere that I can find the > strings that are sent when certain keys are pressed? - Partially, you can deduce this from the keymap you load. If you don't know what keymap is loaded on you system, you can dump the current one with dumpkeys(1). - You can dump the Linux console terminfo entry with infocmp(1). The terminfo(5) man page describes the capability codes. - In the shell, you can enter ^V followed by the key in question, which will insert the literal escape sequence produced by the key in the command line buffer. > ie, what is sent when F5 is pressed? "\033[[5", which is a Linuxism. > SecureCRT has VT_PFx codes, but the're only the first four F keys... > F5 through F10 don't work. I assume SecureCRT, whatever that is, emulates a DEC VT100 terminal. The VT100 had only four function keys, named PF1 to PF4. (The Linux console tries, within the limits set by the PC hardware, to emulate a DEC VT220 terminal, which is itself a superset of the VT100. Due to some substantial differences in the layout of the MF2 keyboard compared to a DEC LK201, there are some incongruencies regarding the function/special/keypad keys.) > Also, what terminal setting works best w/ Linux (and what is the > difference)? I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask. If you use the Linux console as terminal, obviously TERM=linux is correct. If you use some other terminal to access a Linux system, set TERM to the type of that terminal. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] See another pointless homepage at http://home.pages.de/~naddy/>. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
lilo
Hi I forgot the var in lilo to set in order to tell the kernel 128M Ram. Can any one clue me in?
zip disk
I am pretty sure I installed iomega parellel support to my kernel when i built the last one And why my system boots i see some iomega stuff fly by but when this is what happens when i try to use it.: mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zip mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device (maybe `insmod driver'? i have tried sda1-4 and just sda not sure what the problem is. Am i typing the right dev for this? Is there anything anyone can tell me that i am doing wrong? Thanks you
wmaker
can anyone tell me how to make images your background in wmaker? I dloaded some of those themes from e.themes.org which are .jpg format then i converted them to xpm with the gimp. But i can't figure out how to set it to my background. Can anyone help? Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks in advance.
gimp
Has anyone seen this error before, or know what I did wrong to cause it? Thanks for any help. X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) Value in failed request: 0x829 Serial number of failed request: 1272 Current serial number in output stream: 1272 xwd: can't open file as XWD file
gimp
I guess i should have mentioned what i did to produce this error, anyways, I was trying to take a screen shot with the gimp. X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) Value in failed request: 0x829 Serial number of failed request: 1272 Current serial number in output stream: 1272 xwd: can't open file as XWD file
wmmail
I'm trying to get wmmail to work correctly but it doesn't seem to be recognizing the commands i put in .wmmailrc. The Execute tkmail works, but the NewMailExecute and the AlwaysNewMailExecute don't work. Anyone help? Update 1 Execute "tkmail" NewMailExecute "cat /usr/local/sounds/testsound.au > /dev/audio" AlwaysNewMailExecute NumOfMsgMode 1
log anaylizer
What do you guys use for a Web Server Log anaylizer using apache. I tried analog but can't seem to get it to work. Is there a web based version that can be totally administrated by web page? Thanks -debuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question on File Permissions
I set up a Web Server here on my Debian Box. Question, is there any way to set a default file permission on a certain user folder inside the /var/www/ folder. I want to setup accounts for users to upload web files, but the problem is that whenever I upload files, the files always default to read only and I have to run the chmod command each time, instead of them just defaulting to read and exe access for all. Is there any way to set this. Thanks in advance. -Debuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question on File Permissions
Gottfried Szing wrote: >Am Son, 2002-09-22 um 22.05 schrieb Colin Watson: > > >>On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:54:14PM +0200, Gottfried Szing wrote: >> >> >>>and for setting default permissions you can also consult the umask >>>functionallity. but i think this is very dangerous to turn x on by >>>default. >>> >>> >>I can't think of a situation where it's dangerous to grant execute >>permission, unless the executable is set-id. If you can read the file >>then you can always copy it off somewhere else, set the execute bit >>yourself, and execute it. If it isn't set-id and allows you to do >>something bad, well, you could clearly have done that without the aid of >>the executable. >> >> > >ok, to utilize the umask, you have two possiblities: >1. setting the umask for the whole process (apache) >2. setting the umask per request > >ad 1. i think that this possibility can be ignored. because setting the >exe-permission for all files created (even logfiles) is not really >wanted. > >ad 2. this is much better? but why setting exe by default? setting the >permissions by hand via the chmod command or setting the umask is the >same effort: one function call. but the difference is chmod can be done >after(!) doing some checks. e.g. kind of shell to use, is it a binary or >a shell-script,... > >i explictly grant permissions on demand and after some checks. i dont >give everyone access to a specific resource. so for security reasons the >exe-permissions should used really carefully. its like a opt-in into my >"security realm". > >ok, its the decision of the webmaster/programmer to trust the uploaders. >but i would not use the umask and exe-by-default in thousands of years. > >cu > > > > > Ok, I am learning this umask util. I'm confused, if you set the umask, is that for any new file created on the linux system, or just the files in the paticular directory that the umask command was run in? This isn't listed on the man page or in my book. Basically I just want to grant exe permission to the world ONLY on new files created in the USERS web directorys, just to save them the hassle of manually changing it, I DON'T want to give .exe status to any new file created on my linux box by default. -Debuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question on File Permissions
Well, basically what I learned today, is that web file permissions are usually handled by the FTP client, which I am finding out is a problem with certain FTP utils like Dreamweaver for instance, because for some reason you have to download the Exchange Utilties which cost more $$ to get the feature of setting default UPLOAD permissions, while several other FTP utils have this feature built in. I am a little pissed, that Dreamweaver would have people scrating their heads on this one, with no info in the help, or on there web site. In their forums, several people have had the same trouble and it takes a user, not Macromedia to tell them the answer is to spend more dollars on Dreamweaver extensions. Shouldn't this feature just be built in to any Web writing software? Oh well, thanks for all your help with this one. -Debuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need help with Bind
Hi everyone, I have been pulling hair on this one. I got bind set up, nslookup resolves all domains and records just fine, but when trying to register my domains to my server, I get error messages from the domain registrars that my dns server is invalid or something.. Another problem is that when I search the nsiregestry or opensrs regestries for my dns server it shows nothing. I have heard and read that you need to register your server with these regestries to allow a domain name change to a new dns server, but how is this done, for I have searched up and down verio.net tucows opensrs, nsiregestry.net, plus a few others, and have found no ways of entering my new dns server. A link to this would be great, it seems I wouldn't be the only one with these troubles. Thanks -du -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
smail: rsmtp spools all mail
It seems that after I upgraded smail to 3.2.0.92-3, rsmtp now spools all mail, i.e. it behaves as if it were called with "-odq". Is there a way to restore the old behavior of immediate delivery? I can't find a config option for this. rsmtp also refuses to take the "-odf" parameter, so a wrapper won't help. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] See another pointless homepage at http://home.pages.de/~naddy/>. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have bind installed but..
hi there, I have bind-4.9.5 package installed on my debian 1.3. And I have a dynamic ip and a blah.dyndns.com domain for dyn ip. So the question is how much i can make use of binds' features? At least I know i can use nameserver 127.0.0.1 search vmlinuz.dyndns.com instead of my isp's. thanks kevin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
debian-user-digest Digest V97 #117
Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:54:41 + debian-user-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 117 Today's Topics: Re: Install report, finally Kernel panic WINE Re: Apache web server POSTing. Dial-in Config Problem Re: Dial-in Config Problem Re: Kernel panic Re: Dial-in Config Problem Re: Netscape/Lynx long startup time - why? Re: DEITY TEAM -- REQUEST FOR FUNCTIONALITY and COMMENTS Re: bi DEITY TEAM -- one comment start-stop-daemon unwell? Re: bi Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:33:32 +0100 (bst) From: David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Install report, finally Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Alexander Koch wrote: > [...] > 3. On the boot discs there were only /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdb8, both 9 and 10 > were missing. Well, it's not difficult to have 10 partitions if you a) only > use two primary, one to be an extended partition with the rest being logical > ones and b) if you're lucky and have a 4g hd. I had to mknod them and seem > to have forgotten to do it on /target/dev/, too, what was further annoying. I reported this problem on 27 Jan when I got stuck trying to install from Debian 1.2. (This was on sda, but sdb was the same.) Strangely, Debian 1.1 had 16 partitions which is why I didn't get hit before. I don't think 1.2 had any ram disk devices either, so I couldn't rdev the root device on my custom boot/root disk at home (1.2) but only at work (originally 1.1). Looking at 1.3 of 4 Apr, it seems to have one ok (/dev/ramdisk0). So please, more SCSI partitions. Disks are getting bigger, and some of us need to run multiple OSes. And please don't say "you should have more disks, not partitions"; that's a decision made by our purchasing dept, not me. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:13:52 + From: Pilon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Kernel panic Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am getting this message while booting my Linux box: "VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:03" Can someone tell me what does it mean? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:33:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: WINE Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Has wine been pkged for deb? If so where can I find it? Have a good one. - -- Rick Jones E-Mail: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Apr-97 Time: 14:34:56 - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM1Ub3gi+Ph+i3TgpAQGkRwP9EgRnQToG2IgWo6AR/adl84jIvb7kzH// NdncVFlyBt2onphD5D9TDQ6GEPFjpsDg31KaBgTasdd/jQowQQcraz6LEqzz6/2X LtspLv2IPMvIPAviHlP8LppTPncHG0XmQ9WRXlONU4EXTeRYh+15x3ovYqQT+rJL i96rmXaECXk= =qlBQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 02:35:44 +0800 From: Karl Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Apache web server POSTing. Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've already been baffled by this Sue... Here's what's basically in my access.conf: AllowOverride None Options None Order deny,allow deny from all Options All AllowOverride FileInfo order allow,deny allow from all Options All And of course, the rest of the stuff like /var/www - default things. However the error still persists being: Method not implemented POST to /~matt/cgi-bin/Formmail/formmail.pl not supported. So, how does one _get_ is supported? It's got me baffled! :-) Has anyone got any ideas? :) At 12:35 PM 16/04/97 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>From the latest version of the apache FAQ > http://www.apache.org
Modules / depmod
Help, I've been playing arround with the new 2.1.5x kernels. Now when I issue a depmod -a, it does not update the modules.dep file. Any content of the modules.dep is cleared. I've re-built the depmod / modprobe utilities (v 2.1.55) from source, but still no joy. Can anyone suggest what I've done wrong as I'd like to return to using modules. I get the same result whether I use the 2.0.27 / 2.0.30 or 2.1.55 kernel. I couldn't get the modules to load correctly before I updated the depmod / modprobe utils. Thanks Alex Monaghan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
forwarding mail with exim
i posted this similar question when _murphy_ was having problems and wonder if it was lost ... i wish to forward email from particular domains to an open relay mailserver. how may i do this w/ the .forward or exim.conf files? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My machine compromised?
great tool ... never knew it existed until this post. At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 01:03:34AM -0800, Vanh Phom ([EMAIL PROTECTED] net) wrote: >> Hi folk, >> After reading on report of servers compromised. Just for curiorsity I >> run chkrootkit on my own machine and come up with this result: >> >> Searching for anomalies in shell history files... nothing found >> Checking `asp'... not infected >> Checking `bindshell'... not infected >> Checking `lkm'... You have12 process hidden for readdir command >> You have12 process hidden for ps command >> Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed >> Checking `rexedcs'... not found >> Checking `sniffer'... >> eth0: PROMISC >> >> Is my machine compromised? How to fix this? > >12 hidden processes is more than I've typically seen (4). > ># chkrootkit -v lkm > >...for more verbose diagnostics. > >Peace. > >-- >Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home. netcom.com/ > What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > Integrity, we've heard of it: http://www.theregister.co.uk/ > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: attachment.38 > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP setup question
i think you have to go under _advanced_ options for the particular user. there, you can select the stmp server you wish to use. there is also a link in the user account window for server selection. i have my local smtp server for some accounts and an open relay for others using the same mozilla session. At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, Anim Asante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- "Kent West" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 02 December 2003 03:46 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: SMTP setup question > >> Anim Asante wrote: > >>>Hi All, >>> >>>I have signed up with two ISPs and I tried to set >>up >>> my Mozilla mail for the second mail account. >>>Mozilla >>>mail would not let me set up a second SMTP. >>> >>>My question is if I send a mail from the second >>>account, which SMTP server will be used? What can I >>do >>>about it? >>> >>>Regards >>>Anim >> >> > >> I'm running Thunderbird right now, but IIRC, Mozilla >> has the same option. Under the SMTP Server settings >> is an Advanced button that will let you set a second >> SMTP server. Of course, you have to go in and change >> which server you use each time you need to change it >> (which is a pain, and could be handled better). >> >> If you're dialed into ISP2 and your SMTP Server is >> set to ISP1, chances are real good that your mail > >> won't go through, because ISP1 won't relay >> for ISP2. It _might_ work, but probably not. You'll >> instead have to go into Options and change the > > > >> default SMTP server each time you change >> your ISP. > >> There might be some sort of extension to add a >> quick-change link on the >> menus/toolbar, but I'm not aware of such (but then, >> I've never looked >> for it either). > >> -- >> Kent > >Thanks, Kent. I will have a look at it. > >Regards >Anim Asante > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Download Yahoo! Messenger now for a chance to win Live At Knebworth DVDs >http://www.yahoo.co.uk/robbiewilliams > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logging from Linksys BEFSX41 Router to Debian Server
perhaps there is a more sophisticated way, but, cannot you pipe tcpdump output to a file? At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, "BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> wrote: >> >I am using a Linksys BEFSX41 router, and want to start logging >inbound >> > and outbound access. > >Any hints, tips, or pointers to a how-to? >> >> Only one... >> >> I'm involved in a VoIP project and we continually have to tell people to >> turn logging OFF in their Linksys devices. They just don't have the >> horsepower to log and route at the same time and you end up with hideous >> packet loss on UDP packets. > >Good luck with the VoIP project. That should be a lot of fun! I've done a >lot of router work (Cisco), a little firewall work (Cisco Pix) and a bunch >of PBX, Hybrid, Key System,Voice Mail and ACD work in past lives. It can get >pretty fun and pretty interesting. > >I'm not doing online games through the Linksys router. I'm basically doing >web browsing, e-mail and telecommuting. > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aliasing internet addresses
this virtual hosting can be done w/ an apache web server. the /etc/httpd. conf file is where to place the virtual host rules. there are examples included in the httpd.conf remarks. At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I want to alias internet addresses localy, is it possible? >For example to alias www.site1.org -> www.site2.org such that trying to >access www.site1.org would actually connect to www.site2.org. >I didn't see how to do this with /etc/hosts if it is even possible that >way. >I have a personal cvs server that I can access from my local network or >from the internet, and its not convinient to access it localy with the >external address. > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ipchains HowTo
I am searching for a good HowTo on firewalls and ipchains. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO-8.html references a dead link at http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html Does anyone have another reference worth reading? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipchains HowTo
yikes!! i have hit the wall at 37!!! i am running a 2.4 kernel and should have asked about iptables NOT ipchains. At Tuesday, 9 December 2003, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:08:15 -0500, >Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >: > >> I am searching for a good HowTo on firewalls and ipchains. >> >> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO-8.html references a dead >> link at >> http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html >> >> Does anyone have another reference worth reading? > >...uh, why ipchains??? Ipchains was wy back in the Bronze Age when >sauroids hunted brontosaurs and ran linux-2.2.22, nowadays we're on >iptables aka with linux-2.4.23 and linux-2.6.0-testing12. ;-) > >...overview: http://netfilter.org/documentation/ then check >http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html for >whatever basics you might be missing. > >-- >...med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) >with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array
if you really have to do it in a low-level language, do it in assembly
native to that processor. you can even write them inline within your
C code.
asm(" mnemonic_instruction operand, operand");
At Friday, 12 December 2003, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
shack.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
>> On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote:
>> > Hi There:
>> >
>> > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked
>> > this question from a fellow friend of mine:
>> >
>> > "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The
>> > user should terminate the sequence of numbers by entering EOF
>> > character. The program should put numbers entered by the user
in to a
>> > 1D array".
>>
>> Hmmm... sounds a lot like a homework problem... =)
>>
>
>Yes, it does... :)
>
>> Of course, the normal way to do something like this is to not use C,
>> since it's way more low-level than you need.
>
>But since the OP did say he was a CS major, I'd imagine that the whole
>point would be to do it in a very low level language. :)
>
>> It would be better to allocate memory in chunks, or better yet, do
>> something like read the numbers into a linked-list and then copy
them
>> to an array when you're ready to use them that way, or to use
C++ and
>> use the class, or something like that.
>
>I definitely agree with the linked-list suggestion. I had thought that
>most intro CS courses already cover linked list implementations. Either
>way, if you haven't had linked lists as part of your curriculum yet,
>learn how to do them now and it will put you ahead of the game for
a lot
>of your courses. The course that I took that introduced linked lists
>took the better part of the semester to cover them though, in my
>opinion, one or two labs max would have been sufficient.
>
>And I wouldn't even bother putting the linked list into an array in the
>first place. If you write a good linked list implementation (which,
as I
>said, would be a good exercise) it will already support all of the
>functions that you're likely to need with an array, so you might
as well
>just keep it as a linked list.
>
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Re: How to login as ROOT as start
why not log in to your gui as a common user and su as root from a shell? anyway, i cannot anything in /etc/gnome that would limit who has access to the gui. At Friday, 12 December 2003, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Stephen Liu wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> How can I login as ROOT after booting at 'Desktop Manager" popup. I am >> only allowed to login as USER both KDE and GNOME. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> B.R. >> Stephen Liu >> >> > >Why on God's green earth would you log in to ANY GUI as root? > >-Roberto > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: attachment.9 > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian down at present?
I just tried the site and CAN get to it. At Monday, 15 December 2003, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I haven't been able to get to www.debian.org today or to ping it either. >Is it down at present? Not another compromise I hope... > >Anthony > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http://www.acampbell.org.uk >using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic >Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hardware raid and 3ware
I am interested in implementing hardware RAID on a new machine I am putting together. I have read a post _Hardware RAID setup_ and am glad that it can be done w/ modules in Debian. It looks liek 3ware is the way to go. I only _need_ two disks (I think). Does anyone have a suggestion as to card/driver selection? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hardware raid and 3ware
also, I wish to use IDE drives. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >I am interested in implementing hardware RAID on a new machine I >am putting together. I have read a post _Hardware RAID setup_ and >am glad that it can be done w/ modules in Debian. It looks liek 3ware >is the way to go. I only _need_ two disks (I think). Does anyone >have a suggestion as to card/driver selection? > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My email is rejected by some sites
maybe i missed something in a previous post... isn't it the purpose to soecify hosts you are allowing to relay w/ the host_accept_relay setting in exim.conf? this will allow you not to be an open relay eventhough you have a dynamic IP address. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, Joerg Rossdeutscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] de> wrote: >Hi, > >Am So, den 14.12.2003 schrieb Magnus von Koeller um 23:02: >> On Sunday 14 December 2003 22:46, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: >> > There's no alternative. You can't block open relays on dynamic IPs, >> > since they are _dynamic_ IPs. Yes, what's happening to you is >> > unfair. Any better ideas? I don't see one. And I don't want to >> > receive spam from millions of open "desktop mailservers". >> >> Why bother arguing about it? You ain't gonna change AOL's policy on >> accepting (or not accepting) your email. I would rather concentrate >> on finding a solution for your problem. > >Thats what I said. And, BTW, it's not only AOL. Isn't such a module >optionally also build into spamassassin? I'll try that later... > >The solution is >- lots of exceptions in exim.conf (bad) >- using the proviers smarthost (good) > >Bye, Ratti > >-- > -o)fontlinge | Font management for Linux | Schriftenverwaltung in Linux > /\\ http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontlinge/ >_\_Vhttp://www.gesindel.de https://sourceforge.net/projects/fontlinge/ > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My email is rejected by some sites
but using a smarthost is a way around this. or, just tell your friends who are using aol, earthlink, snet, etc. , that you cannot send email to them because their isp is uptight ;) At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Debian User wrote: >> maybe i missed something in a previous post... isn't it the purpose >> to soecify hosts you are allowing to relay w/ the host_accept_relay >> setting in exim.conf? this will allow you not to be an open relay >> eventhough you have a dynamic IP address. >> >I think what you missed is that more and more places will not allow you >to then deliver mail to them (because you're on a dynamic IP range that >they've received spam from). You can certainly run a mailserver on your >dynamic IP, but you may have problems delivering things your users want >to send to certain domains (and it probably won't get easier in the future). > > ~c > >-- >if i top posted, i probably did it on purpose, and yes i know my lines >might trail out the right end of your mail viewer/client (but only if >you have an inadequate one) > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My email is rejected by some sites
interesting articles. realisically, as i have some business domains on my server, i cannot prevent users from receiving email from aol et. al. accounts. furthermore, i have to use a friend's open relay as smarthost to get aol-bound email off my server. is there no other way to stop aol et. al. from blocking dynamic IPs? At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >on Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 06:27:09PM -0800, Raquel Rice ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >net) wrote: > >> I have a block of static IPs. I have the blessings of my provider. >> I was even asked to stop using their servers as a "smart host". >> Yet, my IP numbers are listed as being a range used as "Cable, DSL & >> Dial Ups" and mail from my server is being blocked by those who use >> SORBS. I do everything I can to keep my server locked down and not >> to be relayed through. I even go test it once in awhile to make >> sure there are no exploits open. Blocking an IP range just without >> knowing they are open relays or sending out spam is no better than >> arresting a black man because the police officer has some idiot >> belief that black men commit all crimes. > >Request your ISP remove your IPs from their residential/dynamic IP list. > >The lists used by other providers to filter dynamic IPs are provided by >the ISPs hosting those addresses. > >Alternatively, you may need to sign up for business service. > >You might consider retaliatory blocking as well. > >For background: > > http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=96264 > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/13/2215207.shtml?tid=120 > http://www.marketingwonk.com/archives/2003/08/27/aol_sued_for_blocking_email/ > http://www.google.com/search?q=aol+blocking+email > >Peace. > >-- >Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home. netcom.com/ > What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > The golden rule of technical design: complexity is the enemy. > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: attachment.14 > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My email is rejected by some sites
wow ... so, if you don't have exposure to the joys and sorrows of running your own server on the net, how can you really learn? then, the net and everyone who uses it should be licensed like ham radio operators? afterall, the net is just a transmission medium like rf is a transmission medium. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, Joerg Rossdeutscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] de> wrote: >Hi, > >Am Di, den 16.12.2003 schrieb ScruLoose um 21:36: >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:08:12PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: >> > Am Mo, den 15.12.2003 schrieb Wesley J Landaker um 02:55: > >> > A mailserver can harm _others_. >> > >> > I said that yesterday, and today I find this mailinglist full of >> > nonsense since one guy is not able to configure his procmail. Now got >> > what I mean? >> >> But his procmail rule would do exactly the same damage whether his mail >> is routed through a smarthost or sent direct from a local mailserver, so >> I don't really see how this provides any support for your position. > >Yes - but it shows a normal user should use as less "harmful" technology >as possible. >I wouldn't say a mailserver at home is useless at all, but if someone >tries to setup a mailserver and doesn't even know that a lot providers >reject dynIPs, I'd say: This person is the wrong one to connect a >mailserver to the net. > >> Your argument is based on the assumption that an ISP can always be >> trusted to set up a mailserver right, and the home user (sysadmin of a >> home LAN, etc.) never can. >> I've seen enough counter-examples to convince me that this assumption >> has no merit. > >The assumption is not "always" and "never" - but it is "very often" and >"not so often". This should be compared to the risks of a useless server >just for fun. The next time there's a security hole in one of the famous >SMTPs, what do you think, how many of them will fix it soon? > >> Frankly, the "no e-mail from dynamic IPs" solution sounds like Microsoft >> reasoning. "Take power away from the user, they can't be trusted with >> it." > >I'm not interested in M$, nor do I use their stuff. > >> The philosophy of Debian and Linux and open-source in general has a lot >> to do with giving power to individual users/administrators. >> There are _lots_ of aspects of a computer system that can be destructive >> (to others, not just locally) if they're misconfigured. The Linux way >> of dealing with this is to package things with sane defaults, and >> educate people to configure their systems properly. Your solution is to >> take away useful functionality for fear that it might be abused. >> On a Debian forum, don't be surprised if you meet stiff opposition to >> this idea. > >There's nothing bad in giving the power to the users. That's why I use >linux. Nevertheless there's a responsibility in using that power, i.e.: >Don't expose services to the net that you don't need. On your machine - >play what you want, break it, crash it, have fun. But when connecting to >the net - be responsible. > >If you have use in a mailserver: Do it. But I often have the feeling >that people just like to have a server "like a /real/ server! kewl!" >with lots of useless risks. Having ftp online for getting a file once a >year. Hell. After 6 month they don't even remember /which/ ftpd they are >running. Compare that to a guy whose whole-day-job it is to read >security bulletins and care for machines. Yes, not all providers work >that way. But many more than homeusers. > >Bye, Ratti > >-- > -o)fontlinge | Font management for Linux | Schriftenverwaltung in Linux > /\\ http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontlinge/ >_\_Vhttp://www.gesindel.de https://sourceforge.net/projects/fontlinge/ > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My email is rejected by some sites
that point is/was not lost on me ... i just did not articulate. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ca> wrote: >On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:42:07PM -0500, charlie derr wrote: >> Debian User wrote: > >> >maybe i missed something in a previous post... isn't it the purpose >> >to soecify hosts you are allowing to relay w/ the host_accept_relay >> >setting in exim.conf? this will allow you not to be an open relay >> >eventhough you have a dynamic IP address. >> > >> I think what you missed is that more and more places will not allow you >> to then deliver mail to them (because you're on a dynamic IP range that >> they've received spam from). > >I think you're missing the fact that it does not generally depend on >whether they've received spam from that IP range. >AFAIK, these places are blacklisting dynamic IPs as a general principle. > > Cheers! >-- >---<> --- >They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety >deserve neither liberty nor safety. >- Benjamin Franklin >--<>--- --- > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: attachment.2 > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ZDNet UK: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing
This ZDNET UK story has been forwarded to you by: debian-user (debian-user@lists.debian.org). They have added these comments: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39198263,00.htm Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing Dan Ilett IT professionals have slammed Microsoft over plans to charge for a security service to protect its own products. Microsoft on Friday announced an internal beta launch of Windows OneCare, which will be a paid subscription service to block viruses and spyware that affect Windows machines. But users are upset that the software giant wants to make money from securing its own products they say it should have made secure in the first place. One IT security worker said he was appalled at the idea: "The fact that they are charging is the height of hypocrisy. It is unbelievable that Microsoft is attempting to launch a service to charge customers for protection from flaws in its own products. I feel there should not be a need for that — they should have software that's resilient to that." ZDNet UK readers wrote they were also angry with Microsoft. "Am I just being cynical or does this sound like a way to make money rather than fix the product?" asked Nick Stevens in a Talkback comment to the article announcing the prouct. "What I am surprised about, considering the high cost of the OS in the first place, is how MS have the gall to charge for this service." IT consultant John Perczyk added: "Great idea — MS get to turn their security bugs into a revenue stream... Perhaps it should be more correctly renamed 'No one cares'." An emailed response attributed to Microsoft's director of platform strategy Nick McGrath, said: "Windows OneCare will be a paid subscription service. As it is still early in the product development cycle we have no further details to share at this time. We will keep you posted as we get closer to final availability. What has been announced is internal beta, which will be distributed to Microsoft employees, and represents the first step in Microsoft's plan to offer a comprehensive solution to help consumers protect and maintain the overall 'health' of their PCs." If it moves, we cover it. See ZDNet UK's Mobile Technology News Section for the latest news, reviews and price checks on mobile phones, PDAs, notebook computers and anything else you can take away. Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom. ZDNet News: The UK's best source for computing news - updated throughout the day. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/ Please report any abuse of this service to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright © 2003 CNET Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ZDNET is a registered service mark of CNET Networks, Inc. ZDNET Logo is a service mark of CNET NETWORKS, Inc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: please help a poor student
On Sunday 29 May 2005 15:40, ratikanta rath wrote: Note- I began liking debian after i heard of it. Please help this poor student by mailing me the CDs if you have This mail looks like a hoax to me, but anyway... Go to the Ubuntu website below http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/ and they will send you the CDs for Ubuntu Linux for free. It' not the best distro, but it's based on it ;-) -- BAP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: please help a poor student
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 06:55:22PM +0200, Cyprien wrote: lay awake whole night. I have a very low-end computer with 5GB hard disk and 122MB RAM. It can boot from CDROM. I am running WinXP Pro successfully on it. I can not upgrade my PC due to money problems. mmm XP with 122MB of RAM ... no money for linux ? I'm sure that he did'nt paid anything for XP (+ Office, ...). On the other hand, I'm curious about how you can get 122MB of RAM: 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 2? Cyp -- BAP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian drops ball on security updates
CNET News.com (http://www.news.com/) This story has been sent to you on behalf of debian-user@lists.debian.org (e-mail address not verified). Debian drops ball on security updates By Renai LeMay The newly launched Linux distribution has a glitch--some versions were released with default security updates turned off. http://news.com.com/Debian+drops+ball+on+security+updates/2100-1002_3-5737401.html?tag=sas.email Read all technology news from this week: http://www.news.com/thisweeksheadlines/ Copyright 2004 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. CNET Networks, Inc. 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache quirk?
Greetings, I downloaded the Apache/1.3.12 pkg and installed it fine. I put my html files inside of /var/www/ and then ran apacheconfig and then surfed to localhost. The pages come up fine but no graphics are there. This probably isn't enough information for you guys but I'm not sure what else to include. Bill
Re: Apache quirk?
Nate, Oh how I do wish I could unsend email. I got to thinking about the situation after I sent the mail and this is what I figured out: The default conf file for Apache has an alias in it for 'icons' that points to a directory in /usr/share/xxx. This was the problem. As soon as I commented out that alias, and restarted apache everything was smoking. What was so frustrating is I had already done all of your suggestions :) Thanks for answering though. I'm brand new to debian but love it already. On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 04:48:19PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > try loading the graphics directly, make sure the graphics are in a > directory the webserver can access such as /var/www > > also look at /var/log/apache/error.log > > also check permissions on the graphics files themselves > > nate > > Debian User wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > I downloaded the Apache/1.3.12 pkg and installed it fine. I put my html > > files inside of /var/www/ and then ran apacheconfig and then surfed to > > localhost. The pages come up fine but no graphics are there. This > > probably isn't enough information for you guys but I'm not sure what else > > to include. > > > > Bill > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > ::: > ICQ: 75132336 > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Printer Trouble
Hi guys, Where can I find some docs on how to install a printer on Debian (woody)? I just picked up a Lexmark Optra E312, plugged it in, booted up, and it naturally did not work. A couple things to share... As a users I typed: cat > /dev/lp1 and received a permission denied message. So I tried it as root and was told: /dev/lp1: No such device. Uh oh...I have the magicfilter package and lpr installed. Can anyone help with this? Bill
Re: FWD: [Important News] Debian 2.2 CD-Rs SO # 42627
Now that's customer service. Too bad all companies weren't like that. On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:35:44PM -0600, Ray Percival wrote: > I just got this from cheapbytes for one I applaud them for doing the right > thing. Ray > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:30:55 -0600 > > >-- Original Message -- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CheapBytes Sales) > >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:58:35 -0700 > > > > > >Important News Regarding Debian 2.2 CD-Rs you have received > >or are about to receive > > > >Message From CheapBytes > > > >You had recently placed an order for a copy of Debian 2.2 in a CD-R format. > >We have received e-mail messages indicating some users are having > >difficulties with using the CDs because of some corrupted files. This > >occurred for our initial batch of production and is not impacting current > >shipping product at this time. > > > >The CD-Rs provided are based on the Official Debian 2.2 release images > >provided at one of the Official Debian 2.2 mirror sites. Unfortunately, it > >has come to our attention, those images had corruption in them. > > > >We have reviewed images at another site and these appear to be in order. > > > >What does this mean for you? > > > >As always, CheapBytes strives to please each and every customer. That will > >be the case with your order as well. > > > >The following is being done: > > > >1) We will be sending out a set(s) of new Debian CD-Rs to you to replace > >your existing ones. The label will differ slightly from the previous one > >you received or about to receive. It isn't necessary to return the CD-Rs you > >have received. > > > >2) Of course, there will be no additional charge incurred to you. > > > >3) Because of this inconvenience to you, we will be including a copy of our > >Applications and Games archive CDs for free in your shipment. > > > >If you wish, we can cancel the reshipment and refund your money for the > >Debian purchase. Please send your e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > >Sales Order number included in the subject line. > > > >Please accept our apologies for this problem. All customers are valued > >by us and we will do our best to take care of you. > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
issue.net & issue
Greetings, I've been snooping around /etc looking for the place that issue.net and issue are assigned. So far no luck, is there any documentation available from Debian that would run a newbie type thru most of that 'good to know information' about how the system is put together? Bill
[aphro@aphroland.org: Re: issue.net & issue]
I said assigned because under RedHat they were 'generated' or 'assigned' in an init script. I was looking for the Debian counterpart. Sounds like they just exist...which is exactly what I wanted to hear. I am so tired of RedHat and so glad I am onto Debian. Bill - Forwarded message from Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:31:54 -0700 From: Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.17pre18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en To: Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: issue.net & issue Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/104482 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Bcc: Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:35:05 -0500 assigned ?? issue and issue.net are just in /etc ..if they don't exist you can create them/change them at will. im not sure exactly what you mean ..:< nate Debian User wrote: > > Greetings, > > I've been snooping around /etc looking for the place that issue.net and issue > are assigned. So far no luck, is there any documentation available from > Debian that would run a newbie type thru most of that 'good to know > information' about how the system is put together? > > Bill > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null - End forwarded message -
mounting: audio vs data cd's
Greetings fellow Debian users! I can mount/unmount my cdrom with data cd's using mount /cdrom. The fstab is: /dev/hda2 / ext2defaults,errors=remount-ro 01 /dev/hda1 noneswapsw 00 proc/proc procdefaults00 /dev/fd0/floppy autodefaults,user,noauto00 /dev/hdc/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 00 /dev/hda3 /winext2defaults,ro,user,noauto 01 When I put an audio cd in and mount it shows: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems I have ata/ide/mfm/rll support and ide/ata-2, ide/atapi cdrom compiled in the 2.4.0-test7 kernel. Anyone have any ideas why a data cd comes up fine but an audio cd balks? Pondering, Bill
teTeX output looks bad. Any ideas?
Hello fellow Debian users, I've recently did a clean install of stable, and I've run into a problem. The problem is that LaTeX/dvips-produced PostScript files, when printed appear to be at a lower resolution than they really are. More specifically, it looks like the fonts produced by MetaFont somehow use bad approximations or something. I've use texconfig to set mode to 1200DPI, but still, the output's fonts are jagged at best. Here's what I've tried so far to find the culprit: I've commented out printer-specific filter from printcap (magicfilter's LaserJet 4050 filter) No effect. Files that lpr gets already have badly formed fonts. I've printed plain text (which comes out in printer's own PS font). Output is good-looking, which means that the problem is not caused by physical damage to the printer (it was moved recently). I've made sure the files are actually generated at 1200DPI. They are . I've viewed the PS files at 10x in anti-aliased mode in GV, and they looked much better than on paper. That maybe gv's anti-aliasing at work, or could be something else. Dunno. I've printed with cmr PS fonts embedded in the PS file, and they still look crappy. Printer's resolution is actually set to 1200DPI. Any ideas??? I know I can print good LaTeX files, and I know what they look like, as I've already used stable, only it was an upgrade from 2.1, not a clean install like it is now. Thank you.
Obsolete packages
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to run apt-get [packages] or remove and reinstall them. apt-get doesn't seem to work, tells me that the most up to date version of installed (this error didn't supprise me). Anyone got a easier hack to do this via a script of something, or any ideas as to how I can sort this out. Cheers Jon
dselect query
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to run apt-get [packages] or remove and reinstall them. apt-get doesn't seem to work, tells me that the most up to date version of installed (this error didn't supprise me). Anyone got a easier hack to do this via a script of something, or any ideas as to how I can sort this out. Cheers Jon
dselect query
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to run apt-get [packages] or remove and reinstall them. apt-get doesn't seem to work, tells me that the most up to date version of installed (this error didn't supprise me). Anyone got a easier hack to do this via a script of something, or any ideas as to how I can sort this out. Cheers Jon -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null - End forwarded message -
Re: beg
> I have the complete 3 CD set. I can snail mail 'em for you. > > Is it illegal in China to get the 3 CD set? offtopic... and I ain't debating How do you know that they wouldn't put you in prison for 30yrs for doing this? You know the fbi or whoever, is looking like fools lately for all the secrets that have gone to China. Do you want to be their fall guy? Our respective edu systems do have good relations and if a transfer of this sort was possible it would likely be allready in progress. Mr Li should contact the univ in his area in China (if he is not an fbi agent, which is not unlikely). mike
Re: Procmail filtering / UNDELIVERABLE EMAIL
You needed a .* not just a star and if there might be a > at the end stick a ? on the end. That way it will work whether it's there or not. I hope anyway. I'm new at procmail. Also, mail dirs are to have a / at the end to let procmail know that they're mail dirs. ...maybe you even need one on /dev/null/. I don't think it will hurt anything. mike
pppd error message
Hi, I have the following error message when starting pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -detach /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let in use an IP address.) Please, can anyone help me with this error ? Wich script in /etc/ppp is responsible for that error and must be modified ? Adrian Nims
Re: Firewall, IPMASQ, Debian
Check out rootprompt.org, there is lots of useful info on this site (good article on "hiding" a Debian system). Jon On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:16:15PM -0400, Eric Rousse wrote: > > Is there a place on the internet i can get some documentation for setting up > a firewall under Debian. I've looked in the HOWTO of linux.org, but its > based on Red Hat. So is there a HOWTO based on Debian for a setting up > a firewall ? > > Thanks, > Eric > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: dselect query
Thanks for the info, it does look like the status and available files are out of sync. Not sure why this should have occured as I used 2.2 test 1 CD set and apt-get'ed the test 3 updates (this worked fine). I got the offical 2.2 on CD, install these (agian via apt) and these get out of sync. I've looked to see if there is method to get apt (or something offical) to resync these, but can't see one. I'll hack around with this for a bit (if I get this fixed I'll post my solution) but if anyone knows a easy solution that would save me some time. cheers for help chaps Jon On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:46:32PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Debian User wrote: > > just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 > > release. > > Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" > > now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of > > this > > (as these packages are the current versions) is to run apt-get [packages] or > > remove and reinstall them. apt-get doesn't seem to work, tells me that the > > most up to date version of installed (this error didn't supprise me). > > Anyone > > got a easier hack to do this via a script of something, or any ideas as to > > how > > I can sort this out. > > I can think of two likely scenarios that would give these symptoms... > > dselect marks any package that appears in /var/lib/dpkg/status > and not in /var/lib/dpkg/available, as "Obsolete/local"; if packages are > installed from archives not pointed to by /etc/apt/sources.list the > "apt-get update" (or whatever the correct syntax is for updating the > local list of available packages) command would build an incomplete > Packages DB. > > dselect uses the "status" and "available" text files, apt uses something > else (/var/apt/cache, ..., iirc). I would assume that using the apt > method(?) in dselect automatically syncs the two Packages DBs - is there > an apt command to force that syncing? > > > later, > > Bruce >
Re: pppd error message. Thank you.
Roger Waters wrote: > Debian User wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have the following error message when starting pppd: > > /usr/sbin/pppd -detach > > /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself > > /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for > > it to use to do so. > > /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let in use an IP > > address.) > > > > Please, can anyone help me with this error ? Wich script in /etc/ppp is > > responsible for that error and must be modified ? > > > > Adrian Nims > > TRY TO SET THE "noauth" OPTION IN "/etc/PPP/options" Thank you ! That was it ! Now pppd works fine. Adrian Nims
Mail tool for X
Does anybody know a mail tool under X for pick up the mail form the mail server. Like the one in Netscape but another one ? Under Debian Potato, of course. Thank you, Adrian Nims
Re: Toshiba Satellite T1910CS notebook - preferred version?
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Tony Laszlo wrote: > > I am trying to install Debian on a Toshiba > Satellite T1910CS, 486, 110M HD, 8MB ram . > I won't be running X and will just need to > use: vim, pine (+fetchmail/sendmail), > lynx, ftp, telnet and pcmcia and parallel > port modules. > > Have gone through the installation steps from > floppy to the point where the system boots > from the hard disk. Next, I need to get an > Corega EtherII PCC-T ethernet card working I've heard that pcmcia stuff is hard to get going under these laptops...*shrugg* Joe > in order to point dselect to the Packages.gz > on the debian ftp or www site. > > My questions: > > * In accordance with advice from someone who > had installed Linux on one of these beasts, > I chose Debian 2.0 distribution (/dists/Debian-2.0/). > Is this the preferred version for this machine and > these needs? > > * while uname -a shows that the kernel running > is 2.0.36, somehow modules are 2.0.34 . I tried > to insmod pcmcia.o , etc. and got an error message > that the modules don't machine the kernel. > How could this happen and what's the best way to > reinstall so it doesn't happen or fix the problem > without reinstalling? > > * To see what would happen, I downloaded the > pcmcia-modules deb file (2.0.36) from the Debian-2.0 > site (copying it over to the Toshiba via floppies). > This I was able to install with dpkg -i ; so, while > the modules are 2.0.34, there are two sets of pcmcia > modules, 2.0.34 and 2.0.36 . > The Ethernet card requires pcnet_cs.0 so I entered > the necessary lines in /etc/pcmcia/config and started > pcmcia with "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start" (I have this > card working on a Linux box that runs with Turbolinux > [quite similar to Redhat]). On the Toshiba w/ Debian > it's not perfect yet, but the card is being recognized, > at least partially. > Anything else I need to do? Does the network need to > be configured before the card will be recognized > properly? > > * Finally, I downloaded the kernel source from > /Debian-2.0/ and tried dpkg -i. It seems that I > need to install binutils first, or at the same time. > Anything else needed before I can recompile the > kernel? bin86, maybe? kernel headers of some kind? > > Thanks! > > Tony Laszlo > Jiyugaoka, Tokyo > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: apt files to CD?
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Pat Mahoney wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 09:41:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Users, > > Is there a way to download all the apt files, burn them to CD and install > > off of that? > > I have a fast connection at work to d/l the files, but only a modem at home > > on my debian machine. Download the ISO image and burn that to CD. Joe > > > > This would make it a lot easier and faster if I could apt install off a CD. > > > > Any help is much appriciated! > > > > Thanks kindly, > > > > Ashby > > > > Have a look at apt-move. > > -- > Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Savor the sun; when the clouds come, make animals. > -- Nicholas Hexum > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: smbmount
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > thanx for the replies, it is all working now... > > > > it is weird how a redhat Samba rpm package would have smbmount/smbclient > > included whereas a Debian Samba package doesn't. > > > Not everyone who uses samba needs both of those. For instance, I use > samba, and smbmount, but almost never have occasion to use smbclient. > > Consider: > > A network with a bunch of Win clients using samba for their file server > (samba only) > A network with mixed Linux and Win clients using samba for their file > server (smbclient & samba) > A network where samba is only used to back up Win clients (smbfs and > samba) > > I'd be upset if Debian forced me to install all of them when I didn't > need them all. h yes reminds me of the `finger' package. A small package all on its own. That is what makes Debian so good...the fact that it gives the user a lot of scope when installing their system. smbclient is good for testing out stuff quickly while on the Linux machine. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: dselect and Packages.gz
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Tony Laszlo wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.0 (kernel 2.0.34) from > floppies and have booted from the hard disk > after installing all the base.tgz. Do I need > to install the rest of the packages from the > old 2.0 archives, or from the current files? > I searched for 2.0 files and found the following. hmm why debian 2.0? Why not debian 2.2? 2.0 goes ok..but there is SO much more stuff in 2.2! Joe > > ftp.debian.org/debian-archive/dists/Debian-2.0 > > > Dselect, however, says it cannot find Packages.gz > when I instruct it to access the site and directories > below (or anything other than the current version's > packages.gz). > What can I do? > > Thanks. > > > > Tony Laszlo > Tokyo > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: problem with installation of kernel modules
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Ricardo Gabriel Herdt wrote: >try >mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom Why not..open your computer up...find out what it is on (i.e. master, slave, prim/secon) and then you know WHAT the device is :) Joe > > but I'm not a indicated person to say how to make this things for you, I'm > a bit new in Linux. > > Ricardo Gabriel Herdt > > > > Em qua, 12 jul 2000, you wrote: > > At 13:12 12.07.00 -0300, you wrote: > > > Hi Christian, > > > > Hi too, > > > > > > >try to open another shell by pressing ALT + F2 and mount the cdrom by > > >yourself. Just an idea. > > > > > > Thank you for this idea. Can you please tell me the mount command? > > > > However, as I already tried all alternatives, ranging from cda to cdh, I am > > afraid that your idea won't work. But I want to give it a try. > > > > With kind regards > > > > Christian > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: standard large memory question
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > > Ack. I've seen the answer to this dozens of times, but can't find it > in the archives. > > I *thought* that large memory was now automatically detected, but my > system on a nice fresh frozen is still only finding 64M (out of 160M) > > So I've used > > mem=160 > > at lilo, but the kernel panics trying to create caches. Even mem=65 > does this. > > Am I missing something obvious? Yes. The units i.e. mem=160M > > rick > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
