Re: qmail postmanster passwd

2002-03-06 Thread Allen Wayne Best
On Sunday 03 March 2002 07:32 am, David Gardi pronounced: > Hi, > anyone know how to change postmaster password using qmail? > David. david: i am not sure what you mean by "change postmaster password using qmail" as there are no passwords "within" qmail. please let me know what you are trying t

Re: W32/Myparty

2002-01-31 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
> | computer user to use passwords. Maybe Passport will solve it for him. > > I heard that Passport had been cracked already. Maybe google will > tell you where I heard it (actually, I think the URL came up on > deb-user a while back). > > -D -- regards, allen wayne best contr

Re: Setting up a home LAN

2002-01-15 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
anually? > > Second question: I've seen a bunch of of hubs out there, but I'd like > a few suggestions if you guys and gals don't mind. I'm inclined to > stay away from the USB and/or wireless ones. I've also read in some > of there specs that some ha

Re: debian-friendly DSL/cable ISP in NYC area?

2002-01-14 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
They're certainly not the cheapest ISP in the country, but they may very > well be the best. I've been their customer for a bit more than a year > now, and have not experienced a single unscheduled outtage. > > noah -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and sup

Re: Limiting admin privileges

2001-12-17 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
n exports under "User ID Mapping" -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 9:32:15::350:2001 Ramblers -- Don't you wish everyone had one?

Re: package mystery

2001-11-07 Thread Allen Wayne Best
e, > Mike Pfleger > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (250) 479-0321 -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 33:53:21::310:2001 What did you bring that book I didn't want to be read to out of about Down Under up for?

Re: HP Server

2001-11-07 Thread Allen Wayne Best
On Wednesday 07 November 2001 03:27, Jan Ove Rønning pronounced: > Will Debian work on a HPux server??? > jan: see http://www.parisc-linux.org/ for more information. on that page, you will see a link about debian ports to pa-risc. -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly n

Re: mailing list

2001-11-07 Thread Allen Wayne Best
oracle database manuals under "drop table" or "drop database" as appropriate. if you have further questions, you should direct them to an oracle and/or sql mailing list. -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler

debian install

2001-11-06 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
ors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again. how do i fix this "pre-depend" problem??? any suggestions are greatly appreciated. -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnosti

debian install

2001-11-06 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
ors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again. -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will

Stops at Lilo prompt

2001-11-02 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
using dselect. any ideas why the drive is *not* booting on its own???? -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 13:17:13::305:2001 Ramblers -- Don't you wish everyone had one?

Re: Power off at Shutdown

2001-10-30 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
compile as we speak! On Tuesday 30 October 2001 17:00, Craig Dickson wrote: > allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > > i am trying to understand which option(s) to select (or deselect) when i > > build a new kernel (2.4.12) to have the system power off when i do a &g

Power off at Shutdown

2001-10-30 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
tly appreciated. -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 51:40:16::302:2001 Ramblers -- Don't you wish everyone had one?

Power off at Shutdown

2001-10-30 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y CONFIG_KERNEL_DEBUG=y CONFIG_DEBUG_IOVIRT=y obviously, the last three were more or less stabs in the dark (WEG's). any assist is greatly appreciated. -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" &

Re: Adding Drives

2001-10-24 Thread Allen Wayne Best
. > > --mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 36:6:22::295:2001 I left my WALLET in the BATHROOM!!

Logitech QuickCam Express

2001-10-22 Thread Allen Wayne Best
hello: has anyone used the quickcam express successfully? i have loaded and built kernel 2.4.12 with all the relevant usb options selected, built usbutils, and build qce-ga-0.40b. a snippet from lsusb: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:0870 Logitech Inc. Device Descriptor: bLength18

Re: Takin' the plunge...

2001-10-11 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
info 2) contains the machine ip, broadcast, netmask, and routing info i hope this help. if you need a sample of the above, let me know... On Wednesday 10 October 2001 19:29, Allen Wayne Best wrote: > tony, wayne: > > for what it's worth, adsl is, imo, much easier than ppp(oe).

Re: Takin' the plunge...

2001-10-10 Thread Allen Wayne Best
; > > install brings back memories of "how we used to do it." > > > Matter of fact, > > > that's how I first "broke" my Microsoft license agreement, not taking > > > chances on the woeful frustrations of "fix one problem, > > > create ten more" of > > > Microsoft releases with my system that was required to get > > > the work out. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > For the ultimate in safety doing the above is a good idea, personally I have > > found Debian to be rock solid, "the business" as it were. Occasionally I may > > get a minor problem with a package but nothing serious (yet!) > > > > > > Regards > > > > Wayne. > > > > -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 42:17:19::282:2001 For a man to truly understand rejection, he must first be ignored by a cat.

A Very Big Apology

2001-10-04 Thread Allen Wayne Best
hello: i owe everyone on the list a very big apology, i'll bet. it appears that a large number of messages from the list sent to my address got resent to the list. my isp this week has changed everything i have with them, including my mail service and caused me havoc. and now, you've suffered

Re: Virus Filter for Debian Mail Server

2001-10-02 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
30, Dave Bacon wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend a program that will parse email messages for > viruses going in and out of my Debian email server? > > Thank you > -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood ramb

OT: DSL Providers

2001-09-18 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
tatonic if the os is not from the great Satan of the northwest? -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 21:9:9::260:2001

Re: "su -" doesn't work

2001-09-13 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
dima thank you! that was the ticket! i did a chmod 4755 /bin/su (i was off chasing pam modules!) thanx again! On Thursday 13 September 2001 15:33, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > hello: > > > >

Re: can't find install - yeah right!

2001-09-13 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
with > > make[1] : /usr/bin/install: Command not found > > which seems bizarre as it's there in /usr/bin > > my path covers this as all the tons of other stuff I've built this way > finds it ok. > > Any clues as to what's gone wrong - something I'm doing wro

"su -" doesn't work

2001-09-13 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
hello: i am having a problem using "su -". for inexplicable reasons, i cannot use su to switch user unless i am root. any idea what is going on -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my

Re: RedHat vs Debian?

2001-08-30 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
| Micros~1 : > Senior System Engineer |For when quality, reliability > at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't > \_ that important! > DISCLAIMER: > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-on

Re: Fw: Re: Sid Newbie - some questions

2001-08-28 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
> >RedHat/Mandrake people... have you checked out debian-devel? Scary! > > > >- David Nusinow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 48:41:14::239:2001 All this time I've been VIEWING a RUSSIAN MIDGET SODOMIZE a HOUSECAT!

Re: Printer spooler

2001-08-28 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
"gs"\> > nearly takes 100% of CPU. Everything worked fine before. I use lprng and my > printer is an Epson stcolor440. > Can you help me? > Thanx, -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambl

Re: can't open /var/lib/dhelp/titles

2001-08-22 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
Aug 15 10:01 dbase -rw-r--r--1 root root28672 Jul 18 17:05 dbase_fsstnd -rw-r--r--1 root root10240 Aug 15 10:01 titles -rw-r--r--1 root root 1280 Jul 18 17:05 titles_fsstnd -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support to

Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

2001-08-20 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
ly me filled up my current directory with a file called > > > > "--remove-files". > > > > > my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast > > > > > > i've tried > > > > Here is a C program that will do it: > >

how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

2001-08-20 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
ith the same lack of success! any assist in this would be most appreciated. -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 3:21:14::231:2001 Today's snit invasion consists of 0.262215392198414 e +6.55679747127197 snits (Approximated!)

unexpected denial in ipchains log

2001-08-19 Thread Allen Wayne Best
hello: i am getting an unexpected error show up in the ipchains log: namely, what looks like a denial of response to an attempt to connect to a mail server. a sample from the ipchains log is: Aug 19 12:50:55 mesozoic kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth2 PROTO=6 \ 66.33.74.40:25 207.20.242.142:3

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-08-17 Thread Allen Wayne Best
+ would like for us to believe that. and spreads fud, despair, and hopelessness to the unassimilated. (see os/2 and the cooperation provided by ibm!) but handwringing is not for me. linux is here to stay - that is, until a better linux comes along. more likely what will happen in three years is

Re: strangeness when i do a df...

2001-08-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Thursday 16 August 2001 14:48, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > hello: > > > > i have a strange situation here. i had a user complain because /usr/sbin > > appeared to be f

strangeness when i do a df...

2001-08-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
0 0 /dev/hda6 /RedHat7.1/usr/src ext2 rw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /RedHat7.1/var ext2 rw 0 0 any ideas -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current dat

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-08 Thread Allen Wayne Best
a server, no matter how important, spreading viruses. the job security questions are more likely going to be who allowed it to happen in first place and why wasn't it taken out of the networked! my $.02 worth. -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler o

Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.

2001-08-07 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
> Frankly, I'm moderately convinced it's not a bad idea. Not quite a > Cheese Worm -- it doesn't actively hunt hosts -- but widely distributed, > an effective antidote. > > Personally I favor the "Debian GNU/Linux install" service model > myself --

Re: How to remove non-deb package software?

2001-08-05 Thread Allen Wayne Best
PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 30:3:13::216:2001 Think twice before speaking, but don't say "think think click click".

attempted break-in?

2001-08-05 Thread Allen Wayne Best
hello: i am curious if anyone else is seeing an attempt by a user anonymous with a password of [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ftp into their system. i found the following snippits in the message log this morning. it sent up a red flag for me. i've immediately blocked access for ftp not originating from t

Re: code red goes on

2001-08-05 Thread Allen Wayne Best
h , , and as appropriate. this will send out an email to the contact of the ip owner, cc'ing your abuse email contact, and bcc'ing a copy to the user in the bcc field. NOTE: the from field will contain the email address of the user running the program, not the abuse email address (

Re: hard drives

2001-07-18 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 16:41, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 04:14:48PM -0700, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > > > > 'bout the only thing i can say about which ide controller is used is > > > > that it is built into t

Re: hard drives

2001-07-17 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 16:14, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > > > 'bout the only thing i can say about which ide controller is used is > > > that it is built into the motherboard in a hp vectra vl. > > > > > > and the driver version is

Re: hard drives

2001-07-17 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
the redhat version of lspci pengwyn:disk# /RedHat7.1/sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:1237 (rev 02) 00:04.0 Class 0601: 8086:7000 (rev 01) 00:04.1 Class 0101: 8086:7010 00:07.0 Class 0200: 1022:2000 (rev 25) 00:0a.0 Class 0300: 102b:051b -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnosti

Re: hard drives

2001-07-17 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 10:45, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:39:03PM -0700, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > > initially, i had the setup as > > disk > > disk > > cd-rom > > disk > > > > with all jumpers (master/s

Re: hard drives

2001-07-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Monday 16 July 2001 12:52, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx (on Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:32:21PM -0700): > > in addition, if i were not seeing hdc already, i would not be as > > mystified. on the other hand, given that hdc is ther

Re: hard drives

2001-07-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Monday 16 July 2001 09:06, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx (on Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:51:12AM -0700): > > yes, both are "out of the box" kernels. redhat is 2.4.2 from redhat 7.1 > > i think this may well be your problem. es

Re: hard drives

2001-07-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
On Monday 16 July 2001 08:50, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx (on Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:21:10AM -0700): > > i am having a particularly baffling problem. > > what's the redhat kernel version? and are you using stock kernels? yes,

hard drives

2001-07-16 Thread allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx
1.10 physical 1120/16/59 logical 1120/16/59 -- regards, allen wayne best contractor, diagnostics and support tools telnet 447-4070 "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 29:26:9::193:2001 Sometimes I wonder if I&