Re: packages: apache, gd, mysql...

2006-04-16 Thread BTP
Yeah, see if I go ahead and try to install "php4-mysql", I have to install the unstable version which I wouldn't want because it will also upgrade a lot of other packages to the unstable version. How come I can't have mysql support with php4 and be stable??? So just for me to have php4 and mysql s

packages: apache, gd, mysql...

2006-04-15 Thread BTP
I tried doing an "apt-get install php4-mysql" but got the following error message... --- Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situ

packages: apache, gd, mysql...

2006-04-15 Thread BTP
Hello, Currently I have apache2 installed on my debian as per the default installation, thus it shows up as installed in the list of packages according to "dpkg -l", but I am unsure about all this output: (descriptions omitted for clarity) ii apache-common 1.3.33-8 ii apac

iptables at boot

2006-04-01 Thread BTP
Hi, I was wondering if someone would be able to give me the correct way of disabling all network activity (iptables commands/script) during the boot process so that my network is inoperable during bootup until I activate it manually. I'm unsure in which startup script I would place this on debian

firewall init prior network init

2006-03-17 Thread BTP
Hello, I'm trying to set up a firewall using iptables, and i ran across some documentation which recommends disabling the network altogether during boot time until our firewall script is loaded. Some of this implementation's commands included: Block ICMP redirects for CONF in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/

Re: network logs: trace strange address

2006-02-05 Thread BTP
Router DHCP clients list shows only the two correct computers, but it is configured for a maximum of 50 such clients. The thing I'm worried about, is that if someone has already compromised my debian system, they would have access to my router login information as well when I went to administer it

network logs: trace strange address

2006-02-05 Thread BTP
Hi All, I have encountered something different in my /var/log/snort/alert logs, and I am curious where on my system I can find further traces of this strange activity. First off, I noticed entries such as the following when I did a grep in my snort alert logs: ... 02/03-21:43:16.160972 192.168.1.

network logs: trace strange address

2006-02-05 Thread BTP
Hi All, I have encountered something different in my /var/log/snort/alert logs, and I am curious where on my system I can find further traces of this strange activity. First off, I noticed entries such as the following when I did a grep in my snort alert logs: ... 02/03-21:43:16.160972 192.168.1.

Re: Is my system compromised

2006-02-04 Thread BTP
I did as you mention by booting from a knoppix cd and try to check the hard drive partitions with chkrootkit. Chkrootkit however did not run in the same typical manner as it does when I invoke it from my Debian console: it complained about not being able to do everything it's supposed to, I can't

empty root history file

2006-02-01 Thread BTP
Hello, I have logged in today to discover my root history file to be nicely empty. However my main user 'bart' .bash_history file still contains all the previous commands.. I know I didn't delete this myself, is there any debian management process that archives the history contents? Or should I s

Re: strange disk access

2006-01-31 Thread BTP
ian kernel upgrading etc would be appreciated. Thanks for the replies BartOn 1/31/06, Andreas Rippl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 05:22:55PM -0400, BTP wrote:> Hello, I hope maybe one of you can point me in the right direction to do my> research here...>> on my

strange disk access

2006-01-30 Thread BTP
Hello, I hope maybe one of you can point me in the right direction to do my research here... on my debian system (on my laptop) for the first time and for no reason my disk accesses started going crazy and really bogging down the system for about half a minute. I couldn't even open a terminal wind

Re: error in script

2006-01-25 Thread BTP
Check out http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ a bash scripting guide that should answer all your questions and show you plenty of examples. You also might want to look up the "find" command in the man pages that might be better suited for your task. On 1/25/06, Jon Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

gxine package removal

2006-01-24 Thread BTP
Hello, I have been running mostly stable versions of software on my Debian system, and when I decided to do an     apt-get install gxine I had to upgrade mozilla and install some other packages. (apt-get output is included below.) My question is, if I want to undo what I have done, what would be

Re: rpc.statd paranoia

2006-01-18 Thread BTP
dependencies when I tested to remove the portmap package. I did not remove the gnome package or fam, just out of the init scripts. From what you mentioned I imagine we should blame the fam. Interesting... thanks. Bart On 1/18/06, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BTP wrote:> Sorry, I don't k

Re: rpc.statd paranoia

2006-01-18 Thread BTP
that in the x-files section. :/On 1/18/06, Greg Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:41:02PM -0400, BTP wrote:> apt-get --purge remove portmap reported a required removal of GNOME> which I did not want, so I instead used the "update-rc.d portma

Re: rpc.statd paranoia

2006-01-18 Thread BTP
On 1/18/06, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: If you are paranoid, you should also install/activate a firewall... Yes, I am looking into firewall software. Although, I am behind a linksys little router I bought from future-shop, but I think it might have been tampered with it if they

Re: rpc.statd paranoia

2006-01-18 Thread BTP
My solution was "apt-get --purge remove portmap"... apt will let youknow if you have any packages installed which actually require it. apt-get --purge remove portmap reported a required removal of GNOME which I did not want, so I instead used the "update-rc.d portmap remove" alternative. However

rpc.statd paranoia

2006-01-18 Thread BTP
Hi All, This is my first time posting to the list as I am a beginning my journey into the realm of Linux. One of the first things I'd like to establish is the security of my system. nmap revealed the following: 779/tcp  open  unknown 789/tcp  open  unknown and I think I tracked it down correct