Re: cron jobs + (some?) output

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
Maurits van Rees wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:12:31PM -0500, Ben Russo wrote: 3 4 * * * rm -f /var/log/mplayer.log; mv /var/log/mplayer.log /var/log/mplayer.log.yesterday; mplayer -command -options blah blah > /var/log/mplayer.log 2>&1 This command will create a new log every day

Re: Command line network monitoring tool

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
p wrote: i just tried to install "nagios-common" and it removed a lot of my good programs--gimp, xine, mplayer that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. (i'm still trying to access the totality of what it removed.) from what's left, i may have to rebuild the box. (mplayer won't even

Re: cron jobs + (some?) output

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ... I run mplayer from a script in the early morning as a cron job. My problem (small one) was that since there is no shell, where is the output? Gues what: it gets sent to root! Yes, output from cron processes is sent via e-mail to the owner of the process using local mai

Re: Iptables the "Debian" way?

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
Ben Russo wrote: I am used to using RedHat, whereby I make sure I have the iptables package installed and I can use "chkconfig" to see if iptables has system-V runtime setup to be on or off, and the iptables-save data goes into /etc/sysconfig/iptables for reload on reboot (or chan

Iptables the "Debian" way?

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
I am used to using RedHat, whereby I make sure I have the iptables package installed and I can use "chkconfig" to see if iptables has system-V runtime setup to be on or off, and the iptables-save data goes into /etc/sysconfig/iptables for reload on reboot (or change of SysV init level). What i

Re: ftp servers out the wazoo

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Russo
Andrew Schulman wrote: There is a ridiculous oversupply of ftp servers in Debian: I want something simple, for anonymous access. I was going to use oftpd, which is an anonymous-only server; but it doesn't allow uploads. I like vsftpd It's config file mihgt look like: # lot's of comments

Re: BIG filesystems, Big Files, Transparent Compression?

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Russo
Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (see below for long story background ) The last time I created a large HW RAID5 volume (1.6 TB) the kernel was unable to see all of it... If I create several smaller block devices (lik

BIG filesystems, Big Files, Transparent Compression?

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Russo
(see below for long story background ) The last time I created a large HW RAID5 volume (1.6 TB) the kernel was unable to see all of it... If I create several smaller block devices (like 400GB each) can LVM bind them together into a larger single filesystem? ( I am aiming for 4-6 TB ) Is there

Re: help

2004-07-06 Thread Ben Russo
Sanjay Kaushal wrote: can you tell me how to use the command line arguement with c program?? http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/node12.html#SECTION00122 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: syslog

2004-06-30 Thread Ben Russo
Matthew Joyce wrote: I have been asked by a 3rd party (who managed some comms equipment for us) if we have a syslog server. If so, they say they can direct some logs to it. ... We have some Debian boxes, don’t they all have syslog running ? How does it work ? man syslogd And if you go to google an

Re: USB mouse with kernel 2.4.26

2004-06-30 Thread Ben Russo
Nori Heikkinen wrote: and, last but not least, the relevant (grepping `lsmod` for "usb" and "mouse") modules in my kernel are: i feel like i'm missing a module in here. i've also got evdev in there, for what that's worth FWIW, I don't know if I will make it even more confusing or not...

Re: Bandwidth monitor perip

2004-06-30 Thread Ben Russo
Vijaya S wrote: hi , Can anyone suggest a good Bandwidth monitor tool "PER IP" basis for a network hainv gboth Windows and Linux mahcines. If are on a hubbed network, you can get a trunk port, or you just want to track the routed bandwidth, then ntop would work well. On the other hand, if you can

Is it safe to use disk with many bad blocks?

2004-06-26 Thread Ben Russo
I have an 80GB hard disk. badblocks shows that it has about 78M blocks. The first 50 million or so can be checked (write patterns) for many days with no problems. Beyond that I start to get errors. Does anyone have any experience with creating a partition in the "good" part of the disk and just ign

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Russo
Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and software to view them, or better still edit trhem? http://

Re: Is there a way to determine

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Russo
Douglas Phillipson wrote: Sorry for the newbie question. I'm new to the Debian package management system. Is there a way to determine what packages are available from If you have X-windows installed... run: apt-get install synaptic; synaptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mouse problem with testing

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Russo
Jon Schneider wrote: I have a problem with a USB Genius KYE wheelemouse running on testing beta4 i386. Basically it just moves up and down. I had that same problem last night. IN /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Find the line that says: Option "Protocol" "" Try using a different protocol and then r

Re: Good Linux backup program

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Russo
Andrew Ingram wrote: Hi! Just wanting to know if anyone on here has any recommendations for backup programs for my Debian box. I'm looking for a program with a nice, easy to use gui, which can do automated backups of parts of the filesystem and then store the backup on a smb mount. I'd like somethi

Re: Secure VNC from Windows?

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
David Fokkema wrote: On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 02:22:19AM +0800, Alexander Nordström wrote: On Monday, 21 Jun 2004 00:33, David Fokkema wrote: Is there some sort of secure vnc available with a client running on windows? Of course, on decent systems, ssh -X is the way to go. The http://www.han-soft.c

Re: Global Env Variables

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
John Patterson wrote: Hi every body, I am trying to set the LANG environment variable so that when init launches my Tomcat server my web app uses the correct currency symbols. I first tried putting it in /etc/profile until I discovered that it is only sourced by login shells. So then I tried /roo

Re: no hard disk drives detected ?!?

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install Debian 3.0r2 on a Dell PowerEdge 1750 with a SCSI HDD (IBM/HITACHI 73GB U320). I get the message "No hard disk drives were detected. You either need to load special drivers ..." What should I do? Sorry if this is a dumb question - I'm a newbie. Go t

Re: OT: Debian/Linux Stickers

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
Chris Metcalf wrote: I agree. If you look hard enough you can usually find Tux stickers on eBay, so maybe I'll focus more on the metallic "Powered by..." stickers. I've got a few graphic designer friends I could probably convince into designing something for me. Can we get votes on what the "Powerd

Re: How does one get ssh to not wait?

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
Rob Sims wrote: On Saturday 12 June 2004 07:22 pm, Dan Jacobson wrote: How does one get ssh to not wait? ssh somewhere < sh -c "sleep 333 && rm -f file" & -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Evolution Attachments icons problems

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
Mariano Wahlmann wrote: After an apt-get upgrade my evolution stop working, because a libsoup upgrade who make evolution crash every start, after i fix that (downloading libsoup from ximian and linking), i start evolution and find that attachments icons are not being show, and if a open new mail wi

Re: Migrating to Debian: questions

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Russo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I am new to Debian but I have been using Linux since 1995. I enjoy the idea of Debian that offers total independence so I am willing very much to learn it well. I have installed 3.0R2. It installed kernel 2.2 instead of 2.4. Now, how can I use apt to have the 2

Re: Firewall Recommendations

2004-03-22 Thread Ben Russo
Hi, We are thinking about replacing our current small office firewall with something more substantial and reliable. What are the current debian/iptables based favourites? I'd like to get a good idea of where to start reading. All suggestions welcome. bill > Harland Christofferson wrote: > i use th

Re: supported nics

2004-03-21 Thread Ben Russo
James LeClair wrote: hey all. what network cards are recomended for using with woody ( or sarge for that matter )? i have a couple that work right now and am about to set up a few new boxes and was wondering what the least botherome nics are. thanks these "just work" out of the box:

Re: supported nics

2004-03-21 Thread Ben Russo
James LeClair wrote: hey all. what network cards are recomended for using with woody ( or sarge for that matter )? i have a couple that work right now and am about to set up a few new boxes and was wondering what the least botherome nics are. thanks these "just work" out of the box:

Re: X upgrade, Wheel mouse stopped working -fixed

2004-02-23 Thread Ben Russo
Graham Campbell wrote: On Friday 20 February 2004 09:40 pm, Erik Steffl wrote: Graham Campbell wrote: On Friday 20 February 2004 08:14 pm, Erik Steffl wrote: Graham Campbell wrote: I just applied the latest X upgrades to Woody. My wheel mouse stopped scrolling (rest works ok). Here is the relev