Re: Moving web server to new IP

2006-07-26 Thread Craig Sanders
that rather than the actual TCP source address. can't remember what it's called. it's not something that's very important, though, esp. if it's only going to be for a week or so). alternatively, put a second network card in the web server and connect it to both networks (if

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-21 Thread Craig Sanders
om external sources, but not a good idea to block from your own users). reject other dyn/dialups - they should use their own ISP or mail server. in postfix, you do that by putting the "permit_mynetworks" rule *before* the "reject_rbl_client " rule. craig -- craig sand

Re: Securing bind..

2002-01-02 Thread Craig Sanders
a good systems administrator, i do, actually. i'm only a mediocre programmer, but i'm a damn good systems admin - which requires a completely different set of skills and aptitudes than programming. i've only met a few people who are as good as me at systems admin stuff, and even fewer who are better. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: Securing bind..

2002-01-02 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:23:01PM +0200, George Karaolides wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Craig Sanders wrote: > > someday soon, someone's going to take the good ideas from djbdns, > > combine it with the good stuff from bind (including backwards > > compatibility w

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-31 Thread Craig Sanders
/trove_list.php?form_cat=149&discrim=238 moodns & CustomDNS are two that i hadn't heard of before. moodns sounds a bit like what DENTS was going to be. CustomDNS is in java so i can't bring myself to take it seriously. La MaraDNS i looked at about a year ago and it has an even dumber zonefile format than djbdns (if that's possible). craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-30 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:34:32PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 07:31:30PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > ``By combining all these tools, you can finally approach the > > > functionality of

Re: Securing bind..

2001-12-30 Thread Craig Sanders
e. big deal. bind can do rsync zone transfers merely by writing a wrapper script for named-xfer. i've done it. it works. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: System Time Problems.

2001-11-27 Thread Craig Sanders
hen setting the system clock to UTC *IS* the simplest and best solution. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: vim 6.0 packages

2001-09-29 Thread Craig Sanders
hen run vi again and remember "doh! gotta purge nvi too". now i just habitually purge nvi when i install vim. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: vim 6.0 packages

2001-09-29 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:01:44AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 03:29:39PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Not needed, I'll settle for Essential: yes :) > > good idea :) > > I don&#x

Re: vim 6.0 packages

2001-09-28 Thread Craig Sanders
27;m in nvi rather than vim. yuk! 'dpkg --purge nvi' fixes that but it shouldn't be necessary. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-08 Thread Craig Sanders
main. i also recommend buying a copy of _DNS & Bind_ (pub. by O'Reilly) and reading it from cover to cover before working on DNS stuff. DNS isn't difficult, but it is easy to make small mistakes that have huge consequences. e.g. mis-using CNAME records as above is a very comm

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-07 Thread Craig Sanders
I fix the problem of dhcp-dns not updating bind? no idea. the log extracts you sent didn't show any problem...they only showed your w2k client being denied access. > Is it related to the win2K "feature??" completely unrelated. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-07 Thread Craig Sanders
only had to list the dhcp server(192.168.100.20) in > the allow-update field? correct. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2001-09-07 Thread Craig Sanders
.arpa" update requests are coming from 192.168.100.100 > == > /ETC/BIND/NAMED.CONF > == > acl dyn-update { > 127.0.0.1; > 192.168.100.20; > }; 192.168.100.100 isn't listed

Re: exploring debian's users and groups

2001-08-07 Thread Craig Sanders
programs that are executed from a CGI script (after appropriate taint checking etc). TMTOWTDI - the sudo group isn't strictly needed for this, you can also use the NOPASSWD keyword in /etc/sudoers. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: damn. so much for MAPS

2001-07-13 Thread Craig Sanders
p://relays.osirusoft.com/ - the guy running it is attempting to get the various dnsrbl services to co-ordinate and co-operate. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Re: RFC: Removing SVGA support from Ghostscript packages

2001-04-08 Thread Craig Sanders
ontaining only the gs binary compiled with svga support? that way those who need it can have it, and those who don't can have one less setuid root program on their system. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG Key: 1024D/CD5626F0 Key fingerprint: 9674 7EE2 4AC6 F5EF 3C57 52C3 EC32 6810 CD56 26F0

Re: Serial ports - how to get them to coexist peacefully...

2001-02-16 Thread Craig Sanders
one > another when on same IRQ.. anything similar in 2.2.x? AFAIK, that only works for some dumb 1655x-type multiport serial cards - e.g. moxa 4/8 port cards and digiboards. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG Key: 1024D/CD5626F0 Key fingerprint: 9674 7EE2 4AC6 F5

Re: Apache mod_rewrite and Alias ?

2000-09-05 Thread Craig Sanders
rts 404 > so Alias /reports/var/reportshas no effect > > how to enable rewrite and then alias to change document_root path ?¿ is the Alias in the global httpd config, or in a particular vhost config? try putting it in the global config. also try putting it in each vhost'

Re: Apache mod_rewrite

2000-09-04 Thread Craig Sanders
a subdirectory under /var/reports which has exactly the same name as the ServerName keyword in the the ... config. e.g. if you have a virtual host with ServerName www.foo.com then the reports for that host should go in /var/reports/www.foo.com/ craig -- craig sanders

Re: Apache mod_rewrite

2000-09-02 Thread Craig Sanders
quot;www.virtual.com/reports/virtual.com/". the rewrite above should work, but the final line should be: RewriteRule ^www\.([^.]+)(.*)/stats/reports/$1 another way of doing it is to just have a symlink in their document root. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-22 Thread Craig Sanders
U locate if it is not 100% compatible with it. but, as i said, i don't care. i don't have the time or the energy to argue with a release manager whose goal seems to be to find excuses to remove packages from the distribution. IMO, the "stable" should be treated as a fork, anyway. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-21 Thread Craig Sanders
>/dev/null real0m0.407s user0m0.380s sys 0m0.010s $ time dpkg -s dpkg>/dev/null real0m1.517s user0m1.410s sys 0m0.100s craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-21 Thread Craig Sanders
the binary version and, if so, automatically rebuild the binary. nice idea, perhaps...but i don't know how practical it is or whether the time needed to maintain the binary db would more than offset the time saved. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-18 Thread Craig Sanders
lled always included pine and I was > just wondering the reason behind not doing that with Debian. the fact that just about every other distribution is willing to violate the licensing terms for pine is no reason for debian to do the same. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-18 Thread Craig Sanders
you really appreciate debian's sanity. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Mass install / Autoinstall (Was: Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.)

2000-05-18 Thread Craig Sanders
Right now with Red Hat I can take my laptop, slap a floppy in each > machine, turn 'em on, 5 minutes later I have 20 fully configured > machines ready to rock. you can do the same thing with debian...just install the nfs server package on your laptop. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-17 Thread Craig Sanders
; major drawback I've found to Debian. depends if you use stable or unstable. if you use stable, then many packages will be old versions. if you use unstable, then most packages will be the latest up-to-date versions. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-17 Thread Craig Sanders
a machine in the first place. the only significant difference is that you're installing your own tar.gz system image rather than the standard base.tar.gz. automating debian installs is pretty easy - IF you have a good understanding of how debian works. craig -- craig sanders

Re: ITP: TIP

1999-12-29 Thread Craig Sanders
about the name change. Should there be any problem for an > initial tip package release, and after change the name? i suggest a name change to Tipo - Tip Isn't Pico, Oh! binary could be /usr/bin/tipo craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Squid (suddenly) does not resolv local hostnames

1999-10-13 Thread Craig Sanders
names without any dots in # them. append_domain must begin with a period. # #append_domain .yourdomain.com craig -- craig sanders

Re: dhcp-dns problems

1999-09-29 Thread Craig Sanders
aig (package maintainer for dhcp-dns) -- craig sanders

Re: DHCP and DNS

1999-07-15 Thread Craig Sanders
est of them. it's GPL-ed, so i might package it. craig -- craig sanders

Re: setting up a news server

1999-05-24 Thread Craig Sanders
- to mark a newsgroup as "always interesting", i just add it to the file /var/spool/news/always.interesting. leafnode still fetches it even when i don't read any news for a few days or a few weeks. craig -- craig sanders

intent to orphan: spamdb

1999-05-21 Thread Craig Sanders
e cron-job downloads of SpamDomains and Spammers and SpamNets from my home web server makes my internet connection very slow for most of every Sunday) comments?? craig -- craig sanders

dbackup (was: Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...)

1999-03-18 Thread Craig Sanders
nobody else is interested, i may adopt this package myself. i think it's a shame that it vanished from debian. but i probably don't have time. btw, simply backing up a system's conffiles can be done by feeding the output of 'cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles' into tar/cpio/afio etc. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
i'm willing to test it but not if my machine is going to be die) craig -- craig sanders

Re: Debian goes big business?

1999-01-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:38:54AM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 20:26:12 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > i mostly agree but wouldn't put it anywhere near that strongly. > > I would. Ben's phrasing strongly reminds me of Robert A. Heinlein; >

Re: Debian goes big business?

1999-01-22 Thread Craig Sanders
ly. users are not developers, but they might be one day. one of the good things about debian is that users who are willing to put in some work CAN join up as developers. i started that way a few years ago, and i'll bet that most debian developers did too. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Adding users from a list or database?

1998-12-21 Thread Craig Sanders
gin, $passwd, $realname) = split /:/ ; print SHELL "$useradd -s '$shell' -m $login\n" ; $users{$login} = $passwd ; } ; print SHELL "\n\n\n$chpasswd <<__EOF__\n" ; foreach (keys %users) { print SHELL "$_:$users{$_}\n" ; } print SHELL "__EOF__\n" ; close(SHELL) ; ---cut here---make-users.pl---cut here--- craig -- craig sanders

Re: how can i find out a netbios name from an IP address.

1998-12-15 Thread Craig Sanders
est stuff. $ dpkg -l egcc g++ libstdc++2.9 ||/ NameVersionDescription +++-===-==- ii egcc2.91.60-1 The GNU (egcs) C compiler. ii g++ 2.91.60-1 The GNU (egcs) C++ compiler. ii libstdc++2.9

how can i find out a netbios name from an IP address.

1998-12-15 Thread Craig Sanders
ommand line tools which would be useful to a unix geek would be very much appreciated. thanks, craig -- craig sanders

Re: login time limits in slink???

1998-10-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On 15 Oct 1998, Paul Crowley wrote: > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > > time limits on serial lines? > > I don't have this problem, and I haven't installed idled

login time limits in slink???

1998-10-14 Thread Craig Sanders
ant time limits. craig -- craig sanders

Re: HELP! Seriously messed up bo -> hamm

1998-09-21 Thread Craig Sanders
read on: it looks like your system is only partially upgraded from libc5 to libc6. try removing libg++27-dev and libgdbm1-dev with "dpkg -r". then you should be able to install wget, either install it with dpkg or with apt ("apt-get install wget"). if that works, you should now be able to do a dselect upgrade. craig -- craig sanders

Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]

1998-08-27 Thread Craig Sanders
available from the usual sites, including http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ and http://taz.net.au/autoup/ and various mirror sites. changelogs from 0.29-0.32: v0.29: 1998-08-15 (Craig Sanders) - changed all directory references from 'frozen' to 'stable' - fixed PKGS_NET problem (should ha

Re: Lan Tcp/ip Question

1998-07-23 Thread Craig Sanders
t not each other. check that you don't have an irq conflict with the ethernet card. i've had enough irq conflicts with network cards for that to be the first thing i check when i get a system which can send but not receive packets. craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

autoup.sh v0.28 released

1998-07-23 Thread Craig Sanders
v0.28: 1998-07-23 (Craig Sanders) - libstdc++2.8 has moved from libs/ to base/ - libnet-perl has moved from interpreters/ to base/ as usual, it is available from http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ (primary site) ftp://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ and http://taz.net.au

Re: autoup.sh fails when upgrading bo -> hamm

1998-07-23 Thread Craig Sanders
on, check http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup or http://taz.net.au/autoup/ the vicnet site is preferred - and also contains a .tar.gz file containing all the files which autoup.sh needs. debian.vicnet.net.au is my workstation at work, and has a much better net connection than the taz site (which

RE: Firewallsetup

1998-07-11 Thread Craig Sanders
27;s a good summary/intro to IP networks. and another: http://www.internetnorth.com.au/keith/networking/subnet1.html a set of tables which can be very useful for subnetting. you can find more by going to altavista or somewhere and searching for "CIDR and subnet". craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Debian 2.0. Bind 8 works but causes dials for local domain names

1998-07-11 Thread Craig Sanders
uot; in the definition for zone 'local': > zone "local" { > type master; > file "local"; > }; > }; it could be confusing bind. craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: unsubscribe "helper line"

1998-07-10 Thread Craig Sanders
echo unsubscribe | /usr/sbin/sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?)

1998-07-09 Thread Craig Sanders
main. most free software isn't public domain. the term "public domain" has a very specific meaning - i.e. that the work has no copyright. a very small percentage of free software is actually public domain, while most Free Software is copyright with a license (e.g. GPL, BSD, Artistic lic

Re: tail and grep

1998-07-09 Thread Craig Sanders
e dynamic.IP file. > > That makes good sense. I never thought about doing it that way (and don't > have the foggiest idea how. > > Craig Sanders sent me what looks like some good advice but I haven't > figured out how to implement it. I will take a moment to figure i

RE: Firewallsetup

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
rams are available as debian packages. read the documentation for all of them to see which best suits your needs. they are all in hamm. i think only redir was available for bo. (i haven't used any of them, i only know of their existence...not the details of how to configure them)

RE: Firewallsetup

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
ld apply firewall rules to filter out undesirable connections. it would simplify things even further if you could replace the cisco with an ISDN card for your linux box. that's assuming your internet connection is ISDN, of course. if it's some other connection type it may be worth your while finding out whether linux supports it. craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Firewallsetup

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
st from the > subnet to the local net then traffic I forwarded out but not back > to the host on the local net. My ipfw config is set to accept all > traffic. yes, that sounds consistent with messing up the subnetting. it's not an ipfwadm or a routing problem, you have subnetted your IP space incorrectly. craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Fw: Problem setting interrupt and address on network adaptor for NC2501-3 Accton Lanstation

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
dea what they are like), then you can type "cat /proc/pci" to get a listing of pci cards, and what IRQ they are using. hope this helps. > > I have been getting endless request from our clients to solve this > > problem. > > > > PLEASE;PLEASE;PLEASE

Re: tail and grep

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
12.34.56.78 #$5 Peer IP number12.34.56.99 there's also a 6th argument for recent (hamm only, i believe) versions of pppd. i have no idea what it's for. #$6 Optional ``ipparam'' valuefoo craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Hard lock-up crashes, need some clues!

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
d it take down my X session a few times and occasionally (rarely) lock up the whole machine. what do you expect from commercial/closed-source software? :-( unfortunately, netscape is much better than any alternative - too bad it's so badly written. craig -- craig sanders -- Unsubscribe?

Re: Debian Package Manager "Worthless Junk"???

1998-07-08 Thread Craig Sanders
any major problems. you certainly would have had a better, more stable glibc system than if you had tried RH5. what did debian risk by taking the time to do it right? not a lot. a few impatient users may have chosen to install RH5 rather than wait for hamm or trial the pre-release version from

Re: Please help with IP Aliasing

1998-07-02 Thread Craig Sanders
crease this limit by modifying the kernel sources. or start using 2.1 series kernels. alternatively, stick another ethernet card in the machine and start using eth1:0 - eth1:255 aliases.the limit is per interface. if you've got more than 255 virtual hosts then you probably want another

ppp over ssh?

1998-06-27 Thread Craig Sanders
ng to do this? any ideas/clues would be appreciated. thanks, craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 1.3.0 to hamm

1998-06-22 Thread Craig Sanders
or I can go directly to hamm? you don't need to upgrade to 1.3.1 first. you can upgrade from 1.3.0 directly to hamm using autoup.sh or by following the howto. autoup.sh does everything that's in the howto (and more...it's more up-to-date) and is a lot easier :-) craig -- craig sa

Re: AFIO usage...

1998-06-22 Thread Craig Sanders
stigate the afbackup package. it can do full and incremental backups - it's a complete backup system, whereas this script is just a quick-and-dirty hack to get the job done. ---cut here--- /usr/local/bin/afio.backup --- cut here--- #! /bin/sh # by Craig Sanders. This script is hereby place

Re: Hamm Release?

1998-06-19 Thread Craig Sanders
Unit Price Qty Item Total > > > > L000-039 Official Debian Rele $3.95 1 $3.95 > ase 2.0 > Weight (lbs.): 0.05 > ---------

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread Craig Sanders
mentioned yesterday, i have used this method to successfully (and painlessly) upgrade dozens of systems to hamm. it works. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
n't think a buzz upgrade has been tested since then (not many people are still running 1.1) craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
actice that will only be necessary if your hardware fails. invest in a tape backup system and a UPS. in other words, empirical evidence supports the assertion that "There is no need for a re-install" craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: key repeat in X

1998-06-11 Thread Craig Sanders
looked at it before, now that i know it's there it's easy to see. selective blindness...too much haste :-( craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

key repeat in X

1998-06-10 Thread Craig Sanders
epeat if i hold them down...very irritating. interestingly, if i switch to a text VC and login then they repeat...but when i switch back to X they don'tso there must be some X setting to turn it on/off. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Accessing html forms...

1998-06-02 Thread Craig Sanders
ss) { print $res->content; } else { print "Bad luck this time\n"; } The $ua is created once when the application starts up. New request objects are normally created for each request sent. BTW, there are several man pages for LWP. Rea

Re: How to build Debian Linux cluster?

1998-06-01 Thread Craig Sanders
to all machines and execute it: #! /bin/bash # list of hosts to execute script on hosts='host1 host2 host3 host4 .' for i in $hosts ; do scp fix-stuff.sh $i:/tmp ssh $i "/tmp/fix-stuff.sh foo bar" done these samples could easily be

autoup.sh 0.27 released

1998-05-29 Thread Craig Sanders
available from the usual sites: http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ ftp://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ and http://taz.net.au/autoup/ remember that the vicnet site has the tarball and other stuff. The taz site doesn't. changelog: v0.26: 1998-05-29 (Craig Sa

MPPP with isdnutils

1998-05-27 Thread Craig Sanders
nel source) are incomprehensible. they don't make any sense at all to me. I'd like to get a 2nd channel going. has anyone had any luck with MPPP on debian? btw, i'm running kernel 2.1.103, isdnutils 1:2.1.beta1-21, and have a NetJet ISDN card (Hisax type=20), and the latest 'u

Re: Debian 2.0 FAQ

1998-05-24 Thread Craig Sanders
upgrading better than reinstalling? yes. that's one of the advantages of debian :-)you never have to reformat and reinstall ever again (barring hard disk failure, of course) craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: How can I make this done? Orig:Re: where's the 'man'?

1998-05-24 Thread Craig Sanders
tting ppp running. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV

1998-05-24 Thread Craig Sanders
f cpio. The while time I have used tgz. if you don't even know about these programs, then what makes you qualified to comment on then? having opinions is finebut please try to make them *INFORMED* opinions before spreading them around to others. Quite often, this is as simple as just reading and listening and learning something before opening your mouth - i.e. learn-by-lurking. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the storywith 2.0?

1998-05-04 Thread Craig Sanders
hamm disks. i've used my debian 1.3 cd to install the base system, quit out of dselect *before* installing anything, get the box on the network, ftp autoup, run autoup, and then run dselect to install hamm. works for me. YMMV. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the storywith 2.0?

1998-05-04 Thread Craig Sanders
om hamm then you have to do a complete upgrade to hammit's all or nothing. once we get hamm out the door, then we'll be back to where we used to be: upgrading individual packages from 'unstable' will be safe. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade to libc6 script?

1998-04-22 Thread Craig Sanders
http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup or ftp://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: autoup.sh v0.25 released

1998-04-21 Thread Craig Sanders
> I've just released version 0.24 which fixes this (and a few minor problems > too). > > v0.24: 1998-04-21 (Craig Sanders) > - added libstdc++, libslang0.99.34 (libc5), libslang0.99.38 (libc6), >netbase, and netstd to the list of packages to install. > - changed

Re: autoup.sh v0.25 released

1998-04-21 Thread Craig Sanders
they should already have in their local mirror. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

autoup.sh v0.24 released (was Re: autoup.sh bug)

1998-04-20 Thread Craig Sanders
oblem - not installing dpkg > > > which suggests to me that the libstdc++ needs to be added to the list of > things that are installed before dpkg. I've just released version 0.24 which fixes this (and a few minor problems too). v0.24: 1998-04-21 (Craig Sanders) - ad

/etc/hosts and using make for system admin tasks (was Re: Reverse DNS lookup at telnet)

1998-04-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Scott D. Killen wrote: > I run a server with Debian 1.3.1 installed. This machine is set up > as an internet gateway to a 3 bit subnet. Diald is installed for > automatic dialup internet connections. My machine runs a caching > name server that the machines on the subnet us

autoup v0.22 released (finally)

1998-03-26 Thread Craig Sanders
D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) - Robert fixed the ftp stuff, including the PKGS_LIBC5 problem. (rob's version was never released AFAIK, but it's what i based v0.22 on.) v0.22: 1998-03-26 (Craig Sanders) there were still problems with ncftp. probably caused by the fact that

Re: Autoup script is dangerous?

1998-03-25 Thread Craig Sanders
unstable/main dists/unstable/contrib dists/unstable/non-free craig (author of autoup.sh) -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I am leaving Debian

1998-03-20 Thread Craig Sanders
skill they can contribute if they have the time or inclination. -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is this the end of debian?

1998-03-20 Thread Craig Sanders
h. i'll work on debian for free, but i won't do it for $5/hour. any donations received should be used to pay for any debian expenses, and the remainder used to support free other software projects. craig -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: routing daemons for debian

1998-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
rosoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals. why? do you think MS are the only evil technologically-incompetent mega-corporation pushing crappy, inferior product on an unsuspecting populace? the pharmaceuticals industry makes MS look like a mere schoolyard bully. craig -- craig sanders -- E-mai

Re: [off-topic] not only a server, what hardware?

1998-03-05 Thread Craig Sanders
64mb or so, and use IP masquerading on the gateway...you would probably have to run ipmasq anyway. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: [off-topic] not only a server, what hardware?

1998-03-05 Thread Craig Sanders
but I recall something with 100Mbps > or so). PCI NE-2000 clones work well in my experience. they're not the fastest card around, but they're dirt cheap and easy to set up. > Other things (as CD-ROM, Monitor, etc) I do not expect problems > with. Should I? i've had

Re: Modifying Routing Tables on the fly

1998-03-03 Thread Craig Sanders
e of this message is not to give you a magic spell that solves your problem but to illustrate a method which you can use to solve it yourself. play with it and find out.enjoy! craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Modifying Routing Tables on the fly

1998-03-02 Thread Craig Sanders
ou specify a different ip-up for each user ? no, there's one /etc/ppp/ip-up script. you can use if/then/else or case statements (or equivalent if you use another language) to decide what to do. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Modifying Routing Tables on the fly

1998-03-02 Thread Craig Sanders
rface goes down. These files are often shell scripts, but they don't have to bewrite them in perl or C or whatever you like. the debian ppp package comes with a sample script (similar to the example above) which doesn't do anything. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: DEBIAN or REDHAT ?

1998-02-26 Thread Craig Sanders
compiling SSH on my own. sometimes they mention debian, sometimes they don't. ditto for redhat and slackware and other distributions. ditto for other unixes too. quite often, security problems on other unixes or other distributions aren't a problem on debian - either because we already

Re: root access and dselect | ftp

1998-02-26 Thread Craig Sanders
they don't have the permissions required to modify files. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Swap disk size

1998-02-25 Thread Craig Sanders
an to dedicate a drive to swapping. News is something that really benefits from memory... craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian Linux and Non-Free Packages.

1998-02-25 Thread Craig Sanders
;t get that excited about it. Remember, Netscape uses > Motif (and as any other decent Motif product, not only Motif, but some > other add-on *commercial* widgets). which is why porting netscape to gtk is at (or near) the top of the open source netscape wishlist. craig -- craig sanders

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