Re: /var/log/messages not world-readable anymore?

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Will Lowe: > > Well, here's an example of where it could be: > > > > I use diald to dial up an ISP account. Diald calls chat to > > execute a login-and-start-ppp script. Chat writes all of it's > > / pairs to /var/log/messages. So anyone who can rea

Re: How to find out if sendmail has queued mail to forward.

The command "mailq" should be on your system. It essentially runs "sendmail -bp" which prints the queue. You may wish to use "mailq | head" or "mailq | less" depending on the size of the current queue. Hint: read up on sendmail timeouts and how to move mail to a separate queue. I had to test m

Re: Why is pine so slow?

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=background > > > > becomes > > > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=deferred > > Hmm, this one might be the answer for me. > > The thing about reverse dns lookups certainly rings a bell here, be

Re: Why is pine so slow?

Ah, the wonders of sendmail. In the out-of-the-box configuration of sendmail, it passes mail along in "background" mode. One might think that this means it does everything in the background. Not so, for a few small details. Sendmail in background mode checks the validity of the destination add

Re: /etc/securetty problem

On Sat, 21 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've done that a hundred times you [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It doesn't work > I'm still on the damned list. For those who wish to know, "Sean.Seaman" did contact "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" once to request unsubscription. There are no "sean"s from anywhere with

Re: Big Bad Bug - adduser truncating files from /etc/skel.

I reported this a few weeks ago. Adduser v3.3 should fix this, and should be forthcoming from Guy Maor. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape bug: Newbies using root

It's also important not to use Netscape as root (or other mail tools as root) when sending mail to the Debian mailing lists. I get lots of posts that don't go through, because the sender is root or another system user that Smartlist recognizes. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. C

Re: striping, etc.

On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > They will go on a machine with 3 200m ide drives, which will be a > > > poor-man's > > > server. My current thinking is to mount / on the first controller, and > > > use the other pair as /usr on the second interface. /usr will be NFS > > > export