tar.gz and dpkg/apt

Hello ! How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed (postfix2531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime I install or remove something it tells me that the services which depends on an MTA won't work. And another question. Where can I find docs about buildi

Re: [ILUG] mere samba&access horror

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Kent West wrote: > I had a similar problem when trying to keep an ACT!2000 database > (Access-based, I think) on a Samba server. Whenever one user would > access the database, some of the files would revert to his ownership, > locking out other users. The solution was to modif

mere samba&access horror

Hi ! Thanks the responses to everyone who helped me to solve the mapping problem. But this Access stuff sucks ! I'm going mad. When I want to access the databases stored on the server frm more then one client it rejects to map the drive and the access program gives me the "Runtime error" message.

samba problems (rather Access programmers)

Hello ! I have a friend who wants to get rid of NT and change to linux+Samba but we have "minor" problems. The first is : the stupid Access programers coded the path into code statically. So the program search the dbm files at \\SERVER\\ACCDOC and more he has to "map" the "network drive" under E: