[OT] [Debian-User] Best choice hardware?

2004-10-07 Thread Didar Hussain
Hello all, I'm planning to buy a new box. I'm wondering what kind of hardware I should be going in for? I'm wondering whether I should go for AMD64 or P4 w/ HT. I've decide to go with 1 GB RAM. Also, I'm wondering about the mainboard (motherboard). I would like to have decent hardware support lik

Re: Unidentified subject!

2004-08-15 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:02:19PM +0530, gopalakrishnan wrote: > I have intel D845GVSRL board and 2.4 GHZ processor. I installed Debian > linux 3.0 (Woody), during installation it is > not detected the onboard network card (intel 10/100 chipset) and also not > supporting GUI , all in xdm,Gdm,an

Re: [Debian-user] Woody to Sarge?

2004-08-13 Thread Didar Hussain
Thanks to all the people who responded. But, I'm still undecided whether "dist-upgrade"ing is really safe! I'm a recent RedHat refugee, so never have tried Debian upgrade. The servers in question are production systems of corporate clients of mine. I guess I will have to have a go at it myself.

Re: problem to connect by ssh in graphic mode session

2004-08-13 Thread Didar Hussain
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:03:53PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How i take control to my server with ssh in graphic mode, what command i > need to use? > my computer and my server used debian You need VNC and not just SSH to control in graphics mode. Do apt-cache search VNC HTH, Didar

[Debian-user] Woody to Sarge?

2004-08-11 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi all, I've got a couple of servers running Woody. Now, when Sarge comes along in a few weeks, how do I upgrade? Also, how long should I wait after Sarge goes Gold. Should I just s/woody/sarge/g and do apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Or would a fresh install from a netins

[Debian-user] Re: FOSS

2004-08-11 Thread Didar Hussain
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:16:55PM -0500, Mohammad Shadi wrote: > which the software Redhat + Debian + SuSE + SlackWare + Mandrake is the best > software linux? These are all distributions of a Linux kernel with other software. > which the software Redhat + Debian + SuSE + SlackWare + Mandrake t

[Debian-user] Re: smbauth problems with Windows 2003 Server

2004-08-08 Thread Didar Hussain
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:43:16AM -0500, Nathan Kroll wrote: > > We have a script on our webmail that allows users to change their > > email/nt passwords. We used to be using NT 4/5 and just recently > > upgraded our PDC to Windows server 2003. Since then, smbauth doesn't > > work. When run on

Re: Easy (hopefully) apt-get question

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:41:11PM -0400, Tony Uceda Velez wrote: > Greetings - > When I do a apt-get upgrade (after doing an apt-get update), I see that the > only libs/ files/ etc that are updated are some utils and libraries for > mutt. Is there a default file/ conf file that I need to alter t

Re: SSHd Problem

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 10:14:01AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nothing there as well. > > I have also configured the sshd_config file so that the sshd binds to > *.22 local port when I see it with netstat. The foreign host in netstat > is *.*, incase some one among you wonders. The crazy m

Rextricting users

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 10:14:01AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nothing there as well. > > I have also configured the sshd_config file so that the sshd binds to > *.22 local port when I see it with netstat. The foreign host in netstat > is *.*, incase some one among you wonders. The crazy m

Re: how to manage services ?

2004-08-04 Thread Didar Hussain
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:02:07AM +0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to debina. I have certain services running like lpd rpc etc. In RedHat > there is a command chkconfig with which i can start/ top services for certain run > levels or completely stop it from running. Like othe

Re: Resize partitions urgent help

2004-08-03 Thread Didar Hussain
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:45:01PM +, Vijaya S wrote: > thanks a lot , > But my main problem is i havent used parted anytime > And moreover /debian is important i will take a backup of it how do i use parted > to do that? Try nParted, "apt-cache show nparted" says: nParted is a newt-based f

Re: Resize partitions urgent help

2004-08-03 Thread Didar Hussain
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:44:48AM +, Vijaya S wrote: > Vijaya S wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I have a server with the following structure. > > > > # df -hT > > FilesystemTypeSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda2 unknown8.3G 399M 7.5G 5% / > > tmpfstmpfs252M

Re: iptables rule for sshd

2004-08-02 Thread Didar Hussain
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 09:10:39AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dah.. :-) thanks for the help. You guys are life savers. > > So now I am able to ssh from the local machine. Thanks to all you folks. You are welcome :) > However, when I try to connect from the Internet using ssh, it just > d

Re: iptables rule for sshd

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:29:52PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -sport ssh -j ACCEPT > Try: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT Didar -- BOFH excuse #299: The data on your hard drive is out of balance. Random signature generated

Re: How to save the iptables rules for booting?

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 05:40:57PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But that would be just like running /etc/init.d/iptables. But what we > need is running the command '/etc/init.d/iptables start'. > > I tried to make a link with the start parameter like > > >ln -s /etc/init.d/iptables '/etc/r

Re: Debianised Firewall

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 05:51:13PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That works that's what I was looking for. > > But I still didn't get the working. dpkg-reconfigure iptables just make > the symbolic links to /etc/init.d/iptables. Where does is say to start > it. I mean calling /etc/init.d/i

Re: Debianised Firewall

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 02:31:21PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > John Summerfield wrote: > > Sam Halliday wrote: > > >cheers... but i do not need a way to generate rules; i already know how > > >to do that. i just want to know if there is a standardised debian way of > > >loading up a firewall on st

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2004-07-23 Thread Didar Hussain
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[Debian-User] Security Hole!??

2004-07-17 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, I just discovered that the permissions on /root and /home are "+rx" to "world". Any user can `cd' and `ls' to /root and /home/!!! Its NOT right! I'm using Stable. Should I complain to the security team? Didar -- "Love may fail, but courtesy will previal." -- A Kurt Vonnegut fan

[Debian-User] Thanks Sturla

2004-07-16 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, Thanks Sturla for clearing my doubt about the kernel-image update. Didar -- Alcohol is like love: the first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you just take the girl's clothes off. -- Raymond Chandler Random signatur

[Debian-User] NTP problem

2004-07-15 Thread Didar Hussain
g udp port 123. What, I want to know is, does ntp.debian.org have another port open that will redirect to 123. I will have to use iptables NAT table to change the destination port, wonder if it is possible! If anyone can suggest alternatives as well, it will do. Thank you, Didar Hussai

How do Kernel updates work on Woody?

2004-07-14 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, I'm a new Debian user. I want to know how do kernel updates happen? Let me explain: I've installed "Woody" on my PC. The kernel is the default 2.4.18-bf2.4 There have been certain recent kernel vulnerabilities. I'm sure these got patched. Then why is that when I do a `apt-get upgrade' I do