ct the available networks in minimum time and with only
one attempt.
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two incompatible ways of specifying the key as a text string.
The driver uses one way, some access points use the other way.
Hex is more typing but works everytime.
Also make sure you have a package with dhcp software,
for example dhcp3-client
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full CD, in which case you go for one of the smaller rescue/live CDs.
DSL is 50MB, for example.
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anager for user friendliness.
Don't do the suid thing unless *anybody* logging into your machine
should be able to stop it! This includes logging in
via network or possibly the internet.
It is ok for an unconnected home machine though.
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ationally. You just restart it in such cases, it doesn't happen
often enough to be annoying.
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ght or quality
engineered into the cheapest products. So supporting them
is harder.
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er version
may have a bugfix, a security fix, better performance or new functionality.
This goes for kernels as well as distributions.
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>
After changing printcap, did you restart the print spooler?
(If you don't know how, just reboot.)
I don't think merely changing printcap is enough, the spooler
must re-read the file before the changes take effect.
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essor do indeed have 1MB to play with, but only 640k of
that is RAM. The rest of that address space is reserved for
memory mapped devices such as the cga/vga compatible screen.
The 640k limit applies to all real-mode software, not
msdos only.
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want a real safe machine, make it linux only. No dos
partition, no dos emulator. And set it up so it won't try booting
from the floppy drive. (You can always change that back if you ever
need to boot a floppy.) Such a machine will be immune until a
linux virus is written. And a linu
.list dpkg would not run because of that, so
I moved the offending files away from the directory.
dpkg is now usable, but complains that these files
are missing. Can I restore them in any way,
without reinstalling debian?
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ext2 and the aic7xxx
driver I need for the root file system. All other drivers,
all other filesystems are modules.
Those who don't want modules must make a kernel with less
features, or write a boot loader capable of using
protected mode. This is not trivial.
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y works at home.
There is nothing wrong with the networking or
magicfilter setup, ascii files prints just fine.
Do anybody have any idea about what might be wrong? Or at least
a suggestion to get this working?
I can no longer use lyx at work :-(
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man exim, and files in /usr/doc/exim documents all this, but
it is a lot to read. Basically you instruct exim to rewrite your
username and address to something the remote server will accept.
This is also necessary if you want people to be able to reply to you.
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disconnection script. so the queue is run as soon as the
line goes down. (And a fetchmail in the script that runs when
the connection is made.)
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he driver that work already?
I tried enabling the automounter - that didn't help. Is there
anything else that must (or must not) be configured?
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h
may improve disk performance substantially under heavy load.
Particularly for machines with several drives.
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> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Helge Hafting wrote:
>
> > Anybody not having a nameserver on a LAN will benefit from
> > having their own.
>
> What about on a standalone dial-up machine? I mainly
> visit the same sites everyday. Will I see any benefit
> by installing bin
> Drive 1:
> / = 200MB
> /usr = 1 GB
All debian packages goes to /usr
> /usr/local = 500 MB (is this where stuff like StarOffice, Netscape, WP8
> would go?)
Programs not packaged in .deb-packages goes to /usr/local.
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e.
Also say that you want a slave configuration, and accept
127.0.0.1 for localhost. Your etc/resolv.conf will
be upgraded to use your own host as nameserver.
That's it! Easy enough. :-)
Anybody not having a nameserver on a LAN will benefit from
having their own.
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array of the two drives.
This will give you a single 4G /home. This will also be faster.
Experiment with different block sizes while setting up the array,
if you want maximum speed from your RAID. Different controllers
and drives have different optimum sizes.
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f, the package can hardly be more
> optimized to your computer.
>
So get the source packages then. :-)
As far as I know, source is available for everything as that is
a requirement for getting into the Debian distribution.
You can download source packages, or get them from a CD vendor.
uot; or whatever driver you need to use. And set the correct
parameters for your card. Soundblasters tend to use io=0x220,
irq=5 or 7, dma=1. You may need to specify dma16 too.
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. More trickery is necessary
if your username on your machine is different from username at the ISP.
People should be able to reply after this, and your mail won't
be rejected if "from/sender" point back to the ISP nameserver which
is registered in DNS.
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should avoid this problem.)
So dialer sends ATZ to a modem that is dialling already. This normally makes
the modem give up the dialling asap, and return NO CARRIER. Trying
ATZ again will usually work.
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alib. You can then set a suitable mode and do what you want - fast.
quake runs well in linux :-)
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then implement it as ioctls in the driver. And when it works, post
a patch to the kernel list - other people may find it useful too.
Of course some of these drivers have maintainers, discussing
the issues with them first is a good idea.
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n't involve fetchmail
at all? Such mail ought to be delivered locally - no need
to fetch from a remote pop server. Or do you route even the local mail
via your ISP?
Similiarly - mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] shouldn't need
to go outside either, as long as the domain debian.virtual.de.host
refer to your machine *only*.
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de.host is apparently not one of them.
You may have to set it up so it appends a default domain
when you enter only a username too.
A reason for having such a strict smtp system is spam blocking,
spammers tend to use forged addresses/domains and having
your machine reject such things is generally a good idea.
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an run several serial programs (each using different ports of course)
simultaneously. Try that with dos.
And you don't need to change your program if
you get one of those high-performance multi-port cards - all you need
is to open a different device. The fact such cards has a very different
hardware implementation (all ports share the same irq, different registers...)
is something your program don't need to worry about. That's the
serial driver's responsibility.
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ing.
I recommend getting some literature on DNS and email so you'll
get a good understanding of the concepts. People will be happy to help
out with details, but you should know for yourself what you want to do.
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the R5 directory is missing.
> What do I do?
> Install a R5 (how?) or telling the WP to use the R6 directory (how?)
>
A wild guess - try to make a link named R6 to R5. Maybe that is
all it needs, if X is backward compatible enough.
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re detailed
documentation.
Menuconfig is as good as any editor - even for making just a few
changes. The sections you don't touch won't be messed up in any way.
Make a backup of the original .config to be on the safe side.
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pushing it with a high
load, particularly on a multiprocessor, and you should definitely see
a difference.
Other improvements include:
better support for more hardware: noticeable if you have that hw,
more filesystems: useful if you happen to need that.
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tches
and compressed text.
bunzip work much like gunzip.
For .tar.bz2 files, use the -I option to tar. tar will then
use bzip2 as necessary - if you have it.
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You can now use commands like "./decimal 25 0xFF 011" and get
25 == 25
0xFF == 255
011 == 9
The first one was an ordinary number, the other hexadecimal and the third one
octal.
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ike a single bigger drive - it is
the least useful setup for any purpose.
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e running xconfig/menuconfig/config.
It is that simple!
If it is "too late now" simply unpack the .config file from
your kernel source package.
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/hdb. Use /cdrom where you mounted it, i.e.
dd if=/cdrom/bare.i
>
> dd if=/dev/hdb/color.gz of=/dev/fd0
Again, use cdrom instead of dev/hdb
dd if=/cdrom/color.gz of=/dev/fd0
This is assuming that "bare.i" and "color.gz" are disk image files.
I guess from the name th
ong stretches of time? You *may* find the ultra2
useful if you can answer yes.
I wouldn't consider ultra2 (or even wide or ultra) for
a typical home machine. Not because home-user programs
are "fast enough as is", but because they simply can't
put enough load on the drives.
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onably good programmer
before writing a new manager. Setting up one of the existing ones
is much easier. You will also need to be a good programmer if
you want to understand the linux source. Understanding
the many configuration files are easier though. The most important
ones are covered in books about linux, and many have online
manpages as well. ("man fstab" will provide information enough
to understand the /etc/fstab file, for example.)
Helge Hafting
> I have a stupid question... Working with dpkg this weekend I found that dpkg
> will show you the package info for the .deb file you are installing (or are
> fixing to install) - if this information is stored in the .deb file itself,
> why do you need a Packages file?
dselect need it for sh
ills. "Fetchmail" has no
problem fetching from several mail accounts.
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.deb files also in account?
I don't think so.
I recommend doing an "apt-get update"
then run dselect and get the new X packages you need manually. Then
do the "apt-get dist-upgrade"
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It may appear in the
next version (potato) if it is released while that one is
still "unstable".
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t;\e" without
quotes. You will need a proper escape character if you create a colored
textfile though.
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mple dithering can usually fix gradients in 16bpp. A gradient
is visible due to "edge enhancement" in our eyes. Dithering
with 16bpp is usually invisible.
not all programs do this though.
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use.
If using the command line - type
the parameters or set up an alias. (man/info bash for info on aliases,
basically: alias xterm="xterm parameter parameter ..."
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>
> I bet you are running nmh, right? Add the line
> *Mops.reply.m.c_replyall: Msg_Reply -cc to -cc cc -group
>
> to your .exmh-defaults
Odd. I run nmh+exmh without such modifications, and
reply all works. Reply goes TO sender, with cc to others.
Helge Hafting
e line.
This is how networking in unix work - and it's nice. :-)
> Doesnt happen in Windows, though. Undocumented feature? Just programmer
> being nice to us, Linux folks? Boneheaded mistake?
Yet another case of bad implementation in windows.
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> Hey there everybody,
>
> After using KDE for a while, I've decided to ditch it and try
> Gnome... my question is - How do I remove it so that EVERYTHING is
> gone? This is my second attempt at running debian (had it running
> earlier this year with KDE... when I tried to remove KDE via dsele
the cd with the layout you need.
Hacking the package file might work, but don't ask me about that.
Other things to try:
1. Install just enough to get a internet connection going. Then install
from the internet. This could cause a big phone bill though.
2. Recompile the kernel with support for your particular cdrom
if possible. Then perform a normal install from cdrom.
3. Borrow a supported cdrom from a friend. Perform a normel
cd install.
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essage arrives, so it can
be delivered directly to the appropriate exmh/nmh folders.
No waiting in "mbox" at all.
I wonder though, if it is possible to have slocal sort
some of the folders by subject rather than chronologically?
I have no problems sorting folders using exmh menus, but
having this happen automatically would be even better.
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2
> Does anybody knows the solutions for the problem.
> thank you in advance
> Michael
Missing curses.h? Make sure you have /usr/include/curses.h
If not - install the ncurses3.4-dev package that contains it.
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though. I guess the "serious damage"
possibilities are mostly theoretical, at least when the
package concerned isn't important.
Helge Hafting
ave your script, running as root, executing whatever you want !!
So that's the problem with SUID scripts. Seems to me
it could be solved by *not* closing the script file, just keep it
open. Why can't that be done?
It can't be possible, or someone would surely have fixed it
a long time ago?
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e sure newly compiled programs
are stored in ~/bin.
Having "." in PATH is a security risk on multiuser systems. It is sort
of ok on a single-user home-machine, but why get a bad habit? You
may find yourself administrating a company machine someday...
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too? It was installed only for supporting XXX but may be useful
on its own." That, or let them clean up manually the way we do
today. Auto-removal should apply only to stuff that can't work alone,
such as libraries. Even libraries are dangerous as the user may
have written his own unpackaged program using some library.
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s dselect.
A user with little knowledge could then select entries like
"standard x11 on workstation" or "x-terminal only",
"email using pop3/smtp", "email using smtp only"
"development system with gcc" and so on.
Using these entries would save time for smart users too. Selecting a
"standard package" of packages would simply turn on a predefines set
of packages, and the smart user could review that instead of
searching for the 15 packages he know he need.
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count goes to zero
(or the last dependand is removed) because it may provide
something useful by itself.
Example: You may still want to keep "xterm", even if you removed all the
programs that depend on it.
Helge Hafting
> Why not use a counter ? When a package is installed
sn't
temporary space for moving the partition's contents around. (It is
my /usr)
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cause of dependency requirements on a given package. When the user
> goes to delete gnome from his system, the other packages that were
> installed only because of dependencies, can 'inform' the user, somehow,
> that they are no longer needed.
An option for showing only those packages that nothing depends on
could be useful. Or a flag for every installed package showing if
there is dependencies.
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er emulation at /dev/dsp1+
/dev/audio1) This is fine
when compiled into 2.1.128. I can't get it working at all when
using modules. I managed loading the sb emulation once, but it didn't
work. loading the pas module always fails with a "device busy".
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et for
> someone on localhost to capture you're keystrokes in any of your
> windows, or take snap shots of your screen.
I want the cookie security so other users can't do anything wrong.
I also want "root" to be able to use the X display no matter
who is running x. What is the simplest way to
achieve this?
Helge Hafting
As far as I know, the celeron is a pentium II with no cache.
The celeronAis a pentium II with some cache. So compile
for pentium II if that is an option, or pentium pro if not.
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estion.
You can probably fix it a lot faster by deinstalling your favourite
xserver package and reinstalling it. Or even better - just change the default
to the server you want to use. I don't know how to do that though.
By the way, why do you want to change from s3v to svga? I use
s3v without problems, is svga faster or do you have a stability problem?
Helge Hafting
I would like to keep a copy of every outgoing message I send from
work, (using exmh, nmh & smail).
Is there a simple way of achieving this so I won't have to
cc everything to myself?
Helge Hafting
mask in the error
message, the problem was then easily fixed by renaming the
.tar.gz file from netscape.
Helge Hafting
> When I mount my Win98 drive from Linux, the file names are shrunk. What do I
> have to do to see the whole name?
>
Mount the filesystem as type "vfat" instead of "msdos". It is more
than a msdos filesystem. Vfat get the long names right.
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lling - unlike windows.
dpkg --remove doesn't deal with package files. It removes
the installed software, i.e. the binaries and manpages
unpacked from the package file. The package files aren't used
by installed the software, they are used for distributing
software as well as the information the package management system need.
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ill help?
Crashing X will take down any download going on in a xterm
or some x-based download app. But it won't kill a download
running on a virtual console. X may screw up the keyboard
and make life difficult that way, but downloads outside x
will complete unless you also hang the kernel.
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urrently using my boot disk.
You can copy the kernel from bootdisk to /vmlinuz, and re-run lilo.
when you made modules - did you run
make modules, make modules install and depmod -a ?
Try setting up without modules, the modules have some extra steps
that could confuse you. Experiment with modules
ownload is doing, use
ctrl+alt+F1 for switching to that console. Then use
alt+F7 for switvhing back to X.
Or consider this:
1. start x first.
2. open several xterms (or rxvt's or whatever you prefer)
3. start your download in one of those xterms.
Use virtual desktops if your screen get cluttered with too many xterms.
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t too big a kernel, use "make bzImage".
If you compiled some drivers as modules, do a "make modules modules_install"
too.
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minute, so outside mail should take 2 minutes to show
up in the worst case. It is more like 15 minutes though.
Waking up the fetchmail daemon by running "fetchmail"
over and over doesn't help this.
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Yes you can. Patch/change wathever you need to fix, then
do a "make modules modules_install" You won't even need
to reboot, at least not if sound wasn't compiled-in before this.
Use insmod/rmmod for loading/unloading modules.
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from slink, it has the same problem although
the error number was different.
Are there any special tricks for getting to another drive?
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7;t actually have to create a lesspipe script because one is
provided already. Just set up the LESSPIPE environment string, that's
all. The provided lesspipe script will deal with compressed files and a
lot of other formats too.
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r exist? I don't want apt-get/dpkg to fail forever trying to deal
with it.
I have no problems with dubious software in the unstable tree, but this
looks like a problem in the package management system itself. Unable to
even remove a package (that nothing depends on anymore) because of a "very
bad inconsistent state?"
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emacs20" has the same problems as "dpkg -r emacs20" The root
partition is 95% full, I don't get any "no
space left" messages but wonder if this may be a problem anyway.
I would like to get rid of this emacs20 nonsense so
the x-server and a few other remaining packages can be configured. any
ideas to what I should do now?
Helge Hafting
but do as you wish.
>5) Why did I want a Linux system in the first place? :/
It is certainly a good idea if you have a pc :-)
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nel.)
*All* memory not used for anything else is used for caching.
I.e. all free memory on the system. The more you have, the more cache you
have. If all memory is used up (and
the system start swapping) then you have little (but not zero) cache
left. How much to reserve is tunable via the
/p
ks well and has no security problems.
If you don't want to put your script in ~/bin, put a symbolic link to
it there instead.
2. Add "." to path. (Not recommended, but the script will run)
3. Change all local commands in the script to ./command
4. Put links to your script and
ost) everything.
>* Anything I don't know about?
A 2.1 kernel should work fine, but keep your old kernel around a while
just to be safe. Set up your /etc/lilo.conf so you may choose kernel at
boot time.
2.1.125 is supposed to be one of the more "stable" development kernels,
but it is also the most recent one at the moment.
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nd formatting should work fine. If you want to move root like
this, change the partition type, run mkfs, and then do the copying. Use
the correct parameters so that links, mount points and the files in /dev
are copied correctly.
You do have enough RAM to run without swapping while making the transfer?
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makefiles to put stuff in ~/bin isn't too hard either. The ~/bin directory
shouldn't be writeable by others of course.
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rnel. I believe this
will increase when I start using netscape and staroffice. :-)
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unicode
map using loadunimap lat1u in this case.
Font/unicode can be configured in /etc/kbd/conf Fonts/unicode maps are
found in subdirectories under /usr/share
Loadkeys is all you need for the keyboard to work, but that won't do much
good unless the console can display the characters entered.
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at 01:12 PM, " Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Helge Hafting wrote:
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>> A boot virus could spread during boot (i.e. infect other partitions and
>> floppies) while L
he "make
>menuconfig" dialog.
The parameters can be set up in "make menuconfig" if you compile the
driver into ther kernel. If using modules, put
them in /etc/conf.modules. Read manpages,
/usr/src/Documentation/kmod.txt (for
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/09/98
at 04:36 PM, Martin Oldfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> "Alex" == Alex Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Alex> Debian is not a company to "sign up with". You can use
>Alex> Oracle on Debian with no problems whatsoever. It is even
>Ale
ible" using the alien package. If that is enough,
then try getting the www.debian.org people to put that statement somewhere
on their site, which is a sort of
"marketing interface."
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in such a circumstance.
A boot virus could spread during boot (i.e. infect other partitions and
floppies) while LILO load the kernel. The virus would end as soon as the
kernel loads, and would be unable to mess with linux executables. Linux
might still boot if the virus doesn't try to mess wi
hon rathon 4157 Oct12 10:44 a.out
>Notice that the gid changed when I compiled the file ? Is that normal to
>get uid and gid the same ??
It didn't change when compiling. The compiler simply creates a new file
(a.out) and it get the default uid/gid for files you create. Try compiling
someone else's source file - you'll be the owner of the executable because
*you* ran the compiler.
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d by the 40
others in the building.
How to avoid this? Shielded equipment, or simply a machine
without a video card. Displaying only non-sensitive data
is safe too of course.
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machine in a locked cabinet
or a safe if security is paramount.)
The ability to take control over an accessible machine is usually useful.
What if the password file get corrupted? Or the system manager who knows
the password dies or goes on strike? Sitting there with a lot of
important data that
evice you read from (typically the
harddisk). For 2940-adapters have bios settings where you may check up on
the disconnect settings. Most devices support disconnect, but some old
cd-roms and possibly others doesn't.
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rtition for debian.
If you want dos on the machine, install dos first. Use dos fdisk and make
a dos partition no bigger than what you need for dos, and install dos in
that. Partition the rest of the disk using debian install, creating a
swap partition
pport for some newer cards, but you
want something cheap if the scanner is your only use.
Think carefully though, scsi is a good interface for disks. Buying a good
scsi adapter now let you go for scsi the next time you need more disk
spa
the x stuff may very well leave you without fonts or other necessary
items.
Run dselect. Read the comments for all the packages in the X11 sections.
What you need to get X up and running is documented there, and you may
find other interesting items too. The serv
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