Re: Getting DHCP logs OUT of syslog

2008-09-05 Thread Jim Hyslop
Chris Davies wrote: > Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> HOWEVER! All the DHCP logging info is *still* going into /var/log/syslog >> as well - i.e. the DHCP info now goes into BOTH logs. How do I tell >> DHCP to send the logs ONLY to local7? > > Turn it ar

Getting DHCP logs OUT of syslog

2008-09-05 Thread Jim Hyslop
Hi, I have configured my dhcp.conf to use the local7 facility for logging. Works great - all the DHCP info goes into /var/log/bind.log, as configued in /etc/syslog.conf. HOWEVER! All the DHCP logging info is *still* going into /var/log/syslog as well - i.e. the DHCP info now goes into BOTH logs.

Re: iptables not behaving the way I expected

2007-04-22 Thread Jim Hyslop
;re getting at? > If you want to read more about iptables : > > http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html Thanks for the tip. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training i

Re: iptables not behaving the way I expected

2007-04-20 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Franck Joncourt wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 09:18:45PM -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote: >> Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> iptables -A INPUT -i ethLRZ -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW \ >>

Re: iptables not behaving the way I expected

2007-04-20 Thread Jim Hyslop
hat gets applied. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Co

Re: iptables not behaving the way I expected

2007-04-20 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marc wrote: > Why not just try fail2ban from sarge-backports? Works great. And it's > officially in etch. Well, mostly because this is the first I've heard about fail2ban :-) Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look at it. - -- Jim

iptables not behaving the way I expected

2007-04-18 Thread Jim Hyslop
ce destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination It looks right to my (non-expert) eye. Can anyone see what I've done wrong? Oh, yeah - I'm running Sarge, in case that makes a difference. - -- Jim Hyslop Dre

Re: Trying to end my subscription? HELP!

2007-04-18 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brad Rogers wrote: > Why though, on this list, does the info get hidden, but on others, I > can see it? I don't know. The best I can suggest is to examine the message source for messages from the two lists, and see what's different.

Re: Trying to end my subscription? HELP!

2007-04-18 Thread Jim Hyslop
ed by the signature boundaries. Dave, it looks like your mail reader (and mine, BTW - Thunderbird) ignores anything appearing after the signature. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++

Re: [debian-user] Virus, Trojan, and Worm

2007-04-10 Thread Jim Hyslop
ecommendations? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Jim Hyslop
go - maybe the latest version is better (but I'm not holding my breath...). - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BE

Re: GPG and Signing

2007-04-02 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Pobega wrote: > Now I'm afraid. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signing_party Why are you afraid? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulti

Re: GPG and Signing

2007-03-31 Thread Jim Hyslop
kipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

2007-03-31 Thread Jim Hyslop
gt;vi = vee-aye or vye > first. How about vim, then? vee-aye-emm or vim (as in "full of vim and vigour")? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development &

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-31 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: > Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Hey, watch where you sling your insults there, buddy! :-) > > I think it sounded harsher than it was meant. Sorry for that. Oh, I wasn't /really/ offended,

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: > Jim Hyslop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>attacks against Linux. Linux may be a much more robust and secure >>system than Windows, but there are probably still security holes >>lurking that nobody (at l

Re: Bread (was: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Hyslop
he German army during WWII. He (the father, not the friend :-) was captured and brought to Canada. The POWs were served white bread, which none of them had seen before. After some discussion, they decided that it must be cake, and so they figured they were being treated very well! :-) - -- Jim Hyslop

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Hyslop
y secure - nothing made by humans could be. So, do you mean that there's no need for Symantec because of the freely available alternatives, or because Linux just doesn't need anti-virus protection, or something else altogether? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Sim

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Hyslop
ay to go, if you're willing to risk not having a warranty, is to demand the refund from the manufacturers. If enough people demand it, then Dell, HP et al will start getting tired of paying twice - once to MS and once to the consumer. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software.

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Jim Hyslop
t there are probably still security holes lurking that nobody (at least, no honest person) has yet discovered and patched. Even so, the balance may well have to shift significantly before malware authors start taking an interest. But I believe the danger is there, nonetheless. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossi

Re: To be M$ free....

2007-03-27 Thread Jim Hyslop
then Linux. That's not what Mike said. He said that *one particular aspect* of Windows (I don't remember which now, the conversation is long gone) is better than that particular aspect in Linux. That is not the same as saying that Windows is better than Linux. - -- Jim Hyslop Dre

Re: apt-get update & upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:27:41PM -0400, Jim Hyslop wrote: >>[automating apt-get] > > cron-apt Oh, cool. See? I know even less now! Isn't that wonderful? :-) - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Bet

Re: apt-get update & upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
puter days on... that other OS). > Every couple of years we tinker with using encryption on our email at > the university campus where I work; we'd love to get everyone using > encryption. But it's just too complex for the average PhD. LOL - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampos

apt-get update & upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
t automatically, say once a month or once a week? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
ggestion of using 'screen' worked (once I got the right combination of options to use). - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Vers

Re: Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Not even screen -rda worked? Woohoo! That's got it, thanks. Now I just have to remember to use screen whenever I'm about to do anything I don't want disconnected :-) - -- Jim Hyslop Dre

Re: Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-25 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy Smith wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:50:59PM -0400, Jim Hyslop wrote: >>Thanks for the suggestion. It didn't work, unfortunately. 'screen -r >>pts-0.sirius' returns the error "There is no screen to

Re: Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-24 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Jim Hyslop wrote: > >>course, drops the TCP/IP connection to the Debian box. Is there any way >>to re-establish the connection to the session I was running? If I try >&g

Re: You mean like 'chvt' ?

2007-03-24 Thread Jim Hyslop
console". Can you elaborate a little on what you meant? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-23 Thread Jim Hyslop
the TCP/IP connection to the Debian box. Is there any way to re-establish the connection to the session I was running? If I try ssh again, I get a new TTY session. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-15 Thread Jim Hyslop
ning something :-) - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment

Re: authentication failure

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Hyslop
scussion has been archived somewhere. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (Ming

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Hyslop wrote: > Tarek Soliman wrote: > >>>"What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on >>>a server?" > > > OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn

Re: Is that all there is to it??

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > May be you were hit with > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386469 Yep, that's the one. Thanks for the info. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dr

Re: Is that all there is to it??

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
ly sure user error did not contribute to the problem. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Is that all there is to it??

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
one that gives me the money so I can feed and shelter my family). The PC's license somehow got messed up - for some reason MS thinks it's not a valid copy of Windows. We have the license pack, I just have to set aside about 2 hours to, basically, reinstall Windows XP. Yuck. - -- Jim Hyslop

Re: Is that all there is to it??

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Jim Hyslop wrote: >>U... is that it?!? Is it really that simple to upgrade? >> > > Yes. That's it. It is amazing, Isn't it? Wow. Almost as easy as installing a printer driver on my Mac

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
What are four lowercase letters that are not legal flag arguments to > the Berkeley UNIX version of 'ls'?" Four letters... hmmm... do they spell a naughty word? :-) - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consult

Is that all there is to it??

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Hyslop
etd, apg-get reports everything's OK, and the /etc/debian_version file reports '4.0'. U... is that it?!? Is it really that simple to upgrade? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring

Re: Microsoft soft *CAN NOT* acquire Linux...

2007-03-01 Thread Jim Hyslop
ut open source should just say "what an idiot" and move on. Nice rebuttal, by the way. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Versio

Re: Undigesting digests (was: Number of OT Posts)

2007-02-27 Thread Jim Hyslop
dependency habit probably don't know that either :-). I always thought a digest was for end-user convenience, to keep the inbox from getting cluttered. Am I correct in presuming, then, that the idea behind digests is to reduce the number of emails transmitted from one host to another? - -- Jim

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-26 Thread Jim Hyslop
changed their system. Well, they did > change their monetary system, so normal people could count money. Weeel - the Brits may have been around longer, but according to Wikipedia they *did* change the definition of gallon after the U.S. revolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-24 Thread Jim Hyslop
> amount of time: <http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/187>. Thanks for the link. I haven't read that page in detail, but at first blush it looks like that's a defense against a dictionary attack. If that's the case, wouldn't disallowing password au

Securing debian box

2007-02-23 Thread Jim Hyslop
ostbasedAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication no UsePAM yes Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server Oh, and when this is all OK, I'll set up port forwarding on my firewall to send port 22 to the machine in question. Anything I've

AAARGH! I mean, Aptitude problems

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Hyslop
my kernel, right? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Commen

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ChadDavis wrote: >> <http://membres.lycos.fr/aulon/fun/dilbert.linux.gif> > > > Can someone explain the last frame? Who are those people? You gotta think like Dogbert: who cares who they are? They serve the purpose

Re: Doing administrative work

2007-01-21 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > You want sudo. Ah, very nice - thanks for the tip. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OO

Doing administrative work

2007-01-21 Thread Jim Hyslop
ually start by logging in as myself, then issue individual 'su [command]' commands. After a while, I get tired of typing in the root password over and over, so I just issue a simple 'su' and work as root from there. Should I be taking a different approach? - -- Jim Hyslop Dream

Re: Security (was: Why there is no space left on root partition?)

2007-01-20 Thread Jim Hyslop
stopped dead in their tracks if people would just stop running with admin privileges. But then, I'm preaching to the choir here, aren't I? :=) - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in

Re: DNS problems: NXDOMAIN on an internal net

2007-01-17 Thread Jim Hyslop
Hey! It's working now! Ah, man, I bet it was the serial number - I had left it at the default value of 1. Thanks for getting me thinking in the right direction! - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentor

DNS problems: NXDOMAIN on an internal net

2007-01-17 Thread Jim Hyslop
~ $ 'filch' is listed in the zone file for dreampossible.ca. syslog does not indicate any errors, either on reloading the named server or when nslookup is performed. Would it be appropriate to post my zone and conf files here, or should I tar them up and put them in an ftp site? Any hel