RE: pg_ctl not found on my Potato with PostgreSQL

2002-03-14 Thread KenrickC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Anybody know postgreSQL? Does the version that runs on 2.2 > > kernels just have some other administrator program, or is this > > broken? > > Try /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl. Plenty of postgres goodies > in that directory... >Yeah, I've already looked there.

RE: pg_ctl not found on my Potato with PostgreSQL

2002-03-14 Thread KenrickC
>Anybody know postgreSQL? Does the version that runs on 2.2 > kernels just have some other administrator program, or is this > broken? Try /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl. Plenty of postgres goodies in that directory... - Chris *

RE: OT: disabling login

2002-02-21 Thread KenrickC
> > Hi, > > > > On a multi-user system, how can I "turn off" an account? Not > > remove it, though, since at a later time, it will have to be > > re-enabled? While we're at it, how to you re-enable a disabled > > account? > > File a bug against passwd, tell them to rewrite shadow(5) and > pass

RE: disabling login

2002-02-21 Thread KenrickC
>Hi, > >On a multi-user system, how can I "turn off" an account? >Not remove it, though, since at a later time, it >will have to be re-enabled? While we're at it, how > to you re-enable a disabled account? passwd -l and passwd -u. See man passwd. - Chris *

RE: bash woes

2002-01-22 Thread KenrickC
>Ok - can someone explain the following: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ls >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc >rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>err >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat err >rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

RE: crontab $MAILTO question

2001-12-10 Thread KenrickC
>> Hi >> >> I make backups using a cron job and I set MAILTO="" >> Can I configure cron to mail me >> a) *only* when there were errors >> b) email only STDERR (not STDOUT) Why not just remove the MAILTO line, and redirect standard output from the backup to /dev/null. Presuming the application on

How to get a list of minimal Potato packages

2001-08-23 Thread KenrickC
As far as I can tell, the most minimal Potato install occurs when selecting the 'advanced' install option, and then quitting dselect without installing anything. What I want to know is, is there any easy way of telling what packages are installed at that point? Unfortunately I don't have the luxu

RE: X server crash

2001-07-05 Thread KenrickC
>Hey All, > New to Debian...breaking from tradition and market forces. >Just installed Debian on an older machine and configured X during >setup. >Computer = pentium pro 200 >Video = Trident tgui 9680, svga 640x480,8 bpp >Mouse = generic 2-button serial >I keep getting "fatal server error: canno

RE: ogg vorbis

2001-07-05 Thread KenrickC
Am 05. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Al Dunn so: > I was wondering what the source lines are for installing ogg vorbis> via apt-get. deb http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~ingo/vorbis ./ (Browse) Ingo Saitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vorbis nightly CVS builds. Submitted on 2000-10-14 06:39:06+02 I got this fr

RE: limiting "ps" command on every user..

2001-07-02 Thread KenrickC
- Original Message - From: "ktb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: limiting "ps" command on every user.. > On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 11:48:53AM +0800, louiem+ wrote: > > > > is it possible to limit the "ps ax"/etc.. ? commands on every user? > > i

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread KenrickC
>Hi, >I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. >My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. >The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk >at >all. >The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the >problem >doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using tha

RE: Shutdown -h now

2001-06-20 Thread KenrickC
>Does anyone else have a problem with proper soft power off? I >realize >it's a faq but I've never actually seen a clear-cut answer. Its a lilo or grub setting, according to a previous post. Basically append="apm=on" (lilo)or apm=on (grub), specified on the line with the kernel settings. Al

Is debian-user-digest working?

2001-06-14 Thread KenrickC
I subscribed to debian-user-digest yesterday morning, and the confirmation process went fine. However I haven't received any digests. Is debian-user-digest broken, or is there a problem (mail gateway issue?) on my end? Note that debian-user mails get through to me fine. - Chris kenrick **