Re: difference between kernel logs and /sys/class/net [SOLVED]

Replying to my own post just to say I fixed it for the benefit of anyone else that may run into this issue. Thanks to those that replied. The problem was that the initrd contained the persistent-net-rules from the host system. Trouble only occured when the the disk generation and the boot were do

difference between kernel logs and /sys/class/net

Hi all, I have a machine running debian etch (2.6.18) with an onboard (8159) ethernet interface and a firewire port. By default both the kernel (as witnessed by dmesg) and /sys/class/net see eth0 = firewire eth1 = ethernet If I blacklist the ieee1394, uhci1394 and eth1394 modules (or disactivate

Scanning for unpackaged files

Hi all, I am looking for a way to find any files on my system in certain directories (such as /usr/lib, ...) that have NOT been installed by a package. I know about debsums but that only tells me if packaged files have been modified. I probably could write a script to do it something like th

Re: postfix relay smtp authentication

Thank you for reply. I have indeed set up SASL authentication as you describe and the actual authentication (which occurs at each connection to the remote SMTP server) works fine. The problems are : 1) My ISP doesn't like *empty* AUTH=<> in the "MAIL FROM:" field of the envelope. They *do*

postfix relay smtp authentication

Hi, I have been succesfully running postfix on Sarge as a local mailserver relaying all outbound mail (from multiple internal accounts) to my ISP. However my ISP has just decided to require SMTP authentication. I have set up SASL following the postfix documentation and the authentication pha

Problem with apcupsd and kernel 2.6

since it is started at level S12 wheras hotplug is S40. All works after a manual start. Is this a bug? (and if so in apcupsd or hotplug?) Should I change the start up levels so that apcupsd comes after hotplug? Any other ideas? Thanks, Martin Fuzzey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL