Connecting a video camera

Hi debian gurus, I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: kernel: [89405.861315]: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0800

Linux, LDAP, and nsswitch.conf's "hosts"

Hi again gurus, I'm in the process of converting our organization from NIS to LDAP. I have an LDAP server set up and working, i.e. 1) ldapsearch -x returns stuff 2) id returns the correct information And maybe I misunderstand, but it's my understanding that I can use LDAP to also set up a

Q: Setting up mysql

f this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Connection id:27 Current database: mysql mysql> quit Bye And I can run mysql-admin and browse through stuff. So why doesn't mysqladmin allow me to change the password? Hope