Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?

2005-12-21 Thread Realos
hallo, > Realos wanted us to know: >I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory as root. > >drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab Well, it was a mountpoint for some partition. umounting the partition allowed rm operation. regards, -- Rea

root can not delete a directory ,why?

2005-12-21 Thread Realos
27;: Device or resource busy There is nobody logged on the pc except for me with only one login. Is there a way to check if there hard links on that directory? Or do you have any other idea. Any idea is much appreciated. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Mutt & 2 accounts

2005-11-28 Thread Realos
e rich mutt is in terms of IMAP capabilities. Since it was designed as a MUA, I guess not every feature of IMAP is supported by mutt. Anyhow, mutt's IMAP features might suffice to most users. cheers, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: Mutt & 2 accounts

2005-11-28 Thread Realos
using mutt for fetching emails. Why not use a special tool built for that purpose, i.e. "fetchmail". It offers more options that mutt. cheers, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rereading partition table

2005-11-28 Thread Realos
> Realos wanted us to know: > >Maybe a reboot to make the sytem really re-read partition table? I am >also a bit unsure since during the new installation of debian there is not >restart >needed when adding/chaning parition table. Well, after reading up a little more, it

Re: how to cp dir and subdir but not the parentdirectory?

2005-11-18 Thread Realos
> Jon Dowland wanted us to know: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cp -drp testdir/* temp/ Actually, I need that "-p" option for preserving rights/ownrships on files. Owing to this helpful list, the problem is solved. many thanks and a nice WE. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: how to cp dir and subdir but not the parentdirectory?

2005-11-18 Thread Realos
> Peter Nuttall wanted us to know: > >cp -r testdir/* temp might do the trick thanks a lot for quick and a helpful reply. cheers, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to cp dir and subdir but not the parentdirectory?

2005-11-18 Thread Realos
er user0 2005-11-18 16:04 testfile_d [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cp -drp testdir/ temp/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll temp/ drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 1024 2005-11-18 16:04 testdir I know I could copy all files with "cp * temp" and then all subdirectories one by one butI would prefer a single command to

Re: "Antispam UOL" spam from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
er are blacklisted by ISPs with MXs. Maybe, I need to take time to report'm on the blacklist server lists. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
ebooting... That seems to be a reasonable point. Just to be on safer side, is there any documentation on that? cheers, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
> Realos wanted us to know: >In order to solve the problem of tiny free space on my hard drive, I was >thinking about adding a new partition on the directory tree. >Original post about disk space problem ---> >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/11/msg01982.html > &g

Re: Adding LVM to an existing system

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
se with partiton type 83 as well. Maybe a reboot to make the sytem really re-read partition table? I am also a bit unsure since during the new installation of debian there is not restart needed when adding/chaning parition table. But just an idea. Reboot and try to "pvcreate /dev/hda12".

Re: HTML e-mail and mailing lists

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
I think we should be polite enough to use plain text in email as long as there does not arise a compelling reason in future to shift to some other format. my 2 cents. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ssh connection problem "Read from socket failed:..."

2005-11-17 Thread Realos
kolab [192.168.1.52] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/realos/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /home/realos/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/realos/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_3.8.

Re: Hints on keeping the system clean (was: Re: sytem running out of free disk space)

2005-11-16 Thread Realos
eat hints/ideas. There seems to be a plenty of good tools for debian to cope with such problems. I my case it seems there are no big packages that can be deleted to free space, but I have found some unpartitioned space on my hard drive. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/11/msg02154.html

Re: "Antispam UOL" spam from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2005-11-16 Thread Realos
> Mitch Wiedemann wanted us to know: >Is anyone else suddenly getting spammed by "Antispam UOL" messages >related to [EMAIL PROTECTED] yes, I got 5 bounces of that crap in the last 5 minutes. It belongs to blacklist. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re-read partition table without reboot?

2005-11-16 Thread Realos
uld like to partition and mount to /var. But AFAIK partition re-read only occurs after reboot. I do not like to reboot if possible. Is there a way out?? cheers, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Who says he is Tom?

2005-11-16 Thread Realos
/just a thought. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sytem running out of free disk space

2005-11-15 Thread Realos
> Robert Brockway wanted us to know: >On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Realos wrote: >Consider using deborphan to locate packages without dependencies (it does >more than just libraries). This is a great way to get a handle on useless >packages you may have installed in the past. well

sytem running out of free disk space

2005-11-15 Thread Realos
cessary things on my system (like locales I will never use etc.). Can you people point me to a documentation or give some hints how to deal with such problems in debian? I am not new to linux but have relatively little experience with debian. Regards, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: New Linux worm crawls the web

2005-11-08 Thread Realos
pc.statd on my system? -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]