Re: trying to pin down a php mysql error

I resolved this, it seemed to be an issue with boxes using php4 and apache2. Basically, for the boxes which reported the mysql error, I installed libapache2-mod-php5, which replaced all of php4*, it needed some extra php5 packages, just copy the ones that were removed, change the 4 to 5 :) I also d

trying to pin down a php mysql error

Hi all, Over the last few days a lot of my Debian boxes are giving me errors via the phpmyadmin login page. == Error MySQL said: Documentation #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Invalid hostname for server 1. Please review your configuration. Cannot load mysqli

disk quota changes in Sarge upgrade

Hi all, Recently upgraded to the new version of Debian, and noticed that quotas stopped working. I did see a message pop up something about quota changing and needing to be started some other way. I didn't take notice, my fault totally. Can anyone gimme a hand or does anyone remember what the ch

adaptec 2110s raid card detected ?

Hi all, More dramas with this card... Do any of the Debian CD's detect this raid card on install ? I've tried CDs 1-5 so far. What's on 6 & 7 ? This section of the debian site doesn't have them listed... http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#bootable Does anyone know how to build a Debian stable system

moving from plain SCSI to Hardware Raid, possible ?

Hi all,   We have a few servers in production which have a couple of SCSI hard disks. Currently only using one of them.  The 2nd just houses some data as a backup. We're not really interested in going down the software RAID path, much prefer hardware RAID.   Anyways we have a few Adaptec

RE: what package to install a *working* X?

apt-get install x-window-system good section on x here. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016 -- Ross -Original Message- From: Silvan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 13 July 2004 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: what package to install a *working* X? Once upon a

recommendations for a content filter on debian...

Hi all, I'm looking to setup a content filter on Debian. I need to be able to apply different rules to different IP addresses, if that makes sense. Eg: blocking URL sex.com for 1 IP but not the other, etc... I would like it to be more than just a URL filter though. Has anyone had much experience

RE: raise user accounts max fd

raise user accounts max fd 2004. június 29. 16:05, nx13372 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am running "Linux [hidden] 2.4.25-bf2.4 #1 SMP Wed Mar 10 > >> 10:35:09 PST 2004 i686 unk

raise user accounts max fd

Hi, I am running "Linux [hidden] 2.4.25-bf2.4 #1 SMP Wed Mar 10 10:35:09 PST 2004 i686 unknown" and would like to know how to raise a user accounts max file descriptors (FDs, shown via ulimit -n) from the default 1024 to 4096, to allow an IRC daemon more permitted open files. After adding the lin

advice on finding the vulnerable code on webserver

Hi all, One of our webservers seems to get compromised on a daily basis. When I do a ps ax I see these processes all the time. 18687 ?S 0:00 shell 18701 ?Z 0:00 [sh ] 18704 ?T 0:00 ./3 200.177.162.185 1524 18705 ?Z 0:00 [3 ] And if I check the

eterm font brighter ?

Hi all, I'm not sure whether this an eterm config or bash config. I have trouble reading the eterm font used, I can make it larger but it looks lousy, I just want it brighter. Does anyone know how to make the font brighter for eterm ? (and make it permanent) Cheers, -- Ross. DISCLAIMER: This

software raid on install

Hi all, I'm not to sure how the Debian life cycle, releases actually works, so my question may be a tad stupid, be nice :) When you install Stable it doesn't give you the option to configure Raid as some distros do, ie, Redhat. I'm guessing it's because Debian stable is still on 2.2 kernel fro

RE: RAID on a Dell Poweredge 1750

arch 2004 5:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RAID on a Dell Poweredge 1750 On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 04:28:24PM +1100, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > Works just fine, only yesterday I did 4 builds on 4 x 1750's dual xeons > with Hardware Raid. > http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/d

RE: RAID on a Dell Poweredge 1750

Works just fine, only yesterday I did 4 builds on 4 x 1750's dual xeons with Hardware Raid. http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/debian/ Regards, -- Ross. -Original Message- From: Greg Madden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2004 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN

sms-gateway

Hi all, I'm looking for a way to send the subject of an email via SMS. Is this possible with any packages thru Debian ? Can anyone direct me to any information about SMS > Email ? Do I require a Mobile Phone company to be part of this process ? Eg, Use their gateway ? Or can I do it all myself

RE: debian rebooting randomly

:45:18AM +1100, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > A recently built box, running stable, all the latest security patches > aswell. Almost on a daily basis, I find that it has rebooted, nothing > in the syslog. > Running kernel 2.4.18-686-smp I am *far* from an expert, but it immediately

debian port for spamassassin ?

Hi all, Is there a better port for spamassassin because at the moment, stable only has version 2.2 Has anyone else made something later ? -- Ross. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be privileged and confidential, and are intended only for the use of the intended re

debian rebooting randomly

Hi all, A recently built box, running stable, all the latest security patches aswell. Almost on a daily basis, I find that it has rebooted, nothing in the syslog. Running kernel 2.4.18-686-smp I'm pretty sure that there is a powersaving feature in the BIOS, unfortunately the box is located at a r

installed qmail, apt-get always trying to re-install MTA

Hi all, I recently installed qmail, I removed Exim just to be sure. Everything is now running fine. The problem I'm having is every time I try and install another package, it always attempts to re-install exim. For example, "apt-get install apache", it will attempt to install Exim etc.. Is there

RE: mysql on debian

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 00:51, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > Hi all, > > I run the mysql-server package on a debian box and webserver. > Default installation, I've hardly changed anything except the root password ;) > > All websites on there have no problems connecting

mysql on debian

Hi all, I run the mysql-server package on a debian box and webserver. Default installation, I've hardly changed anything except the root password ;) All websites on there have no problems connecting to the database locally. If I create a database and user locally for another website that's loca

RE: debian switching monitor off ?

yes it's running in console (should have mentioned that) :) Thanks that worked ! -- Ross. -Original Message- From: Nathan Poznick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 2 June 2003 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: debian switching monitor off ? Thus spake gaumer: > > I hav

limiting hard drive space for a user..

Hi all, Newbie question I know, But how can I limit a users home dir to certain amount of hard drive space ? Is it possible ? -- Ross. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Backup MX server

Can you recommend one that's easy to configure/setup ? -Original Message- From: Jamin W. Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 17 February 2003 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup MX server On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 01:32:07PM +1100, Ross Tsolakidis wrote:

Backup MX server

Hi all, We have 2 Mail servers, one internal which is our primary and one external which hosts a lot of our clients email. The external mail server also does some backup MX work for our internal mail server and some of our clients who host their mail at their site. I want to take the Backup MX

RE: wu-ftpd security - solved

Title: RE: wu-ftpd security - solved Thanks heaps Mike.  :) -Original Message- From: Mike Dresser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 2:21 AM To: Ross Tsolakidis Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: wu-ftpd security On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Ross

wu-ftpd security

Title: wu-ftpd security Hi all, With wu-ftpd installed, by default the user can ftp to his home directory, but can then just go up a few dirs and view the entire filesystem. Is there some way to limit wu-ftpd from doing this, I just want the users to have access to their own home dirs and t

pppoe not reconnecting if dropped

Title: pppoe not reconnecting if dropped Hi all, Running Debian Woody on my gateway box at home. 1 NIC connected to ADSL modem, the other to my network (standard setup). I use the debian package to do pppoe, (roaring penguin). I seem to be having issues when I drop line sync for a long t

RE: power saving, etc.. -SOLVED

Title: RE: power saving, etc.. -SOLVED thank you  :) -Original Message- From: Jerome Acks Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 12:28 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: power saving, etc.. On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 11:30:23AM +1000, Ross Tsolakidis

power saving, etc..

Title: power saving, etc.. Hi all, Every 10 mins, my monitor basically switches off. First I thought, the monitor was in power saving mode, checked the On Screen Display, and the powersaving mode is off. So it must be X. Any ideas ? Thanks  :) -- Ross.

locking your screen..

Title: locking your screen.. Hi all, Using Debian for Sparc, I've been having problems with XScreenSaver, it seems to crash periodically. Is there any other app out there I can use to lock my screen (password it for when I leave my desk)  ? Thanks  :) -- Ross.

color text in terminals...

Title: color text in terminals... Hi there, Simple question... In Redhat by default, in a terminal when you do a dir listing, the files are color coded..  dirs, executables, text...  etc... How can I do this on Debian ? Running Debian Sparc Woody. Cheers :)

upgrading to woody.

Title: upgrading to woody. newbie here... Just want to make sure I'm doing it the right way. If I want to upgrade to woody from potato... 1) Change the apt sources.list to point to woody. 2) dselect and just upgrade all the packages. Is that it ? Thanks :) -- Ross.

RE: woody - no installation candidate.. - SOLVED

Title: RE: woody - no installation candidate.. - SOLVED umm..  yes.  mysql-server is available  :) Sorry I should have thought of that :) -- Ross. -Original Message- From: Bob Thibodeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2002 7:38 PM To: Ross Tsolakidis Cc

woody - no installation candidate..

Title: woody - no installation candidate.. Hi all, I've noticed that ever since I have upgraded to woody, a lot of packages aren't available to be installed. Such as, mysql. Package mysql has no installation candidate. Is this an issue with woody, is there a way I can resolve it ? Thanks

looking for an app...

Title: looking for an app... Hi all, I have a box that sniffs a subnet by using port monitoring on a Cisco switch. Using iptraf and other network monitors I can see all traffic that comes into and leaves the subnet.  I can even log it using iptraf. What I want to do is break the information