Going back records, using mt. (script included)

Hello, I've been working on a primitive backup script, that, using BRU backs up my root partition, and then other, more dynamic directories under a different 'file count' to a DAT tape. At least that's the plan. Here's a basic layout of the program

Re: Any good & free SSL enabled WWW browser for debian?

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alsa in slink setup

Hi! I just installed the following packages in an effort to get alsa to work under 2.0.36: alsa-modules0.2.0-pre8-3 ALSA driver common files alsa-source 0.2.0-pre8-3 ALSA driver source alsalib 0.1.1-1Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (libraries alsauti

Synchronizing Windows NT to Debian.

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cracklib's cron emails.

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Browser with CSS1 support.

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inetd web server.

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Later and surepimposing a text.

Hi, With a sudden influx of LaTeX-related questions, and tetex-list being quiet for some time now, I decided to ask a question on debian-user... I want to superimpose an image over a page. Something similar to "DRAFT" or "COPYWRITED". How can I do

Netscape 4.08 vs. 4.5?

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Will slink ship with 2.2.0

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Cron's timing - using GMT?

Hi. I was under the impression that cron used 'local' time for timing events, however, I was surprised, when, I started seeing the 'updatedb' at something like 6am. Is using GMT for cron normal for UNIX, or is this something new? Thanks, Nikita

Squid/ipfwadm interrelated problem.

Hello. Sorry for a rather vague subject, but it's pretty tough to describe the problem in just a couple of words... Anyway, I have the Linux box doing the IP Masquerading, using ipfwadm. It works. Whenever a Windows 98 machine tries to connect to the net, without using a proxy server ( i.e. Squid

mwm segfaults.

Hi, Upon upgrading from Debian 1.3 to Debian 2.0, Motif window manager gives me a 'segmentation fault' every time I attempt to start it. I suspect it has something to do with glibc ( I have libc5-compat installed ), however, that's all I know. Any Id

Making proxy mandatory.

Hi, I have Junkbuster and Squid installed on Debian 2.0 box. All of the outbound traffic goes through this machine. Since I'd like to have some idea of web usage, and total bytes transferred, etc., I'd like to make it mandatory for users

Re: Linux security

>I was having a discussion with my ISP about Linux. He said he uses Windows NT >because it is much more secure than Linux. He stated that since the source >code was available that it was very unsecure. He mentioned something about That is apparently a VERY wrong statement. Just because the so

PPPstats in Debian 2.0

Hi, First off, 2.0 is v. good: many more packages, better configured, etc. However, there is one thing that I don't like about the distribution ( actually, it's kernel... ) -- pppstats. - No totals every 20th line -

Re: Netscape Navigator

Hi, What about Mozilla.org? Couldn't Debian legally distibute a .deb made from the source code there ??? ( slink, if it's unstable ) -Nikita -- Even God cannot change the past. -- Joseph Stalin >> Hello, >> i was wondering was there a .deb package for Netscape Navigator any where >>