is mount /var/something -o remount -f dangerous ?

I hate to be a nervous nut but, Is it dangerous to remount a drive using this command on a ext3 filesystem ? mount /var/mail -o remount -f If it is dangerous, what can I do to fix it ? Here is what I did: I shutdown all the processes. postfix imap cron atd Then I chan

ext3 not mounting (ghost mounts created)

What did I do wrong to prevent the proper mounting of multiple /var/* directories ? How can I prevent ghost mounts from occurring in the future ? I created a machine with the following partition schema: /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 /dev/hda5 on /home type ext3 /dev/hd

Re: eepro100 with P4 (Gateway E-3600)

I have 2.4.17 running on a dual P4 machine at work with eepro100 on the motherboard. > I thought it had to do with SMP, is your machine single proc? Yes, this is a single processor machine. I think that I may have compiled in SMP for the uni-processor (a bad habit maybe?) . * Local APIC sup

eepro100 with P4 (Gateway E-3600)

I was wondering if anyone has Linux running on a Gateway E-3600. I recompiled the kernel with 2.4.17 and the eepro100. Are there any issues with the eepro100 and and the 2.4.17 ? During downloads, the machine locks up tighter than a clam. This lookup occurs in and out of X, so I don't think it

tcp wrappers

I have some tcp wrapper syntax problems: What is wrong here ? Feb 21 11:30:01 albert sshd[21141]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 18: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(WC-44-75.washcoll.edu) failed Feb 21 11:35:29 albert sshd[21163]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 18: can't verify hostname: g

Deleted OSX installing Debian powerpc on a blue and white G3 with ide drives

I having trouble. How do I clean up the partition table on a powerpc install ? I have a G3 MAC that is blue and white. It says PowerPC G3 on the back. It has 2 IDE drives inside I think ( one is a Quantem fireball ) Boot message after holding the 'c' key down: Welcome to yboot version 0.9 Wro

dump or dd image over multiple volumes

I want to create a dual boot machine for a student lab. Once I build the machine, I want to clone it using dd or dump. I was wondering if dd or dump could be used to created a bootable cd image of a hard drive with multiple mount points ? i.e. -- /mnt/sda1/boot /mnt/sda2/ (root) /mnt/sda

Re: iF locales 2.2.5-2 -- Thank you. That worked.

Thanks I added another line and it worked. /etc/environment LANG=C LANG=en > This was a bug, it is corrected since yesterday. > Workaround: > put a second line (besides LANG=) in /etc/environment > upgrade without error and remove the line if you have no use for it.

iF locales 2.2.5-2

I recently did an apt-get dist-upgrade on 2 [ unstable ] systems. Both had problem with the new unstable locales. Is this a bug or is there a way around it ? My error: debian:/home/tjk# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Don

style parser

I used a program called perl beautifier make my perl programs somewhat readable. I was wondering if there was a program like this for dns db records. I have 27 db records from a bunch of different networks that I want to place in a rational readable format. Although our dns seems to work, the

fetchmail problems

I am perplexed here. Pop seems to be working. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fetchmail -c Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: fetchmail: 5.9.6 querying pop.washcoll.edu (protocol POP3) at Tue Jan 29 01:21:08 2002: poll started fetchmail: POP3< +OK BlitzMail POP3 Server Ready. fetchmail: POP3> USER ted.kn

repaing ext2 filesystems

I got the following error. Error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# /sbin/dump 0uaf /dev/ht0 /dev/sda1 DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jan 29 00:54:39 2002 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda1 (/mailbag) to /dev/ht0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular

e2fsck your filesystem to lost+found

I had a corrupted filesystem that would not boot. I ran this command to fix the broken filesystem. e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sda5 -y Is there a safer way to fix a bad filesystem ? I rebooted and it mounted, and all my data was in lost+found with a number attached. ls | wc -l 540 # yikes Could some

corporate time server on debian (http://www.steltor.com)

I was wondering if anyone on the list is running corprate time server on Debian. The comercial evaluation package is in tar.gz format. If there is a free alternative with the same features I would love to learn about it. Ted Knab

perl and md5 crypt

How would I fix this to generate MD5 passwords ? I am writing a tiny script that creates student users and assigns the passwords, sets permissions to chmod 711, sets up user fetchmail, setups the muttrc, and setups a generic signiture, and a generic web-site. I am stumped on the, borrowed, cyrpt

dd to /dev/tape Advantages ?

For backups, I understand the disadvantages and simplicity of using tar. I also like using dump now that I understand it. I was wondering if anyone was using dd to make tape backups. What are the advantages/ disadvantages. i.e. Using dd to write to Tape (raw dump) --

trouble dumping whole filesystem to tape /sbin/dump

Hi, I am trying to use dump to backup some data. I have been using this command: /sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/st0 / -L slash 2>> output.txt followed by: /sbin/dump -1a -f /dev/st0 /usr -L usr 2>> output.txt When I do a restore -t The second comand rewrites over the data I recorded with the first

/var/log/messages notifyd on MUA server

I have found the following error in /var/log/messages: Does anyone know what this mean ? This machine is running blitzmail an MUA. Jann 3 10:05:31 blitzhost notifyd: atpread: short packet ignored Jan 3 10:06:06 blitzhost last message repeated 2 times Jan 3 10:06:16 blitzhost notifyd: atpre

ATI Radeon 7500 (XFree86 config problem)

I recently purchased an ATI Radeon 7500 over a GEForce because of the opensouce support. The ATI Radeon is supported by XFree86 according to #283 on http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes.html I am running XFree86 4.1.0-7 (unstable). I have compiled in DRI and Radeon support in the 2.4.12 k