Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)

2003-03-09 Thread Jereme Corrado
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Doesn't anyone remember the horror of the monolithic /etc/rc* files > that Slackware had? I think you are being kind calling it a horror. -jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado

Re: Bash scripting

2003-03-09 Thread Jereme Corrado
". As it were, it would match "i""386". I added the quotes around the sed expression in case you wanted to try it at the CL. -jereme -- +--+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrat

Re: allow root login when using gdm

2003-03-07 Thread jereme
> I'm not new to linux, just Debian. In debian, you can always get the docs for a package in /usr/share/doc/ hth, jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024

Re: XDMCP and client requirements

2003-03-07 Thread jereme
l xauth merge - Then you can start xclients on Xterminal and have them make use of the X server running locally. hth, jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024D/9C39E

Re: managing another network route, can't connect to it! Pls see!

2003-02-26 Thread jereme
e 10.0.0.2 router, it does save you the headache of setting static routes on each system. To get this to work, I would suspect the problem lies in the filtering and mangallind rules on the gw. You can post those rules, if you are comfortable with that and you want more help. hth, jereme -- +--

Re: tunnelling -- best practices

2003-02-20 Thread jereme
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 11:30:54PM -0500, jereme wrote: > > Some of this is preference. I find, I myself prefer to build a tunnel > > to remote networks. Having a routable link provides much more > > flexibility than rem

Re: firewall -- best practices

2003-02-18 Thread jereme
n my copy is starting to fade from over use :) Their are tons of other great resources as well, these two books just spring to mind as having been particularly enjoyable to me. O'reilly publishes a decent intro text on TCP/IP by Craig Hunt, (I think that is correc

Re: Routing, maybe NAT...

2003-02-18 Thread jereme
e leaving the tunnel host as their default gateway will work but it is inneficient as your local machines will forward packets first to your Debian host which will then forward them to your local router, turning off the debian box, (does anyone do that? :) would knock out their inet access. hth,

Re: How do I find out where a package came from?

2003-02-15 Thread jereme
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:59:13PM -0500, jereme wrote: > > You can check the file: > > > > /usr/share/doc/package/copyright > > > > Debian policy say that this file has to exist for all official debs. &g

Re: How do I find out where a package came from?

2003-02-15 Thread jereme
a bug). And if it *does* exist, it will provide you enough info to determine if it came from the Debian achive or from an external source. This won't help you determine from which mirror you downloaded an official package, just wheteher or not your installed packge is form Debian. The mirro

Re: how to login from old pc to new pc

2003-02-15 Thread jereme
but it should give you something to start with, let us know how you fair, I can always expound, good luck. -jereme -- +--+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024D/9C39E1

Re: passwordless ssh login not working

2003-02-15 Thread jereme
info. # sshd -d -p 24 ...then hit it with the client $ ssh -p 24 This has helped for me, hope it reveals something for you. -jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp.

Re: Iptables Help

2003-02-13 Thread jereme
his in no way preclude the need to harden an Internet accessible system. You should consider all these angles. hope that, (at least mildly) helps, jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative

Re: More detailed post ...

2003-02-10 Thread jereme
Hi Pigeon, [snips:] Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:19:16PM -0500, jereme wrote: > > > > That is like telling me to build a fence so your dog doesn't crap on > > my lawn... > > If your dog crapped on my lawn, I'd rather

Re: cluttered up system?

2003-02-10 Thread jereme
ot; |sed -e 's/Installed-Size://'; done |sort -grk 2 This will get you a sorted list of what is installed and how much space their Installed-Size. A more experienced deb can probably suggest a better way, dpkg and her ilk are mighty, this was off the cuff... -jereme -- +---

Re: network+router

2003-02-10 Thread jereme
ress for your machines interface. This will be the address of router's internal interface. "man 5 interfaces" for a more indepth explanation. -jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrat

Re: More detailed post ...

2003-02-09 Thread jereme
t crap on my lawn... Martin's request seems simple enough to me. -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024D/9C39E1F0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Boot fails at: starting FAM ... ...

2003-02-06 Thread jereme
/mnt/etc/rc?.d or wherevr you mounted the partition. hth, -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024D/9C39E1F0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing on a Headless PC?

2003-01-23 Thread jereme
but IIRC they were primarily with console access servers but I think a few were with minicom. BTW, you will need a monitor to config your BIOS for a serial port and the correct boot order. hth, jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL

Re: initializing linux partitions after installation

2003-01-04 Thread jereme
to update /etc/fstab so hda4 always comes up mounted on /home, follow the format of the other entry's or post for more help. good luck, jereme -- +--+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative M

Re: Routing doesn't start automatically

2002-10-14 Thread jereme
d you should be all set, either make the netmask /24, (255.255.255.0) and remove the "network" and "broadcast" lines (advisable from the looks of things) or dig deeper to find out why you set such a small netmask to begin with and what _should_ be your gateway. hth, jereme --

Re: non-gui battery app?

2002-05-26 Thread jereme
ile(true);do apm; sleep 10; clear;done; hth, jereme -- +--+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. pgplvsbE4sg2C.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: shell quoting woes

2002-04-05 Thread jereme
echo "$username\#03") -U $nbns This worked, thank you very much. I thought that this was the first thing that I tried but I guess I must have overlooked it as I tried many variations. > BTW, > > > $ nmblookup -R "jereme#03" -U merlin > > > >And I ge

shell quoting woes

2002-04-05 Thread jereme
rying our NBNS servers, (samba nmbd) to find out from which machine they last registered a username record, (type #03" So if I want to find user jereme, I can do this: $ nmblookup -R "jereme#03" -U merlin And I get back: querying jereme on 192.168.0.200 name_

Re: install nslookup

2002-02-01 Thread jereme
Xeno Campanoli wrote: > I can't find "dig" with apt-cache search. I do find something called > "htdig". Is this basically the same thing? very different, you want package: dnsutils -- +------+ Jereme Corr

openldap slapd.conf trouble RESOLUTION

2001-05-13 Thread jereme
imple slapd.conf, (thanks to the rich FAQ's on openldap.org) and recreated my ldif's. This solved my troubles and explained some of the very weird errors i was getting. -jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL P

openldap slapd.conf trouble (or: a nitwit deleted my conf)

2001-05-11 Thread jereme
old ldifs i used to enter the entrys initialy: dn: cn=jereme, ou=People, dc=restorative-management, dc=com objectClass: top cn: jereme mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This served our purposes well, it allowed the clients to send mail to "jereme" instead of the full addr.

ATAPI seagate STT8000A Tape drive

2001-04-20 Thread jereme
n someone refer me towards some useful docs. Thanks for the help, truly appreciated. -jereme -- +------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Administrator Restorative Management Corp. "O

RESOLUTION: Re: how can i determine why apt-get "keeps packages" back?

2001-03-30 Thread jereme
cibly removing gnome-print so the upgrade for gnumeric could install the newer "print system" (forgot the name of the package) that it conflicted with. Could this be attributed to incorrect setup of the gnome packages, (Ximian)? Hmmm. Thanks sincerely for the help, jereme Amidst piles o

how can i determine why apt-get "keeps packages" back?

2001-03-30 Thread jereme
Hi List, Can someone point me towards information regarding why apt-get will sometimes say certain packages have been kept back and how i may resolve the troubles: (hope this isn't too much information) An example of the trouble: 10:35am~$ su Password: jereme:/home/jereme# ap

include dirs

2000-09-18 Thread jereme
lation and linking. I understand why i need headers, i am just not sure what my system expects where. I appreciate everyone time, thanks very much. jereme post: as i said, i am looking for general information but the specific situation that prompted this note arose while running the configure s