howto increase delays in password prompt

HI All A quick question... I recently did a 'standard' netinstall version of Sarge. I've been playing with /etc/login.defs, UNsuccessfully, trying to increase the delay for password prompts from the current '3' second default if/when the wrong password is entered during login. I tried chang

Re: Php 5 documentation

I loaded up XAMPP which comes w/ PHP4 and PHP5 (default). Works out of the box. Attila Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:27:34 +0100 From: Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Php 5 documentation Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:27:47 -0600 (CST) Resent-Fro

default firewall/IDS that comes with DEBIAN

All Another newbiew question... While browsing my auth.log file, I notice 'many' denial attacks. Eg:... Dec 17 12:25:37 h-66-166-247-242 sshd[21409]: Illegal user sara from 61.82.25.83 Dec 17 12:25:39 h-66-166-247-242 sshd[21412]: Illegal user robert from 61.82.25.83 Dec 17 12:25:41 h-66-166-

Re: [OT] CVS vs. SVN

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, David Christensen wrote: David - I've been using SVN for over a year and, Like you, I used CVS for several years prior to that. I've been using CVS (and RCS before it) for several years new. I've also looked at switched to SVN, but seem to recall that there was an SVN "f

blank screen on /etc/init.d/gdm [re]start

Hi All I have a fresh install on a Gateway E4100. After a net-install and standard configuration, I reboot the machine. I see the standard startup text scroll by on the screen but when it gets to the point of starting gdm - I get a blank screen. ALT-CTL-F1 gets me to the command line gdm lo

installing package dependencies automatically

Hello all. I'm brand new to Debian. I have some experience with package installtion on SOLARIS systems. On SOLARIS when I install a package w/ dependencies, the package installer auto-magically detects this and prompts me if I want to install them as well. Is there a similar capability in