Re: php4 vs php4-gd (dotproject: no gantt charts)

2005-07-21 Thread w trillich
On Thu, July 21, 2005 5:31 pm, Darryl Clarke said: > On 7/21/05, w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> apache: PHP Warning: gd: Unable to register functions, unable to load >> in Unknown on line 0 > >> # grep -r gd.so /etc/php4 >> /etc/php4/apache/php.ini

php4 vs php4-gd (dotproject: no gantt charts)

2005-07-21 Thread w trillich
hiya. haven't posted in a while, trying to keep the noise down. :) of course, i'm about to make up for lost time-- short version: apache: PHP Warning: gd: Unable to register functions, unable to load in Unknown on line 0 long version: we're trying to get "dotproject" (see dotproject.org)

tomcat on sarge (for magnolia)

2005-06-03 Thread w trillich
is there an apt-get install rigamarole to get tomcat going on sarge? (ultimate goal is to try to get 'magnolia' running...) sites such as http://www.whirljack.net/jeremy/blog/index.php?p=3 indicate you can't do it from debian packages... # apt-cache search tomcat lg-issue69 - Issue 69 of the

Re: can't change saslpasswd2 via squirrelmail plugin SOLVED

2005-05-09 Thread w trillich
On Sun, May 8, 2005 7:10 pm, Herisanu Alexandru said: > Since nobody replied to this message, I will. > > /etc/sasldb2 is owned by root:sasl. > > If you change it to cyrus:sasl, it will work. boy this was from a LONG time ago. :) the whole paradigm there is nefarious, the way that plugin works.

configuring horde3: authentication troubles

2005-05-07 Thread w trillich
we're having a dickens of a time figuring out how to get horde off the ground-- apt-get install horde3 turba2 mip4 ingo1 apt-get install php4-{gd,ldap,mcrypt} pear install mail_mime pear install auth_sasl http_request services_weather net_url pear install cache pear install net_sieve pear upgrade-

mail aliased --> gone?

2000-06-13 Thread w trillich
in /etc/aliases i've got postmaster: root root: will and i used to get mail tagged for root, forwarded to my 'will' mailbox. since using mutt (i think that's the changeover point) i've not been getting any root email. i try % mail root Subject: whatever w

purging X from debian installation

2000-06-09 Thread w trillich
i'll wind up reformatting and reinstalling, i can tell. i'm trying to get xwindows stuff off the hard drive, and use only ncurses console/telnet/ssh interaction, and server software -- but when i try to zap the xlib6 packages (xlib6 and xlib6g) it wants to remove elvis, perlmagick/ libmagick and a

Re: telnet vs console

2000-06-04 Thread w trillich
Rob wrote: > What is your TERM setting on both sides? > Are both sides Debian? > > rob helmer > ( namodn ) i wondered at that, too. (i use telnet from my mac, and it's got what appears to be full ansi/vt220 support of color--plus as i said, i do get "ls" to generate colors but many other programs

telnet vs console

2000-06-02 Thread w trillich
i've got telnet enabled from within my 192.168.*.* intranet and would like to have the telnet sessions behave like the consoled does--but mutt and mc* all use monochrome-like displays even tho my settings are 'vt220' compatible. when i use 'ls --color' the colors show up properly, just as they do i

Re: command-line -> email attachments/html

2000-06-01 Thread w trillich
John Bagdanoff wrote: > > On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:42:58PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > so, without any xwindows, how can you generate either (or both) > > > > - html-based email (content-type: text/html not text/plain) > > > > - email w/attchments (multi

Re: I see everything twice.

2000-05-22 Thread w trillich
when i post a message and someone replies, they often send a CC: directly to me, and then i see it twice. when i cross-posted to debian-www and debian-doc, folks replied to both while also CC:ing me, so i've been seeing triple! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this se

RFC okay, i hereby volunteer.

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
from the private support i've gotten over my 'HFTFMADBUFE' rantings, i can tell i struck a chord: this is not specific to debian, it's a unix/linux-wide situation. the documentation is hither and yon, and the newbies don't have the knowledge of which tools to use in order to find what they're look

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
Steve Lamb wrote: > > On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 06:29:01PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > there are #NO# pointers from a standard cd-install of slink, > > Of course not. Correct me if I'm wrong but apt didn't really come into > its own as the standard package tool

Re: apt-get, upgrade, /var/cache/apt/archives

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
Daniel Martin wrote: > > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, 19 May 2000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > > > 1:) What is the best way to make apt-get use the /archives folder to > > > perform the upgrade and return the system to stage 2. above? > > > > cp /archive/*.deb /var

Re: exim mail routing...

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
eavesdropping, here... one of the debian gurus wrote: > > > Can I get a quick-hint how to do this with exim, which I now seem to have > > as my new mail program. > > > RTFM! ;-) > look at this 800 kb file and search for smarthost. there is a complete > config example. for illustrative purposes,

Re: Stuck...

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > * "w" == w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> BTW: ESC + 0 ^= F10 > > w> hi, newbie mode here, how do you learn of those keystroke > w> equivalences? > > Hmm, somebody told me long time ago :-) > &

console /dev/tty[1-6] screen savers?

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
NOTE: i'm not running xwindows. Adam Shand wrote: > trillich wrote: > > on my setup i think the poweroff feature is in bios... unless the > > CONSOLE mode (NO XWINDOWS) has a screensaver option? > > yes it does. check out the xset man page. at the bottom of every page of 'man xset' it says "X

Re: Stuck...

2000-05-21 Thread w trillich
Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > * "w" == w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > w> if it were clear on how to exit mc, i'd be more in favor > w> of recommending it to the new folk... > > w> (i tried it from a telnet session where the Fkeys

Re: TZ / time zones

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Eric Hanchrow wrote: > > >>>>> "will" == w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > will> is that a new standard for specifying timezones, or is it > will> just for newbies? > > I think it is. In any case, the important thing is to

Re: Stuck...

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Alain Reinhardt wrote: > I always also suggest to try 'mc' (assuming MidNight Commander is installed) > because it is always a good feeling for a new user to go as far as a file > manager of some sort -in this case a very good one. Nothing means more when > you begin than knowing you have somethin

Re: Why is the Debian home page so boring?

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Armin Wegner wrote: > > It's not boring, it's functional. And that's what matters. boring might not have been the right word: maybe "tepid"? how about "obscure" as in 'is there a link on there that'll show me how to upgrade from an older debian to a more current one'? i still think his point is

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
seems like an uphill battle, eh? Ron Rademaker wrote: > > Try: pt-get install pine > > It'll give youenough information to get a bit further > > Ron Rademaker > > PS. Damn when is someone going to read apt-ge's FM!!, perhaps we'll just > have to put a few pages with apt-get info during ins

Re: apt-get install or upgrade from stored archive

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Ron Rademaker wrote: > > I don't thinthat'll work because the directory structure isn't correct, on > a mirror you got > /dists//[main|contrib|non-free]/binary-i386/[base|admin|net|etc]/package.deb > you don't have that with your downloaded packages, the best thing you can > do is go to the downlo

Re: power saving - A good idea

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > I lost a hard drive on my firewall machine recently so I looked for ways to > > conserve the drive. I enabled power saving(?) in the BIOS so that the IDE > > spins down after 5 mins of inactivity. As it is the only machine on a lot of > > the time, the HD is rarely

Re: init - autostarts

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Dominic> all that "starting syslogd", "starting inetd" etc Dominic> when you're booting, it's controlled by init, right? Dominic> how do i tell it not to start the things I'd rather Dominic> not be running? if you're wondering about things like scsi-initialization and isdn setup, then i say "me to

Re: APM Disable

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
my monitor shots off (led in front stays on, but no scan lines show up even at maximum brightness) in console mode after a few minuntes. xwindows ain't even running. before running into debian i'd tried freebsd, and their default install had a neat set of screensavers in console mode that switched

Re: apt-get, upgrade, /var/cache/apt/archives

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
i'm glad this came up. i'm about to renter this zone myself, starting over from 2.1 slink cd's and then apt-get upgrading to potato again... Andreas Rottmann wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > Questions: > > 1:) What is the best way to make apt-get use the /archives

Re: Why is the Debian home page so boring?

2000-05-20 Thread w trillich
Petr Cech wrote: > > On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 11:47:36AM +0200 , Svante Signell wrote: > > Following is a proposal on what to emphasize on the FIRST page: > > > > 1. Rewrite the Getting Started section, e.g. inform about the large > >number of architectures and packages supported. This surely >

TZ / time zones

2000-05-19 Thread w trillich
hmm. Lehel Bernadt wrote: > > On 18-May-2000 Nick wrote: > > i am having a difficult time changing from CEST to PDT/PST > > You have to run tzconfig. i have two tz* commands available, and they both allow selecting which continent, which country, and which locale in that country (if applicable)

Re: Stuck...

2000-05-19 Thread w trillich
> Brian Hazelwood wrote: > > Good Morning, > > I new to Linux and intalling debian 2.1 for the first time. I have > not had any problems untill this point. After I am prompted for my > "debian login" and password, I recieve the date, time and copywrite > info. However after this I recieve a li

Re: [humor] opensource.microsoft.com

2000-05-19 Thread w trillich
# dnsquery microsoft.org ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63912 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; microsoft.org, type = ANY, class = IN microsoft.org. 2D IN NSDNS4.CP.MSFT.NET. microsoft.org. 2D IN NSDNS

Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

2000-05-17 Thread w trillich
to hide the args of your command, there are several tricks aside from the 'overhaul the kernel' approach-- 1) write a script to do the deed & supply the args, and call it as your command; then your command-line will only be the script name. set (restrict) permissions as needed on the script

Re: bashrc

2000-05-16 Thread w trillich
Graeme Mathieson wrote: > montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ALTHILTM, > > WTF does that mean? :) at least, that's how it looks to me. ALTHILTM. (couldn't resist.) :) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this sentance.

Re: How do I run multiple X sessions?

2000-05-16 Thread w trillich
Bruce Sass wrote: > > On 15 May 2000, Richard Klinda wrote: > > You can start a second X with this command: startx -- :1 > > > > So if you have 2 running Xs, one'll be at 'alt-f7' and the other at > > 'alt-f8'. from within xwindows, you need to use CONTROL-ALT-F7 or CONTROL-ALT-LEFT/RIGHT. from

apropos pam

2000-05-16 Thread w trillich
i thought this was funny-- $ apropos pam [snip] pam-undocumented (7) - No manpage for this PAM-related program, utility or function. [snip] isn't that redundant? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this sentance.

elvis buffers

2000-05-16 Thread w trillich
seems every time (not quite, just seems that way) i leave ELVIS with ":q" i add another buffer to recover via "-r"... man elvis: -r This is used for recovering an edit session after a crash. Each elvis process uses a single "session file" to store the contents of all

dpkg-awk

2000-05-15 Thread w trillich
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote: > `dpkg-awk' works pretty good, and so does `apt-cache', for finding > things. I also like to use the web search interface at > www.debian.org, under the Packages clicker. i'm using frozen (potato), all updated, upgraded and dist-upgraded (not necessarily in that orde

Re: how do i get/install Apache::DB for debian?

2000-05-15 Thread w trillich
the guide at http://perl.apache.org/guide/ recommends using PerlSetEnv PERLDB_OPTS "NonStop=1 LineInfo=/tmp/db.out AutoTrace=1 frame=2" PerlModule Apache::DB PerlFixupHandler Apache::DB SetHandler perl-script PerlHan

Re: HTTP request forwarding

2000-05-15 Thread w trillich
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > We have one Debian server, which is router, proxi (IP masq), > > mail server, ... All we need is to forward HTTP request on > > Debian's extern IP forward to a different PC in LAN... > > ipmasqadm (in package netbase) is what you need. > look at the list archives f

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread w trillich
Corey Popelier wrote: > > Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going to use 2.2, use > 2.2.14+ kernels. I'm now running 2.2.15 (pre19-1) with no probs > whatsoever. i'm running 2.0.36 (slink kernel? with potato packages) without any problems whatsoever. until i run into problems a

Re: Apache::AutoIndex patch

2000-05-11 Thread w trillich
speaking of autoindex issues-- i can't get apache to display the HEADER or README files (above and below the tabular file listing), and when i posted my most recent question, someone else piped up and said they've got the same snag. is there a configuration that turns off the inclusion of plain te

Re: potato boot hang

2000-05-11 Thread w trillich
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > get a scsi-free kernel. it can be found in one of the boot-floppy > sub-directories. > later you can compile an own kernel that perfectly matches your system, if > you want. sounds interesting (i also have a 'no scsi found'-like error on startup but it doesn't hang anyt

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
"Ivan J. Varzinczak" wrote: > I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about > how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, > if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what > the domain name is, in that case, aol.com. > I

Re: Howto search and replace...

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
perl is designed for this kind of thing. use it carefully, though--AFTER you back everything up! #!/usr/bin/perl use File::Find; see 'man File::Find' (or perldoc 'File::Find') for the full poop. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this sentance.

Re: how do i get/install Apache::DB for debian?

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
Eric Hanchrow wrote: > > >>>>> "w" == w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > w> i'd like to debug some CGI scripts; apparently Apache::DB > w> is the ticket--what *.deb package is that a part of? > > w> # dpkg -S DB.

no apache HEADER?

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
i can get apache (1.3.9) to autoindex a directory, but *NOT* with an included HEADER or README file-- from httpd.conf: Options +Indexes IndexOptions +FancyIndexing ReadmeName README HeaderName HEADER IndexIgnore HEADER* README* .htaccess *# *~ when i browse

Re: pam/postgresql log entry

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
i misspoke -- it's not from the syslog, but the auth.log instead (which makes sense, since it involves PAM)... Oliver Elphick wrote: > > w trillich wrote: > >this shows up on occasion in my syslog: > > > > May 5 12:48:15 server login[20080]: PAM pam_put

how do i get/install Apache::DB for debian?

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
i'd like to debug some CGI scripts; apparently Apache::DB is the ticket--what *.deb package is that a part of? # dpkg -S DB.pm libnet-dns-perl: /usr/lib/perl5/Net/DNS/RR/AFSDB.pm faqomatic: /usr/lib/perl5/FAQ/OMatic/buildSearchDB.pm well _that_ didn't help... and, how would a newbie go about fi

Re: [mod_perl] Mini HOWTO

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
from http://www.insite.com.br/~nferraz/projetos/mod_perl.html : > my (%handlers) = ( > "/perl" => "", > "/perl/io" => "", > "/perl/perl-status" => "Apache::Status" > ); > > foreach (keys(%handler)) { > ... is it %handler or %handlers? :) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

postgresql/pam log entry

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
this shows up on occasion in my syslog: May 5 12:48:15 server login[20080]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . /etc/postgresql/postgresql.env just need a quickie pointer to how i can find out what that means, and if it's important (or if i can stop it).

Re: installing debs

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
Steve Zinck wrote: > I just ran apacheconfig for the first time since installation. It > didn't remove my setenvif_module, although it did comment out the php > modules and a bunch of others, consequently disabling a few of my web > sites. It does ask you if you want to save the configuration tho

Re: MySQL vs user www-data -- AHA!

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
apparently i wasn't connecting via localhost--it was using the /etc/hosts name of the computer ('server' in this case) instead! > mysql -u www-data -p will Enter password: ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'will' > mysql -u [EMAIL PROTECTED] -p will Enter password: ERROR

Re: MySQL vs user www-data

2000-05-09 Thread w trillich
hey, thanks for your replies and patience. i appreciate your help! Christian Hammers wrote: > > select * from [mysql.]user ; shows that www-data does > > have select/insert/update/delete permissions; besides 'user' > > only the 'db' table contains records (for the test set, i see). > ... > > i out

Re: MySQL vs user www-data

2000-05-08 Thread w trillich
Christian Hammers wrote: > > > On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 09:48:00PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > 'course, my DBILog routine in apache is still broke, after the > > reinstall. > You deinstalled libdbd-mysql-perl, if I remember correctly. good eye. i probably forgot t

mysql ok, apache ok, but mysql+apache BROKEN!

2000-05-08 Thread w trillich
this started out as quite on-topic (as a result of adhering to advice from debian-user on zapping my 'mysql' package set). sorry if it's drifted a bit... if so, please redirect me to the proper authorities/list. thanks! okay. i reinstalled mysql (it was working, but with 'mysql-shared' which is ap

system map path--undetermined?

2000-05-08 Thread w trillich
# lsof lsof: can't determine system map file path lsof: (See 00FAQ for more information.) # more /usr/doc/lsof-2.0.36/00FAQ* [snip] If you want to know what system map file lsof will use, specify the -h option and look at the default name (listed in parentheses) for the -k

Re: MySQL *.deb's dependencies ignored? maybe?

2000-05-08 Thread w trillich
okay, i tried the purge of the odd mysql stuff... root# apt-get --purge remove mysql\* Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Note, selecting mysql-server instead of virtual-mysql-server Note, selecting mysql-base instead of mysql The following packages will be REMOVED: l

Re: Networking - Linux gateway to internet for Mac

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
Marshal Wong wrote: > 1. I'm networking together a iMac and my Linux box for a local > network. I've managed to get the two computers talking to each > other now with netatalk and macgate. I don't know how well they > are talking to each other, but at least file sharing is > happ

restart troubles / tcpip,mysql...

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
mid april, i did the apt-get dist-upgrade and all that, and things were going along rather well until i rebooted (says something for linux, that rebooting isn't a daily or hourly necessity as it is on my mac and on most windon't boxes)... love the new console video modes, by the way! cool! but al

command-line -> email attachments/html

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
so, without any xwindows, how can you generate either (or both) - html-based email (content-type: text/html not text/plain) - email w/attchments (multipart/mixed) from the command line (or perl)?

Re: search engine for the Guide

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
Stas Bekman wrote: > > > Stas Bekman wrote: > > > So far, from the personal replies to me, htdig is the best solution given > > > that we stuff many anchors in the text so you could jump directly to the > > > right paragraph. > > > > can't we have a filter script that yanks the source html and > >

syslog question

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
May 5 12:48:15 server login[20080]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; . /etc/postgresql/postgresql.env just need a quickie pointer to how i can find out what that means, and if it's important (or if i can stop it). tia...

Re: virtual ip's -- MODCONF

2000-05-06 Thread w trillich
> > how do I enable ip aliasing? > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Wayne Sitton > > > How do I bind 2 ip's to the same nic in Debian > > > > > enable ip aliasing in the kernel. > > then do: > > ifconfig eth0 ip1/mask [foo...] > > ifconfig eth0:1 ip2/mask [bar...] modconf, grasshopper. t

Re: Which LINUX

2000-05-05 Thread w trillich
Kevin A Smith wrote: > > I know the answer to this will be obvious to those on this list, > but I wonder what criteria people have used to decide on which > distribution to use...where/for what? > > I have debian on a desktop at home, simply a "users" setup. I > now want to setup a laptop (IBM Th

rWfm? what's in this log file--

2000-05-04 Thread w trillich
my logs. big. lots of stuff. meanings escape me. i can configure what gets logged or not via the syslog.conf files, but when a program logs something, it's not relevant to the logger itself. i know what RTFM means... so rWfm means "read _which_ manual?" == A) ipfwadm logging: in my syslog i se

Re: bash_history from Cracked Computer

2000-05-03 Thread w trillich
Joey Hess wrote: > Let's cut it down some.. > > > cc anatomy.c -o anatomy > > cc kod.c -o kofd > > cp kofd kod > > rm kofd > > According to google, kod and kofd are related to the oracle database. > It's possible this is a cooincidence, or he was using these names to try > to appear innocous (wei

Re: bash_history from Cracked Computer

2000-05-03 Thread w trillich
if you run updatedb via cron (or run it from the shell by hand recently) it'll tell you if you have any of the evil files on your computer: locate pscan locate wuftp locate bnc2 locate .shit locate anatomy locate kod locate '/b$' if you find a

MySQL *.deb's dependencies ignored? maybe?

2000-05-03 Thread w trillich
# dpkg -l mysql\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ NameVersion Description +++-===-=

Re: ping

2000-05-02 Thread w trillich
bouchalhi youness wrote: > i'm a perl debutante.i want know how can i make a ping command from a > web using perl or javascript. i had the same question yesterday. here's how it works from perl... Net::Ping is the answer (how to ping from perl) but it's got a snag in it, apparently. "man Net::

Re: Emacs

2000-05-02 Thread w trillich
Pat Mahoney wrote: > ... > But I have chosen to use linux; I like the free software attitude, and I want > to be encouraged to think. The most fun I ever had was when my brother and I > fdisk'ed our windows partition and mke2fs'ed it. Then we broke the windows > install CD so that no one else would

Re: Learning Linux

2000-05-02 Thread w trillich
Steven Burns wrote: > > Anyway, I just thought you deserved a decent response with some specifics, > rather > than the lame-ass type of response you got from Mr. Peak. I mean, seriously, > Mr. > Peak's response gives absolutely no useful information. "I'd recommend > getting a > good Linux bo

Re: ping via perl?

2000-05-02 Thread w trillich
Nathan E Norman wrote: > The Net::Ping module is part of package perl-5.005; there's an open > bug that seems to address this issue: > > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/55/55427.html > > Note that this Net::Ping module tries to create a UDP socket by > default; this doesn't work. I don't think

ping via perl?

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
could this be a result of the perl5.004* vs. 5.005* situation? if not, then--what? #!/usr/bin/perl use Net::Ping; my $ip = "208.33.90.84"; my $wait = 5; $p = Net::Ping->new(); print "$ip is alive.\n" if $p->ping($ip); $p->close(); __END__ Bad arg length for Socket::unpack_sockaddr_in, lengt

Re: PerlSendHeader

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
Benjamin Reed wrote: > > I've turned off PerlSendHeader, but no matter what I do, it seems that I'm > already getting headers before I ever print anything. > > I have the following in my httpd.conf: > > ---(snip!)--- > Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/perl/ > > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Ap

Re: multi line regex's in vi ...

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
Adam Shand wrote: > > > clever solution. wish i'd come up with that one. > > ain't that always the way ... :) > > > here's the lo-down: > > > > :g <- globally--i.e. thru every line in the file > > how is that different from :s/find/replace/g ? ex is a LINE editor. if your line looks like t

dns/named conf-usion [OT]

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
there are docs that tell what all the fields are spozed to be in an /etc/bind/* file, sure, but where's the docs that tell me why my configuration generates all this griping from named? # ndc restart /var/log/syslog reports that... named[26622]: starting. named 8.2.2-P5-NOESW Tue Apr 11 14:22:53

Re: /var/spool/popbull?

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
> Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Anyone knows what this and $HOME/.popbull are for? > > Read the manual page of qpopper, and read the docs in > /usr/doc/qpopper/ ... it's all documented. it *is* usually documented, but going from the filename (.popbull) to the name of the manpage (

Re: daemons -- who needs'em?

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
John Pearson wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 04:23:50PM -0500, w trillich wrote > > but what i was referring to was the console-happy curses-based gizmo > > that ran only on the FIRST BOOT after installing bare-bones kernel > > stuff from cd. blue screen, white selector

Re:

2000-05-01 Thread w trillich
> Sahap Kayhan wrote: > > I am using Windows98. I want to learn and try Linux system. What can > I do? I am waiting for your explanation messages. Thanks. buy a CD (www.linuxmall.com is one place you can get them for Really Really Cheap--around $2.00 [u.s.] per distribution) and install it on a P

list suggestion? [was Another dpkg or apt-get question from a new user]

2000-04-30 Thread w trillich
the simple answer to the question 'how do i know what files are in the package i installed?' was dpkg -L things like this are standard knowledge among debian folk who have been on this list for a few weeks--but for the new folk, it's a complete mystery, but each one of us has had to ask

Re: Thank you !

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
no problem. if you have seen any of my other posts, you'll know that i'm often in the same boat--looking for the right directive in an unknown config file for some mysterious program. i like the debian paradigm for updating software: they had a *.rpm (red-hat package manager) translation thing wit

Re: daemons -- who needs'em?

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
Joey Hess wrote: > > w trillich wrote: > > > > we need them _both_ because... well... um... > > > Because syslogd handles the userspace messages, klogd handles the kernel > > > messages. > > > > there's still a AWFUL lot of overlap! >

Re: hacked?

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
"Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, w trillich wrote: > On the other hand, I do not feel as strongly as other posters that telnet > needs to be disabled in order to have a secure machine. Strong passwords > will work just as well. I have an account on a

Re: startup/connection trubble [was Modules & name resolution]

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
John Pearson wrote: > > > The "net-pf-18" message is the kernel trying to load the module > > > for network protocol family 18, which linux/include/net/socket.h > > > lists as "Ash", with which I'm not familiar. If it represents a > > > protocol family that you don't intend to support, or you just

Re: samba -- missing codepage/tree connect invalid?

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
Tobias Knowles wrote: > > Hey, > > 1) how do i munge a codepage 850? or do i need to? > Not sure about that one...I have about 10 in ./samba/lib/codpages. > > > 2) how can i keep it from adding interface 11.33.97.5? > Add to smb.conf > interfaces = 192.168.1.1/24 127.0

Re: elvis vs. initial settings

2000-04-28 Thread w trillich
Steve Kirkendall wrote: > > w trillich wrote: > > 1) it ignores my startup settings and > It sounds like there's a bad command somewhere in your configuration > files. Unfortunately, elvis sometimes has trouble reporting problems > that occur during initializat

samba -- missing codepage/tree connect invalid?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
this is probably a simple fix for anyone who's memorized the SAMBA manpages... according to doc/samba/DIAGNOSIS* -- >In all of the tests I assume you have a Samba server called BIGSERVER >and a PC called ACLIENT. meaning the name of the linux workstation, according to whom? -- smb.conf calls it

Re: samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
what was i thinking? when i saw that /usr/share/doc/samba* included samba/ and samba-common/ i figured that i'd yanked everything pertinent to samba. Harry ten Berge wrote: > There are sample 'smb.conf' files in 'samba-doc'. However, if you don't > want to spent a enormous amount of time (Samba is

Re: daemons -- who needs'em?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
to paraphrase bob hope's theme--thanks for the summaries! > > 2206 ?S 0:00 /sbin/portmap > Portmapper for the RPC-based services (kinda a dispatch for them) > > portmap = something to do with Remote-Procedure-Call? > precisely can i ditch it? is it essential somehow? > > *logd =

Re: hacked?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:01:08AM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > # man ssh > > No manual entry for ssh > > > > # apt-get install ssh > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > &g

samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
i did the religious apt-get install samba and then apt-get install smbclient # just for testing (even tho i'd done a full apt-get dist-upgrade, i still apt-get install things left and right that weren't selected..) and it complains about not being able to read /etc/samba/smb.

Re: disk full (error log loop) SOLVED

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:12:18PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > okay. it's my fault. i let the log file get huge--but deleting > > it doesn't recover the space on the partition! > > Common mistake. > > A file under Linu

daemons -- who needs'em?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
ever wonder what all those background processes are for? me too, and i still do. if you have some answers, please post them for us newbies. # ps t\? PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ?S 0:06 init [2] 2 ?SW 0:00 [kflushd] 3 ?SW<0:00 [kswapd]

elvis vs. initial settings

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
elvis is a way-cool grown-up vi. wonderfully powerful! but 1) it ignores my startup settings and 2) it exits with status 1 so that "crontab -e" breaks elvis 2.1_4 (debian) Linux 2.0.36 #2 -- 1 i'm using debian/gnu linux with the apt-get module feature (instead of

Re: multi line regex's in vi ...

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
while you can specify that a substitution take place on many lines (1,3s/// for lines 1-3, .,$s/// for lines "here" to end of file, or %s/// for lines "all") VI is based on EX which is a line editor. there may be some advanced voodoo mumbo-jumbo that will allow VIM (or ELVIS, another enhanced VI)

Re: Help me

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
holy cow--somebody has mistaken me for an expert! hell, i've been at this for weeks now, so let's see if i can confuse you a bit by taking a stab... first: subject line in your ReqForHep should intimate the nature of your problem: "newbie trying to get perl/cgi running!" for example. that'll let t

Re: hacked?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
if i can figure it out from within the dselect/apt gadgetry... (a week or two ago i'd never heard of apt-get and got a bit singed by all the better-informed folk here, so consider yourself initiated...) good suggestion, nonetheless. :) > w trillich wrote: > > # man ssh > > No

Re: do "file" -- FIXED!

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
Doug MacEachern wrote: > > this is either something 5.6.0 broke, or nobody has been using > Apache->httpd_conf, patch below fixes. thank you! piece-o-cake... all is sunshine and sparkles, now! thanks! > Index: Apache/Apache.pm > ==

Re: hacked?

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
Andrei Ivanov wrote: > If you know which user they logged in as, they can look up the > ~/.bash_history file for that user for some hints. Other than > that...install tripwire and you'll be sure when someone changes your > binaries. You can also disable telnetd in /etc/inetd.conf so noone can > tel

disk full (error log loop)

2000-04-27 Thread w trillich
okay. it's my fault. i let the log file get huge--but deleting it doesn't recover the space on the partition! i made a reference in a perl script, called by the httpd server (apache 1.3.9), that was undefined, and "perl -w" logged it to the /var/log/apache/error.log file. for some reason it logge

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