[solved] Re: after usermod can not su to root

2009-04-11 Thread zhang zhengquan
>> pressing 'e' on the right GRUB entry, and adding 'single' to the end of the >> line. This boots up Debian as root. Thanks for the single user method, I did usermod -l islanddancer zhengquan in single user mode. and was able to su root again. Thank you so much, -- Zhengquan -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: after usermod can not su to root

2009-04-11 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/11 Harry Rickards : > > > On 11 Apr 2009, at 18:58, zhang zhengquan wrote: > >> Dear debian users, >> >> I used to use islanddancer as username to login to my sid laptop. and >> islanddancer is in sudoers file. >> today I changed it to zheng

after usermod can not su to root

2009-04-11 Thread zhang zhengquan
Dear debian users, I used to use islanddancer as username to login to my sid laptop. and islanddancer is in sudoers file. today I changed it to zhengquan using sudo usermod -l zhengquan islanddancer I did nothing else. Now I can login using zhengquan but I was not able to su to root using the r

Re: xterm font sizes choices?

2009-04-07 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/8 Rob Starling : > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> > > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything, >

Re: unable to boot, how to install the package that cause problem?

2009-04-05 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/5 Daniel Dalton : > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:53:36PM -0500, zhang zhengquan wrote: >> Dear debian users, > > Good afternoon > >> I have installed some boot splash related packages on my girlfriends >> laptop running sid, >> and it turned out that it

unable to boot, how to install the package that cause problem?

2009-04-05 Thread zhang zhengquan
Dear debian users, I have installed some boot splash related packages on my girlfriends laptop running sid, and it turned out that it is unable to boot after that, I have a system rescue cd that boots well in to another linux on the cdrom. I wonder if it is possible to uninstall the package instal

Re: apache log "rotate"

2009-04-04 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/4 michal krajcirovic : > Hello, > creating access.log from apache2. I want at the same time (namely, every > minute) without restart / reload apache start either log into another file, > or rename the existing log to another file and log to a file with the same > name. Given that the number

Re: how to purge unused softwares on servers

2009-04-04 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/4 Andrei Popescu : > On Fri,03.Apr.09, 17:09:50, zhang zhengquan wrote: >> Dear debian users, >> I have now got several servers for different applications under >> debian, some are very old and previous admin have installed lots of >> packages on them. like Xorg

how to purge unused softwares on servers

2009-04-03 Thread zhang zhengquan
Dear debian users, I have now got several servers for different applications under debian, some are very old and previous admin have installed lots of packages on them. like Xorg... gnome... kde related. I really want to purge them and get some space. I would like to find out a way to make some st

Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-02 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/2 Stefan Monnier : >> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm >> partitions. > > Only /boot needs to be on a non-LVM volume.  I always partition my root > drives with a 100-200MB /boot partition and the rest as a single > partition devoted to LVM.  Actually, I a

Re: lvm and multiboot

2009-04-02 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/2 Celejar : > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:18:36 -0500 > zhang zhengquan wrote: > >> 2009/4/2 Stefan Monnier : >> >> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm >> >> partitions. >> > >> > Only /boot nee

Re: Re : lvm and multiboot

2009-04-02 Thread zhang zhengquan
2009/4/2 Eloillaf Mhamed : > > > > > > - Message d'origine > De : zhang zhengquan > À : debian-user@lists.debian.org > Envoyé le : Jeudi, 2 Avril 2009, 19h13mn 30s > Objet : lvm and multiboot > > Hello, Debian community, > I have got a 250

lvm and multiboot

2009-04-02 Thread zhang zhengquan
Hello, Debian community, I have got a 250G harddisk that I can use for a debian lenny installation. I have met with partition size problems before so this time I would use LVM. and since it will be a server so /var /srv etc will grow in size later on. at the same time I would like to have 50G left

[solved] Re: installing debian on AMD opterons

2009-04-01 Thread zhang zhengquan
Thank you guys, deian rocks! Z 2009/4/1 Ron Johnson : > On 2009-04-01 16:37, zhang zhengquan wrote: >> >> Hello, debian community, >> Tomorrow I will install lenny on a server with two dual core AMD opteron >> cpus. >> >> I would like any debian users to co

installing debian on AMD opterons

2009-04-01 Thread zhang zhengquan
Hello, debian community, Tomorrow I will install lenny on a server with two dual core AMD opteron cpus. I would like any debian users to confirm that this is what I need to download, burn and install? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-500-amd64-CD-1.iso and I vaguely

sudoer security problem on server

2009-03-28 Thread zhang zhengquan
Hi, there, I am exposed to a sudoer security problem on a server. the server is running debian etch and every so often users on it would ask me for sudoer permissions. I would simply add username ALL=(ALL) ALL to the /etc/sudoers file. But now I am worried, it is a developement server that devs o

Re: parallel programming on debian

2009-01-31 Thread zhang zhengquan
Thanks a lot. Now I know what I need to do now. 2009/1/31 Micha Feigin : > On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:44:58 -0600 > zhang zhengquan wrote: > >> Thank you, basically, I don't have access to IRIX machines and I >> wonder if there are counterparts or similar headers in l

Re: parallel programming on debian

2009-01-31 Thread zhang zhengquan
; >> > >> > Original Message >> >From: ron.l.john...@cox.net >> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> >Subject: Re: parallel programming on debian >> >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:08:15 -0600 >> > >> >>On 01/30/2009 10

parallel programming on debian

2009-01-30 Thread zhang zhengquan
Dear all debian users: I am taking a course on parallel programming and I wonder if anyone has encountered the same library problem, the code example the instructor provides has #include #include and obviously the header files are not available in any packages for debian sid. Is there any wa

Re: vim like completion in bash?

2007-03-04 Thread zhang . zhengquan
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