>1. Cannot boot without the boot disk.
>I'm using the same partitions that I used successfully
>with Mandrake. hda1 is windows, hda2 is the swap, hda3
>is Linux. I installed lilo as the boot loader in the
>hda3 partition.
>
>When I restart, System Commander only gives me the
>options for Windows or
Hi all,
I just finished (I hope) setting up debian on my home
desktop. I've been using Mandrake for quite some time
now, but got exposed to Debian when I switched my IPAQ
to Linux, and I thought I'd give it a try.
I set up a basic potato system, then tried to upgrade
it to woody. Everything seems
On Sunday 13 May 2001 11:52, Alexander Steinert wrote:
> > 3) I want to have a system that is as secure as possible without
> > sacrificing usability. Where can I get good guidance on securing Debian?
> > I
>
> Not only for that you might want to take a look at
>
> http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/De
> 3) I want to have a system that is as secure as possible without
> sacrificing usability. Where can I get good guidance on securing Debian? I
Not only for that you might want to take a look at
http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/Debian/doc/index.html
Stony
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> > i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a
> > very rootable state. (as in no security updates installed).
> >
> > to be fair many security holes affect all distributions that include
> > the package (assuming its install
hi ya ethan
yeah... think redhat boxes are usually sitting ducks for
wanna be hackers and script kiddies...
i concur, not that it matters, that all distro is basically
the same and hackable...including debian...
debian does provide a nice automated way to update itself should someone
wanna do i
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:19:49AM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote:
>
> frankly i dont know how anyone applies alll those Red Hat updates, they must
> have more time than me ...
they don't.
i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a
very rootable state. (as in no security
updates, they must
have more time than me ...
-Matt
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From: Young, C Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 12 May 2001 1:12 AM
To: Debian User (E-mail)
Subject: debian newbie questions -- security
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And I thought the RedHat list I subscribe to was active
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:02:28PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> I believe there is a "Securing Debian HOWTO" somewhere, but I haven't
> seen it. It might give you some info.
http://joker.rhwd.de/doc/Securing-Debian-HOWTO
a really nicely written HOWTO
MfG/Regards, Willi
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On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:11:45AM -0500, Young, C Bryan wrote:
> informed and preferably unbiased position (hard to come by in forums where
> GNU/Linux or BSD are discussed), I'd MUCH appreciate it.
I use FreeBSD and Debian at work, and am often forced to deal with
security issues on Redhat. IMH
All---
And I thought the RedHat list I subscribe to was active!
I'm considering a switch from RH 6.2 to Debian stable for a dual-processor
workstation I use for crunching numbers and making graphs/plots with GMT.
I'm thinking about the move because I just can't keep up with manual updates
on RH,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Cindy - just use dselect as root user. If you haven't used it before,
> you'll have to acquire your package list. First choose "Access" then
> "apt" as the method. (Oh, be connect to the 'net when you do this :)
> When aske
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