Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-08 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > Anyway, it was interesting. this was not "my document" but quite > thought provoking for me Good. Then my ranting was not entirely in vain. Dima -- We're sysadmins. Sanity happens to other people. -- Chris King

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-08 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:37:56PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > 4. this whole mess is signed with *my* name and e-mail address, and > 5. NOBODY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON IT. When people like me volunteered to summarize informat

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:21:28AM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > ... > > > I fail to understand why you came up with the example above. No one > > > have suggested or commented any such th

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > * Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > ... > > > I fail to understand why you came up with the example above. No one > > > have suggested or commented any such thing. > > > >

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:31:09AM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: > > "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hans> Since no one else has disputed this post yet, I think it is > Hans> time to do so. I have used X-forwarding over SSH enough to know > Hans> that you need not and you

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Joseph Dane
> "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hans> Since no one else has disputed this post yet, I think it is Hans> time to do so. I have used X-forwarding over SSH enough to know Hans> that you need not and you should not set $DISPLAY manually. no, you don't need to set DISPLAY.

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: ... > > I fail to understand why you came up with the example above. No one > > have suggested or commented any such thing. > > I wasn't subscribed when the first post came in so Im exempt. Bu

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:44:40PM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: > > > "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Hans> This tip is bad. It does not work. The first line makes the > > Hans> following fail (or, I think, in case of

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:44:40PM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: > > "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hans> This tip is bad. It does not work. The first line makes the > Hans> following fail (or, I think, in case of bad security on client > Hans> succeed but by-pass the ss

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-05 Thread Joseph Dane
> "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hans> This tip is bad. It does not work. The first line makes the Hans> following fail (or, I think, in case of bad security on client Hans> succeed but by-pass the ssh-tunnel). no, it works as expected. if the tip had been client> s

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

2002-03-05 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Hans Ekbrand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:36:15AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #110 from Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > Here's how to TUNNEL SECURE X11 CONNECTIONS THROUGH SSH: on the > > client, do this: > > client# export

Re: newbie tip

2001-07-02 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 03:24:33PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 09:32:38PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > ... > > but i don't have "dos2unix" on my debian potato, and i'm not > > having a great deal of luck finding it at packages.debian.org > > either... all i find is 'sys

Re: newbie tip

2001-07-02 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 09:32:38PM -0500, will trillich wrote: ... > but i don't have "dos2unix" on my debian potato, and i'm not > having a great deal of luck finding it at packages.debian.org > either... all i find is 'sysutils' but: > > $ apt-cache show sysutils > This is a package

Re: newbie tip

2001-07-01 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:32:02AM +0200, "J?rgen A. Erhard" wrote: > will> i do have other tips that deal with this snag (some perl, some > will> vim) -- and if you'd like to recommend a different solution, i'd > will> be delighted to include it in my list (properly attributed, of >

Re: newbie tip

2001-06-30 Thread Jürgen A. Erhard
> "will" == will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: will> look -- an objection! it's about time... will> On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 02:21:13PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:03:15PM -0500, will trillich wrote: >> ... >> > -- >> > DEBIAN NEWB

Re: newbie tip

2001-06-29 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:37:27AM -0500, will trillich wrote: > look -- an objection! it's about time... :) ... > anyhew, i've changed it to: ... > tr -d '\015' < dos.file > reg.file much, much better -- groetjes, carel

Re: newbie tip-of-the-moment

2001-04-25 Thread Steven E. Harris
This tip would have also helped with my mutt question from yesterday: ,[ Debian Newbie Tip #4 ] | Want to know WHAT FILES PACKAGE x-y-z PROVIDES? This is a job for | dpkg: enter "dpkg -L " at the command prompt. | Try "dpkg -L netbase | pager" for example. ` $ dpkg -L mutt | grep ^/etc /e