Hi,
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root18968 Mar 10 16:28 /sbin/fsck
-rwxr-xr-x2 root root 100120 Mar 10 16:28 /sbin/fsck.ext2
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root 100120 Mar 10 16:28 /sbin/fsck.ext3
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root97532 Sep 22 08:15 /sbin/fsck.ext3,ext2
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Hi,
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:18:43PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020313 21:34]:
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > > * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> > > > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Dave Thayer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> > > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> > > packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to setting
>
on Wed, Mar 06, 2002, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, dman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
<...>
> > The only thing I'm concerned about is trying to set up a new feature,
> > but not setting it up c
* Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020313 21:34]:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> > > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> > > packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to se
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> > packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to setting
> > it up? Here's what I know (I did include suppo
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> > packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to setting
> > it up? Here's what I know (I did include suppo
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 19:12]:
> I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to setting
> it up? Here's what I know (I did include support in the kernel) :
> o /etc/fstab -- s/ext2/ext3/
try this ins
I take it you don't understand what ;-) means.
Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Mar 06, 2002, Simon Hepburn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
> > > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
> >
> > Install ext3fs. Show him the power swi
on Wed, Mar 06, 2002, Simon Hepburn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
>
> > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
>
> Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-)
Journaled filesystems exist to help recover from _filesystem_ errors
dman wrote:
>
> [paraphrasing]
> | just remap ctrl-alt-delete to shutdown
>
>
> DUH!
>
>
> Thanks for the reminder. Of course that's the simplest way to do it!
> I even did that for my workstation and the laptop at my previous job
> because I thought it was a good idea.
I do that too, but wi
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:09, Oki DZ wrote:
> dman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:24:49PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
> > I wonder if someone has done a comparison between
> > 1) VNC on the server vs. using XDMCP to manage a remote display
> >
> > 2) VNC viewer on the client vs.
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> | On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote:
> | > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote:
> | > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrot
begin Nathan E Norman quotation:
> I converted a system a few months ago, and another Sunday night.
> Basically you "tune2fs -j /dev/whatever", change "ext2" to "ext3" in
> /etc/fstab as you mentioned, and then reboot.
>
> The only thing I'm not sure about is whether the partitions have to be
>
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> | On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote:
> | > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote:
> | > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrot
dman wrote:
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:24:49PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
I wonder if someone has done a comparison between
1) VNC on the server vs. using XDMCP to manage a remote display
2) VNC viewer on the client vs. X server (using XDMCP) on the client
I think your choices are
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
| On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote:
| > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote:
| > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
| > |
| > | > I want to allow my dad to shut down the rout
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote:
> | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
> |
> | > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
> |
> | Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-)
>
>
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:24:49PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
[...]
| This made me think some folks on this group might be interesting in
| learning how I setup the family computers to allow my parents to ease
| into Linux.
[...]
| The solution: vnc.
[...]
That's a good idea. Another possibilit
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote:
| On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
|
| > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
|
| Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-)
:-). I was thinking that a journaled fs would be a really good idea,
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 01:28:02PM -0800, nate wrote:
> I personally do not let anyone in my family touch my
> computers, its the unspoken law. Don't go near them.
> i setup my ultra 1 so people can use it for stuff, but
> my firewalls and real servers are off limits.
I have a somewhat similar sit
On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote:
> I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-)
--
Simon Hepburn.
I'll answer everyone at once below.
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote:
My original question :
| I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do
| this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did
| this by making /sbin/halt the shell.
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote:
>
> I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway.
If I were you, I set /etc/inittab and make system shutoff by pressing
CTRL-ALT-DEL. s/-r/-h/
I am guessing he has CONSOLE access.
Your dad maybe younger and flexible about learnin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote:
>
> I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do
> this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did
> this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only root is
> allowed to halt a system,
>
> I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to
> do this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I
> did this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only
> root is allowed to halt a system, so I made halt owned by root:halt
> with
> permission
On 06-Mar-2002 dman wrote:
>
> I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do
> this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did
> this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only root is
> allowed to halt a system, so I made halt owned by r
I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do
this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did
this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only root is
allowed to halt a system, so I made halt owned by root:halt with
permissions 4754. This
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