Re: OT: differences between database models

LDAP is an example of a hierarchical database ("upside-down tree"). j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.17.0930 +0100]: >> The topic is about three different database models: the relational, the >> hier

Re: how to reject all connections? [was: Re: IP's]

>> If you needed to specify the network address of all hosts, it would take >> the form 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0, which I believe can be written as 0.0.0.0/0 for >> short (please confirm this before using it). > > Yes, that sounds right. ipchains also accepts 0/0. I haven't used iptables, but I assume it

Re: LAN Mailserver - what packages

FWIW, I've been happily using uw-imapd, exim, mailscanner, spamassassin and the f-prot virus scanner in conjunction with Outlook (97,98,2000,XP) and evolution. Haven't experienced any real problems with that setup, YMMV. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >

ipchains not logging to syslog

Has anyone experienced an issue with ipchains not logging via syslog? The log info for the packets that should be logged is output to the first VT, but this is hardly convenient as the machine is put up in a closet. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ uname -a Linux mars 2.2.23 #4 Thu Jan 23 22:15:03 EST

Re: /etc/chatscripts/provider

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the correct way to tell my modem to do an ATM0 (shut it up) in this > script? I changed the line that causes the dialout to occur to include M0. The line previously read "ATDT865", it now reads "ATM0DT865". j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <

default permissions on /root

Can anyone explain to me why /root has default permissions of 700 on a clean install? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: default permissions on /root

Jeremy Gaddis said: > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > default permissions of 700 on a clean > install? Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. I meant to ask why were the default permissions *NOT* set to 700 on a clean install? I have multiple Debian machines and just toda

Re: default permissions on /root

> > Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. > > I meant to ask why were the default > > permissions *NOT* set to 700 on a clean > > install? > This was discussed at length on debian-devel, IIRC. Try search the > archives at http://lists.debian.org/. ahhh, i don't read debian-devel so i wasn't a

Re: default permissions on /root

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. > > I meant to ask why were the default > > permissions *NOT* set to 700 on a clean > > install? > There is no sensitive files installed in /root. There really is no > reason not to make it 755. Everyone knows w

Re: [OT] Complaint

> Still, there is no reason to BCC the list. Not everyone has the ability > to customize what their filters filter on (I'm sure there are more then > a few Evolution and OE users on the list). I'm an Outlook/pine/SquirrelMail user and instead of filtering on each client, I do the smart thing and d

RE: Debian and LDAP

I've attached two Perl scripts which may or may not come through. One is the LDAP-aware version of useradd, the other the LDAP-aware version of passwd. If they don't come through, let me know and I'll send them privately. You don't have to create all the accounts manually, there are "migration to

RE: Debian and LDAP

> -Original Message- > From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 10:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Debian and LDAP > this should work for your needs: > http://howto.aphroland.de/HOWTO/LDAP/ConfiguringHostBasedAccessWithLDAP Nice work Nate. It'd

RE: Debian and LDAP

> -Original Message- > From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Debian and LDAP > > It'd sure be nice if this were available as one big file suitable > > for printing though (e.g. plain text or PDF). *hint* :)

RE: Debian and LDAP

into the "To:" field. It does this via the "mail" attribute. I created my initial LDAP entries by manually composing an LDIF file and importing that into the LDAP server. Here's my "record" in the LDAP server, from the LDIF file (some information blocked out, of co

RE: Check the update from Microsoft.

Got this message in my Inbox today, and it appears that it was sent to a bunch of subscribers to debian-user. It had an executable file attached, q157498.exe, which is, of course, a virus, if anyone had any doubts. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -

RE: Check the update from Microsoft.

> -Original Message- > From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Got this message in my Inbox today, and it appears that it > >was sent to a bunch of subscribers to debian-user. It had > >an executable file attached, q157498.exe, which is, of course, > >a virus, if anyone had any

RE: Check the update from Microsoft.

> -Original Message- > From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Check the update from Microsoft. > > > > It's called not letting non-subscribed persons post to the list. Then you wouldn't be able t

Buffer overflows in Evolution/mutt

Since some of you are so nice as to point out security problems in Outlook to me, allow me to inform you all of the following: http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=309&idxseccion=10 "Multiple vulnerabilities in Ximian's Evolution Mail User Agent", and Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Check the update from Microsoft. - reporting

-Original Message- From: Alvin Oga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:47 AM To: Paul Johnson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Check the update from Microsoft. - reporting - and i still like the immediate action that the incoming spam bounces back to the sender

RE: question about LDAP conventions

> -Original Message- > From: Haim Ashkenazi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:42 AM > To: Debian User > Subject: question about LDAP conventions > > I'm trying to learn to implement ldap in organizations, so > I've read a few ldap howto's and I know how to do som

RE: Local Root Hole

> -Original Message- > From: Kris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:50 PM > To: Debian List > Subject: Local Root Hole > > xepsilon writes "A local Linux security hole using ptrace has been > discovered that allows a potential attacker to gain root > privileges.

RE: GnuPG on stable?

> -Original Message- > From: Peter Lavender [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:05 PM > To: Travis Crump > Cc: Debian User List > Subject: Re: GnuPG on stable? > > So I add this to my sources.list file and then apt-get install gnupg? Why don't you read "Installa

RE: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

> -Original Message- > From: JOSEPH A NAGY JR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:54 PM > To: LUNA Mailing List; Debian User > Subject: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks > > > I am sick and god damned fucking TIRED of all the SHIT I have to put > up with just to get a syst

RE: How do I do this in bash ??

[jeremy@MERCURY:pts/1:~]$ crontab -l 0 8 * * * /home/jeremy/bin/backupmail.sh [jeremy@MERCURY:pts/1:~]$ cat ~jeremy/bin/backupmail.sh #!/bin/bash FILENAME=/home/jeremy/backups/mail/`date -I`.tar cd ~jeremy/ /bin/tar -chf $FILENAME mail/* HTH, j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROT

RE: source files

For 2.2 kernels: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/ For 2.4 kernels: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday,

RE: Cupsys & printer

What about /dev/usb/lp0? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: thanhvunguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cupsys & printer

RE: Debian mysql config problem ...

Have you set a password for the MySQL root user? $ mysqladmin password 'your_password' After that, you should be able to login to MySQL and create other database users from there. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Kenn

RE: pgp on Woody

[jeremy@MERCURY:pts/4:~]$ apt-cache show gnupg Package: gnupg Priority: standard Section: utils Installed-Size: 2424 Maintainer: James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.0.6-3 Replaces: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref Provides: gpg-rsa, gpg-rsaref Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libgdbmg1, zl

RE: Returned mail... am i relaying? aaugh!

Something that I recommend for anyone putting a mail server on the 'net that's open to the public is to telnet to 'relay-test.mail-abuse.org' *FROM* the mail server. The remote host will run a series of tests to see if your system will openly relay for it. Results from my mail server appear below

RE: Ipsec under Linux

FreeS/WAN, http://www.freeswan.org/ Complete patching/installation/configuration directions at that site. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Francois Chenais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003

RE: boot log

Run 'dmesg', or alternatively, they may be stored in /var/log/dmesg{.log} j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Florian Sukup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: exim and relaying -- for ONE user

SMTP Authentication sounds like a prime candidate. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: will trillich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: exim and relay

RE: Backup Consensus?

> -Original Message- > From: Jason Pepas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:52 PM > To: Grant Bowman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Backup Consensus? > > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 03:32 pm, Grant Bowman wrote: > > Is there a place where a general consensu

columbia -- what really happened

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2709875.stm: [snip] "To test the technology the Columbia space shuttle was fitted with an embedded PC that has a 233 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM and a solid-state 144 MB hard drive." "The computer is running Red Hat, a version of the Linux operating sy

Re: columbia -- what really happened

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Craig Dickson wrote: > > hmm, space shuttle running redhat. that explains everything. > > Even if it had been running Windows XP, a remark like that is in > outrageously poor taste. oh, got that one covered too: http://www.gaddis.org/what_really_happened.jpg

Re: mysql root user password, and Debian updates

Do you have the mysql root password stored in /root/.my.cnf as detailed in /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/README.Debian? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I seem to have screwed up. I set a password for the root users on my mysql > instance, and now apt-get see

RE:

look for the "i'm a fuckin' retard" button on the toolbar. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: petrovic ivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to copy

RE: network problem: configuration/DNS? cannot access internalmachine using our external IP

something i do that you may or may not be able to use in your situation is to have different a records for the same hostname. internally, my network uses the main.gaddis.org. subdomain, which doesn't exist outside of the internal network. i run nameservers on the internal side which are authorita

RE: network problem: configuration/DNS? cannot access internalmachineusing our external IP

> > internally, my network uses the main.gaddis.org. subdomain, > > which doesn't exist outside of the internal network. i run > > nameservers on the internal side which are authoritative for > > main.gaddis.org. subdomain. any machine inside the network that > > looks up (for example) www.main.ga

RE: Terminal Blancking

# setterm -blank 0 j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Eduardo Rocha Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Terminal Blancking > > > Hello all, >

RE: Backup MX server

any mta can do that quite easily. exim comes with debian by default, why not use that? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Ross Tsolakidis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:32 PM > To: [EMAIL

Re: How do I configure iptables to allow DNS lookups?

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 22:02, Malcolm Ferguson wrote: > I have /etc/resolv.conf containing a nameserver entry. I also have some > name servers listed in the forwarders section of /etc/bind/named.conf. > Is there a way to configure both bind and the normal name resolver (how > does it work???) t

Re: how do I get the "you have new mail"

> On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:20:13AM -0400, Jake Johnson wrote: > > How do I get the message to say you have new mail at the shell prompt? Is > > someting looking for a specific directory or file? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gotmail.wav Description

RE: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

> -Original Message- > From: Mark L. Kahnt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:28 AM > To: debuser > Subject: Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks > > A week ago, I was setting up a new box (well, new as Debian - had been > Win98 and RH) and got to try the Debian boot-flopp

RE: LWN: Ptrace vulnerability in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels

> -Original Message- > From: Shri Shrikumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LWN: Ptrace vulnerability in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels > > Does that mean that a kernel that has module loading disabled is not > vulnerable to t

Re: web hosting setup/admin

Kevin Coyner writes: Ultimately I think I'd like to create a small web hosting service, complete with a control panel for each site. Can anyone suggest a good mix of programs for this (whether debs or not)? Obviously this is a bit of trying to provide a service for known friends/associates and

RE: Ethernet = 1250000 ?

> Im a little bit confused on how do you properly count in bits > per second. > Ex: this Ethernet = 125 Its measured as a Ethernet is > this 100Mbps? > How about 10Mbps Only? Bytes per second == bits per second / 8 bits per second == Bytes per second * 8 10 Mbps = 1,250,000 bytes per secon

RE: usb-scanner detected, but nothing about usb in /dev

Do you have usbdevfs enabled in your kernel? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -Original Message- > From: Janis Hagelberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: usb-scanner detected,

Re: udp or tcp?

On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 03:30:28PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > Is the following a tcp or a udp packet? How do I tell? > Sep 24 15:20:25 host kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 \ > PROTO=17 10.209.80.109:68 255.255.255.255:67 \ > L=576 S=0x00 I=9145 F=0x4000 T=32 (#11) The key he

Re: Password Change Machine

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Daniel Whelan wrote: > I'm currently configuring a machine to be the master password machine > for a large network of machines. Is there a way to configure it to allow > only root to get an actual console, and to have all other users > redirected to a password change program?

Re: Password Change Machine

> > Set root's shell to whichever you prefer, and set > > the regular user's shell to /usr/bin/passwd. > > Yeah...I thought of this at first, but I need a solution that doesn't > mess with the passwd file at all, as the passwd file is distributed to > other machines on a regular basis, and the use

Re: Install Debian on a PS/2 9557 with 486 & integral SCSI controller?

> I am considering buying a set of Debian installation CDs to install on > my PS/2 with a 486 SLC CPU, and an integral SCSI controller on the > motherboard. The bus is MCA, of course. I have a 540 MB SCSI hard > drive, and a 4X Sony, SCSI CD-ROM. > > With this equipment, is it likely that a Debia

Re: Introduction.

> Probably wan't to make sure you've got an address. Here's one variant. > > $ /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | grep 'inet addr:' | sed 's=.*inet > addr\:\([0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\).*=\1=' > > That's all one line. It shouldn't return anything if you don't have an > inet addr

Re: Can you run 4 commands on a potato (stable) box?

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: > Can someone run the following on a *potato* (stable) box and let me know the > results? > ls -ld /var/man/cache [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ ls -ld /var/man/cache ls: /var/man/cache: No such file or directory > ls -l /var/man/cache [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pt

Re: non-us apt source

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Kevin Krafthefer wrote: > I am having difficulties installing ssh via dselect. I'm using apt and > pointing it at http://http.us.debian.org but I can't find all of the > pieces I want. Could somebody please tell me where to find a list of > sources for /etc/apt/sources.list (p

Re: Tracking Web Page hits

ng to access your site). Hostname/IP addresses are also in the standard logs, check /var/log/apache. And for separate logging for each server, just use a different log file in each server's httpd.conf. ------ Jeremy Gaddis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Firewall or router

e if you have IP Forwarding enabled in the debian machine, as it seems that you have routing set up correctly. ------ Jeremy Gaddis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Mail front end

du/ Pine has a "weird" kind of license, which, IIRC, prohibits the distribution of pre-compiled binaries (such as .rpm's or .deb's), but you can download a binary for your platform from the address above. ---------- Jeremy Gaddis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Debian logo et al.

#x27;s the file) on a blank screen at the screen's top. How? Put /bin/clear (or whatever the path) in your .bash_logout file. I have an alias in my .bash_profile... alias logout='clear ; logout' that does about the same thing. Jeremy Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Printing with GW?

ib/ghostscript/fonts/p052003l.pfb gsfonts: /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb gs: /usr/lib/ghostscript/5.10/gs_mex_e.ps Hope this helps, Jeremy Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: home network: will bo play with potato?

At 09:18 PM 3/14/00 -0600, rich wrote: >I recently acquired a 486dx-33 with 1.4gb hard drive that i want to use >as an x-terminal to connect to my pentium-200 (which runs potato). Is >potato appropriate for a 486? I have an old cd of bo that I thought >would work on the 486, but would I be able to

Re: no such device as /dev/lpt1

At 10:40 PM 3/16/00 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Thanks Jim, for the response. That helps clear up a couple of things. So >now, when I do an "insmod lp", I get this: > >/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol >parport_ieee1284_nibble_mode_ok >/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol p

Re: Free Internet connection

At 08:10 PM 3/16/00 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: >Does anybody know how to connect to the free ISP-s from Debian boxes? I >want to drop my AT&T account, but I am not sure that it will work, since >most of the free ISP say in their requirements windows. I have been >considering BlueLight (yahoo)

undoing `apt-get upgrade`?

A week or so ago, I was gonna update my server. I ran $ apt-get update $ apt-get upgrade and was informed there was about 20 megabytes of packages to update. When I asked to continue, I promptly told it "no". Now if I use dselect, and select a package to be added, when I choose "Install", it s

Re: OReileys Debian Book?

At 11:13 AM 3/28/00 +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: >short question, in which package was the OReileys Debian Book? - Thanx. It was in the package I got at Barnes & Noble, along with a slink CD and a bumper sticker. :) -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Error installing base over HTTP

When attempting to install the base over HTTP, I get the following error: "nf_http_fetchfile :: file download failed, content-length is 15698691 bytes, file is 14974976 bytes". I first got this while trying to install over HTTP from a web server on my network, so I attempted to install from http:

RE: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

As far as extracting Debian package files ("*.deb's") goes, I've found the easiest way is to use "alien" (apt-get install alien) and convert it to a tarball ("*.tar.gz").   -jg --Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message-From: Stephen Jiang [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: upgrade question

See "The Linux Kernel HOWTO", http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html -jg -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Linuxero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:46 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: upgrade question He

RE: printing

If it were me, I'd install the "lprng" package, then install "magicfilter" which will pretty much set up your printer configuration file (/etc/printcap). If it's a fairly standard, supported printer, magicfilter should have no problems with it. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---

RE: Help For Newbie

FWIW, here's what I get when I try to run pppconfig as non-root on my gateway machine: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/0:~]$ pppconfig You must be root to run this program. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fr

RE: Help For Newbie

Keri, First off, bring up an xterm/rxvt/whatever so that you're at a shell prompt. If you're not logged in as root (as you shouldn't be), enter the command "su -" followed by your root password. From there, run "/usr/bin/pppconfig" and configure your dialup connection. After that's successful,

RE: networking windows and linux

Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of people and corporations worldwide who've been running it for years. ;) j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Joost Kooij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 20

RE: networking windows and linux

E: networking windows and linux Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:29:24PM -0500 In reply to:Jeremy Gaddis Quoting Jeremy Gaddis([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Wow, Windows isn't a stable server!? > > Damn, I bet that's news to the millions of > people and corporations worldwi

RE: embeded debian

I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for or not, but check out http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Wayne Sitton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:40 PM To: debian-user Subject: embeded debian

RE: fetchmail at boot

Depends on how you connect to the network (either local network or Internet, whichever applies). I use a dialup PPP link so I put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/, but if you have a cable/DSL/etc. connection, I'd write a quick init script, put it in /etc/init.d/, and create symlinks (in /etc/rc*.d/) to bri

RE: networking windows and linux

And let's not forget, "How to get your ass fired real quick when the suits *DO* notice." j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Steve Kowalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 3:23 AM To: D-Man Cc: Debian-User List Subject: Re: netwo

RE: Problem with fetchmail (was: I can't start with mutt)

Is there any particular reason you're passing mail directly from fetchmail to procmail and skipping the MTA? I've used fetchmail for years and I always have it hand off to sendmail which then invokes procmail for local delivery and I've never had a problem with it. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[E

RE: Unidentified subject!

We're sorry, but due to a PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) error (specifically, you can't read) we have refused to unsubscribe from from the debian-user mailing list. Perhaps you should read the bottom of this message and try again. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: new to debian have questions

FWIW, I absolutely loathe dselect. I'm sure it's probably improved with the last few releases of Debian, but it used to be a royal PITA. The only time I use dselect is during the initial installation just because it starts up automatically. I immediately exit dselect, let the system reboot, then

RE: 3com NIC question

For reasons unbeknownst to me, I've had problems before when using 3c509's with Debian's stock installation kernel. There has even been a few times when I had to swap NICs just for the installation to work. As soon as I compile my a custom kernel for the machines and put the 3c509's back in, it w

RE: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

FWIW, sendmail can only run in "non-daemon" mode. It can be invoked locally by other applications when needed, but doesn't need to run as a daemon and bind to port 25/TCP. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: D-Man [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednes

RE: 3com NIC question

FWIW, there is a Linux version of 3Com's utility for the 3c5x9 series of cards. Hell, it's even packaged for Debian. I believe the package name is "3c5x9utils" or similar. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Steve Witt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: new to debian have questions

son [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:17 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: new to debian have questions On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 04:46:04PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > FWIW, I absolutely loathe dselect. I'm sure it's > probably improved with the

RE: new to debian have questions

L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message- From: Joost Kooij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 5:38 AM To: Jeremy Gaddis Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: new to debian have questions On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:01:30AM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:

RE: MTA choice

If you're familiar with sendmail, why not stick with it? I've used it for years and continue to do so for the simple fact that I haven't the time to figure out how to do everything using [qmail|Exim|Postfix| other MTA]. If you *do* have the time to learn a new MTA, knock yourself out. Exim is De

RE: new to debian have questions

ob", which half this list apparently has never heard of. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:05 PM To: Jeremy Gaddis Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: new

Re: new to debian have questions

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:23:31AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > That said, I tend to be highly suspicious of anyone that posts email to > this list with a MS mail client. It's one thing for a newbie that's > having installation trouble with Debian, but it likely shows ignorance > for a so-ca

RE: 3com NIC question

It's been awhile, but I'm thinking something like ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c5x9/3c5x9cfg.exe. Go to the FTP site and browse around, you'll find it. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Cameron Matheson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July

Re: new to debian have questions

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:20:26PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > > Why would you be suspicious? I happen to like Outlook, and > > Because this is a debian-user list, and if you're using Outlook, you're > obviously not using debian. Really? I bet that'd be a surprise to the two Debian machines

RE: sendmail gethostbyaddr fails

Can you resolve 192.168.1.45 into a fully qualified domain name? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Mike Pfleger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 1:17 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: sendmail gethostbyaddr fails Hel

RE: sendmail gethostbyaddr fails

ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 1:41 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: sendmail gethostbyaddr fails On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:32:35PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Can you resolve 192.168.1.45 into a fully qualified > domain name? Errr... excuse the cluelessness,

RE: Unable to delete file

Try running "lsattr /usr/share/doc/tk8.2/copyright" and see if the file has the immutable bit set. If it does, "chattr -i" will remove it. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: Kelly Corbin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:18 PM T

Re: NFS related error; do I need NFS?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Gladimir wrote: > 1) Do I need NFS on this linux machine? The general rule is if (a) you don't know what a service is, or (b) you don't know if you need it, you probably don't. If you did need it, you'd know. Disable rpc.statd, rpc.nfsd, portmap(per), and any other RPC-relat

RE: NFS alternative

Two possible suggestions: - tunnel the NFS traffic over an SSH traffic (similar to remote X sessions) - or set up a VPN j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Original Message- From: "Timo \"Blazko\" Boewing" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:34 PM To: de

RE: SSH

Nick, It's probably not what you wanna hear, but why not go for something like NIS or LDAP? My ISP has scripts that automatically copy over /etc/{passwd,shadow,etc.} as they're updated on the main machine, but this occasionally breaks and screws everything up. I've never played with NIS, but I h

Re: Adding a user to a group

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > i am sure that there are command-line utilities to do that, but then > again, /etc/group is so old and so standard that you can safely do > this by hand without violating some debian policy or philosophy, > right? That's basically what "adduser usern

RE: Sendmail newbie question

On the machine you want to be the mail hub, configure it to accept mail for your (local) domain. On the other machines, tell them to send all local mail to the mail hub for delivery and to use it as a smart host also. A quick example is in order, me thinks. I have three Linux machines here along

Re: creating an ISO image of a cd.

On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Titus Barik wrote: > I'm trying to make an ISO image of a Windows 98 Second Edition CD. I've > done this before in Windows, but not in Linux. > > I wasn't sure how to make an ISO, so I tried: > > cat /dev/cdrom > /tmp/cd.iso `mkisofs` is your friend. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis

Re: How to capture start up messages?

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Stan Brown wrote: > I need to be able to capture the start up messages issued when my woody > system boots. > > dmesg only gives me up to the point control is transfered from the kernel, > and I'm seeing erros after that, that flash by to quickly to read. > > How can I do this

Re: Limiting admin privileges

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > robert: > > for what it is worth, the drives that i have mounted on my machine via nfs > cannot be changed via root. root is an unpriviledged user so far as the nfs > mounted files are concerned. my normal user can only change

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