Xscreensavers for Windows?

1999-11-09 Thread K Old
Hello, I was wondering if someone knew if there was a version of Xscreensavers for Windows 95/98/NT? I am very impressed with the screensavers on there and would like to run them on my windows machine. Any help is appreciated, - K Old - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAI

[RHSA-1999:052-1] new initscripts available (/tmp problems) (fwd)

1999-11-09 Thread Chuck Mead
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:18:34 -0500 From: Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RHSA-1999:052-1] new initscripts available (/tmp problems) Resent-Date: 9 Nov

Re: My computer is so slow!

1999-11-09 Thread Nhoel Naguit
Good Day, i'm having problem with my Redhat linux from flooding on port 25 and 110 how can i proctect that port from the said attacked from my computer. nhoel -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: ipchains? x2

1999-11-09 Thread John D. Hardin
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Andy Brown wrote: > 2. Along the same lines, what commands (if this is possible) are > required to allow external PPTP clients to pass through a linux firewall > to be authenticated via an internal server and maintain an encrypted > session? Again, I know 1723 is the daemon p

Re: FTP server

1999-11-09 Thread Scott Tyson
If you use proftpd (http://www.proftpd.org) it has the ability to jail a user to their home directory. This is done very easily (about 4 lines in the config file). The user can follow directories below their /home directory but that is it. Proftpd works great. Scott *** REPLY SEPARATO

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread James F. Marshall
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 22:41:07 -0600, Wayne Dyer wrote: >"ObRelevantContent -- folks, if someone posts something you think is >"inappropriate, email that person directly and express your concerns. Or, better yet, completely ignore it. James F. Marshall, Esq., Pasadena, California * * * New addres

Router Cards & VOIP

1999-11-09 Thread G.hariharan
Hi Has anyone used Router / WAN cards with Linux, any recommendations. I am also looking for PBX inetrface cards like E&M for VOIP applications. Thanks Hariharan -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

more info on my IDE problems during install..

1999-11-09 Thread Jamin Philip Gray
I'm trying to install Linux on a friend's box. Windows 98 installed fine, but Redhat 6.1 is giving me some troubles. I get the following errors during the install: hda: write_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete Error } hda: write_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },

Re: FTP server

1999-11-09 Thread Greg W
You need to read about chrooting, and there are a couple of methods for this go here http://www.moongroup.com/redhat.phtml and do a search for chrootto see the discussions *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 9/11/99 at 21:46 Manoj Alex wrote: >Hello, > >I am setting up a FTP

FTP server

1999-11-09 Thread Manoj Alex
Hello, I am setting up a FTP server and I am succeeded with that.I defined some users in that for testing. When the user tried to access the server through FTP ,they can go to all the directories and even they can see the contents in the directories. I want to stop this, and I want the user to se

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Wayne Dyer
Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > I think that since our ages on this list vary, we should all act as > adults would. Hot damn, bring on the beer & pornos! OK, virtual beer and naked penguins if it suits your fancy. ObRelevantContent -- folks, if someone posts something you think is inappropriate,

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Wayne Dyer
Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: > Someone has finally given me a pointer to getting at what I am in serach of... > > If I find any information for or against rules with respect to this list, I will > be sure to post it for everyone's benefit... Especially since no such rules have ever been posted to the l

Re: wvdial

1999-11-09 Thread David Powers
"jack wallen, jr." wrote: > > anyone know how to get wvdial to use PAP authentication? > > Jack Wallen, Jr. > Editor in Chief of Linux Content > www.techrepublic.com > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. Under advanced you can there is a selectio

Re: Samba as a PDC

1999-11-09 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Apparently the newer versions will even co-exist with an NT secondary domain controller /usr/doc/samba-x -JMS - Original Message - From: William Suffill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 7:02 PM Subject: Samba as a PDC > I'm thinking

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I think that since our ages on this list vary, we should all act as adults would. -- Michael S. Dunsavage On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: > Listen folks, > > I apologies if I have offended a few, this was not what I set out to do... > > I just need the following question answered...

Re: Moving from Slackware to RH

1999-11-09 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Eugene Grant wrote: > How do I move the /etc/passwd file over and what other files need to > come with it? Is there a program to massage the file once it is on the > Redhat box? You'll probably want to run pwconv and grpconv after you modify your group and password files to m

Re: portsentry

1999-11-09 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
At 10:28 AM 11/9/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >Ok, I admit it, I'm a lightweight when it comes to Linux. :) > >I have portsentry compiled and running on my linux box here at work. I'd like to get it to >start automatically when the system boots. and I realized i don't have the slightest idea >as

imagemagick problems after 6.1 upgrade

1999-11-09 Thread Charles Galpin
today I found the lovely imagemagick utilites have stopped working on my system, which I upgraded to 6.1 this weekend. They all sig 11 on me. I even uninstalled, built/installed from the source (4.0.7) and still no dice (as me or root too). gdb shows it dying in a function called TemporaryFilena

Re: Kernel Recompile Problems

1999-11-09 Thread Sean Staats
I ran into that problem before. Here is what I did to get it to compile... cd /usr/src/linux make distclean make clean make mrproper make xconfig make clean make dep make zImage make modules make modules_install mv /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vml

Re: hard drive errors during install...

1999-11-09 Thread Sean Staats
Is this the only hard drive you have in her machine? If not, how many? If you have more than one IDE device (hard drive, cdrom drive) attached to the same IDE slot, make sure the jumper settings are set such that one device is master and the other is slave. Make sure the ribbons cables attachi

ipchains? x2

1999-11-09 Thread Andy Brown
1. Assuming a basic deny policy, what basic ipchains commands are necessary to allow ftp transactions from the external network. Obviously allowing the daemon port 21, but how do you handle the session ports? 2. Along the same lines, what commands (if this is possible) are required to allow exter

Re: SONY VIAO PCG-818 - internal modem support?

1999-11-09 Thread Dan Mueth
> I've installed Red Hat 6.1 on a coworkers SONY VIAO PCG-818 notebook. > *NICE NOTEBOOK!* But I can't seem to get the modem working -- I've tried > both /dev/ttyS0 as well as /dev/ttyS1, using the GNOME-based rp3-config > program (the updated version now available on Red Hat's updates > director

IP Chains rules for quake2?

1999-11-09 Thread Jeff Bearer
Hello, I'm using a firewall created by the tool at: http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux/firewall/index.html I want to allow quake through masqurading. The firewall deny's just about anything, so what i can't to figure out what i need to open up to play quake. I do load the module and i ope

wvdial

1999-11-09 Thread jack wallen, jr.
anyone know how to get wvdial to use PAP authentication? Jack Wallen, Jr. Editor in Chief of Linux Content www.techrepublic.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: print filter

1999-11-09 Thread Hanigan Family
. >OK, quick check, what's "/033E"? I'm reading it like an octal. For >now, I'm going to assume it was a typo and you meant the octal code >\033. > No it is Esc E which is hp's reset command atleast on all of the hp printers I have encountered and we own 5 or 6 different ones. I don't know where

RE: My computer is so slow!

1999-11-09 Thread Manuel Antonio Camacho
What about memory? I have a P166 w/16 MB in RAM and a 128 swap partition that takes 2 minutes exactly to load Netscape. I got a 486/66 with 16 MB RAM and 32 MB swap partition that takes 3 minutes for Netscape to start. I am convinced I got a memory problem. best regards, -Manuel. -Mensaj

Re: SONY VIAO PCG-818 - internal modem support?

1999-11-09 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Yet, a quick search for "sony viao pcg-818 modem linux" on google.com came > up with a page showing that this modem _IS_ supported (but with no other > details). > > I'm wondering what trick I need to pull in order to get this to work. Problem is ttyS0 and ttyS1 or not the only possible serial

Re: Moving from Slackware to RH

1999-11-09 Thread Allen Bolderoff
> This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Eugene Grant" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Be sure to reply to that address. > > I am in the process of moving some old slackware servers to REDHAT. > > The only issue I am have is getting the /etc/passwd file over. > > How do I move the /etc/passwd fi

Moving from Slackware to RH

1999-11-09 Thread Eugene Grant
This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Eugene Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Be sure to reply to that address. I am in the process of moving some old slackware servers to REDHAT. The only issue I am have is getting the /etc/passwd file over. How do I move the /etc/passwd file over and what

Re: My computer is so slow!

1999-11-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
Maziar Mahzari wrote: > But somtimes it goes terribly slow so > that it takes about 2 or 3 minutes that netscape comes up or sometime it > seems that it is dead. The problem probably isn't that your computer is slow, it's that netscape is trying to resolve a name. I haven't determined _exactly_

Re: Mail help

1999-11-09 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Scott Skrogstad wrote: > I know that I am just overlooking this but I am trying to get my > mailbox to take an incoming message and also send a copy to two other > recipients. man procmail -- Todd A. Jacobs Network Systems Engineer -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: linux windows masquerading

1999-11-09 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Patrick wrote: > Who can help me for installing and configure a masquerading (ipchains) http://ipchains.nerdherd.org/ -- Todd A. Jacobs Network Systems Engineer -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: portsentry

1999-11-09 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Chris Worth wrote: > I have portsentry compiled and running on my linux box here at work. > I'd like to get it to start automatically when the system boots. and Add the following two lines to your /etc/inittab: # Run portsentry in runlevels 3 and 5 s1:35:once:/usr/local/p

Samba as a PDC

1999-11-09 Thread William Suffill
I'm thinking of running Samba & Linux as a PDC but the docs at samba.org are old and does it really work? If so can someone help me thru it when I do it Sincerely, William Suffill -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Setting CMOS date

1999-11-09 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Vidiot wrote: > Is there a way to set the CMOS date chip in a PeeCee motherboard via > a linux shell command line program? man clock -- Todd A. Jacobs Network Systems Engineer -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Dump and restore

1999-11-09 Thread Steven W. Orr
I'm very curious about this one.m I use dump myself and whenever I've had to go to a tape I never had to pass over the label. When I give the extract command however, it does ask me for a label number to start at. I have no clue what that's all about; I just say 0. I'd love to know what the issue

Re: My computer is so slow!

1999-11-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:09:47AM +0330, Maziar Mahzari wrote: > Dear friends; > I've installed RH6.0 on my machine. But somtimes it goes terribly > slow so that it takes about 2 or 3 minutes that netscape comes up or > sometime it seems that it is dead. I think probably it waits for > some kinda

My computer is so slow!

1999-11-09 Thread Maziar Mahzari
Dear friends; I've installed RH6.0 on my machine. But somtimes it goes terribly slow so that it takes about 2 or 3 minutes that netscape comes up or sometime it seems that it is dead. I think probably it waits for some kinda timeout or something but I don't know what is wrong. There was a same dis

Re: command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread sparsi
or you could try : mail -s"subject goes here " user@net < filename as in mail-s "howdy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /home/mydir/jokes "<" (redirect) another useful friend ( to send a file, etc.) Look at mail manual "man mail" for more info Benjamin Jackson <

Re: ansi problem

1999-11-09 Thread Rob Napier
Start by checking the config.log file to see what the actual error was. Then verify that you actually have gcc installed and that it's a good one: $ which gcc /usr/bin/gcc $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/gcc egcs-1.1.2-12 [rnapier@rnapier-linux rnapier]$ rpm -V egcs [rnapier@rnapier-linux rnapier]$ Rob On

Re: print filter

1999-11-09 Thread Rob Napier
OK, quick check, what's "/033E"? I'm reading it like an octal. For now, I'm going to assume it was a typo and you meant the octal code \033. Here's some things I might try: *) Put the \033 into your documents, where you want it. This is of course the cleanest solution. *) Modify you

SONY VIAO PCG-818 - internal modem support?

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Frampton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I've installed Red Hat 6.1 on a coworkers SONY VIAO PCG-818 notebook. *NICE NOTEBOOK!* But I can't seem to get the modem working -- I've tried both /dev/ttyS0 as well as /dev/ttyS1, using the GNOME-based rp3-config program (the updated versio

Re: POP3

1999-11-09 Thread Chuck Mead
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, lee lee said: ll>Hi, ll>My system is Redhat 6.0, and I followed the instruction to enable POP3. But ll>I still couldn't telnet to 110 port. ll>It said "trying Trying 127.0.0.1... ll>Connected to localhost. ll>Escape character is '^]'. ll>Connection closed by foreign host ll>

POP3

1999-11-09 Thread lee lee
Hi, My system is Redhat 6.0, and I followed the instruction to enable POP3. But I still couldn't telnet to 110 port. It said "trying Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host Anything else I need to check up? Thanks in advance! Here

Re: command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread Steven Hildreth
If you are wanting to include a text file inline then use this command   'cat {filename} | mail -s "Subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED]'   If you are wanting to attach a file, say something that is not text then use this command:   'uuencode {original_filename} {uuencoded_filename} | mail -s "Subject"

Re: Dump and restore

1999-11-09 Thread josh
Subtle hint to get you passed the tape label. Skip by the first file! To restore try mt -f /dev/whatever fsf 1 restore -f /dev/watever Does anyone have a decent simple logging script for backups that sends mail when it is finished, but just uses dump - not rdump. All the nice stuff seems to ba

Re: an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread Gene Aulich
Set up the ppp interfaces with linuxconf and away I went. I have them dial in on boot. - Original Message - From: jack wallen, jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 1:02 PM Subject: Re: an interesting bug in 6.1 > have you tried to bring up any

xemacs diary problem -help!

1999-11-09 Thread Larry Mintz
-- E-Mail: Larry Mintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10-Nov-99 Time: 17:08:46 Does anybody know how to create a diary file in xemacs ? I thought had to create a .diary file and then put (diary) in .emacs file. But I still get the errror you don't have a diary file. Wha

RE: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Juha Saarinen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > If not I'll shut up... "Shut up" is actually quite rude... it could conceivably offend. ;-) - -- Juha -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.2 for non-commercial use iQEVAwUBOCfvhnyiLKB2cGw1AQG93Af9H+PU3TrN4mGu7sL

RE: src.rpms

1999-11-09 Thread Juha Saarinen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Playing it safe? I tweak for the sake of tweaking, being a curious sort. To be honest, I don't think there's all that much to be gained form optimising the kernel for a specific CPU. Don't have any good way to measure the difference... Speeding up disk access

Dump and restore

1999-11-09 Thread Miguel Avillez
Hi all, Need some help. Here is the problem: 1. Made backup of a filesystem using dump 0usf /dev/nst0 / everything went well, and the dump was completed without any errors 2. Want to see what is in tape: restore -i -f /dev/nst0 got the following message: Tape is not a dump tape

Re: printer woes (fwd)

1999-11-09 Thread Avram Aumick
I have the same problem, and I didn't add this. I will try this when I get home and see how that works. Avram On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > Did you remember to add > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > to the /etc/conf.modules as documented in the errata? > > -JMS > > ---

NM2160 (Acer Extensa 502T) xconfig

1999-11-09 Thread Vicki Stanfield
I recently upgraded my Extensa 502T notebook from 5.1 to 6.0 without remembering to save my old XF86Config file. [I thought it would get saved with an rpmsave extension like other config files do] Anyway, I can't locate the docs which tell what the Vertical Refresh and Horizontal Sync rates are.

ipchains & ascend idea

1999-11-09 Thread Eric Wood
this morning, in the shower I dropped my.. Anyway, it would be phat if Ascend or Cisco came out with a Router (with built in firewall) that mimicked the ipchains command line from Linux. I'm going to have to continue this later. sorry. -eric wood -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Return of the st0 Error - More Info...

1999-11-09 Thread Kevin Hemenway
Ok, here's some more information concerning the tape drive problems I've been having. You'll have to check the archives for the original thread if you've missed it, cos it's a long one ... To update everyone, we rebooted the server on Monday, server being a RH6.0 machine with 2.25smp. In the past

Re: command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread Brad 'GreyBear' Davis
And if you want a subject, just do: |mail -s "Subject goes here" myemail@thisaddress. Brad 'GreyBear' Davis Ronin Coder/Bithead at Large --- 'Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers!' - Original Message - From: Michael J. McGillick <[EMAIL P

Re: an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread jack wallen, jr.
have you tried to bring up any of those modems with netcfg? On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Gene Aulich wrote: > I have 5 machines up and running with 6.1, all with external modems. No > problems with ppp at all, since the new rpm. > > - Original Message - > From: jack wallen, jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread Ron Golan
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, jack wallen, jr. wrote: > has any come across red hat 6.1 totally rendering a external modem > useless? last night my modem's (connected to ttyS0) speaker went dead and > then would no longer connect. when i checked i found that i was getting > an error that it could not act

Re: 'top' running on X desktop? How?

1999-11-09 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
- Original Message - From: Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 4:43 AM Subject: Re: 'top' running on X desktop? How? > On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 10:28:10PM -0500, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > This also requires usin

CreativeLabs Live sound card

1999-11-09 Thread Peter Cague \( Xtra \)
Hi all Is the any news come though about drivers for the creative live cards or a work around at all Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread Gene Aulich
I have 5 machines up and running with 6.1, all with external modems. No problems with ppp at all, since the new rpm. - Original Message - From: jack wallen, jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: redhat list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 11:35 AM Subject: an interesting bug in

Re: printer woes (fwd)

1999-11-09 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Did you remember to add alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc to the /etc/conf.modules as documented in the errata? -JMS - Original Message - From: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:12 PM Subject: printer woes (fwd) > I have just

RE: Kernel Recompile Problems

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Morton
I'll give it a try. I think I tried that before, unsuccessfully, but it's quite likely that I was doing something wrong. On the other hand, it seemed to work just fine on an office testbed with only an AMD P5-133. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread Avram Aumick
I haven't had this problem, but I lost the ability to print and I can't mount my pp zip drive. In 5.2 I just had to remove one module and install the other. Now neither works. Avram On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, jack wallen, jr. wrote: > has any come across red hat 6.1 totally rendering a external modem

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 03:11:20PM -0600, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote: > Listen folks, > > I apologies if I have offended a few, this was not what I set out to do... > > I just need the following question answered... > > Does this list have a set of rules? If they do, can someone please direct me > to

more than one ipx_route at the time

1999-11-09 Thread Ernesto Mainegra
I connected muy linux box to a Novell Server 3.12 using ncpfs. This server has exactly two network cards. How can I reach the machines in the other one? Using Samba I see the PC's (Win98) on my network route (net=2) but not the others (net=1). I thought ipx_route would give me the solution by i

SSH source vs. SSH RPMs

1999-11-09 Thread Chuck Milam
I have several Red Hat Linux machines here running ssh 1.2.27 that's been compiled and installed from the source tarballs. In the interest of easier administration, I thought I'd try out the SSH RPMs from replay.com. After building and installing ssh-1.2.27-5us.src.rpm, when I try to connect to

Re: Kernel Recompile Problems

1999-11-09 Thread Benjamin Jackson
IMHO, Kernel Compiling in X == Bad Thing try going to a console and 'make menuconfig' IMHO its safer. Less SegFaults too. Ben Jackson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.esgeroth.org/~zaphod -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version 3.12 GAT d- s+:++ a19 C$ UL P++ L++$ E-- W+++ N++

Re: command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread Benjamin Jackson
Try: echo '' | mail like echo 'Hi Ben' | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ah... pipe... a SysAdmins true friend Ben Jackson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.esgeroth.org/~zaphod -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version 3.12 GAT d- s+:++ a19 C$ UL P++ L++$ E-- W+++ N++ o+ K++ w+

Re: command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread Michael J. McGillick
Jason: Try: cat | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mike On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Jason Wilson wrote: > Does anyone know what command I would run to send an email (i.e. something to put in >a script to send me an email when something happens?) > > Thanks in Advance, > Jason > -- To unsubscribe: m

command line email command

1999-11-09 Thread Jason Wilson
Does anyone know what command I would run to send an email (i.e. something to put in a script to send me an email when something happens?)   Thanks in Advance, Jason

an interesting bug in 6.1

1999-11-09 Thread jack wallen, jr.
has any come across red hat 6.1 totally rendering a external modem useless? last night my modem's (connected to ttyS0) speaker went dead and then would no longer connect. when i checked i found that i was getting an error that it could not activate /sysconfig/ifcfg-ppp i ended up re-installing

Re: List Rules?

1999-11-09 Thread Bill Ries-Knight
I think the best option is to avoid use of all offensive materials, including, but not limited to, words, religion, politics, and modern mass media, except as it relates to the subject at hand. The subject at hand is RED HAT software, software the users need and the hardware it runs on. Please ke

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Ahbaid Gaffoor
Someone has finally given me a pointer to getting at what I am in serach of... If I find any information for or against rules with respect to this list, I will be sure to post it for everyone's benefit... Thanks to all who responded. regards, Ahbaid. Charles Galpin wrote: > Ahbaid > > I'm gu

Notebook installation of Redhat.

1999-11-09 Thread Simon Burson
I have an Acer Extensa 500DX I am trying to install linux on. The installation all goes fine up until I reboot. As soon as the system reboots I get a stack dump to screen and all activity stops. I have re-partitioned the drive, run fdisk /mbr numerous times and nothing has changed. Any suggesti

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Charles Galpin
Ahbaid I'm guessing since no-one has answered your question is because they don't know. I imagine the only defintitve answer would be from Red Hat, and I think Steve Coile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> would be your best bet, since he is/was the list(s) admin.. It might help to explain you interest in thi

Re: HELP SWEARING

1999-11-09 Thread Ahbaid Gaffoor
Listen folks, I apologies if I have offended a few, this was not what I set out to do... I just need the following question answered... Does this list have a set of rules? If they do, can someone please direct me to them... If not I'll shut up... By the way, thanks for all the personal attack

Re: linux windows masquerading

1999-11-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
> Patrick wrote: > Who can help me for installing and configure a masquerading (ipchains) > connection: If you can dial up to your provider, you're just about there. First, turn on IP Forwarding (routing). You'll find it in linuxconf->Config->Networking->Client tasks->Routing and Gateways->Defa

Re: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get intomachine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
Roy wrote: > there really > is no file in.telnetd on my system. Re-install the telnet rpm. Both the server and client are a part of that package. MSG -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Kernel Recompile Problems

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Morton
I'm trying to recompile my RH 6.0 kernel for my Pentium 200. Make xconfig sometimes crashes during configuration. It may have rebooted the system a time or two also. I get errors during compile, to include "Segmentation Fault". The system is a Pentium 200 with 64meg. and a 10gig. Maxtor drive.

Re: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Roy
At 08:47 AM 11/09/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Roy wrote: > > > > I can't telnet into my machine..when I look in the secure log it says > > there's no file or directory /usr/sbin/in.telnetd. > >Check your inetd.conf file you should have a line like this > >telnet stream tcp nowait root/u

hard drive errors during install...

1999-11-09 Thread Jamin Philip Gray
I'm trying to install Linux on a friend's computer. I bought a new 17 GB hard drive, put it in my Linux box, then installed my 10 GB drive in her box. The hard disk I had in my box is brand new and worked beautifully. In her box, however, during the install I get errors such as these: hda: wr

Re: My new hd seems to give linux fits

1999-11-09 Thread Dan Alexander
At 06:54 PM 11/08/1999 -0500, you wrote: >My VA503+ board, with a K6-2/350 exhibits no such behavior. I don't have >that big a drive (two smaller ones, one 3. gigs, one 4.), >though. > >Last summer, when it was hotter-than-stink here, and it was running with >the cover off (and therefore the buil

Re: My new hd seems to give linux fits

1999-11-09 Thread David Krings
At 11:10 08.11.99 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Admins, > >The short version: >My new hd seems to give linux fits. Maxtor DiamondMAX 10g CHS=1401/255/63 >on a FIC VA503+ motherboard. Any ideas? > °snipped the long version° Hi ! Knowing that i do easy here without helping muc

Mail help

1999-11-09 Thread Scott Skrogstad
I know that I am just overlooking this but I am trying to get my mailbox to take an incoming message and also send a copy to two other recipients. Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Larry Kelley
Uh, the package is "telnet" -- From: Roy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet. I can't telnet into my machine..when I look in the secure log it says there

RE: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Larry Kelley
On a fresh install I once did, the telnet daemon wasn't installed. Do you have /usr/sbin/in.telnetd? Sorry, but I don't remember which package had to be added. -- From: Roy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: no file /usr/sb

printer woes (fwd)

1999-11-09 Thread Bill Simpson
I have just installed everything on redhat 6.1 system. I am trying to print. [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp2 bash: /dev/lp2: No such device [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp1 bash: /dev/lp1: No such device [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp0 bash: /dev/lp0: No such

Re: .mpg and .wav players

1999-11-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
> >Can someone suggest good players for .wav and .mpg files? I have >no real preferences whether they are gnome, kde or other type of >application. The only preferences is the possibility of rpms. > I use NAS, which is the audio equivalent to X Windows. Remote hosts can then not only display on

Re: no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Anthony Baratta
Roy wrote: > > I can't telnet into my machine..when I look in the secure log it says > there's no file or directory /usr/sbin/in.telnetd. Check your inetd.conf file you should have a line like this telnet stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd My guess is that you are

no file /usr/sbin/in.telnetd when trying to get into machine viatelnet.

1999-11-09 Thread Roy
I can't telnet into my machine..when I look in the secure log it says there's no file or directory /usr/sbin/in.telnetd. I have ipchains running to do NAT/Masqurade and am wondering if this has something to do with that. Thanks Roy -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"

About /dev/lp

1999-11-09 Thread Eugen Constantinescu
Hello everybody, I have the following problem. I made a executable which prints directly to the /dev/lp0. If I want to print something and the printer hasn't paper. I insert the paper into the printer. But the printer waits few seconds until it will print the document. This delay doesn't appear in

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-11-09 Thread Benjamin Jackson
Try reading the IP Masqurading HOWTO. Its quite easy. It will tell you exactly what to do on the Linux and Winhose side. Ben Jackson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.esgeroth.org/~zaphod -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version 3.12 GAT d- s+:++ a19 C$ UL P++ L++$ E-- W+++ N++

linux windows masquerading

1999-11-09 Thread Patrick
Hi, Who can help me for installing and configure a masquerading (ipchains) connection: I have a PC under linux (redhat 6.0) and many PC under windows 95. (All under a network ethernet) The PC with linux can make a ppp connection with the ISP successfully, but the under windows 95 cannot.  

Unidentified subject!

1999-11-09 Thread Patrick
Hi, Who can help me for installing and configure a masquerading (ipchains) connection: I have a PC under linux (redhat 6.0) and many PC under windows 95. (All under a network ethernet) The PC with linux can make a ppp connection with the ISP successfully, but the under windows 95 cannot.  

portsentry

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Worth
Ok, I admit it, I'm a lightweight when it comes to Linux. :) I have portsentry compiled and running on my linux box here at work. I'd like to get it to start automatically when the system boots. and I realized i don't have the slightest idea as to how to do that. is there somebody out t

Re: Creative Labs Live cards

1999-11-09 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 10:36:15PM +1300, Peter Cague Xtra " wrote: : Is the any news come though about drivers for the creative : live cards or a work around at all If you're on a uniprocessor box, you could: export CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot cvs login (password is c

Re: How to build a secure OS ?

1999-11-09 Thread Chris Watt
At 05:53 AM 11/9/99 -0800, you wrote: >hi list > >how does one take the bootstrap. >how to add a kernel and a filesystem. >add init >no shell, no password file, no /etc/fstab I would guess that "take the bootstrap" amounts to getting the source code for LILO. Adding a kernel and a filesystem = c

Re: P-III patches helpful on Celeron?

1999-11-09 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 07:23:33AM -0500, Jon Knews wrote: : Hello, I've left your original email intact below for comparison, : but I can tell you that on my single processor Celeron 500 : (an HP Pavilion 8560c with non-stock video and sound) : does the same check upon bootup, and finds the pII

RE: networking problems

1999-11-09 Thread Jeff Graves
Is it the new LNE100TX ver 2.0 card or is it the slightly older one. I had one of the new ones in there and I couldn't get it to work. I also tried using the tulip driver but with no success. I tried the one that Linksys provides too, both built into the kernel and as a module. Basically, if it

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