Re: Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread SoloCDM
You'd be grateful to have long name choices, if you were administrator of a university or large corporation with the responsibility of keeping respectable names. A conflict with names of the same kind can create enormous back-draft and downtime. Also, in such large processing systems, you don't

Re: OFF TOPIC@#$@# hrmmm jobs

2000-07-29 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 30/07/00 at 0:29 Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: >Sigh. > >I know this is kinda maybe wrong, but any way... > >I just graduated college with a Certificate in Netowrk and Internet >Technichan. > >I have a basic but firm grounding in Linux. >Firm groundin

RE: OFF TOPIC@#$@# hrmmm jobs

2000-07-29 Thread Jon Nichols
oopsie - sorry. didnt mean to send this back to the list *blush* -Original Message- From: Jon Nichols [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:06 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: OFF TOPIC@#$@# hrmmm jobs Try to get a job at TAOS. they're great. p

RE: OFF TOPIC@#$@# hrmmm jobs

2000-07-29 Thread Jon Nichols
Try to get a job at TAOS. they're great. pays well too. I work for them in the San Francisco area, and they have a couple offices arouns the country as well. good luck -Original Message- From: Michael S. Dunsavage [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:30 AM To:

OFF TOPIC@#$@# hrmmm jobs

2000-07-29 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
Sigh. I know this is kinda maybe wrong, but any way... I just graduated college with a Certificate in Netowrk and Internet Technichan. I have a basic but firm grounding in Linux. Firm grounding in windows 95/98 and DOS Firm grounding in Hardare. I'm wonderinf if any one knows of any jobs in t

getting ppp going in console

2000-07-29 Thread ktb
I'm trying to get an internet connection going in console with redhat 6.2, no X on this machine. I used netconf to configure ppp. When I try and connect to my isp everything starts normally: the remote number is dialed, my user name and password is excepted, I get to "Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/mod

Re: nfs (2)SOLVED

2000-07-29 Thread Eric Clover
chown'd the drive to users:users then chmod'd the drive to 555 all works sorry bout the repost thank you eric Eric Clover wrote: > > OK!! > that got it mostly working. > thank you for the help. > i can access the nfs drive from box2 now, but only as root. > all the all_squash and no_squash stuf

Re: nfs (2)

2000-07-29 Thread Eric Clover
OK!! that got it mostly working. thank you for the help. i can access the nfs drive from box2 now, but only as root. all the all_squash and no_squash stuff is also a little confusing to me also though. i have a normal user with the uid/gid of 500 that i want to have access to the nfs mounted driv

Re: PGP

2000-07-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, David Talkington wrote: > > Perhaps not exactly on-topic, but I'm an avid user of Pine on several > flavors of Unix, and would like to find a how-to for digitally signing > and encrypting email from Pine. I've done encryption with Outlook > (*ducks*), but don't know how to

RE: New nfs-utils claims I have wrong kernel

2000-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Ward William E PHDN wrote: > > Doesn't make much difference, since it's a shell script that I wrote > > ( you don't have it :p ) that uses ssh to connect to a list of hosts, > > and once there, use sudo to upgrade the package. I also maintain a local > > mirror of updates o

XFmail and GnuPg

2000-07-29 Thread Larry Mintz
Anybody use Xfmail 1.4.6 and GnuPG ? I can't seem to get GnuPG to work with Xfmail. When I try to sign a message from PGP I get NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY PGP terminated with status code 2 The log file doesn't help much either. Any help would be appreciated. Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- -- To

PGP

2000-07-29 Thread David Talkington
Perhaps not exactly on-topic, but I'm an avid user of Pine on several flavors of Unix, and would like to find a how-to for digitally signing and encrypting email from Pine. I've done encryption with Outlook (*ducks*), but don't know how to go about it with 'nix Pine, and I've never tackled a dig

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread Hidong Kim
That must be a typo. I suspect it's FIC. http://www.advancedcomputech.com/fic/sd11.htm william lewis wrote: > > BTWWhat is FDIC SD11mb?? > > >Bill, > > > >Athlon should be fine. Recommend FDIC SD11 mb to use with it. Out of > >curiosity though, why didn't you ask for advice before yo

Re: *Free Linux giveaway*, Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Irwan Hadi
At 05:04 PM 7/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >pulled from the page at : > >http://www.calderasystems.com/partners/contest/ > >Every qualified participant will receive a free T-shirt and a free copy >of OpenLinux eServer[tm] 2.3 ($89.95 value). The term "qualified" here doen't mean that you have already

Re: *Free Linux giveaway*, Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Irwan Hadi
At 02:00 PM 7/29/00 -0700, you wrote: >Is it on the front page, or am I missing something. I am there now and >there is nothing >about a free copy. at http://www.calderasystems.com/partners/contest/ TELL ALL AND WIN APPLICATION Tell all and Win! Tell us about your OpenLinux™ solution and

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread william lewis
BTWWhat is FDIC SD11mb?? >Bill, > >Athlon should be fine. Recommend FDIC SD11 mb to use with it. Out of >curiosity though, why didn't you ask for advice before you ordered? > >Tom -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread william lewis
I didn't really expect to have any problems, but figured I would ask anyway. Just wanted to make sure before it was shipped. If a problem were to be found with the AMD chip I would have cancelled order.. Thanks for reply.. Have fun > >Bill, > >Athlon should be fine. Recommend FDIC SD11 mb to

Re: *Free Linux giveaway*, Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Eric Clover
Steven Pierce wrote: > > Is it on the front page, or am I missing something. I am there now and there is >nothing > about a free copy. > > Steven > pulled from the page at : http://www.calderasystems.com/partners/contest/ Every qualified participant will receive a free T-shirt and a free

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread tcurl
Bill, Athlon should be fine. Recommend FDIC SD11 mb to use with it. Out of curiosity though, why didn't you ask for advice before you ordered? Tom "william lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/29/2000 09:41:23 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: b

Re: *Free Linux giveaway*, Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Steven Pierce
Is it on the front page, or am I missing something. I am there now and there is nothing about a free copy. Steven *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 7/29/2000 at 12:21 PM Irwan Hadi wrote: >At 11:10 AM 7/29/00 -0700, you wrote: >>Mandrake started out at 6.0 (??), being based on th

Re: Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread Steven Pierce
Exactly what I do. I am not writting software yet, I am trying to learn. I keep my log in's very short. My passwords are much longer. There is a page that will allow you take a password like myhome and put it into a crypted form. So that might come back as hnDYzKi.mjBn7, which is nice. Y

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, william lewis wrote: > > Hi. Last week I took a lightning discharge to my computer system via an interfaced >radio. It fried my motherboard and radio. I ordered another computer with the >Athlon 800mhz AMD chip. Are there any problems running Linux with this chip? Is th

Re: Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Steven Pierce wrote: > Just to be differnet.. Not me, I am glad that I can use shorter names. If I had >to write > myusernameislongerthanyoursis each time, I would rethink Unix.. Yeah, my example was totally theoretical. I occasionally create that account when testing som

RE: apache list?

2000-07-29 Thread Anthony E . Greene
On 29 Jul 2000 13:29 Rev. David P. Giffen wrote: >Thanks by the way. I was just going through the mail before post the very >same question :-) I'm trying to get my user directories to work. Make sure the /home/username is world executable (drwxrwx--x) and /home/username/public_html is world reada

V.35 card

2000-07-29 Thread Cuenta de correos J. Carlos
Hello! I need to buy/install a v.35 card, I just don't know about these cards brands, couldo you recommend a good one to me?? Thanks in advance... -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

*Free Linux giveaway*, Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Irwan Hadi
At 11:10 AM 7/29/00 -0700, you wrote: >Mandrake started out at 6.0 (??), being based on that version of Red Hat >linux, and has had a faster release schedule. Version jumps have been a >part of many software packages, but NOT Red Hat. Look at Solaris 2.6 -> >7. Windows 3.11 -> 95. Version jump

Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Wayne Dyer wrote: > Moving from a 6.x to 7.0 isn't an unusual jump. Slackware went through > some weird numbering, IIRC. This jump is part of the SlackWare FAQ. See: http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php3?faq=general#0 > IMO, RedHat was the "instigator". As the most wel

Re: Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread Steven Pierce
Just to be differnet.. Not me, I am glad that I can use shorter names. If I had to write myusernameislongerthanyoursis each time, I would rethink Unix.. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 7/29/2000 at 10:53 AM Gordon Messmer wrote: >On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, SoloCDM wrote: > >> What ad

Re: I think really need some help! (Redhat 6.1)

2000-07-29 Thread Kirk
Your Video could be a problem due to I dont think XFree-3.3.x supports 2 cards very well. The list of Diamond cards can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/62/rh6.2-hcl-i.ld-10.html#ss10.15 If your WinTV card is by Happauge it will work, takes a little effort though, min

Re: I think really need some help! (Redhat 6.1)

2000-07-29 Thread Stephen L Arnold
On 29 Jul 00, at 19:25, Roadrunner wrote: > Diamond Stealth II, 4MB, PCI, graphicscard > Diamond Voodoo II, PCI, 4 mb, add-on graphicscard I'm not sure which chip is on the first card (see below); it should be somewhat supported. Have you looked at your XF86Config file? It should be in /etc/

Re: Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, SoloCDM wrote: > What adjustment do I make to create larger usernames in Linux? > Larger than what? My system (Red Hat 6.2) supports 32 character usernames without any modifications. I fail to see why anyone would want a username longer than "myusernameislongerthanyoursis

I think really need some help! (Redhat 6.1)

2000-07-29 Thread Roadrunner
Hello to all who reads this, I am a Linux Newbee (I've read that word someware) so I really don't know what to do. A while ago I have installed Redhat 6.1 next to Windows 98 (Lilo Dualboot). However I having problems with the resolution. I'm running Linux on about 320x640(?)x60(?). As you can s

Re: RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread Wayne Dyer
Irwan Hadi wrote: > At 08:46 PM 7/28/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Well someone apparently saw the top of the boot screen for the install > >and jumped to the conclusion that 6.9 was out. Which it is not. That > >is just the boot disk from rawhide. I'm sure that when it is out for > >testing we will

Making Usernames Longer

2000-07-29 Thread SoloCDM
What adjustment do I make to create larger usernames in Linux? Note: Detailed Document(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome. When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list and my email address. * S

Re: fetchmail

2000-07-29 Thread Chuck Mead
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 01:22:26PM +0800, Dondave was heard to say: > what if there is only one email box on the server that recieves mail for > their domain and i want their email to be forwarded to their local > mailboxes. we have done this but all the emails goes to the root. what > could be t

local address spoofing

2000-07-29 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello all! I set up a firewall for a friend of mine who has a cable modem. It contains two NIC's, eth0 had the address 192.168.0.1 (I changed this to 192.168.123.45, to be able to set a route to 192.168.0.0 over eth1), eth1 is the outside NIC, let's say it uses IP address 200.

Re: nfs

2000-07-29 Thread Eric Clover
OK!! that got it mostly working. thank you for the help. i can access the nfs drive from box2 now, but only as root. all the all_squash and no_squash stuff is also a little confusing to me also though. i have a normal user with the uid/gid of 500 that i want to have access to the nfs mounted drive

Re: Help Install stalls

2000-07-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, linda hanigan wrote: > Hi All, > I have an old 486 with 4 meg of ram I am trying > to install linux on. I managed to get the floppy > drives switched so I can now boot from a > 3 1/2" floppy it goes through all the messages > till > RAMDISK compressed Image Found at block 0

Re: burned up

2000-07-29 Thread Kirk
I have an Athlon 650 with the Asus K7V Motherboard, I hauls butt. It ripps mp3s about 35% faster than my dual P3 500 system. Although depending on the IDE controller on the board you get, you may consider getting the IDE patch from kernel.org and building a fresh kernel for it. If I remember right

re: RE:RH 6.9

2000-07-29 Thread kabir
> ** Original Subject: RE:RH 6.9 > ** Original Sender: Irwan Hadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ** Original Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:24:58 -0400 (EDT) > ** Original Message follows... > > At 10:12 PM 7/28/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Larry: > > > >This one still had kernel 2.2.16 in it. > > so RH 6.9 h

Re: Help Install stalls

2000-07-29 Thread linda hanigan
I was trying to install RH 6.0 I have cdroms with 5.2 in some books I could try that. However they also say they need 8 meg of ram. I only want to use it as a console terminal to log onto a server and run text based apps so I was hoping to get it working. Thank

burned up

2000-07-29 Thread william lewis
Hi.  Last week I took a lightning discharge to my computer system via an interfaced radio.  It fried my motherboard and radio.  I ordered another computer with the Athlon 800mhz AMD chip.  Are there any problems running Linux with this chip? Is the AMD chip supported with RedHat and Linux? 

Re: Help Install stalls

2000-07-29 Thread william lewis
What was the version of linux you were trying to install...ie Mandrake 7.0- or RedHat 6.2 etcSome versions were optimized to run on a Pentium (586) and won't load on a 486. Send more info need more inputneed more input.need more input... -Original Message- From: linda han

RE: I'm a big dumb newbie and

2000-07-29 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
Be real careful with linuxconf. It's bit several times so far. Also linuxconf also breaks an important system admin rule. It does not back up a config file before it makes any changes. But then again I am one of those people who insert change logs into my config files, even on my Linux box here at

RE: How to back-up my box

2000-07-29 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
If both the old and the new machines have tape drives just make a tar ball if the old system and dump the tarball to tape. load the tape onto the new machine and unroll the tarball. > -Original Message- > From: kerem unal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:20 AM

RE: free x client for windows

2000-07-29 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
I personally use Microimages MIX 2.0.4. It's not free, it's shareware (around $25). How ever it worked for me without any configuring. Only thing special I did was create a userid for it. That way I can just startup the xserver on the windows side. telnet into the account. The account is set up w

RE: apache list?

2000-07-29 Thread Rev. David P. Giffen
Thanks by the way. I was just going through the mail before post the very same question :-) I'm trying to get my user directories to work. > -Original Message- > From: Lee Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 12:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: apache li