Re: How are you supposed to add an existing user to a group?

Joe Brenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps this is a stupid question (I'm coming to the > conclusion that there are no intelligent questions), but if > you've just created a new group, how are you supposed to go > about adding new users to it these days? The man pages for > useradd, grou

Re: SSH

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, RTS wrote: > I just set up a new RedHat 6.2 system. > > What is everyone using today for SSH services on a system?? > > Randy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been using either OpenSSH or SSH 1.2.27. Versions of SSH beyond 1.2.27 cannot be used for commercial purposes unless you p

Re[2]: list archive

Hi Kambiz, I too thank you for your hard work and effort. >> but I'm rather dissapointed to see it's not >> searchable. KA> Yeah. Me to. Might I suggest htdig as a quick fix to this problem. It may not be glamorous but it wouldn't take too much effort and would yield a wondrous effect. List

SSH

I just set up a new RedHat 6.2 system. What is everyone using today for SSH services on a system?? Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Security Risks?

Michael Ghens wrote: > > There is no substitute to montoring and applying bug fixs when they come > out. No kidding, that tops the list in Support, as most frequently asked question by our staff after someone reports everything blown to bits, looking for a fix. "Did you apply the security fixe

Re: Security Risks?

Sure are. However, keeping users off the box is a big step forward. It is alot easier to breakin if you have shell access. What I am listing here are some old bugs, most have been patched. *LPD buffer overflow *IMAP buffer overflow *sendmail and kernel 2.2.14/15 set compat bug (was a kernel bug

Re: Security Risks?

You can go about this another way, with their group id.. for example the following files ls hawah* hedge* -al -rw-rw-r-- 1 root robert 20 Jun 24 10:57 hawahian.email -rw-r--r-- 1 root robert 24 Jun 29 23:59 hedges.phone ^ ^ ^ ^ | | |

Re: Security Risks?

doesn't cyrus imap address this issue? I don't think you even have accounts for users - just mail. You might want to try it. As for security issues, I don't know. You may lose some accountability. Do their usernames or the single UID show up in logs? hth charles On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Steven Clark

Re: list archive

Charles Galpin wrote: > > speaking of archives it's nice to see we have some now. Don't take this > the wrong way Kambiz because you have obviously given this list more tlc > than it's *ever* seen before, Thanks. > but I'm rather dissapointed to see it's not > searchable. Yeah. Me to. > Th

Re: trash can

> How do you get the windoz like trash can?? I am using the latest GMC... > > > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > to be honest with you, the trash can implemented

Fiber Optic NICs

Does anyone know of support for Fiber Optic NICs in Red Hat 6.2? Has anyone had direct experience using them? Thanks Kevin ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Security Risks?

Hi everyone once again ;) I was wondering what would be the security risks if users that don't have any ssh/telnet/ftp, basically no interactive access to a machine, if they all used the same UID? The useradd prog lets me use the same UID as long as the -o option is passed to it. Now I know if o

Re: Umm - What's up with unsubscribing?

Someone automatically set the password for everyone. If you go to the link at the bottom of every list message, you will find a place to send you your current password, and then a place to change it. On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Michael J. McGillick wrote: --Afternoon: -- --I sent an email to: -- --

Re: upgrading to rpm 4

thanks! this solved my problem too. On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Brian Ashe wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Try getting the rpm 3.0.5. It solved all of my "major numbers <= 3" problems > but YMMV. I have also heard that this can install rpm 4 but I can not > confirm this. You may want to try. I got the 3.0.5 f

Re: list archive

speaking of archives it's nice to see we have some now. Don't take this the wrong way Kambiz because you have obviously given this list more tlc than it's *ever* seen before, but I'm rather dissapointed to see it's not searchable. The archives 25 years into the future are also rather humerous, but

partionless install of RHL 6.2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was thinking of installing RHL on my laptop. I have a Gateway Solo 2500 SE with a 366 MHz Celeron/96 MB RAM Neomagic MagicGraph 128 video adapter Neomagic Sound Card USR cc-XJ1336 PCMCIA modem (flashed to 56K/V.90) 12 GB Toshiba Hard Drive to be pa

Re: Hai!

I'm not sure I fully understand the question. Are you saying that you are losing your ethernet interface(s) and when you bring them back up, your routing tables are not the same as when you boot? If so, there are probably a number of ways to fix this. 1. put routes into /etc/sysconfig/static-ro

Re: Umm - What's up with unsubscribing?

Mike, go to the website below and have the password issued to you sent to you via e-mail. https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list All part of this new mailman list... Eddie Strohmier On Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:53:48 -0400 (EDT) "Michael J. McGillick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: sendmail error: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: Permission denied

My suggestion would be to get Nelson to allow one of you spanish speaking fellows to ssh in and take a look yourselves. On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Nitebirdz wrote: > > Need some help over here. A Red Hat user from Bolivia recently sent a > message to the list in Spanish because perhaps he didn't fee

Re: help

what are your browsing needs? You may be ablw to use a text onlt browser like w3m or lynx. hth charles On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Nitebirdz wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, wong wrote: > > > thank.. > > > > if can not browse on the server, that mean i have to install another > > workstaion (pc) > > to b

Re: Umm - What's up with unsubscribing?

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Michael J. McGillick wrote: > Afternoon: > > I sent an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > With unsubscribe in the body of the message. I keep getting back a > message saying that I have to enter a password in order to unsubscribe. I > never set a password on this lis

Re: RPM package installer

rpmfind (at least newer versions when run as root) allow you to install directly from the net. Also you can install an rpm using rpm directly over the net too if you haven't tried it. rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/pub/i386/RPMS/facncy-1.1.0.i386.rpm hth charles On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, UK Jaiswa

trash can

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Umm - What's up with unsubscribing?

Afternoon: I sent an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With unsubscribe in the body of the message. I keep getting back a message saying that I have to enter a password in order to unsubscribe. I never set a password on this list. What's up with that? - Mike

Re: Max UID Limit?

At 05:20 PM 8/5/00 -0400, you wrote: > >>Max UID limit? > > 65535 >If that is so would it be much work to modify the useradd, userdel progs to >use an unsigned long var instead? Or would I have to hack the kernel and >other programs to? > >Would anyone know how to get around this limitation? as y

Re: Max UID Limit?

>>Max UID limit? > 65535 First off thanks for the response :) I am guessing that limit is imposed because the C code is using an unsigned integer to handle the UID right? If that is so would it be much work to modify the useradd, userdel progs to use an unsigned long var instead? Or would I hav

Re: help

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, wong wrote: > thank.. > > if can not browse on the server, that mean i have to install another > workstaion (pc) > to browser through the server ? > Yep, sure. I mean, it's no big deal. Everything depends on how important this server is. I'm just telling you that if this

RHL digest

I give up. I just sent a message saying I liked the new format, with the subject last in all the headers, and already somebody moved it back into the noise. In addition, now I've got a digest with a blue-green background! Stop already with this nonsense! --doug ___

Re: Max UID Limit?

At 03:56 PM 8/5/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I was wondering does anyone know what the max UID limit of a linux ( Redhat >6.2 ) box would be? Or at least any pointers on where to get this >information? 65535 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMA

Re: How are you supposed to add an existing user to a group?

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Joe Brenner wrote: > > > I can obviously just use emacs on /etc/group, but I'd have > > thought there was a better way of doing it these days. > > Sure there is - use vi on /etc/group. :> > Seriously, if you're looking for

Max UID Limit?

Hi everyone, I was wondering does anyone know what the max UID limit of a linux ( Redhat 6.2 ) box would be? Or at least any pointers on where to get this information? Thanks a bunch Steven ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://list

Re: How are you supposed to add an existing user to a group?

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Joe Brenner wrote: > I can obviously just use emacs on /etc/group, but I'd have > thought there was a better way of doing it these days. Sure there is - use vi on /etc/group. :> Seriously, if you're looking for an easy-to-use, graphical tool to do it, try kuser (part of the

Re: How are you supposed to add an existing user to a group?

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Joe Brenner wrote: > > Perhaps this is a stupid question (I'm coming to the > conclusion that there are no intelligent questions), but if > you've just created a new group, how are you supposed to go > about adding new users to it these days? The man pages for > useradd, gro

Squid cache question

This question is really basic, I know. It's so basic that even I can't figured it after read the faq, the user-guide, install and try from rpm package installation and even comparing configurations from the original sources installation. I thinked that Squid cached the same web objects that Apache

How are you supposed to add an existing user to a group?

Perhaps this is a stupid question (I'm coming to the conclusion that there are no intelligent questions), but if you've just created a new group, how are you supposed to go about adding new users to it these days? The man pages for useradd, groupadd and groupmod are not enlightening (to me) on

Re: Re[2]: Samba

Hi Glen, Sorry to bring this up again, but > Thanks, but the packages are installed - samba-client was installed when > I installed the op system, I installed the samba server and common rpms > yesterday. I did not notice it at first, but you cannot install the client when com

Re: sendmail error: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: Permission denied

Hi Nitebirdz, Well, I think (from some of Nelson's other posts) that he is having more then just sendmail problems. He may want to check for a root kit or do some drive integrity checks. But if it is sendmail I think more info about his configuration would help to nail this down. To keep a 4.1 s

Re: Invisible files in ftp?

Hi Chris, If you have access to cute-ftp try putting it in passive mode. I have used cute-ftp for years on my winXX machines without ever having a problem but I have always had it in passive mode because of being behind a masq server. And since I have always been using it to connect to a wu-ftpd

Invisible files in ftp?

I'm having trouble with an ftp server (the wu-ftpd-2.6.0-14.6x package from Redhat) in Redhat 6.2. Basically many ftp client programs (e.g. CuteFTP, which a great many people seem to insist on using) are not able to see much of the contents of the server (they seem to randomly be able to s

Re: Problem with vacation program

On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 10:04:20AM -0400, Gene Wilburn wrote: : In the past I've used Eric Allman's vacation program without any problems : on RH systems. Under 6.2 however, I'm getting this message, which I'm sure : is related to a newer version of sendmail: : :- Transcript of session fo

Re: help

> thank.. > > if can not browse on the server, that mean i have to install another > workstaion (pc) > to browser through the server ? He's just referring to the fact that in order to browse the contents of your Webserver from the Server itself, you'll need to point the browser to the localhost

Re: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character - HELP!!!!!

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:17:04 -0700, you wrote: >Aug 1 23:22:37 localhost telnetd[25032]: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or >incomplete multibyte or wide character I get the same errors when the clients connections get stopped due to clients problems: clients crash, network broken on their side, ...

Problem with vacation program

In the past I've used Eric Allman's vacation program without any problems on RH systems. Under 6.2 however, I'm getting this message, which I'm sure is related to a newer version of sendmail: - Transcript of session follows - 550 /home/gwilburn/.forward: line 1: "|/usr/bin/vacation -a

Re: RPM package installer

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, UK Jaiswal wrote: > Is there anything on RedHat similar to "dselect" of Debian where > packages can > to installed directly from the internet even on a telnet session? > rpmfind does not seem to be that powerful as it just downloads the RPM > package whereas in Debian, the com

Re: Exim on Debian.. Urgent

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, UK Jaiswal wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been handed over a debian box running Exim. The domain is say > domain1.com > The previous administrator of the box had created a user called mailx. > In the home directory of mailx, there is a file .procmailrc in which > aliases of diff

[Fwd: HELP ME (Ayudame)]

This is the from Nelson. It looks suspiciously like his system has been compromised when you see the "ls" output (I think someone told him this on the list in Spanish). Good luck Nelson Kambiz babelfish says: Éste es de Nelson. Mira como su sistema se ha comprometido cuando usted ve la salida

Re: X server

Actually, I have seen this too, are you logged in as root and then su to a user or vice-versa? As with the su comments going through the lists, when you su, you do not get full ownership of everything. Hope this helps. Robert Soros wrote: > > What version of redhat do you have ? This could pos

Re: AYUDA

Hello Nelson, > Es de suma urgencia resolver este problema. Well, if that is so, you might try asking your question in english, so more people might be able to help :). Maybe you also need an upgrade. Anyway, good luck in finding an answer,

Re: [RHL] Re: [RHL] Re: [RHL] Re: ;) This silly [RHL] nonsense.

Hi Vidiot! > Oh well. It was nice while it lasted. I agree on that ;-) . CU all O, Leonard. By the way, how do I unsubscribe? :) ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: sendmail error: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: Permission denied

Make sure that the file is there. When I upgraded to the new sendmail, it did not create two files, I can't remember exactly what they were. I've included the one off my machine, although depending on what version he is running, I don't know if it will work or not. I am running 8.11 . Good luck.

Re: list archive

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, rob smith wrote: --I want to access the list archive but I don't remember my password...normally --you can have it mailed back to you...didn't see this option on the sign in --page...any ideas?? It is there, at the bottom of the page. I've used it already. follow the link at