SCSI Controler Error

2002-09-18 Thread Santhosh
Hai All, I have a Pentium III 800 System.I connected SCSI Tape drive with PCI connected scsi Controller card.When the system boots it says "Improper Termination or Faulty Cable detected .Please verify " and it hangs on.Any Guess? Santhosh -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mai

Re: Patching Linux Servers

2002-09-18 Thread Keith Morse
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, John McCain wrote: > It's working for me, but my paths don't end in trailing "/"'s. > > config filename: rh7.3up.mirror > > > package=rh73update > comment=Red Hat Linux 7.3 > site=ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu > remote_dir=/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.3/en

ntfs support

2002-09-18 Thread shyam
hi friends can anybody give me step by step instruction to up date my kernel to support NTFS any help is precious shyam __ Give your Company an email address like ravi @ ravi-exports.com. Sign up for Rediffmail Pro today! Know more. htt

Re: XP and Linux

2002-09-18 Thread Dennis K Grow
Edward Dekkers wrote: > > > > Do I need to set up a computer account on that domain perhaps? > > > > I _think_ what you have to do is let the login fail when setting it to use > a > > domain and get it to stick (I can't remember exactly how I did this part, > I > > just remember it was something

How to disable the screen saver mode ?

2002-09-18 Thread Kevin Chan
Dear all, I have one very sample question would like to ask all of you. My problem is : After I reboot my RedHat 7.3 Linux, the XWindows already turn ON the screen saver mode after few minutes. Even I was setup the screen saver to NONE and set the time to 8000 min on my XWindows already, but

Re: cat?

2002-09-18 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:37:37PM -0400, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > > You want to read a list of host names from a file and prepend 'www' > to any name that does not already start with 'www'. Try this: [...] If in a hurry: perl -pi -e 's/^/www./ unless /^www\./' $your_file -- Hal Burgiss

Re: Checking XFree version

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/23:13 -0400, Chuck Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Calbazana, Al posted the following: > >CA>Any way to check the version of XFree86 other than checking rpm -qa | grep >CA>XFree86? > >X -version Here's an intersti

RE: Uninstalling Redhat 7.2

2002-09-18 Thread Mathur, Sachin (UMKC-Student)
Insert the linux cd-rom disc-1, go into the the disk portion menu, u can change the memory allocated to linux, to windows (From your message I infer that u have 1 hard drive, n u've installed windows n linux). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Beh

re : grep

2002-09-18 Thread smoke
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Re: XP and Linux

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Sep-2002/09:42 +0800, Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [about domain authentication] > >I have no idea what's going to happen if the PDC is down and I'm not game >to try it at the moment, as my normal Edward Dekkers login has already >s

Re: Checking XFree version

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/23:02 -0400, "Calbazana, Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Any way to check the version of XFree86 other than checking rpm -qa | grep >XFree86? If you know the packagename, you don't have to query all the packages and grep through the re

Re: grep 'or'

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/17:34 -0700, smoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >is there a way to "or" grep? > >like grep a or b Please do not use "Reply" to start a new thread. Even if you change the subject, the new message is still threaded with the original. Thi

Re: cat?

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/17:12 -0700, smoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >id like to append something to the beginning of each >line on a file. [snip] If you want to insert it at the beginning of the line, it's "prepend", not "append". You want to read a list o

Re: Checking XFree version

2002-09-18 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Calbazana, Al posted the following: CA>Any way to check the version of XFree86 other than checking rpm -qa | grep CA>XFree86? X -version - -- csm "Look, I want to make Microsoft's life miserable; so I'll tell you what, I'll p

Re: How do i convert i textfile to pdf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/23:21 +, Scott and Tess Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Do you know if there is a way of converting an openoffice document to >PDF, in linux of course. :-) Not on the command line. You have to open the document in Star/Open Offi

Checking XFree version

2002-09-18 Thread Calbazana, Al
Title: Checking XFree version Any way to check the version of XFree86 other than checking rpm -qa | grep XFree86? Thanks, Al ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use

Trouble booting new hard drive

2002-09-18 Thread Seth Brooks
I recently got a Maxtor D740X-SL 80 GB hard drive.  I installed in properly, or so I think.  After installing the drive I booted up my  PC and it gave me the following message: PXE-E61 - Media test failure, check cable. I think it is referring to the cable connecting the hard drive to the motherboa

Re: Configuring ncd X-Term on RH7.3 server

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 18-Sep-2002/16:53 +0100, Awuku Danso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm trying to set up an ncd X-term to download its configuration from a >RedHat 7.3 server but have failed to get it working. When powered on the >ncd X-Term is able to see the RH server alright, and acquires its IP >address from

Re: Streaming audio player

2002-09-18 Thread Jose Mirles
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 22:54:23 -0400 "Reuben D. Budiardja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > Is there any player for streaming audio other that real player for linux out > there (for .rm and .ram format) ? I've been having problem with real player 8 > for linux, saying that "Cannot open Audio

RE: XP and Linux

2002-09-18 Thread Cameron . Davidson
> ... If anybody wants a working link to the > samba-PDC-Howto let me know. It must have been a brief glitch: http://samba.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html is fine, as is http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html The older PDC-howto is now apparentl

Re: XP and Linux

2002-09-18 Thread Edward Dekkers
> > Do I need to set up a computer account on that domain perhaps? > > I _think_ what you have to do is let the login fail when setting it to use a > domain and get it to stick (I can't remember exactly how I did this part, I > just remember it was something silly). Then reboot. When you get the d

Uninstalling Redhat 7.2

2002-09-18 Thread April
I created a dual-boot on one of my drives, so that I could either load Windows XP or Redhat 7.2 (Windows is installed on a separate physical drive from Linux). How do I remove the partition that I allotted for Linux, to get it back for Windows (I did this on my D drive, giving 5 megs to Redhat and

Re: How do i convert i textfile to pdf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Scott and Tess Brady
G'day, Just a quick question. Do you know if there is a way of converting an openoffice document to PDF, in linux of course. :-) Thanks in Advance = Scott Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Anthony E. Greene wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On

Wireless keyboards and mice

2002-09-18 Thread Matthew Huggett
Hi: Does anyone have any experience installing RH Linux on a system with a wireless keyboard and mouse? I'm able to enter choices at the boot prompt but once the installation starts, I loose the keyboard and mouse. I'm not exactly sure how wireless keyboards and mice work. I can use mine to mak

Re: chown: changing ownership of `/tmp/tst': Operation not permitted

2002-09-18 Thread Samuel Flory
Furnish, Trever G wrote: >Because chown is only allowed to be run by root? Contrast with systems like >hpux where there's a "system privilege" that allows everyone to chown files. >Normally the ability to chown files would be a security risk - otherwise >what's to stop you from setting the suid

grep 'or'

2002-09-18 Thread smoke
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Re: RE:XP and Linux

2002-09-18 Thread Edward Dekkers
> I'm just getting up to speed with the thread. Not sure why you are having > difficulty. I'm running RedHat 7.3 with Samba (I have several shares > setup). It was easy to access the SAMBA shares from my XP Pro workstation. Yep, it is easy. That's not the problem Brian is helping me with. My X

SCP fails

2002-09-18 Thread Christian Fredrickson
I have ssh running on a Redhat 7.x server. Using an SCP client (WinSCP) I can download any file from the server running SSH, but large files fail as soon as I attempt to copy them with the error "refused by remote". Is this a parameter that must be changed? Why is this happening only on large file

cat?

2002-09-18 Thread smoke
id like to append something to the beginning of each line on a file. e.g. from - contents of file netscape.com yahoo.com altavista.com redhat.com to - newfile or existing file www.netscape.com www.yahoo.com www.altavista.com www.redhat.com ( further more ) onl

Re: shell line wraps wrong

2002-09-18 Thread Peter Horst
* Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-18 1:08am]: > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 17:08, Mark wrote: > > On Monday 16 September 2002 11:24 am, Peter Horst's voice rose above > > the ones in my head and declared: > > > > > I'm trying to enter a longish sequence of commands in bash 2.05 (RH > > >

Re: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Alan Harding
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 19:24, Will Francis wrote: > > Hi, > Take a look at autorpm (www.autorpm.org). If you install it it will I had a good look at this as Auto updates interest me greatly. Got it installed and started to play with it, and I will look at it over the next few days, but I have a

RE: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b(-28)

2002-09-18 Thread Trevor
I'm glad I could put you at ease, Nick :-) I've been working on this for a week [compiling, installing, testing, repeat]... (my box isn't really standard redhat -- sort of a mixed beast) Currently, I just finished installing/configuring the latest version of SNORT and guardian on my system as we

RE: apache

2002-09-18 Thread Trevor
Here is a quick overview of how your network is currently set up and how to get your webserver running. >From the outside, the only IP address that you can someone on the Internet can see is your external IP address. It is currently assigned to your Linksys router. Because your computers are "i

RE: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b(-28)

2002-09-18 Thread Nick White
>From the changelog: (via rpm -q --changelog) * Thu Aug 01 2002 Nalin Dahyabhai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0.9.6b-28 - update asn patch to fix accidental reversal of a logic check * Mon Jul 29 2002 Nalin Dahyabhai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0.9.6b-25 - add patch to fix ASN.1 vulnerabilities Wow!! That give

RE: apache

2002-09-18 Thread Ben Donahue
Hey Trevor let me clarify my last reply, what i have with my network is a wireless router made by linksys. It has a built in firewall. So I am guessing this may be the reason I cant access my webserver from outside my network. I am trying to access my webserver using my computers IP address of

udftools

2002-09-18 Thread Jayson Hill
When I type in:   mkudffs –media-type=dvdram /dev/scd0   I get:   trying to change type of multiple extents.   Anyone know what this means??   I am running RedHat 7.2

RE: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Mike Burger
Yes..."up2date" from a shell which does not come from or have access to an X session. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Devon Harding - GTHLA wrote: > Is there a command line version like up2date? > > -Devon > > -Original Message- > From: Joe Giles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, Se

Re: RH 7.0 kernel upgrade - advice please

2002-09-18 Thread Mike Burger
I would (and have done so) get a current kernel source, and compile it with the options you like. I still admin an old 7.0 box which is running a custom compiled 2.4 kernel. Works fine. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > I was thinking of upgrading from RH's 2.2.16-x k

RE: apache

2002-09-18 Thread Ben Donahue
Yeah i have been using an internal one like 192.168.1.x. I set up a basic network, I was trying to access my webserver from a friends computer. Ben --- Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two quick points: > > 1. Are you trying to use a real/external IP address > from outside the network > to a

udftools...

2002-09-18 Thread Jayson Hill
When I type in:   mkudffs –media-type=dvdram /dev/scd0   I get:   trying to change type of multiple extents.   Anyone know what this means??

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Martín Marqués
On Mié 18 Sep 2002 16:36, Info wrote: > Martín Marqués wrote: > > On Mié 18 Sep 2002 16:07, Info wrote: > >> I am running a redhat 7.2 box with openssl version of > >> openssl-0.9.6b-28. I found a package openssl-0.9.6c-2.i386 , rawhide > >> 1.0 for i386. Can i download and and upgrade the present

Re: persistent route

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:07:37PM -0400, Devon Harding - GTHLA wrote: > What the command to add a persistent route in linux. I use 'route add -host > x.x.x.x gw x.x.x.x' but this route is gone after reboot. Put those commands in /etc/sysconfig/static-routes -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA m

Re: redhat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 08:47:39PM -0400, Gavin Hagan wrote: > Hi > Can you help me please [some sort of non-text document snipped] Nope - I can't even READ your e-mail! Please post in plain text. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassado

RE: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Joe Giles
Here is what I found out... I use the GUI mostly, but here are the command from the - -help listing red-carpet --help Usage: red-carpet [OPTION...] GNOME options --disable-sound Disable sound server usage --enable-sound Enable sound server usage --espeaker=HOSTNAM

RE: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Thornton Prime
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 12:08, Devon Harding - GTHLA wrote: > Is there a command line version like up2date? Yes, 'up2date' :) up2date will only run in GUI mode if it detects it has a X display and if the up2date-gnome package is installed. You can force text mode with the --nox option. thornton

RE: apache

2002-09-18 Thread Trevor
Two quick points: 1. Are you trying to use a real/external IP address from outside the network to access your server or are you using an internal non-routable IP (like 192.168.1.x). 2. Your firewall may be blocking you from reaching the webserver. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECT

apache

2002-09-18 Thread Ben Donahue
I installed apache recently and I am able to access my my system within my network by typing http://IPaddress/. But my problem is I cant access my server from outside my network. How do I solve this problem? Thanks, Ben __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! N

Re: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Blake C. Lewis
To schedule an automated install: You can go to https://rhn.redhat.com/ and logon. Go to "Systems" click on the system you want to update. You can then choose packages that you want installed, either by "Errata" or "Packages". Go back to "Details" and click the "Update Now!" button. It will then s

RE: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Devon Harding - GTHLA
Is there a command line version like up2date? -Devon -Original Message- From: Joe Giles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: up2date Ive been getting this ALOT too. I moved over to Ximian Red Carpe

persistent route

2002-09-18 Thread Devon Harding - GTHLA
What the command to add a persistent route in linux. I use 'route add -host x.x.x.x gw x.x.x.x' but this route is gone after reboot. Thanks, -Devon -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

redhat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Gavin Hagan
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backup question

2002-09-18 Thread Greg Conway
Hi all, I have a simple question (hopefully!) regarding backups! I have a Red Hat box with a large capacity IDE tape drive, all working and backing up data. If I wanted to back up the entire system as well, as Linux has no problems with open files and the like, I envisage very few problems back

Re: Patching Linux Servers

2002-09-18 Thread John McCain
It's working for me, but my paths don't end in trailing "/"'s. config filename: rh7.3up.mirror package=rh73update comment=Red Hat Linux 7.3 site=ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu remote_dir=/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.3/en/os local_dir=/home/updates command: mirror -n r

Shutdown Error (the old umount2 error)

2002-09-18 Thread Benjamin R. Mohilef
Looking for suggestions on how to troubleshoot this thing more easily: Dual Athlon MP 2100+ workstation running RH Rawhide { a super modified 7.3 } . IDE hard drive. The directories /usr and /usr/local are on separate partitions for size reasons. The start for run level 0 is killall and reboo

Configuring ncd X-Term on RH7.3 server

2002-09-18 Thread Awuku Danso
I'm trying to set up an ncd X-term to download its configuration from a RedHat 7.3 server but have failed to get it working. When powered on the ncd X-Term is able to see the RH server alright, and acquires its IP address from one of the configuration files but that is as far as it goes. It the

RH 7.0 kernel upgrade - advice please

2002-09-18 Thread irvine
Hello I was thinking of upgrading from RH's 2.2.16-x kernel that comes with RH 7.0 to the lastest 2.4.19 kernel. Does anyone have any words of advice or caution. I read read for instance that one should not use the compiler that is default on RH 7.0 but instead use kgcc: http://www.crhc.uiuc.

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Kent Borg wrote: > describe above; I don't think that different versions of the same > shared library can be installed at once. (What if A and B both depend > upon the same library, but each needs its own version?) This requires > a system that keeps tra

Re: How do i convert i textfile to pdf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/19:16 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I need to convert textfile to pdf and then mail it to the users >but i can't get it converted to pdf. What is best to use? Use a2ps, then ps2pdf. For a plain text document, I found that this a2ps

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Info
Ed Wilts wrote: > Why do you *need* a later version? The current version available via > up2date is fixed against the slapper worm. > > Please note that every release of openssl has incompabilities with > previous versions, so unless you really know what you're doing, > grabbing an openssl from r

libtoolize & automake & autoconf

2002-09-18 Thread achana
Hi All ! Are these tools in the standard RH7.1 distro ??? Are they part of Linux and where can I download them ??? Do they work with RH7.1 kernel 2.4.2 ??? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-li

PCMCIA and ssh problem solved

2002-09-18 Thread Kerry Miller
Thanks to Emmanuel for the suggestion on getting ssh for my older version (6.2). I got the pcmcia problem solved and already used RH 7.2 and ssh to work on the server this afternoon. I got into the setup on the Toshiba laptop, there was a section about setting up the pc card slots and it had 3 c

RE: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b(-28)

2002-09-18 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Nick White posted the following: NW>That's exactly why I contacted RedHat... They don't have information NW>anywhere about the worm on their web site. I dunno why but this satisfied my curiosity: http://www.redhat.com/support

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Kent Borg
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:28:59PM -0400, Paul DiMarco wrote: > my beef is why don't rpm files have all the libraries included in > them? Wouldn't that make our lives easier? I am I the only one who > finds this strange? Perhaps there is a logical explanation to this > madness. > > Please expl

RE: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b(-28)

2002-09-18 Thread Trevor
"rpm -q --changelog openssl | grep ASN" can tell you the same thing... without the tech support . Trevor. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nick White Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:11 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Slapper

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:28:59PM -0400, Paul DiMarco wrote: > After trying to install a bunch of small games and/or apps I come to > realize that I am missing half of the libraries required on my system for > these games to work. For example I'm trying to install TuxRacer...LOL for > my wife...

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:08:35PM -0500, Furnish, Trever G wrote: > If you're not using ssl in apache, you can also just carve all of the ssl > stuff out of the apache config and restart apache. Doesn't patch openssl, > but at least you wouldn't get slapper. > > Someone *please* correct me if I

Re: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Mike Burger
Whenever a new batch of errata updates are released, the servers get busy, and you get this. The option, of course, is to pay for the service, and to get yourself priority access to the up2date system. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Alex Ibrahim wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the up2date service b

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Paul DiMarco
I totally agree about the Windows DLL horrors. It can easily become a nightmare, especially if you've ever developed apps using Visual Basic and you try to distribute the setup programs...OMG! All the responses make sense and now I understand the reasoning behind the rpm madness. hehe tHaNkS!

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:36:29AM +0800, Info wrote: > Martín Marqués wrote: > > On Mié 18 Sep 2002 16:07, Info wrote: > >> I am running a redhat 7.2 box with openssl version of > >> openssl-0.9.6b-28. I found a package openssl-0.9.6c-2.i386 , rawhide > >> 1.0 for i386. Can i download and and upg

top level directory sizes

2002-09-18 Thread Roger Schmeits
How do I list only the top level directory sizes? i.e. ./smith.roger ./smith.roger/data ./smith.roger/downloads ./smith.roger/docs I only want the size of ./smith.roger not subdirectories. have tried du -m -S (list every directory agh) but I need a more compact listing for

RE: chown: changing ownership of `/tmp/tst': Operation not permitted

2002-09-18 Thread Furnish, Trever G
Because chown is only allowed to be run by root? Contrast with systems like hpux where there's a "system privilege" that allows everyone to chown files. Normally the ability to chown files would be a security risk - otherwise what's to stop you from setting the suid bit on a file, then chowning i

Re: "dependencies" problems with de-installing

2002-09-18 Thread achana
Brenden Walker wrote: > > Remove mod_dav, mod_ssl and mod_perl before removing apache. > > These are all apache modules and are useless (AFAIK) without apache anyway. Hi ! Yes, but I have downloaded Apache 2.0.40 and would if at all possible re-establish all the links and dependencies and have

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Info
Furnish, Trever G wrote: > If you're not using ssl in apache, you can also just carve all of the > ssl stuff out of the apache config and restart apache. Doesn't patch > openssl, but at least you wouldn't get slapper. I am patching ssl for qmail with is running STARTTLS. ssl is also needed in th

RE: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b(-28)

2002-09-18 Thread Nick White
That's exactly why I contacted RedHat... They don't have information anywhere about the worm on their web site. I received a response back from a higher level tech support person at RedHat confirming that the up2date openssl package 0.9.6b-28 is safe. (see RedHat's response below) Dear Sir, We

RE: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Furnish, Trever G
If you're not using ssl in apache, you can also just carve all of the ssl stuff out of the apache config and restart apache. Doesn't patch openssl, but at least you wouldn't get slapper. Someone *please* correct me if I'm wrong. :-) > -Original Message- > From: Info [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: "dependencies" problems with de-installing

2002-09-18 Thread Brenden Walker
Remove mod_dav, mod_ssl and mod_perl before removing apache. These are all apache modules and are useless (AFAIK) without apache anyway. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subj

what is the significance of "openpkg" format?

2002-09-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
is there any significant relationship between linux (red hat or otherwise) and the openpkg packaging format? just curious -- i've noticed more and more software bundled in that format. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listma

"dependencies" problems with de-installing

2002-09-18 Thread achana
Hi All. For various reaons, I have to de-install old Apache-1.3.19, which came standard with RH7.1 On running "rpm -ev apache-1.3.19" , Linux threw these errors : error : removing these packages would break dependencies apache=1.3.19-5 is needed by mod_ssl-2.8.1-5 webserver is needed by mod_dav-1.

chown: changing ownership of `/tmp/tst': Operation not permitted

2002-09-18 Thread Maria Comploier
Why would chown only runs successfully if run as the root userid? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Brenden Walker
Because if the TuxRacer RPM includes libSDL, then when libSDL needed to be updated the TuxRacer RPM would have to be rebuilt And, your RPM list wouldn't include libSDL.. So updates on RHN wouldn't be downloaded for your system. It would add size (potentially tons) to every RPM file, in fact.

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Aly Dharshi
Paul, I hope that you are well, the question is what sort of install did you perform ? If you decided that there are certain things you didn't need or didn't want to install then certain libs associated with that package may not have been installed. Now I usually install all t

Re: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Thornton Prime
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 12:28, Paul DiMarco wrote: > ...so I assume I need to install those other things first. But that isn't > my problem, my beef is why don't rpm files have all the libraries included > in them? Wouldn't that make our lives easier? I am I the only one who > finds this strange

RE: Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Trevor
Well here's what I do when I get dependencies: I do a search on google for "libSDL-1.1.so.0 rpm redhat" Then I see that it's the SDL-1.1.7-3... rpm. I download the library and install it. If I have problems, I

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Info
Martín Marqués wrote: > On Mié 18 Sep 2002 16:07, Info wrote: >> I am running a redhat 7.2 box with openssl version of >> openssl-0.9.6b-28. I found a package openssl-0.9.6c-2.i386 , rawhide >> 1.0 for i386. Can i download and and upgrade the present package >> with the rpm -Uvh packagename comman

Re: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/13:22 -0400, Jason Costomiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:14:19PM -0400, Anthony E. Greene wrote: >: Specifically 0.9.6b-28. Earlier 0.9.6b packages (ie; 0.9.6b-24 and >: 0.9.6b-8) may not have the fix for thi

Why are apps made the way they are?

2002-09-18 Thread Paul DiMarco
** Newbie alert! Newbie alert! ** After trying to install a bunch of small games and/or apps I come to realize that I am missing half of the libraries required on my system for these games to work. For example I'm trying to install TuxRacer...LOL for my wife...yea right..and I get the followin

Re: upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Martín Marqués
On Mié 18 Sep 2002 16:07, Info wrote: > I am running a redhat 7.2 box with openssl version of openssl-0.9.6b-28. I > found a package openssl-0.9.6c-2.i386 , rawhide 1.0 for i386. Can i > download and and upgrade the present package with the rpm -Uvh packagename > command? Will it break the deps?

upgrading openssl

2002-09-18 Thread Info
I am running a redhat 7.2 box with openssl version of openssl-0.9.6b-28. I found a package openssl-0.9.6c-2.i386 , rawhide 1.0 for i386. Can i download and and upgrade the present package with the rpm -Uvh packagename command? Will it break the deps?   thanks

Re: ultra dma redhat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Samuel Flory
- Download the current stable kernel ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.19.tar.gz - Dowlnoad the current pre patch ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.20-pre7.bz2 - Download the current ac patch ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.

Re: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Will Francis
> Hi, > > I'm trying to use the up2date service but keep getting "Free service > limited due to high load, please try again later (server 1001266289". > Is this server ever not busy? Any suggested time to try this? How > effective is this service..I've never used it before... Take a look

Re: up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Joe Giles
Ive been getting this ALOT too. I moved over to Ximian Red Carpet. It updates Red Hat Packages and is ALWAYS up. The Bandwith is not that bad eather. Try it out. Go to www.ximian.com and check out the Red Carpet service. It is free( Although, there is also a payed version that offers support)

up2date

2002-09-18 Thread Alex Ibrahim
Hi, I'm trying to use the up2date service but keep getting "Free service limited due to high load, please try again later (server 1001266289". Is this server ever not busy? Any suggested time to try this? How effective is this service..I've never used it before... Thanks for your help...

Re: How do i convert i textfile to pdf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 07:16:17PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to convert textfile to pdf and then mail it to the users > but i can't get it converted to pdf. What is best to use? > \Jonny Axelsson Use a2ps to convert from ascii to postscript, then ps2pdf to transform into pdf. E

Re: SSH question for RH 6.2

2002-09-18 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:49:32AM -0500, Kerry Miller wrote: > > The reason for this whole exercise is to get ssh capability on my laptop so > I can use it to work on a couple of servers instead of using telnet. Is I usually get the .src.rpm from the openbsd site[1], install it, edit the spec

Re: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b

2002-09-18 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:14:19PM -0400, Anthony E. Greene wrote: : Specifically 0.9.6b-28. Earlier 0.9.6b packages (ie; 0.9.6b-24 and : 0.9.6b-8) may not have the fix for this vulnerability. : : I really wish RH would make some kind of explicit announcement about this. You mean, like this: ht

How do i convert i textfile to pdf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-18 Thread jonny . axelsson
Hello I need to convert textfile to pdf and then mail it to the users but i can't get it converted to pdf. What is best to use? \Jonny Axelsson -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b

2002-09-18 Thread Saul Arias
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 13:14, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > I really wish RH would make some kind of explicit announcement about this. They've done. http://www.redhat.com/support/alerts/linux_slapper_worm.html -- Saul Arias - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAI

Re: Slapper Worm on openssl 0.9.6b

2002-09-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-Sep-2002/07:42 -0700, Nick White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've called RedHat about the "Slapper" worm and it appears that the RHN >package 0.9.6b is safe. [snip] Specifically 0.9.6b-28. Earlier 0.9.6b packages (ie; 0.9.6b-24 and 0.9.6b-8) ma

Re: Patching Linux Servers

2002-09-18 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:49:29AM -0400, Paul DiMarco wrote: > > I'm pretty close to getting this mirror to work. I'm testing with the > sample cfg you provided but I changed it a little. This is what I have in > a file called mirror.updates73. > > package=updates73 > site=ftp.uvsq.fr

SSH question for RH 6.2

2002-09-18 Thread Kerry Miller
I still haven't solved my pcmcia problem on RH 7.2, I may try installing 7.3 just for grins before I go back to fighting with it. The reason for this whole exercise is to get ssh capability on my laptop so I can use it to work on a couple of servers instead of using telnet. Is there a package th

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