Re: chown static html's to nobody.nobody

2002-10-13 Thread Eric Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is it standard to use -755 nobody.nobody as ownr.group for all their > .html's on their web page ? No, it's bad, because the "nobody" account is for use by services that support anonymous users, and the *last* thing you'd ever want is for an anonymous user to modify yo

Re: News on HotWire <-> RH 5.0

1998-06-01 Thread Eric Smith
"Shawn McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the main difference is the fact that the USR Courier V.Everything is a > Class 1 and Class 2.0 modem, not Class 2. > > This doesn't bode well for using it with a V.Everything... Class 2 was never released as a standard. It was only a draft, and

GNU software and "info" documentation format

1998-06-01 Thread Eric Smith
Rich Kulawiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want something to worry about, worry about GNU software still > using the idiosyncratic "info" format instead of switching to HTML > years ago. I don't think this is anything to worry about. They use texinfo, which can be compiled into info, HTML

Re: Multiple IP's, one NIC

1998-05-18 Thread Eric Smith
"Steve Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I figured out how to add multiple IP's (for virtual web hosting) to a single > nic via the ifconfig command. How do you configure RedHat 5.0 to retain > your new ifconfig settings, or enable them on boot? Two possibilities, depending on whether you wa

Re: kernel performance and robustness, Solaris vs. Linux (was Re: Advice for 4000 mail users on a Red Hat 5.0 box)

1998-05-17 Thread Eric Smith
I wrote: > I beg to differ. Solaris has a huge bloated inefficient pig > of a kernel as compared to Linux. They do wacky things like Peter Mutsaers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: > We just bought some SUN Ultra's with Solaris 2.6. The Ultra's have > only 64MB of RAM, but still I find them very ef

kernel performance and robustness, Solaris vs. Linux (was Re: Advice for 4000 mail users on a Red Hat 5.0 box)

1998-05-16 Thread Eric Smith
"Chuck Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only reason linux is so popular is it is free and most of the > software is free. Solaris has a far more robust kernel I beg to differ. Solaris has a huge bloated inefficient pig of a kernel as compared to Linux. They do wacky things like allow in

Re: modem differences

1998-05-16 Thread Eric Smith
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The conversation stemmed from the fact that both implement the V.90 > standard, and how there could be a difference between one vendor's > implementation and another. > > Does anyone know of a doc on the web that explains the difference in more > technical

Re: Redhat, FreeBSD, Caldera

1998-05-15 Thread Eric Smith
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > Could someone pleace explain to me what the major differences are between: > Redhat Linux, FreeBSD, Caldera, SuSe and Slackware ? 1) Redhat Linux is supported by this awesome mailing list, and the others aren't. 2) RedHat, Caldera, SuSE, and Slackware ar

Re: Advice for 4000 mail users on a Red Hat 5.0 box

1998-05-15 Thread Eric Smith
Peter Chen wrote: > - Can a Pentium II 233Mhz, Intel 440LX chipset, 256MB RAM, Asustek SC875 > UW SCSI controller, two IBM Ultrastar 9GB UW SCSI hard disks do the job? Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds ok. Nice disks! However I would _strongly_ suggest to use the > BusLogic SCSI co

Re: Advice for 4000 mail users on a Red Hat 5.0 box

1998-05-15 Thread Eric Smith
"Peter Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't find a qmail SRPM or RPM package. Moreover, since I don't have much > experience with qmail, I don't want to lose my job and Linux's reputation > as well. But I might switch to qmail after the mail server is up and > running. Hmmm... I couldn't e

Re: Access Win-95 Network Neighborhood via Linux PPP Server

1998-05-15 Thread Eric Smith
Mike Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O.K., I've now got a RH 5.0 i386 machine answering and connecting incoming > Windows-95 PPP connections (thanks Eric Smith and Dan Cyr). The only > Win-95 service running is TCP/IP (no IPX, no NETBEUI), so users can POP > their m

Re: PPP login method using modified user name

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Mike Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, I'm aware that mgetty will do > "Auto PPP", but all authentication is solely via PAP. There's something > about requiring the normal Login/Password procedure that makes me feel > better. I'm not sure >why< it makes you feel better. I prefer CHAP

Re: simple procmail question

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Matt Warnock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I'd rather have procmail just deposit the mail (by > default) back into /var/spool/mail/matt (my system box) where I can read > it with any mail tool without customization. However, I fear this will > confuse procmail and send it in an infinite loop.

Re: Qmail Filtering

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Chris Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > want to filter incoming mail say for example from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] into the mailbox ~/mail/IN.linux-admin. > Currently I do this with procmail, I don't mean how do I call procmail > from qmail as thats how its currently done. Arguably calling procmail fr

Re: halt and ATX motherboard

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Pere Camps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I make a ATX motherboard to actually shut off when I > execute a 'halt' ? 1. Rebuild your kernel with 'APM' enabled. 2. Set up your BIOS to enable 'APM' (or 'Green', or 'Power Saving') -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and th

Re: Host Adapter SCSI ID change?

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
"Tim Larkins \(EUKSHEL1PO\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking of changing my Host Adapters SCSI ID to ID 15 so that I > can free up SCSI ID 7 for use by another device.. will this cause problems > under Linux? Will I need to make any changes/ re-install or will it happily > cope w

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Chris Fishwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone out there got any experience with the Iomega Jaz drives?? Yes. I've got five Jaz drives, and I'd be delighted to sell all of them and get some of my money back. They all seemed to work at first, but over a period of a four to eight months

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some points of the NetWinder: >300 MHZ Dec StrongARM, delivering ~250-260 MIPS Uhhm... that's an Intel StrongARM. Unfortunately :-( Still sounds like a nice box though. I've been waiting for a cheap box based on the DEC StrongArm NC reference

Re: why shouldn't rmail be in /bin

1998-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm.. Don't exactly know why the man page states that, but typically > binaries that the superuser uses are stored in /bin. Normal users use > /usr/bin, which is where that should go. Not quite. Executables intended primarily for the superuser go in /sbi

Re: MX Record question

1998-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
"Mark Wiacek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have several virtual hosts on my server and when they send email > their return address always appears as my domain name instead of their own > domain. I've tried adding several different MX and A records to their > hosts. files but have had no luck.

Re: hacked!

1998-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about recovering the executable for a running process after the file it was run from has been removed: > ls -l /proc/429/exe > might say:- > blah blah exe -> [0806]:100075 > Where 0806 is the device (in this case /dev/sda6) and the 100075

Re: UseNet

1998-05-01 Thread Eric Smith
Roger Hockney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Tom, overloading my mail system with unwanted threads is > more of a problem than spam ever has been. Any halfway-decent MUA should be able to both sort your email so that your mailing lists end up in separate mailboxes, and show them to you

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Eric Smith
Thomas Hubbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will something like System Commander make the dual-boot Linux/NT ordeal any > easier? PowerBoot will make it easier, and at $25 is less expensive than System Commander. http://www.blueskyinnovations.com/ Cheers, Eric -- PLEASE read the Red Hat F

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #484

1998-03-22 Thread Eric Smith
George Toft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would invite you to do the math: 115,200 baud with one start bit, one > stop bit and eight data bits (total of 10) means the computer has to > pump out 11,520 bytes per second to the serial port. I think if a 386 > at 25Mhz can handle a hard drive and

Re: Shutting Down RH Linux

1998-03-22 Thread Eric Smith
Tom Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still maintain (assuming you are at the console) that the easiest way > to bring the system down though is . Although there are many reasons why someone might disable the three-finger-salute, or change its behavior. On several of my machines, most notab

Re: ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-17 Thread Eric Smith
I wrote: > And if I want to run different daemons on the same port number of different > IP addresses? Or the same daemon but with different command-line > arguments? I don't know any way to use ipfwadm to do that, and it was my > primary objective. "John D. Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:

Re: ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-17 Thread Eric Smith
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about my inetd patches: > They never got included for a good reason. This functionality is already > available by using ipfwadm to block access to ports to wish to restrict. And if I want to run different daemons on the same port number of different IP addre

Re: ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-16 Thread Eric Smith
Brian Landers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know how to configure telnetd and/or ftpd to listen only on > a specific interface on a machine with multiple interfaces? I want to be > able to ftp/telnet into IP address 'foo' but not into address 'baz' (both > on the same RedHat 5.0 box)

Re: DVD in Linux

1998-03-13 Thread Eric Smith
Thomas Hubbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > Can you use a DVD-ROM drive with Linux? [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: > Yes, you can use it. DVD is pretty fast and all but it doesn't have > support for reading burned disks which is pain the *ss. If you already > have a decently fast CD-ROM don't buy DV

Re: Multiple IP addresses/hostnames?

1998-03-06 Thread Eric Smith
"Jeremy Domingue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to set up my server so that when someone telnets into it, the IP > address they telnet to is the IP that they are "binded" to (i.e, if they get > on IRC they show up as the IP they have telneted to, NOT the main IP address The easiest way